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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-11-25
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A California electrician has invented a
process whereby gold, silver, and copper
can be instantly smelted by o lightning
stroke.
1t is now claimed that one of the re-
suits of the recent earthquake is the
diminution of the flow of natural gas
from certain wells, and considerable
feeling of anxiety is consequently per
vading the circles interested.
The project of a South Polar expedi-
tion is being seriously ventilated in the
scientific circles of Australia, the Gov
ernmcnt having expressed its intention
of assisting the enterprise. The Aus
tralian whalemen arc also becoming in
tercstcd in tn project, inquir es having
already reached London whether whaling
vessels for an anthracite voyage would
be subsidized by the Government.
Paper doors cot about the same as
wood, and are said to be much better,
because there is no shrinking, swelling,
or warping. The paper door il COM
posed of two thick paper boards stamped
and nodded into panels, and glazed to-
gether with glue and potash, and then
rolled through heavy rollers. 1t is first
covered with waterproof coating, and
then with a fireproof coating, and is
painted and vanished and hung in the
ordinary wey.
1t is said that the great glazier of
Alaska is moving at the rate of quarter
of mile per annum toward the sea.
The front presents wall of ice some five
hundred feet in thickness; its breadth
varies from three to ten miles, and 1t IS
alb ut $50 miles long. Almost every
quarter of an hour hundreds of tons of
ice in large blocks fall into the sea,
which they agitate in the most violent
manner. the waves being such as to toss
about the largest vessels that approach
the glacier as if they were small boats.
Even sea-weed has a certain value, and
some day may be in considerable de-
mand. A new English method of utiliz-
ing it consists in boiling it with carbo-
nate of soda. filtcring and treating with
sulphuric acid. Thus is obtained sub
stance to be known as "alguina," which
has more viscosity than starch, or even
gumarabic, and may be proftably used
in stiffening textile fabrics. It's said to
be also adapted for the making of syrups
and fol- culinary purposes. From the
matter leftafter extracting this substance
a very good writing paper may be cheap
ly made.
The duration of the infectious stages
of various diseases is thus given by DR..
J. F. Pearsc, IN English physician:
Measles, from the second day of the dis
case, for three weeks; smallpox, from
the fourth day, for four weeks; scarlet
fever, from the fourth day, for seven
weeks; mumps, from the second day, for
three weeks; diphtheria. from the first
day, for three weeks. The incubation
periods, or intervals occurring between
exposure 10 infection and the first symp-
toms, are as follows: Whooping- cough,
fourteen days; mumps, eighteen days;
measles. ten days; smallpox, twelve
days; scarlet fever, three days; diph-
theria. fourteen days.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-11-25
A Renaissance of Linc0In's hssas-
SinatiOn.

Thomas F. Pendel, who has served
twentythree years as a guard at the
White House, has been talking to Phil
adelphia Press reporter about his life in
the Executive Mansion. Speaking Of
President Lincoln's assassination, Mr..
Pendcl said:
"On one dark rainy day the President
and myself walked over to Secretary
Stanton's Office in the War Department.
He and Mr.. Lincoln held q conference
and then we started again. On the
stairway of the department we met q
stranger, who looked at the President
and he looked at him. I watched them
both intently. The man passed on his
way up stairs and the President kept 60
ing down, but Mr.. Lincoln kept his eyes
on him. When the stranger reached the
head of the stairs he turned and peercd
over the balustrade, and when he reached
the pavement the President spoke for the
first time. 'Pendeiton, he said, i re-
ceived letter from New York yester-
day telling me that man answering his
description and dressed just like him was
on his way to Washington to kill me-
"Then came that terrible night. Mr..
Ashmer, of New York; MIR. Colfax,
Speaker of the House, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lincnln, were chatting in the parlor be-
fore starting for the theatre. Richmond
had fallen and the house was illuminated.
Do you know the reason the President
went to the theatre that night2 1t had
been advertised that Grant would be
there, but 1he couldn't, and Mr.. Lincoln
went so that the people would not be dis
appointed. Isaw the party off, and sent
o guard to look after them. About nine
o'clock the bell rang, and when I an
swered it man said: DO you know
they have tried to cut SECRETARY Stewards
throat' said: NO, it can't be- A
few moments later he returned, breathless,
and exclaimed: yes, it is so. The cav
airy arc up and down the avenue Then
grew uneasy about the President, aud
sent out messengers. A few minutes
afterward I saw Senator Sumner coming
up the hill, followed by crowd of men
and boys, and he gasped: How about
the President'' He had hardly finished
talking when Commissioner Newlin ar
rived and said: The President has been
shot through the back of the head I
went to Captain Lincoln's room. He had
just returned from the front, and said :
Captain, something has happened to the
President told the Military Secretary
plainly what it was. He turned white as
death and said: Don't let any one come
in the house I was going down stairs
when little Tad, who had been to the
National Theatre, rushed into my arms
and sobbed: oh, Tom Pen, somebody
has killed my papa to-day 1t was an
awful night. Irushed through crowds
on the streets to Peters,. rs taiIor's store,
where the President had been taken,
passed the line of guards, and Mrs. Lin
coin met me in one of the p1rlors with
hair disheveled and almost wild. oh,
Pendleton,' she cried, if you had been
herelt would not have happened"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-11-25
HEALTH. HINTS.

