Daily globe., 1879-06-01
'ribed, first, to the inheritance Of an ex.

fcrlped, hrst, to the inheritance of an ex-
cellent constitution; next to the good care
he had always taken Of himself. His
whole habits of living had been perfectly
regular. He had never used tobacco in
any form or drank anything stronger
than native wine. He ate nothing but
what he had found by experience to agree
with his constitution, and never ate to ex-
cess. In fact, for more than twenty-five
years he had carried with him always a
pair of pocket scales, and never failed to
weigh his food ;just SO many ounces of
bread and SO many OF meat, few yegeta-
bles, no dainties Of any kind except a
small amount of fresh fruit in season, and
taken az naturA. He never missed a
daily bath, and slept just SO many hours
out of the twenty four. IF he was dis
turbed at night, as of course frequently
happened, he calculated accurately the
amount Of sleep Of which he had been de-
prived, and made it up during the day.
Late hours and excesses of every kind,
avoided, and the consequence was that
wheh he joined Napoleon's household,
he bade fair to
oUTLIvE MANY OF HIS COMPANIONS
his junior by half century. He passed
! the Great st. Bernard with Napoleon,
and was with him at the battle of Maren-
60. When 103 years old, he was travel
ing from Scissors to Paris, when his car
riage broke down and the doctor was
thrown out, spraining his foot SO badly
that he could not walk. The coachman,
the only person with him, made his mas
ter comfortable by the side of the road
and then mounting one of the horses, rode
to little hamlet mile a and half of.
proposing to find some vehicle to convey
the sufferer to house to wait until the
carriage could be repaired. But the ham.
let was utterly abandoned, all the inhab.
itants having gone to the fair in the neigh.
boring town. Only few old people
some young children and the bar-maid Of
the little tavern were left behind. The
bar-maid was buxom girl of22, who, or
hearing of the adventure, and assuring
the coachman that there was not vehicle
of any description to be had, offered to gt
and see what she could do for the Ole
mans comfort. He was found lying BY
the. roadside just as the coachman hae
left him, and suffering great pain. HI
must be removed; but how? The horse
were both to spirited to think Of trustin.
him on one Of them, and there was n
mending the carriage without the aid Q
a smith. The girl solved the difficulty
After considerable argument she persuad
ed the doctor to be assisted on to he
shoulders, and she actually carried him
the hamlet and deposited him on a be-
in the tavern. The doctor was enthusi
astic over such proof Of vigor in WON
an, and would have no attendant but til
BARNARD during the three weeks he wa
:. forced by the state of his foot and ankl
= to remain at the tavern. Finally, whe
+! the morning came for him to leave. H
e called his stout nurse to him and said: !:
'sMaria, you have been devoted to MT
: I have found you sensible, intelligen
\ kind-hearted. Above all you are health
!, and stroug. How would you like to g
I to Paais?''
t ''It would make me very happy" a,
! swered the girl.
e "And how would you like to be ma
$ ried?"
"That would make me happy, too, sir
a "And how would you like to be ma
Q ried to me?'
"Best Of all, sir" she frankly al
8 swered.
Q And married they were, as soon as tt
necessary preliminaries could be go1
: through, and DR.. BARNARD took his wi
s to Paris and introduced her to the fir
e consul. At the first court presentation
Il the empire. Nine. Bernhard was disti
,, guished not only by her rustic beaut
II but by the simplicity and dignity Of h
} manners. She was invited with her hu
v band to dine with the emperor and er
press, and, during the rcpast, Napolet
q jocularly offered himself to the doctor
1t god father to his first child. When til
event occurred Bonapart was in 1tal
Is but Josephine and Eugene Beauharna
J, stood up as sponsors for the little gil
y Two more daughters were born of th
IS singular marriage, and all three lived
g be old women.
AS for the doctor, he lived to be
'e years Of age, and then died Of indigo
IS ton, having been over-persuaded to tas
d small piece of tart.
These facts are all authentic, and gi
n evidence that it is not only toward t
q young and blooming that Cupid diret
his arrows.