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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
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An Atchison girl was writing letter
the other day and found that she
couldn't spell the word proposal" You
would think any girl could spell that
word.-Atchison Globe.
1t is a pretty spring fancy to use
Parma violets profusely for table dec
grafton. Little pots of white china
holding violet plants in full bloom are
seen on many a luncheon and dinner
table and in drawing rooms.
The Postal Union includes thirty fve
countries in which women are EN-
ployed in the postal service. In Eng
land the beginning was made in 1870:
now there are $4,000 women thus en-
plOyed in the United Kingdom.
A unique breakfast given during the
present season to Miss Woolley, Presi-
dent of Mount H0lyoke College, by
the chemists of the faculty, was cooked
on the gas burners in the laboratory,
and served in laboratory utensils.
A society has been formed and the
word has gone forth that henceforward
coStumerie for NienneSe women shall
be made nowhere else but in Vienna.
The Archduchess Maria Josefa and the
Princess of Croy are at the head Of
the movement, and an exhibition is
now being held in support of it.
An Atchison man admired a girl and
became engaged to her. They were
both fond Of going to the theatre, and
before their engagement went a good
deal. He told her they would either
have to give up the theatre to save for
getting married, or else put off getting
married, and gave her the choice; she
chose the theatre.
What possible harm could there be
in any girl learning to make her own
hats? There are hundreds of young
women who are in comfortable enough
circumstances so they do not need to
earn money who could save a great
deal, using the materials that collect
from season to season, and producing
hats to suit their taste and faces.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10

grim, forblddlng fortress without
doors or windows to give a man
foothold. Whatever marvellous treas
ures it conceals he has no knowledge
for the danger and trouble of scaling
its walls.
To drop all SMILES, men like cheer
full woman. She attracts them every
time And they don't like and never
will like woman with a long face
and moping, melancholy ways. This
sort never gets on socially, seldom has
much influence, and is pretty sure to
be unhappy all her days as she makes
other people.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
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W 1FANCIE s.

Large metal beads are utilized for
the newest long chains.
Shirt waist sets for 1904 are more
ornate than their predecessors.
Flatiron bags are the most modish
and come in all feathers and sizes.
A new blouse sweater has an adjust
able V and collar which admits Of
either open or high neck.
White lace footing, an ancient re-
vlyal, trims black organdy frock. 1t
furnishes an insertion for the frills.
A charming hat is Of black tulle
trimmed with twists of SAKE de
Sevres colored satin, and then the
whole hat, which is of medium size
is covered with forget-me-nots in three
different shades.
New organizes ready for sunny
clmes are fitted with ribbon girdles
and sashes in unusual combinations
Of tones. \ pink lowered gauze has
deep draped girdle of pink and soft
yellow. Both colors form Il soft cas-
cade Of bows and loops the length of
the long sash ends.
To wear with the shirt waist with
the sloping shoulder there is new
collar and cuff set known as the Pris-
ella. 1t is made of white butchers
linen and the stock has two broad tab
shaped ends in front which are made
with eyelets and laced together with
either silk cord or narrow ribbons.
The deep cuffs are gauntlet shape. with
tabs also which are laced in the same
fashion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
A COLLEGE GIRLS SPREAD"


