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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04

The Gnsciic. o. Norfn!k, Va, mem
,inrs IIar cock for III" Pr sidencT, and
Han p'ou for th' Vi Presidency. n x'
year.
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For Debility. Loss Of Memory, flispo
siiion to E>eriion or business. SlttrtneSs
Of Breath. TROUBLED ~i'h Thoughts Dis
ease, Bimnrss of Vision. Pain in the Back
Ghcst and Had. Rush o. Blood 10 the
Head. Pale Countrnauce and Dry Skin.
Il these symptoms are allowed togo Oh,
very frequently Epil"pric Fits and CON
sumption follow. When the constitution
hrcnmss affected it requires the nid.of an
invisorating medicine to strengthen AMI
tone up the system-which
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04

Choice Family Finur, CaEvas:e ed ilrms,
Psul Iris aud %oai ,
AlRKIEY j. SHItN,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

WHAT A SPIDER EATs.-In order to
test what a spider can do in the way Of
eating, we arose about daybreak in the
morning to supply this fine web with a
fly. At first, however, the spider did not
come from its retreat, so we peeped
among the leaves, and there discovered
that an earwig had been caught, and was
now being feasted upon. The spider left
the earwig, rolled up the fly, and at once
returned to his FIRST course" This was
81 80 A. NJ. in September. At A. NJ. the
earwg had been demolished, and the
spider, after resting awhile, and probably
enjoying q nap. came down for the fly,
which it had finished at 9 Am. A little
after we supplied him daddy-long-legs.
which he ate by noon. At l o'clock a
blow-Hy was greedily seized, and then
Immediately, with an appetite apparently
no worse for his previous indulgence, he
commenced on the blow-hy. During the
day and towards evening. great many
small green flies, or what are properly
termed midges, had been caught in the
web; of these we counted one hundred
and twenty all dead and fast prisoners in
| the spiders net. Soon after dark. provid-
ed with lantern, we went to examine
whether the spider was suffering from
indigestion. or in any other way, from his
previous meals; instead. however, he was
employed in rolling up together the vari-
Gus little green midgcs, when he took
them to his retreat and tea. This process
he repeated, carrying up the lots in little
detachments, until the web was eaten, for
the web and its contents were bundled up
together. A slight rest of about an hour
was followed by the most industrious web
making process, and before daybreak an
ether web was ready to be used in the
same way. Taking the relative size of the
spider and of the creatures it ate, and ap-
plying to man. it would be somewhat as
follows: At daybreak small alligator was
eaten; at I A. NJ. lamb; at 9 A. NJ. a
young cameleopard; at 10 o o'clocka sheep
and during the night one hundred and
twenty larks. This, we believe, would be
Il fair allowance for man during twenty.
four hours, and could we find one gifted
with such an appetite and digestion we
can readily comprehend how he nigh
spin five miles of web without KILN,
himself, provided he possessed the neces
sary machinery.-New Era.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

II. NJ. S. PNAFoRE. Writing Of this
topic in ScriJner for May, DR.. Holland
says:
We have had lyric comedy running in
all the theaters of the country during the
last season." Her Majesty's Ship Pima
fore (which will illustrate part of what
we mean. Since we began to observe the
aters at all, nothing has had such run of
popularity as this. Young and old, rich
and poor. have been amused by it, and
there is not word in it, from beginning
to end, that can wound any sensibility.
1t is piece of delicious absurdity all
through, and man can enjoy two hours
of jolity in witnessing it, which will not
leave a stain upon him anywhere. 1t is
simply delightful, fun,-and the
most popular thing that has appeared on
the stage for the last ten years. We call
attention 10 it specially TO show that fun,
when it is pure, is more popular a thou
sand times than when it is not.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

Herr Krupp, the famous maker of guns
and cannon, is a tall, fine looking old man
of remarkably commanding presence. lie
has beautiful home at Essen, and relates
how, as young hard working man,
he fixed upon the site of tho present
house as that of his future home if he
should succeed in his career; and how he
always used to delight as boy, when he
got holiday, to ascend the hill and look
down into the pleasant and peaceful valley
below. He has received almost every
order from the hands of the emperor, and
has been offered all manner of titles. but
he refuses them all content to live and die
as plain Herr Krupp. The following
anecdote is told concerning his marriage
One day, being in the theatre at Cologne,
he was struck by grlish face in the box
opposite. He begged one of his friends,
who was acquainted with the family, to
introduce him. Next day he was engaged,
and the following week the marriage took
place. The marriage concluded so hastily
has proved most happy one.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

