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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23

On this October morning, in 1860, l
travelled with arlady who was in deep
mourning. The day was chilly, and
she wore several wraps; but, getting
warm in the carriage, she presently
threw aside fur cloak she was wear
ing, and my eye was instantly attracted
by handsome brooch che had on, IN
which was portrait.
Without appearing to do so, and with
a sudden feeling Of interest and curios-
ity for which cannot account, man.
aged to get nearer view of the por
trait.
It was the face of the young man
who had travelled with me the year be-
fore when had lost my bag
I was so certain of this that I resolved
not to continue my journey until I had
acquainted the police with this fact
The train stopped at Crewe, the place
where the young man had left the train
on our up journey the previous year.
Here the lady alighted; I did also. A
carriage awaited her at the station. I
secured fly, and directing the driver
to follow the carriage I discovered
where the lady drove TOTO her own
house, evidently. She appeared to be
in an excellent position, and to be
wealthy.
I was not deferred by this discovery,
l1Sf StrF F.sslt T could not be mistaken about
a face whiehS though I had certainly
noticed it only Tin a. casual way at the
time, had neve{theless been stamped
upon my mind, al Apd connected in such a
manner with the loss to me of several
thousands of pounads.
I went to the police station, told
them what had and what my sus-
piciops were: II ktened attentively
to, .whsk1 / said, then said that I
""'' '~
question &as We swn, the widow of
an officer who had died just after COM
ing into a large property in the county,
She had two sons. One had been in the
navy and had lost his life in the wreck
of the Royal Charter about year pre-
viously. The other was expected home
every day. and had been away almost
since the end of last October.
It was impossible, they said, to make
inquiries in such direction. 1ll.satis-
fed and disappointed I found myself
compelled to leave matters as they
we're; but on my return to London I
wrote to the head of the police once
more, and reiterated my convictions SO
forcibly that he evidently was impressed
by what I said. The result Of myletter
came, after q brief acknowledgment
from. the inspector, in the visit OF a
gentleman four days afterward.
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Some years ago Miss Libbie Minkler,
'of Rochelle, ILL.,, lost both arms by
falling in front OF a reaper. To-day
she is earning good living by oil paint:
ing, holding the bry 10 her teeth.
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Gerster, the singer, likes garlicky and
'onion-seasoned dishes. Is this what
makes her voice sosstrongpss
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23

pUSbc6So6 lhl aiShSA oCShoo "a 2AAeStA
gence than the rodents, and than most
of the ruminants. There is no doubt
that much mightsb be done in this way,
for examples ara not wanting to prove
lhe singular docility of the seal Dur
ing the time that rumorsd invasions by
the French caused all parts OF the coast
of Britain to be fortified, small party
on one of the little islands in
the Firth of Forth, near Edin-
burgh, amused themselves by tam
ing a seal. 1t had all the affection and
playfulness Of dog. 1t fished for
itself and sometimes for its master. 1t
fawned about them, licked their hands,
and if it did not accompany those who
made an excursion in the boat, it was as
sure to meet them on their return. 1t
always came to their hut to sleep, and
conducted itself as if it was one of the
party. There is no saying how far its
training might have been carried, but
it fell out of bed and was killed while
young.
One of the old domestic sports of the
Earls of Monteith in their island home
of Falla was fishing with trained geese.
A line with baited hook was tied to
the leg of a goose, which, thus accou-
tered, was made to swim in water OF a
proper depth. A boat, we'll filled, es-
corted this formidable knight errant.
A marauding pike would take off the
bait, and put his mettle to the test; o
combat ensued, in which both of the
contending heroes would show much
strength and agility, but at length the
gooseinvariably dragged him a prisoner.
Du Halde describes the Chinese
method of fishing by means of the cor
morant with great accuracy. In the
morning, when the sun rises, one may
see on the rivers considerable number
of boats and several of these birds sit
ting on the sides; the fishermen turn
their boats about upon the river, and
at the signal which they give by strik-
ing one of their oars upon the water the
cormorants fly into the water, plunge
overhead, and, diving to the very
bottom, seize the fish by
the middle, then coming up
again they carry it to the bark, where
the fisherman receiving it takes the
bird, and holding it legs uppermost,
makes it disgorge the small fish which
it had swallowed, by passing his hand
along the neck, on which there is ring
at the lower part which hinders them
FROM going directly into the crop When
the fishing is quite over they take away
the ring and let them feed; and when
particular fish is too large for one
they assist each other, one taking the
tail and another the head, and bring it
to their master.
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gentleman four days afterward.