Drinking cupful of southernwood tea
will often cure headache.
Frosted feet are said to be cured by
holding them in the smoke made by
sprinkling corn meal on live Goals: best
to have it under cover, so as to get the
full benefit of the smoke.
In case of sickness call for old linen
does not mean worn-out shirt bosoms (as
many seem to think), but soft pieces OF
handkerchiefs, napkins and tablecloths
or even old cotton goods very fine and
soft. All such pieces should be saved ;
if YOU have more than you want give
part to some one less fortunate than your
self.
The best plaster for quick restorative
is to take six-inch square of common
adhesive plaster and sprinkle it over with
cayenne pepper. 1t does not adhere to
the underciothing, rs the plasters that
are made up with pitch are sure to do,
and it sticks" fast enough for as long
as is required. The yellow adhesive
plaster can be purchased in long strips
very ch&ply.
If will be welcome news, if true, to
many sufferers, that chronic diarrhea
may be cured, or at any rate greatly al
lcviated, by the administration of a
so urated solution of salt and cider vine
gar, the dose being dram three or four
times day. DR.. It. {. Smith, who re-
commends it in the NE 7ical and Surgical
Journal, cured q case which had lasted
nearly forty years, and has employed it
with great success in numerous other in
stances. When relapse followed the sus-
pension of the remedy, its renewed ad-
ministration was again followed by i'm
proYement.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-11-25
Squirrel Pie.

Three young men of Charlie ton, Mo
killed twelve dozen squirrels in one day.
A large gray squirrel was captured
river in Maryland. This is said to be the
first luirrel ever seen swimming across @
broad bodJ of wa'er.
. A trackman on the Grand Trunk rail
way says an immense drore of squirrels
Gro .sed the tracks at Petrolia, Ca ada,
completely blocking them. A handca,
which ran into the drove killed sixty
four.
Richard CLANCY, of Denton, Md. sh II
a squirrel in the woods and threw it
across h s shoulder. Samuel Anderson,
another sportsman, approached CLANCY
from behind, ard, seeing the squirrels
brshy tail, thought the animal was sit
ting on stump. He fired his gun and
shot CLANCY in the neck.
A pet squirrel was taken sick and its
teeth grew so long that it could not
gnaw. 1t was takea to dentist, who
ground the teeth down to their proper
length. During the operation the squir:
rel kicked like mule, and its shrieks
caused people to run up the street 10 find
out what was the matter.
A pet squir. ell in Scranton, greatly irri-
tated a nut-seller by stealing nuts from
his stand at every opportunity. After
the thiesing had continued number OF
DAYS the victim complained to the squir.
rel's master. It was then discovered
that the little thief had stored fourteen
Quarts of nuts in its masters cellar. The
nuts were returned to their owner and
the squirrel was put in close confinement.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-11-25
Indians Receiving Government Ra-
tiOns.

