Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-18
woudsrr-s an.saaoes 81 LsnEsviss.

RaSer BaeaR says be hta spoken WITH seve-
raj sersohs Wsrtby OF credit, Wso kew q man
seed aine hasdTsd years. This nan reached
tkis sre BY paeaas OF . sovereign prsserVstivs.
The trushsof this fact is established by evisaEee,
dszbt Of which lie NOT permissible, for the naa
obtzizsd a aeTti6eAts Of the fset, in the gear
800, from PsPe Alexis the Third, BecessRrily
and ofFeisliy iRfaiibls. The sibyi EythTsa,
accsrdise 70 Phlsgoa-Ds MirAbihbzs et Len
eayis-livsd ten bznire4 years. Mathews Pa
rs has raeardsd, In his history Of England, that
C~aFtaBhilGs, he WsadsIiAg Jew, was Tscog-
1izsd in this country In 1923. Less stTeng food,
far faith than these narratives fro@ Esslisa his-
tary may be sbtEiNad tr0D the annals OF P1rtu-
gal. Lspez De CsstsadGa King OF Portugal,
being in thssysar 1885 Vicersy Of Iadia, a mar
vas bronght to hln, Wac, il WAS proved by tss-
siaoay, had shsAdy lived thrss handled and
thirty ave years. This teTeeRtsnaEisn had re-
aeWsd his ysuth ssvsFRl times fr0m haafy age
and had thrice changed bis hair, ais tssth, aud
his sonplaxioR. Ills name Wss Hugo do Acusa
A physiciau, who fslt bis pulse, teadisd that be
BAD lie viSnr, 40 he had the black Aair aud
black beard, of a ysuBg man, IN his thrse hun
drsd and thirty 9th year. II We ceald bus gel
back this lost secret OF growing young agAIn,
We ell might have the pleasure OF believing IN
Acuaa, ETythrsA, and Car aPhi.Rs
Msanwhils, sa msy tara % ~PGrspE6gss Whese
\ NDEEEMaNT IL VI AlMN AtlEL4Aa LAAaAAH anH1A~A4
| iaF cree l5ty very heavily. A do2sn perEons
/ sight be pjsssd ous irom ibs pages OF serisas
suthsrs On longevity, whose UHits4 ages rcud
hesaal the eighteen huniTs5 ard siEty-tasse yeATs
Ct ths Christian era. It's, indeed, recorded tnst
| enc Mae Cream died 10 EnglaaG in 1870, aBad
! two hundred. RswsvsT dsneieat this ET0as 81
! eases may be IN satisfactory prosts, tkars 70 no
I scientific iupr0babiiiy cszRsoted WIZ theG.
| The scenes Of bfs knows nstbiHg q say SOY
oreicz Pre1ervsiiyo Of youth, Or 81 shy el1f
fcr making the old yeuRg, bat y eszPATes Iss
perie5s If zsgtatisE, Of growth IA hight sad ~
! brea5tb, Ead Of decay among he MAMMALS, aad
eescludss thet aaa IN g mammal, baiit 70 las,
aineiy 81 q kindred years aad Eh9l III taVoIs
Dis ciFcumstsEce, MAJ last, there Is 80 saying
how long, beyoBd si5 Bataral tcrn. Fnysuolesy'
in { we'd, furnishes no g-sguds tor dsHDeng th'
existence Of mez CT nearly t#s hundred years
RRllsr, DafsTaRa and Fiealszs, ths authoriaes
on shs sakjsst 81 longevity, indeed, slegs res
soss for expecting their appearance IA iaYorAoit
circumstances.
Thomas PAR nay hays done Penass IN 8
church pozeh for 4 fault Of yeats in his one bun
Srsd and fOrtieth year, snd died 81 sesldenj
when be VS. enc handrsd AID hity-tTo- Heh
~ Jenkins nay have les z horse laden Win a.
rows to the balls Of Fiedasn, when twelve year.
! cid. and nav have lived thre0gh the Struggle 0
the inflammation and tbe revelation, dying as IA
aga Of ore hundred and siL.Y-Ains, RheE tA'
! ~nSi;senl constitution which remains 30 The pres
Eat day was ssahy set mp and AnsgsTE, bet
ter ksswu as 8alas AaRRO OF Scotland, msy
have sisd when enc haBar0a and sifhty-6v'
years ED. Bat belief In these and similar IN
s~tasceE Of marvsioas longevity, Is snly a piess
Tag exercise eft Imagination Wkleh IS nos LcT0ie'
den ~ any warnings Of scientific lmprssasiIty
When Sable h0Rors have DeeE pad 70 eenta
- mhawa - Hrana ENHnf
fsr credulity. Pam hos in Westminster Abbey
Jeakias wss buried by national subscription
Tss poor old Wsm2a 70 whom TIE Enpres,
Qaaon Of Germany paid 3 yisii-n0 doabi
With an eve to pictorial eject, because Her Ma
Issry heard she Was ssrry that sse mad beeomS
Toe issrm sa 20 cut % see her believed sovereign
WIS srsbs5IT 6 EenniRs eentenETiRE- Philippe
Esrhelot was, it may be bslisyed- sna hundred
sRd f~oartsrn, when, a. a esntsDariSn pensi0neT,
he presented Lsuis XIV with bouquet ca hls
birthday. What have you done" asked the
kiHE, that y0a have reached 30 great an age =
" Prem tas age Of Afty, please your Majesty, !
