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- iii 111 ' 1 "ll,ip 1 1 ' in . ... 3-^eii ,1 i i in -73bt< ' ""*^v mooted to ^Qritultur^, Jjorlttutiurq, Jloinfrtit ?ifonitffijr^pro? 3>it?Vnttfrf, foHHfifrtWtd thf tyirrfiit Urara of tftf fto?. fei:" yol. xiv.?new series. union c. ht, south carolina, july 20, 1883. number^o^ - ' - __ _ hksr- ' awfff iW m wiawiw>oao<r i - - - faviAVAAVfli How the High Tariff System Damage* Agricultural Implement*. The following letter, though written several months ago, is just as pertiuent now as then. B. D. Buford of Rook Island, tho writer is the head of one ot tho largest plough factories in the world- Tho letter is an answer to an inquiry by tho Davenport Free Trade Lcaguo as to how free trade would affect American manufacturers of agricultural implements. It will bo found interesting reading to all classes of readers '?farmers, merchants, nieohanics, laborers and professional men : Rock Island, III., Feb. 11, 1883. George C. Preston, Esq., Davenport, Iowa: Taun ftPtKit 13iJ? ??.! ?/! A? T I ? ? ?v ? wuawva. av a uava ?bofct m ntuch time now aa?v?rf t,wijl >%tr,n.[ a brief reply to your inquiry-m to be# 4|tlA,, trade would affect plough factories, fa charitable to suppose that the party in Mo* line who wrote that "free trade would wipe from the land every plough factory" is not a plough manufacturer, for they are batter informed. The plough factories, and in fact the manufacturers of all kindsof implements, ship abroad in value 8100 for every dollar's worth that is imported. They receive no protection and desir^ none. But everything they export has cost them an extra prico to manutaoiuro by reason of thn high tariff I on tbo raw material used. ; Take our fuotory for oxamDle. Wo havo now in transit to Leeds, England, a ship* moot of plough bottoms consigned to a manufacturer of stoam ploughs. JVo-h nvo also a lot of chilled nloilcrhs nnil nnlhcnlnN r a in transit via New York for Moxioo and South America, and wo sell implements to Australia and New Zealand. Now upon all these goods we have paid protectivo duties on the raw materials in them, and besides the freight in New York we have to complete with manufacturers of other countries who are not handicapped with protectivo duties. We also sell largo quantities of our ploughs to Manitoba, and, it so happens, to a plough manufacturer of Canada, who runs a branch bouse at Winnipog, and who also prefers our goods for their suporior quaN ity, though he has to pay on them a duty of 35 par cent, to the Canada tariff eollco ' lor. We thank our friends for this (by their abolishing reciprocity with Canada.) _ ,.I think. I have shown above that_tariff hurts us as exporters and that we get no benefit from it cither directly or indirectly. %. .a ^ now as to nomo trade. Uur customers and those who support us entirely are farmers. Tbey are our'only prop aud sup port and must be our friends. What holps them holps us, and what hurts them hurts us. It is to our interest that everything thoy buy they should get at the lowest prioo, and that everything they have to sell they should get to market at tho lowest rato and gettho highest possible price for it. Now how does the tariff affect them ? We have shown that we afe forced to sell them and veiybody our ploughs and cultivators at au advanced price, by reason of our having to pay higher prices for the raw material out of which tbey aro made, which is caused by protective duties on these materials. They pay an average of about 50 per cent, increased price on everything they use and everything thoy wear, even when these ?t. ? ? -?? uiv ov?j/ico, >uviu tin uauu uiiuiua, an kinds of hardware and wood, screens blrnketa,?lething, hats and caps, boots sod shoos. When thess same furinora come ta sell thefir oats, corn, wheat, their hogs, oattle and Sheep, do theseproteeted manufacturers pay these farmers any more for their prodace than the markets of the world quote them at ? They do not. The only pretense protected monopolies have for makiBg the (farmers pay this enormous tribute m, that they consume tho farmers' produce and pay Ahem a far better priee than the farmers wrould otherwise get. To show the utter fallaey of this argument I will mention the "L " .. fhet that tfte protected industries of this country employ less than 7 per cent, of the . popaiaMon employed in manufacturing : that jShe employed of proteoted industries do *nt constitute 2 per pent. of the population of the country, jneladiog and oonnting their families. The farmer ean sell the produce nod moat that these t per cent, would consame anywhere oat of this country at as good a price ; or, if they had to burn it, or nren one-tenth of their produce, they would be I; ettcr off, if by so doing they oould buy what thoy