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Show Early Rising. When early rising is practiced practic-ed it must be preceded by 'early retiring. We are told that a large proportion of people who have lived to an extreme old age were early risers; but it is well to understand un-derstand that they are mostly agricultural laborers, and country people, living simply and con ten t-edlv. t-edlv. and going to bed about nine oxlock in the evening, without a care to ruflie their sleep. A schoolboy school-boy on his holiday docs not rest more soundly; and it is unreasonable unreason-able for the ordinary business man, who has hands and brain actively engaged until almost midnight, to attempt to keep in pace with hi in in the morning. There is no real gain in robbing ones self of the ' needed re.-t. The day may be lengthened but proportionately i weakened, for lo.s of sloop means I h of energy. Ex. 1 |