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HOW TO BE A CENTENARIAN.
Sir Lander BruntOn's Advice TO Those
Who Would Rench 100.

Prom the London Lancet.
Though threescore years and ten is
generally regarded as the normal span
of life, there are no insuperable reasons.
I'm the opinion Of Sir Lauder Brunton.
why it should not be the rule rather
than the exception for men and women
to retain their activity until ninety and
even one hundred
'Thc number Of men living to one hun
bred years per 10000 Of the population in
1891 to 1850 is only seven, and Of women
twenty-four. as compared with fifteen
men and thirty women in 1888 to 1854" he
says.
Sir Lauder BruntOn regards dust as
one Of the greatest enemies of old age,
since IL Is a frequent cause Of colds and
other respiratory diseases.
At the time when 1 used my consult
ing room as q library" ne says, "I found
very frequently that II had accession to
consult a book from one of the top
shelves I was apt to get cold in the
head
This occurred with such regularity
that at last I took to spongeing the top
of the book with a solution of carbolic
acid before using it."
Chills. and especially local chills, are to
be guarded against
Wind which comes fairly in ones face
is little TO be dreaded but II wind catches
one at the back OF the neck behind the
ear, or even at the side of the head. il is
much more dangerous.
Largely open windows are compare
lively safe but a Chink through which
the air blows with force is to be care
fully avoided.
One reason Of this probably is that
wind blowing through a chink causes a
mote rapid current of air and thus
chills the part Of the body against which
it iInpinges much more quickly than air
moving slowly. and still more than air
which is not moving at all.
Improper mastication of food is also a
fruitful cause of organic disease in mid
ale age
The practice Of gobbling," Sir Lauder
Brunton says, may 10 a certain extent
at least, be responsible for the large
proportion of cancer Of the stomach
which occurs in men more than in women
at thetage of hfty-five years. the numbers
being 33A and 2.S67. while at sixty-five
years the numbers are nearly equal, be-
ing 1856 and 2,s17, and at higher ages they
are reversed 80
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ANSWERS

50 PRESBREY--Will PrCsbrov Of
Taunton. Mass, married Mary White.
daughter Of Thomas White. the last of
whom married Abigail Crossmau (d8uEu-
ter Of John Crossmau and his wife Joanna
Thayerl, who was born October :. 1880.
and died January y. 1861. Thomas White
was the son of Nicholas, Of Taunton. who
died ga Norton Mass, January is l7Z.-'ZS-
He married, December Q. 1573 Ursula Ma
comber daughter of William Mac0mber.
Of MarshfeId. Mass. Nicholas White was
the son of Nicholas of Dorchester, Mass.
who married Susanna Humphrey. VIII
liam Presbrey and his wife, Mary White.
had the following children /. William; =.
John. who died November e. 1873: 3. Eiiz-
abeth. born 175l. I. Seth born September
1852; :, Simeon; Q, John: :, Abigail: s. Levi.
8. Lydia.
Sc HASKELL.-MaFk Haskell who was
born in Gloucester. Mass, September is.
1851 married. IN 1910, Martha Tu,hiII. Of
Ipswich. Mass. where he probably died
in 100 or 1T6 They had the following
children. / Elizabeth. born December -.
no: ? Martha. born February IS. I712, 8.
Mark, born August -. l7l5. f. Lucy. born
May z. l7l5. 3. Priscilla. born October S.
us; g. Jane, born January -, 1721, and
died July p III, Z. Jane. born May 81.
1123, and died June 2, 11Z3; s. Jemima,
born September =. 1924. and died OCt0-
Der u. 1724 and g. George. born August
3. 17-5, and died August s. 1l-6. The ia
Their, Mark Haskell vas The second son
of Mark Haskell. of Gloucester. Mass
who was born April S. los, and died Sep
TENDER s. 1851 This first Mark Haskell
was the son Of William Haskell OF Glou-
cesteT who was born in England in 1911
came 10 New England about 1857. and
died August %. 1855 He married, No
vember is 1913. Mary Tybbot, who died
four days before her husband.
as WAkEMAN.-Ebcucz WakCmau.
who was graduated from Yale College u
I7Z1. was born January l1. 1889 and died
September >. 17-5. His wife was Sarah
Sturges. who was born in I704, and died
May -. 1906. as the wife OF Lou0p
Lewis Ebeuezer was the son Of Capt.
Joseph Wakeman, who married, I'm
1878, Elizabeth HawIey daughter of
Ebenezer Hawiey and his wife. Esther
Wardl. who was born May 6. 1919. and
died August is. 17z3- Joseph was a son
of the Rev. Samuel Wakeman. who was
baptized June e 1885. and died March 3,
169Z He married in New Haven Conn,
August .. 1886, Hannah Goodyear.
daughter of Gov Stephen Goodyear. The
Rev. Samuel was the son of John Wake
man, wh7 was born at Bewdley. W0rces-
tershire England. about 1858, ana died
at Hartford. Conn. in 1851 He married
al Bewdley. January y, 1888, Elizabeth
Hopkins daughter of William Hopkins
and his wife. Helen Vickaris). who was
baptized, October :, 1910, in Ribbesford
Church, England, and died in New H4-
ven in 165S
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A King Shot.

