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THE RICmXOTTD PAIXADIUM AND SUN-TEUEGBAM, FRIDAY, 3XAX I91D. PAGE THREE Supreme Span of Human Life Is Somewhere Between 100-110 Years Census CuresuTs Latest Annual Mortality Statistics Con tains an Interesting Chapter on Centenarians. Washington, D GL, Mar 20. A. chap ter concerning reported centenarians Is contained to-the census bureau's latest annual mortality statistics report pre pared by chief statistician. Dr. Creasy I Wilbur of the dlTlslon of Yital sta tistics. . The report affirms that it is un doubtedly true that the age of 100 years Is occasionally attained. It suggests that It Is perhaps doubtful whether, as shown by Incontrovertible evidence the age of 110 has ever been reached or exceeded. This would, it is stated, set the possible longevity of man or the extreme span of human life somewhere between 100 and 110 years. Dr. Wilbur declares that it would be a fact of vast interest to humanity if It were true that a human being could live 160 or 140. or 130 years, or even 120, or 110 years, as established by ex act observation. The capability of the bodily mechanism would be tested and It might be Inferred that, with better hygiene, superior eugenics, and proper methods of living the extreme limit of life might more frequently be attained and that after many generations the average age of humanity might per haps approximate to this limit. The report goes on to show that up to very recent times the most Incredi ble reports, the most Inaccurate state ments, and the most uncritical meth ods of study have been believed. Since Thorns' Investigations in 1873 great skepticism has arisen in the minds of many in regard to the reputed ages of centenarians and, the report declares, some have even stated that there were no actual cases of centenarians on re cord in spite of the official returns of population and deaths to that effeect. As an example of the uncertainty at taching to individual statements of ex treme longevity, the case of the oldest reported decedent is cited. The death was that of Noah Raby, known as the ' oldest man in the country." and it oc curred in the year 1004. Reference to the census office transcript which was returned by the state registrar of New Jersey, shows that the original death certificate related to the death of Noah Raby, stated to have occurred in Mid dlesex county on March 1, 1904, at the age of 131 years and 11 months. The conjugal condition of the decedent was not stated; the birthplace of the dece dent and the' birthplace of his mother were given as "XT. S." The birthplace of father was not stated: and the cause of death was given as "senility" an entirely unsatisfactory statement In this case. Dr. Wilbur then observes that in the Index catalogue of the library of the surgeon general's office. United States army, second series. Volume DC, under the title of "Longevity," may be found the following reference: "Centenarians and more; (Sophia Gab, aged 129; Noah Raby, 131 years 11 months) Med. Reec., N. Y., 1904, LXV, 384." The Issue of the New York Medical Record of March 5, 1904, contained the following item: "Centenarians and more Sophia Gab, probably the oldest woman in Chi cago, died there last week. She was supposed to be k 129 years old. Born a slave, she spent most of her life on a plantation near Richmond, Va, When released from slavery during the civil war she was 87 years old. A still more remarkable story of longevity is con tained In the notice of the death of Noah Raby in New Brunswick, N. J. on March 1. It Is asserted, with much circumstantiality, that he was born In Gates county, North Carolina, on Apr! Insignificant date), 1772, so that had he lived one month longer he would have been 132 yeare old. He entered the United States navy about as soon as the United States had a navy, and after serving for a number of years was honorably discharged in 1809. He never married, but had smoked and chewed tobacco for 122 years and had at one time been a heavy drinker." Search was made of the record of the navy department and a report was made by Surgeon F. L. Pleadwell of the bureau of medicine and surgery, that "a Noah Raby has been found on the rolls of the Constitution In 1830. when that ship was under the command of Captain Bolton, so It Is possible that the report of his discharge from the navy as being 1800 Is pure legend There may have been of course two Noah Rabys." . The census report then roes on to state that the enumerators' returns of the twelfth census, June 1, 1900, show that Mr. Raby was then an inmate of the Piscataway township almshouse, and his age at last birthday 128 years, and the month and year of birth April, ; 1772, as given In these returns corres pond with the age subsequently stated upon his certificate of death. His birth place, as well as that of his father and of his mother, Is given as North Caro lina; his conjugal condition as single and under the head of education it Is stated that he could read but could not Pest 4 Are such crisp, delightful food that the appetite calls for more and more. With 'most everybody it meets with instant ap proval. Fkj. Itt and 15c '. Postum Cereal Company, Ltd, Battle Creek. Mich. J10&S&2S write. At the eleventh census, June 1, 1890, Mr. Rabys age at nearest birth day was given as 117 years, the other particulars being the same as stated in 1000, except that his mother's birth place was stated as Pennsylvania. No record was found of Mr. Raby among the Inmates of the almshouse at the