The diamond drill., February 21, 1903, Image 3

About The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996

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Tm; Diamond Drill.
TllOS. CON UN. liitor.
CRYSTAL FALLS, - MICHIGAN.
SERVANTS WED TO PRINCES.
Clrla ut Kurupe AV Iiimp , Men u I y nml
CIe rriifM llnvr Won ilirin
. '1'ltlea a ml ItUJifk.
ALL HAVE TROUDLES.
I. r
The transition from a lowly or even
Jmniul position to a place among the
crow tied la-ails j.s a Uight taken quite
often outside of fairy tabs, ami in
y Miinccs iu which a pretty face has
' been a fortune for its possessor ail'
compa rat iv cly unmet on.
The Aniei ican womt a w ho Lave won
loyal titles by their combim d charm
of heauty ami fotunc need not he run
bidcred at all. The'r achievements
X"4 been chronicled the world over,
Aliiii. barring details, are Known t. the
iflvera intelligent person.
J The s n it s ot those who bewail with
y liothinV put their personal charms to
leeoinuund them ami roM- to high cs
tates are more frequent in Jlurope
f than c be where, for t lie obvious reason
til t tlu re arc more numbers of toy
Jy there either at 1m. me or vi.-iting,
says the Chicago Tiibune.
Florence Malta ra nee, .f Patlala, is
one notabh' example of a siu'.iUn ri: e
from ob-cuie p!iee to the posi-
lion of a reigning sovereign. She was
at one time a nurM i v governess in an
J'.nglish liome, ami while traveling
i 1 1 1 the family became acquainted
with the rajah of Patiala. who was ab
solute inoi.areh over C.nui) npiaie miles
of the richest territory in the world.
She nov li:i.s aii.-olnte sway over the
domain, ami is the possessor of a
collection of jewels ealenlated to
uroiiM- the envy of even the most con
tented woman.
Another notable instance is that of
her 103:11 highness the shcrcefa of
Wazan. She was at one time a hired
dependent in the household of which
he is now the mistress. She had some
positive opinions on many subjects
nml a spirit of independence t hat cap
tivated the .sherccfa. His admiration
for her was Mich that lie married her
according to her ideas on the sub
ject, and hi first wedding gift to her
was the um;oili1 ioiial gift of . 10 slaves
of his houA hohl. She had not- been
married long before she ilist it ut ed re
forms of many hinds in the land of
AVaau. Two thousand slaves were
liberated by "tie edict at her din ct ion,
11 ii I tlu- treatment of the rest was rad
ically softened. Her wealth is said to
be something to be wondered at ami,
like the princes of Patiala, she has
jewels in unlimited profusion.
Miss l'.amba M idler, w ho hecapie the
w ife of Mahara iah Dhuleep Singli, was
a poor girl, hut wonderfully attraetive.
She did not. have a penny, ami her mar
riage to the inaharajah created a sen
sation at the time, especially when it
was generally Known that her royal
husband had presented her w it h $L"0,
(mo on their wedding day, in addition
to furnishing her with a bridal outfit,
entirely in Keeping with his regal
Ideas nf splendor. The son of this
air. Prince Victor Dhuleep Singh, is
Known all over Fngland as a famous
cricketer and won renown for him
felf upon the polo Held while at eol
lege. He profited by the example of
his royal father, so far as choosing an
1'nglish bride was concerned, but she
was not of lowly origin.
The stage has also furnished its
share of poor girls who have become
the brides of royalty, a notable case
being that of her serene highness
Princess Pasel chit LolT, who began life
as a serv ing maid, w it h w ages amount
ing t about, S I." a y ear and her lodging.
J'rur.i serving maid she graduated to
the stage as a dancer, and from an or
dinary dancer ro-e to be prima bal
lerina, of I Ii 0 Ildcn theater in. Paris.
Iter husband was captivated by her
dancing, and shortly after there fob
lowed a wending, which caused a stir
in the French capital. The bride re
ceived over :.'.!.) presents, and among
them were silver drinking cups
nil fashioned like dancing slippers of
dilTerent size. The wedding has' not
turned out ..unhappily, nnd her royal
liiyb'ies.s is popular ami respected in
her domain.
