Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-09
NERVOUS ExHA,ssr,'ss
The Waste 81 S~..~ s....
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sx 70 IL III
Undoubtedly at no psr...
worlds history has the a..
tenn Of mas had greater
posed upon IL than daring IS
generation The plonesr. /, i p
ment OF the country had &c. - y
due. lie forests TO root IN
bring under cultivation NJ Y
beasts 10 destroy; other -.
have had gigantic warn q
but these labors requIrea -
expenditure OF physical !.
which. within certain lInit.
maintained The inventioa
ehinery In almost every g..
form has lesssned the dr,u.s.
bodily strength. but ruarv
meuts Of modern life have i,., II;
severest strain upon the uerrsa VI
tenn increasing insanity -.
deaths, the early loss OF IN y IL
youth. and a rapidiy-eniarv;,. ]
nervous dis rders are the 49, III
dications that this generate. ~ n
difficult to adapt itself 70 Il.
ment, and that it is not engsci,ss |
suits and methods Of living mr. ta
its predecessors without pawn, { "a
penalties From the ranks y
profession. from every depar,s.s f
business, and perhaps stiII ma. II
women and children. come ~. v
while fretfulness. irritabIlity ii
misery Ia thousands Of hon.. az
witness TO the heavy strain thai
nature IL now compelled TO mad
Under such circumstances Il -
necessary 10 give wider pubA4ss
the caution which medical go
all the time giving In private NJ
two many cases only after fa,aI MI
quences have been incurred n
facts seem TO indicate clearly In
! physical system can meet all u. x
full demands of modern life. bg. i.
can not endure very much yielai,,a y
those unlawful demands which L
has heretofore allowed himself NJ
the name of pleasures. but rhIeh u
alists have called by the much = 1
tractive name of sin. The lssz.
morality. temperance. good na,s.sI
recreation are being taught d !
/ generation as they have nsys, Y
taught before. under the penzlsx
insanity, an innumerable nunss
nervous disorders. or early dssi
the lessons are not learned. Y
amount of lawful work viii
healthy man can do is beyosl I
culation- Up to a certain point VA
whether mental or physical sal
increases ones power. EspeciaIlya
the mental faculties continus i
prove in quality far beyond any ii,
able limits in any case. and. Ia 4.
of time, beyound the thres-scon j
ten once marked as a liui. Of a.u
enjoyment Oyer-work seldom ii
any one. This Is only the exess
make to others. or by which we'd
ourselves TO our own f0iiies, or II
or self-neglect- The real cause d
aster Is our narrow range Of pas
our intenperance n eating and I
ing. our lack of timely reereatiaa
7 yielding to anxiety. or ill-temper
these things are to the nervous 81
what friction Is in the running Of !
chinery-a tax upon power and :.
less waste of strength. Let tie
who would live long and see bis !
ness prosper reduce his frictios
minimum; let him avoid wsa!
uonotony by the many thousana
lightful fields of investigated VI
earth affords. its science. Literal
art or music: let him keep bis
pure, 50 that his tastes, sensiall
and imagination may be unimpai
let him avoid worry. lear
after having done his III
to live by faith in the ?
dence that watches over b
life. In such manner Of life
is no danger OF premature
OF any power. What the posslo'
gree OF human endurance IS @
seen in such a man as Lord RI
ston. who said that an Engiisi
should be in his prime at eighty
case of Mr.. Gladstone. in Charles
win. who. restricted by ill-heaiA
formed an amount Of Labor
would have broken down s U
narrower range. All the nersoa
orders which are so frequent
days are the just penalties OF ill-s
ment. 1t may BE- taken Tor granite
the present development OF eiSiiL
was designed. that the physical
Is abundantly able 10 meet all Il
requirements, but it was also lnl
that man should not waste his
forces by subjecting them to ne
strain, by INDUCING in ill-tempei
iety, dissipation, or by confnlnE
self, like a slave. to restricted
The man who. in an age like tn
derstands but one subject, ana
but one thing, ought 10 break
Some iucurable and lner
nervous disorder falling
him is natures proclamation lhS
weighed in the balance ana
wanting. He has made slave
: self. when he might have beer
has pursued pleasure at the exp
morality. or wealth at the cost
dom. The women also who are
bic, physically weak or broken
. :.