The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-14
TOO INTENSE LIFE.
DANGER, NOT IN STEADY WORK,
BUT IN WORRY AND STRAIN

powers->sryous Expenditure OF our
Daily Iivcs-A varning-A Life That
should lie Abandoned.
Few of us realize how far we are over
taxing not only the brain, but all tie
physical powers, in the mere fact Of
keeping up our daily lives with the ex-
acticns Of modern habits and demands.
In order 10 maintain these habits and
crafty these demands we exert our
selves TO make money at a rate quite
beyond our natural and normal powers;
and then one day everything gives way
and down we 20. SO many wrecks and
ruins. This j. perhaps inevitable from /.
the fact of cur newness IS coun- !
try. and the wnconsciously felt /
necessity Of being equal with Others
in the race where al have had a fair
start. and so Of leaving fam
ilv provided for. Future generations,
when the social limits may have become
more fixed. when II may be found all but
impossible TO make more money than the
legitimate return for labor gives. viii IN
a measure remedy this by making the
ceaseless struggle under which we lator
today unnecessary and frutloss thcn.
Perhaps we shall then settle into the
condition Of people IN the older coun-
tries who accept their fate. striving Just
t. do their duty ia il. and Do not wear
out their forces ma furious haste 10 reach
that which H. maltainablc without such
waste. and thus there may IN time come
a calmcr and stronger race n consc-
oueucc of the calmcr modes of life, II IN
decd thc nervous expenditure Of The
present do not hinder the continuance Of
any race 40 all.
II Is said that today wc as a people dis
play more Oi the result of worry and
strain m oar health than is shown 10y
any other nation. The number of our
dvsncpiics may be- known 10y the number
OF ON patent remedies for dyspepsia
which pay tor their vast advertising ana
bring fortunes to .hcir proprietors. while
the frequency of aiOp.eNv. OF heart par
alvsis. of direct and Indirect BRAN
trouble and of disease of Che Kidneys, all
of which are immediate effects of eNCes-
sivc mental excftion, IS something really
appalling.
WHEN IT + TOO LATE.
The worst of il h. that no one realizes
the danger till the blow has fallen ana
the damage is done. and we 20 on IN our
ruinous courses, often without warning
or adyisomcnt People hesitate 20 hit
more weight than can he lifted easily,
because IL will strain the muscles ot the
back iniurously and do mischief; they
hesitate 10 rum on walk greater distances
than can he comfortably accomplished,
because IL will tire the muscles 81 the
legs and give pain. and SO IN relation 20
much other physical cXertion they never
seem 70 feel that as. according 20 blchat,
life is the totally al the functions. so all
functions and all organs are 10 be- r.
gardcd with equal care and concern ana
thus they FORGET that 10 think. 10 plot
and plan. and strive and fret and worry
tires'and weakens both the Lrain ard tho
heart, and puts additional work ON inc
1iducye. dong damage that D. more than
permanent, inasmuCh as j. Is fatal
When Il j. remembered how the heart
shakes at any and every emotion oi con
.ruuencc. how II sinks with fears, and
uainitatos with desires. and stands silll
with los and horror and defeat. At VIII
be acen that lives oi strong emotions and
uncoasing efforts and aspirations must
have great deal to d0 with thc condi-
ton ot thc heart. II is not steady and
pcrsi.tent work that docs this That,
with ht intervals of rest. does injury 60
NO one. tut. on the contrary, Is healthy
and i'm "a way Strengthening, IL brings no
trouble ct heats and colds. Of beatmgs
and lound.ngs. no holding of thcLrcath,
no ncreou. starts, Lo dlzzs l'ausea Oh e.
pectaton.
NOr WORK. but WORRY.
IL isu not work, lCt 81 b. worry, that
does ,he harm; worry and strain ana
shock. whether uddcn and vehement. o.
Of long continued frequency, like series
al email repeated blows. The first 81
which is umnDticcablc. the last AZ which
Is agony. The brain. however would
stand rrcat deal II train, ana even
shock. in j, were mot for II auxiliary. the
heart. The heart has by r0 means tie
yfcor and elasticity and reouFco al the
other orcan: -Orr0W and fear. rrspcrsc,
anEiotv. rli rush az once with their iur-
dcns and blows 20 the heart; and great
iove. great successes and triumphs, act
Ius. as strenuously as shocks uion that
delicate organ. cniccble It, and prevent
10 from feeding tie brain I'LL 81 is impoy-
crushed. or from relieving that Train
AGAIN at its oyerchargcd lCad tiii a. BE-
comes congcsted u seems strange that
from Tins ovcrtax Of the heart insomnia
and insanity, paralysis and apo
pleNv. and even mortal kidney trouble,
can ho developed. lut such Is the alarm
ing truth, while dyspepsia and Mysteries
and affairs ~ that ont which, without
being exactly fatal yet are enough 70
mako life burden, are too frequently
the consequence a. TO- more than spoken
of. for when the heart once becone1 en-
fecblod every other organ al the tooy Is
i'm danger. although "by means OF
strength some come TO four score In
spiteCf IT,
Il follows. then. that life where the
individual feels himself subjected TO
heart beating cxCitements, 10 shock ana
strain and struggle. or 10 the too Intense
thought which burns tho blood in the
brain. IS % liie at once % be abandoned.
And there l. n0 mistake about It, for IL
We do lot abandon such life as that
il will ia q ycT} short spacc OK time s0an-
don us.-Haper'5 Eazar.
Content, of Hidshipmaa's Chest
Each chest contcus al the worldly
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