| Show ruee BEADING Theon the da perhaps moie so thin at iny other period in the past needs nothing so much as pure literature litera tuie parents may offer as an inducement to their boya to keep indoors at nights some flashy novels anch as dick jack shop hard and stories of other successful and noton ous i oid agents whom the novelists picture in the most slowing terms as being dishing brave and dauntless men at ages ranging from ten to twenty yean is the period in which the auth generally plan then future operations and if their minds aie stored with goad and useful knowledge the will make a proper application of it in future walks in life the recent attempted train robbing in arkansas bevelled revelled revel led the fact that two ol 01 the party were young iren not having their ima on ty ind who having lead the thrilling stories allowed them by their parents resolved to leave their comfortable homes in florida and make an attempt to gain a reputation equaling that of the james others Ih oftentimes too careless cir eless in the selection of reading matter and companions for their children A little pains and judgment would result in training then so that they would grow up useful the mind of a child is just as susceptible of culture as the twig or the plant if either of the latter are belt to grow and mature uncultivated and it soon shows the lack of care by its stunted and clocked appearance now is the time to the youthful mind for the events of life jf parents were enabled to look away in the future along the their and could see the different parts they would take to act in life 8 anaa how different would be their action while yec the mind is young and easily trained select or your boya and girls the literature that learned men love and cherish and keep irom them the cheap novels of the day |
