The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, February 21, 1901, Image 1
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VOL XXIV-
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1901.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The following summary of legisla
tive proceedings daring the past week
The question of adopting Senator
(irayiIon’s amendment men .came up
and was adopted by a vote of 10 to 10.
A vote was then taken on Senator
gives eome of the most important dis- I dertqn’s *• just cause or excuse
cusaiona upon pending measures:
A UNlqUK BILL AGAINST PISTOLS.
Mr. Cooper’s bill to regulate the car
rying, manufacturing and sale of fire
arms usually used for the infliction of
personal injury, and to make a viola
tion of the same a misdemeanor, was
then taken up. The bill is very drastic
in its provisions, and the committee
report on it was unfavorable.
Senator Graydon offered an amend
ment making the bill apply only to
pistols, and advocated the bill with his
amendment at some length. 1
Senator Aldneb thought it the best
bill that has been introduced at this
session. Public opinion has crystalized
on two points, he said, that whiskey
and pistols are responsible for most of
the crime. The penalty for carrying
concealed weapons is entirely too low.
He knew of no evil in the State more
to be deplored than the almost univer
sal custom of carrying concealed wea
pons. it is a m<mi demoralizing snd
degrading thing, ^he penally cannot
be made too severe. The habit of car
rying a concealed weapon will make a
coward of any man. All the couiitge
he ever bad will be sunk in the barrel
of hia pistol, and if he ever gets into a
row without bis pistol he will run as
•ura as he lives. A pistol w a dis
graceful thing, and 00 mau ought to
be allowed to carry uim whether con
cealed or not. If a man need* a Are
arm at all be needs a gun and not a
ptetoi. - r
Senator lioadereuu said he we* as
mach op|«wod lu carry in .■ cnotealsd
aatbodt, Inst he thought
law would he aarow*u-
IatjnaaI, as it forbids the right given
by the cosioiitnuun of carrying arms,
and th >• bill Will prohibit us from car
rying pastais, eMMeaiod •*» wot. The
bill, ha if ought, would be uaeoustrtu-
tiuual. and fas that reason he could not
veto for it.
Mr. llderwm suggested aa emend
meat that a maa canid oat curry • an
imus ■* without SSI rcuss NS etc me.
lie thsmghi the wteust thing ta dw
wuuhl bo tu siny* the tw|*Nt tmu and
eaie ef ydssoia. He ihmsght the tuB
under dterueeSeu shmsbl pam-
noswtar Mowes sualf esd ihu biU In
the Aset plmu d hbsuiutalt bwhsds e
ctkUcs carry mg e m*Sa*, uuMher «xu-
coaled ut a- *. at, i a grwv nuoo af that
Mud in euusefy mMsmetliutmuol It
elm nrwstdoa thm thorn shuU md ho
sold to thse Mme a cr* ar i of -em
amendment and it was voted dowu.
.Senator Gruber, moved to indefinite
ly postpone the bill, but the chair
ruled the motion out of order. Senator
Gruber then moved to recommit the
bill. This was voted down by a vote
of 19 to 14, and the Senate refused to
recommit.
The minority amendment tha the
fines' collected under the operations of
this ^111 shall go to the school fund in
the county in which the violation" oc
curred, was then adopted. .1
The bill then passed its second read-
ing.
CHILI* LABOU BILL.
Tbe child labor bill was then taken
up for its third reading Senator Sul
livan offered an amnidmetit to place
tbe age limit at 10 years instead of
12 years, and to provide for compul
sory attendance upon the public schools
for at least four mouths each year of
all children not engaged at work. Par
ents or guardians failing or refusing to
send such children to school as provid
es! are punishable as for n misdemean
or. Children from 7 to 12 years old
are to be sent to school for at least
four months each year. Ha said the
Senate stated its objoct in passing tbe
hill against child labor was to insure
an education for tbe children, and he
wanted it carried to its logical conclu
sion, and offered the MH t* good filth.
