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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-12


Gritty George-I hope dat bowl OF cof-
fee won't stimulate yer.to go to work.
Sandy Pikes-No. pard; | asked de lady
TO put loaf sugar in it.-Philadelphia Bull
letin
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-12

IT, and L. and Hose Is responded 20 2
still alarm last night for a chimney fire
at IL Dove street, no damage.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-12

Fine Almond Cream Chocolates
2ee Boston Mixture. Csc
f5c Coeosnut 5onbons toc
Mixed Nuts .15e.. 2 for 25c
Monarch Fresh Roasted
Peanuts ................ lac
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-12

1OLASSES--JUG FREE
I gal. Best soc New Orleans 45c
I gal. Best 75e Porto Rico. 4ic
I gal. soe Golden Drip Syrup 43c
TOMATO kETcHUP, 5 and 1oc
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
ALL EYES ON ST. LOUIS.

The eyes of all the world will be turned
toward st. Louis during the year 1904.
Everybody will want to get, from the first
hands, the news of the greatest Worlds
Fair which the world has everseen. Our
readers are advised therefore to subscribe
for the greatest st. Louis newspapers
newspaper which acknowledges no equal
or rival in all the West, and which stands
in the front rank among the great news
papers of the world. Subscribe for the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat and get all the
news of the " orld's Fair, all the news of
the national campaign, and all the news
of all the earth. See advertisement else
where in this issue.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
SALE NOTICE.

In accordance with a decree rendered by the
County Court at Camden, Tennessee, and en-
tered of record on pages 800 and 33t OF Minute
Book No. 10, in the case of j.. ID. Jones ct ais
VS.. Thomas Shelton ct ais, notice is hereby CIV
en- that will sell at public auction at the east
door of the courthouse in Camden, Tennessee,
at ~ O'Clock noon, on
MONDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF MARCH,
1904,
the following property, towit: tract of land,
living and being in the first civil district of Ben
ton County, Tennessee, and known as the Shell
ton land, being lot No 2 in the division of S. G.
Pavatt'S land, beginning at a stake with two elm
pointers, the northeast corner of lot No. on
the bank of Tennessee River, running down the
said river degrees west so GOles; then north %
degrees west 60 poles; thence 80 degrees west 20
poles thence north 40 degrees west 25 poles
thence north 50 degrees west 20 poles thence
north rs degrees west 46 poles; thence west 80
poles thence south 70 degrees west 60 poles;
thence south SO degrees west 40 poles; thence
south 20 degrees west 80 poles to hickory on
the bank of said river; thence south 1856 poles to
the northeast corner of lot No. /; thence east
387 poles to the beginning. This land win be
sold subject to the life estate of A. G. Shelton,
now owned by j. d. Jones and W. A. Hooper.
TERMS OF SALE.
Is percent to be paid in cash on day of sale,
the balance in two equal payments OH one and
two years time with good personal security.
Also a lien will be retained on said land to fur
ther secure the two deferred payments of the
purchase price.
H. G. CARTER,
Solicitor for compliments.
THOMAS BOWMAN, Guardian ad Item.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
RIVER SERVICE.
The Great Tennessee River Route.
st. Louis and Tennessee River Packet
Company's U. 5. Mail Steamers.

st. Louis and Tennessee River Packet
Company's U. 5. Mail Steamers.
St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet
Company's U. S. Mail and Express
Steamer Shiloh, tri-weekly accommoda-
ton packet, making all U. S. Mail and
principal way landings between Danville
and Savannah, leaves Danville every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morn
ing at 400, after arrival of L. & N. train
from Evansville, Louisville, Cincinnati,
etc. leaves Johnsonville at 730 a. M.
same days, after arrival of the Dixie Fly
er from Chicago, st. Louis, Cairo, etc.,
making good connections with trains from
Nashville, Tenn, and the southeast,
leaving Perryville at 1880 p. m. same
days connecting with trains from Lex
ington, Jackson, Memphis, ETC., arriving
at Savannah, Tenn, about 7.30 p. m.
same days. Down stream leaves Savan-
nah every Monday and Friday at $50 a.
m. making all mail and principal way
landings, ARRIVING at Perryville 1890
same days, Jacksonville 800 p. m. max
ing close connections for Nashville and
at Danville $50 p. m.
For further information address S. g.
Smith, clerk, Danyille, Tenn.
This company also operates frst-class
freight and passenger steamers from st.
Louis, Mo-, and Paducah, KY. for all
landings on the Mississippi, Ohio and
Tennessee Rivers, through to Florence,
Ala. Packets leave st. Louis wharf boat
foot of Pine street, Wednesday and Sat
urday at 500 p. M, and from the wharf
boat foot of Broadway, Paducah, KY,
Wednesday and Saturday at 500 p. IN. !,
giving through rates from river landings
to all points in the United States.
JNO. E. MASSENGALE,
Traffic Manager, st. Louis, Mo.
S. K. HALE,
General Freight Agent, Paducah, KY.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
Low Settlers Rates
Southeast Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas
land or gHEAP HOMES

