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DETOTUD TO POLITICS, MORALITT, UDUGATION AND TO TIE OENBhAL INTEEST Sr Tfl UVNThY. By D. F. BRADLEY & 00. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1881. VOL. X. NO. 33. NEWS GLEANINGS. In Miasissippi there are 5,024 public schools and 969 private schools. The little county of Wythe, Va., pro duced last year $1,000,000 worth of iron. During March the yellow pine lum ber shipped from Jacksonville, Fla., amounted to 4,831,779 feet. The Houston (Texas) Post says that over 100,000 people petioned the Legis lature on the prohibition question. The Vicksburg (Miss.) Herald says .that the cotton factory at Water Valley, which has been idle for some years, will soon be put in repair and run again. Col. James Crook, one of the Alabama Railroad Commissioners, told a reporter of the Atlanta Constitution that Gen. Gordon owns 270,000 acres of the finest coal lands in the world. Gainesville (Ga.) Southron: The gold mines of Northeast Georgia are yielding large dividends, with all the drawbacks of a winter and spriag unequaled for se verity in half a century. The rainfall in March and April largely surpassed that of any season within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. 'Memphis (Tenn) Appeal: With the city-debt bill in force, and also the State debt bill, the rate of taxation in Mem phis will be as follows; State-debt com promise on the $100, fifty cents; city 'debt compromise on the $100 fifty cents; city taxes for all purposes, $1 60; State and county tax, seventy cents; total amoun t of tax, $6 30. Columbus (Ga) Advertiser: Numbers of our planters are now paying high prices for hay to feed stock on, and in a short while will be paying nearly the same per 100 pounds to have the grass killed in order to make a bale of cotton 'to an average of three and a half acres of land. This is one reason why our far mers can accumulate no money, and in a great measure accounts for the many poor horses, cows and hogs to be found in this country. Emigration has set in from the Valley of Virginia to Piedmont, Va. A num ber of farmers in the valley have recent 1,y sold out and bought farms in Fauqui 'er and Piedmont counties. At Warren ton, last week, a farmer arrived from Rockingham county seeking suitable larmns for twenty-five neighbors in that county. The cause assigned for the change is that Piedmont (Va) lands he ing .cheaper, the farmers can own lairger tracts. Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Times: Tuscaloosa has three newspapers and one magazine ; a Methodist, a Catholic, a Presbyterian, a Baptist, an Episcopalian, and several colored churches ; a University, two High Schools for boys, and a number of good. schools for small children ; two banks, one national and the other pri vate ; two cotton factories, two planing mills and furniture manufactories and a cotton-gin factory; an Insane Hospital, and a Theological Seminary for colored preachers ; and fifty business houses. Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution : Mayor ~English told me yesterday that the in crease in city property this year wouli go sharply over $1,900,000. Bob Griflin one of the assessors, 'estimated that oi this amount fully $500,000 was in nei' houses that had been added during the year, and the ballance in increased val ues. This is a capital record for a young A city and puts our total assessments abov( $20,000,000. The debt of the city it about ten per cent of the total value, bum it is decreasing while the city is growing Mayor English thinks that in three years the debt will have shrunk to sev en per cent of the total value, which is highest rate permitted. The outlook for building next year is quite as good as last. A writer in the Reidsville (N, C.) Times, speaking of the birthplace of Ed Richardson, said to be the richest man in the South, says that he was born in 4 Sergeansville, Caswell county, N. C. He and Esquire Samuel S. Harrison were born not half a mile apart and within two weel.s of each other. The old ladies used to say that when one died of 01ld age the other would quake with fear. His namo is Edmund R Richardson, not Edward R. "He firtt set out as a young man clerking in Dan ville at Sullivan's Hotel, the "Old Bell' Tavern." Forty years ago he drove all the way from Mississippi here in a sulky, and there wasn't a railroad to be seen ; now see the difference. They wanted him for Governor, but he wouln't hear toit. When spoken to about it he said it was the very last place he should think oif; he would as soon have the Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer-8un: Whe the grange was a flourishing institutior in Oglethorpe county, some years since it was customery, when a member want, ed credit for a committee to examine in to his solvency. If found solvent th( officers of the grange would give him v written recommendation. In numerou