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Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-04
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Itwouli se-m TO be truth spprccisble by
ell. aud especially by professors OF the heal
Ing art, that 20 remove the disesse, not TO
alleviate Its symptoms. should be the chief
aim OF medication. Yet in how many In
stances 40 We zee this truth admitted In
theory, ignored In practice. The reason that
Iiostetipr's stomach Filters Is successful In
Comsny caste, with which reinc,lies pre-, i0us.
IS trcl we're inadequate 10 cope, IL attribute
all. "a the fact that II Is q medicine which
reaches anil removes the causes the various
VA ,lsdirs IT, which IL IL adapted. Indigestion.
fever ant ssue. liver com mt. govt. rheunls.
ti.m, disorder Of the bowcl-, urinary nncc.
tiOns AMI other malatiirs are not pallintrd
merely. but rooted ont By II, IL goes to the
fountain head, II Il really. n"i noIninaily.a
radical remedy. AMI Il cnlOws the sy.i.m
with an amount ~ yigOr which Is Its beat
protection against disease.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-04
Tn, Corpora tion School Fund.

It's doubtful whether our city pub
lie schools can run more than nvc
NOR. than air Tie revenue last wear
o., ,choo, npr,osc. was IS. III. 60:
,,;s v..r I, !. q, 40 a. The def.
c;.pcv WINS couscd ly the absence OF
sooo license tax. ssSs for non. resident
,n,;,, and s.o7 90 t,r fine. a,J Je.
cr,,., IN assessments. We hive oh.
,,;rcJ ,h. figures for the two wear,
sho,.;,c tho r.,.,,t. fro,u nil .,urc.,
for ,.bn,, nuruos.,. which WE bcrc.
with rive:
Ap,.,,,pt .,p hanl Snnt Ist S.iDO hO
T.x,, 100, ooo ON
T,,os 80, s., %, nm
FIN, 90, ,ss, ~ so
Fine. for ,ss; ~ IA
p,u IN, 1884 ,,s ON
Non-Resilcnt pupils 339. 90.
State Distribution 5e5. 20.
License (TomicichO 100. IS.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-04
Steam Laundry.

The lIazlcliurst Steam Laundry will
oi,cn IT, the public an Monday, January
li,h. NIL those intending to bccomn patrons
must have their clothes mfrkcd. Leave
notice II, the Laundry Office ar through
past office. aud delivery wagon will call 10
your washing. ,. t.,
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-04

II YOU want seed corn call on G.. ID.
Gibbs and got the Ho.by Prolific,
which makes three and four ears tn
the stalk. Only limited quantityf for
-alc, 40 call early.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
The Beetle in Motion.

A letter to London Nature says: Much
has been written on "the horse in mo-
ton" Can any readers of Natae sup
ply me with references to published mat
ter on the hcxapod progression2
The few observations have made may
be summed up in few words. l use the
letters and | to signify the right and
left legs respectively, and number the
limbs from before backward. When
walking rapidly the appearance is as If
l., . and 3 moved forward together
simultaneously, alternating with 1, .,
and 3. When the pace is slower it is
seen that and 2 start together and
come down at about tue same time, SOME
times one sometimes the other being
little first. Then lifted almost but ap-
parcntly not quite at the same time, | 3
starts. The motion of this leg being
somewhat slower, and the limb having
further to travel, the foot generally
comes to the ground appreciably later
than or r 2, The general effect is to
produce at the. moment Of pause between
the strides position which differs con-
siderably from the conventional position
delineated by artists who seek to repre-
sent the beetle in motion.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
Useful Hints,

