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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1874-08-27

silence. Are you compelled to listen to
the frivolous conversation Of a fop? You
signify your opinion-o of him by a contemp.
'tous silence. Again, how much domestic
strife might have been prevented, how
often might the quarrel which By mutual
aggravation, has perhaps, terminated in
bloodshcd, had it been checked in the
commencement by judicious silence
Those persons only, who have experienced
them, are aware of the beneficial effects
Of that forbearance, which to che exasper-
ating threat, the malicious sneer, or the
unjustly imputed culpability, shall never
answer word. A soft answer turneth
away wrath, but sometimes erring human
ity cannot give this soft answer in mo-
ments Of irritation; in such cases, there
stands the fortress Of silence, with doors
wide open, as refuge for the tired spirit
until calmer moments come Think of this
seriously, you who glory in having the
last word.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1874-08-27

BAzAINE's EscApE.-Lomdon, August
12.-The following interesting particulars
of the escape of Marshal Bazaine from
his prison on the Isle of St. Maguerite
have been received: The apartments oc-
cupied by Marshal Bazaine opened upon
terrace which was built upon . lofty
and preoipitous cliff overhanging the sea.
A sentry was posted on the terrace, with
orders to watch the prisoners every move
ment. On Sunday evening the marshal
walked upon the terrace with Col. Villete,
his aide-de-camp. At ten o'clock he
retired as usual, pparently to sleep, but
before daybreak he had effected his es.
cape. He must have crossed the terrace
in the dead Of night, and eluding the SEN
tinel gained the edge Of the precipice.-
Thence by means of a knotted rope he
descended to the sea. Ho evidently slip
ped during the descent and lacerated
his hands, and the rope was found STAIN
ed with blood in several places. Under
the cliff, in hired boat in which were
Bazaine's wife and cousin, he was re-
ceived as he reached the water, aud
Madame la Marechale, taking the oars
helself rowed directly to strange steam
er which had been lying off the island
since the previous evening. They reached
the vessel in safety, were taken on
board, and the steamer put to sea. Il is
thought that they have lauded at Genoa,
as the steamer proceeded in that direc-
ton. The FIRST news Of the affair came
to Crosse, the nearest place on the coast,
and the magistrates Of the town immedi-
ately sent officers in every direction to
search for the fugitives. There was a
commotion in Marseilles when the facts
became known, and an investigation was
Immediately ordered. Col. Villete, who
was walking with the Marshal on the
evening of his escape, was discovered
there and imprisoned. The command
ant Of Fort 81. Maguerite was placed
under arrest, and Gen. LEVEL has gone
to the island to investigate the affair.
PARIS, August IL.
1t has been ascertained that the plan
for Marshal Bazaine's escape was arran-
ged six weeks ago. 1t was entirely the
work of Madame Bazaine. The marshal
refused at first to fly, but finally, owing
to his failure to obtain some modifca-
tion of his sentence, yielded. He sailed
from the island in steam yacht belong
ing to an Italian company, having refus--
ed to employ French vessel. he was
accompanied in his flight by his wifo and
brother. His place of refuge is not
known. Some persons say he is in Spain.
Tbs domestics at the fort where the mar
shal was imprisoned nave been arrested.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1874-08-27

A new pestilence has recently made
its appearance in Louisiana, where it is
sweeping away the negro population as
with the bosom OF destruction. The con.
tagiou is known there as the ''spotted fe-
vel" and is more fatal, if possible, than
tho yellow fever. The disease is most
virulent in the sections which were over
flowed, and where the deposit is filled
with pestilence. The people have not
been able to put out any crops, and they
are in a pitiable condition. The spotted
fever, thus far, has been confined almost
entirely to blacks, and all the whites who
can are fleeing the country, and will re-
main away until the contagion disappears.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1874-08-27

