The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 29, 1901, Image 1
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VOL. XXIV.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29. k#!.
Bllfl/ ARP ABOUT MARRIAGE
•* What Rind of Girl Should a Young
Man Lead to the Altar?
When a youo^ man falls in love and
resolves to get married. I reckon it is a
good thing that he is reckless of the
consequences. 1 *hs, I know, for I
nevqrthought of anything except the
pretty girl and how happy I would be
to get her. I had no thought of trouble
or poverty or grief or war or death.
The time was far, far away when the
silver cord would be loosed and the
golden bowl be broken. As for the
girl, she is more reckless than her
lover, even though her peril is far
greater, for hers is to be the pain and
■suffering, the care anti anxiety—the
night watching and sometimes the
broken heart. It is a mystery to me
how the mother endui es it all and holds
up her head and keeps her strength.
Hut love for her offspring, maternal
love,'susuuua her. It is the gift of
God. There was a marriage in our
town the other day, and as the ctowds
gathered at the church our neighbor,
Mrs. Felton, stopped in the veranda to
rest ami see the lattlle from afar. She
was, as usual merry and sad by turns
—sometimes the tears were glistening
in hcr-ejee and- soon she laughed
merrily and showed her pearly teeth.
When the bridal carriage arrived‘she
gave a mujernal sigh and whispered,
“ Poor things, they little known what
is ahead of them.'’ Suddenly she
branched off into a story about her little
■ |iet taiile colt that is now her daily
comfort. . “ It watches me at the win
dow.'’ she »a*»l. “ atuk when 1 go out it
runs to me ami lay" it* head on my
arm ami almost nestles'in mv besom.
It
lull
S ages. If the children are not deaf or
ind they are generally under some
physical disability. They are, con
sumptives or epileptics or idiotic, and
pass through life and leave no sign.
Fortunately most of such marriages re
sult in no progeny. V
“ Oh, well,” some say, “ the Leviti-
cal law did not prohibit it.” No, it
did not, and 1 reckon that Cain mar
ried his sister. We know that Abra
ham married his half sister, and no
doubt that is why uo children were
born to them except one by grace in
their old age. v -
Jiut it is said that the Roman laws
and the laws of England permit such
marriages. Yes, the Roman law did
until Pope Alexander II stopped if
and prohibited first, second and third
cousins from intermarrying. The laws
of England permitted 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 pat
terned after English law and precedent
for more than a hundred years, have
been reluctant to make any change in
this regard.
Rut the quest*m is now coming to
the front, and the time is coming for a
change. It seems now to be an estab
lished and universal rule that the**-
marriages entail upon the offspring
evil consequences, bodily or menially,
or both. The evil effect of what is
called “ breeding in” among animals
leads to the conclusion that it is an un
iversal law. Good stock, blooded dock,
is not perpetuated in that way. Heaid
a conceited man declare that he wa*
descended from the Carrolls, of Car-
tariff, enables ship-builders and manu
facturers of material used in the con
struction of vessels to put their prices
up to the highest limit wss forcibly ex
posed by Senator Tillman and others
in the bill before the Senate, calling
for appropriations for steel plates used
in the construction of war vessels. It
was clearly shown by Senator Tillman
that the bids for supplying this armor
were not competitive, and that the
price demanded was far in excess of
that paid by the.European Powers.
Now, if the manufacturers felt so
strongly entrenched behind the bul
warks of protection that they could
overcharge the government, it is very
easy to perceive how they could bleed
the private citizen.
The United States has cheaper coal,
cheaper iron, that is far more of it,
and a great many other advantages
not possessed by England aud, this be
ing the case,-it is self-evident that if it
has very little merchant marine that
the protective policy of the Republican
party , the party responsible for the
present navigation laws, must be at
fault, aud that ^his is the main, if not
the only, reason that our country
makes such a miserable show id the
way 6f a merchant marine.
England lias pursued a policy direct
AS TO THE TWIN BROTHERS.
Esau and Jacob Differed in Ap
pearance, Pursuits and Char
acter.