Ife repudiated the idea that a compul
sory education law would affect the
negro qumuoo, a* the negroes are
sending their children lu school any
way.
Senator Marshall said be hoped there
would be no Or taste no th* gueation.
Kvery Henator has had hia say. lie
thought the iirMrittaU effect uf JSanet.ie
ttullirmi'a amendments would be to kill
the Mil nud he moved to lay the
eOKeoottOl* <m the laid#, oe thie
tb* vet* Maud 21 to 14 and the amend ;
menu were rejected
be i«etor May Aetd offered an am* nd-
nmnt to mnho 1 be *cho**4 term in fae-
Mry toeu* of etinei leugib wtih rnrei
nit- * obob we* s.l-mte-l
Mr. Croft replied that ashessments
of real estate are made every four
years. > J ,
Mr. Prince continued that the mills
in his section are assessed on-the mar
ket value of the slock and are paying
as much taxes in proportion as any
other mills in the State. The Pk$1-
mont mill is now assessed in Anderson
County alone as much as tbe amounts
quoted by Mr. Croft for 1898. Mills
should not be treated as railroads, for
railroads are not confined to one county.
Mr. (iunter stated that the last re
port Of the compholler general shows
no assessment ot mills.
The motion to strike out the enact-
iug words was lost.
Mr. Richards offered an amendment
to extetuPlbe provisions the hill to
canals. Mr. Richards said that this
was called foi by tbe fact that tbe
Columbia canal is returned for assess-
ment at but $40,000.
The amendment was adopted, as was
that of Mr. Jno. T. Thomas, Jr, to
extend the provisions to cotton seed
oil and fertilizer companies.
THE M’LAUHIN RESOLUTION.
Mr. John McMaster's resolution to
condemn tbe acti in of lion. John I.
McJ.aunn In the United States.Senate
was then reached. Mr. McGowan
moved to lay the resolution on the
table.
This motion shuf off all debate and
lb? vote was uken. The House by
a vote of &M to 44 agreed to table the
reenlulion. . •
Their were at leaat a •hum members
in attcndaoca yesterday who were not
in their seats when the vote was taken.
Mg oat at nae delegation were at the
time oat of the hall, t/ui4* a hamlwr
who voted i<\ table the react at ion eent
ap 1 heir rraaon*, to i«e vprcml ia the
journal, that tbe* thought the tluwe*
waa not calls*! upnu tu take sorb at -
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willing to have the bill continued till
next session. Tbe bill is intended to
a good roads measure and he did Hot
wsnl the bill killed.
Senator Uydrick favored the meas
ure. A chaingaug with less than 15
convicts cannot be maintained advan
tageously, and more ijonvicls are need
ed on tbe roads. He thought Senator
Graydon's argument as to the hard
ships on county chaingangs was ex
aggerated. lie thought the bill should
be passed.
Senator Gaines said tbe people of
Greenwood wanted tbe bill passed. The
Greenwood chaingaug has not had a
convict to die since it wks established,
and he read a letter from tbe supervi
sor showing tbe manner of treatment.
Senator Mayfield thought tbe bill
would practically mean the abolition of
the penit«utiary and tbe State farms.
Senator Caughman favored tbe hill,
but would be willing to have it go
over until the next session." With the
great interest being taking in good
roads tbe bill oug^i not to be killed
now.
On a motion to strike out tbe enact
ing words tbe vote stood: Ayes 17;
nays 20; and the senate iefu*ed to
strike out the enacting words. *
Senator Gruber therJ moved to con
tinue the bill until tbe next session
which was done by a vote of 21 to Hi,
ami the’1>ill goes over.
THE SENATE ON PENSIONS.
"file House bill to increase tbs
saijuut of tbe sppropristioa for t ou-
federste pensions to f'AUO.tNJO was
reached and taken up for its second
ri-oliui.’.
