MSPE&m i 16 v - WnRHBSISaPSEiB?1 ifv&sFrr? 5 v 'V-i-V 1 THE PtETTSBUKG DISPATOH, "jsrsi rV? St T!ffiW I. ' .SUKDAYfr MAY "24 1891. MS FULL OF TEABS. Distinguished and Aged Citizens Tell How to Beach Old Age. KEAL DOW RIDES HIS HOBBY. Cassius 31. Claj's Shots at rroMbition and Women's Eights. TALE ITH" MRS. HARRISON'S FATHER tm &&iftfa nf2i W MW iff t7 00 Dr. Scott. rCOKi:ESrOKDECE OF THE DISPATCH. "Washington, May 23. ITHIX the past few years "Washington has had a number of dis- t i n guished nonogenar- ians. ueorge uancrott died when over 90. The millionaire Corcoran had almost reached his nine tieth birthday when he passed away, and one of flip liiplust nlri inptf in &Zc N 'ashington to-day In es '"!-- ' at the White House, find he is known to every one as the father of Mrs. President Harrison. The Eev. Dr. Seott is now 91 years of age. He was bom before "Washington died, and he is to-day as firm on his legs as President Harrison himself. He is considerably taller thau the President, ha a broad, well-filled-out chest, a bright eye and is wonderfully well preserved mentally. I had a t o hours' chat with him in his room in the second story of the "White House the other day, and I found him full of life and good fellow ship. He is a man of more than ordinary ability, and is young enough to be interest ed in the present as it ell as in the past. Hasn't Had n Bed or Roses. Still, his life has been a very hard one He was for yeais a professor in a "Western college, and he preach ed at the same time that he taught. Much of his preaching was done away from the town in which his col lege ias located, and he -mould often rise before davbreak, or ride half the night to get back to his classes. He tells me thit he continued to mature until he was GO, and that bethinks he was in his prime at this time. He be lieves in laughing as much as possible in life, and says it was care that killed the cat. He has not had any regular rule of diet or of exercise, and while he believes in tem perance he would not nd ise young men to be too careful of what they cat, but he would say that the should worry as little as possible, marry young, and get all they can out of life from day to day. There is no brighter mind in the country to-day than that of Xeal Dow. He is more than feO j ears of age, but he is in his prime physical) and mentally, and he has written lor me tile following article on longevity and how to obtain it. It is headed "ALong Life," aud icads: al Dow Tells Uie Secret. "1'ou wish to know what the secret i, if any, as to the method of reaching a long life. Theie ought not to be any secret about it, for the necessary rules relating to it are so many, so plain and so widely published to the world, that no intelligent person honld be ignorant fcf them. There is no 'other earthlv good so precious as sound health, yet there is nothing of which people are so careless and so prodigal, constantly violating in the most reckless manner the plainest, simplest laws of life. "As to myself, I came of a strono stock. My ancestors, all of them, paternal and maternal, as far back as I know anything of them, were farmers and Quakers, leading a frugal, industrious, aclne, temperate life, the biood of not even one of them poisoned by strong drink. The Priends, from the origin of the denomination, were careful to a old the universal habit of their time, the use of alcoholic liquors. This abstinence, together with that other rule of life ot theirs, to keep themselves "unspotted from the world," no doubt had much to do with the fact, that as a body of men and wom:n hey were more free from disease than other people of equal numbers, and attained to longer life. Strong Drink and Toliacco. "I have led an active life . from early voutli, alwajs abstaining, as a matter of health and Christian duty, from strong drink and tobacco; alw a s avoiding any ar ticle of food from which'l had'once experi enced any trouble; always careful not to cat too much, as many people, when hungry, are liable to do, without thought. Many years ago I suspected that coffee did not agree with me. Though fond of it, I took no more. I have never had reason to think tea in any way injurious, and I take that, one cup of it morning; noon and night. Generally au early riser, in summer 5 o'clock, in the winter ti.30. with two hours before breakfast for morning papers and books; rarclv keepinc late hours, never en raged in anv lorm ot