The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 28, 1901, Image 1

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VOL XVii r.A TTRFTMq c- r, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1901. NO. 4. Bllvly A UP AHOUT MARRIAGE What Kind of Girl Should a Young Man Lead to the Altar ? Whou n young mnu falls in love und resolves tu _" i married I reckon iL ia a good ihin^ hat ho ia rockless of tho consequences. I .vas, I know, fori novcr thought <d anything except tho pretty girl and how Itappy I would bo to get in r. i had no thought of trouble or |i ?vi Ity or ?': i< I or war or death. The lime, was tar, far away when the Kilver ?ord wouhl be loosed and Iho golden howl bo broken. As for the girl, sho is more reckless than her lover, even lhough her peril is far grcnli r, lor hera is to ho Iho pain and suffering, the euro and anxiety?the nighl watching and sometimes the hrokon heart. It is a inystoi tome how Iho mothi r ondui'09 it all and holds up her head and kcop8 her strength. Kul lose lor her offspring, maternal low, sustains her. ll is the u'ift of God. Thoro was a marriage in our tOWtl the other day, and us the ClOWds gathered at llic church our neighbor, Mrs. l'elton, stopped in the veranda to rest and see the huttlo from afar. She was, as usual merry and sad by turns si im iiim > the tears were glistening in her eyes and boou she laugtlcd merrily and showed her pearly tooth. When the bridal carriage arrived she gave a maternal Bigh and whispered, lw Poor thing? lltey little known what is ahead of thcni." Suddenly sin; branched off into a story about her little pet muh- coll that is now her daily coml'ort. It watches me at the win dow.'' she said, " and WllOU I go out il inns Ui mo and lays its head on my arm and almost nestles in my bosom. Mary's lamb was not mote loving. It biles and kieks ;it everybody, else, but runs to mo and lawns upon me with perfect adoration." She laughed again, Imt all at once tho corners ol her mouth drooped to au angle ol I? degrees and her voiee trembled as she said: "Hut, ma jor. I have at last come down to hard pan and misery m my old age. No cook, no help of any sort, ami though yesterday was my sixty-fourth birthday I had to pull the buggy down to the branch und wash it. Oh, my COUntl') !" She cried a little, and then laughed ngood dial more, l'enrly tears ami pearly teeth are attractive features in a woman. Nevertheless, between petting mule colt s and washing buggies she still llnds time to plead for the education id' the poor country girls of north Georgia. Hut what kind of a girl should a young man many? Of course, she must he horn of respectable paronls, she should lie virtuous, she should have a good, loving disposition and a fair education. She should he healthy and have no taint of her lover's ancestral blood in her veins, All of these quali fications have been discussed and treated over and ( ver again, except the last. 1 am inspired to say something about that la cause its importance has long been overlooked neither potts nor philosophers noi scientists have written upon ii nor given any warn ing. A letter recently received from a young man in Mississippi asks if there is anything wrong in a man mar rying his cousin. Yes; very, very wrong. 'I ho answer is found in the records of the asylums for the deaf and dumb and blind. Their chief patron age comes from the intermarriage of consms. These institutions cost our Stale iitiout $75,000 a year, and halt* of the expense could he avoided if the in tcrmnrria&o of cousius was prohibited. I have not the reports of the blind asylum before me, hut i know of three blind children of one family who were sent thcro, and they wen- the offspring Of parents who were cousins. 1 know of live children of one family who were sent to OUr deaf and dumb institute at Cave Siu ing. Their parents were double cousins. Tin y had but one child who could hear and speak. She was a good looking country girl. She. married a clever young man who hauled wood for me. Soon after bis marriage he moved to Texas and hired to a cattle man, and was so faithful in his service that in a fow years ho bought an interest in the ranch and prospered. I met him at Waco sixteen years after he left Georgia, and ho was said to be worth $100,000, and his two older daughters were at a boarding school at Waco, 12 miles from his home. Ho had six children, and, alas! one of them was a mule. The taint had cropped out in the second generation. Professor Connor, the faithful and long tried principal of our deaf and dumb institution, has tabulated the parentage of bis pupils for many years, ami roports that in 20 families produc ing Is mutes the parents were first COUSin. In 1*2 families producing 1!) mutes the parents were second cousins, lull families producing l."