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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-13
He went forward into tbc shadowy

He went forward into tho shadowy
room
els it YOU, James ?" she said, half
turning, expecting her brother.
John took 81 step nearer, and this time
his voice did not fail.
"Nellie |"
She started, half arose, hesitated,
then, as he took one ftep nearer, sprang
with glad cry into his extended arms.
CT thought you would never come.
John |" she sobbed.
"Were you waiting for met" he
asked. "Did you care for me- before !
went away
"Then and always, John. How
could you be 10 blind ?"
John Holt Gmoothed her hair tender
", for one moment of silence; then e1
claimed, as though some great truth
had suddenly dawned upon him.
CT deserve it I always thought
them wrong, but they were right. I
was, indeed, q great fool"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

y \
Excellent wash for the face Water.
Wanted-A life.boas that will float on
Sea Of troubles.
Gloves were first worn by our hand
cestors in the tenth century.
What is the size OF the needle that
carried the threads of discourse2
Brown thinks that alI-absorbing tales
should be printed on blotting.p paper.
The onion originated in Europe. SO
important facts leak ont one by one.
The eldest son of the Prince Of Wales,
Prince Albert Victor, is fifteen years
old.
A number of horses have been poison
ed in Kansas by being fed raw castor
beans.
If word spoken in time is worth one
piece of money, silence In 1ts time s
worth two.
Toads and frogs were originally intro.
duced into the Sandwich islands to.ex-
terminate cockroaches.
Examination Of 8, 600 grammar school
pupils at Boston shows that about hve
per cent, of the boys are color-blind,
md only about one-hah OF one per cent.
of the girls.
In Egypt mummies feed the fires that
oropel the iron horse on the railroads.
These dried.up human bodies. are said
TO make very hot fire. Their supply
is almost inexhaustible.
"There is nothing impossible, ex
claimed q man who was discoursing ON
Edison's achievements. That man, to
find out how egregiously he is mistaken,
has only to attempt to cut his own hair.
A great many years ago poor beg
gar explaiaed his ragged appearance by
observing: "I have no money TO buy
new clothing, and mend I can't. And
his class have been called mendicants
ever since.
The Cornish folk in England are
noted as wonderful pie makers. They
even serve vegetables in this mannert
and the laboring classes, in these hard
times, are said to exist largely upon
curious compound known as /" turrip
turnover"
When SNOWFALL as hard as door
knob hits you in the back OF the head as
you are crossing the street, no matter
how quickly you turn, the only thing
you can see is one boy, with the most
innocent face and the emptiest hands
that, ever confronted false accusation.
-HaWkeye.
- "Will ye love me thus forever 2"
And she looked into his eyes
With glance that seemed token
OF the fervor Of her signs.
"Iwudn't guaranty It,
With smile responded Pat,
"For I'm hardly av the notion
That I'll lssht as long as that y
Burdette, in letter to the Raaokeye,
mapnanimously allows the palm to the
East in the matter of Revolutionary re.
lies, but in the next breath is inclined
to take it back. He says: 81 remember
in 1876, when we had the great centen-
NAL tea. party at Burlington, that saw
more Revolutionary relics at Union hall
than I have seen in all New England.
And they were better looking relics,
too. Those saw in Old South church
we're very old and battered and faded,
and altogether shabby-looking, while
the Iowa relics had bright, fresh,
modern look to them, that was much
pleasanter to contemplate"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-13
Quiet Lives.

In valley, centuries ago,
Grew little fern leaf, green and siendef- 2
veining delicate and fibers tender;
Waving when the winds crept down 20 low. !.
Bushes tall, and moss and grass grew
round II,
Playful sunbeams darted In and found y;
Drops Of dew stole down by night and Crown
cd It;
But no foot Of man e'er came that way,
Earth Was young and keeping holiday.
Uselessi Lost ? There came thoughtful
man.
Searching natures secrets far and deep:
From q fssure IN rocky steep
he withdrew stone o'er which there ran z
Fairy pencilings, . quaint design,
Lesfage, veinings, fbsrs clear and hne,
And the ferns life lay in every line
80, I think, God hides some souls Awsy,
sweetly to surprise us the last day
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-13

"I walked the floor all night with the
toothache," said he; to which his un.
feeling listener replied: "You didn't
expect to WALK the ceiling with it, did
you2"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-13
Two DruEi sFs.

