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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-20
His First and Last Case.

I studied law once in the Washington
law school. In fact, I was admitted to
the bar. shall never forget MY first
case. Neither will my client. I was
called upon to defend young rlan for
passing counterfeit money. I knew the
young man was innocent, because gave
him the money to pass. Well, there was
a hard feeling against the young man in
the county, and I pleaded for change
of venue. I made great plea tcr it. I
can remember, even now, how fine it
was. It was filed with choice rhetoric
and passionate orstory. Iquoted Kent,
and Blackstone, and Littleton, ard cited
precedent after precedent from the
digest of State reports. I wound up
with tremendous argument, amid the
applause OF all the younger members of
the bar. Then, sanguine of success, I
stood and awaited the judges decision.
It soon came. The judge looked me
full in the face and said:
"Your argument is good, MIR. Per
kins, very good, and I've been deeply
interested in it; and when case comes
up that your argument fits, I shall give
your remarks all the consideration that
they merit. Sit down I"
This is why I gave up the law and re-
sorted to writing for the newspapers -
Ell Perkins.
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And I thought she WIS q widow, and
made love to o:her L. I listened as though
in q dream, andsa deuced unpleasant
one it was, too. I believe he thanked
me, and she praiaed, and he thanked
again, and then they urged me to come
to see them, and she said: Don't for
get Saturday..
Whether I said anything, or whether
I reniained.mute, Is more than I can tell.
T was like ainan asleep, and had to give
myself q good shake to come out OF the
nightmare that was in. When looked
around. she- they. were gone"
! Here Hugh stopped as though he had
finished; but his friend Williams, whose
curiosity was aroused, asked.
"Did you dinesvith her on satur-
"No; I sent aregret."
Have You eyelseen her since"
"No; never. ,
"Whas became Of your "ouvseu's' de
Parish"
"Nell went without them, ss l went
without my English robe"
"You don't mean chat Bhe never sent
them to your
ct never gave her my address, and
she was not supposed to know where I
was"
williams didn't like to ask any more
questions, and Hugh remained quiet for
time. Then rousing himself and get
ting out Of his chair, he said: FL
stI have never made love since, and "
with bitter laugh-"I always avoid
women in deep mourning. And now as
the fire has gone out with my story, I
think we. had better 60 to bed."-
Rarper's Weekly;
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-20
A Dog Thawed Back to Life.

A family residing in the southern part
of the city had pet dog, and said dog
was provided with all the comforts his
canine nature required. But one. day
during the late cold visitation he had
got out of doors without its being dis
covered for some time, and then he was
found on his back and frozen stiff. IN
death, as was naturally supposed. The
lady of the house, on ascertaining the
pets condition, and satisfied of his
death, directed her little son to throw
the body over the fence, when the boy
suggested that they should place it by
the fi-e and try to thaw it back to, life /;
and, placing the apparently defunct
dog on rug, the little son commenced
chatting the paws and nose. The mother,
forcing open the dogs mouth sufficient
", poured down his throat some hot
whisky, and signs of returning anima-
ton began to be manifested, and in due
time the little animal was on his legs
again, and is now, it is claimed, as suc-
cessful live dog as can he found any
where. This may seem rather tough
story, but the head of this family, gen.
tleman well known on change and OF
undoubted veracity, says it Is a fsct.-
ST, Louis Republican.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-20
The Butcher Boy aud the Bakers Girl

It was down in the yeast part OF the
city. He was burly butcher boy-she
was the pie-ous daughter OF German
baker next door, with eyes like currants
and her yellow hair twisted on the back
of her head like huge cruller. They
leaned toward each other over the back
bone of the separating railing. He was
casting sleeps eyes at her, while hers
turned to him with provocating roll:
"Meat me tonight beef-fore quarter
to ien," he said.
"Oh, doughnut ask it, said she.
IT make no bones about it, " said ne.
You're not well. bread" said she. -
"OnIy sweet bread" said he.
"Don't egg me on" said she.
81 never sausage girl. Don't keep
me on tender.hooks !" said he, quite
chopfallen.
"Why don't you wear the dear -four
I gave you? asked she.
"Pork .quoi2" asked he.
"Oh, knead say ?" asked she.
."That don't suet me-" said he.
"You're crusty. I only wanted to
cracker joke" said she. :,
I" You gave me a cut - the cold
shoulder" said he.
"Ah. YOU don't loaf me |" sighed she.
"Veal see. I cleave to you and no
mis-steak-if you have money" said ne.
."I can make abundance" said she:
"Then no more lamb-entations, said
he. You shall he my rib !!
"Wen done !" said che. ...
And their arms embraced Like q
pretzel. So his cake was not all dough;
she likes man OF his kidney; and be-
ing good livers, they will no doubt live
on the fat of the land. This world is 9
queer jumble, but love seems "bread
in the bone"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-20
An Eagle ,arries OF q Pig.

