The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 14, 1887, Image 1
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VOLUME I.
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To Parents on (he Training of
Children.
HuooKI.VN, I'Vb. 23. I <lo not
like t<> sow the seeds of suspicion in
the minds of p treats about their
children, hut there are thousands and
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' (i. i1 ( ~ I*I ^?n ?iir* I " I nill ^|( *,H KU
ies who think, who know that their
children "never lie," and yet their
tunone is like a l>cnded bow. They
thin!< their ehildren n"'?v<r drink; lut'
there is not a i ishioinble s iloon within
a mile of th >ir homes that tho boys
are not familiar with. They think
their children never do nnvirtnons
1 hin?rs, and yet tliev reek with unvir
\ tun. There are many vouno men,
when tlutv return to their fathers'
houses, are supposed to have been
making visits to this or that person.
It is a mere ouise.
I'll practice of allowing ehildren
to oo out at nipdit to liud their own
conoanions and their own places of
amusement tnav leave one in twenty
nnscathed and without dancer, but
think that nineteen out of twenty fall
down wounded or destroyed. And if
there is one thino that should be
more imperative than another, it is
that your ehildren shall be home it
ni^ht; or that, if they are abroad, you
shall be abroad with tlieni. There
nay be tItinera that it is best that you
should do for your children, thouoh
you we od not do for yourselves; but
i.tey ouolit. not to oo anywhere at \
nioht, to see sights, or to take pleas- !
ore, unless you can oo with thenri
until they are crown to man's estate
;ttx 1 their habits aro formed. And
i othin.q is inoro certain tiian that to
irratit tin* cl'.ihl lilirrlv to 00 outside
<>f the parental roof and its restraints
in the darkness of ni</ht bad. that
continuall v.
I )o not suppose that a child is hurt
only wiien he is broken down, i have
?"juitu a taste in china (tups and such
things. | like a hcautiful cup and I
have noticid that when the handle'
oets knocked oil from a cup of mine
that cup is spoiled for me. W hen I
look at it after\vards I never see the
beauty, hut always see the broken
handle. If I have a beautiful
mirror and it is cracked, it niav still
answer all the purposed that I want
? a mirror for, to reveal my beauty,
but nevertheless it is spoiled for my
eye. There is that crack, and when
I look into lho olas I never see myself
half so much as 1 see the crack.
Its perfection is name. In the matter
of beauty, a speck or a bieinish is
more than all besides. And it does
not require that a child should be
broken down to be made useless by
his exposures to temptation. I know
there are many 1 hinos which no man
can learn without beinir damaoed b\
them all his life lontr. 'There are |
many thoughts which ou?rhl never to
lind a passage through a maiTs lirain.
As an eel, if he were to wi<or|o across
your carpet, would leave a slime
which no brush could take off, so
there arc many things which no person
can know and ever recover from
tho knowledge of.
'There are the minions of Satan
that oo around w th hidden pictures
and hooks under the lapels of their
coats, showing them to the vomer,
with olarino, lustful, and infernal
scenes represented, which once tn
have scon is to remember.
I can say these things, when some
other could not, because I am known
.and want to be known, as a friend of
liberty and a friend of pleasure. I 1
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riMMlKl? lilt? > (IU iiWliu WIIIIIW null
monks. I do not believe in solitude.
I do not believe in melancholy, I
believe in oTavifv and joyousness, and i
1 believe that the closer a man keens
to the laws of nature the happier he
will be, and ouoht to be. Therefore,
beine- dm the side of liberty, though
not on the side of license beini? on
ttie side of wholesome, many pleasures,
and freedom in the indulgence
of them- I have authority to say:
\^hon you pervert nature in this way ,
it is utterly wicked and utterly abominable.
There is another application which,
although partial, is of jrreut ran?ro
and of supreme importance, addressing
itself to doctors, <ruardians and to
parents chiefly. I refer to the practice
of allowing cnildren to jro out at
nitrht into tie* streets, if in cities, or
if in the country allowing children to1
find their companions at ni<rht and
their pleasures at nijrht away from
pmenlal inspection. If I wanted to
make the destruction of a child sure
1 would trive him uiiwatched liberty
r-? m ,
sifter dark. You cannot do si thin<r
that will bo so nearly a guarantee of
si child's damnation as to let him have
the liberty of the streets at night.
