Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-11
faded Heads.

The school Of popular moranty
which ruled q generation ago Is ts-
sDonsible for no little mischief; anu Us
teachings have not yet quite gone out
of fashion. 1t knew but one virtue
unceasing application to workor STUDY
bnf one sin-the neglect OF business for
recreation. For a man to stop work to
rest himself or TO play was q symptom
of inherent laziness, or, worse, an in
clination toward moral, mental or
physical dissipation. Untiring indus
ry, even when unnecessary, was raised
to the topmost pinnacle of social vir-
tue; and to say that 8 man died In
the harness" was to pronounce the
highest eulogium.
A reaction has taken place; yet the
fashion of OVERRIDING still compels
many s man to toll on unnecessarily
after the physical and mental strain
has become all but unbearable; and too
often. bY the time a man has trained
Young family to life conditions which
only q large income can sustain, he
breaks down and leaves his children 70
bear the brunt Of poverty made ten
fold more severe than 1t otherwise
would be by the daintiness OF their
previous living. And even when the
broken-doWn merchant or professional
man leaves his family a competence,
they are very apt to inherit an ill-bal-
anced and ill-nourished nervous system,
which makes q positive and sustained
enjoyment of life an impossibility.
In q recent lecture In this city, DR..
C. R. Agnew said that if there is more
nervous disease In this country than
elsewhere, it is because the average
American youth is supposed to be able
to do anything. Men should know on
what points they are ignorant, and so
escape many damaging strains. Mem
tai application does not weaken the
brain. It strengthens it, if not carried
to the length at which wholesome food
and plenty of sleep fail to refresh it.
Never In any age, said DR.. Agnew In
another connection, have mans facul-
ties been so taxed as now; and the
great problem is for each man to do
bis share of the worlds work and keep
well. The civilization of to-day does
not call for any faculties that a man
does not possess; but it calls upon him
to use in the best manner the faculties
he has and learn how to bear the strain
Of living.
One of the first and most imperative
symptoms that the strain of living is
becoming too great is the jaded head,
which DR.. Agnew described as one
that cannot be depended upon for 3
long stretch Of work, that grows weary
prematurely, that has to be coaxed
from the pillow in the morning, and
that does not force the work of the
day cheerfully. ''There are more OF
such heads than might be supposed.
They are found in every rank of life;
but chiefly among persons of sedentary
pursuits, and among both sexes, and
almost all ages above fourteen. Cen
orally the early symptoms of the mall
adv is discomfort during headwork in
the back of the head and in the upper
part of the spinal region. He is a
happy man who meets this symptom
with rest. and seeks in sunlight and
fresh air some fresh investments for
his nervous system, and drops every
habit that does not do him positive
good. If he takes to artificial stim-
1lants for relief, he will begin ca
reer which, soon or later, viii place
him among the incurables, or bring
him to an untimely end. Alcohol and
all sleep-producing drugs are danger
GUS In the highest degree; for they
mask the malady, without curing it.
No organ in the human body is so
abused as the brain, and no organ is
so well fitted for daily use. Still, the
brain is not so susceptible to disease
as some suppose. 1t was probable
there was not man present who had
not during the day abused his brain by
OYerWork, anger, tobacco, alcohol,
fuss, hurry, too little sleep, too much
sleep, by Incidence, by not studying to
be quiet, by not doing his own bust
ness, by attempting to do something
beyond his reach, by attempting to do
something for which he had not been
sufficiently educated, by carrying an
evil conscience, or by the unmanly
strain of trying to outdo his neighbor.
The remedy Of the jaded head is the
giving up of all habits which cannot
be defended by the highest kind of
reasoning; the careful determining of
each man of his ability to stand work;
the avoidance of doing anything for
which a man has no adequate educa-
ton; rest, recreation, and the keeping
up of the tissue-building powers by
wholesome food. Scientific Anlert-
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