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have preserved through tho simple life
and through temperance In all things
no stimulants Of any kind, not even
tea and coffee; no tobacco. early TO bed
and early to rise. half or more OF each
day In the open air-waliiing hoeing,
chopping. riding, fishing; plain food and
not too much Of 1t; meat once q day;
no overworlS or worry; three hours
each day In my study; and cherishing
love and good will for all men and
things.
Nearing seventy seven, I am capa-
BILE of q more sustained mental effort
than ever before In my life"
What Mayor Blankcnburg Advises.
There Is no buster septuagenarian in
the land than Rudolph Blanltenburg,
Mayor Of Philadelphia. now In his sew
entysecond year.
Il can hardly ascribe my good for
tune In length Of years to hereditary
influence" he explained to me, "as one
of my grandparents died in middle age;
another lived to be eighty seven, an
other eightyfour. and still another
cighty-one.
"My father diod when he was sew
cnty-two. and my mother was seventy
six. Yet. of our family Of nine chill
dren. only two are living to-day-my-
self and younger sister. The eldest
Of the children lived TO be sixty-nine
years old, while the others died when
children, or In early manhood, and yet
we all began life on equal terms
Il ascribe my passing threescore
years and ten largely 10 frugal living
In childhood days at home in Ger
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many. While VIC had all that was nee
essary In the way of food. clothes and
nome. there were no Injuries. More
over, my parents insisted upon plenty
OF exercise in the open air. although
night air was considered so DANGEROUS
that we slept. summer and winter.
with windows and doors tightly closed.
This, OF course. | changed as soon as
had a MUD OF my own We had reg
ular tasks and lived regular ltvos
This early training Is, undoubtedly
responsible for large portion of my
good health in succeeding years
Avoid Infr0spcction.
IN equal degree ! give credit to a
desirable habit acquired in later ycare,
namely. the practice of getting out OF
self and into something or somebody
else. In the home circle. in my early
days there was animated and interest.
Ing discussion OF great issues touch
Ing the lives of people far beyond tho
limits of our own life [ was carly
trained to think in a large way and
along broad lines and regard that
which touched the lives OF Others OF
Importance and interest To myself
Later. coming to a new land facing
great Obstacles forced TO win my own
way, every faculty was constantly alert
in the battle of life. The use OF now
ers in this Legitimate way prevented
intiospection; prevented also dissipa-
tons which would have weakened lno
physically. In later years / have de-
voted Il large part OF my time and
thought to public questions, taking
deep interest in everything which
touched the life and interest of INV
hhor. ms well AZ those things which
We're of personal interest In short. T
nave continually had some object to
work for and think about outside OF
sclf-some work on hand. some line OF
thought occupying my attention which
made life or real value TO me and there!
fore encouraged the physical side OF my
nature to do its work well
Continuing the habits OF early
hildhood-plain food, but sufficient
upply, healthfui cnvironment-and
ultivating the habit of thinking moro
about myself solely, believe. have
tended to develop a love OF life to
which L owe my present physical con-
dItion
In short, it is the mental attitude
rejecting on the physical to which T
ascribe my presentday health, and
he fact that l am entering upon my
SEVENTY second year full OF work, full
,cf plans and with hopeful anticipa-
ton of many years of usefulness ahead
of me-"
The American who undoubtedly holds
the record for length of responsible
public service is Judge Roger A.
Pryor. of New York. who, although
now in his eighty sixth year, is still
on the bench. He is the only surviv-
ling member OF the Thirty sixth Con-
gress, which sat before the Civil War.
In fact, he was commissioned minister
to Greece by President Pierce, who
was in the White House before Buch-
anan.
Prom father and mother-ho a
Presbyterian Clergyman inherited"
Judge Pryor told me, "a robust con-
stitution. the strength of which was
thoroughly tested during my four
years service in the Confederate army.
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been my observation that unhappy
marriages shorten life.
Il haVo never had much to bother
me. What ] have striven for has
usually been successful. Bother ana
worry mean poor health. have been
spared these. What catches a man Of
tcnest and sends him to the grave
early Is the mistakes he thinks he has
ilade.
MY mothers mother lived to be nine
ty-two. my mother about eighty.
and my father, l think. WAS ffty-eight
when ne died 1 was ninety on the 10th
OF last November
II have always been small meat
eater. Irish potatoes have been my
preference for plain food-have never
been much OF an eater. anyway. have
made II a habit TO take q glass Of water
Just after rising in the morning, but
this morning thirst has never been due
TO drinking alcohol tho night before.
Sometimes | take one glass of light
"ine Tor dinner. I don't know that I
nave ever taken a drink al a bar
Sleeping Is my best accomplishment
sleep better now than / did during
inlG1lc age. After the banquet last
nigh ! went right TO sleep ana when |
a"okc THIS morning IL was 100.
John Burroughss Life Rules
one of the halest and heartiest of
the patriarchs thus approached was
Jph: burroughs. our popular naturalist
and author. 81 came OF good farm
stock--away back" he told me. land
Inherited good constitution. which l
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lean makes. There were also many
articles Of native manufacture, such as
ponchos made from the hair of llamas
and eheep. rude sandals used by the
Indians and shoes so clumsy that
know they could not come from AIassa-
chusetts. Over some of tho doors
noticed tassels and fringes of tissue
paper. / asked what they meant, and
was told that they were the signs
of chicha saloons
Tho scenes are interesting The
crowd was typical of backwoods Peru.
Thore were better class Puruvians,
dressed as we are; there were scores
Of Indian ChoIos or half-breeds. and
there were Indian men and women who
had driven their llamas In from the
country about with goods and vege-
tables and other freight OF one kind
or other. There were many cargadors
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shall first slow you something of
The native parts OF Cerro de pasco. The
town has about $4,000 Cholo and In
dian residents. The most ofthem live
in story houses thar are made of
adobe and plaster outside. The build
inGs are in blocltS. walling the streets.
They are painted in the brightest of
colors. One house may be bri ght green,
the next may be OF blue, and the next
red or golden yellow or white. '.he
houses have roofs Of thatch or gal
VanZcd iron, that extend out over the
sidewalks. There are no drains from
the roofs. and "hen it rains the water
r"'irs down tho back of your neck as
YOU go through the streets. The side
walks are narrow, and tho principal
iroodways are paved with cobhlas, with
n gutter of slabs about ten inches
wide and six inches deep tina. runs
through Tie middle OF the street They
do not put the cutters at the sides
RI the roadway as at home. Th. streets
all slope 30 the centre, and the sew
cragc runs off through this gutter.
AS I walked through the town, I oh
served that the woodwork was freshly
painted, and the American who was
with me told me that the law Is that
all houses facing the street must be
painted once every two years. IF they
arc not the owners are fined. He said
that the painting time had just passed,
and therefore the city looked fresh.
Strolling up the main street wo
passed the principal stores Thoy open
out on the sidewalks, and arc filled
with goods from Europe and the
United States: saw canned fruit from
California. and salmon from Oregon,
cotton cloths from Massachusetts, and
sowing machines Of well-known Amer
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with great loads on their backs. In
dian women and girls wearing big hats
'on their heads shawls around their
shoulders, and such bunchy skirts that
they made me think of the song Of
Mig Hook. of Holland, i'm which she
tells Of her pctticoats. the gifts of her
lovers:
have one red petty from Peter
And another green petty from John,
And one colored yellow, from some
other fellow,
And one that I haven't got on.
] am told that neither the Cholo nor
the Indian female ever changes her
skirt. She puts ono on and keeps 1t
there until II Is worn out. AS 1t grows
thinner. she adds others, until at last
she reaches the dimensions one sees on
the street. She wears her shawl and
hat in house and out, and in hiring q
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ny JOHN ELrnErm WATKINS.