required at about belf priae, or even one-quarter less. Ooogress has no right to tax one section of the oonntry to support another. If the ' ^ farmers can raise more than they ean sell, they hare to hold it or sell it lor fnel. If tho crop does not bring enough to pay the .4-^- cost of raising, Congress does not come to the aid of the farmer with a subaidv. Those who rqo proteoted industries are conssntly at strife with their operatives, aod the latter ere demanding some portion of the t'boDoaea" granted them, bat rarely get itt PSoept tomj>orarily. They are generally in a destttue condition. The matter of protection has ao grown and fattened off tbo customers, that the duties are detnnnded as a right and not as a gift to a few monopolists. The farmers are a great source of wealth to ibis country. They should sec that thoy aro no longer robbod as they have been. If they chooso to pay Pennsylvania or Massachusetts largely increased p. ices for their protectod goods (and tbeyhave to pay for their goods just as if they imported them), let them understand that thoy pay these extra prices simply as a charity and not to hdp themselves: If the formers would vote against every pro* tectionist, no matter what his politics, they would soon see their rights recognized, i With my best wishes for the Frco Trade Leagwopl-ae?uiu^ yo?e truly^- r - fg ^B. P. BU.ob<-7t 1 ~ r~~~ * * a_ DEFERED NKW8 ITEMS. ~ End or tub Cattle Plague is Eoypt.?Alexandria, July 10.?According to advices from Behera the catt'o 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-Treatment.?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 aRerwards shot himself twice in the breast. Carpenter cannot lire and Smythe may die. The trouble appears to have been that Carpenter ill-treated his wife, who is Sroythe's sister. A Plaook .or Locusts in Venezuela.?Havana* July 10.?Advices from Venezuela state that locusts aro making havoc in many parts of the country. They have reached Puerto, Cabello, Vatenia and island distriots in the same longi* tade. In one night all vegetation in the neighborhood of Moran was destroyed. It is feared they will soon reach the fertile valleys of Carao is. .?> A Young Mother Murders iier Intant.? Macon, Ga., July 10.?Tho bady of an infant was found near Vienna, Dooly County, on Sunday. Kmmn. H'llUril Mnf?>?il iknl ???? 'm? mother of the child and the Coroner's jury found that it died at her bands. A warrant for the muderess being issued, the young woman attempted suicide and is in a dying condition. She belongs to a good family and the affair has created a sensation. The warrant for the murderess has not been served. Tributk to a Bravk Colored Man.?Green* ville, July 10.?The mayor and council, the fire department and a large concourse of while and colored citiaeas to-day attended the funeral of Ben Johnson, colored, who lost his life by bis bravery at the fire on Suuday last. As was the case yesterday when the gallant young Dorroh was buried, tho stores generally were closed and businecs suspended for an hour anl a half durthe sad occasion. Fatal ArrR.vv with Cowboys.?Dodgo City, Kansas, July 10.?About 0 o'clock lost evening three cowboys mounted their ponies to leave town, but before starling 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 ether two esoaped across the bridges. The dead man John Ballard, a resident of Indian Terri Idiwho recently arrived with a herd of cattle from Texas. He had been shot through the jugular vein and was dead when pioked up. His friends threatened to kill every offioer in town before morning, but no fuKher trouble is anti* oip&ted. Terrible Traordt in Texas.?Galveston, June 28.?A special from Lampasns to the Newt says; "A terrible tragedy, of which the cause is shrouded in mystery, occurred yesterday. While C. II. Ross, a successful merohant, was at the table with his family a pistol shot was heard 'rom his wife's chamber, she being in a delicate condition and confined to her bed. The startled family found her in the last agonies of death, the ball having entered under the left breast. The husband made an unintelligible remark, and rushing out returned with some or the neighbor*, one of whom raising Mr*. Roes'* head, asked how it happened. The husband replied by catching up the piste), placing it at his own temple and firing. He fell dead beside his wife. eAdvice to a, Boy.?