The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-25
A VETERAN RENEFACTOR.
tits r9st Life, Present Plans, and What
UO Has TO Sny UpOn Subject
That Astontshed Him,

That Astonis6ed iiims
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Nearly forty years ago young man, OF
unusual endowments, began 20 mold public
opinion upon n subject of vital importance.
Like all pioneers, his early efforts were un-
successful, but his ability and the value of
his work soon won public confidence, and
to-day there is not village or hamlet ia the
country that has not been influenced by DIR.
Dio Lewis. When, therefore, Il was learned
yesterday that he contemplated the establish
ment OF n large magazine in this city, the
fact was deemed so important that a repre-
sentative of this paper was commissioned TO
see him and ascertain the truth of the rumor.
Dr. Dio Lewis is n gentleman of sixty years
and two hundred pounds, with snow-white
hair and beard, but probably tho most per-
tect picture of health and vigor in the me-
tropolis. He is n living exponent of his
teachings, and notwithstanding the amount
of work he has already done, promises still
greater activity for years 10 come. He re-
ceived the interviewer most courteously, and
in reply TO n question said
1t is true have come to New York to
establish monthly magazine. I have como
here for the same reason that went TO Boston
twenty-five Yeas ago. Then Boston was the
best platform in the country from which to
speak of education. New York has now be-
come most hospitable to progressive thoughts
and especially so to movements on behalf of
physical training.
g have reason to know the great and
abiding interest of the American people in
his subject. They have come to realize that
lhe future of our country pivots upon our
physical vitality, and especially upon the
vigor of our women. My new magazine will
bear the title 'Dio Lewis Monthly and be
devoted to Sanitary and Social Science. L
hope through its pages to inaugurate a new
departure in hygiene"
Have you not written several books on
the subiectY'
Yes, nine volumes, and some of them like
Our Girls published by the Harpers, have
had an enormous circulation, but the best
work of my life shall give the world in the
new magazine. Forty years of skirmishing
ought to conclude with ten years of organized
warfare"
" Doctor, what is the occasion of this new
interest in health questions2'
1t has come through suffering, which
seems the only road TO self knowledge The
stomach, heart, kidneys or liver fall into
trouble, happiness is gone, and then people
give attention 10 their health"
Which of these organs is most frequently
the victim of our errors2" asked the reporter.
" Within the last few years diseases of the
kidneys have greatly multiplied. When l
was engaged in practice, thirty-ive and forty
years ago, serious disease of the kidneys was
rare; but now distressingly frequent and
fatal"
To what do you attribute this great in
crease of kidney troubles?"
10 the uFe of stimulating drinks, adul-
terated food and irregular habits of life"
Doctor, have you any confidence iii the
remedy of which we hear so much nowadays,
Warmers Safe Cure?"
/ believe in the ounce of prevention,
| rather than in a ton of cure"
But have you noticed the remarkable
! testimonials of Warmers remedy?"
have, and confess that they have puz-
ZleQ and ma Nha dot
of proprietary medicines usually come from
unknown persons residing in back counties.
| But see IN our most reputable newspapers
the warmest praise of Warmers Safe Cure
from College Professors, respectable physi-
| clans, and other persons of high intelligence
and character. To thrust such testimony
aside may be professional, but it is unmanly.
| No physician can forget that valuable addi-
| tions to our Materia Medica have sprung from
lust such sources. was so impressed with
| this cloud of witnesses that purchased some
| tottles of Warmers Safe Cure at a neighbor-
ing drug store, and analyzed one of them to
see If 1t contained anything poisonous. Then
| L took three of the prescribed doses at once,
and found there was nothing injurious i'll it.
do not hesitate to say that if found my
! kidneys i'll serious trouble, l should use this
remedy, because of the hopelessness of all
| ordinary treatment, and because when
hundred intelligent reputable persons unite
In the statement that certain remedy has
cured them of grave malady, l choose 10
! believe that they speak the truth.
But as you may know, my great interest
| in life lies in prevention. For forty years
have labored in this field. One of the phases
| of my work in New England was the estab-
| lishment of the Ladies' Seminary at Lexiug-
ton, Mass. My aim was 10 illustrate the
possibilities i'll the physical training of girls
| during their school life. This institution
became, before left it, the largest and most
successful seminary for young women owned
and managed by one person in our country.
l sat down to dinner every day with a family
of two hundred persons. The remarkable
results of this muscle training among girls
were given in my paper published in the
| North Apelicdn ReuietU of December, 1882
Besides Established the Normal Institute
for Physical Training in Boston, and for ten
years was its President and Manager. DIR.
| Walter Claiming, DR.. Thomas Hoskins, Pro-
| fessor Leonard and others were among its
teachers, and more than four hundred per-
sons took its diploma and went out into all
parts of the land to teach the new school of
| gymnastics. And now the years left to me
propose to devote to the magazine which |
have come here to establish. 1t will be the
largest periodical ever devoted to this field OF
literature, and will present the hundred ana
one questions of hygiene with the simplicity
of child's talk. To this end all so-called
learning will be subordinated. The maga.
zine will be more or lees illustrated, and will
strive t1 reach high place in the confidence
and hearts of the people. In a few weeks
our first number will appear, and we shall
fondly hope for it hearty welcome"
The facts above narrated are indeed most
important. 1t is gratifying TO know that the
lifelong experiences of a gentleman who
stands without peer in successfully demon
strating the principles of hygiene; whose
heart has always been in sympathy with the
afflicted, and whose brain has ever been ac,
tive in planning for their relief, are to be
given to the public through the pages of a
magazine. And it is specially significant
and proof positive of rare merit that pro
prietary medicine, even with such high stand
lag as Warmers Safe Cure is known to have
should be indorsed and recommended by d
man so able, so reputable and of such
national renown as Dr. Dio Lewis.
ABOUT 100 100000 tons of water pass ovel
Niagara Fuls every hour.
Heart disease has brought many to an un
timely grave. TIE heart is as liable as othe
organs to diseases if you have it even in II,