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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-28
The Best Friend,

=. Honor the dear old mother, Time
has scattered tho snowAakes on her
brow, and plowed deep burrows in her
cheeks, but isn't she sweetly beautiful
nows ghe'lips are thin and shrunken
but those are the lips which have kissed
many a hot tear from tho childish
cheek, and they are the sweetest lips in
al the world. The eye is din, yet it
glows with the 'sofs radiance of holy
love which never can fsde.T All, yes,
she is o dear old mother. Tho sands Of
,lifc are nearly run out, but feeble as she
is, she will go further and reach down
lower for you, boy, than any other one
upon earth. You cannot walk into o
midnight In which she cannot see you !;
can never enter a prison whose bars will
keep hor out; can never mount scaffold
too high for her to reach, that sho may
kiss and bless you iu evidence Of her
deathlcss love. When tho world shall
despise and forsake you, when it leaves
you by the waysido to die unnoticed.
the dear old mother will gather you in
her feeble arms aud carry you home,
and tell you Of all your soul is dis6gursd
by vices. Love her tenderly and cheer
her declining years with holy devotion.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-28
The Buffalo

This is the way buffaloes are hunted
on the stakcd plains Of the far South
west The buffaloes collect in countless
herds for water, and it is at the water
holes they arc captured. The leader is
first shot by a long-range gun, this de-
moralizes the herd, and the shooting
may be continued at pleasure. They
are killed for the value of their hides
sayeighty or ninety cents, and the car
cases arc left to perish. Two hundred
thousand head /, have already been
slaughtered, and it is estimated there
will be three hundred and fifty thousand
killed before the season is over.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-28
Trying to Live Without Work.

The following from the pen Of
Horace Greeley, is true and applicable
to- this day :"Our people are too
widely: inclined to shun the quiet ways
of productive labor and try to live and
thrive on the crooked paths Of specula-
ton and needless traffic. We have de.
plored few boys learning trades, with
ten times too many anxious to get into
business; that is to devise some scheme
whereby they may live without work,
OF the journeymai rhechaRics now at
work in this city, we Judge that two
thirds were born in Europe, and the
disparity is steadily augmenting. One
million families are trying to live by
selling liquors, tobacco, candy, ETC., IN
our cities, who could be spared there
from without the slightest public det'
riment; and f these were transferred tc
the soil, and set to growing grain, mea'
wool, etc., or employed in smelling the
metals, or weaving the fabrics for'whicl
we are running in debt in Europe, ou
country would increase its wealth a
least twice as much as it is now, ant
there would DO far less complaint Of dul
trade and hard times
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-28
Lovers Wooing,

Probably there is no instance in which
any two lovers have made love exactly
in the same way as any other two lovers
since tho world 'bcgau.'--Sn Arthur
Helps. Barkls insinuated. 3 Vivien
charmed Merlin. Alexander made a
bonfire for Thaes. The garrulous fe-
male in the tAraban Nights" told her
husband stories. Hippomcnes had q
close race for Ata!anta, but he played
the apple game on her. Victoria sent
for Prince Albert and told him she
wanted him; she was victorious. In
the Polynesian Islands they win their
hearts by beating their heads with q
shillelah Harry the Eighth and
Blupbcard were off with the head of
the old love befor, they vera on with the
new. Doctor johnson poked the
tobacco in his pipe down with his
sweetheart's fnger--a warm to.
ken of affection. Tristan did it
mostly with harp, and was likewise
a good liar. Boutwell, was inclined to
Marie, and locked her up in his castle.
1t worked as well as Peters pumpkin
she'll, Corbett's wife caught him BY
the grace with which she used her
washtub. She was Never known to use
it after the wedding. Sam Romily, tho
famous lawyer, killed himself because
his wife died, while good many other,
kill themselves because they will not
die. Nicholas, of Russia, wanted to
pop at dinner-table, but didn't like to
be caught at it, so be imbedded q ring
in lump of bread aud handed it to her.
'Charlemagne's secretary was caught BY
snow-storm sparkling the Emperor's
daughter at midnight, and she carried
him home on her back, so that his foot
steps shouldn't be traced. The Empe-
ror heard Of it, and saddled him on her
for the balance other life. =. .,
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Indignant Mrs. Myers.

