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Show Why Men Die. It has been said that few men die of lil n'c, and that nint nil persions die f (ilsaipohitmetit, peiriiml, iin-ntitl or todily loll or acciileiit. The passioHc kill men sometimes exeu suddenly, die common expression "choked with rage" has little exaggeration In it, for even though not suddenly fatal, strong passions sboiten life. Siroii);-bodled men often die young. Weak men live longer than etrong, for the 'strong use their strength, mid tho weak have none to use; the latter tnko en to of tlirm-1 (elves, the former dues not As it Is with the body so it is with tlio mind I and the temper the strong aro apt to brenk, or like the candle, run ; the weak ' burn out. Tlio iufcriur animals, which live teuipcinte lives, have generally their prescribed term of vein's. Thus the hoisc llvis twenty-live yeans the ox llfteen to twenty, the lion about twenty the hog ten or twelve, the rabbit eight, nnd the guinea pig six or seven The iiumbeis all proportion to the time the animal takes to giow to It h full size. Dut man of all miimalf, is one that eil dom comes up lo the average, lie oiuht to live it bundled years, m-iurding to the physiological law, for live iIuich twenty mo one liuielie I ; but instead of that, he scauely leaclies an average of four times the glowing period. The rta-s?n rta-s?n is obnoiid man is not only the most li regular und must intemperate, but the must laborious and hard working work-ing of all !iiiimala. He is hIwiijh the limit irritable, und then is a leaseu lo bellete, tho' we lotiiiot 'ell ibat an a-iiiuiHl a-iiiuiHl net'i-ty (eels, 'lull more than any other Hiiimal mail chvrisLes watb to Keep it warm, mid consumes himrilf with the tiro of Ills own lelleclioiiH. Health Cultuic. |
