Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1891 — Said to be 180 Years Old. [ARTICLE]

Said to be 180 Years Old.

The oldest man in the world is a citizen of Bogota, in the Republic ol San Salvador. The new Methuselah declares that he is 180 years old, and it would seem ha flatters himself, for his neighbors give the assurance that he is older than he says he is. He is a half-breed, named Michael Solis, whose existence was revealed to Dr. Louis Hernandez by one of the oldest planters in the locality, who as s child knew Solis as a centenarian. They have found in the year 1712 hi* signature among those of persons who contributed to tne building of a Franciscan convent which exists near San Sebastian. His skin is like parchment, his long hair, of the whiteness of snow,envelops his head like a turban, and his look is so keen that it made a disagreeable impression on the’Doctor. Interrogated by the Doctor, he answered complaisantly that his great age was due to his regular mode of living, and to his never giving up to any excess of any sort whatever. . ‘‘l never eat but ouce a day,” said he, "but I never use any but the strongest and most nourishing foods.. My meal; last a half hour; for I believe it is impossible to eat more in that time than the body can digest in twenty-foui hours. I fast the first and fifteenth day oT each inonth, ahd ori those days 1 drink as much water as I can bear. I always,let my food become cold before I touch it It is to these things that 1 attribute my great age.” Union Liberate of Quebec.