Early Monday morning a woman
about fifty years old, having larg'
bundle under one arm ahdna satchel-
with both handles gone-under THE
other, appeared at the Central Depot and
asked what train went to the Cen.
tennial.
Going to Philadelphia, eh p asked
one of the Depot officials. p - as{,
That's where I'm bound for, my
son." she replied--'yes, going right
cewn there to see the old hoss pistols;
old. shoes, big machinery and Mr..
Krupp's cannon III
She went aboard the Cauada South
ern train, waited patiently until the
cars moved away, and at the lower end
ofthe depot she waved her hand to the
exprcssman and called ontr; O. jpiia
Going right down to seel the hull
caravan r a.. -;4
''' About mid-afternoonn She ) vas vas seen
again in the depot, having just 'descen-
ded fropthei way,car ou freight traip :
Two or three persons who had seen her
roll away in the morning halted hsr as
she toiled through the long depot, and,
one oftheni said q ~ lS7of sTst
What back hgain y 4 sitni'it7a Z
Il seem to be here, don't IS.she au-
swered. H..
But I thought you started to the
Centennial" '' ''
So'Idid. Right in this bundle are
my Sunday clothes, and right in this
satchel are provisions for a hull week.
I was all right till tie railroad conduc-
tor canfea!ong to my seat and wadted
pay Pay! why. I'd ace him in Jericho
and Jeru-ha frstI What's Oeuten-'
NAL for-who owns it-dossn't it, be-
long to all of US
Z" But railroad fares must be paid,' he
said. ss'Erja1 .q4,i 10 5sloii 9iis7H
Il wouldn't have minded fifty cents ,
she went oD; I always save up fifty
cents for the Fourth Of July, and ! bad
over ten shillidgs 10 my pocket when I
got on the cars. He would not take
Fifty cents. and now you and the rail-
road and this depot and the. Centennial,
car go to Texas. Yes, sir, you can, and
I'm just mad enough that I'll 60 home
and make Il SO bad for old Myers that
he will hollrr Murder p.all night long.
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to say, but could not Thy will be DONE
It was a conflict between grace and ma
ture, such as he had never before expert
enced. His sobs disturbed the child,
who had been lying apparently iuncou-
scious, She opened her eyes and looked
distressed. .s "a 49,.
Papa, dear papa she said at length.
what, my darlingf asked her
father, striving for composure. ~
Papa she asked, ID faint, broken
tones, how much 90 I cost you every
yearr -
Hush, dear, be quiet r he replied in
great agitation, for be feared delirium
was ceming On. = a.aag ss'as
But, please, papa, how much. dos /
cost your s,. =, r.s..s
To scothe her he replied. though
With shaking voice. well, dearest,
perhaps two hundred dollars. What
then, darlingYs lnpas9 !. ,pc5 u
Z, Because. papa, LthoueAkmaybe you
wouldllay it out this, year. in gifts for
poor children to remember me by
10 a beam Of heavsnly Joy glanced in
the fathers heart; the JOY Of one noble
spirit mingled with its like. Self vas
forgotten-rthe SORROW Of parting, the
lonely future, Naught remained but
the mission Of )ove, and a thrill Of graf
ituds that he and his beloved were co.
workers, g5J So 70 gvs! 1sssaas
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"a Russian airps Re1anee. J.

Tia recent dismissal BY the Emperor
Of Russia sof his saneuinary Chief of
Police Trepof recalls The wounds he
received last winter from the. pistol of
the young girl, Vera Zasoulitch, who
was triumphantly acquitted after a trial
amid frantic applause in the court,
Last June Trepoff visited the prision
for political prisoners in St. Petersburg,
and inspected the inmates, who, accord-
ing to the rules. walked about the court
yard without speaking to each other.
Finally, shs observed two men in con-
vcrsation, and ..shoutedIto thei prisien
director. who tre.p pblingly followed him.
"Why do these men enjoy an immun-
TYP" . @Seignebr,n said one Of them,
named iBogolioSbaS, A.we.4l,p s.Hold
your tongue, was the reply. YDirector,
place this mao in o dungeon, Bogo-
liouboff remained immovAble, With his
hat upon his head. .Trepoff lifted his
stick to knock it of, but his victim
suatched it from his hand, and threw il
away. II do not take off my hat to
tyrants," said he. At this moment two
jailers seized him, laid him upon. a
bench, took of his garments, tied him,
and administered, by order Of Trepof
and under his eyes, fifty blows with the
knout, which left the unfoftunate man
mutilated, inanimate, and streaming
with blood. Six months afterward q
young girl called at TrepofFs Office with
a petition for Bogoliouboff's release.
."Iu twenty years" said Trepoff. with
sardonic smile, motioning his attendant
to admit another visitor. At this mo-
meet the girl fired two balls into his
breast, and with flashing eyes, held the
revolver smoking in her hand, crying:
clam Vera Zasoulitch, the betrothed
of Bogoliouboff, whom you would have
assassinated. I revenge him !"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-28
California Slandered.