WHO WAS THE BAD BoY?-Little An
ME was prettily dressed and standing in
front of the house waiting for mother to 60
out to ride.
A tidy boy. dressed in coarse clothes,
was passing, when the little girl said:
"Come here, boy, and sake hands with
me. dot boy dus like you named
Bobby"
The boy laughed. shook hand with her,
and said: "rve got little girl just like
you only she hasn't got any little cloak
with pussy fur on it,"
Here lady came out of the door and
said " Annie. you must not talk with
bad boys on the street. hope you have
not taken anything from her? Go away
and never stop here again, boy"
That evening the lady was called down
to speak to boy in the hall. He was very
neatly dressed, and stood with his cap i'll
his hand. 1t was the enemy Of the NOR
ming.
| came to tell you that am not bad
boy," he said. ." l 90 to Sunda! school,
and help my mother all l can. never
tell lies, nor quarrel, nor say bad words.
and don't like lady to call me names,
anu ask lu0 Al L We olOICu ItO lItt'O ahA .
clothes from her."
I'm very glad you are so good, said
the lady laughing at the boy's earnestness.
" Here is : quarter OF u dollar for you"
al don't want thatm said Bob, ho,ling
his head very high. MY father works
in d foundry, and has lots of money.
You've got bigger boy than me, haven't
youp"
Yes, why?" -,
docs he know the commandments"
"l'm afraid not very WELL"
"Can he sly the sermon on the mount
and the lwenty-third psalm. and the gol-
den rule?"
81 am very much afraid he can not, y
said the lady, laughing at the boys brav-
cry.
instead of going to church,
81 am afraid he does, but he ought
not" said the lady, blushing little.
Mother don't know that came here,
said the bright little rogue" but thought
l would just come round. and see what
kind of folks you were, and guess moth
er would rather your boy would not come
round our doors, because she don't like
Mamie to talk to bad boys in the street
Good evening"" And the boy was gone
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21
CHARGE OF THE FIRST VT. BRIGAD

AT. FREDIcKsBURGH. MAY 3D, 1861
The Sabbath morn dawned bright and clear upon the
third of May.
As underneath St. Mary's heights the corps of sedse
wick lay;
silence, ominous and Deep was on the hillside then,
Though on the top and at the foot hosts of hostile
men.
The thunder of the rebel guns the solemn stiffness
broke,
And echo answered echo back as one by one awoke;
But soon our red PARROTS spoke in toneswe knew so
we'll,
And opened on the rebel hordes refuent storm of
shell.
In quick response our we'll served guns their deadly
missiles pour,
Which through the scarp and parapet of their en-.
trenchments tore;
But grape and shell and solid shot though showered
forth like rain.
To drive the greybacks from their holes proved i'm
potent and vain.
" Green Mountain boys"-ye heroes of dozen bloody
fights;
The call is now for men who dare to scale the dizzy
heights;
And advancing on the plain. their serred lines
appear.
Unbroken by the storms of grape-unparalyzed by
fear.
The twenty-sixth New Jersey. then attached to our
brigade,
Supported by the Seconds boys; master stroke
essayed
But struggling through a miry bog that stretched
across their way.
They broke in wild confusion and went hopelessly
astray.
Then the long tried Second up and passed them
on the run;
Vermont might we'll be proud that day of every
martial son;
With volley answered voley as they climbed the
shelving track,
And shouting forth their battle cry they drove the
rebels back;
Upon our right the Light Brigade" dismay and
carnage spread;
Far to the left our own brave Brooks his troops
triumphant led;
Each proudly emulous of each, were deeds of valor
done,
And on the crest laid down to resist Marys heights
won;
All honor to the brave who fell shed their blood in
vain,
Who rested with but. alas no more to rise again
By Rappahannock's storied stream their verdant
graves made.
| Who dying, shed lustre the " Old Vermont
Brigade"
From the WauertV Magazine. Oct. II. 1858.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

l Peter was crucified in Rome, and, at
his own request, with his head downward.
2. Andrew was crucified by being
bound to u cross with cords, on which he
hung two days, exhorting the people till
he expired.
8. st. James the Great was beheaded
by order of Herod ut Jerusalem.
4. St. James the Less was thrown
from high pinnacle, then stoned, and
finally killed with fuller's club.
5. St. Philip was bound and hanged
against pillar.
6. st. Bartholomew was fayed to death
by command of barbarous king.
Z. St. Matthew was killed with n hal
berd.
s. St. Thomas, while at prayer, was
shot with shower of lance, and after
ward run through the body with lance.
9. St. Simon was cruciied.
10. Thaddeus, or Judas, was cruelty
put to death.
II. st. Matthias-the manner of bis
death is somewhat doubtful; one says
stoned then beheaded; another says he
was crucifed.
II. Judas Iscrriot fell, and his bowels
gushed out.
49, St. John died natural death.
II. St. Paul was beheaded by order o
Nero.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

