davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1880-03-13
FALSE And TRUE,
We extract from Or. Natlway's nTreatr.. .,
Disease and Its Cure,'' ~ follows: ~
List Of Diseases Cured by
Railways SasapariNian Reso|yent

Chronic slE1n 1tscnacs. E1f1es Of tho Bone. Y1u.
n1ors III tho Blood. .Hcrofuioua DlseAscs Ind m
Unnatural Habit Of 13ndy. Syphilis md vcnercai.
Fever 6ores, Chr1IlIc or Old Ulcorst Salt Hhounss
Kckete, Whtte 6woltlnE, Scnll Head, VterIns
Affections, CnnkaFB, Olhnslilnr SMeln9s, Nodcs
Wasting and Decay of tho Body, rl,nnlcs nd
untchp3, Tunors Dyspepsia, Kidney and Hind.
der l]lBcaacs, Chronic nhGt1inntfsn ond 1out
Consumption, Gravel and Calculoua Denos,is
ind y.!rtetics Of tho A6ove complaints to wbic5
sometimes hro E!vGn apccious nAncs.
Possesses the curative power OVER these diseases
TINT ltadway's Hosolv9nt furnishes. It cures
step by step, Btirely, frnm the foundation. and
restores tho Injured parts to thctr sound condt.
t[on. TIE wAsrEH nF THE u0pF ARE ET0FPEp,
AND fIEALT1iY ntdlt1n II SuPFLtKp TO TIE RTe.
TEN. from which new material Ia formed. Thst4
tho first corrective power Ut nnlway's ResolycDi,
In cases HherG the system has been aairatcd
md Mercury, Quicksilver, Corrosive BublImnto
have accumulated and hccDHa depoaFtet1 In tho
bones, joints, 9to.. cnuslrR carfea of tho bonei,
swettlngt varlcoAo veins, eto, the Barsnparllllan
will rcsolre away those dcpohtts and exkcr1n{.
nate tho virus OF tho disenAc frsm the ayrtem.
II those who nrG tAktpg these medicines for
tho cure OF Chr,rlc, Beroful0us. ar Byphllit(o
diseases, however allow mhy BIO the cure, " feel
better" nnf flnd thoir general health inlprpr-
!l,g, tliolr acah and weight increasing, or eycn
keeping lis own, IL d sur5 sign TINT tho euro IA
progressing. In these Diseases tho patlent
0ase IS mt it,netive. II moi arrosteh and driven
frum tho hlootl It will sproAd and continue to
undermine tho constitution. As doon u tho
4ANsArAnttLtAE makes tho patient feel bet
ter" every hsait ynu will xtnw hnttor md In
crease III health, strength, and Gesh,
, 1880-03-13
USELESS I.ETTEIt-w1ITINq,

10 tho Editor n 7hs Chicago Tribune.
ANNOY, ILL.,, March ll.-'ro what an unrcn-
sollable extent Ii useless, so.cnllel frior1tlly
correspondence supported ut tho present tine,
md WIN TINT can BUG anything cannot SEQ the
folly off
Stch Infasfyes as constitute tho greater purt
ut tho tnnlis 11ow werc. lloe nlnny years agn, nj
lnnst unknown, and there Is no tnora necessity
Ut having them now than tfloro WAS then, anh
not ovon 30 much, for urGfa letsuro f,olirB can
now be spent In nmnsc1nents which, not long
auo, were entirely unknown; or, better, apcnd
tho tfmo in useful reading.
1t lsns bccnnlc, with ninny, 80 that "mail-
time" lB tho Krentcat hour nf the alny, und, Mt tho
s.,.no tttnG, they do not, receivo my nGil which
IL Of any vnlun or bencflt to thom whRtevcr.
t1n not object to Dr'tAors lnd sisters cUrrGspnul
tnMily Of us corrcspond--" lust fur fun with
thDso that NJ tayn nutcr seen moro thnn once
i,ovet oxpuct to. md eve those thst We WV wo,id ni
DO wcnot7 And whit ii gHin1d BY III Simply
Notlee = paekngo Of lettcrs which hns been
THO S,i1,'nonts which. were ma'le:
I went to tchool ut III. hut think hor lcttors
srS ry ih,,, II + a wa nSt NJ
ono from Lawyer u. Iio seems g,,ite m cute, but
wt,at would Hnn,o OF my frlclu!s say II thcy
knew e"Srrresposnlet "r with str@,lerr2 rhia ono
him will c,lnugh to correspond With him. for |
ssw @ hlln tw!ce, mud W. Kos real vel ac'l.ia'ntcd.
Tnss !; ir9m ,;at M.s ,,T.er Il ao never sasa
costrsxed 1,o5e ly ,n,er, thnn by, women, how
ttoso wf,o eoisent to correspond With yoi, or
those WIN NIX you TO correspond with them on
short ncl,iAintnnce or mono ut all. nro 10 lGss
f0rWltrtl In Hputang cOrrcspundcnCcs with nttl-
lily. ~ ~ ManEl i. MxNakiF. ai,aai
, 1880-03-13
GELFISlINESS.
NONE vIEws On TffE suhtECE

