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Show oo , m METHUSELAH H Methuselah, that grand old gent, H saw centuries pass by; the gouera- IH tlons came and went, and het refused 'M to dlt. Xo doubt among the .ancient M ranks the faddists drow their' breath, M and ho was told by health. board M b ranks just how to sidestep death. I H seem to see thorn at his side, and M hear them give advice, "Eat pre- M digested hay," they cried, "that has H been kept on ice. Sleep opt of doors, M in rain or gale, or you'll be on the M blink; boll all the air that you inhale, H and fry the things you drink. Eat M less than half of what you wish, -put M sawdust in your broad; if you arc fond of beef or fish eat livenvurst Instead." The faddists sprung their. IH spiels and died; Methuselah, shed IH tears, but would not lak'tt them as a M gulde and lived 900 years. -His yolce IH across the distance calbi a cheering H word to ine: "I ato ice cream. and 'M codfish balls, and was from sickness free. I filled myself with scrambled: IH eggs, and steaks from slaughtered M steers, and pranced around on active M legs for near a thousand years' H |