The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-10-18

RACHAEL. .sTILLwAGGoS-sARAH RoTusCnILD
In Chicago, for instance, The Herads re-
porters have hunted down some very inter-
esting old folks, including Augustine Deodat
Taylor, aged q, and Sarah RothscAid, nged
lGl-these two the Oldest in the city. There
as elsewhere, old women are more numerous
than old men. e. E.....@. .I-5.a.z -#.. -....4.
Mrs. ltothschild was born Mny 22 17SS, in
Hesse- -Darinstadt, Germany. and to this day
knows no language save German and He
brew. She married Joseph Rothschild md
Of her two daughters the oldest, Mrs Simon
Raber, of Milwaukee, cane to America soon
after marriage Tlirty.nine years ago Mr.
Rothschild died and then the widow and her
remaining daughter followed the other to
America and finally located in Chicago. The
second daughter, Mrs. Levi Lebolt, is a grand
mother, yet the old lady is still in firm health
and active habits and bids fair to live many
years longer The family have prospered In
Chicago and 50 the old lady has nothing to
trouble her She is Il drvout and orthodox
1sruelte and observes the sacred days of the
race with extreme care, the fcilsts quite Us
fully rs the fasts, She ..us all tho old Ger
man ways. likes glass of Rhine WING and
partakes freely of it, is fond of music and
good company aud eats good food with u rel
isl Her particular adherence Is Napoleon
Bonapartc ami She still relates with some
thing like Indignation the ,nSercS Of Ger
many during his campaigns.
The physiolosists have not lsrli very sue
cesstul in discovering the cause, Uf prolonged
life, MS they seem negative rather than posi-
tive. II you are not killed or rapidly worn
out, yon will live Il long 1inle--that's about
all there is IN it. And SO it is with Mrs
Rothschl!d. She has never Aetn seriously
sick and never needed the attention Of a doc
tor. On one point all old people agree-they
did not fret. Ali were Of cheerful natures
Heredity, OF course. l;ss Il great deal TO do
with it. Therefore, first get y good rons.itu-
lion from Eou: parents; then take comfort
and don't fret and your chances are of the
best
AT Flushing, L.. l., lives Mrs. Rachel Still
Wagon, !" hu reached her lOIth birthday Il few
days since She Is the daughter. OF Stephen
and Hannah Aclser, of Tarrytown, y y, ut
the time of her birth, and her life record is
much like that Of other Very old women-that
is she was naturally cheerful, lived fairly
well, tool; ii great deal of exercise and had no
accident OF serious sickness. When II years
old size went to New York city to live and
saw the metropolis grow from Canal street
to Harlem. In 1911 she married David Still
Wagon, Il carpenter, and seven children were
born to them, Of u Lom II son and Two daugi=
tcrs only survive.
The remarkable fact about Mrs Stilwnggun
Is that She looks far NOR. Youthful than old
Indies who are really moro y, ,,0rolls than She
She looks at least t"elitv five Years younger
than size is, Uus is afflicted somewhat with
rheumatism am! walks With difficulty Her
sight is much impaired anil her hearing
slightly s.', but her niin,l is clear us ever.
kJp., i'll .1f Isnt, l.
Charles Parsons, of St. Lonis, who was re-
Gently reelected president Of the American
Bankers association ut the convention held
ut Kansas City, is !, New Yorker by birth
He was born in Homer, Cortland county,
n. Y, i'll 1874, but notwithstanding his Is