The Camden chronicle., June 07, 1901, Image 2

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TILE CHRONICLE.
A DKMUCIUTIC MlUhl'ArTTn
Publlshcul Wccllj at ('niiiucri, Tenn.
llntcrcJ at CuuiJeu us Becoml-Class
Mail Matter.
TUAV1 BKOS rubllslcrH,
Camden, Trim.
Clan uee I.lackay lias ordered In
Paris a $17,000 automobile "to beat
any tblng In America." American In
ventors and manufacturers may have
souk thing to ray about this.
It Is a fad of disagreeable signifi
cance that one out of every 000 peonlo
living in New York a tale is an Inruato
of either a private or public hospital
for the insane. We seem to be living
in a too cerebral age.
WHERE LOVE 13 LORD.
I t;ih the fclory from the k)!
I tiike tin- t' llor li'uui the sea;
1 t.ike tin' 1 1 :i I' I ii of life 1UVM.V
I "or limn- who walk willi Lie.
I Mot the printing iu the boo!;
Jtcfiiii' their c)Ts one word 1 1 ;i 11
tlulite
And iii their earn the lip of men
Shall heeiii to form one tmnie.
Vet will they follow me, although
Killtll Hluikes beneath, lietiv'll flame
nlioe!
('iii-eh'sM if lift- or death they wall;
Who are the hlaves of I.ove.
I lippineott'H.
THE PASSING J
OF
UNCLE BILLY. J
Tho ornithologists of Great Britain
and America have Just finished a
spirited discussion which has lasted
for more than a year as to which la
the largest bird that flies. The prize
has been awarded to an American
bird, the great condor of the Andes.
The second prize has been given to
the fierce harpy eagle of the Philippines.
During last year the deaths of 299
members of the Society of Friends
were reported in Great Britain and
Ireland. A table compiled from the re
turns shows that the mortality among
children was very small when com
pared with the death-rate statistics
of the general population. Only 14 of
the 299 deaths reported were of chil
dren under five years. There were 10
deaths cf Quakers over 90 years old,
Including two over 100 years.
Pennsylvania Is a wonderful state.
Its manufacturing Interests are diver
sified and cover every article of hu
man consumption from the raw to the
manufactured. In this state, power
and transmission reaches over 1G00
good, live, wide-awake, growing con
cerns of a rating, according to the bost
commercial agencies of $25,000 or
over. They are all users of machin
ery, and the constant orders for sup
plies must be something marvelous.
Did you ever stop to think that In
Pennsylvania there are nearly as
many factories as are contained in
that part of the United States lying
west of the Mississippi river?
' There is still a queen in England.
Alexandra, the queen consort, so long
known as the Princess of Wales, is
possessed of an exceptionally good
measure of that gracious quality
known as "the wisdom of the heart,"
and there is no doubt that her popu
larity will be only little less great
the world over than was that of her
Illustrious predecessor. The influence
of the reigning sovereign in Great
Britain must, generally speaking, be
exerted indirectly that is to say, it is
a social rather than a political force.
King Edward's winning and ingratia
ting consort is splendidly endowed for
the position of a royal helpmate.
The peppermint-oil crop was the
leading feature In some neighbor
hoods .of central New York a few
years ago, and brought more money
into the hands of the farmers than did
the apple crop. But now the pepper
mint crop is mostly a thing of the
past in that section, and the mint
etllls are kept in operation bv the
crop of a few acres near them. The
beet-sugar crop has driven the mint
crop westward, for the farmers find
It more profitable to raise sugar beets.
Ten years ago every community in
central New York had a resident who
was getting rich by stilling mint, but
these same mills are now falling Into
disuse.
Cutting a slice out. of Western
Florida to be annexed to Alabama, in
order that the heavy exporters of the
latter state may more readily control
their shipments of timber, coal and
iron through the fine port of Pensaco
la, is a fascinating project of commer
cialism which is r.ow engaging the at
tention of influential citizens along the
Eastern Gulf coast. The two state
legislatures must agree, and congress
n:ust thereafter consent conditions
vhich thus far have proved insuper
able obstacles to the consummation of
the scheme. But business, which high
authority has declared to be "stronger
than law." may be also stronger than
The man who had been reading the
home paper heaved a gentle sigh.
