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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-04-24
The B0ttle.Tree.

Among the singular and rare plants OF
the world is the Australian bottle-tree,
an indigenous tree of limited portion
of tropical Queensland, and found no.
where else in Australia or on the globe.
This tree takes its name from the shape
of its trunk, which is wonderfully like
the outlines Of giant bottle of the com
mon order. The thick part of the trunk
from the ground upward is from fifty to
sixty feet high, from thirty to forty feet
in circumference, and quite straight up
to where the neck tapers to the spread
ing foliage above all. The bark of the
tree is about three feet thick, of brown
color and of cork-like consistency. The
foliage, which is very graceful, spreads
from the top of the tree, and the branches
have their base in the top OF the "neck.
The leaves are similar in size and shape
to those of e. cherry tree, but their color
and consistency are much lighter. The
spread of the branches and foliage form
a regular-shaped dome of about forty feet
in diameter and of moderate density,
giving ample shade from the rays OF the
srn.-PyuirGe Farmer.
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A Thirty-Mile Flume.

The San Diego (Cal.I fume is a. stu
pendous affair, measuring about thirty
miles in length. In the course of the
fumes there are 315 trestles, the
longest being 100 feet in length, eighty
five feet high, and containing one quar-
ter of a million feet of lumber. Another
tres:le is on the same height and l2oo
feet long, the main timbers used in both
of ;hese being 10x1O and SSS, being put
together on the ground and raised to
their position by horse power. Inc
number of tunnels in the course of the
fine is eight, the longest of which IS
i1OO feet, the tunnels being in size exo
feet, with convex shaped roofing. Each
mile of the aumc required an average OF
one-fourth of million feet of lumber
for it's construction, and the redwood
used entirely in the box is two inches IN
thickness throughout.
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Arabian Babies.

Life has exceptional difficulties for the
babies of Eastern nations, especially for
those who are of sufficiently high rank to
be brought up according to all the an
cient customs of their race. The lady
who tells her own story in the 'Memoirs
of an Arabian Princess" says that royal
baby's first toilet, in Arabia, consists in
winding bandage about its body, alter
it has been bathed and perfumed. The
little creature is then placed on its back,
its arms and feet are Strengthened, and
the entire body is swathed to the
shoulders.
In this position it remains motionless
for forty days, but the bandage Is re-
moved twice day that the child may
have bath. The Arabs believe that this
process will make the body straight for
life. Under such circumstances it seems
fortunate that babyhood is not period
which can be remembered in after years,
for no one would choose to suffer such
days of misery again, even in recollec-
ton.
If the child be girl, on the seventh
day after her birth, holes, usually six IN
number, are pricked in her ears, and
when she is two months old heavy gold
rings are attached to them, to be worn
throughout her lifetime, except during
periods of mourning for relatives.
On the fortieth day the baby's head is
shaved, ceremony which could scarcely
be performed in our own country, where
thick hair is usually of a later growth.
This operation is considered very i'm
portant one, and thirty or forty persons
are witnesses of it, for the performance
of certain rites.
The disposal of the first hair is regarded
as very weighty matter; it must not ba
burned nor carelessly thrown away, but
buried, thrown into the sea, or hidden IN
some crevice of wall.
The fortieth day marks turning point
in the child's life. Heretofore 1t has
only been seen by its parents, the slaves
on duty and few intimate friends OF the
family; now, however, it may be seen by
anybody, and is regarded as fairly
launched on the tide of existence.
Several charms are attached tolts BODY
for protection against the "evil eye" :,
boys wearing them to certain age, and
girls still longer. The fEotite charm
consists of gold Or silver Nsfket, worn
on chain.
The smallest children among the
Arabians are strongly perfumcd; every
thing they use, from their clothing to
articles of the toilet, is covered at night
with jessamine, and before it is used
fumigated with amber and musk and
sprinkled with altar of roses.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-04-24
A GO0se-BOne Barometer.

