The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-13
WHERE TIE SEAL BARKS.

One Hundred Thousand Caught Annually
ON Two Of Our Alaskan Islands.
From tho Chicago times.
w. Beach Taylor, d representative Of the
republic in Alaska in the c6pacity of spec
ial agent of the United States treasury de-
partment, arrived III the city yesterday,
direct from that boreal region. The
gentleman has been serving the govern
msnt, in company with three other repre-
sentatives, with headquarters at what is
known as the "Seal Islands, 'but which are
designated on the maps as St. George and
st. Paul Islands, in the Behring sea.
These sea- -girted isles, although lying near
ly two hundred miles west Of the main
land of Alaska prorsr,. ate included in the
purchase made of the Russian government
nearly twenty years ago. These islands,
as described by Mr.. Taylor, are apparently
Of volcanic origin, rising pre-.
cautiously out of the ocean, but
in fact, series of vibrations. Mental en-
ergy doubtless takes the same form Of de-
velopment: If disturbing element is
introduced by the obtrusion of some in
the business in hand. the mind makes q
discord. confusion enstes, and for the time
being, harmonious action ceases. Work.
ing under these conditions in obedience to
tho will, the mental organism sustains in
jury which must be great, and may be last
ing. The function of the warning sense
is suspended; the reserve is no longer q
stock in allegiance, and it ceases to give
stability to the mind; the rymthm of the
mental forces is interrupted; crash is
always impending, and too often sudden
collapse occurs. The point to be made
clear is this; cverwork is barely possible,
and seldom, If ever, happens, while the
mind is acting in the way prescribed by
its constitution and in the normal modes
of mental exercise. The moment. how
ever, the natural rhythm of work is broken
and discord ensues the mind is like an en-
CINE with the safety valve locked, the
steam gauge falsifed, tho governing appar-
atus out of gear; q break down may occur
at any instant. The state pictured is one
Of worry, and the besetting peril is not de-
picted in two lurid colors. The victim of
worry is ever on the verge of catastrophe; !;
if,he escape. the marvel is not at his strength
of intellect so much as his good fortune.
Worry is disorder, however induced, and
disorderly work is abhored by the laws of
nature, which leave it wholly without reme-
dy. The energy employed in industry car
ried on under this condition is lavished in
pIOuuC1uS 6ulul1 1csulG, uuu 6p6cully cA"
hausted. The reserve comes into play very
early in the task, and the faculty of recup-
Grafton is speedily arrested. Sometimes
loss of appetite announces the ces-
satlon of nutrition: otherwise
the sense of hunger, present in the sys'
tenn, is for time preternatara]ly acute, and
marks the fact that the demand is OCCASION
ed by loss Of power to appropriate, instead
Of any diminution of supply. The effort
to work becomes daily more laborious, the
task of fixing the attention grows increasing
ly difficult, thoughts wander, memory fails,
the reasoning power is enfeebled; prejudice
the shade of defunct emotion or some past
persuasion-takes the place of Judgment;
physical nerve or brain disturbance may
supervene, and the crash will then come
suddenly, unexpected by onlookers, per-
haps unperceived by the sufferer himself.
This is the history Of worry" or disorder
produced by mental disquietude and dis
traction, occasionally by physical disease.