Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1903 — Page 16

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1903

EMS POLITICALLY; FINDS PERSONALLY

CAMPAIGN DIFFERENCES SOON FORGOTTEN.

BOOKWALTER AND TAGGART

Used to be at Swords' Points, but Now It is Tom and Charley—Other Interesting Examples.

When Mayor Charles Bookwalter, of Indianapolis. goes down to French Lick Springe for a rest, he gets a warm handshake from Thomas Taggart, ex-mayor, manager of the hotel. They “Toni" and “Charley" each other until the guests conclude that they have been bosom friends for years. And they are on good terms. Else, why Should Mayor “Charley" choose ex-Mayor “Tom's"' hostelry, and why should Tom Taggart, bestir himself unusually and send the bell boys on the Jump when his old political enemy steps into the lobby at

French Lick?

Back In 1899, when the two were rival nominees for mayor, did you ever hear Mr. Bookwalter declare In most condemnatory fashion that the financiering of the Taggart administration was a gross outrage and fraud upon the people; that money was borrowed by means of bond issues under the pretext of building bridges, but really to bear the ordinary running expenses of the bankrupt city government? The charge was the

backbone of his campaign. And Mr. Tag-

agaln called him a liar or

words to that effect—not to Bookwalter’s

gort time and

face, understand, but on the stump and to persons that repeated the Bookwalter

change.

Superheated Letters.

On one occasion a series of superheated letters passed back and forth and the public was led to expect a hand-to-hand encounter or pistols and coffee. The election returns made Taggart mayor. A contest •was brought by the Republican nominee for city clerk on the Bookwaiter theory of fraud in the count and in the destruction of protested ballots. Bookwalter was the man behind the gun, and it was aimed at T. Taggart. The contest jfizsled. If there was great fraud, T. Taggart had smoothed ovsr his foot»tnr«i ' . I all this, it was still “Tom” and ” when they met, and it has con-

be so.

I enemies are not necessarily personal enemies. When the fight is over, and even between the rounds, they often ‘ e gloves and shake hands, were rancor in Mayor Bookhe would hardly profit and political enemy by going 1 for a pleasure trip. . f , Another Forgotten Item. Many have forgotten the efforts of Mr. Bookwalter to impeach E. M. Johnson before the City Council for malfeasance in the office of city comptroller. Taggart re-elected, but the City Council went Republican and Mr. Bookwalter set about with an official investigation of the Taggart regime. The Council, propelled by Bookwaltier, inquired into the acts of the Board of Safety, in discharging patrolmen and in dealing with saloons, and Into

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the sots of City

Comptro: irt of th<

Her Johnson In

pro vemen Uf Si. Hardin^whom Taggart defeated for

was chosen attorney,

i material was being ground , especially In the Board of

Ion, but when it came M. Johnson some Of the

n the Council called a halt.

A few weeks ago Mayor Bookwalter appointed Mr. Johnson a member of the grade crossing commission, appointed the very man he tried to have im-

And Mr. Johnson’s acceptance

mayor

out | T*

peached.

AT FRENCH LICK.

may be taken, also, as an indication that political enmity does not break personal friendship. The mayor, calls Mr. Johnson "Dory.” Remembered Maguire. Not only this. The Democratic nominee for mayor in 1901 was Charles Maguire. He was a member of Taggart's Board of Public Works and wai a part of the city administration that Bookwalter attacked so vehemently. What did Mr. Bookwalter do when elected but turn round and < appoint Chaurtea Maguire Democratic member of the Board of Public Works and thereby make him a member of the Bookwalter admlnlstraOne of the bitterest fights in the history ^ ^““ubUcao party of Indianapolis i 1898 when Joseph B. Kealing — contested for the

was the general

was fought as an outlived to Johnson county. A.

