Barbour County index., 1884-02-22
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"No man can 60 back of his law. >,
Is Slay proyerb signifyinr that no
man can conquer Inherited qualit eel
How far transmitted traits Green
through family was shown by an odd
incident which is statedto have occurred
during the Prince OF Wales visit to In
dia. Amoug the guard drawn up 10 re-
ceive him in Caicuttas was soldier
who bore so startling likeness to the
Prince himself that the curiosity of his
attendants was excited as to who he
could be. II appeared, on inquiry, that
both the soldier and his father had been
born in India. His grandfather was a
Hanoverian mechanic, who claimed and
Toasted of distant connection With
George III. Yet in this, his descendant,
born and trained in the climatic in lu-
ences of Asia, peculiarit'es of feature
and of manner OF the heir apparent to
the British throne were reproduced as
closely as if they had been twins. Nat
ure has her whims sometimes of exact
reproduction, Tut the germinal seed al
ways proves to have been the same.
A chi1d,with six fingers and six toes
was born last summer in Germany of
American parents. The mother was
startled and annoyed at the physicians 4
declaration that The deformity was he
red tary; but on writing home, learned
for the first time the family secret, that
this popularity had repeated itself
once in every generation for two or
three centuries.
Natural features recurring In the
widely branching members of family
invariably index some :. corresponding
trait of character fault To be over
come, or virtue which exaggerates it
self into vice. Wherever the drooped
lid of the Stuart goes, a selfish soul
walks after" was the essence of popu-
lar experience Of that cold-blooded
race.
Poor Jennie she has worn out her
life fighting the hung jaw of the Car
llyles, said a friend of Jennie Welsh,
long before her death made the tragedy
of the house at Cheyne Walk opep.to
the public.
But we are all apt to forget that il is,
after all, the Stuarts, and not their fol-
lowers, who are handicapped in the
race of life by their sluggish blood and
soul; and that Carlyle's hung lip and
ill-conditioned temper were fiercer
torture To himself than to bis wife.
The hardest fight awaiting any man
is. as the Russians call it, TO ..yo back
OF his jaw" to conquer the legacy of
evil tendencies left him by
his fathers. Every mother ought
TO be able todefine to her boy this work
which lies tefore him, and to show him
where to tegin. The harder the strug-
gle. the more charitable he will be 10
other boys whose task is heavier.
But only God knows how much harder
1t Is for bull necked, hcavy-jowled Ben
to lie patient, modest and sober, than
for his thin. pale, low-yoiced comrade
But God does know, and whatever man
may do, He holdssthe reckoning lust.
he who overcomes his inherited bad
qualities is n bencfactor TO those who
cone after. His children NAV inherit
his resolution and power of resistance.
Truly the words: '.He that overcomcth
shall inherit all things" has an applica-
ton to this life as well as that which is
TO come.
Struggle! III YOU overcome, the world
will be better for your living. Struggle,
No man lives for himself alone; no
mans influence ends with his own fams
lily or friends or his own generation.
Every ones triumph of good is an
added treasure TO the gold of good in
the world. Struggle on. God will keep
the account
You may not be able to see the result
now. The flower and fruit do not ap-
pear when good seed is planted. but
right resolution and right endeayor will
bring the beneficent harvest in the end
Therefore struggle on TOHtFs COM
pdntop. " W