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/, 4 - <*> .^ VOL. VII. TILLMAN* S GEORGIA PET I SECURES THE WISH OF } HIS HEART. | 1 The South Carolina Electoral 1 College Stultifies Itself by 1 Sending u Messenger to Wash- ' ington whom its Own Commit- ' tee Reported to he Ineligible ( ?Other Columbia News. Now8 and Courier. Columbia, January 0.?Special: { A The Democratic eiectors selected at 1 ( flta t'A/?nnf olenf !/\i> VMV IVV-VIIU ilivt IIV1U VW V4 <\ J cast their ballots for Cleveland ami i Stevenson, and chose T. Larry Gantt, editor of the Register, to convey the vote us Washington. These are, indeed, strange times ' in Sooth Carolina, and once again factional prejudice has overruled judgeu -i.t. TK y;ooeedingsof the ? Electoral Co ige for South Carolina as well as the body itself, will go down into history. Six months ago there was common talk that if the i electoral vote were close it would 1 not he safe to say that South Carolin's entire vote would bo cast for the Democratic standard-bearers* The uuusal proceeding of securing written pledges from the electors 1 was gone through with, and every kind of precautionary measure was I resorted to, but all to no purpose. The electoral vote of the Palmetto State could not in any way assume < an important part in deciding the < fate of any political party* Public I attention was withdrawn from the electors* They quietly came here and cast their secret ballots for Cleveland and Stevenson, and, after ' selecting the notorious campaign ' editor as messenger, went home. The electors met under the com- ' mission of the Secretary of State, * which showed the vote in the State 1 have heeii! (}lev?land nlentnra- < 54,9(52; Harrison electors. 13,345, 1 Weaver electors, 2,407. The camli- ' dates on the Democjatio picket ' were: Delegates at large, Ernest 1 Gary, J. Win. Stokes- District del egates, C. C. Tracy. T. S. Williams, i 1. H. MoCalla, J. Steele Iirice, L. P. Walker, 1.. W. Nettles and Jos ] S Hart* I As soon as the College was orga-liized the members prepared their ballots and the unanimous vote was , cast for Cleveland and Stevenson. i Then came the selection of a ( messenger to Washington, a $200 | plum. The reasonable question of j the ineligibility of T. L. Gantt, who i was put in nomination, was imme- < diately raised. J. M* Waddell, of | Marion, was the only other regular | candidate It was finally decided to appoint a special committee to report on the eligibility of Candidate Gantt. The committee consis- ' ted of Judge elect G?ry, C. C. Tra- i cy and Joseph S. ifart. To the i utter surprise of the electors the ] majority of the committe Tracy and l Hart reported that Mr. Gantt was ineligible to fill the position. Mr ] Gary made a minority report and that was accepted. The balloting then followed, The vote was: For Gantt; Gary, McCalla, Walker and Hart. For Waddell; Stokes and Nettles. Iirice and Tracy paired a compliment to q each other. S Realizing the importance wf the election as a preceedont in this State* I asked Mr. Gary to prepare a syn opsis of the grotiuds for his report and Mr. Tracy a synopsis of the majority report. a daniri. come to judgement Here is Mr. Gary's synopsis: "My reasons for the minority report are as follows: The Act of Congress regulating electons for President and Vice President does not specify how the vote of the Electoral College shall be transmitted to Washington. The only authority therefore, by which the college is governed is contained in the Act of v the General Assembly of South Curo lina of 1881), Section 167, which reads as follows: ' Such electors shall then, by writing under their bonds, or un der the bonds of a majority of them, appoint a person to take charge of the lists so sealed up, and to deliv er the same to the President of the Senate of the Congress of the United States, at the seat of government, before the second Wednsday in February then next ensuing.' "From my construction of the Act the only qualification is that j the messenger must be a person and not necessarillv a onidified elector." ' I ^ THIS 18 GOOD LAW' i The majority of the committee < ^ supported their position on the fol- < lowing ground: t i Mr. Tracy said that under a do- < cision of the supreme Court of the ' United States, reported in 6 Wal* 1 lace, aq office was defined to be any < position filled by governmental ap pointment and combining tenure, 1 duration, emolument and duty* All < these are combined in the messen- ] Ser, the tenure though short being j efined, his duty being clear, a puu- i ishment provided for non or mhfea- I annce and the emoluments provided i ? COI by statute; that the tnesseger was a State officer, his creators being State officers, as decided in Green rs Fitzgerald, 10 Sup Ct Hep, and lhat Section 1 of Article XI V of the Constitution of South Carolina prohibited one not possessing the qualifications of a voter from being an officer holder. 