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Show EXEHCISK. U liu-i jCmU U aul.ject ui' ULilveib.il complaint auioiijf writer uj.'m topics j coDin-rU'il witliphysiolnityftmiltysi'-'Qe, J that in tlio preat cities ot tin: world ( Le uppurtunltit'-t for exeici-o -uiimitt-d j and tlio in;ourunt;mt;iii fur bodily j activity. 10 aliylit. U would careely j eriii lIillL siicli Diuplini ouuld be j cuit.iid. rid applying wi'ii tiny fi.rco to tli..- reside tits ot'tliln niouiituia re-1 gion. It would roadiiv be a.-auwed j that oiiiy mi cxcocdiiiKly liumol nuui-bor nuui-bor uf pcrsurn wore indulging 111 -JoQ-urj liiil.iu to btiL'h an oitcni u to les-suii les-suii their vitality and by tlie founda-tion founda-tion tor ill health and early dilution. dilu-tion. Vet wo do not mUluto tlio iiiut, we j beliovo, wben w.: ui.-crt iiiat a very larxt) iiit'jtiiity of tbo leideni.i 01 tliia eiiy why urtj eiinatrd in Ijiimiio-s or; protV-.-.-ional life, i;iL iVom muutU to mouth an amount of active e .xerotic vastly inadequate to tlio requirements j of health. All really active exertion! in avoided, and, with many, almost the j sole bodily cx-rcisa consist 3 iu a walk two or three tiious a day to and irorn their places of Lunioe:.i. Residences are caruently .sought in the near vicinity of tha principal bummed 3 street 3 in order that no time may bo bat in reaching reach-ing them. In short, the whole view taken of the subject bcoroa to be that the body must remain m inactive as possible , and that exorcise U a thing to bo carefully avoided. A greater 1'allaey could scarcely obtain among thinking .men. Activity of the body is absolutely essential es-sential to a healthy condition. Indeed, ill health or a debilitated statu of the By stem ia oertaio to follow prolonged confinement. A 11 increa.-e iu bulk, is one of the very common results al-! though by no means a universal one of inactivity. This arUea from a tor- j pid condition of the liver, and is but the precursor to a thou aim. ills. Auioug women, whse lives are uouully sedentary, a tendency to ile.ih id a more frequent result than among men. ! With this increaio comes headache and a torpid condition of all the functions of lite. To keep up the tone and remove re-move the lassitude which always accompanies ac-companies this diseased condition, tea, cofleo and other trtimulauts arc usually resorted to, and in these the sufferer imagines there is found a temporary relief. But relief thus gained is dearly bought. The end is sure to be misery -Mid death. The chief duty of man is the care of hiuinolf. It i6 au absolute and a divine perfection for a wan to know how, loyally, to enjoy his being. This ho can never do, if, with each passing day, he violates some divine law. This the man doea who takes fifteen hours for labor iu each twenty-four twenty-four and bolts his dinner in twenty minutes; who takes a &ia& ut' brandy or other spirits wheu in health, of as a daily practice; who goes dirty from one week's end to another, when the pure water sparkles at bu vary feet; who depend upon ibe short, abstracted ab-stracted walks between his place of business and hia residence, for bis daily exercise, uud considers that hi; "yis walkirjg enough" behind the counter or in the pursuit of any in-door avocation. The idea that exercise and business, cau as a rule be combinod has long sinco been disallowed. Kxcroide mum be in the nature of recreatiou or tails of its object ob-ject to re-create It mu.it nut consist of a hurried walk of a square ur two cigerly spanned under the pressure of appetite or business. It c-hould embrace em-brace the eoul as well aa the body; it should be pleasant, r:(iuiii. meditative, medita-tive, aud, if possible, it should be shared by some congenial ejuiuauioa. To the man of sedeutary habiia, horseback erereise is the most valuable, valu-able, because it couL-en trails within a brief limit a thorough agitation of the entire structure. It moreover ensures this universal agitation without weariness weari-ness or fatigue. Tho horse docs the labor while the rider reaps the benefit. The very portion of the human frame which, so long as a man has the power of locomotion, is most certain to be exercised the lejis are rested while! in the saddle, and the unexercised re-1 mainder receives tho salutary agitation. I A single bait' hour passed in riding upon a hard-trotting horee, gives more genuine exercise sueh as the sedentary se-dentary demaud, than a half day pasted pas-ted in pedestrian is ni. With the latter come exhaustion aud lassitude; with the former, exhtleration and streugth, With us horseback exercise as an' adjunct to health, is uot impracticable j No f mooth pavement endanger life and limb, as is the case in the larger cities. Good saddle-horses are numer- j ous and cau be readily obtained. There ' is uo exeuse for enfeebled constitutions! here. Nature has doue much to pre-! pare this goodly Und to be the babita-' tion of niau. The sparkling water.ihe pur, exhiierating air. and the glad sunshine arc ail ours, Iieely given. Bui we may uot violate any well-defined law with impuuiiy. The muscles grow rusty and weak with othiulness. The t'uuctious ot' the body cease to aet with vigor if uuew ployed. - To have lite wo must impart it; to bo strong, wc must be active. Add to cleanliness temperance, temper-ance, to temperance exercise, and all powv-r and greatoc are possible to ruan. |