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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-24

In order to add potontate to this list, the
Emperor of Russia with his S25,COO daily
would find his place between Senator Jones
and Baron Rotbschild. j. W. Mackev,
however, whose fortune increases SO in
every minute and A. cents in every second
is the richest of the rich under the sun,
which sounds the more marvellous when we
learn that 20 yea ago he was in Ireland,
penniless boy, 20 years ago speculative
salesman. travelling through the United
States Of America, and IL years ago bank
rupt, devoid of everything. But be 1t as 1t
may, Mr. Mackey is hardly i5 years Of age,
owner of three-eights of the Great Bonanza,
the richest silver mine that ever was run.
and thus knows Just exactly why he leads
on in the battle OF life"
The estimates made by this foreign journ-
al are speculative and curious, but some OF
those relating to the wealthy men Of this
coast would need careful revision. For in
stance John =. Jones, some years ago, while
a large owner in Crown Point ard other
productive mines, might have been worth
some millions; at least, We suppose his in
come then was fair dividend on several
millions But he sometime ago ceased to be
very ficii man. anu "' Ii'7"''' ~
uoes NOT .oiis'uef h'i"''' w '''''' '''0'' '''-'
moueia'c ior'unc'
No doubt the richest mining firm in the
word Is that OF Flood d . BrIen, Mackey
Fair. Their interest IN TWO bonanza mines
at the present depressed prices cannot he
less than 81 ,OOo.ooo. They own the
Bank of Nevada, with paid up capital OF
$40 ,000, 900 and a reserve fund Of S2,OOO,-
600. They are reputed to own S2o, ,OOo,0 ,0oo
in United States bonds: Their real estate
and other property IN sight cannot DC worth
less than S3,ouu,ooo. BESIDES tnese invest
ments they own controlling interest IN
several other mines, some OF which. like the
Best and Belcher, are believed to be on the
line of rich deposits, and may AZ some future
dav be classed in the list OF bonanza
mines Add these items together and we
have total SGO,O0O,OOO, which Is an un-
der-estimate of their wealth, but how much
so we cannot say. The annual income on
this property is not less than S2O,OOn,uOO.
The individual interests cannot he defined,
but we should hesitate to endorse the state
ment of the German iinanciers in this partic-
uar. 1t would not surprise us, however,
if satisfactory proof were offered, that the
entire assets Of these four men would foot up
800, 900 900
Next in order We should estimate the
wealth of the four principal owners of the
Central Pacific Railroad and other connect
ing roads Of Calitorna-Stanford, Hunting
ton, CrOcker, and Hopkins. These men are
the largest owners OF railroad property in
the world. Most og this property is in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-24

sunshine, and was Just asking thea if the
green banks on the Canada side & Int re-
mind them of the quaint old ruins nng the
Rhine, when the woman who had b, skulk-
ing around came up behind him Al landed
a cuft on his ear that made him asp for
breath.
"Pintin' ont the scenery, are you ahc ~
claimed, as he reached for his hat. Lett
home on drunk three days ago, your family
out OF provisions and the baby sick, and
find you down here with all the style of a
duke pintin' out Canada to strange womenr
II was
''You pint for home ~ she interrupted,
'and if YOU even think of lodging into an
alley I'll yell Murder : and turn out the
whole police force y
He gave one last. lingering lo0l, Mt the
Canada shore, and went down stairs, lodged
around a buggy, and shot down the wharyes
us if fired from a gun.
Never mind y she remarked, as she stood
upon bale of hay and watched his flight
''hel II have to have n change of paper collars
before the week ends, and it'll be Just as de-
llcious 20 get my fingers into his hair Satur-
day night rs this morning When | get
through with him he'll think the scenery
around here has run down to an old horse
and one sunilower r. Dttytl Free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-24
Iwant to be an angel,
And with the angels stand
But wouldn't he q farmer
For all my native land.
THE FIEsT CAMERA PICTURE EVER TAKEN
1.-THE SIN DID IT.

