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ADIRONDAGKGOAGIIHELDbf
Two Hiorliwavmen Shoot Two Hcnc:
to Wlrkc the Driver Stop.
RELIEVE TRAVELERS OF MONE'j
The 5ln!c Tnlc? to Tliplr VIrfU
lint l!nli!if r. <J??t M nnnMi'* ViilunT.lo*
tuiil Crtsli In ll>?? T\T nil mul K*j>|'im|
i\i? f% r * iiiiu ii?rj||ip ? !???? -? p * 'o
nirr<*?1 in lllup Mountain I.nk# Itr^ioii
Albany. X. -v*.? A stage eoaeh volt1>ory
in the Adirondack* is s'unoth'.m:
new. but it occurred in lirond daylight
two Miles north of Punlap's IT-<tel.
at North Tllver. on the -oad U
Ttliie Mountain T.nke.
The "-in:;" eonoh had left Ptinlnp'.'
at 11 rYlnofc a. nt. on its daily trip up
the mountain, and had reaehod a piece
of woods through whieh the road
winds at a heavy grade. The eoaeh
was drawn by four horses, and the
highwaymen shot and kiile-1 the leaders
and thus stopped its progress.
Ti e mail pouehes were ripped open,
tyul registered miters and oxptess
packages containing money were ;!nlen.
Serious though the affair was. it
was not without t humorous inehleiv.
As soon as tiie eoaeh was brought to
a stop three of the men passengers
Jumped < IV and took to the woods.
The fourth male pa.seiigor had his
wife with him. and h" likewise would
have sought shelter had it not been
that his wife se'zed his eoni tails.
There v.-to seven passengers ir tho
eoaeh. four men and three women, i
The highwaymen tn ated the ladies j
with courtesy, and one of tlteni re- I
IT'1 n!:<ul !.?!* * !?.?? >-? 1*-* '
. ... v... < l,? I ll.il 11*1
woiil?l : fall them if tin y simply k? t?"
quiet i 11;lXi:- il over what :iv:i 11 :iI>* ;
ii.e.v | '.svi -Mil. nliti:;' with I', i.*
rinsfS, Mini jewelry. The
wrmon \vc!>? frighten >1. :tx:<I one of j
ilioin \vn - - T'.ed wit it hyst ii< =. ms a I
masked highway 111:1:1 iniiit.l tiiein l<>
.;{t?T? out.
\\" 11 :i ;!.o conch was pioj <il I?y 11> ?
death of t1'- !? :*?I i ?t cr lei's. . tit" - ?i< I ?lt'!i
.it'll t'iMis .1 tli- tlrivvr. * * I1II'" ill(Iridic,
ail "old tinier" in these retrh
!t> fall i':-t".'.i his seal ami drop ! iicMili
tlif horses. Ilo was injured. Tit - j
hijrhwaym .1 tliil lit scu'eh him, :tl- i
ilitimrh it.* iuitl a roll of hills in his
i pocket.
Wlul" ' ' . hipiiwavntaii t\)V>f( tl t It
piisx niro. v. ith his rllit* tln? other
collected tp.ii a sunt of money. 'Ihi
mail ptf.tfhc- tl'.fii were rippril rp at
and tho hi :h ?vayai. n rill tl the letters.
They tin ii turned their au lit ion ;??
lite oivPt'cs imekapes which wove pile.I
upon tie t'ttaell. These were opened
and s veral eontaiiiiipi hills v.vrc
taken nwiiy.
Wlii'ii (he !;i ahwaymelt 1i:t?1 concluded
that tin-re \v:is tin mn:v l;n >ty
they retr ated t > the wood.--. krepiu*
the pnss nj'fi's covered until they were
out of sight. The driver, "Hill" HIdridye,
rut tlio harness lnun the dead ,
horses. and. with his seared party, !
drove back to Dunlnp's llote!, where I
thi> story of the hold up \v;ss related. I
The three ohmi who had tied from the j
day,, cos i app ?:tn >1 later a; the hotel.
They had lieeii hidinu in the hrttsli.
A party of ten men was or:;anh: d
at Diuilap's and went in put. nit of ;
the highwaymen. It is believed 11: * |
highwaymen ohtalmd Site \
The stage line is operated hy Vt'il
I in in It. Wadlle. and .he coach that j
was held no roaner s with trains on
the Adirondack l?rat > a of the .Delaware
and Hudson liaiu ad.
