Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-03-19
COMMERCIAL VALUE OF LIFE.

COMMERCIAL VALUE OF LIFE.
Considerably Highest In tho Case or the
Man Who Feeds TraEalIy.
The vast majority Of people are abso-
lutely wrong on the subject Of feeding;
they think that rich and luxurious peo-
pie, feeding on richest and most luxur-
ious foods, are the most fortunate and
healthy people. l assure you it is just
the reverse, says Sir b. w. Richardson
in LGngnan's Magazine. 1 am the di-
rector OF an insurance company, and
am obliged often to make an estimate
of the co1nncrciai value of life. If,
then, two persons Of the same age and
constitutional i,..; INC for calcuia-
ton as to the / ar value of their
tuturc lives. and Il Ole be rich and lux
urious and the other be competent and
!rugal-fruGal even to abstcmiousncss-
| would value the life of the frugal per-
son Us twenty per cent, ut least, better
than that Of the rich and luxurious Der
son.
Dives dies in plenty, Lazarus in pow
erty. Do not die like Lazarus if YOU
cen help it, and do not die like Dives i
you have the opportunity, but find tho
happy condition, easy enough to find II
you determine to learn how on least
food you can do ;hc LIST and be-
work. Never cat until you arc satiatcd:
never cat in the day one heavy meal.
but divide your food into three light
meals, equally Distributed as to time
and quantity; eat slowly, take small
inouthfuls; masticatc, or chew, yom
food well; touch your food with yo,,.
fingers as little as possible; do not "r,
out for animal food I:3orc than twice
lay at most; have all animal food wei!
cooked, and do not forget fruit Is :.
food.
In Queen Elizabeth's ti-nc the orange.
the golden fruit of the lies ocridrs.
might find its way to tho qu>:n3 table:
but such fruit was, indeed scare,
JOINTS OF meat w":'c cuc w with a..
trill OF paper round 1'rc ~! &c TO III.
10 hold by, forks b"itT Unknown. ans.
her royal subjects, z" -: a't-liv,.! IA.
knowing little how i,i..,!;c the I,cs5 :
life in The matter Of -... ;..ran G.i.?
ing, suffered from G...,.... ~ viii a yvcr.
of the most avoidab:. u; we'll rs oI,i...
tlonable character. We, Fortunately.
live in different reign; we have ira
galore, and have clean forks instead G.
iirty fingers to raise our food with. tyv,,
advantages equal sweet and whole
some, though so different in kind.
THE kiC,--. 49, SArG.
He Had Bought a Nice Yellow Gold Brick
with 1t.
Joe" said the farmers wife, after
they had retired for the night, THAT
raise in corn was mighty nice thing
for U.S.
YES, Jane, but don't talk to me; I
want to sleep"
"Um-uh! Sold all we had to-day, did
YEP"
Eyes, ycs-bc STILL"
EXACTLY! Collected my butter bill
at De Kay &, s;poils' grocery, did YEP"
"l cS-I-I-,ecn .';il. Jane, that's
dear woA:.n.
And to think this good fortune
should coGiC - q reward after we had
toilcd and shaved and deprived our
selves of the ncccssaries-"
But Joe was snoring.
Joe! joel
"What in thundcration dye want?
Can't man sleep in his own housc?"
Joe, did you put all the money in
banli?"
"Cf course"
'"Thcn it's safe, and think it's about
time now that the girls had that
piano"
what! While the people are starry.
in ye'd fool away yer money on a music
box. Well, there's fool woman fur
ye."
"Joe, I'm goin' to order that piano
to-morrcr. We've arnt it, The whole
familys sltimped for years with that
niG..---"
..nw, look h'yer; the corn's done
lin we'll, wheat an oats far, but
go" al aPpIcS dom no GOOD, an I'm
IA to be mighty close run for money,
without any @ yer fool woman notions.
Now, shot up!''
Jane listened to Joc's tremendous
snoring for IL time and reflected.
Suddenly he began talking loudly,
but no ypDS pviipr, ~ GILL ,p1oo,>