The Greensborough patriot [March 10, 1855]

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VOI,. XVI. GREKNSBOROUGH, N..C., MARCH 10, 1855. NO. 822.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
]{Y' M. S. SHERWOOD.
Terms: »« « >"«»«•, •" advance ;
u tftetihrtt months, and 33.90 after twelve
uioiitlu.from dale of tubicription.
RtttCN «>' Advertising.
of ruined hovels, maintaining their position amid bo the leader of a great party, and deserves only ' on their stocks."' This statement readily explains ly had to grant them f MoBtassurcdly they hare. MM serious deliberation. But. sir. tfaeN are-the
severities of winter and rcmainin-' us memo- the support of foreign pauperism, whoso champi- why it is all thei friends of Railroads do apply to And for this very reasim, they will do it and go a-| thousands of olWgaod and sufficient riiMM
..' » ... on he voluntarily assumes to be." the. State for millions toaid them in building their gainst the bill 1 have so mueh at heart. This ! whv the bill now be&tt us should be ome the
rials to attest the lortuor prcsenee ol Mm and his ...*_._ I <«»«•■» «<«ds. T he bank men have not invested thing of trying experiment*, especially when they j law" of the land.
flocks. "- thcHrsurpluscashinthc.se works because they are made with the view of bettering theeotiditiou ; Mr. Cliairamn. T entertain no unjust prejudices
Those birds which make use of berries as a sus- SPEECH OP MR- D- F CALDWELL, knew it would not pay. and if the State will only of the lower classes, at the expense of the more against iny ^ellow-citizcus our dot re*tm]t, rcvor-iiF
i.ril.l'i.uii, • . .. . . ,
own:
3 MONTHS. H MONTHS. 1 VKAK
S3.50 $5.50 S-S.00
7.O0 10.MO 1 1.00
I.) Hi.oo 15.00 20.00
IS.00 25.00 35.00
In th? House of Common*, on If'* oropiuillm to
e*taUi*h the ■■ Bank of Xorth Carolina,"
(•• I'.OJ.IKS Haul,-.')
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I have said that banks are always profitable to
tt'liance, swallow them entire, the pulpy substance
of which is alone digestible, void the seeds in far
distant places from whence they were obtained ;
, >(.r suiiare (lift i lines) for the tlrs- ... " , ,
Xty-iive cents for every week there- !""1 '" ™w instance, we remember seeing most
""'' i , ,,.,,. made in favor of standing adver luxuriantly in a partially decayed gutter, attached
*l..w.. K M,.VT.I« I VKAU »" 'he eves of a dwelling house, situated some the stockholders, even wluju they break. I g
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on the Dissemination of tlie Seeds cf
u Plants
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l:V .IAMI.S tillUTS.
give them Bunk charters they will not ask the influential and respectable; is most odiously Man- | Mcu or fear any one enough to induce wo to* U. •
State to give them a cent of aid in taking the mable to them. They are for the old and tried part from what 1 consider to bo my duty. As is
stock. They have money enough of their own t" financial system of the State. TouphnM and per- : generally known, 1 am emphatically an Internal
do this—they need nu assistance from any one, petuate that will rejoice the heart- of many who Itiiprov--incut m.in. and I hate long since deter
for tli- simple reason that bank stock uniformly aru burdened with their wealth, as a cart, when it wined to go fur cverv inentun ih.it I believe Will
pays from 7 to IS} per cent, per annum iu this M crushed beneath its sheaves,—that lie upon j give strength and pri ity to tint cause in.North
and must of the other States. So profitable are beds of ivory and steeteh themeelvea npnn their Carolina. For, Mirclv, there is no one who cannot
time, s.. common as to cover extensive portions ol tune. lion of 18j per c
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The various
ixteusivc degree also, .
in the dispersion "I plant
11,. -•• appear, almost constantly, tu
.,.1 iu lurthcijiug an object frotu whence
,,,,.:,,, to derive such illiportaut advantages;
ncture
diem In a
liairs, to t
1 trill'
. ii Mo- let
i.itu every region wliethur
i mini to migrate.
