Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-04-09
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.
TINS GOOD II Docs Him, In Every
Way. to Shake His Sides.

. A'Clc - i4OL the EcLQOIcSL
little inlet OF the minute blood vessels
OF the human body that does not feel
some wavelet from the commissions oc-
casionei 10y good hearty laughter" " said
well-known physician. The life
principle, or the central man, is shaken
To It's innermcst depths sending new tides
or lite and strength to the surface, thus
materially tending to insure good
health to the pc sons who indulge
therein The blood moves more rapid
! ly, and conveys a different impression
I to all the organs of the body, as II Wis
its them on that particular mystic Jour
ney, when the man Is laughing from
what IL does at other times. For this
reason every good, hearty laugh in
which person INDUCES tends 10 length
/ en- his life, conveying, as It does, new
and distinct stimulus to the vital
/ forces"
The worlds greatest criminals have
always been men who did not laugh
Enjoyment i'll life really depends upon
/ ones Capacity for laughter-that is, on
| ones readiness TO detect the ircongru-
[ of things
There is always something to laugh
/ at in this world, AMI if everything else
tails, you can lau Sh at yourself"
\ man may sneer OF snigger, and a
woman may simper, but that Is not
I laughter. It Is not enough TO ''Snif
and litter and giggle from your throat
| outward'-there must be u general re-
Taxation OF the muscles, 4 broad lam-
| bent light must spread over the
wrinkliny couuteuance, a glelm of con-
scious mirth must come from the shiu-
/ ing eye+, score of easant curves
must elongate about tile partel .ipS;
| there must be a backward pose OF the
/ head and cOnvulsive mJvement Of th-
/ ribs, and then a musical peal of ha. ha,
I has, q reiterItion OF melUdiouS outlaws.
/ That is the kiut of laughter which
makes a man healthy and wise, because
[ it calls into play all the best qualities OF
| his nature.
/ Dr. Henson, OF Chicago, Is a Baptist
minister who advocates l,uyhiug ami
/ puts his belief into practice, Not long
a 20 he preached a sermon on the sub
/ Jet, in which he ADVISED people 10
| laugh whenever they could He toll
a story about a servant gIrl he had who
| was very much shocked one day 10 see
/ Inn turn somerset out on the grass
! son after the family prayers. She said
SJe did not under -taud how a man
} could pray ani turn a somerset the SINE
! day.
Il did not blame the gIrI,' DIR. Hen
son said, ''fOr she hal been III the fam
. ily Of piOus, COOL man so good That
I n never smiled He was 50 good that
.ey put him in the penitentiary To
keep the outside world from cOntanin-
atiug him."
DR. Henson tells how his congrega-
ton once had laugh at his expense.
/ DR.. Vincent was 10 deliver his lecture
on Pools" In introducing him DIR.
! Henson said:
"Dr. Vincent will now give you his
/ lecture on Fools Dr. Vincent, L may
Z saw, Is himself one of the best orators Of
our church."
81 may be a fool. " said DIR. Vincent,
/ IN beginning, ''but I am not hllf IS big
a one as DR.. Henson would make you
. believe.
Rev. Charles II. Eaton, OF New
! York, says: Pausanias gives 4 cescr p
ton of Troph MUS cave which he te Is
! Us WAS made in the form OF a huTe
| oven and had many peculiar circum-
| stances, which disposed the person who
( entered il to be more peusIve and
| thoughtful than ordinary. y man who
had once ma lie his entry into this cave
was never observed 10 laugh again. II
| was usual in those days when any one
was more than usually gloomy 10 say
that he looked like one who had Just
come out OF Trophoa!us' cave. There
are some who look upon Christianity
ami the church as a kind OF TrophOu-
ius' cave. There can be no doubt that
| certain peSSimistic views which have
been associated with the Christian doc
trine and some of the teachings OF thr
pulpit afford Justification for the opinion
that Christianity favOrs gloomy dis
| position. y conyentual sermon was
once preached IN Rome, In which II
was asserted that laughter was the re-
| suit Of original sin. and that Adam
could not laugh before the fall 1t i
also true that hristian experience tends
| n a serious and composed frame of
! mind. But the Old Testament writer
who said Laughter Is mad" said a. o
There is time to laugh" 1 think It
was Christian philosopher VINO said,
Laughter is the property OF re.l-
son, though its excess l. folly.
1t must be admitted that Simeon
: ylites did not indulge very much In
laughter, but it may be said also that
lie equally dispensed with the true
| Christian spirit and manner of life.
The old masters have painted the III
uOcent and wonder eyed babe III
the manSer AMI the thorn crowned and
bleeding victim. The world waits the
master who shall paint CHRIST watching
the children at their games IN the
street and drawing th-m to him by his
good cheer and quiet laugh. All are
agreed tnat laughter IS good Tor TIE
body and the soul. Titus Thought he
hui lost a Cly when he had passed II
! I4nnhTuur - ~tprne Slys
Laughter Iengtheus the term Of life.
We are familiar with Laugh and grow
fat" while Goethe declares, ''He who
laughs can commit no sin"
! DIR. Deems. of the Church of the
Stranger, says:
Laughter is good. 1t may really be
doubted whether any but good man
can really laugh. Children can HE
b.st and purest laughter in the world
CO ues from children, from bright and
.ood Young people. and from men who
are most thoroughly sanctitied. Ihs
| Observation Is the result OF what have
seen of laughter for sixty years in many
| .Iine5. So far from supposing that
! ;gere Is anything profane IN laughter, II
- unite the reverse. Who should laugh
ike those who have the peIce OF Col
which passe.h all understan iingE T.
member once sitting in the gallery ol
| A church in London near gentIeul u
who had a very pure and radiant lacs'
have seldom known "a man 10 lauSL
more at dinner party than that man
IiI during the sermon. He seemed tC
hs ALWAYS laughing when I've was not
nr,ying. The sermon was a solemn
L. ric,I pungeut presentation doctrine.
Every new turn aud shape which ths
| -.-.,.,a,, .noL- surnrisad him into Z