Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-28


feet OF worry and suspense in driving
men wild is constantly seen in the BUSH
ness world, directly and by contrast. for
parative mental repose. Hence author
ETY. are far more liable to lead to mental
arrangement than the assurance of dis
astel.
5 As anxiety is a foe to clear thinking,
it is better for one approaching a crisis
to resort TO indirect methods of dissipat
ing it, such as conversation, the reading
exercise. or the use of tools With which.
one would cut himself if he did not give
his entire attention totheir use. Similar
means also contribute to sound sleep.
Subjects OF thought should be FIRE
quently changed. Neither flnatlcism nor
insanity from mental causes Mill lie LA
BILE to develop when the mind is not con-
Istantly held upon one problem, proba-
.bility, possibility or perplexity.
Surroundings lose their powerto with
draw the mind from cara and fear. SO
from time TO time the scene should be
changed. Those Who postpone travel for
several Years often find that they have
lost the capacity of enjoyment; care is
their courier. and they return unre-.
freshed. n frequent vacation of two or
three days in alnonth would in many
cases be more beneficial than thiity-siX
days of leisure or change consetutively
each year.
The observance of one day in seven by,
a complete change in subjects Of
thought. and the suspension of modes of
ACTIVITY required for six days would be
philosophical even tho it had no bass
lin religion. In the first French raNolu-
ton the attempt was made to have a
holiday once in five days and again
once in ten. The Intervals We've too FREE
quent under the first plan. and did not
recur often enough under the second.
Hence thesa Who hated the system
which enforced the Sabbath were fain
to return to it.
The superintendent of one of the lalg-
Test hospitals for the9nsane declares that
nineteen out of twenty Of the business
and professional men who come under
ihisc have been III the habit of carry
ing busiE.ss,5, on thsii minds seven days
IN each and every Week.
Exaggerated sensitiveness is foe to
happiness and the direct source OF mel
anchGlN. In its earliest stages il is
anenable 10 se.f-treatment. Many a
restoration 70 happiness has occurred by
the revelation TO ones self that by nm
due ssnsitivenesa he has been making
life intolerable to himself. and TO his
friends.
Never. except in an emergency should
any one stake all he has upon one thing.
Caesar! aut .iihil is usually nihfl, and If
Caesar. it il often only another form of
Eniilil. liz great emergencies men are
often rot content TO Wait. Because they
know not what to do, they do they know
mot What.
Many become insane for want of oc-
.cupation: they inherit wealth, and with
ii u strait-jacket of conNentionalite in
which they are compelled to spend their
iives. This is especially the case With
women. who generally. unlike men sim
lana. o,ssenfploy their energies in hunt-
ing. fishing. or athletics Men Who re-
tire from business voluntarily or be-
cause of advancing years. without
modes of mental occupation, are prone
TO melancholy Some fearpovefty while
isin the midst8of riches; others are out If
Joint With the times; others develop
strange eccentricitiea illustrating the
lproNerb. Give an old mill nothing else
i TO grind and it Will grind flint" A
habit of reading. an interest in science
/ active connection With some systemat.
Liked philanthropy. a profound and prac.
teal sympathy with some religious
cult Will postpone the date of the ad.
/ vent of seniiity