The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-21

nant pool reptiles of many descrip-
tions crawl and croak, and from It
noisome odors rise. The mountain
stream is pure and sweet and crystal
clear.
The body is form through which
a stream of matter flows. Exercise
is the means by which the movement
OF the stream is accelerated 50 that
the blood is kept pure and the tissues
clean. The Bible says that he that
/ will not work shall not eat. AMI Ma.
ture says the same. A man who in
sists upon eating. even though he
does not work, pays the penalty for
his violation of natural law The food
he eats becomes poison in the It's
sues; his body is not only like the
stagnant pool, but it becomes even like
a cesspool, and ready food for germs.
Exercise increases the ability OF the
body TO resist a disease. 1t encour-
ages every bodily function. creates
/ appetite for food and the ability to
! digest when eaten. 1t strengthens the
heart, clears the brain and enliyens
| the spirit.
1 How much must one exercise? How
/ much muscular work must one DO to
maintain good health? According to
recent English authorities the average
/ man should do, daily. work eQuiva-
lent to climbing a perpendicular lad
der one-half mile, or twenty-six hum
dred feet high. If one lived in the
vicinity of Leukerbad, Switzerland or
! in the neighborhood of certain deep
mines, he might actually climb such
ladder. Ordinarily. some other more
/ convenient method of exercise must
| be adopted. 1t has been determined
| that walking twenty feet on d level
! at the rate of three miles an hour. is
I equivalent to lifting the body perpen-
I dicularly the distance of one foot
/ Hence, one may. if he chooses, walk
ten miles. instead of climbing lad
| der half mile high. OF course, hill
] climbing and mountain climbing will
accomplish the same thing as ladder
I climbing, and if one chooses to do
/ the work indoors. he may work out his
task in stair climbing. Going up and
, down flight of stairs ten feet high is
| equivalent to raising the body about
twelve feet perpendicularly Hence.
one might do the required amount of
work by going up and down such a
/ fight of stairs one hundred and sew
/ enteen times. But, first. he may do
/ the work while standing in corner
| and raising himself on his toes. In
| such exercise the body is elevated
| about three inches. Hence, four heel
raisings would be equivalent to rails
fng the body one foot, and to raise the
I body half mile, or twenty-si1 hun
| dred feet, it would be necessary to
/ rise upon the toes ten thousand four
| hundred times. One might easily ex-
| ecute this movement at the rate of
| one a second, which would be fifteen
. feet minute, or nine hundred feet
/ an hour. AT this rate the days task
would be accomplished in about three
( hours. But it would be very tiresome
/ to do the work in this way. for almost
/ the entire amount of work would be
/ thrown upon a single set Of muscles.
| By placing the hands upon the back
of chair or upon table the arms
may be used to assist in lifting the
body so that the movements can be
executed much more easily. More or
| less weight can be thrown upon the
arms.
BY raising upon the heels and bend
| ing the knees, the body may be alter
! taIy
distance of about two feet. The exc
cution of such a movement requires
nearly four seconds, or fifteen to the
minute. The body would thus be lift
ed thirty times a minute. and an hour
; and a half would be required to do
the days work. By placing weights
upon the shoulders the rate at which
| the work is done would be increased,
and time shortened. But, on the whole.
/ there is no method of accomplishing
! the work so good as walking. and par
ticularly climbing a hill! with a mod
erately steep grade.
/ Bicycle riding, if not overdone. is
/ excellent exercise. To accom- plish the
/ same amount of work riding a bicy-
| Gle, one must cover about four times
| the distance required for walking.
| Most city people. outside the labor
| ing classes, take far too little exer-
else AS result the deficient oxida-
ton of the body wastes and the accu-
mutation of uric acid and other tissue
poisons after time result in rheum-
atism, neurasthenia, apoplexy, prema-
| ture old age and great variety OF
| disorders which may be traced more
or less directly TO uric-acid accumula-
] tinD