1 In charge of for Overstreet ■ and Kealing they did not

they met.

reel got Is still

nd Oversti which he

afterward appointed it attorney. A. A. surveyor of cusb* tween. Overstreet Young and Kealing is of them hold good ter fought KealKealtng turned to ' ‘boost for the fight In the convcnCharies A. BookwalKansdeH's the committee on f but

some very

hard knocks from the Bookwalter machine, but that does not keep him from being a good friend of Charles N. Elliott, city clerk and county chairman, with whom he is jointly Interested in several business deals. “It depends upon the kind of fight an opponent makes," said Merle N. A. Walker, when asked whether political enemies are frequently personal friends, "if a man fights fair, does not lie and do underhand work, his opponent does not get sore. “If a man is beaten fairly, then sulks, he soon becomes what they call a dead one. Sore Spots Are Inside. “The sorest feeling is usually within a party. Attacks from the opposite party are to be expected. The man that comes up smiling after defeat stands a chance of winning ultimately. The man that sulks is lost." Armln C. Koehne used to contest wdth W. H. Schmidt for the nomination for county treasurer. He came up smiling after defeat and finally won out. • “It depends upon the man.” said Charles E. Cox. former police judge. “I think there are many cases where apparently no 111-fecllng obtains as a result of a political fight, where really there is much secret bitterness. “Back in 1S96 I attacked a man who went off with the gold Democrats, for ingratitude to the party that had done so much for him. He and I had been friends for years. We had mutual interests in legal studies, particularly in the line of biographies of judges. Well, sir, that man took my remarks to heart. For a long time he would not speak to me.” "I think that most men that go into politics understand, that they will be fought," said A. A.' Young, “and that it is a mistake to let political enmities destroy personal friendships. If they do not understand this they had better stay out of politics. A man that makes a game, though losing fight, gains the re spect of the party, if he turns in and helps elect the man that defeated him In the convention. Such a man stands a good chance of winning some time in the future.’' ^ It is probably true that the greatest enmities among Indianapolis politicians are within party lines and that the bitterest feeling of the last decade was that existing between the Democrats and the gold Democrats after- the spilt of 1896.

BOOTH BELL. THE ACTOR.

floor and half-carried her to a couch. I called for other members of the household. but there was none there. Halfdazed. I ran from the* house and summoned neighbors. They hurried to her and as they stood over her, I told them the story of the message. Gradually she regained consciousness and gasped: “Where is he? Tell me more." One of Life’s Saddest. I had only the meager details given In a War Department message. He had fallen while charging a band of insurgents. That was all the message said, but that mother demanded more and I prayed in my heart that I might tell her more. Several times I tried to leave her, but in her sorrow she cried again: “Tell me more." And not In. that hour had I thought of the city editor. Suddenly the thought came to me that I could not give all to sympathy, and I hurried to the office. All he said was: “Did you find them?” Surely 1 had. And the memory of that day Ungers in my memory as one of life's saddest. Do I ever find life a streak of sunshine? Aye, aye, sir. I went to the last christening down at Mike Jefferson’s. I am, as ever, your humble servant, going or coming. THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS REPORTER. * CmMllltLS DOWN III LOCH POLICE REMS ' ♦ Continued from Page Fifteen. were as numerous as his crimes. Vance had a peculiar Influence over horses. It is told of him that he could take an unbroken colt from the field, hitch It up and drive away. The animal seldom displayed an inclination to balk when Vance was the driver. For years he baffled the

SOME CRIMINALS WHOSE PICTURES ADORN THE INDIANAPOLIS ROGUES’ GALLERY.

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Harry Church.

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Chas. Howard.

‘Bedbug Charlie: ’

Chas. Hanson.

Harry Henderson.

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“Bill” Malady.

PISTOL WITH WHICH HMHILTON MS KILLED

IS OWNED BY RICHARD CHURCH, „OF NEW YORK.

IT WAS USED IN MANY DUELS

In Those Old Days the Code was in Its Greatest Vogue-—Hamilton’s Death a Check.

