Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-17
ss II. G.''
Ills FriFate Habits by Mark
Twain.

From wilkes Spirit Of the Ttmes.l
Mr.. Greeley gets up at three o'clock il
the mOrnisg; for it is one 0f his favOrite
msxims that only early rising c8n keeI
/ the health unimpaired and the brain Wig,
OTous. he then wakes up al The house.
4 hold and ass nbies them in the library
/ by eaDdle-ligat, and, after quoting tire
I beautiful lines,
s. Esrly to bed and early to rise
Makes a man healthy, wealthy and WISE
he spPOints each individuals task for
the day, sets him st it with encouIa raging
wogds, and goes hack to bed sgein. !
mention hare, in 40 fsult-fading spirit,
but with the Difference justly Gus 4 mGu
who is older and wiser and wcrthier than
|, that he snores Rwfplly. IL 2 moment
c! irritation, once. was rash enough to
say I never would sleep with him until
ne broke bimself Of this unfortunate
habit. ! cave kept my word with big
Otsd snd Unwayeri8E Gete-minstiOn.
Al half past eleven O'Clock Mr.. Greeley
rises sgsin. He shs7es himself He
considers there is great virtue and econ.
emy il shaving himself. Hs does il with
a dali razor, sometimes hummjUg part
Of 3 tune The kUOws part of 3 tune, and
tskes innocent delight in regarding it as
the fTst bali OF Old HuHdFea Lug parties
islaiiiar with thai bymG have felt
obiIeet 10 confess thst they could not re-
cognizs it, and, therefore, the noise he
mskes is doubtless an EBcOTscious OTigi
nal # Mr. Greeley 's,) AID sometimes.
when the EsZ y IS especially dull, he sc
companies hImss With q formula ike
this: Damu The dsmned Tsz =, 4nd the
dsmned optcsst RbO made It'll. g."
he then goes cut into his model gsT-
den, and spplis his vast st0re IF Ggricul
rUral kDowiedge to the slali0TStiOn of
bis cabbsgss; after which lie writes 81
able agricultural article for the iustruc-
tion of American farmers, his soul
cAeered the while with the rsfsctisD
that if cebbsgcs were worth Sll apiece
hi model farm would ray.
He next goes to breakfast, which is a
frugal, essJemioUs meal with him, and
cor 'sts OF nothing but just such things
IS the market EdoTds-nothing more.
He drinks nothing tut wster-BotbiBg
whatever uLWateT, aud coffee. and tea,
ard Scoych Sie, and lsger beer, and lem
OBsds with fly in it-sometinss s
b0fiss fly and sometimes = hOrse fly, &C.
coEGing 70 the amount OF. inspiration rs-
qlired to warm him up to his daily du-
r.gs. During breakfast he reads the TFi-
6URe all through, and enjoys The satis-
fsciiOn Of knowing that ali the brilliant
thiaRs in It, written BY Young, and Cook, /
aud Hazard, and Rysef, are attributed
TO him by coufiding aud Internal pub
lie.
After breakfast he writes q short edi-
tOrlRl, snd puts q large dash at the be-
ginning Of il, thus {--), which Is the
same IS il lie put II. G. after 1t, and .
takes 3 savage pleasure in rejecting that
none OF US understrsppers can Use that Z
dash, except in profsne conversation I
wien chshag over the outrSge. He
writes Lhis editorial in bis own hsnt- .
writing. Ee does Il because he il 90 vain Z
Of his penmsnship. He always did .
take a. inOrdinate pride in his pennlan- .
ship.
lie hired cut once in his young days as .
8 writing master, but the enterprise I
faded. The pupils could not translate /
his remarks with auy certainty. His .
ward, and they got it q Washing with f.
soap is wholly absurd" and so the trus-
tees discharged him for attempting to
convey bad morals through the medium
Of worse penmansbip. But, 81 L was
saying he writes Ills morning editorials.
Then be tries 10 resd il over and can't do
it, snd 80 sends il to the printers, and
they try to resd il and can't DO it; and
30 they set il up at random, as you may
say, putting in Whist words they can
MAKE out, and when they get aground
ln long word they Put ia reconstruc-
ion or universal suffrage, j." and spar
III ana paddle ahead, aud next morning
4 the degraded pubiio car teil what It is
al about they ssy II. G.. wrote il, and il
hey cant they say it is one OF those inc
oeciis undersTappers, and that is the end
1f &c.
On Sundays Mr.. Greeley sits in prom
neEt paw Ia Mr.. Chspiu's church, and
cts on that he is Gslsep, sEd the con-
gFegation regard it IS So eccentricity Of
genius.
When he is going 10 appear in pubic,
Mr. Greeley spends two hours on his
.Oilei. He Is the most psinstsEing end
man about getting up his dress,
Inst lives Ia America. This is his
;hiefest and his pieasantest foible. He
1u;s on his old bite overcOst, and turns
~ the collar. be puts on 8 suiled shirt,
Isved frcLo the wash, and leaves one snd
u the collar uDbuttoued. He puts on
he most GilapidRted hat, turns IL wrong
ide before, csuts &c on To the hack # ms
IeaG, auG jams an extra dent in the side
Il it. he puts on his most atrucious
,lois, and spends fifteen minutes tuck
Bg the leg Of his pants into his boOt-top,
Il what shall seem the most careless and
insiUdied way. But bis crGvst-it is
Dt0 the arrangement Of his cravat tha,
,o throws 81 his soul, ali the powers OF
Us great mind.
After fixing II for forty minutes before
he glass il is peTfetl-it is ssksv every
gay-it oveIfJWs his cost collar on one
id- and sinks into oblivion On the other /
{ climbs and Il deves around about his
ieck-the knot is cODsE icuously displayed
nder his left ear, and it stretches one of
Is long enGs straight out horizontally, {
nd the other goes after his eye, in the
oOd old TOOdies fashion, and then, com
is;eiy aud marVelOusly appareled, Mr.
}reelty strides forth, rolling ike d sal /
Or, miracle If astounding costunery,
he awe and woucer of the natious!
Bui haven't time 20 tell fhe root NJ