The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-06-19
TIMELY TOPICS.

1t was recently sa;!, that no new
heather temples "crc now building in
Northwestern India. but 4 missionary
writes home that the people are Z" still
mad on their idols: almost every house
has them; new temples are constantly
being built in honor of these idols, and
the religious bathing places and assem-
fairgrounds are crowded"
In New York city there are dealers.
incrcdiblea as it may sound, who make Il
living by buying broken meat. given rs
aims by tcnder-hcartcd servants to I'M
Fortunate hcggars. These mendicants,
from out Gf their days receipts, select
such Jumps Of meat or half-picked bones
rs will prove salable, and at nightfall
proceed direct to these stores, where they
dispose of their unSavory wares. Then
the scraps from the tables of the rich are
rCSo!d.
\ wealthy old gentleman living in
Berlin fell in love with the young
daughter of poor widow. He wooed
and won the girl, and before the we'd
ding-day arrived, he made will leaving
her all his property, amounting to sew
eral hundred thousand marks. The
marriage was celebrated in brilliant
style, ard the welded pair with their
guests sat down to breakfast. Scarcely
had the feaSting began, when the vener-
able bridegroom dropped his knife. and
sank back in his chair, dead from heart
disease.
Mrs. Jane Grey Swisshelm, in an open
cttcr to the Rush Medical College,
stoutly reaflirms her belief that in the
early part of this century a German Of
Chester county, Pa, acquired and kept
until his death in extreme old age very
widespread reputation for curing hydro
phobia: that he guarded his secret care
fully and always carried his medicine
with him. and it was known to be a root
which he himself procured in the woods.
Ile stewcd a portion of this root in a pint
of sweet milk, which he himself drew
from the COW; stewed it slowly and
stirred for 4 half hour; then gave it to
his patient fasting, I. C., before break
fast; permitted him to take neither food
nor drink, except water, for six hours
after taking the milk. and repeated the
dose on three successive mornings. Upon
the old mans death son sold his recipe
for 81, and it was simply two ounces OF
elecampane root Stewed in n pint OF milk,
and given so that the digestive organs
would have nothing to do but appro-
pirate it.
A remarkable case of lynching has oc-
Cured at Cheyenne, Wyoming. A man
named Dug Reed, who had been guilty
of a crime particularly obnoxious to the
citizens. was taken out of Jail. Then,
with unusual courtesy, the lynchers al
lowed Reed to select the method of death
most agreeable to him; and when he
stated that he would prefer to be hanged,
they went still. further in their courteous
regard for his feelings, and allowed him
to be his own executioner. He took the
rope in his hand. climbed a telegraph
pole, fastened one end around the top,
and formed moose in the other end
through which he passed his head.
Then he made his last dying speech,
which was short, being no more than
Goodbye, boys" and, jumping off,
was launched into eternity.
A coroner's jury, once upon a time,
brought in verdict Of involuntary
suicide" and have been pretty well
laughed at ever since for such an appar..
ent contradiction, but here is well
authenticated case, which would seem to
be perfectly described by that apparently
absurd phrase