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DIED AT AGE OF 112. 5ollie Waters, an Ex-Slave, Was N ouns Woman at Time of War of 1812. Sarah, or "Sallie.” Waters, an old Virginia negro woman, who went to New Orleans with her young "mars ter” and mistress when Gen. Andrew Jackson was preparing to whip the iiritlsh invaders at Chalmctte, died at her daughter’s home in that city, re cently, at the very advanced age of 112 years. There can be no dispute about the old woman's age. She was between 25 and 30 years of age when she came ta the Crescent City just a few months before the battle of New Orleans. Sal lie was a slave and was bought and sold several times. Aunt Sallie, according to her story, was born in Mechlenburg county, Vir ginia. Her father was a Creek Indian. She belonged to the Vons family of Virginia. Mr. Vons' business carried him to New Orleans on more than one occasion. The young woman made one of these trips in a wagon with| her master and young mistress. It took the party over a month to come from Virginia to this city. One day, after they had been out for a week or so, she saw a blue spot on the sun. Every one thought that it was ill-omen —they thought the world was coming to an end. At a place in Alabama the party found the ground literally covered with locusts. A peculiar thing about the bugs was that each one had a kind of letter on its back. The young master picked up a number of bugs and spelled out Sally’s name. “l/ordy'. Lordy!” exclaimed the darky, not knowing what to make of the strange phenomenon. The travelers reached New Orleans a short time before the battle of New Orleans a short time before the battle of New Orleans. Aunt Saliie was the cook of the party. She managed to get about occasionally, and on one of her trips saw Gen. Jackson. Mr. Vona returned to Virginia shortly afterward and took the cook with him. Mrs. Vons died and Aunt Saliie was then sold to Iry Nun of Maryland. When her new master died she was stolen, with four children, two boys and two girls, and brought to New Orleans anti sold to Jack Doty. She and the chil dren were sent to Mr. Doty's planta tion, in Wilkinson county, Mississippi, where she remained until the close of the civil war. The old woman was the mother of about a score of children, says a New Orleans special to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, thirteen of whom were reared. Of these three are still liv ing, the eldest, who is between 70 and 75 years, being the eighth child. The other two children are 53 and 49 years of age, respectively, the youngest child having been born when Aunt Saliie was t>3 years old. Wisconsin Woman Descended From Famous War Heroine. Residing in Trempealeau, Wis., is an aged woman, a direct lineal descendant of Hannah Dustin, the heroine of the French and Indian war which raged in the New England states between the years of 1689 and 1697. Her name is Mrs. Maria Hull Truesdell. a widow, who is now in her eighty-fifth year, and though quite feeble, her intellect is still bright. Included In various family relics that have been handed down from past generations is a dress made by Mary Chene Homan, grand daughter of Mrs. Dustin, in the year 1769; also an identical piece of wear ing apparel that was worn by Mrs. Dustin’s infant while both were pris oners of the Indians. As Mrs. Dustin was captured in March, 1689, the relic is over 213 years old. It Is of home spun linen. Mrs. Truesdell is the great-great great-granddaughter of Mrs. Dustin and traces her lineage as follows: Mrs. Hannah Dustin, heroine of the Haverill massacre; next in line her daughter. Hannah Dustin Chene; then her daughter, Mary Chene Homan; then Mrs. Chene's daughter. Abigail Homan Hull, who died in irempealeau in 1882 at the age of 103. Mrs. Hull was the mother of Mrs. Truesdcll, who was born in Wentworth. N. H., Nov. 8. 1817, and after living at Utica. Schuyler and Deerfield, N. Y., came to Trempealeau in 1868. Her only daughter died some years ago, but leaves two sons now residing in Min neapolis. Descendants of Mrs. Trues dell’s sister still reside at Trempealeau in the persons of Geologist George Squier and his son Ulysses. Not only are the relics shown by Mrs. Truesdell very interesting in themselves, but still more so is the fact that the aged woman has the correct family version of Mrs. Dus tin’s famous and historic capture and escape after she had killed and scalped ten of her Indian captors. PASSING OF THE CASCO. Ancient Filipino Craft That Lighters Are Rapidly Surplanting. “The march of progress is un doubtedly going to be a great thing for the Filipino some of these days," said a man who got back from the islands not long ago to a New York Sun reporter. “But