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goose lays so eggs a year and was sold bv
Mr.. Ray at the end of the third year of his
posse ssion for 500. He says to the best of
his knowledge and belief she is now S6
years of age.
The oldest railroad conductor In the
United States is Richard Coughlin. In
1888 he ran train from Paterson, N J., to
Jersey City. The train then consisted of
cars each one of which was pulled by team
of horses along strap rail IL inches wide.
The rails were nailed to girders "Uncle
Dick" as he is called, is something over so
years of age. When he began service every
conductor had to collect cash fares
The oldest bride of recent mention was
Eliza A. Clark. of New York, who, accord
ing to some of her relatives, was 81 when in
February, 1892, she was married to DR.. Mar
vim Hubbell
Michael Shea, of Indianapolis, had been
nearly 80 years at the forge when 1892 came.
He was Ito years old October %, 1891.
In February, 1892, 'tAunt Jennie" Alden
had lived 106 years in the Cutler place at
Morristown, N. j.
j. D. Turrell, of the Attica branch of the
New York Central Railroad. is the oldest
railroad conductor, he believes, in active
service. He is so, and has been 80 years on
the cars. A pillow exhibited in 1891 at
Fryeburg, Me-, had been In use 115 wears.
The Royal Egyptian statues are the oldest
in existence.
A Long Time in the Harness.
Hickory Jim, "the oldest race horse in
the world" was running at Guttenburg in
1892, aged about 23 The headquarters of
the American Fur Company at Macinac,
built by John Jacob Astor in 1909, is now
occupied as dwelling house. The oldest
tailor's bill on record as now existing and
unpaid at that, has been found at Care,
Switzerland. 1t belonged to the Emperor
Ma1imiliap, and was contracted in 1890
Fred Single, of Marion, O., has. an eight
foot clock made in 1928 in Paris.
Hiram Lester, OF Atlanta, Ga, who was
married there on November at the age of
124 years, says he is the Oldest living in
habitant on earth. Judge Landoum married
him to Mrs. Mary E. Mosely, who is 80
years of age herself
The Holy Scriptures say Methuselah at
tanned the age of 969 years. The oldest peo-
pie in the Bible, if the translation of the
terms describing their ages has been cor
rectly done, were these: Adam, $50: Seth,
912; Enos, 905; Cainan, 910; Jared 962; Me-
thuselah, 969, and Noah, $50. 1t is con-
tended that the reading, "And all the DAYS
that Adam lived were nine hundred and
thirty years." should be "were an hundred
years and thirty and nine" If this be cor
rect the ages respectively of Adam, Seth,
Enos, Cainan, Jared, Methuselah and Noah
would be 139, 13l, ia, 119, III, 124 and 159,
instead of the much greater figures hereto
fore given. There is still another theory
that the word translated years really means
months. Were that true, to obtain the cor
rect age of these worthless it would be only
necessary to divide their biblical age by 12,
which would make them not so very old
after all. JOHN PAUL BoCoCK.
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WOMEN LOVE TO GAMBLE
The Tables at Monte Carlo Bring Out Their
Worst Traits of Character.

The Tables at Monte Carlo Bring Out Their
Worst Traits of Character.
New York Advertlser.l
Everybody has heard of the queer little
principality of Monaco. of its famous town
of Monte Carlo and its Casino, the Mecca OF
all the gamblers of Europe Leaving out
the briet period when it was merged in the
French Republic of 1885, Monaco is one of
the oldest principalities in the world, but it
is now on the land side bounded every
where by Ere nch territory, and as all re-
straints are practically withdrawn gambling
goes on with more magnifcence than ever
Since 1869 the entire revenue of the prin-
cipality Git covers but six square miles and
and has but 6,000 inhabitants) consists of
the re nts of the Casino. From the early
morning, when the professional gamblers
crowd the hall, till late at night, when the
cash is locked in the iron-bound chests, con-
tinuous change goes on among the habitues,
but in the last few hours titled ladies and
noblemen, famous actresses and sports,
criminals and statesmen, innocent looking
girls and grizzled hsrridans jostle each
other around the tables. At one table dur
ing the vacation season sits famous tenor,
and at an adjacent one French duchess.
There is a saving there that "all women are
gamblers ut heart, and really there seems
to be something in it, for the fascination of
the Casino overcomes thousands who would
never be suspected at home. English visi-
tors often complain that they are jostled at
the tables by their own servants, and by
men and women whose character is pain
fully evident in their faces, but the bland
officials only smile. GAIL who have money
are free to risk here" is their motto. In
truth, the Casino is the most democratic
place in Europe.
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WOMEN PARTIAL TO REPTILES.
What Strange Things Visit to the Clyd,
Pier in New York Reveals,

