St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-11-17
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Keeping in out Of the heat, Hsary L.
Sherwood, Of Astoria. Ore, In the
course OF conversation with q reporter.
said: Having been for the last thirty
years engaged 4 the fur business.
have been called upon very frequently
10 visit China. and have taken q mum.
Der Of trips to the islands Of the Pacific
and certain parts Of India I have
been obliged to learn good deal ABOUT
medicine. and from the works read
conceived certain notions ~ 10 the best
diet for the development OF muscular
strength. ! studied the matter care.
fully. and after a long series OF OBJ.
servatiOns came 10 the conclusion that
the medical writer's knew little OF
nothing Of the subject. and that diet.
as long as it was not absolutely dele
FERROUS. has little or nothing to do with
physical, development and endurance.
In the early '5Os.1 was called upon to
live for many months among the ln-
dams OF the Northwest. especially
among the Blackfeet. Flatheads and
Gr0s-Vent,es.
with the exception Of the latter,
who ca. a great quantity Of fish. these
tribes were almost exclusively meat
eating. and their vegetable diet was
net worth reckoning. Never among
finite men have seen any thing of the
same endurance that they displayed.
They were never Of heavy physique.
few Of them weighing l6O pounds. and
most OF them falling below 14j. but
their runners were unequaled on this
continent. With . few pounds Of penn
mican meat dried in the sun and pound
ed into homogeneous mass. one Of the
BlackfOOt runners would set out on q
journey Of three hundred miles over n
rugged. mountainous country and
never take more than five days In
his trip, while the first Of them
would arrive at his destination In
little over four. On trip Of over one
miles the best horse would
stand no chance against them, even on
level ground. and when once among
The mountains they would laugh ut all
pursuit. mo- matter how close
he hOrselnen might be to them. Tho
[srOs-V entres. ON fish diet. would
start OF 70 trading post with q pack
u fars weighing $50 pounds on their
backs and travel forty or fifty miles q
lay without apparent distress. So
much for diet exclusively compound
II Of either fish or flesh.
when I went TO China" Mr.. Sher-
wood continued, Il was astonished at
he wonderful feats of the coolies en-
gagged in unloading the vessels. They
we're usually men rather under than
'bOve the average stature OF whites.
,ut Of immense depth of chest ana
strength of limb. Never IN my life
nave seen such muscular development.
IS that Of those coolies. The knotted
muscles stood up in great ridges and
punches all over their chests, arms and |
houlders, and their short. sturdy legs
'Ore them up like towers. have seen
me Of them come up to q vessel carry
ne long elastic pole over his Shout |
Ter with ropes at each end to fasten . |
'ackage 70 it. He would take two |
'acks OF furs, tie them to the pole.
tOOp down 80 as to get his shoulder
lnder it and trot OF with his load a. il |
were nothing unusual. Each OF
hese packs had been carried to the |
wharf by two strong seamen. one being
eemed unequal TO the task. and yet
hose coolies would move OF easily UNI
er what had been considered . good
Dad for four sailors. Four hundred
Ounds was no uncommon load, and
ONE were said to be able TO
AIRY six or seven hundred pounds for
Dng distances. These men. whose
muscles were far moro powerful than
hose Of any human beings l ever saw.
ever tasted any thing but rico from
ears end to years end. A few Of the
,ost prosperous would occasionally.
~ once . month. get . bit Of meat or
sh to eat, or now and then little
read, but fully two-thirds Of them
ever had any thing more nutritious
han rice. Bread and water, which
mong Americans and Europeans Is
Dnsidered the most meager Of all
lets, would have been q feast to them,
nd yet their strength far exceeded
nat accorded those who live on diet
II more generous and nutritious &C
Drding to medical science. Tho same
hing was true of tho Chinese river
who were magnificently- built
len. and could pull their heavy oars
hours 1t stretch. receiv-
e rs food during that time . couple
I handfuls OF rice-about as much a.
n American would eat at . single meal
hen he had a number Of other dishes
n the table. $50. Louis Post Dispatch.
"A Milwaukee clergyman who has
reputation for brilliancy. generosity
nd getting into debt. and who Was
Itely whispered about as being In
nancial straits, was waited upon .
W days ago BY a wealthy parishioncr.
no asked him to figure out the
mount Of money it would take to make
inn free from debt. The clergyman
,plied that 1t would take nearly three
l0usand dollars. whereupon the gen.
eman responded: well. your ser
ons have been worth that much to