And the boys grew: • • * And Esau
said to Jacob, “Feed me with that same
red pottage.” And Jacob said, "Sell me this
day thy birthright.”—Gen. xxv.: 27, 30, 31.
They were brothers, twin brothers,
but in everything unlike.
They differed in appearance—Esau
hairy, ruddy, strong, full of animal life
and courage. He craved excitement
and amusement. Jacob, smooth of
skin, dark In feature, slight of build,
no match for his burly brother in
THE HERO OF A POST OFFICE
physical force or activity.
They differed in pursuits—Esau a
cunning hunter, a man of the field
chase. Had he been living now he
would h&ge been foremost in all manly
daring and out-door sports. With
handsome face, genuine disposition,
quick to resentful quick also to for
give, polished iu mauner, a good shot,
a splendid rider, we see around us to
day many like Ksau. Jacob loved the
home life. The wildest ex lew and
I dangers for which Esau pined, as au
imprisoned eagle for its rocky crag,
j had no fasciuation for him. He Was
ly opposite to tbai of the United Kutes | cunteut io dwell quietly among the
be swept along, until the fateful deed
was done, the spiritual given for the
physical, the cterpal for the temporal!
There are many to-day like Esan,
tempted to barter their peace, their
manhood, and their hope of heaven for
one nnssof the world’s pottage. It
steams ; it smells savory ; it promises
to do more .good now than all the Bible
promises. The tempter whispers,
“Thou shall not surely die.
O Stop I Listen ! Then shall you
hear your Saviour’s warning voice :
“ What shall it profit a man if he gain
the whole world and lose his own soul ?
Or what will ho give in exchange for
his soul ?”
Mary ‘a hunt w.v-
•bftgr
runs to me and
paHect adoratwra.
but alt at once th*
drooped * an an
her voire trrniblo
major. 1 have al
ban I ;.*u and m
No cook, no hr
ti>4
»vmg,
m me w
Kft
1 of bei
4 4.’
■lit
lion, :n old Maryland. St
us nark,
(litf. Thit waa ail genera
aud would give him »TktY-fiHif , tfnh< »
nil fattier* aud mothers, abd brace b<
xt)-fourth pun of ol<
• blood iu hi* Yt ID*.
> t><Wat* that her falht
I iff rage bark In ( roni
ua»i ouiy olw
I'aarlt* larro!
know a lady w]
coaid trace hu
*•11. That w«
hock.
and, if we judge by results, we are
forced to the cpuctueioii that our
frisuda across the water know a great
Awl more about the laws of trade than
wc do. %
Frevioua to the war lor Southern in
dependence, when the country wa* un
der Democratic rule, the United States
had a large and growing raenham ma-
rioe, bciug a strong <ony*eliXor *iia
England for the carmpy trad* of ib*.
’ wond. TTIaTr JoTT nfth r war the mer
chant marine auffarrd brav 111, bwt
would bavi
Mocks, busy itH'fhe common, every day
inti— -
They differed in character. TBere
is much in E*au to attract. If be was
impetuous, he was generous. If be
wa* rash, be was*frank. If he was
wan Una )» religious fervor, be wss af
fectionate. If he doted oo the pleas
ure of (he rlisse, be waa'kplaodul com
pany. every inch a man. liul (or ail
this be was ucculadi) *ansusl| “frn-
fane.” the HtMe raft* tr. He a a* a
W(
iot
im ■'>I2,«i
•urpaase
for lha 1
rale.
As an
Ha
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l of IU
bow r
1
ill I
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Hgi
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ler.
once* 1
lloli* I
at gras
It
iave bet
ant of w
cite ibe
I w»
to
U Ol
rttt <•
(Mil.
