Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-13


in the open air to the people, and at
high I'D in the golden light of the set
ting sun, appeared the great stone
face with hoary mists around it like /
Ernest It's look of grand benificence (
seemed to embrace the world At |
that moment, in sympathy with a I
thought which he was about to utter, |
the face of Ernest assumed a grandeur
of expression so imbued with benevo- /
lence that the poet who sat, near, by |
aloft and shouted:
Behold. Ernest himself is the like
ness of the Great Stone Facet"
Then the people looked and saw
that what the deep-sighted poet said
was true: e 4
! The prophecy was fulfilled.
| | know of a child who was told that
| he could never hope to be good pub
/ lie speaker or man of distinction, on
| account of physical deformities. He
was one naturally endowed with
great brain power; he was studious
and his inclination was toward finding
out the origin of things. He desired
above all to give out his thoughts
through speech, to the multitudes. He
had divine impulses. he loved his fell
low men and desired to do good unto
them; there were moments when he
felt the inspiration to pour out the
thoughts of his soul, but all the time
there was the leaden weight that kept
him down. One who ought to have
known him and what there was in
him, had not told him directly that
he could not fulfill has aspirations but
that one had seldom encouraged him;
had barely tolerated his ambitions
and this Indifference, to call it by no
harsher name, was sufficient, and as
if to say: You are incompetent to do
these things; you aspire too high. You
must be content with mediocrity. Do
not aspire to that which is clearly be-
You'd YOU
All through the life of the child and
through manhood, the leaden weight
pressed upon him. If he had been
given the impetus he required at that
age when impressions can be made
:, upon plastic brain, ready to receive
that which comes first and with force
his career would have been different
He would have been full of confidence
self possessed, intellectually aggressive
and a conqueror in the battle of life
He did not fail altogether by any
l means, even with the leaden weights
but he did not have fair chance tc
achieve that which he was capable Of
: doing.
A Grave Matter.
The Importance of sending children
to school at an early age can scarcely
!, be magnified. The lessons taught OF
: received in childhood are lasting. Sup
{ pose that a man OF fifty years were
;, called upon to commit to memory the
! multiplication table. 1t would be yer,
: difficult be ause his mind is occupied
!. with many other things; his brain
: matter has received millions of i'm
pressions and is not so sensitive as j
$ was in the lightning. Then afte
: such an one had committed the tabl
: to memory the chances are that i
= would soon be forgotten unless put il
:. Idaily use, or hourly, but the multiple
!, cation table that is committed to mem
!. DRY by youth will linger forever.
~ can scarcely be forgotten. The bus
y ness man who reverts back to hi
: school boy days and to the machin
p made rhymes that denote the humble
!, of days in each month, could not YER
= we'll commit the rhymes to memor
now, but he will never forget tn
Thirty Days Hath September. Apri
> June and November" that he commi
- ted to memory when he was a yer
~ small white headed boy. The rhyme
~ are not elegant in composition bu
- they contain exact statements an
&c have been of untold value to grown Il
ID school boys everywhere. some {
~, ~, whose heads have become white agail
re Many Lessons to Be Taught.
u There are lessons taught childre
" " that are not of such value as thes
" we have mentioned. Indeed, they al
- - hurtful. The myth of the "bogy man
is a survival of African barbarisl
y that has been transmitted from gene
~ alton to generation. The "Bogy mar
~, is from the southern states, and orr
- mated from the native Africans WI
ID were brought into captivity and sla
y, ~ cry. There is nothing that survive
~ with greater tenacity of life than
~ myth involving great mystery I'll
-, "bogy man. is the embodiment of my
~, terry and he has almost demonstrate
10 his immortality.
of The myths of the northern stat
err partake more of stories relating to tt
es banshees of Ireland, the wraiths
in Scotland, and the Scandinavian
gends, where we encounter syste
ch of complex mythology that would 1
Cd quire the study of a life time.
ce Music is capable of making lastil
re impressions upon the young, and thel
he fore should be of the best.
nd The Celestial Fire.
W To the one who has been touch
a. with but spark of the celestial fiji
nd music appeals with singular force. tt
iU world, to that one, is a realm of {
dences. To him has been reveale
that melody once given out, is il
ar mortal; that the source of melody
nd inexhaustible; therefore there is inf
Ill lite scope for the development of m
no sic.
ar In confirmation of this we may he
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