The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-12
HEARTS oVERwoRKED.

NO organ In the body is 80 liable 10 be oVeF-
worked as the heart When every other part az
the body sleeps, II keeps on It's perpetual motion
Every increased effort or action demands from
Ihe heart more force. man runs 10 catch a
"alh ana MS heart beats audlbly. He drinka
wine, and his blood rushes through It's reservoir
las'er thsn was ever Intended by nature. His
pulse rises after each course at dinner. A tele-
gram arrives and bis heart knocks at his side.
And when any one Of these "exotementsp "a
over he Is conscious Of a correspondent deprea-
slon-a sinking or emptiness as 1t is called. Tbe
healthy action of all the members OF our Erams
depends upon the supply Of blood received from
this central fountain, When the hearts action n
arrested, the stomach, which requires from II
large supply Of blood, becomes enfeebled. The
brain, also waiting for the blood, Is inactive The
heart IS very willing member, but II II be mAdo
TO fetch and carry incessantly-if II be ',,nt
upon as the unsehsh member Of family oilan
is, 1t undergoes disorganizatlon which iseOuiya-
lent to Its rapture. Aud this disorgsngltlon be.
gins too often nowadays In the hearts OF VePv
young children Parents know that If their sons
are 10 succeed at any Of those competitive ex-
aminatlons which have now become so exigent,
high pressure is employed Hence young persons
are stimulated to overwOrk by rewards and pun
ishments. The sight OF clever boy who Ia being
trained for competition is truly a sad one. The
precocious, cOached'up p.Children are never we'll.
Their mental excitement keeps up fush, which,
like the excitement caused by strong drink in
older children looks like health, but has no ra-
latlon to II; in word, the intemperanCe of edu.
cation is over-straining and breaking their young
hearts. fin the school room some hearts are
broken from mental strain, In the playground
and In the gymnasium others suecumb to physIc-
strain. ut is no object Of mine" says Dr. Rich
Rrdson, ITO underrate the advantages OF physical
exercise for the young; but can scarcely Overate
the dangers Of those fierce competitive exercises
which the world in general seems determined to
applaud. 1 had the opportunity once in my life
Of living near great trainer, himself being a
champion rover. He was patient of mine, But-
fering from the very form ofinduced heart disesAe
Of which am now speaking, and he gave me
ample means Of studying the conditions Of many
Of those whom he trained both for running q
rowing. found occasion certainly, to admire
the physique to which his trained men were
brought; the strength of muscle they attained;
the force Of their heart; but the admiration was
qualified by the stern fact of the results" But,
indeed 1t is not by oVerwork so much as by worry
and anxiety that our hearts are dIsorgAnized.
'Laborious mental exercise is healthy unless It
be made anxious by necessary or unnecessary
difficulties Regular mental labor is best carried
on by introducing into it some variety" Business
and professional men wear out their hearts by
acquiring habits of express'tra haste which a
little attention to method would render unneOes-
sary.-Chamber's Journal