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_THE PSREOPLE'S VOL tI.-NO. 31. PICKENS, S. G., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 190. BIL ARP ABOUT MARRIAG] What Kind of Girl Should a Your Man Lead to the Altar ? When a young man falls in love al resolves to get married I reckon it is good thing that he is reckless of t1 colPequences. I was, I know, for never thought of anything except tL pretty girl and how happy . Would L to get lier. I had no thought of troub] or lioverty or grief or war or deatl The time was far, far away when th silver cord would be loosed and th golden bowl be broken. As for th girl, she is more reckless than hc lover, even though her peril is fu greater, for hers is to be the pain an sulriniig, the care and anxiety-th night watching and sometimes th broken heart. It is a mystery to in how the mother endutes it all and hold tip her head au- keeps her strengt1i But love for her offsprin g, matern love, sustaius lier. It is the gift o God. There was a marriage inl oul town the other (lay, and as the crowd gathered at the church our neighbor Mrs. Felton, stopped in the veran(a b rest and see the battle from afar. Sh1 was, as usual merry and sad by turn --sometinies the tears were glistenin, in her eyes and soon sie laughe< merrily and showed her learly teeth When the bridal carriage arrived shi gave a maternal sigh and whispered " Poor things, they little knowii wha is ahead of them."' Suddenly shi branched off into a story about her lhtth pet mule colt that is now her (ail comfort. "11 t watches imc at the win dow," she said, " and lhen I go out i runs to me an14d lays its head on m arm and almost nestles in my bosom Mary's lamb was not more loving. 11 bites and kicks at. uver3 body, else, bul runs.to me and fawns upon me witi perfect adloratioi." She laughed agam but all at oice the corners of her moutl droopcd to an angle of '15 (leC s aml( her voice trembled as she said: "But major., I have at last come down t< haril pa1n and niisery in my 01(1 age No cook, not help or ily sort, am though yesterday was8 my sixty-fourti: birthday I had to pull the buggy dowi to the branch and wash it. Oh, m3 country I" She erie(l a little, and lthei laughed a good di al more. Pearly tear and pearly teeth are attractive featture in a woma' .Nevertheless, betweet petting mu: -olts and washing buggie she still fir s tinc to plead for ti education of the poor country girls oj north Gcorgia. But what kind of a girl should f young man marry ? Of course, sh( miit be born of respectable parents she should be virtuous, she should hav a good, loviig disposition and a fail education. ,She should be healthy amtit have no taint of her lover's ancestra blood in lher veins. All of these quali, fications have beeii discussed ail( treated over and cvcr again, except th< ha.9t. I am inlspired to say soiethin' about, that because its importance hait long been overlooked-neither poet; nor philosophers not scientists hai written upon it nor given any warn iin-. A letter recently received fron a young man ill Miissippi asks i thero is anything wrong ill a man mar. rying his cousin. Yes; very, ver) wrong. The answer is found in th( records of the asylumws for the deaf ai dumb and b1lid. Their chief patron age comes from the intermarriagre o (c0u81m1. These institutions (cost on State ab~out $75,000 a year, and half o the expense could be avoidedl if the iln termarriage of cuiswsprohibited asylumii befiore me, b~ut I know of thire< blind children of one famlily who wer< sent thlere, and they were the offspring of parents wvho were cousins. I knov of flive chlildren of one family syho wer< sent to our deaf and1( (dulmb mtitute a Cave Spring. Their plarents were d->ub)l cousins. They ha~l but one child whi could hear and speak. She was a good - looking country girl. She married clever young man who hauled woodl fo me. Soon after bis marriage lie move< to Texas and~ hired to a cattle man and was so faithful in his service tha in a few years lie bought au interest il the ranich and1 prospered. I met bini at Waco sixteen years alter lie lef Georgia, and~ lie was said to be worti $100,000, "ud his two elder daughter were at a boarding school at Waco, 1! miles froni his homne. Hie had si: children, and, alas! one of thiemi was; mute. TUhe taint had croppedl out i the second generation. Professor (Connhor, the faith ful ani long triedl principal of our (leaf an, dIumb I inistitutlion, has tab~ulatedl th parentage of his pulpils for* many