A IIEATHEN CEREMoNY.-Ah Guy
(Chinese for Alice, the angel,) began to
get married ten days ago to Charles JAM
ison, an Englishman. 1t is the first mar
riage according to Chinese rites that has
ever been celebrated on this continent.
The ceremony is seven days long. On the
morning of the first day the groom re-
ceived the money contributions of Ill
friends, and with the money hired the
Chinese restaurant and its kitchen for the
day. The Ill guests arrived before noon
and sat at the table. The bride then made
her appearance. She held a large fan be-
fore her face completely screening it. She
passed before the Ill guests and courte'
sled slowly three times before every one,
or 1888 times Proverbs were recited by
all the guests. After the guests had been
courtesied to, tea was drank. The conclu-
sion of the ceremony will be heard of in
due time.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

Oak may be so dyed as to resemble
ebony. Soak it for forty eight hours in a
hot saturated solution of alum, and then
paint it with decoction of one part CAM
peachy wood in eleven parts wafer. This
decoction should be first filtered and slow
ly boiled down to one-half its volume,
when ten or fifteen drops of neutral
tincture of indigo should be added for
every quart it contains. After the appli-
cation of this solution, the wood should be
rubbed with a saturated solution of verdi
pris in acetic acid until the desired tint is
obtained.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

The story as told by sophomore TO his
little sister: Mary was the proprietress of
a diminutive, incipient sheep, whose outer
covering was as devoid of color us con-
gealed atmospheric vapor, and to all local
tiles to which Mary perambulated her
young southdown was morally sure to
follow 1t tagged her to the dispensary of
learning one diurnal section of time, which
was contrary to all precedent, and excited
cachination of the seminary attendants
when they perceived the presence of a
young mutton at the establishment of in
struction. Consequently,lh preceptor ex-
PEELED him from the interior, but he con-
tinued to remain in the immediate vicinity.
and continued in the neighborhood without
fretfuness until Mary once more became
visible. "What caused this specimen OF
the genus owls to bestow so much affection
on Mary" the impetuous progeny vocf-
Grated. Because Mary reciprocated the
wool-producer's esteem, you understand"
the tutor answered back.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

How TO GET A DlNNER.-A gentleman
who had travelled about pretty extensive
ly was greatly perplexed 10 understand
how il was that other persons were waited
upon promptly and well served at the ho-
tells, while he was almost entirely ignored
and could scarcely obtain Il square meui-
COMPLAIN 10 or swear ut the waiter as he
might. Al last his eyes were opened to
the dodge of feeling the waiter literally,
and being of an ingenious turn of mind
he determined to improve upon the plan.
The next hotel he dined at he took his
seat very pompousy at the table, and took
out well-tlled pocket book, extracting
therefrom ten dollar bill, which he laid
on the white cloth beside his plate and
placed his goblet upon it. In an instant
almost he was surrounded by walters, who
seemed to vie with each other in attentions.
Every wish was anticipated, and all the
delicaces of the kitchen and pantry were
placed before him in tempting array.
Having Jared rs sumptuously as
prince (to the envy of many of the guests,
he toak up the greenback, and beckoning
to the nearest waiter, was Immediately be-
sieged by half dozen or so. Holding the
bill in one hand, he pointed TO it with the
other, and inquired of the crowd:
DO you see that bile"
"Ob, yes, sir" they all exclaimed in
chorus.
Then take good look at it " he re.
piled; for you will never see it again.
Saying which, he departed, leaving the
walters aghast.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

How TO DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF
SILK.-A writer in the Hartford Courant,
speaking of the various kinds of black
silk, gives the following directions for de-
tecting the spurious from the genuine
article: Take ten fbres of the filling in
any silk, and if on breaking they show a
feathery. dry, and lack-lustre condition,
discoloring the fingers in handling. you
NAV at once be sure of the presence of dye
and artificial weighing. Or take small
portion of these fibres between the thumb
and forefnger and gently roll them over
and over and you will readily detect in
the one the gum, mineral, soap and other
ingredients, and the absence of them in
the other. A simple but effective test OF
purity is to burn a small quantity of the
fibers; pure silk will instantly crisp leav-
ing only pure charcoal; heavily dyed silk
will smolder. leaving a yellow, greasy
ash. IT, on the contrary, you can never.
'or hardly ever, break the ten strands and
they are OF a natural lustre and brllliancy
and fail to dscolor the fingers at point o.
contact, you may be well assured that
you have pure silk, that is honest in its
make, durable in its wear"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

