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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13
Cathedral at Cologne.

OF oil Gothic buildings, the plan of
the cathedral at Cologne is the mos.
sturcndous; even ruin as it is, it can
not fail to excite surprise and admira-
ton. The legend concerning its plan
may not he known to every one. 1t IS
related Of the inventor of it. that in
despair Of finding any plan sufficiently
great, he was walking one day BY the
river, skctching with his stick npon the
sand, when he finally hit upon one
which pleased him so much that he ex.
claimed, This shall be the plan" IL
will show you one better than that, "
said a voice behind him, and certain
black gentleman. who figures in many
German legends stood by him, and
pulled from his pocket roll containing
the present plan Of the cathedral, The
architect. amazed at its grandeur, asked
an explanation of every part. As he
knew his soul was to be price of it, he
occupied Himself while the devil was
explaining in committing its proportions
carefully to memory. Having done
this, he remarked that it did not please
him. and he would not take it. The
devil seeing through the cheat, exclaim-
ed, in his rage: "You may build your
cathedral according to this plan, but
YOU shall never finish it." This pre-
diuion seems likely to be verified, for
though i. was commenced in 1913, and
continued for two hundred and fifty
years, only the nave aud choir and one
tower to half its proposed height has
been flushed.
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Growing Old,

How strangely our ideas Of growing
old change as we get on in life! To tho
girl in her teens the ripper maiden Of
twenty-five seems quite aged. Twenty
two thinks thirty-iye Gan old thing"
Thirty-fve breads forty, but congratu-
lates herself that there may still remain
some ground to be possessed in the ff.
teen years betole the half century shall
be attained. But fifty does not by any
meaus give up the battle Of life. 1t
feels middle aged and vigorous, and
thinks old age long way in the fu-
ture. Sixty remembers those who have
done great things at threescors and
one doubts if Parr, when he married at
one hundred and twenty, had at oil
begun to feel himself an old man.
1t is the the desire Of life 10 us which
makes US feel young go long.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13
Lost Sheep.

Some Of our city divines who have
been taking their vacation in the rural
districts, where the humming Of birds
and the blcating Of lambs are heard,
rather than the changing Of street car
bells and the noise of the pavements.
will appreciate the following bit that
comes to US by late steamer from Eng
land
A curious incident occurred i'll n
large and we'll attended church in Cliff
ION on Sunday evening. The preach
er's subject Was the "lost sheep" aud
during the sermon It 70 happened that
a real live "!ost sheep" strayed from
Durham Downs close BY, and got itself
cntaagled in the iron railing that sur
rounds tie church. Thus 1t was that
as the preacher made a!lusion to the
lost sheep" of.th parable, the real
live sheep at the DIOR answered "Bah y
in a very loud but pitcous tone.
(Which of you" said the preacher,
"having an hundred sheep
"Bahl Bah !" replied the woolly cap
tive outside.
The audience, as it may be at once
perceived, were placed in a very em-
barrassiDg position, no. to mention tho
poor preacher, especially when lie con-
tinuej:
"For l have found the sheep" and
the creature at the door replied still
louder:
"Bah /! Bah Bah ~
The audience struggled hard, and the
preacher also. They managed not to
roar, and he just escaped (by the skin of
his tecth) breaking down.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13
Terrible Result Of War.

Since the historic period. fourteen
thousand millions of human. beings Lago
fallen in the battles which man has
waged against his fellow-creature, man.
IF this amazing, startling number OF
men were 10 hold each other by the
hand at arms length they would extend
over fourteen million five hundred and
twenty three thousand miles Of ground,
and would encircle the globe on which
We dwell six hundred and eight times.
The calculation will appear more strik-
ing when we state that, if Only the fore.
fingers of every one Of chat fourteen
thousand millions Of human beings
were laid in straight line, they would
reach more than six hundred miles be-
yond the moon and that if person
were to undertake to count the number
ut the rate Of six thousand per hour,
allowing nineteen hours to day, and
seven days to a week, itwould occupy
that person three hundred end thirty
six years.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13
Cheap Railroads.

