The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-10-12
ity for mischief, which is.a prominent 4peril3
and the most sorroWful of the meth aspects;

,ity for mischief, which is;a prominent tperil
and the most sorroWful of the neither aspects
of the city. 81 - 3.g
In this army ofsorrow here an gra ddatisns
in misery, but only few sources ford its az
deviation. The child Who IS nsked has the
odds against him who is both hungry and
naked, but neither has the advantage of the
other in means for the relief of either: the
one or the ether. The first tand most, natural
recourse Of the outcast who has just passed
from .asneglated babyhood into yagrant
childhood, is beggary. It is these forlornsl
whose naked feet smear the gut5er2iee with
blood, whose hands eagarly search the garb
age barrels for morsels Of refuse food whicll.a
homeless dog will NOT touch, Lnt which they
devour; it is they whose eyes have tie fright
full glare only priVation can give, and whose
voices are often so weakened by want that
they cannot audibly articulate their needs
at our doors; it is they who are found at
night under stoops, in wagons, in lumber
yards, or timidly asking for lodging at the
police stations. There are homeless children
who arc actually starving in the streets OF
New York. There. are such, children, and
hundreds of them. Lespite, the constant
systematic ceforts madeby organized charities,
there. are, constantly in. the streets fifteen
hundred fragile boys and girls under the age
Of ten yers, who have no conception of the
meaning Of the word home, and who are, .dy7
ing by inches for, the want Of sufficient nu1
triment ;. These are grave statements, but
those noble laborers Of every Christaincreed,
who are, working with such upwearying and
unsclfsh zeal to rescue the human drift
annually cast up, in increasing quantities,
know that they are rather below than above,
the truth. .l;,.,r,.i ~ !. .i
| !, Crowding all the narrow streets and courts
Of the lower portion of the city, swarming
about the markets and piers, hasgegard, filthy
the foul blasphemy Of experienced deprayity
constantly on their lips, they at once declare
their appalling numbers aud their
unutterable degradation. ii They are tue elles-
tants terrible Of civilization, and many oi
those, now specially considered arc forced to
add hypocrisy to tLcir: vices. They are tbs
children of parents, who, ;suuken9 by Liquor
below, the, beasts, Of .the fields, strip theil
progeny OF nearly an tilefF
and drive them forth from the kennel which
afe their homes, to beg for them the means
offurther indulgence. It's this class which
! infeststhe doors of theatres, saloons
and other places of public cresoEt, and which whl.s
is found in the streets at the latest hours ioi
the night and is most timportunate in demand
ing charity; 3S!llisf4S t.,i&
! Ascientife Frenchman had made che dis
I.coyery that the ordinary tea4drin&er takes
into his stomach during Che year leather
enough to make pair of Boots. The reason
ofthis may readilybe made clear @ A decoc
ton of tea contains tannin, as tannic acid, il
!. solution; milk contains albumen, and MS ttest
! two substances are the CHEZ siiigfeaients o.
:, leather, and as they actual, Unite and form
leather when brought INTO ;c9ntatt with eacf
other; the. .drinksr Of TED makes d sort d
shoemaker's shop of himself 7 his fact may
!, account for TIE ieathcrr.y apPcaranee d s.
many old ladies and bachelors I y World ,.;t + ~ !,
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