> mutes the parents were third cousins. Altogeth er there were '.?7 mute children of parents closely totaled. of '100 deaf mutes 193 had deaf patent*, and many of these deaf parents me no doubl tho offspring of tho Intor mari l?ge of cousins. Among these 400 pupll860 marriages Inive Occurred and there have been born to Lhctn 1lo childron, 8!) of whom can hoar ami 21 are mules. In 1!) of the marriages there, were no children born. Now, after one, two or three nudes have been born 111 succession to parents, it would seem a sin, if not a crime, for them to have n.orc. The law should prohibit it. But if this can* not t)(! done after marriage, the remedy for tho fuluro ia lo prohibit tho inier? marriage of cousins yes, and second cousins. To bo born deaf or blind i? a sin against the child, ami lo have it supported by tho State is a drain upon the treasury that might lie avoided. But being deaf or blind is not all the evil that follows these incestuous mar riages. If tho childron are not do:if ( r blind they arc generally umh r some physical disability. They nro con sumptives or epileptic.! or idiotic, and pass through life and leave no sign. Fortunately most of such marriages re sult in no progeny. n Oh, well," BOtnO say, " the Loviti cal law did not prohibit it." No, it did not, and 1 reckon that (Jain mar ' ricd his sister. Wo know that Abra ham tnairicd his half sister, and no doubl that is why no childron were born lo them except one by graco in their old nge. But it is said lhat tho Roman laws and tho laws of England permit such marriages. Yes, the Kornau law did until Tope Aloxandor II stopped it and prohibited llrst, second and third cousins from intermarrying. The laws of England perinitlcd such marriages because tho kings and the nobility wanted to keep the crown and the titles and their estates in their families. And so our Amci lean people, who have pat terned after English law and precedent for more than a huudro? years, have been reluctant to make any change in this regard. Hut the quest) m is now coming to the front, ami the lime is coining for a change. 11 seems now to lie an estab lished and universal rule that these martiagos entail upon the offspring evil consequences, bodily or mentally, < r both. The evil effect of what is called 11 breeding in" nmoug animals Ii ads to the conclusion that it is an un iversal law. (mod Btock, blooded &tock, is not perpetuated in that way. Ileaid a conceited man declare that lie was descended from the t'arrolls, of Car rollloil, in old Maryland. Suppose lie did. That was six generations back, and would give bun sixty-four ances tral fathers and mothers, and hence he had only one sixty-fourth part of old Charles Carroll's blood in Ids veins. 1 know a lady who boasts that her father could trace his liuoagc back to Crom well. That was eighteen generations back, and would give him 512,000 an cestors?not much of Cromwell's blood in her. It is astonishing how rapidly the ancestral tree widens. Two gen- j erat ions back gives a man Olllv four great-grandfathers und grandmothers, lud Iwcnty generations gives biro over ii million, .lust think of it, young man, and t bragging about your an cestors, for there are over a million different strains of blood in your veins, and no doubt some of it is bad?very bad. My wife's grandfather was a Holt and his grandfather was a Ran dolph and his grandfather was a 1'ey ton and his was Lord Knife, who married L'ocahoulas. That was ten generations hack, and gives my wife 1,024 ancestors, and therefore, she lias j 1-1,021th part of Koky's blood in her! veins. Mightly slim strain, it seems to me?not much Injun about her. j ()ne day 1 ventured lo ask about the other 1,023 parts that did not come from L'oky and she never said anything, but I looked at me in a peculiar tone of voice ! tbat reminded mo it was nono of my business. I5ut I honor a noble an COS* try. 1 used to think that maybe I de Bcendcd from Captain John Smith, but on investigation found that he oover was married and had no children to speak of. Bill Akt. A SMALIv MERCHANT MARINE The Republican Party find Its Protective Policy Responsible for Its Size. Mr. W. I). Woods, of Darlington, in reply to an inquiry from a well known and popular clergyman in the State, shows how tl?e protective tariff of the liepubhcau party works injuriously to the growth of the merchant marine in this country as contrasted with Eng land's free trade policy, which has built the huge lleets ol merchantmen that are llyinu the Biltish Hag in every clime. Mr. Woods writes to the News and Courier: It ought to bo a self-evident fact or proposition that where,for illustration, two men or corporations arc engaged in the same line of business, but pur suing directly opposite methods of con dueling that business, and one suc ceeds and the other fails, that the plan of the out; t tust be founded on good business pi in"iples, while that of the other must o.' necessity have been managed according to a system at vari ance 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, loo, what is wanted in busi ness affairs is not theories, but practi cal results, and it is just here that the pernicious doctrine oj protection ban been, for the United States, a dismal and cosily 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 tly the American Hag unless that vessel is built in this country. This law has been in practical opera tion for a good many years, with t(il legitimate result that if a oi?