have shut my heart ana spsnsd By cellar" The
sarcssr was so neTited, that, 1t it never Weie
spoken, it ought to have been. In desPsHe CAV
erumeass ere Of tina arts Of governing Is The st
of getting uR shows and scenes and il France,
where the party uppsTmest has always been de-
spote. sheEs have occurred seine theatrical dig
/ plays Of reverence for extreme old age.
On the a3d ct October, 1889, the National
| Assembly WAS sitting, With IA kretsu Ia the
char, WhsB Is was announced that - had,
/ aged enc hundred and twenty years, wished TO
zee the Assembly which hsd Tesd hs country
rem the b0ads 81 slavery" The Able Gregoirs
zreposes that out Of respect ter ass the man-
bers Of tho Assembly sRosld rise uEon his sn:
serisg, 4 proposal which sssssd with acclams-
isn. The eeEseEsriAn was led IN By bis family,
and The members rose. Amid great Applause
he walked as to an arm chair in frsHt Of the
sacreiary's table, aEd he was requested to pat
on his lat He produced his ticket Of baptism,
proving that be was born at Gsist Serbin, Of
I Charles jacques and Jennie Belly. on the I0ts
Of Osteber, 1869. lie maintained himself BY
bis lAbsr, and hsl fRlailsd sl the duties Of his
s~tslies, Gatil he was in ais one haudrsd and
Eth year, wssa the king gave him q passion OF
tvs handf0a Evsrs. The Assembly voted him =
| contribution, ard the al nor of = plan Of national
education suggested that tho august cid msa
! should be lodged in tho patriotic school sDa
waited spSz by the pupils 81 al ranks, espgeisl-
~ ~ The children Whoss fathers were killed in
attacking the Bastile. DO whatever you ike
with kin" exclaimed II. MiraheaE, "bRt leave
kin EToe." Ths President then said 70 the cid
man, 'Ths Assembly Is afraid lest the length Of
OF she sitting sheald fatigue you, sAd, therefore,
yoG may AsW WiikdraH. Nay you lsng enjoy
the sight Of ycuT country become frse. >
NaBoleoo BoarBsTts wssn First Consul, dseo.
rated two csntsnsusBs With the medal Of the
lsFisa 81 BoHsT, bsfsFs = largo assembly in tho
zavs Of the hotel Of the InYaiides. The First
Consul Plssed then near himself, sHdtook tnsza
hsms - dine VITA hisa.
The Tss1afsa Bsg!bscs did net Of course for
zss the effect Of thels scenes upon an imsgins-
tive Bstien. On The 25ih Of August, IS22, tbs
aquestiGa statue Of LEAFS the Fourteenth vas
isaagurated p2on the Places of Victories. In
fssst Of the siaiRs, an srB chair was placed OF
Pierre Huot, lac father Of the French array. BE
was dressed in the uniform Of the FsgimsAt in
Which Do hsa served, the Royal csvAlry. The
sxpTeRsisa ef bis csuuteEaHcs was venerable
aBd hRsdsems, ssd 40 wore along Whits boEga.
aBd bis Vsics Was sts ing and sonOrous In his
haRdree and ssvezteaas1 yesr be kEa preserved
al bis f~acaliies, ard hs conversation ~as very
agreeable. The President Of the Seine, on
BTsaGRting kim Rltk . crsss 81 honor in the
aeme Of LeEls he Eighteenth, said:
"-COssmporsry Of Lcuis the FonrleeEth, re-
cslvs thiB syabel Of homer The King decor
stes in you ths Father Of the French mmy.
Born a subject of he great King, yoa havo
seaa the generations succeed sasa other, AMI
yea arc q witness tAat bis gsiga, Ike bis glOry,
is iEnaortAl"
TIE old aaa said he felt deeply an ocsur.
renee so glsneps, in such . loag lie. Then
walking across the place With 8 irn step TO The
platform OF The ministers aad nsrshals, no re-
csiyed thor congratulations NY sons, my
DEAF sous,' hs said, hve Io1g, Inv "a long as
! awe done, to love and serve Franse." These
Of respect for ago are eharsstsrissia Of
The at Of governing by success.
~ N. Trans railway osRisus in PANS res
hsd . collision with the carriage OF Primes Ba-
who received a slight eontusiea ia inc
fibs.