A PRESCRIPTION FOR LONG LIFE.
In the reign of Francis I. of France, the saying went—
"Lever à cinq, diner à neuf,
Souper à cinq, coucher à neuf,
Fait vivre d'ans nonante et neuf;"
which we thus translate—
"Rising at five, and dining at nine,
Supping at five, and bedding at nine,
Brings the years of a man to ninety and nine."