From the Boston Herald.
There had been many speakers, the
hour waxed late, people were tired, and
the diners were one by one quietly push
ing back their chairs and leaving the han,
when Mr.. Elder was called upon TO re-
SpOnd TO a toast
He rose. ard looking around the large
hall, remarked that the present circum-
stances reminded him of the story told of
a Methodist minister. The reverend gen
teleman was officiating in a strange par
ish. and when he rose to deliver his ser
mon the congregation began stealing out
one by one. Stopping in his delivery OF
the text, he remarked quietly:
Well, 1 have all my life been Il travel
ing clergyman but never before have ]
preached to a travelling congregation
Mr.. Elders palpable hit" brought down
the house, and the migration ceased until
the close Of his brilliant remarks
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-10

As soon as our arrangements are COM
pleted. we propose to commence the pub
lication in this department. of an ap-
proXimately complete list of American
.geneaIogies from their first appearance
in book form until the present time. There
is no exhaustive list of this character ] ow
in existence, either manuscript or prin ed,
and. in our opinion. il would be next to
impossible TO produce one, ewing TO the
fact that none OF the largest collections
of American genealogies is complete.
and that many of the books in this de-
partment of research have been printed in
the smaller towns throughout the land,
and have thus failed, in many instances,
TO find a Judgment in the larger collec-
tons We have expended much time and
patience upon the list which at an early
day we shall commence to print in these
columns, and We venture the assertion
that It viii be far more complete than
any that has yet appeared and will prove
an invaluable aid to all who find pleasure
in blowing in the fascinating field Of
genealogical research,
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILLS.

COURTS. BETSY Dated August g. 1867. Proved
March s. 1905 Daughters, Elizabeth Courts and
Maria Courts. Nephew. james Thomas.
BECK. RICHARD, If Washington County. T. g.
Dated March. $50. Day Of month omitted. Proved
April Is. $50. Wife. Rebocca. Children are re-
ferTed %, but their names are not given. joseph
Beck. referTed TO, but relationship 70 tgstator,
any. not indicated
REID. ALEXANDER. Of Washington. d. G..
stonecutter Dated January o. Isl0 Proved Ami
.. 1910. No evidence Of marriage. Brothers and
sisters residing IA and about Dundee IN Scotland
David. William. Jean, Januet and Betsey.
WARDEN, JOSEPH. Of Washington. d. q. Dated
October Z. 1893. Proved October TO- 1S1a No
evidence Of marriage. Refers 10 minor children
bot not by name, Of his brother Richard Warden
and sister Henrietta MIkum.
DARNALL, henry, of Frederick County. I'D.
Dated November II. 1919 Proved Noyembcr s.
iSl9 No evidence Of marriage. Charges bis estate
with the maintenance and education ot an
orphan or poor chilj 20 be chosen hy the p-csi-
dent Of Georgetown College, and ] direct my said
heir. Henry Warning 10 establish a sufficient fund
IN the said cottage for the constant ana annual
performance of said object forever" Refers 10
the family bUrying ground At his present dwelling.
PETER ROBERT Of Washington. D. C.. Dated
June 3. 1879. Proved November b. 1899. 30
evidence Of marriage. Brothers. Thomas George.
and David. the latter Of whom has a minor son
named William sister. Margaret Dick and her
son. nOlllE4 0loIfE hilLlFfIu lfuUuU and
children; George Henry. Mary. and Helen Cog-
sins MARY. Elizabeth. Janet and Ann. ali OF
whom daughters Of John Peter. deceased.
Leaves 1900 o. his mother.
SWAN. CALEB, u Washington. D. q Dated
March a. 1907 C0dicil dated June g. 1s9 Proved
December 49, 1909. Wife. Maria Henrietta Albert
whom he married August Is 1896, and whom DE
describes much younger than the testator. and
"a woman Of extraordinary prudence and Of uu-
Common sou2d understanding the eldest daughter
Of John Albert Of Shepherds Town. jefferson Couu-
Is. Va. Nephew. Nathaniel FgC. II. Testat0r
states that be was bonn In l-5J in Massachusetts:
entered the Continental army January g. i771, cn-
tered army Of Gen. WAYNE. lor the defense Of the
frontiers. MAY s 1872 on commission from Gen.
Washington; served en- the frontiers fer more than
seven years a. G.. until July 70. 1880 as uaymaster
Of United States Army, when he Was recalled to
the Federal capital and from then until date st bis
win has been Paymastgr General q United states
Army. Nomigates "Dr Thomas Patterson, prac-
titionr of medicine. suTgCrJ, aud uiysjcz in this
place. lately removed here from Martiusbug, IN
Virginia" as one Of his executors in the place u
DT. James WeCms. deceased. Refers Go John
Baker lawyer Of Sherha.ds Town. who married
Anna, daughter Of John Alark0her. merchant Il
that place and b.other-ia-law, by marriage, Of
John Morrow. late member Of Congress fr0m that
county,
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IMMENSE ELECTRIC POWER.
work on the Harvesting of Victoria
Falls VIII Soon Commence.

