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SECTION IV.

THE MERCHANT OR BUSINESS MAN.

The agc from furty to fifty is the period of lifc during which, according to the best authnrities. the need of c.\ercise is thc greatest. At no time of life is the necessity so impcratiee. At that time the cireulation becomes defective unless continually quickened by ex-crcise.    RAt.KE.

The business man works faithfully day after day, with-out rest or recreation, and for what purpose? Principally for the accumulation of wealth and the power accruing through riches. His devotion to Mammon is first, it is blinding; he uses but little judgment in caring for his phys-ical condition. If he would look at his body nterely as a sitnple machinę (it is however, most compiex), he would know that it must be kept in at least fair condition, but this he does not do. An enginc can be madę to run even when the parts are clogged, the axles dry, and the mechan-ism hampered by accumulations of oil and dust, but it re-quires additional steam power to make it do its usual work. That man who wishes to be wcalthy, and has experiencc and knowledge to assist him, can gain morę if he will lubricate the gearing, pack thc valves, and true up the body machinery at least thrce tirnes a week. The ery‘‘I have n't time," "too busy,” etc., shows that he is not a good business man, in one respect, at least. He relentlessly drives the machinery, not noticing that the energy required is inereasing daily, and ignorant that his succcss demands greater effort than formerly, until suddenly, although his financia! credit

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