The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-17
GREEN OLD AGE.
Cases of People Who Live Beyond
Their Time and the Causes Thereof.
From the Baltimore Sun.

Cases of People Who Live Beyond
Their Time and the Causes Thereof.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Several cases of extreme longevity have
recently been reported. Mrs. Hannah Har-
man is living in Brocton. Mass, at the age
of 95 years, having been born the last day
Of Washington's administration. Within
the last few weeks two men, nearly as old ,
wn O retained vigorous health up to their
death, died in Washington county, Mary
| lsnd-Eli Stake and William Jones. The
former, when young man, was engaged
in polling boats on the Potomac, from
| Willamsport to Georgetown, In the
DAYS Of the old Potomac Com
pany. Not many years ago Mrs. Elizabeth
| Schnebly died in Washington county con-
siderabIy over century old, retaining her
mental and physical viRor to the last. In the
town Of Clarence, near Buffalo, N. Y, lives
Mrs. Lavinia Fillmore, having attained
the remarkable age of los years. She was
married in 1909 to the Rev. Glezen Fill
more,a cousin of President Fillmore and the
first Methodist minister employed regularly
west of the Geuessee river. The Buffalo
Courier assures US that the date of the birth
of this remarkable woman is so well estab-
lished as to be beyond question. In New
York Mrs. Mary Fredenburg Is living in
possession of good health and all her facul-
tics in her l05th year.
In Goshen, n. Y, lives Philip McCauley,
who celebrated his 103d birthday on Sept.
10 1t is to be observed that whilst there
are we'll authenticated cases OF life extend
ing beyond a century, most reputed cases
come from the humber class OF people who
are not in the habit of keeping family
records, and the ages of the very old be-
come matters rather Of tradition than
49, Of nnl nR0h 10
believe themselves to he more than 100
years old Moses, who lived to be 100 years
old. fixed the limit Of his life at three
score years and ten, land though men be
so strong that they come to
fourscore years, YET Is their
strength then but labor and sorrow, so soon
passeth it away and we are gone" Jesus,
the son Of the Strach, IN the BOOK or &c
clesiasticus, declared that 1.-The number of a
mans days at the most are 100 years." and
it is rare indeed that the limit IL passed, al
though it cannot be doubted that more men
approach it now than in former years. sold
John OF Gaunt, time-honored Lancaster, "
was but 5S years of age when King
Richard spoke TO MIN as I'VE
would speak to the octogenarlan. Hudson,
in commenting on this passage, says: "At
that time men were often married at l5 and
were usually reckoned old at 30, and TO
reach the age of o. was then as uncommon
as il now is to reach four-soore, so much mas
been added to the average OF human life by
the ease, comfort and art OF modern times"
However Justify men may sing II would
not live Away" 1T has been the common
aspiration OF mankind from the beginning
to prolong life. Jacob. when 100 years old,
complained 20 Pharaoh that few and evil
have the days of the years OF my life BEEN
The secret Of long life has never been dis
tiuctly discovered. 1t is true that modera-
ton in diet and the observance of certain
recognized rules Of health will doubtless
prolong life But although scholars have
devoted their time to the discovery OF an
"elixir,n it has never been found.
Lord Mansfield, when he became very
old man, made it practice 20 question all
aged witnesses who came before him as to
their manner Of life, hoping IN that way to
discover some rule for longevity. But there
was no concurrence of habit, except that he
ascertaIned that nearly all he questioned
were early risers But it is likely that they
were early risers because they were vigor-
Gus and not vigorous because they were
early risers.
DR.. Stare, an English physician who lived
about 100 years ago, reported the case of a
centenarian who mixed Quantities OF sugar
with all his food, and attributed his long
| life to that habit DR.. Stare adopted the
practice, as he declared. with good results.
| Another physician who lived 70 an old age
took daily doses Of tannin under tn