The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

gest Dyspepsia s. the foundation d
all diseases, and dyspepsia % caused
very much by tho dinners that an
eaten. Don't drink while eating. Drink
before meals or after You have finished.
but not during the meal. The food
should not be eaten too hot, and hot
bread Or biscuits are very bad. Walk
home from business n the evening and
take light supper. Before retiring
It Is good thing to sponge your body
with salt water again. Never sleep ii
any clothing you have worn. during the
day. Always have the top Of the win.
dow open to give fresh air In the room.
Never have fire in the bedroom, but
have, plenty of covering on the bed,
Many men are ! troubled with
insomnia. NJ These men are usually
of sedentary habits. They are in
their Office all day doing brain work.
Their brain is tired and they CAM
sleep. If they would get up and take
some exercise IN ORDER to get physical.
~ tired they would soon sleep. Mer
and women don't walk enough. L
they have to 60 mile they must ride,
and If they have to 60 three blocks
they have to get on car. Eight
hours sleep, think, is the prope,
quantity. The day ought to be divided
into three-eight hours for work, eight
hours for play and eight for sleep.
Rowing boat is the best exercise
any one can have. Next to that comes
machine-rowing. thon sparring and
then swimming. Ala these exercises
bring all the muscles of the body into
play. Bicycle-riding, think. Is very
bad. The exercise is good for the
muscles of the legs but for no others.
The chest and stomach muscles are the
most important ones to keep we'll. A
man can live without his legs.
Then bicycling makes man stoop and
become round -shouldered. Rowing is
admitted by all authorities to be the
most beneficial of exercises, because it
calls into play every muscle in the
body and gives to each one a full and
equal share OF work. Five minutes OF
brisk rowing will produce a rapid cir
culation Of tho blood, free perspira,
ton, cause the lungs at each 7inspira-
ton to fill themselves to their full ca,
pacity, and thus enlarge the chest and
vltalize the blood, without unduly
straining any of the muscles. This
condition of the body can not be OBJ
tanned from any other form of exer-
else in the same time without making
one set of muscles do all the work, and
so seriously tanning them. Rowing,
therefore, is an excellent substitute for
the gymnasium.
Those of either sex who lead seden-
tary life suffer, with rare exceptions,
from some form of dyspepsia These
troubles can be permanently cured by
proper exercise, while medicine affords
only temporary relief. In these dis
eases the exercise of rowing is espe-
cially beneficial, for in taking stroke
the body is first doubled up and then
stretched out producing a movement
OF all the internal organs, invigorating
and strengthening them, and soou re-
suits in q radical cure.
Another trouble that men and wom-
en- suffer from is weakness in the small
OF the back, making them round
shouldered, ungraceful in their car
riage, cramping the chest and lung
room and causing them to sit with a
bowed back. Rowing is tor this an
absolute specific, for as the muscles OF
the back become strengthened (and it
is surprising how quickly they gain
strength) it is found to be much easier
to sit or walk erect than bent over, as
formerly.
If ladies would devote o small por-
ton of each day to this exercise, they
would soon secure that freshness OF
complexion and roundncss of limb SC
Indicative of perfect digestion and cir.
culation, and "nervousness'' would be
unknown except as memory OF the
past.
The rowing machine should not be
exercised more than ten minutes at q
time. 1t is not so much the amount OF
exercise taken that does good as TAX
ing it regularly. Light exercise is
better than heavy, and one should
never keep exercising until he is
tired.
Many persons are troubled great
deal with sore Threats. Sore throats
are often due to a weakness of the
muscles of the throat. Wrapping the
throat up is of very little use, because
it makes it more susceptible to cold.
The best remedy is to strengthen the
muscles so that they will not take cold.
The best way to do this is to fasten q
rubber band around the forehead and
exercise the muscles of the throat and
neck by pulling ON the rubber band.
In a very short time the muscles will
become hardened and able to withstand
any cold. Gout is caused by high liv-
ing and no exercise. Impoverished
blood is caused by no exercise. Thin
persons can add to their weight b. cx-
ercise, and stout persons can reduce
their weight by dieting and exercising.
For rheumatism there is nothing bet
ter than exercise and sweating. The
Russian bath is the best bath to take
for this sweating. The bath itself, in
one form or another, has been known
and its virtues acknowledged in all
ages and in all parts of the world.
AS civilization advances clothes
multiply themselves upon our bodies,
and the more clothing we accustom
ourselves to wear, the more clothing
we think we need, until every portion
of our bodies, except our face and
hands, is now covered and carefully
concealed from the rays of the sun and
the action of the air. It will be readi-
ly seen that this is a most abnormal
state of things, and the idea that so