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THAT INTEREST BILL.
AJtTII'LE n.
In my last I proposed to notice in
this article who pays the interest, the
manufacturer, the tuiddle man, or con
sumer. I think it is safe to sav, as a
general rule, the cost or price of an ar
ticle of goods is increased by the time
it reaches the consumer in proportion
to the increase or excess of interest
allowed, multiplied by the number of
hands or middle men through which it
passes from the time it leaves the man
ufacturer or producer till it reaches the
consumer. The merchant in Atlanta
sells a bill of goods to a merchant in
Hartwell. He takes a note due at 3
months pa}’able at the bank at 12 per
cent. The Atlanta merchant, in order
that he may use tins capital at once,
deposits the same in bank with his en
dorsement and draws upon the note.
Is it not plain tliat the Hartwell mer
chant pays the 12 per cent, interest;
and is it not plain that the cost of his
goods is increased just in proportion as
the high rate of interest in the first in
stance is allowed ; and is it not equally
true that the Hartwell merchant is
forced to add this increase to the price
of his goods, which is paid by the con
sumer ? If the law allowed only seven
per cent, to be charged, the Atlanta
man would take the note at that rate
and could go with it to the bank and
draw the money as readily as if it wa9
at 12 per cent.—for the usury law is a
restriction on banks as well as individ
uals. One of the leading wholesale
merchants of Atlanta remarked to the
writer recently that he preferred a low
restricted rate of interest; “ For,” said
he, “ I have to charge my customers
12 per cent, for the reason I have to
pay that to carry on my business and
to accommodate them; when if only
7 per cent, was allowed I could serve
them with just as little trouble and
with less cost.”
A high rate of interest is a direct tax
on the commercial industries of onr
country. It is a tariff paid indirectly
by the consumer. It is that much add
ed to the actual cost of an article in its
transit to be paid by the consumer when
it reaches the end of the line.
The argument of some is that if the
Legislature should pnt interest down at
7 per cent, and enforce the usury law
it will not apply to the national
banks in the State, and the law would
therefore be ineffectual, as they could
continue to charge the same rate as be
fore. This is a mistake, and it is an
argument used by those who are op
posed to the usury bill because their
interests so lead them, or else they
have not taken the trouble to post
themselves on the law. The act of
Congress; June, 1864, restricts the na
tional banks in receiving and charging
inicicsL u Hie nu* auoweu oy the
laws in the State where the bank is lo
cated, with a penalty annexed of for
feiture of the entire amount of interest
that the note, bill or other evidence of
the indebtedness carries with it up to
the time. [See Revised Statutes of
U. S., 2d edition, 1878, page 1005.]
Now, for instance, in the State of
New York and Pennsylvania the nation
al banks are not allowed to charge
more than 6 per cent, upon any account
without heavy penalties. In New York,
the forfeiture of the entire amount, be
sides the part}’ is liable to a criminal
prosecution.
We believe that the high rate of in
terest paid by onr people for the last
eight years lias done more to bankrupt
the great mass of our citizens and
bring upon the country a general state
of stagnation in business than any one
cause, or combination of causes since
the war. We believe that the cause of
a large portion of the enormous indebt
edness of our people is traceable to the
effect of a high rate of interest allowed
by our law—piling up year after year
at 12 per cent, until the sum is indeed
alarming.
Most all the Southern States, after a
costly experiment have gone back to
the old rates before the war, and some
even lower—and does not the interest
of Georgia demand that she too shall
return after a wild cat chase of eight
years, to the good old laws and prac
tices of our fathers. We believe the
good citizens of Georgia should ignore
all self-interest, if it should be in con
flict, and for the general prosperity of
our grand old State demand that our
present Legislature put interest down
at 7 per cent., and pass stringent usury
laws. Hermit.
The Way Yon Ought to Do.
The regiment had been ordered out
for target practice, and to the unspeak
able disgust of the instructor, the sol
diers made bull’s eyes on barns and cen
tres on the planet Uranus.
“ Gimme that rifle, you cross-eyed son
of an old smooth-bore tower musket,”
yelled the instructor, “ and watch me !”
He fires and misses the target, the
bullet striking about two hundred yards
short and a quarter of a mile to the
right.
“ That’s the way you gawks do,’’ says
the instructor calmly, putting in another
cartridge ; “ never make any allowances
for windage—pay no attention to your
elevation —nothing.’
He fires again and sends the bullet
over the target.
