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Deep down in the unproductivc earth.
An cursed at the gods slow-grindin
mills.
An cursed at the day that gave me birth
An the fates that led me into the hills
Aye, curses at everything ! hurled
At the cruel earth an its strugglin' men
An wished that the old pain-givin' worl,
Would burst into nothingness an then
1 rolled the sleeve up my bare brown
arm
noted the muscles clustered thick.
/ felt the pulsations. strong an warm.
As the lifc-blood flowed like n ripplin
crick.
slapped my breast with my strong righ
hand
An II stood as firm ns n granite wall.
Save when 1t In majesty would expand
Till II stood out round as monster
ball
slapped n thigh that was knitted steel
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the family. 1t is father, mother and child liy-
ing apart, sleeping and eating by themselves. So
"home" implies house, which the common Eng
lish law recognizes as a mans castle, which can
not be invaded ruthlessly by the idle or curious.
But this inclosure, in order to be home of
civilized man, must be more than place of eat
ing and sleeping, more than shelter from wind
and weather, a last resort when there is no other
place to go to. 1t must be place for creation as
well as for repairs, place of serenity place for
self-discovery, place where one may invite
ones soul to commune with things high and
things eternal 1t must be nursery of en-
thusiasm, the brooding place for ideals
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Threw back my head on Its muscice
base.
An in my soul began TO feel
chiding that gave me shame-rce
face.
What should thank Him for? For
health
For n frame of iron. an n perfect wealth
OF muscle an nerve. an "a spirit free
As the breezcs kissin' my sun-tannee
cheeks
As free rs the sunlight that warns tn,
land.
The prey provided by Masters hand.
A new light entered my rebel soul.
An / pressed the ground with m,
traitor knees.
An n flood O. gratitude seemed to roll
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n APROSPEcTUR;S
THANKSGIVING

ia bean prospectin' for half year
In tho rockiest luck
| 4 man ever struck.
An my hope an my temper was out o
gear.
An i felt just ready to up an buck.
An to curse the day that first saw hHht
To curse the gold that was hid from sight
To curse the fate that had led me on
BY the lamp o. hope TIL all hope was gone
An my heart grew bitter an full o. hate
An l rallied at the Master VINO wouio
create
A man to buck
Al the game o. luck
An only git ripped up the back by fate
I knelt me down by a mountain stream;
From its sparklin' water I took a drink.
Then ioiied ON the rocky bank to dream
O. the tattered edges o. lie. to think.
I recalled the days that had come an
Since l tore myself from the world
away.
An the fact on my memory seemed te
dawn
That 1 stared In the face o. Thanksgivin'
Day.
A sneer rose up In my troubled breast.
An my soul with Its Maker renewed Its
An asked myself with n spItcfui zest:
what have l got to be thankful for?
What has God done for n man like meY
What aro the blessings thrown In my
pathI
Why should bow on thankful knee
when He's sprinklcd my trail with th'
nrc o. wrath"
struck my pick In the gravelly sod
AS II to stab at the heart o. luck
An snecrcd at the idcc there was God
An cursed such teachin' rs wordy
truck.
I glanced Mt my grub-bag layin' there
An knowed when I'd swallered another
meal
I'd have nothln' to live on but mountain
air.
An In mad rebellion ground my heel
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Thr Gall nj
thr Gnntr 2
BY REV. DR.. JENKIN LLOYD JONES.

Without further prelmnae lei hasten
discover of the essential elements home that naced to-day
and preserve which calls
those whom by of their wealth wealth and
strength wealth of intelligence, heavily the responsibilities of
the needs of the humanity which the of
First, then, the word would indicate home ncoure,
shelter place. safe from the
distractions the dangers the and the hurry life The dictionary
but short eymoogy for the word; find without
cedens the AngloSaxn The Engsman claimed with
degree perhaps of conce that the French word for home 1t
would be interesting discover equivalent of home other
ancient and modern Such search would probably the
comparatively modern differentiation of the family the
AIDED village, the camp of the tribe the fertilization of
clan The home is the slow and comparatively emphasis Of
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landed with but ten dollafs b
pocket. For days he wandered
one printing Office to another.
to get work. and finally thrcsl1 ;
aid OF another printer who haa Z
from Vermont, secured work ~
been refused by the other mea
his perseverance and pluck q
themselves. and II was not ~
fore his value was recognized ~
was given steady employmsal
rose steadily. and finally beean I
tor OF the New York Tribune.
Greeley was described BY ~
Whittier as "our later Franklli
was a candidate. although an =
cessful one, for president Of he
ed States. Every one today =
OF Horace Greeley's masnineeas ! .
OF his triumphs and successes % r
know OF his early struggles ana
tions when he worked as . |
devil' for nothing = monsn -
board" -
When mentioning the later y I.
lin" one should not overlook u
that the first Franklin was .
er's devil" and performed ~
.,,orta, tasks around his brotn0s,
Ace. The youngest son OF . po@ so,'
low chandler. and one Of !, Ga, l,,,
nothing but his talents , ana s,s Me-
industry would have enaole' y
rise to distinction.
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OF the Beaten Track