Writing about the issuance of govern
ment rations to the Cheyenne Indians,
Pierre (Dakota) letter to the st. Paul
Pioneer Press says:
During the slaughtering the bucks and
squaws hang about the house, watching
eagerlyfor the first sign of the bones and
oflal to be thrown out. When this is
done the bucks seize it, and cracking the
bones with their little tomahawks, de-
your the raw marrow, great dainty
with them. The squaws pick up and
carry away any bit Of refuse meat which
may be thrown out, ;the whole to enter
into the composition of some mysterious
compound unknown by any civilized ma
tion of the globe. I very soon had
enough of the sights at the slaughter
pens and strolled up to the agents Office.
Instead of the ideal of my early days, I
found lazy set of dirty Indians,
wrapped in great blankets, faces painted
in all colors of the rainbow, squatting
around on the ground, waiting for the
wakapominee or issue from the govern
ment.
The squaws were dressed in garments
made in style never before seen, and
perhaps never to be seen again. A straight
bag, o hole cut in one end for the head
to pass through, while the sleeves are
stitched to the corners of the bag, forms
the wearing apparel of the dusky maid
ems of the Sioux nation. Around the
wrists are coils of brass wire, while de-
pendant from the ears are huge punches
of shells and euills. Around the waist
a leathern belt, thickly studded with
brass-headed tacks, and you have the
tout ensemble of Sioux squaw, whether
young or old. The issue being completed
and the rations slowed away, the entire
tribe "folded their tents aud silently
stole away to the camps among the
hills.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-11-25
The Stores of Paris.

Paris bcautifes herself as much for
the rest of the world as for her own
people. She lives off her visitors, and
her store windows are put up to catch
the eye of the passer-by. These great
boulevards are lined with stores which
at night are illuminated brilliantly, both
outside and in. Lines Of gas-jets with
ref:~ctors are placed above the windows
on the outside so that they may cast q
strong blaze down upon the goods dis
played. Nearly all the goods of the
Store, as q rule, are in the windows, and
the interior is not to be entered except
for purchase. Small stocks are carried,
l Judge, and as a general thing first
class Paris store is not more than twelve
feet souare on the inside. Icxcept, of
course, the grand establishments of the
"Magazin du Louvre" and the "Bon
Marche.'
Your average Partisan merchant be-
gins business at about s and closes at
about in the evening. At noon he
takes recess for two hours for his
breakfast. and between l and 2 little
business is done all over the city. The
man and his wife, as a rule, work to-
gether, and the wife here is the better
half in business way. 1t is she who
keeps the cash account, and the books OF
Paris may be said to be kept by women.
There are no smarter women in the
world than these Parisiennes. They are
not beautiful. but they are intensely
practical, and they make excellent wives
and good mothers. The love for family
is strong in France, general reports to
the contrary notwithstanding, and no
nation has more loving fathers and
doting mothers than this.-Paris Letter.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-11-25
A Little Mixed.

A young man was to speak to the toast,
"The Ladies'" He got the lines OF Popc
on vice mixed with those of Scott on
woman, and delivered himself as follows
II rise to say that have no doubt but
that voice the sentiment of every gen.
tleman here when I say, in the familiar
lines:
"'Oh, woman, in our hours Of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please;
But seen too oft, familiar with thy face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-11-25
Rules for Society.