These prickly seeded plant
- ' ' * - -- - r . »'ii iili 1 ■ f I * inlc*ioo in !•>> ecui., I ins BBKWHCM W v.*... Mmn ».Aj<ciice "II ;IH erranu 01 awe or a i"'ie; u.im or ircigni an.i has&el>"cr ears ever *
country, and hud even found their way into the ' 1!l which the stockholders, by paying.for their i .^^.i,;,,., lIU,ro than 8210,000 over and above | morwy in their lives. It would be a moastrouti day, at IJ.-auiort. from the extreme \\. -i ever
(k en vail.-y- of the Pyrenees ; this having been . "? '" thc" °'x", "?**', L ?*"*?_ r.Ci,-0!»- \ six per cent, on their entire capital—a larger -sum proposition t.. deprive such noble wortbiesas these leap and sweep away '. * hai strong warn anil woof
1 ,- . , ,. : , ,, „.,. .,. ,,,r in? their ntrtcs with the stock in their name, suf- Uy many thousand dollars, than was eollected by of banking privileges and eoufor them on Railroad of serial brotherhood will this lhiu" weave Th,,
iicc I'1"1""'' "!t^ '"-•'• b-v '"• "W »' ll" '••■•'- fered no l.ss ; and this fell exclusively on the J fc^^rf tho ^„„ tet yeju.j ,-„. Sla[;. ^kW.l.L-^ who have always had to Work ex, ,.o« | p;,Iri..,;,. ,.„,,',',. "*^*"^g .
ry-cating birds. Hie Mistletoe fc»«r«mjhtrr*- holders of bank notes and u>p.«itors. And here | |lUrlMS0S. i .„., ,10t mistaken iu this matter, for for a living and are yet able to earn their bread realised andtbc swarthy front oflabor wUl be made
,-.,.,.) S-. excecdinjrjy c n in the oak forests I will add, the more little petty banss we have j { havc tll„ l/llU upm wmch ,lle ,.;1|(.u|,„iull.s have by their own labor. What! will the Leaishturc t" shine with the rforiuns propl er-y of the future
of this vicinity is a parasitical plant that will not in the htate, the greater are the chaiiww woaffijrd i^e,, „in,;,. from un.U-i- tlic hands of the oliieers of North Carolina degrade the first families of the Depend upon it, Mr. Chairman this wL] be the
tl.riv thegr I, but only on the trunk and £%S£*Z£ tafM. or "nroSabte ^S ^'^ ^"^ themselves. | State-the imstooraey of the lam.-f.jr the relict; ultimate results.,! improvements. Theyher.
, ... - " notiung more iinportani m proniauie u.iu Js,,-, is it auv wonder, that there should be a beneht or encouragement of such cattle as build aid higher advances ofintchWu. h nmnoritvan.1
brandies ol trees, .ons.-piently it has no means of l.:Iliki.,ir and for this reason, it for no other, [ say ^K,r ball,/,llal.|ors allJ ballk sl,vk) ttIlder aa,U BaUroads ! This'is rank, if not rotten, agrarian- religion. I',,. the day cometh" -ilnwketh liaate
distributing its seed; thft, however, is accomplish- the State should forthwith take the business in i (.ircmil>t;„,(.0., ils these? Or can wo be surprised ism. It will never do iu the world thus to enter- 1 trust—it will soon be here—when there will bo
ed by the thrush and several other birds belong- '-""' !""' IW0 ['•', '''''. '^'■'"•'t Profits reaii/.ed by j t|lilt g,w „fuul. ,IHHiied men should feel anxious fere with the vested rights and peculiar privtleg- * mighty ehange wrought iu our twd pi 1 eoui-
I. mkers should Item-h.rtli llo'.v into the colfersol j i)f eye|| ^^^ toiuvert ,)„,;,. mollcy as a p;irt. A flight of lark.- will frc- M 0f the noble men of the land. Was not the nmnwea'ltli—a change thai will clothe the cheeks
lirds or auiuials arc great i|iianiitics, are known to ensign them to the ;||;lU, |M.,W,.,.„ ,,ur fellow-citizens to the manifest
earth undigested in their excrement. Many prejudice of the laboring classes. None, what-birds
that pluck cherries, and other fruits with ever. And, if we reject this bill and go on to rc-cliartor
the old banks and create new ones upon
—if not over- But, .Mr. Chairman, T know the House mti.-t dwell. Nor will the warm sun-shine and pale
' be growing weary, and 1 shall trespass but a lit- moonlight of heaven, M now. fall iusmil'::- bcau-i.
s by calling tie longer upon their patience. But, before con- ty where their cheerful light makes no human
Kinds of profits on their iuvcstnicut-s-growu
fortunes.
