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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01
FROM GARFIELD.

Regular correspondence
L. III. FL. Presson went to Cam
den Tuesday.
James Step has been indisposed,
but is able to be up again.
Mrs. L. Ell. Gilmore has been on
the sick list, but is better.
Charles Bane, who has been sick
; for sometime, is improving.
Alfred Cole and Ben Marshall
went to McLemoresville Tuesday.
Sunday school at Mount Zion
every Sunday at 2 p. m. All are
invited.
Its "Hellow and who's that"
"You all talk and I'll cha" over
the telephone.
This community was we'll repre-
scented at the Republican meeting
at Camden Saturday.
Miss Florence Nance returned
home yesterday from Thompson's
Schoolhouse, where she has been
teaching.
Andy Spires and Mrs. Dona
Thompson were happily married
Sunday afternoon, Rev. John H.
Harper officiating.
Mrs. Hymen died at her home
near Mount Zion Tuesday, aged
II years. Her remains were given
interment at Prospect Cemetery
Wednesday.
GARFIELD, March 29.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01
FROM HARMONS CREEK.

Regular correspondence
Royal and Albert Melton were
at Camden Saturday.
John Phifer of HI Village is a
frequent visitor at Whitleyville.
II. |. Bates and wife visited near
Camden Saturday and Sunday.
r. s. Tonkins of near Camden
spent Sunday here with friends.
Davy Melton and family were
guests of FELTON, Farmer Sunday.
We are glad to learn that Lige
Phifer, who has beer quite III for
some time, is better.
Ii all reports are true, the Hust
Village correspondent has gore to
the swamps of Mississippi for his
health.
Some Of our young people are
afflicted with "heart trouble" but
AS it is not dangerous malady we
presume no effort will be made to
quarantine those so afflicted
HARMoNs CREEK, March 20.
All communications must be re-
ceived at this Office by Tuesday or
not later than Wednesday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-09

Dennison's crepe paper at Heselton's.
Bucknam the druggist, has just Sc
cured fine line of croquet sets.
A full line of shifting poles of all
kinds at L. W. Chase's new carriage re-
pository.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-09

Water ST., Opp. REPORTER Office.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-09

Col. f. c. Dill of Augusta was in town
yesterday writing up the Republican
County Convention for the Lewiston
journal
Miss Sarah Swain, who has been en-
ployed as stenographer In Boston, ar
rived in town, Tuesday evening, on
visit to her father, Mr.. J. A. Swain.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-09
To the Tax PAYERS of Sk0Whegan.

The taxes for 1903 have been assessed and
committed to me to collect. All taxes are now
due and payable and am ready to receive and
receipt for them. Those who have only Poll
tax to pay are expected to pay them Al once
Please call and settle.
tf23 b. A. SAWYER. Collector.
Office over Green Il Barnard Shoe Store. Resi-
dence ia Madison Ave.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-09
COTTON SKIRTS.

Cotton Skirt Bargains-Sell-made and
trimmed, new duck Skirts, blue and black,
csc. SI.25, $3.50.
Cotton Cheviot Skirts-Linen color,
self trimmed with red piping, grey and
blue mixed stripe, selftrimmed with white
piping.
Misses Blue Duck Skirts, CSC.
Misses Navy Cheviot Skirts. satin trim
med, s2.9S.
Misses Atwood Novelty Goods Skirts,
only s7.oS.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-09
The New Carriage Repository,

People might think by our large sales
this season that our stock must be get
ting broken up and we wish to say that
we are receiving car load Of carriages
every week, which enables US to show as
large and varied assortment at all times
as at the begir ming of the season. We
carry all of the best makes in top and
open buggies, Concords, Democrats,
carryalls and surveys, pneumatic and
hard rubber tires. Our sales this season
are way ahead of our expectations and
we invite everyone to visit our reposi-
tory and look this mammoth and well
selected stock over. Our carriages are
of the highest quality and our prices
are very low.
We also carry a selected stock of
harness, whips, blizzard boots and
storm sprons.
l.. W. CHASE,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-09

Watering pots, all sizes, at Heselton's.
Lady to do homework wanted-Ord-
way.
Annihilate those currant wormsl Fl i
lebove will do it. Buy 1t Of Bucknam.
II you have got to have mower, rake
or tedder buy the Mccormick Of C. q.
Gardner.
Let us frame your picture. We take
out all of the wrinkles and use new
kind Of backing that will not stain the
picture and ask you no more.
BRAGG & VARNEY.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-09
WANTED.

