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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

Those who are familiar with the old
fashioned adulterants employed in i'm
ported olive oils will thank their stars,
declares the Atlanta Constitution, that
cotton-sced oil is so cheap and handy.
The addition of this oil, so far from be-
ping an adulteration, is decided i'm
provcment on.the oils that used to be
sent to this country, and there is no
reason why even an epicure should OBJ
iect fo II
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

The study of fires in large cities shows
that considerable percentage is due TO
incendiarism, and the insurance com =
panies, suggests the San francisco
Chronicle, should devise some method of
swift aud thorough investigation in
order that incendiarism may be made
too dangerous for criminals 10 take a
hand in. 1t is probable also that in
most States the penalty for arson could
be increased, if it were shown that the
present penalty was too light.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

! summing up of the iron and steel
trade of the United States during 1853,
as made by the Bulletin, of Philadelphia,
of the American Iron and Steel Associa
tion, shows that this was not particular.
l5 prosperous year for the iron trade, Ad
in many respects -feii below 1887 and
1855. TIE total production of pig iron
during the year is estimated at 5000, 900
tons, and of Bcssemer steel rails at L.
$50, 600 tons.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21
THE FARMERS DECISION.
Well, wife, Iehave studied it over, I've civ

Well, wife, IShave studied it over, I've give
ita good deal of thought, :
I've reckoned the costs and requirements, the
trials which at ease will be fought;
I've looked Ger the pages of trouble, and
jotted the items all down.
And at last I've decided we'd better be
movin' off to town.
81 know the old place is relic that we al
ways intended to keep,
And we shall, for we'll rent it to some one
who knows how to plow and to reap;
Yes, we'll rent the old homestead, not sell it
so you needn't begin with frown,
Then, after the. thing is all settled, we viii
take our departure for town.
"This matter I long have considered, ani
now then think it is best
That we rent out the lands and the houses
and seek this new Eden of rest.
We must try to be up with the fashions-O
pshaw we're rot any too old,
I'm sixty and you're about fifty, not very
big figure all told.
"Tve purchased a house of townsman, I'll,
fully two good stories high.
Igot it at purity low tigers, so thought il
would be best to buy;
There's ev'ry convenience we're wantin' botl
inside the mansion and out,
The whole thing was bought at bargain, fol
/ think knoW'd what I,s abont
"You see we can take up our quarters, ant
you, if good fortune attends,
Can put on your best new apparel and cal
on your fashionable friends; =.
While !, with my latest-cut trowsers, ant
you, with your new pin-back gown
Why, the papers are bound to take notici
and say we're residin' in town.
ITO be sure! we'll be ever so 'tony'-I CUES
that's the word that they use;
They'll invite US to dinners and suppers, ant
be mad il we dare to refuse.
We will rent a new church-pew and buy new
books, and should the good people de
siro,
Our assistance we'll lend to the calm, ont
send forth our notes in the choir"
So the farmer, good soul, found a tenant,
man that ''could see to affairs"
And no rented the premises safely ant
dropped agricultural cares.
He drew up the rentable papers and copiec
them off in his book,
And now that the business is settled, let's e,
into town for look.
"Wby, Solomon! what is the matter, i
there anything out of the way!
Eve been thinkin' I'd tell you of somethin
and guess will do it to-day: .-
You know I attended the social-they didn'
give me an invite,
And my feelin's were never so shattered a
they were on that very same night.
II heard one proud feminine critter max
dif'rent remarks bout my face,
And one of 'em said how my speeches didn'
fit in their material place:
Inever did sleep with grammar, so I triet
to be perfectly cool,
But guess how if I dared say it. coult
told which of us was the fool"
And the farmer agreed with his helpmate
he'd trial of a similar kind, sr
He said it had badly hurt him, and wa
''preyin' jist now on his mind"
And taking affairs altogether, combining tn
grammar and face,
Why, he thought that "if Betsy was willip
they'd jist move back on the place"
Courier Journal :,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21
AlDhabeticai Fare.

