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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-01-25
PROSPECT is MORE FAVORABLE
Regarding the Condition of Mr.. c. D.
Wheatley's Eye.

Information received yesterday re.
garding the condition of Mr.. George
Wheatley's eyesight was of little
more favorable nature, the physician
haying charge of the case expressing
the hope that its sight might yet be
preserved. Mr.. j. w. Wheatley went
to Macon yesterday to visit his son and
look after the case, returning here to-
night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-01-25

There are over 5000 known lam
guages and dialects.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-01-25
BITS OF NEWS TOO
SHORT FOR A HEAD.
Boiled Down to Four Lines
and Bunched.
HAND MIRROR OF EVENTS HERE
Happenings in The City and Suburbs
of Local interest to Be Perused at
Leisure While Your Coffee is Slowly
Cooling.

Some new fancies in stationery have
just been received at III. S. Holidays e,
corner jackson and Lamar streets.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

sufficiently into account is the tremendous
importance of public sentiment a factor IN
all political matters. Popular sentiment can
only be appreciated by those who have studied
it on the spot In certain matters il is wonder
fully stable In other respects it fuctCates to
such a degree that only keep track
thereof by having ones finger constantly on the
public p lse. Nor is it always possible TO
gather the trend thereof from the press, and. to
take Z recent instance it IS doubtful whether
foreigners have derived from the American
newspa pers any idea OF the strong feeling
which there was throughout the country IN
favor Of the Presidents refusal to accept the
invitation of the Kaiser to act as arbitrator IN
the Venezuelan imbroglio. The stability Of
public feeling here is shown by the fifty years
OF more which it has taken to eradicate from
the. American mind the conviction that Great
foe of the United States, and now that this
belief has disappeared, thanks in a large
measure to the warm and constant friendship
= infested for America by the late Queen
Victoria, and also ty her successor, King ID
ward it will take a good deal 10 bring Uncle
Sam to credit the insnuations that his kinsnan
John Bull entertains any enmity toward him.
Indeed nothing is more instructive in this par
ticular than to observe the manner in which
public sentiment here discriainates betW en-
England and Germany, to the detriment Of the
latter, in the Venezuelan difficulty.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

is a most complex parsonage and II requires
10 and intimate personal acquaihldh0e -
order to comprehend the pecullaritleS ol i1'0
character and his train Of thought AHN''
.r,o- " the motives which dictated the appoint
mont of two of the most able and accompilsheu
for IGN envoys at Washington was the clrcuih-
stance that they had been close personal irielidS
of the President before there was ever any
nrosnec+ of his becoming Chief Magistrate OF
the United States. Yet any one knowing TINS
country well would be inclined to believe that
their mission far from being promoted by thelr
farmer relations with the master Of the White
House would on the contrary be handicapped
thereby since the President would naturaI9
have to be- on guard to prevent his personal
sz-rnpathy for his oldtinae friends from taxing
an ,snpre judiced and impartial view in matters
affecting the foreign relations of TINS govern
n,ent. while they on their side, are naturally
disincIined to press matters in any way which
might create even the faintest suspicion that
they were nceaYoring TO take advantage for
their respective governments of their friendship
u-j-b the Executive The President and the two
ei.-oys being all three Laen possessed of the
highest serse Of honor and delicacy, the Of
fetal intercourse between them would have
been Derhaps facilitated and the missions of the
two diplomats promoted had there been no
question of oldtime friendship.
Another matter which those who direct the
policy of the European powers do not take
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

AS far as the fuctuation of public sentiment
is concerned, there are times when the dispatch
of cpeciaI missions and the gift of statues
would be welcomed with enthusiasm. and other
moments when they would come amiss, be re-
garded with distrust and the motives questioned
that had prompted the compliment to the United
States. Had it Tot been for the winning per
sonaity of Prince Henry of Prussia his visit 70
America would have fallen fat, owing to its IN
fortunately coincidng with the controversy be-
tween Germany and England as to which of 'he
two had been this countrys friend during the
war with Spain. The French mission IN connec-
ton with the ROchambeau statue followed too
closely on Prince Henry visit not to impair It's
success. It unfortunately timed IN every
sense of the word, and the same may be said OF
the Kaiser's proffer Of a gift TO the American
nation of a statue of Frederick the Great, COM
ing as it did almost Immediately after the N
auguration of the Rochambeau memorial 1t
may e doubted whether anything n the way
of a permanent capture Of the friendship OF
the American people is accomplished by such
-hods.
As have said above, there is always a ten
den,r to question the motive Of compliments
no matter how graceful, and to lcok upon them
a manifestation of sporadic sympathy.
Probably the best way to win the lasting good
will of the American people is to secure preseIl-
tation to them. like Queen Victoria, as consis-
tent true and dignified friend Of this country
under all circumstances, which, coupled with
the regard inspired by her private life, led at
the time of her death to an expressio- Of sor-
row throughout the United States second only
to that di-Dlayed in the British Empire.
EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
CH4rCER'S EARLY ENGLISH.