yearm and1( reports that in 20 families produ< ing 48 niutes the parents were firm cousin. In 1 2 families p)rodulcing 1 mutes the parents were secondu conui: in 11 famililipes prodlucmig 15 mutes th plarents were thirdl cousins. Altogetl or there were 97 miute chiildren i parents closely i elated. Of 4100 deaf mutes 193 had1( de( * li~alenits, and1( many of these (leaf partenl are no doubt, the offspring of the inte marriage of cousins. Among these 400 piupils59) manrriag have occulrredl and1 there have bet b)orni to them I 10 children, 89 of who can hear and 21 are mutes. In 109 * the marriages there were no childr< born. Now, aftecr one, two or thir niwtes have beeii born in suiccession l~Ibenits, it would seem a sinu, if not crime, for them to have nmore. T] law should prohibit it. But if this ca not be (10n1 after mnarriage, the remet for the future is to prohibit the int< marriage of cousine-yes, andl secoi iouisins. T.Lo be borni (leaf or bhlnd u sini against the child, andl to have suipportedl by the State is a drain up< the treasury that, might be avoided. But, being deaf or blind is not all t, evil that follows these incestuous mm I. riages. If the children are not deaf blind they are generally under so] g hysical disability. They are cc suiptives or epileptics or idiotic, a pass through life and leave nO sig d Fortunately mostof such marriages 1 Ssuilt in no progeny. 0 " Oh, well," sonC say, " the Levi cal law didi not prohibit it." No, did not, and I reckon that Cain in '0 ried his sister. We know that Abi 0 ham niarried his half sister, and I n- doubt that is why no children we 0 born to them except one by grace e' their old age. B Jut it is said that the lonan lai r and the laws of England permit su< r marriages. Yes, the Itoman law d i nitil. Pope Alexander 11 stopped e and( prohibited first, second and thiI c ousiiis from intermarrying. The lav c of England permitted such iiarriag< S because the kings and the nobilii waitel to keep) the crown and the tith itad their estates in their families. Ai so our American people, who have pa rerned after English law and precedet for more thani a hundred years, hav been reluctant to mnake any change i 3 this regard. 131A the questian is now coming I a the front, and the titne is collilg for change. It seems now to be an estal lished aidi universal rule that thes marriages elutail upon the offspril evil consequences, bodily or mntalll or both. The evil effect of what , called "4 breeding in'' aoiig aninmal leads to the conclusion that it is ani in iversal law. 0good stock, blooded .toe is not perpetuated il that, way. Heat a coiceitled nian declare that lie wa desceided fron the Carrolls, of Cal rolltoi, iA old Maryland. Suppose hI did. That was six generatiois hacl, ial would give him sixty-four ance tral fathers and mothers, and hence h had only one sixty-fourth parlt of ol Charlos Carroll's bloo in his veins. know a lady who boasts that her fathe could trace his lincage back to Crow well. That wias eightecn generation back, and woild give him 512,000 au cestors-not much of Cromwell's blo in her. It is astonishing how rapidi the ancestral tree widlenfi. Two -ell crations back gives a man only You great-graii(fathers and graidliotlier but twenty generations gives lim ove. a million. Just think of it, youn man, and quit bragging about your a: cestors, for there are over a millio different strains of blood in your vCim aiid no doubt some of it is had-ver bad. My wife's grandfather was Holt and his grandfather was a Iar dolpl and his grandfather was a Pe ton and his was Lord Rolfe, whi mlarried Pocahontas. 1'hiat was te rencrations back, and gives my wit 1,02-1 ancestors, an1d therefore, she lia 1-1,02-1th part of Poky's blood in he veins. Mightly slim ftrail, it sCem1 to mne-not1 mluch injunl about, hie One day I ventured to ask about th other 1,023 parts that did not cOie frer Poky and she never said anytiiig, hui looked at me in a peculiar tone of voic that reninde(li me it was none of im business. But I honor a noble aince fry. I used to think that maybe I (h scended from Captain Joh1n Snili, br oil iivestigatioi foutimi that lie nevt was married and iad no childrin I speak of. Bu11 j A m'. A SMALL MERCHANT MARINI The Republican Party and It - Protective Policy Responsibi for Its Size. I Mr. WV. D). Woods, of Darlingtonm,i reply to ani iniquiry fromi a well know and poplarlii clergyman ini the StaltI shows how tile protective tarilT of thi Rep3lubhican pairt.y works inijuriiously I 3 