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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-08-03

1t is not only in Japan that incom'
petent doctors are punished for pro.
fessional failure resulting in the loss
of life Of their patients, but in Russia
also, where physicians are held SINH
larly responsible. A well-known medi-
cal practitioner at st. Petersburg has
Just been sentenced to seven days i'm
prisonment, to fine of 1000 rubles
and to the payment of an annuity Of
300 rubles to a lady who was injured
by his anskkiillffuRll treatment. Russia is
already lamentably deficient as far as
the number of its medical men is con-
cerned, and this somewhat drastic
punishment is scarcely of character
to increase the popularity of the pro-
fession.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-08-03

Captain Moore, of the sailing ship
Mary Gibbs, tells suggestive story OF
his last voyage. He was from Boston
to the gold coast of Africa, and his
cargo consisted of New England rum.
Oddly enough, he also took out as pas
sengers two women missionaries, who
had been sent out to exert civilizing
and Christianizing influence on these
benigted people. The brigantine
stopped at thirteen ports tounload the
cargo of rum, which was received with
wild enthusiasm by the natives, while
nobody seemed to want the mission
aries. The latter seemed discouraged.
but nevertheless went .stoutly to work
TO counteract the effects of the ram.
Before he could tell what success they
were having the Gibbs sailed fol
home,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-08-03
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The mounting of telescopes requires
the utmost mathematical accuracy.
The volcanoes Vesuvius and Etna
are never both active at the same
time.
The salamander seeks the hottest
fire to breed in, but it soon quenches
it by the extreme GOODNESS of its body.
Professor Moulton, French SCI
enlist, says that man is the only crea-
ture endowed with the power to
scatch his own back.
The winds from an area of high
pressure blow out from the centre,
with motion the same as the move
ment of the hands of watch.
Science has promulgated the theory
that many gas jet has been famed
out by the moth miller, and that Of
tentimes fatalities have resulted.
To determine how much coal a bin
will hold, calculate 374 cubic feet to
every ton of 1000 pounds. This rule
applies substantially to either soft or
hard coal.
A telegram received from the Dow
ell Observatory at Flagstaff, Arizona,
announces the discovery of two star
like lights within the south polar
snow cap of Mars.
The white rhinoceros has become
nearly if not quite extinct. There are
two stuffed specimens in England and
one in the Cape Town Museum. 1t is
the largest species of the genus.
In recent lawsuit in England re-
garding the noise and vibration of the
machinery of factory photograph
was used to record the Objectionable
noises and reproduce them in court.
According to writer in the Lon
don Electrical Engineer, thirty tons
of coal were saved per week in a
large iron works at Middlesbrough,
by replacing the individual steam en-
gines by electric motors.
Specimens of the American lungfsh
have been sent to London from the
upper Rio Paraguay. This and the
Prolopterus of African rivers have
been thought by DIR. Ayers to be con-
generic, and even varieties of our
species, but their generic distinction
has been lately reafirmed by German
and English authorities.
Tpicreosl, or trikesol, is said by DIR.
J. NJ Charteris, of Glasgow, to be
three times as strong as carbolic acid
as a germicide and only third as
poisonous, and he thinks it is not
only safer than carbolic acid used ex-
ternally, but suggests the possibility
of giving it internally combined with
an alkaline base in specific infectious
diseases.
DIR. J. A. Gilbert, of the Yale
psychological laboratory, has just
completed some tests regarding the
mental and physical developments OF
the pupils of the New Haven public
school, showing that boys are more
sensitive to weight discrimination,
that girls can tell the difference in
eeler shades better better than beys, and
that boys think quicker than the other
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-08-03
OF THE WORLD.

The world grows greater as 1t goes,
And brighter still It seems;
The flag OF peace waves DER our foes
And sortens all our dreams
The grass grows greener, and the flowers
Climb higher to these homes OF ours.
The world grows greater as 1t goes,
And more of love remains
The sunlight strikes the lowest rose
And crimsons all Its veins
The hills climb higher from the sod
And sweeter sing the birds to God.
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-08-03

The Protestant population of al
Europe is about 5O,OOO,OOO, or equal
to that of the United States but while
continental Europe has only about
eight per cent of the Sunday-schools
of the world, the United States has
forty-nine per cent, or nearly one
half.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-08-03
THE DIAMOND NECKLACE.

