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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
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The " Old Masters "
BY Paul De Longpre

Inc last fifty years several hundred millions OF dollars
nave been spent for ugly smoky cracked OLD
masters most of them spurious).
is there any real beauty Outside Of limited NUMBER
III he thousands of socaed old masters to be found IN inc
united States? Most assuredy mott The majority or nei
represent commonplace wooden, stupid SUBJECTS lul VI
faults of drawing with the dead coloring of mummes
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
THE TUBERCULIN TEST.

IF there were no State laws, no
city ordinances, requiring the tuber-
culin testing of cattle, l contend that
it is to the interest of every stock
owner to apply the tuberculin test in
a nice, clean, sensible manner for his
own protection, says DR.. David Rob-
erts, Wisconsin State veterinarian
BY applying the test you deter
mine whether or not you have tuber-
culosis in the herd and the least that
can be done would be to remove the
tubercular cattle from the herd, or if
this were not convenient. move them
to one end of the stable, or better
still, a partition might be placed be-
tween the healthy and infected ones.
In this way you would protect the
balance of your herd. AS | have
often noticed. where one tubercular
animal is found in a herd, usually
the ones on either side of her be-
come infected sooner than animals
further from her, showing that the
disease is more apt to be spread by
actual contact than otherwise.
Another very important method of
preventing and overcoming tubercu-
losis in cattle is to have a thoroughly
ventilated, sun-lighted, well-drained
stable. Owing to the fact that the
direct rays of the sun will destroy
germs, is a very good reason why
at some hours of the day the sun
should be permitted to shine on all
parts of walls and floors of stables
where cattle are housed. If this be
impossible the sunlight should be
substituted by good, reliable germ
destroyer as it is unreasonable to eX-
pect herd to thrive and do well
where the germs Of any disease are
present.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
COW PEAS FOR HOGS.

1t is pretty hard to beat rape for
hog pasture, for it is rapid grower
and most excellent. But a Missouri
peas are also excellent. 1t says that
to provide a crop of cowpeas in the
best condition for hogs, it will be
necessary to select some very early
maturing sort and SOW rather earlier
than is advised for a general crop.
For this purpose the New Era, Sher-
mans Northern Prolific or Warren's
Extra Early are recommended, to be
sown about the middle of compliant
ing time in rows about thirty inches
apart and cultivated shallow and
level as often as is necessary to hold
the weeds in check. For the best
results the hogs should not be turned
on the peas until the first pods are
turning yellow. They will, however,
make good pasture before this time,
and if the hogs are needing pasture
# is not advised to wait until that
stage of maturity. A larger area of
cow-peas for hogs should be sown
about the end Of complaining time,
&nd for this purpose the Whippoor.
will variety is to be recommended, OF
a second sowing of the New Era may
be made. These may be sown broad.
cast and covered with springtooth
harrow, or, what is better sown with
a grain drill letting all hoes run,
using from a bushel to bushel and
a half of seed to the acre. They will
require no subsequent cultivation
and will come on about the time the
earlier varieties mentioned have been
eaten down. 1t is considered still
better and more economical of seed
to SOW in rows and cultivate as above
suggested Indiana Farmer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
THE LOWER LIFE.

II might seem matter for regret
That Evolution has not yet
Fulfilled our wishes.
The birds soar higher far than we,
The fish outswims us in the sea,
The simple fishes.
But, evolutionists, reflect,
We have the pull in intellect,
And that's undoubted
Yet still we cry; Can this atone
For fins or pnions of our own,
Not to be scouted|"
We hold that Evolutions plan,
To give as little as she can,
Is something trying.
Fair share of brains, indeed, we win;
But why not throw the swimming in
Why not the flying?
But ah, she gives not more or less,
We pay for all that we possess,
We weep and waver
While Evolution, still the same,
With knights or pawns pursues the game,
And shows no favor.
AS onward yet life's currents roll,
The gaining of higher goal
Increaseth sorrow:
And what we win at its own cost
We win; and what we lose is lost,
Nor can we borrow
If we have freedom we lose peace.
If differentiation, cease
To care for pleasure.
If we have Truth-important prize
We wholly must away with lies,
Or in measure.
Is wisdom, then, the only test,
OF lot SuDerlatiVe1y blest ?
There have been others.
Our aeon, too, will pass, and then
Are monads so much less than men?
Alas, my brothers!
This higher life is curious stuff,
Too high, yet net quite high enough
A mingled vial!
This higher life is sold too dear
Would | could give lower sphere
An equal trial.
All, could I be fish, indeed.
Of lucky horoscope, and creed
Unitarian,
'Mong blissful waves to glide or rest
I'd choose the lot | doubt the best,
Or fish or Aryan!
Or could I be a bird, and fly
Through forests all unhaunted by
The shooting season.
I'd tell you which | voted for,
The flight of airy pinions, or
The March of Reason!
May Kendall, in Smiths Magazine.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
Sized Up.