Senator Mower mdivrd to strike oat
the • os< unr worAvf lbs bui, sad,
I ss chairman of ibo Uounce rumasiHaa,
I mode a •isU.mvnt of tbe m*u ’a
1 finance* Tha appruprisliua bill now
1 qrii—s* tti |liV““<*nr‘ an usee— of
■ suo— $.7ojlsa* ot $tUr 'tsi over loot )*Uf
I If this mere—1 In tirnsl
crease. He hoped that by next year
some scheme w. aid be devised for a
more equitable dtstiibulion of the
State’s pension funds, hut he thought
it would be ungracious to refuse to al
low no increase this year.
Senator Hydrick was rejoiced that so
.many Senators favored the increase to
$50,000, and said he believed that was
the consensus of opinion iu both the
Senate and House. The finance com
mittee would have reported favorably
ou tbe increase if it bad known it
could be done without an increase of
the levy.
Senator Gruber also favored the
$50,000 Increase and said he did not
think there should be any hesitation
over it. It has been shown to our sat.
isfactiou that it will not increase the
levy.
Senator Herndon also favored the
increase in brief remarks.
On the vote to strike out the enact
ing words the motion was overwhelm
ingly defeated, the vote being: ayes 4,
nays 27, as follows :*
Ayes—Rlakcney, Glenn, Walker,
Williams—4
Nays—Aldrich, Appelt, Harnwell,
Bowen, Brantley, Bird, Brown, Caugh
man, Dean, Dennis, Douglas, Graydon,
Gruber, Hay, Henderson, Herndon,
Hough, Hydrick, Mayfield, McDer
mott, Moore, Ragsdale, Sarratt,Sharpe,
Ntanlaod, Sullivan, Talbird—27.
Senator Mower was paired with Sen-
p—I
ator' Marshall, who favored the iu-
cream.
Senat *r Henderson then offered bis
aoieudroeut to make the approptialioo
I f 130,1)1 K), which Was adopted and tbe
I HU! wm ordered engn—U for its third
reading.
Mo EXTMA LEVI.
Noaalut Mower than offered so
j amendment to rai— tb* Slal# lax levy
I freRi 4 msde to 4 I 4 mill* H* sold b*
• offered Up* — a pa re I > bavioaee pro-
I pa—tma — be th--egbt It aeceeeurv tu
lUlM
Mat is ait
screw— I
djg tenacity of purpose, but he was no
general. Any mau who look four
years with nearly three million of men
and billions of money to subdue 20*>,-
00Q ragged Confederates is no genera).
But be behaved well after the surren
der and sftkl^ “ JiCl us have peace!”
1 was conversing not long ago with a
Northern lady, a mature lady of cul
ture and refinement, and when I re
marked that Giant did not fight to free
the slaves, for he was a slaveowner
and lived off their hire, she was amazed
and said: “ Well, what upon earth
was he fighting for? I thought the
war was ahout^slavery and nothing
else.” And sol had to explain, and
I told her bow Lincoln issued a pro
clamation setting the slaves, free iu
•fanuary, 18(i.'{, but he excepted Mis
souri aud Kentucky, and so Grant held
his slaves until .laouary, 1865, and
kept on hiring them out and kept on
fighting us to make us let ours go.
lie didn't tote fair. “Can it be pos
sible?’ ^ she said; ‘“sOrelv you are mis-
takcu.”
The truth is the hhitory of this war
of ours is just beginning to leak oat.
