Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-29
THE MAN Who TALKS

right minded e, yet how few people
can define the condition which lis ex-
pressed by this hyphenated word. It
might perhaps better be ifxe*innded
Or broad -mindedy that IL. having a
mind SO stored with kRowledge that to
explore 1t in moments nf loneliness IS
equivalent TO entertainment or having
company The mind can hold memories
| of everything it cherishes. and it can
cherish eyerying God has made, or
every noble thing man has done during
his existence on the earth. There Is
no other storehouse like the mind, for
there is no estimating its capacity---it
| takes in thought, and just as easily
takes in all the wonders Of the uni
verse one is capable of grasping II
can picture for us day in Southern
France the bleakest day in winter OF
it can picture any pleasing thing which
its master summons while he sits
alone Those who know how to use
their minds find therein an endless
source of entertainment and pleasure.
AS Mrs. Blaine declares, Loneliness is
nothing If you are right-mlnded.
When we look up and see tho birds
in flight we do not think that they are
heavier than-air machines more won
derful than the acceptance; and that
some of them make faster time than
any aeroplane has approached yet.
There are ducks that can wing their
twenty-four hours with their flight OF
two miles a minute Solomon might
Just as well have said: Look at the
swallow, thou dreamer, and learn to
fly" as to have said, go to the ant,
thou sluggard, and learn wisdom
There was an age wher no creature
flew in the air; but the condors which
can rise with horse in their tatons
had the one passenger aefoplane beat
en- many ages ago. As heavy as the
hoe ,lxxre,x 3.ao h q
to beat the speed of the best express
train. for it can make from 80 to 100
miles an hour, hour after hour, with
apparent ease. 1t is only given to the
few to recognize the natural wonders
about them and to realize that nature
has been having the greatest exhibit
lions of air. fight speed ever since
Noah sent the dove out from the ark
to see if the land was above the wa
tiers, and there was place for the ark
to land,
If you know things when you see
them, there is all the more to be en-
ioyed in life, and all the more to be
learned The last of May | picked up
a clutch of eggs laid by a Cecropia
moth, and they were taken and placed
near a wild cherry bush; and in July |
had as fine a colony of caterpillars as
it has been my fortune ever to see.
/ saw the little black imps in their
first stage, but they We're allowed to
feed uncounted and without any atten-
ton. Early in July they were in their
third stage, as large as ones finger
and covered with red and blue horns
which protected them from the soft
mouthed birds, who feed upon unafm-
ored caterpillars. In August they will
be as large and longer than a, mans
thumb, and will spin their brown silk
en- cocoons and enter upon a fast of
nine months; and next May, 1912, they
will emerge with their great slate col
ored wings adorned with red and edg-
ed with handsome clay color beauti-
fully lined and decorated with gray.
They represent one of the biggest and
prettiest tribes of moths to be cap
tured in New England, and do but o
small amount of damage.
In common parIance trolley pas
senger is considered as unreliable
among trolleymen as the average jury
man is among lawyers. When - 1t
| comes to conforming to rules. the troll
ley passenger is a n-eonformist. He
| expects to get on without signalling
| the motorman and he often tries to
| get off without giving any signal to
| the conductor. At this feat, the nerv-
Gus woman with a small child who
gets up the moment the car slows
| down and starts for the footboard, in
the worst; although the man who, I'M
| der the same circumstances, crawls
! under the rail on the danger side of
| the car is a fair match for her. There
| are too many passengers who think
| trolleymen are mindreaders or clair
voyants, and can tell what they want
| without being told; and some passen-
| gers ask questions that a Philadelphia
| lawyer could not answer; and then get
| provoked because the young conductor
| does not know, or the old conductor
| has a way of taking no notice of fool
| ish questions, and goes about his bust
ness. Few people realize outside OF
| public-service men what crouch the
| great American public Is. It does not
| think that it is necessary to be either
| sweet or polite to common folks!
Perhaps you have noticed that it is
! the man with the money bags who
| takes on the i5ingly air whether there
| is anything kingly about him or not
| 1t is the man with the finances who
makes things go. even the family and
! the government. We can't get away
away from sin. and he knows 1t. II
| is not our chosen rulers who are
naughty in appearance. but the kings
/ of Wall street 1t is the daily wage
/ that regulates the conditions of iiYe
| and make possible about everything
else; and the man with the money
| bags Is the man behind the industries
| who keeps the streams Of cash flow
| ing out and flowing in, and they rep
| resent the tides which control the
| affairs of men. We do not care t6
| deny their right to their assumptions
| of supremacy or to question theii
| power; but it does not seem as if those
| of the czar-like stare get as much te
| enjoy out of life as those who are
| cordial with their fellow men. Others
| can glare back. An owl can stare a.
| a king, so glazing is not even an &C
| complishment The men with the
! money bags have the greatest oppor-
| tunity to do kindly acts, and if they
| do right they receive honors com
| mensurate with their works.
| noticed that the tiger beetles were
running about the garden when il
was dry and dusty The Cincindells
| are fleet tribe of runners, and ap-
| pear to be fond of sandy places which
| are always hot and rather free from
! growing things, While they are dali
| colored ABOVE they are, brightly enam
eled in blue beneath. They are of pre-
| daceous habits; but what they pre-,
| upon is not MACH in evidence, since
never saw them catch anything in m,
| work among them. They like thu
Shriners, prefer the hot sands to trave
on, and are numerous on the beache
of the coast and uncommon in gar
dens The tiger beetles have shar]
maFs and are as savage as a bull-pu]
| when ca htured and strive to bite tflei
| captors. II is probable they feed up
| OF microscopic insects of which Their
are millions never seen, by the humal
eye. They are quIck-sigh agile