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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-12-11

rhe Illinois Social Science Association
will issue monthly journal for the com.
inE year, instead of the -lhgIu pamph.
let as first designed. The first number
Of the Social Science journal viii be "a.
sued December !Jlb, aud will contain the
able and interesting paper on industrial
schools read by Mrs. DR.. l.. X. Ward
ner before the Social Science conference
in Chicago in October: also
the report Of the Woman's Club and
Library Association, presented by the
president, Mrs. II. ii, Caniee, and the
constitution. list OF officers, call ior the
conference, etc, The Journal will be
sent regularly 10 all members OF The As
ISOLATION in con liberation u the member
ahip fee. which i. only one dollar an
nually, and extra cope, be- furnished
others for small sum per number The
Journal viii exhibit monthly record Of
the work OF The women al the State in
the six departments Of the association.
Philanthropy. Education, SANITARY Sci.
cree, Household Science, Economy and
Government.
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BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
CHEAP FOR CASN.

Mrs. y. Williamson, ct No. Ill Com.
merolal Avenue, desires to announce to
the public that she has added to her large
stock OF Millinery Goods, large assort.
ment OF Miscellaneous Goods Of nearly
every description. suit able tor HOLIDAY
PREsRNrs, which che will ssll Tor sash
cheaper than thoss that sss advertised 70
be sold vt cost.
Call and examine. and ~ for your.
sslves. lAl.W
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Notice.

The regular annual meeting Of he
stockholders of the city national bank Of
Cairo for the election OF q board Of dlreo-
tors will be held at the Office Of the bank
on Tuesday, the sth day Of January, ISIS
at the hour OF l0a. m.
w. HYsLOP, Cashier.
Do. Z, lsT1. daod.
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On Dec. 2lst. a grand masquerade ball
will be given at kluge's Hall under the
auspices Of number OF the young gen>
tlemen OF this city. The best music that
can be procured will be in attendance, and
il is proposed by the managers to make
the ball the most successful of the season
In point OF enjoyment, As the initiatOry
masquerade of the year there Is no doubt
but what the attendance will be large;
and as the larger the number, the more
the pleasure at ball mask, We do not
hesitate to predict good time for those
who attend. The following ar the com.
mittee OF arrangements:
VIM, Neh,
Geo. NJ. Fraser.
Geo. VI. Fry,
Ed, DeZ0nia,
Claude Winter.
lprile> who wish to attend can pros
cure masks at Dan Hartman's.
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VIM. Eichh0it
Stlll presides at the corner OF Seven,
teeth street and Washington avenue,
and has as usual fine variety Of dress
Ing cases and parl0r suits and calls spe.
clal attention to his hne.lo OF camp and
folding chairs.
Come, loog, buy, pay and then fall to
the rear 10 make room Tor the next Cllss
toner. LIN.
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N"s'csso MI Paroles CenesrssA.
Notice Is hereby given To all parties
having claims OF whatever nature agAiAat
Alexander county, that they will b re-
aulred to make oath to the correctness Of
the same before tho same will be allowed.
Ms provided by Section 3s, Of Chapter 81,
Of the Revised Statutes OF Illinois.
SAA'L. j. HUM, County CLERK.
Nov. ~, 1871. l.4,tm dbw.
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Other conditions being equal, there Is
no reason why healthy man or woman
should not enjoy life; ana II may well be
doubted whether adverse turlune has the
power entirely to destroy the happiness
OF one who sleeps :oundy and Whose H.
gestion Is g0ol, But Tor the nervous,
feeble, dyspeptic invalid there is no com,
fort in lite. His existence is indeed 4
wretChcA one Bul ne should not despair
Of relief. Tha. benignant restorative.
Hostetter's Stomach BitterS, has imparl,
ed heaithluI vgor to many seIi,suppoa
ed lncurabe. II Is an uneIuallcd build,
er up OF broken down physiQues, and Is
besides sovereign remedy Tor dy-pc-
pala, nervousness, irregular habit Of
body, biliousness and kidney and bad,
der dif1iGulties. i eliminate. from the
blood the acrid element which gives rise
10 rheumatic ailments, cheers and relieves
the aged ana iiilrm, and may be used
with great advantage by ladies in feeble
health. It. perfect purity also cons
mend: II n the use Of invRlids.
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Auclian OF DamRRe.i llnY.