William Swift has an Arkansas goose
bone which he pfizes more than he would
a complete set Of Signal Service reports,
says the St. Louis Post Dispatch: 1t is
the breast bone of an Arkansas Wild
goose, and for weather forecasts it beats
any barometer ever turned out cf fac
tory. Mr.. Swift showed it to the re-
porter and explained how the weather
could be read by holding the hone be-
tween the eye aud the light.
Hold it with the keel down." he said.
"You notice that the low part is exactly
like the keel of many of the ocean ves-
sells, and that, sir, is what they took their
models from. Now, when you hold it
up to the light you can notice a num-
Der of mottled spots in it. Each one OF
those indicates storm, and from its
size and character you can Sell what sort
Of storm it is going to be. If the spot
is dark it will be severe storm, if light
it will be simply rainstorm or little
bad weather"
''But how can you tell when they will
occurl"
'sEasy enough, my boy. You begin at
the deep part, the pointed end OF the
keel thati is the 1st of December, and the
first third (marked y is the space for the
month of December. You can divide it
into thirty-one days if you want to. The
second third (marked p is for the month
of January and the third (marked y is
for February. Now, if there is dark
spot near the end of the keel you may be
sure there will be big storm in the early
part of December"
''Do you think that much reliance can
be placed in this baroueter"
''Reliance2 Why, certainly; they
never fail"
"But don't different goose bones diff
fer in their spots2"
"Never. Dan Able told me that ne
had shot as rlany as twenty geese on the
Arkansas River in one season; know ne
has, ! cause he used to be on one OF our
boa., and he shot at least one goose on
every trip, and he said that he had taken
out all the breast bones and compared
them and every one was nlolted alike.
Oh, there's no doubt about the accuracy
of The goose bones as a barometer and
the Signal Office reports will verify
them"
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Pulled Off His Boots.

Twas talking to Senator not long ago
who enjoys an exceptional reputation for
affability and cordiality of the higher
kind. We were discussing Mark Twain S
story of going to public entertainment
with his girl and wearing a new pair Of
boots. Aud the humorist related that,
the new boots beginning to hurt him, he
pulled them off, and when the show was
over could not get them on; so he put
one under each arm and led his girl out,
who remarking, "Do put on your boots, i"
he replied. "They are not worn this
year in the higher circles of society" !"
Upon this story the Senator said:
II am almost tempted to tell you for
your own ear how such thing as that
might be true. You know that l am now
in the Senate, however unworthy. Well,
the first time l ever saw that Senate l
took off my boots in the gallery, and, be-
ing unable to get them on at the close of
the proceedings, I walked out of the
Capitol grounds and to my lodgings in
my stocking feet"
There was something very ludicrous in
this incident, for considered that this
gentleman had also been described as
preposterously rich for his commonwealth.
Said L
''How could such thing es that hap
pen to you2'
His fine manner and perfect breeding
made this suggestion natural. Said he:
ut was when Abraham Lincoln was
inaugurated President nearly thirty years
ago. Having been an earnest boy for his
election in common with thousands who
supported him, came on to Washington
City to look at it and to see our champion
put in his place. Having been brought
up in the country, the streets, paved with
brick, became very severe on my feet, es.
pecially as had bought new pair of
boots. So when friend, who is now
himself hustling for seat in the Senate
in one of the far Western States, had
taken me to the Capitol and had himself
slipped in upon the floor with extraordi-
nary audacity, for he had no right there,
1 went up in the gallery, which was
crowded with people, and heard the de-
batting. My boots began to hurt me ter
ribly. could see my friend down on the
floor enjoying himself as if be had all the
rights of an ex-member. In point of fact,
he had got in by declaring that he was
member of the Confederate Congress in
the South. The debate was of very
interesting nature, pertaining to seccs-
sion, and some Of the greatest characters
of that time we're on the floor. l finally
pulled off first one boot and then the
other. When the audience was dismissed
1 tried to get on the boots, and there was
no possible way to get them on. Being
an obscure fellow, whom nobody would
notice, l had to make the best of the oc-
casion, and put my boots under my arm,
as Mark Twain describes, and out through
those grounds and down the avenue I
went, very little expecting that I should
ever come back to that Senate and have
desk on the floor. Cincinnati En-
quiTer.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

