THE FLESHY, THE THIN, THE OLD
way of life, adopted long ago and steadily adhered to, is perhaps uncertain.
"'I rise early; at this time of the year about half-past five; in summer, half an hour or even an hour earlier. Immediately, with very little encumbrance of clothing, I begin a series of exercises, for the most part designed to expand the chest, and at the same time call into action all the muscles and articulations of the body. These are performed with dumb-bells, the very lightest, covered with flannel, with a pole, a horizontal bar, and a light chair swung around my head. After a full hour, and sometimes more, passed in this manner, I bathe from head to foot. When at my place in the country, I sometimes shorten my exercises in the chamber, and, going out, occupy myself for half an hour or more in some work which requires brisk exercise. After my bath, if breakfast be not ready, I sit down to my studies till I am called.
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"'After breakfast I occupy myself for a while with my studies, and then, when in town, I walk down to the office of the Evening Post, nearly three miles distant, and, after about three hours, return, always walking, whatever be the weather or the state of the streets. In the country, I am engaged in my literary tasks till a feeling of weariness drives me out into the open air, and I go upon my farm or into the garden and prune the fruit-trees, or perform some other work about them which they need, and then go back to my books. I do not often drive out, preferring to walk.
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And would you like another instance? At fifty-five, Mr. Samuel E. Griscom, a well-known active businessman, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, troubled with nervousness and insomnia, taking in each hand an eight-pound dumbbell, for two minutes swung them about a foot behind him; then up in front, till his hands went as high as his shoulders. Then he rested three minutes and worked two minutes more, with eight-pound bells at first; after about three years he used twelve-pound bells, and then for about ten years twenty-pound ones,