the growth of the mchaniitt miarinil L this counitry as contrasted with Emi land's free tradle policy, which hii > buil, the huge Ileets of merchantime - that arc lIying~ the Britishi flag in ever clime. Mr. Woods writes to the Neu; r~ and Courier : I It ought to bie a self-evident fact< , propositionl that, where, for illuvtratioi t two men oir corporationis are engage in the same line of business, but pu 1 suing dliretly opposite nmethiOds of com t, ducltinig that buineiiss, and1( onc 8u1 i cceds and the other fails, that the pl11 s of the one( must be0 foundi~ed on~ go( 2 business prinlciles, while that of t! < other must of necessity have het 1 mfaniaged accoring to ai system at vaii a ance with bo0th e3xperiece1C and1 coin mlonl senise. .Free tradoe and( nrotec3tic I arc as diaimetrically opposite as tl I poles, and1( whichever can1 he shiowni e he ighlt must, of necessity make I , other hiopelessly wrong. -Then, 1oo, what is wanited in bmn L ness affairs is niot theories, but, praci 9 cal results, and it is just here that tI ~. pernicious dloctrinie of priotection1 h. e beeii, for the I~nitod States, a dliami i- and costly failure, forcing us to d >f pendi almlost entirely upon foreigni ve sels for thie transportation of both 01 uf explorts and1 impljorts. Ls Our navigation laws, to put them r- a nut shell , make it imposile for vessel to fly the American flag unie is thait vessel is buiilt ini this countr n This law hais beenm in practical oper in tiou lorn a good miany years, with tI >f legitimate result thamt if a citizeni of tl n1 United States wanted to buildl a vesm 3(e he must pay exactly what the protfect to ship-buiiders choose to exact, ini 1 a way of cost,. IFinding that it, costs ic much mnore to buil the vessel lie ni- thanii it wouldl ~in some1 otheor couniti ly and that with this enhanc~ed cost r- could1 not compete with the shipsi id other nations, lie would simly abhr a (Ion the idea of building aiid use sht it which, as they were bui~t, at, the Iow >n1 possible cost, could give the very Ic est rates for tranisportationi. ice An illusturatdon of ho(w this law, tr. well as others based oii a protect or tariff, enables ship-builders and maui ne facturers of. material used in the con n- struction of Vessels to put their pricc id up1) tothe highest limit was forcibly es i. posed by Senator Tillman and other e- in the bill before the Senate, callin, for appropriations for steel plates usem ti- in the construction of war vessels. I it was clearly shown by Senator Tilimai r. that the bid,, for supplying this armo a- were not competitive, and that tit to price demanded was far in excess o re that paid by the European Powers in Now, if tle mianufiacturers felt s< strongly entrenched behind the bul Vs warks of protection that they couk h overcharge the government, it is verv id easy to perceive how they could blecd it the private citizen. d The United States has cheaper coal. .s cheaper iron, that is far more of it, s and a great many other advantages y not possessed by E1ngland and, this be s ing the case, it is self-evident that if it d has very little merchant marine that ti- le protective policy of the Republican it party , the party responsible for the c present navigation laws, Intt be at D fault, and that this is the miai;n, if not the only, reason that oir country o makes such a miserable show i the a way of a merchant marine. England has pursued a policy direct e ly opposite to that of (e Unted States and, if we judge by results, we are forced to the conclusion that our s friends across the water know a great s deal more about tle law s of trade ihan - We do. :, Previous to the war for Southern in d epeidenlice, when the country was tin der Deniocratic rule, the United States 1had a large and growing imerchant, ma rile, being a strong competitor with England fori the carrying trade of the world. As a result of the wair the mci chant marine suffered heavily, but I would have long since recovered1 and I surpassed its former prestige except r lor the withering blight of Republican - rule. s As an il lustraition of how easily tlhis - could hav been brought about by the I enactiient of wise laws it is only neces sary to cite the case of (Germa.ny. Pre - vious to the war of Is70 witi France r tle present (Gertanii EIpire was divid , ed into a number of States, not event r the greatest of them, P russia, having : iiytliiing worth mentioning in the waiy - of a navy or a merchant marine. There i has been a great change in the