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Latest News.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH,
LIVERPOOL GRAIN.

LIVERPOOL August 16, p. M-Wheat
-frm-Winter, 0s 4d@9s Sd; Spring, $50
ossd; California average, los 3d@1Os ID,
California club, los Gd@10s 1Od. Corn
new, 23s@23s 3d. old, 27s 3d@27s Cd.
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EDUCATIONAL.
DLoOMlNGToN LAW SCHOOL.

Judge r. NJ. Benjamin, Dean. Elementary nnd
Constitutional Law. Judge o. Il. Rc1,"s T"r,r
aud Equity, ., W. Aldrirh. Ph. ~ Ill. D., Con.
tracts aud Real Property. Hon. Lawrence Weldon,
Pleading. \. q. Karr ILL.,. H., Evidence and Crimi.
nal Law Diploma On two years attendance, admits
to the Bar of Illinois Prizes for best examination
on whole course, First prize, 500; md prize, $50;
Three terms year, Tuition els per term. Fail
term begins Thursday, September ~, 1878 For
further Information apply to A. q, kARR, Bloom.
ihgion, H.
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CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.


CHICAGO, August 10, 1000 A. NJ
Whcat-September, 945s; October, 034
Corn-August, 500 bid; September, 1928
October, 302l. Pork-September, $40 &c
asked; October, $40 so asked.
CHICAGO, August 1G, II A. M-Wheat
September, 9435 asked; October, SO asked
Con-August, 800 bid; September, 30li
bid; October, 301a bid. Pork-September,
$40 G21s; October, $40 7219,
CHICAGO August 1G, 12 M.--Wheat-
August, 9s4; September 94ll; October,
0224. Pork-Septcmber, $40 go asked
October, $40 70 asked. Corn-August,
800; September 394@3035.
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NERVOUS DEBILITY Exhaustion i,

men, loss OF vitality, premature weakness cncrya,
ton of mind and body, disorder OF the brain and
nervous system, and miscres resulting thcrclrom,
speedily cured by BATES, SPECIFIC. Prepared
by an eminent physicians 81 case , for S.; sold by
druggists. For circular with full particulars, ad.
dress DIR. BNrES 9i3 State street. Chicngo III.
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Office in Alexander County Bank
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RAILROADS.
Shortest Line to st. Louis.

THE trains by thu rpad connect az st. Louis and
i East Loui- with al. other line, 10 the EAST
NORTH AND SOUTH.
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UNION CITY, Tenn, Aug, 1j.--This CT. .,
ls been quarantined against all railroads,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
wise's Skull as a Souvenir.

An English paper says that a very
unpleasant discovery was made at Mines
short time ago by the wife Of a mason
who, while looking for some linen in one
of her husbands boxes, camo upon q
woman'a skull. She at once requested
her husband to inform her how be came
into the possession of such a sinister
object, and when be told her that it was
a souvenir of his first wife, she begged
him to get rid Of it, which, after some
hesitation, he consented to do. The
story got bruited abroad in the village,
and, on its coming to the cars Of the
police, tie mason was prosecuted for
"violating burial place" The case
was tried before the local tribunal, and
from the evidence given it appeared that
the accused, hearing that the remains Of
his wife, who died in 1871, were to be
disintered, induced the Mayor of his
village to allow the grave digger to give
him part of the body that he might
preserve it as a souvenir. The grave
digger brought him the skull rolled up
in piece of cloth. and this the mason
Risqil551 s}9 a51as aR5sseEzsa i9 boz The sriBss
been guilty of any sacrilegious' act, ac>
Quilted him, and this decision has been
confirmed by the Court of Appeals at
Nimes.-PaH Mall Gazette.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
To the Girls.
butes.

Never marry man who has only his
love for you TO recommend him. It is
very fascinating, but it does not make
the man. If,he is not othsrwiss what
he should be, you will never be happy.
The most perfect man who did not love
you, should never be your husband.
But though marriage without love is
terrible, love only will not do. IF the
man is dishonorable to other men, or
mean. or given TO any vice, the time
will come when you will either loathe
him or sink to his level. It is hard to
remember, amidst kisses and praises.
that there is any thing else in the
world to be done or thought Of but love
making; but the days of life are many,
and the husband rust be a guide to. be
trusted--a companion, a friend, as we'll
as lover. Many girl married a man
whom she knew to be anything but
good, because be loved her so.' And
the flame has died on the hearth.stone
of home before long, and beside it there
has been sitting one that she could
never hope would lead her heavenward
-or who if she followed him as.a wife
should, would guide her steps to per-
dition. Marriage is solemn thing-a
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
POisons.

