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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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 ;
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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.
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? ?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. ]
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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
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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
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bathing and regular habits, preserve ih<
toee of their nervous system and circulation
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^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.
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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
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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
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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",
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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
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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,