Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
THE MAN WHO TALKS

serves dS I6SAnS nlSefaDl6! They QO
 not enjoy poor health half as much
 as they pretend to. They like to play
 on the sympathies of the kind-hearted
 persons with whom they come in con-
 tact as well as some people like to
 play upon an old harmonicum. Either
 class is trial to those who, obliged
 to be present. cannot escape these
 discords of life. It is not surprising
 that we often recognize that the devil does get into some folks while we de-
 ny the very existence of a personal devil. Poor man would be consistent
 if he could, but under some circum-
 stances he is to be excused for not
 being consistent.
 There are some men who will not abandon hope-they decline to let things appear to be hopeless to them. The motto of this class is, "So long is this kind of persistence which gave birth to the saying that three TefusalS Of man is an indication that the woman will eventually marry him: and that other trite maxim, Faint heart never yet won fair lady" The criminal persistently applying for elem ency regards three rulings against him a IS a ground for more intense hope It is the constantly dropping water that wears a hole in a rock A hard case yields to soft persistence even in na- ture. If this law was better under stood it would be more generally prac-- ticed.
 Our faults are all our own and they do not have to be copyrighted They are the one thing no man ever be- comes fool enough to try to steal. Someone may try to steal our purse, or rob us of our good name-they may even take our old clothes from line but they have no use for our faults because they know that faults neither benefit nor bless person, and are not worth taking No one ever seems to cling to faults but the fool they pos sess, and they have him to a greater degree than he has them personal fault sometimes becomes like a car buncle-it cannot be dropped-it has to be cut out. This is why we should see to it that we do not become con-
 irmed in our blemisheS.
 After a man has ruined himself by the violation of the laws of his be- ing for years. he is disappointed in a week. He doesn't know that the doctor cannot perform a miracle in his or any other case; but can advise him to behave right and if he does so, and sufficient recuperative energy is left in him. nature restores him to health When the practices which make one sick are abandoned. then he Is on the way to health. Doctors fail when the patient will not do as told, but goes on in ignorance and perversity even to the bitter end. Clergymen fail be- cause men try to retain their malig- nifty while they pretend to be puri- fled. As man thinketh so IS he.
 There is no truer saying than this: "One-half the troubles of this world can be traced to saying Yes too quick, and not saying No soon enough" This is where a young man must ind h1s equilibrium and when he finds it stick to it. if he would make the most of life and the most of himself. It IS said of Americans that "bashfulnesS rubs off long before the beard comes" which means that they must look out or they will get their gall before they get their equilibrium, which is equiv alent to getting the cart before the horse. The man who tests his luck by buying lottery tickets is not so much of a fool as the man who says Yes" when it would be manhood to himself and dollars in his pocket to say "No."
 The only things worth cherishing in the past are the things which may prove pleasureable or profitable to us. Our mistakes and our fniseries should be permitted to get yellow and dusty pigeonholes of time may be regarded as the sepulchres of worthlessness- the place where the wraiths of mis- fortune rest forever and for aye We should strive to get what there is sweet out of life today-out of every day-and that means more of pleasure than pain. as the sum total of exist ence. There is no need of looking for ble fades away when the heart is right Megrims in the brain are as inexcusable as vermin in the hair comb 'em out
 It has been said that "it is about as easy for some men to keep & promise as it is for some women to keep q se- cret-" It has to be admitted that there are men and women who can do neither; but there are so many men and women who can do both, but won't we get disgusted with them- When it comes to keeping secret, we have known women who found no difficulty in keeping a dozen forever; and they could keep a promise just as we'll. He or she who masters the first already has the second mastered This is not a matter Of sex, but of mind, and -when a woman will she wiIl"- you know the rest of it. With such general repute established, how can the other old lie keep its feet? Who keeps this secret?
 whistle. swear or smoke when escort ing a lady, but it is not worse, per haps, than the attempt in public to teach him manners. There are many good natured combinations of this sort and the chidings are usually marked by a good humor which seems to fndi- cate that they are ineffective; but the woman manages to let those who hear her know that she knows politeness if she is not in it's company. Such inci- dents in life are rather amusing, and the partner who is guilty of such breaches of decorurn may not deserve to be dealt with any more considerate- ly or gently. The larum -scarun class who amuse others by their grotesque- ness are rather on the increase than the decrease.
 The toughest winter birds have no picnic when the snow is deep, the tenn perature low and the winds high. They find the sheltered places and lead 3. precarious and hungry existence. If death doesn't get them some predacious bird may. When the air is full of snow flakes bird life is full of peril. They cannot hibernate like the bat or live eight months without food like the but terf1y. They do not know the comforts of the bug in the rug but take their chances in the field of nature with all the hardy tribes; and man never knows or seems to care what the death toll is there. We like to see the soften, and so doubtless do the birds, who may then begin a new search for food and take new courage. like to see the hardy little vagrants