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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
AN IDEAL GUEST.

4 busy housewife, to whose home in
the course of the year come all sorts of
company, recently had an ideal visitor.
She was never ''under-foot' when the
hostess was at work and she seemed to
have some magic charm that drew all
unneeded members of the family away
from the scene of labor. If there was
an errand to be done and the children
were in school, she always needed a
walk"
She was never buStling around the
house, playing the piano, or netting
the wee ones to 4 frolic while the
hostess rested. But when the sesta
was over and the mother sat down
with ,mending or sewing, the guest was
on hand. fresh and merry with inter-
esting stories of life in another en-
vironment.
She had found the daintJ new sofa
pillow that waited for it's rufIle; and as
she talked she hemstitched. That
completed pillow will always be elo-
quent of the pleasure of those after
noon chats and of the tact and thought
fulness Of that ideal visitor. The
goodbye to thai guest was sincerely
spoken from Il full heart. do come
again. You have been such good COM
pary; and 10 more trouble than the
birds in the tre2s."-New York Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
POSITION OF JAPANESE WOMEN.

.
Onoto Watanna, who-e knowledge
of the Japanese was acquired ut first
hand, contributes Il readable and in
forming article OIL Everyday Life in
Japan" to Harper's Weekly, in which
she writes entertainingiy of the man
ners and customs of the Mikados
people-their home life, their habits,
Japanese women, she controverts The
widespread belief among Western
nations that they are simply slaves
to their husbands, little better than
upper servants in their households. II
she is a slave, says the writer. "she is
a very happy slave, and hcc lot is an
enYiable one. The husband takes up
on his shoulders the burden of bust
ness and leaves her with the children.
She shares in their joys and is as in
nocent rs they. But one does not con-
fide ones deepest thoughts, ones dear
est hopes and ambitions to ones slave.
One does not earnestly listen to and
heed the advice of ones slave; one
does not unquestioningIy Civ" ones
children into the hands of ones slave,
nor does one cherish ones slave as a
pearl. SO the Japanese woman is
very happy slave
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
UNCUARDEn ADMISSION.

"Your hair is rather long" suggested
the barber.
THAT'S the way / like it," said the
man in the chair. Spare me your
conversation. All 1 want is a shave"
The barber lathered his face in ST.
lence.
Then he strapped his razor
~ suppose" he said, you've been
looking at some of those pictures in the
funny papers that show how BARRIERS
talk their customers to DEATH"
Worse than that" retorted the man
in the chair. Il draw the pictures"
The shave he got after that may
perhaps be imagined. : Chicago Trl-
hEre.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
The HaY CroD,

Hay properly speaking is applied to
grasses cut green and cured for food
for animals. But in common practice
the word covers all dried vegetable
food sowed upon the farm for stock
feed except the grains. Roughage is a
term often used among farmers. Hay
in its broadcast use would include
shucks, fodder grain, straw and chaff,
clover, alfalfa, corn slower, cottonseed
hulls and many other quite different
products.
There is difference between grass
cut green and made into dried hay
and dead grass cut off for food. But
we desire at this writing to urge the
Importance of each farmer sowing
plenty of hay of some kind. With
plenty Of good hay it is comparatively
easy to feed stock, and very much
cheaper than grain.
Good hay is now bringing high
prices, and the outlook is for these
prices TO remain. 1t is very impor-
tant, in planning your crop for this
year to make room for a good supply
of hay
Sow hay to feed cattle. Grow cattle
to eat the hay. Save the manure and
make the land rich to grow more hay
to feed more cattle to make you rich.
Make your plans to fill your barns
with good hay and make your barns
large to hold a good crop.
There are trains and trains Of North
ern hay still coming South. This
can be and should be stopped. We
can grow good hay cheaper than they
can.-Cultivator.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
Chickens in Education.

