Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-05

The DANGER OF EATINGToo MUCH.-"N)-
body ever repented of eating TOO little, was
the slge remark of an old gentleman on the
verge of ninety, next to whom the writer had
the pleasure of sitting at dinner the other night.
The host was pressing him to take more, aud
urging him 10 the usual phrase, why, you
have eaten scarcely nothing" Now, 1t Is to
lie assumed that the old gentltm ms words in-
dcated one of the by ways to good health along
which be had travelled through his long life,
and to which he owed his present remarkably
hearty condition; so 1t was suggested to hin
interrogatvely that he bad always been small
feeder. Yes" he answered, lever since
was TWO or three aud twenty; up to that time
] was a weakly fellow enough, and used to
make the great mistake 10 trying to eat aud
drink as much as | could. in the hope OF be.
.comiug strong. All my friends and the doc
tors backed me 10 my error; but fortunately |
found it out in time ard Knocked OF lis
your modero slang has lt-more than half my
usual amount of stimulaDts. L gave UP the
idea of making myself strong. and III rely
strove to make myself we'll, and was cOuent-
ed with eating just as much as could digest
aud no more. Ot course 1t took little tlule
aud experience to discover the precise limits;
| could not adopt the golden rule of al
WAYS leaving off with an appetite, because
| uever began with one, but by persisteutly
erring on the right side, got hold of one Of
the great secrets Of lite-cbe secret OF knowing
when one has enough sDd after year or two l
became 80 much better that | used TO tnd my
self k, euy ready to cata neal at any time, and
,by degrees actually acquired 40 appetite. Then,
lasce found, never destroyed II, but always
determnaey rose with feeling that | could
eat more. Naturally temptation Tor while
grew greater as my digestion grew stronger.
but was 6rD. | did not behave ungratefully
to nv stomach and Immediately presume upon
its increased powers by overlooking it. | did
not live to eat, but only ate to live; aud be-
hold me ! have no need to be very particular
as to what | eat even.at my time OF llfr; have
only to be careful not to eat too much. Here,
Indeed Is the great secret OF a great deal that
j. auli4s with many Of US. We are 10 the habit
of eating TOO much, more than our digestive
powers ean tackle, aud hat which Is not as
simulated more or less pOlsons lhe system De-
comes overoharged aud gives any latent ten
drucy to disease within us every faculty tor
dcveopiug itself %iHe question is not so much
what 10 eat as what qAsntty to eat, ADD noth-
inv but a sharp loUkuu keit By ourselves can
give Us the answer -1MsleyS Magazlne.
HUGO ON THE CENTENNIAL The recent
.neetlug iu Paris on b.halt of the worknen
whom the French are to send to the Phadel
phia Exposition was addressed by Louis Blanc
and Victor Hugo, the latter Of whom gave
expression to the following characteristic rhap-
sody:
Two enormous hands, rising one from the
east, the other from the west, stretch towards
each other above the Atlantic. 1t Is America
which grasps Europe and humanity, which
says LET us love one another. tCrles OF
rC est sublime, c'est divin pive Hugo lie
Grand Vlvc la RepubIiqu !'l greet you,
yau who are about to set out Tor Philadelphia
You will see with your own eyes the immense
decd VIII ,ch the nineteenth century Will see
Gr,workmep OF Puris who kuow how to toll; 20,
work men of Paris who know how to hight; tell
the New World that the Old World Is growing
young Go and bear the great news of the
Republic consolidated among you. You are
The ambassadors of fraternity; you arc the en-
vuys OF Voltaire 10 the country oil Washington;
you set out from the Continent where Jesus
Christ was boru to go to the land where John
Brown gas born This bringing together OF
breath of clemeucy will extend itself 10 men )
Rearts. America initiated US by borroW:ug
from as the idea of negro emanclpatlon; VIC
shall initiate America after the civil War by
borrowing from it the amnesty
There was rush towards the orator. A trl
color crown fell on the tabe. The enthusiasm
of the audience was uobounded.
A COUPLE OF NOBLE TITLES s-The fact that
Vlscouut Vaio XIV, who rs already been in
this country once rs as member OF the Bel
giau legation, is to come again as Secretary Of
that legation, makes an explanation Of his Gu
rious title apropos. The family were emiue.
as fnanciers some two centuries ago, and wer
enuobcd by Louis XIV, as au acknowledgment
the pccunlary aid rendered the French tx
G. equcr. In conterriug the title he uecreed that
they should always bear as suthx to the family
name the numeral d:notlng the place OF le
Graod Monaique 10 the line OF l. ulses.
As oue good story generally brings out an
other, this one has revived one relating to the
Emperor Charles and Apthony Fucger,
magnificent bauk,r of the l6:h century. This
mau lent to the Il nperor large sum previous
ta the somewhat disastrous expedition to AL
ger. In l54l the Emperor, passing through
Augsburg on his return trom tue campaign,
became the CUES, Of the banker who lived there
i'll great style. The monarch was ushered into
vast saloon, In the fireplace of which costly
sandal wood was heaped upon solid silver aud
irons. kreel & before him Fugger asked if
he pleased that "a 6rc should be made. The
day WAS chilly aud Charles expressed desire
to have FIRE, wheu the banker, producing the
bouds Tor the African loan, thrust them into
the light of taper and kindcd the fire with
thcm Upon the spot the lavish 6oaucier was
madc count of the Holy Roman empire, bu;
the Emperor dccreed that the Fuggers should
bear forever in their cscutcheou handsome
pair of asses ears.