dissipation. In early ife an athlete and a cood swimmer, but never indulging in these exercises to excess; never but once to such an extent as to occa sion abnormal action of the heart. ".Never suffering from an anticipated evil; remembering that sufficient unto the day are the evils thereof; that people suffer a great more from misfortunes that never come thau from those which actually befall them. Trust in God is not onlv a Christian duty, but it tends to temper the ills of life and makes even the sharpest of them easier to bear. The thought comes to such a man: Who knows but this is best? And so he comes to accept it as best, because of his belief that God rules and God knows. 3fei er Sowed Any "Wild Oats. "I have been always busy in some way; have always had some leading object in lite, v hich kept and keeps me occupied in body aud mind, so that time lias never been heavy upon my bauds. A .love of books began with me ery earlv in life, so that my poiket money, etcii in boyhood, almost all of it, went in that direction, never to the expenditure even of a penqy in sowing w ild oats, or in the payment of harvest ex penses, often very heavy, and in later life the "buying of books was my only extrava gance. "I am not sure that adrki to young men, especially if unasked, will bo much valued, "but it is very cheap, and since you wish it, I will say: Avoid strong drink in any form, as rigorouly as Jews and Mohammedans avoid w ork. Ne er any good can possibly come lrom it to any one, while it has been the direct and indirect cause of the failure in life of millions of men who had no fear of it. A oid tobacco as a matter very import ant to health and a clean, sweet life. The young man does not know that he who has the tobacco habit is not a free man, he is like the Galley-Slave Chained to the Bench, ttpon which he sits at his forced labor. Iiet the young man remember that it is not im possible for him who has the tobacco habit to be at some time, perhaps often, an insuf ferable nuisance to many persons who are so unfortunate as to be in his company, casu ally or otherwise. Let him remember that to such a wan it is also impossible, always and everywhere, to be an honest, upright iolished gentlemen. Somewhere anjl per laps often, he will without thought, poison the air that others must breathe, winch he has no more right to than to poison the water and food which they must drink, and jeat, or on the sly to take the purse from Sheir pocketr- One's purse is no more Ms E right than is his share of the pure atmos phere for respiration. "The man with the tobacco habit has the moral sense so blunted and stupefied that lie is alwnvs, unconsciously perhaps, invad ing the rights of others; if not unconsciously, then it is with no care for others' rights. Let the voung man remember that the to bacco habit is acquired by men when they are green and vealy; when once fasfened upon them they are in shackles of iron that it is almost impossible to break. The Tint Thousand Dollars. "Let the young man remember that the, wav to fortune is to earn and save the first" 51,000 dollars. Honest fortunes come in that way, earning and sav ing. The habit of sav ing, of economy, will be thoroughly fixed while earning and sav in? -the sum I name. If he has a small sal ary, save; a larger sal ary, save more. I knew a voune man ifflhmm&l'Mfc. wn0 ila(l a salary of ..&sS$7 Sthe whole of it as he went on, and now at theageof 50 years he has saved nothing. I knew another young 3"faZ Sow, !5 yean of good fortune, came ago. to tne same salary, up to that time he had been always poor, though industrious and prudent. I met him in the street one day and said: '2ow save; now vou' have a good chance to lav the foundation of a fortune.' He heeded my adice, as he afterward told me, and to-day he is a man of independent fortune, as free now with his money, for good objects, as he had been careful and prudent. It all came by self-denial, by saving and by wise invest ment of what he saved. The other man now ghes his notes instead of cash inpay ment of shoe bills and grocers' accounts, the other pays cash always for his needs, with hundreds for persons'and objects worthy of help. Homes rood and Clothing. "A healthy life and a lonrr one must largely depend upon the comfort of one's surroundings. Sufficient food "and suitable, sufficient clothing adapted to one's needs; sufficient comfortable shelter in a w ord a good