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

A frogs capacity for enveloping his
comrades and assimilating them was
once shown by an incident which oc-
Cured under the observation of one Of
my acquaintances. He had returned
from the country with a lot of frogs,
large and small, which he had OBJ
tanned from one Of the New York edu-
cational institutions. | have forgotten
how many there were, but they num-
bered over twenty, | am quite certain.
These he put into large bird cage,
the wires of which were close enough
together to prevent even the smallest
from escaping. On the third day he
went to see how his captives were do
ing, and found, greatly to his surprise.
that all had disappeared with the ex-
ception of two old "mossbacks," and
they were cycling each other askance.
apparently in doubt as to which would
be the last survivor of the whole
ships company" as he expressed it.
AS an insect catcher the frog Is quite
expert, even such quick-moving species
as the dragon fly often falling victims
to it's dexterity. Fishes are also often
and goodsized ones, too, a
trout having been found in
the stomach of a frog which was not
more than six inches long.-Forest and
Stream.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03
TO A PERlpATETlc MINSTREL.

italian, swart and freely oleaginous,
That through the hours anterior to the
Dost Danish sleep and wake unholy rage In
us
BY playing christian soldiers" on the
horn.
more than skilled to lacernte the tym-
nani
And lake the luckless sleeper by the
throat,
Thine sat.,smoellng onslaught leaves me
limp an !
Writhe In an anguish like dying stoat.
There is something balefuly nsIdlous
Pent In thy weapons penetrating blare
It's breathings are the most PROFOUNDLY hid
eous
That ever cleft the accompanying air.
Perhaps the charm that soothes the artless
savage's
Intractile breast is wanting from thy
strain
Perhaps thine Instruments peculiar raw
ages
Are prompted By love of causing pain.
Perhaps burning sense of mans ingrati-
Invigorates thy petrifyng blast;
Perhaps this merely represents the attitude
or one who olucks 2 sweet revenge at
last
Unknown thy motive is but / suspect 1t
has
Birth in breast phenomenally hard,
And OH the dire-the desperate effect 1t
Upon the wakeful senses of the Bard
-LOndOn Punch
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03
Siwash Fishinu

The Siwash Indians on Puget Sound
make their living principally by fish.
ing, but the Siwash buck does not con.
descend to go out for his evening meal
of smelt or sardines with hook and
line as the white man does; he takes
a long pole and for two feet from each
end he makes sort Of comb of it by
driving through it long, tin French
nails, then he launches his canoe and
goes out for pleasant sail. He pad.
dies easily with the pole, and every
few minutes he pulls up fish impaled
on the nails. With shake he drops
it aboard and then calmly continues
his padding.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03


Drains rapidly thoroughly
inc past Active minds tradition max
fathers ~
not my opinionand knowledge Of
men IN many landslide appointment in
store and settles
VINO necessarily
mere are thousands
fortunes that and
and teaches his employer
becomes
shop shop
ne must De well all the his it.
sell 70 the great MISREPRESENTATION
may
40 Know disturb the
admit little
pose is the backbone all
o e pork packer The cultivated habit
around every proposition a
en- 10 buying gold
not
me cohDne OF the hpbudng
on of
sallple IN industries. and we never
concentration
is necessary does
one ana brings with that leadership which
nen ferdinand de Lessep
oeeSeu ana matter on
n wrong track at first optimism persuaded
AFTER Individual and then
De done and
impossible
we" Oh seeking
cenraed his whole eoni
the study that kind to
Get rich quick is
World. - ~ O' ~ Wv A0N
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03