On.' of these marriages that turned
out unhappily was that of Princess
Coorgc of Sa xe-Me" n in gen, who was
before her marriage Mile. Helena
Trail', prima donna of the royal thea
ter at Dresden
An eiually unhappy marriage was
that of Pr inct s, ( h j ii.ay. w ho vv a s M is s
lara Ward. The story . f that union
was one thai ptoinbcd well at the
outset. It was ri inantie cm ucli ti
suit even a fiirv storv, but it ended
badly.
Instance, might be multiplied of
pills of humble origin gaining high
t-tatioiis, but. unhappily the number
of crises where the matches proved
disastrous are equally as numerous.
f'orioirnte Louie.
Ati i'f. ' 1 roin n itelgian
jT pie j-ow ing incident :
A v . .1 1 a whose husband had lost
ftbont hvv
liis life in a railway acciilent received
lrini the company .'. Onn by way of
com pen sat ion. Short ly af t er she hea rd
that a traveler who had lost :t leg had
been paid JI.OOD.
'I'he widow ai once put on her bon
net and shawl and went to the ofliccof
the company.
" ;.-ii t leineii. how is t his V" sh- asked.
"Vnn K-'ive Jfl.ono for a leg, and jou al
lowed me only for the loss of
my husband!"
"M i l.im," w:s the reply, "t he reason
is plain; $t.Onr) won't pro ide him with
n b g. but for fj.ono you can get a
Jiurbaiid." - Stray Storifn.
.PIIIpk ti ll 11 r Them.
AVitnesses usually refer to it n
fool luwuit." AtcLUon (ilobe.
If Danu rortuno trcati you badly ai you
travel on tbe way,
Do not let that fact disturb you, but bo
ctu.crful uU the c'ay.
Never loso your iluek and courag, ar.d
whenever she may frown.
Just K on about your bulr.e find the
carnot put you Cowx.
Tss, refuiAj to treat with trcuble; tn a
woria so bright ur.il fair
You w ill firuS tlrru U no n-aon to te I0.1 Jed
down, with care.
You sl.iu'.iJ tackle your misfortune and
fhouM tllit it outalor.e
Pleani n iin ii.tH-r iU our eoninoJert h-ave
soino tioublc of their own.
If you Ilnht all care with laughter, then
It carnot cloud your sWy,
Ai t! will quickly vanish elst w hi i w III
mm to jasx you by.
fJo diiit Mu!y si ids with trout. te those
wlio have It rdKht ar il ila.v ;
I si It rot because tt.y hunt a? That Is
why It it. men their way.
That each soul rnmt have some trouble
Is u truth that's oft c oi ft !,
!ut we i.u'J r.ot i.,urs-f U alwnys-Juy may
often le our guest.
Ar.J we do not i.eid to s!r It, or pa shuf-
111 r lviui.i? at. J (;rui.i:,
Per mir frl. atu! other t "! ' have
mnn in.ubl.s of their own.
St. Jc .-t i h (J.'iz ttc.
The Chemist of
the Refinery
By S. RIIETT ROMAN
EaiiTgizjrzrrgTirTr.Tijr. varun rmrfijgii'.irrti
TJII' chemist stood watching a blu
lluid boiling in a glass tube over
a spirit lamp, as it turned to a deep
purple, then violet, then settled to
a pure white, ami the test being over,
poured out the liquid, carefully ex
tinguished hi b;ht, waslad the thin
crystal receptacle, placed it method
ically in a rack, where others of cari
ous forms were ranged ue-ido down,
and walking over to a desk began
ciphering out the analysis of sucrose
and glucose in the cane juice, being
converted into various grades of
sugars in the Central refinery.
