The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, May 31, 1883, Image 1
ED TO OLIili , MORALIIl, FDUC 719N AND TO T "I OEN R L INTEREST OF T1 E COU IT1.Y.
By D. F. BRADLEY & 00. PICKcENS, S. C ,TIU RSDAY, MAY 31, 1883 VOL. XI I. NO 36
NEWS GLEANINS.
Danville, Va., has two cotton mills
in operation and is erecting a third one.
Gov. Boynton's bride is wor4h $50,
000 in her own rkht. She is about 40
years o d.
The firft cotton factory in Wisconsin
was opened a few days ago at l heboy
gan Falls.
Mr. J. H. Henderson, of Covington
county, Ala., is sixty-three years of ago
and tince 1845 has killed 412 (leer.
Gen. Fitzhugh Le3 added about $3,
'00 to the funds of the Southern His
torical Society by his recent lecturing
tour through the South.
The Key West, Fla., sponge fleet,
numbering seventy vesKels and six hun
dred men, is out on a cruise. A large
catch of sponge brings about 4300,000
into that city.
It is said that a Vermont farmer
sends more than an average of 2,000
pounds of butter to one hotel in Geor
gia every week during the year.
Within eighteen months 150 miles of
railroad have been under construction
in Mississippi, over 420,000,000 being
invested. During the fifteen years pre
vious only 70 miles of road were built.
J. T. VIniSlyth, of 'T'exas, is caryine
47,000 sheep from A rizona to G rahaml
county, Tex. lie paid 75 cents each, or
$32,000 for the whole lot.
Gen. E. T. Sturdivant, of Orlando.
Fla , recently took $19 worth of honey
out of one bee hive, and yet left honey
enough to keep the colony in good spir
its and working dcndition.
Tn every tobacco factory at Key West
there is a "reader." Cubans cannot
talk without gesticulating, and in order
to keep them from talking a person i,
(mployed to read alon.l to the hand
during working hours.
A negro woman at Powder Sprins,
Ga., stuck a kni e through her hu,
band's heart, and then aroused the
village by her yells over his dead body.
The blordy knife was found con'cealed
in her l-osom.
Fimith Island, in Smith Lake, near
Ocala, Fla., containinn eighty acres.
thirty"iivc of whaah are in an oranre
grove, sold a fkw days ago for : 12,(u
Five years ago it could have been
bought for $700.
The Sewannee coal seam, of Tennes
see, covers an area of 3,000 square miles
in which there ire 1,920,000 aores,
which, at a low estimate, will yield an
average of three thou'a nd tons per acre,
or a sum total of fifty-. Even billi(n
six hundred million tons.
Talbot ton (G,a.) New Era : Capt. N.
1'. Carreker presents .1. W. 'T. .Tone ,
Talbot's antiquarian, with a couple of
ne rifled ewls, perched on petrified
imhs. Uhie feathers on the buirds and
the leaves on the limbs lock l:erfectly
natuiirat.
Wifteen years ago an enterprising
Mobilian brought a little .Jersey cow to
that city, and1( was laughed at. To-day
the wealthiest m en in IMobile owni herds
of Jerseys, and1( it is estimated that
there are nearly 5,000 registereo ani
mals and numberless grades in Mob)ile
county, worth near $500,000.
Tavares (Fla.) fishermen hr.ve instit:%
tedh a new and( novel mec ttlod ci catching
fish, which seems, however, to be v'ery
successful. A lire is huib~ on a board
across a long row-boat , and the fish,
attr acted by the b righit light, leap to
ward it, fall into the boat and are ca p
tu red.
ltice planting in S uthi Carolint andl
Georgia is becomniAg pirecariens, and(,
except in the eases of very ri ch men,
4 ~ it is thought that the iindustry in the
twod States will (lie (iu'.- Louisianal and(
Florida wvill1 becllme t I e rice States par
excellence. The coast plan tors of G4eor
gia and( South Carolina will have to
imitate Mr-, ltob;ert Gouirdin -drain
theia fields and con vert t hem in t > eadu
iredC( of Tletnher lFeet.
When ,Joe Soar of Denve wac1 s asked
the( cauise (of his wiin iin 's lie replid:
"' Why, it. miakrs tnw tired to hear lii s'
tenIde'r fee't talk ab ,n!i thir explo' its andl
blood-curdlinig expti nce inl digging a
ten-fooct hole ini Itall's 4 (h i- or somec
hieaver' from the El iI , wh' pele~i
have g.ivenli hho Gi~l lairs torrm
mnounitini, imagK ine'S 1hit lhe is anu old(
4 timer andiu a daisy at tibat, and if youi sit
cdown to ('njoy a ('omforltablh o' mwk, lwi
talkes you by the ear aiid isits don
making y'ou belheve thatt coeinparecd with
himi Daniel Boone was aL cihike hearted
"' You nitist halve st ruck t lm W~est at
an early cday, Joe ?"
"It's nothinig ~to brl'ug onl, but that's
what I (did. I eroised the phIains wuit h
my parents ini 1853. I1 was thenn I welhve
years ol."'
" WVere the Indl(iansi had(11 i ihose days,
"'Oh, Lord.:, yes ! [ stood at Fourlitethtl
and Blake one morinlg ii 18f', whenn ai
man fromi ai ranch( oni I i jon iver drlove
up1 wvithi two boldies in his wag~onl, (1n0 0
womanti anld the oItheri her lit le hov liy'
or six yearls ol. 'They had hl, en'mur.1'
dereud by the Inidiani. the' night befor.
