The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-01
TEACHING THE CHILDREN.

TEACHING The CHILDREN.
sciont no instruction In the Nursery
Early Comprehension OF Physical Laws
Relating Ia Health ana Development.
Temperance is Gods law for the
body
Accepting this broad definition, we
can not oycrcStmalc the value OF
Temperance teaching In the schools" "
But this part Of the child's education
should not be committed entirely TO tho
public school The best, though per
haps not the most immediate, result Of
the Scientific Instruction bill will be the
education OF mothers. The agitation
aud discussion necessary 10 place this
law upon the statute books OF fourteen
States must prove educative; and In
those States where the movement has
failed the labor Is not lost. The seed
sown shall soon spring up.
Whatever the child learns grows into
his mind, becoming part Of IT, and
forming the grain Of his character. Tho
learning Of latter years Is adyentitious --
IL lies upon the surface. IL Is the DIFF
ference between veneer and real
wood The same current Of blood
that stamps an impression upon the
youthful memory carries building ma
terial TO the growing brnln. and these
early impressions enter into the solid
masonry upon which manhood Is built,
while the knowledge acquired In matu.
riiy is but paint or whitcwash.
II our premises be true, We should
teach first that which is most impor-
tant in the realm OF the child's COM
prehension. Can anything be more
important than knowledge Of tho
habits upon which depend health and
vigorous physical liicP Fortunately
thu young mind can understand the
physical law at very early age. Teach
the child the true value OF the body
that Is not him. but bls-thc house
built Of God, which he Is 10 occupy
during his earthly life. lie will see
while very young that fine house Is
desirable; and, too. that people arc
Judged somewhat by the houses In
which they live, and by the way they
keep their houses Don't let him
think you send him TO ed early 10 get
rid OF his noise; but tell him Of tho
tiny cell.workmon who ARE building his
house; how they do most II their work
when he Is asleep. and the very best In
the first part Of the night He can
understand that we need less sleep be-
cause our houses are finished, and they
have only to keep up repairs for u.s.
while for him they are really building
up flesh and bone. His Imagination
will make these wonderful little labor
ers more real 10 him than the miscro-
scope makes them 10 us Tell him how
they have 10 get building material
from the blood. Just as the mason has
to use brick and mortar for wall.
Each set Of cells, or wofkmen. select
tbs material for their special use. The
bonf builders use lime and the brain
builders phosphorus and many other
substances, but all must get supplies
from the blood. All use great deal Of
water. Alcohol takes the water supply
as n great thirsty beast might drink the
water from tho mason's tank. leaving
none 10 mix the mortal. with; then the
work stops. Then Il saps the water
from tissue already formed. leaving II
iendtr and brittle, Just as a wall begins
t0 cfumble after fro has burned the
water out Of the cement Doctors call
that fatty degeneration" ." a great deal
Of oxygen Is necessary. too. There
isn't much oxygen In tobacco smokel
Before this your little philosopher win
ask, "what Is blood made OFF" When
h. hears Il IL made from what we eat.
he will have interest as well as pleas
ure In his food, and you will have pow.
or over his appetite. lie will begin "a
exercise self-control, that diylnest force
In human nature. Explain that th'
tooth builder must have lime phosphat,
for tho enamel of tooth, ~ surely NJ
a mason must have plaster-oi.paris "a
] hard-lnish a wall. The chief source ol
lime phosphate Is the grains, but only 4
very little IA found In the white part ol
any grain.
H. will soon learn TO like brown
bread. corn bread and the grits, espe
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