What Strange Things n Visit to tho Clyde
Pier in New York Reveals.
New York Herald.J
Why do women naturally take to sna kes
and lizards and aIligators and similar slimy
associations? Does that old original serpent
still wriggle in the feminine bosom? If you
will pay visit to the Clyde pier when one
OF the coasters from Florida comes in with
its human freight of returning winter
visitors you will see good many small
boxes-cigar boxes, with open tops covered
with fine wire netting, envelope boxes with
holes punched in them, and all kinds of
packages-containing live serpents, small
alligators, chameleons, lizards, nasty bugs
and things Of every description. 1 asked a
learned New England lady the other day
what she was going to do with them.
"Oh, keep them Tor souvenirs-and pets"
she replied. "You don't suppose 1 brought
them home to eat!''
The idea of having pet snake did not
originate with the lovely Cleopatra, nor did
it die out with that famous beauty of the
Nile. Here was a cultured specimen of
modern civilization taking collection of
horrible things to her New England home
as souvenirs and pets, to be fed and fondled
and exhibited to admiring female friends.
No man ever had such an assortment, except
with the delirium tremens, and he is never
proud of that. He is scared to death even
with the idea, let alone indulging in the real
ity. A woman of refinement will embroider
dragons and scorpions and toads all over her
dainty boudoir. She just naturally revels
in snakes. So when she comes back from
Florida she can think of no more pleasing
souvenier than box of choice young alliga-
tors and lovely lizards and dear little water
serpents, and she brings lot home for house
meta
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razor, the blade of which is about two feet
long 1t was originally employed for de-
capitating criminals. As weapon it is al
most worse than useless, being as likely to
wound the person who uses it as it is him
against whom it is directed.
The Amazons are larger, and, as rule,
more masculine looking than the male SOL
diers, and they are, without doubt. the real
fighters of the Dahomevan army. Deprived
by the severe laws of all social ties, they are
as cruel. bloodthirsty, and fearless beings as
exist on this earth. In order to increase
their brutality, those who have killed an
enemy are permitted to exhibit some SYM
Dol Of their prowess. This is usually the
scalp.
Alta, Chief of the warriors, whose picture
is presented herewith, is in command of the
male portion of the Dahomeyan military,
but the King really controls his troops
The same holds good in the case of Gouma
and her Amazons. They, being the Kings
body-guard, are even more Immediately
under his control. The pictures are repro
duced from photographs
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he Is said to be responsible for the first
farce comedy. Edwin Deaves, who died In
New York in 1890 at the age of ", was the
oldest minstrel in America He began to
appear in burnt cork parts In the forties,
and travelled widely up and down the
country before he settled down in San Fran
cisco.
Oldest Railroad Engineer In Service.
The oldest railroad engineer In active
service in the United States Is thought to
be Benjamin Hafner, who entered tne en-
plovment of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company August 1S, 1910, when barely
20 years of age He began as fireman on
an engine running between Baltimore and
Cumberland. In two years he was made
engineer of frst-class passenger train. he
is now and has been for more than 80 years
in the employ of the Eric Railroad Conn
pany. 1t is averred that not one OF the
millions of passengers who have traveled
behind his cab in the course of his half
century of active service has ever been
killed or seriously hurt. Five times En-
gineer Haffner has himself been thrown
down embankments in his locomotive. He
is called the "Flying Dutchman" by his
locomotive brethren, and the fftieth anni-
yersary of his service was appropriately
celebrated some time since in Port Jeryls,
NY.
The oldest living college graduate in
America is supposed to be Colonel Amos
A. Parker, of Fitz-William, n. H. On
October 8, 1891, his Tooth birthday was cele-
brated. He entered the University of Yer
mont in 1911, became tutor in the family of
a wealthy planter at Fredericksburg, Va,
afterward studied law and opened an Office
in 1921. Colonel Parker is said to be the
oldest editor in the country. He is also the
oldest living member of the New Ramp-
shire bar. In 1923 he assumed editorial
charge of the New Hampshire Statesman at
Concord In the year 1925 he was appointed
by Governor Morrill, a special escort to
bring General Lafayette from Boston to
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Concord on a visit and did so.
Facts About the Oldest Printer.