You ask me for rules OF society,
The following were given to me.
Alas! though they sound pretty simple,
fail in each one of the three.
| The first is the shortest, but hardest:
Forget yotrsslf-dress, looks and all,
Not wishing you're stouter or thinner,
Less dark, or less fair, or less tall;
Forget, though your dress may be shabby;
Forget, too, the go Of your hair;
Forgetting. in short, all about YOU,
Remember all else who are there.
Rule two is: Think al1Udys of Others,
And when you are thinking be sure
To try and discover their best points
Don't dwell on the faults they should cure,
If only you look and endeavor
You always may find something good
The most diSagreeable is never
Too utterly horrid and rude.
Remember this one has had trouble,
This man has been soured by poverty,
Another no less so by wealth.
These two are just the exceptions,
For out Of the people you meet
You'll find only one who is sour
In proportion to ten who are sweet.
Think always the best things about them,
1t will not be hard if you try
And then you can alway say truly
"In this thing he's better than II
line tnlrQ Tule Is: MAKE CHenl QtE Ruppy,
Look around to see who is left out;
Cheer up the shy girl in the corner,
Amuse the old man with the gout
Take care of that pale BLOCKING lady,
And mind that she's not in the draught,
But don't let her see what you're doing,
If needs be, with love mix some craft.
Talk politics now to the statesman,
Converse with another on trade,
Talk of home and friends to the lonely boy,
And OF flowers and woods to the maid.
If ever you talk of people,
Remember the rule says: AL"
And you must not be entertaining one
At the cost Of another's fall.
It's your mission to make all happy,
And never to drop speech
That could carry sorrow to any heart
Wherever your words mightre reach.
After all it's the Bible maxim
That puts it shortest and best:
BE kind. be courteous, be full of love-
You may safely leave the rest
-NeW York Observer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-25
UTTERLY DISCOURAGED

expresses the feeling Of many victims OF
rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica and ner-
vous or sick headache. Having tried
numberless so-called remedies, and physi-
clans of all schools, without relief, there
seems to be no hope. Many such have as
last resort tried Athlophoros and to their
surprise and joy have found that it was
safe, sure and quick cure Athlophoros is not
an experiment. thousands have been cured
by its use and they testify as to its value.
The little boy of John II. Parker
Charleston, ILL.,, has been an invalid since
he was year DID, his disease being so
complicated that it was difficult for the
physicians to determine upon what his
disease was The little fellow suffered for
years the most violent pains and torture.
He was helpless as to walking. His limbs
were almost devoid of feeling Mr.. Parkers
sister, Mrs. Nj. S. Travers, says the boy has
been using Athlophoros, and the medicine
has almost performed miracle. lie can
now walk about and play as other boys
do His back has been relieved Of the
stiffness, so that he can stand more erect
than he ever could before
He is now ten years Of age, and |
know his father had spent two hundred
dollars for patent medicines alone, but
nothing did him any good until he took
the Athlophoros. His father has also used
the medicine for neuralgia, with very good
effect.
Rutland, Illinois.
Was cured by Athlophoros one year ago
last Spring, and have not been troubled
with the rheumatism since. | tried other
medicines to no good result. have sold
this medicine since was cured, and all
that have taken it As the directions ordered
have been cured. j. NJ. SHAW.
Every druggist should keep AthIophoros
md Athlophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought Of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co., III Wall ST., New York, will
send either Carriage paid on receipt Of
regular price, which is $l00 per bottle
tor Athlophoros and soc. for Pills.
For liver and kidney diseases, dysrcpsin, in
digestion, weakness, nervous debility, diseases
OF women, constipation. headache impure
blood, SC, Athlophoros Pills are uneqaaled
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-25

The kite. which has so long served as toy
for boys, has lately received attention from
mechancans, who find it a means of apply
ing and verifying formulas relating to the re-
sstance of the air and thus contributing &c
the solution of the problem of flight
Mr.. j. Pillet, of the Paris Polytechnic school
has recently presented to the French Associa
ton for the Advancement of Science theory
as to the equilibrium of the kite. The ele
ments to be considered are-its weight lis
plane surface; the position Of its center OF
gravity, which has been fond to be very
near the lower extremity; the center of thu
winds pressure, and the point of attachment
of the string
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-25

