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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
TOO MANY pLAYTHINGs.

Never let the chicks have many or
very elaborate playthings. A child s
interest is so easily aroused that a
largo stock of playthings proves con-
fusing and wearisome, besides which
you are only making him blase by
giving him the best of everything
while he is small. For the same rea-
son all amusements should be of the
simplest.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
POOR MAN.

Mrs. Delancey-"Men are so apt to
jump at conclusions. Last night my
husband acted awfully because he i'm
agined he had stepped on a tack"
Mrs. Mackenzie-"What was itT'
Mrs. Delancey-"Only a hat-pin."
Woman's Home Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04

sued last March, while the bones are
in London. After the defeat of Ma
poleon at Waterloo Lord Petre Cd
tained possession of Marengo and sold
him to General Angerstein. The AMI
NAL was we'll cared for and petted in
his old age, and on his death the skel-
oton was presented to the Royal United
Service Institution by General Anger
stein.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
"What! Down town, without any
money? How careless Of your
"Not at all; I'm shopping"
THE HIDDEN FACE.

s'Hello, hello. Is this Mr.. JigsonT'
eyes"
''Can l borrow your auto for this
afternoon"
"Why, no. 1 shouldn't think you'd
have the face to ask for it,"
81 haven't. That's why I'm asking
over the phone.'-Cleyeland Plain
Dealer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
HIS RUNNIN' REASONS.

always defeated for every Office
you ran for?"
Always
"Yet you're still a-runnin'?"
"Still runnin'p'
would you mind telling me why?
sNot at all! I've been martyr to
the rheumatism, my friend, and moth
in knocks rheumatism like runnin' for
an office 'gainst Teller that's six miles
ahead O. youv'-Atianta Constitution.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
THE ONE ESSENTIAL.

'I believe" said the sanguine, but
visionary inventor, ''if 1 only had time
II could make successful flying ma.
chine"
"Of course you could make it all right
If you only had plenty Of time. Time
aies, you know"-Philadelph Ledger.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04

The Sultan of Turkey has seventy
one titles, and on the parchment con-
tanning them are the words "as many
more as may be desired can be added
to this number" Among the titles are
"Abdul Hamid, the Eternally Victor
ious," "the Eternally Smiling" the
Eternally Invincible," Distributor OF
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
POSSIBLY.

Miss Askerman-"M Nuptal, the
widower, has been married twelve
times"
Miss Hopeser-"Why don't he marry
againY
Miss Askerman-"P Probably he is SUI
.perstitious. "-Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
A HALF TOO OFTEN.

He-"Yes, 1 inherited all my rich
uncle's money, thanks to his passion
for travel"
She-"But what had that to do with
it?"
He" Everything. He crossed the
ocean nineteen and a half times
Woman's Home Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
WHY HE DID 1T.

Harold" said his mother, severely,
"why did you take two pieces of cake
from the plate?"
"Well, you see, mamma, I had to. l
was playing that was twins"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
TAKE LIE CHANCE.
THE BILLvILLE IDEA.

Office Boy-"Man outside, sir, who
says he amt had square meal in
three weeks"
Editor-"What paper does he edit?'
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
NeyIecting the Rhine.

Cologne newspapers complain that
tourists are neglecting the Rhine, ana
they suggest that the high prices pre-
vailing in the hotels have good deai
to do with this.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04

OF the 1850 locomotives owned and
operated by the Southern Pacific, TSO
are now using oil as fuel.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04

A Fifeshire Scot not only stole tloW-
ers from a grave, but won prize WIN
them at a flower show.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
NAPoLEON's CHARGER, MARENGO.

