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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
"Birthright or Pottage."

"B1rthr1ght or PottaSe.'
And Esau said, Behold, 1 am at the
point to die; and he sold
his birthright unto Jacob.-Genesis,
1888.
A birthright for a mess Of pottage
so reads the story. All that Is
meant to be the eldest born was sac
rifced for a bowl of lentils. The
savory steam Of a present advantage
shut out a vision of future glory. A
succulent dish looked bigger than a
farm. Esau was defeated by an ap-
petite; sold out for a mess Of pot
tage.
1t is an almost incredible old tale.
But for some present day transac-
lions which retell it we might be In
clined to deny it's truthfulness. I
knew a man who trafficked away his
greatness for a morphine needle. The
question once lay between a few mo-
ments' ease from pain and a lifetime
of honor, and, like his ancient pro-
totype in Scripture, this modern Esau
let 90 the greater for the less-sold
his birthright of eminence for a mess
of doubtful pottage.
OF course, we do not really intend
to give up the greater for the less.
I have always fancied that Esau
thought he would continue to be his
fathers ~favorite son. 1t is because
we do not expect an act Of business
treachery to affect our permanent
standing; because we count on being
lust as good men after a gambling
debt or a season Of self-indulgence;
because we fail to see any particular
Jeopardy in an occasional lapse OF vir-
tue-in other words, because we ex-
pect to eat the pottage and still re-
tain the birthright when all Is said
and done-that we repeat the DC
transaction. No man, however, al
have his cake and eat it too. Moth
ing is got except by the sale OF some
thing else.
The spirit of Esau, then, is the
spirit Of the moment. 1t Is All un-
healthy opportunism. 1t lies not only
by the day, but for the day. Esau
constantly exaggerated the value OF
impulse. He was the sort Of citizen
who would have cheated his creditors
out of seventy-fve per cent. and then
written a generous check for charity.
when I want a drink,I take It, said
a friend in my hearing. But 1t does
Mt take much wit to live by that
law. Surely a mai would be a fool
to take a drink if he did not want
it! But not to take it though he
wants.it ever so much that requires
the whole man. .
But the spirit Of Esau is, most Of
all, the spirit of unfaith. He sold
what he could not see for what he
could see. He traded his birthright
because the birthright was a far on
possession. 1t is so still. Each mai
must devoutly believe in the worth
of an inheritance Of honor and truth.
Only as he comes back from fresh
glimpses of such values is he safe in
the presence of Jacobs succulent
pottage. Such is the Office Of faith
to hold us firm. The principle is the
same whether for the laying Of a
cable, the fighting of a battle or the
saving of ones soul.-George Clarke
Peck, in Sunday Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
Ring Back If Tilted.

Justice J. NJ. Denning, Of Norfolk,
Va, held that a girl who refuses to
marry a man must return her engage
ment ring without question. The
court gave ]. D. Mcfarland, a young
hotel steward, judgment for a $50
diamond ring against Miss Lula B.
Short, who, Mcfarland declares,
Tilted him without cause. The girl
appealed for a jury trial on the
ground that it was not an engage
ment ring but a Christmas gift. JUS
tice Denning said young men don't
give SIS diamond rings just for
Christmas presents
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PRAYER.

