The Laclede blade., 1906-07-21

cnarges others with uncleannesS. Pur
minds have no room for impur
!. thoughts. ,,Shun him who tells you o.
evil in many persons.
! X
Boys, thefarm offers every oppor.
tunitY one could desire. The soil
lies laden with riches awaiting only
our efforts to extract them. Every
field or farm will respond willingly to
our labors if we only study that farm
or field, adapt ourselves to it and care
for it. Let us rally around the stan
dard Of youth, remembering that the
future Of OLE country shall be what
her young people make it. Let us
show our fathers and mothers that the
boys and girls Of today shall be ready
to stand forth fully equipped men
and women of tomorrow. Let us
show them that the rising generation
which is following in their footsteps
is fully competent to succeed them
and shoulder the responsibility of the
farm, the home and the nation.
Xxx
A bond of sympathy should and in
most instances does connect mother
and daughter. What is more natural
than that young girl should seek her
mothers sympathy and advice when
trouble comes? Mothers voice has
been music to her ear since memory
frst dawned; her hand has rocked the
cradle, rested upon her head as she
lisped her first prayer and smoothed
her pillow during the weary hours of
sickness. She can be trusted, and
INTO her ear is poured the secret that
10 one else may know. Whether it
'e an offer Of marriage or an intima-
ion of broken vow, mother will
Know best how to advise. She is the
heet anchor, the harbor, the refuge to
very child. Her constaney cannot
oe shaken; her love cannaE be ,ehilled.
From the cradle to the grave. she is
he ministering angel, the first to re-
ward, the last to condemn, the one
hat never deserts. She is indeed a
ain bow of promise, one end bathed
n the sunshine Of the morning Of life,
he other lost in the shadows of the
rave.
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Speaking of man and wife, there is
10 duty that man should consider
nore sacred than the protection Of his
Vife and family. The man who will
ring upon them disgrace or even give
ise to comment that will cause them
Ieart-aches, is unworthy the name of
nan. Some people say that there are
wo sides to every story. With the
tory of the man who has 80 far for
often his pledged love for his wife;
is duty to his children and his own
elf.respect, there is only one side,
nd that should be written in the
lood of contempt and condemnation.
ian is sinful ever, but as for us, we
'ould rather stand before the judg-
,ent bar on the final day with the t
rime of murder, the crime Of theft or !
,e crime ofviolating every command I
lent in the decalogue Of Christian I
nth charged against us than to meet I
,e charge Of forgetting the duty to I
ne's wife. No one with a drop of
ID blood in his veins, who will stop
nd think of the love shown by his s
-ife, of the sacrifices made by the wo- {
ian of his choice, Of her steadfast
nth in him and loyalty to his inter- 5
IT'S, can do aught but hang his head !
i shame when he realizes that he has
'rgotten the vows Of the wedding day;
lat he has subjected her to pity that s
sometimes worse than scorn; that he {
rs perhaps turned away from her
leading voice and fearful eyes to :
ask in the smiles Of one whose loyal :
and love is like the mist Of morn I