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CARP AT THE CAPITAL.
The Annual Dr linage of the Govern
ment Ponds —P.ospoc'.s for the
Coming Year.
Front the Washinghon Star.
As stated in Monday’s Star, the
yearly draining of the water from the
g<v rnment carp ponds wts com
mence 1 last Saturday and was con
tinued Monday. The results show
that the season for breeding has been
successful beyond the expectation of
Professor Baird, under whose super
vision this Wcrli is prosecuted.-It has
been but a few years since this new
in iustry of fish’culture was started
in this country, and from the success
thus far obtained wherever it has
been introduced, it bids fair to be
come a profitable industry. There
are now three large ponds in which
these fish have been cultivated in the
group at the foot of Washington
monument, and another, much larger
than the others, will be added the
coming season, containing eight
acres. This pond will be completed
In a few days, when the water will be
let in and a stock of about two hun
dred and fifty large carp will be put
in, which, it is expected, will mate
rially increase the annual supply to
meet the orders received constantly
by Professor Baird.
THE YOUNG CARP.
The numoer of young ctrp of last
year’s spawn thus tar taken out of
these ponds and placed in the pools
on tne small island by the lakesis
estimated to be about thr>-e hundred
and forty thousand. These are the
young fish batched out last season
in May, June «ni July, and are now
of nearly a uniform size, healthy and
lust in the condition to be shipped.
The entire number sent from this
city last year by i’rof. Baird, was
about three hundred thousand. Thar
number will probably be nearlv
doubled this year. The large pond,
which will be stocked this spring for
the first time, it is thought, will
swell the number to be disiriouted to
at least 1,000,000,
THE ENEMIES OF THE CARP.
When the lakes are drained each
year all the eels and catfish are
thrown out, as they devour the young
carp. There are not many of them
usually found, and wuat there are,
are of so small size they can do bu
little damage.
These ponds are getting to be in
better condition every year, as the
banks about them become more com
pact. It is an interesting sight to
walk around the edges of these pond
after the water has been drained and
witness the operation of the carp up
on the shore. It is well known to all
who have visited the place that the
sides of the banks are closely paved
with stones liketheold round paving
stones formerly used f>r stre- u.
These ex ended for some dis ance
into the water, and the inti-restiees
between them are packed with clay
and mud, where grass takes root
which s-rves to furnish food for the
young fish. Below these stones is
formed a considerable quantity of
a ridge. This ridge is perfectly hon
ey-combed with small holes bored by
the young carp io search larvae and
small worms as well as tender roots,
of which they are fond.
AN ANIMATED PUMPKIN.
Dr. Hassel, who has charge of these
lakes, told a Slur reporter that, last
summer he put into one of the small
poods on the island a large pumpkin,
weighing sixty pounds, first cutting
a hole in the side of it so that the
small fish could get inside, Hestites
that it was entirelydevonred in eight
days rind and all, and during the
whole time it was constantly in mo
tion from the schools of young fish,
always at work upon it. They seem
ed txceediogly rondos the sweet
mors 1, and appeared to thrive on it.
The tid» a of these lakes, paved with
stone, as above described, have to be
repaved ss every year the carp uo
deimine the walls by burrowing and
boring for small worms.
Dr. Bastel has some powerful mic
roscopes in his office, which he is
continually making use of in the ex
aminations of the fish and the food
upon which they subsist. One of the
substances which tbe young fish
seem most to relish is a sort or aque
ous plant, always submerged, of a
deep green color and slimv, called
algae, and whenon theturface known
as e.nfervae. This, wten teen
through a microscope, is a mass o
plants, full of joints at regular inter
val, and e warming with animalcui®
all in constant motion. T. eee are
constantly devoured by the carp, and
as constantly being reproduced, so
that there seems to be no end to the
crop of food, and its growth is very
rapid.
THE PROFITS OF CARP CULTURE.
As to the pecuniary success which
has been attained by carp culture,
thus far everything baa been promis
ing. One gentleman in one of the
Southern S'ates reports that from
the twenty-five fish he received about
two and a ha f years ago. he sold last
year S6OO worth of young carp from
the first spawning. Dr. H-ssel places
the carp next to the shad in point of
value as a food fish, but does not con
sider it equal to the salmon. The
leather carp is the favorite, as it has
no scales, and it is always thrifty and
vigorous. Tne past winter has been
quite favorable for these fl-h. as they
have been able most of the time to
feed. He stall s that about 10,000 of
these fish escaped into tbe Potomac
during the last heavy freshet, when
the water from tbe tbe river swept
over the ponds, and this accounts
for so many being caught about the
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river flats. Hundreds of persons who
received carp from Prof Biirdgive
tbe most satisfactory accounts of suc
cess Tbe most of these accounts
come from tbeSoutbern States. where
the ponds are not so cold. It is found
that in ponds which have cool,
springy bottoms the fish do not
thrive so well as when the water is of
a higher temperature, and for this
reason the most flattering accounts
come from the Bout hern States.
