The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-07-26
DIR. WiNDsHiP ON PHYSICAL CUL-
TURE.

| TURE.
We have the pleasure Of placing before
our readers an article on physical culture,
from the pen of Dr. Windship, who has
been properly denominated the modern
Sampson Any one can write about the
laws of health, but no one can speak
with the authority Of DR.. Windship, for
he gives Us in his person the practical
evidence of beneficial results from follow.
ing out his own theories; or, more prop
crly speaking, what he says is the result
of his careful experience while training
his system up to its present magnificent
state of health The doctor, after stat.
ing that the essential fact in education
is a strict care Of the body, joined vi h
judicious mental training, goes on to say:
The present movement in behalf OF
nhv,ical culture would seem to en- courage
the belief that revival OF some OF those
great convictions in regard to education
which prevail ed in ancient Greece, is
now about to dawn. In its full sense,
education is leading forth the faculties
of the mind through the healthy dcvel-
opment Of those of the body. In phys
ical culture I would comprehend culture
Of the body in is most extended
sense; not Of the trunk alone, but with
it of the neck, head, and limbs, and of
whatever Of US is material it is the ap-
plication of means for physical improve
ment. the avoidance Of habits that intal-
libby involve physical degeneracy; the
development Of the bodily powers the
conversion of disease into soundness, Of
weak, ess into strength, Of awkwardness
into grace, of disproportion into CORES
pondence in short the elaboration and
finishing of the edifce in which the mind
resides-that temple made Of clay-tha'
house We live in.
Improvement Of ones physical state
can never be entered upon too early, and
so long as there is an atom of life and
strength, never too late. Let no one
des pair of success in the attempt. DR..
w rren, in his little work on Health,
tells us of member of the legal profess
sion who practised gymnastics for the
frst time, aud with the happiest results,
when nearly seventy years old. Cornaro,
the Italian, whose treatise on Health and
Long Life has given him world wide
reputation, began ut forty to repair the
ravages which many years Of dissipation
had made upon a constitution natural,
ntirm; and, in spite of the prediction o
all his physicians aud friends, he sue
} ceeded not only in restoring the healtl
} he had lost, but increased it to degre
he had never before experienced. II
} was eighty when he published his treat
ise, lived to see il through four editions
and died TRANQUILITY in his bed, after h'
had completed his Que hundredth year.
In thi. connection, it is worth while
to observe how much may be accom-
plished by simply correcting single bac
habit The legal gentleman to whom
Dr. Warren aludes was mach benefited
by gymnastics. On the other hand,
Cornaro, as he himself states, found a
panacea for all his ills in careful avoid
ance of intcmperancc in eating and
drinking. 1t is indeed of little couse-
qucnce what path We pursue. if by it VIC
can reach the desired goal, tato, cito, el
jucunde. Sometimes it may uc incon.
venient to take the best path; let US,
then, do the next best thing At an
early age, l was told by many that to
practice a heroic degree OF self denial,
aud to use iron, the table hungry, was
the way to secure health. For many
years, l tried to do this, but succeeded
very imperfecrly. at length resolved
to attenp. the next best thing, and am
not 40 sure that it was not the best thing
Of all. 1t was merely this-to put no
extra restraipt upon my appetite, to prac.
tice no rigid self denial; but to eat and
drink about az much as desired, and
then, by my subsequent self management,
to take care that I should make myself
need every particle had swallowed.
Soon after began to carry out this
principle, I experienced cessation Of
Indigestion, a.d the many ills to which
it gives rise. Having found, too, that
this principle worked well in the long
run, / still retain i: as one of the cardin-
al rules 10 my method Of training.
And what is my method? you will
perhaps inquire. 1t is the doing the
right thing, in the right way, at the right
time. 1t is the obtaining a suficiency,
without going to excess. 1t is the using
nv own discretion about everything,
without blindly following another's pre-.
cept or auother's example, or even tying
myself down TO rules Of my own devising
It is the carrying out Of what may seem
to be the expediency Of the moment. II
is the doing what may seem best under
the circumstances.
But though it may be difficult for me
} to describe briefly and clearly what my
method is, that is no argument aga'ns,
T its efficacy. What other method would
have insured for me an apprec'able gair
! IN strength, day by day, month by month
wear by year, with an almost entire ex
smption. mean while. from any but tht
most trivial disorders' Let the follow
ing facts speak for themselves:
. Twas nearly seventeen years OF age
before seriously undertook to improve
, nv physical condition. l was then bn'
, fye feet in height, and hundred pounds
in weight. was rather strong tor NJ!
, size, but not strong for my years, ant
nv health was not vigorous. l am nov
! 26 wears of age, Eve feet seven inches i
HEIGHT. and one hundred aud forty eigh
t pounds in weight. My strength is NOR
g than twice that Of an ordinary man, an
, nv health is as exc llcnt as my strength
I What has produced this astonishin
6 change in my physical condition dur'n
! ,he last nine wears? will attempt t