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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27
State Of Society in Illinois.

A woman with the unheroic name Of
Nancy Jane Pratt, in Iroquois county,
Illinois, ordered hunter off her farm on
Wednesday, and received the saucy
reply: "Oh, you amt in any danger;
I amt huntin' old maids" She abruptly
turned, went into the house, came out
with a gum. opened fire on the hunter
and killed his dog. The fool threw up
his hands and yelled: DO you mean to
murder me?' The farmers wife an
swered, as she replaced the cartridge in
the brecch-loader: "Oh, you amt in
any danger; / amt huntin' for FOOLS"
and she brought the gun again to her
shoulder, while the fool yelled louder
than before. The firing attracted her
husband who came and kicked the
puppy off of the grounds, and smashed
hisgun. " -''
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ashland farm, Henry Clay's oldhome,
is to rent

Ashland farm, Henry Clay's old dhomc,
is to rent
We shall soon begin sending wine to
France. The wine product of California
alone this season is estimated at 100000
gallons. France should put that fact in her
glass and drink it.:
In the two years preceding the panic
of 1873 the price of middling upland cotton
in Liverpool ranged between Cd and I'D,
with million bales more cotton in sight than
there are ut present.
The cntrails of sheep are now used in
California for machine betting in place of
hemp, which is said to be much less durable.
A three-fourth-inch rope made from it will
bear q strain of seven tons.
Goldsmith Maid waS on the 90, in the
cars, for thirteen wears, from one end Of the
country to the other, travelling over one hum
drcd thousand miles, always taking her regular
rest on the ears as il in her box stall She
nctted to her owner over S75 900, after paving
all her expenses and giving BuddDoblc one
half.
OF the total Of S,t3l sets of WOODEN
machinery in the United States, Ills are in
Massachusetts: 33l in Maine, 80, in New
Hampshire, 175 III Vermont, Al? in Rhode
Island, and 900 in Connccticut-a total for
the New England states of more than I3 per
Gent. OF the woolcn machinery i'll the entire
country.
One gas company supplies all Paris ut
rate Of about S1.G2 per 1000 feet. The
last yearly dividend was equal to 81 per
ccntum on the original price of the
shares.
DR.. R. V. Pierce went to Buffalo in
1866 pennilcss. In 1872 he spent $780,
600 in advertising, and now he is worth
million and is a. member of Congress.
Moral
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27

ARTEsIAN wells are becomingnumerous
throughout California, fresh ones being
dug daily, as we'll for irrigating purposes
in the farming lands, as for general water
purposes in San Francisco and other cities
They cost $3.50 upward, and some furnish
100000 gallons of the purest water daily.
In the San Joaquin valley they are very
numerous, eleven being lin full flow within
a tract of three miles by Il mile and half
in extent, and vet theirproximity to each
other and the digging of new wells does
not diminish their flow at all, thing
that is not the case everywhere. The
novel experiment has been tried of form
ing an artificial lake with this water and
breeding fish in it, and it has been found
that the fish thrive as well in water drawn
from the subteranean sources is III any
niber
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27

How New Hampshire boy became
Russian admiral makes IN interesting TO
nance. The son of the Rev. Simon Fin
lev Williams, celebrated Massachusetts,
clergyman, called to Meredith in 1890,
ran away from Laconia employer be
cause the latter whipped him for spend
ing his evenings with the girls. Hc took
also $500 belonging to the chastiser, who
pursued him to Portland, reaching there
two days after the youngster had shipped
on Russian bark The vessel was at
attacked by pirates, but the boy OF II,
with the assistance of two sailors, mount
an old swivel, loaded it with old iron
scraps and sank two boat loads of the buc-
cancers, thus saving his ship. For this
the Car trained young Williams up in
the royal navy, of which he became. the
head, his title being Count Zinchorschotf
He subsequently, returned to this country
and paid.the Laconia man his $500 and
interest, all in gold, saying he should re-
turn TO Russia an honest man.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27

