The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
OvERWORK AND STIMULANTS.

ance Advocate.
OveRWORK AND STiMULANTS.
Physiological Ruin Brought About by Al
coholio Liquors.
At the pace at which Americans gen.
orally travel, overwork seems neces-
sity. A feverish and tumultuous ener-
gy inspires all labor, whether by hand
or brain.
What will be the outcome no man
can foresee. Ambition, new fields to
explore and to conquer, competition.
the desire for wealth and luxury, and,
above all, that nervous, excitable con-
stitution known as the american
temperament" all are factors in the
tendency to overwork. The conse-
quence is what may be termed ''physio-
logical bankruptcy" The term ex-
plains itself.
Mental and physical conditions cor
relate and imply each other. If John
Smith uses up more than his fixed in
come, month by month, he encroaches
upon his principal. If John uses less
than his income q reserved fund accu-
mulates from which he draws in mo-
ments of emergency. But his principal
remains unimpaired.
In regard to Johns vital force the
same law holds good. When he lives
as he ought reserved force is stored
up which shall be his safeguard against
physical ills and strains. In fact, John
is. in large measure, guarded against
physical Ills. He is the one who defies
epidemics and resists colds. He stands
like bulwark in opposition to all out
ward shocks. If John yields it will be
to mental worries or to that haste to
acquire material benefit which leads te
overwork
According to the amount Of Johns
reserved income fund and the demand
made upon it will depend his ability
to meet drafts drawn during emergen
cies. Just so according to the amount o.
vital force and the excessive subtraction
from it during periods of over labor will
be his physical insolvency or unhealth
Slight disturbing causes may be read
lily met If long continued or exces
sive, John is inclined to take slim
ulant This goads up the failing pow.
ers; John feels better. He is equal tx
anything. And so John acquires thu
habit of tipping.
But he fails to consider one i'm
portant factor in the case. In squirting
up his tagging forces beyond theil
normal pace Of expenditure, he is jus
as certainly wrecking his reserve
strength as is the individual who il
business draws upon his capital will
no hope of return. In time both be
come bankrupt.
In m aterial affairs the suppositiou
John may retrieve his fortunes. Yet
as he is fully aware, this cannot b.
done unless he changes his mode of dc
yng business; allows his income to &C
cumrlate, and so provides a capita
from which again to secure an income
Now, does John apply this same rul
of nature upon the loss of vital force
After overwork does he go slow an
allow vitality to accumulate till tn
reservoir is filed? Ten to one by usin
stimulant John is able to call upo
all the stored energy in his frame. Eli
powers fail. A catastrophe follows
Neuralgia, rheumatism, dyspepsia an
nervous exhaustion lose portion c
their horrors through the anesthesi
: of the dram. Soon hea art failure close
up the business of this life.
TOO badw say his neighbors an
. friends. "Who would have believe
it? John had such fine career befor
, him, and he was so stalwart an
hearty! Yet he succumbed to hear
failure. How prevalent has becom
, that dreadful diseased"
. If John must live at the pace whic
has become common it is better that h
should pass suddenly away throug
the failure of an overworked organ t
: go beyond its normal action, than I
become adrunkard.
For there are many Johns who d
not SO exhaust the vital exchequer a
to fail ut once. Through stimulant
anu TlCu loOu thcy poticW iiOuA ehSi
capitals and go on again. Once TIL
habit is begun there is no choice b
tween change of the whole basis {
life, and continual borrowing frol
themselves until they are ruined. Lik
~. ~, "..-ncial income, the physiologic;
income is governed by certain deinit
and immutable laws. In both cast
the true method of recuperation is
reduce expe nditure.
1t has been said by a great medic'
authority that: at is through stint
lants chiefly that man is able to a
complish his physiological ruin. 1t r
= quires strenuous, unalded efforts for
man to reach his reserve capital witt
out the aid of stimulants, though it
o possible to do so. But alcohol will el
e able him to do it more quickly and e
n fectually, and tea will, if taken to e,
t cess, produce grievous evidences of e
haustion Neuralgia, sleeplessness. pa