NONE vIEws On TtfE srniECF.
IN the EIta. a. TIT Chicago 7rtbunt'
Hrn1S0rIEtp. ILL.,, March 3.-noos 0rlena count
hcsxclf ninonE tho selfish ones In her letter dntctl
Feb. -? do not think she Inns mentioned tho
wnrst kinds Of scltshncss that cxiat IN tho world,
md most Nasurc11y to not tht1k shD Ia Cnont
enough 10 seitsahntss.
Tho world IN male tip Of self. and unless We
take cnro Of No. wa shall all he lost In tho
whsrli,,g t1,nesrs III humanity nruu,a Mr. It tho
aGtC-pcuple WIN .nakc tho great tucn and women
of tho world. And By this do not mean Orac-
nas "opan observation-disclosures at,d prosecution 10
the bitter end but a caepfsil examination ot
s.syeryth!nx TINT s.',ncs II ,E a,r way. an takins
advantage and g,ui. il there any me of being
Intensely. sclIish and s,ieharI!nblo, in VI
tsf ton t a liz u19 1lk tt,e ti5 oFGs Is rcfs ssss
tim II, not being na'c to observe tho sumo pc-
cnltnTEt!es III curse !rcs which W. coilc,nn In
others" is TIN hrsMtl At1a hnrsh. Perhaps thoro
nrG suino who nrt ~ unfortunate. but there nre
many, ilny nlt,re who Ir.llIxu thelr uti1uyGlf-
to ~ 9. e*st Sy %sS scg bno tho
i,ut rs thcy 'nako rsps"tc, isiiarrs aiid afa u
irati!. n,ni tasy rrn;ain in tllu sftno % paecs,
growing uslief anil hunsler cuch dar. II any one
s4nts to khvw 4 B;nkl WY to. practice ,Hsrlf- II r.
ciiorts they sca il,ado By thor nssoclatcs to 10
i,etter. You VII INIT " many Instances.
wnsn doing nls, .hat ,[,,a tno pSnpo yom
ym,rsclt, and then will cs,lo tho selfish desire
not to let them know that yo SEQ thoir eilnrts
sna success 0h ho t. w!!l tE M1d ,a pil, to
solnc people nra burs' selfish. md tl'oy can't
eyes ii III. True, they fsay, BY cotittnnt en-.
Jeavnr nudity + in so,no li'sa.,,ro; but wl,en
they snc T." II M"t'Fat rec" tncm the
mud wD DO iIntO thusu who fall in tho wny
, 1880-03-13
II .c,-n rlnce whore wc may learn the lessons
which nro to fit us for higher nnd brttcr.
GNASnMA DLt,WAfB.
WHAT TO READ.

