The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1858-12-23

So though | pity little Three Cents
with his bare feet | know it is better 70
for him. Oaks are made strong by harO
discipline Only pray God he may no
be stunted by the severity of the winte
upon him.
Do you know Three Cents?'
Possibly not by name. But am sur,
yo9must have seen him. Nay more,
IH>.k it not unlikely you have bough
- ~ GAzETrEs of him. Fof Tire,
Cents is a newsboy, and among them all
he is conspicuous, pardon the bull for hi,
small A little bit of IA boy, his hiends
or parents, or who ever may have charge
of him, have never been able to find smal
enough clothes for him. His garments
fit so loosely that they would be well veh-
tilated without those numerous holes that
make you think of the Irishman's deScrip-
ton of cane bottom chair-a quantity
of holes with pieces of cane woye round
them.
So little Three Cents clothes are holes
with rags round them. His feet are guilt
less of shoes or stockings. Only when
the snow falls and the pavement becomes
crusted with sleet and ice, does he invest
in the luxury of coverings for his feet and
then he has the dirtiest of hose and the
lmost ungainly of brogans, Three Cents
Ichest is broad, for his size, his shoulders
are square, and you see that the vital or
gans have ample lodgmcnt. Bawling out
from morning to night the names of the
papers, he has got pair of lungs that
some men would give half their fortunes
ior-strong, capacious, healthy.
His frame, what there is of it, is well
knit, and his puny arms have much more
strength in them than you would suspect.
lfyou had seen him the other day, when
Dave, that big news-boy jerked away his
papers, chase the highwayman, and dis
regarding size and age, scientifically at
tack him, ard without the formalilie5 Of
Police Court, Grand Jury, G, c. p. Pet
it Jury, Judges, Attorneys, and Sherilts,
then and there administer justice, and
teach Dave a hsson he wont forget this
many day,-you would have discover
ed what perhaps you haven't learned yet,
that nerve andpluck are of more value
han muscle.
Three Gents has a pleasant face. At
it looks as il it would be pleasant if
p. ID see moreNpfit. But he usually
MASKS it liza -eoatingpf miscellaneous dirt,
which hides aiIrSQlot and gives you no
hint whether his complexion be sallow,
blonde, or horid. I'm hair is unkempt
and tangled. But it |, dark, and is of
that wiry hxture which marks strong
nerves. Ether he cut9,it short, OF like
the rest Of his body, it has been stunted,
for his slouched cap coyeHs nearly all of
it. His black eye is quick, and his voice
a sharp treble.
But why is he called Thine Cents?'
Newsboys are gloriously Rrimitive.--
Amidst the conventionalisms Vt the city
they keep their native savageneEs unspot-
ted. A community of Eews-boys would
be like the hypothetical communities with
which College Professors people supposi-
tious islands, whenever they want 10 IL
lustrate point in Ethics or Political E.
economy; and it is one of the marks of
primitiveness that man or boy gets his
name from some trait or incident. This
method Of nomenclature would be ex-
ceedingly inconyenient in civilized com
munities. How many Jenkinses would
become Toad Eaters; how many respect
able Fitz--something or other-plain,
iprodigal, Lazy, Stupid. Cyrus W. Field
gould be called the Gable Layer De
sanity, the mysterious denizen of Trinity
Bay, Humbug and so on. Ofcourse such
ames couldn't be tolerated, in any en-
ghtened society. But news-boys have
) particular regard for shams. If Jake
stingy, he becomes Stingy Jake. If
|eier lies, Lying Pete constantly reminds
m of his bad habit.
Well, Three Cents sells his papers for
Iree cents when there is any danger Of
9ktting stuck with more papers than he
chn sell. Three Cents is very prudent
tmid even-and he early in the day be-
GINS to undersell the other boys. So he
h4S his name. Whether he has any name
oeeide that can't say. That's the only
naie kknow him by. lie has father,
lhoNgh, and a mother. For the other
nigh, when the Wind was whistlinp to
keep itself warm, and dashing It's arms A.
gaipst the chimney tops to heat the tips Of
its filgers, little Three Cents stood crying
the Times out on our door-step-'Daily
Tinzs, only a cent piece So he kept
reiierating this, in a plaintive way, till a
kind hearted man went out and spoke to
him, and learned his trouble. lie had got
stuck and had gone home with papers,
but without money. His father refused
to let him in till he had sold his papers,
and he knew from experience that TO 60
home would be to get flogging. So he
stood out onEh step, at ten o'clock, sup
perless and hungry, cold and weary, try
ingto sell tlo Times. The kind hearted
man gave hin dime, and took his three
papers, andhow Three Cents did scamp
er!-thougI his home you wouldn't give