/.cn of the United States wanted to build a vessel he must pay exactly what the protected ship-bunder* choose to exaet in the way of cost. Finding that it costs so much more to build the vessel here than it would in some other countrv. and Ibat with tins enhanced cost he could uot compete with the ships of other nations, ho would simpiy aban don the idea Of building and use ship* which, as they were built at ihe lowest possible COSt, could give the very low-1 lost rales for transportation. An illustration of how this law, as well as |othors based on a protective 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 was forcibly ex posed by Senator Tillman and others in llic bill baforo the Senate, calling I for appropriations for stool platos used in Hie construction of w;u vessels. It wan clearly shown '.?y Scnalor Till man Unit the bids for Supplying thin armor were not competitive, and that the price demanded was far in excess of I that paid by the European Powers. strongly entrenched behind the bul warks of protection that they could ovcitharge tho government, it is very easy to pcrccivo how they could bleed I tho private citizen. the manufacturers felt so The United States has cheaper coal, cheaper iron, that is far more of it, and a great many oilier advantages not possessed by England and, this be ing tho ense, it is self-evident that if it has very little merchant marine that1 the protective policy of the Republican party, the party responsible for the present navigation laws, mutt bo at fault, und that this is tho main, if nol tho only, reason that our country makes such a miaorablo show in tho way of a merchant marine. England has pursued a policy direct ly opposite to that of the United Stub * aud, if wo judgo by results, wo are forced to the conclusion that our friends across tho WUlcr know a grcnl ? deal more about the laws of trade than We do. Previous to the war for Southern in dependence, wheu the country was un i der Democratic iult, the United St des ' had a large and growing merchant ma rine, being a Strong competitor with Kuglnnd for the carrying trade of the world. As a result of the war the mer chant marine suffered heavily, bul would have long since recovered and surpassed its Cornier prestige except for the withering blight of Uopublicutl rule. As an illustration of how easily this could have been brought about by the enactment of wise laws it is only neces sary to eile the case of Uoriuauy. Pre vious to the war of 1870 with France I tho present (leiman Empire was divid : ed into a number of Slates, not. even , tlio greatest of them, Prussia, having anything worth mentioning in the way I of a navy or a merchant marine. There ' bus been a great change in the past ; twenty-live years and to-day Uoriuauy, with not n leuth as much scacoasl and a great deal less in the way of re sources, has a strong navy and a great and rapidly growing merchant marine. The writer feels that ilia hardly nec essary to have said this much, for if there la any other tangible reason than the one given above for our lack of merchant marine he, tho writer, pleads ignorance of its existence and would like for some of the new converts to set him straight about the matter. As lias already bceu remarked, we must accept results, and when Eng land can llourish her free trade laws with one hand ami with the other point to her great licet of merchant ships it ought to convince every reasonable man that I lie present navigation laws of our country should be discredited and abandoned, for they have been weighed in the balance of experience and found wanting. At the tune ol the passage of the present navigation laws of England it was predicted that her commercial su premacy had received its death war rant, but the very opposite result has taken place, while the United States, pursuing a diametrically opposite poli cy, Of Which so much was predicted, has made a signal and disgraceful fall? ure, thanks to the boasted commercial foresight of the Republican party. The writer is perfectly aware that there is nothing new in this, but then the truth cannot be loo often told, at least as long as error stalks abroad in the l ind. It must, however, in justice to the Republican party, bo admitted that it has been consistent in the our suauco of this policy, for tho whole trend of Us legislation ha? been lo en rich the individual at the expense of ihe masses ; in other words, lo make rubbery not only possible, but give to the robber the protection of ,be law. \V. I). W.s, Durlinylon, A wj, 14. Ministku Wu 'in tiik Wo.mi.n.? The wise and facetious Minister Wu Ting-Fang made his appearance in a new role tho other evening at a large gathering where both ladies ami gentle men were present, where he was the most conspicuous guest. Ho was asked to say a few words to the ladies, in re sponse ton toast to them. He said: " When I see so many linely-built wo men confronting mo, and I am called upon tobe the'gallant1 of tho moment, what can 1 say but Clint I wish for thai moment only I were not a Chinaman? 1 should like lo be an American as 1 stand here, so that each one of you would appear as beautiful to me as you actually must be wben seen through your countrymen's eyes. Alas! the slight difference in the formation of my orbs cannot do justice to the im pression you make upon mo, indivi dually and jointly and severally. But there arc some well-nourished (lgures and forms among you that really ap pear to be as line as the best that my own fertile country has produced. And your intelligence and souls, 1 am told, which are hidden under your intricate fashionable apparel, are more beautiful even that your forms. May you all feel tho depth and sincerity of my admiration ; ami may your youthful looks and honorable years always walk hand in hand." Many persons think that gutta-per cha and India*tubbor are substantially the same product, but, while they re semble each other in some respects, they are distinctly different In ?Ubers. A writer who was formerly a forester in the Dutch East Indies has recently called attention to those differences. So far as the qualities of the products arc concerned the most noticeable dif ference is that rubber is elastic, while gutta-percha is not. (Julia porcha is obtained from one plant only; rubber from upward of (JO difforont plants. The gutta-percha tree is cultivated with great dilliculty, and tin: 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? i nco The total annual production is only about onc-twentieth of that of rubber, Which is estimated at about 00,000,000 pounds, two-thirds of it coining from the Amazon vallev. one third from Central Africa ami one twentieth from Asia. 