“ And that’s the way some more of
you do—get a good aim on the mark,
but when you pull the trigger, up goes
your muzzle, and the ball goes up among
the little stars and all around the moon,
fair regent of the heavens.”
Fires again and makes a bull-eye,
“ And that’s the way you ought to do 1”
The Hartwell Sun.
By BENSON & McGILL.
VOL. Ill —NO. 45.
A BEANOS AItLE ODE.
BY H. W. 1. HAM.
Upon the xrlnj-x of every breexe
That arnica awonic the furret tree*,
Upon the er*ata of every eele
That xweepe o'er rAlley, hill and dale ;
And on the 'verbratlny aonnd
That echoea 'long the trembling ground—
There cornea a aoft and quivering attain,
Now up. now down, now up again.
The aingle (train:
Commencement!
Commencement here. Commencement there,
Coniniencemeuta near Commencemente far,
The glrla arrayed In fleecy white.
Now read the gema they ne'er did write,
And from out the apacioua Jawa
Of sweltering audience cornea " applause."
For auch ia life, and such the wav
That things are done lu this our day
At Commencement.
And straightway home the damaela go,
To astonish the folks with what they knew
Of Greek and Latin and rods aud roods,
And gratumer, tenues, cases, moods;
And soon their names are lost lu that
Of some white tie and Iveaver hat.
And thus it la, alas’ alack 1
The white-robed dears shall ne'er come back
To Commencement.
THE CHAPLAIN'S PRATE!.
Chicago Inttr-Occan.
Thirteenth of June my paper said
That in the Senate hall
Of this great disunited States
The audience was small.
The chaplain came, as usual,
To make the morning prayer,
But not a single Senator
Was in position there.
The door keeper, with folded hands.
The pages were In plane ;
The President pro tem. sat bowed
To hear the morning grace.
That while the chaplain prayed at length,
Ben Hill, of Georgia, came ;
And. at the close, the Speaker called
The Senator by name—
To come to order now, and hear
The Senate journal read,
And thus the doings of the day
Were on the records spread.
Now, what’s the use to pay a priest
To make parade of prayer ;
So pompous, grand and eloquent,
With only Ben out there !
And he came In just at the close,
To hear the word " amen
That's too expensive, so 1 think,
Just for old Geergia Ben.
Economy should be the rule
By all the parties there ;
But snch economy as this
Will make the people swear.
If senators at Washington
Expect that we will pay
To furnish chaplains for their good
Who knew Just how to pray,
Then we insist that every man
Shall be on hand in there.
For God and all the people know
They need a heap of piayer.
“ Raised.”
No barber •-!..>m V><v
shave, and the man who rushes into a
shop and drops into a barber-chair,
without seeing who nccupieth the next
chair to the right or left may get badlv
left, as a case proved yesterday. A sol
id old citizen in the wholesale trade was
taking it easy, his face covered with
lather, when in came a young man who
flung off his coat, bounced into a chair,
and called out;
“ Hurry up, now, for I must get back
to the store before old Blank does or he
will raise thunder! Hang him, he won’t
even give a man time to die !”
The solid citizen turned his face to
glance at the other, and the barber notic
ed a reddeuing of his face.
“Going on a vacation this summer?”
asked the barber who was preparing to
shave the young man.
“Vacation! How in Tophet can I
getaway from old Blank! And if I
could, he pays such a stingy, contempti
ble salary that I couldn’t afford even a
ride on the ferry boat?”
“ Why don’t you ask him fora raise?”
queried the barber.
“ Why don’t I ask him for the hand
of his freckle-nosed daughter? He’d dis
charge me in a minute, though he’s
making money and can afford it. If
the old hyena would have a stroke of
apoplexy the junior partner might do
something, but such chaps always live to
be a hundred years old.”
Conversation ceased here, the solid
man got out of his chair, took a brush
ing and sat down, and when the clerk
arose from his chair and turned around
snow-balls would have looked black lie
side his face. lie tried to bow and
speak, but something wouldn’t let him,
and when he started to put on his coat
he had it tails up and collar down. He
was still struggling with it when the
solid man rose up, looked around and
walked out, saying never a word. The
barbers wet the young man’s head and
held cologne to his nose, but he walked
sideways when he went out, and there
was an uncertain wobble to his knees.
In applying for the vacant position to
day, state what shop you shave af.
