Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-20
GOODNESS ~ DANGER.
sorss q the Most Reliable Contribution
10 the Hour q PERI

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There Is 70 great secret soout ft,7 sad
an o.d sedier 70 ne. "Yo1 must think
Goo-t the Danger and Lot sco1t yourself. .
Seer
At nrst glance 1 cnufsss 1 did not see, re-
uzrxs 3 writer IN The New YORK Weekly.
BIT upon further oouversati1n with the
veteran / caught his meaning. HIS ides
was ths. panic was caused b. . sudden .
seIf-ccu usciCusuess. Ore beEius % imagine .
that . Hr-b Is crushed or the breath knocked .
c1r Of hi-a. o. be forecasts tie pain or The
misery Of his hurts before he gets them
Tie danger Itself, that is- the thing that =
about 20 hurt y0u- possi5.y. o1t has noi yst
done % The thing that . % be co1fr11-e71,
rlet ard vsne pushed tbs . pat o-t o. 1lird
bv The terror with which Il clouds itse-f-
s1d % IL las yo1 a. disadvantage. Danger
masks itseif into terror. Tle tsrr0r blinds
o-5r wit and usrslyzes ozr arul vTe are thus
=. the nsrcy Of cur destroyer. The real
danger we DO not see-tnst is, tie agent Of
ev1l-unless re are coo,-heaced-
Tterei isa world Of Truth in the philoso-
uby q this zeL-xnown General Supposs
one lis in thester q; tie time of an alarm
Of FIRE Most people Do lot even smell the
FIRE. much less see f. Most people are
simply self-cen tered % that degree that
theT know nothing outside Of personal
alarm TIE real cause, who has the col
ness 70 seek for IT, Who inquiries, where
sin or who asks, what is your suthoritTi
Eot one. AL are thinking Of self / do not
/ nov. mean. 70 criticise the selfshness Of il.
/ the moral phase Of tne matter. only point
/ out that personality, not the cause, fills
every mind. EIcept Of course the cool
7 headed man here and there who thinks %
ask: Now, wonder IL II Is really 50.
would ike 70 know who said 90" Such a
man is not drawn into vortex and trodden
into the carpet He studies the danger
Itself. and ss usual, nine tunes out Of ten,
discovers a way 70 match IL
A physician explains TO me that the
hearts acton, under the terror excited By
danger, Is in many cases equivalent 70
apoplectic paralysis The blood IS left 70
gorge the poor brain, and the person is in
sane Or, in the reverse case. the arterial
blood Is not sent out, the brain Is empty, 50
to speak, the sufferer is pOwerless. This IS
IN either case shock Shock is the result Of
dread. Dread Is the minds action by imagl-
nation The thiLg 10 do is 70 break tie spell
Of Imagination. One may accomplish this BY
resolutely putting away all thought Of self
and thin king insisting on fastening the at
tention on the cause Of the alarm. II must be
achieved early before the heart IS affected.
, may be disputed as TO imagination Of
: the pangs Of being hurt. 1t is not asserted
: that one is conscious Of imagining, "Oh, ]
! shall suffer 80, II am burned" No; that
Is TOO long a sentence % be thought out, con-
!, sciously, in a moment OF terror, yet the i'm.
: preston, instantaneous as lightning, ii
! nevertheless there. II you afterwsrd TO
= \ rrTfIN
| am correct. In battle men do not think Of
: being hurt; the sight Of shocking wounds
!, does not awaken any thought Of pain. II il
r before the battle that legs tremble anC
i nerves Of the whole body quiver will
4 anticipated pains, till the man is a cowarC
. IN spite of himself In action the cause
n those guns over there, those lines Of thu
!. enemy, fll the minds eye; consequently thl
,e soldier 10 cool
recently heard lady relate that, whei
il a fire began in her room the blaze was 8
a curious as 1t licked In along the cOrnic
,e that she found herself saying, "How prett
- that Isl" As result she was able 10 &C
q cooly In escaping from the chamber j
b.. another case gentleman was saved frOI
~ being run over by q horse, from the fac
, that, as the mad animal was about TO sprin
Iy upon him, he thought, "What close RI
~ DtlNttn Nuhb hillLltl anu my "
= one Of a pairr' This gave him suficen
!. self-control 70 grasp at passing street-ca
= and swing himself out Of harms wal
~ Whereas 1t is a well fact that man
!. people are "struck poweressn by the yer
or sight OF a frantic runaway, aud SO negleG
K the opportune second Of escape.
~ l have yet another case In mind.
v. gentleman in the wild West, about 10
in assaulted by scoundrel In a way-sid
"a ranch, says: 81 saw him draw his weapol
id knew he was crazy drunk, and that b
be had mistaken my peaceaDle, commerce.
IN self for a pal with whom he had had
= quarrel. As he drew on me l thought
- be German or Americani / shouted to hiI
n, In German, when did you leave Father
"a landp IL struck his ear in time. The mex
,r minute had what they call out there th
y drop on him; that is, covered him with IN
= own weapon"
pt Then, evidently, mere panic, ducl1ing III
sr head, or raising an elbow, or a shout OF tel
p ror, would have been utterly useless. Th
~ conception Of nationality distracted the in
or peried mans mind from terror; he wa
d then instantly ready 70 appeal TO the man
lS love OF the Old home across the seas. Tt
I'd reasoning was quick as lightning, but
IA correct as arithmetic, for II the brute cou
ne be caused 10 think Of something else besiC
~, y, his rage, even for an instant, the volitic
~ 10 murder would De for that instant In
OF possible.
w There Is scarcely any danger which do,
a. not change It's phases as II approache
ng Ike a cloud In an angry sky The chang,
"a are tho things 20 be looked out for--tht
are your openings Of possible escape, "Ce
ly tain destruction has never happened q
nn you are actually destroyed-at which tim
~ Il Is hoped, all fear Is forever over, II yC
M have behaved well In this world. Ney,
All submit 10 be killed without an effort VIII
le there Is life there is hope, II your mind
"r cool enough 20 snatch At the hope IL ma
It's be very small and obscure hope, but il
ne always there-yes, always-whIle you al
p' yet breathing, IL is not, IN my opinion,
90 matter 80 much of custom, OF having bee
- often in danger, that makes the cool ma
,1hs Fatigue, hunger or any previous oyerstrai
~. OF tho nervous system will often cause Il
y, usually cool man 70 forget himself Cos
r., health and clear conscience are helps.
~ cheerful disposition and profound trust
of Gods care are the best Of all contributor
tn - the hour Of peru-an hour, by tho wa
,ls that no one ever escapes meeting sope I'm
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IN tho Presidents Private Flag.
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