-Get away from th9 orowd a little while every day, my boy.? Stand one side and let the world run by while you get acquainted with yoursolf; and sco what kind of a fellow you arc. Ask yourself bard questions about yourself.? Ascertain from original sources if you arc really the manner of tnan people say your aro, find out if you always tell tho square, perfect truth in business dealings, if your lite is as good and nprigbt at 11 o'oloek at night as it is at noon ; if you aro as sound a temperance man on a fishing expedition as you aro at a Sunday-school picnic; if you are as good a boy when you go to Chica/*a aa twkun nnn a?a a#- 1ia??a ip ? * -* Jw" """ "" ?? you are really the sort of a young man your mother iay> you are, and your sweetheart believel you are. Get on intimate terms with yourself, my boy, and belieee me, every time you cone out irotn one ot these private interviews you will be a stronger, better, purer men. Don't forget this, Telmaehus, end it will do you good.?Dur. ling lorn Hawkryc. . . - ? Gen. J. B. Qordon has resigned ike Presidency of the Georgia Pacific Railroad. From the Arkaneaw Traveler. HIS LAST CASE. Norfolk, Va., June 28th, 1883. Some time ago 1 read n story copied from Jour paper entitled "Ilia Last Court," which story made an impression on my mind. The story I hAve versified, and herewith send it to you in a new dress, hoping that it may win its way into your favor and into your coIumis. Very Respectfully, S. S^JprRs. Judge Qrepson, old, most stango 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 ; Tt -?J f - ? aiio oiu juuge 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 duly oall'd he ne'er forgot. 4rltad turned away from pomp and thow^ From oonversation he refrain'd, And ne'er would stop to talk with any ; None to his cottage entrance gained. Though access had been sought by many. The post he held was not devised Through influential friends of note ; Electioneering he despised, And never bought or bcgg'd a vole. To him his sent was first ossigu'd, liocause constituents in hiui saw A sound discriminating mind, Which could interpret well the law. They knew him honest in intent, And would not swerve from what he thought; In law. he knew no sentiment, Nor could his rulings e'er be bought. It chanced one day there was arraiorn'd. Before bis court, a woman frail; Some one against her had complained, But none had heard her pitet 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 end was near. The old judge slowly took his seal, . And turning to the law3*ers, said : "1 would of ye this morn entreat, That cases brought be not delayed ? Consume no time in long debate ? Waste not your words in rain display? And thus you'll prove considerate. For one who is not well to-day." "Is this the woman ?" queried he? "Who has her case ? What's her offense? A tramp she seems?from whence oame she?" The woman answored?"Indigence" ? And pausing, looked in mute amaze, Staring his honor full in face ; His eyes returned her curious gase, t 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 1 Defense, O, judge, can't come from me, For I am what the world calls base; t-i A poor lost waif as you may seefe A Theodora in disgrace ! "I'm dying, judge?behold my cheek? Death's signet seal is grav'd thereon ; Though law may on me vengeance wreak, Its rulings 1 tegnrd with scorn. 1 long for rest which soon must come, If portonts can my end foretell; Though lifo be sweet?so sweet to some, Tn 'lie .1 ' A hacking cough her language tlrown'il? The judge's eye-lids seem'd to fall, As he beheld her wrap around Her thin, scant form a tattered shawl. Anon, when vioce its utt'rance gained, Her words were tremulous and weak ; Their grating sound the audience pain'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 it? nattered guest. V-tn ?> ???? -1 ? ?IM 1HQUIVU a 5?/ uuu fUll V o luruu^, My foolish whims would imitate ; Obsequious beaux would list my songs, And my accomplishments debate. My father loved bis 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. Heliop'd that she would grace his came, That yet no stain nor blemish wore:? Alas 1 poor man! his f )pes were vain,? His plant, nobuds>>f 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 she gain'd at fearful cost; Through heedlessness, forsooth to tell, She sorrows reap'd aud station lost. "Soon came tormenting troubles' tread, Her 'ideal' from intemp'ranoe died; She, in contrition, bow'd her head. While thought its pieroing barb applied. And, oh I too soon her swW. babe slept, To wake no more on earth again ; _ Beside its pauper grave she wept With aching heart and frenzied brain. "Immerswd in grief, she ne'er forgot Her father, whom she asked for aid ; His answers came; ! know you not? iou nave my manaates msobey'd." In desperation's frantio mood, Again she wrote one bitter morn ; But he replied in language rude, 'You'respreadyour couch?repose Ihereon' "Harden'd she from that letter turn'd, And soon became what you'll infer; Her early teachings then she spurn'd,. And lo 1 proud judge, behold her here ! Behold the wreck that wrath has wrought? A blasted flow'r upon its stem ! Appeal she'll make to His high court. Who did not Magdalene condemn." The list'ning lawyers forward rush1 d, As they a crimson ourrent saw, uoie rrom tt?? pallid lips, now bush'd, To op? on earth again no mora. With gontlo arms around bar neck, I Tbaj sympathized in kindly tone ; Bat breath wee gone?no word aha spoke? t Her spirit from its oell had town. A atleni witness to the scene. The old Judge ret maintained his place ; No worda he said, tha acta between,? No ohaage was shown upon his foe. At length, attention to him turned? A hand was laid upon bis head? A roice proclaimed?"This oourt's adjourn'd? f The Judge?his daughter?both are dead I'V. ] - " / " '? ' ' J# / * J* v* w' e v . Vv ' >;' ^ h 'U \ LOCAL OPTION LAW. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senafoand House pi Representatives of South Carolina* now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority or the same, That whenever a number of the citizens of any incorporated city, town or village in this State, equal to one-third of the number of votes oast in the neat Dreoedioer municinal election therein, shall, in writing, on or before the fifteenth day of November in any year, petition for an election upon the question of "license" or "no lioense" for the sale of intoxicating liquors therein, the Council of such city, town or village is hereby authorized and required to submit' snoh question to the qualified electors of sue}) city, town or village, at a special elecDeeotnTer following ; ancT~,TT^i iA$Bftty cif said electors vote in favor of "Wose," then the Conncil of snch city, town or vil|agc shall grant license, according to the IfWB now of force in the State, for the sale of liquors in such city, town or village for tho ensuing year ; but if a majority of said electors vote in favor of "no license," then it shall be unlawful for the Council of such city, town or village so voting to grant any license for the sale of any spirituous or intoxicating liquorR, for the 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 whenever a majority of the doctors of any incorporated oity, town or village vote in favor of "license," such li I L.II L- ?-J e - vcudcbiiuu uu yrauicu iruui year 10 year until another vote shall be hail under the provisions of this Act wi'.h a different result ; and whenever a majority of suoh electors vote in favor of "no 1 cense," the Council of such city, town, or village shall, from year to year, refuse to grant licenses until anolhor election shall be held under the previous of this Act with a different result. Sec. 4. This Act shall not apply to any city, town or village in which the sale of ardent spirits is now or shall hereafter be prohibited by legislative enactment. Sbo. 5. That whenever the maioritv ol -tjfiarieetors of any such incorporated city tfllnror village shall vote in favor of "nc license," it shall bo unlawful for any drug' gist therein to sell during tho time when nc license for the sale of spirituous liquors it 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 nauie 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, town or village may direct. 8bc. 6. It shall be unlawful for any physician to give a prescription for any such liquors exocpt when actually in bona Jidf attcndanco upon a patient. Sec. 7. That any persons violating Sections 5 and 6 of this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum of not less than (wo minarea dollars, or imprisoned for not loss ^han three months, or both fined and imprisoned, in tho discretion of tho Court Sec. 8. All elections under this Act shol be conducted according to the laws now ' governing tho municipal elections of the city town or villago in which they are held. Sec. 9. All Aots or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby ropealcd, sc far as they may intcrfero with the provisions of this Act. How Colds ake Taken.?A person in good health, with fair play, says the "Lancet," easily resists colds. But when the hnnlth fl (r? n little and liKnrtina ??? ? ~ I- ? w wmv* iiwwiKiua niu taagu with tho 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 ono 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 hoavily "doing the season," young children ovsrtaskod and wfth a short allowance o( sleep are common instances of the victim of cold." Luxury is favorable to ohill-taking, very hot rooms, soft ohairs, feather beds creato a sensitiveness that leans to catarrh It is not, after all, tho "cold" that isso mud to be feared as tho antecedent conditions thai give the attack a ohance of doing harm Some of the worst "colds." happen to those whodo not leave their house* or even theii beds, and those who are most invulnerable IM ofisnMt tliMfl *hn kt onftit ?U?ti 1 -j e>~~- w.v bathing and regular habits, preserve ih< toee of their nervous system and