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The Marriage OF Near Kin.

There isia' widespread idea that con-
sanguihhet65us = unions produce either
detective offspring or'none at all. When
4 marriage All between cousins is spoken Of,
aterility oraIdeafmute, idioticoFdeform-
ed progeny is predicted, and examples
are always at hand to Cite ii support of
the prophecy. Does this opinion rest
upon positive and well.authenticated
facts, Or :zisi il it erroneous9 This isa dnes-
ton that was examined a few years ago
by Mr.. q. a. Darwin, who, after pro:
found study Of the subject, came to the
conclusion that, IN the present state Of
science, there is nothing to justify the
common prejudice that exists against the
"a marriage ,of near kin. More recently the
subject has been further examined by
Mr. A.H: Hlth, who has just published
an exhaustive work upon it, in which he
arrives at the same conclusions that MIR.
Darwin. did. Mi. rHuth thinks that
consequently Of itself plays no particular
role il the union of individuals of the
same stock IN the descendants it in.
creases the tendencies common TO the
two progenitors, By reason of their
relationship, the ,closerEthis is and the
closer the felationship Of the ancestors,
the creator is.the tendency ofthe descen-
dants to exhibit the same positions. If
these are good, consanguineous unions
will be advantageous, in that they will
fottify and intensity them. II, on the
contrary, they are bad, such unions
should be avoided, in order to prevent a
reinforcement of unfavorable tendencies,
which should Be suppressed. But tie
ease islidentical whero i is aaaeation Of
unrelahdpsr 9ns. IN reasonable person
"a Would 'drge two nenropathic iIdividuals
Of different family to unite because he
knows that the neurosis has every chance
to become intense in the descendants. On
the contrary union between consan.
guineous individuals, equally. healthy
and we'll favored, ought to be encouraged.
What msy be urged against marriages
Of near kin is the facility with which un.
fav orable tendencies are transmitted, and
the relative rarely Of the circumstances
in which such marriages can really be
advised. But, this admitted and ex.
planned, consanguinity Of itself presents
no Inconvenience, especially five con.
Isider. how remote, sby reason Of the
existing laws upon marriage, is the degree
of consanguinity between individuals
capable of uniting legitimately.
Upon thewhole, consanguinity accumu'
lates and intensi6es tendencies. If these
are bad, the marriage Of near kin should
be avoided /; if good, itsmay be favored
But as, unfortunately, the unfavorable
tendencies are more frequently transmit.
tied, because they are the ones that are
established with the most facility, there
is oftener more reason for avoiding than
seeking such unions. Upon the whole
Mr.. Huth concludes that the accusations
directed against marriages Of near kin are
not justified in the present state .ol
sciepce.-Sc;ent;fc american.
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Syrup OF Mgs,.

Is the delightful liquid Laxative, and
I the only true remedy for habituaI
constipation and the many ills depending.
on weak or inactive condition Of tbs!
kidneys, liver, and bowels. Il "a s
pleasant remedy to take, both to old and,
young; it it is gentle in its action and anTd;
effective; it is acceptable to theatomacbs S
and strengthens the organs on which &
aeIs: :. Manufactured only by the oalifor.
ma 1a, rig = g, Syrup Company, San Francisco.
oal. For Sale BY Simpson, Reid s o, as,
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There is enough in this world to
complain about and find fault with if men
have the disposition. We often travel
on hard and uneven roads, but with q
cheerful spirit, We may walk with comfort
and come to the end of our journey in
peace.
my little son, three years of age
was terribly afflicted with scrofula. His
head was entirely covered With scrofulous
sores, and his body showed many marks
of the disease. A few bottles of Ayer's
sarsaparilla cured him. ]. Beckett
Hsmera, Ind.
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Eczema, Itchy. sca1y, Skin rortures.

The simple application of "swayne's
Ointment" without any internal medi-
cine, will cure any case of letter, Salt
Rheum, Ringworm, Piles Itch, Sores,
Pimples, Eczema, all scaly, Itchy Skin
Eruption, no matter how obstinate or long
standing. It is potent, effective, and costs
buta trifle. 15
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Mr. Cleveland's Future.