tenth census, 1880, but his name ap pears among those there enumerated at th ninth rnnana 1R71V Tn thm ro- turns for this census his age at last birthday was stated to be 59 years and not 08 years as it should have been if the subsequent statements as to his age were correct, and bis birth place was given as South Carolina and not North Carolina. Birthplaces of parents were not reported in the ninth census. It appears not unlikely that the statement of age made in 1870 was at least approximately correct, so that at the time of his death at an advanced age Mlarch 1, 1904, he was over 90 years old (92 years and 11 months if the statement of age made in 1870 is precise, and not an actual centenarian st all, much less the "oldest man in I the COUntry. I ThA rAnnrr lotr nn ataf-oa infix ft 1 would be Impracticable for the bureau of the census to determine the truth j in regard to all unusual ages which are received upon the official transcripts 01 aeatns, nor can me state or cltv offices be expected to invest! - gate all such cases. Indeed the evl- dence necessary for conclusive proof of extreme longevity in any given easel may be extremely difficult to procure even when the facts exists. This is true for European countries as shown! by Thorns and Young, and is even more I true for the United States, for a great I part of which even at the present day I there is no complete registration of births.' The statements in regard to the ages of decedents are made by the Informants and can not as a rule be questioned or rejected by registration officials. Such statements are undoubt-1 edly in the vtst majority of cases be - lleved to be correct by the persons who I reported them, and when officially reg-1 lstered become like the toher state-late. ments upon the certificate of death, prima facie eveidence of the facts. Any statement upon a certificate of death may, however, be refuted by sufficient I evidence of its untruthfulness. ' It is I well known that many statements of J exact age even in the middle period of I life and in youth, are not strictly cor-1 reck In old age, with impaired mem-1 ory, with possible unintentional con-1 fusion of what has been heard and what has been actually experienced by I the lndlcidual in regard to the events I of early years, after the death of con-1 temporaries whose testimony might contradict claims to excessive longev-lthe ity and with the. well known tendency of many aged persons1 to exaggerate in the utmost good faith, the number of I years they have lived, it Is not at all I surpriBing that many unfounded claims to extreme old age arise. . The deaths of centenarians reported by the census are too few to vitiate seriously the sta tistics, even if in every case the age was incorrectly stated, and they are therefore shown just as they were re turned. A GREAT BATTLE. The One Known In History a the "Vietery of Victariaa." The battle which is known In his- tory as the "Victory of Victories" tookl place at Nehavend. in Ecbatana, and was fought between the new Moslem power in 637 and the empire of Per-1 sla, then one of the meet powerful of 1 the eastern Monarchies. It was one of the most absolutely decisive battles In the history of war, and it was all the more amazing by reason of the fsct that it was won by a people who twenty years before had been un known barbarians. lost in the deserts of Arabia. Arabian historians place the Persian ices in a single uay ai iw,wu meu killed. This may be and probably is an exaggeration, but the fact remains a a a . a. SnAAAA I that the Persian dynasty caste te an ena van we omwm wis wrr sums mat Zoroastrianism. which had been the re- llgion of Persia far over a thousand years, was at eaoe suppiuna oy -1 ism. dmri siwaeui.wTO, well Known, are now ids ranees ra India. The victory wss . so bsolntely de - CiaiTe wai it eznwea ue onuutu uv minions over the whole of the region lying between the Caspian sea and the Indian ocean, with the exception per haps of the battle of Tours, no single nght ever made such a difference in the after history of the world. An Indignant Poet. ' Beraager. the famous French foet, whose greatest gift lay In writing lit-1 tie poems which he called soncs. was narticniarlv denendeat anon the chance visits of the muse. tt. wa. one rtnit.4 h. h and academician Vlennet, who said to him:- "Tea must have wiillea several songs since I saw yew last. I have only begun one," answered Beranger. Only one? I am astonished!" ex claimed Vlennet Beranger became indignant TTumphr he shouted. "Do you think ena can tarn off a song as tarns off a tragedy?' It Is difficult to realize that in the fiscal year, 1908, the railroads of the United States killed, in addition to pas sengers. 