Any party having one horse combina-
ton, dump-cart and farm wagon, IN good
condition, for sale can find purchaser by
applying to-
tf23 Z. Z. DELANO, Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-09
arw ADVERTISEMENTS.

poultry-E. B. Stuart.
ITsnted-E. K. Delsno.
penoyed-James Lewia.
PPerInmes-Californis Co.
ness Well-Dow Carter.
PIost-Gertrude NJ. Knight
ItiJCopses-Brackett & Russell.
~ Tsxpayers-B. A. Sawyer.
tUecisls-O, F. Knowlton Co.
Sposrpte Skirts-D. +. Judkins.
PIfsdpndsome suits-Ira A. Norton.
San juan Mines-E; F. Fat EsirR RStnsy
Tn'rn eGossip-Coburn Opera House.
Observation-Disclosures Typewriter Co.
Summer Attrsctions-Walter p oTdway
Petition for Discharge-IsmesE e. Hewey.
Penested Orders-Underwood Typewriter Co.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-09

Five cents for a good big bundle of
old papers, REPORTER office.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Believed To Be "Missino Link. -


Prof. Van Sickle, who for some
months has been making geological
charts of the northern part of Java,
cables the Academy of Science in Am
sterdam that he feels certain that he
has discovered the long-looked-for
missing link. He does not claim the
honor of the discovery himself, but
says that some weeks ago he was in
formed by a Dutch merchant, Ven
Beuren, that he had discovered a
new species of monkeys in a dense
forest in which he had lost his way.
The professor started out to- look
into the discovery of the merchant,
and while watching for the animals to
appear he heard a peculiar, half hui
man voice. Looking up, he saw an
enormous nest and two ape-like ami
mails looking down upon him.
The natives of that part of the ISL
and have long known the presence of
these apes, which they call Ash Pet
rlzi." Unlike any other apes, they
battle frequently and the females wear
strange necklaces of twigs and red
berries, and nurse their young sing
ing half-articulated words. They have,
in fact, a language, but it consists of
very few words.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
BIRDS NEST ON ROOF.
Night Hawks Select Top of Office
Building for Abode.

Night Hawks Select Top of Office
Building for Abode.
The janitor of one of the tall office
buildings had occasion to go out upon
the roof recently and was more than
startled by a large bird which took
to flight with protesting cry from a
place beneath his feet, and he barely
escaped stepping upon two darkly
marked eggs. There was not a sign
of a nest, for night hawks, roof dwell
ers that they are, lack either the art
or the inclination to provide other
than a hard bed for their young.
The bird Matched its little ones un-
molested, the janitor telling but one
person of his find, and tonight, it
may be, they will take their first fight
into a darkened world. They will
see their way well enough, for the
night hawk holds in contempt the crea-
lures needing anything brighter than
starlight to make clear the path. The
parent birds have kept up their food
bearing trips after all the world has
been asleep, no matter what the dis
turbances down on the ground; they
have been faithful as birds are always
faithful to the parental instinct.-Co-
Iumbus Dispatch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Owl in Elevated Car.

A young owl caused a lot of COM
motion among the score of passengers
in a box car on the West Roxbury
line of the elevated system about 1
o'clock yesterday morning.
The car was bowling along Wash
ington street between Forest Hills and
Roslindale when the owl flew in
through one of the open windows. The
brightly lighted car blinded the feath-
cred intruder and it flew directly
against a fat man who was standing
in the rear doorway. The force of
the collision sent the owl to the floor
and gave the man sucn a scare that
he almost swallowed the cigar he was
smoking.
The owl eluded the efforts of the
passengers to grasp it, and rising to
the roof of the car made a swift down
ward swoop toward the front end.
Rising again it smashed into the glass
in the front door with such force that
it fell exhausted to the floor, and a
young man secured it before it could
made another attempt to escape.-Bos-
ton Globe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Routed Burglars with Fire.