Tiho husbarnd hiappene'd to be ':hsenit andc
on wvhen lie looikid in t heml boxi's alint
Asaw tho hlolrile buiitchIry dl the (2~iwman
ho loved ando the lit tl' ehlikt 'hatd nualeo
the brioad la nd, you'd haive fel t ui n'as
on at reser'vation1. Nco (one thIoui ghlt cif
going any distance fromn 2OWn wvithlout
being fully armed, for the cutbrea';ks of
the Indians were c',nlt inulous."
"' W~as D)enve'r e'vIr suchll a Imibly
lawulesa place asc manliy Eister'n folk:s hav'e
been ledt to think ?"
"No. Like al11 fronieir t ownsa we h iad
and have our1 rouOghI element, bui t it never
ruled and nevecr can.l East-lin folksc get
that idea from semi' dyspiotti' idiot whlo
comles out hiere, lluen'it thei' 11O to stav,.
and wvhen l'e goes basck tuakes a lion cit
l) r~.1 by ~a nw lo.win.1:ji.. 01.1 si
TOPICS OF TilF DAY.
The New Yorkers have been sev
years trying to raise $250,000 for t
construction of the pedestal of Barthi
di's great statue of "Liberty Enlighte
ing the World," to be placcd on Iiedlo
island.
The (a field Monument Committee
the Society of the Army of the Cui
berland have selected Mr. .J. Q.
\ard. of New York, to design a:
com1plete the monument at a cost not
exceed $50,001.
Swi tzerlaud uscd to beat the world
it the consumption of fire water, b
Belgium has forged ahead, Thei-e is
drinking shop there for every 12 persc
and eighty per cent of the lospital ic
tslity is attributed by the physivians
at tendance to alcoholism.
The functions of the Signal Servi
Bureau have been seriously crippled
thte fat'litre of Congress to make ai si
ticient rppropriation for its suppo
till reports will be resumed after Jr
1st, when the annual appropriati
)ecoies : , ailable.
('iiarles IH. Welling, who failed
\ c w York in 1863 for $400,00, payi
oIly 5" cents on. the dollar, ham recent
sought out his old creditors and pi
tlhcnm nearly in full. As lie was um
no legal obli eaiion to do so, the ma ior
of people who are familiar with the fa
aic iVreome wilti ama;z ment.
Six men a'l one woian in Philad
lph in hive criltn i7cl the "National C
mation Society," which is in substal
a sort of insurance tompany. Memb
are adtittcd ul1on ptavments gradual
accor'ling to the .expectation of lifc
tho;-e 21 years old for #8 a year, those
at $, and so on----and at their death ,
society will furni.h coflin, hearse i
one carriage, pay all expenFes and lit
the person's remains cremated.
The opium dealers have b een lay;
in large stocks of the drug in view
the increase in the duty on July
from 16 to $10 a pound. It is est ima
that enough opium to upply le tr,
for five years is already stored at
Francisco, and large lots are reccei
constantly ni w ill l e until July
a San Francisco firm recently paid $I
4(O in duties on 112-16,000 worth of c
uii received on hne stetiter.
The new Ent~lish d(ec-ratiin of1
"Royal l'ed Cro;s," whiich is to he c
ferred for special services in nursing
sick and wou1lnded of the army
navy, consists of a eross, Ctianwt1
(riison, cdIged with gold, hearinii
the arms the words, "Fai,th. Ho ie
Charity," with the date of tle insti
tion of the decoratioti, and i ini the cet
the queei,'s elig! y. (it the cetter
the reverse the royal and imperial ai
Rppeair in relef. The cross is to he
tached to a dark blue ribbon ed
with red, and worn on the Itft shotl
Thel lirst cotton mill in ('aliforni
a ho ut t o be lu ilt at ( a kland, near'
F'rancisco. A large niutmber of pcirs
have goiie into thte cottoii growing hi
ntess it Californiit Ithe souithern htall
the State lbe ing climti cially favorai
to the cutlture of cotton. It is said t
here is a gain in weight tof the eroipe
20 petr centt, anid the sh'ippintg faciti
for' thei Asiatic maurke't ake the suie<
of a cottoni mill very certaitn. I
clitimeid by Cal iforntiianis th at*sea ish:
cot ton (ctil he growtn int the State.
Theo special featurie of thle lnew ib
vat ory at. 'olutnhiai col lege will be
paper domec. There('I are ottlIy thr ee
ers int thle world. Th'lev are at the' TI
Ply'I.technic inst ituIite, thle We(st P
aca':demty, and I el iiot ciollege, Wis.,
dame~no at WVen Poinmt is the lartgest,
that~ of C'lohuia will he the betst
conlittt(utioni iad arrangitmenit. 1
insji idiatieter' of the dotte is 20 ft
atnd its hteighit Il feet. It is 8.82 of
itch thiiik, andi so light thtat thte htr
cani turn it. 'The tmethiod used in
piripairat ioni f te ptapir is a Itande
Few~~ i'ven attongx sporting plei( kr
t hat ther' is a Shietlandi piiiy raoita
thtis cotuntry. At Leon Stings, Hayi
ohi tim loig gentlemtian.i ha
rane of 8,0001 acres, aill iii:ilr fei
antd stockedl with hie.mutiful Shiethlto
Spiotteid pn1ics. llis 1reinlitg stock<
Iponfly tiares. I ( Se i iow ra isinig ai
"ef itriped and( SpoI tteid ponie1s to Pl
tera chIdren HeI sells thle inctreas
po ~''ple till ov'er thte world, anti cat
s Ipy thIte demantii faust cenugh.
