The Osceola times., 1876-04-29
FAMILY LIKENESS AND VITALITY.
Their Remarkable Transnissioa I'm Ger
tain Regal YanslBies~

tain hoyai Fnnshes.
In spite of certain alterations, the
typical features peculiar to the houses of
Guise and Lorraine were transmitted to
all their descendants through long series
of generations. The bourbon counten-
ance, the Condos aquilne nose, the thick
and protruding lower lip bequeathcd to
the house Of Austria by Polish prin-
ccss, are well-known instances. We
have only to look at coin of George Ill.
to be reminded Of the British royal fam
lily. During Addison's short ministry
Mrs. Clarke, who solicited his favor, had
been requested to bring with her the
papers proving that she was Millions
daughter. But as soon as she entered
the cabinet Addison said: "Madam, !
require no further evidence your resem-
blance to your illustrious father " the best
of ALL" The Compile de Pont, who died
in 1867, at nearly one hundred told DE-.
Froissac that during the restoration he
often met in the salons of M. Dcsmous.
seaux de Givre, prefect of Arras, man
at whose approach he shuddered as he
would at the sight of an apparition, 10
wonderfully was he like Robespierre.
NJ. de Pont confded his impression to
the preiect, who told him, smiling at his
prejudice, that the person in question
passed for Robespierre's natual son that,
in fact, 1t was matter of n0toriety.
Next to family likeneses vitality or
duration of life is the most important
character transmitted by inheritance.
The two daughters of Victor Amadeus
H., the Duchess of Burgundy and her
sister Marie Louise, married to Philip
", both remarkable for their beauty,
died at twenty-six. In the Turg0t FAM
lily fifty years was the usual limit Of life.
The great minister, on the approach Of
that term, although in good health, re-
marked to his friends that it was time 10
put his affairs in order; and he died in
fact, at fifty-three. In the house of Ro-
manoff the duration Of life ia short, in
dependent of the fact that several of its
members met with violent deaths. The
head of this .illus.rious race, Michael
Federovitch, died at forty-nine Peter
the Great was scarcely ffty-three. The
Empress Anne died at forty-seven; the
tender-hearted Elizabeth at ffty-onc. Oh
Paul's four sons, Alexander died at
fOrty-twO; Nicholas at fiity-ninc; and
the Grand Duke Michael at fifty-One.
In the houses Of Saxony and Prussia, on
the contrary, examples of longevity are
far from rare. Frederick the Great, in
spite of his continual wars and his fire.
qucnt excesses at table, was seventy
four; Frederick William III. was sew.
enty; the Emperor William, in his sew
enty-ninth year, is still hale and hearty
In all countries of Europe families o.
octogenarians, nonogenarians, and cen
tenarians may he cited. On April !
1925, there died in Paris a @ddler O
Doulevant, in Champagne, moro thar
one hundred years old. To inspir'
Louis XIV. with the hattering hope o
living as long, he was made, two year
previously, TO present that monaIcl
with bouquet on st. Louis day. Hi
father had lived one hundred and thir
teen years, his grandfather one hun
dred and twelve. Jean Surrington, /.
farmer in the environs of Berghem, livet
to he one hundred and sixty. The day
before his death, In complete possession
OF his mental faculties, he divided hi
property among his children; the sldes,
was one hundred and three, and wha,
was still more remarkable, the youngest
was only nine. Jean Golembiewski (tht
oldest man in the French army, If still
alive), who accompanied King Stsnisla'
Loczinski into France, belonged TO q
family of centenarians. His father lived
10 be one hundred and twenty-one, hi
grandmother TO be one hundred ant
| thirty.