THE PROSPECT.
Dr. Hassell etabs that he hopes
Prof. Bahd’a next crop number at
least a million, and he believes it
will, should no accident happen to
the propogntlug lakes. Tne entire
area of water which will be given to
carp raising the coming season will
be twenty acres. Bibcock Like
contains six acres, the north lake
and the one southeast of the island
six acres, and new pond eight acres.
I'he improvement of these lakes for
fish culture has done away with a
terrible swamp nuisance which used
to exist in that locality.
English Cotton Views.
We are indebted to Messrs. Samuel
H. Buck & 00. for tbe Smith, Ed
wards’ & Go’s, monthly circular,
from which we extract the following:
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PROSPECTS.
The prospects of our market have
not altered ma erialiy during the past
month, out if anything, we should
Say that ihe prospects of supply have
rather improved—tbe very rapid de
cline in American receipts has been
stopped and a slight recovery has
been witnessed ; this is partly owing
io the rains having ceased, admit
ting of freer transport, but chiefly
trom the delivery of the stocks in the
interior towns, we therefore antic
oate another drop in receipts betor«
long, and probably crop estimates
will settle at some point under five
and a half miill >ns, but some good
authorities still think it may reach
that figure. American spinners also
are taking less than was expected—
their trade is not good, and this will
set free more cotton for Europe. The
continent is also buying sparingly,
and apparently will continue to do
so, and fait back upon the large in
visible stock it a "cumulated last year,
so that taking all things into account,
the deficit to England will not be
quite so large as we feared at one
time.
THE SUPPLY OF AMERICAN COTTON,
however, will still be much less than
last however, will still be much less
than last year, and apparently our
stock will run to alow ebb in tbe
autumn, so that there may be danger
of speculative manipulation either
uere or in America. The supply
run India is turning out much
larger than was generally
xpeoted; the receipts a
Bombay have been very heavy for
sometime, the shipments to Europe
are already 261,000 bales above last
year, and will probably increase a
little further, though some good au
thorities maintain that, we have al
ready seen|tiie maximum excess. New
Surat cotton is now arriving very
freely in Livirpool, amt is by no
means very easy to sell. Spinners
getting a good deal direct from ships
side, and are not yet displacing
American to any great extent by
Surats. Evidently we shall carry a
largestock this summer, which will
only pass gradually into consump
lou unless the price of American is
idvanced furth-r. Egyptian cotton
has pardened decidedly of iate un
der the fe»r of scircity. England
has got less than her usual supply
this year, and spinners have been
living in stocks through fear of a
squ-iZ", io tne autumn.
NO GREAT CHANGE EXPECTED IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.
So far as the Immediate future is
concerned, we think no great change
med be looked for. Spinners now
hold a full stock of cotton, gnd are
not likely to buv heavily for some
time in view of the poor state of trade
in Manchester. We shall carry a
pretiy largestock in Liverpool, which
will keep speculation in check, and it
will be difficult to life our market; on
tne other hand the visible supp y
figures will steadily grow stronger,
and tbe deficit io American will b - so
great as to keep up a certain feeling
of uneasiness.
EFECT OF THE OVERFLOW OF MISSISSIPPI.
It is qui'e ioo eaily to form any
opinion of the next crop, but it is
worth noting thatthe extraordinary
inundation of the Mississippi and its
tributaries —perhaps the most ex en
sive on recur I—has caused considera
ble speculation in next crop at New
York.and the prices paid for October
delivery have, been nearly as high as
for the am umn months here: this is
quite an unusual fact at this time of
ihe ye>r, an lit shows that there is
serious appebension in Am rlea that
the water may not run off in
lime to admit of planting. We do
not attach much importance to this
point ourselves; on previous oc
casions large crops have fol
lowed overflow years, notably so
in 1859 60. when a rnons er crop
was i reduced. It will be time
enough a month hence to form a de
cideded opinion on the subject. There
is also an impression in America that
the planting will be less,.owing to the
poor result i f lam crop and tne dear
ness of breadstuff-!, and already esti
mates of 10 to 15 per cent, reduction
are put forth. We regard such state
meois «s quite misleading, for tbe
bulk of ttie crop is not yet planted.