1IUHItA.lI FOU it KICK. Elector Brice signed the [certifiDate of the result of the election, but refused to sign Messenger Gantt's commission, except on the condition that The News and Courier's Letter of Introduction'' be annended as Exhibit A." A WOIiD I N TIME Doubtless some very (?) wise sages will perhaps try * and attribute Mr. Ganut's election to the position taken by The News ?nd Courier. As a matter of fact Gantt was practically elected long before The News and Courier thought of his selection. "Col" Gantt was an early bird, sucnrod pledges for a place no one seemed to care for, and to flay those pledges were carried out. That is all there is in the election. It i*. curious to note that while Elector Hart held that Mr. Gantt was ineligible, yet he voted for him. He explains his course by saying that after the electors |decidod that Mr. Gantt was eligible he could have no father objactions to him. Fortunately the qualification of Mr. ( iatitt makes no difference. A j duplicate of the vote will be forward?d by mail, and authority is given bo send another if necessary. KLLEKBB SHOWS 01 F AC. A IN. Comptroller General Ellerbo today issued another important cir3ulatiar. lie intends that all iniar.mce companies shall pay their license. He has also made a de vision, endorsed uy lite assistant At tomey General, that the guarantee companies are only liable to tlio laws is to the deposit of $25,000 when they become surety for public officials of , the State. The circular reads; T11K NEW LAW. Coulmbia, S. (J- January 10, 1893. On the 31st March each year all licen-es granted to insurance com panics expire. Annnil statements of business for the year ending 31st December, 1892, and the license fee cf one hundred dollars are due in this office on or before the 31st day of March, 1893, when a license will be issued to each company already admitted into this State. Companies not heretofore admitted must file certificate of character, annual statement and pay the license fee of one hundred dollors* The following provisions of our laws as to agents will be observed; "Section 1,353. It shall not be lawful for any insurance company not incorporated under the laws of this State, or any agent of such com pany, to take risks or transact any. business of insurance in this State without first obtaining a license From the Comptroller General, which license shall serve throughout the State, and authorize such company or agents thereof to take risks or transact any business of insurance in each and every county of this State, and the 3atne shall be so granted so as to ex pi re on the 31st of March of each year; and, for every such license, the company, or agents, shall pay to the Comptroller General the sum of one hundred dollars, to be paid by him into the State treasury for the use and benefit of the State* That said license shall give said company the power and authority to appoint any number of agents to take such risks or transact any business of insurance in each and every county of the State: Provided, the Comptroller General is notified of such appointment before the said agents take any risks or transact any business as aforsaid, giving the postofiice address, resilience, and a certified copy of the resolution appointing each agent, or agents, duly signed by the president and secretary of such company." The last Legislature amended the insurance laws of this State as follows: ; That foreign insurance companies cf all classes, such as fire, life, marine, surety, security, guarantee, hail storm, live s'ock, accident, plate glass and other like insurance companies, foreign land loan associations, foreign building and loan i8sociatious, foreign banking associations and all other like classes of like business not incorporated un* ler the class of South Carolina, except national banks and except be cvuiunt iii&uiiiuiMis urganiztm UIItier the Grand Lodge system, shall such, before transacting any business in this State, pay a license fee A one hundred dollars to the IComptioiler General at the date and time now required by law for insurance jompanies to pay license fee* Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for any one of such foreign jompanies as are required by section L of this Act to obtain licenses arid nay license fees to transact any busiies8 in this