The Washington herald., 1907-10-15
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the living room of the venerable student
and botanist Odd little boxes. peculiar
presses, and molds were placed here and
there. and from the ceiling and on the
walls glittered red and pink glass balls.
such as are used for decorating Christmas
trees big cat paced 70 and fro on a
big bench in front of DR.. Starr as
he was telling his life's experiences. Here
and there the doctor would tell the cat to
go back and sit down. 1 am not talking
to you" to which the cat would answer
with a highly intelligent "meouw," and
continue purring and pacing.
Il feel strong and healthy. ard there
isn't thing the matter with me. What's
more, 1 intend 10 celebrate my 100th
birthday with a dinner at which 1 will
entertain the oldest inhabitants. Any
man can live 10 be a hundred years old
If he tries 10 live nearest to the laws Of
nature. The man who violates the laws
OF nature sins against his own flesh. A
boy who smokes and cheWs tobacco be-
fore he is sixteen years old will never
grow TO his normal size IN body or
strength, nor will he live out his normal
days Never eat as much az a time as
you could. always eat a little less Boys
and girls should eat but very little or no
/ pickle ana very little lemon.
Equal 10 Loss of Blood.
'The man who spits. wastes the saliva
placed in his system to assist in the di-
gestion of the food, which he needs to
live upon. Every ounce spit away un-
necessarily is equal 10 the loss Of an
ounce Of blood from the system. It is a
violation OF the very laws that give life
Il have known and seen every Presi-
dent except George Washington. and ]
am a Democrat Of the Thomas Jefferson
and Andrew Jackson type. If Tom
| Johnson is put up as the Presidential
/ candidate on the Democratic ticket and
Hoke Smith as his running mate. the
/ Democrats will beat Roosevelt and the
/ Republican ticket. Roosevelt will be re-
| nominated, and IL the Democrats put up
1 the men / said. they viii elect them. no
matter how popular Roosevelt may be-
The following is Dr. STAIRS elixir of life
and recipe for a long and happy life: IF
children were born healthy, of healthy
parents. and the parents knew what TO
give them TO eat and drink; at what
time, how much, what hours to sleep,
the temperature TO sleep in. according to
/ the laws of nature. these children would
never be dangerously i'll. and would live
TO be 100 or more years old If this is so,
why don't the parents. teachers, and doc
tors teach these laws?
''Al people who die under 100 years OF
age says the doctor, die an untimeIy
death. caused from violating the laws OF
nature" DR.. Starr further SAYS that
history shows that in old times. when
there was no poison medicine on the mar
ket. no guessing what was the matter
with the people. and no guessing what to
give them, they used to live to be from
loo to 900 years old It takes more TO kill
people than is generally supposed; YOU
may break their arms and legs. and they
viii get well under proper treatment 4
/ few drops of poison in the stomach kills
them. If this is true it should be tn,
duty of all human beings to keep a
picket guard before their faces, and nc,
| let anything pass the teeth that would
endanger their lives, whether 1t be food
medicine, or luxurious articles Every
doctor should he a teacher Of good hours
good morals, temperance, and everything
which leads toward health and long life
Physician and Lecturer.
DR.. Starr is not only a regular physi-
clan of the old botanical school. but q
lecturer Of no mean ability, and until tn,
last two or three years has been in tht
active practice of his profession. He wa.
born at Bull Run, Prince William County
Va. October Il. 1897. He has sister
| still living. Mrs. Hannah Hull, aged q
years. She resides in Kent County. Mich.
and runs a large farm and works In hel
| flower garden one hour every day il
pleasant weather, and does her owl
housework. He also has a younger broth
er. Henry Starr. of Kent County. Mich.
| aged s.. The doctor has been an invet
| crate worker. manufacturing himself hi.
| medicines. In the great California gol(
fever after the war with Mexico he wa.
one Of the '4sers who made the over
land trip across the Rockies and through
the great divide" to the gold fields
There he made S35.000 and had prudenc,
| enough to come home. Returning to hi.
| native heath he married a rich woman