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XIX. . 1890 BUYERS AND SELLERS. DR. TALMAGE IN THE TABERNACLE PULPIT lii I'"reaches a Pract.cal Moramon uam the DI 1101tni-es OfnItU1611s ZAJO----vol"u G-W.od 1 414%mmU. At the servic,- ii the Academy of Mui Sunday morninga Dr. Talage IL1mou1nced as his LuxtProvvrbs 20:14: "It is iaughit, it is naught, saithithe buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth." Following is his sermon in full: Plalaeos are not such prisois ao the world itagines. If you think that the only timtie whenl king. and queens comne forth fromill the royal gates is in processiou and gorgeolsbly attended, you are mistaken. IIcogito, by ilay or by night, and clothed in citi z.mtn I appArel, or the dresm of it work ing Wom1All they (0-Unel out and se the worl(d as it i;. In no other way could King Solomon, t.ht author of my t.,xt. imve known eyerythimz that was gin;; on. "roi m11y text I am sure hi iutist, inl disguise, 1o8mie day havo walike(i into a store of ready-Iade clothing. inl Jerusaleiml, aud stoo(d near lie lcoulter and overliard a c0INvetr14ation between a huye.' and a st-lber. Tle mierchanlt put . price Ol It ('OtSt. ald the custoier bf.ganl to .lickor aL said: "Absurd! that coat iA Tt worth wihat. you apk for it. Why, jtt look at the coarseness of tho falric! See that spot ofn the (-4)1. l! Bpsides that it does not it. T%weity dolhlv for that! Why, it in't och o t. . They. have it bktt,- litrek- thK! that, aild fo' a chelipor1, price, dowin at. Cloathem, j-,iLv v1 Brothri-. Besides that. I donta'* waNt1 it at any price. Good sizm.ing." "Hold," sys thw m chu. d'-tdvl go of in that way. I vantl to sill you that coaL. I hNav, mlk )Aym11ents tok) imlake and I wall the monvy. Cont- now, how m1luch Will you givC uw for that co-il "\a-ll," tays the uumttmer, 1I will rpit the difference. You asked mw t wenty dollars, and I said ten. No ', I will give you fift,ei." Well," says the mnerchant., "it's a greAt satCritice. but :akeit at that price." Then Hol om: 4 vaw the customer with a roll tider his Armi stat anid go out and touter hi7s own place of husines. and Solomilot in diSgilkie follOAed him. lie hicard the custoier ait hAfe mu-olledi the coat say: "3oys, I haLve m1ade4 a gret b'agAin. How m1uch1 (10 YOl gueVR I gave f,R that coat?" "Well," says one. wish tng too V,nIl pliment, his enterprise. "you gave $30 for it." Another says: "I slidi think you got it chealp if you gave $25." "No," says the buycr in tviiumph, "I got it for $15. I beat him dwn and pointed out the im perfect ions, until I really niade him bc-lievc ' was not worth hardlv anv 4hiing. It, takes me to make a har gain. H4ta! ha!" Oh man, you got the gods for less thain they we worth by positive falsehood: and n1o wonder when Solomn got batk to his palace and had put oft'llis disgitise, that he ;at down at his writing-deRk and maide for all ages a crayon skteh of you: "It, is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer, but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth." Thlere are no higher styles of men in all the world than~ those now at the head of merchandise in Brook lyn and New York and the other great cities of this con tinent. Their casual promise is as good as a bond with piles of collat orals. Th'leir r'eputation for intog rity is as well established au that of Petrareh restidinig in the famnilyof Car' dinal C5olotnna, anid when there was a great disturbancuie in the faimily the cairdinal called aill hisi peole together, atnd putt them under oath to t ell the trth,li except Petrarch, for, whenm hto catme up to sweiar, the cardial put away his boo0k andi said, "As to vou)i Peittarch, your' word is suflieit." Never sin1cc tho' world stood have ttherte oon ao manymzorchaniuts whoso tr'ansiactionis can stand the test of the toni 'ommantsidmtsit. Sutch bargain miakerd are all thet more to be honored b)canItih they's haivojwithtst.ood,year af ter' year, temptations whlich hav'e hlng manxy so flat,and flung thiemi so hard"( they cau never recover thetm iitlves. Wile all positions in life have powerf'ul besetmonts to evil, there areo specific forms of allur'e ment which areo peculiar to each oc eupRlItion antd j)rOf6iion, and( it wil be useful to speak of the peculiar tempilttionsM of bulsintess mten. First, as in the scene of the text, blusmneis men'1 are often temptedi to tsacrificoe plain truith, thet seller by ex aggerating the value of goods,and the buyer b)y dlepreciating themn. We