| Yes, it is o wonderful country
wonderful-wonderful! Tarautnlas biz
as pullets' eggs, black, bairy-legs al
round them, to Grail over you at night
Big trees-enormou centipedes, every
leg sting, singing while they craw
over you-ffty legs-make five thous
and stings while they crawl over your
leg.-Enormous crops of gra;n-when
you get 'em-once in two or three years
Wind in San Francisco? Blows gale
in San Francisco every Summer day
from nine in the morning until four in
the afternoon. Sand and desert? No
grit, gravel and pebblestones; and, as
for sand alone-pure sand-it drifts
four feet deep over the pavements and
covers lamp posts Yo Semitic ? Grand,
sublime, and half dollar toll every forty
rods. Rattlesnakes p? Long ones in the
mountains, short ones on the plaihs-
short and thickAlook like Bologna sau-
sages. and lying by dozens about the
pnddles. Country parched and dry .as
brickbat in summer--no sod--no-
grassland hot! Cook an egg out Of
doors anywhere. AH "l'--' 'aa
Cool in San Francisco? Yes; too
cool half the time for comfort-and fog
every day, morning and uight-fog,
thick, damp, nasty, and clammy. Scor-
pins in the" country-sting with their
tails feels like yard Of red hot knit
eing needle run through you--they get
into your boots at night and start yon
ont Of them Oh the double quick in the
morning Yes. delightful country !; so
muchdhat is new to See, feel. and think
ABOUT all the time-especially feel ;
There's the yellow jacket, a cross be.
tween the;wasp and humble. bee-settles
on the table while You arc eating
bores holes in the beef stesk,4 andi icar-
ries off. half an ounce to the load, and
stings. like fury, if interrupted. Stocks
mining stocks? .Yes,- people are
frequently bitten BY them awfully--
hnlfth cases are fatal. Such q variety
of the works of nature in California
Mosquitoes {? Yes. Going by river to
Stockton or SacrimcDto, clouds of them.
Verdure in the country? Yes Poison
oak-touch it and your head swells to
the size ofa peck measure, with PIN
Piles and itch. Grsatcountry for putting
ahead on Jou, you know.
Old California; Old miner and
49ers Grand, noble, generous, large
hearted Western manP Yes. Always
drinks when asked-lives much Of the
time in a'oons-trousers ten years
old, tied about the waist with rope yarn
hat no rim, not much crown-came
round the Horn in '49 hasn't washed
himself since-lives in cabin hard by,
9x1S, on salt pork and jfour-gray
shirt, never washed-can talk Of noth-
ing else but the "ounce day he made
in the winter of "50"-splcndid type Of
manhood, and smells like distillery>
Wonderful couhtry-garden of the
earth-everybody calling for Eastern
capital to come and develop our mines.
Dust on road ? Yes, fine dust, red, like
pulverized brIck-bats. Land Of gold
and everybody ready to take your green.
backs. Live there !? Yes--when l
cant live anywhere else--good place to
send men when they die, to punish
them for their sins.
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Duncan Holcroft was dyinge Wha
allied her head? Why did her hear
beat so heavily and slowly? Die
Could the wide world hold SO muci
misery as pressed her down :? Like {
lighting fash she read the cause of al
her restless craving since she had lef
| New York. She loved Duncan Hol
croft, king amongst men. She had
walked away from her own paradise
closing the door, and Duncan Holcrofl
would die, and never know she had
loved him. ..
At the hotel where they hadstopped
WHY it was close beside them. She
could be there in ten minutes. '<7a''
She never paused to think Of propri'
ETY.. Wrapping her head and shoulders
in 8eecy white shawl, she sped along
the street, thankful for the gathering
twilight. The walters stared. but led
her to che room. At the door she paused
She could see a Sister of Charity kneel-
ing beside high bed, could hear faint
voice'say: fe. '' -. 'Ve..
she is here, in Rome. When 1 am
dead carry my message, Tell her |
loved her 10 the last. You will find her
at the address 1 gave youoi Georgina
Gilroy!' You will not forget the name z
Trembling and white, Georgina crept
in, softly laying her hand upon the Dis
ter's shoulder:
i am Georgiua Gilroy,' she whis'
pered, very low. e.ls ~ 70.
But low as twas the whisper reached
Duncan Holcroft's ears, and a smile
lighted his white, wasted face.
Little Georgina.' he said family,
darling, have You come to say fare.
we'll 'ai''> 'd' ~ ~ fi '.
No she answered. strangling the
sob in her voice /. Il have come to pray
YOU to live-for me1 ;zsa -ui
A great joy lighted the laIguid
Dyes. '.f fo.''
'For you Geotgina, do you love me
at last 2 -e..sa-oa ,... n.~
4 think I have always, loved you,
she sobbcd, 'only I'know it at last 7
b! # cannot die now he said.
!. And be didnot-s Clasping Georgina's
slender hand fast, he found the life-giv.
ing sleep all narcotics had failed to give
HIM waking after many hours to see
loving eyes unweariedly watching him
They were married when the priest
came few hours la:er, the good sister
still remaining to share the nursing.
But the life-giving joy was Georgina's
love, and all the restless discomfort left
her happy life forever, when once she
knew the secret Of her OWN heart.
Mrs Cassowin says:
She can't understand why Georgina
followed Duncan Holcroft to Rome,
when she might as we'll have had a
proper wedding and reception at home 4,
and Georgipa has hcver explained.
Fry Corners sees her no more nor will
her husband make her slave to fashion
or society, but hand. in hund, tbroughly
one in heart and mind, they find useful
work and tender charity to gil all leis-
ure hours, when friendships calls are
answered.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-28
DeKalb House,
BY A. S. RODGERS.
Most Centrally Located Hotel
in Town. -
Terms 90 Per Day.

