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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-02-03

Lietutenant-C Colonel Sykes saw at
Poonan ants carrying out grain to
dry in the sun. DR.. Lincecum in
Texas found ants who planted GER
tain seed-bearing grass, reaped it,
and carried the grain into their cells,
where they stripped it of chaff and
packed it away. The paper relating
this was read by Darwin before the
Linnaen Society. Another observer
rooms.
The foraging ants Of Brazil and
Western Equatorial Africa are terri
BILE creatures. Elephants and gorillas
fly before them; the python takes
care not to indulge in a meal till he
has satisfied himself that there are
none of them about. They have
"leisured class" much larger crea-
lures, who accompany their march,
like subaltern officers in q marching
regiment" they are not fighters, how
ever. One curious conjecture as to
their function has been made. They
are indigestible, and birds spare the
whole army lest they should get hold
of one of these tough morsels. This,
it must be allowed, looks a little too
strange.
Slaves the ants certainly have, but
they do not make slave raids; the
larvae Of the inferior race are carried
off and hatched out. The browning
marvel, however, is that the British
slave-owning ant, and he alone, makes
his slaves fight for him.-London Spec
tator.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-02-03

Mrs. Wenkel discovered that he was
doing this, and tried to persuade him to
carry the bicycle in, but he only
laughed at her fears.
She used to tell people about it when
they came to her house, and everybody
prophesied that the wheel would be
taken.
Tut tutw Wenkel would say. "Peo-
pie are honest in this neighborhood.
"Well," the people would say, II
know we'd hate to trust EN-" Where
upon Wenkel would be vaingIoriously
puffed up.
Riding the wheel finally got to be an
old story, and Wenkel discontinued it
to great extent, but the wheel re-
NAMED in the basement entrance,
where everybody passing in the street
could see it, The friends continued to
demonstrate and so did the neighbor,
but Wenkel maintained that he had
confidence in his fellow man.
One day while Wenkel was down
town the neighbor passed and saluted
Mrs. Wenkel, who was sitting on the
steps waiting for the postman. Il see
Mr.. Wenkel is still putting a premium
on crime" he remarked with wave of
his hand to the basement
EYES," said Mrs. Wenkel. II feel alb
solutely certain that some one will
steal his bicycle. An idea occurred to
the neighbor. Glow would it be if
stole it?' he asked. "Now would be
as good time as any and l could keep
it locked in my basement for a few
days You needn't know anything
about it, unless you like. 1t would
shatter a fond delusion, perhaps, and
destroy his trust in human nature tenn
porarily-but it might make him more
careful of his property"
"That would be splendid" agreed
Mrs. Wenkel. "Do please take it. l
won't look"
ment steps and in few moments later
a bell rang violently. Mrs. Wenkel,
who had gone into the house giggling
delightedly, screamed at the alarming
sound and ran out. She heard the
neighbor laughing.
"What is it," she called over the rail-
ing.
"This is trust in your fellow man
with string to it" replied the neigh
Dor. Hes got it chained and pad
locked to the water pipe and connected
with an electric bell in the basement.
Did you hear it ring ?'-Chicago News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-02-03
SALADS AND HEALTH.

1t used to be considered very
Frenchy and foreign to have saiad
with dinner or luncheon. Americans
as whole wanted regularly their just
deserts, and a green leaf or two more
or less counted for very little.
In the Pie Belt pastry was the nee
essary garnish for every meal. Down
South there were always famous pud-
dings for the complete epicure, and if
a salad was served at all decade ago,
it was Il ponderous meat affair of
which an entire indigestible meal was
made.
But to-day we are a wiser and sad
der nation. Pies and puddings have
wrought out their own punishment,
and everywhere the dyspeptic microbe
is lurking in our midst, seeing what
comfort and joy he may devour. We
have paid heavily because we scorned
the green leaf to tighten our meals
and sweeten our digestion.
And why not? Once you awaken
an American woman's interest in any
thing-clothes, outdoor sports or foods
and straightway she sets about to
excel. She makes the smartest clothes
and is the finest sportswoman and the
best cook in the world.
This craze for greens has partly
come about through travelling abroad
where salads are such an important
article of diet, and partly through
their widespread recommendation by
physicians.
But you must bear in mind that by
salads are meant fresh green things
from the garden or dollhouse, lettuce,
endive, escarol, cabbage, celery, chives,
onions, fruits, and not meat soaked in
oil or hard egg sauce.
Some of the most delicious Ameri-
can salads are fruits and vegetables
mixed, and served with cream dress
ing. And oranges are delicious with
celery and mixed nuts, but this would
be a shade richer than a dyspeptic
would require.
One reason, possibly, that Americans
were slow to acquire a real relish OF
salads may have been because of the
fear of devouring insects and microbes
along with green leaves. 1t seems so
difficult to get anything that is un-
cooked thoroughly, hygienically whole
some. But the London doctors seem
to have solved the difficulty by order
ing all green's, eaten in hospitals or by
their patients anywhere, to be washed
in weak solution of borax water. or
course, the purest borax must be used
and the solution must be always fresh,
Half teaspoonful of boraX to basin
of fresh water is about the right pro-
portion. Each leaf should be separ-
ately dipped up and down several
times to insure perfect cleanliness,
and rinsed in clear water if conven-
lent. Though, if the green's were not
rinsed, no harm would be done, as the
borax solution is absolutely without
injurious properties, would, in fact,
be wholesome wash for mouth and
throat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-02-03