NE Sunday
morning two
young m g n
sat in t h g
8 m o kin g.
room o t a
cozy apart
ment. Out
side the snow
was falling 81
lently in great
bl hi tie
flakes.
On the di-
van, his tail
and lauu nr.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-08-03

THE marriage rate in England i
'Ower at present than ever before.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-08-03

and legs or
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07

way and which is spent in personal
adOrnment aud little nicities for the
home. The town is the entrepot for
considerable trade with the extreme
North OF Ireland. IL is also a port for
DEPARTURE OF MANY ENuGRANTs
for the States aud Canada. Two dis
tilleries located here are far from idle,
despite the hard times, for their output
of spirits annually is nearly two million
imperial gallons. 1t is safe TO say that
the whole Of this large output is not
Consumed outside Of Derry's walls.
Neither would I insinuste that an I'M
proportion OF 1t is drunk
within. There are four Presbyterian,
four Episcopalian and three Roman
Catholic Churches; also one ConRrega-
tional and one Methodist. Both the
Episcopal and Catholic Cathedrals bear
the name Of that great Irish saint, who
was born in County Donegal 1873 years
ago, and who after being banished from
his native land for causing a certain
battle, which resulted 10 great slaugh-
ter, went 10 Iona, where he devoted the
remainder OF his days in converting the
Pagan Picts and Scots 10 Christianity.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07
NEW MARTINsvILLR

New MARTrysvrLLE, w. VA, OctoberA
M. G.. Treat, Of Washington, Pa, was
mere Friday on business connected Win
the Natural Gas Company.
Judge McElvaine and James Ewing, OF
Washington, Pa, passed through toWn on
George Crow and George Lemley, Of
Rurton. were ia town Thursday.
Miss Jane Enlow, OF North street. is vis-
ting friends at Proctor this week.
Misses Mary and Lizzie slender return.
ed home Thursday from an extended Visit
10 friends at Wheeling
Miss Dot Stone, Of Pine Grove, was the
the guest Of Mrs. +. M. Schlaoonm Thurs
day. ri. CT.
man. Sam Wells and John Bandl attended
a hail given by the Comus CLUB ~ Claring-
ton, o., Friday evening
Miss Flora Eskey, o. Guyandotss, ia
guest OF Mrs. Hattie Wiley, "a Maple ave.
nue.. this week.
Mrs. s. NJ. SnOdgrass went to Wheeling
to-day. n-,,,-
calling on friends in town Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Christie entertained
number Of friends on last Monday even
ing. g. 49,.
Thursday shaking hands with his many
Miss Alice Fox, Of Hanging Rock. Ohio,
"a Waiting her sister, Mrs. John Briogfa
man. OF Main street, this week. ~
Nsssrs. VIII Kuhn aud NJ. Thomaf
wheeling, were the guests OF Harry 4
Monday evening.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07

II is the duty of the Consul at Bel
fast to occasionally make trip OF OBJ
servatlOn to Londonderry, which is
under his Jurisdiction, and the few days
spent in that region By the writer, wore
DOT all toll and hardship. Derry is q
thrifty lutte city Of about 80, 600 souls,
which relies mainly on its shirt fac
tories, commerce, hand making Of
women's underclothes, stocking weav-
ing and pork packing, in ABOUT the or
der named. There are seven
VERY LARGE SHIRT FACTORIES,
the product Of which is shipped TO all
parts of the world One of the interest
ing branches OF the industry l. that the
wives and daughters OF peasants and
work-people OF the country and towns for
miles around fnd employment for their
spare time in piece-wOrk upon these gar
ments. They call at the factories and get
their supplies Of material, which they
take home and make up on their sew
ing machines. The hand work Of former
DAYS q this line being no longer pos
sible because OF the competition. While
making q trip into the country nay at
tention was attracted by the whir OF the
machine in small cottages where
thought that under ordinary circum-
stances sewing machine would be
useless as we'll as an expensive luxury.
Shirt making in its several branches
for the Derry factories explained 1t all
Many az extra shilling is made In this
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07