"Poor Uncle Billy!" he explained.
"What's tho matter?" asked his
friend. "Something happened to one
of your relations?"
"No, he wasn't exactly a relation of
mine not exclusively. He was 'Uncle
Billy' to everybody. Wherever he has
gone, he will be 'Uncle Billy' still. I
can remember him ever since I was
knee high to a toad, and in all that
time he never changed a wrinkle of
his old face. He got old 40 years ago,
I think, and then time overlooked him
and death never found It out until now.
The paper mentions the 'Death Angel,'
also 'it Is with unfeigned regret that
they chronicle.' The funeral will be
held In the First Baptist church, which
makes me wonder whether the church
es drew straws for him, for nobody
ever suspected him of any church
affiliations in my time.
"He was a pagan one of the unre
generate, a tobacco-chewing, rough
talking, big-hearted old reprobate, who
never smiled, but let his eyes smile for
him while tho rest of his features were
composed in imperturbable gravity,
and who was liked by everybody else
he would never have been 'Uncle Billy.'
He kept the one general store in the
little village when I was a boy. He had
a young man named Abner to help
him, and Abner did practically all the
business. 'Uncle Billy' never seemed
to care much how things went, devot
ing himself chiefly to checkers. Some
times he would fumble round among
the shelves for his customers and
serve them, and quite as often he
would tell them to go around and see
if they could find what they wanted
themselves. That wouldn't work
everywhere, but we were a primitive
people then and well content to be so.
We said 'I have saw him when we
didn't say 'I seen him.' and we felt an
honest scorn for those finicky folks
who were more correct in their lan
guage. We were always square with
'Uncle Billy,' we never took advantage
of his unbusinesslike ways and we ap
predated the freedom he allowed us.
"And now the'old fellow is dead!
"A fellow named Llsh Jewett, I re
member, played a great trick on 'Uncle
Billy' one time. He was the village
cut-up and addicted to didoes anyway
'Uncle Billy' aimed to keep most
everything in stock, but he didn't keep
very good run of it, and every once in
a while he would get out of something.
Lish found out that he was short on
soda only had about half a pound of
it, and what does he do but go around
and tell everybody to ask for soda,
"The people were all willing to do it.
We had only too little to vary the
mototony of existence in that little
town, and so old and young and rich
and noor flocked into 'Uncle Billy's'
store and called for soda. The old
man was generally pretty quick catch
ing on. but somehow he didn't tumble
In this instance, although he was cer
tainly suspicious. When 'Doc' Peter
son came in toward evening and asked
for two pounds of soda 'Uncle Billy' be
trayed his curiosity.
"'What be you wantin' sody for,
Doc?' he asked.
"'Why, says 'Doc,' 'what would I
want it for to grease my boots?
What does anybody want with soda?'
"'Well,' says 'Uncle Billy,' 'I reck
oned that mebbe you had diskivered
some sort o' use for it out o' the com
mon. Everybody in town has gone
sody mad, seems like. I've sent to
Saint Joe for a boatload to meet the
dee-mand. It's mighty cur'ous how
they'll get a run on suthln all at once
here. I don't reckon a can o' Califcrny
peaches'd do you jest as well, would
they? I've got in some mighty fine
peaches.'
"He hadn't ordered a boatload, but
he did lay in a big supply of It, and of
course just as soon as he got it the
demand fell off. 'Uncle Billy' couldn't
figure out how that happened. For
two or three weeks everybody that
came into the store would be asked
how they were off for soda, and it
seemed that everybody had all they
wanted at homo.
"At last Jewett thought he would
put up a job on the pastor of the
Methodist church.
"The pastor's name was Dolby and
he was a good sort of a man, only he
hadn't get his edge worn off, being
youns .nd not long cut of the semin
ar. lb1 va.i a oolite as lh prover
blfil bnk t of chips and ho talked as
If h were reading out of a particularly
correct book. IJ-;h Haw him coining
down the road In bin b'.iju'y and balled
Mm and asked him If ho wouldn't tnj
at 'L'nc le 1 i 1 1 v ' a and c t him a pound
of Hoda. lie had jutt come from the
Ktoro himself and knew how the old
man was feellnt' on the ntblect.