instances these debts were not paid and now the officers are being sued. If th( court decide that these written recom mendations are binding, the officers will be bankrupt. Orangeburg county item in Charles ton (S. C.) News and Courier: The ques tion of fencing crops or stock was dis cussed two weeks ago at a meeting of the citizens of Pine Grove township, and a vote ot those present taken to test the sentiment of the people on the question. The result was an almost unanimous vote in favor of the law as it now stands, and it is thought that there are not more than twenty or twenty-five citizens of that section who favor the new law, that is, fence in the stock and not the crops. Tampa, (Fla.) Tribune: Capt. James P. McMullen, living near Bay View, in the Clearwater section, has a citrus tree which bears both oranges and lemons, which was never grafted and bears the characteristics of the sweet orange tree. What is further remarkable about it is that some of the oranges are one-half yellow and one-half red, each color be. ing conflred to one hemisphere, and the line of demarkation between the two col >rs being as distinct as if the coloring [iad been put on with a painter's brush. Capt. McMullen sent us several speci mens of this fruit for inspection. Columbia, (S. C.) special dispatch to he Charleston News and Courier: Ten immigrants arrived this morning, and a party of eight or more will reach the city to-morrow, it will be seen that arrivals ire of almost daily occurrence, and they ire promtly engaged. Of those not itherto disposed of, J. W. Davis, of Ridgeway, Fairfield county, takes seven; Edward P. Mobley, of Fairfield, three; tmd C. C. Montgomery, of Richland, sev mn. Two of these gentlemen had obtain d members of the first party, and was so uch pleased with them that they have iecured more. Reports come in that :hey do twice as much daily work as the iegroes, and do it well. From March 18 o date (about three weeks) 144 immi 1 -riftled by houses, auul 0. y1AA.4 -P -AY-, -A grapes and a glass of wine, generally constitute the meal of a patient. Fighting a Bull With an Ax. [Richiand (Iowa) special.] While R. 1). Hooker, of Richland, was engaged in chopping 15mmpkins for his stoclk, and was on one knee, paying no attention to his cattle, without wvarning a bull came at him, striking him on the right sideO and shoulder and prostrating him on the ground. Though severely bruised and hurt, Mr. Hooker got on his feet before the animal had time to make a second attack, and, as it rushed at him, struck it with an ax just under the horn and above the eye. The blow, however, seemed to have little effect on the angry beast, stopping it for a moment. It again pitched at Hooker, one horn gor ing him in the arm and the other inflict ing a wound on the face. By this time the case looked desperate, but as the ani mal came at him the fourth or fifth time Hooker managed to plant a blow on its forehead that felled it to the g round, and before it had recovered su fficiently to renew the attack, he had got out of it4 reach.____ ALLr, prosperous men can give good counsel, and they like to do It ; it costi them nothing. It is easy to declair against feasting, when the stomach ii full, A Thrilling Sketch. One warm day in August, upon the bank of the muddy Colorado, we chii. dren were lazily sitting about on the ground. One sister was stringing beads taken from an old moocasin, and most of the men were sleeping under the wagons through the heat of the after noon. There was a great stillness uia everything, save for the children's chat. ter, and a heat rose from the ground a smote the eyes. Suddenly there was a dreadful scream, echoed, re echoed, multiplied; then another and another, as when one strikes the hand upon the mouth, till in one second of time the air seemed rent and torn with yells. In just that second the close chapparal had become black with Indi ans, who had crawled, serpent-like, on hands and knees, till, rht upon us, in concert they could leap into sight. They wore cloths upon their loins and had some feathers wound in their hair, with hideous paint glowing on face and breast. I gazed in dumb amazement benumbed with surprise and then f think I awoke to the excitement of the occasion. The women and children, through an air thick with flying arrows, were marshaled into one covered wago and there my mother wrapped us round with feather beds, blankets and comforters. I do not think I was fright ened, not because of any precocity of courage, but because of a wild excite. ment that filled me. I half leaned upon the knee of my sister. She said she was conscious of no pain, she felt no sudden pang, but something warm seemed running down her side, and, looking down, she saw an arrow which had pierced her flesh andprotruded its flinty head from the wound." Mother," she exclaimed, "I am shot," and fainted. My mother, the woman whose spirit never failed