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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09
The Staying Power of wind.


"Why, you don't call this windy, do
you?" asked Judge Jones. While I
was down in Cheyenne yesterday saw
an empty flour barrel stuck Aup against
the side of brick house, with nothing
to hold it in that position but the
wind. It had been up there five days.
Yes, sir. The wind hadn't let up
enough during that time to let it drop"
An old and well-dressed gentleman
who had been standing near, and had
heard the judges statement, replied:
"Fardon me, sir, but I cannot believe
that. I have lived in Cheyenne twelve
years and have neverknown the wind
to hold an empty barrel against the side
of house longer than four days"
This started a general conversation
on the subject of Wyoming winds in
general and Cheyenne winds in particu-
lar, and a man who looked as though
he might be o liar from somewhere
near Red Buttes or Sherman, said that
sometime last spring, while in Chey.
enne, the wind blew the sign of dry
goods store and carried it across the
street and up against q harness shop,
and held it there for three weeks.
Just then the train came laundering
in and the wind question was ad-
journed. Boomerang.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09
LADIES, DEPARTMENT.
SaShee.

!. Saehes of every description, says a
New York paper, are worn by the
million, from the tiny infant in arms to
the silver-haired matron of mature
years. In the latter case the sash is
draped low on the left side of the skirt.
This fashion is q conspicuous feature
on some of the most elegant imported
costumes. In dresses designed for
more youthful wearers, and where the
corsage is pointed behind, the broad
sash is set directly under it, giving the
back of the tourIure the bouffant ap-
pearance now so much sought for.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Esculapius practiced medicine even
when an infant, which gave rise to the
song, "M. D. is the cradle" =
The facetious postage-stamp clerk
who told man that asked for two twos
that this was not an aesthetic post
Office is now looking for a new sltua'
ton.
No longer dotl the snipe
Pipe;
No longer doth the quail
But now we like them most
On toast.
Friend of the family to the boy twins!
"I'm afraid you little fellows don't al
ways agree. You fight each other some
times, don't youq" Twins: "Yeth, thir,
thumtimth." F. of the F.: "Ah, I
thought so. Well, who whips9' Twins,
"Mamma whips"
One of the surest preventives OF sea-
sickness is to take out your stomach
and viscera, and leave them ashore
until you return. This plan is attended
with some little Inconvenience, butts
solid preventive. Cut this out and
paste it in your hat. It may save your
life next summer.
Question in French journal: "When
lady receives visit from gentle
man, ought she to rise or remain seated
when the visitor enters and when he
takes his leave2" If the lady lives in
Washington, says an American paper,
she will rise without regard to Partisan
etiquette and accompany him as far as
the hall, to see that he doesn't carry of
ten-dollar ivory-handled umbrella IN
place OF the dollar.and-a-half cotton
one usually carried by visiting states
men.
"Do you believe in Bronson Alcotts
theory of aesthetic eatipg" asked q
Boston lady of her Chicago admirer.
81 don't know what Bronson Alcotts
theory of aesthetic eating is" he an
swered, "but when I'm hungry, q brace Of
mutton chops, some porterhouse steak,
a dozen or two buckwheat cakes, four
soft.boiled eggs and q plateSpf hash
make meal that is aesthetic enough
fof me.n Z. Yes yess but len don't
ne z tisntly sddsd
his 5al infeff6gater; Nit sAicotes
theory has reference to persons. not
| to nigs."
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09
The Value of Local Papers.

Every honest rejecting mind knows
that the local newspaper adds much to
the general wealth and prosperity of
the place, as we'll as increases the repu.
tation of the town abroad. 1t benefits
all who have business in the place, en-.
hances the value of property, besides
being public convenience, even if not
conducted in the interest of the ruling
political power. It's columns are not
filed with brilliant editorials, still it
benefits you in every way. 1t increases
trade, it cautions against imposition, it
saves you from loss, it warns you of
danger, it points out different advan-
tages and increases your profits. Now,
if you want such paper you must sup
port it by advertising your business in
it; assist in increasing it's circulation by
getting your neighbors to subscribe
wi th you for it. If you want snch a
paper, you must not consider it an act
of charity to support it, but as means
to increase your own wealth as we'll as
that of the place in which you live;
therefore, support it by advertising and
subscribing and paying for it.-NerS
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09
EahhIon Fnncles.

