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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26

Been badly misrepresented by accounts
which say that her weather is unbear-
able. On the contrary, | find that st.
Louis is a comparatively cool place as
compared with New York City. | dare
say from what hear that st. Louis
will be no warmer during July and
August than New York or Chicago.
The Fair Is wonderful. I believe the
people are not going to miss such
wonderful exhibition as is to be found
I'm st. Louis. I think the attendance
will be particularly large in the fall.
Il find that st. Louis is again misrep-
resented WHEN it is said that the city
lis not prepared to receive visitors to
the Exposition. The city seems to be
amply supplied with hotels which will
satisfy people Of every degree of
wealth. Then there are the numerous
Beautiful homes for which ST. Louis is
noted, all of which seem to be thrown
open to the visitor. | shall not go into
detail in regard to my views of the
different exhibits; suffice it to say that
they are all wonderful in their COM
pieteness and in their beauty. The
whole Fair is worthy of being seen by
every New Yorker. A glorious time
awaits those who see the Exposition"
Hon. John Sharp Williams, of Mis-
Eissippi, Democratic leader in the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
To Kill HessIan Fly.

The Hessian fly should receive at
tention now while it is in its dormant
condition. 1t Is now between the low
est blade and stem on the old stuhKle,
and in less than month it will bufst
its coating and come out with wings.
The way to reduce the Hessan fly is
to sow strip of wheat about two feet
wide across the land TO be used this
fall as wheat land, and as the female
begins to deposit her eggs, she will be
certain to find the strip of green wheat.
and there She will deposit all her eggs.
BY the middle of October that green
wheat will have upon it all the eggs
that the fly will have, then turn mat
strip of wheat under eight inches deep.
The eggs and larvae will never come
from beneath that guam @ity of soil. and
this will be the end of the Hessian fly
on that field. Attend to sowing this
strip of green wheat as 4 trap at once
Key.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
Fruit Bark Borers.

The fruit tree bark oorers are very
injurious 70 several kinds of trees.
They may be checked by strong soap.
wash, made of one pound wnale on
soap and half a pint of carbolic acid to
four gallons of water
The Agriculturist advise the farmers
let most of the peddlers of remedies
for killing insects and fungi pass on.
They do not know as much about such
matters as up-todate editors of agri-
cultural papers. 7 asst year sotle oily
iongued agent made the postmaster in
Nashville believe that he could make
every tree around the Custom House
flourish like green bay tree, if he
were paid to scrape the bark and rub
OH his liquids. 1t was done, yet some
Of the shade trees have gone dead.
Listen not to the peddlers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26

well prepared to take care of her
guests. The city and the management
of the Exposition in particular are to
be congratulated for what they have
accomplished. The Fair is beautiful
and should be seen by ALL"
Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, Ga, Secre-
tary of the Interior under President
Cleveland: II am highly pleased with
the Exposition, and believe it to be
one of the triumphs of modern civiliza-
ton. The Fair is certainly better than
all others I have seen, and it is indeed
quite an education to see the EXPOSE
ton. The kind Of weather that st.
Louis seems to have in store for her
guests is quite an agreeable surprise.
ST. Louis is a beautiful city and
seems to be caring for her guests
in most admirable manner. The Fair
is wonderful and should not be missed
by any one who has the slightest OPP
portunity of seeing it."
Judge D. r. Marvel, of Wilmington,
Del: zone of the best things, in my
opinion, that can be said of the Fair is
the fact that it is so arranged that al
though hundreds of thousands may be
in the grounds there is no crowding
and no discomfort. The magnitude of
the Fair is wonderful. The exhibits
are beautiful; they represent all the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
Corn Breeding +.