her in this or the dreadful trials which succeeded this disastrous fight, put forth her hand and drew the arrow backward through the wound. It was while thus supporting the head of the girl she supposed dying, it somehow became known to her that her husband was lying quite dead and filled with ar- 1 rows under the great cottonwood tree under which the camp was made. It was but a few moments more till one of the men spoke from the front of the wagon. Saidhe: "Ourammunition is giving out and we do not know but it may come to a hand-to-hand fight. Get out the knives you have in the bed of the wagon." Tough the backward march which fol lowed it was ever the women who rose superior to suffering and to danger. The men lost courage, hope and spirit, but the women never. A few moments after the demand for the knives a Methodist preacher, who had seized my father's rifle, aimed at the chief with the dinner bell depndin from his belt, and saw c him fall. In five minutes not an Indian was to be seen, the living dragging with them the dead as they went. In the mean time, under cover of the fight our great herd of cattle had been made to swim tle river, and were safely corraled in the ojave villages.-Kae Heath, in Janu- d ry Californian. Thtings liard to Understand. Why an endless procession of drinkers j romi a pulilc dipper will, without ex- a ep>tion, drink close to the handle. t Why half the human race was not m >or without hearing and the other half eithout speech. Then the talkers might alk on in uninterrupted flow, and the tcarers exercise their especial gift with- I iut their present pruriency to speak. Why people will igo in to society to get >ored, when they can get bored just as Nell at home. Why the young lady who will eagerly :hew boar ding house mince pie will 2arefully eschew boarding house mince meat. Why a man's stomach will be so ever lastingly squamish at home, and at the eating house display a faith like a grain of mustard seed. Why a woman will make excuses for her bread when she knows it is the best 1she ever made, and knows her "com pany" knows it. Wya "young gentleman" swears so muchlouer and more copiously when !stranger ladies are within ear-shot; or in ~other words, Why the desire to make a fool of one's self springs eternal in the human breast. Why we are so much angrier against him who shows us our error than him Swho easus therein. Why every hody is so prompt to an swer, " How do you do?" when you ask that inevitable question. And, Whf~you seem to be perfectly satis fied with the information .contained in this echo. Why one's piety strengthens as his health weakens. Why people wvill get married when couirtsn ip is so sweet. Why a man who claims to have found marrying a dlelulsion will again embrace that delusion upon the first convenient Why oldweather comes during the season when it is least agreeable. Why it is so much easier to be polite to people whom we shall probably never see again than to those whose good opin ion we have reason to cultivate. vt if N a young man gets a cutaway coat that buttons from the watch chain up to the shirt collar, and can hold.an inch stub of a cigar between his teeth and look unconcernedI, he's entitled to qunotation), and it's an ungrateful guhlic th at fails to notice him. What incen tive has a young man to effort in a world that persistently refuse to recog n)ize merit? "DowNy" way of putting it-Men are ~geese, women are ducks, and birds of a Ifeather flock tourether. The Ureat Bridge. [Boston Transaipt.] Work oh the great East River Brid New York, is continued vigorously; about nine hundred men being employed at the present time. The work upon the superstructure will be continued through the winter, except in the most severe weather. One thousand tons of steel are to be delivered this winter. The first suspenders for the support of the roadway were placed in position last week. All those for the Brooklyn side will be in position within a week, and after that those on the New York side will be placed. There will be thirteen suspenders on each of the four cables on each side of both towers, making 204, all of which will be put up during the winter. The longest measure 128 feet. These suspenders are of steel wire rope, 11 inches in diameter, with a socket at each end. The upper socket is fastened by means of a bolt 1i inches in diame ter to a band of wrought iron five inches wide and five-eighths of an inch thick, which is bolted to the cable. At the lower end of the suspenders are two bolts. 