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%\\ Jinbrprnbrnt |(ourita(?gciofcb to |joIitics, literature, $tcfos, florals, Agriculture, Science iiitb art. BY JAMES A. HOYT. ANDERSON COURT HOUSE, S. ('., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1861. VOLUME 1.?NUMBER 23. THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER, tS ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY. AT ONE TJOLLAE A YEA2, IN ADVANCE. If delayed six i.Ulis. $1.50; and $2.00 at tlie end of tlie year. JAMES A.. IIOYT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Advertisement* insrri:-! at moderate rates: liberal deductions made to those wln> will advertise by the year. fegislatik Swumtnt. THE TAX BILL. The Committee of Wars and Means, to Whom was referred Message No. 2 of Iiis Excellency the Governor, the report of the Comptroller General, and the various subjects requiring the raising of supplies, report: That, ujiun in examination of tlic report of the Comptroller General, tli^re appear** to have been a deficiency iu lie supplies raised for the la?l fiscal year of $88,523 And thnt the followingS:~: :': r, ?::., ~;re unprovided for, vir. Salary of Coirunmh-sicncr c." ":~ Stute House, ,5'JO Salary of Commissioner to C LIT; Statute Lair, and Assistant*. 7,cC3 Interest on 8 510.1< subscription to Blue Ridge Railror/.Co., t\*>0 20.?S3 Llakisg a lut.-il deficiency for the last fiscal year of 1 is.l'.o Tbe ordinary vr.-;:i!s for t'ie pri'se-m fiscal year are estimated ai about 015,000 To which oust he sdJi'd for i - rr.crdla try wauts. y\i . Military contingencies, " . i'J Convention expense*. . . Expenses of Commissioners id other .?-luve States, 7. " 1 Expenses of collecting'.".es, ? ? P27,t?30 I Sl.G?U.Mii; From this amouui should he deducted follows, vis: Dividends oa Sr... * " . i R. Stock. i,C"0 Dividends or; Charlotte .:."' ?' ? luaihit Railroad Sf< ' ' ?'.') Amount of Bond of Col! :;to? of Union District, f 1 .C.4t? j Total amount wanted for the nxenl year, $1.647,-!Wi To meet the emount thus wanted, ii is es? timated ihr.t the Uil !itre'?::h reported will produce about $1,724.0? ? ; in th;.i;t wi-ii:. the I Comin-"*t! r?;y . ?.? r*:.: ; *.vo liuncrc. v. ??." . ' v Or. ?". liars to be ; dcd?ciet >'.'( :'n h?.i'l'.v ^ ?.!'*; j dollars ??provided for the military defence I of the Stale. When this ihovKou was made, the State was comparatively tin armed; since the ratification of the act. however, important acquisition * ,'" a:i:^1 and munitions of war have re mo into ih< i possession of the State, which acquisitions, in the opinion of the Coin mit lee. r< nder; the expenditure of but a comparatively small pari of Ihe provision iiw:essary. | The Committee, as tin- financial advi.-vvs '? of this branch of the General A . .:.' !y. ! feel that it devolves tij>- n ihem i" bring about the :::;?:?! v; ?> economical expcr.'.ii- j turc of the puMic f Uul.-:. her.ee i.?e! recommendation as to [his provision. It will also be seen thai a portion .? ; ;'r.a sup- j plies is proposed to be raised by the issue j of bonds; this recommendation is made because it i> uncertain whether the wljole i amount for military ec.itinger.e.i's will be I needed, and. in this unc. riainty, the Com mi tee desire not to burden the people >>r the State for a larger amount than is ab? solutely required by direct taxation, while care is taken that sufficient funds are provided for all the contingencies of the State. The Committee have been ne? cessitated to apparently raise a iargcr amount than the estimates of wants calls for; this discrepancy arises from (he fact that many of the subjects of taxation be? ing new. no true data exists ibr what amounts will be realized: to the best of their ability the Committee have estima? ted what will be derived, and prefer ex? ceeding, rather than falling below, tin wants of the Stale. The Committee report by hill. W. G. D&SA?SS?II.B. Chrn'n. a bill to n.M.-:: sbpm.iks for thk vkah commkncixo ix october. one thousand EltillT 11 unbred and sixty. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives now met and sitting in Genend Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That a tax for the sums, and in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be raised and paid into the public treasury of this State, for the use and service thereof, that is to say: Two dolhu-s mi valorem on every hundred dollars of the value of all the lands grant? ed in this State, according to the existing classification as heretofore established; one hundred and sixty cents per head on all slaves; three dollars and twenty five cents on each free negro, mulatto, or mestizo, between the ages of fifteen and fifty years, oxeepl tlio.seas shall be clearly i proved to the satisfaction of the collector ? t'? be incapable.tVi?in maims <>r otherwise, of procuring :! livelihood; twenty-seven cent.!