The following from the American
Cultivator shows how important the
selection of seed corn is considered
by some ,orthern farmers and the
results attained are very desirable. 1t
would pay corn growers in the South
to use equal care i'll selecting their
seed for next year.
The apostle of corn breeding" Pro-
fessor Holden, Of Iowa. laj been Civ
lug lectures IL the central West ex-
planning tho methods by which he has
improved corn to yield an average of
not less than seventy two bushels per
acre for a series of years. Many large
corn growers seem convinced of the
value of the method, which consists in
sorting and selection of the seed by
hand. One grower will pat in thirteen
thousand acres of, corn ard has given
orders that every ear he sorted for
terminating powers and size, as di
rected by Professor Holden. The
Professor insists that the best ears
only should be chosen; then ears
showing faulty kernels should be
thrown out. Butts and tips should be
shelled off by hand am rejected. Next.
the ears are shelled by machine, one
ear at a time, showing any defects,
and the poor seed thrown away. The
seed is separated into three sizes, and
three sets of planter plates are filled,
so as to drop the right number of kerr
nels into each hill nearly every time.
The success of Professor Holden's
methods indicates that it's general
practice would add five hundred
thousand bushels to the yield of corn
in the leading corn growing States. 1t
would mean an average of fifty bush
els per acre, instead of about thirty,
as at present. The good results appear
to be we'll proven and attested by best
authority. Eastern growers must take
up the idea. The corn crop has been
too much neglected in recent years.
If selection of seed will increase the
crop twenty bushels or more per acre,
the result would make a welcome diff
ference in the feed bills.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
HlNDUS AS FIGHTERS.
Native Born Fighters of India - Their
Habits.

A native officer of India writes of
Che native soldiers: THE Sikhs, or
reformed Hindus, have all the quail
lies of the best fighters, and the In
aians as we'll as their fellow subjects
I'm Europe have indeed reason to be
proud Of them. There are two other
eastes in Punjab also noted for their
Sighting qualities. the Jats and the
Dagras.
Another great fighting race in Pun
Sab inhabiting the northwestern part
are commonly known as the Pathans.
They are now Mohammedans by faith
The Gurkhas of Nepal, the only indie
pendent State in India, though gener-
ally below average height. have proved
themselves the most indomitable,
Brave and hardy hill fighters. Euro
pean officers attached to Gurkhas reg
iments love their men and are proud
sf them. Their free and easy man
ners, absteminous habits, cheerful dis
position, bravery in the field of war
ar of sport help to raise them in the
estimation of all who come in contact
with them. They are of Hindu ORR
gin"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26

House of Representatives and temper
airy Chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional conventions: THE Louisiana
Purchase Exposition is, by far, the
most wonderful thing of its kind and
as an educator it cannot be excelled.
No one should fail to see the EXPOSE
ton, as it can not be appreciated by
merely reading about it."
Governor Richard Yates, of Illinois:
"The more see of the Exposition the
more l enjoy it. 1t is by all means
the greatest Worlds Fair have ever
seen. AS an opportunity for becoming
acquainted with the resources of the
country, for acquiring general knowl-
edge Of every subject that can think
of, visit to the Fair should not be
missed. 1t is also an excellent means
for having a good time. The amuse-
ment fea tures are fine. ST. Louis seems
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
AN OLD SMOKERS DREAM.
How He "swore Off," Yet Enjoyed His
Weed.

weed.
1T has been eighteen years since l
was told to break loose from tobacco,
as oyer-indulgence in smoking was
about to knock me out" said S. ]. Man
son, of Chicago. From that day,
though so dear a lover of the weed,
L haven't put cigar or pipe between
my lips, and yet, strange as it may
sound, on numerous occasions | find
myself putting out huge clouds of
smoke drawn from the most fragrant
Havanas that ever were given to So
lace mankind.
These smokes, let it be understood
come in my dreams, but the enjoyment
they confer is as solid and substantial
as in the old days, when the indul-
gence was a reality Curiously enough,
too. the visions always present a group
of friends. | can see them putting
away vigorously. I catch the aroma
they blow forth; hear their conversa-
ton as in the old days, and the whole
atmosphere is of tobacco. Yet, despite
these vivid pictures, awakening brings
no desire to resume the ancient habit
and so / expect to continue dreaming
of smoking to the end of the chapter"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
THEY WERE HAPPY.
An Amusing Conversation Overheard in
Public Park.


