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F MCDONALD-SPARKS-STEWART Company 1 UNDERTAKERS, • EMBALFIERS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS GHISRMfiUGfI Camp la be loiestigated at Once. MANY BLACK CHARGES Must be Explained Away. Can It be Done? Washington, Sept. 2. —After persistent representations on the P*rt of the newspapers as io short comings in the depart ment of the Surgeon General •nd other departments, an in vestigation has been inaugurat- lt is not yet general in its na , as it will be when more . frets are brought to the attention °f the administration, but a istinet order has already been to Brig. Gen.H. V. Boyton, •» ' h' ainatiga to find what is 1 e basis cf complaint there and who is to blame. Acting Secretary of War Mei *'«]ohn said today: In view of the statement that . ;«*• been published about Camp oinas the Surgeon General ..*** requested that an investiga- Ofl be made and it has been Boynton has been. on ncti ng the investigation all •in’k #nd Mll ig completed it rv i ® f° rwar ded to the Socreta- W made public. _ n < R Wa “ ® Mur «d yesterday by official of the War Depart thal of the medical C»mp Thom., were s * h ’ lr i d “ J ' “ di, ‘ he I?**? or p.nu. .tn be im- courtmartial.” In the meantime Surgeon General Sternberg has submitted to Acting Secretary Meiklejohn this report showing the number of contract nurses in service or or erders for duty August 27, 1898. CHICAMAUGA WORST OF ALL Speaking of this investiga tion, Surgeon General Sternberg said today that there hrd been more sickness at Chicamauga than at any other camp. The investigation, therefore, under Gen. Boynton will be far reach ing, as natural surroundings at Chicamauga were such as were thought to be coducive to health. Notwithstanding the practice during the civil war of keeping men in one camp continuously only for about a week and then putting them together in num bers not to exceed a division, forty thousand men have been crowded together inChicamauga camp for nearly three months. The inquiry will proceed first upon the basis of why the pro test to Gen. Sternberg against such an unheard of disposition of troops for such a long term was heeded. ■The next stop in the investi gation will be the hygienic de tails of the camp. The question of sinks will first be taken up. It is now admitted that this has been the most prolific cause of all the sickness among the soldiers in the southern camps. It was known at the beginning that sinks of suitable depth could not be dug at Chicamauga owing to the uuderly rock being so near the surface. Thus, the camp has been over swept with fever breeding genps. This care of the soldiers seems to have entirely escaped the at tention o fGen. Sternberg. He with summing up the number of quinine pills he has sent to each place. He seems to have been entirely oblivious to the broad hygienic laws laid down for the proper sanitation of crowded camps. BASIS OF INVESTIGATION. The investigation, moreover, will rest upon specific and per fectly authenticated complaints. The percentage of fever cases will be compared with that of other camps, and the number Os nurses and doctors, and it not found to be sufficient the finding will be embodied in the report. For example, at Camp Thom as, where there were 60,000 troops, according to Gen. Stern berg’s statatement, there were only thirty eight- nurses. The doctors were in proportion. The complaints, therefore, from there have been so clear and pro nounced that it is thought the root of evil may be most quickly found, as far as volunteer camps are concerned. A CLEVER TRICK. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it, Anybody can try it who has Lame Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles.We mean he can cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, Acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures Constipation, Headache, Faint ing Spells, Sleeplessness and Melancholy. It is purely vegeta ble, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and.be con vinced that theyr are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed Only 50c a bottle at Curry Ar- Amateur—“ What do youthink of the artist Albino, who painted a spiderweb on the ceiling so na turally that a chambermaid spent the whole morning trying to sweep it away?” Critic—“ There may be such an artist, but I do not be» lieve in the existence of such a chambermaid. ” —Fliegende Blast-* ter. o o o Hon. J, Pope Brown and Capt tain J. A. Coffee of Pulaski, and Colonel R. A. Wilson of Wilcox, three of the most progressive far mers in the state, have concluded that it does not pay to pull fodder. Consequently, they will cut and shock their corn, and when it is cured, by means r-f a shredding machine, they will shred stalk, fodder and all and use for feed. Many farmers are - watching this experiment and if it proves a sue* cess the idea will be universally adopted in this section, *o o o Mrs. Myrick very truthfully says: After all, the army is more indebted to the woman of the country than to those whose busi ness it was to provide necessary equipments and supplies. . 000 Seven provinces in the Russain wheat belt have very small wheat crops and the prospect now is that American wheat will command a fair price. 000 “Sometimes,” said the young man who is becoming slightly cy nical, “it does seem that a dollar is the best friend a man can have,” “Yes, sir,” replied Senator Sorg hum; “and I have always contend • •d that it is a politician’s duty to make a* many friends as posible.” 000 Il is ruined I Stolid Farmer —“Aye man, an’ thee be sittin’ on my strawberies which will na improvs them, I’m thinking!”—Judy.’ 000 It is said that Editor Brann, of Iconoclast fame, bad an aoedident policy with a contingent life clause for $5,000, The company refuses to pay the widow on the ground that he deliberatelv contributed to the violent accident that caused hie death. 000 The United States ship Monon gahela, which has taken oat the cadets of the Naval Academy on many summer cruises, will prob ably not perform that service again. The old vessel, it is said, will be“housed over,” similar to the Santee, and used for a bar racks. The practice ship, to be named the Chesapeake, now budd ing at Bath, Me., will be ready by spring, in time for the cadets* summer cruidb. 000 “At Cave Springs a boy was born the other day with five fingers and one thumb on each band. Nature never makes any mistakes. When she decided to mate K insas tl.e banner corn State of tbe Union she had to provide addi tional husking facilitite ”—Kan sas City Journal. The above c!ipp ; ng ins to do with a fr<>ak in C ve Spring, Kan. and does not r--ti -ct on Cave Spring. Gu. t 000 Says the Cedartown Standard: A minister in a town not a thousand miles away, on a recent Sunday evening surprised his au dience by reading the following ann mneemeut from hie pu'pit. “Tbe regular session of the don key club will be held as usual at the close of this service. Members will line up just ou'side tbe church door, make remarks and stare at the ladies who pass, as is their custom. Any member known io escort a young lady to church like a man and -it with her like a CHEAP RATES. a 9 The Southern R’y operates 3 daily trains between Itotne and Chattanooga, by which parties can leave Rome in the morihug, spend the day in Chattanooga and return homo same evening. The schedule between these points is as follows. Leave Rome 1:00 a. m. arrive Qnattanooga 4:15 a. m.; leave Rome 10.35 arrive Chattanooga 1: 00 p. m.; leave Rome 6 :25 a. m. arrive Chattanooga 8 :50 p. m. There is also a local train leaving Rome going by the way of CohuMa and Cleveland and ar rives Chattanooga 7:20 p. m. Returning, trains leave Ohatta*. nooga 6 :30 a. in. arrive Rome 9: 00 a. m. ; leave Chattanooga 3 .10 p. in. arrive Rome 5:35 p. m.; leave Chattanooga 10:10 p. arrive Rome I:44'a. m. Pull man sleeping cars on all trains. For further information call on C. Harrison, C. T. A. SICK MEN GOING HOME. • Washington, Aug 29.—Ths sick at Camp Alger are being rapidly removed to their respective states. Forty-two sick men of the Mis souri regiments left today. Tomor row one hundred sick meu of the Sixty-fifth New York will home in a hospital train. I Beware of Imitations