1 do not believe in bringing up the
child to know life, sis it is said. I
should just sis soon think of bringing
up a child by cutting some of the
cords of the body and lacerating his
nerves and scarring and tattooing
him and making sin Indian of him
outright as an ( lenient of beauty, as
k I should think of developing his manhood
by bringing him up to see life
to see its abominable lusts, to sec its
hideous incarnations of wit, to see its
infernal wickodness, to see itfJ*f\\trav^^^^^^
agant and degrading scenes, to sen
miserable earifnlbie*. to sec its irnBk
je
aginations siM on tiro of hell, to see
all those temptations anil delusion*
which lead to p 'edition. Nohndv
ifets over the *i<r':it of these tiling*.
They who see them always see sears.
They are horned. And to let the
you no on oil where the edarino
courtesan appear. , to let them oo
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where 11le hi.-dinl freuueiitor of dens
of inutility can come within their
rea i, to let tle'en ?ro \n here the yimne
o-ather together to cheer with had
wit, to let them oo wle're th? y will
he expos 'd to such temptations why
a parent is insane that will do it. To
sav "A child must lie hardened, he
lias got to g"t tough somehow, ami
you may as well put him in the vat
ami let him tan"- is that family eilu
eating? Is that t'liristian nature' Is
that bringing a child up in die nurture
and admonition of the Lord?
I thank (iod for two things yes,
for a thousand: hut two among many,
h'irst. that I was horn and hred in
the country, of parents that euve me
a sound constitution and a nohle example.
I never can pay hack what
1 got from my parents. If I were to
raise a monument of gold higher
than heaven it would he no expression
of the deht of gratitude which I
owe to them, for that which the\ un
eeasingly nave, hy the heritage of
their souls, to me. And next to that
I am thankful that I was brought up
in circumstances where I never h<?
came aeuuainted with wickedness. I
know a great deal ahout it; for if 1
hear a man sax A. I know the whole
alphabet of that man's life, hy which
I can imagine all the rest. If I see
a single limh, I have the phvsioln- 1
gist's talent hy which I know die
whole structure. I bit I never he.
came acuuaitcd with wickedness
when I was young by roinine in eon- '
tact with it. Never was sullied in
act, nor in thought, nor in feeling,
when I was young. I grew up as
pure as a woman. And I e innol ex
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I n> in" iiiiuiiss win ii i owe
to my mother, :tml t ? ;nv lather, and
to tlio orent household of stop? am!
.mothers amon<.> whom I Ii\. I. Ami
the seeomlarv knowledum of 'he-"
wiekeil things, wliieh I liave o.nm- I
in later life in a profession:: 1 way, I
(rained under sneli ipiards that it was
not harii.f111 to me.
To all husbands and wives whom
these written words may reach, I say.
if you have children, brine- them up
purely. Urine- them up with sensi
tile delicacy. Urine them nj? so that
they shall not know the wickedness
hat is known, unfortunately, hv the
ereater nuinher of men.
And if there are children that are
sometimes impatient of parental restraint,
let me say to them, you do
not know what temptation vim are
under, and if held hack by your
mother, if held hack by your father,
you shall escape the knowledge of
the wickedness that is in the world
you will have occasion l>\ and I>\ to I
thank God for that more than for silver,
or for ifold, or for houses, or for
lands.
Keep your children at home ..t
nielits. There is many a sod that
lies over the child whose downfall help*
n by vagrancy at nieht, and there
is many a child whose heart breaking
parents would ipye the world if the
sod did lie over them. What a state
that is for children to come to, in
which the father and t he mother dread
their life unspeakably more than
their death! What a horrible state
of t hint's this is, where parents fed a
sense of relief in the dyinif of their
children' Then, I say, take care of
your children at nieht.
11 t'.N uv \VAKI? HI:H< ni:it.
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The I>eu?l l.oss in I'roleclion.
To (tie futitor <>f tfu A c/rs nut/
('ourt'i r:
In the recent interestine discussion
between ''Tariff Kefm-in" and ' Kice" i
the former showed that morn than
one million dollars are paid yearly by
way of protection to South ('arolina
rice, and Im asks whom this money
roea. That is a pertinent (piesiion
which has not yet been answered.
The consumers, as such, certainlv <mt
none of this money, and -d*ic show- j
ed pretty conclusively that lie jrets
vciv little. Who then enjoys the
rest? .No one. This duty repre-j
sents a vast amount of wealth sunk,
wasted, Iniried in the ground just
so much oood money thrown in after
the had.
I 1??iv hananas from the West In
dies at throe cents a piece, of which j
one cent represents the profits to the
producer Itut beinj^ patriotic ! ?! ?
sire to' diversify'" ('nroliuu industry i
by raising bananas here. I .build hot
housos, lav in a stock of wood ami
coal, an improved heating apparatus.
