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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27
CLEANING THE FRUIT FIELDS.

In many. sections it is not until spring
arrives that the. work of cleaning the
field begins, and then hurry ensues.
While the decayed weeds and grass
covering the roots Of the plants may
serve as q mulch, and partially protect
against the severity Of the winter, the
question comes up as to the cost. APP
parently it Is cheaper to allow the
weeds to grow and remain, if they are
valued as mulching material, as no
labor is required in their use, but
weeds are very expensive and very
costly If the matter be viewed from an
economical standpoint. The storing
of the material for the production o.
next years crop Of fruit goes on in
the vines now, and the greater portion
of the effort Of reproduction is when
the conditions Of heat and moisture
are most favorable. Some plants bear
fruit before the summer comes on, but
it is during the summer that the
growth of new canes and vines is
greatest All the clements Of growth
come from the soil, and as no plant
will thrive as we'll under competition
as without it, il is plain that the weeds
simply rob the plants not only Of nour-
ishmeat. but also Of moisture. When
they die in the fall they do not return
to tho soil that which is derived from
it, as during the process OF decompo-
sition much of the heterogeneous matter
is dissipated in the atmosphere The
duty should he to cultivate between
tho rows Of strawberries, raspberr!eS
and blackberrles. thinning out the sur
plus plants and either hoeing or hand
pulling the weeds. If some kind o.
winter covering be needed it is moT'
economical to use salt hay or SOM
cheap material that can be easily an
piled. 1t is also best TO cut back Oh
tops OF tall canes. If growth is to b
made let 1t be OF latcrals. II is niue
better to cur back early than to wal
until the plant has wasted energy
producing vines that must be remove
: in The spring. All the energy save
now VII he brought into use nes
/, spring "a tie effort TO produce fral
= which
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27
TRAINING IN CHILDREN.

Mothers should teach their children
10 care for their hair as early as possl-
bic.
II the little girl Is coaxed into the
habit Of giving her locks a hundred
strokes with n stiff brush every morn
Gig and evening and braiding them
,osely for bed the foundation for
ture beautiful head Of hair Will be
id.
Counting the strokes will Tighten the
task for her and she Will soon become
accustomed to It and make II part Of
her daily toilet Too many children are
allowed to 90 to bed with their hair in
tousled condition, only to have 1t
jerked and tangled when school time
comes around.
J Such a practice is disastrous to the
T nerves OF n sensitive child and ruinous
/, to the hair. Teach the little daughter
to take care Of her hair at the right
time. and also to keep her brushes and
combs in the proper state Of cleanll'
ness.
These articles should be as strictly
personal property as the tooth brush
Never allow one child to use the others
hair brush. Diseases Of the scalp are
most contagious, and the brush is tho
~uest germ agent.-Plttsburg Dis
patch.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27

kindly TO make good COWS. Helfcrs
are put IN a paddock twenty or thirty
days before calylng and the man IN
charge sees them daily, so that when
due TO calve they viii not fear him.
but will be glad to see him.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27
NJ mum TREEs ~.
ALWAYs spRAY.

The fruit grower who does rot spray
his crops Is Ike the business man wao
does not carry any insurance On his
stock Of merchandise.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Pr For soft gums, that bleed easily, a
- drops of myrrh added to the water
,hich the teeth are cleaned will be
td excellent. Strength is of less i'm
ftance in cleaning the teeth than
ioroughness. The upper teeth should
t. y5e brushed downward, the lower teeth
upward, both inside and out.
Charcoal, while capital cleanser OF
the Meth. is seldom recommended by
dentists. Not only is it untldy to use,
but/the particles have tendency to
90 between the teeth and the gums,
making the latter recede.
Small. chalk-white teeth are a sign Of
q weak constitution. Strong, normal
teeth are large and yellowish-white.
Sometimes an enthusiastic novelist, in
:. depicting the charms Of his heroine,
aAl.piN. give her two rows of pearls be-
her ruby lips The truth Of the
Lis. nothing could be more ghas
Unnatural or unbecoming than
ss@.made of pearls. 1t is only 'store
teeth" that possess a high polish.
Nose bleed can be stopped in n short
fine bt placing n small wad of paper
or muslin between the upper teeth and
the lib. The pressure eXerted Mt the
base Of The nose viii arrest the bleed
ing.
A,.ssEs ammonia rubbed into and
sting will often cure the
T common table salt or saleratus
III water is also good applied il
49, .ne way.-New York Tribune.
HE WIVES OF GREAT MEN.
tard Salisburys death has brought
lind the great influence exercised
Ia beth his private and public hf'
a., wife. The most unassuming Of
Lady Salisbury possessed ih'
Faculty Of giving encouragement
hd. inspiring enthusiasm in others
Dand her tact and judgment were IN
erring. As a wife she proved a help
meet indeed to the man who risked al
fathers ire in marrying, as younge
son. a lady who possessed neither Dedl
~ nor wealth, and, moreover, was no
of his own social rank. She made 81
ideal poor mans wife, for 81 the a.-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27