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, would stand a protracted drouth ad mirably. After (he corn was well grown he resorted to sha low plough ing between the rows, so as not |o cut the roots. Many farmors aro said to neglect these simple rules, nnd so, in a dry season, make short crops. No fewer than a dozen British rcni monlB haVe the Prince of Wales' plun.e as a bndgo or part of n badge. CASTOR IA For Infants and Club1-en. The Kind You Have Alweys Rough! Sears the Pale Face ? a bromlntnt symptom of vitiated bioco. If covered wllb pimples, tho evidence I? flomnl-fto. Jt'8 nature's V?y or wuraJtif youpf yourooudlilorj, Johnston's fS&rsaparilla flavor tails to rectify all' disorders or the blood, alight or severe, of long ?.landing or roeent origin. Its thirty yearn resord guarantses its eftlcaoy. Bold everywhere Prlco 81.00 per full quart botlto. Prsparod only by / UIOUIUAN DKIJO en.UPANT, nrtrolC, Mich. For Sale by tho Liun. 113 Drug Coat pany, Laurens, S. C. FIYAGI,ER TAKES NEW BRIDE The Millionaire 72 Years Old and the Bride One-Halt That Age. Henry M. Fingier, the Standard Oil millionaire, was married to Miss Mary Lilly Kenan, of Kcnansviile, N. C, at her homo, Oil Saturday, Aug. 24. Klal - orate preparations for the event have boon under way for sonn; time past, hut havo boon in secret. Kcnansviile is a country town in Kastern North Carolina with a popula tion of 500. H is ten miles from Mag nolia, the nearest railroad station on the Wilmington and Wehlon railroad, a blanch Of the Atlantic Coast Line, and can only he reached by private conveyance, which also affords the only means of communication with the outside world. In this beautifully scqucslored spot is tho old Konan homestead, where the bride was horn. During the past sum mer it has been thoroughly renovated and refurnished, preparatory to the nuptial. only the. momboi'H of the Kenan family ami n very small circle of close, Iitliuinlo fricntla wen- present, 'lhe ceremony was performed according lu the rites of (ho Presbyterian church, of Which Mr. Fingier is an elder, ami the Kenan family are members. Mr. Fhg lor arrived in Wilmington, N. ('., Fri day afternoon, where he remained dining the night and left early Satur day morning on a special train over the Atlantic ('oast Line lor Magnolia, ami thence by private conveyance to Ko nansville, where the ceromony was performed upon his arrival, It is said that the bride, received as a Wedding gill $ \ ,000,000. Miss Kenan is of an old aristocratic Southern family and one of North Car olina's most popular daughters. She is about 5 feet 2j inches in height and will weigh,approximately, 125 pounds; light complexioned, with dark hair Streaked with gray. She lias tin ex ceedingly pleasant l uce and her exquis itely gracious manners has won for her many friends and admirers throughout the country. She bus a rich, mellow soprano voice and has gained some reputation its a vocalist, having de lighted audiences in Wilmington ami oilier Southern cities. [lor father, Captain William II. Kenan, was collec tor of customs for the port of Wilming ton, N. C, undoi Cleveland's admin istration, and her uncle, Thomas S. Kenan, is the present clerk of the North Carolina supreme court. Flag'."- is seventy-two years old. Miss Kenan is a charming, highly edu cated and Vory attractive woman of thirty-six. she is a member of one of the "best families of North Carolina, being ii daughter ol Captain William IK Kenan, who served in the Confed erate army during the civil war. Flaglcr SCCUPOd a divorce from his insane wife in Florida the week before, under the law passed by the Florida Legislature at its last session. It was openly charged at the time that the law making incurable insanity grounds for divorce was originated ami passed especially loi Flagler's benefit. Mrs. Fingier is a patient in a private sanitarium at Ploasantvillc, near White Plains, N. Y., where, she has been lor three years. Hor expense is $1,000 a month nt the sanitarium, ami Flaglor allows her every indulgence. Her foi luno has not been touched. Sb* has niftH irom her husband representing $2,000,000. The names of Flagler and Miss Ke nan have been linked together by gos sip for u long lime. They have been warm friends, and Miss Kenan and her mother have been guests of the mil lionaire on several occasions during the past year. Henry M. Flaglcr began his career as a day laborer In the logging camps of Ohio, 11 was hard and arduous toil, with many privations and disadvan tages, but tiny only served to develop more fully tin; spirit of determination ami energy that lias characterized his later lifo. In a short while he became interested in the oil lands of the State, ami by careful, conservative invest ments managed to accumulate a nu cleus from which his presen'. immense fortune has sprung. About IIficon years ago be lirslcnmo to the im i coast of Florida, and wlili an eye quick to note its suporlor ad vantages over other resorts >f the world, he saw that tho tide of tourist- | travel, Iben Mowing steadily to CalllorA nia ami to foreign countries, would speedily turn