ny JOHN ELIRI5TH WATKINS.
\ r the fine art of living long you
~ have proved yourself an adept
Hundreds of millions OF your
fellow-men and women are striving
for this same attainment. II Is the
object OF their greatest yearning.
Upon them you VIII confer boon u
YOU will but share the fruits OF your
greater experience.
Tell me, therefore, to what habits.
fads. rules or circumstances of life you
attribute the fact that your period OF
usefulness and happiness has been pro-
lonEcd beyond the promised three
score years and tenn
Thus have recently buttonholed IL
lot OF our distinguished Old people. AS
they belong TO the category which Is
reluctant to talk OF self for publica-
ton. have had 10 put the loud pedal
upon those altruistic touches which de-
scrIbed the boon TO be conferred upon
the ycarning millions.
iiuay. Though Pant Ninety.
J found Washington's most celebrat-
ed ana most remarkable nonagenarian,
the millionaire ex-senator Henry
Gassaway Davis. busy at his office desk
the morning after ne had given g.
banquet 10 body of railroad officials
You may remember that many men
regarded SIr. Davis az much too old to
accept the vice presidential nomina-
lion when-i IL was rendered 10 him by
Tho Democratic party ten years ago.
But today he appears to be AZ well
preserved as then. and every bit as
active and Industrious
II was quite evident that he was not
accustomed TO thinking abou, himself
or his bodily functions. The question
AS to why he is sill active and useful
at past ninety appeared to be one upon
"hlch he had not pondcred before
7 Ill,
principally TO three things" said he.
hrst. to the fact that I got my start
rs a country lad with plain. country
tastes, second. mat ! was happily mar
ritd, and third. that ! never had MANY
business troubles To bother me
y was farm hoy until twenty: then
became "a railroad brakeman. conduc
tor and agent and late, a collier This
means that nearly all of my carly life
"as spent outdoors.
Happy Marriages. ProlonE Lite.
10 couple ever enjoyed a happier
welded life than did my wife and l.
When sh" died wc had been married iif-
- years, lacking only sixty days. 1t has
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29
Fine Art of Lvg LONG Defined Distinguished Adopts

