Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-08
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II went 10 the tropics as a last hope to cure
chronic cough AID blood r,.'>lnG. y hich
bad ought me 10 the borders of tHe grave.
1IctuTEFd hone in July thoroughly pTOSt rated.
and in the opinion of ono or twO physicians
a hCnc'r~S case. CnU"hiHg almost the whole Of
every gIt. and raising blood rs fast as my
system could make it, had no rest and no
strength. fingered through the summer, and
as the autumn came on and the winter was 10
be faced. ! sat down and took far look at
the probabilities. With the details of this
troubled council of war will not defain Won =.
but after an unfinching self eXaDinat; 90
came To the conclusion that | was myself too
care and INDECENT. the neutraliZer o. the
medicines which h d fail, d to cure mp-tIat
one wrong mOrSel Of food or one days par
ia ~ reglected eNerci.e might put back a
weeks he..linl-and that. by Slight omiS siODs
o. attention. occasional breaking OF regimen
and muen too efeminate habiS. / was
uni re 70 the tinsS which Gray, my Tread
and physician had made the ground of
his pr ;riplIO1S. And to infinitely
peISeye ing change in these comparative
trifieS owe. believe. my restoration TO
bealIh. There was not a day of the succeeding
winter however cold or we. in which did moi
ride ei"ht or ten miles on horseback. With i've
or six men was for most of the remaining
hours OF the day out OF doors labOring at the
roads and cIi ..TDSS of my present home. The
cottage of IdIeWid was then unbuilt and tue
ntighhOI ng farm hOu where We boa 'ded
was, OF cOU~Se, indiherent'y warm"d, but by
suffer ING no 81 lie OF the thermometer to inter
rupt the morning cold bath, and the previous
friction with flesh brushes which makes the
L
came comparatively independent OF the tenn
per"tuTe an doors, as my horse and axe made
me irdeGendent of them out of doors With
piol ~ clothing to resist cold or wet, iOund
10 my surprise, that there was no such thing
aS dISagree,,b'e weather to be felt in the sad
die aur vi en- a drive in a wagon or carriage
would have intOe ably jrfitaJed my cough !
would be al day in the woods with my axe
my lungs as duiet as a child'S. With al tn
and looking ike the ruddip"S specimen OF
health in the country round about, an ST
tvou WI be conferred to hear troubled Occ9-
sIOHaly with my S,~eD-robber of a cough:
anu. IN Boston che other day, on breathing
mat &c ence OF pepper and icicleS which
they cal, there ga Winds l was ;,eiz-
ca Win the old hemOrrhage of the luu%S
and bed my. elf weak again. But | rallied
Immediately on returning to this Highland
air, and am Well once NOR, AS well, that is to
say, as is cUnsiS .ent with desirable nervous
SUI ceDtib litv. The kiss OF the delicious sOnth
wind % To day (NOv. 81 would be half LOST
upon the cheek of perfect hea tn. | fear |
comet SpfilcIently convey to you my sense o.
The IMPORTANCE of horse to an invalid In
my Wei weighed opinion ten miles day in
The saddle would cure more deSperate ca eS
particularly OF consumptiOn) tnan all the
changes Of climate and all the medicines in
the world. lI is vigorous exercise without
fatigue. The peculiar motion efectually pre-
vents all irritation Of cold air To the lungs, on
the WiDlTIeSt day. The torpid liver and DINER
internal organs are more shaken up and viyi
fed by the trOt OF 4 mile than by a week o.
feeble walking. The horse land you should
OWL ana lONt nln) is COMPANY enough. and
not too much. Your spirits are il, eSistably
ehllVened by the change of movements and
the control of the animal. Your sense of
strength and ACTIVITY lin which lies half the
eitcohldelce as 10 getting well, which the
doctors think so importantly IS MUS one horse.
with one horse. with the difference from
walking. AS to pulling upOh the forces
OF the spine and consequently uDon the
BRAIN 1t is recommended by the best Eng
hSh physicians as much the preferable exec
clSe Tor men of intellectual pursuits. And
last q think not leastl the lungs of both body
and soul are expanded by the daily conscious
ness OF lnhaDltlng large Space-by having an
eagle range rather than a SnairS-by living
ll1e which occupies ten miles square of the
mile which you speak of as the extent
OF your daily walk. The cost is trhing. Al
lhls particular season. when horses are begin
ming, as they say att the livery stables to .eat
Their heads on you may buy the best Won can
want for hfty dollars, and his feed costs thir G
cents day. As the horse and the doctor are
seluoh necessities OF one and the same man,
you may rather ind IL an ecOnOmy-apOthe
caIY and all.
