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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20
Dicky O'Regan
and the Doctor


FiTT3l It'll YER in a little cottage in
9oG the slum district of the
west side lives Dicky
EOeI O'Regan. Professionally
lII9ll Ea!I Mr.. O'Regan admits that
lie is Il retired bank burglar. The po-
lice admit that the title is properly de-
scriptive, except, perhaps, as to the
qualifying adjective. They are doubt
full whether Dicky has really retired or
is only resting between professional en-
gagements.
Dicky lives with his old mother.
With that strange inconsistency which
has SO often puzzled students of moral
problems, Dicky is one Of the best of
sons. Always, except when spending
year or two at Joliet or some other
similar moral sanitarium, he has lived
with his mother and has provided well
for her support. Mrs. O'Regan's sun
rises and sets in the freckled face of
Dicky, her son, and no one could make
her believe that he is not a splendid
young man, persecuted by the police
dfd other bloodhOunds.
Also Dicky is immensely popular
with all the poor people who live in the
same block. Naturally he is kindly
person, and, when flush of money, as
occasionally happens Immediately after
scare head has appeared in the news
papers, he often "helps" out families
who have not been so fortunate as him
self. None of Dicky's neighbors has
ever asked him for help in vain, which
is one reason why Dicky never has any
trouble in finding alibi witnesses in
case he is suspected ola Job" With
the children of the neighborhood he is,
sad to say. a good deal of a hero. They
look upon him as a big, good-natured
man, who manages to make a living
without working too hard for it, and
who is always ready to lend them a
dime or come to their assistance when
things go wrong at home.
Dick O'Regan was not especially sur
prised, therefore, when the other morn
ing Just at 4 O'Clock there sounded a
loud pounding on the door of the cot
tage occupied by himself and his dot
ing mother.
"Well," said Dicky, who is natur-
ally suspicious as to the identity OF
early morning callers. who's there"
Its Mag Sullivan" sounded shrill
and frightened little voice in answer.
Come with me, Dicky, mas a-croak-
ing
Dicky threw open the door and let in
the little, ten-year-old girl who stood
shivering outside, with the thermome-
ter at six below zero.
"She was took bad yesterday,
whined the little girl, "and now she's
rolling around and hollering loud.
guess she's a-croaking and I'm afraid.
Dicky put on his overcoat and went
ont into the street with the little girl
She and her mother lived in a little
two-room shanty at the back of the lot
next door. There was only small fire
in the shanty and the bedroom III
which the woman lay was cold. She
was apparently delirious and was call
ing aloud for her man." who had de
4 serted the family year before.
"Wait till / get you warm" said
sky. He ran back to his own place
carried bucket of coal over to the
iyan's shanty. With that and th,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20
THINGS THAT ARE SAID.

When a person says II know" W,
must have great respect for him or
pity him. Sad experience teaches
what one must go through in order
really to know.
Those who have sneered at scientific
farming will have to come to it or they
will fare badly in the general rush
for success.
The Importance of the good and COM
petent farmer cannot be overestimated.
He is an object lesson that all neigh
boring farmers would do we'll to iIni-
tate.
Brains and energy are cranky. They
are not content to run continually i'll
old grooves, but are constantly looking
out for new and better ways of doing
work
In promoting progress in agriculture
it is very desirable that practical farm
ers keep a careful record of facts
which relate to the culture of the soil
On their farms.
No farmer can afford to be ignorant
Of any question that confronts the
public to-day.
SUCCESS IN BUTTER MAKING.
What is the secret of my success in
butter making? Well,' said the wo-
man whose butter was bringing her
golden opinions as well as silver dol
lars, when 1 came to Salt River Val
oh fa
on ranch, L knew no more about bat
ter making than you do. However,
through much failure and by dint of
perseverance and close observation, [
have learned some things worth know
ing about the making of good butter.
My secret? l have many. I'll give
you three
''First-Care of the cream. Unless
the cream is properly cared for the
butter never can be good. Three or
four days are time enough for gather
ing a churning, and each time cream is
added the whole should be thoroughly
stirred to the bottom, the temperature
meanwhile being kept as nearly uni
form as possible.
"Secopd-Use q thermometer in
churning, and never guess at tie tenn
perature. A thermometer will cost
thirty cents, and is worth many times
that amount in time and temper.
"Third-Don't oversalt the butter
One-half to three-fourths Of an ounce
of the best finely powdered salt to a
pound of butter is good proportion.
Butter keeps no, better for heavy salt
ing and loses its delicate flavor"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20


why dislike
to base 1t
household
light OF wonder
which the
nnents OF
equal enjoyment in all
Of and intelligence
But leather also has it's
learning easily naturally and
anti to
a
to "Poorth crippled your
to household
library liberal
differ
Of harm
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20
SAVE AL FERTILITY.

