The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-07-29

Bible had been translated into onl
thirty languages. In 1896 it had bee
translated into 3Sl languages, and abou
nine tenths of the world now have th
Scriptures In their own tongue.
It is said that tourists leave annual
ly in Rome six or seven million dollars
and if this should be withdrawn for
single year the seven-hill city woul,
suffer severe financial panic as a re
suit.
It: stated that the whole coast O
the Gl. + of California abounds in pear]
| and last year $35O,OOO worth was har
vested in Lower California alone. The
natives give their time to pearl fishing
exclusively, and in some places the in
habitants are totally dependent on the
industry for substance. A pearl il
not found in every oyster shell, but
only at intervals are they found. The
most valuable one ever found was
three quarters of an inch in diameter
and was sold III Paris to the Emperor
of Austria for ten thousand dollars.
In New Hampshire farmers wives
turn many an honest dollar by taking
boarders from the city. This is done
also in New York, Pennsylvania, Mich
igan and Wisconsin. Up there they
run their farms by strict system and
it is quite luxury to the city families
to get chance in the open country air.
The milk and butter and other prod
ucts from the farms come easy to the
housewife, and the pay for board being
pretty good, the good country danes
who engage in it find at the end of the
season that they>have quite bit of
money and have had good city compa-
ny all the time.
This is day of rush and push and
struggle for the almighty dollar. 1t
is so much so that foreigners sometimes
think we are in too big hurry to
write our language correctly. Abbre-
viations are very common with COM
mon things. Men do not write "photo-
graph" any more but "photo." And
many of the ladies and gentlemen ride
"bikes," some in "busses," some wear
"pants," and many are only "gents."
The most remarkable case of abbre-
Walton we have read about was busi-
ness man named Abraham Hole. He
got TOO busy to sign the "Abraham"
part and wrote 1t "a. Hole" Finally
he got so busy he conceived the idea
of simply puncturing the paper with
hole, and let that answer for his name.
The New York Times is authority
for the following statement about the
late Senator Harris of Tennessee
"When the Confederacy tell there
was in his possession as Governor OF
Tennessee 100000 in gold belonging
to the State school fund. As an ar
dent Southern sympathizer, Governor
Harris was desirous of preventing this
money from falling into the hands OF
"Parson" Brownlow and the other Off
cials OF the new State government. He
took 1t with him, therefore, when he
avoided capture by fight to Mexico,
and after remaining in that country for
eighteen months carried the treasure
to England. Many another Confeder-
ate officer, State, municipal and militia
ry, did much the same thing with pub
lie funds, but not quite all of them, IT
rumor can be trusted, initiated the
subsequent course of. Governor Harris.
After ne had been in England year,
affairs had 80 settled down in the Unit
ed States that he could safely return.
So back he came, and with him he
brought the $1OO, 600, still in gold, and
turned every cent of it into the Ten
nessee Treasury. Of course, this was
only simple honesty, but it must be re-
membered that Harris had lost every
penny of his own large fortune, and
that he might have used the argument
which others In his position are said to
have found valid, that Confederate
money had no lawful owner after the
Confederacy ceased to exist"