for the safety of the other ship. Ac'
cordingly, Captain Luce had the en-
gines reversed and ran back In the
direction OF the Vesta, and after hnding
her steamed around her two or three
times before he discovered the serious
condition OF the Arctic.
THE PANIC on THE ARCTIC.
When those aboard the latter learned
that their vessel was sinking panic
ensued, and the sailors and hremen, In
spite OF the efforts OF Captain Luce to
prevent them, succeeded In getting
away in the lIfeboAts, taking with them
only a few passengers.
\ The deck of the sinking ship now
presented q terrible scene. Men and
women were rushing about, some
shrieking and grooming and some In
mute despair. Doors and rigging were
torn from their fastenings and dropped
overheard, md many were drowned In
attic NJ pting to get onto these frail life
s1Vers
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07

in all four hundred and ten persons,
eighty-eight were saved. The re main
ing three hundred and twenty-five went
down with the Inflated vessel. Little 10
known Of what has since become OF
most Of the eighty-eight survivors, the
majority of whom were seamen belong
ing to the Arctic. 1t is probable that
few OF them are alive to-day.
Among the few, however, Is Ferdi-
nand Keyn, who Is now sixty years old
and is day Waterman on the piers OF
ths Hi mburgAmerican line, Ia Hobo
ken. Keyn. ever since the disaster TO
the Arctic, has been buffeted about By
fortune in q way to discourage the most
stouthearted OF men.
WheA he was twenty years old Keyn
left his me in Germany aud took pas
sage on 4 Arctic. which left Liverpool
on September 90. 1864. int4pding, on
his arrival In America. 20 ship es second
mate in q sailing vessel. u Arctic.
had her cabins full Of = ers, the
Greater MI ~ Of VII Amerl-.
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had beeA done and demanded the COM
pleted COPY as his own. st COLUMBIA re-
fused to reliDquish his treasure, for
such books In those days were held as
Invaluable sacred treasures. The dis
nnte was settled by King Dlarmid, a
member of a rival family, who ruled
ITO the
cow BELONGED HER CALF,
and to the book its copy. The decision
so angered st. COLUMBIA that he per-
suaded the powerful clan to which he
belonged to take up his cause. The re-
suit was the battle OF Cooldreony near
Sligo. King Disrmid was slain and st.
Columba's forces won, but at the ex-
Dense Of his exile from Erin. 1t is said
that he constantly pinned for bis native
woods and home in Derry. In trans
latien Of some Of his writings are these
words. The Angels of God sing in
every glade of the oaks Of Derry. Were
the whole tribute of Alba mine from It's
center to its border, would prefer the
site of my home in the middle OF my
sweet Derry"
After all, the course pursued by the
saint in the call OF his clan TO arms TO
defend, his proprietary right In the sur
reptitiouSiS transcribed psalter was not
in itself, witt the lights he had before
him. such a wicked deed, To reason
out a fair conclusion as to how sinful 1t
was one would have 10 parallel the
rough and cruel customs OF the times
with the act in question. The disregard
for life aud rightful ownership OF pro-
perty was rot confined to the oaFoarouS
tribes of invading Norsemen, but was
general even among the Irish them
selves. The many petty Kings ana
Chiefs made their raids and war upon
each other, killed and plundered
without stint, either for sake Of
BOOTY, REVENGE, OR BOTH;
for they were yindictive and unre-
lenting in their hates, and would never
fail TO redress wrong no matter how
long they were compelled to await the
opportunity Sanctlfed places and
holy men within, without strong
arms and plenty of them, were but
slight impediments 20 these marauding
expeditions. Hence the kings, chiefs
and mobiles were aften abbotts, bishops,
priests; aud when it became necessary
to lay aside the cross aud take up the
sword in defence of life, church. or
home, these stern hardy Celts were at
ease in whichever field duty called.
But to get back to modern Derry.
Aside from the place being an
ecclesiastical and religious center OF
activity there is little to note concerning
the site OF the present city. 1t was but
little more than an accumulation OF
huts, made of mud aud wattleS, AMI
matched with straw until near the end
of the fifteenth century. Thence for
ward the town seems to have become
an important place not only In COM
merce but in history. Derry acquired
its prefix London, from the charter OF
King James l. Her walls which enclose
about 200 acres were built by the Irish
Society, 276 years ago, and are to this
dayTn an excellent state OF preserva-
tion, which is no doubt the result OF
GOOD care on the part Of the corporation.
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upon the linen trade. For three or four
weeks there was larger export, which
seemed to be the working of OF an &C
cuuulation OF STOCK. Already the
manufacturers have met and agreed to
curtail for an indehnite period
the hours OF lab6r from 81 the
legal limit to AZ houS. per week. Inc
longest workday is ten Sours, which Is
fixed by act of Parliament In some OF
the trades it is only nine hours. All
industries here stop not later than one
o'clock on Saturdays, some at neon,
which gives the workpeople a sort Of
half holiday, and allows them to either
play or look after their individual wants
or interests. Among the long-headed
business men who have an old-fashioned
way OF looking under the surface, there
are murmurings aud shaking OF
heads over the FREQ wool
clause and the large reductions In
the wooden goods schedule. They say
IL may be beneficial TO this side for a
year or two, but after that, goodbye to
the EXPORT trade with the United
States. Already they excel us In taste
and neatness, and with cheap material
combined with their energy and skill,
they will simply steal all our trade. One
OF the chief fears among the shop keep
ers is the prospective loss OF trade from
the thousands Of tourists who annually
visit their stores and spend hundreds OF
dollars In wooden goods because they
are so much cheaper than at home, and
which they slip through the Custom
house free of duty because they are
'personal effects" This vast trade
which represents millions OF dollars an
nually is destined to end, and all that
good money spent at home. Why? Be-
cause these same goods and clothes can
be had just as cheap and made In better
style at home than abroad.
Since my last letter to the REGISTER
I have seen several acquaintances re-
siding in or near Wheeling: Mrs. Nc
Alister has been on visit to her broth
err; Mr.. f. w. Banner paid Belfast a
flying visit; also Attorney HeinIein, OF
Bridgeport. They all seemed very
much pleased with the go-ahead char
acter of the people, and the many signs
OF growth and prosperity, manlfesting
themselves in numerous ways.
The crops in Ireland are about all
harvested, and with few exceptions I'M
usually large. Hay is the biggest crop
ever known, and is selling to-day at ten
dollars ton (2,240 lbs.) Last year 1t
was double that Oats, an important
erop. is large and excellent in the main,
the yield often is sixty to seventy bush
els to the acre. The potato crop has
not done so well and will drop from ten
twenty-five per cent. below the aver
age. On the whole, the farmers feel
very thankful over the result Of their
harvest. j. B. T.
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savers.