Those Yanks have abused us so Ion*
that some of our people have got dis
couraged and begin to confess judg
ment. Some ot them are even apolo
gizing for that malignant book called
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin.*' I was de
lighted to read John Temple Graves
reply to Henry Waitereoa. It jyos lb<
truth, every word^ nf,tt, an3 oar good
people thank him for It. Those impa-
debt rascals up North have bad ill
dramatized and stuck under i-ur notes'
for twenty-Ava year* and lot* at oar
fool folks go to sea It and swallow U
down I was ruminatnuc about thus
slanders and woudwnag wbat mmle
those people bat* ws so, when I cams
acre— aa rxplanaflo
aiitb«4ngy which
move lord the son for wa goi tha i
of the queens death over here S
before she died. Bat if I awr 1
agin 1 must have vfttola andi
plenty, land or no land. If you woi
yoor hog meat to get more bigger to
tbe fry in pan you mast kill Ut befoi
tbe new moon bat if yon want lota of
gravy kilt bit afterwarde. I
no brothers 01 sisters and «
ful loan •ora. I dont think the'
ar inhabited. H ta flat like a [
once a month turns ap on its
mokes the rew moon. I don’t"
tbe tnoqn effeks married life. Pooka
can maxh U happy or miserbol jeot OS
tha pleese. Hu is either os happy oa
heaven or as mikerbul as Dmntya In
ferno os they call hit. I think the
moon Itaye got a lit* of its own. Foaka
tell me thst northern men
best husbands and Im
Southern' women specially
make the best wives. Addn
8. S.
A Famous South Caroliwtax.—
Charles Cotesworth Ifinckney, the
famous patriot and
general, waa born in Charleston, 8. C.,
Feb.
25,1746, and disd there Ang. 16,
1825. His father was chief justice of
South Carolina, like most sene of
rich American man of tha lima, young
Uincknav was soot to England to bo
educated. At 7 7eats of age ho Tluitisf
at W Miami later school, next gradoatad
from Christ church ooUsgs, Oxford,
read law ia the Mtddlo Tempio coon
ftnd foe aIm buxiUm Is ikx
Royal Military Academy ok Coon,
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r . ht of the pc*iple to boor arms re
ferred only to the militia.
8pnator Stanlaud thought this a most
important maoaure. aad that some law
of this kind should be passed. He sp«>k«-
of the conditions in the lower counties,
and-oaid protection of some kind was
sorely needed. *
Tha vote to strike out the enacting
words resulted as follows :
Ayea—Barnwell, Bowen, Brantley,
Brown, Dennis, Glens, Gruber, Hen
derson, Hydrick. Moore, Mower,
Sharpe, Talbird at>d Walker—16.
Noes—Aldrich, Appelt, Blakeney,
Brice, Caaghmau, Dean, - Douglas,
Gaines, Graydjn. Hough, lldecton,
Livingston, Manning, Marshall, May-
field, McDermott, Sarratt, Stackhouse,
Stonland, Sullivan and Willi&nis—21.
The Senate refuse* I to strike out the
enacting words.
Senatoi Appelt offeied au amend
ment that a man might be allowed to
carry a concealed weapon upon paying
an annual fee ot $50, h license to be is
sued by the clerk of the court.
Senator Hough opposed this license
feature. - If we are going to prohibit
the carrying of concealed woipons let
us prohibit outright.’ If a mau wants
to carry a weapon for defense let him
carry it open and aboveboard.
Senator Ilderton also 'opposed it and
thought it would discriminate against
the poor man, who might be unable to
hay the lic^Rte, whatever it might be
He thought his amendment as to “just
excuse ” would coyer- the
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Senator Mayfield withdrew bis
amendmedt.
Senator Gtaydon offered an amend
ment to simply make it unlawful for
a man to carry a fire arm less than 20
Inches in length or less thin three
pounds in weight. This, he said, will
give a man the right lo bear any arms
except pistols.
Beoaior Brown moved to indefinitely
postpone the whole matter.
On this the vote was 15 to 12, and
tha Senate refused to postpone the
bill.
SenaU* Henderson's bill In pro*
uniformity ant! equality id tha a—ess-
meat of cotton facto: it* paaoed with
getifral amendments.
