The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-12-08

The first duty of a man is to his
home, TO his wife ard his children, IL
hs is so fortunate as TO have them.
We beiidve many lives are wrecked,
not as much by the etorms of life, as
by drifting with the tide and sinking
these rocks and coming I'M contact
with the hidden sins md dang -aIs
along the shore. Push out on the dep
wafer, hshd your bark up the str,eam,
nome but lazy indolent people drift
with the tide.
In tho family relation every one
should always he at his best. The
home ought to be heaven. 1t ought
to be ais nearly hsaven as lis possible
ON earth. There should be no pur-
possibly withersd flowers about the
hearths.one and no purposely clouded
sunbeams. S;lfishness alone ought TO
be sufficient to make home conduct *
emplay. Certainly all want plaas-
ant home Certainly all want smiias
instead of frowns.
Do net sit and ponder over trouble;
you cannot dispel it by making your
self miserable. Newer look into the
future with despair; You cannot
cross bridge until you come TO it.
Don't harrow your mind over things
that cannot be helped. Live conHdfng
In tine present. The past cannot now
be rsmadied, and you have vi to try
the future.
Half the marriages i'm the world arc
nothingg but bubbles and bartsr. A
man wants wife. He casts Hbout for
an Gwen exchange. IN year he is
tired of his bargain. In hive years
love is dead, and cold-brdwed toler-
ance inherdts loves garman.s In
twenty years tolerance is hIt it's grave
and hate reigns supreme. The wife
is naggy and prickly and peclSish.
Th5 husband is dognatical and nati-
cent and mean. But there they hang
Jog thar on the Dough, like Ewo gnarl-
sd and frosted apples, until the winds
of death dislodge thsm and AWAY they
80. The only way to be rid of bubbles
narriage- marriages that turn out
mptiness with one drop OF whtEar IS
he rasdum, and that drop tear
} to educate cur boys and girls TO
,Dmtahlng higher than playing with
pipes and soapy water. GlWe them
sJmashing more aannest TO CO ard roe
LA. uhey Go it. Compel MN aid wo-
men to choose tlhir Life oomIpalIcG
with at leas. tithe OF this solsmrGty
lay bring to tbs selection OF car
riage horse or a ribbon.
laughter is day and sobne'y is
might, and a smile is tho twiaight that
hovors gantly between both and more
oawitching than edhhIar.
Many child goes astray. mot be-
CAUSE there lis a want of pnayer or
virtue ait home. but simply because
home lacks sunshine. A child niaads
smiles as much as flower needs sun
beams.
A homestead without pair of old
fclks-"nimeis doing chronicles
seated conI5entedly in the ohdmnsy cor
ner, would hardly be homestead at
all. Ii they are i'm the picture, lit is
complese. There you may find thfm,
day in and day out, in all sorts of
weather. stea6l0ast to tIholr plac-s o. d
to ons another. When the caves drip,
in the m.ddls of the winner for mot rs
the odd man with head OF slM ahan-
dons his poet and newspaper 10 make
bhe accust mad .our of the kltch a. of
fioas. the sibsd. or the barn, lingering
by the way to throw down handful
of gtadn for the pinched poultry. With
what minutenfss he is cau,iOncd by
grandmother not to go out ineuffic-
iently Glad. and with what single
hearaad Joy she welcomes him when
he comes back to her again.
We know from sad experksnce that
it is very announcement to be poor ,buh
no man DIS poor who has happy home
and 1t doas not require Lace plrtains
or velvet carpets 10 make a home hap
by.
Do not ask the teanher or soma
class7mate TO solus that hard prob
lem. Do 1t yourself You might as
we'll let him eat your DINNER as do
your sums" for you. 1T is in studying
as in eating; he who does 1t yas the