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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
The Drummers Experiment.

The commercial traveller in his au-
tomobile has arrived and has brought
his wife with him. Six hundred miles
out of Chicago Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Spielman stopped their 14-horse power
automobile on corner at Macon, Mo-,
and began to do business with the
merchants. 1t is said to be the pio-
neer venture of the sort in Missouri.
MIR. and Mrs. Spielman call their ma
chine "Old Buck" 1t is painted red
and built for hard service. Under the
rear seat is locker for their sample
eases. The commercial tourists repre-
sent Chicago manufacturing concern,
and the present trip is an experiment.
If more miles can be covered in day,
more towns visited and the rate
cheapened, the firm will withdraw all
its travelling statesmen from the rail-
roads in the months when the country
roads are fairly good and send them
out in automobiles.
''The advantages of automobiles for
travelling representatives are numer-
ous," said Mr.. Spielman. 'We visit
small towns off the railroad that we
never thought of going to before, and
much new business is worked up that
way. When we finish town we don't
have to wait two or three hours or
maybe half day to get out. When
we've finished we can start. We never
travel at night, don't have to wait for
wrecks to be cleared away and are re-
lieved of paying hack fare between sta
tons and hotels. So far our actual
travelling expense, by which ! mean
the operation of the machine, has
just been cent mile. There have
been no livery bills, of course. On two
or three occasions We have met fellow
statesmen stranded in small towns by
failure of train service and have taken
them back to civilization. We have
made two speed records-one of 14S
miles a day and the other Of 154. AS
rule we found better roads in Illinois
and Iowa than in Missouri" kansas
City Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
Buses Makeup Box.

An actress of Eleonora Buses great
talent and intellectual beauty cannot,
of course, be permitted to go through
life without being made the Indifferent
recipient of anonymous presents, and
of portable property" from the I'M
known she has enough to stock a shop
with. One of the articles in her col
lection is large makeup box made al
most entirely of silver. La Duse, how
ever, as everybody knows, puts moth
ing on her face but wee bit of pow
der-and this only occasionally, so
when she received this costly present
from an admiring stranger she prompt
ly made over it's inside, consisting of
drawers and trays to makeup, to one
of the ladies of her company, and kept
the box for handkerchiefs. This re-
minds one somewhat of the story of
the desperately in earnest non-smoker,
who, receiving two large boxes of CT
CARS for a Christmas present, gave the
contents to a friend and converted
their late residences into collection
boxes for the funds of the Anti-Smok-
ing league.-M. A. P.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
What the Sun Has Done.

Without the sun there would be
nothing here-no man, no life. Coal
lis nothing but stored-up, bottled sun
shine. The sunlight of million years
produced forests, which, falling, were
buried in the earth and changed into
coal So when we put coal in the cook
stove we may truthfully say thatwe are
boiling the kettle with million-year-
old sunshine.
Similarly there would be no water
falls for us to chain and convert into
electricity, as we have chained Mag
ara, if the sun did not evaporate the
water of the sea, take it up in clouds
and afterwards empty the clouds in
rain on the mountain tops, whence the
water tumbles down again to the sea.
So no wind would blow without the
sun to work changes in the air.
In short, therefore, We have been u.s.
ing the sunlight all these years, hard
Nv knowing it, but not directly. Think
of the tremendous amount of heat
which comes to the earth from the
sum- Every boy has tried using q
burning glass, which, focusing few
inches of the suns rays, will set fire
TO paper or cloth.-Success.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
Gray Squirrels.

Gray squirrels make more use Of
their nests than do red squirrels. The
latter as rule seem to use the nest
only at night, while the former sleep
there good deal in the daytime, es-
pecially during winter. l often climb
trees in very cold weather just to see
how the gray squirrels are getting
along and l find them, usually two in
q nest, so sound asleep that it requires
some trouble to bring them out. Of
course | might put my hand in, but
good-natured as the gray squirrel is.
he will not stand such impudence as
that. tried it once, and the occupant
awoke before | got a good hold. AS a
consequence l carried my hand in
sling for a week. Even tame gray
squirrel will bite if he is annoyed or
If he is afraid, and when he does use
his teeth it is to some purpose, as any
one who has felt them can testify
Ernest Harold Baynes, in Woman's
Home Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05

