The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-28

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The New York Journal Of Commerce
on these themes has a sensible talk.
The editor, after asking what shall be
done with the shHdowed hours that
Precede repose, says:
There never was time when this
question was so Important to business
men. Few of those who are engaged
as principals in their trade or manu-
factures now attend TO their daily ave-
cations during the late evening hours.
But while there is no part of their time
more precious, there is none other that
is so freely wasted. 1t is poor economy
for one whose business cares are press
ing him sorely, to sit down moodily at
his home, with the heavy burden still
about him, In the vain hope that his
weary brain may thus find a clue that
will lead him out of the labyrinth of
trouble. He would not leave an over
tasked horse haTneSsed all night in the
stall, or expect OF any other creature
beside himself such a miracle as work
without recuperHtiOD: still lesS would
he set one that is already tagged out at
task that had proved too much for his
ordinary strength. And yet this Is the
demand he is imposing on himself.
His proper hours OF toll are numbered
for the day, but he will not ease his
aching shoulder OF the oppressive bur
den, and he is still struggling-now
vainly, of eOurse-to solve the problem
which was too intricate even for his
freshest powers.
There are others who do lay aside the
harness after the days toll or conflict,
but who then sink down in more vacu-
ity of mind, installing idleness for re-
freshment- There is no recuPeration
In u state of indolence. They try every
variety of experiment. The sit the
long evening out over book, but ind
no refreshment in it. They seek a
change OF scene at the theatre, the
opera, the lectuTs-Toom, or the gay as
sembly. They experience a pleasant
relaxation, at first, but the amusement
pals their appetite and does not bring
back the expended vigor.
The secret OF recuperation, like the
key to moral uction, lies not so much
in the thing actually done, as in the
motive and purpose that govern the
effort. In plain terms, If the mind and
body be worn down in the daily effort
to advance ones material interests, let
the relaxation be found in effort
equally Jealous TO do good to somebody
else. a miles walk taken as a penaDce
to relieve an overtaxed brain viii only
increase the throbbing fever If the same
thoughts be entertained on the journey.
An hours gallop will not cure even a
fit OF dyspepsis if the dinner humor
that produced it is carried upon the
ride. A whole evenings practice with
dumb bells will do less to quicken the
sluggish current of the selfish blood
than few minutes patient attention TO
the sOrrows of your child who Is weep
ing over her knotted wOTsIed, or the
more knotty problem in her evening
lesson for the next days school
And this connects our themes with
the practical point to which we would
direct the readers attention. He who
would change the current OF his
thought need not go far from home to
find IA field for his beneyoleuce. A sun
ny smile as he returns from business,
like an electric spark, will light up the
whole autumn evening around his
hearthstone, and create magic atmos-
phere which shall be to him ikea new
found elixir OF life If he has a family
let him interest himself unsellshly in
their pursuits, their plans, their joys,
and sOrrows, seem these ever so trihinR;
and the moment he torGetS himself he
will begin to rest from the weary load he
has borne all the day. Perhaps he has
heretofore deemed il not unreasonable
that every body should wait on his
humOr. when he came home Ihtigued
with the lubOrs, undertaken for the
common good. in which be has not
asked them to share. But TO be minis
tered unto, paraduXical AS it may seem,
will not serve his turn until he has
learned to enjoy 1t by first ministeriug
to others. IL matters not so much how
he spends the evening as his purpose in
1t, which will bring back to these hours
OF shadow a glory that would more
than eclipse the brightest autumnal day
The occupation that would but add to
the WEAKNESS OF selfish heart, will
bring fresh blessing with il, If Hccep-
ted as the means of cheering others.
The man who has a heart for such u
service will lind the opportunity. II
he has no family of his own he will
find some object of interest where he
may quicken new set Of emotions 10
relieve the labors of his busiest day.
There Is no cordial on sale thar Will
bring such refreshment as this"