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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08
Proper Size of the Human Form.

The proper proportions OF the human
form, as laid down by the best authorities,
are as follows: The height should be ex-
actly equal to the distance between the tips
of;the middle fingers OF either hand when
the arms are fully extended. Ten times
the length Of the hand, or seven and halt
times the length of the foot, or five times the
diameter Of the chest, from one armpit to
the other, should also each give the height
of the whole body. The distance from the
junction OF the thighs to the ground should
be the same as from that point to the crown
OF the head The knee should be precisely
midway between the same point and the
bottom of the heel. The distance from the
elbow to the tip OF the middle finger should
be the same as from theelbow to the middle
line OF the breast. From the top of the
head to the level OF the chin should be the
same as from the level of the chin to that
of the armpits, and from the heel to the toe.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08
4 MOhammedan Funeral in Africa,

4 correspondent of the Springfield Re
publican writes from Tunis: "Yester-
day / saw Mohammedan funeral pass
ing through the streets. My attention
was first attracted to it by hearing n
murmur of many voices approaching
from the distance. The sound was un-
like anything l ever heard before. Soon
there appeared two or three hundred
Arab men crowding through the narrow
street. all joining in singing or chanting
q song for the dead. In the midst Of
them several Arabs bore upon their
shoulders bier like Il crib. The bot
tom of it was covered over with Turk
ish or Tunisian rug, on which was
stretched the body of the dead Arab,
enveloped in what appeared to be Il
Persian shawl. / would have followed
after the procession, but was told that
none but a Mohammedan was allowed
to witness the burial ceremony. Old
residents of Tunis tell me that the final
act of depositing the body in mother
earth is Il most strange and novel pro-
cedure. The Arabs have 4 superstition
that rs soon as the new-made grave is
ready fer its occupant the evil spirits at
once take possession of it. 10 drive
them out, they resort to all manner of
strange devices. The most eflicacious,
and the one usually resorted to, is based
upon the beliefof the devils fondness for
gold, and that money is the root of all
evil AS soon rs the body is placed by
the side of the grave the medicine man
or saint exercises the devil, and signi-
ties by signs that his satanic majesty
with all his imps are in the grave below.
The nearest relative ofthe deceased, who
is prepared for the emergency, takes from
his pocket a handfll of small gold, silver
or copper coins, according to his wealth,
which he throws in the distance as flr
rs possible rs if he was sowing grain.
The evil spirits are believed to scramble
after it, and while picking it up the
body is hustled into the ground rs quick
ly rs possible, and the stones and earth
are placed over it, before the cloven-
footed money hunters can return"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08

down the old wood they might be re-
warded by 4 new growth. A good rich
soil is quite as essential us pruning; also
moisture and sunshine. l lave seen peo-
ple who became discouraged because
their new rose plants dropped their
leaves. No matter how green the stalk,
they exclaim: my rose bush is dead )"
and by neglect they soon kill it. Had l
pursued the same course, several OF my
choice plants, that have yielded lovely
roses two months after setting out, would
lave been q failure. So long as there is
life in the stalk there is hope that it will
put forth and bud.-M. d. W., IN TICKS
Magazine.
DR.. Simon, a physician of Lor-
rainc, in France, states that rs
soon as the characteristic eliminating
point of a boil makes it appearance, lie
puts in Il saucer q thimbleful Of camph-
GRATED alcohol, and, dipping the ends OF
his fingers into the liquid, rubs the in.
famed surface, especially the central
portion, repeating the operation eight or
ten times, continuing the rubbing at
each time for about halfa minute. lie
then allows the surface to dry, placing {,
slight coating of camphorated olive oil
over the inflamed surface. He states
that one such application will, in most
all cases, cause boils to dry up and dis
appear. The application should be
made morning, noon and in the evening.
He AYERS that the same treatment
will cure whitlows, and all injuries Of the
tips of the fingers. AS soon as pain and
redness appear, the fingers should be
soaked for ten minutes in camphorated
sweet oil. The relief is said to be I'M
mediate, and three applications are gen.
orally enough to effect cure.-Old
PdDer
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08
A Drunken Deer.

