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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-07
The Bible.

What is the Bible like ?-It is like
large, beautiful tree, which bears
sweet fruit for those who arc hun
gry. and affords shelter and shade fol
pilgrims on their way to the kingdom ol
heaven.
1t is like cabinet Of jewels and pre-
cious stones, which are not only to be
looked at and admired, but used and
worn.
1t is like telescope that brings dis.
tant objects and far of things Of the
world very near, so that We can see
something of their beauty and impor
tance.
1t is like treasure house, o store
house, for all sorts of valuable and nse.
full things, and which are to be had
without money and without price.
1t is like deep. broad, calm-aowine
river, the banks of which are green and
Howery, where birds sing and lambs
play, and dear little childrsu arc loving
and happy
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-07
YOUTH.

There is ray whose sunny glow,
Illumes our beings morning sky;
Pours bright calmness DER the brow,
Swells the warm heart and fills the eye;
The light of early youth is this
1t troubles OH that fowery shore,
Disclosing all its loveliness,
Ere the scene fades to bloom no more.
And, oh what gorgeous sights appear
Before those early days depart
When all is music to the ear,
And gladness to the buoyant heart
There is no blight upon the flowers
No cloud the sapphire sky to stain
Voluptuous rapture wings the hours
They pass in many rosy train.
And who. in fancy's boundless gaze,
Tow'rds that fair shore can idly turn!
How round the soul its memory plays,
How 10 the breast tender hopes return
Oh, in that brief and thrilling glance,
A garnished picture can we see I.
A gay and rich inheritance
Lost in the past-no more 10 Re.
Relentless where, still and cold,
The early loved in silence lie;
wrapt in the graves embracing mould
Shut from the sunshine and the sky;
Parent and friend are there at rest
Love. whose solicitude is DER:
II thrills not in tina. mouldering breast,
Where throbs affections pulse no more.
And oh, since life is hu, dream,
How should its moments be improved
While friendship pours a deathless bean
Around the loving and the loved;
There is no joy on earth beside.
More bright, more pure. to mortals given
'Tis sweeter far than fame or pride.
1t lives with. Lope and breathes Of heaven
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-07
An Initiated Tramp.

we nave UeIOTe UblututucV IudO TIC
tramps securing about the country are
a regularly organized fraternity, having
general understanding with ore an
other, and having ritual of questions
and answers. Their uniform appear
auce, their periodical visits to the same
localities. their regular calls at tho same
houses, where they have before secured
food, all point to this. A sheriff Of a
Western county has found curious en-
blems about them, has studied their
character and listened to their couver.
sation, until he can tell regularly ini-
tiated tramp from an imposter. The
following amusing and instructive dia-
Iogue took place between the sheriff and
one of squad Of tramps recently com.
mitted to jail:
From whence came you I?
From a town in New York, called
Jerusalem
What's your business here ?
To learn to subdue my appetite and
to sponge my living from an indulgent
public
Then you are a regular tramp,
prssume?'
Il am go taken and accepted wherever
co.
How am to recognize you as a
tramp
by the largeuess Of my feet and gen.
eral carniverous appearance
'How do you know yourself to be q
tramp?'
In seeking food, by being often de-
MED, but ready to try again.
slow gained you admittance to this
town?
by good many long tramps.'
'How were you received z
'On the end IF a night policeman s
billy. presented to my head
'How did the policeman dispose OF
you?'
lie took me several times around the
town, to the south, east and west, where
he found the city marshal, police judge
and the jailor, where great many
questions were asked
What advice did the judge give
you ? :,
He advised me to walk in upright.
regular steps, and to Icnounce tramp
ing
will you be eff or from p
with your permission, I'll be OF
very quickly
Which way are you travelling?
East
"Of what are you in pursuit p
'Work-which, by my own endeavors
and the assistance Of others, I hope |
shall never be able to 6nd.'
MY friend, you are now at an insti-
tuition where the wicked are always
troublesome and the weary are as bad as
the rest. You will now be conducted
to the middle chamber by flight Of
winding stairs, consisting offive or more
steps. Instead of corn, wine and oil
the wages of the ancients-you will find
bread and water for FIVE days. When
your company escape from this place,
divide yourselves into parties Of three
each, take bee line for Portland oil
Bangor, where in the winter they u.s.
ually run free soup houses, and you may
be pardoned on condition Of your never
returning
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-07
Another Eccentric Woman.