"Have you got anything here begin
ming with 'k' that's good 10 eat." in
uuired q new customer at we.l-known
local delicacy market last Tuesday.
"How will picked kidneys r"
replied the clerk, after a moments
thought.
First rate. Give me dozen cans.
The kittens ;life is saved" exclaimed
the strange patron with enthusiasm. II
told nv wife" he continued, THAT if I
failed to send home kangaroo, dead or
alive, before 2 o'clock, should expect
to find the kitten served up for supper
in the latest Chinese style. But your
happy thought saves her. You see We
all got tired of eating the same things
day after day, and so last month we
agreed that during this month we would
eat up (or rather DOWN the alphabet,
taking one letter a day, with bread,
potatoes, tea, and coffee thrown in as
staples. So on the 1st we iuaugurated
the dietary system with bill of fare
consisting of apples in many forms.
aprlcots picked, asparagus, almonds and
the staples. The next days menu was
beef, beets, beans, biscuits, buttermilk,
bacon and bonbons. The following day
we feasted on chicken, Goldfish balls,
clans, celery, cucumbers (5O cents each),
crabs, cheese, cake, crackers, crullers,
carrots, canned currants, canned cherries,
ci.rons, cider, cstsup and candS, And
it. has gone on. The fifth day wodld
have been q fast day had it not been for
eggs, but We made an Faster Of it.
Yesterday We dined, breakfasted and
supped chiefly on jellies. To-day your
kidney suggestion saves us from star
vation, while tomorrow we will grow
fat on liver, lamb, lobster, lettuce, etc.
A queer thing about our new food de-
parture is the number of things it has led
ms toSt in our mouths which We -pezer-
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

The workingmcn of Europe are awak-
ening to the fact that the large military
forces kept standing by European
governments are maintained at their ex-
pense. 1t is said that the organized Ia
Dor societies on the continent, irrespec-
tive of nationality, have determined to
protest against the using of public
moneys for such purposes while schools
and other public institutions are ne
elected.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

The people cf Dakota are looking for
new name by which to call one-half of
that Territory. The prescO name will
fit one OF the new States which are to
be carved out of it, but the other is still
TO be christened. Among the names
suggested are Winona, Sanona and
Pembina, but none of these is wholly
satisfactory. The people say they want
name which shall remove the idea Of
billiards. from the minds of strangers.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

A Pennsylvania Member of Congress is
looking up the question of parcels-post,
, with the view of introducing bill tc
compel the adoption of the system in this
country The opposition of express com
panies is said to have, something TO dc
with the neglect of the, American au
thorities to introduce system that has
been fond of great benefit II all Euro,
pean countries.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

The Fittsburg widow who is suing one
Frank E. Butfom for $25, 900 for the loss
of her husband through practical joke,
deserves, asserts the New York 7eegram,
10th sympathy and encouragement.
Bufrom exploded big fire cracker near
his victim last July, causing fatal in
i,,rinc
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

= The cultivation of the grape has been
greatly. developed of recent years ia
Algeria; so much so that it seems posi-.
BILE that France may recover through
her colony the profits of the industry
which insects and decay were consum-
ing in the home vineyards. Three depart
ments of Algiers together produced
about 5O,OOO,OOO gallons of wine last
upor
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

The assets of the Panama Canal Com
pany at this time, as scheduled by the
Philadelphia Press, consist of 500, 5OO,-
1000 worth of machinery, $50, O00, coo
of uncollectable claims, $4,000, 900
worth of ditch, fractured credit and q
large stock of gloomy prospects. Any
of the above items will be sold cheap for
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

The Garfield Monument at Cleveland,
Ohio, will not be dedicated before
Decoration Day. 1t is said that an ad-
mission fee will be charged, permanently,
to all visitors,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

DuripEthe French Republican cclebra-
ton in Paris this year an international
labor congress is to be held. 4 number
of American organizations, including the
Central Labor Union of New York city,
will send delegates.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

1t is thought by experts that the next
census; to be taken June 1st, 1890, will
show a population in the United States
, of 81, 900, O00-an increase of "A, 900, 900
over that of 1880.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

The Cape Argus WesWy says that big
game is getting scarce in. the accessible
parts of Africa. Trader hunters say
that although occasionally they meet
lion, it is very rarely that an elephant or
giraffe is seen.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

The Cincinnati Enquirer facetiously
predicts that if Utah comes into the
United States she will probably bc called
the Matrimonial State.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21
yermont's Bounty on Foxes.