Political affairs on the continent
are se tling down; the Skobeloffin
eident ras led to renewed assurance
of friendship between the three em
perors, and apparently no disturb
ance of tbe peace will take place this
year.
About a year ago the Crown Prince
of Germany, hiving inspected one of
tbe crack cavalry regiment of the
Imperial Guards, accepted the invi
tation of the officers at breakfast with
them. Upon glancing at the table he
saw it was garnished with hot-house
fl 'were and costly fruit and laden
with expensive delicacies, and turning
short be left the barracks, odserving:
‘ You will excuse me, gentlemen; I
am not accustomed to breakfast in so
elaborate a manner.” The offlcersac
cepted the rebuke, and at the next
Inspection, having again invited the
Crown Prince, they provided a break
fast of cold meat and sausage and
brown bread. The royal guest par
took heartily of this simple meal, and
on rising significantly said: ‘’Gentle
men. this is the sort of breakfast I
like.” Lovers of luxury could not
follow a better royal example.
Flies and Mo quitoes.
A 15c. box of “R >ughon Rats.” will keed
v house free trom files, mosquitoes, rats
and mice, the entire season. Druggist.
COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 19.1882
ORIGIN OF RACES.
MR. GUNNING THINKS THE FIRST MAN TO
INHABIT THE EARTH WAS A NEGRO.
Cincinnati Gazette.
Mr. W. D. Gunning, under the
auspices of the Unity club, delivered
at the grand opeia house yesterday
afternoon his lecture on the “Origin
of Races.” Starting at a point just a
littie this side of Darwin’s primary
factor, the ape, he reached the con
clusion that tne primal man, the
Adam of our genus, was a negro, and
that white skin, straight hair, light
hair, ect., are all departures from
the origin. The assumption that he
was black he deduced us a conclusion
from the fact that black is nature’s
color; that in animal organizations
it is almost invariably associated
with a certain acuteness of senses
that tends to preserve it. No savage
race is light in color, That is tbe re
sult of domesticity producing slug
gish eensaiions. In tbe booth it is
tbe white hog that is invariably dis
eased. There is a poisoned weed
against which its dulled senses will
not guard it, but which the black hog
cannot be forced to eat. Tne same
is true of ihe black and whiterhinoc
eros of Africa. He proceeded to cou
struct this primal man out of those
features si ill common to both the
snaigbtand curled-haired semi-oivi
dzed and uncivilized races. These
were the downward and in wurd-slaut
mgeye of the Chinese race, and man
ifested in a modified from in other—
tne projecting jaw, flat nose, retreat
ing torehead, high che-k bones and
undeveloped calves. These are all
carnivorous features. The Agamem
non of Homer, supposed to have been
underneath in later times, had the
slanting eyes, and that feature ap
pears in the works of all the ancient
Greek artists. Min’s development
depended, and even now depends,
upon the opportunites presented by
nature. It has been marked b$ four
stages of advancement—first and low
est, fishes; second, the hunter; third,
having reduced animals tosubj action,
the shepherd; and forth, the farmer.
If the growth of a race js arested at
any of these stages’ or it it has miss
ed any siage, the fact is testifide to
in its features by its adherence to
certain of the peculiarities of the
primal man. These cannot be chang
ed. Nature never goes back to re
touch bad work. The Greek race is
the ons that has had a complete de
velopment. And there were but two
places on the globe where nature
presented all the physical conditions
necessary to complete development.
Those were the plains of Asia, about
tne headwaters ot the lodusaud Eu
phrates, and in Peru, on the South
American Continent—this by reason
of their varid animal and vegetable
productions. In a'l other pl ices tbe
way was barrelled lor want of either
animals to doinesiicite or plants to
cultivate, or because of cold or heat.
As with iudividuhls, so with rac -s.
For every one that blooms into civ
ilization a score hovers on tbe verge
of brutedom.
Beecher on Eating.
“Do you believe in luxury?” will
you say 1 do. “Do you pretend to be
a minister of the New Testament?” I
think I am as near that as anything.
