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' ?1 crofcd to Anrifulture, ^orliniUurq, politics and tlir Current Iflim of the |}'ng. ' ^ VOL. XIV.?New Series. UNION C. Hr, SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 20, 1883. NUMBER 20. OPPRESSIVE PROTECTION. How the High Tariff System Damages Agricultural Implements. Tho following letter, though written several mouths ago, is just as pcrtiaeut now as thon. B. D. Buford of ltook Island, tho writer is the head of ono ot the largest plough factories iu the world- The letter is an answor to au inquiry by the Davenport Free Trade League as to how free trade would affect American manufacturers of Jlf?rmillfiirnl imr.liimmili II will Kn Pmin/l ? q. iu(|/iv uiv.uvg> &v U Hi W IVUUU interesting reading to all classes of readers ?farmers, merchants, mechanics, laborers and professional men ; Rock Island, III , Feb. 11, 1883. George C. Preston, Esq,, Davenport, Iowa: Yours of the 13th reosived. As I have about as much time now as T ?/I1 ""dm" a brief reply to your inquiry as to hoar ftee trade would affect plough factories. It is charitable to suppose that the party in Mo* lino who wrote that "free trade would wipe from the laud every plough factory" is not a plough manufacturer, for they are bjttcr ^ informed. The plough factories, and in fact ^ the manufacturers of all kindsofiuiploments, ship abrcad in value 8100 for every dollar's worth that is imported. They receive uo protection and desire* uonc. Rut everything they export has cost them an extra prico to manufacture by reason of the high tariff on tlio raw material used. Take our factory for example. Wo liavo uow iu transit to Leeds, England, a shipment of plough bottoms consigned to a manufacturer of steam ploughs. JVo-h ave also a lot of chilled ploughs and cultivators in transit via New York for Mexico and South America, and we sell implements to Australia and New Zealand. Now upon all these goods arc have paid protective duties on the raw materials in them, aud besides the freight in New York we have to complete with manufacturers of other countries who arc not handicapped with protective duties. We also sell large quantities of our ploughs to Manitoba, aud, it so happens, to a plough manufacturer of Canada, who rune a branch house at Winnipeg, and who also prefers our goods for their superior quaN ity, though lie has to pay on thcui a duty of 35 p?r cent, to the Canada tariff collcc lor. ?e tnanK our mends for tins (by their abolishing rcciprocily wii'li Canada.) I think I have shown above thattariff hurts us as exporters and that we get no benefit from it either directly or indirectly. Now as to houic trade. Our customers and those who support us entirely are farmers. They are our only prop aud sup port and must be our friends What helps them helps us, and what hurts them hurts us. It is to our interest that everything they buy they should get at the lowest price, and that everything they have to sell they should get to market at the lowest rate and get the highest possible price for it. Now how docs the tariff affect theui ? We have shown that we are forced to sell theui and vcivbody our ploughs and cultivators at au advanced price, by reason of our having to pay higher prices for the raw material out of which they aro uiado, which is caused by protective duties on these materials. Tbey pay an average of about 50 per cent, increased price on everything they use and everything they wear, even when these things arc staples, such as trace chains, all kinds of hardware and wood, screens bl?n kctfi,.clothing, hatd and caps, boots and shoes. When these same farmers come to sell their oats, corn, wheat, their hogs, cattle and sheep, do thcscprotccted manufacturers pay these farmers any nioro for their produce than the markets of the world quoto them at ? They do not. The only pretenso protected monopolies have for makiug the ^farmers pay this enormous tribute is, that tthey consume the farmers' produce and pay Jthem a far better price than the farmers would otherwise get. To show the utter fallacy of this argument I will mention the fact that the protected industries of this country employ less than 7 per cent, of the ^opuiuf-ion employed in manufacturing : that the employees of protected industries do not coustit^to 2 per cont. of the population <of the country, including and counting thtir ^ families. The farmer can sell the produce ^ ,and meat that these 2 per cent, would consume anywhere out of this country at as good a price ; or, if they had to burn it, or even one-tentli of their produce, they would be 1 etter off, if by so doing they could buy what they required at about half price, or even one-quarter less. Congress has no right to tax one section of the country to support another. If the farmers can raise more than they can sell, they have to hold it or sell it lor fuel. If the orop docs not bring enough to pay the cost of raising, Congress does not como to the aid of the farmer with a subsidy. Those who run protected industries arc consantly at strife with their operatives, and tho latter arc demanding some portion of tho "bouuses" granted them, but rarely get it, except temporarily. They arc generally in a destitue conditiou. The matter of protection has so growo aod fattened off tbo customers, that the duties are demanded as a right and not as a gift to a few monopolists. The farmers are a great source of wealth to this country. They should see that they aro no louger robbed as they have been. If they cliooso to pay Pennsylvania or Massachusetts largely increased p. ices for their protected goods (and they havo to pay for their goods just as if they imported them), let them understand that th;y pay these extra prices simply as a charity and not to hdp themselves. If the farmers would vote against every pro* tectionist, no matter what bis politics, they would soon see their rights recognized. With my best wishes for the Frco Trade League, I remain, yours truly, -1,-- , ? B. D. BU?ORIV>* DEFERED NEW8 ITEMS End or tub Cattle Plague in Eavrr.?Alexandria, July 10.?According to advices from Belicra the cattle plague has ended with the death of all the cattle in that district. The cotton worm is now doing great damage there. Avenging a Sister's Ill-Tiieatment.?Sclma Ala., July 10.?At Macon station, on the Alabama Central Railroad to day, one Carpenter had three shots fired into his head by his brother-inlaw, A. W. Smythc. Smythe soon afterwards shot himself twice in the breast. Carpenter cannot live and Smytlio may die. The trouble appears to have been that Carpenter ill-treated his wife, who is Fmythe's sister. /v riiauuh?it iiu(;usi? 1.1 vr..ib6ukl.\,? iii*vuii?> July 10.?Advices from Venezuela slate that locusts arc making havoc in many parts of the country. They have reached Puerto, Cabello , Vatcnia and island districts in Lho same longi* tade. In ono night all vegetation in the neighborhood of Moran was destroyed. It is feared they will soon reach the fert'le valleys of Carats vs. A Young Motiikr Murders her Infant.? Macon, Ga., July 10.?Tho body of an infant was found near Vienna, Dooly County, on Sunday. Krama Dullard confessed that she was the mother of the child and the Coroner's jury found that it died at her hands. A warrant for j the muderess being issued, the youug woman attempted suicide and is in a dying condition. She belongs to a good family and the afTair has created a sensation. The warrant for the murderess has not been served. TiunuTE to a Brave Colored Man.?Green" ille, July 10.?The mayor and council, the fire department and a large concourse of white and colored citizens to-day attended (he funeral of Ben Johnson, colored, who lost hia life by his bravery at (he firoon Sunday last. As was (ho ense ycs(erday when the gallant young Dorroh wasburied, tho stores generally were closed and business suspended for an hour an 1 a half durthe sad occasion. Fatae Affray with Cowboys.? Dodge City, Kansas, July 10.?About 0 o'clock last evening three cowboys mounted their ponios to leave town, but before starting they fired a parting volley into a dance house. The city marshal eras quickly on the spot and sent a few shots after the fugitives. When about 300yards away one of the latter fell from his horse and the other two escaped across the bridges. The dead man was John Ballard, a resident of Indian Terri tory, who recently arrived with n herd of cattle Irom Texas. He had been shot through tho jugular vein and was dead when picked up. His friends threatened to kill every officer in town before morning, but no fu<hcr trouble is anti* cipatcd. ? Terrible Tragedy in Texas.? Galveston, June '28.?A special from Lampasas to the Newssavs : "A terrible t raffed v. of which the cntisa is shrouded in