Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
THE MAN WHO TALKS
: nna has said. nGet right with

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man and you are right with God"
am aware that this sounds like the
basest nonsense to some sincerely
pious men. But the man who is ex-
actly right with man is not likely tc
be wrong with anything on earth. A
man to be right with his fellowmer
must do as he would be done by
must love his neighbor as himself
and when he gets there he will be gen.
tie toward every living creature God
has made. l do not think men who
profess to love God look well detesting
any creature God has made. I do not
feel sure that we do not owe much
to the creatures which we regard as
being useless and numbering the
earth. 1t is a nice thing to be right
with man and right with nature and
right with God. Mans relation to all
things should be harmonious and some
day it doubtless will be.
We talk about practieing athletics
and deep breathing to become strong
| physically, but how many, think you,
| when the opportunity comes to retail
| late for some wrong practice omit
ting it. There Is nothing in retalia-
ton for anyone. You may think there
is satisfaction in it, but there isn't;
because the injury Of a person under
any circumstances is a wrong. The
taliate when he might do so. Saw
ages think that revenge is sweet. but
| Christ-like men know that it is weak
ness. When you and l retaliate we
are injured more than the other party.
| When the thought of retaliating takes
| possession of your mind just evict
it as you would the meanest tenant.
You will know then what a help it is
to you to be rid of this imp Of dark
ness.
The American boy is your charge
| and mine. and he Is filling up the jails
and the prisons. If you do not know
that rs per cent. of this country's
| criminals are youth who have been
! neglected, you know ii now and so
per cent. of these boys were never
given trade. They were not taught
how to make living by their hands.
| Is that boy of yours learnin~ to do
| things. or just figuring for a soft
snap in life? Half the boys who waste
time in trying to avoid hard work
| end in prison The kid who isn't afraid
| of work will make a man, the other
| kind may make a thief or a murderer.
Habits of industry are better for a
boy than an inherited fortune.
! like the lad who has grit and who
| faces adverse circumstances with faith
in his power to win in spite of them.
| The boy who isn't afraid Of patched
trousers or work usually makes a cap
tain Of industry. He escapes a great
many temptations which beset the lad
whose parents live on Easy street and
has to lift himself "by his own petard"
instead Of having feed boosters to push
| MIN. The graduate in patched trousers
Is often the first scholar in his class
and may be later at the head of his
/ TrOfaGGfOh
never rust-they just shine-and hold
and win. Boy DO not forget this
What would not a woman give to
| know how to keep her husband at
| home. Some men-a few-are so do
| nestle in their habits that they stay
put: but in most men there is some
thing of the nomadic spirit remaining
/ and they refuse to be kept at home,
for they like the wild and registering
ways Of companionship and care moth
/ ing for the sweet quietness of domes-
ITCHY. 1t is a wise woman who never
| attempts to head off her husband, but
who instead makes him believe he is
4 having his way when she Is having
| hers The fact is the woman can hold
| her husband firmest by making him be-
lieve he IS having the largest of lib
erties-that he has no opposition.
! The practice of self control is worth
| preaching If it is difficult to practice.
1t is great thing to be able to look
upon the man who calls you "a
| knock-kneed baboon" and smile.
| There is really no necessity for saying
! anything to him. 1t is beneath your
| dignity to deny it, and you couldn't
| honor yourself by knocking such an
| individual down. Calmness knocks cut
folly at every turn Of the wheel. Do
not be quick TO recognize an ordinary
| twoply insult, for it does not pay.
| The man who would insult you is very
much frustrated if he appears to have
| failed. The man of self control can
smile at him-the man who hasn't 1t
lets him know he is a success. Silence
is one Of the most confusing things
brutality or foolishness butts up
against.
We married men are all good deal
alike, and never nothing less than a
| trial to a devoted and faithful wife
We were never made to sit in the
parlor, or to do things as a woman
would do them or have them done
What did Mrs. Blaine say in her letters
about the Hon. James G. Blaine after
he was dead and gone? Il miss Mr.
Blaine. I cannot bear the orderly ar
ray of my life. / miss the envelopes
in the gravy, the despatched table
linen, the uncertainty of the meals"
etc. The Joy Of irregularity was no
longer hers. She did not realize that
these bothers were anything but a
cause for worriment until they were
forever ended. We're a bother, but it
is a satisfaction that in this role we
are more of a blessing than we seem
to be, although these questionable
qualities are not appreciated until they
are missed. Since we know how II
will be we will not-mind the scolding.
Some men pretend TO think that lit
tie sly vices are not so bad, after
all; and they indulge in doing things
which they would not like to have
their own household know anything
about. Such men stand In their own
light. If no one on earth knew of these
faults but themselves they would new
er feel proud Of them. When they sit
down by themselves and think life
over they bring them no satisfaction
whatever. If they think that death
ends all they can only hope to live
and die in their trickery and what
does that amount to? No man swells
with pride over his infrmities-in
shame he keeps them hid. There is
that he has never been kissed. 1t
would be interesting to know where
he has kept himself all his life.