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THE CHRONICLE. a dljioTiiatic m:n m'ai'kk Published WeeUj at ('muilcn, Tcnn. L'uterod at Camden m Becoud-ClaBg Mail Matter. TUAYIM UKOS., rubllsliers, Camden, Tenn. DlsuHf-flcd with the result of tho United Rtat(W crnaiia, Raleigh, N. C, took 0110 of Its own, and found only SI nioro pfuplo than the number re ported by the oflicial enumerator. Tho City of Detroit, Mich., tried standard time for just or.o week. Then tho ar.tuto common council voted to abandon it and returned to local time, regardless of railroad timetables. Frank Leverett of the United States geological survey has been in tho neighborhood of Ann Arbor, Mich., for about six months making a study of surface geography for the government, lie finds that tho site of Ypsilanti was at ono timo tho bottom of a lake, which wa3 connected with Lakes Huron and Erie. The prosperous condition of Nebras ka is shown by the state treas urer's latest report. Four years ago there was $7,000,000 due the state on back taxes; now there is only $3,000, 000 due, and this is mostly from peoplo who left tho state during the hard time3. In the last two years the float ing indebtedness ha3 been reduced by nearly $2,000,000. The rich copper deposits of Alaska are beginning to bo developed, the first shipment from the Vv'hite llorso belt having been recently dispatched to Tacoma. This belt, which traverses a tributary of the Yukon, is 25 miles long and four miles wide. There is from 25 to 75 percent of copper in the ore, and each ton carries from $G to $10 worth of gold. Gifts and bequests for public pur poses are an item of increasing value In the account of American progress. During last year they aggregated $62,4C1,304, of which nearly $35,000,000, or considerably more than one-half, went to universities, colleges and other educational institutions. Of the re maining $27,000,000 a little more thana half went to charities, while nearly $9,000,000 went to churches. The re mainder of $5,000,000 was divided about evenly among museums, art gal leries and libraries. Andrew Carnegie was the largest public giver of the year, his benefactions footing up $4,225,000, of which all but $625,000 went to Pitsburgh's institute anil li brary. The next largest public bene factors were Samuel Cupples aad R. A. Brookings of St Louis, who gave $5,000,000 to Washington university. But the list-of these public givers cf millions Includes less than 20 names, and is quite short when the number of our multi-millionaires is considered. All the wonders of this age are not found in the inventions that annihi late time and space, create conven iences and luxuries, soothe suffering, protect health and prolong life. The chemist is achieving things as remark able in their way, although not al ways so desirable, as the inventions of the electnicvm and the machinist. What would our ancestors have thought, for instance, of the chemists' imitation of many common articles of food? Our ancestors used to eat real honey; we consume a substitute made of glucose, corn and sulphuric acid. Our olive oil is often cottonseed oil; our butter and lard beef fat; our coffee peas, beans and molasses; our pepper charcoal, red clay and ground cocoa rut shell. Even the milk we drink is sometimes under suspicion.- A fluid closely resembling it can be made of caustic soda, saleratus, salt and water. Our forefathers of 1S01 certainly had an advantage over U3 here. The chem ists were not in league against them. But, on the other hand, we are vastly more in debt to the chemist than our ancestors for the remedies which bring hope to the sickroom. The modern pharmacopoeia is a monument to hi3 industry and ingenuity. Physicians of a hundred years ago would marvel at the resources of the physician of the present day. LIST OF CONCESSIONS To 1)2 Demanded of ih Cubans By tho United Slates. COMMITTEE DISCUSSES MATTER Naval Stations, Control of For eign Affairs, Sanitation and Ante-War Debt Arc Items. A Washington special Bays: Tho senato committee on relations with Cuba met Saturday to consider a pro posed amendment t tho army appro priation bill providing for tho dispo sition of Cuban affaire. The propo sition was prepared by tho Republican members of the committee and is said to bo satisfactory to most of them. The proposed amendment recites the so-called Teller amendment to the Spanish war resolution and then srives the president authority to withdraw troops from Cuba when, in his judg ment, the provisions of tho Teller amendment are realized. The prositiona embodied in the pro posed amendment include tho follow ing points: That the United States shall