mystery, occurred yesterday. While C. II. Ross, a successful merohant, was at (he table with his family a pistol shot was heard from his wife's chamber, she being in a delicate condition and confined to her bed. The startled family found her in the lust agonies of death, the ball having entered under the left breast. Tho husband made an unintelligible remark, and rushing out returned with some of the neighbors, one of whom raising Mrs. Ross's head, asked how it happened. The husband replied by catching up the pistol, placing it at his own temple and firing. He fell dead beside his wife. Advice to a Boy.?Get away from tho crowd a littlo whilo every day, my boy.? Stand one side and let tho world run by while you get acquainted with yourself; and sec what kind of a fellow you arc. Ask yourself hard questions about yourself.? Ascertain from original sources if you arc really the manner of man people say your arc, find out if you always tell the square, perfect truth in business dealings, if your lite it as good and upright at 11 o'clock at night as it is at noon ; if you arc as sound a temperance man on a fishing expedition as you are at a Sunday-school picnic; if you aro as good a boy when you go to Chicago as wUeu you aro at home ; if, in short, you are really the sort of a young man your mother says you are, and your sweothcart believes you are. (iet on intimate torins with yourself, my boy, and believe me, evory time you come out from one of these private interviews you will be a stronger, better, purer man. Don't forget this, Tclmachus, and it will do you good. ? Jhirlini/fon Ilawkryc. Gen. J. It. Gordon lias resigned the Presidency ' of the Georgia Pacific Knilroad. From the Arkamaw Traveler. HI8 LAST CASE. Norfolk, Va., June 28th, 1888. Some time ago 1 read a story sopied from Jour paper entitled "His Last Court," which story made au impression on my mind. The story I have vorsified, and herewith send it to you in a new dress, hoping that it may win its way into your favor and into your coluwis. Very Respectfully, S. 3.4j?P*Ks. Judge Qrepson, old, most stangc to say. Was never known to laugh or smile: His feelings mirth could never sway, Nor anecdote his mind beguile. The lawyers whom he met in court, Would cease their jokes when he drew nigh ; The old judge was averse to sport, And ne'er indulged in levity. Promptly each morn he'd take his seat. Though it might rain, it matter'd not; Though freezing snow lay on the street, When duty call'd he ne'er forgot. ALoertain hour*, when exendng catce, ? ^Wrar.WTJlslRfoks aiXh oVlB- n fro oourted not applause < r fame, And turned away from pomp and show.*, I From conversation he refrain'd, And ne'er would stop to talk with any ; < None to his cottage entrance gained, I Though access had been sought by many. The post he held was not devised f Through influential friends of note ; , Electioneering lie despised, And never bought or begg'd a vole. 1 < To him his scat was first assigu'd, Because constituents in him saw ' A sound discriminating mind, \ Which could interpret well the law. They knew him honest in intent, s And would not swerve from what ho thought; | In law. he knew no sentiment, Nor could his rulings e'er be bought. i It chanced one day there was arraign'd, Before his court, a woman frail; Some one against her had complained, ! But none had heard her pitct us tale. All clad in meagre shreds of woe, She look the picture of despair; Upon her cheek was seen a glow? A flush?that told her cud was near. The old judge slowly took his scat, . And turning to the lawyers, said : "I would of ye this morn entreat, That cases brought bo not delayed ? Consume no time in long debate? Waste not your words in vain display? And thus you'll prove considerate, For one who is not well to-day." "Is this the woman ?" aueried he? ' Who has her case ? What's her offense? A tramp she seems?from whence came she?" The woman nnswered?"Iudigence"? And pausing, lookrd in mute amaze, Staring his honor full in face ; His eyes returned her curious gaze, 4 But statute-like, lie sat in place. ' Chance, judge," continued she, "has brought My wayward steps, long prone to stray, Before your honor and this court ? O, that they'd stray'd some other way I Defense, 0, judge, can't come from me, For I am what the world calls base; A poor lost waif as you may sce^ A Theodora in disgrace ! "I'm dying, judge?heboid my cheek? Death's signet seal is grav'd thereon ; Though law may on me ?