The old captain whose =. y
DAYS were over. looked irom =, =
to the artist and back 20 'A
again with a tolerant smile, {
"Hanging around the WHAT =
do. 1 see a good many oil 'cs, sa,
he said in a friendly tone.
paint the sea. take 1t. wen,
to see you setting down 70 y =
Don't the others SIT oo'A
the artist. ., -. -
"Most Of 'em do" saio ~
"but there was one woman ~ ~
in round, holdin' up ~ ~ /
souintin' her eyes. Finai's ss~i
where the view seemed % ~ pi I
hut she KEEP steppIn' esci.s 81
steppin' BACKYARD. til "
stepped Oh. 80. ,adsi
captain. STOPPING to 100. q. ~ ~
" At the picture on tne s ~
iished her out. an ! gues. -
she was content to pain' B
Youths Companion. Il
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This masculine myth about womans not being able to master the
higher the curriculum has disappeared along with that about
college dcnaton toward matrmony 1t must be ad-
mtted it is that smaller number of college than of others
whether that reflects college don't
Psychological do feel that
possess the degree originality and invention those
don't believe the needs worried about
that She's getting all she she wants she knows
And this excitement about the woman
for statistics show that cent of American women
eccupdor unocup the about the home and that
only left to excited
Our greatest educational problem make the uttarian integral
school work Strangely enough in this country where
labor the trade schools which highly
developed Germany England and Switzerland almost neglected For
girl has been absolutely commit
school training trade
nothing this. Physio-
logical suicide thing compared with the intellectual
suicide which allowing permitting children to
with kind of soul life We have the uttaran training and
must have the spiruaizing element in it.
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becoming foreman nj an early GATE
and displaying strong natural tastes
and capacity for editorship.
Mark Twain In q Printing ONCE.
II laughing is good for man. then
Mark Twain deserves well OF his
countrymen. for no man has done
more to cheer the American public
than this great humorist.
At IL years OF age Samuel Lang
horne Clemens MARK Twain was
Obliged to quit school on account OF
the death of his father. and 1t was
then his education In real life began.
Always having been n delicate boy.
his father had been lenient in the mat
ter OF attendance at school. although
he had been anxious that his children
should have good cducations. His
wish was fulfilled. although not exact
ly in the way he would have planned.
Mark TwaIn's high school was the vii
lage printing office. where his elder
brother, Orion. was conducting a news
paper.
The boy. then only 13. served In all
capacities. and in the occasional alb
sences OF his chief reveled In personal
journalism. with original illustrations
hacked on wooden blocks with n pen.
knife. These illustrated articles"
riveted the towns attention. but not
its admiration as his brother was
wont to confess with n good deal OF
feeling. He. being the editor. had to
take the consequences upon his re-
turn.
In 1853 Marks adventurous dlsposi-
ton made itself manifest, and he dis
appeared from home to try his for
tune. He became vcritable tramp
printer. and wandered from one east
ern printing office to another. support
Ing himself by setting type. Finally
his wandering came to an end on ac-
count OF lack of funds. and he returned
to live with his family. 1t was at this
period of his life that he induced Hor-
ace Bixby to teach him the intrlcacies
OF steamboat plotting.
Twain's First Literary Effort.
II was while with Bixby that Mark
made his first venture into literature.
although this is sometimes disputed.
anu Sen ID. II. BUNKER, OF Sanula, n.
H.. appears to have been the one that
gave him the mental push which start
ed him on his career. Gen. Bunker
had played a game OF cards with Glenn.
ems. and during the course OF the game
had been much amused Mt the pithy
observations interjected into the
young man. Being called to Aurora
on business, the general invited Glenn
ems to accompany him, and few
days later was shown description OF
the trip written by the young man.
and was astonished at the wit dis
played In the composition. He sug-
gested that 1t be sent to the San Fran
cisco Union. but Clemens would have
none OF It. remarking that they
wouldn't publish such nonsensical
trash!"
After a good deal OF persuasion he
was induced to send the story along.
but nothing would induce him to sign
his name to It. He did not want any.
one to know that he was tho author Of
such "trash." and SO decided to sign
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sayberrIes for Thanksgiving Candles
The revival OF many an old time In
dustry has brought into vogue the
bayberry candle. beloved OF our grand
mothers. and here and there along
country byways men and women may
now be found garnering the aromatic
berries. which some enterprising WON
an has engaged to make into candles,
says the Providence Daily Journal.
1t requires quart Of berries te
make one candle. They should be
kept In a dry place till ready to use
then put into a preserve kettle, allow
Ing two quarts Of water to one Of
berries. They should be boiled fol
four hours. filling up the kettle with
hot water as It boils away. Then sci
1t back where 1t will simmer a whilt
and at night set away to cool. In tht
morning the wax will have formed II
a large cake on top Of the water, ant
after melting and straining through {
piece Of fine lawn or cheesecioth It Il
ready to pour into the candle molds
These candles give out sweet, aro
matic odor. which perfumes the room
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Sin 0hstarlr tn
Gnnta1t Drurlnrntrnt
BY REV. E. A. CUTLER.
Milwaukee PASTOR.

