The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-28

ally on the rack until, all al once Il breaks
down Incidentally his digestion becomes i'm.
paired, his vital organs suffer irritation. which IL
often the beginning OF disease and his circula.
ton is cloggod. threatening Apoplexy. No won.
der then, that In many nm 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 It's keen competition and intense
strain, is the chief cause. The busy merchant
drives his body machine beyond It's capacity and
suddenly II coapscs. Heart disease or apo
pleSy the attack may be. according 20 the ply
siclans diagnosis but II Is really oyerdrylng
that is accountable for the mischief The siren.
uOus life Is all very well, but II II 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 gentleman
whom | had earnestly advised to lead a more
simple life. Mature" said to him, did not
provide you with a machine capable OF enduring
such use. You have so many hours for sleep,
so many for work and so many for recreation
you must arrange them accordingly" But he
kept on at the same gait. and. not long ago.
while speaking at dinner ON board steam
ship that was entering the hatbor OF New York,
he dropped dead A bloodvesse had given
way.
When the body.machlne Is weakened by over.
II cannot Withstand the hostile germ life which
II cannot withstand the hostile germ life which
power OF resistance is diminished. And when
the hours that should be- devoted to healthful
recreation are given up 10 the enervating dissi'
patons Of club and social life there Is double
drain upon rhe vitality. Many business men
nowadays are kept under such continual ner.
yous strain that they resort to stmulants in
working hours and It is this sort OF abuse com.
bned with constant and racking excitement,
that has earned for paresis recognition as n
brain disease TO which stock brokers are pecu
iarly liable much so, indeed that II might
be called brokers' insanity.
The conditions Of luxury under which most
Of US lve-for these are days when even the
poor man enjoys comforts such as were unob
talnable by the rich half a century ago-haye a
tendency to weaken our constitutions and impair
our vitality Our houses are overheated and
eten the vehicles in which we ride are often
warmed almost 10 sufiocation. Thus We have
become like dollhouse plants and II by chance
exposed to a current OF cool air we catch cold
or perhaps contract bronchitis or pneumonia, a
trining change Of temperature cutting our lives
short In a twnkng. or, again, II may be that
a like cause viii bring congestion OF the kidneys
leading to disease OF those organs proving even
tuay 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 dozen over 100 years OF age and
many from so years old mp TO the century mark;
yet straight and vigorous. one woman nearly
hundred years old was earning her living by
picking hops: her grandchildren were middle
no mystery about It; 1t was merely the effect Of