Commercial Travellers will have every
attention paid to their comfort, and be fur.
nished- with SAMPLE, ROOMS, at this
HSuse: and persons visiting Camden win
find it quiet and pleasant home.
Special rates made for parties travelling
together. and for those who wish to stay q
: ny Ia CONNECTION with the house is
first-class LIVERY STABLE, where horses
and vehicles can be had at all times for
tovo or country use. at the most reasona-
bie rates. Conveyanees to and from the
depot ut every train. decloti
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-28
Re Sure to Stop at the
l. aathamus House,
:.,f- ssGAMDEN. s. G. 81
fTaasarsr BoArD, $500 PER DAr.)

@-Ample accommodations. Tables sup
.,;oS 9TH the hest the Markets afford. Eve
~ attention paid to The comfort Of Guests.
rI- Persons stopping at the Latham
House will be conveyed to and from the
depot free of charge. Passengers wanou' '
heavy baggage, will be conveyed 10 anu
from any part Of the town, not spo'e Spe,
Kalb street. at 25 cents.
n6rConnected with the house is nfsi
class Bar, which isilocatel separately iron
the house, and orderly kept. ,.,
@rConveyances supplied to guests OF
fiberal terms. either for city or country use
ian8-iy 8. B. LATHAM, Proprietor.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-28
How Much do I Cost you.

A little daughter ten years old lay
on her death. h.bed. It was hard to part
with the pct of the family; the golden
hair, the loving blue eyes, the bird like
voice, the truthful, affectionate child.
How could she be given up2 Between
this child and her father there always
existed, not relationship merely, but
the love of congenial natures. He fell
on his knees. beside his 'darling's bed
side and wept bitter tears. He strove
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-28

Seven years ago Flood and O'Brien
kept drinking saloons in San Francisco.
They are now among the silver kiugso
America, with monthly income 0fover
S200, 600 each. ....
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-28

At a printers festival lately the fol-
lowing toast was offered: Woman-
second to the press in the DISSEMINATION
ofEews." ar ~
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To see the sail that watts me home
Tis sweet Mt night to sit alone
Then 1 see faces dearly known;
fancy, then, the bliss Of meeting
Ny brow burns with my mothers kiss
II Idssp my sister's form, thQdsh heeting
Is there no rapture deep in this?
Bright visions! but in vanishing
Leaving for ay poignant sting.
aIy mother, ,siis this even tide,
M elaer sisterat her side,
And at her knee in beauty bending,
A cherub lisping infant prayer;
Which, to heaven like dew ascending.
Is shedding fragrance even there
As was mine own in carly years,
Her brow wet with a mothers tears.
And then moan in agony
For the blest home l ne'er may see;
IT'S far away. and day declining,
gaze at the departing sun,
And weep that he is brightly shining
ySOn scenes4 yeapu te,ga.enpn, Y
Weep till ny fesrs ukcsunlt deT1 l
Throw on my hopes d brighter hue.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-28

Though you are bound to love
your enemy, you are not bound to put
your sword in his hand. ~.
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All Kinds

ofCanned Goods. y-of best quality, snd
~vssrauted fsll weight fOr sale by { !. {. !.
ybI2u KIRKtEY B SMITH.
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HOME.