stately of would vitality
look the heart of the laid bare by the
around the rotten PARTICLES For may year
rowing into the life of the destroying the ers robng
natural strength The first of wind
ground and pathetic is the sight.
dazzling finance has suddenly With
hand the blows to be an endur.
Of character found be honeyombed
honesty Investigations the pecuaon orgeres which have
for The heart has become black with
Continuously the Of hness and greed have
and destroyed the moral the
Of life fell and great the fall thereof.
When will realize that harborng viii hnd
II LIE from reaching it, possibilities 4 ~
Np0 = cherished, IN tsrzibls mesal disaster5
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suited TO his TALENT, = i
II Is interesting d ~,
.ne publication Of Ma =
ventures OF Huck.ebtry, w.
Is now considered ono 4, s
one one. critic declared:
rwnin's .. reputation as . ~
well founded and .,,'a,
might say that this eS.su
nicious stun is copclas,.pp
that Its author has M ',,s ~.
ranked with Artemus WV. ,s
Smith. Dean Swift. John '
other recognized humori,. Z
Grade OF the author Of th,s ~
hc''on' 'Peck's BAD boy
Horace Greeley =. /, .p,.j|
Mark Twain came FINN h. &
and the advice of one '.pris,.s.
who attained success ws,. % =.
young man, and grow mn ~
country Every schoolho, n
who gave that advice. Bo,. !. r.
poverty, Horace Greeley ~, !.
10 obtain much OF an edr..s
after his sixth year he w. ~
lowed to 20 to school dur,n, \.
ter months. He and his bro,s..
to help their father exc ON, . 4,
able existence from the M...
which. with the ramshacsle ~
ON II. was the elder Greeley, ~
session.
In 1896 Horace Greeley e,,.,..
office OF the Northern spsc.,,s
East Poultney. Vt, as an aO,,.
and for the first six moutby ~
ceived nothing but his boa,a y
that he received In addition N. :
ly sum OF $40 a year for fou, +. :
half years. At the exnira,Io, !
apprenticeship he wen, to En-
and thence to New York ~
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From my glad lips UP through tn,
pinon-trees.
Then hit the trail with the fire o. hope
Blown into n new an holicr blaze.
An trudgcd along up the rocky slope.
Ny hcartstrings tremblin' with songs o
praise.
II must been Heaven that sent the luck
For I hadn't gone more'n a mile. til
there
In the breast of n rocky ridge struck
A lead that'll make me n millionaire.
James Barton Adams. in Tho Sunda,
Magazine.
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BY harboring sin man
will never reach his high
est possibilities and ulti-
mate results.
Suddenly the monarch
of the forest falls. 1t
would seem as if the
crash had come without
any previous warning.
The beautiful foliage.
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There was a family be-
fore there was a home;
there are families now
that are in danger of
sinking back into the no.
madic life, without set
tied habitation, where
there are few sanctities,
and u minimum of con.
tinuity.
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II with the Mississippi lsadsman,s eail
for two fathoms. mark twain.~ a Nv
days later The oaa Francisco paper
came. with The skeeeh. followed " :
check ~ 800. Of eourso ~ eAook
was drawn % ~ ee6of = Aearh
twain 80 gTees ees1nu1lv ~ nI1 -
Saeted ~ - ~ ~ 11l11 r.. p $500
/ So 1. ! |! ! : \ !. / g., - I! I a.
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@NN0T ~ CZNizT Hozr.
.asI11NH ZgZAzE
azzp AEN.ZzRs

chs worked - . printers dsvii" there
~ one man who was more fortunate
n advocating his visws than EIowsils'
fathes. and that man. William Lloyd
0eeriscn. started In lite IN he same
e1nanlr - ~ younDef Howelis. AZ
- Jeoso q - 0aff1sca Was appsen-
lloo1 - ~ pf1atiAe businees ie -
ol1oo " ~ Dcov4usyDogf 1lrSi1,
: "! H. s1ss 4! 7 n =! l. Z ~
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IA. stronger ss.