And all the while an undercurrent
of thought took him to other time
,1tnl other scenes ami turned back the
calendar of years which represented
early ambitions and hopes, and was
glorified by romance, and the all but
posse sion of youth's dearest attain
ments. The chemist, sighed unconsciously
while hi.s eye ran over the figures,
and his brain made its rapid calcula
tions, and he gave orders to a lad
who was there to do his bidding, to
go into the house for other samples
of juice.
The laboratory stood a short dis
tance from the refinery.
It was a small room filled with
chemical apparatus, a wooden chair
nml a desk, and the chemist slept in
an adjoining one, which was neat
and lcan and ban.
The chemist was a young man ami
handsome. He was clean-shaven anl
eminently aristocratic in face and
bearing. He had a firm set mouth
nml large brown eyes, profoundly
melancholy, just then, but with a red
light In them which indicated a dan
ger signal to le cautious, a warning
to the wise not to get into his wnj
Quiet and talking very little to the
other men. yet always courteous, the
chemist hail managed to impress tlu
conviction on the superintendent, the
manager and the lesser lights in the
I'clleona refinery that he knew his
own buine.ss thoroughly, would in
terfere with no one, rmr would put
up with any intermeddling with his
affairs.
To his directions, given in quiet
tones, to 'Mime" or lint to lime, to
add or reduce the sulphur and others
necessary to convert the uglyT g'':.'
fluid pouring from the rollers into
clarified cane mice surar, whitened
in whirling turbines, then packed in
to huiLr rows of barrels in the finish
ing room, we.-e listened to rnd
obeyed with a promptitude whuli
elicited much approval from Wil
liams, the superintendent.
The whistle of the refinery told
that if was 1: o'clock ami time for a
charge of watch.
The lad, .lean ttalk-te, yawned audi
bly, and with an air of relief depos
ited his Lo t row of samples to be
given that night on the table, and
wrnt out.
The monotonous rumble of the ma
chinery, the heavy nd" ami rattle of
the Cane, ns it was let dow n noisily
on the carrier, an occasional order
shouted out under tl'.v shed, and th
monotonous singing, in the melan
choly minor tones, of some of the
hands, as they worVed at the cane.
Mir-alit!g it out so a, to facilitate
the grinding of the great . rollers of
the mill, were the sounds which
came to the chemist ns he made his
tests, and the slow hours passed.
There was no curtain; over the
wide window of the laboratory, look
ing eastward, and the scene outside,
bathed by the light, of a November
luoon, was calmly seductive.
The dull rumble of the machinery
was monotonous, ami there were no
more samples to test just then.
The chemist sat down.
There was a sound of quickly trot
ting horses, of gay voices a shout
nml n call, a rolling of wheels, and
nn animated bustle before the refin
ery door.
"We've come to see you. Do sny
you nre glad," a rich mellow- voice
called to the chemist, laughingly.
Of course, it was Aurore. Nobody
but Aurore ever had that wonderful
vibrant voice, llovv cleverly she had
wheeleil the bayu nnl pulled them mm
short at the siep, while Tannic
Pl'erton screamed ami the men np
pi; uded.
"Mi s Aurore sayn v on Louisiana
fvivir people always brew a, punch
when callers come to fee yon whihi
yen are grinding
Hartley, of Philadelphia. Dear oM
Hartley! How well the chemUt re
lite mbe red him! Hadn't something
happened to John Hartley?
They had mandolin and guitars.
Thev wandered through the refin
ery, then passed out and all sat down
on a log of wood under the enne Jiel
and sang choruses, "Annie Laurie"
and "Wuy Down Upon the Suwanee
Kiver," Aurore leading.
Then some one said she must Ring
them a serenade, beo-iuse the nighl
wan so glorious. So Arrore sang.
How very beautiful it v as! He sat
near her. It was growing cold. He
drew her .fur-lined coat around ner
throat, and fastened it and was
clumsy and slow about it because
some of her perfumed 1 ees got
caught, and she laughed, and began
to button it herself.
Whv, ves. he held her hands, of
' . ... .. 1 . 1. .1
course. Ami tlie music, ami no- oe-
light of having her there in this glo
riously unexpected fashion, mad.'
him lose his head ami plunge into all
the wild .absurdities which had been
gathering in heart and brain all
these past months.