I shall now attempt to illustrate this
attention to a few facts. Suppose Mr. J. It., in eluding, suffer me to say this thing of conliniug heart glad in a net white cot at home with wife
ceds, which so profusely cover tlie " old fields" of monop .Using the trade of nutmegs, extirpated pay interest on ail tuu
KIV 'he 'i' tea thcmselvi
notes he gave and nna!l.v | what would .Mr .1. K. have reali/.ed on his bank- whom they arc granted. Mr. Chairman, I hold pleted, and that, too,*without burdening the pco-II
■ bri fsnace of time l the trees on those islands which they eonld not pay the mtes themselves wwiitlhh Ihniss oowwnn wweeaalltthh.. ,■ -■ ■ • •■ • <• .-■-'.»•... m.. :. . i . _.n_ ai. p _ _i_ ._:.i. _ j uv£ (ip..1.iltic,lls< „-;,„ a capital of 82o,000. The it to be morally imposoible for us to continue our pie with onerous and oppressive Mutton. But,
lllthM Meimty, win, in a.. s,„ . . ,.. „.i,. i„„ ;„., Ou.it s,",re of time :""' '' 15' >l"" r,"l"l,|vu »'t«i»,>i ■'" «II«!'« n_.tes | !)iioks o|- t|l(. ,m|1,. allj ,he preseilt price of the present policy, and our people remain prosperous sir, ifour present financial and banking aystem
strikingly illustrate this peculiarity m the seeds orj so narrowly wattn, mil m a siioruspacc oi nine, U(. is<11(.,| .„.,! tt)|ajiv ^y l!l(. „„u,s UHimaclves skck will prove cunclusVely that rio.OOU would and contented. There is too much monopoly iu »« adhered to, then, sir, are the friends of inter-
„,,„.. ,,| the plants, which eouipmc the vegetoble ; these very islands were rostoeked with nutmeg „;,|, x.'s money, A '.- loss and B.'s gaiu would j ,1;1V|. SW(.!1(.j ,„ m„ro than 83»0,WU worth in the it. Shortly after the Declaration of ludepen- mil improvements in North Carolina shut up in
[ trees by the birds : as if nature refused to admit be in proportion to the amount of transactions j j^ t||^rty year* Now, Mr. Chairman, Ibr the deuce. Lord Chatham remarked, ifthe Americans black despair, and the future stretches out before
rill seeds attach them- ofsuch ail encroachment oil her rights. betwecll them. This the exact principle "'; sak.. ofcontrast, let us take anolhereaso : Messi-s funded all their revolutionary debts, and adopted then, dreary and cheerless as a rainv sea in a
• i« There are some birds tlie cross-bills for instance, Amcriean Hanking operations, but. owing to the j , s. &Co., teinghigh-Mied and patriotic men, the banking system of Europe, they have fought stormy day in the dead of winter. Their eves
wives to animals is somewhat various, anu an in- • > multitude of persons eoncerwd, the nature ol j j|( 1^H Mll||! f„rw.,ra) when called Upon to do so, their battles, and established their independence will never bo cheered with the sight of seeing tii.i
Cilice of which may thus be mentioned. A deer j that Iced on the scc.ls oi coniferous points, the transaction is not discovered by the public. | j suhscribed to the North Carolina llailroad the in vain, for a monied aristocraey would s.«jn iron horse moving with majesty and strciicth,
i the herd when browsing on some frequently seen to strike the cones against stones, \ ml treat as this privilege is, we are hero iu j sumof §25,0011, every centv of which sum they spring up, that would be strong enough to rule with the thundering voice and ulighli tread of a
win II he is suddenly alarmed b\ the I and other hard substances in order to loosen theni North Carolina continuing it in the hands of the j ilaV(, S;IK.,, ^jj lu K, aiJ the State in constructing the country. And it is a remarkable fact, that great monarch, bearing with him. as he flies with
II ■ iiI i l ii: ,l,t so that they may be the more easily obtained : and favored lew— men who are wealthy. It is 1>':-'I> | t|,is noble work. Now, let us look to the profits the founder* of OUT government seemed to take electric spend, a long train of well freighted cars,
approach ol his to... He instantly an to .. ■...'''.. scatter the seeds ot ulallts tin'e tnal ,,,l'v -h""M bp a ' h:'"-C ,>r""-1't '." '■ of their investment, and sec what they have or the same view of these matters at that time. They tilled with gold from CalifoTOai and the produc.
