The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-06-20
SIX SCORE AND THIRTEEN.

10 Aae
the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored
Persons in Philadelphia. is 1873 years Of
age and is said to be the Oldest woman
in the world. About her great age
there is no doubt, for this matter has
been Investigated by q Committee OF
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. To students of history the old
woman is a mine OF information. She
remembers the colonial period as though
il had been yesterday. To students OF
longevity she is no less valuable O
mine, for she has thought much on
hygiene and has drawn up a series Of
RULES of Right Living" Mrs. Me-
Donald's rules are:
Marry young.
Rise with the sun, Winter and Sum-
mer, but always retire early enough to
have had, by sunrise, eight full hours
Of sleep.
Drink as little as possible.
Never take cold baths.
Keep the mind occupied with work
during the day.
Do not work at night.
The years have withered Mrs. Nc
Donald as, in Rider Haggard's novel
"She," they withered Ayesha. Mrs. Nc
Donald was in her youth above the
medium height and Of q robust figure.
To-day she is smaller than an 8 year
old child. Her height is four feet and
she weighs ifty-one pounds.
No living skeleton in o sideshow aver
had arms more frightfully emaciated
than hers. No mummy's face was ever
more withered, more lined, more sunk
en-. Yet the little, gnarled hands at the
ends Of the emaciated arms are strong
and capable and the black eyes set in
the wrinkled face shine with intelli-
gence.
She discussed her "Rules OF Right
Living" OF these she is proud.
Il advise every n to marry early
because l married early myself. Early
marriages are good Cor men. They keep
them out Of bad habits and bad COM
pauy, make them temperate, and cause
them to be punctual and industrious
Early marriages are good for women
because they make them happy. A
single woman is always more or less I'M
happy, just as a single man is. We have
the good books authority for that. Il
says it is bad for us 10 be alone, anc
hat is the truth. for when we are
alone we are wretched.
Mature bids us, too. TO sleep wher
it is dark and to be up when it is light
That is why l advise early retiring ant
early rising. II is always best TO keeT
as closely as We can to the commando
of nature.
young folks should not drink at al
if they would like to live long. 1 hav,
known a half dozen people of great age
and their experience of drinking wa
like mine in each case-they did not be
gin to use alcohol till they were 80 o.
go years old. When one gets to be tina
age a small drink of whisky now ans
then does good-seems to build up tn
system like bread and meat. But in th,
young whisky and beer only do harm
The young have plenty Of strength
courage. and high spirits. What d.
they need, then, with stimulants
Furthermore, it is only they who be
gin to drink early who become drunk
ards. If you don't begin to drink til
you are middle aged you will neve
drink to excess"
The Committee of the Daughters o
the American Revolution that investi
gated Mary MeDonald's case made a re
Port guaranteeing her to be over ID
years old. Mrs. Mcdonald claims tina
10 her childhood she lived near Vale,
Forge in the township called King o
Prussia, in the family of Reese Howell
She said she knew Isssc Walker ant
bis family we'll, and there were othe
revolutionary characters whom sb'
cited. The committees investigation
proved that the obscure persons whom
Mrs. Mcdonald named had indeed beef
residents OF Valley Forge and its neigh
hood during the Revolution. and al
her other statements we're borne out b,
research into the original documents o
the Observation-Disclosures News.