Year: 1876

little" was the sage remark of An old
gentleman on the verge of ninety, next to
whom the writer had the pleasure of sit
ting at dinner the other day. The host
was pressing him to take more, and urging
him i'll the usual phrase, why you have
eaten scarcely nothingw Now, it is to be
assumed that the old gentleman's words
indicated one of the by-ways to good health
along which he had travelled through his
long life, and to which he owed his present
remarkably hearty condition; so it was
suggested to him interrogatively that he
had always been small feeder YES"
he answered, lever since ! was two or
three and twenty; up to that time was
weakly fellow enough, and used to make
the great mistake in trying to eat and
d:ink as much as could, in the hope of
becoming strong. All my friends and the
doctors backed me i'll my error; but for
tlmately | found it out in time and
knocked off'-as your modern slang has
it-more than half my usual amount of
stimulants. | gave up the idea of making
myself strong, and merely strove to make
myself well, and | was contented with
eating just as much as | could digest and
no more. OF course it took a little time
and experience to discover the precise
limits; could not adopt the golden rule
of always leaving off with an appetite be-
cause | never began with one, but by per
sistently crring on the right side got hold
of one of the great secrets Of life-the
secret of knowing when one has enough,
and after year or two | became so much
better that | used to find myself keenly
ready to eat a meal at any time, and by de
gree actually acquired an appetite. Then,
once found, | never destroyed it, but
always dcterminately rose with feeling
that could eat more. Naturally tempta-
ton for while grew greater as my diges-
ton grew stronger, but was firm. did
not behave ungratefully to my stomach
and Immediately presume upon its increased
powers by overlooking it. did not live to
eat, but only ate to live; and behold me
| have no need to be very particular as to
what eat, even at my time of life; | have
only to be careful not to eat too much. .
Here, indeed, is the great secret of great
deal that is amiss with many of us. We
are in the habit of eating too much. more
than our digestive powers can tackle, and
that which is not assimilated more or less
1 rnisnnc Tho I
and gives any latent tendency to disease
within us every faculty for developing it
self. The question is not so much what tC
cat as what quantity to eat, and nothing
but sharp lookout kept by ourselves car
give us the answer.-ImSityS Naga-tnc.


A young nobleman of Milan, with
goodly income, wanted wife lie mus


have been a reader Of American "per
sonals," or of a suggestive mind, for II,
adopted newspaper as medium t.
further his wishes, advertised, and4rcquest
ed that each reply should be accompanied
with the portrait of the lady. As a result
several of the Photographic artists of tn,
city had rush of business, and in a shor


time over sixty-fve letters were receive,
and sixty-five fair countenances adorne,
the gentlemans album. He was embar
rassed for a choice amid such unexampleC
variety. Another expedient was hit upon
He notified each fair damsel that he mus


make personal inspection, and accord
ingly sent each ticket for an orchestr;
stall in the Scala Theatre, announcing a


the same time that on the night of thei


visit he would occupy certain box. Tn,
night arrived, and the stalls were fIlet


with an assemblage of beauty seldom seei


at one time in Milan. Each supplied will


an opera glass, with trepidation raised then


almost simultaneously to the box in whicl


the youth repOsed. Each wondered at tn,


other at the magnetism which attracted


each glass to that special locality. Such
sight was soon comprehended by the audi
ence. By degrees the mirth became audi


BILE, until at last laughter was irrepressible
and n general roar followed shaking tn


very walls of the building. The ladies wer


overwhelmed with confusion, the adorabl


fled from the house, and Milan lrad rar
joke for its delectation for several days.


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