Some horrible details of the famine in
Turkey are given. In one district five
thousand persons have perished. The
dogs do not seem to have been utilized by
the starving people; on the contrary,
those animals are feeding on the bodies Of
the dead. The Mohamedan religion has
probably stood between Fido and the suE-
fercrs. Its power must be very great
when famishing people die rather than
violate it by putting their worthless dogs
to the only good use that can be made of
them.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1874-08-27
EFFECTUAL REMEDY

For Dyspepsia, or Indigestion.
Armed with this ANTIDOTE all climates
and changes of water and food may be faced
without fear, AS q remedy for MALARIO Us
FEVERS, BOWEL COMPLAINTS, REST
LESSNESS, IA UNDICE, NA USEA,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1874-08-27

Published without,the aid of any Official Pat.
ronage whatever, and appeals alone to the
Friends of Honesty and Good Government
for support in its fight against villainy.
We call upon the WHITE MEN Of South
Carolina-those who desire to redeem our
State from the abomination Of thieving intru-
ders, domestic scoundrels and mongrel leech-
es, who have acquired place and power
through the power of negro supremacy, COM
bined with corruption and bribery-to come
forward and sustain us by cordial and lib
eral support, and show to Radical corrup-
tionists and Sca!awag traitors, that they are
determined henceforth, to sustain fearless
exponent of their views and principles.
we say candidly, we need your support.
The party in power have done their utmost
to crush us by endeavoring to deprive us OF
legitimate business, and all we ask is the
subscription of every true Carolinian-which
will place us beyond the reach Of contingen-
cies.
We are no adventurers, but Carolinians, to
the manor born-have been engaged In the
publication of this paper over eight years
and ask your patronage, believing that 1t VIII
be given i.hout hesitation.
Subscription price Three Dollars year, IN
advance, with reductions to clubs.
To business men and others, desiring to ad.
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much larger than that Of any other paper In
this County, with large and increasing lists
in all the Middle and Eastern Counties OF the
State.
Send one cent stamp for specimen copy.
DARR & OSTEEN, Proprietors,
W. G. KENNEDY, Editor.
Sumter, s. C.. u.
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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1874-08-27

There are said to be eight hundred
sunday School scholars in Grssnvillc.
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
How a Woman did Business.

woman who lately worked plantation
near Augusta, Ga, and who was a new
hand in the cotton trade, walked into one
of the city banks, few days ago, and, ac-
costing the courteous paying teller, asked
him to tell her if she could get the money
for her bale of cotton. She wanted it,
and she must have it. He said he couldn't
tell her that, but he could tell her that he
wasn't paying for cotton just then. She
said she didn't want any foolin' about it
she had sent her cotton to Augusty and
she wanted the money. The gentleman,
knowing that 4" hell hath no fury like wo-
man scorned,' 2 changed his jocose tone and
asked her to whom she consigned it. 81
didn't consign it to nobody" she replied T;
81 jist sent it to Augusty y " Well, but to
what merchant did you send itP" 81 never
sent it to nobody at all. l jist sent it to
Augusty.' Eyes yes ~ said the teller,
now getting impatient, as the long line Of
check holders was momentarily increasing,
and the woman was stopping his business.
eyes, know you sent it to Augusta, but
to whom did you ship it?' "Ship it.
never put it on any ship at all, she indig-
nantly replied. 81 jist put it on the cars
and sent 1t to Augusty, and want my
money for 1t ~ Here some one suggested
to her to 60 to the railroad and she would
no doubt find her bale Of cotton, which she
did.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
A Curious Property Of Sand and its Ap
plicatiOns.

If quantity of dry silicious sand be
placed in bag of canvas or thin box of
sheet iron, the mass, after slight compress
sion, forms a conglomerate, capable of re-
sisting pressures of over go tons. So far as
the envelope is concerned, the sand within
acts as if it were an enclosed solid, pro-
ducing no effect on the covering except a
trivial amount where the contact occurs
with the load. The sand, however, re-
mains perfectly divisible, and, no matter
what may be the superintendent weight,
escapes freely though slowly out of small
aperture made in the bag or box. A simple
piece of paper, however, placed over the
orifice, is sufficient to stop the flow, even
under the load above noted.
NJ. Beaudemoulin, who discovered this
peculiar property several years ago. has
lately published in France work suggest
ing various modes of its application. For
building walls it is we'll adapted, since the
filed bags OF boxes need merely be held in
place by framework while, being very
thick, they would form protection, in
case of being used for dwellings, against
variations of temperature. Such walls
beside, would be fireproof. 1t is also sug-
gested that for lowering heavy weights or
even entire buildings, which by change of
street level, have become located too high
above the roadway, the sand bags could be
placed beneath and their contents allowed
gradually to escape, thus letting the load
slowly settle down.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
The Man In the Moon.