home with all its attachments and surroundings adapted to one's wants and needs is necessary to a healthy and long life. All this, none of it, can one have without money, and this comes to the great majority of people by earning, and the good mi lWKy JKV of it comes by saving. "Without that, wagei go but a little way in promoting comfort. "The annual cost, loss and waste, direct and indirect, coming from the liquor traffic in this-country,is not less than $2,200,000,000 anntially. It is safe to say that two-thirds of this enormous sum, vh: more than ?1,450, 000,000 is paid and lost by the wage-earners of the country. So .much withheld from the necessaries and comforts of life. Poorer houses and fewer of 'them; less clothing and poorer; insufficient and unsuitable food, less fnel and more suffering from cold; more dis ease and less cliance of recovery: more and speedier deaths among all those who furnish their share of the 51,450,000,000 for drink. Prohibition andXong Ufo. "They cannot spend their wages for whis ky and beer and afthe .same time supply their families with comfortable and abund ant food, fuel, clothing and suitable shelter from inclement skies. This answers your question whether or not prohibition would increase the average of life in the United States. That this problem -will be solved at some time in this country, I have no doubt. Our people will by and by wake up to the enormous folly, the sin, shame and crime of giving sanction of law to a system whereby 52,200,000,000 annually are lost to the nation, leading nothing behind to show for it hut abounding poverty, pauperism, wretchedness, crime and premature death. There are more than 100,000 lives in this country. shortened annually from. 5 to 23 years each by the drink habit, the most of which would fill out their allotted time, but for the drink traffic now cstbalished by law. "Does anyone ask when this deliverance will come? " I answ er on that day w lien the American Church shall arouse "itself from its untimely and prolonged lethargy, and take its share in the great warfare against the saloon now going on in this country: a trouble which Charles Buxton, member of the British Parliament, declared to be a warfare between heaven and helL The Church will wake up to its duty by and by and will be no longer false to it." Doesn't Agree With Meal Dow. . "Do I believe in the use of spirituous liquors; tobacco, tea and coffee? I favor the moderate use of liquors, tea and coffee, and oppose prohibition, which would make a nation of sneaks, and which has been a potent factor in causing women to put on the breeches, riding astride the war horses of politics. I am with King James: Tobacco Is a nasty weed, Right fiom hell they brought the seed; It fouls the mouth and soils the clothes And makes a chimney of the nose. "Does marriage lead to long life? I think so. It is the natural law, and the normal laws obeyed favor long life. But I want a marriage of unity one interest in property and lame the basis of home, of the family, the ovum of the State, the eter nal rock of Christianity and civilization. But what is the upshot of the woman suf fragcrebellion against God and nature? It sinks all theso into darkness and chaos, the wreck of all that is good and glorious in human nature, with nothing left but the tattered red flag M.arnage tne legal license of the perpetuation of the race. ' When Man Is at His Best. "Between what years man may do his best mental work depends upon his indi vidual longevity. Age gives vantage up in lm -ftinA wllfTl tllO DllVSical IlflWPra fnil 'Once a man and twice a child is the eternal law. Great work lias been done in early life, but not the best work. Alexander the ' Great and Napoleon were great Generals, but not greatest of men. So Keats and Coleridge were great poets, but not the greatest poets. Prodigies are ever one sided. It took long years for "Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln to ripen into glorious, manhood. So also a genial and pacific spirit leads to long life. And the lives of judges, college professors and generally men secure from the cares of money get ting are long. "Let us trust that immortal aspirations fdunded on duty and love of humanity lengthen our years. "Let us live as though we were to die to morrow and also live as if we were never to die." Opinion of Cassias 31. Clay. The Hon. CassiusM. Clay, of Kentucky, is another octogenarian who