The house of my soul is too straight
for Thee to come into; but let it,
o Lord, be enlarged, that Thou may
est enter in. 1t is ruinous; repair
Thou it. 1t has that within which
must offend Thine eyes; 1 confess and
know it. But who shall cleanse it.:
or to whom should I cry out save
Thee? Cleanse me from my secret
faults, o Lord, and forgive those Oh
fences to Thy servant which he has
caused in others. I contend not in
Judgment with Thee, who art Truth:
I fear to deceive myself, lest my sir
should make me think that I am not
sinful. Therefore, I contend not IN
Judgment with Thee; for If Thou,
Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, y
Lord, who shall abide it?-Saint AL
gustine CAD. 354-40s).
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I INJURED, as after one moment he bent
his head and their lips met.
Dorothy was no shy, coy maiden;
| she was a woman, with all the attri-
| butes Of a woman about her. His
heart, his senses were blinded by the
| joy her love brought him.
why have you not spoken to me
| b~efore?" she asked, half r%eproach-
fully, as they rose at last to 90 home
ward, and she slipped her hand
through his arm.
Have you hungered for my words,
dearest?" he asked, interpreting her
speech as meaning only more glad
ness for him. "Ah, If you only knew
how often I have been tempted, how
often my heart has failed mel"
Did you think I should be unkind
to you, Gervais?"
II don't know what I thought. You
are so beautiful, so wonderfully love-
ly, my sweet, l feared you might have
nothing to say to me-"
Foolish boy!" Dorothy laughed
softly, and she lifted her lips once
more to his.
And now it is really true, and I
hold you in my arms, my life, my
wife-yes, my wife-I can scarcely
believe it."
Dorothy chung to him suddenly.
Eyes, yes; your wife!" she repeat
| ed, hurriedly. "Gervais, make me
your wife soon; don't let us wait
long; I am frightened!"
Enlightened at what, my darling?"
and he gently caressed the golden
curls on her forehead; nothing
earthly shall harm you while I am
near you"
81 am frightened lest you should
be taken from me-" the girl said, and
for n moment her cheeks b%lanched,
and even her lips turned pale. "Oh,
think Of that! Think how awful it
would be, Gervais; So"
He folded his arms closer around
her.
You cannot long for our marriage,
Dorothy, as I do; it has been a golden
dream so long, I yearn for the reali-
zation."
Dorothy laid her head on his shout
der and carried his hand to her lips.
II am ready when you ask me, Ger
vais," she murmured, and there was
an eager, anxious look in her eyes
| which he did not see. Don't think
me terribly forward" she added, with
a soft laugh, IF 1 say I cannot bear
the thought of waiting, dear"
Gervais' heart thrilled fast; he saw
in this only a reproduction of his
own great love, and it brought full
and complete qualification.
I'VE will speak to u mother,
dearest" he said, tenderly.
"Yes, dear mother will tell US our
best course" Dorothy agreed softly,
but her face was turned from him,
and he did not see the frown that his
words had c%onjured up. Dorothy was
not only wearied with Lady Oerri-
man, she vas jealous of her, too.
She could not understand the love
that Gervais had for his mother, nor
the respect and admiration he poured
upon her. But the time had not quite
arrived when Dorothy could arrange
things as she liked, and so she posed
as a loving child, anxious for Lady
Derriman to settle matters a. she
liked, the while the girls selfish, all
dominant nature fretted and fumed
beyond expression.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
Slays Ten Per Cent.

II only one per cent. of the total
deaths were due to drink it would
mean ten thousand slain every year
in the United States. But most emf
nent medical authorities put the pro-
portion at ten per cent. 1t is, not
claimed that one in ten who die are
drunkards. But that the disease that
hurried them to the grave was in
duced by alcoholic poison.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
MCollege Makes Drunkards."

E. C. Mercer, a reformed drunk
ard now engaged in evangelistic
work, in an address to the students
of the Northwestern University, chi
eago, declared that one-third OF the
men who came to the Water Street
Mission in New York. ragged and dir
ty and begging for food, are college
bred. Wine, women and song in col
lege life, he said, are responsible for
this condition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
CHAPTER Y.
The Betrothal.

After Lord Perriman's brief visit
and the additional proof of Dorothy's
falseness and unkindness that he had
unwittingly given Enid had one de-
sire clear and firm in her mind-to
get a. strong as possible and to start
her life of independence.
So, when the afternoon heat was
cooling down, Enid, with her modest
belongings, was carried feetly to the
neighboring station, while Simmonds
sat on the back seat of the phaeton
with the proud satisfaction of know
ing that, as far as lay in his power,
he was showing full respect to the
young girl, although those nearest to
her neglected and deserted her.
Meanwhile, up at Barrow-cuir-
moor, Dorothy Knebwell was living a
brief life of perfect happiness. Day
by day she felt her power growing
over Gervais, and, basking in the de-
light that came from her strangely
passionate, almost unreasonable love,
she expanded and softened into the
finest imitation of a pure, sweet, un-
selfish woman. Even Lady Derriman,
who combined strong common sense
with her other good attributes, was
deceived; she was Won by the girls
beauty, her charm and the undeniable
truth that Dorothy loved Gervais
with a love past description.
One evening the two young people
had sauntered out beyond the bound
airy of Barrow-cuir-moor. The day
had been oppressively hot, but on the
heather covered hills a gentle breeze
was blowing that justkissed the girls
cheeks with a soft touch and made
the thin, black web dress she wore
cling closer to her lovely form.
They walked on, speaking every
now and then, and at last came to a
standstill, and their eyes met. Doro-
thy's breast was filled with a tumult
of strong sensations. Hers was one
of those natures that when love comes
it comes in a wild, passionate. sense
less way, holding the object beloved
as something beyond and above all
else, till reaction follows, as follow it
must, and gradually the hot tide Of
passion dies down, leaving naught be-
hind it. So it was that Dorothy loved
this man. While he? AS he stood
gazing at her vivid beauty it seemed
to him as if he could find no prayer
or thought sufficiently strong to thank
heaven for the happiness in store for
him.
He spoke no words, but simply put
out his hands and drew to- slender,
graceful form to his heart.
my love! my darling!" he muir
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
Ek2G1
1TkdY
Breakfast
zlIUnble
OPTIMISM.

