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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-27

head SO he might breathe This ne.
stored his consciousness sufficiently for
HIM 10 speak. but when Toy bent low
TO catch his last word, she heard. not
loving farewell, but her fathers name.
"Chcw Bang ala It" he foltcrcJ, "be.
cause
Toy understood only too well. and
waved the bystauders back into
wider circle so there might be no possl-
bulty Of his words being overheard.
"Eho did ity' several asked, seeing
lee could still speak; task him before
IL Is too lateW
Toy turned toward the crowd surglng
closer about her, and read their purpose
In their faces. Then she glanced at the
man on the ground, whose eyes stll
looked into hers with the meaning
that had first stirred the revolt in her
heart against the colorless life enforced
upon her by Oriental custom ana her
fathers severity Butmingled with that
other lock was an appeal TO her for ven
geance. for to die with his blood una
venged IS, to a Confucian, worse than
for IA Christian 60 die unshriyen. And
again she heard the name Of her father
repeated in a whisper as his murderer.
The nearest bystanders began to call
to Zee himself for the name Of his as
sassn. Toy raised her head to answer
them, but suddenly she found that, un-
! 1 Fg fau In, n atapTnlV fIRV
the emancipated, but the product Of
countless ancestor-WorshipinS genera
tions, to whom duty to a parent is a
fundamental tenet
1.-THE American doctor is coming"
she presently heard one Of her country
men say, and instantly the thought
flashed through her mind: Could he,
by care and skill, take out the knife
and stanch the blood so Kee might
live? If this were possible, then was
her emancipation sure, for Bang would
be in their power and all opposition
ended. Yes, ended. because her faith
er's old age would go down in disgrace,
possibly Imprisonment Here, how
ever, the dominating forces Of centuries
again surged in upon her, and her new
ly acquired spirit Of independence was
not strong enough to stem the on
slaught.
Again Toy bent low over the victim
Of her fathers wrath and her own
rashness. Even the fast-falling stupor
could not dim the agony Of appeal in
his eyes. This time she did not see it.
In another instant the surgeon would
be here and have her secret.
Throwing herself upon Kee, as if in
paroXysm of grief, she drew out the
discriminating knife so that blood
gushed from the wound, making
further speech impossible, and deity
concealed it in the flowing sleeves Of
her blouse.
AS Kee fell back lifCless, Toy strug
gled to her little crippled feet.
Hes already dead" said the physi
clan when he reached KEGS side. "Wh,
stabbed him"
me no sabee," Toy faltered, ant
meekly allowed herself to be led ava,
to the balcony behind the iron grating
= San Francisco Argonaut.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-27
fGb6

their powers on a real bugle horn, but
all can readily make a twig sound an
alarm. Get a piece of ordinary willow
tree Zig. III. Be sure it is aawless
and perfect; with sharp knife slice
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-27
-RIoGRApHY Foe LUvENILEs.

Pliny the elder was for space pro
curator in Spain. He spent much 81
his time afterward studying at RoIA
being near the Bay Of Naples during
an eruption of Vesuyius he landed to
witness the phenomenon, but was suf-
located by the fumes. His Natural
History" is n repertory Of the studies
Of the ancients in that department,
being q record, more or less faithful,
from extensive reading. Of the oAserva-
ton of others rather than his own.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-27
TIE GAME OF RUTTONS.

Buttons are in extensive use in the
sports Of German children, with whom
they form a sort Of coinage, each sort
having a stipulated eXchangeable value.
Traces Of similar usage exist in the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-27
THE ISLE OF QUIET.

The ls,cs oi Quiet lio beyond the years.
Hoar prophets say itj yet. ior ali tha tears,
I doubt the saying of The scegs.
i think that whose secla them here shall
find
Tint MI with open, patient heart and
mind
Shall drink their peace from sun and wind.
John y
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-27

/ think who viii may share their psalm,
begun
The hour when summer day Is done
The aky and field are growing enc.
I know The foolish fancics iondest
cling;
But / believe the sti,l airs murmuring,
The sweet far thing the thrushes sing.
nee Cheney, In Che New York Outlook.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-27
MUSTC IRON A TWIG.

Tennyson in "Locksley Hall" has the
speaker ask his comrades to Sound
upon the Dugle horn" when they want
him. Few girls and boys will ever try
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-27

Children are unerring judges Of char
acter until they have received the ben
efls Of educatiOn.-Liie.
The sun., 1903-11-22
"UNCLE JOE'S" REAL SPEECH.
Not the One lie Read 10 the Caucus. but
the Other One.

