Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-09-10
HEALTH.
Happiness Depending Almost Entirely on
Condition of Body and Mind.

Happiness Depending Almost Entirely on
Condition OF BODY and Mind.
According to our views OF life, health
is the most desirable thing that appor.
taiDs to this present lie We 20 be-
lieye because man was created to
enjoy himself. and please his Creator.
II this were not so we should be
obliged to charge Deity with impcrfec.
tion, in that He had no settled object IN
the creation Of man. Mans mental
and physical constitutions in connec.
ton with the vast creations around
him, their power To give happiness &c
man. Is In proof that man was created
for his own pleasure on earth, as well
as for the pleasure of his Creator.
Now rs happiness in Ii depends al.
most entirely on the health of the body
and mind, IL behooves us TO inquire
what are the peculiar conditions which
will best promote physical and mental
health Physical health depends on
vaiious circumstances, rs the fool we
eat, as to its quality and quantity; the
exposure we endure as to heat and
cold; the exposure to miasmata, or tc
the spores OF vegetable or animal life
which lodge In the mucus membranes,
are taken into the circulation and mul.
I tiply to such an extent as to endangeT
and often destroy life. II when
young the stomach is given double
the work that it is able to do, II is plain
that funct onal arrangement must en-.
sue, and If persisted ln. disease, dis
organization and death must follow.
| II we expose ourselves to the miasmat
/ ic eXhalat ons Of swamps and sluggish
/ streams we are pretty sure 10 suffer the
pains of fever and ague remittcnt OF
| TYPHOID fcvcrs II we imprudently cx.
pose ourselves TO intense cold or wei
too long, we are in danger of acute in.
| Examinations in those organs most eX.
posed or from weakness the most liable
| To take on disease. IL is through the
| careful study of the eau e. and effects
I as applicable to the human OrganiLa.
! { on that knowledge is TO be acquired
| which can b. male available in the
preservation OF health. The action oi
] foreign bodies ON the system taken
| into the stomach must be stud ed with
care, and this through anatomy and
I
/ The original intention of tho Creator, as
related to the functions and powers oil
/ the body, must be studied in connection
with those things both physical and
mental which produce an effect on them.
| The experience Of ages condensed in
[ book form, and our own critical obser-
vatiOns added thereto, are what we have
/ to depend on as guide in tho cduca'
/ ton Of each and every organ OF the
/ whole system.
The nice point in this education is in
giving Just enough of Legitimate food
| To each organ. so that the aggro-
gated whole shall be In harmony with
D itself and all its surroundings. II the
. thing Is oyer-done bad results show
I themselves, rs for instance. If we teach
/ alimentiveness TO gobble all within
reach, dyspepsia or Inflammation WI
follow attended with suffering ac-
Z quisiliyenc,s Is falsely educated, the
person is little, stingy and Is very apt
TO be- tempted TO t.elt or other crime to
crafty It's greed for god If yeneration
/ I, over educated, the person neglects
h's businos squandcrs his money be-
comes deranged. and often sucI es-
]
Every organ OF the brain Is liable to be
falsely educated, as well rs TO la
wrongfully nc elected In eitior case
difficulty comes-ellects follow that cur
tail more or less the happiness Of the
: person. and hence il is evident. that 10
make the most perfect man requires q
harmonious education of the whole.
We are too apt TO go 10 extremes. 50
much so that many Of the faculties are
sadly neglected.
As sample take the profession oI
law. The lawyer Is educated TO make
the worse appear the better cause. lie
Is taught that next TO his own financial
interests are the interests ot his clients.
A murderer arraigncd for trial is bound
to be cleared il the lawyer can do IT, II
matters not what the means used;
though his lawyer knows that his clieut
| Is guilty vet he uses al his iinosse, all
biz duplicity, all the false logic he can
command 10 turn the gully one loose,
10 again imbruc his hands IN blood.
And this exclusive and specific educa-
ton OF LAWYERS Is what ha cursed this
country with unholy laws and forged
chains for d people. IL is almost self
evident that mans happiness individu.
ally and collectively hinges on the KIND
and degree Of education given and
whether It be confined TO few organs,
or evenly and appropriately distributed
10 all. Mothers, please do not try Ia
make precOc.Ous intellects or b educate
any given group OF organs TO the eN'
clu ion Of the rest Give general dif
fused and rational education 10 all the
organs Of mind and you will have done
a great favor 10 the child and a duty IA
yourself and the world. -K n. SioSsOH
| ia Wcsfcru KHyaI