The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-11
A VETERAN BESErACroR.
HIS Past Lifss Present. Plans, and What
He Has 70 Say Upon Subject
That Astonishod Hin.
fNe,p Yorit Tmes.l

se&oo Va nAS Work SOON won puDuc conn
dence, and to-day there is not village or
hamlet in the country that has not been In
huenced by DR.. Dio Lewis. When, there
fore, it was learned yesterday that he con-
templated the establishment Of large
magazine In this city, the fact was deemed
SO important that q representative of this
paper was commissioned to see him and as
certain the truth of the rumor.
DR.. Dio. Lewis is q gentleman Of sixty
years and two hundred pounds, with snow
white hair and beard, but PROBABLY the most
perfect picture of health and vigor in the
metropolis. He is q living exponent Of his
teachings, and Notwithstanding the amount
OF work he has already done, promises still
greater activity for years to come. He re-
ceived the interviewer most courteously,
/. and in reply to question said:
II Is true l have come to New York to
establish Q monthly magazine. / have
come here for the same reason that went
to Boston twenty-five years ago. Then
Boston was the best platform in the coun-
Try from which to speak Of education.
New York has now become most hospital
bic to progressive thoughts, and especially
30 to movements ON behalf of physical
training.
|" have reason to know the great and
abiding interest of the American people
IN this subject. They have come to realize
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our physical vitality, and especially upon
the vigor Of our women. My new maya
zine will bear the title sDio Lewis's
Monthly and be devoted to Sanitary and
Social Science. l hope through its pages
to inaugurate new departure in by
" Have yon not written several books ON
Yes, nine volumes, and some of them
like Our Girls published by the HAIR
pers, have had an enormous circulation,
but the best work of my life l shall give
the world in the new magazine. Forty
years of diminishing ought to conclude
with ten years of organised warfare"
!" Doctor, what Is the occasion of this new
interest in health quessionsw IA is1i1-s.4.S
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 peo-
pie give attention to their health"
Which of these organs is most frequent
ly the victim Of our errorsw asked the Re-
porter. :,
/" Within the last few years diseases Of
the kidneys have greatly multiplied. When
was engaged in practice, thirty five and
forty years ago, serious disease Of the kid
neys was rare; but now distressingly FREE
quent and fatal"
To what do you attribute this great in
crease Of kidney troubles!"
:" To the use Of stimulating drin'-s J, adult
terated food and irregular habits OF life."
doctor, have you ary confidence in the
remedy Of which we hear 50 much now-a-
days, Warmers Safe (urer"
believe in the ounce Of prevention,
rather than in ton of cure"
But have you noticed the remarkable
testimonials of Warmers remedyW
II have, and confess that they have pux-
xled and astonished me. The commenda-
tions of proprietary medicines usually
come from unknown persons residing in
back counties. But sec in our most repu-
table newspapers tho warmest praise Of
Warmers Safe Cure from College Profess
ors, respectable physicians, and other per.
sons Of high intelligence and character.
To thrust such testimony aside may be
professional, but it is unmanly. No phy-
stefan can forget that valuable additions to
our Materid Medica have sprung from just
such sources. l was 80 impressed with
this cloud Of witnesses that purchased
some bottles Of Warmers Safe Cure at =
neighboring drug store and analysed one
of them to see If 1t contained anything poi
doses at once, aud found there was nothing
injurious in it. do not hesitate to say
that If ] found my kidneys In serious
trouble, should use this remedy, because
Of the hopelessness of all ordinary treat
ment, and because when hundred intelli-
gent and repueGble persons unite In tho
statement that certain remedy has cured
them of grave malady, choose to b.
ueve that they speak the truth.
"But as you may know. my great inter-
est in lie lies in prevention. For forty
years have labored in this field. One Of
the phases of my work in New England
was the establishment of the Ladies' Sem
mary at Lexington, Mass. My aim was to
illustrate the possibilities in the physical
troi mi Of <rfrIu AsrrSn0 THAR oohnoI 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. sat down to dim
ner every day with q family of two hum
dred persons. The remarkable results Of
given in my paper published in the North
american Reuieto Of December, 1852
81 Besides, established the Normal Insti-
tute for Physical Training in Boston, and
for ten years was its President and Nam
ager. DIR. Walter Claiming, DR.. Thomas
Hoskins, Prof. Leonard and others were
among its teachers, and more than four
hundred persons 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 estab-
lish. 1t win be the largest periodical ever
devoted to this field of literature, and will
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hygiene with the simplicity Of . child's
talk. To this end all so-called learning will
be subordinated. The magazine will b.
more or Less illustrated, and will strive to
reach high place in the condolences and
hearts Of the people. In . few weeks our
first number win appear, and W. shall
fondly hope for it Q hearty welcome"
The facts above narrated are indeed most
important. 1t Is gratifying to know that
the life long experiences Of gentleman
who stands without . peer In successfully
demonstrating the principles OF hygiene;
whose heart has always been in sympathy
with the snlicted, and whose brain has ever
been active In planning for their relief. arc
TO be given to the public through the pages
of . magazine. And it is specially sfgnih-
cant and proof positive Of rare merit that
q proprietary medicine, oven with such
high standing a. Warmers Safe Cure u
known to have, should be Endorsed and re-
commended by . man 90 able, 50 reputable
and of such national renown as DR.. Dio
Lewis.
WHEN . rich old man dies the gloom Il
soon dispelIed by the sons raise.-N0rris-