144 HOW TO PROLONG LIFE. 



. I took a note of this in a little Ijook where I 

 generally write all that I am anxious to remem- 

 ber, and very soon afterwards I observed in 

 another, paper that a woman had died near 

 Stockholm at 115 years of age; that she never 

 was ill, and was always of a contented disposi- 

 tion. I immediately wrote to Stockholm to 

 learn what means the old woman had used for 

 preserving her health, and now read the answer:- 



^'She always had a great love of cleanliness, 

 and in the daily habit of washing her face, 

 hands and feet in cold water, and as often as 

 opportunity offered she bathed in the same. — 

 She never ate or drank any delicacies or sweet- 

 meats, seldom coffee, seldom tea, and never wine." 



Of these likewise I took a note in my little 

 book. Sometime after this I read that near St. 

 Petersburg, a man died who had enjoyed good 

 health until he was 120 years old. Again I 

 took my pen and wrote to St. Petersburg, and 

 liere is the answer: 



^'He was an early riser, and never slept be- 

 yond seven hours at a time; he nev.er was idle; 

 he employed himself chiefly in the open aii', and 

 particularly in his garden; whether he walked 