Tuesday, Dec. IL, 1877, at 10 o'clock,
a,m,, on the Levse, near Eighth street,
on accoun. Of whom II may concern.
V. RTissrs 4 Bon.
Sol. A. SILVER, Auctionssr.
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LOOK 0rTMi,

Tie Turner's will give Grand Ball
at their Hall on New Years evening.
Admission Sl.00.
They know how to DO il.
COMMITTEE.
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There is fair demand for hay at pvi.
ces ranging from $s@l2. Receipts are
light and the supply on tho market Is
small. Bales noted were ears choice
Timothy, $ll 5O@l2; car mixed, $40 30;
l car red top, 50; car good mixed,
$40 80; car choice Timothy, So; car
GIT Edge, Sl2 50; | ear choice mixed,
Sll; car common mixed, $40.
CORN.
Tie demand for corn is principally tor
milling purposes. and otherwise the mar
ket Is quiet. Prices are shade lower,
and old white is now quoted at I3(944c
In bulk. New white Ia lG2c lower.
sales reported were ears old white
mixed in bulk, 43c; ear new white In
bulk, Ale.
OATS.
Receipts Of oats are light and there are
very few on the market. The demand
10 good and prices firm a. 2S(929c. The
shipping demand Is good. Sales noted
were; 300 sacks mixed, 32c; . cars mixed
in sacks. Sic; ear mixed in bulk, zoe;
car light mixed In bulk, 2s!c.
MEAL.
The supply o! city meal Is fair and de-
mand limited. Prices arc unchanged.
Sales were made Of 800 bbls. City, 81 %;
200 bbla. CITY. So 30; Is bbls Country.
81 20.
BRAN.
The demand is good, and prices steady
at sl3. Sales noted were $50 sacks, $l3;
100 sacks, Sl3; 10 sacks, $l3 80.
POTATOES.
Regeluts OF potatoes are good aud the
supply fully up to the wants OF the
market. Prices are unchanged and tho
demand liberal. We note sales Of 20 bbls.
peachblows, 1901 rs; 90 bbls. do, 81 rs.
APPLES.
Apples Of all kinds sre plenty. and
prices are ~ rs tor choice. 6oms dealers
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CITY NEWS.
TUESDAY, December il, ls1r
Local NAprf-StOpS


-Si.sll oysters just received at the
crystal sstUug. HARM WALErR,
The City Council wiz meet in re-
guar session tonight.
American popular five cent cigars
At !" II, Schuh's. y
10 see the display OF iioserr ~
stuart 4 Ghoison'. this week. =
lhc l;.i0rm Club rooms yesterday
received All addition of 4 number OF new
chairs.
S. +. Wheeler, Esq, "ent to Vienna
by the Cairo and Nincennes railroad yes
friday morning to attend circuit court.
An elegant line OF collars and cufs,
sllx hankcrchlels, ties, etc, Tor the holl-
days. SrAuRr l. GHoLsoN. :.
Old Archy Robinson was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Hodges yesterday on
asharge OF stealing. He was locked up.
snd will be given hearing to>day.
--County surveyor .Ino. =. llely has
iust completed the survey Tor a new
bridge over Cach. river on the Cairo and
Pulaski county road.
--'f,4 new chairs for the Reform Read
log Room arrived and were placed in the
Tnom Yesterday. The new chairs are
osInt,d red and very pretty AMI sui.
"'nnlia!.
-she'i oysters JAN 'Tee'''' az Wv
trysta! 'sIooh' HAH"f A'hN'
-,. ,,,, ., a.
"'' "'" 100 :. ono,
'"'" ''e''s D'"'' .. ~,
's'"' u. %
.-,,, on ,..,o .,d
uc,,,--, ,,.a,o,. ,a,io;,o and
"ts' Nneh, p.A'"A'
- Dohu,,r ~, Nowis tho time m use
:, Iohn G. g,ley / CO.. druggists,
ph,ladelnhis
That husband oi AI's' go ~ stuart
y GG0lson's anu buy tlielR some OIL those
elegant SILK Handkrrchieis that they are
OFFERING 50 ch.ap. l2.9.2t
-hearc lhneo'e" " l''~' "'"p's s'">
tleYnsil Mr.. Frank Van poren, VINO Is al
present III ioA". III 'ie '"'.4,''' " ' ~,
house VI '' ~ " o''""'"' iva >'i''
Isle texas PAPERS
A team, attached to wagon, belong.
Ins !" Aeii 'hc 'i'c'J ''n, ''o"'>N '','
NIUE sAe''e"''''' '' "o' t. w" ~
ny running 4nAs '''"'", " ',,.,. ,..,,u.
oNe "u' nut ",.1 WV
"'"' w '''>
Shell oysters lust received st the
'' ,, su '"'o'"' "A''' " N''"'''
=,
-fT'h's oi''y "''''' per N''''' 1t 90
'GSChAs,
Hr"Ana|
..rs..,., AZ.
LONDREs CORHANFE,
Leading brands Of S''denberg3 la
Rosa Espanola, Key west c'gars' ior ~
cents ar i. H. SChUh 81
"'
stuart "Ld Gibson are now ready
with an elegant HE o' No''uay soous'
which they oner 81 prices '''"' '"' ~
fail to make o"S''''" hFes' ="
win our citizen. act upon cur sug-
ye,,ioa in regard to rplielior the poor: 1t
Is sub,sct that demands immediate ats
tention, and cork. Let some action DO
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Say No.

