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see King Charles H. The King introduced
| jenkins to his Queen. who took much inter
est III him, putting numerous questions to
the patriarch, amongst which she asked,
"Well, my good man, may ask of you what
you have done during the long period of life
granted to you, more than any other man OF
shorter longevity! :" The old man, looking
the linguistic Queen in the face with bow,
naively replied, ''lndeed, madam, | know of
nothing greater than becoming n father when
l was over hundred years old Z" He replied
TO the King that temperance and sObrlety of
living had been the means, by the blessing of
God. OF lengthening his days beyond the
ususl time.
Edward Drinker. aged l03, of Pnilad,l-
phia, rarely ate any supper.
Valentine Catchy, aged 1l6, at Preston,
near Hull, England His diet for the last
twenty years was milk and biscuit. His in
tellect was perfect until within two days OF
his death. There died in 1910, at Kingston,
Surry, Mr.. Warrell aged l29 years.
There died couple of years ago. in Phila.
delphia, Mrs. McElroy, native of North
ampton county. Pennsylvania. who had ar
rived at the remarkable age OF llS years. 1t
appears she inherited the constitution of her
father. who was a German and who lived to
be l07 years old
Nue remembered the occurrence oil the
principal events of the Revolution. and said
she frequently provided tood for the Ameri-
can soldiers She had n distinct recollection
of Gen. Washington. In 1890. when thirty
two Years OF age, she was married to John
McElroy. revolutionary soldier, by whom
she had eleven children, four Of whom are
now living, two OF them being twins.
Size had a remarkably vigorous constitu-
ton, and often assisted her husband IN the
mill before they went TO Philadelphia. She
would take up bag containing ll2 pounds
OF flour. with all ease, and place it on the
back of horse. She retained much strength
and activity up to her death, and would have
been taken for woman of sixty or seventy,
lpstead of los years OF age. Twenty-one
years before she received what is termed
second sight, and could see as clearly and
distinctly as ever She did all her house
work, waited upon her youngest daughter.
tiity-one years of age, who had been blind
for three years, and attended n store or shop
which they kept in the front room.
Mary Randall died recently IN the Thuflts
Work house, Ireland. at the age Of l22. She
was married before the breaking ont of the
Revolution.
Grandmother Miller, of Brooklyn, who is
now LOG years old, gives the following ac-
count of herself Father lined the rebels,
as they called EN- then. imember when
peace was declared. though | was about Il
years old whan mother took me over to New
Yerk to see Gen1 Washington and mis- army
come into the city. 1t was about November
in 1888. The Gen1 and the ar
my came down from Harlem. l remember
he rode splendid horse, and Genl Knox |
was with him. ! threw a bouquet in front of
his horse, and he bowed TO me and smiled. |
The troops were awful ragged, some Of EN-. |
and my father was one of en-"
In every one of these instances the secret |
Of longevity has been the same. The laws OF |
nature place no particular limit to human
ife but if they are ignored the mental and |
material part of the law breaker must surely |
suffer for it As the human machine comes
rom God. it is perfection in all its parts, and
aith proper warmth. food, air, light, drink,
", rcise and sleep, n person might live on al
most indefinitely, or at least to ripe old age.
Death is rather the result of indisertt tiIns
md of ignorance on mans part tkan of the
of Providence In all of the
asses given above the parties harbored their
lealth well. They lIyed as man was destined
o live, and partook not Of the forbidden
ruit that was daily the food of the short
ived persons about them. They have care
ully discarded whatever would injure them,
nd have found sufficient enjoyment in the
,ood things that nature does not revolt
gainst. Then again there is another thing
hat tends to influence the years of II per-
On's existence and that is the occupation in
fhich the individual is engaged. Certainly
n cmploye in white lead manufactory can
ot coa.,iiS pari'uS. expect to live MS long as
he man whose days aIe spent in the fields,
rinking in great draughts of pure and ILL
igorating atmosphere nor must the assidu-
us oy-student hope to attain the same ro-
ust maturity that falls to the lot of the
treet gamin. From the following statistical
CURES the truth of this assertion will readily
e ascertLlned
OF SSS clergymen whose ages were obtain
) and 312 at Gi47.
Of physicians, l9i average CO. % years,
nd OF this number ~ lived 50 90 years and
81 reached Ga "a.
David Rennet, n physician of Rowlty,
lass. died in 17l9 aged lO3 years, months
ld days. Edward Augustus Holyoke died
/ Salem in 1879, at the age Of 100 years,
orths and Hezekiah MerIan, of Ward,
ho died IN 1903 and John CIocker, of Rich
ond. who died in 1915, lived between the |
ye OF 100 years.
OF lawyers. reports afford less material TO
dge of their longevity. The ages of % are
ven, whose average age WAS 10. GS Years of
others, 80. AZ years. From this it would
,pear that they do net live SO long as clergy
en- and physicians though the number Of
)seryations is too small to found Il correct
pinion upon.
A table in 0amSers' Journal gives the fol-
wing as the average duration OF life among
large number Of professional men in that
untry: {