The Greensboro patriot [April 1, 1874]

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THE PATRIOT
llBl-I-SHED WEEKLY
AT GREENSBORO, K. O.,
II v DUFFY & ALBRIGHT,
« \s ESTABLISHED LN 18S1 !._
I, tbe oldest, snd one of tbe best
\. * aparsMl in the State !
in MY.
\\ AMIKIUHT,
/■Xilors it Proprietor*.
. 1.M- Cash invariably in ad
r$8, "ix months $1.25.
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The Greensboro Patriot.■on r»tA,
Established in 1821. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1874. jNew Series No. 316.
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Business Cards.
■w. B. F.A_:R,:R,.A.:R,
Walcu-Maker,
Jeweler A: Oiitician,
Greensboro, N. C,
Hiv foaattntlj on ham)
a splendid assortment ol
I „-: .1 ,-■ Jewelry,
si ii some splendid
II £•</■•> and Clocks,
Which will l>« »old OsWap l»r C'svab.
• »-. ntj -li v.- ami locals ti fly per
- v weeks, $7. Magistrates'
.1.-. vi. Administrators' no
-;l .'.n- in ailvanct.
I duubl. column advertise
r'rof'essional Cards.
II Ml ILL. JOHN N.SlAl'I.KS.
JENHALL & STAPLES,
I IOKSEY8 AT LAW,
.. It t: ■: !*" »■ «> l« «». W.C.,
i inn»f Guilfurd, Roek-i
. . ■ -i ... Sink-.. Rsn-
..... r. B.Cireail ami
. |UM given Hi
I. Slate, and 10
\ nil of Curt.House.
Tims, r. KKomi,
liAl.l. & KF.OGH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ideaj Buildin
H. c.
I.in ng.)
Ills-n
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I.I. sCALKS.
SCALES & SCALES,
Attorneys at Law,
IKAI
A
Greensboro,H. C,
| |C| • ihe Stale ainlFcleralCoiirts.
.; - . .■- will attend the l'robale
i J at WentWortll
\l ila] id I-VTV month j»
ryWrttilwo. Cleeks, Jewelry, o. ivwgMa-chiuea.
sud pistol, repaired cheap ."111 as iborl
notice. Call HMh !h. Mi BUM (Ifliea,
South Elm Street. 10-lV
r? ■ An m....11.-iI -li-k iiflinn-. 1'istole.
Cartridges, oVc, always on hand.
N. H. D. WILSON,
LIFE- FIRK INSURANCEAttKHT,
Greensboro, N. C.
REPRESENTS tirat-rlass Companies
with an aggregate capital of over
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
and can carry a full line at lair rates.
nrOUce, up Main over Wilson 4 Sho-
Is-r's Bank, under the efficient supervision
W. II- II ILL.,
who will at all tinea be glad l" *"•** °"
all wbn desire eitbor
Life or Fire Policies-j
mar 14:ly
N. .I.D.WILSON. CIIAS. E. SMOBKK.
WILNO!« *. SIIOHKR.
B A. N K K K S .
0BBBNSB0B0, 2V. C
(8..111I1 Elm Siren. oppoaiM ExpMI Olti,*.
T> I'Y snd «-ll (li.ld and Silver, Bank Notea,
JJ Slale and OoTirPOXOl lli.li.l-. Kali Ho**
Stuck, and Bonds, Ac.
ry Receive MoneV nn lle|w»ll »llb|ect t«
SIGHT CHECK; and sWWjgWj
in Maiopon tlmt deposits ofCUKKEWG«
or SPECIE. ,
Dluonnt BuslneM l»»|>frl
olleclions made at all teerssftte iMiinls.
8ept. ll'tli. ly _ _
-W. A.. HORNBY,
O Touch Thone Chords Again-
O to -eh those chords whieh long ago,
Gave forth a trembling sound;
Bui now as seasons onward flow,
Esch silent string is found.
Put lorth thine hand and gently try,
Call not the effort Tain ;
Deep in tbe heart's rece s tbey lie,
Oh touch those chords agaio.
Perhaps some tender mother's love,
First woke the music there ;
Raised childhood's thoughts to things
above.
And tangbt the early prayer.
Bm ■■talll'l years a tale have told.
Of afltrwW, sin ami paiu ;
Then call I ho wanderer to the fold,
Oh touch those chords again.
One kindly look, one loving word.
Might stir the depth within.
And cadence sweet before onboard.
Break through tbe strife and din.
That breast where memory seems to sleep,
Bound in a weary chain,
Might swell with feelings strong and deep,
Thin touch those chords again.
Go ! like thy Maxtor live to bless,
And weep o'er other's woes,
Esch fervent prayer he will confess,
And every tear that flows.
