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MR.. V0SBURGIrS PREACHING.
BUBGLiRS ADD TO ms TROUBLES BY
STEALING ms CLOTHES.
ue Speaks 10 - Large Congregation About
the Power of Good Nnmc-ttis People
Warm In their Expression Of Confidence.


The Rev George Il. Voshurgh, who IS
under bonds to appear for trial ON the charge
Of poisoning his wife. was in his pulpit in the
Madison Avenue Baptist Church, Jersey city.
Yesterday morning. The congregation was
very largo. Icing increased over It's usual size
through curiosity The pastor entered the
church with rapid step. little ntt"r the rel,u-
lar time. Before commencing his sermon he
explained b j. DELAY. and apolu4i~I for appear
Ing in ,sbu,iil'ss coat saving ihHt thieves broke
into hi- house ga Saturday night ana stole the
b,iter part uf his wardrobe.
But, though my own ct-" he illustrative q
he n,ldci Il have etll got one cot lod and ~
long as have II cont To- my hark shall appear
beigr" you here. IN this pulpit, TO preach the
right. the good AMI the pure in Gods name.
comndgp' that all Will 1n wei in tho end II,
Mr.. NoshurGh preached cpau"ntly on me
power and Significance Of name among men,
rs cXomplinrl hy The meaning. influence. and
symholr beauty of th" most ncir''ly lov.lynui
powerful Of all ngmcs-ihat of our Lord jesus
Christ. He had occupied his chair before
preach Ing with 'losrd eyes, somewhat llstiess
npp'Hr uh,"h-' lgus tinl' 50 many curious eyes
wete liN'd on him. Notwithstanding the en-
,crins 2 III n,,s,h,i9n L. n}G ny Hni
course. ihor" Wa % slight Hutton and suggcsiou
~ coniV.'"n ia u.s. voice uud manner, he soon
clo1ucncc nnd power for which he IL distim-
Eui-h"l. Tn unit'r Of his disc ursr bore very
remotely upon ilir p.rsouni troubles that have
so severely oyr~-halowed him; but in Tie
closing sortourrs oil In" pnsuiu. prayer HI
voice uuiNcr"d with emotion. tho amen was
cnunciul"d through fast falling tnars. aud many
of his hedf'r, also W"rsd"rpiy ln .tel.
At the close Of ,hr rvirrs llrs: number a.
forward To- grils p the nrcui,'d rlcr.yman's hnnd
aud toRivr him ti. INSURANCE Of thcirsympnthV
aud conf ten 90. At the church doors and ga
the pavement the main hpdyoi the congrrRa-
ton fingered g. speak witt him on his way out.
Noevdenng Yl- nek,ns ot ilc r.-pect and es-
seemed cheerful and was DISPOSED iO accept hi
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OF LOVE ANp Mystery.
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..of tll no .uliY nHuuu Wlih inVsphV.Nuulune. Al
D.N.elats. p,iV., ll"N st-.ll.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-12-12
Harmless Dueling.

"Riaes at ten pacrs," was the answer
of the Arkansan. when asked by his adj
versarv to nominate his weapon tor
mortal combat. pistols at rhlrty-hve
pacos," smilrd De Fourtou, when Gam
prtta made a like request Of the dlplo-
matte OK minister Of the interior, after
the lie had been passed and the chal
l.uge accepted as the result OF their
recent quarrel in the French ctamb' r.
It is true this was trifiug Innovation
in the ordinary me;hods OF the due'Io,
which DO not contemplate distance at
which two infurated politicians might
pepper away at each other all day with
cut sustaining the slightest Injury. DE
FonrtDu knew that Gamhetta vas more
If m expert with the pen than with the
pistol, and with native magnanlml'y
suspended the ordinary rules OF the
code, so to speak, aud chose d'sfan'o
at which neither could hit barn door
Gambrtta's personal salty being thAs
assured by the galiautry of his opp'-
peut each t"ok as deadly an aim as tho
circumstances of the case would permit
and being under no painful apprehe J, =
ain, fr,m each others fire, both olazrd
away, aua-missed, as a matter oI
course. .7Rasr had Zen burned ara
French honor was pronounced satisfied
This improved method OF duellnS' ny
which the challenger or challenged may
select his own favorite distance, mus'
necessarily popaIarize the dusl'o o i, in
Fr,nce and elsewhrre. Instead OF the
dangerous proximity Of the co"ba'art'
so general 10 this country, we may n"'
.xpcct to hear of duels being safely coh
ductei at respectable distances "lthon
, awkward conseqaences.-N T. STAR
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Singular Suicide.