An amusing example of the blending
of the sentimental and the practical
was overheard at Olentangy Park the
other day. Two people greatly inter
ested in each other occupied the boat.
The man was leaning forward. with
his heart in his eyes, and was over
heard by two people on the bank to
say to the girl, who rowed:
Darling, you are the very sweetest
person in the world, and l can. never
tell you-pull on the left oar there,
you're going to run into the bank.
There isn't any one in the whole world
to compare with you, and never will
be-the right oar, dear, pull hard,
quick. You know as well as l do that
we are made for one another, and
quick, the right oar. or you'll run into
that tree. You are positively the
sweetest-both oars, and hard on the
left, darling. Just the dearest girl to
sit there and row me so that | can
look at you--look out there. dear"
All this to the delight of the listen
ers on the bank who never intended
playing neutrality-suspicious. co.
Dispatch.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
Opinion Unanimous That No Other Exposition Equl the One
at ST. Louis, and Attendance Duty Privilege.

st. Lous.-D lring the past few
weeks a great many men prominent in
the various walks Of life, but particu-
iarly in political fields have visited st.
Louis and the Exposition. The com
ments of some of them, showing a
unanimous opinion of the surprising
greatness and beauty of the Fair, are
given below:
Governor Benjamin B. OdelI says st.
Louis is no warmer than New York
City. In answer to query as to what
he thought of the Fair, the Governor
said:
1.-TWO things strike me particularly
concerning the st. Louis Exposition.
In the first place the magnitude and
the beauty of the whole enterprise i'm
press themselves upon the visitor from
abe beginning of his stay. In the sec
end place, I find that ST. Louis has
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26

interests of all countries. A thorough
examination of them will impart more
knowledge than could be obtained in
many months at university or a col
lege. The grounds, the buildings, the
style of architecture. the landscape
work, all combine to make the Expo
sition the prettiest thing | have ever
seen. The illumination at night is a
wonderful sight. hope that every one
who has the opportunity will see the
Fair"
Mr. Chas. M. Keezel, of Harrison
burg, Va, a delegate to the National
Republican convention: "The EXPOSE
ton surpasses the expectations of ev-
cry one. One can have a glorious
time in st. Louis at most reasonable ex-
pense. The Fair is beyond description.
1t is particularly beautiful at night,
when it is Illuminated with millions Of
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
Soil-Saving a vital. Matter.

The farmers of this cOuntr7 have got
to study more how to save the soil on
their lands. They are each year find
ing themselves growing poorer in cap
ital while they see other businesses
prospecting and multiplying, and the
cause of their poverty lies at their own
door, and they have the remedy. Why
not apply it? No people have ever
grown rich on poverty stricken soil
Go to work and terrace your lands,
and once you have begun and got I'M
der way, you will thank the day you
begun.
Put some of he time that you in
tended to spend in deep blowing in
making terraces, as all the twenty-inch
blowing you can do won't keep that
old field from washing where the
washes have once feen made. Not
that deep blowing is not right; do as
much of it as you can, but see to it that
you stop the waste of the SOIL The soil
problem is becoming serious one IN
our country. With an increasing pop
ulation. the chance looks to be against
us. But with good terraces over the
farm, wherever needed to keep the soil
and to prevent the washes, with the
COW pea to build up the waste that has
been going on for so long, there is yet
some hope, provided the pea vines are
not moved off.-C. Gibson, Mecklen-
burg County, n. c., in Progressive
Farmer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26

1t is time for the question to be
asked "Shall / keep on blowing during
dry weather. The answer is yes.
every week or ten days, with light,
shallow runnins cultivator, unless the
top soil becomes as light and mellow
as an ash bank" and your cotton il
as tall as two-thirds the width of the
rows. But l do not mean that three
or even two burrows to the row be run
every week or ten days" Once 70 the
row with a good cultivator, shod with
twelve to fifteen inch sweeps, is
enough. 1t will not cost more than
twenty cents an acre to go over it,
once to the row and l am quite sure.
it will benefit the cotton great dean
more than twenty cents.--R. J. Red.
ding.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
SOUTHERN . FARM :: NOTES.

