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The Oldest Alan In the World*
A recently returned
from a tour 'Sjjpath of America, has giv
en an account of a remarkable old man
he saw in the City of Tulca, Chili,
whose name is Felix Rojas, and who
has undoubtedly reached the age of
one hundred and thirty-six years. Re#
jas was born in 1740, and at an early
age entered the army, holding the posi
lion of Sergeant-Major in a Spanish
line regiment. When Carlos the Third
issued the historic mandate expelling
the Jesuits, Rojas took in charge two
members of the Order and cairied them
from Linaics to Sautiago.
He served forty-eight years in tho
Chilian armies, and is thoroughly con
versant with the minutest details of
Chilian history for the last century and
a half. Up to one year ago Rojas was
remarkably vigorous for oue of his ven
erable age, though lor leu years be has
been carried about in a portable chair,
in charge oi two servants. For a ycai
he has been failing rapidly, and now
seldom leaves his house, his physicians
prescribing almost absolute quiet as the
only means of prolonging life. Occa
sionally he may be seen in bis chair in
front of his residence, and passers-by
nay him the greatest respect. He
smokes a pipe, and has used tobacco
steadily fo ono hundred and tweniy
years.
His eyes are quite weak now, but he
has never used spectacles, and is gener*
ally ablo to read large print. He is not
a large man, being scarcely live feet five
inches in height, and never weighed
over one hundred and fi ty. He is re
markably well-proportioned, bis head
being unusually large and fioelynshaped.
Singular to relate, Rojas has lived to
this ripe old age in defiance of many
vicissitudes and habits that are univer
sally believed to abbreviate a man’s
term of life. From the age of twenty
till he was seventy be was an habiiual
drinker, and for a long part of that
time such a confirmed t ippler that his
health was sevtpusly affected, and it was
believed that he could not survive loDg.
For sixiyesix years he has not t:;s. ed
intoxicating drinks, except as medi
cine.
In 17S0 he fought a bloodless duel
with a biother-soldier, and (en years
later, in a similar encounter with an
other antagonist, be was so desperate
ly wounded that it was two years before
be fully recovered. At one t'me he
Bnffe ed a double Jiaciuie of bis right
leg by a caisson wagon running over it.
He was also wounded twice while
fighting in battle. He has had the
yellow fever, and has been repeatedly
prostrated by the other malarial fevers
that prevail in all parts of South Amer
ica. It seems so remarkable that one
should be preserved (o such an extraor
dinary age, after passing through so
many adventures and accidents bv field
n<l flood. Rojas is the son oi a Span
ish nobleman who fled his country for
a political offense, and set. led in Chili
under an assumed name. The son lived
almost a half century befo e he found
out the true history of his father, and
upon tue discovery he made a irip to
Spain, and succeeded in obtaining from
the govei ament t’je title and possession
of valuable properly which had been
confiscated. This is the only voyage
Rojas has ever made away *!om his na CT
live country. The venerable old man
has ample means, and is surrounded by
a nume ous line of descendants, con
siting of children, grandouildren,
giOaUgraadch'ldren, greatogreat, and
great-g e-t-gi eat-grandchildren.
A Russian Peasant's Savings
I _ Rank.
In one' of the small provincial towns
of Southern Russia a savings bank has
recently been eslablishcd, the second
clerk, of which, while louugiog at bis
desk on a “flat day” in summe*, was
Startled by the entrance of a heavy
looking pessanl —slouching, g r imy, un
kempt—tbe very last man one wou'd
expect to see in a bank, except for the
purpose of robbing it. The appa.liion
cuiue timidly up 10 tbe ooumer, anu the
following dialogue ensued :
“Well, my good fellow, what may you
want here, pray ?”
“If it please you. father. I want you
to take ch-rge of some money for me.
Our folkb sr.y that I might be robbed
of it, and that it would bo safer with
you.”
Monev, eh ? Why how much money
have you got then ? Four roubles ?
Five? Ten?”
•‘lt must be more than that, I fancy.
My wife and I couldn’t manage to
eount it all, though we’ve been at it all
morning.”
So sayiag, the gentleman in sheep
skin produoed a (a .ered. fikhy leither
bag, and poured out before the clerk’s
astonished eyes a peifect pyiaoru of
bank bills of all values from one rouble
to fifty. The amaxeu clei k sum noned
his two collcjgucs, and the three, af.er
a bog spell of counting, satisfied them
selves that tho liO.al amount was not
les3 than Iweu. y thous .nd roubles, (15,-
000). The peasant who had stood
watching the operation with a loo 1 * of
chi’dish cii'iosity, pockefeu his receipt
and wa’ked off- as coolly ns if nothing
had happened; but .he next morning
be re-appea ed and again addressed
himself to the clerk.
“God be with you. father. Do you
take ere o ? gold, too, as well as batik
bills ?”
“What, gold? Why you’d better
start a br.uk yourself! How much gold
have you got, in heaven’s name?”
“Two boxes full.”
At this point the banker himself,
who he! been listening to tbe conver
sation wiih (ho deepest amazement,
came fo. ward and announced his in
tention of accompanying his strange
oustomer borne, and taLing cha:ge of
the gold himself.
