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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
Hints for Keeping Off Wrinkles.

There is no such thing as wiping out
wrinkles. In men they are often hon
orable evidence Of hard mental labor;
in women they are usually the evidence
of coming age, although care and suf-
fering have much to do with them.
Sometimes fair foreheads are prema-
turely wrinkled from nervous habit OF
raising the eyebrows, and from too
great and too constant pressure OF the
pillow on one or both sides Of the head
while sleeping. And just here comes
fact work remembering. If the fore
head has escaped wrinkles, crows feet
are prematurely seen about the corners
of the eyes. We all see the crows feet
in men and women whose brows are
smooth and young-looking. They are
the result of sleeping on the righ ht and
left sides. The pressure upon the temple
and cheeks leaves wrinkles at the cor
ners and underneath the eyes which
disappear in few hours, but finally be-
come so fxed that neither hours nor
ablutions will abate them. If girl chill
dren were compelled to sleep on their
backs and continued the habit when
they reach womanhood and afterward,
they would arrive at middle life without
crows feet gathering in the neighbor'
hood of the eyes, and in most cases
their forcheads would be free from even
shallow turroWs.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
SO Romantic.

A Boston romance, in which . hale
and hearty man of 80 and slight, Little
woman q couple of years younger
figured, is reported. The two met on q
rainy day, while hurrying with tilted
umbrellas about their business, a
collision followed, and the woman
slipped to the sidewalk. In picking her
up the man recognized her as an old
fame. Thirty years before. when she
was Lowell factory girl, and he poor
medical student at Harvard, they had
loved each other. In 1S49 he went to
California and forgot the girl he left
behind him. He prospered in business,
became rich, and married Later bis
wife and children died, and nhis lonei-
ness he remembered the Lowell factory
girl. A dream told him she was in dis
tress. He hurried East to find her, but
looked in vain till they accidentally met.
She WIS widow, with two children,
and in destitute circumstances, but that
is all over now.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
A Recitation In History. .

It was our pleasure some time ago to
hear class recite on plan quite new
to us. It was o class in history The
lesson was read as in any ordinary read
ing class, the reader standing. When
the one reading made mistake, the
one next below, on correcting it, took
his place. The reading finished, the
hardest words were given to the class to
be spelled, and all misspelling noticed
and corrected by pupil gave him the
next higher place. The teacher did not
notice any mistakes, but left them all to
be corrected by the pupils. The ones
tions were asked by the pupils, begin
ming at the foot of the class. If the
pupil questioned could not answer, his
place was taken by the questioner, on
giving a correct answer. The pupils
did all the work except giving out
words to be spelled. It was we'll and
quickly done. What class would Like
to try it?-Ercha7age. G2 :
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
An Indian Funeral.

"Ned," a Digger Indian, was found
dead alongside the railroad track, near
Auburn last Wednesday, having appar-
emily fallen from the platform of car
and fractured his skull. His friends
being notified, they placed the remains
upon horse and conveyed them to
Clipper gap, where they were duly cre-
mated in the manner customary with
the red men of that section. The funeral
pile, which is built of wood to the height
of about four feet, is kept burning
about ive hours, during which time
relatives and friends place upon it such
articles as they desire to contribute to
aid the deceased when he shall have ar
rived at the happy hunting grounds
one gives a blanket, another bow and
arrow, another saddle, etc. When the
flesh has all been consumed and only
the bones remain, these are raked to-
gether and a fire kept burning about
them until they also become ashes.
When the fire finally dies out the ashes
are all collected, taken to the burial
ground and inferred, a little sugar loaf
shaped mound being erected over them.
The female relatives of the deceased,
as evidence Of mourning, smear their
faces and heads with tar the extent
of the application indicating the close
ness of their relationship-and this is
left until it naturally wears of. There
was a large attendance at "Ned's"
funeral, every train arriving at the gap
bringing a number of bucks and
squaws. As they are allowed to ride
free, the train men usually press the
bucks into service when it is necessary
to wood up, but on such an occasion as
this they sturdily refuse, replying, "No
work; funeral to-day" "--Sacran,eato
Record U7aiO71.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23