,, ,r,-
THE fiESI CAMERA ri.i, NE h.h"
iiih 81 y p'' H.
1t is not to Niepce dc st. Victor that the
citizens Of Chalons-sur- Saone Ia town, by
the wav, not to be mistaken for Chalons in
the Champagne country are about to erect
statute, but to his uncle. Joseph Nicephore
Niepce, who might as well be designated as
the first photographer, since he it was who
succeeded first OF all in fixing an image IN the
camera. In Life Of Nicephore Niepce,
recently published by Victor Fouque, ap-
pear letters which leave little doubt that
in May, 1916, Niepcc had accomplished the
feat OF fixing shadows in the camera, for in
a communication OF that date to his brother he
incloses four photographs, oil which he says
1.-The pigeon-house IS reversed on the PIC
lures, the barn, or rather the roof oi the
barn, being on the lett instead oil the right.
The white mass which you perceive to the
right of the pigeon house. and which appears
somewhat confused, is the reflection upon
the paper of the pear tree, and the black
spot near the summit is an opening between
the branches Of the trees. The shadow on
the right indicates the roof OF the bake
house" This, then, is description oil the
first camera picture ever taken, and it was
by reason of Niepces inability to prevent
his impressions from fading after a lapse OF
time that he turned his attention to the bit
umen Of Judea process, with which he pro-
duced photographs as early as lS2l, one or
two specimens being still among the science
treasures of the British Museum. The name
Of Nicephore Niepce is little known IN Eng
land. And vet this should not be. AS Is
well known, he came to this country IN 49,,
and resided at Kew in the hope to receive
aid and encouragement, and shortly alter
ward, on his return to France, entered INTO
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VOL. L. NEW SERIES. VOL. XIII.

is there and keeps coming. He has as much
mouth in proportion TO his length as the
Amazon river or Soldene. He can beat a
horsefly laying eggs, and have seen them
| do the job at the rate oftwelve miles an hour.
| Ten days from the time an egg is laid 1t has
been hatched, married, and is the mother OF
eleven hundred and thirty-two grandchild-
rem.
The only sure way to get rid of the potato
| bug is 10 move OFF somewhere else. There
are n number of methods that work some
| whatly. One man set up steam trip ham
| mer ON his farm, and hired halfgrown Sun
day School to catch the bugs and run them
under the hammer. After trying this Il week
he found that as the nights grew longer the
bugs gained on him, and he gave it up. Next
to English sparrows, there is nothing that
increases faster than potato bugs, unless tbs
the interest on an unpaid note.
A farmer told me that he tried Paris green
on his bugs. lie said he'd be hanged if he
didn't use up about barrel of the stuff and
the bugs ate it all up, and i'll two or three
days they set up n store in a corner OF tine
field and advertised that they would sell
Paris green at retail, cheaper than he could
buy it at wholesale. He said he lost his con-
fidence then i'll Paris green, and gained a
corresponding amount of confidence IN the
bugs.
The farmer is Independent. lie can stay
on his farm from one years end to the other
and raise all he really needs to sustain life
and be under obligations to no one. lie can
have the pleasure offeeling that on the fruits
of his toll depend the nations strength and
prosperity. lie truly earns his bread by the
sweat of his brow, and unless he is bald
headed, he seldom has brow in proportion to
the sveat.
Nearly all our great men were raised on
farm, and it is their especial delight in all
their speeches to mention the fact, and re-
mention it, and afterwards allude to it, and
tell how happy they were. and how they love
the old place with its old farm house, and
how they look back on their boyhood days
and wish they had never left the farm, and
now long TO return to it and pass the remain
der of their days, and resign S5,OOO Office
and settle down and be happy again.
have listened to these speeches and read
them, and have spent two large fortunes i'll
trying to find solitary case where one of
these men ever left n farm and got rich,
either by stealing or in any other honest
way, and then went back to the dear old
farm to live and up to the first day of July
| have been unable to find one.
| now have two of the smartest detectives
in the country looking after such a man, and
in my humble opinion they will find Charlie
Ross several times before they will find my
man.
Iwant to be an angel,
And with the angels stand
But wouldn't he farmer
For all my native land.
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were not rich five years ago have large for
tunes to-day. Financial ruin in this
State only means that men in the hazards OF
business have lost, with the strong probabil-
itv that they will more than make their
losses good in the future. II it is land Of
ups and downs, there never was country
where men get up so soon as in this. There
is spring. untiring energy-men who have
faith in themselves, in the country, and in
the good Providence which is on the side of
all who honestly try to help themselves.
We have purposcly omitted from this ar
tir's the long list OF men worth from 81 ,OOO,
900 to $4,000, 600. There is not another
country under the sun where 50 many men
have made large fortunes in so short time
without capital for start. There is not
another young city in the world which con-
tains so large population of wealthy men.
These facts illustrate in striking way the
wonderful resources of this coast. The men
whose fortunes have been enumerated are
only middle-aged. 1t is more than prob
able that some of these or their heirs will be
Il richest men in the world.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-24