Sisit, the irantche seems like a kittIen1
s -ry on a ktree scatle.
Unider thle Taivern L icence bill
cently p ussed by the P'ennsy'lvantia
islature, all the l icence ttoney, f
t averns, liquor retailers, eating Iio
1inewers, auct,ionteers, patent 1 medici
pedlirs and hlIP *l r'oomta goe te
CLOSE OF DAN NOBLE'S CAREER.
Dentll of tlac Notorioas NurAlnr In un En. w
011ih i'rfet)t.
Ilt
A letter frotu London to a gettlemnn to
in Elira, N. 1., annotinde,s the (deatIi '1
im prison of Dan Noble, the notoriotts pl
"rilninal, who is remetu(nbered here in Sit
connection with tho Royal tnlsurance dii
ComInOiy rolbbery. This rolbiery Was unil
(1omnmittetl itt Wall pittet New Yo'"k m:
City, l)eeeinlber 10, 1806, by Noble, oil
Frank Knapp and Jirames Griflin. Krnpl) tl
anud Grifliu engaged one of tuo oflici ds 81
u eonive rtion, mnd, while his attention of
wraili trat'he1,,11iuut,.e<1 to mtealthily hand in
to Nolohi, who stood at cr n:ar the door, w<
a b1ox contitining 1hnds to the valuo of an
q275,000. Noble and his pals made a et
steerssful evale with their immense it
1ooty, and fled at 0oe to Kingston, w
(.':unula, U1-re it was hcn'eted by Nob1o el
for several months. I all
In Aptiil, 1S07, Noblo cam11e to llmira, ,ab
bringing with him, as was afterward re
learned, tihe l'roeeds1 of the rolberv. c'li
ie pitreh:lNd of t well known risideInt ill
in Elhniira,lli'sh) Post, r,a fle it'operrty o tt
W< st Water street, not far this side of en
Iloflinan street, on the river side of fr(
Water street. The Ilixurious and ex- rit
travagaint style of Noble's living in El- A
miira1 attracted the aittenti'n of the pu- B
lie and kinidleil eiiilation in the bieast in
of mnylltV it p'el?Onl whose mII 11eans of sub- m.
si4tence 1were far more :11Iprent tih n :ni
thiosv (lisiliVed by the lin-i ligate and tll
dashin Noble. The best horses were T
his ; the 1best wines were on his talble, pa
and there seemed no end to his nagiiti- w
eenec as a spTort amlita man of the worl. stl
Of <'otrse li' ll.ul h ocntrtee into respeeta- t
bl t'ociety, 1111 soulglt none. Stuh gi
were his 1per:oiul e1i:lins, his dazzling tin
(xlitvagaies, his pirodigil outlay of i
mney a1oni t sporting and convivial cir- h<
elrs, that unmy of the then loose youth ti
of the vity sit hiim up its a sort of ditmi- to
god atid hiomed the knee to him ini shame- ti
1ess sycop ihanuey. His p)ecn'iary re- 1Il
sonrl'ees scemetd tnlimited. In gaiiling a
ventures lie lont and won heavily. His it
tall, i'rect forim was always prominent at i<
Ia('-Courss11(55 il(d le Was IL ghlder in 1111 je
sorts of sports. le always dressed with j<
seipuilius faultlessuess and in the height Iii
of fashion. fe
it was in Elmira tlint the spoils were oi
" divided" het wen him and his pills, (
Kin:iipp and Griflin. The "division'" l
Was mad,1e with i1)h's usual eyo to htmsi- ei
nless. The ainiitlit of the contents of tle l
1box that was secured in Wall street, it
:eems, was not known at. this time to any
one lmi1t Noble. He quietly abstracted
S200,111t0 of the booty, leaving $75,000
to exhibit to his confederates as the os- w
tensile fruit of their opirations. lie
gave them 1l each0 825,009, with whieh they p
ex)ressed t hem1salv< s siitistie"d, and after- n
ward took theiir depatrtlure. Knapp went v
to ('anad:I, and is ko eeping a hotel in
'Ti(ronto now. Griflin, -who walus the v
shr."wdest m nil hr of tie illhitiou' trio, 'f
welit to 1)ansville, N. Y., and set up1) a o
gamiling estalilishmet. it
The detection, arrest and o<mviction of f<
Ni bye, by the nid of Griiiin turning 11
State's evidence, sp ('edily followed, and e
is t matter of criminal history. (tritlini's al
treacherv was: the outgrowth of the dis- is
itv,'rv that Nobb1' had ntot naiie it fair o1
divisi<mi of the robbeu'rv. Noble i was sen- r,
telced to five ytars in Anhurn Prison ti
after fouu' trials. Si
''he walls of Aulrn did ]to it, Iowever, n
toil the wily prisoner long, for fin less
iun a Year he ''scae'ii its upt}leasiint 1
nviro1nlnts antitd t io Etglaui. 'lher a
and oi: the C t iitinent he resiumid his :i- .e
da:cionls car er < f crilinnlity, with1 very
ii g sicc"I s. 1.('ing sevenil titn s a pris- i,
oner in ditferelt (imoiitries, until finally 1
he was laliled l-hinld the hlars of the e
Engi.lishi pen'itentiary, in wliieh lhep
birathetd his last.
