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mT FAVORI SONS ovu STORY by th« Hlghwiy and Byway** Preacher (A Viaten Between the Line# of Cod's Inspired Word.) (Ucpji.gbt. Mtt. J. M luiM.) Scripture Authority“And the boys OTew; and Beau sms a cunning hunter, a tuan of thr fitld; and Jacob was a plain ■nan. dwelling in tents And Isaac loved ®sau, because he did eat of his vension; but Rebekah loved Jacob."—Gen. 25:27. 28. ELLO, Esau! Off again, are you?’’ called Jacob, pois ing the jar of goat's milk on bis shoulder and paus ing in front of his mother's tent to look after his brother, who. equipped for the chase, was just starting out. "Which way this time?” Esau turned bis ht-tid at tiic sound of the voice, but with out stopping he replied, bluntly: “Same old chase. Bound to get that uutelope to-day.” “I'd give it up, if 1 were you.” ex claimed Jacob. "Humph! 1 know you would,” shout ed bark the hunter. “If father depend ed on you he'd never know the taste oi venison.” Esau had a good-natured contempt for his brother. He viewed him as a sort of a weakling, and on occasion did not hesitate to express himself on that point, as in the present instance. But although Jacob felt the thrust he ven tured no reply, but turning, entered the ! tent, while Esau continued at a vigor out gait down the path. It was evident that Rebekah had over heard the last remark of Esau, for as she took the Jar from Jacob she ejacu lated with much spirit, at the same lime casting a swift glance in the direction of Isaac, who sat on the farther side cf the tent: “VeniBon is not the ouly thing to be desired!” "What's that, mother,” he said, look ing up. “1 say that Esau better stay at home and help look after things instead of trailing some frightened deer over the mountainside. We need him more than we need his venison!” Jacob did not linger to hear what reply his father would make, but hur ried off to attend to one of the lambs which his watchful eye had discovered that morning lying with one of its legs injured. He was a careful husband man. and had it not been for his faith fulness, the easy-going, venison-loving Isaac would have been poorer by many a Iamb, and many a measure of grain. And so while Esau roamed the fields with wild, free spirit, Jacob busied himself at home. He was a keen cal culator, and careful manager, knowing how to obtain the largest increase, or drive the sharpest bargain, and his mother's nature and spirit were in per fect harmony with her thrifty son. But Isaac loved Esau. He ate of his venison, and delighted in the stories of the chase, perhaps because his nature and train ing under the gentle Sarah had shut him out of that wild realm in which his big, strong, agile son reveled. Now Isaac had long since learned that he was do match for .Kebekab's sharp tongue and so on this occasion he maintained a discreet silence, and presently sbe continued her complaint. "One would think from Esau’s shift less, worthless habits that the only worthy ambition in life was to Jjunt venison, and the only thing worth do ing after it was killed was to ea{ it.” Isaac winced under the sharp thrust, and feeling that some kind of a show ac defense must be made, he said: “Who was it cleaned out that den of lions after the flocks had been rav aged? Who was it that trailed the great she bear that had killed one of the cam el*, and fearlessly attacking her In her lair, and fought her in hand-to-hand conflict and slew her? Who was it vyho set the traps which caught the foxes that were causing us so much trouble? Mrely Esau has served ua well on more than one occasion!” “All that is true,” Rebekah admitted, “but If the 4-a.re and management of the flocks and herds had been left to Esau, there would have been none for Hons, or bears <*■ other beasts to have troubled.” "Ob. well. wini the responsibility of the inheritance welder son comes upon him he will change." apologized the fa ther. ever ready to make excuses for bis favorite son "Yes, char**!” aniiled Kebekah. skeptically "Hf's been changing for the worse ever sinoe be was a boy. Never could be (KpeoderI on." And It was true, furaa a mere lad he •had manifested the wild free nature, and If set to tend the sheep ho was more than likely to beoosive interested in set ting some trap in bbe field and forget ail About .his charge Or if sent on an er rand