Trying to capture a burglar with a
cannon firecracker was the exciting
experience of Isaac Taylor and Chas.
Taylor at their home, at Mount Yer
non, Ohio. Mr.. Taylor was awakened
by the burglar and he told his son
Charles to get the shotgun. AS the
son was slow in finding the gun, the
father quickly got a cannon fire
cracker and dropped it out of an upper
story window on the robbers head.
The robber let out a terrible yell as
the cracker exploded and made a
hasty retreat in the darkness, with
both the Taylors after him. The rob-
Der escaped and the chase was given
up. Bloodstains on the grass near the
house indicate that the would-be bur-
glar was injured by the explosion of
the cracker.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
DRINKING MATCH IN PARIS.

Winner, Herr SchneIIman Consumes
1917 Pints of Beer at Sitting.
The Cafe de la Republique in Paris
was besieged the other evening by a
large number of Germans DESTROYS of
witnessing beer-drinking competition
between three of their compatriots.
AT o'clock each of the competitors
started with an initial drink of one and
three-quarters of a pint of Pilsener
beer. At 10 o'clock a man named
Schnellman was three pints ahead of
his rivals, having disposed of eleven
pints of beer. An adjournment was
then made for supper, which consisted
of viands favored with salt and vine.
gar-calculated to stimulate thirst
At IL o'clock the contest was re-
sumed and continued without intermis-
sion until 2:3O a. M, when Herr
Schnellman having considerably in
creased his lead, his rivals gave up in
despair. The victor had imbibed rine-
teen and a half pints of beer in six
and a half hours.
All three men presented an apop-
1ectic appearance at the finish, and,
although the winner looked less I'M
comfortable than the other two, he
was, nevertheless, in a sad condition
Herr Schnellman received 800 as
the result of his unenviable achieve
ment.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
MOTOR BUS IN ENGLAND.
People Take Much Pride i'm New Luxu
rious vehicles.

People Take Much Pride in New Luxu-
rious Vehicles.
Peckham is very proud of its new
luxurious motor buses, says a London,
Eng, dispatch The garden seats on
the roof accommodate eighteen pas
sengers, and there is room for sixteen
inside, as well as for an additional
two beside the driver. The driver is
protected by the roof. The interior is
roomy and well lighted, and the bus
is designed upon plan to combine
the advantages of the omnibus with
the up-to-date motor car. The power
is furnished by a four-cylinder petrol
engine, nomina1ly of 20 horsepower,
but capable of developing Is horse
power. For the width of the vehicle
q feet 2 inches) considerable internal
space has been secured. The buses
are twelve and a half feet high to the
hand rail on the top, and the length
is the height multiplied by two. The
track is about five feet and there
is this popularity to the wheels, that
while all are fitted with solid rubber
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Cattle on 4 Drunk.

Cattle belonging to Charles H.
Graver became intoxicated from eat
ing apples which had fallen from
trees in their pasture and had de-
cayed and fermented on the ground.
The animals staggered around the
field and showed other symptoms of
drunkenness, so that veterinarian
had to be called to treat them.
He diagnosed the case as a full
ledged drunk" and administered the
necessary remedies.
Owing to the thousands of bushels
Of apples rotting on the ground in
this neighborhood, other cattle have
been affected in a similar way.-Pine-
grove CPa) Cor. Philadelphia North
American.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Another Great Achievement.

Telegraph Editor-Here's a dis.
patch from an observatory, saying that
Blinkers' telescope comet has changed
its course. Able Editor (Daisly Bustle)
Didn't we print an item few years
ago. saying that if Blinker's comet
did not change its course it would hit
something? 81 believe So Good!
Tell Spreader to get up a full SPACE
illustrated article showing the influ-
ence of the Daily Buster in celestial
affairs
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Cured Her rheumatism.

