The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-05
PITH AND POINT.

High protection.-A sealskin overcoat.
The man who eats oleomargariae feeds :
on the fat of the land.
Arithmetic is the sum of many a small
bows trouble. .-Aerchant 1raceter.
The horse sometimes distinguishes
himself for his neigh bor!y manner.
When an artist is short of material ne
draws on his imagination. Statesman.
The boot is a very helpful institution.
1t has given many man ift.-B'n5-
hamton Herald. ]
Of course it is not crime to be poor,
but it might just as we'll be so long as
its penalties are so severe.
Poetry is said to be gift, and no one
knows it so we'll as the poet who tries to
sell it, -Binghamton Herald.
Some men can get along on their lndl-
yidual merits, but the oarsman must al
ways be "a man with pull"
A man doesn't look at salary AS ne
does at wheelbarrow. He thinks
ought to be drawn in advance.
She-;'What do you suppose supports
the vast arch of the heavens" He
1.-THE moonbeams, I guess. ."-Lo,ceU Chi-
zen.
The head that wears a crown is too
frequently mentioned. Was there ever
head that didn't wear 'crowna-
yulge.
The sentence "Ten dollars or thirty
DAYS" is another proof of the truth of the
adace that time is money Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
Blobson offers to bet S. that there is
more bark on his dog than on one Of the big
redwood tree of California. a. Burlington
Free Press.
"You don't mean to say he is the lion
of the seasou!" eyes. Why not2" 81
Judged from lis manners he was more of
bear Puck.
The man who boasted that he was Gas
regular as the sun" forgot that the lumi-
nary rises only twice in the year at the
same time.-PUck.
Proud Mother-"Oh, John, the baby
tEsR EalITa1 Walk rt rGEna1d0 nfad0l s#ft nhasaefa
night, then. ."--Daroit NtDs.
"What is the matter?" asked a travel
ing man of hotel clerk. care you out
on strike3" "No; I'm not; but my
wife ."--Merchant TTareler.
Mr.. Doleful-"O, feel all: used up,
and sick of life. I don't know where to
CO." Mrs. D.-"Why not go into the
blue room for awhile, dear!'
Ha. wicked girl, you broke my heart,
How could you act so bad part!
But that. alas! is not the 'Torst;
You broke my heart, but broke ME first.
Time.
"What2 Is the Widow Brown going
to be led to the altar forIthe third tlmeC
"No. guess not. She ought to be- able
to find her way there herself by this
time. -Fligende Blaetter.
IF were an oyster" sighed the crab,
Il wouldn't know what to do,
For they're most always being embroiled,
Or getting into stew"
-Ne,u York Herald.
The blacksmith, however much he may
feel disposed at times to become weary
of his arduous and grimy employment,
can always find some consolation in the
fact that in it he has shoer thing
Boston Budget.
A West Virginian trained a tiny stream
of water to fall drop by drop on rock,
and in five years it has worn hole seven
inches deep in solid stone. He could
have made the same hole in fifteen min
utes with chisel and hammer.-Detro't
Free Press.
1t has been proved that the strength,
care and thought expended by the average
housewife in coaxing weak chested,
hollow backed, consumptive geranium
up two inches, would lift a ton weight
three quarters of mile and raise thou
sand dollar mortgage out OF sight
Mem York News.