A Brooklyn lady, named Mrs. Styles
has Just made something ola sensation
by reading, at the grave Of her departed
pony, the solemn burial service OF the
Episcopal church. She is q firm be-
lever in the Immortality Of the brute
creation. She supplemented this show
by prosecuting fellow in the police
court who killed her poodle in an inhu-
man manner. 1t was in the course OF
trial that the first mentioned fact was
elected. Of course visits followed
fr, m reporters, who fouud IN tho me-
usg,rie of this eccentric woman eight
pigeons, sig dog, ssa lids two sss''
20 . tzsiaA ~
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-07

Is there any joy greater than that
which is experienced by one person
when he helps another person! There
are some men so low down that it is
said they cannot bear to have the sme II
of their clover go into the highway tor
fear that other" folk will get something
that belongs to them without paying for
it; there are some men who are said to
be grudge bees tho honey which they
take from their flowers without leaving
anything behind, but that is doubtless
imaginary. A man whose heart does
not respond 10 au ac. of doing good or
giving happiness is no longer a man,
He has passed the line of manhood and
suvuid bs rynksd sp0uy bss'tt
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-07
BE Sure to Stop ut the
Latham House,
CAMDEN, 8. G.
(TRAN sfExr BOARD, $500 PER DAY.

s%Ample accommodations. Tables sup
plied with the best the Markets afford. Eve
nv attention paid to the comfort OF Quests.
pdr Persons stopping at the Latham
House will be conveyed to and from the
depot free Of charge. Passengers, without
heavy baggage, will be conveyed to and
from any part Of the town, not above De-
Kalb street, at 25 cents.
p@Connected with the house is first
class Bar, which is located separately from
the house, and orderly kept.
~Conveyances supplied to guests on
liberal terms, either for city or country use
jan8-ly s. B. LATHAM, Proprietor.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-07
DeKalb House,
BY A. s. RODGERS.
Most Centrally Located Hotel
in Town.
Terms 90 Per Day.

Commercial Travellers will have every
attention paid to their comfort, and be fur
nished with SAMPLE ROOMS at this
House; and persons visiting Camden will
find it q quiet and pleasant home.
Special rates made for parties travelling
= together. and for those who wish to stay a
week or more.
N.Y. In connection with the house is a
frst-class LIVERY STABLE, where horses
and vehicles can be had at all times for
town or country use. at the most reasona-
Bile rates. Conveyances to and from the
depot at every train. decloti
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-07
All Kinds

q OF Canned Goods. Of beat quality, and
warranted full weight, for sale by
nytYt ElaxLEy / nnTE.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-07
ADVERTISING RATES.
Speak Gently.

s6 Transient advertisements mustbe acco
anied with the cash TO insure insertion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24
Still Happy.

For the past two weeks a Woodward
avenue druggist has put up a prescrip
ton Of some kind or other about four
times day for certain small boy, be.
sides filling orders for large variety OIL
patent medicine and porous plasters
The sales were all cashs but the drug
gist's curiosity was at length aroused
and he said to the lad:
"Got sickness in the family?"
8" Kinder" was the reply. --3'@s3 :"
"Your fatherw I2f5 LA.aalL '2oT5 49,
Yes-all but me- Ma is using T.. {
plasters for q lame side, and taking the
tonic for a rash which broke out On her
elbo VS.. Pa takes the troches for q
tickling in the throat, and uses the arnica
on his shin. Louisa uses the catarrh
stuff and the cough medicine. Bill
wants the brandy for sprained ankle
and the sauills are for the baby. That's
all but grandma, and this prescription
is to relieve the pain in Der chest and
make her sleep harder" H. 'r
/" Rather unfortunate family re.
marked the druggist. ase t....a
"Well, kinder; but pa says its cheap
er than going to the seashore, and sc
we plaster up and swallow down, and
feel purity happy after all. '-Detroa Free
pTpSS ...... ...,.-yf4.I =. M ~yr4ft.f
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24
Two Hundred Thousand BUGS.

The San Francisco Bulletin says: Prof.
Davidson, president Of the academy of
sciences, recently called the attention
of a number of citizens to the large col
lection of specimens in entomology
made by Henry Edwards during a
period Of twenty-five years. This col
lection is said to be one of the largest
ever made in the United States, and by
far the most complete ever made on
the Pacific coast About 10000 species
have been collected, representing M ore
than 100000 specimens. These repre-
sent not only all the orders on this
coast, but nearly or quite all the United
States, with a large representation of Or
ders from all parts of the world. The
collection is really one of the most
complete known in this country or any
other. The collection is valued at $12,-
600, or rather that is about the sum ex-
pended in freights, cabinets, and the
purchase ofrare specimens. The labor
of twenty-five years is not estimated. ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24
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The Origin of Flowers.