You seldom will find brainy man
with a round head. The head that
contains let's OF brains either is very
long from front to back or else irregu-
lar. You can learn something of a
mans mental ability by the hat he
wears. If his head is so bunny that
it seems as if he could never get a
hat. to fit him he probably is gen.
ius or a crack-a-iack in some particu-
lar line. If his head is long from
front to back. he is clear thinker
and smart as whip. So If your hat
costs more money than your friends
hat does, and you are harder to fit, be
consoled by considering that your
brain is worth more.-New York
F-ess.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05

tail, which was long and silky, hung
straight down She seemed in no hur-
ry to leave the place, but when | at
tempted to advance, she ran lightly
down, and disappeared among the dead
leaves put the tip of my finger into
the round hole in the nest, and felt
something jump. l made the opening
little larger, and took out four small
blind mice, whose upper parts were
lead-gray, and whose under parts were
white like their mothers. Very often,
however, white-footed mouse will not
let one get so close view of her ba-
bies. l have often known the mother
to dash out of the nest with all her
young ones clinging to her nipples, and
disappear before had time to count
Home Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
A Relic of Herodotus.

Recent excavation on the site of an
cient Naucratis on the delta of the
Nile have brought to light, among
other things, possible relic of Her
odotus, to whose description of the
luxurious Greek settlement we owe
most of our knowledge of it. He Wis
tied the city in the latter part of
the fifth century B.. C. The relic in
question is the base of painted vase
inscribed "Herodotou." This vase was
found within the Hellenic precinct,
and seeing the comparative rarity Of
the name and the coincidence of the
date of the vase, as judged by its fab
ric and the lettering of the dedication,
with the probable epoch of the Hail.
carnassian's visit, it is a plausible
guess that this vase had some direct
connection with the father Of history.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
How Oil Made a City.

The discovery of rich oil fields in the
heighborhood of Sour lake, Texas, has
created city Of 5000 people in what
two years ago was an uninhabited
prairie. In the Sour lake fields the
oil flows in such abundance that if all
the wells were allowed to yield their
maximum quantity 100000 barrels dat
ly would be produced; as it is, much If
the oil runs to waste, and the ponds
and streams in the neighborhood of the
city are filed with it.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
Why Called Crusaders.

The Crusades were holy wars under
taken by knights of old in Europe for
the recovery of the sepulcher OF, Christ
from the Saracens who then held Je-
rusalem and all Palestine. They were
called Crusaders from the Latin word
crux, which means cross, and because
each of the soldiers wore upon his
sleeve or breast or shoulder the en-
broidered figure of cross to indicate
the cause for which he fought There
were eight of these Crusades, or holy
wars.-Livingston B. Morse, in Novem-
Der st. Nicholas.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
The Record Breaking Clouds.

The clouds, as matter of fact, are
noted by the weather bureau people
chiefly because they show the direc-
ton and the velocity of the higher air
currents of the atmosphere. They are
like chips which show the flow and
adde's of stream. Their speed is al
most uncomfortable to us who have
watched them floating apparently with
scarcely any motion across the sky,
seeming what an old weather prophet
called them those most tranquil trav-
elers, the clouds, whose very motion is
rest" The fastest horse and automo-
bile records and even steam engine
speed-a mile in thirty-two seconds
is easily outdone by the quietly drift
ing masses of mist. A mile in thirty
six seconds is not at all an uncommon
velocity for the upper clouds, and they
have been observed to do mile in Is
seconds.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
A Field Mouse and Her Babies.

Last week, as was walking through
n piece of woodland | found family
of white footed mice in an old cat
birds nest in a tangle of greenbriers.
The nest was rooted over with cedar
bark, and l suspected that it might
have a tenant, SO / shook the bushes
gently, and out of a small round hole
I'm the side a little, sharp-pointed,
whiskered head was poked, and pair
of large black eyes seemed to inquire
what all the disturbance was about. |
answered by shaking the briers lit
lie more, and now the head was fol-
lowed by the whole body of very
graceful mouse, who took seat among
4he twigs near the nest, and calmly
washed her face with her front paws
Her upper parts were yellowish brown.
being brightest along the sides. but
underneath, even to the tips of her
delicate toes. she was pure white. Her
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
Mother Goose's Grave.

