The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-15
TIMELY TOPICS.

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the fact that she is my own particular
bosom-friend.
! TIMELY TOPICS.
New York city has nearly 500 churches
and chape'ls, costing $40, 900, 900 to build,
and $4,000, 900 more per annum to keep
them going. 1t has fifty-nine hospitals
and asylums for the sick, aged, blind,
deaf and dumb, lunatics, inebriates,
orphans and soldiers, which have cost
800, 900, 900 to build, and require S5,000,-
600 n year to sustain. The public school
edi6ces have cost SO, 900, 900, and 81, ,OO0,-
600 q year to operate.
A French chemist last year exposed
quantity of flour to hydraulic pressure
of 300 tons, which reduced it to fourth
of its original bulk, without impairing
the quality. He packed a portion of it
in tin boxes and sealed them up, doing
the same with the Impressed -four.
When opened in three months, the
former was in better preservation than
the latter. When baked into bread, the
pressed article was decidedly superior.
After the lapse of year other cans
were opened, and the impressed -four
had become spoiled, while the pressed
remained sweet, and was excellent when
baked.
A dress woven from the webs Of the
large spiders common in South America
has been presented to Queen Victoria by
the Empress of Brazil. 1t exceeds in fine.
nese any manufactured silk known, and
is very handsome. Spaniards, nearly
two hundred years ago, endeavored to
make gloves, stockings end other articles
of spiders webs, but they yielded so
little profit. and necessitated so much
trouble, that the manufacture was aban-
doned. In ITO the calculation was
made that the webs of 100000 spiders
would be required for about forty yards
of silk. Such dresses are occasionally
seen in South America.
There is man with a cake doing a
thriving business in Michigan. The
papers throughout the State are expos
Ing him, and in short time. no doubt,
he will be compelled to seek pastures
new. He comes in town to start bak-
cry, and brings sample Of his work
tIollS III tlle siitPS VI u ioi sc niiu CIV
-apntIr- -tf:nstsd .e4ke. Some hitch takes
and he concludes to rattle off the cake.
The rattle takes place; the splendid cake
is won and perhaps kept on exhibition
for day or two. Then it is cut up, or
e party is arranged to assist in its con-
sumption. When they attempt to cut
I'D the cake, then comes tue fun. They
find it is made of wood, tastefully
frosted.
Some thieves, who manifested remark
able ingenuity, have lately been caught
in the Crimea. They operated thus: A
thief was locked in an empty trunk by
his mates; the trunk was sent to the
railroad depot rs the baggage Of Il pass
enger, and put in the baggage car; one
of his mates, who claimed the baggage,
took passage in the same train to the
next station; as soon rs everything was
quiet in the baggage CIR, the thiefopencd
it and crawled out; he ransacked the
rest of the baggage and put in his own
trunk such valuable articles rs were
available; then he crawled back to the
trunk and locked himself in. and ON
reaching the next station, his mate took
off the trunk rs his baggage, and they
proceeded TO secure their plunder. The
gang of Russian thieves who concoctef
this scheme managed to carry it on sue
cessfully for some time; but ut last, on
the occasion of one adventure, the thief
in the trunk took in with him such IN
amount Of stolen goods that the trunk
burst open at an unfortunate moment.
The method Of operation was discovered
and the thieves were brought to the bar.
More than twenty years ago two young
men, sitting on rock in the gold fields
of California, shook hands and agreed to
be partners in business. No articles OF
CO. partnership were signed. The con-
tract was between Dominick and Martin
O'Malley, brothers. Next day Martin
started for Australia, Dominick remain
ing in California. Several years passed.
Martin settled ut Westport, Wis. a
year later he was joined by Dominick.
Each had kept firm account and had
drawn the wages agreed upon, paying
himself from the firms funds in his own
pocket. The firms earnings were in
vested in eight hundred acres of land.
Martin married. The firm was contin-
ued, Dominick lost an arm. He was
sent to Paris at the firms expense for
wooden one. Dominick married. \
houseful Of children were born to both.
Dominick went to the legislature. The
children grew up. Recently the BROTH
ers saw that complications might arise
unless the property should be divided
before their death, and the partnership
was dissolved. The vast estate was di-
yided in n few hours, without word Of
! dispute.
Young ladies in Moscow think notll-
ing of shooting man in polite society.
Some weeks ago~a young nobleman
named Bailascliewsli was seated ut
! home in his salon, entertaining a few in
innate friends. In the midst Of lively
conversation the door suddenly opened,
and there entered young lady named
Praskowia katschka, about nineteen
years of age, handsome and prcpossess-
ing, 4 member, moreover, of we'll
known and noble family in the Wilma
District. Perfectly calm and selfpos-
sessed, she gracefully saluted the visitors
present in the chamber. Then, drawing
2 revolver from her pocket, she delibcr-
atcly shot Bairaschewski through the
head, so that he fell to the ground, dead
instantaneously. So rapidly and coolly
was the deed committed that all was
over before any one in the salon Mt
tempted to interpose. Praskowia made
no attempt to escape, and permitted her
self to be arrested without the slightest
resistance. It is said that two days be-