past twenty-live years and to-lay Gi rmany, y with iiot, a tenth as much scacoast and a a great dealt less in tle way of re - sources, has a strong uavy and a great and rapidly growing mirchant. marine. o The writer feels that it is hardly nec 1 essary to have said this much, for if B there Is any other tangible reason than s the one given aboyc for our lack of r mnerellant Iatrine he, the writer, tileatds s ignorance of its existence and would like for sone of the nIew converts to set him straight about tle mtter. As hats already been remarked, we t lmust accelt resu.ts, and when Eng land can Ilourish her frce trade laws with one hail and with the other point to her great fleet of merchani, ships it 1ought to convince cvery reasonable man that tile present- navigation laws r of our country should be disciedited o and ahandoned, for they have been weigrhed inl the balance of experience aiid found wantiing. At the tiie of tle passa - ge of the present navigation laws of l'ngland it vats predicted that her comimeicial su premiacy had received~ its dealth wvar rant, but the very op)posite result has tauken place, while the United States, pursuing a dianuetricatlly opposite pohi ii cy, of whlichi so miuch was priedhictedl, ri hats made a signal and disgraceful fail , inre, thanks to the boasted commiercial e foresight, of (lie liepublicani parsty. o TIhec writer is perfectly aware that ii there is nothing new in this, but then - (lie truth cannot, be too often (old, at s heaust its long ats error statlks abroad in n (lie land. ItL must, however, in justice y to the R~epublican party, be admulittcd s thlat it has beeu coinsistenit in thle pur sunce of this policy, for the whole 'r t rend~ of its legislation ha~s been to cin I, rich (lie idividuail at the expense of d lie masses ; ill othier words, to make robbery not only piossible, but, give to -the robber the protectio n of t he law. W. I). Woos. ii J)urilington, ./1ny. 14, I (i1ol i:lA il aI:F A N I) A lTF~la. -- Dr.~~ T1empilte, (lie Archb ishop of Can Sterhury, is a notaible personage about whom many good stories are relat ed eSomo. years ago a young curatte seekinit to e lcenedwas bidden by D)r. Temt plc o red afewv verses of the Bible in ordler thatt his fItness for conductinu pl~tlic worshiip mnighit 1be jud~ged. " 'Not louad enoutgh,"' was (lie criti c- ism of(he bishop when (lie young man had liniishied. "S'Oh, I'im sorry to lienr that, m3 -lord,"' r'epliedt the curiate ; "'a lady it -the church yesterday told me 1 couk. s- be heard most plainly all over.'' S 'Ahi I aire youi enigagedl ?"' suiddoeiil aisked Dri. Tempille. 'Yes, my lord.'' a Theli bishop smiled grimly anid said '"Nowv listeni to mec young matn. Whiih you are. eng'ag~ed doni't believe every. Sthing the lady tells you, but,"' lie add edl with a delp chuckle, '"after y'ou art marredbelieve every word she says.' -L iodo T1ruth. so The late D~avid Dickson, of Georgia re wats a proserous farmer and madle bi; y, ~ii corn crps, 1n0 matter whait the seasol bie was, wet or dry. lie insisted (ba of corn, if plaiited deep in the groundt n- wotuld staiii it protraceted drouth ad las miirably13. A fter (lie corn was wel st. grown lhe resorted to shallow p)louigli w- ing between (lie rows, so itS not to eui the roots. laniy farmers are said i as neglect Itiese simple rules, aind so, ini ve (drv Seasoni, imake short crna AS TO THU TWIN BROTHFIRS. be wia Esau and Jacob Differed in Ap pearance, Pursuits and Chur- ton acter. And th boysgrew *g* And Jrati On1 said to Jacob, "Feed me with that same s8e red pottage." A l wuob saii, "Sell metlUl ton dlay thy birthrihIt."--;en. xxv: 27, 30, 31. They were brothers, wii brothers, T but in evrytlhing unlike. They dif fCreI ill appearance--Esaiui hei hairy, rutlly, strong, full of anmal life ''N% an( couragec. lie Craved excitement the and amuiseent. .Jacob, 1m1ooth of Or skin, dark in feature, slight of build, ins no match for his burly brother in physical force or activity. 