The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-04-02
rHR SECRET OF LONGEVITY.
A Nan Three Hundred ana Seventy
Years Old-Some Of the People
Who Have Lived More than Q
Century.


Years Old-Some Of the People
Who Have Lived More than Q !
Century.
Every now and than the telegraph
heral,ls the news of the death Ut one
Of Washington's body guards. or OF
some one who had seen the father Of
his at present benighted country. or
had remembered something about the
trying times If revolution ut the brit,
of the American Republic, and all
simply because the heroes Of these
mortuary records manage 10 bridge
over with a full use of their limbs and
faculties the meagre span of a hundred
years or so. In comparison with some
of the remarkable instances Of
longevity which the Erening Post rep
resenta,ives has here collected for
the benefit Of its readers, these poor
centenarians are almost mere infants.
A Cincinnati paper mentioned. re-
Gently. that one poor Senior Mosel
was still living in South America at
the remarkable age of one hundred
and thirty-fve years. MOsel claims
that he has discovered the secret Of
longevity. and that it consists simply
in observing the laws Of nature faith
fully by taking the proper amount Of
exercise required each day by the
body and mind. and conducting ones
self in accordance with the rules #
health. lie eats very sparingly. tax
ing but one meal Day. AMI that in
the evening, after he has finished his
days labor. satisfying himself in the
morning with a single cup of coffee.
He SAYS that he was never sick but
once in his long lifetime. and that was
after he had, on one occasion. eaten
some green apples. He is said to he
still comparatively strong in limb. able
to do the necessary work that his
duties require of him. rs well as to
give nature its daily share Of exercise.
and still retains his faculties appar.
emily as bright and sharp rs il he
were but in the years Of ordinary
manhood.
! The oldest woman in the world is
supposed tu be Mary Benton, HOW
residing ut Elton, in the county Of
Durham, England. She was horn ON
the 18th Of February, 1871, and is ri
course in her 14Sth year. She is in
possession IF all her faculties. perfect
memory, hearing and eye>ight. She
cooks, washes. and irons. in the usual
family avocations, threads her needle
and sews without spectacles.
1t is a matter Of statistical fact in
the district Of Geczeh, which includes
the pyramids, and population Of
200. 600, there are GOO persons over
100 years Of age, or one in every 333.
Numaus de Cuyan. a native oe Bengal.
in India, died ut the Incredible age Of
$40 years. He possessed great memory
even to his death. OF other aged
persons we might mention Mr.. Dab
son, aged 139. Of Hatfield, England,
farmer. His diet was principally fish,
fruit, vegetables, milk and cider.
Ninety-One children and grandchildren
attended his funeral.
John de Ii Sonnet Of Virginia, is
100 years old.
Old Thomas Parr, Of Wilmington,
Shropshire, England, lived to the age
Of 152 years. He was first married
at IS. and a second time at 12O. He
was covered from head to foot all over
with o thick cover Of hair.
Henry jenkins lived to the extra.
ordinary age Of 100 years. At the
age of 16O he walked a journey to
London to see King Charles II. The
King introduced jenkins to his Queen,
who took much interest in him, put.
ting numerous questions to the
patriarch, amongst which she asked.
''Well, my good man, may I ask #
you what you have done during the
long period of life granted to you,
more than any other man Of shorter
longevity ?" The old man looking
the Queen in the face, with a bow.
nairely replied, "Indeed, madam, I
know of nothing greater than becom-
ing o father when ] was over
hundred years DID," He replied to
the King that temperance and sobriety
of living had been the means. by the
blessing Of God, of frightening his
DAYS beyond the usual time.
Edward Drinker, aged 1O3, of Phil
adelphia, rarely ate any supper.
Valentine Catchy. aged ZIG, at
Preston, near Hull, England. His
diet for the last.twenty wears was milk
and biscuit. His intellect was perfect
until within two days of his death. |
There died in 1920. at Kingston upon
Thames, Surrey, Mr.. Warrell, aged
120 years.
There died . couple of years ago. in !
Philadelphia, . Mrs. McFlroy, o.
native Of Northampton county, Penn |
sylvania, who had arrived at the re- |
markable age of 118 years. 1t ap-
pears she inherited the constitution |
Of her father. who was a German, and |
who lived to be 1O7 years old.
She remembered the occurrence OF
the principal events of the revolutionf
and said she frequently provided food
for the American soldiers. She had q |
distinct recollection of General Wash
ingtou. In 1890, when thirty.two
years of age, she was married to John
revolutionary soldier. BY
whom she had seven children. four Of
whom are now living, two Of them
being twins.
In every one Of these instances the
secret of longevity has been the same.
The laws Of nature place no particular
limit to human life, but II they are
ignored the mental and material mart