NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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RANDOM THOUGHTS. 
By D. F. Lamson. 
No. LIV. 
There is a time for all things as 
well as a place for all things; a 
thing should not only be right in it- 
self, it should be well-timed; a very 
good thing may prove useless and 
even harmful by being misplaced. 
A wise old farmer once laid great 
stress in objecting to a certain meas- 
ure on the fact that it was not op- 
portune; thereby saving himself the 
trouble of trying to convince its pro- 
moters of its undesirableness in it- 
self which perhaps would have been 
a hopeless task. 
* * * * * * 
Too many writers, in their attempt 
to be smart and witty, tread very 
close upon the verge of flippancy ; 
and the mistake is made not only by 
reporters and  penny-a-liners, it 
sometimes finds its way into the pul- 
pit, and some much be-praised au- 
thors cannot be altogether freed 
from the charge. 
* * * * * * 
It is well to be told what we ought 
to do; but what many need even 
more than instruction, though it be 
the wisest and best, is the will and 
power to do it; and there is only 
one source where these can be ob- 
tained, while instruction and advice 
are as plenty as blackberries. 
* * * * * * 
The old saying, ‘‘ Vox populi vox 
Dei,’’ so far from being universally 
true is often false; the right is often 
found on the side of the minority; 
how many may be depended upon 
to go with the crowd. Lowell’s roll 
of earth’s heroes, ‘‘men who stand 
alone when the crowd they agonize 
for hurls the contumelious stone,’’ 
will always be a short one. 
* & * * * * 
It is impossible to please every 
one, and if we attempt it ten chances 
to one we ‘shall please no one. But 
a man who pleases God will please 
the great majority of good men, and 
that is about as much as most of us 
can hope to do; as to others per- 
haps it may be more to our credit 
sometimes if we displease them. 
* K * * * 
And yet, a man does not need to 
go around with a chip on his shoul- 
der, inviting attack; it is one thing 
to suffer for well-doing and quite 
another to court martyrdom; the 
one may be heroism; the other is 
certainly the height of foolishness. 
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So wonderfully delicate a thing is 
what we call the mind, that a very 
slight disturbance may throw it out 
of gear, or at least prevent its run- 
ning smoothly; ‘‘do not blame him 
that he reasons ill,’’ says Paseal, ‘‘a 
fly is buzzing in his ear.’’ 
Some are so constituted that they 
are not convinced by the soundest 
of syllogisms; reasoning with such 
people is thrown away; but there 
are few but must yield to the logic 
of a good life; the skeptical earl of 
Rochester said that if he remained 
longer with the saintly Fenelon he 
should be a Christian in spite of 
himself. 
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Cool and cloudy weather is often 
good for grass if not for corn; and 
so things are balanced in the nice 
scale of nature in a way that hardly 
any weather but is good for some- 
thing, at least it is better than none 
at all. The old Seotechman was not 
so far out of the way when he re- 
buked the tourist who was swearing 
about the rain that spoiled his sport, 
“It wets the grass, it slockens the 
yowes, and (solemnly) its God’s 
wull.’’ 
* * * * * * 
Time was when Home and Foreign 
were terms very much used in speak- 
ing of Missions; of late, with the 
world changes that are taking place, 
the terms are losing much of their 
old significance, though they may 
still be used for convenience and in 
a geographical sense. We are com- 
ing to John Wesley’s broad concep- 
tion, ‘‘The world is my parish.”’ 
One man cannot build up a com- 
munity. It takes the united effort of 
all good citizens. If you want to see 
the North Shore grow and prosper 
you must do your part in the great 
work. 
s Anton Notes 
Scsceccesecbiaenecisketees 
Hardly anything is more annoying 
to the fastidious motorist, or de- 
tracts more from his pleasure in 
driving a ear than the rattling 
sounds which develop sometimes in 
the course of its use. These sounds 
have nothing to do with the opera- 
tion of the motive power plant of 
transmission, but are usually the re- 
sult of loosenesses in various parts 
of the running gear, control mechan- 
ism, body and attachments, which 
permit of the striking together of 
parts which should either: be defi- 
nitely separated or rigidly held to- 
gether. Among the causes of irregu- 
lar, rattling sounds which are most 
common may be mentioned the fol- 
lowing: The wear of the spring eye- 
bolts in their bushings from lack of 
lubrication, the only remedy for 
which is new pins and_ bushings; 
the failure of the spring shackles to 
act freely on account of one or more 
of the pins being dry in its bushing, 
resulting in a ‘‘snap’’ occurring 
when sufficient force has been accu- 
mulated finally to move the shackle 
upon the ‘“‘stuck’’ pin. Thorough 
lubrication of the parts is the ob- 
vious remedy. Side play of the spring 
ends upon their pins, resulting in 
the lost motion being noisily taken 
up in one direction when the car 
lurches to one side, and in the oppo- 
site direction when forces act oppo- 
sitely upon the parts.. An adjust- 
ment is usually provided to regulate 
the end play of the spring ends upon 
their pins, which should take care 
of this, and thorough lubrication of 
the wearing surfaces should post- 
pone the accumulation of further 
lost motion. 
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