WAsH1NaToN, Feb. s.-Col.; Lamont
tonight settled the question as to Presi.
dent Cleveland's future home, by giving
to the press the following:
The president will return to the State
of New York to reside at the expiration
of his term of Office, and will resume
the practice of his profession in New
York city, having associated IS counsel
With the law firm of Bangs. Stetson,
Tracy & McVeagh.
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BIrth Rate in Different Sections.

The we'll known fact that the birth rate
has been decreasing steadily in New
England for years past leads the New
York Herald to inquire, "Is Maternity
Failing ?" In several: OF, the New Eng.
land States the native population is
hardly holding. its own. The old blood
in that. region has already become very
rare and is falling into smaller proportion
constantly. There Is "a remarkable dis.
parity between the birth rate in New
England and the South. The highest
rate IN the union is found in Arkansas,
and the lowest in New Hampshire. In
Arkansas there ara born annually to every
1000 women between 10 and 80 years of
age 1889 children, while in New Hamp-
shire to the same number CT the same
class are born only 7l.6, or about one
third as many as in Arkansas. The six
States with the highest birth rate are all
In what is called the South. They are
Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. The
combined population of Arkansas and
Texas is barely half that Of the six New
England States, and yet these two South.
ern statesigive to the country an annual
average. Of 99,952 babies against s1,134
in the six New England States of twice
the population. Of the total annual
births in this country the South, with
only about one.third the population of
the country, furnished 8,610, while the
two. thirds of the population north of
Mason and Di1on's line are gladdened
annually by only 1885, III babies.
The number of births annually to every
1000 people in New England is 221,
while in the South it is 3S.7. In New
York State the number is 25.7 to the
1000. In England the rate is 34.2; in
Sweden 3O.2; in Switzerland 3l.S; and
in Belgium 81. The South is not only by
far the most prolific part of this country,
but the birth rate in these States is great.
er than any civilized country on the
globe. When the census of 1880 was
completed there was much surprise that
the South, without the aid of immigra,
tion, had gained a greater proportion of
population than any section ofthe country.
A full and fair count in the census Of
next year, we are confident, will show a
similar proportionate growth in the
South. tits true that the negroes increase
very rapidly, but statistics will show the
the annual increase of white births alone
in thesouth can not be matched by the
North or the West.
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father, and 30 Moan got IL straIeaI, anu
be lived to see Abraham, who was nine
generations further down and told every
thing to him and that covered twenty
generations and conp6ses 5000 years Of
time and history and all the facts passed
through only two persons-Lsmech and
Noah-well Levi was Abraham's great
grandson and be was Moses's great grand.
father.
think that it must have come down
pretty straight.
Now If these scientists wefe all like
DR.. Woodrow, and would study the
scriptures with reasonable faith, then
science would become the handmade Of
inspiration, and not its enemy. But it
looks like they had rather pull down than
build up, and they are encouraging
acepticism and antagonism, and all
kinds of inhdelity in the minds of the
young.
Young man; You had better stand by
thssfaith of your fathers. It sustained
them and made them good men and good
women. They livea by It, and died BY
it. It does not matter SO much how high
Adam was, nor whether he eVoluted or
not, do you take. the Bible and study it !
try to live by its precepts and you will be
happy. 60 to church. every Sabbath and
listen witb.humility and revefents tosome
good preacher. The church and the
preachers are the hope of the world.
There vas time when there was but one
preacher, and the earth was filled with
violence; and the food came and destroy
ed everybody but him and bis family,
And just, go the world would be filled
with violence now ifit wete rot fot the
church and the preachers. Ten.
righteous men would havoit saved
sodom, and it is the preachers who save
us now.
Il was thinking about our preacher and
wbat:a family record be has got. Nearly
2O0years ago his ancestor came over the
waters and went to preaching with Cotton
Mather.; He died and his sod took on.
mantle and from that day to this there
has hardly been a time when some de-
scendant Of the first James Hillhouse has
not1bsen standing up before the Lord in
the Lords house. And now here is
James Hillhouse preaching in our church.
he is the son and grandson Of preachers
who came from the same old john Knox
stock, and he has just had d sod born to
him, and his name will be James, and he
will be preacher, too. ! have no doubt
about that for II runs In the stock. tliks
that--everybody likesit Hike the Cald
wells and the Waddles and the Battles
and the Bakers, because wherever I go
from North Carolina to Texas, I find them
teaching or preaching. They are holding
the fort, and doing good in their day and
generation.
Well, ne have gotten our organ. The
Estey Organ Cotdpany took US up 80
quick that I was almost sorry We offered
fifty dollars for a hundred dollar organ.
Maybe they would have given it to US.
I felt like the Dutchmsn who asked a
man eight dollars for coat. When the
man paid it without jewing, he went out
|. and kicked himself because he didn't ask
him ten. But they gave US hundred
and thirty dollar organ, and it makes
splendid music, and our choir is happy,
and everybody is calm and serene. Long
live the Estey company to gladden. the
world with harmony.
BILL ARP.
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we'll known lawyer of San Diego,
Gal, while in q barber's chair turned sud.
denly to speak to friend, and piece of
his nose was sliced off.
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Ali things come around to him who
waits. including a bald head, false teeth,
ear tru npets, and heaps Of miscellaneous
troubles.
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tree, and about Cain and Abel be didn't
stoop down but just lifted the little fel-.
low up on his little finger and set him on
his shoulder and told him all about it.
How scared Lameeh must have been for
fear that he would fall into that great
mouth that was 6ve feet wide, or into
that ear that looked like cave with boo.
gers in it. And just to think what a
time they had in burying the old gentle.
man when he died; what long, wide
deep grave and what coffin, for be must
have been about fifteen feet high when he
was lying down. Think of the levers and
prizes and the great derrick they built to
swing him down into the grave. won;
der if the Frenchman has found some OF
his bones or his teeth. Mark Twain was
not looking for grave like that and 30
wasted his tears.
Now, it does not look like Moses
would have mentioned it if Adam had
been such giant. He tells US about the
age of man being reduced after the flood
to 12O years, and is very particular
about the size of the ark. Josephus says
the Lord taught Adam language and let.
ters and figures and acieuce, and Moses
says that Jubal. made aharps and organs
and Tubal Cain WAS an instructor in
working brass and iron-Noah conld moi
have built the ark if he had not been q
good mechanic and had plenty of tools to
work with.
But to come down to facts-what was
the trouble about Moses receiving the
truth of history even though be was moi
inspired? For certainly Adam told il
straight to Lameeh who was Noah'l
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the row."
eve raise all We use on the farm"
said Mr.. Jackson, the elder, Except our
groceries. We raise our corn and wheat
and our own bacon. I don't think there
is farmer in our club who has bought
any corn in the last four years"
.In August COMMITTEES are appointed
to inspect the crops Of the different mem.
bera," said Mr.. Jackson. "They usually
go three together and take day to look
at crops. Some other members of the
club may be appointed 10 inspect my
crop and I might be on committee tc
inspect some of their crops. At the next
meeting the committees report and il
there is anything especially good it il
mentioned as worthy of example: il
there is any evidence of carlessneas Of
any tools lying about they touch the
owner up little.
"At the monthly meeting the owner O
the farm tries to have his crop in gooe
shape when we get there, and that has s
good effect. I am satisfied that we have
had far better results by going from one
house to another than we could have hat
by meeting at one place all the time
We could not have done 80 we'll by meet
ing in town. We have found the clut
profitable to all of us. have beer
asked to join the alliance, and some {
them think little hard of me; for no
doiug so, but ] don't think l shall joil
them / think this better"
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YgHINKsGAEEs & 8. IlANGsION. .l
These letters and these so called words
are only senseless sounds. They cannot
.appealto the child intelligence. They