White is the favorite festival color.
Gable plush, with cord between
plush stripes, is novelty.
The Marguerite corsage, with round
half-low neck, is worn. by young ladies.
Polonaises are fashionable, but must
match the skirt with which they are
worn.
Jockey costumes, consisting of long
coat basque and plain velvet skirt, are
considered very stylish.
Bonnets, muffs, pelerines, dress trim
mings, and fans made of peacock
feathers are much favored.
Pale pink and silver are very fashion
ably combined in toilets designed for
young ladies' dancing parties.
The Partisan hair-drossers complain
of a growing disposition in ladies to
dress their own hair, dispense with pro-
fessional coifeurs, and wear no false
tresses.
Lopg.haired India cashmere, just be-
cause it is uncommon and unpreten-
tious, is used alongside of the richest
silk, velvet and plush cloaking fabrics
for wraps of high ceremony.
among the norettfeszsck dsssslng
are the deep rolling collar and high
Elizabethsn ruff; the former made OF
heavy brocade velvet or satin, the lat
ter of wide lace of some rich pattern,
plated up exceedingly full inside the
rolling collar.
Some of the new Bernhardt gloves
which reach, far above the elbow, and
are especially designed to be worn with
short-sleeved evening toilets, are
finished at tho tops with insertion
bands of costly point or duchesse lace
three inches wide, and above this ruf-
fe OF the same lace, put on with little
or no fullness. This gives soft and
delicate look to that portion of the
glove which generally has an unfinished
look, especially in the Danish glove
that is left unbound at the top.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09
The Farmer,s Rank.

The farmer with the nabob ranks,
And With the gilded millionsiree;
For he controls substantial banks,
And holds in them the safest shares.
His banks are banks Of loan and clay,
His shares are plow.shares in the mold;
The more they break the more they pay,
In dividends Of green and gold.
His face is bronzed with summer skies,
His honest hands are hard and brown =
But there is something in his eyes
That came with light from heaven down.
H. is not of the earth clod,
With kings and millionaires he ranks,
Where wood-birds sing and blossoms NOD,
The farmer owns the best Of banks.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09
UouRchold Hints.

To RESTORE A FADED CARPET.-Dip
tho carpet in strong salt and water.
Blue factory cotton or silk handker-
chiefs will not fade if dipped in salt
water while they are new.
PASTE FOR PAPER.-To ten parts by
weight of gum arabic add three parts
of sngur, in order to prevent the gum
from cracking; then add water until
the desired consistency is obtained. II
q very strong paste is required, add a
quantity of -four equal in weight to the
gum, without boiling the moisture.
The paste improves in strength when it
begins to ferment.
To CLEAN BLACK MATERIAIs.-Take
the article you wish to clean, on the
side you intend to make up as the right
side brush well all the dust out of it /;
then take piece of black flannel or an
old black wooden stocking tit must al
ways be black; dip it into cold coffee,
and sponge we'll the material all over
alike then fold up each piece or
breadth nice and even, and let it re-
main for three or four hours. Iron on
the wrong side. and the old, dusty,
shabby dress will look just rs fresh and
bright as new. I have tried this re-
ceipt on black silk, paramtas, lusters
and merinos, and consider it the best I
have used. It neither streaks, deadens
the gloss, nor rots the materials.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09

Tewfk, the young ruler Of Egypt. is
particula rly fond of poets and theolo-
gians, and keeps his court full of them.
He is weak, timid and pious, and in
clined to religious mysticism.
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ND HOUSEHOLD.
featbe-s I'm Fowls.