*cngcnnce wreak, Its rulings I regard with scorn. I iong for rest which soon must come, If portents can my end foretell ; Though life be sweet?so sweet to some, To ire 'tis torture worse than hell." A hacking cough her language drown'd ? The judge's eye-lids seetn'd to fall, As he beheld her wrap around Her thin, scant form a tattered shawl. Anon, when viocc its utt'ranee gained, Her words wero tremulous and weak ; Their grating sound the audience paiu'd, As she again essayed to speak. "I once was fair, of promise bright, Admired, courted and caressed : Society was my delight, And I became its flattered guest. Vain fashion's gay nud votive ilirong, My foolish whims would imitate ; Obsequious beaux would list my songs, And my accomplishments debate. "My father loved his darling child. While she for him warm love did bear ; Our home, like spring, was bland and mild, No low 'ring clouds e'er gather'd there. lie hop'd that she would grace his name, That yet no stain nor blemish wore: ? Alas! poor man! his.hopes were vain,? Ilia plant, no buds of promise bore. "This daughter whom he idolized, Recreant to his wishes prov'd ; For lack of thought she sacrificed His hope?her peace, because she lov'd. She lov'd not wisely, but too well? \ gaud site gain'd at fearful cost; Through heedlessness, forsooth to tell, She sorrows reap'd and station lost. "Soon came tormenting troubles' tread, Htr 'ideal' from intemp'rancc died; She, in contrition, bow'd her head, While thought its piercing barb applied. And, oh ! too soon her sweet babe slept, To wake no more on earth agaiu ; Beside its pauper grave she wept With aching heart and frenzied brain. "Immersud in grief, she ne'er forgot Her father, whom she asked for aid ; His answers came; 'I know you not? You have my mandates disobey'd." In desperation's frantic mood, Again she wrote one bitter morn ; But he replied in language rude, 'You've spread your couch?repose thereon* "Harden'd she from that letter turn'd, And soon became what you'll infer; Her early teachings then she spurn'd, And lo ! proud judge, behold herhere ! Behold the wreck that wrath has wrought? A blasted tlow'r upon its stem ! Appeal she'll make to His high court, Who did not Magdalene condemn." The list'ning lawyers forward rush'd , As they a crimson curreut saw, Ooze from the pallid lips, now hush'd, To ope on earth again no more. With gentlo arms around her neck, They sympathized in kindly tone ; But breath was gone?no word she spoke? Her soirit from its cell had flown. A silent witness to the scene. The ohl judge jet maintained his place ; No words he said, the acts between,? No change was shown upon his faco. At length, attention to liiin turned? A hand was laid upon his head ? A voice proclaimed?"This court's adjourn'd ? The judge?his daughter?both arc dead !". t LOCAL OPTION LAW. Section 1. Be it enacted by tho Sena to and Ho mo pi Representatives of South Carolina! low met and sitting in General Assembly, md by the authority of the same, That irhenover a number of the citizens of any noorporated city, town or village in this State, equal to oue-third of the number of rotes oast in the next proeediug municipal dection therein, shall, in writing, on >r before the fifteenth day of November n any year, pctitiou for an election upon he question of '"license" or "110 lioense" or tho sale of intoxicating liquors therein, A ^ r\ 1 a ?111 _ no V/Oaacii 01 sucn ouy, town or village is lereby authorized and required to submit moh question to tho qualified electors of luoh city, town or village, at a special eleo^^^tyofsaid electors vote in favor of liorpee," then the Council of such city, town )r tillage shall grant license, according to he laws now of force in the State, for the tale of liquors in such city, town or village for the ensuing year ; but if a majority of said electors vote in favor of 'no liconse," then it shall be unlawful for die Council of such city, town or village so roting to grant any license for tho sale of my spirituous or intoxicatiug liquors, for ihe ensuing year. Sec. 2. Hereafter all licenses for tho sale of spirituous or intoxicating liquors in tho incorporated cities, towns or villages of this State shall be granted in such manner as to end on tho thirty first day of December in the year for which they shall