Telegram-herald., 1890-06-08

llke crackers a pet ef llseis 81 aHy
extract ~ beef is 5 handy stand Is 90
pinch. 10 is easy 20 gst cup ~ hot
water. sna IS ADDING pear osn ulsat
yoa get q restorative aisb 1tese are
emergency hints there Is no necessity
GO offer suggestions Ter ordinary diet
ing
Perhaps the question of drinks and
drinking deserves fulier oonslaerS
tion than Is here possible IS hsther
slcoholIc stimulants are advisable Ia
holiday outings eaeA vlu decide ln his
own way While the writer is e u.od-
crate user ~ beers l. e holds that The
less the pedestrian or osTsrlan relies Oh
drinks and thv more ca AR and sNer-
else the better for the health Sc. her.
Still. those who use alcohol az a.ms
should not 90 unprovided With e. bottle
OF sound spirits 10 be used incidentally, =,
a. Ia chill OF when oFsr-rXh alsted.
Bevond this IL Is uuwise 10 -.
Bot good drsught Of honest ale al tie
end az mornings row or tramp =
mighty reviver Of energy and pleas
ant recreation. To some % Uay be
heresy 10 say that OF no account should
water from wells, rivers or even
.prings be drunk unboiled. Country
water. however pHre 20 the eve. Is liable
20 SOW the seeds Of ailments which,
months sfterward, are ascrlbed 10 quite
the wrong causes Filtration by 40
means always purihes H. let 70 be
boiled first and then Z mstters little
coffee, spirits. red pepper or the lron
Kettle a few lemons are good things
10 have on hand. better than all the
druggists concoctions that less success
fully initiate their qualities. They are
splendid revivers, delicacies ana regu-
lators. piarrhoa and dysentary not
infrequently pay their unweloome com
pliments 10 the too easy going camper
out Impure water. the impure air
from river Vegetation or other decay
ing matter may bring II on, and also
improper food
Malaria is a convenient term for i'm
purity of the atmosphere, which. when
inhaled by Us, sets up general de
rangement Of the system. The air OF
marshy places is always dangerous and
some day our learned men viii perhaps
be able TO agree upon the precise, way
the poison enters our bodies
and what it does when il
gets inside. At present We can
only be sure of one great fact. namely.
whatever malaria may be we are better
off without it. Nostrums for its cure
invite our patronage at every street
corner. IL is not our province 20 dis
cuss remedies, but IL is in order 10
quote the following from the travels
Of the famous Siiliman. now some
where in the neigfborhood of a century
old He writes: The Dutch, though
not drunken people, drink raw gin
and recommend il 20 strangers. 10 repel
the fever and ague They have very
great faith in its efficacy When YOU
voyage TO Holland, where the land lies
six feet below the level Of the sea. you
will find swamp or dyke every quar-
ter mile you go, yet you never saw a
healthier people, thanks, they still say,
to their favorite schnapps. There may he
moral 10 this When We camp ont ia a
malarious district we mean 10 ind the
moral out.
Henry j. Stanley finds time to tell Us
all about the minor details of his great
feat in Africa 1t will be useful 10
learn how he fed his European coupau-
ions so "a 10 get the most hard work
out Of thom, in tropical climate.
/ without injuring their health Dr.
! Livingstone found tha; each man did
/ better on an allowance of two pounds of
( meat per day than on any amouH. of
cereal food. They needed a good deal
Of Fat. and boiled was preferred to
/ roast Walking on level surface is
I equal 10 raising one-twentieth part Of
/ the weight Of The body through She dis
/ tance walked. la other words, o man
/ weighing. with,his clothes, $50 pounds.
/ who walks one mile on the level does
work equal TO lifting 17Cs tons one
1 foot high If be walks twenty miles he
/ has lifted 353 tons a foot. Tie peddler
I whose ordinary dav's work was the
| carrying Of y pound load twenty
miles. did a task equal 90 lifting 4l9
| tons foot from the ground. a Young
/ man In ordinary health and of average
I activity ought 10 put ia as his daily
/ holiday exercise the equivalent 81
/ not less than 80 tons lifted ore
! foot The writer. though neitlor
/ trained pedestrian nor a gymua.t.
/ has frequently walked over thirty miles
/ - q holidays exercise without special
! preparation and at least half dozen
/ times hss done over hfty miles between