- ml cttlorem ?-n every hundred dollars of the value of all lots, lands and build? ings, within any city, town, village, or borough in this State ; one hundred cents per hundred dollars on factorage, employ? ments, faculties :tu>l professions, including i the profession of dentistry (whether in the profession of law the profits be de? rived from the costs of suit. fees, or oth? er sources of professional income), except? ing clergymen and mechanics; one hun? dred dollars on the amount of commissions received by vendue masters and commis? sion merchants; thirty-eight cents per hundred dollars on the capital stock paid in, on the first of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, of all 1 aides which, lor (.heir present charters, have not paid a bonus to the State: seventy-live cents per hundred dollars on the capital stock of any bank of issue no! incorporat? ed by ibis State, paid in on the lirsl day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, doing l a iness by agents with? in the limits of this Stale; forty-live cents per hundred dollars on the capital slock of all incorporated gas lighl companies; one and a I all' per centum on all prent inn is taken in this Siale by incorporated insur? ance companies, and by the agencies of insurance companies ami undorwriiers without the limits of this State: twcnly cighl cents on < very hundred dollar* o' the - amount of sales of goods, ware: and merchandise embracingall ari ides of i rade for sale, barter or exehang! (the products of this State,-and the unmanufactured products of any of the United States or Territories iht reof. excepted), which any person shall have made, from the first day of .January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixly. to ihe first day of .lai unry. i? ih. year of our Lord one thousand > iu;.i huiiflred ant! ,>ix ly-one. either on his. her. or I heir capital or borrowed capital, or on aeeouul of any person <>r persons, as ng; til. attorney, or assignee; one hundred cents upon every hundred of the amount of sale of goods, wares, and merchaniiX' whatever, which any transient person, not resilient in this Statt .shali make-in any hou.so.stail. or pu::iie place, whether the said sale be made by sample or otherwise; one hun? dred doiiars \ er^day for r presenting pub? licly, for gain and reward, nay play, coin? ed y, tragedy, interlude, or farce, oi* other employment of the stage, or any: pari there! :, or for exhibiting wax figures, or oliier shows of any kind whalscever.to be paid-into the hands of llie Clerks of the Courts respectively, who shall be bound to .>;.;. the K?me into the Treasuries of the : ;aie of South Carolina, exe . ! in eases where the same is now rctjuircd by law to I ?? paid to corporations ,.\- olher wise; <?;;?' r.ur.dred and lifvv cents on eve? ry hundred dollars ol interi received du? ral!/the past year on bonds or stocks oi t'n's Slaie, or any other Slate, of mtinicip a! corporations, or of private individuals, ami also on the bonds, note?; or judgments of private individual.;, or from whatever source derived; two dollars and liiVv cents on oaii carriage.andor.e dollar and I wen five cents on each buggy, employed by private indivdunls (other than carriages and buggies for sale), provided thai not more than one tax of ihis amoiiul shall be charged against any one private indi? vidual : two dollars and fifty cents on eaeli hackney coach, stage, carriage, omnibus or buggy, lor the transportation of per? sons and passengers, whether to or from railroads, steamboats, or any other way of transportation, or whether in and upon the streets of' cities, (owns or villages : one dollar upon every gold watch (other than watches for sale) used in this Stale ; fifty cents upon every silver watch (other titan watches for sale) used in this Stale : twenty-five cents on every pack of play? ing cards sold m this Slate ; fifteen dollars upon everv billiard table wiiiiin ibis Slate i used to and for the purpose of raising a revenue th refrom; thirty-live cents on the hundred doilars of the capital slock of ail shipping owned in She whole or in pari in this State, including therein all steam? boats; thirty-five cents on the hundred dollars of the capital slock of all marine and railway, .and other dry-dock