In Personal Interviews John
Burroughs, Cardinal Gibbons,
Rudolph Blankenburg, Judge
Roger A. Pryor, Archbishop
Keane, Mrs. Blackwell, Ex-
Senator's William A. Clark and
Henry Gassaway Davis, Bishop
futile, Senator Nelson, Colonel
Mosby, Charles Francis Adams
and Palmer Cox Describe the
Rules and Habits of Life to
Which They Attribute Their
Longevity.
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American Hotels and Clubs.
Baseball, Bowling and Tennis
on the Roof of the World.
Something About the Soroche
or Mountain Sickness-An
Overwise Doctor-Thc High
est Mining Town of the World.
It's Strange Native Population
OF Cholos and Indians.
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servant it is difficult to persuade her
to remove these garments while at her
work.
The Indian men and boys wear
ponchos and hats, with course suits OF
clothes under them tnat are Of the same
size for childrne and gorwn-ups They
have sandals, or 60 parefooted. The
streets swarm with children. Babies
are plentiful. and nearly every woman
and girl has child tied to her back.
Sometimes the baby Is on tho outside OF
a burden, and Its bobs up and down as
the mother carries the heavy load ovor
ne road. She bends half double as
she goes on dog -tror. and covers much
ground.
rather ropulslvo, rfiieaey start carry
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ny FRANK g. CARPENTER.

Cerro de Pasco. Peru.
WANT 10 give you some pictures OF
Cerro de Pasco, the highest min
iny town OF the world IL is sit
uatcd here in tho tops OF the Andes on
The very roof OF South America, at an
altitude OF l4,2o0 feet above the sea.
There are snowcapped mountains
about it, and the town lies in a valley
which runs north and south between
two mighty ranges. The mountains
are filled with minerals There arc
copper and silver ana vanadum within
"a few miles and right under the city
arc great beds OF ore which is almost
pure copper. but with II slight mixture
Of silver ana gold.
This great plateau, which runs north
md south through Peru, contains
large part OF the population of the re-
public. II is divided up into enormous
hacicndas and other lands. upon which
are squattcrS, who have great herds OF
cattle and sheep They also raise some
barley, and in the deep valleys that
sink down into the plateau are regions
growing all kinds OF temperate and
tropical fruits. We are here just
about as far south of the equator as
Panama is north OF it, but at this al
titudc of almost three miles in tho air,
the climate is more like Canada than
that Of Jamaica. There are frequent
snoWstorms in the winter, and at night
the Thermometers then goes down al
most to zero. In the summer il rains
III the afternoon, but the mornings are
clear and for about six months OF the
year the sun shines all the day
through
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-01-24
HINDUS TO FIGHT EXCLUSION
Admitted to the Philippines, But Not
TO the United states-So Rules
Federal Court.