1t is stated by IN authority that the
decr-at any rate the French decr-for
all his amiable qualities gets drunk.
But only ut this time of the year. He
then throws himself with avidity'
Juice which ferments in his stomach and
intoxicates him to such an extent that
he strays from his usual haunts and
follows his nose THUS it came to
pass that II deer in liquor was dis.
covered by peasant, also in liquor,
lying dead drunk in q ditch on the
road to the village Of Queuc-en- -Bric.
The peasant, delighted at the godsend,
tied the deer's legs together with 4
handkerchief, and, having hOisted the
animal on his shoulders, prepared to
carry him off. The deer, reused from
his drunken sleep by this treatment, be-
came so troublesome that the peasant,
who was of an inventive turn, took off
his blouse, passed it over the deer's
head and improviSed by means of it a
sort of strait jacket, which paralyzed
the beasts movements. He had just
finished these intelligent proceedings
when he perceived two gendarmes, W ho,
without more ado, requested to be fur
nishcd with his name and address, in
view of legal proceedings. In the mean
while the deer, whose feet had been un-
tied, scampered off, little embarrassed
by the blouse, to his doe and family,
whose CONSERVATION at his strange ap-
pearancc may be readily imagined. He
probably had II bad time of it when he
reached his own quarters, while the
peasant had TO reckon with the legal
authorities. Thus we see how deer, rs
well rs man. got into trouble through
drink.-PW Mall Gazette.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08
A Governors Arrest as n Horse Thief

It is related that while Thomas Mann
Randolph was Governor ofNirginia, lie
was once arrested within few hundred
yards of his home, in this county, and
carried prisoncrto his own house. The
story is to the following effect: The
governor was on Il visit to his own
home, and finding that the fencing on
his plantation was pulled down and
burned by wagoners passing along from
the Valley to Richmond, he determined
to detect and punish them. One evening
he observed party 90 into camp on the
roadside, and after dark he strollcd down
to point where he could conveniently
watch them. lie staid out all night, but
the wagoners made no dcpredations on
his fences. In the early morning, how
ever, when they were about to kindle
the fires to prepare breakfast, they
started out to gather up what fuel they
might find for that purpose, when they
spied man sitting on the fence short
distance ahead.
Now, it appears that short time be-
fore, Governor Randolph had issued his
proclamation, offering a reward for the
capture Of an escaped horsSSthief, and
the wagoners, who had seen the dcS-
cription of the convict, thought they
discovered a close resemblance between
the man on the fence and the escaped
fclon. So thoroughly satisfied were they
hat they would receive the reward for
his arrest that they approached and an
nouunccd that he was their prisoner.
One of them proposed, rs he cracked his
wagon whip, to give him thrashing and
then let linn go, but his companion pro-
tested that it was proper to ascertain
whether he was the guilty party before
inficting the punishment, and proposed
to take him to the residence of Governor
Randolph, which was near by, and get
his advice. Accordingly, they marched
their prisoner up to the house, and
knocking mt the front door, n servant
made his appearance, of whom they in
quired:
"Is your master at home?"
The servant opened his eyes in aston
ismncnt ut the inquiry, and replied,
pointing to the governor:
"That'S mastcr!"
1t is said that the governor then
promptly confirmed the statement of the
servant. and joined heartily in the laugh
that followed. lie then told the man
who had proposed to whip him without
the opportunity of defense to remain
outside and he would send him refresh
mcnts, ut the same time unbuttoning his
coat, exposing q pair of pistols, and re-
marking that he should certainly have
used them had IN attempt been made to
carry the threat of castigation into OK:
ccution. The other wagner he invited
in to Join him in hot breakfast. st.-Char-
lottcStiNc (a.) Chronicle.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08
Wrenched and Rncked

BY the pangs Of rheumatism, the joints event
ually become gricvously distorted, and some
times assume an almost grotesque deformity.
To prevent such results by simple and agree
able means is certainly the part OF wisdom. A
tendency to rheumatic ailments may be sue
ccssiully combatted with Hostettcr's Stomach
Bitters, n medicine with the prestige Of long
and successful career, of unbounded popularity,
and OF emphatic professional Endorsement. 1t
removes from the blood those inflammatory
onI"a of r,,arn'o,sp, nnJ 9nt o,,i,. ,,,;aos tho
life current, but cnrichcs it, promoting vigor
by tertlizng its source. Digestion, the action
of the bowels and the secretion of the bile, are
aided by it, and it impcls the kidneys and blad-
der to q regular and active performance of
their functions: 1t is besides thoroughly
reliable remedy for, and means Of preventing,
periodic tcyers.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08
Jokes from French Papers.

