The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-11-10

costs more 10 buy thc spoons separately
than as q whole, but the odd;,y OF the
collection and tho memories called upby
their use l. worth much more thai the
d;ference.-Frank q. Carpenter i'll
Cleveland Leader.
TIE MATING OF HUMAN BEINGS.
Not - Aatter Beyond the Science of Han
Food for Serious Thought
II has been lately said that the mating
OF human beings is a matter beyond the
Hc!ence Of man, because as near as may
be God Joins two souls. The causes of
ELECTION are unknown. and we have lit-
he hope OF their discovery. Whatever
breeding 70 secu-e brains has 30 far been
had hos been q complete failure. Now
and then there has been a line OF smart
.men-otsea a family OF smnrt people
bat we believe he union of n poet with q
Phlilst!ne Is more apt 70 produce a re-
markatle issue han the union Of two
poets Does il not seem 70 be almost
o!asphemous TO charge upon God the re-
sponsibility for the marriages Of money,
Of greed for rank, and o: course Of ami
NAL passion. Of the evil effects Of which
the divorce courts ana the scandal COL
umns OF the press are 50 constantly full,
is II not true that every person OF clear
brain can tell what were tho causee that
led 70 bis or her choice OF q life partnerf
What intelligent per6on will admit in
his dU VIA he or she was led by fancy
alone, or by impulse only. and that calm
reason ami due regard FOR til. laws,
written or unwr!tten, hal no part in de-
~ nv 49,. go - - -
Who e1csp: the ignorant or the reckless
VII! coa'sss thai, without a thought Of
I"se!oI" coAseqlenceA they assumed the
responsibility OF creating new ties and
o! bringing into the world new beings TO
affect hs destiny T. the mating OF hu
man beings beyond tho sciences ot man,
II that wero truc-if me laws Of man do
not ezeroIre an aim Get ,rrsaaGpla power
over that mating-why 90 no.: men Of
high intelligence and ir~reproachable
character we'd women o: depraved ,as,es
or OF Infamous reputation. yet Of beauty
OF exterior?
Is there proof that breeding for brain
has been a failurey Can it be shown
that the children Of people o genius
have failed 30 show like genius because
their parents possessed great ~,Alentsl
Have not the failures been the result OF
other causes nos SO deeply hidden for
discovery! 1t N a truth we'll known 70
breeders that often a reversion 10 an old
type OF ancestors will appear TO appar-
emily set at naught the BEST ar of tho
breeder. None know better than DO
breeders Of the highest skill how tedl
ously long IS the task Of firmly fixing
any peculiarly OF form, or color, or
temperament, or action in animals com
pletely under control o. 20 mating, and
Of short generations. None know bet
er than they that like will produce
like, Immediately or remotely, and they
sIe therefore not discouraged by fail
ure, however much they may 10 dis
appointed. 1t is scarcely reasonably 70
expect to develop and permanently eA-
tablish by a single effort a talent for
any branch OF the serious work OF the
world, or a remarkable genius for any
art; but history furnishes evidence
showing that the breeding OF men with
a steadfast purpoee of developing GER
tain physical or mental traits has been
successful; and also showing that, while
by this means mankind has at times ad.
vanced greatly, he has often slippeA
back when he hes neglected the obsorv-
ance of correct principles Of breeding.
None will deny that she royal families
OF Europe, the Ptolemies OF E2ypt, or
the Incas Of America possessed marked
genius for ruling. They were bred and,
in many cases, closely inbred for the
strengthening and inteusifying OF their
powers OF governing. How great q
measure Of success attended the exer-
else OF tho breeders art in their cases
was shown by the grand works
OF Egyptian kings and by the
results OF European ruling and indi-
Gated by the magnificent ruins
OF Central and South America-struo-
lures that have no equals among tho
products OF the boosted and conceited
civilization Of to-dsy-structures thas
we would find difficulty in reproducing
with tho aid OF all modern appliances,
which give proof hat their builders had
a marvellous ability to govern multitudes
oil men in tasks that, with tho crude ap-
pliances they used, would be- TO US isG.
possible, because we lack the power to
manage great masses OF men.-E. w.
Perry in Chicago Times.
Mushrooms la Europe.
a strange variety OF taste has pro-
tailed in many countries in regard TO
Mushrooms. In Russia the peasants are
never without them. Thoy are hung
up TO dry in tie roofs Of the cottaRe5,
like oat cakes in Lancashire, and form
q greatly esteemed relish 10 all sorts OF
dishes. In some parts Of Germany, also,
they ore largely preserved in brine for
cooking purposes, but in England it IL
only lately that they have come into gen.
eral London Magazine.