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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22
A Nan With q Record.

Mr.. Ben F. Wilson, of New Haven.
Nelson county, Ky, is now eighty-two
wears of age. He has been magistrate
twelve years. He fines every man one
dollar for each time he uses a profane
oath, sef& has receipts for payment af
the same.
He never used profane oath.
Fe never tasted drop of liquor.
He never smoked q cigar or tobacco,
or chcwed in his life.
lie never saw horse-race for money.
He never was at theater.
He never knew one card from an
other, though he is known from his
home to New Orleans.
He has been q Mason for forty years.
He has been a member of the Meth
odist church for sixty yenrs-class-
leader and steward for tifty-nine years.
Hc has been going to Surday-school
for 81 .:ty-iour years.
He ms travelled through eleven States
of the Union.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22
Courage In Disease.

Many life has been saved By the
moral courage of the sufferer. 1t Is not
alone in bearing the pain of operations
or the misery of confinement in sick
room this self-help becomes of vital mo-
ment, but in the monotonous tracking
of weary path, and the vigorous dis
charge of ordinary duty. How many a
victim of incurable disease has lived on
through years of suffering, patiently and
resolurely hoping against hope, or, what
is better, living down despair, until the
virulence of threatening malady has
died out, and it has ceased to be de-
structive, although its physical charac-
teristics remainedp This power OF
"good spirits " is a matter of high mo-
ment to the sick and weakly. Tothe
former it may mean the ability to sur
vive, to the latter the possibility of out.
living, or living in spite of disease. 1t
is, therefore, of the greatest Importance
to cultivate the highest and most buoy
ant frame of mind which the conditions
will admit. The same energy which
takes the form Of mental activity is
vital to the work of the organism.
Mental influences affect the system, and
ajoyous spirit not only relieves pain,
but increases the momentum Of life in
the body. The victims of disease do not
commonly sufficiently appreciate the
value and use of good spirits" They
too often settle down in despair when
professional judgment determines the
existence of some latent or chronic
malady. The fact that it is probable
they " E die of particular disease casts
so deep a gloom over their prospect
that through fear Of death they are
all their lifetime subject to bondage.
The multitude of healthy persons who
wear out their strength by exhausting
journeys and perpetual anxieties for
health is very great, and the policy in
which they indulge is exceedingly short
sighted. Most of the sorrowful and
worried cripples who drag out misera-
BILE lives in this way would be less
wretched and live longer if they were
more hopeful. 1t is useless to expect
that any one can be reasoned into q
lighter frame of mind, but it is desirable
that all should be taught to understand
the sustaining, and often even curative,
power of "good spirits. ."-London
Lancet.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22
A Babo0n Hunt New York

Two little girls, one of them Flora
Glatz, four years old, were playing on
the stairway of tenement house in
New York, when large dog-taced ba-
boon came down the stairway of an up
per story: seized Flora by the shoulders
and chartered in her face, frightening
both children into loud outcries. The
baboon changed its hold, seized the girl
by the cheeks and bit off her nose. The
child fell down insensible with the fright
and pain, and the baboon escaped to the
roof. Flora's mother raised an outcry
and alarmed the neighbors, who, con-
occurring that dog Lad bitten the girl,
began a crusade on the neighborkood
ours. Finally the girl who had been
playing with Flora became suff GENTLY
composed to tell what she had seen, and
the streets around the house were soon
filled with operatives from neighboring
factories and others who had heard that
an orang-outang had escaped from
Bowery museum and had been killing
number of people. Men armed with
pistols and shotguns and miscellaneous
weapons filled the house. A squad Of
police also turned out and q search was
made for the baboon. Two or three
thousand people emptied themselves into
the street from the adjacent buildings,
but when one cried "there he is" there
was an immediate scattering among the
crowd to places where he wouldn't be
likely to be. The police and number
of volunteers went to the roof Of the
tenement. An officer caught q glimpse
of the baboon perched on the top of
chimney. A number of shots were fired
without effect, and the chase slid down
a waterspout to the yard. The police.
mea hurried down by another way and
found the baboon chattering near cor
ner of the fence. He was again made a
target for the policemen's pistols, and
one of the shots struck him in the thigh.
He tried to limp away, but mechanic
from one of the factories struck him on
the head with an iron bar and killed
him. The baboon measured over three
feet, and is supposed to have escaped
from nei eighboring museum.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22
The Girl who C0ughed.

