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A HEALTHY MAN..
Here Are the Points That Go to Make
a Centenarian.

Here Are the Points That Go to Make
a Centenarian.
Here are the points of q healthy man.
II you have them all you may, barring
accidents, count on being q centenarian.
Il you have most Of them, you'll reach q
ripe old age, but even II you have only q
few don't be alarmed, for many apparent
" crazy human machines last q surprts'
ingly long time.
First, your body and limbs should b
plump, but the plumpness should DO d
the firm and muscular, not the feshy type.
Your figure ought to be erect, and, whether
you are tall or short, well proporttonsd.
Length without breadth Is q very bad
thing in q man, for there Is no room fo1
vital organs large enough to thoroughly
perform their duties.
Your step should be springy and elastic,
your gait firm and easy. These things In
dictate muscles Of good quality and nerve
Of good tone. Your eye should be bright
and neither prominent nor hollow. Btaght
eyes show that the circulation OF blood IN
the brain Is good.
Your complexion should be clear and
fresh. It Is usually not well with you
when your face is pale, sallow, ford OF
subject to sudden aushings. But In THU
matter your occupation has great inau'
snce, and you might have the worst posai'
BILE complexion and be in perfect health.
But that, of course, Is the exception, no'
the rule.
Your head should not be very large, q
at least If it is large your neck, shoulder
and chest ought to correspond in size. Il
you feel your pulse, 1t should be regular
If it drops q beat now and again or beata
very fast and excitedly after the least ex
ertion or emotion then the heart Is weak.
Your breathing should be tranquil and In
audible. Any sounds mean that the pas'
sages are more or less clogged.
You should not know you have 8 stom'
ach-that Is to say, as q rule. OF coursl
there are times when that organ gets out
Of order In the healthiest individual, and
then 1t is always sure to make its owne,
aware of it's existence. You should al
ways, except when the weather Is bitterl!
cold, feel comfortably warm through YOU
whole body, even to the tips OF the fnger'
and toes. Otherwise something Is wrong
with the circulation or the heat producing
apparatus.
You should have sound sleep, without
dreams or Nightmares, and 1t should not
last too long or too -short-say, eight II
eight and q half hours every night.
Your voice should not be hoarse, and
you should be a stranger to sore Threats
Your appetite should not be too great o,
too small, while you should not be q sui
ferer from headaches, giddiness or neu'
ralgia, and, Of course, you should not have
palpitations or Paintings or varicose veins
II you answer to the above description,
you have neither disease Of the brain,
spinal cord, heart, lungs, liver, stomach
muscles or nerves, and you are In as per
feot health as 1t is possible for human be
ings to be.
But at the same time many q round
shouldered, narrow chested, thin and sal
low man Is as tough as steel, works hare
and lives till he Is almost tired Of ths
world, and, Of course, even the healthiest
of us must go through a course OF colds
coughs, headaches, dyspepsia attacks sne
the like.
Still, If your chest Is small incorporation
to the rest Of your body you are likely X
have less stamina, and you should mo-
overdo such things as football, cycling %
oven brain work.-New York World.