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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09

He wus beginning what he intended
20 be a very pretty speech, expressive
o. his love and devotion. when Betty
interrupted Aim.
There Is no time 10 speak OF that
now" she said Il am safe. and will
be far from here when father awakes
but there IS no time 10 lose"
Where shall we so, Botty?"
Il will show you. II Is all arranged.
Come with me"
She led him through the grove 10 the
road, where a horse and buggy were
standing. AZ the horses head was a
man whom Excelsior presently recog.
nlzed, to his great surprise, as George
Deering.
why. George, what on earth are
you doing here?" he asked.
Il knew what was going on, replied
Deering, land brought buggy to help
the young lady off. / always stand by
my friends, especially when they stand
by me. Have the kindness to assist
Miss Betty into that vehicle, my dear
Podd, and soon everything will be
lovely"
Excelsior did as he was requested
to do, and was about to follow the
young lady into the buggy, when Deer
ing halted him.
wait a moment, my dear fellow"
said the latter. 1--WE must consult the
safety Of Miss Betty. No one but my.
self can manage this horse. and it is
necessary that / should get in first"
Excelsior stood aside while the
other got in and seated himself by the
side of Betty. DeerinC then whipped
up the horse, went ahead a short dis
lance, stopped and locked back.
Farewell, my dear Excelsior" he
said. you are the best Podd that
ever grew on a beanstalk. Whenever
any of my friends want their chest
nuts pulled out of the fire. 1 will be
sure to recommend you"
In a few minutes the buggy had
whirled out of sight,
why, this is burned shame!" ex.
claimed Excelsior; I've a great mind
to go and tell the squire"
But he didn't. He went home
cleaned the soap off his clothes, and
held his tongue.-New York Weekly,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09
HORN FURNITURE.
Quaint Articles Now Turned Out BY
Russians on the East Side.

Quaint Articles Now Turned Out BY
Russians on the East Side.
Quaint furniture made Of horns is
peddled about the city by Russians. Il
is the output of a little home industry
on the East Side, which utilizes the
common COW horn for practical pur-
pose.
Three-legged stools, each leg Of
which is a horn, hat racks with horns
fitted together at the butts and a board
for the hanging, easy chairs the en-
tire frames Of which are horns clever
ly put together, and quaint trophies for
wall or mantel are among the wares
peddled about on hanback, or in carts
The horns are got from the East Side
slaughter houses, and sell for a few
cents a pound when Jumped in with the
hCofs that 60 to the button makers
and to the glue factories AS they ap-
pear rough and dingy when first struck
from the brutes' heads the horns
scarcely seem worth picking up, but
under the Russian artisans skilful
treatment they are converted into OBJ
jects of beauty having the CLEAN and
warm coloring Of amber and the lus-
tire Of polished shell, with a durability
that gives them value.
Some are in tones Of white and
brown or gray and black with mot
things and cur!ously mingled figures in
the surface, or perhaps a series Of rings
for distinguishing marks Those Of
particularly fine shape and color are
reserved for souvenirs, mounted sing
ly and especially cleaned and scraped
to answer for drinking horns and fancy
pieces, vases and cornucopias. Others
have a cord of woven horsehair or
leathern fillet slung about them, meant
to hang as a hunters horn from
bracket or wallpiece.
1t took several years Of experiment
with alkalis and antiseptic solutions to
discover a practical way for getting
the horns into acceptable condition and
to learn how to clean and scrape them
at so slight expense that they could
be sold at moderate price Now this
secret has been discovered, and every
now and then some ingenious novelty
is added to the list of the makers
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09

compartment sleeping cars and dining
cars The fare from Daluy % 81
Petersburg is SlSZ96 hrst class and
S9l97 second class.
The Chinese Eastern Railway Cor
pany maintains a mercantile fleet Of
nineteen steamers. with a total net ton
mage OF 2O2O5 tons. These are for the
coast trade and ply between Dalny.
Port Arthur and Chofoo. and also be-
tween the two nrst-namcd ports aud
Chemulpo and Shanghai In commune
ton with the Tran8-siberian express
trains, there is a weekly service be-
tween Dalny and Shanghai and Dalny
and Nagash by the company's new ex-
press steamers Manchuria and Mon
golia, which are equal in speed and
comfort TO the steamers OF the mail
lines and make their trips TO shang-
hal and NagasaH In thirty-six hours.
AS soon as tAe railway Is completed
around Lake Baikal which is expected
in a few months trains will run from
Dalny TO Moscow without a change of
cars and in greatly reduced time. As
yet the trade of Dalny is small. the inn
ports and exports together amounting
I'm value TO about S2,5O0OOO. It's coming
commercial greatness Is so confidently
anticipated that Dalny IS popularity
spoken Of as the "Southan0to ton of the
East"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09
The Minister Won.