ORDERS ri:S WEALTH BURNED. !
!
^ :* t * ijw's W ill Directs 1 ]
J); > J . UC l ion ?il > .M).in < .1 ??.
lV.ul. >t iiitt. -Harry S on. an ? cceiitrie
t v : ? di t e.i Karihaul:. i
left a will iii which he stipulates that !
,11 t,i< .... n
... ... > i ?i h, . i i i < > i< i * . i ! ? )U,' V JU,
shall in.; burned i y his executors.
Scott was worth :ti 10:11 To
his Hcrvunt jriri he lei; rir.iM>0. lr.it hi>
nephew, his only relative, tlors ta>t
_?rv. a < 'lit. Tli" bequest. of money 10
tiie >i'i van; was .11 return 1 >r ;hu rare
in' \ u <0 Scot I (luring h.s last ill- \
111 ss.
Scon's nephew will probably contest
the will 011 the ground that his uncle
% gn was of unsound liiinil. Ii is not I aIic\oil
thai any i uri will permit the !
niotiey to be burin n, but will timl that
Scott was i 11 > a tie. The money wuiilg
then revert to the nephew.
Scott was eisrhty-six. years old. Two
years ago h I renin;' to ranged from
his wife. v. li > died a few mom lis
later, and lie in a declared lluu no out
should profit by bis money.
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. OFFERS HIS BODY FOR A TEST.
uuir.V ( i>;-i t:ii--iom-I- illiiic to ltd I nor
it 1.itr(l t\ itlt Toherrnlo-i*.
Denver, Col.- In view of lho intertaken
in tin* question of what her
4) * i i .livial iti , ulnsls ran be coll:ltit;nic:lfi
<t 10 human hi iugs, T. 1*
Mohson. S; ite D: .r\ Com mi -m ter i '
Colotailu, tiii : ir :'s a -al ? <
for iiuii'.nii.li i -si. provi<i"d llistt u fit!
able aiir.nity for his family he assured
in ( .i: e of : .'.lsil results.
\Jr. Miiiison lias made a slmly of i
tin- mai .or. ami i-- 11 strong believer
lu I)r. Korii's theory.
Winters Mole SaiO.OCKl.
John Winters, who louteii the vault
of the Srlby Smelting Works at San j
Francisco, Cal.. secured as his booty
gold bullion to the value of $.'120,000,
or nearly $."0,000 more than the sum
originally given out. An error was
made in conqiiling th? list of stolen
liars.
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WORKMEN SN DEATH TRAF
Flame- feslroy Temporary Water
Works Near Cleveland, Ohio.
*?f tTi<? Tiflinn AVfi'c Unmfil, Somi
Dronrnr'i nnil Simiv NnfTocntril
in ii Tunnel.
Clove1 and. Oliio.?Twelve men lost
their lives in the destruction l*y fire of
the wnt? r works' crib in Lake Erie,
throe miles from shore. They Were
taught as if in a hurtling ship. Twentv-ihree
men were employed nf th
orib. wlileb Is at the outer end of the
water works' tnnnel. the gang being
eompos?o or tnroe sinus or eievei
men. The men of two shifts won
slo(H?*ntr upon the roof, while those o:
11n* thinl were working in tin* tnnnc
IS." fort beneath the bottom of tin
lake.
I: was a little before " a. m. when
the workmen slocpinc on tlm roof -wen
awakened bv flames burnim; thronjr'i
tiie roof. Tlie irrrat staek thromrh
whleli the smoke fioured from the
boilers had heroine red-hot and se*
the roof aflame. The men on the roof
pulled the fire whistle as a signal to
the shore of their danger and hurried
down toward their comrades. This
whistle, heard by the ins; .1. li. Sprankle.
was the means of savins twentytwo
lives.
The man from the roof found the interior
of th' erlh rtill of smoke and
(lames. The building was a wooden
shell, sheathed with Iron. The men
heentne panie-strleken and jumped irto
the water, preferring t" drown than to
be burned to death. Fori una t ply o'lo
or two preserved their presence of
tnitul and hurled several le--.se hoards
into the lake. To tie-so many of t ie
men chin;; until re --tied 1?v the tug
men. Nine, how-wer. perished before
aid arrived, live hnrnins to death and
four drowning.
