The morning call., 1891-03-01
poison so far as food and drink are con-
cerned. but ignore it: when applied to
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Oyer-Exercisine,


Il believe my friend IS quite correct: in his
comments upon the danger of. oyer-exercise.
on the part of many individuals. know of
gentleman Who'll been advised, not by a.
doctor butby friends, to take long walks in
order to rid himself of a tendeney:to STOUT:
ness. He has. tried the experiment and
found that the more he walks the heavier he:
becomes. the exercise gives him an in=s
creased appetite, improves his digestion
and: adds: more flesh Instead of TAX:
Ing some away. Then somebody urged
horseback riding. and the; result was
+ the same; another friend who was:
a deyotce of cold baths in the morning.:
vi ged the cold bath treatment, and with such
pperslssence that the. gentlemen tried it, al
iIniough he has always from childhood: dis:
taue ane sensation Of a cold bath, and pre-.
igts W make MS additions. in tepid water
he SUFFERED greatly in his: feelings 'when>he
resorted to the cold; baths. but he stuck to
them until he found" Ills. health .tenporarily
injured by tIlem. The result Of his follow
Ing. the advice OF friends was he: iran
down" so much that he was Obliged 10
consult physician. After. a .:l,Iief. sx-s
animation the doctor said =. Y ON have:
been taking too much exercise, and
your system is debilitated in consequences
Then the gentleman told OF his long walks.
cold baths, horseback and other exercises,
and wound up with the. remark that he
couldn't stand them much longer drop:
them all, +" said the DOCTOR . our system
shrinks at the cold baths because it doesn't
want them, and the exercise You take IS far
above your needs. Battle often In tepid
water walk mile or 50 daily, but don't
walk two miles, swing your arms about you
for i've minutes when you rise IN the MORN.
ing, eat spariDglv, but don't starve your
self, and see how You feel in month from
that time" In a month the man was fully
restored; he has followed the doctors adj
vice ever since and is now in robust health
Perhaps he has strain OF Chinese blood in
his veins. -
Water-Tight Compar tments.
1t will be remembered that the magnificent
steamship City of Paris met with an acct
dent last year that would probably have
sent her 10 the bottom of the ocean with
all her passengers and crew had it not been
for the water-tight compartments, which
saved her from laundering. This principle
of building ships in compartments is COM
paratiyely new, so far as ocean steamers
are concerned, and great stress is justly laid
upon its advantages But, though new in.
modern usage, the system is a very old one,
as it has been practiced by the Chinese for
six centuries at least Read the following,
which is from the travels of Marco Polo, in
the thirteenth century; describing the ships
of China at that time he says: Moreover
the largest of their vessels have some thlr-
teen compartments or seYeranceS IN the lE-
terror, made with planking strongly framed,
in case, mayhap, the ship should spring
leak, either by running on rock or by the.
blow of hungry whale, as shall betide Oft
times, for when ship In her course by
night sends a ripple alongside the whale,
the creature, seeing the foam, fancies there
is something to eat afloat ana makes a.
rush forward, whereby it often shall stave:
in some part of the ship. In such case the
water that enters the leak flows tothe bilge.
which is always kept clear. and the mari
ners. having ascertained where the damage
is empty the cargo from the compartment
into those adjoining for the pIanking is so
well fitted thatthe water cannot pass from
one compartment to another. they then
stop the leak and replace the lading." The
compartment system has been continued to
the present time by the Chinese ship build
ers in the construction of sea-going junks.
We may remark that the word Junk is OF
Portuguese origin. A jocular American
says that the name originated from the
practice of the Chinese of building vessel
a mile or two long, and whenever the want
one to sail in they go to work and cut of
Junk"
Copyright, 1921.