4 I.
4 Slat
*lw*Od
■ ,7*C«
i nr
l*r
slave to hi*
thing that
»evi»<
Ottld
s, and hail*
thnli turn
L 11a was
a at aur pru
bfl«Jd have
■1 any-
•Hb a
willing
Minister Wit vo the Women.—
The wise and facetious Minister Wu
Ting-Tang made his appearance in a
new role the oilier evening at a laigc
gathering where both ladies and gentle
men were present, where he waa the
most conspicuous guest. He was asked
to say a few words to the ladiea, in re
sponse to a toast to them. He said:
“ When 1 see ao many finely-built wo
men confronting me, and 1 am called
upon to be the'gallant’ of the moment,
what can 1 aay but that 1 wish for that
moment only 1 were not a Chinaman^
I should Uka to ba an American as I
stand hare, so that each one of you
would appear as beautiful to nie as you
actually must be when seen through
you.* countrymen’* eve*. Alas! dp
slight difference in the formation of
my orbs cannot do justice to the im
pression you make upon me, indivi
dually and jointly and seveimliy. Rut
there are some weii^nourisbad figures
and forms among yix^ that really
putf iu lama .nuaaa the fens* Own my
«»«• fertile country, ba* pnwtneed.
And Tour tnleVigem-e and si
He Fought Two Burglars
They Were Captured With Two
Accomplices.
The Washington correapondent of
the News and Courier aaya: «
four men are a waiting the execution
of a death sentence passed upon them
lor the attempted robbery of the post-
office at Emma, North Carolina, around
which centres a tala of romance and
bravery rarely recorded in the crimi
nal annals of the potloffice department,
and one which has brought to the hero
thereof the most flattering praise of
the Postmaster General.
Samuel H. Alexander, the assistant
post-master at Emma, is the hero in
question, and he ia Uie proud possessor
of a letter from Postmaster General
Smith, which reads:
“ It ia learned from an ofnclaH||.
port that on the occasion of the recent
robbery of the poatofflee at Emma,
North Carolina,* yon displayed great
determination and courage iu fearless
ly defending the property.of the United
Slate* when attacked by two heavily
armed burglars, whom you finally over
powered after a desperate encounter
in which you were dangerously wound-
ed.
“The i«tseesioa of th* starling
[|uality which makes man wtllin^lo
uupenl their Uvea in defence of an of
ficial trust is not so common that Ha
exhibition, as in this caaa, should be
allowed tr pass without distinctly grate
ful recognition.
“ Therefore, in acknowledgment of
your fidelity and personal bravery, I
*lr I desire to extend 10 yuu the thanks of
' the JH wtoffice department, aud 4# su
pra** the hope that you may live for
Scribbles— Don’t yon think that'
a fuuny joke I just rend to «•"*+
Schabblea—You bet! IL-.—
I cried the first time I ever heard 1
Ohio StaU Journal.
“ I don’t want to see Lydia
abe comes back from that
school.”
“Whynotr*
“Oh, aha wiU be barstisg with
knowledge while the rest of e* /
been sitting around in the Met
getting what little wa *»*» ”-
Free Prase.
Fhotographer-
.wear that
pleasant!
Mr. Staytome—You Just go 1
want to send thb nietura to 1
itr
•«•««* end souls, 1 1 many years to enjoy the honor which
told, which are hidden odder your | you have so dearly purchased, and IU
r laal.ionabls apparel, are osoi- 1 * -
t
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11 tr
ren that
life den
apparel, are
your forms,
lb and elecei
11 v
4SI Riga**
I! BMU t\
sif n
1 1*
nailioo. Jofti
think of it. ><
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■raelau
til, Al*! (iOtt t»iA£
. . abuui vuu
r Mil-1 ol a
•tore, fur Tha—
are over n mi
ijHNi 1.1*1
Greta si nun* at
hMod ia your v
nap, 1 t*ei
I JSf}(
4 no duubt book
t uf it t* “s~l -
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Im 1
MV Os 1
I 'Mm
i. My wife's
graodfnihrr w
»« A I A gl
1 Ik
||| iffBD*
Ifathcr was a i
Kaj»- 1 m r
Id a doi
Iph and his (ran
dfaihei was a
1 Vy-1 Aful
•be UN
1 Mm! Iu* wa*
Lord Kctfe,
• bo Tl
film I *.|-
(read iNxaLoal
a*. Fhat was
ICQ I r AA&J
uve I fte*
jnratome hack.