There are many superstitions about the
man in the mooh, and almost every coun-
try in the world has story about him. In
New England the nurses tell the children
that this man was found by Moses gather
ing sticks'on a Sabbath, and that, for be-
ing SO wicked he was doomed TO reside in
the moon till the last day.
"If you don't believe it." they say,
"loolS in the Bible. II is all told in the fif-
teenth chapter Of Numbers"
The Germans have the tale this way
Ages ago there went one Sunday morning
an old man into the forest to cut wood.
When he had made bundle he slung it
over his shoulder, and started for home
On his way he met minister, all in his
bands and robes, who asked him
"Don't you know, my friend, that it is
Sunday ON earth, when all must rest from
their laborsP"
"Sunday on earth, or Monday in heav-
en-, it is all one to me I" laughed the
woodman.
Then bear your burden forever" said
the priest; "and as you value not Sunday
on earth, you shall have Monday in heaven
till the great day."
Thereupon the speaker vanished, and
the man was caught up, with cane and fag-
gots, into the moon, where you can see him
any clear night.
In Norway they think they see both a
man and woman and the story goes that
the former threw branches at people going
to church, and the latter made butter on
Sunday. In the clear cold nights of win
ter they will point out the man carrying
his bundle of thorns, and the woman her
butter-tub.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
SqueIehing a Legal RnIlr.

There was, five and twenty years ago, an
attorney practicing in court named Booton.
Had he been on the frontier he would have
been either blood-letter OF an arrant cow
ard. don't know which but here he was
simply a noisy, coarse grained bully !. and
his chief delight was to badger and bully
witnesses of the opposing counsel on the
stand.
One day horse case was on trial in
which Booton was attorney for the defend
ant. BY and by counsel for the plaintiff
called witness who was supposed to be
something of horse doctor. He was a
middle-aged, easy, good-natured man, clad
in home-spun, whose bronzed brow and
hard hands betokened sweat and toll. His
testimony, which was clear simple and di-
rect made things look little dark for the
defendant, and when Booton got hold of
him he proceeded to cross question him in
his usual brutal manner. Said cross
examination wound up rather abruptly as
follows r
"Wen now" demanded the counsel,
with tomahawk-like flourish, "what do
you know about horse, anyhow Do you
really profess to be horse doOtorP
"No, sir, not exactly. l don't profess
to be horse doctor, but know good
deal about the nature of the beast"
"That is" said BOOtOn glaring first at
the witness, and then smiling at the jury,
nodding graeiously at the Court and sweep
ing triumphant glance over the audience
--"that is to say, sir, you know horse
from a jackass when you SEQ them ?"
"Ah--ya-as-jes' so, " returned the wit
ness, with imperturable good humor and
gravity, "between the two beasts l should
never take you for the horse p
For once in his life, at least the bully
was effectually squelohed, and amid the
wild roar which followed he threw himself
into his seat, and allowed the witness to
leave the stand.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
How He Lost 1t.

