The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-06

"SVEltiN%n1- erty of ideas and
sameness Of expression of most of
our acouaintances? Perhaps the wealth
has been q blaze of golden splendor
.r;np several weeks, but If the last
'oot has contained three rainy or
rowy days you are sure to be told by
ina among ten people You meet that
the weather has been perfectly terri
h of late depressing and SO dis
, preeable to get about in.
why do people SO quickly forget the
nnshine and so harp upon the shadow?
certainly the sun has smiled upon us to
remarkable degree the last season, and
|et the occasional gloomy day which
Iccurred has served as theme Of CON-
oent and complaint for nearly all our
lcouaintances if not for ourselves.
We all ought to realize what tre-
pendously stale and stupid thing it is
b complain of stormy day. There is
nothing so offensive in silence that we
heed break its charm by the monotonous
tupidity of these wearisome observa-
lions on disagreeable weather. 1t is
bardonable, if not new, to praise a pleas
Int day, for the agreeable is never stale,
but he who insists upon calling our at
tention to the unfavorable aspect of the
weather adds annoyance TO our discom-
fort
II you are grumbler of this sort set
hbout it at once to reform yourself. Let
be weather-the bad weather-tell its
bwn story. 1t has voices enough with
but yours. Nl
If you must tell about the elements,
try and say something good about the
stormy days Say that the rains are
clearing the cutters and carrying away
Impurities from the streets; that they
pre laying the dust and refreshing the
Fields. Say that the SHOWS are giving
thousands of poor people work to do,
besides preparing the earth for good
harvests.
Say that gray skies are good for ones
spiritual growth; that they lead one to
be irrespective and thoughtful. 1t is a
very poor order Of mind that depends
Upon clear sky for cheerfulness. Do
not admit that dark day makes you
"blue and morbid" 1t is confession
of poverty of mental resources. Deny it
even to yourself and decide to overcome
1t If it is so, and, having dropped this
topic from your list, let me beg Of You
70 discontinue any relation Of your
physical ills.
Do you like to sit and listen to your
|acquaintances when they expatiate upon
their aches and pains? Does not your
friend assume the mien of deadly foe
when he generally it is she) proceeds
| to tell in detail all that he has suffered
with niblaria, bronchitis or nervous
prostration since you last saw him?
How moIotonous such variations be-
come, how wearisome 10 the listener
obliged to assume polite air of sympa-
thetic interest And yet how many,
how very many, people make this topic
the basis Of their conversation.
Do not, / beg of you, add yourself to
|the list. Not only are you boring your
listeners with unpleasant subjects, but
you are building brain cells of diseased
thought for yourself.
DIR. Elmer Gates in his scientific in
vestigation has proved that even in one
hour by the display of colored lights
|Polor cell is developed in the brain OF
rabbit born and bred in dark room.
Many other similar experiments made
by him prove with what unerring GER
tainty thoughts are building brain cells
Tor animals and men. So every time
we let our minds dwell upon our dis
eases we are forming cells of diseased
Thought which render it harder and
harder for us to be we'll, and when we
force our friends to think of our phys
ical ailments we are inficting like
injury upon them, aside from the fact
that we are boring them inexpressibiy.
Besides, there is no necessity for so
much sickness. If we think right, act
night, eat wisely and not too WELL
avoid stimulants, tea and coffee inolud-
Ell, and accustom our bodies to cold, very
cold, water once or twice day, we VIII
not suffer from anything short OF small
pox or yellow fever.
High living and low thinking cause
more than half our ills. To say we have
been Ill is to say we have been stupid
foolish or wicked. Why should we en-.
terrain our friends with an account or
our own stupidity or wrongdoing! "A
mere reference to an illness is quite
enough. If we stop at that, few OF our
friends will urge us to proceed with tne
subject Try them and see.
Having tabooed bad weather and your
own III health as subjects of converse,
ton, the ailments of other people ana
their misdeeds better be added TO the
rubbish you trundle away from tne
doorways of speech.
OF course, il our friends are desper-
ately sick or about to be imprisoned 10,
their bad conduct we cannot very wen
avoid speaking OF the matter, but we
need not dwell upon the unwhoiesome
"DETAILS. as most of rs are prone TO 90.
Once let all these commonplace ana
disagreeable topics drop from your
mind and you will be charmed with the
variety Of pleasing and agreeable sup