The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25

DC autlful than tho female. This
pc ;nliar distinction seems to mark
th males of all gallinacoous birds
an makes thom arrogant and vain.
- vain as a peacock" is ono Of the
oil est proverbs. When one is in full
ar ny no will sit upon the balustra le
70, an hour and survey himself in 10
ha T rejecting window glass. WI ut
he would do before q largo pl; to
M ror | do not know, but l found
on lor . ago that tho best way to
ste Il your neighbor's pigeons was to
set small pieces Of looking gluss on
tn, shelf of tho dove coto.
But in mankind and most all
gu !drupeds tho male is coarse.
do lineering aud unadorned. IN
fac most all mon arc positively ugly
an unattractlve, and woman wcGs
hil only because she can't do aly
bet .er. 1t is woman who wears I
orr aments Of nature, and "when l.
ad' rned is adorned tho mos
St .ngo to say, sho wants moro tn II
the Creator gave hor, and delights %
arr ~ herself in beautiful fabrics al d
to wear pearls and diamonds a. d
othor jowelry. This is her nature
ant. she cannot help it. She lovos
the beautiful and would bo miserable
in room without mirror, though
L have seen some who mover had but
ono admircr. I wonder who were
those sons Of God who saw that tho
daughters Of mon were fair and took
wives from among thom and raised
up giants and mighty mon of ronown.
[ wonder If tho women Of that day
wore SO beautiful that the angels
carlo down to mate with them.
Th re is no telling what men or al
gel will do for a beautiful woman
| have neyer ceased to be sorry fer
JAG ob, who worked seven long yea,s
for Rachel and then had to take her
hon ely sister, and had to work sevc
years more to get the girl of his
che CO. But the sacred historian say =
the Q seven years ''secmed to hln
but few days for tho lovo he had
to cr." Was ever love like that !?
Not in these days. Mon must have
bee scarce in that country or Rachel
wo, ldn't have awaited that long for
Jac >b. Old Laban was sheep
rails n, and reckon his nearest ma.
Dor was another about fifty miles
aw; y, and those poor girls never saw
~ ung man once Il year. Rachel
lot Jacob kiss her on sight befon !,
she knew his name or where he can:
froj l, and that historic kiss has con
dov to us through all the corridoi )
Ct me for 1000 years. / remen..
bcr that away back in the 40s whcn
J. w IS young and fairly handsome my
fail or sent mo on business to Missia-
sirl and as thoro were no railroads
b 'ught horse in Mobile and rodo
acre ss the country to Vicksburg. Ono
mig t found comfortable lodgings
wit big cotton grower on the
Chi asaha river. He had emigrate |
frolI South Carolina many yea, I,
beft ro with his wife and littlo chile.
ron and abont 200 negroes. Fl I,
nan was Calhoun, and he was /
cou in Of John G. Calhoun. Thor 3,
he ! we'd outside OF civilization; not /
sch' oil nor church within miles C
him and he kept putting of moving
his 'amily to where there were some.
His oldest daughter, lass of eigh-
teen, was as shy Of mo az fawn, but
sho brushed her hair and washed
her face and changed her dress and
shoes and gazed and fingered on the
sly long aud sweetly. l made ad-
vauces to her that night in tho par
lor and pleased her father and moth.
er and bewildercd her, for I soon
found out that she WAS a fowor born
to blush unseen. When / left the
nexf morning tho old gentleman fol.
lowe d mo to the gate and begged mt
to c'me back that way. "Maybo yor
and Sally might fix up things te
you notion" said he, "and if you dc
L ca spare you 200 or 300 acres
tho inest land in Mississippi and
many nlggers as you want to tcndi it,
and he laughed in half serious unt