They have had checkered lives for the
most part. Ups and downs kill a great
many people. The excitement is not
good for them. It is neither good cn the
score of longevity to meet with sudden
losses nor to make fortunes rapidly.
The exceptions are those where great
equanimity of temper has been pre
served. Quakers generally have great
longevity. They not only are temper
ate, but they are not subject to great
excitements. The serene life is the
most favorable to longevity.
An Ex-Slave’s Experience.
Indianaoplis Journal.
Charles Lung, an infirm negro,
reached this city tonight and was given
shelter by the police authorities. He
tells a remark able story. He was born
a slave, and wa> owned by George W.
Bearfield, near Richmond, at t'-.e time
that city surrendered. Beirfield had
several hundred laves, to whom he
represented that if they would ac
company him to the Gold Coast (mean
ing California i he would provide for
their future, Uace at sea, they were
placed in irons and sold as slaves in
Cuba. Of the original number only he
and a brother succeeded in escaping,
after sixteen years of servitude. The
man is broken down in health, is brand
ed upon the head and arms, and upon
his person ar marks of brutal treat
ment Part c ‘ he lime while a Cuban
slave he was scullion on a Spanish
man-of-war, and the balance of the
time he worked on a rice plantation
near St. Juval. His Caban owner was
called Vanstell Thinkenbnrr. and he
met him in New Orleans shortly after
his escape. The negro has had a very
strange experience, else he is a very
gifted liar.
PERSONS AND THINGS.