Deep Valley, Pa, Oct. 31.-(Spe-
cial.)-There is deep interest in Green
county over the cure of the little
daughter of 1. NJ Whipkey of Rheu-
matism. She was a great sufferer for
five or six years and nothing seemed
to do her any good till she tried Dodd's
Kidney Pills. She began to improve
almost at once and now she is cured
and can run and play as other chill
dren do. Mr.. Whipkey says:
81 am indeed thankful for what
Dcdd's Kidney Pills have done for my
daughter; they saved her from being
a cripple perhaps for life"
Dodd's Kidney Pills have proved
that Rheumatism is one of the results
of diseased Kidneys. Rheumatism is
caused by Uric Acid in the blood. IL
the Kidneys are right there can be no
Uric Acid in the blood and conse-
Quently no Rheumatism. Dodds Kid
ney Pills make the Kidneys right.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
LIVED ON sTEwED ROPE.
Party of castaways Kept Alive on
Peculiar Diet.

Party of castaways Kept Alive on
Peculiar Diet.
The hardest fare that six young
men and a boy of Is ever kept alive
on was the daily menu of the Wind
overs survivors, who were cast up
on the Irish coast near Kilsegg. They
lived for sixteen days on stewed rope.
yarn, without crumb of anything
else to help digest it, except water,
and though it made them i'll, they
kept alive on it and did not waste
away very much.
The Windover was dismantled and
abandoned about 1000 miles out on
the Atlantic. The crew took to the
whaleboat and set out for Britain. Be
ing in too much of a hurry, they took
too little food, but three large butts
of water, besides the tank the boat
already held. The result was that
they ate up their provisions in four
days, but had water enough for a
month, and, after starving two days
more, they tried boiling lengths of
tarred hemp rope into a pulp and
swallowing it.
They had a GEEK of paraffin wax, and,
though it made them very i'll at first,
they eventually contrived to live on
the boiled hemp, the tar, boiled to a
jelly, adding to the nourishment of
the rope.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Poetic License.

A good tombstone inscription to add
to your collection is given in a recent
book. 1t is said to be of seven
teenth century date, and runs as fol-
lows: ~s--- s-rs~
Here lies the body of Thomas Wood
hen,
The kindest of husbands, the best of
men,"
And directly under the inscription
the explanation, His name was Wood.
cock, but that would not come in the
rhyme"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Men Were Posted.

The bridegroom of a newly married
pair journeying to the city by train,
one day recently, was a railroad man.
Congratulations were whistled to him
from every locomotive passed in the
fifty-mile rum Those on the sidings
made the most din, but the engineers
on the trains in motion were also
posted, and whistled as they sped
by. One of the party who gave the
newly welded pair a send-on by pour.
ing rice over them told the other
passengers in the car what to expect.
Every one seemed to enjoy the toot.
ing from the locomotives more than
the bIushing bride and groom.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Price Was Too Steep.

tall, raw-boned country-looking
fellow wandered into a Seattle res
taurant recently, and diffidently took
a seat, removing his hat and carefully
putting it under the table. A waiter
brought him bill of fare, and waited
some time, but, becoming tired, left
the fellow carefully studying the list in
front of him. Every time the waiter
came near him he was still buried in
a perusal of the bill of fare, and at
length, at the end of nearly half an
hour, arose to depart. What is the
matter, sir?" anxiously queried the
waiter, thinking that the patron had
been offended. Too steep fer me,
young Teller. / can't pay $2s.45 for one
meal. It's too rich fer my blood"
On the table as which the man had
been seated was found a small piece OF
paper covered with figures. He had
added together the prices of every.
thing on the bill of fare.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
At Her Resr.

Harry-Evidently you are far gone
on Miss Checkworthy: but it beats me
why. I saw her the other evening
dressed in her finest, and must say
1 couldn't see anything beautiful about
her. Dick-Ah, but you should have
seen her as did one day last week,
with her hair in papers, and with only
a calico wrapper for a gown, sitting
in her own room, clipping coupons
from great pile of securities--Boston
Transcript.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Tenth Season Of the California Linn
tied.