'Ihey liflered in pursuits-Eisau a ,h cunnling hunter, a man of tie flel( Till chase. Und hie beenl living now lie woul(l have been foremost ill 111 y11,11113' (arilg 111(1 ouit-door' sports. Vitli hiandsome facee, genuliin- dhsposition, quick to resent, but quick also to for- to give, polishe(l in manliler, i goo(i shot, a splen(1 id riler, we see around us to- , v day many like E'sau. .Jacob love the MI hoie life. The wildest ex cise aini nil() dangers for which Esau pined, as -anI imprisonedI eagle for its rocky crag, wil had no fascination for him. lie was coitelit io (iwell quietly amon (le flocks, busy inl tle common, every-day dIuties. They (liffered ill character. TIer aett is iuch ini Esau to attract. I f he w%1as, im11petutous1 , n1 wats gelerous. It he m was rash, he(- wats fraii. If ie wa s p wanting in religious fervor, hie was af-. (11re fectionSate. If hie (loted on It le Ileas- Cliei tire of' tle chase, lie was splendi( com- ali pany, every inch i 1num. But for all this le Was decidedly Sensual "p11 ro- OWa fanc," the ihble callk it. Ile was a All shave to his semi-es, 11(1 ai led a - ll thing that wouhl tilrill him with a . ileetoitg excitement. lie ws willing hemi to purclIase pleasire it any pilce. Alas 1 that he should have Such a host of followers ! .Jlacob vas a iuiet 1> 111111, but und11.er the calm exterior there were depths and (epthls. And on the (luplicity of his imture there was also 11) iimllilense callacity for reli.ious IH Iaith an(1 indomititible teacity. Thus, Wel while Esau Was occulied only with colo pleasure, Jacob was stirred with a long- testi ing which coulI not b)e sitisliedl except " by the possession of the birtlirigh1t. 0 The birthright ? What was it%' It law, was not worldly pIoperty. All that the " worli could give Esau was 1I in " abundaiice. lie muirrie(d Weil and his founde(ld a strong, 1101 house. Ie " ha( a large fortune, an( went down to I his grave in peace It. a1 good Old age. " Whatever,, then, the birthright, was, it 2111 was lol, worldly property, for of this " Esau, who lost it, had m3ore thani Ja- dIr cob, who woin it. It was not iimimity was5l. frain sorrow. Few have trmlden a "4 m11ore i'lrgge(d path than Jacob, or en- inl 1. dlured greater nusfortunes. It was not " firedoim from pain or grief ; for of ' these Jacob, who won it, had0 far more he i than -Esau, who lost it. will The birthright was a deep spiritual .N heritage. it gave tile Iiglt to be tle you priest of the family or Class. It carried m1ei the privilege of re'eiving Sanl CoInuu- I g lientinig the iDivine message. It, was a law link in tie line by which tie Messiah all was to ie born into the worl(l. This in I 5111a1 much more thain this was summed IF up in the possession of ihe birthright. 1ia One day .eJacob was astailig over a 're caldron or sivory pott.tge, md of red lentiles, still hiighly relishedt in Syria. N 'i.'hie app)etizing 0(dor1 tilled theo air, anti( clha at that, mtoment who shouldt comic in thie bult, Esau, faint with hunitger, lie did s not kno thW le lnme, but~ the sight~ and( lie smell were <qnite eoullgh. "G ive meA of thast redl-tihat red !" lhe cried imipa- in tientlyi. , acob wats hiot wholly a sei- a hihmn ut it suiddenlly occuirredl to himr here wvas his opp orttinity to obtain arei Sthe prize w~lihi his birothero esteemed0 so little. So he madie the extratord(i - naruy pr'oposalI to exchainge thie mess of gbt pottage for the birthight !if Behiold , in thie one0 1hand( rise (lie'h far-away vision, unlSeeni, spirituaSl. Ongr the other wass (lie steamIiing. p~ottage,cu very templt ing in his hunger and1( weai niess. Esau (elosed withi it. "'tlehld,"' pr~l said (lhe hilull' hiunteir, "1 amll ait the ( point to die. Whait prllt shasll thiis 01 tbirthright, do0 to mec?"' So ''le dlill eaitr and1. dink, and1( went his way. Thus0 tO~ did( Essau despise his birthrighlt."' We cann1 iot exoneraite eithier of these two thu mien. .Jlcob wvas not, onlly a1 tri'tor' to his brother, butt fatithless to his God. As for Ilsiu, we recall the burningii wordils ofI Scr'ipture i: "'Iook d il igeinily,' ' lest, there be anyi' proifane peso, as g his birthright." w Yet let. us, before we ulttely c~~oni- niei dlemni him, look closo at him. T1hie rell strongest andI( bravest, men,11 physiail ly , hie ar1e ofteni thie weakeSt, in resistmi g th n3* l app),eal of aL miomnl)inr1 y paissiion. Esau o is masi1teredl by (lhe fragrni(e otf (lhe pot- Al tage ; Samson01 by thie charmi (of a1 Pi'l- I istine girl ; IPeter by thle q iuestiouns of ai th~l midl servant. T1her 1 s no 14 stren gtihe e apairt, fromt the sttenigthi of G od. F or mii te)mptalt ions comle wheni wVe least ex:- 'ilae poet them. Thie nmomienit of pieril is (tie moment when we return weairy from the dhangers of' the1 chase1 to (lie she qutiet htonme, which promises us ilmlmu- shl ity fr'om a11 atta sck. These appe)als come1 in thie miost timi id hins. O m (sIf pottage, o ,knc glass of dr iink, one miomnet of passioni, hee 0one afternooni's wali1k, ai (j1uestioni and1 get ant