The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-04-23
SECRETS OF LONGEVITY.
Taks Care Of Yourself an Important
Factor.

Factor
Coming now TO the moro exact SCI
euce Of medicine. { called on mr. A. ~.
Grandln. the New York specialist. who
believes that longevity depends solely
upon the action Of the heart. says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. "The heart"
he says. "ls the nearest approach
known 10 man TO that dream Of sell
cnce perpetual motion. The person
whose pulse beats with full and nor
mai stroke has tho bcst chance Tor a
long life Hereditary qualities come
next In importance. and u the parents
are short-liyed person has fors-
warning Of his own fate" For the
consolation Of those whose fathers or
mothers may have died young q should
b. said that many authorities maintain
that hereditary tendencies come. 20 a
great extent from the grandparents.
ndd even from previous anccstura 90
that. n there has been q good average
Of long lie In past generations tho
fact Of early death In the clso OF father
or mother need not be- 0f serious con-
sequence. Ono ~ the most interest
ing opinions that I obtained In regard
10 the chances Of long lie came from
Nicola Tesla. the inventor and elec-
triclan. who thinks ihnt sleep has much
Go do with the natter "A man has
been given a certain term ~ lIfe." said
Mr. Tesla. 40 many hours to pass on
this carthi mean hours when he Is
alive. awake. I do not count the hours
when he Is sleeping: I do not believe
they ARE, strictly speaking. included In
his term Of life when a man really
lives he Il dying hour by hour, but
when he sleeps he IN nccumulnilng vital
forces. which will make him go on lly-
ing. In other words. In measuring out
our dole Of hours TO each one " ua. the
great umekeeper stops his count Wills
We are sleeping. Therefore. the longer
n man sleeps the longer he Will remain
on earth. Nearly all long-llved pcopla
have been great slcepcru When DO
LeaneTs was on the ocean he would
sleep twenty hours on a stretch. Clad
stone II a great sleeper. and averages
tweiSe hours n day. I can believe that
cen hours a day might live 200 years"
This idea feems little fantastic but
II should be said that 20 great an au-
thority no Prof y. w. Warner, In a re-
cent lecture on "Blometry. or Science
Of Measuring Life" includes abundant
sleep among the four essentials to a
long life. which are: ul To be de-
soended, at least by one side. from
lonEllvsd parents: t2) 10 be Of a calm,
contentcd and cheerful disposition: ca
90 have a symmetrical form. /. O.. a full
chest. weil-formod Joints and limbs.
with neck and head large rather than
small In proportion to the size Of tho
body. 90 to be- long and sound sleep
or The professor went on To show
that women are longer lived than men.
and that married women live longer
than single women The statistics show
that few nuns attain old age. and that
monks also die on the average earlier
than men who marry.
THE primary conditions Of long
evity are" said Prof, Warner. that tho
heart lunga and digestive organs. as
we'll a. the brain, should be large u
these organa are large, the trunk will
be long and the limbs comparatively
short, The pcrson viii appear tall In
sitting and short In standing The
hand viii have a long aud somewhat
heavy palm and short fingers. The
brain viii be deeply seated. an shown
by the oflfoo OF the ear being low. The
blue or brown hazel eye ns showing an
intcrmlnilon Of temperament. ~ a "a
vorablo indication. Tho nostrila be-.
Ing large. open and free ind Gates large
lungs A plnchod and half.oloscd nos
tril Indicates small or weak lungs"