The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-11-29
Mark Twain's Exercise,

Mark Twain went to Elmira last sum-
mer TO find quiet place to write. He
became somewhat out of health and one
day recently he was interrupted by the
family physician, who called to make a
friendly visit, Into his sympathetic ear
was poured the tale of the humorst's
woes, and after moments consulta.
ton he remarked; Clemens, what YOU
need is exercisem With look Of gentle
reproach which soon changed TO anxious
innocence, the hero Of many an expert
ence of roughing it Gin pictures), and
tramps at home and abroad Con paper,
made reply; well, that's all right,
but who's going to do it for me? You
see," he continued, "the linen on the
place are all busy, and the children
amt biz enough 10 aeeorpnlish arpthing
was the professional stop put TO his de-
muir. "Do it myself? How in thunder
to you expect-why, what can ! dop--
There amt agood poker player on this
hill, and the hammock broke down yes
terday, so | can't use that" mo,
no." interrupted the doctor, you must
have active, eXertive exercise; some
thing that looks like work, you know!
You can walk down town or swing
dumbbells, or chop wood, Or"
Hold on, you've struck it," exclaimed
Mark. an chop woodm BEST thing
you can do, said the doctor, as he took
his leave. 1T brings into play so many
varied muscles, expands the chest, deep
ems the inspiration and superinduces a
more bountiful oxygenation by the
beautiful process of endosmoss and eX-
osmosis, and hence the red corpuscles
-" Here have a cigar" said
Twain, pushing box before him, land
let up on Moses you mustn't smoke,
you know" the doctor said, as he pick
ed out weed. "Oh! no, I've stopped
smoking" said Twain, as he carefully
placed sheet of copy paper over the
three old stumps and brier pipe; Il
found that it disagreed with my family
long ago" The doctor departed and
Clemens, with the glow of renewed
health already shining in anticipation
on his brow, took one of the farm hauds
from the harvest field and sent him to
town after new TX. He returned with
the tool, bright-bladed, sharp-edged. -
Finally, thinking he had the hang of the
thing, Clemens had the man hitch up
and drive up the road about mile to q
piece of woods. The members of the
family went with him TO look for flowers
and berries while he chopped. Arriving
at the desired spot, he carefully took
out the Ak, unwrapped the old coat, and
laid the tool down beside the stump of a
dead pine. The family wandered away,
picked one or two flowers, and then
fastened back, as they heard him shout
ing their names. 1--WE done enough
for to-day" he said, as they came near,
They saw four blisters on his hands
and piece of new leather shining on
one of his boots but no wood lying
around. However they said nothing
and went home tho hired man carrying
the AK.
That evening. sitting on the piazza,
applying arnca to his hands, he said
ITS hard work, but I'm going to keel
it up! It's splendid exercise, aud just
see how it has bultup other great men
Why, you know, Greeley prolonged hi
life many years by choppiug at Chap
paqua, and Gladstone is alive yet anc
making things hot in Egypt only by
reason of the beneficial results Of nj
hours chopping every day. You wal
a month and see mel I'll be able to igh
Tug Wilson and row Courtney and out
talk Beecher"
All this was several days since Glenn
ems noticed his new aX lying where he
had left II on his return from his intia
trip, its brightness changed to reproach
full rust. Conscience smotc him Ii,
would resume exercise, lie would at
tack anew the monarchs OF the forest
| He woulk acquire muscle, SO he boldly
marched for the same piece OF wood
and began operations on the old Pine
But q few minutes had elapsed before
siN-shoutpr appeared before hlns and
the following colloquy opsucd:i Now,
you skin right out o here, young man
| These Is my woods, and you'll learn 70
J let iolkscs property alone after An