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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1930)
Past the - Mark A W;::;: v V. ii Kiwi r ; iS-f l. . , ' , V s Nt : ,. . Off j'-Wf fe r " ' ' X ''y-t'tt" "' Waj.EdwJ3T: Monroe n,, r-; iv , former Senatjcr"Ccrncl: us Co By ELMO SCOTT WATSON r-7 X HECtXT weeks a for eign visitor to our shores hns attracted considerable attention by his claims to being irG yours old. He Is Zaro Agha.who hails from I.stambuI.Turkey, and who has many Interesting ro- ollectioni of events which took r','' over century ago. II claims that when he was 20 years old he heard the news of the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette of France, nd that he served as a soldier in the Turkish army In when the Turks ucceasfully barred the march of Na poleon from Egypt through Palestine toward India. Turing his visit to Tarls, before eomlng to the United States. It was reported that he had "no official docu ments with stamps or seals to prove his unusual age," but upon his ar rival at Providence, It I., last July he wa photographed "exhibiting his birth certificate which Is diited Feb ruary 10, 1774." As a result of the publicity which this venerable Turk has received, some even more remark able cases of longevity have been re porteL One Is a Chinaman, for whom the claim of being 1C3 years old has been set forth. Another Is Ivan Pros kunlak, a Husian peasant, who Is claimed to be 170 and Is said to have been discovered last year by Henri r.arbusse, the French author, la the course of a long trip through the Ural mountains In Ilussla. M. F.arbnse Is reported to have declared that "Iv:in I'roskuniak Is an even better pre served upeclmen of humanity thnn Zaro Aha. Ivan has all his teeth, eats goulash peppered with powerful fplces and chews tobacco, while Zaro can only nmnaza milk and goat's cheese for his diet." Kut the prize winner so far Is an other Chinaman If we are to believe the following story which appeared In the New York World recently: "That lively young man from Tur key, Zaro Agha. who claims a nn-re VS years of life, must surrender his longevity laurels without a struggle If the life story of LI Chung j un, whose fame reaches these shores from fur off China, is ever authenticate. For LI claims to have entered this world )ars aco nnd grown to the prime of manhood W years before Zaro was given his Grit nursing bot tle. Nor does LI concede a thing to the playboy of Istamhul in the matter of matrimonial prowess. He claims to have buried 2.'! wives before taking his twenty-fourth bride, while Zaro led but 11 to the altar. "One record young Mr. Agha may be welcome to retain as far as LI Is con cerned: the Turk's claim to be the only man alive who has nurvlwd 1"0 years without a single drink stronger than gout's milk to sustain him Is not challenged by the 2.7'-y ear-old China man. He hut never kept tra u of how much rice wine he may Lave consumed In the last two and a half centuries. "P.ut LI, like Zaro, does confine himself to his own .articular diet, and the Item In It which he attributes Lis hardihood is ginseng root. "Lest any reader be Incredulous of Li's age let us huxten to add that It Is vouched for by that eminent schol ar, General Pel-fu, who also qualifies as a full-fledged ex-war lord, having captured Pelplng after the custom of great military figures In his native land and having once brought all Xorth China under Lin away, Fu oc casionally' takes his pen In hand. "According to Fu, nt whose home the venenibla LI lived for some time, the tatter Is 'an educated man and ntlll possesses a virile mind.' In fact, lie recently delivered a series of lec tures at the University of Changtu on the art of life in general, with par ticular emphasis on how to get the most out of each century. "LI, who eats nothing but herbs, dis believes strongly In any form of stren uous exercise. 'Golf Is the shortest way to a short life,' he told one of his audiences. When he was 217, he added, he himself tried half an hour of tennis, which he regrets to this day, feeling that it shortened his life tjiun at least a decade. A life of har mony In spirit and soul Is the es sence of his teaching. "Prof. Wu Chung-chleh, dean of the department of education at Changtu university, Inn learned, It is reported, is Gentarir She mC IS FT W that 102 years ago LI received offi cial felicitations from the Chinese government on the occasion of his one hundred fiftieth birthday, and that again, in 1S77. the government con gratulated him on passing the 200. year mark. He Is further reported to have found record showing that LI was born In 1077." Such are the reports which have been widely published In our newspa pers during past months. Put they have also resulted In discussions