One of the most efficient methods of
increasing the value Of farming lands
is the provision of means for the cheap
transportation of products. The intro
duction of cheap narrow gauge roads is
therefore to be regarded as step in the
right direction, provided said roads are
not allowed to fall into the hands of
spectators. We learn that the two
loot gauge road between Billerica and
Bedford is making good progress, and
will be soon finished. The passenger
cars now building at Laconia, N. H.,
will be decided novelty, as they will
have row of single seats on each side.
The road is eight and a half miles long,
and will cost about $50, 900, or less than
sc 900 per mile. being only one-eighth
the cost of ordinary railways. In many
sections of tho country the farmers
might combine to own, or at least to
control such road.-New York Aduo.
Ufe
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WIEN the head of a Bulgarian fam

WHEN the head of a Bulgarian finn.
lily porceives that ho is about to die, he
sends for the priest and begins to bar.
gain with him about the cost of his fu-
neral. The moment he dies, al the pots
pans and kettles in the house are turp-
cd upside down, to prevent his soul
taking refuge in any one of them, and
great care is taken to prevent either
man or animal, especially cat or dog,
from stepping across his body, as
otherwise, he would turn into yam.
pyre and be a continual nuisance to
them and their neighbors. TIE body
is buried without any coffin, in shall
low grave, and left there for three years,
during which time many offerings CT
food and wine arc placed upon it. At
the end of the third year, the bones Of
the dead man are dug up, carefully
washed, put into linen bag, and laid
before the altar in tho village church;
and, after receiving the blessing OF the
priest. are finally buried for good.
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Wanted to Tramp 1t.

A good story is told of country
merchant who agreed to take farmers
oats at forty cents bushel if the latter
would let him tramp the measure when
filed. The farmer agreed to it. Tho
buyer raid for sixty bushels, and the
next cay he went after them. The
farmer filed the half-bushel, and then
the merchant got in and tramped them
down. Whereupon the farmer poured
the compressed oats into the bag. The
merchant protested, and demanded tbst
the measure should be filed up after
trauping. Ibe farmer Informed him
that there was no agreement Of that
sort, but that he might tramp down the
oats to his hearts content, after they
were measured.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13

SLEEP in cool room, in pure air,
and use plenty Of water. Remember,
too, that no one can have cleauly skin
who breathes bad air. But more than all,
in order to look we'll, wake up mind
and soul. When the mind is awake the
dull, sleepy look passes away from the
eyes. I do not know that the brain
expands, but it seems so. Think and
read-not trashy novels, but books that
have something in them. Talk with
people who know something, hear lec-
lures, and learn by them.
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NATURES SOLITUDE.

On the margin of a streamlet,
Ebb.nc downward from the hill,
All olohe sat and listened
As the waters danced and glistencd
In the ceaseless moving rill.
Like fairy incantation
From The wildwood harps around,
Played the zephyrs there. attended
By the clarion tones, and blended
With the waters ringing sound.
Till, methought, the fabled spirits,
From the fe.n-copse came aud danced
On the mossy bank before me.
Underneath, around. and DER me,
Frolicke,l. capercd, sang, and pranced
But | shook the fancy from me.
Day-dream. wood sprites fed away,
And returned the scenes around me
Daily scenes Of life which bound me
Through the ever active day.
Here founi solemn soiace
For the heart in dreary mood,
So, when e'er stop to ponder,
Let me TO the green bank wander
Midst IN. silvan solitude.
To the margin of the streamlet,
Ebbing downward through the vale,
Pure and crystal, glad and clear,
Winding, murmuring, singing ever
With voice that ne'er can fail.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13

THE centennial of the surrender Of
Burgoyne's army to Gates was ce!e-
brated at Schuylerville, N. Y, by the
laying of q corner stone commemorative
of the event. Forty thousand people
collected to witness the exercises, and
military companies we're present from
Hartford, Conn.,, Bennington, VT. and
different parts of New York State.
Addresses were delivered by cx-Gover-
nor Horatio Seymour, George William
Curtis, Hon. Lafayette s. Foster, and
others, and an original poem BY Alfred
B, Street was recited.
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ADVERTISING RATES

