The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-24


without "a sa ri. come. 70 d. srea.
; ss sa'aF ss sas Wages sas goo g sa 8:
a, The ~ = I'D waste: direct and In.
count anot iess lhsa s. 30 10000 annually.
II IL Sc 70 ~ tart two Ct irds of this enormous
sum, NOR than q ~, 900 900, is paid and
mucl si*1heid FROM the necessaries and com
yox0 u lie. Fcos ~ houses and fewer of them
less ciotaing and poorer. insufficient and un-
cold; more disease and less chance OF recover y'
more and speedier deaths among all those who
furnish their share Of the 81 $50 900 for drink.
They cannot spend their wages for whisky and
beer and at the same time supply their families
with comfortable and abundant food, fuel,
clothing and suitable shelter from inclement
not prohibition would increase the average
of life In the United States. That this problem
viii be solved at some time IN this country I
np o the osr & s s ~ ns
crime of giving sanction Of law to . system
whereby $22,o 900 annually are lost TO the ma
ton, leaving nothing behind 10 show for IL but
abonnding poverty, pauperism, wretehedness,
crime and premature death. There are more
than 10000 lives in this country shortened an
nually from FIVE 70 twenty-five years each. by
the drink habit, the most OF which would I'll
out their allotted time, but for the drink traffic
Does any one ask when this deliverence win
come? answer on that day when the American
church shall arouse Itself from its untimely and
prolonged lethargy, and take its share In the
great warfare against the saloon now going on
IN this country; struggle which Charles Bcx-
ton, member of the British parliament. declared
70 be q warfare between heaven and hell. The
church will wake up TO It's duty by and by and
viii be no longer false TO t. NEAL Dow.
cAssrus N. CLAY on HOW TO KEEP YOUNG.
The Hon. Cassius NJ Clay, of Kentucky,
is another octogenarian who seems to be
endowed with perpetual youth. Hewrites
concerning longevity and how to secure it
IS follows:
WHITEHALL, KY, May is, 1891.
Dear Sir: Your letter upon long life Is re-
ceiyed. Some curious statfcians aver that tho
average life of animals is five times the age of
maturity. Taking that age In man 70 be twenty.
he should live 100 years The Jewish savants
snd the children's teeth are on edge" But for
First--i attribute my general good health
through life mostly to inheritance. to exercise
second~As 10 my daily habits of work and ex-
ercfse, sleep and diet, have followed generally
the Latin apofhegram, "Se minis [never too
much.) Exercise is the normal law OF all AMI
mai life. so moderate work Ia always healthfui.
have never been an idler. sleep nine hours,
and could never do well on less. Of course the
time required for sleep varies with constitutions
and pursuits. My father never allowed children
or the sick to be aroused, and followed the
name rule. In diet / am satisfied with few
good dishes, and don't think that great variety
at single meal favors health. change OF
diet should be gradual, as / hold that the gas.
trio juice must accustom Itself TO changes OF
food ] have faith In diet. sleep, rest and time,
and hold with some great thinkers, that every
man OF sense should be his own physician. The
lawyers and doctors say that such practice
gives fools for clients and patients, but retort.
this Is one OF the cases where IL Is "Iolly TO be
wise"
.Third-I would advise young men having. the
they can. ] think the highest development of
animal life is in temperate climes, and under IA
vorable surroundings of food, clothing and
shelter sudden changes o. al sorts should .i, DC
never wore an oyercoat, and shelim wore the
same clothes winter and summer. But in this
he went too far, for the other animals have to
some extent winter and summer clothing, as fur
of winter is substituted by hair In summer, etc.
] attribute the growing badness OF our times 70
malpractice: n. p Willis, the poet, was noted
for his fine head of hair. He always bathed his
head and hair in colo water. The natural oil OF
the skin gave yigor and gloss 10 his profuse
locks. So followed his practice. and
my youth. ! never use cosmetics. Dandrutf
Is the outer cuticle of the scalp. reinforced by
the invisible Precipitation, which hardeus in the
air, it Is indication OF vigorous health.
Quacks, in destroying dandruf. kill the cells
producing the hair. IL a barber attempts to use
cosmetics should say. "shoot him on the spot."
Use only water, the hair brush and the fine
tooth comb. The teeth should be cleaned by
water, wooden or quill tooth-pieks and tho hair
toothbrush. In early youth used fine flannel
and silk under my linen, but when put them
of in the spring had severe colds. SO have
for long years used nothing but linen. washing
myself 10 the belt every day with cold water,
: good nIsn to sip ne feet into cold water At
times alter getting out Of bed.
FOURTH riss early, II o'clock now. and am
ss<s ais Ihengn a. political ass,i views view gsner
81 public affairs. in agriculture and in scientific
dexefopment. Iwrite on railroads four mastery,
- money, Samoa, commerce; improved live
suffrage, nihilism, etc. i am engaged in but
one permanent work. the second volume of my
"Memoirs, etc" But am in no haste about it
O. Isnay yet live to be a hundred years old
Ffth-Do / believe In the use of spurious
liquors, tobacco, tea and coheeg | favor the
moderate use of liquors, tes and coffee, but OPP
pose prohibition which would make nation of
sneaks, and which has been a potent factor in
causing women TO put on the breeches riding
astride of the warehouses OF politics. am with
King James.
Right from hell they brought the seed:
Il fouls the mouth and soils the clothes,
And makesa chimney of the nose.
sixth-Dces marriage lead 70 long Hfef
think so. IL Is the natural law, and the normal
laws obeyed favor long life. But want mar
riage of unity of ruleo one interest in property
and fame-the basis of home, OF the family. the
ovum OF the state, the eternal rock OF Christian
the woman suffrage rebellion against God and
Nature? 1t sinks all of these into darkness aud
chaos, the wreck Of all that is god and glorious
in human nature, with nothing left but the
tattered red flag. Marriage the legal license of
the perputation of the race"
seventh-Between what years man may do
his best mental work depends upon his indi-
vidual longevity. Age gives vantage in work
up To the time when the physical powers fail.
.once 9 man and twice child Is the eternal
law Great work has been done in early life.
but not the best work. Alexander the Great
and Napoleon were great generals, but not the
greatest of men. So Keats and Coleridge were
great poets, but not the greatest poets. Prodi-
gies are ever one-sded. 1t took long years for
Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln to ripenfnto
glorious manhood. So also genial and pacific
spirit leads TO long life And the lives OF judges,
college professors and generally men secure
from the cares OF money getting, are long.
Let us trust that immortal aspirstions, found
ed on duty and the love of humanity, lengthen
our years.
Let us live as though we were TO die tomorrow
and also 10 live rs IL we were never 10 die.
CAssIus NJ. CLAY.
FRANK G. CARPENTER