Two Drun sFs.
LEGEND OF Thu Re,e
1t was two rival drummers
The merits that did blow ~,-->ie;s :,
OF ss.es were in st. Louis made
And safes from Chicago.
They chsnced upon . merchant
Who fain safe would buy,
And in the praise Of their houses wares
The drummers twain did vie,
Each striving to see which could construct
The most colossal lie.
Up spske the st. Louis drummer:
"0nce man cat did take
And locked the animal In safe
OF our superior make.
"They made bonfire round the safe
With tar and kerosene,
And for four-snd-twenty hours it blased
With raging heat, ween.
"The fire went out, the safe was cooled,
And will forfeit Eve
Hundred good dollars II that cat
Did not come out alive"
Then mild upspske and answered him
The Chicago safe agent:
"With our safe one day We did essay
The same experiment.
eve placed the safe selected on
OF Goals fiery bed,
And pitched-pins We heaped in eosl-oil
stepped
Til the iron glowed bright red;
And in forty-eight hours We opeid the safe,
And, alas the cat was dead r.
"wss dead? Aha |" his rival cried,
With triumphant breath;
But the Chicago man replied:
"Yes, the cat was frozen to death !"
No word that st. Louis drummer spoke,
But silent he stood and wan,
While the Kansas merchant an order gave
To the Ch'cago man.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-13

When does the rain become too famil
lar with lsdy2 When 1t begins to pat
ter on her back.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-13
ADHRRr1srss RATES,

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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29
An Undct,iabls Truth

You deserve ~ suffer, and II you
lead miserable. unsatisfactory life in
this beautiful world, 1t Is entirely
your own fault. ard there IA only one
excuse for you.-your unreasonable
prejudice and skepticism, which has
killed thousands. Personal knowl.
edge aud common sense reasoning
Will soon show you that Green's Au.
gust Flower will cure you Of Liver
Complaint, or Dyspepsia, with all lte
miserable eff cts, such n sick head
ache, palpltAiion OF the heart, sour
stomache, habituAl costiveness, dlzai-
ness OF the head. nervous pTostration.
low spirits, &c. Its sales now reach
every town on the western Continent
and not a Druggist but will tell you
Of lie wonderful cures. You can buy
n Sample Bottle for 10 cents. Three
doses will relieve you.
For sale by J. A. Diekey d Co.
Dec ll.'7s-tf.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29
The Poindexter trial.

The New York HeraLTs Richmond
correspondent, in speaking Of Miss
Cottrell's testimony:
"She stated in reply to questions
by Counsel for defence that she had
been engaged to Poindexter for two
years; that she had known him init.
mately for IL years, and that he had
expressed his affection for her years
ago; she had also stated that on the
previous trial she had said her age
was as years, which she had since
discovered to be mistake, she was
az. These were the only two in
stances in which her testimony differ
ed from that given at the first trial.
The announcement OF her engage
ment to Poindexter created some sur
prise, as she had previously stated his
relations to her were only those Of a
friend"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29

THERE are ugly words passing be
tween Gen. J. A. Walker and tn,
Editor OF the Wytheville Diseafel
about that Newbern discussion. Tn,
Lieut.. Governor, very sharply anc
taologically says
This statement is utterly anC
wilfully false, and must have beer
known by you to be wilfully false
when you inserted it in your paper.
The allusion is to the statement tha
Pat. MeCaull arose and denounced
as false a statement made by tn,
Lieut.. Governor.
II our two Wytheville friends will
come down here TO the State line, VIC
will try and get them to stop this sori
Of talk. Both are gentlemen, and
what is the use for gentlemen to be
pitching into each other when the
world furnishes so many Williams for
them TO pitch into.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29
THE POINDExTER CASE.
The Prisoner gees up for two
years.

