The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-01-13

vice when he said: The best way TO
lengthen our days is 10 steal a few
hours from the night" We are told
that, though they did their work at
night, eopernieus lived TO be 70 years
Of age and CALLED 1syears and Hersehel
"a years. Yes, but the reason was they
were all star hunters, and the only time
for hunting stars Is at night. Prob
ably they slept by day. The night was
made for slumbsr. The worst lamp 4
student can have is the midnight
lamp" Lord Brougham never passed
more than four hours of the nightabed,
and J~ustiuian, after n hour of sleep,
would rise from bis couch. But you are
neither a JuStinian o a Lord
Brougham. Let not the absurd apothe-
osis Of early rising induce you TO the alb
breyiation Of sleep. Get up when you
are slept out, unless circumstances
compel otherwise. Have no alarm clock
making its nsrve-tearing raeketat four
o'clock in the morning, unless special
reasons demand the forsaking Of your
pillow al that hour. Most Of tbs the
cries about early rising We inherited
from times when people retired Al eight
or nine O'Clock in the evening. Such
early retirement is impossible in our
own times for those who are taking
part in the great activities Of life.
There Is no virtue In the mere act of
early rising. 1t all depends upon what
you do after you get up. 1t would be
better for the world II some people
never wakened at all.
But most Americans do not get sleep
enough. The sin OF late retiring is one
most widespread and ~ruinous. What
is much needed is that in all our cities
those who are leaders In social life
turn back the hour Of drawing-room
assemblage from ten and eleven TO
eight or half-past seven, so that the
guests at ten or half-past ten may meet
sleep nt the right hour in their own
dormitories. Two or three social
heroinss could do that in all the towns
and cities. Thousands Of men and wom-
en- are slain each gear by late hours,
Five years is more than the average
Of endurance. The vitality Of men and
women is depleted, and they go into
chronic ailments, II they do not die
Of dyspepsia or consumption or nervou
prostration, and the beauty goes out
Of the cheek beyond all restoration of
cosmetics. Late retiring is the mother
Of premature wrinkles. Lack OF sleep
assassinates social life. A reformation
10 needed, and II the customs OF the
world could be changed In this matter
and the curtains of social life could be
u n down al a reasonable hour OF the
night 20 per cent. would be added TO the
worlds longevity.
An tbose ouph, 10 he comforted who
nv oyerwork in r,0b, direc,ion, have
come 10 insomnia. in all o~ccunatjops
and profession. there are times when
a ,necIaI draft /, made upon The usrvops
energy Tbers are ,bdusands ~ men
and women who canno, sleeo becanss
thew were ipiured bv ov,r,rork In some
time N Somes,ic nr Nautical or r,Ng.
ion. -.vIoencv Moth.r- VIZ of,sr,oe.
Inc a v6ols tamil, ~ MIA ,hrorgb
,bs ai.ordsr. that ora surs ~ ,,rils
An. nprxsrv have bssn let, nbv,icaI
vr,cL, and one sn,irs njobt ~ linn.
her 4. A. ,hsm rsri,v ~ not an I'm
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all The circumstapces are nnfayorabIe'
In bjs rom he tries The cas-, all nigbt
ling ana eyery niobt rb,n he ronId
Ike 10 he xlpmbsrino m, nbv.icisn
in time Of ep,demics' worn ont IN sav'
Ipg the lives M WHO'S "a miIIss and IAN.
inc in nj, sttemo,s to sle.n Al nicbt
between the iap1iings NJ his dsor hill
The merchant who has exnerisnced
pauics, when the banks went down and
wall street became a mathematician
and there was a p~ossibility that next
day be would be peuniless-that night
With no more possibility of gaining
sleep than II such a blessing had never
touched our planet. Ministers Of the
Gospel, 10 time Of great revival, all their
powers Of endurance drawn upon day
by Gay and week by week and month
by month - sermonic preparation,
n~eigbborhood visitation, heartbreaking
o~bsequies, sympathetic help for the
anxious, the ~despairing and the dying.
/ It is a wonder that ministers OF the
Gospel have any nerves left and that
. the angel Of sleep does not quit their
. presence forever.
: But | here and now pronounce high
est consolation for all those who In any
!, department have sacrificed their health
,, to duty. Your sleepleSSness is as much
a wound as you eau 1nd on any battle
field and is an honorable wound. W
all look with reverence and admirstisl
! upon one who has lost an eye or an aru
7 In the service Of bis country. and "
= ought 10 look with admiration upo
: tho.s who, through extreme fidelity (
:. their life work, have lost their capacit
:. for alumber. Remember glorious A
: bert Barpe. going along the streets
- Phnsd.lphia at four o'clock In II
!. morning for MANI years to his cburc
:, study, writing all bis commentaries b
=, fore breakfast, and keeping on uni
H b. va, atom. blind. viii not the LoI
reward ,ucb .seri6ee.? And ~ tbroul
vour AGILITY YOU have lost capacity
eP ,l,sn GA 1bo ever slumbers
~ No.. w1i look sf,,r YOU. When y,
'ls b,sr III. cIock ,tyIk. twelve and one Al
~ ,vo s,d ,br,e and four without 70
'e ooir, a. vor, ,Iumb.r. let II RENT
yon 1hs, ynr bav, no, been a sluRga
1,SnrS,h,rg yor ar. suffering
oooS ,sn.. P.pI got ,ore eyes In /
,e- Terd,. ,.,ve. md bad many a &C
~, a. a., ,ro,n comnlainIp9 about
D. sr,,,, 4, ,ho.e car. ,ayinR-in 4,
IT. - G.sntr.S I.,,,r vs know that
~-s,h IN. ar-p hand. for the oil
va 80, ~.-. dhnist,d 20 amapuensei