ROCHESTER. N. Y., March -2L—The dueling pistole with which Colonel Burr killed the patriot and statesman. Alexander Hamilton, together with Its mate, is the property of Richard Church, of this city, and the weapons lie to the old shagreen-lined wooden case in which they were deposited when originally bought In London, England, in 1797. These historic weapons came into possession of Mr. Church by right of descent, as he is the grandson of John B. Church, the intimate friend of Washington, Lafayette, Rochambeau, Adams and other men famous in the early days. While in England his grandsire was a close companion of Fox and PUL , The gr&ndslre migrated to Boston early in 177S and at once espoused the cause of the colonies. After the revolutionary war he went to Paris, where he remained eighteen months; thence to England,finally returning to America and taking up his residence In the John Jay property in New York city. In those days Wogdoh was the famous gunsmith of London; the “code" was In its highest vogue, and no gentleman could afford to be without his brace of dueling pistols. The Wogdon make was in great demand. The pistols were simple In construction, with barrels of sm«>th bore, octagonal In build, .50 In calmer, with flintlocks and a quick trigger. Of Polished Walnut. The stock and foreplsce were of one piece of heavy, highly-polished black walnut The grips were checkered to admit of a firm bold, and a half-inch back •f each muzzle was a little polished brass sight over one of which Burr drew a bead and dropped Hamilton In his tracks. Such are the weapons to-day in possession of Mr. Church, of this city. His grandsire used one of them in a meeting with Burr five years before the tragedy in which Hamilton lost his life. The senior Church repeated some gossip which he had hoard concerning Burr’s connection with the Holland Land company, and Burr demanded an explanation. Church refused to apologize, saying he

had characterized the story as gossip when ho related It. This was unsatisfactory and Burr challenged Church, and they met at Weehawken. The Wogdon dueling pistols were used and while Burr missed his aim Church clipped a button off his antagonist’s coat. Three years later young Phillip Hamilton, son of Alexander Hamilton, met J. G. Ecker on the field of honor and was! killed. Philip Church, son of John B. Church, was • young Hamilton's second, and he borrowed his father’s pistol. Took'Church’* Advice. Then again, when Alexander Hamilton. was challenged by Burr, he said to Church who was his brother-in-law, that he did not know what weapons to use, and Church suggested his dueling pistols, remarking, ‘'I used them on Burr and they made his buttons fly.’’ The tragic result of the meeting between Hamilton and Burr Is a part of history. Twice afterward the same pistols figured in other encounters, but in neither case was blood drawn. Besides these dueling pistols, the Church family has other mementoes of Alexander Hamilton’s last days. These include copies of his will, and the state ment which he drew In the solitude of his own room the night before the fatal meeting, together with drafts of letters published after his .death. In these Hamilton disclaimed all ill feeling fof Aaron Burr, and he also expressed his. abhorrence of the practice of dueling, but felt himself so bound by the conventionalities of his day and generation that he could not decline the meeting. He met Burr with the determination not to kill him, and received his bullet without making an effort to wound his antagonist. Hamilton’s death shocked the nation, and contributed much toward stigmatizing “affairs of honor” as unworthy a civilized people.

Colored Religious Notes. Mrs. Wright, the evangelist, will continue revival services at Allen chapel next week. St. Philip’s mission will have baptismal services to-niororw afternoon. The Rev. Julius R. Cox will preach. Mt. Zion Baptist church has just closed a successful revival. The pastor will baptize converts the third Sunday in April. The Ninth Presbyterian church will present the “Ten Virgins” at the church. Monday evening, March 30. ‘Tnflamatus’ 1 will be sung by twenty voices. The Y. M. C. A. rally will take place at the Second Baptist church to-morrow afternoon. The Rev. F. O. Ballard, pastor of Memorial Presbyterian church, will speak. George Finn has been elected a delegate to represent Bethel church In the electoral college,■which meets at Allen chapel, April 4, to elect lay delegates to the general conference At Chicago in May, 1901. The Willing Workers Club of Corinthian Baptist church will give an entertainment entitled “Famous Women,” at the church Wednesday evening, March 25, for the benefit of the parsonage fund. The Rev. James M. Townsend, of Bethel church* has arranged the following schedule of entertainments at the church to raise $3,500 by June 1: March 23. musicale, byBusy Bees; April 20, “Solving the Race Problem.” by the__Cheerfvn Work ers; April 28, c 4-5, Young Men 1 May fair, by Ladles’ Alliance. East End Circle. Mite Missionary Society and stewardesses; May 19, musical and literary entertainment by George Finn’s club; May 21, entertainment by Busy Bee Club.

