Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-01-22
 NERVE MASTERY.

dom realized until an ac ident ct some | ind demonstrates the value of coolness in an emergency. Nothing is gained by nervous excitement or activity in a time of sudden alarm; on the contrary, that is the time above all when 1t is desirable teat the mind should be cool. the wits col lected. A cat sets a good example to mankind. This aui- mal fl alarmed by a sudden noise sits perfectly still, but alert, until it has as- certaintd the source of danger and has had time to deter mine what had best be done, and she de- termines quickly and usually with precis- lon. Whether it is temporarily paraliz- ed by fear or acts in this way because it | has it's nervous or ganiza ton under | control is not apoar- ent. but it's eoneuet | is rational and may 1 well be followed by 1 men. In very many 1 cases. as when a shot | is fired or q shell l bursts. tbe danger 1 has passed before | the sound of the | shot is heard, and |
 here is, therefore no | no reason for start ing or moving, and | even when the noise | is a warning of i'm 1 pending danger no 1 movement can be | intelligently made until the source of the noise is aseer- | tained Men, as a rule, have no mtr3 courage than women but their nervous org aniZations are under bet ter control and they therefore suffer less from shock and can take better care oethem-
 selves in emecgen- cies. h the army and navy Imen acquire complete control of ther ner- yes. so that they are able to go a bout
 theirduties without
 paying any atten- =tion to the moi Q
 about them. eA boz
 ofZmenZunder sell
 control is capable of
 discipline. and dis
 cipliue counts fer a
 great deal iu
 moments of danger
 In one story Of an
 accident at sea we
 read uhaG throu@h
 the coolness Of oflc-
 CTS add crew alt of
 the fmpert4ed lives
 were saved; in
 another tllat because
 of excite ment a nd
 disc der hundreds
 were lost. the
 one ca SC self control
 is exhibited accom-
 panied by discipline,
 in the other hYsteri-
 cal exc temenI and
 bsence of II order. ] IS an asy matter
 to school oue'N sel
 to cooluess if atten-
 iiou is given to the
 matter, and on the
 other hand it s au3te as easy to saa ter ones nervous
 orgapi 1atiOn by SiY- ing way to excite. ment. Un a man of
 WAT nndee proper
 discipline there is no
 more exc cement
 visible. even du ing
 q battle,= than at q target practice. 1 Each man has a duty to perro m and attends to that to tiie exclusion of all other matters. A seaEan 1 aimed to his work, having | discovered q fire aboard ship, does not SAOHi an ala1nl but reports t0 DIS sdpet- for officer ia a com mOnpiace tone Of voice, as he would i reportanything else. IL ls this selfcontFOl 1 on the part of officers l and men that makes i a well-organized l navy so efficient as a l lighting force, l Everything that is 1 to be done is done | quickly. but without | excitement; the 1 nerves are kept 1 under control and. | though the strain may be very great, 1 the nervous organi- zation suffers less than if permitted to become excited. | Few of us have to 1 go to battle or meet | the dangers of ship wreck, but it is never theiess worth while to get control of ourselves, so that we may meet any dis turbing condition, without Il adLe eX- citement, in Ethe full possession of our faculties and with sueh cool iudgment as will enable us to determine on the instant what had best be done. Wild alarm, hysterical exc tement, move ment without pur- pose is lnse' to agg ravate the dang CTS one seeks to | a void. But 1t is in times of danger that one needs all his | faculties about him, and therefore the | need of cultivating l self-eontrol = (From | The Pine Bluff Daily 1 Commercial, Friday, l December g. 1898. not the only in mes U nion s edl- ed, without cred | ates of the Com e a few of the