Meantime ilie men in the tunnel
were working. uneaii-cious that am
t li 'in; was wrong above. Finally i
air been me foul ami they "lidoavond
to make their way to the shaft. Si oral
lit-os tliey trie-l. helm; dr'Viii
liaek each time by the sin ice. Aid
was eomlmr. Iinwewv A rescue narty
had boon formt 1. p. C Van Dnstn
was th" first in lie lev red down tie
sh:. i. In answer to bis calls lie r<<
"ived a faint "li Ho" from way off ii
1 he ii-- anoc. Th :r:i s w.i ; te> stilling
uiuMto was forced to give iiio si-ml
to iie drawn up.
. I I.I .11111 ? .< . . I lll .\ 111 ili'n |J, ot
f*';ivannah, t.!a., ivi iv drowned while
i lilunu in tli- iv. M T\ in !-!.in l
Su lln was 11 inot? a and <lerli mie was
twenty .villi's old. Tin. sisters and
several others vera iinlhin^ and the
party had none nut further than was
safe. A rry for In lp came from
i!ertrude and Sieiia eau^ln !. r hand
to save her. Until Were then swept
away before aid could reach ihcui.
i .. iiuiTTni s liiicv ii in it nnir.
be fills thi< ; him 1. m - a;: <va>ml 1?.
voices iiiuoh nearer. llrfore ?
ivy eh 'I him lie was overeonm l?v tli*
tins and was drawn uji unconscious- |
Mori, one > those rpartief
from drowning. :? veritable Rerouh s
was ib,. next voluntci Willi a stor
aye battery shiny on bis line!: to j?ivi
r liyhl hi the lunnel lie descended nnr
soon guided the imprisoned men ti
safety, earrylny '"heries Smith, wlic j
was supposed lo lie dead. !n his arms i
An lior.r's work, however, restored 1
Smith to eon-eiousness Two men, |
Vietor Kaufman and Adams Kest. I
were left 111 tile tunnel. IJoih were!
known to have perished.
A jrany from crib No. Ii made up of'
Fidv-aril .Tohnsi n. ('. Itnrkhardt. Plum-1
titer .lottes and David Kelly went down
inio the tuniu ' a; p. m. Johnson tind
Kelly were pulled out half eonSclottsn
few minutes 1 . .in.! '
II.. I nil l\ Oil i(II
Slid .T?Sll?*r* WlTC OVCI'i nine. J HUM'S
Williams went down "or the two ntiss?Hie
resetters. He got 1'tieklmrrlt out,
hut Jones was <1 ml. Overcome by
the gas he fell into the water at the
a.ttout of the tunnel and wa< drowned.
Williams himself remained so hupthat
a party went down for him.
Tones" s hod\ was fee .veivd. 'I he <1 ad
are: 1'. Solnitlilt, John Martin. Peter
H - in rs. Mi . i : ; . ur >wn. I; Vici
r Kaufman an I Ada is K'-st, sttf.'o
> : ted i:t Jttnnel: live nnat learned to
it a h; Piu.unur ., .a> s test-tier,
j drowned.
"TALLEST CC'JPLE TO Vv'EP.
ttan is Nine TVet "t'uo liiftics tli-xti nml
| t!i?- <Urt '.ijjlit 1 . ft '1 lirce Iik lifl.
| Paris. France.--An ait nipt to experiment
with the human sp as hy
[selecting sotneiliiit^ in the nature of
t stud is attracting the attention of
the curious, it t a ices the form of a
Hinnt competition at Horn n and nl|
ready shows a startling numher of
i abnormal statures in Franee.
From the south there litis arrived
lit Paris tut his way to llmten a young
matt, not yet twentv two voni ?i.i
who is nine feet t \\.? inch- s tn 11 awl
is slill growing, lie weighs 41S
puumN mill measures ninety-eight
italics around the rln-h li has been
arranged that In; marry an Knglish
| girl who is eight feel thr . inches in
i height.
VICTORIA'S STATU? CISFIC'JRZD.
I tthcunlent in Islaml nf Malta Lniila to
I gly linmoiiNl rnt in int.
Valet t a. Island ??Malm. The dis
content here in. an,' .r.an the lull gunge
question tinti other ^ritn'tiocoi
:> glowing more nc.ne. Th L'ai- it
.lack wi ft i .n : ? l-hc in .. iivci.