cainnot but admtire an expert sales an. $ieo how ho fir'st induces the c'ustomier' into a1 mood1( favorable to the proper' conmsideratio3n of the value of the goods. He shows himself to be tan hlonuest and frantik salesman. H ow guareful ly the lights are arranged until they fall just right upoin the faicm! Beginniing with the goods of mledium quality, he gr'adually advant cesl towar'd those of more thorough make, and of tmore attractive pat ten. How he watches t.he moods andi( wh~'imsi of his cuisotor! WVith what perfect cahnnous~ heis I:kos the oirder and b)ows the plurchaer fromt his proeence, who goes away having made up) his miniid that lit hats bought the goodIs at a price which will allow him a living miargin when hao again sells them. The goods areo worth wvhat the salesman said they S were, and1( wvere sold1 at a price whlich will not make it necessary for t.he house to fail every ten years in order to fix up things. But with whlat burning indignta tion we tink of thm iniitos st.. agenis by which good" are sometimes disposed of. A glance at the morn ing papers shows the arrivid at one of otu hotels of a young merchant from one of the inlUd cities. He is a comparative stranger in the great city, and, of courme, he must be shown around, and it will be the Juty of some of our enterpriving houtscs to uscort him. He is a large purclaser and has plenty of time and 'iMoney, and it will pay to bet very attentive. The evening is spent A a place of doubtful amusement. TIvin they go back to the hotel. Havini just come to town, they must, of couse, drink. A friend from the same mercantile establishment dropm inl, and usage and generosity suggest that they 111ust drink. Business prolipects are talked over, and the striger is warmied agaiist, certain dilapidated Imerc:antile establishiments that ire about, to fail, anid for such kininess and magnanimity of cau tion againlst the disholnesty of other businlesm houses, of couric it is vx I)Ovfed they will--Jand :Ao they do -- they take a drink. Other rmiercaimt s lodging in adjoining rooms 1iund it hard to Flovp for the clatter of dean I -rS. an1d the course car-oulsail of theso "hail fellows well Imet" waxes louder. Bu1t they sit uot all night at tihe wine cup. They must see the sights. They staggmr forth with che(eks flushed and eyes bloodshot. The outer gates of hell opeIl to let in the victims. Tho winigs of lost souls flit among thiet lights,ind the steps of the enrousers rotund with the rumbling thluiders of thel damnled. Farewell to all the saictities of home! Could mother, sister, father. slumberin-I, iii the inland home, in soic vision of night catch a glimpse of tme ruin wro-ught tihey would rend out their hair by roots and lite the tongue till the blood spurted, shrieking out: "-God liave hlim. What. Kuppose you], wvill come uIIIml W I huw s I.( ('tuch. h(VI busnes e istlifnents iand titer. r111 h druds of the(,Iml inl lihe citifeh. Thcey mnay boat of fabulous sae,and till-y mlay have anI unpr1e CIdeiteud ruInof' buyers, ad the Iame of ti houlse may be a terror to all rivalm. and from t4is thrifty root there mu'y spring up branch house; in other cities, and all the partners of the firm may move into their maisiois and drive their full-blooded span, anld tihet' faillies may sweep the stireet withk tie most. elegant apparel that lummia art ever wove, ore arthly magilicence (,Ver achieved. But a curse is ga ih vrinig somiewhere for those men, and if it doest not seiz hold of the pillars awd in one wild ruin bring down the temple of conumercial glory, it will break up their peace. and they will tremble with mickness and bloat with dimsiltions, and, Iuiled to thie pre cipive of this life,they will try to hold back, and cry for help, but. no help will come, and they will clut-ch their gold to take it along with them, but it will be snatched from their grasp, and a voice will sound through their --o, "Not a farthing, thou beggared spirit!" And the judgment will come and I hey will stand aghast before it, and all the businlesi iniquitiesof a life time will gather around them, sayiiig. "Do You remember this?" tlid --Do you remember that?" And clerks that they compelled to dishonesty, and runners and draymon and book keepers who saw behind the scenes, will bear testimony to their nefarious deeds, and somne virtuous soul that once stood aghast at the splendor and power of these business mnen wvill say: "Alas! this is all that is loft of that great firm that occup)ied