Was there ever :. real Mother
Goose? That is question often asked
by boys and girls. Yes, there was,
and she liv5d in Boston Her grave
is still to be seen in the old "Granary"
graveyard close to the old Park Street
church, which is next to the famous
Common. Only a tiny headstone
marks it, and on it are craven these
words:
Here lies Mary Goose, wife of
Isaac Goose. Died 1890, aged forty
nine"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
His Humble start in Life.

DR.. Lorenz, who has wrought such
wondrous cures of crippled children
since he came to America was the 9th
er day induced by what he thought
was too great praise of himself to tell
the accompanying story of his unpro-
pitious start and early hardships:
"Forty-four years ago l was a lit
tie and very poor boy. One day, wan
dering along the street, | found sin
gle glove. / put it on. II was much
too large and contrasted harshly with
my feet, which were bare Proud and
happy, | walked to my home and
showed my treasure to my mother.
"'My dear boy she said, you will
have to work very hard to find the
other glove
TN the many hardships of later life
l often remembered the significance of
those words. But at the age of &c. af
ter many struggles, l had overcome
all obstacles as a student, and rose to
be first assistant to the late Professor
Albert l taught general surgery, and
the dream of my life was to become a
famous surgeon-to rummage in the
interiors of fellow-mortals.
"But the dream never came true /
contracted peculiar form of eczema
could not follow my chosen work. l
thought that the other glove was gone
forever, and could scarcely resist the
temptation to blow out my brains. In
complaining of my lot to Professor AL
bert he said to me:
eff you can't get along with wet
surgery, try dry surgery
$50 it was not by love, but by neces-
sity that became dry surgeon. But
necessity is the mother of invention,
and after 20 years of hard work, l
found at last the other glove. And it
has brought me the esteem and appre-
citation of the profession and the CRATE
full thanks of many mother"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
When.

When cherries grow on apple trees,
And kittens wear lace caps,
And boys their sisters never tease,
And bears wear woollen wraps;
Wnen all the nursery dolls and toys
Begin to dance and play,
linen little girls and little boys
May lie In bed all day.
When donkeys learn to sing and dance,
When pigs talk politics;
when London Is town In France,
When two and two make six;
when drops of rain are real pearls,
-, When coal Is clear and white,
fhen little boys and little girls
May sit up late at night.
&c. Clifton Bingham.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05
SCIENCE NOTES.

The biophone, new German phono-
graph, produces pictures as well as
sounds. 1t shows, for instance, the
singer giving song.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-05

1t is commonly assumed by ornithol-
ogists that every species of migratory
bird breeds in the most northern por-
ton Of it's range. 1t has been found,
however, that the Australian sand dot
terel goes south to breed, travelling to
the south of New Zealand, or as far
toward Antarctic as it can now get.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26

"The best friend of the negro ia
the Southern gentleman" is the
forceful assertion Of the AleXand-
dria News. 1t is true. 1t is an
old story, but very true. The ne
gro is afforded greater protection
in the South than in the North. In
the'SOuth he is free frOnl the cant
and whims of the Puritanical hy-
pOcrite. In the North he can not
escape, any more than in the South,
when he is guilty of the unspeak-
able crime. In the South the field
of labor is opened to him without
risk of being mobbed. He can ac-
cumulate property. He has OPP
pOrtunities for the betterment of
his condition. He has the sympa-
thy and if need be he is guaranteed
the protection of his best friend,
the Southern gentleman.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26
THE BLACK HENS EGGS.

| The other afternoon, says tn,
New York Press, women entere,
a grocery store on Eighth Avenue
and, stepping mp to the proprietor
| said:
81 want SO cents worth of eggs
and prefer those laid by black
hens"
"Well, I'd like to accommodate
you, madam, but as long as I've
been in the this business | never
learned how to tell the eggs of a
black hen from n speckeled or a
white one."
"Yet,' continued the woman,
"there is a great difference, and
eggs laid by black hens are easily
distinguished"
Accepting the invitation, the
woman carefully selected the eggs,
and as she put the last one into a
paper bag the astonished grocer ex-
claimed:
"GraciOns! Do black hens lay
all the big eggsg"
eyes," replied the customer,
gliding toward the door, chat 5
how you tell them"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26
THE JAPs ARE NO C0WARDs.