Nose bleed can be stopped in a short
fine BIZ placing a small wad of paper
or muslin between the upper teeth and
the lib. The pressure eTerted Mt the
base Of the nose will arrest the bleed
iDCs
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27

A,.s~Fs ammonia rubbed into and
sting will often cure the
? common table salt or saleratus
I'm water is also good applied in
49, ne way.-New York Tribune.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-16

An English officer who some years
ago was wounded in a battle in India
and left lying all night among the ns
tive dead and wounded tells this story,
"Next morning we spied a man an1
an old woman, who came to us with
a basket and a pot OF water, and to
every wounded man she gave piece
Of joaree bread from the basket and
a drink from her water pot. 10 us she
gave the same, and thanked heaven
and her But the Soobahdar was O
high caste Rajpoot and, as this woman
was a Chumar or of the lowest caste,
he would receive neither water nor
bread from her. | tried to persuade
him to take it that he might live, but
he said that in our state, with but a
few hours more to llnger, what was a
Httle more or less suffering to us why
should he give up his rare 1or such i,a
object? No; he preferred to die IN
polluted"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-16
origin of the Term philistines

About the year 1890, ut Jena, where
the west gate Of the city is remark!
able for four images of monkey heads,
cut In stone at each corner of the gate:
a quarrel arose between the students
OF the university and the citizens, dur
ing which the gownsmen called the
gate watchmen monkey watchmen."
To aveDge this insult the watchmen
killed one Of the students, whose ru-
neral sermon was preached from the
text, "The Phllistines be upon thee,
Samson" From that time the towns
people were called by the students
"Philistines," and this use of the word
spread to other places.
In another explanation, given as
early as 1777 by Adelung. reference is
made to the Balistarii, or cross6ow.
men, who were called in Hungary
Philistaei, and to the municipal SOL
diers Of Vienna, who had the nickname
Philisters as early as the seventeenth
century.
The word was brought into proin.-
nent notice in England by Matthew
Arnold, who appears to have adopted it
from Heine. BY a Philistine he meant
"a strong, dogged, unenlightened op.
ponent, like Goliath, Of the chosen peo-
pie, Of the children of sweetness and
light"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-16

"One Of the strange features Of ia.
PAN" said a man who has lived long In
that country, sis that all crops and
fruits are almost certain to deteriorate.
! have seen beautiful peaches grown
the first year from stock imported from
the United States. The second year
they We're still fairly good, the third
season poor, and after that unfit to eat.
Nothing in the vegetable world would
seem to retain Its excellence for any
length of time. 1t Is bamboo country,
and everything reverts to the bamboo
Beautiful lush grass covers many d
plain, and yet II gives no nutriment tc
cattle. Garden vegetables LOOK as fine
as any grown in the United States, but
when cooked they. have no taste. The
flowers are of gorgeous hues, but they
are without perfume.
"But even with these imperfectlonsl
1t Is a very Interesting corner OF the
EARTH and many things recommend It
Its inhabitants are in their way fine
people In the rural districts particu-
larly the natives are the most honora-
bic beings ever met. In the cities
they are sharper mentally, but not
nearly so scfupulous.'
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-16
The HaiudrOU.

The falling of a drop Of raih rs q
commonplace, everyday matter, but a
dash of lightning ah, that is something
out Of the ordinary. something to won
der at, so most men think. The hum
BILE physicist plodding on the trail Of
these manifestations of physical energy
thinks otherwise. To him the drop Of
water falling gently is much more Of a
mystery than the sudden rupture of the
air gap and the headlong rush Of elec-
trical energy in a disruptive dischGrye.
Although rain has fallen since the
dawn of creation, man knows very lit
tie about the origin. the structure Of
the raindrop The reason for this IL
that the simple looking drop of rain is
in reality a marvellous microcosn.
Some day when the mechanism of il
drop Of rain shall be made plain it will
be found that the universe itself is not
more wonderfully held together,
The size Of the drop is moi the obsta,
Gle in the way Of Il clearer knowledge
Of the drop structure. for the average
diameter OF raindrops is not far from
one millimeter, and men Of science
haze to deal with quantities infinitely
smaller.-Sunset Magazine.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-16
the Limit Reached,

