The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-17

- lliat must Dc Il very costly Hover. =
said l.cr sister. but | should like To
own IT very much; please tell me lis
name
"Tlr little Hover" said the other,
which makes the heaviest burden
easy, is called Patience"
How to Keep the Children Pure
Will You not use your influence in
trying to deter large boys from cuntami-
mating the minds of small boys i?
Thugs which should hc told i'll IL whole
some manner and rs solemn truths are
distorted into vilc shapes, and pcrmn-
mont injury is done TO children ( miuds
Would it not be better for the body TO
bs poisoned than the mind, that parents
might SEQ the harm done, and thereby
TIC nablcd to use cures and antiuDtcS
Eut / ann sorry to say that | think the
trouble lies deeper tlNn with the big
i'uya. | have been looking around, and
am quite sure that it does. a jilry
might ncuuit thrm with the verdict,
more ailncu against than SHINING. 1t
i3 tEc men that | am coming ut, for lust
b long as they meet III groceries, on
street corners, and i'll shops, telling
s,Ori"S unfit for the ears OF their moth
ccs, sisters, wives and daughters, lust
5" long big boys will listen and thiuk it
c'inning TO emulate the filthy example
Ii it not II terrible thing to look into Il
young mans face and think of the i'm
puritics his min,! must be loaded with
unless he bas strength to east Of
the unccan thing and be nobleman %
No subject more vital in its bearing
or the morals of the young conld have
place in this column, says the New York
Tribune. III reply to the above letter
There are parents who recognize among
tle duties they owe Their children that
o. instructing them with respect TO 'he
origin of life. This is left shrouuc>, in
impcnctrable mystery, and all manner
OF lies are told III reply to the questions
which at Il very early age children viii!
AK. The mother leaves this matter for
her daughter to be told about by any
Glance schcolmate. who, with The few
& ans OF truth she may communicate,
is more than likely to SOW tares that
nCror can be wcedcd out. The inuo-
cnt- hearted boy learns from his rough
CO mpanlons what his uwn father or
II .ther should have told him with per.
f. simplicity and inge uousncss, and
CONS Il greatdeal that they would never
h. "a had him to know. Truth is sacred,
Ia h Is pure and never corrupts any
is the vile a1mixtrre OF false.
hood WITH it that contaminates. Every
fist III human ply ysiology can be so
communicated to Il pure mind that its
d2licacy shall not be III the least Of
iHlqed. The time to make these iacts
known is vii II the desire to inquire
into them manifests itself, and the best
teacher is the parent. AS between hus-
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child there is no place for shame.
Where virtue reigns shame cannot
come.
\ child thus taken into sacred init.
macy with its parent will instinctvely
revolt from whatever is vulgar and base
aud obscene. At every period in the
Il vclopmcnt of the young life the
parent should lie before everybody else
III preparing and fortifying his son or
daughter against the dangers which lie
in his or her path. There is nothing
that so strongly binds II child to virtue
and honor and chastity, as perfect and
nnscstrnlncd Intimacy between it and
nc father and mother. We are careful
about the sewage Of our houses, about
vcntiiaIing them, and see to it with
diligence that every nook ard corner is
kept neat and sweet. Let us carry the
same thing into character and open ill
the doors and windows Of the soul by
total frankness and transparent sim
plicity, Chat tho pnrc air and sunshine
OF Heaven may have access to them
and keep them pure,
One word more. If hOm" is made SO
attractive that boys and men prefer it
to the corner groceries, IN ounce of re-
vcntiOn will be found better than many
pounds of cure.
A Prescription for the euro of Drunk
enness
There ia a curious prescription in
I'm, land for tho cure Of drunkenness.
hy which thousands are said to have
been assisted in recovering themselves.
The recipe camo into notoricty through
tlic efforts Of John Vine Hall, father
Of Rev. Newman HALL and Capt Vine
Hall, commander Of the Great Eastern
Steamship. He had fallen into such
hahitual drunkenness that his utmost
effort to regain himself proved m
availing. AT length he scaHht the al-
vice Of an eminent physician, who gave
him pres .ription, which he followed
faithfully for several months. and at
the end Of that time he had lost all de
sire for liquors. although he had for
many years been led captive by most
dcbasing appetite The recipe, which
he afterwards published, and by which
SO many have been assisted to reform,
is rs follows: "Sulphatr Of iron, 5
grams magnesin, 10 grains pepper
mint water, grains; spirit of nut
meg, one drnchm To tie taken twice n
day This preparation acts ns a tol ic