At the Police Court.-Judge-Your
age?
Woman-Just what you like.
Judge-Tery we'll, forty-:ive; your
profession?
Woman-Pardon your honor; you're
ten wears out of the way at the very least.
Judge-Well, fifty-five, you like.
oman-But / swear, your honor, |
amt day over thirty-iivc.
Judge-Therc, you have answered my
question at last.
There is museum of curiosties where
visitor saw two tongues, q big and a
little one, under glass.
WHO do them there tongues belong
to?'
The biggest one was the tongue of
King Louis XIV
And whose was the little feller's:?'
That was Louis Fourteenth's when
he was boy
He entered the grocery store, said not
word, but allowed his cane to swing
to and fro exactly rs the pendulum Of a
clock. The grocer only said: mo; we
sell nothing on tick" and the man with
he cane passed sadly and silently out.
A young person at concert conscien-
tiously sang, so as to set your teeth on
edge, the fine air:
Il sing well when he is near
An impatient listener arose and said,
in II loud voice:
1t would appear that he has not yet
arrived
A painter is carrying 4 portrait to the
salon, all finished but the head. Is that
portrait of cabinet oilicer?' Yes,
said the painter; but they change SC
often l haven't had chapcc to put Il
head on him.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08

GAS SIAM."-Generai Grant quietly
asked the King of Siam if lie would resign
and accept position in his next cabinet.
The king rolled his eyes round toward the
general in an incredulous manner, and,
changing his "Jackson's Best" to the
other side of his mouth, said, II guess ]
am well enough rs Siam. ~ Lcaciston
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08

and, never-no, never-roll them. one
fruitful cause of death among editors
printers and proofreaders would be re-
moved. The manuscript that brings JOY
to the sanctum is that which is written
on half sheets of note paper, sent fiat, in
an envelope of suitable size.-Bosto,a
Transcript.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08
l,0nincal SOlicitude.
ing in a railroad car

Riding in railroad car:
Husband-You are quite comfortable,
dear?
Wife-Yes, love.
Husband-The cushions are easy and
soft. ducky?
Wife-Yes, darling.
Husband-You don't feel any jolts,
pet?
Wife-No, sweetest.
Husband-And there is no draught or
my lamb, is there, angel?
Wifc-No, my ownest own.
Husband-Then change seats with
me-
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08

-Four hundred Kentucky mules, for
the use of the British troops in South
Africa, have been shipped from New
York.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08

A laundering Dubuque printer calmly
alludes to an attorney-at;jaw.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08
Messengers KOmicalitiGs.

Lockport's new mayor is feather weight
lone Pound.
A lover of a certain cut of beefsteak is
like plucky prize-fghter, always ready
for another round.
The most economical man is reported as
living in the second ward. He took a
bung.hole 10 the cooper to have barrel
made around it.
An exchange asks: "Why do he horns
OF COW grow up and the tail down" We
suppose it is because the horns do not grow
down and the tail does not growup If this
is not the answer we give it up.
A Roman SAYS he has figured out the
cause of the failures that overtake business
men. When he went to school he was
taught that the world was the shape OF an
orange.-round, but little tlattencd at the
poles lie says that is where the trouble
lies. If the world had not been llattencd
at the poles everything would have gone on
all right.
4 painter, who had already put seven
coats of paint on the walls demonstrated
with the lady OF the house because she
wanted him to put on another coat just to
change the tint little. "Why not put on
more?" she said. "What will lie the
harm?" "Wcll, madam, if you keep on,
you will take up all the room with paint,
and then YOU will have no space for your
furniture" Butshe insisted, and at last ac-
counts he was still painting. .---Rom: Sentinel.
A Cornish miner WAS recently found dead
in mine, and was duly buried. A neigh
Dor of the deceased the next night dreamed
that gentleman in carriage and pair
had driven up to the house of the mother
OF the deceased, and said her son was not
dead, but had been buried alive. The
dream being noised about, the next night
seven or eight men went to the graveyard,
dug up the coffin, and carried it to chapel
They unscrewed The coffin lid and there was
the body OF their comrade apparently still
living and breathing. So convinced were
they of this that ihey set him up, and while
some attempted to revive him by stimulanls
and friction, others ran off to the nearest
surgeon, two miles distant. The surgeon
arrived, and examined the body amid great
excitement, and then stated that the man
was dead, and had been dead some days.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08