(Iowv Th'ey f)lifer. ii
The on traritie:; of thle ('hiniese, a
comnp..red withI us, hiave tiftin been ('(om- I
wrih.is aLiii>ut thiemi ini the (%hris/ian ,IdI
tionl; ai Cinanumiii shmkes hands with
himIlself. He stands at a idistanie, andli, ii
ela.sipiibth togetherii, ht shli-ii tlwmni
their inuls coiverdh, hiut tatke otf thui
-hoes tir politteness. We' slmve' the<
iw'; thliy slimve thm head aind eyeb ruows.
iiri.stfeeraitie tom ha'w nails fiomi thiree to
tive iitches Ilong, wihih thety aire tobliged
his coait, ind his idrawirs are1 ioutside his
iiirowsers. WeXu I hlwni ourii slitss; heit
uthlitenis t liwm. We bi:ive sioupf aL iit irst <
('oiurse att d imwiir, andi diis ert at laist;
they have desset at irst andi sioupl at
I nryi in thI e tairth; the oni V ilit surlface.i
Wahi Iusv-, black clithinig is it badge of<
ildientte the loss t:f friiendis. fIn thatf
fuiif tof oppiioites it is the ihtl mnen who
fly kites. w:idk on stilts, aind pla,y the
iihittle.coi'k, andii, tto kep1 iup thiiir oddI
In1 Cina, li wonwnier do nwnswrk,an
inenarethemiliner, dessmkes, anti
'WithI us the right land is the place ouf
Ionir w ith thiin, it is thie lift lulal. In
idit ig1 leis we dit' pl t ihe year lost; they
ven inia it i ng 4 ii i~ totlii otili. W
pi'y ouri hiciansi whenli we aii silk;
ais they- ;'t sick tIe pay'4 stop1s. llere
t p illw; they.a block if woodii. T hey
n:n hi shlips liewtise, riigliills fioma tl.
int idi, and a'tuallyI turnl thleir screws
ii i nvient4ors antd sciont istsu issert th at
lwi wastd tene rgy o f N iagara~ falls all Iof
the swell (if the oceanii can hii titili'iit
andl transn:itted to rn iill of thet machiin-.
iry of iill the factoiries iln the wvorld, wh y
-.-auiot ai kirnl of harniss hie made to fit
t.he lower jaw of a barber?
i g.m e cf thle iciook who can nauke
*haosh ot oely!rvtuieX .Aert cornfed~ beef.
Treasi,ry In Philadelphia these sour
(es yielded a revenue of $230,0'0 last
year to the State, and it is stated1 by the
Be Bulletin of that city. that if the license
' law is enforced the sum can be double(l.
1 It would appear that this new law, by
which o mctich t(klitional monfey is se
cured for local purposes, will have tie
of effect of interesting the diflarent coin
- munities to see that the legal licences
A. are obtained, especially front the tliany
(1 liquor -saloons which evade the law.
to Thut Is otlt of the eflective ways of
cd ucing the numbe r of saloons.
in
ut. 8ETTER THAN OUR FATHERS.
(. Mittler. In nu Afier-1)liner Mieecht,
iuntorounly Plrnis M.ottern
fin
(lov. Butler, of MIssneIlmsetts, dined
with the Saturday Night. Choh at the
cc Tioman IHouis', New York. Mr. Clark
'B1h presided, andu tier dlinner't Gov.
by But let- spolte.
if- ''It takes away all tl!e plea,ure for
rt- a diner," he said, "1"wlenl one knows
that he has to make a specclh after it.
- Whence arose this piirly Anwrican ens
on toni of spoiling a gotd dimier ,v naking
intellecttalk or, raila r, ulniat'elltetlaf,
remarks after it ? ILw alsor it i,, too,
in our all heing atti"ed on tl (ce::i'1
1g in white cr:vam and s%allow-tail toats,
l,while the 'wr\.uts who w ait 41n us.- are
.y el:ud in c:arieatures of our c('attas. Thr:
1( lalttert, too, ar'% So weillbe that it is
Ier dillicult to tell who are the gentleten
tv and .:ho arc the servan',,.
s "No'-, if inl 1i:n of tealking stupid
s})'elwhe. te wolhitl do :'s o.I ftatllrs did
-tell a t;e i story or siig 41'ed solg,
how1% mtuchl-tetr it woiibn b.e. MAit, in
0l- that en ', v.' : ouh ilt to iinitt' our
re, fat ters' siniplicity of d(lr.S. Now, tup
I, Posc we hid goiie back to the plain sin
plieit}y of our fathers, mal w'r'' clad as
ThOms Je' fl'eson was w ihe. as Secre
d t:iry of State to (Oore W."hingtoli, he
went to a hall ini Plil:ni'11hi: . '1 is
3)repub1liemrl and1 demcrl(at \\1 1.,nh that
' ce:si,)n anl ('laboratc)lv lmil'cd and pow'..
"'dered wvig a blule saitn co1:t,ap-e
nd waistcoat if velv-t, Vllow p 11lush
ve 1reecies, Iiitoe silk stockiings an1!d silv r
hick ld shoes, ind carried a co,'kc1 iat
under his arm. llow much silpl :r is
11 icl a c~stumie than that of our day.
