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How We Go to Sleep and
Wake Up
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Nature’s Wisdom, and Proof of Our Original Primitive Condition.
Every twenty-four hours you go to sleep and wake up. Have
you ever devoted thought io the sleeping and waking process?
Sleep is a condition of recuperation, and a condition of dan
ger. The forces of the body—that protect us and guide ns
through oi.r waking hours—all suspend their activities. And
each of our vital centers stores up fresh energy for the work of
the coming day. We are unprotected and at the mercy of ene
mies.
Observe how nature cautiously does what she can to protect
us in this sleeping operation. And ask yourself if in going to
steep you do not bring back dini' v the forest or cave life of your
ancestors ?
Your guardian senses do not leave you all at once. Each, in
turn, succumbs to sleep and gives up its watchfulness.
Os all things that protect us from danger, our eyes are most
important. But sleep, normally, comes with darkness, when sight
is useless anyhow. Th refore. when we sleep we first of all dose
mi” eve«. cutting off si.-ht, and confiding our weiraio to the oilier
sense,s XexJ after - : ght fast’ goes. A- a man <t, drowsy I
the nen of t;;st • Allow th • optic n ties into oblivion. Next
the <<■!)>. oi suwl! ,s to -lee| . Sou ii \ a protector, but a
minor out. ope mil; among n.- "higher primates.’’
When a men is "Imil .■is| : p - ' his sight is goo-, taste and
si'., h ar< d. ’ i'i.:'it. N■ v i lieai hig -uc> limbs, ami. last of all, the
v-ns. of touch.
Tht .si, nS' of touch, warning Us of the elosi-st poUble ap- i
prom h o*' d.iug. r. st.ixaw;ii.“ a n;i mi guard to th. \ rv rase.
Fin.’iih lib' I'lth io rve.s icing :he surfnm of the skin,
t' m: ’' 'ua i •11 v. i. ‘ i.ii -:. .i ' i ■ cichw us, ■>!•..rnlon t heir
wo i vous fluid . n to the central b itteries,
and we are f’ust asleep.
When you awak’ the sanu process oecum r.oersod.
The quickest .< ■■.; an .■> ~ men - ;o i imdi him. The
sense of touch acts most quick!\ The next uuwkesf wav i< to
shout at him. TTenring wak”< 1 up. Th” next is to awaken
hun by putting some strong odor r hirii ; then comes the sense
of taste as an awakener.
Perhaps you will ask the usual question:
“What of it?”
We can only answer that it is good occasionally to point
out to callous humanity the marvellous wisd in, in the smallest
details, of the Prov.idence of laws that guard us.
Our senses are our guardians, guides protectors. And when
we sleep the most vigilant and important of them is last to go off
duty and first to come on duty again.
By considering these little things you become interested in
th. big things of the universe; you learn to take interest in your
self—which is the ‘beginning of philosophy—and you learn rever
ence for Divine wisdom, which is the end of philosophy.
To prove that sma’i things are important we shall quote to
you a part of Socrates’ talk on the wonderful human organism—
Socrates' name is so solemn that you are compelled to treat it
respectfully.
Xenophon, who relates the conversation, declares that he
heard Socrates discoursing with Aristodemus, surnamed the Lit
tle—and very well surnamed, by the way, since he (Aristo
demus') denied the existence of God.
Socrates, as proof of God's wisdom, points out various fine
points about the human being, and continues:
“Is not that Providence, Aristodemus. in a most eminent manner con
spicuous which, because the eye of man Is so delicate in Its contexture, hath,
therefore, prepared eyelids like doors, whereby to secure it. which extend
of themselves whenever it Is needful, and again close when sleep approaches?
Are not these eyelids provided, as it were, with a fence on the edge of them,
to keep off the wind and guard the eye? Even the eyebrow Itself is not
without Its office, but. as a penthouse, Is prepared to turn off the sweat,
which, falling from the forehead, might enter and annoy that no less ten
der than astonishing part of us."
Socrates goes on to admire our ears, which ‘‘take in sounds
of every sort, yet are not too much filled with them,’’ and our
teeth, the front ones for biting off, the rear ones for grinding, etc.
We have quoted enough from the wise old man Jo show that
GREAT men observed LITTLE things and that it is worth your
while, Mr. Reader, to contemplate in detail the wisdom that guides
you, sleeping or waking.
