THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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forts, while this condition does not 

 occur in the "trained" and "seasoned" 

 men. 



Several instances are cited showing 

 marked ventriuclar hypertrophy, with 

 oppression and dyspnea occurring ear- 

 ly after the cessation of active exer- 

 cise. The author has met with nu- 

 merous cases of disorders of the car- 

 diac muscle in middle and later life 

 which, in his opinion, can be attributed 



to the "remote consequences of over- 

 exertion in early manhood," and he 

 believes that the blood pressure is in- 

 creased "from the cardiac hypertrophy 

 if for no other reason." He has found 

 over-distension of the heart frequently 

 in athletic contests, and hypertrophy 

 and over-action as a result of contin- 

 ued athletics. 



His conclusions are that any over- 

 exertion are markedly detrimental to 

 those not in regular training, and ad- 

 vises that all athletic sports should be 

 under the supervision of a physician 

 during the "athletic period of life" 

 and a gradual, rather than sudden dis- 

 continuance of the severer muscular 

 exercises. 



With several other physical direc- 

 tors, Dr. W. G. Anderson, of Yale, 

 has been carrying on a series of ob- 

 servations in order to determine the 

 kind of exercise best to develop the 

 physical strength of athletes. It was 

 found that baseball players were the 

 only ones who lost weight during their 

 season of training. The track athletes 

 and the gymnasts gained most rap- 

 idly. 



A Fall-Crick View of the Earthquake. 



I kin hump my back and take the rain, 



And I don't keer how she pours; 

 I kin keep kind o' ca'm in a thunderstorm, 



No matter how loud she roars; 

 I hain't much skeered o' the lightnin', 



Nor I hain't sich awful shakes 

 Afeared o' cyclones but I don't want none 



O' yer dad-burned old earthquakes ! 



As long as my legs keep stiddy, 



An' as long as my head keeps plumb, 

 And the buildin' stays in the front lot, 



I still kin whistle some! 

 But about the time the old clock 



Flops off'n the mantel shelf, 

 And the burro skoots for the kitchen, 



I'm a-goin' to skoot, myself! 



Plague take! ef you keep me stabled 



While any earthquakes is 'round 

 I'm jist like the stock I'll beller, 



And break for the open ground ! 

 And I 'low you'd be as nervous, 



And in jist about my fix, 

 When yer whole farm slides from inunder 

 3'ou, 



And on'y the mor'gage sticks! 



Now cars hain't a-goin' to kill" you 



If you don't drive 'crost the track ; 

 Crediters never'll jerk you up 



Ef you go and pay 'em back ; 

 You kin stand all moral and mundane 

 storms 



Ef you'll only just behave 

 But a' earthquake well, ef it wanted you, 



It 'ud husk you out o' yer grave ! 

 Indianapolis Journal (about 1884. Ed.) 