B6T Ordinary transient advertisements
inserted at the rate Of S1.00 per square
one inch) for first insertion and rs cts per
square for each subsequent insertion.
B9" Contracts fer period Of three
months or longer will be made with adj
vertisers at liberal rate.
B6T Obituaries and Tributes Of Respect
will be inserted free Of charge, if they do
net exceed sixty words in length. Other
wise, they will be charged for at the rate
of one cent per word. 80.
nS. Transient advertisements Inrst be Z
accompanied with the cash to ure inser-
tion, except in cases of regular adyer-
tisers
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13

FORCE OF HABIT.-1f temptation be
once yielded to, the mind loses mucl Of
its moral force-is weak where it has
once given way. 1t is long before a
principle restored can become as ono
that has never been moved. Il is as in
the case of the mound or the reservoirl
if this mound has in one place bs
broken, whatever care has been tak
to make the repaired part as strong S(
possible, the probability is that, if it
give way again. will be in that place.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13

DR.. Dodds is female physician in
regular practice in St. Louis. She
wears trousers confined at the bottom
rather closely, garment which is, nei-
ther coat nor cloak, and hat which is
neither male nor female in character,
but compromise between the two. She
takes sun baths, and has immensely
hish Fences surrounding her housa
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13

from his high estate-thc companion Of
outcas,s; his mother brokenh hearted +,
and his wife and children more wretchcj
than a widow and orphans. And yet
how often do We hear intempcrance
made the subject Of a j,kc. Truly it
is joking with death, both to body and
soul
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AN Amherst (Mass.) farmer lately

AN Amherst (Mass.) farmer lately
offered one Of the young ladies who
teaches in the public schools there q
busbel of potatoes if she would wheel
them home through the streets at an
hour when the greatest number of stu.
dents were taking their walks. He
had them loaded on the wheelbarrow
eady for her, and she pluckily wheeled
them home, telling him that when he
had any more patotoes to dispose Of II
chat way 70 let hst knew.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13

Ar a recent sale Of short horn cows
in England one animal brought s22, 900
That ia tremendous price, but it has
its compensation. To be kicked in
the stomach by q COW worth $4,000
must be accompanied by variety Of
ennoblug sensations. Not every man
can afford it.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13

A MONUMENT to Roger Williams was
dedicated at Providence, II. l., the cer-
emonies including a Masonic procession,
au oration by Prot. j. J.. Dimon, and
the singing Of an originALbymn by Mrs.
8, II, Whitman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-03
Attachment Notice.

Before S. B, Robbins, Justice of the Peace
for Shelby county, Tennessee Daniel Du-
bOis rs. Charles Greenwald.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAVa
i ing been sded out under section 1855 of the
Code Of Tennessee and returned levied upon
the property of the defendant, and affidavit
having been made that the defendant is
indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum Of
sl0j s., due by account, and that the claim is
just, and that the defendant has removed him
self or his property from the Stats, or is con-
c,aling himself so that the ordinary process Of
law cannot be served upon him, or has abb
seconded, or is absconding, etc. it is there
fore ordered that the said defendant make
his personal appearance before me on the
lst day Of June, 1877, at 10 o'clock a. m, at
my office. II Madison st., Memphis, Tonnes
see, and defend said attachment suit With
in the time prescribed by law, or the same
will be proceeded with ex pRrte; and that a
copy Of this order be published once a week
for four successive weeks in the Public Ledger
This April %, 1871.
S. B. ROBBINS. up.
J. W.&D. NJ. Scales, Attorneyi.
A2bA.60 fk
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Saturday, May 5, 1877,

between the hours Of / and o'clock Pm,
sell for cash, to the highest bidder, al the
southeast corner of Court Square, in the city
OF Memphis, the property therein described
as follows. tO-Wit:
One lot situated On the north side of Vance
street, city OF Memphis, Shelby county,
Tennessee, beginning 100 feet from the inter
section Of Vance and DsSoto streets; thence
eastwardly with the north side Of Vance
street 90 feet to stake on Cox's line; theme CO
with COx's line northward l50 feet to a stake (;
thence westward $50 leet to stake; thence
southwark 80 feet to a stake; thence west to a
stake 10 feet thence south 100 feet TO stake
The west 10 feet has depth Of 100 feet the
east SO feet depth of $50 feet.
Also lot situated on the west side Of Sec.
ond street in the city Of Memphis, Tennes
see. and being part Of lot 2Ss on the plan Of
said city, beginning 55H feet south of tho
alley between Jackson and Overton streets
at the southeast corner Of Michael Cody's lot ;
thence west with Cody's line 1857 feet; thence
south lSh feet; thence east 1857 feet; thence
north 1872 feet to the beginning.
Sale peremptory. and without reserve.
Terms cash ID. II. potion Com,r
April 20, 1877. 44-5T
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a Curious OptICal Experiment.