~. ~. - n3.,A.u.
40 tas .sa0oF ~ 1"t t"'faao 1f'oant'
Saturdays Iiomc 1ookcdi Where hnvo all the
scts. s, aa a"a, aa f'1ss M xns ,s"a m r.
taey ueen ~ slccovva ~ .nu rr, u..t ~
70 sHos - ~ m .hns NY
eunatlon. No wo,11i cyc,, bo gad 10 rco tho
i,ro,hor. ,nd urnIc. nr,.cnt ra,hor linn Tho
md l,'tterswcet were there, md sosorai othcrs:
VI" W.. ~ 'ar n'orv , ae ~ f,,ro 'A "'"' 'A'
u.es -, v, ~ xnn,x that oor ,,.s c,r v,rr
or!ehnt au no. K'o" t1lat Gnu A's" my Fott
lut porhaps mar otfcr fow words OF cnco,,r-
ugn!11cnt. ..
they n, d iearrel iii from tho ryesss II tho
school. roou,, fur iii tis axs of lxDks uf,e can
mcguire rpAi prautlcal Riiowlc,ige outside 1t
schools and cUllcxcs Tint will si.ryc their pur-
p,,su lust ~ we'll Iii this .lny s.ur nj tho
alatterIng Of learning ono geia at tho ordinary
IL yo,,r yn,,ns friend desires to p,rs,,o rcg,,-
tar course u st,Itles. should think Il would be
two ire the chau.nq.tn Literary an, Scientific
e Tho forep Spe1y Of hoso hnv spce
,s for sae Ak 1xssr en% sh,5x i = si ysry 1ss s St -
% thy deHrS ee1 e G fea s1S": u csnrFe s i rtos
4, Il. TIcknur, No. Pnrk strut, Huston, Nuss,
feel jutercsar.i In this aiiljcct a 1ts,ln bonS
omitted, "A Confidential t:tat ou isnIks; ur,
Whit Shail EeltiY" Am! npw wotkt h,it,,biy
art.nt Ifktnr fr fy DartIllIHr brunch Of st,tdr
Tint stu tnnko a spccinlty Of Tint; Of If sfie
fpsecases talent for nnythfnR lei hcr clIltiyNte
tiat tmtc1,t VIA rcuIiuK sDncwhcrs, nut jo,ig
nKo. that ono could l,Ot bccotso conycrsnnt
Wta al tn9 g5Sat s1o'ceta 3 II, es. stnEo 10
tuIfinc ourselves to fu,T, Tor it wns better TO
, 1880-03-13

HOPE.
a QUEEN AND HEN fiEtLN.


Tp The Editor n 1at cateaeo Tribune.
-, I,' ~ ~, o..s.' -. ~, a' n'.s U.s.
ah1 hnl nuIe t1oFc y Fh'Fy t'een. a1lu hses
In hetlutlfnl sl1scry elod: tint allo " slnthod
in rtcy 1Dtsfs s1t5 on II rullcn t,irc her t,]orry
,,nnf,rt- frot rcst,no mn :, ,lt"nnnt f,.,tsttu mi
.esas w. .s1..,ll. ,.s. ua
nor feeptfo q ihu9h TRANSFORMED INTO 'n'sgIc
wan1; that tho curinns MD cnnopy around nisd
nboyo'hlr are ca,tght hRck with re;us that o,,ge
,,,,r, +nmr. t-,uu,u- ~, +,,n i.s,n. ri h,uu,.,.
80. ~ t, w. s.u '.1 n'.s,, ".
!nst nes Stss1cH "ucHe" ana ca'i'k"d Ehto ns'lx-
Ing stnra; atns TINT tho wool anu wnrp TT tht,su
curtains aut} the cayo,y urr tunsy Ut the ,Nutl-
,,ov hrt.htu.,. md sn,nn,1or ,h,r,,.,., ,rltnh
~, ., ~ w. ~. n.''', ."ss"s ""se''
apAekln a1d uaeh tho nnshetl KleEy OF tho mnri-
ing anu tho shifting, chn1,ulns rniunco uf the
s,It,.ct And I betlt.yc thn h,yrlv ctot,t1s nrs
,,,,,, ~. ,,nI,,. ~ ftn,s , ,t.t .t rt,,
@ Ii,o no ts' ~, A ~, .,, ny ~ .s
49,, t,r. s,,,. ,1 a'.ptt .t ~ ~ ~
snru LIZ" t ~ tt p@teu @ nus "n.'u M ~, 'ts u. l's
Y hor ms ~, Es9Hi 99, % g ,,i 1'" ~ WITH % hSfe M,la
.ss t ~, ~ ~ ~ ILL.,! na ctIu, ist,. tsnN Sn.a.hes
s suo 't taee @ EaGts AT', M ,!iuI4Mneu "HHn
HaG!t !lsnit a'a w s'.t H. ~ .ae E!1ihs u tut
sststa,t9. T. @ @EHt ;!Hn 'HK Nts atlGh u tuluH.
@ @,nnk y ~ oiy y utGlh III tnc eln'4ah Tncro ths
!Rt tih WI M!!nin m stlmcs thsgt'itanf AMu thMt tH,-
~HcFu ',n !aslA uE Fey ehh " lhHH q lRnt Wlt!ch
oan . eMPass ~ r VI" u, ih t Wea s1mrs , 5f 1s
, 1880-03-13