and gtvsa my
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(air I l,n
%lt«*FW|Orw , Mil
d therefore, *h«
9 II A* 11 Hr
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, laRvll
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60 bralthy r«k1
fFf t
id ihoMB
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sin. except ibe
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me—uol
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erlji&pa
iy and abr
A letter
») re
•tears ha* luo
krd Al ISM in A |»
dn r pu* Is I tha
a nmiuarti vut
tuts Oavt | Uu<
•tees*. Hut I h
any warn-1 try
. 1 used to Iht
ived from see
oded from Ca|H
tn a»te »f on
■iircsttgaG'T* f«
tuau mat-1 w«
• tnarrwd and 1
rery, vtr)|*|H
■ak of.
»cr
ed to ask alMKil
—a .|*.| — ■ m
Jll 4||Q If* t OQIC 1
r said any"*"' *
ecu.tar tM
it waa u<
tuuor a m
ok that maylm I de-1
am John smith, bui
juod that be never 1
WH,
1 of votes
fte of tfi 1
la aocee-
7 to
1 is a
out
merchant
ignorance
like f«
set him el
A* has
must acr
at rl
taa a sinmf
1) growtag
l lev leaks U
av Im
•1
w 11b m
to bar
ought
some of tl
Niutgbt ai
a already
rpt rasa
fiourtsb
duk! and
be
r fn
b On
nr
aud
DOUVI
watte 1
nark,
vlaan
trad
other
of'
hiMl A# fotlffl
wrr» (
Jart
>h waa a quiet
•y mirntretioo; —.1 may your youl
man hoi un
<kr th*
calm
> sxterior there
looks and bonorebie ysnre always 1
hand in hand.” ^
were ilcittht
And df
>t>th*
I **
And oo the
dnplirHy of
bit OAl
AM
Ihrfr WAA AliO
-— — ^
aa tmax-o*
W «ml**'
fur relicte—
Hr. Wa* Tire Burr im T”**
fmth and tm
.«*f li I IM ' >
If let
ys—-st V Thuft
tag. it Y. * nuu.
tVrbster eras being tried for bribti
white Emu
WA* Ol
ifAl*
wd «»i41\ with
outers*! witness. Ham Johasiag,
^te—ure. Jai
rviti w v %
rd with a loti*-
testtfv fatenJy.
in* •hich ct
—iiflf »,«
•ti.flnl r VrwfU
“ You any th* defendant offered
hj thy p—M
Um
1
■ 4-*“ twfteuttfy tn hie behalf?" asked
The Mrih
n^bif
H bi
st wa* 4 ? n
lawyer of Ham. a
Was uot Win
NUy MO
r. AU that th*
“ Y—, sah.”
^ „ jl g fa—a 1*1
fcsAAA
Was hfts in
“Now, repeat what bo anal, u
U lAflt tCL.
Um 1
AfeATT
ted wed and
bis exact wurds."
ftfOAtical A
ilruAj,
le boons. Ik
“ H« anal be would give me g&
la—*1 m * I
i)—* I fit MftX m “
foMuli.
am!
went down lo
1 "
hia dAtA IA
l (MATA
Al A
g«Mal old —r
“ lie didn't speak ia the thud
Whatever, thru, th<
thnght was, H
son did her’
WAS API WOi
rtdly pr
V f(U tk iB
** >•, aah, be tack food care
Ea—. who 1
«jsi H, |
•1 It. It
tkAal 1
mnfm lb An Ja»
dor were an third puseoti 'round;
cob, who wo
WAA
AoC iinnsunits
was only two—ns two.”