?S:c., and enter upon the Imsiness. I
raise 1,000 bananas at a cost of a dollar
apiece. A boneliciont public, desirous
of affording mo protection,
agrees to forbid bananas the market
under penalty of one-dollar each.
West India bananas come nothwithstanding
the restrictions, but now
they sell equally with mine, for *1.03.
tipioce. 1 make three cents profit,
my competitors two cents, while mv
friendly neighbors lose one dollar
each, of which the dollar lost on the
foreign hannnu j^oes to the Governrfient,
while the ninety-sight cents |
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TO TOXTIT1 WOED J.
CONWAY. S.
IH?t loss oil inv ooos III).
whore.
In llu* same wav if woieaii luiv for- II
imj/ii rice for three cents ami art' coinpelltnl
I?y law to j?av ?A. wt? lose 'J.1,
cents a pound. lint it costs the rice
planter "? cents to raise it "his earn"
\vc l>e "our his- in the or*.portion of w
to ?<
] ' -. ? w
hos; to con-ntners on ."?u.(min.uuu
lhs. nl' rice at 'J'.tC Jj? 1,UK
lain to h'linc prod cers tin same si
at C.c Mai).(M 10
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Capital -unk ami lost tl.unn.ooo in
(Those liounos are merely illustra
tivo. They arc not assumed to ho p;
accurate.) \<
In disoussintr tin* question of |?r?? Ji
lection manv persons make (lie mis e>
take of nssuiniiiir that the home producer
is benefited by the win |e f|
amount of ihe duty paid l>y the for- k<
eioner. The very fact that he re is
quires protection is evidence that |<
the cost of production to him is greater
than to the foreign producer. This u
difference represents the aetual loss w
in money to flic world at laroe from m
an honest protective system. \\ hen w
the home producer can raise hi> pro
ducts as cheaply as the foreigner lie In
does po'kct all the extra priee cans- hi
ed by the duly, but in this case he,
I
or at least the law, is perpet uat in?r a II
swindie on the public. to
I am coiisiderino- only tin* oeoiio- pi
mic side of the question. Whether hi
the public should put their hands in- hi
to the th ir pockets and :fi\e uionev ai
to their strui^^liuo brethren a> they |?
did to the sufferers from the earth ) ai
quake in an entirely different ques in
tion o ie that has notliino' to do with
political If they bcoin to pi
help, where shall they stop? el
I {ice planting i-- a st ruoolino in- i|
dustry, therefore it should be aided.
Then vea island cotton planting js w
also a siruooliiio industry, therefore
it should lie aided. tll
lint short staple cotton planting, vj
too, is now ;i strunoline- industrs of ;n
the most pronounced type, therefore -h
it should be aided. 1 fi
Where is all this aid to come from?
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'I'be President's <'oneliiiinii
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Albert Hawkins the President's .
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? < ??l \ I I I I 1.1 I I . ?i I . I ? M 11'' - l*H U\ I II */ v
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nt??rn>, ;is !>I:i?*?' a> a piece <?f polished
anthracite eoul, and in private life i - ^
a r<dlu-kino-, jnllv, oood fallow, full ,
??T stories and wit, and he keens the
?# v I \V
stables in a roar, so that it is said the
!iors<'s lauoli sometimes. Hut when ^
.a' is out on business A Ibert is as sol
miin as a 11indoo-ood. Iln sits on ,'
n # } \ >i
tin*. l>o\ of the President's carriao-e
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without niovino* ii muscle of his faro .
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for hours, and when the carriage is jj.
waitinjr anv-whrrr he always shows
tlio other drivers around what true ^
din-nit v 11?* has driven seven
. , . . in
i residents and no one appreciates ..
the circumstuie'e so well as lie. In p
twentv-live years of drivinif and i f ,
t | )
handling all sorts of teams no an i ^
dent ever ownrcd with him and not
a strap ever broke. lie has driven
Lincoln, Johnson, < Jrant, i laves, (?arlield
and Arthur to take the oath of
olliee, and has followed the bodies of !'
Lineouln and (larlield to their torn lis. u
Albert is particular!y proud of Mrs. ':|
(Meveland, and feels a sort of pro- ''
prietorsliip in the President's wife. ''
lie used to lie ipiite fond of Mrs.
