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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-03-13
Filthy Habits of Afghans.

The Afghans are not a cleanly people;
in this they present a striking contrast
to the Hindoos, who are, perhaps, the
most cleanly race on the earth. The
climate of Afghanistan is cold in winter,
and perhaps the wild life which is 80
much the fate of all may have some
thing to do with it. They have such an
adherence of water that they never
bring it in contact with their bodies.
Being Mohammedans they are bound to
do certain ablutions by their faith, but
they find substitutes which are allowed
instead of the water. There is one
tribe who are said to get three new
garments only in their lifetime, the
garment being in each case blanket.
The first is given at birth, the second
when they are married and the third
when they die. Each blanket is under
stood to have been ceaselessly worn till
events entitle the wearer to new one.
Clean clothes and the washing of them
are not entirely unknown in Afghanistan,
for they have term by which they i'm
ply q gentleman, and it is characteristic.
They call him "Suffaid Posh," which
meaus white, or in this case clean dress,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-03-13
of the police and law was put in motion,

of the police and law was put in motion,
but with no satisfactory result. ,...'-...
Every moment of his leave was e1-
pended in the search, and when he
sought Rose, at her hotel. his heart
heavy and sad at the prospect of part
ing with her, she listened in silence to
Paul's regrets OF his failure to find her
friends, but started impetuously to her
feet when he added that, with the dawn
of another day, he must return to his
post and duty.
Her face flushed and paled as she
strove in vain to speak, her bosom rose
and fell convulsively, and but for the
strong arm of the officer Rose would
have fallen to the floor. ~...
His visit was prolonged. What pass
edsbetween them is known only to them
selves butsoon after the war depart
ment received First Lieutenant Paul
Welch's resignation, and in place OF re-
turning to bis post amid the savage
Sioux, hs engaged double passage for
the more congenial climate of Europe
with Rose as his young, blushing brid 9
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-03-13
J,ukens, g. Pith and Point"

An Indiana woman of eighty-eight is
cutting her third set of teeth with as
little gnaws as possible.
If you can't be generous without
being garrulous, keep both you pockets
and your mouth closed.
An active mind is excellent medicine
to a scared heart.
"The bubble reputation" is usually
bolstered up by empty compliments.
Waits of humanity, that have no pa
rents living, orphan and orphan feel the
need Of them.
Cesar thrice refused crown, because
he thought the Romans owed him deal
more than five shillings.-NeW York
NeU8.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-03-13
A Terrible, and Deadly ARRAY;

In the annals Of deadly affrays in this
State, says the Vicksburg Miss }
Herald, I'VE know of no occurrence 30
fatal in its results as that, which occur,
red on board the steamer Sunhower.
while lying at Johnsonvills, the county
seat OF Sunfower county. .! e.! f.si,:aa. ;
Col. D. A. Holman, while In Johnson
vile, on entering Dr.. W. i. Lowrys
store, was accosted by DR.. Lowry, who
ordered Holman out, ,remarking, it Is
said. that Holman was no gentleman,
and did not keep his word, or something
to that effect. Holman;departed, saying
in substance he would see Lowry again.
On the morning of the affair Col. Hol-
man engaged passage on the steamer
Sunfower for Vicksburg, accompanied
by his father-in-law, DIR. G. O. Walker
The boat arrived at Johnsonville some
what earlier than usual, and Col Hol
man and DR.. Walker together went on
shore, but in a short time returned.
Perhaps half hour later DIR. Lowry,
as was usual with him, came on the boat
to transact his business, and while en-
tering the cabin was caught, it is sald,
by the lett arm or back, by Col Hol.
man, who turned Lowry half way around
and putting his pistol to his breast tired.
Lowry started down the cabin, but IN
stantly turned, and seeing his clerk,
John O. Arnold, start from his chair
(being shaved at the time), said: XII
him, John; kill him, he has shot me.
Arnold ran ont of the cabin to attack
Holman, and Lowry, walking to the
cabin door, cooked his pistol and tared
at Holman. At the same instant OF
time, perceiving DR.. Walker with o Pls.
toll in his hand, he pointed his pistol at
Walker with deadly effect; Walker fall.
ing and expiring almost without strug-
ole. Lowry then walked in the cabin
staggering, and fell, and in about two
minutes expired also.
In tho meantime Arnold and Holman
we're fighting outside the cabin. Arnold
received wound in the chest, and dled
shortly after being removed from the
boat, Col. Holman being wounded In
the left arm and side. :.
All the parties engaged are very hign-
" respected. DR.. Lowry was brother
Of Gen. Robert Lowry, and Leaves
widow and six children. Arnold was q
brother of Judge Arnold, of Columbus,
Miss. Col. Holman being prominent
and talented lawyer, and respected In
tho community in which he lives.
DR.. Walker was one Of the oldest resi-.
dents of Il county, and we believe had
M enemies. Col. Holman, the only
survivor. was Immediately arrested.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-03-13
An ApvENTvRE1N THE BLACK HILLS.

