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Show The Secret of Lon Life Though It Is generally 4ruo that If tho )ears nf n man bo extended to fourscore they become tow irds the end n burden nnd wearisome, tluro was n notable ex- ceptlon In the long l.fe nf the late pone. His terenc and lutld onJomcnt of exist- once was ns remarl-nble ns his heroic re- I sl'tance to death 1'latn living and high i think rg achieved vet another triumph In his nlneiv-four vears Ills simple life and I i unclouded mind hive bren too retentlv I set forth to neid exposition A shilling , n day covered tho cost of bis food, which eons.sted of in'lk and iggs, with nn oc- caslonnl chicken, a few vegetables, and a little vvlno Everv trornlng he rose nt , li, nnd It was midnight or later before he retired to rest Ills Intervening hours were filled vlth the tint es nf his high office of-fice nnd liter irv composition. If thero bo nnv hlghw ly to a long lire nnd a hapnv one. It lies In some such simplicity. I So Cornaro. tho Venetlin noblemin who lived to lilt, d'siovcrcd At forty-live ho found life n burden and medicine fulling to case his Ills he drew up a strict dletar) Twelve oanccs'of solid rood per diem with thrco-quirtcrs of a pint nf ( new light wine, was henceforth his only food. J'pon this he recovered vigorous , hoilth and enjoved his life for half u century after his phslclin had pro- i nounced him moribund Sir Isanc Ilolden. ' who died a few jears ngn nt tho nge nf . ninety-one, wns a mm of similar theory nnd action ns I.eo XIII Ills llrst rule I was never to spend Ipss than two hours j In the open nlr When he entered his first situation he nsked his employer for ' nn hour's absence everv nfternoon, agreeing agree-ing to reno'ince nil holld lys In return for i th.s trlvllege This everv d i) Sir Isinc bad his walk. In the matter of fond he , believed In fruit nnd eschewed farinaceous farina-ceous fare He was not a vegetarian, but, on tho eontriry, abstained from I bread His hill nf fnre was made up ns , follows: Tor breakfast a baked apple, I an oi mge twentv gripes and a biscuit mule rrom hananis The mldd.iv meal eons sled of thmo ounces of beef or mut- , Inn, oceis.onallv a little soup or llsh Suprer was practically a repetition nf breakfast Wine he never took, but he I smoked two or thrco cigars a diy to his great comfort and benellt and returning . from the house of commons nt night ho i had n tumbler of whisky nnd hot water before going to bed To most peoplo this I diet would ho nn excuse for stnrvatlon. I but on It Sir Isiac leached tho age of , ' nlnet)-one, active nnd vigorous to the "hough Mr Gladstone had no peculiar hygienic theory, similar abstemiousness marked his diet lie disliked line court-cry court-cry nnd choc the- simpler faro to each of whlc'i he gave thlrtv-twn bites, thus I Insuring thorough mastication and relieving re-lieving the digestion of 'bolted' food A dally wulk In all weathers ho regnrded as also conducive to tho greenness of his old ago Moreover though nttendnnco ut tho houso of commons prevented nnvthlng like eorlv retirement )ct Mr. Olndstino made early rising n feature or his routine.. M Chovreull tho gre it Trench chemist, sustnlned tho coo or his nearly hundred ears on a rrugnl diet Two eggs and somo chicken rormed his breakfast, and for dinner ho had tnploca soup, u cutlet a bunch of grapes, cheese nnd threo i glasses of water. I'lsh and vvlno he never 1 touched In so far as Instances of longevity long-evity havo a common reaturo. It Is this 1 principle of modonitlon In eating The i Chlneso proverb that most men dig their graves with their teeth Is a truth especial-. especial-. ly applicable to this generation, which es-I es-I teems quantity rather than quality, and forgets that It Is the food assimilated and not tho food eaten that produces vltnllty Nearly all poplo over forty eit rur too much, and moreover, cat tho wrong rood In the dietaries of long-lived men outlined I above, tho small quantity of meat nnd tho prominence or rrult nre notable They were not vegetarians; hut Blinply most modernto In the use or Mesh, which, nd-mlrnblo nd-mlrnblo In )outh Is unsuitable for tho aged All foods rich In earth salts und 1 stnrchy matter are to be avoided as ossl-! ossl-! fylng and clogging to the tissues Hut the pre-eminent virtue Is moderation. No Fpecinl dietary can bo commended as u specllle ror nonage narlanlsm Some centenarians cen-tenarians give the credit or their long lives to nbstunenco from meat, alcohol, tobacco ami what not As many point to their Indulgence In the ver same things Hncon commended "n suffumlgatloii of Irbacco, ling, nloes, dried leaves or roso-mnry. roso-mnry. and a llttlo mvrrh" every morn-' morn-' Ing. nnd the mmous old I'irr. who married mar-ried his second wife nt tho age of l'Jil. could thresh torn ten jears later, and died at l,o ascribed great virtues to butter but-ter nnd garlic Equally curious Is the declaration or a latter-day American pro-resor pro-resor that human lire would averngo Tour or five times Us prcs-nt lenxth ir peoplo would eat t'lelr rood raw Animals Ani-mals nnd fowls live much longer than man In proportion, to tho period or full development, nnd fnls, ho nrgues Is elue to man's consumption of dead cells (cooked cells) to leplnco the dead cells of tho exliauste bedv Apart from all Individual Indi-vidual Idlosynwasles snare eating can be discerned nr the golden rulo or longevity long-evity "Eat wlint joii llko nnd what vou have been nccistotnid to"sa)sa noted phvlclan: "but Jo so sparingly Taddlsm Is had Regula-lty Is u sound principle; hut It should 1m regularity rrom yenr to yoar nnd not merely rrom day to day." 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