Any gold jewelry that an immersion in
water will not injurc can be beautifully
cleaned by shaking it well in q bottle
nearly half full of warm soapsuds, to
which little prepared chalk has been
added, and after rinsing in clear cold
water and wiping it dry. T."
What laundress that has ever used
wringer has not had her patience tried
when soap and water and hard rubbing
would not clean the rubber rollers of the
colored lint that would bury itself, as it
were, in the smooth surface and resist
all efforts to remove it2 A wringer can
be cleaned in two minutes by saturating
a cloth in kerosene oil and rubbing it
over; it will look like new.
To remove furniture bruises, wet the
part with warm water; double p ece of
-h+sS;a- paper five or six times, soak it
and lay it on the place; apply on that
hot fat-iron till the moisture is eyapora-
ted. If the bruise be not gone, repeat
the process. After two or three appli-
cations the dent or bruise will be raised
level with the surface. Keepit continu-
ally wet, and in few minutes the bruise
will disappear.
A child's bed should slope little from
the head to the foot, so that the head
may be little higher than the feet-but
never bend the neck to get the head on
to a pillow. This has o tendency to
make the child round -sholldcred cramps
the veins and arteries, and interferes
with the free circulation of the blood.
Even when the child is several years old
the pillow should be thin, and made of
hair, not feathers.
Tin canned goods, when opened,
should be Immediately transferred to
glass or earthenware receptacles. Re-
cent investigations show that cases of
poisoning from eating canned goods have
arisen from the acid of the canned food
attacking the solder of the tins, and
sometimes from decomposition accelera-
ted by an electrical action between the
solder and the iron. of the tin. Never
leave canned fruits, meats, or fish in
opened tin cans.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06

especially, we light return to the old
fashioned habit of planting slips of many
things with advantage, and especially
when cuttings have been tried and failed.
In selecting a dairy COW, the most i'm
portant point is good constitution, in
dicated by large lungs, stomach and di-
gestive capaclty. She should come from
a good milking family, the eye should be
bright, mu>zle broad. nostrils thin and
large, chest and lips broad, legs fat,
uddcr broad, milk veins large, and head
small.
Farmers talk about 'clover- sick"
fields, but if you keep the land in the
same crop year after year, twill become
wheel sick, cvrn sick, potato sick, and so
on. Rotation Of crops is necessary
operation for keeping the land in the best
condition. Each species eyhausts its
modicum Of plant food, and what sults
one crop docs not satisfy all.
Professor Roberts, speaking of the
great efficiency of modern labor-saving
implements and machines, says that "the
boy of to-day, with his sulky piow and
self-binder, can rob the soil of more
plant food in year than his grandfather
could in all his lifetime, though his
muscular grandfather might have car
ricd of with ease two such boys, one
under each arm"
The following advice, from the 1ndi-
ana Farmer, is commended to the con-
sideration of beginners in the dairy busi.
ness: Feed the. COWS one day and
starve them the next; belabor them with
milk stools and prick them with fork
under the rib occasionally; kick them
swith No. boot and address them in a
fog -ho.n pitch of voice-you may be sure
their milking qualities will not be very
highly developed"
Ralph Edge, Of Hopewell, N. j.,
says: I have tried hot water of about q
temperature of 40 degrees o. above,
hot enough to dress hogs, for yellows in
the peach; half pailful to each tree.
Dig a little cavity about the tree and
pour on the hot water; it kills every in
sect within reach. a ounce tree honey
combed by borers if literally treated
with hot water in this way will be freed
from the pests and it will not injure the
tree. This is not theory, it practical
experience.
The best of roots for the horse in win.
ter is the carrot. Enough should be
provided to give two or three messes q
week, though where they are plenty q
still better plan is to feed some every
day with oats or other grain, the ration
of which may be proportionately dimin'
ished To buy them they are generally
as dear as oats, but may be grown fol
much less cost, good crop OF carrots
yielding 200 to 600 or 500 bushels pei
acre, according as the small or large va
rictics are grown.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
Experiments With Fire.Flies.

