The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-02-06

saw endless possibilities Of evil
and no certain good in tho plum to
, choke the Democrats into submis-
sion. There was still another con-
sidcration inclining them to COM
prom;se-a tolerably strong conf
dencc in the legal validity of Hayes
lS5 votes. A tribunal of a judicial
character would probably confirm his
claim, they thought. At least, his
chances would DO better than
Tildens
Much wonler is expressed that
Blaine did not act with this class of
senators instead Of with the Morton
faction. All the ex-Speakcr did for
Morton was to cast vote against
the bill, and that ho did with a show
of reluctance. Only the day before
he said to some friends that he
thought he should support it. 1
have no doubt that ho wanted it to
pass. All his interests lie in the di-
rect'on of maintaining the strength
of the Republican party They
would be better subserved by tho
inauguration Of Tilden than of
Hayes, unless the latter can go in
with clear title. The bulldozing
scheme of Morton would have proven
fatal to Blaincs aspirations for the
Presidency. Why then did he vote
against the bill ? Because he knew
it was going to pass. Ho knew, too,
that the active young Republican
politicians of the country, in whose
eyes he figures as the Napoleon of
American politics, were hostile to it,
regarding it, in an unreasoning way,
rs surrender. He had, therefore,
either to vote against it or run the
risk Of losing the support of this
immense body~guard Of devoted
partisans. If the commission seated
Tildcn these men would never hayo
forgiven Blaine if his name had
appeared on the affirmative side Of
the roll call. It was not statesman.
ship to act as Blaine did, but it was
unquestionably political shrewdness.
The coal supply Of England is q
chief basis of her greatness, and the
British newspapers consequently
frequently discuss how long it will
probably last. In 1869 tho subject
was fully investigated by tho Coal
Commissioners, and they reported
that her coal measures at that time
contained 14G, 4S0 millions of tons.
This they estimated was a supply at
the lowest calculation sufficient for
800 years. Other estimates give
her supply as sufficient for over
l,200 years, but these figures arc
based on the belief that tho annual
consumption of coal will remain
almost stationary. On the contrary
this annual consumption is twenty
millions Of tons moro now than it
was when tho estimate was made.
England supplies coal for all the
world, sending iteven at times to this
country. Hundreds of ship loads of
coal go from British ports every
year to almost all parts of the
Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
Tho export to San Francisco is
quite large. It is only recently that
the United States has begun COM
petIng with England to any extent
as coal exporter, but with cheap
coal our possibilities Of increasing
trade in this direction are very
great.
A correspondent Of tho English
Nechanic insists that musical
sounds stimulate the growth of
plants. He gives an instance in
point. In barren section of
Portugal he built small conserya-
tory, and ondcavored to cultivate
roscs and other flowers under shel,
ter, but, in spite of his precautious
industry, they did not flourish.
One day he took a harmonium into
tho greenehouse, md played for
several hours. The practice he
maintained for several months, and
wos surprised to see gradual but
rapid recovery Of health on the part
of his plants. He attributes their
to the influence of
music, and nnfolds the theory that
the singing of birds is conducive
vegetable lifo. 'n. t&|.nf@'t
The JEWISH REsTonAT1oN. A curl.
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