Thou canst not find it? Only turn and
look; ~ -,
It's writ on every page of Natures book;
1t is the bird-song,. clear above the storm;
Upon the cloud, it takes the rainbow's
form;
It's on the crocus, ~springing mid the
snow; 49,.
The flush of dawn, while yet the night
hangs low
All these and more; but in thy heart, O
man.. ,
It's name is, faith; and wilt thou mar the
plan? -.
Minnie E. Hicks.
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CHAPTER ".
Continued,

The next day came the news that
Dorothy would leave for Barrow-cuir-
moor - Lord Derriman's estate IN
Scotland-with Lady Derriman, and
, week went slowly by, during which
time Enid lay in bed, too weak to
speak or evel to look about her-the
tension on her nerves had been alto
gether too much for her. But one
morning she took a turn for the bet
ter, and then every hour she seemed
to grow stronger, although it is to be
doubted whether she might not have
passed away altogether from sheer
hamilton If she had not been so IN
tiringly, so marvelously nursed.
Simmonds had not failed to obey
Dorothy's order to write to her each
week, and he put the subject of
Ends health to her briefly yet
strongly, but Miss Krebwell did not
deign to answer. For all she cared
her cousin might have died.
Ends thoughts were troubled
ones as she sat beneath the shade of
the trees.
She had heard from Simmonds of
her uncle's bequeSt, and when she
thought Of her future her heart was
full of gratitude to the dead man.
How I wronged him." she unused
n evening, n of the late July days,
as she moved slowly up and down in
the cool with a white shawl wrapped
around her. While I called him un-
kind he thought of me, poor Uncle
Robert! With this money l car new
or starve. When I am a little stron-
ger I will go away and make money
somehow. I can paint or teach, Or"
The thoughts ended in a %autter,
for, turning quickly, Enid saw a
young man beside her, and with a
sudden start recognized Lord Derri-
man.
Miss Leslie!" he exclaimed in sur
prise. why, I never dreamed to see
you here" then in a tone of conster-
nation, he added, "but you are ILL.,"
Ends pale face flushed, and she
sank gratefully into a chair near at
hand. She was not strong enough for
surprises.
Il am better now" she said
family. 81 have not been very well
lately"
Lord Derriman stood and gazed at
her. Her great blue eyes filled him
with admiration and pity, too. What
a sweet, childlike, pure face hers was.
Your cousin has known nothing
of this" he declared after a pause,
cor she would have been terribly dis
tressed. She thinks you are staying
away, and wonders why you have not
written. When I tell her"
Tell her nothing" Enid said,
speaking firmly and almost contemp-
tuously; II would rather not distress
her!"
He noticed nothing in her words
but a sweet un~selhshness.
Goodbye, Miss Leslie; I trust you
will soon be yourself again, and I am
not to tell Miss Dorothy? Well, per-
haps it is best not, she has had so
much suffering lately; we must spare
her all we can"
A color mounted to his face-as he
spoke, and Enid guessed his secret.
When he grasped her hand a strange
sensation crept into her heart-a mix
ture of pain, of envy, of u~nspeakable
desolation, and as he strobe away
two great tears rolled down her
cheeks and fell with a splash on her
hands,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
Grow HOLSTERS in Pacific,

In furtherance Of an effort to es-
tablish the lobster industry on the
Pacific Coast, a carload of live lob.
sters vas started from Halifax, N.
S., for the other side of the CONT.
nent. HOLSTERS we're shipped in a
similar n about a year ago, and
are reported to be thriving in the
waters of the Pacific.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
Alcohol the Great Curse.