From the New YORK. ETeuing Post,
The company which is proposing to sup
ply the mines in the Rand with electric
power from the Victoria Falls. 200 miles
away, hopes to have It's system at work
inside of two or three years. The power
developed by the falls is almost incon-
ceivable. The width Of the river at that
point is 800 yards, and the drop is more
than 4o0 feet. At the bottom of the falls
the river IS. as it were. shut in by an
other high ledge, and the whole of the
enormous volume of water rUshes through
narrow zgzag gorge for several miles.
There is no such natural concentration Of
water power anywhere else in the world
and it is this power which the company
designs to tap. 1t is interesting 10 note
that the necessary buildings and works
are TO be so constructed so as in no way
to impair the beauty of the most stupen-
dous spectacle in the continent of Africa
The pOwerhouse will be situated $50 feet
below the falls. and Will be completely
out of sight. Here the electricity will be
generated. and driven through cables sus-
pended on steel towers 1000 feet apart
over Geo miles of practically uninhabit-
ed country to the suburbs Of Johannes
burg The pressure Of the current Is still
matter to be decided. but one of no
less than 10000 volts is contemplated
To deal with fluctuations in the matter
Of supply, and to prevent the waste Of
power, the generation Of which is ueces-
sarily continuous, all spare power win be
used to pump water into a reservoir at
the top of a hill. where it viii consti-
tute a reserve supply of energy. By al
lowing the water to run down again to
the bottom of the hiu an artificial water
fall will be constituted. which can be
utilized whenever necessary for the re-
generation Of power.
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How Ii Struck Him.

tFuu fEaFI|T Ntthli-
a mission worker on the East Side tells
of a little boy from the slums who had
been taken out into the country for the
first time. After bit he was found sit
ting, all by himself, on a high bank.
ana gazing wistfuliy out over the hills.
The woman who had made the little ex-
CUTsion possible quietly seated herself at
the Youngsters side. To her the child
turned a radiant face and asked:
Say, it's dern pretty amt it? Is this
all in the United States7'
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GENEALOGICAL
DEP ARTMENT
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1907

l. Names and dates must be clearly written.
2 The fHli name and address q the writer must
be girCn although not for publication unless desired
g. Make all queries and replies brief IS IS con
sistent with cle9Tuess
g. IL answering queries always give date o. the
paper. the number o. the query. and the signature.
s. Letters addressed 20 contributors. t. be Tor
sar1cd. must be sent in blank stamped envelopes
accompanied By The number Of the query and rs
signature.
G. Each separate query In communication must %
accompanied by tw0-c5ut stamp
All communications shoGld be addressed %
GENEALOGICAL EDITOR.
WASHINGTON HERALD.
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This Uncertain Life.