whw h you are so justly cntiUsd
| Emma w*a small towi numbering |
^ I several thouaauii souls. Paalmaster
^ Mcl>etlau ia the proprietor ot a gauernl
* ( me re hand tea store, in which tbs post*
•»Ore is kapt. Youag
I in th* habit of el sept ug iu
aud 00 tbs night of fobranry 6 last,
having barred tbs doors and windows,
ba was in tha act af retiring when ba
was aruoaed by a kaoch oa th* main
door aud S rvi|nae> for mall. Al
Jim
ag a
, to
th*
D it
oar upansd lbs A
ly roof rusted by
who with drawn revolvers
store, ordered Aicxauder to
bis gun aud la of wafthoaafs
over
n
•let
• ftaar
Juki
Pew
• a
I
ii
1
• mi
Jac
i-
It waa
1 the
“ 1
*• V
wa* de
that, bet
lereou. dt
ks 10
lb. Who W(
be.1 far
il.
waa la
Upoy y
ba spoka
a't ba ?**
st pusaou myself, aah.
udaraUud ma. whsa
1 you did ba aay : “ 1
great
i
to C* *Ii h l||
muini •!
»ry reset
' f~ wg* |]
uf
he
bad no children, to
Bill Aur
SMALL MERCHANT MARINE
■ylutu
ffore me, but 1 Ynow of three
blind children of on** family who were
scut there, and they were the offspring
of parents who were cousins. 1 know
of five children of one family who were
sent to our deaf aud dumb institute at
CayeSpring. T^Irparents wered-iuble
cousins. They haul but one child who
could hear aud speak. She was a good-
looking country girl. She married a
clever younc man who hauled wood for
me. Soon alter bis marriage he moved
to Texas and liirc^j to a rattle man,
and was so faithful in his service that
in a few years he bought an interest in
the ranch and prospered.* I met him
at Waco sixteen years after he left
Georgia, aud he was said to be worth
#100,000, and his. two elder daughters
.were at a boarding school at Waco, VI
miles from his home. He liad six
children, and, aias! one of them was a
mute. The taint hud cropped out in
the second generation.
Professor Conimr, the faithful and
long tried principal of our deaf and
dumb institution, has tabulated the
parentage of his 7 pupils forjcany years,
and reports that in 26 families produc
ing 4S mutes the parents were first
cousin. In 12 families producing 19
mutes the parents were second cousins.
In 11 families producing 15 mutes the
parents were third cousins. Altogeth
ft / XXJ
er there were 97 mute children of
parents closely 1 elated.
Of 400 dtaf mutes 193 had deaf
paient^ and many of these deaf parents
are no doubt the offspring of tho inter
marriage of cousins
Among these 400 pupils59 marriages
have occurred and there have been
bom to them 110 children, 89 of whom
can hear aud 21 are mules. In 19 of
the marriages there were no children
borp. Now, after one, two»or three
mutes have been bom in succession to
parents, it would seem a sin, if not a
crime, for them to have more. The
lawshoulc prohibit it. But if this can
not be done after marriage, the remedy
for the' fu.ure is to prohibit the inter
marriage of cousins—yes, and second
cousins. To be born deaf or blind is a
tin against the child, and to have it
supported by the Stale ia a drain upon
th*. IfftREiirv likMl might he iiYuuieil
ButbemJSSSbltof^S'thvI
The Republican Party and Its
J^rotertive Policy Reapowaible
reply to an inquiry rtom a well known
and popular clergyman in the Slate,
hows how the protective tariff of the
Republican party work* injuriously to
the growtPnf the merchant marine in
this cvuutry as contrasted with Eng
land's free trade policy, which has
built the huge Heels of merchantmen
that are fiyinv the British flag in every
clime. Mr. Woods writes to the New*
aud (J /urier : j
It ought to Ih‘ a self-evident fact or
proposition tjjat where, for illustration,
two men or/corporation* are engaged
in the same line of business, but pur
suing directly opposite methods of con
ducting that business, and one suc
ceeds and the other fails, that the plan
of the .One must be founded on good
business principles, while that of t!ic
other must of necessity have been
maiwiged according to a system at varU
anw with both experience and com
mon sense. Free trade and protection
are as diametrically opposite as the
poles, and whichever can be shown to
be right must of necessity make the
other hopelessly wrong.
Then, too, what is wanted in tiusi-
nfess affairs is not theones, but practi
cal results, and it is just here that the
pernicious doctrine of.protection has
been, for the United States, a dismal
and costly failure, forcing us to de
pend almost entirely upon foreign ves
sels for the transportation of both our
exports and imports.
