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Show 4 f YOUR HEALTH ! BY OR. R H. BISHOP. j 4 MIND AFFECTS HEALTH. One's health usually Is considered a physical condition. True, hut did you ever think how much the mind had to do with physical conditions? The absolute ab-solute control of one s mind can often overcome bodily ailments. Fear, for Instance, can bring about utter chaos In a person' health. It may serve to paralyze, as has been observed in the case 01 hlrds, many of which though Bcareelj wounded by the small shot, fall to the ground as If struck by lightning. So it is In human life. Then again, s.-id news will alter tho expression of a man's face and eyes. lower his physical tone and eliminate the feeling of hunger. So too. will good news tend to lncrea.se a man's sense of well-being and urgo htm on to greater activity. Take, the case on one successful business man for Instance. He awoke one morning to find his credit attacked, his business In the hands ol creditors and his pride crushed. He formerly enjoyed robust health and was vigorous arid alert, but soon after his failure lie lost flesh rapidly, became sleepless, depressed, constipated consti-pated and hateful to those about him. During the next two years he was examined by one physician after another but it was not until relatives fame to his assistance financially that he began to show any sign of improvement. This man has since gained bis former physical condition. A person should he careful about eating w liei In an unhappy frafiu of mind. If you are engaging in a conversational controversy or othei-Wlse othei-Wlse taxing your mental condition unpleasantly, indigestion is very apt tci sd in. .'ne mould not lose sight of the Ideal state at which to aim, namely a perfeqt capacity for self-control in all directions and at all times. It Is BUrprlstng what a great deal of sickle sick-le tea this condition is able to waylay. |