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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
Coon vs.. Dog.

\ coon has the best of dog when the
fight is in deep water, as a citizen of
Pjj-tland, Oregon, has learned to mis- soy-
row. A valuable dog belonging to him
went out last week intoa field and found
the track of coon, which he followed
to the animals hiding place. There he
began to dig and bark, making the dirt
fly in the air until the coou cunninely
escaped and ran into little pond near
by, the dog following him. A hard fight
then began. The coon seized the dog by
the nose and pull him under the water.
Again and again the dog rose to the sur,
face, and again and again he was pulled
below it, until at last he had too much
of the business, and sank for the last
time from view. The coon went quietly
ashore and disappeared in his hole an.
harmed
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
Cause and Cure for Snoring.

A writer in the Scientific Monthly tells
how the habit of snoring is acquired,
and, better, how it may be cured. And
first, the cause: The air reaches the
lungs through two channels, the nose
and mouth. The two currents meet in
the throat just below the soft palate, the
end of which hangs loose and swings
backward and forward, producing the
snoring. If the air reaches the lungs, as
it should, through the nose, no noise will
be made. If it reaches the same
through the mouth the palate will make
more noise, since it is not the natural
channel, but when it rushes through
both these channels, then it is that the
sound sleeper banishes rest from the pill
lows of his companions by his hidcous
noise. The remedy for snoring is to keep
the mouth closed; and for this purpose
DR.. Wyeth, the writer of the article
referred to, has invented an article so
cheap that any one can make it, and no
snorer should be without it.
1t consists of single cap, fitting the
head snugly, and piece of soft material
fitting the chin. These are connected
by elastic webbing, which is connected
with head cap near the ears. This con-
trivance prevents the jaws from drop
ping down, and thereby renders snoring
impossible. The great trouble will be to
get people to adopt this invention, since
the most upright and honest of men and
women will rarely, if ever, confess that
they snore, and will be very indignant if
accused of it. AS further inducement
to the introduction of this contrivance of
DIR. Wyeth, it may be added that breath
ing through the mouth is very detri-
mental to the health, and that many
diseases of the throat and lungs are con-
tracted or aggravated thereby.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
An Elephant Plays Policeman.

At the celebrated Eastern circas
Orozi, recently performing at Pesth, The
attendant was startled from sleep by the
elephants rising to their feet and trum-
peting in a shrill tone, significant Of
great mental agitation. Looking around
in the dark to see if some stray dog or
cat had got admittance, he discovered
stranger with a dark lantern attempting
to enter the property room adjoining.
Without a moments hesitation, he
loosed the biggcst OF the three elephants,
who marched solcmnly out upon the
would-be-burglar, seized him by one arm
with his potent trunk, and held him fast
until the police, whom the attendant
had promptly fetched from a nrighbor-
ing station, came up and took the
elephants pri>oncr-who had in the
mean time swooned with fright-into
custody. Having consigned him to the
authorities, "kira.y" returned to sleep,
conscious of having done his duty.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
HalnIin and Lincoln.
FEIchan3e.i

Senator Hamlin says that while vice.
president his relations with Mr.. Lincoln
were always amicable; Mr.. Lincoln often
consulted him. ~ was always more
radical than he was" says Mr.. Hamlin;
81 was urging him, he was holding back
on his problems, and he was the wiser,
probably, rs events prove. I desired to
arm the blacks and issue the proclama-
tion sooner than he did, and was always
for urging. I was the first person he
ever showed the proclamation to. / saw
it before he submitted it to the cabinet.
Ee met ME one day and said, Where
will you be this EVENING" : l am going
out of town. I replied. mo, you are
not, sir Indeed I am, sir, unless you
command me- well, I do command
you. want you to spend the evening
with me at the Soldiers Home met
him at the executive mansion, and we
started to drive to the Home. As soon
as we had started, he drew from his
pocket the rough draft of the proclama-
tion and read it over to me. Naturally
was delighted, and told him 50. He
was much moved at the step he WAS
taking"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
The Helpful Mau.

"There is a man." said his neighbor,
speaking of a village carpenter, "who
has done more good, l really believe, IN
this community than any other person
who ever lived in it. He can not talk
very we'll in prayer meeting, and he
doesn't often try. He isn't worth two
thousand dollars, and its very little ne
can put down on subscription papers for
any object. But new family never
moves into the village that he does not
find them out and give them a neig hbor-
" welcome and offer any little service ne
can render. He is usually on the look
out to give strangers a seat in his pew at
church. He is always ready to watch
with sick neighbor and look after his
affairs for him. and I've sometimes
thought he and his wife kept house
plants in winter just for the sake OF be-
ing able to send little bouquets to in
valids. He finds time for pleasant
word for every child he meets, and you'll
see them climbing into his one-horse
wagon when he has no other load. He
really seems to have a genius for helping
folks in all sorts of common ways, and
it does me good every day just to meet
him on the street."
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
A Noyelist's Powers Of Construction.
lAnthony Trollope in Good wtTds.]