be granted. Sec. 3. That wheucver a majority of tho doctors of any incorporated city, town or village vote iu favor of "license," such liccrise shall bo granted from year to year until another vote shall be had uudcr the provisions of this Act with a different result j and whenovcr a majority of such electors vote iu favor of "no 1 cense," the Council of such city, town, or village shall, from year to year, refuse to grant licenses uutil another election shall be held under the provisions of this Act with a different result. Sec. 4. This Act shall not apply to any city, town or village iu which the sale of ardent spirits is now or shall hereafter be prohibited by legislative enactment. Sec. 5. That whenever the majority of thoqdectors of any such incorporated city, towfc or village shall vote in favor of "no license," it shall be unlawful for any druggist therein to sell during the time when no license for the sale of spirituous liquors is granted, any spirituous or intoxicating liquors,bitters, or fruits prepared with such liquors, except upon the certificate of a regular practicing physician in actual attendance upon a patient, such certificate to contain the name of the patient, and shall be filed by the druggist filling the same, and kept for the period of one year, subject to inspection at any time the Council of such city, towu or village may direct. Sec, G. It shall be unlawful for auy physician to give a prescription for any such liquors except when actually in bona Jxdc attendance upon a patient. Sec. 7. That any persons violating Sections 5 and (> of this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum of not less than two hundred dolltrs, or imprisoned for not less kban three months, or both fined apd imprisoned, in the discretion of the Court Sec. 8. All elections under this Act shrill be conducted according to tbo laws now govorning the municipal elections of the city: town or village in which they are held. Sec. 9. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act arc hereby repealed, so far as they may interfere with the provisions of this Act. How Colds are Taken.?A person in good health, with fair play, says the "Lancet," easily resists colds. Hut when the health flags a little, and liberties are takcu with the stomach or the nervous system, a chill is easily taken, and according to the weak spot of the individual assumes the form of a cold or pneumonia, or it may be jaundice. Of all causes of 'cold" probably fatigue is one of the most efficient. A jaded man coming home at night from a long day's work, a growing youth losing two hours' sleep over evening parties two or three times a week, or a young lady heavily "doing the soasun," young children overtasked and wftli a short allowance of i _ : ? * - " Mccp are common instances 01 me victim oi cold." Luxury is favorable to chill-taking, cry hot rooms, soft chairs, feather beds, create a sensitiveness that leans to catarrh. It is uot, after all, the "cold'' that isso much to be feared as the antecedent conditions that give the attack a chance of doing harui, Some of the worst "colds." happen to those who do not leave their house or even their beds, and those who aro uiost in vulnerable are oftencst those who, by good sleep, cold bathing and rcgulnr habits, prcservo the tooo of their nervous system and circulation i ? *" "* " .'"OoTernor Foster of Ohio addressed a lcttei *V week to "Hon. A. H. Stephens, Governoi of Goorgia." | Senator Malione's son is a regular Democrat J od has not inherited his father's readjusting I j oclivities. V live stock Views applied to Human beings. Sometimes I think that a State or a government ought to keep up its human stock justliko people keep up their cattio stock. When a man looms up above the horizon a8 a groat man ho ought to bo pensioned and supported so that he wouldu't have to think about uiouey. Ho ought to bo required to marry into auothcr pensioned family and in this way keep up a family of brains to draw from for our Presidents aud Governors and law makers. They ought to be paid enough to keep 'eui out of temptation. I like to see a family of braius keening up the family reputation and the family dignity for generations to come. I like tho Adamses, and Prostous, and Lamars, and Hayards, and all aio pood Their influence sproaidrf" alt over tho coufttyy and we oan point our ohtMrfeft to tke^piid