The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-08-31

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government telegraph monopoly. Lon
don has but 1,50O.
From the gaps left by the two masse
of rock which last year fell from th'
Risikopf upon the Swiss village of Elm
it is estimated that they formed only ,
hundredth part Of the whole mass O
the impending earth slip. A Genevs
correspondent writes that the final ca
tastrophe cannot be long delayed, but
that neither the precise time nor ths
direction of the inevitable fall can bt
foretold. Much depends upon ths
weather during the next few months
Meanwhile, although the people of Elm
watch the mountain with extreme solic
itude and are always ready for tempo
rary flight, they show no disposition tc
leave their homes permanently. A new
course has been made for the Sernf,
into which so much rubbish fell last
year, and roads have been opened owe,
the debris TO the meadows and noun.
tain pastures that lie beyondit. Snow.
plows have been brought into requisi-
lion to push the rubbish aside-where
it is not too deep-and lay bare the cul-
tivated ground underneath; and new
barns and shippens are being built to
replace those that were destroyed.
sore idea of the rapid growth OF
The coffee trade of the world may be
obtained from the fact that the total
production, which was 675,000,000
pounds in 1859, has now risen to /, ,3OO,-
900, 900 pounds, or nearly doubled. In
Europe alone the consumption of
coffee is said to have increased 240,-
100000 pounds in the single year Of
1879. As for the producing countries.
It seems that Brazil now holds the first
1lace with total of $50, 600, 900 pounds
against $50, 600, 600 in 1870. + be eman:
cipation of the slaves is, however,
expected to lead to a falling Of In the
.rop, unless the Cinnamon and coolies
imported from Asia shonld prove un-
we'll suited for the work of
cultivation. Next on the list come the
Dutch Indian possessions, which export
about $50, 600. 900 pounds, the British
East Indies, now exporting over 140,
900, 900, and Venezuela, producing
about 100, 100000. On the other hand
the Antilles Islands have long been
declining in the scale. Jamaica does
not supply half as much coffee as in
1905. Martinique has fallen still more
out of the race, and the Re
union coffee, which was once highly
and is still declared to be of
excellent quality. finds no longer any
market in Europe owing to the unfash-
ionsble bitterness Of its taste.
In an article on the comparative
growth of nations, the New York 7ri-
5une remarks: About 100000 inhsbi-
tants have been added to the population
Of this country during the past year by
emigration, and !, 1,470,0OO since the last
census was taken. During the last de.
csde the increase was 2,S12, 100 by emf
grafton, leaving s,7s5, 1922 for the in.
crease by excess of births over deaths
More than half as many emigrants as
we're received during the whole of that
decade have arrived within the two fis-
cal years which ended last Friday, and
the population of the United States
must now be about 5s,sO0,OOO. Recent
of population in Great
Britain, France and Italy enable us to
contrast the growth OF this with
other nations. In ten years Great
Britain has gained in population 3,4C0.
600; in two years the United States has
gained about 100000. In ten years
France gained 100000, having lost to
Germany population of about 1000,
900, or about 100000 from other
causes, 80 that the joint increase OF both
Germany and France, with T,0OO,OOO
of people ten years ago, has been less
than one.half greater in ten years than
that of the United States has been in
the two Years just ended. Austria
gained from 1869 to 1880 only one
l, 1881, 900 inhabitants, and Italy from
1871 to 1881 only 1,651, 900, 30 thai
their Joint increase in ten years Wal
less than that of the United States hal
been in two years. Europe has beer
disturbed by wars, it is true. But thi
country was also retarded in growth
great civil war during the previous de
cade. Looking back three decades
which include two of general peace ant
prosperity for esch country, we find tha
the United States has more than double
in population, while not one of tn
European nations has increased a
much as thirty per cent. in thirt
years.
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