Go sack t-> lie the soul's true friend,
And thoo may'st wake a strain,
Which shall in songs of glory end,
Then toncb those chords again.
a copy of said lists, and the sheriff e.ieli company within the State of j the subjects of which are revised in I puh Culture.
shall immediately proceed to collect North Carolina daring the three ! this act, and so much of chapter 29 I
the taies imposed upon the copy of months next preceding. The said of Battle's Revisal as requires fines, We have recently paid a visit to
lists furnished him. Any person oath shall be verified by tbe oath forfeitures and penalties to be paid 1 P8rh,,P» ,ne ■■•■ fl"n s*rm "" Mw>'
of the chief officer or ageut of tbe to the county treasurer, are hereby land—■*» °' Mr- Alexander Kent
company at its principal office in repealed; Provided, That this re- '■ 7Twhicn '" lo«Ue*l °« the Western
this8tate. The said company shall,; peal shall not extend to the pro- ■ *ar5laud B. R, near Green Spring
ou or before the third Monday of visious of auy law so far as they re- 8tatioD- about ten miles from Balti-each
of the said months, pay on the late to the taxes fisted, or which mon- And as we have recently
groat receipts two per centum for ought to have been listed, or which ha<1 """e'"qniries upon the subject
each three months, and for failure may be due previous to the ratifica- w.8 P*'"*"8 could not do better than
to make such report or pay such tax ! tion of this act. 1 81Te » D"e* description of Mr. K.'s
the company shall pay as tax two 1 Sec. 9. All laws requiring taxes e8tablisbment- This business is
have tbe same power to compel such I thousand dollars, to be collected by to be levied by the county commis-to
submit their books for ius|>eetiou ! such sheriff as the public treasurer ] sioners on tbe first Monday in Feb-as
is eonfeireil U|H>II him in section | may tlesiguate, by distress or other ruary oteach year are hereby re-failing
to list his receipts or saJes
as required in this section, shall be
subject to double tax, to be charged
against him by the register of deeds,
and collected by the sheriff, and it
shall be the duty of the sheriff to
report all persons to the register of
deeds who fail to list as required by-law.
The register of deeds shall
twelve ot 1 Ins act in res|>ect to mer- I wise,
chants, etc., and the same peualties ! Sec. 2. Every telegraph company
presciibed in said section twelve of, doiug business in this Stale shall,
this act are hereby imposed lor re-1 at the time and iu the uiauner pre-fusal
on the part of any ptMN re scribed in tbe preceding section,
ferred to in this section to submit jinake report of the eutire receipts
his books when demanded. of said company within this State
Sec. 27. No persou shall follow snd pay to the public treasurer two
any of the trades or professions per centum for each three months,
taxed by this act, or in any other j and iu case of default of such re-act
imiK>sing tax ou trades and pro- : l>ort or | ayment, the company shall
fessions aud franchises, without! pay as tax one thousaud dollars, to
first listing the same to the register 1 be collected by such sheriff as the
of deeds and obtaining a license | public treasurer shall designate, by
il.'i:li|P|'
I:\I.1MI GOBBELL,
llloricj anil I omM'llor a( Law,
Mil.li lltiK IN BANKBUPTCY,
Greensboro, N. C-,
,.- ,1 ; rs, lice 111 li |. ,,l Alsnisnce.
.1 and Randolph, ami
■ .,. . 1 North Carolina.
|i:-m. 1 and Circuit courts
1 : -■ ,-, -. in ii.-- WsatsTB lli.tnct
1 ,\ in cases 111 llsnkrupt-
; iiei ns Re,
.,. -- ...iiitiiilled t.
,.- Dame
.Itecli.m., snd
baa care.
I ooarta ...licii-
1 ■.. irl House, ap30-ly
I! M Jim. A. Gilmsr.
Uillard, & Gilmer
VTI'OKNKYSAT t^AAV
and
MII.ICITORS IX P.ANKRl PTCY,
. ... ii,. . ,., Oreen.boro, spaoait*
WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER AND
< IPTICIAN,
No.11 South Kim Sirct. Ore
HAS a beautiful stoek
Cloaks, Jewelry, Plst
tols, Cartridges, Notions, »V
ing warranted.
AN ACT
To Raise Revenue.
[CONCLUDED.]
Sec. 24. The chief officers
hanks, including savings banks and
private banks, shall, in April aud
October of ench year, certify 011
oath the amount of profits which
have been earned, and shall pay on
such profits rive per centum to the
State treasurer; and such insur-ance
companies as are incorporated
liv this State shall, in April and
October of each year, certify on
he amount of profits which
from the sheriff of the couuty iu
i which the trade or profession is to
be followed or the Iranchise enjoyed,
or from the treasurer of the Slate,
when the treasurer is required to
grant a license ; such license shall
give, the persou obtaining the right
! to practice the trade or profession,
j or to enjoy the franchise therein
; specified iu the county ot" the sheriff
j by whom it is issued, and in none
I Other, uuless the law imposing the
; tax shall otherwise direct, for tbe
of tern>of twelve months I10111 its date;
I'roeiiled, That nothing in this sec-tion
shall apply to the liceused
practising physicians, lawyers or
dentists.