Dean Vaughn, of University OF
Michigan, says that the greatest curse
to university students to-day is alco'
hol.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
Honest Doubters.

Thomas was an honest doubter;
therefore the Master was anxious to
help him. Honest doubters are
treated in like manner to-day.-Rey.
Oryille A, Petty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
The Simple Life.

Be content to lead a simple life
where God has placed you. Be obedi.
emit; bear your little daily crosses
YOU need them, and God gives them
to you only out of pure mercy.-Fen-
elOn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
browns in Canoe Upset.

Paul M. Friedinger, twenty years
old, a Government clerk, was
drowned by the capsizing Of a. canoe
near the Highway bridge on the Po'
tomac River. Friedinger's compan-
ion, Leon lie Buffe. swan ashore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
Sticks to Whipping Post.

The whipping post Is considered q
necessary part Of the discipline of
the Missouri %penitentiary by the Sem
ate, which defeated a measure abol-
ishing such punishment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02

The sale of land reclaimed by the
Federal reclamation service is eX-
pected more than to repay the $780,
OOG. geo expended to date by the Gov
eminent,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
IN the Salon at Twelve.

Marcel Levallard, aged twelve
years, has had a picture accepted by
the Salon des Artistes Franchises,
Paris.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02

Subject: Heroes Of Fain, HEIR
11:1-40-Commit Verses "a,
Golden Text, Hebrews II !
Commentary on Days Lessor
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-09
A Little of Everything

The average weight of the
heart is from nine to eleven
ounces.
Steel pens were made in Birm-
ingham, England, first in 1905.
The largest monastery in the
world is the Franciscan, at Quito,
Ecuador.
It is estimated that England
annually consumes the milk of
5000, 900 cows.
Copper and wire sheets are
now produced direct from the
crude metal by one process.
The worlds postal business is
increasing at the rate of Z per
cent per annum.
The prizes now being contested
for by aviators number thirty
eight and are valued at $500, 0OO.
The Chinese pupil reciting his
lesson turns his back to his
teacher.
Two-thirds of the native popu-
lation of Uganda has been wiped
out by the sleeping sickness In
seven years,
Of million girl babies born,
881, 266 are alive at the age of
twelve months. Of the boys,
10000 fewer i've through the first
year.
Although England has exhaus-
tless deposits in the salt mines of
the Punjab, l, 482, 784 tons of
salt were first imported in 1867
If a human being continued to
grow at the same rate as he does
in his first year he would be
sixty-eight feet tall at the age Of
ten.
At the desire of the President,
Mrs. Taft refrains from driving
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-09

Hundreds of inquiries are
being made as to the treat
ment accorded Afro Ameri-
cans on the grounds of the A.
Y. P. Exposition. while it is
impossible to make personal
replies to all such inquiries
THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN is
in position to state for the
benefit of such persons that
the Negro fares just as we'll as
the white man on the grounds
In most of the eXpositions that
have been held in this country
there is no denying the fact
the black man was discrimin-
ated against, but that is not
true of the Seattle Exposition.
The managers and the citizens
desire to make the Big Show
success and all propose to see
that every visitor is given a
square deal. There are about
200 Afro Americans employed
on the grounds and if they are
not being accorded proper
treatment, they are keeping
quiet about it, and black folk
do not do that way very long.
Seattle does not do things by
halves and if you feel like
coming to see the show Seattle
will welcome you.
How about accommodations
in the city? There will be no
more trouble about that than
your reception on the grounds
Thus far we have heard none
Of the larger and more expen-
sive hotels closing their doors
against the Negro, if you have
the price this is said advised
ly-you can get a room in the
best hotel in the city. Think
ing that a majority of the
Afro-Americans would prefer
to stop with people of their
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Continued from Page 81