\ Under this caption the Augusta (Ga)
Chronicle has this interesting article:
when eggs range from twenty five
to forty cents dozen, and turkeys
from fifteen to twenty-five cents Il
pound, and chickens and other poultry
in proportion, it is time that the eyes
of the farmers were opened to the
fact that there is money in chickens
intelligently handled. And why
shouldn't we handle them intelligent
ly? If other States, in which weather
conditions are far less favorable, find
it paying industry, why cannot far
mers and housewives in Georgia make
money out of poultry raising?
In the State Of Missouri the subject
is regarded as important enough for
it to be embraced in university
course.
How to raise chickens will be taught
at the University of Missouri. The
curators have decided to offer a full
course of poultry raising. A short
course was offered last year, but this
year the study is to be put on an equal
plane with the studies in other de-
part9ents, and full instructions in the
breeding and handling Of domestic
fowls and the production Of eggs will
be given.
After showing from the United States
census of 1000 that the total value of
poultry and eggs raised in this conn
try during the year 1889 reached the
enormous sum Of 1921, 17S,035, of
which the South Atlantic States are
credited with twenty millions, the
Chronicle adds:
We think the example of the Missouri
University might profitably be fol-
lowed at Southern agricultural col
leges and experiment stations, and
that Southern agricultural societies
would do well to devote meeting
occasionally to instructing their mem
bers concerning the great possibilities
of chicken culture.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03

In sections where the velvet bean
will grow freely it is more valuable
than the cow pea as an improver Of
land, as it produces Il much greater
crop of vines and the nitrogen
gathered and stored on the roots is
much more AS forage crop, how
ever, it is not so valuable, as it's enor-
nous growth makes it practically i'm
possible to handle it either as green
fed or as hay. The bean is a semi
tropical plant and will not mature its
seed north of South Carolina and
therefore it is Of no use to plant it in
Virginia or North Carolina except for
improving land. 1t makes an enor
nous growth of vines in this State,
so much so as to render it almost
impracticable as forage or hay crop.
Planted in May, one and 4 half pecks
to the acre. it will continue to grow
until frost kills it with the beans i'm
mature. In the far Southern States
the beans are fully ripened and make
q meal rich i'll protein which is used
for stock feeding to some extent al
though even there the main use OF the
crop is as a land improver. 1t is al
lowed to lie down and is then plowed
under and this is the best use to
make OF it. Virginia Planter.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
Making Profitable Beef.

The commissioners Of agriculture of
the cotton producing States are band
ed together in an association. Experi-
ment station officers Of the same
States are active workers in the or
ganization. The fifth annual conven-
ton of this association was recently
held In Montgomery, Ala, says Prof.
j. M. Tracy, in the Memphis Com
mercial-Appeal. The production of
beef cattle in the South was one of the
principal topics. II was generally
agreed that the cattle tick had been
the chief obstacle in developing this
Industry, DR.. TAFT Butler, of North
Carolina, explained the methods by
which at least six counties in that
State had been entirely freed of this
pest within the past two years. The
view was repeatedly expressed with
out challenge, that the general eXter-
mination of the. tick, and thus the Ell.
tire prevention of the so-called acnli-
nation of fever of cattle, was possible,
through cooperation between State
and National authorities
Prof. e. r. Lloyd, of Mississippi,
emphasized the point that beef pro-
duction affords the most universal in
centive for extending the area devoted
to leguminous or restorative crops. He
showed that the beef steer pays a high
rent for Southern lands devoted to
pasturage. On one farm, Of low value,
sixty steers, grades Of the beef breeds,
afforded an average gain of $50 pounds
between June 10 and October /. At
three cents per pound this increase af-
forded rental of $1.67 per acre pas
tured, through using the land for only
112 days This gain of more than one
and one-half pounds a day on grass
alone speaks well for the productive
capacity of Southern pastures. Again
grade yearling steers between March
26 and October 1 made an average
daily gain on pasturage alone Of 80
pounds, or 2G2 pounds EACH This
was equal to a rental of $3.9S per
acre of pasture. These steers had been
carried through the previous winter
on 1440 pounds of johnson grass hay
per steer, affording an average gain Of
100 pounds during the winter.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
About Strawberries.

