The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-03-04
SIMPLE HABITS ARE BEST.
Those of Great Msp contr,h...s
70 Their gucc.... a. - - ~" Sh

eae Aisn Contributed Much
TO Their Success in Life.
benjamin Franklin, who is famed
lor MS discovery that lightning is cleo.
.ricity' and who introduced the Amor.
lcan colonial postal system. and who
lurenermore, 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 nature,s
Jaws 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 filed
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-
uiuon OF mankind, and his methods
were intensely practical.
Since the early times. simplicity Of
preaching, teaching and eating has been
the great factor in the worlds adj.
yancement says the London Catering
World. The great mass of mankind do
not understand. nor care for. abstruse
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 Americas small west.
ern villages, with a law book in one
hand and with piece Of maize bread
IN the other. Abraham Lincoln was a
man Of simple habits. and his great.
ness was TO no small extent depend.
ent 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 endeavol
to benefit his people was based upon
the natural laws pertaining to theii
health and simple happiness. He rec
ognized the fact, ever clear to tn,
minds Of the leaders of the Germans
that the body is the basis. and mus
be simply and completely nourished IL
order TO perfect the soldier, Statesman
or the peasant.
Bismarck's great work had for itl
basis the recognition of the simpl,
laws Of nature. He followed them
and as result there came about a new
manhood and a new womanhoOd. frs
In Prussia, and later in the empire
Bismarck's natural and acquired as
tuteness taught him, as a similar per
eeption and reasoning had laugh
Frederick the Great. that politica
economy, rural economy and domesti
economy are, as sciences, closely inter
linked and interdependent in their rela
lions TO the state.
While in France as United State
minister Thomas Jefferson wrote re
specting the education of a daughte
who was with him in Paris: "Or dc
nestle economy she can learn nothin
, here, yet she must learn it somewhere
as it is of more solid value than any
thing else" To his friend. Peter Car
he said: "a strong body makes
strong mind" Jefferson practiced hi
preaching by ssbsisting mainly upo
, simple natural foods. and he lahore
zealously all through his busy life &c
the upbuilding of an American systel
Of education which should teach me
how to live in accordance with ii
: laws Of nature. He died at the age {
81, and he had not lost tooth, ne
was one of them defective.
1t will be recollected that the law
Of Moses are replete with instruction
regarding the care of the body in san
tation and in diet, as well as in fas
Ing and religious duties. 1t is due
S these laws that the health of the Jew
e when in reasonable conditions is {
! universally superior to that of the a
l erage Of other peoples.