a block with their merchmandise and( overshadowed the city with their innluence, and made righteousness andl tut.h anid purity fall under the galling fire of avarice and crime." While we admirie and approve of all ac(uteness and tact in the. sale of goods, we must conden ainy process by which a fabric or p)roduc(t is repre sented as possessing a v'alue wvhich it really does not hiave. Nothing but slicer falsehood (enn repiresent as per feet ion boots that rip, silks that speedily lose t.heir luester, calicoes that immiediately wash out, stoves that crack under the lirst ho(1.t ire, books insugiciently bound, carpmet s that unravel, old fs unitur'e rejut venated wvith piut ty anid glue and sold as hiavinig beeni recently matnuifac turedl, gold watches mmade- omut of brass, barrels of fruit, the biggest aipples on1 top; wine adulterated with st.ryc'hnine, hosiery poorly woven, cloths of do) muestic. manufacture shining with foreign labels, imiported goods r'epreo' sented as rare and hard to get, he' cause foreign exchang~t is so high, rolled omut o' +h: counter' wit h imtch less display. Imported indoeed! but from the factory in the next street. A p)attern already unfishioable andti unsahlble palmede( ofi as a new~ prini I upon some coumitry nierchanmt who has comm to town to make his Iirst pitr chias( of (dry goods Sad goinig lioine with a large stock of goodls wairranted' to keep. iThiere are a hundred practe preSJi'4 valent ini the world of traffie wVihi ought never t.o become the rule foir honest meni. Their wromng oe~s not maike your right. Sin never bei''Oicme virtue b)y being limltiplie'd amnd ad iutted at br)mokers' b oar'd or meri chatnts' exchange. Be'cause others amuggle a few things in passenger trunks, because others takIe uisur' when ment are ini tight places, b)ecause others dceal in fancy stocks, because others pahma off worthless indor'se n:ents, b)ecause others do mnothing 1)ut hblow bubbb~s, do not, therefore, be overcome of temptation. H ollowv pre ten,sion and tictitious credit amid comi muercial gambling may awhile prosper', but the day of reckoning 'omieth, amid in addition to thme hiorromr and eon demnnation of outraged coiiniuni tie s the curse of God will conic, blow after blo0w. God's will forever aind forevm.e nisteo sa ndan,,rd of righ and wrong, and not commercia ethics. Yoing business man, avoid the firs busi.nems dishonor, and you will avoit all the rost. Tite captain of a vetse was walking near the mouth of i river when the tide was low, and ther4 Was a long stout anleblor chiil, int( oue of the great links of which hit foot slipped, and it began to swel and he could not withdraw it. Th< tidle began to rise. The chain couk Hot be lo1sHIRd IkO' filed off ii " andI a SIrgeoln WaIS CIalled to ampu111Attt the limb, bit bfolv thw work coul" he done, the tide rolled over the vie tim, and his life was gone. A.nd lave to tell you, younsg ma1n, that jusi one wrong into Which you Slip Ia) be a link of a long *'Chin: of cirvuml stances from whihou C:niot hW ex triented by any ingenfuity of yomn OwN, o' ILI help from others, al the tides will roll over you as tlhe3 have over man1y. Whenvi Pompey, th<t wvarrior, wvatted to take possemsion oj a city, and they would not open t b( gates, he .asAded them to adilit 1 sick Sohl''. Bit, the sick soldivi after a wvhile got vell aild strong, and It hreow ()Jo-ln the' gates and let tih( dq1VasIItingL ar111nY come11 inl. Olit wrNn11011. adillit tft into the soul mai1t gain ii st'eigth until after a while, it iings Ope ill th ivenues of tie iil. Itort al ntre, aint tie' urI'ndeI' i: complete. Again, bulsiless1 mlen are sollime,11! t.o.Inptotd to throw otl' p-rsonlal resipoll Sibility u1ponl the n1onleYed instAitti01 to w%.li.hi til(y belg. Directors ill baniks anld railroads alld inisi-anle( companics ,(mwtirnv:i shirk personal rcsponlsibility un1doeI'nlvath the actioll of the eorporation. And how often. whenl Some banikinighoust. or. fitinial instiitionl exlodes thrgh fniuld, reswectIble mnitl inl the hoad of diree tors say: "WIhy I thought all was going on in an honest 011VStWaLY, aZOO I i 'utterly confoundk(ed wvith thisi miisdec m11Cenor!" 