Every popular college girl has her
exclusive little salon. be it only nine
by twelve, where she is the centre of
Scintilating sallies and spontaneous
merrymaking. Possessing a genuine
love of fun and a wholesome craving
for the ailments essential to good liv-
ing, despite all charges of animalism
in other respects, the college girl has
from her first freshman days reveied
in "larks" and spreads" and "sprees."
Larks and spreads and sprees-three
luscious words, the true inwardnesS
(take it literally if you like of whose
meaning only the initiated can appre-
.ciate. Spread? The world at large
repeats the word with an Indifferent,
rising infection and with almost as
great lack of comprehension as was
displayed on the diSmayed counter
ance Of a German housem ID in col
Iege dormitory when all unwittingly
she stumbled into the midst of mid
night frolic-or at least twas at an
hour supposed to be sacred to a school
girls beauty sleep.
"a spret (spread)?" quied Babetta.
+'But, moreover. l tot spret was
something you put on bet"
cit is" roared the girls in chorus:
~'that's just what 1t is-something you
put on a bedw
And there you have the definition in
a nutshell, for a table of any size is
unknown in the den Of the average
college girl. Chairs there are a few,
a window seat, of course, the foo" al
ways, it's true-but the bed, that is
the deus eX machina, although it may
be wholly unable to perform any mar
VeIOuS mechanical metamOrphosis,
such as changing into an upright pia-
no at one minutes notice and into an
old-fashioned clock the next. In its
primitive a I'd absolutely uneducated
state this q, ticle of furniture can,
however, serve remarkably varied
purposes, from mere sitting accommo-
dations to a refrigerator or buffet sub
stitute. 1t will hold seven or eight
guests comfortably, besides all the
dishes, cracker boxes, olive bottles, jel-
ly jars, paper bags and other banquet
ing (or, more appropriately speaking,
spreading) paraphernalia incident to
a well ordered and properly conducted
feast.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
9 NoUSEHo
esHAs G~o 4r
TX RECIPES !

Cheese Custards = Crate three
ounces of American cheese; beat three
level tablespoonfuls of butter to q
cream; mix cheese and butter togeth-
er; then add the beaten eggs and one
tablespoonful of milk; heat thor
oughly; pour into buttered dish and
bake in quick oven; serve imme(ii-
ately.
Escalloped Cabba ge-Cook the cab
bage the same as for creamed cab
bage, using generous cupful of milk
Turn the cooked mixture into an es-
callop dish, and sprinkle over it a pint
of grated breadcrumbs and one table
spoonful of grated Parmesan cheese.
Bake for half an hour, and serve as
soon as it comes from the oven.
Oatmeal Waffles-Use two and one
half cups partially cooked oats, two
teaspoonfuls baking powder stirred in.
Beat one scant tablespoonful of butter
with one cup sugar Add two Well
beaten eggs and two teaspoonfuls
vanilla. Add the oatmeal and stir thor
oughly. Drop very scant teaspoonfuls
on tin sheet three inches apart and
bake in a rather quick oven.
Soft Molasses Cookies-One cuDful
of molasses, half teaspoonful of salt.
vinegar and ginger, quarter cup OF lard
or butt +, quarter cup of cold water.
solved in one teaspoonful OF lot wate"
and flour to make SOFT dough; toss
on a Toured board, roll out r2sler
thick and cut with round cutter;
place on creased pans and bake in u
moderate oven twelve minutes.
Fish Timbales-Put half cupful
of milk in a pan with two tablespoon
fuls of grated bread crumbs. one ta-
blespoonful OF lamon juice, one tea
spoonful Of minced parsley, salt and
pepper to season. few drops Of onion
juice and one cupfui of any cold boiled
white fish, mashed very fine; when
boiling pour over the yolks of two well
beaten eggs; mix well and add the
whites beaten stiff; fill well creased
mould3 two thirds full; stand the
moulds in pan Of hot water md bake
until firm about fifteen minutes);
serve with Hollandaise SAUCE
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10

THE LEVEL.

nail similar piece three-eighths Of
an inch longer than the other. This
the long piece nail on either side short
pieces SO as 20 hold a common carpen-
ters level. Place the short leg on the
starting point of the ditch and move
the other end until the bubble is level.
In this way you will have ditch with
a three-eighths inch grade to the rod.
Continue this throughout the entire
length Of the ditch.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
WOMAN's WINNING CARD.

