Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-18

VOW impressions, which remain in activity,
,roro,jng the physical body into
o-r and continued actions, and
constituting the life of the individual as it
q seen at work, nay as it really is. But
.;,,,a .roes on, and under the active life the
h-afn centers receiving the later impress
ION. tire. wear out, and for working pur-
,,.ss suspend function and die. Their sus-
I,Dsion is not however, the suspension OF
the whole of the cerebral organism The
rgr-s first impressed and imprinted-the
t,or-s that carry the latent impressions-re-
main intact, and no longer oppressed and
Incurred by that which has accumulated
,.,,7r tnern. begin once more to live and dis
NAV ,heir activities. So aged people who
tsrret the names of those who are staring
hon in the face, who forget the details of
.p5 last ride. or walk, or work. and who
f,rrs, engagements, letters and hours of
meals. remember with the freshness of
youth the friends of their youth, the places,
habits, conversations, events that have long
since passed and have been so long in
oblivion. -
We look upon OH age as something
marked by years, continues the writer, but
MS is no, Invariably the case. Some peo-
... are older, in true sense of the term,
man others who have passed through Z
o-ea.er number Of years than they have
.t,-ed through. And it is strange how
-..rsistently we all battle against the idea
of oeinc old. We none like to be called old
smith. or old Jones, or old Grimes, as the
,.se may be How very thoughtless it is in
.3aa-er people to apply such terms to their
.,aers He once knew a prominent mercan-
lie house that constantly lost custom on
account Of the fact that the chief salesman
Persisted in addressing every man past
middle age who CHANGED TO enter the store
= old gentleman" The ''old gentleman"
seldom went back again One hears that
kind Of thing almost ever day. There is no
need Of telling every man past the meridian
o. life hat he IS growing old, hence how
foolish q thing it is TO make use of any such
term. Human nature is not willing to stand
II for the reason that it is not pleasant
N4y then make use of n term unpleasant
10 .i.e hcarer and certainly well calculated
20 render you decidedly unpopular with
g0ar edersl -.
Getting back more directly to his original
s4bra, Or Richardson says whenever q
person who has passed the fifties, or is
tafly into them, reports that current men,
ary is failing and past memories reviving,
he requires more OF less mental rest Of
hose faculties that are becoming i'm
r-rrI, and is in want of pursuits and
scenes that will bring new faculties into
play Fortunately we never Use up 4 1.-THE
Of or brain surface. There is always am
pie unchanged surface to work upon even
.t,e in Il f. and if the brain be not physi-
ally diseased, new memories may be called
forth which open up new activities and
cover in the old. William Harvey, in his
lj,cr days, took to mathematics, and for
the first time followed them with ease,
.uch 10 his quiet He knew an aged man |
who took, under the same circumstances, |
music. and became quite violinist; from |
=, Of which comes lesson.
Wonderful is becoming the telephone |
The editor Of the Boston Evening Record |
SAYS ae lately spent large share of the !
u.Ht with = telephone onerator at Worces-
'er, and know that there are many pleasant |
things connected with The business. Gen
orally after - O'Clock the calls are few ard |
far between, coming chiefly from the news
papers and doctors. It is the custom OF !
some Of the operators 10 make the circuit of
several places and tell funny stories.
TIE peasantest part of it is when Wor-
cgster Fall River, Boston, Springfield,
Providence and New York are connected
by The long distance wire. Most Of the
boys OF these places are musicians. The
cp'r-tor in Providence plays the banjo, the
Worcester operator harmonica, and gen
orally the others sing. Some tune viii be
started BIS The players and the others viii
sing. Tn appreciate the effect. one must
Hagr lIsIusuitter close to his ear The
H--.. wi. sound as clear as though it were
.4e same room. II is very hard thing
t"g person TO believe unless he has heard
j. may not be generally known that the
ahed states Is country upon which the
$50 never sets. Such is the fact, however.
When il is 4 O'Clock, sun time ct Attoo
-5ud, Alaska, it is $50 O'Clock, 4. m. the
a"A' day On The eastern coast of Maine.
-
In recent address before the association
q medical superintendent, Henry p
0't5mIs, NJ. D., said we 90 not fully under
stand or II least are not agreed as to the
a1'are or character OF normal mentality.
iHo Ut three generations ago it was be-
ia'al To consist in the activity of the soul
'r spirit, which was enthroned somewhere
u '-e brain. No explanation of the modus
N'r1r5I OF such activity eventuating in
-'lEa,, AS Independent of the body, was
lasa1l.y ever deemed necessary, or con-
.aar"a As legitimate scientific inquiry.
+" '.'rr Tecen. times, and especially since
d' horoscope has revealed TO Us the Won
laii 8 complex aud highly organized
y."a Of the brain. and modern physiolog-
'@ research has made known more
Perfectly the functions of many parts aud
'Sa15 u il, the cd theory has been re-
A'.aa, aid leap has been made TO the |
u extreme. y theory has been accepted
- soma 10 the eject that the whole thought
'roat5s consists simply in the molecular :
.t-vL.T Of this highly organized cell
Far--re Of brain. Perceptions, memory,