■bdiing Ihrough many a thicket, and swimming HI HUB J , this respect And if the Legislature will do this | ,,,, ,1:1V|1 ,„.„,„_ ,lall t|ll!V <ri)n,
„ r.ra many a river and lake-. The seeds of the : extensively about. llv p.,ssing jl„- bill now before the House, it wi
herbs and shrubs which have adhered to its smok- It has been remembered by Mr. l.yell, that a Mot wdy be an act of justice, but an act that will
ill" flanks are washed off again bv the waters.—
The thorny sprat i- lorn off, and fixes itself in its
huirrycout, until brushed off again in other thick-tempestuous
wind bears the seeds of a plant ma- breathe new life and activity into the friends of si.,(| ,0 m^e call ,j„ nu Jwntt) anJ 1 hope it wi
ny miles through the air, and then delivers them Internal Improvements throughout the Suite.— j Slft Sl)llie 0f onr Statesmen to thinking. Look to
'. . . , -,., ,, , llesidcs, it will fill the coffers of the State, bring
to the ocean ; the oceanic current drills mem lo . ,. . .. ,,..,_,. ., ■■ .. i . ■ '
' -ii ''"' slock of the .North i anilina li.ol Ivuau to par,
,. a distant continent; by tho fail of the tide they ..,,,, ||lak(J ;, .Ulj ,|.(. s(lK.k (l||;u. ^^ t, and eopst-. Kvcn on the spot when- the \it- » uisuini eoouocoi,, oj ...c ■....... „■<; ..... ,.,.., and make it and the stock oT tho bank, togetlier.
uiu is devoured, uiaiiv of the seeds which he had become the food of numerous birds, and one of them pMy t-o.nc eight or ten percent. /Wr««»«M. And
• . . , i UB-VIIP' is seised by a hawk or eagle, which, soaring acn.sa Mipr-raddtd to this, it will make .very stockholder
il.,Wed imiocdiately More the cliase, n«j be . ■ in the r.«id an industrimsand i..dclati"ableagenl
. ,,H. gr.Hi.nl uninjured, and ready to spring 1"" =""1 ^ <" " l*«« ol -lu ... leaves, ..It. , d, ^ ^rf ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ .^ ^^
» „,, ...a i ^,al1"- "«■ I"v>- ,i"' ■■»«*«"«> s«cds '" -1""'- - „.i „ p.„- Their own , e.ul.iary interest de-
, ,«, ■. of -ee.l- ll,r..,lgh the Btomocls. «fl »P :1"-' i1"1"-1' '" » •" «>'»■ F™» l1"' «*>
aninmr. iu an undi^esu-d c liiion is also another thai have been enumerated it is easy to perceive,
I iaii-e ol.,l.h" u.;.ssei„n;i,n,.a,.t;m,,i„i .,.,.' pi,ila,uin.«s. that birds ill their migrations to... groat distances,
ami even across seas, may readily transport seeds
lo new isles and continents : 1 by this means
I gradually cover many portions of their surface
with II vegetation unknown to them before.