Crowns to the Heroes Seated on the
Thrones and SHADOW of God on
Earth"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-04
>~o"~~~N,~~NS'~o-~.>~~~r~~>"

to SIT unue
AS in the Italian
little shrine IN MS
Riches or
offering little rice
lights little front OF It. III
worship and the boy shown IN our
is undergoing
Of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04

In some instances this same company
secures an agreement with the indian
that II he ever sells his Land II shall
be to this land and trust company snd
for a stipulated price Other firms are
resortlng to similar tactics and their
actions are very dlstasteful to the
great number OF legitimate business
men, some of whom are also land deal
ers or money lenders.
II leaked out recently that one com
pany had secured control Of goo. 300
acres Of land and when asked about It
one OF the propi.etors admitted It aad
supplemented It with the declaration
that at least 100000 acres Of this land
could be legitimately held in a court
of law.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04
Fell Eortv.seven Feet.

Special 90 Daily Leader.
Last Friday. Melton Farror the IL
year-old son OF G. w Farror. who lives
on the John McGee farm about three
miles west of town was fishing with
a bucket in a well into which he had
dropped his glove. when his feet slip
ped in some slippery snow and he
went overheard. head foremost The
wen Is forty.seven feet deep and CON
tanned about three feet of water The
boy had sufficient strength left when
he srurk the bottom to grasp the
bucket and be pulled up safely, and is
uninjured save a small cnt on the
head The escape is more miraculous
from that fact that well IS walled with
rock. hut luckily he did not strike
either side in going down .-Eufaula
Tribune
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04

Mr.. ". ". Baker of Plainview, Nob
writes My wife had lung trouble
for over fifteen years. We tried num-
her of doctors ana spent over a thou
sand dollars without any relief She
was very low and I lost all hope when
Ia friend suggested trying Foley's Hon
ey and Tar, which l did; and thanks
be to this great remedy, It saved her
life. She is stronger and enjoys bet
er health than she has ever known in
ten years. We shall never be without
Foleys Honey and Tar and would ask
these afflicted to try IT,"
Sold by j. n. Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04
Hunters In Trouble.
Special to paily Leader.

Special 20 Daily Leader.
Herbert, I. r, Feb "A hunting
party from this city has been having a
Tot OF trouble with the Indian police
The party spent Ave days on a camp
hunt along the head waters of Birch
creek, northeast Of Herbert, and killed
nye deers four black wolves and a
small black bear, and upon their re
turn were taken as prisoners by three
Of sheriff Wards force, who are In
tiian police.
ID Is strictly against the law to KIN
am ship game out of the Choctaw ma
lion and the police supposed the party
intended 10 ship the gamo After con.
siderable legal spanhg by lawyer
member Of the hunting party they
were allowed to go free, but she game
was held as evidence The sheriff
win probably order the release OF the
bear ana wolf skins, bur II Is duubttut
ii he viii permit the removal of the
deer Just what disposition win be
made OF them is an open question
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04

In The Minister'S Son" will be
found a beautiful. simple portrayal of
everyday life, showing a sons loyalty
to his parents, and while all the village
think him a worthless idler and laugh
at his invention, he goes to TIE city
and soon interests capitalists in his
scheme, sells out his patent and re-
turns home in time to save bis old
father and mother from benig turned
out of their old home
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04
tow They 80 the Lands.

special 10 Daly leautf
Musko9ee. {. r., Feb. 4-The sphere
Of influence exercised by Inscriptions
land dealers in Indian territory is exc
tensive-even more so than was im-
agined by Chief Porter and Attorney
Murphy before they started their cam.
paign against these men Evidence
has begun to roll into the office of Mr.
Murphy ana he expects TO be able to
.canse the arrest of several of these
men within the mex few weeks.
The schemes devised by some Of
these men TO secure possession Of the
land allotted TO Ignorant Indians are
both ingenious and far reaching II
has been discovered that one loan
company at least when making a loan
40 an Indian, secures a warranty deed
to the Indians land mortgage on IT,
a ave year lease. ninety-nine year
lease and ha sthe In3ian make ont a
win deciding his property 10 1t in case
OF his death with an these incum-
brances on the land d feels compare
lively safe. even should the indian list
his land for sale. as e would be a bold
speoulstor indeed who would take his
chances and buy hand with such a
maze of lawsuits before him.
Under the rulings oi the interior de.
partmenf prohibiting private sales the
deed given by Tie Indian TO the land
company Is not worth the paper upon
which d is printed and the same IS
true of the other documents. save the
five year lease, but Il wouldn't lool
sood 10 a land buyer from the s ates
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04
More Oil at Muskoqee.

