The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-03

Aeso' oOA rings. nave never smoked, cneW-
ed or snuffed, and | cannot say whether or
not these habits are injurious What is one
mans drink is another mans poison, AS
to the advice I would give young men, [
would say be temperate in habits use no
splr1tuous liquors before nor after fifty
and drink no wines except at meals. Keep
the Joints well oiled with exercise, marry
as soon as you can after twenty years of
age, don't overwork and don't worry, and
II you have decent conscience and fair
constitution there is no reason why you
should not reach four-score."
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
Justice Macarthur is one of the retired
Justices of the United States supreme court
OF the District of Washington. He has led
an active and Woodworking life, and now
at seventy-seven he does not look as old as
many man at sixty. He is tall, erect and
nne looking There are but few wrinkles
IN MS handsome face, and his hair, though
gray, IS thick and silky. He has wonder
fully clear complexion, and his blue eyes
are bright and full of life He is fine
talker, a good liver, and he enjoys society
as much as when he was twenty years
younger. met him at Saratoga and asked
MIN his recipe for longevity
Il am" he said, naturally of strong
constitution, and 1 attribute my almost per-
Iect physical and mental condition largely
TO very good set of digestive organs. l
can eat anything, and drink anything, and
am one OF the few men of whom it may be
SAID That they do not know that they have a
stomach. have been so through my life,
ana attribute my continuing in this condi-
ton In that such excuses as have commit
tea IN the past | have always made up for
by rest and bathing. If l am up late at
night take pains to sleep late the next
morning; and if l am at big dinner l see
Ihat my pores are thoroughly open the next
DAY, so that any deleterlous matter that L
may have taken into my system may pass
away. Idon't believe in asceticism nor in
the modification of the flesh by rigid rules
Oh diet, by limiting the appetite and by
denying ones self that good may come I
believe that man should take as much pleas
ure out OF life as he can consistently with
MS work as he goes along. The desire for
enjoyment is natural and it should be graft
ned as much as hunger and thirst. The
very TACT that it exists is an evidence that
nature intended it to be gratifed. But, of
course, every man must be a law unto him
self In such matters, and that which suits
one may not suit another
HOT AIR BATHS.
"You were speaking of bathing, Justice
Macarthur. What kind of bathing do you
meanH
replied the justice, land l keep myself in
good condition by one of these every week
l think the Turkish baths are good, but my
faVorlte bath is the alcohol hot air bath
winch L take regularly when | am at home.
When [ am away take the hot water bath
making the water red hot and soaking my
self In 1T until the perspiration flows freely
out of every pore of my skin. / don't be-
lleve IN the use of much soap in bathing, and
| think that of hao -
helped by the alkali that is taken into them
Our skin IS, you know, made up of thou
sands OF little pores through which large
part OF the waste of the system is carried
on. These pores relieve every part of the
body, stomach, liver, kidneys, and every
portion of the system. Each pore has lit
tie oil duct in it to protect it from injury
and to keep it in good condition. 1t is del
lcate piece OF machinery, and | do not be-
l1eve this oil should be secured out with
soap, nor should the skin be scratched and
roughened with flesh brush.n
THE ALCOHOL BATH.
"Of what nature is your alcohol BATH"
st is a bath of the vapor of alcohol I
take 1t In my bath ROOM and do it by put
ting perhaps gill of alcohol in an iron cup.
| light this and place it under a chair, then,
having undres sed, l seat myself over it and
throw a blanket over me and around the
cnalr, making hot-alr chamber of myself
In short time begin to perspire, and the
persplration runs out of my pores in
streams, washing out my skin and making
me perfectly clean. When the alcohol is
burnt out l throw off the blanket and lump
into my bath tub, which is filled with water
at blood heat. After short stay here,
rub off myself with crash towel and then
complete the drying with a softer one l
then lie down for few minutes, and when
gel up L am new man. Such a bath
makes you feel that you have never been
clean before 1t revives your whole system
and the alcohol acts as tonic You get
only the good qualities in the alcohol, the
burning having precipitated the injurious
ones, and these going into your system
through the pores as yapor acts as a tonic
Some people rub their skin with the raw
alcohol, but l do not advise this nor do [
think it beneficial
''As to marriage, ''said Justice Macarthur.
II decidedly think it tends to the length of
days, and L would advise every young man
to get married. Man needs association. II
IS in the course of nature, and it seems to
me that have never known when l was
not married. AS to smoking, the abuse of
tobacco is, think, injurious, but l do not
think 1T hurts me to smoke in moderation.
l smoke two cigars day and enjoy them.n
"How about eXercise!"
1.-THE only exercise | take" replied JUS
tice Macarthur, lis walking. [ walk about
three miles a day when in Washington, and
am very fond of it. usually see the bright
side of things, and in looking back at the
difficulties [ have surmounted in my life. 7
am surprised at my confidence in myself. 1
believe in work and not worry, and l think
that any young man VINO will use the criter-
ion OF common sense in his life, enjoy it as
much as can, treat himself as he would
good machine and conform to nature and to
natures laws has a good chance of MANY
days"
TWO sEPTUAGENARIAN CONGRESSMAN.
The two oldest men in Congress are Gen
eral Vandever, of California, and General
n. P. Banks of Massachusetts, Both are
several years past their three-score and ten.
Roth nprfectl1r I,r,h