The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-17
How TO Avoid Premature
Old Age!

n Inc 1olioWlnS goCd ADVICE
given by DR.. Benjamin War
Richardson: The rules for the pre-
vention of senile diseases are al
personal. They should begin i
! youth. Il should be rule anon,
grown-up persons never to subjec
children to mental shocks and un
necessary griefs. When, in tn,
surroundings of the child life
some grave calamity has occurred
it is best to make the event a.
, light as possible to the child, anc
: certainly to avoid thrilling it sSitt
sights and details which stir it 10
the utmost. and in the end only
leave npon the mind and heart in
durable wounds and expressions.
Children should never be taken to
funerals, or sights that cause a
sense of fear and dread combined
with great grief, nor to sights
which call forth pain and agony
in man or in the lower animals.
To avoid premature old age in
mature life, the following are i'm
portants points to remember.
Grief anticipates age. Dwell
ing on the inevitable past form
ing vain hypothesis as to what
might have been if this or that
had or had not been, acquiring a
craze for recounting what has oc-
cured these acts do more harm to |
future health and effort than many |
things connected with real calam-
nifty. Occupation and new pur-
suits are the best representatives. for
mental shock and bereavement.
Hate anticipates age. Hate keeps
the heart always at full tension.
1t gives rise to opposition of the
brains and senses. It confuses the
whole man. 1t robs the stomach of
nervous power, and digestion be-
ing impaired, the failure of age .
begins at once. Those. therefore,
who are born with this passion
and a good many, I fear, are J;
shout give it up
Jealousy anticipates age. The :
;acial expression of jealousy is old ;.
ige, in however young face be ;,
asst. Jealousy preys upon and :
re rel not t1 only ll unhappy; 4B8diesa06 rdReH +
hearted, and live short lives. 1 "
lave never known a man of jealous
lature live anything like a long or c
useful life. The prevention of
ealousy is diversion of mind to- o
yard useful and unseltish work.
Unchastity anticipates age. Ev- E,
that interferes with chas- h
ity favors vital deterioration, o
While the grosser departures from a,
hastily, leading to specific an he e
disease, are certain causes fl
# organic degenerations and pre- !,
nature old age. Thus chastity is q
of senile decay. II
Intemperance anticipates age. +,
The more the social causes of men E,
al and physical organic diseases h
re investigated, the more closely Il
he origin of degenerative organic II
Ranges leading to premature de- n
and decay are question v
d, the more clearly does it come h
ut intemperance, often not sus-
,ected by the person himself who =
5 implicated in it, so subtle is its =
influence, is at the root of the evil.
When old age has really COM +
lenced, its march toward final de- :,
ay is best delayed by attention to = :;
hose rules of conservation by u
yhich life is sustained with tho
east friction and the least waste. m
The prime rules for this purpose al
re: Of
To subsist ON light but nutri- te
ious diet, with milk as the stand N
re food, but varied according to j
eason. CT
To take food, in moderate guam N
ity, four times in the day, in 81
luding light meal before going OF
0 bed. 81
To clothe warmly but lightly, IL
o that the body may, in all seasons a
1alntaln Its eqnal temperature. IL
To keep the body in fair exer- Il
Use, and the mind active and d
heerful. az
To maintain an interest in what to
5 going on in the world. and to is
axe part in reasonable labors and fl
,leasures, as though OLD age we're h
ot present. n
To take plenty of sleep during al
leeping hours. To spend nine h
hours in bed at the least. ard to q
axe care during cold weather, o.
hat the temperature of the bed IL
Dom is maintained at 60 degrees. ii
To avoid passion, excitement, W
luxury. n
AnOnp the Incidents of fbiIdhood that