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moments n consciousness that l had
thousand voices-silent ones-that these sad
faced persons who came in SO quietly and
went out on tiptoe could not hear. Higgins,
my wan-eyed servant, showed them in po-
lltely 10 the white. cold body of me there
In the long, velvet box and as l recognized
Ogden, who used to play polo with me and
who loved Her. longed to shout to him
that 1t was all right and that l had the best
of it, for life had bored me frightfully.
This euriously free soul of mine had long
beat it's wings against my earth-born entity
during the thirty odd, nearly forty, years
that It had inhabited that six-foot frame
work OF flesh and bones, and there had
always been the dim forebodng that the
spirit would conquer ultimately.
1t had been q glorious fght-a we'll
wrought battle-but had no Idea that the
victory of the soul was to be SO complete
SO violent as to fling the body Of me down
In ditch as ! came over a stone wall, In
the Fieldbrook hunt my big Irish jumper
on top of me, and that here IN the rooms
where had lived and had been bored with
living the body of me would lie there still
and pulls elaSs and this conQuerlng soul OF
mine riot gloriously, exulting over that cold
flesh that had once been I. There was not
hint of sorrow, but rather the joy of free
dom that prisoner might feel once free
of his cell walls
My vitality and my health had been SO
splendid, so unyielding to the usual moods
of the normally toned man that when life
grew stale its staieness was oppressive
overwhelming. I had done nothing but
enjoy until then. My existence had been a
feast. and whether II was wild galiop
over bleak mooriand with the exhiiarat-
ing rain beating cold in my face or the
luxury of sailing through summer seas.
surrounded by those who only joyed when
smiled. each minute had been full and
beautiful. like strings of glorious pearls
that my white hands never tired to play
with
Pleasure came too tamely, had but real
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04

The final round of the open ladies' cham
pIorship meeting played al Troon was most
productive Of amusing incidents. At the
time it was terrible, too terrible for words
but looking hack at it from a distance
makes it appear in different light and
some OF the incidents were very funny
The rabble was perfectly dreadful and
every one seemed to have gone dementad
for the time being. Directly the players
hit their balls there was wild stampede
and they were swept away and overwhelm-
ed in the mad rush. Round the greens a
solid block of people about twenty or thirty
deep took up their positions, and through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04
Land of Original Blackmail.

