The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-02-04
THE HUMAN BODY
Turning Points i'm II Mans Phys,
icaI Life.
Pail Mall Gazette.

i Idil Riall btLfttt
1t is popularity supposed that we
change our constitution every seven
years; but practically every decade
makes turning point in FIFE. 1t is
not too much to say, that, barring ac-
cidents, man can at certain dates
decide what manner Of de 18th and of
| what class of disease he shall die.
The formation of the constitution in
early life-sav from the age Of FIVE
10 ff,een-devolyes on the nurse, the
mother, and the training in the nur-
sery and school-room. In the nurse
ry, at any rate, overieeding is car
dinal vice: but the over-fed children
who eat flesh meat three times a dav
become SO gross and unwieldly as to
be a burden 10 all concerned; while
light stays, tight boots, and high
heels develop every evil under the
sun, from buninns downwards. At
this point two years of gymnastics,
or couple of years spent on board
one of our training ships, does Won
ders for our boys, who get the use OF
their arms and legs to an amazing
degree. From fifteen TO twenty FIVE
man has to prepare for hat legiii-
mate employment of life which should
by right be his. He has in all prob
ability chosen his profession, memory
is at its best, ambition at lis highest.
and his temptation TO burn the candle
at both ends-to be Brilliant boon
companion, man whose witty say
ings are everywhere quoted is al
most irresistible; facility does not
come with age, and the best stories
grow stale. OF the number of prema-
tureiy exhausted inteilects and short
ened lives broken down III this way
there is no need to tell. Every mans
memory will furnish him with list of
names more or less known.
From twenty-five TO thirty-fve is
the true time for all the enjoyment
of mans best powers, when phy>i-
cal vigor is at lis full strength. Du-
ring the last half of this decade a
man shonld be assiduous to construc,
a system of philosophy by which to
rule his life, and to contract chain
of habits intelligentlv, so that they
should not sit too lightly upon him,
and yet cautiously, SO that he should
neither be their slave nor too easily
cast them aside. The exact proper
tion of physical and intellectual
strength should be guaged, and the
constitutional weakness, or, in other
words, the disease towards which q
tendency exists, should be ascertain
ed. Preserve, if possible, the abso-
lutte necessity for exercise, and have
your place Of business two or three
miles away, over which let nothing
tempt you to an omnibus or a car
riage save rain. From thirty five to
forty-fve man should arrange with
his food and square hypochondria.
lie cannot, it is true, change his d.
atheists, but he can manage it. The
habitual character of food, no less
than its quality and quantity, begins
to tell whether tt charges the system
with fat, muscle, sinew, fibre, or wa
terry. particles. AS to the evening
glass Of spirits, it is not the quantity
or quality, but the daily recurrence
of the dose which deteriorates. Wit
ness the Scotch fishers, whose only
drink is tea, save on the Sabbath
eve, when they are all drunk. 1t is
not over-stepping the truth to assert
that weekly excess of whiskey does
less harm than the moderate evening
glass. Good, generous red wine,
toasted bread, and brown meat COM
prise the best nourishment man can
take at this period. From forty Eve
to fifty-fve the recuperativc powers
should be encouraged and developed.
There is nothing like work to keep
an old horse sound. About this time
a man has his first serious illness, or
gets heavy fall, loses his nerve, and
becomes miserable. Anxiety ought
to be STAYED of, hope encouraged,
sordid cares avoided. If q grief ex-
lists it should not be brooded over,
but talked out with friend. guaxed,