A woman's winning card is cheer
fulness.
She may be capable of countless
self-sacrifices, infinite tenderness. and
endless resources of wisdom, but if
she cloaks these very excellent pos
sessions under a garb of melancholy
she may almost as well not have them,
so far as the ordinary world with
which she comes in daily contact is
concerned
Tell the average, busy man that a
bright lovely flower blooms away
down in an underground cave, and he
won't care enough or have time enough
to delve down there to look at it. But
let the flower nod its lovely face up
in the daylight. on the everyday level
the busy man treads, and he is certain
to see it and pretty sure to look at it
with pleasure, too.
That is cheerfulness. The root Of
gladness may be in the heart all right
but it has to blossom out into a sunny
face and pleasant words before men
will pay the slightest attention to it,
This sunny aspect toward the world
is the only footing upon which social
intercourse can be based. Some one has
quoted society as saying:
"Come, let us gather up violets and
make them into balls. Then 1 will
toss them at you and you will toss
them at me-"
Foolish? Oh. no. For while we toss
fgurative violets back and forth we
are all making each others acquaint-
ance and laying the groundwork over
which we may walk up to such closer
relationships as the fates has des-
tined for US; and meanwhile the air
is made fragrant for everybody.
Whereas. if we sit with sour face.
Scorning to toss violets. why, then.
we are just left out of the game and
all its consequences, when it is too
late.
You can't walk up to a nan and
Straightway ask him his circum-
stances. his family his opinion. or,
what is more to the point his dis
position and aspect toward the world.
But you discover these things Incl
-dentalIy while you play socety's pretty
pastime of singing yiolets.
You have to be cheerful to play that
game. People won't play with YOU if
you're not. You simply have to give
the world that thoroughfare by which
to approach you, or be left hermit
all your days.
Cheerfulness does for woman's
heart what broad piaZZas, pleasant
windows and wide doors do for
house. They give promise of pleasant
ness within and offer access thereto
While the heart of cold, over-re
served or melancholy woman is like
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
WARS HORRORS.

Mrs. Highmore-"Isn't war dread.
full thingT
Mrs. Gaswell-"Its perfectly horrld.
The papers are so full of it this morn
ing that they only had room for five
or six lines about my party last
night. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
A VALUABLE HINT.

Few persons except trained nurses
know that restless patient is made
much more comfortable if the corners
Of the under sheet are carefully pinned
to the under SIDE of the mattress with
safety pins. Draw the sheet tight
and pin it securely. 1t will be a relief
to you and the suffering patient.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
HIS BRIGHT IDEA.

Cheops was building the Pyramid
THAT was bright idea of my own"
he explained. Il was bound to put
some laundry marks on thing they
couldn't mangle."
With a ~ 2ful glance at his cuffs, h.
felt he had outWitted his mortal foe
Judge.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
RENEWED OILCLOTH.

Oilcloth that is beginning to show
s.gns of wear should be brushed over,
after washing and drying, with clear
varnish; but it must be allowed 10 dry
very thoroughly afterward before any.
lie steps on Ii.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
LEVEL FOR IRRIGATION DITCH

The little level shown in the accom-
panying illustration l use in surveying
irrigation bitches on my ranch, says
an Orange Judd Farmer correspondent
1t is very simple and accurate and
first class work can be done with it.
1t is made of long piece of one by
four inch board sixteen feet long, with
Il straight edge. On one end nail leg
one by four by twentyfour inches long
flush with the top. On the other end
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
A PUBLIC READER.

Church-"That young man is public
reader."
Gothqm-"He doesn't look it,"
We'll he is, just the same; lie goes
around and reads the gas meters
every month. '-Yonkers Statesman.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
no SENTIMENT.

"My husband cares only for money.
He has no finer sentiments whatever"
"No?"
mot one. Why, can cry for hours
without getting cent out of him
Judge.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
HIS FAULT.

Nodd-"On the impulse of the mo-
ment the other night l told my wife
an awful lie and got caught"
Todd-"Serves you right. Every lie
n man tells his wife ought to be pre-
meditated. Life.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
THE RED FLAG.

''Now, boys" said the teacher, "can
you tell me what it is that follows the
fag?"
Il can," said one of the bright ones.
well, Tommy, what is it that fol-
lows the flag"
"An auction, ma'am.' Yonkers
Statesman.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
FACTS IN THE CASE.

"And are you still keeping board
ers?" asked Mrs. Flatleigh.
NO" replied Mrs. Hashem. give
got it down to point where the board
ers are keeping me."-Cincinnati En-.
quirer. Va
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
ANOTHER KIND OF JAM.

Haskell-"Wnat's Bobby crying for?'
Mrs Haskell-"Oh, the poor boy
caught his finger in the pantry door"
Haskell-"H'm! He evidently didn't
get the jam he was looking for that
time. "--Iit- Bits.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
GETTING LIGHTER.