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ten parts Of carbohydrates. Yet good
many feeders are centln""lly giving
their swine rations that are as badly
out of balance as The ores we have
last mentioned. If hog feeders will
study this matter and learn how to
compound rations scientifically they
will save millions of dollars in hog
feed every year. It is not unusual 40
have swine feeder declare that tie
balanced ration gives him no better re-
suit than did the unbalanced ration;
but the saving of feed alone $ a matter
CT great Importance.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
Mineral Feed For Hogs.

1t is necessary to feed hogs some
material which supplies lime, salt etc.
to aid in bone building, remove inter-
nal parasites and to act an appe-
tier. This mixture should be kept Id
strong box protected from rain and
so placed that the pigs can visit it
and eat as much as they want, Whenf
ever they want to. The following
mixture is very satisfactory: Cnar2
coal / IL bushels. common salt four
pounds, hard wood ashes ten pounds.
slaked lime four pounds.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
Minks and weasels and Chickens.

am very much troubled with minks
and weasles. last fall l had thirty
young chickens killed, writes L. A.
Thorp, of Rockingham County, N. G.
Open a trench all around your chick
en- house close to the walls and let it
be three feet deep at the least. TheY
buy sufficient fine meshed wire netting.
say one-fourth inch mesh, three feet or
more wide and fix this against the
side of the building and ground under
it, all round the building, and fill the
trench with the soil taken out. This
will prevent the vermin from burrow-
ing under building. If they then
attempt to get through the walls above
ground fix similar wire netting against
the sides of the building.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
Balanced Kations For Hogs.

It is as necessary that we should
feed our hogs a balanced ration, as it
is that we should feed ration to our
cattle. We find that it is a saving of
food to have it properly balanced. The
man that lnovs enough to compound
his ration so that he will feed about
one part Of protein to six parts of
carbohydrates will save large
amount OF feed over the man that
feeds one part Of protein matter to
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-18
Platform Is Bad.

Des Molnes, Ia, July 1S.-A. w. Max.
well, who managed the Hearst cam.
paign in Iowa, and has been generally
recognized as the head Of the Hearst
faction in the state, in a signed state.
ment issued last evening, repudIates
the action Of the Democratic national
convention in ST, Louis, and declares
his Intention Of boiling the ticket. Mr..
Maxwell tenders his resignation as a
member Of the Democratic state com.
mittee, and relinQuishes all claims
upon the Craftsmanship Of that body.
to which he was elected by the Demo
cratic convention, but which has since
been In dispute.
MIR. Maxwell says he can oounte.
nance neither the candidates nor the
platform of the ST. Louis convention.
The party has been bound. gagged
and delivered bodily in the control OF
he very interest | have been fighting
the past eight years"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-18
England Is pisplsased.

London, July ls.-Almost without
exception the newspapers this morn
ing In editorials or otherwise. com.
mented upon the Russian volunteer
Meet steamers passing the the Darda.
nelles' and the government is urged
to take action. especially for the pro.
lection OF their commerce In the Red
Sea and nelghboring waters. The
Daily relesraph concluding an out.
spoken protest written with traces of
governmental Inspiration. saws:
There is a limit to complaisance.
when neutral commerce under the
flag is molested in a way 10
We have been for a century and
a half unused"
Special dispatches from Berlin echo
feeling OF irritation that exists In
London.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-18
Would Break Neutrality.

London, July 1S.-The CONSTANT.
nople correspondent Of the Standard,
in a dispatch dated July 18th, says:
"The Russian guardship Chernom.
oretz passed through the BOsphorus
from the Black Sea this morning"
(The Chernomoretz is a gun vessel
belonging to the Black Sea feet, and
carries two elght.inch guns, one six
inch gun and seven quick-hring and
machine guns. She is equipped with
two t%orpedo-tubes, and carries a crew
of 1909
London, July 1S.-The Standards
Toxic correspondent. cabling under
date of July 18th, says the Jijl Shin
po, in an editorial, expresses the hope
that Great Britain will see that Tur.
key leands Russia no assistance by
allowing steamers of the volunteer
leet to pass the D~ardanelles.
The jill Shimpoo declares that Great
Britain is bound, under the terms Of
he Anglo-Japanese alliance to pre-
rent such assistance being given.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-18
Nav Be Murderer.