I was standing in my shop; it was q
dull morning inr'Noyember, and the
visitor who dame in spoke first to my
assistant, who referred=h1m to me, and
lion tnFa moment I recognized my
fellow.passenger..
=, Not wishing to make anything quite
public He'd the way to the inner room
Preserved for myself, and handed the
gentleman chair. He was too excited
to sit down, bnt began his story aO once.
"You remember the day I travelled
with you from Holyhead, sir?" he said
Perfectly" ] replied. 81 have toe
good reason to remember it,"
$50 have I. had been on the An
glesea coast all the night before, search
ing for some relic, perhaps the body, o.
my drowned brother. I had only
twenty.four hours, and was obliged ,.
hurry back with only a few 30 "a
wood end iron gathered on Inc
wreckage which stre,s,s1, sne Dea0n
these I put into man placa bag =,
' "a I1a.t LsPs said l.; chad youEa
black hee >eoof p
,s-dstenp said the gentleman. "I
.aW that you had one, and I remarked
that it was like mine-so much so that
at Chester, where you got out and I did
not, you may remember you took my
bag with you instead OF your own. I
felt sure you were coming back, for
you had left your coat and umbrella in
the carriage, SO I did not follow you."
"Yes," said I, getting excited, "but
that does not account"
4" Wait a moment" said the gentle
man.. "I know perfectly what you
would say; it does not account for my
not advertising your bag or making
some sort of sign all this time-quite
SO; you will understand presently how
it has happened"
sat down and begged him to do the
same.
"When I got out at Crewe, I took as
I supposed my bag. When I reached
home I found that my poor mother,
whom I had left in the most utter grief
and prostration at my brothers death,
had not rallied at all. 7 told the doc.
tor who was there that my search for
any personal relic Of my brother had
been truitless, but that I had few
bits of iron and wood from the wreck.
"The doctor advised me to say noth-
ing to her about it-not to tell her even
that had these sad relics. I put the
bag just as it was into a cupboard in
my own room and locked it up.
"That very day I had to leave Eng
land. I had a business engagement
which took me to Australia. If I broke
the engagement it would have involved
my mother in considerable pecuniary
loss. &.
"She knew had to 60; and as she
did not urge me to stay, and as my
sister and her husband was with her
and could take care of her, left the
house that very day and iourneyed back
NORTH to Liverpool, just in time to
catch my steamer bound for Melbourne
81 only returned yesterday morning.
The first thing I heard after greeting
my mother, was: ..
Where is the bag you brought with
Jed from MoslfraY
= .IS2uEa Il said. So 4
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four.and-tWenty,

4spd1 UIOau SUtHCK Dana rOuuQ
rs hat, and that on his face were traces
of recent sorrow. He.seemed relieved
at having csught the train, and being
like myself quite disinclined for con-
yersation, our journey proceeded in
silence. .....
My bag lay beside meAnd quite under
my eyes. Twas tired after my cross
ing, and fell into a sort lpf doze. On
waking I instantly glancad at my bag.
There it lay, quite saff. My COM
panion, however, had.chahged his seat.
We stopped at Chestefl and here I
thought 4 would get ut and walk
about little, as we had tsp minutes to
wait. Iteok my bag and lot out. 49, =
On my SSn TO tReetsa b the5.I
ae, ms sS0 sSS0 e carriss sss@ssseEs disturb.
.sg hin I'D we continued cur journey.
- orewe, our next stopping place, he
got out and did not come back.
I was very tired now, and fell into-'s
sound sleep with my hand holding the
handle Of my black bag. I did not
wake until we reached London, then
getting into the first hanson isaw, and
still carrying my preciousa bag, of
which I was hesrtily tired: L drove
home.
On my arrival, with method which
suppose is habitual to a man in. mp.
trade, I instantly went TO the safe in
which keep valuable jewels, apd un-
locked it. Upon the table deposited
my bag and opened it.
Imagine my dismay at finding thai,
instead of my diamonds it contained
orly=some rusty bits of iron and wooden
debris. My bag was gone; his other
bag had been cleverly substituted.for it
80 clevefly indeed that even. the
weight IS well as the appearance had
been judged.
put the affair into the hands of the
police, giving exactly every particular
as I have here written it. The bag
was lost.
A year after the events narrated in the
last chapter I was again travelling on
the line which takes passengers TO
Holyhead. It was in the beginning Of
October, as we'll as I remember. p
I travelled first-class, my usual GUS
tom when I have long journey before
me. During the year not-a sign had.
been given Of my missing bag or the
jewels, but I had not really despaired.
Aeovering it and them, for I had.
Rnaccountable feeling about
ing; that there was some
1T it, felt sure.