capital owned in the whole or in part in lids Stale: twenty cents on the hundred dol? lars of the capital stock of all manufactur? ing companies of every sort, kind, and na tr.re whatsoever, owned in whole or in j part in tiiis State; one per cent, on the I gross receipts ofail chartered bridges and ! ferries within this Stale; one-half of one : per cent, on the gross receipts of all ehar i feral turnpike roads within this Slate; : fifteen dollars caeh on all distilleries and ? breweries (includingtherein all turpentine stills) used in this State; seventy live cents on the hundred dollars of all profits, divi j dends, interest or income derived from , savings' institutions of iliis State ; one hundred cents on the hundred clollurs on all salaries and wages (other than the salaries of clergymen i over the sum of five hundred dollars, from whatever source derived, received, or paid, in this Slate ; one hundred cents on the hundred dol? lars on all commissions received by ven-; due masters or commission merchants. Gratitude.?"What ihe hcatttiful j flower is to the earth, gratitude i> !?> the heart of man." It is the incense <>i' love arising from a sun! touched l>y divine? goodness, and softened by the acts of kindness shown to him by Isis fellow man. ? Ii is the delicious bloom of spirit that [would spend iiself in thanksgiving to j God. acknowledging in tenderness from' the hear! the blessings and favors receiv? ed. Like the gentle drops ol rain and the warm rays ol" the sun. which fall up? on the earth m give nourishment to the) plan), and by which means the fields in spring lime are clothed with rieh verdure, so gratitude gives nourishment to the af? fections for truth, and clothes the charac? ter with heavenly beauty. Ii makes life sweet under ever circiunstanci?filling it ' willi scenes ol ccstacv and driving awav ? the scenes of grief. Our burdens are! made Ii.t: our trials more endurable. : The ungrateful man never finds a real j friend to sympathize with him in his hours of sorrow; while he who isgrateful find all along his pathway those hearts which arc in sympathy with his own? ..r .1 ? . i comforting him in Ins scenes of gladness. Lei u> feel the obligation we owe lo God : and to one another ; ami lei our hearts swell with gratitude to all. according to the kindness shown us. and we shall be? come better lilted for the life which is lo come. - Tuk Max ?? Without an Kxkmv."? Heaven help the man ivho imagines he ??an dudge ??enemies " by trying lo please everybody! If such an individual ever succeeded we should be glad lo know it. Xoi thai we believe in a man'.? g?ing through the world Irving to ii:-! beam:;! in knock his bead against : disputing eve- ? rv man's opinions : lighting and elbowing and crowding ail who differ with him. That, again, is another extreme. Other pei,pie have a rig! it to their opinions?so] have you ? dou'l f ill into I he error of sup? posing they will respeel you more for maintaining it ; or res peel you more for IUrning your coal every day to match the color of others. Wear your own colors, spite of wind and weather, storms and sunshine, h costs the vacillating and ir resolule I - -; i times the trouble lo wind, and sou file, and twist, thai it d.-i-s honest, manly independence to stand i:s ground, fake what lime.you please t;> makeup your mind; bul having made ii up. slick j to ii ! Sixm i.Aii Sj'knk.? A foreign correspon? dent writing-from a town in Germany, says: "The auction of dance: ? at a \ ill.; ge is a curious a {fair. The girls are all assembled ? on an ??j? 11 space, generally in fronl of the j burgomaster's bouse of business, and an uuctiourt r having been chosen among the voting men. generally a wag in his wax'? Ihe names of IJoschen. Xnrmschcn. Kirl-j eben, and all ihe other i'Ih'h*. (an endear-! ing diminutive by which the lasses are styled.) are called out. and ihe auction for the dancers proceeds, which gives) the highest bidder the side right over her hand for the year, al nWfctc dancings and : rejoicings which take place, and these are nut few. It is generally an understood ' thing (hat it is akin to a d< elaralion ; but still il is not in any way binding. Of course, there are struggles and competi? tion for the prelliest. bul she lalls to the richest. The cash goes to pay musicians j and a suread or t wo ; and. if anything is I over, ii is given to the church." o Xi, woman can be a lady who would wound or inortifv another. Xo matter how beautiful, how refined, how cultiva? ted she mav be. s!ie is in reality coarse, and the innale vulgarity oi her nature manifests itself here. Uniformly kind, courteous, and polite treatment of all per? sons i> one mark of a true woman. ????