way and see you in that horrid car.
riage?"
Il should bow to them" answered
Bess eoclly; which she accordingly did
when she came face TO face with the
ST. Elmo family. in their glittering
vehicle.
What lark!' cried Eustace, falling
back among the cushions in inextin-
guishable laughter, after he had passed
Bess.
The color did deepen in her face
as she met the young mans eyes, but
she hid it in the huge bunch of water
lilies in her hand and Uncle John
smiled, shrewdly
You re uncle's girl, sure enough,
Bess" Mrs. Otis would say, after that;
Tor there came peaches from the old
mans garden big and golden-straw-
berries, scarlet and melting sweet
crimson cherries, and pale spice sweet
ings-and they were always for Ress."
ITS just as WE'LL" Mrs. Otis would
say to herself. Perhaps he'll do some
thing for her by-and-by."
Bess met Eustace ST. Elmos eyes a
little proudly at the first party where
they met; but he came to her side with
a winning grace and begged to dance
with her SO many times during the
evening that lookers-on said, 1T will
be q match"
1t was certainly for some reason of
this kind that the winter passed very
pleasantly to Bess, as we'll as the sum.
mer
When spring broke, there came sud-
den news of Uncle John. His death
had suddenly occurred, and the law
yers letter said; HE has left legacy
to his favorite niece, Miss Bess. She
had better come down here"
SO the family made a flying, excited
trip into the country-only Bess was
crying.
When they reached Wheatlands, ?
which had been opened for their re-
ception, they found the bequest await
ing Bess
What do you think it was? The an
tiquated carriage and ancient coat.
Shameful" cried the girls.
The old miser!" exclaimed Mrs. Otis.
He has taken all his money with
him."
The lawyer, who was a friend of I'm
Gle Johns, stood by.
Il would advise Miss Bess to exam
inc her articles of property carefully"
he limited.
AS he spoke, he looked curiously at
the button of the old garment which
he held in his hand Bess looked, too.
yellow shone through the
worn meshes of the cloth. She scraped
it little with her finger nail, and
saw five pound piece.
They are all alike, these buttons"
said the lawyer with a smile, 'and
there are a hundred of them"
"Oh" shrieked Mrs Otis; "to think
that ridiculous old coat should be
worth five hundred pounds" and she
took it eagerly into her possession.
AS for the old carriage" said the
lawyer.
It's stuffed with hottest" cried Mrs.
Otis
No. it wasn't stuffed with notes, and
Uncle John had not left his favorite
liece all his fortune; but under the
seat of faded green cloth was found
tile deed to Wheatlands, bequeathing
hat valuable property to the girl who
lad wished always to live there.
1t was a happy bequest; for after
3ess had married Eustace st. Elmo,
md much Of the st. Elmo wealth was
ost Bess, with her husband and lit
lie ones, made happy home at Wheat.
ands,-New York News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03
THE KNIGHT ERKANr.

spirits OF Old that bore ne.
And set me. meek of mind.
Tween great dreams before me,
1tnd deeds as great behind
moving humanity my star
~ nrst abroad 1 ride
nIInall help me wear. with every scar.
Honor at eycntida
LET claws of lightning clutch me
rom summers groanlng cloud
" ever malice touch me.
ana glory make ms proud.
y, give my youth. my faith. my sword.
Ihoice OF the hearts desire
a short life in the saddle. Lord
Not long life ~ the fire.
Louise Imogcn quincy.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03
Proof ENOUGH.

Doubling Woman Ito grocer Real
ly, now, are these eggs fresh?
Grocer-Madam, if you will kindly
step to the telephone and call up our
farm you can hear the hens that laid
those eggs still cackling.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03
JUST FOR FUN

Heidi you succeed in having your
prize cat insured? She-Why, no;
they wanted to charge me nine times
the regular ratei Detroit Free Press.
Singleton-What was your notion
for calling your baby ''Bill?" Wedder-
ly-Because he arrived on the first
OF the month; that's the answer
Chicago Daily News.
Grandma-Little folks must be rea-
sonable. Elsie-Yes, but, grandma, as
sure as you want something the
grown folks want you to want some
thing else.-Brooklyn Life.
Employer-Where is that bit of pa
per with the combination of the safe
on it? told you to put it away very
carefully, you know, and | can't very
the safe without it. New Secretary--I
locked it in the safe, sir.-Judge
rs your husbands condition criti.
CALI" NO" answered the patient
looking woman. That's what makes
me think he must be sick He doesn't
find fault at all. Washington Star
Tess-Oh, yes, I'm SO interested in
football! | have a cousin, you know,
who is on the varsity team Jess
Yes? What does he play? Well,
forget just now whether he's a touch
down or a punt, philadelphia Ledger.
Somebody tells Capitalist H. P.
Whitney that he could hire ten good
college professors for what his new
jockey costs him" 'Yes, but all the
college professors I've seen would be
overweight. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer
why don't you do something to
benefit your fellow MANI" asked his
spiritual adviser. Il do" replied the
multi-millionaire, righteously resent
full. Il have just paid comparatively
poor man $500 for a bull pup. Chi
cago Tribune.
DO you know, I've heard that all
these street pianos that you see and
hear around town are owned by one
company, which merely leases them by
the day." "The ideal That's a grind
ing monopoly, sure enough, isn't it?"
Philadelphia Press.
no" said Rimer, 81 haven't any
use for people who never read poetry"
Il don't see why you should feel that
way" replied Critick. why, the feel
ing is natural enough, isn't it?" mo.
Why should you care so long as they
read your stuff" -Philadelphia Press.
Delia-For mercy's sake, Nettie,
what's the matter with your white
shirtwaist? It's awfully soiled in the
back. Nettie-Another Black Hand"
outrage, l suppose. That's where the
brakeman caressed me as he helped
me off the train.-Boston Transcript
why don't you try to make your
self one of the intellectual celebrities
Of your timer" What's the use?" an
swered the bright but indolent young
man. "The firm whose patent food |
nave been eating would come along
and want all the credit Washington
Star.
Young Professor (who has taken her
Town to dinner)-By the way, Miss
Iaswell, have you ever seen the nebula
If Andromeda? Miss Gaswell-"No, l
vas abroad with papa and mamma
when that was played. But I've heard
hat it drew crowded houses.-Chicago
Tribune.
Friend-What! You alive? Why,
III your friends had, been mourning
ou as dead. adaboutsky-Why,
hats peculiar. Whatever got that
nto your heads? We read in a Lol-
on dispatch that you had "ended
our life at the Carlton hotel" Well,
hat was all right. Don't you know
hat the best way of ending your life
t any particular hotel is to move
, another hostelry ?-Baltimor Ameri-
an.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03
Those Boston Girls.