Anthony Trollope IN Good WtFdsJ
In these operations of thinking it is
not often the entire plot of novel-the
plot of novel as a whole that eyer-
cises the mind. That is huge difficulty;
one 50 arduous as to have been generally
found by me altogether beyond my
power of accomplishment. Efforts are
made, no doubt-always out in the open
air, and within the precincts of wood,
if O. Who'd be within reach; but to con-
struc} Ia plot so as to know, before the
story begun, how it is to end, has al
ways ben to me labor Of Hercules, be-
yond reach. I have to confess that
nv i dents are fabricated to fit my
incidd 5. wrote anovel once in which
a lady brged will; but / had not my.
self ID tded that she had forged it till
the ch bter before that in which she
confesfs her guilt. In another q lady
is madS to steal her own diamonds-a
grand tour de force, as | thought but
the brilliant idea only struck me when |
was writing the page in which the theft
is dise4bed. / once heard an unknown
critic abuse my workmanship because
certain lady had been made to appear
too frequently in my pages. / went
home aid killed her Immediately. | say
this to bow that the process of thinking
to whi& / am alluding has not gener.
ally sv applied to any great effort OF
const' tion. 1t has expended itself on
the ute ramifcations of tale-tclling;
how young lady should be made to
beha rerself with that young gentle
man. Nv this mother or that father
wouE, 4 affected by the ill conduct or
the +" of a son or a daughter-how
these fords or those other would be
mo I'd ppropriate and true to nature if
us on some special OCCASION. Such
plotting as these, with fabricator of
fiction, are infinite in numberas they are
intinittsimal in Importance and are,
therefore, as l have said, like the sand
of the seashore. But not one of them
can be done fifty without thinking. My
little effort will miss its wished for re-
suit, nnless l be true 10 nature, and 10
be true to nature / must think what na-
ture would produce.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
Born to he Gnillotined.

4 case is shortly to come before the
Paris Assizes which tends to prove that
he who is born to be guillotined may ex-
pose his life with impunity on the most
sanguinary battlefield. Sagnier en-
listed at the outbreak of the Franco
German war in the now famous Ninth
Cuirassiers, quickly rose to be corporal
and took part in the heroic charge made
by that regiment at Woerth. 81 heard
the bullets" he said to the judge, "rattle
like hail on my breast-plate." He was
unhorsed by stab from g bayonet and
finally picked up from among the dead.
As soon as he recovered from his wounds
he took service again, and vas one of the
defenders of Strasbourg. There he was
wounded again by shell splinter, and
after the capitulation of the city he was
sent prisoner to Germany and confined
in the citadel of Breslau. On returning
to France he settled in Paris and be-
came whitesmith. AS he was very in
telligent and clever workman he might
have lived happily and comfortable on
his earnings, but he grew discontented,
his temper soured, he imagined himself
the victim of perpetual prosecutions and
could not resign himself to the mis-
fortune of not having received the Cross
of the Legion of Honor for his bravery
during the war. He took to drinking
absinthe, and his brain thereby became
so much affected that he had to be con-
fined in lunatic asylum. He left it
cured and the doctors who have exam
ined him in connection with the horri-
bic crime to which he has confessed state
that be is quite responsible for his acts.
To come to that crime, here are the facts:
On the 18th of August, last year, about
9 o'clock in the morning, young wo-
man, Nine. Delschaume, was had gone
to the cemetery of St. Ouen to pray at
the tomb of her sister, who suddenly at
tackled by man armed with hammer
as she was kneeling on her sisters grave.
The brute, after knocking her down, trod
her under foot, and finally, after batter
ing her skull with his hammer, left her
weltering in her blood, but not before
having robbed her of cross she wore,
and also of her watch and chain. Two
other ladies had been assaulted and rob
bed in the same cemetery. The polica
at last succeeded in arresting Sagniet
and charged him with all three crimes;
for the two last mentioned he was SEN
fenced to three months imprisonment.
AS for the capital charge, Sagnier ex-
plains it by alleging a fit of madness
brought on by drink. He said:
al went to the cemetery of st. Ouen
with my mechanics hammer to fasten
the cross on the grave of my little daugh-
ter who died recently. had prayed
fervently for her. All at once saw the
cross and watch chain of the kneeling
lady beside me glisten in the sunshine.
A bad thought took possession of my
brain, and 1 struck without knowing
1ybot T did -
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
A Strange Animal,

