Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-03
THE PRINCIPLE OF REST.
A Few Practical Hints That Ameri-
cans Should Consider.

A Few Practical Hints That Ameri-
cans Should Consider.
The principle of rest is the principle
of relaxation, a temporary cessation or
suspension of energy from any part or
from all of the body. Absolute rest i'm
plies the complete letting CO. of all
tension. mental, nervous and physical.
All are involved to some extent in ev-
cry act of our daily life, nor can they
be entirely separated.
Let us see what will happen If we
place the body in reclining position
80 comfortably arranged that absolute
physical repose would seem inevitable.
Then let the mind take hold of some
problem and concentrate on 1t until all
the mental energy is aroused. This en-
crgy is unconSciOusly communicated
to the nervous system, and soon the en-
tire physical self is in highly tensed
condition. Few people realize this I'M
til their attention is called to 1t. They
think they must be resting when the
body is inactive. 1t is not necessary
that the body be exercising in order to
be tense. A set Of muscles may be
n2rvously tense and yet be apparently
motionless. This difference between q
tense muscle and q muscle entirely re-
laxcd or devital:Zcd is what l want you
TO thoroughly understand, for this
tense condition brought on by mental
and nervous strain and often held with
out relaxation for hours produces great
err fatigue than many forms Of exer-
else that are more physical in execu-
ton.
Remember always that the mind Is
the great controlling power, and 1t Is
only when the mind becomes as nearly
as possible a perfect blank that the
body can rest satisfactorily. If the
body would rest, the mind must rest
also. In other words, think rest;" "let
60" Of everything mental and relax
completely.-RoseE dson-Helme in Pill
grim.
The Grand Canyon.
Once, crossing little tributary Of
the Colorado. l found that every drop
splashed on my clothes hardened to
lump Of mud and that where the wa
ter was but foot deep my horse was
nearly washed away by its force.
That fact, Roger Pocock says in an
article in Parsons, told me the secret
of the Grand canyon. Like the Nile,
the Colorado flows through a desert,
but the river Of Egypt meanders softly
and muddy over low plains, spread
ing when it is full into harmless lakes,
whereas this headlong sluice Of run
ming sand, launched at the naked
rocks, has the cutting powers Of huge
steel saw. The country has risen per
haps an inch year, but the torrent.
instead of spreading out over the land.
has sawed through the lifting rocks.
The country has risen to height Of
5000 feet, while still the Colorado
flows at the ancient level, only 1000
feet above the sea. That is the reason
Of this profound abyss for 600 miles
through the very foundations Of the
world. In all, 100000 cubic miles of
solid rock have been ground in this
vast mall and hurled into the gulf Of
California.
Negro Pulpit oratory.
The other night the colored pas.
tor of the Wheat Street Baptist
church spoke a welcome to Booker
T. Washington. Pastor Bryant is a
regular "'rousement" preacher. In
the course of his speech he said he
could imagine ''the angels leaving
the battlements of heaven to kneel
at the throne and beg for furloughs
to perch on the stars outside and
hear Booker Washington speaking
wisdom and patriotism!- Atlanta
Constitution.