Congressman Charles r. Scott of Kansas
owns the lola Register and sometimes writes
pieces from Washin gton for it. He wrote
a good one about Cannons election as Speaker
and the editor printed IT,
1t has been known since last February
at the latest that Joseph G Cannon would
be Speaker OF the House. said he. And 80
everybody laughed loud and uproHriously
when the old man was brought before the
Republican caucus which by unanimous
vote had Just made him its candidate for
Speaker. and with deprecatory gesture.
proceeded, with much embarrassment and
much stammering and hesitation. to read
the carefully prepared speech which will
appear tomorrow morning in oil the papers
Finally he finished. and with sigh OF great
relief laid aside his manuscript and took
of his spectacles. saying with the child
like smile and the simple manner that haye
ever sat In this body. ! could probably have
done better without the paper And then
the boys laughed and began to call Speech.
s'If may have two minutes began the
old man. Make it Ave, yelled the boys;
III YOU, will allow me, he began again. Il
should like to have a heart to hear, talk with
told us his troubles. how IL worried him be-
cause there were 80 few holes and such lot
of splendid pegs. how he wished he could give
every man exactly the committee he wanted.
and how greatly he wanted us to believe that
he was doing tn, very best he could
The speech will not get into the newspapers
but it went to the hearts Of the boys, and
against committee assignments than for u
good while past. "
The sun., 1903-11-22

you-need tonics at length ran into the snag,
as all the rest Of us do when we get 80 good
that there doesn't appear to be any way OF
beating us.
You see, all of his brands looked alike,
They were as coorTess as water, and they
were contained in phias Of the same identi-
cal size and shape. He had Gladstone bag
for dope kit. and each bottle was strapped
into it's numbered place. with the number
in gilt stamped letters above each bottle.
his dope kit in a trainers Office while he
went to make a lit e visit to another barn.
While he was gone q rnbbering coon stable
hand slipped into the office, and When, he
saw that dope kit he, OF course wanted to
tale peek into It. He did,
axe saw the long array of bottles strapped
along the two sides Of the bag, and he took
u lot of them out of their straps and smelt
of the contents. Then he put the bottles
back, VT not under their right numbers.
the beginning OF the end for. the slickeet
dops mixer that ever handled hypo or cata
pulled capsule into horses throat
On that same day Of the mix-up Of the
bottlee in his kit, trainer wanted few
drops out Of the bottle that made the horse
stretch, The prophet or Of the large dope
line gave him, instead not knowing how
his kit had been tnmpered with, some of the
No. IA, the kind that caused horse to get
left at the post.
THE horec got left at the post The
dope man had already got his bit from the
owner. and he had to turn it back. He
couldn't understand it, Of course.
But that first bad break hurt his repu-
tstion with the trainers. They got of in
CORNERS Of the sheds after the races that
day and talked. Some of them declared
their belief that the dope man had aligned
himself With the bookie crowd and was
preparing to give the trainers and owners
tho double cross
'on the following day an owner with a
of the No. straight. the kind that sent
q horse of in front Of small aeld at the
dl op Of the ribbon and kept him there until
the tape was breasted. The rnixist, think
The sun., 1903-11-22

ing there could be no chance Of his going
wrong again gave the owner some OF the
swerve juice.
The owners nag GO, cff in front, all
top OF the drive home, and W, ggled YER To-
the outside fence like a Lake Superior COM
pass that's funnied by an cigh'ccu-in'o
stretch Of magnetized iron rocks hat
hurt the dope man heap, too Not s.,
much because he had TO turl, in tho advance
money, but because il made him lose ,or,-
iidenoe some in his xii.
That night the trainers sont a deru'a,i,n n
to him, advising him 70 get out into II .
country and sleep right hard for about =,
week, and then come back right He wau
too chesty and hurt to take that advice, but
two days later he did business with n man
who wanted me Of the half-slow dope,
the kind that got horse Of preti y fairly in
the middle u! the bunch and Caused linn
to keep his berth in the middle all the way
through TO the finish.
The dope artist gave him stead some
of the dead-q,lick- breaking kind.
four lengths the best of the start and ran
like stampeded jack-r hbi TO the finish,
winning. pulled up. at Is to ! , and the owner,
who was saving him for still longer price,
with not shirt button down
That was the finish.
The trainers and owners got their hands
good and moist, picked up ax-hGndles,
fence pickets and plain knotty clubs, and
when the dope man with the exploded sys-
TEN showed up around the barns tha; even
n~ With come kind Of ar explanation all
roady, they chased him to the other side nf
the ohio River bluffs.
He never came back. There are stories
out that way yet Of wild man who lives on
Wild berries and roots In a cave near the
place to which this dope man was chased,
and who ghhers in numbers. from one to
twenty, and I've 90: more than bali notion
that that gibberer il the dope man gone
bug house from chagrin over his bad lose
out.
Anyhow, elwave thought it a shame
that q mans fourishing business should
havo been busted by the inquiaitivsaasa
Of . dinge-hey?'
The sun., 1903-11-22
PRINCE CUPIDS NEW NAME.
President Calls Him "Mr. kuhiO"-Iiis
Weakness for Red Crayats.
From The Atlanta Jonrnn