Samuel Sands, who first put into type In
the year 1914 the "Star Spangled Banner"
from the immortal manuscript of Francis
Scott Key, died last summer in his 92d
year. He was the Oldest printer In the
United States. From the year 1911 until
1891 he was either editor, printer or pub
Usher He was q printers devil in the
Office of the Baltimore American when, on
the day after the bombardment of Fort
McHenry by the British, Judge Nicholson
brought into the American office and gave
to Young Sands to ''set up" the manuscript
of Keys poem.
The Oldest e1tant portrait of Christ is
thought to be the painting in the catacombs
of CaIistus in Rome. 1t is believed to date
from the second century and represents its
subject with long, oval face, brown hair
and brown beard.
The Oldest bank note in existence is In
the British Museum, and was issued from
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
POINTS ABOUT PAwNBRoKERa
Qualifications Necessary to the Successful
Conduct Of the Business

Conduct Of the Business.
New York Herald.I
"To be successful pawnbroker one must
have q thorough knowledge of the value of
jewelry, general knowledge of the busi-
ness and, more important still, must be a
perfect student of human nature" said an
uptown pawnbroker to me last evening.
"Without the thorough knowledge of the
value Of jewelry he will never be able to
estimate in advance the prof. on loan he
is asked to make, and without the knowledge
of human nature he is absolutely worthless
in the business.
"For instance, say man comes in here
with valuable watch to pawn. He wants
$50 on it. Now if am student of human
nature can tell in a moment whether that
man intends to redeem the watch or whether
he intends to let it remain here until the
ticket expires and 1 have the legal right to
sell it. If his face tells me that he will not
redeem the watch 1 let him have only SIS on
it, for then my profits on its sale will be
larger but on the other hand, if can tell
by his face that he intends to redeem the
watch, why willingly let him have S1OO,
for my interest on the loan will amount to
more and my profits on the transaction will
be larger. Ali these points are considered
by good pawnbroker who understands his
husinesg -
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THE WOMEN OF WAR.
Fierce and Brutal Amazons Who
Will Give the French Trouble.
THEY FIGHT LIKE MAD DOGS.
Scalps Of Vanquished Foes Dsngls From
Many Aaidens Girdle.
THEIR COSTUMES AND ORGANIZATION.
WRITTEN FOR THE pIsPArcH,1

WRITTEN FOR THE prsPArCH.J
The prospective war in Dahomey occupies
considerable public attention on account of
the famous Amazon or women soldiers who
will take part on the side of the African
King. The French will have perhaps the
fercest fighters in the world TO face. The
most astonishing stories of their valor arc
told. They seem to know no fear and in
battle, as one traveller describes them, they
fight like so many mad dogs.
The regiment of about 4, 900 Amazons is
divided into three battalions, the center and
two wings. The Fanti's or center division
is analogous to the English Guards. They
wear on the head narrow white fllet on
which are sewed blue crocodiles. This orna-
ment was bestowed upon them because ono
of their number once killed crocodile.
The English Grenadiers have another
counterpart in the Blunderbuss Company,
who are selected for their size and strength.
Each member is followed by slave bearing
the ammunition. Equal in rank are the
Sharpshooters, the Carbineers and the
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ond floor bedrooms occupied by the heads
of the family.
There are certain physicians who insist
on their patieRts being taken away upstairs
at the beginning of an illness. In the aver
age fiat house the top floor is always rented
for lower sum than any other. This seems
curious, as, save for the extra flight or so of
stairs, the apartment is the best of all. II
is sure to be light, while downstairs it is
often necessary to burn gas all day. The
air can circulate freely, and there is no one
passing the door or tramping over your
head. Some people don't like it because
they get the benefit of every leak in the
root; but there is deep consolation I'M, the
fact that no one can be legally made to pay
his rent if the roof leaks.
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HALLOWED BY TIME.
Some of the Oldest Things
and Oldest Men in the
United States.
A HOUSE BUILT IN 1912.
Wheat and Corn Taken From Num-
mics 1000 Years Old.
H0IRY-HEADED RAILROAD MEN.
The Printer Who Set Up the Star Spangled
Banner IS Years Ago.
A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF RECORDS
A HOUSE BUILT IN 1912.
I0LRY-HEADED RAILROAD MEN.
A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF RECORDS
twRrrTEy FOR THE DIsPAToH.l