San Francisco.-Hindus cannot gain
legal entrance to the United States by
reason of their having been admitted
to the Philippines. despite the fact
that the islands are an American pos
session, according to a ruling made
by Federal Judge M. T. Dooling. The
decision Is considered by immigration
authorities to be Of far-reaching i'm
portance.
twenty-five Hindus who came here
from Manila, where admittance had
been granted to them. were detained
by the immigration authorities in San
Francisco and ordered deported on the
ground they were likely to become
public charges. Attorneys for the
Hindus attempted to gain their lib
erty by habeas corpus proceedings.
and Judge Dooling's decision was q
denial Of the writ
1t Is said the case will be appealed
TO tho Supreme court OF the United
States.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-01-24
EDWARD
kEATlNG
Congressman from
Colorado
AMERICAS RADIUM
FOR AMERICANS

men and women die in this country
every year of cancer, and Secretary
Lane propounded this query to
Congress and the country:
"WHY NOT USE AMERICAN RADI-
UNI TO CURE AMERICANS? Why
place few men who monopolize
our radium deposits in a position
where they may say Pay us the
outrageous price we demand for
this life-saving element or we will
ship it to Europe. ?"
He contended that the known
deposits were already controlled
by three or four concerns and that
there was grave danger that they
would absorb all the other deposits
as rapidly as they could locate
them through the small army of
prospectors which they had placed
in the field.
II am not attempting to check
the development of Colorado's
carnotite and pitchblende deposits" "
the Secretary assured me the other
day. 81 am fighting the possible
monopolization of these deposits.
I want them developed to their
fullest extent, but that can not be
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-01-24
RECALLS PRISONER HE SHOT
Police Court Judge Remembers Man
Who Resisted Arrest Years
Before.

Atchison. Kan.-"Seems to me
have seen you before" said Judge
Church White in police court here
when Charles Burns was brought be-
fore him.
you sure did your honor" replied
the prisoner. I'm certain of 1t be-
cause you put bullet in me-"
Burns was wounded In the hand by
Judge White several years ago while
resisting arrest at the time White was
chief OF police here. Burns was fined
by the Judge for drunkenness.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-01-24
Best Cough Medicine for Children

IL am very glad to say few words in
praise OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy"
writes Mrs. Ida Dewey, Milwaukee,
Wis. 81 have used IL for years both for
my children and myself and 1t never
fails to relieve and cure cough or cold.
No family with children should be with.
out It a. 1t gives almost immedi late relief
in oases Of Group" Cham berlains y
Cough Remedy 10 pleasant and safe To
take, which is Of great Importance when
medicine must be given to young
children. For sale by all dealers.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-01-24
Perfectly Plain.

II wonder" said the youthful stu.
dent, how the prodigA son came TO
20 broker"
II suspect" replied Farmer Corn.
tossel. ut was because he spent his
time In town hangin' around talkin'
about how to uplift the farmer"
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-01-24
Evolution Of the Morto,o..

Turning methods have changed,
haven't they7"
Yep" replied Farmer Corntossel.
Nov . man thinks he's unlucky II he
has to borrow money on his piscs.
He used to think he was lucky II he
was able to-"
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-01-24
Throw Ashes From Bridoe.

New York.-The ashes OF Charles
w. Presley, a rich contractor, were
thrown by an undertaker's assistant
from the middle OF Brooklyn bridge.
II was Presley's last request.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-01-24

