The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-20
TO STOP CRYING BABIES.
4 SIMPLE REMEDY WHICH Will
EYD THE NUISANCE,
The Ola Age Limit FOR Cycling is kegu-
lated By Nature-Proper Diet For tho
sick-Weigh Your Children.

Tho following Is the old ago limit for
the conn cucement or plcyclluB'
When person has been riding f0r
some timo and has regularly kept Up his
condition BY constant practice, there ~
no reason why advancing years snyuin
compel him TO give up MS rfcreAI9h
and MS exercise There are within the
personal knowledge OF Dr. Turner scores
OF men who have passed tho age of six
~ years who arc stu capable OF forty or
fifty miles day without fatiguei ara
The number Of those who though past
tina three score wears and ten. aifrlO-
ute their continued health 70 the reg mar
use OF their bicycle % tucycle, IS nos IN
considerable.
He would be rash man. who. without
s0ms very good and definite cause ven
tured 20 dcbar his somewhat 9sel friends
from an exercise which suited them anu
which Is 50 adapted 10 persons who cam
not walk much; for it must always be
remembered thai "a man on bicycle has
net 10 carry his own woisht-N ! rolled
on wheels for him. and the difference
there must be an The exeriiOn when
weight has both 20 be supported ana
propelled. and when Il "a oniy propeilea
on any kind OK car.iage Is apparent.
NATURE TILE JUDGE.
An habitual rider therefore,. NAV -
allowed 20 use his wheel az long os
nature will allow him. and the more res-
uiarly he uses 10 within reason, the long
er VIII nature allow him The use OF IL.
Whether n man over siNty-fire or seven
~ may begin 90 learn is another cue IQn,
and tle almost necessary falls which the
beginner must face. ana tho Drittcnea3
OF tho neck and the lnlgh-boro IN old
people must De considered, az Wei as tle
dereueratcd muscular fibre and hardened
blOCI-vesscls. VIII 10 may resent 2nr new
and unaccustomel strain. But expert
euc0 again teaches that III these pitfalls
can ba avoided. good may come from the
easy and regulated exercise. Two years
ago a gentleman. then 1scl eiAfy.- glt
years commenced % ride, and since then,
he has covered nearly lwo thousand miles
Oh "a bicycle. with the result that
chronic bronchial oatorrh and numerous
patches OF equity eczema have together
d appeared. Five years ago. - suffered
from almost continual umbaeO trusted
himself 20 the wheel. and now, 3D. his
seyenty-hfth year. rides twenty or thir-
4 miles day. and never knows DAY
illness. ls.
Zach case. then. OF an Oh man wishing
% cycle must be- carefully considered
and Judged on rs merits. Away reuem-
berns that those who wish 70 take up q
noH exercise go that Tine cf hie are
those who for the most part. have lived
a well-ordered and active life. and, y re-
fore. are capable o. moro than those
whose earlier days have been passed IN
WBIGHNG CHILDREN
a. valuable means OF ascertaining the
progress OF a child, which Is 600 often
neglected, Is regular weighing
A child from birth 20 six months 0f
aae. should be weighed weekly as by
tins means. almost 10 the exclusion ~
all others, we can tell how the chill IS
developing During the first wees there
~ generally loss in weight but by the
end OF the second week the child should
have rc4ained lls birth weight and IL
there ia a gain OF less thau four ounces
weekly. or n stationary weight, we know
there Ia some fault with nutrition either
I'm the quantity or quality Of tho milk
which &C. receives, or its power OK as
Sanitation.
WASHING FRUIT
Clconlinoss may he newt 90 go1iincs IN
Ito but il goes q long way further than
tine prololudest plcly in all things 5~e
There seems 70 be popular prejudice
against washing fruit. flrst-class ho-
tcls put upon their tables oranges that
arc covered with black spccks. with tho
precise nature CT which the public IS
doubtless unacClainf These specks
arc tho shells of snail insects that feed
upon FRUITS and vegetables and they
should always Bee removed.
DfOp the fruit into q pan ot water an
hour or so before ir l7 eaten letting 10
remain FOR some minutes. Then, Wi'l n
small rather stir brush. scrub 10 thor
oughlr. and set n away in cool place.
When required l1r the table lt WIl N.
crisp aud viii have alm0.. ere Same
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