Save with scrupulous economy all
wood ashes, soap suds, and all articles
having fertilizirg qualities. A COM
post heap is like penny savings bank.
Small and frequent additions soon
make a large aggregate. The fruit
grower and his land usually grow rich
together, and in the same proportion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20
VALUE IN ASHES.

Ashes vary from one per cent. pot
ash to seven or eight, and the compo-
sition makes great deal Of difference.
In SOM localities, where the soil is
deficient in lime, they are valuable be-
cause of the lime which they carry.
The per cent. of potash varies accord
ing to the kind of wood and the heat
in burning
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20
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farm Topics
REEF LINER As FEED.

Eeef liver is an excellent feed for
poultry. Like all animal food, it is
composed largely of protein. Carlo
hydrates are a group of substances not
found to any appreciable extent in
animal matter.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20

young lady. After several years liti-
CATION. the mother, who is at present
performing near Bonn, Oh the Rhine,
has gained the verdict.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20

which, altogether
French deec
BILE
their husbands
lurking of Ith Swallowed the first mans
moments
conclude that they know about the @
which dscouang
masculine nature
thing books which
have mast the
granddaughter of CALLING ~
other
himself what
which hom and dur
OF
benefit beafc vision
prototypes Of still guessngNew
YOKE World
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20
Mans Heart,--.What's in It?
By NixOla Greeley-smith

Of husband lover 400 or 800 years
Christ find the things that we do now"
This utterance made by Mrs Philip Carpenter at gain
eng Of 200 New England women last week during discussion
of ancient Chinese literature The interesting
might have been much if the speaker after say
ing find the things had proceeded to tell what
find.
trouble with the mans heart is that it is so
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20
Poetry For Girls
BY DIR. Henry Van Dyke

great mistake in my opinion at least to use poetry ana
especially poetry medium Of grammatical insruc
scholastic domestic discipline To parse Para
disc Lost it again. and probably forever The
teacher parent who gives out "The Ancient Mariner or
1he MAY Queen" to by heart punishment
should severely dealt withcompeled to commit to
memory reports of the Bureau of Education or to at
tend the sessions school Of metaphysics for
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20


gadnes him
distinguish presently from the
had given herself to him.
delightful consciousness Accordingly she
of
duties with ishthearted devotion
honeymoon with exactly the
Of
habtuaed
anecdotes
them they his Still she feels
least-o submit
which suspected Ordnar
of being ukewarm
their courp of his real
opinions tendencies been kept in retreat
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20
II ~ ~
The Newly Married
Woman's Peace Of Soul

IE newly-married wOmans OF soul trust
She responsibility her husband to make
good manly qualities with which she has endowed him,
and because consented to become his mate
Occasionally during the first few months of her married life
Constance laughed to think that maidenly eagness
to solve of life brilliantly and all her profound
searching the mysteries of the universe should have ended
her Incoming an everyday with duspan and
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-20

fii73l It'll YER in a little cottage in
hG~G the slum district of the
west side lives Dicky
~Oel O'Regan. Professionally
ll!5Ill ESlB Mr.. O'Regan admits that
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-03
First Naval Fight of
the Revolutionary War
Where and When It Was Fought and by Whom