Z "In the forests which then bordered
the great deltas of forgotten Amazons
and Niles it seems probable that no
CLEAN of scarlet, blue or purple ever
broke the interminahle sea of waving
green. Uncanny trees, with sculptured
or tesseiated bark, raised their heads
high above the damp soil into which
they thrust their armor plated roots;
huge horse-tails swayed their jointed
stems before the fercer tempests raised
by a younger and lustier9 SUM- tree
ferns, screw pines and araucariasr di-
versified the landscape withtheirsquaint
and symmetrical shapes; while beneath
the rich decaying mould was carpeted
with MOSES. lichens and a thousand
creeping plants, all of them bearing the
archaic stamp peculiar to these earliest
developments of vegetable life; but
nowhere could the eye of an imaginary
visitor have lighted on bright flower,
crimson fruit Or a solitary gahdily
painted butterfly. Green and green
and green again, on every side; the
gaze would have rested, wherever it
fell, upon one unbroken field Of glitter
ing verdure."'. He holds that the flower
is a development from the feeblest
'leayes. which, as they rotted, displayed
colors, the result Of decay, notrof vigor,
which attracted the pollen carrying in
sects, and thus in ages gaveIthes plant
with this tendency most .stronely de-
veloped the superiority In the struggle
for surviva4.-7Ptof. Grant Allen, I'm Corn
hill Magazine. IN sAlf ~ siAH l4AH
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24
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The Boy Had Him.

On a street car recently the actions OF
one Of the passengers attracted the at
tention of a boy about II years Of age.
The man first blew one side of bis nose
and then the other. Then he took a
handkerchief from one pocket and
wiped the right hand side of his nose,
and deliberately put that away and
pulled out another and wiped the left
hand side. The action pleased the boy
immensely land he watched every move
ment of the man, who next took from
his right hand pocket stick of gum,
put it in the right hand side of his
mouth, and then served the left side
the same way. He chewed on the
right, then on the left, and the boy's
eyes stood out like pillows in a broken
window. The man soon got rid of the
gum and took two chews of tobacco
from two separate boxes, and noticing
how closely the boy was watching him
said: ."'- -
"Boy, don't you know me?"
No. sir" replied the, boy, but I'll
bet you my velocipede agin cent that
you can't drink out of two jugs at once y
The man handed the half Of an orange
out of one pocket and the other hal
out of another pocket, and rendered
them to the boy as token Of admira.
ton -....,. .....
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24
A Robin and Cat Story from Maine.

The Portland Me Press of recent
date tells it AS follows: "A gentleman
residing on Chestnut street has cat of
unusual intelligence and quick wit, but
not enough to save her from ignomin-
Gus defeat by the usual victim of the
feline tribe-a robin. 1t happened thus:
Wednesday evening the, cat Was noticed
walking. lazily across the street, when a
robin was observed to pounce from the
air directly on her head, striking itwith
considerable force. The cat attem pied
to strike the bird with her paw, but fail
ed again and again. As the robin per-
sisted in its attacks, at length the cat
attempted to flee, but the robin was I'M
doubtedly mad, and made such persist
ent renewals of the confession rather per-
secution. That Tabby turned her tactics
and lay ON her back, evidently waiting
to strike the robin if ne should make
another swoop. The bird, well under.
standing the stratagem, retired to
the neighboring fence, with eye still fix
ed on the PROSTATE cat, who was soon
frightened by passing team, only to
receive another blow from her enraged
antagonist as soon as flight was attempt
ed. Thit unequal contest was kept up
for some minutes, an always in favor
Of the bird, till some boys frightened at
the same, moment both contestants,
thus ending the battle" ,..,... s.a..-... )
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24
Sunlight Necessary to Health.