For several days past the resident
farmers in the northwestern portion OF
this county have marked the presence
of an eagle skimming the heights In
their neighborhood, and Mr.. Stringer,
Tarrant county knight of the gun, an9-
ious to capture this king of birds, shoul-
dered his fowling-piece yesterday morn
ing and laid for the bird on the open
prairie, at point about two miles north:
west of the town, where small herd OF
young pigs were innocently grazing on
the green sward. The bird came soar
ing along, and when point had been
reached nearly perpendicular to the head
of the swine, as it were, the old "Na-
tional" swooped down and around the
surface of an inverted imaginary pyra-
mid, and. sinking its talons deep into
the interior composition Of a thirty
pound pig, started heayenward. The
ascension WAS tedious and slow, and
gave ample time for Stringer to draw q
bead, and when a height of thirty or
forty feet had been reached he banged
away and bored q hole clean through
our American monstrosity. The pig and
eagle tumbled tolerably we'll together to
the surface dead.-Fort Worth
(Ter1s) Democrat.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-20
Theories REGARDING a Fire.

The other day when a house on Fifth
street took FIRE and was saved by the
firemen in damaged condition, they BET
about trying todiscover the cause OF the
accident, and in go doing questioned
various inmates Of the family. The head
of the house had his theory all ready.
cit is my opinion" he began, "that
some enemy Of mine climbed to the roof
and emptied Goals on the shingles"
The idea was laughed at and the wife
said: .''
"Well, there was lamp up stairs, but
it was not lighted. Now if the rats got
hold OF matches and tried TO light that
lamp they would just as quick throw o
lighted match on the bed as to blow it
out. I don't say they set the house a:fire
on purpose, but you know how careless
rats are" r.. ---js 81 -.
That theory didn't hold with the fire.
men and the Oldest daughter was called
upon. 1 -....
,r.I expect it was spontaneous com.
bustion," she began. :You see In my
room up stairs, whore the fire broke out,
tQer6 WIS uOl6 Ill Luc SulL2uOys = uAoA
like the smoke coming in my room and
80 I stuffed the hole full of straw. 1t
may be that the straw and the mortar
and the bricks causedspontaneous com.
bustion."
The firemen were about to accept her
theory when the small boy OF the family
came up and said: ..,,,
ct know all about it. Ye see, Bill
Smith he Was on the shed a.heavin'
snowballs at dogs. Tom, the feller with
one arm, was in the barn playin' with
my goat. That Turner gal she was on
the fence out there calm US names, and
her mother had the clothes line and was
tryin' to lasso stick Of wood of a wagon
in the alley. I went down cellar to see
if my mud. turtle lad got away, and was
Jest t,yin' to set the cat on him when l
heard father fall down stairs and mother
give q yell, and that's how the house got
a.ire, and now I won't have to 90 to
school for six weeks. ."-Detroh Free
Pres8.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-20
4 Strange Bequest.

Mr.. John r. Reed is the gas man and
captain of the supernumeraries at the
Walnut street theater in Philadelphia,
where he has served for fifty.four years
without being absent from one perform
ance. He has made awill in which is
this provision: "My head shall be
severed from my body, and my body
shall be placed in q vault, but the head
ehall be brought to the Walnut street
theater, there to be used as the skull In
Hamlet and I do bequeath my head
to the said Walnut street theater for that
purpose" When asked his reason for
making such bequest, he said "Well.
I love the theater, and when the bad
Hamlets come round I'll prompt them
on the grave scene. But, seriously, 1
want my head to stay on this stage,
where il hns, with my hands, done GER
vice for over half century"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-20
A Temperance Movement in New York.