southward, could proper accommodation and transportation lie I furnished and the superior advantages of this section bo made known to the world. With him, to think was to act, and to-day tho cast coast of Flor ida cAtt boast of a hotel and railway and steamship system which for coin fort, elegance and style is unsurpassed by that of any other country on the globo. When Air. Flagler llrst went to Flor ida this section was nil a barren waste. There were no hotels, no railroads, no thriving, prosperous settlements. Where l'alm Beach now stands was hut a gloomy backwoods. ; the Magie City was unknown save to a lew Irad ' era and Ihe Seminolcs ; there was nothing here hut oblivion, wild animals and insects. i To-day Henry M. Finaler pays near ? ly one-hall of Iho taxes of Dado Coun* . ly, and there is no enterprise touding j to the ndviincemont of this section or its people Hint lie does not substantial ' ly aid. Whether it bo a church lo bo i erected, a road to bo built, or whatever : it may be, Mr. Flakier is always to the j lore. Ilia hotel, railway and steam j ship investments in Florida amounts j lo many millions of dollars, and he is spending hundreds of thousands of dollais hero every year. Mr. Fingier is now a legal eiii/.en of Palm Bouch, having registered there last Octobor. TII,I,MAN SURE OF HIS FAME He SnyH His Name Will Uvc Forever in Soutli Carolina ? Bryan's Day Has Passed. Senator Tillman was at a farmer's encampment in Pennsylvania last week, and as usual ho created a sensa tion. Mo spuke on " National Condi tions and Tendencies of Cur Country," and addressed a large audience in the Chntauqun auditorium: In opening ho said people will go to see a man for Ins fame, popularity and notoriety. " My name," he added," Will not disappear from the annals of South Carolina, ami my actions and say j ings will forever live thcte, while my fame as politician is in its boyhood, for ? 1 have been at Washington only six years, and do not know whether or not 1 shall be among the thousand of nobodies who have been in Congress. 1 am not worrying about my populari ty, notoriety or fame, as 1 am a com bination of brutal frankness, and, well, ultra. It is a luxury to say what I phase, and, as I greatly enjoy it, will not give it up." The Senator said forty years ago Iho Northern people thought ihey know Boinelhing nhoul Iho rat e question, hut have found out that they did not, and today the South is disfranchising the colored man and nothing is said aboul it. Nobody is concerned, and the law is hoins; obsorvod. President McKin ley's policy in iho Philippines he gavp as an instance in support of Ins con tention thai the very men who were at the head of the negro suffrage agita tion years ago now say negroes are not lit lo govern themselves. Speaking of Iho growing ovils of ' great wealth, ho said iho people must begin i<> think or they will IInd hand CUfl'a 011 their wrists, and the result will he a gonoral uprising. The remedy for this, be said, was the proper use of Iho ballot box. The domination of boss rule in No V York and Pennsylvania was degrading, he declared, but he ex pressed some hope that the kicking, biting and bucking Pennsylvania bron cho will bo successful in unsealing its boss. Pennsylvania's political condi tion is not healthy, like that of the New England Stales, lr: explained, be cause Iber? the legislatures are close lo the people, the Representative being in close touch with bis constituents. The Philadelphia situation he char acterized as a,<swcot, home-like, broth erly love affairs, in which the people are imposed upon and robbed.1' BOSS ism, he insisted, is spreading, and Pennsylvania is the pioneer in the business. Continuing, he said: "There is an old saying that Representatives represent, but if that is so as to the Pennsylvania Legislatureaud Philadel phia's councils, then may God have moicy on your souls, both of you." The individual voter who will not vote lor good government, without re gard for party, is to blame for this lamentable condition of affairs, he con tinued. The race question has never been brought home lo the Northern people, he said, and the South is amazed at tho reconstruction present* cd by the carpet-bag regime appointed ai Washington govoming tho Filipinos. The Constitution and ihi! ling wept together in the troublous times of the civil war, yet they do not now ill the Philippines, ho declnred, with em phasis. in answer to a question, lie said the South is solid, principally bocauso it is homogeneous, and its people are de scendants ol the Revolution, and are old fogyishenough to cling to their doc trincs, even to their religion and regard for self-preservation. The trust, he declared, levies tribute on ConsumciS. No longer do supply and demand govern prices, hut the trust limits the production and fixes tho price. Tho cause of this condition, the Senator insisted, was the tariff, which keeps out compel ion ami trade monopoly can he stopped only by open ing the doors of K.urope. Even then there may he an international combi nation. He added: " Seventy-six million people arc floating down the stream of time, with, I fear, the devil at the holm." The Pcnnsylania people are to l?o prayed for if their Representatives re proscnt them, he repeated, and tho In dividual citi/.on, who is the source of political power, should bo sensible onough to vote for the right man; hut, instead of being Americans, of being good citizens, we would rather see our parlies win than have decent govern* mcnl. lie added