Tenth Season Of the California Linz
tied.
Ten years ago this fall the Santa
Fee started its California Limited train
on the initial run across the CONT
nent. Many improvements have been
made in that busy decade. To-day's
engines and coaches are much heav-
Ter than those of 1891. Millions OF
dollars have been spent on the track
alone-some of it for oil-sprinkied
(dustless) roadbed and oil-burning
(smokeless) engines. The time il
faster, too.
Daily service of the California Linn
ited will be resumed Sunday, Novem-
be- 13, for the tenth season, suppressed
ing the present semi-weekly sched-
ule. This is now an all-the-year-
round train, between Chicago. Los
Angeles and San Francisco, running
through Southwest land of enchant-
ment. The time. Chicago to Los An
geles, is about 6S hours, which is fast
speed for tne 2,265 miles traversed,
considering that several mountain
ranges are crossed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Bird. Went to station with Hin

M. Pol, a well-known figure in the
Tuileries Gardens in Paris, is in the
habit of daily feeding the birds which
make their home there.
The other day he had an unusual
experience. He was just beginning
to throw food to the birds, which were
flying all around him, when he found
that his pocketbook was missing. Hur-
riedlys he turned away and proceeded
to the police station to give informa-
tion of his loss. The birds, however,
were determined not to lose their din
ner, and few after him, perching on
his hat and shoulders, and many of
them entered the police station. When
NJ. Pol left they still followed him
as he returned to the gardens and fed
them.-London Daily Express.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12

An old lady of New Hampshire who
recently celebrated her SOth birthday
by giving an elaborate supper at
which every article, including the
cheese and butter, was made with her
own hands, thus explained the secret
of her vigor and health: Il never fret
over things 1 cannot help"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Paid $50 for one wee Fish.

An English collector recently paid
$3.50 for a fish found only in certain
lakes in China, having the shape of a
diminutive sole, not larger than a dol
lar piece and being of very brilliant
golden hue. This is the largest price
ever known to have been paid for a
fish,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
srake-charmed Chicken.

The most peculiar notes he ever
heard from a chickens throat caused
David F. Sullivan of Mount Carbon,
Pa, to hurry to his hennery to-day to
see what the trouble was There he
found a large copperhead snake, with
head erect, trying to charm a chicken.
1t already had the fowl completely
under control. Mr. Sullivan, with q
club, killed the snake, which measured
four feet
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Sausage for German soldiers.

The Prussian war department has
determined to establish a sausage fac
tory at Spandau for the purpose of
supplying the garrisons in that vicin-
ity with a product made from whole
some materials at the smallest pos
sible cost II the experiment proves
successful other factories will be es-
tablished at points where large bodies
of troops are quartered-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12

Since that little hitch in the chris
tering of the battleship Connecticut,
the young lady sponsors now are
smashing the bottles with an appar-
emit determination to scatter the fizz
and escape a fizzle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12
Raked out Monster Eel.

While raking the leaves and rubbish
from the headgates of the mill race
way that leads from the Hoosac river,
at Adams, q monster eel was raked
out which measured four and a half
feet in length and weighed ten and a
half pounds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12

Friend-How soon will you graduate
from the High-Science Institute:
Modern GirHNext year. But after
that must take fouryears' courst at
a medical college, to be followed by
a special course in surgery. DO you
intend to practice medicine?" "Hor-
rors, no! 1 am going to write novels
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12

Prof. Metchnikoff's new microbe
which proiongs life Indefinitely is
found in abundance in the Balkan
states. It was always suspected that
some day those Balkan states would
be discovered to have some good res
con for existing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12

It has now been fully demonstrated
that a woman can dress comfortably
on an allowance of $4,000 a year. Hus-
bands who are working on q salary of
less than this amount will do well to
ask for a raise Immediately.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12

If that sea eagle that has just been
presented to John d. Rockefeller looks
too much like a bald eagle the oil
king will probably regard the gift as
a personal insult.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12

Some of the members of the Italian
congress contemplate resigning by
way OF protest against the govern
ment's policies This is a method
which the knockers of this enlight-
ened country never gave a moments
thought.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12

Another cure for dyspepsia is an
nounced. All you have to do is to
eat chalk. Thus there still is hope
for those unfortunates who have tried
the sand cure in vain.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12

Titled foreigners are in the habit OF
visiting this country under assumed
names, but whether it is for the pur-
pose of lodging designing mammas
or the police court records has not
been made clear.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-12

Charles Wagner, author Of The
Simple Life," says he is charmed by
Washington society. And yet the
country has supposed that Washing
ton was the head center of the double
lie.