THI OLD DUELING PltTOLi.

LIFE I PASSING SHOW FOR IS REPOAIEA

CHRONICLES THE CITY’S DEATHS AND BIRTHS.

GLIMPSES OF GRIEF AND JOY

Has Written Obituaries and Birth Until He is Both a Tolling Bell and a Nursery Rhyme.

The sunny-souled parson has said that even in life we are in the midst of death. The parson is right. I am the births and deaths reporter, and I ought to know. If a baby comes to brighten a home, I am one of the first to catch a gleam of the sunshine. If the Grim Reaper enters the home I may hear the last echo of the Reaper’s sweep. As I said before, I am the births and deaths reporter—not a philosopher. Far be it from me to try to solve the whys and wherefores of life. I am too busy. I am only to get the figures and report them. (And yet, in my going hither and yon, my basking in sunshine and my tarrying amid tears, I encounter comedy and tragedy that go to make up life. I have written obituaries until I seem almost as a human tolling bell. I have talked of twins, triplets and quadruplets until my life would seem one long, sweet nursery rhyme. Life a Passing Show. To me life is a passing show, and it frequently occurs that I am the clown For Instance, not long ago, I heard that triplets had tripped into a HaughvtUe home. Triplets are always worth more than passing mention in the vital statistics. So I got the address and proceeded to the domicile of the triumvirate. A German woman met me at the door. I stated my business. “Triblets! No; ve haf got not some triblets. Shust von," she said with a Teutonic smile. "Well, I cer-certainly beg-beg pardon, I stammered. "No, it Iss shust von. Dot iss all,” she said, while the smile broadened Just then a man meandered around the house, and she called to him. “Mike, show der shentlemens der bapy. He baf got a vord dot ve haf got some triblets, but I shust salt dot dot is not so. He is der newsbaper mans." I didn't want to see the baby unless it was triplets. But before I could escape Mike had me by the sleeve and led me to the barn. A baby in a barn? Sure thing. A colt And then I awoke. I had the wrong number. The triplets were in the next

block.

Plenty of Sorrows. Do I have sorrows? In plenty. My harvest of sorrows is sometimes more than one heart’s yield. While the rebellicr of the Filipino insurgents was at its hlgbt. a message came to Indianapolis that one of our boys ha^ fallen I was given the message and told to get a story of the soldier’s fife In Indianapolis and of his family ties. The city editor said, too, that I must get his photograph. As the car carried me there I pictured In my mind’s eye the sudden sorrow that grim-viaaged war had brought to that home. I could see the weeping mother and I almost felt her sorrow in my own heart. I reached the door. “Is this the home of private So-and-So:” I asaed of a portly woman that a motherly smile. She had come to greet me at the door. “Yes, air," she answered. Her eye caught sight of the message m my hand. “Has anything happened to him?" she

cried.

“Yes, he—he—he is dead!"

What a brute I was to aay It that way, but I could say no more. I looked toward the mother. A faint cry fell from her Hpe and then she closed her eyes.

came now, and then she

A faint sob

f«ll. I caught her before ah# reached the East Washington street saloon.

