The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-13
A PERTINENT QUESTION.
Appeals to all tho People.
ARE WE LIVING TOO FAST?

Raleigh Times.
Are we living to fast? This is q
question that sometimes presents itself
to the mind of every thoughtful man.
We scarcely can glance over the col
umns Of any one of our great metro
politan dailies without seeing the
graphic account of some suicide or the
breaking down of some life as the re-
suit OF the rapid pace at which we are
moving. We know that insanity Is on
the Increase, and no one doubts that
this Is caused largely by the strenuous
lives we are living. Why is it we are
compelled to run at this break-neck
speed in order to keep up with the pro-
cession? The procession is moving
and we must keep up. Is it because
our neighbor is in the procession and
we are all striving to outrun our
neighbor? We frequently have too
much false pride and are trying to make
as good an appe earance as our
neig Dor. We com mi the
crime OF being unjust to ourselves
by living beyond our means, or at least
beyond what prudent economy would
advise. This necessitates over-exertion,
care and anxiety; waste OF nervous
energy and general breaking down of
our physical natures.
Here are the causes which DR.. James
p. Lynch says will make all civilized
men insaue In 7CO years:
"Drink, the use of drugs, the mad
race for gain, the worship of the dol
lar, the neglect of religion, the constant
over-exertion of physical endurance,
mental gluttony, the lost art OF the to-
tai relaxation OF mind and body, the
high nervous tension of life, and the
present condition of woman as wage
Garner and mother.
"The society woman and the work.
ing woman both live a strenuous
life of constant exhaustion. The
gay life Of pleasure of; the one wo-
man and tie dtudgery of the other ale
continuously decreasing their nervors
strength and energy, aud when Brain
tagged and mentally exhausted ttey
marry, they become the mothers Of
physical starvelings, who develop l.to
men and women unfit for the burdens
of lie, who, in their turn, live in the
manner OF their parents, weaker and
even less able to stand the nervous ten
sion of work and dissipation. These
people are often predisposed to insanity
and nervous diseases, while often the
result is degeneration and lmbecility.
"When men make it possible for wo-
men to return to their proper place of
home and motherhood, and they can
cease their pitiful struggle for exist
ence, leaving the obtaining of a livell-
hood to the the men of the family
then the conditions that produce in-
sanity will diminish.
among the foreign laborere bad
whiskey and beer cause more In
sanity than does anything else. The
reason is that the drink is 'doctored
with cocolus indicus, or fish berry,
that is used by the Chinese in CATCH
Ing fish. In other words drugs and
whiskey combined are good combina-
tion on which to build lunatlc."
cit is safe to estimate" said DR.. o.
car S. King, "that 10 per cent. of the
present insanity is from predisposi
ton. That from 30 to 80 per cent. ls
due to inheritance.
"People in cities live artificial lives
and violate most of natures laws. 4
person who feels himself going to
pieces from nervousness should first
get firm grip on himself. Eat regu-
larly, go to bed early, work as regularly
as possible, take long walks, but not
too long, drive in the country if possl-
BILE, get plenty OF fresh air and play
golf one day in the week at least. And
when he feels that he has done enough
stop-no matter what happens, stop.
And when he feels the best he should
be the most careful, for that is the
time he is apt to overdo."
Sick headache is caused by dlsor-
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The iYoung Man-Do you think
you could be satisfied with love in COT
tage? The Adored One-Yes, If there's
room-for hope of q mansion some
day.-Chicago Tribune.