The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-03
TO REACH OLD AGE
Septuagenarian Statesmen Chat
on Longevity.
SOME WALK THREE MILEs.A DAY
Temperance. Exercise and Marriage the
Watch Words Of Those Who
Would be Long-Liyers.

WOulu Ue LOug-LlVcrS.
WASHINGTON, April 30, 1S91.-TSpecial
correspondence of THE HERALD. I'm no
city of the United States will you find so
many energetic old young men as in
Washington. Octogenarians and septua-
genarians flourish here like the flowers that
bloom In the spring, and in most of them
the blossoms of their old age are more beau
tlful and more fragrant than were those of
their youth. Where will you find happier
or sweeter life than that of DR.. Scott, the
Fresloents father-in law who at ninety
one has full possession of his mental facul-
ties and who takes his walks with all the
enthusiasm and vigor of Young man of
tnlrty. Take Senator Morrill,, who over
1our-score, is one of the hard working mem
oers OF Congress and who long after ne had
passed his three-score and ten found time to
write book ridiculing the vanities of his
fellows. Senator Payne has reached four
score senator Evarts passed his SEVENTEEN
mile post several years ago, and there are
score and more of our great men who are
leading active lives between seventy and
gan to collect opinions from these men as to
longevity, and how young men, by follow
ing certain course, might reach a profit
able and happy old age. 1 have interviewed
them as to their habits; as TO their use or
abuse OF intoxicants; as to whether they
ate or drank to excess, and as to the thou
SAND and one other things which go towards
the destruction or the preservation of life.
ind that each man has his own theories
ana mat their views are as wide apart as
the poles.
SENATOR HENRY B. PAYNE ON OLD AGE
one OF the Oldest young men in public
NE Is Senator Henry Is. PAYNE. He was
porn In New York state in 1910. during the
nrst year of Madison's presidency. He was
Wen educated and graduated when Andrew
jackson was closing his first term, and he
began Inc practice of law at Cleveland two
years later He visited Washington city
Just after has graduation, and he talks yery
interestingly about President jackson and
MS visit. In. 1851 he was candidate for
| Inc United States Senate and came near
oelhg elected at that time when Ben Wade
was CHOSEN He is now over eighty wears
OF age, is IN perfect health, and though he
!lVes at least mile and a half from the cap
|
| 10 the Senate at least once day during his
term. When the weather is pleasant he
often walks out and back, and his heart is
as young as his body. He can laugh like a
BOY, and he enjoys the society of Young
men. Upon my asking as to the secret of
MS good health and spirits at this advanced
age, he said
Il attribute my good health and long
years to good constitution and to the fact
that control my appetite and am TEMPER
ate IN both eating and drinking. take ex-
erclse regularly, chiefly walking have but
little to do with the doctors and / think 7
am ell the better for it. About forty-fve
years ago. when / was thirty-five years of
age, was forced to leave off my practice
at the bar on account of hemorrnage of the
lungs. | had something to do with doctors
at that time, but have had not much to do
with them since"
How about your diet, Mr.. Payne9n
eat everything that agrees with me and
drink what like, but not to excess. do
not use tobacco, but l don't believe that
long lie depends on its use or non-use. The
main thing Is temperance In work as well
as IN eating and drinking. l believe many
men are Killed by over work and worry.
Sam Randall died from overwork. He had
splenuld physique, but he broke it down
IN working on tariff bill and by laboring
mere all summer. 1don't believe that activ-
lty hurts any one, but overWork does. Then
oon' I let things worry me. 1 like life and
believe that it is worth the living. keen
myself young by having young men about
me ana Keeping In the swim. 1 don't know
ABOUT Adam, but | have little faith in the
story OF Methuselah and the other scrip
tural characters who are supposed to have
lived ten times as long as men live now
Inere Is no reason why they should have
done so, and the statement is hardly proba-
ble', vi - wa
"What advice, Senator Payne, would YOU
score?"
Il hardly know" said the Senator 81
would urge him to be temperate, to study
himself, eat what agrees with him and re-
IRAN from that which disagrees. take life
as easy as possible and don't worry or over
work. would advise him to take regular
exercise and to keep his eyes on the bright
rather than on the dark side of things. The
restraining of his appetites and the temner-
ate use OF all his faculties will enable him
to live longer, though life is after all largely
matter OF constitutions
BACHELOR STATESMAN WHO WANTS TO
MARRY.
Ex-senator Thomas L. CIineman is about
two years younger than Senator PAYNE
He is as bright as dollar and active &c a
young satyr. He has not been in public life
much since the close of the war. but he was
one OF the most noted of our statesmen in
the days of Tyler, Polk, Fillmore. TavIor
Pierce and Buchanan and he he'd one n tic
famous duels of history with William T,
4ancey, OF Alabama, on account of speech
winch he made concerning Henry CLAW. He
was member of Congress of the TInited
States Senate, governor of North Caro-
lima and brigadier general in the Confed-
crate army. He is delightful converse
tlonallst, and be considers himself still in
his prime. Said he:
81 will be seventy eight years old in q
few weeks, and [ am in perfect mental and
physical health. walk about three miles
every day, and think l have been growing
younger during the last three years. T find
that my nails grow faster and tougher and
the growth of my hair has increased. T
think that the improvement of my health
since 1855 has been largely due to the use of
an extract of tobacco which have invented
which stimulates the respiratory and other
organs and opens up the whole system. 7
am bachelor, but l have wanted to oct
married all my life. l first fell in love OF
five. / have wanted to marry since then
and want to marry now more than ever
but [ cannot afford it.'
MODERATE EATING AND DRINKING.
LAS to my habits, have been temperate
all my life. do not eat more than half the
amount of the ordinary man, and | did NOT
drink drop of spirits until / was for1ve
eight. At this time tried a mint iulep and
thought it helped me, and since then have
taken some spirits just before my meals or
some wine with my meals. As to nv meals
| eat breakfast at o'clock and confiue NV
self to big cup Of coffee, a piece of meat
and some stale bread. ] am great bread
eater, but do not like underdone biscuits
and when we have warm biscuits at nv
boarding house l send them back and have
them recooked. The word biscuit. You know