The Methodist Episcopal Church is
short of Bishops, having since the death
of Bishops Janes, Morris and Ameeonly
ten left. As the work of the church is
every year increasing, theft is a call for
the constant service of at least thirteen
Bishops, and there is a growing disposi.
tion to make the number greater. A
Methodist Episcopal Bishop needs to be
a healthy man in the prime of life, for
his official work is enough to keep him
very busy. Outside of his official labor
there are other things for which he is
continually called upon, such as laying
comer stones, dedicating churches, and
making speeches on patriotic and other
great occasions. If there were eighteen
or twenty Bishops there would be work
enough to keep them all busy. The
only difficulty would be to raise means
for their support.
HARTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY JULY 9. 1879.
Walk on the Water.
The Leavenworth (Ky.) Press says:
Agreeable to announcements made
through the Press, and according to the
programme laid out, Prof. Chas. Har
desty yesterday accomplished one of
the most marvelous feats ever perform
ed In the nineteenth century The pro
gramme issued announced that the Pro
fessor would walk across the Missouri
river, starting from the east end of the
Missouri river bridge. The start was
made about- 2:80 o’clock in the after
noon, and in nine and a half minutes
from the time of starting the west side
was reached. The river at that point,
owing to the narrowness of the chan
nel and the extraordinary rise of the
pa9t two days, had acquired a velocity
of over fourteen miles per hour, which
rendered the feat much more difficult
than it would have been at an ordinary
stage of water.
The crowd commenced gathering at
,the place designated in the bills about
1 1 o’clock, and by 2 o'clock the river
bank for over n mile was packed with
carriages and pedestrians. When the
west bank was reached cheer after
cheer went up from the delighted audi
tory, all of whom claimed it to be the
most marvelous feat of the age. After
resting a few moment* the manner of
working the shoes was explained, show
ing that any person of ordinary intel
ligence could walk upon the water more
easily than upon snow shoes in winter.
The Professor then, by attaching the
two shoes together, showed how he
conld sit down or lie down witli perfect
ease and safety, and established the
fact that his “ water shoes ” were the
mo9t perfect life-preserver ever invent
ed.
It is the intention of the inventor to
give series of exhibitions at the princi
pal maritime cities in the world, and
will challenge Capt. Boy ton or any oth
er inventor to a trial as to the utility
and perfectness of the various inven
tions for the preservation of life upon
the high sens of any of the navigable
waters of the globe.
A Midnight Dnel.
A. Washington correspondent of the
Poof/'n Tnuwnail towSfon • A *t- -
many bloody nuefi on record as having
been fought by Congressmen was one in
which James Jackson, of Georgia—who
had been and who was afterward a U.
S. Senator —was the challenged party.
He was an Englishman by birth, but he
went to Savannah when a lad, studied
law, was a leading Freemason and
fought gallantly in the Revolutionary
war. He killed Lieutenant-Governor
Wells in J7BO in a duel, and was en
gaged in several other “ affairs of hon
or,” until he finally determined to accept
a challenge on such terms as would
make it his last duel. So he prescribed
as the terms that each party, armed
with a double-barreled gun loaded with
huck,shot, and with a hunting-knife,
should row himself in a skiff to desig
nated points on opposite sides of the Sa
vannah river. When the citv clock
struck 12 each should row his skiff ton
small island in the middle of the river,
which was wooded and covered with un
derbrush. On arriving at the island
each was to moor his skiff, stand by it
for ten minutes, and then go about on
the island until the meeting took place.
The seconds waited on the main land
until after one o’clock, when they heard
three gun shots and loud and angry
cries. Then all was still. At day light,
as had been agreed upon, the seconds
went to the island and found Jackson
lying on the ground, insensible from loss
of blood, and his antagonist lvingacross
him, dead. Jackson recovered, but
would never relate his experience on
that night, nor was he ever challenged
again. He died in this city, while serv
ing his second term as United States Sen
ator, March 19, 1806.
No Envy There.
On High street yesterday a boy of
10, richly dressed, sat on the steps eat
ing an orange, and a boy with a cart
load of picked up wood stood across
the street looking at him. The con
trast was very great, and a pedestrian
who saw the situation said to the poor
boy:
“ That chap over there is pretty well
fixed, isn’t he ?”
“ Yes,” was the brief reply.
“ Lives in a big house and wears
good clothes ?”
“ Yes.”
“ Probably has lots of spending
money.”
“ Yes.”
There was a minnte of silence, and
then the boy with the cart started up
his load, saying:
“ But I don’t care a cent about it—
he has to eat with a fork and say ‘ yes,
ma’am,’ to everybody.”