YES" remarked the fat man on
the rear platform, II once refused to
buy the site of Chicago for four clam
shells and a quart of rum
The tall passenger was silent.
81 could have bought the original
telephone patents for eleven Mexican
dollars and brass watch" continued
the fat man, "but l turned 'em
down."
No response.
"You are not interested in my
"reminiscences, friend?"
Il am not" answered the tall man
candidly, I'm selling airship stock.
You don't want any. "--Washington
Herald. ..-..--.-. !.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
Ready To Do Business.

Pedler (selling preparation for re-
,,,oving stains from clothing)-I have
got here
servant (who responds to the ring)
Excuse me, please, but we are In
great trouble here today. The gentle
non Of the house has been blown up
in an explosion.
pedler-Ha. Hurt much?
Servant--Blown to atoms. Only a
grease spot left OF him.
Pedler-Ah! Only grease spot, you
saw? Well, here's a bottle OF my
champion eradicator, which will re-
move that grease spot in two min
utea. --Tit-Bits.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
The OBTUSE PERSON.
By ELIZABETH MASON.
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81 don't understand" Allanby said
Really" retorted Betty, regret.
fully, Il hardly expected you would
You're an obtuse person"
Allanby was surprised that anyone
should think that
I'm not SO bad, Betty. I've done
as we'll as lots of the fellows"
Betty caught his hand, penitently.
You're the smartest man know"
she said. when l said you were OBJ
fuse | meant something else. | didn't
mean that l don't like you I didn't
mean that you weren't the best friend
I've got"
Say big brother and you'll hit it
nearer suggested Allanby, tenderly.
Betty dropped the hand. Il won't"
she responded quite snappishly.
Having spent moment or two in
trying to see the cause of her petu-
lance, Allanby fell back upon the first
point
After your father died and you
found you had no fortune, you say
you sold whatever you could and fur
nished this tea room
81 sold everything I had but my
trousseau. / had it all ready because
I was expecting to be married to Mr..
Stanhope."
"Stanhope should have looked out
for YOU" said Allanby, gazing with
disfavor on the tea room
HE had all he could do" retorted
Betty, ito look out for himself and
he knew it. Just as soon as he found
I wasn't an heiress, he discovered that
l didn't love him and offered to re-
lease me-"
He ought to be thrashed," NUT
tered Allanby. 81 wonder you didn't
get rid of the trousseau with the rest.
! shouldn't think you'd want to be
reminded Of him."
II kept it for two reasons" said
Betty. lone was to remind me never
to try to marry anyone but the man
l thoroughly know and love and
trust"
ut sounds as if you'd picked him
out" said Allanby, suspiciously.
what was the other reason?"
Betty looked demure. "Why, when
he asks me to marry him, l shall need
a trousseau, shan't II" she asked
What would be the use of getting
another together when l have this all
ready"
"Hm!" reflected Allanby. 1t was
disturbing to think of Betty in love-
Stanhope had never counted very
much, as he we'll knew. Who could
it be? He ran over what he knew of
Bettys acquaintance hurriedly in his
mind.
us it Stickney?" he asked after a
few moments, in a rather subdued
voice.
Betty crimsoned and looked for
moment as if she were going to cry.
She opened her mouth twice and
closed it again, and once she stamped
her foot After these demonstrations
Of disturbance, however, she regained
her composure.
ATTEND to your own affairs
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
Acute Heart Trouble.

