The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-07

when the blood vessels harden-one of
them is apt to snap at any time ana
this, in vast number of cases, is the /
cause of death today
AS to What Might Be.
Having thus set forth conditions as
comparisons and speculate on what
they would be. Without any trumpet
ing science is every day adding more
days to the average life. This is no"
DR.. Wiley explains it. "Scientifc sta
tistics prove conclusively that the aver
age life Of man within the past years
has been increased from 80 to more
than 40 years. l make the prophecy
that within comparatively few years
the life Of the average man VIII nave
been increased to 70 years. In other
words, generation will be measured
than twice that number l believe that
the biblical njunction-three score
years and ten-was not intended to be
regarded as the exceptional, but that II
expressed the average age when man
might hope to attain-which, indeed
| he would attain.
| "Human activity, now measured by
60 years, is gradually increasing by the
aid of science. When the average age
was So years, the limit Of activity was
reached at about 40 years Of age. me
average age has now been increased 10
|
reached at 60 years of age. Science Will
increase the average age to ~ years.
and the limit Of activity will not be
reached by the average man until ne IS
80 years old. Even then there Will be
old men in proportion. we shall nave
exceptional cases Of vigorous mentality
and physique at more than 100. Don't
forget that Cato attended night school
at so and studied Greek-which was or
course, easier to him than English
would have been. Let me tell you, MIS-
tory will repeat itself.
Four Methods to Prolons Life.
"How is science working? By the
prevention of disease; by exposing
: fake patent medicines, and educating
: the people not to take them; by pro
mitigating correct laws of health
There are just-let me see, how many
laws are there? ! never formulated
7 this theory before. and must go slow
DR.. Wiley gazed thoughtfully at the
t bottle OF sulphate of copper on his
t desk and appeared lost In contempla-
0 ton.
s life," said DR.. Wiley, land all must bt
t followed They are here: Heredity
e temperance, work and play. Unless
man starts in life with a long line O
healthy ancestors behind him he labor'
under handicap hard to overcome
q Impossible to overcome.
~ THE man who starts out In infanc.
- with healthy, strong body must b.
% temperate to live long. I don't meal
- that he shall never take drop o
:, liquor 1 am not prohibition1st. Blu
v, he must eat and drink in moderat ior
n The man who dissipates in youth fill
Is = an early grave. Such men fall off be
~ tween 35 and 40.
u Must Work to Live Long.
70 Having been temperate and built
!. strong constitution. the man mus
:, work. He must put his whole soul in
e. e 20 some occupation. must be deepl
~ interested in it. The man bred i
= idleness does not reach old age. Ate
a. working hard, this man, If he woul
ne still attain that philosophical altitud
e. Of longevity, must play. Amusemer
is as necessary as work. Recreatio
en- is essential to vigorous old age. Fo
lie. low these four precepts and you wi
n become an old man, strong, hearty an
a keen of mentality and body. There
nothing pitiful about old age, but. G