EARLY RISING.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2176, 19 June 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

EARLY RISING.

John Qoinoy Adams and Josiah Quincy were enthusiastic advocates of early rising. They practised it from boyhood, And attributed to it their physical vigour in old age. Judge Story, who was an intimate friend, loved dearly a good morning nap, and their opposite opinions often gave rise to sharp and witty discussions. On one occasion, when the two eminent men had dined with the Judge, . he invited them to accompany him to the law-school in Cambridge, wjttrs he was to deliver a lecture. He invited the ex-President to talk to the studeuts, and Mr Adams made interesting practical remarks, touching, among other topics, on his favourite theme of early-rising. The judge went on with his lecture. The afternoon was hot and the lecture room close, and towards the close Of the lecture he noticed that the clttss were nodding to each' other and smiling,' Looking nrst on bis right and I thefi on liia left, he discovered the secret of their merriment, for both of the distinguished visitors were asleep and nodding* He could not resist the temptation to add a poutcript to his lecture. 'Young gentlemen, 1 call your attention to the visible proofs of the evils of early rising. ' The loud laugh that followed awoke the gentlemen, but they did not understand the joke that caused it.

There are twenty-four chaplains in the United States Navy. Their salary for the first five years in 2500d01s at sea, and 2000dols ashore. After that it is 2800dols at sea, and 2300d01s ashore. There are in Manchester and Salford at least OOOd skilled mechanics constantly engaged in the production of steam engines, spinning mules, looms and other machinery, chiefly for the production of the various textile fabrics, whose wages average about 32s each per week. 1 and who require some 2000 labourers to assist them. Costly Negligence.— A. notary in Paris was instructed to draw up a will, and contrived to date it October 14 in stead of February 14. Whether this was pure negligence, or whether the notary had been squared, is not stated, but the result was that a sum of £32,000 which was intended to go to Mr A. went tp Mr B. Thereupon Mr A, brought an action for negligence against the notary, and he has just recovered judgment for the £32,000 which he lost by the blunder. This is an elementary kind of justice which it will be long before we see in an English Court. What would they think ia France of our system, under which cowMlare QQt liable for negligence?