The scene is . woman \. .sI =
whats this l heart a p
"Weii, vhat7" re.u.s ~. ~
looking up from her lssnm s,,cv ~
"Why, they say yoe ~ ~, -
hand 70 carry . latcnAss II
$50 I do" - - u
cool glass Of ~
.oo1a 4 ~ elbow.
- Il -. nat I'd
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rhe rrue rhanIk. aIxIna.

NSs IN the form OF . hollow prayer,
Nor the wsightlsss words thou nearest
Not In the mirth round the festal fare
II gratitude sincersst-
But assp in shs bosom IN unvolced song
Of pTaiee for the ~ Of living.
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QInllrgr Qrni1rar fnr
3mHtri1rttnm III @nthrrlrnnn
BY PROF. JAMES r. ANGEL.
University Of Chicago.

NE Of the greatest needs Of American colleges and universities
for the establishment of Of instruction in
motherhood.
1t is question in my mind whether not the greatest
need Of higher institutions Of learning for is not
the introduction of courses in the things which
face every young womanhe things which have to do with tho
and of children Few, if any, efforts have ever
been made in this direction uunder American auspices
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Il ~ hdaese maa ~ nayo : e1oaa
e ~ ;;tefg ~ - ~ l66
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LADDER OF FAME CLIMBED BY MANY
Men Whose Names Now Are Houseiod Words to
Millions Commenced Life Humble Assisants to the
Village Editor-Mark 7Oan and Horace Greeley
Shining Examples

becoming foreman Mt an early date
and displaying strong natural tastes
and capacity for editorship.
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King Of Gum Corner.

From the Boston Globe.
Way up In northern Oxford county. Me-,
along the route of the P. & r. r. railway
at the entrance of the Rangeiey lake re-
gion. Is q prosperous little settlement
known all over the state as Gum Corner.
Byron is the township and the station,
but from the time A. o. Reed made the lit
tie village synonymous with spruce gum Il
became Gum Corner. and the shrewd Yam
kee the gum king, and such they remain
today.
Mr.. Reed collected gum for twenty-five
years
For three or four years previously he dug
the gum himself bringing In from fifty to
seventy-five pounds every good day. On
rainy days he cleaned and marketed gum.
After three years." said Mr.. Reed. 81
struck In on larger scale and bought gum
OF other diggers as far north AZ the Magal-
loway region They brought 1t along In
four-horse loads. For twenty-five years /
bought on an average OF forty tons year.
The clear iumps sold around the state for
81 pound; the rough gum / shipped to
Eigin. H.. whore received fifty cents q
pound for It. Success? Well. 1t built the
little house you see under the elms here,
and look pretty healthy myself"
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knowing the President would attend. Dor
rowed one OF the treasury flags. II was
placed on a pole extending out from the
box OF President Lincoln. After Booth had
shot President Lincoln and leaped from
the box his spur caught in the knotted
fringe OF the flag. throwing him TO the
stage and breaking his leg. The torn piece
in the fringe of the flag has never been
mended and is seen by visitors today
The morning following the murder the
flag returned TO the treasury and was
placed In room LOG for safe keeping. When
Vice President Johnson took the oath OF
Office he occupied the rooms that are now
1876 and 1893. An employe of the treasury
at this time was messenger for room 1875.
Some time in 1865 the flag was stored in
the sub-basement. It remained there
seven or eight years, when the captain OF
the watch of the department had the flag
and pole placed on exhibit In room OF the
building. Later on il was placed in case.
being placed on the wall OF the north cor
rldor. few years ago Secretary Gage
lent 1t to the 10th street exhibit.
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Friendliness of Americans.
hews in the Reader.

Brander Matthews in the Reader.
The ingenius French philosopher, NJ. LIE
Bon, commenting on the motto of the revo-
luton. Liberty. Equality and Fraternity
declared that the real difference between
the French and the British lay in the fact
that the French were enamored of equality
and cared little for liberty, while the Brit
ish insisted liberty and never gave a
thought to equality. And when 1 once quot
ed this to Mr.. Rudyard Kipling he instant
ly added his comment to the effect
that what the American really pre-
ferred was fraternity. HE is good fellow
himself and he expects you to be one"
This spontaneous suggestion seems to be
recognition that friendlness, a regard for
ones fellow creatures-the social instinct, in
short-may be more often looked for among
us Americans than among our British cous-
ms.
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For Philadelphia, New
York, and the East.