Roseburg, Or, July 1s.-A man Civ.
ing his name as Williams, was arrest.
ed here Saturday evening on charge
of having murdered Florence Wells
at Grants Pass, last Wednesday.
Sheriff Lewis, Of Josephine county,
arrived here yesterday and left on the
evening train for home for the prls-
oner.
The man under arrest fills complete
ly the description of the individual
wanted. He admits having been in
Grants Pass from Saturday till Tues.
day, and that he was at the Wells wo-
house, but claims to have left
the day before the murder. He
was very nervous after being arrested
and Sheriff Lewis is confident he is
he mar wanted, although the evil
ience is circumstantial.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-18
LOOMS INVESTIGA-
/ WILL BE RIGID
Mech Interest IN Companion Who Was
Travelling With Deceased at Time
of Disappearance

Ellis was born at Victoria
Texas and lived for many years al
San Antonio. There he is known as a
negro. His mother was very poor
but through the interest taken in her
son by white friends Ellis obtained a
good education. He speaks Spanish
huently. His sister, who Is very
black, caused a sensation in Chicago
some years ago when she attempted
to associate with white students.
Ellis attempted to colonize several
hundred Alabama negroes in Mexico
some years ago. Smallpox broke out
among them and the majority died.
The United States government brought
the survivors back to Alabama.
Ellis wife, who resides in Washing.
on and New York, is a good looking
woman. She dresses gorgeous
y. Her antecedents are not known.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-18
HAD Real Wa.

Tacoma WASH. July lS-Tbe
ledser's correspondent at Cam
s'etlaooom says that during the man.
onvers Saturday after Troop n Mimi
cavalry tcoloredl had been ruled ONT
OF action by the umpires they charged
ON The Washington troops and Nine.
'eenth Infantry and with drawn
saoers s'ashed right and LEFT among
Infantry creating a rclen OF ter.
ror for a few moments
During The melee three members Of
,ne Second Washington and ONE reeu.
.ar were more or less seriously An.
.ureA The victims OF The charge are,
Sergeant John l. Fitch. Company A
Tacoma struck in back BY horses
''ots and hurled about 20 feet.
Private Walter Jones. COMPANY q
'llensenrg cut across hand by sabre
Private Sexton o. Company n no.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-18
Good Spirits.

Good spirits don't all come
kentucky. Their main source 4 !
liver-and all the fine spirits -
made in the Blue Grass state s0,'.
not remedy a bad liver or the buna'
and one Ill effects it produces. v.
can't have good spirits and a y
liver at the same time. Your H.
must be in fine condition If you won't
feel buoyant, happy and honss
bright Of eye, light Of step, vigoro'
and successful in your pursuits. v,
can put your liver in fine condition \
using Green's August Flower-n
greatest of all medicines for the liz.
and stomach and a certain cura !,
dyspepsia or indigestion. 1t has bss
a favorite household remedy for ~,
thirty-fve years. August Flower vii
make your liver healthy and actl,
and thus insure you a liberal sum,
of good spirits" Trial size. d,
regular bottles, Use. At all druggi,h
At DR.. Stones drug stores.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-18
STRUCK
RUSSIAN
MINES

st. Petersburg, July 18.-It is stated
from a reliable source that a German
vessel and a Russian torpedo boat
come in contact with the Russian
mines at Vladivstock and have been
sunk. Their crews went down with
the vessels.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-18
Situation at Omaha.

Omaha, Neb., July 1S.-There is no
change in the strike situation this
morning, and the best of order still
prevails. The Union leaders say that,
unless arbitration is again resumed at
Chicago. they will call out all crafts
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-18

GUAM; struck in the back by sabre,
inhicting painful wound.
Private William c. Meade, Company
A. Nineteenth United States Infantry;
stabbed in left leg, below knee; con-
fined to regimental hospital.