From the New York Globe
England, according to Mr.. Justice Philli-
more. enjoys In some foreign countries the
reputation of being the home of the black
mailer Certainly Great Britain was at
least the land of the original 'sblackmail,'
the mail" rent, or tribute paid on the
Angle-Scottish and Highland borders by
a similar institution was known as black
rent" The old word mail" meaning
rent. and coming either from the Anglo
Saxon .mael," q portion. or the old French
"maflle." halfpenny, Is quite a different
word from the postal mail" which is
simply male" bag. To Coke and Black
stone "blackmail'' had an innocent signifi-
canoe. meaning rent paid in labor or pro-
duce, as opposed To white rent paid in
white money silver
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other matters of interest connected with
the players while following match. some
one near at hand is sure to be a relation
or at any rate a friend, and it depends
upon the listeners sense of humor whether
he or she is deeply aggrieved and ready to
demand satisfaction, or whether he or she
is only amused.
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perience to look back upon, but at the time
1t was by no means amusing. This IS
generally the case, however, as one very
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the nurse about those odd flashes and jerks
of sound that had pierced my ecstasy-a
discord in perfect harmony that had no
place on those purple cliffs where my soul
went out to play and my glad eyes drank
In the wonder light land and Sea-thls
heaven where love was to dwell with US
forever.
/ tapped my fingers on the silver tray to
make the nurse understand the sounds At
first she thought I was delirious, and then
L saw her face change as l repeated the
signals. and she told me that the sounds
l made were those of the telegraph code
and I was spelling my own name One
accepts everything In a convaiescence. I
thought the girl was humoring my fancy
and I personally concluded some one had
q ticker in the rooms below
Now. from this state came llfe-strong,
wonderful. exulting life My dreams
dimmed. faded and grew to be but part
of delirium. With the first return to the
clubs. the theaters and the companions that
now hailed me as l was again In thrall.
She was abroad. and of course I was to
follow.to marry. My promise seemed
the time that followed. Had she been near
but she was abroad-and there was no
word. She knew me-and she waited to
know how well would keep that oath.
The spirit had had It's sway and now the
body was king. conqueror, destroyer. Lfe's
affairs were torn down. l danced upon the
graves OF every, belief and hope that / had
ever known I found myself then again
broken IN health. doctor drugging me to
sleep that had not known for weeks, and
then that period of awful, awful weari-
ness with life. myself and everything. My
nerves were dead
Then Ogden came and took me of to his
place In the country and cabled to her 10
come home. suppose Ogden was good
friend-if had only known 1t. Ogden who
loved her as she loved me-and as I was not
capable Of loving. for I had broken most
sacred oath. made with her hands In mine
and her tears upon my lips.
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such enormous proportions that 1t was sim
ply impossible to impose any strong check
upon it. 1t is undoubtedly an amusing ex-
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2
frequent source of amusement to
scratch ard plus golfers is the way in which
they are often regarded on small out-of-
the-way links. The local talent is not, per
haps, Of a very high caliber, so when one
of these swells with big reputation arrives
upon the scene he or she is regarded as
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The hunt tempted mo that day-her cable
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Ing blood in my veins, was giving the spirit
play.
Through the windows of my apartment,
as lay on the hospital bed that had been
put in. l could see the green trees OF Mad
ison square, and when the nurse left the
windows open strange sounds of music
came up acknowledgement from the
orchestra or nearby hotel, a dining
room ten stories below, which distance
made the music faint and to my tired
brain like strains from paradise. 1t all
seemed part of Her and that new life
From this state I had sunk into the
dream, not once, but again and again. IT
was the repetition of the dream that fixed
1.-THE consciousness that l had several
times fallen asleep there in my room
the white bed thinking of Her-and had
wakened, wandering alone on a high place
above the sea where the odors of a forest
mingled with the fresh salt breeze and
where lilies grew. Their perfume came
in gusty sweetness that almost cloyed
until the ocean wrapped me in its scents
and l looked out to the gold and rose of
a beautiful twilight twilight that never
deepened to dark or paled TO dawn-un-
touched by storm or tempest.
These dreams had been filled with this
queer body-free cessation that was mine
today-aIthough in the dreams my body
now stark and strangely decorous under
it's pail of flowers. roses, no-gardenias, no
--yio,ets, no-llies, lilies, lilies! My
body, | say, now there under it's pail of
lilies, so sweet that they almost cloy, was
with me. for / can recall the smooth white
pebbles that l threw out into the twilit
sea. ] can remember the soft breeze that
lifted my hair and how I languored earth
lily IN the beauty of that endless day think
ing of Her.
Now through the fabric of this dream
had filtered an odd sound that at first ]
could net place, although when / woke
asked the nurse If she had heard the sound
of clicking typewriter, sewing machine
or a stock ticker. She shook her head
no pn tiy-a1 and To aea q
had just come-a wireless from the Baltic
that was taking her across the ocean,
where I was to follow as soon as my
health allowed
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rarely grasps the full force of funny sit
uation until the whole thing is over.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
The log should be 10 inches in

u0 lpS bHuulu 10 Az IuCuoS III
diameter, Z feet long, and the two
pieces securely fastened together
80 inches apart. Attach double
tree "a few inches on one side of
the middle SO when pulled one
end will be 2 feet in advance of
the other. This is to be dragged
over the road after each rain,
A practical demonstration was
given at Jackson, and $50 dele
gates pledged themselves to try
the method this winter. Any of
them can tell how to make and
operate it.
The Tennessee press has called
attention to this plan of building
roads in the past year or SO, but it
probably seemed SO simple nobody
tried it. One of our exchanges
says "if 1T had been patented'and
some slick agent had come along
selling rights some would have bit
at it, but because it was so simple
and cost nothing farmers had no
faith in it.
Continued success, however, has
proven that it is the very thing
for such roads as we have in West
Tennessee. suggest thatevery
farmer in Benton County who
lives on public road try it this
winter.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
: SIGNS OF a HARD WINTER.

