The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-06-12

ton was in session l57 days. and cost
several hundred thousand dollars. The
session was to have been limited to 100
days, but it was impossible to complete
the work within that time, and $780,
600 more than WAS apportioncd for the
purpose was consumed for the pay Of tile
members and the conventions running
expenses.
When the mills blew up at Minnea-
polls, Mimi. there was question as to
whether or not the insurance companies
should pay the damage. They claimed
that the mills We're destroyed by the eX-
plosion, and as the insurance was against
fire they refused to pay. The owners of
the mills held that fire was the cause of
the explosion. Ex-Governor Washburn
proved that fire had been seen before
the explosion. The trial lasted week,
but the jury only took ten minutes to
bring in a verdict against the companies
for the full amount, with interest.
According to recent official statements,
the land appropriated to fruit growing
in the United States is 4,5OO.O0O acres.
Upon this there flourish 1000, 600 apple
trees % .OOO. 900 pear trees, 1920, 900
peach trees and l4l, ,26O, 900 grapevincs.
The total value OF the fruit crop through
out the United States is set down at
S23s, ,2l9, 700, an amount equal to half
the value of the average wheat crop OF
the country. Toward that large sum
apples are held to contribute $40. .4OO.0 600,
pears Si4. 10000, peaches S47, l35: :WO,
grapes S2,ll9,O00, Strawberries S5,OOO,-
900 and other fruit $40, ,432,0 ,0OO.
Concerning the charges of the express
companies the American Cultirat0r says ::
THE express companies in their eNorbi-
ant charges fail to realize, OF ut lea It faii
to be governed by the tact, that in all
other branches of business. both private
and corporate, profits are largely re-
duced. The public demand lower rates
in accordance with the times. Mana
gers of express companies should not de-
Law making a reasonable reduction in
their charges, and without forcing un-
healthy competition, or creating public
discomfort by a .grasping and selfish
policy"
A poor Hungarian lately showed Il
black pearl to Pesth jeweler, and beg
ged him to value it and give him what
he could for it. He was told that the
pearl was Of great value, and that he
would better take it to Biederman, of Vi
enna, which he did. and was naturally
asked where he had obtained possession
of such a rarity. The Hungarian an
swered that he had got it from the valet
of the late Count Louis Batthyani. 1t
turned out that it was one of three black
pearls which, more than $50 years ago,
were stolen from the English crown, and
which were for a long time vainly sought
for, it being at that time supposed that
these were the only three black pearls in
existence. The British Government has
bought the black pearl for 5000.
The following points" are given by
the Rural Ne,U Yorker to persons buying
horses: IAN intended purchaser should
have the horse brought out before him,
and watch the animal as he stands at
rest. If the owner is continually start
ing the horse into motion, and urging
him to show off, something may be
Suspected, DuCausp IL IS wnen 4 horse Is
at perfect rest that his weak points are
divulged. If the horse be sound he will
stand square on his limbs, without NOV
ing any of them, the feet being placed flat
upon the ground, and all his legs plump
and naturally posed. If one foot be
THROWN forward, and the toe pointing
to the ground. and the heel raised, or il
the foot be lifted from the, ground, and
Hhe weight taken from it, disease or ten
derness may be suspected"
In conformity with the engagement
entered into by France and Germany In
1871 to keep up the tombs of soldiers
buried in their respective territories, the
French government has taken action in
.438 communes, situated in thirty-SiX
departments. and containing the re-
mains of 81 1896 victims of the war; 81,
$50 French and 2l,S76 German soldiers
have separate sepulture, while 27,66l
bodies, whose nationality could not be
positively distinguished, have common
graves. municipalities and private COM
nittees have erected 349 monuments,
families eighty-eight.and Germany sixty
nine. The French government has con-
structed twenty-five large ossuaries,
with imposing ornaments, at an expense
of 7S2, All francs. The total outlay has
been 2.287 1896 francs, and there will be
IN annual vote for the conservation of
the graves and memorials.
The Washington Post has an account
of the manner in which the new ten
,lollar certificates are printed by the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing:
The certificates, like greenbacks, re-
Iuire two distinct plate impressions,
me for the back and the other for the
Elce. AS the plate printers can only
average about $50 impressions per day,
this is the slowest part Of the work. In
order to prepare the sheets for the first
impression, they have to be wet down
and subjected to Il heavy pressure for
ten hours. The impressions are then
taken, and the sheets are placed in % dry
box and subjected to intense heat. They
are then ready for examination. when all
the imperfect sheets are thrown out.
The edges are then trimmed by ma
chinery. Each of these machines en-
ploys two persons, who can complete
about $1,000 impressions per day. The
sheets are then sent to the surface presses
to have the seal and the date imprinted.
These machines each turn out on an
average $4,000 impressions per day.
They are then Sent to the numbering
division, where each machine averages
1000 impressions per day. The backs
are usually printed first and 60 through
a long process of wetting down and dry
ing.
An Old.Fashioned Reaper.
One day, lust before harvest, an Ohio
farmer went to Cincinnati to buy a
reaper. A delighted agent collared the