The poison so frequently used by the
Italians in the seventeenth century was
called "aqua tofana," from the name Of
the old woman Tofania, who made and
sold it in small fiat vials which she
called mama of St. Nicholas, on one
side of which was an image of the saint.
She carried on this traffic for half CEN
tury and eluded the police, but on being
detected confessed that she had been o
party in poisoning 600. people. Nu~
merous persons were implicated by her
of all ranks, ard many of them were
publicly executed. All :. Italy was
thrown into ferment, aud many fed,
while persons of distinction, on convic-
ton, were strangled in prison. 1t ap-
peared to have been used mainly by
married women @ho were tired of their
husbands. Four or six drops were a
fatal dose but the effect was not sud
den and therefore not suspected. 1t
was as clear as water, but the chemists
have not agreed about its real compost
ton. A proclamation of the Pope de-
scribes it as aquafortis distilled into ar.
senic, and others considered it as solu-
ton of cbrystalized arsenic. The ss-
cret of its preparation was conveyed to
Paris, where the Marchiouess de Brin-
valiers poisoned her father and two
brothers, and she, with many others,
were executed; and the preparers of it
were burned at the stake.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10

The oldest of the white elephants OF
Siam, which was born ITO, died in its
temple at Bangkok in November last.
Every one knows that this famous ele>
phant, before whom whole people bow
the knee, is the emblem Of the King of
Siam. Each white elephant possesses
its palace, vessel of gold, an1 harness
resplendent with jewels. Several mans
darins are attached to its service, and
feed it with cakes and sugarcane. The
King of Siam is the only person before
whom it bends the knee, and a. similar
salutation is rendered it by tho monarch.
The deceased idol has been accorded a
magnificent funeral. A hundred ,,Budd-
hist priests oficiated at the ceremony.
The three surviving white elephants,
preceded by trumpsts and followed by
an immense concourse of people, accom-
panied the funeral to the banks of the
Menam, where the king and his noble
lordsreceived the mortal remains, which
were transported to the opposite bank
for burial. A procession Of thirty yes>
sells figured at that curious ceremony.
All the floating houses ranged in double
file on the MeDam, to the number of
over sixty thousand, were adorned With
flags Of all colors and symbolical attri-
butes.
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"1s this Seat Occupied. /"

An old but vigorous looking gentle
man, seemingly from the rural districts,
got into a car and walked its full length
without receiving IN invitation to sit
down. Approaching one gentleman
who had whole bench to himself, ho
asked rs this seat occupied p Yes,
sir, it is,' impertiuently replied the
other. WELL replied the broad shoul-
dered agriculturaliss, i will keep this
seat until the gentleman comes The
original proprietor withdrew himself
baughtily to one end and looked insul-
ted. After awhile the train got in mo-
ton, and still nobody came to claim the
seat, whereupou the deep-chested agri-
culturalist turned and said Sir when
you told that this seat was occupied you
told me lie'-such was his plain Ian
gusge 4 never sit near a liar if I can
avoid it; I would rather stand up
Then appealing to another party he
said {: 'Sir, may sit next to you ?
You don't look like liar We need
hardly to say that he got his seat, and
that the original proprietor thought that
there was something wrong about our
social system.-Baltimore Gazette.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
A Beautiful Allegory.

Mr.. Crittenden, of Ky, was once en-.
gagged in defending man who had..been
Indicted for capital ofense. After an
elaborate and powerful argument, he
closed his effort with the following stri-
king and beautiful allegory:
"When God in his eternal council
conceived the thought of mans creation
he called to him the three ministers who
wait constantly upon the throne-Jus>
tice, Truth and Mercy-and thus ad-
dressed them Shall We make man =
Then said Justice, % God make him not
for he will tramplo upon thy laws
Truth made answer, also: 'Oh; God,
make him not, for be will pollute thy
sanctuaries. But Mercy, dropping,
upon her knees, looking up through her
tears, exclaimed; %, God, make him
I will watch over him with my care
through all the dark paths which he
may tread Then God made man, and
said to him, % man, thou art the child
of Mercy ; go and deal with thy brother p
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
Russian Ladies Fight q Duel.

