TO BE YOUNG AT EIGHTY.
I.SKr'i i, HINTS liV ,\X JU). »'• ",'i can I do [(, l ymi;" asked tlio uori.jr. "I 11-ivc rheumatism very badly,' 1 .i.,-ii,'!i-,1. lin a martyr i,, indigestion. I.r.mrl.in, Keeps iU vake „ f ■Mi 1- iv.ri.. my hair j, a< f a lK. tl aii I' none. my i- ' il '" '"'''"'"'"Hy bald 111 li,.;lr"What aae arc von;"'
' I'iiV. I feel "like | |V arrvdiii system is in j mv slate. *j "avc a horrid ftiunvinj, in Mlv iiKiuv. anil U li,.„ | in ,| |(l in „ niil ' <«'Uld knock —"
\e--. N,iw I cau'i dii ainthiii" "»' .vim. lint it inn hail conic 't,, n,;. when yiiii were a man I couiil liavc mid vdii lion hi avoid all these ailments. f hey arc supposed tn lie (lie i ncv11;11111■ penalties of nlil Kverv "lie hi' thrni is the product of carcless'-ne-s when yuu were Have yun saved anv inonev
<ll nairM'! '".very |irndrnt man nuts by a litile fur old aic. " And s tnrcn I||, a Inisl of ailrnenl, run away with ii. If mm ii wcr.. a, cai'Lllll ol their health as o; tiicir tile happiest p-riml ! lirir life ji",■!ili 1 1,., [he last twenty years, lime;ine unir-cil ynnng a;;ain and I will ndvi~e /■ nil. Kvcry young man docs things lvhicli inn~t result in disease and disablement in ilie ciairse of lime. 'lhc, are two great classes of disea-e. K.rsi, the infections— ,n,-)i : ,s coiisiiaiptiui' pncuiiionia. enteric fever, etc. These are the principal causes of death in the eailier part in 111,.. J Jut ii you manage to doilce 1 hem up lo (1,,, an,, „f »r lorty-live you have little'fear alter
" s,, <"»»d. ilxrc arc \\u- uiiiinw- iiis-i-a><_*—(liv.'a-c <if lh'.' iii'uii, «»i ihi* .iv» v. -li-' kidnrys. rU'-.: and it is whin'j an old li/c M-;!r;-»-ly won ;i i'\iHg. and linally -any linn ,-iX, uv . the*' an- mo-ily dm- tn wvar and tear. « St- yonix-li' carefully, and w»u will jhii mi tweniy \ears: u,e your lm<!y !>«tdlv and yon bring theiu oil in»i'<ii\> vou out ot ear.y manhood. In tact, uheilon- you havo a lung and healtliy lily, or a (.f»ioj»«nrative]y short one, made iiiNerahle. in tlu> end. by all >o rts 0 [ your body.
" Let us g,» through the list. You get wet frequently and do not change into dry (.lollies. I'crJiaps while wei \\,\\ stand in a draught. Sooner or later you mu*l culler from rheumatism. Do not imagine that because yon j'cd m> inconvenience at the time there never will he any penally. What was your trade?" "A jarnicr."
"\es; you worked in tin* rain, and now you are paying lor it in rheumatic pains.
" Well, now, you see young people siting on the grass, rocks, wet sand, and oilier cold places. They enjoy it immensely. Hut in a few years they go '■>> the doctor complaining of M-iatica and hiWhat can ihi- tl«i:-t«>*" do? lie rul,- them wiih hot iron-, slrciche> their nerve:-, ami through other uupli-asinL performances. Ihii oire tli" -•uing on vhe gravs lias done it- work there is no permanent cure." "Ah. I hav«* a hit of sciatica myself!" "Ami hronehiti>? You'll never get rid of that bronchitis. Jt was caused in thi- \\iiv. Noit got a chill and a cold in liie head. «»r a cough. They yon got another chill ami another cough. How mnnv have v oit had in your life':" "''fa. hundreds!"
\V" !, every cough laid down a hit • lirom , hiti>: cold afiev e«dd >n da:ii I he lungs that ihev are now j, ; .-: ivmeiy. \(iur dysp«'p-ia7 Nine . ,y j:e;iph' create permanent in(r:-..• -I;i.:i t.y eating too quickly, drinking v.-j-k !: .i ''rinks, and working 100 ..Till -1 ;i\\!;oever t -,n' •• c-;r.e dy>pepsia. J»ad teeth h are. of cnur-c. another o; il'>pe|»>ia. r»ut no one need
"Sou touUl liave nu»t ov all o! your t'-eth now if you rinsed them every niifh'. v.'ith a little hicarhonate of Mida in water So de-iroy the a--id: and if. the !ii>t of decay, y;-ii went to the d'-nfi-i alio had the tool!) -topped. \ .ai probahlv cracked nuts with your li'eih; dranl: very hot tea. neglected to ucutrali-e tiie acid wnich torms ;u everyotie's mouih. and gave the dentisl a wide ln-nh. And >our >ighl i- dim": W.-11. 'hi- i- due li) strain. 11 ; p.. oiii of every hundred o\er U-e their .■vis. Th-v read and write 100 long v. i: h.ut re-- . There !>holdd he a ri^t
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"Of cotir-e il i-. Till.- U lh** era of wm!v hearts and sudden death. V >° |l -trained it: perhaps v>m powmed il with tobacco. No voiing niiiii will' in for \iolenl exercise should Ami \»umg men who go in for violent e\crci-e> >hoii!d draw tin'- line vvry (■.I i"i!l'. It' yon ride .1 Mew!- up hill Yi > 11H '"11 will. willli'Ui. douhi. },;ivc a Ueik lieai'l ull"U o!"i. il' yr.,l rw\v in a boa'-race. phy a t footballm it' li, inll<*ll' in weight-lifi inn ami weight throwing. try to excel a- a -primer. your of a w< vk h«*avi. la t«T oil. ai-' three 10 one. K\eivi-:« «|ion!d Ik 1 moderate even tor tho-e oi tin- be-t constitution: and tobacco. 'h--heart -paralyser. should never Im* Miioked in youth,' \on -ee. that if you heroine v ronitr von might reach old age in perfect h-'iilt 11/'
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 160, 27 June 1908, Page 3
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912TO BE YOUNG AT EIGHTY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 160, 27 June 1908, Page 3
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