is caught by Under, while 70 impress the
good upon them must be work OF IN.
firing patience. Ofsll bad tricks, tho:e
of speech are most easily caught, aod sre
cast off with the most difficulty. In IL
lustration OF this, give the following
letter, which !, accidentally hit. upon
during the last week. 1t is roma very
eminent man, distinguished not only as
a philologist, but as philosopher Ehe
proof Of an artisle by him WAS su omitted
to me, and I, with presumptior'which,
at the .inle, hardly became the disparity
of our years and his literary en'aence
questioned his use If reliable. Ehis was
his answer: ... ..g.f
JULY l9, lS60.-Your query IS to re-
liable was quite to the purpase, andl
was glad to exchange it for a less ofJ:c!
tionable word. Inever meant 70 use 1t;
but the contsgion oil evil speaking is hard
to resist; sud 1 often find mysslt employ
ing words which. I should hardly pardon
in another. .,.......... ....,. 80. .
Professor Whitney, injured by follows
lowing a bad example, has a sneer at the
order vf mind which. objects to reliable
and prefers to be relied upon, or trust
worthy. II he could have seen the sig
nature to this letter, although he might
not have changed his opinion as to the
word, I sr, willing to believe that he
would have done 80 as to the propristy
of the sneer.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
Eiiot,s sludian Bible.

The purchase by Mr.. L. q. Letter, Of
this city, of copy of Eiot's Indian
Bible, at the Brinley sale in New York
on Tuesday of last week, suggests few
remarks concerning this famous book.
John Eliot, the Apostle of the In
dians," came to Boston in 1881, and
very zealously set about converting the
copper-colored aborigines of this coun-
try, and he succeeded so well that he
lived to see no less than twenty-four
Christian preachers of the native blood.
He established the first Indian church
at the Indian town of Natick, on Charles
river, in 1860. After writing q grammar
of the language of the Massachusetts,
Indians, and making some minor trans.
lations into their dialect, he commenced
about the year 1850 in his great work
of translating the whole Bible; and Cot
ton Mather remarks, in his 1Magnalia,"
that he did it all with q single pen. By
the year 1850 it was so far advanced
that the society sent over from London
printer named Marmaduke Johnson
to assist in the printing. New types
were sent for that particular purpose,
and were set by q native Indian. In
1861 the New Testament appeared in a
quarto volume Of about $50 pages, on
good paper.
The Old Testament was three ;ears
in the press, and the entire Bible ap-
peared in 1858. AS many as 1900
were struck of, bat it would appear
that most Of those that have been pre-
served were sent to England and proba-
bly, distributed by the society. The size
was about 74x55 inches.
To the superintendent of the print
ing Of the second edition of the Bible
Mr.. Eliot gave some of the last years Of
his life. It was begun in 1880 and not
completed till the beginning of 1856.
The title pages are dated 1880 and 1856.
Eliot died in 1890, aged about &c.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
A Biz Foot or a Big Story.

A young lady in Sandusky can prob
ably boast of the largest feet in the
world. A Detroit gentleman, who was
in a shoe store in that city when the
lady left an order for pair OF shoes,
brought back chart" of the foot
which was taken to secure proper
lasts. The young lady is IL years of
age, is Al feet high, and weighs 40
pounds. There is nothing remarkable
about her except her feet, an idea of
the immensity of which can be oh.
tanned by the following accurate meas
urement: Length, II inches; size
around the heel, % inches; around the
instep, 1Sa inches; around the ball of
the foot, 19 inches; around the small
est part of the ankle, 1871 inches. The
feet are not unsy1nmetrical, and the
,nly discomfort the lady experiences is
from the muscular exertion required to
carry them around.-Detroat Free
Press. 80
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
a Lively Owl.

A thief broke into shop in Provi-
dence recently, and looked about to see
what he could steal. Suddenly an owl.
which is Gagged by day but is set at lib
erty at sunset, pounced upon the in
trude~ and frightened him out of his
senses. So savage was the attack that
he retreated in extreme disorder, leay-
ing his hat and jimmy behind him
When the storekeeper opened the shop
the next morning he found blood
., eins On the floor and desk. The owl s
feo+, '>ers were ruffled and its claws were
reI 1v;, h blood.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
Americans In Endinburgh.

our American cousin is not by any
means popular with the canny people
of Edinburgh. He goes to the hotels,
dimes at the table d'hote, but IS so cute
as to take his wine at the bar. He goes
to the "stores," turns over all the goods,
and invariably comes to the conclusion
that he can, buy them cheaper In New
York. He has made himself so unprof-.
table, and, therefore, so unpopular that
several shopkeepers in the modern
Athens have displayed cards IN Their
windows bearing the inscription, NO
Americans served here."-LondoTa
(EnQ. } Echo.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
The San Francisco Female Lawyer.