State until thoy shall nave and keep some duly appointed esident agent in this State, on whom ; 'Be Trite to (WAY,_S. C., T legal process may he served so as tc hind the company he represents' ant service of process upon his agent at his main office shall be sufticent t( gite justification to tlio Court is suing in any county in this State and every resident agent shall re turn to the county auditor of eacl county his gross receipts from sail counties for taxation ?s ntlior nron . - ? ? f - Ierty is returned for taxation. The law was further amended ii reference to surety companies, re quiring a deposit of $25,000, bul only where they undertake to he come surety for public ollicials ol the State, but does not apply to the business of surety companies as up plied to other citizens of this State W. II, ELI.ekhe. Comptroller Geueral WASH INGTON LETTICIt. Washington, Jan. 9th, 4893 IIa3 the steamship lobby secure* pledges from a sufticient number ol Congressman to defeat any or all Ol the bills proposing to suspend Euro pean immigration for one year? Thai is a long question, but circumstance! have come to the surface during tin last forty eight hours which havi caused it to be asked inauy times it Congressional circles Senator Chan dler, chairman of the Senate Com tnittee on Immigration, and Repre sentative Stumph, chairman of tin House ('ommittee, tre both positiv* that some bill will become a law a this session, but others are not s< Confident, and the men in the em ploy of the aforesaid lobby?no members of Congress?say that nc law on this subject will bo enuctet liv thill Ortniri-uoo -* JT 111 i WU^i ?ooi A clause in the quarantine bill which whs before the Senate Friday and Saturday?the first Saturdaj session of the Senate, this session? gives the President the authority tc suspend immigration whenever i may in his discretion become neces sary to keep out contagious disease It was known that the steatnshi| lobby was making extraordinary ef forts to prevent the passage of an) bill suspending immigration, bnl until the last two days it was suppos ed that they would be satisfied il they could succeed in having tin suspension left to the President, bu now, as the story goes, they will b< satisfied with nothing less thai blocking all legislation on the sub ject, and this they claim to he abh to do. This is not to he done b) direct vote, but by taug'ing up al the Immigration bills that may hav< a chance of getting through w:tl cumbersome amendments and b) causing delay at every opportunit) so that the end of the session ahal come before any of them will he it a condition to he sent to Presidonl Harrison for his signature. Tin manipulators of this scheme are sail to believo that their programme cai be carried out without compelling members to put themselves on record but now that suspicion is rampant il it will be very difficult, and if per aisted in it may result in a big Con gressional scandal which would pu an end to not a few very promising political careers. T* 11.. trnnir /% ** A IBM VII J IUIVII1 U KJL Will gU^UI 11 meat makes nearly every importan law enacted by Congress the resul of a compromise between the ex tremei8ts on both sides, and althougl tho men now arrayed on both side? of the silver question are saying tha no compromise will bo accepted i may be set down as certain that i: any silver legislation gets througl at this session of Congress it will be a bill or an amendment that rcpre scnts a compromise between the ex treme views of men like Representa tive Harter, of Ohio, who doesn' want silver used as a money metal a all, and of those who favor the fre< and unlimited coinage of silver Even Mr. Cleveland, whose recor< as an anti -silver man is known t< all the world, is now advocating i compromise. The talk about abolishing tlx bounty on sugar by the next Con grass is already bringing pioteats tc Washington from the sugar beei growers of Nebraska aixl Kansas who, according to those protests, d( not believe that Congress will dar< to put a tariff cn foreign sugar high enough to prevent the ruin of th< beet industry. There is going to bi music on the sugar question wher the next Congress gets to work on i new tariff bill. A delegation of prominent rail road men are in Washington for th< Your Word, Your Work, and Y< "hukbday ja* > second time this session, for the T 1 purpose of persuading Congress to 1 pass tiie bill introduced by Senator ; Cnllorn, amending the Interstate I Commerce law so as to allow the . ; pooling of freights by railroads. The World's Fair folks nre after ^ Congress again, They want to open the Fair Sundays, and they want