The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-12-15

be woman whose comDanionship |!
uplifting and elevating to your char
acter. One who by her pure andd
womanly conversation inspires you
with hope and courage to strive tc
live for some thing which is high-
er and more noble; whose visits
make you bless her when she has
gone, and feel that you have been
bettered by her coming
Passing season. fleeting days
How time wings its flight. The
summer seems scarcely fown ere
autumn time is near It's close. How
we should improve every opportup-
ity to do good to get good and be
good The blessings we intend to
confer should not be delayed Soon
The giyer or receiver may be barred
the privilege Work while it is day
for the night cometh.
The real pleasures OF life are not
TO be bought. Amusement is for
sale; but joy comes without price
and without bargaining There are
no figures set upon happiness; 1t
springs up in the pathway like a
flower the seed of which has been
waited from some other world. The
quiet, deep joys of life. benson,
like fall from heaven upon our
hearts None can command them,
none can corner them. You may
purchase assistance and interest.
but affection and love come un-
sought, unsolicited. unbought What
wealth have you greater, more woltI
to you. than the tender kindness,
The sympathy, the spirit OF self-git-
ing that goes out TO you from 9th
er lises2 Those assets are, not on
our office ledgers, but on the great
ledgers of life from which our fin
al balances are struck they are writ
large
Who OF us is so immersed in the
cares Of business or so hardened by
the grind of daily toll that we can
not find in this magic word, Home
charm beyond the spell OF the
amulets? Homel llome! The very
name itself is anthem in an acorn.
Composed of only four letters of
the English alphabet, it is one of
the SIMPLEST words known TO tho
tongue of Tennyson and Shakespear
II takes but breath to voice it. 1t
but a stroke to write ii. But an
ocean plummet cannot sound its
crystal depth of meaning. 1t has
been the theme of all artists, 1t
has been the dream of all poets. 1t
has been the burden OF all songs.
has been the inspiration of all he
roic thoughts and deeds and lives.
Every boy1s going to have a con
fident, some one TO whom he can
tell his secrets and whisper his
hopes and ambitions which he would
not breathe to others, says Orison
SWEET Marden Success Magazine.
We take 1t for granted that his |
mother will stand nearer to him
han any nthap aara.. I,,t .,,.a,,,, |
boy will have some male friend who |
viii stand in peculiar relation to
aim. This friend, this confident,
should be his father, You cannot
afford TO have your boy feel that
iou are too busy or too Indifferent
o tell him how to fly his kite or
>ait his hook or make toy or TO
,lay games with him. If you begin
Early enough, 1t is comparatively
'asy for you to gain your boys con
idence. From infancy he should
;row up to feel tat no one else can
AXE your place; that you stand
II a peculiar relation to him, which
10 one else can fill.
"A good wife"-how much happi-
less is contained in these three
hort words. Her power Tor good
$ perfectly irresistible 1t does not
natter how energetic or Industrious
man may be, with n careless or
pend-thrift wife his best efforts are
ain.
We cannot honor with too deep
reverence the home affections;
70 cannot cherish them with too