Mrs. Clara S. FoIz is a lady who is
practicing law in San Francisco, and
who, Judging from report has gene
about her business in practical and
reasonable manner. She is described as
sitting in her Office Mt a table covered
with legal works-a bright, fair-haired,
rosy-featured, cheerful, matronly woman,
neatly attired in a dress of dark mate
rial, over which was worn most non
judicial checkered apron. To an inter-
viewer she said: "There is nothing to
be said about me. I originated from
the cradle, the wash-tub, the sewing
machine, and the cooking-stove. have
educated myself and am now trying to
earn living for myself and little ones
By practicing law, and l mean to sue
ceed, and that's. all there is to be said
about me-"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
Where the Raisins Come From.

The raisin market of the United
States is mainly supplied from Spain,
the raisins known as Malagas being
considered the best. They come from
a narrow strip Of country in the South
of Spain, which surpasses all other re-
gions for raisins of that character. The
annual yield of Malaga grapes averages
2,250,000 boxes of twenty pounds each:
OF this enormous yield the United
States takes fully one-half, on which it
pays duty of 2t cents per pound.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
S'N.Fetched Tea.

c,,;o,,,, r,o den aunt has been visit
ing the Spriges family for some time,
and @ The tbe heses otbay eve ning she volunteered
to fr w nm SOM somet6ino hin, hot for Spriggs, who
had % Is a y violent Ies coIds spriggs was ready
to take anything, and pnJs;1 pant;no IuJ m;Et,,re,
aunt brought him sn ~ teas Snriaes
and said, Here's your 7ong deen
grasped the bowl, took on> n sl arh,,p,
swallow, and then spluttere y; aYes
der! that's far-fetched tea ,,t a;t's
quietly responded the maiden al IL, ;Isd a a
cam-o-mile." And Spriggs SIN. 1ero
genial smile as he took the remain,, % '
the liquid.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
Where the Whisky Comes From.

The three great highwines-prodGcl.n,g
districts of the country are the Fifth
Illinois Peoria), the First illinois (Chl-
cago), and the First Ohio (Clncinnatll'
T6e number of proof gallons of high
wines produced by each during the year
1873 was Us follows: .r,o oso ~
ChltaSto, . O. IL. .510.15
The distillerY of Zell, Francis u Co..
of Peoria, led every other IN the coun,
trv in the amount Of spirits produced
by single establshment'-Peoraa
rM.) transcript.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23

TIE ingenious device Of Boston
machinist proved worthless, because
somebody had already patented the
same invention, and the disappointment
crazed him. He is possessed by ths
hal!ucinution that his brains were taken
out to be repaired and have never been
put back into his head. That is why, he
thinks, that he cannot control his mind.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
ElERN AND THERE.
M NTEosfAss DUNN ESGL1sH.