"Do v >u think that tbe spirit of the
New Tret, w nt runs in that direc
tion?” It depends, my fiiend, a good
deal upon what idea you have of
luxury, Your idea and mine may not
he the same. There is the luxury
which consists in over-feeding the
natural appetite. I don’t believe in
that—in gorging one’s self with dain
ty meats, sitting at banquets, carving
for richer and rarer wines, until one’s
whole life on sensuous physical en
j jyment. I don’t believe in that; but
I also don’t believe that it makes no
difference what a man chooses to eat
and drink I believe that there
is a diflerenc* —all the difference
hetwo n the Kingdom of H ayen and
ihe Kingdom of tne Devil. One
man eats intelligently and moderate
ly of properly prepared, well chosen
food, and has grace; tbe other of
abominable food fried in rat, and has
tne devil. I tell you indigestion in
the kingdom of darkness in this
world, and good health is next akin
to grace. I think when the reforma
tion comes in that, cleans up all the
odds and ends of society it will very
likely come in at the kitchen. We
ebali learu how to get wholesome
food in moderate amounts, andabove
all properly prepaied food, and shall
no longer bolt it as though we were
shovelling coal into a coal cellar. I
Hometimes contend about men not
being dainty in their food. I would
that they were more dainty, and that
they would feed the sight us well in
a daintier manner on the beautiful.
».<» »
Lynch Gets an Offer.—A promi
nent ex C miederate officer, now re
el ling iu Wasbing'on, started out the
ther evening io find a man-servant.
He meta pretty good looking colored
man and asked him if be could r«-
couinund a good servant. The col
ornl man regretted that, he could not.
"What are you engaged ai?” asked
the ex-Cou fed erate. “Why can’t I
employ you?”
“I am not doing anything just
now.” was tne reply, “but I expect to
nave a teat io congress in a few days.
My name is Lynch, and lam contest
ing ’hi seat of Gen. Chalmers.” —
Washington Star.
Small Pox in At anta.
The Constitution says.
Five new cases of small pox devel
oped yesterday. Tbe eases were dis
covered almost simultaneously in dif
ferent parts of the city, and can be
easily tiaced to the ease of a negro
girl who was taken about three weeks
ago and died in the city pest house.
The patients are all negroes and have
been sent to tne pest house, and all
who have been exposed have been
put under quarantine. These makes
six eases so far, and as the city is
well vaccinated, it is hoped that the
progress of tne disease will thereby
be greatly checked.
When you have an inflamed eye, a
welled hand, cr decayed and aching
tooth, you do not take and fill your stom
ach with drugs to cure it, but apply a
cooling lotion or some soothing narcotic
directly to the parts. Bolt you have a
weak or lame back, sore kidneys, profuse
or scanty urine, or the secretory system
Is clogged and inactive, you should use
Prof. Guilmette’s French Kidney Pad,
which is a directly local application,
which always gives speedy relief and
always cures the disease. Ask your drug
gist! or it. 6
THE FORD BOYS.
They Plead Guilty in Court, and are
Sentenced to Death.
St. Louis, April 17.—Th eport has
gained circulation here th t the Ford
brothers, who killed Je.-ss James,
were huug at St. Joseph this morn
ing. Inquiry proved this to be false,
but elicited the fact that the grand
jury had found an indictment against
them for murder in the first degree.
GUILTY AND SENTENCED.
This noon, about an hour later, the
brought into court and pleaded guilty
and were sentenced to be hanged on
the 19. h of May,
Governor Brown on Resignations.
“Did ytni know,” said Senator
Brown, wearily, after a severe fit of
coughing, as we swept through the
pine burrows, "that I have a fine
record for resigning office?”
“I knew you resigned the Supreme
C >urt judgeship.”
“I resigned every political office I
■ever held, except State Senator. I
resigned the first office I was elected
to, that of constable; I resigned the
Superior Court juigeship; I reiitned
the Supremo Court judgeship; I re
signed Hie Gov rnoiehip”—
“Tne Governorship?”
“Yes. under peculiar circumstan
ces. At. the close of the war, wbiloli
was in prison, Judge Johnson was
made Provisional Governor, and took
charge of affairs. When I come home
I found him in power. I was veiy
sick for some weeks. As soon as I
recovered 1 wrote out my resignation
as Governor and had it published. I
state ! to the people that as I was
prevented by circumstances over
which I had no control from adminis
tering the trust they had confided to
me, I felt it to be my duty to resign
it back into their hands. I was ar
rested for writing this resignation by
General Wilson, who thought it was
c mtempt of rlie Federal authority.
Yes,” he continued reflectively, “I’ve
written several resignations of of
fice.”
I could not help wondering as 1
noticed him wlttuhis worn and anx
ious look and his harrowing cough
whether he had closed up his resig
nation record or was holding it open.