A good deal has lately been heard Of
the progress of female emancipation in
Russia, but it is somewhat of novelty
to find the Russian ladies' figuring in the
character of duelists, as was the case
not long since with two bellies of Peti-
gorsk, o we'll known fashionable resort
on the northern slope Of the Caucasus.
A dispute arose between the rival
beauties, ..springing out of the attentions
paid to each in turn by handsome
young cavalry officer quartersd in the
that one Of 4. H5saabs hs a55s as iEsaSRs6 dis
patched her maid to the other with a
formal challenge, which was instantly
accepted. The belligereuts met with
out seconds in a lonely place outside
the town, each armed with brace Of
loaded pistols. Before, however, they
had even taken up their respective
positions, the trembling of the one
iady's hand caused her pistol to explode
prematurely, sending a bullet through
the dress of the other, who shrieked and
fell down in o swoon. The assailant,
frightened out Of her wits, flung away
her weapon and rushed to raise the
supposed corpse but her ungratefal
antagonist, recovering her senses ss
suddenly as she had lostthem, clutched
her by the hair with one hand, while
boxing her ears with the other in the
most energetic style. The firing. hav:
ing now ceased, the battle proceeded
hand to hand. Locks of hair, ribbons
and shreds of clothing few in every di.
rection, and but for the timely advent
of three or four policemen the affray
might have ended like the somewhat
similar combat OF Kilkenny cats. TIE
military Lothario's only remark on
hearing the story was: "lt's lucky
they took to clawing each other instead
! of me-"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
NUMBER 13.
A Dream.

The editor eat in his arm chair in mu.
sings deep, and weary and worn he fell
asleep; his thoughts had been running
on the promise made, "when cotton
comes in you will surely be paid" The
days of the spring and the summers as
we'll, were pulled through as editors only
can tell; but buoyed by'hops and living
on air survived he, and now the cotton
is here. The tale is sad one, the subs
seem all fed, or fly as they sell, and he
sees not red Asleep! while the
breezes play through his locks, and at
the door some one impatiently knocks,
and not only one but many another,
creditors all, ah ! there is the bother.
But what is that sound that breaka on
tina air, and makes his heart throb
while he dreams in his chair, subscribers
are tramping who cotton have sold, they
are coming, yes, coming, withgrsenbacks
and gold. He wakes from his dream
and looks all around, no subscriber is
seen, not greenback is found, and, alas,
this poor editor falsprone on the ground,
and but for seme kind friend who
helped him to rise and springfield water
In his face he might have died in the
swopn.
There is more truth than poetry in
this, reader, and if you owe us anything
please bring it in without further notice,
and oblige yours truly.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
Schools.

The demand Of the Nationals for
agricultural and mechanical schools, is
one that will have to be met sooner or
later by the dominant party. Our pub
lie schools have been too closely CON-
fined to the branches that are most
necessary to the professional man. We
must educate youth for the farm and
the work shop just as we do for the
store, the bar, and the pulpit. It is
idle for us to wonder at tho boys desert
ing country homes to seek occupations
in the city as long as their schooling
leads in that direction only. Some of
the States have agricultural colleges,
but that is not enough; there should be
agricultural and industrial schools as
we'll. Only in this way can the young
men of this country be brought to ap-
preciate the real dignity of labor, to
realize that there is no more honor on
the bench than in the feld.-Mam-
pion.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
Too Hot for Him.

