The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-03
THEY POUNDED EACH OTHER.
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 Tonight we saw two boys in front of the poSsot where loafers do often congrcgate, pounding each other appar- ently to please number of idle spct~ tators who cheered them on, One was bright little fellow not more than nine years old, while the other was A boy per hap> three yeas his senior.
 \ penny was the cause of the quarrel Each hoy >pi,d il lying in the street at the same time. Each rushed for u. The smallest boy, being the spryeSt was the first to grab it. The larger boy then hit him in the face and prncecded to rob him of the find The littlr fellow fought back as best he could The clothes of each were torn, they werc each hurt bruised, and angerei when n man stepped into tho crowd that surrounded them and parted them
 He took the llttlc one under his pro lection and together they went away. the loafers lamcnting the loss ot what they called fun
 How much like mon bows are to he sure The matter of d penny will excite more anger than would suffice to spoil the day for an entire picnic party Far entS t,S,ch their children tn fight. tn stand up for their rights to not hr run over, to lose an eva rather than tatl to snatch penny Thus do the elders teach the younger and they m turn teach others
 Would it not he better Ia begin at the other end of the argument For parents 1 to teach thGr children moi Ia run oy"r | .,th ,y fA n N fla th.A lITh S of others. not to snap and suarl and rrowl whenever plaNthing iS touched l Why not teach little oneS Ia be loving 1 and liberal to each othrrP Indeed it k more blessed to give than to receive fer hN giving WI open the doors "t our lives sd good thoughts and liberal ideas, each bearing great truths. can enter God never vet sent person tn thls world to quarrel with any other per son He never gave to anN human being n right to interfere with the rights ut any other human being ur [" make another person miserable Thcr" k i ,tothiuk at christianity ar humanity in teaching children or men to l,, h"lligcr cnt ar iu warning against each other ,ut material gain
 In our home are two httle en"- They are taught Ia loveand ohelp eneh o,h"r to divide their plaNthings aud ta each to give way to the other They speud hours each day in play n running romping and rolling over each other ] We are never disturbed hv lnc shnrr cries that go up -o often from children
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 won't be run over etc etc i When wr come right down to the mat i ter. people assume more right than they /, have The rlphtta dictate, Ia command to rule as with rod of irHn te impress ] by physical strength as great in thr Inc ot our rights We each have a right to i sunshine but to drive no one away there. ] rom Each have right to fill our own i minds with such loading as We can carry i l,it not tn assume that w. are So much ! better than others aS tn warrant the l actual bcllttlclncnt of ourselves | A child can l." educated tu inaPln" ihat all II sees K its own That his or her special mission i- to pound some thing into somebody else Tn force the flavor of oranges into the cucumber. or to compel n mind to do what II will not do
 We shall meet our children and the children of others in the other life. where millions will have to unloarh much that has been taught on earth and where I,arta"nY, happlncs. heaven ex ists not because N" contend for our rights 1o much a- hrCau-r we will there hc taught tp recorni/" th" rights "i others