. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. Excitement and Sbort Life.—The dead- liest foe to mau's longevity is an unnatural excitement. Every ujan is born with a cer- tain stock of vitality, which cannot be in- creased, but which may be exjiended rapidly or husbanded, as he deems best. Within certain limits he has his choice, to move fast or slow, to live abstemiously or intensely, to draw his little amount of life over a large space or condense it into a narrow one; but when his stock is exhausted he h
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. Excitement and Sbort Life.—The dead- liest foe to mau's longevity is an unnatural excitement. Every ujan is born with a cer- tain stock of vitality, which cannot be in- creased, but which may be exjiended rapidly or husbanded, as he deems best. Within certain limits he has his choice, to move fast or slow, to live abstemiously or intensely, to draw his little amount of life over a large space or condense it into a narrow one; but when his stock is exhausted he has no more. He who lives abstemiously, who avoids all stimulants, takes light exercise, never over- tasks himself, indulges no exhausting pas- sions, feeds his mind and heart on no exciting material, has no debilitating pleasure, lets nothing ruffle his temper, keeps his "accounts with God and man duly squared up," is sure, barring accidents, to spin out his life to the longest limit which it is possible to attain; while he who intensely feeds on high-seasoned food, whether material or mental, fatigues his body or braiu by hard labor, exposes himself to inflammatory disease, seeks continual ex- citement, gives loose rein to his passions, frets at every trouble, and enjoys little repose, is burning the candle at both ends, and is sure to shorten his days. ^t^0mett. Baby Drunkards. '.N his recent lecture on temperance to the ladies of New York, Dr. James Edmunds, of London, mide a horrible, and, we suspect, a perfectly truthful statement, respecting the manner in which the teachings and prescriptions of medical men are filling the nations of the earth with imbeciles and drunkards. We fear the statements of Dr. Edmunds are as applicable to many American cities as to London: A very large majority of the ladies of my own acquaintance on the other side,, who are a fair example, perhaps, of the ladies living in London society, have acquired the habit of using wine, table-b
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