From Life
Mrs. Slummer-My poor woman. does
your husband always drink like this2
Mrs. Hogan-No, mum. Sometimes !
gets out Of work.
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A WINTER LANDsCAPE

Though blighting winter reign without.
And hurtling winds defiance shout.
My spirit forth doth fare,
And inner-yisi3n'd veTGure tells
The forest where ms fancy dWelis
Is never bleak and bare
Sam NJ. Gaines
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a correspondent writes me. IN your
book review of last Sunday occurs the
following sentence: y visitor TO Cam
bridge, In Massac husetts is very sure to
make his first question, Where Is the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-10

II, B. Marriott Watson, whose latest
novel, The Privateers, was reviewed in
this column recently, was born in Mel
bourne, Australia. where his father was
a minister. He went 10 New Zealand al
the age OF nine. where he grew up. He
was educated in England and took up
newspaper work in 1887. He has served
as assistant editor Of Black and White
and OF the Pail Mall Gazette His wife
is Rosamund Marriott Watson, who has
written several volumes Of verse Of an
excellent quality.
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MAKERS OF VERSES
Washington PoetsWhOWrite
in Many Moods.
OPTIMISM PREVAILING NOTE
ST. Valentines Day Furnishes the
Inspiration for One POenA-AnOther
Is a Plea for the SParrOWSs in Win
ter-One Poet Writes from the
Treasury Department.

Indiana claims to be the real home Of
the modern poets. but Washington does
not seem TO be far behind when II
comes to a wooing of the muse. There
is. perhaps. something in the wintry
air that sets the pulses beating TO
rhythmic meter. or perhaps the inn
minence OF st Valentines Day has
something to 10 with it. At any rate the
local poets have been hard at work, aud
many OF their illusions have been
trusted TO The Herald dOckyard for
launching to the world Four of these
goodly craft take the water to-day.
They are varied in theme as in design,
and they fare forth stanchiy on their
way. and as they sail we remember
that:
The poet in a golden cline was born,
With golden stars above,
DowCrd with the hate Of hate the scoTu q scorn,
The love Of love.
The first poem from our contributors
fe.
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A jolly little love story is Eleanor Hoyt
Brainerd's "Bettina." as graceful and as
dainty as poem; short, but sweet There
are no problems in the story. hardly any
adventures. and the hero Of the tale
spends most Of his time on a sick bed.
but it is charming for all that. and one
reads it with fine sense Of its whole
someness, its fine atmosphere.
The hero Is a young man who is wan
deTing slowly and in meditative mood
down TO the ferry from New York across
to New Jersey, when a very pretty pirI
sieZes him by the arm. and tells him tn
run for the boat, OF they'll never catch if
She has mistaken him for a chum of her
brothers. It is hardly to be expected
that. one should throw away the gifts
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Thomas Dixon. jr.. 0ne-time preacher,
IS completing his novel, The Traitor, %
which is the last Of a trilogy Of which
the first two We're The Leopard's Spots
and "The Clausman, ~ II is 70 be hoped
that it win not result in as much seusa-
tionalism and mawkish talk as the two
first books brought forth. The Traitor 8"
it is said, does not touch the negro prob
lem. except in a secondary way, but yet
It deals with the decline and fall of the
ku-kluN Khan. It viii be illustrated by
c. -. Williams.
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In their Library Of Early English Nov
elists," Z. p. Dutton & Co. have just
published THE Monk" by NJ. G. Lewis,
edited with an introduction by z. A.
Baker. NJ. A. In the same Library a
volume Of Early English Prose Ro-
mances," edited by William J. Thomas.
with Introduction by Henry Morley. has
also appeared, containing, among others.
THE History Of Reynard, the Fox, q"
Robert the Devil The Pleasant His
tory of Tom A Lincoln" THE History
Of the Damna bic Life and Deserved Death
of DR.. John Faust"
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Poor oscar Wide II IS quite out OF
fashion to pity him. of course. but once
again his name has come in for abuse.
and all because the unfortunate author
of DE Profundis" could not prevent
Strauss from making an operate version
of his SalOme' or keep COnried from
producing it in New York. As Wilde
wrote SalOme" il was a one-act play
which was admirably illustrated by Au-
brey Beardsley. The people who have
been so eagerly condemning Wilde again
DO not. perhaps. know that the play was
written in French, and especially for
Sarah Bernhard 1t was turned into
English by another hand. and then placed
10 misft music. only after he was TOO
dead IN rra,-ar,f IL
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-12
Two of a Kind.

A well known clubman in New York
likes nothing better than to hunt 'big
game" in British Columbia. During his
last expedition to that region he was
In camp with friend from Minnesota.
Toward morning, says the New York
er, he awoke shivering with cold. The
fire was very low. His companion
was fast asleep.
1t isn't nice to get out of warm
blanket to roll frosty logs to the fire,
so the willy New Yorker gave his friend
a kick and then pretended to be asleep.
There was no response, and presently
the man from New York tried another
kick.
At this the westerner broke into a
laugh. 81 did the same thing to you
twenty minutes ago." he explained
land that's how you came to be
awake"
Then of course both turned out tc
build fire.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-12
An Incident Of War.