Chaucer had made hit with his Canterbury
Tales"
But tell u.s." urged his friends, what in
spired you to write?"
We'll" 1nodestIy confessed the poet, 4
couldn't spell so I saw I must use early Eng
lish before it was too late"
Hereupon he was pleased TO observe his book
listed among the cix best sellers Of the week
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
WHEREIN THE DANGER LAY.

"Have you any objections TO my taking your
daughter to the theatre. sir?"
No; not long you don't let her select the
play. ."-fThr Smart Set.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
NOTES OF THE STAGE

Andrew Mack will come to The Fourteenth
Street Theatre tomorrow with play by T. b
Sayre, play reader for Charles FrohInan. called
The Bold Soger Boy
At the Harlem Opera House this week tfI
plav will be H V Esmond's charming comedy
of 'Imprudence" presented with excellent ef-
feet by William Faversham and Miss Fay Dav.s.
'Imprudence' was seen this season on Broad
way at the Empire Theatre.
At the Princess tomorrow Miss Amelia Bing'
ham will be seen in her long advertised produc'
ton of Clyde Fitchs latest play, The FrlskJ
Mrs Johnson" 1t is also 10 be his last-thls
be strong.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27
M md breadth 1sO foot. and /

feet and breadth 1870 feet. and 'l-
evatod on n mound $40 feet long.
feet wilde and forty feet high. The mat
tonnl used was stone, many blocks of
prodlgous size being used. aud all
Joined together with mortar AS great
architectural ability was displayed by
the builders OF the ediices AT palenke
as was shown by the architects who
erected those Of the Nile. How Il was
possible for a primitive people to fash
ion. convey and sculpture such linz
mense stones as were employed Is the
wonder Of modern archaeologlsts. I'll
would seem that the same people were
the builders of these structures found
at Militia, Mayapan, Tula, as well as at
Palenke, a race which covered Yucatan
and The Southern States Of Mexico
with mighty temples.
A French scientist with n lively Inn
aglnatlon and unusual powers Of OBJ
scryation credits the "Totecs" with
building these ancient temples, and
fixes the seventh century as the period
Of their erection, but these confident
assertions are doubted. Others place
the era in which they were built as
early as the date Of the pyramids OF
Egypt However, 1T seems to be proved
beyond a doubt that many centuries
before the discovery Of America these
ruins were in existence. 1t is not be-
lieved that Cortez or those with him
knew OF the Palenke ruins, though
that conqueror must have been close
to them at one time. Europeans first
heard Of them in 1850, but it was not
until 1887 that they were explored.
The key unlocking the mysteries hid
den in the hierOglyphics which are
carved on hundreds of tablets may
some time be discovered, and the his
tory of a great race Of people and their
origin be known, but their successors
who now inhabit the region have no
| traditions that can aid the inquirer
The ruins Of Palcnke should be pre-
served, ard the Mexican Government
owe that much TO the world. If It were
possible to clear the timber away and
destroy the growth Of vines which is
rapidly overwhelming them, these in
teresting relics might be saved for the
future They have so far resisted the
effects of time and physical CONFUSION,
but must eventually succumb to the
ceaseless, persistent and silent assaults
Of an overwhelming tropical growth
Scientific American.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27

From 1914 to 1915 he acted as super
numerary in the Franciscan mission at
San Quentin, Lower California, the
first mission building to be established
on the Pacific coast, and which is now
in ruins.
In 1915, when he was just 100 years
old, Del Vale came with relatives to
what is now San Francisco in a vessel
that sailed around Cape Horn. He
has lived in Menlo Park since then
and has occupied the same room, his
great-grandnephew, Jose del Vale,
looking after the truck farm that sup
ports the family.
Manuel del Vale looks his great Hge.
He is a little, dried-up, frail man,
scarcely aye feet tall and weighing not
more than ninety pounds. lie is still
able to walk without assistance and
takes a daily stroll about his house,
He has not been more than two blocks
away from it in thirty years. He can
see but little, but he hears fairly well.
He speaks English brOkenly, but I'M
derstands it we'll, He never was much
interested in the big events Of the
world. lie says he has never used
liquor nor tobacco. Furthermore he
declares that he never has wet his feet
nor been out in a frost, apparently
holding these things to be equally
abomlnable. He never eats solid food,
his only nour'ehment being bean broth,
and Ill day ] . he sits in the sunshine
in front Of his adobe home.-New York
World.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27
>tst-StSt-Sll,t2t12lAt2tfG&
Farm Topics