a j number of small ^appropriations for 1,1 expenses of judges, board of lady ^ ^ managers, etc., aggregating about P $G2G,000. A number of Congress 'U1 j men are kicking about what they . call the extravagance of the amount cc . asked for, and it will probably bo ,u reduced. There appears to bo a feeling among the Senators that unless the ll< ! anti-option bill, which was crowded j I off the track for two days by the ls r Quarantine bills, can be pushed to a ^-a ^ vote this week it will be permanently lH . shelved. Its friends expect it to be ^ passed this week. () i Representative Otis stirred up jj quite a lively little squall in the , House by offering an amendment to to i the District of Columbia Appropriation bill, providing that the District in of Columbia should pay three fourths of the total amount carried bv the " . tu , bill instead of one-half, as it has 31 done since 1878, when the present l | form of government was adopted, p j Tke amendment was lost, but it de veloped unexpected strength. ^ I It has been decided by the demo- j,( } cratic managers of the House to Bet tn j apart a dav in the near future for the consideration of the proposition to elect U. S. Senators by direct vote (|( ^ of the people; also a day for the Tor- p, r rey Bankruptcy bill, which is being ol nntivttlv iiiisln.il ai - i ? "j r , g> 1 ti Truth* to Ihmdor Overt HI Republican institutions can thrive '>< only when the best citizens lire mi as | authority; therefore those who enjoy rt ' the bonellts of oiir present civilza ci " tion, blest with the comforts of home w ' protected in their lives and property in \ secure under the palladium of liberty and justice, should be willing, cc and even anxious, to hear their sh are f0 of the public interests, by giving at ? their earnest attention to political m t question, especally when the whole si , land is groaning under the burden ct j of such an awful curse as the li- ri quor trnflic. sn P' If the liquor traffic is a political f curse, it must be antagonized with I political weapons; and these weapons ) must be wielded by a people whose , faith and courage arc inspired by '!l strong convictions of the justice of cc ' their cause. ex t se 1 T . 8t In our government every man is 1 a soveteign. When we. choose our ^j( t rulers, we should realize the solemn t|, } obligation to our homes, our country tii i and our religion, and exercise this in j choice with the most sacred regard to their best interests, This cannot as ? be without enthusiastic personal at- of > tention to politics, The groat curse pi k of the liquor traffic can be extermi- tli , nated only by this method. in ti' t Prohibition by law is essential to the best interests of the people, be- lb ? cause it is the only security trom the pt ravngaes of the liqor traffic. Why tu is selling tainted moat or poisoned t candies a crime? Why is building n( 11 ivnnilon hnnvn in 11 tl>i/>l/ln r>or>n t lated city a crime? Why are a thous ' and other things, not wrong in them- or i selves, regarded and treated as t" } crimes? Simply because the good &( t of the people and the protection of society require it. ta at The Prohibition Party is certain of 1 decided, and permanent success. H The Prohibition party is the only party with a moral issue, the only . party that has any claim to the con- ^ scientious consideration of the Chris tian church, the only party that give delinito assurance of a final ! settlement of the most important ^ ) issue ever presented to the civili/ed world. The fundamental prinoiple j of the Prohibition party is, "No . compromise With crime, and no con- J } cession to the liquor traffic." ^ Prohibition of the liquor traffic is > coming at a constantly accelerating ^ , o|>ieu< ib win mivc inuai men uy w surprise. It is only a question of r } united work on the line of determined w ^ virtuous, aggressive action of a po , liticrtl character, and success is sure j > in the near future. ? From 41 Editor J ^ al Flasher" in Demorest's Family | Magazine for February. tj, j For the first time in seven years ^ 2 the Niagara river, at Niagara, N. Y. * x is blocked with ice. x Betweon 3,000 and 4,000 hales of c, cotton were destroyed by fire in An 5, . derson, S* C., last Tnursday night. n & Logs <*100,000* a >\n* Country.n UJ AliY 11). lit Hi: tax war is in:srni;i> | in i:\rm;st. oinpt roller Hllcrlic's Circular h of liistruetloiiH Issued Under 11 the Law Prohibit hit; ;/ Courts from I u- o terferhitf n w it li him. The Comptroller General has, as ^ t I liliif Oil iwiolnMimt . ma.1 ? ?? ' uiiiiivvni yvcjiui V J urum 1 I'U Will' UI1 (J 10 corporations this year, ami