The prisoner. a faded. battered specI
men of mankind, on whose haggaId
face deeply lined with the marks oi
dissipation there still fingered faint r.
minders OF better days long past, stood
dc.iectedly beforp the judge,
Where are you from?' asked the
magistrate,
"l'rom Boston," answered the accuS
cd man.
Indeed" said the judge "lndee,l
yours is sad fall, and yet you don
seem to thoroughly realize how low
you have sunk"
The man started as if struck "Your
honor does me an injustice" he said
bitterly. "fhe disgrace of arrest for
drunkenness. the modification of being
thrust into the noisome dungeon, the
pabl.city and humiliation of trial in q
crowded and dingy court room eau
bear but TO be sentenced by polite
magistrate who splits his inhnitlves,
that is indeed the last blow" New
York Times
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-16

] saw a very pathetic sight on Forbes
street, said the observing young wom-
an, and II made me smile. A poor for
eigner-rl can't tell you his nationality
stood on the corner surrounded by a
big pile of luggage.
He signaled to an approaching car,
but the car passed right on, Motorman
and conductor possibly objected to the
load Of freight No sooner had the carl
passed than the young man burst out
crying and the tears rolled down his
cheeks. 1t seemed strange to see a|
..ll c,. &c. ,g
1t was one Of those stories which
have no beginning and no ending. III
may be that he had waited there long,
and that no car would stop for him. III
may be that he thought that that was|
the last car that was going TO his desti-'
nation only know that he was al
stranger in strange land and that he
seemed broken hearted and that /
smiled to see grown man In tears FOR
SO simple thing pittsbueg Dispatch.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-25
Fox Farming In Alaska.

Within the last fifteen years the new
industry of "fox farming" has been
developed in Alaska. 1t originated in
the desire to preserve the valuable
blue fox from determination. The ex-
pertinent was begun by placing twenty
foxes on an unoccupied island. In the
course Of a few years some thirty is
lands were thus turned into fox
ranches. 1t was found that the AMI
mails soon became sufficiently domesti-
Gated to cease fearing their keepers
and to assemble at feeding places.
Eight hundred or a thousand foxes are
included in a ranch. At the proper
age a certain number are killed for
their pelts. The business ppear to
pay well, and it is suggested that 9th
er fur bearing animals might be do
m%esticated and propagated in a similar
ann
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-25
A Free Trim to WashinrtOn.

The dream of Marcus A. Simmons, a
wealthy man living near Tecumseh,
Okla, is a free trip for every man, wo-
man and child in the United States to
the national capital and home again.
Mr.. Simmons is trying to interest his
political friends in the scheme, and
congress may be asked to treat every
body to a junket at the nations ex-
pense. He has extracted promises of
help from two congressman and be-
lieves that the next congress will pass
the bill which is bei4g prepared.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-25

Mrs. Ralph Blanchard, OF Adel.
Iowa, arrived Saturday afternoon
and is a guest at the home Of Mayor
Silsby. Mrs. Blanchard formerly re-
sided in Mitchell Il few years ago and
her friends will he pleased to well
come her.
Mayor Silsby left Monday for
WatcrtOwn to examine the nation
al banks. He expects TO return home
by the latter part Of the week and
! hops to be here Saturday. when he
will deliver the address OF welcome
to Che travelling men in the corn pal
acE.
The massive iron giyders for the
iEidmann hotel building are being
gut in place and tile stone work has
been stopped for the present 1t is
a slow and tedious job to put the
iron work in the building, but us
soon as it is completed the stone
masons will commence work again.
Mrs. Emma Hutt-Moorc, a spirit
ualistic medium of Pennsylvania, has
arrived in the city and will locate.
Mrs. Moore will deliver a lecture in
the ear future. Mr.. and Mrs. Moore
are stopping for the present with
Mr.. and Mrs. G. V. Prest, 5O4 east
Second street. All s%piritualists are
invited TO call.
An unfortunate accident happened
to a woman who is connected with a
merry-go-round south of the corr pal
ace. 1t occurred Monday. The
woman was standing by a kerosene
stove when it exploded, scattering
the burning oil over her clothing.
She vas burned severely before the
flames were extinluished. The woman
was removed to some rooms over the
second hand store and DR.. r. c..
Warne was called to attend to her in
Juries.
Williamson Bros. arrived in the
city from Spencer Saturday evening.
They have been yer there for the
past two Of three weeks roughing
out stone for the city hall building,
and thee carloads arrived from the
quarry Saturday night. The two
men will dress the stone for the
walls. A larger force of stone mas
ons was put to work or the building
this morning, as some Of them were
put on other work by reason of the
shortage Of stone last week.
; a. Robe, who has been here for the
past three weeks experimenting the
decorations for the corn palace build
ing, left on Last Tuesday for
his home in Lawrence, Kansas. MIR.
Robe expects to visit New York tc
see his wife and W daughters,
Misses Alice and M%ararget, who have
resided there for the past year. Mrs.
Robe is keeping house for the girls
while they are engaged in their bust.
ness ~avocations. Miss Alice is con.
nected in a r%eportorial way with the
New York World and in the year she
has been with the paper she has had
some very important assignments,
principal among which was the Sc
curing of Il story from Laura Bigger,
who recently occupied the attention
|of the public in connection with
serious crime perpetrated. Miss
Maragret is on the operatic stage ani
fills many engagements with promin'
ent companies which make Ions
stands in New York, frequently &C
~companying them as far as Balti'
more and like cities. While she is
engaged in her opreatic work sh'
devotes some time to writing for tn
New York World and other papers
Recently she had published an inter
esting article On the chorus girl, tw'
illustrations OF her own drawing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-25

