The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-08
PROL ONGING LIFE
People should NOT woRxv,


Nov Yesk Herald
Everybody. under ordinary circum-
stances. ought 70 live to b 100 years old. .
sid DR.. Lewis A. Sayre, the famous sur
geon- A Il il. people live from eight 70
aftssn yesrs longer than thsir forefsthers
did They have Ienrned how 70 eat and
drink: how 70 keep shsir homes ventilated
and their sswers drained and how 70 gener-
ally take better care Of themselves. san
they do nos live anything like q long Is
they ought b. They have to much 70 do,
too much 70 think about and TOO much
care 70 bsar Many are very much dis
tressed - younger men to know how they
aFe soing 70 make SURE Of living. BY
and By when their reputstion has grown
they ars driven to death with the work
forced upon them.
If ! had lived anywhere near right in
the earlier part Of my professional career 1
believe my life would have been prolonged
beyond century. never used TO know
what Il was 70 b tired, hungry OF sleepy.
Whsn The decline begins the face loses its
color. The plump. vigorous look Of the SKIN
vanishes and lassitudc takes the place Of
elasticity.
open CRATES are far preferable to any
other means Of heating house, for they
help ventilation. which b IN important fec
Tor In the prolongaiion OF life. never a.
low . furnace 10 b lighted in my house ex-
cept when there is danger Of the water
pipes freezing up. One of the greatest
dangers 10 human life il the candy shop,
which destroys the stomachs Of children.
Tobacco Is decidedly injurious when
used to excess, the Same as liquor. A mild
cigar smoked after dinner. however. has .
soothing effect. and the smoker sustains
less injury from it than he would from
rushing of 10 work on . full stomach. No
injury viii result from sleeping after .
meal. Old people are benefited by nap
after eating. Actors almost invariably take
supper before going to bed. and they are
healthy Get Of men. Animals afford an ex-
ample. Feed two dogs and let one curl up
before the fire while the other ID taken out
20 hunt rabbits. Then on the return from
the hunting expedition kill both dogs. The
stomach OF The one that hes been sleeping
viii b clean, while the food in the stomach
Of the other will be found undigested. The
dog that has been hunting has expended
Ill his energies in the chase, and the food
has had no chance 10 digest
Whisky cannot be considered injurious
under all circumstances. There are times
when il il useful. like castor oil, calomel
and quinine, but it Is not beneficial when
used rs beverage. / am not certain that
water h not ~ harmful ~ whisky. Ice
watsr. which people generally gulp down
in unlimited quantities. paralyzes the
sneFvQ Of thu stomach. and ID one of the
greatest causes Of dyspepsia In this coun-
try. People should drink water ct its
natural temperature. Boiling water drunk
an hour or so before meals Il . valuable
aid to digestion In many instances. The
majority Of people eat more than they
ought, and they also eat too fast. In eat
ing Il Is not question how much person
can devour, but how much be can digest.
Some people are better OF on two meals q
day than on three.
Turning night into day-that Is, work
ing ct night and sleeping in the daytime
does mot mean that the person who does it
10 doomed 70 IN early grave. Men who
work nights may I've to good old age.
william Cullen Bryant was accustomed to
work nights and attained ripe age. Still
consider that people who work during
the day and sleep during the night are bet
have sleep at some time, whether il ID ct
son ought 10 have eight hours sleep When
/ Was young I read that Napoleon only
took four hours sleep in twenty-four /
thought that no great man needed more
than four hours, % that was Ill took. /
found out the error Of that idea later.
The great mortality from phthisis or
&. - -
perature and the foul air brsathed. II 10
contagious and healthy persons can con-
tractit The sputum. or expectorafion, be-
comes dry and 10 converted into powder,
which floats In the air and may be in
hailed. The next ten years viii show
great diminution in deaths from phthisis.
Consumption can be cured. The way to
cure IL il to put the patient in the noun
tsins where the air Is dry. and keep him
away from the doctor and the aposhecary
shop. He does not need medicine. There
Is too much medicine used in many kinds
OF disease. Certain specifics are essential,
but they should be used with intelligence.
The sreas trouble comes from the nos
trums and advertising quacks.
: Insanity. should gay. Is increasing,
and the explanation is TO be found in the
way in which We live. Men rush TO secure
millions when they ought to be satisfied
with hundreds Of thousands. They like
wise rush 70 spend their money, and then
worry to meet their financial engagements
Insanity may be caused by functional dis
tiarhanoe or by organic change. In case OF
m organic change. il Is doubtful II In
sanity Is durable.
Dreams do not indicate physical de-
feet. They indicate that the dYeamef's
stomach 10 out Of order or that be is wor-
ried- Dreams often seem of long duration,
hat il should be remembered that thoughts
fly 50 fast that they cannot Be measured
They will travel pretty much over the en-
tire universe in i've minutes II person
Keeps his mouth shut he viii not snorc. II
he cannot keep il shut any other way he
ought 20 tie bandage under his chin and
ever his head The nose IL the proper
thing 20 breathe through. But snoring
viii not no any harm A person who APP
laugh now and then is the better for is. but
TO be eternally gsgEiing and smirkinE. when
there Is no cause for the visibility. IL neith-
ar beneficial nor interesting.
a gigrier ID . fool CRYING often affords
relief II person h suffering from great
grief and he Is unable TO shed tears. there
IL decided danger Of srouhle In his mind
Mhefher the jovial or the quiet person Is
apt 70 live longest is perhaps . question
Some people are 50 solemn that they have
nos life enough 10 die. and keep on earth 10
cnrs< everybody they are acquainted with
IL is not tbs length OF time one lives, bat
the good he does Some men could i've