These letters and these 80 called WORDS
are only senseless sounds. They cannot
appeal to the child Intelligence. They
are wholly external, toshis experience.
They stand for naught, aud can produee
no mental picture, can arouse host1ental
action. The faculties Of the mind are
not. called into exercise, and, eonse-
;auently no benefit, il learning il the
object in view, has been realized. It
should be borne inTmind that ia the pro.
cess Of learning .anyt6ing, all the fscul-
ties in a greater or less degree, partici-
pate; it is q mental acquisition, not an
acquisition of the memory alone.
The alphabetic method Of teaching
reading, when fully carried out, without
assistance from the word .aad the phonic
method, is essentially ana Inevitably q
grinding process. # any ohe WIN con.
slider. fol. a moment; the pond ronsness Of
the task which lays upon the tender
mind the necessity of committing to
memory twenty:six- disconnected, mean.
Iipgless' words; without that valuable,
that Indispensable q aaiid-assoc ociation Of
eas-;befo1e even practical beginning
can besmade, It will readily appear1thas
the tesck ker who insists son shis pupils
spelling, as preparatory to reading, labora
under very serious advantages. The
:child's early training should be SUCH as
would enable him to appreciate, as far as as
possible, the IDEAS represented BY words
and the thoughts conveyed BY sentences.
SIt should have to!do with the Judgment.
But anything that has Is do with the
memory only, dvarfs and weakens the
judgment. Hence the alphaBetie method,
if employed alone at the beginning, has
q tendency to defeatsthe ! very end in
view. Now, it t5may Be objected by
some that the learner tis not committing.
words to memory 1.-THE process Of learn.
ing the alphabet. Tie lettersj as oldins:
rily taught, are words. TIE child learns,
them BY nams. fot: instance, is the
name Of . Letters 3. name Us a,noun z e
noun is part Of speech 9 part ofspeech
is a word. IT is true they are meaning.
less words. This only increases the
difficulty Of learning them. Moreover,
the acquisition Of the twenty y,sixs letter.; :
BY name is Of little practical !alus to the,
pupil. aIsettsfs; esi Snsed il: s. forming
1wnrarIa sar tle ssipn ofs sonnds. Now. as
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-09
Beaten 10y a Prince.