How hard that to do all spheres lite To no and
thing learned
chants been IN business and still have not lea,ned.he mot the courage
mt 10 % % a,Seo oy M @ s piece o. sGeco W MOE 1T
In q
of the hardest thugs do All business conguzan
fact and their "Wel If had told
h0ye lost customer, nj competitor
Wen have been business long enough know how No. We
For ruuulncss
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BUTTER!

FAMILIES AND THE TRADE
can be supplied with choice Iowa butter
In
TUBS OR ROLLS
at ca Ohio !evee. tt. II. LEIGHTON.
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LOUIs

The aour market Is quiet, though the
order trade is somewhat more lively.
There liz iair demand Tor grades under
$3.50, while other grades are quiet. Prices
are unchanged, and merchants generally
ara Of opinion that they will not 90 any
lower. Receipts are good and stocks
large. We note sales OF
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Hn5- Oar friends should bear In mind
that the prices here given are only for
sales from first hands In round lots. In
filling orders and for broken lots Il IL
necessary TO charge an advance over
these figures. Uss
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RIVER NEWS.

SIGNAL SERVICE REPORT
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slrE. or FREIGHT 10 NEW ORLEANS AND
THE AIARkE +,

Bank landings j cents per 100 lbs, and
10 cents per Dbl. higher.
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h. HARTMAN-pealer in QueenswAre, Toys
amps aud all kinds Of fancy articles CONNER
y. Nv enue, corner 9th street.
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CGSCHAs,
kLEG ANTES.
n TN GA
DALntbRAL AMI
LONDRES CORRANTl

Leading brands Of Seldenberg'5 La
Rosa E.panola, Key West cigars, for 10
centaat I. II. SCHUH's.
-~S-lw
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Hardware. stoves and Tin ware
4 HALLEY-D Dealer in Stoves, Tin and Hard
.src, Gaiden and Farmers lmplcmen,s, mIe
Goods, Refrlgerntors Pumps and Ladders.
~ Commercial Avenue. 6h''eilng' anu 'op
Work done on short notice.
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DIRECTORY

Nete.--Any business firm eau have three lines
,rce, in ibis column under appropriate heading
The rate Of " 90 per month or VI. per year
uyable quarterly IN advance.
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She'll oysters just received at the
crystal sstOUg. HARRF NALStf'
The City Council will meet in re-
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For Rent.
A neat cottage, four rooms. Apply TO
q. +. Blake. ll.30>t
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-06
For the CrrlzEN.I
THE BATTLE.

1t was summer evening, and the SUMS de-
Fell softly DER battle field, but 't"asnt
BlenEeim though:
And twas neither Hohealinden where lser's
waters flow.
And neither was it Leipsic with its dying and
its dead,
And neither was it Waterloo where many
thousands bled,
And neither were the forces by Napoleon
ever led.
But this grand field ofbattle was in meadow
wide,
Beneath the bending willow down by the
S.ooklet's side,
And tne battle long waged fercely between
young Love and Pride.
Young Pride was in her castle and her tur-
rets rose on high,
And forces she arrayed therein loves strong
ones to defy,
reply.
loves forces of were weakened, were routed
and dismayed,
Yet still through ali the contests round those
castle walls they staid;
And gained still firmer footing by each as
sault they made. -s
The battle long waged fercely and each man
did his part.
But at last Pride's forces weakened and
Loves unerring dart,
Flew long speed of lightning and pierced her
to the heart.
Then those castle walls were broken and
Pride's men in despair,
Were slaughtered there or fed to, lit does not
matter where,)
And Love took quiet possession and dwelt
forever there. WILL NoTBILL.
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Good Manners.