HOME.
'Tis sweet at night to sit alone. -
And watch the stars and hear th'
moan
OF fitful breezes in the air;
Bu' then my thoughts are far away
Them on swift wings the breezes Bear
To where my little sisters play,
And sing a song of gladness still,
Beside the gushing mountain rill.
- sssa Ez7 < 20 q lH g EN
'Tis sweet at night 70 sit alone "a
henf loved roices IN the tcne 81
Ofeverf wind stirred bough above me-
Voices of tho sefar. far avaG s I
Who pray for. mad who eyer]evs neys
Kto weep my AssehSs S3ydsy1
And strain The sight Ger oceans foam,
.l r.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

DAYS oil Meeting Of the Trustees
OF the Various Townships Ia
Dubois County.

M Ofit in hFffh. given That The Trus-
i'es M fhc various townships u Du-
hoiS ,u. web WY n ''uir respective Aces
IA each W. 'ls oWnships ior The pose
IA aifeneNe ~ township business, on
The tnlioH ug Jays:
Cstmtia. iafbison, Fanhriass. Harin. sast
Iffi' rsep, rhttr tef "a AArs and fsg'ft Aial
NV -ts3 al SatAfHeAs ~ zach week; srd h..re
tpNrs hp rdas NJ each week Madison rs sim
I'm ne ~ sre 'A Saturdays N every mnnl
frr@orr hNNit1 ht4lntrs ~.ih - The Trustees
VIII hagn " serve fiss da,s ~ 1Astt~ ~ pfrtsrs
IN >rc ~ref ~ r.Air 1rfsf-s shAii u4s,sl.is
rfrfAir das. eagh rasnih rsss ~ req f,a
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faf sr nfNta ihsrtf Ne ven Al ihr tiAa'iiN
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

am just IN receipt OF TwY>Ts riyk eases
NJ Nsns. l-ad,esArd thlldrpn.' Shoes. 81
the hest N inter styles, and NJ rgiers
ioWFR qilAN fvFR. Come and see me.
Mems CAR shoes, warranted nj $3.50 10
~l.Ta; Wouens Fine lid Side ami
Front -are. warranted "a S,.CO 10 3i.75
per pr. Childrcns' shoes al CSC tcslD
per pr | always krrp the largest stock
u HHntingbnrg, ami prices lower than
in the cities.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-06-28

The NINETEENTH CENTURY.-A want
Of earnestness is one of the great blots of
the age in society, dramatic art and litera-
ture. Society is satirical. 1t SCOTS at
love-making. 1t no longer believes in viz
tue. Love matches are left to the unso-
phisticated provincials, or to the middle
and lower classes. Christ is not the divine
figure He was. Women talk slang. Com
mercial honor is no longer absolutely nee
essary to commercial fame. Gree drives
in the park, and Princes attend her recep-
tions. The manners of the age are loose.
A man who marries a shop girl because he
loves her is shut out from society. A
strumpet who marries a lord is admitted.
If the man who marries the shop girl is
content to take her into keeping, he may
maintain his family connections all the
same. Indeed, women of society like a
man who is ga little FAST Sons who are
educated beyond their trading fathers look
down upon the old people. A young man
inclined to be soberly religious is jibed by
his acquaintance. Leading dramatlsts,
it would seem, try to work down to this
degenerate epoch, and when they, some
how or other, tumble upon theme in
which heart and soul and real flesh and
blood, manliness and virtue have to be
portrayed, their low standards of humani-
ty are so fixed and firm that they cannot
rise to the nobler instincts of true men
and women'-London Letter.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-06-28

TESTING FRIENDsHIP.-It is one of the
severest tests of friendship to tell man of
his faults. If you are angry with man,
it is not hard to go to him with words and
looks, singing him to madness, Oh disgrace
ing him in the presence of .oGhers. But
so to love man that you cannot bear to
see the stain of sin upon him, and to go to
him alone, and speak painful truths in
touching tender wor ls-that is friendship,
and friendship as rare as it is precious.
Few, indeed have such friends. Our
friends are apt to pet us, and praise US,
and flatter US, and justify us in all we do,
and to tell us that we are right when we
are wrong; and they know it, and might
correct us, but do not for fear they shall
hurt our feelings. They allow our enemies
to rip the coverings from our faults and
show us what we are. If friends would
reprove us more, enemies would wound us
less. Do you not wish to be my friend
Then tell me my faults to my face. Will
you do SO before you are angry? Will you
refuse to be an enemy, and not allow your
self to be counted as stranger, but keep
on in faithful dealing till you have won
me to the right? If so, 1 greet you and
welcome you, for'' Faithful are the wounds
of friend, but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful.'