Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-13
THE MAN WHO TALKS


In these days no one should lack
companionship Good books are plenty
and a good book Is company enough
for a bright man or woman. Such
company is never wearisome-neitheT
is it sensitiye--it is a bright mind
ever at your service. What one reads
is of less importance than what one
thinks. Some books completely meet
our tastes and seem to fill long-felt
want--they are one sweet song; but
other books we must master; and the
mastery of a book is not a weak
achievement, for had it been the
proverb would never have read Be
ware of the man Of one book" This
| would apply equally to the master of
| the Bible. the Dictionary or Craibb'
! Synonyms. The man who knows one
| great book well is not common, there
| fore he is distinguished. The compan-
| ionship of books gives ability and
| character to those who seek IT.
Twice within a month the kite flyers
/ have found that it was ten or more
degrees warmer a third of a mile from
! the ground than in this atmosphere Of
/ ours. and that is why it rained in
! stead Of showed Science tells US that
| only this belt of atmosphere in which
we live and move and have our being
/ is Illuminated by the rays of the sun.
1 and that space is as black as night all
/ the time and that ten miles up it is
cold enough to freeze the north pole
| to death. Heat is largely generated
! BY the suns electric rays striking the
| surface Of the earth and creating fric-
ton, which gives the warmest atmo-
sphere close to The ground; but in
mdwinter we find that the upper at
mosphere is occasionally warmest.
| How Is this? / shall not be able to
al va All fhn SnfanffcfG find
am quite sure, though, that there IS
| nothing accidental about IL.
How easy Il is to find fault with
public servants. 1t is so natural for US
to think we could do things 80 much
commission draws the salary and
takes the responsibility. He doesn't
seem even TO respect our opinion. and
we should like to know why. 1t is
really because his opinion is the opin-
ion by which all things have to be set
tied and that is the only opinion he
cares to stand sponsor for. We are
all Smarter than the mayor, chief of
police and chief of fire department, of
course; but you see we haven't been
discovered, yet. and called up higher
by the people. We should fbe careful
not to tell what we can do under seri-
Gus exigencies, for if we keep still and
the people call us We may surprise
them. We know what we should do,
of course. but perhaps we wouldn't do
it II we knew what the other fellow
knows.
Bear We one anothors burdens" is
an old square-deal command which is
oftener quoted than honored. Few
realize what they miss by lodging It.
The burden bearer feels for the OPP
i -
sacrifice for others. Honest Abe LIN
coin could not speak Of the brave boys
at the front, battling for the union,
without also saying: ooh, those moth
ers who gave them to the country"
he bore every kind Of burden in
private life and that prepared him to
bear the burdens of his country in the
hour of its greatest peril. The heart
which knew the strife and the pain in
the way to the White House from a
log cabin could bear up wien the woes
of the nation seemed to be unbearable
The burden bearer develops heart and
power TO dare and to do.
The disorderly boy makes a dis
orderly man, and the woman who is
complaining OF disorderly hubsand is
bringing up disorderly boys. There is
no real reason why boys should be
more disorderly than girls: and yet
they are permitted to be so slack
about indoor affairs that but for the
extra work Of mother or sister the
house would always look like "the
devils auction room" Now, why are
boys humored In the disorder which Is
source Of constant complaint in the
husband? There is no reason why boys
should not be trained to be as neat
IN the house as girls, and this Is the
only way in which the orderly husband
can be produced.
am always interested in the junk
hunter who can't understand English,
but who always understands old Junk
lie pretends to purchase refuse ma
terisl. but that Is usually a false pre-
tence. He never tells you what he'll
give for it, but asks you what you
VIII take; and II you offer him So
worth for twenty-th cents he will
calmly tell you that he will give you
a dime and take it away. He as
sumes that you would be rid of it if
you have to give it TO him to carry il
away: and then he commences to
figure to. get it at his own price, and
he usually succeeds. He no under
stand niger lish,' but he understands
the best end Of the bargain, and gets
1t nineteen times in twenty
we sun laugh at the man who goes
without his breakfast and the woman
who talks about the errors of mortal |
mind. They are both in the way of
self-denial, and are on the way to self !
control. 1t takes force. to knock out |
an old habit-it takes resolution to |
defy custom. The meaning of the
no-breakfast theory is self control" |
says an advocate of it. and it was
through that l came to a knowledge |
of the truth of God" According to |
this, it is not starvation, as some |
think but revelation. The man who |
becomes the master of his stomach
knows how many men are victims of |
appetite and gluttony. When the stom- |
ach is right, everything is right, and |
when 1t is oVeFdone IT'S owner is un-
done. The world looks different 10 |
a man Of poise and power than it does
TO dyspeptic and 1t always WILL butt
the dyspepties seem to give local color |
to life.
Not long since a desirable citizen |
SAID 20 me while converting OF munich !
pal affairss There are better men In |
Jail than we put in ofice!" do Won |
mean that?' said /. u used to be out |
nights with the boys" he replied, "and |
1 know what I'm talking about I'm
doing better now, but # caught then /
/ should have been in Jail" | con- |
fessed that in moments of self exam |
nation | had asked myself If there |
were not better men in prison than /
myseH. As near as I am capable of |
Judging, the worst men never get into |
prison. because they never get found |
out The great criminals look upon /
prisons as boarding houses for fools
and weaklngs. Justice wabblesl A (
man who stole eight cents went to