In pretty Connecticut village lives. a,
gentleman whom will call Mf. O., a man,
Of wealth, OF prominence in the church, in,
fact one of the leading men Of the place,
and withal very fond of joke--indeedy
one of those rare men who enjoys a joke on
himself. He was the owner.of a,magniffi
cent diamondpin the envy of his-friends,
and an article which he took, e,prid@in wear
ing in conspicuous place on his. shirt
bosom. He was obliged to go away, on,
business for a week or two, and the next.
morning after his. return was met, by a,
neighbor and intimate friend who con-
graduated him on his safe return, and was
about to pass along, when he exclaimed :
Why, Mr.. O., where's your diamond
pin"' GIVE lost it, was the reply. "Lost
it lost that pin? you don't mean it how
did you lose it9" "Nsver mind how lost
it, maybe I'll tellyou sometime" ''Tell
me now," said the friend, chow did You
lose itP" O. looked around,. apparently
afraid of being overheard, and said, "if
you will promise not to let it, out, I'll tell
you." His friend agreed to keep it Sc
cret, and never mention it to any one,
when O., with some hesitation, remarked,
"The fact is, Ilost it while sleeping with
a strange woman" and thereupon turned
and walked off, His friendkept the secret
nearly twenty-four hours, when, under
pledge of secrecy, he told his wife,. and.
then-well, we all know how such things.
go. Mr.. O., was obligedi to go away on,
business again for two or three days, and
found, upon his return, pretty kettle of
fish. The news had spread like wild-fire,
and although he was liked by almost every
body in the town, many were ready to say
that they always thought he went away a.
good deal, etc., eto. AIT last the church
took it up, a committee requested him to,
be present at the weekly prayer meeting,
the members were requested to remain
after the service, when the person who led
the meeting Gt might have been the pas
tor), asked Mr. @, if he had, stated thus
and so, and if so, what it meant. There.
was silence for moment, when the orimi-
nal, his eyes twinkling with fun, arose and
stated, "that on his way TO Boston he took
seat with strange woman, the car be-
ing crowded, and being very tired, he fell
asleep, and slept long time. Upon reach
ing the hotel he found his diamond pin had
been stolen, and supposed it was taken by
the woman who was in the seat with him,
and on his return home, having been asked
by friend where his pin was, he had told
him he had lost it while sleeping with
strange woman, which was the truth, and
he was not aware that he had done any
thing out Of the way" By this time the
hugeness of the joke became perceptible
to all present, and the meeting adjourned
sine die, and the great scandal died out.
Very likely, many stories which are cir
culated about just as good men have even
less foundation.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
Peculiar ProperlIes Of FIgures.

Any nuuIber Of figures you may wish to
multiply by 8 5will give the same result if
divided by ga much quicker operation (;
but you must remember to annex 0 to the
answer when there is no remainder, and
when there is a remainder, whatever ii may
be, annex TO the answer. Multiply AGA
by 5, and the answer win be 1890 divide
the same by ?, and you will have ss2, and,
as there is no remainder, you add a o, Now
take 800, multiply by 0, the answer is
i,705; and dividing this by 2, there is 170
and a remainder yon therefore place, q
at the end Of the line, and the result ID
again I,7e5.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
A Lesson for Smokers.

Plain speaking was formerly considered
duty by the Quakers. 1t is pity they
do not practice it often on smokers, taking
the following as a specimen:
Recently, Quaker was travelling in a
railway carriage. After time, observing
certain movements on the part Of fellow
passenger, he accosted him as follows:
"Sir, thee seems well dressed, and Idare
say thee considers thyself welI-bred and
would not demean thyself to do an ungen-
tlemanlike action, woulds't thee ?'
The person addressed promptly replied
with considerable spirit,
Certainly not, if knew it,
The Quaker continued
"And suppose thee invited me to thy
house, thee would not think Of Offering me
thy glass to drink out of after thee had
drank out of it thyself, wouldst thee ?"
The interrogated replied
Abominable No! Such an offer
would be most insulting"
The Quaker continued:
"Still less would thee think of Offering
me thy knife and fork to eat with after
putting them into thy mouth, wouldst
thee?"
The interrogated answered :
To do that would be an outrage on ali
decency, and would show that such a
wretch was out of the pale Of civilized
society.
"Then," said the Quaker, "with those
impressions on thee, why shouldst thee
wish me to take into my mouth and nos
trils the smoke from that cigar which
thou art preparing to smeke out of thine
own mouth"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
Josh billings on Rats.