I>y a largo body of ?I nioustrator*.
Tic- Wes folio, d l y iiie d. tigrr.
... Qui n Victoria's Jul Hoc statute.
Th marble was deluged with tl:unag?
illu arid.
Sliti'r.i Swept to M*a anil Prawned.
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ORT MILL, S. VVEIJ
GULF SWEPTBY UURRiGAHE
Great Damage to Shippinjsr and Property
Along the Southern Coast.
FEW PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES
Tlic Storm YVn* Itio Severest In tlie Vicinity
of Mobile. A In. ? liiiiuHtc nnil
I.om of f.lfn In New Orlenn*, I.u. ?
Mntiy Voshci* ay i eckeil ? Coast Town*
Suffi'iTil Slightly?<J?1 venton Kscapcil.
New Orleans. La.?'The <Sulf storm,
which liepan Avith wind and vain,
r ached its severest force with a wind
velocity of sixty-two miles an hour.
The dnmnpe done is less than was
tlioupht at tlrst. for the storm turned
Inland at night. and the (>Xposed places
on the Oulf const escaped. Shell
Iteaoli and some small places on the
coast were wiped out. Oalveston escaped
injury, although there was a
had panic and a small flood.
There was little loss of life, thanks
to the timely warning of the storm.
The tug ltilnxl was wrecked near
Quarantine and two of the crew lost.
The Cobdon family ? 1 the lower coast,
between New Orleans and the passes,
was drowned. The Cobden house was
destroyed and not a trace can he
found of any of its inmates, fifteen in
all. including nine children. One man
is said to be drowned at Shell lleaeii.
Tin* total damage from the storm is
placed at S1 .UIo.O'Kl for New Orleans
and neighborhood. The damage in
New Orleans is very small. The loss
for other parts of the eoasi affected is
probably as great, but the total damage
will not run over S'2.."l)t).tt(10, without
including the possible damage to
j the sugar ? a to crop, whirl cannot be
determined for mc i time. !'.< >id-s
| t'i > Ncptirn and Henry Marks already
report- d lost, the Fur.v.s. Muni v. llaw
kais, (".iambi rlain ami Km.tin are
wrecked, and so n? twenty small lugi
rs and schooners. Six bar*. >s of the
| coal fleet value I a. RlN.uO'i were lo- -,
' i>u. the I ulk f th" licet was saved by (
i a d 07.011 legs iha; w< nt n.,? t their re- <
lief front New Or! ans.
| Part United States barracks j
, at ruri i* imp was <l< stroyod and
the fort v. - > .1 f. "t under was T.
i Tlip i.v.v >\rf' quarters at Fort
.Tacksoit v* ' > destroyed At
I Shell I*. a< a tl * hi:; hm ! was blown
down ami S . > : >? <.|" tlamape done.
The p ? i. In ran ire Is to the rlet*
crop. Avhi a i"j l'inipiemhus parish is
i jjureil i'roi i ti' y to seventy por cent,
TiAMAcr UONI: IN -?!'?:;! i.\i.\
lYlnil anil AYnter I'lnvcil lliiroc Willi llir
llomcs ami Sliinplncr.
Mobile. Ala. Considerable dnmnpc
was ilono in Mobile by the Unit' storm.
Trees were uprooted, roofs of houses
i torn off. chimneys wrecked. The flood
| water was backed by the southeast
pale over the1 cotton wharf. Front.
Commerce and Water streets and part
of lioynl street for several blocks
north of St. Anthony were covered
with water. Mleetrie ear service was
shut down after o'clock, and business
in the wholesale district was suspended.
While the storm was not as severe
as the record breaker of isb.'t, there
was much excitement amonp the people
because of the memory of that catastrophe.
M. n.v p.i?sed the ni::ht
^u. of doors no 1 were dr< nclicd by the
rain. Cor tii n hours there was no
means of tel ratdiie eoninitinieatioti
Willi the out - I World.
C F E 5 C E U B ".ATS RECORDS.