in other publications which tend to dis credit these stories and bring the weight of scientific testimony to bear out the belief that none of those men tioned are anywhere near the age claimed for them. Kecentiy the New York World expressed its doubt that Zaro Agha was 1"1 years old and quoted the chief actuary of the New York Life Insurance company to the effect that no authentic record exists of a humi.n life longer than l' years. "Centenarians are and have always been extremely warce. There were only sllshtly more than 4" people In the United States In the last cen sus who claimed to have attained that ae. P.ut Jt Is significant that of this number almost ?,) were negroes; close to 2.i"0 negro wmm-n said they were 1"0 years old or over. Although nero females form only 5 per cent of tlie total population, they give the country half Its centenarians: "On Its face, such a situation Is highly Improbable, and while we are not questioning the honesty of those who make the claim, we strongly sus pect that in the great majority of cases they are mistaken as to the ex act number of years they have lived. Many of the old negro people are Il literate, and nearly all of them lack authentic records giving the date of their birth. "In fact, we find that wherever rec ords are absent centenarians rise up a'nd flourish. Turkey and the Palkans have long been a happy hunting ground for centenarians, In spite of the fact that conditions of life are very hnrd and public health standards are exceedingly low. The claims to extreme old age are nearly always appealing fictions. "In my opinion, authentic centenari ans are so few In America that they can be counted on the fingers of one's two hands." Perhaps most Interesting of all "au thentic centenarians" which this coun try has ever known was Cornelius Cole. In 1022 the New York Times printed an Interview with him In which he Is described thus: "In IS 17 young Cornelius Cole, then twenty-four years old, received his degree of bachelor of arts from Wes leyan university. A short time later came rumors of the gold discovery In California and with a half dozen friends he set out to make his for tune. In 1U22, Cornelius Cole, sole survivor of his class, preparing to celebrate his hundredth birthday on September 17, received an Invitation from his alma mater to come to Mid dletown, Conn., and receive an honor ary LL. D. In spite of opposition from friends and members of his family who thought the Journey too arduous for a centenarian, he came, bringing with him recollections which went back to the thrilling days of M0, and an active legal life that Included a friendship with Lincoln, a place In both houses of congress, an Interest ing part In the purchase of A!anka to say nothing of a live Interests In events of today. "Cornelius Cole, centenarian, for mer senator from California and na tive of Seneca county, New York, seems scarcely more than 7 Ills fncj Is sun browned nnd un wrinkled. Hv Ii active and robust and will sooner offer his arm to a woman when criil lag a mean spot In the road than tc think of taking hers. Ills memory U, surprising, his outlook young, and Ids comments when not serious are col ored hy a sense of humor that a ma half his age might envy." t Ex Senator Cole died November 3, 1921, at the ago of 12. The record In his case Is clear. Hut considering the fact that It would have been easj enough to check up on the facts, It seems remarkable that In 102 1 many newspapers printed the picture ol "MhJ. Edward James Monroe, son of the fifth President of the Uu!te,d States, who Is feeling fit at the agt of 100." The only difficulty with tut story Is that President Monroe hJ two daughters but no son I . Stories of persons who claim to have lived more than VX years are numerous, but few of these cases will stand up under rigid Investigation, ac ordlng to James A. Toby, writing In recent Issue of the Scientific Ameri can, who says that the age of a very old person seems to be one of the matters most susceptible to deviation from the truth, for memories are usu ally hazy In the extremely old. an the relatives, friends, sd neighbors of these patriarchs seem always ready to exaggerate their antiquity. He then cites numerous example of longevity which -proved to be greatly exaggerated. A few years ago a Kentmklan named John Shell re ceived considerable notoriety as being 131 years of age, but a somewhat searching Inquiry revealed him to be not more than 100, If he were even that. In 1001 a Russian newspaper cnlmly reported the death at the advanced age of ISO of a woman named Theresa Abalva. Another Uusslan newnpaper In 1020 was more modest, for It al lotted only l.'