Finally, about five o'clock in the
afternoon, the big ship began to SETTLE
Slowly she started stern hrst, ana then
with a gurgling roar, which heyn says
still lIngcrs In his ears, she disappeared
forever. Keyn was carried down TO
such a depth that when he opened his
eyes the water seemed perfectly oiacK'
Almost exhausted, he came to the sur
face at last and managed to catch hold
a section OF the paddle box, which mad
been torn from the Arctic by the force
of the water whom she sank. Keyn ala
all he could to assist others TO place
on this piece OF wreckage, and hnaliy
there were eleven clIngiRg to IT, incind.
ing Captain Luce, whose little son hao
been torn from his arms by the paddle
box when II came to the surface. Ihere
was woman among the eleven. VINO
hada child under each arm. Shortly
after she had been dragged aboard the
children died, and the mother, crazed
by her grief, threw herself Into the
water and sank.
For two days and nights the section
OF paddle box driftsd about win us
human freight. One by one the men
clinging to It had become exhausted
and mad dropped into the water, until
on the third day only three were ieib.
These were Keyn, Captain Luce and
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They vary in height from about fifteen
to twenty-five feet according to locality
aud averaging about twenty feet In
thickness. At the several points
where are built bastions the thickness
is much more. The walls are OF rough
hewn stone mostly filled in with earth
and rip-rap. The width OF the esplanade
is nowhere less than twenty feet and
often more, the circuit Of which makes
a most exhilarating and interesting walk
of half an hour. Some Of the old guns
which did such execution during the
memorable siege Of 1859
INCLUDING "RoARING MEG"
which, when discharged, had such
peculiar sound, that it was readily dis
tingulshed from others, are still kept
in position aud annually coated with
paint to preserve them from the
rsvaEes OF the weather and time; still
some OF the Inscriptions are becoming
quite indistinct l should think their
caliber was not less than twenty-fonr or
thirty-two pounds, which in that early
day OF gunpoWder and cannon must have
been considered great guns OF unusually
long range and destructive power. The
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07