Tue Province OF Ontario has Ln,-,l 0p
tim law, known as the :" Dunkin Act"
passed about a dozen Yeas ago, but Of which
until lately little advantage has been AIKEN
1t prohibits all sales of liquor in small guam
titles, permitting no less than five gal ms of
spirit or one dozen bottles Of malt liz. or to
be sold. The adoption of the act by ,yeral
municipalities has hcen found very hcr eficial
in preventing drunkenness. The e1 ptions
inserted in the measure, OUT of difference to
the idea that total prohibition would be an
infringement upon popular rights, 30 not so
materially stand in the way of its Orking
as might be supposed, since those who are 50
far gCne that their appetiteS are beY Id con-
trol. rarely have the means for so / rge a
purchase. This measure Is now being voted
on by the people Of Toronto, the Iolling
having commenced on the 9Th inst The
law provides that the polls shall be
kept open for period proportione to the
number of voters. Toronto being large
constituency the polling will last f,r about
six weeks. The campIgn has besn very
enthusiastic one, and excitement runs high
The result will be watched with grat in
terest, as, should the measure be carried, it
will indicate that public opinion is ripening
in the Dominion for general prohibitory
law
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From the San Francisco Bulletin.


NArREs WITH THOSE or GREAT MINE-OwS-
ERs.
From the San Francisco Bulletln.
If the richest men in the world arc not
to-day living in California, it is almost GER
tain they will he found here half century
hence. We give below the translation of an
article from the Gazette. a German news
paper published at Frankfort rt-on-the Main,
one of the financial c, tres of Europe. We
do not endorse the correctness of the state
ments, but they are interesting as showing
the way in which foreign iinanciers are esti-
mating the resources OF California -
"Thc late Rothschld, of Paris, left for
tune of 81 900 100000 francs (S200, ,000,
000), which amount, at 5 per cent. per an
mum, would yield yearly income of 80,
600 900 trans (Sl0, ,OC0 ,000). The deceased
belonged to family whose members, be-
sides being unusually rich, divided this her
itace among themselves, so that it is possible
that now another Rothschild owns as large
fortune rs the one mentioned did. The
Marquis of estministcr, who also died not
long ago. was estimated by some to be worth
$500, 900 Isl ,OO0, ,OOO) per year by others
however, at only about half of this sum, on
the ground that his possessions This princi-
pal wealth consisted in real estate) were
heavily incumbered. and besides this much
OF his capital had been spent on worthless
improvements Thus the total wealth of the
Marquis, his income taken as the proceeds
of per cent. per annum of his entire capl-
tai, would according to the former estimate,
amount to ZIG, 6,000, 900 (SSO, 900 ,000), ac
cording to the latter to Is 900 900 (S4O,O ,O0O,
O00). Considering now that in England
the law primogeniturc exists, and this es-
pecially in real estate, the great bulk Of
which always remains in one hand, it lies
reasonable to suppose that the principal heir
of the Marquis, most likely blessed before
hand alrcad with riches, will now reach
his testator as to the vastncSs of fortune. if
not surpass him.
"But enough Of the Old World. of Europe
and her money kings. Let US turn our eyes
now toward the New World, Amcrica-es-
pecially toward California and Nevada
those blessed countries which forty years
ago were no more than roadless wilderness
es since then, however, trayersed by rail
roads, have become the bountiful treasure
and fruit vaults Of the Anglo-SaxOn race.
About three years ago the yearly income OF
Senator Jones, of Nevada, from his silver
mines in Nevada, was estimated at $4,000
900 which would be equivalent to n capital
of 800 100000 at ) per cent: per annum.
Surely this is fortune that is most rarely
gathered, especially in the course of one
mans life; still it has now been greatly sur
passed. J. W. Mackey draws out his silver
mines in Nevada yearly income of t2,75O,
600 (Sl3,7 50, ,000) which would be the in
terest at per cent. per annum on a capital
of r55, 100000 (S215,O0O,0 ,00W. In fgur-
ing now the income of the four gentlemen
named above per month, day, hour and
minute. in round sums, VIC find about the
following results -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-24