1t is an old superstition that the
retina Of the human eye, after
death, bears picture of what it
last looked on. Prof. Kuhne has
reported to the Berlin academy the
result Of experiments showing, as
he believes, that the superstition
has a slight basis of fact. He de-
monstrates that the external layer
Of the retina is in all animals pur-
pie. This color is, during life being
constantly destroyed by light that
enters the eye, and as often restored
by darkness; but at death it van
ishes permanently. Prof Kuhne
made in this connection an expert
ment that is thus described ''He
fixed the head of a living rabbit so
that one of the eyeballs would be
in front of an open square in a
window shutter. The head was
covered for five minutes by black
cloth, and then exposed for three
minutes. Instant decapitation was
then effected, and the eyeballs were
rapidly extirpated under yellow
light and plunged in a five per cent.
solution of alum. On the follow
ing morning the milk white and
now toughened retina were care
fully isolated, separated from the
optic nerve, and turned. They
theE exhibited, on a beautiful rose
red ground, nearly square image.
In brief, the hole in the window
shutter was photog raphed on the
rabbits eyes"
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Attachment Notice.


Before S.. B. Robbins, j. P. for Shelby
county. Tonn.-Daniel Dubois vs.. Charles
Greonwald.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
i ing been sued out under section 3455 of the
Code of Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property of the defendant, and aeidavit
having been made that defendant is indebted
to the plaintiff in the sum Of one hundred and
five dollars and ninety-six cents, by account,
and that the claim is just, and that defendant
is nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee;
1t is therefore ordered that said defendant
the 2lst day Of May, 1877, at 10 o'clock a. m p,
at my office, No. IL Madison street. Memphis,
Tenn, and defend said attachment suit with
In the time prescribed by law, or the same
will be proceeded with OK parte; and that a
copy Of this order be published once a week
for four weeks in the Public Ledger.
This tho 18th day Of April. 1871.
lO-4s-s2 s. $. B. ROBBINS, up.
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Plus TX SEEN In HIS PALACE
strong md Active, But with a
6tOOp az Eighty.Five.

The dispatches announcing a re.
newal Of the fainting fits to which
the Pope has long been subject will
cause to be read with unusual in
terest the following sketch of the
venerable head of the church as he
appeared in his palace in February
last:
In front of this group walks the
Pope. Over his long white dress is
thrown a great scarlet cloak, and
his slippers, of course, are of the
same hue, but he wears on his head
a small white skull cap, his scarlet
hat being carried by some one be-
hind him, in case of need. He
leans rather heavily on his stick,
and he has lost, to a great extent,
the nobly erect carriage which dis
tinguished him but very few years
ago. In fact he stoops now. His
voice, too, is weaker, and his artic-
ulation less strikingly distinct. 1t
is five years since | last saw him.
He was then eighty years old, and
at such an age five years cannot
pass by unnoticed. But at eighty
the Pope was as strong and vigor-
GUS and bale as are most strong men
at sixty-fve. Even now his eye is
wondrously bright and keen, and
his noble features changes with
every variation Of thought. His
memory, too, is as tenacious as
ever. He remembered on what
subjects he talked to me five
years ago, glided from Italian
into French, and from French
into Italian, just as he did then, and
his whole face frightened when his
lips framed, as of old, the ready
mot, in which he has never in his
sorest trials been known to fail.
The acuteness of his questions as
to affairs in the East proved how
strong is the interest he takes in
questions of the day, and his jokes
about the conference, and especially
about the sultan, showed that be-
meath the jocular surface there
lurked substratum Of shrewd OBJ
seryation.
Following the little procession to
the next room, l found the pope
blessing a number of franciscan
friars, with whom was parish
priest from Lecce. He had brought
from his Oalabrian home a present
by which he hoped the holy father
would set some store. His gift
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and begged the party to hasten to
the assistance OF Quinn, who might
yet be saved.
They hurried to the spot indi-
Gated and found the unfortunate
fellow in the condition already de-
scribed, with one leg severed from
his body and the other crushed
to pieces. He was still alive, and
they took him up in their arms to
carry him to the slope, but be never
reached it alive. He died in the
arms of his comrades. Mooney,
who is severely wounded, is expect
ed to recover. He played the part
of hero in the unselfish manner
in which he risked his own life try
ing to save his comrade.
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MEMPHIS TENN: THURSDAY EVENING MAY 8 1871

