Show Lying iu Bcd One of the moat useful yet neglected of all the arts is that of lying in bed The damage that is done by persons getting up is past all reckoning 1 the mischief and crime the counterfeiting and forgery the murder and theft are perpetrated by parties who persist in getting up Not only individuals do co wrongly by leaving their beds but rivers as well do an m mense amount of o damage What man was ever dunned by a creditor had his eye put in mourning by a too close cose I proximity with some ones fist broke his leg on a slippery pavement was run over by an omnibus who lav in bedWhat What great achievements have been accomplished ac-complished in war in poetry in litera ture by genius abed I Coming events cast their shadows beforeone of the most memorable lines in the English language originated with the ginloving poet Tom Campbell one morning before ho had risen Longfellow thought out that exquisite poem The Wreck of the Hesperus after he had re tired Ben Franklin said Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise There is the fatal mistake People who rise early are sure to catch tne malaria The ground is full of halfhatched poisonous germs the sun is not up and had not warmed them into life given them le wings and set them adrift Poor mistaken man be arises inhales them all they fructify and poison his entire al system hence chills fever malaria and Half the hal ills that human flesh is heir to Rise before the sun And make a breakfast of the morning dew Served up by nature on some grassy hill Youll find it nectar Was ever more arrant nonsense writ ten Fancy man getting up on a cold rainy morning and climbing high hills on an empty stomach and leaving his coffee and rolls poached eggs and oyster stew to eatwhat Why dew How long would that fellow last Wouldnt he be a fit candidate for Lone Mountain and no questions asked But the early bird catches the worm Yes but the sharp boy knocked tho delusion on the head forever and eternally when he said Father theres the point what in thun der did the worm get up so early forV I He trifled with destiny he tempted fate he should not have done ne it The boy was a benefactor to the human benefacor race He was sound on the lieabed questionSan Francisco Wasp |