Tyrone CPa.) Herald
That the coming winter is going
Ito be- the eharGest one for the past
twenty years there is abundance
of signs to show, and among them
it may be mentioned that
The corn husks are foot and q
half thick and all the stalks lean
to the west.
The geese, ducks and chickens
are growing a coat of furi under
their feathers, and are rubbing
borax on their feet to harden them
up.
All the one-eyed owls are leav-
ing the country a month earlier
than usual, and the bob-tailed
squirrels are laying in sweet pota-
toes, as we'll as nuts, for winter
provisions.
The farmer who has taken the
trouble to investigate has found
that all the toadstools on the old
logs have wrinkles in them. The
last time this happened we had
winter weather that froze the ham
dies off of plows.
Rabbits are sitting around with
a bumped up look to them, and
field mice have wrinkles in their
tails. If this means anything it
means 20 degrees below zero from
November through to May.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
IS 1T TREAsoN9

Experience is a good teacher,
as the editor of the Concordia
Empire, Republican newspaper
of Kansas, has found out to his
cost. The Empire man has been
building, it seems, and the high
prices of material has aroused him
to the fact that the high tariff of
his party is protective all right,
but only for the trusts. The En-
pire is now singing an entirely
different tune, as the following
clipping will show. The Empire
man is cutting his eye teeth, and
he mildly admits the fact i'll order
to relieve his conscience:
'We have been invited to send
a dollar contribution to tie Re
.publican" campaign fund that is
being raised Unpopular subscrip-
tion, and to which President
Roosevelt recently contributed.
We would like to have our dollar
in such select company all right,
but we've done all the contribut-
ing we intend to do this year.
eve recently have completed
building g house at cost of some
thing more than $4,000, and for
every foot of lumber, every pane
of glass, every sack of cement, ev-
cry pound of nails, and in fact, for
nessf.' eyery bit OF material that
wentinto it we made liberal c,s,it-
tribution through the trusts that
control them, and We guess we
have done our share.
"It may be treason for Repub-
llcan newspaper to talk this way,
but facts are facts, aud it sort of
relieves our conscience to tell the
truth about the trusts once in Il
while. Wen gust let the several
trusts to which we have dad ITO
pay unwilling tiibute in tle past
year pay our dollar for us. N
need it and they dom t. .
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
LOCAL OPTION.

In criticising the speech Of M.
gR. Patterson before the conven-
tion the.Jackson Wing says:
"He next paid his attention to
the Adams law, measure which
originated with, and has been sup
ported by the temperance element
II in the State, and the Democratic
eparty. This law has driven whis-
ky from all but few larger cities
Of the State. AS a substitute for
this he advocated a local option
law and the undoing of all temper
fance legislation which has been
aenacted thus far"
1T was about this time that many
of onr local Democratic saloon
sympathizers suddenly become
,outspoken champions for local
soption. It's no secret that they
expect to have saloons in7Camden
again. They say the only "Dem-
ocratic way" is to leave the ques-
stion to vote of the people.
The people know, or ought to
know, that the Supreme Court of
Tennessee has,long since declared
slocal option unconstitutional. In
"a decision about one year ago Ill
the case of Weight VS.. Cunning
eham, reported in lis Tennessee
Reports 46S, the Supreme Court
ssays:
-"We are of the opinion that un
der our Constitution no legislative
eact can be so framed that it-must
derive it's efficacy from popular
vote. To be valid it must leave
ythe hands of thetLegislature COM
eplete; " It must at its birth
rbear the impress of sovereignty
~and speak the sovereign will. If
it contains within itself condi-
ttion or contingency that
contingency or that event must be
lone selected by the sovereign pow
eer itself. Obviously ifs,the con-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
tingency selected be the favorable

tingency selected be the favorable
vote ofsithe people who e~to be
governed by the law, it is that vote
which makes the statute efficacious
las law and not the antecedent will
of the Legislature, the Constitu-
tional law-making power. - y
1t is the purpose of our institu-
tions, SO far as they concern leg
islative bodies, that the popular
will should find expression in the
law enacted by such bodies
In other Words an act of the
Legislature which provides that
it shall mot go into effect except
upon the future contingency of a
popularvote, is unconstitutional.
The right of given county or a
given town or city to vote whisky
out by aHpopular vote can not be
conferred upon the people by a
general statute.
This explanation is given as an
answer to criticisms made because
we sawat to republish clipping
bearing on this subject week be-
fore last. Local option is a Wis.,
sionary dream, but for campaign
purposes it works like charm
when it comes to packing con~en-
tiOns.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
CURES WINTER COLDS.