Nay, how even more simp)lo w ere the
tastes ind iulits of our" it her, Wash
1st ington, the great father of his p 'op le. 1
e(1 will si" nothing as to his dcsiire to ie
the 'iled ' Y,our S "reie 1 iihn -, :Ind will
mn:"rely allide to tIh fact that hi n ver
an wen,lt, to C'Ongres's ('ecept inl anl Ornia
ed ninteId io eli drawn by :i.< uite hlolrS a
st. whose blackened Ii'ofs were so I oli:hedhI
that tiin'y shone like the boots which will
he left at our l)drooms to-morrow norn
Pi- ing. His reclntary filliw id in a coclh
:n1d four ; and wlhen the immulorta1 'Wash
ingtont aseencded the steps of the lildl
he ing in which Congress thlen held its scs
n_sions, he stopped and turmnt'd ar1Oundh inl
,iniler that his admlniring countrym n
Iiiglit see the Filther of his Couintrv.
mdl \m he disapplrued within the doors, to'o,
led ie put oult his sinl)ly leg in orde r that
01thy niiaht see the last of him. 1Iiio'
noh, inideed, have We ii'genitera ited r-mili
uitil te lenl t:l sl
"A ~ 1 th1eubia esmmity of ourni
tu- tirs! We are ev-en dill'renat from the
ter dun-ration whi--h lus preceded us.
of 'f call rcluel mb r hien , lit a night
5'"ssion of C'ongrc,ss bfore the war:u, nutmy
'ns of the mit mhlers, h)eetuise they hld hi.ele
at- dininig as we lve b)een dining here
edto-night, were unab)le, t) p)erfo)rm their
er dunties.
'-The wmorld is growting tter. NIow%i
fosherp therle buto iie no thatV(' ther areil
hanmor (ifaleti)ot i poporeti-iton tone
m if toultion a butw ilmt el hairo oitem
throughi imi fntewspapers asii' soony ath yr
occur. here tare only more Mi n thel ii
of i--- ; mlioltoy principl imti'white sheept gi
bles more'i wooi whian hhi hi'aueihiere are'in
'a1mr wit sheep tihn1' ther are'lil ba
o h ep T here o are' me hi eve'i ~'sis i atna
t,It) Iof 5000,00titeolet -min.n
is of te, and weiiii thre eall oii'rui lmneste
l i e it.a ratry,t to,isgown bt
xet nthine tof thDo. <rnro
'." Asnsaelmte. paerelatel Msr. ittel 1or
ricto mao ail speh ii ih to anguhi,ae ands
er-> hae fwhld thin a dmt' eld oter mei
am, For nikti Mra pkr toe i i> present acmi
alceitonol of m,trino'ts whsep' sail witena
mt a \V7i stI, fr ti nn-eantiprice's ti ,
he~ p liael m:mstin ttri'iint the cits ta
gtcnas F:utn-eniriilor Idi, thei' ier'iite hi
motst ahtilse intition Ito liii'th
he it (-x on it the w -es o . Bointii rduled
oan Athe reaigi i'hies, mocuin ine4 i
in the Westeia n nth.e r (-ti ov. idut41
iSat wni the clcein anhn-.ntlof ni(lo
e vesa elaugter.i hol efiiiuh'
. mngthe paper St(flCsoti latl ditbut-b
a s'onprlit ogriitewhl ato
Adventures of a Diamond. |
The:re is anl int("resting story conmected Ti
lb tho atdventlures of Mrs. Ashllur":t
\w ie1's diant)l1(d car-ring. '1ho laly on
Iritn111as13 tay, inl g oing from TweutietI
Sprutce atrcets to her residelneo oil \c
rut' rt'eet, 11ear Fift'entlh, lihul(1 I. 1
ilt, lost n vluabtlle dli:(noudl ear-ring, til
e a(dverti1ised her loss, With ino) hinle- HI
ite result. Al out the tinidlle of ,1an- mi
ry, Isaac Jobiison, i young colmred i
Inh Wist einployed to clell t ho snow cl
t of the glI ter In frOnt of th' house at 1)1
ot outt-w est c'ori-r of Nin"teenth and ti
>r"nee stri eis. In turn ing ill) ia 13hiovel
H ow, he found an elir-ring, the stoe 8
v.hicth wais ap)atrentl) a diin(inl. lle I:
mut into at i jewelry storo .is South str.i(t f:
(1, showing the ear-riug 4l) thv) prolri- s
>r, asked him to informii1hanl how intehi e
wastn worth. The jeweler said he to
>ldtl give hin $1 for it. John son de- a
nled to 3el1 it, and the jew\elur grntlu
y ra11ed the price to $5; bmt. Ils w:ts li
o refused, andl Jo11hson aske-1 for the at
trn of tho stone. 'T'ho jew1 l(hr (t'- I
tid to return it, aId 1Joluson went for 0
Oiliee'r. l 'turning in al> i )t 2') win i
rH with it 1licelninl, he detatn(ed his u
t--1ing. The store-keeptr th,'n to((lk 11
>m at case whnit. wa"tS lpprnc)tly the eatr- fi
ig, and returned it to th te oloretd m11n. o
few days later, Jolnlson hitea1rd of Mrs. (I
>wie's loss. and took the ear-rin1g to it
r. Mrs. 11trwi(I reeogiized the a -IIing 1'
h'rs: limt the stone ilud 1b''n chalng"d, I
A ins4teal of the three lhundr(h"ed1 (101 I
Iv-dollar di:mond a11s ia piece of glhs. u
be finder" then info(rmed' her of hi": ex- rr
-rienee w ithl the jew eler, n ld he l tiii' 11
is airreisl on a charilgte of chimiging8 t'n 11
)>ne dluring the absnI o"'14(f Joh1n on ii. b
arch of uin tilie(r. The jew,"ht 1 w'as I
v\"n a het'ing before 1 :gisttt tni ttlh, '-.