Not every casual reader of history
probably is able to tell where the first
naval fight OF the American Revolu-
and who fought it. Representative
Wiley of Alabama, i'm advocating the
bill before Congress for the erection
OF a monument at Washington in
memory of jeremiah OBrlen, the Irish
American hero of the first sea battle
of the Revolution, tells the story of the
fight:
THE battle in which Jere' OBrien
engaged was fought one hundred and
twenty-nine years ago at Machais
on the coast of Maine. O'Brien's
force consisted Of thirty-five clicked
men, selected from among the ship
builders and sailors of Machias. This
spartan band, under the skillful gen
eralship OF the gallant OBrien, quick
~ seized and unloaded lumber laden
sloop and equipped her for battle,
armng her with the old guns from the
block house and slowing away in her
hull, powder which a young woman,
Mary Chandler, had brought to them
through the mazes of a thick forest.
Sailing into the bay, as the rays OF
the early morning light gilded the
Eastern sky, dire was the clang, as
the two crafts ranged alongside one
another and exchanged shots. soon
the schooner's foresail ratified to the
deck and all was over with her. Clos
ing in and holding her fast, jeremiah
OBrien, at the head of his thirty-fve
down casters, boarded and took pos
session of her. Five brothers of
OBrien, Gideon, John, William, Den
mis-, and Joseph took part in the engage
ment. The Marguerite was subsequent
ly, in 1875, refitted and renamed the
Hare Capt. Jeremiah O'Brien COM
manded and used her as a privateer,
until she was chased by British man.
of-war and run on the Mats near
Jones Port. on the Maine coast,
where she was set on fire and burned
to the waters edge.
Jeremiah O'Brien was the eldest OF
six sons of Morris O'Brien, who came
from ireland in 1740 and settled in
Kittery, Me. while jeremiah was
not the creator OF the American navy"
said Representative Wiley, 'he was
its organizer. After hostilities ceased
and when peace was declared he re-
turned to the village of Machias to
find Mary Chandler awaiting his COM
ing. Their marriage was happy con-
summation of a long courtship, replete
with love and devotion. Their first
child was named Margaretta, after the
sloop which jeremiah had captured in
the first sea fight
1T may be asked" said Mr.. Wiley,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-03
PROMINENT PEOPLE
CURED OF GAIARRH
Would These Two Cures Been Made IL
Some Remedy Had Been Sub
Stituted for Pe-Tu-na

Attorney d. Young. Counselor of
Aurora Lodge No. 6S, of the Mystic
Workers of the World, writes from
lOS South Broadway, Aurora, ILL.,, as
follows,
L suffered with. catarrh for eight
years before l found anything that
would help me. l have wasted hun
dreds OF dollars trying to get relief,
and never found any until / read
what Peruna claimed to do for ca
tarrh. A few bottles cured me COM
pletely; it not only cured my catarrh
but invigorated my whole system I'M
til to-day 1 feel ten years younger
and in complete and perfect health
in fact, a new man, thanks to Peru
ma Delaney Young.
Hon. w. S. Lane, Ordinary probate
Judge) for Wilkes county, Ca, writes
from Washington, Ga, the following
letter:
The Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus,
Ohio.
Gentlenen--"This is to certify that
I have used two and one-half bottles
of Peruna for a very bad case of ca
tarrh, and am happy to say to you
that ] have been entirely cured and
gladly recommend Peruna to any one
suffering from catarrh in any form
Have also used it in my family with
satisfactory results both as tonic and
remedy for catarrh. w. S. Lane.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-03

"why a representative from way down
South in Dixie should feel such an
interest in New England patriot as
to be prompted to Introduce measure
in this chamber to the erection of a
monument to his memory. The answer
Is easy. jeremiah OBrien was essen
TALLY a product of New England and
lived in q section far remote from Ala
hama. 1t, perhaps, would have been
more appropriate for representative
from an Eastern district to have in
troduced the bill; but, in my opinion,
patriotism obliterates all sectional
lines, and the lntrepidity our hero
never failed to manifest, and which
shrank not from the most appalling
dangers, has become the general hertz
age of the American republic. BY the
introduction of this bill but proclaim
the common loyalty and devotion of
the Southern people to the old flag and
to a Union that none can sever. The
war of the roses the white and red,
is ended forever.
1.-THE interests of the North ana
South are Identical. National legisla-
ton enacted by Congress affects both
sections alike. We have one consutu-
tion and obey the same laws. Yielding
each to the other reciprocal dues, it
has resulted under the infallible guild
anee and ordinances of God that we
are now everywhere blessed with peace
and plenty, happiness and prosperity.
The only real liberator is Truth, and
she makes none free save those who
strive to break their own letters"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-03

