The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-08
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s. soEell mob as toss3e bbyeSd dispute. This
Has Een the Mse to aaarkdd degree in journal
Esm 81. corrcsoondonESf tho Spectator says: 1t
Il fact known to oil Who have had the opportini-
ty of Judging that in no department OF life have
! syoune men from Scotland" been more successful.
| It is very common ambition to get into news
paper. Office, and I could mention scores OF in
stances of lads beginning with addressing tho
covers. and rising to be reporters, sub-editors,
and editors Not unfrequcntly they have left be
hind Englishmen whose prospects at the outset
seemed to bo the brightest. On the metropolitan
press scotchpeuaro h5ray represented, and therf
is scarcely q spTdYinciai haHthceln which scotchmeh
will not be ydnnd ocaA.yinS.. foremost positions.
In our own aSpaHence !, marked instance Q: the
success OF SSotpbmanAs a;journalist occurred.
In 1853, JAMrS NpBtIs ai5scotch freethinke1,
s, ured with Iife;and GfG use hise own phrase p
des ,erate man, iat wafsyith fortune" landed ith
San Francisco. e After months OF privation, hf
obtained temporary sitsasion as assistant
in the preparation Of the "Annals Of San Fran
CISCO" This was followed by employment as
subordinate. Oh the San FRANCISCO -Clronac!e. 70
this succeeded place as. news editor on thf
Erening Bulletin. Twelve years later, the Pacific
papers contained ON account of this mans death
He was drowned in sinking steamer off thI
| Coast of Oregon. In his vest pocket were founf
notes in pencil, disposing of his property and bif
ding o touching farewell to one or two friends
and their little children who had been his pets
and who called him, in the fond fiction of .intf
macy, seGrandpa:p iAt the time Of his death ne
owned ssensid adorable real estate in Ban frapeisct
| a 1arcsa ahArnhOller IN
the San Francisco Bulletin, which is, with one en-
ception, the most valuable newspaper property 10
California Now, all Of this q accumulation g was thF
result OF hard work by an old man. .NSuei Of i
was obtained BY speculation, iof singular tllluck
attended MIR. NwBEr's ventures an that regard: tAl
tof it was earned after thd tdfar Vas fft years d
age. snrely this. life thas.itsi lessonl. And that
lesson ,isF7wait patiently work Stesdils !; hopf
constantly. --5't.d.. .2Eht% !ti$.1;:- Z - /
h. mlI ..',r-..:f. tF-.',:-, s:.H
b. A CORRESPONDENT of the Pittsbthg I6nl,ae,ciat
Evriting from Niagara Falls, July "a says The far
Efamed Tablo Rock, ON the Canada side Of Niagarh
Falls, which has excited the admiration Of thou
sands from all parts of the world, and from which
mulitudes have gazed 'on this masterpiece df
natures wonders, is no longer in existence 1t was
at one time an extensive platform, juttfng tar out
over the water below the falls. Portions have been
falling for near fifty years. In 1918 mass one
hundred and sixty feet long and forty feet wide
broke off and fell into the food below; and tep
years later, in 1928, three immense masses fep
with o crash. that sounded out aboYe the eternal
roar If the falls. Again, fragment fell in 1929
and in 1S5O huge mass two hundred feet in length
and one hundred feet in thickness. Other portt
tons felI in 1857 and 1868. At one time upward
Of fifty persons had been standing upon the rock
but few minutes before one Of these portions
fell. The only loss sustained. however, was at
old hsek, ,~affom %hich ira horses had
bedS,s BIT Al fewsinutes> y ASsforef
owaiSg tosta frequent 6pg away q
portions Of r3k. il has 1l pen regarded
assst as Soiss rooe psts9u9 or Il is Visit
torspavo thsa bp DEF barred aasapsg thsgrand+
est views toH III of the HcsseSGoe FH. The
dangsE is gone, but With it-the-Eiew, Sf which
CHAyass DIcKssa wrote: ct was not till rseme on
Tah5e Rock and looked tn she fall Of bright green
waisr, that;it cdnsa upon me in insull weight and
majesty. Then Niagara Twas fa@yssampSa Sahpo4
myiheatt, ,an image. If beaut aiSthere
chshgeless and indelbld, unit Uses Cease I'd
beat Iofe!!esf.s , :FOp tvd weeks efforts have
beenmsae to disepsaae what rematDed of th9
rock, by biashns Hish powder. Advantage waa
taken of deep chaaa9 Horned by the weight Of
the projection, to sink hole ten or fifteen feet
deep, and then insert in the crevices an immensd
bkst <Sh pPRaess ~ -s4 F. Mstqr{a&tR Raatch
was applied, q dark column ofssmoke and sand
arose, and terrific crash was heard, and the last
Of this once magnificent rock still huge inits proi
portions, and weighing hundreds Of tons, rolled
in the seething cauldron below.
atHIsttxssEsi tsss..k ( sa3;asI ssltlAh Ia II
locomotive housein Roxbry for the Providence
Rsi,foast nave discovered some relics Of antiquity
The super-stratum Of the flats is an aluyial del
posit from four to six feet Deep and beneath that
isa-hara SEA beach Of .gsaSelAndr sanda, On the
gravel, in digging for foundations several trunks
and stumps of oak trees have been found, perfect
ly sound. They probably aoated upon tho beach
ages ago, and have been covered up since by del