~ lnnR rs tho waves of life rhh and flow or
Drrak *n1,hing nn the f1,cky ts,nst* ri hcnth.
g}ft, krer1 ut her fret, md. traitors Au cnwnris
tthoilgh we harc hecn, awGar anew n!Ieginncr, to
TINT ercr held her c,,,sn hy right tlivtuc, wftuto
mnst fnflifMl slnye is the most perfect freeman.
Atid whose rrtgn began wtrn tftnc was tim
pc'l l,o nn et,uIl endure until tho starry hosts
Ut hcArCu 1rp auuIhtntcd CHAT.
, 1880-03-13

1b The Editor Of The Ghte4iea Tribune.
CsstcAs1o, March B.-t would Ike to enter The
Home, II tho etfstl,irtor will A1inw me-, through
tho Kitchen. Will i,ut son,o of tho kind f4nliiy
uf Tho llu'na p,cnso tell me llow tn mike Fort
Wayne patldlngY ! I'M sslrD 5Du will cOnfer-1
wns Bnttig to Huy everlasting obligation. Hut
10 rea1lt want to know 81 bud thht will tU
very thankful. 6uNfLOWEit.
, 1880-03-13

Fcllows' Compound Syrup Of Hypophusphlscs
will not only supply tho Nasto 9plns IN i. tho
creator lax thAn before. It will inl,,ast sigur
uni. prpl,lule cicur conceptions tn tbs thtollect.
1t will strrlKthon tho nerves Hld give lh1Wcf to
Of the betty
, 1880-03-13

To fF1 EtI3l0F u 1He EHteaV6 7FtHHFs
LAxn VIEW, ILL.,, Mnrph 1.-sfny tell Agate
thAt have mixed cnl,nlt md enrmne for pun
sIea nill nln,le vcl,ety eircct7 In wnter-colur-
Ing II w,.sh at leWoi yelow bc!ora putting Oh
cht1n!flv prrNlt!ccB Il rich, iuEtt1,l1s ctTect.
pork nlld bcMns Iii tlu N,ston styi02 n. o. ".
, 1880-03-13

10 the Fatttor Of TIT Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1D.--tt IL 50 universally tho GUS
tom ut present, In thu ltno Of fancy work, to
knit mud crochet silk llito tnn1,y forms aud fan,
cics thnt wonl like thu oxppranccd oncs OF
Tho Homo tn tetl mo wlint inHnstlneturo and
what cul1rs OF Bflk nre tho must spryfceable to
ttHG. EAItlOrE,
, 1880-03-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
QUEEEl QUESTIONS.


To ths Editor of Ihs Chicago Tribute.
LAKE S.tonE, Mich, March I'll would like
roum 10 nsk n few questions:
Whnt IL good cure for gosaIptng md tale-
henrlng, md whit Is tho difference between
thoin I What nra tho 1uwa Of Michigan In re-
gurtl to widows portion? SA'LAH TA1IAEERIso.
, 1880-03-13

II he Editor nf 7hs Ghttapc Irtba

10 Tie Eli0r d 7hs Chltaoo 1f15aNt.
CHICAGO, MNrch Twill Any Of tho 1nany
friends OF The Homo ple.lsu give at nnswor to II
question that Is OF great interest to jne7 The
writer Wishes to b,iy mi AFRO 0c land and wishes
tn hnyG IL In nA1tinrG form. How many feet Will
thuro lu Uu u sidu2 ACNE.
, 1880-03-13
WARMING.

High In tho heavens gaw tho moon this morn
inR.
Albeit tho sun shone bright,
untn MY soul 4 apakYY, in voice Of warning.
ELLA WHEELER,
, 1880-03-13

All remedial ngenta capable Of destroying llfe
by an overdose shnuid be avo,dod. Mprphtno.
opium, strychnine. nrntca, hyoscauus, and othef
an,nll doses. rclIevo the ptiont during their %.
ton ln tho system. nut perhnps the saa sec"aa
tho suffering, ai1d nilatltur tloao cAuso death.
Theirs IL no Iecuaslty for using these uncertain
n4unts WHOM positive rcmpdy like lta'lWnys
pain quicker, without ontaIli,l8 tho least Jill"
Guilty IN oithcF infant or Atlhlt.
The True I1pltef.
Itadvay's Neady Aellcf Ia the only remedial
agent In vogue that will Instantly stop pa1n
Flty Ceuts Prr Hottie.
, 1880-03-13
THE PUZZLERS' CORNER.

tOrlgtnn contributions will bo publtshctl In
this departments. Correspondents will rlcRse
send their rrn1 names with their nas,s tt 1Anmo
addressed II, "1'uzzlcrs' Cnrner.' Avoid tt,s,-
lcfc words N fnr m possible. Answurs will bo
published tho fonwing vcek.1
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS pUzzLEs.
No. l,NR,
, 1880-03-13
How the Kitchen. Garden School
Is Progressing.
Some Original Thoughts About Hope
Prcttily Expressed by Chat.
Further Views Concerning Se1llshness ly
. Merry, Merry Maiden.
Grandma 0ldwnys on tho Necessity Of
Teaching Girls Useful Things.
Ths PDzzle Of ltte ExpatIaied Upon by a Man
In Michigan.