Mr. t'roft.of Aiken, championed the
bill. Taxation to be fair should be
equal. There should be a standard of
equalization. There is a great inequal
ity in ssscasmeuts in this State. The
Granileville company ha* a capital
stock of $6O0,u00 and is assessed st
$660,00U. The Columbia mill is capi
talized at nearly $l,U00,00t) and yet it
pays taxes on but $2U0,:mhi. The I’le.l-
mont mills, whose stock is* rated at 170,
is capitslized at $800,000 and yet is
assessed st only $540,000. The Green
wood mill, capitslized at $180,000, is
assessed at $8“,000. Ho died other
instances of discrepancies. He does
not advocate the bill to make a higher
assessment, hut a more.equitable as
sessment.
Mr. Sinklef—Why is this bill applied
to cotton mills alone ?
Mr. Croft—[ am not the author of
the bill, but it could be applied to
other property. Textile mills are
specified because their values run into
the millions, and thousands of doUnr*
are lost to the State.
Mr. Cooper, of the ways aud means
committee, said that the bill was re
ported unfavorably, because it singles
out hue euterprise or industry. .
Mr. Kinard said that the people of
the several counties are interested
< nough to get millg returned for the
highest values. Furthermore, the peo
ple of the county would kuow the
value of the property better than the
State board.
Mr. Jno. F. Thomas, Jr., declared
that the most flagrant discrepancies do
exist and the county boards are c\i-
deutly not awake to their duties. Is
it right for the mills in Aiken to be
assessed at 100 cents on the dollar and
thoee in Greenwood at 50 cents on the
dollar ?• He showed that in Spartan,
burg County there was inequality be
tween mtU and mill.
Mr. Prince opposed the bill. Mr.
Croft's figures are* taken from the re
turns three years ago
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Senator May field claimed that
objatl of U— toil bod k
' —nied' and that U simply meant
give Tbe Sure I par yent. profit
stead of 40 per rent.' profit a*
present. J .
Senator Barnwell —id it *eemed to
have been understood 1 hat there was
to Im no dispensary legislation at this
session, and hs thought this would be
a good bill to kill.
Senator Henderson favored tbe bill
because it gave each county the right
to say how it* share of the profits
shall be applied.
Senator timber said he thought it
would be impossible to ruo the dispen
sary on the basis proposed by the hill.
Senator Sheppard also opposed it.
There ought to he some stability as to
the dispen—ry profits. There is no
complaint anywhere.
Seuator Mower opposed it ou the
same ground. The present law has
been in operation only since June, and
we have not had a chance to give it a
fair trial.
Senaloi Brice moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill and this was done by
a vote of 20 to 12.
The bill was killed iu this way.
AS TO CONVICTS.
Mr. Strom’s bill to increase the sen
tence of convicts on county chaingangs
to ten years was taken up for its sec
ond reading and there was a contest
over it. —
Senator Graydon moved to strike out
the enacting words. The law, he said,
already allows five-year convicts to
work on county „chaingangs, and he
thought this a long enough term. He
did not believe a man could live- fer
ten years on a county chaingaug, on
account of-the hardship and txposme.
To sentence a mau to ten years on the
county chaingaog is to sentence him
to death, and he thought as a matter
of humanity the hiil should be killed.
The county chaingangs do not have
proper hospital facilities for sick con-
vicU, while ihe penitentiary has, and
he thought that all convicts whose
terms are for more than ten yean,
should be tent to the penitentiary.
Senator Blakeney did not winl the
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No, there never waa a greater jurwt
r a purer patriot than Jubo Marsh oil,
| -iiu pioud that be was * Vir-
favor of tbe . giniau. , ...
f IUQ.UUU, but if b* •‘ouldn t get that he ! f was coo*ideriog tbe list of those
would t ompio—is* ox tbs $.70JNIU. He ! who have already been chosen for
bod no record as an economist, hut h« places in the Hall of K*me. 1 think
did not want lo begin on. tbe old sol- | those gonllemru who got up this
dier*. Hs thought the present seuli
ment of tbe State was in lavor of the
increaee of IIOOJIOU.