1T114h banks, alnd the ire anli and'. Iti'i inelinsra com11 palnivs, and, th'.alra companiies, will 1ot staod up for jildgil'lIt in til last dayv. but those who ill thei acte iisht m-1!y willrecev(ivte, (a-ch fol hiiself, a rewa'r, and those whc itted the part of neglect 01r tricker. wi:ll, clv1 for himlself, receviVV a cOn (ltIutt".1011:I. Again. IIniy lbsins Imeni haILv bwie tempted to p1st pone thoir. (!I j"Y11nIts and tutiicb to a fut ure -('sa on of 11entire leisill. What a s(.dat five tilt Christian religion woiltl h< to tll 011' buSill' IIeI if, instead o postponlin"g its 11ses to (It age ol dleath, they would take it into stoir4 or factory, 01 worldly eIgagement: noW! It is folly to go ailid the un certainties of1 business life with n< (God to help! A merchant inl a Nev England village iwas standing by i hor-se, and the horse lifted his foot t( stamlip it in ft pool of water. and th< 1mer1chlnlit to ("cape the splash, Stepped into t.he door of an ilnsur'lrfit( IL.4-ent. IIId tile agetlt said: "I suippost you have coeto renlewv yom fire Inl suraice?" ''Oh,' said t ie Ilerchanlt. -I had forgottien that." The insur ance w'as reIIeNwetd, and the next day the house that hand beln insured wt, burnied. Was it all accidtlital that t.he miI'erchaniit, to escape a splash from a hor'st. foot, st'eppd ilito the inur alte of'ive! No. it vas providential. Amid wthiat a miighity solacte for' a buisi ness man11 tol feel tihat things are lprovi denitiail! W\it peac'e and equjlilibimei in such a cons-ideration, and what ii gr'andt thing if alIl b)uiniess men couldi r'ealiz/e it!: Miany, h alhoughi no0w comIparat ively~ str'aighteined ini wordlly eu'irustan cs, have a goodly edtablishmuent ii the future planned out. They' hiavt ini imnaginiat ion! bilt ablout t wtt years ahead ai hioust' inl the cotr1t' not diilicult of ac'cess from the greal tow'n, for they will often have busi net' s, 0or told aonits to settle, anm inveistment, ts to look after. The hous11t is large enioughi to ac'commlIodate al] their fr'ienlds. Thie halls are wid< and hung withI pieturves of hun tina stcenes' aind a biranch'i of mtitlers, 'lU arel' t'omfor'tabule'i withiair's t hat eme der' someit of theO oaks that sthmdt sen tinel ab)out the house, anld rustling ih the4 '0, colbreeze', and songful wtith th<i robins. T'here is just land enough ti keep themJ initeres'ted't, anid its crlopso( ahuiost fabulous rithness spr'inginlg ull tunderO aplicationi of the bes theor'ies to Ib' found ini the agr'icltu ril journial.s. The farmi is we'(ll stock4 edi withi cat tle anld horses, an I 51h(ee that know% till' voice and have a kind1l bleat when on' goes forth t.o look a themii. lIn this bldissful abode t.hei thil ii'en wvill ih' instructed ini art aln scil'1(enc andl r'Eiigion. Tlhiis shaull b) tihe ohd hiomie 4tead to which the hov~ wtill bo, tenlld Guikwoodl or' Ivy Hill o Ple'asant I ite'trelat ior Eagle En'ri May~ thle fifulur' hiav! for' (very~ imls ne', nuam her'e all that ande mlore h< sideil! But are'l you po st poning youi hapL)lmii('s to) that tiime? Are yo lumtion? Suppo se' ihaot youi iach ie've aull v fomntains ill be brighiter', the hious granpLJier, alliii till scenery'i' mor l pil turie1t- -tie muistake is nonie flh less fatal W~hat charem will t her'e h ill rural quiet for1 a manh who hai of businiess? W\ill flocks and11 herd't1 wtith the'ir ble51ntnu anioan, he able(' sihence the insaitial e spir'if of at qutislitivene(ss whic'h hats for yearsl' lil fell swing ill thle soul?f Will t lhe hiur of the breez'e/ so othie the mneu wtli no0w 'anl find his onlhy enIjoymenl'1t.i the stock nuralk(et Will heaf' andi e'low1 and1( foutainti c'harm'l the eye that han I its chief beauty in liogshoads an billm of sale? Will parents be com petent to rear their children for higl I and holy purpose, if their infancy aw I boyhood anl1d girlhood were neglected when they are abn11ol0 ready to onte 1upon the world and have all thei lialits fixed aid their principlei stereotyped? No, no; iow is the thw to be happy. -Now it the time t< serve your Creator. Now is the tim to be a Christian. Are you too busy .I have kiiowi tien .is busy asyou ar4 - l..lhad a plaice in the 'store-lof who' h Nvenit ,pay. Some om1 asked a khri;-- in .l where li found a place to p.m-y in. He said "I Can always liund a tie't place al ias1 hval.- Aiid in the ulmiiest da3 inl the 'eason, ir your hevart is right you cal find it plAc, to pray. Broad way aUd Fuilli)nt treet arc good placci to ?rtay iln i.