Half of the hair and beard of a man
in Springfield, Mass., has turned gray,
while the other half retains its natural
dark color. The dividing line of the
beard is in the middle of the chin, and
on the head it is immediately over the
, nose.
Devoted to Hart County.
“Sold iglifn.”
Detroit Frot Prate.
A colored woman, accompanied hv a
bright-looking three-vear old " pick*”
were passengers on a Woodward avenue
car yesterday, and after attentively ob
serving the youngster for a few minutes
an oldish man leaued forward aud ask
ed :
“ Madam, is that child for sale?”
“Well, dat’s ‘cordin’ to the price sot
on him, I s'pose,’, she replied.
“I'll give you a teu-dollar bill for
him," continued the man.
“ Dnt’s my figgor, an’ de nigger am
yourn 1” she answered, aud with a twist
of her arms Bhe placed “ pick ” on the
buyer’s knee, and held out her hand for
the money.
“ Well—but—" the daaed man stam
mered, as the little elf clung tightly to
his vest and seemed greatly pleased.
“G>me right down wid de scrip!"
9aid the woman. “You made de offer
and I ’cepted it. an’ if I can sell de od
der seveu at de same price. I’ll begin all
oberagin! Whar's de ten-spotf”
“ Madam, I will give you two dollars
of the money, and you keep him till I
call," responded the man as he fished
for his wallet.
“ Well, but vou want to bo aroun'
purty smart, ole man, for two dollars
doau’ go fur feediu’ sich a 'possum ns
him. I git off right heah, an’ I libs in
dat ole house w id de black chimbl v, way
up dar. You’ll find me dar all ob de
time,”
Why the man should have preferred
to stand out on the platform for the rest
of his ride is his own affair.
A Sunday Anecdote.
Many years since there lived in Vir
ginia a Baptist preacher named B .
Though uneducated he was a sound
thinker and an eloquent speaker, and no
minister had a more devoted flock. It
was the custom during the iuclement
season to hold meetings at the preach
er’s house. For years it was observed
that B neither preached nor con
ducted the meeting when held at bis
bouse, but secured the services of some
neighboring minister.
He JYMAiAefI. for an explana
tion 'c to the importunities of his flock,
gave the following i
“ When I was much younger than
now—in fact, not long after the com
mencement of my administrations —I
held a meeting at my house. It being
customary for many of the congregation
to remain for dinner, Mrs. B. sent our
negro boy, Tim, to neighbor Paul’s for
some butter. Tim returned and locat
ed himself, standing on one foot at a
time, on the outskirts of the congrega*
tion.
Being well warmed in my sermon,
thinking neither of Tim nor his errand,
but only of the most successful mode of
impressing upon my hearers one of mv
strongest arguments, I demanded with
all the energy in my power: ‘ And
what did Paul say?’
Tim, at the top of his little squeaking
voice, exclaimed, as Tim only could
have done:
‘He thed you couldn’t git any more
butter till you paid for what you got!’
This brought down the house, and cut
short one of the finest efforts of my early
ministry, Since then I have kept my
preaching disconnected with my domes
tic affairs.
Had Forgotten llimself.
An incident, a somewhat ludicrous
one, too, of the fire at the Hagerstown
Hotel, has been told us by one who
was there and who literally “ barely ”
escaped with his life. He s a travel
ing man. Being suddenly awakened
that night by a bright light shining in
his face, he discovered that the window
frame of his rooru, on the third floor,
was one blaze of flame and that the
apartment was rapidly filling with
sinoke. He at once left, how he knows
not, but finally succeeded in reaching
the ground by a jump from a second
story window. When safely landed
he stood watching the work of destruc
tion, and near by him were a group of
very thinly-clad females, also gazing.
While thus standing he noticed a
party of firemen hurrying past with a
quantity of feminine apparel. He im
mediately, with that gallantry so in
keeping with a traveling man, hailed
the men with:
“ Look here, you fellows, give these
ladies some of those clothes.”
The reply was in an instant:
“All right, stranger, we’ll do so;
but don’t you think it would be a good
idea to put on a pair of spurs yourself ?”
The last remark caused him to in
vestigate himself, when he found that
his whole costume was a shirt, a vest,
and pair of gaiters, while the rest of his
garments hung idly over his arm. Our
friend blushed, sought a refuge, and
pulled on his pants.
A rnob tied a man to a post at Solon,
0., and used him as a target to throw
eggs at. Each hit in the face was re
warded with a drink of whisky.
