Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-09-24
THEGAMBLERSIN GRAIN.
M. rAlMAcE PoURs SOME HOT
SHOT AT THEM.

snoiled by the specuis'o''
.'-,... ...,.. I, otherwise Like
the Egypt Of Old.
pvoox,yS. n. ", Aug. 30, 1s9'.-lne
=. Med reports of meagre harves's y.
Enrone. sud the memory OF tno va yaI'
cron. OF ripening grain which III. 10:
,nare saw during his recent tour
The West. have combined to turh up
thoughts back to that patriarchsl tllae
when ali the world sent to EgyPI W
INV corn and to suggest gospei ~
soT His text is Genesis 43:3'
shall not see my face, except your
brother be with you.
This summer, having crossee c.s
teen OF the United states, Nor'n,
South East and West. have TO report
tha michtiest harvests that this coun'
try. or any other country, ever reaLe".
ifthe grain gamblers do not somehow
wreck these harvests, we are ABOUT ~
enter upon the grandest scene OF
nrosnerity that America mas
aver witnessed. But while TINS Is
so in our own country, on the other
side of the Atlantic there are natlons
threatened with famine, ana the mos'
dismal cry that is ever heard Will le"r
be uttered-thc cry for bread. pray
God that the contrast between our
prosperity and their want may not pc
as sharp as in the lands referred 10 ny
INV text There was nothing to eat.
Plenty of corn in Egypt out
chastity famine in Canaan. Inc cat'ie
moaning in the stall. Men, women
and children awfully white win
hunger. Not the failing or one crop
for one summer, but the failing OF al
the crops for seven years. A natlon
diving for lack of that which is SO COM
mon on your table, and so little aP'
preciated; the product Of harvest neid'
and grist mill, and oven: the price
of sweat, and anxiety. and Struggle
bread! Jacob the father, mas inc
last report from the flour-bln, and he
finds that everything is out; and he says
to his sons: "Boys, hook up the wag,
ons and start for Egypt, and get us
something to eat" The fact was
there was great corn crib in Egypt
The people Of Egypt have been largely
taxed in all ages, ut the present time
paying between seventy and eighty
per cent of their products to the gov
eminent. No wonder in that time
thew had a large corn-crib, and it was
full. To that crib they came from the
regions around about-those who wer'
famished--s paying for corn II
money, when the money was exhausted
paving for the corn in sheep and cattl
and horses and camcls; and when the.
were exhausted, then selling their owl
bodies and their families into slavery
The morning for starting out n tn
crusade has arrived. ia oh gets hi'
family up very early. But before tn
elder sons start they say somethin
that makes him tremble with emotion
from head to foot, and burst into tears
The fact was, that these elder sons ha
once before been in Egygt to get corn
and they had been treated somewha
roughly, the lord of the corn-crib SUI
plying them with corn, but saying q
the close OF the interview: snow, 20
! need not come back here for any NOR
corn unless you bring something bette
than monev-cven your younger brotl
or BENJAMIN" All BENJAMIN nam
suggestive of all tenderness Th
mother had died at the birth of tina
soma spirit coming and another spir
going-aud the very thought of partin
with Benjamin must have been a hear
r break. The keeper of this corn Grill
nevertheless, says to thesc older son
There is no need of your coming hel
any more for corn unless YOU brin
, Ben jamin, your father darling" No
Jacob and his family very much need'
e bread; but what struggle
, would be to give up this so
, The Orientals are very demonstrative
a their grief, and hear the outwailil
:, of the father as these older sons ~e,
relterating in his ears the announc
ment of the Egyptian lord, "Yc sha
/" not see my fa e unless your broth
a BE- with YOU" 'Why did you tel the
, you haa brother?" said the O
v man. complaining and Gliding thel
/ "Why, father" they said, "hc ask
n us all about our family, al
:. we had no idea he would make al
such demand upon us as he has ma &c
: mo use of asking me, sal the fathe
a ~ can not, will not, give up Benz
min The fact was that the old m;
It had lost children; and when thcr, h
It been bereavement in a household. III
"A a child taken, it makes the other CHI
d dren IN the household more prcciol
is So the day for departure was a
. journed, and adjourned, and 9
=. jouru d. Still the horrors
t the famine increased, and loud
moanel the cattle, and wild
& open cracked the earth, a
It more pallid became the checl
" until Jacob, in despair, cried out to
n sons, Take benjamin and be Off" 7
n older sons tried to cheer up tn
~ father. They said: "We have stro
= arms and a stout heart, and no Ina
will come to benjamin. Wen see II
!. he gets back again" "Farewell.' s;
u the young men to the father, in n 10
1. of assumed good cheer Ear
Ii we'll" said the old man; for IL
=. word has more quavers in it when n
lie nounced by the aged than by
;. young.
- Well, the bread party-the bre
n. embassy-drivcs up in front of I
J corn-crib of Egypt. These corn-cri
:, are filled with wheat, and barley, a
&c corn in the husk, for those who Ia
travelled in Canaan and Egypt lsn.
that there is corn there correspond i
p with our Indian maize. Huzza, I
H. journey Is ended. The lord of I
4, | cOrn-crih who iS n n tha pr;,,,o ~