No on knew better than the chem
ist himself how ridiculous it was for
a man struggling to get a foothold
on a rung of life's ladder in the hope
of climbing up to prosperity, influ
ence and ambition gratified, to pour
out his tale of passion and1 devotion
into the ears of a great heiress who
w as engaged to Tom Cat herwood.
lie realized the absurdity of the
proceeding, ami said so.
What was if she answered? "To
repeat it till to her a jenr later, when
he had accomplished groat things,
ami held his future in his grasp?"
Of course, she was joking, and
turned it off that way, and would not
take his wild speech seriously, so n.4
not to sp iil their gay evening with
sentimental nonsense,
P.v what light could he. whose only
,,,vS, si,us were a pompous old name,
some long dead and gone ancestors,
a tumbb '-down rookery ami a few
acres, which poverty prevented him
from cultivating, to lay bare his. secret
to those dancing pray eyes those
wonderful eves, in whoso depth a man
could so easily Io;-e his mu1?
John Hartley's banjo was inspiring.
It led them on a fantastic "cake walk"
from the torch-lit cane shed around
the refinery to a eoy loom in the
corner of the big building near the
entrance door, the superintendent's
office, where there was a table and a
punch bowl and glasses.
Ah, it was a merry evening; one to
be ever renn inhered !
The chemist, looking Into Aurore's
glowing face and great honest eyes,
forgot everything but a wild hope ami
ambit inn, of vv hich she w as the center.
And when the hours had lied by, and
they went reluctantly to the door to
say good-night, and Aurore jumped in
the trap, while he folded a rug over her
gown and held her linn, miall hands
in his before she drew on her gloves,
and again murmured foolish things,
and she did not click him. but gave
him a slow, sweet vmile, which would
always linger in brain and memory,
so long a his heart bent, the horizon
of his life seemed to widen out into
infinitudes of blissful possibilities!
Tluere seemed to be some confusion!
What were these troublous years do
ing here? What, was all this sorrow,
this tinhappiness, this anguish? What
had they to do with him and Aurore?
Who was it who came between them?
And what was the w ea ring grief w hich
drew line on his face and gave a deeper
look to Aurore's great, proud eye?
The field hands were putting cane
on the carrier, the lumps were flar
ing under the can shed, the creaking
and rumble of the rollers was audible,
and they were all sitting on a log sing
ing "Way Down Upon the Suwanee
Kiv er" once more.
lie was close to Aurore's dear sh!,
became a sweet scent of the violets
came to him from her hair and laces,
ami the moonlight fell full on her face,
as she turned it toward him. He saw
(he soft glow rise and mount as she
listened, but her sweet, brave eves
never left his as she gave him i"!!it
incil'able smile, which contained so'
great a promise.
How could he ever forget it ? lie had
treasured it through those hiibnus
years, those years of deepest unhap
piness. and the latent recollection to
fade would surely be that look on
Aurore's face as she turned and looked
up at him.
"How do you do? We've come to
see yon," Aurore's mellow voice said.
"You've come back, sweetheart?
How good of you! How heavyily
good! Now, y ou must never leave met
Never! Tor all time and eternity y uu
must-"
LESSON in AMERICAN HISTORY in PUZZLE
"Mr. Thompson kaid I must give you
these samples, sir. lie would like to
Know if the liming is all right. Had
a hea p of t rouble with that jaice. 1 t't
old P.ouilreau's cane, urn! it's green v
grass."
The chemist sprang up. wished back
his wooden chair, lit his spirit lump
and began to test the juice of lloii
dreau's cane.
The man went out, and the first faint
st l eak of daw 11 was reddening the east
ern sky.
The laboratory hnd grown cold, for
the fire had died out. The chemist
shivered. The line were n little deeper
on the handsome face bending over the
spirit lamp, and sombre shadow s lay in
the taw ny ey es.
The blue light ileepenrd to purple, to
violet, and changed to white in the
cry tnl tube; the chemist made his
test with methodical precision, nrd
went to his drk to figure on the result
as applied to Pondreau's cane.