Lred. (irant, ami Nellie Arlhttj ho, |
still thinks is "the finest voting ladv "
in the world , salt; the finest voting u'
lady in the world." But Mrs. i'levelaml
seems to oeoupv his mind more II
nowadays than the friends of the past, t<
.and Albert spends a jrood deal of II
lime when off duty in oxtollino her (
!leantv and ernres. Whenever she n
smiles at him, as she always does i w
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??II\ II II*: ?HI\? n IIV'I l.l*'II l I ' I l? a> i .1 I II" I 111
at tin- Wliito I louse, his own face In
.spreads all over liis coat-collar and tl
stays 111 a I way for some time. W'lien ft
.Mrs. ('leveland rides out Albert is (1
always a little more erect and his fact! ii
a little more serious with responsibil- | y
ity. IIr?ialiiuffton Lrlt< r. o
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Opossum iiikI Itats.
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A Mr. Viiuiifj reports in the Hons- 1
ton (Mo) //- rohl an interesting light 11
which oeeurr <1 under his corn crib |?
bet wen a throve of rats and an opus- "
sum. lie was ifatln rinif corn and s'
throwing it into the crib, lie made :l
two or three trips, and each time "
heard a fearful noise, which so close- p
lv resembled that produced by a con "
pie of fighting tom-cats tSuit lie paid s
no atter.tion to it. lint the noise tin - ri
t\|!y changed and beenm * more lik"
the snarling of a lot of puppies and !!?
he thought ho would look under the I'1
crib and discover the cause.
To bis surprise lie saw a largo g
drove of rats knawinn* at the hams oi
and le?fs of an opossum, which was
still alive and trying to get away, g
Ho seized a club, drove tlx; rats away h
and drafted the opossum out, when h
the rats swarmed out after it, and l,]
would not relinquish their prey untii <>i
at least half of thoir nuinbor had been h
killed. He thou killed the opossum,
whicli was still trying to drag itself in
around, after Clearly half its body had h?
been eaten ofl.
Never put anything into the ear '
for the relief of toothache. t!
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C., TIiritSDAV, A I
llrenkliitf (11<* Will.
. II. in ISits of Tillk About IIoimo Mattors
I his |ilii':tso is ?i11out ??f use. It
hioh time it dill. If tin* thino it
uirosonts would also roast*, then*
ould l>c stronger and freer men and
omen. I In t tho phrase is still
unctitues hoard; and there an*
ill eonseicnt ions fatlti*rs and moth's
w ho believe t In*\ do t iod serviee
sittino* about tin* thine.
I have more than nun* said to a
in-nt who usi>d tlirsi* words, **\Vill
>n toll iik* just what vou moan by
it ? ( )f course you do not moan
cuot I v w hat you say."
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- i es, i mo. i moan t liat the
ii111"s will is to iik' once for all brom!
ihat lie is to learn that mv will
to he his law. The sooner he
arns this the better. "
4* i Jut is it to your will simply as
ill that ho i.-< to yield? simply as the
eaUer yields to the stronger alo-.t
as matter yields to force? for
hat reason is he to do this?
"Why, because I Unow what is
st for him. and what is rijrht; and
i does not.
"Ah! that is a very different tiling,
e is, then, to do the thine- that yon
II hnn to do, because that thine- is
oht and is needful for him; yon are
s e-wide on a road over which you
ive e-one, and he has not; you are
i interpreter, a helper; v >w know
tier than lie does about all thines,
nl your knowledge is to teach his
moranee.
ertainlv, that is what I mean. A
n tty state of thines it would be if
lihlren were to be allowed to think
icy know as much as their parents,
here i-. no way except inbreak their
ills in the beirinnine-."
"lint \ on have just said that it is
>t to your will as will that lie is to
ehl, but to your superior knowledge
id experience. That surely is not
>reakin?r his will.' It is of thines
irthest removed from it. It is eduitino
ins will. It is leaehino him
w to will."
i read once, in a book intended for
te e-ui<lanee of mother-, a story of a
ttle child who. in repeating his le'ts
one day, suddenly refused to say
All the othei letters lie repeated
rain and airuin, uuhesitatino l y ; but
lie would not, and persisted in de
iirmif t li;i 1 lie could 11 > t sav. i I < *
lis H'vi'ivlv whipped. hut still per
sled. It now became a conlrsl of
ills. No was wlnppoil ai^nin ami
rain ami amain. In tiio intervals
['tween (lie whippings the primer
as presented to him, ami lie was
)hl that lie would he whipped amain
lie did not mind his mother ami
iv A. I formot how many times he
as whipped; hut it was almost too
inny times to he believed. The
mht was a terrible one. At last, in
paroxysm of his ervinm under the
lows, the mother thoumht she heard
imsoh o it -A A and the vietorv was
Oil.
A little hoy whom I know oneo
id a simitar contest over a letter of
le alphabet; hut the contest was
i111 himself, and his mother was the
ithl'ul (treat Heart who helped him
irotimh. The story is so remarkable
nit I have loom wanted all mothers
> know it. It is as perfect an iihtsation
of what I mean hy ';edueanm"
the will as the other one is of
hat is call "brealcino" it.