P. S.—Darwin says the eyebrows are mainly intended to shield the eyes
from too bright sunlight, and invites us to notice that, like monkeys, we
wrinkle our foreheads and project our eyebrows when bothered by the sun’s
rays. But Socrates and Darwin have probably talked that matter over to
gether by this time, -nd. anyhow. It’s too long a subject for discussion hen
Conscience and theTreasurv
Conscience not only makes cowards of ns all, but it goes
toward swelling the general fund of dollars and cents credited
to the Government at Washington. During the past year
$6,514 were sent anonymously to the Treasury by persons
whose inner thoughts would not let them rest.
With our increased wealth our consciences seem to have
quickened, h was in 1811 that the first conscience money was
received, and the second did not appear until 1827. Since that
time money has been coming in until now it reaches close to
half a million.
’I he largest amount received last year wax $2,000 ’ind the
biggest ever receive d $35,000, a number of years ago. This
money represents payment for customs dut* *x nnd TV'diiations.
and in many cases stands for delinquencies known onlv to the
tenders.
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~A lesson from the hills
By WINIFRED BLACK.
THE other day, when I went up
into the hills, I had a worry, a
gnawing, tearing, agonizing
worry. It kept me awake at night
and it walked with me at noon-day,
and when the gray evening step
ped, veiled, from the sunset skies,
there was the worry coming, too,
like the disagreeable cousin that al
ways hears of the party and comes
"without waiting for an invitation."
I was pretty tired of the worry,
but somehow 1 couldn’t seem to get
rid of it. The busier I was the
busier the worry was, too; and
when friends came to see me I
heard the worry’s voice above all
that the friends were trying to say.
and life was getting to be a good
deal of a nuisance.
And then I went to the hills,
and the worry went along, of
course. Catch a good-sized, able
bodied worry staying at home with j
the old clothes and the idle fur
nace and the empty icebox.
Every day in the hills I w’ent
walking, short walks at first, then
long ones, over sun-soaked trails
that led higher and ever higher up
the red hills. Shady paths winding
among cedars that looked a thou
sand years old. Down soft valleys
with the green a benediction to
tired eyes. Along little streams
that laughed and gurgled at the
joke of life as human beings live it,
always walking, always out tinder
the great dispassionate skies, now
blue, now gray, now decked with
foamy white, but always remote,
always unprejudiced, always imper
sonal.
The Worry
And one day. all at once the wor
ry was gone, vanished, disappeared
from view and almost from mem
ory.
Gone down stream with the lit
tle bits of brown bark I learned to
sail in the giggling water, gone up
the canyon to listen to the croon
ing of the wind in the cedars and
the gusty sighs of the pines, gone
to play wit It the fluttering leaves of
the aspen, in the shade by the turn
of the trail, gone forever '"'or the
hills will not let a worry stay with
you.
I am glad I came to the hills
They taught me how little and how
foolish and ' ungrateful I was
Wh< h hi IT tilt ’he i epi st.
llnii hio .il t o tii.u.il i.. * a.I ng
\V EDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1912.
at me from under the scurrying
clouds.
“Wait,” they said, “be patient,
take comfort; see the little squir
rel down there in the shadow —see
how he hurries about his business?
He’s worried for fear he won’t have
enough to last him through the bit
ter winter. He will—-I know he will
—for I have seen his grandfather
worry the same way. all for noth
ing.
"Once, when the season was poor,
the squirrel’s great-grandfather
did run short of food late in the
cold snow, and he died, just as easi
ly as he would have died a while
later, anyhow, if he had had all
the fruit of the great oak stored in
his cellar under the cedar roots.
What difference did It make, really?
Why did he worry so, the worst
that came was not so bad, was it?
It Won’t Make It Better.
"The little striped squirrels there
on the rocks are quarreling among
themselves; they call each other
the most awful names. Why do
they do it? Dife is so short with
them. One season we see them
and the next they are gone. Just a
little season, rain, sunshine, wind,
a full stream, low water, hall, sleet,
lightning—they are all so wonder
ful—and the little striped squirrels
there on the rock do not see any
of these things; they just chatter
and scold and fight. For what? We
wonder and wonder.
"The great mountain there, the
king of us all, he never worries; he
can not. There is so much for him
to do.
"There are the clouds always get
ting lost and wandering around like
white sheep forgotten by the shep
herd: he has to call up the wind,
the singing shepherd, to whistle
them all home again.
"There is the sunrise; what would
that be without the great peak, and
the waters fall and rise, and the
sun sets, and the moon sails in calm
grandeur through the glorious sky.
"We wonder among ourselves, we
hills we laugh to tether, we moun
tain treams. Why, even the yel
low flowers there on the spur of
the mountain know enough to smile
In the sunshine, and be happy.
