Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-10-17


do its allotted work. The whole system i ave
oIeo we produce the effect of old age nv ~.
ing IN this habit, and the consequence is I'siSi-
shorten life Instinct teaches the lower ani1I We
abstain from food in such circumstances n %
stlnct is weak in man, and he may live thirty 49, III
II years before he discovers by reason VIII. - '"'
+ learns by instinct in a month. cat
EXCESS has its opposite; too little has its sr
toms as well as too much The body FLAGS far P
OF stimulus; 1t loses warmth, it loses energy I i!
we find that more food restores both AMI ,; u
comfort, then more food is wanted. Coriarn 'i =
dIut OF constant attention to the condition - =!
body, aao by subjectBg his appetite for f,d =, .S
appetite for health, discovered that twelve ono us
wine were better adapted for his constitution fb
any other measure. His friends long urged b;
take more and at last he yielded and ncrpas 20
quantity to fourteen ounces of food and siv,nnn
ounces of wine But he says, this aug,n.nrst;oI
OF food was so injurious to me that from heinz
cheerful L became sad and dspirited: everT,t; l!
vexed me; got angry at trifes and no one cnmI9
live with me. AT the end of twelve DAYS I bad
violent pain in the stomach, which continued tva
ty-four hours. 1t is unnecessary to ask if thew "a
spared OF my life, or if they repented the aGvco
they had given me-" The solid food consisted If
bread soups, yolks of eggs and meat But Corr
70 had no heavy labor to perform and this port;"n
for him is not portion for all. Every man should
endeavor to discover his own maximum allovanco
and adhere to it. He will find health in so doing
The younger man is the more he may eat At "a
time and the less frequently. Cornaro ate twice
day in youth; in old age four times. This is Wis.,
there is labor in digestion. Old age is exhausaJ
with full meals they excessive labor and exor
else. To eat the birds eat, little and often l.
best for very young and old people; they arc both
weak IN digestion. But certain regularity is sn;t
able for man; he is constitutonally fitted for il ~
Even birds take rest, and children go to slecn in
the daytime. Man makes a compromise and aS
tabiishes system of routine which serves the same
purpose The quantity is not alone to be consider
ed, but the mode and the time of taking it.
Cornaro always avoided extremes Of heat and
cold; he never took violent exercise: he abSta;,d
from late hours; he never lived in places where the
air was bad and he constantly avoided he;u, ~,
posed to violent Winds and to extreme heat Of tho
sun. He was a prudent, calculating man. WIDOWED
Dy rule. We cannot say that admire him AZ =
model, nor DO we relish the iea of bon,iag, 70
weights and measures Of food and beverage, Rn, A
good lesson of temperance aad moderation may h..
learned from his experience; and ii long life is p.
garded a. a blessing, it may be enjoyed by uurs,
Ing course that approXn ties to lis Il, r.: i.ng
lie is less to be desired than nu.t.:n t1t n II.
buteS to it, Luther said he would live ev, ifiy
years longer for the crown ofthe German cnnirc and
there very few men whose relationship are Sc as
to make life pleasant prospect; but death is always an
abhorrent fact and health is always pleasant and death
is always easy in old age which lives in the spiritu
al world before 1t enters ltdeath at last being mer-
ly the continuation and fixture of the last dream
Longevity has always been regarded as blessing:
and were the health well preserved by prudence and
the body well provided for in comfortable home
it would always be blessing. But even the rich
are burdened, the poor neglected and old peo-
pie are in the way of the young, who want their
money if they have saved any, and their roon if
they have saved none. Rent-tfat modern Word
rent! that an eastern patriarch could understand
grudges old man his little bed room twelve
feet square and The poor dependent feels that low
ever much he breads the final wooden box 1t might
be better for all parties if he transferred it
1t is time to go when of use 10 noDoiy.-
But Cornaro merry old fellow, ana these alone
are the fellows to whom old age is blessing
" what an goini, 10 say" cxciains The III man.
will appear impossible, or hard TO believe; nonm.
however, is true; ii is a fact s:noa-n aaIy
persons, ana worthy Of the admiration OF ys:yr:ty
have attained my ninety fifth year, and ,l.a my
self as healthy, merry and happy, If i were bat
twenty five. " This is it should be, and rs It viii
be when the world is young again. In the rich pro-
phetc descriptions of the regenerated earth it par
ticularly stated that the old men will ill up tine
measure of their days. and even join in the dance
with the young and maids. They will be wise
then they will not have wasted themselves either
with excess of eating and drinking, of mental and
bodily labor; they will have studied health well
wealth, and discovered what the art of living
really is.