There are a good many Georgians
who would like to know. I am no
alarmist, but lam convinced that
Senator Brown is a very sick man,
and that worse is threatened. Ho
understands the dangers of his case
thoroughly, and blings to bear on
these the calm composure with which
he mei ts everything. His wife is a
devot d ami admirable nurse, and
nothing will be omitted that
can combat, his predisposition to
throat and lung troubles, With all
this, however, his friends may look
with the deepest anxiety for the re
sult of his present run into the warm
belt. If it does not stop his cough
and check its ravages, the -profound
interest now felt Th" o?!Hior Hill’s
condition will be divided with bis
coiliegua. and Georgia, which boast
ed a few months ago of the strongest
term in the senate, will find both her
senators grappling with terrible dis
ease, menaced with the most serious
result.
H. W. G.
Judge Buchanan, lawyer, Toledo, says:
“Ono of Professor Guilmette’s French
Kidney Puds cured me of lumbago and
ktduey disease in three weeks time. My
case had been given up by the best doctors
as incurable. During all this time I suffer
ed untold agony and paid out large sums
of money.
Edward Atkinson on Southern Edu
cation.
/'ro?n the New York Tribune.)
E iward Atkinson, of Boston, with
whom Mr. Slater has talked in refer
ence to hie propose I gift, and in re
gard to the general condition of the
south was in this city a day or two
ago and was called upon at the Fif’h ,
Avenue hotel by a Tribune reporter.
“I can only express a general con- >
vlction,” sai'l Mr. Atkinson, “that i
Mr. Slater will use his money in such 1
away as to bring about the gteatest I
good, I have traveled in the south •
to some extent and I am pretty fa- ,
miliar with the condition of the coun
try and of tbe people. I tell you out |
of my own experience that the results (
of slavery will last for twenty-five i
years, perhaps 100 t ears. There’s a <
fearful state of things there. Tne '
want of knowledge of affairs among ’
'he blacks as well as whites is sorely '
felt. The chief difficulty among the ;
blacks—a very large numberof whom ,
earn largo wages in ratio to their (
wants—is that there are no savings
banks and no methods op<-n to ihem ,
for usingsmallsavings. Ittheyke-'P <
the money about them it is a con- <
slant source of danger. Therefore <
they spend it as fa»t as they
earn it. And yet there is a sufficient <
number of exceptions to this rule; In 1
fact, exceptions are so numerous as !
to prove that if the blacks had one
half a chance to save, trieir savings |
would be very large. Tbe unfortu- <
nate history of the Freedmen’s sav- i
ings bank proves this. To say noth
ing of the justice of the claim of de- :
positors milled as they were by a i
national savings’bank in name and
not in fact, it would be one of the I
most sagacious and profitable uses of
the surplus revenue to pay that debt
in full.”
“You are in hearty sympathy with
Mr. Slater’s plan, are you not?”
“Certainly, I am. It will do great ,
good for the colored people, who can
be made of great value to our coun
try. Any number of ordinary immi
grants who come to our shores from
abroad, bad they been subjected to
the same trials as tbe blacks would
not have made one-half the progress
these colored people have made since
tbeir emancipation. They have a
wonderful capacity to adapt them
selves to adverse circustancss; they
have great vitality, and they are able
to maintain themselves and to be
come one of the most productive
classes in the community.’’
Oh What a Cough!
Will you heedarn the w Ing? Tha signa
perhaps of the sure approach of that more
terrible disease Oonsu m ption. Ask your
selves if you can aflord for the sake of 50
cents, to run the risk and do nothing for
t. We know from experience that Shiloh’s
Cure will cure your cough. It never falls.
This explains why more than a million
battles were sold in the oast year. It re
lieve croup and whooping eougn at onoe
Mothers, do not be without It. For Lame
Back, Side, or Chest, use Shiloh’s Porus
Plaster. Sold by Brannon <fc Carson, and
MOLLIE’S RAM.
Mollie had a little ram as black as
a rubber shoe, and every-where that
> Mollie went he emigrated, too.
lie went with her to onurch one
day—the folks hilarious grew to see
him walk demurely into Deacon
; Allen’s pew.
The worthy deacon quickly Ist his
angry passion rise, and gave it an
unchristian kick between the sad
brown eyes.
This lauded rammy in the aisle;
; the deacon followed fast, and raised
his foot again ; alas! that first kick
was his last.
For Mr. Sheep walked slowly back
' about a rod, .tie said, and ere the
deacon ci iild retreat, it stood him
on his bead.
Tbe congregration then arose and
went for that ’ere sheep. Several
well directed butts just piled ’em in
a heap.