that he was glad thai in Philadelphia and in the Mate the people are. making an hones', effort for a'leeenl, eleun ami lioiiCMl governme.nl. Pennsylvania was al one time Demo eratie ami changed, ami may change again, he insisted. In reply to the question, 44 Is Bryan the remedy for business and trusts?" | Ihe Senator said: 14 Bryan is no long er an aelivo political force. He is the greatest Democrat alive, and the great est, cleanest American alive in public Ufo. What would have happened had he boon elected I can not say." Capi talists are the mon who are doslroying tho Republic, bo said, in concluding what he characterized as a few plain truths told in blunt fashion, without any oratory. A3 TO THE TWIN BROTHERS Esan and Jacob Differed in Ap pearance, Pursuits and Char acter. And iIim boysgiew: * * ' And K*ati said to Jacob, **Keed me with that san e red pottago." And Jacob said, "dell inothiH <luy thy birthright/ - <Ion. sxv . 7. Tin y were brothers, !win brothers, but in ovorythiog mlikc. Thoy differed in appearance T'.-au hairy, ruddy, strong, full of annual lifo and coinage. He craved excitement and nniuscmoul, Jacob, smooth ol skin, dark in feature, slight of build, no match for bis bin 1 y brother in physical force or activity. They differed in puisuits?-Ksau a cunning hunter, a man ol Iho Hold chase. Had he been living now he would have been foremost in all manly | daring and out door spoils. With I handsome face, genuine disposition, quick to resent, 1 nt quick also to for give, polished in niunnei, it gooti shot, a spleudid rider, wo see around us to day many like lOsau, .laeolt loved the home life. The wildest ex icisc and dangers for which Esau pined, as an imprisoned eagle for its rocky era.', had no fascination for him. 11c Wus content io dwell quiolly nmoug the llocks, busy 111 the common, every day duties. They differed in character. There is much in Esau to attract. If he was impetuous, ho was generous. If he was rash, lie was frank. If lie was wauling in religious fervor, he was af fectionate. If ho doled on the pleas ure of the chase, he was splendid com pany, every inch a man. l!u! for all llns he was decidedly sensual, "pro fanc," the bible call-- it. lie was a slave to his semes, ami hailed any thing that would thrill him with a lleeliug excitement. lie was willing to purchase pleasure at any price. Alas ! that he should have such a host of followers! Jacob was a quiet man, hut under the calm exterior there were depths and depths. And on the duplicity of his nature there was also an immense capacity for religious faith and indomitable tenacity. Tints, while Esau was occupied only with pleasure, Jacob was stirred with a long ing which could not he satisfied except by the possession of the birthright. Tho birthright? Wbal Was itV It was not worldly piopcrty. All that tho world could give EstlU was his ill abundance. Ho married well and founded it strong, noble house, lie had a largo fortune, and went down to his gravo in pence at a good old age. Whatever, then, the birthright was, it was not worldly properly, for of this Esau, who lost it, had more than .la cob, who won it. it was not immunity from sorrow. Tew have trodden a nunc rugged path than Jacob, or en dured greater misfortunes. It was not freedom from pain or grief; for of these Jacob, who won it, had far more than Esau, who lost it. The birthright was n deep spiritual horitage. It gave iho right t<> be the priest of the family or class. It cat tied the privilog' of receiving and column nicnling the Dlvluo message It was a link in the lim: by which the Messiah was to be born into the world. This and much more than this was summed up in the possession of the birthright. Oue day Jacob was standing over a caldron of savory pottage, made of red lentiles, sttll highly relished in Syria. The appetizing odor Idled the air, and at that moment who should come in but EsaU, faint with hunger, lb' did not know the name, but the sight ami smell were ipiilo enough, "(Jive me of that red -that red I" cried impa tiently. Jacob was not wholly a sel fish man, but it suddenly occurred to him here was his opp rluniiy lo obtain the prize which his brother esteemed so little. So he made I he extraordi nary proposal to exchange the I11CS3 of pottage for the birthright ! Itohold, on the one hand rise tho far-away vision, unma n, spiritual. (>n the other wits the steaming pollago, very tempting in Iiis hunger and weari ness. Ksau closed with it. "iJchold," said the blufl bunter, UJ am at the point to die. What profit shall Ibis birthright do lo mo?" So uho < 1 i< 1 eat and drink, and went his way. Thus did EtaaU despise Iiis birthright." Wo cannot exonerate, cither of these two men. Jacob was not only a traitor to his brother, but faithless to his tiod. As for Ksau, wo recall the burning words of Scripture : "Look diligently, lest there be. any profane person, as Esau, who for ono morsel of moat sold his birthright." Vet. let us, boforo wo uttcily con demn him, look closo at him. The strongest and braves! men, physically, arc < I ten the weakest in resisting the appeal of a momentary passion. Esau is mastered by the fragrance of the pot* l?ge ; Samson by the Charm of a Phil istine girl ; Peter by the questions of :i maid servant. There is no BtrOUgtll apart from Iho sttongth of <<od. Pot temptations come when we least ex pect them. The moment of peril is the moment when we return we;ir\ from the dangers of the chase to the quiet home, which promises us immu nity from all attack. These