The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-02-14
A HEALTHY MAN.
Here Are the Points That Go to Make
Ccntenarian.

Here Are the Points That Go 10 Make
"a CcntenRriRn.
Here are the points Of healthy man
II you have them all you may, barring
accidents, count on being a centenArian
II you have most Of them, youll reach a
ripe old age, but even II you have only a
few don be alarmed, for many apparent
ly crazy human machines last a surpris.
ingly long time.
First, your body and limbs should he
plump, but the plumpness should be OF
the firm and muscular not the iieshy type,
Your figure ought to be erect, and, whether
you are tall or short, well proportioned.
Length without breadth is very bad
thing in man, for there Is no room for
vital organs large enough 70 thoroughly
perform their duties.
Your step should be sprinRy and elastic,
your gait firm and easy These things in
dicate muscles of good quality and nerve
Of good tone. Your eye should be bright
and neither prominent nor hollow. Bright
eyes show that the circulation OF blood in
the brain is good.
Your complexion should be clear and
fresh, 1t is usually not well with you
when your face Is pale, sallow, aorid or
subject to sudden flushings. But In this
ence, and you might have the worst posi-
BILE complexion and be in perfect health
But that Of course, is the exception, not
the rule.
Your head should not be very large, or
at least if il is large your neck, shoulders
| and chest ought to correspond In size II
you feel your pulse, it should be regular;
| II II drops beat now and again or beats
very fast and excitedly after the least eX
ertion or emotion then the heart is weak.
Your breathing should be tranquil and in
audible. Any sounds mean that the pas
sages are more or less clogged.
You should not know you have a stOm-
ach-that is to say, as a rule. OF course
there are times when that organ gets out
of order In the healthiest Individual, and
then it Is always sure to make its owner
aware of its existence. You should al
ways, except when the weather is bitterly
cold, feel comfortably warm through your
| whole body, even Co the tips Of the fingers
! and toes. Otherwise something Is wrong
with the circulation or the heat producing
apparatus.
You should have sound sleep, without
| dreams or nightmares, and it should not
last too long or too short-say, eight X
eight and half hours every night.
Your voice should not be hoarse, AnC
you should be a stranger to sore thrOats
Your appetite should not be too great oi
too small while you should not be suf
ferer from headaches, giddiness or neu
ralgia, and, of course, you should not have
palpitations or Paintings or varicose veins
If you answer to the above description
you have neither disease OF the brain
| spinal cord, heart, lungs, liver, stomach
muscles or nerves, and you are In us per
feet health as it is possible Tor human be
ings to be.
But at the same time many rounC
shouldered, narrow chested thin and sal
low man is as tough as steel, works hare
and lives till he is almost tired OF tht
world and, OF course, even the healthies
Of us must 90 through course Of colds
coughs, headaches, dyspepsia attacks anC
the like.
Still, II your chest is small in proportion
TO the rest Of your body you are likely t,
have less stamina, and you should no
oyerdo such things as football cycling o
even brain work New York World.