In the Office of Manager Amberg,
of the German theatre, lay several
photographs of a handsome young
woman, dressed in theatrical costumes
and posed in theatrical ways.
Those + pictures of Fraulein
Loisiugcr," Mr.. Amberg said, land
they came in a letter asking if /
would engage her for a season in my
theatre. She wrote HAT she had been
pretty successful in Germany as O
singer and Coincidence. and she wa:
willing to come to this country foI
sl00a week. How much cheaper than
that | could have secured her | don't
know, for there was not time for ne.
gotiations before | received a second
letter saying that marriage would
make it undesirable for her to come
to this country. Pretty soon a cable
dispatch appeared in the papers Civ.
ing the news that this same Eraulein
Loisinger had married Prince Alex
ander of Battenburg. The public
knows all about that romance, in
which a prince of royal blood fell in
love with a stage beauty and made
her his wife. | shall keepher picture.
and letter as proof of how / wa:
beaten by Prince Alexander. New
York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-09
One on the Blue Grass Region.

Referring TO the blue grass region
of Kentucky and its fine horses, q
young lady of Mississippi was visiting
that section and was entertained at a
dinner party at the governors man.
sion. During the course Of the dinner
a degenerate son of the governor
talked loosely about things in general,
and among them of a visit through
Mississippi, remarking that he had
not seen a pretty woman in his tour
through the state. The fair young
girl from Mississippi awaited her op.
portunity, and during a short lull in
the conversation turned and asked the
governor if what she had heard Of the
gentlemen, Of Kentucky were true.
The governor wanted 20 know what il
was, and the attention of the whole
company was directed TO the lady's
response.
well" said she, Il heard tina,
Kentucky gentlemen educate their
horses and turn their sons out Il
grass. Washington Post.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-09
The shell Of the Scallop.

The prominence of the scallop in
hcraldry lUs been mentioned. IL sic.
niles. when found in a coat-of-arns,
or CarvCn upon a mOrtuary monu.
mont, that the person las been u cru.
sadcr TO tie Holy Land. In the old
days il was known as 81. james or 81.
Jacobs shell, and was worn by uil.
grims and crusaders, sewn 10 thoir
garments Or fastened upon then
Standards Many legends cluster
about il. and illusions 81 il are fro,
qunnt Ia the poetry and romance Uftht
middle ggrs. whllo il often plays q
significant part 81 the religious ugt oil
that day. Oat Of this, and it, uaturl
beauty Of form, has arisen the wide
adaptation OF this crCEUigtgl OF ''sc1l
l1p0d' shell IN decorative designs IL
both the painters and sculptors' arts
Once a Week.
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The Latest New Yorl, story.

The latest beggarly yagary comes
from New York, of course, where a
party coming from the theatre was
stopped by a ragged individual with
a small kitten in his arms. He opened
the conversation Immediately and
said:
Gents. maybe yol think | am go
ing TO spar You for rIoney. but | amt
/ am not hungry or thirsty and havea
place to sleep, but e.. have no cash. |
want a few pennies, not for myself,
but 10 buy some milk for this poor lit.
tie starving cat, which | found crying
in this park"
The party IA for moment stun
ned, but amid roars Of laughter a
purse of nearly a dollar was collected
and given to the guardian OF the kit.
ten,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-09
The Dime Mnseum LECTURER.