W illy was ahout four \cars old.
e had a larme, active brain,-sensitive
miperameut, and indomitable spirit,
le was and is an uncommon child,
oinmon methods of what is comlonly
supposed to he 'discipline"'
onld, if ho had survived tliein, have
iade a very had hoy out of him. lie
nd mreat dilliculty in pronouneinm
ic letter <i so much that lie had
irined a 1111<>:t a habit of onuttinm it.
hie day his mother said, not dream*
im ??f anv special contest, ' I his time
mi must say (J." "It is an uoly
Id letter, and I ain't ever i/oinir to
n
v to s;iv it A<rain," said Willy, rei?ntin?r
I Ik* alphabet very rapidly
on) be'i-itminir to <*n?I, without the
r. Like a wise mother, she did not
pen at once on a struemle, hut said,
leasantly: v'\h! yon did not oet it in
i that time. Try acrniu; <o>. more
owly, and we will Ijave it." It was
II in vain; and it soon becran to look
lore like real obstinacy on Will's
art than anything slm had ever seen
i lit.u. She litis often told me how
ie hesiated before entering on the
itnpaiij'n. "I always knew." she said
that W llv'stirst real tierht with hin)df
would be no matter of a few
ours; .and it was a partic ularly in
mvenient time for me, just then to
ive up a day to it. Ibit i seemed,
ii the whole, bos' not to put it off."
So slid said, "Now Willy, you can't
et alonjr without the I?*11?t <?. Tinmoor
yo ; out off saving it, tlie
ardor it will lie for you to say it at
ist; and wo will have it settled now
i)ro for all. Ou arc i over ifoini?
? lot a little l>it of a lottor liko that
o stronger than W'illv. W'o will
ot oo out of this room till you ^??"e
lid it."
I nfortunatelv, Willy's will had al>ady
taken iis stand. Ilowovor, the
lollier made no authoritative demand
ait lie should pronounce the letter
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JliC ^k-i-TTD ^"OXTX^ cot
Mil I, II. is,sT.
a> a matter of ?thedieilienee to Iter.
I because it was a thine- intrinsiealt v
necessary for hint to do so, she would
see, <tt a11v cost to herself or to him.
t hit t h' did it; hut lie must do it \ < ?l
uiitarilv. and she would wait till ite
did.
The ntornino wore on. She hu ied
herself with otee matters, iind left
Willy tti liiue If; now ami then ask
ine'. with it smile, "Well, isn't my
little hoy slaonoer than (hat uolv < >I?I
let If r yet t"
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miiiv WHS Ml iK V. lit' IllldCI'SllinU
in tliat early staoe all that was inv<>1ved.
I tinner time eaine.
"Aren't von noinu- t<> dinner, iiiain
ma ?"
"Oh! n?>, dear; not unless von siv
ti, so that you < an on too. Mamiini
will sta\ by her little !>oy until lie is
out of this trouble.
The dinner was brought im, and
tliev ate it together. She was cheerInl
and kind, but so serious that In'
felt the eonstant pressure of Iter
pain.
The afternoon dranged slowly on
to nioht. Willy eried now and then,
and she took him in her lap, and said.
** 1 >? :?! , you will lie happy as soon as j
\oii say that letter, and mamma will
be happy too; and we can't either of
us he happy until yon do.
"t > mamma! why don't von make
mo say it?" (Tlti lie said several,
times before the alTair was over.)
"Because, dear, yon must make
yourself sa\ it. I am helpine* you
make yourself say it, for I shall not
j let you en nllt nf this i'ooui, nor eo
out myself, till you say it: but that
is all I shall do to help you. I am
listening, listening all the time, and
if you say it, in ever so little a whisper.
I shall hear you. That is all
mamma can do for \ i >u."
Bedtime came. Will\ went to
hed unkissed ami sad. The next
inornine. when W illy's mother opened
her eves, she saw \\ illy ittine up
in his erib, and lookine at her steadfastly.
As soon as lie saw that she
a wale', he exclaimed, ".Mamma, I
can't sav it; and v >n know I can't
say it. You're a naughty mamma,
and yon don't love me.'' Iler l.eart
sank within her: but she patiently
went aeain and ntrain over yesterday's
trround. \\ i I lie cried. lie ate
very little breakfast. lie steed at
tlie wind iw in a listless attitude of
diseenraeee misery, wliieli ; lie sanl
cut lier in the heart. < hire in a while
lie weiild asU fur -nine plaything
which lie did net u-ualU liaye. She
eave hi in whatever he asked furr lint
he eeiild net play. She kept np an
appearan<M> of beinir Imsy with h<T
sewine* Inil she was far mere unhappy
than Willy.
