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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
Population of the Earth.

According to the current number of
"Petermann's Mittheilunger" the pop
ulation of the earth at the beginning
of the present century amounted to
1903 100000 souls, distributed over an
area of 55,626,691 square miles, or
about 26 persons to the square mile.
The Emergencies are, however, very
wide in this respect, varying from 104
to the square mile in Europe to two
persons to the same amount of terri
tory in Australia and Polynesia.
AS to the totals of the populations,
Asia, the home of the yellow races,
is far in the lead, with $40, 556,000.
Europe is next, with 392,264,000 Even
Africa is ahead of North America,
the dark continent being accredited
with 140700,000, while North America
is given 105,714,000 South America
has 3S,482 600; Australia and Polyne-
STA 6,483,000 and the polar lands
$1,000.
AS to the density, after Europe, as
shown above with its 104 persons to
the square mile, comes Asia, with
4G.G, North America with 10, Africa
13. South America and Australia
and Polynesia 2.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
WASHING GROWS EXPENSIVE.
Destruction of Southern Forests Les
sens Supply of Rosin.


Into the forests that cover the great
Atlantic coastal plain and extend far
up into the Appalachian mountains, go
the turpentine garnerers every year.
In the sides of the tall, long-leaved
Georgia pines they make missions and
as the sap oozes out it is collected
just as the sap from the maple trees
OF Vermont is collected during the
suSar-making season.
The sap from the pine trees hardens
quickly. 1t is then taken to the dis
tillery where it is mixed with water
and placed in kettle to boil. AS the
gum melts, the vapor that passes off
is sent through pipes which are kept
cold by running water over them. The
yapor con9cnccs and runs from the
pipes in the form Of white liquid
called turpentine.
In the bottom of the kettle, after
the boiling is finished, is a dark am
Der colOred substance known as rosin
Every year about $4,000,000 worth of
rOsin is exported from the United
States. 1t goes to all parts of the
world, as the United States is the
worlds chief source of supply. Europe
buys nearly 80 percent of the amount
exported every year.
A great deal of the rosin sent to
Europe goes to the soap factories
where it is used to make rosin soap.
Rosin soap is of yellowish brown color
and when properly manufactured is a
very cheap and serviceable soap. 1t
is in great demand in Europe, and is
also used to some extent in the Unit
ed States. Next time you go to the
grocery store keep your eyes open for
some of it on the shelves.
OF late years numbering has been
carried on so rapidly in the southern
forests that large tracts of land have
been completely cleared and as lit
tie or no attempt has been made to
replace the denuded land with a new
growth of timber, the supply of rosin-
yielding soap has diminished and the
price of rosin has advanced according.
ly. This has, of course, helped to
make it more expensive to manufac
tGrers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
MAYORS by Profession,

When German city wishes a capa-
BILE, economical and trustworthy may
or, it simply looks around and hires
the best official that can be found.
The correct management of munich
palities has long been a study in Ger
many, and the putting of this knowl-
edge into effect has become a pro-
fessional pursuit, and those who de-
vote their energies and abilities to it
grade upward, being called from city
to city, says the Philadelphia North
American.
If man makes a notable success as
the mayor of one city he is liable, at
any time, to be called to administer
the affairs of another and a larger.
The honor and emoluments of the of
fee increase with the Importance of
the town. This plan of having profess
sional mayors and Of promoting them
from city to city has worked we'll in
Germany. 1t provides a class of men
who makes the business of the people
study and qualify themselves to con-
duct the affairs of municipalities upon
business principles. The element of
politics is cut out for the better policy
of looking to the public good.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
GETTING Near the Birds.

The great difficulty in studying birds
is to get near enough to observe them
with accuracy. In "Wild Nature s
Ways" Richard Kearton tells how he
overcame this obstacle. He made use
OF the skin of a large OK, rounded out,
of course, and in it he was able to get
close to the nests. He gives this anus
ing account of the working of his de-
vice:
Although an admirable hiding de-
vice, the stuffed OK had one fatal draw.
back; if used during breezy weather,
it was liable to blow over / remem-
Der once returning to see how my
brother was faring whilst waiting for
some subject and arrived upon the
scene just in time to witness man and
beast occupying a very undignified
position. The back of the OK had
landed in a slight declivity, and the
feet of both biped and quadruped were
pointing toward the zenith. In order,
therefore, to avoid accidents of this
character during windy weather, we
take four pegs and a quantity of string
out with us. The former are driven
firmly into the ground, and the bull
locks legs dashed securely to them.
AS hiding device it was a great sue
cess. The realistic qualities of the
stuffed OK inspired so much blind con-
fidence in the skylark that she came
and covered her chicks whilst had an
exposure meter standing on it's edge
within two or three inches of her
nest.
| reasoned that, if stuffed bullock
could be made so useful, a sheep treat
ed in a similar manner ought to prove
equally efficacious amongst birds living
on moors and mountains. Accordingly,
/ had one prepared. AS the taxider-
mist's men said when they put the
stuffed sheep, neatly sWathed in can
vas into the van of the train by which
was travelling to the north of Eng.
land, it had been ''set up lying down"
and a hole left in the chest for the
lens of the camera to peer through.
1t aroused a good deal of interest
and amusing interrogation wherever
it was seen along the route. With the
birds it proved an excellent device.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
JAP FIGHTING MEN MEAT-EATERs
Even in Time of Peace, Beef Is Sup
piled to the Soldiers.