A minister was one day walking
along a road, and to his establishment
he saw crowd of boys sitting in froT
of a ring, with a small dog in the &C.
tire. When he came up to them he po
the following question: What are you
doing to the dog?" One little boy said.
whoever tells the biggest lie wins it,"
oh" said the minister, Il am sur
prised at you little boys, for when
was like you l never told a lie" There
was silence for a while, until one of the,
boys shouted: Hand him up the dog"
Labor Leader.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09
Official Baggage.

The English railways are about to
devise plan by which the loss of bag
gage in transit may be reduced to a
minimum. In England there has hith-
erto been no adequate system of regis
terlng baggage, so that if the piece is
stolen and replaced by another the
loss is not discovered until the owner
attempts to identity what he does not
recognize. In the first quarter Of the
present year the French railway COM
panies paid MO less than $3.50 as re-
endorsement to clients from whom
packages had been s.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09
Mexlco,s MIIltarv Amhitlon.

The army and navy of the Republic
of Mexico says the National Maya
zine, are undergoing the greatest
Transformation in their history From
the border Of Yucatan and from theI
Pacific to the Gulf coast the Republic
will soon be vast parade ground for
troops and marines Quietly but ra-
pidly the government is carrying to
completion comprehensive plans which
will make Mexico one OF the strongest
military powers for her area on the
globe Within year or two at most
President Diaz will be able to mOboliz9
on short notice nearly 100000 well
equipped and we'll drilled soldiers. He
desires to make Mexico a nation of
warriors; therefore, in nearly H.
600 public schools nearly 100000
hOys are drilling daily and dreaming of
glory to be won on the battlefield Is
there reason to doubt, in view Of
such facts as these, that the Mexico
rf the future will be able to make de.
mands and enforce them if need be? =.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09
FIsHERMAN's PARADISE.
A Name to Which Newfoundland Is
Certainly Entitled.

C5rtalnIy Enlllleus
A native of Newfoundland is born
fisherman or a fish dealer If the turn
of his business life prevents him from
catching fish, it seldom, if ever, gets
him out Of the atmosphere Of them.
If he doesn't catch them he sells them.
or gets his living in some way out
of them He lives and thrives, as it
were, on Goldfish, fresh and sailed, or
in the fattening from cod liver oil,
crude and refined The scheduled COM
MERGE of the island is made up of
fish-the cod, herring and the salmon
the latter a mere drop in the aggre-
gate bucket This condition has ex-
listed since the early years Of the 10th
century when the Portuguese, the Bis
cayans, the French and English fought
iercely over the rights to the coast
fishing.
For nearly 400 years the traffic in
these special products Of the seas was,
and is now, carried on purely from
the dollar standpoint, and during this
long period we find no reference to the
angling wealth of the inland waters,
except when, here and there, a stray
Waltonian, stranded in transit to his
far-off home, 4mprovised a rod and
fishing gear and gave glowing accounts
of the salmon and trout waters near
the coast. But these reports were few
and far between, and owing to the
isolated location of the island and the
dearth Of transportation facilities,
Newfoundland continued to be an un-
developed Utopia to the anglers of the
world.
This condition existed until within
the last decade, when the American
tourist, as restless and indefatigable in
his search for new avenues of pleasure
as he probably had formerly been in
chasing the dollar, traversed the ISL
and and corduroyed, as it were, its
many and difficult portages in his
heart for choice angling waters. He
found them everywhere; nestled in the
lap of every vale; in the concaves of
the hilltops, and dashing down the
mountain sides, widening from turbu-
lent trout rivulets into noble salmon
rivers flowing placidly to the sea. For
be it known that more than one-third
of the area of the island is covered
with fresh waters, and in their broad
reaches live many species of fish es-
teemed the world over for their game
qualities. 1t is not to be wondered that
suah country forms an objective point
in the itinerary of the angling season
with the fisherman Harri!
in the Illustrated Sporting News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09
DECISIVE BATTLES.