Vermont has for years paid bounty
of fifty cents for every dead fox, and it
is said in the two years past SO, 900 has
been paid in bounties. The other day
q countryman appeared before the coun-
ty treasurer with eleven young foxes,
on which he wanted the bounty. Three
of them were alive, and he thought it
was hard that he could not get the
bounty and keep them for pets. When
he was told that bounties were paid on
dead foxes only, he killed the three
little fellows at once and called for the
$1.50.-NeU York SIN.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

Northern Maine, which is perhaps the
oldest numbering district in the country,
still contains supply of timber that is
said to be practically inexhaustible.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

The year 1888 was critical period in
railway history, not only as affecting the
United States, but as regards the rest of
the world.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

Since they may hear itall and
muse on friaa Eve left below.
Who knows-if sonA N bl IS can leave the
borders Of their Eden home
But that some lowing one may now about
the ancient threshold roam!.
Oh, like an exile, he would hail Q glimpse Of
~ the familiar. .feor, asA = "a
Though, streaming down the lattices, the
rain comes sobbing. to the door.
Though, streaming down the lattices, :,
The rain comes sobbihg to the door
: Henry Kendall.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

Henry Laboucherc, editor of London
7ruth, declares that there are over a
million girls in England unable to secure
bushan5s
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21
Artemus Wards will has lust been pr

Artemus Wards will has just been pro.
bated in this country. 1t was made in
England where he died twenty one
\ years age. During the closing years of
life this great humor!st was more
liar than any Of the fun makers of
When he went to England he
khe Britishers as easily as he
Hwn countrymen. Perhaps
ness was as lecturer. He
hGg man, with light
. So hOuiline nose, and
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21
Indigestibility of the Rind.

That the rind, or "skin," of all fruit
is more or less indigestible is fact that
should not be forgotten. We say all
fruit, and the statement must be under
stood to include the pellicle of kernels
and nuts of all kinds. The edible part
of fruit is REGULARLY delicate, and lia-
BILE to rapid decomposition if exposed to
the atmosphere; it is, therefore, w'se
provision of nature to place strong and
impervious coating over it, as q protec.
tion against accident, and to prevent in
sect enemies from destroying the seed
within. The skin of plums is wonder
fully strong compared with its thick,
ness, and resists the action of water and
many solvents in remarkable manner.
If not thoroughly masticated before
taken into the stomach, this skin is rare
ly, if ever, dissolved by the gastric
juice. In some cases, pieces of 1t adhere
to the coats of the stomach as wet paper
clings to bodies, causing more or less dis
turbance or Inconvenience. Raisins and
dried cvSsl11n are particularly trouble
- ay, and if not chopped up
&, should be thoroughly
he swallowing. If dried
into the stomach whole, it
ted at all.-P0pular Science
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

This is ths.Sa
use, during the J
care to do this so
loss, The bloody
in which particle 'oI
should be put ono s.
use, by boiling for mi1
for sausage. Blood will
barrel to spoil and .beo
Use .plenty of salt. Az
have been in pickle two 6f
take them out and rub them
petre. This will harden the
prevent taking too much salt.
scum rises on the brine boil it
off all that rises and then rel
american Cultirator.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21
The Cobra Plant.

The cobra plant of Himslays, belong
ing to the family Aroidr, so strikingly
resembles cobra with its head erect,
that persons coming upon it unawares
instnctively recoil with horror. The
half moon shaped markings on the cobra's
head and the lines on its neck are imi-
ta1ed in the flower sheath. of the plant,
VIII ile The tG2Sps like elongation of the
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

There are more than twenty Russian
1etLl Princes : n,S1S who are entitled to ST.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-02-21

A beastly show-The :.
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-02
How to Keep Things Clean.