The Jap is able to digest rice and
similar foods much better than white
man because he possesses an intes-
tine one-fifth longer Such, at all
events, is the statement of DR.. B..
Schedule, of the Kioto Medical school,
says the Philadelphia Post.
1t is a fact, however, that the fight
ing men of Japan are meat-eaters,
though the population of the country
at-large is vegetarian mainly. Even
in time of peace beef is supplied to
the soldiers; and that is one reason
why foreigners find it convenient to
reside in the neighborhood of garri-
son towns, because the butcher is
handy. At the same time, the people
of Nippon can under no circumstances
be persuaded to touch mutton, which
they look upon with horror.
The main dependence of the Japan
csc troops in the field is rice, COM
pressed into balls about the size of
ones two fists, for the sake of making
it more portable, the instrument used
for the purpose somewhat resembling
lemon-squeeZer. Before being con-
verified into this shape the rice is cook
ed, so that, in case of emergency, it
may be eaten without further prepare
ton. But, ordinarily, the balls the
either cut in slices and roasted, or
else dropped whole into the pot, when,
in the process of boiling, they expand
greatly.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
A Cheap Tour Around the World

most every evening, after tea,
travel far as far can be:
4 grasp the wheel with both my hands,
ana soon I'm off for foreign lands.
! seek all countries that / can;
Alaska, China, and japan,
linen round by Italy and Spain,
anu very soon I'm home again.
Then up about the Polar Sea,
Whefe bears and walrus stare at me.
AT other times | take my way
10 distant Burma and Malay.
La every land. down to the sea,
Inc people rush to look at me.
GOOD luck to YOU | hear them say;
wave my hand and speed away.
our dining room is everywhere
NY snip Is just rocking chair;
i cruise about the world, at sea,
Most every evening after tea.
-Ihomds T0pper in st. Nicholas.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
Take the other Hand.

It was a pleasant day in summer,
when a. lady, who had been watching
bv the sickbed of her mother for some
weeks, went out to take little exer-
else and enjoy the flesh air. She hoped
she might hear bird sing, or see some
little wfld-fower which would speak
tn her of future hope, for her heart
was heavy with anxiety and sorrow.
After walking some distance she
came to a rope-walk. She was familiar
with the place, and being fond of the
smell of tar, entered the place. At one
end of the building she saw a little boy
turning a very large wheel; she
thought it was too laborious work for
such a child, and, as she came near
him. she spoke to him.
"Who sent you to this place." she
asked.
"Nobody; l came by myself"
"Does your father know you are
here?"
81 have no father"
care YOU paid for your labor?"
eyes. l get ninepence a day"
.cWhat do you do with your money!"
81 give it to my mother"
.Do YOU like this work?"
"Well enough; but if l did not,
sbould do it, that / might get money
for my mother"
GLOW long do you work in the day?"
"From nine till twelve in the morn
80 and from two till five in the after
NON
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
Half-past.

"Half-past what?" asked Connie,
Three" guessed Nan.
mo"
Then came Miles turn.
Nine" she guessed.
No.. said Connie. ada comes
next"
And SO it went on down the long
line Of girls who we're playing the
game, and at last it came to Kitty.
Eight" she guessed.
Right" cried Connie, and then
she started toward the corner, run
ming as hard as she could, and Kitty
ran after her. But Connie reached the
post on the corner before Kitty caught
up.
you didn't get mel" she said trium.
phantly.
mo, can always guess the number,
but l can never catch anybody" laugh
ed the little girl, and she again took
her place in the line.
Then Connie and a girl that. she
picked out to chose a number, and the
guessing went on
4. Il wish | could catch somebody just
once, sighed Kitty. I'D like to be
chased"
"Half-past?" Nan was asking, and
Kitty's turn had come to answer.
-Four" she said.
Right"
Then Nan started on a run; but what
was the matter with Kitty? When she
heard the word Right" she had given
a jump and little scream, cried Half
past fOur!" and started TO run, not af-
ter Nan, but in the opposite direction.
On and on she went, with the girls
watching her in wonder,
When Nan saw that she was not be-
ing pursued, she went back to the
others.
why did Kitty run that way?" she
asked.
But nobody knew.
"She just looked up at the sky, hol-
Tered, and ran off, said one of the
smaller girls.
Suppose we all go after her and
lil4u OuC why oAO ulu ~ ouSSCpISu
Nan.
So off they started, going two by
two, and looking very much like pro-
cession Of some kind
When they reached Kitty's home,
they found her sitting on the door
step. Her face was flushed and she
looked tired, but she smiled when she
saw them.
"Why did you run away?" demand
ed several of the girls.
Il was so afraid that | wouldn't get
here in time" Kitty told them you
see, l promised mamma that ! would
be here by half-past four; and, when
we said that in the game, l just
thought of it, and l had to hurry as
fast as | could so as to keep my word"
Would your mother punish you If
you hadn't Gomez" questioned Nan.
"Oh, no; but she would have been
sorry!"
Anyway" Kitty added, when l
say I'll do thing, l want to do it, If
possible. christian Advocate
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
New travelling Coats.

