The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-25
4 MOTHERS ADVICE.


In All Your Plans. Don't NegIeet % E1on
for Health.
My boy, you with the bright eye and
springing step. and the slightest shadow
on your upper lip, great plans for the
future are forming in that active BRAIN
You are going to do grand things when
you are : man. Whatever vocation you
have chosen, you intend to be success
full in it. And that il right. But, IN
all your calculations. have you planned
to have good health? You look Is Il
you thought that foolish question, but
] mean il. You have not planned 70
lose time by sickness, but have you
thought how you may avoid it? You
supposed sickness was inevitable, and
that we had TO put up with it when n
came? Oh, no; the most Of sickness
might be prevented. Il we would take
the trouble 70 learn the causes and
avoid them.
1 presume you have not read 6m
James Paget's statistics, where be
shows that in England and Wales -
much labor b lost each year, by illness
Of laborers, - 10000 900 Of people
could do in week, and that would be
ABOUT what 400, 900 could do in : year,
and that does not count the cripples,
chronic invalids or professional people,
or those who live on their incomes.
Buck says, in his Hygiene, that 100, 0Oo
people die every year in the United
States from preventable diseases, and
that 150, 900 are constantly sick from
the same causes. Notice he says pre-
rcntable. Now are you going 70 be one
of that number? You will not want 70
be laid aside with suffering in the midst
Of your grandest schemes. What will
i cost you 70 have good healthe VIII
| IL compensate for the troubleP
Let us count the cost Of keeping
well. First, you will have to give up
that dainty cigarette which you are
twirling 50 gracefully in your fingers,
for i will weaken your nerves, impair
your digestion. dull your brain. Affect
your eyes. throat, lungs and heart and
waste your money. You viii have q
avoid all use Of wine, beer and alcoholics
drinks. for science has proven thaS
even the moderate drinker is degener-
ating physically. and can not endure
accident, exposure or severe exer-
ton as can the temperate man. You
will have to seek your bed at an early
hour. when others are beginning their
rounds Of gaycty, and rise when they are
sinking 70 slumbcr. You will have to
avoid the luxurious fare Of the epicure.
and live on the simple food Of the
philosopher. You will have to study
the laws Of your body and obey them
at whatever sacrifice. Il will require
moral courage, but II you've the true
manliness, the grit to pcrsevere in
spite Of ridicule. your turn to laugh
will come, when you, IN vigorousy
useful maturity, look upon your
friends who flung health away in the
service Of pleasure, and see them
writhing in pain. or silent in the grave.
Your vitality is like sum OF money
put into the bank. at your birth. at
compound interest You can squander
II in youth, and enter manhood IN
physical bankruptcy; or you can use e
judiciously, increase il and begin
active life with q capital Of vigor that
will be the most important factor In
your success. In AL your plans, don't
neglect to plan for ealth.--Mdry 4.
Alien, ~ d., IN ConQreQGtionalisl.