The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-06-26
TIMELY TOPICS.

In many parts of Germany the roads
are lined along the entire distance with
rows of poplars, or of apple trees, the
branches of which latter bend beneath
the weight Of fruit. \ fine of three
shillings is the penalty for plucking the
fruit, consequently it is permitted to
ripcn, and the owners of the community
reap the benefit of the foresight in plant
ing shade trees ut once beautiful and
profitable.
Horse races were introduced into the
Grccian games 6iS years B. g., and l52
years later, or B. G. 1876, Il race called
the "Calpe," for mares only, was also
introduced into their sports. The date
of the introduction of racing in England
is unknown. In this country the first
racing is believed to have taken place
almost simultaneously in both Virginia
and Maryland, about the year 1850; but
the first race for public stake was on
Long Island, in 1918. against time, by a
horse called Boston Blue" for $1,000.
The value of California's products is
given in these figures from the San
Francisco Journal of Commerce: eve
have wheat crop which will reach at
least twenty millions of centals. We
will have wool crop of forty-tive to
fifty million pounds. Our vintage will
yield not less than eight million
gallons of wine and brandy. Ten mil
lion ccntals of barley will be raised, and
two million ccntals ofcorn. The south
will yield four million pounds of honey.
Our gold and silver yield will not fall
short of twenty million dollars. Our
fruit and raisin crop will sell for at least
three millions of dollars. Quicksilver,
coal and copper will yield moderately,
if not in their wonted abundance.
Peculiar and infrequent crimes arc
brought to light occasionally in the New
York police courts. A woman was re-
Gently sentenced to twenty days i'm
prisonmcnt for numerically 1ogging her
twelve-year-old niece, and the child was
given over to the Society for the Prcven-
ton of Cruelty to Children. On the
same day, in another court, woman
received four months in the penitentiary
for throwing kerosene over her husbands
body, lighting match and then trying
to set fire to the oil. Husband and wife
had not lived happily together for years.
One evening he came home, found her
slightly intoxicated and the two had
some words. Just us the man was retiring
his wife threw the oil over him, but was
frustrated in her diabolical attempt and
arrested.
The reported exploits of Mile. Sophie
Won Herzfeld and several other. ladies
during the recent Nihilist emeute ut
Kief, add one more instance to the long
list of female revolutionistS in Russia.
During the tumult which dctlroned
Peter I'LL, in 1863, in favor of Catharinc
H., Countess Dashkoff rode, at the head
of the Prcobrajcnski regiment in male
-attir". with :istnls Mt herk saddL. hcW
Several ladies' of rank toOR part in the
conspiracy formed against Alexander /.
in lS2l-5. Among the political prisoners
banishcd to Siberia by Nicholas in 1881,
WAS the celebrated Princess TrubctskOi.
One of the principal leaders of the Po,
iish insurrcction of 1863 was accompanied
everywhere by his young wife, who
made herself conspicuous in every skin
mish by her reckless bravery. The at
tempt made by Vera Sassulitch upon the
life of the cx.Nlinistcr of Police, Gen.
Trcpoif, is still fresh in every ones men,
Dry. and two young ladies of good family
were found among the workers of the
Nihilist printing press recently seized in
st. Petersburg.
In the New York postoffice force Of
six men is employed solely in correcting
blundcrs of the people who write letters,
and the skill which these men display in
drciphcring "blind' addresses is sur
priSing. The postmaster gives the follow
ing list ola few of the many postofliccs
in the United States bearing the same
name: There are eighteen Brooklyns,
twenty williamsburg, five Batimores,
ten BangorS. twelve Bostons, sixteen
BuilaloS. seventeen BurlingtOns, seven
teen Char!cstons. four Chicagos, eight
Cincinnatis, ten Clcvclands, twenty-five
Daytons, fifteen Louisvillcs, fifteen
Lowclls. three Milwaukecs, fourteen
Naslvillcs, seven Philadelphias, fifteen
QuinccyS. twenty-five RichmOndS,
twelve St. Pauls, seven Tolcdos, thirty
Washirgtons, twenty-five Springiiclds,
thirteen Wilmingtons, five. Omahas.
This list might he extended to more
than 80 different and familiar names.
One Saturday afternoon recently after
the heavy mails had been dispatched. no
less than 1000 misdirccted letters were
found in the office in the scattering and
nil rnottn1.