There is one point in stra wberry cul-
ture, by the matted root system, that
is rarely understood as it should be.
and this is, in regard to allowing the
plants to be set too thick in a row,
says II. E. Van Deman. A strawberry
plant is q weed in a stra wberry patch,
where it is not needed. 1t is the first
or earliest berries, while the late
plants make the little things that are
a nuisance to the grower, the picker.
the dealer The average strawberry
grower is too apt to let the rows mat
so closely that none of the plants
can do its best, not nearly what it
should do. After the plants have
Dassed about the first of August they
probably will have set enough new
ones TO fill the rows twenty inches
wide. or a little more; provided the
runners have been trained lengthwise
of the rows and placed so as evenly
to fill the spaces properly allotted to
them. About SIC, inches apart is close
enough for them. When they are
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
IffII .E5ff4iiE'B5;.r..5g TEFTH7'T'|

liberty satin bodlces that are so care.
fully bone d aud fitted and made in all
colors will be worn with the summer
gowns and also with yelling gowns.
There is quite il change in the fash-
ion Of the stockholders They are
wider so that they cover the band of
the collar; or, as is evident with the
summer gowns, the collarless neck is
to be fashionable. There are some
dainty little collars, round in shape,
with long tabs i'll front, that are most
attractive for the fortunate Individual
who has pretty enough throat to
wear a gown made in that fashion,
Harper's Bazaar.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03

The ostrich pompon is in high favor
Collarless effects distinguish many
new bodices.
A shower proof walking suit is one
of the novelties.
Boleros continue to- maintain their
extraordinary vogue.
The camellia is pushing the rose for
first place in fashions favor.
The box-like turban seems to have
firm hold in the world of millinery.
White continues to out-distance all
others as the correct separate waist.
Val is the summer lace. and as such
will be most used to trim wash gowns.
The covert jacket in 22-inch length is
the popular separate jacket of the
hour.
Little quaint touches Of brown upon
white. are much favored by the smart
Partisan milliners.
The fur hat, trimmed with flowers.
is an inconsistency well liked by smart
women with money a-plenty.
Velvet flowers are used extensively,
also fruits, and even vegetables are
said to be the coming favorites.
Buckles for garniture or girdles are
made larger and richer than ever,
either simply chased or jeweled.
The liking for yellow which would
seem to characterize this season is
seen to advantage IN cotton gowns.
One OF the newest lac is Point de
Llerre. 1t is Il machine lace, made of
heavy indentations on wash blonde
net.
Wide ribbons that are from four and
Il half to eight inches wide are the
ones favored by Dame Fashion this
season.
Draped sashes of liberty satin with
pointed front will accompany many
dainty yet quaint summer costumes of
bastite, Powered muslin, etc.
A dainty little collar of white silk
has lace medallions inserted in its
points and the inlet is surrounded with
hand embroidery in black silk.
1t is needless to mention the extra
ordinary prominence and favor ac-
corded to the ostrich plume, which is
used on all fine hats. small as we'll as
large. -,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
CONSISTENCY.

"What have you been doing all day,
dearest" said his wife ON his return
home.
"Workin' like a dog"
At that moment the family pet got
up from the sofa pillow on which he
had been sleeping behind the stove,
stretched from his long afternoon nap,
whined at the door to be let out, and
after his request was granted, stood in
the yard for an hour or two and parked
at the inoon.-Clevelan Leader.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
PREPARED FOR SHOWERS.

Il hope" said the thrifty old farmer,
that you have something laid up for
rainy day"
Sure thing" replied his nephew
from the city. 1--WE Sot seventeen
borrowed umbrellas. Chicago News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
NATURALLY.

Pigment-"I saw you as the art exhi-
bition last evening. l suppose you are
very fond of paintingsT"
Gamboge-"Oh, dear, no. I hate
them. I'm an art critic, you know"
Boston Transcript.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

The chronic bachelor finally turned
to the quiet man who had taken no
part in the discussion.
Would you, SIR" he said. marry
the best woman in the worid"
Il did," was the reply RAMS Horn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
REMINDED or DUTY.

~He collapsed in the first battle,
understand"
Eyes, but he Strengthened right up
again"
How was that?"S
"In his collapse he sat on one Of his
spurs"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
Ole Funny
II idle Of
Life.
4 NEGLECTED. RECORD BREAKEr

A NEGLECTED RECORD BREAKER
When Lou Dillon broke the record
There was deafening applause,
And when Oldheld went his fastest
There were whoops and wild hurrahs.
Now this winters broke the record
Of the very coolest year, M
But the rooters all keep quiet "
And there's not single cheer.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
THE TEST.

what do you regard as the test of
a nations culture"
1.-THE willingness to pay So seat to
hear me sing in concert" answered the
prima donna promptly.-Washington
Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
WOULD HELP SOME.