Aeh. books OF wars and books OF days
Arc az q crlor that declares.
hoWe'er the tide OF battle fares
along she seothlng world-hlghwnya.
But you shall look. aud an IN vain.
TO IND some record OF that Eight
mat Wrong doth lnly wage with Right,
Upon the souls wide battle-plaln.
-liam'8 Horn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09

A report from Constantinople is to
the effect that 100 Swedish officers will
be installed in the Turkish gendarme
cor--s Of Macedonia. Their pay will
amount to so Turkish pounds. or about
$3.50 per month.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11
NO. so.
HERBERT SPENCER.
philadelphia Ledger.1

Three years before the memorable year
in which the first thesis of Charles Rob-
ert Darwin was given to the world
little book, heavy of matter and dun of
style, vaguely prophesied those startling
conclusions announced in 1855 to the ad-
vocacy of which and the wide application
of which to the varied problems of life
and the world the prophet become an ex-
FOUNDER, was to devote the remainder of
his long life.
Darwin was fortunate in his first dis
/. ciples: John Tyndal took up the theory
of evolution, and developed it as a prin-
ciple of physics: Thomas Huxley took
it up as the key to biological phenomena.
Herbert Spencer's endeavor was greater.
Fascinated by the new idea, adumbra tions
of which had already beguiled him before
he had seen it clear in the writings of his
master, Spencer, a man apparently with
out poetic agination. without humor
devoid of ordinary enthusiasm, mathe-
matcal, fiat, of commonplace ability and
Circumscribed view, yet conceived the
plan, and with a pertinacity which in
reality must have been the child of won
der and faith. carried on, till at the end
of half century his power of work fail
ed the task of relating the principle of
evolution to all orders of phenomena The
idea of the development of the perfected
from the imperfect has captivated many
intellects but it has never so entirely
possessed another as it did the man who
gave his life to the work of writing a
cosmic philosophy based upon it.
The scheme of Mr.. Spencer $ synthetic
philosophy was one of the most ambitious
in the history of recorded thought. That
it was too vast for accomplishment dur
ing the span of a single life Mr.. Spencer
before the end was forced to admit. New
ertheless, he did succeed in sketching. at
least, a complete outline of his system.
That its earlier features were in large
part discredited and to some degree aban-
duned by himself before the later ones
We're developed is only in keeping with
the truth at the heart of the system.
Practically Mr. Spencers most valuable
contribution to human thought was in the
field of social science. 1t would never
have satisfied him to believe that his pc
culiar work would prove to be the per-
suading of men to high ethical ideals, yet
perhaps this is the fact. His First Prin-
ciples" are surrendered; his institutions
are little regarded; his Psychology is
obsolete; his Education" is stll-pop-
ular; but The Data of Ethics is yet a
power over the minds and wills of men.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11
Uncle Sam on Guard at Panama.

The United States cruiser Atlanta is
still patrolling the eastern end of the San
Bias coast and keeping an outlook for any
attempt on the part of the Colombian gov
ernment to land troops on the Isthmus,
which the Atlanta would at once prevent.
The Atlanta is also endeavoring to as
certain if the Indians know anything of
the movement of troops from the interior
across the isthmus, and is also seeking
information concerning the alleged con-
centration of Colombian troops at the
mouth of the Atrato river on the Gulf
of Darien.
The Atrato river being in Colombian ter
ritory, the Atlanta of course could not in
terfere with any movement of Colombian
troops there
The report brought to La Guayra,
Venezuela, from SaVanilla to the effect
that Colombian steamers have landed 100
men near the mouth of the Atrato river
to open way over the Darien mountains
to the isthmus cannot be confirmed here.
The movements of the Atlanta are en-
tirely of a precautionary nature and for
the purpose of securing information as to
the situation.
The United States gunboat Bancroft has
left Colon today to patrol the western end
of the San Bias coast in cooperation with
the Atlanta. 1t is expected that the latter
vessel will return here in a day or two to
report.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11