! ingly plentiful throughout the Sass
katchewan Valley. AS in the East,
the former is shy, and must be ap.
preached with caution, while the teal
is comparatively easy proposition.
The Crees spend good part of their
time in hunting wild duck and prairie
chicken. They support themselves to
large extent in this way, and manage
TO sell or barter what they cannot use
themselves. The very day that l ar
rived at the ranch a. couple of disrep-
utable Crees shambled up to the kitch-
en- door, offering couple of brace of
mallard for half pound of tea--of
which they are passionately fond.
WILD DUCK PLENTIFUL.
A weeks shooting around this ranch
on the Battleford trail convinced me
that the Saskatchewan Valley could
sporting districts in the East. Wild
duck and prairie chicken are but two
items in a varied program of sport
which may be followed throughout all
the summer months. The creeks that
run everywhere through the coulees,
emptying into the North Saskatche-
wan, furnish an abundance of part
ridge, which take refuge in the small
timber growing along the banks of the
streams.
Toward the middle of October, when
the fields have been cleared of wheat,
oats and hay, l am told that one can
count on splendid sport with the tlocks
of wild geese that settle in the stubble.
Business engagements compelling my
return before the wild-goose season,
cannot speak from personal expert.
ence, though not a day passed but we
saw tiocks swinging past, far over
head, in that curious wedge formation
which nature has taught them to
adopt, and even far into the night one
could hear their discordant cries.
/ also saw many flocks of what are
called wild turkeys in this country, but
which seemed to be species Of crane,
They are said to be fair eating when.
properly prepared, but as this involves
parboiling, one is not encouraged to
try them, especially when such all
abundance of better game is available.
From the sportsman's standpoint, how
ever, they are well worth considering,
if only because they are extremely shy
and wary, and one must not be merely
good, but a patient, shot to bring
them down.
Later in the year one can count on
securing plenty of deer back among
the higher hills, and, for those who
care for that kind of sport, an occa-
sional bear. Rabbits and other small
fry are abundant everywhere, while
over beyond Battleford, in what is
known as the Jackfish country, the
hunter can shoot antelope to his hearts
content. Altogether, this Saskatche-
wan Valley offers many inducements
to the sportsman in search of new
fields to coGquer.-New York Post.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-02-03
MIDNIGHT IN CAMP.
nY I. N. moNraoMrnY.

Night in the unslumbering forest! j ron
the free,
Vast pinelands by the foot of man I'M
trod,
Blows the wild wind, roaming reioicingly
This wilderness of God.
And the tall frs that all day long have
flung
Balsamic doors where the sunshine
burned
Chant to its harping primal epics, learned
When this old world was young.
Beyond the lake, white, girdling peaks
uplift
Untroubed brows to virgin skies afar.
And DER the uncertain water glimmers
drift
OF ftful cloud and star.
Sure, never day such mystic beauty held
As sylvan midnight here in this sur
OF toll, when the kind darkness gives us
Garnered from years of ED.
Lo! Hearken to the mountain waterfall
Laughing adown it's pathway to the glen,
And nearer, in the cedars, the low call
Of brook to brook again
Voices that garish daytime may not know
Wander at will along the woody sleeps,
And silent, silver-footed moonlight creeps
Through the dim glades below.
Oh, it is we'll to wazen with the woods
And feel, as those who wait with God
alone,
The forests heart in these rare solitudes
Beating against our own.
Close shut behind us are the gates of care,
Divinity enfolds us, prone to bless,
And our souls knee, Night in the wilder
ness
Is one great prayer.
The Criterion
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-02-03
NnncnndnctOra.

