Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-02-14

same cause minas that maintaia too
constantly a RELAXED - opposed IA q
tense. attitude -indulging greatly for
Instance, In reading 10 The exclusion of
study. habltualiy relyiag uoon written
memoranda instead % exerting them
selves 10 remember. cte. not only
dSeu In bodies necs ssarily unstrung.
but can never b. thoroughly healthy
themselves. The reason. too. why In
everyday llfe aud IN personal CRISES
people are too slow In adopting the
right course l. largely that. being too
mentally lazy 10 think. they have
missed the highest .ouadacss and
health oi an the moral
An able writer NJ r w Higgon-
son, says If civilization sacriac. the
! physical hopelessly 10 the mental. and
barbarism merely sarriaes the mental
20 the phy@leal. shs barbarism l. an-
I que-tionably The better thiag. 80 Ear ~
q goes. becaase lr-provides the essen
tial preliminary condition. Barbar-
Ism u one-st0ry log hat. a poor
thing, but bstter than nothing. while
such q civilization would BE- simply a
second story. with a first story too
weak 10 sustain a. a M agnihoeat sky
parlor. with al II caven In view from
the upper windows. bat with the whole
family coming down In q crash pres
emily, through . fatal negieet a. the
basement This happily. however, 1.
not the oasa Civilization aud latsl.
lrctual culture arr good all round. no.
bad
Now comes highly important pro-
Y yisn All that has heretofore bs.en said
in relation % the Development and cx-
crci-e ~ the mind being benea cial 20
health must ~ un4ualihedly rondl.
TONED b. the Esatsaaent shat. when
mind activity i pu.hrd Nbeyond its
| proper limit, Il ceases b. b. healthful
aud becomes source ol disturbance
and danger both 10 The general health
and - the brain, which T. the organ ~
I The mind
A human being Possesses variety of
powers. A.. for Instance. The physical
| the Intellectual. the emotional. the
volitional. etc. and his we'll beiag de-
pcnds apoa the normal proportion be-
\ Ing preserved IN their evolution aud
u.e. This. ~ course. |. not the same
Tor all persons. some being inhately
intellectual rather than physical. some
/ the opposite. the relative strength 81
others lying In their passiona. etc. but
In each case u exists. and whea Il has
been found must be- heeded or harm
ensues While thr employ ment Of the
iutellest up % the limit ~ IL power
contributes 20 high condition %
health, md. lndo,d. q absolutely nee
eS-s,ry e. il. n carried oad that
point. il destroys the balakAa amoag
the different faculties. and becomes a
drain upon The - stem We all know
how common thing IA u Tor men
those brains have been overworkcd In
I their business 70 lo=e their appgtites.
be troubled with Indigestion. palpita.
tion Of the heart. etc, aud We So. when
thoy arr attacked by disease how oasi.
I ~ they often succumh. the braln
having Appropriated 10 Itself more
than IT, proper share ~ nutrition. and
lyft The general powers weak and In
/ capable ~ resistance A human or
ganism Possesses only about - much
energy; II one faculty uses II all the
others arr dsfrauded.
Excessive mental cKcrtloa l. also. a.
~ should naturally expert dstri-
mental a. ths brain ITSELF The braln.
in spite ~ the marvellous amount and
variety % work q j. capable u doing.
i- the least organizrd orgaa la the
body II consists simply ~ an aggrc-
CATION ~ tuh,.- aud million. Of cells.
/ prrmoatsd With blood yozzels Eyery
time we think. feel 90 will. imagine
rvniember ur desire. hundred. ~ these
coils arg destroyed. and must be at
onoe replnced IRON the blond. o. death
or insanity ensues. When we rcmem-
b"r the varied and often tumultuous
drama which u enacted every day in
The consciousness of every one II us.
80 obtaln some conception - the waste
and supply that ~ on within the
brain L. hutrition consume. one
hith ~ on The blooA Ia the body.
Nheu ouoo Il i iuIursd Is powers u
rccuperation ar slight
Some forms 81 mind exercise exert
a more iuyigorating effect upoa Il than
do others. Total inertia re@alts ln
fceblene~s. Original or creative men
tal aots -as those oi Judging. plan
ming. calculating, invcnting. literary
composition. etc. tend 20 Increase It's
volume. stability and cndaranoe. Just
A. physical exercise develops and
hardens tho muscles While this -
true, every original brain-worker will
admit that precisely this sort Of In
tollcCtaal effort l. the most exhaust
inT. and can safety b. indulgcd In the
least uninterruptedly. and for the
shortest period II i . common re-
mark among students that two hours
oi composing are fally equal 10 six of
reading Or study. The mere memor-
izing 81 faCtz. ~ examining a. Il Il
Oilcu called, on tho other haad. IL
thought 10 b. strvngth- producing
function, when carried 10 excess. .. u
often l. Ia our schools. its eject IL
likely 10 be hartful Ia the extreme ID
l. very noticeable fact that. while
what h called education has never
before been 20 widely didused
among the masses a. Il l. to-day.
nervousness. excitability. brain en-.
hSustion I'D insanity are more preva-
ieut thaa-ever before tbs two truths
10, impo.sibly standing 10 each other
In the relation of cause and effect Not
that education i not good. but that ws
DO not yet properly eondnsi H.
- childhood and youth. too. ths
brain i property capable of q much
less amount Of work thaa In adult
years. The brain is the last organ oI
the body 10 become mature On az
average Of hve years-so that 10 Il
youngsr than The rest of the body. aad
In youth b even more delicate thaa 4