Our navigation laws, to put them in
a nut shell, make it impossible for a
vessel to fiy the American tl^g unless
that vessel is built in this country.
This law has been in practical opera
tion for a good many years, with, the
ISISB* l II* | '
ur cCuum thou
I and sttsu loord. for
I weighed * hi U^e bslan
I aud found wauliag.
At the time of the paasags >4
present navigatioii law* of Kngiw
was predicted that her com
p re in sc y hsd received il*
rant, but the ver/ ;v.|iu
pursuing a dtameincall
mngni was a deep Bpimoal
It gave the ngbl to be the
fte fsaitly or claes. It carried
*•1 uf recwiMag mad cowtiua-
le Divine ia*e*4gw. It wss •
1 line by which the Messiah
into the world. Tin#
wlal funds.
1 mm w. re sftarwnida id—ttiafl
I iscbarged 000 v lets and
oa, stood guard over
the other. Hew Foster,
to nfie the safe Funtor Laid his re
volver 00 top of the swfs and was in-
teulJv ssawiialug us ooai
Johnson's attention waa for n
diverted by n cnl touching ever a box
in lbs rear of the store. The
Johnson tuned bis bead
(leaped forward,
o, tab; be didn’t —y nothin' ’boot voiver and shot Foster in the refioo of
payin' ate fifiO. Your numc wasn’t ihd heart. ID than la read the revolver
iimned, 'coptiag be told me uf eber . oa John sou, bat it mi—nd Are —d tha
H into • scrape you was the beat 1 two men grappled,
lawyer in Han Anlooe to fool de jedge 1 A desperate struggle followed.
' 1 jury—m fac’ you w— do beet Footer, seriuwaly wounded,
n to eo<er up ruekelity.’* ... Alexander and shoe bias in the
a brief, brealhlees moment the men. Alexander,seeing Footer about
•usiw-ud-xl.—Detroit Free | to shoot a»ain, swung Juki
while they e—
Mr*. Wi
Mr.
DM
I
| •' Yes," eakd the 1
! M H certainly le
the ballet from Pottor’s gun striking |
Johnson's loft shoulder from the 1
through bi* neck 1
vvuhu — niucu wm prv
ha* made a Mgnal and disgraceful fail
ure, thank* to the boasted commercial
foreidght of the Republican party.
' Tbe writer ia perfectly aware that
(here is'nothing new iu thie, but then
the truth cxnnot be too often told, at
least a* long aa error stalk* abroad in
the hod. It must, however, in justice
to the Republican party, be admitted
that it has been consistent in the pur
suance of this policy, for (he whole
trend of its legislation has been to en
rich the individual at the expense of
the masses ; in other words, to make
robbery not only possible, but give to
the robber the protection of the law.
w. I). Wo6w.
Darlington, Ang. 14.
legitimate result that if a citizen of the
United States wanted to build a vessel
he must pay exactly what the protected
ship-buiiders choose to exact iu the
way of coet. Finding that it costs so
much more to build the vessel here
than it would in some other country,
and that with this enhanced coet he
could not compete with the ships of
other nations, he would simpiy aban
don tbe idea.of building and use ships
which, as they were built at the lowest
possible coet, could givb tbe very low
est rates for traneporution. ’ _ |
An illustration <?*Xuw ibis '.aw, as
Before Marriage and After.—
Dr. Temple, the Archbishop of Can
terbury, is a notable personage about
wbom many good stories are related.
Some years ago a young curate seeking
to be licensed, was bidden by Dr. Tem
ple to read a few verses of the Bible,
in order that his fitness for conducting
public worship might be judged.
“Not loud enough,” was the criti
cism of the bishop whpn the young
man had finished.
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that, mv
lord,” replied the curate ; “a lady iu
the church yesterday told me I could
be heard most plainly all over.”
“Ah ! are you engaged ?”-suddenly
asked Dr. Temple.