s aN N6kNk A<N SAS 4ASASN ~@A]xA-<Ss
eaAnd where does this fair lily of the
Black Hills reside, Dick?"g ~--~
s4About An hours Pallop from our
camp here, leftinint. She is with her
father-a queer old stick by the name of
Ciayering. He keeps by himself, and l
am Tsfeered he will yet come to harm.
The cursed Sioux are about, and Rose
would be d fine prize for some daring
brave It is said that the old man has
dug piles of gold. He may have made
his pile, or may not, but his darter-
she's purifier than prairie flower bend
ing afore the mornin' breeze when
sparklin' with dew"
- Bravo, my old scout You have
poetry and the love of the beautiful in
your soul if you have never seen the in
side of schoolhouse."
"It's leetle book larnin' I have picked
up, leftinint. But the works of nature
and the handiwork of God love-" and
the old man removed his slouch hat for
a moment, exposing his gray locks, as
he allowed the light breeze to fan his
broad brow.
"Dick, what do you say if we gallop
down to the camping-spot of your friend.
You have excited my curiosity regarding
this mysterious beauty. I will tell the
sergeant to look ont during my absence,
and he is fully competent to manage
fifty men. We have been stationed here
in he hills for over six weeks. I am
tired. and must have a little recrea-
ton"
"You may git more than you bargain
for. There's Iniun signs about, and
there's no tellin' what moment you may
run into a Sioux camp among these in
fernal hills"
"Well, we'll take our chances. We
are both we'll armed"
A sharp gallop of an hour brought
~the army officer and his companion to
the banksc cf a small stream, and riding
to a group of stately trees, the scout
reined up with sharp cry Of astonish-
ment and alarm.
The tent OF the solitary miner had dis
appeared. Naught remained but smok-
ing ruins, and the unmistakable evi-
dences OF desperate struggle having
taken place.
Dismounting, tie scout carefully went
ever the ground, while the officer watch
ed him with face expressive of stern
ness and s desire for vengeance.
"The-e's only nine Of 'em. But
bark, there was a groan. If it should
be Rose ?" and rushing toward a clump
of grass, the scout beheld the tall, gaunt
form of q miner, from whose gaping
wounds the life. blood WAS rapinly ooz
ing. "Claveripg, poor fellow 4! has it
come to this? I was Altered of it, and
my words have come true"
"My time is short. I would speak OF
my daughter. The Sioux have captured
her. The Young chief of war party
tore her from my arms and dealt me my
death blow. But who is that with you
my eyes are growing dim p
"Itis Lieutenant Paul Welch, OF tint
cavalry" r .-... ..
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-03-13
The Khan's Devil.

BYJ G. WHITTIER.
The khan came from Bokhara town
To Hamzs, santon OF renown.
"My head is sick, my hands are weak;
Thy help, oh holy man, I seek !"
In silence marking for space
The khan's red eyes and purple face,
Thick voice, and loose, uncertain tread,
"1hou hast devil! % Hamzs said.
"Allah forbid !" exclaimed the khan.
rid me OF him st once, oh man"
"Nay," Hanna said, "no spell Of mine
Can slay that cursed thing Of thine.
"Leave feast and wine, go forth and drink
Water Of healing on the brink,
"Where clear and cold from mountain SLOWS,
The Nahr el Zsben downward flows.
"Si1 moons remain, then come to me;
May allsh's pity 60 with thee"
Awestruck, from feast and wine, the khan
Went forth where Nahr el Zeben ran.
Roots were his food, the desert dust
His bed; the water quenched his thirst.
And when the sixth moons cimeter
Curved sharp above the evening star,
He sought again the santon's door
Not weak and trembling as before,
But strong Of limb and clear of brain;
"Behold," he said, "the fiend is slain"
NAY" Hanna answered, "starved and
drowned,
The curst one lies in death-ike swound.
"But evil breaks the strongest gives,
And djins like him have charmed lives.
"One beaker Of the juicy grape
May call him up in living shape.
|" When the red wine of Badakshan
Sparkles for thee, beware oh khan
with water quench the fire within,
And drown each day thy de ilkin!'
Thenceforth the great khan Stunned the cup
AS Shitsns own, though offered up
With laughing eyes and jeweled hands,
By YsrkandIs maids and Sarmacand's.
And in the lofty vestibule
OF the medress Of Kaush Kodul,
The students Of the holy law
"A golden-lettered tablet saw, Z Z
With these words, by 9. cunning hand,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-03-13
ITEMS .OF INTEREST.

