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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
cANTAAY "cATTY"
POLICE ORDER MAKES BOYS OF
BALTIMORE Wall.
description of the Game That Is
Barred From the Streets Be-
cause Now and Then Some
Pedestrian Is Injured.

The Composite Kid OF Baltimore
mas a kick--a real, genuine, heart
Ihrobbing kick. says the Baltimore
Evening Sun.
Marshal Farnan has issued orders
tiat boys must cease playing catty on
the streets. The marshal told all the
assenpled captains of districts that
Chief : Engineer Samuel Dukehart of.
tne Veteran Volunteer Firemen's asso-
citation had been struck in the face
by one OF the flying catties. And the
marshal said that this thing of play.
ing catty on the streets must stop.
Here is the way you play catty:
rake two or three inch piece of
pine, round 1t off and white both,
ends TO point; lay the catty ON the
ground, init one end with a stick and
as 1t fiops up in the air smash it as
you would bat ball. Then you tell
the other kid to get 1t in so many
jumps, and If he can't do 1t he gets a.
whack across the pocket handkerchief
with the bat. That's the game Mar
shall Farnan is stopping, because, now
and then, an indiscreet batter lands
the catty in pedestrians eye, or
spread5} CONSERVATION in a group of
front step sitters in an otherwise emf.
nently quiet neighborhood.
The Composite Kid was standing
outside the courthouse this morning
while Marshal Farnan was issuing his
orders. He was freckled and snub-
nosed and had a string tied around
his right great toe. In one hand he
carried dead sparrow and in the
other cigarette.
What do you think of that?" he ex-
claimed in disgust. Say, mister, what
chances boy got nowadays, anyhow?
Why first thing you know they'll be
passing laws to keep kids from grow
ing. l was raised in Anne Arundel
county, but my dad sold the farm and
bought some ground rents up on Lex
ington street, so we moved to town to
board. Soon's l came here | found
out there WASH swimming hole
nearen'n Gwynn falls or the public
baths over in Patterson park, where
you have to wear bathing suits, and
darn bathing suits for kids, that's
what l say. saw lot of kids crawl
ing through a sewer pipe to swim in
Jones falls up by the candy factory,
but that's too dirty for me. And we
had the darndest time trying to get
a place to live. The agent wanted to
know how many children there was,
and asked If the boys were rough on
wall paper"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
On Some Ministers,

The worst O. these here shepherds
is, my boy, that they regularly turns
the heads Of all the young ladies
about here. Lord bless their little
hearts, they think it's all right, and
don't know no better; but they're the
victims O. CANNON, Samivel, they're
the victims O. CANNON. Nothin' else,
and wot aggregates me, Samivel Is
to see 'em awastin' all their time and
labor in making clothes for copper-col-
ored people as don't want 'em and
taking no notice of flesh-colored Chris
tians as do. If I'd my way, Samivel,
I'd just stick some O. these here lazy
shepherds behind heavy wheel-bar-
row, and run 'em up and down a.
inch plank all day. That 'ud shake
the nonsense out of 'em, If anythin'
vould.-Mr. Weller, Quoted by Charles
Dickens.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
Must Have X All.

Richard Parr, the discoverer OF the
sugar trust frauds. was talking In
New, York about the generous reward
granted him by the government =.
some folks thought I was going
TO get a reward of a couple OF millions
mr. 90" said Mr.. Parr. 'They put me
in the lawyer class"
"The lawyer class?" said the report
er puzzled.
Eyes," said Mr.. Parr. "the lawyer
class. The Junior and senior partner
of law firm, you know, once put
tbeir heads together to draft clients
bhl
"we've won the will contest Tor
him. said the junior partner, rubbing
his hands Suppose we charge him
two hundred thousand?
"But the senior partner frowned'
.".Go on!' he said. He's worth
more than that"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
Selfish Youth.