seems to be en dowed with perpetual youth. He writes from Whitehall, Ivy. : "Some curious statisticians aver that the average life of animals is five times the age of maturity. Taking that age in man to be 20, he should live 100 ears, The Hebrew savants truly said, ,1he fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are on edge.' "But fortunately for me, I attribute my general good health through life mostly to inheritance, to exercise and to open air living. , 'As to my daily habits of work and exer cise, sleep and diet. I have followed,gener ally the Latin apothegram, VNe nimis' (never too much). Exercise is the normal hvtf of all animal life, so, moderate work is always healthful. I have never been an idler. I sleep nine hours and could never do well on less. ' Of course the time re quired.for sleep varies with constitutions and pursuits. My father never allowed children or the sick to be aroused and I fol lowedthe same rule. In diet I am satis fied with a few good dishes, and don't think that great'vaiiety at a single meal favors health. A change of diet should be gradual, as I hold that the gastric juice must ac custom itself to changes of food. I have faith in Diet, Sleep, Best and Time, and hold with some great thinkers, that every man of sense should be his own phy sician. The. lawyers and doctors say that such practice gives fools for clients and patients, but I retort, this is one of the cases where it is 'folly to be wise.' "I would advise young men having the above dicta in mind to be always comfort able if they can. I think the highest de velopment of animal 'life" is in temperate climes, and under .favorable surroundings of food, clothing and shelter. Sudden changes of all sorts should be avoided. The noted Dr. Benjamin "W. Dudley never wore an overcoat, and Shelim wore the same clothes winter and summer. But in this he went too far, for the other animals have to some extent winter and summer plothing, as fur of winter is substituted by hair in summer, etc I attribute the crowing baldness of our times to malpractice. N. V. "Willis, the noct. was noted for his fine head of hair. He always bathed his head and hair in cold water. The natural oil of the skin gave 'x igor and gloss to his profuse locks. So I foUowed his practice, and my hair is almost as profuse now as in youth. I never use cosmetics. Dandruff an Indication of Health. "Dandruffis the outer cuticle of the scalp. reinforced by the invisible perspiration, wnicn naraens in tue air. It is an indica tion of vigorous health. Quacks', in destroying dandruff, kill the cells produc ing the hair. If a barber attempts to use cosmetics I should say ' Shoot him upon the spot." Use only water, the hair brush arid the fine-tooth comb. The teeth should be cleaned by water, wooden or quill topth picks and the hair tooth brush. In early youth I used fine flannel and silk under CassiusM. Clay. my linen, but when I put them off in the spring I had severe colds. So I have for long years used nothing but linen, washing myself to the belt every day with cold water andbelowthebelt every few days. It is also a good plan to dip the feet into cold water at times after getting out of bed. "I rise early, at 6 now, and am neveridle. Though my political views generally keep me in a minority, I still, take interest in public afiairs, in agriculture and in scienf lfio development. I write on railroads (our masters), on money, Samoa, commerce, im proved live stock, forestry, agriculture, prumuiiivu, nuuian guurage, .niniiism, eic. Tam engaged in but one permanent work, the second Volume of my memoirs, etc. But I am in no haste about it, as I may yet live to be 100 years old. Frank G. Cabpentkb. last of Improvements. The following list of patents is reported as granted to Pennsylvanians, by Higdon & Higdon, Patent Lawyers, 127 Fourth avenue, Pittsburg: J. A. Bickford, Lock Haven, mining car; "W. S. Praser, Pitts burg, automatic earbrake; J. A. Hunter, Gettysburg, loek-hinge; H. M. Landers, Marshfield, ironing table; G. "W. Morris, Pittsburg, elliptic spring; C H.'Kead 'et al, Pittsburg, rolling girder rails: Jas. Scott, Pittsburg, bosh-plate; M. M. Shellaberger, Beaver Palls, wirefence. Ikon Cm beer Builds up trade Wherever placed on draught. Order direct. Telephone 1186. First Excursion to Ohio Pyle. The Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad will' run their annual excursion to Ohio Pyle on Decoration