=
LoSl shers in fowls probably pro-
ceeds from deficient or unclean dusting
arrangements. Fowls must have dust
baths, and q pound Of sulphur now and
then mixed With the rubble ur sand is
excellent for keeping feathers in good
order. A few grains of carbonate OF
potassa in water twice daily and the
application Of petroleum ointment will
produce cure. Proper food is also
necessary for the preservation OF plu-
mage. Food wfhout husk, as Indian
corn or soaked bread, If given exclu-
si7ely, will bring on loss of feathers;
barley, .buckwheat, barley meal and
shotts should be added. If the skin is
bare and shows no growth OF feathers,
rub in oil and turpentine in pl loportion
CT three to one till the feathers COM
nence a new growth.
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AID I think we shall be so much hap.
pier by ourselves. You see, Aunt Grace
and the girls are afraid of your chemi-
Gals, and pa don't like electricity and
Cousin Ferdinand has horror of
dogs"
"I am very sorry" said Mr.. Fano
solemnly.
"Fred," cried the bride, looking up
with 8 sudden light in her eyes, "you
have done it on purpose r.
"Done what ?" said the bridegroom,
innocently. "Wasn't I always On anna
teur chemist and electrician? And are
not Star and Planet my inseparable
companions wherever I GO? How can
I nelp it, if my tastes are antipathetic
to those of your deceased husbands
relatives ?"
But Lilias shook her head and
laughed.
"Fred," said she, "l have penetrated
your mystery. But shall not scold
you, for it is 80 nice to have the house
all to ourselves =
$50 you will not mourn hopelessly
for Johns folks?'" said Fred, mis-
chievously.
"No," said Mrs. Fame, 81 do not
think I shall"
For it was as she had said" Johns
folks" had become chronic aud peo-
pie are always glad to be relieved OF o
chronic ailment.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA.

Wait Awhile.
Wait awhile
Sheerily smile,
Soon the storm will be over;
There's bit Of blue
o In the sky for you,
} :, There's sweetness yet in the clover
Trust and watt,
Though burdens great
Hard on the heart are pressing;
For hand of love
Will the cross remove,
And leave in its stead blessing.
so Meath the snow
No roses blow,
And there no bees are humming;
But they gather sweets
Z In their dark retreats
To brighten the days that are coming.
Dark and drear
p The skies appearl
When the cloudy days declining;
But the night must fall,
And cover all,
Ere the sun renews its shining.
Rest is sweet
For the weary feet;
And the soul that in faith reposes,
When the night comes on
; And the MONDAY sun
(, Its gateway ofsplendor closes
Meier will miss
= It's needs Of bliss,
Or grieve DER joys abating;
For the earth must turn
That our hearts may learn
How little is lost by waiting.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09
Feeding Young Colts.


Young colts require grain the first
gear CT their lives ut least, says the
Empire STATE Agriculturist They need
the most nutritious food when weaned
from their mothers milk. The use OF
cereals will prevent checking the
growth of young animals arising from
the sudden change of food. If they
are stinted in food at This juncture,
they may never recover from its effects.
Extra food and care in growing young
stock will be more than paid for in
early maturity and their future growth
and development. Well-fed stock look
robust and healthy. They put on an
even development of carcass, and there
fore become more perfect in form than
ill-fed stock. Beautiful form is a
measure of value. The startling looks
sickly and emaciated, worn out with
hunger before he is matured. They
grow one end one year and the other
the next year, and are therefore out Of
all proportion. They have not had
sufficient food to supply the natural
waste of the body and to replenish the
blood with living matter, to be dc.
posted in the remotest parts, OF the
body to nourish and invigorAte its
growth into full matured form. Colts
half starved when young grow up with
lank bodies, long legs, narrow chests
and deformed quarters.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09
Fnrm md Garden Notes.


Cattle undergoing fattening process
as we'll as those kept for tho produc-
ton of milk, should enjoy the utmost
possible amount of rest. All violent
exercise n ust be guarded against, as it
greatly decreases the decomposition OF
fat.
This much should be settled with oil
farmers, that they raise all they can
with the least possible expense, which
they never can by sighting their
work. Fields should never be half
cultivated to save the expense of doing
it well akE1 a5sntisz Of seed
never SHOULD be tbwn when larger
quantity promises better paying re-
suits. r.,
The value of all manufactured fer
tilizers depends upon their solubility,
and these manures should all be appro-
priated by the growing crops. To ex.
pect any such fertilizing matter to re-
main in the ground for another year is
to presume that fertilizers are not prop
erly manufactured. Bone dust, how,
ever, will remain in the soil several
years.
The percies on which fowls are now
perching so nuch OF their lime should
he scraped and should be washed with
kerosene. The whole house should
have an occasional dose of whitewash-
ing. One winter the wsll and ceiling OF
an old room fell in, and We placed now
and then cake OF the old plaster on
the sides OF the hen-house. It gave the
birds a good deal of exercise while
they were picking at it, and the ones
that did the most picking were the best
feeders and layers.
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landly requested him to "move

