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a LETTEJt FROM THE UK,'. DU, WEBSTER
OF ORANUEBUKU.
To the Editor of the Tribune :
Sir?It is a matter of surprise thai
there should exist lu every part of
tjie South among the freedmen so
strong a desire to irpprovo their con
dition, by removal to some other sec
tion of the country. In this State
the purpose of removal is very geuer
ral, although not yet put. Into execu
tion. In some sections organizations
have been formed to make arrange
ments for this inpveinent. The col
ored people started hero tho idea of
. goifig toLjberia, and multitudes were
seriously nffeoted-by the'fever--' The
disastrous results of suoh a move
ment would have been far more wide
spread but for the timely efforts of
interested friends to oheck it. That
enterprise has proved a couapaiativc
failure, but not for the want af am
ple numbers spriously in earnest to
carry out and develop the impracti
cable enterprise they had inconsider
ately' aim prematurely undertaken'!
Since tho subject has been discuss
ed here of seeking homes in the West,
on lands opened by Government for
settlement, tho feeling in favor of
emigration has increased, and is now
only held in check by those who arc
looked up to for leadership in this
movement, and who wait for further
development here, and for trustwor
thy information in reference to the
most promising fields for their future
settlement, and the formation of defi
nite plans, and the certainty of
means, for reaching their place of des
tination. As I travel in the State I
am constantly pressed with inquiries
-On tlio subject, and often receive let
ters asking for Information. The
colored people only wait for definite
plans, tp bp formed, and the starling
of the forward movement; then thou
sands would forthwith take their
chances for homes and a future in the.
great West, When they once fully
make up their minds tp go they will
not be'deterred, whatever the person
?^Lj^jcjigci^mayv.be -to them. - They
are sure they have nothing to lose
here by the removal, and the chances
are in their favor elsewhere.
The question natarally arises,
What has produced tUw uneasiuess
and discontent here? It has been
brought about by a combination of
circumstances, which in their view
renders the condition of tho freedmen
comparatively hopeless here. They
have been greatly disappointed to
learn that they are to he left here
without the protection of the General
Government. Ihcy have always peon
too much in the habit of relying upon
others to look out for and protect
them. The General Government se
cured for them their freedom, and
they fondly dreamed that the
strong arm that gave them tho
rights of citizenship would see to
it that the rights; were made secure
to them. But when they were left by
tho Government on tho theory that
might wits right, and that the ques
tion must be settled here, and that
those who commanded the most ex
tensive means to govern the State
must control its destinies, they, quiet
ly yielded to t|ic inevitable, and with
out controversy qllp^pd the former
lords of the South to usurp the em
pire. They arc now made to ?pp apd
feei that their pnly adequate protec
tion must ppmc Iroin the State author
ities, who, of course, select their own
officials, control the courts, and ad
minister tho forms of justice. It is
true that they do not hold the same
relation as formerly to this dominant
party, biit they still have some linger
ing memories of what happened to
tugnj, .when tho same persons wore
doing their pleasure, In Mm full con
trol o( the affairs of the ?tale, aud
were then, as no.w, tboir heat friends.
In addition to this, they feel most
keenly that t^ey arc unjustly depriv
ed of their political rights. In the
recent .Stute election, in some sections
they oould not secure tho opportunity
to vote. In other cases they found
that the successful effort to vote
was of no value to them.
They have learned, as was actually
the ensp in one locality, that fifty
white persons could out-vote two hun
dred colored men. And, soul my in
formant) when referring to this fact,
*'Wo won't shoro government with
such a people." Thoy look upon the
privilege of tho ballot as one of the
greatest blessiiigg scoured thom by
the change that brought their free
dom ; if deprived of this thoy regard
iL as ii fatal blow to their dearest
earthly tfightmand fp^dest^ hopes,,i I
have' known many of luom to'refuse
the most templing bribes lor their
votes. At the same time they are
told Ijero in the most emphatic, terms
that all efforts on their part to secure
any ttiumph for the Republican party
will bo in vain?that the, whito peo
ple " wuVwAdo ' in blood- before*any
thing of the kind shall bo consumma
ted, and that the freedmen may as
well submit first as last.
The colored peoplo lmvo great con
fidence in those whom they havo
chosen^ ftmqng.JJicmse^ves to be their
leaders," tiiicllsu,0h men of leading in
fluence and manly independence are
the ones on whom the heaviest blows
of political perecution Ip^ye fallen.