have supervision of all treaties ith foreign couutries made by tho republio of Cuba. That Cuba shall not undertake to pay tho debt incurred by Spain in the war with Cuba prior to or after the intervention of the United States. That Cuba shall aprree either to lease or to sell to the United States such coaling or naval stations as in the opinion of the president of the United States may be necessary to the protec tion of the interests of this country. That tho United Slates shall have sufficient supervision of the laws of Cuba relating to sanitation to protect this country from epidemics liable to originate there. The idea is that these provisions shall be included in a treaty to bo mado with Cuba, but that they need not be a part of the constitution. It is understood that tbe draft of the amendment containing these provis ions was submitted to the president and the secretary of war, and that they expressed themselves as being in fav or of their wording. The minority members of tho com tee expressed themselves williDg to come to an understanding upon these general lines. Indeed, some of the most important suggestions were made by the minority, Senator Butler, of North Carolina, being one of the fore most movers in the matter. They in sist, however, upon many verbal amendments, thus evincing a determi nation to aid in giving form to the provision as well as suggesting its gen eral tenor. When the committee adjourned there were still important differences to be reconciled, and the members separated with the understanding that another meeting would be held on Monday. Members on both sides of the com mittee expressed the hope that an agreement would be reached, but all said that the proceedings had not gone far enough to render it certain that the result would be attained. Ono prominent point to which the committee is giving special attention, although that point may not be em phasized or even mentioned in the proposed amendment, is the relation of Cuba to the Isle of Pines. There is some disposition among the Cubans to hold on to that island so near their shores, while there is apparently no disposition on the part of the United States to release that possession, on the ground that the island was ac quired as a result of the Spanish war. QUESTION OF DOUBLE PAY. Charge Made by Bailey Are to Be In vestigated By a Committee. The house Saturday adopted a reso lution to investigate the pay of its empleyees as a result of the condition of affairs ascertained during the re cent debate on the deficiency bill, and the speaker appointed a committee consisting of Mr. Moody, of Massa chusetts; Mr. Overstreet, of Indiana; Mr, Long, of Kansas; Mr. Bailey, of Texas, and Mr. Newlands, of Nevada, to make the investigation. THOUSANDS DRAWN OUT. False Humors Causa Heavy Ban On a Staunch Pennsyl van la Bank. False and unfounded rumors caused a run on the German National bank of Allegheny.Pa., Tuesday, during which $180,000 was paid out to frightened depositors. The excitement at one time was intense, causing almost a panio and giving the police all they could do to prevent an outbreak. Tho bank is a state and national bank, and one of the most reliable in the city. It is thoroughly trusted by the business men of Allegheny, and Cashier Helm said that every demand would be met promptly. BODIES UKIrT WITH TIDE Victims of Ma Wreck Buffeted About By Angry Waves at (JoIJen (late. A San Fraucinco special hays: Kain and fog hung like a pall over tho ocean and during Friday night a rainstorm of unusual proportions visited tho vieinity making tho work of marchers for tho P.io's dead very difficult. Bodies wero frequently seen flouting in and out of tho harbor, but tho roughness of tho water partly hinder ed tho work of recovery, It is pos sil'lo that somo of tho survivor may havo been washed up on the shore at obscure points. Homo lishernieu early Friday morn ing found a packet containing tho pa pers of Purser liooney. Among them wan tho passenger list and a bunch of cancelled passenger tickets and there were names on the lint whoso canceled passenger tickets did not ap pear among thoso recovered, it is assumed that they laid over either at Yokohama, Kobe or Honolulu. That they wero not on tho vessel at the time bhe went down is certain. Up to a late hour Friday night only eleven bodies had been recovered, six whites, four Chinese and one Japan ese. Surveyor of the Port Spear has es tablished a patrol along the ocean near Baker's Beach and along bay shore in side Fort Toint. Thus far hi1 men have picked up four mail bags, one of them washing near Baker's and the others near the Fort Toiut life saving stations. Tho