* v.,t :n) to mvet yomu VaIousI t1nl,aer-lIvntfq. Go hiomic 1 little itihi,t antd ;. introduced t( your 'lul,i; (. ile not, a gallery-slav by :1 :kv h0. klhed fast to ti ar0 o -a ain-I. Ik: vvery day hiv( its hour of worship itd intelelectui culture and recreatioin. Show your self greattr than your busiiess. Act not ?s thiugh aft-r death you woul Cter 111)011 aln eternity of railroa st ockslid eoffee anI1d ribbol. Roast nlo your Imanhi1lood before the perpetua fires of anxiety. With every yard o cloth( you sell, throw not in your soui' t) boot. use firkinl, coiuliting r-oo1 de--k and hardware crate as the stel to glorious usefulness and Christial ch1aracter. Decide oncle a'fl foree( who shall be m11astel ill your idoir. vol or your1 business. Menl apprecilte tihe iipor-t-alce 4) halvilig a good bluinS1Il-'s stitid, i ston on the right. side of t he strect or i, the right blMock. Nov every place o bulsinless is a good stand for spirita culture. God's ingels hover over the wVorld of trailic to sustiii and buil up Oi>se who arie trying to do theil duty. To-morrow. if in your pliev o WIrIdly engageinleiit. you will listel for it, yoi will hear a sound loud(e than I the rattle of drays and tIl shufile of feet and the chink of dol lars, stealing into your soul, saying "Seek ye first the kingdom of Got and Tlls righteouisitess, and all othe things shall be added unto you." Ye sOmeP of those sharpest at a bargaii are cheated out of their immorta blessedness by stratagems mrtore pal pable than any "drop game" of th< street. They imake investments ij thiiigs everlastiugly below par. The. plt their valuables inl a safe not tire proof. They give full credit to ii Iluences that will not be able to pa, Onle CIt Oil IL dollar. They pluing into a labyrinth front which no bankl rupt law or "two-thirds enactiient will ever extricate them. They tak into their partnership the world, th flesh and the devil, ind the eliviny o 1 ighteousness will boast through eter nal ages that the maii who in all hi business life could not be outwitte( or over-reached, it last I uibling int< Spiritual defaleation, tid was Swill dled out of heaven. Perhaps soiie of you saw the fir< in New York in 1835. Aged men tel us that it. beggared all description ),oml1 stood on the house-tops o: Brooklyn, and looked at the red ruir that swept down the streets. anl-! threatened to oliterate the inetrop olis. But tile comiIercial worl wuill yet bRe startled by3 a gr'eater' coi. flagrationi, even the last. Bills of ex chanlge, policies Of insurance, 1mort, gages anid b(onids and govermiineni secur'ities, wvill be consuimedl in ont lick of the flame. The b)ourse and Un iited States init will turn to ashes Gold will run molton into the dust o te street. Exchiange's and granlit< b)locks of mercrhandise will fall with crash1 that will make the eaLrthl tremn ble. The flashing-upi of the grea light will shiow the righteous the wa: to their thr'ones. Thel(ir best treas uries in he aveni, they will go up am take possession of themit. The toils o business life, which racked their braii anid r'aspeOd their ner'ves for so mian. yearis, will hiave' forever' eensed(."Thier the wi(kedl cease fr'om trioulding, ami the weary are' at est." Why She Called a Hiatt. It was't what she said so much a Sthe way in which she said it. Shi jtook the word anRd droew it out unt it wias a loln -, t.re:niulous filamentc sweetness. X 'eti there was a tingle c -reproof ini her'1 tone. "George!" She onIly said. it one in reality, but it is customnary wit .story wr'it ers t.o say George twice mi S"You have beeni 5(ueing~l my lhan a. withl gr'eat regularity anid emnphasi S"I know it," he replied, with th a fr'ankness that was character'isti <' r. his manly naturme. "Please don'1t doC it anjy more,' ani her v icedopped abniost into a whis 'No me )l4?" This son ided liko hear thlrobli' of anguishl (whate'ver they are' and11 lls form11 shook w~ith emR1otioi "Beca'use" shie faltere;d. "Go on." " 'Becaus;e, I'm1 get ting ah ('orn1 onl,, The Rtight. l4yIrit. isitor: "You'reo getting to be' pre'(tty' 0ld mtan, Unci(le Johua." V isitor'; "Anld y'ou don1't have use glasses ye(t, I unidersan md.' Uncle Joshua: "'No, an' I don11 Kouten a bot.tl(e, I'll take aL dipp)er il dIrink watter'." 3 -Thei Senate Commnittee on1 NanV ii Affair's 1has agreed t.o report favoral I Senat or But ler's bill for' thle (ro) 5 struictioni of aL dry d1ock at Port iRo; 1 ni S.C. A BRAVE TEXAN. HE GAVE HIS LIFE IN DEFENCE OF A WOMAN. The torv ('ouueated Wltb a Lonely Grave Punr Nawberre - ahe Biravo .mau )Ig 3 Lil 44ratw - %octiet ut-rde of Chivalry 1 yealif.d. 1). A. Dickert In the Atlata Constitution. NEWBERny, S. C., April 1..