circulation - "b' *-* ^Governor Poster of Ohio addressed a lsttn T^wsek to Hon. A. H. Stephens, Governoi Georgia." Senator Mahone's son Is a regular Democrat nd has not Inberitad his father's roadjustlni eollritias. i c \i live stock views applied to human beings. Sometimes I think that a State or a government ought to keep up its human stock just like people keep up their cattlo stock. When a man looms up above the horizon as a great man be ought to be pensioned and supported so that he wouldu't have to think about mouey. He ought to be required to mnrrv intn nnnlkoi- ? j .???V HUVKIVI pcuotuucu IUUI11J UUU 111 this way keep up a family of brait>6 to draw from for our Presidents and Governors and law makers. They ought to be paid enough to keep 'em out of temptation. I like to see a family of brains keeping up the family reputation and the family dignity for generations to come. I like the Adamses, and Prestons, and Lamars, and Bayards, and all are good. Their influence sproatUT all over tho country and we can point our ohHdttn ' to thfl^pBd say, "There's your mark, now shoot at it." As it w now the struggle seems to be who can get the richest, and it don't matter much how they get money so they get ic and arc not caught stealing of 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, and I have known some mighty good grades to couio from a mixture of the Yank with the old Southern blooded stock. The old time I :? l-l 1-1 ? uuuviiUiilUI IS UlUUUt'U OiUUN. IT I'll III HI honor and fair dealing and family pride are bigger things than money. The Yankee runs on money. Their catechism says the chief end of man is to keep all you get aud get all you can. They like whatothci- poopic havo got better than what they have 'got themselves, and they go for it and call it speculation. If they can't get it that way fust enough tlioy pass laws in Congress that will get it by degrees. Through tariffs and protection and bounties and railroad subsidies, they got nearly all wc had before the war and they are still playing the same old game. They look upon us as foeman worthy of their steal. When a Yank gets right rich and don't want any more, and is sorter broken down in the loins, he gets sorter honest and gives some away to nrcctiog houses ai d i colleges. A Southerner don't carc much for a dim", ? I i . ^r__t *\% ? ? uut a xaukwm get ncD on ot copper7, lie , will bay 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. He will speculate on anything in the world. I knew one to buy his wife's ; dower in a piece of laud for 9200 and sell it to his daddy-in-law for a thousand. That t was a cute way of making the stingy old 1 cuss give him something before he died.? i A. regular Yank is a pcrambulatin man.? i lie don't mind going from Maine to Texas any more than we mind goining to the postofficc. Ho is smart and he is never left by the train. When a clever Yank comes down South'and mixes with our peoI I * pio do improves by contact, and if ho stays long enough and marries into a rospootable family ho is apt to make a good citizen. It helps him and it liolps tho family, especially if it is poor and proud. This kind of a cross generally docs well aud brings good i fruit. Tho offspring aro livelv and shifty, ' and have tho love of money and the love of t honor so beautifully blended you oan't tell tother ?rom which. A cross between MasI sachusetts and South Carolina docs very ' well now-a-days. Ono is chock full of i money and the other of honor. Tho money keeps tho honor from perishing out, which ' is a good thing, for if it ain't kept eomforta' bio it is inclined to degenerate, and the stock will run into scrub in two generations and have to bo withdrawn from the turf.? ' Honor nor nothing else ain't bomb-proof against the debasing influence of an empty ( stomach. If a raco horse ain't woll fed his > offspring will play out, and so when one of tho first families gits poor tho children become a sooond family and so sad so forth until you can't tell 'em from common stock. Then again we sometimes see tho commonest kind of scrub humans blessed with n uncomou quantity of brains. Then you may look out and you might as well surrender for they are going to have a slice ofyonr property. A smart scrub is a dangerous ' animal. A cow that horns down the fenoo or a hog that roots opon the gate or a horse that paws down the bars is a nuisnnen and ( a cuss. They ure a scrub. The old fashI ioned first families wouldn't do n mean . thing. Thoy wero above it. They wouldu't 1 sacrifice their self rcspsct. I like them sort, r especially if they are rich They have big I ideas and big ways and hold their heads up t and look at you when they spoak to you.? . Thoy don't walk nor ride like oommon folks. I can tell 'em a hundred yards off. It