Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
STUDY ALL YOU MAY.
THERE IS no SUCH THING AS A
"TIRED BRAIN"

That Is Diverted or Some other Vi
tai Point That Is Weakened.
Every man should have impressed
upon him the fact that the human
brain is capable of absolutely unlimit-
ed development. 1t can be developed
more easily, more permanently than
the muscles. Like the muscles, it is
developed by exercise, but unlike them
there is no limit to its possible develop |
ment and there is no age limit to the
growth of mental faculties.
If you 20 to a certain hotel in Chi |
cagO you will find at the door of the |
| large dining room a cOlored gentleman
who takes your hat, Overcoat and UNI
/ brella. He gives you no ticket. When
/ you walk out again, to your intense
amazement he hands you your prop
erty, identifying you among hundreds
Of other guests and Immediately as
sociating you with the proper hat and
coat
In a big store in Twenty-third street,
2Tew York city, a small negro lad, IA
or 10 years old. works for a living.
One day at that store this writer asked
for a book apparently seldom pur-
chased. Various dignifed white men
were asked about the book. They
thought that they did not have it, but
to make sure they asked the colored
boy. Without a moments hesitation
he pointed out certain balcony on
the east side of the store and told eX-
actly where the small volume could be
found. Every one of the thousands
of books in that store was located in a
definite spot in that young negrO's
f mind, despite the fact that he probably
: had seen the insiGes of very few OF
n the volumes.
f The two instances quoted are moi
# unusual They indicate merely the
!. most superficial sort of development OF
, one particular mental faculty. that OF
p recollection. A more remarkable in
n stance of such development was shOwI
Il by HOudin. the French prestidigitatoT
10 He could pass a shop window contain
If ing perhaps scores of different articles
n cast a glance at the window as b
70 went by and enumerate without erro
eI everything in it from that one glance
Some men learn a score or more Q
languages.
Yet the greatest development of an
human brain has never taxed even
the slightest degree the actual capacit
of the mind.
No matter to what extent you ma
train your mental faculties. no matte
how much you may use your brain. yC
81,
3 or cents and has a million dOlla
in the bank.
e. We are justified in believing that V
are destined to marvellous ment
III achievements in the future when '
tly consider the instrument of thong
IDS that has been given to us and viii
ers is so little used at present.
zen A scientist named Meinert calculat
he that the gray matter of the brain &C
i've tains G00.00O.00O cells.
las That in itself seems quite complies
no ed. If we only had one thought stor
self away in each cell. we would kn'
of quite a good deal
my But you must remember that ca
up cell is divided into several thousa
the molecules separately diviSible.
ave Every one of these molecules G.
IoV- tains many millions of atoms. |
Ouestionably each separate atom pl;
Aral its part in the working of the bra
ure Figuring on a very modest basis. !
lud- find that your brain contains 1SO'
my 600. OO,OO0O0O,000 separate atoms.
zap The theory that the atom is an il
'ere visible particle of matter, which is
lcle dicated by its name, meaning unc
OF bic. is only a theory not by any me
ana demonstrated There is no reason
one believe that there is any limit to
lclu' universe in the direction of bignes'
'. is Ii+tlonoss What we call an atom I
DE- be in effect an indivisible particle
ii matter or it may be a small univ'
III in itself. However this may be, d
i'rl you think that with a brain organ
anu as above you ought to be able to de
lllss Cd a good deal of mental energy
be quite free from any worry al
li'ls overworking the machine which
was was been given to you to do your think
my When man thinks his brain is Il
:" " it is really his stomach that is owe
i"a,, or some other vital point that is de
WIN ed or overloaded. Keep the res
gu, our your body in good condition, and
nv, brain will never feel any amour
liI'r y. work that you will be able to give
% " New York Journal.