The Keota news., 1922-09-15
Death From Old Age Never IN
Scheme OF Things.
Man Really 10 the Only Animal That
10 ceddisd. Proppsd UP. and
Kept Alive

Of old age. IL they must die nj n'''
may be shocked 10 hear That death
from old age is mol haturni "c"t".
THERE'S a paradox That Will bear tue
light Of reason. for il can easily bc
shown that such death is quits f"-
note from the normal operations "t
Dame Nature when shc IL i-ft 10 hrf
own devices. says writer III inc
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Danr Nature would have made
short work Of Uncle Johnny Shell.
krntueky's sraiiisy freak. Who dicsi
tho other day AT the rvpu'cd age "t
l51. bad not the drivciihs old mans
relatives and ncishboss- 10 say nothing
Ut the rustic shoNnsvn who s"tiicttfnrs
exploited him ne thr -cldrs' man on
carth.~ eoaspisrd TO project hiin tf""
slic normal accidents OF Injury OF
starvation that otherwise oScfsaE. thv
wosa.ous iadisidaais OF any siesi~s-
No creature il permitted BY Dame
Nature TO flag sup~rhuons oh shr
stage Until sscftaEca by the dissos
luton Of absolute s~niIisy. Wild nhi'
NAL. don't live to die Of old asc. They
don't lins~f aloas as dcsidcfins de-
pendants. like tho kcatucky Mcshu'
sCiah.
The supCsanauatcd elephant OF buf'
fslo Isn't supported OF tended by the
herd. II svtirvs gracefully To . s"s''
tafy stale Ut caistcaev and maintains
itself ~ well as IL can With its falling
faculties until IL ssafscs To death.
stamblrs over eliH oe II oecscvtsc by
soemicA
Who ever found q s~niic OF cn.
fcvblcJ rabbit. robin. wolf. bvaf. trout.
eagle. esvn. black bass os fninno~ !
Why. Dame Nature wouldn't dream of
allowing lscs hie~. clean cosmos I" liz
ciuttcfvsi urs She clean. house with .
bsussn Of aecidrnt.s
Even tho peaceful tire is not nj.
lowed to cumbcf tho earth beyond the
period of its ability To withstand the
normal stress of the elements. II may
b. . California srquaia over a.m
ycssx old or q Cat,c dc Verde bsobat
oecr a.nO years old. and II may have
passed Its period ef growth and IN.
trrvd Its period Of decay. but II will
not bc allowed To die Of old asc. Some
storm will bring II down In its glory.
The unsidy business Of living 10 die
Of old asr IL fad et civilized man.
It's detlorahlc products arc often scvu
In alu.houscss Also civilized man has
inflicted the curse upon his iomCstic
PETS la a certain extent. ~ that scailc
aud cnfcChlcd dog. and cats arc kept
alive by scntimcs,taiists long after out.
ragged common sCnsc would have called
for chlorpfofm.
LEGAL tradition always cxarscratcs
the age of very old person. a.. in the
case Of old Patr. whose bones crr,pble
In Westminster abbey. and whose
fame was Cmbaimc,i in book entitled
The OIdC. Oldc. Very Ollc Man. Old
1'arr was q Shropshire peasant who
WAS scpute,l to he 152 years old " hen
tekcn TO London by the earl ef Arundel
and presented at court.
lie died the same ycar--lGI5. Dr.
William Harvey. who discovered tn,
circulation Of the blood. performed an
autopsy and found the body In excel.
lent condition lie thought death had
been caused ty the change from sim.
pie country fare to the rich diet Of
London high life. On Old PARIS to,nb
are recorded the names Of ten mon.
archs, from Edward ~ to Charles /
under whom he lived. but later his
torical Investigation threw a strong
doubt on the length attributed to his