Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-02-14
EXERCISE THE BRAIN.
n Is the Only way 20 Attain Per.
feet Health.
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There appeared IN the London spec
tator not long ago an article on Men
al lAEines. The ground II took
was that savagss. the intellectually
unframed among so-callca civilized
pc0ple, and. In certain departments Of
endeayor. differing I'm the individual.
even the oducatod. shrink from mental
eKertinn ''as an animal shrinks from
I phy -irai paiA IN the majority %
instance. they make Il only when they
arr artually compelel 20 DO -. pre-
i-rring In most ease. the ''casy" way
Of doing a thlng no matter how slip
shod u may bs With training or
I practice "a l. pos-iblc ior Oh men ~
rcarh a state Ia which. over a sfn ailor
or larger area. a. sntal cxertioa he-
comes easy aud afford pleasure when
I pushed bY nrCusslty, thry acquire thi-
intellectual mastery over some Geld
through involuntary effort at other
times b. do - they must employ sheer
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I The matter has decided bearing upon
health u was the opinion ~ an acute
Enrlish physician, Dr. Richardson.
. that man was made for civilization In
other words. that not only bis mind
but hi- bodily health thrivcs better un.
der u than when b. l. ia a state of saw.
agrl-m and this not alone because oi
any superiority in his physical sur
roundings but frDm the simple fact
7 that hi- mind l. developed Il activs
and cKrrts a t.enehcial inhucnee upou
his body Huieland too. thought thai
7 "a cvrtnin degrce uf culture i physic.
ally necessary for man and promotes
duration Of life
The full measure ~ health l. only a.
b. reached ~ thase who arr. - VII
not say merely civilized. but. other
things belng equal. intellectually %
ssthetically or spiritually active
Ouly when the immatcrial part 8. d.
vclopcd into vigur and life, and Is ol
something higher than a merely ami
ma existence. does tho consciousness.
hrrumr charged with a sense ~ plea-.
urr and ~ power. which inncryate.
and iuvigoratgs the phy steal organi IN
By that curious influence ~ the mind
I upon the body 81 which wc know 80 llt
{ tie. bat whish i - uncomfortable q fact
and hrings it - it- highest condition
Mental training 70 reclining the nery-
ous Organization. make. the sama
quantity u muscular power 20 much
further" No great prile-hghter o.
matter hos mighty were his thewA d
his mind las fallen. was ever thor
oughly healthy Training wlll a,
much. bat. Ia addition 81 tralulng
Z with any thing that might fairly hav,
boon called mental cultivation. b,
would have rrarhcd state ~ phy sieaI
integrity aud ,igor u which he haa
+ previously never dreamed. Our 10
dinns we have aot found 20 b. tns equal
in health II a frst-ratr rcprcsentativ, y,
I 81 Anglo-Saxan civilization. doyel
Oped In body aud mind This not ualy
Y from the exposure o. which they o.,
Y suhisctrd. and from their extrsmel,
irregular habits with rrgard 10 uutri
tion. undergoing long fas,s. and whe1
an opportunity arrives gorging to r..
pletiou. thus. in either case fasting ol
icaSting. straiulng their bodies. bu
largely because their intellects u,
dormant The great athlstez. N,
long-lived men, the powerful a.
mics have belonged 90 civil
iIed nations The average %
life. health. sike and strength
l. highest among civilized race.
Savage races, no matter In how favor
able . climate they dwcll. always tans
~ die ous. They have all the diseas.
a. which civilization u subject, ans
show less ability to resist them The,
do not thrive when transplanted 3,
civilized lands-the civilized MAJ
thrivcs anywhere. Dr. kane bore N,
rigor~ oi the Arctic 1one better thai
The k-quimaux themselves The orien
Cal sater l. too small Cor the Englisl
hand, and the braselet ~ The kafni
warrior for the Angio-saxon arm
Early travellers among our Indians an,
missionaries 10 the south sea Island
found thai In athletic contests the na
tives we're beaten BY the Europeana
''Nhea the Preach savants. Peron
Regnier and Ransonnet. carried thal
dynometers 10 the islands of tha India
Oncan. they found with surprise TIA
an average Eaglish sailor vas forty
two per cent stronger. and an averag,
frcnchman thirty PER cent stronger
than the strongest island tribe the
visited" Says Prichard, 1T i no.
well known that all savage races hav
less muscular power thaa civil lze,
Rsn." Johastone 10 North Afrlea an,
Cumming in South Africa could fna .,
savage - strong IN arms as thsmselve.
Wherever records Of longevity hAv
been kept Il has been found 20 be 1
proportion b the advanee In civiiixs
tion and cultivation the rate of NOR
tality 10 Paris. FOR instances. havln
decreased one handred per oent Ia IN
last Eve hundred years. AAa hali-bas
barons Russia 10 oday showlae n ore
portion " iss population more tha
double the mortality oi England o.
lasane AS iuuaa are largely people
wlth tunu.t~w qa4as~tnltV sxassss.u feas