Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-02-24
NO. 11O6.
A Sad Childhood.

A Sad Childhood.
It is not alone in the houses Of the
poor and wretched that children may
grow up without ever knowing q happy
childhood. There can hardly be Q
drearier picture than that which John
Stuart Mill gives in his autobiography
of his early years. A childhood he
never had in any fair sense Of the
term, and one would hardly think he
was allowed an infancy. When three
years old he was we'll advanced in
Greek, and. indeed, his first lessons
in that language we're given 20 early
that he could not remember the time.
At five. his days were spent in reading
such works as Herodotus and Plato,
and through the evening his poor little
brain was burdened by long and wear
ing examples u cabe root and com
pound proportion. There was no re-
Taxation. no childish plays OF toys, not
even Sabbath Of rest In the household
OF his stern father. II only . kind
Providence had sent . merciful brain
fever to the tortured child, what Q
blessing it would have been to him,
and how much il might have savsd the
world. But the mystery Of good and
evil which goes on in the world il too
deep for our solution.
Now and then walk was taken by
the side of his iron father, but there
was no relaxation even then. He was
forced to give full and true account
Of all he had read the previous day in
Zenophon, Plato, or some other elassic
author. He was taught that the high
est destiny of q mortal WAS to master
these authors, and to anslyzs the chsp.
ters of Hume, Robertson and Gibbon.
At eight he was made sohoolmasser to
his younger brothers and sisters, . task
most distasteful to him, q he was
made responsible for all their Lessons,
and if any one failed in a task he was
punished for il. The great, blighting
affliction Of this miserable boys life
was that he was permitted NO oukiook
beyond it. There was no Ohristisnity @
in his system of education. +, he, grew
up, as he tells Us. without . single CON
viction. What, wonder that the whole
world, as he grew older. seemed
shrouded in gloom, that he could not
look upon It as superintendent BY Q
Being Of Infinite love. TIA =. "hois'
How many . child ina garret home
has sweeter. holier memories of child
hood to take with him into later cliiel
There is no capital like . sunahiny
childhood with which 10 begin LIE, aad
it does not require wealth or great
learning to give this to our children.
The atmosphere Of love around them.
and the disposition to make the very
most Of the things which We possess,
are chief requisites. An overtasked
child. whether in mind or body, can
never be happy enc. nor one whose
powers will develop symnetrically.
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PLAGUE PccKEr.-Wooden PLAQUES
can be made very useful n weil q beau
tiful in the following manner: Bore
four holes in the bottom Of the
plsque Che distance apart would 10
according to the sire of the plsqaS)
and run through, tho holes two rib
bons. each one yard snda half long.
They must first be rnn through the
hole from the back Of the plaque and
carried diagonally to the ,hole at The, top
of opposite side. thus The ribbons will
cross each other. They lre then lied
in a bow with long ends, the loop being
thus formed BY which tolGSspend 4.
A full pocket of silk 10 fastsned 70 fhe
middle Of the plaque, saving ths leos-
ners through the holss. ..ana splasing .
bow at each corner and in the 1iddla,
also large one at the bottom, Of ~
pocket. A vine pf pink mornins.
glories is painted on the rim. A xhita
wood plaque. with pink groi-ersin
pocket and ribbons ID very dainty, and
five yards Of ribbon With . quxrssr 81 I
yard Of silk will be- sufa acieut inAssssial,
i ..g ..a.- ---.-----. Z..ij sbaG.s 5d
PERSONAL NsArxzss.- : Beauty nsvsn,
supplies the place Of nestue6s. Fine
clothes will not conosal tho slsitssna : A
young woman with her hair ajxays, in
disorder. and her clothes ttunbling
about her g il thrswn at her syith .
pitchfork, is always repplaiye. cslattszn
is written on her person from The crown
Of her head to the soles 81 her fest,
and if she wins husband be wiin tur,n,
ont, in all probability. either "a idle
fool or dfunkard. L-ii'i.I& o''o !i-i'
SoRE THReAr.-Use . gargisi 'oF Z
goblet half full Of water, with q tea.
spoonful OF common. baking soda ais'
solved In it. +. III - ssi.1 s3aol ~ o
CURE FOR A SrYE.-Touoh II with I
small camels hair brush dipped il
ammonia. 1t will, sting little, but
will also cure the stye. .,a a.
TooTHAcHE.-Burn . letter on the
bottom of a plate and collect on piscs
of cotton the oil of pspsr that the
burnt paper leaves and apply il 10 The
cavity OF the tooth. sa51JHi .1a saHs.l
The Algerian Missionary Sooiety arc
to start one expedition from. Zanzibar
and another from the mouth Of the
Congo for the exploration Of Central
Africa. Important results are sx-
pected. The organization has already
stations at Tanganyika and Vietozis
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