3,470 of their own employes. wnen tnree or four hundred persons perish in some steamboat disaster or theater fire, the world stands aghast at the calamity. Yet our railways have brought about an average of 32S deaths each month since 1003. Many a tidy little city has fewer adult male Inhab itants than the 4,534 employes whom our railroads killed in 190?. June He URGE II1TEBESTS SULK Hi TEI1T MERELY TO SPITE Opposed to What Beveridge Stands for, But It Cannot Be Seen What Gain Is Made By Defeating Him. KtKN MUKt KAUIbAL THAN BEVERIDGE IS Democratic Nominee Would Stand for Many Things Bey eridge Does and for Many Things He Doesn't. . (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, May 20. If there are factional troubles in the ranks of the - - ,vHona In Tnriiona thav at-a rinth. ln when compared with the troubles that beset the democrats. And It Is well known that the republicans have L happy way of getting together in ., . . , . ,or election- matter how nara oeiorenana. un ine other hand when the democrats get into trouble among themselves their troubles never cease, not even on elec tion day. They keep right on fighting after the battle is over. No one need attempt to disguise the fact that there is a serious condition tn the republican camp in Indiana. In' surgency is abroad in the state and the large interests that have always come to the front In former years and supplied the sinews of war with which to carry on campaigns are, many of them, sulking in their tents this year. No one is expecting them to do any- thing this year to help elect Senator Beveridge to another term in the sen They are opposed to what he stands for. And yet observers of the situation cannot understand how they expect to better themselves by de- feating him. Kern No Protectionist. "John Kern would favor all of the things that Senator Beveridge favors and he would go much further and favor many things which Senator Bev- eridge could not support," said one republican, , yesterday. "Then why should the interests oppose Beveridge and lend their aid to help elect Kern? When it comes to the tariff question, I Senator Beveridge is a protectionist of first water. You could not drive him away from that belief. He dif iters with' some of the Interests btf the question of whether it is the people or the interests which shall be pro- A Host Hor rible Condition Related by E. G. Moore, Whose Reputation for Truthful ness Is Unquestioned. As so many people of this country are takinsr Root Juice these da.vs and a majorlty of them, after taking a bottle or two of it praise It very high- ly, those who have not tried the med Icine are doubting the great good it Is doing will last. However, they have no cause to do so, as there are many living proofs throughout the country of the lasting good results from the Root Juice treatment. That Root Juice is making hun dreds of those who are taking It, feel much better, no one doubts. If those who are rapidly Improving under the treatment could have a talk with B. G Moore of Rural Route Number 9, Fort Wayne, Ind., (a man whose word iB not doubted by those who know himi Bev wnnld be convinced that th -no Root Juice is dolnz. la lasting u. uMr. gold- ThroA v m wife wag ,n a horrlble condition. She Buffered a long time with her stomach ud kidneys. Several doctors treated bnt n nf th doctor nri mrti. cines -failed to do any good. She was Almoat a Uving 8keletont and a Dundle of nerves. Her stomach was so sore .and weak that the slightest foods would lie in It and ferment, causing gas to form and bloat her up as tight as a drum. When she commenced to take Root Juice Bhe was too weak to feed herself, and was living on liquid diet, but after taking the medicine I short while she gradually began to eat solid foods, and take on flesh and strength. The remedy seemed to I soothe her nerves, and In a short I while she could , sleep like baby, and her sleep was refreshing. The medicine soon had her up and ago, and her stomach continues to be all right Her appetite is good, and she can eat anything she wishes and digest it" The evidence is here In abundance, land the Root Juice people can prove every claim that is being made for the great remedy that is now being sold so fast at Luken & Co.'s. Get Reduced Rates on Household Goods at Donlmm's tected, but he could not be induced to abandon the protective theory. "Kern is not a protectionist by any manner of means. He stands on the democratic platform ; which declares for tariff for revenue only, and I am sure that the interests do not want that policy adopted. The only thing see that the opponents of Senator Beveridge can hope to accomplish if they keep up their fight to defeat him would be to elect some other republi can. But this is not at all likely, be cause the state convention has already declared for the re-election of Bever idge, and wherever you see a candi date for the legislature nominated you find him declaring for Beveridge. There is only one source from which danger to Beveridge may be scented, and that is from J. Frank Hanly. It is well remembered ' that Beveridge defeated Hanly for senator eleven years ago, and Hanly has treasured up a hatred ; for him ever since. . Hanly has . a following In Indiana which, while unknown as to size, is certainly large. What Hanly Could Do. It may be large enough to enable him to swing it against Beveridge with effect. Now, suppose the repub licans were to have a small majority on joint ballot in the next legislature when the United States senator is to be elected. Suppose they had a ma jority of ten or twelve. This-would be sufficient, of course, to elect Ber- eridge if all of the republicans would' stand pat for him. But suppose Hanly were able this fall to elect to the legis lature five or six members whom he could, control, and suppose he would .tell them to vote for some other re publican and not for Beveridge. Then Beveridge could not be elected with out the aid of democrats, and it is not reasonable to suppose that democratic members would vote for him. "Under such circumstances Hanly might be able to prevent the re-election of Beveridge, and there are those who believe that Hanly's dislike for Beveridge Is strong enough to prompt him to do this very thing. This ap pears to me to be the only menace to Beveridge's chances." Hanly has written