Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-02-18
Long Life by Good Living.

Professor F. w. Newman's home is
Norwood Villa, beautiful for situation
at one of the most charming seaside
resorts of England. Past four-score
years, heis stillin remark able strength
of mind and body. Recently at the
request of The Herald of Health, he
has conferred an added public service
by communicating some points of his
self-care, conducive to happiness and
length of days. After stating that he
keeps the dislike he had as q child for
liquors, he proceeds in q line of re-
mark the main points of which we re-
tain in what follows:
"In my own estimate 7 had always
a good appetite, but others called me
small eater, ] only know that my
habit was to dine on the first solid
dish which presented itself; this goes Q.
great way to save one from eating too
much. | have maintained the same
weight all my life since early youth;
that is, for more than fifty
continuous years, and have remained
wiry, without any fat. If Imay advise
any one, it is to eat the very least
in quantity which will keep him in
health. Any superhuous food must
either derange health or use up, in
chemical processes to get rid of the
superfluity, force which else would be
at his disposal. 1t is a great thing in
advancing age to be light as boy.
"My digestion was always painful
until l became vegetarian, in 1867;
but though painful, make no doubt
it was successful, to Judge by the state
of my skin and my unchanged weight.
But / regard abstinence from flesh
meat to be an advantage to an intel
lectual and sedentary person, scarce
ly inferior TO abstinence from wine,
ale, etc. Sedentary suppose / must
be called, yet have from my youth
been an active walker, and still walk
very sharply though seldom long dis
tances. Above all, covet sleep. The
more ! sleep the better / am. No stu
dent should grudge himself sleep. !
count seven hours normal, and six too
little; if can get now and then eight,
my brain is stronger for it, and can
work more hours after it.
"Perhaps | ought not to conceal
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the prevalent doctrine OF the day con.
corning hardwood. When | was a
young man / had my own theories
about bracing and hardeningmy body.
l slept on a hard straw mattress. ]
generally scorned a great coat, at least
warm one. My dear wife said that
in more than forty years she had
never known me have cough; yet at
this moment / am the weaker for
having foolishly 'roughed it years
ago, when, in the month OF September,
sudden cold came on after great heat,
and / had no winter fannels with
me.
"Let me add that hold to Cicero's
advice, given to n student: Take ex-
ercise, so much as will conduce to the
highest bodily strength. l have as
much manly strength as my duties
require. OF course, in lifting weights,
ETC., thould not be called anything
but O. weak man. What does it mat
ter? Each has his own speciality.
With no padding of fat, am glad of
good thick clothing; and in bed, of soft
undercloth or feather bed. ! shup
linen sheets and everything that is
glossy, preferring rough cotton. In
short, / try to nourish and cherish
my skin, and find it succeeds. Dry
rubbing suits me far better than cold
baths"