Bessie-I suppose you have heard
that Fred Simpson and l are going to
be married?
Florence-Yes, but of course I
shouldn't have mentioned it if you
hadn't. hope l have more regard
for your feelings than that.-Boston
Transcript.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03

The report of the Christian Endeavor
society of Japan in it's recent national
convention showed net gain of IL
societies now in the empire.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03

An Irish dairyman, accused of add
ing water to his milk. vehemently de-
MED the charge. 1t turned sout that
he had spoken the truth. He always
put the water in first, and added the
milk to the water.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03

voices OF extraordinary
girl of
seems 70 De the chorus of light and
voice the chef essential for
ana aptitude learning
Also the ability
troubled
salary OF
from which she must pay her board while
against months OF dnes girl very tax
oeng Always and sometimes
three hours and sometimes or revised
perfected while
House ~
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03
49, SN~S'N7~"'"F~0'-'
The Elements of Success
q Concentration and an Optimistic Tenlperas
- naent are Necessary
BY Sir alfred HdrnaSwOrff

LII through the world today there millions of young men
wondering how they to obtain
IN some good fortune is of possible to
every one who reads my is blessed with health
All cannot be equally prosperous in their affairs but every
one can make kind of mark
But not along the old roads
Education all the WORLD do the best ed
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03
'''~''''~''o The Dolce e>'~~H"''~"
IFS a Source of Revenue
's.rsa~s BY Ella Morris Kretschnaar e-a~aN-eaasDe

My recently from handsome weeducated chorus girl
learned something about the voice of
IN CITY, The requirements of choir positions are first
voice OF superior quality and volume second training and
third ability to read sight Qualified for choir position
the chances for securing forloly remote be-
ing dozens of applicants every possible place Parlor
engagements fall to the lot only few while concert
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03
sNS"S$e'srbtye

hoLs
ceased to be the most important one in fight the
slaughter by
admit reader action
position their With
of time that brilliant cunning catlke
The ultimately adopted
from the older fighting class of
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03
$,S%S "9s~aSrGN9
I 'The Ezegant Slaughter !
By Egerton Castle. ssr~~s<s3
By E2erton Castle.

EST authorities show that although the Germans were
always redoubtabe at the rougher games of
it is in Italy that find the first deveopment of bo i
bier more regulated cunning, controlled plav
winch we nave learned to associate with term
IL is from Italy that fencing, refined spread
over Europe not from SPAIN been asserted bv
many writer's is in the Italian rapier play of the late
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03

1t takes mail at least seven days to
go from Chicago to London.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06
PatriarchaI Family.