In the midst of battle General Full
Ter was trying to check the flight Of
panic stricken men. One poor fellow
came stumbling along, not needing a
word that was said to him. Indignant
and impatient, Fuller, rs he came near
this man, leaned from his horse and,
touching him with bis sword, said
sharply, go back sirw The man
looked up with aR expression of an
guish and despair On his face that said
as plainly as wT:ds, Il am looking for
place to die He opened his blouse
and showed a big, gaping wound in his
breast. Then he dropped to the
ground. The general instantly dis
mounted, but almost as he raised the
mans head to his arm the poor fellow
breathed his last.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-12

dents are, SO are the schools of the
counties. 1t is of the utmost impor-
lance that you meet and confer as a
body with the state superintendent
and with each other. If the school
laws need revision, il they are made
quate, you are the proper ones to
suggest changes and make recon-
mendations. Our state needs the
most thorough organization of it's
educational forces. Hearty co-opera-
ton is essential to such organization.
The interest of the children and Of
your pople demands your presence.
Will you not be present even If you
have to make sacrific to come? Let
no one absent himself. Come pre-
pared to offer suggestions that you
believe will advance the cause. Kind.
ly advise me by early mail If you will
attend A programme of work, not
speeches, will be prepared for the
occasion.
Yours in the Work,
State Supt. Education
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-12
you try and not enthusiastic bring your purchase back
CJlRRIE WILL ATTEND
EDUCATIONAL MEETING

The county superintendent Of
public instruction, Rev. E. J. Currie,
has received letter from the state
superintendent of education which is
given in full below.
Mr.. Currie said to Daily News
reporter that he was fully in accord
with the suggestions contained in the
letter, which has been sent out to
all county superintendent in the
state, and that he would attend the
conference when it met in Jackson.
The letter follows:
jackson, October 7, 1907.
To the County superintendent and
superintendent ELECT.
My Fellow Workers: A meeting of
all county superintendent and super
intendents-elect is called to meet in
two days session at Jackson, Miss,
November 26 and 27.
The county superintendent consti-
tute the heart of our common school
system. AS the county superinten-
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-12
The FeautifuI London Air.

When in Africa, before he came over
to qualify for MIddlesex. vogler would
not admit the possibility Of ball
swerving. 'I'll see it before believe
IT. said Re. So he came over and
found, as others have that our air is
different from that at the Cape, where
the ball r1ay be said never to swerve
in the air. When l read that 5000
tons Of coal hang suspended over Lon
don the wonder to me Is that the ball
ever reaches the batsman. Cricket was
not fnvenfed to be played n coal
mine i london Masazlne:
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-12
Nubia's whistIine Trees.

Natives of the Sudan call the acacia
the whistllng tree. From the larvae
of insects which have worked their
way into the inside the trees white
shoots are distorted in form and swol-
len into globular bladder an inch in
diameter. When the insects leave this
through small hole it becomes sort
of organ upon which the wind plays,
producing the sound of flute.-Lon-
don Globe.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-12
ASSOCIATION;
ITS PLANS And PURPOSES

The School Improvement Associa-
ton of Mississippi was organized by
Miss Mary T. Nance of South Caro-
lima on July Is, 1907 at Agricultural
and Mechanical college during the
session of the normal. The organiza-
tion was extended to the normals at
Columbus, Oxford and Hattiesburg.
The charter membership numbers
more than 400, and is composed of
many of the leading teachers of the
state as well as influential men and
women outside the profession
The officers are as follows:
President, Sussie ". Power, Nor
field; first vice president, Mrs. J. A.
Dupree, University; second vice pres
ident, Mrs. Scales, Columbus; record
ing secretary, Miss Meddie Robinson,
Hatties6urg; corresponding secretary
Mrs. Hardy, Blue Mountain; Emily
Jones. Brookhaven, Mrs. R. B. Staple
ton, Hattiesburg, members Of execu-
tive committee for eighth district.
The object Of this association is
the betterment of the rural schools
of Mississippi.
We are trying to enlist the cooper
alton Of every public spirited man
and woman in the state and those
who canont give time to active work
may become associate members by
paying fee Of $1.O0 annually.
Men can join only as associate
members but any white woman inter
ested in the betterment Of rural
schools Of mississippi is eligible for
membership.
Some Of the special needs 81 our
state are:
Better houses and equipment;
school gardens; longer terms con