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this balls Is
|-Vw ]• r—ns ci'ii be iguoraul of the fact, thai a
■ a iif ;i,.- i to- eaten by a horse preserve their
u. nun..11rt-_r ipialilies uninijiiircd, alter being
h\ the animal; and to many individuals it
hue, that win II a Ii. Id is well tilled, ;
nu uiili the purest of grain, it should also
ills of so different a nature, especially
ilh iiiauured from the barn-yard, scl-lin_-,
that the fertility of the smaller
.■ noI destroyed by their passage through i
-lii ;' animals. And among our farm-ing
culm uiitv, who has not had occasion to ob-e.
in fields that liuvi been but recently ma-uur<
sl, tli.. fresh appearance of weeds growing iu
nrofusioii that never were seen there
bclbie;'and this can be attributed to no other
eausi undigested seeds contained in the
. ol" izninivorous animals. The fact,
'. thai these seed still continue to be nu-ts,
is by no means lost to many of uursaga-
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I he rodcul animals that contribute to
li ui plants may be mentioned the
I feed on roots and hard shelled
<c. when laying up their winter stores,
iciitly. convey their food to some con-es
from the trees which they or-w,
and sometimes scatter them along
lu win rc they soon after are found to
U rli- of fruit that have been neg-
.uiuials, alter having carefully stored
"way for food, cither from death or some
.it. have been known to germin-ate
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Know-Nothing Movements
mam's ||, . inu.'h at their ha.i-..
cstablisls I.
IJy pursuing this course, the lloctd will gel the
l.e.ielit of the freight : ll.e Rank the benefit of the
i cxchailuc. The vessels of our own polls gel the
tonagc and our own merchants the commission
' ill the produce that goes over the road, and
as the Mate owns three doll us in the bank and
road for every one owned by individuals, it is
I clear, ifyou give the individual stockholders the
j control of both, that if, by their industry and
' energy, both are made paying stock, the State
. will be greatly bcuefiiited, while she is extending
The Lexington (\a., (ia/.cttc.. in a long and revief fc; th« most deserving and mcrit.ii'niw of all
well written article takes the following view of the I |10r citizens.
Know-Nothing movement, which, whalcver'diller- i But this is not nil the State will gain by crest-eucc
ol'oniniou there may be about it, is at lea.-t ' i»S this bank. The stockholders in it will pay
... as much tax on their shares as any other bank
forcibly put : j u^jjea whieh, the bank has annually to pay
could have made, had they gone on ami purchas- agreed to fund a very small portion of the public from a thousand hills through the State. But,
ed mi the stock of the road as fast as they get debt, and it is a fact that may not be generally sir, why shouldjl indulge iu these dark forclxsl-hold
of a little surplus funds. The contrast 1 de- known, that the first bank that was ever charter- ings ?—True, I may meet with much opp wition
ed iu this country, was the bank of North Anieri- and the press may remain majestically silei t
ea. Alter this bank went into operation in I'hil- —miserably and cowardly dum—still, thank ti.nl,
the •«■«./;/< of their in vestments, did 1 say ! Mercy adelphia, it was SO prosperous, that it was enabled the people, the freeman of North Carolina, are
aud humanity both forbid that I should tl.ua tan- to declare, for the tirst year, VI per cent, divi- with me, and all here, I think, will find out Kon-talizc
them. Profits ! save the mark. The truth deud upon its capital stock, and the next year er or later that they will demand there form I pro-is
; sii. they ha\e not received one cent of profits something like Hi per cent. This rendered the pose.
sine- tin.v made the investment, bill when they bank so exceedingly obnoxious to the People of Sir, there is no member on this floor wll
failed to pav in their instalments, when due, they I'cnnsylvauia, that the Legislature was forced to constituents are not deeply interested I he pas.