Signor Fossatt, printer of Milan, has
invented a phonograph simpler in con-
struction and less expensive than those
nov in use.
Experiments recently made by d..
Luderitz in the Berlin Hygienic Institute
indicate that all kinds Of bacteria are
killed by coffee.
Baron Nordensk: old has announced
his intention of starting with Baron
Oscar Dickson, in quest of the little
sought South Pole.
An Australian town has given its
streets chemical names, such as Argent,
Beryl, Cobalt, Koalin, Iodide, Oxide,
Bromide and Sulphide. .....
About one hundred and fifty colors are
now obtained from coal-tar products.
They have almost entirely supplanted
vegetable and animal dyes. '...
Silence for ten days, speaking only in
whispers for ten days more, then gradual
return to the ordinary voice, is recon-
mendation for stammerers.
1t is reported that the Russian physi-
clan, DR.. Bapchinski, announces that ne
has discovered that diphtheria is easily
durable by incubation Of erysipelas.
Natural gas is now used in 1O4 steel
works in this country, but the supply
show signs of failing, and companies are
thinking of returning to the old fuel.
A new contrivance has been applied to
watches, called an appointment remind
er." A small dial is set into the watch's
face upon which one can set the hands at
any hour required.
A silk handkerchief, so often recon-
mended for wiping spectacles or eye
glasses, is not good for this purpose, as
it makes the glasses electrical, and causes
the dust to adhere to them.
The new Danish submarine boat has
proved great success. Tae crew OF two
men has sustained life for several hours
without inconvenience, an additional
supply of oxygen being carried.
1t is estimated that from eighty to one
hundred thousand dollars worth of nj
trate Of silver and gold is used every
year by the photographers of the United
States in making the millions OF photo
graphs.
"show me professional athlete forty
years DID," says an eminent physician.
land I will show you man old beyond
his time, with bones out of shape, muscles
injured and joints stiffened, and no one
would promise him five years more OF
life."
It has been calculated by H. o. Tum.
lirz that the light reaching the pupil OF
the eye in each second of time represents
a quantity Of work which would require
one year and eighty-uine days to raise
the temperature of gramme OF water
one degree Cent. 1.S degrees Fahr.)
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Poisoned BY His Can.

An extra iinary case has just come
under the notice of well-known Berlin
doctor. An officer consulted him, suffer-
ing from an eruption on the skin of the
head, and in spite of every care and
precaution the rash began to spread over
the face and neck. The symptoms were
those Of lead poisoning, but no reason
could at first be ascribed to account for
them. At last the doctor examined the
military cap which the patient had been
wearing just before his illness, and upon
ripping out the leather lining found it
to contain large quantity of lead.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-04-24
A Faithful Brute Companion.

AS Officer Maloy was patroling Main
street, he sighted man resting against
a building for support. Approaching
him, he found that he was badly intoxi'
Gated, and at his feet lay his faithful Eng.
lish bull terrier. The officer took the
drunk in tow and conducted him to a
station, the dog meanwhile, following
close to his master. He was consigned
to cell and the dog accompanied him,
The inebriate threw himself upon the
bunk and the dog jumped up and took {
position at his head, guarding him zeal
ously, and from time to time tenderiy
licked his face. 1t was another instance
of the prover5ial faithfulness of CANNES
-,Boston Herald.
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Suuaring the Account.
RI ANNA SHIELDS.

Herbert Denisou paced up and down
the small room that had been the espe-
cial sanctum Of his brother-in- law, Tom
Thorpe, his brows knit in perplexed
thought, his fingers nervously rattling
his watch chain. Jessie, his only sister,
Tom Thorpe's widow, was sobbing on
the sofa.
Jessie, dear" he said, presently, "it
is cruel to make you talk, but if I could
only get some really clear idea of the
business. might, perhaps, help you"
Jessie sat up, and tried to still the sobs
that the talk about her husband-not yet
month dcad-had called forth. She
was woman with fair hair and blue
eyes, and young enough still to make her
deep widows mourning doubly pathetic.
About the house," she said.
eyes. You say it is almost paid
for?"
'The price was six thousand dollars
for the house and grounds. There is 4
very large orchard and vegetable garden,
besides the garden in front. Tom was to
pay for it just as he could, but not less
than three hundred year. We were so
anxious to have home of our own,
Bert, that we worked very hard for it,
and that is the reason l know all about
it. I put all my writing money in, too;
not vast sum, to be sure, but it helped
along
And you arc sure there were five
thousand dollars paid to Mr.. Paxon?"
II am positively certain of it."
"And the receipts are lost2"
'Lost! Gone entirely. Bert, Incver
dared say it, for l cannot prove it, but l
firmly believe Mr.. Paxon stole Toms re-
ceipt book. "
Why
"Well, he is man who is not much
respected, and there have been several
stories told about him that throw doubt
over his honesty Still. he keeps clear
of the law. Tom took the receipts for
the payments on the house, in small
red account book, that had nothing else
in it. That day-no, l AM not going to
cry again, dear that dreadful day, he
sent word to Mr. PaXon that he would
pay him five hundred dollars. He had
sold lot of wool, and l had two hun
dred dollars saved. J know he had it
when Mr.. Paxon came. Then there was
that dreadful hemorrhage, and how could
we think of anything but Tom for the
next three days? But, Bert, Mr.. Paxon
was alone with him when he was taken
i'll, and gave the alalm. There was moth
ing to prevent his slipping the receipt
book into his pocket, and 1 believe he
did il. 1t cannot be found, and Mr..
Paxon you'd not dare TO assert that he
has never been paid anything but rent for
the house, if ne did not know l cannot
produce the receipts"
Him! Yes, see! But one cannot
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ever could part with it, it ought to bring
fiyeitimes that sum-"