aniswer, a miovemenit or' a look. It F ri is in such smatll ithings as thiese thast, treat atlernal~tivyes areO offered andii great tdecisions made(1. TIhiere sre no tritles in 0o1r dii y iife. Everythiing is grea. Th'le harvest for good or' ill sprintgs 1ro th31 le (int est s' d. Alas, poor Enau ! There was nione Tii Sto 'ousel him to) pa1ue ; nonle to whii- - per "Is it wise ?" "'Is it i'ight?"' The i er of pirevious self-iindulgonce mad~le ' 1 ii. all the more certain thlat he wvoul sWept along, until the fateful de< u done, the spiritual givel for tLh< ysical, tile otelial for tihe tepiorl' l'here are many to-day like Esau ipted to harter their peacC, thei nhood, and their hope of heaven for n 'ss of the world's pottage. It 11 ; it simells savory ; it promises lo muore good now than all the Bible mises. The tempter whispers, hou shalt not surely (lie." ) Stop I Listen ! Then shall you r your Saviour's warning voice Ahat shall it proltit a man if lie gain whole world and lose his own soul ? what will he give in exchitilge for Soul ?" It NIST1-:R WUt TO 'u[:W~i.N Swise al facetous1 Miinister Wiu g-l"'aig nuade his pppearance in ia 'role the other evenitg at, a large 'erilig w here both ladies aind gentle I were preent, wlere he wias the t Colsplienous guest. Ile, was askedl ay a1 fe01w oV)rds to the hulies, ill re iso a toast to them. lie said: lien I see .4o man1y iniely-built, w) 1 conifronatin- mil1, and I lim callel n to be the 'galou t of the ilnoment, it Cali I say but that I wish for thit nent only I were iiota Cliiiaman1ii oul like to he in Amilerican U as I I here, so that c e01 o you Il( appeal as beautiful to ine as you 3ally mu11st he when Feen th001 (rough Coultrylln '8 eyes. Alasl the it diflerence inl thlie f orum;ltioni of orbs calnilot (o Justice to tle imi 0sion you Illake upoll ine, illtiivi ly and( jomlltly andl Aveirally. But. ,C are Woie well-nlollrisled ligures forms among you that. really ap to he as file as the best tht luy fertile cotilry has prodiced. Y your intelligence all soiuls I tohl, which are liiddeii umder your in(e fai'Liolable apparel, A\re mor0e it Hifl even that1. your fom1s. Mlay all feel the depth a.111d sincerity of Iinhnirationl; and13, aymyor youtihul 8 1( atli honorab1le years$ always walkI I in bal1." A-: Ws T i i.: 13ll.:s-r I N To W N. .i >ter wIs beiig tried for briig a1 red wil1ness, 1111 .1olohnsig, to f1' falsely. You Sa%3' the defemll(lit, ofered you to testify in his behal1?'askedte ie 'Ci of Sail. Yes, Sall." Now, re10peat what lie sa(id, iusiiig xact words.'' lie saii he would give me 50 if 11z lie cliin't speak. inl the third per did lie?" No, sah, lie tuck -,oo(I care lat were no thind pusson 'roun11: <lr only two----us two."' I know that, but ie s4pok( tO you bie firsft personl, did~n't hie 'I" I W1 d iiirst l)Mi5oli 111 self, sah. You d(1on't unlderstand ile. When vas talkimg i) you did lie say : pay you 50?"1 0, sah; he didn't say nothin' 'hout. lutym' ine .3;50. Yournaews' tiolled. 'ceptinhg lie told me of Cher t nuo(a Scrape You was the best ,er ili San Antone to fool de jedge de .Iury-iin fI' You wis de best wn to cover up reskelity."' or a 1rief, breatlless momenit1.11 he waIs sulspeluda.--Ilietmit 1-'ree is. I 11'lany person tin11k that11 guttah-per 1a11( 11udia1 nubber are substanitiailly 81am11 produ(c11t, but, while they re b le eachl othlei ini some11 respect s, 11 are distiinctly di ll'erenit, iln others. vr itier who wais f ormeirly a forester' lhe Duhil l':asL 1(m0lies hs r0cent ly isd attenitionl to these illelrencies. 'ar' as the guahilties of thle productse1. concerned101 Ithe mlost noticele lif~tl mnee is that. rubber is clastie, wvhile I ilinedil'0from 01n plan only ; "1ubbler gi LIt a-per cha tree 18 culti1vat eiv1 with it, dillicullty, and0 thei naltives of the iniries where it griows cut it downi eot its 81ap. Th iree-loll'-this of' this1 11u01, com1e froiii Sumlatr Ial H11 or p about, one-twentieth of that, of ber, which is estima~lted at abiot II0,00 0 pomnis, two-thirids of' it ing fromx the Amazon'.0l valley, one0 nilitth friom Asia. lie WV11iigtoni IDispatch knows1V a tI emani wh lis willin1 g to 00ertify that M iy 1 biker ( . I-2t 1dy 's hiusbanid r' thaI cily, where his remonilis still ''se." lin her1 book Altis, l-:ddy saiys lied ini Wi:mnington1 of yellow fever 18 13:t, and11 his bod 1(~~was escor1ted someI( I .lrgei."') No uch lodge of Ala s e;ver ex1il ted ini W'ilmington~l', and11 Lir :o)nh1l not he( mo1vedl. .