The immense extent OF intemperance
among our business ranks, says New
York correspondent, has startled think.
ing men with deep alarm. The habit
has reached such an extreme as to
threaten general destruction, and hence
the present deep consciousness of the
need of reform. To place young man,
indeed, in the New York business COM
munity, is to subject him to fearful
temptation, since the motto OF the day
seems to be "everybody drinks" The
new temperance movement is intended
to meet this appalling danger. Hence
the pledge is not to drink during busi-
ness hours, and also neither to give nor
accept "treats." It is also proposed
that some drinks be provided which are
not of an Intoxicating nature. This
recalls the fact that there was a time
when the word "coffee-house" was
a reality. At present, however, it is
synonymous with barroom. Perhaps
New York business men, like the mer-
chants and wits OF London in old times,
may eventually limit themselves to cof-
fee and tea, but before this can be done
the fierce excitement which marks their
operations must be abated.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-20
California's Latest Marvel.

The Tuolumne (Cal.) Independent
says: GA. Gardner has discovered q
mammoth cave in the dividing rldge
between the south branch and main
Ssanislaus rivers, two miles above the
junction and one mile northerly from
Pine Log, at an elevation Of about l. 800
feet above the river. The discovery was
made under the following very peculiar
circumstances, in which an insignificant
suuirfel figures very conspicuously: On
the LIST Of December, 1878. Gardner says
he was engaged in working his placer
claim, which is distant 300 feet from the
entrance of the cave. A squirrel perched
itself upon q tree near by, and com.
menced to chatter and spit acorn shucks
at him. This he considered challenge
to fight it out on that line. 30 he re-
paired to his cabin, armed himself with
O double shotgun, marched out
and faced his diminutive antagonist.
The fight opened with spirited shr.
mish Of both parties, and ended after
Gardner had fired seven rounds at his
squirrelship-the seventh just as his
little tormentor was disappearing in the
dark recesses of a crevice In the ledge
above his claim. He pursued it to its
retreat, and then commenced searching
in the crevice to discover, IT possible,
the hiding.place Of his vanquished foe,
but failed. The search, however, re-
suited in the discovery Of the greatest
natural wonder in the county, and per-
hars in the State, as future develope
ments in that direction may prove, in it's
class. So closes the history OF its dis
covery. It is adorned with decorations
of dazzling beauty, unsurpassed In char
acter on the Pacific slope. The entranc-
to the cave is situated at the base OF q
bluff, and eighty feet above the gulch,
and access is had through q creyice in
the ledge, three feet in width by six feet
in length. Descending by ladder ten
feet, you reach the floor Of an inclined
archwsy, dipping at an angle OF thirty.
five degrees, from twenty to thirty feet
in height by thirty feet in width. De-
scending the incline, which is 100 feet
in length, we reach the foor Of the
grand archwsy, from forty to sixty feet
in height, varying in width from twenty
to thirty feet, from which radiate scores
of similar archways, leading to spacious
chambers, with their lofty ceilings
draped with brilliant stalactites, that
glitter and sparkle in the light Of q lamp
like gems Of ocean waves Of which We
read. The floors and walls Of this sub
terraneous hall are entirely coated with
stalagmites, pure crystalisation. We
can best describe this crystal formation
in this wise: For instance, it resembles
in makeup and appears to the vision
like sheet of snow lying loosely in
large fakes on q pane Of glass: We
visited, under guidance Of the discov-
erer. many large chambers, of which the
grandeur aid briliancy baf1e descrip-
ton. -Our rambles through the subter-
raneous archways continued for four
hours" ---'-
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-20
The Labor OF Cutting Leaves.

