The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-09-04
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

taxes Ill crows nCauS INC Quiet uay.
In China two people of tho same
surname arc forbidden to intermarry.
a Scotch millionaire has given his
daughter her weight in fl notes. She
weighs f57, ,S44.
1t is believed that the hollyhock was
brought 70 Europe from China as carly
as tho year 1913.
Richmond, Va, has over hundred
thousand inhabitants, but no public
hospital or diSpensary.
a newly discovered cave in Oregon
is said to be three miles long and to
contain several mineral springs.
A Bangor (Mc.) woman was taken
sick OH the cars. The car was switched
off on side track and left there by
the train.
Noxamixon township, Bucks Coun-
ty,rcm., boasts Of four-lcggcd duck
which uses them all in q way that is
sight TO see.
1t is said that the finest hand-spun
Belgian flax, such as is used i'll max
ing costly lace, is worth from 5000 to
$1,000 Il ton.
Frederick S. Parker and Jessie S.
Bcalc were married by verbal contract
in restaurant at San Diego, Cal, a
few days ago.
a Detroit statistican says that a
million silver dollars piled one upon
the other would make q silver column
two miles high.
There are still fifty-nirc German
Waterloo veterans living. Five of
them arc in their Tooth year, one in his
105lh and ono in his l01th.
In the handle of the newest tennis
rackcts is Il place for tiny bottle of
smelling salts, which the fair players
use to invigoratc themselves.
One of the most ingenious frauds in
food is that of adulterating powdered
cinnamon by grinding up old cigar
boxes and mixing the powdered wood
with the spice.
Florida pineapple growers arc said
to have nettcd from 81 to $3.50 per
acre on tl.eir crops this season. A
much larger acreage will be devoted
TO the crop next season.
A woman in Colorado explained to
a new lodgcr that she might find the
bed 4 little hard for they had been
obliged TO take the hay out last winter
to feed the starving cattle.
Mushroom poisoning is said to be
of very frequent occurrence among
Italian peasants: who arc very fond of
mushrooms. but seem unable to dis
tinguish between the edible and the
poisonous varieties.
A big herd of camels has been seen
on the plains near Harrisburg, Cal.
One of them was caught and taken
into camp. but had to be killed, as
every horse and mule went crazy at
the sight of the strange beast.
The most successful catcher of spar
rows in the country lives in Indianap-
oils, Ind. He captures $4,000 of the
little pests year in immense nets
spread on the sides of houses, and
makes a good income by sell them in
the markets.
January 10, 1860, the Pemberton
mill, building five stories high, at
South Lawrence, Mass, fell without
moments warming, OH account of the
thin walls and insufficient support.
There were 1000 persons in the mill
when the crash came, AID of these l II
were killed and AL were injured.
The oldest printed book in Germany
has been acquired by the Royal Libra
~ in Berlin. 1t is an early edition of
the Chinese Art Treasury, "Po-ku-t'u-
Ill.," printed from metal blocks, and
d; ting from the years 1908 TO 1912.
The impression of both the text and
the illustrations is said to be beauti-
fully clear and distinct.
When gun in action drops shell
at certain spot everybody runs away,
yet an old artillcryist says that very
spot is the safest, as the range is
changed at the next fire and the next
she'll will go somewhere else. Paste
this in your hat, is The admonition Of
the Detroit Free Press, but remember
that the case is different when boy is
firing snowballs at you.