The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-20

The sedentary man a like a stag.
neht pool, while the active man ls like
the mountain stream. In the stag.
nant pool reptiles OF many descrlp.
lions crawl and croak. and nom Il
noisorie odors rise. The mountain
stream Is pure and sweet and crystal
clear.
The body Is a form through which
a stream Of matter flows. Exercise
u them means by which the movement
OF The stream Is accelerated 40 that
the blood is kept pure and tho tissues
clean. The Bible says that Ne that
win not work shall not eat. and Ma
q says the same, A man who In
eists 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
stngnant pool. but & becomes even like
. cesspool. and ready food for germs.
Exercise increases the ability Of the
body to resist a disease. It encour-
ages every bodily function. creates
appetite Tor food and the ability TO
digest when eaten. II strengthens the
heart. clears the brain n eniivens
the spirit,
How much must one exercise? How
much muscular work must one do TO
maintain good healthg According to
recent English authorities the average
man should do. daily. work equiva-
lent 70 climbing a perpendicular lad
der onehalf mile, or twenty-six hun
dred feet high. II one lived in the
vicinity OF Lenkerbad, Switzerland, or
in the neighborhood Of certain deep
mines. be might actually climb such
. ladder. Ordinarily. some other more
convenient method Of exercise must
be adopted. II has been determined
that walking twenty feet on a level.
at the rate OF three miles an hour, is
equivalent to lifting the body perpen-
dicularly the distance OF one foot
Hence. one may. il he chooses, walk
ten miles. INSTEAD Of climbing a lad
der half a male high. OF course, hiH
climbing and mountain climbing viii
accomplish the same thing as ladder
climbing. and II one chooses to do
the Work indoors. he may work out his
task in stair climbing. Going up aud
down a fight OF stairs ten feet high is
equivalent 10 raising the body about
twelve feet perpendicuiarly. Hence.
one might do the required amount OF
work by going up and down such a
flight OF stairs q hundred and sew
enteen times. But, first, he may do
the work while standing In a corner
and raising himself on his toes. In
such exercise the body is elevated
about three inches. Hence. four heel
raisings would be equivalent 10 rails
ing the body one foot, and 10 raise the
body half q mile, or twenty-six hun
dred feet. It would be necessary to
rise Upon the toes ten thousand four
hundred times. One might easily ex-
ecute this movement az the rate OF
n a second. which would be fifteen
feet a minute. or nine hundred feet
an hour. At this rate the days task
would be accomplished In about three
hours. But Il would be very tiresome
70 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 a chair OF upOn a table the arms
may be used TO assist IN lifting the
body so that the movement IAN be
executed much more easily. More or
less weight a. be thrown upon the
arms.
BY raising upon the heels and bend
ing the knees. the body may be alter
nately raised and lowered through a
distance Of about two feet. The exc
cution OF such a movement requires
nearly four seconds. OF fifteen 70 the
minute. The body would thus be lift
ed thirty times a minute. n 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 II done would be increased.
and time shortened. But, on the whole,
there IL no method OF accomplishing
the work so good as walking. and par
ticuiarly climbing a bin with a mod.
eraieiy steep grade,
Bicycle riding n n O oYeTdone. is
excellent exercise. To accomplish the
same amoun OF work riding a bicy-
Gle. one must cover about four times
the distance required Tor walking.
Most city people. outside the labor
ing classes. take Far TOO little exer-
else. A. a result the deficient oxida
tion Of the body waurus and the accn
mutation Of uric acid and Sther tissue
poisons after a time result Ia rhegm-
atism n~eurastheRia. apopleKy, prema.
tRre old 3 and a great variety Of
disorders which may be traced more
or less directly 10 urlcacid aceumula.
iion,