Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-01-13

from 20 10 I30 IL from 1870 to 40:
, from 40 to 100 an1 only beyond
100, viz. Old Parr and jenkins.
Amongst the circumstances that favor
longevity. climltc is prominent, and
the sort Of climate most favorable to
longevity has already been indicated.
Diet comes next in order. and this
should be moderate, hut nourishino. A
rainy atmosphere in a cold climate does
not seem in-nlnhrious. otherwise Ire
land would not number and have num-
hrred such an array of old people not
10 state that n considerable proportion.
perhaps the greatest. Of English and
Scottish patrarchs have resided in the
western. and hence the rainicst coun-
ties. The physique of m individual.
his size and shape. i an important
consideration. Neither the very hig
nor the very small are usually long
lived. Very tall people are not -
likely to he long lived as people of
medium height. Tailncss often origin
atcs IN the di~proportionc'l growth of
some one part of the body. circum-
stance conducive to weakness. Nor
i this all ~ he alleged against extreme
tailnc~s. Very tall persons are apt 10
acquire 4 habit Of stnopinr, whereby
the vital organs are compressed Per
sons ofmedjum hciL iLht rarely stoop, and
usually they are more active than tall
persons. Medium sized and short per-
sons have this. however. to lie set down
~ the debtor side Of their account.
lhry are prone to corpulcncc, condi-
ti0n uniaynrahlc Id longevity. Phys
lo'oEl-tS tell lis that the endurance of
animal llic mainly dcl ends on extent
Of thoraN and moderation of the hearts
impulse. Neither the easily excited
nor the easily depressed are commonly
louG liyrrS. Intense .tulv i, known
~ hr nutayorahlc to long life. Gut of
nnr Thousand seven hundred ami
twelve persons who lvci about cent
ury Foutc rllc who dil nnt quite
roach one hundred vcars-i- the only
author Of note. His temper was re-
markahly tranquil. lis huoyancy Of
spirlt>-youth Of Oh aGc. rs the
FrcurA call remained u the last.
Thr Psychologist B.umrnharh has
madc graphic Sketch uf the pro .re.~
"a human lif' onwarl- ip thr grave.
Having traced i up ID manhoo /. ot
this Iic SAYS. it j. the longest AMI no.
hlc>, epoch of life. Dur nature is then
al IL highest perfection. The bodily
functions are most Vigorous and rrgu-
lar. ami THAT mobiles, pcsro -ativc nf thc
mn.i. 4 MIXTURE judgment, j. c,,ab-
H~Ari Advancing In wears. the poN-
cr, of lin deer 49,. Then comes oi'
a-r, duIlinL the senses external ani
internal. The hair grow, white an
th'n th" teeth gratiualiv drop ont ~
urti dronp@ upon the neck th~ br.is
up'n the legs: even the bones begin To-
waste. linus ~ W. come NJ The rN-
M A" point ut p.N ,iplu-y. death with
".t disease. tAr cuthInn>ia of ON agc.
lIrn thu cNtrcmitic~ grow cold, the
eyes gro" duli. the pulse beats low and
~nali. sometimes Intermittent. Next
the breath stops, stop, anl returns.
stops forever with one long iprcib.c cX-
prltion. Buhcuhach c.,lu" - the con-
v.u-i u That there / uu pcrio, which
can hc sIii tu H. entitled ~ ill., mark
ro regularity am frequency "a ~ CON
>Itrr,-I the natural term pf advanced
oil age. What he was able 10 collect
on that point, from comparison OF Il vast
nuuhcr of bills Of IN rtIlilv. WAS that
ia Europe no iucun-iicrIblc number Of
oli men reach their ci9htv-fuurth year,
whereas few get beyond IL; ann that
from one cause or other only one III
every scyenty-eight human beings il 4
thousand can he SAID To dic IN the con
ditiun of cutha 1asia. Buncnhach hum
self, it may bc here remarked, died in
the beginning of 1910. aged eighty
eight, having retained his faculties to
thc last. Up y 4 very short time be
fJrr Iii, death hc continued to lecture
wltn AL the spirit ami hu nor that hal
ever characterized him.
1t was ..uf lands belief that but
for eXtraueous causes man might still
attain to the age of one hundred and
liity or sixty years. or even more.
I'VE may with the greatest probability
assert" hc says, ''that the organza-
tiOn ami vital power. Of man are able
u support duration and activity Of
two hundred years" This assertion
be believes TO be strengthened by
agreeing with the proportion between
the time of growth and the duration of
life. Generally speaking, an animal
may be considered 10 live eight times
as lon1 as il grows: now man hardly
stops growing till twenty-five. and
eight times twenty-five makes up two
hundred. The wonder is. not that an
imal machines do not last longer, but
50 long. Take the mechanism Of the
human body. for instance. and regard
the wear and tear of it. The human
heart beats on an average one hun
dred thousand times daily. its dutv
being to keep from fifty 70 sixty
pounds of blood-asleep and awake
i'll unceasing motion. What machine
made by human hands could with
stand this wear and tear without being
i'll short time worn ont: Animated
bodies would soon be destroyed were
there no renovation. old material cast
of and new material added. 1t has
been estimated that in very short in
tervals our material bodies are chang
ed. made up ofparticles entirely new.
Let me conclude by delineating ac-
cording to iluieland the phy sical char
acteristlts of a man who may be eX-
pected to live long. lie has prop
er and welI-proportioned statue. with