Very shrewd in their business trans
actions are the people Of Turin, and,
as the following incident shows, the
n Of humor is also strongly de.
veloped in them.
In the local journals recently ap-
peared an announcement that a large
banquet would soon be given at which
the only guests would be those hus-
bands in Turin who did net live happi-
ly with their wives.
The banquet, in Il word, is to be a
sort of consolation feast, and the ut
most care will be taken that, while it
is in progress, the unfortunate spouses
shall not be interrupted.
Reason Enough.
Mrs. Hatterson-You don't mean to
say that you have no theories about
the education Of children?
Mrs. Catterson-No. I have too many
children.-Town and Country.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-25
The Modern Way.

The Modern Way.
Mrs. Knicker-Aren't you glad your
children are all settled?
Mrs. B~ocker-Yes, indeed. They're all
happily divorced now-Puck.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-19
RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans, Dec. 1S.-Mountebank
and Sarah Maxim were the winning
favorites to-day. Sadduccee was we'll
supported in the second race. The
suspension of c. E. Burnett & Co.
Jockey Livingston and the horse Ben
gal has been raised. Summary:
First Race-Seven furlongs. Mounte-
bank, to 5, won, with Halhouet, II
to 1, second, and Jim Ferrin, rs to l.
third. Time 1928 2-5.
Second Race-Five and one-half fur
longs. Sadduccee, to 1, won, with
Palmist, 9 to 2, second, and Tommy
Foster, Z to 1, third. Time 1907 LIS.
Third Race-Selling, one and one
eighth miles. Sarah Maxim, 10 b,
won, with Begone, 40 to l, second, and
Sidney Sabdy, Is to 1, third. Time
1855 2-5.
Fourth Race-Handicap, six furlongs.
DR.. Stephens, rs to 1, won, with van
Ness, 4 to 1, second, and Travers, 81
to 1, third. Time 1:14.
Fifth Race-Selling, one and one
fourth miles. The Bobby, to l, won,
with Mary Moore, 100 to 1, second, and
Hayward Hunter, IL to 5, third. Time
2:10.
Sixth Race-Six furlongs. Footlight
Favorite, to l, won, with Mordella,
to 2, second, and Overland, rs to
1, third. Time lis.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-19
GOOD RACING BEFORE A SMALL
CROWD AT YESTERDAYS MATINEE
Last Matinee of the Season Will Be Run Christ
mas DdV
mas Day.

kept on winning until the last, which
was a falldown, though there were
several good-sized bets down on Do
rothy Yates
Everything that was possible to
make the races attractive was done,
and if the public will not turn out
there is little probability that other
matiness will be attempted after the
big Christmas card has been run.
The winners were Dorothy Yates,
Joe Buckley, Back Number and Edna
Lowe.
Next Friday, perhaps, the last mat
inee that will be seen here this winter
will be run, and all of the horsemen
who promised to have their horses
ready for yesterday have pledged
themselves to enter.
Manager Hull said last night that
he hoped to have large enough
crowd Christmas to repay the horse
men for the efforts they have made
to make a success of the matinees
Not enough money was realized yes
terday to put up a respectable purse
for one race.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-19
s,vANNAH is WILLING TO PLAY
THE ENTIRE CLEMSON TEAM
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
OF THE ENTIRE SOUTH.
possITER KEPT KETRON OFF ALL
SOUTHERN TEAM.

