The Red Cloud chief., 1890-03-21

your name Of JoAa or 0coese % uensy
or Mary Or tronc6a or Rachel, becsuSg
there have been thousands Of people,
good and bed, having those names. and
you . not improve or dcpreciste the
rospectability Of those given names.
Hut 10 Ia your last name, your family
name, that II st your mercy. All who
hear that name sre hound before God
and man. not 10 damage Its happy sig.
n~ifcance.
You are charged, by oil the genera.
lions Of the past and oil the generations
70 come. To do your share n thc protec.
tlon and The honor end We Integrity Of
that nsmc. KIN
You have no right. my young friend,
by q bad life, TO blot the old family Bible
containing tho story Of tho marriages
and births and deaths Of the years gone
BY or 70 cast = blot upon tho family Isl.
blcs whose records are yet To 10 opened.
There gro IL our American city direct
ories names that always suggest com.
mercisl dishonesty or iibcrtinism OF
cruelty O mesnness, just because n
maa - woman hearing that name cursed
II forever By miscresncy. Look out how
you STAB she family name! II In cs-
pccislly dear "a your mother. She
was not born under that name. She
was born Under another name. but the
years passed on end she came 10 young
wOmsnhO0d, end. she saw some one with
whom she could trust her happiness.
her life and her immortal destiny; and
she look his name, took II while the
orange blossoms were filling the air
with fragrance. took II with joined
hands, took IL while tho heavens wit
messed. Shc chose II ont Of all the fam.
lily names since the world stood. chose
IL for better or worsc, through sickness
and through health. by cradles and by
graves. Yea, abe put on her old family
name to take the family name you now
wear and sho has done her part Ia make
u an honorable amc How heavy Q
trouble you put upon hcr, when, by mis-
deeds, you wrench thet name from liz
high significance! To haul II down from
your mothers forehead and tramplc II
In tho dust would bo criminal. Your
fathers name may not bc n distin-
guishcd name, but ! hope IL stands for
something good. II may not be famous,
like that Of Homer, tho father OF epic
poetry. or lxaak Walton, tho father Of
angling, or EschyluS, the father Of
tragedy, or Ethelwold. tho father Of
monks, or Iicrodotus. the father oi his.
tory. or Thomas Aquinas, the father Of
moral philosophy, or Abraham, tho
father Of the faithful, but your father
has . name In u small circlc ~ precious
10 him ~ theirs In = larger circle. Look
out how you tarnish IL!
Further. the rcokl essnsxn and dissipa.
tion Ut young mon are . cause Of parental
distr0ss ~ Q timo whom the parent In
less able 70 boar II. The vicissitudes Of
life have loft thcir impression upon
thOse parents. The eye II not o. clear
once nor the step ~ strong. and with
the lido Of incoming years comes the
weight Ut unnlial behavior. You take
your parents sta great d~issdvantagr,
for they cen not stand ~ much "a they
could. They have not tho elasticity
o. feeding with which once they could
throw on trouble. That shoulder, now
somewhat bent can not bear - heavy .
burden ~ oncc II could. A. the
time whom tho machinery Ia cutting
worn out you put upon II tho
most terrific strain. A. sixty end seven.
" years the vitality In not NJ stsoss
IN 81 thirty or forty. Surely they =
descending tho down grade Of life swift
~ enough without your increasing the
momentum. They will bS gone soon
enough without your pushing them
away. Call In all tho doctors who ever
lived since Hippocratcs raiscd medicine
from . superstition 70 y science and they
could not euro the hcartbrcak Of .
mother ovcrh her ruined hoy. There may
be, ~ sone suppose. enough hcrbs on
Garth. II discovered. 70 cure ell the all.
mcnts, but nothing . ' . leaf from the
trce u tho heavenly paradise can cure
. wound made by 3 foolish a0n who 10
thN heAvineas Of his mother.
Perhaps II Ii . good thing that crwcl
treatment by u child A~bbrcvintes = par
cnt'a life, for what IL there desirable IN
. fathers life or = mothers life II its
pcacc II RoncS In you not think death n
benefeent II II stops tho mothers heart
from aching and her cyCs from weeping.
and says: "fOu need not hcar the ex.
cruciation any longer. OO and slecn I
will put tho defense Of . marble slab
between YOU and that boys outragcA
Go now whore tho wicked cease from
troubling and tho weary ase at rcst."
A. tho departure Of such mOthsrs let tho
music hc IN anthem instcAd III : dirxc
While you and hear no suwwt, set
there arr ut this moment tens Of thou
sands II parental hearts breaking. All
caro- was taken with tho boys schooling,
all goOd ~counsels given, and the sHuip-
mont Tor = sober and EARNEST aud useful
life Wal provided. ! a. Il has all gone,
and the foolish son has bsrome tbs
hcAvincss of his mother. Much Of the
poignancy VI che parental grief arises
from the inwratitude 81 such behavior.
What On undertaking Il In " conduct q
family through the Allmcnts and expo.
aures Of early lite! Talk about the sk,ll
demanded Of . seA cHptain commanding
. ship acfuss tho ocesn! That reQuins
less skin than " navigate . young soul
In saseey acsuas The tatAnSile and hy,
hood years. TIE siCkncases that 10,
sault, the temptations that catrsn the