"Yes, l remember him." said Alkali
Ike. He died very sudden"
Heart disease?" asked the Eastern
tourist.
WAL, now. I don't know as you
kin say it was the heart any more'n
the club, spade or diamond. Anyway,
he dealt himself four aces "-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01

Under the new law for buildings in
New York City the number of dark
rooms in tenements has been reduced
from 100000 to III Let there be
light" is the motto of the board of in
spection.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
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POULTRY RAISING PROFITS.

CSlonel Roessle once said, there
may not be any very large fortune
to be made in poultry raising, but
there is a handsome living for any
one who has the love for the pursuit,
the ability to raise and care for the
stock, and small capital to start
wish These three things must go
hand in hand; separated they can.
not bring success.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
FEED PRODUCTION PROBLEM.

FEED PhODUCllON PROBlEM.
How many farms are producing
forty bushels of corn to the acre
when they ought and might produce
sixty or more? How many fields are
yielding twenty-five to fifty per cent.
less oats than they would grow If
conditions were as they should be?
How much land is being wasted by
growing half as much hay or other
forage as could easily be produced
upon it? There are questions for
every farmer to first ask himself and
then seek the answer from the agri-
cultural department of his State col
lege, from the Department at Wash
ington, or from the most successful
farmers in the neighborho the
country or the State.
The perfection to which the various
breeds and breeding methods have
been brought in the past few years
is truly remarkable but we are face
to face in the East, the West, the
South and the North with the great
est problem of all, namely, how to
make the land produce enough feed
to make the most out of the animals
we are breeding. -Arthur G. Leonard,
in Indiana Farmer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01

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The Age of Thought
Bv DQUid L. ErOUn

HIS age of thought-and research.
is wonderful age-and wonderful people live In It,
Some people call it the "Utitarian Age" some the
Iron Age" the DOLLAR Age"there halfscore
might appropriately give it. all lifting equally
well as Joseph John will fit the struggling baby
boy brought the baptisma altar But prominently and
fundamentally it is of thought.
outbursts AGAINST the Insurance Scan
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01


unuer their names! numberless factories III
gross!
ilch aovers MlIets sao
he after time his rejected by the jury OF tine
any oHer and paint the smallest SO late as ao1o
his the Minister OF FINS
AL mat all And those same
"hch command fabulous nobody would puy
enrchng our c
ART patrons extend helping to geniuses?
art 1t doubtful most of them is Simply
enthusiasm no ell
Without master
the United States there hundred spurious
Does that THE Americans
to be humbugged"?
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
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being liver!
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the tariff the present time
Republican party
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-01

What
Gatherings
which vitality them?
against the principles of huge
trade but the evidences Of active thought
her
which light
is beamng?
solution
morehe mankind
acting to be according
thinking
of united Individuality
this very act of progress
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Trust?
Trust?
BY c. II. Eurnhdn1, Jr.

S there newspapers in regard 70 the VA
pense living interest to the genera
public to know that pound OF liver mas cost e ~
cents Brookine, Mass.
AS the gazeeers rate the town OF Brookihe, III VIZ,
live the wealthiest size in the world, perhaps
it follows that should be the most expensive pace "
live in Having recently sold seat the boston ooch
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

One of the shames of our boasted
civilization Is that We make those
least able bear the heaviest loads,
Hundreds of lives were sacrificed In
mine at Cherry. I'll. Neither the
mine owners nor coal users footed
the chief loss. Society threw this
overwhelming financial burden upon
those least able-the widows and or
phans, as IL their immeasurable sor'
row was not enough.
But the injustice does not stop
there. II out OF his meager wage, an
industrial worker seeks insurance tc
provide a pittanoe for his loved ones
he has TO pay several times the cost
OF ordinary life insurance. II you
want TO know how enormous the pro
fit was, remember that the greatest
profit makers among life insurance
companies are not those which insure
the well-to-do, but the two companies
whose speciality Is. industrial insur-
ance to which the workers pay 8,
10 and 25 cents a week.
Progress, though. Is the order OF
the day. Louis ID. Brandeis, lawyer
OF Boston, a real philanthropist, draft
ed and secured the passage of an In
dustrial Insurance law in Massachu-
sets. II mas been In operation one
year. II enables savings banks to In
sure people for small sums at small
advance over cost.
Not only has 1t done beneficent
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