Sec. ^H. The form of the license
shall be iu substance as follows:
Received, this day of
18—, of , , of which
dollars is the tax to the State of
North ('.iniiiiia. and —— dollars is
tbe tax to the county ol , for
uave bee.,"earncd, ami shall pay on his license to practice the trade (or
such profits five per centum to the profession) ol
State treasurer. On failure to com-ply
with tbe provisions of this sec-lion
said banks, companies, or per-sons
shall pay as taxes two thou
sand dollais, to be collected by the
treasurer of the State.
Sec. 25. Every insurance or assu-rance
company not incorporated in
this State doing business therein,
day next.
(Signed)
Sheriff of—
(Countersigned)
C.I>
Register nf Deeds for
Sec. 29. No licensi
sheriff shall lie valid until the
shall have been exhibited to and
A. B.
County.
County.
issued by the
same
s'halfpa~v~a.. annual tax of two per countersign, d by *""■£«•(
centum to the treasurerof the State deed.softhecon..t>, who shall re-
-W... N.C.
i \V.-i! dies,
I Ware. Pis-
All rcpuir-
A large and fine -lock of
4.old Peats. In -T.ly
1 )
I
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II. -
w
and Federal Courts.
,-eii 10 nisller. Ill
-. - arising under Inter-
! 1 . . 1 Court »f Western
Carolina. Collections iu
1 . arts solicited.
Mtnly.
will HI P. CSLDWSXX.
si oil A (AIDwELI-.
liRKKN'snOKO, N. C.
, . ,i, ihe Superior Curt of
1 . . Raodolpl
. Rowan, Iredell am"
il,.- Supreme C
I . leral Court at Greensboro
. in Bankruptcy, aud in courts
■ given in 1 ians of money
ibei securitlea.
J. A. PRITCHETT,
CABINET-MAKER.
Furniture Dealer and I uikrliiker,
ANNOUNCES t.. the ritbtens id
Greensboro and Gullford CosmtJ
■ hill be i~ better pre|
%
e.1
llian ever to piovide lliein w
II KM II I"
, Dsvid-
Hreklen
of I hi
III irre:il vaiiety —selected wilh
econoinv sod 10'-nil llie lime..
am nrepared 1
COFF
ire
MTk
, Uuffl
to.
and lini-1
f Ihe public.
- or Hetalk
il moderate
D. A. &. R. F.
Surgeon
ROBERTSON,
Dentists.
ran
. COFFINS of any
amllliave]a|tiiie baarse I'nrili
AI'. onlers for Fuiniliire,
cs»es protnpdy allended
Bjnjuvea.
Any marketable iinslii.-i taken meschangi
for work, if delivered at my shop n Fayette-viile
street.
Work carefully parked and ilelieered »t
lbs depot Fm 0] ti-r-j ■ Jau.7,-ly.
u|>oii the gross receipts derived from
the premiums charged for insurance
obtained therein, unless the com-pany
shall exhibit to the Governor,
auditor aud treasurer a sworn state-ment
of investments in real prop
ertv situated in this State, or loans
secured by mortgage to citizens of
ceive for the services imposed on
him bv this act in reference to his
license a fee of fifty cents from every
person licensed. And the sheriff
shall lie allowed a fee of twenty-five
ceuts for issuing license uuder this
act.
Sec. 30. The register of deeds
to
to be
and
J. im.iiMiii'ii is.
■
Respectfully Informs his friends ami the
Ciblic generally that he has o|M-ued at the
Iclver Brick'building a
XJP&
m>
GRAiy,
Having, ansocia
|«d tbciiirtelven
in tlu» practice of
DENTISTRY,
reapectnlly offer
their pi-nfestMoD-al
BCrviCM 10 the
eitize>M of
OncocbotOi
and thr utirroiiU'
i u . DI the other of tlit-tu
(build ;if llu'ir office on
1 up stairs, eotnuMW Easi
Htrt'ft.
rfferencc given, if desired, J aUi| pnoipt atMnllon paid loeame
i.\> imtrona duriu t)"' GiMnaboro, Jan. latj 1"T4.
r lifteen years. Sllfctf
his Slate ot an amount equal to shall keep a book in winch he shall
one-ball of such grim receipts, when rec.rrdthenan.es of the persons If
the tax shall be one per centum, censed, the trade or profession
said tax to be semi-annnally ou the be billowed or the
first day of Julv and January of enjoyed, the dale at which it begins
each year. Each general agent t
shall be required, on the above men-tioned
days, to make a statement to
ihe treasurer, under oath, that the
amount by him returned is a full
and correct statement of such six
months. On failure to comply with
the provisions of this section every
such company shall pay as tax two
hundred dollars, and the principal
agent shall lie liable therefor.—
Every such company shall be re-quired
to appoint a general agent,
who shall obtain a license from the
treasurer before transacting any
business therein, and before such
license is granted the applicant shall
show to the treasurer his appoint
incut as general agent, uuder seal
ol the company, and thereupon the
license shall be granted by the pay
meiitofoiie liuudred dollars, and
such license shall be renewed an-
FLOUR,
OUA1A.
