The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-18
OKING, ~LIVEFOREYEI
so SAID HIS SUBJECTS. AND THE KING
BEGAN TO 90 III.

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Dietary Doctrine.
"And they said. % king. liye for.
syerl, Wherenpon the king imnaBdiately
began TO live forever" This fragment
Of history, preserved in the chorus % y
college song, used 20 be regarded In
earlier days rather Is . singular instance
Of royal c-ondescensiOn than ~ enc0ur-
aging any personal efforts at immortal
ity. In one OF Mr.. Andrew LanR'B st0-
ries q young Oxonian, when confronted
with q ghostly coach and ST. tried TO
reassure himself by the reflection that .
ghost would hardly put himself to all
this trouble and expense for o mere ms
dergraduata. All undergraduates are
mot gifted with the Same praisewcrthy
humility, bat without any undue dill
dence most OF us facility felt that the
honors of immortality were probably be-
yond our reach. However, for this later
and more fortunate generation ME. Wil-
liam Kinnear has come TO the rescne. IL
seems that he had been maturing . little
plan for living 900 years In average good
| health.
The announcement is attractive bat
we must confess that, ON investigation.
ID seems TO M full OF disapppiptmanh It
In possible that Mr.. Kinnear,s mathpd
Of life may promote good health bue 90
Gar a. comfort Is concerned it falls dis
mally. This Is an ohjection common 70
| nearly every system which aimssak maxi
ING. man something more than human-
| The element OF asceticism In cur nature
Ii. almost as strong as our selisanesE in
| every are there have been people who
| cherish the conviction that they can but
attain spiritual excellence by making
themselves needlessly uncomfortable
eMr. Ktnnaar In c~oanparatively moder-
ake in his pronisea. hnt hisssegima liks
tha rest Og them, ia branded with the
curse Of discomfort It seems thai the
chief enemies 20. svitafity ara the air we
hreashaL the water we drink end ne
bread and meatwe eat allsog which ap-
parently conspira 10 form eaE&hlg de,
posiks Of gelatinous and 6bEinOus char
acter in our unfortunate system These
dapesits which mostly consist Of cafbo-
nate and phosphate id lima tnteffsEe
with the sphysical functions g~oneraaly,
andin pasticular impede the proper 20
1 pair 90 tissuAs s,9s1s
i yMoreoxer, e is 20 their CONSTANT and
fncreasing presence thai the stiffness an<
dryness characteristics of eenilify -
dne.. Hence IL we wish 20 prplong ia
and avert, I'm part as any rate the IN
conveniances OF old aga We should Nm
imise these earthly deposits Unfuzen
nately we cannot dispense entirely WI
abr water and food, but We can 0or1ba
Il the mischieyous effect Of atmGaphssil
uxygeaa by the use 4o& phosphoric neaa
BIZ drinking distilled water only ws =
capethe c-alcareous salts which Ordtnaxa
water would deposit in Our tissues An
b 4axoiding everything At to eat
may render our daily food CogDparakixela
innocuous Practically hia recommend
atoms come 10 this: Abstain iron
bread. meat and nitrogenous food gen
orally and live npon apples and distille'
water favored with phOsph0Eic acid
Such . menu On d high price to pas
fpr lnngevity, and after an orgie con
duCted On these lines for two censuriq
the pEuseiyts would rnobably be able
niyes ansaemphaSic answer 10 the que
tion. ,sssIs LIE weEsh liv1nga" The mon
otony Of the regime 10 alone su2acieds
10 xnakeit diseastefnl but the ObjeCta0n
!. t0sit strike somewhat deeper than TIL
II Nttrogen pcssesaess 10 . peculiar exeez
thespOwer OF holding other chBmica
Substances In combination. Ehis - :
&. on6e the cause Of the stability, as " I
called, of nitrogen compounds md 3
the tremendous power which many q
them display. Nitrogen ontGEs laEgel
into the composition az mnsculas tissu
or 6esh and thereby becomes the chie
source of physical energy. Uodan8inis
!. the supply of nitrogen - Nh. Kannea
proposes would almost inevitably prs
n dncea chronic lassitnda MOI Ii this q
only danger. for the patient this reall
al seems the most appropriate wordls CO
ri on from his usual heterogeneous diea
4 would be tempted TO supply the wan
by q larger consumption Cd the veg
table foods left open 10 him and thereh
10 overcharge his system with carbon
A dietary doctrine which proclaim
that ..in the necessary elements OF NJ
triton Turk the enemies OF life ma
fairly be regarded with preliminary sul
I piston Bot even with this pr0poz
don accepted it Ii surely fatal 10 81
Kinnaar's claim that 20 follow his 81
J tenn L. 20 Live according 20 natur6in II
highest and finest sense. ~ nature j
diciously doctors . necessary 3pos
with slow poison, Ii II clear that 81
cannot intend us to scumbex tbs sehss
TOO LONG. II she doessnos Mr.. Kinnesr
II theory collapsas. But whether his dial
y noais BE- right: or wrong IL seems fair
claar that nature does not LOOK with 4
.ai vDr On m abnormal length O9 MfaAA
corAlng to Processes Weissnan nataI
Only 1ny0rs the survival &c the indis
dual 90 far e. IL ID necessary 70 provil
!. for the perpetuation az tina species II
!. moment this point II passed the foEc
Oh .nakpSe tuxn againsshimL Tha speCi
" can probably take case % itself physI
logically without any persuasion onao
= part, but The social and political ineo
v-auiences which attend any widesu