letters to the var ious republican state candidates and to Senator Beveridge asking them where they stand on the question of the repeal of the county option law. It Is known too. that he and the Anti- Saloon league are working to bring about the nomination of candidates for the legislature who will oppose the repeal of that law. The fear of some republicans is that in picking out the candidates who will take this stand on the liquor question Hanly may also see to it that these candidates, or at least some of them, will agree to do his bidding also on the senatorship. Strong for Beveridge. While this is the possibility it is not believed that such an attempt will be New Murray Theatre APPROVED VAUDEVILLE Week ol May iota . EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION THE ASAHI TROUPE World's Greatest Resley Workers. Other Exclusive Features. Matinee, any seat 10c. Evening per formances, 7:45 and 9:00. Prices, 10, 15 and 20c toge seats, 25c Duiggnes, Sdj irireys, (Plhaetoinio aimd) CiLQuDalb)(U)1is In Both PcWds acreage o. aoudl ymtoon fifty ainrSag cither of which has given our trade the best of satisfaction for years. We are making the prices low, when you consider the quality of the goods. Come and see us. 13-15 South made or that it could be put over even If attempted. The Beveridge senti ment seems to be so strong that noth ing could affect it, provided the repub licans carry the legislature. But the democrats are having their troubles. The only strong support which the democrats can count on just now is from the brewers ana the brewers do not care whether John Kern goes to the United States senate or not. What they are after Is the legislature. They will use every possi ble effort to elect members of . the legislature, both democrats and' re publicans, who will be in favor of the repeal of the county option law above everything else. They will not leave anything undone to carry this point. They are ready to make all kinds of trades or deals to bring this about. It is reported here that in one of the largest counties in the Sixth district the democrats have nominated a wet candidate and the : republicans a dry candidate for the legislature. It is said that an agreement has . been reached by which the dry republican, if elected will vote for a bill to substi tute some other kind of ; liquor law for the local option law in return for the support of the brewers at the elec tion, and that the wet democrat has agreed in return that If elected he will vote for Beveridge for re-election If his vote is , required to elect him. : This would be in return for certain republl-j can support This story; does not sound very good, but it shows the kind of talk that is going around and the kind of deals that are put over at times like these. Fleming Wouldn't Cry. There has also been a general be lief that Steve Fleming, of Fort Wayne, president of the State Brew ers association, would not cry his eyes out if Kern were defeated for senator. He has not liked Kern for years,, ever since Kern kept him from being elect ed chairman of the democratic state committee several years ago. It is true that Fleming cast the vote of Allen county for Kern at the recent state convention, but he did it merely as a band wagon rush to get on the winning side. : Another thing that may find a place in Fleming's mind is that if a democratic legislature is elected it may bolt Kern and elect Tom Tag gart unless Kern can either make good on his charge that eight democratic members of the legislature were brib ed to vote against him in 1909 or else back up and admit that be does not know who they were. Fleming would not be a bit better pleased with Tag gart as senator than with Kern. So, so far as the senatorship itself is con cerned, it is believed that Fleming would not care whether the legislature was democratic or not. so long as it would be a legislature that would re- Your Kodak will give the best results only when yon use EASTMAN NON-CURLING FILM Speedy, noanalatlon, orthochromatle. Use Eastman Film and Velox Paper and yon will eliminate your tronbles W. II. ROSS DRUG COMPANY: YOUNG MAN: Permit me to advise with you about your Life or Acci dent Insurance. Low premiums, absolute security and liberal con tracts. E. B. KNOLLENBERG, Room 6 Knollenberg Annex. Certainly Wo've Got Thorn. And Wo'ro Selling Thorn. Too. We Carry a Full Lino of o.9s WofEs Richmond, Ond. 4th St. 41 3 - peal the county option law and enact a new one along the lines laid down in the democratic state, platform. In Marion county the democrats are shot to pieces. The old Taggart ma chine has attempted to dictate the county ticket as well as the candidates for the legislature, and there is a fight on that bids fair to bring dis aster. A large number of the old Tag gart followers are now; fighting the machine with all their strength. - The machine is seeking to put them down and out and they will not stand for it. The machine has made up a slate com posed of one gambler, one ex-saloon keeper, and some others of that kind, and the better element of the party is up in arms. By the time the nom inations are made the party will be split into a thousand splinters In this county. : So when it comes to trouble In the ranks, the trouble is not monopolized by either side. It is a peculiar situa tion. Both sides are figlHing around their own firesides. . . ' Throw a nr pflla and strear cathartics which are violent ia action, and alwavs have on hand Or. 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