Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-12-23
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Another old saw is relegated to the
shades of the departed. The maxim
early to bed and early to rise" was
considered TO be so sacredly important
that it held conspicuous place in all the
old-time copy books. Nevertheless, 1t
did not keep the young folks of our
generation from being afflicted with a
strong desire to lengthen the hours for
slumber or teach them to love their pill
lows less, especially of mornings such
as those we are having now. How dis
mally the bell sounds to the college
student at five O'Clock in the morning,
or to the working boy or girl at six
O'Clock. And we'll it may sluggishness
is sign of health and vigor, according
to recent research. Medical science to-
day declares that if the man is healthy
he does not get up early through choice,
the desire to " rise with the lark " being
the result of "the hardening of the
arteries. and the less ready action of the
vaso-motor system" 1t is disease of
old men, and apparently of WORKOUT
nations, China being quoted as a shock
ing example of people who show their
hardened arteries and sluggish vase
motor systems by a vicious habit of early
rising. The lannon's Rennes court
martial began its sittings at $3.50 in the
morning Every lazy person is expected
to take these warnings to heart and show
by example and precept how necessary is
an unfinching and stern cultivation of
decently late rising Of mornings.
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The man who wore his vegetarian
boots to Regent Park few days ago and
returned home with what resembled a
pair of sandals, all his toes having taken
an inclination to see the sun, will no
doubt wear his leather boots henceforth
when he chooses to take a pastoral stroll.
Having seated himself beneath a tree to
rest, he fell asleep. He did not know
how long his siesta lasted, but when he
awoke he found two sheep quietly nib
bling at his new boots and enjoying the
feast immensely. 1t was with much diff
ficulty that he shook the animals off,
they evidently thinking they had found a
new and delicious vegetable, for which
they were perfectly willing to forsake the
ordinary grass which they had been
accustomed to Craze on.
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1t is foretold by scientists and inventors
that coal will eventually cease to be king,
as it now is, as the coming century ad-
vances. By the Harvesting of cataracts
and rivers electricity will be evolved Of
such stupendous power that light and
heat will be supplied us without the use
of the black monarch, which seems today
to rule us with an iron hand. Thousands
of tons of coal per day are being saved by
the use of electricity. In Michigan big
dam has Just been completed that pro-
duces a 10000 volt current. The next
largest enterprise is the $4,000 volt plant
run by waterfall in California. Buffalo
gets electric light and power from Mag
ara Falls and Toronto will soon be doing
the same. All over the world water
power is being resorted to in order to
furnish cities with the light and heat that
formerly were given us by coal. Cinders
and CRIME will disappear and the labor Of
housekeeping will be reduced when the
mighty force of electricity is we'll and sat
isfactorily understood. Great things are
promised during the coming years within
the domain of electricity and magnetism.
But little is known compared 70 the vast
regions that yet remain to be discovered
and explored.
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Golf, which is becoming such favor
lite pastime with Americans, is said to be
great restorative in nervous diseases.
This can be readily understood. Exer-
else and air are tonics for almost any all
ment Insomnia easily disappears when
nerves are strengthened and fed by fresh
air and sunlight. In the Northern and
Eastern States golf amounts to fad.
Down here in old Kentucky we 60
slower, but we'll get there some time.
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Christmas has taken complete posses
sion of the streets. Such immense
throngs of people hurrying from store to
store have not been seen in this city for
many years past. 1t seems that Christ
mas, always supposed to belong to the
children, has this year become the right
of their elders. Stores are jammed and
thoroughfares blocked by women and
men all seeming intent on making pur-
chases. This would indicate that the
hard times are beginning to be over.
Let us not forget those for whom they
are not over, and remember the afflicted
ones who sit outside the doors wherein
they may not enter, and bring a little Of
the gladness which we possess into their
dismal homes whence they nightly re-
turn The blind esDeciaily. of whom