DR.. Dubois, learned Frenchman, has
lately published as the result of very
careful study of American fre-fies, an
account of what he does not know about
r. that is to say, he thinks be has
succeeded in demolishiug previous theo-
RIGS as to the luminosity of these insects,
but advances no theory of his own to
take their places.
Since the only interesting thing about
fre-fies is the light they emit, science
has made no progress in studying them
if it cannot explain the tiny spark
which guides the travelling fire hy in the
dark.
For science has made the discovery,
which seems to afford NJ. Dubois much
satisfaction, that the light is the fre-Ay's
especial lantern, lighted up for his pri-
vatc and peculiar use, and not for the
benefit of mankind, or even to enable
some wayfaring mosquito to find his way
to the spot where he may quaff draught
of the choicest human blood.
The proof that the freely glows for
himself alone is simple. Cover the pro-
thoracic Illuminating apparatus on one
side with wax, and the creature will
move in curve. Quench both sides,
and she will soDn stop, after moving ir-
regularly and feeling the ground with
her antenn9.
The cucujo, which was the animal
studied, carries three lanterns, two ahead,
the prothoracic, and one behind, yen-
tral, or abdominal. The prothoracic
pair are lighted when she walks, the
ventral only when she flies or swims.
The eggs of the cucujo have the lumin-
Gus property, and so have the illumi-
mating parts of the insect when sepa-
rated from its body.
If the eggs be dried at On ordinary
temperature for week they retain the
light-producing power, when placed in
water. DR.. Dubois dried the luminous
organs OF the cucujo in vacuum, re-
duced them to powder in a mortar, and
mixed the dust with water from which
all gas had been removed by boiling.
The whole mass of water became lu-
minous.
But all this gives no explanation how
it is that the FREELY can, by voluntary
muscular effort, emit light. DR.. Dubois
has q theory of the chemical process by
which the light is produced, for he says
that an albuminoid meets substance OF
the diastasc group, and q part of the en-
ergy thus liberated appears as light, but
how the freely causes the two substances
to meet is unexplained. Youths Com
Ddnion.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
Insuring IcehOuses.

One of the 1ueerest facts in the fire in
surance business is the hazardous char
acter of icehouses. These establishments
would be, one would say, next to ice
bergs themselves. about the last things
to get on fire; and yet, so great is the
risk, that icehouses are classed as lex
ira hazardous" and some insurance COM
ranies will not issue policies on them
at any rate. 1t is thought that the album
dance of straw or shavings about an icc-
house may account for some, at least, OF
these otherwise inexplicable fires, the
the teamsters and others dropping sparks
of fire from their pipes or cigars
Hartford Times.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
SELECT SIFTINGS.

More than 400 yesrs ago Eleanor or
CASTLE, Queen of Charles III, planted an
orange tree in the garden of Versailles.
1t is still fourishing
A French scientific journal records
fall OF luminous rain during thunder
storm at Lotteville. The drops produced
flashes Of red and violet light as they
touched the ground.
There are twenty-seven peaks in Ne
vada exceeding 10000 feet in height.
Wheeler's peak, 13,036 feet above the
level of the sea, has the distinction of
being the highest point in Nevada.
1t is well known by those who have
tried the experiment that with letters
cut in a piece of paper, as in stencil
plate, and wrapped around q pear or ap-
pie, the sun will print the letters on the
fruit.
A we'll is being sunk at Chico, CAL,
for the purpose Of supplying that place
with water. At depth of twenty
eight feet pan of gravel was washed
out which gave no less than twenty
eight "colors."
DR.. Rein, of Frankfort, has calculated
the number of possible combinations ina
game of dominoes. They reach the fab.
ulous amount of 2S4, 52S, 211, $40. That
is to say, two players playing on an av-
erage ten hours a day, would require
118, ,000,0 900 of years to exhaust all the
combinations of the game.
Lighting the Parsees' sacred fire is an
expensive and elaborate process on the
institution of new temple. Sixteen dit.
ferent kinds of wood in 1901 pieces OF
fuel are required to obtain the sacred
flame, which is afterward fed with sandal
wood, and the cost of tho process aver
ACREAGE $500. There are still three
large and thirty.three small fire temples
at Bombay.
When they hear the looms, crying the
Passamaquoddy Indians think it is sure
sign of nard wind. If the feathers a:e
thick on q partridge's leg, or the bears
den early, they believe long, cold win.
ter is coming. If they see besvercar.
rying stick, storm is approaching. It
is sure sign of death to have partridges
lowering around the house. If dog
barks in the night stranger will come
next day.
A new industry has sprung up in
Delhi, India. Some enterprising ma
tives, the London Graphic says, are TAX
ing advantage of the Government offer
of two annas for every snake killed to
trade on the old traditional tree and SER
pent worship. August 4 is the great
serpent-worshiping day, and every Tues
day the pipal tree is worshiped by Hin
doc women. Taking advantage of the
reverence paid to snakes, large number
of men have set to work catching these
reptiles. Then, taking them into the
streets where pious Hindoos most
abound, they announce that they are on
their way to claim the reward, but they
are quite willing for pice or two more
to release the reptiles, and so save them
selves from the sin of snake murder,
which their poverty would otherwise
drive them to commit. The appeal is
invariably successful.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Recipes.


