The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-08-31

The pulpit, ~ bescA, the bar, The forum,
have cootsibussd thelr lsGjo0s Of victims =
issbsialed hablaa The beautiful womas,
The sweet sisess, the convcssaiionaliss, ths
periodical writer, have filed but too often,
the dsunkard's grsve Now that The press
has become % great power In the laDd,
when the magazine must come out on .
certain day, and the daily newspapers 1t .
fixed hour, nothing waits, everything must
give way to the memorable call for COPY;
and, sick or well, disposed or indisposed,
asleep or awake. the copy must come. The
writer must compose his article, whether
he fels like It or not; and II he IL not In the
vein of writing he must whip himself up to
It BY the stimulus Of drink. Some Of the
greatest writers of the county have con.
fessed to the practice, on urgent occasions,
Of taking sip Of brandy ct the end of every
page or even oftener: 1t may have escaped
the general readers notice that more men
have died young who have been connected
with the press of our great cities. and that
too, from intemperanoc, than in all the
other educational callings put together
young men whose talents have been Of the
hrst order, and gave promise Of life of
usefulness, honor and eminence.
The best thing possible for y man to do,
when he feels too tired to perform task or
too weak 10 carry it through, 10 to 20 to bed
and sleep . week II he can. This 10 the
only true recupcratjon Of Grain power, the
only actual renewal Of brain force. BE.
cause, during sleep, the brain Is In . sense
of rest, In = condition to receive and appro.
pirate particles Of nutrimcut from the
blood which take the place OF those which
have been consumed In previous labor,
since the very act of thinking consumes,
burns up solid particles, a every turn of
the wheel or screw of the splendid steamer
10 the result Of the consumption by fire of
the fuel In the furnace The supply of con.
sumed brain substance can only Be had
from the nutriment particles in the blood
which were obtained from the food eaten
previously, and the brain il 70 constituted
that It can best receive and appropriate 70
itself those nut-..nent particles during the
state of rest, Of quiet and of stiffness in
sleep.
Mere s.imulants supply nothing in them.
selves-they only goad the brain, force It
to greater consumption of its substance
until that substance has been 90 fully Il.
hsusted that there IL not power enough left
" receive supply, just a men ore % near
death by thirst or starvation. that there Il
not power enough left to swal low anything
and all Is over. The incapacity of the brain
for receiving recuperativc particles some.
times comes on with the rspidIty of .
stroke Of lightning, and tue man becomes
mad 10 On instant, loses sense, and 10 an
IDIOT It was under circumstances of this
very sort, 10 the very middle of sentence
of great ora.orical power, one of the most
eminent minds Of the age forgot his ideas,
pressed his hands upon bic forehead, and
after moments silence ssid, God, - with
. sponge, has blotted out my mind" BE
readers, There 10 rest for the
weary" only In early and abundant sleep,
and wise and happy are they who have
hrmness enough to resolve that by Gods
help will seek It no other wsy."