The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-01-19

ally the rack until. all at once. 1t breaks
dows. Incidentally. his digestion becomes i'm
paired. his vital organs suffer Irritation. which is
often the beginning Of disease. and his 'circua-
ton is clogged. threatening apoplexy. No won
der. then. that in many an instance he dies sud-
denly. while yet in the prime Of life
Sudden deaths much more common than
they used to be. The high pressure of modern
life with its keen competition and intense
strain. is the chief The busy merchant
drives his body machine beyond its capacity and
suddenly it collapses. Heart disease or apo
pezy the attack may be, according to the ply
sicians diagnosis. but 1t is really overdriving
that is accountable for tie mischief. The siren
life is all well. but II is liable in these
days to be carried too far. have known several
tragic incidents of the kind within the last few
years-one OF them the case of a gentleman
WHOM ! had earnestly advised to lead more
simple life. Nature" ! said to him, did not
provide you with machine capable Of enduring
such use You have many hours for sleep,
so many for work and SO many for recreation;
you must arrange them accordingly" But he
kept at the same gait and. not long ago.
while speaking at dinner on board steam
ship that was entering the harbor Of New York.
he dropped dead A blood-vessel had given
way.
When the body-machine is weakened by over
II cannot Withstand the hostile germ life which
It cannot Withstand the hostile germ life which
1t is obliged to encounter. In other words. its
power of resistance is diminished. And when
the hours that should be devoted to healthful
recreation given up to the enervating dissi-
pations of club and social life there is double
drain upon the vitality. Many business men
nowadays are kept under such continual ner
vous strain that they resort to stmulants in
working hours and 1t is this sort Of abuse. COM
bined with constant and racking excitement,
that has earned for paresis recognition as
brain disease to which stock brokers are pecul-
iarly liable-so much SO. indeed. that 1t might
be called brokers' insanity.
The conditions of luxury under which most
of us live-for these days when even the
Door man enjoys comforts such as were unob-
tainable by the rich half a century ago-have a
tendency to weaken constitutions and impair
our vitality. Our houses are overheated and
even the vehicles in which ride are often
warmed almost to sunocation. Thus have
become like dollhouse plants and. II by chance
exposed to a current of cool air. catch cold
or perhaps contract bronchitis pneumonia.
short in a twinkling. Or. again, 1t may be that
a like cause will bring congestion OF the kidneys
leading to disease of those organs proving even
tually fatal.
Not long ago. while travelling. CHANGED to
stop at a village on the river Rhine. where
found an astonishing number of old people
There were a dozen 100 years Of age and
many from so years old up to the century mark;
vet straight and vigorous. One woman nearly
hundred years old earning her living by
picking hops; her grandchildren middle
aged 1t was quite wonderful. But there was
no mystery about it; it was merely the effect Of