From Its sroed fell one Of her tresses
To the side Of her snowy neck,
Where jewels of price and laces
Her delic-te throat bedeck,
And she swspt With garments trailing
The carpsted floor that night.
Through the wide and lofty parlors,
In the bright and glaring light.
And she waS q beautiful lady
As ever the oyc might sec.
With dainty step and modest.
And manner both frank and free;
And the loEsrs, who gathered around her,
And stroye for her favor there,
For smile, or glance of kindness,
We're ready to do or dare.
But. when lie guests departed,
This lady, so courted and blest,
Assembled the stairs to her chamber
That wooed her to pleasant rest.
Oisrobed, ab the bedside kneeling,
She prayed that the Christ that died
Night her from all Ill deliver
And the snares Of earthly pride.
Another, alone In her garret,
So chilly and dreary and damp,
Slow plying her busy needle,
By the light Of giimmering lamp,
Haggard of look and weary,
and seantily clad and fed,
With the past hopeless struggle
And hope for the future dead,
There stood on the rickety table
Remains Of poor repast- o.. ...
The meal that labor had brought her
And each was the same IS the last.
Breakfast and dinner and supper
4 Alike on the board were spread,
And her bread and tea were followed
By diet Of tea and bread.
Far down in the midnight somber
She nodded and stitched away,
then snatched some hours Of slumber,
To be up at the morning gray.
Bat ere she sank on her pallet
She thanked the Giver Of Good, ls,r
Who had blessed her weary labor
With shelter and rest and food.
year had passed, and the mourners
q bore slowly to her place of rest
The woman whom kindly fortune
With beauty and wealth had blest;
md there at the churchyard portals
A funeral entered IN
p the seamstress poor who struggled
Her needs Of life to win.
one borne In . rosewood casket,
With many nodding plume,
With heightened ain Of coaches
And tho pomp OF grief and gloom;
And one, by few attended,
In o coffin of Pine was brought;
md both lay down in the chambers
By the spade and mattock wrought. g
But GRO those bodies were buried,
e Ard the clay to clay was given, ~
Two fieshless forms SCARED upward
And met OF the gate Of heaven.
Freed Of the flesh those spirits
And purged Of all earthly sin,
What mattered their once condition,
As to glory they entered int
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23

DURING storm in Nevada re, ,ently
tall PILLARS of sand were to be seen waltz
ing about thsgdeserts, similar t, the
wonderful phenomena OF the great
Sahara desert.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
ONE SUNDAY MORNING.
BY HBRS B. RENFoko'

7 never heard the rcb:ns
= Sing half so meIri'y
Ashley ere singing sunday morn
Vixen Robert stopped for L
And as we walked together
Along the pleasant lane,
We heard the quails all pipin
Their prophecies OF rain.
We stopped to ttlk about 1t,
and wonder If they knew,
And think that we concluded
The quails were prophets true.
Then said we must not linser,
For the moments would not wait,
And Of all things, dreaded
To be at church too late.
Then we went down the hill-Eay
And talked OF that and this,
And that audacious cteature!-
He asked me for a kiss!
don't know what I answered,
th1nK 'tWs5 no esho'
But ne didn't take my meaning
And took the kiss instead.
Then we stopped TO talk about 1t,
Though to argue was in vain,
For tnat wicked, laughing fellow
Up and kissed my lips again.
"0n, tor shame" cried, indignant,
But he only laughed at this; ,ss,-
"That should ssti:fy you, Mary,
Haven't given back the kiisf"N 8
And Of course couldn't blame him
II he saw fit TO restore
Stolen property, and promise
Torpeat the theft no more
<s1here's another way to settle ,
If that doesn't satisty,"
Robert said, and all the robins
Scared up, singing, in the sky.
Snd Of course had to listen
To this little plan Of hi',
Though it seemed a deal Of trouble
To be taking fora k!ss.::
What the pial wss I'll not ;ell you,
You may guess It in the spring,
But b. fore we had It settled
AL the bt lis began to rirgl
Ah, we lost full halt the sermon,
But perhaps twas js.t as we'll,
For Of what the prescher told US,
Not sentence could I tell.
was thinking Of the robins
And the words that Robert said.
Though knew the choir was singing,
Robart's voice heard instead.
And happier, sweeter Sabbath
Never came from God above,
For il was to us sermon
And the text was ouly-LovR!
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23

,3AR-RELGEF-.Drinking IN a sample
~oor to drown sorrow.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23

oay speech:
"He knows, further, that the keeper O
the asylum has either been deceived by
or is an accomplice of, these DOCTORS"
Now, the simple English construction
IN all such is, "Has either been de-
ceived by these doctors, or is an accom'
plice of theirs" The attempt at ele
gaDce produces awkwardneas. The leay,
ing of words like by, OF, though, far, at.
etc., which present no complete thought
apart from an object, in the air like an
unsupported wing of an army, is disas.
trous. But it has become the fashion
and is thought fine. This construction
has one consequence which has a very
bad efact-so bad that Oh that account
only it should be condemned and aban.
doned. 1t throws emphasis upon the
least important words in a sentence.
1t is almost impossible to read or to speak
a sentence like that cited above without
emphasizing it thus: "He knows further
that the keeper of the asylum has either
been deceived by, or is an sccomplice of
these DOCTORS" which is abominsble and
ridiculous.
All such tricks are caught. In some
cases they are consciously affected, but
generally they get their hold by simple
infection. No parent, no one who has
observed the habits of children, needs to
be told that they catch bad tricks as fire
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28
LOCAL DIRECTORY.

