Tell-tale Children

II yon would muke méddleaom goesjps of vuur ehildren when they come to mature yearn. allow them, while little, to irekite in the lióme all the Happenings a( Khool, and all they eee and hear Bí tlneir neighbor'.s affairs. The goñdp ppocllvliy is stronjí in ehildren. and ít ix tlue duty of parents to jjjve t a decided cJaeck. They shmild be tauiíht, w -hile younií, that it le exceedlngly iil-ln-cd for bhem to relate wlnat they learn of their nelghbors' uves wliile in their lionies. JCvory family lias private "golngg-om" that it would toot ciare for 1 hr world'e eye tu iraze upon. But Buclh prlvacles have inany linies been blasonöd forth l;y innocent lodkinjf ehildrcn. ivlm seemed too Inaignlücajit to (juard i.iía.in.st. And. ad lo sav, t liere are pareaxta wíbo wiii eogouiage sucb tattle In oliildren by listcnini; eaeily to it, and even que.stioiiing t.lum on all they have Keen and heard durlag visItt to neiuJiloriiig i-hildren Little Maiy .Iones gota almost daily to the Smlth'e to pl.-iy witb Jennie Smitfil. ,i . Mary init finly does full duty as u playmate, bnt she lakes note of everytlüng oiiifí on in the house. And when she oes borne slie regales bes mother with all. and. olas ! Witfi more than all. of liat she has een and heard. For tile uosip, be she ehild or wonian, ahvays ]uts an extra toucb to her pitares. Slie tells wbBit the Sniith's liad to eat ; hOW Un. Sniith BCOlded tbe childreo ; how Mr. Bmith whipped Jack for running away ; how Julia Bmltta'B beau carne to aee her, "and tlliey -vvere nhut up in the parlor for two Jiours." Mra. Jones drinks it (ill down as gospel truth, and at the first opportunity fliíunde it over to Mrs. Green. And Jin ifhis way inany a foul little stream of gossip has its Bource. Now, when Mary Jones returned homo and comnienced to unload her tales, lier mot her should Iiave Kflid : "When you visit in tlie home of a person you must not repeat what you nee and 'hear tliere. It is very unkind and illmiannered to do bo. People do not like to have the privacy of tlieir iïomes made public ; and, besides, such :i 1ialit oí tattílng is very liarraful and unbeoomtng 'to n little girl." Dnder sik-.1i maternal teacliings Mary mild eoon vea.se stich goeaip, and she would groiv up toto a woman who wou ld lrcive u oontempt for such idle, ■lKinnful talk. And iHiw tbere is the tottllng acholar. If lie becomce prejudicod nainsi the teacher perhaps by receirloj; a de eerved trouin-iiig, every speech and act of the teacher is dietorted and maniiififd into hometliing evil, and reported ae eueh at home. And, if iie Is CTicouraped in such tales at home, lie will detail school goeslp by the liour, anl stretch and color his Ktateinents to exaetly suit liis prejudiees. Many a luird-workinií, conacientiooa lier has been most unjustly condi'inncd and persecutcd by sein. dl jiatrons, wIki have listened to su;h tales f rom their children. 'Hiere is no more harmful and contemptfble cfaaracter in llfe thao that person, W, it man or woman, and tbere are ae many h-uch of one sex as the ofher, ivho keep cars and eyea open for all tbe irivat; doinga of their nelfgfabora, eo as to add to their store of ïyossiping news. Tliey may very fitly be oompared to the carrlon bird that liads its cboieert diet on the offal of animáis. Such characters are not made in a day ; tliey are the result Of lont? years of indulgence in guch talk, commencmg in childhood. Xo patent has a moral rdgbt to permit tilie growth of such a habit in a child mu hecked. It is far worse than If a iiideous pliy.sieal deformity were allowed to grow on the chüd's form trttbowt au ettort beiac made to prevent it.- Practical Farmer.