Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-31
WORDS BY BIG MEN
ingalls, Discusses the Health OF
Public Men
sLuMB's DEATH AND DISEASE
President Finney's Ideas Of Big Raj.
49, seheme-Csorge R. Wrnd-
bag on the Jews

Tns nzssatsa ara un-lnslg death Of Senator
FlEmc Ia he s4cri1i-a o. Is years. ma powers
Snd aS1fs.i1ess - ha-s-s @zz1 ne country has
a~.4n csl.ba stse1tlsn - tae always Ia s<reslinz
subject n TIC he..ts sf 2;lslae a.a - 2resled
bY rne nacssssry conditions q ecagressto1z.
Sad etrei1i iife fss Frequency Of similar
r4tsstFep1ns ia t1s lAst de1s1e hzs appeared
more sssxflilS because me victims Of overwork
HeEe sSea o. whom longevity razsnt have co.,
EisnEly oeca pfcdicte1 Manning. WiEfcm.
kS11Sl. Beck. busn<s. and many others Who
have fallen possessed extraordinary yigor. vital
~ ana z1durSace b tAs hsroscope taey we're
satitled - isnsth of days and should have died
hereafter
No asabr tae demands upon sne tune and
<onstftasacaas grow AMI interests nualipiy
must lnrvitsrsy Increase rather han dirnfntsh.
II eonosrns ne people. therefore. 70 consider
Scethsr shsy are imposing burdens heAsisr
ehan can Be borne. or wle.her these alarming
eAsaiikiss are partly due % di4resara Of obvious
bass, - Irregular habits sGd causes tnat might
De- ssoi:si-in other words. saesaer premature
nssE1s murder or suicide
Win popu4scon Of Ten Millions ana access
% me CAPITAL ~ stage coach, steamboat OF
yftssbs conveyance. tks puoaa service vas
Isisar-i7, isolated AMI c-xaia>d hat with
Dtxty i've mzflso1A. = railroad syssem making
sns souaeg from the Paol1e 70 Washington .
hSlls. ,hs 1s1y press, Telephones AID special
deliveries. thu poss Of IL ambitious and sue
eosSful pail zcsn v 40 s-aecc<c
Stencxrsray ADD The typo0rlDcr have light
ened the ton cf os1cszl correspondence. but sfls
labor as beet 10 immense and imperative Not
10 reply pronDxy 70 q Isttsr u the unpardorr
able SIN. a1d many hat are private zz<i coa1
'a@asiAl En1ss D. answered IN autograph Appli-
GO q Cor pcnsioa often address every member
Of their own delegation simultaneously about
their claims. aad sometimes those Of other
states . ~sli. thus sat1llins enormous as-
xreQAtc u needless work upon ne bureau as
each must % separately answered Frequent
err.ads az the departments upon matters Of pat
rouage. favor and Business are Indispensable
Committees meet regularly. Bills must be en-
anlaed for report. pubs questions studied,
preparation made for dsoAte. Tie daily sessions
attended. newspapers read, guests entsrtairsd.
social obligations discharged. and time found
far Fecrestlos. food and rsst
Add 20 this the necessity for constant vigf-
lance ~ home. Of long and zrduous campaigns
soF reelection. The control OF primaries and con-
vontions. weeks Of stump speaking. hand SHAH
sns aud seeing she boys. aud it u eyidens that
the eight hour Law VII not Apply 10 legislators
md statesmen. Thsy ron The stone Of Sisyphus
and turn the wheel Of Lion. finding IN endless
boil uaceas1ng fascination
I But numerous and unending these func-
&lolt tfts with syslti-ls cf1crs sSSauc1cr 1nI
pru,fenf h1sbsnttng OF hours they can b per
Dcrmsd vishous exhaustion IL Is not ''over-
work" alone hat kills
s The temptations To trreHuiarfty are strong
Tho simplest axforns Of health arc occasionally
otsregArdsd and nature Is a relentless creditor.
lsrnc which should Be- given to sleep Is some
lines lent TO eonvivtAlttJ. The pleasures Of .
luxurious table and . voiupsuoas couch ere
Dpendtnrsfts Of the nerves and brain The hu-
ran body v an engine with . storage battery
Dspsble Of % many pulsations, and when its en-
Drgy Is expended. WHISTLER By work or waste.
Mat Is The end
Death 10 nos IN accident II 10 appotnted 70
pvery man % dss. and when his time comes he
yoes. Tho maniac who lres bullet through
BIS dssordercd brain dies subject 20 shs same In
pzorable tsw - the peaceful patriarch who pain
bscsly ysssds up the ghost ~ iourseore, his lies
goirx our Ike . candle taAt has burned ~ IL
Sockes The DEGREES CT s4tc cannot be que
honed nor fafhomcd but 10 often occurs that In
NE Intellectual effort there IL an irrcconctlasic
discrepancy between the autopsy and the cpl
eph JoHs JAMES iScALLS