Youth Is apt to be selfish" said
Mrs. Mary e. Wilkins-Freeman, the
distinguished novelist, at Matuchen
picnic.
Woman in her YOUTH" she went on,
lis especially apt to be selfish. l
never forget the story of the young
man from Boston who stood in the
center of Boston common in a down
pour of torrential rain.
"As he stood there, soaked to the
skin, little boy in a macintosh &C
costed him.
Excuse me, SIR said the boy, but
are you the gentleman who is waiting
for Miss Endicott?'
Eyes, the young man answered.
"'Well, said the boy, she asked me
to tell you she'd be here just as soon
as it clears up "...
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
Tuberculosis in the Prisons.

The fact that 100000 prisoners are
discharged from the jails and prisons
of the country annually, and that from
10 to Is per cent. of them have tuber-
culosis, makes the problem of provid-
ing special places for their treatment
while they are confined a serious one.
So important is the problem that the
Prison association of New York in CO.
operation with the State Charities Aid
association, is preparing to inaugurate
a special campaign for the prevention
of tuberculosis in the penal institu-
lions Of the state, and will seek to en-
list the cooperation of all prison ply
sicians and anti-tuberculosis societies
in this work.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
JUST A NATURAL MISTAKE
Gussie, in Fancy Costume, Astonished
the Doorkeeper for
Moment.

Gussie was knock-kneed, angular
and roundshouldered He had tes-
rible squint, and mouth like steam
roller. All the same, he reckoned on
making something of a hit at the
fancy dress ball, and his costume was
as elegant as his figure was unlovely.
With fast-beating heart he stepped
jauntily from his automobile outside
the town hall, where the ball was be-
ing held. The hall porter stepped back
ward at the unsightly apparition.
Great Christopher Columbus!" he
gasped as he regarded Gussie.
mo, no, my good mani" chirped
Gussie, as he tripped through the por.
tails. "Chawles the First, my dear fell
low-Chawles the rst!"-London An
sWers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
Where Millions Are Entombed.

The catacombs at Rome were the
burial places of the early Christians.
They are about $50 miles in extent and
are said to have contained 100000
bodies. During the prosecutions of the
Christians under Nero and other Ro-
man emperors the catacombs were
used for hiding places. Under Diocle-
tian the catacombs were crowded with
those for whom there was no safety
In the face of the day. The art of the
catacombs is unique and most inter-
esting. Simple designs are etched in
the slabs which seal the tombs. Now
and then are small chapels whose
paintings are to be found. All are
Bible illustrations, so that the cata-
combs may be said to be a pictorial
Bible in effect.-The Christian Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
RECKONING DAY AND HOUR
Workman's Thoughts Not Altogether
Fixed on What Might Be Called
Higher Things.

Mayor William S. Jordan, at Dem
ocratic banquet in Jacksonville, said
of optimism
Let us cultivate optimism and
hopefulness. There is nothing like It..
The optimistic man can see bright
side to notwithstanding.
"A missionary in a slum once laid
his hand on a mans shoulder and
said:
Friend, do you hear the solemn
ticking of that clock? Tick-tack; tick,
tack. And oh, my friend, do you know
what day it inexorably and relentless
ly brings nearer?'
Eyes, pay day., the other, an hon
est, optimistic workingman, replied"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
Mrs. Wiqqin's Idea of London.

During the recent visit of Mrs. Wig
gin, the American author, in London,
an interviewer called on her. With
pencil poised, the interviewer asked:
And what do you think of London,
Mrs. Wiggin?"
you remind me-" answered the au-
thor cheerfully, "of the young lady
who sat beside Dr. Gibbon at dinner.
She turned to him after the soup.
"'Do, dear DR.. Gibbon,' she said,
tell me about the decline and fall of
the Roman empire"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
Faults in American Character.

In an address on botanical educa-
ton in America, Prof. w. F. Ganong
remarks that disregard of particulars
and tendency to easy generalities
are fundamental faults in American
character" and he insists upon the
necessity of laboratory and expert
mental work in all scientific study.
Books lease the wits" but independ-
ent observation is the source of sound
knowledge in science.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
In the Suburb,

What beautiful public building is
that?"
That isn't public building. It's
old man Savitts summer cottage.
And whose neat little cottage is
that over there with the tower on It?
The little one-story frame affair"
THAT isn't a cottage It's the First
Episcopal church Life.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
A Fake Camera.

