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Hunt, Division Pass. Agent, A CON VICT'S ROMANCE. The Story of the Construction of the Old Statehouse at Albany-The Price of a Genius Who saw and Grasped His Oppor tunity. New York Herald. Vouched for by the late Henry Smith, who said he learned the fact through being speaker of the assem bly, there is an interesting bit of his tory conneeted with the old statehouse at Albany, where it has stood for years, the finest example of pure Dor ic architecture in this country, on the easterly side of Eagle street, between Pine and Steuben streets, its walls and partitions all of solid stone, very much as if its halls, rooms and stairs had been carved out within a huge block of marble. It was completed in 1842, costing the state about $350,000. It is built entirely of Sing Sing marble, quar ried and cut within the prison walls. The old capitol being inadequate to accommodate the increasing business of the state, this additional building was planned and built and is still used for the offices of the state comptroller, the state engineer and surveyor and the state banking department. In a spirit of economy it was decid ed to have as much as possible of the work done by the prisoners from the material found within the prison walls at Sing Sing, fairly good material, too, but .not the best, as it is a: soft marble, as evidenced by the wear which now shows so plainly in. the steps and by the crumbling of some of the stones from exposure to the wea ther. All the material was c'ut to completion within the walls of the prison under such plans that when shipped to Albany there would be no further work necessary except prac tically to lay one stone upon another, and so on until the whole was assem bled in the completed building. To accomplish this detailed plan a system of marking the stones was nec ssary. The plans were carefully made and a system of marking elabo rately laid out by the architect in harge, who found in the prison at Sing Sing a life prisoner whose record howed him to be an engineer of the Iighest ability and who seemed as ~ompetent as any man in the country o carry out the work to be done in he prison, and naturally he was not mnwilling to follow his chosen pro ession in preference to doing the nanual labor of cutting or quarrying stone. So, -following :the spirit of conomy referred to- above, the plans. n detail and the .system of marking were turned over to-him and the.whole work at that end given over to his ull superintendence and absolute con rol. In due t,ime the stones in their vari us shapes and sizes and in quantity ~or the whole -building were delivered n Albany and the work of construc ion commenced in accordance with ~he plans and system of marking orig ~nally furnished. With the very first tone there was trouble. It not only id not fit the place, but none of the ~tones marked to adjoin it fitted it, nd, further. it did'-not seem ever in ended for the place the number in icated. In vestigation brought out ~hat the stones were not of the sizes r shapes specified and shown on the lans. and, as to the system of mark g, it was quite evident that the ~tones brought together by it had no, elation whatever to each other. The bewildered architect hardly :ew whether he was a candidate for he asylum or possibly for Sing Sing Iowever, a careful verification of his lans and his marking system proved heir correctness, and the blame fell quarely upon the civil engineer, the ife prisoner. He was questioned, tak n severely to task and roundly rated: or his incompetence and threatened nd abused. He met it all calmly. "It >oks to me like a mighty good joke on ou fellows. Anyway it is the best joke have heard since I came to Sing sing.'' As to their continued threats he aid: "What can you do to a life prison Finally, in answer to the abuse and lurs as to his capabilities as an en 'ineer. he said he had changed the lans both in dimension and shape* rhere they had diverged from purity f style, and the system of marking e had 4hanged altogether, but if they ould find some one who understood al svstern the building would go up complete and perfect excelling the original plan. 'But.'' he added, with a grin, you can probably get out new stone a good deal quicker than you can work out my system.' Then the state officials said, "We will take you to Albany and force you to put up the building.' He said, "No." They pointed out the advantage of life in Albany for a time in prefer ence to Sing Sing. He said, "No." They tried to bargain with him. He said, "Secure my pardon and I will stand by you until the building is complete." They offered to have him pardoned after he had proved what he said by finishing the building. He said, "No." Then they said they would compel him to do it anyway. He said he could be compelled to work in prison, but not in Albany, and that even in prison they could compel him to do only manual labor unless he chose and that the price of his genius in grasping the opportuni ty that had come his way was a full pardon. What else was there to do? He was pardoned, and the old state house stands today in testimony of the fact that he kept his word and a glorious memory to an unknown gen ius. Business Training. Baltimore American. "That man is a very witty fellow." "Well, he's a chemist. He ought to be." "'What has that to do with his wit?" "Because chemists as a class are al ways ready with retorts." A PIANO OR ORGAN FOR YOU. To the head of every family who is ambitious for the future and education of his children, we have a Special Pro position to make. No Article in the home shows the evidence of culture that does a Piano or Organ. No accomplishment gives as much pleasure or is of as great value in after life as the knowledge of music and the ability to play well. Our Small Payment Plan makes the ownership of a high grade Piano or Or gan[easy. Just a few dollars down and a small payment each month or. quarterly or semi annually and the instrument is yours. Write us to-day for Catalogues and our Special Proposition of Easy Pay ments. Address Malones Music House, Inbia,.S. C. TO BE FASH ION ABLE Doe ot only a(v; tp styI~ clothes, but a good, cdean Shiave and an up-ta-date Hair Ctas well. In order tonmake your toilet complete call at my Tonsorial Parlor. First-class work guaranteed. Hot and cold baths. CHAS. P. BEECHER: Under Crotwel! Hotel. BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD. Time Table No. 5. In Effect November 29, 1905. Between Belton and WaIhalla. ASTBOUND- wNSTBOUND. o. io .No. 12 NO. n1 No. 5~ - ,o 025----.Beton....35 o 0o4I1 i e @ 0.. . Anderson... 4 22 11 04 o925.--Pendeton...447 ii 33 .... S ...... seneca...--- 53: i co .... :35---. wala1a..- 5 55 2 1 J. R. ANDE~RSON. supt. (Schedule in Effec't April x6, 1905-) .- 52. Daily. Lv. Newberry. ........... 12.36 p. m. r. Laurens ...... ....... 1.50 p. m NO. 2. Daily. Lv. Laurens.. ............. i. p. m. Ar. Greenwood ... -......2.46 p. m. Ar. Augusta.............. - 5.20 p. m. Ar. Anderson............ 7.10 p. m. . : o. 42. Daily.1 Lv. Augusta..................- . 2.35 P. m.I Ar. Allendale..... .................-. - 4.30 p. mn. Ar. Fairfax.............. .----.4. 41 p. m. Ar. Chiarleston... ........~- 7.4 p. .Beauf art........................ .. b. 3 p. mn r. Port Rcyal. ............. ....... 6.40 p. mn r. Savannah...................... .-. 6.45 p. mn Ar. waycroOs - .......... ... ........ 10.o0 p. mn. Ar. Tacksonv"ille.. .....................- .------. No. z. Daily.. Lv. Laurens. ....... . ........... .--.-. 2.07 p. mn: r. spartanbuirg .. .................-..- 3.20 p. m No. 52. No. 8-. 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