The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-04-07
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Lies Drawbacks.

The rich man of 1906 would generally
be thought to be only moderately we'll off
Wealth has grown with the
facilities for its production, land We noN
reckon by hundreds of thousands instead
of tens of thousands. But, with all this
increased capacity for toll and accumu-
lation, the human system remains just
where it was. The millionaire can eat
and drink no more on the average than
the poor sman. If -heetransgresses the
laws of digestion he suffers as much as
would the pauper. If machinery, and
railroads, and telegraphs have saved time
and the waste Of muscle, they have
greatly increased the wear and tear Of
nerves. We understand hygiene better
han cur ancestors, and 80 there are
fewer deaths from fevers and epidemics.
The average duration Of life has Increased
thereby. Yet by way of unpleasant
compensation, the mortality from brain,
heart and kidney troubles is growing,
and premature and often sudden death
is likely to be the fate of the enterprising
faansof business. Worry Kills and so,
MISREPRESENTATION. /, The latter was the
danger of the alow old times, while the
former is the haunting specter of to-day.
Safety lies in the calm middle way.
Comparatively few people have the
courage or the opportunity to decline fol-
lowing the multitude, even when they
know that the multitude is going wrong.
Yet no one has more than one life to live,
and be should use it to the best advan.
tage. A fair support, with intervals Of
rest, and o proper attention o.morals
and re6uements, is to be preferred to
wealth gained by the sacrifice of every
comfort, liable to be lost in the first
financial storm, and perhaps not gained
at all. Still the majority does not so
conclude. Everything goes with rush.
Even the Sunday leisure of former day
is often deemed wasteful, though We can
now do as much in six days as our fathers
did in thirty. Hardly any one is satis-
fed to move on calmly and regularly.
There has been no modification of natu
raj laws in behalf of the supported ex-
igencies of the period.
Suicide by overwork is as sure and
often as speedy as by dissipation. and
the most successful toilers, if they do not
actually die at once, are often unified
for the enjoyment of wealth before they
have gained it. There may be feyerish
enjoyment in speculation and rapid
acquisition, but there is none of the tran
quill happiness of moderation, and The
reaction when disaster comes is fearful.
- There is the same restlessnessin social
spheres as in financial. Almost every
one is striving and pushing, not with
commendable ambition only, but with
impetuous and se6sh energy. Of course
there are exceptions to the rule, but re
have not misrepresented the character
istics of the day. 1t may not be possible
to weigh the aggregate of happiness at
present existing with that of any earlier
period, for the growth of knowledge and
the increased prevalence of philanthropic
ideas should also be taken into account
Yet it may safely be affirmed that old
sources of misery not only exist, but
have beenjoined by new ones, and that a
multitude Of inventions has brought with
it multitude of anxieties.-Gncinnati
Gazette.