The weekly examiner., 1901-08-31

CHARLIE MITCHELL.
 and sapping the strong physical con- stitutions which they had built up at college. See them on every hand. Forty years old, say, and to carry a scuttle of coals upstairs would wind the best of them!
 ''For over 20 years I have been a professional athlete, and I expect that a score of years hence I shall be an athlete if I keep up my daily exercise and walks. True, have lapsed a bit occasionally because of too much con- vitality, but that was the fault of the life the fighter has to lead. To live to enjoy life, it is necessary to eat well, but not too well, to have clear mind and, of course, regular muscular exertion is the key to all. Let me add that this daily exercise should begin with childhood, and should not be stopped. The women of America, I am pleased to learn, are becoming interested in physical exercise: Our English women are great walkers, but it must not be thought that walking alone will suf- flee for physical exercise. The dumb bell and the chest weight are the things to use."
 Kid" Mccoy is accepted as the type of up-to-date, American athlete in build, general makeup and mental training. Thousands who have seen him in great ring contests have mar yeled over his suppleness,- dexterity. quickness and terrific strength. Yet, to watch Mccoy dressed in the latest style as he strolled about the corri- dor of a high-priced hotel, he would strike the observer more for his quiet ness, his desire to avoid ostentation and his perfectly healthy complexion than for his possession of any dis tinct type of prize ring walk, talk or posing. @In short, this remarkable young athlete, always natty and wit ty, would be taken for a university athlete rather than for a fighter of great renown. His shoulders, even in the best tailor-made clothes, betray his muscular power. And Mccoy was once so frail and slender that doc tors advised him to take up gym nasium work, or his delicate health would bring him to the marrow house. in short order. This decided the young man, and he pursued his physical exercise so faithfully that in a short time he developed consid- erable skill as boxer. He soon learned that science was better than brawn, and the amateur prize ring held out inducements to him. Pa rental objection to this form of life caused Mccoy to leave home and change his name. He tried rough work outdoors, indoor work with weights, and obeyed implicitly his physicians orders. In two years, by following the routine of muscular ex- ercise he had built up his system and added Is pounds to his weight.
 It was my good fortune to meet Mo Coy in the corridor of a hotel one day, in company with his mother. How this kind-faced matron did smile on her son! She was proud of his physical prowess. To please her and to help himself to reach his ambition to weigh 180 pounds and be worlds champion by the time he was 30 years of age-McCoy purchased farm in New York state. There he is now working-yes, every day he does the hard labor of a farmland - and by the time he prepares for the fall or winter campaign of boxing he will have added ten pounds to his weight. Listen to his advice to all who would be strong and healthy: ''Take a reg ular amount of exercise-work is bet. ter-every day, and do not abuse your stomach. Muscular exercise is better than medicine. Get outdoors as often as possible, and you will have broad shoulders, full chests and sprightly step that will insure long and happy lives" E.. G. MISTAKE.
 Born Lucky.
 Blinks-Lucky man, that fellow Jones'.
 Winks-I don't see how you make it.
 Blinks-Why he took out life in- surance policy for $5,o00 and died six days before the company failed.-Bal-