Evening journal., 1902-08-28
BRAIN NEVER
GROWS WEARY
When a Man Thinks His
Gray Matter Tired, He
Is Sick

Every man should have impressed
upon ( him the fact that the human
brain is capable Of absolutely unlimlt-
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 possit& develop
ment and there is no age lisiit to the
growth of mental faculties.
If you go to a certain hotel In Chi
cagO you win 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 big store in Twenty-third street,
New York city, a small negro lad, IA
or Is years old, works for a living
One day at that store this writer asked
for a book apparently seldom pur-
NAattaAAs AAAOno 1AEhAANh mAAAt Ilih
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-
nctly 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
mind, despite the fact that 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. A 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.
cast a glance at the window as he
went by and enumerate without error
everything in 1t from that one glance.
Some men learn a score or more of
languages
Yet the greatest development of any
& human brain has never taxed even to
:, the slightest degree the actual capacity
of the mind.
4 No matter to what extent you may
E train your mental faculties, no matter
= how Euch you may use your brain, you
D viii still be like the man who has spent
e or cents and has a million dollars
: in the bank.
+ We are justified in believing that we
2 are destined to marvellous mental
= achievements in the future, when we
! consider the instrument of thought
! that has been given to us and which
is so little used at present.
A scientist named Melnert calculates
that the gray matter Of the brain con.
tains GOO0oO,O00 cells.
That in itself seems quite complicat
ed. II we only had one thought stored
away in each cell. we would know
quite a good deal.
81, But you must remember that each
) cell is divided into several thousand
'r molecules separately divisble.
q Every one of these molecules con
e tains many millions Of atoms. Un
a. questionably each separate atom plays
n, its part in the working Of the brain
T. Figuring on a very modest basis, you
"a find that your brain contains $4,000,
10 600 900, O,OOO,0OOOOO separate atoms.
4 The theory that the atom is an indi
m visible particle of matter, which is in
g dicated by Its name, meaning uncut
= BILE, IS only q theory not by any meani
sr demonstrated. There is no reason t.
: believe that there Is any limit to tn,
N universe in the direction Of bigness O
m littleness. What we call an atom ma.
4, be In effect an indivisible particle o
te matter or it may be a small univers
n' IN itself. However this may be, don
al you think that with n brain organized
Q as above you ought to be able to devel
~ op a good deal OF mental energy ant
be quite free from any worry abou
overworking the machine which ha
been given to you to do your thinking
When a man thinks his brain is tired
It is really his stomach that is oyerfel
or some other vital point that Is depict
ed or overloaded Keep the rest O
your body in good condition, and you
brain will never feel any amount o
l. work that you win be able to give it,
New York Journal.