appeals come in L'.IO in >st Ulli? iii Illings. Olio 111089 of pottage, oil ? I gh\88 ol drink, one inoinent of passion, one afternoon's walk, a question anil an answer, a movement or a look, ll is in such small things as Uieso that great alternatives arc offered and great decisions made. There arc no tilth s in our daily life. [Cvorvthlnu is great. Tho harvest for good or ill spring from UlO linlOBt BOtd, Alas, poor Esau ! There was none lo COUnBtil him to pause ; none lo win - pot "is it wisO?" "Is it right V l ie years of previous self 'indulgence made it >dl the more certain that he would I bo swept along, until the fateful deed was done, the spiritual given for the physical, the eternal for the temporal ! There are many to-day like Esau, tempted to barter their peace, their manhood, and their hope 01 heaven for one nr;ss of the world's pottage. It steams ; it smells savory ; it proini es todo more good now than all the Rible promises. The tempter whispers, "Thou shall not surely die." ? Stop I Listen I Thon ahull yon hear your Saviour's warning voice : I "What Shall it profit a man If ho gain i tho wholt) world and lo?o his own soul ? J Or what will ho givo in exchange for hie eoul ?" _.? .mmmwammm j^?l^JL Powder ^ Absolutely Pure Makes the food more delicious and wholesome _ _Rnm 1HKINU POAOER CO., HEW YORK. _ INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAI* Tin- demand for electrical ventilators in India is ahead of liio supply. The United stairs exports an av<tr age of 7f>0,000 tons of coal per month. Last year Germany imported from Italy $2,600,001) worth of grapes tol lable use. Duhith Hour mills are preparing toj make 10,000 barrels of Hour every twenty-lour hours. Accoidiug to statistics prepared for the home secretary, 1,700 children are burned to death yearly in Iho United Kiugdt m. Ii is s.u.I by Llic knowing onos ti1;u mo bust peuehos in Georgia nro pro duced irom seedlings und nol from grafted und budded troos. The "heart wood*' of a tree has censed to take any part in the v<.la Wo economy of the tree. In only use is t.? strengthen tin: trunk Tho Armenian language at present in use umung the oppressed people is mid to i>c a close approach in construc tion in th : Syriuc ami (ircek. Of tin- convicts in I he KausAS poni leutiury, bcvou arc women serving lime lor mm dor. One has a forty years'- sentence, another thirty years. William A. Anderson, tin- Demo cratic nominee for Attorney (Seucral in Virginia, is a Confederate veteran, ami losi a leg in the battle of Manassas. The i'enbody (Mass.) Historical So ciety is to elect a monument in that town to the memory of .lohn I'roclor, wh ) was executed for witchcraft in 101)2, A telegram from Poulu Dolgndn slate- that tho international mete orological observatory in the A/.oies was inaugurated by the King of Portu gal on July 10. In a suit in Baltimore il la alleged thai hanks have discounted a million dollars of worthless paper for a Mary land lumber dealer, lie was some wbal of a financier. Forty millions of people are threat ened will) starvation in Itussiu, be cause of crop failure, and it is said thai it will he dillicult to relieve thorn lor waul of got d roads. A now kind ul tombstone has lately been introduced in Colorado Springs. It is of bronze. A lid may bo hflc 1 showing printed matter anil u photo graph of the deceased. The umbrella lias talo n a linn bold upon tin. natives of India, or id any raie. upon the liengali. No loss (hau 11,000,000 umbrellas are imported into the country every year. Tho memoirs begun by the K nprcss Eugenie soon after the death ol the Prince Imperial are believed to bo now , practically completed. Her manuscript b.?s been seen by no eye save her own.' sir Alexander Coiulio Stephen, who bus boon for many years British minis ter resident at Dresden, is ah nil to re i lire I r an the diplomatic service, and has been appointed a groom in .vailing I to King Edward. Major (Jen. Kaden-Towel! is soon to receive a caskcl made ol Tasmaninn black wood, enameled and decorated , with gold and (diver, rrom the mem hers of tho Tasmauian relief force who foughl under him. I Incut. Victor IJIuo, the ilaring South I Carolinian who achieved fame by rill ing a uuitc aruuud Santiago during the war, whun the country was infested with Spanish soldiers, and discovered Corvora's llcot al anchor in the harbor, lias beoil invalided home from the Asi ale station for treatment. Ho hns been on tho Asiatic station for more than a year, aud is suffering from a fever contracted in Chinese waters. .lohn Ii. French has been rc'cloetod, al I he age of KU years, t?> the olllce ol city clerk at fJalona, HI., winch he h is lu id for forty years. His father was the city clerk for four ;, ear- hi Ion- him, and died while in oftico. For twcnlj years the city council chose hiin. Then h new city charier made tho oilicc nn I i Icclive ono, and ihc people ha. ?inooJ elected him til ovcry election, usually | without opposition. Ho is a Democrat. 