I tinner was brouoht np te them.
W ills' said, ''Mamma, this ain't a bit
e'eed dinner.
She rejdied, u\es, it is, darlintr;
just as jreod as we ever have. It is
onl\ because we are eatine it alone.
And poor papa is sad, tee: taking his
all alone downstairs."
At this Willy burst out into an
hysterical lit of ci'vine and sebbiiijr.
"I shall never see my papa a<rain
in this world."
Then his mother broke down, toe,
and cried s hard as he did; but she
said, "()h! yes, you will, dear. I
think von will say that letter before
i tea-time, and we will have a nice
evenine downstairs tooothcr."
"I can't say it. I try till the time,
and ! can't sav it: ami, if you keep
tne here till I die, I shan't ever say
it."
The second nieht settled down
dark and oloomy, and Willy cried
himself to sleep. I lis motl'.er was ill
front anxiety and conlincmcnt; but
j she nev.tr faltered. She told mo she
resolved that niolit that, if it were nee
essurv, she would stay in that room
| with Willy a month, i'he next mornino
she said to him, more seriously
than before, "Now, Willy, you are
unkind; you sire mukiit" everybody
unhappy. Maminay isvery sorry for
you, but she is also ?ery iiinc'li dis,
pleased with you. Mamma will stay
here with vou tiil you say that letter,
if it is for tho rest of your life; hut
11 in in in it will not talk with you, as
she did yesterday. She tried all dn\
yesterdav to help you, and you would
not help yourself; tool iy you must
do it all alone."
"Mamma, are you sure I shall ever
say itasked Willy.
"Y'es, dear; perfectly sure. Vou
will say it some day or other."
"I o you think I shall say it to
day V'
"I can't tell. Vou are not. so
TstroiiLT a little hoy as I thoupht. I
believed vou would sii\ it yesterdtiy.
I tun afraid vou have some hard work
( before you."
Willy hetroed her to down and
leave him alone. Then he hetrtred
her to sluft him up in the closest, and
"see if that woiihln I iunL-<> him
......
Kvory f<'w minutes he would eome
and stain^^l'fore her, and miv very
earnestlv. ' Arc son mum I shall suv
it?"
Ho looked very JUlle, almost us if
11 ho liad Inn I a fit of illness. No won
<lcr. It was tho whole Imttle of life
fonnlit at thf a?fe of fcnr.
It was late in the afternoon of this
1 i the, third day, Willy had boon sitI
| tintf in his little chair, looking slead
' i I v at the iloor. for so Ion if a time a
/ /. 4 . Jt- ^ l
ixitsnriEVxv
tliiit his 111?>tli?ar was almost frightened.
lint sill' ll nliltfil to SOOaU to
hi 111; for slit* felt thot the crisis had
come. Suddenh In* sprang tin, and ,|jf
walked toward her with all the de- '|'e
liberate liriniiess ??f a man in his f,
whole hearing. She sav> there was \ j
something in his face whieh "lie has ,rr<
never seen since, and docs not ex- im
pert t?? see 'ill lie is thirl \ years old. 1111
"Mamma!" said lie. j ,ll|(
"Well, dear?" said his mother, ,|j\
tremlilinir so that she could hardly
SjM'ilk. |)(?
"Mamma," he r? |>?'at?'( 1, in a loud, t |
slut in (one, <! < i! t?! ti!" ami then S(.t
In' Inirst into a lit of erviui*, wiiicli jM1(
she had hard work to stop. Il was 1 nm
ov?m\ no
Willy is now Ion yours old. I'Yom f, (1
that day to this his mofher lias novcr |(>l
had a contest with him; alio has ul- <ru
ways been alih> to leave all practical |,n
iptcstions atTcctinm his Imhaviur to w|
his own decision, merely saying, m
"Willy, I think llr.s ta1 that will he |,j|
better." | i r.