the f ittle begins with today, tbo State v iving at its buck that most remar- j11 ible new law declaring that no j11 hirt of justice in the State shall in ly way interfere with the raising of t 10 assessments. |C Below is the circular of instruc- , I' ? . . I c jus on matters of taxation which is j. ling sent to all county aiulifore. It destined to raise a row when the ! xpayers begin to feol its true im>rt: ? i- i% 11 KX ECU'f 1V E I) EPAHTMK NT, FPICE OF UoMPTItOl.I.Kit GeN'KKAL, {l Coi.umiiia, S. C., Jan. 7, 181K3. o Mr. , Auditor county, b Your attention is hereby directed s the following. e Act, to amend and declare the law 'I reference t<> the duties and powers t< county auditors, in reference to o e assessment of property for taxu o jii, when a false, fraudulent or n her return has been made. After the enacting words this law rovides: That from and after the passage of lis act the assessment of nronerlv 'l ?* ' ir taxation shall ha deemed nud ?ld to he a stop in the collection of 11 xes, f Sec. 2. That sections 230, 240, LI, 242, 213, and 244 <>f chapter xi u the general statutes, relating to 11 i0 assessment and taxation of pro rty, he and the same are hereby de aied to he in full force and effect c id shall ho construed to menu as ving fall and complete power to to county auditors independent of 11 iy rights conferred upon comity iarils < f assessors or other officers v i to securing a full and complete w iturn of property for taxation in all ises as express d in said sections I1 nether fraudulently or otherwise 1 nproperly or incompletely made. Sec. 3. I'liat ttio action of the nintv auditor in the section set 0 rtli in the second section of this ^ ;t, shall not bo interfered with by 11 iy court of this State by mandamus, iminary process, or any other pro ^ ?8s; hut the taxpayer shall have the 1 ght, and no other to pay his tax on 1 ich return under protest as now ? rovided by law. (l Sec. 4. That this act shall take feet immediately upon its approval / the Governor. There can he no doubts under this p w as to the duties and powers of a uir.ty auditors, and they will ho n pected to observe carefully the u ctions of the general statutes con- c rued by this act, and will ho held t a strict performance of their dn- p es as required bv these sections s uis construed, under the instruc- b 3ns heretofore given by this office d circular form. a Much of the success or failure to e certain the whereabouts and value s 1 all taxable property and have it aced upon the tax books is due to 1 ic efficient or inefficient manage- c ent of the auditors of tho res pec- o vo counties. C All taxpayers ?iro required l>y law 11 return all their taxable personal )i operty between tho first of .fan li try and the 20th day of February, ii 103 for taxation. Ileal estate is o )t returned this year. t All personal property not returned, t lsely returned, partially returned, s returned at less than its true value t money, is liable to a penalt of ( ) percent. e It is the duty of the auditor while t kiuufjreturns to make such inquiries n id investigations as ho may deem h icessary to secure a full return of t 1 taxable property at its true value, s id any auditor accepting a return p om any taxpayer wnen he suspects I ' has reason to believe that such re- i irn is not correct or full, is derelict c his official duties. p Millions of dollars of taxable per t nal property annually escape taxa- 1 an in tins State, such as cash, mort i iges, other ciedits, etc., which s lould be carefully locked after and c: aced upon your tax duplicates ami v ade to bear their just portion of i xation* V Auditors are urged to the exercise '1 ! proper diligence in this matter of p king returns; and i the law is ?i isely, judiciously and firmly enfor i :U much of the evils now suffered j ill be remedied und the taxable j operty greatly increased l?y getting i pnn the tax bo ?ks every class of .xable property. 11 C*re should t?o taken in making I j te valuations made by the taxpayers i : personal property us nearly uni- I irm throughout the county as possile. < In the selection of assessors great < ire should be exercised, and the est, most impartial and intelligent ten should be taken. (Assessors i reappointed annually under the 11 ) 3 ?w.) j ri Ono of tlio greatest hindrances to sc ho proper valuation of all properties di < the gross irregularities of values as . mule by the different communities. s_> t8 far as may bo possible let's have it full, fair, just and equitable return ai nd valuations. ' All executors, administrators, et uanlians, trustees teceivers,officers, of lusbands, fathers, mothers, agents r factors shall he personally liable ot or taxes on all personal property , 11 L'ltioli nou in M.AIW ? t b/v K i iiium ?t no in turn |iuroi'OMUH at mt' ' i/> imo when the return thereof for tux- ni tiou should have been tnuele by '< hemselvcs." According to the construction of lie law by the Attorney General, nil ! lerks of courts, masters, or other ' 1 t ublic oUlcers having funds in their ustody, are required to return such s(. unds for taxation. Respectfully, W. II. IOLI.khHK, sl Comptroller General. 