Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-01-01
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lives who thinks most, feels the noblest.
acts the best.
A precipice lies before every boy and
girl when they emerge beyond the shell.
tering fortress of their own home, and
If we will do our duty we can lead
them in safe, sure paths around it.
If every public school teacher would
adopt this motto-"I can guard my pu.
pills against impending evil, l ought, l
will" lin a few years we would see a
great change for the better in our
schools.
Every teacher has two educations,
Que which he or she has received from
others and M more important which
ne gives himself.
How shall we remedy this or that
evil is a p%erplexing question, and for
answer we must look into cur hearts
and unto God for guidance. "As We
would that others should do unto YOU
DO We even so to them" How many
teachers can say I have no pupils who
use profane language. l have no pu.
pills who smoke or chew or dip snuff
There are many faults to correct, but
1t we will only be models of p%eatness,
soberness, free from any bad habits
our influence for good will be un-
bounded. Some children are taught at
home the evils of tobacco and its twin
evil, strong drink, while some also
have to see the evil. 1t is mostly with
growing boys that the teacher nav
hope to leave a lasting impression for
good.
The son of a well known New Jersy
politician was DESTROYS of entering the
Annapolis Naval Academy; had passed
the examination, but was rejected on
account Of physical disabilities. 1t
was found that the glands of his throat
had been destroyed and his tonsils
eaten away on account of excessive
clSdreIUe
We a not overestimate the evils of
cigarettes. The Havana 1avorinc ia
made from the TONGA bean, which con.
tains a drug which is a deadly poison,
seven grains Of which will kill a dog.
Thousands of barrels of it are used in
manufacturing certain kinds of cigar
cites. Boys, close your eyes for a mo
ment and imagine the effect which
must result from putting that vile
stuff into the lungs hour after hour.
Arsenic, it is said, is used in bleaching
most cigarette paper and oil of creo.
sote is produced by combustion. The
creosote impures the membranes of the
mouth, throat and lungs. If these evils
are freely discussed and the pupils
taught by precept and example we will
hnd In a few years strong characters
which shall make the better and more
Christllke. then we may exclaim with
the poet:
tooK a piece of plastic clay
And idly fashioned it one day,
And as my fingers pressed it still,
1t moved and yielded to my will.
came again when days are past,
Inc nit OF clay was hard at last,
The form | gave it it still wore,
But could change hat form no more.
l took a piece of living clay,
And gently formed it, day by dav,
And moulded with my power and art
Ayoung child's soft and yielding heart
| came again when years are gone;
1t was a man l looked upon.
lie still that early impress wore,
And | could change,him nevermore.
1t we can cultivate in our pupils the
formation of right habits we have
gained our object.
The earnest teachers faithful work
OF all life's great vocations,
Is one among those honored most
In all its chief relations.
10 lead the mind of hayward youth
Along the path of glory,
and train the thoughts in wisdom's way,
1t is a beauteous story.
Ours be the lot to work and wait,
The seed now sown in sorrow
Will bud and blossom and bless the land
IN some bright day tomorrow.
Read at Teachers Institute held at
Bethesda, December 10, 1895.
THE BLIND RAT.
A Scotchman had a dream in which
he saw 4 rats in a single file. The second
and third were thin and half starved.
The fourth was blind. He puzzled much
MS to the meaning of the dream. Both
himself and wife felt sure it meant
some calamity. Finally the boy of the
family, with keen wit and practical
wisdom, ventured an Interpretation.
The TT rat" said he, lis the saloon
keeper. The lean rats are mother and
myself. The blind rat is yourself,
ather." II is time these rats were all
taken care of and things righted.
DR.. Parkhurst calls a Christian "a
divine incarnation brought down to
date
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