1j inches In diameter, through cast-iron sockets, by which to attach the beanis to the suspenders. After the beams are in place, the trusses will be erected. The thirteen suspenders to be placed this winter will extend nearly one hundred feet from the piers. The cables are to be swayed thirteen feet nearer together than they are now, the outer ones being brought six and one half feet nearer the centre. A strain of twenty two tons will be required to draw them togother. They will then be con nected at intervals with wire rope stays. This will secure strong lateral bracing for the whole structure, and add im miensely to its ability to resist the winds. Sixty or seventy men will be employed luring the winter. If all the work that [s now laid out is accomplished, about ne hundred feet of the superstructure 3n each side of both piers will be com pleted by spring, except the flooring plank. Four thousand tons of steel will )c used next summer, in addition to the lhousand tons to be used this winter. Tne security Disraeli aye. London papers, in noticing the death >f Mr. Henry Padwick, which occurred recently,,tell an interesting story con :erning the deceased gentleman and Disraelh Padwick began life as a noney-lender, and Disraeli, quite at the )utset of his political career, finding imself pressed for money, went one day o call on Padwick, who knew him by ight, of course, perfectly well, and rankly asked him for an advance of everal thousand pounds for a certain ime. When Padwick inquired what ecurity his distinguished client had to ffer, Mr. Desraeli guietly said: "The ecurity of my ambition and my genius." 'lie two men looked at each other for a ew moments, when Mr. Padwick said: Well, Mr. Disraeli, this Is an unbusi ess-like sort of transaction, but I will hink of it. Could you call on such a ay ?" The day came, Mr. Disraeli aade his appearance, mnasterin g as well s lie could his anxiety, and Mr. Pad rick, opening a portfolio, took out and anded him a check for the required mount. In many ways it proved -to be he best investment the shrewd man of ionev had ever made. The Remedy He Needed. " Can you cure my eyes?" said a man o Dr. Brow~n. " Yes," said the D)octor, " if you will ollowv my prescription." "0O, certainly, Doctor," said the pa ient; " I will (10 anything to have my ~yes cured. 'What is your remedy, 30ctor?" " You must steal a horse," said the 30ctor, very soberly. " Steal a horse, D)octor!" said the pa ient, in amazement. " How will that ~ure my eyes?'' " You will be sent to State Prison for ive years, where you can not get whisky, mnd dluring your mncarceration your eyes vould get wvell," said the Doctor. The patient looked somewhat incredu ous, but he did not adopt the Doctor's ~emedy. _________ It Was Bitten Of'. Thme andcdote of the inquisitive man, vho asked another how he lost his leg, uid, after having promised to ask no ~urthier questions, was told that it was "hit off,' has been variously told, and >fton wrongly attributed. The incident is properly told in Scribner, in a paper :m Copley, the American artist of the last century. The incident occurred be ween Brook Watson, afterward Lord Nlayor of London and his servant, who, in putlling off his boot, was warned in vain that if he was not careful be would bring the leg off too.-which, much to Ih astonishment he did. As a matter of ract, Watson's leg had been bitten off by a shark in the harbor of Havana; an event commemorated in a famous picture by Copley, which is engraved with the above mentioned paper. A LowooN journal says of Mayo In "EDay Crockett:"l " He has many per sonal advantages; a manly figure, ex pressive features, a fine voice. His elocution Is admirable, and he knows how to infuse many shades and changes of exhprssIOn into the nrOnluniation of a monosyllable, by subtle Inflections of voice. He uses this power with equally happy results in comic scenes and in those which call for pathos or vigor. Mr. Mayo carried the audience with him, and his picturesque, natural, quaint, and pathetic Impersonation 0 Davy Crockett deserves to become as popular here as It has been in America.' MILBUR~N, the~ blind preacher, says that Carlyle, in a conversstion, foretolid the downfall <(f Louis Napoleon, whom he likened to an. opera singer whose opera house was soon to be blasted by an earthuke of God. A Clerical Ancedote of the Olden Time. An old Connecticut clergyman, once upon a time, while his wife was absent 4 from home, was invited by one of his parishioners to dine with him, which in- 1 vitation he accepted? The first proposition made, on entering the house, was, that they "take some- I thing" to which the minister assented. I Theiquor furnished was old Jamaica rum,-and the visitor drank as was his wont-as he would have drank the rum he usually purchased of his deacons, both of whom sold it. 8 Just before sitting down to dinner the t host produced the decanter again, and I again the twain partook. The meal was eaten, pipes were smoked, and, by and by, before setting forth into the chill autumnal air for the afternoon meeting,. the host offered the decanter once more. The good old clergyman thought lie know his own capacity, and lie drank accord. 