Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-02
WHY SUCH HURRY AND WORRY =!
BY PAX

BY Pan.
Here comes a man painting like tired
mastiii, and sweating like an ice-tilled water
cooler. His face is flushed and all the func-
tions of the human frame seem to be doing
double work-especially the heart. You
can almost hear the little overworked organ
beating the minor drum-taps of life's funeral
march Why this wear and tear-thls haste
and waste of human life? Just Dy delaying
live minutes later than need Ue to start to
the train. The man kept at his work and
gave himself just half time to catch the
train, and stepping aboard as the cars moved
oifbe threw himself in !. seat, exhausted,
and congratulated himself that he had made
time bv hurry. But this is 4 mistake. He
had lost time. Such haste is waste.
Tie world is in hurry. Men and wom-
eu are rushing on in reckless haste, as it
some final catastrophe impended or hasten
ed to over;ake them. And it is so. \ cat
astrophe is right at their heels. Such reck-
less, needless haste is weakening the physi-
cal powers, aud the end of life IS at hand.
This is the catastrophe that undue haste Is
hurrying on.
Yes, the world is il a hurry. Men have
all the time there Is, but that il not half
enough for the demands of the inordlnate
ambitions for wealth and fame and pleasure
that possess and stir the worlds impatient
soul. Men are running with hot axles, and
many stop has to be made before the COW
eted station in life is reached. Some arrive
long after schedule time, in crippled condl-
tion, and some have to stop far short OF
where they wanted to go. Fast running
makes hot axles. Undue haste is delay and
waste.
Some men have dozen irons III tue fire
when they haven't time, talents. health,
brains and powers of endurance enough to
attend to one. The result is hurry, worry,
haste, waste, premature collapse and sud-
den ruin. Every day the papers chronicle
the sudden and unexpected deaths OF men
and women whose lives have been cut short
by hurry and worry.
The Good Book admonishes all men TO
take care of the heart morally. So should
the poor little overworked physical heart re-
ceive careful, constant and tender attention.
Not one person in a Thousand has the slight
est conception of the tremendous amount of
work the heart has to perform. A writer
in the Edinburg Rerieac gives us some idea
of the action of the heart.
He speaks rs follows. Stop Il moment in
liGe's mad race and hear him:
"As with each stroke the heart projects
something like six ounces of blood into the
ccnl,uits uf the system, and rs it does 50
some 20 times every minute and 4 200 times
AZ hour. this implies that il does the same
thing 100 500 times in "a hours, 80 900. 900
times III IL wear and more than ,, 800 ,OOO, 900
times IN IL life OF 70 years. The mechauical
force ii,a. Is cxe:tett AT each ':oke amounts
10 = i,rr>sttl.: al is pounds upon the entlre
cn..r.e OF STOOD IAac has TO be pressed on
ward through the branching network Of
vessels According 10 the lowest estimate
that ha, ;ven made this gives an exerticn
"t force that would be adequate, in another
form CT application, to lift l20 tons one foot
high every n hours. Yet the piece of liv-
iur mechanism that is called upon TO do
this. 3:ui 10 it without Il pause for three
score wears and ten without being itself
worn out By the effort is n small bundle Of
flesh thai rare Y weighs more than eleven
ounces. ii Is il the nature of the case, also,
i. must nc rerne.n be:ed, that this little vital
machine c.:n3c, be al any time stopped for
repair. If. gets out Of order it must be set
right as IL runs. To stop the beating of
the heaIt iu- more than the briefest inter-
val would be to change life into death.
Tho narrative Of what medical science
has done TO penetrate into the secrets
of this delicate force-pump, so jealously
guarded from the intrusion of the eye that
it canlut even he looked into until its
action has ceased. is, nevertheless, a long
history Of wonders. By means OF the spyg-
mograp--a writing style attached TO the
wrist By 4 system of levers and springs
the pulse is made to record actual auto
graphs cf cardiac and vascular deranSe-
ment."
Let us not increase this arrangement by
needless hurry and worry. Take time.
Avoid haste and impatience. Let this and
that business man shoot ahead if he wants
to crowd steam You will overtake him
and pass him when he is compelled 10 stop
and ccol the hot axle. Let him crowd
steam and pass you. You 60 on and take
the regular heart-beats; not sothful in
business, but with healthful diligence, you
will ovcrtake hin, with his wrecked boiler,
in the mid-voyage Of life, and pass him and
live longer to enjoy the fruits of wise,
prudent and patient industry.
Take time; start in time; don't worry.
Let patience have her perfect work Put
on the brakes; make haste SLOWLY, and
have pity on the poor little iiutteTing,
worried over. worked heart