The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-03
AMERICANS A NERVOUS PEOPLE.
Causes which Account FOR such = Con-
dition Of ThIngs-Our Pleasures.

dition OF Things-Our Pleasures.
Disguise Il as We may, the conviction Is
forced UTCn Us that We arc n nervous pconle
There Cro many causes which may account
for this .Lc constant change Of circum-
stance, individual responsibility AMI irregII-
lar climate conditions are no doubt largely
responsible Tor this condition Of things. Be-
aides this, tho political atmosphere Of our
government IS constantly changing. In lands
where tho tyrant naJnts in purple, where
constitutions arc never altered or amended
where tho traliti0as Jequeathcd from sire 70
son dominate all aspirations for newer and
bt.rr n-l-r ur things. there IS not much op-
portoli.- t5~ The display Of any qualities ox-
cCrt tl-"e Ee-etive Curs that an the SPRINGS
IA r-. --i III - AID make mons spirit rest in
l-.a--t- !i..t Le-c, where every man, so to
speak o. '.v unto himself, where oil forms
arc c"-l .1l.iT changing, giving place TO tie
HcW- s..- where ALLEGIANCE to parties IS not
pcTu-t -.i 20 interfere with tho recognized
noccs-.- fa- fresh methods Of government.
the IErr l5 ono which often tells and becomes
notir-a.-s-e. not il deterioration Of power,
hIit la waste Of those vital energies which
make tho CCcrrisc Of that power continuous.
AHotl-r trouble with Us is that, rs the cclc-
hIatc-l English Wit sail Of his countrymcn,
they took t..cir pleasures sadly, 50 We take
our work se.llsI=lyi especially when we are
dca IFS s. ltI litile things wcput such a heavy
load IL '..r spiritual guns that when VIC fire
them or we Grc injured by The rccou. We
would aim q cannon at n mark which Is only
worthy Of q pistol shot.
The truth oC the provcrb that the child Is
father tl the man is seen in this connection
every dTy. The African baby has about it n
pretcrnc-vral solemnity and looks at every
thing ElIl. il-ly and wonderin-Iy. The Amer
lean baby ol tho other hand, is vocircrous in
all lis cEur.-. IONS Of Joy and sorrow. Il cries
more vigorously than any other; l. breaks its
toys with moro enthusiasm; it kicks AGAINST
actual clI ideal pricks moro strcnuouslv: and
when Tho man U-Urps its place he follows tho
same fashion with adult toys. On tho stock
exchange lie worries because lie soil out too
soon or too late; in tho store he frcts uccauz,
the price of me-rhaudisc has been affected bv
some political struggle; in the pulpit he chafcs
bec-l'lse his s,-sll1rs are not so Eo11 rs those
that he preached last year; i'm tho study he IS
worried because some Ctherauf har has CAUGHT
tho breeze of popular favor.
And ~ this constant wa~;s .- d t-...l:= force
tho man i- ls..- 'v ai.-.1 Io.r..-. .- tIe char
arter gt i5 country. = liz H....I o.. ,s!r.,-
and He is careless mot oal,- OF health but OF
money. Ifr tals not I.0rn lv experience, n,
mon wCI'l FL eamc quiet auI casy-go.ns com
monwea'r.. llo failure of t0-Ias-. instead of
giving him g.utiol, only inspires him to the
reTformcu-' oc so-un greater deed. And 50
ho draws o1 Li5 reserve power, until AZ last,
when his mental notes have conc 10 protest
and h. is tarrI to sit down and check his
balance ia + TOO late to rgtracc his steps, and
he falls l.-r physical and spiritual bank
Tuptrr- -"- alone arc mon guilty of This; 50
arc Women. They string themselves up to
concert r-..l; they are supcrla;ivc in every
thing; they rv0-Eerate trines; their streams
are rd-i1- torrents; their molehills are noun
t8ins, -Ht -T a-e auI withcr before their
time IaH s.es~aess with which an tread
the pa. .f ~- H-H.i-ru life is segn every day; it
blight ..' taI-gt hops, it casts a shadow on
the ur,- iH'lseapC; and uni 50 wisdom
and uo...- "a come t. the rescue il IS CcI-
tain e. c-,.' .a HrrUw.- Philadelphia RccorL