The Presidents message is an ex-
haustve and to the person who peruses it
carefully in its entirety, an exhausting
document. 1t reviews a large number of
questions Of public interest, but nearly
one fourth of its space is devoted to an
explanation and justification of our course
in relation to the republic of Panama and
the proposed canal The questions of
land and postal frauds, bribery and of cor
poration and trust control are handled
fearlessly. The President evidently stands
pat on the tariff issue as he devotes no at
tcntion to it. and he dismisses the cur
rency reform subject with the suggestion
that it is unwise and unnecessary to at
tempt reconstruction of our entire
monetary system. On the whole the Pres-
dent has given strong and studious mes
sage. in the trenchant style which we
have come to expect from him.
Editorial on page p
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11
American Marines Landed at Colon.

Two companies of marines from the
United States auxiliary cruiser Dixie were
landed at Colon Tuesday and took train
for Empire, town on the railroad near
Panama, where a camp was established in
the canal companY's building. If sanitary
conditions warrant it the rest of the 450
marines on board the Dixie will be trans
ferred to the camp in patches of so The
stated official purpose of this movement is
TO give the marines practice in the build
ing Of camps and to relieve them from
their long confinement on the vessel The
actual purpose of the United States gov
ernment in landing the marines is. how
ever. believed to be connected with the
precautionary measures now being car
ried out on both sides of the isthmus and
perhaps also for the moral effect which the
landing of the marines may have on the
native garrison at Panama, the loyalty of
which, though hitherto absolutely un-
swerving. has been questioned in some
quarters, especially since the discovery of
the plot against the life of Gen. 1uertas,
commanders lin chief of the forces of the
republic of Panama. and the alleged effort
on the part of a few of the army officers
to persuade the garrison to revolt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11
New Medical Colleue Ruildinu.

Plans are already being made for the
erection of a new medical college building
at Burlington to replace the one destroyed
by fire. Ground will be broken in the
spring for an edifice. the cost of which
will probably be $50 600 or more The
University of Vermont is working to raise
an endowment fund of 81 900, 900. a part
of which will be used by the medical de-
partmcnt. \ nucleus for the new struc-
ture will be the S11500 insurance Glasses
are now being carried on in temporary
quarters. Sessions We're at once resumed
in other quarters. Some valuable medical
books in the library were consumed by the
fire and many specimens from the mu-
scum We're destroyed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11

We have no apologies to offer or prom
ises to make in this paper If the people
like it well enough to support it, it will
continue. If they don't we shall not run
il for fun or glory.
This is the salutatory Of Frank f. Howe.
in the first number of the Bennington
Evening Banner, which appeared Tuesday.
Mr.. Howe has been giving the people of
bennington the best paper they ever had
in the Weekly Banner and Reformer,
and with his new venture he will fill the
pill if there is a demand for daily paper
in Bennington We are glad to hear Mr..
Howe speak of the paper as a straight
business proposition. Many people seem
to regard the newspaper as a purely phil
and educational institution. and
others to deem its main province that of
a free lance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11

Congressman Haskins and Foster re-
ceived unusual recognition for junior
members in the makeup of the Congress
sonal committees. Col. Haskins is ad-
vanced several numbers on the commit
tee of agriculture, now holding sixth place
No. on the committee OF elections No. 3,
with nine members. and No. in COM
mittee of l3 on war claims. Congressman
Foster ranks next to Chairman Ketcham
of New York on the committee on ex-
penditures in the war department, and
holds good positions on the committees
on labor claims and foreign affairs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11
Special 0oticcs.
Atte ention, Pickle Growers.