One of the most interesting figures in Con-
gress is the Delegate from Hawaii Prince
Cupid. His real name Is Prince Jonah kuhio
Kalaniaaole He acquired the title Cupid
while at school in San Francisco. and now
he is to be officially called out Of his name
again because the President cannot pro-
nounce his appellation lie is to be known
In official circles as Minister Kuhio,
MIR. Kuhio. then. Is accompanied every
where he goes by a secretary. He has also
personal secretary" and several other
personages in his suite. He dresses we'll.
wears his straight black hair la pompa-
dour, and his fierce black mustache is forever
waxed brilliantly. He is about O. feet tall
and has fine physique, erect and athletic
Mr. Kuhio Is light brown in color and
would be taken anywhere for wealthy
Mexican His fad is red neckties
flaming red Of the most aggressive shade.
William Haywood. who was the last Consul
OF the United States at Honolulu and who
now represents the Planters Association of
Hawaii. recently called on the President to
arrange for the presentation Of the new
delegate
Il shall not call him Prince Cupid" Mr.
Roosevelt declared. and I cannot pro-
nounce his last name l never would be
able to remember 1t. anyhow. Cant we
cut IL of somewhere and make IL simpler"
Mr. Haywood conferred with Prince Cupid =
advisers and after y lengthy debate Mister
kukio" was evolved from the troublesome
cognort en-. Mr. Haywood returned to the
White Kouse with the abbreviated title,
which proved acceptable to Mr.. Roosevelt,
Heresft,s all invitations to the delegate from
Hawaii will be addressed simply to MIR,
Kuhic
The Hawaiian delegate has no vote in
Co,,s1 eas he has the privilege OF debate
only His Predecessor, Delegate Wilcox,
who Med receatly was n fine orator, but II
ir saiC NJ kuhlO isn't
The sun., 1903-11-22

-The tremendous public favorite fixed
| out with a cute little punch OF this Starters
! Woo would trot 10 the post just as cunnin'
and nice as Mary's little lamb, and would
self while all the rcst Of them were lash;ng
out with their heels sni making nuiscnces 4
themselves li,lt there wouldn't be any
thing cowlike OF too dumb about his way
of standing AT the post.-he'd be just right,
and look the snrest kind Of sure thing for
getting the best Of the start at the throw
inc down Of tile starters flag
Even when the starter ud cast down
the ribbon, the .op-heavy favorite would
take ,I, about siy mighty il jumps @ forward; r;
prop himself liks mustang thnt's trying
10 beat the rlnEmasters quirt in wild
West show.
"Grnerally, tho boy would 60 over his
fold would he ffty lengths in front by the
time the favori's could he punched by the
hoy into Ge,ti 6 into his stride-'and there
yci We're.
That Starters Woe was great stun.
once saw to shot that the whole country
had beer betting on all winter do n nsat
gct left -at-' he pole act Just IL .aa' way.
But the loafer cana near cheering the dice.
az that.
He stood like locoed bronco all four
enough for the res. OF the b inch to make
about a sixteenth of mile on him But
then he took Il into his head nat he wasn't
going to stand for any licking, and he took
after the flying caravan.
He caught she rear Of the outfit in the
last sixteenth and wac just beaten by the
lender n kittens whsker or the wire. The
next Jump he WAS in front,
His running second didn't epoil the
frame-up, though. for. you seq, he was a
1 to sehot to win. And his COINS after the
field tina, way was really good thing for
tho fxcr- o. the game, for II enabled them
that they'd bet on the real winner In their
kicks--tha. their horse would hnve copped
by the length Of th< grand cahon had lie
got OF
But this particular brewer OF any-kind.
The sun., 1903-11-22
INWAERiIHC LAWS ABROAD.
In Francs tn. Wedding Presents Go With
The DiyDtcr.
From the Jndianopolis Neus.