In many plqpcs these have been
"spotted" in the locality where their
influence is felt. Tho result of this
"spotting" is that the victim can find
no work or place to live among the
white people. Hundreds havo been
driven from some localities in the
State by these combinations against
them. This has broken up, to a con
siderable extent, local attachments,
and set them adrift with a feeling
that they would welcome an oppor
tunity to leave the State, These men
have only to lead tho way and multi
tudes are ready to follow. But, for
tunately, this class of men here are
too intelligent to precipitate the rush
uutil the plans arc more fully matur
ed and tho means are provided to
make it a success.
. No ono thing has been moro dis
heartening to the freedmen of this I
Slate than the apparent combination
to refuse an adequato remuneration
for labor. The colored people are
often left without the mean3 of sct
curing employment, even when this
is the only means they have to live,
'f hp best wages paid the common day
laborer in this section is 40 or 50
cents per day, and they are obliged
to "find themselves" often at this
wages even. They are obliged to
take orders on merchants instead of
the money, These orders only pay
for goods that are sold at high prices
and at large profits. What is given
in return for labor can afford, at
best, only a scanty subsistence, leav
ing no margin for the means of pur
chasing lands and securing homes.
The bargains they feel compelled to
make iu tUc renting of land, or in
contracts for {id)or, have placed them
entirely iu tho bunds of the land
holder or employer, and ufter work
ing hard for the season many find, to
their grcut disappointment, thai Ihcy
arc without a supply af food for win
ter. Often in their hopeful efforts to
secure land on which they have made
payments, they have had their confix
dencc abused by sharpers and have
been overtaken by other misfortune.},
through which they havo lost their
lands and all their .payments upon
them. Many of them uro finding
that, despite their greatest efforts for
improvement here, they are making
no advancement in securing homes
and the means of future subsistence,
and unless some change for the bet
ter soon dawns upon them they will,
if possible, go elsewhere. Iu case of
a removal, they take with them some
advantages for success even in a new
country, They arc pscd to hardship
und scanty faro. They can still live
on tho peck of corn und three pounds
of bucon per week. They are em
phatically laborers, and are used to
nil kinds of work in the line of me
chanics and farming. Tho hard work
of this section has been done mainly
by them, and they qrp wi,lli,ng to work
when sure of improving their condi
tion by it. There is a surplus of la
bor here over the actual demand, und
means should ha employed to givp to
the laborer the advantage of a better
market. Here is^an opportunity for
charity to bestow fiinds where it
will foster industry, economy
and lead multitudes to a grand sue*
cess in the great struggle of life.
Qiyp tb.PQ,o laborers the means of
reaching tho open and fertile fields of
the West, und not only aro those hen
elited who go from us, but permanent
relief is secured to those who remain.
If the chance to rpmovc is within Ihc
reach of those who are here, it can
not fail to secure fpv them more gen
erous treatment for the future. It
will, to a great extent, promote the
interests of freedom and manly inde
pendence among those who have been
thq victims of oppression; iL will
leave them at least ono redress for
tho wrong they suffjer. Th.p lands of
the South would havo little value
without cultivation, and the political
importance of this aection must de
pend upon the population to bo rep
resented in 1 lie halls of legislation.
" The colored people here are not in
clined to bo belligerent. They are
anxious for the pcnceablo possession
of their rights, and a fair opportuni
ty to live by quiet and honeet indus
try. The eiforts made to intimidate
them into submission by threats, mur
ders anil military display have not
been without their marked cffecU up
on them, and they sigh for a lodge
"in some vast wilderness," secure
from these perils, rather than to en
counter this agitation and cruel men
ace of all that makes life dear to
them. A. Webstek.
OnANGE?uiiG, S. C, April 24, 1879.
A Problem.
Mr. Blaine is happyc Ho has dis
covered a Southern school book which
fairly reeks with disloyalty. It is an
arithmetic and one of the "sums" in
it, according to Mr. Blaine, is as fol
lows : "How long would ten coward
ly Yankees, with two days' start and
making eight miles a day, have to
run before being overtaken by five
brave Confederates following them at
the rale of ten miles a day?" We
object to this problem for tho reason
that while it is designed to inculcate
a bitter and sectional feeling and
keep up the memories of tho war, it.
is not artistically composed. We
can understand why the Yankees
would only be moving at the rate of
eight miles a day in the Southern
country because they would naturally
have a largo lot of baggage and plun
der to take care of, but why tho gal
lant Confederates, in the full ardor
of pursuit, should only be able to
make ten miles a day rather slumps
us, Under the circumstances they
ought to get over tho ground at the
rate of l;lteen miles. Wc nie not
good at "Aggers" and we have no
time to wrestle with'the problem but
wo have an idea that the gallant Con
federates, if none of them havo the
misfortune to be sunstruck, will over
haul the weary and methodical Yan
kees about the time Mr. Itlainc is
sworn in as President of tho United
Slates. It seems to be a slo?v chase.
