The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1864-07-20
Oh Age.

never go Aaxious IUes renewal of lease A. at
the very 1Osnens sltD the tenement IA crum-
bling a66 their esh The Able Morelle, was
wont to declare that, In spite OF his oserwheIn,.
inR in6rmities he stAi clung to life in the hope
OF sering how the Preach revolution would end,
Aad Nile. Lenoraiapd, the famous Partisan for
tune telie< vas sn nous to live to see how Eugene
Sues Mysteries Of Paris" In the perusal of
shicA she Sas tsetly Interested, would turn out
aeA Tssple are snaioss TO frame some plausible
excuse.
But vhatever mar be the causes Of our rsluc-
lance to shake on To burdens Of this world, the
effect 10 constant. ~ there Is no sabjeci which
eIcies 4 n,ore universal interest than this OF
| longevity. Even SO ~ar,nest parlixans Of that
jovisl doctrine, - xoprt life and a merry one,
| would willingly contrt it iu,o a long life and
merry one; aud th, Tery judges the bench,
those sage, grave den, who send Others Oh the
great voyage OF disei livery with 80 much GOODNESS,
never lose the oppof unity OF examining very
aged witness. withlhs interupiing the proceed
ings, to inquire his bode Of lite; a. il the Judge
himself bad not long sgo formed Ills own habits,
aud "a il time were yet left Tor a new course OF
training 10 qualify linn for a second century.
On the subject oil attaining TO old age, almost
every Que has theory Of LIS own, AID backs ii
| up with suffieieHsy of opposite exnmples-
brandy drinkers, IL sAt CONSUMERS and Hiudoo%
have all furnished distances OF lrutraet--d lte
tea aud no lea. math sleep aud title sleep, have
each carried their aerees far iulo the vale OF
years; spor sinpn sid hook worms have alike
cohtri*rd occasionally to put ell the payment OF
the debt 0i nature 10 the latest moment and
town aud city. pol, and equator, can each boas,
oil their Fairs and lheir jenkins; NAY, there are
not wanting person ~hoshave cuntfivet to pre-
serve the balance between their radical hat and
their radical mortsrc by the use ot that 'nox.
ious and pPstilent I'D. tobacco IN all these
various and opposing theories il should seem that
the judgment, IN other cases, is under the do
ninion of the pass ous, aud that men recommend
MS hnle-ome those practices WHICH they them
selves find the most ugreesbie-bt an easy mis-
. take eonieunding ifeir own powers Of resistance
with the virtues Ut .heir Law orite system. Thus
one old drunkard shuts the eyes OF >ot TO the
premat ura and painiuid aths OF ali lis acquan.
tancea
The hunsn machine Is OF 80 plan, and accom-
modating 4 natcse that, with the exception OF
gross nteupersnce and abuse OF owners, il readily
adapts itself 10 tue sfrieSy of impressions winch
accident and haiti engender. 1t seems most
probable that instances OF great longevity de-
pend far more UPON original coniortna ton than
on peculiarly of encouragement Tnis much
long 10y taking too much pains to effect his par.
pose. Tho Fre,eh, who afford among their cele-
brsted characters many instances ot ts:alth VI
body and Iigor 0, mind protractcd to the eigh-
tieth and efen ninetieth year. are a peculiarly
cheerful rake. Whatever good may be expected
from consulting Cornaro and Huielsnd must bel
more shan sount ~ balanced by the evils OF per
petual soliciiude ieren If the end we're pr,hy Of
the means, and II tie OUTLYING d curse yes, and
what Is still worse, our friends and CONNECTIONS,
were not calamity which . rational being
sh4 4vsr esSk Y ~. 4spld. -v--r-v.--~-,-
PEELED by circumstances to spend gre4ter pr,
Of the das 10 IA calling which does hot exercise
the n,ind tand they are the bulk Of kossety,
mus, be careful how they dispose OF tha rest oil
| theis time. The body, perhaps, is wetried b,
/ the routine, and prone to take its ess,; hut, in
nine cases in ten, its best reaction would be in
telectual employment, and not luxurious indul
geuce. II il sdeh persons ~ho are oftel afflicted
with the menial debility, SO irjur,oas 10 their
| comfort, and who, becHuse they base daily hnsi
ness aud employment and yet they are i'll al
ease, think thai their cure " Ill be fonhd ia idle
ness and relaxation. They ready to believe
the friends who -, yen stick too eIo.e TO husi-
ness you work roo much:" while all the tins. i,
is but very srnhi portion OF their nature hiat
gets ANY want vi exercise. Casting up accourts,
reading invoices selling wares over counter,
copying tocusnt tt., aud a hundred oihkr ntse-
ssry and ..ssiu s,nfloyments OF social and civil
ME, are not all that man needs iCt living. be
must do something more than thtae thsng- il he
would be fully alive. He must cal out those
higher faculties ,slich, when they are properly
! active, make him but little lower than the
! angels Let him explore the vast ilds Of
, Knowledge which tie industry and genius OF his
fellow men have acquired; he will see how vast
they are, compared wiSh the possessions OF the
, savage mind and ioa smali with what remaitls
to be discovered
. Why should've shop keeper and The clerk and
farmer, and merchant, forget they are also men!
1t ID this sut,jectbn OF their manhood to tn.
> necessities OF the shop aud the desk, the farm
and merchandise. that makes theru feel so di,r
conte psed and lsa,uid; so dissatisfied " I'll them
selves, and all lii,gs around them Let then
use their privileges, and begin to dn some Of tn
u glorious ~ orks which God has given them to do
!, Science a. ats tit m, ever rtady 10 uhiolJ hei
. secrets TO the refercntia gaze Of tha steady
+ searcher Art, thu eonti,ys her wondruus eharn'
= to 80 few may yrtgive them gl,nces at the worlf
= of beauty, Of Vii n she is queen. Philosophy
: that pierVcs the -An,eritl ur1T-s, aud loves e
: reach the essence Of things Hi.toSv, the I'll,
i OF humanty, besH so loug Ngo, and into uhici
T Ne have not penetrated hah-sa,: and poetry
d that knows by Intuition what IL else learned b,
reason and rxpa1ence only; all these are. or MA,
= be- the portion 4 every individual man who il
!, at him self fire. Tom the chains OF mechhu isn
n and hab,. which be petty xdvocsies Of mcr,
bps;ness life are binding around irm.
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!. been going on fo'lsomr weeks, AMI Is nn~, y
n believe, about oTsr, The hrss >reA os two
!. yres, deal OF rain fell ind retarded oper iIiot,
q y,ry seriously; ala had. the vet Weather cot