Show I 1 MARRIAGE MARKET 1 il 1 marriage is is the mother of ilie world it has filled the earth with F human being and those human beings k areja are in a great measure what t the systems of marriage have made them wo we frequently hear it said 1 that marriage is i a it lottery lotteries are gambling institutions and the of wed locks thus formed too frequently become gt gamblers alers if not something worse A great I 1 I 1 number of these marriage lotteries I 1 cristin different states of the union under a variety of diffie different rent names lt by the promoters of these institutions I 1 t tons many young men and young women have been inveigled and 1 1 harried hurried into premature and very unwise marriages these unions have lave I 1 ili in i many cases been of but brief duration and the system of wedlock that brought them together ab have I 1 f r been fruitful sources of Bep separation in in tho the divorce courts the chicago tribune lias has recently I 1 exposed the operations of some of I 1 those baneful organizations organization 3 in illinois and etli other er places pi aces after speaking i ng of the fact that the last lost of such associations had been squelched in I 1 that state it warns its readers of I 1 I 1 like dangers which threaten them from other quarters th the 0 state I 1 of mississippi lias has been called by some the headquarters of rep tors and bulldozers and that state haa has been selected as tho place for starting another of these o marriage associations and is sending out its circulars and scattering scat scattering terin 0 them broadcast over other states the chicago tribune says tho the affair is known as the east mississippi ce co operative endowment association of west point miss it purports to be chartered b by the ghate state and in addition to the usual matrimonial I 1 department with a promise of 1000 within sixty days after receipt of satisfactory proof of marriage of the beneficiary has jails alo also a birth department holding out to parents the glittering bato bate of I 1 1 or 2000 for each child with IL ta I which they bless the country no extra inducements however howe er aro are offered for twins or triplets for it is is provided in case of plural births the eum sum paid PRIA is is to be divided equally amon among the children the association I 1 is a select select one as befits mississippi it being ex presely stated in the circa lare jars that none tut but white person persons will be admitted circular circulars aie are sent to the county I 1 clerks cleris of each county in the vari various ous states and special pains aro are taken to enlist the sympathy and secure the influence of these officials to promote the interest of these illegal associations they are invited and 4 1 I even urged to become agents of the organizations and to get up au an err I 1 I 1 marriage boom in the country 1 they are assured that fortunes I 1 will accrue to them from the success of this marriage association I 1 they are urged to consult the tile census obtain the address of young unmarried people and inundate 1 them with circulars the promises in W 1 which will appeal to their cupidity and greed and induce them at once 1 to become members of the 11 I 1 4 eions I 1 ia there ie is another circular besides the one above referred to in which I 1 I 1 the swindling character of the concern is unwittingly exposed ani anol in I 1 I 1 ivsich another strong appeal is made to the avaricious nature of those I 1 I 1 who desire te to accumulate wealth or I 1 ama amass fortunes on easy or dishonorable irl terms P ff sa says y s the tribune 1 X R the soc secretary rotary of the association desires 1 1 the operation cooperation co of the clerk ag as I 1 an agent and will allow him it commission of ninety per cent of the membership fee on all applications L sent in by him or by agents anointed appointed by him these membership fees amount te to ta 5 on a 1000 policy or 10 on one for any concern that will pay ninety per cent of its first I 1 receipts for the sake take of ofee securing curing busi nes is one which it is well not to take steel in 1 r J act ye palt 11 itis is a lamentable fact that 1 tery many persons have taken stock in just such concerns the prospects of obtaining so much wealth for little or nothing were so fascinating and alldrin alluring Z that those gullible people could not be dissuaded from their purpose and only awoke from 0 their delusive dream when they found they had been swindled another of these defrauding associations 3 lias has been organized nt fit dallas texas and it is said baid the in corp orators and managers 0 include many ef of the best kest citizens of tho the I 1 pi place ace it is doing an immense busi Z afi Z ness and extending I 1 its operations into many other states in the union tho the circular of this concern bays any unmarried person of good character or child can hold from one to five of which shares draws fifty belts celts cents per day from fron application to I 1 marriage and if not married in two thousand 2 each share draws 1000 being fifty cents per day marriage arriage may occur at 1 any time these amounts will be paid at marriage roar er or at the expiration of 2000 days by an assessment on the members no assessment asse ie is greater than 1 on the share the inducement held out by this concern ia is to defer marria marriage e as is long as possible at any rate for 2000 da days y s or nearly five years and a half at the expiration of which such shareholder is to receive 1000 unless in the meantime which is highly probable the association colla collapses pees and the funds are consumed on the blohs of the officer officers and they leave for new nev fields and more greenhorns greenhorne green horns in tho the pastures pas turea marriages Marria geis a holy institution it is desirable it is honorable in all only when made PO so by the chief contracting parties and when it is legally consummated the happiness nc as of such unions springs from the mutual and reciprocal af of the husband lius band and end wife after as is well as before marriage and that estate should be enter entered e d int into 0 with purest motives with a desire to increase and promote the happiness of the tile race and leave it better than we found it and better for having lived in it we hope that all the above named defrauding deceptive inesti institutions will be squelched by the streng strong arm of law and their thieving demoralizing tendencies put an end to DURING A TOTAL u of its surface the moon assumes a it copper red color which gradually fades fides away as the eclipse progresses mr W mattica williams accounts for this curious by supposing that tho the illuminated portion of the lunar surf surface ice lacking the I 1 protection of an atmosphere must be made red hot b by y the suns runs rays only y a thin layer of the moons substance is so heated and when the suns rays arc are withdrawn it rapidly causing causilla 0 tho the fading away if of the red color when in the shadow of the earth if his hypothesis is correct alf mr r williams believes that the surface temperature of the bright aide eide of the moon must be about degrees of course the dark 6 ide side must bo be intensely cold so quickly docs does tho the heat beat pass into space after the tun disappears on tho the whole tho the moon must be an uncomfortable world |