Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15
THE MAN WHO TALKS


 life where he sees lying is too commen a thing to be proud of there is some hope for him, for he is getting into the realm of clear vision. Sad to re- late too many men miss this point. Too many people think a lie positively told is better than the truth waver- ing. It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who said. "A lie is a handle that its every sim" but those who have been caught in them know if the handle had fitted the sin better they would nave escaped. Even those who lie to appear interesting should never forget that a l liar should have a. good memory. It IS always trying to have a carefully Tram ed lie collide with the truth. There are lies that do some men good and others no harm, it is said. This va riety is so rare it has never been our good fortune to strike it's trail Fer haps it is to be found occasionally in the diplomatic circles of government, where prevarication has become a syn enym for politeness. The white lie like some flowers open fresh and far but later changes color. What the world needs is an era of truth.
 If is curious how ardentiy some men can touch a friend for a loan and once getting the favor forget all about it. We must all of us have known just one such person. I have known more than that. But in a way he is a friend for he lacks the arSfulness by which he may do you worse. For instance the designing rascal who calls for $50 and pays it promptly getting your con plete confidence; and then he strikes you for s15o, gets it and never comes back Some men you know, are not as bad as they seem. and others are worse than. you can possibly imagine they could be. You know such a fellow regards you. his easy mark; but J r, 1,fv of 2 sometimes think he would run away from himself if he could He knows when he sits down with himself he Is in poor company, and. don't you sup- pose his meannesses harrass him? The man who doesn't have a clear con- What chance do you suppose a fsl- low would have with St. Peter who when asked what he had done on earth should reply: Had a gay old time on the money left me- No. I never worked. never earned a dollar. never won a dollar when I sat in a game; gave few dollars in charity for the name of the thing; got lots of praise and folks looked up to me because was endowed. Had everything a lazy man didn't deserve and nothing ar I industrious man could get out of life for himself" St. Peter would prob ably say to him You've been standing l in dead mans shoes and they didn't fit you-You have been handing out
 money somebody else earned for praise which you didn't merit. You ha 's I reaped where you didn't SOW and now | you seek to enter where there is nc admission for such as you Rolling | in wealth is not redemption but roll ing in contrition is. Your hands ale 1 empty, your feet are cold. Go hence and warm yoursefi
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 The only trouble with the man wnC l knows he is right is the fact that he l feels sure the other fellow is wrong He may know himself. but he doesn't know the other fellow. and there are 6 | thousand chances to one that he il 1 wrong in his estimate of him. It i: doubtful if there ever was a. man il this world who was absolutely right One of the greatest discoveries we al ! make is that we do not know as mucf
 as we thought we did. Some profes- sional men spend most of their time
 to keep the public from finding ou
 how little. they really do know. The man who knows one thing well ]:
 called an expert; and the one who is
 sure he knows thing when it ism so is a monomapiac. What the othel man isn't is something which should | not concern us. What he is is the i'm ! portant thing. You may winter anC I summer man to learn what he is aaJ 1 then fail to find out. When vol know what you be if you hear others confirm your convictions it is possl. l ble you may be right. | About the only thing fat is re- lated to is good humor. Did yol | ever know fat person who could no smile. or who was sad and pessimistic
 Fat people look funny and perhap: l they feel funnyi At any rate the,
 seem enshrounded with good humol never with fog. Good humor is de. l clared to be health to the soul; ana yet medical men will tell us fat is large l ly the product of disease. So ther,
 you are. and any lass will tell yo, | she would rather be fat than skinny Too fat and too lean do not requiI, talk, for they speak for themselves 1 Good nature and a good digestion walk hand in hand. Good humor i. l said to be the clear blue sky of tn,
 soul and Thackerary says it is one 0 the best articles of dress one can wea,
 in society. The fat mans society ii fittingly dressed and always has clear blue sky;s other societies hay, just enough fat ones in them to keel them from being lean and gloomy
 You never knew a fat person who en ioyed poor health--it takes the lean t find joy in aff1iction.
 There is Tiger butterfly visitini the dahlia patch and I notice he visi.
 nothing but red flowers. He loves red clover patch better and that i where he gathers in numbers and feed upon the honey, and the bees disput his right there and frequently driv l him from the blossoms. His fancy fo clover is what has made red his fav orite color, but he must have learne, every red flower is not sweet or nee
 tar laden. His progeny are enjoyin
 life somewhere near the edge of tn woods on tender sassafras foliage
 When young they curl the leaf owe
 themselves and keep out of sight an
 when older they become loathsom
 looking, hog g-snouted worm that tn
 uninformed would shrink from as the
 would from a snake or lizard-h
 seems to have large eyes and to
 looking at you, but he isn't. Thes
 queer caterpillarS are so rarely foun the breeder of butterflies jumps wit delight when he discovers one. I douh
 whether his Pa knows him; but tn
 cage-bred Papilio Turnus is mos
 desirable specimen for any cabinet.
 Many people think they do not be lieve in mysteries. They have neve thought life is a mystery, God is
 mystery. man is a mystery and hi destination a mystery. We are a
 bathed in mystery as the bather
 l with water when he is swimming i the sea- If they should ask themselve what love or conscience is they. .woul find themselves up against the myste. of their own being. Love has been de