The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 13, 1920, Image 7
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;IDEWALK IS THEIH MARKET
yhco AM Sorts of Goods Ars Dis
posed of by NoW York's
"Down and Outs."
At the Row pry approach to the wil?
(anishiHK bridge may be witnessed an
uterestlng night at any bour ?f the
lay, nay* the New York Times. Thla
i the gathering of near down-and-outs
lisposlng of what l? left of their
rartlrcbea Mn(l ^ being poor salea
nen, usually take what la offered and
iot what they expected to get.
The other morning there were four
in hand, one hud tluv?' frayed sin,
hlrts. two pair* of more or leas worn
POtiseiH ami three sets of silk under
rear. He naked 50 cents each for the
[ilrts and took ^1 for the three. The
rouses brought 75 cents the pair,
hlle he had much trouble In dlapoa
\g of the silk underclothing at 25
>ntH a garment.
Another had a fur-lined coat which
-asn't so very awful looking. He
led his best to get $5 for It and held
u for nearly ati hour. Finally a mo-<
irrnan came along and, after digging
i every crevlco of his pockets, pro
Bred $4.78. This won the coat.
A ragged fellow had three razors,
)r which he asked $1 each. A big fel
>w with wiry whiskers wanted a
itor but wasn|t willing to pay the
pice. He offered 45 cents, then 50. He
night for 00.
This "market" is held In the open,
i the sidewalk, and the police do not
ppear to care, for there la never any
terference. v
EORGE HAD ANOTHER GUESS
14 Gentleman Had AUo B?en Doing
Some Thinking About tho High
'Coot of Living.
A congressman who Is investigating
ip high cost of living said to a Wash
fton correspondent:
"The h. c. 1. is responsible for many
igarles and queer complications.
"A young/chap who had< got en
iged to a girl was talking over the
Iture with her.
"?With prices what they are,said
is girl, 'we must be content, George,
jah with a small flat and one or, at
|e most, two servants.'
George coughed. *
H 'It's niy Idea,' he said, 'to live with
mr old man the first couple of
ars.' . ' ,
"'But, George?'
"That's my' Idea,' he interrupted,
(jink of the money we can save. No
it. no lltfht, no gruft bills, no coal.'
N 'But?'
ki Insist on this thing,' George ln
Tiipted again. 'I tell you, I?'
Then the door opened softly find
i plrl's father entered the room.
4'Children,' he said tenderly, 'I TfiSYe
rlded that when you get married
come and live with you for the
it of my life.' "
Salmon Saved Queen.
Pho salmon witli n ring In its month,
it fitruivv. |p ti o arms of flu* Hty of
isjrntv. Fvcotland AvIilcTi tire also
>s<> of the aneent' sop. is said to
'or<l it miracle of St. Kentigern. the
ituler of the sot', and th<? fourth.
Iioji df tJlasgow. A certain queen
70 n v<?i?lioi*. with wftoni she had
len in love, n ring thnt had'been
(si'nfod to her h.v her ponwfrt; hut
kinc diseovored the intrigue, nnd.
rlntr obtained the ring, threw It Jnto
fMyd?\ ?nd then demanded It of
disloyal lady.
ii her alarm she sought help from
Kentlgern. and he, proceeding to |
river, forthwith caught a salmon,
loli, on being opened, was found to
r<* swallowed the all-important
'el. The queen regained the good
ces of the king, nnd lived a better
afterward.
Believed Victims of Indians.
tvree skeletons, believed to be those
?nr!y American settlers were un
hed at Kennehunkport. Me., by
kmen leveling some land near an
fort erected during the wnr of
I. Two apparently wore victims of
an massacres or wars. Embedded
he skull of one of the skeletons
an Indian arrow. The tip of the
1 of the second was chipped off
nly. as If done by a tomahawk
In n well-trained hand. The third
Hon was that of a man seven feet
It is believed that the bodies
i hurled in an old cemetery on this
and that the graves were cov
over by earth thrown up when
fort excavations were being mbde.
About the Dead 8ea.
rlmmlng In the Dead sea Is re
nt: sport, but swimmers have to
>" ful not to get water Into their
In a ton of water from the Cas
?ea there are II pounds of salt,
ton from the Atlantic ocean there
1 pounds, from the Mediterranean,
ounds; but In a ton of the Dead
there are 187 pounds. Contrary
prevailing belief, there are plains
ie shores of the Dead sea that are
Jrtlle and well watered that as
ax one crop is harvested another
planted; but as a whole, the
I" n dreary region.?Youth's
?anion.
ri Studies to Be Blackamith.
flrl junior at the University of
Ington Is learning the black
[n trade. Jar* la no lure to her,
e anvil chorus Alls her ear and
nk? forward to owning and op?r
forsrc and a. farm of her own.
Icsire to roaster blackamlthtng
(from br-r resolve to M l farmer.
^ *uoh to know somethtrtft of ma
?<o she studies the fashion
holt* and bars and the pointiag
l^sharea.
