Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-08-01
Exercise

| Any part or junction OF the human
body nay be strengthened by exercise
The hunter develops very acutely the
sense of hearing. The mariner, and the
Indian on the plains, accustomed to ex
crossing the eyes on distant objects, sees
much further than those habitually look
ing on near objects in city streets The
blind often develop the sense of feeling
to marvellous extent. The senses oil
taste and smell can be educated by prac
tlce to greater acuteness Memorizing ID
sometimes cultivated enough by theatrica
people to enable them to recite part
from one reading
Macaulay mastered the German Ian.
guage in SIX weeks, because of the power
Of concentrating the mind. The faculty
OF forgetting is abnormally developed by
reading what is not worth remembering,
and therefore Immediately dismissed
from the mind Mr. Hale once attributed
impairment of memory to too much read
ing OF daily papers, with no effort to
remember what was perused. Exercise
OF the muscles makes them larger, more
powerful, more enduring. and more
obedient to the will. The right arm OF
the blacksmith, developed by constant
use OF the heavy hammer, is usually
much larger and stronger than the lett
arm. The typewriter and seamstress
gain in dexterity by finger exercise, and
increase of endurance is illustrated by
systematic training for boat racing or for
the Marathon races.
All the faculties and movements of the
body require exercise for the healthy
growth of mental and physical powers.
Muscles become weak by disuse, Joints
stiff and digestion is impaired by too
sedentary occupations. To be Of value,
the movements should be mBde with
sufficient force to cause energetic con-
traction OF the muscles, and with vigor
enough to strengthen and accelerate the
heart beats and promote quicker and
deeper respirations. This expands the
chest and hushes out air cells not used
in ordinary breathing.
Baseball playing, rowing, walking,
running, swinging the Indian clubs,
gymnastics, are good forms of exercise
and are beneficial 30 long as the heart
beats with perfect regularity, which is
manifested in the pulse beat The rate
may be increased ten to thirty beats per
minute without injury, if there is no
lrregularity. When there is the slightest
deviation, such as intermssions or an
occasional soft beat, it is a sign of ex-
cessive exercise that often results in en-
largement and diIation of the heart-a
verv serious disease Wise athletic train
ing is chiefly governed by its effect on
the hearts action. By far the best and
most satisfactory form OF exercise is OBJ
tanned in useful labor that presents some
thing accomplished for the energy ex-
pended besides physical development
Ihe cultivation of garden exercises the
mind as we'll as the body. Making ones
own baseball bat on a turning lathe ra-
pairing bicycle, or making paytbipos
Tor younger brothers and sisters. deyelops
Ingenuity and self-reliance, and makes
one stronger, healthier, and happier.
Years ago the writer was building near
the house of DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
who expressed desire to see the plans
OF the architect. In looking them over,
a room marked Billiards" arrested his
attention and he asked, "Why do YOU
haye billiard room?' ssFor exercise y
replied. "Change it to workshop. y
he advised. ''Come up stairs and see
mine, in which have spent some Of the
happiest and most profitable hours of nv
lie. + 1t was equipped with carpenters
bench and tools, a turning lathe, and a
charcoal forge Here he said, ~ in
vented and made the stereoscope, 60 COM
monty seen in the parlors of American
homes, where double picture is seen as
a single one, through double convex
lenses. | might have made fortune had
| the instrument patented. &c lassmate