The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-13
what To Est Ana DRINK When TrIoyoIlns

nneais a1 all during their journey, pre-
ferring to carry with them some plain
and simple food and drink, like meat
biscuit and bottle OF cold tea or milk,
and to partake OF little very frequent.
ly as they go along not even caring to
dismount for the partaking of the re-
| freshment. We understand that this
plan answers very we'll indeed when O
long distance has to be made and there
is little or no time for rest. 1t is better.
nevertheless. to dismouut take light
meal of mixed food, rest for good long
| timo to let dtyestTon have full swing,
and then OH again, gently ut first, brisk
ly afterward. Such plan gives good
digestion of the food, quick and excel.
lent distribution of it over the body for
nutritive purposes, and healthy and
sharp appitite for the meal that is next
to come. The diet itseh can scarcely
be too simple. Animal food should bo
fresh, not salted, and well cooked; light
animal foods like fish and fowl and NUT
ton are very good to work OH; eggs and
milk ore very good. A couple of eggs
beaten we'll up in cup, mixed with
hot water, sweetened moderately with
sugar, and treated with small quantity
OF mi Tx 30 as to make from half a pint
to three-quarters Of n pint. Is with
little biscuit. an excellent sustaining
meal for those to whom eggs are easily
digestible. TO those who can digest it
00tn)n11 nprIi loo 10 In
fast on; and to all who can digest milk,
milk is lightly thickened with wheat
meal is most sustaining. Broad should
be tnkon in moderate quantity, and
fresh vegetables and fresh fruit arc al
ways in character when not taken in
exoess. Some fruits which for n mo-
mont seem extremely refreshing while
on the travel become a cause of thirst
If the day is very warm. L notice this
particularly in regard to oranagos, the
most tempting perhaps and the most
easily obtained of all fruits.
Of drinking during tricycle. exercise
L must speak with some care. It is not
very difficult to learn tricycle. without
desire for too much drink of any kind.
But if tho beginner does not learn to
breathe through the nose, if he ac-
quire the habit of breathing through
the mouth, he is sure to acquire also
thu desire to take ii,Iuius lar TOO freely.
He will become so dry in the mouth he
will foel he cannot get on unless ne has
something to quench his thirst, and
that is an evil habit even though the
drink be as innocent as tho purest water
itself. The first point. therefore,, is to
drink as little rs possible; to drink as
much as will fill up the loss that ls
made by cooperating of the water fro m
the body and not any more.
What tho character of the drink shall
be is not very difficult to answer, and
what it should not be Is answered with
less difficulty, for cectairly of all things
again it should not be nn alcoholic slim
ulant. On this last named point we
who are advocates for total abstinence
from all alcoholic beverages haYo So
cured, beyond any mistake. flue score
from tricyoling experiences. Those who
are to some degree in opposition to us
on the general question. T mean those
who still hold that alcoholic drinks are
in their right plaoe as luxuries and
should not be denied as luxuries, are
with us if they are praotised tricyclists,
in expressing that alcoholic stimulation
is fatal to good, sure, and sustained
work.