3 = Esa4@
|, Sunlight is even more necessary to
Health in summer than in winter, for
one, among other reasons 5, that ldisihI
fectants' Of All sorts are more necessary
in summer than in winter The rays
that heat quicken the vital powers. the
chemical rays exert their mysterious
and potent influence, and the illuminat-
ing rays, independently of the others,
as has been recently proved by Mr.
CrOoke to the satisfaction of. the ablestl
scientists, communicate motion. 8FFhel
exhalations from our, bodies in warm
weather are more copious than they
are in cold weather, and if we shut out
the light from our house we remove the
most efficient of all agents in destroying
what is unwhOlesOmc. The noXious
vapors, which free admission of air and
light would remove, are absorbed by
carpets and upholstery, and become
productiyeeof disease Those who are
accustomed to the darkness, and damp
ness Of close rooms may not conciollsly
suffer therefrom, but that they sustain
real injury is evident in their pallid
faces, their f1accid muscles, and nerve
less movements. The contrast between
them and those whose lives pass inlthe
open air is too evident to need COM,
ment. ! 1t may not be necessaryIto ex-,
pose during the day every room III the
house tOithe direct rays of the SUM- but
there should be frequent opening of,
doors and windows, SO that solar beam
may perform its benifcentofice.1. Bed,
rooms and ether rooms in constant use
should receive most careful attention
in this respect. Sick rooms especially
require thorough summing and !YentilaL
ton, and, if possible, should always
have southern aspect. More pat ents die
on the north side of hospitals than on
the south side; there are more deaths on
the shady side Of any street than on. the
sunny side A notable southern house,
keeper, observing strictly the following
rule during the summer months, kept
her house perfectly sweet and cool and
dry from May to October. Until 10
o'clock in the morning all the =, doors,
and windows are opened wide;. then
they were. closed until four in, the after
noon. then. opened again tall. nightfalt..
This rule might not do for all localities,
but such a use Of it as should secure.
free access of light and air to every part
of the house at least once day could
BE- 1.dps FSsd y of great results qsqgel
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24

persons, whether in railway cars or in
| houses, or to make any monotonous
noise with feet or hands, beating time,
etc; to play with napkin rings, or with
any article at the table during meal
time; to pick the teeth with the fingers;
to cut or clean the nails outside of ones
dressing-room; to lounge anywhere in
the presence of company; to place the
elbows on the table or to lean upon it
while eating; to take hold ofpersons Or
to touch them with familiarity when
talking to them. to speak Ofabsent per-
sons by their first nam when you would
not SO address them if they were pres
ent, to acquire the habit of saying you
know {" says he,po and "says she;" to
use slang words; to tattle, to scratch
the head or person; to whisper in COM
pany; to hide the mouth with the hand
when speaking; to point at anyone or
anything with the finger; to stare at
persons; to laugh at ones, own stories
or remarks; to toss articles instead of
handing them; and to take anything
without thanking the one who waits
upon you (exce2ting, at table,, be it
superior, an equal or inferior. Every
| where, also, CIlllQI01 are ldlS0U b01J 1t
is q rudeness to stand in the way with
out instantly moving when another tries
to pass; not to say, II beg pardon, 2
when you bave many way inconven-
fenced some one; starting up suddenly
and rushing from the. room without
asking to be excused; going before older
persons, who are entitled to sprecede
you, when leaving q room with them;
leaving the table with food in the mouth;
taking possession of the seat that belongs
to another, and not rising instantly
upon his return: leaving any one with
out saying good-by," Or giving, at least,
bow; .interrupting any one in CONVEX
sation; contradicting, pushing or even
coming in contact WITH another unin-
tentionally without begging pardon for
the seeming rudeness;;@"want Of punctu-
atty; neglecting to answer notes and
letters promptly, especially those re-
quiring information; rediculing others;
passing any one whom you know with
out speaking, with whom you are on
speaking terms; Keeping the hat on in
the presence of a lady; and many other
equally important things which are
looked upon in the same light every
| where. ...4 a,,.s,.... -..--,g
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24