One of the minor miseries of human
life is the necessity that is laid upon the
readers of magazines, and OF divers
weekly, monthly and other journals, OF
cutting the leaves thereof. The amount
of time consumed in this search after
hidden treasure, and of force expended
therein, is no mean consideration IN
these utilitarian days. The literature
of the world in all the classes which we
have mentioned, reducing quarterlies,
bi.monthlies and weeklies to monthlles,
cannot be less than 2, 900, 600 copies a
month. Not less than ten leaves to
CODY may be deemed fair average:
The cutting of each OF these 2,OO0, 0,0OO
publications requires at least five min.
ntes. This, as simple calculation Will
show. is something like twenty years for
each month, or 240 years in each year.
In cutting the leaves OF the ordinary
magazine, the hand travels at least
twenty feet. For 100000 magazines
this is 4O,000,000 feet, nearly S,0OO
miles month, and $4,000 miles year
-four times around the globe-a dls-
tance greater than the railroad mileage
of the United States. Prof. Ralfe says
that "the ordinary external mechanical
work" done by an adult weighing lou
pounds amounts to 300 foot tons i3oot tons
fitted one foot) daily. In pile driving a
man lifts the equivalent of BIZ foot tons
in eight hours; in turning wrench, S74
foot tons. But this magazine. cutting
neoessitates an expenditure of 240 years,
or 81, 600 days, which at 300 foot tons
dsy. makes &c, ,2sO, ,OOO-a sum total that
makes the tonnage Of the Erie canal ana
the trunk lines sink into insignlhcance.
-Brooklyn Union-Argus.
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seThs Highland Beauty"

In an artiale on .tCoasting," by U. A.
Stephens, III Yo,stRs Companion, a de-
scription is given Of the different kinds
of sleds used in this winter sport. The
writer describes one sled in particular.
thus: .S -,
Probably the finest double-runner
ever seen in this country, or any country,
was 1nade by DR.: Fowler, Of Boston
Highlands, and iss now the property OF
Mr.. Francis Alger, Of South Boston.
The construction o. this really beautiful
pleasure carriage (or it seems hardly
proper to call It q sled) has occupied it's
makers leisure time for three and a
half years. It wasplaced on exhibition
at the recent mechanics g fair IN Boston,
where it attracted mach attention. o..
It is oyer thirteenjfeet in length, will
seat ten persons, and weighs three hun
dred and fifty pouIds. Yet it moves so
easily that two OK three boys can readily
draw il up hill. I a
The materials oil which It is made are
white oak, white walnut. steel, gun
metal and bronze hough highly orna-
mented, it is built the very strongest
manner, and will .8daI .tand years
yet wonderfully, std long, steel-shod and
steel-braced sled lpport the elegant
"seat- board" WI with it's foot-rail
on each side andr shed hand.rods, is
strongly trussed,. and cushioned in
green velvet oveei, Fstic rubber tubing.
At the forwareu b OF the seat-board
are the steering,hd bel, the lanterns and
the foot break. The steering wheel,
which resembles the plated brake OF q
drawing-room car, turns the forward
sled upon q rocker, provided with what
is termed q universal Joint, while by
means of q foot brake and chain, two
strong steel points, working inside the
runners of the hind sled, are plunged
into the road-bed, thus arresting the
speed at will.
At the rear end of the cushioned seat
there is low "mee-board for a
footman, whose business it may be to
start off the vehicle when the silvery
stroke OF gong shall give the signal to
Taken altogether this double-runner
is remarkable piece Of work. not only
for costliness and strength, but for sym
metry and elegance. It has evidently
been made by man who has devoted
himself to the task con an,ore. 1t does
the eye good to look at it, and it has
been very happily christensd "The
Highland Beauty" The cost is said to
have been about Thousand dollars. -.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-20
ADHERTlsING RATES:
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Twins ara the parapets of a house.