?Baltimore Gazette.
Emotions Thj8 Year.
Elections take plaeo In several
StatC9 this year, in the following or
der : Kentucky on tho fourth of Au
gust elccls a Governor and Legisla
ture. California on the third of Sep
tember, elccls all officers from Gover
nor down, including a Legislature,
which will elect a successor of Sena
tor Booth. Maine follows Oil Om
ninth of September, electing a Gov
ernor and Legislature. Ohio on the
fourteenth of October elects a Gover
nor and Legislature?the latter to
choose a Senator to fill Mr. Th?r
man's scat. Maryland, Massachu
sotts, Mississippi, Virginia, New
York and Wisconsin elect officers in
November. Massachusetts, Maryland
and New York elect Governors,
A Poser.
Why don't you get the negro out of
the South, gentlemen??Louisville
Courier Journal.
Ask those colored people who have
been refused transportation when they
desired to leave why they did not get
?and perhaps you can get the infor
mation you seek.? Washington lie
publican.
We a?ked them at once, and they
cay they are waiting for the money
which was stolen from them by the
Republicans, through the Freedmen's
Bank, to bo refunded by the thieves,
that they may have tho means to pay
their passage money to steamboat
m,eri, who do business for cash and
not pn credit.?Louisville Courier
Jownal
Murder.
Twq years ago Daniel Edmunds,
of Livingston Count}', Ky., left his
family .anil eloped with a neighbor's
daughter. A short time ago he start
ed baok to his former home with the
young woman and hor phi,ld, and
when near the Mississippi river kill
ed and buried, bott>. Rcaphing his
old homo ho took up again with his
lawful wife. Tho bodies of tho mur
dered woman and child on, tho Mis
sissippi wero found and identified,
and an officer from Arkansas arrived
at tho home of the murdorer, arrested
and took him back to the scene of
the tragedy.
A CALIFORNIA KHK KOK,
HANGING OP TWO COLD-BJ.QODED MUCr
DEUEftS.
In 1878, Troy Dye was public ad
ministrator of Ibo county of Sacra-1
inculo, California, and as such was
entrusted with the management am)
settlement of the estates of such de
ceased persons as had no heirs or rel
atives near at hand to administer.
Tho regular emoluments of tho olllce
not heiug sulllolent to satisfy P,yp'a
avarice he conceived the bold and
horrible scheme of inaugurating a
series of murders of those persons
whose estates by law would fall into
his hands. His first attempt was suc
cessful as for as the murder was con
cerned, but detection followed and
the murderer paid the penalty of his
crimes on the 29th of May. The fol
lowing is a history of the crime:
. Living on Grand Island, situated
where tho Sacramento River flows
into San Francisco Bay, was an old
bachelor, A. M. Tullis by name, who
had by industry and thrift accumu
lated a fortune of 850,000.
On the morning of August 2, 1878,
Tullis was found dead in his orchard.
Thcro were four pistol shot wounds
in the body. It was evidently a case
of murder. Various theories were
advanced in explanation of the crime.
As Tullis had employed Chinese ser
vants it was thought he had fallen a
victim to the anti-Chinese feeling,
which ran high at the time. It
was also known that ho was very
severe on tramps, always hunting
them away from his place, and his
violent death was attributed to a
spirit of revenge on the part of some
tramps whom he had roughly treated.
But these theories were far from be
ing held as satisfactory by the peo
ple. A, reward was offered fur the
capture of the muidcrers,
The night previous two men were
seen to go down the river in a uew
und roughly built boat. They land
ed at Tullis' rauch and one of the
men asked u Chinese servant for the
boss. Ho was directed, lo the or
chard, unddOOn uli&^roPe heard the
report of shots, the shouting of men
and barking of a dog. Nex.t morn*
ing the tracks of men were found
leading from where the murdered
man lay down to the river. Suspicion
pointed to the men who lauded from
the boat as the murderers, and on this
clew the detective proceeded to work.