ever could part with it, it ought to bring
fivetimes that sum-" .
olive times that sum- Five thousand
dollarsr' cried Mr.. Paxon.
t'Certainly!" said Bert, coolly. "but
we do not wish to sell it all. Come,
hurry up. Take out the top nails very
carefully there" .,,,
;%"I'll give you five thousand for it,
cried Mr. Paxon, desperately, rapidly
calculating the ten years interest on the
bonds.
uPut We leave here in half IN hour!
You don't carry five thousand dollars
round in your pocket, do you'"
''No, but I carry my check-book. Iii
give you a check"
won't do. cannot stop to cash it: y
HI'll run over to the bank with it my
self"
HWell, you haven't much time. You
getthe money, and Ill speak to Jessie
while you are gone. I'm not sure she
viii take it,"
Off darted Mr.. Paxon, and Bert Eur-
ried 4he last boxes on the wagon and sent
it off Just as the carriage drove up. Jes-
sic aid the boys were already seated
when Mr.. Paxon came round the corner;
actually carrying the money in his hands
Very carefully Bert counted it, the
crisp notes for five hundred dollars each,
that represented the exact sum that Tom
had paid the rascally landlord for the
house his widow was leaving.
Correct" he said, presently. "There
is no need of a receipt. You can see the
picture through the window. Good.bye!"
The carriage whirled off, and Mr.. Paxon
entered the empty house. The workmen
had gone with the wagon, but when he
pulled the corner of the canvass, he found
it already loosened from the frame. A
large, yellow, envelope with three i'm
mense red seals, was behind it, and with
trembling fingers he tore it open. A long
slip of paper was the only iuclosure, and
half-fainting, the disappointed schemer,
read:
"This makes Our account square. -
The Ledger.
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Of 80
NO. 43.
A SECRET.

He said: "No one shall svsr learn ., -
This secret that my heart must keep; .~,..
No matter how the words may burn. .......
No matter how my heart may leap,
No one shall know love her so, y
No one shall know, no one shall know"
But though his lips were tightly sealed
The very birds his secret guessed, -
For in his eyes 1t was revealed,
And in his face it was confessed
'Ilove her so, / love her so.
But none shall know, but none shall know"
The wind soon found it and ran on ., :.
To tell it to the wondering flowers, -,
And bear it to the gates Of dawn
Where loiter all the coming hours,
That they might know, he loved her So -
That they might know, that they misns
know.
Some time all secrets must unfold,
And soon did he listener seek,
To whom his story might be told,
Before the laughing world should speak
And tell her If she did not knowD ..'
He loved her so, he loved Ter 30. I
Meredith Nicholson, in Once-a- Week.
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Longevity Among Birds.

The swan is the longest lived bird,
and it is asserted that it has reached the
age of 100 years. Knauer states that he
has seen falcon that was 162 years old.
The following samples arc cited as to the
longevity of the eagle and vulturc. A
sea eagle captured in 1715, and already
several years of age, died 1O4 afterward,
in 1919; white headed yulture, cap
tured in 1905, died in 1926 in one Of
the aviaries of Schoenbrunn castle, near
Vienna, where it had passed 11S years
in captivity.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-04-24
PlTH AND POINT.

