The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-08-23
sfiddle-Age and Tricyoles.

Dr. B. Q. Richardson, Of London. afte,
'ecnnlmendlng extremely nervous person
Or th'ise of uncertain mind not 10 ,,ss tha
.ricycle, because they are alway. an the
4 train aud lookout for accident aud danger
;oeS ON To say "Puerlamilias Is often ioi-d
! oy us young irlehds that he cannot perform
near ieats, caunnt stand on his head. or
! give back, or, As the late John Laect E,rci-
| o'y ana iam1a-ly pgt H. leap over a walk
/ 'hg-stlcE. For these sttFiJinted inactires
ne tricycle. ecEnes IN with great E,rce II
hey u-e u with ia igmsnt aud d. nos tre,.
PASS TOO much ou re-acquired skill d triuy
| ps late autumn l accompanied a lelIpE-
/ ttder, who though many years older thtn
| nyseit, could beat me in getting alony. ard
/ Tuo tnid me- that before be began he was
| - rigid IN muscle aud j1iut be could scarce.
! get into the machine. A few veek.'
| lrdctlee had set him at liberty from head
! % foot with such effect thai in waking and
'iding--tOr he Invariably walked up steen
ult>, pushing the machine before him-he
'ould average his i've 10 six miles an hour
hr five or six hours per day, aud think
,othlng OF the task. II would seem. at fr,t
Ight, that men who are fat aud cumbrous
IRE not quite the person, T. mount the tri-
ycle; but, ii such men are in fair health.
.ley are, after little careful and iulicious
rNIulus, benefited by il more than many
others. IL constantly happens tina, men of
th's build, while they feel the need forexer.
ise more than the slightly-built sort, arc
Unable 10 take proper amount of exerc Sc
'ecause of the great WEAKNESS which they
experience soOa after they have walked
ven a short distance. The natural result
i this easy sense OF fatigue Is that exercise
given up almost altogether in a great
lumber OF cases, while in other c.sses il is a
nere protence, so that practically a habit is
developed which promotes an objection to
'xercise, and steady increase of all the
llngers which follow upon prolonged mus.
'ular inactivity. In this State they who
IRE affected are apt to follow one Of two
0urses, both ofwhich are bad. They either
settle completely down to repose, aud attain
form of chronic fcebleness which requires
- be provided against by avoiding every
sind of lively effort, or, taking sudden
larm at some sensation they have expert
need, or some observation they have lis
ened TO, they rush into forms of violent
xerclse, such as climbing mountains, or
volunteering, or making forced walks, or
'uch like efforts. l believe have seen
more mischief induced, in the class Of per-
4
,ttempts to get in condition through the
means ot excessive exercise and physical
strain than in any other class. In them the
MUSCLES including that most important of
,ll, the heart, are overloaded with fat, the
IlOod-vessels are often weakened and the
'reathing organs are in such bad form for
Extra work that breathleSsness is produced
oy very little extra exertiun. They are, in
short, unfit for walking, aud they are equally
unfit for those extremer measures which are
commonly designated as training or as ath-
etic exercises, To this class Of persons,
hen, if they are not subject to actual dis
'ase, organic affection of the heart, the
ungs or the brain, the exercise that may be
got from the tricycle. is exceedingly useful.
rhe exercise sought in this manner should
lot be violent; it should not include at
empts to 60 against time; it should not in
dude attempts to climb steep hills or to run
own steep hills at rattling pace, but il
houd be taken for some time on level
round, it should be carried on to n point
lst short Of fatigue, and it should be iu-
reased little by little each day until the
ibor of working accommodates itself to
asy habit"