Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-25
THE MAN WHO TALKS

l, Lots of peorle do not believe others can cure themselves of disease. Now what is disease? It may be simply mental or physical disorder. What is the cause of a great deal of it? Lack Of restraint in various directions, which is really intemperance. In- temperance in the use of alcoholic drink is not the worst intemperance i in the world. An intemperate use of power makes tyrants of sovereigns and slaves of subjects; and inteInper- ate use of money brings bankruptcy to the individual or disaster to the
 nation; intemperance in thought leads | to almost every kind of distress and every kind of crime. The persons who are grouchy and grudgy and possessed | by spirit of hatred or vengeance are 1 diseased, for they are insane; the people who think they are sick when physically normal are dis -eased; and the most trying patient a doctor ever has Is one with the "hypos." The person who dismisSes the grouchy and | violent spirit which distIrbs him will l find himself cured of many things. | Change your habits of thought or of living and you are a changed person and have entered upon a new life in a | new world.
 | These are the days when salaried | I with envy. The men who court | Prosperity because she is putting five dollars day in their pockets see the l purchasing power of their dollars be- ing reduced every day by the advance tin price of everything which counts I for sustenance or comfort The sal aried men face life for better or l worse for so much per annum, and 1t | is always that on it's face, but often much less in the market. The thous- I a 6 6o11 11of. u-0r Gn l hard put to it to naKe both ends meet as they be to-day. Here is wood l at $10 a cord and coal $10 a ton, l though they are not or equal heat l value; eggs as 60 cents a dozen are 1 more sustaining than boiled ham at 45 cents a pound; but thank Heaven I've can still buy a yard of rye bread I for a dime and two bakery pies for a 1 quarter of a dollar Of course, money l was made to be spent, but the man, l who used to work for a dollar a day
 could hardly carry fifty cents worth of -four and now days it is hardly enough i to be seen.
 Some people are given to thinking | that most of their afflictions are trace l able direct to tke nerves; ard more | attribute most of their troubles to the Lord. It would be good thing if
 more people knew that 90 per cent at l least of their bodily afflictions and I edge. Self is slow; and certain kinds | of selffishness results in the worst of | affliction menta, and physical. We are all making mistakes in diet, and
 for this reason Metchinkoff was com l pelled to say no man died natural 1 death and only few men live out half their days. We are all making mistakes in perception and interpreta- | tion-in thought; and sometimes the whole world suffers because of the oie-fo I-nV1 hO. rcrl,f t I l single individual. Being captains of | our souls and masters Of our fate" we cannot escape responsibility for our nerves. A medical authority declares
 that nerves" as a physicians diagnosis is simply a vague T don't know"
 God is anxious 10 have his children
 dwell in love and equality upon the
 bounty he never withholds from the just or the unjust, There is enough for all in this world, but men in their l selfishness rob and starve one an- other and ruin themselves.
 l The man whc eats raw onicn every day is taking the poison out of his system and increasing his chances for a long life. say some physicians; and I have known at cast enc who preferred this medicine for keeping healthy to anything in matera med lea. The onion Las a way of gather ing to itself poison. and this is wLy
 an onion boiled with mushrooms dis closes whether they are edible or poisonous. If the onion turns black l there is death iR tiIe mushrooms for | any who may venture to eat them l The onion is the one vegetable which has a plebian -odor. and hence it is poison to some sensitive souls who cannot bear anything plebian, what
 ever qualities it may have to com mend it. But when it comes to a matter of health these weak prejudioes do not count, alths sugh some per- sons pretend they would prefer death l dares protect himself by eating an
 onion a day for his health cannot ex-
 pect to be welcome in fashionable society.
 Anna Rix MiIitz calls attention to
 the fact that "one of the ancestors
 of Jesus was Isaac, whose name
 have merry heart to bring forth the
 whole truth that shall save our
 world" Those who think an ave-
 struck countenance popularly known
 as "a long face" has anything better
 than consternation in it are fearfully
 mistaken. It is not probable that
 Christ ever looked half as sad as these
 imaginary pictures of the Master
 make Him look. Possessed Of the great t
 joy of mortal life and the eternities | LHeTe "dS4 no T6SASCH WHY H6 SHOuIO
 forever be known as the man of sor-
 rowful countenance, Tie world says
 ignorance is no excuse for crime, but
 Jesus prayed. Father forgive them
 (His erucifers) for they know not
 what they do!'' He recognized that
 ignorance was a valid excuse for mis-
 takes. The ring of a laugh that is
 melted by joy is like the sweet mel ody of a song in any persons life.
 person who cannot laugh is thought
 to be capable of treason, or any other high crime.
 What we all need is forhearanee and courage just for today. Life is less ieomplex tlNan we think if we just