speak OF left was wan and ragged little girl
with delicate features and big, old eyes.
got fire and food for them, and did all
could for their immediate relief. Then l
rushed 10 the Office of The Trumpet and
wrote such an account of them as would be
sure TO send the good people OF Doonville TO
their door with abundant relief. 1t was
long and graphic article, and realistic to
startling degree. We were not Illustrating
newspapers then as now, SO could only pic
ture the suffering of this family in words.
However, gavo the article tremendous head
lines and prominent place The Trumpet
was issued the next day, which was tho day
before Christmas, and it went forth on its
work Of arousing the pity of Doonville for
the family in the old house by tho river. /
was very busy all that day and could not so
to see them. But when night came and lay
down to rest had the satisfaction of feeling
that they were provided for, and that had
been the instigating cause of their relief, l
fancied the surprise and sorrow the beuevo-
lent Mrs. Barclay would feel when she visited
them, carrying aid, as she was sure to do
after reading my article. And how dis
tressed, thought, Mr. Archibald Doom
would be when he realized that SO sad a case
of want existed in the town of which he was
so proud. And others-ever SO many others
would be equally interested and equally
helpful. In imagination saw the phian-
thropists of the the community, one after an
other, going down to the old house by the
river side carrying aid and sympathy.
The next morning was Christmas. 1t was
cold and clear, with sharp wind blowing
traditional Christmas weather, called CHEEKY
in stories, think, but very uncomfortable
foi those who are thinly clad After break
fast started down to see my poor friends by
the river. | wanted TO help them, but all
could do would be but a cipher in compari-
son with what had already been done. But
| thrilled with the pleasure would eXpe-
rience III seeing their improved condition,
knowing had had hand in it,
How forlorn and desoate the house was,
even as seen frcm afar Off And oh! the
drearineSs of Christmas to those within!
man approached the house just ahead Of
me. A second glance told me that it was the
tract distributor. felt a spasm of wrath ut
sight of him. How dare he mock those
wretched people with his printed twaddle
about the preCiousness Of their souls when
their bodies needed food, and fire and cloth
ingf
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-25
New Weather Signal system.

On March |, 1887 new system of govern.
ment weather signals will be adopted for gen.
eral use at local and volunteer display sta
tons. 1t is white flag for clear or fair
weather; square blue flag for rain or snow
triangular black flag for temperature, to
be hoisted above the other flag for higher
temperature, below for lower temperature,
aud Il square white flag, with square black
center. for a cold wave, as now used. When
suspended from horizontal pole or rope a
small white streamer viii be used to Indicate
the end from which the flags are to be- read.
This system seems TO be a great improvement
Oh the one now in use.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-25

1t Is with no desire TO be captious that
we que s,on the fairness Of this Statement,
in one of the reports of the committee in.
vestiyating the books of officers of La Sale
county
Your committee further find that IL Is
the practice of some of the officers to con
vert the witness fees 10y tn NJ received int
lheir own pockets, through the medium OF
, so.Called power of attorney, instead OF IN
~ the county treasury as the law directs In
,ase they are not claimed by witnesses al
he expiration of their term Of office,
Who has done this-who has pocketed
hose fees? Not Taylor, for he is still in Of
ice; not Finlen, for he Is still in oilice
md no charge has been made of that kind
gainst Bartels. The fact Is, the law re-
luiring the deposit of these fees in the
reasury 10y retiring court clerks was passed
after Mr.. II. w. Holmes retired from Of
flee, nj the instance of La Sale county
members of the Legislature to fit condi
ion of things that has not yetoccurred, fol
10 clerk except Stocksleg er, and he has
l,t been accused of pocketing such fees
las retired since the law went into opera
ion so it is hardly I ir T. intimate that II
: being done, the Clei ks being still in of
ice and subject To demand from witness
As for their money.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-25

Some persons are able 10 stop the heart
beating for a considerable time.
An expedition will start in the spring for
the South Pole.
Hair is taken off ladies faces by means OF
electricity, and it never returns. A shock i,
given to the root Of the hair by an electric
needle.
The activity OF organized labor in the po-
lltical world is the most important movement
in the United States since tIe evil war. Old
parties are breaking up.
Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Mime
apolis, Toronto, and other cities already have
electric street railways in successful and
profitable operation.
II a mosquito bites person who has yellow
or malarial fever it carries upon its pro6oscis
person it stings.
Animals that are dead OF hog cholera are
being conveyed by the car load to rendering
establishments, where they are made into
soap if not into lard. THIS is horrible. The
bodies of all animals that die Of disease
burned.
There are 800, 600 miles OF railway in the
world, and America has half u them. The
United States has more than any other ma
ton
In New York city steps are berg taken
leading TO the appointment Of women on the
board Of education