4 Character 
Lessons to 
Train Youth 
290001100810 OOOOH One) 
By JAMES TERRY WHITE. 
(Copyright. 1909, by the Character Devel- 
opment league.] 
XXI1.—-Comradeship. 
YOUNG man 
A who had left 
home to en- 
ter business and 
who had only a 
single acquaint- 
ance in the town 
where he was 
newly employed 
was arrested upon 
the charge of steal- 
ing a pocketbook 
containing $1,000 
from the desk of a 
man whom he had 
called upon in a business way the pre- 
vious day. He was in a desperate 
plight, for circumstances were strong- 
ly against him. The man stated that 
he had the pocketbook just a few min- 
utes before the young man came in, 
and upon looking for it immediately 
afterward it was gone, and nobody 
else had been in the room. 
The young man’s only hope was in 
the establishment of a previous good 
character, and he had no one to whom 
he could at the moment apply. His 
employer was a suspicious man, and 
the boy did not like to face him until 
he had been exonerated, but how to 
untangle himself from the web which 
had been wound about him he did not 
know. Not knowing what to do, he 
sent for his single acquaintance and 
told him of his predicament and the 
circumstances of the whole affair and 
said, “Of course you have only my 
word that T did not take the pocket- 
book, but it is the truth.” 
His acquaintance looked at him crit- 
ically for a few minutes and then said, 
“No; I don’t believe you did take it, 
and I am going to stand by you in this 
and see that you are cleared.’ The 
new’ acquaintance immediately gave 
bail and told him to go back to work 
and say nothing. Then he sent to the 
home of the boy and arranged to have 
some influential men of the place come 
on at his own expense to testify to the 
character of his friend and upon the 
day of trial gained his honorable dis- 
charge. 
‘When asked why he @id all this he 
replied, “Why, I am your friend.” This 
was his idea of the*meaning of a 
friend. 
While we should be courteous to all, 
we cannot have the same feeling and 
JAMES T. WHIT’. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
meme TOV all, ANG tOiiUCies ure Lorm- 
ed with those who are especially con- 
genial and companionable to us. This 
is called friendship. 
True friendship is not necessarily 
the outgrowth of family ties or rela- 
tionship; it is based upon liking in 
which similarity of tastes and inter- 
ests makes pleasant company, but 
there must be respect and admiration 
added to this liking. We want for our 
friend one who is honest and brave, 
one in whose honor and kindness we 
ean trust. 
Friendship involves certain duties. 
See to it that you deserve the liking 
and respect of your friend. ‘Who 
wrongs another clouds his own sun.” 
We must be loyal and stand up for 
him against evil report. We should 
look out for his interests and look out 
for him in every proper way. A true 
friend will rejoice in our success and 
will sorrow over our defeats as though 
they were his own. 
Friendship also demands a forgiving 
spirit. When one considers for a mo- 
ment his own weaknesses and short- 
comings he cannot long withhold for- 
giveness to others. Roscommon says: 
“The string of a violin may jar in the 
best master’s hand, and the most skill- 
ful archer may sometimes miss his 
aim. I would not quarrel with slight 
mistakes.” 
Forgiveness is a noble quality, but 
flificult of attainment, but it is one of 
the brightest jewels in the crown of 
character. Forgiveness is pardon, or 
the overlooking of injuries; forbear- 
ance is the power of restraining our 
passions when provoked. Forgiveness 
is a matter of thought; forbearance is 
a matter of deed. Forgiveness con- 
siders what is done to us, and for- 
bearance what we do to others. 
Practice.—Let all think that to have 
a friend one must be a friend and see 
to it that he does friendly acts. 
Literature 
Teach me, O Saadi, how to make 
My life as beautiful as thine— 
Like thee, to live for others’ sake 
And share with all my oil and wine! 
Teach me in lavish alms, like thee, 
My heart to spend! 
Nay, nay! Io virtue is in me— 
I had a friend. 
—James T. White 
Friend is a word of royal tone. 
Friend is a poem all alone. 
—From the Persian. 
Hush, 1 pray you! What if that 
friend happen to be God?—Robert 
Browning. 
Make him your friend who is best in 
virtue.—Confucius. 
A friend should bear his friend's in- 
firmities.—ishakespeare. 
He needs no other rosary whose 
thread of life is strong with the beads 
of love and thought.—From the Per- 
sian. 
Telephone 
Magnolia Wagonette Line 
A. J. ROWE, Prop. 
Carriages to Let by day, week or season 
Auto Garage Connection 
Norman Avenue, Magnolia 
FOREST WARDEN NOTICE 
This is to inform the public that I have 
been appointed Forest Warden for Man- 
chester by Mr. F. W. Rane, State Forester, 
and I have appointed the following as my 
deputies: 
M. BE. GORMAS, 
NATHAN P. MELDRUM, 
JOSEPH P. LEARY, 
LORENZO BAKER, 
JAMES SALTER, 
JACOB H. KITFIELD, 
WM. YOUNG, 
FRED’K BURNHAM, Forest Warden. 
WOOD SAWED 
By Machinery. 
Work Done Promptly and at a Sav- 
ing from the Old-Fashioned Way. 
S. Albert Sinnicks 
North Street - - Manchester 
Telephone 139-13 
Location of Fire Alarm Boxes 
31. Electric Light Station. 
33. Telephone Exchange Office. 
34. Summer Street, P. H. Boyle’s Stable. 
41. Corner Bridge and Pine sts. 
43.° Corner Harbor and Bridge sts. 
52. Fire Engine house, School st. 
54. Corner School and Lincoln sts. 
56. School st., opp. the grounds of the 
Essex County club. 
61. Sea st., H. 8S. Chase’s House. 
62. Corner Beach and Mosconomo. 
64. ‘‘Lobster Cove.’’ 
Two blasts, all out or under control. 
Three blasts, extra call. 
Directions for giving an alarm: Break 
the glass, turn the key and open the do-*, 
_ pull the hook down once and let go. 
JAMES HOARE, Chief, 
GEORGE 8. SINNICKS, 
CLARENCE W. MORGAN, 
Engineers of Fire Department. 
Manchester Post Office 
SAMUEL L. WHEATON, Postmaster. 
MAILS Ci.08SE 
For Boston, North, East, West ard 
South, 7.02 and 10.04 a. m., 1.05, 4.51 and 
7.55 p. m. 
For Gloucester and Rockport, 11.12 a. 
m., 2.38, 5.24 and 8 p.m. For Magnolia, 
2.38, 5.24 and 8 p. m. 
MAILS DUE 
From Boston on trains due at 7.02, 9.13 
and 11.42 a. m., 3.08 and 5.54 p. m. 
From Gloucester and Rockport, 7.27 and 
10.34 a. m. 1.85 and 5.19 p. m. .from 
Magnolia, 7.27 a. m. and 1.35 p. m. 
SUNDAY MAIL arrives from Boston at 
9.07, closes for Boston at 9.50 a. m. 
The office will be open on holidays from 
7 to 10.05 a. m. Sundays from 9. 30 te 
10.30 a. m. 
