Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-18
THE POWER OF FEAR.
One of the Most Deadly Instruments for
 Marring Human Lives.

The recent spectacle of multitudes of
 people (many of them waiting in line all
 night) drawing their money out of per. feetly sound manks and trust companies is a good illustration of the power of
 fear to bring about a financial panic,
 even in the midst of prosperity. There
 was absolutely no real cause for this
 panic which, for a time, played such
 havoc in the financial world.
 In all parts of the United States llevel-headed, conservative business men
 are most optimistic. Representative
 business men, prominent merchants and
 manufacturers in different parts of the
 country have been interviewed and , they say that bushes was never more satisfactory, that the volume this year will greatly exceed that of last year. The demand on wholesale houses for
 spot and future goods is better than year ago. Collections are good, and the fall business promises to be as large
 as last year. In the west business is
 reported better than ever before.
 If instead of giving up to his fear,
 man would persist in keeping prosperity
 in his mind, assume hopeful, optimist- ie attitude, and conduct his business in systematic, economical. far-sighted manner, actual failure would be compar. atively rare. But when man becomes discouraged, when he loses heart and his grip, he is not in position to make the effort which is absolutely necessary to bring victory out of anything, and there is a shrinkage all along the line. Courage must lead in any great under taking. Efficiency will only follow con- fidence.
 Fear is one of the most deadly instru- ments for marring human lives. It has a deadening, paralyzing, blighting infu- ence upon the whole being. It impover- ishes the blood, destroys health, by i'm pairing the digestion, cutting off nutri. tion, and lowering the physical and mental vitality. It crushes out hope, kills courage, and so enfeebles the mind s action that it cannot create.
 Fear kills initiative. All work done when one is suffering from sense of fear or foreboding has little efficiency. 1 Fear strangles originality, daring, bold 1 ness; it kills individuality, and weakens all the mental processes. Great things are never done under a sense of fear of some impending danger. It depress- es normal mental actionf and renders | one incapable of acting wisely in an for no one can think clearly and act wisely when paralyzed by fear.
 Some people are always suffering from this peculiar phase of fear. They are going to lose their money or their po- 'ition; or they are afraid of accident, or that some fatal disease is developing n them. If their children are away ,hey see them in all sorts of catastro- ohes-railroad wrecks, burning cars, or hipwrecks. They are always picturing he worst "You never can tell what will happen, they say, "and it is better to prepare for the worst.
 The man who lives under this terrible hadow of impending danger, with this Tread that something is going to hap zen to his bushes, his family, or him. elf, is in no condition to ward off the vii before which he covers. His men, ! al attitude lowers his vitality, lessens z is powers of resistance, vitiates his 5 fficiency, and ruins his resourceful- 2 Magazine.