Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-03-01
SIMPLE HABITS ARE sEsr.
Those of Great Man Contributes, Mucl

Those of Great Msn Contributed Much
to Their Success In Life.
Benjamin Franklin, who Is famed
for his discovery that lightning is cleo
tricity, and who introduced the Amer
lean colonial postal system, and who
Furthermore, as will be remembered,
served America at the court of France
as minister plenipotentiary, was one
of the leaders of early modern times
in the study of nature and natures
laws, and not the least in domestic sci.
ence. His first maxim was: Eat not
to dizziness; drink not to elevation"
Even In his youth his mind was filled
with schemes for self-regulation and
guidance, and he set before him the
task of acquiring the habitude Of Ger
tain cardinal virtues based upon sim.
pie living and habits of thought. His
constant effort was to better the con.
dition Of mankind, and his methods
We're intensely practical.
Since the early times, simplicity OF
preaching, teaching and eating has been
the great factor in the worlds adj
vancement, says the London Catering
World. The great mass of mankind do
reasoning.
The record of the life of Abraham
Lincoln is traced back to that time
when he was seen sitting on rail
fence. in one of America's small west
ern villages, with law book In one
hand and with piece of maize bread
In the other. Abraham Lincoln was
man of simple habits. and his great
ness was TO no small extent depend.
emf upon that early simplicity and
goodness which gave strength to con-
science, mind and body.
Frederick the Great fostered above
all agriculture and the cultivation of
fruits and vegetables. His endeavor
to benefit his people was based upon
the natural laws pertaining to their
health and simple happiness. He rec
ognized the fact, ever clear to the
minds of the leaders of the Germans.
that the body is the basis. and must
be simply and completely nourished in
order to perfect the soldier, statesman
or the peasant.
Blsmarck's great work had for Its
basis the recognition Of the simple
laws Of nature. He followed them,
and as result there came about a new
manhood and new wOmanhOod, first
In Prussia. and later in the empire.
Bismarck's natural and acquired as
tuteness taught him, as a similar per-
ception and reasoning had taught
Frederick the Great. that political
economy. rural economy and domestic
economy are, as sciences, closely inter
linked and interdependent in their rela-
lions to the state.
While in France as United States
minister Thomas Jefferson wrote re.
speeding the education of daughter
who was with him in Paris: "Or do
nestle economy she can learn nothing
here. yet she must learn it somewhere.
as it is of more solid value than any
thing else" To his friend, Peter Carr,
he said: "a strong body wakes
strong mind" Jefferson pract ced his
preaching by subsisting mainly upon
simple natural foods, and he labored
zealously all through his busy life for
the upbuilding of an American system
Of education which should teach men
how to live in accordance with the
laws of nature. He died at the age of
"a, and he had not lost tooth, nor
was one of them defective.
1t will be recollected that the laws
Of Moses are replete with instructions
regarding the care of the body in sani-
tation and in diet, ms well as in fast
Ing and religious duties. 1t is due to
these laws that the health of the Jews
when in reasonable conditions is so
universally superior to that of the av-
erage Of other peoples.