“Yes, my lord.” k ‘
The bishop smiled grimly and said :
“Now listen to me young man. While
you are engaged don’t believe every
thing the lady tells you r hut,” he add
ed with a deep chuckle, “after you are
married, believe every word she says.”'
—Xondon Truth.
name, but the sight and
quite enough. “Give me
- that red t” he cried impa
tiently. Jacob wa* not wholly a sel
fish man, but it suddenly occurred to
him here wa* Ids'opportunity lo obtain
the prize which his brother esteemed
so little. Si he made the extraordi
nary pro|iotMtl lo exchange the mess of
pottage for the birthright!
Behold, on the one hand rise the
far-away.vision, unseen, spiritual. On
the other was the steaming pottage,
very tempting in his hunger and weari
ness. Esau closed with it. “Behold,”
said the bluff huutcr, “1 am at the
point to die. What profit shall this
birthright do to me ?” 80 “he did eat
anti drink*, aud went his way. Thus
did Esau despise his birthright.” We
cannot exonerate either of these two
men. Jacob was not only a traitor to
his brother, but faithless to his God.
As for Esau, we recall the burning
words of Scripture : “lAiok diligently,
lest there he any profane person, a*
Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold
his birthright.”
Yet let us, before we utterly con
demn him, look close at him. The
strongest and bravest men, physically,
other in some respects,
Bn \ mi-i- •likiim l y different in others.
A writer wb<P was formerly a forester
in the Dutch East tndies has recently
callqd iitteniioo to these differencee.
So far a* the qualities of the products
are concerned the most noticeable dif
ference is that rubber is elastic, while
gutu-perclia is not. Gutta percha is
obtained from tne plant ouiy; rubber
from upward of 00 different plants.
The gutta-percha tree u cultivated with
great difficulty, and the natives of the
countries where it grows cut it down
to get its sap. Three-fou-ths of this
product come from Sumatra and Bor
neo. The total annual production is
only about one-twentieth of that of
rubber, which is estimated at about
90,000,000 pound*, two-thirds of it
coming from the Amazon valley, one-
third from Central Africa and ooe-
twcntielh from Asia.
iistent
lodging
Faint
evs
Wellt”
evil that follows the— incestuous mar-' wail ns others based on a protective
The late David Dickson, of Georgia,
was a prosperous farmer and made big
corn crops, no matter what the season
was, wet or dry. ' He insisted that
corn, if planted deep in the ground,
wquljcj stand a protracted drouth ‘ad
mirably. After the corn was #ell
grown he resorted to shallow plough
ing between the rows, bo as not local
the roots. Manj farmer* are f aid to
negTecC these simple TuJWfand so pi at f ywri tit pt
dry 1—on, maks short crops. 1 it all tha
The Philadelphia Record says *
“Men who have become accustomeo
to free and unrestrained franchise grab
bing all over the Union arc amazed to
find that the executive council of Por
to Rico insists in every case ui>od re
ceiving a royalty for the public treas-
are often the weakest in resisting the ury when public property is to be taken
appeal of a momentary passion. Esau f° r private use aud profit. > The coun
is mastered by the fragrance of the pot- | cil docs not propose to sin against the
td^e ; Samson by the charm of a Phil- j light. Projectors of transportation,
istine girl ; Peter by the questions of a intercommunication, wharf construe-
maid servant. There is no strength tion, water-power development and
apart from the strength of God. For public land utilization schemes must
temptations come when we least ex-1 pay the State for the exclusive privi-
pect them. The moment of peril'is leges they enjoy. This is the modern
the moment when we return weary ; theory of administrative relation to cor-
from the dangers of the chase "to the porations, as opposed to the long-sUnd-
quiet home, which promia£fl._na immu-! in g practice of grab-and-give-nothing
nity from all attack. in vogue in the United States.”
- These appeals come in the most tim- : ■“ 1 m
i«l things. One mess of pottage, one
glass of drink, oife moment of passion,
one afternoon’s walk, a question and
an answer, a movement or a look. It
is in such small things as these that
great alternatives are offered and great
decisions made. ~
in our daily life.
