Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1888 — Good and Bad News. [ARTICLE]

Good and Bad News.

Old Soap-Book. Bad news weakens the action of the heart, oppresses the lungs, destroys the appetite, stops the digestion, and partially suspends the functions of the system. An emotion of shame flushes the face; fear blanches, joy illuminates it, and an instant thrill electrifies a million of nerves. Surprise spurs the pulse into a gallop. Delirium infuses great energy. Volition commands, and hundredscf muscles soring to excite. Powerful emotions often kill the body at a stroke. Chilo, Liagoras and Sophocles died of joy at the Grecian games. The news of defeat killed Philip V. One of the Popes died of an emotion of the ludicrous on seeing his pet monkey robed in pontificials, occupying the chair of State. The Doorkeeper of Con* gress expired on hearing of the surrenrender of Cornwall!*. Eminent public speakers have often died in the midst of an impassioned burst of eloquence or when the deep emotion that produced it has subsided. Lagrave, the young Parisian, died when he heard that the musical prize for which he had competed was adjudged to another.