Al ''as1 placed tuler .'1.l)) h(ail for his l
ip)elurance in court. Mr. ]3oWIe atls.I 1
n1111 civilsit agti iin for liina '
Is. The j'weler while stonltly in11i- 1i
inin1g hIIL im11o('lnce. made(1( %ver*ur- 111 1
roug1 1h his counnsel to tpay.a:111 to w-'t tle 1'
e matter. This wa:s promp1tly deelinedl, ('
ad then t proosed to Iurhase :and t
esent to 'Mrs. owie at dinond of
p11 b(rilliancy ltln1 vtinle to i'r h"t .O
wel('. Theo (ffer was:,,necepted, tiol the it
w"eler ha:Is just prod a dlncic i iunordii so
me Mrs. 1 >wie'ls own" and( such at p),r- ,
et inat1h for .i;t, mate that nfither tin I
'1er nr the best 1pidaries in town lit
n1 detet the slightest di t1renc . Tlle t
st diaItnoud wa;t.s an Itndi:al Stone of p)e- i
"tiashpe and quality, (finite unllik, 1
e ordinary dia1ttnoudt now in the inirket. It
i aring for the abies.
"W?hy Few Petop le Lico to Girowt Old,'\
las the suject of It recnt l'et111e of a
hy sician in lialtivnore, in t'hi h tie
I intedl out the n Iiuner itt whill the
mst of its arec lthindica,ltd from the
eryV tart inl life.
ho showst:4 t'hat w"hil(' onle it1hinred
('ars is the te rminus to be expxectedl
-441m thtw orgatni"zation of ', 1in, yet olyti'
ae inl four t housandu reacheh it. Of tih se
il trt in wlml' en1' thLa nll ) 1n, itor0
ir't'igt(Irs, than atles, mil I col' Odit1
Liin White. T e average of lif in this
mntry is less than forty, which, afteI
low9ing for eidtl mie4s, ca4l:'ulti(s, etc.,
still unreatsonably low. In :aItiing
the carte of iltants, he w<-oild( not.1I
-onwlne(41 t he il:nt t1n ralt t iee of punt
n Ita 11hyi out of d1(r: lver night to
!0 if it is rolu It enou(tlgh to livo tuntil
(Wrling.
Cold1( is v(ry" tryin t) yOunn ('hild)ren,
id the p o'itive en ty of moh 1ths ill
lotwing, for ftslhion's al-,the legs of
bildr ll to be lightly e1(ittt.d inl hwin I ter",
-as e'trnestIy c(1,(l 1Inn'(. WV Ilu-n e hild1
Je 'I ill 1 i t li t 11(( 1 , ('?r litl t ' t1 tt11)1 hi
lint for it is, noerigh' ito ilni d on't
[d-elothinI for w' rithtll; no n1 itt1 o t, of
11tt ir"lnl thet. Ibdt' 1.. ! It . chb is put.'t
ed tol'd. itiay stay ohl ouh n
A VETERAN OF NEW YORK. I
if
to i.ntt' W ml. V. f1):i111 R1N1 1 Ii lnMtne.,
Wil;il1;m RIDo(ge, thie not('d1merchant,
141 diedt tdenlycr1lv itt his home in New t
tIkl, wis .'l einilent rpirsnt it ive of
e relig;iousM Ilch inen wh"to form at con-{
It rala1 and infltetiatl clalss in tho
tropli', sustaining its clurelies and c
i charities, nl((r lacI1g to its pN pularll
:ti n inesl t ; 11n1 pr1olininen'lt ill iiationall 1
/1r'll inl'v\ mntllll --Ilt aIlayS 8o wise, as 1
;Ir. I )>d.;"e w:s Io11rn in TTartfortd, Ct.,
p1tembal"r 41, 181;, :aul w\hen at hov of
w%-'s I t ;ght to N ew York by his
tr' (n t rl >"tr'eIt, at ilnl t ile weil t ie
ty" lu i Init 12It,0I)1 inhaiints ancl ex.
iddt' bm little ways north of Canal
rl'(t.
