The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-09
C,URRENIi ICE iN''

aehs So So now the following results The to'ai
o' " - as these societes is GIG. OF these, zfo s
lui,D. a. send a statement OF the business OF
1866: 1876 complied with the requirements
ne - ,ot The business carried on is that Oh
,ealers in provisions, some ASSOCIATIONS ~ mso sap
.,,.nr draperv goods or boots, or both. The mum
,ar of members of the 436 societies mas 1sss' :
10 aoa at the close of the yesr 1866. Inc snaies
ira commonly 81 each. Generally spesAins' %, 80
are for cash, but several societies give 49,
members, and in some instances u au nn' H.
,eedins their paid-up capital III shaleS' IL .
,ourse Of the wear 1866 these assoclauohs reeo,'e
eo,. ooods sold cash amounting TO no iess tnan
=, AK 5os The expenses amounted 10 tzoo'.0t'
m ,,.osts roazed after payment of wages, rehe
ranairs. and all other expenses, wore tS!o'Asf Nv
~ od of the year the amount OF share SapNai"aS
81 o4s Os, and Of loan capital tll',oZo' ehe 'iau0
Iah;l;ties. G994, SOL; the 8 "ts and property @i
ooo sao. and the cash in hand, fls2,Sto' AS man!
ts;rtv-nine of these associations, almost all VI
thar, in the North of England, sold goods IN tne
'.aor zach of them, to all amount exceeding tzo'-
ooo. civ n sn amount exceeding f1OO,OD Iae
Rochdale Equitable Pioneers, estapnsnoe =.
1914 still take the lead. This ASSOCIATION n"u'
the end OF the year 1866, o246 members auu
sbara capital of G97499; grocery anu p,o,'S oa
soId in tho YEAR to tho amount OF tz4s'iAz 'a'r'
'oa1;,aa nrofit of f91, ,931 There is quar'er's
III h,, members. The profits we're disposea Vi
,,. For interest, f3823; dividend on the slioun'
- ,,,rcbases made ut the shop, f25,S2s education,
ceo1. -searve fund, E252 for depreciation OF nAeo
1tool, f11e7: charities, E165. The kochdale Co-
o.,orot;ve Cotton Spinning Association had no'
',o, favorable account to give OF the year 3 Du-
s;nass. The share capital OF this societV is 1s1'
aee Inc loan capital. f2O,O the year p,oh's'
1924: value Of the assets flls2o9 casn III nauu'
e7oee A co-operative association in Cheehire con-
a,ots q farm. there are 27 members, but the capi-
tol il only ESQ, and the years profits were o.'
coz A farrierv company and coal company III
,ho ,netrouoIs appears to be in more prosperous
80 ar the entire number of cooperative So
s;ot;o. in ENGLAND, nearly hall, and nearly all .he
larger societies are in Lancashire Vi iy l,o,.o
The rules OF 26l more societies or colnpalie' Na'
been certified since the commencement vi '-''
year 1866.
Asxr.p1y as We can make out the Geneva Con-
oress. about which go much ID SAID, was u cor-
press which proposed to define, rather thah 10 au-
yocste peace. Its leading thought was the coh'ia-
dietion of Napoleon's famous dictum, Lh"'pue
oo0tzo Pair The sum total Of its deliberatio0s ID
.,;s. Tn RepuJlioup c'est la Pair. In otner
uords If WAS a council of republican propaganda
low, nnder the euise of @ Peace Conference; nor
did it propose peace apparently, except SO Iar as
Il conld be had under republican institutions. l"
this view. at least, the letter OF Mazzim ana Ing
.,,o..,b M Garibsldi, which have been mace the
bntt ot much wit, become perfectly in accord with
,be sentiments of those they addressed. lake the
committees final report, laying down their plat
form Of nrinciples, of which the most important
we're. s'Democracy, the abolition OF standing
armies. and sympathy with oppressed nationali-
i,es ~ Take their resolve that the great Govern
ments of Europe have proved themselves lncapa-
bic of preserving peace and developing the notsi
and material forces Of modern society. ls tnls
neace or red republicanism? Take the speeches OF
many members against military monarcnles'
tho decloration of Mazzini in favor OF forming a
"IJnited States Of Europe" and the action OF tne
Congress in establishing at Base, newspaper
part French and part German, to be called ''Ihs
United States Of Europe" Is it hoped to reaon the
end these things aim at by peace! NO var note
ever sounded more clearly. 1t is cry TO make
1868 another 1S48-with better success for repupn-
oansm. II is, as We said definition OIL peace
and wealth as consisting in repubhcanism. Alas
Wa must own that war sad taxes have come to our
Republic; and it is not likely that any new hepup-
lie will fare peter in this respect.
Nh MEuN1rR in his recent book, "Lagrsnde
Chasss." describes the different modes used for
entrapping the elephant in Ceylon and Hindostan'
where he is tanned and employed SIS beast OF bur
den and for killing him in Africa for the sake OF
his tusks and then proceeds to speak OF ostrleh-
es Ostriches arc generally hunted on horseback.
Wben the rider comes in sight, the osUioh Will
make off at full speed, but the hunter abstains
from pressing his horse, and follows slowly ON his
track. The ostrich, meanwhile, having msoe some
three or four miles start, will j., and allow the
hunter to come within short distance OF him.
and will then run Of again. third course WILL
bovveyer generally be found to have wearled him
ont. The hunter then rides up at the swiftest
GALLON he can get out Of his horse, and fells the
ostrich with his club. Dismounting, he sllts open
the neck, and bending one of the legs, passes the
foot through the wound, SO as to prevent the os-
trich from bespatting his feathers In blood. Inc
old stories of ostriches eating their own eggs
seems TO have originated from the method which
Nature has taught them OF raising their BROOD
As soon as they are laid the ostrich places lts
eggs il holes in the sand, made with its 'beak
They are ranged in regular figure, and the bird
sits UPON them and accelerates incubation by the
heat Of its BODY, Outside the eggs which are be-
ing hatohed ara sons three or four eggs laid at
the same time as the rest, but destined BY the pa
rent for the nourishment OF its offspring and
these breaks one by ons gives them to ts chicks
az they leave their shells.
Now THAT oUR SPECIE circulation IS BASED SO
largely upon nickel, it may be interesting 10 the
reader to know something Of the locality and
character Of the mines whence the mineral is
taken. The few facts about to be qnotan with
reference to them are taken from Pennsylvania
newspaper published in the vicinity OF the mines,
the largest Of which are situated in that State.
Fourteen miles from Lancaster" says the journal
in question. are the Gap mines and smelling
works. These mines were discovered many years
ago. and about the time Of the Revolutionary War
were worked for copper, but were soon abandoned,
the crude machinery Of that period being i'll
adapted to working them properly. Two genera
tions had passed sway, and the circumstance had
been forgotten, when about fifteen years ago the
mines were reopened by company OF capitalists
from Philadelphia, since which they have been
steadily worked. They were reopened with the
view Of obtaining copper, but the ore was soon
discovered to be richer in nickel, more valuable
mineral, and since then they have been worked for
that metal exclusively. In all about one hundred
and fifty men are employed at the mines and
smelling works" The nickel produced BY these |
mines is nearly all used by the Government in the
coinage of its small pieces, in all of which, from
one penny up to the Ave cent piece, large ad-
mixture of this metal is used.