Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-09-26

cut out late hours and an my otner
former designations. I decided to live
a clean life.
Knows Physiology.
docs this sound too much like the
Sunday school books or like a Bowery
mission confession? Let ME tell you.
l know something of ANATOMY. In the
boxing business l had to. Wen, l be-
gan to study psychology after that and
] discovered many things about the
human body that I never before had
understood. our out that the. lungs
and omac are the really important
parts Of the human body. My years
of fast living had made me stoop-
s~houldered. had pushed out OF place my
lungs and spine. For the first time in
years | threw back my shoulders and
breathed deeply. o l am convinced
that deep breathing is a cure for all
most any complaint.
People say I look only 80. am 81.
a year and "a half ~ / looked over 40,
Wltht AZ eNaSgeratlon 1 ann Younger to-
day than when ! became a prize fight
did it. i'e
My muscles. too, are harder. than
they ever We're. TIL. Strengthening of
my spine has given me a mental alert
ness ] never used to know. because now
the blood is feeding the brain. MY
brain is getting bigger. and fresh
thoughts and new ideas come more
readily and quickly. Good circulation
OF the blood keeps the brain fertile. as
II u he in order to develop those
good, valuable new thoughts which are
always lying dormant in our souls.
Sounds Funny. Don't It?"
sounds funny. me talking about
souls. don't it? But am coming back
to prove my theory. Firstly / believe
that hnngh is a creative power. and
ma E0GN. ~ .4r.1A-
erning thought. Secondly. believe
that Thought controls the internal or
gans; therefore. in right thinking must
lilo the secret of health, of strength. OF
youth and OF life itself.
u want to- prove to men that in
sound thinking, clearly and honestly
set forth, is to be found the elixir of
ME, the key to individual greatness.
the real wealth of nations. want men
to undwerstand that their every dream
and desire IAN be realized through
right thought.
believe In "a Creator who has put Into
a of us a spark Of Hisc creative
power. n that as long as we rightly
understand it and use it. just so long
shall we live. For L do not believe that
men and ONE We're created to die. or
are obliged to die. BY misunderstood
ing people have merely grown out OF
touch with nature.
One half of humanity thinks 1T
must live so as to get ready for heav-
an. The other half grasps at all it
can Law hold OF right now, Just for fear
of hell. They over eat over drink. I'M
use themselves, make beasts of them
selves, run away from thought. stargye
their minds and weaken their bodies.
[ do not believe In either heaven or
hell. but 1 do believe that any good or
evil done here receives it's reward or
punishment right here in this world.
Stasnation 10 Death.
yet natural instinct shows clearly
that movement IL the natural law
not stagnatton-mOtiOn. light. pure air.
quiet thought. In nature stagnation
means decay. So If men allow their
minds to stagnate their bodies will
likewise stagnate and waste away. UNI
til finally they die. That is all death
means-stagnation.
IF one conquers one's body by de-
velopment OF ones mind one iced new
err die. When a man desires anything
he should examine his desire before
gratifying 1t. He should ask him.
SELF whether he can afford it: whether
1t Will hurt any n else; whether il
will fnjure himself. BY having the de-
sircs and mind under control. people
annot only regain lost health, but
improve on they had before con-
sidered good health. For mans idea
Of perfect health Is not a high one. BY
observing this rule and a few simple
hygienic principles i believe anyone
should enjoy all his normal vitality
and, in the last analysis. live forever"
Here kid Mccoy barred an arm as
pink as II baby's and as hard as iron,
Leaving out Of the question entirely
his logic. his reasoning and his philos-
ophy. that looked like a k%nockdown ar
gMment.