Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-17
.SIUDY ALL YOU M
THERE ls NO SUCH THING As A
TIRED BRAiN.p

sTiRED BRAIN. Ds
When a@1IHn Thinks His Brain Is
Tired, Il i j Really His stornae1
That IL Diverted or some OtherV
taI Point That u Weakened.
Every man should have impressed
upon him the fact that The: human
brain i capable Of absolutely unlimit-
ed development. can be developed
more easily, more permanently than
the muscles. Like the muscles, 1t ISL
deYelopedb by exercise, butsunlike them
there is no limit toS Its possible develop
Tnent and there IS no ageSlimit to the
growth OF mental faculties.
If gyou#g to certain hotel Tin Chi
Scago you will find at the door Of the
large dining room d colored gentleman
who takes your hat,ssovercoat and um-||
breIla. He gives yon no ticket. When
you walk d again, to your intense
Amusement he hands you your prop
}erty, Identifying you among hundreds
of other guests and Immediately as
sociating YOU with the proper hat and
coat. S sss$ssSs 8% l#S# #
Ina big store In Twenty-third street,
New York city, a small negro lad, ~
or is years old, works for living.
One day at that store this writer asked
for a book apparently seldom pur-
chased. Various dignifed white men
were asked about the book. They
thought that they did not have it, but
ito make sure they asked the coloreds
boy. Without moments hesitation
The pointed out certain balcony 5on
the east side&$of the store and told ex-
actly&Where the small volume could be
found. Every one@of the thousands
of books inthat store was located in al
definite spot I'D that young negro's
mind, despite the factsthat he probably
had seen the insides Of very few of
the volumes.
The two instances quoted are not
unusual. They indicate merely the
most superficial sort Of development of
one particular mental faculty, that of.
recollection. Al more remarkable in
stance OF such development was shown
by Houdin,. the French prestidigitator.
He could pass a shop window contain
ing perhaps scores Of different articles,
east 8 glance at the window as he
went by and enumerate without error
ISeverything in it from that one glance.
Some men learn a score or more. OF
languages. 4
Yet the greatest development OF any
human brain has never taxed even to
the slightest degree the actual capacity
of the mind. S2$%3
No matter to what extent you may
train yonr mental faculties, no matter
howsmuch you may use your brain, you
will still be like the man who has spent
or g cents and has q million dollars
inthe bank.
We are justified in believing that we
are destined to marvellous mental
achievements in the future, when we
consider the instrument of thought
thatshas been given to III and which
is so little used at present.
a scientist named Meinert calculates
that the gray matter OF the brain con
tains 6OO,O0O,OOO cells. ]
That In itself seems quite complicat-
ed. If we only had one thought stored
awaysSin each eel. we would know
quite a good deal. 5#:s I
But you must remember that each
cell is@divided into several thousand
molecules separately Invisible.
Every one of these molecules con-
tains many millions Of atoms. IN
fquestionab1y4 each separate atom plays
its part in the working of the brain.
Figuring on a very modest basis, you
find that your brain contains 18,000,-
1000, separate atoms.
The theory that the atom Is an indi-
visible particle Of matter, which is in
tdicated by its name, meaning uncuti-
bic, lis only q theory not by any means
demonstrated. There is 10 reason to
believe that there is any limit to the
universe in the direction Of bigness Of
Iittleness. What we call an atom mag
be in effect an indivisible particle Of
matter or 1t may be small universe
in itself. However this may be, don't
you think that with a brain organized
as above You ought to be able to deyel-5
Top a good deal OF mental energy and.
be quite free from anys#worry about
l&overworking the machine which has
been given to you to do your thinking2
When b man thinks his brain is tired,
it Is really his stomach that is oVerfed
or some other$Yital point that8is depict
ed OF overloaded Keep the rest OF
your body&in good condition, and your
brain will never feel any amount Of
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