The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-02-18
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My dear readers. is IL not true, we
too seldom speak OF our hearts glad
ness. but dwell on It's misery Keep
account OF the people you meet ana
ace how little they say that IL pleas
ant and happy and much that Is dreilry
and sad. They will tell OF bodily aches.
pains and infirmities. They viii com
plain bitterly OF the heat II II Is warm.
or OF the chill II IL Is cold. They VIII
speak OF the encouragement In their
business, the hardships In their occu-
nation. the troubles in their various
duties, and all the manifold miseries,
real or Imagined, that have fallen on
their lot. But they will have little to
say OF their prosperity, their health.
their three good meals day, their en-
couragements, favors. friendships and
manifold blessings.
Sensible Advice.
You would laugh ut the child who
should try TO pick up heavy sledge
hammer 20 kill mosquito. But many
grown-up children quite as foolshly
use their strength. They waste strength
They fret. worry, whirl about get In
to a passion, have not time to eat or to
sleep properly-indeed, often sit up 80
late and get 30 tired that they can't
sleep. These persons, whether old or
young, need to learn the following
simple rules: /. Never fret yourself
nor anybody else. 2. Never Indulge
in fits OF passion, nor the blues, g.
Never do things in confused bury
4. Eat regularly, cheerfully. moder-
ately, but don't eat what Is indigest-
ible. s. Don't cut short your sleep.
Get eight hours OF II In clean. we'll
ventilated rooms. 6. Give your Btom-
ach and brain, as well as your hands,
all the rest they need. Z, BE self-con-
trolled, calm, hopeful Keep good
COINCIDENCE and cheerfully trust God.
$500
companionship Healthful.
There ia wise old German saying
that only a god or a brute can dwell
in solitude" Men and women need
companionship, both for the
sake OF health and happiness. Just as
your lungs. after using up all the o1y-
gen In a close room, need to be nlled
with fresh. out of-door air. 30 your
mind needs contact with other minds
to get new ideas. There is such a thing |
ma mental as we'll as physical hunger.
Herders on the sheep ranches OF the
West frequently become mad from the
isolation they are forced to endure.
Women on lonely farms and in small
Villages grow morbid and mildly In
same and people do not guess that the
cause lie want OF companionship.
II ia for this reason that a womans
work at home Ia always more trying
than that OF her husband, who goes to
his Office, sees new faces and has the
friction that is produced by meeting
other people Even the farmer has more
intercourse with his neighbor at mar
ket or at the village grocery. than his
wife, who may not see anyone outside
Of her own family for weeks. 1t Ia
great mistake OF young people to iso-
late themselves. Even II their tastes
cad them to quiet life they should
make It point 10 cultivate u few agree
able friends.
Education commences at the moth
IRIS knee, and every word that 10 spok-
IN within the hearing OF tint little chill
iren tends towards formation or char
lcter. A child In better unborn than
intaught. The true purpose OF educa-
ion IL TO cherish and unfold tho seed
II Immortality already sown within us;
o develop TO their fullest extent the
capacities Of every kind with which