The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-07-23
TIMELY TOPICS.
There is one phase of the crime of

There is one phase of the crime ofmur-
der that is never published. The crimi-
nal in the commission of his crime putt
himself beyond the pale of earthly law.
This criminal that always escapes justice
is the suicide. The law once attempted
to indirectly punish the deed by the con-
fiscation of the suicides property, but as
this punished only the innocent heirs it
was abandoned. So. also, was the bar
barous attempt at post mortcm ven
geance by driving stake through the
body of the suicide and burying him at
the cross roads. Now, although the crime
is still murder, there is no attempt at
furnishing the criminal, who is beyond
human penalties.
The Emperor William is the fifth male
member of the Hohenzollern family who
has lived to celebrate his golden we'd
ding. The first case was that of Johann.
surnamed the Alchemist, born about
1903, and who died in 1864. The three
sons of Frederick William ]. had also
more than fifty years each of married
life-namely, Frederick the Great, Prince
Henry, and Prince August Ferdinand of
Prussia. Of the four sons of Frederick
William ILL.,, three celebrated their sill
yer wedding and Prince Charles, brother
of the present emperor, who married the
sister of the empress, was within day
or two of the golden ceremony in 1877
when his consort died.
The following incident, related by a
San Francisco paper as having occurred
on board a Pacific Mail steamship, shows
the stuff that sailors are made of At
eight A.. NJ, while setting the awnings, a
sailor slipped overheard, The ship was
going some twelve miles an hour. They
had boat in the water, manned by
four men and the third mate. in fifty
two seconds after the sailor went over,
and in four minutes they had him in
the boat, a long ways astern. When he
fell in the water he had on boots with
the legs cut off, which he kept on. He
lost his hat and deliberately swan for
it and put it on. When picked up he
had his sheath-knife in his hand, hav-
ing drawn it to be prepared for stray
shark. On being taken aboard he took
a hand at m oar, and helped hoist the
boat on returning alongside"
One object of many people in going
abroad is that they can live and travel
more cheaply in Europe than they can
in the United States, or at least think
they can. A correspondent of the St.
Louis Republican, writing from Geneva,
takes issue with the impression. He
says that any one may occupy a good ten
room house in the better quarter of
St. Louis, keep two or three servants
and dress and live in average American
style for from two-thirds to three-quar-
ters of what the cost would be in South
ern Switzerland. The average cost per
individual cannot be placed at much
under 80, 500 per annum, if one wishes to
visit and reside in different European
cities, and lady friend of the CORE
spondent had just been obliged to turn
her face homeward after an eight
months stay, because the $4,000 given
by her father for a years absence in
Europe had lasted her only the shorter
period of time. European travel is like
everything else, expensive or reasonable,
according as the tastes of those partici-
pating in it make it so.
The camel-breeding industry is prom
ising in Arizona. Three years ago a
herd of those animals was taken to
Yuma, the intention being to make them
serviceable as beasts of burden. The
attempt was failure, the climate SEEM
ing to disagree with them, and it was
found that they were not 80 useful as the
little mules. The owners turned the
camels loose and they roamed along the
ella river, apparently enjoying their
liberty and profiting by it. They have
bred literally and appear to have become
acclimated and domesticated to the re-
gion, thriving rs though they had been
in their own native Africa. 1t is thought
the new generation of canels will be
used to the alkaline waters peculiar to
tln Southwestern section, and can be
made serviceable in transporting the
mineral products Of that country across
the long deserts of sand to places where
they can be proftably worked. At any
rate the owners of the rejected and wan
dering beasts feel that there is money in
their camcls, and will hereafter devote
some care to the breeding and rearing OF
them.