Special to Daily Leader
Muskogee, i. T.. Feb. 4-The second
strata of oil was struck today by the
oil company which has been drilling
7eTe for the past few weeks Tho drill
had ly,utesrated to a depth of 100
Heet aEd upon entering the second
etgs'a the oil rose 900 feet In the Well
The promoters claim the well will be
one Of the best producers in the Indian
territory field on men from many Of
the oil districts In the southwest We're
here and inspected the we'll
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04
Die From Burns.

Special to Daily Leader
Ardmore, I. T., Feb Ain a fire that
destroyed the residence of William
Capanbarger. a well to do farmer liy-
ing 4ar Tussy l. T., Mrs Cappan-
barger and little child received
burns from which they died. The
chnd's name was Capers, and It's par
ents live at Coalgate, l. T. Cappen-
barger was badly burned while trying
to rescue his wife and the child
Mrs Vandegrif was burned TO death
near Velma. l. T She tainted while
trying TO reach the well and died be-
fore aid arrived
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04
RAILROAD WRECK.
f5y Associated Presa.l

Halifax Feb 4-seven persons
were killed and several injured in a
wreck yesterday Of the Canadian PACT
hc express on the Intercolonial rail.
road near Halifax The accident vas
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04
TEN YEARS FoR PeNAcg.
nv Associated Press.l

Cleveland, o., Feb 4-George A.
Rose, cashier of the Produce Exchange
bank. was sentenced TO ten years in
the penitentiary. He confessed en-
bezzling nearly two hundred thou
sand dollars
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04

Foleys Honey and Tar is best for
Group and whooping cough contains
no opiates, ana cures quickly. Care
fu mothers keep it in the house. Sold
by J. N. Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04
Dead Body Found Near krebs

Special to Daily Leader.
South MoAlester, /. T., Feb. 4.-The
decomposed body OF a young man
about is years of age was found last
might near Krebs It lay face down
ward with bullet hole in the head
and deep concussion In the skull
evidently inflicted by some blunt in
strument No money being found on
she boiy il is believed that robbery
was the motive for the murder There
is no clue as 70 the identity of the dead
man
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04
@ o Q o o Q Q Q Q Q Q O o 0 0 o
o INDIAN TERRITORY NOTES O
. o
o o 0 Q 0 O o Q Q 0 O Q 0 o o o .
Muskosee Light Plant Sold.

Special to Daily Leader.
Muskogee. l. T., Feb. 4.-The big.
gest deal ever consummated In the
city Is that OF the Muskogee Light &
Power company which was purchased.
together with the artificial gas fran
chise. for the consideration of 100000
Mr.. Turner retained a oneffth In
terest. The company making these
purchases is the II NJ Byllesby com
pany Of Chicago, H., practical engi-
ueers and builders Of industrial plants
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-04

casued by a broken rail Several
cars were thrown down an embank-
ment
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-23

ordinate to represent him.
Il have come to arrange for the de-
livery of the coal,'' said the Russian
all smiles and palm oil.
well, sir, it's here all ready for you.
You may begin taking it on as soon as
you please replied the Puritan.
''Ah, yes, but the bill. We must at
tend first to the bill!'' exclaimed the
visitor
Delighted at this apparent anticipa-
ton of his dearest wish, the Yankee
produced the account forthwith.
mo, no, my dear sir!" interposed the
Russian. That will not dol You must
add twenty-five per cent to that
Twenty-Five per cent. for me. You un-
derstand?"
The man with the conscience under
stood at last. Then there was an i'm
passe. The American wouldn't relent
and the Russian wouldn't reform. They
talked and talked, argued and cajoIed,
stormed and persuaded from o'clock
in the afternoon till IL o'clock at night
and still there was no modus vivendi.
The American wouldn't raise the bill,
he wouldn't let anybody juggle with
the scales. He stood out for a fair
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-23