to carry her amid her yelIs, kicks and
scratches"
what have you to say for yourself?"
was the Justices query.
Nothing. your worship.
TEN shillings or seven days In Lon
donderry jail" was the reply to the
girls concillatory answer, though 1t
was an inferential admission OF guilt.
Thanks, your worship" she said In the
same tone.
By this time the judge had the 0lanK
writ filed out and signed, aud as we
made our exit the tone Of the prisoner
changed to that of command, as she
demanded TO be taken TO fire where
she could warm herself and eat her
breakfast comfortably.
The settlement of the tariff question
with the moderate reductions In rates,
has had little perceptible improvement
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07

cans returning to their homes. She
made splendid weather for seven days,
but at the end OF that time she ran into
q dense fog of the coast OF Newfound-
land. Passengers afterward testined
that when the collision occurred, ABOUT
noon on September %, 1854, the vessel
was running st full speed and was not
blowing her fog whistle. She was
struck just abaft OF the bow by the
French screw steamer Vesta. about one
sixth her size. Two holes were stove In
her hull below the water line. Young
Keyn, who, when the crash came, was
on the lower deck, ran up stairs in time
to see the Vesta disappearing In the
fog.
The pass engers OF the Arctic, as well
as Captain Luce and his crew. bad such
con fidence In the stanchness OF their
vessel that their greatest solicitude was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07

gentleman named Allen. Their suffer-
ng was intense. They did not com
plain OF hunger. but were tortured with
burning thirst. Keyn especially seemed
TO suffer, and finally became so desper-
ate for something te drink tbat be open
ed q vein In bis wrist and sucked the
blood. At length. when they had given
up all hope Of being rescued. they were
sighted by the Glasgow packet Cambria.
Captain Russell. and few hour later
were taken on board. Fourteen days
later they arrived At Quesnstown,
whence they took passage for New
York.
SUSPENSE IN TIE cITr.
There are many living In New York
to-day who calkKemember when the
first news OF the ster 70 the Arctic
reached the cit, bst Of her passen-
gers were resi- kof New YORK 20
i.
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shaft, near the Butchers gate erected
in memory Of the gallant Walker, who
was one OF the dual generals in COM
mand Of the garrison, aud which is sur
mounted by his statue, is conspicuous
and is an object Of much interest. The
narrow channel of the River Foyle at
the spot where the beSiegers had placed
a boom, which so long kept the ships
"Mountjoy" and "Phenix" from sup
plying the famished garrison with food.
is plainly marked and never fails to at
tract visitors 20, the spot. From the
summit OF the hill upon which the old
city was built, 3 splendid view Of
Tough Foyle and the surrounding coun-
try il had. In short, both the city and
her euvirons have many historical OBJ
jects Of fnterestabas space will not per-
nit me to mention. But even had I,
- noA what A would care TO Wrlta Of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07

ever Sc shoe or stocking, hat or
bonnet woman or child, whether 10
the no the field or on the highway,
The 1vantages Of Londonderry as
point sther to begin or end ones tour
Of tbs kingdom should not be over
loOksd. The steamers Of the Anchor,
Allan and Dominion lines, going and
coming. touch at Derry. as it is called
10 familiar parlance, so that the voy-
ager could either diSembRrk there on
his eastward trip and save time by be
ginning his sightseeing at once, work
ing his way southwark, thence to Eng
land and Scotland. Or II be preferred
he could "do" Ireland last, coming
north and finally embarking at Derry,
saving 3 useless day on board the
steamer.