The jury in the Poindexter case
last Friday returned a verdict of
guilty Of voluntary manslanghter"
and fixed his term Of Imprisonment
ii the Penitentiary al two years.
The STATE says il is understood two OF
the jury were for murder in the first
degree, two for murder in the Second
degree, six for voluntary manslanght-
er and two for involuntary man.
slaughter. The result was compro-
mise, with short term by coming to
the view Of the majority.
In this county the almost, If not
wholly unanimous opinion is tina;
the verdict is light one.
The speech of Commonwealth.
Attorney, Geo. D. Wise, is one Of
the ablest we have ever read, and we
shall re-publish it in our next issue.
As we expected he used the impru.
dent language Of Mr.. Royal to greai
advantage. Mr.. Royals speech wa'
an able one-decidedly SO, but we
think he injured his case by denounc'
ing the action OF large portion o
the public and also that of Curtis
friends. We think Capt. Geo. D.
Wise has proudly won very decided
faEae in the conduct of his case, and tha'
he has done society very decided
service, Notwithstanding we hav'
much sympathy for Poindexter in hi
great fall. His error was a mos
grievous one, and while we think tn,
verdict light one, j: will wear yer,
heavily on him.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29


Prior Coleman, so says the Knox.
vile T'TbNar, has been surrendered 70
the military and taken to Atlanta,
some say for the purpose Of executing
the death sentence long ago passed
upon him by court martial for muir
dering Miss Bell in Knox. Co. in
1865. lie was trying to force Mr..
Bell to give up his money, Miss Bell
interfesred In behalf OF her father, and
he killed her. Yet the D15nue says
This Counsel and many Others are
confident that executive elemency
will prevent his execution"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29
The Scott County Murder.
'fcci'I Vofrespondsntt tynthburr Ecws


Esrn.LviLLE, April %. 1870.
Mrssi's. EDiToRs IL believe a not,
hhs already been sent you from hi.
place giving an outline Of the ARRAY be.
tween some revenue officials and IA,
Cox's In which John Cox was killed. A
brother Of his obtained n warrant for the
arrestof the officers few days ago.
lie gives the facts "a follows Jus, be.
fore day they were halted and fired mn.
on without any perceiyable lapsc OF
time between the command 10 halt and
the firing. lie says no rocks were
thrown, and that they had no arms
whatever The people IN that comm.
nifty are very much incensed nj tbe
course Of the officials, learn. lie Cox
has been represented by every one 1
have seen a. peaceablc. clever man.
His brother says he John Cox never
made drop of liquor Of any sort and
the people Of his community know n,
While no one here pretends 10 iuaif,
Illicit distilling. none for a moment ins.
tlfy these officers In shooting down
peaceble men without cause. The urot,-
bilitles are that Cox never distilled a
drop Of liquor In his life. and that he
was shot IN n cowarlly manner. no re-.
sisiance worthy of the name having
been made.
Mr.. fowlcr's editorial IN The Bristol
News gives a glowing description Of the
battle from Mr.. Dotsons stand p,in,
'iie il che Of the men for whom the war.
rant Of arrest has been issued. and would
naturally like to shape public opinion In
he faror). Indeed. Mr.. Fowler has no,
'scaped criticism Ia this maitpf. In ss
much as the conduct ~ thpse reven,e
Ulcers Ia the south has not won the nd. !
nlralion u the southern people. Il i |
houghi southern newspapers mism Ia
little more guarded than 10 render 81.
iorially The yarns spun br .neb
harariers IN defence Of their nnlav fei
ondud ~ that editorial Ne ca, 1. |
aid iu have lss.,.u tuuNu . ..t.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29
EVENT and COMMENT.

The commander Of the British vessel
thst went to the defence OF Alaska nj
the request Of Collector, Ball ID satisfied
that Ball is guilty Of deceiving the Gov
erment as TO there being danger from
the Indians. He says Ball is engaged
in Specializing In the mines and his call
Of danger is all fudge. Bali is the
late member of the House Of Delegates
and was Editor Of the Alexandria Ga
zette: went over to Hayes.
Gen. JDo. A. Dix ia dead nj last. He
was born in 1898 and was member Of
Buchanan's Cabinet in the Fort Stump
Ter period Of that Administration. AZ
forwards Governor Of New York.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29