a matter OF cOres-Apple sauce.
A checker ed career-A convict's.
A man Of pluck The 'fowl-stripper.
To ascertain the age Of tree-Axe it.
n Flags are employed for signaling at
sea. '..- .,.t-7 80. .-.
Every bakers shop has the stomach
cake.
William Tell was an arrow-minded
A shot tower is usually about $50 feet
high. ,. .... ..... ,.... . =.
There are 100000 Hebrews in New
York. " .'A' . ''"'' @..'. ''''
There are about 500 newspapers in
Russia. .ass'.--- %:
A man of push-The wheelbarrow
trundler.
The latest thing 'out-Cats on the
back shed. 20 i.-.:.sa s5G. -r-'gsf's ii. Is
A. capital letter-One containing q
remittance. .r........., .-..s.... 80,
The Bank of England has capital Of
$72, 765, 900. 'H-''f&''s'' 7'''E
There is a small community of Nor
mons in Paris. s.af vi ~ mi .sts
The Scientific Monthly says snoring
is an acquired habit.
A sitting hen is q nuisance when you
would prefer herto lay daily. o' '.:7. -
Which. is the best of the four seasons
for arithmetic? The summer. -.
A pair of ears that 60 on head Of
civilization Pioneers and frontiers. -
In the year 1928 there were but three
miles, of railroad IN the whole United
States. ., 49,. ..'. 1870.
AChicago baby began early to rise In
the world, having been born in q hotel
elevator. I. . &. ii uqc.a2 al = ara
Nothing does so much for peoples
looks as little interchange OF the
small coin of benevolehce. - ~ 49,
"That's the long andIshort OF it" ass
the street Arab remarked on passing Q,
tall wife and little husband. :.
aPs," said Pet; "may def. up and
:twot On your knee ~ "Certainly,":wass
the ready reply" let the little gallop." " :,
a ,somnambulist. in Fountain City,
Wis, cut off his finger with an axe
while asleep, a felon being the incite-i
iment. /. .l.:sat - tna - az SSa.4E{
"You ought to husband your coal
more,". said the charity woman. 81
always does. Imake him sift ashes and
pick the cinders!H giissc, ;: .saSas sj,i
Beware Of preiudices, they are Ike
rats, and mems minds are like traps.
Preiudices creep IN easily, but sit ID
doubtfhlif they erlget, ,out,sm e Is
dave you;eyer observed how staS "a
Esaka M, msyith a5ss 3 sara ajes ts;s
four on; five minutes? ~.
To know ,mans observe how he wins
his object, rather than how he loses 1t
for when we fall our pride supports us
when we succeed it betrays us. -
Plletier, the French chemist, discov.
cred ,quinine, the. active principle OF
Peruvian bark, about sixty years ago,
and was awarded a prize of 81, 600.
A wag brought horse driven bys
young man to q stop in the street by
the word Whoa" and said to the
driver, 7" That's a fine horse You: have
there" "Yes, !" answered the young
man :, "but he has one fault; he.was
formerly owned by a butcher, and al
ways stops when he hears ascalf' bleat."
Elias Black, q farmer near Doyleston,
Pa. has sixteen harvests Of hay and
grain rotting in stacks on his farm.
When farm produce began to rise with
the breaking out of the war, he held his
crop for still higher prices. When prices
fell, embittered by disappointment, ne
kept on stacking until; he has $2o,0OO
worth hay and grain on bis hands. lafr
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-03-13
TIMELY TOPICS.

