St. Mary's beacon., 1858-07-01

ee=sious 0, the United States. n. has. there.
fore, nothing 10 but % report 20 his govern
meut. He could, he says demonstrate thai
Mexico can trrat with the United States In the
spirit Of the Tehaantepec articles, without de-
preciating her rights of sovereignty.
Lazy Boys.
"A hzy hoy makes n lazy man. Just a sure
rs crUked twig makes crooked tree. Who
ever yet saw q boy grow up in idlc,ess that did
not make sliftless vagabona when he became
q man, unless he had fortune left him to keep
up appearances The great mass Of thieves
paupen and criminals that fill our penitentia-
rics and alms-houses, have c,smc up to what
they are by being brought up in i.lIeness. -
Those who constitute the business portion al
the community, those who make orr great and
useful men were trained up in their boyhoci
20 be industrious.
When boy IS old enough to begin 10 play
in the street, then be Is old enough to be taught
to work. OF course, We would not deprive
children Of hcaithful, playful exercise; or the
time they should spend in study. but teach
them 10 work little by little a a child is taught
at school. In this way he viii acquire habits
Of industry which viii not fursake him when
be grows up.
/ Many persons who are poor let their chill
dren grow up 10 fourteen or sixteen years Of
age, or till they can support them no longer.
before they put them 10 labor. Such children.
not having any idea Of what work is. and hav-
ing acquired habits Of iileness, 60 forth to inn
pose upon their employers with laziness.-
There ) q responsiveness in all Labor set before
thems and tol get it done, Eospatter how, is
their only aim. They are ambitious at play
aud dull az work. The consequence Is they
90 not stick to one thing but short time; they
rove about the world, get into mischief and e.
nally find their way to the prison or aims
house.
With the habit of idleness, vice may gener-
ally, il not invariably be found. Where the
mind and hands are uEoccupicd in some useful
employment, an evil genius finds them enough
to 10. They are found in the street till late in
the evening. learning vulgar and prufane hab-
its Of their elders i'll vice. They may be seen
hanging around groceries, har-rrnms and stores
where crowds gather: but they are seldom
found engaged in study.
| A lazy bay is not only bad boy, but dis
grace to his parents, however poor. In these
times of cheap hooks and newspapers, none
| need let their children grow up in idlencss.-
i If they cann2L be kept At manual labor, let
their minds be kept ut work, make them in
dustrious scholars. and they will be industrious
ut any business they may undertake in after
life.n
We know Of many boys-young men-old
enough to do business for themselves, who can
not read, and much less write their own names
They, TOO, are lazy, for ignorance and laZincSs
are twin-brotherS. We always feel sorry for
such young men-their habits are for life-the
twig bent in childhood has grown a distorted
tree, and there is 10 remedy for it. They must
pass through life as they have lived-in laZi-
ness and ignorance. Think of it, young rca-
der, and take heed that your habits and char
nal.
RS The facts stated in the following para
graph, which we extract from q Late speech
made in Congress, by Mr.. Letcher, Of Va.
while showing the steady progress and present
extent Of the iron business in the United
States, at the same time Prove the utter f,.lacy
of the whole theory of protection" for some
years abandoned by the opposition, but now
about TO be revived by the new party called
the "people's party"-to lie formed by fusion
Of Acknowledgement and Black Republican,
ism:
SIN 1909 the production of iron Of all kinds
in our country was about $4,000 tons. In
| 1920, owing to the war, it ran down to about
| 10000 tons. Between the years 1920 aud
1926 it ruse steadily until it reached 100, 900
tons. In 1928 it rose to 10000 tons; in
1880, to 10000 tots; in 1888, to 10000
tons. In this year the compromise tariff inca
sure was adopted, under the operations of
which the duties were regularly reduced each
year. Between the years 1888 and 1910 tie
production steadily increased, until in the lat
!! ter year it reached 10000 tons. In 1882 i,
dropped down to 100000 tons. Between
the years 1912 and 1916, after the rail road
fever had broken ont in our country, 10 rose
to 775, 900 tons. The production continued To
increase until 1S4S it reached 800, 900 TONS
In lS49 it sunk to 640, 1000 tons; in 1850 to
sec, 900 tons; and continued to fall until, in
1862, it had reached 100000 toms. In 1863
it rose rapidly to G50,0O0 tons; in 1854, tn
SOC, 900 tons; and continued to rise until. in
1855, il reached 1,000. 900 TONS II the theo-
ty of gentlemen now cOntended for be true
call upon them to explain how it was that,
under the Operatioa of the tariff Of 1916, the
production sunk from 800, 900 tons in ls4s
two years after the bill Was passedl 10 500, 900
tons in 1862 aud, again, l call upon them 10
explain how under the operation of the
same tariff the production rose in the short
space Of three years, from 100000 tons in
1852 70 100000 tons in 1855? These
facts are important, and eminently deserve
consideration. 10 my view they demonstrate
couclusively the fallacy of the opposition theo-
ry, which charges the depression Of the iron
interest to the tariff legislation of the last Con-
gress. The revulsiou through which we are
now passing is justly cbargeable TO individual
imprudence and not TO governmental action"
BAD TAsrE.-The sprightly Petersburg
Express, whose editors taste in matters Of de-
J pertinent and dress 10 unquestiona6le, makes
the following remarks, which have q peculiar
adaptation to this latitude:
Towards the cool hours Of evening, mum.
bers of children have of late been sent out &c
promenade the streets and enjoy the open nil
displaying their own sweet graces and the good
: or bad taste of mammas in the peculiar ar.
. rangcment Of their juvenile paraphernaia. The
worst possible lasts 10 the dress Of little girl.
Is that which prescribes the expansive hoop, Of
an indefinite amount Of starch, to throw out
$ the gaudy or simple skirts of the wearer to ar
J inOrdinate extent, thus destroying all seemins
of that soft drapery which should always b,
: associated with childhood, and substituting ,