GOLDEN WEST
iturous Spirits of the World
Turned in '49.
Lives and Soul* Counted for Little In
the Frantic Rush for th? Yellow
Metal ? 1 houaanda Died
?n Route.
On Deo. 8, 1818, the first deposit of
California gold whs made in (ho
United States mint by David Carter. 1
W liti t a date! Gold had been die
covered In California, and the earth
trembled Udder the inarch WMtWIfd,
Around the days of 40 in the
Golden statu on tho hlue Pacific, saya
the Kansas (Tlty Journal, an American
playwright constructed a drama of
telling power, "The Girl of the Golden
West." It Is a picture of the rough !
aod terrible days of that frantic epoch,
whero men lost their souls and their
Uve? in the pursuit of the yellow
metal. California was admitted as a
state Into the Union In 1850. In *49.
40,000 immigrants arrived In California
overland and by way of the Isthmus of
Panama. ,
It was In a little pioneer fort of
Oapt. Sutter's, formerly an officer of the
Swiss Guard of Charles X of France,
that the announcement was made that
?hook the world la 1848, and produced
Scenes of unparalleled excitement.
Prom every part of the globe came the
gold seekers, from Chile, Peru, from
ancient Cathay, from the Sandwich
Islands, from England, France and
Russia. Says Capt. Sutter of that
memorable morning la 1848: "I was
sitting in my tiny fort when Mr. Mar
shall, who was digging a mill race at
Colotna, on the American river, burst
Into my presence. He was white aa
ashes and greatly excited. 1 glanced
at my rifle to see If It was in its placet
for in those days we lived In perpetual
expectation of attack from Indians.
No! Marshall flung on the table a
handful of scales of pure virgin gold.
I was thunderstruck^ He explained
how he had found It along the left
bank of the stream."
A pioneer tells the story of the fear
ful gold-dust fever. "Two years after ?
the discovery of gold on the American
river by Marshall, I, like thousands of
others, got the 'gold fever,' and I got It
bad. To this land of gold promise
came the bravest and best men of the
older states. They were the daring
spirits of the old home, who, llUcontent
to vegetate amid the scenes of their
birth, took heart of hope, and through
weeks and months of peril and fa
tigue toiled across the waterless and
?avage-peopled wastes to the land afar.
They lit their campflres of buffalo
chips and sagebrush and tossed In un- j
easy dreams at night with their guns
for pHlcfog. The reveille that wqke
them was often the crack of rifles In
the hands of the savages. For .days, j
weeks and months they thirsted and
hungered amid the alkali deserts and
the rocky canyons, and when they
reached the land of promise there was
little left them but their splendid
manhood, brains and brawn.
"The prairie schooners from Mis- |
souri and Arkansas, drawn principally j
by oxen or mules, formed a continuous
line of march by every route leading to
the south pass of the Itocky moun
tains.
"The late Dr. Stillman, who con
ducted a hospital at Sacramento in
'49 and *50, estimated that. In seeking
the 'golden fleece,' In less than one
year 10,000 young men who had start
ed with cheers and song were sleeping
beneath the wild flowers."
During the year 1848 $10,000,000 in
gold was extracted from the mines,
principally from the 1 Yuba, Feather
and the American rivers, and from the
gulches connected therewith; the rock
er, the shovel, the prospecting pan and
the crevice knife being the only ma
chinery employed. Over $40,000,000
was obtained In '49. From 1848 to
1876 $1,000,000,000 was the gold output
of the state of California. Through
out the first three years of the min
ing excitement every article of trade
had to be Imported.
"Si compre oro aqul" (gold 'lust
bought here) should be the legend of
California.
, And Daddy Took the Hint.
Miriam Field 1r not quite nine. Also,
?he Is very polite; of that there can
he no possible doubt. A favorite uncle
it visiting the family and Miriam
wishes him to spend all his t^me with
her. Uncle Roger and Dad were dis
cussing politics after dinner, a day
or two afo, about the time Dad is
In the habit of bringing In enough
fntil tn Inst for another twentv-fonr
hours. Miriam hung around her uncle,
tried to catch Dad's eye, stood first
on one foot, then on the other, and at
ftst it a lull tn the conversation her
voice was heard: "Daddy, don't you
have to bring In any coal today?"
China Qeta Back Pavilion.
The beautiful pavilion pn the Tar
tar city wnli above Chlenmen gate In
Peking hns been returned to Chinese
custody. In the mutiny of fne troops
In Peking early In 1912, after Yuan
Rblh-kal had assumed the presidency,
the commanders of the foreign lega
tion guards In the capital decided that,
as a military measure, the pavilion
?hottlft be occupied by foreign troops.
The American legation guard has oc
ewpled It ever since.
Both Welcome.
"A 'vedolng Is not hrtlf a r/edd'nf
withoji N.no presence of friends" **jj
an exchange. You can also spell It
?*pr?*#e)ta."