What poor things you are, you hu
mins u and the s;ultrcls, what
■■! .loi« all . ch it teting, and
t... rrying. the hoarcmg, and
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the worrying do? Tell us that; we
want to know, we hills.”
And it was while I listened to
them that the worry disappeared,
and my heart is light again, for
I know that all is well in the end,
and that all the worrying in the
world will not.make it better.
And so I live in the sunshine and
walk in the rain and rejoice in a
little weather just because I am
alive, like the flower there on the
spur of the great mountain. Alive
and part of the great plan. Who
am 1, to sit and make the day sad
and the night forlorn with my
meanings?
Come up into the hills, the glo
rious hills, and learn peace, oh, ye
of troubled minds. The hills that
endure, and smile, and rejoice that
they, too, are part of the great
scheme.
Come, forget for a while the little
frets; leave behind you the small
annoyances, put care in the stove
and burn it up, and most Important
of all, leave yourself, your conscious
self, at home with the last year’s
clothes. Pack your self-conscious
ness in the garret with the Paris
hat that was such a beauty a year
or so ago and is such a caricature
now.
You are out of fashion, too, you
yourself. You need a change, a
new point of view.
It isn’t half so important as you
think, whether you make that deal
or not. Who will care ten years
from now whether you paid $lO a
day for your room or 50 cents; you
won’t even know yourself.
Let Your Soul Keep Pace.
The cut of your soul is out of
date. It’s too small here, and it
bags there, and what a wrinkle
right there at the heart line. Dear,
dear, that will never do. Make It
over, that soul of yours.
You live in town with a thousand
people staring at you whenever you
try to eat a quite meal ! Hie to
the mountains, build a shack of
boughs, and let your soul grow.
The worry that walked with me
at noon and wept with me at mid
night has gone with the rain of
yesterday; the hills have fright
ened it away.
The poet-king of Israel knew all
this, for he sang
"1 «111 lift up mine eyes to the
h'lle ' whence cometh my help.”—
I’*. 131:8.
THE HOME PAPER
The Education of the
Voter
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THE FORCE THAT GOVERNS
A Great Army of Nearly 325,000 Men and Women
Carry on the Nation’s Business.
By THOMAS TAPPER.
AT the present moment quite a
number of prominent men are
being discussed as candidates
for the office of president. The
final choice rlext November may be
one of them, or it may be a man
whose name is at present unknown.
When your vote has helped to
elect a president he becomes the
-osident-t lect until the n< x* fourth
of March. Then he is inaugurated
and turns his attention to business,
i His Immediate associates are his
cabinet, representing nine depart
m nts of government. Each mem
ber of the cabinet takes up a de
partment of necessary work of the
government and becomes responsi
ble for it to the president. These
men help the president, bring mat
ters to his attention, and enter into
conference with him on all ques
tions that arise.
About 500 Officers Perform
Duties in Washington.
This is an important body of
men in the public service. But
there are two others—the senate,
over -which the vice president of the
United States presides, and the
house of representatives. The sen
ate is composed of two senators
from each state. The house of rep
resentatives is chosen from each
state on the basis of population,
there being one representative to
every 195,000 inhabitants, approxi
mately. This gives, for example,
to Delaware one member to the
house, while New York has thirty-
Jieven.
The officers of the government
thus far enumerated are about 600
In number, and they all perform
their official duties in Washington.
But the entire organization of men
and women active in carrying on
the business of the national gov
ernment numbers far above this,
the total being nearly 325,000, ex
clusive of the army and navy.
About 10 per cent of this great
army of workers reside in Wash
ington. The remainder, nearly 300,-
000 in number, are scattered over
the country, and some are sent to
foreign countries to represent our
government.'
It ie Interesting to ask how these
325,000 workers in behalf of the
government secure their positions.
About 8,000 of them are appointed
by the president, subject to confir
mation by the senate. Others are
appointed by heads of departments.
In order that heads of departments
may secure the best service for
their purpose, there has been es
tablished for their assistance a civil
service commission. This commis
sion examines applicants for posi
tions and reports on their fitness.
When a candidate has passed the
required examination set by the
civil service commission, his name
is referred to the department head
an available public servant. If
he passes with a high average, he
Letters From the People
THE VETO POWER.
Editor The Georgian:
From historic instances we are
forced to conclude that the veto
power should be* exercised with
great care. Our present governor
has explained very clearly, fully
and forcibly his view of the only
circumstances under which an ex
ecutive should exercise the pardon,
and there Is little doubt that his
conception is clear as to when he
would be Justified in exercising the
veto. It is inconceivable that he
would feel justified in vetoing a
measure passed so deliberately by
the legislature as was the Tippins-
Alexander bill, and with such de
cided majority in both houses.