From the Indianapolis Neus.
There are many curious and interesting
facts regarding the marriage and divorce
laws of foreign countries" said r. J. Brown,
who recently returned from trip abroad,
where he made study of the question.
Breaches OF promise are averted in Hun
gary by an express declaration of the Civil
Marriage act (lso5) that the relations created
by betrothal do not give the right TO COM
mand the conclusion Of a marriage, but II
either party withdraws from an engagemen
without Just reasons lie or she is bound to
grant compensation to the extent Of the
outlay incurred. Divorce in the English
sense does not exist, but the courts can decree
the personal separation Of married couple
without dssolvinR the bonds Of matrimony
"A curious law prevailing in France pro-
vides that before being married children
OF a family. although over age, shall seek
in respectful and formal terms the advice
Of their father and mother. 1t makes no
difference, however. whether the consent
of parents is given. for the couple can be
married a month after under any circum-
stances. This Is also the case IN the Nether-
lands.
a. divorce further entities the innocent
party to recover all the presents he OF she
may have made
According to 'he Constitution Of TIE Meth
erlands, the civil marriage must always
precede the religious ceremony. The latter,
indeed, is left entirely to the conscience of
the parties concerned. There is also law
providing that no man or woman. under 20
can marry without the consent of parents
If the consent be refused. the couple have TO
appear before II Judge, who advises them as
~ Many countries have now abolished all
W m he sns Serse DAYS G
week are set apart when. persons may be
married without payment.
The sun., 1903-11-22
A Sure Enough Horse Chemist.
Worders Worked On the Race
Track Before Snag Was Struck.

that you waited just plain dose of the
lively liquid. Tho dopsr would pass you
the et n hat would just begin to get a-going
good in the horses veins when he reached
the post and when the dag dropped he'd
dance cut In front and como home on his
ynoutk-iror, and with no moro Of the white
suds n his hide when the boy dismounted
il. front VI the stand thar II h.'d heen
smiling oats in his stall.
.If you sent the same horse into race
with big field, including number OF bad
actors and post kickers. this doper would
have phal ready for your mutt that could
be given TO him quarter Of an hour before
post time and that wouldn't begin to take
efsect for from ten minutes to i quarter of
ar hour after the lineup at the barrier
That q what call sure enough se-flxing.
This Same equine chemist had just as
many different kinds Of what he called the
negative doIe az he had Of the straight
eo-shead kinos. For instanos, s'poss you
put n plug in a mile race and didn't vaIt
him to win,
THE horss has 4 reputation ~ cpread-
eagler that goes right OF in front, and you
feel that it wouldn't do for him to get mixed
The sun., 1903-11-22

WAaH :Gro.s, Nv 2t.---Ths turf moguls
pot their goads oV t'r 'he Quick-pt! ano
hurry-hypo people during thu anal weeks
OF tho season H. New York" said horse
owner now ~ Jennings. who has been at
!he game fn, s. many years that he tblls
nh Fciatich the spawn snd his rhsumatism
The rinGnore, hut they've never had any
s"n'tn horse 'iopins over on those tracks
Ni' I've .eeu. Tho sure enough horse
elems's ~. rll Developments of the West
erh tracks. ARD the, don't care much to
set on his sid" of ho Appalachian chain.
knew & hoper on Western track once
VINO c"'ilc sln,ost make p horse 30 any
wing that e !out or even q two-legged
.nn'hG could he taught 10 do, from running
nho loose .laE freight on a down Grade
Walking backward on his hin! leEs the
,e "noe I"usth az The trsot. He had hi.
inherent dnp.s nicely numbered in his kit,
uofn 90 10 about twenty. and every one
ern vas warranted I, make morse do
bmo,nng different.
IL YOU put g skate into u small field,
~ good actors at the post so that it was
sincn that there'd be no delay at the barrier.
YOU pass the word to this lymph mixer
The sun., 1903-11-22
BEETLES MADE (SEFCL.
Motive Power or skeletons In Mexico on
All Souls Uay.