Senator Tyler and Capt. J. d
Johnston, members Of the House
seem to have had things their owl
way at their last Giles Court. Tn,
T'giMdS says they made length,
speeches in defence Of the McCul
loch bill, and swept the field clean
that Capt. Johnston spoke over ar
hour, made a telling and affective
speech, and took his seat amid the
rapturous applause Of a delighted and
highly gratihed constituency. Mai.
Tyler spoke for nearly two hours in a
very happy strain, and took his seat
amid applauses and shouts for our
gallant Senator"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29

John Cox" Every man la this town.
aud all have seen IN the county say No
such character has ever been heard Of IN
the county. aud this man never bore
such q name. The press shoall lc d
public sentiment in denouncing sub
outrageous proceedings. and nol bccon c
instruments Of defence for them, howcy-
cr indirectly.
Our village paper ha- come 10 lfc
again. l..
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29

The article on our first page an
nouncing that the Foreign Bond
holders" have accepted the plan Of
settlement Of the State debt, simply
means the Council of Foreign
Bondholders" have accepted the Bill
and will try to get the real bnndhold-
er to fund under it. The article is
from the STATE.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29
ooMMuNIcATrp.

zrculS, Texas. April i4tl, 1879.
Mr.. EDITOR
Ny reflections were Of a melancholy
cast ~ boarded the western train
which left your city on the 5th Of
March. The parting advice OF hiends
was lingering In my memory. and
when we got up speed" I could bu,
recall that ancient sentiment Fdciiis
eel desoeHsus drcrnf. But Time,
"who changes all" and correcis ali
false opinions, coon dissipaied thers
gloomy thoughts and substituted
dreams OF fortune and ideal pictures
OF happiness, that were 10 be realized
under the Western skies. Besides
this source Of pleasure I had onsotbsr,
which viii mention. ne I do not
think u 10 my duty 10 let Il 70 unre.
corded. Two pairs of lovers got on
our train just below Kdoxvllle. a
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29
A correspondent Of the ia. Peesle

n Correspondent OF Inc "a TnDp4f
writing from Tazewell c. H. Says;
Upon the l4th inst, g. w. Kilgore,
formerly Judge Of the Russell county
court, now practieing law at this bar,
bought Of Judge J. p. Kelly his hand
some residence, Brandon, and twenty
five acres of land, paying therefor
$500. Judge Kilgore and all such as
he are acquisitions to our community
that we heartily welcome.
This is good sale, and looks well
for Jacksonville.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29

At last the Texas drought is ended,
and they have dose Of destructive
foods, washing away railroads and
bridges, and suspending traffic.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29

Trade dollars are worth s. cts, so
says Secretary Sherman, and Sherman
is now ga bigger man than old
Grant"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29

friends Of the debt bill boast tina; they
viii have speaker Allen and others
here at the May Court.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29

Such eleciioneering was scarcely
ever seen In the streets Of Abinedon
and 50 busy was the army Of eandi.
dates and their armies Of friends,
that only moderate crowd was in
the Court room. Il had been rumor.
ed that Malone, Daniel and Walker
would be presen, and their failure to
appear was q disappointment The
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29
Court Day at Abingdon,
Speeches from the Senator and
Delegates.