BACON,
and a
General C'oiuiiilsslon lluslness,
Liberal advancement, made on Coi.s^nmeuti
Jan. 7,ly.
he shall annually, during the month
of September, send a certified copy
of such record to the Auditor of the
State, who shall charge the sherill
with the amount so appearing due.
If any register shall fail to perform
the dotj imposed on him, be shall
forfeit to tbe State a penalty of two
hundred dollais, to be recovered of
him and the sureties to his official
bond on motion iii the Superior
Court in the county of Wake; and
on such motion a certified copy ol
his official bond and the certificate
of the Auditor of the Stale setting
forth his lailure to make thf re-quired
return shall be puma facie
se entitling tbe State to redg
1 the absence of any siillien-in
A UT STI'DIO!
PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE MILLION
('
in linrrett building—
Koulkee' Store.
L. W ANDREWS,
Qieeiiabaia>i N- C.
17. I-T.'. ly
JOB WORK
«M t.\ i:il \ l>r»crlpllnn,
<£
^oro.Boo* S/t
CJ.
%
111
VI Ki
1 nt. .1 111
BEST
Patriot
the
STYLE,
Vork prices, at the
Job Office.
"•amwoBO, i* .-^
FBEDBB1CK DETM KIMNG.
Boot & Shoe Maker,
On Psvie Street, near I'resbyleti.in Church.
B1OOTS and Shoe, made t« order in the
IHlUt nolne, I.I til. lowest lenn..
The be*l of leslher, and a j:ood til ^uarso-ied.
tebia:ly
fl. !li-ti*lon A 4'o..
\\ I.»ie.-ile and Reiail Grocers,
)11 iit os^Oretassare, .V.C
alleniion given I" Sugar, Coffee.
- Sail. H:o oil. I.jrd, Fish, Sliufl
ttber, Flour. Meal. Soaf
.mil
Chas, G. Yatot,
M I.M'IACII KHR OK
■ >■■. sliccl Iron a Copper War*
V\|i .,., • Mrr ti.sids. Huts. Boots and
Wmld VN ure. Lamps. Crockery,
.-- Ware, GroeerleS, Stovea, and as-srallr.
N C
•i'.
J. M". SCOTT
and Retail Dealer in
M ii: ANIi FANCY GROCERIES,
, ' i-'-Z-rv, iVovdcn and Tie FCart.
I A ' . I .. • Miil.il St.. Greensboro, N.C.
1 Hi I a full stock of goods in
- la :it lowest market rates
HC. WILLIS.
( ONFECTIONER,
North Elm Street, opposite Coillt HoSM.
Has in addition to his regular line of
candies, nuts, fruits, toys, Ac, a full
stock nf SPRING TOYS,
Bnby <"isrrlas«'«-.
Doll Carriages, Ac. Fresh iruii. and eon-general
routmr u,|h,(.tluDer|nirm:eivt,,i weekly, mar 11 ly
febll.ly.
W. SIKES & SONS,
6RO C ERS
AND
PROVISION MERCHANTS,
(Caldwell Corner, Oieauebiso, N. C.)
Aud Dealer* in
DRY GOODS, OrocersM, Tinware, Weod-enware.
Sugar, Coffee, Molasses.Flour,
Meal, bacon, Larl, die.
Our goods are all fre.h and new, recenlly
purchased, especially for this msrkel, and
will he continually added to as ihe wants of
lbs community may demand.
Quick asles and small profits is our motto.
Give u. a call. f"" ">''T
No. il South El
Goods sold low for
•»i. l:':ly
A- sue ol C(ii.teciioneries,alwaya at
s IKES'
ew Crop Cua>» BIolsi»ses
For sale by
JAMES SLOAN'S SON'S.
March 11, 187*.
ISP
Dually by the payment of said sum. I use any franchise tax.-
And "il shall be tbe duty of said j North, Carolina, withoul
general ageut to furnish each of his
sub agents with commissions au-thorizing
him to do business. And
any 0110 found soliciting insurance
without such commission shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
aud be fined not less than oue thou
sand dollars aud imprisoned not
less than ninety days. The agent
effecting insnrauce shall on the first
days ol July and January, make re-turn
to the register of deeds of the
county in which the insurance is
effected, of all the business done by
him during the past six months in
said couuty, and shell pay to the
sheriff the couuty tax assessed on
such business. The general agent
shall also on the first days of July
and January make return to the
register of deeds of ench county of
the amount ol gross receipts for
premiums received from such coun-ty
for such six months. It shall
further be required of the general
agent or his local agent to pay to
the sheriff of each county the coun-ty
tax assessed upon the gross re-ceipts
ot premiums collected in such
county which shall not exceed one
per centum on snch gross receipts,
at the time and in the manner so
required by the State, and no muni
cipal corporation shall be aliowetl
to add auy additional tax, and on
failure to make returns or pay as
aforesaid, said ageut shall pay
twenty five dollars for each policy
effected or negotiated by him iu
such county; Provided, That no
couuty or corporation shall be al
lowed'to tax iusurance agents for
license. .