!S years to Ivan Trety.i, 1 peasant of llostov. A Hungarian fanner, Peter Zortay or Torton, ex ceeded thetn all for he was supposed to have been IS.') when he died In 1724; as was also St. Monagh. whos death occurred In 1751. Some months ago Henri I!arbuse, the French au thor, recounted his visit In Georgia In Transcaucasia to Nikolai Andreje vltch Shapkovsky, who was reputed to be between 112 and 117. One of the most famous of the very au'ed persons of history was Old Parr, who was said to have been born In England In IK! and to have died there In He was working ns a farm laborer at the au'e of L"2 when on Interested nobleman, the earl of Arundel, took him to London and puf him on exhibition where he died a short time law-r. John Taylor, known as the "Water Poet," got out a boo called "The Olde, Olde, Very Olde man," In which he extolled this long life In prose and verse. Thomas Parr was snld to have been married at 12, and after the suitable Interval to have become the father of a child. When he died In 10.'!.'., th celebrated William Harvey, discover er of the circulation of the blood, per formed an autopsy on him and found his general condition good, though the brain cells were somewhat worn. A reprint of Taylor's book was Issued by James Caulfleld of London In 1704. Old Parr's unusual age was accepted until 1S73 when W. J. Thorns, deputy librarian of the house of lords, made a real Investigation of the case and concluded. that about fifty year had been Improperly tacked on to the ac tual life of Parr. The gentleman was a real centenarian, but little more than that Mr. Thorns also exposed two other notorious long-lifers. A certain coun tess of Desmond was credited with 140 years, but the doubting librarian showed that the ages of two separate countesses of the same name had been added together; Instead of one person living to 140 years, two women had each lived about 70. A writer familiar with Mr. Thorn's Iconoclnsin on this subject, a John B, Bailey, wrote a book In 18SS which ho called "Modern Methuselnhs," and In It he cited a number of instances of well-known centenarians. j lie begun with St. Anthony, who was said to have lived to 10,", but most of his other examples, such ns the Emperor Cantacuzenus of the Fourteenth century, Pletho, Corn aro, Titian, De Fontenelle and Anmry, were only 00 or 100. The author, however, did list a dozen cases which he believed to have been actually 100 years old or more. (ffi by Wwttrn Nfpapr Unload E . PARADE -fly- Evelyn Campbell (Copyrlnlit hy Kv n t nitill.) THE STORY Mills Haverhill's n'er-i1o-wll father die wlnn h Ii (even tcn, leavliitf her llllte tipyond Rome woithtvit itix k i-io 1 !(Vut Tln' ti titkei to her father friend, 8,'iifttor Con Vitus, to tl poet of After whirlwind coilr uhlp l.liuln nmrrlet Court my Moth Too hue ht dlncuv ri he It iiiiIIii tilvenlurer living he hi win li.'th riles In Swlunlund t.lmls continue to live Ilk woman of wealth. Th nenator tiHll her wlih money, keeping up th fiction that net loi k I yielding It. On trip h meet lirlnn Antiey. CHAPTER III Continued -6 They talked about everything but the weather, which proved at once that they were unusual people, l.liuln discovered at once that her companion was from Oregon; that he was going to Washington nnd would be there for month or two. She discovered other things charming things uhout him. That he liked dogs better than auto mobiles, and the morning before seven o'clock ; that he preferred simple Mow ers and (he mountains to (he sen. It began to grow cold In the conch. Outside was a dense wall of white ness, and by straining necks dim glimpses of shapeless things might bo had n house hurled under strnw or the twisted form of a tree, grotesquely burgeoning. Passengers huddled In wraps and rugs, and their grumbles grew louder ns the air became staler. "Would you like to. walk a llttlet" Prl.in asked, ami Linda assented eagerly. Hut as they were starting he made her return to tier section. "You can't go Into snow dressed like that." He was looking so sternly nt her slim, suede clad feet that Linda broke Into gay laughter. He laughed with her, nnd this put them on an In foNnal biifcls. He turned to his own secthm and unbuckled a bag, return ing presently with a pair of dark red morocco slippers and a couple of scarfs. Linda put out her little feet and allowed him to fasten the moc casins upon them with a few elllcletit swirls of the scarves. "You tie beautiful knots," she said, "but It Is a champ to spoil yutir nice scarf that blue one espocla!ly.h She was surprised nt her own docll lfy. A cup of hot tea and two or three pillows would have been more to her taste, hut there she was. stum bllng along through the snow wl'ti her feet done up lll:e bundle. "If we keep to the beaten path It will be easier. I think,'' he said, and she followed, half laughing, half an