Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-11-08
NO. BOG.
How 10 spend Autumn Eyeninas.

From tho New York Journal Of commerso.
Autumn evenings have fair,y begun
What shall be done with the shadowed
hours that prccede reposeP There neve,
wns time when this question was more
important to business men. Few Of those
who ere engaged as principals in either
trade or manufacture now attend to their
daily syocalions during the late evening
hours. But whilO there is no part of their
time more precious. there il none other
that is so freely wasted. 1t is more econ
omy for one whose business cares are
pressing him screly to sit down moodily
Mt his home. with the heavy burden still
about him. in the vain hopes that his
wenry brain may thus fnd clue that W i'll
lead him ons es The lsbyfinih az trouble.
lie would not leave an over tasked horse
harbessed all night in the stall, or expect
of any other creature beside himself such
n uiracle as work without rccuperation:
still less would he set one that is already
tagged out al task that had proved too
much for Mis- ordinary strength And
We: this is the demand he is imposing on
himself. His proper hours OF toll are
numbered for the day, but he will 10,
cease his aching shoulder Of the oppress--
i've burden, and he is still struggling
now vainly of course-to solve the prob
lem which was too intricate even for his
freshest p0seys.
There are others who lay aside the bar
ness after the days toll or conhIct, but
who then sink down into mere vacuity Of
mind. mistaking idleness for reireshment.
There is no recuperation in state OF in
dolence. 1t is true that the hands need
not move restless y, nor the slnews be
strained in unwonted exercise 10 recruit
the system. But the lungs must be ex-
pauded aud the blood stirred by fresh
emotions, if the wasted strength Is TO be
regained. There are many Hho are
shrewd enough to perceive this. but who
fail in their object because they pursue it
in the wrong direction. The true exor-
else for recuperatiye purposes is simply n
change in the bent Of the mind What
ever bodily action this new mautal fexion
may demand, the relief is not in the phys.
zeal activity, bat in the fresh ardor which
uiitSto ". AZ ptdiu bSt thos ~ 'HC hiht
aud body be worn down in the daily ei-
fort to advance ones material interests,
let the relaxation be found in an effort
equally Jealous to do good to somebody
else. \ miles walk taken as a penance
to relieve an oyertaxed brain will only in
crease throbbing fever If the same thoughts
be entertained on tie journey. An hours
gallop will not even cure a tit OF dyspepsia
if the dinner humor that produced it Is
carried upon the ride. lie who would
change the cuf1cat of his thought. need
not 20 far from home to fnd field for
his benevolencc. A sunny smile as he
returns from business, like an electric
spark, will light up the whole autumn
evening around his hearthstone, and ere
ate magic atmosphere which shall be TO
him like new found elixir of life. If he
has a family, let him interest himself un.
selishly in their pursuits, their joys and
sorrows, seem these ever 30 trihlng, aud
the moment he forgeis himsels he will be.
gin to rest from the weary load he ha'
borne all the day.