Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-26
THE MAN WHO TALKS

trOl. How can children be models with a daily bad example before them. Some people beat their children for misbehaving when their behavior has not been one whit worse than that of their parents. Self control is the price of being born again, and 1t means a better example. No man can be said to be temperate who keeps up the same old jag; then why should a per son think he has become religious with the same old temper always in evil monest human faults, and 1t is foolish ness to expect children to be mild and good hammered when their parents are impatient and hot tempered.
 We behold pleasing things on the | trolley car, and sometimes a pretty in cident will be the outcome of bad manners. An old man comes into a crowded car and joins the strap-hang- CTS. No one moves until a pretty young woman rises and urges him to take her seat. As soon as the trans position is complete a bright young man who has been buried in a paper rises and urges the comedy maiden to take his place. They quietly barley, and it becomes apparent that the young woman will not take the seat, and the young man does not feel that he can resume it. With deferentiaI dignity they odnaturedly hang to the straps. They look pretty there un- til the car stops and the young woman
 
 hsr, and a close observer wonders whether they knew each other, or whether Fate just tried to prepare something pleasant for both in that prosaic old trolley car.
 There are tricks in words as well as tricks in figures. There are those who declare that 45 cannot be taken from 45 and have 45 the remainder; and there are those who will doubtless deny that it is possible to curse without swearing. It has been done, and we are going to do it right now. Dam the fire to blazesi" There is nothing wicked in those words if they do sound disturbing. There is nothing wicked about words unless man puts the wick edness into them. Words that began their career well have become degrad- ed; and words which began low have been exalted The mind of man ex- pressed in words gives them their meaning.
 Some people believe in heredity and in their minds become resigned to it. They appear to enjoy the thought that they inherited a bad temper and poor health This is one of the most con- temptible uses the mind can be put to, because 1t means no good to the indi- vidua1. If there is anything good in heredity to attribute to ones forbears it may be pIimentary to them to do it, but it is wicked to be blaming upon them ones defects. We are no more obliged to be bad, Or to become chron- ic invaltds, because of our parents, than we are to believe we are heirs to the kingdom because they were. Why should we kill our individual power and responsibility. It is a theory in which some folks take a deal of com fort if their predecessors do suffer by it.
 The woman who has a husband who can cook dinner has prfze-so has the man who has Q wife equally ac- cornpdshed. But the prize holder in either case should have a care. Put ting too much work on the other fel- low is what makes the drudge: and dlscord and dissatisfaction follows. The woman who tries to make a domestic servant of her easy and accomplished husband is not wise. Let George do il" is not good domestic motto George can balk and George can find e, more congenial mate; and so can Georgianna- The matrimonial bs1ance needs to be given strict attention-to lose the domestic equilibrium is dis astrous. This is whats the matter with too many farailies-this is what makes the court rooms attractive to those who have ears to hear.
 often feel glad to think that I nev- CT think any less of a person for w!kat he does believe, or what he doesn't. I discovered that was not the way to measure folks a long while agG. He is the better gotten at by observing what he does and what he doesn't do. Too many people can talk like saints and act like .brutes. It is pleasant to find that persons principles and con- but it is mighty good word and fits. These Tam holier- than-tT1ou sort of people usually believe all there Is in the scriptures without knowing they are condemned by them. Queer peo- f0 z0 n r. tie; but, then. they are becoming few- CT all the time.
 Old age has it's compen.ations. It is ripe with experience and knows most of the fool turns. It does not look at things with the eyes of youth. Ex- perience teaches a fellow that the things prayed for when achieved are often a curse; and that conditions op- posed with consternation sometimes turn out to be a blessing; that self denial which seemed to be painful was really a benefit; that wrath nurs- ed is an asp in the bosom. Age knows that what youth thinks is wisdom oft en turns out to be foolishness, for it has seen its own judgment made short sighted folly. Age doesn't indulge in be tolerant and gentle in it's judgments. After it's everlastingly rights have turned out wrong, 1t Is apprehensive of what may be and not so sure of what will be.
 William wishes to know: Which is the winner, the woman who dies and leaves five noble sons as her contri- button to the worlds forces, or the woman who dies and leaves fat French poodle and seven cats and s10,- 900 to provide suitable care for them ?'' This is put in such a sporty way that it confuses me, for have no sporting blood: but if I was a betting man I should bet on the woman who so splendid1y increased the manhood of the race. I have nothing against the woman who ends her mortal line with such a pronounced. love for animals; but the mother of five sons has mag nffied her usefulness to the world many fold and her sons and sons sons may run on forever. It is an awful thing, Bill, to find at last you've completely slipped your trolley
 Since science has proclaimed to the world that ether is the finest and most wonderful fluid in the universe that it is in reality the a1l-in-aI1 of material things, I have always felt that I should like to become possessed of a short and comprehensive definition Of ether and the other day I found it and 11OSseSSed myself of it-for ether