say, "There's your mark, now thoot at it." As it is now the struggle seems to be who can get the richest, and it don't matter much how they get money so they get it and arc not caught stoaling ol it; Thorc is a power of difference in human stock. Tho pure breed of Yankees never was a favorite stock with me. When it is judiciously crossed it does very well, aud I have known some mighty good grades to como from a mixture of tho Yauk with tho old Southern blooded stock. The old time Southerner is blooded stock. Wi'h him honor and fair dealing and family prido are bigger things than money. Tho Yankeo runs on money. Their catechism says the chief end of man is to keep all you get and get all you can. They like what other people havo not belter thau what they have "cot themselves, and they go for it aud call it speculation. If they eau't get it that way fust cuough they pass laws in Congress that will get it by degrees. Through tariffs and protection and bounties and rnilroad subsidies, they got nearly all we had boforo the war and they arc still playing the same old game. They look upon us as focman worthy of their steal. SVhen a Yank gets right rich aud don't wuut any more, and is sorter broken down in tho loins, he gets sorter honest and gives some away to meeting houses ai d colleges. A Southerner don't care much for a dim*, but a Yank will get rich off of copper?, lie will buy nails at four dollars and ninety cents a k*g and retail em out at five cents a pound. Ten cents and the keg is a fair profit for him. lie will speculate on auything in the world. I know one to buy his wife's dower in a piece of laud for 8200 and sell it to his daddy-in*law for a thousand. That was a cute way of making the stingy old cuss give him something before ho died.? A. regular Yank is a pcrauibulatin man.? Ho don't mind going from Maine to Texas any more than wo miud goiuing to the postofficc. Ho is smart and he is nc*er left by the train. When a clever Yank conies down Southland mixes with our people ho improves by contact, and if ho stays long enough and marries into a respectable family he is apt to tnake a good citizen. It helps him aud it holps tho family, especially if it is poor and proud. This kiud of a cross generally docs well aud brings good fruit. The offspring aro livclv and shifty, l and have tho love of money and the love of honor so beautifully blended you can't tell tot her from which. A cross between IMasI sachusctts anil South Carolina docs very ' well now-a^days. One is chuck full of i money and the other of honor. Tho money keeps the honor from perishing out, which is a good thing, for if it niu't kept comfortable it is inclined to degenerate, and the stock will run into scrub in two generations and have to be withdrawn from the turf.? Honor nor nothing else ain't bomb?proof against the debasing iufluencc of an ompty stomach. If a raco horse ain't well fed his offspring will play out, and so when one of the first families gits poor the children become a second family and so and so forth until you c.m't tell 'em from common stock. Then again we sometimes sec the commonest kind of scrub humuu3 blessed with n uncomon quantity of brains. Then you may look out audyou might as well surrender for they are going to have a slice of your 1 property. A smart scrub is a dangerous animal. A cow that horns down the fence or a hog that roots open the gate or a horse that paws down the burs is a nuisunco and a cuss. They arc a scrub. The old fash, ioned first families wouldn't do a mean thing. They were above it. They wouldu't sacrifice their self respsct. I like them sort, especially if they are rich They bavo big ideas and big ways and hold their heads up ! and look at you when they spoak to you.? They don't walk nor rido like common folks I can tell 'cm a hundred yards off. It takes all sorts of folks to make up a world aud I'm glad that kind arc in it. I'm most as poor us Lazarus, but I ain't fool enough ; to hate rich folks. I liko 'ctn, but if you think you can make anything off of a rich scrub Just try it. Ho don't waste enough to keep a hound dog froul starvation. Poor folks arc n right good thing in a country. In fact, a country is obliged to have 'cut to keep rioh folks iu monoy. That's what I'vo been doing all my life, and if I don't grumblo at it nobody ncedu't. Being poor and keeping ao is my forte, but wo have had