5Fery Wednesday in every
alled at SEQ tland Yard, and
the same answer-"N Moth
had offered was snfGs.
oertain Interest md
dsmly ]. beIieys were as
itser as 4 could
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hind. 81, my friend, amid all the
seductions of this earthly life, amid It's
temptations and eniicaments, the Lord
Jesus will cause swest strain to sound
forth in your soul, SC, that all earthly
music will not tempt you.-Judson.
Religious News and Notes.
It is estimated that the thirty-three
missionary societies now at work in
Africa have secured upward Of 10000
converts.
Tie Protestant Episcopal church OF
this country raised last year 1920, ,693
for domestic missions, and 800, ,265 for
foreign missions.
By vote of the faculty. of Chicago
Theological seminary the revised New
Testament will hereafter be used in the
religious exercises Of that school. -
The first synod of the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese Of ST. Andrews and Edin-
burgh held since 1863, was held De
cember 6 in the Prof. Cathedral Edin.
burgh.
The Liberty Street Methodist Epis- !
copal church, of Pittsburg, Penn, cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary OF it's
oundation in q series Of appropriatS
services. "a
pho oono,e oationa,;a.a employ 103
n;ssionar;as n SKansas and organized
last year twenty.seyen churches. The
sum appropriated to- Kansas last year
was sa9, GOO &
=, -. . :, 1,,., 49,, ,,,;;sss;a,,!.s
. y. =; -. .,..,,..tsg 80. ~ hn tha hosrd ~ home
- .:s.;sss :. a. a,aana,, :, s,nod 1ast wear
- n;no'o-a = Kansas savsn in. iowa and
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reared that the sweet songs OF the SIRENS
would lead him and his followers
toward that fatal shore already strewn'
with the bleached bones of shipwrecked
mariners. This was Ulysses way Of
escaping. But when the great musi-S
sian orpheus sailed past the same
islands he took no such precsution, but
simply kept playing on his lutte q tune
sweeter than the 5songs Of the sirens,
until the isnpds 9ste safely left far be-
hind. 81 my ifiend,. amid all the
seductions of this earthly life, amid It's
temptations and eniicements, the Lord
Jesus will cause swest strain to sound
forth in your soul, SO, that all earthly
music will not tempt you.-Judsas.
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el1edy9 eSetlnS, ulSlnohtts VI
s great value, and some other things Of
less importance, but AZ valuable.
Ffound all the passengers talkingon
one subject yafibie and appalling
wreck whieh has occurred sonly three
days before, pf Aelfrs, on the Angle
sea coast. Nasss fhan four hundred
I and forty.si, lyeswere lost that night
when the RoaI Charter was totally
She was d lais screw steamer, COM
manded by Gbtain Taylor. A large
sum sum Of money s7OO, 900 or esOO. 900 in
gold-was losl also, it was supposed;
but I have sine heard that some Of the
gold has heetrecoyered.
/ ane< pt man habitually, and the
: awe ) Pice of my fellow-passen-
- be forcibly;' but 1 had
aswill presently appear,
g my journey from Dub.
lon this occasion. \
nEels which I have
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Animal

quentlJ useQ 1or catcn
they bring ashore in th
for driving shoals of fish IL :
DR.. William Hamilton gives
esting account Of aviator dog in.
which had become a,most excellent
fisher. sin riding from Portrush t
the Giants Causewsy with some com
pany, we had occasion to ford the river
near the sea, and as the fishermen were
going to haul the net we stopped to
see their success. As soon as the dog
perceived the men to move, he instantly
ran down the river of his own accord.
and took part in the middle OF it, on
some shadows, where he could oc-
casionslly run or swim, and in
this position he placed himself with
all the eagerness and attention
so strongly observable in q pointer dog
which sets his game. We were some
time at a loss to apprehend his scheme,
but the event soon satisfied us, and
amply justified the prudence of the an
imal, for the fish, when they feel the
net, always endeavor to make directly
out to sea. Accordingly one of the
salmon, escaping from the net, crushed
down the stream with great velocity
toward the ford, where the dog stood to
receive him at an advantage. A very
diverting chase now commenced, in
which, from the shallowness OF the
water, we could discern the whole track
of the fish, with all its rapid turnings
and windings. After smart pursuit
the dog found himself left
considerably behind, in conse-
quence of the water deepening, by
which he had been reduced to the me-
cessity of swimming. But instead OF
following his desperate game any
longer, he readily gave it over, and ran
with all his speed directly down the
river, till he was sure of being again to
seaward of the salmon, where he, took
post as before in the pointers attitude.