Day, on next Saturday, May 50. Hate, $1 50 round trip. Train leaves "at 8:1Ca.'m. Hanovee awnings at Mamaux & Son's, C39 Penn avenue. BEVOUrnOHABx' BELICS. Dis- Carpets! " Carpets! Extra heavy wool-filling carpet, worth C5c, at SOe, and the best all-wool 75c carpet at 58c this week, at J. H. Kunkel & Bro.'s, 1347-1349 Penn avenue,'two squares, east of Union depot. Bead Edward Groetzinger's advertise ment for carpet bargains. Neapolitan awnings at Brown & Co.'s, corner Grant and "Water streets. TeL 1194, Dabbs' photographic rooms are com pletely ready for making pictures again. Bead Edward Groetzinger's advertise ment for carpet bargains. Italian awnings at Browri & Co.'s, cor ner Grant and "Water streets. TeL 1194. Remains of British General Geary covered on a Farm. Pennington, N. J., May 23. In 1778, when the British forces were encamped at Pennington, N. J., they were- advised that about 500 muskets, were stored in an old building at this place, and decided to at tempt to confiscate them. Accordingly, they set out, captured the arms, and moved out triumphantly. When on the outskirts they were rotited by some bushwackers, and the squadron's chief officer, General Geary, was shot through the head. Tradition had it that the General was buried on a farm about threemiles from here, The Hunterdon County Historical Society, learning of the alleged grave, asked permis sion ot the farmer upon whose land the General was buried to allow them to exhume the remains. To-day the committee did its work, and in exactly the spot marked, the remains were found. The first thing found was a brass button, with the letters "Q. L. D." on it. This is supposed to mean "Queens Light Dragoons.'' Besides this, the society have the skull complete, with the ribs and one foot, which they claim as their property. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MJLNEBS LOSE THEIB STBIKE. The May Day Contest In Illinois Now Practi cally at an End. Chicago, May 23. The miners' strike in Illinois is practically at an end. The men at Spring Valley, Streator, Braidwood and Wilmington resumed work yesterday. One or two -of the smaller places are still in a state of agitation, but it is expected that the example of those already named will have its effect and induce them to settle matters. Not one of the large companies is now idle. The same terms of agreement which prevailed last year hold good this season until next May. The men gained "nothing by the strike, for they have all signed con tracts which nmo way differ from those that bound them last year. FOB NERVOUS DISEASES Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate. Dr. F. G. Kelly, Alderton, TV.' T., says: "I have prescribed it in a large number of cases of restlessness at night, and nervous diseases generally, and also In cases of indigestion caused by lack of sufficient gastrlo Juice of the stomach, with marked success, and con sider it one of tho best remedies known to the professional world." STANDARD J HE-NO 1 j TEA A n-af WWW - frr SuarantC r 1 v HE-NO Why . Success-; full I. Its goodness pleases. 2. Grocers sell it for small profits. j. Being only in packages like cut) consumers get it in its original condition. Reasons enough that you should at least, investigate its merits. After trying it, decide for yourself. . V , Send your address on a postal card for aa illustrated book about Tea, Free. MARTIN QILLET & CO., Estotlhhed Jr.J Exchange Place, Baltimore, Md. mm ii JLeLEtif FOR DYSPEPSIA Distress after Eatlnjr, Stomach Catarrh, Bead- acne. neartDurn, and all forms of Indigestion. Prepared from the fruit of the Papaya Melon Tree found fa the tropics. Drafts sell then. ' -93-TT3 -pAPOID TABLETS-FOR DYSPEPSIA. SOLD ET JOS. FLEMING & SON, 412 Market street, mhl9-82-Trau Pittsborsr. STORE WILL BE OPEN ON DECORATION HAY UNTIL NOON ONLY. HONOR THE HEROIC DEAD! STORE WILL BE OPEN ON DECORATION DAY UNTIL NOON ONLY. AS MOUNTAINS TO MOLEHILLS! GIANTS TO PIGMIES! AN ORANGE TO THE WORLD! So is our immense, mammoth, varied and grand assortment of fflrssrin To the Other Stocks About Town. From the cheapest suit made that's service able, up to the finest garments ever placed upon-sale in any retail stock, we show an assortment of Men's Clothing which has never had a counterpart in this city. There is practically no limit to the field for selection which such a stock as ours affords. Many gentlemen, who, up to the present season have never