"Seven years ago!" he murmured.-
New Orleans Timeit-Deinocrnt.
PARENTAL HONESTY THE BEST
Chllli)ii Abaorb Much More of TmIIc
Thau Mother Suirvt, So Trulk
fcliould He tipokea.
1 111: hum: or ri 1, it 1 : 1:11 1
Find William l)iiti.
John Hancock and Samuel Adams were prime movers in the agitation in
Massachusetts against the unjust taxation imposed by King licorgc III. upon
hi.s American colonics. Hen. t!age, the lluglili commander at Post on, pro
posed to capture these two patriots ami send them to Pnland for trial.
They were staying at Lexington, and it was arranged that should HnglisH
troops leave the city they wen to be notified. On the niht of April Is, I ??.".
the Publish troops started upon their mission of capture, and also had in
structions to destroy the colonial military stores at Concord. William
Dawes had succeeded in reaving Poston ahead of them, ami had displayed
from the old North church tower the agreed signal announcing thu
approach of the Piitish. Kevcre was at Charleston, ami saw the .signal. Ho
leaped to hi.s horse, and eluding the Pritish sentinels dashed into Lexington
iiiid aroused the "minute men" on the way so that they were ready to meet
the Pritish.
ENGLAND'S HIGH TABLELAND.
I'lct 11 r'ii ue Mlncliliilinniploii Com
niitiiM, l HUtoric nntl l.ll
riiry A mielii t i 11 11 a, Klc.
i J-da nml hot water will remov
It w.oi Jolin Hartley who spoke. grtaso pot.s from the kitctrr. floor.
Through the valley the WUs of a
doniinicaii monastery are ringing. At
intervals by night and by day they
break.
The silence that Is In the starry sky;
Ttw. sliep tint In amui.K thelomly hills.
Monks come and go. The tintinnabul
ation resounds through the vale ami
rises high up to a great green expanse
of tableland, where the most perfect
atmosphere may be inhaled; air strong
and bracing, gracious and balmy, and
at tiiuis faintly dashed with brine
from the distant ocean. Por pictur
csipieness the scene might be laid in
certain cantons of Switzerland, or
along one of the Lhinc tributaries,
such as the AhrThal; hut, despite the
monastery bells and a nunnery close
by the dominicau retreat, the valley
is a typical llnglish one.
It is not the valley, however, with its
idyllic charm, that interests so much
as the tableland. This strangely un
expected tract of Hat country an
oasis of rest in a land of hill and dale
- is in the heart of the Cotswohls, far
from the life and bustle associated
with the haunts of men. llngh'ud'H
highest tableland, MinchinhaiiTpton
common, "a broad, green sw cep, noth
ing but sky and common, common ami
sky," is, indeed, exceedingly inacces
sible, ami on this account it remains to
day a practically undiscovered holiday
resort.
M inchiiihampton common is no or
dinary one. It is not a mere waste
land, an unbroken stretch of unpiclur
esq ue greenness or a broken w ildei ncss
of fure and heath. 'It stands almost
700 feet above sea level; it covers fully
(".00 acres and there is abundant space
for the play ing of gol f. cricket , tennis,
hockey, and simple walking room for
t he' mere pedest riali.
The common has a long history.
Therw are many traces on its surface
of Poman, Danish, and Pritish camps.
In more modern times it was the scene
of some lively religious ongoings w hen,
the eloquent Whitfield lifted his voice
ori his "tump," which remains 11 land
mark of interest in days when the
strife of sect is not a thing of the past.'
The common also afforded roy al hunt
ing quarters for one of the Henrys
nml the building reputed to have
housed a king now serves as a golf
house, ynd this not at all inappropri
ately, as tin "royal and ancient game"
is, to many, facile princcpK among the
attractions of the common. It is, of
course, claimed for these Cotsvvohl
links that they are the finest (inland)
in Pngland. They have a preeminence
at least iu one respect there are six
quarries, some of them ugly, y aw ning
chasms, to be negotiated in the round
of 1 holes, and the course generally
is the mettle of (K out of every 100
golfers, ami the player who holes out
in SO, even with the aid of a Haskell or
a Kempshall, is no mean wJeldcr of the
clubs.