police and county authorities, but he was finally run down. After a prison sentence Vance returned here and promised to reform. He went to Cumberland and opened a store. His reformation was not for long. He again began stealing horses and again went to prison. He was known as the worst horse thief in America in the late seventies. Vance had another strange trait—he enjoyed being photographed and tintypes galore of him may be found in every rogues’ gallery. Of an opposite disposition to Vance was Ed Hunt a burglar. He was never caught by the camera. Hunt baffled all efforts to get a photograph. Once, when Tim Splan was captain of detectives, Hunt was arrested by Captain Dawson and detectives McGuff and Daugherty, charged with burglary- Captain Splan decided to try every means to get a picture of him. A photographer was placed around the corner of the police station. He w'as to take a snap shot of Hunt when the detectives came down the street with him. All was in readiness and McGuft and Daugherty came in with their man. Captain Splan ran upstairs and when they approached he called to them. This was a scheme to get Hunt to look up. McGuff and Daugherty looked up but their prisoner did not. The photographer w'as baffled. Alonzo Henderson. Alonzo Henderson was one of Indianapolis’s notorious crooks. Henderson’s re cent attempt to kill Captain of Police Hyland is recalled as one of his daredevil acts. He has served several prison sentences. He was paroled some time ago because he was thought to be dying. It developed, after his release, that he had eaten soap to maite himself appear consumptive. As soon as he was re leased he resumed his old habits and committed burglaries. He is now serving sentence for attempting to kill Captain Hyland. > A1 Kerr was another well-known crook. Kerr was a pickpocket, and followed circuses and other big attractions. He began bis life of crime when a boy living in Lord street He has served several sen

tences.

Harry Henderson, known as the “Kid.’ Is known in Eastern cities. He was involved recently in a biff diamond robbery in Philadelphia. Henderson is known as

a sneak thief.

“Patsy” Sullivan, alias Conners, a pal of Henderson, is now serving a long sentence in the East for burglary. Sullivan was. arrested at Terre Haute several yeariKagd, and fought the officers fiercely. HdNQficaped from the sheriff, but was recaptured and sent to prison. He was a

sneak thief.

William Starr was known as "Whit” Starr, the canary bird man. Starr would run into houses during the summer when the doors were open, and pretend that he was pursuing an escaped canary. He would move so fast that the women In the house could not detect his thefts. He would lift diamonds and silverware with remarkable ease. Then he would make his escape. Starr is the only man who ever succeeded In sawing out of the Marlon county JaiL He “turned the trick" while A1 Womack was sheriff. Negro Criminal. Joe Davis is perhaps the most notorious negro criminal that stands to the discredit of Indianapolis. He has been known for years as a bad crook. He has served terms for burglary and highway robbery. Davis is now doing time in a Federal penitentiary for robbing the postofflee at

Greencastle.

Harry Church and Harry Warner were members of what was known as the Davis gang of burglars and hold-ups. Church and Warner have served sentences In Michigan City, Jeffersonville

and Columbus, Ohio, prisons.

Frank Whiting was one of the most desperate men that ever called Indianapolis his home. He was killed by a guard at Michigan City prison several years ago while attempting to escape. Whiting lumped on a switch engine that was backing some cars within the prison walls. He knocked the engineer down, opened the throttle and made a wild dash for the gate but was killed by the guard before hi* runaway engine got outside. Whiting was known as a highwayman. His last Job was at Washington and Davidson streets. He robbed a man and when the police attempted to arrest him he threw pepper in their eyes. He escaped but was captured and sent to prison. John Laugh an was another desperado.

MANY HAVE MADE THE CENTURY HUH IN YEARS

ARE NUMEROUS INSTANCES NOTED LONGEVITY.

MEXICAN DIED AT AGE OF 192

Those Who Live to Extreme Age Are Mostly from Common Wajks of Life—Few Aged Rulers.

From the frequency with which accounts of persons who are celebrating their hundredth birthday—or over—are now appearing In the newspapers, the inference is drawn that more persons reach the century mark In longevity than was formerly supposed, though there is a

WHEN SENSE OF SMELL IS ACUTELY DEVELOPED.

Condition that lo a Positive Discom-fort—-Identification by

Odors.

.The sense of smell in many more persons than is generally known Is so keen as to be to them a source of positive discomfort. Helen Kellar, who Is t>oth deaf and blind end regarded as the most wonderful person bearing such Infirmities that ever lived, finds compensation for the loss of these two senses in the senses of taste and smell, both of which she has developed to a marveloa* degree

of acuteness.

