THOUGHTS
ON BOYS
By J. S. KIRTLEY, D. D.
Author of the “Young
Man and Himself,” etc.
JUSTICE BY JERKS
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowies.)
He loves a free foot, yet, in spite of
it, If there is any one thing he hankers
after and dotes on, in a superlative
way, it is a firm hand that guides him
steadily and not spasmodically, not
‘'steady by jerks.” He is not at all
out of harmony with Solomon In hir
sage instruction to parents, in which
he mixes up the words "rod" and
"child” in rather a striking allocation.
Considered merely as a symbol of au
thority, wielded with intelligent love,
he has nothing against the rod.
He wants the one who reigns over
him to hold the reins over him in a
regnant way. Therein he discloses a
similarity to his equine brother. There
are two ways of driving a horse, a
right way and a wrong way. I frank
ly and humbly confess that 1 always
drive a horse—the right way. That way
is to hold the reins slightly taut, so
that the horse will feel the faintest
pressure upon either line. As you en
Joy the drive your pleasure will set
the nerves athrill, leap from your fin
ger tips down the lines, strike the sen
sitive nerves of his mouth—for
horses have uensttire nerves in their
mouths, too—dash to his brain and
you will give the horse the time of his
life. The other way is to leave the
reins loose, let him go as he pleases
till he swerves in the wrong direction
or stumbles, then jerk him till his
mouth b'eeds and his heart grows
profane and he is restrained from vio
lence only by the fear of greater vio
lence. Whenever 1 have been riding
behind a horse whose driver handled
him that way 1 have always felt that
the horse would confer a highly
prized favor on me If he would only
stop long enough for me to get out
and then would kindly kick the dash
board off the buggy and the dashboard
off the man.
I he boy luxuriates In that sort of
steady direction of his life, but it
takes a true heart, a level head and a
stern hand to accommodate him.
Dickens, in his "Great Expectations,”
tells of the boy Pip. who was reared
by his sister, and she slapped him so
much, he said he was brought tip hv
hand. And "Beautiful Joe,” the tltVe
of a dog’s autobiography, said his
original owner kicked him so much, he
was brought up by foot. Some boys
are brought up by hand, some by foot
and some by both hand and foot, in
order to make perfectly sure of him.
Little Henry's mother was nervous
that afternoon, and she kept nagging
at him—"pecking at him,” as some
one 'Mth rather a fowl propensity has
phrased It. (Now, let us hold tip this
procession long enough to say that if
you have your own choice between
nagging and killing him, the latter is
less criminal, by odds—that’s all.)
At la^t. weary and discouraged. Henry
went ouf and crawled under the house
—one of those country houses that had
a foundation pillar here and another
there, v itn a place between for a boy
to craw! in. When his father came
home, he inquired for Henry, but the
mothi r knew not his whereabouts.
He gc bed for the lad awhile and
then s denlv remembered something
Stram as it may seem, he remem
bered at he was once a boy. Then
what0 r'rawled under the house to
hunt f him. In a whisper that would
have ne credit to a barnstormer
Horn «'.l ed out: “Pa, is she after
jrotl, i?”
Jir- e 11-Ay be so excessive as to
"becor unjiVBt, and authority so au
thorit: ■ ve as to become lawless, and
the h< ilways knows it. Bill did, that
time s mother slapped him because
the baby cried. It was this way:
She had set him to “minding” the
baby, as Bhe called it. Now, a boy
does ’ove to mind the baby—that's
what hit mind was made for, that's
tbe w y he likes to work his mind—
the w >re baby brothers and sisters
the hr iter he likes it. Of course. And
If th'—e la not a behy la tks house bor
row io or lend the boy to some one
who . « a baby, ee that he will not be
denied the Joy of putting his "mind”
upon the fascinating and absorbing
thing. She slapped BID when the baby
•rled. '.ater, when ahe called him to
dinner ’ e replied, aulklly: "Naw, you
me for nothin’ and I ain’t
eat.” He aaade a mistake,
a greater mistake—ha got
Now ha ta almost an old
hen you see him coming
r»et be looks Ilka a storm
-preaalon la as If he had
i vinegar, and that the
• which he had feasted his
hvs been the laalde mi the
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Ha will not love the one who fails to
give him the guidance he knows he
needs, for, as some one has said, it Is
one of the mysteries of human nature
that indulgence never awakes grati
tu-ie or love in the heart of a child.
If **#rre is something wrong in him it
is vpt to be the reflection of something
wr'rg in some one else, A prominent
teacher says: "If there is anything
wrong in my school I always examine
myself,” and here let me pause to say
that that is not the way they did when
1 was a schoolboy—they usually ex
amined me the first thing. But to pro
c-eur She went on, "and I usually find
•he cause of the trouble in myself."
Notice for Publication
U. S. Land Office at
Liftle Rock, Aik. Nov. 14, 1908
Notice is hereby given that John
W. P»ce of Sharp, Ark., who, on
Oct.27 1902, made Homestead Kntry
No. 25350 serial, No. 0886, for K 1-2
S W 1-4 <t N W 1-4 S W 1-4, sec 13,
Township 14 N, K 6 W, 5th princi
pal meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make Final Five Year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Albert Sims,
Clerk of Independence Co, at Bates
ville, Ark. on the 20th dav of March
ltXH).
