The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-08-22
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HOW TO LIVE
A LONG LIFE.
Slow Methods PrOlOng Human Ex-
iStence.

1t is natural Tor man to cling to this
sphere of existence, and the universal desire
is for prolongation of life. When RiI
Van Wrinkle said: "May you live long and
be happy" he epitomized the object Of
life. From the days of the old alchemst
to the Spanish navigator down to the pres
emit time man has ever been endeavoring tc
discover the elixir of life or has sought the
tabled fountain of eternal youth, and the
great problem, "What is the secret of lon.
gevity?" is still unanswered and only par.
TALLY solved.
According to statistics annually one per-
son in every 1874 in the United States
takes his own life. This is true as to de-
iberate suicide. Professor Grindon atfirms
that nearly all mankind actually, but
through Ignorance and unconsciously, COM
NIT suicide. He say: ave do not die; we
kill ourselves"
When we consider the irregular habits OF
the human race, the intemperance, the
gluttony, the fret and worry, the waste Of
physical and mental powers, the useless
expenditure of vital forces, Professor Grin
don states an actual fact We do kill our
selves.
Every species in the vegetable and ami
NAL kingdom has term of life exclusively
its own-a fixed period of years. Individ-
nal plants, reptiles, animals and men may
die at all ages of their existence, but of the
Species as collective life, each has term
of years decreed it by the nature of its
organization.
Cicero said: "To live long one must
necessarily live slowly" Ciceros aphor-
ism expresses II truth demonstrated by
nature. Those species in the vegetable and
animal kingdom which take the most time
in developing their organization and are
the longest in arriving at maturity are en-.
dowed with long life Early maturity
means early death either in vegetable OF
animal life.
Professor Grindon continues in his view.
as given in the Detroit Free Press: "Mos
intimately connected with longevity is thu
greater or lesser intensity of the vita
action; in proportion to the rapidity will
which an animal lives is invariably tn,
brevity of its lease. 1t is because tree
live so slowly that they endure for centur
les, and because animals live so fast tina
few of them reach fifty years. All of tn
lOngeval animals have a relatively lowe
vital energy; all of the sholt lived Cor a
least such as attain any considerable bulk
possess it in excess. As result Of thi
condition we usually find the longeva
creatures deliberate and stately in thei
movements and leading calm and placic
lives like the elephant and the swan, Will
the short lived ones are as remarkable TO
their sportive restlessness, as they cours
about the fields or sail through the sky O
water. Creatures that run much are rarel,
If ever long lived. In the vegetable king
dom it is the same; the longeval tree i
tranquil and august; the gourd that die
with the close of summer, is rampant ant
wanton."
Man has been endowed with sufficien
supply of vital forces, or resources from
which to draw upon, to enable him to liv
to good old age. He is free to use then
as he will. He is Independent and unre
stricted, and can act with the same libert,
as it he had $4,000 standing to his credi
in the bank. He can spend that $40, 600 il
10 ha Iae;rae - II
or day, or he can judiciously expend it il
such manner as to administer to hi
necessities and comforts during the Who'll,
period of his life. So with the vital force
given to our credit by the Creator con
servation of these forces insures a usefu
and happy life, extended to its natura
term of existence. That common expires
sion, che is living fast,n when referring t,
person on his downward career, states
both moral and physiological truth.
Some years ago a census taken in New
England, with especial reference to tn,
investigation to longevity, brought reptile,
from $500 octogenarians with this result
"Climate and temperature had no influence
so far as New England was concerned, a
the people lived on the seashore, on tn,
islands, in valleys and upon mountains
Or those aged people 80 out Of every ion
were married. All were early risers aut
early retirers, and 10 out of 20 had observed
this custom throughout life. Meals wer
eaten three times day, with dinner Away
at noon. All worked hard up to IS or II
years of age, and after that period hat
taken exercise by working in the garden o
by walking. They were all active an,
fond of constant occupation. Out of LOO
men 461 had been farmers through life, o.
carpenters, 20 merchants, 81 mariners a
laborers, IL shoemaleIs II manufacturers
23 clergymen, 1G bankers IL each iro
workers, mill hands, physicians and law