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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. Messrs. Foster & Harlan are now selling elegant Howe Sewing Machines at tho lowest prices any machine has yet neen offered in this market. Ma chines cau be seen at the tailoring es* tablishment of \Y. W. Dunn. THE SINGER SEWING MACHINE. The People’s Favorite, THE LARGEST SALES BECAUSE THE MOST POPULAR The Most Popular Because the Beet. VERDICT OF THE LADIES. THE stubborn fact shown by the official returns, that the Singer Sewing Machine the only one whose sales hflfe largely and steadily increased every year, uninterrupt edly—that last year the sales more than doubled those of the neat highest competitor, and nearly equalled the sales of all the other companies combined, demonstrates beyond all controversy that THE SINGER SEWING MACHINE is the most popular, because, in the estimation of the ladies of thf count superior to any other ma ufactured. The following returns of sales, sworn to by company tells the story: - Sales in 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. .1875. By the Singer.—. 131,260 219,753 232,444 241,679 240,852 Wheeler & Wilson 128,526 174,088 119,190 92,827 103,740 Howe (Jan. 1, to July 1) 34,010 145,000 No returns 35,000 25,000 Remington 25,110 Domestic 10,397 49,555 . 40,114 22,700 21,452 Sales for 1876, 262,316 Machines. Sates Still Increasing. All Competition Distanced. 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