Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-01
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New York Journal Of Commerce.
The throug Of pleasure seekers are re
turning from their Summer vacation.
With the Butterflies Of fashion this will
MAKE but little difference, IS they will
only exchange the gsyet!es of the water
ing place or the rural home for the diSsi
pstions Of city life. But the merchant OF
man Of business who has hsd al tout
ing" GO he calls IL, Of q few weeks more
or less, comes back to sterner reslities'
He must put on the harness, or assume
TIA burden from which he thought tc
escape for brief period, ard become eb-
eorosd once more II the sluggle for for
tune, or place, or power, to which his life
Is devoted.
We doubt /! many o: these have found
tie relaxstion they prescribed for them
selves wnen they fed from the scene OF
cjIhcE. Il is not easy to roll CT the
weight ct care from ths brain by de.
lioefa.e eff lrt to escape from 4. in feT
weeks Of travel. Even an ocean voyage
is not sure sn.idote to the gnawing Of
al xiety that he's eaten into the spirits at
home. Many man has fed from bis
flee, Ms study, his counting house, OF
wha'ever his workshop may be
calico, In the hope that new sur
re unoings would bring him re-
lief from the embarrassment that made
his life like the constaa. grinding of g
mill. But csre is relentless cark4r that
Will not relinquish its hold by mere
c1Gnge OF place, and the turbulent
thoughts found no balm for their quietina
in the roar Of the sea or the rushing oil
foliage on wooded heights. The spirit CT
unress is not in the familiar atmosphere
b1. in ihe troubled heart, and 1t is one
Of the belongings not EASILY left st home
when the suff 3rer takes his summer holi-
Gay.
Bat whether he has found the pescs he
was seeking in the que. resting plsce, or
has only changed the scene to KEEP the
pain, In either case he comes back to tsse
up again the lsboriDe oar. II he his en-
dyed few weeks Of calm, he msy feel
stronger for the sturdy pull; or If he has
been haunted during ell the hours Of his
absence by the old warning thoughts he
C juld not leave behind him, he may renew
his sctivi;y with an arm still lsme and
weary; but whichever /. may be, he feels
that he ID now obliged TO fsce afresh the
duties that call for all bis strength, and to
step once more on the treadmill that
keeps up its uncessing round.
II is j1st here that we wish to interpose
with word that may carry both warning
ana cheer If read Alright. 1t is no. work,
however long and exacting the hours,
that ever hurt any one. Il is LABOR in lis
primal sense tina. imposes the wearing
burden. Worry and care and undue ak
iety are the evil spirits thai make life so
intolerabie 10 the toiler who cannot evEde
or exercise them. Without them there is
NO calling, however iacesssnt I.s de-
mands that can boS the shoulders
or wr!nkle the face. Il is not the big
tering Of the hands nor the seit on the
foreaesd that makes the workman IN eny
field premstureiy old. WORK, Gltaout
bitter memories, presen. suxi=ty, or fore
bcdipgs Ct future evil, only stimulates
both body and mind to the Enjoyment CT
the activity i. demands. II Il is pnyaical
chiefly, 1t stirs the blood into he slihy
circulation, brings vigor sid robustness
to the limbs, and natural glow to the
cheerful face. II il is mental, II quickt4S
thought, kindles the emotions into nTe v
play, inTigorates and strengthens ali t6e,
powers OF the brain, and makes the H1-
due. ITS own great reward.
This then is the difference .A6tWeen
work snd labor; the secret of hhsY life
that is radiant with happiness ss'opposed
10 one that is an ever present strain On
eli the powers OF the oeing. There is q
Key to solving the problem within ths.
reach of everv hand. Remolsetui msB0s
riss may be laid 20 rest n TIE lap Of S
true repentance. Present perplexlties
NAV he relieved nv an absorbing trust in