Contributions on Various
Topics.
, 1880-03-13

Frnm to 2, n nnmo by which m nthotst Is
known In tho Enst; = to d, to nnitnato: 3 to I, Il
COPY fron, m orsglnnl; TO 0, II Kind or malt
brewery ard II vowel; : to 4, 4 nian-stcnler and
a dwelling; . to ., fossil ,cprAL
UELArAN, Wis. WEB.
, 1880-03-13

Turo blood makca snund flesh, strong hmm ,,A
clear kkin. II ynu ws!ld have yb,iT nnaf,e hsa heaa
ynur homes sotind, Without cnrios and yol,r rn,ss s
LIAM NEHQfIVENT, N'41AAs-
, 1880-03-13

DOUBLE ACKOsTIc-No. LIE.
4 Q,ttit; n lnkc In New Ynrk State; IN aquatic
anIthll Of tho ratlIntc type; II Etris nati1e: IN
overthrow. Prttnnls, the horned rhiioeeros
bird; flnata Il snnll bird. Tho words aro OF uni.
fnr1n length.
STEWARD, Ill. Mn. E. Us.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-12
NOT FAIRLY REPRESENTED.

Some of our contemporaries are mislead.
ing the public, or are themselves misled,
as to the nature of the ruling made by
Speaker Cowdery on Monday, in denying
to Assemblyman Corcoran question of
privilege. The Speaker is charged with
having ruled that statement in news
paper concerning the conduct of member
was not ground for question of privilege.
The fact is that no such ruling was made.
The rule of the Assembly covering ques-
tions of privilege reads: "A member may
"rise and explain matter personal to
"himself, with leave of the Chair. "
Two things are here set forth. First,
the explanation sought to be made
under question of privilege must
be of ga matter personal to
the member desiring to explain, and,
second, "leave of the Chair" must be OBJ
tanned. In the case under consideration
Mr.. Corcoran arose and said "There
"have been illusions made in this hall,
"and also published in the daily papers,
rejecting upon certain other gentlemen
"gentlemen on this floor who have dele
"gated me to represent them in this mat
'tter." In all questions of privilege, the
first duty of the member claiming to exer-
else the right is to state the ground upon
which he claims the privilege of explana-
ton. Mr.. Corcoran did this by plainly
declaring that he arose as the delegate of
others. He did not state a single fact
which would Have entitled him to the
privileges of the rule, and the only issue
raised by the ruling of the Chair is one in
volving an Interpretation of the words
personal to himself" as used in the rule
above quoted. By his decision the
Speaker merely assumed the ground that
to arise by the authority of number of
gentlemen-possibly class, or whole
party-was not question of privilege
within the meaning of the rule. That Mr.
Corcoran did not, in the statement of fact
made by him, present good ground for a
question of personal privilege, will be ap-
parent to any one in the slightest degree
familiar with common parliamentary usage.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-12
POLITICAL PLEDGES.

A bill was introduced at the beginning
of the session, making it a misdemeanor or
a felony, we forget which, for any success
full candidate to violate the pledges taken
during canvass. If we do not err this
bill has already been rejected, but as the
theory of it seems favorite one in certain
quarters it may be of some use to recall
the fact that at least one man in this State
has already been hanged for keeping a
campaign pledge. We refer to Troy Dye,
who, while stumping this county for
the Office of Public Administrator, an.
nounced wherever he went that if elected
he would send out ga killer > and who,
having undertaken to redeem this pledge
after his election, was forthwith arrested,
tried, convicted of murder, and executed.
This case would seem to indicate that the
fulfllment of political pledges is not al
ways compatible with the enjoyment OF
long life, and it may therefore suggest
some new ideas to the advocates of the
measure above referred to.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-12
WELL DISPOSED OF.