Put thi.i commonlaml has wider
claims to attent ion than those of golf.
Lyinghigh upamid the pcnkHiind spurs
of the Cotswohls, there is no disap
pointment for the eye cast or west or
north or south. livery prospect
pleases, I'ringing the broad acres of
the plateau, and depending into the
valleys, there are dotted here and
there, ami almost everywhere, tiny
villages Amlierley, Pox, Purlcigh, and
Primsconibe are some of them mere
higgly-piggcdly little clusters of rose
decked ivy-smothered cottages, and
quaintly gabled villas, with now nnd
again a spire lifting itself above the j
rich foliage of the beeches and clmn
that grow w ith rare luxuriance in this
, fertile ihire of (ilouchcstcr. t he sal
leys which ruii along two sidisof the
tableland ofUr scenes as dainty i.h they
are entrancing. "The (loldcii Valley"
was the name given to one of them by
Ijiieen Victoria. Perched high as any
(ierman caitle, Kod borough fi It (over
looking Stroud) stems the northern
cut look from the common, a ml 1 1 . vv a id
the south the mediaeval township of
Mint hinhamptou stands guard. Ten
miles way the gleaming of the Severn
waters may be seen on clear day s, ami
further still the black mountains of
Hereford andthe Sugar Loaf of Aberga
venny. The common has also its literary as
sociations, say s a w riter iu the London
Pall Mall (ia'ette. It is the llmlcrly
fiat that figures so breezily in "John
Halifax, (Jentleman." Miss Mulock
wrote the work her fame rests upon in
a cottage in the neighborhood, w hich
she described in terms quite applicable
o it to-day. "Pose cot t age" is an ideal
summer ret rent. 1 1 is sheltered by t he
tableland and overlooks the Woodchcs
1 er vale vv here t he monastery v igils ai t
musically chimed. Miss Mulock ap
parently delighted more, in the fresh
ness ami freenesM of the fiat than in
the 00 in lis ami woods ami sparkling
grecnlands, and the bramble profusion
which makes the district a gciiuiuo
blackberry land. Others dilde their
interests.
Ami while she hit? nil Kr.Klnn.l with a kls.
WUNi over Pure-pe fell hi r K'hleu hair.
Changing the survey from the world
to the Pritish isles, the child of the
sonneteer might well imprint her Lisa
on the radiant country of the Cots
wohls, EVOLUTION OF THE ORANGE.
flejicltril ll.i I'rrient Mnlc of IVr
feel Inn Thriiuuli t lie I m prut 1 11 c
Tiiticli of America 11 a.
For cent uries the orange was the ex
clusive possession of the Latin, Mon
golian and Malay races; then it was
carried to India, then to America and
fell under the improving touch of the
Anglo-Saxon. Pringing together the
incomparable Jafi'a, as a seedling from
Palestine, the Melilensis from Malta,
and others, he budded and grafted ill
Florida until the fruit was brought,
through blending and selection, to the
highest pitch of perfection, as it
'seemed, says the Florida Times-Union.
Put strangely enough, there came
out of the province of Polivia, Prail,
still another seedling---one of thost;
consummate blossoms oj perfection
through centuries of waltig on na
ture by the Latin which t he merica
accomplishes by cross-pollinatfrfi
I'.i.. i..-iiw il,..' r. , .... ........ 1
It had reached the acme of ii'iality 1
only in flavor, but also in its attrib
of sccdlcssness. '
Now, is not that a proper food 1
the ultimate man; a fruit which h
no progeny, nor future, no possl
function except as a minister to hi
The orange has been called the in;
versal fruit of commerce, ami so it i
for its aroma carries it unharmed, th
acrid juices of its peel protect
against insects, its toughness endures
long transportation, and everywhere
on earth men eagerly seek its subtle
charm and its exquisite nectar.