\Vi:is Spi'iiiu] ?. \VitSi 7di? Ab'iolt !n
Two i??. ^;)it 1I
New Vo.l; City. Cfes -'U?, 2.02' ..
broke several world's trot hip records
in heatinp The Abbot. L'.od't. in the
Isperial rac fit a purse of di'J.Mtifi at
j tlrijrl.ton lbs J track. It was. to have
|boon best llir. V bt live heals. 1 >ti. two
1 lit .its filth (I 51: J Jim* The \1?lt ?r
distanced in > second, trotted
i in U.Olt1 i.
! Tlie time of 5". I'.r. t heat, won by
CresePits, \ "i.t . which Is the fastest
mile ever ?f? . *. i !n a race. The
time of the tirnt ami second heats?
J.03'4. -.UK' i donstitule the fastest
'wo consecutive iieats ever trotted.
About an I tout alter the second heat
Tosecus went against the watch, ae otnpanied
by rjnntters. <tnt> taking liint
n the half lnilelpost. where the second
tinner picked hMii up, ami lie trotted
he mile in The three miles ?
'.OT l!.ut!' |. 2.U" are the fastest
hreo ever trotted hy a horse in one
lay.
There was a larger crowd present
ban ever seen oa a New York t rating
track. The grand stand was
timply pack. d. and this despite the
net that reserved seats \, iih adt.us iotl
eost St. while boxes holding f< nt*
jersons were alt disposetl of r.; :>do
cteli. In addition to the regular adnission.
I; was estimated that fully
iVl.ooo people were present.
WI ! MA M C i cru p/m p* " " ?
..w? . u .on JwLL/ r*or*.
j Ixtrffnf l>!strc?* in Shnt-fn pful viMn>!,
riiiiKt ? MUHlnnHrlfH ?ml l.? lit* '.
Prkin. China. Two ineiiii-'is o the
Missionary party that w* nt from li i t
f Taiyu m-l'it have left that p!; .
cirryirts relief funds forSian u. They
no accompanied by Major IVivirn.
wlio eaenrtod them from here. It jorta
had reached them ti.a"; the faiu
in Sian-fn was terrible. Human
sh was aellin^ for time rents a
pmiid. In Southern Shansi also the
. stress vat preat, hut in only isolau d
: sen is there absolute atarvalion. The
1 i ovinee of Shansi is composed prinepally
of mountain villages, which
ire difficult of access.
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iNESDAY, AI GUS7 '.'I
ftllNOR EVENTSOTTHEWEEF
WASIIIXOTOX ITK3TS.
Senator Morgan. of Alabama. declared
ilint this country must not permit
any European Intervention in tin
Colombia-Venezuela ditlleulty.
Rear-Admiral Schley arrived in
"Washington to confer with liis eoun
pel. who will insist that Hear-Admiral
Samnson appear before the Hoard of
Inquiry.
Secretary Hay returned to the State
Department after an absence of sevoral
weeks.
T.leutennnt-flenerft'i Miles issued orders
to tlu* army with the purpose of
im pro vim; its appearance and morale.
Weather signals are to be displayed
from rural free delivery wagons.
Mr. Hackett. acting Secretary of
the Navy, Issued a statement about
the witnesses for the Schley court of
inquiry, and declared that lie would
give out no further news concerning
the court.
Hoar-Admiral Homey was summoned
from the Asiatic station to testify at
the Schley court of inquiry.
ot'i: AIlOI'TKl* ISLANDS.
Hire destroyed $2iU),tMM) worth of
properly in the heart of Honolulu,
Hawaii.
A line of .$400 was imposed upon
former Host master Thompson at Havana.
Cuba, who was found guilty of
inisapnroprinting postal funds.
Five thousand .Inpanose want to go
to Hawaii, and the restriction on immigration
is to be taken off.
Sener Ksqivrra was elected Mayor
of ('i? nfitegos, Cuba.
The Manila police force will be reduced
from 1 .".!! ? to (.no.
The content t providing for harbor
improvements at .Manila, to cost Sl.."00.00(1
was ; ignt'd, and work will
begin imiiicdiatel.v.
no si i> tic.
'i n" Vir.iriuin 1 lie State ("onvciitit>11
imiiiin:it d a ticket headed by
A .1. Montague as candidate l'nr (lyvenmr.
N ally r.Oo cade's from We:-: Foint
went into i aim> within t c fan Anieri?11
i;.\i? :ti< n grounds at I'.iiQ'alo,
N. v.
I're-hlent Melvinley was formally
notiiied a' <" in:? n. Ohio. that tlse
Louisiana Purchase I". n> -it ion is to
be held in St. . lie will i-sue a
lifoclainatioti uniting the nations to
I rt h i pa to.