j. E. Cover, 101 North Main
Street, Ottawa, Kan, writes: "Ev-
cry fallit has been my wife's troub-
le to catch severe cold, and there
fore to cough all winter long. Last
fall'I got her bottle of .Hore-
hound Syrup. She used it and has
been able to sleep soundly all
night long. Whenever the cough
troubles her, two or three doses
stops the cough, and she is able to
be up-and WE'LL" 25oents, so cents
and $1.00. Sold by Fry Drug Co.
The CHRONICLE and the Weekly
Nashville American, ST.. per year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
GOOD ROADS AT SMALL COST.

1t seems that "yourstruly," who
has contributed few articles to
HE CHRONICLE on the events and
work of the West Tennessee Far
mers' Institute at Jackson, has
overlooked one important feature
of the meeting.
We refer to the address by d.
W. King of Missouri, originator
OF the system of building good
roads without money by using a
drag made of a log split in two
equalpieces. =
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
TME BEST DOCTOR.

Rev. B. G. Horton of Sulphur
Springs, Tex, writes, July 19, 1902;
Il have used in my family Bal
lard's Snow Liniment and Hore-
hound Syrup, and they have prov
ed certainly satisfactory. The lin
iment is the best we have ever u.s.
ed for headache andspains. The
cough syrup has been our doctor
for the last eight years" For sale
by the Fry Drug Co. +
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19

Gloria Flour beats 'em all. Try
a bay. Sold by i. LtLowry Il Co
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19

Waterproof and Heavy Flannels, Sc in
ches wide, go at.42a cents yard.
10-cent Outings go at y cents
It's factssin cold print, we arequitting;
or we could not make the prices we do.
Good, heavy Fleeced- lined Underwear,
the so cent kind, goes at 35 cents
Wrights Health Underwear, the $l25
kind, goes at IS cents.
Good, heavyOv Overcoats, longones, worth
$1,000, for only $500.
Men'sySuits, worth $1,000, for only $3.50
and $500. Boys Suits others ask you
$3.50 to $3.50 for, closing out price, 1915
!. to $5.95.
Mems high top Tan and Black Shoes,
the kind others ask you 81 so to $4.75 for,
closing out price, $298.
Ladies' Long Coats, black, brown and
tan (our competitors price IS 90 to$l100)
closing out price, S36 to $500.
Mems 25-cent Suspenders at IL and l9c
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
@A@AtA y
EVERYWHERE THEY'RE SPEAKING OF US
convincing fact that selling" cheap

Those of Missourian inclinations being sighted
every day. They know that this s no "hot air. sale,
and that exactly what say.
We not giving you Calicoes atless than cost and
putting the price up something else, others have
done in their money-making sales. BEST Calicoes cost
any merchant cents yard andrwe have to get this
price for them.
We have cut the price everything!
We give you HopeI3leached at cents yard.
One of our leading merchants actually tried through
of his good friends) to buy out of Hope. Its
funny isn't it? He got them to buy two bolts-a that
in sight They didn't get apeep under the counter
We have still got Hope Bleached at cents; Others
are getting 9 and 10 cents fer it,
We give you extra heavy yard-wde Brown Domestic
(three yards to the pound) at 6 cents per yard
Best Machine Thread at 45 cents Dozen
$300 yard Dress Goods, 36 inches to As inches wide
for S2 50cent Dress Goods}36 inches to So in
ches wide, for 429 cents yard.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1906-10-19

