The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-02-27
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FAST EEN" AND "FAsTLIVING."
We fLd good thing in one or our ex-
changes, which Seems to have been copied
from an unknown source. Its an effective
exposition, in brief, of the pernicious ten
tcncics Of the course of life so generally
pursued By tie majority of business men.
The phrase ''iast living has passed into
the language Of common life. When "fast
trotting' on a racecourse is spoken Of, the
Judges determine precisely what is meant
by eli or "2:4J," as to time and to
distance. The horses which perform there
feats Of speed are IN the long intervals be-
tween the races, moderately exercised, care
fully groomed, and it may almost be said
atfectionately nurSed. Tie great object of
the owners of the horses IS to keep them il
such sound condition that, upon occasion
tEcy may be able to DO wonders upon the
the racccourso without injury to their
soundncss and vital condition. Fast hor-
scs, in the good hands of kind and con-
silerate owners, are not among the short
lived Of thci- species.
Bat fast m,a" are their own rronr;o
to-g. and viii neither accent a1risp nor sinh
nit to restraint or discipline. What "fast
lying" among mca means has. Ike s.fa.t
running" anon. horses, been reduced to a
scientific measurement. Two eminent ply
siologists in Great Britain recently read be-
fore the ROYAL Society the result Of expa-
ri,nlnts, continued for fourteen DAYS, upon
IA human subject. When the man was first
taken in hanl, while in normal condition
usn.no alcoholic beverages, his heat beats
in Il ,!ay amounted to 1876 600 Under al
o,-''- - 49, f.-se., O.'.''-o 80 n
e caii'u' D"t moderate HfIH"i",53-on the
Nrs' Jay 'Ae Afs' Gay tie heaEt-beats IN
cFea' q l"3f per cen'. On the last day
Of 'he alcoholic regimen the heart-beats
had increased up to twenty-five per cent.
The thioOs were at the rate Of I2I,OO0 Per
Gay. And when brandy was introduced
INTO the potdtions, the heart-beats went up
to I5I,o0o Ter day. Carefully noting al.
que circumstances ana qraiaeaIons' the
ejaculation was MAJ "Aeh tAe a1coaoht (
Stimulant was Mt It's ma&imnm, oae-tt.h +,
more work was imposed np0a the heart
than under Its natural and healthy acti5a.
Il will be obserTeI that in these figures
there IS no attempt at sensation or exag /
geration. The statement is not made by .
earnest advocates Of temperance, aiming .
at making an impression on the mind, or .
an appeal to fear. It IS the calm statement
Of scientific men, aiming only T. reach true /
resn I; and II there Is any exception to be .
taken to Their verdict, 1t mast be only .
that upon one man as subject, conclusions .
respecting all men can not be definitely /
made. Oae thing, however, is certain,
that IN every case the person who takes .
undae stimulus Gives faster, be the per-
eentaEe more or less, aud by overworking, /
imrars hs vital functions. If it be an
swered that observation shows that some (
had drinkers live long lives, the response
is, "rrue, some 20, but very few" Ard .
orthese, what sort OLIVES are they? With .
intciccts impaired and solfreliance des-
troycd: with ability for continuous ezertiou .
taken away; with ambition displaced by
Indifference to character or consequences .
and with hopes lost in scottish dispIir
existence can not be called Hje in anv true
sense. Il IS also to be remembered that
2 man unaer abnormal excitement, gets no
rest. There are certain Of tie mental as
we'll rs the bodily powers which have con
tinlous action ndepcndeat Of the will. T.
the healthy subject these may be said Just
to keep alive" during sleep, preserving
tn, vitality of the body in a sound
condition for action when one wakes.
But the fcyer-t,ssci patient and the over
stimulated fast liver find bat little rest
or rcfreshmant in sleep. The pulses go
houDJfn,. the Gf,.lI.3I keors snr,,irr an
anu the r-cai Grafton Ot slam12r Is lost III
The ftful frayer Of nycrhnate. l'ool