The Talkative Customer suppose
you keep every health food on the mar.
ket in stock here?"
The Waitress-"Oh, no; only about
$50 varieties, but the boss is thinking
Of soon enlarging the premises"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
"There yoes Mabel in her new COW

"There secs Mabel in her new gown.
Look!'
mo, indeed I won't. Whenever I
have 4 new gown she either pretends
not to notice it, or else she asks me if
it's the same one 1 wore last year.
New York Evening Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-03
FAINT PRAISE.

"What is the best you can say of my
book" asked the author Of a society
novel.
''Weii / might call it bit of polite
fiction" replied the conscientious re-
viewer
The leader., 1904-07-02
VETERANS HOLD THE JOBS.
Ex-soldiers and Sailors Of Civil War
Constitute Ten Per Cent. Of
Department Employees.

The civil service commission has
furnished to the house committee on
civil service reform a statement show
ing that the total number Of ex-sol-
diers and ex-sailors Of the civil war
employed in the executive depart
ments at Washington is 2,175, and the
widows of veterans SO employed 1888.
The information was asked IN view Of
complaints that there are many SUI
perannuated clerks on the pay rolls.
The largest number of veterans--64l
employed in the interior depart
nnent, while the treasury department
carries 553 and the war department
S47. There are only % veterans on
the navy department roll ana only
seven in the state department.
The ages of the old soldiers and sail
ors vary from so to 50 years. There
are 217 who are 81 years old, while
those younger form the next larger
class, 1877 in number. Nearly two
thirds. or 1888, are from 58 to 65 years
of age. Those over 20 years of age
number 226, and Of this number II are
over 80.
The veteran with the longest service
is n years old. He has served 81 years.
Nearly two-thirds, or 1882 of the 2,175
veterans, receive salaries ranging from
81 200 to $500 per annum. while 66
receive more than $500 per annum.
Those receiving ss4O or less number
476: The veterans and their widows
constitute ten per cent. of the number
of persons employed in the depart
ments and government printing Office
in Washington.
The leader., 1904-07-02
WHY ICE DOES NOT SINK.
Magazine Writer in Explanation Says
That Water Alone Is Ex-
panded by Cold.

~
1t is one OF the most extraordinary
things in this extraordinary world,
writes Henry Martyr Hart In maga-
zine, that water should be the sole ex-1
ception to. the otherwise universal law
that all cooling bodies contract and
therefore Increase in density.
Water contracts, as its temperature
falls and therefore becomes heavier.
and sinks until it reaches 80 degrees.
At this temperature water is the heav-
lest, this is the point Of It's maximum
density. From this point 1t begins to
expand Therefore in winter, although
the surface may be freezing at q tenn
perature of 80 degrees, the water at
the bottom Of the pool is six or seven
degrees warmer.
Suppose that water, like verifying
else, had gone on contracting as 1t
cooled until 1t reached the freezing
point; the heaviest water would have
sunk to the lowest place and there be-
come Ice. Although 1t is true that
eight pints of water become nine pints
of ice, therefore icebergs float, show
ing above the surface an eighth Of
their bulk, still, had the water when at
the bottom turned into ice, the stones
would have locked 1t in their inter-
stices and held it there, and before
winter was over the whole pool would
become solid ice and all the poor fish
would be entombed in clear, beautiful
crystal.
The leader., 1904-07-02


dren should be told the truth al
ways.
"It is bad course" he would say,
''to let children read and hear SO many
fictitious stories. Why not give them
historical stories which shall teach Is
we'll as amuse?"
So that was the plan he pursued
with his family. Each year he took
up the history of different country
and all the stories the children read
or heard that year must be of that
particular nation.
Three years ago they were studying
English history. One evening toward
the end of June the family were seat
ed on the front veranda enjoying the
evening air.
Father" said Clifford, the elder
son, suddenly, won't you tell US a
story?"
ooh, yes, do" urged Ruth. the only
sister.
MAKE it a Fourth of July story"
Clarence put in enthusiastically.
"How can II" said the professor, in
doubt. 7'You know they don't celebrate
the Glorious Fourth in England"
"Oh, you can certainly get up some
thing" Clifford insisted.
The professor sat thinking for few
moments, and then he said:
"Well, I'll tell you about the Gun
powder Plot. 1t has nothing to do with
The leader., 1904-07-02
TWO STEPS.
The Last One Helps the First.


