The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
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Written for The Sentinel.
Copyrighted, 1851

Th1H department is little oVercroWded
just now, at q time when every man who
has learned to read and write, and is not
under contract to tell war stories by the
nile, is writing colu ms of instructions to
other hterery people. Telling them what,
| how, when, aud whore TO write. Both
| these instructions appear TO miss all the
! vital points. to which / now direct the
attention Of all people who aim to excel
| Ia literary work.
"A literary man requires a great deal of
sleep. So does his readers. II the author
can sleep ten hours a day, his readers,
under the Law for the prevention OF cruelty
| to snimslg, are entitled to eleven. A I'D
they ought to take 1t, too, every time they
! pick no his book.
| OF all things, the author should be care
! iul Of biz brain. Ii should not be used at
all for twelve hours before going TO bed,
nor between meals. Ia writing for the
stage, should the work in hand be an
| American society drama, the brain of the
writer should not be used at all. Then the
] people who 60 TO see the play will not have
| to use theirs either, IL they are foolish
enough b. take them to the theater with
them. In writing a tragedy, great care
must be taken in the selection Of a good
stage carpenter, after which the author may
| 20 10 sleep.
About an hour and a half q day is as
long rs auy literary man should work.
Yon should rise some time in the morning,
nibble q few biscuit, and down cap OF
coffee and then 90 back to bed aud think
until you fall asleep. Then rise again apd
take good hearty breakfast. After break
iast 90 not go TO work, but lie on your
back on the sofa, and read until luncheon
is anu ounced. A literary man or wOmaa
sequires a great deal OF food. After Ian
cheon walk around In the garden or swing
in hammock, or recllne ia an easy chair
until dinner.time, say 3 o'clock. Avoid
sudden eXertion, Ii is apt 10 develop heart
disease. Do not attempt TO do any
work Immediately after dinner Go
to your room and. and lie DO H Tn;
cigar before you nap Will do no harm, If
you will be careful TO smoke another one
Immediately after it. AFTER the nap or
the oigGrP Both, my son. You should
now rest until tea time, at or
o'clock. IL you have any regard for your
health, you will do no literary work be-
tween tea and supper time. Go to the the
alter aud en- Joy g nap, or lounge about the
house or lie down aud rest a little. HyOu
feel bit hungry a light luncheon will not
spoil your supper. In laot literary per-
son cannot be too careful in
this matter of revictualing Nicsics
Always keep a pot OF coffee, or ket-
tie Of clam chowder, or some beef tea or
| hCu1e nearly soup SlLL Ing Oh the SAON6,
ready to YOUR hand and mouth at a min.
ute's warning. Always lie down and rest
after eating anything. Supper should be
eaten Just before going to bed. Some
thing hearty and substantial, for you hays
had a wearing day. For your LIES sake
do not do any work after supper, but go
right to bed and try 10 get little rest. Ii
you feel wakeful during the night get up
and take little nourishment You can
not expect to write with starved brain.
And bear IN mind, that to the literary
man, tleep is as essential as food. Eat as
much as you sleep
But" you say, 'all this eating and
sleeping does not leave me any time for
WTitiDe?'
"My son, you have the ear MARKS OF
genius. / didn't think there was so much
in you"
"And newspaper menu" you say. "Oh,
well, if you want to be newspaper man,
you must learn to eat on the run, work
eighteen hours a day, and devote the rest
OF the time in getting rid Of your salary.
thought you only wanted to be journal
list or something of that SORT"
THAT NOBLE ANIMAL, MAN.
Dearly beloved, it is natural for weak
finite man to turn to the clown for funny
things, but really some of the funnies
things you read falls from the pen OF thu
wise man. Now read this-I don't knos
who wrote it. / find it in a"religio philo
sophicaI psper, but if it doesn't make yor
smile you are devoid Of the sixth sense
when one comes in sight OF the noblel
a surprise that Christ suffered mar
tyrdom for the race" Now, 1t was 1
man who wrote that; no woman ever sale
such thing; ii was q man, and il TIA
man goes TO heaven he will be bitterly dis
appointed il delegation of angels and al
the apostles do not meet him ten miles out
side the gate with an address of welcome
end the free dom of the city in gold box.
suffer martyrdom for. Says this same
complscent man: Human beings are al
right; we are simply darkened by th'
! shadow of social system that offers
premium upon orr worst traits, and de
liberately brushes the nobler part OF Us.
! we? We are naturally, preternaturally
systematically, angelically good, bu
off.rs p pTemiums and sOT1 9s
right healthy shadow" that combines tbt
functions OF county fair and a stone
breaker. How good we are by nature. YOU
have TO teach the lisping child his prayers
but he learns to lie naturally at home, anC
4 learns to swear the first day he goes Il
school. He hates his lessons and he love-
q to fish. He plays hockey" and runs away
: from Sunday School. even as he runs II
the circus The man forgets the text be
3 fore the sermon is half through, and b.
= forgets the sermon next day, but be re
!. members every word of a vile story fif,
}. years. he growls about the water rate, bu
q pays for his whisky without murmer
The State has to keep up whipping
posts to keep him from beating his wife
Il maintains almshouses for his neglecte'
parents and asylums for his abandone1
y children; it builds jails to keep him from
!, stealing, penitentiary to keep him honest
q gallows TO keep him from numbering, an
Y but for the terror of hell fire he wouldn'
Il | try to 60 to heaven. Oh, yes, man, ger
{ orally considered, Is q sweet bird, an
II when we come to look at 1t, the race con
u ferTed an undyipg honor upon its Savior
in permitting Him to become a martyr TO
i a crowd OF such exalted beings. All tina
S sils Us is the shadow of u social system
that we-by the way, who established this
social systematic angels, or these msgnif
cent "humen beings" with trunk full {
% 'nobler part?"
e ON A ToBoGeAN SLIDE.
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ner, which spreads clear across the bottoI
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