Produced by Bryan Ness, Laura and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: Happy Homes are happier if the "NEW HOME"] TERMS TO SUIT EVE THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO CHAS. E. NAYLOR, MANAGER. 725 MARKET ST. (History Building), SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY. Health without Medicine, Happiness without Money, THE RESULT, LONGEVITY. BY L. P. McCARTY, Author of the Annual Statistician and Economist, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SAN FRANCISCO: CARSON & CO., 210 POST STREET. HEALTH HAPPINESS AND LONGEVITY. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1890, by L. P. McCARTY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C. Price, in Flexible Covers, $.75 Price, in Paper Covers, .50 ADDRESS, L. P. McCARTY, 814 Cal. St., S. F., Cal. OR THE BOOK TRADE GENERALLY. CARSON & CO., Wholesale Agents, 210 Post St., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. PREFACE. = ... "to know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom. What is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us, in things that most concern, Unpractic'd, unprepar'd, and still to seek." --_Milton's Adam to Angel._= Experience is honored. This book is the result of experience. Man is interested in what pertains to health. We are positive that the ideas herein set forth are healthful. Our profession is not that of a doctor of chemical medicines. We have no hobby to ride or patent panacea to advertise, but desire to express, in plain, forcible, truthful language, the methods by which mankind can practically achieve health, happiness and longevity. These go together. Why should they not? Related, dependent upon each other, the great objects of human life, the culmination of all physical and worldly pleasure are contained in them. Whether you are the perfect embodiment of a business man or the ideal disciple of a certain profession, you cannot possibly reach the highest or even most lucrative grades of your calling without health, happiness, and their logical consequence, longevity. They will prove trusty lieutenants. Without them the battle of life will draw to a close in retreat and end in defeat. To assert that the average man can enjoy health without medicine, happiness without even money, and longevity too, is a broad and sweeping declaration. In fact, we expect to have opposition from those who have not tried the formula laid down in the following pages.