Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-15

All work and no play makes Jack n
dull hos Many youth has rnng this
cid proYrrb INTO the ears VI an e1acting
sire and many an sp0logisi for the youth
aas defended him ON the generally accept
I'd truth ~ the statement Carry Jack up
u manhood. and The prDyerb applies with
equal, IL noi with greater, force.
There are no people on the earth who
slspuIa herd the indirect advice therein
given nnfr faithfully than the American.
We Are uoturiousiY an active, restless,
greedy face Each minute snust turn out
CON 81 lesg co greater denomination, ar
must add 10 the ihuFeis Of our brows, else
the poog honae il brought into the imagina.
zion. N the spscter ~ taiDeless name
kaan,s oar sleeping and our waking hours
We ,errndgt ourselves the Fespiie 81 de
legal holiday. and. II II werc wholly a
matter Of choice and we're considered % I've
tae proper thing 20 DO, We would even rob
Sod ~ The snigiiafli. II Nc nusld thereby
iRcfca~e our stock NJ gain ~ ialns. Apart
from llle efhiEal considerations there are
either Obligations which should ie observed
In tiiis connection aud which can be ig-
nured only 81 oar peril. II will be an.
necessary for "a to present facts W prove
that 10 man can ass0is himself ~.
sidu0nsly " aork for each 81 the B85
asys Of flie year without violating the
conditions 81 his seillbring and the
lenes ~ bis better judgment In our
ibefdsnase thirsi for gold ~e disregard
every requirement Of nature and ~ pbysi-
eal lava ne evpsemb the e0nnssls oi
friends. and 0sspipe the advice of pbysi.
ssiAns The almighty dollar il oar sgnts
fafpHa, which, uuliEs that dslusion, We
may obtain. bai hDw often il h with the
ioss Of everything which can guarantee
is enjoyment OR, cuTsd desire ri
gold said homan p,sa, what lie
laos bEing'a upon the human raee -
And ~ a. ths eflR that spring from the
love 81 money none are more pregnant
with disaster 80 tlst rare fiaB inst inoss
einase desire ffw wealth which IL graiified
st the expense NJ beaiii. The came il
true If The man ah0 tnduIyes Ia lucn
hfHtionk and unfrtnitaed mental e1egtiop
Tor literary and professional honors. We
must rest Take life easier. Carry 0nr
vacations along Aith us--noi postpone
thrin until too lste Nsiure demands
daily rest She will bsye il or ruin iin.
ponds. The increase II paralysis and ap.
opicxy Is poi dtie ~ egtfaDeO1s aud scei.
dental causes, ny no nlesns We bring
them upon Ourselves by our hahi,usl dig.
ging." We e. liatast ourselves la few
years and then death gathers us 10 the
wiDkiing of MA eye. A. q .sAopie We
reed education In the science ~ tax.
NJ resi- - II IL science, absurd as
4 may seem, and II has ia laws, which
must be needed. II /. not an inffequent
hing To hear people who inherit won.
lertul amount 81 energy, so-calied, snecf
those who leave their business ar their
ulpii or their Office every summer sea.
on for brief release from care, bui such
ersons. 40 wise and 40 strong. are rather
y, be piiied than blamed. They are igno
sut Of physical laws. They sagcly pro
ounce man wcakljng who pnrsnes
lch a course, but we submit II % q
,tional public II they themselves ARE MOI
&c short sighted ones and wretchedly In
e wrong.
We should, perhaps, give our people
edit for increasing wisdom on this mat,
u Since the close Of the war TIVE days
I'VE been added 10 our list Of holidays,
1 Il the great increase Of our watering
aces aud the larger per cent. OF those
40 frequent them hngurs well for the fu'
&c.
Not only are the evils Of a too close up.
cation 10 business Immediately effect
y, but they give rise to new phases OF
tanic disease which descend 10 poster,
working ruin upon all future genera