It Is said that by odor alone she Is always conscious of the presence of another person, no matter how noiseless his or her entrance into the- rodm in which she may be. Her sense of touch is so developed that by placing her hands on the face of a visitor she is able to detect shades of emotion which even the normal human eye falls to distinguish. In a recent work entitled Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine.” a chapter is given to the subject of human odors. It notes that each individual as well as each species is in ufe enveloped with an odor

marked diminution in the number of col- ! pooullarily its own. due to its exhaled ored persons who were servants in the ^j^atton B ° t0 ““ ln * tnsible

family of George Washington; which has

In Savage Tribes.

The faculty of recognizing an odor in different individuals, although more developed in savage tribes, is by no means unknown in civilised society. Instances are given where a young man, like a dog, could smell an enemy by the scent; of women who could not tolerate the presence of certain Individuals of their own race because of their odor; of another who could not sleep In a bed that anyone else had made because of the odor left by the hands of the one that

made It

According to medical authorities, sex, age, climate, habits, ailments, the passions, the emotions and the occupations modify the difference In the humors exhaled, resulting in neceVisarHy^iiifferent odors. The sourish smell of nursing infants Is caused by the butyric acid of the milk. Bottle-fed children smell like strong butter. Old age- produces an osor similar to that of dry leaves. There have been persons who declared that they could tell approximately the rfge of individuals i>y the sense of smell. Characteristic Odors. Many tribes and races of peoples not distinguished by cleanliness have strong characteristic odors. Those negroes who pay little attention to soap and water have a rank ammonlacal Odor due to a volatile oil exuded from the skin. The Esquimaux and Greenlanders have the odor of their greasy and oily foods. It Is said that Cossacks leave the atmosphere charged with odors several hours after their passage through a neighborhood. The lower race of Chinamen are said to be distinguished by a musty odor. The emotions are said to have a decided influence on theyidor of an individual. Mention is made of a young man, unfortunate in love and violently Jealous, whose whole body exhaled a sickening and pernicious odor. One medical authority speaks of a young woman whose hands exhaled the strong odor of vanilla, ' — ther who, on her deathbed, exodor of musk, though neither sed these perfumes. ■hman says the odor of the sweat of lunatics resembles that of yellow deer or mice. Another authority declares that in the absence of further evidence he would not hesitate in declaring a person Insane if he could perceive certain associate odors. * - • Subject to Change.

[Puck.]

Hezekiah Fluster—Hurry up. Obediah, lest we miss the coach. Obadlah Testy—Out upon thee! You know as well as I it stops for an hour at the Wild Goose. Hezekiah Fluster—True! But, perchance, the driver isn’t as dry as usual

to-day.

who met death while committing crime. When Indianapolis street cars were run with mules Laughan used to rob the car tills. He was killed by a driver named Finnegan, at McCarty and New Jersey streets. Finnegan is now a motonnan on

a South Meridian street car.

Bert Connelly has an unenviable prison record. He started bad when a boy and has served four prison sentences. He is a burglar and Is now In Jeffersonville

prison.

"Charley” Hanson, the safe cracker, lived in Indianapolis. Hanson Is now doing a sentence for cracking a safe In an

been measurably restored by old ladles who claim to have danced with Lafay-

ette.

A few years ago there died in this city a man named Shea, who claimed to be 108 years old, and that he had known Daniel O’Connell, the Irish liberator, at Cahirclveen, County Kerry-, when the latter was a young man. A man named Hubbard died at North Indianapolis a few years ago, at the age of 106 years. A man named Daniel Wood, who used to sharpen knives and saws at the East Market, claimed to be 108 years old a short time before his death. He said that as a British soldier, he guarded Napoleon on the Island of St. Helena Napoleon died in

1821.

A few years ago there died in a poorhouse in New Jersey Noah Roby, at the age of 125 years. He was discharged from active duty on the ship Brandywine, of the United States navy, ninety years ago, and related that he had heard George Washington speak at Portsmouth and Washington while his ship was at those

places.

