Show everlasting talker talkers s there are some gome men and women who aire fire undoubtedly born falkeis tal keis and aid ard it is by the ilia constant const alit atit exercise of their natural gift of talking that they manifest bems hems eltes elies to others it is through this that they attract notice and establish a reputation orsome sort and if they are arlof of any use in the ike world I 1 know not what it is unless it is to talk their mind is chiefly intent on this they have no feeling reeling or thought they se be s B e hear or read nothing which they must not tell to somebody they the are re worse than ulan a sieve for the they Y hold nothing of all that they receive it matters little to them what they say only so 11 hey I 1 e y he kepp keep ep saying something dorthey for they cannot eni endure eni ani to be still stil their tongue W will ili iii wag they gleem 1 eem silence a crime they are not fastidious in thor their choice of company pany only so they have a listener their chief necessity necess lly ily is to talk to somebody about abolt something what is the subject or who the tiie listener may be are matters of minor consequence but they require ollya patient listener for they hey can do all the talking and will do it were they not made to talk and everybody else to listen 7 who can talk so well as the they y 7 who knows so much or can tell it so well they never trip on a word they are never lost ia in tho thong thought ight ht any ny attempt to check much more to stop the ceaseless and overwhelming torrents of words with which ahey inundate all who unfortunately b bi 3 come their victims is wholly useless us eles to run or stand and anti take it are the sole alternatives A high degree of meekness becomes under such circumstances a necessity they might possibly be bluffed off by a bold blunt man inan but they could not receive a greater insult than by witnessing their natural furie fulle function tion their pride the foundation of their vanity and usefulness thus contemned contemn ed and the good which it would confer rejected bat they will now and then stop a moment for a few words or of assent or confirmation or hey they will listen eagerly I 1 to a brief recital of s something 0 methin new which they may afterward expand greatly greasy to the interest if not to tile the truthfulness of the ilia narration their stock of information inform alion requires constant additions that they may ever have something new to amr offar but as the same sermon or speech or lecture may be repeated a hitri hundred dred times to as many interested audiences so a gossip may repeat his tale to all the tho willing airs a irs iu in a whole neighborhood but rut such persons are not wise wigo and never uever can be till li I 1 they he y learn the important but difficult lesson of bridling their tongue thoughts and feelings should not take the form of words fill lii ill they become mature intellect should decide what ought tot tor be expressed and how the wise man talks for a purpose not for the mere were sake of talking he speaks sneaks what he be knows what will injure no one oney what will do good his words have weight wei wel gif and are remembered for they pre p re the ibe sensible forms of thoughts and of a spirit which draw meny J and arid so the lite wiseacre wi seare not mere talkers for tiie theirl h words are dewald fewa lid iid fitting butare but are also good listeners for lie the encouragement of their companions and ind for thi their air own instruction they lead them to talk u pon upon alloe subjects with which they are most familiar they draw from them some part of their experience and thus often chance to find a it desure of virtue or of wisdom N the tito wise man mail is wise in every esery ihirg in thinking in he I 1 in speaking ill in acting lie ile is cebul careful deliberate se sern seri rius ius e earnest conscientious he ire looks forward considering the impending result aud doing nothing ras rashly tily illy ile he looks back waid bat that lie he may mas discern rn hia bia faults and correct them pure thoughts right words good deeds are ure the na ural fruit of his character the gist of the is contained in these words of solomon the tongue of tile the wise auseth knowledge aright 1 but tile the mouth of fools out fool foolishness ishri 1 ss 11 pl H M in life illustrated |