HOW TO GET STRONG
the day—that giving digestion a good chance—did not enable him to do the second half of the day's work with renewed vigor—and so did not prolong life? The writer, once hearing his father mention that he had seen his grandfather (of the Cameron clan, in Scotland) chopping trees at one hundred; and that he lived to be one hundred and three; asked if he could recall any habit that he thought might have aided him in thus completing his century-run. After a little reflection, he said: "Nothing, outside of the regular habits of a farmer, save that he always took a nap soon after dinner." Well may all who are bearing the heavier burdens,
"Men in the middle of life,
Austere and grave of deportment,"
heed this sage advice from one of the foremost judges in the world to-day, the Presiding Justice of the highest tribunal in the world's greatest city save one; whose labor, for more than a quarter of a century, in questions of endless variety, of great moment, and often of vast responsibility, has been unceasing, of lasting importance, and more extensive even than was that of Chief Justice Marshall in the early days of the Republic. And that, "I have always kept Saturday as a day of recreation," thus getting two whole days of rest together each week—what a wise thing!—and a thing that many men can do if they will—at any rate, can get half of Saturday; they will do more work each week, and live a longer life by simply following these two habits, which this eminent jurist not only prescribes, but practises; and which happily promises to retain for the public his great services for many years to come—of which fact that public, always knowing a good man when it sees him, promptly availed itself by all parties uniting,
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