Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-18
HnY WE r o OLD.
Ignorance and Misspeur Energy-rake the
World a Little Easier.

Ignorance and Misspepr Euergy-Taks the
World q Little Easier.
II at 80 or S5 you expect to be
an old man or woman al IS. you will
be one, because the mind makes the
material correspondence OF whatever
II sets itself permanently upon. Any
person continually in fear Of something
VIII uSa the marks vf such fear craven
in his or her face. If you SO look for.
ward 10 such decay of the body as a thing
that must come. ii will come, People
who keep young in Their minds show it
IN the cond bn OF their bodies, Three
iourths OF our people look the old man
OF old woman at 60 because they have
always received il as an inevitable neces.
sity. from which there was no possible
escape, that they must be on the down
hill side Of life at that age. IL is &c them
a Flaw OF nature.
1t is for them only the law Of ignor-
ance. There are still a great many claws
OF nature OF which we know little or
nothing To say impossible" to the
idea that people cannot hive longer than
h present average OF life, and at the
same time be strong and healthy at a
great age. is 10 put ourselves in the
long catalogue Of past Ounces who said II
was impossible for steam to propel cars
and ships, or for electricity to carry
news Every generation finds out
some new power in nature, and all OF
natures unrecognized powers are not
confined TO the propelling OF machinery
1t is a great aid 10 the preservation OF
youth and yIgor to be able TO sit still and
keep still in mind as well as in body
when there is really nothing to do, be-
cause N such condition mind and body
are recuperarlng and filling up with new
force. The body Is not fed with material
TODD alone, There are other elements,
now little recognized. which ACT upon II
and give II strength, and the grand
source and means for receiving these lie
parity III that mental and physical
quIetude OF mind which acts only when
il mas full power 10 act II. then, wis
dow guides action either by brain OF
hand, q great deal more Is accomplished.
and a balance OF LIES forces is kept in
reserve.
In this age Of rush, hurry and tumb
ling over each other thousands imagine
IL 8 necessary 70 be doing something all
ones waking, or, we viii say. business,
hours to attain success, Leisure is almost
a SIN. This Is a great mistake, Thou
sands on thousands areso dong" all the
Tune What does Their doing" amount
tof A pittance, a bare subsistence, and
why?
Because there Is no discretion as TO
what the persons force is put upon. One
woman wears her body out at 40 in pol
tshing stoves, scrubbing unware and
hundreds OF other little iobs. Her mind
Il all absorbed In these details Another
one sits quietly and IN idea comes to her
whereby all this work may be accom-
piished without any physical effort on
her part, and by those who can do moth.
ing else. She is the more likely 20 pre-
serve her health and vigor. Health and
vlgor are the belongings Of a relatively
perfect maturity. and hat is even more
attractive Than what is generally called
youth
Il is this habit of mind which keeps
people ~perperually 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 sill
still and center yourself on what ls going
on around OF il you can when there is
nothing to do, think as nearly nothing as
possible, and il you can doze OF 20 into a
waking dream. is TO store up strength
for future effort be that effort mental OF
physical. Prentice Milford in New
York Star