The Senate did itself credit in post
poning indefinitely the monstrous bill to
discard the evidence of Chinese in the
Courts. 1t is very much to be regretted
that such bill should have been intro
duced, and still more so that any member
of California Senate should have been so
insensible to shame as to advocate the
naked brutality and barbarism of the prop
osition. But though there is no differ
ence of opinion in the community as to the
desirability of getting rid of the Chinese in
a constitutional and honorable way, it is
well ii at there should be manifested, as in
this case, an equally firm determination to
protect the honor of the American name by
according fair play to all who live under
the flag, no matter how distasteful their
presence may be. Such a bill of course
could have had but one effect, namely, to
encourage outrages upon the Chinese, and
thus to rouse the rest of the country
against the demands of California. 1t
would in fact have been suicidal as well
as an Infamous step to take.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-12
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

1t is to be hoped that the destruction of
the State Normal School by fire will be
made the subject of searching inquiry.
Our dispatches yesterday morning init
mated that the fact of incendiarism had
been put beyond doubt, though if, as
stated, the building was entirely consumed,
it is difficult to see how this evidence could
be forthcoming There seems, however.
to be more than natural coincidence be-
tween the recent studied attack upon the
school, and its destruction by an incen-
diary fire. The latter event has occurred
almost too OPPORTUNITY for the enemies of
the institution to put it beyond suspicion,
and for this and other equally obvious rea-
sons an investigation ought to be had.
The loss of the building, moreover,
should not affect the Legislature in its
course upon the destiny of the
school. A great many evidently
loose statements have been made of late
in this connection. Before it is decided to
do anything the past history of the insti-
tuition should be carefully examined, and
its capacities for training corps OF State
teachers. 1t seems to US that the COM
plants made thus far, as for example that
the students of the Normal School do not
as a rule become teachers after the State
has educated them for the work, are, if
true, rather impeachments of the educa-
tional system than of the school chiefly
concerned. For it surely must be possible
to obtain from those who seek to avail
themselves of the advantages of such an in
stitution some guarantee that they will de-
vote q certain time to the exercise of the
knowledge of teaching they have attained.
No doubt it is very difficult to devise any
plan which would hold good against the
matrimonial tendencies Of young women,
but in the absence of statistics the dis
cussion of this question is evidently un-
profitable, since it may be the case that
majority of the Normal School graduates
have become teachers. The need of
such an Institution as an auxiliary to any
well-ordered educational system appears
incontestable, nor do we think that a Chair
of Education at the State University could
be made to supply its place.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-12
A PLEA FOR THE CHILDREN.

Ordinances fall so thick and fast about
the ears of the children in these days that
the poor things will soon be deprived of
the last of their toys and games. For
between the rigor of schoolmasters and
the zeal of municipal authorities, the boy
of the period has somewhat hard time Of
it. He must not play ball, or spin his top,
or shoot his marbles, or fly his kite, any
more. His playthings are taken away
from him, his customary Fairgrounds are
tabooed, and yet nobody seems to think
that playthings and Fairgrounds are
necessities of juvenile life. No doubt it is
annoying when boisterous boys brighten
horses and cause accidents, and no doubt
there are toys, such as the sling, too danger
Gus to be tolerated. But it is none the less
necessary to inquire what the children are
to do when al their spontaneous methods
of amusement are prohibited. Nor is the
question trivial one, for the tendency in
such cases must invariably be towards
something less innocent than the old
vetoed games. When boys are left to
themselves they establish regularly recur-
ring seasons of games. There is the
top season, and the marble season,
and the kite season, and the ball season,
and each is as sedulously observed
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We never knew how these seasons are es-
tablished, or how their limits are recog-
nized, but every boy knows when tops are
'tout and when marbles are sin, and no
self-respecting boy will knowingly violate
the close season for any game. The boy
republic thus administers its pastimes in
a sufficiently regular way, and provides a
series of changes well calculated to sus-
tain interest and afford the requisite
variety. But when the stern hand of
the adult government is laid upon all these
innocent and healthy recreations, the boy
is thwarted and thrown out of his natural
groove, and at such times his restrained
energies are very apt to carry him towards
hoodlumism. The truth is-and it is a
truth parents and teachers must take into
careful consideration opportunities for
wholesome play are far too few in our Cali
fornia cities. In San Francisco, and also
in Sacramento, the boy is treated very
much as nuisance to be abated. No pro.
vision for play grounds is made in his
behalf. He is driven from the streets with
his games. There is no back country for
him to retire upon. What is he to do ?
The too frequent answer to this question
appears in the increase of hoodlumism.
The matter deserves anxious thought, and
we commend it to whom it may concern.