The Wilmington Dispatch knows a
gentleman who is willing to certify that
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy's husband
was “buried in a pauper's graveyard
near tbat City, where his remains still
reptue.” I'ji her book Mrs. Eddy says
There are np trifles | he died m Wumingtou of yellow fever
Everytliing is great. , in 1H48, and his body was escorted
from tbe lo— of blood and the terrible
excitement which he had undergoon,
Alexander made one more desperate
effort to eject the men from the store.
Reaching the door he nve the mystic
cry for nelp of the pdd Fellows and
sank unconscious to the floor.
Postmaster McL Han an Odd Fellow,
lived directly oppoeite the store.
Startled from his sleep by the cry, he
immediately came to Alexsnder’iun-
lef. Harry Mills and Gus Gates,TWo
confederates of the robbers, who were
on the outside, carried away their
wounded companions. A short dis
tance from the sjore they met a hack-
man, who they compelled to carry them
to a place in theflower part of the city,
Where they attempted to hide. /'
Postmaster McLellan sounded au
alarm. Officers tracked the men and
arrested them at an early hour in the
morning. Alexander was removed to
the hospital, where his life was des-
paired of.
The romantic touch to the incident
occurred while Alexander was iu the
hospital. He was engaged to one of
the young ladies of Emma and at bis
earnest request they were married, al
though the doctors held out little hope
for bis recovery. After the marriage
tho young man steadily improved and
before tong was back in the store at
tending to his duties as assistant post
master. The men were tried found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged, —
the North Caroliua State laws provide
for this form of punishment for bur
glary.
“ So you have captured the mi
shiners,” said the chief to his lieuten
ant. “Good eadugh! How did you
happy to be to successful!” “ Well,
sir, we went on a still hunt,” replied
the lieutenant, who d—rly loved ft
merry jest—Frank Leslie’s Weekly.
“ Weil, Um|
rice
^Chicago
girl tells la the
, n<r
the
mUtraafe of tbe house why they didn’t
observe the rite regularly. “ Why,”
said the tody with
say grace unT
be IhankfaL
log thi
beef oc
like thftfc
or
gr**t
««1
when we have re—on to
We never dream of gtv-
we have only ro—t
« simple thing
_ we hare game
something really nice, then we any
tee, for it’s worth while!”
“ I’ll admit that I opposed your mar
riage, my children,” said Silas Fodder,.
“ bat now that you’re hitched np I’ll
forgive you." • ?
The groom straightened np and put
a No. 9 boot down hard on the flour.
“ I don’t a— where von come in in
this fergivin’ bixnem,” he answered.
“ Aa yon —y, yon done your level beat
to keep ns from gittin’ spliced, an’ it
seems that I art to be the one todo tbe
fergivin', which I ain’t a goin’ to do.
Me aa’ hUndy’a goin’ to move over in
Jasper township, an’ If I eveh ketch
yon aronn’ the place I’ll fill you fall o’
buckshot!”
Ami, taking Mandy'a lily white hand
in his own large brown one, he strode
{ threshold.—Indianapolis
Sun.
The harvest, for good or ill springs ' North by , members of SL Andrew’s
from the tiniest *e«d. Masonic Lodge. No such lodge of Ms-
Alas, poor Esau ! There was none sous ever existed in Wilmington, and
to counsel him to pause ; none to whis-1 th* body of people • bo died of yellow
per “Is It wise ?" “I» it
certain that he would facta.
ver could uot be
ougTXlu bil—T—i mure suxi
“ Hold on, there!” called
tbe new arrival at the ferry
Styx. “You wait until the next
and I’ll take yon over along.”
“Why thie distinction?”
one of the spirit
e’s one of
Oliver Wendell Holmee enjoyed
to much as a clever retort,
1 happened to be at His own
One day,at an entertainment,
be' w— a—ted near the refreebmeut
and observed a little girl looking
" ‘Ag eyee at tha good things,
invariable foodnem for dul-
mid, kindly: ,
you hungry, little girt?” - ■
“ Yea, rir,” wm tha reply.
why don’t you ta|a a sand-
V^H“Oh, he^^H