The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-16

glass. His face. much more awful
than any dead face they had seen that
night, paralyzed them, and they
stayed there staring.
I'm his hand" muttered Emerson.
'Nothing," said Tom, ''nothing"
And Fred saw them. Emerson
made a spring forward and Tom
caught him round the waist and held
him. There was gurgling cry and
Fred Cusacl< fell upon the floor heavily.
81 would have stopped him. said
Emerson.
''But was his BROTHER said Tom
ILLUSTRATED London News.
GROWS HARD WITH AGE.
How Man Turns From a Gelatinous Con-
- dit:on to an Gaseous State.
Anatomical experience and investi-
cation shows that the chief character
istics of old age are deposits OF earthly
matter of a gelatinous and fibrin-
Gus character in the human system.
AS observation shows, man begins in
gelatinous condition; he ends in an
osseous or bony one-soft in infancy,
hard in old age. By gradual change
in the long space of years Justification
comes on; but according to a writer
in the North American Review, after
middle life is past more marked
development of the ossiic character
takes place. OF course, these earthly
deposits, which effect all the physi-
cal organs, naturally interfere with
| .o1
of the heart causes imperfect circula-
ton of the blood, which affects the
aged. When the arteries are clog
ged with calcareous matter there is
interference with the circulation
upon which nutrition depends. With
out nutrition there is no repair Of
the body. Hence in his work, The
Physiology of Common Life" G. H.
Lewes states that @'1f the repair were
always identical with the waste life
would only lie terminated by &C
scident, never by old age
h Seventy per cent of the human body
is water-nearly three-forths Not
a single tissue is there in which
I water is not found as all Ingredient:
Certain salts are held in solution by
this water, portions of which-not-
withstanding the large quantities
eliminated by the secretions become
more or less deposits in the body.
| When these become excessive and re-
sist expulsion they then cause the
stiffness and dryness of old age. En-
tire blockage of the functions of the
body is then mere matter OF
time, and the refuse matter deposited
by the blood, in it's constant passage
through the system, stops the deli
cate and exquisite machinery which
we call life This is death. 1t has
been proved by analysis that human
blood contains compounds of lime,
magnesla and iron. In tine blood
itself are thus contained the earth
salts. In early life they are thrown
Hence, as blood is produced by as
Sanitation cf the food we eat, to this
food We must look for the earthly
accommodations which in time block
up the system and bring on old age.
It is thus seen that in the necessary
elements of nutrition Turk the enc
mics of life, for food contains salts
of a calcareous character. Does Il
therefore follow that man, by careful
selection of his daily food, may pro
long his life? In measure. yes.
Bathing, pure air to live and SLEEP
in, exercise and other means of pre-
serving the health must be attended
to-, of course; but what we put into
our mouths to make our blood il
the important matter either in re-
tanning health or prolonging life,
Almost everything we eat contains
more or less of these elements fol
destro Dying life by means of calcare
Gus salts deposited by the all nourish
ing food. Careful selection, however
may enable us to avoid the worst.
ParadOxical as it may sound, Ger
tain food which we put in our mouths
topreserveo our lives helps at the same
time to hurry us to the inevitable
gate of the cemetery. Earth salt:
!; abound in the cereals, and brea6
itself, though seemingly the most IN
nocent of edibles, greatly assists il
the deposition of calcareous matter
in our bodies. heterogeneous fooi
abounds in this element. Hence -;
diet made up Of fruit principally is
| best for people advancing in years
for the reason that being deficient il
nitrogen the ossifc deposits SO much
to be dreaded are more likely to bt
suspended. Moderate eaters have il
all cases much better chance o
long life than those addicted to ex
, cess of the table. Hence, to sum up
| The most rational mode of keepine
physician decay or deterioration. a
bay, and thus retarding the approach
OF old age. are avoiding all food!
rich in the earth salts, using much
fruit, especially juicy, uncooked ap
pies, and by taking daily two or three
tumblerfuls of distilled water will
about ten or fifteen drops Of diluted
phosphoric acid in each glassfnl-