The dates are January 10, February 2
and 16, March and Is and April 5 and 49,
The rate is a little more than half fare
one way or round trip.
Now is the time to get a home of your
own while land is cheap. The Southwest
offers the greatest inducements to home
seekers--a mild, equable climate, short,
pleasant winters, long growing seasons,
cheap cost of living.
Land that will grow corn, wheat, oats,
clover, alfalfa, cotton, fruits and vegeta-
bles of nearly every description can be
had at prices ranging from So to $25 per
acre, owing to location, soil and improve
ments.
Take advantage of some of the above
dates and see this great country for your
self
If you will write us where you want to
go, we will tell you the exact cost of your
ticket, and send you maps, descriptive
literature and help you to find suitable
location.
Write today to
w. G. ADAMS,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
Cotton Belt Route, Nashville, Tenn,
or E. w. LABEAUME,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Cotton Belt Route, st. Louis, Mo.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT.

The subscription price of THE CHRONICLE is
&lOO per year; 80 cents for six months; % cents
Tor three months, which positively must be paid
IN advance All subscriptions Will be promptly
stopped at expiration OF time paid for.
Obituary and similar notices will be charged for
at the rate of cents per line We will furnish
rates Tor display aud local advertising on applca-
tion.
News communications and articles on questions
of public interest are solicited, but we assume no
responsibility for the expressions contained in all
such communications and articles published.
RemttanceS can be made IN various ways that
are perfectly safe, but all remttanceS sent are at
risk of the sender
All remttances and business communications
should he sent to TRAVIS BROS,
Telephone 30. Camden, Tenn
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05

close to nature, they embelished it
with the picturesque legend of the
ground hog.
"In English books of popular
fables a great deal may be found
about the weather auguries attach
ing to Candlemas, but the ground
hog has never got into such re-
spectacle print in this connection.
He is unknown beyond the seas
and plays no part i'll the popular
myths that have long obtained in
Europe concerning the day we de-
vote to his especial honor. There
is we'll defined tradition i'll most
parts of Europe to the effect that
a fine Candlemas portends severe
weather. In Scotland the prog
nostication is expressed in the fol-
lowing distich:
If Candlemas be fair and clear,
There'll be twa winters in one year."
To our mind the legend may have
had its origin in the physical prob
ability that fine weather so earlyin
the season is likely to be followed
by some of a harsher nature later
on; nevertheless, the ground hog
propbesiesat great disadvantage.
The sun may shine in one portion
of the country, while the clouds are
thick in another. Yet late win
ter or early spring is more likely
to be general.
However, the ground hog theory
or prophecy or legend this year in
this locality may be considered au-
spicious. No shadow was cast at
high noon when he emerged from
his winters retreat Tuesday, and
we will cherish the belief until
there has been substantial evidence
to the contrary that we shall look
with confidence for an early COM
ing of the time "when spring I'M
locks the flowers to paint the
laughing soil"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1904.
THE GROUND HOG.

