Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-10-06
OvERwORK.

In the iast dozen years certain class
Of journals and periodicals have enunci-
ated and tiresomely. reiterated the doc
trine that we work too hard, too much,
Too long and too continuously. In so
many words they advise every one to
practically go q droning and give up
making hay or honey while the sun
shines or the flowers bloom. They bring
up dolorous examples of over Jealous
students who burning the midnight oil
hurried themselves into untimely graves.
of too confiding boatmen who pulled too
many strokes u minute and died at the
oar. All such instances are of course
sad, but. in the abstract, only form ex-
ceptions to general rule which may be
summoned up thus: Work is safe
guard against disease. Through life one
will find ten suffering from idleness 10 one
crippled from overwork A business man
complains that he is overworked" but
never thinks of the hot morning biscuits
hurriedly swallowed, of the copious liba-
tions of brandy and soda or +" take mine
straight Of the half dozen little
habits daily undermining and destroying
the bodily tissue. Work may be divided
into two classes-meutal and physical
OF the brain and Of the body. The brain
is an engine with concentrated energy of
power and will work whether its owner
likes 1t or not; II it isn't working for
good it is certainly working for bad and
means and makes mischief. In this case
work is safeguard against moral dis
ease. A glance at our bodies shows how
admirably the Creator designed man for
physical work. Muscles, like magnets.
fall into disuse and worthlessness OF state
when not exercised, in a state Of idle
ness men are often prone to fall into
many diseases, one Of the worst being
the dry rot" There is man going
across the street now with the first
symptoms OF dry rot. His hat is pulled
over his eyes, he walks slouchily, his
mouth is halt full Of tobacco and he
passes his hand over the stubble under
growth on his chin and looks vacantly
up and down the street. He is in dan
ger, but heeds it not. His only desire is
to "kill Time" the precious stuff that
forms the raw material Of eternity, aud
having fallen in his own estimation he is
blunted to the opinions Or regard OF
others. The busiest brains are the
clearest and soundest ones, the working
bodies the heartiest and healthiest. In
one sense Of the word labor is the pro-
foundest form of rest; it is rest from
sorrowful memories, from gloomy re-
Elections, from respondent feelings, aud
beside the dignity it adds to the man is
a powerful health preservative. 1t is
not the workers that 60 to DR.. Skillful
or Druggist Trusty for tonics, stomach
bitters, valerian. nervines, etc.; tbs the
nervous and dyspeptic, men Of pleasure,
idlers, and young ladies whose per-
formances at the piano are undermining
their health and young gentlemen whose
efforts to get that tie straight are cruelty
sacrificing their vitality. Idleness is the
bane of society. All legitimate exercise
OF brain or muscle is but the fulfllmeni
OF Natures law and is alike demanded
by principles of health and morality
The human engine was built to run, mol
to lay idle, to wear out. not to rust out,
and the statistics of life insurance com.
panies prove that workers live to a
greater age than idlers, just as tool
kept bright and clean and daily used
will outlast one of better metal thrown
in the corner to fall to pieces.