Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-13

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THE PRESIDENT. efi
Everybody knows that he is a smok-
or. and a tremendous one. TOO. He i
told me flat while he was in the Geld
he smoked Literally al Ethe time, but
that In civil life, confined to the house K,
"A he fs many hoars in the day, he has
been Obliged 10 reduce the number OF
cigars that he allows himself. Especl:
ain IN walking does he smoke. He
takes his solitary walks +egularlyf \
every da.. sond graduates the length
of the walk to tIIesleagth of the cigar.
When John Quincy Adams was Secre.
tary of State and Pfesideht, be set an
example of care for health, with fefer-
enee to bathing. Every morning, ear
la. during the sain.ner months, ne took
his plunge into the, Potomac. In that
form OF hydropatiIic zeal, the present
occupant of the White House certain
IN does not initiate Mr.sAAdanls. The
Executive Mansion enables him TO
take rablutiopssin Q more sprivate
and a more agreeable manner than by |
"a swim in the great river. ..,o,,
= giss ~ MR.. coLFAx. - 10 - i
1 Mr. Golfax has always been q very
| healthy nah. He believes in, health.
He has tried to take care of his health.
| He ia a Jolly and an eloquent adv ocate
/ of sanitary value of constant cheerful
ness. of resistahcesto bother and worry,
ofthe ayoidance Of personal quarrels,
of moderation in ambition, ofIixing ..
peace with God and man. Moreover,
he takes all the exercise lie can get IN
rapid Walking a boat Washington he
is very temperate in eating; and-all
his. life lie has wholly ASHAMED from
Intoxicating dripks;1Aza
II At "a great dn.ner party here e. few
! wears AFRO, where We're Industrious
Americans and foreign statesmen, he
q iieciined togtakeswiHe.TA4 noted Senac
I ,tor, himself little heated, exclaimed
across the table, half jestingly Coifax
dares not drink r'sssSsssSs 49, sssssa
on afeIight, said Mr Goltax, Sc,
riously, az dare not = That simple
answer given with gentle and earnest
!, soleriniry, was itself an impressive
! temperance lecture. sal si9RSlaO
s,aqi.<a CHARLES syMSER. ~ "a
lisa prodigy iof physical endurance. A
2 have it frum his own lips that for many
. years, indeed for nearly his whole life
: lie Worked fourteen7hO aslay
; He has never been a-sliok or. 1He,h xes
Q :. generously" audsin yery temperate
4 fashion, i'm wiue dlinker. LII his young
2 ,er days he was tame.is pedestrian
3 Estriking off for his dozenmiies withou
6 the least h itficnlty. He has gisen al
2 THAT up. Living SO heartily, working
3 ESQ Iab0riously, Shut ap with bispeuan'
4 his books for. 80 many hours, it is as
4 tonishing that he keeps so well. Bn
: Ehe is q man 1wifo will go suadenl.
Z when he does Co., ea- = = -, 49,,
81 SENATOR sCAURZ-
lis another Interesting figure isth
2 Senate. What are his health habits
A glance shows you a noble physles
e,,sioM ment. He has a muscular, az
, i've. vital frame ;sall his movement;
2 are quick and vigorous and, Wit
2 prdeef care he o,,g ht to have icngt
Z of DAYS and great honor As to driifi
1 ing and smoking, he is a 'th0roug
4 GerinanAif We may Still say that &c
, many has any monolnly oi ti,os
= tgraces. l meaI, especially, that 1
, has Germans faith, in beer, aud
Germans ability to fash intellectu
2 liyht from tile midst of depse'clOuds
: tobacco smoke. His greatest peril III
4 in excess Of work. Such "a braln as II
2 cannot lie sidle nay, it is sdcspot
2 menber, dominating the whole ma
and tranpins oii,tlie gespelOf rest -
sletr. ~ sSenatOr Schnrz worksveryf Ia
o. az nightleveii till one and two 0eloc
" For exercise, he has "A, tine place. /
:. has taken a house about two mil
It, from the Capitol, and resciuteiy wal
a the whole distance, both going al
n coming. 49, ,gg.x,s uxs-{7su
70. s.s4sA MR RourwfLL,..,;,4s.s
ee. Is man of, medium size. I OF. Wi
he frame, sell possessed, and temperate
ail ttsipgx He sates coed caTesof 81
- selt-Aespeciails' de pehdingoiFbilliaf
&c tor exercise. For that game be has
~. passion. ana anna tne cHck Vi iyo
no balls lie eases his mind of the cares
,ei statesslALAA AeIGlSf 0Y
ga BROKEN. HEARTs.--To alnaan, 4
sp tiisappointment of love may occ;tsi
aM some bitter pang it. wounds so
Dsy feelings Of tenderness-it blasts So
n., prospects offehcity but he is ana
ye' tive beiag--ne may 'iissipate
ms Thoughts in the wlfirl of yarled ioe
N, pati6n, Or mag plunge into tife tide
OH, ,,i.os,,ra Rnt -woman,s. In, compa
ms lively q fixed, secluded, and a ms
Ell, tative life. She is more the comp
ing ion Of her own thoughts and feeling
'uc and if theyare tnrnedto ministers
' 5 y sorrow, where shall shelook tsr con !