Ilis self-control and jrcntleness aro th:
wonderful to sec; ami the blending m,
in liis face of oliihI like simplicity and ,,ia
purity, with manly strength, i-- some- s
thine- which I have only once seen |ju
e.pialed. ! f;u
h'or a few tlavs he went ahout the .|(ll
the House shouting ! < ! ( i!" at .,n
the toil of his voice, lie was heard | (rr,
askine- pi a \ mates if the\ could "su\
'( i," and "who showed them how.1'
h'or se\eral years lie usetl often to
almle to the atTair, sayine", "|)o you
remember, mamma, that dreadful |.
lime when 1 woiildn'sav lie
always used the veil) "wotildn t" in t|M
speakuttr of it. I lure, when he was r,.,
sick, he said: "Mamma, do you think mj
I could have said '< ' anv sootier than ,,f
I did/ p< 1
I have never felt certain ahout j',.,
that. Willy," she said. "\\ hat do r,.i
vou t liiuk ?" tit
"I think I could have said it a few ,.u
minutes sooner. I was savino it to |'|
myself as h?n?r as that, ' said \N illy, tw
It was sinjrular (Jiat, although up w|
t ? that time la- hud never been able wi
to pronounce th letter with ttnv dis- U|
i ti 1 K't11 's.s, w hen he first made 111 > his ,,r
II *
mind in 111is instance Id say it, I'" w|
<>im111?-iat?><I il wit 11 perfect clearness, 'p,
ami ia*vim* again went back to 111? 111
i old. imperfect pronunciation. ,1,
I'Vw mothers, perhaps, would he < <
able to give tip two whole days to w
such a battle as tliis; other children, f(>
other duties, would interfere. Hut te
the same principle could lie carried |j<
out without the mother's remaining w
'herself by the child's side all the th
time. Moreover, not one child in a <>-|
thousand would hold out as W illy m
did. In all ordinary cases a I'ewjth
hours would su ce. And, after all. IH
what would the sacrifice of even two
days he, in coinjiarison with the time
saved in years to come? If there were tif
no stronger motive tlinn one of policy, mof
desire to take the curse easiest (>ri
to themselves, mothers might well |>a
i resolve that their lirst aim should he \Vj
to educate their diiIdrc.i's wills, and ml
make tlieni strong, instead of to can(iner
and "break" them.
Origin of <' i oderel I a.
i trt
There is no fairy tale that is hettcr t,.
known or more loved by young read- at
j ers than the story of the poor little m
cinder ir 1, who was so ill treated by y<
her cruel sisters, had such a delight- H
fill cod-mot her, with a mngic wand, t< j
and was so lucky as to lose her pre.t- ,.j|
ty glass slipper only to gain a prince, dt
and become a princess thereby. p
Looking over an old hook, we'th
came upon an anecdote that is said to
have hoe11 the origin of this favorite ih
talc. ('imlerella's realname.it seems,; jm
was lihodope, and she was a hetiuti Li
fill Kgvptian maiden, who lived t>7M th
years before the birth of ( 'lirist, and ,>1
during the reign of I'sammetieu.s, one or
of the twelve kings of Kgypt. t )ne w
day I'hodrope ventured to go in bath- T
ing in :i clear stream near her home fr,
and meanwhile left her shoes, which
tilllsU I in v i? Iwen 11> i i-ii n 11 ? ^iinill
..... ........ .LI.I.., IJ | .,j.
i11on tlie hank. Aii oniric. passino a|
above, ehaneed t<? catoli si<r 111 of the H(
litilo sandals, ami mistakino tliein for
a toothsome ti<i liit, pounced down to
and carried olT ono in his beak. , ,.j
rho l?icd then unwittinolv played ti,
the pari of fairy ^od-niotlior, for, ily- in
ino directly over .Memphis, where m
Kino r.HainnieticiiH was dispensing y
justice, it let the shoe fall rijdit into th
the kino's lap. It size, beauty, and (|r
daintiness immediately attracted the (.r
rcyai eve, ami the kino, determined
1 upon know ino the wearer of so etinntuo
a shoe, sent throughout all his
n t 7
j kinodom in search of the foot that sj
would lit it. As in the story of ('inderella,
the messenoers iinanlv discovered
Khodopo, fitted on the shoe,
and cariied her in triumph to Mem-d'1
phis, where she became the oueen of 111
Kino of 1 'snmme'ieus, and the foun- w
dation of the fairy tale that was to ui
dclioht hoys and oirls twenty-four hi
hundred years later. Ann ri' ttn A*/- s"
rint/turfst. '.N
Little Mabel stood besides colored ei
Aunt ('hole ns that Arson was on so
oaocd in sumo hot^phold wliolo. al
Aunt ('hole was troubled with heavey it,
br^atltini^. M;(iuiiia>,> said little ii.
Mabol afterwards, "what makes Aunt in
('hole stands 111> and snore? ' c<
*
<;la<lstou<> and 'IVnnuoii.
If i- iii(<?r??stiii?r to sn<? witli what
Toi in^ |?pf*?j>tioiiK < i ln? 1st<??> ?' itiifi
nnvsnii n?viow their past. Tho
hum-stm's iii t u' tiftv vi'iirs nf t!if?