111 Comptroller General lOllcrbo makes 81 poeific reference to money invested Jl it banks and such like in his cirou- ' tr, though not mentioning it in ex- 18 ctly these terms, and he has no fears ^ f hanks escaping taxation by distri- !^' uting their surpluses among the , tockhclder8. lie expects to reach very cent of this money, he says. 11 'he auditor can go into a bank, see Vj o whom the money has been paid . ut, and then put those men on their 11 at lis as to whether they possess the loney or not. j Have*mi Ever Noticed? II That as a man treats his horse, so I' 0 treats his wife? '' The man who trends upon Ins 11 oighbor's toes? He it is who pines I' or the earth. b The best fruit is none too good g :> eat, and that in ferior fruit makes 11 iferior sauce? How much more some house- I' copers are guided by rules than by p ommon sense? ' The expression on the face of the " inn or tho woman who sees no good I 1 his neighbors? That good cooks tire not the on<*s dio keep tnI?1 ? * and hungry people ^ Kiting for food? That tlio man who takes a bit of ( ork now and then is no more like | lie swine that ho who feasts on roast * e<,f- , , s It rhe youthful looks of those whose ^ xperienccs have boon meagre? Deep j sidings, thrilling experiences leave narked traces. That some voices soothe and com ort, while others stir up all the old tdam that's in you? If you have hen you have observed the character f those who exercised the voicess in nest ion. Salt and Civilization. ThoUoii playing an unobtrusive >art in human economy, salt has been ' powerful factor m the politics, commerce, and wealth of nations, and its se has marked the advancement <>f ivili/.ation itself. Liebig once said hat the state of civilization and t' c irospori'y of a nation might be ntea urod by the quantity of soapitnscs; ut a more shrewd observer, Schleien, claims that a better estimate] of people's advancement can be formd from the amount of salt they connine. The Urst trade-routes were estab t iBiieu tor the traffic in Halt an< 1 in- t ense; barbaric ' eoplo waged war t vor the possession of salt springe; j Jenioeotved much of her tnagni cence to the revenues from her salt- ' agoons; while the French Kevolu j ntion in indirectly attributed to the , nexorable ynbclle* tlie cruel and ex { rbit.mt salt laws which oppressed | ho French people through four ceil- , uries. In Kurope, even to-day, the alt-works are either owned or con ( roPcd by government;..while the ( Ihinese jealously prohibit both the | xport and import of salt. Thus, i he policy of kings the prosperity of | utions, the progress of civilization, j lavo hinged upon this unconsidered j rifle; hut aside from them, common , alt has had, in all times, among all j leoples, and in ail eree Is, a deep re | igious significance. The <1 ?elts and | iomacs made salt a part of their sa rilices, and it was ottered in direct , iropitiation u> placate the goils of fie infernal regions. Atnonir the C* I lebrews, all IIoj-Ii stkcrifices offered it the temple wi'j seai-oned with i nit; and the most binding mid sa - i red compact, was th ? so culled 4,Cov- i i mum of Suit,,'' all anoh treaties being ' nude over a sacrificial meal, of i vhich salt formed a necessary part. 1 L'no early Gorman tribes thought tbe ;round holy wlure salt was found, md thoir prayers more readily hoard ti such places; while to this day the 1 >riost places sait in the mouth of a j )?rson receiving the Catholic sacra- i nont of baptism. The rcaaon of thie deep and far- i reaching significance* is not fur to leek. Sailt, because of its preserva live mutinies, has ever been thesym bol of eternity, iucorruption, fidelity, wisdom, justice, and peace. Christ sailed bis discipks the "salt of the aarth," meaning that in them lay the perpetuity of the Christian spirit. It bad also, particularly in the Ihbie, a terrible and sinister meaning, be tokening sterility and irrevocable -mnrnmmmmmmmmr MUHU || NO. 27. lill. lis slum n in Hw? iionnnnt r\f * ? - ?? ?<!?