A good way to clean an iron sink is
to rub well with cloth wet in kero-
sene oil.
To keep tinware nice and bright,
scour it every two or three weeks with
finely-sifted coal ashes.
Strong brine may be used to advan-
tage in washing bedsteads. Hot alum
water is also recommended for this pur-
pose
If your dishes must be washed in
hard water. add little milk to the
water and do without soap. Try this
and see if you don't like it.
Soiled coat collars can be rubbed
with ammonia, and then wooden cloth
laid over a hot hat-iron held Just over
the cloth to steam it without pressing.
Carpets should be thoroughly beaten
On the wrong side first, and then on the
right side, SO as to leave it fresh. Spots
may be removed by the use of ox-gall
or ammonia and water.
If your flat-irons trouble you. by
dropping black specks from the tops
or sides when ironing. take them in a
pan OF soap-suds and give them a thor
ough washing and dry quickly to pre-
vent rusting.
In cleaning oil-cleths use no soap or
scrubbing brush. but wash off the dirt
with water and flannel. Then go over
with milk. and rub with a soft brush
till dry and shining.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-02

In Australia the different colonies
rather singularly. have different
gauges-that of New South Wales be-
ing feet 81 inches; Victoria. feet 5
inches; South Australia. 5 feet 8 inches
and feet inches; and the other col
onies. feet inches. The total mile
age in operation in the world at the
end of 1885 was sos, 048.miles. OF this
length "a per cent were of the foot
81 inch to foot inch standard, II
per cent. had larger gauges and IA per
cent smaller.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-02

HoW saeeplng-Cnr Conduesors ana Pm.
tiers Mako Both Ends Meet.
do sleeping-car conductors and
porters really make so much money?,
asked. in my native manner. of a
sleeping-car conductor the other dav.
why. no, not any more than other
people. I'll tell you now. we don't get
much of a salary. and are expected to
make extras on the train in order to
break even. OF course it's against the
rules of the company, but we have to
contrive some way to get around them.
If a man has a good porter who will
share with him you can get along nice
~. Now, suppose. for instance. I'm
going through from New York to Chi
cago, and at night a man comes in the
car here In Toledo and wants berth.
1 give him one.
s.Now, / make out his berth check,
and give it to him. Then fill out my
own ticket. That is, he thinks do,
but don't make mark on it, merely
pretend to fill it out, see? Well, the
porter comes along. and destroys that
mans berth check, and who ever knows
the difference?'
swell, that's great scheme" said /.
''But that amt all The rules are
that sheet and pillow case are to be
used but once. The agents at the end
of the road keep strict account of the
number of passengers and number of
sheets used. but we are just a little too
fly there, too.
This sheet and pillow case I have
just given out the porter takes the
next morning, smoOthes out nicely,
dampens just little bit, folds careful
ly in the same creases, places at the
bottom of the heavy pile of bed-clothes.
and when he gets down to them again
they look like they had just come out
of the laundry.
'.But spoilers are so common that
we have to be very careful. 1 remem-
Der. years ago. when I was running
between here and ST. Louis on the Wa
bash, my porter, who was an old col
ored man, came to me one night after
the car had quieted down, and whis-
pered:
IS .Da's spottah Oh dis cah!'
"'How do you know, 1 asked.
''''Ca'se his boots $ ma'kedr
''You see the porters have a system
of marks which they put on a mans
boots If they ascertain that GER
tain man is a spotter, they make
mark on his boots that the other por-
tiers understand. and then when Mr.
Spotter gets on another car he is an
nounced by a secret signal.
Blade.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-02
INTRODUCTION OF GAS.
The Circumstances Which First Led to
Its Practical Application.