c.orpia,s star Tackle Was the Most
PROMINENT Candidate for a Place
on the AII-sOuthern Eleven Until
the savannah Game-Capt. Blum
Saws That This Years Team Could
Defeat That of Last Season by n
score of 30 TO O-SOldiers VIII
Give the Blue and White Squad a
Hard Tussle.
There are thousands of people in Sa-
vannah and Charleston who would give
almost any reasonable sum to know
which will win the championship foot
hall game between the two cities to be
nIaved in Charleston on New Years
Day. Naturally, enough Charlestonians
say Charleston will win, and the same
thing is true in Savannah.
If last years contest may be taken
as a basis for deductions, ther is little
doubt that the blue and white will
again wave victorious. Savannah won
the game last year by a score of IS
TO 0. Capt. Harry Blum says that this
years Savannah team could defeat last
years Savannah team by a score of 80
to 0 with ease. 1t is then left to
whether Charleston has made the same
percentage of improvement as has the
Savannah team.
In speaking of the coming game, Capt.
Blum. who is president of the Savannah
Athletic Association, which put the
team out said that he believes Savan-
nah will tear holes in the Charleston
line this year that one could drive a
team through.
Though the personnel Of the Savan-
nah team is largely the same as it
was last year. there were no McNeils,
no Harmons or McIntires in the scrim-
images then. Nor did Rossiter, Futch,
Landsberg. Smith, Black, Hicks and
Sullivan play as they are now play
ing. Never has the team been in the
same excellent fern that it is now.
Georgia had the most promising can
didate in the South for a tackle place
on the all-Southern team. 1t was Sa-
vannah's Rossiter that lost the place
for him. Capt. Ketron admitted this
before he left Savannah. Ketron said
he had never played against a man
who broke through their line and broke
up so many plays. Clemson did not
do it, and the only way that Clemson
piled up the great score against Geor-
gia was with trick plays.
Il don't care if Charleston has got
the entire Clemson team" said Capt.
Blum last night, Savannah will win.
Savannah can defeat Clemson with the
best lineup that Heisman sent out
during the past season. All, what a
team we had last year, but how much
better have we got this year. The
old stars are playing as they have
never played before, and where could
we find another Mcneil, Harmon or
McIntire. Where could you find such
combination of players as we have?
Nowhere; and do not believe that it
is possible to get a team together in
any one city or college in the South
that can defeat the Savannah eleven %
The game that Savannah will have
to play next Saturday to win from
the soldiers will be a test of the
strength of the blue and white line.
The Mcpherson eleven is training hard
and with the big men that will be
brought down to line up against Sa-
vannah hard struggle is in store for
Capt Copes squad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-19
NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES.

First Race-six furlongs, purse. Van
Ness, 1C7; Neither One, 1O7: Joe Goss.
10Y; Hand Across, 1O7: Mayor johnson,
1O7; Frank Bell. 1O7: Ascension, 1O7;
Maj. Mansir, 107: Locket, Ito; Over
Again, ITO.
Second Race-Seven furlongs, purse.
Overland, 100: Ryevale. 100: Always
Faithful, 100; Sepette, 100; Ora McKin-
ney, 100: Exclamation, 1903; Lady Wal
ter, 1O4; Clytie, 1O4; Pistol, 1O4; Monte
bank, ITO; Foresight, lis; Shortcake,
100.
Third Race-Seven furlongs purse.
Sweet Nell. 1O7: Latuka, 1O7: Mymet-
tus, 107; Mary Anneta, 10Y; Irene Mac,
! 107; THAN, 1O7: Apple Bloom, 10Y;
Style, 1O7; Georgia West, 107; Goody
Two Shoes, 1O7: Miss Gould, III; JOS
cite, III.
Fourth Race-Mile and one-quarter.
Crescent City handicap: Safety Light,
80; Capt. Arnold, SO: Little Elkin, 1902:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-19
EXCITING GAME OF
BASKETBALL AT Y. M. C. A.

One Of the most exciting games of
basketball that has been played at the
Young Mems Christian Association
took place last night between the
Blues and the Grays. At the end of
the first half the score stood. 10 to 8
in favor of the Blues, and at the end
Of the second half the teams were tied
with % points each. In the play off
the Grays won, the final score being
"a to %.