The Oldest inhabitant is the most elusive
as we'll as one of the most interesting human
beings When you think you have him
located he doesn't seem to be there. Every
citv. town and hamlet in the country boasts
of his possession, and not intrequently he
has been known to boast himself Probably
the most interesting old man, and unques-
tionablv the Oldest New Yorker, is Colonel
Charles Barclay Tappen, who is leading
a serene old age, full of years and honors
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Bayonet Company. The women Of tho
greatest courage are gathered into the Ele-
phant Company, whose special business it
is to hunt the elephant for the sake of his
tusks. The youngest, handsomest, most &C
tive and best dressed are the archers. Their
weapons consist of small bow and arrows
and small knife. Their uniform or dress
though richer is scantier than that of the
regular army. They are distinguished by
IN ivory bracelet on the left arm and tat
too extending to the knee. They are
trained to dancing, and when in the field
are employed as messengers and in CARRYING
off the dead and wounded. Their official
title is Go-hen-to, "the bearers of quivers"
Then there are the razor women, each of
whom is armed with q weapon like a huge
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THE BEST PART OF THE HOUSE
It Is Better for the Health to 1.-Two In the
Top Story.


Live as near the top of your house as you
can. 1t is the most healthy place in the
whole building. There is more air, freer
circulation and less of the unwholesome
dust of the street. People often wonder at
the good health enjoyed by servants, despite
their constant and wearing duties. 1t Is to
a great extent owing to the fact that they
sleep in purer atmosphere than any other
occupant of the house. The attic, general
ly devoted to storage and servants rooms,
Is far more valuable thaa the first and sec
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08

SPECIAL diamond sale this week. Call and
see ;he immense display ef fEIGes Fs,S DeIow COM
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08

BUeINE IL q safe, sure and absolute de-
stroyer OF reaches, bedbugs and all insects.
25 cts. --
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i CURE FITS !!

When say euro i do not mean merely to stop them
for tino and then hayo them return again. Inezn
radical cu-o. have made the disease of FITS, EPL
LEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS lifelong study.
warrant my remedy to the worst cases. Becsuse
others have failed Is for not now receiving
Send Gt once fer treatise and Free Bottle o.
my infallibls remedy. Give Express and Post Oaes.
II. G. ROOT, M. c., 1s3 Pearl st., N. r.
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the Imperial Mint of China at the begin
ming of the reign of the first Ming Emperor.
The first bank in Europe was that at Bar
celona, established in 1401. This Chinese
bank note is supposed to date back to HOO.
The Oldest and biggest apple tree in the
State of Ohio stands on the Silas Oaks farm,
at Newburg, o. 1t is Is feet in circumfer-
ence and bears big crop of bright yellow
apples every year. 1t was planted by a
Virginian in 1871, and before it ever bore
fruit he was scalped and killed by the
Indians almost within its shadow.
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and unquestionably the oldest in Berks
county, was burned October %, 1891. 1t was
erected in 1740, and tradition SAYS General
Washington once stabbed his horses in it.
1t was the property of Frank Y. Kaufman.
The Oldest living steamboat engineer is
Alien Studwell, who was go years old in
1891 He began his career as an engineer
in the year 1923 and followed it until 1885,
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The Oldest Reigning Sovereign.

