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HMia Kftmnct* VOL 4 GSBSBSg&& ♦:«& ! % J"]®rr)G Sirclc a 35 * Solunji). * © 1 *♦> Editors, in commoii with all humanity, appreciate lmv'iig a j rose occasionally dropped in their j pathway to blunt the sharp' points of the many thorns over 1 which the life of the average ' editor leads him. If you appNci- 1 this Home Circle , depart nient do not lie backward iii stating the! factious. Tell your neighoors| and friends nlwmt it anil urge them to become subscribers to the only iiajver in the county that goes to the necessary labor to prepare such a column. We like to tlunk and reflect upon our youthful life. How swiftly as the summvr's sun or winter's blast, like n beautiful panorama or dream, tlio days de parted to be kuown no more to us 1 how swiftly they seem now, I as we think of the dear departed days ot childhood and w ith what anxiety we looked forward to the time when wo could boeome use ful and not simply ornamental for where is the child that does not sometimes grow tired of being petted and fondled as a mere plny- in the utmost recesses of its heart long to become “grown isp” so they may be privileged to exercise greater will power? The other morning_ in our rarnbVa* we met a little- ragged urchin, whom we thought to lie I*4- “Where is your home”? we inquired of the little black eyed boy. Pointing to an old •icggar woman at* roar the street he «Bi<n _ “Thut is my mother, nnil where mother is, that is my home.’ llow true was the answer. Where mother is, is inv home. Home hr the magic circle within which the weary spirit finds refuge. It is the sacred asylum to which the careworn heart retreats to find rest from the toils and cares of life. Home and mother are words that touch every liber of our souls. As dear as home can be is the mother who pre'siiles ;ver it. Long years may have llown since we saw that home, and since the dearest of all earthly friends has slept the long andsilcnt sleep of death ; hut that home and mother will never cease to awaken the sweetest recollections of our lives. By the fireside still the light is shining, The children’s arms around the parents’ twining; From love so sweet, O who would roam? Be it ever so humble, home is home. Xo home is complete without cheerfulness, order, good humor and laughter. For every good hearty laugh we indulge in there is a day taken off our age. Why take life so seriously. Can wc not labor as well or better accomplish as much, and enjoy life more as we go along, if we keep on the watch for every pos sible opportunity for a good blood stirring, pulse-tingling laugh? Let wives anil mothers put away all the wrinkle-producing, skin withering feelings of envy, spite uml hatred; lei’s make up our minds to enjoy life us long as we can. A good laugh is the sun shine of tin- heart, and cheerful ness and mirth bring forth the blossoms, n*ul their fragrance sweetens our lives and the lives of those around us. As “laughter > is the best medicines,” let's par-' take of it freely and look on the j bright side of everything. If our j seat is too hard for ns to sit upon, | let’s stand lip; if rock rises be-i fore us let’s climil over tkem.| Be the Martha that is needed in every home. A good sidu-splitt itig laugh w ill [E LAST WEEK | 1 OF OUB t Removal Sale- § ndreds of Bargains | <e who call 1 Next Week. | klmost - Given - Away; jj COME NOW. * er & Rosansky, | VIDALIA, GA. I H. Wood, 240 W. Broad, Savannah j Is the Place to Get Fine Liquors. I soon penetrate through the eohl | ness of society and bring men ami ; women nearer together, and heavy hearts forget their burdens and be glad. It might be possible for us to direct our ways by plain reasons and support our life by tastiest food, but God has given us wit and flavor and laughter to enliven our days, and to “charm our painful steps over the burn ing marl.” A well regulated sen sible Mart ha is certainly a great comfort in » home. She is “care ful and troubled,” perhaps, lut she doesn’t make a fuss about it. 1 She does not worry. If she scolds, you never hear her; she is mis press of herself, and nothing dis | tracts her: she believes there are few women who cannot be trained !to govern a home if they will be !in earnest, be cbeerfel and set their minds to it. How many mothers plan tlieir work so as to * VIDALIA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1904. give some time to the amusement of their children? How many believe that a good, wholesome article of fun is essential to the comfort and health of boys and girls? There is nothing wrong in wholesome fun, and it is really necessary in the training oLchild ren. We want to talk plainly to the careless daughter of the home, and few are the homes without such a daughter. We want to speak to you ot your mother. It may be that you have noticed a careworn look upon her face lately. Os course it lias not been brought there by any action of of yours, still it is your duty to chuse it away. We want you to get up to morrow morning and get breakfast and when your mother comes and begins to express her surprise go right up to her and kiss her. You can’t imagine lion' i J it will brighten her dear face. Besides you owe her a kiss or two. Away back when you were a little girl she kissed you when no one else was tempted by your fever tainted breath and swollen face You were not as attractive then as you are now. And through those years of childish sunshine and shadow she was always ready to cure by magic of a mother’s kiss your little dirty chubby hands whenever they were injured in those first skirmishes with the 1 rough world. And then the mid night kiss with which she routed | so many bad dreams as she leaned over your restless pillow have been on interest these long, long years. Os course she is not so pretty and kissable as you arc, but if you had done your part of tlie work during the past ten years the contrast would not have been so marked. Iler face lias more wrinkles than yours, far more, and yet if you were sirk that face would appear more beautiful than an angel's as it hovered over you watching every opportunity to minister to your comfort and everyone of those wrinkles would seem to he bright wavelets of sunshine chasing each other over her dear face. She will leave yon some of these days. These burdens if not lifted from her shoulders will •break her down. 1 Those rough hard hands that have done so many necessary tilings for I you will be crossed over her life less breast.. Those neglected lips I that gave you your first baby kiss I will lie forever closed and t kose snd tired eyes will have opened in eternity and then you will appreci ate your mother; but it will be too late. We do job printing. NO 10 Pianos •■■■«* ) j ; Organs. .. i o- j We offer tlie best values i i on strictly standard goods at lowest i Factory *Pri cos. Easy terms of payment. Good square pianos at $25 to $125. 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