! suppose there is between so and go
millions Of rats in America { quote en-
tirely from memory and don't suppose
thare IL a single necessary rat in the whole
lot. This shows at q glance how many
waste rats thare IL runnin' around. Rats
inhance in number faster than shoe pegs
do by machinery. One pair ov healthy rats
IL all that man wants to start the rat
business with, and in ninety kases, with
out sRy outlay he will bare rats to turn
oph.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
Poverty.

DIR. Mutchmore, of the Presbyterian is in
the habit of writing some pungent edito-
rials. He wrote one recently about the
ellis and Trials of Poverty" We ex-
tract that part which relates especially to
poverty
"Poverty is great curse, despite of all
the fine sentiment we hear about it from
people in warm houses, who are we'll fed,
and have good clothes on their backs. 1t
embitters manhood it saturates woman's
heart with gall. 1t begets envy and fret
fulness with ones lot; it makes men roll
fiery eyes and utter hard speeches on the
good of others, only because it is not their
own. 1t furrows the face of beauty with
crows feet, or unsoftened lines of care
1t makes its victims hard-hearted hard
faced, and quarrelsome in speech and con-
duct. 1t robs the heart Of all refining in
fiuences, by taking away all means of
culture. 1t puts intellect and taste on the
treadmill in quest of bread. 1t makes the
soul go on all-fours to furnish food to the
body. 1t changes a mans nobility to his
stomach, which goads him to desperation
by its unappeased cravings. And through
all, man sinks at best to the level of ra-
tional brute.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
How Does he Know 2

James Freeman Clarke, in an article en-
titled "Have Animals Souls" published
in the Atlantic" relates the following
son Sunday have been in the habit of
driving to Boston to church but on other
days l drive to the neighboring village,
where are the post Office, shops of me-
chanics, and other stores. To go to Bos-
ton, usually turn to the right when ]
leave my driveway; to go to the village,
turn to the left. Now, on Sunday, if l
leave the reins loose, so that the horse may
do as he pleases, he invariably turns to the
right, and goes to Boston. On other days
he as invariably turns to the left, and goes
to the village. He does this so constantly
and regularly that none of the family have
any doubt of the fact that he knows that it
is Sunday; how he knows it we are unable
to discover. have left my house at. the
same hour on Sunday and on Monday, in
the same carriage, and the same number
of persons in it, and yet on Sundays he al
ways turns to the right, and on Mondays
to the left. He is fed at the same time on
Sundays as on other days, but the man
comes back to harness him little Iater on
Sunday than at other times, and that is
possibly his method of knowing that 1t is
the day for going 10 Boston. But see how
much Of observation, memory, and thought
is implied in all this" ,-..l..r
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08

EB- A Western Sunday school idea is
this biblical exercises are held every week,
in which some scriptural subject, as "The
Rivers Of the bible, is dealt with. Each
participants is previously given one river,
upon which he writes a sketch, giving the
events connected with II. The research
necessary in the preparation of the essays
leads to careful Bible reading, and the
entertainments are interesting.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
Peculiarly Of a Nutmeg.

Ifa person begins to CRATES nutmeg
at the stalk end, it will prove hollow
throughout whereas the same nutmeg
grated on the other end would have proved
sound and solid to the last, This oircum-
stance may thus be accounted for; The
center of a nutmeg consists of number of
fibers issuing from the stalks and its con-
tinuation through the center Of the fruit,
the other ends Of which fbers, though
closely surrounded and pressed by the fruit,
do not adhere to it. When the stalk is
grated away, the fibers, having lost their
hold, gradually drop out in succession, and
the hollow continues through the whole
nut. BY beginning at the contrary end
the fibers above mentioned are grated of
at their core end, with the surrounding
fruit and do not drop out and cause q
hole. .I1 .I5h
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08

az A Colorado exchange says; "The
Canon city girls don't take kindly to Gro
quet. They say it is too high-toned for
them. Leap-frOg is their best hold"