The oldest reigning sovereign is Christian
*, King of Denmark. He is 70 years of
age, and has reigned % years. Queen Vic
toria is the next oldest, and the King of
wurtemburg, who died a few weeks ago,
was the next Alphonso Kill, of Spain,
who has been reigning ever since he was
born, and is just 5, is the youngest sover-
eign.
The oldest mine on record which is now
worked as a copper mine is in the Musashi
Province of Japan, which was first worked
1888 years ago. The Oldest watches in the
world are in possession of Queen Victoria,
two little gold ones by Breguet, being sup
posed to be 100 years old; they have silver
dials and are about the size of 2-shilling
piece. One is a blind mans watch, the
other a repeater.
One of the oldest barns in Pennsylvania,
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when he retired on account of Deafness In
1926 he shipped as fireman on the steamer
Constitution. then plying between New
York and Albany. He was chief engineer
of Commodore Vanderbilt's famous steamer,
the Prometheus, and later on took charge Of
the Star of the West and the Northern
Light, the most famous vessels OF their
time.
How Long . Goose VIII Live.
The oldest goose on record as now living
belonged to John Ray. a respectable resi-
dent Of Croton Landing, n. Y. He says no
purchased the goose from Isaac Hill, who
made an affidavit at the time that the faith
full fowl was 81 years of age then. The
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
LACE is ALL THE RAGE.
Returning to the Adornments Made Fa-
nous by Marie Antoinette.

Returning to the Adornments Made Fa-
nous by Marie Antoinette.
Lace is the idol of the hour Some
one has said it is like love: anyway,
there are quite as many kinds of it; it
is equally as perishable and very little
of the original article is in the market,
for SO beautiful is the imitation, SO del
icate is it's discrimination. that we love
it for it's frailty and rejoice in our own
deception. Our grandmothers would
have scorned the idea of best bib and
tucker, not absolutely sincere, as vir.
tuously as do we the wearing of paste
jewels, but we copy the web and appro-
pirate the patterns of the old pelerines
and capes in our wonderful machine.
made laces that we may throw aside
with no compunctions of conscience
when our capricious fancy wearies OF
the mode.
The favorite arrangement of the flimy
ia brio will be in the form of the fichu
which Marie Antoinette improviscd in
the old sunny days when playing at
farming at Trianon she introduced a
touch of peasant simplicity to the gay
and gallant costume of the Eighteenth
century. These fchus which assume
more and more important proportions,
frequently combine the coarser with
the finer makes of lace, and form with
pair Of turned back cuffs the only
decoration for simple summer gowns,
one fichu doing duty for several frocks,
or several lace and chiffon arrange
ments being used to make a single
gown appropriate for variety of oc.
casions.
#, as has been claimed, women are
unconsciously affected by what they
wear, this will be a season of dainty
femininity and high-bre graciousness.
N. Y. Sun.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
THE SUN RECORD.
How the Duration of Sunshine Is Acc
rately Gauged.

How the Duration of Sunshine Is Accu.
rately Gauged.
Sunshine is recorded at the Meteor.
illogical office in England by means OF
the Stokes-Campbell instrument, the
essential feature of which is a spherical
lens, which acts as burning glass. As
the sun accomplishes its apparent jour.
ney from east to west, it burns its auto
graph into strip of card placed be-
meath the lens, but can only do so when
it is unobscured. As the card is divided
into hours, it is easy to calculate the
amount of actual sunshine with which
each day is favored.
A report has recently been issued
giving the results achieved by this in
strument for the past ten years. From
this we learn that our southern coasts
are the most sunny ones, if we except
the Channel islands, as represented by
Jersey, where alone one-half the posi-.
BILE amount of radiance was registered
for May and August. The east coast
of Britain is also decidedly sunny. In
the summer and early autumn Ireland
shares with the west coast of Scotland
the reputation of Observation-Disclosures
skies, but later on, toward November,
the observatory in Phoenix park, Dub
lin, records the greatest average
amount of sunshine for that month
namely, twenty-eight per cent. In the
metropolis, as might be expected, the
record is bad, the sun failing to leave
any trace on the card for more than
one entire month. Chambers Journal,