Tuesday was cool and cloudy the
greater part of the day with more
or less Of the dreariness of winter,
but the weather conditions, how
ever unpleasant in their natural
aspect, must be pleasing to those
who pin their faith in the augury
of the ground hog"
The little prophet of the wood
land, as is we'll known. to those
versed in the folk lore Of these re-
gions, emerged from his winter
lair at high noon Tuesday, and,
failing to see his shadow, reflected
on the ground, knew by this taken
that spring is nigh.
It is a happy omen that pleases
not only the ground hog, but the
large number Of good folks who
are not too proud to despise his
wisdom, and even those who, af-
fecting to believe the prophecy of
the ground hog to be idle super
stition, in their inward conscious
ness, give heed to the warning and
lay in an extra supply of fuel when
the day is bright and balmy.
"The animal called the ground
hog in the South is species of the
marmot, and known to naturalists
as arctomys monax," says con-
tributor to the Nashville Banner.
"The people Of the North call him
woodchuck, and under that name
he most frequently figures in liter
AZURE. In the South only he is
known as the ground hog, but the
reputation he has established in
this region for prophetic instinct
has become national, and in this
capacity he has carried his South
ern name with him.
"He is North American animal,
found all the way from Hudson Bay
to the Carolinas, and betweenth
latitudes west to the Pacific. He
is alternating in habit and breads
cold weather, but nevertheless he
likes the Northern climate, and is
not found in the tropics or in the
southernmost part of this country.
"The legend that attaches to the
ground hog on the I'd day of Feb
ruary is in some degree local and
comparatively new, but it is based
on an ancient popular belief Incl
dent to the Roman Catholic cele-
bration of Candlemas, and even
before that to the day which the
ancient Romans celebrated in hon.
or of the Goddess Of Februa, the
mother of Mars. The pagan Rom
ans burnt candles in Februa on the
I'd day Of the month named in her
honor to scare away evil spirits,
and the Christians made use of the
custom by adopting the day as that
Of the publication of the Virgin.
at is very old belief that's fair
Candlemas presages a protracted
winter, and the Protestant popula-
ton of the early South chung to
the tradition brought by their
fathers from the old world, al
though they had forgotten the
name of the day and its sacred u.s.
ages, and after the manner Of back
woods frontiersmen, who are very
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05

RUSSIA says that if war comes
with Japan it will be the great
struggle between heathenism and
Christianity; which is the first in
timation the world has received
that Japan has become a Chris
tian nation,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05

Wanted--One energetic young or mid
die age man to sell Singer Sewing Ma
chimes and to collect on accounts in this
section. Good contract to right man.
Apply to the Singer Manufacturing Co.,
Union City, Tenn,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05

The negro politicians are de-
handing that the Republican par
ty give one of them a cabinet po-
sition. These sideboard jobs are
monotonous.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05

"PIoUs" originally meant very
afectionate. Aeneas was called
pious because he buried his father.
Antigone was called pious because
she buried her brother. Congress
men seem to have familiar ambi-
tion. They buried one of their
number recently with the usual
extravaganza; acommittee of twelve
or fifteen, chartered Pullman to
Illinois, and back, load of grief
stricken junketers, and all they can
eat and all they can drink at the
expense of the government. These
funerals cost from SIS 900 to $25, 900
each and sometimes degenerate
into mild form of spree. Often,
indeed, the official mourners drink
altogether too much and there have
been instances when they were
disabled from performing their
duty. Both parties are equally
guilty of this abominable offence
and it is high time it was reformed
in the interest of ordinary decency.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05

BECAUSE cigarettes kill some
of the specimens that smoke them,
why say that cigarettes do more
harm than they do good?
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05

WANTED-Faithful person to call on
retail trade and agents for manufacturing
house having we'll established business ;
local territory, straight salary 500 paid
weekly and expense money advanced !;
previous experience unnecessary; posi-
ton permanent; business successful.
Enclose self-addressed envelope. Sup
erintendent Travellers, sos Monon Bldg,
Chicago.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05

MAGISTRATES WARRANTS, Executions,
III and State Warrants for sale at THE CHR0Ni
TOLE efice. Other blanks printed TO order.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
A NOBLE SENTIMENT WELL Elk
PRESSED.

