Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-13
LONGEVITY AS A sorEscE.
Novel and startling Theory Advanced
On the Subject
IPhiladelphia Item.l

Old Longevity is ioii
around the city. Whether In reform GUIDE
where he may be heard discussing Social
political or scientific questions, or at teni-
perance meetings, his appearance Is GER
tain notification that longevity is relaseu,
however remotely, with the subject under
discussion
Are there any indications OF Longevity
that can be relied upon p he was asked Dy
an Item reporter.
Certainly. All living things have
extended beyond the time to which 1t is
improper treatment"
" Has not vocation something to do with
length of life p
" 1t apparently has, but more apparent
| ly than really. Oftentimes vocations have
been thought to be especially favorable to
long life, when, in fact, if naturally short.
lived people should undertake to follow
them, they would be found very prejudicial.
Farmers, for instance, have been found to
be very long-liyed people, according to the
report OF the Massachusetts Board OF
Health; but person must be naturally
long.lived to be a successful farmer Ii
there are weak boys in the family the
mother almost always, out of kindhearted.
ness, will say james, or Johnny, ought
not to be kept to work on the farm;
HE Is TOO DELICATE;
He must be put as clerk in q store or
student with doctor : or, perhaps, study
for the ministry; SO that those who are not
long lived do not usually become farmers
"Tailors and, shoemakers are usually
thought to be short lived yet in some
towns, where nearly all the population
have been shoemakers, as great length of
life has been found as in towns where nearly
all the population are farmers. Those who
are not strong and vigorous, however, fire.
ouently enter upon the trade of farmer or
shoemaker, where the person is protected
from the weather, and the trade gets the
credit of the length Of life of the persons
who seek it. This or that vocation cannot
be said to be long or short-lived so much
as that long or short-lived people natu-
rally seek that trade. The labors of
Judges are severe, yet they are among the
most long. lived people in the community,
as / found before the war, when had an
opportunity Of examing the inheritance of
every Judge of the United States Courts,
and found in each instance they came from
long. lived ancestry on both sides of the
nUudc. OO, dl5O, WuCH L in4hAiCo INV VIZ
ancestry Of three Selectmen in each of
III towns in Maine, Massachusetts, and
Connecticut, found invariably that they
we're long. lived on both sides OF the
house."
cit is said that new generation of
newspaper men arises every seven years.
Does their vocation affect their longev-
ity?
81 have had my mind upon the fact that
the business Of reporter would not tend
to longevity though the accidents Of the
business connected Herewith have more to
|. do with short life than
THE BUSINESS ITSELF.
The tobacco which they smoke, and the
beer which they drink, do more to shorten
life than their labors. Yes in this city
and New York, editors have shown higher
than the average length of life. Bryant,
though tireless worker, lived to an ad-
vanced age, and Mr.. Greeley would have
done SO also had his system not been
reached by malarial disease contracted in
the South"
"Wbat are the indications of short
life %
"They are where the indications Of long
life are wanting. II, for instance, you find
person with head narrow through from
side to side-not exceeding five and half
inches-you may be certain that his fathers
ancestry, with rare exceptions, have not
reached the age of so or 80 years, and that
he has not inherited the exceptional long
age. If you find person who from the
bridge of the nose to the orifice of the ear
measures not more than four or four and
half inches, you may be sure he has not
: &c
mothers side. If a person is narrow
distance is small from the bridge of the
nose to the oriice of the ear. you may rest
assured of his brevity of life, which
NO PRECAUTIONS. CAN PREVENT.
The advantage of understanding such indi-
cations is where long and short life are
! inherited in the same person. For exam
pie, if person has inherited say two-thirds
Of his being from long. lived ancestor, and
one third from short. lived ancestor, the
time must come for the death OF the short
| lived part of the lung before the long g-lived
part, and in the wrestle for life the short
lived part may prove the victor if the man
has not taken care Of himself, when, If
proper care had been taken at that time,
| he would get rid Of the short-Iived part of
the lung and the long-lived parts would
| live on as ii he had never been troubled
with any short-lived parts. So with other
organs. In fact, there may be series of
short-lived parts in the same organ, SO
that man might have frequent attacks Of
disease Of that organ and yet live to very
great age"
Are not long lived men equally liable
to die from accident as any one else ?"
"No; because the same characteristics
which produce longevity will make man
discreet and cautious. Naturally, long.
lived persons are seldom intemperate. They
may drink some, but are rarely found to be
intoxicated. II they cross street they
look both ways to see whether crossing is
clear. A naturally short-lived man looks
neither way. If man has potentiality
Of 90 years he will live to nearly that age,
though he may do many things which to
short-lived men would be suicidal"
:" Has diet any effect on longevity %
Not particularly, so long as it be rea-
sonably good. II unwholesome it would,
of course, tend to shorten life. Diet rather
affects the vitality OF man-his doing or
performing any kind Of work. II a mans
vocation calls for great activity Of the brain
he should choose that kind Of food adapted
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MUSCLE MAKING FOOD.
A man may be paralyzed in part Of
his body affecting his vitality, and yet
on account OF his longevity live to an
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