a right good tiuic, ucvcrtbelesa notwithstanding, for tnonoy brings a heap of tioublo, and the children get awful tirod waiting on a rich daddy to dio. But I like money? money is a right good thing in a family, and I would liko to foci *ho fooling of a rich roan for a littlo while, may bo it would streioh me up a littlo. Mrs. Arp says I'm getting humpshouldered. I would like to be a patriarch in a church and give ?S?..: I think I would like tbnt. ' Jlni after all it don't matter much whether > M.1 poor or riefe, ?pa m?o it , h.ppy ns .Porter iTJfcMH * to to**, and not in his pocket'.to ?it& in hi* bosom then ho is a scrub.?Bill Arp, ?? Southern Cultivator. An old Gouplk Attempt to End tiieiu Lives.?An aged couplo sought death together in a Brooklyn roadway and aro now in St. Marry'a Hospital in that city. The husband is 76 years old and his wile but a little young;r. They had seen better days, but thu sting of povorty c.;nio, they wcro turned into tho street bccauso they could not pay root, and then thoy resolved to die together. By tho wifo's request tho husband cut her arm that she might bleed to death, and. then cut his own, * and both were fouud by tho police in an unconscious condition. Jn tho hospital tho woman said ou Sunday: I, for ono, could not bear to bo a beggar, and that's the simple reason why you seo mo here to bay. I and my man wcro loo proud to bo beholden to any one for food or shelter, and so when our money was all gone and we didn't kuow where to get a meal (or tho next day, wo settled it that it was time for us to quit tho world as quickly as possiblo. It waa wrong, very wrong, and wo'ro both sorry for it now ; but, O God ! if ycu knew what it was to riso in tho morning without kuowing whero to find the means of supporting yourself for tho day, you would find it hard to blame ?s. (Sho burst into ton:a as she*spoko.) \ * V* The husband was scon by tho roportor, and he said : Theresa and I could not endure to tho starved to death, so we decided to kill ourselves, for ono of us would not leave tho world without tho other. Wo havo been married forty-five years, and one of us could not live now without tho other. Hut now I see how sinful I was to attempt such a crim<\ I am a religious man, and, in my sober senses, I would never havo dreamed of oflfonding tho great God by sucb wickedness. No, never, let any ono eay what ho will. I cannot toll you how downcast I fee) sinco it happened. It socms as if I never could hold ap my head again. I havo no relatives in this country, and no one who oould have helped mo out of my late trouble. I am heartily glad thut my dear wife was not much injured. My wound is a mere trifle, scarcely skin deep* but hers was very deep. Anyhow, it was from no bad motive that I lifted my hand I ni'liinst lior who hns h??on inv oomforf Top an ~0 " "" *"" "VWM **V VV-..WW "v* MW many years. It was simply to set her and myself free from the iguorny of being beggars in our old ago. They will both bo well eared for now, as tho Sisters of Mercy are attending to them, and it is believed that both will fully res cover. "Macbeth" in tiib Bibi,b?the principal characters of "Macbeth" can be found in the Book of Kings. Jezebel in the Bible is "Lady Macbeth" in tho .play. Sho it was that stirred up her husband to do all the deviltry ho did. Then tako llaz iel, a servant to tho King. Under the influence of his wife, Jezebel, he plots to kill his master and become King of Syria in his stead. This plot is successful, and , Ilnzacl is crowned King. This character exactly suits that of "Macbeth." The minor characters can also be found in the Bible, Of course Shakespeare hasaltcrod the words, but the plot and characters aro to be found there. Dr. Ilalsey, in his lectures on Shake' spcare at Princetou College, stated that Shakespeare's regular practice was to stndy the Bible seven hours a day. There wcro not so many Bibles in bis time as there arc dow, but although very costly, he had one, and uiado a daily practice of studying it I do not know, but prcsuuvo ho is correct. Though Shakespeare was undoubtedly u great utau, I think ho is considerably overrated, so far as his originality is concerned. I think he was not endowed with the genius of origiuaiily, but rather with tbo genius of arranging the writings of thoso gone before, and rewriting them in an attractive style.?Rev. Richard l<ec. D. I).