Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29
NUMBER a
The Waste or Tlms.

story is told Of = NAV OF some ROts
that he learned to read ia foreign laa-
Siage by making use of the intervals OF
time which elapsed, when going Out in
company with his wife, after he was
ready and before she had completely az
| raged herself In walking costume Il is
1 possible that the lady in the case be-
ionged TO the class that eXpend sn ineon-
1 ceivable length Of time az their toilet
aud II the lnclinatiOus Of the gentleman
50 prompted him that the time could have
been equally employed ia 4 pursuit Of
some other kind, or whiled away In a
manner less toilsOme. Be this Us II may
and whether the waiting m0msnts were
only snatched from time, or Of 80 long
duration that absolute idleness while
they were passing would be almost un-
bearable 20 man Of nervous tempera-
Inent-the moral to he derived from the
story IS apparent. j Is the nl0ments
e'lItell-lzl-ll,r tllfs Telr snd III the snare.
n1Osaents arc iuiy cinpluyct ! good lI8s-
ton Of the year Is wasted. The practi-
cal use TO which these moments have been
put, has enabled men whose infancy and
growth were passed ut.der circumstances
that scarcely admitted of hope of fu-
ture fame or fortune, to overcome all ad-
verse circumstances and raise themselves
20 positions of emiuence. And although
it cannot be said that all persons, or even
a considerable portion, can by the proper
use of available time accomplish the eX-
traOrdinary achievements which ars re-
corded TO the credit Of those who have
hewn their way 10 a prominent position
among their fellow men, It Can be said
that much can be accomplished by any
orc Who viii simply refrain from vast
ing time.
How few there are who ever take
thought of the time that is wasted IN
day, or calculate how much IL ameunts
to in single year. Fifteen minutes
DAY is equivalent in year 70 over nine
days of ten hours each, and wasted
hour a day means more than 4 WasTed
working month in the course Of year.
or course il Is difficult 10 summarily and
completely define what wasted time Is.
Time which is devoted 10 relaxation aud
enjoyment is nor wasted, but on the con-
trary is well spent. Bat an undue pre-
portion of time can be surrendered 20
these purposes, and when this is done
time is certainly wasted, and worse thar
wasted. The hOmely adage has IL that
''all work and no play makes Jack : dRil
boy" and fair supplement 10 IL is that
call play and no work makes Jack lazy,
shiftless, goOd-fOr- nothing"
There Is large number OF psrsens
who spend no incJnsiderabis portion 81
their time in envious contemplation Of
lot OF in brOOding over their affars. IL Is
no wonder that many such persons can
not succeed, for they are az a great disad-
vantage as compared with those who plOd
on with indOmitable perseverance, and
who take no note of unfayOrable circEssn-
stances except as q reminder that they
must not lose heart. In all communities
it is the energetic, perseyering men whs
become the men OF Influence; and habits
of energy and perseverance can BE- &C
quired by cultivation Il j. hard for
those who have fallen into dabits OF an
opposite echaracteF-who are lndOlent sud
indifferent-tO put on the old habits
and to put on tile new, but the under
taking is far from impossible. The mere
trying TO do it is step in the right direc-
tion, and the effort, III persisted in, cam
not fail at last to be crowned with sue
cess. Those, therefore, who find, on re-
hectiOn, that they waste Huch time
which could readily De utilized, should
attempt 10 utilize Il in such a manner ms
shall occur 10 them 10 be best All things
considered Tor themselves.