Prices Of the Mason and Hnmlin Organs are
somewhat more than those of the poorest or
guns made; but they are not much more, while
the quality is vastly superior. This has been
so thoroughly proved by the results at all great
worlds eSpositions for many years that it is no
longer IL question. AT the prices, they are the
clenncst Crrans offered
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08
A Word tc the CorpuIcnt.

Instead of regarding obesity us IN abnormal
condition, many people have enormously con-
sidcrcd it rs an evidence of health, and any
agent that reduces fit is therefore ut once sus-
pectcd of being injurious. Starting to reason
from the false position that int is an evidence
OF health, it is not surprising that they should,
very naturally, tall into the error Of supposing
that an agent possessing properties capable OF
reducing aorpulency would prove injurious 10
the health. Reasoning, however, from the
rational basis, that IN undue deposition of fat,
constituting obesity, is not n healthy bat n
morbid condition, it is quites natural for us
to arrive Mt the opposite corr usion, which is
sustained by experience and oservntion, /. e.,
that the reduction OF fat i'm ses Of corpulency
is invariably followed by II Improvement oil
strength, spirits and physit..l comforts. Allan's
Anti-Fat will reduce Il fat person from two 10
five pounds week. Sold by druggists.
1t is astonishing with what rnpidity ulcerous
sores Und cruptivc maladies are cured by
Henrys Carbolic Salvc, an external antidote
to unhealthy conditions Of the skin, which is
preferred by physicians to every other prepaln-
ton containing the curbolc clement. 1t is
undoubtedly the finest antiseptic and purifier
extant it acts like charm on purulcnt erup-
tons, and has also been successfully used for
rheumatism and sore throat. All druggists
sell il.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08

To Farmers and Fruit Growers.
We are requested to sny that the American
Dricr Co., Chambcrsburg, Pa, will send n cata-
logue OF tho new process Of fruit evaporation
free. Nearly 100 first premiums awarded it in
1878. Prices, markets and buyers Of evapo-
rated fruit etc etc
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08

Coughs and colds are often overlooked. A
continuance for any length Of time causes irri-
tation of the lungs or some chronic throat dis
ease. "Brown's Bronchial Troches" are an
cffcctual cough remedy. Twenty-Five cents.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-08


Cultivating Roses.
I have for several years cultivated n
few choice roses. Last spring | added
twenty to the number, and nearly all Of
them ! set out in three and four inch
pots. In June | plunged these into the
soil of my flower garden; two of my
older roses and three of my new ones,
however. were planted directly in the
soil. All these roses were of the ever
blooming sort. One of the three new
roses that were set in the ground, and
only one, grew more luXuriantly and
bloomcd more abundantly than those in
the pots. 1t was that charming rose
Bon &ienc. 1t gave me six roses in mid
summer, and then Il new shoot Sprang
up from the roots, grew very rapidly,
and put forth three buds, and 4 branch
put forth two more, so in the autumn |
had five roses (cleven in alD on that tiny
bush. After potting and removing to
the house in October. let it rest Il few
weeks and then cut off nearly all of its
leaves; from the shoot referred to [ re-.
moved every one. At this time, two
weeks later, there are vigorous shoots
more than an inch long, with buds al
ready peeping forth, where l cut off the
leaves.
Several years ago was forced to strip
my bushes Of their leaves, not knowing
then how otherwise to get rid Of the
aphis, though ] have since proved the
virtues Of helleborc. Soon after thus de-
spelling the plant. it would repay my
harslncss by putting forth new shoots ut
the leaf joints, crowded with buds.
Some people are so careful of their bar
rem rose plants that not leaf must be
cut off. not Il branch pruned so that they
have naughtbut the unsightly bush to
! care for, whereas, if they would cut
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-02
Happiness for Man.

