, 1889-07-07
HOW TO Be STRONG
macon" Tells Business Men
How They Should Train.
MESSRS. SULLIVAN AND KILRAIN.

II Their Existence Has Served No Otheg
Useful Purpose Their Example Has In
duoed Many to Cast About Them to So
cure Greater Nuseularity.
The fact that John L. Sullivan and Jake
Kilrain, who are to fight for, the fstic cham
pionship Of the world on the sth OF July,
are rapidly divesting themselves OF thirty
pounds Of superfiuous adipose, and are rapidly
getting into a condition of perfect health, has
had one good effect. 1t has turned the atten-
ton of a good many men TO the benefits to
be derived from careful dieting and proper
physical exercise.
These men are devoting all their time to
preparation, while ordinary men cannot do
20. As a man having had nearly thirty
years of experience with pugilists, runners
and oarsmen, | am asked frequently to tell
business men how to train for perfect health
while at the same time attending to their
usual avocations- This can be done by almost
any man who has normal perseverance,, and
good health can be secured thereby, provid-
ing the man who follows my instructions has
no organic or constitutional trouble, in which
case he should consult a physician and not a
trainer.
BE
First and foremost cultivate a cheerful dis
position. Half the ailments that make life
miserable are the result of imagination
Care drives the nails In our collins no doubt,
But mirth, with merry fingers, plucks them out.
The man who broods over business cares,
magniAes them or allows them to unduly
trouble him is a very foolish one, and is soon
likely TO be a victim of dyspepsia or n~rvous
prostration. Half the cases OF dyspepsia in
this country are the result OF brain worry
and half of them nave been aggravated by
the excessive use of ice water. The connec-
ton between the brain and the stomach is a
much closer one than is generally thought.
Afew years ago n friend Of mine, who is a
high official OF the Western Union Telegraph
company, n man OF nervous, sanguine tenn
permanent, met me one day and in response to
al invitation to take lunch, replied:
"Id like to, old boy, but l haven't the time.
I'm so busy that 1 must keep on the jump all
day.n
/ replied, You had better call a halt and
give proper attention TO your meals or the
first thing you know you'll be a confirmed
dyspeptic."
He laughed as he answered while c%ontinu-
ing his walk; mo danger of that; I've got a
stomach like an ostrich"
There was danger, however, and it came
sooner than he expected. In less than two
years he was not only n victim of acute dys-
pepsia, but his nervous system was so badly
shattered that he had to give up business for
several months, go south in the winter, and
devote his whole time to trying to repair his
shattered health.
Diet, care and moderate physical exercise
have aided him a great deal, but he will
never DO the man he would have been today
had he taken my advice; and, besides, he
would have done double the amount of work
in the long run that he was able to do, ON
account OF illness. Though the Scriptures
say that imam born of woman is of few
days and full of trouble" that need not
cause him to aggravate his lot by worri-
ment. Just think that everybody else has
just as much trouble as you have. Don't
whine over yours. Try and look at the
bright side OF things as Mark Tapley did, or
as the man did who had the rheumatism and
thanked God that it wasn't the govt, and
when he had the govt was tickled beyond
measure to hin that he was not afflicted by
both maladies at the same time.
USE SENSE IN EATING.
Be careful Of your diet. Find out the kind
of food that best agrees with you and eat
only that at regular times and In reasonable
quantities. we eat too much, all of us.
Course dinnefs would kill an ostrich. Eat
deliberately Masticate your food thorough
ly and do not drink anything until after you
have consumed your meal. This is the hard
est rule to get observed Of any a trainer pre-
scribes, and it is the most important. To
show how important it is | will say that any
person who Is high in flesh, say 200 pounds or
more for a man and 100 or so for a woman,
can reduce his or her weight from fifteen to
thirty pounds In three months merely by alb
staining from the use of liquids of all kinds
at meals and for an hour before and after
eating them, and any person who is thin can
become moderately heshy by drinking a pint
of milk daily for a year.
"But l would choke to death II 1 did not
drink l hear one say.
oh, mol No danger of that. When you
get up In the morning wash out your mouth
and gargle your throat thoroughly with luke
warm water. II you take a thin piece of
whalebone and scrape your tongue clean first
it will be of great advantage. After having
cleansed your mouth, teeth and throat thor
oughly, drink a half pint OF water as warm
as you can bear it. At first this will be diff
cult, but after a few trials you will relish it
almosta as much as you do ice water on a hot
day.
EXERCISE, EXERCISE, EXERCISE
Then If you have the time, put on heavy
woolen clothes and walk a mile at a brisk
pace, or If you cannot do that, take a pair of
light dumb bells, never let them exceed two
pounds in weight, and exercise with them, not
until you are tired, never go that far with
any exercise, but until you are perspiring.
Then divest yourself of your garments in a
room where no draft will affect you and rub
yourself as dry as possible with good towels,
not too coarse nor too fine In texture. When
all the moisture has been absorbed and you
feel dry and cooled down, take a bath. II
you have no bath tub handy, a large sponge
and a basin or bucket of water will be sufi-
cient Bath very quickly and dry thoroughly.
Then rub yourself down well with the palms
Of your hands, always rubbing down or with
the grain.
This, l believe, is the laying on of hands, "
which Scripture teaches us was so eficacious
in the good old days of the prophets. After
you have rubbed and slapped and kneaded
yourself thoroughly until all the electricity
in your system is aroused put on dry clothes,
eat your breakfast and go to your business.
Eat your lunch at your regular time and de-
vote not less than half an hour to the repast.
l mean devote thirty minutes to eating it
After your days work is done, dismiss it as
much as possible from your mind Or, II you
cannot do that, think of it in a cheerful
mood and resolve TO do the very best that
brain and muscle can do in the case and let
1t go at that. Refrain from excessive use of
stimulants of all kinds. Strong cigars are
noxious and cigarettes are abominable.