4 ingly. It made him feel good. The rum was excellent-smooth as oil-the best ' he over drank. And on his way to the church, in the chill, bracing air, he was I all right. But, alas! upon sitting down in his E pulpit, with the great box-stove, at the head of the broad aisle, directly below a him. stending up its heat of old hickory a wood, the strong 'rum began to take t serious effect-so much so, that the C poor old clergyman could not deliver his sermon! His friend, with whom lie had dined, saw the trouble at once; and, hav ing explained to the congregation that the good nan had complained of feeling very unwell at his house, he summoned the assistance of the deacons, and helped the unfortunate man out into the open air. Of course, this made a stir; and the good deacons, feeling themselves called upon to uphold the morals of the people, proceeded forthwith to make complaint against the minister, and to summon him before the church for trial. The day appointed for the trial arrived, and the minister was called upon to con- I fess, and, if lie wished, to explain. He did so, as follows: "Brethren-I confess my misfortune; j but, let me assure you, I was led into it i through a misconception of facts. I took I dinner with our good Brother Arnold. I He, as usual, offered me the friendly cup; I and I imbibed as had been my custom. As many of you are aware, I have been in the habit of drinking spirit as fur nished by our .worthy deacons; and I knew not, at the time, that Brother Ar nold had another article entirely. He has explained to me, however, that the Jamaica rum which he furnished on that occasion was procured by him directly from the importer; whereas, you will remark, I measured my allowance in the belief that it had pased throuqh the hands of our deacons! I can onl say, that I have learned a lesson, which I trust will be of profit to me." You can imagine, I fancy the appear ance of those two deacons on that occas. i ion. Suffice it to say, they did not press t the complaint any further. But those were things of the past. In those days a wedding without wine would have been no wedding at all; and your total-abstainer was as rare in the pulpit as he would have been in regimentals I.-. Ncw York Lvgdger.____ In the Australian Bush. I was terribly frightened one night in Queensland by a dead man riding up to my camp)-fire at midnight. I was quite alone. I heard my horses neighing and another answering in the Malgas bushes, so I got up and put wood on1 making a bright blaze, and presently into the cir cle of light came a horseman bendingr over his pommel, with his large strawj hat slouched over his eyes. I took myj revolver off my saddle and sung out: " Good-night, mate ! You travel late. Will you have a drink of tea ?" Not a word of answer. Just then my two dogs, who were sniffing about, set up such a terrible cry it made me jump again. After a bit I began to open my eyes to the state of affairs and mustered courage enough to walk up to the horse and take hold of the reins. While doing so I touched the rider's hands, which were cold as ice. I tried to get him off the saddle, butit wasof no use. His legs were out of the irons and wound tightly round the mare. I had to cut the reins from the grip of his fingers. I packed him on the horse when sunrise came and led him into Tambo, where I found he was well known as a digger. He had set out thence that morning-after drinking nearly a bottle of brandy-to go to a lace distant about forty miles, and Iwas only twelve miles from the township when he paid his ill-timed visit. There was no doctor within 200 miles at that time. How ever, they held a kind of inquest, at which the P. M. talked learnedly of muscular contraction and sunstroke, and was puzzled to decide whether the brandy had anything to do with it, as he could swear, from his own experience, that the liquor was first-class. He p raised me more than I deserved, for I had half a mind to run away at first. When I am camped out even now alone strange thoughts of that nocturnal horseman come into my head. If any one had told such a story to me I should hardly have credital it. I mean that ~a man should stick to his horse in that way without any other help than his saddle strapsn afforded. His little mare was very qumet, though, and was evidently attracted y the sound of my horse bells.