Iu the meantime Troy Dye, as public
administrator, tiled an application
that letters of udministration bo is
sued to him on Tullis' estate. Some
days later portions of the boat in
which the two men were seen were
found in the willows by the side of
the river below Tullis' place. On
one piece of the boat was round lig
uring, which ultimately led to the
discovery that the lumber bad been
pui chased by a'man named Ander
son and an unknown man from Wal
ton's lumber yard, and had been sent
to Dye's house, where the boat was
built. On the night of August 12
the Sheriff;of Sacramento anested
Troy Dye and Clark his partner in
the saloon business* Dye, who was
a farmer and butcher und interested
in the saloon business with Clark,
up to that t'pne borno au irreproacha
ble character. Anderson was a butch
er, had been employed by Dye at
the time of Tullis* murder and was
boarding in Dye's house. After the
murder he disappeared but was sub
sequently capt.urcd and lodged in
jail at Sacramento to await trial.
In his confession pyo said Ander
son, a man from the East, who had
done a deu} oJ ''work" there, and an
other man named Dick, proposed
that they should kill nli tho rich men
for a sharo of Dye's percentage on
tbo estates ho would administer.
Dye explained to them the nnturo of
his cfllce and the percentage ho re
received on the estate he administer
ed. About the 20th of April, 1878,
Dye and Dick went down tho liver
on a steamer, and Dye pointed out
the places of different persona who
wcro "well fixed and had no rela
tions." Tullis was included in the
list of persons wfioso cstatos could bo
administered with profit. A week
later Dick went down on a steamer
and took a survey of T/ullis' ranch.
I Ho paid another visit to Tullis* place,
and after drinking a bottlo of liquor
with Tullis presented him with anoth
er charged with poison ; but tho poi
son Bcheuie did not succeed and then
his murder was decided upon. An as
sassin was brought from San Francis
co . to murder Tullis, but as the man
I was in the habit of drinking to ex
cess this plun was abandoned and the
would-be assassin sent back to San
Francisco. Anderson was then work
ing in Yuba City, and had written to
Dye to send him word when lie had
any "work" laid out. Dye went for
Anderson himbclf, so as to avoid riski
and he found the latter eager for the
bloody business. On the night ol the
18th of July, Dye drovo Anderson
iind Dick down along the river us far
as Riehland. On the way down An
derson wanted to stop and kill a
ranch man natcoU Strothmnn who
?vns supposed to bo a good subject for
the administrators, but Dye thought
one murder was enough to have on
hand at a time. At Richland they
took n boat. On arriving at Grand
Island they found Tullis was absent
in San Francisco, and the ruffians re
turned disappointed, Andersou re
turned to Yuba City, but on the sum
mons of Dye eagerly repaired again
to Sacramento on the *27lh of J\\\y,
and it was then decided to build the
boat.
Anderson and Dick went down in
the boat and landed at Tullis'. Dick
hid in a field of barley while Ander
son went looking for Tullis, and,
finding him, asked for work. Tullis
said he employed none but Chinamen,
and ordered him away. After some
sharp words Andersou struck Tullis
with a saud club, and the two com
menced to struggle with each other.
Dick then ran up, and telling Ander
son to get out of the way, shot Tullis
in the back. He then placed his pis
tol at the back of Tullis' head and
again fired. Tullis fell on his face,
and Dick emptied another chamber
of his revolver in his head and ran.
They got into the boat and pulled
down the river about two miles.
Dye met them ?vilb a buggy, and
drovo them to Sacramento. Ander
son? .next day started for Yuba City,
wuerje he was arrested.
Dye also stated in his confession
that before the TuJIis murder Ander
son said to him : camo-w
near fixing an old fellow for you
last night. Thero is an old fellow
over on L street, Jackson, who is
very rich. \ went down there last
night, stepped iirside the gate, picked
up a piece of iron, intending to
knock him on the head when ho came
iu ; but there were two men with him.
They passed iu and I walked out of
the gate." Anderson added to Dye
that he would kill anybody for 8100.
Anderson, in his confession, said
Dye tempted him to take part in
the killing of Tullis, and then re
lated all the details of the trage
dy substantially as given iu Dye's
statement. Iu January last Dye
and Anderson were tried and con
victed, the jury being out only twen
ty minute*. They were sentenced to
bo banged on the 2i)th of May, and
the sentence- was carried out as
stated above. The man Dick disap
peared before the arrests were made
and has not yet been captured.
Clark, who, according to Dye's
confession, knew nothing of the mur
der until after it had been committed,
is still in jail at Sacramento. The
grand jury on the 18th ult. found a
true bill against him for conspiracy
in the murder of Tullis, and he will
be tried at an early day.