Francois Grilhon, rich French farm.
or, quarreled with his son in-law, and
set bis. mill on fire. He then went home
and burned his own house, and as the
flames devoured it kept the neighbors
at bay with double. .barreled shotgun.
He then proceeded to throw large SUN
of money in gold and notes into the
blazing ruins, and finally blew bis
brains out in the presence of the horri-
fed crowd. .:-."
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-03-13
ROSE CLAVERING

2s.Or, A Leap for Life.
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
Statistics.

The records of marriage offer some
curious columns. Statistics are. con-
-tinually forcing upon our notice a fixed
percentage of repentant old bachelors ;
also, of young bachelors that marry
widows; also, of Young women that
marry old men, and of widows that re-
new their VOWS while the ratio OF second,
third and fourth marriages is very con-
slant.
Indeed, it has most profanely come to
pass that, just as the stars are nothing
but points of vast triangles and diagrams
to a cold-blooded astronomer, SO every
unmarried woman stands as an algebraic
symbol to the eye of the social mathe-
matician; if she is 20 years old, repre-
senting three-quarters OF a likelihood
that she will change her name; if %,
standing for one-quarter of the same
possibility, if 80, reduced to fraction of
one divided by ten; and then decreas-
ing in a geometrical ratio which it would
hardly be polite to put into figures
here.
On the contrary, man of 25 repre-
sents the fraction one-half as to the
probabilities of marriage, which is SO
vulgar fraction that most young men of
that period strive ardently to annihilate
it by finding the other and better half
which restores their integrity, subtance
and show or InHEu z
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
Snow. Raised Bread.

A correspondent of the English Me-
chdnic writes that "Snow, when incor-
porated with dough, performs the same
office as baking powder or yeast. l have
this morning for breakfast partaken of
a snow-raised bread-cake, made last
evening, and which was made as fol-
lows: The cake, when baked, weighed
about three-quarters of a pound. A
large piled table. spoonful of fine, dry,
clean snow was intimately stirred with q
spoon into the dry flour, and to this
was added n teaspoonfulo of caraways and
a httk butter and salt. Then sufficient
cold water was added to make this
dough of the proper usual consistence
(simply stirred in with the spoon, not
kneaded by the warm hands), and then
Immediately put into a quick oven and
baked three-quarters of an hour. 1t
turned out very light and palatable. l
have understood, but not yet tried it,
that boiled suet buildings, dumplings,
sailors : duff and the like can be made
light by the same means. Now, as to
the rationale of this process. 1t may
appear paradox to many that frozen
water in any form should produce an
Expansive effect, as it is already by
freezing expanded to its utmost capac-
ity. Bat that snow actually has this
property lis well known to every farmer
who experiences its disintegrating eff
fects on the hardened clods of his field
The true reason appears to be this the
light mass of interlaced snow-crystals
hold Imprisoned large quantity of
condensed atmospheric air, which, when
r the snow is warmed by thawing among
the clods, and very rapidly in the dough,
expands enormously and acts the part
of the carbonic acid gas in either baking
powder or yeast. take the precise nc
ton to be then not due many way to the
snow itself, but simply to the expansion
of the fixed air lodged between the in
terstices Of the snow crystals by the APP
plication of heat. This theory, if care
fully followed out, might perchance give
clew to find simple and perfectly in
nocuous method of raising bread and
pastry.' a
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
Nearly Buried During a Trance.

Mrs. Owenslagle, who lives about five
or six miles southwest of this city, was
taken violently i'll several days ago, and
in short time died, to all appearances.
a The friends and relatives were con-
WINGED that the lady was dead, and
preparations were made for the inter
ment of the remains. Saturday the
body was dressed for burial and placed
in coffin. The friends began to col
lect at the residence of the bereaved
family. Suddenly slight moan was
heard to issue from the coffin in which
the body had but recently been placed.
This greatly startled the assembled
neighbors, and the people were, about
to rush from the room when the hus-
band of the lady approached the coffin
and was astonished to find the body
moist and warm. A closer examination
disclosed the fact that the woman was
breathing. Restoratives were applied
andsthe supposed dead came back to
life, and soon was able to sit up ,and
onverse.-Portla,ad Oregonian.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

. ~ S4lE 10 4&A - s.
A Powerful Magnet.