One Of the most extraordinary at.
tempts at suicide upon record is that
made by resident OF little village in
Italy, in 1905. He was insane on re.
lisious subjects and conceived the i'd,
of initiating Upon his own person tho
cruclfxion of our Saviour. He con-
structed within his lodging room
wooden cross: and provided himself
with nails, ropes, a crown of thorns,
etc Anticipating that he could not
easily nail himself to his cross, he made
MT which he fastened over, it securing
it at the bottom Of the upright beam, so
that it might partly sustain his weight.
lie then assumed his crown of thorns,
removed his clothing and girded his
loins with white cloth. wounded his
side with knife, and introducing him
self in;o the net, nailed his two feet and
right hand to the cross. And at las.
he succeeded, by series of Ingenious
pre-arransed contrivances, in swinging
the cross, with himself upon it, out ut
the winiow, so that it confronted the
villagers as they came out the next
morning He Was, however, taken down
and cured of his wounds, though not Of
his melancholy.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-12-12

The annual pilgrimage to Mecca will
soon be made, and devout Mohamme-
dams are preparing for the journey, or
are already on the way. One hundred
thousand is the average number yearly
joining in the pilgrimage, and among
them are Hindoos, Malays, Persiaus.
Turks, Arabs. negroes, and men from
the Barbary States. the French Cow
rrnment endeavors to prevent the de
parture of Algerines on account of the
cholera that they sometimes bring back
with them, bat they faithfully evade the
introduction by going first to Tunis or
Morocco ostensibly for some other busi.
ness. The pilgrims always travel in
large bodies as they are often attacked
by Bedouiu hordes of the Harb noun
tains.
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Girls, Read This.

The time has passed wheu woman
must be pale and delicate to be inter- s.
tipg-when she must be totally lgno
rant of al practical knowledge to be
called refined and higl-bre1 when she
must know nothing of the curr"nt pol't-
ical news of the day. or be called mas
culins and strong minded, 1t is not a
sign of refinement or high birth to
be sickly or ignorant. Those who at,
feet anything Of the kind are behind
themselves mentally and physically, or
drop under the frul strides of common
sense ideas, and be crushed into utter
insigni6cauce. To these days an active
rosy-faced girl, with brain quick and
clear; warm, light heart; temper
quick to forgive; whose feet can rur
as fast as her tongue, AMI not put her
out of breath; who is not afraid of hel
freckles, nor to breathe the pure ali
Of heaven uprestrainad by the draw
curtain of close carriage; and abov'
all, who can speak her mind aud Civ
an opinion on important topics which
interest intelligent pcople-is the tru
girl who will make good woman. Ever
fops and dandies, who strongly oppos
women's rights, like woman who ca
talk well, even if she is no. handsome.
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Honor the dear old mother. Time
has scattered the snowy fakes on her
brow, plowed deep burrows on her
checks, but is she not sweet and beau
tiful now ? The lips are thin and SHRINK
en-, but those are the lips which have
kissed many hot tesr from the childish
cheek, and they are the sweetest lips in
all the world. The eye is dim, yet it
glows with the soft radiance of holy
love which can never fade. All, yes,
she is dear old mother. The sands Of
life are nearly run out, but feeble as
she is, she will go further and reach
down lower for you than any other upon
earth. You cannot walk into q mid
night where she cannot sec You; you
cannot enter prison whose bars will
keep her out, can never mount scafrld
too high for her to reach that she may
kiss and bless you in evidence Of her
dcathless love When the world shall
despise and forsaEe you. when it leaves
you by the wayside to die unnotie=d,
the dear old mother will gather you in
her feeble arms and carry you home and
tell you of all your virtues until you
almost forget that your soul is difgurcd
BY vices. Love her senderly and cheer
her declining years with holy devotion.
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The Poisoned Waters.

Our smack fishermen are nearly dis
cou-aged with their i'll luck. For over
two months they have been unable {"
get live fish TO Havana, they all die on
reaching the putrid water of the bay,
which has now extended over one hun-
dred and fifty mics to the Gulf Of Mex
leo. The smack, George Storrs, Capt,
Zeb Allen, attempted to run westward
10 hopes Of escaping the deadly waters
and when fifty miles vest of Tortugas.
in twenty-five fa'homs Of water, lost his
whole fare of fish in very short time
fIe describes the poisoned water to the
south and w.si of him. as far as he could
see. The largest fish such as shark.
Jew fish and turtle were floating around
his vessel. He pointed his vessel east
ward and entered our port on Tuesday
almost disgusted.
On Saturday the water appeared near
the nnrthw Ct lighthouse. with its thous-
ands of dead fiji, floating like tufts Of
| cotton over Che SCI. Ou ."op'aJ 'o
Tuesday the water was dotted with deaf
portpvuese mrn-of- war. but not uEtiI
Wednesday did the dead fish appear in
sight. The stratas Of dark reddish wa
ter pa,ss,i through our island channels
CARRYING on its surface G,h of all kinds
-u,auy of them of the largest speci'
mems of sharks, jew fish. barracuda
grouuDr, gruurs. intersprrsad with
f.w kinds Of the fresh water varieties
such az the mud 'eels. huIIhpads, catfish
Dream, perch &c. The fresh water hsh
eeIs. &c are found in great abuudanc'
in Lake echobe.. Kissimmre RlSe
and Fisheating Cr~ek.
A. these dead fish approached ou
T wharvcs the stencil became almost IN
,6lerable, and plaus we're attempted an
suggested to keep them in tide water
r Had this occurred in thu hea OF sum
8 mer plague must have followed. 1t
even yet f-arrd. The fish are dying
D our harhor. and no one knows wher
=. this grea' evil will stop. Onr p'H,p
), ar1 large fish caters, and 'saspriVed {
!, this ohea . Glars Of fnnd there must
a necessarily much snf'rlng.-Key We
Key.
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How it is Done.