"'I will do no wi:h pleasure, Mr
Jewett,' siiiid the junior. 'If there In
any other little commission with
which you desire to Intrust me do not
hesitate to mention It. I shall be most
pleased to execute it.'
" 'That's all, thanky, Mr. Dolby,' pays
Llsh. I 11 be obleeged to you.
"So the pastor clucked to his horse
and JoKK'd on to the store, where he
found the old man just in the act of
filling his face with tobacco.
"'Howdy, passon.' he Raid as soon
as ho had got hla oubl Into his cheek
'How do you do. Mr. Stoval.' savs
the pastor. 'I hope you are in good
health."
" 'Oh, tol'able. tol'ablc,' Bays 'Uncle
Billy.'
'Have you got any soda. Mr.
Stoval?' says the pastor.
'Sody!' says 'Uncle Billy.' 'Sody!
Sody did you say? Why, dog my cats,
rve got sody enough ter raise the
northeast corner of hades!'
"A.iother time. I remember. Clem
Burr came down to visit his Bister.
Clem was a conductor on some rail
road, and we had a great deal of re
Bpect for railroads in our town, the
nearest one being about 35 miles away,
and there was a general idea that the
conductors owned the railroads. Add
to this that our common wear was
butternut and hickory, as to our trous
crs and shirts, and you can imagine
the swath that Clem cut when he came
back after an absence of 15 years
dressed in a new blue uniform with
brass buttons and habitually wearing
clean white shirts and collars and
boots that were polished every day.
"He wasn't puffed up with his great
ness by any means, but you know how
it is. Some of the folks somehow got
the idea that he was proud just be
cause he wore good clothes. They
couldn't forgive his buttons, cither.
'Uncle Billy' seemed to think that he
was 'puttin' on dog' and he wasn't
what you would call exactly cordial
with Clem hadn't anything against
him, but having known him as a little
frecklefaced. barelegged kid, with one
suspender and a perennial sore toe,
he took his little refinements of dress
and speech as a sort of Insult to the
community.
"One evening Clem's sister asked
him if he wouldn't go to the store and
get some onions, and so Clem came
into 'Uncle Billy's. I was there that
evening with the rest of them, watch-
ine the eame of checkers that the
old man was playing with Tom Pardee
from Tarkio. It was a great game,
and as many as a dozen were watching
it with absorbed interest. Clem stood
a while and watched it. too, although
he wasn't interested. Nobody had
taken any notice of him when he came
in except to look up for an instant, and
'Uncle Billv didn't even do that. At
last Clem plucked up courage and
said: 'Have you got any onions, Uncle
Billy?'
' 'Uncle Billy studied the board and
stroked his whiskers, and then jumped
three men and crowned his own, to the
Tarkio player's intense mortification
After he had done that he says
'What's that, Clem?'
"'Have you got any onions?'
" 'N-huh. It's your move. Tom.'
"Clem went out kind of wondering
how it came that produce had fallen
off to that extent and 'Uncle Billy
made his next move. Not until the
game was finished and the pieces
placed for the next one did the old
man look up. Then he shifted back
his chair a little and said, dryly: 'I
wonder if that blamed fool didn't mean
'inguns.'
"And now the poor old man is dead
I wish I had known it in time. I be
lieve I'd have run down and attended
the funeral." Chicago Record.
( A MARKi:i MAW.
Jusr:irVhy do you consider Fxnd-
roeka no especially lucky?
Jurnnurpe Why, all bin friend si bad
gono back on him before he had suc
ceeded, and bo was tilde to begin llfo
with a clean tilate. Life.
1'aasliiir of Yrlloti iIiiiik l'nrk.
It U fiid tliftt tho L'fViMTH ft'tiirh Lave utAiTn
tbin iwirk f.Lt....iid itrft it. 1. 1 mi 1! v flii.'liiiiiti.
