The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-29

donei 1t conducos to slOth, and atnui, and
Rtony Of brain. To my thinking, there |,
no more miserable man than no who has
nothing TO do.
My old friend, DR.. X, that erSt was
professor Of medicine In certain unlyer
Gity, laboFed hard ali his life till nearly
sixty ycars OF age; then he said he needed
rest, and would retire. SO, being wealtliS
man, lie built himself q beautiful house
on 4 breezy cliH.tOp near the sea, laid ou
pleasant gardens, and paid attention Il
every known principle OF hySiene. Six
months retirement killed him. He 70
memRered not the lines in Cowper'i
poem:
| "Abstnea VI occupation 10 not Fslt;
minu quito EAaht II mind dstToase,l,"
| People who have been long in business
OF any kind often make the same error a
DR.. x. They think they need com
ploto change and rest, and tliey seek 4 u
he sought II, and too often Ind Il as ht
found it-in the grave.
II Is the sudden breaking OF Of oil, ties
the uprooting Of all old associations, In
giving up oil at once the customs and
habits oil years, that work the change fol
the worse. People should never lorVsl
that old trees don't bear transplantinI
well. Do nothing too fashly, Reverse
the ptoycrb, ITS best to be oil with The
old love before you are on with the new.
Rather stick, partially, at least, to Inc Old
lie, I'LL you arc firmly rooted 10 the new
Many people sutIer from chronic indi
gestion, from the mere fact oil having lrsl
and foremost produced the dyspepsia By
everlasting tho stomach, or BY other or,
rors In diet, they give It no rest; they
keep on worrying 1t to get we'll; the Very
medicines they keep pouring into Il keet
up the irritation in probably five cases oul
oil ten. In these cases ! am convinced
that two or three hours complete rest "a
the stomach every day from both meal
and medicine would soon induce healthy
hunger. Those who lave this organ In
good working order would do well TO re.
member that tho time when every particle
OF food has left the stomach Is NOT the lime
10 put more In. An hours rest al least d
needed, and II you give It this before 0ach
meal, II will be willing servant, and NH
never think Of suggesting the proprielv n
sherry aud bitters before you sit down
to dinner; and remember, a willing ser.
want makes good master, aud good
tempered one to boot.
The kidneys are extremely hArd.work.
ing, and, as a rule, healthy organs, but are
often out OF order when We little Wot OF
1t. They are longsufIering organs, and
are not like the liver or stomach they
don't call out when first hurt, But they
too need their periods Of rest, and undue
stimulation Is sometimes productive Of the
most dire and fatal results. Beer and al.
cohOl might be called direct stlmulanis To
the kidney; abstinence from these in
people who have been used to them will
often give this organ rest, and time 10 get
over ailments tritling In themselves. INT
which II not cured might lead slowly on.
ward 10 death. Job, but | must have my
beer" heard Mr.. G. saw last SIMMER
he was suffering from very slight al.
tack OF diabetes. He had his beer, and
never recovered.
The liver Is another organ which often
has to complain for want OF rest. Il ia
greatly over.stimulAted by Overlooking
the stomach with more food than can he
easily digested, by irregularity In diet.
but above all by the abuse OF lernentei
drinks. These alone are capable OF pro.
duclnR illness which, Il not Immediately
fatal, make life burden-a weary chain
that the patient has to drag out, Like every
other organ OF the body, the liver must
have rest, and you can give It that rest by
cultiVating habits Of abstemiousness and
temperance-rest,b but rest with periods If
activity regularly intervening. Some peo.
pie have naturally sluggish liyers, and
must take medicine Objectionable snrh a" a
blue pill at night and seidlitz In de morn
luRi but Tor those whose liVen are ordi.
narily pretty active, there Is no fiIlip TO
theliver equal TO brisk walk-not mere
saunter along, but a walk that shall
quicken the breathing, and cause the
diaphragm TO gently compress tho
organ between II and the abdominal
veScerA.
A liver that does not get regular rest
gels In time changed In structure. In The
great detriment Of the health oil its owner !:
1t Is also rendered more liable 10 diseases
Of more active and fatal kind, for the
simple reason that II Is weakened organ.
The same may be said about the heart.
How many times and oft does the disco.
tors knife reveal changes OF structure in
this organ, which regular rest alternating
with periods Of activity during lie might
have prevented Too much hard bodily
work, too much athletic exercise, constant
worry OF mind, grief and care and sorrow
all these act detrimentally upon the
heart, and shorten, II they do not speedily
take life. The cure is obvious; avoidance
Of the cause, u you can, and rest when.
ever possible. UnreQuitted love, or loss
Of the loved one from whatever cause,
come will tell you never kills, but could
adduce more than one case 10 prove Il
may lead to death. A grief like this h
hard TO bear; there Is bnt one cure
change Of scene and work, the work being
in this case actual rest for the strained
heart.
The brain is frequently tho hardest
worked organ in the body, and frequent.
", too, II Is Just the one TO which rest Is
denied. Brain workers form very large
portion Of the community, II We include
in the list, rs ! think We ought 10, not
only writers, students and deep thinkers,
but business men as wGll-men In city
lie, whose minds are on the rack from
morning till night, and probably nearly
every day oil the year round. II Is alb
surd for such "a these to think that they
can keep on forever without some regular.
" recurring periods Of rest and relaxa.
ton; but some men do think 30. They
are mad on the point, or strangely obtuse.
Others, again, think they can keep on till
they are Just within q step or two OF the
inevitable breakup. They may, how.
ever, go Just q step further than they In.
tended, and either 60 out like the snuff OF
u candle, or walk this earth, till they die,
with ruined constitutions. But there Is
another class Of brain workers who make
4 far more grave error, namely, those who
use stlmulAnts to increase their brain.
power and get still moro work out oil
themselves. From the ranks Of these men
unatic asylums are recruited.
Now for case OF debility and illness,
with lowness Of spirits, ETC., and the loss
OF power oil lookinHat everything In the
brightest light, there Ii only one cure, and
that Is rest, But what kind Of rCstP De.
fore you can get brain.worker 10 give up
thinking about the work that has made
him III, you must give him some other
employment, aud one, too, that no will
take an interest In. Every one must
choose for himself what that will be,
whether shooting, fishing, or a walking or
boating tour. A month Of either Of these
will work wonders that;particular portion
Of the brain which has been oyer.worked
10 WEAKNESS and weakness will have rest,
and the tissues will DO repaired, and at
the end OF the holiday not only will men.
tai vigor DO restored, but the health OF the
body generally will 10 vastly improved.
There are cases In which, though the
giving way to excuses OF various kinds,
Including intemperance In eating and
drinking, thGsuifereB feel what they often
describe as altogether out Of sorts"
There isn't, perhaps, an organ In tho body
that Is not crippled more or loss, aud the
mind too seems to partake oil q share Of