The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-09-30

may claih bis attention. .
At | o'clock r. u. he takes light lunch
and cup Of tea, and from 2 TO s or {
o'clock be receives visitors. At ?. NJ. din
ner isserved. At this meal the octogenarian
eats what he pleases, the variety being such
as ordinarily appears upon the tables Of
men Of wealth. Tea, glass oil wine, or q
little Santa Cruz rum diluted with plenty
Of water finish the repast. For many years
be has avoided such heavy wines rs Ma.
deira and port, and he rather prefers the
rum and water to any wine that can be
procured. For more Than llfty years Mr.
Weed Was an invetcrate smoker. u con
tracted the habit" he said, din 1912, while
l was In the army, oisnoking bad cigars
but my taste improved, and for nearly hall
a century l smoked the very best cigar
TINT could be obtained. Fifteen years ago
ip consequence, believe, Of q purtial stroke
OF the sun, became subject 10 attacks Of
vertigo, and l have not lighted a cigal
since. supposed II would be very dill
cult to conquer habit OF so many years
standing, bu. the Inconvenience only lasted
for two or three days, and then Ill banker
Ing after tobacco passed away, never to re'
turn" During tile war he smoked many q
cigar with General Grant, and when, In
1868, after short conference Of Grants
friends, shared by Mr.. Murphy, who was
atterward Collector, It was agreed 10 put
him In nomination for the Presidency, and
Mr.. Weed was delegated to notify him Of
the decision, the first thing Grant did was
to offer the messenger Of good tidings n
cigar. Mr.. Weed stepped to the cabinet
and brought out the Identical Havana that
figured rs q calumet on that memorable
occasion. It had been in his possession
nearly fourteen years, only to be presented
at last to Representatives OF Tits TINES with
permission to smoke II at his leisure. The
relic WIS u little battered, but in state OF
tolerable preservation, considering that
cigars are not remarkable for longevity,
and, like the tabled apples Of the Dead
Sea, always turn to ashes OH the lip. p
After dinner he loves a cozy talk with
some entertaining Visitor; but II no one
drops in, the evening is spent in asserting
letters. At9 o'clock the evening papers
are looked over, and a. 10 Mr.. Weed re.
tires to his room, where lie reads for an
hour or more: "Dombey and Son. "Bleak
House," David Copperiieli'-indeed, all
Dicken' best works-he has read over and
over. The opening pages OF "Bleak House"
he considers one OF the masterpieces OF
description in. the English Language. Mr..
Weed reads secular literature until 1880,
and then follows reading from the Bible
and prayer for preservation during the
night For years he has always repeated
the Lords prayer before going 10 sleep. but
with two alterations Of the text, emitting
the two words, (which art" in the frat
sentence, and instead of "this day. in the
invocation for daily bread, substituted the
clause ''day by day" "By l2 O'clock"
said Mr.. Wocd, II am generally composed
for sleep. 1t is relief TO me 10 repeat the
Lords prayer before going to bed, and I
could not sleep without il. I Cannot'be.
lieve aud cannot be brought to believe,
that the purpose Of our creation is fulfilled
by our short existence here. To me the
existence OF another world is q necessary
supplement Of this, TO adjust its inequali.
ties and Undue it with moral Significance"
iear in and year out the clock has never
varied five minutes from l2 at the end OF
the evening exercises.
Mr.. Cooper, the only nonogenarian OF the
three, lnay be caught in his office at
Cooper Institute at 10 o'clock in the morn.
ing almost any day in the year, rain or
shine, snow or sleet. His breakfast has
been little oatmeal and milk, with the
addition possibly Of little fruit. lie nj.
tends to business at his Office, signing
lenses, answering letters, personally in.
spcctlng the operations ,of the school for
two or three hours, making nothing what.
ever OF dancing up three or four flights OF
stairs without assistance. The dcaGening
OF the senses that alEays4 comes with ex.
IRENE age is with hi,nshztdly perccptible,
and assuredly not noticeable. lie hears
well, his sight is good, his hand hardly
trembles, aud he speaks with less hesitancy
and tremor at OIL than Mr.. Wood at 81. lie
will tell You that be lives almost altogether
on milk. His life has a less rigid routine
perhaps than that which is deemed prudent
by physicians Tor most old men. but he re-
tires early, sleeps we'll and. rises at regu-
lar hour. His health is fully as good as it
has been Mt any time during five years; no
has no pains, no physical qualns, except
those arising from q shock experienced
some years ago when he undertook to de.
velop the motive energy OF nitrogen gas. III
accordance with fancy that had taken
possession OF his brain. an explosion WAS
tue consequence OF these experiments, and
Mr.. Cooper has suffered more or less ever
since IRON the accident. He has, how.
ever, gradually recovered, and suffers less
than years ago. He makes nothing OF un.
lertnking an excursion. such us that to test
petroleum as fuel Tor locomotives the
other day, or Of taking part in meeting ut
Cooper Institute. lie returns home from
his Office before lunch and receives visitors
during the afternoon. lie lives lightly,
eating little meat and depending on milk
for sustenance, and retires 10 his room
early.
Two rules Of long lie are evident from
the habits OF these men. First, their daily
routine is riyidty observed, and secondly,
the preference for oatmeal over other
cereal products is noticeable. The reason
for this has been made clear by very re.
cent experiments. For example, wheaton
grits contain no larger proportion Of starch
than oat.meal, and probably more gluten.
But the starch Of oatmeal is converted
into sugar by mastication in from two 10
five minutes, while the starch Of wheaton
grlts reslsts Rallvary aclion more than five
times as long. Oatmeal, in other words,
is more than five times as easy Of digestion
as wheat meal, And Santa Cruz RIM, it
may be added, is preferred by physicians
to all other alcoholic stimulants, for sps-
taining the vital and nervous energies of
the system without unduly exciting their
action. s}sa ai5
AVsWpr THIS,
Dan you find q case OF Bright's Disease OF
iao Kidneys, Diabetes, Urinary or Liver Com,
plants that |, durable, that Hop Filters bss
not or pannot cure, Ask your neighhors il
they can. s1' TrllsAw
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patton are entirely durable with MASALlS.
Why Will Y9p Dirt
Aiiov cold'ts 4dssnpp " ynNr system and
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