The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-01-06

/ Iogical law that the functions of ne
body must Be kept IN exercise u o7der
70 maintain their efficiency. and u Is Is
trus Of the body as q the mil OF any
/ other machine that i viii rI-sr out from
disnse sooner than wear cut BY employ
msnt-
The fact Is constantly observed IN per
sons engaged IN commert J pursuits
who retire ~ the aSe II --gy AID Fnsa
fall into rapid decay 4.-- F-1ts- rrd
men remaining a. Vs. p-ervc .a-u
vigOr often for ano-.er tEe1-y year,
/ L IS a sad thing % Sc the nerve cenfers
I decay. with a corresponding weakne
/ q BODY and mind. buf II Is sriu sad.er
I 70 witness. with a wrinkhn.g u the ssi--
q corresponding shrlnkinS Of TIE bran.
/ allowing vanity and some of the weakly
passions. which had been kept n sup
/ preston 10 come again 20 the fore.
How different Is the spectacle when
the organ Is kept IN It's integrity By con
slant use. and the mental faculties pre-
served in al their pristine force. We
have only % look arould and % see our
I poets. bishops. judges. ministers Of state
and medical men long hved and sun in
mental vigor while working a their re-
spoctive avocatiOnS. Very remarkable.
too. Is II that. as Sir James Crichton-
Browne observed. the freedom Of Ian
guage VIII remain as good as ever. an
example Of this was observed bat lately
IN q discussion On the London uuive--
sify questions. when two q the most
logical and vel expressed speeches were
made by octogsnarians.
OLD AGE SHOULD NOT Be UNHAPPY.
We can az the present. tine point .
statesmen AID lawyers Of great age still
before the public as not long ago we
could see Lord Palmerston. Lord
Broagham. Lord Lyndhurst and other.
In former times we may remember
Newton living 70 be eighty-hva. while
Sophocles Is said % have lived % is
ninety. and Plato not much short Of
This. L Is clear that hard work does
not kill The toll. however. must he
genial and diversified. The nan =
business of n has 10 occupation besides
his breadwInning. whereas a MEDICAL
man has = variety Of subjects % interest
him
A speaker az the international cor
gress showed By experiments upon school
children. when three or f0cr sums Il
arithmetic were given in succession.
that each sun showed an infariorirv 70
the pnevioCs one. both IN correctness
and as re-aris the time IN which L vyas
completed The one faculty employed
was gradually exhausted a fresh piecs
u evidence showing the necessity fdr
diversity q work. In The treatment Of
persons with mental trouble OF Worrv
the very worst method Is % rely too
much on what Is called rest. meaning
thereby leaving the patient without
ether employment than TO brood over
his sorrows- True rest to the mind =
only 70 Be obtained BY the occupation q
other faculties rOused into action bv
new surrounding
There Is n reason why old axe sh0uII
not Be As harpy and as enjoyable zs aur
other periol Of hfe. Il old persons BE-
asked as 70 the consci0us1ess Of age thev
VII all with one consent declare that
there exists nothing Of The Kind. Anoia
person has a knowledge Of his age n t-e
sane way as his friends. be se-as u ov
looking IN the mirror. by remenbrancs
- La-@A At--A-7 "a A--a 49, ~
rsries. but ne Is not constantly c-.r-yiu-
about with aim the conviction or feeling
that he IS Old; he Is thus sin able % o.
cuPy himself IN the business ani pleas
ures Of life
AUTHORITATIVE TEsTD0NT.
Buifon spoke Of his green old age as
one Of the happiesr periods In his hfe. al
though the kind Of pleasure then expe-
rienced are. OF course. different fro-n
those Of youth. and even when decay
comes. and man is becoming free from
the remembrance Of ali earthly things.
then As SIR james Paget SAYS gand no
better example couid Be found u full
mental activity by continual work. L
NAV be - ordered on purp0se thar the
spirit may be invigoTated and UDdis-
rurbed In the contemplation oI the
Frightening future Another Eriter.
speaking q old age n reference 20 the de-
cease Of an eminent barrister. also mann
tanned that the highest faculties are kept
keen By constant exercise- and the BRAN
vigorous by constant acton and renewal
The understandiu- has often been IA
the highest perfection n quite advanced
old age. and that has been the bess Feriod
Of human life Il is the time when the
rage and storm of PASSION have died
away. when the lealOusies a1d cares ot
a career have ceased and been Forgotten.
when memory fingers upon al that =
bright and charming IN the past. and
when hope scatfers hsr most glowing
:ints over fast approaching future, az.
N the words OF Sir J. Crichron- Browne
himself We are able % see In old age
glimuses OF The truth that It's chief glory
consists not u the remembrance ~ fea1s
Of proves nor n the eg0-isrlc exercise
Of power. bzlt II The conquest Of peevish
weakness. n the brightness Of hope and
IN the diScriIuina-iGn 81 happiness
around Depend upon u, the best anti
septic against senile decay II zn active
interest il human affairs. ard thar those
keep yoang longest who love most
British Medical Iournal
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fed. The s-udy Of h0E and where %
feed the crowls Il the nig fair h1s beel
an incident Of the vOrS II the construc-
tian deuartmeut foF the past SIX weeks
and l. as c1nplete ~ possible FoOl
will be served u ten 0f the prilcipal
bindings IN restaurants. private dinin-
rooms and q -er lunch counters. There
VIII be three Characteristic lunch com
ters. txent- seven pr-4cipal restaurauts
OF cafes. and II connection with them
rs dining rooms
The supplies VIII issue f-om seventeen
complete ho1el kitchens. manned By a.
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and sc1Ilioas. The 6inin- rpogn WI
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