Cther Old-Timers. Ampng other instances of longevity the following have found place In authentic records: , Francis Auge. died In Maryland, in 1767, at the age of 134. He remembered the execution of Charles I, and had a son born to him after he was 100. One of the most celebrated cases of authenticated longevity is that of Henry Jenkins, born in Yorkshire, England, in 1501, dying in 1670, age 169. When above 100 he was able to swim across a rapid stream. Thomas Parr, another Englishman, was bom in 1483, and lived 15£ years and nine months. He is celebrated by a monument in Westminster Abbey. x Jean Korin, a Hungarian peasa his wife are named as a most rem couple. He died at the age of 172 wife at 1,64. They had lived together ™ years, and had a son who at the time of their death was 116. Lived 185 YearsTbe most noted case of longevity is that of Setrash Czarten, bom in Hungary in 1537, and dying 1S5 years later. Comparing his age with some of the patriarchs, he i was five years older than Isaac, ten years older than Abraham, thirty-seven years older than Nahor. William Edwards, a Welshman, died in 1668. It was said on his tombstone that he was born in the year 1500. Louisa Truxo, a South American negress, was credited at death with having lived 175 years. Dr. Hufeland gives Joseph Surrington, of Bergen, Norway, 160 years. At the time of his death he left one son age 108, and another age nine years. There was recently reported from the town of Teluco, near Vera Cruz, Mexico, where birth registers are carefully kept, the death of a man at the age of 192

years.

Old Lady in Court. Celebrated in English history by Sir Walter Raleigh and Francis Bacon was the Countess of Desmond, who appeared at court in 1614, being 140 years old and in possession of her powers, mental and physical. There are still extant portraits of her taken at this advanced age. Among the mission Indiana of California there are reported instances of longevity ranging from 120 to 140. John de la Somet, of Virginia, died in 1766, age 130. He was a great smoker, tobacco agreeing with his constitution. He attributed his length of years to the use of tobacco. Eglebert Hoff was a lad driving a team in Norway when the news was brought that Charles I was beheaded. He died in Fishkill, N. Y., in 1764, at the age of 128. He never used spectacles, read fluently end his memory and senses were retained until his death, which was due to an

accident

At Boston Tea Party. David Kinnison, at the age of 111, related to Lassing, author of the “Field Book of the American Revolution," the story of the Boston tea party In 1773, of which he had been a member. He died

at the age of 115.

A shoemaker named R. Glen was alive In the town of Tacony, near Philadelphia a few years ago, age 114 years. He had seen William III. His third wife was but thirty years old. In 1896 Dr. William Reynold Salmon died at Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, Wales, age 106. At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, and the oldest Free Mason in the world. He drank good port wine up to the day of his death, but abandoned tobacco at the

age of ninety.

William Hotchkiss, an empirical doctor, said to have reached the age of 140 years, died at St. Louis, April 1, 1896. In Napoleon’s Army. . There recently died at Saratoff, at the age of 125 years, a Lieut Nicholas Lavln, born In Paris In 1768. He was In Napoleon’s army in the Invasion of Russia, was made a prisoner in the retreat from Moscow and after his liberation married and

settled in Russia.

The rule has scarcely been broken that those who live to extreme age are from the common walks of life, those who labor with their hands or live out of doors. Emperors and kings and others of the great ones of earth have their years cut short by worry and care. Rulers Short-Lived. Queen Victoria was an illustrious exception to this rule. In the whole list of Roman and German emperors, from Augustus Ccesar to William I of Germany, only six attained the age of eighty. Gordian, Valerian, Anastas!us and Justinian were octogenarians, Tiberius lived to be eightyeight and Augustus eighty-six. William I was the only other exception. Of 800 popes, only six have excecd-d eighty years, including the present pontiff, who bids fair to be a hundred. Tne tendency to long Ufe in the priesthood and cardlnaUte and among monks of the various orders of the Catholic church, does not obtain in the office of the pontificate, which is burdened by great cares. One Girl’s Wisdom.

{Chicago New*.]

George—Edith. I love you. Will you

joske me the happiest : sharing my humble lot?

Edith—No. George: I dislike the Idea of

if youTl hustle

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MRS. H. A. WELCHKR. Kingston, Tenn., Hsd Suffered Agony for Tear*

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make me the happiest man on earth'by

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