As Confederate war "reminiscences are
the order CT the day, here is one too
good to lie buried. The hero Of the
joke we call him Jim. He was at
tached to Rosser's Cavalry, in Stuart's
command. Jim was noted for his strong
antipathy to shot and shell, and a pc
culiar way he had of avoiding too close
communion with the same, but at last
oil plans failed TO keep him out OF the
"row," and he with his comrades under
a lieutenant, was detailed to support a
battery that composed portion Of the
rear guard. The enemy kept pressing
so close in fact, as to endanger the re-
treating forces and the troops covering
the retreat had orders to keep the enemy
in check, for a given period, at all
hazards, and the order was obeyed to
the letter though under CALLING fire.
Our friend Jim grew desperate. He
stuck behind trees that appeared to his
excited vision no larger than ram rods.
He then tried lying down. In fact. he
placed himself in every position that
his genius could invent, but the "hiss"
of the bullet hunted him still. At last,
in despair, he called to bis commanding
officer: "Lieutenant, let's fall back" 81
cannot do it, Jlm." replied the officer
"Welp I'll be drat if we don't get
cleaned up if we stay here r MY
orders, Jim, are to hold this place and
support that battery of guns" pointing
to the artillery close by. eff we fail
back, the enemy will rush in and cap
ture the guns" Just at that time a
well-direoted bullet impressed jim with
the fact that change of base became
necessary. Jim found another appar-
emily protective spot, and, as he recoV-
cred his mind, he sang out: "Oh
Lieutenant! what do you think them
ERE cannons cost ?" 81 don't know,
Jim ; I suppose 81, ,OOO." "Well,"
said Jim, "let's take up a collection and
pay for the id guns, and let the
Yankees have 'em." 81,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
A Gloom Cast Ger the Scene.

beautiful, beautiful silken hair"
Philip murmured foudly, toying loving
" with one of her nut.brown tresses,
s'sofs as the pluuage on an angels wing
light as the thistle down that dances on
the summer air ; the simmer of sunset,
the glitter of yellow gold, the rich red
brown of autumnal forests blend in en-
trancing beauty in its" And just
ther it come off in his hands, and he
forget just what to say next. There
was q moment of profound silence, and
then Aure!ia took it from him and went
out of the room with it. When she
came backihe was gone. They meet
now, but they meet as strangers. and
the eyes that were wont to- beam upon
each other with the awakened love
light, now glare as though life was an
eternal wash day.-Burlington Hark-
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
A Big Job.

Two years from this time the great
St. Gothard tunnel through the Alps,
uniting Switzerland and Italy, must
either be completed or the contractor,
Mr.. Favre, will have heavy penalty to
paw. Under the terms be must pay
81 900 for every day later than Octo
ber 1, 1880. on which it remains un-
finished. Ifsix months afterward it is
still un completed he loses $4,000 per
day, and if twelve months 60 past with
out it being turned over, he forfeits
everything, including his bond of
81, 100000. The undertaking is a 81
pantic one, and some engineers doubt if
Favre not is badly beaten at last. The
main tunnel is over $4,000 feet long,
and the work on It is only prosecuted
under tremendous difficulties. All the
power used in drilling is furnished by
compressed air, which is prepared OUT
side by powerful pumps and stored up
in vast tanks. The locomotives which
draw from the tunnel tho blasted rock
are also run by compressed air, as the
use of steam in such q hole would be
impossible. AS it is, the men at work
often suffer excessively from the foul
vapors, partly natural and partly pro-
duced by the explosions of dynamite,
which are so constant that an observer
compares them to cannon.fringin battle.
These gases would collect and be fatal
except that the exhaust air from the
drills is employed to drive them toward
the mouth of the excavation. Favre is
laborlng with splendid energy, and the
working force is as large as he can put
on. It is vastly to his interest to hurry
for he will receive bonus of Sl,O0O
for each day previous to October LIST,
1880, on which he has his task finished.
The tunnel will cost about s55 100000
although when it was first undertaken
the estimates were some twenty millions
less than the above figures. The dis.
crepnucy was occasioued by engineers
mistakes, and when it was found that
the enterprise would be much more e1'
pensive than originally announced, the
discovery discouraged all concerned
But the Swiss, Italian and German gov
ernments increased their subventions
private subscriptions were stimulated
and financial success was assured. The
laborcrs employed are Italians, about
the only workingmen who could be en-
gagged at the small wages paid, averag'
ing from 60 cents to 1925 per day
A writer speaks of them as the Chinese
, of Europe, but we doubt if even Johr
, would not demur at being asked to d.
such laborious, exhausting aad danger
our work for the same amount OF pay
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
How Fortunes are Made Quick.

