Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-20
INCREASING OF ZEN

sort on record. he Is now o lnil'y-
three. well made, but BY no means the
arr, ~ n man who would be taken for an
athlete. What he has become has been
entirely through his W efforts. Being
the smalles, Of his class on entering Har-
ward College. and finding himself "put
upon" by a larger, stronger young man.
he cultivated his strength for two years
for the purpose of securing his, i~ndepen-
dence, which he accomplished amply.
Having noticed that the weights support
ed by a magnetic bar might be gradually
increased daily, he by slow degrees, and
never overwhelming, gradually increased
the weights he attempted to lift. In doing
so, he has gradually improved his machin
cry for accomplishing this. At first he
sank a hogshead in the ground, in which
he put a barrel and weights to the amount
of between four and five hundred pounds,
as much as he could then lift up BY means
Of a rope and round handle. By degrees
he has been increasing in strength ; he has
also discovered new modes by which the
whole power Of lifting might be develop
ed, nearly every muscle in the body being
brought into play and contributing to the
effect. The result, is, that ten minutes per
day is about as much Al is considered
necessary or wise to exercise with this lift
ing machine; but in about three months
the strength can generally be doubled.
What is strength Simply the power
o the muscles to contract By no means.
/, is also that Of the bones TO sustain. OF
the ligaments to hold, Of the arteries md
veins to resist muscular pressure from
without and blood pressure within, and
every other power directly associated with
the muscular. Hence it Is easy to per-
ceivs why q man can only put out his full
force by degrees and after much daily
practice.
VIVA: i, the use Of strength is 4 ques.
ton commonly asked. That it is closely
connected with health none can doubt,
and this not only as an effect, but Deepen
den, on the same causes Hence, the
same exercises which improve lifting, as
,ist the digestion, and 8 cure dyspepsia,
and many nervous disorders, and give
wholesome sleep. So also the same
causes that are most favorable to health
help to increase the strength. Not only
WELL diges,ed food, but fresh air, sspe-
cially in sleeping apartments, is equally
necessary for increase and preservation OF
both. Good bodily training Of this sort
enables any one to resist and throw of
colds and fevers and all attacks Of disease,
while the weak and delicate are far more
liable to sicknesses of all sorts.
The connection of bodily with mental
strength is very marked. or course, by
entertaining the body, the mind may be
weakened, and it used to be feared that in
a few year, q man exercising a. DR.. Wind
ship does would give way in mind and
body together. But ii is in perfect health
| of the body that the mind works most re-
liably.' clearly and vigorously, and cxsr-
else and strength have therefore much to
do with all the best mental productions.
Many q general has lost . battle through
a at Of indigestion. Napoleon 10 said to
have owed q defeat to . leg Of mutton
stuffed with onions.
Strength, too, is avery convenient thing
for its own sake. DR.. Windship mentions
a case in which q poor teamster's horse
fell on the ice and could not rise, hi'
strength rapidly failing. After scattering
a few handfuls of ashes, he lifted the poor
beast up on his four legs, and both the
owner and the animal went on their way
blessing herculean powers. One thing II
certain, i, never does any one an injury,
There are hundreds Of cases every man'i
life in which the convenience Of . reserve
Of physical power 10 felt, and there are
| often occasions where it saves q man from
modification, injury, and even death
Some years ago the captain Of an emigrau'
ship in a storm battered down the matches
Of his ship. In q short time several o.
the inmate died for a Of air. One
stronger than the rest BY main force twist.
ed open the matches, and saved thus both
his own life and the lives Of the rsmainde,
of the passengers. The consciousness oil
personal vigor gives q mar an air and
feeling Of dignity often connected with the
highest moral utilities.