Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-11-21
BACKWARD CHILDREN.

Fhe Slow but Sure Ones Are the
Kind That Always Win.
This is subject that is intended to
comfort parents whose children are
what are commonly called ounces.
DO not be dOwnhearted or discOur-
aged if your son is behind IN his class
It is a very common occurrence for
backward boy, one who was beaten by
all at school, to shoot ahead later on.
What becomes Of all the wonderfully
precocious children?
It is very often the case that the
clever boys who gain prizes by their
greater quiclness and facility later on
in life when effort and perseverance
are needed, do not possess those quail
ties or have not had them developed,
while the Ounce, who endeavored,
struggled and did his best now can
prove the worth of those qualities that
in his school days seemed Of SO little
use.
Encourage your dull children, for you
cannot tell but that through the aid Of
your sympathy and encouragement
they may turn out to be brilliant men.
Three of our greatest generals were
ounces. General Sheridan showed so
little capacity as a boy that his mother
introduced him to one Of his tutors as
j an ''incOrrigible Ounce"
/ General Ulysses Grant was called
useless Grant by his mother because
Of his dizziness as a boy.
] Stonewall Jackson was noted for his
t slowness, but at the same time was re-
3 markable for his indefatigable appli
: cation and perseverance.
Mr.. Smiles the author of self Help
5 tells story Of boy in his class al
I school who was one of the greatest Of
e ounces.
r One teacher after another had triet
q his skill upon him and failed. Mr.
Smiles says: Corporal punishment, tn,
FOOLS cap, cOaxing and earnest en-
treaty proved alike fruitless.
Sometimes the experiment was trie,
of putting him at the top of his class
and it was curious to note the rapidit,
with which he gravitated to the inevl
table bottom.
''Fhe youth was given up by hi
l teachers as an incorrigible Ounce, on
Of them prOnouncing him to be a stu
pendOus BOBBY Yet, slow though b
was, this Ounce had sort of dull en-
ergy Of purpose in him that grew wit
5 his muscles and his manhood, anC
strange to say, when he at length cam
s to take part in the practical bushes
d Of life he was found heading most {
t his school companions, and eventual
h left the greater number Of them IA
It behind
n "The last time the author heard
e him he was chief magistrate of his n
o tive town."
/ DR.. Arnold said Of boys that the di
ference between one boy and anothi
g consists not so much in talent as
energy.
/, If your slow, backward child has pc
10 sistency and application, he viii sure
head the cleverer fellow who is wit
s out those qualities.
r. Watch and wait patiently and do n
E. be in too great hurry to see yO
At child's mind develop, but careful
ii train his habits of energy and e
re- deavor.-Margaret Stowe in New 70
ne journal.
ne vernon COrson, ~ years oIO, OF Je
o. sey Shore. Pa, was thrown from a hl
of wagon Saturday and killed. His ne,
lg was broken.
Il st. Louis Worlds Fair officers 81
re they know nothing Of the reported pli
n of President Loubet Of France to vii
n the exposition.
Sc A Manila dispatch places the 10
to the Philippine treasury on aecou
a Of the depreciation of silver since ia
,: uaEy AZ q, 054. GOO in gold