The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-11-11
A MONUMENT TO ADAM.

We do not know how much truth
there is in the story, but it is reported
that the Rev. Charles Rogers, of Eng
land, is about to get up subscription
for the erection of monument to
Adam, the father of mankind! A
company, to be entitled the "Grand
International Adamite Monument
Association" is to be formed, and the
monument is to be erected upon the
supposed site of the Garden of Eden,
in Mesopotamia. The expense, no
| doubt, will be great. 1t is the custom
| to make monument never smaller,
4 and generally much larger, than was
the mortal body of the hero whose
immortal deeds it is intended to COM
memorate; and, as there is well au-
thenticated tradition that Adam was
$50 feet high, his monument can not,
in common justice, be less than 1000
feet in altitude. But it is estimated
that penny subscription from each
one of the surviving descendants of
this truly great and good man-and it
is impossible that one OF them should
be unwilling to contribute this small
sum-would amount to enough to pay
for the ereetion of the monument, and
leave enough over to procure q hand
some testimonial for DR.. Rogers, who
has been the first to suggest that it
was time to wipe away ''the stigma
long attached to humanity for having
left the memory of the first hero in
its history-a man whose name, fame,
actions, death and spiritual influence
are constantly on our lips-without
commemorative stone to tell the
stranger who could appreciate it what
he had DONE" A great many hard
things have been said of Adam; but
it should not be forgotten that we owe
him much, and that, with all his faults,
he had many virtues. When DR.. Rog-
ers' subscription paper is sent over
here, we shall be ready with our pen
ny, and if he will enlarge his plan so
as to include monument to Eve also,
we will be be happy to double our
subscription.-N.Y Y. World. q
THE FAMILY RELATIONS ACCORD
ING TO THIN TALNIUD.
If your wife. is of small stature,
bow down to her and hear her word
in reference to domestic as well as
worldly affairs.
The husband should ever be anx-
ious that the proper respect be paid to
his wife, because the house is blessed
only-for her sake.
Honor your wife, and you will be
blessed with riches.
Good and bad luck, pleasure and
grief, JOY and sorrow, are in the hands
of the wife.
Who takes unto himself a wife,
brings luck to the house, or yawning
gulf.
1 have found a woman who is more
bitter than death-a bright jewel or
an oppressive burden.
Who lives without wife knows no
pleasure, no bliss, no blessing.
Who has to thank so much TO his
wife will not only treat her with the
utmost regard and respect, but make
her position in the house fully equal
to his own.
A man without wife is no man at
all,
One of those curious cases of pre-
sentiment, of which we so often hear,
has just occurred in Atlanta, Ga. A
workman i'll the railroad shops there,
persistently said that he had had a
revelation that he should die at u
o'clock on Tuesday last, and at his re-
quest, fellow workman promised to
toll the bell of the works at that hour.
The day and the hour came; the man
dressed himself in his best, and lay
down upon his bed 10 await the speedy
coming of the dread messenger; the
solemn note of the bell was heard :;
but the man did not die.
A RALEIGH editor, addicted tosmok-
ing, complains that "our pipe has
been seized and bound over to appear
at the next term OF the United States
Court because the man who owned
the tobacco didn't have q revenue
stamp on his plantation fence. Reve-
nue. said stills had worms which were
subject to taxation, and the fence was
Il worm fence, and had to pay $400 Ii
cense fee for running (around loD."
Evidently the tar heels don't take to
taxes.
To mingle the useful with the beau