Here the fish second time met him,
and q fresh pursuit ensued, in which,
after various attempts, the salmon
at last made its way out to SEQ,
Notwithstanding all the ingen-
ious and vigorous e1ertions Of its pur-
suer. Though the dog did not succeed
at this time, yet was informed that it
was no unusual thingsfor him to run
down his game and the fishermen as
sured me he was of very great advantage
to them by turning the salmon toward
the net. During the whole of the
chase this sagacious animal seemed
plainly to have two objects in view
one, to seize his game, if possible and
the other, to drive it toward the net
when the former failed"
Cuvier expresses his surprise that the
ishthysnkaeii iias5sssss,.. ned the sea-
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sKsBAGS.
y . -
BToRY.

bf. October, 1859.
to England, hav-
kamer at Dublin for
ness had taken me to
i ieweler-ahd it had
me to visit a branch
. in Dublin. I was
csin valuable jewels
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Stands to reason-The inyeterate de-
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u Is q she said :
|! her words though I
lgRs fl.e be had heard of it, I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-21
GENERAL NOTES.

The new museum of the Iowa State College
at Grnne, which will more than replace the old one
destroyed by the recent tornado will appropriately con-
tain tornado section, containing multitude OF curious
relics Of the disaster.
At the fifth general assembly of the German
Architects Engineers Union recently held ut Hano
yer resolution was unanimously passed recommend
ing the German people sacred obligation the pre-
servntiOn and partial restoration Of Heidelberg Castle
Many old Continental towns still support, at
longer intervals and in less grandeur than OF DID, the IN
dustral pageants OF ancient guilds The only town
i'm England where such sight may now be seen Is Pres
ton in South Lancashire and 1t be there only
once in twenty years A fortnight ago Preston was
given ND to that periodical display and Of the mo5t
noticeable and suggestive features OF the show was
handloom worked in the procession by an ola Guy VINO
was engaged IN the same work sixty years ago
A number of Paris newspapers were repre-
scented by special correspondents at the recent military
parade on the Tempehoier field near Berlin. The cor
respondent OF France frankly admitted tho amazing per-
lection Of the evouons and wrote 10 his paper fol-
lows Truth compes the declaration that tho march,,
ing OF the Prussian Guard altogether astonishing.
There was not particle OF dust TO hinder observation
and whether 1t infantry or cavalry which moved
forward to denle past the Emperor, one saw only sin
iery aud train-wagOns drawn at n hall gaop formed
masses which seemed ABUSED by line and level IL was
splendid spectacle ana well calculated 10 give inc
aged Emperor JOY"
When DR.. Hardness told the San Francisco
Academy OF Sciences time ago that the famous
footprints In the prison quarry near Carson
New, might have been made by primevel man ana need
not necessarily DO attributed 10 pcnderous prehistoric
animals HIS statement provoked considerable criticism
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warranted by his facts. With our white pine
practically gone, our redwood, its most salts
factory substitute, doomed, the young trees In
the southern belt of yellow pine largely
destroyed, the walnut among our Atlantic
hardwoois little more than memory, while
hickory, cherry and ash are already scarce, the
future of our forests can hardly be considered
encouraging. The best that can be said is that
our losses are not yet absolutely irreparabie,
and it must not be forgotten that our entire
system of forest management, or rather his
management, must be revolutionized OF
matters Will inevitably sink from bad to worse.
1t is true that our people learn rapidly, ana
any discussion of forest problems by men OF
recognized attainment exerts an important
educating influence. But intelligent action Is
needed at once, and the knowledge upon which
1t must be based cannot be too rapidly disseml-
mated.
1t is not enough that people should be moved
to do something" This is q case where 1t Is
indispensable that they should be instructed
to do the right thing. Here is the Timber
Culture act which has been so often character
lied in these columns as piece OF stupid
legislation 1t was born of an honest desire
on tue part of Congress to cover our treeiess
plains with protecting and productive forest
growth. But unfortunately our lawmakers did
not know that trees will not flourish IN the
region of scanty rainfall where they are not
naturally produced Professor Sargent visits
this act with unsparing condemnation. 1t has
given risen he says, "to gigantic frauds and
has already cost the Government several
"miion acres of land which have passed into
spriyate hands without any return whatever.
apart from its worthlessness as means OF
@securing the growth of forests, this law is
q dcceptiye. and therefore dangerous. 1t
encourages the planting OF trees where trees
"cannot grow unless artifcially irrigated, and
"thus entails losses upon honest settlers de-
@ceived in the belief that the Government
@would not encourage impracticable and USE
@less planting"
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