The essence of good manners is a
kind thoughtfulness of others. The
man who goes to his room in hotel
stamping and talking through the
corridor, slaming his door and fling
ing his boots down heavily upon the
floor is merely brutality selfish. He
is not aware that he owes duties to
other people who will be affected by
his conduct. He does not think
that he rudely awakens some one to
whom sleep is Indispensable, and
whom he has no right to disturb
Haydon's picture of the man in the
chop house waiting for the Times,
which his neighbor has held for an
hour, and is evidently bent upon
holding until he has read all the ad
vertisements, is an illustration of
this common selfshness. The talk
and conduct in the cars are gener-
ally signs of vanity or a morbid self
consciousness. A well bred man
keeps his toothaches and headaches
to himself, and does not assume that
strangers are interested in his diges-
ton. A well-bred woman keeps her
children quiet, and does not assume
chat all her fellow travellers must
share her fondness for them. If
Mrs. p, with her vivid sense of Mr..
P.'s peculiarities and of her fine
equipage, could only once know how
supremacy unimportant any individ-
ual is, how well the world Jared be-
fore Mr. P. arrived, and how un-
shocked the universe will be by his
departure, she would be a modest
and well-mannered woman. That
knowledge, indeed, would be gen.
eral corrective of manners. A Ger
tain kind of personal conceit often
accompanies undeniable superiori-
ty. There are men, like Lord Cha
than, who like to have their going
and coming regarded as events, to
move with pompous hustle, and to
be constantly recognized as great
men. But if they could only know
it, that very taste is constantly &C
counted to them for weakness aad
their influence is just so far lessened.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-06
Delicacy Of Feeling.

Delicacy Of feeling is a trait of
character almost more lovely and
engaging than any other 1t is a
quality whose hidden principle ex-
lists in greater or less degree in
every mind, though it is often cast
in the shade by the working of the
fiercer passions in the rude encount-
ers of life. Mans mind, as mani
tested in his daily converse with the
outward world, seems to be made of
''sterner stuff and cast in rougher
moulds. bat delicacy is no mark of
weakness, for it is essentially con-
sistent with the stoutest courage and
the sublimest energy. 1t is in every
respect manly quality, and throws
over the whole intellectual and NOR
al character kindlier hue. If true
delicacy exists in a heart, it will
gush spontaneously from it, and
never can the cold cant of hypocrit-
ical formality be mistaken for the
warm welcome of the soul.
Power, mental or physical, never
appears so great as in the hands of
those who seem unconscious of its
possession. True intellectual great
ness gathers an additional charm
when accompanied by real delicacy
of feeling. Kindness may enter
where the sword cannot penetrate,
and ''soft answer and a winning
department, springing from delicate
feelings and generous heart, have
always proved irresistible. Breath
ing nothing but harmony and love,
a ministering angel to mankind, it
goes to and fro in the earth, uniting
everywhere, more firmly and strong
ly the bonds of social union.
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Starting in the World.

How should young,man be star
ted in the world, is question often
asked and as often unanswered
Some entertain the opinion that he
should be started with full purse,
while others maintain that he should
go forth relying altogether and
alone upon his native energies and
resources. We are inclined to the
latter view of the case. Many an
unwise parent labors hard and lives
sparingly all his life for the purpose
of leaving en- ough to give his chill
dren a ''start in the world" as it is
called. Setting young man afloat
with money left him by his relatives
is like tying bladders under the
arms of him who cannot swim-ten
chances to one he will lose his blad-
ders and go to the bottom. Teach
him to swim and he will not need
the bladders. Give your child a
sound education, and you have done
enough for him. see to it that his
morals are pure, his mind cultiva-
ted, and his whole nature made sub
servient to laws which govern man,
and you have given what will be of
more value than the wealth of In
dies.
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From the Capital.

When the financial crash struck
US, nearly four years since, we had
in the United States about 1868
miles of railroad. We have not
added to that since. The total
bonds, stocks and debts of the
whole at that time amounted
in round numbers to $4,755, 100000.
OF course these bonds stocks and
debts represent the value of the
property, and should represent about
the cost. Every mile, then, of the
1869 miles has a representative
paper value of $4,000. Now every
one who knows anything about rail
roads is aware that they did not
cost, mile for mile, throughout,
sos, 900. Any railroad man knows
that they did not cost half that.
The actual net cost was not prob
ably, over a third, or $21 900 mile;
for while some roads through the
mountain country may have cost
from sixty to eighty thousand dol
lars mile, the greater part by far
were laid over level country, par
ticuly in the Western States, and
did not cost $4,000 a mile. 1t is
evident. then. that of the $4,755,-
100000 of capital represented by the
railroads, more than half of it is in
flated. But say that the bona tide
cost of every mile was $31, 500, one
mile with another, the actual out
lay of the whole would be $2,177,
100000. Thus there is an inflated
capital larger than the national
debt, which, at six per cent inter
est, calls for $l42, 100000 year.
Every citizen that travels on the
railroads, and every pound of
freight, are taxed to pay interest on
this inflated or fictitious capital, a
tax far greater than is demanded by
the Federal Government.
But that is not all. The United
States Government has granted to
the railroads 2oS, 600, 900 of acres of
land, and loaned money, and credit
besides, for about $100,000,000 of
dollars. Reckoning the lands at
$l.25 an acre, the Government
price-and they are generally the
best lands-we have 8 sum total of
$500, 000,0O0 in subsidies. In fact
some of the Western railroads were
constructed, or nearly so, by the
proceeds of Government lands, as,
for example, the Illinois Central.
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A Peach Meringue.