Conductor on the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit, tangled with live wire, re
ceived 1900 volts, only 200 less than are
required by law for an execution, and
still lives. This may be pretty good
in Brooklyn, but the lads over here Oh
the Broadway Line can stand twice
that, and the volts are frequently
seen escaping By the side street, bow
ing their heads in shame and pur.
sued by the coarse laughter of the
nickel grabbers.-N York Telegram
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-02-03

After a stormy Interview with Mr.
Boodelle, the successful contractor
and politician, the indignant caller
had gone away.
II fully expected to see you slug
him." said the private secretary,
"when he called you a persistent vio-
lator of the eighth commandment +"
II suppose ought to have done it."
said Mr.. Boodelle, grinding his teeth,
"but couldn't recall the eighth COM
mandment to save my lifer-Chicago
Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-02-03

! %FC& a man must want a ma
chine of that description very badly or
be professional sneak thief. Statis-
tics as to the number of professional
sneak thieves in Chicago were hard to
obtain, but admitting that there were,
say, quite number of them, the ex-
tent of territory within the city limits
rendered. the chance about-well, the
chance was remote that one of them
would pass his house in Laburnum
place between p. m. and a. M, dur
ing which hours the danger of theft
was most to be apprehended.
SIN the second place." said Wenkel,
"people are, generally speaking and in
the lump, honest"
THAT is all very WE'LL" said Mrs.
Wenkel, "but you won't talk like that
when you go down some fine morning
and find the wheel gone"
h "If such a thing occurs will accept
the situation with my accustomed phi
losophy," said Wenkel in his superior
way but you will see that it will not
occur"
Wenkel bought the bicycle early last
summer. The doctor recommended it
as a means of exercise.
He used to ride his wheel on the
boulevard for while every morning
and evening, and on returning carried
1t down into the basement, the ell
trance to which was under the steps
leading to the front door. In the course
of a month or two, however, the de-
Scent to the basement and the subse-
uuent ascent palled upon him and he
fell into the habit of leaving the bicycle
at the front door during the day. 1t
was then Mrs. Wenkel began her re-
monstranees. One morning she came
to him in a state of mild excitement.
"My dear" she said, "you left your
wheel out all night"
"What of it," asked Wenkel.
"Well. it is a wonder that no one
came along and stole it,"
"Rubbishr' said Wenkel And soon
after that he began talking about the
doctrine of chances.
Three or four days later he left the
wheel out again. He didn't do it inten-
tionally, but when his next door neigh
Dor noticed it and commented on it he
allowed him to infer that he had. He
sprang the doctrine Of chances, OF
course. and added that a distrust OF
public honesty was very bad thing.
AFT is when we show ourselves suspi-
cious of people and apprehensive OF
misconduct that we are most likely to
suffer from the things we fear" he
said.
"That's all right" said the nelghbor
who was not philosophical. But
you're chump if you leave that wheel
out all the same. It's too good to
lose"
..I suppose it is all right to be care
ful.v said Wenkel, 'but own that the
idea of locking everything up is dis
tasteful to me-"
.There's no use tempting people
said the neighbor.
The following night and seyera
nights after that the bicycle wa
locked in the basement. Then Wenke
contented himself with allowing it t
lean against the basement door. Tn
door was rather troublesome to unlock
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-02-03
HUNTING IN THE
SASKATCHEWAN

Picturesque valley SPOrtsman's Paradise
A Experience of western Distances
Prairie Chicken Plentiful i'm the Country About
Sash and Turkey Shooting Good
i'm the Seas on-Dcer Considerable NUM-
5ers Among Higher
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-02-03

T was not that the hunting
fields of Eastern Canada had
been exhausted; far from it;
but every man who handles
a gun knows that even the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-02-03

:. Y the first place, Wenkel
y reasoned it out on the doc
9 trine of chances. He tig-
ured that to steal a bicycle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-13
FIRESIDE CHATS.
Mr.. Perkins Philosophy and Mrs.
Perkins Tears