\ New York dime museum possess.
es a lecturer who sings oratory at the
audience in this fashion.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is Gin
galee, the sword and spike walker.
She is a native of Lucknow, India,
and walks with her bare, naked and
tender flesh upon the glistening, keen
cutting, bristling, incisive, penetrat.
ing, needle like, horrible edges of quiv,
ering, wavering, trembling swords,
and the jagged, pointed, tearing, terri.
Gle, prosecuting, fearful, frghtful,
horrifying, spearrifed, tripointed,
gashing, deep sinking, death wound
ing, feet running spikes, dancing and
rolling on a bed Of bare and pointed
carpet tacks, and running a race on
g~listening cimeters."
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-09

The old stage teams. which the loco
motive and tho Pullman cur drove
into an mglDrious retirement, were
many OF l,lnm us fine animals as
money could bay II lpoE a horse
man to a.-ot and put theta together,
SO they would WORK wei, and IN this
rCgurd 40 ll..n ever exceeded Alex
BeuhIm, wa1 was Inr many years
superintendent OF tlo line from Den.
yer eastward, II WAS said Of him that
he could go into II band OF horses, Sc
lect four or six, harness thcm 10 n
coach and each Vas IN It's proper
place. Many of these stage teams be-
came famous all along the line, for
speed, endurance aud all the other
qualities which the boys called a
"rattlin team" One of the most noted
of these four in hands was the Little
Roam" team. They used 10 run in and
out OF Council Bluffs, before the
Northwestern road reached that city.
Then they were sent out On the plains
and gradually worked west, until
they reached Laportc, where they re-
manned until the Cheyenne route was
abandoned. They were four straw,
berry roans of Morgan build. medium
i'll size and possessed of tue most re-
markable strength and lcetueSs. II
was a pleasure 10 see them travel.
The last time the writer saw them
was in the summer of 1870, when
they were on the line between Denver
and Lake Station, then the terminus
of the Kansas Pacific. They vent of
like colts.
Will they run YETI" was asked Of
the driver.
Yes, just as quick as they ever
would" and he snapped his whip and
away they sprang into Il gal. which
sent the old coach rafting along at 4
ten mile an hour rate. What became
of the gallant little team after this last
stage trip the writer never knew, but
he ventures the assertion that il was
the toughest, gamiest, teelest four in
hand team that cver pulled a coach in
harness. Chicago News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-09

From Statistic recently published
iu illt country il would appear that
murders are committed lu luly three
UrDa5 pi'ngrr N1u iu Austria, four
Zines oll.er than iu Prussia live
Hm-# u.O.r.r tlnn boz Sweden four.
teen U.pn# Dllaugr than iu Denmark
0nd siItnuu lulos Ditrugr than la Brit.
ain CTiwn hla also unfortunately
been Increasing instead of decreasing
in Italy Of lase gears. uO uIa .yfcign
countries which stand llrouNlF IN q
comparison OF tho criminal r0aHa,
with the population ul1v leo ua4tion.
cd Euesia. where llyv Urn..r 90 Ina
each lU.aJJ. Portugal, l1 ur W 0UJ,
Norway, 10 ulr lu,ylyj an.' .Iau
appears lu Iaa very law nYl.iunepun
Try, tho persons convicted during Ia15
being only par 10000 OF Ln pyppla
ton. New York Telegram
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-09
Founding Words

Tho first vessel Of schooner ing is
said o. huvc been built iu Gloucester
about the gear 1913 When CLIO went
off H. stocks into the wgtarH GEr lIud
or cried out: "Oh, how s|lu sagDUar GO
Tho builder instantly rap.a "A
scoousr 1T her le.' and IHW that
time vessels lhus rl@gcl aaye gyaa Dv
that almn Tho word .ggyu Is pDpa.
larry used tu some parts o. Enw Eug.
land 81 GCuotr the act nj. making
stoncs skin along lh2 aisi r0 ui iag
water Tic Scottish soon I|ag8 thu
same thing The w0Tl oufn.lrT 90
have loco originally vu.'.u boomer
-LlugIl u County Nega