The GROWERS assert that the recent
rise in silver stocks does not make the
times any better. As fast as lucky
operators clean up they rush of to San
Francisco or the lakes to spend their
money, and some are in such hurry
that they do not even settle their small
bills. A good many Comstockers who
assert that Sierra Nevada was going to
5000 share could not resist the tempta-
tion to realize at s35 and $40, and got
out with handsome profit.
A couple of Italian vegetable dealers
on G., street realized $11 900 on a lot
of this stock, which they had bought
ut s475a share. They gave their
store away to friend, and will start
for sunny Italy next week.
A man who was dealing faro over the
Ell Dorado saloon bought some of the
stock at IS. and induced every body
around the game to 60 in except one
man, who said that faro was good enough
for him All had sold out last Satur-
day at $37, and are going off to have
good time. The man who didn't buy
was q case.keeper, who says that he
hasn't called the turn right in five years.
Numbers Of people who passed for
poor folks, aud were always ranked as
such, are now coming to the front and
pulling money out of old stockings to
invest. Capital is coming out of its
holo with vengeance, and 500 pieces
are swarming like flies who rush to fiji
joyously in the warm sunshine, or stick
in the seductive molasses jug, may be-
Virginia City (NeU.) Chronicle.
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Lieutenant Thomas A. Mahood, ot

Lieutenant Thomas A. Mahood, Of
the Confederate army, was temporarily
stationed in Pennsylvania during the
war, where he fell in love with Miss
Gentry. The removal of the troops
separated the lovers to meet no more,
but though both subsequently married,
Mr.. Mahood is informed that his sweet
heart of fifteen years ago recently died
at Philadelphia and left him part Of her
fortune.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
Childhood.

Before life's sweetest mystery still
The heart in reverence knsels;
The wonder Of the primal birth
The latest mother feels.
We need loves tender lessons taught
AS only weakness can;
God hath Lis small interpreters
The child must teach the man.
We wander wide through evil years,
Our eyes Of faith grow dim;
But he is freshest from his hands
And nearest unto Him!
And haply, pleading long with Him
For sin-sick hearts and cold,
For angels of our childhood still y
The Fathers face behold.
OF such the kingdom! Teach thus US;
0 Master most divine,
To feel the deep significance
Ofthese wise words Of thine!
The hauty feet of power shall fail
Where meekness surely goes;
No cunning find the key to hevven.
No strength its gates unclose.
Alone to guilelessness and love
Those gates shall open fall;
The mind Of pride is Dothingness.
The child-like heart is all.
GJohn @. Whittier
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10

As many as 100000 persons IN all
are computed to have died in the CHA.
ESQ famine. The province of Shansi
alone is said to have lost 100000 of
inhabitants in the last winter; in the
districts where tho distress is most Sc
we're people prey upon eacbother like wild
beasts; and in hundreds, or even thou
sands of villages, seven.tenths OF the
population are already dead.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
BE Sure to Stop at the
Latham House,
CAMDEN, s. G.
TRANSIENT BOARD, $500 PER DAY.

n%Ample accommodations. Tables sup
,l;ed with the best the Markets afford. Eve
ry attention paid to the comfort Of Guests.
n@ Persons stopping at the Latham
House will be conveyed to and from the
depot free of charge, Passengers, without
heavy baggage, will be conveyed to and
from any part of the town, not above De-
Kalb street, at 25 cents.
Connected with the house is trst
class Bar, which is located separately from
the house, and orderly kept.
@rConveyances supplied to guests on
Liberal terms, either for city or country use.
5anS-ly S. B. LATHAM, Proprietor.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
PHOTOGRAPHS !!

Mr.. W. S. Alexander being in Camden
on a short visit. will open his Gallery for
the accommodation of his many friends and
former patrons. He is prepared to take as
fine Photographs as can be made III the
State.
Copying and enlarsing also done in the
best style. ~ .-. -,
He has on hand splendid assortment Of
Picture Frames, Chromos, etc., for sale at
the lowest cash prices.
Give him call.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
BOOTS, SHOES, &C.

The undersigned respectfully informs his
friends and the public generally that he
hay still be found at his shop, enc door
lest of the postofice, where he is prepared
/ execute promptly and in the most stylish
hd durable manner all jobs that may be
Pyen him. He will also make or repair
Rrnsss. or in fact anything else in his
be. He only solicits call.
4 ISAAC YOUNG.
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