Then rushed thev straightway for
the door with curses long and loud,
while rammy struck the hindmost
man and shot him through the
crowd.
The minister had often heard that
kindness would subdue tbe fiercest
beast. “Aha!” he says, “I’ll try
that game on you.”
And so he kindly, gently called :
“Come, rammy, rammy, ram ; to see
the folks abuse you so, I grieved and
sorry am.”
With kind and gentle words he
came from that tall pulpit down,
saying, "Rammy, rammv, rammy,
ram—best sheeny in tne town.”
The ram quite drooped its humble
air, and rose from off his Let, and
when the parson lit he was beneath
the hindmost seat.
As he shot our. the door, and closed
It with a slam, he named a Otlifor
nia town—l think ’twas “ Yuba
Dam.”
There Is no use in drugging yourself to
death, and buying all the vile medicines
for Internal use wheu you cun be cured ol
fever and ague, dumb ague, bilious disor
ders, jaundice, dyspepsia, as well as all
disorders, aud ailments of the liver, blood
and stomach, by wearing one of Prof.
Guilmette’s French Liver Pads, which is
a sure cure every time, If your druggist
does not keep the pad, send $1 50 in a let
ter to French Pad Co., Toledo, 0., and It
will be sent you by return mall. It is the
only put that is guaranteed to cure. Be
ware of counterfeits. 1
A Cross Baby.
Nothing is so conducive to a man’s re
maining a bachelor as stopping for one
night at the house of a married friend and
being kept awake for live or six hours by
the crying of a cross baby. All cross am)
crying babies need only Hop Bitters to
i ake them welland smiling. Youug man
remember this.—Traveler.
ciW4AX“ ORataANCET - 1882
Qrdmauee to levy and assess taxes end
raise Revenue for the city of Columbus,
Ga„ for the year A. D, 1882:
Section I. Be it ordained by the -Mayor
and Council of the City of Columbus, and
It is hereby ordained by virtue of authorl
ty vested in the same, that for the pur
pose of defraying the necessary expenses
of the city, and sustaining the credit
thereof; for paying tho interest on the
bonds issued under authority of ordi
nance adapted May 1, 1876, ami amended
June 5, 1876, and on the builds 1-sueu
under authority of an ordinance adopted
July 1, 1878, and amended December 2,
1878, lor the pur poseur redeeming allout-
Htandiug bonds of the eity, and for the
purchase of bonds authorized In said or
dinance; for supporting and maintaining
the public schools, and lor other purposes,
ordinary and contingent, the taxes uno
revenue hereinaiter mentioned shall be
levied and collected for the year 1882.
1. On all taxable real estate within the
corporate limits of the city, upon the
assessed value thereof, there shall be -
levied and collected tor the ordinary cur
rent expenses of said city, a tax of one '
half per cent; and lor the purchase ot
bonds and payment ot the said coupons *
falling due durmg the year, one-halt of J
on per-cent, payable on and afier the
first day of April: and upon the whole,
or any other portion of such tax pula 1
before the let of May, proximo, there
shall be allowed a discount of 4 per cent., j
and upon the amount paid between the 1
Ist ot May and Ist ot July, 2 per cent.,
and for all taxes unpaid on the Ist ol 1
July.
2. On all household and kitehen furni
ture, and on jewelry, silver plate, must- ;
cal instruments, horses, mules and otner ■
animals, and on all vehicles kept for use j
or pleasure, by physicians or others, on 1
the market value thereof, one per cent., t
to be apportioned and applied us the tux
upon real estate, to-wit: one-half per J
cent, for ordinary current expenses, and ,
one-half per cent, for purchase ot bonds I
and payment ot coupons falling due as '
above.
3. On all gross sales, credit and cash, of J
all goeoe, wares, merehaudise and pro- c
dure sold, except at public outcry, Inelu- ’
ding all ccmmsslon sal s, except of
cotton I 4-10 ot one per cent.
4. Oo all gross sales by manufacturers ,
ot articles ol their own manufacture, K ‘
per cent., but when retailed, except to ,
tnelr own operatives or sold toothers ‘
thau merchants, 4-10 ot one per cent.
5. Oi gross receipts ot warehousemen
toi storage and delivery ot cotton and ,
other merchandise, 4 per cent; and on all
sales ot merchandise, 4-10 ot one per cent.
6 On gross receipts tor premiums in
1882 ot Insurance companies or agents, 2
per cent.
