The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-03

IT is strange that people who arc the
most needy are generally the most
wasteful and extravagant. This is pro-
verbal of the negro, who will spend his
last cent on an excursion or a water
melon There are many white folks,
toe, who look not a day ahead, but 1.-Two
like tho tramp and say:
Fate cannot harm mol have dined
today"
There is a marked contrast between
Northern and Southern people in this
regard. When | was boy went to
school near Boston, and the family |
lived with astonished my Georgia rails
ing by teaching me to take no moro on
my plato than ! intended to eat and it
is fact that when we had finished
meal tho plates hardly needed washing.
We had to clean our shoes we'll before
we went in the house. We had to
change our garments to suit the weather,
There was place for hats and books
and overshoes and everything else, but
when | returned home | relapsed into
our free and easy ways. There were
dogs and picaninnies to eat up the scraps
and darkies to brush the shoes and
clean up after dirty boys. 1t is tho
economy of New England that has made
her people rich. This economy is more
from habit than stinginess. Their fore
fathers began that way because they
had to and the habit has come down
from generation to generation. They
get rich moro from saving than from
making money. With them it is little
by little, and yet they are liberal in
church and charity and hospitals and
asylums and monuments. | was rumi-
mating about this while riding around
Green Cove Springs with young lady
friend, who patiently answered all my
questions. "Whose fine hotel is that?"
at belongs to the Bordens." "Whose
beautiful residence is that?" SIT is
the Bordens', too" "What church 10
that?" ut is one the Bordens built. )"
'Who owns the cottage hall where the
V. l. A. hold thoir meetings." "rhe
Bordens." "Why did your people build
this handsome courthouse so far away
from the center of town." well, tho
Bordens gave the ground and wanted it
there" Everywhere we rode l could
hear of the Bordens-the Bordens until
my curiosity was excited and l said;
"Well, do please tell me about these
Dordens? Where did they come from?"
"Why, don't you lSnow?' said Miss
Belle. II thought everybody knew
Gail Borden, whose nam9 is on every can
of the eagle brand of condensed milk.
lie is dead, but his children own his
patent and all tho other patents. They
are immensely rich and spend their
winters here. They love this place and
are lavish with their money" Whose
beautiful property is that?" | inquired.
"Oh, that is another millionaire's. His
name is David-Thadeu David, the ink
man. This is his Florida home and he
is liberal, too. We poor Southerners
have to depend on these rich men from
the North and they have been so kind
that all prejudice and bitterness has
passed away"
Wep, we have great respect for both
Borden and David, the man of white and
the man of black. | see David's name
on my ink bottle right now and we had
Borden's pure rich condensed cream in
our coffee for breakfast In fact we
raised couple of children on it, and
they love their mother none the less
for it. Borden is public benefactor
ana we are willing for his children to
be rich. But | do not suppose that he
made more than cent or two on each
can of milk 1t illustrates how those
Yankees will diligently pursue q little
thing-a one idea for years and years
and make fortune, while our people
will pursue big thing a@d fail. Capt,
Howell told me about seeing a magnifi-
cent equipage driving in Central Park
nnd the lone man inside looked like a
whiskered French count "Who is that
MANI" he asked of New York friend.
"Oh," said he, that's jeremiah Shad-
dock, whose father made fortune
making hairpins away up the Kenne-
beck river. The old man is dead and
buC oOH 10 lON q AOB uAul ~
can afford to be and it's nobody's bust
ness" Just look at tho thousand Httto
things that add to our comfort and con-
venience and all of them come from the
North. This pen and penstaff and ink
and inkstand. This lamp and lamp
chimney. This table and chair and all
the other furniture. These curtains and
fixtures And there are the pins and
needles and thread and tacks and fish
hooks and lines and scissors and thin
bles and buttons and eyelets, to say
nothing of the big things. 1t is marvel
TO read the tariff book and turn page
after page and scan tho thousands OF
things that duties are drawn from to
support the government. 1t is called
tariff for revenue only but all Of these
things enjoy an incidental protection
that enriches the American manufac-
turer. The South is not in it, save as
consumer But wise providence die
not give them all the blessings. lie
gave US goodly heritage. Our blessed