FLAKY SODA BIscUIT.-Mi1 together
q quart of very dry -four, teaspoonful
of baking soda, two of cream of tartar
and saltspoonful of salt; pass through
q sieve, then chop in two ounces Of but
ter or lard, and mix quickly with milk
to make very soft dough. Flour the
board we'll, roll out, sprinkle with flour,
double it over and roll out again; cut
into biscuits half On inch thick. Bake
in a very hot oven about fifteen minutes.
JELLIED CHIcKEN.-Boil q chicken
tender, take off skin, cut the meat into
small pieces, taking out the bones; skim
all the grease off the liquor in pot; mix
a tablespoon of corn starch with little
water, rub smooth and let it boil up good; ;
season we'll with salt and pepper. Boil
eggs hard, peel and slice, lining the bot
tom and sides of crock with them, then
pour into this the prepared chicken, and
set in cold place to harden. Turp out
when cold.
Snow BALLs.-Half cup of rice and
the same of pearl tapioca, half cup of
sugar a quart of milk, Tablespoonful
of salt; soak rice and tapioca we'll,
mixed together while dry in three cups
of water four hours; salt and milk,
dropping in tiny bit of soda, pour upon
tho cooked cereals and let them stand
together half an hour; set over the fire
in q farina kettle and simmer slowly one
hour; fill small cups with the mixture
while hot, and when cold put on ice.
Turn out in saucer and eat with cream.
PorAro FR1TTERs.- five or six
large mealy potatoes and slice them
lenethwise, about one fifth of an inch in
thickness. Have ready deep griddle
on the fire, in which some lard or nice
drippings have been melted; lay the
slices in separately. and sprinkle them
with salt, Fry them to nice brown on
one side, then turn and brown the other.
Try them with a fork, and as soon as
one piece is thoroughly done, dip it in
batter ,and return it to the griddle. By
the time the last piece is dipped, the
first will need turning. As soon as the
fritters are Drowned on both sides, lay
them on heated dish and put more on
the griddle. They need constant atten-
tion to keep them from becoming too
crisp or burned. Half teacupful of
sweet milk, one egg, little salt, and
flour enough to make it as still as pound
cake, is a good recipe for the batter.
Apples sliced and cooked in the same
manner and eaten with sugar, make a
good desert.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
Willow Culture,

There are about fifteen farmers and
others in Wayne County now engaged in
raising willow-shoots for market. The
willows are used in the manufacture OF
baskets and chairs and considering the
small expense of planting and cultivating
this peculiar crop, it is one of the most
profitable in all this region. This season
it promises to prove far more profitable
than peppermint oil. Low. marshy land
is preferable for raising willows, but is
not necessary. The cost of planting
small shoots or twigs being used-is
about $14 an acre, and there is but one
planting necessary for years and years.
The only other expenses are for trim
ming and gathering. The former opera.
tion costs So an acre, and the latter about
SIT. After the willows are gathered
they. are bound in bundles, and shipped
as soon as possible. They are sold by
weight, the average price being SIG a
ton. Two years ago $19 ton was paid.
Six tons to the acre is the average yield,
so that an acre of young willows is usu-
ally worth $96 each year. There is al
ways good demand for the crop in New
York and Philadelphia. Lyons (N J.)
Republican.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
A japanese Order.

The Prince of Wales is to receive the
Order of the Chrysanthemum, but it is
not generally known that this order will
be most rare example of the finest Jap
anesc art work. The Mikado has given
carte blanche, 50 far as expense goes.
Two of the very best workers in gold
and precious stones which Japan can fur
nish have been engaged on the Order of
the Chrysanthemum for months past,
and the result is said to be we'll worthy
of the reputation of the japanese as an
artistic nation. When it is finished,
Prince Komiten will himself bring the
gift to England, and he will be accom-
panied by his wife, who is described by
those who know her as charming little
Japanese lady.-London Court Journal.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
New Facts about Cannibals.