set me almost wild at times, do
these two tunes"
"But is that the sound of a
music-box that is playing on the
shores Of the Mediterranean ?"
"It is. You carry sound by
means of the telephone. All that
is necessary to dois to establish the
current. We can do that without a
wire. But this is nothing unusual.
You will see and hear many such
things if you come often to this
house. And you may read of far
more wonderful things in the books
Of travel in the East. | have seen
a man throw a large ball of cord
into the air which unweund as it
assembled, one end being fastened to
the ground. AS the ball unwound
it disappeared in the clouds and the
cord remained stationary. In a
few moments the man sent a little
boy up this cord, pretending that
it was to find out what held the
other end up. The boy went up
and up, till he was lost to sight.
And he stayed up SO long that the
man pretended to become enraged,
and climbed up after him with a
drawn sword in his hand, and he,
too, disappeared from sight. And
presently down fell a bloody foot,
and then another, then a leg, and
then different pieces of the boy, all
bleeding. We dipped our handker-
chiefs in the blood to see if it was
really blood, and it was. At last
the boys head fell down, and pres
emily the man climbed down, all
bloody, and still Stimulating rage.
He collected the fragments of the
boy that lay around and threw
them in a heap on the ground.
Then he threw a cloth over the
pieces, and the boy instantly jumped
up, alive and well. The man and
the boy were entirely naked, and
the trick, if it was a trick, as you
will sayit was, was done on an open
plain out of doors. l say it was
actually done. There were hun
dreds of spectators. That is the
kind of things that Eastern magi.
clans do"
"But why is it, if such things are
true, and not tricks, that we Of the
Western countries do not know
more of them ? Are we not as in
telligent as those of the East ?"
"Our Western civilization is
young yet" replied the occult,
land, as l have said, the mind of
the Caucasian is not as we'll adapt
ed to the perception of subtle
truths. But there are many Eu-
ropeans who are real adopts, and
there are quite a number of per-
sons in New York who are study
ing occultism. Some of them only
study it philosophically, but some
are practicing it. There is one
who has several times accomplished
the separation of his astral body
from his physical body, though
only for a few moments. But |
can make all this much clearer to
you after a time by showing you a
copy of the book l am writing
THE Veil of Isis than l can do
in conversation"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-03
MEMPHIS & LITTLE ROCK R.R.
shrot LIne to Arkansas and Texls,
TINE OARDi

HIM II UA MI
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily 90 pm. lilo I'm.
Freight train leaves Hope
field daily(ex. aunday)6. 80 an. 7.l5 p m.
Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Argenta ior
points on tho title Rock and Fort Smith
railroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
Pullman falace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains
F5r tickets and information apply at Ticket
efioes o. and 2S7 Nam street. and at depot
foot of Washington street. OF at Louisville,
Nashville ana Great Southern railroad depot,
or TO the undersigned
r. A. WILLIAMS, Pass. Ag't, Memphis.
M. s. JAY. q. P. AVID I. Ag't. Little Rock.
w. L. SMITH, Sup't. Memphis Tenn.
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Saturday, June 2, 1877,

property, situated in Shelby county. Tenn.
and 10 the city of Memphis. to-wit:
Lot No. 25 or the south side Of Beal street,
fronting on Beal straet 40 feet and running
back l4S feet to an alley. the same being lol
No. 25 of the subdivision by Brooks 4 SugRs,
plat of which is recorded on the records oi
said county.
Terms Of sale-0n a credit of 6 and |:
months; notes with approved security, lier
retained, etc., end equity Of redsmpticr
barred
This May |. 1877.
EDMUND A. COLE, O. and NJ.
By r. j. BLACK, d. O. aud M.
W. W. Goodwin, Solicitor. H-si