Scene in library-gentleman bus,
writing-child enters.
Father. give me pennys'
Haven't gpt any now, don't bothcI
me-
But father, I want it. Something
particular.
4 tell you I haven't got one about
me- 49,.
Il must have one; you promised NE
one.'
i did no such tbing-I won't give
you any more pennies; you spend too
many. It's all wrong-I won't give it
to you, so 90 away.
Child begins sas#sfSimper. I think
you might give me one; it's really
man. ~. i'a.a:lE
No-go away--I won't do it; 20
there's an end Of it,
Child cries, teasps, ,-cdaxes--father gets
out of patience, puts his hand in hi+
pocket, takes outa penny, and throws il
at tho child. There, take it, and don't
come hack again To-day
Child smiles. looks Shy, goes out con-
qurrer-determined to renew the sirug-
glA in the afternoon, with the certainty
Of like results.
X X
Scene in the strpet-two boys play
ing-mother opens the door, calls to
one Of theu-her own son.
Joe come into the house instantly
joe pays no attention.
Joe, do you hear me ? IF you don't
come II give you good beating
Joe smiles and cvntinu"s his play;
his companion is alarmed for him, and
advises him to obey. You II catch it if
you don't 90, joe
oh no, I won't; she always says so,
but never does amt afraid
Mother goes back into the house, put
out, thinking herself a martyr to bad
children.
That's the way, parents; show your
children by your example that you ara
weak, undecided, untruthful. and they
learn aptly enough 10 despise your au.
thority and regard your word as moth
ing. They soon graduate Knockers and
liars, and the reuping of your own SOW
ing will not fail. . =
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The future falls under the coguizance
Of God alone; We encroach therefore
upon his right when we would fain
foresee all which may happen to US, and
secure ourselves from it by our cares.
How much good is omitted, how many
evils caused, how many duties neglect
ed, how many acts of injustice author
lied, by those timorous forecasts of
what may happen, and these faithless
apprehensions concerning the time to
come! Let US do in season what God
for the consequence. The future time,
which God would have US foreses and
provide for. is that of judgment and
eternity; and it is this alone which We
will not forrsee.
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The Indians and their Dead.

A girl about twelve years old ha
died, and her relatives had oppcintc'
.hat evening as the beginning Of he
funeral After death takes place in al
Indian village The weeping and wailina
takrs place Immediately, and continue
among the relatives in the widest aut
most administrative manner for many
days. The evening before it hac
reached its highest pitch the family o
the dead girl had given away everything
they possessed and were then engaged
in pulling down the very lodge that
sheltered them, and cutting the buffalo
robes that composed its sides into snail
pieces, while the mother Of tho dead
girl had chopped of some of her fingers
with butcher knife and was being
pounded by sympaihizing friends to
keep from fainting. Everybody had
their faces painted black and were
moa ming as onlr grief-strick"n Indian
can. The woods and fantastic lodges
and weird faccs of the Indians. lit up as
they were by the Pickering glare Of a
large campfire, form"d a picture at
once grotesque and startling. When
our party visited the camp in the morn,
ing the girls family, weak from hung r
and loss Of sleep, were still keeping up
the barharous wake. although tho
cnrpse had been placed upon its burial
platform In some secluded spot on the
nrarie, where it is to be hopei the wild
a,wers and birds will watch it ever
moro. Riding out from the d,zen or 50
t"pecs that comprised the village, Mr.
Hoyt and myself made a snort cut
across a curve in the trail. and discov-
red dead Indian on a platform Of
stakes about ten feet abrvc the prairie.
At first, like all whites out here, we
set out with the determination to
take what trophies might be on the
rack, but upon reading the prayer Of
his friends, written in English and
pinned to one Of the stakes that he
might not be disturbed, as Y1lIowface,
he dead man, had always hslpea The
white man and was a friend Of all who
passed that way, we left the grave uu-
disturbed. The Indian had only been
;herc since April, and had his gun.
omahawk. knife and beaded ornaments
III upon his person.-Montana Let
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An Old Time Dance in Colorado O.