a skurrving rabbit or other small iuilmal was sure to lewipf him from the pathway and that was the last of the errand. And as he grew into young mao hood, he chaffed more and wore under restraint and the work and life of the home, and for this reason he made the distant Ovids, and wood* and mom Inina his favorite retreat. Such habits were a constant source nf Irittation to the thrifty mother, and «be coaxed and arnlded. and even tried lo drive tier rerr.sa.nt son to abandon ♦ uth an aimless life But it was all to no purpose, and na’urA.ly her affect ion and pride centered in the steady, pg lienl,plodding. pipvJdeot Jacob. * Bwt to tfco mind of luac Vkm Itif »k>o bad gone far enough, and to —cape further controversy be withdrew, with out making any reply to bia wife's last remark. And she was equally anxious to end the interview, for Isaac's ref erence to Esau's inheritance as the elder son set her to thinking and she wanted to be alone. She had become so accustomed to Jacob's managing, and his domination next to his father in the domestic affairs that she thought of his being always in that place, and forgot that Esau's right — elder son would some day change it all. “Was it right?" she asked herself, "when service and character and every thing which the mother could think of except the circumstances of birth over which he had no control proclaimed him the one entitled to the privileges of the elder son?" The drift of her thought carried her bark over the years and she found her self searching her memory for light. The strange circumstances preceding the birth of the two boys and the words of the Lord when she had gone to in quire of Him concerning the matter, bad never beeu understood by her. and now she found herself saying over and over again the words which the Lord had spoken so many years before: "The elder shall serve the younger. Tbs elder shall serve the younger.” So absorbed was she In her thoughts, that she did not hear footsteps, and the voice of her son at the tent door star tled her violently. "Who were you talking to. mother?” i "I talking? Did 1 speak?” exclaimed the surprised woman, regaining her composure. ies,” replied Jacob, "you've been saying over and over again: 'The elder shall serve the younger. The elder shall serve the younger.’ just as if you were reciting your lesson or trying to mem oriz-e a part.” “Well, 1 don't wonder I've been speak ing aloud when my thoughts have been so wrought up and disturbed,” was the nervous rejoinder, the color mounting to her cheeks as she realized that one of the hidden secrets of her heart had been revealed and that her son would next be asking for an explanation. And the request was not long delayed, for Jacob coming to his mother s side and looking searcbingly into her eyes, asked eagerly: “What do you mean, mother, by say ing: 'The elder shall serve the younger?’ ” The mother was troubled and per plexed. How could she explain some thing she did not and could not under stand herself? But she knew she must say something, and so she told him as simply and frankly as she could the circumstances of the Lord's message. Jacob listened with an intensity that almost startled his mother, and when she had finished, they both sat in silence for some minutes. Was it a feeling of exultation, of triumph, or simply a fervid recognition of the Divine element In his life which swept over Jacob as he sat there and thought of his brother, and the possibilities of the future years. But suddenly a cloud swept over his face. The mother noted the change of mood; the swift descent from the ecstatic to the morose. Catching the thought with her quick intuition whic h had flashed through the mind of Jacob and wrought the change, she said, as she pressed his hand, reassuringly: “But the right of the elder son? Yes, we shall have to wait!” Three days passed and no Esau. The morning he had departed he had made bis boast that he would return at night with the antelope which had so re peatedly defied his skill as a hunter, but he had not come. Little attention waa given the matter, for he often remained away days at a time. At first Isaac was disappointed at not getting his treat of venison, but as the second day wore away into the third and still no Esau it was plain to see that he was uneasy over the hunter's absence. Late in the afternoon while Jacob