Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-09-28
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Parchasable Health

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II Is often said, when a rich man dies,
that all the money in the world cannot
purchase the prolongation OF life IT .
ofteo said, too, when rich mans health
breaks down, that money will purchase
heaiih. A general propositions. howev-
er. both these statements are ansound.
When expended at the right time and in
the night way, money viii purchase health
and the prolOngaiion Of lite. Money viii
not purchase peaches out Of season. but
money will purchase peaches when they
are In market. Money will not purchase
health out Of season, but health Is to be
had for money, under the proper conoi-
tons. When a machine is actually worn-
out. IL is beyond the reach OF repairs
Nothing will do but complete renewal,
So. when a man is WORKOUT. money VIII
not renew him, but there are always times
in his life when, by the proper expendi-
ture of money and Of time. which 1t Isl
equivalent, he can buy health and The pro-
longation Of life.
There are thousands Of men IN New
York city, and in every great city, VINO
are perfrcfly aware that they are bank
rr,ptino themselves in health-that they
are selling their health for money Inc
time will surely come. at last, when theyI
will he willing to pay all this money back
Tor the health they have parted with, but
IL will be too late The object OF this ar
ticle is to induce these men, if possible, vi
buy health while it is in the market, and
not 10 sell it under any consideration
Col. Thomas Scott carried his burden sol
long that the four millions he had won had|
no power to bring back the health he had
parted with: but there were undoubtedly
times in his life when, by the proper ex,
penditure Of money and Of time. he could
have bought health enough to last him Al
brace OF decades longer. and to enable MN
10 double the number of his millions ior
his heirs. A man crowds his powers
through a series Of years of excessive Ia
Dor, and, some day. he drops with paraiy
sis. and from that day forward he becomes
n powerless child, to he led kindly and
carefully to the grave. The increase OIL
his disease is undoubtedly the result OIL
the increase of unwisely conducted labor
Money can do nothing for it when 1t be
falls q man, but it can do everything to|
prevent il. Nervous prostration" has
become too familiar phrase in these lat
ter wears. Money cannot restore shat
tered nervous system. but. properly ex
pended. at proper time. it will prevent
il, which is a great deal better.
There are two plans of life. by either
of which money will buy health and pro
long a comfortable existence. The first
is, the setting aside Of part OF every
day for recreation. So far rs this can bel
done, it ought TO be done, but there seem|
TO be some peculiaritics in our American|
lie that forbid it. Competition in bust
ness Is cruelty sharp. and most men ieel|
obliged TO devote themselves to it, when
they are in It at all, from morning till
night. The sleeping hours are the only|
ones which give them release from activeI
care. Now business followed in this wayI
from wears end to years end, is just as|
certain to ruin health and shorten life. asl
the recurrence of seed time and haryc ST
$ sure. The alternative Of daily recrea-
ton Is q yearly period Of rest. There areI
always slack seasons in business, and
these every business man should avail
himself of, for rest aud recreation. 1t isl
in these seasons that there is health in the|
market, to be bought for money. Two|
weeks of leisure are not enough for a mani
who works like dog all the rest of the|
year Two months are never too much.
and there is not slave of WALL
street who would not only win health andI
save life by taking these two months oil
leisure every year. and enjoying them,
but he would. in the end make money by|
il he wins that for which he will some
time be willing to give money, when|
money will not buy it. When mani
gives health for money. he makes the|
poorest investment of his life. When he|
gives money for health. he makes. FROM
every worldly point of view. the best.
There Is a Authorization. cherished by al
great multitude. that they must be con
stantly in their own business. or it possibly
cannot 60 on prosperously. Some OF
these men are so unfortunately organized
that they cannot believe that anybody liv-
ing can do their work as well rs they can|
do IL. 1t takes an enormous self-conceit|
to come TO such conclusion as this. and
there Is great misfortune in it. OF
course. these men are never able to leavel
their work for n moment in other hands j
and so they become the bond slaves of
their own mistake. Now there is nothing
in which great business man shows hisI
greatness 50 signally as in his ability tot
find men 10 do his work-to find com i
petent instruments TO execute his pur
poses. The greatest business man is al i
ways man OF comparative leisure. His
own work is AWAY deliberately done. III
is, as n rule, the small man who never
gets n moment and who never can find al
pair of hands rs good rs his own. If Al
man cannot leave his business. or thinks
he cannot. he shows that he lacks the|
highest grade of business capacity.
The leisure of Newport and Long
Branch and Saratoga. with its social ex \
elements and attractions. is not that GER
tainly which buys health in the cheapest
market. Stiffness. rest. freedom OF action|
and Of dress in the open air, distancel
from the marts of tradc--these pay best i
and when these are properly and regularly
enjoyed the money that they cost buys
health and the prolongation OF life.
Health and a reasonably long life can. asl
n rule be bought by time and money. in
men will take them in their season. Mon
ey avails nothing TO a WORKOUT man. butt
TO man slowly wearing out it avails
everything. when properly used. Time
and money will buy health. Let every
business man mark our words and avail
himself Of the merchandise when it is in
market Topics Of the Tine.