The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-02

PERsUADING THE DOG.
Need | add that it was Corbett. the
trimmer and copal varnisher Of my fell
low author, John l.. Sullivan?
They had come there to see him. Ac-
cording to the report made by a very well
known paleolithic expert Of France.
there are abundant signs Of paleolithic
men all over that country. The region
is west of the Nile and toward the
southeast corner of that belt Of virgin
real estate known as the Desert of Sa-
hara.
NJ. Chatelier says that the spoor Of
paleolithic man points to the existence
of human beings here in the quaternary
period, and even back Of that at time
when the distribution Of land and waters
was far different and when the Desert of
Sahara was little streak of sand where
the Egyptians came to get material for
plastering. An old imekiln is still on
the ground, though some claim it is a
royal tomb or sarcophagus bed.
The scientist says very truly, l think,
and l am borne out in this opinion by
my fellow scientist, Tunk Brady, au-
thor of "Ten Groggy Goes and Ten Sec
onds of Silence" book that had a
large sale while Tunk was popular, but
is now out of print, that 1.-The paleolithic
man appears to have been succeeded
without a hiatus by neolithic commu-
mites who developed to high degree
of perfection the art OF making stone
implements" AS there are no whiskers
found in any Of the graves it is pre-
sumed by Huxley and that these men
perfected the stone razor to such de.
gree that even the king made all kinds
of excuses to leave the throne in order
to be shaved twice per day.
Nj. Chatelier also says that "the most
striking features Of the prehistorical re-
mains are the megalithic structures
the dolmans, the menhirs, the crom-
lechs, the trilithons, stone circles, etc.
which are abundantly scattered over
the soil from Fee, in Morocco, to the
Tripolitan chateau"
Unfortunately l did not know this
until i had furnished my house. |
would have been pleased to look over a
few Of those myself.
Discovery of Roman coins in some Of
these dolmans shows, he says, that they
may have been contemporary with the
old settlers Of Beled FL Mehgreb; also
that a coin pocket in the dolman has
always been regarded as a safe place to
keep money from the hand of man.
Similar megalithic remains have been
found in Palestine and away back in
the early history Of the cave bear, the
three toed horse and the old settlers Of
Ishp. The Amorites also left megalithic
remains and two or three Cornish jokes
still bearing the marks Of the clumsy
stone implement with which they were
hewn out.
1t must be a great comfort to these
people to know that they have been sue
cessful in leaving megalithic remains
Washington awOke one morning TO find
himself the father Of his country, but he
left no megalithic remains. Columbus
discovered the country Of which Wash
ington in a number of well chosen re-
marks officially became the father, but
even Chris left no megalithic remains
which would resist the elements and the
overzealous tooth of Time.
What may we learn from tins?
One hundred dollars in cash or farm
produce will be given to the first one
who discovers what we should learn
from this.
wrote to q paper once that was trying
to boom its circulation by offering 81 600
TO the first one who should write the cor
rect solution Of rebus published in this
paper and inclose one dollar also for
subscription. The editor sent me let
ter in which he said that my solution
was correct, as also were many others.
But unfortunately his wife, being right
handy to the Office, had been the first
one to solve it, and as she was very
needy person and very we'll connected
by marriage he had awarded the prize
80 her.
Another correspondent writes from
Star Prairie, Wis, to ask regarding a
question of law, as follows: Would
you mind taking the time to answer,
publicly or privately, as you may
choose, for the benefit Of a young law
student, whether or not the oyster is, as
a matter of fact, real estate or personal
property
Oysters running wild or in a state of
nature are neither personal property
nor real estate, but upon becoming do
mesticated and put to bed, as may say,
they are ruled by the New Jersey court
of chancery to be real estate, and SUBJ
ject to the laws regulating the taxation
and alienation of real estate.
Judge Pierce, Of Ellsworth, Pierce
county, Wis, and Judge Hough, of
New Richmond, st. Croix county, have
both held that the oyster itself may be
and often is real estate, but that the oyster
bed is personal property and may pass
without regard to the statute Of limita-
tons or the laws regarding the aliena-
ton Of realty.
The statutes under Justinian held that
the oyster plant while growing was real
estate, but when detached from the
realty it became personal property.
while the oyster bed in this case, or tho
oyster plant bed, becomes real estate.
Then comes the question Of taxation
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