Mr. Perkins," said Mrs. Perkins, as
she looked up from the book she was
reading the other evening. did I tell
you that our church was to hold a
festival next Tuesday evening"
Il have no recollection of having re-
ceived such important information" he
answered after awhile
wei. III tell you now, and I have
promised that we would both be there.
I hope you can spare me about ten dol
lars to get some new thinks with
Mrs Perkins. replied Mr.. Perkins,
after taking three minutes to think
things over, let us reason this thing
to a logical conclusion"
But I don't see that there is any
logical conclusion to reason about Our
church has a festival; you give me ten
dollars to buy some new things; we
attend the festival and have a good
time. That's all there is to it,
Reasoned like woman, which is no
reasoning at all. In the first place, I
may get telephone message from
Jones next Tuesday afternoon about
that Texas land we own and want to
sell. 1t is twenty chances to one that
1 shall sell him the land. The ques-
ton now arises is it better for US to
attend a church festival than to sell
Jones q piece of land for double its
value and have money to go to Eu-
rope on next summer L THINK you VIII
decide with me in favor of Jones'"
Il thought you would begin to wrig-
gle around as soon as I mentioned the
subject observed Mrs. Perkins, as she
lost her smile at once
My dear woman. I am not wrig-
Cling I simply propose to put a plain
case before you and let you decide for
yourself. In the first place if we at
tend this festival, we lose Jones. Jones
being lost. our trip to Europe is lost.
In the next place, you want ten dollars
worth of new things. and I must GER
tainly get a new pair OF shoes. Have
we the money to spare2 Echo answers
that we need it for coal. Right here in
my evening paper the Weather Bureau
predicts another cold wave. In the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-13
Strong Enough to do a Monday s
Washing.

81 don't like that word 'wriggle.' but
we will pass on to our contemplated
trip to Europe"
You do we'll to say contemplated.
You know full well that tn ere is not
one chance in a thousand of our go
ing"
Let us discuss the matter in calm
logical way. Jones buys our Texas land
We make a gull of him. We get the long
green in our pocket Then comes the
question of whether we had better go to
Europe or buy a farm. There is much to
be said for and against each proposition.
In the first place, are we not too old to
90 jaunting around Europe? IN the next
suppose the steamer was to strike a
dereIict and all of us go to the bottom
Suppose that we contracted some cpl
demic while inspecting the Tower of Lon
don and died among strangers. 1t is on
to Russia and be sent to Siberia as an
archists You know we both hold adj
vanced opinions These are things that
we must look in the face Mrs. Perkins
4 said you could save your breath" she
observed as she kept her eyes fastened on
And. on the other hand. suppose we
stay home from Europe and buy a farm
with our money! We may get cheated in
the land, just we propose to cheat our
friend Jones. Our live stock may die on
our hands, and our hens refuse to lay.
There may come food or a drought to
ruin our crops. We may find, when too
late, that there is an old mortgage on the
place or some day the house may col
lapse and bury you in the ruins. All these
things must be considered Mrs Perkins
Then you may consider them by your
self The idea of all this powwowing be-
cause our church is to hold festival and
I want to gO!f'
And that, my dear, brings us back to
the original question, and we will proceed
to rediscuss it. In the first place"
In the first place, ] am going to bedi''
she interrupted as she rose up and left
the room.
Mr. Perkins removed the slipper from
his left foot that he might scratch his
heel and after performing the operation
in a satisfactory manner he said to him
self:
Il declare, but Mrs Perkins seems to
have disappeared, and that before my ar
gument was half concluded! What queer
beings women are!'-(Copyright 1905, by
T. c. McClure.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-13
Wonders of Watch Making.