Talk about conservation OF natural
resources. why. we've got to fight for
even preservation Of our bugs. A
syndicate Is harvesting the ladybugs
in the snow OF the Sierras. and the
bugs are going TO bring trust prices.
Doesni concern you. eh? Well. It's
because you don't know ladybugs
much. Yon only remember her as a
little red critter with black spots that
you used to hold in your childish palm
while you said:
Ladybug. ladybug. fly away home.
Your house Is on fire and your chill
dren will burn.
But out on the Pacific coast the
people who raise melons and cab
bages TO ship 10 you know the lady
bug well. and they don't want her TO
fy far away by good deal. Indeed.
at this time Of year people brave tho
awful cold OF the mountains to father
ladybugs. and they find millions and
millions 0f them crawling over each
other In the deep snow. So numerous
are the bugs that the heat OF their
bodies melts the snow.
IL comes about In this way:
The ladybug's favorite diet Is aphis.
II takes as much trouble TO find a
nice juicy aphi as you do to buy Il
sweet juicy melon or a hard-hearted
cabbage But maybe you don't know
the aphi The aphi, In his or her
commonest form. Is that green lousy
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
BUGSI

looking thing that you often And on
your rose bushes. II 10 the mich COW
OF the ants. The ants actually drive
the aphis to pasture. milk them reg
ularly. stable them and in other ways
tenderly care for them. Besides serv-
ing as dairy TO some colony OF ants
the only other fun the aphis have
seems to be In eating the tender
leaves OF young melon and cabbage
plants.
All. you begin to see where lady.
bugs come in In the line OF natural
resources, don't you?
Well, aphis can In short time
make $500 acre OF melon plants
look like 20 cents. They would make
hundreds OF gardens on the Pacific
coast worth about 20 cents an acre
IL 1t we're not for the ladybugs. A
ladybug will go miles to make .
record on eating aphis. Hence, peo-
pie are climbing miles up into the
Sierra SHOWS to get the ladybug. One
fellow. Supt. Ed. Carnes Of the Cali
fornia state insectary. has already got
box 2x3x5 feet filled ak inches deep
with ladybugs. They will be nursed.
petted and given In marriage. and,
later on. they and their children viii
be saving the melons and cabbagss
for us by destroying the aphis.
Nice little lesson in natural history.
isn't It.? -
But. what II some trust should cor
ner our bugs?
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
WAYS OF DOING THINGS

work in Massachusetts,, but II has re-
duced the cost of similar insurance
everywhere In the country. For 20
years before this savings bank indus
trial insurance idea was broached
there had been no reduction Of prem.
iums on Industrial policies. In the
three years since the savings bank
plan was started the industrial COM
panies have reduced their premiums
about 20 per cent. Golfers WEEKLY
estimates that In few years the an
nual savings to the working people Of
this country will be ten to fifteen
million dollars.
The Improvement has not stopped
there. Formerly. even at the higher
premiums, In case OF death within the
first six months, only one-quarter of
the face OF the policy was paid: In
case OF death In the second six
months, only one-half. The savings
bank policies secured full payment OF
the face Of the policy no matter how
soon death occurred. As result. tho
industrial companies now pay one
half instead of one-quarter, II death
occurs In the first six months. and
In full after six months. Formerly
the two leading companies gave no
cash surrender value until after the
policy had been In force 20 years:
now after 10 years.
This savings bank insurance Illus
trates what government can do to-
wards checking private rapacity.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

The superhuman wisdom of lawyers
the moment they get on the bench IL
a tradition OF our American life. Ono
can lambaste the lawyers all he
pleases. but as soon as they become
judges they are above criticism. This
Is as II should be.
The cmniscience OF our courts Is
shown by a recent decision OF the SUI
preme court Of virginia--and there Is
a story In II.
Years ago Mayor McCue. OF Char
lottesville murdered his wife. He was
tried and convicted and hanged. He
had In his prosperous days insured his
life. presumably for the benefit Of his
family rather than for any selfish pur-
pose. But when he was hanged, the
insurance companies. or some OF them.
resisted the payment OF the policies
on the ground that payment under
such circumstances would be an en-
couragement OF murder, and therefore
against public policy!
Now a mere man. with only human
wisdom. would have said Rats" The
mere man would have said that the
assured would be able to find some
more direct way OF getting the avails
OF his insurance into the hands OF the
people he loved and wished TO benefit.
than by numbering their mamma and
trusting TO the courts to hang him
for IL.
But the grave and reverend seniors
on the supreme bench OF Virginia
pierce through the fallacy OF the man
who remarks Rats" with q supreme
wisdom that commands our reverence
NO." say the court. ito let these
babies have this money-that has been
paid into the Golfers OF the insurance
company for their benefit-would In
duce crime. We can see In the awful
future saturnalia OF battle, murder
and sudden death II men whose lives
are insured fnd out that they can ge;
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
STATE POLITICS