There is an element y bravery
about the plueky little Jap that
makes every American adj lire him,
even though he may not at all
times agree with his policy The
following reply is so much in point
and so characteristic that it is re
produced
Mr. Uchida, the Japanese consul
general in New York, is man ct
few wOrds-in En"l;"h at all
events-but Wuen he uses our yer
nacular he displays a praiseworthy
familiarity with it. 81 notice
said friend to Mr.. Uchida, "that
a high h-placed Russian in London
predicts that Alexieff will drive all
your people into the sea before the
end of September. !" "Yes, | saw
the eablegram. But all Japanese.
swim fairly well. "-Ddily Press.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26

A writer in the New York Even
ing Post presents this curious anG
somewhat interesting statement
| found that all wars designated
by a single word contained in that
word the name of the conquered
cOmbatant. Going far back in
histOry-the"Trojan" war was won
by the Greeks, Troy being besieged
and captured. In the Punic
(Carthaginian) wars, the Cartha-
ginians were defeated and Carthage
captured by the Romans. The
"Napoleonic" wars, sO.cailed,
ended in the defeat and capture of
Napoleon. The "Indians" was OF
1S41 resulted in the establishment
by Great Britain of it's control of
the Indian Empire. The "Mexican
war was won by the Americans
the "Crimean" war ended in the
defeat of Russians by the allied
armies (lS56). The "Schleswig-
Holstein' wari'was lost by the
Danes, who surrendered Schleswig-
HOlstein to the AustrO- Prussian
coalition. The "Boer'' war fell
to the British. Now, when | came
to wars with hyphenated names,
discovered that the Power Grst
named was invariably the loser !:
Thus, the "Austro- PrussiOn" war
was won by the Prussians at the
battle of Sadowa. The "Franco-
Prussian" war ended at Sedan,
with the defeat of the French
(1S7O). The "China-Japan" war
found the Japanese conquerors.
The"Greco- Turkish" war brought
victory TO the Turks, the "Spanish-
American" war to the Americans.
Ii "si gns of the times" stand for
anything, the Russo Japanese"
war shonld end in victory for the
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26
W0MANS PEN PORTRAIT.

In these days. when much is be
ing written about leaders in nation
al life, woman ) estimate Of prom
inent individuals is always apropos
Helen NJ. Cougar. who has me
nearly all Of Americas noted mpr
and who has written numerous in
teresting stories and interviews
published the following in the La
fayette (Ind. } Call:
"Who is William Randolph
Hearst?
II will answer as | know the
man.
"Mr. Hearst is forty years old.
"He was born in San Francisco.
. "He is the only child of the late
United States Senator George
Hearst and Phebe y. Hearst.
"His ancestors were Of North
Carolina and Virginia stock, his
mother being a descendant of The
Randolphs of Virginia. His moth
er is noted for her great charities
having endowed HE University Of
California.
ale is a most devoted son and
cooperates heartily with his moth
pr in business and benevolent en-
"HIe was educated in the public
schools of San Francisco and in
Harvard college.
"He is a man of fine physique,
'obust health, indcflitable energy
md great executive ability. He is
/ business man in every sense of |
he word.
"Mr. Hearst is a strict moralist |
md holds women in high esteem.
"His charities are nnbounded.
every winter he furnishes free
Oal, food and raiment to thousands
f the suffering poor of the tene-
nent districts Of New York, which
ity is his present residence. He
ent ont three relief trains-one
rom New York, another from
'hicago and another form San
'rancisco-and hurried supplies to
he Galveston sufferers. He gave
lrge sums for the relief of the
ews in Russia; also to the victims
f the st. Pierre volcano district.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26
A traveller in the South. saws

A traveller in the South, says an
exchange, tells this story: He
said that his train had stopped at a
rail road station in North Carolina
and red complexioned hog was
seen rubbing himself on telegraph
pole. "That hog seems to be
troubled with feas or the mango"
observed the traveller to q native.
Mango nothing" replied the native
to whom the remark was addressed.
''Tnat hawg fs a razorbackan' he's
strOppin hisself."
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26
HE FOUND THE TROUBLE.

