The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-03-19

near or past the ccntur.. mark |
figured In the History OF last year. |
We often hcHr tnat this is tie
young mans age, and this is LARGELY !
true in the business world, but il is |
also an age OF old people Much as
the youngsters would like to have the
old fellows go to the rear un,I take a
comfortable scat on Easy street. the
fact remains that ut no time in The
history OF man has thH influence and
the activity of the veterans been more
potent in the affairs OF the world
There are abou; $500 persons over
100 years of age in tho United States.
The average expectancy Of life is i'll
crcasing I'LL over the world. 1t is cs-
timntcd that the D!olOngation Of life
has gained Twenty-Five per cent. in ;hc
last fifty years. The list OF cent nicnai-
ianS is growing longer with each sue
cccdinG year. II is Il curious fact. too.
that for every man who has reached
the ago OF 100 tn"rc are two women.
Statistics OF most countries confirm
this statement.
1t used to he said That forty was "thc
Old age OF youth" H!d that fifty waH
the youth Of old age Charles r.
aid that Il man W;,$ not really ripe for
nusincsS until he WIS ifty, being with
law exceptions merely an apprentice
! %A forc THAT age. Henry ClcwS lately
18SS8d he knew many mrn who had
/ ]S&Sl Slicvcd their greatest success amer
S&Sy were sixty. EvcryhoG% knows
M< Michael Angelo. Titian. NoltHirr,
~ rankin, Newton, Lord Brou=ham.
Palmrrston, Kent, Goethe. Gladstone.
marck and others performed great
lgS even after they were eighty
,>,.rS Old. In fact. there arc theorists
today who assert that the man who
dicAat 100 dies Il century too young.
WOULD PEOLOEG LIFE.
Tow 20 extend She span OF life III
Ncnilriy is the problem 10 which many
seem to SGT themselves nowadays. Sci
rEiiStS and doctors promise almost un-
limited a:sc {" coming generations. Fro
fr:Sor .I"cGur$ Loeb aud others are
working on experiments which have
for their oh.iCr;S ihr production OF life
with0U, Il nih"noGrnr:;i$--lud
the arrest OF death in germs. pnStrur
Institute cXncrimriItrrS are trying to
prolOnS human existence indefinitely
by checking the advance OF death Oh
tho thrCShhold III tho cells themselves,
'iiu" arreS'll sem" N"T:"DitHdr by The
use On Il Sp''!ilc serum !or III" hloou'
lliSioau @! attempting 10 combat cX-
''ri!al "iS'"E".
But let Us turn TO S3mc of tho inter
cS;inG old people Of las; year. The old
rs. nr,c;irinw rhv.ic;.,, IN t,o I,i,od
States and nrnl,ilv Tim o,dns+ IN thn
world is DR. ! y Nro1 ~ cornv-
v;l,c Kan vvbn cn,nh,,,cl bis 1nctb
hirthf,v c,r,v ~ 1nn, IT, ,,.,. n,,.,,
IN Iubljn ON Jonu,rv 4 1900 ,nl mo-
gan Drocticiuc nt ,hr n"r of +,vrn,v-
1wo
"Bu;" hn olv,-.s ,,1ds in tnl,;n~
ahou, # 81 have ,;,ro minntv littI,
nro cticin,s mn n,vsn;;.'
Tie served ,s , .,,;.-nor !, Cc,nr,1
Taylor.s army ~ in, Nr>ic,n War
DR. N.ood ,1;;ihutc. III. ,,n.r irn .nI
sustained yi:.oy 20 tlc r,ct th,t I'm ros
nIwovs yvv,i nl,inly md trmnrr,int,.
indulainm IL no cyrr.;ns ,nj shunu;nm
liuuo; ana lon,c., ": ", would :, ,,,,I.
" noison s.; , stu,inr, IN 'vr,,usyl
y,ni, Medical Coi,nm., ho i,inni :, no.
1cric Of cl,ssm,.rs wh, h,l nl,L.,I
themselves to ;nis n,nnnr or 1ivinr
All but ono of ,hr n,rti,s ,o This cn,n
noct livcl to hr nvn. scvrntv-,ivr t;v,
ljvcd to hc ovcr nir,,tv ou, n,n,n. -,
mona rcnorjon wh1n DR. Wood thc
solo survivor ;s NOW. IN hi, ,O1.t v,,r
REMARKABLE MAN.
John Barlow, Il r'h'afN;h!r o!u man
OF montgomery County. New N""H.
VINO passed his l"'ih birthday l;l;"
spring. tells us thit II" has drank
WHISKY ana rhrW"d and smoked TO-
hacco nearly Hli his ',!r. Il" WAS still
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mir nc , r,rn,or and b,. ,lv,vs nrn.
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