> A friend of ours who left ihe edi? torial fraternity three months ago is now engaged in raising //'V/*. So he has again ' taken the lien in hand. 1 The grave is indeed hallowed, when the grass of the churchyard can cover all memory save (hat of love. - -rfw - . ??-.':'" Some men can never hold their own in conversation, except by holding i their own?tongues. -. I JSgy It is supposed the fellow who left tiie house was not able to lake it with him. : ggy* Great actions carry their glory i with them as the ruby wears its color. S?c[cctfu ?ottrj. To-Day. Smile to-day. Tut c:trc nvrny. To-morrow's ii<>t thine own : Why let .1 shadow darkly |day On what so rjiiickly will be down '.' I)d sofl bright eyes, Like starry skies. Look love into thy face, Seek not for frowns, grown overwiso. To dim their tender grace. While sunshine glows, While blooms the rose, f.ct hone smile mi the golden hours. Aud when with lingering steps she goes, Dream softly of her flowers. Shori the span < If life for man. And half his grief and pain Is borrowed from imagined storms, Which never was nor wane. Then taste, enjoy '.Mid Time's alloy. The enp he giveth thee to sip, Nur Irown. if "midst the sweet, -'.>mc ilrop Of gall should touch thy lip. The glnomiesl nighl I fa th rays of light : Learn wisdom from the past. And look for sunshine "inH ihe clouds Which th from i hee .?.. fast. While mti -ir lluws, \\ hen liinniii> i he rose. Lei hope smile "ii the golden hours.' And when with ling'ring step she goes. Dream softly of her (lowers. From tht Yiirlnlh F,,u?irrr. " Ruby's " Correspondence. KoKT Mnri.TKIK. Jan. 12. I Stil. We arc here yd. doing hard work and gelliljlat on it. ;-I'uby " thinks ihal ho enjoys il.. hut is in.i remarkably sure (d* it. Any how. lie' gels along some? how, trying t" tlo his hcsi. I suppose you have he.ird by thi> time. <d' the opening <?r the war ami the engagement at Morris Island. It was altogether a one-sided ah*air. a< the enemy did nol re? turn the lire. \\*e lired s uue shots Ironi port Moult rie. hill I hey did nol lakeeUbct, as the ?SVi/r at Ilm Weal was altogether too Car In in us. "Ruby" was at his gun and could see the shot from .Morris Island as they rieochetetl. and some of them ap- ' pea red to pilch into In r. .lust as he was slandingon the carriageof his gun watch ing I hem very anxiously ami intently, the next gun to him was tired, and Ibra mo? ment the startled "?Ruby" thought thai Fori Slimier had commenced on him. He shook himself and finding not hing broken, i was hugely gratified. The Slur of ihr West diil not prove In be either a shunting star or a fixed one. Ibr she was soon lost !<> sight. It is believed that she was some? what damaged. We are now expecting the /'roii/:h/ii with troops as reinforcements for Fori Sumtcr. She appeared off the bar ihis morning and the men wer?? promptly ' at their posts ready to receive her. Ifshe attempts to come up. we will do our besi to give her a i>'>tnti welcome, and we will give her some pleasing mementoes in the shape of cannon balls, or if possible, give her the privilege of visiting t lie celebrated [>avy .limes who always keeps his locker] open. *? liuby" has a* line thirty-two | pounder under his charge, ami a detach nient of as fine men a> you could find any i where. They are ready and eilicient. and if an enemy appeal's will be sure to let lliem hear the loud tones of the -Jii'initij'ii/\ Salin:" forbidding their entrance. By the way. "Jinby" should mention that hisgnu received the foregoing name by unani? mous consent of Ilm detachment. In the tnidsi of our toils aud dangers?, we have some very amusing scenes which j serve to divert, in some measure, the minds of the men. We have as much tun ? as work, and a nrcttv a'ood share of both, i The other nighl one man woke up sud? denly and seeing another smoking a ci? gar in the dark, thought that the house; was on fire and called Ibr a light to find where the lire was. Tim. who is my particular chum, said the other day thai we had lefi the nnmii law. and had come j to learn the rutmon law. for which outra? geous pun it was unanimously resolved by I " Ruby," that Tim should be put under j arrest and fed on a diet of bomb shell soup, and ordered to stand guard on his head, indefinitely. We were much amus? ed to see a little fellow step up to the Captain yesterday and with a look of in? tense indignation, say. as he touched his cap.