had to P!1V interests on them to the company, and repeal the charter of the bank to ipiiet them. I sage of this bill, and none More deeply than
instead of their Stock being worth SK'O to the know that there are some who are fir free trade yours, Mr. Chairman. Pnyctteville, ii.nl I am
share it will not now command a eeut more than and sailor's rights in all things, and contend it a friend to her,) is now being surrounded with
50 cents to the dollar, if that. Thus you sec. sir, makes DO difference to whom we grant banking works ol Internal I ni|.c.v .iiii-iit aiel she will soon
it would not take the wealthiest man iu the Suite privileges, and to whom we refuse them. I take be left desolate as nwW in the wildernrSH,
Ion" to ruin himself and all his friends, by sub- this to be a great mistake. We are informed by and thus she will remain forever, 1 fear, if ibis
sci jl.iiie liberally to aid the State in constructing Mr. Gregory, that five per cent, is as much as bill is defeated. Sir, if you will not had in this
Railroads. How "rent the discrepancy as to the re- money is worth, for, at that rate, one year with reform, you hud bettor fall in the rear and help
suits tint follow an investment ofS-5000 in bank, another, it will equal the tiett profits ol any luisi- us speed nfl the great Work of improving the
aud tth 000 in Kailroads ! lie that joins the Suite nees. lie says "a penny at five per cent., simple State. There is liter plan, I repeat again,
as a partner in banking soon grows rich, aud he interest, for eighteen hundred years, amounts U. by which this can be done so speedily and cheai-that
ernes up to aid her iu carrying on her Inter- seven shilling aud seven pence, and a half-penny, 1\ as by the plan I propose, and, that ace phsu-nal
Improvements is certainly broke and ruined lent at compound interest, would be a larger sum id, I predict sir it cannot belong before we shall
[orevor if ho has been patriotic and liberal en- than could be contained in six hundred millions see every thing that pertains■ tooiiror.liiiary us.-imd
ouirh to have given his full strength into tlie work, of globes, each equal to the earth in magnitude, occupations brought speedily to us, if need be,
Mr Chairman" is this wi.-e, is it'pnideut, is it just ami all of them .-olid gold." Here we sec pre- from all the diversified regions ,,f the earth. In
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or patriotic in us, as Legislators, to continue this seiited in a very Striking light the great difference our street- mr apartments, upm our I J.I.-,
ruinous policy of favoritism ? Sir. is it possible between simple and compound interest. ll..w the products from the tow quarters of the globe.
for the State to prosper under such a miserable, much greater, then, must be the difference be- fabrics from the mines of Knglaud and the
oue-sided short-sighted,monied,aristoeracy-breed- twoentipor cent., and If) or 15, semi-annually looms of Persia—spieofl that retain the sting of
'•"^""- 1 I Uci.les winch, hank I ■ '.M1ji',.v'"as this '! No sir, no policy that has a received in the way of dividends I 1 should like torrid heal—furs that have been raffled by tic-
"Just at this time the native mechanics and to the Public Treasurer one thousand dollars. tenjL,.,; to uuderrate virtue* enterprise, industry that those who think these things too small mat- polar blast—gums from aromatic islands far on
laboring men of sonic of the Northern States arc ' >*ur is this all, nol : half, of the benefits that J or niftriutiuin or brio-either of them below par, tcrs to occupy their attention would figure awhile in distant SOUS—Wood npou whose lsmglw ha
almost starving for want ofcmidoyiueiit and bread. < arc destined to flow from this bank to the State. ! y } t j|n^ |H1,)U|ar it may be, can do anything u|s,n it. It is worthy of their attention as Leg- played the light of southern constellations, an
i ecesitv. more or less oppres-.o.., «..-. ^.«-— •— -,- ...* v- —--. .
istant brakeman, and no one loses by them | ^-J J^^ ^ ^ or di.ssati.,. | rpsu|t of our banking system, if it is continued
1 forever in the hands of one set of men and their
descendants, when we see that it yields more
thing, this inhuman robbery of our own people, then IWUBBM
that the Know Nothings have organized. It is to only the individual stockholders, and they rarely I" wmeextent with the govor.imcnt
defend the laboring poor of America against the over make a cent by their investments in such.
I ■-'■ And iraehr, iu the Pyrenees dcSf.V
n°„ '?,.",,•■'"; J, State, who by the Dies- tation and the enormous rise of real estate, caused, tunes by. he Mate. Have tli> ilOt l 1 I coii.idera.ioiis. if there were ....others
"One in the struggle for mankind,
One in the strile lor equal law",
i in.' in heart, ami one in uiu. I,
Korever one in tre.lom's cause—
Ami Iv rants rrnylil as well enchain
The hillows of the bovnding sea,
As for a moment to restrain
Our ouwar.l march ol destiny.
II: I Time* mid Ifomtpaptn,—The weekly
papers all over the country, and some of the dailies,
are reducing their size, owning t.i the high price
nf paper. It becomes all good citizens in these
hard times to pay for their |<i|s;rs promptly.
Ill Sielnia the greatest luxuries are raw cat-served
up in bear's oil ; while in .Japan a slewed
Crocodile, Hanked with monkey's feet, u ihu
height of cpicui ianu m
i