Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-24
THE MAN WHO TALKS

 clerk or a crochety head of family who wasn't a misfit. Courtesy is as much the sunshine of righteousness as love. A snarly-yow does not look well even in prayer, because in every other attitude of life he is a menace to the peace of mind of all in his en- viroment. A shallow idea exists that discourtesy to menials is a mark of superiority, when it Is simply a cause for shame. A courteous demeanOr radiates pleasure and attracts profits it increases friendly relations and even promotes ones income. In the home, the church. the business office, the store, the factory, the street, the ditch, courtesy is recognized as a pro noting quality. It is the initial Of efficiency in all the walks of life-it is the social sweetness which adds pleasure to all human associations.
 The man who sets a good example is worthy of praise even when he is a negro prize fighter. Jack Johnson facing not only a white giant and all the prejudfces against his race showed commendable pluck, but as we give this sport neither recognition or sup port as such we are not prompted to speak in praise of this quality. Good manners are to be praised wherever they are found and whatever the color of the man whose speech or conduct they grace. "The nigger is out!' is a popular white mans expression of glee, and not one of these proclaimers of gurgling prejudice recognizes that he went out of the championship with a better grace than any heavyweight champion defeated in 30 years. ''The best man has won," he said when he came to himself, and to the press he had no further interest in him. Jack Johnson indulged in no ifs or ands, for when physically knocked out he was mentally conscious of the ameni- ties and their value and of silence and its worth. He was heavyweight champion for few years, but he will never be robbed of the honor of having been nobler in defeat than all his predecessors.
 Do you think the clerk behind the counter has a soft-snap? He is ex- pected to look easy on a hard job and to keep his average sales up whatever the handicap. He is told he must pocket all proyocations to swear and entertain with calm composure the shopper, and then if he smiles toler- antly while she takes up whole hour of his time showing suitings herself and Emeline will need by and by, and three or four good customers leave in disgust to go trade elsewhere, he is blamed for it. He has to take down twice as many goods to show those who do not intend to buy as he does for those who have come to trade and are in hurry; and if he tries to ex- cuse himself to make one or two sales the customer of leisure is offended ceases to be polite and may threaten to report his conduct to the proprie- tor. He has to be patient with those who knock down his trade, but he can expect no patience on the part of the boss If his sales are not up to the scratch. Don't think a clerk has a soft-snap for his is a thorny road to travel.
 The world is today being told how the Germans hate the English and fl they are not being misrepresented they are manifesting spirit un- worthy their culture and prestige What is hatred? There is nothing ir 1t that becomes a cultured and a Christian people. Hatred has beer man heart" Hatred begets malice and murder. It inspires no good thoughts, it prompts to no good deeds It generates no good feelings. Hatred IS the promoter of woe and it warps and twists the human heart until the natter is baser and more contemptib1e than the hated. A man who has cast this word out of mind and out of his vocabulary may become a Christian while the man who cherishes it is in danger of becoming a devil What shall the harvest be for those who hate? Revenge and retaliation, twin mattresses, which degrade all who in- dulge in them. Hatred stings all It's wooers. The advice of Shakespeare is worth considering: Heat not g furnace for your foe so hot that it dc singe myself"
 It is well for the human mind tc become awakened to the steps whict lead to excesses of every sort-sins o1 every nature. We do not go wrong al at once. Intemperance of every sort IS gradual. Habit does not grip us like policeman but weaves It's wei about us as carefully as a spider traps a foe. There is a little deIight which thrills our senses, a slight charm which touches our affections an appeal to the understanding which to conscience we hesitate, but oul deceived senses prompt us to go on
 There is. no harm in it," says De-
 light, and this is the signal for a halt When conscience senses danger tho tempter usually whispers There's nt harm in it!'' We are not too far gone then to retrace our steps; but we soor oAAc1AA OO AL WE olAAA IOIIOW JA1C lIItS delight which thrills our senses. '"The chains of habit" says Johnson. "are generally too small to be felt unti they are too strong to be broken" | does not do to slumber or sing wf1eI we are in peril. Vigilance is the price of freedom from habit as well as free. dom from oppressive government.
 The first robin I heard greeting the rising sun this year did so on Marcf 26th, but Jack Frost drove him to tht cedar groves for shelter within a week and he was absent few days; but ht has come again just as eheery, grace full and handsome as ever. How dul are common ears to the variety ant quality of his song, and the nobility of his example. He pays obiesanee tt to the sun morning and evening witt the fidelity of a Parsee, and pays at tention to his cadenzas like a prims donna. The robin is a common thrusl with a most uncommon song. Powe1 not only claims his notes are sweete and his songs more numerous thai those of the mocking bird: but tha for initiative he has no peer among the song birds of America. He home like a homing- pigeon. I remember robins nest in front of a pigeon cot which was occupied by the same fam l fly of robins for a quarter of a cen tury. What pet the robin ha proven to be both in the field and il caDtivftv. and what an old American