-Oh! Captain, I say Captain, some : d?d old cuss stole my ramrod." To sec the point, you must understand that the ramrodXa about ten or twelve feet long and large in proportion, il had been mislaid, and he imagined that it had been stolen, as if any body would steal tt ram? rod ! Our men are all in very fine spirits, and 1 occasionally some of them have very poor I spirits in them. And now as dinner time' is coming, and Ibiby" is beginning to feel dinncrish. and the boat is about to I leave. -Ruby" must close. It .Major An? derson does nut ostracise-us. that is. ".>?///?// us ,,nf." very soon. I will write again.? Until then, good bye. Yours truly. \V. M. 3.1. 1 A Brother's Love. There is something transeendently virtuous in the alieetionsofa warm heart? ed brother towards his gentle and amia-' ble sister. Hq i-an feel unbounded ad? miration tor her beauty?lie can appre? ciate and applaud the kindness which she bestows on himself, lie can watch the blush steal over he:- features, when he tells her of her innocent follies, and can clasp her to his bosom in consolation when the tears gush from her overloaded heart. _AYi111 woman there is a feeling of pride mingled with Ihe regard which she has for a brothel1. She looks upon him as i>ne titled to brave the tempest of the world?as one '?<> whose arm of protection sin- can fly for shelter, when she stricken i by sorrow, wronged or oppressed?as one whose honor is connected with her own and who will not sec her insulted with ! impunity, lie is to her what ihe oak is in tic vim?and though she may fear all others of mankind, she is secure and con tidenl ia (he love and protection of her brother. Nothing alfords such satisfaction, noth? ing entwines a sister so eil'eclually among his sympalhies ai d interest as profound reliance on her virtue, and abiding con? viction "I her diilidcnccs and delicacy. As these two latter are far the most de? lightful qualities of female, so ihoy are ihe strongest spells |;>r enticing away the affection of the other sex. A female with? out principle?and us an innate and shrinking perception of virtue is a true j characteristic ol a pure-hearted creature, soil is the most infallible union between hearts'that truly beat in response lo each other. There is more tenderness in the disposition of woman than of man: bin the affection of a brother is full of the puresl and most generous impulse; if cannot be quenched by aughl on earth, and will outlive ail selfish and sordid at? tachments. A deep-rooted regard for a gentle creature, horn of ihe same parents with ourselves, i> certainly one of the no? blest feelings of our nature, and were ev? ery oiher feeling of our nature dead, save , this, there would sliil a glorious hope re? main that ihe fountain of virtue and prin? ciple were not yet run dry. -??? rutsT !>ahii:s.?A somewhat extended observation, and a solitary experience.' have convinced us thai first babies have a bard time. Parents must have two or three children before they know whal a baby is?know how to treat ii pi'opcrly. The poor little fellows thai have the mis Ibrtunc lo come along first, have to edu? cate parents to their task, and in the process they gel spanked, and shaken and abused. A lies a man has three or four children, he h'arns thai whipping or striking a child less [ban two years of age is barbarism. We knew one "pater? nal head " who struck his first child when I only six weeks old. he actually believing thai ihe child knew belter than to cry. and that lie stopped crying at thai partic? ular lime because he -truck him. We carry certain notions of children and of family government into married life, and j the lirsI child i> always tin- victim of j these. Ibr the parents have not learned i self-control, and a baby is whippc I quite as often because ihe paiviil is impatient or angry, as because it is vicious or in? tractable. We inflict on our first children the floggings we ought lo have for our own impatience or fret fulness. This pounding children before they become in tiod's eye morally responsible beings is a very strange business. Patience, good people, unwearying patience! Don't wail to learn ii until one of your little ones shall be hidden under the daisies. Never be cast down by trifles. Ifa spider breaks his vveb twenty times. twenty limes will he mend it. .Make up your mind to do a thing and you will do it. Fear not if trouble come upon you? keep up your spirits, though the day : may be a dark one. -. Let you be ever so pure, you cannot associate with bad companions without becoming addicted lo some of their bad habits. Evil company is like tobacco smoke?you cannot be long in its presence without carrying away a taint of it. -_ V - a@* A bachelor's face is often the worse I for wear_a married one's for wear ami j tear. 835?