The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-31

PEACE WITH ALL MES.-If anything in the
world will make man feel badly except
pinching his fingers in the crack Of a door, !,
is unquestionably quarrel No man ever
fails to think less of himself after it than be-
fore. Ii degrades him in the eyes OF others.
and what is worse, blunts bis sensibilites on
the one hand. and increases the I,ower of pas
sonate irritability on the other The truth
is, the more peaceably and quietly we get
along, the better for our neighbors. In mne
cases out of ten. the better course is. II a man
cheats you. quit dealing with him: if he $
abusive, quit bis company if he slanders
you, take care to live so that nobody will be-
lieve him. No matter who he l., or how he
misuses you, the wisest way is Ia lei him
alone for there is nothing better than this
cool, cain. and quiet way Of dealing with the
wrongs We meet with.
We CANNOT eco BAcK.-It is a solemn
thought that we cannot go back bat can only
go forward. We cannot recall the past.
What has been done. has been done forever.
1t is recorded in the Book Of God i Rcmem-
brance. aud is as durable as If notched in the
everlasting rocks. Having received life, we
must go on living forever The only question
is, Where we will live? whether we will live
with God in heaven. or with lost spirits in
perdition?
NJ
Having once set our feet on the path of ex-
istence, there Is no arresting our course.
Either upward or downward, we must move
on.
FINDING Fault wIrn CHiLpREy-It is at
times necessary to censure and punish. But
much more may be done by encouraging
children more when they do we'll BE, there
fore, more careful to express your approba-
ton of good conduct, than your disapproba-
ton of bad. Nothing can more discourage a
child than spirit of incessant fault finding
on the part of its parent And hardly any
thing can exert more injurious influence on
the disposition both of parent and child.
There are two great motives influencing hu
man actions-hope and fear. Both of these
are ut times necessary. But who would not
prefer to have her child influenced to good
conduct by desire of pleasing rather than
express her qualification when her children do
well, and is always censuring them when she
sees anything aniiss, they are discouraged and
unhappy. They feel that it is useless to try
to please. Their dispositions become hard
ened and soured by this ceaseless freiting-
and at last, finding that whether they do we'll
or i'll, they are equally found fault with, they
relnquish all efforts TO please, and become
needless of reproaches. But let a mother
approve of her child 8 conduct wtcneyer she
can. Let her reward him for bis efforts 10
please, by smiles and affection. Ia this way
she will cherish in her child's heart some Of
the noblest and most desirable feelings Of our
nature. She will cultivate in him Al amiable
disposition and a cheerful spirit Your child
has been through the day very pleasant and
obedient Just before puttias him tos sleep
for the night. Won take his hand and say -
"My son. you have been very good to-day
1t makes me very happy to see yon so kind
and obedient. God loves children who are
duifpl ia their parents, and he promises to
make them happy. This appreciation from
his mother is to him great reward. And
when, with more than afeo6enate tone, you
say, Good night, my dear son. he leaves
the room sith his fttle- Heart full of feeling.
And when he closes his eyes for sleep, he :.
happy and resolves that he will always do
his daty The kothsvs at Home.