-A little n iound near the cotton ills in New be1 ry S. S. C., eovvrs the remains of one who hts left al eternal iout ment to the South's chivalry. Ris name is uiknown. Itunediately af ter tle close of the war the negro troops belolging to Sher1mn's armny were Iarched by different routes to Port Ioyal and Charleston, there to be disibanded. The night of which I speak, a regiieit of negro troops were encitinixd in Newberry, near the railroad depot. The town had bven plundered, and her citizens subjected to all the in dignities that a drunken negro mob could offer. A government train was thelk riuiuing froiml a point twenty five niles north of Columbia to Greenville to carry soldiers and reft gees as near their homies as possibl. This night as ithe train slowed up it the depot it was inlmediately sur rounded by a druLken, howling crowd of negro soldiers. Oln board the train were two ladies. The no groes Iarmked through the cars like a set, of deonios set free from the in ferial regions, while vhite soldiers oi board were helpless ald at their mliervy. Wiat at place for two help less woien without friends or pro. tectors! , lu the coach with the ladies was a soldier, ili froiml his ldress and dt. rmeanior, onie woIiul judge him to be from Texats. He iwas tall and stately, pierciig black (-yes, while his Inas sive head of hair well becaie his -Irawiy face. He plainly shoved that he had been a determined fol Ilower (if the lost. cause. Ii their wild caroluse one of the (runken ne groeH camute to where the ladies mat, I and eonuneiced to offer insults and i ndignities to the younger, too re - volting in their nature for rehear sal. Ii trying to release herself froi his loathsome emibrace, she cried out in despair: "My God, have I no - friend; will no one protect mie Ii - a m1omieIIt a voice was heard in the r rear end of the coach: "Yes, I will e protect you, if I die fur it." Tho tall form of the unknown Texan was seen rapidly approaching along the I tisle. His eyes shone in the dii light like thos- of the wild beast f ready to spring upon its prey. The - blade of a knife wts seen to glitter above his head and with a mighity I blow was buried to its hilt in the breast of the black ruffian With at - wild yell ie leaped from the ear aid fell dead upon the side-track. The stranger quietly walked out of the coach ait the other end, and step ped a few pacem away, under cover of the darkness, and waited dvelovo ilents. Ile hind not long to watit. All the imps of darkness turned loose could not have equalled the uproar and tumult this deed created. Word -flew to camp that one of their comn rades had been mnurdered1 by a Con federte soldier. A wil rush wais miade for the triaiin, anid for a fewv moments it looked as if all on board Iwouldl be pult to dethl. Search wa'is made for the murudeurer', declatring that if found he wouald be put to dleath at once. The straniger stood but a few feet atwaty, quietly listening - to his death senitence, ais thes soldiers L adoly ruished. b)y. At Iast one( de r chaired he had found the mian; lio -seized one of the ohicials of the rail I road, anid others conmng up, with f e<jtdal positiveneOss swore to his ideni 1 tity. Violent hanids were 1lain upon i the inniocenit nman, while the drunken a mass that crowded1 arounad him seens 1 ed as if they woul eruish him to death. IIis vain leladings of io c'once were drownied by the' wil yells of the surginag crowd. HeI wats being cairriedl away for execution. Where a was the unknowvn Texatn? lHe had (4 shown 11is courage, now woual 1h( i watver in thme face of imimedliate f deaith? With his hanid he had pro f teetedl the p)ersoni of defenceless women, by dyeing it in the blood of e her assailants, would lie stando b)y aind hi 5ee an inniocenit man11 dlie in his stead!? any (lmotion whiatever, he made(I his way to the miaddenied crowd, atnd ci witha a loud( voice said: "'Tiun this a manl loose', he is ininocnt. I am the one who did it-now do your wvorst' e This gave new% impe1)tus to thec druniken ,f crowd, and lae wvas huirriedl away to campi. A drumihead court-martial d wasN conivenied, and lie wais condemnal Sed to b)e iammnediaitely shot. WVhile he4 was boig traied, word( fle1w like . ightinag over Ithe to)wn that a white mani wast- to be0 shot, and every negro ~. that could possibly go camne rushaing~ into campil atnd surrTounda(Od Ithe brave Texan, of'erinmg himn every insult and indignity that their wicked souls y cold invent. The negro womieni outdlid Ithe maen in rejoicing over the faete of the prisoner. Even thae blood thirsty and( (cruel