CITY or MEXICO, Nov ls.--Among the
many fantastic toys with which All Souls
Day, or to us, the Spanish form, the Day
Of the Dead, is commemorated in Mexico
is the skeleton, in various forms
There are especially the little jointed
skeletons made of wire and the larger ones
Of wood The latter are dressed in black
and are In constant motion. Naturally,
the secret of their movements awakens
a great deal Of curiosity. especially among
the children.
One OF these skeletons was taken apart
by an American visitor and its mechanism
examined. 1t was found that beetle, it's
hind legs sealed up in wax and its fore legs
attached to the arms and legs Of the sk eleton
by means OF threads. was doing the work.
It's efforts to escape kept the arms and
legs of the figure in constant motion, and
when the poor insect gave out the figure
ceased moving.
The sun., 1903-11-22
CATS AND DOGS +,,>,.~
" IN NEW YORK.
An Estimate Of Their Numbers,
Based On Defoe's Figuses for
London in 1865.

"Few of ns, suppose" sall Prof. Won
Jogglehy, "have any adequate notion Of
the actual number Of cats and dogs that
would he found in New York If a census Of
them could be taken.
we all know, in a general way, that there
are lots of dogs here and good many cats;
nut few of us, suppose, have any adequate
conception of their actual numbers. Per-
haps we could get some light on this subject
by the aid of certain statistics contained In
Defoe history Of the plague in London.
1T being deemed that dogs and cats were
dangerous to the community Mt that time,
OIL account of their natural habit Of running
about from house to house and from street
to street, whereby they would spread the
infection, It was decreed that all dogs and
cats should be killed. and officers were
appointed for their execution.
1T is Incredible, if their account is to
be depended upon says Defoe, what q
prodigious number Of those creatures were
destroyed. l think they talked of 10000
dogs and five times as many cats, few houses
being without a cat, some having several,
sometimes five or six in q house =
There are some persons. l know, who,
while conceding to Dafoe full credit tor
the power OF his imagination, are inClin,
to doubt his accuracy as Il historian. But
my own observations Of the conditions in
New York at the present time prompt me
to accept his dog and cat statistics AZ
to London at the time of the plague ns
true: and so accepting them what do we
find? ''-
"'rhe population OF London at the time
Of the Great Plague 1855, was about 6O0.-
0O) while the population of New Yurk
AZ the present time is about 4,oOO,OOO. Ac-
cepting nefoe's 6gures of 10000 digs
and 100000 cats to population OF 60O-
OOo, as a working basis we should get a
ratio Of so dogs to the million Inhabitants
and 4Oo,OG cats.
Now multiply these figures by 4, the
number Of millions OF people now finding
home In New York and we find that there
are here existing at the present day 800 900
dogs, and 100000 cats and these figures
l believe to he well within the facts 49,. ..
IL know, for instance, that from nv
study window, which commands view
of a range OF backyards I see in every
yard one dog at least and in some two.
while the cats that walk the fence tops are
innumerable, and is it not fair to assume
that the same conditions exist everywhere?
And do we not meet dogs and cats
wherever we may go, whenever we walk
the streets? In the absence of an exact
census think we might say that there are
in New York at the present day, sec, ,0O) dogs
and 100000 cats, and be not far from the
truth"
The sun., 1903-11-22
FORKS, NOT FAITH.
The saving Graces OF = Deceased GcntIc-
man From Kentucky.
From ne .Arkansas Ga.etc

From me Arkansas Gdtetc
Samuel W Moore. prominent lawyer OF
Kansas City. on returning to his home from
Arkansas few days ago. told good story
concerning distinguished attorney in west
ern Arkansas, Judge James F Read, VINO
was born and lived In Kentucky before NOV
ing to this State. Ii runs this way. 80.
A man living near, Fort Smith died This
man was comfortably well OF in worldly
possessions. but he had been negoetfui Of
his spiritual Welfare, He had never, joined
any church and had had little TO do with relis-
ious advisers. The time for his funeral arr
rived. and although a Baptist preacher
had agreed to be on hand. an unavoidable
accident had delayed him. The house was
out of town, and as the frisnd- al the de-
parted brother, were all assembled Judge
the body of his friend. who also had once
lived in klen,uccky Thse Judge consented,
here to-day to pay final tribute 10 or friend
who has already solved the mysteries Of the
great hereafter, He did not have the reputa-
tion Of a religious man. and yet he lived the
life. of a noble Kentucky gentleman lie
had good hosses and he ran 'em, He had
good whiskey and he drunk it lie had good
game cocks and he Al en- for such is the
Kingdom of Heaven" :"