400 Pm CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED" 70,
New York cny. daily. all Parlor Cars, Dining
Car
Express. s.5S. $50. 1000 (New York only and
!II.oo AN. IL. So. 1900 t4.45 $50 and 1o.o
PM. 1870 night On Sundays $50, ,11.Oo
AN. 10 o1. tSoO. t4.40. $50 aud 1000 PM,
1880 night.
For Philadelphia only. Express. TAO. 1000 An.
1901 Pm. week days. zoo. sis. 400. ,5.35 and
go IN. daily; 665 AN. Sundays.
For Boston. without change. TAO An week days
and 1885 PM. daily.
For Baltimore. 500, Oils. e.65. 7.4o. 7.5o $50
1000. 10. so. 100 An. 1901. 1885. Ito. LIZ
2eo. 500, ais. $40. 400 (4o0 Limited) 40
AS, AS. 5.S5. $40. s.1o $50. tbs, 7.4o 1000
1910. lbs Pm. and 1880 night week dsys
On Sundays. s-Ss, T5o. $780, $50 1880. IL 90
An. ia.ol. lis. 200. 500. Sis. $40. 400
(&eo Limited, 40. &.4o. S-s5 $40. $40. ESQ
7:l5. T.4o. 1000. 1910 P NJ. and 1880 night
Atlantic City Special" LILO Pm. week days
Tor Cape May. I2s5 PM. week days: sundsys
1880 night.
For Asbury Park. HOO An. and I2.a5 Pm. week
dzys
For Annapolis. TAO, $50 An. 1855. AS and
ON I'M "eeA OAss- SeeASas o-oV A-h-' ofo
and 1910 PM
For Pope's Greek Line. Too AN. and AS PM.
week days go A NJ. SundayA
Ticket Offices corner Fifteenth and q streets,
and at the station. Sixth and Streets. where
orders can be left for tho checking OF baggage to
dest,ns ton from hotels and residences
TeisTAane call Main $780, for Pennsylvania
Railroad Cab Service.
tDining Oar.
W W. ATTERBURY. J. Il. WOOD.
General Manager. Passr Trafne Manager.
GEO. W. BOYD,
General Passenger Agent
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may be seen many small mountain cities,
beautiful mountain lakes. long chains OF
SnoW-covered mountain ranges and 9
broad expanse OF huge, Jagged rock. And
the trip up and down the mountain on the
cog road holds ones attention throughout.
The cog road is about nine miles long. and
the average grade ID Is per cent. or 844S
IS per cent--a sleeper grade than q tobog-
gan slide Riding along this slanting track
the passenger looks out the side windows
of the car into chasEns and gulches hum
dreds of feet deep. upon rocks bigger than
good-sixed houses hanging over the edge of
the mountain. II cog should break or the
hold back machinery OF the engine
should give way when the car Ii up above
the timber line It would probably be all over
with the passengers But then they would
be halfway to heaven. anyway. The train
of such an accident. for everything about
the railroad and trains is carefully in
Epected. A. r. l.
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MUTE AvENGER.
Flag Which Tripped Booth Exhibited
at Treasury

There has been returned to the treasury
a historic flag which Secretary Gage lent
to the Lincoln exhibit on 10th street. Chief
Clerk Ludlow requested its return 1t now
hangs in a frame case in the north CORR
dor of the first floor OF the treasury, near
the Office of Treasurer Treat. Hundreds of
strangers in Washington view 1t daily.
In 1864 a regiment was formed OF treas
ury employees. 1t was commanded by Col.
Frank Jones. a fine soldier. The treasury
soldiers drilled on the White Lot. The pa
triotism of the regiment was shared by the
ladies of the department. who presented
stand of colors. made of beautiful silk. On
the day of the ssination of President
Lincoln the proprietor of Ford's Theater,
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Advantage of Mixed Floods.

From the Reader.
II we Americans were Of purely British
stock We should not be what We are-at
least, II we may Judge by the record of the
Australians. who are OF a purely British
stock and who have accomplished nothing
as yet in literature or In art or in science.
The Australians are now more in number
than we were when we separated ourselves
from Great Britain. and yet they have not
produced a single man of enlfnence. In
deed. it may be doubted whether one Amer
lean can mention the name of a single ma
tive Australian or has ever read single
Australians seem to afford an extreme ex-
ample of the disadvantages of inbreeding.
whereas we Americans reveal the advan-
tages of a commngling. of stocks, which
has quickened our sluggish British blood