DETECTs Nd s0UNDNEss-

DEFECTS AND soUNDNEss.
The line Of distinction between
soundness and serylceable soundness-
Examine whether the aiment Is n
blemlsh or due to tho kind OF work
the horse has had TO do. u horse can
be used on q farm with a blemish or
even unsoundness which would render
70 useless as q driver and while the
horse would be seryiceably sound %
the farmer, 70 would not, In the latter
case. be sound at all.
When a horse has one hip lower than
the other it Is not always an unsound-
ness. rs In many cases It does not ln-
terfere with his usefulness Interior
ing Is not an unsoundncss, but q defect
IN the gait. "Crbblng' Is sometimes
given i'm the English bench as an nm
soundness, but the American very
often attributes It to imitation Of a
bad habit in another horse.-Dr T..
Terrence, in The Culuya;or.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27

Park, Cal. He mas reached the agl
Of 157 years.
He has legal proof Of his age. In
many cases Of persons living beyond
the hundred mark who have attracted
public attention there has been grave
doubt as to the year Of their birth.
Belief in their age is based upon theit
own stories or on hearsay.
Manuel del Wales proof is docu-
uentary. lie has in his possession the
certificate of his birth, signed by the
jefe politico, or chief magistrate OF
Zacatecas, Mexico. The certificate,
which shows that del Vale was born
in Zacatecas on November "a, 1745, is
supplemented by the records Of the
Mexican customs service, in which he
served for many years.
Were it not for these indisputable
proofs it would scarce be beleyable
that a human being could have reached
the age of 1871.
At the time Del Vale was born
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27
DAIRY JOTTINGS.

The natural temperature Of milk is
about 100 degrees or little more The
calf should be fed milk about this tenn
perature, and cold Or sour milk never
fed.
Place small Jumps OF rock salt in the
pals from which cows are fed.
Milk from a newly calved COW
should not be sent to the factory until
after seven milkings.
If rape and lucerne be allowed to
wilt in the 81 for some hours after
being wet ard fed to cattle immediate
ly after being MIXED, the faint in the
milk will be very slight and will disap-
pear entirely after cooling, and good,
sweet butter can be made from it. a
Milk should be treated in the same
way when wild mustard or wild carrot
is abundant in the hay. 3
Ensilage which has become consider.
ably spoiled and smells very strong
should never be near COWS when they
are being MIXED, or while the milk is
close to manger, as the smell is SO
strong from such ensilage that milk
will absorb it from the outside.
If a cow has a sore teat that will be
injured by the hands in milking, do not
wet it with milk, but use a little vase
line. Lea
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27
The Hewltt Lamp in England.

The remarkable mercury vapor lamps
devised by Mr.. Peter Cooper Hewitt
are now being exhibited at the offices
of the Westinghouse Company. These
lamps can be run off any ordinary con
tinuous-current electric light supply
system and show an efficiency of two
to three candles per watt, or for the
same lighting require only about one.
ninth the current taken by ordinary
glow lamps. The sole drawback to the
light lies in its extraordinary color
There is a total absence of all red rays,
and consequently all tints red by Ordi-
nary light are curiously perverted. A
lady's lips look purple 50 that at pres
cnt no attempt is being made TO utilize
the light for domestic purposes, as
feminine opposition would be too
strong. In other cases, however, the
light has very strong advantages. 1t
is stated that it is an excellent light to
work by, and this we can we'll believe.
London Engineering
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27
TROUGH FOR PASTURE.

For horses and cows it may be ar
ranged on the fench as shown and for
sheep and swine fastened lower down
on the fence Made q foot wide at the
bottom, and, say, twenty inches at the
top it will be about right.
The trough should be securely spiked
to the fence posts as shown, and if
two animals are to be fed at q time
it may be divided in the middle. II the
animals are tied to the rings at the
posts each will get its share. Troughs
OF this kind are especially desirable
when corn, oats or chopped roots are
to be fed in the field and by their use
loss or waste OF the food is prevented.
Indianapolis News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27
INcUBAToRs A NECEss1Tr.