Farmers say good butter get* scarce
when tbe elder is in bloom.
$1.50 Per Annum.
WHOLE NO. 149.
EDITORIAL MELANGE.
A n.ad dog was killed in Forsyth
recently.
Congress actually adjourned on the
first instant. July fly.
Atlanta’s cotton factory has com
menced operation, and the Atlantese
are jubilaut.
A steam sAw-mill boiler exploded at
West Point, Ga., on the 30th nit., kill
ing the engineer Hughes an wounding
six others—two fatally.
Lieut. Henry M. McCawley, of the
13th U. S. Infantry, committed suicide
by shooting himself, in Atlanta on the
30th ult. Cause--gambling.
Governor Colquitt has commuted the
death sentence of James, Alford, the
rolling mill murderer, to imprisonment
for life. Circumstances justify the
Governor in this matter, and if he will
pardon Hill he will make many friends.
The duty on quinine has been abol
ished by Congress. This will be bailed
with satisfaction in the entire South.
The Atlanta Constitution was the pio
neer agitator of this much needed
measure. Long may it wave; and
may the editors never shake with chills
nor parch with fevers.
A Base Proposition.
A Detroiter who has the reputation
of being hard paj* was waited on tlie
other day by a man who began :
“ Mr. Blank, I hold 3’our note for
$75. It is long past due. and I wanted
to see what you would do about it.”
“My note ? Ah 1 yes, yes. this is
my note. For value received I prom
ise to pay, and so forth. Have you
been to the note-shavers with this ?”
“ I have, but none of them would
have it.”
“ Wouldn't eh ? And you tried the
bank ?”
“ Yes, sir, but they wouldn't look at
it.”
“ Wouldn’t eh ? And I suppose you
went to a justice to see otiout suing
it ?”
“ I did, but he said a judgment would
not be worth a dollar.” , .
tion do you wish to make ?”
“ This is your note for $75. Give
me $5 and you can have it.”
Five dollars ! No, sir 1 No sir 1
I have no money to throw away sir 1”
“ But it is your own note.”
“ True, sir, very true, but I’m not
such an idiot as to throw aw a}’ money
on worthless securities, no matter who
signs them. I deal only in first-class
paper, sif, and when that note has a
negotiable value I will be pleased to
discount it. Good day, sir—looks like
settled weather again 1”
A Contest of Ugliness.
George 11. had a master of the revels
named Heidegger who was egregiously
ugly. It amounted to a distinction. Ho
much so that two young gentlemen were
found prepared to advance the proposi
tion that Heidegger was the ugliest hu
man being in England. The wager was
offered and taken, London wad ransack
ed for native deformity, and some very
n markuble specimens of uncouthnesS
and mispronortion were disco verts I. At
last, iu St. Giles’, one old wmnau w as de
tected whose ugliness seemed to surpass
anything that could have been believed.
She and Heidegger were brought face to
face, and the latter, who was proud ol
his persounl appearance, admitted that
he had at length met his match. But
it is the advantage of a contest on which
a bet depends that there are plenty of
people interested and standing liv to see
fair play done. One of Heidegger’s
supporters remarked that the old woman
owed much of her expressions to her
bonnet, and he suggested that to make
the contest perfectly fair, Heidegger
should put on the bonnet too. The mas
ter of the revels assented, and so did
those who backed the old woman’s sup
porters. Heidegger looked so excrucia
tingly ugly that the bet could no longer
be disputed. The master of the revels
i umphautly maintained his position ol
being the ugliest of his majesty’s sub
jects.
Not Dead.
Bangor (Mt.) (,’ommtrcial.
Democracy dead 1 Its principles tri
umphant in more than qricdiailfof the
States of the Union and its defenders
shaping legislation in both houses of
Congress.
Democracy dead ! Counting within
its ranks a majority of more than amil
lion of the white voters of the country
and a majority of at least a quarter
of a million of the entire voting popu
lation.
Democracy dead ! Its chosen leaders
just emerging from a battle waged in
behalf of constitutional liberty and the
just rights of freemen. No! Democ
-1 racy is not dead. It lives, and will
] live on, until after the Republican party
, has gone to its sleep that knows no
waking. _
Middle Tennessee has 300 brandy
j distilleries in operation.
SAWU6 OFF THE TOP OFF HE*
SKULL.
Cumberland (MtL) If toil.