The great family Of SHAY, a city o,
14,5OO inhabitants in the Philippine
island of Negros, is that of Ming Lee
They are Chinese mestizos, patriarch
al and vastly rich, the great house
sheltering the sons and their families
more than forty adults, with droves OF
children. The eldest son has just com.
pleted his second term as governor OF
the island. The head Of the family is
the mother of his excellency Sonora
Ming Lee, who is 80 years old, feet
tall and probably weighs $50 pounds.
She is an inveterate gambler and will
remain for two days at the round
game of pangingi her meals being
served in a chair at her side. About
the only respite she takes from her
favorite game is on Sunday morning
when she drives to church in her Ma
nila-built victoria.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06
FROM THE PENCILS POINT.

AS man thinketh before breakfast,
so Ia he.
Reverence is the foundation OF last
ing love-
Life loves best those OF her children
who laugh.
Righteousness is a lot more than re-
spectability.
A smooth tongue has caused many a
man to slip.
Killing time is sure way of spoil
ing character.
The sense Of duty is a sign Of the
divine In man.
The sense Of duty is sign of the
divine In man.
He was cynic until one day he
met a little child.
Hatred often comes from only know.
ing half of a man.
Hatred often comes from only know
ing half OF a man.
No words OF faith have force until
they become flesh
Ardent lovers don't always make
amiablo husbands.
II is hard for the leek to see why
people prefer the lily.
The only sure thing about a lie is
that 1t will never die.
II you have horse sense you should
know when to say neigh.
Women should take their cues
from Cupid-and be blind.
Whoever heard of n man being sor-
ny for what he didn't tell?
Christ's yoke is built for two, and
30 becomes a bond for him and you.
When his goods are his chief good
q man is likely to find little lasting
good.
When Love takes up the harp Of
life the neighbors still complain be-
cause the airs are all sentimental
New Orleans Picayune.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06
AS to Freak Waqers.

One of the curious things that the
average fellow finds hard to under
stand is who those remarkable people
are that put up large wagers that a
person will not succeed in going
around the world in some extraordin'
airy mapner-trundling a wheelbarrow
starting naked, and so forth. Gener
ally, the bet includes a provision that
the wanderer must live on what he
can pick up. This is a gentlemanly
way of doing the tramp act. But how
do the hackers manage to satisfy
themselves that the contract has been
fulfilled? Or are these hackers like
the mythical Mrs. Harris-"There
amt no SIGH persona"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06
Professors Eoreiun Born.

The men recently chosen by the
University of Wisconsin to fill the
chairs of Philosophy and European
history were both born abroad and are
graduates of Princeton. DR.. Evander
Bradley McGilvray, who was elected
to the professorship of philosophy, is
a native of Bangkok, Siam, where his
father was engaged in missionary
work. Professor Alfred Lewis Pinneo
Dennis, who was chosen to fill the
newly created chair Of European his
tory, is a native of Beirut, Syria.
Prof Dennis will not begin his work
at Wisconsin until 1906-07, as he has
accepted an appointment to lecture on
European history at Harvard during
the semester of next year and will
spend the second semester abroad in
research work.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06
Remarkable Feat of the Bear.

Here is an odd hunting tale from
Russia. A certain count was out for
bears, and, tracking a dam and cubs,
shot one Of the latter, had it slung
into his sleigh and drove for home
about fifty miles distant. Immediately
after his arrival his gamekeeper an
nounced that huge bear had scaled
the wall Of the park. The count went
cut and shot 1.-THE dam of the cub
which he had killed and brought
home. The faithful creature had fol-
lowed her dead offspring those fifty
miles at the same pace as relays of
post horses, and arrived in time to
share the fate of her cub and to have
a monument erected where she fell.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06
eoULDs MUST PAY MONEY.
Architect Gets Verdict for Services
He Had Rendered.


