The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-05-12

The scdcutary man is like stag
naut pool while the active man is like
the mountain stream in the stag
naut pool reptiles of many dcscrIp.
lions crawl and croak. aud from it
uoisou' odurH rise. The mountain
stream IS pure aud sweet and crystal
clear
The body is a form through which
stream of matter flows. Exercise
is the means by which the movement
of tho stream is accelerated tU chat
Che blood is kept pure and the Tissues
clean The Bible says that be- that
Will not work shall not eat. and Nn.
turo says the same a man who loo.
siss upon eating. oven though he
does not work pays the pcnalt, for
his violation Of natural law The food
hc cats becomes poison IN the tls.
sues. bis bod! is not only like tho
stGguant pool but 10 become. oven like
a ccsspouli and ready food Tor germs
Exercise Increases the ability NJ the
body to resist disease u ourour
AGES every bodily function. creates
appetite for food aud the ability TO
digest when eaten. II strengthens the
heart, clears the brain and cnllvcns
the spirit
How much must one exercise? How
much muscular work must one do CO.
maintain good health? According TO-
recent English authorities the average
man should do daily. work cauya.
lent 10 climbing a perpendicular lad.
der onchalf mile. or twontysiN hun.
drcd feet high. N one lived In the
vicinity of Loukorbad switzerland. or
In the nCighhorhood of certain deep
mines. be might actually climb such
n ladder Ordinarily some other moro
convenient method NJ exercise must
be adopted. 10 has been determined
that walking twenty feet ON level.
at the rate ~ three miles an hour. o.
equivalent TO lifting the body ucfpou
dicularly the distance of one foot
llcncc. one may. 10 be- chooses. walk
ten miles. instead Of climbing o. lad.
der half O. milo high. OF course. hiU
climbing and mountain climbing viii
accomplish the same thinr ns ladder
climbing and u one chooses to du
the work indoors. he may work ont his
task In stair climbing Going up aud
down a nIght of stairs ten feet high o.
equivalent to raising the body about
twelve feet porpondicularly Hence.
one might do the required amount NJ
work by roipg ~ and down such a
flight Of Htnl'f |c hundred and SOW.
ontocn umelt, ~, f, FIRST No. may do
s %s ; sa..5'psslOGs.s5' 4. 4 ... :a''s &
such cxcrc body Is elevated
about threc.N - 1onco. four heel.
ri Is .SsO I y SS p ,5 & n, y
body half b mile, or twonty.siN hun.
drod feet would be- necessary Ia
rise upon thr toes ten thousand four
hundred tlmOs. one might easily OK.
ocuto this movement NJ the rate Of
one secondly which would be nfcon
feet n minutcl or nine hundred foot
an hour At sils rate tho days task
would be accomplished In about three
hours. But Il would be- very tlrcsome
to do the work In this way for almost
tho entire amount Of work would be
thrown upon o single set N muscles.
by placing the hands upon the back
Of chair or upon table the arms
may be used 10 assist In lifting the
body 80 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.
natoly raised and lowered through a
distance Of about two feet The exc.
cutlon Of such a movement requires
nearly four seconds. or fifteen 20 the
minute, The body would thus be lift.
ed thirty times minute. and an hour
and n half would be required 10 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 10 no method OF accomplishing
the work 10 good as walking. and par.
tlcularly climbing n hill with a mod.
erately steep grade.
Bicycle riding, n not oyordone. is
excellent exercise. To accomplish the
same amount OF work riding a blcy.
Gle, one must cover about four times
the distance required for walking
Most city people, outside the labor.
ing classes. take far too little oxer.
else, As a result the deficient oXlda.
ton Of the body wastes and the accu.
mutation Of uric acid and other tissue
polsons after a time result In rheum.
atlsm, nourasthenla, apoplexy. prema.
ture old age and great variety Of
disorders which may be traced more
or less directly 20 uric acid accumula.
ton.
Vital Statistics.