The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-09
Observation-Disclosures
OVERTAxING THEsTRENeV1--

i 'OFERTAXING THE sFRENesFu.
\ Inere isan Instructive article in n
! Ptneotts AdgasiAe for October. beadei
strength and Howto Use Il, . which
In Ills leading features, supports. a re
cent article nthis journal on the sub
lJeet of Fast .Living.D AIihonel, n,
case is strongly stated in the article re
terred to, and perhaps overstated Il
some respects, there are passages yvor,
thy OF attention. ii they VIM lead q
thought on the subject. The. write,
thinks that the great social or indus
trial Sin Of our American people is. thai
they habitually do too much. They
are the hardest-worked communitv on
the face ofthe earth, and comm unity
most emphatically and seriously over.
worked. It is not so much that we
work more hours, as that we work at
SO much greater speed. So tired are
many persons at the end OF The dav.
that they are unable to take any inter.
est in their family group, and are often
too fatigued TO sleep well during the
night. Anything like a general habit
ofamusement is unknown. The holt.
days, too few in number, are yery i'm.
perfectly observed when they do ocenr.
There is not always even cessation
from labor, and too often there is a
want of the feelings of enjoyment.
Nothing but Sunday, indeed, puts a
stop to the rush of business. Who are
the sufferers fromthis excessive strain ?
The operatives in mills and facto.
ries; the alternating gangs OF night
and day hands; sewing women mewed
upRt their terrible business from seven
O'Clock in the marnlng to eight in the
evening; clerks, of both sexes; the
choicest pupils of public schools break
ing down with their overwhelming
tasks; the first students in our colleges
and theological seminarles made grad
yates almost dead; professional men of
every grade, II men of ability, tasked
beyond endurance; and, instead OF
working less, verYbody is pressing on
to work more and work harder than
ever before. The more directly obvious
consequences of this forced life are
seen in the gapnt and cadayerous bod
les of our people, compared With those.
Vi ONueE IduQSS neEVOuA EQls6HbeS ana
ailments in intensity and numbers ex.
ceeding those found in any other peo-
pie. neuralgias counted by millions,
and insanity increasing in frequency
and in proportion greater than the gen.
eral census of the people. Resulting
from the excessive drain of strength on
the brain and muscles, is deficient pow
er of the stomach or dyspepsia, chronic
bowel disturbance and consumption, 80
per cent of the deaths from! which are
traceable, pro8imAtely or remotely, to-
excessive TOLL Women have their full
share of diseases, and bad teeth are
comment to both sexes. These obserVa-
tions are made with special reference TO
the Northern and 3NoFthwes:erni COM
munities, but, regarded in their as
poets, they are applicable TO The whole
people, G5s-f-..7rsg fs.s4:+ II
Evidence of these characteristic ma
tionaI Ainfrmities. being referred TO
their true cause, appears rom the lead
ing class of remedies employed by our
medical practitioners. There are ton
icS-tonics ANIMAL vegetable and min
eral, solid, liquid and gaseous, in hun
dreds OF different forms and in con-
stantly succeeding variety. To the
same pnrports is the advice 10 travel,
which proves TO be remedial instru-
mentality of the highest efficiency
With some, oYerwork is a thing inev-
table. as in the instances of farming,
many of the trades, and especially
homework. But the oVerwork5 upon
~ hich the writer Is commenting is, he
tells us, thing avoidable, Thing not
necessItated by the situation OF people
generally. I'VE are getting rich al
ready Raster than any other nation, and
we are making haste to get rich great
deal faster" Extreme and unusual
work is followed by languOr and ina
To- Ff,rf i1a
work. at is matter of common re.
mark, that when our Congress sits up
all night, or lrespasses upon the hours
required for rest, the progress OF
legislation Is visibly retarded by
H." workmen in emily life, as
in their twentieth year, by nus
banding their strength, or using
it economically, may DO good
service for themselves und The comma
nifty until they are sixty, III place of
being worn out at fiTty-fiye, 10 would
be the case from long continued and
excessive slrain on heirstrength. They
should be told that after day OF pro-
.digious and excessive labor they never
will be as good as new" The BRAIN
work done by some men, who belong
to the, class of geniuses, affords no
measure of what should be attempted
by average people, who ought to regn-
late the time, manner and degree OF
their work, and still do II we'll. he-
marks are made on the number of hours
that ought to constitute days work,
and the difficulty of laying down
positive rules on The subject is polnIed
out, The same is the case as regards
reform in-the working practice OF
schools, colleges and professions. For
some constitntionally slow workers,
the day is hardly long enough for them
TO get tired. To prevent exhaustion of
strength and It's bad consequences, the
writer wisely observes that It becomes
a matter ofthe very first importance to
ascertain by careful observation of
themselves and exact estimate Ut their
work done from day 10 day, precisely
how much they can do, aud TO estAb-
lish certain fixed bounds beyond which
they will not pass under the pressure
of however great temptation. IN.
Tho Brnhmn Fowl. d ~
The improvement of animals is Of