The CooE-'I've found a sign of
spring"
Woman of the HOuse-"The fifty
pounds Of ice the man leaves is getting
lighter day by day" -Cleveland
Leader.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
PHILADELPHIA sLowNEss.

"a Philadelphia doctor says that life
may be restored by massaging the
heart after it has ceased TO beat"
But why wait until the beating has
ceased "-Cleyeland Plain-Dealer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
What ROYALTY Costs England.

The executive Office of the United
States calls for only $4,000 a year.
while England gives the royal family
S4O00,000 ---. .---.-..-4,-.--..
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10

The average annual contribution in
American Protestant churches is $12
per capita.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
MUST HAVE BEEN DETAINED

MUST HAVE BEEN DETAINED.
Il don't suppose you ever remained
in one place for a week. said the ex.
asperated lady to the girl who waa
leaving.
Indeed, l was in my last place -four
months" replied the girl.
"What hospital were you in. prayg
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10

The first electric interurban railway
fuegos. thirty miles. to Cruces.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10
6be Fanny
~ idle Of
Life.
THE FALL

She passed along the street
Amid the hurry and whirl
Small, exquisite and sweet,
A little slip Of girl
A smooth banana peel,
Right in her way did curl,
And it caused when it touched her heel
A little slip of girl.
New Orleans Times-Demoerat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-06-10

Its too Dad. Brassie finds GOT in.
terferes with his business" h@
80 he will give it up, eh?''
Certainly; he gives up his business
tO-mOrrow"i-New York American.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-02

most under the guides feet. and he
unceremoniously took to the cabin.
From that safe retreat he poked his
head out of the door to curse Yorker,
ana condemn in unequivocal terms
such "unholy carrying on"
Hurrah for the FOURTH" shouted
Smith, who had been too much aston
ished TO give vent to his feelings earl
Ter. Where did you get the crackers
, anyway"
Out OF the box you were swearing
about at the portage the other day"
replied Yorker.
"Bang!'
That one had been set ingeniouslv
In the crack of the cabin door. and the
explosion burst it open.
'Crack-crack-c ety-cracl- crack"
Smith had gotten hold of a bunch of
small ones. and the continuous rattle
Drought Moore TO the door TO see what
was happening. He stood watching
the proceedings for a little while. and
L could see that he was not so averse
TO IL all as he would have us believe
After a little While he came out and
took down his diminutive Union Jacx
1t don't belong in any such a din
as this" ne explained
The box was not very large. and a
portion of il was fllea with fireworks
Tor a night display. so that the sunnIv
of explosives was soon exhausted and
the crowd sat around the front of the
cabin wishing for more. Then il was
that Moore's turn came He had found
an old coffee can with screw ton and
putting in goodly supply of powder
had packed it tight with paper and an.
pled fuse. Lighting it he slipped nm
close behind Yorker and, before that
individual had discovered the presence
OF the Internal machine, it exploded
win terrific bang that sent Yorker
into the air with a bound.
In his pleasure at the success of HE
retaliation Moore forgot all abont bis
early anger, and entered into the
spirit or the celebration with an en-
thusiasm worthy of son of the rev.
oiuuon. He donated his suppIv of
loose powder kept carefully against
the day when his rifle ammunition
should run short. and when that was
exhausted, thanks to his assistance ba
got out his rife and amused himself nv,
hiring into the air until, firing of thar
he set TO work 20 unload shells enonol
to secure sufficient powder to fix M
another coffee can.
Before noon came Moore was tba
most hilarious one of the crowd and
the loudest in his lamentations at the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-02
TOY PISTOLS ARE FATAL.
Plaything of the Fourth Is
Dangerous to Life.

