Show longevity the habits of an eminent french centenarian on the slat day of inet last august the eminent french chemist M chey cul attained tl the e age of years and is still in vigorous health with all his faculties unimpaired the occasion was celebrated by the students of paris among whom he is a great favorite and by the people generally with enthusiasm the paris journal illusive seized upon the opportunity to interview inter view him in a manner that is described as marking an era in this line of journalistic enterprise not only orly were his words taken down verbatim buthis but his various attitudes while he was speaking were photographed by the instantaneous proc process ss and engraved twelve illustrations bc ing g given ven in in the interview M 11 chevreux Chev reul is an important figure in the scientific world and the interview contains many useful lee 10 eon sonis in hygiene and philosophy not the least east of which is described by his interviewer as an exposition of the chemical secret of longevity in a condensed form it is as follows he ile regards longevity as a great blessing and declares that the method by which it may be secured is easy to learn but I 1 think that with many people it would be difficult to follow he laid down the proposition that the larger proportion of the human race die of disease and not of old age now he finds that while we should especially iu guard ard against drawing general conclusions from particular ar icolar cases yet it is nevertheless aas true that the study of particular cases may and should conduct us to general precepts it is necessary essary for each one to study his personal attitudes and conform to them with a constant firmness every regime is is i personal and 1 I cannot too much insist upon this essential point that what is is suitable for one may not be for another anoli cr it is then important for each one to noto note well what is adapted to his own constitution thus I 1 have the tame same aversion to fish as to fermented er liquors especially to wine wine also a distaste for a large number of vegetables and I 1 could never drink milk shall I 1 conclude the then n that flesh that the vegetables which I 1 do not relish and milk are sire not nutritive certainly not for I 1 11 judge by a general rule and not by my own idiosyncrasies coffee and chocolate agree with me the latter is especially nutritive and gives TOO me an for food it is for me an shall I 1 conclude from this that chocolate would gibe everybody an appetite ho he maintains a barometric exactness sud regularity regu larit in i all the habits of hie his daily ti difo f eats L ts at fixed hours takes bis lis time and leaves the table with some appetite for more he says he remembers the words of the wise man tho the stomach has slain more men tha than n war yi and that thit the spartans pr proscribed 0 those citizens who were too fat 1 I use little salt or apices spices and but little coffee and I 1 dee no a from a pest from all thode of which I 1 feel eel no rio need and from all tobacco and aud alcoholics in whatever form they may present themselves he divides his day the morning to exact science the middle of the day gay to philosophy and the evening in in music and poetry but above all no discussion at tho the tabled table one should eat cat with a calm spirit spir 1 it let the dining room remain the dining boom room and aud never be turned into a room for angui aru ment met discussion while eating is a cushion of needle needles in the stomach 4 he thinks politics do not tend to longevity and he would not have them dh Jit cussed at table or anywhere else time devoted to polities politics is lost time politics is an all in indolent occupation which devolves upon thoe ewh who 0 have no legitimate eipl ei employment pl c zt it is the profession of th who have no profession it arrives at no conclusion I 1 think it wise to hold bold ones self aloof from all discussions that present DO real and tangible interest interest and that iea lead d only to and divi division gions truly saya says that most men lead leada a life of contention and that in reality many die lie of worry and vexation then after the statement that the know knowl ledge of facts is the true basis of opinion and that man atter bilies hie his own destiny by the of the natural phenomena which exist around and within him he be digresses to other subjects subject i such very briefly is secret of longevity it seems possible to sum it ip lip in a the words A regular life and fair treatment of the stomach his worda are those ef of wisdom and reflect the expert once of ono bad hundred jears years they are worth studying and heeding he edine di nga BF P call CaU |