The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-02-20

are as ready as others to boast OF their
children, and show off their acquire
ments. 1t is. of course, always diff
cult for us to combine just Judgment
and wholesome correction of evils.
with n full appreciation of good inten-
tions. Every child has specially bad
tendencies; do not believe there are
any exceptions Our true work as
mothers is not to be blind to these, and
yet not to bear on them toe exclusive
ly. BY all odds most emphasis should
be placed on child's good traits.
Cultivate the corn, and the weeds will
need little attention" This old saying
is full of pith and wisdom. When corn
gets well up it smothers the weeds.
Our dear ones have surely some noble
inclinations. Of my own boys, the
one l reprove most has the largest mind
and the largest sympathies- Yet you
would think at times that he lacked ro-
bust unselfshness-the qualities to
make noble man 1t would not have
been difficult to repress and stifle them,
and make the evil overwhelmingly
strong The grand lad is a sample of
making the best of everything.
The other day a few school lads were
out for a frolic. They went without
doubt farther in mischief than they had
intended They were arrested and
shut in jail. The judge being told of
the case rose before day, heard the
case, gave them a bit of good advice
and let them go back to school. "a
40 ,ito1 oLory, cold Toh,, stof caaipo
the good in things. Here is an excel
lent opportunity for making men out
of those lads" So he invited them to
dine with HIM, talked matters over
frankly, and made stout friend of
each one of them. He took advantage
of the evil to see the good, and bring
out the best. A nicer lot of lads
you will go far to find. Had
the judge publicly disgraced them,
and, possibly, had John neglect
ed them, they would have been
ct their worst before the world, and
very likely have gone on doing their
worst. do not believe in punishment
as punishment. When it will not stand
some fair chance to reform or help
boy or an adult it is false and wicked
affair. Our jails are running us. Yet
there were people who wanted those
lads disgraced and punished, and not
helped. A criminal is branded out
law. Everyone that is damned by us
becomes bad force for and in society.
Our children are the worse for it. The
greatest idiocy in the world is our sys-
tenn of furnishing offenders against So
oiatu No r,o+bar oop comedian n for q
moment without adherence. Our boys
may at any time commit an indiscre-
ton or crime from which love and
patience may save them; but shut up
even for a day with criminals, they are
started on a downward career. Our
only mission is to save, and to be able |
to save we must cultivate the power to
see the good there is in those about us.
Make the best of our own allotments, |
and how long before they will improve? |
Dear old Betty Rawson! What lesson |
she taught me in my childhood. Her
husband was drunken vagabond; and |
she was slowly wasting with a mortal
disease. 1t was an extreme case. such |
as you and will hardly be called to du-
plicate in our own lives. She made the |
best of everything, and you could easily |
have mistaken her for millionaire
Whistle to keep your courage up,
boys, was the advice given to lads sent
out in the night for a doctor. So I
think that singing often helps us; and
again good, brave talk. To tell the
whole truth, get no small strength
myself by writing as am now doing
that is, on the right side. Don't indulge
in a whine. At least cut off the COM
planning talk. You can talk yourself
down into the dumps any time. Mary
o. Spencer, in St Louis Globe-Demo-
,rat.