NJ. Favre-P eret, who Investigated this
industry in the New England states
some years ago, stated that the aver
age production of 10000 workmen in
Switzerland was forty watches each per
annum, while in America the avera ge
was $50 fine watches for each man en-
ployed.
BY the aid of the special machines in
these watch factories one man can
make 1,200 fine screws per day, some
of which are so small that more than
100000 are required to weigh a pound.
One of the finest pieces made is a pal
let-arbor'' or pivot bolt, which for a
small-sized watch has a thread of 260
to the inch. weight 100000 of a pound
undergoes twenty-five operations and
costs but pc cents Measurements are
gagged to 1-25, 00e of an inch.
The balance wheel, after being ma
chined, weighs only grains, and when
fitted with 10 gold screws weighs ~
grains; there are 80 separate operations
upon a balance wheel, Sc of them being
drilling, threading and countersinking
holes; the drills revolve at a speed of
4,S00 turns q minute, and one operator
can drill upward of 1900 holes for the
balance wheels per day.-Annals of
American Academy.
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third place, they have lotteries and
grab-bags at church festivals"
OF course they do, and it's lots of
You may look at it that way, Mrs.
Perkins, but 1 cannot Those things
cost money. You would turn loose
and buy and grab, with the result that
1 would be another five dollars our.
Then there is the pernicious influence
to deal with. [ presume Won will adj
; nit that lotteries and grab-baSs
arouse the passions of greed and avar-
1ce2 The lucky ones are the objects
OF envy and criticism. I have known
instances where such things broke IN
a church congregation. It may be
so in this case, and we should blame
along"
Keep right on wrigglingi' answer
cd Mrs Perkins in sarcastic tones
GU II get it next that some minister
Drained deacon with an ak because
ne got ten-cent doll for a two-cent
grab"
It may be that such a case has
happened, my love. shouldn't be a
bit surprised to hear that they had
Then there is also another side of
the question. I don't want to har-
row up your feelings by referring 70
the late lamented who preceded you
and whose shoes you are now filing
in a fairly acceptable manner, but it
was attending Il church festival that
bAOlSAAl aBOAl IcT SdQ eIlQ- Sne lug
ged me off to the affair against my
better judgment, and we both took a
heavy cold managed to throw mine
off. but hers ran into consumption,
and in brief year she was no mora.
She died in my arms, and as she died
she begged my pardon for what she
had done"
Have got to hear about the other
Mrs Perkins every time 1 want to go
anywhere ?"
mot necessarily, but 1 don't Oore
to be left alone in the world a second
time 1 simply bring her in to Illus
trate my case. Yes, the chances are
that YOU would take a heavy cold. and
that we should have to send for the
doctor next day. You might possibly
pull through, but I should consider
your chances only one in a hundred.
To recapitulate: Our church gives
"a
Save your breath, Mr.. Perkins OF
course we don't go. and there's no use
in any more talk about it. 1 some
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times wonder how on earth ever
came to marry such a man.
THAT brings up a new question, -
slowly replied Mr.. Perkins. and one
we should discuss to q. conclusion In
the first place, you"
Il don't want to hear about it'll
But it has become necessary for
me to define our respective positions
when we first met was widower
trying to keep house by myself. I
could not make a bed nor boil pota-
toes, and it became a case of necessity
that take a second wife
Then you married me because of
necessity, did you?'
Not altogether, Mrs Perkins-not
l was hit at first sight. I
was hit harder by a second and third
sight You were what is known as an
old maid, but you had not yet lost all
were strong enough to do a Monday
washing without complaining, and that
your appetite was not finnfcky. I
realized that at a pinch you could car
~ in a ton of coal or
ttAIr. Perkins. do you mean to insult
me p she demanded, as she rose up.
mot in the slightest, my love. The
question is: How did you come to
marry me? ansyer, because I ask
hesitated over it. You see, my dear,
everything has a logical conclusion if
you only follow it out far enough. We
have followed this and now knowing
why you married me. we will speak of
our"
I'VE won't speak of anything. Mr..
Perkinsi If we should speak of the
Bible. you'd go to wriggling around
about it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-13
STATIONS.


EQUITY, record 2 :2314 pacing, 2:40 trotting
as a 2-year-old; trial, 2:09A; sired by
Wickliffe, 2:351s, son of Geo. Wilkes, 2:22;
dam Rivulet great brood mare), by Geo.
Wilkes, .2:22. second dam the granddam
of Nancy Hanks. 2:04 Handsome solid
bay stallion 151a hands high and weighs
HOO pounds. He is the best Wilkes horse
in Kansas. He is. the sire of Stella, 2:09A;
Sarah, 2:21A; Agnes Eve, 2:241z: Joe Bal
dasaI, 2:25, and Ironess, who will trot in
2:19 this year and a host of fast and
year olds. He sires big handsome colts,
game race horses that both trOt and pace.
They get the money at either gait # fast
enough; if not they sell for big prices as
carriage horses. VIII make the season on
the fair grounds at barn No. 1. Service
for SIS to insure or $40 cash by the season,
with return privileges. Always a pleasure
to show stock GEO. F. Parish.