The unwashed capitalist joyfully ac
cepted the offer, and the pair drove out
to a hamlet about two miles from the
town. Here the peasant led his com
panion to a small, mean looking hut,
and, opening a shed on one sido of it,
displayed .wo battered wooden boxes,
t.v*ough the breaches in whioh gold
pieces were escaping in all directions,
while beside them lay the dirty
which had held the bank bills ot the
day before. The banker in amaze
ment, “HoW long have you had this
money V*
“My father and grandfather s;ved
it up,” answered the peasant, “and bur
ied it here; and I dug it up just the
other day, because I’m going to shift
my quarters.”
“Du , with all this money, why don’
you and your wife live in belter stvle 7”
asked the banker, looking around at the
miserable hovel.
“Why should we, father ? We do
very well as we are.”
A Needle Causes a Girl’s Death.
The Hollidaysburg (Penn.) Standard
says : “.Vbout a month ago a twelve
year, old daughter of Rev. J. A. J.
Williams, of Roaring Spring, com
plained of a difficulty in swallowing and
breathing. She also alleged that she
had swallowed a needle or a pin. Dr.
Stayer was sent fur and examined her
throat and gave her some medicine.—
Sue soon recovered and appeared to be
restored to her usual health. Two
weeks ago the little girl again com
plained of the difficulty in her throat.
“She became quite sick, nor did any
remedy alleviate her sufferings. One
week ago Dr. C. Irwin, of this borough,
was called (o consult with Dr. Stayer
in reference to the condition of the pa
tient. They found her suffering with
a difficulty in breathing ; her pulse was
hu;ried; one of the fingers of tbe left
hand was gangrened ; the left lung was
apparently solidified ; there was no cir
culation in her left arm. The physi
cians informed the parents that inere
was no hope for the child. She died
on Friday. In accordance with the
wishes of the lathe) 1 , a postmortem ex
amination was held on Saturday by Drs.
Irwin nnd Slaver.
“In the cavity of the chest was found
a pint or more of blood. This blood
had forced the left lung upwards, stop
ping the circulation in the left arm. It
had forced the heart out of its position,
over toward the right slue, and hadal'
so crowded the right lung out of posi
tion. The left lung was solidiSed and
gangrened. In this lung was found a
long, fine cambric needle, the evident
cause of her death. Tue child was
right. She had swallowed a needle and
it had resulted in her death. We do not
know that we have been able to give
the above file's just as the physicians
would state them, but we have done our
best, and the leport is believed (o be es
sentially correct.”
—
Beat at Her Own Game.
They sat on a bench in the park, and
his manly arm was aiound her yielding
waist. Suddenly she twisted around
and spoke.
-it’s awful warm.”
“Yes.”
Silence for three minutes. The
youug man ponders on the awful peril
that encircles a man who comes irom
home with only fifteen cents and a
sleeve button in his pocket.
“It’s the warmest weather I think I
ever knew.”
“Ye—es, 'tis warm.”
“My throat is dreadfully parched.”
“That’s too bad. Would you like
some water ?”
“Oh, no; the water is so terribly
wrrui and braokish."
Young man grows desperate.
Wouldn’t you like a damp handker
chief tied a~ound your turoat?”
“ISo. I think I need something re
freshing. De. rme it seems as though
I would faint lor want of something
oooling.”
“Darling, let me feel your pulse.—
One hundred and ten in the shade!
Oh, darling, it has come es I feared !
I never can forgiveMfcyself; your moth
er wx 1 ned me about keeping you out in
(he night air on account of the (yphus
prevalent, and now I havo kept you out
here and these legible symptoms. Let
me holp you home, my dat ling, and
should you die, the waters of Lake Erie
w*!l close over mv hapless form forever.
Come, sweet one, let me take you
home.”
Ten minutes bter that young man
stood ovor a schooner of lager in a cor
ner saloon, and wiped the perspkation
Dom bis brow as he laid down his last
fifeen ccnt3 and congra ula.ed himself
on l aving beaten a woman on tho ice
business while wie yuung woman
sat on the doorstep. waiting to be let
in, and so mad she couldn’t speak.
Fight for Liie Wii h a Mad Dog.
A fear'ul encounter with a mad dog
occurred in Eridgewa'er, N. H., on
Thursday, August SO. On tho a”er
noon of that d_v a large mastiff en'e'ed
the house of widow HucLins and sprang
at tho throat of a young w-'mao, a
daug’a.er of Mrs. Huckins. She threw
up her rrms and tae dog bit her in the
right brad. The mother who wjs in
another .oom,hastened to her assistance,
when the dog sprang at her in the same
wav. The dog then ran down the road
(o .he house of Gilmer Fletcher. Here
a small pet dog was tied in <vont of the
house. The mastiff sprang ur>on him
and killed him. Mr. Fletcher, who
wrs tho only one at home, raised a win
dow o asce:iaia what the trouble was,
when (he dog bit him in the left arm,
mrh'ogan ugly wound. Mr. Fie cher
i hen seized a pair of longues and step*
per. Io tue door, when ihe dog sprang
at his throat. A blow from the tongs
knocked him back, but he instantly
rallied and made another spring with
the seme result. Thus the fight con
tinued for a long time, the dog becom
ing more infuiirted at evevv blow, when
finally he succeeded in driving his
langs into Fletcher’s right arm, (earing
.he flesh inio shreds It was now a
fight for life, and by a desperate effort
the dog was given a blow that pa: tially
stunned him. This was promptly fob
lowed up. and the dog was soon dis
pa. chcd.
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