worn the ready-made article, are utterly surprised at its near ap proach to and in some cases its actual equality with custom work. And such gentlemen are beginning to ask them selves the question as to whether it now pays to feive from $5 to $10 more for a suit with the same identical quality of cloth, where trimmings are equal and the fit as perfect in one as the other. Come in and look through our better grade of suits, ranging in price, say, .be tween $15 and $20. Maybe we'll sur prise you, too, with their handsome ap pearance and sterling quality. Our lower price suits at $5, $6, 8 and $10 have the advantage of being stylish as well as the best value for the money ever offered in any part of the world. 1 -FOR THEY ARE WORTHY. Titled and eminent heroism has always found recognition. Not a country on earth but builds monuments to its generals and commanders. But it has remained for Free America to honor the .memory .of the common soldier and commemorate his heroism. - Wnllt be m. , m vuw m vsKmw V 1 V Ji j'"-Lltli 1 'I I MVWW 1 - 1 1 I VESTS, A large and handsome vari ety of these sea- , soriable eoods. We have them jin Duck, Linen, M arseilles. Fancy Flannels and rancv Fig ured Silk. The choice afforded for se lection is almost an endless -one, and the styles all thrnncrh arp the very latest in high and low cut; single and double-breasted. f . cg - rsZ0 GRAND ARMY SUITS and CAPS 4&CkXW4Mf Kims ! AND We are going to make it very easy fori you to be well dressed on Decoration Day. We carry a full line of G.A.R. SUITS AT FROM $6.50 TO $15 See our'Sio suit, and probably you may not! want anything better. Coats and Vests with! eyelet holes and two' sets of buttons. G. A. R. CAPS BOYS' & CHILDREN'S CLOTHING Never before was such a stylish and beau tiful assortment of clothing for the little ones ready to your hands, and you'll never .know the value of a dollar in Boys' Cloth ing till you see how far it goes in our large and well-selected stock. Beginning with charming Kilts in one and two pieces from $1 25 up, and all through our Short-Pant stock, which con . tains thousands of suits and new styles by the, score, up to our unmatchable assort ment of spring styles in Boys' Long-Pant Suits, we are showing you the best pro ductions of both worlds in materials, made in the most stylish clothing you ever put on the backs of your children. ' GUSKV TO 400 MARKET SHEET. ! I LL this week ten thousand hands will be busy stripping gardens and hothouses for a magnificent floral offering to the fallen heroes on Decoration Day. ' In every cemetery, from Maine to California, the whole nation will come forth with garlands. H They will come from North and South, from East and West; drums will beat the great march, and minute guns will be the'r .11 throb of the nation's sympathy. Flowers everywhere. Flowers red significant of blood. Flowers white significant of ffl victory. With crosses, suggestive of pain and. suffering, caused by long, forced marches, hunger, weariness and disease,and I I with wreaths, suggestive of triumph, a grateful nation will lay upon the graves of the honored dead the wealth of Spring and its tears of regret 'Tis right For all coming time let Decoration Day be kept, and, although the ranks of the comrades of those who fell in battle are yearly thinned, and they themselves will soon be numbered with the dead, yet the nation shall live, and thousands yet unborn shall learn the story of their heroic devotion to duty, and iri their turn pay their tribute to departed worth. O, ye throng of departed heroes, 'stoop down and breathe the perfume of a, nation's thanks. Bend low and let the shouis of a nation's redemption greet yourears even in that upper sphtre where upon your wan and wasted brows has already broken the fresh breath of the eteriial.morning. . . r " NEGLIGE -:- SHIRTS. These are fast taking the place of white, starched shirts for summer wear, flot only with tourists, but also with those who re main in the city and work. We're headquarters for this class of goods in Pittsburg, and keep a full line of all the popular materials, such as Flan nels, Cheviots, Madras, Silk and Wool stripes. We commence to serve you with a well-made shirt at 49c, and have all the high grades of shirts at reasonable prices. A Belt free with every shirt worth 75c and up. eUSKY'5, HI'TB 4BD IUIKET STBEET.:- ' , -'-'-I I ,Ts&&5
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