The sheriff with n shotgun drove
from the jail at Tuscaloosa. Ala., a ;
itiob that had entered intending to :
l\ noli t wo m gvoes.
A Chicago man fasted thirty-one
days and said It cured him of rheumatism.
.lames Sanderson and his wife wer
found dead in their house at Heathsville.
111., and are believed to have
been murdered.
An incendiary tire destroyed a large
part of Chipley. Fin'. Loss .SIUO.OCH).
liexter S. (taster. Chief of Police uf I
New Orleans, I.a., and one of the host
detectives in the country, is <lon<1.
The money realized l?y the Federal
iGovernment from Oklahoma land
pales will he used to erect inunleinal
hiiildimrs at ciiiiiny seats.
lturrrlars rohlit d (lie Michigan City,
I ml., pi stollieo of !?SMO in stamps and
?1(H> in cash.
llurjrlars hroke a safe in the postotllce
at Marlow, I ml. Ter., and one
was captured.
Jud'Te Sanford M. tlreen died at Kay
City, Mieh., aired ninety-four years.
l'i jsi:t .Imlv;.* t.reen revised the .Mieh1
can State Ftaiutts, and his work
Mauds iineliainri d to day.
11. Charles Italian!. Inventor of the
famous r.allnrd rile o:' Civil Wer
tini died at Worcester. Ma s. lie
was s nenty nine years old.
A S'rO.Oah monument erected to the
memory of Missouri's Confederate
dead was unve'ded at Springfield, Mo.
Thn s -
. > 11 ? n ->| ?i/i i r^inii iin ;i in vru ! "l
P-:i 11 I'rnueiseo from Manila aviiIt 1N)
convalescent soldiers.
An attempt wax made to sink a British
transport at Now Orleans with explosives.
voskicx.
Russian suzerainty was proclaimed
over New Chwang, China.
Max Opitz, a Merlin hanker, wax nr
rested for heavy defalcations. His
eustoiners will lose JHOtt.tMMi.
A hand of 1-lt mi Cree Indians Hh
miles north of Winnipeg, Man., are
starving to dentil.
American oilieers and civilians eelehrated
the annlver.-nry of the relief
of the I'ekin ligations witlt hatn|Uets.
The nttmher of American tourists in
Russia this year will heat all previous
records.
Lord (Tauoorne said in the Mrilish
1 louse of Commons that negotiations
for a new canal treaty were in progress
through I.e:'d I'autieefole.
Seven hundred ami four Turkish
men and woaien were - -m to Yemen,
,\rahia. in exiie.
Tin* I!oer- are n flu id to ill neecs I
slty of getting supplies of niutininltion |
hy cantitrlii:; tli.'in from the liritish.
'The I'acillc Cable bill passed ifs
third reading in thp l.ritidi II. use of
< 'ontiuotiM.
In spite of the discriminating duty
against the I' ti it id Stat< a shipload
of r< sin arrived at St I Viet hurt;,
K'lsda, from L'ctisacola, I la.
Kdmuiul '/. Urodowski, I'nited Stat.
Consul at Solingeu, Cerniany, died
suddenly.
Seven were killed and twenty-three
wounded in a vendetta battle in a
church iu ubotti, Austria.
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, 1901.
ARP ON MARRIAGE.
What Kind of Girl Should a Younjf
Lead to the Altar.
LOVE IS THE GIFT OF THE LORO
i:vils
of Marrying Cousins Professor
Connor, of the Institution Fos
the Deaf, (lives Figures.
When a young man falls in love anv
resolves to get married 1 reeKon it is a
good thing that he is reek less of the
eonsequenees. 1 was. 1 know.for 1 novel
thought of anything except the pretty
girl r.nd how happy I would he to gel
her. 1 had no thought of trouble or
poverty or grief or war or death. The
time was far. far away when the silver
cord would he loosed and the golden
howl he broken. As for the girl
she is more reekless than her lover,
even though her peril is far greater,
for hers is to 1h? the pain and suffering
the care and anxiety the night watehing
and sometimes ihe broken heart, it
is a mystery to ine how the mother endures
it all and holds up her head and
keeps her strength. Hut love for her
offspring, maternal love, sustains her.