TIE FATE OF A HERD oE BUFFALoEs.
An army officer who recently arrived
in Chicago from the Yellowstone valley.
tells story of what happened to herd
of buffaloes as they were migrating south,
ward. The herd numbered 1900 head and
had been driven out Of the Milk river
country by the Indian hunters belonging
to Sitting Bulls band. When they reached
the river they vcntured on the ice with
customary confidence. coming upon 1t
with u solid front, and beginning the
crossing with closed ranks. The stream
at this point was very deep. When the
front line, which was stretched out a
quarter of mile in length, had nearly
gained the opposite shore, the ice sudden
ly gave way under them, Some trappers
who were eye witnesses of the scene said
it seemed as if trench had been opened
in the ice the whole length of the column.
Some four or five hundred animals tum-
bled into the opening all in n heap. Others
fell in on top of them and sank out OF
sight in twinkling. BY this time the
ice was breaking under the still advancing
herd. The trappers say that IN less tnan
a minute the whole body of butfaloes had
been precipitatcd into the river. They
were wedged in so thickly that they could
do nothing but struggle for second and
then disappear beneath the cakes OF ice ol
the swift current. Not beast in all that
mighty herd tried to escape, but in solid
phalanx they marched to their fatal bath
in the " Big Muddy" In miuu;e from
the time the first ice broke not buffalo s
head or tail was to be seen.
Possible occurrences of this sort, in
ancient tertiary times, helped to form the
remarkable deposits of bones found in the
old lake beds of the great west and else
where. In these deposits the earth is
literally crowded with the bones, some
times chiefly of one type, sometimes COM
prising many distinct species. In th'
latter case TIE victims were probably
swept away by sudden floods. their re
mains mingling confusedly in quiet ba
sins.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

son is twelve; and attends the college,
where his father is professor. She tells
me that living is very dear.
In the Louvre gallery. among the artists
at work, there are a number of women
One of them is drawing from Paul Yer
onese's picture of " The Marriage at Cana
in Galilee.
Widows are engaged in business at
Paris. l 90 into u bookstore and find a
women. She says that she is all alone,
and gives me her card-Widow -. She
asks me to send my friends, and sell
ME pretty note-paper at two sons for
six sheets. At the exposition, in planta-
ton of trees, l see board set bearing
Widow Durand. Bourg-la-Reine." On a
hand bill in the street are the names Of
Widows Renon, Maulde and Cock, print
ers. Rue de Rivoli. My landlord jestingly
says that their husbands were printers and
that after having well wept them they con-
tinued the busiuess.-Phebe Earle Gibbons,
in Hdrper'S Mdgazine.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF.-Go
is the model minister of an enlightened
despot. He is noble; he is cultured; a
patriot, but no Chauvinist. He has some
RIGHT to be an aristocrat, for the Gortscha-
koffs claim to descend from Ruric, the
founder of the Russian monarchy, who
flourished thousand years ago. The
family has given Russia two saints, and a
good many princes who merited whatever
may be the exact opposite Of canonization.
He himself looks every inch high bred
gentleman. Courteous and atfable himself,
he has been at no little pains to polish and
humanize that most boorish Of created
beings, the Russian local officer. The
governor of IL distant province, very bad
accounts of whom had reached St. Peters
burg, received dispatch from the char :
cellor, admonishing him to be more civil
to his employers in future. Thereat sore
marveled the governor. but resolved to do
his best. The next day, as q aide-de-camp
entered to receive orders, he was greeted
by his excellency with these words: "Sit
down, YOU dog!" The aide stared. "Sit
down, you dog ~ shouted the governor.
The aide now looked hopelessly wretched.
III YOU QOn I SlJ uOWu ~ OIlCo L IL hhNc
you flogged.' But the princes example
has done more than his exhortations.
With respect to culture, Gortschakotf
may claim rank as scholar. With Latin
he is especially we'll acquainted, and is
never in better humor than when he has
made a neat quotation. His favorite au-
thors are Cicero and Tacitus. He is also
good modern linguist, knowing. among
others, his own mother tongue far better
than most men of the generation to which
he belongs. When Gortschakotf was
young man Che is now eighty-one) it was
considered "bad form" in the best Russian
society to have any but the slightest ac.
ouaintance with Russian. Gortschakoff
who was the friend Gas he had been school
fellow of the poet Pouschkin. was cour
ageous enough to brave so silly preju
dice. With equal good sense he has
avoided running into the other extreme
and never attempts to place Russian liter
ature on the same level as that of the
western nations.