'Slandly requested him to "moYe
little"
"Mope !" said Mr.. Boyle, dropping
his glasses. "Where? and what for?
81 am endeavoring to attach electric
wires here" said Mr.. Fame. 81 am
getting up small battery to assist in
my chemical experiments"
"Chemical experiments Herel"
cried the ex.Mormon. "But dislike
chemistry, and I don't approve of elec-
tricity. In my opinion it is q trifing
with the gifts of Providence"
"Electro-chemistry is wonderful
agent" serenely remarked the bride
groom. II am thinking Of charging all
the boards of the floor with electricity,
in order to observe the effect produced
by the footsteps of different members
of the family"
"Sir," cried Mr.. Boyle, involuntarily
lifting his feet up on the round of his
chair. 81 will not tolerate it II am
not lamp, to be lighted By electricity,
nor battery, to be-charged !"
"My dear sir" smiled the bride
groom, "in less than three days shall
have made convert of you"
"Neyer!' roared Mr.. Larkins' step.
father.
In the meantime Cousin Ferdinand
was obviously cycling pair of superb
bloodhounds which were chained up
in the stable.
"I don't like dogs" said Cousin Fer
dinand =; sand I always used this par
ticular stall for my pony Grub"
"I have ordered Grub to be changed
into the stall beyond" said Mr.. Fame.
"And you need not be afraid OF Star
and Planet; they are chained care
fully"
"But SUPPOSE they should break
their chains?" croaked Cousin Ferdi-
nand.
"In that case your life would not be
worth five minutes purchase" said
Fame. "But my wife and I are very
fond of the dogs; they know u.s."
"Tll leave the house |" roarei Cousin
Ferdinand, retreating as far as the
barnyard fence would permit him. "I
won't be made martyr to hydropho-
bia p
"Pray reconsider your determina-
tior," said Mr.. Fame, politely.
But Cousin Ferdinand was away like
shot.
Lilias came to her husband that
evening, with flushed cheeks and bril-
liant eyes.
"Fred," she cried, "they're going |"
"Who are going, pet?" he asked.
"John's folks-to.morrow morning.
Impossible !" said Mr.. F>ue, =trag-
ically. Chow should we ever live
without them?"
"Every one OF them," whispered
Lilias; "and, oh, I am SO glad! Be-
cause they had lived here SO long that
they had become exacting and cross. I
didn't observe it-so much in the old
lfIU
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09

Since the law against the German
socialists was promulgated in 1878 the
German authorities have suppressed 1853
socialist newspapers and other publica
tions.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09

The best description We havo over
heard of slow mar was that he was
too slow to get out Of his own way.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09

We have more power than will, and
it is often by way Of excusein ourselves
that We fancy things are impossible.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09

A man is like carpet, when he is
kept down by tax.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09

Stakes, of Gray.
]. She is seven
loo pounds, 1-2
Rt long from the
lttock, II IL feet
md Of the tail,
round the girth,
nd the forearm.
the hips,
. in four States
souri, and Ten
md red, mostly
|, and q perfect
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09

is owned by Martin
Vile, White county
years old and weight
hands high, 10 1-9
end Of the nose to th
from the nose to T
eight feet nine ind
twenty.si1 inchea
and thirty-one |
She has been 81
Illinois, India
nessee. She Isl -
the latter, well
beauty.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09
The Largest. Cow.

