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OVERWORKING THE HEART.
Do not get angry. Any strong emo
tion adds to the labor of the heart,
and a heart overworked means a
shortened life. So reasons Dr. J.
Strickland Goodall in some advice he
recently gave on the prevention of
heart strain.
From before birth until a little after
death the human heart beats from 70
to 150 times a minute, and each beat
means work equivalent to raising a
two-pound weight through one foot.
To form an idea of this work one
has only to take such a weight in
his hand and lift it over that distance
as many times in a minute as the heart
beats.
Anything that quickens the heart’s
action increases its labor. Accurate
tests have shown that a man riding a
bicycle up a ten per cent grade for
2,904 feet in four minutes adds an
amount of labor to his his heart that
would lift a ton and an eighth one foot.
Violent physical exertion of any
kind quickens the heart beats. Strong
emotion has the same effect. Intense
anger may increase the heart’s labor
from 150 pounds per minute to 225
pounds. Under such a strain the heart
of an animal has been known to lit
erally break, causing almost instant
death.
Acute heart strain is practically im
possible in the young, healthy and
well-nourished adult, but quite likely
in all others. Once it occurs the
heart is incapable of extra work and
fails when called upon to do it. The
doctor argues, therefore, that one can
not be too careful to economize in the
work laid upon this organ.
According to him, he who retires to
bed at 10 instead of 12 saves the heart
876,000 foot-pounds a year. Lying
down one-half hour daily lessens its
labors in the same period by 219,000
foot-pounds. If our Sundays were
spent in bed the yearly relief to our
hearts would amount to nearly 1,000,
000 foot-pounds.—Washington Post.
CLEAN LINEN FOR STEAMSHIPS.
Immaculate napkins and sheets are
such a matter of course on the big
trans-Atlantic passenger steamships
that little thought is given as to how
the supply is maintained. On some
ships laundries are maintained, but
in the big vessels that have been built
of late the requirements are too great,
and space for other purposes is too
valuable to admit of any laundry work
being done on board; consequently
great stocks must be carried to meet
the necessities of a voyage, and as
the laundry work is usually done only
' at the home port, enough must be
carried for a round trip. On a ship
having accommodations for 4,500 pas
sengers, it is estimated that in the
neighborhood of 33 tons of wash ac
cumulates on a double passage across
the Atlantic.—Scientific American.
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TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY
WINS ATHLETIC HONORS.
(Continued from first page.)
Medal Man Fourth.
The veteran Mills of the Twenty
fifth ran fourth. He has won medal
after medal in athletic events, but had
to give place today to faster men.
Seen a short time later in service uni
form he looked like the hero of a
dozen campaigns. His left breast was
covered with rows of medals—silent
witnesses of past victories. Parker,
Bray and Miss were closely bunched
all the way down the field and crossed
the line almost breast to breast. Smith
and Genslinger of the First Infantry
ran fifth and sixth respectively.
From the start of the hundred yard
dash to the close of the meet the in
terest was at fever heat. It did one
good to see such splendid athletes per
form in such excellent manner. One
thrill followed another. There was
wild cheering at the conclusion of each
event, when the announcer mega
phoned the results to the crowd.
The points for the hundred yard
dash were five for the first place,
three for second place, two for third
place and one for fourth place. The
Twenty-fifth won nine points and the
First Infantry two. The cash prizes
were $4.00, $2.00 and $1.00. Gilbert
did not accept any money as he does
not wish to qualify as a professional.
The high hopes of the Twenty-fifth
were fulfilled when they secured nine
points out of eleven in the one hun
dred yard dash. Thy felt equally ocn
fident in the half mile run and events
showed that their confidence was well
placed. The entries were the winners
of first and second place in the pre
liminaries of the three previous days.
Harrison took the lead at the start
of the half mile run and as the run
ners passed the bleachers the first
time they were pretty well bunched.
When they neared the home stretch
every man used every ounce of power
he had to drive himself forward at his
maximum speed. It was a magnificent
sight to see those fine phyiscal speci
mens fighting with might and main to
forge ahead. Harrison never allowed
himself to be in danger of losing by
a short spurt of a nearby runner. He
maintained a safe lead of about five
feet. There is more speed in Harrison
than was developed. He was not
pushed closely enough to make him
exert himself to the utmost. He broke
the Island record in the half mile run
making the distance in two minutes,
seven and three-fifth seconds.
Pride and Smith of the Twenty-fifth
ran a close race for second place.
Pride winning by a few inches. Trav
ers of the First Infantry was some
distance behind. Sproch of the Sec
ond Infantry was fifth and Morrow of
the same regiment dropped out before
completing the run, as he was badly
distanced.
The Twenty-fifth received five
points for first place, three points for
second place, and two points for third
place. The First Infantry received
one point for fourth place.
Speedy Centipedes.
With the call for the men for the
centipede race to go to their places
eevry one primed himself for some
thing amusing. It was generally
thought that the teams of ten men on
two by fours, fourteen feet long would
not be able to run the hundred yards
without a few spills. However, the
expected did not occur and all three
teams crossed the mark without mis
hap. They showed good training and
perfect team work for the slightest
misstep or movement out of the regu
lar rhythm would have meant disaster
for the men of the offending team.
The Twenty-fifth won the race and
did it in the short space of nineteen
seconds. The Second Infantry team
was a close second and the First In
fantry team came in third. There
were no points given for the centipede
race, the cash prizes were $5.00 and
$2.00. The Twenty-fifth runners were
Colston, Tate, Dawson, Pittman,
Brainer, Everett, Hart, Porter, Dun
ham and Dunn.
Took a Surprise Victory.
The Twenty-fifth and Second teams
lined up for the baseball throwing
contest to decide the championship.
The Second Infantry team was the
favorite, for on Friday they had made
the splendid time of one minute fifty
and two-fifths seconds. No team had
been able to come anywhere near this
time and it was generally conceded
that with the usual run of things the
Second Infantry should get first place.
But variety is the spice of life and
the Twenty-fifth Infantry beat the
Second out by one second.
For first place the Twenty-fifth In
fantry got seven points and a cash
prize of $12.00. The Second Infantry
received five points and a cash prize
of $9.00 for second place. The Twen
ty-fifth Infantry team were Smith,
Hawkins, Phillips, Scott, Rhodes, Re
gan, Crafton, Davis, Bailey, Washing
ton, Herring, Seawell, Washington,
Co. D, Robinson and Hollingsworth.
The 220-Yard Finals.
Sprinting events again held the at
tention of the crowd when the winners
of the three days preliminaries took
their places at the starting point. The
first and second places for the two
hundred and twenty yard dash had
been taken in each event by men from
the First and Twenty-fifth. The time
made Saturday was not as good as
had been made in one of the prelimin
ary runs. Ware of the Twenty-fifth
forged ahead and crossed the line first.
Mills of the Twenty-fifth and Sim
mons of the same regiment were run
ning neck and neck for second place,
Mills crossing the line a few inches
ahead of his rival.
Again the men of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry had demonstrated their su
perior sprinting ability. In appearance
and in action they looked to be faster
men. The Twenty-fifth received five
points for first place, three for sec
ond, two for third and cash prizes of
$4, $2 and $1. The First Infantry
received one point for fourth place.
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