"Yonder is a beach camera fiend,"
said the first bathing girl. "They are
disgusting, ! think"
This one is particularly disgusting"
declared the second bathing girl.
After had posed all morning for his
benefit, he ate his lunch from that
box"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16

airy troubles and dizzy
spells. To insure good
health keep the kid
neys well. Doan's
Kidney Pills remove
all kidney ills.
Mrs. Sophia HUT
quist, 10 w. 10th St.,
jamestown, N. Y,
says: Doctor said |
could not live six
months. | was bloat-
ed to twice normal
size and friends could
not recognize me. l
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
A Sade's Summer.

Solomon sighed.
Think of the number of plants
have to remember to water while they
are all away for the summer" he cried.
Herewith he doubted his title to
wisdom.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16

was perfectly helpless and wished for
death. Rapid Improvement took
place after l began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills, and in six weeks l was
cured.
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. SO cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16

TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking
The formula Is plainly printed on every BOTTLE
showing 1t is simply Ouinine and Iron in a taste-
less form. The Quinine drives out the malaria
and the Iron builds up the ystem. Sold by all
dealers for 30 years. Price so cents
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
Hioher Priced.

Hub-~Always complaining about
vour clothes. You should set your
mind on higher things. Wife, 90;
on higher things than your clrcutn
stdAces will allow me to buy
Ton Evening Transcript.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar
coated, easy to take as candy, regulate
and nvigorate stomach, liver and bow.
els. Do not grippe.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16

The entire nature of man Is the
garden which Is given him to cult
yate.-W. e. Gladstone.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
Her Rest.

How do you expect to spend your
summer vacation, Mrs. Brown"
Frying fish for the men as usual,
l suppose"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
For COLDS and GRIP

Hicks CAPUDINE is the best remedy-re-
heves the aching and feverishness-cures the
Cold and restores normal conditions. It's
liquid-effects mmediatly. 10c., 25c., and SOC.
AT drug stores.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16

The trouble with the man who
knows nothing Is that he is always
the last to find 1t out.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16

The professional man who can't
make living can go around sneering
at the business man who can.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums reduces iniamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
Those Cooked Hats.

Dilly-My salary is knocked into
cooked hat this week.
Dally-Why?
Dilly-My wifes chantecler will
take it all.-Town Topics.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY
KIDNEYS.

Weak kidneys fail to remove poi
sons from the blood, and they are the
cause OF backache, headache, urin-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16

Lots of us never put off till tomol
row what we can have done for u
today.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
An Operatic ExpIetiv

An operate ExpIetive.
"Bifferton is awfully gone on grand
opera, isn't he?"
II should say he is! Why, he even
swears by Gadski!"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16

For HEADACHE-Hick CAPUDINE
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach
Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve you.
It's liquid-pleasant to take-acts immedi-
ately. Try it. 10c., 25c., and so cents at drug
stores.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-16
Deduction In a Street Car

Deduction In a Street Car.
The yweight-Pardon me, did
1 step on your foot, sir?
Coogan-If yez didn't, begorry, then
the roof must how fell on it-Puck.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-11-10
m sting Of a Bee.

An eastern fable tells of a potentate
who demanded that there should be
brought to him the stings of a thou
SAND bees killed because n Of their
colony had dared commit lese majesty
by singing the hand of royalty. When
they were brought in a tiny golden
thimble the king was so amazed to
find that a thousand of the hypoder-
mic points made such a little mass
that he issued a manifesto to the eff
feet that thereafter no person within
the bounds of the kingdom should
complain at the sting Of a bee. The
lesson of the fable is that petty an
noyances hurt because they are exag-
gerated in the mind; that when they
are seen in their actual proportions
they are SO slight as to merit only
contempt. How much comfort would
come to the majority Of persons If
they could but see the tiny size of the
bee stings that lead them to acts of
petulance. words Of anger, expressions
OF reproach. The bee sting annoy
ances have caused lifelong breaches of
friendship. They have broken up fam
lilies and caused anger and resentment
to take the place of love and fealty.-
Baltimore American.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-11-10
The Mississippi of streets.