Mr". D)odgo tinlt: began hlis butsiness
fe vcry ,1un11g; lItw wa"ItS a dilitg i t clerk,
1)d IV. hIt'n lwt sit up1, inl the' samt1te line for
imseclf, w\ith at pa.rtnler, w\hcn 22 years
bl, inIdust ry , e'CO11aomy, system1 anuid soutnd
iii.11m nt e"Iliatltl"rizedl Isk (' 1rse. lie t
nrr'ietl a <lmil+;ht('r of Anon G. lwipli, I
-d miniti 1833 (ietn irsM pattgr ite
inl of Pi't I s, I )(Ii'gt t ~ Cit ., imporlters1 .
nuifts, with which his whole lnllsubt
tent binileis life h'l)uibten connetel,
I'd wh"ich hats mad1te him w\ealthly, his
rolrly being stimated at from 10 to
i millons of dllars. Mr. DIodgo wts
pra;inlc'tical btnefat(tor of his kiin in the
nostatlils wrk1 of helping young
wn out of IlluleirlitotIshues an lhab ito,
IIl he wa"l also p,rotinn1nttly ilfore tnd
it1ubt' in lo' tnctio1 with at great 1tmun
I.r of r tli'tiouls nt rtf'ring associl
ns, Il:i' p)residetnst of the Nattionall
l'11111c1'alll fo )iIl'i ti i (1111" iti .' 111(1 il
direct or of thi t'I iio'n1Theclotgilt
I111i1nry, and( of thet'Pn-rshy\terianl llos.
ital, a trutete of L,incolnl University,
iee-p)rc5iden t of the' Anwcrioan 3hnn-d "of
'ignttI t a1iI-ions, it a41 othi Iwt i' t on-l:
1'rnI'dt i I ii 'ilar O l :mizations too t ntt i
(ltal)g'e Ier t'.
IIe wa"s at Pre:;bytcrianl, and1( his re
Ziouts irilipls w cnti n i uallyt\ activ
t'his lusiinsi, and1 he lrp otf'iy sev.
red Iit rtlttiins n iivt railrond andtother
lInt(rifri,tts oint cennut of Iitint. it
1'(ntly1\" ithn a 'thi' twit t(n to 'a Sa hlt
nriluan"cvntion he rlelat('d how. he left
he dtirection of tho E:ri', ti wn of the
;,ew Jcrscy Central, and of othcr rail
(Ids becamse ttth :ml to flit' Sfunday
rins. I1I resigi ni from the Ulio'n
t1a:gue0 Club yea1:ir!IIg on the groundll(
hmit the 81ale of w\"incs Itud other liquors
VaS one of i;i.;ourcs of re1vitmtte. '
Itas1l Ita leimb ,' i polities, bu t he
ver hld an ollico ex p1t that of m1m1
>11r of the 39th Conurrss. He w\ats for
o it tinw Presitet of the Cnilt of
uineto, :nd inl this connection inthe
act that his fit1 were fompfllt to py
wrt'ly :300,t)111 0 ii tI he ilUnit d States
lreatury for lligd fthin,t inuoifcs w"ill
It aS sitsilrtII at tfit timlie that the0
'rrors lth in litit', I the in iicr e t c ili a t'
v"ithout fraudahl nit inltcnt, :md( thlt, the
(lotley was1. paid1 11ly Ito IS -ape11 a tedti11ns
itiatio m, a i(1 r. i)'Idgei's fcllowr-m' cr
luints fnllyt :t' IIt e thii t (xIhuli'tio .
)uc-ltf of til, n1 w nt ty tho in
or1111 r andl( ('lb- rs in(l,r the mloicty
lW. atI p Oec1hn-t wt1)1 hich )ply Oultr11g1 d
,iiI , liti11m-ut andl l t th1 -i lIboliton1
>4 the praIlticc (It giv"ingp at m1ity of the ,
till 1(rt)\nterI"d to I t 1 llglnt of II h -! %>v
-rMt .ir. 1)1111~ leav\1s at wif1e luit
c"v1-1 111'!V. H is it,ll uI11' IS t'llllnut,-ll at
romu ; .11,1 ,1111.11 It) R12,001.0 '0. 11b?
v\c away1 inlhat ( ver1.000,00 a
"car.
Telep h(ninig by a Ilhaml of Light,
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
cans for Those who Centemplate GeIss
Lnte Banking.
In the conrso of five years the paid
actes of the Bank of England amount to
77,745,000 in number, and they fij
13,400 boxes, which if placed side by
ide would reach two and one-third miles.
If the notes were phicd in a pile they
would reach to a height of live and two.
hirds miles, or if joined end to end they
would form a ribbon 12.445 miles long.
iheir superficial extent is said to be
ather less than that of Hyde Park.
[hoy weigh over ninety and two-thirds
ons, and their original value was over
1,750,626,600. The greatest of rogues
night be inciuod to fnd some comfort
n tho extent and intricacy of such a
tore of old paper. Of course, however,
hey are most systematically arranged,
tid any note of. the seventy-seven
uiiho(ns may be pounced upon with the
timost celerity and precision. At the
'itd of five years these old notes are
brown into a furnace specially con
tructed for the purpose, and burned.
t i a em-ious fact, however, that so firm
ii te"xture is the piper of a genuino Bank
f England note that burning alone can
lardly (lust roy it. The auti: rities have
n a little 1;laz.ed frame the remnants of
s note which was in the great fire of
liIa go. Though c( n1plet< ly charred
Lild b,lack, the paper still holds together,
ud the printii'g of the note is said to be
luliciently legilule to establish its
riineneiss and to warrant its being
islied.