The chief idea seems to be to wear
check woollen which can be rendered
waterproof. There are several new
cuts; for example, the shoulder Is
heightened into a sort of upper sleeve
or epaulet, which appears over the ac-
tual sleeve. Many Of the coats are
basqued, and the white linen travelling
coats are deliberately embroidered
says the Queen. They were worn
largely at Ascot and other functions.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06

"My complexion bothers me so,
complained Miss Muddey. Some doc.
tors, | see, recommend arsenic"
"Yes?" replied Miss Pepprey, Ian
guidly.
Yes. | wonder how much one
should take"
well, if you really don't want it to
bother you any more you'd better take
quite large quantity "-Philadelphia
Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
Oheued Fer Strictly.

Never let us hear from you again."
she cried, her eyes flashing.
ut shall be as you DESIRE. he an
swered.
A month later he was at the FROM
as a war correspondent with the Jap
anese army.-New Orleans Times.
Democrat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
Probate Court Souvenir.

Gen. Bull, the first probate judge of
Osborne county, Kan, was killed by an
elk in chat county just twenty-five
years ago. The horns of the elk that
did the killing have been procured by
T. M. Walker from relic collector
and will be mounted and hung in the
probate court room-Kansas City
MOI Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06

Several uranium minerals have
shown radium directly proportional in
quantity to the amount of uranium,
which tends to confirm the suggestion
that radium is formed by the breaking
down Of the uranium atom.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06
SCIENCE NOTES.

The average height Of man is found
by A. Dastre to have continued the
same for thousands of years, as shown
IN primitive man, prehistoric man, and
historic man. The great size of an
cient man is imaginary
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06

Twelve hundred wires have been en-
closed in telephone cable two and
us.half inches in diameter.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06

Cyanide of cacodyl, many times as
poisonous as prussic acid, is one Of the
products. Some years ago a French
chemist combined potassium acetate
with white arsenic and obtained oxide
of cacodyl,. Tuning liquid, and an
English chemist has combined this
with cyanogen, a radical of prussic
acid. Cyanide Of cacodyl is white
powder, melting at SO degrees and boil
ing at 40 degrees, which in air gives
off slight Vapor whose inhalation
causes instant death.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06

One of the most singular of the
many curious fossils yielded by the IA
nous opal fields at White Cliffs, N. S.
W., is an opalized shark 1t is 10
feet long and eighteen inches in great
est circumference and is encircled from
tip to tip with thin veins Of purple
opal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06

Much seems to be expected from Pro.
fessor Seeligmuller's electrical treat
ment of chronic articular rheumatism.
A metallic brush tele dorcies 40 aOl
A metallic brush electrode is connected
with the negative pole of a source of
electric current, and the positive is at
tached to a fiat sponge electrode, the
treatment consisting in repeatedly APP
plying the brush eIectrode to the eff
fected joint. Small dots appear on the
skin after each application. The treat
ment is painful, but readily borne at.
ter few trials.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-06

Experimenting on the influence of
metal containers on the fermentation
of liquids, Leopold Nathan has shown
that German silver, copper, zinc, brass
and bronze have a decidedly strong in
hibitory effect, while tin and lead have
moderate action Polished iron and
silver, gold, polished tin, aluminium,
nickel, as we'll as celluloid, glass and
hard rubber, have little or no effect.
The smoothness of the surface Of met
ais seems to have decided infueAce.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-18
The Inevitable Result.