II this is true, as doubtless Il is. there
is nothing In IL To Mr. Musselman's s
credit Ii would seem as though he
might now and then spare one OF his
many thousands of dollars TO help in
the struggle against institutions which
are so bad that Mr.. Musselman never
patronizes them.-Allegan Gazette.
Kalamazoo county supervisors were
Obliged To crowd six days work into
four TO avoid prolonging their session
beyond the legal limit and accomplish
ed the feat handily. The quick action
did not appeal to some OF the ''coun
ty dads" however, judging by the dis
satisfaction expressed.
DIR. Victor +. Huntley, the present
legislative representative for the Wex-
ford district is possible nominee for
state senator to succeed Fred {. Wet
more. who is retiring voluntarily
Port Huron Daily Times.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
Great Ho0xes of History
Speaking Explorer Cook Walnut Coored Faker
Cline Once Fooled London.

Until Copenhagen came to the
front, London was the one great town
that would fall" for anything In the
travelfaking line. When Geo. Psal-
manazar, with a walnut-tanned com.
plexion and a jumbled vocabulary Of
strange words. announced in 1704 that
he was native OF the then unknown
island OF Formosa, london fell all
over herself In its efforts to convert
the young barbarian" and to teach
him English. while he was trying his
best to conceal the fact that he had
talked English all his life.
Psalmanazar constructed a Formo-
san language and grammar and actu-
ally taught 1t to many students. He
talked his fake language freely, even
undergoing tests before scientific
bodies.
His Formosan text books formed the
basis OF European knowledge OF that
island until the hoax was exposed.
Psalmanazar's great stunt was In lee
turing before learned societies. but he
didn't make so much money on the
lecture platform as now lines the posk-
cts of foxy old Doc Cook:
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
From Another Point of View

Meantime the name Of the prison wenger
(ion. why doesn't he ~ 'o"0N
~ - De'A"'i
exforester
Land - 1 ~ "e "a"
in1horiy report ~ VI
Ballinger
OF the Interior the chief
whose
Chicago s supposed to have landlady
>ocA Who probtbiy doesn't believe in tps " "
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

Scared perhaps by some threat oi
the rum power. solicitous friend OF
Amos S. Musselman OF Grand Rapids
who would like TO be made governor
came forward with the declaration
that Mr.. Musselman has not con-
tributed a dollar 10 either the Prohibi
ton party or the Anti-saloon league
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
Thursday. January Is.
1910
The Omniscience (?) of Our Courts

|, their insurance money for their loved
ones by the simple process Of getting
themselves hanged. OF course = man
to do this would have TO love the beue-
nciary OF the policy very dearly. but
that's the very danger. Our people
love their children and wives very
dearly. Therefore they would revel In
murder fer their sakes. The lovingest
are the murderousest. It's clear that
these babies must go without the
money their father paid In for them.
Let II go to other babies whose fathers
have not been hanged. Decision for
the defendant"
whole Old Dominion benchfui OF DAM
iels!
Isn't II fine 10 think that the brains
Of our courts work along those linear
wouldn't you think-honestly. now
that the buffers had emptied the mush
into the skulls Of their honors that
morning. II you didn't know that such
an operation was physically so dim
cult?
And--oh. no! Don't tell us that It's
Jim Grow state court that did this
thing. The United States supreme
court decided the same sort OF case
the same way years ago. and II 10 still
the law Of that great tribunal.
II Is only fair to say that the Illinois
supreme court-made up OF elective
judges. and not gifted with the su-
preme wisdom of the federal courts,
recently gave the babies the funds
that had been bought for them. They
say that the other decisions border
closely upon the absurd"
Absurd? Heavens-they are either
abyssmally idiotic, or too wise for the