A little girl who was sent out to look
for eggs came back unsuccessful, and
complained that "therc were lots of hens
standing around doing nothing.
Daily bulletins of current events, with
lists of books pertinent to the subjects,
arc hung up in the Hartford public IL
brary. This is done to encourage the
reading of instructive matter.
Mr.. y. ?. Morgan, the banker, has
sold to Mr. D. 0. Mills, the California
millionaire, his mansion on Fifth avenue,
opposite the cathedral, New York, fully
furnished, for 1915, 900.
Last year there were $1,000 cases of
yellow fever and J,l06 deaths in Men,
phis. This year the number of cases was
1903 and there were 49S deaths. The
official notice of the end of the yellow
fever epidemic in Memphis comes four
days earlier than the similar one of Oc-
tober %, 1878.
Locomotives are used OH canal tow
paths of France. They are of light
build, not weighing over four or five tons,
and are easily managed by one man.
Barges arc thus drawn at Il speed of two
( miles an hour, about twice the mean rate
of horse on the tow-path. Any empty
! vessel is drawn six miles an hour, but a
greater speed would damage the banks
of the canal.
A father never thinks his ten-year-old
son is stronger than horse until he en-
ploys him to turn the grindstone to
sharpen al old axe that is about as sharp
at one end as the other. The old man
bears on until the lads eyes hang out and
his trowsers' buckle flies off, and just be-
fore he bursts blood vessel his father
encourages him with the remark, ''Does
-it-turn-hardH' Thousands of boys
have run away from home and become
pirates and greenbackers in order to es,
cape second siege at the grindstone.-
TNorristown Herald.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27


THERE is cotton mill at Westminster,
South Carolina, which takes the. cotton
from the seed, on the plantation where
it is grown, and converts it by a simple
and inexpensive process, into yarn. AT
ter this transformation the cotton is III
creased in value from three cents pound
to from sixteen to seventeen cents per
pound. But this is not the only advan-
tage gained The seed cotton, were it
not made into yarn, must pay tax for
ginning, compreessing, bagging, tying,
weighing, storage, wharfage, etc, and
other preparations incident to shipping.
Accordingly it is thought that just such
mills as this one, scattered through the
cotton plantations, will do 4 great deal
70 advance the interest of the cotton
growers, increase the work and earnings
of laborers, and prepare the way for the
establishment of the larger manufacto-
ries, which are now talked of as possible
competitors with those of the great cor
psrations of New England.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27

Iris said that an investigation of the
New York elevated railroads revealed
that the stock has been ''watcrcd' to the
extent of six or seven million dollars.
During the investigation some interesting
statistics were given. The fifteen miles
of track now in operation cost twelve
millions of dollars, and when the con-
struction is thoroughly completed it is
thought that the expense will be fully a
million dollars to each mile of track A
car costs 50, 400; an engine over $4,000.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27

ALASKA explorers report one of the
largest rivers in the world, the Yukon,
as nayigable for steamers, and ut 500
miles from its mouth it receives very
large navigable tributary. The basin
formed by the confluence is twcnty-four
miles wide. The Yukon is nearly as large
as our Mississippi. Indians are every
where and war between tribes is fixed
institution. There is snow for six months,
and without roads dog sledges find good
travelling. Game abounds, and Indians
have an easy life. From seven to nine
dogs make team, the odd one being the
leader. The driver has to watch this dog.
If it gets on the scent of gane-it is off
and the whole team is demoralized. Of
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27

VI. BLANQUI asserts that Jerome
Napoleon is more to be feared is pre-
tender than his late cousin. ''This, y
saws London Truth, ''tallies with the
language of one of the principal Bona
partist Generals to friend Of mine.
The Prince Imperial,' he said,' was an
untried youth, and the supposed Ultra
montanism of his mother alienated the
masses from him. jerome is 4 shrewd,
able man, whose ideas arc more IN unison
with those of the majority of French
men. He will play awaiting game, and
if the republic makes mistakes he will
know how TO profit by them"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27

thcv scampcr. through the woods and
thickct<. ul,>cttn@ the lnad, smashing the
sled tearing the halnr>>, and giving the
boss days of huutiu" /" restore the status
quo. - vast 4 country, travrr>cd by
navi"ablc waters, will >"nm tempt restless
and speculative adventures to explore it.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27

The winter garden which the King OF
the Belgians has had constructed IN the
park of Lackcn is the largest structure
of the kind in Europe. The immense
c,.pola of iron and glass is 200 feet in dl-
amctcr and 100 feet in height in the CEN
ter. 1t i> supported by &c columns OF
white stone. each over three feet in diam
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27
BETTER OR WORSE.

