Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-10-31
\ RASH HUr GRATEFUL YOUTH.
How He Was Saved From Disgrace by a
Policeman.

\ RASH But GRATEFUL YOUTH.
How He Was Saved From Disgrace by a
Policeman.
About year ago, said a policeman
10 Denver Republican reporter, III had
been keeping eases ON q young man who
was permitted 10 assist his father in the
mercantile business. and as they were
friendly 70 me | naturally became inter-
e>ted when began TO meet the boy at late
hours i'm the evening, and 1T was with re-
greet that saw him assume the airs of
man about town. One night saw him
enter saloon and after brief sojoum
there with some fellows who had shady rep
utations the whole party assembled the
stairs 10 weIl-kuown gambling room As
it was ON my beat kept watch of it while
making my rounds and about . O'Clock
saw him come 10 the sidewalk and go to-
ward the store knew me- did not room
there, and went into the alley in the rear
of the place where ! could obtain a good
view of the interior of the ROOM He went
TO the light which was burning and turned
it down So low that tie interior of the
room hocamc very dim and then went TO
the safe which he opened He took ont "A
roll of bills and carefully arranged every
thing as he had found It, lie came out
and went back and joined his compan-
ions
"llc finally came bowman startedup the
street Tie was pale and haggdrd and did
not notice my aIutatlon as he passed me.
/ followed him a short distance and called
70 him He stopped and laskcd mm why
he was ont SO late, and If hc was sick. he
was So pale, He flushed and stammered
ont an c,asiye reply ] took him iuts1
dark stairway and told him that knew all
he had done that night He completely
broke down and confessed He had been
persuaded % gamble little, and was fu-
ally. iu Che fever of excitement which
seems to burn within every gambler oyeius.
Al first his losses and winnings were only
small. and, as he had "a fair allowance of
pocket money he did not miss H. On this
night he had been around with this dis
suiute gang of fellows, who were almost
living oil his generosity, and had drank
more than was good for him lie was
easily induced To gamble, and at first was
winner. but few punched deals caused
him o. lose all the money that was his own.
That day ho had been ont collecting and
had quite % sum belonging 10 his father
that he had failed 60 turn iu He thought
hls luck would soon return and he would
risk the money TO win huck what he had
lost By degrees the stakes grew heavier
and be lost aII he had with him The pas
slonwas strong within him, and as ho had
taken one false step IL only required
slight persuasion on the part of his fellows
10 induce him to rob his own father He
took quite q sum from the safe and lost il.
When he was going homo he WIS in des-
perato frame of mind, and was almost inc
cliucd tl turn back and take all the money
in the safe about Fl 1900 and play it
against the sharp- who were bleeding him.
He knew the crime would he found ont in
the morning, and he would lose the re-
spect of his family He wanted TO leave
the country and do other rash things.
"l induced him to go 90 the gamblers
who won his money, and then | stated the
ease plainly TO them Through fear of pro-
secutlon they gave up most of the money,
which they had equally divided among
! themselves By careful saving up his
wages he finally made good the loss with
ont detection He has suffered enough
that night TO teach him practical lesson,
and from that time he has attended strict
~ 90 business andeuioys the esteem Of a
large circle of friends who never dream
how near hc came to being ruined Every
Christmas he remembers myself wife and
babies and know he would divide his
last dollar with me IN ease Of need.
science Teaching In Elementary schools
The experience Of j. NJ Arms in teach
ing natural science iu elementary schools,
a. related by HIM in the current Popular
Science Monthly, is not without suggest
i've value The number Of my pupils in-
crcaslng, and their ages ranging from
TO 20 years have ma excellent opportm-
ity, says he for comparing the quality Of
work done by older and younger pupll'
whose pcrceptiye faculties have been traiuec
In early llie and those who had not received
this training TIE differences was fore
ed TO draw from these comparisons set me
TO thinking seriously The uaccuracy Of
the 0hscrvatlonai and manual work done by
older pupils the Indebtedness Of express
SION the lack Of system, md the inability
10 do comparative and inicrcntial work,
were go many revelations of the true aims
Of science teaching. The absolute no"es-
eity for accuracy In every study and every
department Of work made accuracy the
first OBJECT to bee attained in every science
lesson, the yaWeurss of the oral and writ
ten -tatwncnt made clear. concise express
sion the second object The want Of moth
Oh emphasized the need of simple order
ly grouping of the observations while the
painful and fmitIess attempts tomake COM
parison and draw differences showed the
necessity of mItiyatiug the power of gem
eralizing from specific facts
SIC TIDAL WAVE.