The Circumstances Which First Led to
Its Practical Application.
The mode of adapting gas to light
ing our streets and houses was dis
covered by Frenchman, an engineer,
named Lebon, who gave the following
particulars of the circumstances which
first led TO its application:
1t was about 1868 that Becher, a
skillful chemist, discovered that coal,
when calcined in close vessels. yielded
kind of oil. resembling tar, and
capable of serving for the same uses.
Experiments made in 1853, in Alsace,
for the extraction of this oil, proved
that the calcined coal left in the retort
was of excellent quality for melting
iron, and for all domestic purposes.
In 176S M. de Limbourg, having en-
ployed the same processes at the FORCES
OF Theuse, in the principally of Liege.
substituted for earthen retorts. which
till then had been made use of, retorts
of cast iron, which are more durable,
made. provided with a door, forsput-
ting in and taking out the coal.
These experiments were repeated
with success in England and France
In the prosecution of them, it was
found that, besides the solid and LIQUID
products, there was disengaged an in
hammable gas. composed of carbon
and hydrogen, and which was there
fore denominated carburetted HYDRO
gen.
In 1899, Lebon conceived an idea of
adapting this carburetted hydrogen
gas to a useful purpose, and realized
it the same year at Paris. by exhibit
ing the interior of his house and
garden Illuminated with it, issuing
from a large reservoir, where it under
went slight compressure, and was
conducted to the lamps by small tubes
furnished with cocks, that could be
opened at pleasure to light the gas, or
closed to extinguish it. Lebon set I'D
one of these apparatuses, which he
called thermo-lamps. at the Theater de
Loervois. where every body had an OPP
portunity of seeing it for several
months. 1t was the very same appa-
ratus afterwards employed in England
and the United States, but on a much
larger scale. The only difference was
that Lebon obtained his gas by the
calcinatiOn of wood, and the English
and the Americans from coal.-N. Y.
Ledger.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-02
A Solid Silver Wagon Road.

"YOu may talk about nickel-plated
railroads." said Vice-President L. T.
Stanley. of 904 Walnut street, ..but
what do you think of a solid silver
wagon road? The Horseshoe mine in
Colorado has one. although when it
was built they didn't know it would
pan out that way. They had to have a
road from the mine, a distance of
three miles, over which heavy loads
were to be drawn. They took the
rock that had been taken from the
shafts they were sinking, and which
lay around in the way, and
macademized the road all the
way through The wagons pass
ing over the road ground the rock
down. One day they had a heavy rain
storm, and when things got dry again
after this rain the wind blew the dust
off the road, and all through the road
bed, every which way, they could see
big streaks of silver. Well, may be,
they didn't collar to the rest of that
loose rock that lay about those shaftsi
They sent away lot of it to be assay
ed, and when the report came back
they found that their road bed was
worth $500 a ton. 1t was a little ex-
pensive to drive over. but they had to
have the road, and / suppose they've
got it yet, if their mines have held out. :"
-Philadelphia Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-02
LICK'S FLOUR PALACE.
How the WelI-Known California Million
aire Kept a Boyish Oath.

How the Well-Known California Million
aire Kept a Boyish Oath.
Mr.. Lick was never married, but
like many OF the bachelors, as Shakes
peare indifferently called the mem
bers of either sex, he had his expert
ence.
One of his apparently unexplainable
freaks in California was to build mill,
which was ceiled with mahogany and
other beautiful woods and finished in
the most expensive style.
There seemed to be no reason for this
form of extravagant folly until little
romance of his early life came out
Before he went to learn the organ
making business he had been appren-
ticed to a wealthy miller in Pennsyl-
vania. who had a pretty daughter.
Lick was comely and plucky youth.
and the two fell in love.
Full of hope and the prospect of hap
piness, the young man applied to the
girls father, giving him full Informal
ton as to both their wishes. Where
upon the rich Pennsylvania Dutchman
became indignant and secuted the idea,
eAcIdIulnS'
''Out, you beggar! Dare you cast
eyes upon my daughter. who will iu-
herit all my property? Have you a
mill like this? Have you single
penny in you purse?''
To this TRADE the poor youth could
only reply that just then he hadn' t,
but he added that the day would come
when he would have mill compared
with which that one would be nothing
more than a pig-sty.
He left the miller, but he never for
got the cruel words. So, after he had
become not only rich, but a million
aire, he built this mill. and when it
was finished it had every thing that
could have added to the perfection Of
it's appointment
Its machinery was perfect and its
walls and floor of the very highest
polish.
He was not able to bring the miller
to see the fulfillment of his boyish
declaration, but he had the mill photo
graphed in every possible way. within
and without, and although his old
sweetheart had long since been mar
ried, he sent her father the pictures
and recalled to him the day when he
had boosted of his mill. Minneapolis
Tribune.