ooved, at her own cluni-y progress. The prospect outside was not verj good. People were running about help li-ssly giving advice that nobody heard, but the train crew was taking It very easily; they knew that human power could do little against the tremendous force of nature that opposed thorn The snow, banked higher than the en glne, resisted every effort to pene trate It. There was something nlonil contempt nous about Hint Impiisslvlf v The great black bulk of machinery, so devastating In Its flights, stood ap palled, like a shiny beetle drawing In Its claws. Brian Anstey talked to the train men. They answered courteously, not Ignoring him ns they had some of the oth Linda heard nil that was said. The train could not move until the snow plows came, and that might not he until the following day, 'for the storm had boon worse further along the line and there were o'her tie-ups Linda's teeth were alreud.v chatter ing, and the terrible cold found and seled upon her body benealh her furs. At that moment her spirit was low. Indeed. The delay would disarrange her plans hopelessly, The chances of month at Miami, delightfully cared for by the (Jregsons, was gone glltn nierlng. She tried to adjust her mind to this misfortune, hut her thoughts refused to coagulate. Physical dis comfort dwarfed all her mental proc esses. "How stupid I am," she thought angrily. "I've boon In worse predica ment than thin. .Some way will he found." But still she fell like a deso lated child. The strange young man with the kind eyes was speaking to her, "I've secured a place for you on the sledge," he said. "We must go hack und got your hand luggage." lie spoke In the same quiet, sure woy (hat had accom plished lh" morocco slippers and again she yielded to his suggestion. But when she was settled In the ungainly conveyance with half a dozen women, all whimpering, she found that Brian Anstey was going, too. lie stood on the step and talked to the driver, occasionally Jumping off to help shovel snow when tits horse lloundcrcd Info deeper drifts. I.lmhi found watching him Irresist ible, Ho actually seemed (o enjoy tho effort of dragging tho great horses nliout, Mho had always hated snow; It reminded her of it particularly dls agreeable period oi her life. But this snow was different. There was soma thing crude and pristine about It. II was not a theatrical snow, where om may break one's neck on a neatly constructed slide; II was homelike making one think of warm tires anil pipes and fleecy blanket. Not tliai l.lndit knew tiny of these thluus from personal experience, but they hud their nook In her Imagination with other fancl.'. A he helped her from her seat, she asked him why he had come, nnd tils answer brought swift, unexpected color to her face, "To look after you, of course." lie spoke so simply that she was tiMlmiiied of tier subterfuge, Tho hotel was as crude as the Ne braska snowfall. "You have been so kind ym will dine with tnel" she murmured at tno foot of the stairs, lie laughed. "I'd love to, only It will he supper In this place. There will bo ham mid eggs and four kinds of bread nnd I hopo you won't be 111 front the experience." She felt a little shock. He wu laughing at her I In a second she renll.ed how she must look to him exotic, supeiiluous, loo line for rude contacts. She managed to make her mouth look tremulous and sweet is she answered gully ! "Anything o that It I wnrmP The other women did not like 1.1ml They eyed her fur coat and tier ankles with equal disapproval, a.id when she found that she was to share a room with one of them she protested In such a way that tho proprietor at once gave her another. "Nuturally you'd want to bo with your husband," said the discarded roommate with embittered sweetness, nnd Linda, off guard, topviitel blunk I "My husband?" The other slmi.laied confusion, "Oh. Isn't he? I thought" As Llndu sat beside Brian at their corner of the long table she said tt him Indifferently. "They're gossiping slrcnily, so you must not be so nice to me If gossip annoy you." The women crowded together at the other end of the table a If (hey feared contact with other diner were all of the kind that are to be seen In pullimtn enrs and nowhere else. Com fortnhly dressed but you wondered where they bought their clothes. In every big department store In the country, hundreds like thetn milled like cattle from nine lo four every day the year around, yet It was only nt time like this that such fines iooi out; such personalities bream ohvl mi. They were till terribly frightened at the publicity suddi-tily thrust upon them. They objected while (hey se cretly swelled with Importance. But they were determined to remain com pletely virtuous nnd upright In the face of nneonveniloiinllty, Brian Anstey glanced