The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-06-27
Barlow Philosopher Finds Unhealthy
Condition CT Minds.
cN0PPING WOOD IS A SURE CURE
Relations BetweenPhysical and Mei =
tai Labor Are Discussed By the
Well Known Writer.


.ildes indicates an healthy condition
of mind and body and | have though:
that if the man would quit thinking
about his troubles and go to ChOpping
wood or digging in the garden, or even
go hunting and get up good cricu.a-
ton he would feel better and conclude
to live on a while longer. The body
affects the mind and when the blood in
the veins gets thick and sluggish and
the secretions become Stagnant, the
mind gets diseased and morbid, the
emotions are out Of tune and the man
actually believes he would find rest and
peace in death. Ii is strange that any
man of education or refinement would
entertain such an unreasonable hope.
What did the schoolteacher of Dothan
accomplish by killing DR.. Mcneil aad
himself? Where is the schoolteacher
now? When two enemies fight a duel
and both are killed, how do their spir-
its meet in the ether world? Do they
shake hands or renew the fight, for. of
course. they are not in heaven? What
does the young man accomplish by
killing his sweetheart and then him
self? Are they not then forever separ-
ated? What does anybody gain by sal
eide? AS Hamlet says: us it not better
to bear the ills we have than fly to
others that we know not or" Why not
run away from yourself? Run to the
WooGS-keep on rUnnilg-jump the
brances, swim the rivers, get wet, get
tiTed-work in the garden, dig, hoe,
chop wood, mount horse and ride fl-
riously-anything to divert the d.s-
.ased mind from its train Of thought.
Ny good old father was afflicted with
rheumatism and when ne felt the acute,
agonzing pains coming on he would
:olse up and limp away and make
!or the farm, and would walk fa2ter
and faster as the pains increased, aid
would actually make them ashamed
md they would leave him for day or
Two. To keep the mind in good, nor
nal condition the body must be exer-
;iscd Sedenta"y occupations are not
heaIthy for men. and even women
should fly around the house with a
broom or wash the windows OCCASION
ally, or dig among the flowers. 1t Slll
not do for them TO sit and sew all the
time. ] am sorry for these unmarried
yirls who have to run the machine all
the day long and gel no healthy eXe--
Else except for the ankle bones. When
they set married and the babies come
along they are pretty safe, for little
children give mother diversion
enough. A mother with a babe in her
arms never thinks OF suicide. Even If
her husband is cruel to her or is a
lrunkard, she will live on and on for
The sake Of the child. We nGte ts9t
most Of the suicides occur among the
young men and are caused from inten-
I2Iance or disappointed love or failure
10 make money fast, or being caught n
:Mbezzlement (aiiaS stealing). Othello
Killed himself because he found out
that he had wrongfully killed his wife,
End Shakespeare says "he was great o.
heart" | reckon he was, considering
that he was Moor and did not believe
in a heareafter. 1t was the best thing
and the most heroic thing that he
could do 1t was the very intensity Of
-rief and repentance and has no parai-
lei II modern suicides. for most all OF
them are selfish CT revengeful. II was
like the Harikiri Of Saul. or OF the an
cient generals when defeated in battle.
The most alarming feature about
+bosa suicides OF our young men is the
indication that they are not oelleVe!S
n the Christian religion. No sane N N
will take his own lie il he De.leVeS IN
heaven and he'll and future state o.
rewards and punishnents. He Will be
afraid to. The influence OF modern fic-
ton on the youthful mind has much to
do with it. for great deal of it IS
tainted with atheism and inidelity.
Even some of the standard writers,
such as Hume and Disraeli had left
their bad impression. The latter threw
dark shadow over life and says thai
youth is blunder. manhood strug-
gle and old age regret.
Is il not far better to take more
hopeful view of life and say like the
poet, Horace Smith:
The world is very lovely! Oh, my God.
| thank thee that live"
o. to say like Longfellow-
life Is real-life Is earnest,
And the grave is not its goal.'
It is easy to diagnose a poets tenn
,erament Of a philosophers by his