Evening journal., 1900-03-28
DAILY SUN BATHS.
He Says, viii Enable Him to Live
D., 200 Years-s Now 113.

ne Gays VIII Enable HIM 10 Live
4, 200 Years-ls Now 113.
Andrew Joseph Thompson, Of Santa
Rosa, Cal, aged 1l3 years. arrived
here on his way to Weyerhauser
Wis. where he is going to attend the
marriage OF his greatgranddaughter
Irene Tibbils who lives near that
town.
Mr.. Thompson has false teeth and
his hair is gone. with the exception OF
few scattered gray wisps. but he Is
as active as a kitten and bright-eyeJ
as a lad Of 10. His companions are
yardon Thompson. of Santa Rosa. and
Elmer Thompson, OF the same town.
These gentlemen are Mr. Thompsons
grandsons. One is 62 years old and the
other 80. They say the old man can
run a mile in six minutes fiat on q
sandy road and that he expects to live
another hundred years. The aged Cal
ifornian is wealthy, having made a
large fortune in California gold prop
critics in the early days He Is well ed
ucated, having been trained as a doc
tor in Edinburgh, from which city he
took his departure for the United
States with several others. now all
dead. In 1909.
lt is not stretching the truth to as
sert that Mr.. Thompson appears about
90 years Of age. He stands as straight
as a pine. has square shoulders, and
his face Is full and round. There is
nothing In the mans walk to suggest
his great age. and he tossed OF bot
tie OF Bass ale with great nonchal-
ance. Later he expressed the opinion
that It was about breakfast time and
one Of the dutiful grandsons was dis
patched TO order a beefsteak.
None Of your giblets, now the old
man shouted after him. 81 want por.
terhouse cooked rare, with a baked po-
tato and some coffee"
"The fact Of the matter is" said Mr..
Thompson. as he lit cigar and puffed
Il with evident enjoyment, that l am
so old and so healthy because have
discovered the secret II not OF eternal
life, at least. OF living a couple OF hun
dred years in comparative comfort In
my opinion the dread OF death Is what
causes death In innumerable cases. or
course do not mean that organic dis
ease can be overcome by the means
l have adopted, but l do think that all
the deaths that occur from what we
characterize as general collapse could
be averted. My plan is simple enough.
In the first place, l refuse to be wor-
ried about anything. / never did wor-
ry. 1t must, Of course. be taken into
consideration that have really moth.
ing in particular to worry about. and
that there has been nothing to cause
me to worry for the last 60 years OF
more. Since l ceased active business
about 60 years ago ] have never let
a day pass when the sun shone with.
out barring my body to its rays for one
or two hours.
"On my place In California | have
an inclosed space where am free to
go naked without being seen by any
human eye. The sun sinks into my
bones and gives them new life. My
skin is as brown as an Indians M
over. II has been that way ever sine,
3 l began this practice OF sun bathing
r For cold weather have a glass hous,
z at the top Of my residence. comforia
bly, fixed up, and there l take my batl
through the windows when compelled
so to do.
'There is no crankiness In my meth.
od' concluded the aged traveller 1T 8.
, simply giving the Lords own medi
cine a chance TO DO its work, and !
can assure you that one hour Of bright
1 sunlight pouring down on a bare hu
) man body is more beneficial to the
{ health of that body than n whole dis
) pensary full Of drugs "-Chicago Rec
ord.