The Value of Longevity.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3225, 8 June 1889, Page 2

The Value of Longevity.

Dr Felix L, Oawald, in writing of the value of longevity, says i— ' " Can there boa doubt that tens and Keats foresaw the issue o Apr. struggle against Bigotry, 'or Hat. Cervantes, in the gloom of irismisery, could read the'signs oi the dawn presaging a : sunburst of poßthumous fame ? .„■

; " Spinoza and Schiller died at the threshold of their goal;; Pascal, "."; Harvey, Macauloy, Buckle, andBiohat '-'left their inimitable works. ; half finished; Raphaajjpiozatt, and '• Byron died at the verge of a saromit : which perhaps no other foot Bhall ' ; ever approach, "■'•■. .:.';■; ■-.." Who knows how often, since the ': '■) dawn of science, the chill of death' has palsied a hand that bad all lifted the veil of Isis' temple? Or in.: -: how many thousand lives time alone.; ■}■ -fx would have Bolvcd all discords into :"i harmonies ?..Anincrease of longevity <: M would, indeed, solve the vexing riddles ' v "■ '-k of existence; it would furnish the : - : .k peculiar endorsement of MrMallock'B ■:. : ; : conclusion, It would .- give • the ; vicissitudes of fortune a ohance to-'':■& assert their equalizing tendenlb; it-: ''■& would supply a missing arguments of that natural -religion ■ l that trusts the.equipoise of justice in t'M the apparent oaprices of human fate,■--'£!£ ' "The price of; longevity would: redeem the mortgago of ■ our earthly paradise"^-audit;can be prolonged::%:% care: andof -P|oper ; ; >ijd;th(j ; arinoyanw ]if^s^^j there 1 ) but^thaMfeD^Ml^^

! tt careful watch bo kept over ouo's '. physical condition. The'symptoms of kidney disease, such as becoming ' easily tired, headache, neuralgia, ioeble heart action, fickle appetite, ; a splendid feeling ono day and an rtjk H-gone one tho next, persistent (rouble in urinating, etc, '' °liould be diligently looked into and at onoo slopped through a faithful use , of Warner's Safo Curo, which has cured teus of thousands of such troubles .and will curo yours, Experiencing no pain in the region iof tho kidneys is no evidence that they are not diseased, as those great purifying organs have very few nerves of Ration, and often times the , kidneys are positively rotting and being passed away through the uriue before the victim is awara he is suffering from advanced kidney disease, which is only another name for Blight's disease To preserve life and to be well while you livo arc two oardinal Virtues, and it is time well spent to give litis vital subjoct earnest and careful attention, aud to use the •' v knowledge acquired in a judicious and intelligent manner, ' The London Court Journal says : Through the efforts of Lord Campbell, who takes great interest in the various flags, there have been din- • in a pawnshop tho flags of tho 1 Fifty-fifth (Westmorland) ■Regiment. < They date as far back aB 1760, and there is little doubt that thoy have been hidden I in the dark recesses of the pawnshop for > over a century. Huff'they got there will doubtless over remain a mystory. LodrOarapell lias expressed hia desire to ■ hand tbo ancient relics oyer for a final keeping in the parish church at Kendal, and some structural alterations are at ..present being made for that purpose, There aro already in the parish church tho fhgs of tho regiment r which went through tho African, j Indian, and Chincso campaigns. The )kj regiment is now stationed (it Ports- I month, and in a few days it is to be ' presented with now colours; when this is done, the old colours of tho Crimean "i War will also bo handed over to tho J paiish Church at Kondal for safe keeping, t Tho inhabitants of the County aro proud of the flags of their rcgimont, and tho ■ . greatest interest is taken in their proper J preservation. The presentation of tho flaps will be accompanied by a public j ceremony.