The editor of the Richmond Register
got into trouble in this wise: He was
at church one Sunday night, and sat
near 81 young lady who had cough.
The next issue of his.pape happened to
have an advertisement of cough medi-
cine, which reed s6mething like this:
1.-The young lady who was at church
Sunday night with that annoying cough
should 60 and buy bottle of cough
syrup" The aforementioned young
lady rcai it, and, not knowing it was an
advertisement. took it all to herself and
forth with pounced upon the editor for
50 cruelty mistreating her. 1twas only
alter heroic explanation that she was
convinced that she was not intended in
tic paragraph. h.-Le@ington (hy.) 1Tan-
.crlM.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22
A Thief's Story.

A New York thief recently made the
following confession:
"The way we worked was this, and
the plan is mine. 1t is good one, and
I naturally feel some pride in its inven-
tion. We took adjoining rooms in
hotel-say the Fifth Avenue or some
other first class hotel. We never did ii
at the Fifth Avenue, but we would have
done it in course of time. Having Sc
cured our rooms and seeing that they
were nicely located, we installed err
selves. I made myself up to look like d
well.to-do country merchant and went
down. I looked into one or two jewelry
stores until I found the one to suit me.
When found it went in and looked over
the stock. Satisfying myself that I could
suit myselfthere, Iwent away, promising
to call again. Iwould call again the next
day, and would purchase probably
SO, 900 or $4,000 worth of goods. These
I would order sent to my hotel, with
the bill. Then I went to the hotel, and
telling the clerk at the office if any one
came for me to send him to my room,
I would 20 there myself. Locked in my
room I set to work TO prepare for the
arrival of the goods. I took the back
out of the bureau and put the bureau
against the door leading into the adjoin-
ing room. My partner cut out panel
from the door, and by that means had
access to the bureau drawers. Then I
fixed my table, piled it high with letters
and writing material, ,and when the man
arrived with the goods was very busy.
When he entered L asked him to sit down
After bit, 81 soon as had finished
my letter, I turned to him and asked
if he had the invoice with him. OF
course he had. I would take it, exam
inc it and ask if the goods corresponded
with it. Then we would call off the
items, he taking the bill and the
goods. As he called off the goods l
put them into a drawer in the bureau
and closed it. My partner had it in
stantly. When we were finished I
closed all the drawers and invited
him to the table, where I proceeded
to write him a check. He would re-
fuse, saying 1t was after banking hours.
to which of course replied by pulling
out my watch and coinciding with him.
Then 7 asked him to wait moment
while'I went down stairs and got the
money for him. He would not refuse
that; was almost too reasonable.
There was the bureau and there were
the drawers; to be sure, his goods were
there almost in his presence. I went
down stairs and walked off; my friend
had long ago done likewise, and
we left the poor fellow in the room
waiting our return. My partner and I
had Joined company long before tie
salesman suspected he was sold, and we
were estimating or dividing the value of
our purchase"
"Have you played this game in New
York;"
Frequently. Those who have been
victimized have 80 far remained quiet,
or if they have reported to the police
the thing has not got into the pagers.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22
A Sinister Object.

At late auction sale in room No. S,
of the Hotel Drouot, in Paris-a vast
depot of curious and valuable merchan-
dise-a sinister object was knocked
down at 2,375 francs to the buyer for
the South Kensington museum. This
object was no less than prince of the
family of Montezuma. The said prince
was enclosed in an immense glass jar.
His history is most singular. He was
the uncle of the celebrated Cazique.
Taken prisoner, with his daughter by
the Spanish, both were confined IN the
convent of San Isadoro, where some
time afterward they were immured
alive by the Inquisition. The chemical
properties of the immediate surround
ings were such as to preserve the oooy
in remarkable way. 1t is in a stand
inp position, and resembles dark-yellow
wood. The body is horribly contorted; !;
one shoulder is much higher than the
other. The hands are crossed before
tbe body and are terribly shriveled.
The cord which evidently bound them
had disappeared. The cheeks were mol
low, the eyes terribly sunken. Much
of the hair had fallen. The face OF the
little girl, who was about twelve years
old. was much more calm. She had
bccn immured above her father in the
same wall butno inthe same hole. All
the papers establishing this strange his
tory are absolutely authentic, according
TO the MUSE A,tiS!ique ct Lttera1re.
Other French journals give an account
of the So le.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22
The Hand Upon the Latch.

