Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-02-18
A HOME CURE.
How Thought Can Danish Palma Com
nonsense Mind Cure.

How Thought Can BanIsh Palma Com
nonsense Mind Cure.
We do not mean the technical, ex-
pensive sort Of mind cures-not at all.
There is a variety ofmind cures which
every one OF us can use and ought 10
use very often, if not every day. The
mind exerted in the wayne mean has
done just as much good perhaps rs the
minds Of the doctors who operate upon
one for fee.
Who does not know frail, delicate
women who are working every day
harder than many Of their robust,
sound-limbed sisters do or feel able to
do? What gives them .he power TO
accomplish what, when one considers
their physical condition. seems impos-
sible? 1t is their stout determination
to do il. Their mind has to u certain
extent rcmedied the DEFICIENCIES Of their
bodies. And many a physician has tes-
titled that life has been prolonged and
a comparatively healthy state Of the
vital organs kept up in such cases.
when, If the weak but resolute worke;
had dropped her labor and taken 10 her
pillow, she would have suffered an iia-
mediate relapse.
II am SO glad" said a young
mother recently. "that when / was
SO miserably in three or four years
ago | did not give up the care Of my
family. My codgh was terrible, my
strength seemed all gone. For
months il was necessary for me to in
tcrrupt my work and 10 lie down al
most every ten minutes before could
90 on; but saw that my little chill lren
and my husband were going 10 suffer
intellectually If gave up, so | dra ggcd
myself every day through the co0%ing
and the sweeping and the menGing
They were wrctchcd times. but now
that I am stronger | can look back
and thank God that l kept Heart
through them.
IF had laid my work down and
got another woman in to work,
should have died or have been btdrid-
den for life. The poverty which ould
exact such a sacrifice As was mad by
this young mother was, indeed. pi iful,
but her conduct was noble in the eX-
treme. Would il not be a thou and
times better for many inyalids in i1V-
urious homes if they had also sdnc
strong motive for cXertion? Who ~.
doubt that there are far greater nu a.
ber injured yearly from failure TO ea-
gage in active pursuits than suffer froi-
over cxcrtion?
'Mr tooth ached terribly when
went 10 school,. said an enthusiasts
teacher recently. "But / never thought
Of it until the session was over. Then
il was paining me much worse than be-
fore. II Is "A frequent experience with
me that pains and aches vanish during
my busy hours, 70 return when 1 am AT
leisure."
Have you never noticed that when
you are III and the doctor or visitors
are admitted you have no III feelings
during their stay, though you may hgyo
had many before they came and many
laterg Their conversation engaged
your thoughts and your "nerye cen
ters' We're left 10 their own devices for
awhile. Aud how much worse our
mnladies always appear in the dark.
lonely hours Of che night. There Is
nothing 10 distract our minds from the
contemplation II Our inhrmities then,
and we are almost distracted with tho
disorders which we bore with equanim-
ity when our friends were about us.
In fact, i almost seems, when We
cOnfne ourselves 10 this phase Of the
subject, as II the theory Of Burke and
Hume was correct and as thOugh we
lived but in our minds.
Indeed, a stif viii can carry Us
through almost any emergency. By a
violent and determined devotion TO
work we may forget for awhile al
least almost any ordinary pain or trou-
reach Of every one Of rs. -Phi!adeiphia
call.