Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-18

Sr~ yoax. Nsrrh llth. 1881
Editor sftA< 7vya<s:

Srs yoaK, N.rrh llthl 1881
Editor sfth Tvm<s:
One sometimes do~ssi knes ~he,hsr to
laugh or 90, uiad st SOME Of The r.s~.lity that
goes en- 10 this ~i,kea word Even an az
grisvsd taxpayer cosid hardly help smiling at
the latest ti, Of o!ici.i Handy And, i.m or
rather, Hsnky Pank, in Bsooklya There ~.s
. con rAei responsible biadsr-no, the lowest
bidder BY long shot. OF course ever, body
knew /, Was steal, spd a good many s.id so
bot that aidn't matter sns. One steal, more
or less, BY gang Of poii,ciAns doa' matter
20 very much. and the average good eitiE,n
cat help himself, - rule. sves II be does
make hubbab, and The a'sra:s good ritsea
Usually strives 10 con,sn, himself With grumh-
ling. Well. the vail Vas built Daring the
building j, ~.s daily esrefally Inspected h,
specially aPpoinvd sd sItr. P-Ia iaspcctors
and ster IL was built II .o Inspected by the
rrsPeS table EeuiiesnAa Who awarded the con-
tract. Ia sas then discovered tbs, Tbs ~ go
40 usv OF getting into OF oct OF tLe Hr~ Jail
vail ether than By q ladder or,r the TOT, Of IL
The cestraeior nd adhered rigidls 20 IN. spsc-
lkrs,tons TO The very letter, anivs. IS 10 nraha-
Die. the zaAterisa 10 isfrriar. spd gli he call
solid. II will gpst over . Thousand dollars
At least ia ihs way tAxp-yers have t. PAY uiils
to Fee'ifr ,hi, rxu.or3ia .rr sai,,isn q I'D
supply gssrWay.
Ivsry Chamberlain !, a-.d Pf-L,b,y not
Eote than one IA thousand Cf,euy tssdrrs
siit have ant idea ~ 20 hens refer. Pro-
sabls not mere h.a 90. oai Of Ihcas&a has
90, tc<u ,sassac,d fr good By the uritings
VI ,hst ma. h. AS the Atss ~ al Q, the .n-
psrsoasi ioarus.tsi, = very modest msn. uiih
. massive intellect. kIualy heart, .I,sa,i.e
knosieags, Sad an unsur pA,sed power Of e1-
Pressioa. There so no psf,ent oas .eigh,i-
cess sessi his esnposi,ioas sad cippsncy OF
sentiments isa, were remote. Bot IA pure
simple. plain Esgiish, ~iihogt the least ssev-
tat,on Of spiyrzmma,,e tsrseness. he hst the
bull ssys every tine. What be uroe told
People rememosred IL snd adopted lis srga-
Dsnn most lesrsed nan, dshs h,iag in The
classics a. his deAres, rslsIsiion, he wrote FAY
iish He nsver TREE to ''shos his lsrnin' -
- / ve heard sn iliisraie asd dis.gseahle but
sometimes common -sessiesi editor "a, aeou,
-FOUR RAptx 10 bis earlier journalistic -Horn
And he Vas = good soul. He lived . yer, re-
tired life. bu, ~as respected by every one .hs
kse~ him ever 90 sliEhuy. snd vas very dear
TO those Who knew him we'll. 70, some years
he sss IN editorial writer on the Hraii, snd
that paper. with all its resources, cannot ai
this mosasst lay its hsad on Q m.n tho cas-
quite fll Chanherlain's place.
Mining somehow seems to he looking up. ]
am in . position where can see good deal Of
the workings Of outside fasnce, .sd | notice
that = good many old gentlemen, retired
merchants and that clss, Who come pot,ering
around their friends sho are ss,ll in business
are asking their advice As TO whether they
shsuidn't iavest in such sud such mining
stock, which generally means that they iniesd
to do il, whichever way the advice may be
The fact 10, there 10 = nea, deal OF losse money
about, tightly held, perhaps. but still ear Ming
very Unsatisfactory dividends for the possesssrs
Who have il % snugly salted aovn The fac,
that the government authorities thought it
possible 10 ao.t 3 per cent. bonds shows that
they have accurately guaged this stats OF thi ngs
Well, minisg is lottery, they say, thes, again,
it 10 no more OF . lottery than sny other
business. II a man goes into mining with the
same capital and kno y ledge and keeps bis eyes
open - well As 10 any other business, import
ing, exporting. manufacturing. Publishing or
what not, he will probably fad mining the
best lottery Of them all. Why? Because the
products OF mining are actual ready money. IL
gold or silver, or precious sight nearer ready
money fof other ores than the products Of
almost any other business you can name.
The cost 10 no l,rger and the chances are less,
and the interest on the disposition Of the in-
voice 10 very much 10 ito favsr. The United
States are richly gifted with minerals, and the
business OF mining 10 to get them out. II 10 =
legitimate business and should be, and will be
probably henceforw.rd carried on in . legi,-
mate way. The sharks have had their iRaings
and the victim they have spared complete
sheariag are not only wary themselves but
serve rs beacons. TO render others wary also.
Your RADIK predicts much and speedy in
crease in the mining interest, with very salts
factory results to all concerned.
RApIx.