Claimant names as witnesses:
T. P. Notburu, of Sharp, Ark.
J. W. Notburn “ “
E. T. Searcy, of Pfeiffer, Ark.
R. W. Henley, of Batesville, Ark.
L. E. Eddy, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
U. S, Land Office at Harrison, Ark. j
March 8, 1909. i
Notice Is hereby given that John P.
Crawford, of Bellemore, Ark., who,
on January 26, 1903, made H. E. 29780
Serial, No. 01901, for S* SWi, see- I
tion 32, township 13 N, range 8 W, ]
5th principal meridian, has filed notice 1
of intention to make final five year 1
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before J. W. Parse
U. S. Commissioner at his office in
Batesville, Ark., on the 17th day of 1
April, 1909. 1
Claimant names as witnesses: t
Chas. M. Gray, R. G. Martin, Jas. c
Parkin and W. A. Speak, all of Belle- t
more, Ark. t
John I. Worthington. ,
Register.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
U. S. Land Office at Little Rock,
Ark., March 3, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that John P.
Crawford, of Bellemore, Ark., who,
on Jan. 21, 1903, made homestead entry
No. 25564 serial, No. 0936, for Frl.
NE 1-4 and N\V 1-4 of SE 1-4, section
5, township 12 N, range 8 W, 5th
principal meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make final five year proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before J. W. Parse, U. S.
commissioner, at Batesville, Ark., on
the 17th day of April, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Charles M. Gray, It. G. Martin,
James Parkin and W. A. Speak, all
of Bellemore, Ark. L. E. Eddy,
Register.
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ANSWERS HIS CRITIC
Representative Brown Fires HotShot
Into a Would-be Roaster
To The Newark Journal:
Little Rock, March 13.—Not long
since some unknown one with the
nom de plume of “Taxpayer” saw tit
Lo gave the readers of the Batesville
Guard a piece of his mind, concerning
the action of one Brown, in regard to
the raise of the salaries of our county
officers. The piece of his mind he
gave was short and it is perhaps a
good thing it was short, for if he was
to give a long piece of his mind he
would have none left.
From his article we gather the fol
lowing points of information:
First. He is displeased with Brown
is representative.
Second. This subject gives him an
opportunity to vent his spleen and say
i lot of mean things.
Third. He knows he is a dirty yel
low dog and crawls under the straw
itaek of a nom de plume to bark and
inap and growl.
I have no fear of such cowards
lurting me unless they hit me in the
sack as they strike from their hiding
.dace.
My reply to him shall be brief.
First. I am here by the consent of
he majority vote of Independence
:ounty taxpayers to represent the
:ounty in this 37th General Assembly.
[ am here to work for sobriety, pros
perity and economy: for such laws as
will bring the greatest good to the
greatest number. I am willing for
he j>eople, the whole people, to know
vhat I do and why I do it. If any man
vants a measure sought under the
reil of secrecy, if he wants an act per
ormed behind a screen, where the
public eye cannot view it, he need not
pring his job to me; I do not run that
cind of shop.
in the sunlight or the open day,
I do ray work f.nd say my say. i
One curse that has been upon us is
laving’ men elected by the majority
iho would follow the dictations of
he minority—who would, under the
harm of slick-lipped flattery, put
horns in the foot-paths of toiling
housands In order to scatter roses in
he pathway of a dirty dozen.
I may seek an office again, or I may
iot; that is my bnsiness and none of
he socalled “Mr. Taxpayer's.” But
rhether I do or not, I am determined
o do my duty as I understand it while
am in office, if every dirty dog in
irkansas sets up his howl against it.
I wish to say to “Mr. Taxpayer”
hat I do not suppose I ain in the
egislature today through the power 4
ir kindness of his vote. If I want to
ome again there are enough of
traight up, honest men in our county
o elect me without calling on him or
lis crowd.
He is pleased to name himself “Tax
layer.” Perhaps he is, but I rather
urmise that the big end of his tax
■ops into the till of the Federal gov
rnment to the tune of a dollar and
en cents on the gallon. Of course he
s against me, because doubtless his
amily needs that end of his tax money
md he is fearful that I will help them
o get it.
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rerses then go to the looking glass
md take a j>eep at your swolh n cheeks
md blood-shotten eyes, then bathe
•our head in cold water, put your !
hinker to thinking and see if you
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rou wrote that letter that you was
ishamed to put your name to; a letter
hat did not hurt me in the lea9t and
lone you no more good than it does a
ellow cur to bark at the moon.
A stump tailed eur
On a bed of straw
Within a stall
In Arkansaw.
Was restless and
Was ill at ease
Because he had
So many fleas.
While looking outward
Through the dark
He stopped his scratching
For to bark.
In looking upward
To the sky
He saw an object
Round and high.
He barked as though
He saw a coon—
He was but barking
At the moon,
That shined away
With perfect ease
As if there were
No dogs nor fleas;
That did not stop
Nor cease to shine
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