l. Everything goes in the same like manner. We have
got house full of bran goods to close out bythe
list of january, and want you to andinspcet
:; the whole shooting match"
If you have to be shown, ''sight YOU"
r, Overalls and work pants cheap $IDO
Overals and Jumpers only $165 suit Coco, heavy ?:
IS Duck Pants, the 1.25 kind. for only SO cents.
Heavy Duck Rain Proof Coats, sells everywherefrom
h $3.50 to $500; closing out price, only $l.00
We could not think of making such prcesif we
10 not quitting and believe everybody taking advan
tage of this opportunity of saving money Dry Goods
s Notions, Clothing, Shoes Hats, Caps, etc.
The big crowds visiting store and the large bun
dies Of goods they carry away confirms this fact Fol-
low the crowds where they're almost giving away
We thank you, and all, for the liberal help you
have given disposing of our large stock of bran
y goods. and know until our doors closed you
will continue to patronize the store where Profits
&c thing of the past.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-11-11
A TRAIN ROBBERY AVERTED
officers Heard Of 1t and Ran Train
at High Speed,

Colorado Springs, Colo, Nov. o.
Rumors of a bold plot to hold up the
Cripple Creek Short Line train and
rob the express ear of thousands of
dollars, about noon today, at Rosemont
twenty-one miles west of this city,
created sensation in local railroad
circles this morning. The daring
hold up was not put into execution
but if the attempt had been made,
there would probably have been a
bloody battle between the robbers and
armed men concealed in the express
car. The train rushed by Rosemont
at high speed and was not molested.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-11-11
Alleged Franchise Graft.

Parsons, Kan, Nov. 10.-Before
the probate judge in Oswego today a
final hearing will be held n the injunc-
tion suit against the Bell Telephone
company, when it will be decided
whether or not the temporary injunc-
tion will be made permanent. 1t is
charged that the agents of the tele-
phone company bribed certain men,
bers of the city council of Parsons in
order to secure a franchise to con-
struct an exchange in this city, and
temporary injunction was granted re-
straining the Bell company from be-
ginning the construction Of its plant.
This will probably be made permanent
today, Some sensational developments
are expected when the bribery case
gets into the courts.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-11-11
LAST OF THE
MOHICANS HERE
MEMBER OF THE SToCKBRIDGE
TRIBE AT SAPULPA.
IMMORTALIZED INDIANS
Stockbridge Abongine Tribe Made
Famous by j Fenimore Cooper,
Was in Tulsa Yesterday.

C.. i. Antoine ot Suw'ua, wu1 claim.
to IA. ,h. .rly m.ulu. o. r.a Stock
49, .,. i.I.... r....., r.. l.
." ''-' ''''
west WAS D" 'N' Guy ''s''''' ''"'
in cohyrrsallm with % reporter Tor
the World. gave some iutac,rm.
foct. f,rt, I'M fbi- connection Antoine
saw. bo +. r,,Ir, anal firmly utnr last
of fine Nohicap. Thi. famou, tribe
of Indian, WA. made immortal by
fine writing. of jaime, Fcnimorc Coop
er in fine Lcarhcr Stacking Tales.
Antoine ba, been ip thc territory for
tbirty-thrcc YEAR, He saws his faith
er Vas a Stockbrjdge Indian and Nh,
mother belonged to fine Oneida tribe.
He was horn nj Ginning. New York.
and tells many tolr. or fine Indian,
tbere He saws that about seven
hundred of his tribe vet survive in
that Iocolity Very few of Them are
left When asked what became Of
them br said that he did not know.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-11-11
CHILD BITTEN BY A RAT

An awful case Of poverty and de-
prayity was reported to the authori-
ties Saturday morning when it was
learned that a small child had been
attacked by rats and badly bitten in
a tent in the fair ground district a
short distance from the ely.
The child, a girl baby, less han sew
en- months old, was badly bitten by
rodents Friday night and is in a crit
ical condition as the result Of the in
juries,
The child is in the custody of two
physicians, and, while her condition
is very serious, the doctors say the
little girl has chance for recovery.
According to the story reported to
the authorities, the child was sleep
ing on a pallet in one of the tents 10.
Gated at the fair grounds. Some time
Friday night rats attacked the child
during the temporary absence Of its
mother and tore of a part Of the
flesh ON the left limb.
The mother ran to the tent, being
attracted by the screams Of the child.
The father is said to have been alb
sent when the distressing incident oc-
Cured,