THE i'rattlcboro Jelly Co. wishes to know
L 10y January !. whether the farmers in This
vicinity are interested to contract TO grow
cuCumhers Tor pickles al same price and terms
as the past season. We want acreage enough
TO open the plant aud run il another year
lbs seasons crop j. closed out and the plant
Is closed for the winter. II j. for the farmers
TO say whether il Will hc opened again for
business. All interested tn grow another sea-
son Will please advise 10y mail or otherwise. the
undersigned the acreage they will contract 10
grow next season. and ON the first of January
we Will advise through the BrHttcbOro papers
whether we have acreage enough assured to
warrant "A continuance of the business mere.
Address, y. l.. BLAIR. Supt.. ButtlebOro
Jelly Co. l3 Chapin 81. BrattlehOro VI
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11

Three-fourths of the great mass of man
ufaCtures which enter into international
commerce are composed Of iron and steel
copper and cotton of which we are the
worlds largest producers. and for the
manufacture of which We have facilities
at least equal to those of any other
country.
George G. Murphy, 80. who says his
home is in Denver, Colo, was arrest
ed in Manchester. n. H.. Wednesday
at the request Of officers in Rutland, who
wish to know whether he has any connec-
tion with the stealing of S400 from the
convent in Rutland recently Murphys
wife and four children, the youngest seven
and the oldest II, We're with him. Murphy
went from Rutland to Plattsburg, thence
to Whitehall, North Adams, Fitchburg,
Nashua and Manchester. Murphy so
licited aid from the parish priest and the
sisterhood in Rutland, and obtained SINH
lar assistance in several of the other
places.
A bill in chancery has been filed in the
county clerks office i'm Burlington by
Catherine A. Atkins against Alfred,
George and Morris Atkins, which in
wolves the settlement of the estate of the
late Hiram Atkins, including the Mont
pelier Argus & Patriot and other property
to a total value of S75, 600. 1t is claimed
that the executors paid an the legaces
mentioned in the will except those to
Elizabeth Dewitt Clark and the oratriX,
the two daughters of the deceased. 1t is
also claimed that they collected money,
sold bank stock and other securities and
sold the homestead premises without au-
thorty, from the probate court, 1t is
claimed they received about $50, 900 from
the sales. 1t is further claimed that the
legacies mentioned in the will We're paid
before the just debts against the estate
We're settled, which is said to be contrary
to the provisions of the will
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11

The Mortified News gives an inside
view on Percival w. Clements attitude
toward the gubernatorial campaign OF
next year, on the authority of Charles A.
Smith of Montpelier, one of Mr. Clements
ablest lieutennnts of last year. 1t is to
the effect that Mr.. Clement is not anxious
to be a candidate, but that he will not de-
sert the kid" as he calls the high liz
cense law, and If the campaign is waged
on the lines Of license and prohibition he
will be prepared to enter the lists. If
this is a correct view Mr. Clement will
not run next year, for the very good rea-
son that the great mass of the voters
are willing to give the present law n
trial long enough to ascertain its merits
and dement's with more eXactness than
can be determined at the present time.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11
States Attorney Bailey Dead.

Frank \. Bailey. states attorney of
county, died yesterday in
Springs of consumption. He
went West about two weeks ago and his
condition then was known to be very Sc
rious. He was born in Wiliamstown,
graduated from Montpelier seminary. and
was admitted to the bar in Montpelier in
1898. He took a great interest in p. w
Clements campaign last year He is sur
Vived by two brothers. The body will be
brought to Montpelier for burial.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11

1t is regarded as settled by the mem
bers Of the Republican national commit
tee who are in Washington for confer
ence today and tomorrow that the next
national convention of the party will be
held in Chicago about June -.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11

What a tribute to carelessness is con-
taincd i'm the statement that over 0000, =
900 pieces Of mail matter reached the
dead letter office at Washington last year,
and that these letters contained cash to
the amount of $4S.63i, and drafts, checks,
etc, to the face value of 81 ,i93. .j63
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11

Alfred +. Watson Of Hartford will un-
doubtedly succeed Ira r. Allen, deceased,
as chairman Of the Republican state COM
mttee Mr.. Watson is now secretary of
the committee, and he has the acquaint-
anceship. experience and ability to well
qualify him for the position.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11

A strong Russian squadron, consisting
of eight war ships, including two battle
ships, has arrived at Chemulpo, the port
of Seoul, capital of Corea, to support Rus
sias opposition to the proposed opening
of Yongampho to the commerce of the
world, says a dispatch from Toxic. The
Russians threaten to land 5000 men and
march on Seoul, should Corea disregard
their warning.