Senator Blakeney said that some
thought tbe House |iassed the lull with
the expectation that-tbe Senate would
kill it, and that it was a play at pol
itics on the part of the House. He was
charitable enough to believe that it
passed as a result of a burst of senti
ment. If it weie left to our sym
pathies we would vote the soldiers $1,-
900,000 aud still lie unsatisfied, but the
finance Coramiflee, which certainly has
the welfare of the State at heart, has
reported unfavorably bh the increase
for pensions because it involves au in
crease in the burden of taxation. He
did pretty well considering the point
of view. Up lo date I believe that
thirty have been chosen aud our
Robert K. lae *laudw eighteenth ou
the list. He received sixty-nine votes
and outranked eleven who received
less. The li*t begins with Washington
at ninety-seven votes. Then comes
Lincoln, Webstei, Fraukhu, Grant,
Marshall, Jefferson, Emerson, Long
fellow, Fultou. Irving, Jonathan Ed
wards, Morse, Farragut, 'Clay, Pea
body, Uawlhorue, Hubert E. L«5e,
Peter Cooper^ Horace Mauu, Eli Wbit-
uey, Henry Ward Beecher, James
Kent, Joseph ’Story, John Adams,
Channing, Audubon, Gilbert Stuart
aud Asa Gray. The lasl-named was a
did not waul to see the State Jr© botauist of good repute amfTeecived
niggardly in its pension appropriations,
but thought the law gaye all at present
that the 8late was able to give. He
spoke of the general abuse of the pen
sion law and said South Carolina sol
diers fought for principle and not for
pensions.
Senator Sullivan said he understood
the committee reported unfavorably ou
the increase on the assumption that it
would increase the tax levy five mills.
He signed the unfavorable report, blit
was willing to vote for $50,000 increase
if it could be done without increasihg’
the levy, aud as he had-been shown
that this could be done he would favor
the increase of $-50,000.
Senator Stanland favored the in
crease of $.50,000, but said he disagreed
with some iu saying that the old sol
diers wmfM «oou be all gone. ’The
pension burden will be with us for a
long time yet nor have they given up
theinsriraiiatiop for the iusiifiitioo of
marriage. Continuing he spoke of
mauy • needy, disabled . veterans lo
whom Ibis increase would be a God
send.
Seuator Barnwell said he favored the
increase in $50,000. He did not think
fifty-one ■votes. No soldiers of the
civil war aie'iu save I^ee and Grarft
and Farragut. Only five Presidents
are in. Madison, Monroe aud Jackson
are strangely left obi. Henry Ward
Beecher as strangely put in. I don’t
know what he ever did tha* was great
or good. , He is the man who said that
“Sharp’k rules were better than Bibles
lo send to Kansas and it was a sin
against heaven to shoot at A slave
holder and miss him.” He is the man
whose conjugal creed was irhat
Macauley said of lx>rd Byron, “ Hate
your neighbor and love your neighbor’s
wife.” It will be observed that twelve
of these chosen men are from
sachuselts, live from New Yqrtr; lour
from Virginia, two fronijGUnnecticut,
two from Rhode Isl^iKTaiid tbe others
shattered arou
the great men ve used to have. - He
went to school to George White, oho
published the statistics and “ Histori
cal Collections of Georgia” over fifty
years sgo, and Charles Wallace How
ard was bis schoolmate. My friend ie
blind, but he writes his 0*11 letter* —
the lines ere an inch apart and about
four words to the Hue— and yet he
wntes Id a most cheerful vein and tells
how good God has been to him all hie
long life. Hit name is A. R. Wright
and he wa* born and reared iu Savan
nah. His favorite speech at school
was-
“ Locbell, 1/H.hell, be wan of the day
When the ’owlands shall meet thee in
battle array.”
