Year: 1871

If you are always threatening, and
never punishing-DON'T be surprised
if your child pays no regard to your
threats. A friend Of mine was teach.
ing. A sweet little girl had an inveter-
ate habit of whispering. She was gently
reproved several times. At length my
friend said to her, II am very sorry to
punish you, but must, that you may
remember to stop annoying me. 1fyou
whisper again shall not permit you to
20 out at recess, but send you out alone
sfterward." She whispered. At recess
the teacher told her she must remain
and let the rest 60 out. She sat q cou-
pie Of minutes.


"Miss Hattie, please may 60 out
now?"


mo, my dear, not until the others
como in."


She waited minute or two and going
up to her teacher put up her lips.
PLEASE may l kiss you, Miss Hattie.'
Miss Hattie kissed her.


Now dear Miss Hattie, please may l
go out?'


~ am very sorry, darling but | can
not let YOU 90. Don't you remember
told you, you could not go if you whis-
pered ?'


"Yes, Miss Hattie, but my mamma
she -- sometimes - she changes heI
mind.n


If you specially pride yourself on any
particular virtue, DON'T ilatter your
self that you possess it. for beyond a
peradventure, it is the very one you
most lack.


Said lady to me- "Miss - was
here this morning ; wished very much
to tell me about the trouble between-
and as she was in the family at the
time aud thinks Mrs. has given me
a wrong version, but l refused to heal
them, for l have no doubt about Mrs
IS story


isn't Miss--trustworthy."


"As far as know, she Is. But though
I've mo religion to boast off, / am very
lust, much more than many Christians
and think it would be very un just t
Mrs. to listen to the other side.
never allow my judgment to be warped
by hearing both sides on any subject.


If there is any act or feeling whicl
you would permit or cherish in yoursel
DON'T censure it in another. l wa
visiting a lady whose only son wa
about to be married, and his father wa
building him a house in his owl
grounds she was mourning all the TIM
about it. He had lived at home thirty
five years, and she had come to feel tina
he would never marry, and that sh
should be always first in his affections
} How lonely the house would be withou
him! Could she eat with only her hus
, band opposite? 1t would seem to he
as if there had been a funeral in tn
house. Not but Emma was sweet girl
! but she could love no one who came be
! tween her and her son. l was sorr.
she could not look on the bright side
!. but truly pitied her. We went out call
q ing. At one house she congratulate
C the lady that her daughter was 'abou
!: to marry 30 eligibly."


+ "Yes, it is in every sense fine match
? otherwise she is so young we would ne
l. consent. I had hoped to have had he
with me few years. She is just fro,
J, school, inexperienced in life's dutis
!, and cares, and going SO far away I ca
3 never aid or advise her. At times l fe
I that 1 cannot have it So"


As we came out my friend said:


have no patience with people that a


80 selfish. Her daughter is going


marry splendidly, but I fully belie'


she would like to tie her to her aprt


string until she is old and faded, al


then have her settle down where 81
:, can keep an eye on her all the rest
4 her days. How can people be SO blil


to their children's happiness or forg