\lr's. l-:<dy hit to have 1been more11 81m1e of her I dhon't wantll to see L~ydia whieii come10 bac0k from thatil 81n11n1er Whly no(t?" ' (), shie will lbe burstin;g withi wledge while the rest, of us havey ni8 itin aroumii'01 1( in thle heat for Lolg what little we kiiew."-__Detroit ei I'ress. 3ASTORIA For infants and Children. e Kind You Have Always Bought ors the THLE IIER11O OF A POST OFFI He Fought Two Burglars I They Were CaPtured With 'I Accomplices. The W~ashington corrlesponldent the News and Courier saymys: Four men are a waiting tie ex~cutl of i dentil mou11tele pas( l1ponl if bor the attempted robbery of the ) oflice at Emm111a, North Calrolila, 111 whici ceutres a tale of' romaice bravery rarely recorded lin ithie cr ial aiiaals of the postollice <epitarinIl and one wilicih liat brouIglt to tile I thereof the niost flatterinig pr'aie the lostmastor General. Sainiuel 11. Alexander, the assisi post-master at Emunia, is tic her <lutletioli, and1 he is tile proud possel of a letter fromi Postniaster Geim Smith, n hlich reads: ", 11 is learned from an ollicial port that onl the occlsiol of the rec robIbi1ery (o1 te postolliee at Emni North Carolina, you displayed gr deterini 1at ioll and cour1age ill learic ly dlfendinig te prope of'ry of the UL Sutto wihenl attacked by two iev arnied burglars, whoou finally ov Ih''vered aflter a desperate cencoun1 ill wIhich you were (an1gerosly wou ed. (V' Tile possssiol of tihe sterli quality whichl mlakes4 mlen1 willingr imperil Ui...1r lives inl defen1ce of, anl I licial trust I,, n1 % so m n th4 at1 i exihibitionl, as ill this vase, sh1ould allowed tI s witoti dist inctly gral l reognlitionl. " The1refoe, inl acknowledg.mvient your fidelity and4 perional bravery des41Ir to extend to you1 the hIllanks the postollice depament, 11nd to e pres.it(,- liope tlat you 4Ily hve I m11aly yearIs to (njoy tle hon(or whlii yu have so dearly pl)uasedi, 111 wlhich you are so justly entitld." Enun111a Is a sial townl n11ubeit several tu0118aall souls. P ostmasw4t Ale.-I'llan is the. proprie.tor of a ..enler m11erchandise Store, in wilich1 t1 in. n oflice is kept. Yotung Alexailder. w; ill thle habit of* Sleeping in 1hw "tilr and oil t1he4 nigit of Februar..y G ha, lavilg barled tihe 11doors an1d wildow Ie WaIs Il tle act of retiliig wIven I wiats 11111s1' bya kn Ilock (441 tih(e 1inn :I(()' :111 d a rin4iiest for mal1. A I ex a der openI(l th4e dooptaild was immleldil ly confrhoted b3' two determined me wIho with drIawi revolvIes, nteretl Store, ordered Alexander to) tur11 0v Ils gull an1d to openith1e s:ae coitaillil thle postal fulltu . Ilhe, men were~ .ofter-wants idetilifi 1a8 d1i$elrged convics and1 one, 1rm .ohnisuII st bood 1urd11-41 over Alexinkv wiile the othe, Iin 1oser.1, woceved, to rille thle safe. hester hI ins I volver onl top of tle saf e4. and was i ten )tlIy exatninling its conitenlts wbl. Johns18on's attenitioll was I'or a i1uomev di verted b y a (cat 11 kncin over a bCI' I inl tile realr of, tie store. 'l'hle mome JoIlion tun1ed Iis h(ead AlexinId leaped forward, grais1ed 14ser l volver aind sh1ol, Voster. inl thle 1rgion ithe hleart. lie theni turn-ied thle revolvV on J1olmlsonl, bull it nussed fl'lir ] dI] two men glappietd. A desperate stru1g'1e lollowe host 'er, serioliiy wounided, pursu Alexiinier and t814 him inl it ahId men. AlexanderSeeing 1sr ah. to shiot. a:.aiL, swillg .Johlisol ar-ouin1 ltie iulle!t, flr i11 Fo1ster's -tun trik Jonlison's 11f iollider 1f111 1e1 re! in 11hi4 jaw. (104th 141n thIendw ti11 kn ie m1(11 made a1( most1 v~io s 14 fr114 th loss of bloo~u ad the erri. excitmen1t wh' 'i he 11u11 um4lergo 41I( effort, direect theIm~e from the(st ery1for elp1 ofI th41 )hI1P, l'w aI 4)ank1( unconscious1 to1 Ithe( lIWor. l lived4414 direelly oppsiteI th slo4 41tart l) from hi* e y the4p11e 14 cr4'Iyl unmediat1lely enm414ie4 to Alxader' bef.(5114 111(rry Mlts 1141 Gus'I Gates,4 11. 11n4 the tsie, carriied away11( thIS( ou~Inded comp~eanixons.e A hort dl (:ancI et from 44he1 lt.iore they' met, a ha<e man,1 wh 44 hty1 comp1e1414liy ll to arr th to4 a4 1place WIS141 in heloe part( of4 the whee tey ttepte to hide11.05151155.11.P 1141te them' ( ut.4 eln early hou in (i the1 hosptall, wh his life was1, d4I 111Th(eI'I romanie th the nyeidt1 hsit. "i wasu4 W ent1aged 111 xt n th' youn, ladies 01of Iuna andoat rck1.1( r)01nes, 1they werel' maied, o tlli)for In ecov ry. Atr o hf marrir.j before locn a ac nth tr C IN A HUMOROUS V EDIN. Itd "Did you mcet any sharks when yot o crossed the ocean, Mr. Spifkins " asked Miss Purling. of I Well," )relied SI)ifkins, sadly, cc la,yed with a couplI."