monopoly. In considering this
problem our first duty is to en-
deavor to save the lives of some of
the $4,000 men and women who
succumb every year to this dread
full disease"
And the Secretary is right. We
must not permit the formation of
a radium trust based on possession
of the carnotite and pitchblende
deposits of Colorado and Utah.
We of the West have had some
bitter experiences with the smelter
trust, which has done more than
any other single influence to de-
press our mining industry. But
we have had equally bitter exper-
fences with the forestry service
which has driven our prospectors-
or, at least, a large per centage OF
tbem-out of our mountains.
So the problem we are called
upon to solve is:
"How can we insure the full and
prompt development of these rad
ium. bearing deposits and at the
same time safeguard them against
the greed of monopoly or the par
alysis of bureaucratic red tape"
AS [ pen these lines Secretary
Lane, the members of the Commit
tee on Mines and Mining of the
House and the members of the
Colorado delegation are earnestly
seeking the answer. For the sake
of suffering humanity, 1 hope God
will give us light TO see the way.
PRISON FOR MONOPoLISTS
President Wilson has outlined
his antitrust program, and as I
predicted in these letters it does
not reveal any disposition to "wob-
ble." The President has delight
full way of going to the heart of a
subject-hitting the bulls eye, as
it were. He does this in dealing
with the trust problem by suggest
ing that "GUILT is ALWAYS PER-
SoNAL."
This means that after this DEM
ocratic Congress has amended the
Sherman Anti Trust law, the mon-
opolist who breaks the law will at
the same time break into Jail.
Heretofore, the soulless corpora
ton was held responsible for in
fractions of this statute. OF
course, you could not send a cor
poration to Jail. All you could do
was to fine it, and the corporation
tackled the amount of the fine onto
the price of its product and Jones
paid the freight"
This was very nice arrange
ment for the corporation and a
very silly arrangement from the
point of view of those who wanted
to see the law enforced. The
President believes that we should
not waste time on the corporations
but Jail the men who run the cor
porations.
POST OFFICE GROWTH
AT last Uncle Sans postoffice
department is making money.
Chairman Moon Of the House CON-
mittee on Post Offices and Post
Roads in presenting the annual
appropriation bill the other day
said that the surplus last year
amounted to $3 100000. He pre-
dicted that in less than 20 years
the government would be expend-
ing $50O,0OO,00O year on this
Department and that the surplus
would total $50,0OO,OOO.
These figures are very crafty.
ing, but | do not believe the
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-01-24

some of the Denver papers are
printing good deal of tommy
rot" concerning Secretary Lanes
suggestion that government land
supposed to contain deposits of
carnotite and pitchblende be with
drawn from entry under the gen.
eral laws in order that they may
be handled according to regula-
tions to be formulated by the Pres
ident. There must be something
in the atmosphere of Colorado's
beautiful Capital which causes the
editorial pen to swing easily from
one extreme to the other when
treating public questions, for it is
well known to most my readers,
that, according to the Denver
papers, Colorado is always either
on the threshold of an era of pros.
porous development, surprising
the most roseate hopes of the most
ardent booster" or it stands
trembling on the precipice of ire
mediable disaster. The fact that
neither of these lurid prophecies is
ever sustained by experience does
not seem to disturb the editorial
prophets, who continue to cast
horoscopes, while our grand old
state, ignoring or disregarding the
inky augurs, maintains the even
tenor of its way, surprising and
gratifying the remainder of the
country by its consistent increase
in wealth and population.
No one down here in Washing
ton wants to ruin" Colorado or
injure any of its industries, and
least of all Secretary Lane, West
ern man, familiar with Western
conditions. There is a serious diff
ference of opinion among us as to
the best way to develop the States
enormous natural resources, but
that difference of opinion is not
confined to Members of Congress
and executive officials. Coloradans
are by no means unanimous on the
point. If we cannot agree among
ourselves, why should we be sur
prised or alarmed by diversity of
views among our fellow citizens of
the East.
With that thought in mind let
us consider Secretary Lanes pro-
posal and the events which caused
him to put it forward.
A few weeks ago the nation was
told that Smiling Bob" Brenner,
Congressman from New Jersey,
and close personal friend aud ad-
wiser of President Wilson, had been
taken to Baltimore sanitarium in
order that the malignant cancer
which was eating out his life might
be treated with radium, the mys-
terious element discovered a few
years ago by Nine. Cuni. A day
or two later, Baltimore's great sur
geon, DR.. Kelley, in discussing
Brenner's case, stated that he
could not guarantee cure because
he did not have enough radium.
81 have less than one gram of
radium," he said Il need ten
grams"
The discussion aroused by DR..
kelley's statement developed the
fact that the world supply of radi-
um consisted of 30 grams of which
the United States had about two
grams, the remainder being in the
possession of European hospitals
and governments. This radium
when it could be purchased at any
price, brought about $4,000 per
gram. / might say here that a
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