A strange animal has been discovered
In Berks county, Pa. The "what is it"
is represented to be about four feet tall,
long arms, with but two talon-like fingers
on each paw; feet without toes, burrows
on its head, body smooth and naked,
quite yellow, looking as if it had been
wallowing in clay. Jared Rissmiller
heard of the animal. 1t had run up to-
ward Mr.. Schmehl with extended paws,
and then darted into cornfeld and was
lost to view. The two men then went
in search, and discovered the animal on
the other side of the field lying near the
fence. 1t reared up on its hind legs like
q man. Rissmiller says it is yellowish
brown in color, has no hair, small eyes
and face, arms about fourteen inches
long, legs somewhat longer, the hands
and feet resembling those of a human
being and has two horns on the top of the
head
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
HumbOldt'S Despair,

Alexander Humboldt says in his pcs
thumouS mcmoirc: 81 was not born in
order to be the father of family.
regard marriage as sin, the propagation
Of children Il crime. 1t is my convic-
ton that he is fool, and still more a
sinner, who takes upon himself the yoke
of marriagc-a fool because he thereby
throws away his freedom, without gain
ing a corresponding recompense sim
ner because he gives life to children
without being able to give them the GER
tainty Of Happiness. IAespise humanity
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
Why the Pyramid Was Built.

It was built to supply the Egyptian
public with the means of sliding down
hill in country where snow never falls.
The Egyptian who paid the requisite
entrance fee was allowed to ascend the
pyramid by the staircase, and then to
slide down the polished granite side,
plunging pleasantly and harmlessly into
the sand at the foot. No sleds or other
apparatus are needed. The Egyptian
simply sat down on the warm and COM
Portable granite, and slid down without
any unpleasant friction. Doubtless, this
was fashionable amusement tor both
sexes and all ages, and the builders or
lessees of the Great Pyramid Sliding
Bank must have made good thing out
of il.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
SUNDAY READING.
Science and God.

Professor Tynlall in the Fortnightly kevlew'
r asked to dcduce from the physical
;n+cr,ction of the brain-molcculeS the
least of the phenomena of sensation or
thnrnbt we must acknowledge our help
lCSSncSS.
The mechanical philosopher, as such,
will never place state OF CONSCIOUSNESS
and a group of molecules in the rela-
tinn If mover and moved. In passing
from the one to the other we meet a
blank which the logic Of deduction Is
unable to fill.
Physical considerations do not lead to
the final explanation of all that we 1eei
and know.
We meet problem which transcends
any conceivable expansion OF the powers
which We now possess.
We NAV think over the subject again
and again, but it cludeS all intellectual
presentation.
Having thus exhausted physics and
reached its very rim. 4 mighty mystery
sill looms beyond Us. We have, in fact,
made no Slpp toN iluo no Soie'i''' N
to soar in vacuum when we endeavor
to pass by logical deduction from the
one to the other.
Religious feeling is rs much a verify
as any other part Of human consciousness;
and against it, on its subjective side, the
waves of science beat in VAN.
I could see that his Carlyle'S) con-
tention at bottom always was that the
human soul has claims and warnings
which the physical science cannot satisfy.
1t seemed high time to him Nirchow)
to enter an energetic protest against the
attempts that are made to proclaim the
problems of research as actual facts, and
the opinions of scientists as established
science.
We ought not, Virchow urges, to
represent our conjecture as certainty,
nor our hypothesis as doctrine; this Is
inadmissiblc.
The burden of my writings in this
connection is as much 4 recognition OF
the weakness of science as an assertion OF
strength.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
The Moment of Fear.

Bonaparte lost four aids-de-camps dur
ing the short time he was in Egypt. One
of them, Croisier, appearing to Napo-
leon to lack the proper degree of bold
ness at the proper moment, he burst out
against him in one of his violent and
humiliating attacks of abuse and con-
tempt. The word coward escaped him;
Croisier determined not to survive it.;
he sought death on several occasions,
but did not succeed till the siege Of
Acre. He was in attendance on Napo-
leon in the trenches there, when such a
sharp lookout was kept by the garrison,
that if an elbow or feather showed itself
above or beside them, it was Immediately
grazed by bullet. Croisier watched
his opportunity and jumped upon the
platform. "Come down, I command
you'll" cried Napoleon, in a voice Of
thunder; but it was too late; the victim
of his severity fell at his feet. Murat,
the chivalrous braver of all danger, had
also his moment Of fear, which lost him
the countenance of his general, until
displeasure could no longer resist the
brilliancy of his achievements. it waa
at the siege of AIantua, in the first
italian campaign, that Murat was or"
dcred to take charge of a body of troops
that were making sortie from the gar
rison. He hesitated, and in his confusion
declared himself wounded; he was re-.
moved from the presence of the general,
and in every way discounteuanced. In
Egypt he was sent out ons the most dis
tant and dangerous services; in short,
he more than conquered his character
before the battle of Aboukir, on which
occasion Napoleon himself was obliged
to declare that he was superb. The
brave Marshal Lannes one day severely
reprimandeda colonel, who had punished
a young officer for moment of fear.
"Shat man." said he, ais worse than a
poltroon, who pretends he never knows
fear"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
Railroad Hel0eipede.

