Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-01

good nmanucnsls; none, II you nave a
poor one. Inc amanuunsis should have
enough else to do, but be at liberty to
attend To you wnen you need. Write
rs long rs you feel ike writing; the
moment you do not feel like IL give
MN the pen, aud walk up and down
the room debating. There are those
who say they can tell the difference
between dictated work and WORK writ
ten by the author. do not believe
them. l will give share in the COM
biEation Protoxide silver mine of
Gray's gulch to any body who will d.
vide this article correctly between the
parts which are dictated and those
which are written with my own red
right hand.
Stick 10 your stun ill it is done. II
Philistncs come in, ms they will In a
finite world. deduct the time which
they have stolen from you, and go on
so much longer with your work, till
you have done what you set out to do.
When you Iave finished the stint,
stop. DO not he tempted to 70 on be-
cause you are in good spirits for work.
There is no use III making ready to bc
tired tomorrow. You may go out OF
doors now; you may read; you may. in
whatever way, get light and life for the
next day. Indeed. If YOU will rcmem-
ber that the first necessity for literary
work is that yon have something ready
to say before you begin, you will re-
member something which most authors
have thoroughly forgotten or never
knew.
This business Of writing is the most
eXhausting known to men. You should.
therefore, steadily feed the machine
with fuel. find il good habit to
have standing on the stove cup OF
warm milk, just tingcd in color with
coffee. la the days of my buovant
youth ! said, ''of the color of the cheek
of n brunette in Seville | had then
never seen brunette in Seville, but |
have since; and can testify that the
description WAS good. Beef tea an-
swors as well; bowl Of chowder quitc
as well as either Indeed, good clam
chowder is probably the form of nour.
ishmcnt which most quickly and easily
comes to the restoration or refreshment
OF the brain of man.
II this bowl of coffee, or chowder, or
soup, is counted as one meal the work.
ingman who wishes to keep in order
will have i've meals day. besides the
morning cup of coffee. or coffee color
ed with milk, which he has before
breakfast Breakfast is one; this ex-
tended lunch is another; dinner is the
third, say at 2.3O; tea is the fourth, at
6 or 7; and what is apt to be forgot
ten, sufficient supper just before bed
time is the fifth. This last may be as
light AS you medical gentlemen please,
but let it be sufficient. A few oysters,
\ slice Of hot toast, clam chowder
again, or bowl of soup. Never 90 to
bed in any danger OF being hungry.
People are kept awake by hunger as
much as by a bad conscience.
Remembering that sleep is the essen
tial force which the whole scheme
starts, decline tea or coffee within the
last six hours before going to bed. II
he woinankind insist, you may have
your milk and water at the tea-,able
,olOred with tea, but the less the bet
.er.
Avoid all mathematics or intricate
,NuiN VI SUI III lllt last SIN y.
This is the stuff dreams are made of,
and hot heads, and the nuisance of
waking hours.
Keep your conscience clear. Re-
that because the work of life
S infinite you can not do the whole Of
t in any limited period of time. and
hat therefore you may just AS well
cave off in one place AS another.
Reading this over, ] see that at the
proper place have not said that no
work OF any kind should be done In
he hour after dinner. After any sub
'tantial meal. observe. you need all
Iour vital force for the beginning of
digestion. For my part. always go
o sleep after dinner. and sleep for ex-
,ctly an hour. if people will only stay
away; and am much more fond OF
he people who keep away from me at
hat time than l am of the people who
'isit NEE. T.. Aale IN Herald Of
Iedith.