Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-05

pumber of bores and busybodfes in the events of life. Prize the person who minds his business for he is a. treas ure.
 How queer a prefessedly good man looks harboring a. little vice which he
 thinks does no harm. It Is so harm full he never can be on the level till l vice is downward No kind Of vice
 ever promotes anything but i1l-gotten gain. The occasional drink is stim- ulation; the fNequent drink is dissa- patton, and the too frequent drink damnation. Vice always leads down
 stairs to something worse. while vir- ! tue leads up stairs to something bet | ter. The man who gets stalled be- I tween virtue and vice is 8 poor coot- l he has ten chances to lose where he
 has one to win. by his own selection. He is fooling with a buzz saw and ! doesn't know it. he is false pretence | without the power to realize it; he is a bad example without conscience enough to sense it. He needs gimp | and sumption to raise him to point | where he can lay claim to goodness. It is singular but the man who knows too little and the man who knows too much come equally into disfavor and l many lose the same job. Assumption | tells for inefhciency as much as ignor- | dIC6. NOuCelL IS dlWdyS a peril to success; it is a kind of untaxable l property that seems to always be above par with It's owner and below par with everyone else. Its bearing l upon the mind interferes with it's l balance, hence it is recognized as a close relation to insanity. The one makes as many kinds of a fool of a | rerson as the other does of lunatics. Next to common sense level-headed- ness is great possession It will | never make any difference to you how much everyone else knows if you only know Just what you are doing. Half the world doesn't know what it 1 s doing-it only thinks it does. Ef1c- iency is Johnny on the spot with the
 knowledge what he is there for!
 | A sroueh Is the product of a per verted mind. He doesn't think right | he harbors ill-chesen guests. Thoughts | are things which bless or blemish the | thinker. He who harbors selfish l thoughts is constantly stung, and he | looks it. A glowing countenance must have behind 1t something more than 1 jealousy. envy. prejudices, revenge and other feelings of diegruntlement. Thoughts have to be vibrated in sound | to become words. and how these words l with stings in them make every fibre | of one's being jingle. To be harrassed by such thoughtS Is almost equal to l being harrassed by wild beasts. The ! one they harm most is the thinker l of them. It is thoughts with a sting l in them which move people to violence Good thoughts seem to carry with them | a benediction. they calm one's spirits, | soothe ruffled tempers and gladden. the l heart What we are getting out of life depends upon the character of our thoughts. No one can think evil and
 get good results. It is just as easy to get sugar out of life as vinegar
 if you will.
 l. 1t does one good to get on high | land and look off-to get a panoramic view of the country and a full view of the over-arching sky. Broad views strengthen the sight and the spirits. l A man capable of taking in a beautiful view of earth and heaven never can feel like mole in a hole. It takes a ! comprehension of big things to give ! 8 man an idea of his own capacity
 It is the fact that man is limited by ! the horizon, which makes him desirous ! of knowing what Is beyond He looks l away to the blue mountains and he wonders what is eyond them; and he looks up at the North star which is 1 farther away than man can readily express in numbers, and he dreams
 that beyond it may be heaven. There is inspiration in long distances. No | man can see so far that his imagin- ation caRnot run on farther It is by
 reaching out for material things that | the spirit learns to reach after divine
 things full of hope Nature calls us, Beauty inspires us and Faith and Hope | assure us of the more beautiful coun-
 try in the beyond.
 There is much to be said on both | sides of any subject, and still to hear
 mistrust there could possibly be more than one side. There are reasons why some persons never want but one l side to a question-it is both annoy- l ing and embarrassing to have more Those who are pledged to accept the
 truth wherever they may find it can
 not stay one-sided for long, because
 the truth never wholly represents one side. The open mind cannot be cas- l fly deceived. Man is so constituted that he believes only what he wishes 1 to, and rejects all else; and his ka- | leidoscope of life is always a beauti-
 rul admlxture of truth and error in
 mlrrored forms. The truth dissipates prejudice and increases light and pro- | notes freedom from error of every
 sort. Do not make yourself deaf 10
 the other side of any question
 You know your opinion of dog, but
 you do not know a dogs opinion of
 you. Perhaps you do not think it | possible for dog to have an opinion
 of you. Dogs have their likes and dislikes-they will approach some persons with assuring waes of the
 tail, and others. with snarl. How
 does a dog recognize those he can | trust and those he cannot? Dogs are
 capable of seeing distinct difference
 in persons; the difference impresses
 them, out of which comes regard or prejudice. From what they observe
 they form conclusion that you are @
 friend or a, foe. and by their conduct
 they express their opinion in accord with their feeling in their way, as we do in ours. There is a maxim which
 recognizes the fact Tt is better to
 have the good will than the i'll will of
 a dog" A dog knows his masters voice, and his whistle, and his step;
 he knows his property and guards it;
 he IS a terror to marauders and a de- pendable friend. He has mind enough
 to mind his business, which may be
 enough.
 Most people believe in prayer. but
 thank heaven all of them do not be-
 leve in praying like fools There are
 lots or people who are praying for peace today who at intervals cheer on
 tnelr favorite army. Think of the folly
 or praying for peace while ruled by
 su ,h a spirit! What is prayer? Some
 one has said it is the expression of l the pest wishes of tT1a heart 1T, Secref