7- On gross receipts of gas companies, 1-
per cent. ______
8. Ou gross receipts of any business not
mentioned in the above, Including bar
rooms, billiard saloons, bakeries, livery
stables, wagon yards, maibleyarde, lum
ber dealers, restaurants, printing offices,
sewing machine agents, wood and coal ,
dealers, and butchers 4-10 of 1 per cent.
9. On the gross sales of all goods, wares,
merchandise, or produce sold in the city,
by transient or itinerant traders or specu- ;
lators, not including those who bring pro
duce tor sale In wagons trom the country,
but Including such transient or itinerant ,
traders or speculators as deposit their <
goods, wares, produce, or other articles >
for sale in the caos, depots, warehouses,
stores or other places in the city, whether
sold by licensed auctioneers oi other per
sons, 2 per cent. One-halt of the net tax
so collected from such parties shall be
paid to any person who shall give notice
to the Treasurer of any sale by such par
ties upon which they have not paid tax as
herein prescribed. All persons, resident .
or otherwise, doing business of any kind
without a permanent place of business in
tbe city, and who have not registered and
paid such special tax as is provided In
this ordinance, shall beheld and deemed
Itinerant traders. The above tax does not
apply to sales to merchants by samples.
10. Horse or cattle drovers or dealers
shall pay a tax of % per cent, on all sales >
made by them.
All transient or itinerant traders in
stock, bringing the same to the city t>r :
sale, shall be required to report to the -
City Treasurer on arrival the number of i
stock on band, and make a deposit of one
dollar per head, or give other satisfactory
security for the payment of the tax on all :
sales made by them.
Any person or persons violating this or.
dinance shall be Hued lor each day’s de
fault, lu tbe discretion ot the Mayor.
11. On each and every male inhabitant
of the city, between the ages of 21 and 60
years, excepting active firemen, as re
ported by the secretary of each company
by the Ist of April, the sum ot $2 as a
commutation for street tax: provided,
however, that such persons may be re
lieved ot said tax by laboring three con
secutive days upon the streets of the city,
under the direction ot the Street Commit
tee, between the present aate and the Ist
of July.
Section 12. If any person, firm or corpo
ration shall fall or retuse to make a return
ot their sales, earnings or receipts, as re
qulred above, within 10 days after the Ist
day ot January, April, July and October,
they shall be summoned before the May
or’s Court and shall be liable to a tine ot
$lO for each day’s default there
atter in tbe discretion ot the
Mayor: and If any person, firm, or
corporation shall make a return that in
the judgment ot the Finance Committee is
considerably less thau should be returned,
the Committee shall assess such amount
as they may deem just, and if the party
so assessed shall object to said assess
ment, they may produce their books, and
the whole matter be referred to Council
tor their determination.
SECTION 3—SPECIAL OR BUSINESS TAX.
Auctioneers, and 1 per cent, on all
gross sales, to be given In and
paid quarterly 50
Apothecaiies as merchants.
Agencies, (notspeclally mentioned)... 25
Banks or bankers, or any corporation
or Individuals doing a banking
business 25”
Brokers 75
Billiard tablee 20
800 l tables 60
Bagatelle tables 10
Bowling saloon 30
Blacksmith ship, (one forge) 2)4
" “ it more than one
forge 5
Berber shops, each oualr 5
Bakeries 25
Cigar manufacturers 20
Commission merchants, cotton lac
tors and shippers 40
Cabinet shops 10
Merchants whose annual sales exceed
SIO,OOO 40
UeiehaiJts whose annual sales exceed
$3,000 and do not exceed $1u,000.. 30
Merchants "-hose annual sales do not
exceed $3,000 20
Manufacturers of soda water and
other drinks 20
Marble yards or marble merchants.. 25
Coal yards 25
Carriage, buggy and wagon reposito-
ries 25
Cotton or produce exchange or buck-
et shop 200
Clothing or underwear, persons tak-
ing orders for 25
Cotton or woolen factories or flouring
mills 100
Circuses, per day 150
“ each side show 25
Dancing masters, per quarter 10
Dye houses 10
Express companies 200
Eating houses, restaurants, or sa-
loons ot any kind—first mass.... 12
do. second class 6
Boundaries and machine shops 60
alone 3n
Machine shops or planing mills alone 30
Factories, sash and blind and planing
mills 40
Furniture manufacturers 25
Gascompanlee 10(1
Gun and locksmith 10
Gin agents, or persons selling gins on
commission—ln addition to all
other taxes 10
Gift enterprise, with any game of
ehanoe connected therewith 1,000
Hotels, first class 50
' second “ 25
Hucksters, subject to market toll ad -
dltlonal, per Quarter 1
lee and fish dealers Og
“or “ ■’ go
Inte.'igence offices 12
Fertilizers, on each guano or fertili
zer company doing business In
tho city, whether by agent or
otherwise
Insurance companies, local or for
eign : 50
But 11 receipts of premiums for the
year shall be lees than SSOO, a re
bate of $25 will be allowed.