Is man bit the oetter
For his hoard Of golden gains,
For his acres and his palace,
II his heart be cold and callous-
Is a man bit the better2
Is a man lit the worse
For a brow with marks Oi care,
Though he claims no lOrdly rental,
II his heart be kind ard gentle
II mau 4 bit the worse2
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27

ANOTHER WAY To settle the Indian prob
lem i 50 have all the white folks Killed
of.
Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14
His Preservation.

Up in New Hampshire is well-known
eccentric individual, self-constituted
curer of all ills; a sort of universal pana-
cea, "bodY and soul, head, heart, and
conscience DOCTOR" who with all his &C.
centricitics, has fund of actual wit t:,stt
is hard to beat. Not long ago, the "aoc-
tor was called upon the witness stand.
The opposing counsel, who is Said some
times to ''wet his whistle" with "liquor
pizen," knowing the doctors peculiari-
ties, ventured, in cross-examining him, to
show him up bit. The result will be
appreciated.
'What is your business2" pompously
inquired the counsel.
''N business is to do what little good
can to my fellow-men," modestly 1e-
piled the doctor.
"But that doesn't t answer my question, .
grutiy remarked the counsel. allow do
you spend your time?"
"Why, Squire, it takes about all my
time to do what l said," remarked the
doctor.
"But l want something more definite,
stoutly demanded the counsel. How
do you 60 about your business?"
"That depends upon circumstances, ae
cording to the nature of the case" ex
! planned the doctor. "For instance, if
were going to begin on you. the frs
thing should do would be to advise yor
to sign a temperance pledge!'
The court roale e ], and the counsel, as i
convinced the doctor was pursuing legi
innate and respectable vocation, proceed
ed with the regular cross examination.
Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14
A Story of the Grand Canon.

The Denver, Col, Tribune tells the fol-
lowing story of the Grand Canon:
''Charles May and his brother Robert,
in the spring OF 1870, offered to pass co.
900 railroad ties down the Arkansas from
the mountain source. He says: Our Of
fer was accepted, when we started into
the upper entrance of the canon with
large sklff and provided with six days
provisions and 200 feet of rope, with
which we could lower our boat hun
dred feet at time. In this way, at the
end of three days, having set adrift many
hundred ties, we reached the entrance to
the Royal Gorge. Here we discovered
that an attempt to descend the first wa
terfall with two in the boat was ce, tain
destruction. and to return was impossible.
Accordingly, I determined to lower my
brother down the fall in the boat, dis
tance of 200 feet, give him the rope, and
let him take the chance of the canon Oifc
seemed more certain in that direction,)
while I would risk my physical ability
to climb the canon wall, which was about
1900 feet high.
About ten o'clock in the morning I
shook hands with my brother, lowered
him safely to the foot of the iall, gave
him the rope and saw him no more. Then
throwing aside my coat, hat and boots,
and stripping the socks from my feet, l
commenced my climbing way, often
reaching the height of one or two hun
dred feet, only to be compelled to return
to try some other way. At length, about
4 o'clock in the afternoon, reached a
height upon the smooth canon wall of
about thousand feet. Here my further
progress was arrested by shelving ledge
of rock that jutted out from the canon
side foot or more. To advance was
without hope; to return, certain death
Reaching upward and outward, | grasped
the arm of the ledge with one hand and
then with the other, my feet slipped from
| the smooth of the canon, and my body
hung suspended in the air a thousand
feet above the roaring waters of the Ar.
kansas.
At that moment, / looked downward
to measure the distance / would have to
fall when the strength of my arms gave
out. A singing sensation crept through
my hair as my eye caught the strong
root of cedar bush that projected out
over the ledge, little beyond my reach
My grasp upon the rim of the ledge was
fast yielding to the weight of my person
Then determined to make my best eff.
fort to raise my body and throw it side
ways, toward the root, SO as to bring il
within my grasp. At the moment b
commencing the effort. saw my moth.
ers's face as she leaned out over the ledge
reached down her hand and caught me
| by the hair. Stranger, my mother diec
when yet young woman, when | anc
my brother were small boys, but | re
member her face. ] was successful ii
making the side leap of my arms, wher
I drew myself upon the ledge and restel
for time. From here upward my climb
ing way was laborious, but not danger
Gus. reached the top of the canon jus
as the sun was sinking down behind tn,
, snowy range, and hastened to our cam
: ut the mouth of the canon where foun,
| my brother all safe. "Charlie,n said he
"have you had your head in fiou
Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14
OVER THE RALUSTERS