Prediction.
We noticed that the editor of the
Atlanta Constitution, of a recent
date, estimates the yield of tho pre
sent cotton crop at $5,300,000 bales.
Such predictions do our farmers barm
when not intended. Speculators arc
always ready to avail themselves of
everything said that will benefit
them and injure the poor farmer.
Now, with due respect to the ufore
said editor, it is our deliberate opin
ion that be can toll who will be the
next president, whaj, wll} be the ver
dict of a petit j,ury, or who a woman
will marry. A crop of cotton, wi|l be
made, a .iury will render a verdict,
and women will marry.?Aikcn i|r
vicw.
Hi. kiss says ho can never remem
ber "tho dark days of 18G2 without a
chill of horror." Tho chill was such
a seveio ono ho went of and hired a
Democratic) substitute and left the
fellow-citizens of Augusta to foot the
bill. Jimmjc's ague lasted all through
the war, and ho never got in a f?an
guinnry mood until 18Go. Since then
he has been killing Confederates (in
his mind) every day in the year.
Jcevns is one of tho tdoodioat butch
ers in the bull-pen when thero are no
beeves Jo kill.
Ben and Jini.
Ben Hill bus caught Jim Blaine in
another what-do-ye-call-it. The plum
ed knight of Maine recently took ad
vantage of Hill's absence to suy that
he had written in 18C1 that he felt
about the secession of Georgia as if
he had lost a father, and that he had
nevertheless voted for secession. Says
Ulaine, <lIt appears that rather than
be in the minority he was willing to
murder his father," which witicisms
brought down tho Senate and waked
the somnolent Africans in the galle
ry. Senator Hill proves by the re
cord that he did voie aguruut seces
sion, but that after it was an accom
plished fact, all tho members of the
convention signed the ordinance,
himself among the number. Blaine
deferred replying to Hill uutil anoth
er day. As has been suggested, he
may bo waiting for another chance
when Hill is absent. A sweet scent
ed bociuet is Blaine.
In Trouble.
Postmaster Pearce, of Newport, R.
I., is a prominent member of the par
ty of moral ideas. He is therefore a
Federal office-holder. He is also a
member of one of the first families of
the highly moral and intellectual
State of Rhode Islaud. He is never
theless in trouble. Although a mar
ried man, he was indiscreet enough
to pay addresses to "another wo
man." For this his wife a few weeks
ago endeavored to murder him in his
sleep. Failing in this, she attempted
to commit suicide a week after, and
is now lying iu a critical condition.
And recently the other young woman
met him on the street and snapped a
loaded pistol at his head. Pearce
may congratulate himself on his luck,
but he can hardly feel a just pride in
himself. By the way, we thought
everybody North was good, and only
the bad rebels of the South did
wrong. There must be a mistake
somewhere.
Sensible to the Last.
Mr. Armfield, a representative in
Congress, is not an idle looker on in
the discussions of the House, as the
following will show i Garfield intro
duced a bill appropriating 375,000 of
the public money to alleviate tho suf
fering of the negro emigrants to Ken
tucky. Mr. ArmQeld brought the
House to their senses by offering an
amendment, adding $5QQ,000 to help
the unemployed whites to emigrate
South or elsewhere, whore they can
get work. Mr. ArmUcfd thinks that
what is fair for one suffering class is
fair for the other und his amendment
has really more merit tuuu the origi
nal bill, as there are thousand* pf
honest whites North who cannot get
employment, while the negro can al
ways tind work ut home if he will do
it.
No Time.
No time to mend your dress, hut
when the little hole catches on a nail
and becomes a great rent, then you
will have to mend it, and it will be
an hour's work, while five minutes
would be enough for a little hole.
No time to pull up ths weed, hut
when your garden is full of weeds
you will find that you must extermi
nate them, and will toil in the hot
sun for a whole day. No time to
teach that little child of yours, to
give it habits of neatness, and show
it what is right and what is wrong.
No time { Ah, but you will have
enough in after yeava to bpwati yp.ur
forgctfulueas of that little, immortal
soul entrusted to your kcep.jjjg. Wo
all have time for twenty things a day
which we do not do, busy as we may
think ourselves.
A Buffalo paper gets off the follow
ing at the expense of some hen-peck
ed Methodist dominie of New York :
"At a Methodist coufereuco meeting
a man got up and said ho had long
wished to speak; hut his wifo wouldn't
let him. His wife had died, however,
apt) having his liberty at last, ho
proposed to exercise it* In about
two minute;} the entire confereuce
wept over tho death of the lady as
over the loss of a personal friend."