Twins are the parapets of house. 3
Home stretch-Over a mothers knee.
Dress reform-Turning silk dress.
Afare proposition" Ticket, please
Boston's population ls given at 87S,-
$40.
1t is safer..to bear hug than TO hug q
bear.
Capt. E1um Saint is .omber OF the
legislature Of Indiana.
DR.. Carver, the marksman, and his
wife, have gone to England.
In japan the landlord receives one
sixth the produce of the land.
More men worry and fret themselves
crazy over taxes than over love.
Some wasps sting twenty-four hours
after they have been cut in two.
Science enumerates 55S species OF or
ganic forms in the air we breathe.
Laborers' wages during the thirteenth
century were fifty cents per week.
OPTICIANS are well-behaved men and
never make spectacles of themselves.
The gradual mode Of seasoning is the
most favorable to the strength and dura
bility of timber.
"Postponed on account Of the wether,
as the boy said when the ram chased him
out of the orchard.
The Arkansas wild grapevine is gath.
cred and shipped to France to be used
for grating stock.
Felicity is not acquired with facility.
Neither is foothold on the outside OF q
slippery pavement.
What is the difference between Grim
inal and windfall fruit? One is q felon
and the other fell of.
It is well to remember that repeated
shocks Of. electricity will revive q person
diving from an overdose of chloroform.
What is the difference between sue.
cessful lover and his rival. The one
kisses his miss, and the other misses
his kiss. '...
The most stupendous canal In the
world is in China, which is over 1000
miles long, and passes through forty
two c1tles.
The leg of q " Granther Graybeard
(which is species OF spider) retains its
vitality one or two days after being sew
cred from the body.
The Atlanta Constitution estimates
that during the past two seasons the
farmers of Georgia have paid out
$4,000, 600 for mules.
There was young man Of Palmyra,
Sat down alongside Of bis Myra;
They had just doused the gltm
When the parent came In.
And the young man achieved his hegira-
Burlington ;Rarkeye.
During the year 1873 the business
transacted at the Oil City Oh ea'
change aggresa.eeh 7s 450. coo RafEess;.
The average price was 81 l74 psepakfeA:
which would make the value Of the totaf
transactions $S9, 450, 900. -
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the rise in Germany and Austria. Vi
emma and Berlin newspapers have agen-
cies for such purposes, and the busl-
ness, reported to be profitable, ls car
ried out on cash basis. --...
Mrs. Mary Holbrook, who died in
Massachusetts, few days ago., aged
ninety.three years, was q remarkable
woman. When seventy-fve years old
she tegan the manufacture OF tides,
which found ready sale in Boston, and
were 80 much sought for that she was
obliged to employ several old ladies to
do the coarser work, while she filed In
the finer parts with her own hands In
this way, up to her ninetieth year, she
netted $6, 900 from her sales.
The City of Mexico is lazy place, ac-
cording to q Chicago Times correspond
emit, who accompanied the visiting
committee from the United States.
"The hotels are languid, he says; 30
are the restaurants, the theaters, the
public offices and the barber shops.
The business houses have an air Of per
petual waiting upon Providence. The
clerks act like weary anglers looking
patiently for rise A generation OF
American enterprise might revolution
ize all this and rouse the metropolis
from her trance" -. 49,
Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perces In
dams, when in Washington, was asked
what, of all the works of civilization
seen in his first trip to the East, had
impressed him the most. It Was e1-
peoted that he would name the capitol,
but hs replied, without moments hes
itation, that the most wonderful thing
he had ever seen or dreamed of WAS the
bridge over the Mississippi river at st.
Louis. He could build mountain OF
stone Like the capitol, he said, but he
could not build spiders web that
would stand alone in the air. He was
afraid to cross it; but he saw that the
pale faces were not afraid, so he wrapped
his blanket around him and trembled as
the train went over. "
This story is told in Rome letter to
French journal: One morning Leo
XIII. WAS about to eat some raw eggs,
as is his wont every morning, and re-
quested Commander Sterbini, the gen.
tleman serving him, to bring some salt
to take with them. Sterbini, present
ing the salt cellar on solid silver tray,
accidentally let it slip from his
hands, and the salt fell-but only on the
table, The pope rose Immediately,
carefully looking to see whether any OF
The grains had reached the ground.
Only see" be said, "the salt is upset,
and had it fallen on the ground l be.
lieve should not have got over to day."
he then took out pocketbook and
noted the fact, observing at the same
time that "we shall see whether we
shall not have the loss of some beloved
cardinal to dsplore before long" Nine
days after, She sad news OF Cardinal
Asquini's death reached the vatican.
and the pope, handing to Sterbini h's
pockethook, requested him to read
aloud to those around the note, he had
made nine days before. Then breaking
the silence, he said, "Had the salt
been scattered on the floor instead OF
upon the table, as was the case, verify
I believe should be standing now be-
fore the judgment seat" -- 3D. =.
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A lawyer, badgering witness, said
sternly: "I believe, sir, you have served
q sentence in the State prison :" 1" Yes, |"
was the unconcerned reply, IT. was in
the State prison, and I had the misfor-
tune to occupy the cell your brother had
had"