!, Prof. Smith. was. occurring in Ossipee
on Natural Philosophy" and in the
course of his experiments he introduced
one of Carrington's most powerful mag
nets, with which he attracted a block of
iron from a distance of two feet.
"Can any Of you conceive of q greater
attractive power?" the, lecturer then
dernsnded.o h 9 70ilBs bra isl en0tS
81 ken," answered o voice from the
audience. % llama, ....,..--. n
"Not a natural, terrestrial object, I
opine?' r.
"Yaas, SIR ,1sgsf-
The professor challenged the man
who had spoken to name the thing.
Then up rose old Seth Wilmet. He
was genius in his way, and original at
that. Said he, -, ~ o.. =.
II ken give ye the facts, Squire, and
yon ken Judge for yourself. When /
were young man, thar were little
piece O. natural magnet done up in kali
iker and dimity,ras was called Betsey
Jane. She could draw me fourteen
miles every Sunday 0Sakes alivel it
war fist as material as slidin' down hill.
Thar want no resistin', Der. That ere
magnet O. yourn is poorly good, but
faint a circumstance to the one that
drawed me. No. siri" HOiSe ! N MO-
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
A Family Saved by a Cat.

Last Saturday, Hiram Holdridge and
wife, of this city, went to Webster to
spend the Sabbath with their son-in-
law, j. Fl. Van Antwerp, The family
and their guests sat up quite late, and
it was after the midnight hour when all
retired. About O'Clock in the morn.
ing Mr.. Van Antwerp was aroused by
the loud mewing of cat that has been
pet of the family for many years. Iu
fact, "puss" seemed unusually dis
turbed, and, contrary to all previous
conduct on her part, made quite a
racket" at the chamber-door. Mr..
Van Antwerp paid but little attention
to the noise as soon as he ascertained
the cause, and fell asleep. Shortly after
o'clock, however, he was again awak-
ened in the same manner, and was ter
rifed on discovering that the whole
house, even the room in which he was
sleeping, was wrapped in flames. He
awoke his wife, jumped from the win
dow, with difficulty got the badly-fright-
ened lady from the proximity of the
flames, and then gave the alarm to Mr..
Holdridge and wife and other members
of the household in time for them to
save themselves: = Rochester Demo
cT1f
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
4 SIS, 900 Editorial. !

The Louisville Post publishes story
of powerful editorial, once upon a
time, written and suppressed by the
late George d. Prentice, the value
placed upon the article being $2b, 600.
Mr.. William Calvert, who was for many
years bookkeeper of the Louisville
Journal gives the information, saying
that he and Paul r. Shipman alone, Of
persons living, know the secret. Mr..
Calvert is thus reported: tl"}H e'ua
"One day, while was bookkeeper. at
the Journal Office, $25, 900 was left by o
very prominent man for Mr.. Prentice,
/ know it, for l handled the money, but
didn't know for what it was intended. ]
always used TO 60. to the office, in time
to send off the carly mails. AT this
exciting news was looked for, and the
next morning went earlier than usual,
in order to look at the dispatches from
the proof-sheets in the composing
room. / proceeded to the hook and
commenced looking at the proofs, when
was astonished to find a column edi-
torial written by Mr.. Prentice and
strongly favoring the secession Of the
State. 1t was at time when the ex
element here was high, the Legislature
was in session, and this editorial was
written with view to influencing mem
bors. 1 was greatly surprised to think
that the Journal should espouse the
cause of tho Rebellion, and I deter
mined, for tho time at least, to kill that
editorial. at first got chisel and at
tempted to deface the typcs so that the
article would have to be reset or laid
over, but this would not do. rs
II had but short time before the
forms would go TO press. I started OIL,
full run in search of Mr., ,Shipman. +, /
succeeded in finding him, but where ]
do not exactly remember, as ] was 80
excited at the time. I hurried with
him to the Office, reaching there Just
before the form was closed, showed him
the proof, and he ordered it out. What
relief it was to him and to mel 1t
was in this way that the noted editorial
which would have thrown the Journal,
perhaps Kentucky, on the side Of the
South and the Rebellion, was sup
pressed. ] have not said anything in
regard to this matter until lately, and
then only when approached on the sub
ject. Mr.. Belligan, who was then fore
man of the Journal, removed the edi-
torial from the form. l- ran q 10
1.-THE next day there was lively time
about the office, Mr.. Prentice being ter
ribly mad. You know how mad he
could get. A consultation was had,
matters were amicably settled, and in
short time the journal became one of
the leading Union organs. IL was not
until after this that / knew what the
$25, 600 was to be used for"