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Show LOhvmviTY OF MAN. l'eoplo Wlin Uuvo Attslned t" HeinnrU-ul.lo HeinnrU-ul.lo OIiMr- It was Prof. Ilttfoland's opinion tlmt tho limit of possible human llfo may bo r.ct nt two hundred years this on tho general prlnclplo, fays tho Bt. Lonlo Ilepubllo, that-tho llfo of nearly nil llvi-ig creatures Is eight times the years, months or weokn of Its period of gtowtli. That which quickly comes to maturity quickly perishes, nnd the earlier nplote development in reached tho sooner bodily decay en-biius. en-biius. More women roach old ago than men, but more men attain remarkable longevity than womon. Horned atiimuls are shorter lived than tlmnu without horns, florco longer tlinn timid, nnd amphibious creatures longer than those which inhabit tho ulr. Tho plko will cnntlnuo to llvo for one hundred and fifty or one hundred uud soveuty-flvo years, unit tho com mon turtle Is good for at leasi a century. cen-tury. Passing up tho bcala of llfo to man nud skipping tho patriarchs wo Unit muny recorded liintancoB of extraordinary ex-traordinary longevity. Tho ancient Kgyptiuns lived thrco times as long as the modern lotus cat-em. cat-em. Irtbtam es of surprlvlng nnd nlltlientio longevity nmong tho classta , (li-eoks ilnd Itomium uro not nt all rare. Plluy notes tlm fact that in tho reign I of Emperor Vespasian (7il A. I).) there were U'l men living in u limited urea on the lttvor Po who wero 100 I year old und upward. Three of thoso were 140 and coven others over 180. Cicero's wlfo lived to bo 103, and tho Iloman actress l.uoi Ja plnyed In pub-iv pub-iv ' -i ' I i i i ' - i 1 her ono i |