Sec. 20. Every person required
in this act to pay tnx on receipts or
sales shall list on oath to the regis-ter
of deeds, on tbe first day of
January and July of each year, the
amount of receipts or sales tor the
preceding six months, and the reg_
iiiter of deeds shall keep a record of
the ssme in a book kept for that
purpose. The register of deeds
shall within ten days after the lists
are given in furnish the sheriff with
<1
evident-metit
in
defence.
Sec. 31. Every person who shall
practice any trade or profession, or
taxed by law of
I having first
paid the tax and obtained a license
as herein required, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
■ISO forfeit Mid pay to the Slate a
penalty not to exceed t wciity dollars,
at the discretion of the court, aud
in default ol" the payment of such
fine he may be imprisoned lor not
more than one month, at the dis-cretion
of the court, for every day
on which he shall practice such
trade or prolession or use such fran-chise,
except iu such cases where
the penalty is specially prescribed
in this act ; which penalty the
sheriff of the county ID which it has
occurred shall cause to be recovered
before any justice ot tho peace of
the county. ■
Sec. 32. The sheriff shall immedi-ately
report to the register of deeds
all the sums recovered by him as
penalties under this act, and the
register shall add three fourths of
each penalty recovered to the re
cord of license required to be kept
by him, the other fourth the sheriff
mav retain.
Sec. .'53. That in order to carry on
anv trade or practice any profession,
or exhibit any circus, sideshow or
anv other amusement, or to 4MJI0J
ati'v other subject named 1.1 Schedule
B, aud otherwise provide for the
person so practicing, exhibiting or
enjoying, or his agent, shall appl>
to the sheriff DponJr«f»"***.
required tax, but shall not be valid
until countersigned bythe register,
who shall keep a record of the same
aud receive for his services flttj
cents.
SCHEDULE C.
The taxes embraced in Schedule
0 shall be listed aud panl -> «Wf*
ciallv thereit. directed, and shall be
the privilege of carrying on the
!,„sinPess asB ^rforming the acts
DTct'ion 1- Every express com-panv
shall make returns to the pub-nc
treasurer ou or before the first
January, April, Jui
distress, or otherwise.
Sec. 'i. Whenever the seal of the
State, of the treasury department,
of a notary public, or other public
officer, except clerks of the superior
courts, required by law to keep a
seal, shall be fixed to any paper ex-cept
as is herein excepted, the tax
shall be as follows, to be paid by
the party applying for the same:
For the seal ot the State, one dol-lar,
to be collected and paid in the
treasury by the private secretary of
the Governor ; for the seal of the
State department, fifty cents, to be
collected by the Secretary of Slate
anil paid by him iu the treasury ;
for the seal of the public treasurer,
to be collected by hiui aud accounted
for us other public moneys, fifty
cents; for the seal of the supreme
court, fifty ceuts, to be collected by
the clerk and paid by him into the
treasury ; an.l for the seal of a nota-ry
public or other public officer,
twenty-five cents, to be collected
and paid over by said officers to
the sheriff of the county where such
seal is kept. Said officers shall keep
an account of the number of times
their seals may be used, and shall
delivei to the proper officer a sworu
statement thereof, where a scroll
is used in the absence of a seal by
auy of said otti.ers, the said tax
shall be on scroll; seals affixed for
the use of any county or State or
other government, or used on the
commissions of officers and the
militia. Justices of the Peace, or
any public officer not having a
salary, or under the pensiou law, or
upon any process of court, shall be
exempt from taxation. The officers
collecting the seal taxes may retain
as compensation five i>er centum.—
Any person receiving taxes under
this section and wilfully refusing or
neglecting lo pay the same as re-quired,
shall be guilty of embezzle-ment,
ami on conviction shall be
lined not more than five hundred
dollars or imprisoned iu the State
pi ison, iu the discretion of the
Court.
See. 4. On each marriage license
fifty cents, and on each marriage
contract, mortgage deed, and deed
interest to Secure creditors, where
amount soured exceeds three bun
died dollars, there shall be a tax of
one dollar. The tax on marriage
license shall be paid to the register
of deeds when he issues the license,
and the tax on the deeds to the
judge of probate of the county iu
which the instrument is admitted
to registration ; but if iu two or
more counties, then in Ihe county
in which it is first registered. It
shall be the- duly ot the judge ot
probate and register of deeds to
render annually to the sheriffs du
ring the record week in the month
of September, sworn statements in
detail of the taxes received by them
respectively uuder this section, and
at the same time pay him the money
thus received, leas five iier centum
commissions, and thereupon the
sheriff shall file the statement of tbe
judge of probate with tho register
ol deeds, and that of the latter with
the clerk of the superior court;
provided. That mortgage deeds
and deeds iu trust made to secure
amounts not to exceed six hundred
dollars shall not bo subject to any
tax under this section; Ponded,
That mortgage deeds, deeds iu trust
or other conveyances made to se-cure
agricultural advancements
shall not be subject to auy tax un-der
this section.
