Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-31
Why WE GROW OLD.
Ignorance and Misspent E~nergy-Take the
World . Little Easier.

Ignorance and Misspent Energy-Take the
World = Little Easier.
IL at 30 or S5 you expect to be
an old man or woman at IS, you will
be one, because the mind makes the
material correspondence of whatever
Il sets itself permanently upon. Any
person continually In fear of something
viii zeal the marks u such fear craven
IN his or her face. II you so look for
ward . such decay Of the body as a thing
that must come, il will come. People
who keep young in their minds show il
IN the condition Of their bodies Three
fourths of our people look the old mar
or old woman at 60 because they have
always received il as an inevitable neces.
sity, from which there wa no possible
escape, that they must be on the down.
hill side of life at that & II is TO them
q Flaw of nature"
IL is for them only the law Of ignor,
ance. There are still a great many flaws
OF nature" of which we know little or
nothing To say impossible TO the
Idea that people cannot live longer than
the present average Of life, and at the
same time be strong and healthy at a
great age. is TO put ourselves in the
long catalogue OF past ounces who said il
was impossible for steam to propei cars
and ships, or for electricity 3 carry
news Every generation finds out
some new power in nature, and all Of
natures unrecognized powers are not
confined 10 the propelling Of machinery
IL Is a great aid TO the preservation Of
south and vlgor TO be able to sit still and
keep still In mind rs well az in body
when there lie really nothing TO do. bs
cause IN such condition MIND and body
are recuperating and filling up with new
force. The body is o fed with material
food alone There are other elements,
now little recognized, which act upon il
and give II strength, and the grand
source and means for receiving these lie
partly In that mental and physical
q%uletude Of mind which acts only when
II has full power TO act. II. then. wis
dow guides action either by brain or
hand, q great deal more u accomplished.
and a balance Of life's forces is kept in
reserve.
In this age Of rush, hurry and tumb.
ling over each other thousands imagine
its necessary TO be doing something all
ones waxing. or. we will say. business.
hours 10 attain success. Leisure is almost
a sin. This IL a great mistake. Thou
lands on thousands are so doing" all the
time What does their doing" amount
of A pittance, a bare subsistence, and
why2
Because there Is no discretion as to
what the PERSONS force is put upon. One
~oman wears her body out at 40 in pol
shing stoves, scrubbing unware and
hundreds Of other little jobs. Her mind
is all absorbed In these details. Another
one sits quietly and an idea comes TO her
whereby all this work may be accom-
plished without any physical effort on
her part. and by those who can do moth
ing else, Sne is the more likely 20 pre-.
serve her health and vigor. Health and
vigor are the belongings OF a relatively
perfect maturity. and that is even more
attractive than what is generally called
youth.
IL is this habit OF mind which keeps
people perpenally swinging theis legs
and feet or beating tattoos with their
finger nails. All this is useless outlay Of
force, as much as saving wood To sit
still and center yourself on what is going
on around oil II you can when there ia
nothing TO do, think as nearly nothing as
possible and II you can doze Of go into Il
waking dream. is to store up strength
for future effort be that effort mental or
physical. Prentice Milford in New
York Star.