Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-17
THE GAZETTE.
FRIDAY MORNING., JUNE Il. 1859.

THE NERVOUS MAN-MAN Or NERVE"
DR.. WiudShip, the strong man VIII" iiius'ra-
ted the first lecture On physical Strength o!
faintingaway twice before II Boston audience
has at last succeeded in delivering his sentl~
ments and illustrating his positions III less
snti,bet;c.l manner ByleS, Boston CORES
nondept ofahe Tribune, thus speaks OF his
second appearance:
"L,st night, however, he made another and
mast successful attempt, at the Music Hail.
where there was air enough Tor all our "c-
casiuus His lecture was very sensible
one, on the importance of obedience T."
the physical laws of our nature, especially
Ms 10 ventilation and muscular development.
He believed that no adequate notion isyet
had as to the degree to which the bodily
strength NAV be increased lie had his at
1ention first attracted to the subject when in
college, eight or nine years ago beng at
that time not more than an average lad oi
sixteen or seventeen. BY degrees he has
increased his muscular powers up to their
present extraordinary force. lie Is about
i've feet seven inches tall, and weighs, when
in good condition only l43 pounds. BY
way of showing US what he could do. he first
lifted with his hands only, without straps or
other apparatus, weight of 929 pounds, IN
Guiding the chain which sustained the
weights! This he affirmed was more than
any man had ever lifted before. in the same
way, of whom there is any authentic record
A famous strong Englishman, in the last
century, could lift between 700 and 500
pounds, and NJ Bihio, the Belgian giant
800 pounds. Both Of these were older men,
he being but 25, and he announced his inten-
tion of lifting 600 pounds by the time he rs
80. Afterwards he lifted himself by his lit
tie finger so as TO bring his chin higher than
the laboring point, and afterwards by grasp
ing the rope, without any other purchase
Next he manipulated his dumb bells, weigh
ing hundred pounds each, and concluded
with taking up a barrel Of flour i'll his hands,
and putting it on his shoulder, and walking
about the stage with it. lie stated apologe-
tically, that he was not in Us high condition
as usual, and weighed seven pounds less
than his average, in consequence of his IN
disposition, occasioned by his last lecture;
but we thought he did pretty well, and all
he had promised, and we applauded him
roundly. | trust he will soon give another
lecture, describing the particular exercises
Dy WHICH ne mas pTOuuceu SUCH TtSuNs
A PRESCRIPTION FOR EARLY RISING.
Rev. MIR. Beecher has the following in his
last Star Paper:
Good healthy children that are put to bed
at night when birds ard chickens retire. are
admirable wakeners in the morning. When
they have slept their sleep full, there is no
help for you. Wake they will, coo and frolic
they will. All your hushing and hummingare
vain. Your efforts to put them to sleep only
serve to wake you up. A bouncing boy, Il
year old, creeping out of his crib slyly,
and bouncing upon his fathers face with
chirp and chuckle is better than any alarm
clock. A clock will soon run out its cacoph-
onous rattle, but child never runs down, or
ends his fun.
But we have found new method Of wax
ing early. Perched up upon our green hill
slope beyond Peekskill, we have found it diff
fcult to sleep after about four o'clock of sum
mer mornings. For a countless multitude OF
birds in all the trees and shrubbery, aim
their notes at us with such sweet archery
that we are pierced through and through with
the silver arrows of music 1t is in vain that
you wrap the pillows about your ears! 1t
is in vain for you TO reflect that you need
sleep, and will not getup. Every one knows
that an effort of will sufficient to resist the
ANNOYING or attractive sound, is OF itself the
end OF sleep.
While we are resisting. we are waking
Thus, this very morning all the trees about
our little house were bclfries, and rang out
more chimes than were ever heard ut Cologne
or Antwerp. And, after the first recogni-
ton, we turned resolutely to the wall deter
mined to sleep on. But, that's robin"
said our ears, and that's bebolink;" 'there
goes wren,' and sparrows, larks, phoebes,
cat-birds, and many Of their cousins in the
orchard and woods, all joined to laugh us out
Of the idea of sleeping.
Now if any one wishes to know how to get
up early, We will tell him. Go out of the
city early in the day. Seek some tranquil
place in the country where guns are never
heard, where fruit trees and shade trees
abound. and where the shaking of the leafor
the distant crow of chantcleer is the loudcst
sound ever heard, except Of birds. And then
after walking all day among the fields. and
hills. and forests. and suppng upon milk that
never dreamed of city milkman, go to bed
by nine o'clock. If you do not wake before
five next morning, report your case to us, ana
We will make fresh prescription"
Nc co Il " c a
pC.pJNC AMI MOVING MACHINE.