Is it wonderful under these circum-
stances that a woman will lose her self
respect, not to speak of her love, for a
man who treats her in such manner?
A man may not be able to give his
wife more than $40 a month. but this
should be hers absolutely, and she
should not be required to give an ac-
count of it.
The wisest arrangement is to allow
a certain sum a month for household
expenses and a certain sum for the
wife's personal use, to include her
clothes. In this manner no more money
is spent than if the husband doled 1t
out and paid the bills, but the wife has
the control of what concerns her and a
feeling of dignity and independence
which counts a good deal toward the
households happiness.
There are a good many women who
understand to perfection the delicate
art of ordering a dinner, but there are
also quite a few who err in selection.
For instance, I have taken dinner at
houses where oxtafl soup was followed
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-18

thus. Dinna marry for money, jamie,
but go where money is on the chance.
so to speak. that being in Rome she
would fall in love with one of the Ro-
MANS
well. we will leave the money con-
sfderation out" retorted the first
speaker 'T don't want to seem cold
blooded, but I think all wise mothers
viii agree there is too much trusting to
luck and to sentiment, even if they are
made to masquerade under the name of
Providence. A mother can guide a
daughters life wonderfully, first
through her acquaintances and then
through the people she meets at the
houses of these acquaintances. It's a
pity so few women begin to do this in
time!"
had been listening to the conversa-
ton, and I agreed with her. We blame
European parents for interfering too
much In their children's affairs, and vet
we are cruel enough to blame our
young people when they make mistakes
through lack of knowledge of the
world We never think of blaming the
parents who left them unguided to de-
pend on uniformed judgment.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-18


faraway eastern Siberia There George
Kennan saw her, and through him she
sent this message to the world:
I'VE may die in exile. our children
may die in exile, our children's children
may die in exile, but something will
come of it at last.
Something came, perhaps sooner than
even she expected.
She had been arrested in 1874. Not
till 1896 was she finally set free, the last
day Of her long sentence having been
served out. She lost not a day in re-
turning to Russia. to labor for that lib
erty of the people which had now be-
come more to her than her life-yea,
more than a hundred lives. In Rus
sia she organized at once the Socialist
Revolutionary party She and her fell
low workers started Socialist Revolu-
tionary societies in nearly every large
town in Russia Secret radical Htera-
ture was circulated by the ton among
the people. This went on for three
years AS before, Nine. Breschkovsky
journeyed hither and thither attired as
a peasant.
In 1900 a general order went out to
the police through the whole Russian
empire for the capture of Catherine
Breschkoysky. Now it was getting hot,
and it was high time to get away if the
woman leader was to work longer in
the flesh for her beloved cause. She
obtained a forged passport and escaped
into Switzerland, the headquarters pro
tenn. of the Russian Socialistic Revolu-
tionary party. And she says:
TT does not matter whether the last
child born to the czar was boy or not.
for he will never be czar of Russia
Before he is old enough to rule the
country will be a democracy
MARY 3. HENNING.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-18
Too Much Of q Good Thina,

What is the sense of serving rice ana
mashed potatoes at the same timer
Worse still, how silly to have both
sweet and white potatoes! When there
is a roast why not precede it with q
light vegetable soup and have a salad
instead of one Of the starchy vegeta-
bles? AS nation we Americans do
not eat enough salad. All doctors agree
that it is most wholesome. and some
variety of it may be found at every
season of the year. We are not as fond
of soups either as we ought to be. es-
pecially the lighter milk and vegetable
ones
Have you ever tried artichoke salad?
mean by this the common Jerusalem.
or ground, articholSe. not the French
ones, which are hard to obtain except
at certain seasons and in certain towns.
You boil the aTticholxes as you would
potatoes. and after they have become
cold you slice them with a few leaves OF
lettuce and one or two onion strips
The dressing is composed of red vine
gar, a dash of French mustard, olive
oil, red pepper and salt It is delicious
for a chafing dish supper.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-18
Ianorinq the Future.

The romantic, haphazard, unprac-
tical notions some women have on the
subject of their daughters marriage
dim event shrOuded in a misty, golden
future-fills me with Mortified amaze
ment," observed another member of the
group. Il actually heard a matron of
average sense declare the other day
that she did not believe in being cold
blooded' about the marriages of her
children She believed Providence
would send the right man at the right
time. told her I believed Providence
had more important work on hand, but
had seen some choice cases where
chance had stepped in instead of Prov
idence and messed things up beauti-
fully"
Il believe you agree with the canny
Scotch dame who advised her daughter
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-18
Love and Lucre.

The longer I live-oh, that's a hateful
phrase-and the more I observe the
more I come to the conclusion that
most of the misfortunes of marriage
are due to the money question OF
course it is not always possible to
marry ones ideal and a rich man at
the same time, but what money there
is might well be divided more intelli-
gently and considerably.
I am firm believer in the allowance
system, whether weekly or monthly de-
pends on how the husband receives his
money. The old joke of the woman
who goes through her husbands pock-
cts for change while he is asleep is no
joke at all, but downright tragedy