Probably the largest sow in the world
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-03-09

great relief, and endured everything
with the serenity of an Aristotle.
Early the next morning he descended
into the cellar where Aunt Grace was
skimming milk, and looked sharply
about him.
"My dear Aunt Grace" said he,
cheerfully, twill it inconvenience you
if use some of these shelves for my
chemicals ?"
Your-wnat ?" said Aunt Grace,
dropping her cream spoon in amaze
ment.
81 intend to use this cellar as lab.
orstory," said Mr.. Fame; Sand as
some OF the chemicals are explosive
"I-I had better move the pans out
to the spiing-house," gasped Aunt
Grace. "But Dorcas and Keturah are
very tinid, and"
, "In that case," said Mr.. Fame, "per-
haps they had better remove themselves
to the spring-house, too. really can
not exist without my scientific studies" +"
Aunt Grace sat down and thought it
over. Was Che, after having lived for
sixty. odd years in peace and quietness,
to be blown up like torpedo at last ?
There was Cousin Yorke out West. 1t
would not, perhaps, be such comfort
able home as this, but there would be
no chemicals.
MIR. Boyle, the recreant Mormon,
was cozily reading the paper by the
fire when his stepson's successor
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-22
Bogus

Virginia Chronicle: This morning about
half-past 5 O'Clock six men entered the
Delta saloon. Their appearance was such
az almost TO cause the bsrkeeper to faint
with fright. and old Dave the porter,
AYERS, that the few remaining hairs upon
his venerable skull instantly arose to a
present-arms. Each of the men had a
.gunny-sack drawn over his head. Eye
holes we're cut in the sack, and a scarlet
cross was painted upon the portion COW
ering the countenance. One of the
six carried in his hand a rope, at the end
of which dangled a hangman's moose. One
of the masked men demanded that "Ooal-
oil" Finnegan be delivered to them. Coal
oil Finnegan is a young man recently re-
leased from Jail, after serving a six
months term for embezzling a can of ker-
osene. He is not at all u dangerous char
acter, and the visit of the pretended vigil
antes was doubtless an elaborate drunken
joke on the part of some young men whose
sense of humor will perhaps one Of these
days get them into serious trouble. 1t is
no joke to go around playing at lynching,
especially in = community like this, where
there are come gentlemen who would
rather take q shot Mt a vigilante than go
to q picnic.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-22


Gen. r. NJ. Clarke, who is here on pro-
fessional business, says the Winnemucca
Silver State, expresses himself in favor of
a Constitutional Convention. He says it
is admitted by all parties that the Consti-
tuition of Nevada does not meet the pres
ent requirements Of the State, and there
fore should be amended. The Legislature,
in his opinion, should not be intrusted
with this important duty. 1t was elected
for o different purpose. He thinks the
cost OF a Constitutional Convention need
not exceed $25, 900. The services Of the
best men in the State oan b8 secured for
thirty days to frame a new Constitution, if
their actual and necessary expenses are
paid. These expenses ought not TO exceed
$500 for each member OF the convention.
The whole cost OF the convention could be
aaYad in one year by reducing State OK
penditures. If there is no money TO be
made by delegates to the convention, there
will be no inducements for politicians to
control it, and the best men in the State
would feel honored by being chosen mem
bers OF u body to frame the fundamental
law.
As General Clarke is not Il politician,
his views on this question will have great
weight with the people; and as the mem
bers of the Legislature elected In NoVem-
her are actually pledged to call g conven-
ton to remodel the Constitution, unlesa
their constituents are unanimously OPP
posed to it. they will feel in duty bound to
abide by their pledges. The only OPPOSE
ton TO such a convention is on the score
of economy, as the necessity for revising
the Constitution is not questioned, and II
the cost will not exceed $50 coo, it is, all
things considered, the most effective
method of amending the organic law to
conform to the present requirements OF
NeYRda.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-22

A representative of the SENTINEL called
yesterday at the residence o. Dunkel to
examine a new heating and wood saving
apparatus. 1t is o system Of pipes in the
dining-room heated by the fire in tho
kitchen stove. The apparatus consists of
three pipes, one outside and the other
inside the stovepipe. The principle in
volved is very simple. The cold air near
the floor passes up through apertures in
the outer pipe near the floor, and in ascend
ing is heated. 1t passes out through APP
p~ertures above very warm. Thus the cold
air is constantly warmed and diffused
through the room. 1t is quite a fuel saw
ing affair, and is doubtless a valuable
invention. IL the dining-room at Mr..
Dunkel's, in which the heater ia used, 1t
keeps the temperature IN such weather.as
that Of yesterday at 60 degrees Fahrenheit
Mr.. Dunkel is agent for the patent,