A street is like a river, with its hui
man current carrying all name Of
drift between it's banks OF residences
or shops on either side. And if this
simile be appropriate then New York's
Broadway is the Mississippi of streets.
Probably no other avenue in the world
presents so many contrasts in the t1ot-
sam and jetsam it carries from Har-
lem to the Battery. Every type of hui
manity-uprooted saplings from farms
and orchards, proud hulled craft in
silks and satins-may be described in
the surging mass. Banker and boot
black, the staggering swell and the
draggled derelict. walk shoulder to
shoulder-rush. rather, for Broadway
is a maelstrom. the embodiment of
New York's hustle and hurry, the place
where nothing a stand still. Rich
ard Harding Davis once said that
everybody seems to be trying to reach
the bank to have a check cashed be-
fore 3 o'clock" George Seibel in
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-11-10
AN AsToR DEAL.
The Only Time That Old John Jacok
Sold Real Estate.

One of the most stringent real es-
tate rules of the Astor family is never
SELL and only one sale is recorded in
the entire life of old John Jacob AS
tor" said Niles f. Watkins. a real es-
tate broker of New York. "In 1880
Aston tore down his house in Broad
way. cleared the whole block from
Nesey to Barclay street and built the
huge Quincy granite hotel known as
the Astor House. which was one of
the first notable landmarks in New
York and also one of the best paying
pieces of property.
ga few days after it was finished the
old gentleman and his eldest son, Will
liam. were walking through City Hall
park, where the postoffice now stands,
and stonned q &c admire the
building, the finest hotel in America at
that time.
Pop. that's q mighty fine building
said William. 4 wish to gracious it
was mine
so" answered the father. We'll,
Billy, give me ST and you can have IT.
"Out came the dollar-a big silver
dollar that is cherished by the family
to this day-and within an hour the
deed of the property was made out and
recorded. This was old Mr.. Astor's
only sale of real estate in his life."-
Washington Herald.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-11-10
A soIomon-Iike Decision.

A Rhode %Island justice was called
upon to determine the ownership of a
brood of turkeys. The flock, consist
ing of fifteen young ones. was moth
cred by two hens, a white one and a
bronze. and had been running for
quite a time over two adjoining farms.
The owner of the white hen declared
that the turkeys were his, while the
man who owned the bronze hen assert
ed Just as positively that they belong
ed to him. The Justice was puzzled. At
last a witness came forward who swore
that he had seen a dog chase the
flock: that at the dogs approach the
young birds flew up into a tree and
the bronze hen tool to the woods.
but the white hen turned and gave
battle to the dog. The Justice there
upon decided that the owner of the
white hen was also the rightful own
er of the brood of young turkeys
New York Press.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-11-10
The Postar- .:-,np.


Consider the postage stamp. 1t says
nothing regarding the difficulty of the
task assigned to it. but by dint of close
application it usually gets there; also
it delivers the goods.
Again, If one isn't enough to carry
the thing through. two or more by
working tremendously together see the
thing to a finish.
No matter if the (maiD matter be
weighty, it puts a good face (of Wash
ington, on it and goes directly to the
point 1t gets licked and stamped
upon. and men besmirch its fair fea-
lures and ofttimes give it more to
carry than the postan union allows.
But. in spite of all this. it sticks un
f%inchingly to the matter in hand by
virtue of the fact that it knows that it
has good backing.
Its stick-to-it-ivity is worthy Of en-
ulation by ~you.-Judge's Library.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-11-10
Queer Collateral.