NV cottage home is filled with light
The long, long summer day;
But, oh, dearer love the night,
And hail the sinking ray;
For eve restores me one whose smile
Doth more than mornings match
And lie atresh seems dawning Wnlie
His hand is on the latch!
When autumn fields are thick with sheaVes
And shadows earlier fall,
And grapes grow purple near the caves
Along our trellis'd wall
I dreaming sit-the sleepy bird
Faint twittering in the thatch-
70 wake to Joy when faint is heard
His hand upon the latch!
tie short wintry afternoon
throw my work aside,
And through the lattice, while the moon
Shines mistily and wide,
On the dim upland paths l peer
In vain his form to catch
startle with delight and hear
His hand upon the latch!
Yes, am his in storm and shine;
For me he tolls all day;
And his true heart know is mine'
Both near and away.
And when he leaves our garden gate
At morn, his steps watch
Then patiently till eve await
His hand upon the latch!
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22

Miss Elizabeth Thompson, the we'll
known lady philanthropist, has pub
lished curious little tract, contrasting
the relative expense of religion, living,
education, rum and tobacco. Rum, she
computes, costs the country $685., $685.
500 annually; religion, S47, ,636, ,450; ed
ucation S95, ,406, ,72F Rum costs each
person annually SIT, whether they drink
or not.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22

That abdication is the only remedy in
Russia is the moral which the Pail Mall
Gazette draws from the recent explosion
in the Winter palace. 1t contends that
the czar is t the desperadoes, mis- muir
derous subjects, the representative and
incarnation of an intolerably evil system
of government. No matter how wrong
they may be, that is what he does stand
for, and they believe that the only way
to strike at it is to strike at him. To
preach the goodness of the czar to them
is therefore futile; and equally futile
will it be for him to rely on the con-
sciousness that he is good and not a
bad sovereign. 1t is for him to choose
whether he will or will not remain at
his post; but it seems scarcely doubtful
that if he does remain these attempts on
his life will continue; and it is far too
bold an expectation that, though they
do continue, he will still and always es-
cape them. The dilemma is inexoRble.
The car is threatened with destruction
as man, and the threat will never
cease unless and until he consents by his
own act to destroy himself as ruler.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22
Totals a12, SOB, ,sSo, 900 s2o, ,5s5, ,O96, 900

Totals. .al2, SOB, $50, 600 SO, ,5S5 0s6, ,UVs
In comparison with this steady in
crease it may be interesting to note the
fact that there has been a steady de-
crease in the, debt of the United States
since 1855 In that year the debt
amounted to. 80, $50, ,647. .s6s, while De-
cember l, 1879, it had been reduced Gin:
cluding certificates of deposit) to 80, ,0l6,
S49,545.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22

Either the boys have got to quit fly
ing lantern kites at night or tie gov
ernmcnt must provide asylum accom-
modations for distracted astronomers.
- RcS!On RoS5.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22

Boston and Portland merchants ship
large quantities of lumber to Brazil, be-
cause she has very few mills. The
streams wash away many trees, which
mill owners at their mouths would
simply have to capture and land. A
Portuguese who built a mill few years
ago at the mouth of the Madeira river,
has recently retired with large for
tune, although he had employed only
the rudest machinery and unskilled
workmen. The cedar logs floating down
supplied him in five months in every
year with sufficient timber for the en-.
tire years work.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22
TIMELY TOPICS,

The newspaper. advertisement, an ex-
change truthfully says, is never -tiring
worker in the interests of its employer.
When the bill distributor has disap-
peared from the streets and his bills
trampled into pulp, the advertisement
is performing its silent mission in the
family circle. 1t appeals to constit'
uency three'or four times larger than
the actual sale Of the paper, for there are
few newspapers which do not pass from
hand to hand through three or four per
sons with every issue. .. -. ,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22

The work of the Swiss earthquake
commission will be watched with much
interest just now on account Of the
great number of earthquakes, some very
destructive, that have disturbed differ
ent parts Of the earth within the last few
months. The commission have dis
tricted Switzerland for the purposes OF
observation, and each district has a
chief observer assigned to it, whose busi-
ness it is to make the inhabitants serve
as his assistants by distributing among
them pamphlet describing the phe-
nomena of earthquakes and the best
means of observing them, and blank
forms containing series Of questions,
carefully prepared and intended to form
a skeleton history of every earthquake
that is observed. instruments for mea-
suring the force, direction, duration and
so ON, of all earthquake shocks, are to
be placed in the hands of skilled OBJ
servers at certain stations. =.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22
Public Debts.