was busy preparing a pot of succulent beans Esau came in weary and empty handed. The long tramp, the persist ent chase, the scant provisions with which he had been provided, ail told a story of a hunter weary and famished. And so the appetizing odor of the food which Jacob was preparing came to Esau's nostrils with a power which could not be resisted. So eager was he for the food that he did not notice th« sarcasm of Jacob as he asked: "Well, where’s father's venison ?” “Give me.” he exclaimed, “some of that pottage, for I am faint with hun ger!” Like a flash there eaine to the mind of Jacob the words his mother had spoken: "The elder shall nerve the younger." But the birthright? How it loomed up before him! "Sell me this day thy birthright,” ex claimed Jacob, "and you may have all the pottage you want. And It la fine!" he added, as he took a dish and began to 0)1 it w-ith the appetizing food. “Behold, I am at the point to die,** impatiently cried Esau, "and what profit shall this birthright do to me? Let me have the pottage!” "Swear! Swear to me this day that It shall be mine." insisted the cautious Ja«ob. withholding the bowl of steaming pottage, while the pleasant aroma carne crowding upon t.be nostrils of the fam ished Esau. "Yea. I swear that It shall be thine! H®re! Here! Only give me to eat!" And he seized the food which Jacob placed in front of him and ate a« though there was never a i.awl but that of the physical. And as the warm, suc culent food filled bis stomach, tbera stole over him that animal conteufrue nt which comes u> those who know no higher feelings than the mere needs of thp body. And when be had eaten and druiken. he rose up and went his way, and f.’e wily Jacob, as he wa’ebv’d him depart, muttered ro him*e’f: "V'erlfj, tLe elder shall »«rve .th* younger." ^ No Scop* la the Family. Mary Ana fo'Hooley—Sure. Bedelta ser th* tacber won't let her cum to school agin until she's afther bein' vaccinated. Pat O’Hooley— Bedad. Oi’ll not have her vaccinated. Oi’m a union moo, an' Oi'll hev no scabs in th’ family.-— N. Y. Times. An Estimate of Himself. He—My! haven't you forgotten that little joke of mine yet? She (coldly)—No. I haven't. “And you’re still mad at me?" “Yes.” “Well, that's just like a woman, to get mad at nothing."—Philadelphia Press. Broke the News. “Dearest.” whispered Cordelia, after she had captured the coveted solitaire. “I have a confession to make. I am a cooking school graduate." Clarence shuddered. -v “Oh. well,” he replied, after the man ner of one resigned to his fate, ”we can board.”—Columbus Dispatch. Singular Bequests. There is a story of an American mur derer who left J2.p>0 by his will to his executioner. This tale is now matched by one from Paris. A wine merchant of that city face to face with financial ruin planned suicide, but first set aside a dozen bottles of wine for the under taker. Gome*’ Reprimand. The late (Sen. Maximo Gomez once caught one of his brigadiers selling brown sugar to the Spaniards. Gomez stripped the traitor of his stars and said: “From this time forth you are Hrig. Knspadurn.” which, translated, is brigadier Sugar Cake. To Cana for Water. The boy had to describe our Lord's first miracle The turning of water into wine, he wrote, was the first miracle and it happened at Cana. Then he add ed: “And after that everybody went to Cana for water.” Warning to Be Heeded. On the beach near nn English town a sign bearing this legend was nailed to a post: Notice—Any person passing beyond this point will be drowned. By order of the magistrates.” Big Crow Hunt. A crow hunt was recently held by 39 hunters of Elgin and Kane counties, Illinois, lasting two days. Their rec ord was 1,131 crows, besides 50 butcher birds and five liawks. The score of sides was 571 and SCO. Foxy Pa. "Pa. why do you always Insist on my singing when Mr. Spoozleton comes here?” “Well, I don't like the fellow, and yet I hate to come right out and tell hirn to go.”—Chicago Record-Herald. Musicians Play Chess. In a London theater, at which a musical play is having a long run, the members of the orchestra play chess on miniature boards during the waits between acts. Consider the Wasp. “The wasp is a disputatious crea ture, to be Rure,” observed the profess or, “but it always carries its point.”