Years ago incubators were consld.
cred principally in the light OF luxurlas.
to be possessed only by poulrymen Of
unlimited means, but a new era has
dawned, one Of necessity, not alone
for those who raise large focks. but
for those also who raise only a few
hundred chicks. Incubators are no
longer experiments, successful only in
rare cases, but their construction and
working arrangements are so simple
that they arc always q decided sue
cess. The cost has been lowered to
within the reach Of everyone, and since
they require so little time and atten-
ton, every person who raises as many
Cs 800 chicks should own one.
Keep the hens laying and let the in.
cubator do the Matching. 1t is much
easier to raise the chicks in breeders,
and the loss from disease and acct
dents viii be much less. Try one this
season and SEQ If your profits are not
larger.-Io-ao and farm.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27

when the battle Of Bunker I'M was
fought
lie was already an old man whn
Napoleon WAS defeated at Waterloo,
being then siXty-Aye years old
Del Vale was lO1 years old 90 tho
beginning Of the Mexican war
He retired from active business nine.
teen years before that having thea
reached the age Of elghty-elght
lie was twenty years a customs OIL
cial at Enscnnda, Lower California.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27
An Attempt which FniIsd.

The Portuguese attempted to estab-
lish cattle farming in Newfoundland
in 1858, but all trace Of the animals
they imported have been lost
More than 524,00O acres OF land in
the Indian possessions Of Great Britain
are devoted to the cultivation OF Tea.
nine-tenths OF the area being in Assam
and Bengal Production is officially
estimated G.. 1ol $4,000 pounds.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27
FOR OUTDOOR FEEDING.

At a season of the year when it is
desirable to feed most Of the stock in
the pasture q number of troughs made
like that shown in the Illustration will
be found to save considerable labor.
The trough may be made any size to
accommodate the animals to be fed.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27

George Washington was only thirteen
years old This living man was tel
years old when the French and indian
war began.
lie was a grown man Of twenty
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27

are dlsintegrating the walls and pave
ments and will eventually level them
to the ground. So dense is the foliage
surrounding the ruins that light from
the sun is almost totally obscured. The
photographer who was employed by
the Mexican Government to take pic
lures Of the .uins could accomplish
his object in some instances only by
means of a flash light The ruins Of
Palenke are about 200 miles from the
port of FrOntera, and are reached by
steamer up the Tabasco River to San
Juan Bautista and thence by trail.
The group all lie within a radius of
1000 feet, and consist Of nine distinct
structures, of which the palace is
the largest and most central. The
ruined buildings consist of temples,
pyramids, aqueducts and edlficCs
whose purpose is not yet ascertained.
The temple is the largest of all, and
Upon it the ancient builders layished
Vall their art. 1t includes a court and
Balconies, as well as great corridors in
which tablets in bass-relief are fast
ened into the walls. Sculptures repre-
senting battle scenes and events Of the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27
The Oldest Man in
the World
157---and He Has Documents
TO Prove It.

Undoubtedly the oldest man I'm the
world, and probably the oldest human
being, IS Manuel del Vale Of Menlc
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27
A. .Ai%t~f@te f<1li<, sJGI<.E
Tile Ancient Ruins Of
Palenke.
By Eao Brown.
- EgE-yl.gl,.sI ..[.sl-g[gl-g..gl

X TRAVELLER who recently
n visited the famous ruins az
~ paonke State Of Chiapas,
Mexico, luments the changes
which time and the elements are grad
4 uallT making I'm their appearance and
condition. No,h.Ig has ever been done
by the Federal Government TO preserve
these Impressive monuments Of the
highly cultured race who constructed
them, and Of whose history and origin
but little is known. The climate Of the
u region IN which the ruins are situated
S the direct opposite Of that Of Egypt
lasmuch as the rainfall at Palonke
ARs been known to amount to 200
inches a year The air is humid and
encourages decay, and at the same
time stimulates the rapid growth Of
the vines and creeping plants, which
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27

me monument at the grave Of Ches-
Ter A. Arthur In Rural Cemetery, Al
oany, New York. is in the form Of an
angel placing palm leaf on Il sacco-
phagus. 1t is q beautiful piece CT
sculpture At the base 'here appears
OILY the simple inserintio'' arthur
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27

The yuekin, or moon guitar, OF China,
has four strings, turned in pairs, at in.
tervals of the fifth. The drum is usu-
ally decorated with Chinese figures in
various grotesque positions.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27

nations life are carefully depicted.
From them the physical characteristics
and domestic habits may be correctly
ascertained. The dimPusions Of the
palace" are great BfaSongth is 23S
Evening journal., 1903-12-22