It is the gift of God. There was a marriage
in our town the other day. and
as the crowds gathered at the ehureh
our neighbor, Mrs. Felfon. stopped in
the veranda to rest and see the buttle
front afar. She was. as usual, in wry
and say by turns - sometimes the tears
were glistening in her eyes and s ton
she laughed merrily and showed her
pearly teeth. When the bridal earriago
arrived she gave a material sigh and
whispered, "Poor things, they little
know what is ahead of them." Suddenly
she hranelu <1 off into a story about
her little pet mule eolt that is now her
daily comfort. "It wat< lies me at the
window," she said, "and when 1 go out
it runs to me and lays its in ad on my
arm and almost nr.isil"s in my bo: uu.
Un.-vV In.,.I. ?...< .. . ... I-. '
bites anil kirks at everyb ?.!y else. Init
runs i ) in fawns upon inn witii p :f a
adoration." She lour In I auaiti. lint. aJl
at r-nr > tlir e.>rners of her month
droop I 11? in aim' - of !."> ilegr. >s ami
her voire ; remliled i; sin said: "Lkit,
major. 1 have at last <>tne down to
hard pan and misery in ni> old a -. No
cook, 110 In dp of any sort, and thonph
yesterday was my s:\ty-fourth birthday
I had to pull the huary down 1 >
the braiwli and wash it. Oh. my country!"
She e-.ied a little, and thru
lairneu a .im uea: more. natty i ars
and i ; u ly te t li :nv :n i rai l i v.- | . ?tur? iI
in a woman. .Wverthi'ss, ln-tween i>. tting
mule colts an ! washing buggies
she still finds lim to plead for tin- education
of the poor country girls of
North C.eorgia.
Hut what kind of a girl should a
young man marry? of course, she must
ho born of respectable parents, she
should l>e virtuous, she shounl have a
good, loving disposition and a fair education.
She should be healthy and have
no taint of her lover's ancestral blood
in her veins. All of these qualiti< ?lions
have been diseased and treated
over and over again, e xcept the last. I
am inspired to say something about
that h cause its importance has long
been overlook -d neither p vts t n*
philosophers nor scientists have written
upon it nor given any warning. A (
letter recently iv I front a young
man in Mississippi asks if there is anything
wrong in a man marrying his
com in. Yes; very, very wr tig. The answt
r is found in the records of tli" asylums
for the deaf and dumb and blind.
Their chief | atr uagc < uncs from th
intennarriiij- of cousins. These in . itutiotis
cost our state, about 57.1.0UH a
year, and half of the ex(" iKu
i*f kit 111 I) ;iVi. I. ?1 if 2 it?? I
intermarriage of cousins was
proliil>it> :!. I have n ! th r-ports a' '
tin- blind asylum before nir. but 1 know
of three blind children of on family
who were sent there, and they were
the offspring of parents who w. re i
cousins. I know of tiv c hildivn of one
family who were sent to our deaf and
dumb institute at Cave Springs. Their
parents were double, cousins. They had
hut one child who could hear at: 1
speak. She was a good-looking country
girl. She married a clever young j
man who hauled wood for nie. S >n after
his marriage lie moved tr> Texas
and hired to a cattle man, and was so
faithful in his service that in a lew
pars he bought an interest in the
ranch am! prospered, i met him at
Waco sixteen yeras after he left Cmor<:a,
and lie was said to bo worth $ I '10.(ibh,
ami his two elder daughters were
at a hoarding school at Waco. 12 miles
from his home. He had six children,
an !. alas! one of tli m was a mute. ,
Tiie taint had eropp I out in the s cond
g 'Herat ion.
I* >f sor Connor, the faithful and
art tricil i rineipal of our deaf an !
domti instit.ut in. lies ibu! Med the ,
I ir oi of ) . pue i u mauy
ami r-ports that in ::>' famiP pro ? ,
ing Is mutes tiie | >r .us w r li i
co ins. in 1_' famil s pr ! 5ns l ;
I lite.; the parents W re S end ' - ,
In 11 f?n ! . pi in n . i:iu:
lie- ironi w ?r third < >u n .. A1
n i! r I !r i e were P7 nin eh iiii:. ri
o!' jar -i;?, < ! >:- o|y ndated.