--New South Wales~ letter. A sEA captain was brought before a justice in Marseilles and mercilessly at tacked by his opponent's lawyer. When at length he was suffered to speak, lie maid: "Your honor, I ask a delay of one week in the proceedings, so that I may thnd a big enough liar to answer that mani" His request was grranted. BITS OF INFORMATION. OxN cubic foot of water measures 1j gallons. WooD will furnish, when properly )urned, 16 per cent. of coal. SENATORS and Representatives each eceive an annual compensation of 0>,000. KNIvEs were the earliest branch of iutlery, and were first manufactured in England in 1563. PLINY tells us Deadalus invented the aw. The earliest saw-mill of which we tave record was built in Madeira in 420. IN England and in the United States here are 43,564 square feet to the acre. L Germany there. are about 28,316 quare feet to the acre. THE first historical appearance of gyp ies was found 450 years ago, or there ,bouts, in the City of Luneburg, on the Albe. They came from Egypt. BLACK is not the only color worn in aourning. In China and Siam white is rorn, and white was also the color of iourning among the ancient Romans. TE greatest number of vessels of war t any time in the service of Congress, utring the Revolutionary war, was wenty-five. Our little navy captured ver 800 vessels during 1776-'77. THE Gregorian calendar was adopted iy Germany in 1700, and by English aw in 1752, when the Julian calendar ,ave place to the new style, by dropping leven days from the month of Septem )er, that year. I AFTER the restoration of Charles IL, > England, that King lid the mean less to order the bodies of Cromwell, Bradshaw and Ireton to be dragged out )f their tombs, and hanged upon the ;allows at Tyburn. THE first income tax was passed by .Jongress July 1, 1862, and took effect in he year 1863. It taxed allincomes over W600 and under $10,000, at the rate of I per cent., and on all over $10,000 it evied a tax of 5 per cent. By an act of \farch 3, 1865, the income-tax law was Lmended so as to increase the 3-per-cent. lax to 5 per cent., and the 5-per-cent. ax on incomes over $10,000 was changed xo a 10-per-cent. tax upon the excess wer $5,000 income, the exemption of $600 remaining the same. The act was nrther amended March 2, 1867, so as to nerease the exemption, then standing t $600, up to $1,000. At the same time, All discrimination as to the taxing of large incomes a higher rate was abol ished, and the tax fixed at 5 per cent. on all incomes over $1,000. The act also contained a limitation or proviso that the taxes on incomes should be levied ind collected until, and including, the year 1870, and no longer. The tax was eenewed for one year by act of July 14, 1870, the rate at the same time being re luced to 21 per cent., and the exemption ncreased to $2,000. The bill repealing il income tax passed the Senate Jan. 6. 1871. and the House March 3. Aaron Burr and Mrs. Hamilton. When on an official visit to the United States in 1853, I spent a day or two al tir. Stuart Browne's place on the New Jersey shore of the Hudson River, above Hloboken. General Taylor, of Ohio, wvas another guest, and as the house was al no great distance from the spot where the fatal duel between Burr and Hamil ton took place (July 12, 1804), a conver sation arose on the event, and the char icteristics, public and private, of tihe two men. General Taylor told us that when a very young man, studying at Wesi Point, he was one day on board a rivet b)oat, and among the passengers were lNira. Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamilton, and Aaron Burr, who had re tulrnedl to the States after his enforced dbsenlce in Europe, in consequence of hie p~rovedl treasonable practices. Burr was then an old man, but still retained much of his former confidence and manner, es pcially with ladies. To the astonish mient of those who knew him, on discov ering that Mrs. Hamilton was on board the steamboat, lie approached her, toob off his hat, and bowing, said: "Mrs. Hamilton, I believe? My name is Burr." Tie effect upon the lady, now well stricken in years, was electric. Rising from her seat, she gathered up her dress, as if to touch Burr with it would be con tatminiation, drew~ herself up, and looking at him from head to foot, swept away with a dignity and grace worthy of her best (lays, and left him standing abashed, if he wvere cnpable of feeling so, before the spectators. Burr replaced his hat upon his headl, and slowly moved back to the renft he had left purposely to make this experiment upon the feelings a' the widow of ;the man he had uin, for one can not suppose that he had any intention to apologize or explain, since this was impossible.-Notea and Qucries. _____________ The Square Man. The square man mezzures the same each way, and haint got no winny edges nor shaky lumber in him. He is free from knots and sap, and won't warp. lHe is klear stufn; and I don't care what y u work him up into, lhe won't swell and hie won't shrink. He iz amongst men what good kil dried boards are among carpecnters, he won't season krack. It d1on't make any difference which side uv him yu cum up to, he is the same big ness each way, and the only way tow get at him, enny how, iz to face him. He knows he iz square, and never spends enny time trieing to prove it. The square man is one of the best shaped men the world has ever produced. He iz one of them kind ov chunks that kant alter tew fit a spot, but you must alter the spot to fit himn.-JoshBWunga. H APrmSS and unhappiness are qual. ities of mind, not of ina nr nnaitn.