Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-23
Time and Theories.
RemarE able Longevity Against Known
 Laws of Health.
 From the London Telegraph

Laws of H ealth.
 From the London Telegraph
 The recent deaths of the Earl of Mount casheIl who had entered his ninety first year in August last, and of the Marquis of Done gal, who was eighty-seven when he expired at Brighton on Saturday. remind us that time has still spared an unusual number of peers who first saw the light during last cen tury, or in the opening years of it's success sor. and are now in the full enjoyment of their faculties and their senses The oldest member of the House of Lords is the Earl of Buekingbamshire, who was born on Novem ber | 1793. Next to him comes the Earl of Stradbroke. who was born February 13, 1794 and Viscount Eversley, who came into the world nine days later than Lord Strad- broke. In the following year-that is to say on January 13, 1795-Lord Mostyn, now the senior member of Brookes' club, drew his first breath, and it will be observed that each of these four patriarchal noblemen was born in winter. the best time of the year. accord ing to Adam Smith, for 8 boy to enter the world in northern attitudes if he desires as man to attain that questionable advantage, length of years, for which Juvenal tells us that every mother puts up prayers to heaven on behalf of her newborn infant. Of blemen like the Earl of Albemarle and Vis- count Halifax, Lord Penrhyn and Visconnt Portman, who are octogenarlaus there Is a long list, and it may be remarked with regard to all those whom we have mentioned that much of their lives was passed in the open air MT. J. D. DougalI, writing to 8 contem- porary, observes that the longevity of sports men-by whom he means shooters and ang- lers-has always been remarkable in this country Thus the most indefatigable angler Mir Dougall ever knew was the famous Cap- tain Murray, who yielded his rod like an ex- pert until he had reached his ninetieth year. The case of Captain Horatio Ross, who was of{ {ba haot nd hor1ock ri5orc fhota crossed a country when George W. ascended the throne, is well known to sportsmsn, and we believe that this veteran marksman, whose eye is not dim, and whose natural force is unabated, although his eight1eth year has long been left behind, still makes it his prac- tice to shoot 8 stag whenever his birthday comes round. Not many months since the late Earl of Wemyss ''went over to the ma jority," having retained sufficient vigor to shoot with undiminished skill and to ride hard after his hounds when more than eighty years old. But with all deference to Mir. Dougall. the great longevity which character izes men and women of the English race is by no means confined to persons who take a great deal of exercise and pass great deal of their time in the open air. The famous Lord Eldon who sat upon the woolsack as Lord Chancellor, with the excepti 1n of one year. from 8O1 to 1927, was notorious for his dis like of exercise, and he lived in full vigor until all but 8 nonagenarian. It has often been asserted-and by none more strongly than by the late Sir Benjamin Brodie-that 8 free use of tobacco is incompatible with the enjoyment of animpaired health and the at- tainment of long life. Yet Alexander von Humboldt lived to eighty-three and retained his memory to the last, although he was rare- ly without pipe in his mouth, and paid no respect to the ordinary laws of health laid down by physicians.