cess, for false queues are as common
among Cinnamon as false hair is
among their paleface sisters. If a
Chinaman's hair is thinner or shorter
than he considers desirable, he supple
ments it with a switch, which is some
times made of hair and sometimes o.
silk.
The rest is easy for a Jap. Chinese
garments become him as if he~were 10
the manner born. He must speak
Chinese, of course, and if he speaks it
with an accent, nobody is going 20
know it but his Chinese nlighbors, ard
they, in the present state of their feel
ings toward the invading Russians. are
not going to say anything about it.
So it happens that Japanese eyes see
and Japanese ears hear all that Russia
conceals from the rest of the world
The Russian Viceroy may give news
paper correspondents their walking pa
pers, as he has done before now, but
all his repression and his censorship
will not keep his every move from
being reported in Toxic as promptly
as news can travel.
There are men in this city who have
recently returned from Japan and
whose interests require that they shall
be well acquainted with the situation
there who believe that the information
which comes to the Mikado's Govern
ment from its spies accounts in large
part for the apparent willingness of
Japan to match her strength against
an enemy that seems to be her SUI
perior. Perhaps, they say, Russia
STA is not so well prepared or war in
that quarter as she is supposed to be.
A statement cahled to the London
Tines a week or two ago by its cor
respondent in Peking was read with
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-23

If you should take japanese, shave
grow and braid a false queue into it
and then dress him in Chinese gar
ments, how many Americans do You
suppose could tell him from the orig
inal, simon pure John Chinaman?
More pertinent to the matter in hand,
how many Russians do you suppose
could find, him out?
The experiment has been made, not
once or twice but hundreds and thou
sands of times and the result is known
to a certainty-the white man can't
detect the counterfeit.
That is one of the most important
facts in the crisis that exists in the
Far East. 1t makes it possible for the
japanese to know all that the Rus
slams are doing in Manchuria-how
many troops are there, what their con-
dition Isl how well they are equipped,
and pfovIsione,f, where they are 'ow.
and what are their facilities for rapid
concentration.
Never, probably, has one country on
the verge of war been more thoroughly
Informed as to the circumstances and
purposes of its potential "ntmy than
is Japan with regard to Russia. Her
intelligence department is superb and
In this case it is working under a p.
culiar advantage due to the 81 nilarity
between the racial charac terisS;cs of
her people and the people among who n
the Russians are quartered.
The efficacy of this spying system
has been proved. When the war be-
tween China AID Japan, With came
on in 1894, was imminent, it was work
ed sue ,essfully against the Chinese
themselves, who, of course, are very
much more capable than the Russians
of detecting a japanese wolf in Chi
nese sleeps clothing.
At that time there was a Japanese
physician practising his profession in
Shanghai who, as has since been dis
closed, was the head Of Japan's secret
service in the Flowery Kingdom. To
him came daily reports by under
ground railroad, grapevine telt graph
and all sorts of ways that were as
dark and tricks that were as vain as
those of the heather Chinee himself.
He had under his direction an or
ganiZation that extended TO every
source Of military information. Mer-
chants professional men, Ia borers,
household servants and Japs made to
look like Cinnamon were his ager is.
That was a good school for japanese
spies. They learned their lesson We:
and now they are lettering ir the in
struction.
The matter of disguise presents no
difhculties. Even the false queue tnat
1t requires does not jeopardize its &c
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-23