(.!' InO :if mti: s Ihad deaf ;>?r
i . ami many of these d if jm ,
are imi dould th" lffspring of the in:
marriage of cousins. 1
Among these Mo jut) i'.s marriages
have oceurrr 1 and there have
been born to them 110 children, SO <>
whom can luar and ill arc mute?. In 11'
r - %.
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NO. 23.
of the marriages there were no ehildtvn
born. Now. after one. two or three
mutes have been horn in succession to
parents, it would seem a sin, it' not a
crime, for them to have more. The law
should prohibit it. l?ut if this cannot bo
done after marriage, the remedy for
the future is to prohibit the intermarriage
of cousins?yes. and second
cousins. To be born deaf or blind is a
sin at linst the ehild. and to have it
supported l?y the state is a drain upon
the treasury that might l?e avoided.
lint being denf or blind is not all tho
evil that follows thos > incestuous marMages.
If the children are not doaf or
blind they are generally under sorao
physieal disability. They are consumptives
or epileptics or idiotic, and pass
through lire and leave no sign. Fortunately
most of such marriages result in
no progeny.
"Oh. well." some say. "the Levitical
law did not prohibit it." No. it did not.
and 1 reckon that Cain married his sister.
We know that Abraham married
bis half sister, and no doubt that is
why no children were born to them
except one by grace in their old age.
Hut it is said ttint the Roman laws
and the laws of England permit such,
marriages. Yes. the Roman law did
until Pojie Alexander II stopped it and
prohibited first, second and third cousins
from intermarrying. 'I he laws of
England permited such marriages because
the kings and the nobility
wanted to keep the crown and the titles
and their estates in their families.
And so our American people, who have
patterned after English law and precedent
for more than a hundred years,
have been reluctant to make any
change in this regard.
Hut tin* question is now coming" tnj
the front, an I the time is coming for a
change. It seems now to he an establish-il
ami universal rule that these
marriages entail upon the offspring
evil consemienci s. bodily or mentally,
or both. The evil effect of what is call?
I "breeding in" anion;; animals leads
to the com lit: ion that it is an nniv al
law. (loo I st.> U. blood d : t is not
permitted in that way. Heard a eoneeitetl
man di ?latv that lie was deset
ailed frum tli- t'arrolls. of C'a rollton.
in old Maryland. tsiipp so he did.
That was six u- iter.:ti.ins bind and
would 'iv<' hi: i sl\ty-i.u:r luc 11
f;ith it itnil n:o!h.'ts, ami hi hd
had only one sixty-loni ill part t ; old
t'liarl s C:ut ll's bn.< 1 in I is v.mi... L
Know ;? lady \. h ? Im.i :s that ho; ilh
r i nil I n i > liis 1.' e. ig li:i k t ?
Cromwell. That was ey.lite i n rations
h.a k. ami would give him .12.<
no a", i ; niurh < ' '"Im . li's
liUm : in h ,\ is a. itonishing how rapidly
the am : tl tree widens. Two
yon rations Karl; giv< s ,i man only four
great-grand!'.alii rs ami g. a iv tain.)!
hers. hut twenty generations g ves
him ov r a million. .Fust thin!: of it,
young man. ami unit brag ting a ' ut
your am tors, for tlir. ro an* over a
million dit'n r. at .strains of hlo I in
your vein . ami no doubt a.into if it is
had very had. My wife's grandfather
was a li >lt and his grandfather was a
Randolph and his grandfather was a
I'eyton and his was laird Kolfe, who
married IN i ahonta.s. That was ten
generations hark, and giv< s my wife
I,024 unrest ore. aiitl thfi; i'or.\ she liaa
II,021th part of I'oky's blood in her
veins. Miyhtly slim strain, it soonis tc?
mi* not much Injun about her. Ono
ilay I ventured to ask about the other <
l.? j:i parts that <1 i?I ir" romr from
I'oky ami she m-v r s iid anything. but
lookeil at nu' in a peculiar ton * of v >lco
tbat n minded tin- it was none, of my
luisiin -as. Hut I honor a nohli anc< try.
I used to thiol; that maybe I il sc -nih-1
from Captain John Smith, but on inv
stiuat'.on fouml that he never was
tnarrii I and bad no ihlldren to p \k
of.- l.ill Arp in Atlanta Con itutinn.
LA03R WORLD.
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