Evening journal., 1899-06-09
TO LIVE A HUNDRED YEARS.
Capt. BAKER swins In winter ana
Is Healthy at Nenrly Four
Score.

Capt. Abram Baker, the well-knowa
winter swimmer at Asbury Park, says
that he hopes TO live long enough TO
be leo. The captain is &c. is hale and
hearty and something Of an athlete.
His daily life is planned on the theory
that temperate living and proper aiten'
tion TO hygiene will bring him safely
over the century mark.
It's not often that man who has al
ready passed his three score and ten
starts out to double on nature. but
Capt. Baker says he has surer foun9o-
ton for his expectation than most en-
thusiasts because he belonged 10 the
old "fOrty-niners." and gained in the
wilds Of California a rugged constiiu-
ton that not even the infrmity Of years
can impair appreciably.
There is no reason why l should not
live TO be 100 years old" said the cap
tain recently. The average human eN-
istence is much higher now than il
was leo years ago. u fact due In great
measure to improved sewage and "a
more general attention 10 the laws Of
hygiene. The principal thing for an
old man to consider IS the baneful re-
suits Of an irregular life. Having made
up my mind to we as long as | can,
refrain from food that disagrees with
me, take only so much exercise as /
require, abstain from stimulats and
keep my heartbeating with normal reg
ularity. If nothing ever happened TO
disturb the heart a man might go on
and live forever, barring accidents. 1t
is a rule of my daily life, therefore,
TO permit nothing to disturb my Sc
renity of mind.
81 never allow myself TO become ex-
cited or worried. You can examine my
pulse any hour of the day or night
and find that its beats are always prac'
tically the same. Another essential
practice for the man who expects &c
i live 100 years is the cold water plunge
I take this plunge every morning of my
life, Formerly and until few months
ago | was an ocean bather. When
discovered that this form of cold plunge
was too great a shock for my nervous
system ] abandoned il. My diet is sim
pie, plain food, and plenty of it.
read two hours in the morning and wall
until the dinner hour. The Afternoon
period is divided in much the same way
At nine o'clock promptly every night
retire.
These laws are simple, and a rigiC
compliance with them has given me al
unbroken period Of health from man,
years. l feel now that my youth J.
? being renewed. You will notice tina
: the gray in my whiskers is gradual.
: becoming darker. / contend that an.
may who takes care Of himself am
E avoids all excitement can live 100 year
q unless nature is thwarted by unforesee
L accident or the ravages Of an epidemic
a Life to an old man, If he is health
e and vigorous, is just as enjoyable as
Y is TO the young. tits violation Of th
! laws Of nature that brings disease an
d corruption to the body. II nature
respected and her demands recognize
no man ought to get old"
Capt. Baker wears no undarclothin
a in the winter and may be seen any da
on tAe board walk, attired In a fanr'
!. shirt, open at the chest, and pair {
\ linen trousers. He has had wide e.
= perience in the gold fields, and as
k traveller, and is well-to-do His natui
e is kindly and his habits studious.--,
q Y. Times.