1t has long been known that few
tribes of cannibals lived in Africa, but
there was until recently no reason to be-
lieve that the tribes of anthropophagi
are numerous and that cannibalism is
practiced in quite large part of that
continent. The new discovery is the re.
suit of explorations in the Congo basin,
where it is now believed cannibals are
more numerous than in any other part Of
the world. There are some striking diff
fercnces with regard to this practice
among the various tribes.
When Iieutenants Kund and Tappen-
beck were travelingqbetween the Wambu
and kwilu Riyeos there game along the
gentle and timid' tribeSof the Panballa,
who confessed that they were man-eaters
on small scale. 1T is true," they said,
''that we eat people when we have any
pc pile to eat, but that is not very often. {"
This announcement has a tinge of sad
ness due to the fact that the Pamballas,
not being warlike, are generally the
under dogs in the fights that surround
ing tribes force upon them, and they
think themselves lucky if now and then
an enemy falls into their hands.
Quite different was the conduct Of the
man eaters whom the same travellers met
little further cast. why" they in
solently shouted, do you not give US
some of your men to eat? lou are no
friends of ours. When the Maiaccas
come among US they never fail to bring
US some men to eat. They are our
friends"
Other cannibals in the Congo basin
deny that they are man-eaters, and will
not admit the truth as long as they can
conceal it. Few of the Bangalla; will
talk on the snbiect to white men The
practice in their tribe is generally con-
fined to their chiefs and leaders, they
being considered as specially privileged.
1t is impossible as yet to say what
causes confirm some tribes in the prac-
tice of cannibali. m, while nearly related
tribes abhor the very idea. The Mon
buttus of the Welle Makua, who are en-
ceptionally advanced in their arts and in
dustries, are cannibals. The Wagandas,
on the other hand. who live about 400
miles southeast, and who are of the same
stock as the Monbuttus and like them in
their development, wouldn't dream OF
eating a human body, Notwithstanding
the fact that they are very fond of meat,
which is the greatest luxury the common
people can have, as they arc confined al
most wholly to vegetable dict.-Ncto
York !Sun.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
Farm and Garden Notes.

Strike furrow in the low place in
the wheat field.
Give the COWS in the winter warmed
water If you can.
Turnips are native food for sheep.
Farmers in England feed scarcely any
thing else.
One great mistake in attempting to
raise fowls on large scale is crowding
them too much.
The potato rot the past season has
been more destructive and widespread
than for many years.
Remember, in time. that the only way
to head off the curculio is by iarring the
tree or spraying with poisoned water.
Harness properly cared for will last
more than twice Us long as harness neg
lected. Thus also with boots and shoes.
A Michigan cultivator thinks that by
careful culture, close pruning, and
fertilizing with bone and potash, we may
secure in great measure exemption
from the yellows in peaches.
Speaking of green manures, Penn
sylvania farmer says: When crop Of
clover will not be in the way of some
other crop of more value, it is no doubt
the best to grow for plowing under.
Corn burned to charcoal, the grains
retaining their shape, is grcedily eaten
by fowls. The effect of such diet is a
marked improvement in health, a bright
ening up OF their combs, and an increase
in eggs.
The proper way to plow land is to take
the trouble to find the middle of the field,
start the plow there and finish on the
outside. Many contend that Nhd thus
treated will produce better than in any
other way.
Parsnips and satisfy may be left in the
ground after frost, but beetS. turnips
and carrots do not withstand excessive
cold, and yet, to retain the fresh. crisp
flavor they should be taken mp as late as
possible.
Careful selection of seed and prepara-
ton of the SOIL careful covering and
sowing, will assist the farmer not only
in holding high average, but in increas-
ing the average from year to year until
the maximum of production is reached.
Feed horses according to their age
and the work required of them. Full
feed and little work disorders the diges-
tive organs. Select only such hay as is
the best quality. Poor hay is dear at
any price, as there is no proper nourish-
&entin it.
The Chicago Tribune opines that the
skill of the plowman has declined with
the introduction of improved plows. The
modern plow seems to leave nothing to
be desired, and yet the performance OF
the blowing itself is but little in advance
of that done with rude implements.
VIck's Magazine says facilities for the
roofing OF cuttings are now greatly In
proved, yet for hardy plants, more
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
A Waggish Bachelor.

Rev. Sam Jones paused in discourse
on patience at Omaha and said if there
were one man present who never had
spoken cross word to his wife he would
ask him to rise. By and by round
faced, good-natured man stood up.
Thank God," said SAM "thcrc's one
man who never spoke cross word to
his wife" Everybody took good look
at the paragon, when be broke the silence
with the remark: 81 haven't any wife.
I'm bachelor