one of the prices he’s got to pay for'it is the gradual wiping out of picturesque customs and traditions of many years’ standing. A good example is the passing of the Filipino casco before the improved and wholly unbeautifled lighter of western commerce. “The casco is a craft for coast and river commerce, and at the same time the permanent home of its crew and commander, or patron, the former liv ing forward and the latter aft. It is a long, crude looking structure, hooded or covered with bamboo, and under the manipulations of expert boatmen is capable of rather surpris ing agility. Manila is not a city of good wharves, nor is Manila bay a deepwater harbor, hence when big ships arrive their cargoes must be lightered ashore, and this has been the i casco’s work for ages. "The lighter cascoes have a tonnage of from 20 to 100 tons and the smaller ones, or casquitos, from 8 to 20 tons, and they range from 20 to 90 feet in length with a 12-foot extreme beam, and when loaded draw only 2% to 3 feet of water. They are built of a light, tough wood grown in the prov ince of Batam, which resembles teak and will last for centuries on land or water. “Cascoes are usually propelled by a bamboo pole eighteen or twenty feet long, in the hands of husky Filipino river men. The poles are spiked and padded so the crews may place them against their shouldera to give force to their pushes. The crews number from five to ten men and they and their families live almost wholly on rice, fish, oysters, clams and shrimps. Their pay is a peso a day, about 60 cents. At night the bow is cleared and the deck spread with palm mats, and on these men. women and chil dren lie down like sardines in a box.” Sir Redvers Duller is to write his autobiography. Jt will be bound in black. DOG FINDS BABY IN THE WOODS. 81. llcruard Carrie* Half-Froien Infant to HI* Kennel. Nero, a full-blooded St. Bernard dog belonging to John Oliver, a farmer of Gates, attracted the attention of his master yesterday morning by his pecu liar actions. The animal would rush to the door, whine and paw the panels until some one came out, and then rush off to his kennel. After repeating this performance some time he was followed to the dog house, where an investigation revealed a half-frozen infant, scantily dressed and almost buried in the straw. The baby was hastily carried into the house and medical aid summoned, while Nero showed his Joy at being understood by uttering short barks and running around his master. Upon further investigation tracks in the deep snow were discovered show ing that the dog, true to his early training in the Alps, had half carried, half dragged the baby across fields from the woods nearly a mile distant, where the infant either was lost or had been abandoned. An old blanket and some infant clothing that had slipped off when Nero attempted to carry the baby home showed where ► the child had lain in the snow. It is feared the baby will die from the ef fects of its terrible exposure despite the brave efforts of the dog to save its life.—New York Sun. German Army Maneuvers. According to the program of ma neuvers for next summer just approv ed by the German emperor, there will bo corps operations by the regiments of the Guard and the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth. Tenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth corps and the Pioneer regiments, and operations of attack by the First, Ntnth and Eighteenth corps, the artillery participating with real fire. Independent cavalry divi sions will be formed in three corps, which will have special maneuvers. For the grand maneuvers the ThirJ Corps, under Gen. von Lignitz, and the Fifth Corps, under Lieut. Gen. von Stulpnagel, are to operate against one another, in the presence of the em peror. They are to be reinforced by troops from the Guard Corps, the Fioneers, and the Second Corps, and each will have a balloon section. ThG "real fire" experiments by the artil lery of the three corps promise to bo interesting to a high degree, though probably little information about them will be vouchsafed to outsiders. A cynic is a man without ambition, since he sneers at things as they are, without helping to make them as they should be. The Dear Girls Were Extravagant. The little town of Lincoln, in Mid dlesex county, N, J., will noon be no more legally, and largely on account of women. On July lit the entire town will be sold at auction by Fred erica C. Wobert, who has been nam ed by the court as receiver. The town waa organized by a real estate syndicate, and was not. incorporated. One of the prime movers suggested that women he elected to serve as members of council. Soon the fair sex were in control of the municipal