Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22

W.. concessions, which remain in activity,
ie" ,opfrr the physical body into
PO' and continued actions, and
.,.,i,uting the life of the individual as it
eO-,,, st work, nay, as it really is. But
zoos on. and under the active life the
~ L. csr.ers receiving the later impress
.;re. wear out. and for working pur-
20. snspeud function and die. Their sus-
ION * not, however, the suspension OF
lilo of the cerebral organism The
fret Impressed and imprinted-the
rs that carry the latent impressions-re-
intact and no longer oppressed and
1.-,.,rai by that which has accumulated
,,..r, begin once more TO live and dis
,l..f- activities. So aged people who
ti,s names of those who are staring
.,.,, IN the face, who forget the details Of
~, las, ride. or walk, or work. and who
-. engagements, letters and hours of
-. remember with the freshness of
~ the friends of their youth, the places,
80 conversations, events that have long
80 nossed and have been so long in
oblivion -
Ne look upon old age as something
-,,r,.el br years, continues the writer, but
49, fs mo-. Invariably the case. Some peo-
"a are older. in true sense of the term.
,a,n others who have passed through a
-~s,-er number of years than they have
....a3 through. And it is strange how
,..,y;s,eztty w all battle against the idea
,fbsing old. We none like to be called old
.,,;.b f- Old Jones, or old Grimes, as the
,...,ra. bn. How very thoughtless it is in
,.yngcr people to apply such terms TO their
,r4ers He once knew a prominent mercan-
,;-a house that constantly lost custom on
,c-.,rr g the fact that the chief salesman
consisted N addressing every man past
r;45l, ars who CHANGED to enter the store
- a51l gentleman" The ''old gentleman"
..,doln went back again. One hears that
,s-I If thing almost ever day. There is no
,se9 = telling every man past the meridian
.tise that h. is growing old, hence how
,,ori.lI g rhfug it is to make use of any such
tenn Human nature is not willing to stand
+. for the reason that it is not pleasant.
YIN. then make use OF d term unpleasant
lo The hearcr and certainly well calculated
% render you decidedly unpopular with
yoar e.dersA -
Getting back more directly to MS original
.ub ect DR.. Richardson says whenever a
nar.or who has passed the fifties, or is
..,- -r.-r,, ,.,n,,,c -I,a- ,..,,--apt mann.
cry is falling a4d past memories reviving,
he rroaires more or less mental rest of
those faculties that are becoming i'm
r9i-sd. aud is in want of pursuits and
r.a- Fortunately We never use up 4 1.-THE
O. u.~ brain surface. There is always am
.rla nary, Il surface to work upon even
l..s in lie and if the brain be not physi
Cor,n which open up new activities and
cover IN the old William Harvey, in his
LITTER days. took TO mathematics, and for
tie frs, time followed them with ease,
much 10 his quiet. He knew an aged man
via .ook, under the same circumstances to
music. and became quite violinist; from
a.. Of which comes q lesson.
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Wonderful is becoming the telephone.
The editor u the Boston Evening Record
says be- lately spent large share of the
rht with Il telephone operator at Worces-
Ter and know that there are many pleasant
things connected with the business. Gen
rla.g after - o'clock the calls are few and
lar between, coming chiefly from the news
papers and doctors. 1t IS the custom of
SUNG Il The operators TO make the circuit Of
s.vrra, places and tell funny stories.
Tie p!easautest part of it is when Wor-
ces,er. Fall River, Boston, Springfield,
Providence and New York are connected
by the long distance wire. Most of the
t9rs Of these places are musicians. The
operator il Providence plays the banjo, the
Worcester operator harmonica, and gen.
orally the others sing. Some tune will be
started by The players and the others will
sing To appreciate the effect, one must
have trauSmitter close to his ear. The
music Will sound as clear as though it were
IA the same room. i is very hard thing
.'r . person 10 believe unless he has heard
II NAV not be generally known that the
United States is country upon which the
SIN never sets. Such Is the fact, however.
When it is 6 O'Clock, sun time, al Attoo
Island, Alaska, it is 9:36 o'clock, a. IN. the
leHt day on the eastern coast of Maine.
-.
In recent address before the association
Of leairal superintendents, Henry p.
S'aarns, NJ D, said we do not fully under
Sand 9r ~ least are not agreed as to the
hstlre OF character of normal mentality.
Two Or three generations ago it WIS be-
-.eTec 10 consist in the activity of the soul
1T spirit, which was enthroned somewhere
II lie brain. No explanation OF the modus
oIer4aa. Of such activity eventuatine in
bought. as independent Of the body, was
: apparently ever deemed necessary, or con-
A4trrG Is q legitimate scientific inquiry.
Il more recent times, aud especially since
'le microscope / IS revealed to lis the Won
o5rtu.,y complex and highly organized
'eI'rre Of the brain, and modern physiolog-
'-- research has made known more
."-iec'.y the functions of many parts and
aFSa'z Of il, the Old theory has been re-
.st'tk aud leap has been made to the
..Ae7 extreme. A theory has been accepted
Z. some 10 the eject that the whole thought
process consists simply in the molecular
s'"':,y Of this highly organized cell
Structure Of brain. Perceptions, memory.