Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-22
NERVES AND MOODS.
How 80 secure Good Health, Mental, Sp
itual and Bodily.


ituaI and Bodily.
A nerve Is a wonderful, wonderful
thing. A little white flament, some-
times so delicate and 30 fine as hardly
to DO visible when exposed from the
tissue In which 1t has lived. Exquis-
itely sensitive and strangely responsive
to the sentiments OF pleasure or pain
which are conveyed through 1t. this
wonderful thing does Its duty and bears
It's burdens and stands the racket i'm
posed upon 1t, with degree OF patience
and fortitude almost impossible to real
lie. Nothing In nature Is more marvel
Gus than the network OF nerves constitu-
ting what we somewhat carelessly call
our nervous system. Each nerve Is n
Geographic cord In itself. Each Is "a
part OF the whole complex and inimita-
bic system Of biography by which
messages from the headquarters In the
brain are sent to the minute stations In
tho ex.remlties. II this Geographic
system OF nerves were erected on d.
minutive poles outside OF our bodies, IL
would be most peculiar exhibit. Hap
PLY for us, our nervous systems are. as
1t were. harmonious arrangement OF
underground wires, carefully buried
within us. and deftly concealed from out
side observation. We can not SEQ them.
nor know whether they are too slack or
too tightly strained. We can tell when
they are disturbed. for neuralgia agony
shoots along their course from station
fyl nd
dismal, and low spirited. the telegraph
10 apparatus Is out OF order. and the
nerve forces nre demoralizod. When
nerves work wrong. 1t Is a. when tele-
graphic poles are shaly or wires tan
gted or crossed. or currents Irregular,
or batteries confused.
According to the irrogularity OF our
nerves, 40 are our irregular moods. liz
all Is right, We are happy and CHEEKY
aud sunshiny. But lot tho batteries
blundor, or currents cross. or tho wires
become entangled. and we are irrita-
bio. sulky. ill-tempored or angry. as
the case may DO. In some OF our dis
tressful moods we pout, and sulk. and
mlsintcrpret and misunderstood. We
take offense whore no otfense Ia In
tended, aud We imputo 10 others mo-
tivcs which arc never conceived by
them. At times when the moods are
out OF sort. we think the whole world
II prosecuting US. and we. tho afflicted
objects OF persecution. are above NIL
other human creatures singled out for
martyrdom. That this gives us hate
ful and unpleasant feelings toward our
fellow-men Is not to DO denied. How
can we help itp
II II were necessary for us continu
ally TO abide In such Il state OF sin ant
misery IA this, our lot would be hare
indeed. But for the most OF us 1t Is as
unnecessary ns 1t IL for home to b'
porpotually distracted by lot OF howl
Ing and iil-mannered children. Som
families allow their little boys an'
girls TO be- In u constant wrangle; :
toll tales on each other, and to whin
for what they want. Others give tn
youngsters 10 understand that the
must behave themselves dooently, O
else go without what they would lils
TO have. SO with the nerves. Their
In no more use In letting our nerve
get tho better OF us 40 that W
have To toll people We nj
moody, aud odd. and queer an
cranky. any more than thore Is OF le
ting our children turn home into
bowling desolation. There are ca
cumstanccs under which most OF |
can without insuporable difficulty, ri'
from the moodiness which is brougl
about by letting the nerves have the
own way. Mental and physical di
has much to do with II. Brooding ov'
real sorrows and imaginary miseri'
will make tho best OF US moody nj
wretched. Nursing grief and affront
and telling the sad story al our woe
has M depressing an effect as ma
cctio drugs. Sleeping In unventi
a,ed rooms often produces enron
wrotchedness. oven II these rooms
furnished with the appliances OF veal
and refinement. Association with grl
persons is depressing and dispiritin
Eating greasy or indigestible food
n table surrounded with grumblers
enough 10 upset our whole uerve-sy
tenn aud throw us into dark blue he
rors.
Coed health" mental. spiritual n
bodily is worth working for. 1t oa'
out the malaria Of moodinoss and 81.
us into the sunlight OF Joy. Good heal
IL moro easily attained than most fol
suppose. -- Cor. CAristidn at Work.