There are some other notes here which
verc cash( d after having gone down with
he Eu.ydieo a few years ago, and re
hiced to little better than pulp. Indeed,
he scraps, and fragments which some
ins coe into the bank to he cashed
ave a really ri(1icutlous aplpearanoo. On
:l:e occasion of a recent visit, for in
;tiiice, the oflicials had under examinh
ion a itmnnher of fragnenta of discolored
palpr, none much bigger than a six
twiee, and when put together presenting
to the unskilled eye not the slightest
res, Iinlanci' to a note. And yet it was
pretty contid,-ntly asserted that the paper
would be c110liwd. It is beneath the
dignity of the Bank of England to take,
or even to appear to fake, advantage of
accidents to their notes, and if there ir
an N possibility of estal lishing the identity
of one of thei, it is sure to be duly
ho:-iored. Even where a note is entirely
destr(oycd, proper evidence of 1ih fact of
'lestuctioin will be accented and pay
melt made. A lost noto %% ill in some
rases be paid, aid there is one ocoasion
r(ecorded upon which the liberal attitude
of the directors in a case of this kind in
volved them in loss of ?0,000. A bank
director deelarcl that lie had lost a note
for that amount, aid, 1up:n1 his giving an
iideninuty for the sium ii the event of
the n ote ever turning ulp, the money was
paid to hin. Many years aft r his death
an unknown person presented the miss
ilg note. The paper was u deniably
good, anl the Bank had no alternative
but to cash it, as it was panyalte to
hearer on demiand, and as the heirs of
the uank director who had lost it re
pudiatcd till liability, the money could
not he recovered.
Woman sufrage.
GIVING THE RIGIIT TO VOTE AT LOCAL
ELWTIONI IIY PAYING THE POLL TAX.
The Woman Sutfrage Committee of
the Massachiuseitts Legislature have de
termned on a bill to give women the
right to vote 01n miinicipal aiffatirs, b)ut
st ill inist itng on1 the poll tax qualifica
tionis. TIhe. following is the bill re
SEeTtoN 1. Every female citizen of 21
yearsV of age or uplwardl (excepting pau
p)ers, personis under guardianship and
petrsons~ e'xcIldd by article 20 of the
amtletndmients to tihe Constitution) who
hits resided( in the State one ye'ar and in
tile city or town't ini which she claims the
right to vote six tmonths nlext precedinlg
anty elecitin of city or towni oflice?ri, anid
whon shatll have paid by herself, om trus
tee, or iparenit or guatrdian any city or
townl tax whtich within two y'ears next
upiont her in this State, and( any fenmalo
cit izen otherwise quahliied, who shall byv
have the right to vote inl all suich elee
tions for city antd town officers.
Site. 2. Every female citizen of any
towtn, duly qualified to vote for tow-.i
ofiletrs, r,all have thio right to vote
upo011nial mtuinicipal si ujceta andl qules
itions wihichi may legally conmue before any
towni mteetintg, withI all the powers of
tmatle cit izous tat such meet ins.
Su:e. 3. Every female citizen, duly
qualified to vole for ity and town ofil
e'ers, may Itold any city or town oMice to
whieb site mlay bie elected or appoinuted.
ec. 4. Anty woman who is a citizen
of this State, and ab ovo the ageof0 20
yoars, may at any time, on or before the
15th~ day of October in any year, give
ntotice to the aissessoirs of the city or
town in which she r-sides that she de
sires to pay a poll tax, atnd clhe shall be
anssessed1 for her pll, as a city or town
ttax, a atnmi not excee'dinig 50 centts, aind
ihe anssesors sliall, on or before the 20th
dayt~ of O)ctobe'r, return her natme to the
Clerk ouf t he city or town in the list of
prsns so aissessed.
Other sections provide that all laws
resp)ectirg tihe re'gistrattionl of veters shall
apiply to women upon whom the right to
vote is conferred, anid that the nmen of
such womenn may he pnlaced on a sepa
rato list in any city or townl, alnd shall
'onitintuo o,n such list so lonlg as thley
('(tinue111 to resido ini such city or town,
titd to paty anly city or town tax thait htas
bieeni atssessed uponeu them within two
yeas previous t.o any votiing day.
An Orator's Power.
It wasi in the Clay campaign of 1814.
An iunen Ciso audienc~e, fifteen or twetnty
thtousanid, lutid asembled to hear P~resn
ton. A lairge stage hiad bieeni erected,
which wats criowvded with piomninent per
sonts, antd tho multitude was pac'ked1
arounlld it. Therre was the iusulal buzz
and1( confutsionl iniden('t to such occasionis,
until after Preston hadrn bieeni speaking a
few momnents, whnen it begantosbi,
antd son itheore wasH a dead silence, except
Itthe music5 of fthat wondenrful vo'ie. HeI
was int titne co~inditionl for' his work, and
I wenit at it int his best style. The iienco
iseemted to intensify as thoe tidle (If his el
3 qec ordover' thie dlense mass of
1 enctedt listenersi'.
.With thne swell of his sontorous voice
I tine aieni(Ice seemelCd to rise otn tip)too and'
sink bac(k tagin with its ebbing cadencca ;
atnd ainnt they swayed( wvith the swVeep)
nnof htis armc like a wheat-fild to the
brtuteeze. At length, mi a magnificent
burst of inispir'atnon-with hs long arm
risedtn high, his eyes flashing, and the
miuiltitudeb hnangitng br'eatihlessly tn' his
, wor'ds-- hn' seized the browni wig which
lhe wor, 11(ld it upl over his shining~ bald
htead, and1, still sairinig inl his spen'idid
plight, replaced it crosswise, and soared
on ; and there was not, il that vast audi
e:.co, thie least ripple of laughter at this
m~ost ridiculous performance, but, on the
conn:trar, no0 01n0 seemedC to notice it, go
cnOlkjlleli entranced was every listener,