Over the balusters bends q face
Darlingly sweet and beguiling!
Somebody stands in careless grace,
And watches the picture smiling.
The light burns dim. in the hall telow;
Nobody sees her standing
Saying Goodnight" again, soft and slow,
Halfway up to the landing
Nobody, only the eyes of brown,
Tender and full of meaning,
That smile on the fairest face in town,
Over the balusters leaning.
Tired and sleepy; with dropping head,
| wonder why she fingers!
And when all the "Good-nights" are said,
Why, somebody holds her fingers
Holds her fingers and draws her down,
Suddenly growing bolder,
Till her loose hair drops its masses brown,
Like mantle, over his shoulder!
Over the balusters soft hands fair
Brush his cheek like feather;
Bright brown tresses and dusky hair
Meet and mingle together.
There's question asked; there's a swift ca
reSs.-
She has flown like bird from the hallway
But over the balusters drOpSa "Eesw
That shall brighten the world for him alway
Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14
BROTHERLY LOVE.
Remarkable Instance of OverpOwering Filial
Affection.

A curious and touching incident has
been recently brought to light by the Re
publicain de Constantine. A short time
ago the criminal court at Constantine
condemned two natives, brothers, one tC
the pain of death, the other to the galleys
No sooner was the judgement pronounced
than the third brother, the only one re-
naming In freedom. went and found the
counsel for defense, weeping bitterly
and hardly able to explain himself from
emotion. Endeayoring to calm him the
lawyer said:
'All is not yet lost, the only object OF
crime was vengeance, and it is to be hoped
that the head of the state will grant d
pardon to your brother who is condemned
to DEATH"
The poor fellow, somewhat reassured
then declared that as soon as all was de-
cided he had made up his mind to accom-.
pany his two brothers to Cayenne, pre-
suming a remission was granted to the
first, and in any case not to leave the sec
ond.
II am going back now," said he, "tO
my douar to sell my share, and if the mon.
ey get for it is not enough, | will work
night and day to ma~e up enough
Whatever may happen, cannot live with
out them"
"But you are not married?" asked the
lawyer. .. ..... ...
Eyes, since three years.
"Have you no children?"
81 have boy and girl
"And what will you do with your wife
and children?'
II shall send my wife away and entrust
my children to the care of my relatives
on the douar.'
"What! are you not ashamed of leav-
ing your children? Do you then love
your brothers better than your own blood
and flesh
~ am young" replied the Arab, "and
later on l may take another wife, and
have other children, but who can give me
back my brothers? My father and moth
er are dead. No, never, never will stay
here without them"
This anecdote recalls to me similar
episode IN antiquity. Alexander the Great
having taken prisoners the chief family
tribe of Syria, decided to put away all
but the woman. Cedlng, ho" ever, to thr
prayers of one of these, he granted her
the life of one of her family. When the
princess asked for the life Of her brother,
Alexander could not suppress move
ment of surprise.
'Whatr cried he, "you love your brother
better than your husband, or even than
your own sOn?'
81 cannot deny that love my husband,
md l would lay down my life for my
son; but since one only can be saved, !
remember that I am still young and may
love another husband and other children,
but no one can give me back my brother,
since my mother and father are dead
Neither is the occurrence special to AL
geria. Machirvelli narrates that in the
middle ages an Italian woman, whose
brother was defending besieged city
was summoned to give him up. They
had taken her children from her, and
told her that they would be murdered
unless she persuaded her brother to cap.
itulate. Nothing daunted. the italian
lady replied, placing her hand on her bo-
som: "Do as you will my bosom will beal
other children to me, but [ will not be-
tray my brother"
These different narratives are identical
in character, and serve to prove how his
tory repeats itself after intervals of centu-
rieS.
Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14
About Storms.

