The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-05-06

1t occurred once to me-, writes DR..
| Frank Crane in the Chicago Tribune,
to look into the Bible to see If could
not find some hint as to how | might
be able to invade this profitable field.
| found little about medicine in the
book, but one verse struck me forcl-
bly,. | have not been able to get away
from it since. 1t is a saying of the
man who is called the wisest man who
ever lived. King Solomon. 1t runs:
"A merry heart doeth good like a
medicine"
Now, it is singular that the old king
never said anything about having a
merry wife. She doeth good like a
medicine, no doubt, but Solomon did
not say so. Perhaps he had too many
wives, and did not want to discrim-
mate. Nor did he speak of a merry
husband, which is also a good posses
sion; nor a merry job, nor merry cir
cumstances Of any kind.
Mirth Always disable.
Laughter expands the lungs, helps
digestion, drives away brain fag and
prevents the deopilation Of the spleen
whatever that may be. And m1rth
is always disable. Most of III troubles
are borrowed; from the past, in the
shape of remOrse or regret; and from
the future, in the shape of a%pprehen-
sion. The present is always tolerable.
Perhaps you have heard the story
of the Happy Mans Shirt? 1t is good
enough to tell again, however:
There was once a king who was
smitten with melancholy, so that he
was like to die. All the physicians
and astrologers were called in to coun-
sci, but no one could give a remedy. At
last a wise man said: The king will
get we'll if he will sleep all night in a
happy mans shirt"
So they sent out through the palace
for a happy man, that the king might
borrow his shirt. But not one could
they find; not one who would say with
out the least reservations: Il am hap
py." Then they searched the city and
with no better results. And then they
secured the whole country through its
length and breadth and still could not
find a happy man.
At length a little company Of cour-
tiers were returning dejectedly from
their quest, and as they rode along
the highway they saw a beggar man
sitting on the grass by the roadside
and laughing softly to himself.
That man seems happy though he
be a beggar," they said one to anoth-
er. "And if we can find none other, he
must perforce do"
Then they called to him: "Hullo.
sir-rah! Are you happy?"
"Oh, yes" replied the beggar, Il am
happy. Why not?'
But you are a beggar, are you not!
You don't know where you are going
to get your dinner, do you?"
NO. But why worry? l had a good
breakfast, and it isn't dinner time
yet"
Then" said they, you are the man
we are looking for" And they told
him of the kings malady, babe him
give them his shirt and promised thai
it should be returned to him full o.
gold.
At that the beggar man lay back OF
the grass and laughed until the tear:
stood in his eyes.
Come, sirrah," cried the impatien
courtiers, I'VE have no time for parley
Off with your shirt! Else we will jerl
it off"
Hold on, gentlemen, hold on" lex
claimed the beggar, not so fast. That
: just what l was laughing about
haven't any shirt"
His Eyes Opened.
So they told the king, and the kim
had sense enough to perceive that hap
piness does not come from the shir
r you wear, nor the bed you lie upon
nor silken coverings, nor a beautlfu
house, nor any other of these Outwar'
= things, but from the heart, and h
was cured.
!. Never take your troubles to be,
with you. Worry is the worst bedfe
low. Hang your troubles over the bac
of a chair with your trousers, or dro
them in a glass of water with you
false teeth; some n may get in an
rob you during the night, and the
6 you can start out in the morning wit
new troubles, new trousers, new teetf
= everything new.
A still better way is to get all you
troubles on the table before you, a
the sins you're sorry for, all he CT
lamities you dread, all your sickness
your debts and your grudges; an
then get all your wife's, and your hui
\ bands, and your relatives trouble
' and your city's, and states and n
tion's-pile them up on the table; the
e stand over them and weep until 20
g have watered them with your teal
sufficiently t o knead them into a bi,
{ round ball; and then take the b1
e ND into your room, and drop them int
the bottomless pit of your heavenl
Fathers love and care. which you wi
S find if you look for it, for it is wri
ten: Cast all your care upon him, IL
he careth for YOU" And If he is carin
why should you?