Daily globe., 1879-06-01

cribed, first, 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 formor drank anything stronger
than native wine. He ate nothing but
what he had found by experience to agree
withyhls 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 vegeta-
bles, no dainties Of any kind except "a
small amount Of fresh fruit in season, and
taken az ndtursl. 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,
physical or mental, he had carefully
avoided, and the consequence was that
wheh he joined Napoleon's household,
he bade fair to
. .
oUTL1vE 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-
go. 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 and half off.
proposing to find some vehicle to convey
the sufferer to a 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 a few old people,
some young children and the bar-maid OF
the little tavern were left behind. The
bar-maid was a buxom girl of %, who, on
| hearing Of the adventure, and assuring
the coachman that there was not vehicle
OF any description to be had, offered to &c
and see what she could do for the ole
mans comfort. He was found lying by
the roadside Just as the coachman haC
left him, and suffering great pain. H.
must be removed; but how? The horses
were both to spirited to think Of trusting
him on one Of them, and there was NJ
mending the carriage without the aid o
a smith. The girl solved the difficulty
After considerable argument she pcrsuad
ed the doctor to be assisted on to he
shoulders, and she actually carried him t,
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 tn
BARNARD during the three weeks he wa
forced by the state Of his foot and ankl
to remain at the tavern. Finally, whel
the morning came for him to leave. H
called his stout nurse to him and said:
Maria, you have been devoted to me
have found you sensible, intelligent
kind-hearted. Above all you are health
and stroug. How would you like to g
to Paais?'
i 'sIt would make me very happy ar
swered the girl.
"And how would you like to be maj
ried?n
! ''That would make me happy, too, sir.
ssAnd how would you like to be maj
ried to me?'
ssBest of all, sir" she frankly ar
swered.
And married they were, as soon as tn
necessary preliminaries could be gon
through, and DR.. BARNARD took his wit
to Paris and introduced her to the frs
consul. At the first court presentation {
the empire, Nine. Bernhard was distir
guished not only by her rustic beaut.
but by the simplicity and dignity of he
manners She was invited with her hu!
band to dine with the emperor and en-
press, and, during the rcpast, Napoleo
jocularly offered himself to the doctor {
god father to his first child. When tn
event occurred Bonapart was in Ital,
but Josephine and Eugene Beauharna
, stood up as sponsors for the little gir
Two more daughters were born of tn
singular marriage, and all three lived
, be old women.
: AS for the doctor, he lived to be II
years of age, and then died Of indigo
8 ton, having been over persuaded to tas
a small piece of tart.
These facts are all authentic, and gi,
! evidence that it is not only toward Il
! young and blooming that Cupid direc
his arrows.