The mortality from the toy pistol is
appalling, and the deaf. from it, which
is by lockjaw, is horrible In Chicago
in one July those dying from this
cause numbered 90 and in another "a.
In New York city three consecutive
fourth of Julys yielded 80 such deaths
That the tetanus bacillus which
causes lockjaw is not present in the
powder or wad of the toy pistol cart
ridge has been shown by Wells of Chi
cago, who examined 200 of them; the
Boston health officers, who examined
$50; and army officers, who tested 675.
Therefore the microbes of the disease
are on the skin and are driven into the
wound made by the pistol
That they are on the hands of the
Jollifying boy is not surprising, for
their sports abound in many soils and
especially about stables. This germ is
harmless while exposed to the air. but
multiplies and rapidly produces it's
virulent poison when given warmth
and moisture where air is excluded
On this account all accidents from ex-
ploding powder should be disinfected
by doctor and should not be wrapped
uD.
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exhaustion of the noise producing ma
terial, though he insisted that il was
Just the sport of the thing" that ap-
pealed to him, and that there was no
sentiment connected with it. He de-
voted the afternoon to fixing up the
fishing punt for the evening fireworks.
proposing that they be exploded from
on the water, and what is more, he
asked that he might be allowed to
shoot them off while the rest of us
sat on the shore and watched the dis
play.
1t was after ten o'clock that evening
when the last colored ball from the
last Roman candle had burst in the
clear northern air. and Moore rowed
the punt back to shore. For some lit
tie time afterwards he sat on a stump
smoking. Finally he said:
Gentlemen, I'm an American. I was
born back there in the States, and the
blood's still in my veins This land
OF lakes and forests, this land with its
wild red deer and it's moose and its
black bear and its game fish, is a para
disc the majority of the year. But,
gentlemen, while L should like to be
with you next year l will not be here
on the Fourth of July. That one day
OF each year hereafter while live will
be spent in my native land. 1t will be
spent in old Vermont, where the sup
ply OF firecrackers, and torpedoes. and
sky rockets. and Roman candles, and
pin wheels, and niger chasers are in
exhaustible. 1 am going to put a new
klnk in the lions tail that be will
never get untangled. AT any other
time OF the year l am at your service
at Foote'S Bay, Ontario. And now,
thanking you for the most enjoyable
day OF my life, bid you goodnight"
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POLLYS FOURTH OF JULY.
Even Parrot Can Cry, "Hurrah for
George Washington" at the
Proper Time.

Polly was a middle-aged parrot.
whose early days had been spent in
the green forests of Yucatan in Gen.
trail America. l had long tried to
teach Polly to speak, and had taught
her to say a few short sentences.
About eight weeks before the Fourth
of July l tried to teach Polly to say
"Hurrah for George Washington" But
she would not repeat it after me. Then
l thought it might be too long to say
1t all at once-that she probably could
not remember it ALL so l tried to teach
her to say it word for word. But no;
she wouldn't say word of it
Yet she listened attentively when i
repeated it. Then | got disgusted and
gave 1t up till a week or so before the
Fourth; then 1 tried to make her say
it, but she would not listen to me now.
So when the morning of the Fourth
came | went out TO Polly She said:
Hello" L answered: Hello. Poll:
can't you say 'Hurrah for George
Washington for me?" Then she be-
came furious and flew to the other
side of her cage and would not look a.
me, so | finished feeding her. | went
into my room and got my frecrackers,
went outside. and was shooting my
fireworks away when mother called TO
come in for luncheon. After luncheon
l had to stay in the yard so l went
and got Polly and hung her up on the
yeranda, put up the hammock and
was reading St Nicholas. when along
the street comes the street band play
ing "Star-Spangled Banner"
Then all of a sudden Polly became
restless and cries as loud as she can:
"Hurrah for George Washington"
This is the story of Polly's Fourth
st. Nicholas.
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dren should be told the truth al
ways.
1T is bad course" he would say.
ITO let children read and hear so many
fictitious stories. Why not give them
historical stories which shall teach as
well as amuse?"
So that was the plan he pursued
with his family. Each year he took
up the history of a 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 d
story?"
ooh, yes, do" urged Ruth, the only
sister.
Make it a Fourth of July story"
Clarence put in enthusiastically.
"How can -" said the professor. in
doubt You know they don't celebrate
the Glorious Fourth in England"
ooh, you can certainly get up some
thing" Clifford insisted.
The professor sat thinking for a few
moments, and then he said:
We'll, I'll tel you about the Gun
powder Plot. 1t has nothing to do with