Howard Goulson, Harold Beckley, George
Grier, Oscar Blair, Florence Crowl. Ru-
dolph Stewart Helena Beatty. Frank
starr, Palmer Rayuer, Samuel Kerns,
Homer Simmons. Clarence Mckay, Myrtle
Diclcrson, Edith Sawyer, Grace Camp
bell. Ka,heryn Ross. Dorothy Casey. Ada
Smith, Margaret Brinton. Helen Bush.
Shirley Thompson. Emily Downey, NIL
dred Jeneris. william FoullS, Francis
Lendorman, Agnes Russell Edward Al
len, George Greenwood. Martin Newman.
Lnian Stradley, Ollie Mcclure, Curtis
lGlenn, r.. Shippers, William MCGOWAN.
Ethel Mccall. William Murphy, Eleanor
Beetem.
Garfield School No. Fl.
These pupils will take part IN the
Christmas exercises at School No. 81:
Elsie caulk, May Saunders, Henrietta.
Woodson, Helen Butler, Simon Brown,
Martha. Jefferson. William, Anna Nc
Cam, Helen Anderson, Irwin Clarkson,
Bessie Cook, Henry James May Valen-
tine Bertha Morris. Esssie Robinson,
/ Amy Lee. Silas Brown. irwin Ellsberry
Courtland Seeney. Catherine Butler,
Raymond Crawford, Alexander Jones,
Anna Shepard. Siby Hinson, Alverda
Shepard. Willard Foreman, Rufus
iCrawford, Herbert Bolden, Delmar
Wright, Clarence Briggs, Randolph
Irons Mildred Brown Irma Diilahay,
Stella Armstead, Nettie Coursey, Ma
tlda Evans. The exercises win be held
Thursday morning at 1880 o'clock.
At School No. 3.
The pupils of school NO. gave a
large Thanksgiving donation to vari-
Gus charitable institutions, so they will
not have any Christmas donations. The
exercises in room viii be by Jennie
Altman Joseph Glatts, Edna Walls.
Jennie aMguire. Sadie Gluckman, Ethel
Fraker, Mildred Lowell, Agnes McGee.
Room Howard Baeringer, Charles
Field, Minnie Fenerman, Ida Rosen-
Iblatt.
. Room 6-Mary Riley William Read
p er John Riley Fred Quashm, Gladys
Pritchett. Dora Brachler, Lillian
Walker, Edward Giberson, Mary Right
er. Lizzie Farrell
Room No. 5-Beatrice Myers, r.
Swan, M. Bryan, r. Ephraim 5. Honey
Rooms l. 2, 3. and 4-Etta RICHTER
Mary Smith, Esther Haist, Leslie
Lange, Melville Deisley, Lucy Slaugh-
ter. Sallie Abrhmson. Mabel Pritchett
= Opal Neville, Elizabeth Botsford, GA'-
trude Donovan. Hazel McFarlan, Re-
becca Altman, Mary Lichtenbaum
Bella Fineman. Rosie Fisher Agnes
b Cummins. Annie Spire. Madeline Deg
nan, Esther Schorr Grace Sinclair
= Mildred Lee. Esther Selar, Ralph Nc
= Intyre, Layton Jones, Samuel Green
Waldman Hawke. Miriam Baeringer
Mary Little Marguerite Halliday
Helen Anderson. Ethel Bogia. Bessie
, Walter. Henry McFarlin. Harry Seagl
] Harry Bell. Eisie Durstein. Mary Lit
tie. Sallie Meredith. Marguerite Halli-
day George Heinel, Samuel Wright
e William Hindsley, Herman Rentz.
Evening journal., 1903-12-22

These pianos-and of the style be in
Wilmington at the of the Hoppe representatives the B. L.
Peacock Co., Ninth and King Seetare we'll and very favor
ably knowa the musical world They have the famous three
sounding boards and tested by representative jury of tone
experts. They guaranteed
The conditions very plain and remarkably easy Every
school Delaware that wants piano cannot help being deeply
interested in this munifcent oer fine piano absolute
y free Of expense
Evening journal., 1903-12-22

Wars of the last 5000 years are sup
posed to have cost $500. 600 600. 600. They
say that each man who falls on the
battlefield costs S2740 to kill. and that
the countries of Europe today are pay
ing TO maintain an armed neutrality
the small sum Of $50 per second.
Evening journal., 1903-12-22

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