Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26


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1T NAV te wise And Drudenti in General
society to express Ia circumlocutiOp
what might he Offensive n stated in
direct terms. However that NAV he.
II ia we'll in teaching chiIdren and
youne people tn call fh;nos by their
right names, to strip vice of its gauds
and show it up in all it's naked de-
fOrmity. to exalt virtue though it be
clothed in raes- hidden in obscurity- or
weighed down will disasfer. For want
of this direct and positiye teaehinp
many children grow to maturity with.
ont definite ideas of right and wrong.
of yirtue and vice, of truth and false
hood. of honesty and dishonesty. of
nobility and shame.
Asa book of morality. leaving en-
tireIy out of the question: it's origin. the
Bible is beyond price. The ten con-
maudmeuts and their sum. "a given by
Christ. if translated into universal ac-
ton, would close all our prisons, clothe
all our paupers, leave swords to rust
and cannon to moulder,and would make
the earth a paradise. Who can gain
saw thisf In this wonderful book.
murder. theft. drunkenness. living.
cOvetousness, are called by their right
az though he had with his own hand
plunged a dagger to the heart of the
innocent man. and not his wonderful
talents or his high pOsiti0n shielded
him from the lust punishment of his
double crime.
The growing youth should he Taught
that stealing is stealing, whether done
by a CORPORATION or a mODOpOly or a
man. Financial success attained by
pandering to the passions or the vices
of humanity should be duly character
lied. Fortunes built up by dishonest
and unjust means should be placed in
contrast with those acquired 6y leeiti-
mate and honest industry. and the
moral that "honesty is the best pOlicy'
duly enforced. In that capital book
"F. Grant and CO.. which every boy
should read. this subject ia treated in =
yerv felicitOus manner. and the mode
in which fathers may instil right views
of action happily pointed ont. FOI
want of this practical and concrete
teaching in bOvbOOd it ia. that we have
so many men who measure succes.
purely by a money standard. and leave
entirely out of the calculation honor
Justice, mercy, and the love of God.
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English Iry.-The use of English ivies
for the purpose of decorating living
rooms is more extensive every year and
cannot be too highly commended
Being very strong, they will live
through any treatment but study
their peculiarities and manifest willing.
ness to crafty them, and they will
grow without stint. Many houses ars
too hot for them, as indeed they are fol
their owners. Neither plants nor peo.
ple should have the temperature owe,
IS degrees Fahrenheit. lake care moi
to enfeeble your ivies by excessive
watering or undue heat, and you will
see they will not seem to mind whether
the sun shines on them or not, or In
what position or direction Won tfain
them, Indeed, so much will they do
themselves to render a room Charming
that we would rather have an unlimited
number of them to draw upon than
anything i'm nature or art,
Do you wish the ugly plain doors that
shut off YOUR tiny entry to be arched OF
curved. like those in the drawing rooms