Here is a fact as strange as it is
true" said an Psychologist. Mum
mics in ancient Egypt were used chief
ly as collateral.
when an Egyptian wanted to Dor
row he gave his fathers or graz nd
fathers mummy as security. Some
times. If he required a large sum-, he
gave his father and both grandfathers,
and be would eve throw in the num-
my of his mother-in-law If she for
tunately happened to be in a mummi-
fed state.
Joking aside" the Psychologist con-
tinued. what ! tell you is the truth.
An Egyptian was not permitted to
borrow without pledging the mummy
of some e relative. 1t was deemed
In Egypt both impious and infamous
not to redeem so sacred a pledge as
that, and he who died with a family
mummy still il pawn was himself
buried in unconsecrated ground."-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-11-10
BROKE UP THE HABIT.
A Woman Who Found a Simple Rem
edy For a Big Annoyance.

Guy VI G LILY d1iSSs
.What has become of those two chill
dren who visited you so often?" asked
one west side woman of another. The
other smiled discreetly.
They are the children of my niece,
and she vas making a convenience of
but never allow myself to Become
much of Il victim of imposition. Ny
niece is an extremely gay young wild
ow. and she does not like to take care
of her children. She is fond of shop
ping, matinees. afternoon tea and ev-
away from home. and she got into a
habit of sending her children over to
my house for me to take are of when
ever she wished to CAD about. de-
cided it was time to break up the
habit, for her good and that of
the children. as we'll as mine, so |
did"
Il suppose that made your niece
angry?'
"Oh. no; it couldn't. | never said
anything about it. The last time the
children came yer | spent the after
o teaching them verses from the
Bible. and they didn't find it sufficient
ly entertaining. They never came
back. Just how they managed to work
it out with their mother l do not know,
but ! suppose they struck or begged
off. OF course she could not object
to what ! had done, and it proved
a very simple solution."-New York
Press
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-11-10
she is cused 10 chronic kidney tronh,a

she is cused TO chronic kidney trouble.
j. H. Hoien. velben, s. D., cured Of
chronic catarrh of the stomach.
Els Zimmerman. Of Montrose. q. 3
says the United Doctors cured him Of
piles with n treatment.
Miss Lottie Taylor, Egan, s, D.. saxs
she never expected to get such quick
relief in Sc, short a time. Miss Tay-
lor's father is also doing well under
the United Doctors treatment.
John Mock, Forbes, N. D., cured If
chronic stomach trouble.
J. II. Unruh, Freeman, s. D., cured
OF kidney trouble and lame back.
Evon Meredith, South Shore, s. D.,
says he feels 10 years younger after
taking 6 weeks treatment from the
United Doctors.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-11-10
A Woman's Wit.

The husband of Lydia Childs was an
invalid for many years. He was not
well off in this worlds goods. and
much of the support of the family was
earned by the wife. Thinking of this
and Of his wiffe's many sacrifices for
his comfort. Mr.. Childs once said to
her regretfully, My dear. / wish I
were Croesus.''
Whereupon Mrs. Childs. with ready
wit and gracious tact, responded,
you + Croesus. for you are king of
Lydia."-Los Angeles Times.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-11-10

DOCTORS
Coming to
Y A N K T O N
viii be at the Portland Hotel
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
NOVEMBER % AND 20
TWO DAYS ONLY
Remarkable Success of These Talented
Physicians in the Treatment of
Chronic Diseases

These doctors are considered as
Americas leading stomach and
nerve specialists and are experts
in the treatment of all chronic dis
eases, and SO great and wonderful
have been their cures that in many
cases it is hard indeed to find the
dividing line between skill and
miracle.
Diseases of the stomach, in
t%estines, liver, blood, skin, nerves,
heart, spleen, kidneys Or bladder,
rheumatism, sciatica, diabetes,
bed-wetting, leg ulcers, epilepsy,
weak lungs and those afflicted with
long-standing, deep seated, chronic
diseases, that have baffied the skill
of the family physician, should not
fail to call.