The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-10

The Prussian government appears de-
termined to make sure that the army
shall not, like the French soldiery, be
permeated by the leaven of democratic
ideas. The troops stationed in Berlin
have been forbidden to read the Liberal
newspapers, and their quarters are to be
searched at regular times for the prohlb-
tied Journals and for other Objectionable
publications. Severe punishment IS
promised those with whom such articles
are found.
There are more than million Welsh
speaking people in Great Britain. In
the Isle of Man twenty-five per cent. OF
the population in 1871 understood
Manx. In the same year it was COM
puted that not more than five thousand
persons could read Irish, and no news
paper was published in that language,
whereas, in 1851 there was scarcely n
county in which Irish was not more or
less spoken. Now it is scarcely heard
except in the extreme west. Clare, Gal
way, Donegal, Kerry, Mayo and the
western islands are the strongholds Of
the ancient language.
blind with rage" meant something
in Paris workshop Cne afternoon some
weeks ago. An overseer OF the works,
finding that one of the men had not
finished a piece Of work which was
urgently required, fell into such state
of fury rs to strike him in the face.
Almost in the very act of striking, how
ever, he staggered back, shouting for
aid and complaining that he could not
see. The workmen came round him
with offers of assistance, but nothing
could be done. 1t was certain that he
mad suddenly lost the use of both ms
eyes. Medical evidence showed that
some of the blood vessels behind the eye
had burst, and that the blood had flooded
the interior cavities of the eyeballs.
An aeronaut named L'Estrange re-
Gently met with n:extraordinary escape
from death in Australia. In the presence
of thousands of spectators he made an
ascent from the agricultural grounds on
the St. Kilda-road, in the balloon
Aurora-the same, it is said, which was
used to convey dispatches during the
Franco Prussian war. When the balloon
fhad attained the great altitude of a
mile and three-quarters it suddenly col
lapsed, thegas bursting through its side:
but the parachute came into play, and,
instead of the wreck falling lie stone,
it went .Iown in Zimzag Sohrse, and
fnally'struck a tree. Wu.-len screamed
and tainted, some fcll on th|ir knees
awith the ileE,ils clasncd in PRAYER, while
ulDfs=S SifsyaH Ttrsiieri into tl,e5ssoyefn-'
dpmafn, expecting to find a
fsangfed b65iai .bnt to. ths ~ sstonishment
they: dite19ered L'Estrange ahFe and
almost usrt. - " -
According to the DeatSche Algenae!fe
Zeitung, q German. named Karl Stein
bach, has made IN important discovery
in photography. After years of study
and experiment he has succeeded in OBJ
tanning chemical composition, by
means of which Il mirror image may be
fixed and sold as photograph. With
this composition the mirror surface is
painted, and the back part of the mirror
receives also a coating of oil. The mir
ror thus prepared is neld before the per-
son who is to be photographed. The oil
coating evaporates, and the likeness of
the person remains in natural colors on
the light surface. The image, so fixed,
is brought in to a bath. and is exposed
half IN hour to sunlight, before deliv-
cry. \ rich capitalist in Peru, it is said,
has ACQUIRED this invention for S400,-
900. and large establishments are to be
formed in North and South America for
CARRYING itOut.