-' (IVVV1IIIV * fJL iwing with suit the site of a city ostroyed l?y siege. I Moreover, *ult is the inviolable tnbol of hospitality, every meal iclnding s?lt?among the ancients, i<i in the <)i ieiit at the present day -having a sarn?<l character, ana ^ , eating among the partakers there' a lasting bom.', of friendship. "Attic salt'' i? the commonest synivm for wit; and it is recorded that 10 Uomans, who made salt the sym? >1 of the immortal spirit, termed a inn's soul his .salhun, i. r.y saltUar. Sui'uitstition.s About Bai.t. Tin: symbolism of salt having been part of the religions of all epochs, is but natural that superstition? > often merely the distorted shadow r religious rites and observances ? lould And in salt many magical, id even supernatural, qualities; for iperst'tions concerning salt are as niversal as its higher symbolism, ecmingly, tlie basis of these beliefs, i the fact solemnly vouched for by rave and learned authorities?that i the Devil never eats of this con unoiit, salt is antagonistic to the Ivil One, and renders ineffectual his tany wiles. Thus, salt was rubbed 11 now-born babes (a survival of the lebraic law), sprinkled "for luck" t a new house, carried in the pocket llflll stjirtinrr ?>n m fruah i-nnlni'n .. .. ? ? 1 ^ i ist into the lire us the spirit was bout to depart from the dying, bile a little hi* 11 thrown down tho ael< of a witeh wus certain to dea oy her powers tm 1 prevent her risig again. Tho spilling of salt?so niversallv tin evil omen?signified no bre iking of some fond tin or end of friendship, or foreboded a eneral calamity; and o strong an illueneo Inia this sup -r.stition exer)d, that Leonard" da Vinci, in his inn ais fresco of "T no Lasr Supper, iotnres Judas, ns he clutches the lood-inoeey, overturning the salt poti t he table. low III K S A IT SlMtlN'OS AT S V It A CUKK NV KIt IS DiSCOVHUKI). fin: great hulk of tiie salt used I) tile United States is derived from rine springs, and the oldest plant in a ihe country, the Onondaga State tescrvuiioii, is at Syracuse, New fork. In the heart of the lands beonging to the Five Nations was a mall l>ut beautiful lake, Oh-ueu taiii (()n< >ndao?), who'? waters were wcor and pure, while injtho marshes ipon i's borders bubbled springs of litter water which li ft a line dust of vhite erys'als upon tho overhanging caves and grass. The Indians mar'eled greatly at the strut ge mixture if sweet and bitter wa'er flowing aplarently from the sunie source, and ooking upon tho tainted pools as >ewitched and the abodes of demons, hey feared to drink of their waters. These enchanted springs were poilied out to the Jesuit missionaries, ho lirst whites who dared venture iniong tho fierce and powerful Iropiois, and these intrcpid and heroic nun liingiiL i no savages ilie vaiuo ot heir brine-springs, and completely sxoreised the demons l>y placing a <ettlefnl of the water over a lire, and explaining the art of manufacturing mlt. This circumstance is narrated n the "Relation" of Father Lemoine, vho went on a mission of peace to ,ho Indians in 1054. Subsequently die Indians manufactured salt in imall quantities, and sent it, with 'urs and skills, to the trading-posts. The close of tho Revolutionary War brought a tide of immigration nto this section, and by the treaty jf Fort Stanwix, in 1788, tho early lettlers bargained for the right to ma tin fact u re salt upon the ground >n one side of Onondaga Lake. In 1797, the State of New York purchased outright from the Indians the salt-reservations skirting tho lake, and, after a survey, routed certain tracts to producers. The systematic manufacture of salt was thus instituted, ai.d the wo ks have been in*operation ever fine-; producing millions of bushels of salt, nesting tho State an immense revenue, and, for a long time, almost monopolizing the s ilt trade of i li?? country.? ' /''roi/i thr. /)<pt/> <<t (t * 'rystitllized Sectt'y \n * /''itmil'/ Mttgn tinejor l'\/n'h<t,-. . A Million LTicmls. A fri-'tiri in ne"d is a friend indeed, md not les- than < no million people have found just such a friend m Dr. Kind's New Discovers for Consumption, Co gits, and 0?dds.- If )Ou Inivo never us this Croat Cough Medicine, one trial will convince y >u that it has wonderful curative powers it. all diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed or money,will l>y refunded. Trial bottles free at E. Norton's Drug store. Largo bottles 50<\ and 1.00. Thrte cotton warehouses in Liverpoll, Eng, containing about 21),OIK) ba'es of cotton, were destroyed by tire on the nth inst* causing a loss of 150,0U0 pounds. Three firemen were killed, and several others injured. The lire w?s the largost that has occurred in Liverpool since the burning of the landing stage iu 1874. 1