The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-10-30

CHANGE OF HABITS THE CAUSE OF
DEATH.-A man may chan4t MS mode
of life as long IS he is on the youthful
side of middle life; the meridian line
once passed, all such radical change
is attended with the peril Of death
Have you never noticed in burying-
grounds, or in the neurological columns
of newspapers, how often husband fol-
lows wife or wife husband, with brief
interval Of time between their depar-
ture, when they have long lived togeth-
err? The age-worn constitution is una
be to react against the bereavement
and to adapt itself to the new circum>
stances in which it is placed. The
usual form in which death invades the
body of these aged persons demon
strates this truth, for they die either Of
apoplexy or Of paralysis Of the brain.
The mind, shrinking instinctlvely from
death, exerts all its power of recovery
to rally after the blow received; the
exertion is too much tor it, It's shatter~
ed by the very attempt. There used
to be an old diplomatist in Paris-de
LoweDhelm, from Sweden-who rep
resented the court Of Stockholm near
the Tuilleries for nigh fifty years. He
was a well.preserved old man, and ha-
bitual frequenter Of the grand opera
and French comedy, going constantly
into society, and never absent from
single court ball. The Crlmean war
gave unusual Importance to the diplo>
matte relation of the two courts, and it
became necessary to appoint more
active man to the Swedish legation
The old minister seemed to grow old>
or every hour after the newspaper res
corded the appointment Of his success
| or. He roamed about the lobbies of
the grand opera and the French COM
edy like a person lost in the woods -
He went to Stockholm, and tell dead
Of apoplexy a few days after his ARR
val. His letters Of recall were his
death warrant.
Have you never heard the vulgar re-
mark that a builder of house dies al
most as soon as the house is complet-
ed ? The observati N has some foun-
dation III truth, but the cause OF the
effect is not ''luck - it is this very ina
blIity of the mind to reac1 against old
habits lost. Men rarely build houses
until they have amas,ed something
like Independence of fortune; in other
words, they are generally in the after :
noon OF life, and they build the house
for harbOr from the cares Of business
where they may twill their thumbs and
'enjOy life" by expressing themselves
with idieness. AS long as the house
is building ali goes well they don't
miss the absent shop or counting room.
There is the brickIayer to be scoded,
and the carpenter o be overlooked,
and discussions to be held with the
architect, and money to be paid out !;
in fine, there is something to think
about, something to worry over, some,
thing to fret about; it is the old round
Of life in miniature If you will, but still
it is the old round which has been
Ipaced for forty years But when the
house is complete, when the last coat
of paint has dried, and the last chip
has been removed, and the bitof NOR
tar taken away, when the owner has
nothing TO do but to enjoy his fine
house and his afiuent fortune, then
comes the accommodating to do
The old pan finds years have not
changed his mind as much as they have
changed his body, and the toy tries
the old man even sooner than it tried
the child 1harn iS no .Dralotinp ho
tween building house ami death, but
there is close connection between
age and change in life. -Spjridiom.