A COMPLETED
TRANSACTION
By Al.VAH JORDAN GARTH
(Copyright, 1810. Wevtern Nvwupupar Union)
John Colby owned the office build*
li>K hi J,'!, quite a sky srruper. Wil
liam Hurley wns the proprietor of *
tnlm r structure at several stories
ttss in height, These buildings were
fiiiri> peel * *' 11 i?mis, income productive!
him| ilielr < nre kept pretty well,
occup'ed iho Mine of the respective
own* i s.
Mr. Colby Icm) a daughter Eunice,
who often aided her father In taking
charge <M ijie office hulMlng. Next
than- the son of Mr. Hurley. Adrian,
similarly attended to the numerous
calls of (heir tenants, this one wanting
? new window shade, that one more
space, all together manifesting various
and numerous little needs during a
day's progress.
John Colby anil William Hurley were
st opposite poles. The former was
supercritical, austere, and did not
make friends readily, His opposite
was genial, easy going and ? longsuN
ferlng, This latter characteristic he
took to Ids credit one day as ht> en
tered the office of his uncongenial
neighbor.
"Hello I come with the old com
plaint?" Insinuated Colby rather ag
gressively.
MOh, no," replied Mr. Burley, with a
patient smile. **J shall not dwell fur
ther upon the rights or wrongs of that
contested light bill. Candidly^, your
cross wire will cost me several dol
lars. I've paid the contested bill, so
we'll forget It."
"Then what, now?"
"Just this, Colby," replied Burley.
"tyty son, as you fcnow, has trans
formed our roof into a sunny breath
ing spot for our tenants.
"The park is half an hour away, and
a noontime walk there would consume
the lunch hour entirely. The clerks
and typists, as It Is, have a pleasant
spot to pass their time?chairs, tables,
a few palm trees, as you have perhaps
noticed, and somo of those musically
Inclined give quite a creditable concert
once In a while."
"I've heard their amateur efforts,"
admitted Colby crustily. "After a do*
nation to keep it up?"
"Not at all," answered Burley, ''I've
come to see if you won't notify your
tenants to exercise a little care in dis
posing of their odds and ends of pa
per, cigar Stubs and fruit peelings.
They quite litter up the roof and some
of them have made havoc with the sky
light as, an especial target for empty
Ink bottles and the like."
"Yes, I'll speak to them about It,"
promised Colby, but did nothing of the
sort. Ills dignity was ruffled by what
he contemptuously termed the Interest
his inelghbor had In his roof "bear
garden." He expressed his sentiments
In words to his daughter the next
day. ;
"Why, papa!" exclaimed Eunice,
"you surely don't want to do anything
to discourage that splendid Idea of
Adrian Burley to give pleasure to the
tenants?"
q "What do y<m know ahout Adrian
Burley?" demanded her father, aroused
by the suspicious familiarity with
which she alluded to the young man
In question.
."Only that he is a person of kindly,
generous Impulses and?didn't I tell
you?" questioned Eunice, with a quick
flush on her bonny face. "He was so
very courteous and, helpful the day
our car wras In a collision."
Colby said nothing further, but did
nothing In regard to his neighbor's
latest complaint. A month went by.
One afternoon when he was all alone
Burley entered his ofllce again. As
usual, Colby stood on the defensive,
scowling. His visitor was bland and
polite, as was his wont.
"I've put a screen over the skylight,
which saves the glass," announced
Burley. "but the showers of banana
peels and bread crusts continue, so I've
come to enforce my appeal."
"Enforce, eh?" repeated Colby, brls
1 tllng.
41 Yes, I may use the word. Simply,
I'm going to have the roof protected, or
j I mny push yogu a little hard. Here's
j the facts: I had a new survey of ray
property made recently, and I find that
you are nearly four Inches over on my
lot line."
John Colby started and almost paled.
"Incredible!" he exclaimed.
"Now then, Colby," went on Burley
persuasively, "let's be human. I aslc
a simple thing of you?protect my
son's hobby, the roof garden."
"Never mind that. The rest of It
Is a serious matter.?Of course you're
going to mulct me for a big sum for
those four Inches."
"Not at all," declared Burley rend*
llj. "You're gotng to leave this build
ing to your daughter some day. I shall
l^gye mine to my son. I want you to
make It pleasant for both, for I fancy
j It. Is In their power to complete the
transaction."
"I don't understand." began Colby In
a puttied way.
"Come here. then, and I'll show you."
ani leading ths^Way to a window Bar
ley pointed down at the roof of his
j~own building.
Near some palm* set In boxes stood
Adrian Burley. Beside him was Eu
nice Colby. The young man's arm was
about the young lady's waist and their
lips were dangerously close together.
John Colby growled. Then be chuckled.
*1 see," ha observed; "you've won.
I will entyty my whole building, if
necer*?*7, to forfe my tenants to rw>
*pect that little paradise down
yendet r
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