Bee. J- On every chaiterol incor
porationof. any company granted
bv ihe General Assembly other
than those for charity, beuevolencc,
literature or for religious purposes,
where the corporation bad power to
become incorporate uuder the pro-visions
of any general law, whether
originally granted by the General
Assembly or secured by letters
patent or otherwise, there shall be
a tax of twenty five dollais paid
directly to the public treasurer. >o
company shall be organized under
such special act of incorporation,
without- first obtaining a certified
copy ot such act from the secretary
of State, which shall be filed iu the
office of said secretory.
Sec 0. Whcueverany ofheer re-ceives
or collects a fine, penalty or
lorteit.re iu behalf of the State, he
shall, within thirty days after such
reception or collection, pay over
and account for tbe same to the
clerk of the superior court, wno
shall forward such fiues, peualty or
forfeiture to tbe treasurer of the
board of education for tbe benefit ol
the tuud for common schools.
Sec. 7. Any officer convicted of
violating the preceding section shall
be guiltv of embezzlement ant, may
be puuished not exceeding five years
in the State prison, at the discretion
of the court
pealed.
Sec. 10. That the Auditor of State
shall not make or canse to be made
any headings or blanks to or on the
forms which he is required to sup-ply
to the several counties of the
State, other thau such as are re-quired
and as are indispensably ne-cessary
under the provisions of this
act, nor shall any taxes lie levied
directly or indirectly by the said
auditor, any law heretofore passed
to the contrary notwithstanding,
and if the auditor shall be guilty of
any violation of this section he shall,
on conviction, be pnuished in the
discretion ol the court.
Sec. 11. That this act shall be in
force from and after its ratification.
In General Assembly read three
times and ratified this 16th day of
February, A. I). 1874.
found to be of vast importance in
other States, where it has been fol
lowed up for years, and we are sat
isfied that iu no other quarter could
it be more easily and successfully
introdnced thau into Maryland; anil
indeed, it is believed that "fish
farming" can he made so tar sue
cessful as to supply every family
with a supply of this diet, which is
considered the brain food for man,
raised upon bis own premises.where
ever a live spring is found thereon.
Mr. Kent commenced his opera
tions in the spring of last year, and
early in the following October the
stock fish were placed in the ponds,
which are furnished by supplies
from the well-known Green Spring,
the flow of which is about twelve
buudred gallons a minute of the
temtierature well snited for this bus
iness.
Tho Word "Canard."
Tha origin of the word Csward
Freach for dnek,) when employed
to signify some unrounded story, la
■ot generally known. The follow-ing
are the terms in which Mr.
: isstelet relates in the AwannaViit V
lMatemic.tbe way in which the word
became used iu iu new sense; "To
give a sky lift at tbe ridiculous
pieces of intelligence which the jour-nals
are in the habit of publishing
every morning, Cornellisaon statea
that an interesting experiment had
just been made calculated to prove
the extraordinary voracity of ducks.
Twenty of these animals had been
placed together, aud one of them
having IM-CII killed and cnt up Into
the smallest possible pieces, feath-ers
and all, snd thrown to the other
nineteen, had been gluttonously
gobbled up iu au exceedingly brief
space of time. Auother was taken
from nineteen, and being chopped
small like its predecessor,was serves]
np to tbe eighleeu, sud at ones de-voured
like Ihe other ; and so on to
the last, who was thns placed in the
liosition of having eaten his nine-teen
companions iu a wonderfully
short time. All this, most pleas-antly
narrated, obtained a success
hich the writer was far from an-ticipating,
for the story ran tbe
rounds of all tbe journals iu Europe.
It then became almost forgotten tor
about a score of years, when it came
back from America, with amplifica-tion
which it did not boast ot at the
commencement, and with a regular
certificate of the autopsy of tbe body
of the surviving animal, whose e-sophsgus
was declared to have been
found seriously injured. Every one
laughed at the history of tbe canard
thus brought up agaiu.but the word
retains its novel signification."
Soft Soap and Vinegar for the
Hands.
A correspondeut of the iSeienii./ic
American says: "Our men in the
shop use soft soap to remove the
grease and dirt from their hands
when they quit work. This, they
find, causes cracks to come ; but if
they dip them in vinegar just alter
washing with soft soap, their hands
will remain soft aud smooth, and
any cracks on the hands will imme-diately
heal up.'' The editor says
couiuieutingoii the above statement:
"Iu the ordinary careless manufac
ture of soil soap, there is apl to be
sometimes an excess of alkali 01 lye,
.iii. 1.. that necessary for comp'cte
saponificatiou. This has a caustic
action on the skin, making il rough,
and otherwise injuring it. Alter
using soap of this kind, washing in
vinegar removes the excess of alkali
from the hands. Vinegar, being an
acid, combines with the alkali,form-ing
a neutral aud soluble salt.
Narrow Gauge Roads.