NOOuClt1uSU lFOIu age o.
and will continue to have as long
as the exposition is in operation.
Burglars, thieves and crooks of
all kinds and capacity for separ-
ating the people from their mon
ey and property have made their
undesirable advent into the city,
and are nightly preying upon
the unsuspecting denizen and
visitor in Seattle. This state of
affairs should be expected at ev-
cry worlds fair, and the people
should fortify themselves against
them. No family should leave
their residence during the even
ing entirely unguarded; at least
they should have their valuables
placed in a safe which can be
purchased for twenty dollars
that no burglar could open, or
place their jewelry and valuables
in safe depssit bank.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-09

1t is to be regretted that the
suffragist convention was mar
red by such an acrimonious disa-
greement at their session here
last week. These women are
sincere and in earnest, and the
convention was composed of
some of the most intelligent
women in our land as we'll as
from foreign countries. We are
sorry that this unwelcome disa-
greement occurred between two
factions in the fair state of Was
hii4gton. The matter was pass
ed up to the convention which
determined it, we hope, for the
right, and that should end the
CONTROVERSY. The women of
the state of Washington should
get together, make friends, "let
bygones be bygones" and act as
a unit in the coming campaign for
their rights for the ballot. They
should remember that a house
DIVIDED against itself cannot
stand. "
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-09

For the first time in the
history of Ohio an Ohio city
has named a prominent street for
a Negro. Baxter street has by
enactment Of the city council
been changed in name to Dunbar
avenue, in honor of Dayton's
distinguished deceased poet,
Paul Lawrence Dunbar. The
movement to change the name
of the street from Baxter street
to Dunbar avenue was put for
ward by Edward 7. Banks. man.
ager of the colored Y. M. G. A.
In doing this, Mr.. Banks has
made it possible for the name
of Dunbar to be called thousands
of times each day while Dayton
exists and business is transacted
within her borders. Exchange.
Phone Main 305 for legal work.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-09

q gasoline automobile and oper-
ties an electric vehicle over the
streets of Washington.
The United States annually ex-
ports more cottonseed oil than
all the other countries combined
-42, 900, 900 out of $1,000, 900
gallons.
More than 800 workmen are
killed in the course of a year in
this country by accidents Incl
dent to their occupations.
The Mexican government is
experimenting with various
methods for obtaining the best
results from. irrigation. The dry
farming method is also to be
well tested.
The mill occupying the most
northern location in America is a
flour mill at Vermillion, 700 miles
north of the United States boun-
Diary and within 400 miles of the
Artic circle. Exchange.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-09

in dealing with the public and
for that reason are well pre-
pared to serve those who take
up their quarters at their
house with consideration and
care. Mrs. Cayton has been
a resident Of Seattle for the
past fourteen years, while
Mrs. Tester has only been in
the city for a short time, hail
ing from Charlottesville, Indi-
ana, where she served thes
public as a school teacher so
long that she is widely &C
quainted throughout the Mid
die west.
while weekly roomers are
solicited, yet a number of
rooms will always be held in
reserve for transients thus
making it possible for dele.
cations desiring to visit the
fair to get accommodations at
the same place.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-09
Directions:

At the Union Depot take
Twenty Third Avenue Car
and get off at the corner of
23rd and Jefferson, two
blocks west, one block
north
If you are down town
take the James Street car
and transfer to Madrona.
Get off at 2lst and James
and there you are.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-09

Scandinavian American Bank
Choice z per cent
First Mortgages on Improved
Seattle Property
Made by the bank and contain
ing all the little safeguards that
are so often overlooked by the
inexperienced investor. Call or
write.
The Scandinavian American Bank,
Alaska Building. Seattle. Wash.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-28
MAxlM'S MAXIM.
Modest Claims Often Garry More Con
.iction Than Loud Boasts

When Maxim. the famous inventor.
placed his gun before IA committee of
judges. he stated its carrying power
In be considerably below what he felt
sure the gun would accomplish The
result of the trial MAS therefore a
triumph OF surprise instead of dlsap-
pointment. as it might have been If he
had overcstimated his guns efficiency
Our claim regarding Newbrn's Her
pide is based on actual scientific facts
II living germ is causing yuur hair
l" fail out its the most sensible thing
to kill that germ.
Newhro's Herpieide does this quickly
and effe@tually, Destroy the cause
You remove the effect
Said by leading druggists Send loo
In stamps for sample IL the Hcrpicide
Co. Detroit, Mich TWO sizes. zoe and
sl-ea, Missoula Drug Co. special
agents.