Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-08
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Door man let's go of a dollar than a man of wealth. Some people are ifi- ] clined to think this is because they do | not know the worth of a dollar; but l 1t isn't. It seems to us to be the l relative needs which make dollar go or stay, rather than good judgement ! The man who is in absolute want l has a pressing demand for his money no matter how little he has of 1t; while the man whose needs are all met feels no spirit of compulsion making him l part with his money, When a man cannot meet every want with ten dol l lars. he has to lay down his last dollar quick or suffer: and he is usually careful, in his judgment to make the most of it, although we may think he doesn't. It makes q difference whether 8 man lives on the street of EverlastA ing Want of Everlasting Supply when he looks at a dollar. X poor man s dollar is often rnertgaged when he gets it. while the weH-to-do man s dollar may loaf to it's hearts content. There is just as much difference in the dol lass as in the men, and this is why we should 3e cilary in our criticisms, and have q care lest our conclusions be un- just.
 November is the month of shooting St;srs and the northern lights, as well as of ice, snow furries, popcornballs, crarberry- -tarts. squash pies. roast ts 4N cer of course, was not always this composite character. In the early ages os the world the distinctive features of the month was it's earth bleakness and sky beauty, The imaginative, centu- ries ago. saw in the northern lights leaging goats. flying fires, mariOnetteS and merry dancers. These flashing lights and the shooting stars filled the minds of the people with fear because they did not understand them. It must have been a Wierd month for those who then peopled the earth, It was lorg stride when the Christian hearted began to laugh at goblinS> and saw the waE to make November q month of feaSting and thanksgiving because it wag Inc month when the barns were full of fodder for the stock, and the cei1a~s flied with good things Of earth ta talze the people through the winter in comf0rt. What lot of good things Christianity has put into November for all of us-
 The man who enjoys having an ar gunaan& can always find some one who likes to waste his time, in the same way, The trouble with the average de- bate is the wrath it engenders and the lack of sense it brings out. In most cases the one who talks loudest is sup posed to have won his case. Very few takers can stick to the point for any length of time, and at the close of the debate they are usually too far from home Many able men have been aVerSe to debate, Lowell pointed out that the only available argument with the east wind was to put on your ov- ercoat; and Mcdonald felt sure that the man who argues for victory and not for truth is sure of just one ally, that is the devil This is WheatIey's warning to diners, Never argue at the dinner table for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of che argument It was Swift who was of the orinion that argument, as us- ually managed. is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is general ly the worst sort of reading" Men who take pride in their ability to argue usually lack skill in everything else
 Why is II a man does not remember the best he learned from books in his schoo1days, but is prone to keep alive the worst he learned from his asSoei- ates? 1t beats all how easy any of us can remember things which better be forgotten, and which forgotten would put gleam on life in place of 9 gloam- In their mental habits very few persons operate consistently with the professions of piety they make How do you suppose the world got to thinking all the fun is in Wickedness and that well-doing is irksome? If you look about you and mark the conduct of men you cannot help noting this is very prevalent opinion; and yet this is something every person in a rational moment, upon being challenged, will positively deny You will find upon cogitation that it isn't life, or the world, that is mysterious. but man in both his thought and action Man is the most restless ani- mai God ever made and he who wrote
 some of them do not settle down for good until their graves are sodded' is not guilty of a slander.
 When a man is always calling his Wife dear in company it is safe to suspect that it is an exhibition habit, although it may sound very much like an insinuatiOn. Of course, this sort of a husband is not common and at best he seldom means it. It is safe to say the most popular husband is not the one who utters soft words in public, and stinging ones at home, for he is too much like the man who has to take d pipe out of his mouth to thank God for q blessing to win respect. Perhaps the best husband is the man who never says NOi" to his wife, or -"Bool" to a beggar. If I we're a woman. the husband who made me an equal partner in the affairs of life, thought I needed cash for household purposes instead Of his credit. and thought l was competent to have a roll Of bank bills by me in the inter est of household economy and my own self-respect, would be good enough for me, I should not be any more particular than that's and yet it does not seem an easy thing to me to say what makes a husband most popular with his spouse
 Hope is something that is just as free as sunshine, and doesn't cost a cent, and this is why there is no excuse for hoplessness. Hope8is said to be a good medicine and the last thing that dies in a man Experience tells US q narrow mind cannot hold a, great hope Hope is the special service quality which was divfne1y de- signed to knock out despair, and it never fails when sincerely invoked Some writers say i've can never be below hope, so long as we are above O. K. this sentiment. We call to mind every woe and makes heavy hearts light; 1t can unbottle sunshine in an Arctic night; and feel just as much at home in s hut aS in 8 palace. When a person doesn't know he has any courage hops helps him to find it; and when we daIken the way to Heaven with doubts and fears hope is the star which strengthens faith and bids us look up and forge ahead. When Teenyson wrote Tt is mighty hopes which make us mem" he set before us a truth which no heart will venture to deny,
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