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Evening Star, Issue 10791, 28 November 1898, Page 4

FkJhhlV KOTICUtJ. HEALTH AND HARD MUSCLES, IF John Simpson were not a blacksmith wr might not have occasion to allude to him at the very outset of this writing. But ho if i blacksmith, and will thus serve an important purpose; that, too, without having to put on his leather apron to do it. And he will do it by standing in front ot his 'or"e for five minutes while wo all take a look it liim. He is a strong and robust man, as ilr Dickens's Joe Gargery was—as all blacksmiths ought to bo. Ought to bo, I say. But ire the}-as a matter of fact? No they are ,iol—not by many a length of nail rod. Now, it is somehow a common notion that ill men who work hard, especially amid rough v.irroundings and in the fresh air, are apt to be vigorous, healthy fellows; they are supposed -to joke at doctors, to nave no us>« iui ipothecaries, and even to regard undertakers is the necessity of a distant future. Is this .icw a true view? Arc health and hard mus•les always found together? Take your time o think. Meanwhile we will hear what Mr Simpson himself says: " Up to the spring of 1885," he writes in a .otter dated May sth, 1893, "I was strong a' most men—perhaps stronger than most. Ther. [ began to suffer from illness. My victuals ind I had a falling out. After every nwl I md great pain and fulness of the chest. The.' [ got into such a condition thai I had these feelings nearly all tho while. I tried to avoid them by eating nothing but light food, but the result was just the same. I think a moval of bread would liavo hurt me almost as mu* is a round of beef. Then I began to I'ic weight, and had all I could do to keep up wi'n ny work. The doctor gave mo medicine, but [ got no help from it. , " I was wondering how this would end wrm t hoard of Mother SoigeFs Curative SyruD, «nd bought a bottle of it from Mr James Crossly, f,he grocer at Mile Walk. The effect was •pocdy. It appeared to go straight to the right pot, and it wasn't long before I was able to \ifc without any pain to follow. Then my strength and flesh gradually came back, ana iver since I have done my work as easily as [ did it before the disease, whatever it was, ivertook me. (Signed) John Simpson, Clivijer, near Burnley." Now, about that health and hard muscle niestion that i put to the reader; what's the answer? Why, of course, the answer is what any intelligent man would make who thinks *ith his eyes open. No; health and hard -nusclcs are not always found together. But let us look sharp and commit no errors. The facts run this way: While a man cannot grow strong without a certain degree of health, it is also true that a notable amount of muscular power is consistent with both organic and functional trouble of the stomach, liver, kidneys, or heart. A man may be able to lift 500 pounds, and drop dead within a minute after he does it. Sailors, farmers, miners, drivers of trams, buses, etc., outdoor laborers of different sort? 'especially after reaching mid life) nearly all 'all victims to rheumatism, nervous debility, or dyspepsia. Yes, and do hard work for years just tho same. I said "or " dyspepsia. Leave out the "or " and say dyspepsia—dyspepsia only—and you have struck bottom. This produces all ( .ne other maladies- they are merely results and symptoms of it. There's no keeping dear of it by running off to sea, working on i farm, or diving down into a mine. No matter where you go or what you do, indoors or out, "lerking in the Bank of England or driving the locomotive of the Scotch express, dyspepsia rill get hold of you if you give it a chance. Vnd most men do that as if they were as eager '■o bo ill as they are to be rich. Which reminds •ne to tell you in a subsequent article how to ivoid dyspepsia. For this time I can only -,peak of how to cure it. Imitate John Simpson's example. Do what he did. And remember that stalwart men (all unconscious) often stand nearer a bed of pain, nearer death, than do the feeble women whom they pity.

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