Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-03-01


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II is wise man that can tell by
looking at a frog how far II can jump
and It requires just as much wisdom
to tell by looking at man how long
he win live. Yet appearance go for
something, and the Medical Record
has published an interesting article on
the slgns OF longevity. According to
this article a man may reasonably ex.
pect long life when he has large
brain, large heart large lungs and
large digestive orEans-that Is. large
for the size OF his body. The large
brain IL indicated by the head tower
Ing above the openings OF the ears
and the large lungs by large nostrils.
Large organs generally are Indicated
by long and thick trunk as compared
with the legs, by large facial features
and by heavy hand with short dn.
gers. Hazel eyes are said to be favor
able also. The Record devotes less
attention than II should to the fact
that precocity Is unfavorable TO long.
evity. In the vegetable kingdom the
plants which mature the most slowly
live the longest and the same holds
good in the animal kingdom. including
man. The same principle applies to
the different sexes of the same species,
women, for instance, maturing at an
earlier age than men. II Is natural
to expect the same rule to govern long
evity in the Individual, and according
ly experience shows that men and
women who mature slowly are apt 10
liye long and those who mature at an
early age to die at an early age also,
Men like Lord Macaulay and John
Fiske. who were good Greek scholars
at the age OF Q years, do not often
reach three-score years and ten. On
the other hand. many school children
who are incorrigible ounces aud are
blamed or whipped for being back
ward in their studies may not only be
marked for long lives but destined to
intellectual greatness also, because
they are maturing slowly. The truth
Of all this may be freely admitted. and
yet it leaves us just as far as ever
from being able to predict long life
or short life for any individual. Even
the strongest man Is liable to be car
ried of by violence, by contagious dis
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ship or by insufficient nourishment,
and even the weakest man may live
to a great age in consequence OF favor
| able conditions. Paradoxlcal as II may
seem, some strong men die young in
consequence Of their strength and some
weak men live to old age In conse-
| quence of their weakness. Nothing
| is better known that that In many
cases the man of an iron constitution
gets the idea that he can stand any
thing and consequently proceeds to
task his powers or indulge his appe-
tites In a manner that breaks him
down before he has lived One-half as
long as he might. On the other hand,
everybody has met with men who have
lived for 80 or more years without ever
seeing one well day. The explanation
is that they were endowed or afflicted
with a remarkably sensitive organiZa-
ton, which made every departure
from absolute prudence so painful that
their prudent living more than offset
the large organs and splendid vitality
of some other men. A single weak or.
gan may have the same effect as sen
sitive temperament If, for instance
man has weak heart, but Is strong
In other respects, and II he Is naturally
careful Of himself and determined tC
preserve his health the efforts he
makes to avoid injuring his hearts ac
ton may be the means Of preserving
him to old age. For these reasons the
large organs referred to by the Medi
cal Record are not q promise Of long
life unless coupled with other favora
BILE conditions and with prudent and
temperate turn of mind. A strong mar
without prudence has not near so good
chance for longevity as weak and
suffering man with whom prudence Il
daily necessity. After all our phil
osophizings we find ourselves at thu
complete disposal of the infinite Goo
who called us into being and has des
tined us to live until he chooses t.
take our breath, and that Is just as +
should be.
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