The orange Is not strictly a food, but
it is greater; it is the connecting link
to a higher status, the guarantee and
preserver of health and of intellect.
The gross gormandizing on meats, the
curse of drink, burning the brain,
hardening its delicate convolutions
these are the fountains of ills innumer
able: the pangs of gout, the sudden
ami black terror of apoplexy. Put this
gentle ami benign pharmacopeia of
nature, these fruits with their won.
derfu! blending of corrective acids and
cordials, are the ready medicament of
the ultimate man. A we advance la
horticulture nd develop othr seed
less and perfect fruits we s La 1 1 njs
pronch the perfect regimen of a high
er humanity.
Many a child has been unconscious
ly taught to deceive by a mother'
thoughtlessness. How often have wo
heard children, after some naughty
behavior, plead with the mother "not
to tell papa;" or perhaps the parent
herself has said: "If you'll promiso
not to tlo it again, I won't tell papa,
this time." The child may not really
consider his father an ogre, but ho
too often does feel that if his. fault
can be concealed from him he is for
tunate. Men rarely have patienco
with children and so trivial thing
ore apt to receive punishment in un
due proportion, ami the child dreads
"paternal justice," says the Home
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Perhaps the mother, in talking over
home matters, may conceal some de
tails in a way that the child cannot
understand; ami he naturally fid
lows her example without the bent
lit of mature judgment, considering
that if it be right, to keep back 0110
fact it must be so to withhold any
wjiich do not reflect to hi.s credit.
Little deceptions like this often d
more real harm than an actual 1'u. in
that the habit grows so unconscious
ly. Mothers frequently say: "I don't
see how my children ever learned to
be untruthful, as I have always
taught them how wrong it is to till
a lie;" ami yet the sain.' mother!
have set an example which would
indeed astonish them could they but
see themselves as the little ones sew
theln.
Children absorb much more than
parents realize and we cannot be ton
careful iu our conversation before)
them. If there ever is a time when
deception is justifiable, it is not with
the child. We would better explain
frankly why we say certain thing
than have a wrong impression in
their minds. Peinember that their
horizon is narrow as yet and that
their minds are always asking
'why V" The. child should feel from
his inner nature that mother doe
right because it is right and not, it
must be right because mother doe
it, although the latter conclusion i
a perfectly natural result of tho
former condition.
Py deprecating the concealing nf a
child's faults from others we do not
mean to advise the daily rehearsal of
domestic worries. That is one of
the worst things that a woman can
do, and yet it is common enough for
a man to hear a tale of woe on hi
return from the day's work pei hap
served up at the supper table, too.
Women do these things so thought
lessly, never realizing how depress
ing it must be to have home trouble
retailed nightly when a person is to
tired to be sympathetic. We do not
wish to belittle the cares that women
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assing; but we should remember that
the men have their daily cares a
well and that if the home is to be tho
best place on earth if must be pleas
ant. Let the conversation be cheerful
and keep the ilisagreeable. iu tho
background for a time at least. If
there are things to be discussed
which are not pleasant, they will bo
treated more wisely after a com
fortable meal and a brief test. Don't
make the dining-room a clearing;
house for troubles, nor make the)
children feel that they are likely to
be scolded at any minute for pre
vious misdeeds. If these are such
that it seems best to consult the fa
ther, tell the facts just as they are,
or keep them to yourselves. Many n,
anlt will disappear if ignored and
it is a wise mother who knows when
(o chide. Teach the child to feel that
lie will be treated justly and you need
have little fear of his deceiving you.
Mniiiilnlii I'.ilueiillnn.
'leaching school in the Kentucky
mountains has never been easy work,
and it is a question whether the long1
sniTcring dominie, who strives meii
.ally and physically with the fresh,
uncultured native product that i
brought under his care, does md at
least bear olT with him at the nnl
of the term a diploma that would
admit him at any time to all tho
glories and privileges of martyrdom.
Iu a land famous for its family
feuds, abundantly familiar with tho
luctions of "moonshine, ami
its politics to the verge of
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