need schooling, as was their fathers
wish. Mr.. Wilson has come regularly
for the money, and, of course, thought
they were all right, as usual" .".' #4'.@ o
+ But it was very careless Of youp'
began the editor. '"' ''' "aA+ j. a .'''
II know it." he interrupted " But
Mrs. Wilson was a mother to them; and
Pm so busy-a carpenter [ am-and
never get a minute to look after them
! never knew Mrs. Wilson was dead
That, idle brute Of a man, | suppose,
didn't tell me, lest [ should take the
children away-as of course, | shall to-
day. y ff.a.l - Il ~ h,a< .sty - . .
"Where shall you put them % asked
the editor That baby neeus d doc
tors care, besides good food and nurs-
ing; and the boy, too-if, indeed, it
isn't too late" ' 49, '.''e ".t ..'' ia q
n "Fm monstrous sorry, Mister" said
the honest carpenter, his face growing
even redder, In his excitement |"
wouldn't a had John Walkers babies
suffer for anything: It's my fault, and
l know it. I was too easy like. But
I'm going now to tabe them to my own
house, though its, full and running over,
IT'LL can find the right place for them"
l. ''Don't keep the poor things long IN
a house full of children said, the eedi-
tor, as the man started Nfor~t1e' door
IS They're too weak and miserable"
+ "No. | won't" said the carpenter
IS Ny old woman 4wbhldn,t favor hat
pla1ra minute" - SstS ~A 1@ssEss%
pa Well, the next dayiI hunted up those
starving babies again; and where do
you stpposeI found them? =: The con
|science-strlcken guardian had found a
colored woman Ws had been a house
servant all her lifasHnd who Was a born
nurse, besides beNgI al Karhn-hearted
woman. The four ha4dfed ! year was
fortune to her, ahW there in two
pleasant room near II daian,s own
house, where he, cou always seeto
tn EN-, Noupd 4Ae Child en CONT of tablS
esta blkhed, gjWmy1ay smiling ppify
on little bed III the corner the hungry
baby well fed, lfor- or zee, sleeping quiet
ly in acradlet and 10, in anew \calico
dress, helping Nthe pleasant faced old
Aunty~spread an abundant though plain
meal, JiIsr0- buG uu..W ydt 5a HLh~ TU'
/ wish you could have seen Jimmy 8
face when | gave. him the flowers l had
brought him, and told him l hoped /
shouIdeneyer see him sitting on the
bare stones again. 9gHitJa0 -aLIdJ ~
q But I'm right glad / did that time,'
said he, quietly; g for, if 1T hadn't been
for you and that editor man, I'd a been
there YETI Independent. ~9'a! IN 'n'nf
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24
RAIN.

oh, the Rain has many t1tful moods
Ere the merry summer Closes-fN rE- 6,
From the first chlrp of the robin-b roods IS
To the ruin of the roses, 49, NJ q, ~.F
Through the Sunshine's gold her glitter steals
In the doubtful april weather.
When the world seems trying how 1t feels +
To be sad and glad together.
Now and then, on quiet sutry ewes. ~
From her low persistent patter,
She would seem coniiding to the leaves
An extremely solemn matter. $50
Then, again, YOU see her from the sky &
such a mighty flood unfolding. @
That you wonder if Old Earth knows why
It receives go hard a sCuldingl
Yet we learn to fancy. day by day,
-Aswe watch her softly shining, fa.II ae
That she has 10 cloud however gray, f-.ff
But it wears SlS er lining,
For in autumn, though with tears she tells ii
How the lands grow sad and darken,
Yet in spring her drops are tinkling bells b,
For the sleeping flowers to hearken!
And her tinted bow seems Loves own proof
AS it CLEANS with COlorS seven .gu
Like stately dome upon the roof t- fH
OF her palace high in heaven. rEs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24
Must Be Stopped.

There is one impertinence which
Washington society will no longer toll
crate. We do not refer to the unseemly
habit of asking a mature single lady
her age. This is insolent, but may be
forgiven. But to ask a society ".colonel /"
the number of his regiment or the
scene Of his service-that sort of scene
has gone quite far enough. '.'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24
The Tidy Housewife.

The careful tidy housewife, when she
is giving her house its spring cleaning
should bear in mind that the dear in
mates of her house are more precious
than houses, and that their systems
need cleansing by purifying the blood,
regulating the stomach and bowels TO
prevent and cure the diseases arising
from spring malaria and miasma and
she should know that there is nothing
that will do it so perfectly and surely as
Hop Bitters, the purest and best Of all
medicines. See other column.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-24
Sensible Etiquette.

!, Mrs. H, G. Ward has written book
on Sensible Etiquette and under the
caption of !" Breaches of Good Man
,ners /" some Of the most common forms
of inciyilitY are touched upon. mo1. ilo.
10 Everywhere children are taught that
affectation and pretense are vulgaritles;
that 1T is a4vulgarity to yawn Without
making some effort to suppress it, or
without .concealing the niouth;; to
whistle or hum in the presence Of older