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fail in securing any permanent good, as
the violation OF natural law always fails to
bring the GOOD so eagerly saupht..

fali IN securing any permanent g0Ou, as
the violation OF natural law always fails to
bring the good 50 eagerly saught..
No purpose or pursuit in llie, however
worthy in itself. can receive any real ac-
eession from us, BY our trespassing upon
natures laws, in order to arrive at the
desired end, by short cuts and cunning
manoeuvres. Natures teachings are plain
and practical when rightly Interpreted,
but they will not admit of insult or viola
ton without evoking penalty upon the
culprlt, commensurate with the offense.
If we inquire into the systems Of train
ing to which the young are subjected at
the present day, and inspect the home
and social influences which prevail
throughout the civilized world, We shall
be confronted by the absurd exhibition Of
world in the pursuit Of knowledge and
glory by ignoring and trampling under
foot higher kr ,wledge and more enduring
glory. In our eagerness to gain renOwn
and the applause of men, or, perhaps,
allured by the insldious beckonlngs of
luxury and sensual indulgence, or fasci-
mated by the gid and glitter of fashionable
life, the plain and practical teachings Of
nature are unheeded, and thus is laid the
foundation OF physical degeneracy. and
physical degeneracy will, sooner or later,
end in mental debility or alienation. The
chances are that bad physical constitu-
ton will be accompanied by more or
less inferior mental capacity, and good
physique have, as an outgrowth, vigor-
GUS and well balanced mind. For this
reason 1t is Of the highest importance that
the physical training of the young be
scrupulously attended to, at whatever
cost. lflearning and fame be the chiet
objects Of life, as some modern ideas Of
education seem to intimate, then the most
solid learning and the most enduring
fame will be reached by developing the
mind in harmony with the physical laws,
which undcrly its existence and regulate
its growth and maintain its healthy ac-
tivity. BY insuring to the brain an
abundant supply Of pure nutritious blood,
and ..iavoring the elimination from 1t OF
waste and poisonous materials, giving it a
due amount of recreation and rep0se, is
to place it in the most favorable condi-
tion forlts own development, and hastens
the evolution of those forces known as
the intellectual and ethical.
As every other organ of the body re-
quires the exercise Of its peculiar func-
ton before that function attains its legit-
innate power, so the brain is no exception
to this law, but for the production of its
function, of perceivlng, rejecting. con-
ceiving and Judging, requires healthy ex-
ercise, according 10 certain specific rules.
Giving it this exercise, according to its
own laws and requirements, constitutes,
or should constitute, education. 1t is, to
all intents and purposes, the only true,
because the only natural system Of edu-
cation. Poring over books in an illven-
tilated, Improperly constructed, and hor
ribly furnished room, from morning till
night. does not constitute education.
Neither does cramming the mind with
history, mathematics, or the languages,
perchance by the light of the midnight
lamp, make one an educated man. He
may be full Of knowledge to the over.
flowing but the chances are that he will
have very little wisdom. lfin our ambi.
tion to gain knowledge or fame, we ne.
glect the laws Of our physical develop
ment, our knowledge will be a token Of
our folly, and our fame as short lived as
our wisdom.
To him whose physical development
has been uniform and symmetrical, so
that each organ is capable of healthfully
performing its specific function there is
no limit to the possibilities OF future at
tainments and usefulness. But the
emaciated and feeble invalid, with not O
sound organ in his body, and whose
wretched existence is crowded with aches
and pains, of what use is his eagerly
sought knowledge to him or TO his fellow
men2 His current value is about equiv
olent to fifty dollar encyclopaedia, and
hardly q just equivalent, considering the
non-expensiveness and indefinite dura.
ton OF the encyclopaedia. IT men and
women will persist in neglecting the laws
Of nature and bring upon themselves
swift destruction" we have nothing ia
say beyond an imperfect attempt to de
fine what seems to us, better way. But
for the children of the land, who are in q
measure helpless, and irresponsible; we
offer a protest against the unnatural
methods by which they are trained. II
the generation of men and women vii
not stop its mad career, after wealth,
power and fame, and consider the impet
uous leaps 1t is making toward physica
bankruptcy and intellectual poverty, may
it, at least, listen to q plea in behalf Of
the generation Of children. In Americt
at least, nervous disorders OF functiona
character, are on the increase TO such al
alarming extent as to call forth from on,
of the most original investigators in thi
special department, work on "Ameri
can Nervousness. The author of thi
treatise lays special stress on the pecu
liarilies of American civilization as OIL
important factor in the construction o
physical degeneracy. Its characteristic
hurry and excitement, the impetuou
rush alter the almighty dollar" it
endless worries and disappOintments, ow
ing to the free competition in social ant
political life, the faulty educational sys
TENS in vogue, and last, but not least, tn
high pressure rate at which Fashionable
life is moving all classes and all ages
causes such as these combined to keep Vi
such constant strain and excitement O
the nervous system as to exhaust beyon
the power Of the vital forces to recupel
ate, while VIC may not wholly stay th
disastrous course modern life is taking
and, perhaps, have little influence owe
the opinions and customs of the preseu