speeches from tine senator ana
Delegates.
The voters Of the county were pres
ent yesterday in considerable num-
bers at Abingdon, and candidates to
the number of thirty or more gave
them about as much as they could
bear in the way Of handshaking and
buttonholing. The court was busily
engaged until nearly O'Clock p. m.
at which time
MR.. KELLY
took the stand and gave brief &C
count OF his service in the House,
paying his chief attention to the Nc
Culloch Bill, which he denounced as
worse than the Funding Bill Of 1871,
and rendering certain an increase Of
taxation. Under il the school system
would be extinguished and the Gov
eminent could not be run. 1t was
conceived in sin and brought forth in
iniquity. The Legislature had re-
trenched until it had put the officers
Of the State on Poor-House rates.
He spoke ~ minutes, and dealt in
figures and statistics in minute detail.
His vote on constructive mileage, was
not expressive Of his purpose, but on
ly his right to draw il, which was
clear, and sustained by the positive
opinion Of the Attorney General.
Mr.. FOWLER
spoke 4s minutes, merely giving at
account Of his action in the Legisla-
ture, and his reasons for opposing the
passage OF the McCulloch Bill in its
present shape. He had earnestly
sought the oonsummation Of definite,
certain, satisfactory and final read
justment OF the debt. He had not
gone there to howl about the debt as
demagogue, for political purposes,
but had endeavored to achieve success
"a settlement, desiring not to return
without ii, If il could be eonsummat-
ed. He had earnestly sought con-
ference with he oeGifors, and had
labored to get the measure into such
practical shape that be could vote for
il.
Gentlemen who had opposed Read
justment, and now were 30 laudatory,
il this bill should reflect ths; whatev.
er Of good they saw in il was due to
the Readjusses Of the State, and the
bad that was in II was due to the
Funders, who bit too soon and spoil.
cd our efforts at complete success
He considered the Allen Amendment
the browning objection TO il.
COL. FuLKERsoN
spoke an hour and a half, exclusively
on the Brokers Bill" which he de.
nounoed as more odiow and oppress-
i've than the Funding Bill Of 1871
We had not met officially a single
bondholder. McCulioeh was known in
commercial circles as tramp. This
bill had been passed under all the
suspicious Circumstances Of the old
Funding Bill. II was only scheme
Of peculation and speculation. He
did not know whs, these people had
paid the Legislature. Brownlow's
Legislature did not contain half the
damnable infamy that there is in this
Bill IL would never succeed, but
must be repealed at the very frs, mo.
ment. His issue was Repeal that
Bill" that was simple enough. He
could prove that the Funders Ivy 10.
ing for the bill, had by their own
shown themselves both
thieves and highway robbers" The
old Funding Bill Of 1874 was dead
and now We had to kill the new one.
-
p,,.i. .i.l,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29

The voters Of the county were pres
ent yesterday in considerable mum
bers at Abingdon, and candidates to
the number of thirty or more gave
them about as much as they could
bear in the way Of handshakiDg and
buttonholing. The court was busily
engaged until nearly a O'Clock p. m.
at which time
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-29
NEW RICH RIlla.I

Blees ~ "ss ,Purgatise Pits nsls Y,v Rich
,hs 800, 80 VII completely change m. Mod ia
who ~ilp,, tsy,'sm 70 three months. Arr rrs.on
may be r,sia,.s r ~, zach lislt from To- II west.
Z io5sss. sent By lssilfor A is,,., ss.,,,. Is
:. JVhNSOs & CO., Bangor, Ne. ''''P. >
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-09-04
Extraordinary Versatility OF Test.
ePn "DuStePO.'

\ day or Two ago a motherly- -lookin z
woman Of forty-tve entered q Woodw ard
avenue clothing store, having a mans lin
en duster on her arm, and when approach
ed BY u salesman she said:
some one In here sold this duster to ny
son, yesterday"
Yes, mA'am. | sold IL myself" replied
the clerk, As he looked at the garment.
Ibid you tell my son that this duster
could be worn either TO picnic. funeral,
bridal party or quarterly meetlngg"
Il did. ma 'am, and 30 IL can"
Ibid you tell him 1, made a good ny-
blanket when not otherwise neededl"
81 did"
That ii could be used as . boat sail, .
stretcher, . straw bed and beds spread p
..Yes. MAJ 'am. did
And that many people used them -
tablecoversY'
Il did"
And that they would last for years and
then make an excellent rag carpety'
II did,
''And you only charged q dOllsrr'
'Oniy q dollar, ma'am."
We'll. when John came home last night
and brought the duster, and told me all
you said, made up my mind that he must
have been drunk. and l WAS little afraid
he stole the garment. l AN glad it's all
right"
1T certainly Is all right, mx'am, and
since he was here yesterday We have die
covered that the duster 10 great conduct
or of sound, q preventive Of sunstroke, and
that no man with one on his back ever
dropped dead Of heart disease"
Land save ss!'' she gasped. ss she
waited for the bundle; "but who knows
that they won't fix 'em 90 fore long that
they'll raise . mortage OF the sfarmr-(De-
trOit Free hess.