So here goes. Put on to boil a
scant quart of milk, emitting half a
cup, with which moisten two spoon
fuls of corn starch; when the quart
boils, add the corn starch. Stir
constantly till thick, then remove
from the fire; add one spoonful but
ter, and allow the mixture to cool;
then beat in the yolks of three eggs
till the mixture seems light and
creamy; add half a cup powdered
sugar. Cover the bottom of we'll
butterd baking dish with two or
three thick layers of rich, juicy
peaches, pared, halved and stoned;
sprinkle with three spoonfuls pow
dered sugar, pour over the custard
carefully, and bake twenty minutes;
then spread with the light beaten
whites, well sweetened, and return
to the oven till a light brown. To
be eaten warm with rich sauce, or
cold with sweetened cream.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-06
LADIES COLUMN.
HARoLINE HAROLD, EDITOR.

We must measure a mans
strength by the power of the feel
ings he subdues, not by the power
of those which subdue him. And
hence, compossure is often the high
est result of strength. Did we ever
sec a man receive a fragrant injury,
and then reply calmly? That is a
man spiritually strong. Or did we
ever see man in anguish, stand as
if carved out of solid rock, as if
mastering himself? Or one bearing
a hopeless daily trial remain silent,
and never tell the world what cank-
cred his home peace? That is
strength. We too often mistake
strong feelings for strong character.
A man who bears all before him,
before whose frown domestics trem-
BILE, and whose burst of fury make
the children of the household quake
because he has his way in all things,
we call him a strong man. The
truth is, that he is a weak man; it is
his passions that are strong-he,
mastered by them, is weak.
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We don't believe this, and call on
the gentlgman to prove that this
gifted poet is not trying to fool us
all. We are very anxious to hear
the singing-gratify us; make us
happy, OH lionel!
Aug. 9th. An SIN.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-06

A Texas paper wonders if other
States are not beginning to look with
dismay at the political power that
will soon be welded by the Lone
Star State: The last census and
apportionment gave her six Con-
gressmen and 100000 population,
and to-day she numbers over l, 750-
600, and by 1880 will show more
than 100000, and entitled to TWEEN
ty Representatives at Washington.
Her immigration for 1877 is over
half as large as the population of
Connecticut, but, scattered over
Texas, they viii make no greater
showing than peck of oats in a
forty-acre field.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-06
A Superior catsup Recipe.

Select tomatoes not too ripe.
Mash, without skinning, and when
thoroughly cooked strain through a
colander. Then to every gallon add
three spoonfuls of salt, three of
ground black pepper, three of mus
tard and one of allspice; mix the
spices in part of the tomatoes and
run through sieve; put in a small
bag four pods of sweet peppers and
one onion, and boil the catsup while
it is being reduced. Add the juice
extracted from one quart of radish
and boil for four hours slowly
Pour into bottles; tie piece of cot
ton cloth loosely on the neck and
let them stand for three months, to
ripen, when cork and seal tightly.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-06
Be Careful.

Most children are sensitive, and it
is wrong to wantonly wound their
feelings by censuring them too
harshly for their faults. Time cures
a great many things; children out
grow infirmities and faults, and if
right principles of action and feel
ing are instilled gently, constantly,
wisely, the results will ultimately
appear. 1t is mere cruelty to make
the weak points of a child a source
of teasing and ridicule, as is often
done in schools and families. A
mental infrmity should be treated
as tenderly as bodily deformity.
A quick temper, irritable or timo-
rous or teasing disposition, requires
far more tact and judicious manage
ment than any mere physical infirm-
ity. When grown to maturity, our
sensitive children become the poets,
musicians, artists, writer's and lead
ers of their times. Help them, too,
with their tasks, which TO many of
them seem hopeless. Definitions
are hard to remember; the geog-
raphy lesson is difficult to compre-
bend and won't stay fixed in the
mind; history is duh and dead; arith-
metic hopeless tangle of figures,
and grammar more puzzling than
any possible conundrum. The lit
tie folks need help; they need cheer
and encouragement, and who should
be so ready,so willing,so able to give
as the parent?