Duuing a thunderstorm recently a
book agent and a mule got caught in
the rain, and they sought refuge in
an outbuilding, where the owner of
the house happened to be, and when
the coroner's jury came to llnd a ver
dict, they were unablo to say wheth
er th i owner of thp house got struck
by lightnjng, kicked by the mule, or
talked to death by the book agent.
-O-rr
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE .19 SAUGE FOR
tii j? U.iKD?li>
The world is full of "advice to
wives," and even Ural.cheap.commod
ity by courtesy addressed "to mar
ried people" is mostly one-sided and
intended for the ears of the weaker
sex only. We can scarcely pick up
a paper without reading the oft-reiler>
aled injunction to "always meet him
with a smile" (whatever may be bis
delinquencies), to be "always neatly
dressed" (whatever work on hand),
to "never complain" to him (what*
ever the weight of your cares), and
all the rest of it which every body
knows so well.
For the sako of a more evenly bal?
anced stato of things, let us adminis
ter a little of tho same dose to the
other side of tho house, on the old
principle that "what is sauce for tho
goose is sauco for the gander."
Husbands should always appear
before their wives in a neat and ho
coming attire. Remember that is
one of your chief attractions during
courtship. A man is not at all beau
tiful en dishabille, and how can you
expect to retain a woman's love if
you suddenly drop all the blandish
ments that won it? Husbands, bo
neat. Never come U breakfast with
hair looking like "a fig tree shaj&ea
by a mighty wim}.,v or ac-tfed collar
and necktie all Never lounge
about of a late hour in the evening
in stocking feet, without coat and
vest, and with sluuchy suspenders.
Had she chanced Iq see you thus in
courting days, it would have taken a
vast amount of romance out of her,
depeud upon it. Suppose your cir
cumstances in life are such that you
must assist in doing the "morning
chores," then, steal to your room be
fore she has seen you, aud there
change the working-coal fur "J>o
diessing-gown, polish your boots.and
make yourself presentable, ttafe no'
suggestion of the barn-yurd may ac
company you to the breakf&3r-tuhle.
The look of fond regard V,?at will
surely greet you from behind, \.]iu fra
grant coffee-pot will bo a sufficient
reword.
Never wear a clouded QX angry
countenance in the presence of your
wife. No matter what the cares nnd
annoyances of the day have been; be
fore her you should be all sunabir^?.r
Thus you will make her happy and
forget your own troubles. | In her
own sphere she has her petty vexa
tions to br.ar that would break tho .
spirit of any man alive. Don't add i
the burden of yours I .?(>
If the children are- uoby or peevish,;
quiet and amuse them, with as much
tact as possible, ii_ order that you
disturb not their mother, who, in;
the evening, should find that
rest aud. tranquility that will prepare
her fios the duties of another day.
Above all, allow no impatient word
to arise to your lips should your wife
object to your spending money on.
such selfish gratifications as expen
sive brandies and choice cigars, whilu
she is economizing in m.,uy little
ways. Though you may think her iu
the wrong, you had belter be ruled
by her wishes, a9 thus you may avoid
future unpleasantness.
If you wish to be the true compan
ion of your wife, don't allow yourself
to degenerate into a more drudge and
money-catcher. Keep your Intellect
refreshed by perusing good books \
read the things she reads, and repeat
to her the news, both political and;
general, that you have gleaned in the
world outside Iber sphere.
Bear in mind that many overtaxed
wives are mcro bundles of nerves, so
to speak, nnd subject to a thousand
and one ^rritatious that enter not in
to a man's philosophy to even com
prehend ; therefore, write "it in your
heart and prove in your daily walk
and conversation that "a soft answer
turneth away wrath, but grievous
words stir up anger."?Fannie D.
Ward.
Shrunked.
An old da:kcy caught a two pound
sucker one day and was so well satis
fied with bis work that be lay down
I for a nap with the fish beside him on
the grass. Another darkey came
along presently, picked' no Ike suck
er and left a half pound *j>np in its
place. When the first ypan and broth
er woke ?r),'^the first thing his eyes
sought was the fish, and it took him
some seconds to realize that some
thing had jtypp?ncd! ' Then turning
his prize over und examining it all
around, ho ffmjply saldf.'^'.Golly, how
dat fish am shrunked."