It is a long time since the narrow
gauge railtoails have been before
the pnblic.iind certain facts brought
out at the recent meeting of the
American Ir"ii and Steel Associa-tion,
will be of interest. In the
United States 1144 miles of these
roads are already coustructed, and
3,737 miles are projected as parts of
the roads now partly finished. Du-ring
this winter SO additional miles
will be built. The gauge is three
feet. In Canada, MS miles are in
running order out of 811 projected.
Besides this, !HK) miles are under
construction i:i the United States.
The returns of these roads show a
gratifiying condition of busiuess,
and a reasonable profit, and prove
that the narrow gunge system is
well adapted to certain portions of
the country. It may be made a
great element of progress and wealth
as the feeder of Trunk Lines. These
narrow tracks can penetrate into
recesses not readily accessible by
the wider gauge.
A mild and affectionate wife in
Lancaster, Fa., overheard an .v.
qiiaintanre remark that her bus
baud was too fond ol Loo. She
waited up for him that night, aud
when he came home demanded to
know if he had been spending his
time again with boo. The uusiis
pecting husband admitted that he
had, when, without giving him time
to explain, she went for him with a
fire shovel. Tho husbaud does not
exactly remember how the inter-view
ended, but he never (Sould con-vince
his wife that Loo was a game
of cards, and always plays euchre
uow, and gets homo before ten
o'clock. ^^^^^__<p_i_
Louisville maidens blondine their
hair, aud mournfully remark with
Ciesar that that the dye is cast.
The Persians say of noisy, nn
reasonable talk : "I hear the sound
ot the u-illstoue, but I see no meal."
Pittsburg is trying to find a mau
who dees not belong to a lodge,
grange, club, post, temple, encamp-ment
or order.
A jeweler labelled some diamonds
in his window as being as sparkling
as the tears of a young widow, and
mote lasting-
To take out an advertisement to
practice economy is like putting
g,„„ls in old shanty in the suburbs
of towu to Weep from paying reut.
Since it has been discovered that
good whisky can be manufactured
from sawdust, wood sawing has be-come
a fashionable amnsemeut.
A phantom ship has put into New
Bedford, Mass. It is supposed to be
the ghost of the Mayflower.
gels, ministers ot grace
There is a man in this city who
went almost delirious with joy at
discovering that his wife was afraid
of ghosts. He knows how to make
'em.
There is no question but that the
negro is susceptible ot education.—
A negro in Louisiana, who was
brought up for stealing a 1-
bacon, claimed that
TI1E8E FISH ARE BROOK TROUT,
to which species it is intended al
first mainly to limit operations, al
though there are some salmon trout
uow being reared. Mr. Kent placed
in his ponds 7,000 adult trout, al
most all of which were caught with
tbe hook in the Blackwater branch
of the Cheat river. Owing to de-lays
in transportation, they failed
to reach their destination nntil late
in the season, so that many of the
fish had spawned in the tanks in
which they were transported, the
loss of eggs being in this way very
large. About 30,000 fry were sne
cessfully hatched, however, most ol
which have reached the age of two
months, aud are now thriving and
healthy.
The hatching-house is a ueat build-ing
of about 30x40 feet, and, from
the fortunate location of the head of
the spring furnishing the water, it
is so arranged that all tbe hatching
troughs are elevated to a height
permittiug observation and the ne
cessary o|>crations without auy
stooping, as is often necessary in
inspection or needful manipulations.
Besides the stoek ponds, of which
there are now two series, there are
several smaller ones, knowu as
"nurseries," in which the younger
fry are kept uutil they are large
enough to be transferred to the DOM
in which the matured fish are kept.
It is a part of Ihe plan to add to the
number of ponds as the demand for
space increases.
Mr. Kent says that there is little
mystery in fish culture alter the
principles are understood aud prac-tice
acquired. The impregnated
spawn, or eggs, are carefully spread
over a bed of clean gravel in a
trough, through which the cold
spring water is continually passing.
Iu the course of from 30 to ISO days,
according to the
TEMPERATURE OF TI1E WATER
(the colder it is the longer the time
necessary for hatching.) the fry, or
young fish make their appearance
During the first six weeks of their
lives they eat nothing ; after that
they require constant attention, the
critical age being that between six
weeks and three months. The fry,
when hatched have under them a
sack, somewhat globular in shape,
which does not wholly disapiiear for
about six weeks, and which, during
that period, entirely furnishes them
with nntriment. After its disap-pearance
they are fed on finely chop-lied
liver, which is passed throngh
close sieve to separate the particles
for the little fish. These, at the age
of two or three months, are trans-ferred
to nursery ponds, but not
placed. with the older and larger
fish, by whom they would soon be.
devoured. As soon, however, as
they are of a size to take care of
themselves, they are transferred to
the stock ponds, where, regularly
and carefully fell, they increase in
size very rapidly.-lialtimorepaper.
Cure for Lockjaw.