1; will inlcrost readers of Dr. John \. Wyeth's Lifo of (Jonoral K?rnst (Harpers') to learn tliai tho coustim | ional convention of Alabama, which mi i in the surly pari <>i iho Bummer, recommended as a dosign lorn gnat ?ual i?i the Stale the ligurc of a soldier ,n the uniform of a Confederate gene* ial >,ii a horse, with a young woman ichlud him pointing lorwaid ; the ugi nd to read, "I'll bIiow you the vny." li illustrates the storv -(old in Dr. Wyeth's book of Emma Samson bowing Iii*' ford i>i .Black Creek to ? liMiernl Forrest. A medical journal <?f llorlin s;i\s : i !arli mate of nun mixed with sugar is -air red into tin' mush fed to Iich.h. The iron ultimately forms par! i?i the egg-. L'ho humiiu beings who cat the eggs take Ihe ii"n Into their circulation 1 precisely the form needed for . mule du mleal analysis proves Ilia' the l> 1 iod ?i ihouo who cut the mc.'iculcd o b i- c iv -s a considerable | orceulago of iron, ami the most oastii I observation shows that their strengt i ami health is improved. The cheek grow redder ami their eyes h. eon ? llOliCCIlbh, clearer and brighter. Itoporis from England st do that tho American Btool producors a. o offering wire hi.Is delivered nl Manch? -iter tor $20.30 a ton. Tho price to con timers in UlO United States is nboill ..'!'?> a ton. Taking Into account I ho cot' ol freight ami other chargos iocidonl to transoceanic shipment, it is cloar .?> the Engineering News of New York I that the wire rod maker "is netting at least tfl? per ton more p roll I from his American customers than from his for eign sales." Mo wonder! I he. tariff Is upheld liy the trusts ami the people told there must bo no change. IN A HUMOROUS \ EIN. "Did you mcot any sh uk* when you crossed the ocoan, Mr. Spifkius?" asked Miss I'utiing. " Well," replied Spifkius, sadly, " I played with 'ouplo." Towu Topics, Mrs. N'orns .Where have you been, Itobby? 1 told you not to stir until 1 got back. Hobby Well, 1 only woul down to the. doctor's to ask bun whether I was well enough t?> go out yet.--Town and (!ouulry. " People ar ? always content with their children," said Mr. Crusty. '< 1'cs," answered Mr. Dusty. " If a boy dillident they say be is naturally reliuett, and if be is boislorous they say be is sure to make bis way in the world."?Washington star. oZAlot%y*liyVm "10?lV girl you " Sure. I).? \(>., doubt mo?" " No-o. Ji.it I w:ls suspicions whon I- >?" -1V,> '".V Httlo brother I hut ?I,,,1I0?MM slarte?1 >'??? off to tho candy shop. Omaha World-llornld "The union," announced the labor leader, 44 is now m a linanctal position to Bland a strike" l? Will the niemhers receive full pay while they are out?" inquired a work man. 14 Certainly not," was tho reply, 41 but the lenders will." Chicago l'ost. Mrs. Wunder?I don't see. why that man Timbers always put 1.1.. I>. after his name. Did any college ovoi con fer thai degree on him'.* Mr. Telllt Oh. no. Ho uses the Ictiers to indicate that he is a lumber dealer. Half I lUOl'O American. j Yes," said tin; thoughtful theorist, >l it certainly is possible lo be loo cau tions and painstaking. Now, liiere was young (Jrubb, lor inslllUCO. He knew noihing about lovo-innking and lie realized it, so when bo foil in love be decided lo practico a lilllo in order (hal everything might be done in such a way its to make success practically assured.'' " Woll?" ?? Well, the girl ho selected tor prac tice sued him for breach of promise." ( hieago Post. A I laniard College girl tells in tho New York Times ol visiting in a house hold where irrace was said at the table seini-oeensionally. Her curiosity got the better of her, and she asked the mistress of tho h nise why they didn't observe the rite regularly. "Why," said the lady with some surprise, 44 WO say grace only when we have reason to be thankful, We never dream of giv ing thanks when we have only roast beef or beefsteak, or some simple thing like that. Hut whenever wo have game or something really nice, then we any grace, for it's worth while!" '* So you Imvo captured tin.! moon shiners," t>i>nI the chief i" Iii- heulon uul. Good enough! How i)i<l you happy l" ho so successful I" ?? Well, sir, we went on a still hunt,'' replied the lieutenant, who dearly loved a merry jest.?Krank Leslie's Weekly. Photographer?Now, then, don't wear thai gloomy expression. Look pleasant! Mr. Stay tome -You just go ahead. I want to semi this picture to my wife who is spending the summer at the .shore. -Philadelphia i'ross. Oliver Wendell Holme? enjoyed nothing so much na n clever retort, even it it huppt nod to he al his own expense, t > ic day. at an cnterlainment, he was seated mar the refreshment ahlo, and observod a little girl looking with longing eyes at tho good things. With his invariable fondness for chil dren, he said, kindly: ?? Are you hungry, little girl?" Yes, sir," w.is (ho reply. l? Then why don't you take a sand wich?' liccausc 1 haven't any fork." " Fingers were mad ' before forks," said I he dot tor, smilingly. The little girl looked at him and re plied , to his delight: ?? Not my lingers."--Youth's Com panion. i Urban Why, old man, those chick ciis ol youra i?ro regular game cocks. What make- I hem Bitch lighter.-? Suburban I'm furo I don't, know, unless it eomns from footling Ilium scraps Detroit Proo Press? Scribbles? Don't you think that was a flliiiiV joku I jil-l read lO yOU? Sohabblcs You bet: I laughed Uli I cried the lirsl lime I ever heard it.?? t ?Inn Slate Journal. ? Hold on, the ?! !" called (.'baron to tin- new arrival al the ferry over the Styx. ??You wail until the next trip, au I I'll take you over alone." ? Why Ibis distinction?" inquired one. of the spirit passengers. " Oh, he's one of those fools that rock tie- boat, and I don't wan lo spoil the trip lor tho rest of you." ? Haiti I more American. 44 I don't want to see I,ydi:i when ?ho cornea back from thai Biimmot school ?? Why not?" "Oh, Rhu will ho bursting with knowledge while the rost of us hnvo boon Billing nromul in the boat for getting whal little, wo knew."?Detroit l\ce L'rcBB.