He Had Rendered.
When Supreme Court Justice Keogh
took his seat on the bench a sealed
verdict was handed up as to the suit
brought by Abner ]. Haydel, the arch
itect, to recover 100000 from Howard
Gould for services rendered in draw
ing plans for the Gould castle at Port
Washington. The verdict is in favor
of the plaintiff, who is awarded $24,-
1875. This amount represents about
2Is per cent of the original contract
price of S967, 1000 which 1t was estihat-
ed the castle would cost.
Neither MIR. Gould nor Mrs. Gould
was in court. The jury deliberated
upon the case less than two hours be-
fore coming to conclusion. AS soon
as court was opened Clerk Ransom
handed up the long sealed envelope
containing the verdict. The justice
merely broke the seal of the envelope
som, who proceeded to read its con-
tents.
Architect Haydel smiled broadly
when he heard the contents of the ver-
dict, while Lawyer Henry Monfort,
counsel for the Goulds, appeared much
surprised.
The verdict of the jury contained
the information that they reached
their verdict by giving Mr.. Haydel l
per cent Of the original cost of the
construction of the castle, which 1t
had been agreed he should receive
when he submitted plans for the work,
and " per cent when his plans were
completed and accepted. The jury
said they were satisfied that he had
done his part of the work, and that he
should be paid for it. They said they
agreed to allow him $29,1S3.75, but
from this they deducted the 5000
which the plaintiff had received from
the Goulds on account, thus making
their verdict $24,1S3.75.
AS soon as Clerk Ransom finished
reading the verdict Mr.. Monfort, adj
dressing the court, moved to have the
verdict set aside on the ground that
1t was not in accordance with the evil
dence. This was promptly denied and
then Mr.. Monfort asked for delay
of sixty days in which to prepare an
appeal from the verdict. This was
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06
CANADIAN is CHIEF SCOUT.
Lieut.. CaIlashan High in Confidence Of
Gen. Oyana,

Gen. Oyama.
The chief scout of the mikado's
army in Manchuria Is a Canadian,
Thomas Casey Callaghan, who won
his military title in the Boer war.
Previous to that time he had roughed
it on the northwestern ranches, be-
coming an expert horseman, rifle shot
and hunter Of big game. On one oc-
casion in South Africa he was shot
through the body and was given up
for dead. At the outbreak of hostil-
tiles between Japan and Russia he en-
listed as a scout in the intelligence
department of the Japanese army,
where he rose rapidly in his difficu-.
and dangerous work, until he is now
commander-in-chief of regiment of
200 scouts, the flower of the Japanese
intelligence department. Lieut.. Cal
laghan has with him always maps Of
the theater of war and an interpreter
to convey his orders to the regiment.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06
loWther Family An Old One.

The new speaker of the house of
commons, James William Lowther,
comes of one of the most ancient fam
lilies of England, for when Sir Richard
Lowther was high sheriff of Cumber-
land in the eighth and ninth of Eliz-
abeth, he was the thirtieth knight in
succession. Lowther is the family
name of the earls of Lonsdale, and
the speaker is grandson of the first
earl, while the fourth and present earl
is a great-grandson, but born in the
same year QS55) as the speaker.
James William Lowther has been in
official life since 1888, when he was
first elected to parliament, in which
he is now member for Penrith. In
his youth he was quite celebrated as
an amateur actor, with special skill
in caricature.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06
DREW THE LINE AT FORGERY.
Why Senator Beveridee Could Not
Grant Request.

Why Senator Beveridge Could Not
Grant Request.
Senator Beverage of Indiana re-
CARDS 1t as one of the best jokes Of his
life that he and Dave" Warfield, the
actor, resemble each other so closely
that they would pass as twins. Dur
ing a recent visit to New York the SEN
ator was accosted somewhat ELUSIVE
ly by two young men, who addressed
him as Dave, old man." They said
they would be glad to drop in at the
theater that evening if he would write
them a pass. The senator smilingly
wrote on the back of his card admit
two" and handed it over. Thanks
ever so much, old boy" said one OF
the strangers, "but this will not be
good unless you add ID. Warfield' un
der the two words you have written
Excuse me-" said the Indiana man
"but draw the line at forgery. I am
Senator Beveridge, not Mr.. Warfield.'
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06

Now that the German crown prince
has been married, court gossips in
Europe are considering who is likely
to be the bride of Prince Eitel, the
kaiser's second son. The general
view is that it will be the Princess
Eva of Battenberg, with whom he was
much smitten during recent visit to
England. Princess Eva is quite a
pretty girl, just past II years old, who
was brought up in the simplest man
ner possible. 1t is expected that she
viii inherit largely from Ter god
mother, ex-Empress Eugene.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06
Overeducated,

The town of Oil City, Penn, has a
smart dog, a cocker spaniel. When he
was still a puppy his master taught
him to sit out on the front porch and
wait for the local paper to be thrown
into the yard; then the dog would
bring it into the house and get petted
for doing it.
Half an hour after the dog had
brought in the paper the other day,
his master, going into the sitting room,
found a pile of six more papers, which
the dog had collected from other yards
in the block. 1t took some time to
hunt up the owners of those papers
and return them.-Forest and Stream,