Benjamin Franklin first made the OBJ
servation, hundred years ago, that all
so-called northeast storms came from the
west. This observation of our greatest
philosopher has been since SO absolutely
verified as to constitute law. All great
Storms in this country move from the
west in general easterly direction-usu-
ally little to the north of the east.
Nearly all of them originated in that Sec
ton of the country marked on the maps
as the Western plains-the high table,
lands between the meridian of ninety-five
degrees ON the east and the Rocky noun
tains on the west, comprising the area
occupied by Montana, Dakota, Nebraska,
Western Kansas, Indian Territory, New
Mexico, Western Texas, and Nothern
Mexico. The origin of storm in this
region may be stated as follows. The air
over large sandy area, becoming rairi-
fed by the intense heat of the suns rays
and rapid radiation from the sandy sur
lace, begins to ascend; the moisture-laden
air of the Missouri and Mississippi val
leys and the Gulf of Mexico on the one
hand and the cold current from the Rocky
mountains on the other rushes, is to take
the place of that which is ascending.
We have thus produced an easterly wind
on the front or eastern side of the area of
ascending air, and westerly wind behind,
or on the western side of it; to the south,
north, and intermediate points the Wind
will blow toward the center from those
points around this area toward the center
Now, if the earth were fiat and at rest
and the air over this sandy area equally
heated, the wind would blow in straight
lin from the circumference toward thu
center; ascend and spread out at the top
Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14

there would be no motion forward or
back ard of the whole body of air, and
this condition of things might exist for
ever. But, owing to the configuratlun
and motion of the earth, and the Laws of
heat and its influence in evaporation nd
condensation, change is soon impressed
on this initial upward and centric motion
of the air, and the collection of phenome-
ma which we term q et0rm results.
Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14

An Established Remedy Browns Bron-
chial Trochesn are widely known as an estab-
lished remedy for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis
Hoarseness, and other troubles of the Throat
0nd Tstn0s o. cts
Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14

sack?" 1t was then discovered that my
hair was white as YOU see it now.
Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14
Languor. Hts cause and Remedy.

The cause of languor, when i is not the i'm
disease, is traceable to a debilitating tempera-
ture. Persons living in warm, moist climate
are peculiarly subject to it. Diminished phys
ical vigor and an indisposition to active exer-
tion are its characteristics. Sometimes it is
accompanied by undue relation Of the bow
els, and by dyspeptic or bilious symptoms. A
reliable remedy is Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, a strengthening and Alternative medicine
derived from the purest and most eficacious
vegetable sources, with pure spirituous basis
pr0neunced by eminent physicians mild and
wholesome stimulant. The Bitters, foremost
of American tonics, is largely used in the
tropics, where the climate is very productive
of debility, malaral fevers, and disorders O
the bowels, liver and digestive DREAMS.
Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14

Mason d Hamlin Cabinet Organs are fur
nished, for cash, from $54 each; upwards, every
one being of the same highest excellent
Houselrae n afpr q Gilhprfis starchaa
Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14
An Important Geological Fact.


Geology has shown us that nature accom-
plishes her greatest revolutions in the earth's
surface confirmation SiOlOly. Every year the riv-
er makes its channel deeper, the glacier wears
deeper gorge in the Alpine rock, and the
ocean tide deposits the sand it has crumbled
from the rocks upon which it breaks. We note
the earthquake and the devastating hurricane;
but these changes are so gradual man seldom
observes them until the channel has become
Overhanging cliffs, or mountain has disap-
peared before the icy stream. or the ocean has
given us Florida Thus it is in disease. Our
attention is attracted by acute diseases, as fe-
vers, CHI lera, etc, while chronic diseases (often
the most dam erous in result), being slow in
their development, are seldom noticed until
they have made an almost ineffaceable impress
sion upon the system. Persons believing them
selves comparatively healthful are ofttime> the
victims of these diseases, and only become
aware of their presence when relief is almost
impossible. Diseases of the liver and stomach
are the commonest of these chronic affections.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Purgaive Pellets are never failing
remedies for these diseases. They produce u
healthful secretion of bile. prevent indigestion
by regulating the bowels, and impart vigor-
GUS tone to the whole system.
Terribly exhausting are the night sweats
which accompany Consumption. But they,
as well as the paroXysms of coughing, are in
variably broken up by DIR. VIM. Halls Balsam
for the lungs, which conquers the deadly NAL
adv, as we'll as bronchitis, pneumonia, D eurisy,
asthma, diphtheria and all other affections of
the throat, lungs md chest. 1t saves thou
sands from untimely graves and is invaluable
in rescuing children from the Group whoop-
ing cough and quinzy. 1t is sold by all drug
gists.