BRICK PoMEROY DIVORCED AGAIN Mr..
Mark NJ. Pomeroy, proprietor OF TORerOy'S
Democrat, has obtained divorce from his
second wife, Louise NJ. Pomeroy, the talent
ed actress, and has married again. The sep
aration Was decreed in the Probate Court OF
Brigham City, Utah, under peculiar circum-
stances. This is Mr.. Pomeroy's second di-
vorce. Mr.. Pomeroy's second wife, to whom
he was married about six years ago, was pos
sessed of good literary tastes, much given to
poetry, and seemed to be more in sympathy
with him than his first wife. Mutual friends
at the time of their union predicted happy
marriage and companionshp. Their predic-
ton promised to be fulfilled until about two
years ago, when disagreement arose be-
tween Mr.. Pomeroy and his wife concerning
desire she expressed to make acting her
profession To this her husband objected.
lie declared that the positions which had to
be taken upon the stage especially IN the
characters Of Romeo and ,jltlid, the latter of
which she often assumed were incompati-
bic, in his opinion. with those which do
mestic wife should assume She resented
the imputation, declared that he was un-
reasonably jealous, mistaken in his idea, and
that she was welded to the life of an actress
and could never leave it, He asserted that
then she must leave him. She pleaded with
MN 10 NO flittls anu tueu accepted the hller-
native. Tie question then arose how they
could be lawfully separated. He could not
charge her, nor she him, with inidelity,
cruelty, nor any of those faults which in Hi
nois justify an action for divorce. They
agreed to separate, and their six-year old
daughter was to remain part of the time with
the mother. The only question was how the
separation could be binding. 1t was found
that this could bo legally done in Utah, and
the divorce was there obtained. There is no
scandal in this divorce. 1t is simply that
Mrs. POmeroy insists on acting, and Mr..
Pomeroy says she shall not do so and remain
his wife lie offered her handsome annui.
ty in settlement She replied that she did
not want his money. She wanted to follow
ont her inclination for acting. She woulC
not care to live unless she could be ON The
stage Mr. Pomeroy has married for th'
third time. His present wife was his proo
reader .-Ne0 lori SIM
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Fight Il out.

A story Is told ol prominent person now
in the lecture field which is peculiarly inter
cstlng and suggestive OF unconscious wisdom.
\ gentleman was invited to the lecturer :
house Ia tea. Immediately on being seated
at the table, the little girl n~toni-hcd the
inmIly circle and the guest 10y the abrupt
question
Nv here Is Your wife ?
Now the gentleman having hocn recently
separated from the partner Of his lie was
taken 50 completely by surprls" that he tam
mcrcd forth the truth
II don't know
"Don't know :" replied the infant tcIri
hlc. "N by don't You know ~
Finding that the child persisted in her in
tcrrogatorics, despite the mild rcIrpoi ol hcr
parents, hc concluded To make II clean lrcn-t
Of the matter and have it over at once =,
lie sand with cnlmness which wns the result
ol inward explctycS
"Well, We don't live together We think
as We cant agree, we'd better not
lie stiiled a groan as the child began, d
darted I'M exasperated look ut her pare
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Capital
Flood 4 O'Brien, Mackey


We have not exhausted the list 10y lon,
way Of men worth several millions each Ia
fact, We have no means Of determining ac-
curatcly the fortunes of considerable mum
bcr Of men who are very TIcE. The mum
her ol men who are mlllIunaIrcs IN this State
was never 81 great as now. None ul them
were rich twenty years age, and very lew
had fortunes even ten years ago. Quite n
number of those who had large fortunes five
or six years ago do not now figure in the list
ni mIllionaircs. The ups and downs Of min
ing interests have made the principal differ
ence A considerable number also, who
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A Negro Farm-SOng.

From the Central Georgia Weekly.
Now do rain am com at last,
An de long drout time is past,
An de grass am comm last
In lie shower;
An lie mornin'- 2 lory brier,
An dc pussley's CROWN higher
Eb'ry hour.
darkits. mind dis warnin' !
You won't hAb long TO play,
For dem glories in de mornin'
Brings troubles all deday.
Oh, lie cabbage laugh to- day,
An lie squa ashes sing and play,
An dem taters grow away
Out de row,
ui de cuckleburs am springin',
And de debll's seed am hIiug,n'
work and wo.
oh, de rain-erow call de rain,
tor de white folks good and gain.
But de darkies work in pain,
Mo and mo-;
FOde coilee-weed am smilin'
Al dat cOttOn-icld am spilin'
tor de hoe.
Thank lie Lor'. lie know de best,
F'r de parchln' crop am blest.
An lie uaTkles hAb some rest,
In de shower;
Bat DAT lnUrnin'-glory brier,
An dat pusley 5 CROWN higher
Eb'ry hOar
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-24

