St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-24
HOW TO LIVE LONG.
Eminent Physicians Point Out
the Way to Health and
Vigor.
The Moderate and Excessive
Use of Whisky, Tobacco
and Candy.
Every Man Ought to Love a
Woman to Enjoy
Life.
Longevity Is on the Increase
Livery One Should Live
100 Years.

New York Letter.
Americans are told they live at the
pace that kills. So they do, but they
live longer on the average than their
ancestors. and longevity is likely to be
still greater in future generations. Whlle
on visit to New York recently, the
writer dropped in at the handsome Of
fee of the famous surgeon, DR.. Lewis
a. Sayre, on Fifth avenue, and in
long conversation the doctor explain ed
the reason for the extended term of life.
1t is said the kindeSt-hearted phySI-
clans are the best ones. There never
was kinder hearted man than DrSayre.
Nor, perhaps, was there ever a stronger
minded one. He is seventy years old,
but age has not leftits full impress on
him. He is known the world over by
his writings and his services in the cause
of humanity. He comes as near throw
ing phySic to the dogs as doctor well
could. He believes largely in hygienlc
and rational treatment. and his reputa-
ton demonstrates that his theories are
correct in practice. He is wonderfully
interesting and entertaining man III
conversation. He discusses things per-
tanning to his profession in a way that Is
not only easily understood, but effect
I've. He said to the correspondent:
We Should Be Centenarians.
Everybody, under ordinary circum-
stances, ought to live to be 100years old.
AS it is, people live from eight to fifteen
wears longer than their forefatherS did.
They have learned how to eat ana
drink: how to keep their homes yen1i-
lated and their sewers drained, and now
10 generally take better care OF them
selves. Still they do not live anything
like as long as they ought to, because
they do not yet live as they ought to.
They have too much to do, too much to
think about, and too much care to bear.
Many are very much distressed as
Younger men to know how they are go
ing to make sure of a living. BY and
by, when their reputation has grown.
they are driven to death with the work
forced upon them. If had lived any
where near right in the earlier part OF
my professional career, believe my
life would have been prolonged beyond
century. | never used to know what
it was to be tired, hungry or sleepy.
When the decline begins the face loses
its color: the plump, vigorous look of
the skin vanisheS, and laSSitude takes
the place of elasticity.
"Open CRATES are far preferable to
any other means of heating house. for
they help ventilation, which is an i'm
portant factor in the prOlongation of
life. | never allow furnace to be
lighted in my house except when there
is danger OF the water pipes freezing up.
One of the greatest dangers to human
life is
The Candy Shop,
which destroys the stomachs of chill
dren. Candy, in fact, does almost as
much to destroy the stomach as alcohol.
A child with its stomach full of candy
has no desire to eat bread ana butter
and drink milk. Children ought to be
sustained by nutritious food while they
are growing. Adults are likewise
harmed if they go about munching
candy. Sugar is necessary ingredient
of the body, but it should be taken in
proper quantities and at proper times,
and not indiScriminately Tobacco is
decidedly injurious when used to ex-
cess, the same as liquor. A mild cigar
smoked after dinner, however, has
soothing effect, and the smoker Sus-
tains less injury from it than he would
from rushing off to work on full
stomach.
no injury will result from sleeping
after a meal. Old people are benefited
by a nap after eating. Actors almost
invariably take supper before going to
bed, and they are healthy set of men.
Animals afford an example. Feed TWO
dogs and let one curl up before the fire
while the other is taken out to hunt
rabbits. Then, on the return from the
hunting expedition, kill both dogs. The
stomach of the one that has been sleep
ing will be clean, while the food in the
stomach of the other will be found I'M
digested. The dog that has been hunt
ing has expended all his energies in the
chase and his food has had no chance to
digest.
The Effect of Whisky.
"Whisky cannot be considered njuri-
Gus under all circumstances. There are
times when it is useful, like castor oil,
calomel and quinine, but it is not bene-
fetal when used as a beverage. [ am
not certain that water is not as harmful
as whisky. Ice water, which people gen.
orally gulp down in unlimited Quanti-
ties, paralyZes the nerves of the stom-
ach. and is one of the greatest causes of
dyspepsia in this country. People
should drink water at its natural tenn
perature. Boiling water drank an hour
or SO before meals is a valuable aid to
digestion. The majority of people eat
more than they ought, and they also eat
too fast. In eating it is not question
how much person can devour. but how
much he can digest. Some people are
better off on two meals a day than on
three.
"Turning night into day-that is,
working at night and sleeping in the
daytime-doeS not mean that the per-
son who does it is doomed to an early
grave. Men who work nights may live
to good old age. William Cullen Bry-
ant was accustomed to working
nights. and attained ripe old
age. Still | consider that peo-
pie who work during the day and
sleep during the night are better off.
One thing is certain, a person must
have sleep at some time, whether it is at
night or during the day.
The Amount of Sleep.
"The average person ought to have
eight hours sleep. When was young l
read that Napoleon only took four hours
sleep In tweDty-fOur. | thought that no
great man needed more than four hours,
SO that was all took. | found out the
error of that idea later. When a per-
sons system plays out no elixir of life is
elixir of life amounted to was to tighten
the pockets of old men and fool them
into the belief that they could
be made young again. Nothing
in the way of medicine or in
oculation will restore vitality.
Roast beef, beefsteak, outdoor exercise,
freedom from care and proper amount
of rest will do more to prolong life than
anything else, The cure of hydro
phobia by the Pasteur method is pretty
well established. and the value of the
TRANSMISSION of blood is demonstrated
beyond doubt. The TRANSMISSION of
blood. however, will not save old men
from the grave, but it will bridge ov er
exhaustion in certain cases and enable
the patient to recover his strength.
Under no circumstances, may repeat,
can young man be made out of an old
one.
"The great mortality from phthisis. OF
assumption, is due to the varying tenn