Washington telegraph., 1856-01-16
Life insurance.

Louis C0naro was one of the first writers
on life Insurance. His views were embol-
led in practical treatise on Life Insl-
rance but were in the shape Of rules Tor
preserving life from disease He himself
lived to . good hearty old age. In his DIS
corso Primo he attributes to one thing the
enjoyment Of his faculties long beyond the
allotted time of three score years and ten
and that was sUbriety That divine sobri-
ety which is grateful to God, friendly to
nature, the daughter of reason, the sister of
little. guided by rule and line in ali It's ore-
rations.
20, most holy and most innocent sobrietv,
The concludes) the Only cooler Of nature.
gracious mother of human life. true medi-
cine Of mind aud body-how ought men to
praise thee, and thank thee for thy courteous
giftS.''
The lovers of long life will be glad to
hear of the new theory of Mems. Flonrens.
which (lstely published in Paris.) enl argos
the limit of life from three scare years and
ten, to one hundred-and those who DO not
attain this goodly time Of life, says he, have
been guilty of some imprOprieties, to say
the least of their excesses His division Of
the natural life of man is peculiarly satisfac
tory 10 bat large number among Us who have
arrived at what he terms the first manhood.
-for,y TO fglv-fve' It really does one good
to .ii.d .ha; our boyhood ends at 20 and our
youth at 20
His division is as follows:
The first zen years of life are infancy pro-
( perly 50 called
The second ten years is The period Of boy
hood
Tie first youth is from twenty to thirty,
and from thirty to forty the second youthfui
term.
The first manhood is from forty to ff
: ty-fve The second from ffty-fve TO sev-
enty-
The period of manhood, says the learned
pIlvsiologi~t, is the age of strength. the man
iy period of human life hale. hearty, robust.
thrce score years and ten
/ = After that. mark ye. comes the begin
ming OF old age From 10 TO S5 the second
! old a..e begins
BIaelzvn in his May rum5er, takes
| this Suhiec; as his leader; and it Is refresh
/ ing 10 become acquainted with the new the
: CRY. and 70 find that for many years We
have been under an Injurious error that fer
+ ty Eve IS the prime Of life, the eliminating
point
La<<iu7. an amp'ifer of tie views Of Co
nara. writes also in his art Of enjoying Per
feet II alth BY sober Ete." he says
Il understand Il moderate use Of meat and
drink such as accord> with the tempeYa-
mCut. and actual dispositions of the body,
and with the functions Of the mind A so
ber lie Is life of order, OF rules and of
temperance Then as the moderate use
he speaks Of impIies the consumption Of
rncat and drink. both in inst measures. and
of proper kindS, he adds to his definition of
sober life the following rules for actually
living such life
|. Not eat 50 much meat as will unfit the
/ mind for It's usual exertious
. Or 50 much as will make the body
heavy and torpid.
3 Mt to pass hastily from one extreme
Of living TO another. bus to change slowly
/ AID cautiously
I l. To ca; plain aad wholesome food.
). To avoid 200 great variety. and the
use of curiousiy made dishes
6. To proportion the quantity Of food 70
the temperament, the age. and the strength
Of the eater. and to the kind of food which
! he uses
4 Not to allow the appetite for flod and
drink TO regulate the quantity We take. as
I this sensual desire is really the cause Of The
whole difficulty
The true essence of all theories IS, in fret.
a1olenjti9,s IN all things This theory is
confirmed by Button. who asserts that 1.-The
man VINO does not die of accidental disease.
4 lives everywhere TO ninety or hundred
+ yearS of age
BuiIou investigated with great labor aud
F patience the theory OF animal life. He con
+ cIud,-d bat the total duration of life may
be estimated TO a certain degree by that OF
/ the duration of an aniuai's crowsh-man
+ increases in height till his 10th or lSib wear.
and his fall development Is al 30--man who
takes 20 to 30 years to grow will live to 90
or 100 year>.'
Mr. FlourneS assumes that the growth of
man ends a 20 and that hiS maturity. as in
all animals. >hould be multiplied BY Eve. to
give the duration Of life Thus:
Man grows for 20 years, and lives TO 80
+ or 100
. The camel g and l,vpS IN 81