The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-03-11

Of life-is more anxious to have all !l du.
ties properly obseued--to have a cred.
table appearance before neighbo,rr'--in
short, as she says, to have everything
right. Men-even sensible, well edu-
Gated men-are often rebels against
many Of the proprieties, but women very
rarely"
Coop Rules FOE AIL-Profaus
swearing is abominable. Vulgar Ian.
guage is disgusting. Loud laughing is
impolite. Inquisitiveness is offensive.
Tattling is mean. Telling lies is con.
temptibls. SANDER is devilish. lgno.
rance is disgraceful, and laziness is
shameful. Avoid all the above vices,
and aim at usefulness. This Is the road
by which to become respectable. Walk
in it. Never be ashamed of honest Ia
Dor. Pride is curse-a hateful vice.
Never act the hypocrite. Speak the
truth at all times. Neyerbe discouraged
but persevere, and mountains will BE-
come mole hills.
A New DR1NK.-The Knoxville
Press and Herald says:- Some inge'
NOUS cuss has introduced q new style
of beverage at some Of our bar-rooms,
it is called the Beasts cock-eye', and
differs from the ordinary feocktails' in
this-you stir it with a spoon, squins
one eye when you swallow 1t, and ship
the spoon in your pocket as the bar
keeper turns around to make change"
TASTE Nor Drunk! Young man
did YOU ever stop to think how terrible
that word sounds? ..
Did you ever think what misery you
brought upon your friends, when you
degrade your manhood by getting drunk
Drunk | How it rings in the ear Of q
loving wife How it makes e the the heart H'a Of
q mother bleed How it crushes out the
of a fotbar and hr;nasu uSepro1ch
| and shame upon sisters! ,~.a
Drunk | See him as he leans against
some friendly house. He stands ready
to fall in the jaws of hell, unconscious
as to his approaching fate. The wife
with aching heart, sits at the window to
hear her husbands footstepa,. but they
come not a.3
He is drunk! Drunk He isspend'
ing the means of support for liquor,
while his family is starving tor Bread
his children for clothing.
Drunk His reputation is going
gone! His friends, one by one, are
leaving him to his fate. He goes down
to his gravs 'unhonored and unsung-
Drunk! -. '.r... '.' 81
A young married lady from Spring
field, ILL.,, called at the police headquar-
ters in New Orleans, last week, to get
some clue to her husband who has been
missing some months. He always made
Southern tour in winter, she said, and
made deal great money, keeping her
supplied. He had been gone 90 long
this time, however, that she was anxious.
1t turned out that he was professional
thief, and is now in prison. The poor
womah's horror and anguish 7may, be
imagined.
"There is no accounting for tastes"
We chew tobacco, the Hlnduos ttns,
and the Patagoniaus, guano. Our chill.
dren delight in candy, the Africans, id
rock salt, while the Esquimaux leap for
bit of tallow candle. To us turfss are
savory dish; the French revel on frogs
and snails; other savages on snakes.
A citizen of Chicago demanded salts.
faction of his family physician for in.
sulting his wife, whereupon the doctor
struck the injured man five times with
slung-shot, leaving him almost iusen.
sible. The doctor was let off with 4
fine of ten dollars, while the citizen
was fined three dollars for being the
aggressor.
In a very thin hoase, an actress spoke
very low in her communication to her
lover. The actor, whose benefit it hap.
to be, exclaimed, with woeful voice,
"My dear, you may speak out, there is
nobody to hear u.s."
A baker recently waited on one OF
his customers, to know how it was he