Masonic. -Staunton Lodge No. 13.-J Howard
Wayt. Master; James Ker, Secretary. Meet at their
lodge in Masonic Building the second and last Fri.
day nights in each month
Union Royal Arch Chapter-W II. H. Lynn, High
Priest; James Ker, Secretary Meets In Masonic
Hall the second Tuesday nightin each month.
Stevenson Commandery-W. H. H. Lynn, Com
mander; James F. Patterson, Recorder. Meets in
Masonic Hall the fourth Monday in each month.
Knights of Honor.-T c. Morton, Past Dictator
W. W. Gibbs, Dictator; F. H. Link, Reporter. Meets
every Monday night in Charity Temperance Hall.
Odd Fellows-Staunton Lodge No. 45-John q.
Smith, Noble Grand; G. S. Crowder Secretay. Meets
every Thursday night in Odd Fellows Hall.
Central Encampment No A-W. M. Simpson
Chief Patriarch James W Blackburn, Scribe. Meets
second and fourth Tuesday In each month in Ode
Fellows Hall g-.l
Hay Makers-w H. H. LYNN, Grand Sultan; A
A. Eskrdge, Secretary. Meets every Friday nigh
in Firemans Hail.
Temperance Societies.-West Augusta Lodg7-A
S. Hyde, W. C. T.; c. D. Hyde, VA. s., Meets
every Saturday night in Bruces building.
Mizpah Lodge.-Wm. J. McCaw!ey, Worthy Chief,
John w. Bryan, Secretary Meets every Thurs
day night in Charity Hall over Watts drug store.
Sons of Jonadab-Wm. B. Hyde, Worthy Chief
John M Henkle, Secretary. Meets every Tuesday
night in Charity Hall Sons Of Temperance.
Sons of Temperance-G.G q. Bunch, Worthy Patri-
arch; VIM. Fuller. Worthy Secretary.
Juvenile Templars.-J. w. Newton, Superinten
dent; j. Herbert Stiff Secretary. $50 MEMBERSHIP
regular meetings.
Fire Observation-Disclosures Fire Company
Michael Cox, Captain Thos j. Crowder, Secretary,
Meets fourth Tuesday in every m onth at Firemens
Hail.
Staunton Hook and Ladder Company. M.
Quarles, Captain; Sandy Wilson, Secretary. Meets
on first Wednesday in each month at their headquar-
tiers in The Sullivan building.
Capt. J. H. Waters, Chief Engineer of Fire De-
partment
Military-West Augusta Guard-Wm. L. Bum
gardner, Captain; Lewis M. Bumgardner, Secretary
Meets in their armory in the Wayt building every
Monday night. Regular meetings first Monday in
each month
Staunton Artillery-A H. Fultz, Captain; n NJ.
Warner, Secretary. Meets at their armory near the
G. & o. Depot every Tuesday night. Regular meeti-
ngs second Tuesday in each month.
Stonewall Brigade Band-Prof. A j. Turner, Con
ductor; E. M. Cushing, President; W. H. Barkman
Secretary Meets Tuesday and Friday nights every
week.
Religious-Young Mems Christian Association
H. M McIlhany, President; j. E. Guy Secretary
Meets at their rooms in City Hall for all devotional
exercises every Sunday evening at 3K P. NJ. Direc-
tory meetings at the call of the President Library
open every evening from too P. NJ
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28
NO. g..

/. was like man asleep, aud had to give
myself good shake to come out of the
nightmare that was in. When looked
around, she -they-were gone.
Did you dine with her on Saturday 20
asked his friend, who had listened to the
story.
mo; 1 sent a regret-'
'Have you ever seen her since?''
mo, never
"What became of your nouyeaaaes de
Paris @''
''NelI went without them, as l went
without my English robe?n
''You don't mean that she never sent
them to you ?''
Il never gave her my address, and she
was not supposed to know where I was.''
His friend did not like to ask any more
questions, and Hugh remained quiet for a
time. Then rousing himself and getting
out of his chair, he said
II have never made love since"