government, and running things to suit themselves. And so it happened that they ran the town into debt and into the bankruptcy courts. The Millard, Omaha's Leading Hotel, 13th and Douglas, in Center of Hank ing. Wholesale and Retail Districts, Convenient For All Street Car Lines. New Rooms, Newly Furnished. Ameri can Plan. $3.00 and up Per Day: Euro pean Plan, $1.00 and up. More Popular Than Ever With Nebraska and Iowa People. Lincoln Hotel, Lincoln, Oppo site Depots. $2.00 and up Per Day. Whatever the cause, the open social life of Omaha is concerned with ap pearances, not with verities; it is made up mostly of postures and show; it is continually calling attention to itself in a loud voice, after the manner of those who are rudely affected, the world over, says William R. Llghton in the July Atlantic. There is no thing that appears above the horizon of ■‘cul ture" which the people of Omaha do not forthwith import, if it promises to be fashionable. With all its in tense longing to appear cultured, the town succeeds only in being up-to-date. In fact, Omaha has no strong, collect ive social aims; it has no strong aggre gate tendencies. Its life thus far lias been nothing but a conglomerate of in dividual desires, and there has been no adequate means for bringing these de sires to a focus. The city has no pub lic art galleries, no museums—nothing of that sort: even in architecture no particular ideals have come to light. This condition is a part of the penalty which the town has had to pay for the lack of ideals in its foundation. It was begun for no better reason than that its founders saw here opportunities for getting rich, and that paucity of thought has persisted. If you want to gain a woman’s ever lasting friendship, ask her advice, and follow it. A bur bangs on longer than a straw born-. Throw Ills C’anes Away. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., April 7tb. Mr. C. L. Smith of 300 Anne St., the Secy, of the Trades Council has writ ten this startling statement for publi cation. “I feel it my duty to make public the facts of nty recent illness and recov ery. I was very sick and sore, and had to walk with the aid of two canes. It was a very painful attack, but I don't know what it was. Some said it was Lumbago and others that it was Sciatica or Rheumatism. "I was told to take Dodd’s Kidney Rills, and began a treatment. After I had used one box I could walk with one cane, and after two boxes were used I could walk without any help. I kept on and three boxes cured me completely. ‘ I am now well and happy without a pain or an ache and T can very truly say that Dodd’s Kidney Pills are worthy of my greatest praise.” Of course the rubber trust is stretch ing out. It would be strange if it didn't. To Cure a Cold in One day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. line. Irreverance is the brand of ignor ance. Clenr white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Hall Blue Large 'i osi. package, •"> cents. No duty is too small to embrace the Bublimest principles. INSIST ON GUTTING IT. Some grocers say they don't keep De fiance Starch. This Is because they have a stock on hand of other brands contain ing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because De fiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Require* no cooking. Usually a girl isn't afraid of an armed man. Sir*. Wtmlow a Noothinic Syrap. For children teettiog, softens the gutne, reducer to tamuiallon. allay* pain.cure* wind colic, lisc a botua. The darkness makes us prize the dawn. Defiance Starch. 16 ounces, 10 cents. The church that scatters its money will gather its members. Women Ifarelj FalL To take advantage of a cheap article of household value. But wise women want to know if the low-priced article has merits. Defiance starch costs far less than any other starch and gives far better satisfaction in the laundry. Makes linen look like new. Order at your grocers. Made by Magnetic Starch Co., Omaha, Neb. I s an ill will that speaks well of no one. INSIST ON GETTING IT. Borne grocers sny they don’t keep De fiance Starch because they have a atock In hand of 12 oz. brands, which they ktow cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oi. pkg. JJeliance Starch tor same money. Better not write at all than write that which is not right. ALABASTIN Alahkstlne. the only durable wall coat ing. takes the place of scaling lLalsomines. wall paper and paint for walla It can t>e used on platter, brick, wood or canvaai The Best Insurance Vogeier’s Curative Compound furnishes the best insurance at a very small cost. The cures which it has made of blood, nerve, skin, l.ver and kidney diseases, are most marvellous. It insures protection against the