takes an aorta or folks to make up a world aod I'm glad that kind aro in it. I'm most aa poor as Lazarus, but'f ain't fool enough J to hate rich folks. I liko 'em, but if you think you can make anything off of a rich scrub Jtist try it. He don't waste enough to keep a hound dog froui starration. Poor folks arc a right good thing in a country. In fact, a country is obliged to have 'cui to keep rich folks in money. That's what I've been doing all my life, aud if I don't grumble at it nobody needn't, Being poor and keeping so is my forte, but we have had a right good time, nevertheless notwithstanding, for money brings a heap of trouble, and the children get awful tired waitiog on a rich daddy to die. But I like uioucy? money is a right good thing in o family, and I would like to frcl 'he feeling of a rich man for a little whilo, may be it would stretch me up a little. Mrs. Arp says I'm getting humpshouldered. I would like to bo a patriaroh in a church and give > aud shake '..-J? W wrwetbrsn lid inwi ra -ujw ?* vestibule. I think I would like thai. Put after Ml it don't matter much whether a man. is poor or rieh, one man is as . happy as another ifjti*&?dK ft* in boarift and not in his pocket*.'^f to ?iot* in hi^-^ bosom then ho is a scrub.?Bill Arp, rn Southern Cultivator. An old Couple Attempt to End tiieir Lives.?An aged couple sought death together in a Brooklyn roadway and are now in St. Marry's Hospital in that city. The husband is 76 years old and his wife but a little young sr. They had seen better days, but the sting of poverty c^mc, they were turned into tho street becauso they could not pay rcot, and then they resolved to die together. By tho wife's request the husband cut her arm that she might bleed to death, and then cut his own,, * and both were found by the police in an \ unconscious condition. In the hospital tho \ woman said on Sunday: \ I, for ono, could not bear to bo a beggar, \ and that's the simple reason why you see \ mo here to bay. I and -my man wero too \ proud to be beholden to any ono for food \ or shelter, and so when our money was all \ gone and we didn't kuow where to get a meal for the next day, wo settled it that it was time for us to quit the world as quickly as possiblo. It was wrong, very wrong, and we're both sorry for it now ; but, O God 1 if you knew what it was to rise in tho morning without knowing where to find the mcaus of supporting yourself for tho day, you -would find it. hard to biamcus. (She ? r burst into tears as she-spoke.) The husband was scon by tbo reporter, and he said : Theresa and I could not endure to tho starved to death, so we decided to kill ourselves, for one 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. But now I see how sinful I was to attempt such a crim<\ I am a religious man, and, iu my sober senses, I would never have dreamed of offending tho great God by sucb wickedness. No, never, let any one say what ho will. I cannot tell you how downcast I feel since it happened. It seems as if I never could hold up uiy head again. I havo no f rol oh vou in fltia nAnnl??t ' who oould hare helped mo out of my late trouble, I am heartily glad that 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 against her who has been my comfort for so many years. It was simply to set her and myself free from the ignomy of being beggars in our old age. They will both be well cared for now, as tho Sistors of Mercy are attending to them, and it is believed that both will fully re* cover. "Macbeth" in the Bible ?Tbo principal characters of "Macbeth" can befound in the Book of Kings. Jezebel in the Bible is "Lady Macbeth" in the . play. Sho it was that stirred op her husband to do all tho deviltry bo did. Then tako Ilazael, a servant to tho King. Under tbo influence of his wife, Jczobel, ho plots to kill his master and become King of Syria in his stead. This plot is successful, and! Ilazael is crowned King. This character exactly suits that of "Macbotb." The minor characters oan also be found in the Bible, Of course Shakespeare has altered the words, but the plot and characters are to be found thero. Dr. Halsey, in his lectures on Sbake*spcare at Princeton College, atatod thai ShakesfK ore's regular practice was to stady the Bible seven hours a day. There were not so many Bibles in his time as thero are now, but although vory costly, he had one, and made a daily practice of studying it I do not know, but presume ho is correct. Though Shakespeare was undoubtedly u great tnau, 1 thiuk he it oootiderably over* rated, so fur at hit originality it ooooerued. I think he was not endowed with the gonio* of originality, but rather with the genius of arranging the writings of those gone before, and rewriting them in an attraotirn style.?Rer. Richard Lee, D. D,