During the st. Louis convention
quite a delegation of Beers then II
tnat city. led by Generals Viljoen and
CIonje and Commandments Boshoff anG
Van Dam. called upon William Jen-
nlngs Bryan at Nebraska headquaT
tiers. and presented an address in
which they thanked him for his SYM
patty and kind words fol the Beors
''duIing the dark days when they were
struggling for liberty" They assured
him of their ''most undying and fer
vent gratitude. They spoke of this
great republic of the west,' as the
''home of Washington. jefferson, Lin
coin and Bryan and SAID if the
''Boer nation were privileged to place
you in the seat of jefferson our race
would be unanimous in doing So
Mr.. Bryan, equal always to every
occasion. replied rs fellows:
General Vijoen, General Cronie and
Others: l do not know in what words
to thank You for the honor you do me
in presenting this address. most sin.
cerely appreciate the compliment. /
did on many occasions express the
hope that you would succeed in main
tanning the independence of the Boer
republics: did do all in my power to
arouse sympathy for your people in
their wonderful struggle to retain self
government. but it was not because of
personal acquaintance with your
people or because of partialIty for
them as against Others. 1t was rather
because believe that blow struck
for liberty anywhere strengthens
liberty everywhere, and that the
defeat of any peoples aspirations for
self government is felt by liberty loving
people all over tho world. Your
burghers were fighting for all repub-
lies as well as for their own, and they
made England's war of conquest SO
that all republics are now
safer from attack from without. The
bravery Ut your soldiers recalled the /
heroism of ancient times, and your
war; unsuccessful though it was. has
gwen to history and to poetry names |
that will for centuries inspire the
patriotic to devotion and self sacri-
fice."
General Cronje, speaking through
an interpreter thanked Mr.. Bryan for
his cordial reception of himself and
MS comrades and Mr.. Bryan added:
The fact that you, General Cronje.
express yourself in language with
which we in America are not familiar
proves that liberty has no chosen
ongue, but emenating from the heart
inds utterance in every language and
n every land. -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
ELIHU WISDOM,
The Slayer Of Rev. Brooks,
Arrested and Jailed
Tuesday Night.

Elihu Wisdom. who stsnds indicted
here tor the murder OF Mr.. Brooks. a
preacher. near Mt. Pleasant not far
from the Iron Mines, on Christmas day
two years ago, has been arrested and i
row behind the bars OF the county Jail.
Wisdom left after the killing but has
been back for sometime hiding around
the home Of his father. Sheriff Forpey
with three deputies and constable Goad
went out Tuesday night and surprised
bim at bis fathers. and arrested him.
The governor offered a reward Of 500 for
his capture and the srrestine officers will
secure this. Wisdom 8 trial will come
up at the next term of court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
ELECTRIC CAR
COllides With Dynamite and
Nine People MangIed
and Killed.

Melrose. Mass. Sept 21.--An out
ward bound Boston electric Car was
blown to pieces at clock tonight In
this town. Nine persons were killed
outright, several fatally injured and
at least fifteen severely hurt. 1t is
thought that the car struck a charge
of dynamite left on the track. The
front dashboard OF the car was hurled
more than fifty feet.
The immediate vicinity presented a
fearful spectacle. The ground was
strewn with legs, arms and other por-
tiors of human bodies.
So great was the force Of the explosion
that two men standing in the door OF q
store fifty feet away we're severely IL
jured by flying pieces. while every win
dow within radius Of quarter of a
mile was broken.
TIE car contained mostly working
men on their way to their homes in this
city. When rescuers reached the scene
Of the accident the sight was appalling.
The ground was covered with torn and
mangled bodies OF the dead and writh-
ing forms Of the injured.
The police ann ounce that the cause OF
the wreck was the striking OF a 30
pound box OF dynamite. which had fallen
from an express wagon just ahead OF
the car. The EXPRESS wagon was driven
by Roy Fenton, who discovered that the
box had dropped off. and rushed back
to take II off the track, hut before he
got within hundred yards of the box
the car came along and was blown ur. !
Fenton was taken into custody by the
police.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
BECK WAS ENUMERATED.
Verdict of the.Coroner's FURY I'm the
Scheel killing Case at
st. Louis.

st. Louis, Sept. .22.-Following is the
verdict of the coroner's jury in the
case Of Frederick E. Scheel, who was
killed, Monday during "a registration
fracas: q 81 p So "r
I'VE, the jury, find that the de-
ceased, Frederick Engleman Scheel,
came to his death on the 18th day of
September, 1904, at about Two o'clock
p. m, en- route to the city hospital.
from hemorrhage from "a gunshot
wound of the heart, caused by leaden
bullet, fired by the hand of someone
unknown to the fury. The evidence
showed the deceased was standing on
the sidewalk in front Of the st. Louis
law school when he was shot Verdict,
homicide"
Oliver j. Beck, the republican judge
was set at liberty, but not one of the
ten men who started the iracas has
been arrested.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
ARE FEELING THEIR WAY.
Field Marshal Oyama Trying q
FIanking Movement.