This briiu;H to mind tho fact, tliut decline in
liio law or Uin vn'iM. JlivJtli U tlif) iiinht pre
cious jiowM'Hhioii in tho world, mid too great
rare cannot bo civtn to it. In the fpriiiK, you
tdiould renew your Mrcnpttli, r viuiluo your
Mood nnd Iirrvcn with the bent lif nil medi
cine, lhmtettcr'i Stomach Hitter. It ftlno
cures stomach du.ordern. Try It.
Merchandise was first admitted to the
nuili in lHod.
tho only euccenfcful l)mpnr KpcciuliHU in tho
world. KflO their liberal offer in ndviTtixemcnt
in anouii-r column or una paper.
lY'onlc with hot temnera mav nomrtimea
tive rather cool treatment. i
VVj'ei RepreienteJ in 1h f.layf'ower.
There ii a conmvtlru link t.eUveefi
Vnith Wale nnd the l'llrlm Fathers.
One of their number vn a young muu
named William Bradford, a weaver.
Ho was one of tho family of Bradford,
of IJcttwB, near Bridgend, 11c wan a -.
rjulft, studious! young man, who by hi J
reading Improved lilmr.clf greatly.
During their first winter at New
Plymouth their governor died end they .
cdected Bradford In his ttead. -Cardiff 7
Western Mail.
TOO I1U.-JY.
Tho man who thinks he knows It all
perhaps Is wondrous wise,
But never benefits mankind, no matter
how he tries.
He leaves hla fellow men to stray, aa
unenlightened elf.
Hla time's all taken up with ad m Ira- h
tlon of himself. I
Washington Star. '
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A Noted Boston Woman Describes
its Symptoms and Terrors. Two
Severe Cases Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Secreting Money.
An Englishman at home carries hla
monev in his right hand trousers pock
ets, gold, fdlver and coppers all mixed
un together.
The American usually carries his
wad of bills In a pocketbook, the long,
narrow ones in which the bills lie
straight being the most characteristic.
The Frenchman uses a plain leather
purse.
The German prefers an embroidered
and beaded silk affair, the gift of some
Gretchen.
The South American capitalist car
ries his money snugly in a money belt.
The Italian of the poorer classes ti?3
his small fortune In a brightly col
ored bandanna, which he secretes
about hi?, person in some mysterious
manner.
The Russian feels more secure when
he has his money tucked away in his
hoots or perhaps in the lining of his
clothes.
Wvndham Spencer Portal, who wa-s
recently created a baronet, is the head
of a family which since 1724 has en
joyed the exclusive privilege of mak
ing bank note paper for the Bank of
England.
hTF"ADELr: WILLI AMQN36r
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T am so norvmis! no one ever suffered as I do! There
isn't a well inch in my body. I honestly believe my lungs
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are diseased, my chest pains me so, Dut l nave no uougu. x
am so weak at my stomach, and have indigestion terribly, and
palpitation of the heart; am losing flesh; and this headache
ana oacKacne neariy tuna mv, uuu jcac-ciuaj jl vw..
down all the time, with pains in my groins and thighs I
can't sleep, walk, or sit, and blue oh goodness ! I am simply
the most miserable of women."
This is a most vivid description of a woman sutiering witn
nervous prostration, caused by inflammation or some other
diseased condition oi tne womo.
No woman should allow herself to reach such a perfection
misprv when there is no need of it. Read about Miss
Williamson's case and how she was cured.
Two EZxtf Gases of Nervous Prostration ourca.
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham ; I
was suffering such tortures
from nervous prostration that
life was a burden. I could
not sleep at all, and was too
weak to walk across tne lloor.
My heart was affected so that
often I could not lie down at
all without almost suffocating.
took Lvdia E. Fmkhams
Vegetable Compound and it
worked like magic. I feel that
your medicine has been of in
estimable benelit to me.
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MlKH AriKI.E WILLIAM30X.
15)6 N. Boulevard, Atlanta. Ga.
" I had nervous prostration t
terribly, caused by female
weakness. I suffered every
thing; was unable to eat,
sleep, or work. After a while
I was induced to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and I really began to
improve on taking the first -bottle.
I continued to take
the medicine, and am now
better in every way, and feel
like a different person. I am
simply a well woman."
Mrs. Della Keiper,
Manenville, la,
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