Daily Republican., 1879-03-28

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me, glancing down at his portly person
and opening wide his arms, with CT
gar in his fingers, "tlosen't 1t pay Il
smoke? How does this look! Tn
Coming Man may do rs he likes bu
the man Of the present find it salu
tary."
And this was not merely joke. lii
seriously thought that the daily use o.
wine and beer, in moderation, was bens
fetal, and, particularly, that 1t pro
duc-d, as he used to say, "a tinel
quality Of brain" than could he had
from unstimulating fluid.
"What was Goethe's opinion on this
subject ?" | asked once.
~ can tell you," said he, "what his
practice was. He drank two bottles Of
wine after dinner every day."
Then, Of course arose the question
between us whether Goethe was so
great man In consequence Of his drink
ing wine, or in spite Of his drinking
wine; upon which we conversed with
the usual result, each remaining a
little more positive Of his opinion than
he was befoe.
The last subject upon which we
touched, strange to say, considering
what has happened, was the immortal
ity of the soul. He quoted some re
markable sayings Of Goethe on that
subject, in which the great poet gave
utterance to a strong conviction that the
soul Of man, having once come into be-
ing, can never die. Mr.. Taylor, with
warmth unusual with him, express
ed the same conviction.
~ could not support life" said he,
"if did not believe it. | could no,
accomplish my work. have noticed,
too, that when an artist ceases to be-
lievs in Immortality he NO longer paints
fine pictures"
He was proceeding to expatiate upon
this subject, and seemed about to men
tion some case in point, when we wer.
interrupted and the conversation clos
ed. | never saw him again.
The next thing heard was that the
President of the United States had dont
a wonderful thing. He had actually
appointed as Minister to Prussia a gen
tleman who knew the language, tht
literature and the people OF the coun
try 70 which he was accredited. Mr.
Taylor had inherited sturdy Pennsyl
vania constitution, (both his parents
are still living, )but he had been fol
some years afflicted with local ma!ady
which is peculiarly liable to be aggra-
waited by excitement, either mental ol
bodily. With natural enthusiasm, with
mistaken kindness his numberless
friends hastened to give him series
Of farewell banquets and receptions
| cannot resist the Impression that tt
those banquets he owed his death.
believe that If he had gone abroad
quietly, into Ills new duties, az he
would have preferred to do, we should
not now b. lamenting his early death.
Mental labor is rot hostile to health
and life. But an more than ever
convinced that man who lives by his
brain is of all men bound to avoid t.
stimulate the brain by alcohol, and TO-
bacco is only slow kind of suicide
Even the most moderate use of the
milder wine is not without danger, be-
cause the peculiar exhaustion caused
by severe mental labor is a constan
; and urgent temptation to increase thu
quantity and strength Of the potation
This | know by experience.
would say to every young man OF
, thu press in the United States, If
could reach him:
lfyou meau to attain one OF th'
prizes of your profession, and live
cheerful life to the age Of eighty, throw
away your dirty old pipe, Put your cl
gars in the stove, never buy any more
becom. a te-totaller, take your Dime
. in the middle of your day and rest or
day in seven.