* The currants in our gardens are i easily stemmed; the current of life isn't Touching Scene. Washington Irving gives the following touching description of a funeral scene in one of our country towns: j When f saw the mother slowly and painfully quitting the grave, leaving be? hind her the remains of all that was dear to heron earth, and returning to silence and desitution. my poor heart ached for her. What, thought I., (the author solil? oquizes.) are the sorrows of the rich? j They have friends to soothe?pleasure to beguile?a world to divert and dissipate their griefs. What arc the sorrows of the young? Their growing minds soon close above the wound?their clastic spir? its soon rise beneath the pressure, their green and docile affection soon twine round new objects. But the sorrows of the poor who have no outward appliances to soothe ?the sorrows of the aged, with whom life at best is but a wintry day. and who can look for no after growth of joy?tho sorrows of a widow, aged, solitary, desti? tute, mourning over an only son. the last solace of her veal's; these are indeed sor- ' rows which make us feel the impotency of consolation. There is something in >iclcness that breaks down the pride of manhood, that -oftens the heart, and brings it back to the feelings of infancy. Who that has languished, even in advanced life, in sick? ness and despondency; who that has pined on a weary bed in the neglect and ^ loneliness of a foreign land, but has i thought on the mother "that looked on his childhood," that smoothed his pillow and administered to his helplessness? Oh, there is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to her son that trans? cends all other affections of the heart. It is neither to be chilled by selfishness nor daunted by danger, nor weakened by worthlessness. nor stilled by ingratitude. She will sacrifice every comfort to his convenience, she will surrender every ' pleasure to bis enjoyment, she will glory . j in his fame, and exult in his prosperity; and. if misfortune overtake him, he will : be the dearer to her from misfortune; . and if disgrace settle upon his name, she ; will still love and cherish him in spite of , his disgrace ; and if all the world beside cast him off. she will be all the world to j him. The m-xt Sunday I was at the village church, when, to my surprise, I saw tho poor old woman tottering down the aisle to her accustomed seat-on the steps of the altar. She made an effort to put on something like mourning for her sen. ami nothing could be more touching than this snig? gle between pious affection and uttcrpov erty. a black ribbon or so. a faded black ? handkerchief, and one or two more such humble at I tempts to express by outward signs that grief which passeth show. When I looked round upon the storied monuments, the stalely hatchments, the ? ?old. marble pomp with which grandeur mourned magnificently over departed pride, and turned, to thi> poor widow, bowed down by age and sorrow, at the " altar of her God, and offering up the prayers und praises of a pious, though broken heart I felt that this living monu? ment of real grief was worth them all. In the Midst of Life we auk ix Dfatu. \ ?This line of the English Burial Service, so far from Scriptural is derived from a , Latin Antiphon, said to have been eompo ; sed by Not kin. a monk of St. Gall, in A. D. [Oil, white watching some workmen build? ing a bridge at Martinsbruck, in peril of I heir lives. The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think than what to think; rather no improve our minds so Us to make us think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men. When T hear a woman speak with con templ of the opinion of the world, it ar i guesin her neither good feeling, cleverness, j nor true courage. Tin: town of Augusta, Ga., was laid ouf in the year 173"), by the trustees, un? der the royal charter, and became a gar? rison for the British as early as 1730. JCi?)1" Men arc gem-rally deserted in adversitv. When the sun sets, our very shadows refuse to follow us. -^ tyj- Praises are valuable only when they come from lips that have thecourago to condemn. Strict punctuality is. perhaps, the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character. "I'll be round this way in a minute," as the second-hand said to the pendulum. -0, ???" It is far less dangerous to slip with the foot than with the tongue.