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Show Tl3 Deserct Ealc. SUPPLEMENT, FEBRUARY, 1, 1892. HOW YOU DO :0 WALK. : WHY GUM CHEWING IS INJURIOUS, :0: a man comes iato my shop and takes off bis Can gum cl ewing be regarded as to Hhoes I can tell whether or not he is a auy df gree harmful? The habit is unnatural. It makes no good walker, and it is astonishing to find how few men know the proper way normal need, as does tbe chewing of the t step out. If the shoe is worn at the cud bv the cow and some other anihee?, not, ,n the Md- - but s'raight back mals. Whatever is abnormal is presumhtI hitler of thn sole shows signs of ptively frjurious, even though we may weakness at the bal. of the foot, a little not be able to trace its effects. It took greiter on th inside jnst below the a long time to find out that tobacco use of the great top, I know that the chewing caused one of the most fatal wearer fs a good walker If, however diseases of ?he heart, turned on one side, or is Every secretion of the body has worn i venly throughout, and the sole U natural limitation. Artificial stimul worn most near the toe, I know that ation greatly beyond this paint must ' I ave to dealwith a poor perics'rian. be hurtful. This is a general law. The reason of the difference in Gum chewing stimulates the salivary posi'inof the worn spo's lies in the glands vastly beyond their normal A shismiker says as soon as thehIis 1 fac. tha: the por walker walks from wis Knee snd the pcoJor e Oom b's hip. Witch the passerby on the street and t u Mil at once see ti e difference. Nine men out of ten will bend the knee very onsiderably in walking, stepping straight out with both hips on the same line, and the toe will be the first to strike the ground. The tenth man will bend his knee very little, just enough to clear the ground, and will swing the ie from the hip, very much as the arm is swung from tbe shoulder, and not from the elbow. By so doing he calls upon the muscles which are strongest to bear tbe strain, aad increases the length of his stride four or six inches The heel touches the ground first and not tbe toe. A el'gbt spring is given from the ball of tbe footon making another stride. Men who walk in this fashion cover the ground 30 per cent, faster with the same exertion than la 5 limit, and the result must be injurious, Tbe constant swallowing of saliva in a sort of churned state carries into the stomach a large amount of air, which becomes a source of eiKcnlut an often of positive iojury. It must be remembered that air swallowed in this way becomes greatly expanded by internal heat. Muscles are enlarged by use. Witness the blacksmith's arm as compared with that of the scholar. Witness also 'he enormous muscles of the athlete. Now tbe normal use of themasseter muscles tends only to keep them in proper working condition; but their overuse in gum chewing must tend to their undue enlargement and thus to the disiiuiation of the face. Youth's Companion. Some time ago a much-vexe- d point as to the merits of English and Arab tboe e who walkficm tbekree. In ian horses was decided to the lull pugilism tbe old rule is to strike from satisfaction of those present. All Pasthe shoulder and not from the elbow. ha, who has the finest stud of Arabian Ia pedestri anism it is to walk from horses in Egypt, maintained that no hip the and not from the knee. Globe English horse could run against an Democrat. Arab Dorse for four miles. The match was arranged and run between an English officer mouned on a thoroughbred Scientific and an Egyptian pasha, mounted on a pure white Arabian. The points were Dowler The Archdeacon prayed for from the first station on the Suez Desrain last Sunday, but it hasn't come ert to Cairo. The English horse, which was bre 1 by Lord Kibblesdale, won in yet. Sbowter Next time you'd better a canter by one quarter of a mile. Our Little People send for the canon. Puck. Rain-Matin- g. BURIED CITIES OF NEW MEXICO. "New Mexico and Arizona offer as great a field for archaeologists as do the lands where the empires of ancieDt days flourished," said W. P. Metcalf, of Albuqureque, N. M. "An expedition lef Albuqureque only a few days agG toseekfor treasure whieh traditions say is to be found at Gran Quivera, 100 miles from that city. Before the pilgrims landed at PJymouti Rock there were flourishing scttlemt nts of white men along tbe Kio Grande. Coronado in . his history of the explorations made as early as 1540, wrote of the seven cities of Cibola, describing them as of fabul- ous wealth and magnificent beauty. The ruins at Gran Qaivera are believed to be the ruins of one of those cities. "Coronado told of abundant gold and treasures in all of these cities, and many expeditions have explored about Quivera. Tbe ruins Indicatd that a targe city stood there. The limestone walls mark out the sites of palaces, monasteries and churches. A curious thing is that no water can be fuuad for fifty miles around the site of the old city, although treasure searchers have honeycombed the land trying to secure a supply of water. No treasure has ever been found there, but the belief that it is located there antedates any traditions of Mexicans or Indians. Just what prospects induced the last expedition to start out I do not know." Chicago Tribune. lh Satisfaction in Good Grammar. Little Dot- - ;o: Oh, I just love cake; it's awful nice. Mamma (reprovingly) You should say you "love" cake; say "like." Do not not siy "awful;" say "very." Do not say "nice;" say "good." And, by the way, the word "just" should be omitted; also the "oh." Now, my dear, repeat the sentence correctly. Little Dot I like cake; it's very good Mamma That's better. Little Dot (with an air of disgust) Sounds as if I was talkin' 'bout bread Good News. |