The morning times., 1896-07-06

tion TO them. He will be more careful Of
his engine than he is OF himself.
Many a business man is even worse.
II he is nervous and ''headachey'' he
takes cocktail and smokes a cigar. By
the time night comes on he is in worse
condition than lie was the night before.
He is driving himself to death. He is
living on his capital He is making great
er drafts on his health than his deposits
amount to. He is not putting enough
food into his blood. He is not passing
enough nutrimeDt to his body's credit.
He is continually drawing out more vital
ity than lie Is putting in. Every man
knows what will happen if he does that
sort OF thing TO his bank account. Pretty
soon he won't have any. The man who
makes overdrafts on his health will some
day wake up to find his drafts dishonored.
They will go to protest, and the protest
will be so strong that IL will lay the man
flat on his back. He may get up again
and he may not 1t is good deal harder
to make solvent bankrupt body than it
is 10 rehabilitate bankrupt business.
Hard work never killed man.who took
careof himself. Aman ma Y work iustas hard
rs he pleases if he takes care of his health.
II he thinks right, rests right. and sleeps
right hard work won't hurt him. II he
keeps his digestion In good order:if his food
is nutritious and is well assimilated he will
be pretty sure to sleep well. Hard work
will only make him sleep better. If he
gets his digestion out Of order, his nerves
will soon find it out, and they will help to
make the digestion worse. Pretty soon
the man will find it hard to tell which 1t is
that is keeping him awake. indigestion or
his nerves. Whichever 1t Is, the result is
pretty sure. One OF the results is that his
business Will suffer.
A tagged brain, unrefreshed by restful
sleep, is not OF much use in the turbulent
tide OF business Sleeplessness Ia q danger
signal that no man should ignore. He
ought to find out what 1t was thatmadehim
sleepless: and when he inquiries, he will
nine times in ten-find that the trouble
started in his stomach or other digestive
organs.
When a mans digestion is in good order,
things don't worry him unnecessarily.
He throws off little troubles with no effort
at all, and every man knows that it is the
little, nagging, insignificant details that
make him miserable. Little worries and
little irritations are worse than big ones,
because there are somany more ofthem
Aman in good health is, practically "a man
in good humor. He sees the bright side of
things without looking for them. He is gen.
orally coDtented. he is glad he is alive.
There is no danger ut all that he will place
himself at the wrong end of q pistol. Just
the minute that he finds little things worry
Ing him-just the day that he finds himself
nervous and sleepless, and tired without
apparent cause, that minute, and that day
he ought to take n medicine that will soothe
bis nerves, help his digestion, enrich his
blood. If he does it promptly he won'thave
to take very much medicine. Nature is q
hard worker and needs only little help, II
given promptly.
The man who is losing flesh is losing the
cushions that protect his nerves from hard
knocks. There are very few nervous fat
men. 1t is doubtful If you kno " of even one.
Look at the wiry. thin men of your ac-
quaintance See II they are not bundles of
nerves. Take thin man and put flesh on
him, and his nervousness disappears. He
will eat better, sleep better, and rest better.
He won't sit up at night to read When he
| goes to bed he will sleep, and when he gets
up In the moming, he will be refreshed and
invigorated and ready for the days busi-
ness.
The man who is getting thin isn't getting
enough Dutriment out OF his food. He needs
| n tonic, just as surely as he needs food.
The idea that taking medicine is a bad
thing, and TO be avoided. is one of the
greatest mistakes that was ever made.
| when you take medicine If You take the
right medicine you give to your body the