A correspondent of the Scientific
American recommends turpentine as
a cure for lockjaw. Ile says: "Let
any one who has an attack of lock-jaw
take a smitll quantity of turpen-tiue.
wiirin it and pour nn the wound,
no matter where the wound is, or
of what nature u is, aud relief will
follow in less than one minute.—
Nothing better can be applied
to a severe cut or bruise thau cold
turpeutine ; it will give certain re-liel
almost iustaiitly. Turpentlue
is also a sovereign remedy for croup.
Saturate a piece of flauuel with it
and place the flannel on the throat
and chest, and 111 very severe cases
three to five drops on a lump of
sugar may be taken inwardly.—
Every family should have a bottle
ou band." The remedy is simple
and easily tested. In all serious
cases an application should be made
under needful advice.
California Soap Plant —In Cali-fornia
a small shrub grows abund-antly
all over the countiy, the roots
ot which are ill general use for soap,
and by many are even preferred to
the artificial article. It never grows
more than a foot high ; the leaves
and slocks drop il May, and the
bulbs slay in the ground all summer.
Tbey are dng up, stripjied of their
husks, and rubbed upon the clothes
when these are in the water to be
washed. A thick lather is produced
and the <slor is like that of new
brown soap. From the roots of the
soap plants a peculiar substance
called s.iponine has been extracted,
to which a property of making omul-gents
is attributed.
Judge Brown of Baltimore, has
given a decision hi 11 sowing machine
suit thai may be interesting to thou-sands
who are laboring to pay for
their machines by installments. A
Miss Barker bought a sewing ma-chine
on the installment plan, sign-ing
a contract by which she agreed
lo pay a certain sum per month for
the DM of the machine, and the com-pany
agreed to ■x.cute a bill of sale
when the whole price had been re-ceived.
The installments were
promptly handed over bj Miss Bar-ker
until only five dollars remained
due. She was prevented from pay
ing this by sickness, and the com-pany
sued out a writ of replevin. A
Justice Of the Peace decided in favor
of the defendant, but Judge Brown
of the City Court, reversed the judg-ment,
and ruled that the company
was entitled to the machine and to
all themouey paid on it.
A young lady thns describes her
feelings, and courts sympathy :
Mv heart is sick, my heart is sad—
Bnt oh! the canse I dare not tell—
I a.11 not grieved, I am urn glad,
I 11111 uot ill, 1 am not well.
I'm not mvself— I'm not tho same ;
I sin. indeed. I know nol whst,
I'm changed iu ali.except in name-
Oh ' w hen shall I be changed in that I
Au
defend us!
An embryo poet, who is certainly
a close observer of human nature re-marks:
"Time marches ou with the
alow .measured tread of a mau woi k-iag
by the day."
Mr. Joseph Longworth has given
another sum of *j(>,000 to the Cm
cinnati University,thns increasing
his donation to that institution to
§100,000. This tend he intends for
the provision of additional opportu-nities
for popular education.
"Sambo, where are the piest"
"Wid de cakes, roassa."
"Then where are the cakesT
"l>ev wid de pies."
"Where sre they both!
"Boss vou '|>ears to be berry ticler
dis moru'iu. Dey're all togedder,
massa." ^^^^^^^^^
Uncle James, walking with niece
Marv, aged four, points to the moou
0.1 whose disk the dark apota_ahow
Was. Wilt's letter to his daughter,
on the " small sweet courtesies of
life," contains s passage from which
a great deal of happiness might be
learned: "I want to tell you a secret.
The way to make yourself pleasant
to others is to show them attention.
The whole world is like the miller
at Mansfield, 'who cared for nobody
no, not he—because nobody oared
for him.' And the whole world
would serve jou so if you gave
them the cause. Let people see that
you do care for them by showing
'thorn what Stearn so happily called
Ihe small courtesies, in which there
is no parade, whose voice is too still
to tease, and which manifest them
selves by tender aud affectionate
"looks an.1 little acts ot attention,
giving others the preference in every
little employment, at the table, in
the Held.walkiug, sitting and stand
ing." _________
The French town of Issondnn
boasts Of the most wonderful luetu
natura- of the age. It is a young girl
fourteen years old, whose body.from
the waist downward, is double, anil
presents two parts actiug independ
ently ofeaeh other. The two legs
sue uses tor walking belong each to
dillerent trunk, whilst a third on.)
is quite insensible to pain.
j ,y„ good health.
She en
Monday in - -
£%ZZ^ttZ&~ -S^TAlllaws unpcetogUxcs,
-X\^=S3£& carrying out the teachings 0. «» 1 —-, "^j," „*„.,. pots np her
ttXSZfT She mTt I little nose and sniffs, saying, ft.
take " sides" somewhere.
1 'meli the 'moke."
It is stated that Johu Yonng.a col
ored man, who recently died near
Fredriea, Del., confessed to having
committed a murder for which a man
named Kd»ard Darrell was huug at
Dover several years ago.
The La Crosse man who touched
a bow-saw with his loot to see if the
saw was running, is ready to go into
court aud swear that it was.
'Come to his death while being
hit ou the head with a long haudle.l
stew pan in the hands ol bis wife,
was toe verdict in a case in Illinois.