The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-07
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 My con, l heard yon speak ef yosr father the other day as the old man, and of your mother as -hes higAaess."
 Whats the matter thae yea eanf refer to them as ycur father and moeherg
 Suppose your parents skcold speak cf you as "the kid" cr " the ayr You'd soon begin to think that you'd been born into the wrong family. The son whc is ashsmed cf his parents cugks to bs ashamed of himself.
 Suppose their ways are old fashioned and their grammar . listle o6. and they don't feel iike keeping up with the fash ions cf the dayf Not oee father og mother in ten had the advantages you enjoy. Forty or 6ky year ago they walked three or four miles to . country school to pick up a little learning. while now you are talking of going to college They began poor and have toiled and lA- bored and saved for their children. You just remember that things have greatly changed in this country. Years ago . calico dress vas seen at church far ot,enef than a silk. Men went to meeting clad in home-spun. The rule in most houses vas for the children to stand up io eas. The biggest pieces of pie vent to father and mother, and the children were no, allowed to sit up until 10 o'clock at night. or to argue a question after the head of the family had decided 1t.
 My boy. don't get any foolish notions into your head. # your father ;s old :sa gray and bent if your mother is trem- bling and weak and has no care fos the frivolities of this day, it is toll which has brought these, days of hard work and nights full of anxiety that their children might be spared the same slavish life. Where they were blue-jeans you have broadclosh. Where they ate johnnycake yor have sweet cake aad pie. Where their mode sf life and forced economy prevented them from enjoying society, amusements and books, just think how you make the shillings fly, and what is offered ta interest and amuse yorl
 Now let's have a word to say about economy. I've been right among you, and knos that you van, this. that and the other. and want it bad Up to the time of the war fl one of the boys of that day had a dime to spend for Fourth of July, he though: himself ~ell fixed. The boys want about five dollars apiece now a-days. and that's all gone before noon.
 If we 90, new book it ~as considered a great piece of extravaganza. The lad who had cash enough 10 walk into panoramic exhibition, buy a pair of skates. or treat himselfto sweet-meais v as looked upon by the rest of us $ Jay Gould.
 l'p no, saying that you shouldn't have money and use it, but right there is a vital point Be sure that you really need what you buy. Ask yourself fl 1t will pay! Money is the wheel on which the world moves. Acquire the habi. of throwing it after every novelty brought out and you by-and-by have second hand museum and no cash to run il.
 dislike stingy boy. but when see lad planking his nickles down at the desk of savings bank know that he is one of the future men who IS going to build our railroads and do our wholesale busi- ness. There's big difference between being stingy and being economical. The richest men of America are liberal in giving 10 churches, asylums and to the unfortunate, but they never waste. They don't indulge in this or that simply be- cause they have money enough to pay for Il.
 Now, if you are about $ years old you've go, sneaking idea into your head that's it's big thing to use an oath occasionally. You never made greater mistake. It is true many mon use more or less oaths, bu, would like to have you find me one who isn't ashamed of it !. It's mean habit, for it is a habit. 1 know you can point to the greatest men in the land and prove that they spit ou, paths. but that's no reason why you should follow suit. There isn't a swearer in this country who doesn't feel a quie, satisfaction in sitting down to converse with men whose language is clean and pure. There's nothing manly in using an oath. Swearing is about the first thing you hear from the lips of fool or drunkard. Even fool can ssear.
 Now, don't get the idea that l wan, you to be too good. The too good boy is a nuisance. He was born to be an angel, but they forgo, to spike on the wings. Go to the circus! Certainly. know there are people m this world who look upon circus as the next thing to a visit from old Satan himself, but they ought to have lived forty years ago. II you were my boy, I'd walk you in, show you every animal and curiosity, and then we take a reserved seat and see the cir GUS When a man has trained horse or mule or dog, to obey him with almost human intelligence, he has proved to you the practical value of patience and per. severance. Every shade of men will stop on the streets to sec man lift, or 10 watch jumping match. Then why de- prive you of the sight Of the perform ance of an athlete, who has spent years to bring his strength and agility to per lection.
 Would take you to the theatre? To good play-yes 10 BufAlo Bill barn ssorming hurrah-no Five plays out of | al