Quteeni Esther could a not hiave reOjoic(d muore over herw calp tivos. At half-past twelve a spade wats a given the condemnimed and lie wats ordler edl to dig his grave. Selecting a spot tnear the brow of the hill,hecoimmienced k the heatrtreniding task of digging his rown grave. Spadeful aifter spadeful was throwan up, until three feet is mreached. Then stanading erect andio dl stretching out his arms, he said: "I y' am readIy." A b reathless stillness 1- for a moment preivaiiled. The comn mnand fire was given--a volley rings jut and the brave Texan fall Anna in lis grave, amid the deafening shouts of the multitude, leaving be hind him the grandest tribute to Southern chivalry-men who 1give their lives to protect the honcmr of unknown women. DICK WINTERSMITH OF KENTUCKY. Two Storien About 1lu Which Make Con grensmen Langh. WASINGTON, April 17.-Hard fight ing on the floor of the House produces good stories. The rougher the ground the better the crop. At the end of a viViOus spat in the House some sol m11111 Statesmiall usually Secureli the 1loorand dulls the intellectual atnos phere with plititudes. This driveH the bright fellows into their restaii rant. or elsewhere. The pie cater of the We"t, the bean consumer of the East, the "chitling" masticator of the 1 Gulf States, the terrapin admirer of i the Eauitern Shore. retail nianiy an I %nusing story while simacking their lip over their beer, ice watto. whis- I key or champagne. Tiere wer a < k4rett m1aniy of these storios told inl I the restfauramit durig t he Oklahoa 1 deblate. One good story of a good man i aIl ways brings atothier of tlie saize One of Col. Dick Wintersmith of Kentucky was retailed. It is said that not long ago he went to John1 Uhaiiberlin's hotel for brelakfast.. lie indulged inl breakfast and onions. The steak was aucculent and the onions(1 wvere crisp aind not greasy. The Col- I mel enjoyed the mieal hugely. After < iwallowing an extra cup of cohee he 'ailed for his check. It amounted to JVer $2. He protested strenuously, 4ayilg that it Was fan ou1tragteous price. John 311 Chain)erlin1 laughed at him and of'ere(l to -chlk his hat. h'lle Colonel, howiver, with true Ken Licky h1auteur, refused the fLaVer. Hve patid the hill. Not long afterward an tequiainfitziev entered. Turning to the Colonel, lie said: "My appetite is a little ofy thii, inorning. I hardly know what. to Or dLerI for breakfat. The Colonel adviseti him to try brefsteak and onions. "There is nothijig imoe patliat able," his friend resplonded, ''and nothing that would satisfy my appetite so well, but I have to attenl si,veral roA ceptions this afternoon, anild mlll afraid1 thatthalit the onions1-, will tailt rIy brieaIth. "That. needn't trouble you," tI Colonel replied. "Sit down and or der your steak and onions. When you get the cheek for it., it will take your breath away." Another story told of Colouel Win tersmit,h is well worth repeating. Whon the Colonel first went to Wasli ington, many years ago, he strolled up to the Capitol. While wander ing through tl corridors le Icci ientally stumbled ilito the ilpliblic allery of the United States Senl ite. Tl'he galleries were )atk(-d. Charles Sumner NIL was1making at Speech, E..Very body listened with breathless interest. When Mr. Sumner closed, Garrett Davis arose. Mr. Davis enjoyed the nickname of Garrulous Davis. As he began to speak there was a rush fromt [lie galleries. Colonieh Wiuntersnitih was asttoundedd. iIe recognized Mr. AIr. Davis andi becaim' inidign:umit. Drawving a brace of' revolvercs lie "(lent leumen, you will pleaIse' keep! your seats. 'T' Senator from Ken Lucky is talking, andI you miust hear him." Ev'ery maA resumed his seat in-1 stantly. Among the Ilnmber was an old Jers('ymani, whot was wedlgedt in a1 front seat b)etween two negroes. G-ar-. rett Davis talketd for three hours. The J1e(rs('ymIani drew~ manLy IL long breath, b)ut lie never swer'vedt. Wheni thme spoQeli wasL ('nded lie walketd upI to C2olone'l WinlterIsmith anid wtih ''D id I understanlld you that it wats the Senator frIomU Kenitucky who wats '"Yes, sir',"respon)Ided the KenItuicky Colonel; "lhe was Senator Davis from Keontucky. Have you anmy fault to find( with his speech' "'N--n --no,"' the Jerseynjian stain Ii('rr'd, ''1lut I wanit to ask one favo)r of you. Thel next timeic you caltch 111 in this gallery when Ih' Senator from i K('ntuicky arises to speak, ple'ase1 (1o1't warni mle, b)ut shoot. -slioot right ofl--the (quicke'r the blett('r.' The CoRt of Tying Shoestr ings. One of the mnanagers of a big East i ern knzitt ing mill has made a calcula tion that thie shioestrings of a work ing girl will comre untied three times per diem, and that a girl will loso about 51) seconids every time she stoops to ret ie t.hemIi. Most of the emiployes Ijave two feet, so this eitails a loss of 3001( se'ondls (every tday for eachl girl. There are about 400 girls omployed1 ill this factory, and there fore the genitleman finids that 43,800, 000 seconds are wasted in the courso of a year, which timte at the average rate of wages, is worth Ii943. 