The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-01-27


ally on the rack until. all at once. Il breaks
down. Incidentally. his digestion becomes i'm.
paired his vital organs suffer irritation. which Is
often the beginning OF disease, and his circula-
ton is clogged, threatening apoplexy. No
der, then, that in many an instance he dies sud
denly. while yet in the prime OF life.
Sudden deaths are much more common than
they used TO be. The high pressure of modern
life. with its keen competition and intense
strain. is the chief cause. The busy merchant
drives his body machine beyond Its capacity and
suddenly it collapses. Heart disease or apo
plexy the attack may be. according TO the ply
sician's diagnosis. but II is really oyerdriving
that is accountable for the mischief. The siren
uous life is all very 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 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 many for recreation;
you must arrange them accordingly" But he
kept on at the same gait. and. not long ago.
while speaking at a dinner on board steam
ship that was entering the harbor Of New York.
he dropped dead blood-vessel had given
way.
When the body-machine is weakened by over
II cannot Withstand the hostile germ life which
II cannot Withstand the hostile germ life which
II is obliged TO encounter. In other words. its
power OF resistance is diminished. And when
the hours that should be devoted to healthful
recreation are given up to the enervating dssi
patons OF club and social life there is a double
drain upon the vitality. Many business men
nowadays are kept under such continual
vous strain that they resort to stimuants 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 pecul-
iarly liable-so much So indeed. that II might
be called brokers insanity.
The conditions OF luxury under which most
Of US lye--for these are days when even the
poor 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 70 suffocation. Thus we have
become like dollhouse plants and, IL by chance
exposed TO a current of cool air. we catch cold
or perhaps contract bronchitis pneumonia. a
trnng change OF temperature cutting our lives
a like cause will bring congestion of the kidneys.
tually fatal
Not long ago. while travelling, I CHANGED to
stop at q village on the river Rhine. where I
found astonishing humber OF old people.
There were dozen over 100 years of age and
many from so years old up 20 the century mark;
yet straight and vigorous One woman nearly a
hundred years old was earning her living by
picking hops her grapdchdren were middle.
aged. II was quite wonderful But there
no mystery about II; Il vas merely the effect Of