The late Rev, DR.. Putnam wrote, on
his last birthday, to friend, the follow
ing touchingly beautiful description of
the state Of feeling in which he saw his
end approaching. It is worthy of being
preserved as one of the most perfect pic
lures of patient serenity that the Ian GU
age affords:
There are two kinds Of happiness for
man. The first and best is work useful,
unimpeded work. This is the highest.
It gives sense Of life and growth.
With reasonable success, it is Gods beet
boon. The second is rest. When the
powers flag, and the work cannot be done,
to sit still and think and remember and
hope. This last kind am trying, and
succeed in it. I enjoy life about as we'll
as ever did. I get reconciled to doing
nothing. I miss the bounding delight Of
exertion, but escape the partial sense of
failure the haunting feeling that I do
not quite come up to the mark-and the
anxious uncertainty about future efforts.
l sit waiting. Friends are kind, children
good, and the world goes fairly we'll with
me. l think, on the whole, never liked
living better. The summer is beautiful.
I wait for winter, and for summer
again if it comes, with placid expectation,
but shall not be disappointed if it do no
come. Then 1 shall have the great be-
yond instead !. My cup is full. Prov.
ldence is kind. If I am dying, it is
euthanasia.
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AERevOlutiOn Indeed.

During slavery I owned one
of the blacklist as we'll as meanest negro
men in South Arkansas. BE was known
in the neighberhood as Grow Sam.
used to trash Sam about twice a week.
Steal he'd steal from himself and then
deny it. Well, when the war came on he
was one of the first to turn against me.
He went into the army and served till
the surrender. After peace was made,
moved over into an adjoining county and
went to work, trying to repair my broken
fortune. One day negro that had
working for me knocked down one of my
horses, which so enraged me that I struck
him several times with my cane. He
went away and returned with constable,
who summoned me to appear next day
before magistrate. Officers were not
quite so mum erous then as now, and the
magistrates office was several miles away.
Well, sir, when got there who should I
see on the bench but old Grow Sam. He
was fat and greasy, and had on an enor-
nous pair ofspectacles. When every thing
had been made ready Court was opened,
and old Sam, giving me searching look,
remarked:
'sPears that I've seed you afore.:'
"Look here, SAM" I said, II don't like
to be mixed up this way. Try to settle
this affair without malice"
Ode law is gwine to hab its direck
course" said Sam. s'Things hab kinder
changed since we was in business togeth-
er, but de principle Of de niger haven't
revoluted. Dis niger is big a rascal as
I used to be, so, Mars John, I'll discharge
you, finging de black ape in de cost. y
Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette.
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mo More Sea-"

Aye, artists come to paint it; and writer's, to
put in a book
How grand in storm, and fair in calm, the old
North Sea can look,
pve wondered to hear them talking, how to
mimic in music or song,
The voice that thrills the broouing air with its
thunder low and long;
Since never aught but itself, I wot, could
sound like its angry roar,
When its breakers rise to the east winds call,
to crash on the rocky shore.
But rough or smooth, in shade or shine, the
face of the mighty main
Can speak of little else to me, but memory,
fear, or pain.
Father and husband, and bold bright boy, it
has taken them one by one;
shall lie alone in the churchyard there, when
my weary days are done.
God never sent me maiden BARN, to stay by
So sit by the restless tides alone, by the grave
of all my past;
By the waves so strong and pitiless, that have
drowned lifes Joy for me,
And think of 'the land where all shall meet,
the land Whele is no more sea.''
Yet cannot rest in meadow or fell, or the
quiet inland lanes,
where the great trees spread their rustling
arms over the smiling plains.
I can't draw breath in the country, all
Swallowed, and green, and dumb
The want OF the sea is at my heart, hear it
calling Come"
hearken, and rise, and follow; perhaps my
Where the bright Shells shells CLEAN, and the fishes
dart mid sea-weeds' tang giles fair.
Will find me best, if still on earth, when the
Angels trump is blown,
On the sand reach, or the tall cliff side, ere
we pass to the great White Throne.
So Summer and Winter, all alone, by the
breakers lip l wait.
Till see the red light flush the clouds, as He
opens the golden gate;
And though at the sound of the rising waves,
oftimes tremble and weep,
When the air is void of their glorious voice, I
can neither rest or sleep!
And strangest of all the promises, writ in the
Book, to me.
Is how on the shores of Paradise, "there shall
be no more sea-"
-Allth Year Roona