— Chicago Tribune. Good for Motorists. A Ixmdon curio dealer has In hit window a placard reading: “Several bits of armor for sale—suitable for motorists.” With Reason. Russian authors are not taking thelv heroes from the military.—Washing, ton Post. MARKET REPORT. Cincinnati CATTLE—Common. $3 Heavy steer* . 4 CALVES- Bitra _(5 H(Xi8—Ch. packer* .5 Mixed packers .... 5 BHEEP—Extra . 4 LAMBS—Spring .... FLOTTR-- Spring pat. WHEAT—No. 2 red. No. 3 red . CORN—No 2 mixed. No. 2 white. OATS- No. 2 mixed. RYE—No. 2 new HAY—Ch. timothy .. PORK—Clear mess.. LARD—Steam . 7 BUTTER Ch. dairy. Choice creamery .. 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CO © 4 to to 37%© to 50 to 14 to 7 e ci to 00 © 4 00 to 3 65 99 63% 38% 82% 25 to to to ©n to e © »v to to 87% 61% 50 50 86 59 % 36 00 50 87 57 35 ONCE THERE WAS A MAN Who Hud Something to Soy About Politics and Who Learned Something. Once there vu s man who complained that tmworthy meu were too freouentlv elected to office, relate* the Chicago Tribune. “Do you attend the primaries?" asked hi* bruit r*. “1 do not,” he said. “Then you have no right to kick.’* they told him. “lt'a the duty of every good riliaen to attend the prtmaric* and are that the beat men are choaeu a» candi cates " Whereupon he began attending the pri maries. He worked faithfully for the noraina tion of sober, honest and reputable can didatea. Hut it did no good. The other fellow* turned out in greater numbera and outvoted him, and bud men were Din)mated and elected to office, a* before. He felt that he had a right to kick thia tune, and he complained again. “Do you attend tb* primaries?** hia hearer* aaked him. “1 do.’’ “Then you ought to keep your mouth shut." they aaid. “You arc a part of the crowd that nominates bad men, and you are responsible for them” Moral: Do you get off her* or wait toll the ear atop*? Getting Hi* Mind Off Sugar. “Why didn't you want your husluuid to go and play with the ohildren in the ►andv” asked one lady of another, at a Florida resort. “Because he came her* to get hi* mind off of business,” waa the reply. “Oh, 1 didn't know your husband was in the retail grocery business! Y onkers Statesman. Especially for Women. Champion, Mich., July 24th.—(Special). —A case of especial intercut to women is that of Mrs. A. Wellett. wife of a well known photographer here. It is best given in her own words. “1 could not sleep, my feet were cold and my limbs cramped." Mrs. Wellett states. "1 had an awful hnrd pain ncross inv kidneys. I had to get up three or four times in the night. I was very uervou* and fearfully despondent. "1 had been troubled in this way for five years when I commenced to use Dodd’* Kidney 1’ills, and what they caused to come from my kidneys will hardly stand description. "Bv the time i had finished one box of Dodo’s Kidney 1'ills I was cured. Now 1 can sleep well, my limbs do not cramp. 1 do not get up in the night and I feel better than 1 have in years. 1 owe my health to Dodd’s Kidney Bills." Women's ills are caused bv Bise^'d Kidneys; that’s why Dodd’s Kiduey iTlls always cure them. "A few men," ssid Uncle Khen, "will five vou advice Vase dey honestly want o help. An 'a whole lot will do it foh de satisfaction of remindin' you of yob hard lu< k an' puttin' on airs. ' Wash mglon Mar. Is Your Strength What It Should BeP Can you work as energetically, or walk as far. climb the stairs as rapidly as you used to? Are your nerves as steady, and your memory as good as formerly? Pains. Weakness, Nervous Exhaustion, Weak Memorv, Rheumatism, Indigestion, Ca tarrh, Misuse and the various Blood and Nervous troubles cause premature old age, shorten life —’ *- ' x using Buahi gists, or »cut by Dr. C. Puaheck, Chicago. It is an odd fart that the most expert marksman cannot ential the unerring ac curacy of the stray bullet in reaching Lbs musk. Baltimore American. Bhnke Into Your Shoes Allen’s Foot Ease. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes easy. Bold by all Druggists und Shoe Stores. Don’t accept any substitute. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, J>e Roy, N. Y. When it comes to a quirk parting ths fool and his money are a close second to a woman and her secret. Biso’s Cure for Consumption is an infalli ble medicine for coughs and colds.—N. VV. Samuel, Ocean drove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. 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