17 4. Orders hlave accordingly been issue~d that the girls miust wear only button shioes or congress gaiters und(er 1)en alty of dIischarge. An UJnfaithftul Emnployoe. LONuN, April, 17.--A sensation hais beon1 caus5ed ini Bradford by tihe arrest of Francis Stubbs, wvho was at the head of the dlyeing department of the Lister Company, Limited, silk wvorks. It is alleged that he has comn mitted( frauds amounting to thous ands of pounds. It is expoected that othora will be arrested for comnplicit.y inin r. SOUTH CAROLINA'S CROPS. rite Contwition of the Frtn-in1111g Int11res4t.of the State a Indicatetd by tiam Reporto to the Department of Agriculture. From the repots of the corespond nts of the Department of Agiul ure in all pitrtm of the State the fol owing facts have beenl leanlid luid It, VstilIAtVS Its to tli' 4oniit ion of ,he euops givenl therewith been Imiale OICAIN. The aCieage inl wheat Is btn tv ,reased about. 7 per cent. t-wow lavst "e'ar, Itiid the Condition is30 pr cent. esm thfan at the saIle last y(aIr., al Ins been uateiitll injuied by' v the lessian fly. The daitniage by viitcr revzvH wits nominal. About 9 per eut. of the erop was- drilled :!.:ainst 1 pe.r cent. br-oadeastied. Thne drillod dhent is generiallY r-epor-i-d inl the )ettei com-Jition. The crop v;aS. :s a 'Ile, sown1 Iatel thant inl 1S9. (li vrlge ditte of sevling bting Dt -cim )>I 1st. As usunl. the varlv -owinlg .4 repor-ted inl better1 (.411lit h>l t i:il ll- late. Thec ai-ereeiot irprtla dbout th4 stnt as last year andu1 the -oidition is 16 p r cent. below that of ast year. T'Ih llin 1i1 i at i'bliutv,d arg' y to l I va g s of tlt I H'ss :I I yN, anid a ,;malll p(Inviltage lluis bl.eni nijurled by IIh lat(!feees Tho- acreln. lin b)t h ryve an1d bre 'o1litio'n is not so 1o as at the 1une' t inio- in 155.9. l .l( ii;tl lI t)i v it I tt , Nv I.Ill VeII .rfavo :t ii, il\( I it's. ind(N andl theyf-Y n- r:,, I ;t: ill -cn. Ta ill o 1 e voli-t)i I lit Tll t Iutligt1 ,011n Wul ite( ' x l1t ve I ( -I ])ml. ld and voini l thbt I' tes. t s exe p tInal l a' Atv 'I isr -tI. of i the g in ilws. t l1rv( he i it I fr i I lolo r: i etT (NoN n1.\N0. hi s estiittled that pIer tvent., I, :Wit baht s, of last yea'S(rOI is still n1 the h:.iLl; Of thg ors. DEk'tli. N bui; 17el'l.ly.. '11od,ilig froall ilitl iort I 4 c I f rtm nt's cm rrespi l, -in ts. the fan 11r9 Of the "itatc arl. Inl bettoer cond(i ionl thanu ve befon-.. Ntwt itIl"zJoIiii >(viI( 1 sf1 t . - (1(111 1 89 tti:-;i .he qu an I fn a fi t ili Z'IS iIr liltited, t lin-t' t ' e in fari' S Ip Alis It r1 v I Iz i i cent. -1 Il I( lt. There is a mvaareit yof labormi-reportiAd riti s olie sectionls, O i n1t <uit o.1 (f till, l feigritiion o)f the negr farin imni to tho turlwninie farm-is of Geor,-ia nid Floridi. O1nehundied iti al fif v 1vo correspondent s roriit it bois-t 'good," sevenl as "bad" atild Six1Y vjivo 19 "indiffnrent." 0OMM.IIAL I-ElI Lt't iz S i i t S. Froi Nove i Ir st, Is8l. t o A pril Ht, 1890, a 1t.allout t5i000 s L 1 I v Is fer.il fe tilizer s W4'r' sOl inl tIt' itatev, itagint 1o , 5 it' s i 1oi t h nt ;alln( perTiod inl8l '8 a ices >ftabOlut 30 JT ent. OV(r lAy vbich would iis(i*tliete a hO-4. ie ill >f 0 (h (tt I ton aeri f r' 1' 9. (orn plantin g latl been tifilhe,l Inl naiii etion li nd tt tit i lt' plintn is .i'to senao Miil- the 310gatst h'oiien ti be a(bittuer' stugl ationthg i,'Deino raicti lar oftist cityt ofor)iit iihes 1he ligt hi inw nay l'u prospe't ayieul witheic ecati of a lie pub'lienn.l The onlyt''t'd iswa b camli,b A''eluael a shrewd 'politican who hs 'eelightoin, wtinll' fends all0 his1 lie.MAl('s friends5C itlh't'tn tohati iteyenno cotol the) distrct,' buit Esin,ie slaid tuni fr ofr ofe ptalle's fii it'tll bet b a tahs him, whoi(' i thNostl ptt'ii flitr sin the De o rtpolet. l iii 'tis in th i i itty it, naunld f unit'il t liext Ilcis tl' ntn lett asin e ginph. dsrit