El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-23

TITLE Bourbons. from Louis XIV TO
Charles y. distinguished them
l. selves by their narrowness. per-
verseness and incapacity TO govern
justly. so that Napoleon was justified
IN speaking OF them as hereditary
asses"
William Pitt VINO was the head OF
the English government at 70 had a
father who was the head Of the same
government at 81
Mrs Siddons. the worlds greatest
actress was born Of theatrical parents
Henry Ward Beecher. the most bril-
liant pulpit orator Of the nineteenth
century. sp-arg from family Of great
preachers
The genius Of Lord Bacon's family
and that OF Darwin were marked for
several generations
At reunion Of the Bach family there
were present one hundred and twenty
musicians who were descendants Of
that great family Of creative musicians.
Mothers Influence.
Sir Walter ScOtTs mother was
lover Of poetry and painting, He valued
his descent from the SCOTS Of Harden
and his kinship with the bold Buc-
cleuch' more than his fame as a poet
and novelist
Bryon's worst enemy was his proud
and iIl-tempered mother But Byron's
father. sport though he was. has fine
blood in his veins Henry Boyle, speak
ing of Byron. whom he met in Italy.
says in one Of his letters The Ital-
fans We're all struck with establishment
at this great poet thinking more OF
himself as descendant Of the Norman
Byrons. than as the author Of Barisina
and Bara-
NapoIeon's mother was a heroine
nh in na r hr-e 5s~aH
danger without winking- Napoleon was
born amid the clatter and clash OF
arms
The mother OF the Wesleys was dis
tinguished for her intellectual powers |
and executive ability, so that she has I
been called The mother Of Meth |
odism-" The Wesleys. John and Charles.
were equally well endowed by father Z
and mother For generations the I
Wesleys were stout indicators OF the :
right OF conscience
Ruskin Acknowledged without stint /
the debt he owed 70 his mothers love 1
and care Of him IN a system Of educa- |
ton. though puritanically stern. was 4
founded on high principals Of wisdom /
and Righteousness
Such q woman as Agrippina the !
mUrderess. has such a son as Nero.
When Sydney Smith was asked for 4
his coat-of-arus he answered The /
Smiths never had any arms. but have 1
their thumbs" Yet even the noted wit I
was proud of his lineage. for his grand 4
father was a man of singular gifts.
and he is said TO have inherited from /
his mother all the finer qualities OF
his mind, as well as much Of his con
stitutiOnaI gayety Of temperament
Henry CIay's Greatness.
Henry Clay. the greatness OF whose I
name, by common consent rests upon
his own merit was the son Of q Ba0- !
list preacher. Of great dignity and
and from him inherited his
Incompatible voice. while his mother
was q woman OF patriotic spirit When I
the dead body Of her husband was "
ing in the house. Colonel Tarleton. com
q cavalry force under Lord ]
passed through Hanover
County. Virginia on q raid and left (
gold and silver on Mrs Claws table.
rs a compensation for some property
stolen or destroyed by the soldiers,
but as soon as Tarleton was gone the
spirited women. though poor with |
seven children TO look after. swept the
money in her apron and threw it into
he fireplace
The mother OF Patrick Henry, the
orator Of the Revolution, and the
mother OF Daniel Webster. expounder !
md defender OF the Constitution. were
for their conversational /
1owers-
LineoIn's Debt to Mother.
Abraham Lincoln stands alone IN
history, nothing before him. little after.
ret his mother. Nancy Hanks. was a
emarkable woman She fl was who.
possessing the accomplishments Of
eading and writing. unusual at that
line among the poorer people OF Ken
ucky. taught Abraham his first letters
md gave him his first lessons in writ
NJ Lincoln. the man of Providence. {
onfessed that among his most pleas SAINT
eminiscences were those Of his mother
o whom he imputed the best and I :
qualities he had inherited
Cromwell, though a grazing farmer ! Z
( IS was descended from the Crom- | '