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Show Tue Late Du. WiSdim. The Fall Biver (Ma&.) Xttcs says: "The demise of Dr. George B. Winship, ol Boston, at tbo eariy age of lorty-two years, removes the most cekbrattd I if Hit of the century. In early life bo waa weaker th;m the average of young men, subject to infirm health, Ai such he entered college in 1850, but Boon after, being grotaly insulted by a Etudent whom ho was unable to chastise un tho spot, ho was angry, with himstll that he resolved to gain utrength enough to do it or die. Accordingly Ac-cordingly he entered Peter Stewart's private gymnasium, and went into trainine under that colored disciple of the famous Em-Jish Bendigo, and Pete in due time brought out muscles to his own astonishment. Visiting his former untugonitit, he coolly informed in-formed him he could apologise for that lonncr intuit or be handsomely tbrajhed, :uid tnu fallow came down with a lianJaoini! apology, and piace continued. Winship dirieovi-red that certiin partH ot his body needed strengthening, mid that lil'tiuc only could do it. Accordingly ho organized organ-ized a lilting exirciso, which lie used regularly lor many years, till he reached ihu enormous result of raising 2,700 pounds from the ground by his own powuru.il sttenylb. Out of his experiments him grown the present I system of healih-liftiug. .Dr. Win-Jship Win-Jship probably carried lilting too far, i for BOine time ago he began lo ba atUictid w.itli .incipient paralysis, which haa increased in spite of all remedies, and be has fallen at last, as do mot ail athletes who lorget that caution Is tho parent of safely. He leaves only a wife." |