Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-30
Winter Walking.

The excuses and absurdities of pro-
fessional pedestrianism will have
inflicted a serious injury on the land if
they make it less the fashion to I" take
walk" Especially in winter weather
this most natural and pleasant form of
exercise was not enough in vogue be-
fore the performances did their worst
to bring it into disrepute. Aud yet,
who that has experienced it would ex-
change the exhilaration that comes
from being "all in glow" after q
brisk walk through the sparkling air,
for the social or the merely lazy salts,
faction Of having had a ride ? The re.
fections of the poet Holmes proud
pedestrian" are no fanciful sketch to real
lovers of winters walk. The lassitude
of spring and the languor of summer,
which made saunterihg either neces-
sity or delight, now give way to the
vim and vigor of health. seeking its
natural expression of activity under
favorable conditions. How clear and
sweet is the nipping and eager air !
How it inspires and sustains one in O
swinging gate OF four or tivo miles an
hour! How the cheeks glow, and the
eyes shine, and the muscles Jingle with
delightful vigor, after such walk
through the winter sunshine! -r
The able bodied man who will crouch
down shiveriugly in the corner of a
street car-in an air rank and fetid
from the pack of humanity breathing
and exhaling therein-when he has
only two or three miles to walk, de-
serves to be assailed by the demons of
infuenzs, neuralgia, coughs, colds and
headaches that lurk therein. Even q
ride in buggy or sleigh robs the trip
of half its benefits. The air is good, to
be sure, but the exercise is lacking,
and it's resulting benefits to the blood
and the muscular and nervous systems
Winter walking is sure cure for
cold feet. 1t banishes the "creep-
crawls" from the spinal column, and
sends tho sluggish blood about its
business. AS a nervine" it is mil
lion times better than medicine, and
for improving the complexion it is
worth whole harborful of lotions and
washes. 1t will put an edge on appe-
tite that you can't buy at the doctor s,
and in promoting digestion is better
than corner drugstore's entire stock
of bitters and pills. II you are phyisil
oally cup to it, take a walk-not a
t.shivering and protesting dress parade
for duty, or lazy constitutional, but
lively turn, with vim in it that can
laugh at a December nor wester.-
Golden Rule.
ROAST TURKEY.-Clean and wash out
the crop and body of the turkey with
soda and water, rinsing it out after
wards stuff with a force. meat made
of crumbs, a little cooked sausage, pep
per. salt and little butter truss the
turkey neatly lay it in the dripping
pan; pour boiling water over it, and
roast about ten minutes to the pound,
after the cooking actually com mances
cook slowly at first, or il will be dry
without and raw within; haste often
and freely ten minutes before taking
it'up dredge With -four and haste with
butter pour off the fat from the top of
the gravy, thic1en with Drowned -four
and season boil once, and serve in a
boat.
SLEEPLEssNEss.- Those who suffer
from sleeplessness and the number is
not small--mightd do we'll to notice their
position at night. A German physioI-
ogist stotes thai the heating of the
earth by the sun caAses magnetic cur
rents from the equator to each pole.