amazement by many persons. Ii Is
said that all the Russian troops east
of Lake Baikal were fewer than 10000
in number If this be true-and the
assertion, coming from a source that
is commonly regarded as authoritative.
cannot be dismissed hghtly-the con-
hdence that pervades the japanese
commanders is understandable.
,rhe figures which the Russians gave
out few days after this surprising
information was published, were very
different They represented the Car
as having 390, 600 men on the ground
and 10000 within months journey
of the field of war.
That 11O,000 men could be transported
over the Siberian Railroad or its Man
churian extensions in a month nobods
who has seen the line Wal believe. 1t
isn't a good railroad. The most pa
tient Jersey commuter would rebel
at it.
1t is made of 6o-pound rails, instead
of the 90-pound kind which all first
class railroads now use. The locomo-
tives are light and, therefore, not pow
erfuI, and they are not kept in good
order. Twenty miles an hour is the
top-notch speed, and a train will stand
still for repairs or other causes at least
half the time of its journey. Altogether
the railroad is a good deal of a lame
duck.
There is shrewd suspicion, too, that
the store of provisions and munitions
of war at Port Arthur is not all that it
is supposed to be. Long ago the order
was given that there should be cor
stantly on hand at the Russian deputs
in Manchuria supplies of every kind
sufficient to keep 100000 men in the field
for two years. Yet only the other day
the statement was made, on what
seemed like good authority, that the
accumulation, in case of immediate
war, would not last more than five
months.
A good deal of color is given to these
reports by a knowledge of Russian Off
cial methods. The Russian officer,
civil, military and naval is a CRATER
His pay is small and he doesn't hesi-
tate to piece it out. So it may very
well be that the supply of food and
powder and shot in Manchuria falls far
short of the quantity that has been
paid for
Millions of rubles have been spent IN
the last seven years at Port Arthur
Da1ny, Vladivostok and elsewhere in
the East, and there are those who
should know who say that there has
bee. a rake-off for the grafters on Nv
cry building and every fertilization |
that has been erected, on every rail !
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-23
WAR CORRESPONDENTS VIEWING CHINESE
DEAD-I8o4-o5.

that has been laid, on every mouthful
of provender that has been bought, ON
every pound of fuel that has been
burned.
The system is so simple and familiar
that it might be transported to Albany
and never slip cog.
The contractor fixes his own price for
a job of any kind, tells the officer in
charge what it is and then adds to his
estimate just as nuch-say twenty-five
per cent, as a fair average-as the
CRATER chooses to pocket. In due tilre
the bill is paid, the contractor takes
his share and the Russian calls for mis-
and places it where it will do the most
good.
Men who have done business ov"c
there will tell you that Admiral Alex
Jeff alone of all the Russian crew is
honest-and he is so well paid now
that he can afford to be.
There was a typical piece of Russian
grating at Yokohama several years
ago. The. Russian fleet had gone there
to coal and an American firm had the
coal ready for them as per contract,
good Cardiff coal, the only kind that
first-elass ships will burn in those wa
tiers.
An officer came ashore and called at
a house which wasn't used to dealing
with Russian gold braid and brass hut
tons, and, to make matters more diff
fcult, the manager had gone away for
a day or two and left scrupulous sub
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-23

! count.
The next morning the manager of the
firm came back and the deal proceeded
along the usual Russian channels. The
fleet got it's coal and the Admiral got
his rake-of.
Now, these things are no secret to
the Japanese Government. 1t knows
the preparedness or unpreparedness of
it's foe. 1t knows just how far the Rus
sian grafters have impaired the eff
cheney of their own fighting force. It
knows the game and, maybe, has es-
pecia1 reasons for expecting to win.
If it has information that the Rus
slams are short of provisions, it also
able to destroy bridges that would put
the railroad out of business and cut oft
the source of supply.
1t is said that half the Russian army
in Manchuria has been detailed to
guard the railroad. This of itself shows
what the commanders over there ex-
pect.
But dynamite is procurabIe, and all
the soldiers east of Lake Baikal might
not be able to prevent the destruction
OF the line at some vital point The
pigtailed Japanese are there to do the
trick. They are men of intelligence,
resource and determination. They are
ahiaze with patriotic zeal, notoriously
Indifferent to death anyway, and for
them to give their lives in such an en-
terprise would be joy unspeakable.-
n. 7. Sun.