In an address that he recently
delivered on the labor question
w. Bourke Cochran told a story OF
his boyhood, says the New York
Tribune.
81 was born in Ireland" he
said, "and in Ireland l obtained q
part of my education. | remem-
Der well the school | attended, and
| remember we'll school fellow of
mine named Michael, a lad who
was always talking about trouble
and always looking for it. We
are on the question of trouble now
and, therefore, in Michael's expe-
rience it may be that there is some
thing to profit us.
"Michael boasted constantly that
the master was afraid to fog him.
Why7 Oh, because his father had
said that if hand was ever laid
upon the boy there would be
trouble. But one day Michael mis-
behaved, and the flogging due was
not long in coming.
"The boy went home indescrib-
ably enraged. He sought out his
father,
Father, he said, didn't you
say that if the school master ever
licked me there would be troubles 7"
"'l did, the father answered.
Well, | was licked to day, and
only for throwing paper pellets
about the room"
"The father frowned.
8" Il never fail, my son, to keep
a PROMISE he said There is 60
ing to be trouble Fetch the strap" "
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26
Tragedy AverteH,

just in the nick of time our little
boy was saved writes Mrs w. Wat
kins of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneu-
monia had played sad havoc with him
and terrible cough set in besides.
Doctors treated him, but he grew
worse every day. At length we tried
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, and our darling was saved
He's now sound, and well. I" Every
body ought TO know, it's the only
sure cure for Coughs, Colds and all
Lung Diseases. Guaranteed by Estorge
Drug Go. Price SOC and 81 90. Trial
bottles free.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26

Senator Pettigrew, of Sone
Dakota, says that once when Bish6
Whipple was visiting some Siou
Indians OH the Wappeton reserva
ton, be asked the chief if it wou.,
be safe for him to leave his vest
ments in the tepee, while he wen
fifteen miles across the prairie
visit dying man. The chieFre
piled: Perfectly safe, Bishcg
Nothing will be- stolen. There
not a white man within fifty n
of us
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26
HEARST IDEA OF POLITICS.

New York, March 22.-The Tri
bnne says:
Nominate, Hearst, defy tn,
trnsts, and 81, 800, 900 will be fur
nished by Mr. Hearst and and hi!
| friends for the Democratic Nationa
| Committee.
"Nominate Parker, Cleveland
Gray, Olney, German, Francis OF
any other conservative. and You
will be forced to go to the trusts
for campaign funds, and Roosevelt
will easily win"
This is the argument being used
these days with telling effect among
all Democrats all over the United
States by the friends of William
K. Hearst, whose early harvest of
delegates to the Democratic Natiou-
al Convention at St. LOnis on Jnlv
8 has created dismay among the
conservatives.
The Hearst boomers are at work
| this week in the Southern States.
The results of their efforts will be-
come apparent within the next ten
days.
| William J. Bryan is going to
come ont boldly for Hearst at an
early date. His announcement is
likely to give the Hearst boom an
impetus that will make trouble for
the conservatives by the time the
Convention meets.
The Hearst boomers are meeting
surprising success all over the
country. While the conservatives
are indnlging in prophecies about
dire results of Organism and pre-
dieting an easy victory for them
selves at st. Louis, the friends of
Mr.. Hearst 60 about using the argu-
ment outlined at the head of this
article, organizing Hearst clubs and
doing "practical' work. 1t is not
at all certain that Hill and Murphy,
assuming that they will be togeth-
,er, will control all the delegates
from this State. Mr.. Hearst's |
agents have been "busy" with !
some of the upstate men, who are
slated to 60 from their respective.F
districts, and when the "show-
down. is made, it is expected that
he will have a handful of delegates
from the Empire State-enough to
make it perfectly clear TO the Con-
venti0n that the Hill men cannot
hold all all their delegates for
Judge Parker.