Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-05-09

to do with it can never be relied upon to
keep an engagement, although he has
plenty of time to spend in reading novels,
attending the race-course or smoking
wasting bot time and money.
Whether we have little or much time,
it may be spent in usefulness. To each
OF US the passing days are of the same
length, and we cannot by taking thought
add a moment to its hours. We are only
to improve our time, and we shall receive
great benefits.
Those who make the best Of time are
the most careful i'll its use. The mind'
like the BODY. needs rest, and like the
body, when refreshed with rest and sleep
can more easily accomplish It's TASK
Every consideration shows that the most
work can be accomplished in the morn
ing hours. The evening is the part OIL the
day hen we can best give ourselves up
to rest and pleasure, which are SO es-
sential to mental and bodily health. The
main part of the day should be spent in
some employment that is necessary ior
physical and mental training, or for 90
tanning a livelihood.
five wish to make good use of our time
we must not waste any OF 1t in unneces-s
sarv indulgences. We must not Told our
hands and allow the moments and days
to pass without using them to the best
advantage.
One way in which we can improve our
time is by reading. A man who likes to
read will not be very likely to get INTO
evil. He can entertain himself with
book, and can have his choice of the best
conpany the world has known, while he
improves all the time, and is able to take
higher stand in the world and become
a more useful man.
Recently a well-known business man IN
New York declared that by giving twenty
minutes day to a systematic course oil
reading he had read not only the acknow-
lodged classics of English literature, but
also of the literature of other languages.
1t is putting to use the passing moments
that counts, and the person who mas
learned to do this is in possession of one
of the greatest elements OF success.
MANY gems Of literature have been pro-
duced at odd intervals during the pres
sure of other duties. Longfellow made
his translation of the =" Divine Comedy of
Dante by allotting to it ten minutes
each morning while he was waiting for
his coffee to boil.
Frank Hatton declared it to be the duty
of every one to see as much of the world
and do as much in it as possible in the
short time allotted to humanity Time
flies, y was the motto which urged him to
exertion. He declared that he had no
time to waste, so when he WAS not work
ing he was playing, and he did both with
all his might.
For genuine work and genuine play We
can find time, but for indolent lounglng,
hich is like mental and moral opium
| habit, life is too short and too precious.
| The worth Of time cannot be estimated.
quickly come and gone, but 1t has within
| il untold possibilities. We are all aware
BY our own observation OF the fact that
hours seem to vary greatly in length ac-
cording to circumstances. One day
passes "in no time, as we say, while the
next seems as IL it would never end.
1t very seldom occurs to a loiterer
through life that others are not lettering
also; he expects them to have plenty OF
half hours for chatting with him by the
wayside. 1t would be well to take the
words OF Longfellow for motto: Let
US then be up and doing" We can dc
more than We at first think we are BILE &c
accomplish. We should lose no time by
being discouraged, but, ''lf at first We
don't succeed, try, try again"