ut thetn, and then smiled nt l.luda. "It's their (bailee to air their 'opin ions ii ti if te listened lo," he sab), slid she added In a drawling cold voice that did not suit her glowing, glrlUh face, "and their opportunity to make a show of their morality." "Iioti't be Severe. They are all home women, hound to be a little nar row. In a simple life this must be km adventure close quarters with tin known neighbors." "That Is why you cnniiot really ad mire simplicity or naturalness; It I all so baleful Just under the surface." "Ho you ililnk so?" he frowned, lie looked much older when he was serl mis, she decided. She did not renlU nire what these women thought; sin would never see one of them again tint she mount lo lease him a little more. "You must not confuse silly chattering women with simplicity nnd milurulness." be said sternly, and glanced ncufn nt the group who be came conscious Hint IIkj were undei discussion nnd were seiitiditll.ed. "You will find their sort everywhere." "But much worse In simple little towns." "I will not admit Unit. It Is la cause cities are more Indifferent." She shook her bead. "You an wrong. Cities are not Indifferent They Judge with milliners nnd mom! hut the city euro only for appeal niiccs. It Is much easier to live up to You can always buy appearance and have them delivered to your door In ,i box." (TO HP. CONIINUKD) Weighing Sand According to the fedeial and stnfc law a bushel of sund weighs Pin pounds In most of the suites; In I'enn sylvanlii the weight I 100 pounds lo a bushel. And a cubic yard of suml contains 'J.tKMl pounds. Mark' Mechanical Engineers hand book gives the weight of dry, loose sand and gravel ns IK) to 10.1 pounds per cubic fool; sand nnd gravel dry nnd packed, 100 to I'.'O pounds; sand and gruvel wet, UN to 1110 Miiinds. Padlocked Little Mary, on her first trip to the country, hnd become greatly In terested In the cow. Khe watched thetn closely for a while, especially the cow around whose neck a bell was tied, "Mother, he said finally, "Look at that cow with the padlock around her neck I" Need of th Hour "What an old fashioned country this I. Haven't you camel with lifts?" Ltmtlge Blaeltcr, Berlin. Mi There's scarcely tin nclm or pain that H.iyrr Aspirin won't tclicvt ('romf'tty. It can t remove the rnine, nit it tvill relieve the pain I llcad nchc.s. Il.nkachcs. Neuritis ami neuralgia. Yes, and rheumatism. Mead proven directions for many important uses, (icttuitic Aipiritt can't depress the heart. Look (or the JJaycr cross: Cramp Caui The cramp which attack swim mer Is generally duo to one of two causes excessive use of muscles tin. accustomed to exercise and the In terruptlon of digestion by bathing too soon after a meal. KREMOLA FACE BLEACH IVnltlvely eradicate, (mm the aVIn all ton. ninth pilt he.Miliir mmil,-iin. inmplrt, n irina etc. At drug mid dr4 tuir or li mull. I'isetl .1, IIKAtri Y IUNIKI.Hr Kkl E OH. C. II. SIMRT CO. Irr M1Ma Ave. Ckteaga, lit, World' Typewriting Record One hundred and thirty live word iidnuto I the new world' record for typing. This wns attained by George U Ilosstletd, September 'ft, ID'.'l), III Toronto, Canada. Mr. 11 ss Held also held tho record for th following yeiint: 1011. P.t'.'O, 1921, 1922. llC'fl and H'-'7. The record wn lunde by plain copying from straight reading mutter. The writing ttm lasted for one hour. Mi:ni( im: Aiiixirr sua: HIE IDEAL FAMILY LAXATIVE NOV ft A ll ti Effcftlrc In Milder Doses Insist on (he Genuine FOR CONSTIPATION Cheap ColJ Storage Satisfactory roulis have hern ob tained by the .North I'ukotu Agr. cultural college In the formation of an Ice well for conllug and ktoting luilk. The c win made during win ter months by running n small iptati tlty of water In the well every day. The gradual freezing formed a lura cuke of Ice which lasted through the ltd summer. This experimental well wns eight feet square, nine nin olio, half feet ilerp, with hoarded M'le nnd gravel bottom. Show Up Tuberculoid H w tiiberciibisU affects farm mil Mills Is being shown by an Ingenious exhibit from the I'liiled Stales Ie. pnrtmeiit of Agriculture, which Dhow large photograph of the ani mals and thru by a lighting device reveals an X-ray effect that show the diseased organs. WHEN BABIES ED PT TIIEIirc ore times I ilk I when a linby is too fretful or feverish to be. sung to ulccp. There ore aomo pains a mother cannot put away. Hut there's quick comfort in Castoriul For diurrhca, nnd other infunlilo ills, give this pure vegctabio prepara tion. Whenever coated tongues tell of constipation; whenever there' any sign of aluggiahness. Cnstoria has a Rood taste; children love to tuko it. luy the genuine with Chn. IL Fletcher' signature on wrapper. W. N. U., Portland, No. 36-1930. lllk 3- . "PI1, 'l" 1M T"'I'J
