Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-30
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Work, iairly proportioned to the powers,
is good and healthy for the organism no
matter whether it be brain.work or body
work. The full exercise of the powers,
mental aud bodily, is desirable and i'm.
proves them SO long as the demand ia not
excessive. Bat when the powers are called
upon too freely, then danger looms ahead.
Bodily fatigue manifests itself in lassitude,
in unfi for exertiop, compelling rest
until the sense of vigor is once more ex-
perienced. Certainly, SO far 50 good. Bus
these sensations are not always attended to,
and too frequently are fought off by de-
termination, and sometimes by resort to
stimulants. Baron Justus Won Liebig wrote
thirty six years ago about the workman
who resorts to spirits in order to enable
him to complete his task: He draws,
SO to speak, bill on his health,
which must be always renewed, be-
cause for want of means he cannot
take it up; he consumes his capital
instead of his interest, and the result is the
inevitable bankruptcy of his body" The
system contains a reserve fund of energy
upon which we can draw in emergencies.
and this is known by the term "physiologi.
cal capital. The body income is paid in
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penditure is the daily outgoings. The ex.
cess OF income over expenditure is the
body capital. When the outgoings are less
than the incomings an accumulation of
capital takes place in the body bank Just
as is the case in the money bank, when
more is paid in than is taken out an accu.
mutation follows. The excess is termed the
balance. Now, when business firms re-
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ger of failure if any sudden and unforeseen
demand be made upon them. In fact, if
their balance be unequal to the demand they
may become bankrupt They usually meet
the demand by drawing bill payable
at a certain date. In the meantime
they set to work to provide the
means to meet the bill when it falls due.
If they succeed all is we'll. If their outgo-
ings just equal their incomings such accu-
mutation of means is impossible, and they
become bankrupt unless they succeed in
practically stsving off payment by meeting
the bill coming due By drawing another
Yet the debt remains, and bill drawing is
costly device which means absolute ruin
at no very distant period. But during all
this time there is the grave danger OF some
new demand, for which no similar scheme
Will Ut SdI I)TONluS, lot IDelT CTSulJ Is al
ready mortgaged up to the hIlt. Smash
then they must. Bankruptcy is the nat
ural end of trading upon fictitious capital.
Now, this Illustration will make clear to
the reader what is here meant about physi.
illogical bankruptcy. Il means the ex-
haustion OF the body capital and collapse
before some new demand. Daily we pay
into the body bank SO much, and
every day we draw out go much.
Some days the paying in is far in
excess of the withdrawal then we
feel energetic. Many persons SO circum-
stanced feel craving for something to do.
a walk, row in boat, game of tennis,
anything that will safely take away the
surplus energy, is acceptable. Animals
are just the same. After day or two in
the kennel the dog delights in long days
hunting. So with the horse. After day
or two in the stable he is fresh" as it is
termed, aad quite frolicsome when first
taken out. The cup is trimming over
On the other hand, man ard animal enjoy
alike a rest after severe and prolonged ex-
ertion. Bat when the horse must work
every day his owner feeds him up-Gives
him more stimulant food TINS however.
cannot go on forever The horse is 1t
last found unequal to his work the veter-
mary surgeon Is called in, who pronounces
him fused up" and prescribes course OF
"grass. That is, the horse has to have
long holiday, rest in the country, until
he is strong again, GOOD Words.