surveyor has given or ders that all tho fishing boats must report at the customs office. All bodies brought in by them and all wreckage and floatsara picked up by fishermen must be accounted for to the officials ut tho bargo office. In this way it is thought that tho looting of mail bags and trunks may bo stop ped. Among other effects picked up by fishermen was the box containing Captain "Ward's papers. The police have established a patrol outside the beach sou'h of Fort Winfield Scott. The value of the caigo of tho liio de Janeiro has not been determined, owing to the absenco of important pa pers, but it is variously estimated at from $300,000 to $000,000. Among some papers found floating near the scene of the disaster was a copy of tho manifest, showing all the consignees with the exception of the Chinese firms. The cargo consisted principally of silk, tea, rice and other oriental products. There was no treasure aboard as was at first reported. Of the 200 sacks of mail carried by the Rio de Janeiro only twelve have so far come to the surface. The wreck of the Bio, which for a while hung on a pinnacle of the rock where she struck in the Golden Gate, so that parts of the upper works wero visible, has slid off into deep water and is now entirely out of sight. Pilot Captain Jordan has been a master mariner on the Pacific coast for over twenty years and declares the loss of the Bteamer could not have been foreseen. According to his story, the vessel drifted half a mile broad side in the fog that enveloped the home bound steamer like a pall and no man could have judged either the direction or the velocity of the invisi ble current that changed her course and sent her on the Port Point rock. A PAH LI A M ETA II Y MOVE. Senator Morgan Gets Canal Bill Before The Senate For a Short Time. During Saturday's session of the senate, by a skillful parliamentary move, Senator Morgan forced the Nic arauga canal bill to the front after that measure had been asleep for many weeks. By a close reading of the pro ceedings Friday, Mr. Morgan discov ered that the oleomargarine bill had lost its position as the unfinished bus iness of the senate, and with the calen dar thus cleared the Nicarauga canal bill regained the status it held over two months ago as the unfinished bus iness of the senate. Mr. Morgan's discovery created something of a sensation, and this was heightened when the presiding officer sustained his position and laid tho canal bill before tho senate. Mr. Mor gan's fiuccess was short-lived, however, i as the fortification bill was taken up, thus displacing the canal Jbill, which, with the oleomargarine bill and ship ping bill, takes its place on the calen dar. The day was given to the forti fication and the army appropriation bills, the former being passed. CAIttEMIE STILL GIVING. To Endow Libraries at Marion, lad., and Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Mayor Fiske, of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Las received a letter from Andrew Car negie in which he offers to give to tho city $35,000 for a public library on condition that the common council se cure proper site and sets aside $3,500 annually towards tho support of tho library. . Mr. Carnegie has notified the Ma rion, Ind., school board that he would give $50,000 toward a $100,000 public library building to be built there, if the city would provide $5,000 per year for its support. Photography In th Ctomich. Doctors have micceeded In taking frhotoKrunhu of the mucous cu-mbrano of the btomaeh in the living gubject. A ttomach tube, lilxty ux ceriUm tera long, with a diameter of cloven milli meters, Ih Introduced, having at tint lower etui an eh-rtrlc lamp and at tho upper end a camera. The stomach is first emptied and washed, and then distended with air. Then fifty pictures can ba taken in rapid succession in from ten to fifteen minutes, lly turn ing tho apparatus on its own axis nil parts of the mucoua membrane can be pictured. -Tho photographs are about tho sizo of a cherry stone, but, of course, they ran bo enlarged to any txtent. Practical Drucgist. Letters Proving Positively ' that there is No Medicine for Woman's Ills Equal to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1111 . t" IP : A WW f . VK.V - . ' i f-V: v i r I V-v. (ALL LETTERS ARK PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL FEEMISSION.) 