The frat settlers of Boulder came
here in 1858 In 1859 quite a mum.
Der came, and some sixty Lighthouses
were erected before 1860 stepped in
OF these log houses but few remain
Christmas, 1869, saw jovial crowd Of
dancers in one Of these houses. window.
hardy pioneers when after fun had it.
On the night in question about two
hundred sons Of toll and seekers Of gold
and their fortunes AMI seventeen ladies
had assembled at the above-named
place to partake of frontier terpsicho-
rean. Marinus G.. Smith was then one
of the beaux Of the town, and his dress
consisted of pair of pants made out of
seamless sacks and colorcd blue by the
aid of logwood. A lady now living in
town had an elegant dress made out of
f fl W W sacks also col@rsd kH the aid I4.Q q
in the neighborbood then, most of the
pioneers WEARING woolen or flannel ones.
A man with a white shirt on was in tn"
STYLE, and could dance with his coat off,;
a ulau without anv would wear coat
bnttoned up to the neck. Goats for
dancing purposes did not seem TO b"
any too numerous, consequently the
pioneers helped each other out. For
instance Alf. Nicholas had six white
shirts, which we're all at the ball. and
the coats of those white shirted fellows
went to cover the hacks of some ono
else When one fellow had dance be
! would loan his coat Ito another, and
then his turn would come, and so the
! white shirts and long coats were dane
! ius all night, and went around amons
the two hundred men. There were nj
wall flowers among the seventeen ladies
But they say the supp"r for the occa
sion was grand affair. Wash-boiler
full Of COFFEE, great hunks Of black
tailed deer, jack rabbits, fish, game ant
delicacies brought from the state II
cans, all went to make up a gloriou
supper -one that the partakers woul'
like to See repeated There may no
have been much style, but the seamles
sacks and fur bags saw as much pnr
enjoyment as Goes the finest and gau
dlrst attire ofto.day.-BOultler CCo[
Mirror.
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VOLUME XXXVII
THE MERRY HEART.

IT'S well to have merry heart,
However short we stay;
There's wisdom in merry heart,
Whate'er the world may say.
Philosophy may lift its head,
And find out many flaw;
Bur give me the philosopher
That's happy with q straw
If life brings US but happiness,
1t brings us, We are told.
What's hard to buy, though rich ones try
With all their heaps OF gold;
Then laugh away, let others say,
Whate'er they will Of mirth;
Who laughs the most may truly boast
He's got the wealth Of earth.
There's in merry heart
A moral beauty, too;
1t shows the hearts an honest heart,
That's paid each man his due,
And lent share Of what's to spare,
Despite Of wisdom's fears,
And made the cheek less sorrow speak,
The eye weep fewer tears.
The sun may shroud..i'self in cloud,
The tempest wrath begin,
1t finds spark 10 cheer the dark, .
Its sunlight is within
Then laugh away. let others say,
Whate'er they will Of mirth;
Who laughs the most may truly boast
He's got the wealth Of earth.
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A Revolution Indeed.

During s|av"ry I owned one Of the
bfackest as well as the meanest negro
men in South Arkansas. He was known
10 the ncighborhood as Crow Sam [
he'd stetft -rfbPu flbPus .sr,G Net- -SsrI
it. Well, when the war came on he was
nne of,the first to ;urn against me. lie
went into the army and served till the
surrender After peace was made |
moved over 10 an adjoining county and
weut to work. trying to repair my bro
ken fortune Que day negro that L
had working for me knocked down one
nf nv horses, which so enraged me that
7 struck him several times with my cane
H. went away and returned wi h con-
stable who summoned me to appear
before magfst-~A~--Qfficnr uara- mt
quite so numerous then as now, and the
magistrates office was several miles
away. Well, sir. when | got there Who
should see on the bench but old Crow
Sam. He was fat and greasy. AMI had
on an enormous pair of spcctacles.-
When everything had bern made ready
court WAS opened. and old Sam, giving
me a searching look, remarked:
"Pears that I've seed you afore."
"Look here, SAM" I said, II don''
like to be mixed up this way. Try tc
settl. this afflir without malice"
sDe law il gwiue to hab its dlrecS
course" said Sam. "Things hab kinder
changed since we was ir business TO-
yedder, but de principle of de nlsse'
havn't r"vuIu'ed. Dis Niger is as big
rascal as used to be; so, Mars job n
ri discharge you and fling dis bla"l
ape in de cost" little Rock (Ark..
| Gazette.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-12-12

When an Afghan is about to sell his
horse he carries on the dicker with the
intending purchaser by pressures of
their fingers concealed by his robe, and
though the animal IS carefully exam
ined, of course, not a word is said.
Each squeeze of the hand means
five rupees. The theory is that the
horse would lose flesh through sorrow if
he thought his master would part with
him.