■Junk shops 40
Lotterrlee, or any game of chance. ..1,000
Lottery agents, or sellers of lottery
tickets
Labor brokers or emigration agents 25
Lightning rod agents, or dealers.... 5
Livery, sale and feed etablas 25
Lumber dealers, whether delivering
from yards or depots 25
Organ grinders or street musicians
per month 5
Oyster dealers 5
Printing, (publishing, or job)offioes.. $0
“ offices (Job and Binding). . 40
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Public halls, iirst-class... 7. 200
“ “ second class 2
Pawnbrokers 15
Produce brokers, selllng«by orders to
merchants or others 20
Peddlers of patent medicines, <fcc., per
day, or at the difeeretlon of the
Mayor
Pistol gallery 25
Paint shops 10
Real estate agents 25
Repairers of watches and jewelery... lo
Soda fount or ice cream saloons 10
Skating rink or dancing halls 25
Telegraph companies 200
Telephone companies 75
Tailors 5
Warehouses 200
Wagon yards 25
street peddlers, per quarter 16
Sewing machine agents 40
Wagon yards with livery stabel privi
leges 40
Wood yards 10
Wheelwrights 5
Merchants or manufacturers not
named in above list 50
Each and every contractor or build-25
or, master mechanic or architect,
taking contract amounting to *IOO
or mors, or civil engineer 10
Each person exercising the vocation ot
street drummer for the sale of mer
chandise, (the party to be confined
in his operations to the sidewalk
immediately In front ot the store
employing him) 100
Transient traders In goods, wares and
merchandise of any desßrlptloo,
who sell to merchants, on actual
delivery, not by sample or order,
also such as sell to consumers
whether by sample, on order,
or actual delivery 40
Any special tax or business mentioned
In section 8 shall be paid annually
In advance, unless otherwise speci
fied
Foreign peddlers with 4-10 of 1 per
cent on all sales 40
Section 4. The Mayor shall have full
authority to Impose such taxes as he may
deem just aud equitable upon all local
or Itinerant traders or agents not spe
cially mentioned In these ordinances.
Section 5. Transient traders In goods,
wares and merchandise of any descrip
tion or any article whatsoever, before ex
posing the same, shall each pay such
special tax as Is fixed In these ordinances,
or by the Mayor—also agents for the sale
ot any article whatever. Itinerant physi
cians or sellers ot proprietary articles.
Section 6. Any person or persons sub
ject or liable to pay a special tax above
prescribed, and failing to do so before the
Ist day of April, shall on conviction be)
fore the Mayor, be liable to a fine of S2O
for each day’s default thereafter, and in
default of payment of fine, such other
nunishment as the Mayor may in his
discretion. Impose.
Section 7. This ordinance shall be sub
ject to alteration and repeal, In whole or
in part, at any time during the year 1882,
should it be deemed advisable; and no
such amendment or repeal In any part
tlcular shall be construed to Impair th>
right of Council to assess and levy a tax
for the whole ot said year 1882, wheneve
made. I
DRAY AND BETAIL LIQUOB LICENSE.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun
cil ot the city ot Columbus, that the fol
lowing rates of license for the year 1882,
shall be charged, viz:
One-horse dray, express or hack S2O
Two-horse dray, express or hack so
Nhree-horse dray 35
Four-horse dray 40
Two-horse omnibus 30
Four-horse omnibus 40
License shall be payable semi-annually
In advance, from January Ist and July Is
respectively.
Section 2. Drays or other wagons run
by any person or firm in their own busi
ness or otherwise, and hauling any article
whatever(as lumber, wood, coal, dirt, etc.
and charge drayage therefor, shall pay
the same license as is charged other
drays.
'eetlonS. Be It further ordained that
the rates ot retail liquor license for 1882,
shall be
For first-class license $l5O
For oeuond-class license 100
I’ayably quarterly In advance.
Second 4. Any person or firm who shall
sell any spirituous or malt liquors in any
quantity, and allow the same to be drank
on their premises, shall be required to
take out second-class license In addition
to such special tax as may be otherwise
liable for.
Adopted in Connell Fab. 1, 1882.
CLIFF B. GRIMES, Mayor.
M. M. Moore, Clprk OnunctL
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