development of those every day ailments, which are a menace to life and happiness. A few doses of Vogeier’s, when dyspepsia, constipation, headache, or nervousness appear, will insure good health. A free sample bottle will be sent on appli cation to the proprietors of St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd., Baltimore, Md. Sold by all druggists. Providence Road, Gorleston, I'wi. Yarmouth. I have used St. Jacobs Oil for several years for lumbago and sprains and find it the greatest pain reliever before the public. I had a severe sprain on my right ankle which 1 received last week, and by using half a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil it is thoroughly cured. It acts like magic. All my friends in Gorleston, through it having cured me, are i using it when occasions require, and say it is I worth its weight in gold James Smith. IS WHAT YOU CAN SAVE We make all kinds of Arnica. Also B. B. Pumps and Windmill*. », >• I BECKMAN BROS., DES MOINES, I owe SOME WONDERFUL CROPS IN WESTERN CANADA. The Territorial Government Itcport* Show Keniiltn llc.von«1 llellef. Regina. Assinibola, Canada, January 10th.—At the Agricultural Statistics Branch of the Department of Agricul ture for tne Territories, reports are now being received from grain thresh ers throughout the Territories, for statistical purposes. The reports are somewhat delayed this year, owing to the extensive crop and the delay in i getting it threshed. The Department ! of Agriculture is leading the way in a new departure, with regard to the collection of crop statistics. In the older provinces, crop estimates are based entirely on the opinion of per sons interested in the grain business who ought to lie, and no douht are, well posted upon the probable yields. Stili the reports are simply a matter of opinion, in which a mistake may easily be made. The Territorial De partment, however, has adopted the system of returns of crops actually threshed, upon which to base their reports. The accuracy of the reports cannot, therefore, be gainsaid, for they represent a compilation of actual threshing results. In this connection, it might be mentioned that the De partment Is organizing a system of growing crop returns, which will be in operation next summer. The infor mation thus obtained, with estimated acreage, will be available for business men, hanks, railway companies, and other interests which have to discount the future in making provision for the conduct of their business. The crop reports already to hand show some remarkable cases of ab ; normal development. In the Regina I district, many returns are given of crops of wheat running from 40 to 45 bushels to the acre. J. A. Snell, of Yorkton, threshed 28,000 bushels of oats from 450 acres, an average of 03 bushels per acre for a large acreage. W. R. idotherwell, of Abernethy, threshed 2,650 bushels of wheat from a 50-acre field, an average, of 63 bush els per acre. In the Edmonton district, T. T. Hutchings threshed 728 bushels of wheat from a ten-acre plot, ai average of nearly 73 bushels per acre. S. Norman threshed 6,950 bushels of oats from 60 acres of land, an average of 116 bushels per acre. The publication of the actual yields or gram threshed will likely open the eyes of the people to the great capabil ities of the Western Canadian prairies. The heart that sings, wings itself to heaven. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things ot everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied w-ith the old, w® would suggest that a trial of De fiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guar anteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but be cause each lOe • package contains It! ozs., while all the other kinds con tain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once .uses Defiance Starch wrill use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Conduct shows the content of char acter. Rtieamatlftm cured promptly by the use of MATT J. JOHNSON’S 60S8. Try it. All druggists. There is nothing so bad as not to be good for something. Many School C lillUrcn Are Sick It. Mother Gray'sSweet l’owdersfor Chil dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home. New York,cure Fever ishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all druggists,25o. Sample mailed free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leltoy, N.Y. There are people who are almost in love, almost famous, and almost happy. Alabaatlne can be used over paint or paper: paint or paper can be used over AlabaaUne. Buy only In five pound pack ages, properly labeled; take no substitute. 1 'iversitics in truth are not diverg encies. 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