The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-05
NOT NA1y|RA.I ...
Deatk From Gid Age Never 80
Scheme of Things.
Man Really Is thc Cn!y ANNA: fas2
Is Coddled, Proppsd Up, ard
Kept Alive.

Those vistfu cl:ngeTS t. H. TTn.
cherish the ignoble ambition o. Gyl..s
of old age, if they must de III s.',
may be shocked 10 hear ti.il a,}
from old age is hot 8 naiut", G,a,',-
There's a paradox that w-u b@~r 'ie
light of reason, for i c2H easily IL
shown that such death is >i5s" r.
mote from the normal operations q
Dame Nature when she Is let {" !"'
owa devices, says wt.ter = 1sa
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Dame Nature would have G"6e
short work Of Uncle Jvi.ua. >"g-
Kenrucky's senility fl'ea%, NM ,["i
the other day at the E@g"ts, - -
1S4, had NOT the driyeii4s old A"a@
relatives and neighbogs, 20 say ,."..55:.g
of the rustic showmen who >oG,et.l.-es
exploited him as the "o!ueSt loaH 9a
EARTH" conspired to protect Aim .i"-}
the normal accidents % injury 2r
starvation that otherwiSc oyerJal@ the
woTn-out individuals of any Spec.eS.
No creature is permitted ~ Dame
Nature to 'leg aslperjiaolS o3 the
stage until oyertaken by the tisso-
luton of absolute senility. Wiii AM
mails don't live to die OF Old age. JheE
don't linger along as doGde"lD@ &c
pendents, like the KENTUCKY NutA,s-
selah.
The superannuated elephant OF 32s-
falo isn't supported or tended ~ the
herd. 1t retires gracefully {" = so'i-
tary state Of existence and maintains
itself as well as it can with rs f0iiin&
faculties until it StarreS 10 GeaiA,
stumbles over Cliff or il ovt,come y
enemies.
Whatever the end may be it cc'n2s
pretty quickly and is considered ~
some far more merciful than The pre-
traeted life that Uncle johnny SieH
dragged out for 30 naN years. The
elderly tiger, no longer Spry enough to
catch the nimble antelope, becomes
man-eater and peaches babies on the
outskirts Of some village. Then some
body gets up tiger hunt. anG an e&-
plesive bullet saves il from he unnat-
ural disgrace Of dying OF 0ld AZ.
Who ever found q seAi!e CT ea-
feebled rabbit, robin, woif bear tro"t.
eagle, wren, black bass or lAino2"
Why, Dame Nature wouldn't dream oi
allowing her ,lice. clean Cosmos 10 BE
cluaered UP. She cleans house With &
broom Of accidents.
Even the peaceful tpee is not al
lowed to cumber the earth beyond t''e
period Of it's ability to Withstand the
normal stress of the elements. 1t NAV
be California seQuc!a over %,V3"
years old or a Cape de Verde baon"o
over 5000 years old. and it may have
passed its period Of growth asa eis-
tered its period ot decay, but It VII
not be allowed to Gie Of Ole age. Some
Storm will bring it down in Us glory.
The untidy business 81 living 70 die
of old age is a fad Of civilized man.
Its deplorable products ere oiTen seen
in almshouseS. Also civilized lna1 las
inflicted the curse upon his domestic
pets to a certain extent. 50 mat seaiie
and enfeehled dogs and cats are'NepF
alive by sentimentalists long after out
ragged common sense would have called
for chloroform.
The tradition OF Uncle Johnny's eX-
treme age is not supported bE a2T oG-
fcial records. & scientific investigator
who sought to ferret out Jhe I"cis
found that he could nog honestly &c
Guee any greater age for Cncie Johnny
than a hundred years or TEere1boG'S.
Local tradition always eI;,-@1ri'tes
the age of a very old person, as III lie
case of old ParC, whose bones cru@1le
in Westminster abbey, and "i'"S2
fame was emhalmed il 4 book entitled
sTne Olde, Olde, Very Ode Man Ga
Parr was a Shropshire pea>"nI WAC
was repute6 to be l.: years o!d "hei'
taken to London BY de earl II -AfQ.!t.e!
and presented at co3sGs.
He died the same yelr-l"j'. Dr,
William Harvey, who discovered ll.7
circulation of the blood. peri"r"ira a,
autopsy and found tie 5ooE III excel.
lent condition. He thought l;e,d.: it@d
been caused By the c.-aHge from si.9i-
ple country fare to t'c ne, c.vl -
London high life. o. o'" H,,rt's ;"iio
are recorded the luaes oi zen .4'''-
archs, from Edward y l. yaali>N :,
under whom he liyeG Bae -2:er ais-
torical investigate threw slT"i-s
doubt on the length attributed - as