Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03
Incidents and Observations.

In romance and poc'rv, the sen'i-
mputs of the heart are duly considered,
but in the every day affairs of life they
are ruthlessly trampied upon. he
hero If "A story who was devoid of SYM
pathy would he an unreal character
At the same time the real people of
this pro-aic world are not easily moved
by the suffering of their fellow inortais
1t would be an insult to charge any i'll
djvid,lal with heartlessness, tut as a
composite whole, we allow many heart
aches i'm the bosoms of others to pass
without even the so'ace of IA tear
When winter blasts sweep over the
land the home coming should be pleas
ant. One evening this week u little
boy who had not correctly reckoned
the time that was allotted him to skate
entered the brilliantly lighted setting
room with his eyes beaming the in
fecton of his noble sport. He had no
sooner Joined the family circle than
his mother ordered him to retire to the
kitchen ill his father came, when she
would report his disobedience and have
him severely chastised. The little cul-
prit cried and sobbed for an hour. His
mother was not moved by bis heart
ache. She often called to him to re-
mind him of the terrible whipping his
father would administer when he
came. She brought the cruel whip and
brandished it menacing before the
covering child. There was no sympa-
thy in the mothers bosom, though no
martyr ever suffered an anguish more
real than that child suffered while be
waited his fathers coming and en-
dured the stingiu2 lash. His sobs
haunt that house every time the mlnd
turns to the scene That mother
gloated over the chiid's misery and
pain and no remorse moved the father
as he welded the whip so merciles,ly
that he lacerated the tender flesh
Where is the sympathy of which the
poet sings?
he rod of correction causes more
misery than all the wurs The barbor-
Gus practice of whipping helpless
children was handed down from he
DARK ages, like tie other toHules
which enlightenment has abolished.
1t was at one time the custom for man
to whip his wife, his mother and his
slaves, AS well as his children. Civil
zation has advanced so far, that hui
man torture is no longer permitted,
except when inflicted upon helpless
children. When will the nobIer sell
timents of the heart prevail over the
brutal tendencies of this sordid life.
"A mothers love is almost ii sacred
passion. A mothers love is the llnk
that holds man up to heaven ana
draws heaven down to man. Without
TINS link there seems to be an abys,
between the end of the earthly journey
and the goal of eternal rest. Last week
alfiendiess woman lay dying, in the
haohts of sin, in II nearby city, and
her dim eyes could see only this
sioomy barrier between her anG
heaven. Twenty-Five years ago she
had been robbed of her mpthers care
oy the laws of the land. y husband
ana father had sought freedom from
Tie bonds that bound him to the wife
ana mother whom he had sworn tt
"'e and protect, and the diver 4
court severed the sacred Tie between
'"'s mortal and the blessing OF heaven
Even the bonds of wedlock shoult
not oe put asunder by the DEGREES %
man from courts where perjury may
oe competent evidence, without uppea
10 an aIi-wise Judge. Surely the earth