Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

the mountain stream. In the star.
nant pool reptiles OF many descrip-
tions crawl and croak, and from il
noisome odors rise. The mountain
stream Is pure and sweet and crystal
clear.
The body is a form through which
stream Of matter flows ExereIse
Is the means by which the moyement
Of the stream Is accelerated SO that
the blood is kept pure and the tissue
clean. The Bible says that he that
will not work shall not eat. and Ma.
ture says the same. man who in
sists upon eating. even though Re
does not work. pays the penalty for
his violation Of natural law The foo
he eats becomes poison In the lis.
sues. his body Is not only like the
stagnant pool. but Il becomes even hkc
a eesspool. and ready food for germ
Exercise Increases the ability of M
body to resist a disease. Il eucoar-
ages every bodily function. Great
appetite for food and the ability 70
digest when eaten. II strengthens "a
heart. clears the brain and enliyens
the spirit.
How much must one exerciSe- How
much muscular work must one do 20
maintain good heslth- According 20
recent English authorities the averaze
man should do. daily. work eauisa-
lent to climbing a perpendicular Ia
der one-haif mile. or twenty-six hua-
dred feet high. II one lived in tn
fasr = I
in the neighborhood Of certain dern
mines. he might actually climb suca
a ladder. Ordinarily. some other mo-
convenient method OF exercise MT.
be adopted. Il has been aetermfnst
that walking twenty feet on a lew.
al the rate OF three miles an hour. Is
equivalent to lifting the body perpeu-
dietary the distance OF one feJf
Hence. one may II he chooses. xaik
ten miles. instead OF climbing a lad-
der half mile high. OF course. hl5
climbing and mountain climbing ~
accomplish the same thing as Iadde-
climbing and Il one chooses to to
the work indoors. he may work out } rs
task in stair climbing. Going up suI
Gown fight Of stairs ten feet high IS
equivalent 10 raising the body about
twelve feet p-rpeadicuiariy. Henre
one might do the required amount =
work BY going up aRd down such a
flight OF stairs one hundred and So
enieeu times. But. first he may Do
the work while standing in n corn
and raising himself on his toes Is
such exercise the body is eievat.-s
about three inches Hence. four hesl
raisings would be equivalent To "a
Ing the body one foot, and TO raise he
body half q rile. or txenty-six hun
dre6 feet. IL would be Necessary TO
rise upun the toes ten thousand four
hundred times One might easily ex-
ccgte this movement al the rate o.
oue a second. xhich would be Hft.en
fee, s minute or nine hundred fees
an hour Al this rate the days ask
would b accomplished IL about three
hours Bui si would be very tirssoue
70 DO the No-k In this way. for almost
the sntire amount of work vould be
thrown upon a single Sc; Of muscles
BY placing he hsnds npaa the hack
CO \ chair ~ Upon n table the arrns
nav BE used 70 assist IL nftins the
body 50 that the movements car Be
executed much mere easily More or
less weight car he thrown upoz the
arms
BY raising uPoz the heels znd hsaa-
izE the knees. The body usy be alter
nAiely raises and lowered throuEA a
distance q zholi two feet Tie exc
c1tiou % such a movement reczires
rsariy fca- seconds. O. fifteen 10 The
-inate. The BODY would thus Dc iitr-
I'd thirty tlues a minute. and a. kour
aa5 4 haif voai5 be required . do
the days work. By placing Seights
upoa the shoulders the rate At vhich
the wo-k IS Soze would be increased.
x,d iize shortened But. O. the Nhoie.
there Is 10 method % accom- p,ishing
tie work 50 rno5 as Walking. an6 par
tt-rtsriy climbing hal with nod
esAteiy steep grade
R!cxcle riding Il 70. ove-6ure. Is
srceIlez; exercise To accomplish the
sane amount o. work rs1fng 8 sies-
Gle. one -usg cover about four times
the distance reeuire5 fo< walking
Most city people. outside the labor
lag classes. take far too little exe--
cssez As q result the deficient oxfds-
tsca of the body wastes ard TIE 2eca-
z1iztioa of zric scid ard othsr tsssue
pcsso1s after tine result n -Asuz-
stisza. nearzSzheziA arorlexy. prsnA-
tire oa3 age and q great variety OF
disorders which zzy he uzca5 noTe
o. less directly 70 arc xcss secuzuiz-
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