Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-23
WORRY NOT WORK, KILLS.

Col. George Chesncy, in the Fort
nightly Reriew, says over.worls, is i'm.
possible so long as the effort made is
natural. When energy, Of any kind,
takes morbid form of action, some
force outside itself must be reacting
upon it ipjuriously and the seat of tho
injury, so far as the sinister influence
on energy is concerned, will be found
in close proximity TO the sensation
which under normal conditions guards
the reserve
The use of stimulants in aid OF work
is, perhaps, one of the commonest
forms of collateral influence suspend.
ing the warning sense of exhaustion.
When the laborious worker, overcome
with fatigue, "rouses" himself with
alcohol, coffee, tea, or any other
agent which may chance TO suit him,
be does not add unit of force to his
stock Of energy; he simply narcotics
the sense Of weariness, and, the guard
being drugged, he appropriates the re.
serve, In like manner, when the
dreamer and night.watcher worn out
by sleepiness, employs opium, chloral,
or some other poison, to produce the
somblanco Of reposc, he stupefes the
consciousness of unrest, but, except in
cases where il is only a habit Of sleep.
lossness which has been contracted, |
and, being interrupted, may be broken |
by temporary recourse to perilous |
artifce, tho condition is unrelieved |
Not uuirequently the warning sense is |
sthed by tho very intensity of the /.
motive power or impulse. Ambition,
zeal, love, sometimes fear, will carry a |
man beyond the bounds set by nature |
No matter what suspends the functions
Of the guard set at the threshold of
the reserve, if the residual stock is
touched, two consequences ensue-
waste and depreciation. 1t is import.
ant to recognize both of these evils.
The former is generally perceived, the
latter is commonly overlooked, The
reserve, MS we have seen, plays a
double part in the economy it is a
stock in abeyanco, and it is the base
OF every present act. Without a ro-
serve of mental energy tho mind can
no more continue tho hoalthiul eXer.
else of its functions, than q habby mus.
Gle without teuacity can respond to the
stimulus of strong violation, and lift a
heavy weight or strike q heavy blow.
The cause, or condition, which most
commonly exposes the reserve of
mental energy to loss and injury is
CoTg The tone and strength of mind
are seriously impaired by its wearing
and, if it continue long
enough, they will be destroyed. 1t sets
the organism of thought and feeling
vibrating with emotions which are not
consonant with the natural liberation
of energy in work. The whole ma.
chinery is thrown out Of gear, and eX-
orcise, which would otherwise be pleas
urable and innocuous, becomes painful
and even destructive # is easy to
see how this must be. The longest
note in music, the most steady and
persistent ray Of light--to use an
old.iashloned expresslon-tho tonic
contraction, are all, VIC know,
produced by g rapid succession of mi.
mute motive impulses or acts, like the
explosion and discharge of electricity
from alternately connected and sepa.
rated points in a circuit in fact, a
series of vibrations. Mental energy p,
doubtless takes the same form of dc.
If a disturbing clement is
by the obtrusion of some ,
source of anxiety, or if,
out of the business in hand, the mind
makes a discord, confusion onsues, and
for tho time being harmonious action
ceases. Working under these condi.
lions in obedience to the will, the mon
tai organism sustains injury which ;
must be great, and be lasting. The ,
function Of the warning sense is sus.
pended the reserve is no longer q
stock in allegiance, and it ceases to give :
to the mind tho rhythm Of
.he mental forces is interrupted o !
crash is always impending, and, too
often, sudden collapse occurs.--N, Y ,
Observer.