? -V J
rtorian era a steady march of pro?ss
and improvement. 'I'll** Intt'jr
(Is in the results of this half eon \
matter for little else than rojrrot
I reproof. Of course, the radical
eroenee in the views of two such
ite ami competent observes must
attributcd in part to t? inperiiinciiilitTeronccs.
Tennyson has a preiptivo
rieht. in his character of
et. t<> the sad vaticinative humor,
I it is a mistake to sav that he is
w exhibiting Mooinv forebodings
the lirst time. * * They
nperamcnt of (tladstone is sanitie.
All his life he has been
oved up l>\ an exuberant vitality,
till' the absorption of his energies
practical legislation has trained
n to concrete and definite views of
It is to be observed, however,
it his o itlook lias nothing in comhi
with tli" I .a u rente's. The states in
finds no difficult v in cataloguing
cries of uieasures designed to tunerate
the condition of the poor, to
ilitatc the spread of knowlodoe
d tiie freedom of deliberation, to
it eet the w< irk in (rm an iioaiiist the
cd or indifference of his employer
promote education, to relieve the
kpayer, to abolish old abuses, to sere
purity in the public service mid
nerally to make life easier to ihe
ople. It is not to be supposed
it Tennyson would dispute any of
> points madeby the aj\-Premier in
/ard to malerii^Jbnirooress. lie
old indeed point to the recognition
this Kind of progress in his own
i'11is. hut lie would probnbl\ 11??id
himself from tlm I'liarjro of mispresent
ine Ins nee I>\ assertin<r
lit lie and (i ladstono at e not disssine
the satii order of thines.
ie truth neiliap' lies between the
0 conlliotine views, neither oF
lieli is wholly rijjjlit or wholly
'ono. ( iladstoiie's eaze is li.xed
?on the practical material prosperity
Kneland, proof of the erowth of
licit in the last half century is easy,
'iinysoii for his oart perceives only
e siens and evidences of spiritual
'cadence, and these may very well
1 exist with nil the advances of
liieh < ladstono boasts." The poet
els the spread of skeptieism of inarinlism,
of I'hilistiuism. lie bc vos
that, the very plethora of
ealtli, which is one of the siffii> of
e times, may be a means of retro ession
rather than that of developent;
that the increase of luxury and
e comploxity of modern wants are
it necessarily workine tor/ether for
>od; that the decay of faith, the
owtli of cynicism, the nuementaiii
of all carnal and sensuous picas*
es and indulgences, indicate a e'enill
deeradation: and that all this n
> ^
ckslidine may proceed in parallels
th an external uppearnitco of Hourline
prosperity.
^
T\\ o Wee Ten % elers.
I'l l I sui no, March ti'k Two small
avelers, who had no olio to look afr
them, attracted special attention
the I'nion Station in ttiis city/-a'.ornino.
()ne was Fnnl liorek," ton
;ars of a?*e, and the other Clus-?ie
orek, three years of not'. Attached
>
i the coat of the older hoy was a
trd, on which was written the ad ess
of their father, I?. .1. Ilorck, of
i Third avenue. New V'ork, to whom
e children were brinjr sent.
The story of the elder hoy was
at his mother had left her home
id taken her two children to San
rancisco. There she left them and
ey were taken in charge by benovent
people, who placed them in an
phan asylum. Their father heard
here thev were and sent for them
hey had traveled all the way alone
inn San Francisco to this city, en
>u(e for New Vork. ()n the train
veral ladies connected with a therical
company had befriended the
tie fellows. They arrived here at
o'clock this morning. Special I vetive
To,n I''lujertfnsfc >{<>t the
lildren a 1m 1 C':?af.ist, and sent
em on thrii-o-d.-hev in a happy
unor. The fatid ? of the children is
i engineer emolope I on the w
ork and Central liail >1 is
e first time, it is lid, that w< lil- |j
on of such extreme youth have
ossed the continent alone.
Never wet the hair if you have any
1 1 ! % ? f
mienev to neatness; wear an oiledIk
chi> can when bathing, and renin
from diving.
Never lie alarmed if a living insect
iter the ear. Pouring warm water
to the canal will drown it, when it
ill generally "ome to the surface
el can he easily removed hy the
igers. II few* puffs of tohacco
noke hiown into the cur will stupe.
the . .sect.
Never middle with tie ear if a for
on hody, such as a I cad, button, or
ed enters it; leave it absolutely
one, but have a physician attend to
More damage has been done by
judicious attempts at the extract
n of a foreign body than could over
imp from its presence in the ear.