A sick coffee drinker must take two
steps to be rid of his troubles and get
strong and well again.
The first is to cut off coffee abso-
lutely.
That removes the destroying ele-
ment The next step is to take liquid
food land that is Postum Food Coffee
that has in it the elements nature re-
quires to change the blood corpuscles
from pale pink or white to rich red,
and good red blood builds good strong
and healthy cells in place of the
broken down cells destroyed by coffee.
With we'll boiled Postum Food Coffes
to shift to, both these steps are easy
and pleasant. The experience Of a
{ Georgian proves how important both
are.
From 1872 to the year 1900 my wife
and had both been afflicted with sick
or nervous headache and at times We
suffered untold agony. We were COFFEE
drinkers and did not know how to gel
away from it for the nabit is hard to
quit.
But in 1900 read Of a case similar
to ours where Postum Coffee was used
IN place of the old coffee and COM
plete cure resulted, so concluded to
get some and try it,
The result was, after three days use
of Postum in place OF the coffee i
never had q symptom Of the Old
trouble and in five months had
gained from 145 pounds to 1853 pounds
MY friends asked me almost daily
what wrought the change. NY answer
always is. leaving IT coffee and drink
ing Postum In its place.
I'VE have many friends who have
been beuefited by Postum.
AS to whether or not have stated
the facts ruthfully / refer you To tho
Bank Of Carr0lIton or any business
firm Ia that city where have lived FOR
many sears and am. well known
Name giyen By Postum Co, Battle
Greek Mich
There's d reason.
Lock IL each pkg for THE famous
lfttie book The Road % WellFille.
The leader., 1904-07-02
WY HOT WEATHER MAKES WOMEN NERVOUS.
Suggestions by DT. Hartman. How
70 eOmhaiths Nervous Depression
Incident to Warm Weather.

Nervousness Is very common among
women. This condition Is due to anaemio
nerve eenters. The nerve centers are
the reservoir for nerve vitality. These
t,eaters become bloodless for the want
cf proper nutrition.
This condition Is especially noticeable
during the warm season. Every sum-
mer an army of invalids are produced as
a direct result Of weak nervous systems.
This could easily be overcome by the
use of Peruna Peruna strikes at the
root of the trouble by correcting the
digestion. Perfect digestion furnishes
increased nutrition for the nerve eenters.
Perfectly digested food gives these reser-
voirs of life a vitality which creates
strong, steady nerves, and in this man
ner fortifes and nourishes life.
MISS Blanche Grey, a prominent young
society woman of Memphis, Tenn, in q
recent letter from 174 Alabama street,
writes: ITO a society woman whose
nervous force is often taxed to the utmost
from lack of rest and irregular meals,
I know of no hing which Is 0fS0 much
benefit as Pernna. / took 1t a few
months ago when felt my strength
| giving way, and IT soon made Itself
manifest In giving me new strength
and health. Mis- Blanche Grey.
Pe-ru-na Contains no Narcotics.
One reason why Peruna has found
permanent use in so many homes is that
it contains no narcotic of any kind. Pc
runa is perfectly harmless. 1t can be
used any length of time without acquir-
ing drug habit Peruna does not pro-
6uce temporary results. 1t is perma-
nent in its effect. -
1t has no bad effect upon the SYSTEM
and gradually eliminates catarrh by
removing the cause of catarrh. There
are multitude of homes where Peruna
has been used off and on for twenty
years. Such a thing could not be possi-
BILE if Peruna contained any drugs Of a
narcotic nature
At this season Of the year we are
peculiarly liable to infammations Of the
stomach and bowels. 1t is the part Of
wisdom to learn how to cut them short
and in the easiest and quickest manner.
Peruna does this by it's peculiar power
over all forms of catarrhal troubles.