Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-23


to twelve: the cat one and II half, and lives nine
or ten the hare one, and lives eight; the guinea
pig seven months, and lives six or sever
"By these data the result of Button is corrected.
All tho larger animals lice about fee times longer
than they gToc, instead of six or seven times, as
inferred by Button. Thus, by a physiological ana
logy, the ordinary natural life Of man is fixed at
a hundred years. lie grows twenty, and five
twcntics made up the hundred. If SOME few men
lived beyond the hundredth year, it may be that
their natural growth was also unusually prolonged
Or some extraordinary prudence ia living, or un-
common constitutional strength, may have secured
for those rare individuals their extraordinary length
of life"
But is an old age, thus protractcd-a life con
tinued to the full period Of one century only
worth struggling FOR. solomon speaksaot Them as
"evil days" as years in which a man shall say,
II have no pleasure in thom-wlcn the grashop-
per shall be q burthcn, and desire shall tail."-I
Physical strength declines as old age advances.
but docs old age bring no compensation The
physical loses, but the moral gains, says Cicero.
more than the physical loses" says Bu6on.-
at makes one wish to Letome ole" says Mon
taigue.
Some one asked the philosopher Fontcncllo, when
Hi1eigllye years Of age, which twenty years of his
life he regretted the most. 81 regret little" he
replied, ''and yet the happjest years Of my life were
those Jeireen tie fturfM md seceaty:ffh. AT
ffty-fve years Il mans fortune is established, his
reputation made, consideration is obtained, the
state Of life fixed, prctentions given up or satisfied,
projects oyerthrown or established, the passions for
the most part GAINED or cooled, the career nearly
completed, as regards the labors which every man
owes to society there are fewer enemies, or rath-
er, fewer envious persons who are capable OF in
juring us, because the countcrpoisc Of merit il
Acknowledged by The public voice"
But, If old age be an enjoyable period of life
il it be really worth living to and living for--itis
worth carcing for when reached. Hon is it to
be chocred, provided for and specially upheld ?
NJ. Reyeillo parise has laid down four simple
rules -
1.-The FIRST is 10 knoc dov TO be old. There is
very much in this rule. Few people know how
to be old, y was one Of the sayings Of Rochelou-
cauld and The philosophy of this knowledge is
expressed by Voltaire in the couplet:
'Qui MA pas Fcsprit de son age
De son aye a TOURS les maLieurs.'
"The SECOND rule is 10 hnom ones SELF ,ceH. Both
of these precepts are more philosophical than med
ical, and yet both lie at the basis of a successful
medical management, at the period when age and
ill-health are SO likely to %oonjoin.
The THIRD rule is to make n suitable adjustment
Of the daily life. Good physical habits produce
happiness. Old men who do every day the same
thing. with the same moderation and the same
relish, live forever! One can scarcely believe
says Reyille Parisc, how far a little health well
treated will carry u.s. And the rule Of the
sage says Cicero, "is to make use of what one
has, and to act in everything according to ones
strength
And the FOURTH rule is, 10 attack eccyy malady
: at us begiaHiag. In youth there is a reserve Of
; force-a dormant life, as it were, behind the visi-
e bic acting life comes to its aid--and thus youth
rallies after much neglect or ill-usage, and still
d lives on. But old age has no such reserve life.
u Every ailment Of age, therefore, must be taken up
: quick and cut short, if the single, unsupported,
9 easily enfeeblcd life is to be surely upheld.
'By following these fundamental rules, and the
I practical precepts as to diet, exercise, temperature,
5 etc, which NJ. Reveille PARSE deduces from them,
1 can we prolong life? No; we cannot by any art
Prolong life, in the sense Of making it pass the
i limits prescribed by the constitution of man.
But we shall be able to live an entire and complete
Understanding our days as far as the laws Of oul
y indiridual constitution, combined with the moi
c general laws which regulate the constitution of thu
II species, will admit Of"
;, After all, the key to happiness, as to health ant
long life, is moderation and sobriety of living
i The pleasure gained outweights SO far the indul
) gepces foregone, that temperance in all thing j
o only nOmiHaNy Il p~rivation.
at is the fashion Of the present day TO restrict
i the term sobriety to moderation in the use of III
toxicating liquors. Misery and crime and dealt
we trace readily to the neglect Of this species 0
u sobriety. We do not hesitate to say Of u drunkarC
n that he has killed himself, but we rarely speak o
J oyer-eating as a serious or frequent shortener Q
d life. Yet the food they eat causes to mankind a
u large more ~sleepless nights, more unhappy DAYS
and more shortening Of lite, than all the liquor
they consume. oh miserable and unhapp
q Italy, wrote Cornaro, three centuries ago, dos
thou not see that %gluttony is killing every yea
more people than would perish in a season of mos
severe pestlence, or by the fire and sword of man
battles
"a sober life implies moderation in all thingt
d 1T consists, says Cornaro, in moderate eating, j
gu moderate drinking, and in a moderate ~enjoymer
of all the pleasures OF life. In keeping the min
moderately but constantly employed, in eultiya
itING fhp 1fprtInDu p1pInrof alu IN apailiDr n
a tremes of heat and cold, and in stunning excessi,
excitement either Of body or oG mind
nc And so Lessius, a follower and amplifer Of I'll
views Of Cornaro, writes also, in his -4n Of Il
a, Joying Perfect Hcauh. BY a sober life,' no say
! understand u moderate use OF meat and drinI
~ such as accOrds with the temperament end actu;
dispositions OK the body, and with the function
Of the mind. A sober life is a life Of osdey,
rule and Of temperance Then, as the modera
d use he speaks Of implies the consumption Of me
81 and drink, both ia just measure and Of prop,
nc kinds, he adds to his definition of a sober ii
VI The following seven for actually living such
NO life -
IN a. Not to cat SO much az Will unft the mil
for its usual exertions.
~ .. Or 50 much as will make the body hea,
and torpid.
ed -3. Not to pass hastily from one extreme
al living to another. but to change slowly and ca
III tiously.
u, -. 70 eat plain and wholesome food.
~ "a. 40 avoid too great variety, and the use
II curiously-made dishes.
ne 80. 10 proportion the quantity Of food to IL
It's temperament the age and the strength of tho cate
" and to the kind of food he uses.
r. ~7. Not to allow the appetite for food al
&c drink TO regulate the quantity we take, as tn
ne sensual desire is really the cause Of the who
difficulty
by these rules a sober life is TO be led, and
ne perfect condition Of health maintained. -Hol
y. Journal