We have just come into possession
of the facts of a remarkable circum
stance which occurred in this vicinity
some thne since. A middle aged lady,
who resides near Wellersville, Penir.,
a few miles from this city. Whet* Marne
is omitted by request of friends, was
Afflicted with that terrible disease scrof
ula, the seat of the disorder being in
her head. She suffered terrible agony
from the pressure of the diseassd cra
nium upon her brain, and her physician
decided that the only means of relief
was the removal of the top of her
skull. He never attempted the opera
tion, however, fearing she might die
from its effects.
The woman continued to suffer, and
her son, who was afflicted with the same
disease, determined to take the risk and
perform the operation. He was con
siderable of a mechanical genius, sad
he soon constructed a fine saw for the
purpose, the material used being wire
from nn old hoop-skirt. After he hod
finished the instrument, although lie had
no surgical knowledge, he began the
operation of sawing through the skull
at a point about two inches below the
summit of the cranium. After work
ing some time at the operation tfie
young man was tftken ill and died.
After his death the lady’s daughter,
a young lady of nineteen or twenty,
decided to continue the work, and did
so. succeed big in removing the top of
her mother' 9 head, relieving the terrible
pain and probably saving her life. She
was occupied several days in the ope
ration, which was a delicate and dan
erous one, ordinarily to be performed
by the most skillfui surgeons. If the
improvised instrument had been driven
in deep and penetrated the delicate
covering of the brain, instant death
would lmve resulted, and that some ac
cident of the sort did not occur is one
of the most astonishing facts about the
matter. She undertook the operation
as a desperate resort, and the exercise
of nerve which sustained lief was won
derful.
Once while working she fainted, and
frequently she would throw down the
3aw, declaring she could go no further.
Her mother whose enormous will power
was not less wonderful, always urged
her to proceed, saying: “If I can stand
it yon should do the same, as it is the
only way of saving my life.” No an
esthetic was used, ami the afflicted
wi-tnan carefully watched and directed
the operation. As stated, instantane
ous relief followed the removal of the
diseased bone, although tbe disease wa*
not eradicated. The removed bona
ffAAJfiulaced by a silken can. earwiidiv
’l'Hfl r.tm.'iilnn wh /war
six months ago. ana the lady was at
last accounts alive and cheerful though,
of course, confined to a limited sphere
of action. Hhe took a very philosophi
cal view of the affair, and seems grate
ful that relief was afforded, although sh
will remain an invalid for life. The
case is certainly a very remarkable one,
and if the facts were met in a work of
fiction the story would probably be re
garded as a clever but far-fetched fab
rication ‘‘ out of the whole cloth.” But
the case is well authenticated, and wa
have stated the facts, without addition
or change, as we obtained them from a
reliable source.
One rtf the strangest cases of suicide
on record occurred a few miles northeast
ofHagcrtown, Indiana, on 29th June.
.Several weeks since a farmer by the
name of George Hoover, smitten by the
charms of u grass widow, expressed to
some friends Ids intention of leading ber
to tbe hymeneal altar. Mr. Hoover
was a member of the Dunkcr church,
one of the laws of which prohibits a
male member from marrjdnga divorced
woman. The church, on being notified
of bis intention, warned him to desist,
and that if ho took the step lie would
certainly be expelled. He paid no heed
to this warning, but married the widow
and iu consequence was turned from the
church. The expulsion was so embar
rassing to him that life soon after be
came an unlienrable burden, and ho
commenced a slow process of starvation,
partaking of an insufficient quantity of
food to sustain life. His wife and friends
Pegged him to eat, drink and live, and
the church, when they saw that be was
earnestly bent on self-destruction, offer
ed to reinstate him as a member, hut all
in vain. Each day he ate less than on
the preceding one, when on the day above
mentioned, after about five or six weeks
of voluntary starvation, he died.
Cincinnati has a queer philanthropist
in Edward A. Guy, who acts on the
principle of giving everything to the
Lord and trusting for daily bread. Guy
had $40,000 in 1862, but gave it all
away in seven years, and has since lived
on contributions from unknown sources.
These contributions have enabled him
to visit England since, but he had to
send for money to get back with. Guy
devotes all hrs time to Christian work,
and during the past few years he has
been offered many lucrative jiositions,
but has refused them all, believing in
the Lord as his master and employer,
and looking to him alone for his salary,
A man in England died a most pecu
liar death. A bee flew down his throat
and stung him, and he drank so much
ammonia to alleviate bis pain that ho
died.
Henry Turner, a negm preacher who
is peddling lies at the North, says that
in Georgia the whites refuse to sell land
to colored people except for church#*