The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-01-12

We are told about ii when We get
through the last sleep. Thank God
morning, noon and night for this
| strange q%uietude, this refreshing dis
| missal. this recuperating absence. this
reinforcement of energies, this mighty
henediction.
Consider among the worst crimes
| the robbery of ourselves or others OF
| the mercy of slumber. Much ruinous
doctrine has been iuculcatcd on this
subject. Thomas Moore gave poor adj
vice when he said: The best way to
lencthen our days is to steal a few
hours from the night We are told
that, though they did their work at
nieht CoDcrnicus lived to be IS wears
of age and Galilci rs wears and iIcrschei
~ wears. Yes, but the reason was they
we're all star hunters, and the only time
for hunting stars is at night. Prob
ably they slept by day. The night was
made for s,umber. The worst lamp a
student can have is the midnight
lamp" Lord Brougham never passed
more than four hours of the night abed,
and Justinian, after one hour of sleep.
would rise from his couch. But you are
neither Il Justiniun nor a Lord
Brousham. Let not the absurd apothe-
osis of early rising induce you TO the alb
breyiation of sleep. Get up VIXEN you
are slept out. unless circumstances
compel otherwise. Have DO alarm clock
making its nerve-teariug racket at four
o'clock in the morning, unless special
reasons demand the forsaking of your
pillow at that hour. Most of the 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
blnt in the great activities of life.
There is no virtue in the mere act of
early rising. 1t all Crueuds upon what
YOU do after YOU got up. ii would be
better for the world if some people
never wNkenc4 at all.
rut most Arrrinor. do mt rrt efeeu
eno,,ob. The sin of late retiring is one
most vidcsnrruG and ~ruircus What
is much needed is that in all our cities
II ~ 49,. I,aIan. :. ID lif,
,,,nn had. ,Lo ha,r ~, r,,urnr,o,,
aetnuLIomo fr,n, to-, mad .InLn ,n
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,lpcn nj the rjrh1 hour in their own
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a,l 'i.;Sa aTNa a.>d nana
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1nrnon.i n,ia,n ~, ror,ou,
rtan a,,t ,ho hoortv oo,. on,
rs +La ohnaL hoy,r1 all restoration IF
no.no,ics lara rctirirg is the mother
~ anona.,ur, ,,rirlIay IocL of sloon
r.nssin,.a, ,oof,l rro r~aforno+ionn
- ra,In,N orJ if +bo or,,nn If h
I'll ,o,,,l La oho,oo5 in ,his MOTTO,
: ,,t flo o,r,oins of socia1 life con,d no
r,no down -, - raosoroblo hour If tho
,iaLt % ,nr oor, rourl he oflod TOM.
warfare Inrgcvitv
Al those ough1 70 he comfortcd who
l |N.1. e. ,ton. d;non+io,s h,ro
- tn'aa.ria ~ IN ,oon,n,;n,,
aoI anofaariams thora ava times when
aor;nI 1.af. is n,nlo uror ,hnr crvou
TI.ana nna ,hnn,.rds of mon
, and m,omon vbo cornot slceu because
49,. mona irro1 IN. n,aryvork in some
,i,na ar Lom.,tio or noli1icaI or relig.
;a,e oxionnn, No,hers who arter tax.
e in~ = whole family Of children through
! ,ho disorlors that are SIRE TO strike
= ~ ,naa.,. laro hoor roft rb,eiro,
the nursery, have breh Itl' p"I s''"'