,1 expect there are a thousand living
men who spoke that speech, nnd that
other one, “On Linden when the sun
was low.” My neighbor, Rev. George
Yarbrough, is a man of memories, too.
He is our Methodist Episcopal preach
er now and it is a luxury to talk to
him. He helps me abuse the Yankees
and says he loves, his enemies, but cau-
not suppress a feeling of holy indigna
tion at their conduct. He has a curious
old book printed in 1825 called “ The
Wonders of Nature and Providontfe.’l
That part devoted to Int^ans and their
mounds and the Lost Tribes of Israel
is full of interesting data. It seems to
me that the older a man grows>tl^
more lie learns and about’ the^Rfne he
gets full of knowledge antf begins to
run over he has to^IbUubwn and die
What a pity hj^etfuld not live on and
ou for th^-'Hake of the children and
gramLetfildreu. But as Pope, says,
hatever 19 is right.”
Bill Arp.
P. Si.—I have received one answer
to my Ohio friend's letter, but a* no
money came for the orphans 4 have
nAt sent it. Maybe he will send ihe
iad a vote 1 think 1 would dollar, for it is worth it.
Atlanta, Go.—Sir:
answer to
enorling words strikeo out, but was it would kill tbe State U> five this u»*
Well,i
stncjc iYut ten from that lilt and in
iir places I would insert Andrew ’ your letter Ule tell what I think about
Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Dewitt the moon. Hant your tatera and un
Clinton, Alex Hamilton, Patrick yuns in the dark of the mnoa tbo tboy
Ueu'j, Stonewall Jackson, Sam Houa- 1 do very well planted in the groan.’
ton, Agaseiz, Ed’ton and Crawford am a widow aader 45 and hav got torn
Long. 1 don't know whether L would land ibo I dont clame any credit fur
strike Gram’s nsnuror not. He waa a that cue 1 gat hit fro— —y Paw
gooit-hearted s<>ri of a mau with a bn
Wanted, n roo— by twi
about 90 fact long nod 20 feat I
“ A lady weals to sail hor
she le going abroad iu a strong Iron
frame.”
“ Lost, near Highgate archway, a*
umbrella, belonging to a genii*—an
with a bent nb and bone handle.”
“ Lost, a collie dog by a —on on
Saturday answering to Jin with a
brass collar around hU nock and muz
zle.” ' ' .
“ To be disposed of, • mail phaeton,
the property of a gentleman with a
moveable headpiece as good as new.”
pKiK.ittbs or Science.—The rapid
advance of one of our —oot useful
sciences is brought vividly to mind by
the following item which is going the
rounds of tbe newspapers?
“ August Breseort, a silversmith,
who made the plate on which Dagonne
made the flttt successful photograph, to
living in St. Louis at the age of eijghty-
one.?’ '
We are accustomed to regard da'-
guerreo-types as very antiquated pro
ducts, and yet oftly a little more than
fifty years ogo.nm a daguerreotype had
ever beeu ttiade. Out of Daguerre's
invejttitm came modern photography
its many and increasing wonders.
The advance of photography has been
so rapid in the last few years that the
old silversmith in St. Louis, who mode
the plate for tbe flret daguerreotype
must feel that he has lived long in
deed.
Peonies do not consist of oopror
alone, there being in the— 2 per ccwt
of tin and 5 per cent of zinc to 9$ per
cent of copper. They cost tbe Govern
ment about 42 cents § pound, exclusive
of stamping, and there are 148 in •
pound, so that tbe Govern—ent makes
a fair proflt.oo every pound minted,
since, while they ore redeemable in
goWl* but few are ever presented.
The mart profitable dairy oow ia tha
ou* that help* yon to make the Mt"
(•utter in the winter.
e that cos I gat hit fro— —y Paw and be! quicker then, brings om
- got hit from hia Paw. Tb* mrth must better margiu of proAt.