\ novelty in the matter of railroad in
ventions is what may be very properly
termed q railroad velocipede. Its weight
is about one hundred pounds, and is
destined solely for the use of the super
visor of the road, to enable him to travel
from point to point for inspection or
other purposes. The vehicle has three
wheels, two Of which run on one rail of
the track and one on the other. 1t hasa
seat for one man, though il might we'll
carry two. 1t is very easily opented,
and is run on almost the exact principle
of the ordinary velocipede. With a
strong, muscular man to move it, it will
make speed of fifteen or eighteen miles
nn hour
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
The Way of Joy.

Now. our Savior, think, meant to
cover the broader and deeper condition
of life. and to, in measure, take it out
of that realm of simple pleasure and the
accidents that bring happiness or misery
tor the moment, and to show it in its
broader relations to the pcrmanence of
jov, a Joy related 70 the life of God.
There is in the world joy that which
may be compared to a fountain that is
ever flowing, that which suggests the
thought of fullncss, of the PERENNIAL, of
the eternal. And now, when we once
think ourselves away from the accidents
of life, from the transitions and circum-
stances that effect our modes and states,
and lift ourselves into the calmer realms
of the contemplation of JOY, we have
then reached field where we can har-
monize all the things in life that we re-
gard us hard, as unpleasant, as severe, and
see that they are not incompatible with
joy.
-" As an example, suppose some OF the
most joyful lives, or the conditions of
life under which much of the abiding
jov in this world should be found, would
be conditions that to the ordinary plea
ure seeker or happiness-hunter, would be
entirely devoid of JOY. You take the
life of mother and father, welded not
only in the forms of law, but in the sane
tity of spirit and in the courts of heav-
en-, welded in all that is deep and sacred,
lifting up an altar, it may be ever so
humble and so poor, kindling the fire and
spreading the table, and gathering about
them little group of children; the
mother toiling and working through all
the beautiful years of younger woman
hood, the father giving his strength to
hard labor clearing out farm, laying
the foundations for little peace and
rest and plenty when the time of age and
feebleness has come the parents deny
ing themselves that their children may
have days in which to study and prepare
themselves for the battle of life; now
there is more solid joy in such life as
that, that which is deep and abiding and
superior, transcedental to circumstances,
than you can conceive of in all this low,
plain of life, where men are condition
ing themselves upon what pleases and
what happens, and if things please they
are pleased, and if things happen so and
so why then they say they're happy. !
tell you that God never intended to pro-
ject human life upon such variations
and uncertainties. He intended that
man should have joy in hardship and in
pleasure"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
WIDOWED.
BY A. B. BOYLE.

She did not sigh for death, nor make sad moan,
Turning from smiles as one who solace Tears,
But filled with kindly deeds the waiting years;
Yet, in her heart OF hearts, she lived alone,
And In her voice there thrilled an undertone
That seemed to rise from souDdess depths OF teass
As, when the sea Is calm, one sometimes heazs
The long. low murmuf Of storm, unknown
Within the sheltered haven where he stands,
While tokens of tempest oyerpast
The changing tide brings to the shining sands;
So on the surface Of her life was cast,
An ever present shadow Of the day,
When love and Joy went hand in hand away.
Scribner for Octobr.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04
Would Do for a Juryman.

Council: "Do you know anything OF
this case%
"No."
"Ever read of it@
"No."
Ever read anything'"
"No."
"What! Never"
"No." [Applause;
"Have you formed any opinion as to
this case?
"No."
Amy opinion about anything?'
ono"
"Never have opinions?'
"No."
"What! Never"
"No." Applause.
"Ever heard 'Pinafore?"
"No."
Groans. Remarks" No wonder he
didn't do it. Sold"
"No sympathy with anything pertain
ing to the public INTEREST,""
mo"
"No information, no knowledge, no
opinions, no taste for reading, no desire
to know what's going on in the world"
None whatever"
sGood. You'lldo fora juryman. You
are accepted"