Field Marshal Oyama Trying q
FIanking Movement.
ST. Petersburg, Sept. 21-2:51 p. m
While the war Offices advices do not
indicate that Field Marshal Oyama's
main armies have yet resumed their
forward movement, advance detach-
ments of Japanese are feeling out the
strength and DISPOSITION Of the Rus
sian forces and Japanese thanking col
umns are already pressing northward.
The reports that battle at Mukden is
imminent are, however, regarded as
premature. All that seems to be def
nitefy established is that Oyama is
again essaying to flank Gen. Kuropat-
kin from the east, His advance forces
are seeking to obtain command of the
roads leading 20 to 80 miles east OF
MSkden. Yesterday they attempted to
seize Da pass, on the road to Fushun,
in order to turn the Russian left, but
they were repulsed.
THE SITUATION UNCHANGED.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
The CASE OF W. H. HARBOUR
Prosecuting Attorney Hughes at St.
Joseph, Mo-, Takes Up Case.
He Has Instructed His Assistant to
Draw Up an Information Cow
ering the Ofense.

Kansas City, Sept. 22.ZIn the case
Of w. H. Harroun, the st. Joseph grain
dealer, who is charged with having
manipulated fraudulent warehouse re-
ceipts for grain, Roland Hughes, pros
ecuting attorney, said he had instruct
ed the assistant prosecutor to draw up
information covering the offense men
toned. Harroun Is already under heavy
bonds in St. Joseph OF chsrges Of hav-
ing forged bills. of lading on which he
is Said to have realized large sums OF
money. ....r..~., <, (. Z.
Harroun did not appear at the meet
ing of the directors of the Kansas City
board of trade Tuesday afternoon to
show cause why he should. not be ex-
PEELED from membership in that or
ganization. Instead, he Sent letter
to Secretary Bigelow, saying he would
be unable to be present and requesting
a postponement of the hearing. The
members acceded to this, request. Ac-
ton was postponed until Wednesday
afternoon.
A dispatch from Troy Kas., says
that $3.50, 900 indemnity bond was put
up there by representatives of New
York and Chicago banks to which Har
roun is alleged to be indebted, and that
hey secured papers for the repleyin OF
10, 900 bushels of wheat stored in the
darroun elevator at Ellwood. The
wheat was attached few days ago by
he American national bank of Kan
las City and was in the charge OF the
heriff
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
TUESDAY, OCTOBER lITH.

The personal property will be sold for
cash.
The real estate is close to the depot
and offers attractive inducements either
for home or for investment. 1t will
first be offeredin lots and then as
whole. Plans can be seen at my office
No. 2 South Main street.
Terms one third cash, balance six and
twelve months, vender's lein retained,
interest from day of sale.
FRANK ii. SMITH, Executor.
Sept. 10. 1904. -22eod- td&w3t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23

Some of the new shapes ara
surprisingly quaint and yonn
admire the application Of the
new trimmings, and-but anv.
attempt at description here
would be futile and disappoint.
ing. We want you to come
and see and admire or criticise
asyour best Judgment dictates
Remember the dates, Sen.
TENDER 28th and 29th. No
cards, of courses. Everybody
welcome.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23

Some of these beautiful
hats were created beyond the
sea, where they were fashioned
by the deft hands of world re-
nowned arbiters of fashion,
some are from the most exclu-
sive New York Milliners, while
others still are from the shops
of the makers of the famous
Gage Hats, to say nothing OF
the many pretty models that
get their newness and grace
from our own workrooms
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
wrecked by sprca,,,ag .,n,,,.

Columbus, o., sept. 92.--Passenger
Grain No. 8, on the Norfolk & Vest
srn road, was wrecked at Lockburn by
tpreading rails. None of the passen-
gers was injured. Engineer VIM. d.
simonton, of this city, was burned to
death under his engine. Fireman Fred
w. Kyle, OF Columbus, was fatally
scalded