---Town Topics. ion1 Mris. Norris-Were have you been 101 ltiobIy? I told you not to stir until i "'it- got hacek. 1id lOlb)by---Vel, I only went down to anI the doctor's to ask him whether I was liii. W nll enough to go out yet.--Town and '11t, Counitry. leti() the l'ene ar ahivays content with theiro li,,re ,)) said Mr. Crusty. ant aiwered Mr. )usty. It If in a bs diflident they say he is naturally sor refined, and if he is boisterous they sa'y 3ral Il 's sure to make hi way in the world."--Washingtou Star. And you say I' h te only girl you Unt ever loved ?" l Sure. Do you doubt me?" eat "No-o. But, I was sispiciou.s whenl dI sw you give my little brother that ldime and started him ofT to the candy shop."--Oimalia World-Iferald. 1er " The union,'' announced the labor > id- leader, " is now in a financial position to stand a strike.'' '' " Will the meubers receive full pay to while they are out?" inquired a work 3'- mani. ts "1 Certainly not," was the reply, he ' 'lt the leaders will. '-Chicago Post. Mrs. Wulder-I. don't see why that of man Timbers always put LL. ). after his name. Did ainy college ever con f eor tIht degree on him? x- Mr. Tellit--Oh, no. Ile uses the or letters to indicato that he is a lumber -h dealer.i -altimore American. t Y said the thoughtful theorist, "'it certainly is possible to be too cau tious ad paiinstaking. Now, there was young Grubb, for instance. lie knew nothing about love-making and ie realized it, so when he fell in love h h e cided to practice a little in order that, eve rythinug might he done in such a way as to iiake success practically assiureil." e Well?" '' Well, the girl lie selqcted for prac tice sued him I or breach of promise." Chicago l'ost. W A I1.aurnard College girl tells in the N ew Y'ork Times of visiting in a house hold where urace was said at the table sem i-iccasioinally. Ier curiosity got tIe better. )I of her, and she asked the l mistiess of the house vly they didn't onseive the rite regularly. " Why,' said tl lady with some surprise, '' We 41y grace only when we lave reason to he than kiul. We never dream of giv iiig tiks when we have only roast heel mr beefsteak, or soinit siul)le thing 'x liku hlit. ulit whenever we have game it or something really nice, then we, say gitce, fo iit' worth whilel" I'll aIdmLt that I opposed your mar SriIage, iy chilren," said Silas Fodder, ( but. it(n)%v that, you're hitched up I'll l~orlive you." d The gromn straightened up and put LI No. 1) hoot dowi hard on the floor. 0. I don't see where you como in in this fergivin' bw.iess,'" lie answered. "l As Yon say, you dote your level best to keep us from gittini' spliced, an' it seemus t hat I ort to he the 01nc to (10 the t~fargivmi' , which I ain't a goin' to do. M~ le ani' Mainly's goin' to move over in il per10 townishiip, an' if' I evch ketch iiyou arioun' thle place I'll 1111 you full o' buc iikshot I" AndI, takiing Maindy's lily white hand it n his own large brown one, he strode -across the thtreshiol.-I-1ndiainapolis ti Sun. Oliver Wemndell Iholmes enjoyed w, noithing so munch as a clever retort, me. even if' it hiappenued to be at his own lie ex penis. (One dauy, at an entertainment, rei- he was seated near the refreshment wVo tahhhe arni observedl a little girl looking ntC withI longing eyes at the good things. orI Witih ins invariale fondness for chil is- dreni, Ite said, kindlly: 'k-' Are you hiungry, little girl?'' "i "' Yes, siur,"a the reply. 'y, " Then why dlon't you take a sand wvichI?"' anl " Because I haven't any fork." iii "' l'ingers wvere made before forks, " hte said the doctor, smilinigly. tio Th'e little girl looked at him and re -pliedl, to~ his delight: " Not my fingers."--Youth's Comn he of --------____ ray Hair aray " I have used Ayer's HaIr Vigor uidi - for ever thirty ycars. It has kept as my scalp free from dandruff and ide has prevented my hair from turn mr'- in g .gray."- Mrs. F. A. Sogle, Billings, Mont. o- There is this peculiar e- thing about Ayer's Hair B;; Vigor-it is a hair food, iu not a dye. Your hair does anot suddenly turn black, -look dead and lifeless. But gradually the old color te comes back,-all the rich, pI, dark color it used to have. The hair stops falling, too. i'0(lSt.O* a bottle. All druggtst. hat f yur rugisteannot Supply you, -ha Ien yurn dofir and we wvill express youl '~ a-bottle. He sure and givo the uame alti- of your nearest ex'nress ofico. Address, J. C. A YWR CO. Loueln Mas.