The United States consul at Frankfort
sends an exceedingly interesting state
ment to the state department regarding
the growth of national debts of Europe
since 1865, the amounts expended for
military and naval purposes, and many
cognate affairs. The debts III 1865 and
n 1879 were rs follows:
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22

Probably in no city onsthe globe are
there furnished such opportunities for
Christian worship as in the great me-
tropolis of the world, London. Many
of the continental cities have but few
churches, and it is said that in 1871 that
of %, 400 funerals in the city of Berlin,
10000 of them had no religious services
whatever, either at homes, churches or
at the grave. From" Mackson's Guide
to the Churches of London and its
Suburbs" for 1880, we learn that there
are s72 churches ofth "Establishment"
in the city of London within aradius Of
twelve miles. Of these 245 were open
for daily service; 27O were entirely free
churches; at 400 there was a weekly
celebration of the holy communion,
daily celebration in forty-three churches;
surpliced choir in 375 churches; a paid
choir in less than one-fourth; voluntary
choir in 3ss, and 1913 churches were al
ways open for private prayer. 1t will
be noted that this guide only alludes to
church of England parish churches.
The aggregate of other houses of wor-
ship must he very large.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-22

The bel Is of St. Marks church, Phila
delphia, were silenced by an injunction
obtained by annoyed neighbors, and the
court of appeals sustained the order.
The result of that case has led to move
ments against church bells elsewhere.
In St. Louis chime in the Congrega-
tional Church of the Pilgrims has been
attacked by two physicians living close
by. These bells are struck every quarter
of an hour, the number of strokes num-
bering l,ll6 a day, besides the tune
playing on Sundays and prayer-meeting
nights. The two physicians say, in ap-
plying for an injunction, that the noise
is destructive of comfort and dangerous
to health. The church officers reply
that the chime is fine one, and that the
complainants would not object if they
were not infdels, to whom any Chris!
tian sound would be unpleasant.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-05-22

duty, prevented my making at that mo-
ment the inquiries which thronged my
mind both as to the history of this
strangely sorrow-smitten family, and
the means by which the poor mother
had come to know of her sons condi
ton and whereabouts. 1 have often
since tried to trace her; but the search
has always been fruitless. They GER
tainly belonged TO the better class of So
ciety; and / think it likewise certain
that they were Southerners. The
younger brother-which l took him to
be-whose sad narrative is here given,
and probably resided for sometime in
the North, and becoming imbued with
the sentiments and opinions which
charged the atmosphere around him,
found himself eventually in the ranks.
In word, look upon the whole cpl
sode as one of these awful condolences
of fate which are generally thought to
take place only in the pages of romance,
but which wide experience has taught
me to believe are by no means infre-
quent among the unrecorded realities of
life.-Chd1abers' journal.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-05-22

THE time has long passed since cav
ems could be regarded with any feelings
of superstition; for very slight ac-
quaintance with the science of geology
must make the most inveterate mystery
worshiper among us quickly cognizant
of the laws to which they owe their
origin. But many of these caverns are
revealing to US histories which are far
more wonderful than fairy tales. We
allude to the so-called bone-caves, which
in this and other countries are furnish
ing biologists and the scientific world
generally with materials from which
they can in somewhat form history of
prehistoric times. Ever since the dis
covery of the remains of an extinct
species of rhinocerous in a cave at Or
reston, near Plymouth, have scientific
men turned their attention to caverns
and their contents, as to books from
which they could learn much of the life
which prevailed upon the globe in
distant ages. The discovery was
quickly followed by others. The cele-
brated Kirkdale Cave in Yorkshire
stumbled upon by accident-was cleared
of the debris with which it was choked
up, and yielded results of a high scien-
tific value. Here remains of the ele-
phant, mammoth, and other animals
were recognized. Most of these bore
the marks of teeth; and the occurrence
of the bones of the hyena in greater
numbers than those of any other animal
pointed to the inference that this cave
had formed the den of successive races
of those animals. This hypothesis was
strengthened by comparison of the
gnawed bones with those taken from
hyenas in confinement at the Geological
Gardens, London, with which they were
found to correspond in a remarkable
manner. The question how the remains
of the larger animals were dragged
to these, their last resting-places,
was readily accounted for by the
known habit which prevails among
the lower creation of seeking ont
some secluded spot at the approach
of death. The fact, too, of the remains
of man having been found has given rise
to no end of controversies, into which
we have no disposition to enter. The
gradual growth of the stalagmite upon
the floor of the cave, founded upon cal
culatiOns of its increase within recent
years, has on one side been quoted as a
kind of undertaking time-keeper by
which to gauge the period which has
elapsed since the deposit first began.
When we consider how this material is
formed, how the water, percolating
through the soil above, becomes charged
with carbonic dioxide which enables it
to hold in solution the lime, which it
again gives up in the form of stalag-
mite, on exposure to the air; when we
reflect how atmospheric change, rain
fall, and hundred other minor intlu-
ences must affect these chemical
changes-we must acknowledge that
any calculations founded upon the thick
ness of calcareous deposition must nee
essarily be subject to error.-Chan'bers'