The, politicians teach us how to treat dis
eas6, Ink. They DO net ~ to c0nrcrS TIE
opposing party. They are content if thew eaa
teep 1t an the minority; sure that ii will ire
in time OF IT'S want Of power, chance side,
Or disappear. The patient who troubles him.
'elt least about his disease Tor leaves it Ell
tlrey TO his doctor but who perseveri1i Y
t1itr0teS q by the high condition Of the DINER
parts OF his system, is the likeiest 10 recover.
lnd it is OF this high Condition alone tbat
haVe anything to say"
GOOD FOR THE STCDIOUs AND THE BUSY.
In that Variable work, HELPS" the eG,cs
Df horseback eXercise on tie mind as well as
The body is dwelt upon, as thus: 1T is difficult
Tor man, unle he is a perfect hor g nan.
TO think correctly during ride; which is the
very reason why horse eXercioe is SO GOOD for
fhe StudiOus and the busy; but the ipSpirit ng
nature OF the eXerci~e may still enable the
r1der to overcome special points of Gi 1icIlty
I'm any subject he is thinking over. There Is
all the difference between the thoughts of a
man who is plOdding hOmeward on his own
legs under an umbre Ia, and those of the same
man I, VINO, on horseback, is springing over the
elastic TUT. cdrele whether the wind or rain
drlvC against him or not, that there was be-
tween the fer dinner and the next morning
eounSelS OF the ancient Germans"
WALKING AND RIDING.
On the comparative benefits OF walking and
riding Willis has the follow ing to say:
Medical books tell us that pedestrianism
pulls upon tho forces OF the loinS and the
spine which directly sustain the brain: and
That IS the kind of exercise, therefore, which
TIE weary intellectual labOTer can least afford
But, besides the sparing of the muscles of tie
b,.ek and the spinal marrow. there are others
OF h-s tangible let-upS, which are still more
necfSs airy Tor mental relaxation and TO al of
which pCdeS,l Ian'sm Is, TO SLY the least. very
unfayOrable. First, the mind should be un-
hi he'd from the particular subject of the bur
utn Oh WHICH IL Is weary. Second, the win
should be unpiyOted. 20 that il is no Ior-
ger cared upon Tor continued effors
Third the scenery. or surrounding O:
lGctS, should be changed in sufficient
ly quick succession to captivate and employ
the eye. And. fourth, the animal spirit should
De ertlyenf d by some natural. healthful and
easy eXh' aTdtiOn. In the reading of the last
pan asrapb, the reader of course has been men
ta'ly running parallel between the two kinds
OF exerci- e.. 1t is, in facT, correct list both
oil the al. advantages OF Irdiking and the ad-
Nantagf : OF riding. The lOinS and spine are
the portions of the frame least called uDOn for
exertIOn when man is on hOreback. Che Ell
TIRE contra. OF motion and occupation with
the act OF mounting, changes at once the char
acter and current of the thoughts As the
morse does the work, and his legs go on
whether they are remembered at every stop or
not, II Is no continued exercise of The riders
willto keep moving. With four times as great
velocity and going four times as far the eve
during the ride, is an effOrteSs Kaleidoscope
amusing the tired brain in spite of itself
Then who that has ever ridden sufficiently to
identity himself with horSe-what man who
can assume at will the consciousness OF a cen
taur-need be told OF the eXhilaratiOn of feel
ing that his natural strength and Swiftness
are ten times multiplied"
1HE WAR y CUBA ENDED-A telegram from
havana, June says: The war in the Island
o. CUBA IS hDished. The inSurrectiOn is en-
tlrely AT an end. Eincente Garcia will leave
the island for 81 ThnmaS AUthn