but George B. McLellan-a difference
with a big C. Maj. Gen.
John R. Brooke, U. S. A. (retired),
writes me from st. Augustine as fol-
lows: Il went to see Col. Smiths
grave the other day, with some
friends, and we were impressed by the
remarkable clearness of the lettering
on the headstone. 1t must have hap
pened that the marble was of very
superior character" The general is
quite correct. and it was this fact
that led me to have the grave photo
graphed. Gen. Brooke also
says: 81 am sorry you spoke of young
Sherman Miles as you did, for he is
a very fine boy, and the loss of his
chevrons was not caused by the mo-
tives you attribute to him / am
obliged to the general for this correc-
ton, as it is not the purpose of these
letters to do injustice to the humblest
person. OF course 1 cannot be every
where and see and hear everything,
and this fact compels me to depend
upon others, as in the case of Cadet
Miles at West Point, which sometimes
causes me to make mistakes.
So far as the bogus Crosses of
Honor" are concerned, l think the
first mention of them made in Geor-
gia was in one of my recent letters.
1t is a small matter, but I see the
credit is given where it does not be-
long. ." The April issue of ''Fhe
American Boy" ma gazine of Detroit,
Mich, is a splendid one, and the stu
dent military companies of Savannah
should read the fine Illustrated ar
ticle on THE Boston High School
Cadet Brigade That city can boast
of the largest and best cadet COM
panies of any city in the United States.
There are three regiments, with bands,
and each is fully officered by school
boys from colonel, down, there being
only one, outsider, and he is the Mill
tary Director" of the brigade. Part
Three" of Camps and Campaigns OF
Washington" is also given in this is
sue The American Boy is furnishing
the youth Of our country every month
a healthy, helpful lot of good patriotic
reading matter, and it is not sectional
in character.
/ think there is an error in the name
of Brig. Gen. Payne, c. S. A, who
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-03

filed with very cultured audience
of ladies and gentlemen, and there
was DO, mud singing" by either
speaker. And yet it has been truly
said that the present is the dirtiest
campaign ever known in Florida.
There are so many candidates for
senator, congressman and governor
that the speakers feel compelled to
abuse each other. Our Bob Davis
is a gifted Georgian, long resident in
Florida, ex-speaker of the House Of
Representatives of the state and four
terms in Congress, and now a candi-
and humorous speaker and captivates
the people wherever he goes.
There is q great contrast between
Senator Taliaferro and Congressman
Davis. The former is a quiet bust
ness man, while the latter is an mn
pulsive, captivating orator. And yet
the Senator in his quiet way impresses
the people with the idea that he is
the right man in the right place, y
and his return to the Senate seems
TO be assured. He has made no set
speeches in the Senate, but has done
most effective work for the state and
her people through wise and needed
legislation. Taliaferro is a Virginian,
but, like Davis, he has long been an
honored and useful citizen Of Florida.
Like all the Taliaferros in Georgia
and Virginia, he was a Confederate
soldier, and while a mere boy, like
Davis, he went into the army. They
are not, however, running as soldier
candidates. still the old Confederates
are rallying to their standards. One
thing seems certain, as / view the
field, and that is that the best peo-
pie of Florida are not willing to
countenance a campaign Of mud
singing" and only defeat awaits the
mud singing" candidates.
Sidney Herbert.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-03
HEADACHE, BACkA1HE,
PE-RU-NA CURES
II Am Perfectly Well" Says Mrs.
Martin of Brooklyn. "Pe-ru-
ma Cared Me-"

Mrs. Anna Martin, AZ Hoyt street,
Brooklyn, n. Y, writes:
Peruna did so much for me that
feel it my duty to recommend it to
others who may be similarly afflicted.
About year ago my health was COM
pletely broken down; had backache,
dizziness and irregularities. and life
seemed dark indeed. We had used Pc
runa in our home as a tonic and for
colds and catarrh and l decided to try
it for my trouble. In less than three
months I became regular, my pains
had entirely disappeared, and l am
now perfectly week.-Mrs.. Anna Mar
tin.
1t is no longer a question as to
whether Peruna can be relied on to
cure all such cases. During the many
years in which Peruna has been put to
test in all forms and stages of acute
and chronic catarrh no one year has
put this remedy to greater test than
the past year.
PerUna is the acknowledged catarrh
remedy of the age. DR.. Hartman, the
compounder of Peruna. has written a
book on the phases of catarrh peculiar
to women, entitled Health and Beau
ty." It will be sent free to any adj
dress by The Peruna Medicine Co.,
Columbus, o.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-03
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER
Facts Of Interest to Confederate and Union
Veterans and Others

Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla,
April "A miss is as good as a mile,
they say, and this letter has missed
being an April Fool by one day.
Ny memory runs back some seventy
years in April Fool tricks. but the
best one was our failure TO fool Prof.
Valentine, our teacher. We tied
string to quarter of a dollar with a
hole in it and laid it on the sidewalk,
covering the string, which ran under
the schoolyard fence, with loose dirt.
We hid behind the fence and intend
ed to suddenly pull the quarter away
when the professor stopped to pick it
up. But he was too sharp for US,
and when he saw the shining silver
piece he suddenly placed his foot be-
and pulled the quarter from the string
and put it in his pocket. We never
saw or heard from it again.
The criticism of Mr.. r. ]. Travis on
New England and her Revolutionary
heroes is hardly just. 1t is true that
Massachusetts, has given great honor
w utI Minute JIltu, Uub udS GGOA
gia done anything in the same line
for her liberty boys" Boston mer-
chants issue elegant little booklets to
give their customers, in which Bunker
Hill, the minute men and Paul Re-
we're and Plymouth Rock figure. Do
Savannah merchants thus exploit
Count Pulaski, Sergt. Jasper, the
Liberty Boys" and other notable he
roes? Jasper's monument is near the
De Soto Hotel, and an elegant little
booklet on this hero's career would
be a paying advertisement for the ho-
tel. These are cold facts.
1t is hard to tell where William w.
Cor M Lamar, who has passed an
examination for assistant paymaster
in the United States navy, is from. He
stands credited to Georgia. to Florida
and to Louisiana, in the press tele-
grams, one of which locates him at
Macon, GA, but another gives him to
Florida. 1t is not "our" Col
George B. Mcclellan that Pauline Hail.
he actress, is seeking a divorce from,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-03
MANY HAVE CAT RRH
WHO DON I SUSPECT H
retuna Is Tonic That Cleanses the
System of All Catarrh.


System of All Catarrh.
Diseased nerves are directly trace
able to poor digestion, and poor diges-
ton is directly traceable to catarrh.
With the slightest catarrh of the stom-
ach no one can have good digestion.
Very few of the many women who
have catarrh of the stomach suspect
what their real trouble is. They know
they belch after meals, have sour
stomach, a sensation of weight or
heaviness. a fullness, irregular appe-
tite, drowsiness, gnawing, empty sem
stations, occasional pain-they all know
this but they do not know that their
trouble is catarrh of the stomach. II
they did they would take Peruna.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated. AS soon as Peruna removes
catarrh from the stomach the diges-
tion becomes good, appetite regular
nerves strong, and trouble vanishes.
Peruna strengthens weak nerves, not
by temporarily stimulating them, but
by removing the cause of weak nerves
poor digestion. This is the only
cure that lasts. Remove the cause,
moves the cause.
If the symptoms are a general feel
ing OF lassitude, poor circulation OF
the blood, restless, disturbed sleep
With fantastic dreams, confusion OF
mind, craving appetite, heavy, tired
feelings indigestion, nervousness, etc.
Peruna is adapted to the case, and
never fails to cure every case.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-03
FEW WOMEN FREE
FROM PELVIC CAlARRH
Catar1h of the Pelvic Organs Is the
Bane OF the Female Sex.


Bane OF the Female Sex.
Mrs. Florence Atkins, 922 Forsythe
St, Toledo, o., writes
Il am to-day cured of that dreadful
disease l wrote to you about when
asked your advice. l at once began
taking Peruna and Manalin and have
lust finished the fifth bottle. 1t has
cured me of leucorrhoea. | had the
trouble for nine months and had given
UP hope of ever being strong again.
| cannot tell how happy | feel,
but you will know. / never heard of
such medicine. 1t is the only medicine
on earth. | will always keep Peruna
in my house.
Il cannot find anything to talk about
from morning till night but Peruna.
was a sick woman when | first wrote
YOU. ] have q bright, clear color now,
and / am altogether a well woman.
"Peruna is the best friend / ever had
on this earth--it must be praised-lt
cured me"--Mrs. Florence Atkins.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma. write at once to DR. Hartman, CIV
ing full statement of your case, and
he will be pleased to give you his valu-
able advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President or
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.