A MICRO IN ARKANSAS BURNED AT TIE STAKE
FOR RArE AND MuRpER-TuE EXECUTION
Frs UNKNOWN.
From the Hamburg ARK, Monitor, July ..
On Friday night, about midnight. posse
between sixty and seventy-five men quietly
entered our town, went to the blacksmith
shop, broke it open, procured tools, and pro-
cecdcd to the Jail and broke open the door.
They went to the cell in which George jack
son, the negro rayisher and murderer Of the
little girl Corrinna Hayes was confined, and,
breaking open the door of the cell, they
took George out and departed. They ear
ried him south Of the town about four miles,
near the Berlin road, where they chained
him to green Sapling and there burned
him. The whole affair was conducted 80
quietly, except the noise in breaking open
the shop, that very few persons were aware
of their presence until they were leaving
town. As they were going of they set up
a loud yelling, which was done to prevent
the voice of the negro being heard. Some
Of our citizens saw them riding through the
streets, and learning they had the negro,
followed them till they came to the place OF
execution When they arrived there, how
ever, the negro, was burned to death and
the men al gone At Mr. Brazzealos the
kidnappcrs halted and gave George some WA
ter and asked }. c. Brazzcale to 90 with
them and hear what George had to say
This lac declined doing. We are told by Mr.
Brazzcale and others that Georges cries
were yociicrous and were heard by the
neirhbors as far ~ two miles of. While at
the ail these men informed Mrs. Holmes,
who lives in the jill and who was no doubt
very much cxcltcd, that she need not he
| alarmed, iiS their business wn9 to protect IL
males As to who they were or whence
they came, all j. wrapped in mystery. They
were seen in the evening south ol here. AMI
! with some of the citizens cuuvcrScd, and not
with,tnnding they were und'sgui.cd, Yet
none ui thcm were recognized Some sill
| they were from Monroe. some from Blstrop,
/ and some from Nickshurg. These state
| mcntS as To the localities, however, amount
I t. nothing. Some persons VISITED the scene
on Sunday and found only IA small portion ol
| the hudy-sav about fifteen pounds.
An EYE ron NATURE Yesterday forenoon
II woman WIS Observed skulkInE around th,
loot ui Woodward avenue ts II she desired
] 10 conceal her identity ir"m people on the
{ irrrN boats She finally concealed hrIsvll he
/ hind u post aud after hnli M hour = watching
] she suddenly wnlkcd aboard one ut the boat
Just landing On the promenade deck IA mlddl,
aged man of good address wns talking tu TIVE
women who seemed to be- strangers Ia HIM
lie had been calling their attention to til,
! cool bree2es, playful npples and dancing
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IAN Austrian army, swfully arrsyed.
Rnldly hy haiti IA hesieged Reirradet,r

Reply he date of the above will give an
Indication of the research We have made sfter
the authorship. We found it at last, with
statement that the author was unknown. and
that it WAS first published anonymously in
BtIdsy's MiSceumy Tor March, lSas. But rs
in our researches we had found n still earlier
trace of it, We were not satisfied with this,
and We found it at page 2Ii of the HmpShHe
Mugd-me puhlshod at Winchester i'll lS2S,
with the following heading These lines
have been incorrectly printed III a London
publication we have been favored by the
author with an authentic copy of thCm "
IAN Austrian army, swfully arrayed,
Boldly by battery besieged Belgrade,
Cussack commanding cannonadng como.
Dealing distractions devastating doom,
Every endeavor engineers essay
For fame, for fortune fighting. furious fray -
Generals 'gsnst generals grapple-gracious GOi
How honors heaven heroic hsrdiho0d
Infuriate, ndiscrminate in ALL
Kins.nen kill kinsmen-k kinsman kindred kill
Labor low levels loftest, longest lines,
Men march mid mounds, mid holes, mid mOlts
mid murderous mines.
| Nov noisy, nONious numbers notice nOught
| Ot outward obstacle opposing ought,
| Poor patriots, partly purchased parity pressed
quite qssk Ing. quickly quarter, quarter quest.
Reason returns, religi right rebounds,
| suwarrow stops such san = uinary sounds
| Truce To thee Turkey triumph To thy train
/ Unjust. unwise. unmt rciiu Ukraine
| Vanish vain victory vanish, vietoTy van
WHY wish We wsrsre Wherefore welcome we
| Nsrxes. Nimenes, Nsnthus, Nsviere,
| Yield, We youths We yoemen Yield your yell
ZenO's ZsTpa ass ZOr0ssteT's EesI,
| And all attracting arms against appeal
The authors name is not there given, hut
q distinguished critic at II later date ascrlbed
the lines to Rev. h. Poulter, prebendery ot
Winchester. PftstlUgh Dispatch.