The counterfeit bill is rejected because
it is not legal tender aud true. :,.!-
The pug dog is not of much account
to keep the wolf away from the door.
A strange effect of some wills is that
when they are read the heirs become blue.
-Yonkers Gazette.
The salary of messenger boy shouldn't
come under the head of ''running ex-
penses. - Yonkers Gazette.
"These are trying times for me-" was
what the cook said when she stood over
the lard keg.-Boston Courier.
A bilious man hunting for something
to get mad at is generally successful in
his search.-NeU Orleans Picayunt.
A sisters love can soothe and bless,
Yet, why does woman never profer
This generous gift to man, unless
She first declines his marriage offer?
Tom-'Yes, that bond will be difficult
to redeem" Dick--"What bonds"
Tom-"The vagabond. ."-Haruard Lam
poon. !
els your friend man of good judg-
ment and education3" "You can see he
is. He has very little to say."-0hieago
Times.
A bear never knows until he is muzzled
how many people there are in the world
who are not afraid of bears.-Aehison
Globe. -
In this age of sharp rivalry the man
who permits his wits to go wool-gather-
ing is very liable to get worsted.-Bing-
hanaton Herald. 81
"Yes, Miss Frost, l always wear gloves
at night; they make ones hands so soft.p
"Ahl And do you sleep with your hat
on2"-Iowp Tattle.
Salesman-"This is exceptionally fine;
all hand painted" Small Sister (scorn-
fully-"That's nothing; so is the back
of our house. life.
Patient (on diet)-"Doctor, have
strange crlsing for baked beans. Are
they heal5. Doctor-'sIneyer treated
any" ."-Lawrs'e american.
Salesman (seductively)-"A great bar
gain, sir. They have been reduced to
fifty cents" Tom Allbroke-"So have
I; ard I haven't .dined. d."-American
Grocer. g.
The language of love contains much
exapgeration, but the lover of a mil
lionaire's heiress can truthfully declare
that he is her bond slave.-Bdltnnore
american.
Chairman of Committee-"We want
watch worth S1O0 to offer as prize in
an amateur athletic contest" Jcweler-
Zone that will cost about $50, / sup.
pose."-Lye.
He-"Why will you not say the word,
dear. I am poor. but one word from
you will make me happy" She-"Cash!
That's the thing that would make you
happy, isn't it9'- -LoueN Citizen.
The husbands the head of the household he'll
Who closely the question peruses,
And the wife is the neck, who, between you
and me,
Twists the head around just as she chooses.
Chicago Herald.
Mrs. Gazzam-"I'm sorry to say that I
can't break my husband of the habit of
using his toothpick at table" Mrs.
Laker (of Chicago)-"I have no trouble
of that kind. My husband never uses
toothpick. He takes fork. ."-Aunscy's
Weekly.
Tenant-"Thc windows in your house
shut SO badly that my hair blows all
about my head. You must really have
something done to them" Landlord
II don't see the necessity of that. 1t
would be much simpler for you to have
your hair cut. Fliegendc Blaetter.
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The. New Postage Stamps.

The portraits and colors OF the now
issue are as follows:
One cent-Franklin; ultramarinc blue.
Two cent-Washington; carmine.
Three cent-Jackson; purple.
Four cent-Lincoln; chocolate.
Five cent-Grant; light brown.
Six cent-Garfeld; not decided.
Ten cent-Webstcr; milori green.
Fifteen ccnt-Hcnry Clay; deep blue.
Thirty cent-Jefferson; black.
Ninety cent Commodore Perry;
orange.
The number of stamps ordered before
ready for use aggregated nearly A, ,00O,-
900, representing $7s4, 1923.
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A Tint Used In the Misty Past.

Artists and scientific men have long
wondered about the beautiful "azzur-
rino" found in the ruins Of Pompeii. Nj.
Fououc, the mineralogist, with mix
ture of silicatc of copper and Of lime,
has now obtained the brilliant crystal
inc 'sazurc" of Pompcii. 1t is tint pei
fcctly Interchangeable, and identical with
the Alexaudrian blue which was known
to the PtolcD,ys, and imported into Italy
in the first years Of the Christian era.-,
AMATEUR Ph0t1Qraphr,
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Killed by Pepper.

A lad living at Bacup, England, CON-
planned of cold, and his mother gave
him dose of mixture which contained
a quantity of cayenne pepper. \ few
minutes afterward he was found On his
knees gasping for breath, ..nd after
struggling for several minutes he expired.
The physician who was called decided
thas death was caused by the. action of
the pepper Oh weak heart,