LONGEVITY. Recent statistics furnish the following interesting table, showing the average duration of life among persons of various classes and trades Men unemployed 68 years, lodges 65, farmers 64, bank officers 64, coopers 58, public officers 57, clergymen 56, shipwrights 55, hatters 54, lawyers 54, ropemabers, blacksmiths, merchants, and physicians eaoli 51, butchers 50, carpenters 49, masons 48, tailors and jeweuers each 44, bakers, painters, shoemakers and mechanics each 48, editors 40, musicians 89, printers 38, teachers and clerks 'each 34, operatives 84. These figures go to prove that tranquility or a quiet life affect longevity. Other things being equal, the phlegmatic man will live longer than the sanguine, nervous person, who burns out (rapidly with borrowed worries. Man in every station of life can alter the above table and add years to his life. Let him pay due regard to the ordinary rules of health, and take 8 to 10 drops of IMPEY’S MAY APPLE after meals. Price 3s 6d everywhere.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9337, 5 January 1909, Page 5
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162Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9337, 5 January 1909, Page 5
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