The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-05-22
How 70 Ayo.d Prsna.are old Age.

i ne rules Tor Tile prevention oI senlle
disease are all personal. They should
begin in youth. Ii should be II rule
among grown-up persuns never To sub
jeet children Ia mental shocks and
unnecessary griefs. When, in the sur
rounding OF child life, some grave
calamity has occurred, II is best to
make the event as light as possible To
the child, ana certainly to avoid
thrilling 1t with sights and details
which stir il To the utmost, and in the
end only leaye upon the mind and
heart lneurable wounds and oppres.
sinns. Children should never be taken
to funerals, nor 10 sights that cause n
sense Ut tear and dread combined with
great griei, nor 10 Sights which call
ioftn pain and agony ia man or in the
lower animals.
To av0d premature old age in
mature life, tie following are inpor-
tant points 10 remembers:
Grlei anticipates aye. Dwelling on
the inevitable past, forming vain
hypoiheses AS ID what might have been
IT this or that had or had not been,
acquiring craze for recOuD:ing what
has occurred these acts do more
harm To futare healih and effort than
many things Connected with real
calamity. Occupation and ne" pur
suits are the best preventiyes for mem
tai shock and bereavement.
Hate anticipates age. Hate keeps
the heart always al fnll tension. 1t
gives rise lo oppression OF the brain
aud sense. IL conIuses the Whole
man. Ii fobs the stomach OF nervous
power. aud, digestion being impaired,
the failure of lie begins at oacr.
fhose. therefore. who are bonn with
TINS passi N and good many. fear
are should give n up.
Jealousy anticipates age. The facial
expression OF jealousy Is old age. IN
however young lace IT may be casl.
jealousy prrys upon aud Kills tie
heart 81. jeaanus men are not oaiy
unhappy, but brnken hearted, and i've
snort lives. | have never known Il
man Of Jealous nature live anything
ike hong life of useful lie. The
prevention of jealousy is diversion oi
mind toward useful aud unsellsh
work.
Cuehastity anticipates aye. Every
thing that intcrieles with chastity
favnrs vital deterioration. wiilie the
gro ser departures from chastity,
lcadiag 10 specific and hereditary
disease, are certain causes q: organic
degeneration aud premature old age.
Thus chastity Is preventive OF selie
decay.
lntemperauce anticipates age. The
more tie social causes Oi meaial and
physical of4anie diseases are ipvesti
gated. the more closely tile origin ot
degeneTativc organic changes leading
to premature deterioration and decay
ar questioned, the more closely does
II come out that inienpcrance, often
not suspected by The person himself
who j. implicated IN II, 50 subtle Is
It's influence. Is AT the root of the evil.
WncA Did age has really commenced,
lis march toward tiual decay IS best
I delAe,d hy attention IL those rules nt
conserva ion 10y which lite is sustained
witn the least friction and the least
waste.
The PRIME rules for this purpose
arc
To subsist on light but nutritious
| diet, with milk as the standard food,
/ but varied according II season.
10 take food. in IN ,derate quantity,
four times in the day, including light
meal before going to led.
To clolhr warmly but lightly. 50 as
that the body may, in all seasons
maintain its equal temperature.
To keep the body in fair exercise,
and the mind active and cheerful.
10 maintain an interest in what is
going Oh in the world, and 10 take
part in reasonable labors an6 pleas
ures, as though old age were not
| resent.
To take plenty of sleep during sleep
ing hours. To spend nine hours IN
bed ut the least and to take care dur
! ing cold weather that the temperature
of the bedroom is maintained tn 6O
degrees Fab.
To avoid passion, excitement, lux
ury.
Tho aarli.et ranorf of the weather is