The governor knows full well
that the people can not hold him
personally responsible for the de
liberate acts of the legislature, and
that it is simply a duty for him
to put his approval on them, just
as the approval of the whole legis
lature goes with what the legal
majority finally agrees to. Os
course, the governor does not per
sonally agree, in many eases, with
the views of the majority—many of
us do not—but we have before
hand agreed to act with the legal
majority, and. after the vote Is
taken, if we act In good faith, all
then become of one mind, and in
dividual differences are lost sight
of.
There should be a clear-cut Idea
In the minds of the people as to
the conditions under which the veto
and pardon powers should be exer
cised. JOS. S. COOK.
Atlanta. Ga.
, THE INSURANCE BILL.
Editor The Georgian:
For the past year a most compe
tent committee of the legislature
has worked upon the subject of
better protection for those who pat
ronize insurance companies and or
ganization* This coinmi-"* has
will receive an early appointment.
He keeps his position on his mer
its and conduct, but he may be re
moved by the president at any
time, with or without cause.
The purpose of the civil service
is "to regulate and improve the civil
service of the United States." This
means that, by examination, the
government tries to secure the peo
ple best fitted for those positions
that do not fall within the direct
appointing power of the president.
About 230,000 positions are subject
to competitive appointment. These
positions carry an aggregate of sal
aries amounting to nearly $200,000,-
000 annually.
If you want to become part of
this executive force and enter a
civil service examination, you must
first file an application blank. In
order to be eligible for examina
tion, you must be a citizen of the
United States and not given to the
use of intoxicating liquors. Sex,
color, religion and political affilia
tion are not considered.
Besides the qualification of citi
zenship the commission requires
the facts as to your legal resi
dence, your health and general
character. There is a wide variety
of positions open to applicants on
the examination basis, details of
which may be had by application
to the civil service commission,
Washington, D. C. The commis
sion issues a manual of examina
tions, a list of civil service rules,
an annual report of the work of the
commission. In the manual of ex
amination you will find a list of
places and dates where and when
examinations are to be held, and a
list of rules by which your paper
will be rated if you enter as a
candidate.
The appointment of so large a
number of people to public service
on the basis of individual test and
record is one of the most progres
sive steps a nation can possibly
take.
"Civil Service” the
Service of Citizenship.
Now, you may be entirely satis
fied with your own work and not
care to enter the service iff the
government. In that case stop a
moment and think over the ex
pression civil service. It means
SERVICE OF CITIZENSHIP.
This service of citizenship im
plies that you give first attention
to your business, or your job,
whatever it is, and carry it out to
the best of your ability for the
sake of the republic at large, be
cause, by that very simple process,
you not only assure yourself of
prosperity, but you contribute it to
all. Through this form of service
you and your work are stamped
with the same legend: E PLURI
BUS UNUM, one of many, which
means all doing business for one
purpose—-Common Prosperity.
reported, In the shape of a bill,
laws to regulate the transaction of
insurance business in Georgia; but
to a man on the outside it looks
very much as If their efforts and
the money spent In their investiga
tions will come to naught. More
than half of the present session of
the legislature Is history, and house
bill No. 752 seems to have been
placed in a snug resting place to
await its fate.
From the report of the comp
troller general it will be seen that
nearly $1,000,000,000 of insurance is
carried by the citizens of this state.
The gross premiums paid for this _
protection is nearly $18,000,000 a
year, and yet the same antiquated
provision for taking care of the in
terest of this vast and growing In
dustry is just what it was in 188".
when there was only about $140.-
000,000 of insurance carried in this
state.
There isn’t a provision in the hill
introduced that any agent, man
ager, official or institution doing
and proposing to do a straight,
honest business could object to.
and it seems to those who have
studied the situation that the gen
eral assembly could serve its con
stituency in no better way than to
see that this bill is enacted into law
at as early a date as is possible.
J. E. M’LAUCHLIN.
Atlanta. Ga.
THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY.
Editor The Georgian:
When a man writes, as you do '
the editorial page of your last issue,
I feel like taking him by the hand
and calling him brother, because!
believe only those who have a f
Ing of brotherly love for all man
kind can express such thoughts
Is my earnest wish that you tn <
continue, for many years, to w
with Increasing vigor for the c:i>i>e
of humanity. BEN WILtSuN-
Keene, Ky.