4 1 cannot say enough n regard to Lydia E. rinkham's Vegetable Compound. It has done mo more good then all the doctors. I have been troubled with female weakness in its worst form for about ten years. I had leuei;rhoea and was so weak that I could not do my housework. I also had falling of the womb and inflammation of the womb and ovaries, and at menstrual periods I suffered terribly. At times my back would ache very hard. I could not lift anything or do any heavy work ; was not able tc stand on my feet long at a time. My husband spent hundreds of dollars Vth doctors but they did me no good. My husband's sister wrote what the Vege table Compound had done for her, and wanted me to try it, but I did not then think it would do me any good. After a time, I concluded to try it, and I can truly say it does all that is claimed for it. Ten bottles of the Vegetable Cora and seven packages of Sanative Wash have made a new woman of me, I h'i -had no womb trouble sinco taking the fifth bottle. I weigh more than I hffve in years ; can do all my own housework, sleep well, have a pood appetite, and now feel that life is worth living. I owe all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Xeg etable Compound. I feel that it has saved my life and would not be with out it for anything. I am always glad to recommend it to all my sex, for 1 know if they will follow Mrs. Pinkham's directions, they will be cured." Gratefully yours, Mrs. Annie Thompson, South Hot Springs, Ark. CHANQE OF LIFE. "Iwas taken sick five years ago with 4 The Grippe,' and had a relapse and was given up by the doctor and my friends. Change of Life began to work on me. I flowed very badly until a year ago, then my stomach and lungs got so bad, I suffered terribly ; the blood went up in my lungs and stomach, and I vomited it up. I could not eat scarcely anything. I cannot tell what I suffered with my head. My hus band got me a bottle of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, and before I had taken half of it I began to im prove, and to-day I am another woman. Mrs. Pinkham's medicine has saved my life. I cannot praise it enough." M. A. Denson, Millport, N.Y. $5000 JIUWARD. We hare depositee: with the National City Bank of Lynn, $5000, which -will he pr.id to any person who can find that the above testimonial letters are not genuine, or were published before obtaining the writer's special per mission. LYDIA E. PLKUAM MEDICINE CO. P" '' rr-irrTinn '"'JilJ 1 1 ' '"" No crop can be grown without Pntacfi' feLfc A cnourh Pot. yft'J ash your AXBII profits will be v v V large; wimout $3 Potash 'our croP w ke V "scrubby." Our books, telling about composition of fertnUer test adapted lor all crops, axe free to all farmers. GERMAM KALI WORKS, Nassaa Si.. New Yarlc. r V'-rsaW-'V JIVT MICH MAN. "Oh, no; tho's not at all what yo would call n really feminism wo:: ' Khe affects masculine waya." ' j "How?" "Well, for Instance, yesterday I rawi her givo a street car conductor. ;i nickel" when sho had flvo pontic la hir! puree." Chicago 1'obL. nunnr.q favoiuti: fiction. "What is your htubrnul's ffvoritef Action?" asked the inquisitive i iYon, "I can hardly say ut a moment'! notice," said tho patient wife, "wbeih- rr ho pref.-rs tho sick friend story orf tho detained at tho ofluo on lu..in -3 i narrative." Indianapolis Prev.d. I PROFUSE PERIODS. " I commenced taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound about 3 months firm nnd ;. t-i ti -f express tho won- S h V derful good it has V X1 done me. Men struations were so profuse as to leave liu&tl ' 'J?r me very weak for ig0 wjme urnu aner. Was also troubled with leucorrhoea, tired feeling, bearing down sensation, pain across the back and tlughs. I felt a3 though there was a heavy weight in my stomach all tho time. I have taken two bottles of the medi cine, and now have better health W.iaa I have had for four years." -Mks. Lizzie Dickson Hodge, Avalon, Ohio. A FEEBLE IMITATION. "Bodkin3 isn't a genuine 6ocJety; man." , "Why not?" "He takes cold every time he wears hl3 dres3 suit." Chicago Record. Have you ever experienced tho joyful sensation of a good appetite? You wiilif ' you chew Adams' Pepsin Tutti Frutti. Many Deaf Mates In Germany. T)eaf mutes are on the increase in Germany There are no fewor than 6.-ir3 jxrams l"nsU- tuiions where deaf mutes are eie'l.t y in. eiructed. Sweat :ind fruit acids will not discolor goods dypd with Tutsam Fadeless Dyes fcold by all druggists. - i Oontly Improvement. The extraordinary sum of $030noo.O((0 is hne expended by th popieof New York for puUlo liui:ru eineula. - irp.M msjow s . ootbin- ,-rrop Jor children eti,in-, soften a 1WKnms, reduce, inrtamma Uon,aUays pam. mes wind colic. & LctUe. Crab Orchard Water is used ana recommended by physic! til over ids woria as one of the mwt lelmbi iKes i and purgatWee. It is tUre i its aciu, and h!i Wuii Jerlul curatlte properties. V-7 is . - I AT - A ..." . -, . 4 ."?V