, 1877-07-15

| money nI ABOUT lO per cent, ana ta1-Hgatofs
as rule, would rather stand this than pa,
over to the city the money which it needs 81
badly.
A NEW NAME FOR AN OLD MALADY
New York paper reports that an - emf
nent scientist has discovered whnt be cali
fatigue material in the blood, and to thu
presence of this substance, which result:
somehow from the action of the nerves anG
muscles, he attributes the sense Of WEAKNESS
which overcomes us after labor and excite
1nent."
! The scientist failing to report remedy,
| the principal value Of the discovery rests in
the information it conveys to those who feel
an objection to work as to the real nature OF
the malady which aaiicts them. Generally
! in the absence Of any physical intirmity, this
disinclination to work has been called lazi-
ness; but that seems to hive been a mistake.
The truth is, it seems, the blood becomes
| poisoned by fatigue material" and
it is astonishing how universally this
material is to be,found, md how generally
| the human blood is susceptible to its influ-
| ence. It spares neither nge nor sex, nor is
any trade. profession, or occupation exempt
from its attack, In the absence of scientific
knowledge, how mitch injustice has been
done! How mnny persons have been wrong
fully accused and punished for laziness when
in fact they were merely victims to blood
poisoning from "fatiguo materials: All
honor to Science, which even at this late day
has come to rescue the great army of martyrs,
who, while laboring and toi1ing with natural
zeal, are stricken with the fatigue mate
rial, cnusiug the blood to stagnate, and COLL
pelling the unfortunate to find relief else
where aud otherwise. General indeed las
been this popular belief that men and wom-
en- are sometimes lazy, and that to some tie
attliction is chronic; but here comes the light
of Science which removes this dousion, sat
isfactorily showing that what has been es-
teemed laziness is, in reality, a disease of the
blood produced by an over supply of s'fa-
tigue material.
There are laws for the punishment Of
vaerancy, aud an essential part of the crime
of vagrancy is what has been heretofore pro-
nounced laziness,- unwillingness to work.
But is humanity to be held criminally re-
sponslble for misfortune If man be bur
dened with more than an ordinary share of
fatigue material in his blood, is he to be pull
ished therefor? Are the police to be author
lied to determine how much fatigue material
is to be tolerated? Does not this discovery
Of Science demand revision of the vagrant
laws, SO as to discriminate between those
whose blood is poisoned, and those whose
blood is free from the influence of fatigue
material? There is one compromising cir
cu1nstance attending this disease: tho victim
once stricken intuitively finds remedy.
The oppressed mother of fashionable and |
wealthy family, while overtaken with this
blood poison while in. tho very enjoyment of |
her household labors instinctiyely proposes |
and finds relief By packing up all the new
clothes prepared in anticipation of such m
attack, and travels night and day to Sarato-
ga, Newport, Long Branch, and similar
places, there in round of festivities
and display Of dressing to find that
repose and rest for tho nerves and muscles
That will eradicate the fatigue material from
The blood Clergymon, as class, are liable
to attacks of this malady, which, with styik-
ing peculiarly, affect them in the 1nidsum-
ner. The fatigue mnteril so overwhelms
hem that, despite their prayerfu struggles,
shey are compelled to leave their. docks ex-
posed to the great enemy while they purify
heir blood by fishing, and rowing, and e1er-
Using their physical forces after the manner
r at
special dangers, and attacks men when they
east expect it. Thus, Whenever there is
! baseball contest, or horse-race, or d
;lrcus in town, the ood-poison, uniting
non for work, becomes specially yirulent,
md often as many as ten thousand able
'odied men arc compelled in an afternoon to
'bnndon their employers work, and, seeking
he baseball ground or the race-course as
pectators, obtain relief from the crushing
Weight of the fatigue material which is kill
ng them. So, it attacks others at night.
Ioung men who quit work borne down
mentally and physically by fatigue ma
erlnl find relief from the b1ood-poison
y several hours struggle over the bill
refreshing themselves at in
erVals with such beverages as may be de-
handed by that intense thirst which always
1arks the presence Of fatigue material to
n abnormal extent. As we have said. this
la!ady is not confined to any age. SuAK~ !
pEARE tells us of the whining schoolbov
creeping like snail unwilling1y to school "
with fatigue material, which the !,
oy well knows would disappear it there
ere no school. Much that has been written .
i this subject will have to be revised. :
bus,
is the voice Of the sluggard; heard him
complain.
Ton have walked me too soon, must alumbcr t
again. r
ust bo rewritten. The man wns not [
nggard ; he was merely laboring under an 7
tack of fatigue material. It has been writ I
n also that " WEAKNESS can snore upon the Y
Mt, and resty sloth finds the down pillow "
nd, all of which shows how overwhelming il
3 the effects of this poisonous material L