4
The Nebraska Independent
DECEMBER 27, 1906
Odds and Ends
Roman Fianclers V
The wealth of many of the ancient
Romans was reckoned far into the
millions. Mark Antony" during his
somewhat checkered ' career squand
ered no less than seven hundred and
thirty-five million dollars,' and Tiber
ius left at his death over eighteen
millions, which Caligula spent in less
than a year. Records show- that this
spendthrift paid one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars for one supper.
Horace tells us that Pegellus, a
singer, could in five days spend forty
thousand ; dollars, and Clodius on a
small wager swallowed a pearl worth
nearly forty thousand dollars. The es
tate' of Crassus was valued at' eight
million four hundred thousand dollars.
Luculius dined at the rate of eight
thousand dollars a meal for several
weeks. ; Lentulus was worth not less
than sixteen millions, and Apicus
squandered nearly five millions of dol
lars in a few weeks'. '
Essential to Biography
Some years ago Norman Hapgood
was arranging the data for his "Life
of Lincoln." When he sat down to
write the opening chapter he was con
fronted with a puzzle. '.
Hurrying to an adjoining room of
the paper, on the staff of which he
was a shining light, he asked the edi
tor. "By the way, what, was Lincoln's
first name, Abram or Abraham?"
Our Billions of Ancestors
Has anybody ever stopped to think
how many male and female ancestors
it took to bring us into -the world?
First, of course, "it was necessary to
have a father and mother,, and our
father and mother must have had a
father and mother, and so on back
through fifty-six generations to the
time of Christ,
A careful calculation of all these an;
cestors shows that there ' must have
been 139,235,017,489,534,976 births to
brings one of us into the world. And
this is only from the time of Christ,
and not from the beginning of the
world. : :
According to one authority, if from
a single couple for five thousand years
each husband and wife had married at
the age of twenty-one, and there had
been no deaths, the population of the
earth would be 2,199,915, followed by
one hundred and forty-four ciphers.
To hold such a population it would
take several worlds the size of ours
Gentle Exercise Only
The new owner of a Scotch shooting
preserve had piloted a number of en
tirely harmless gunners about the
ground.
"Look here, Mac," he said to the
keeper, as they came back. "These
gentlemen 'ave to return to town end
of the week. Would it do the birds
any 'arm to drive the ground again
day after tomorrow?"
MMon." replied the Scot, "ye mieht
drive It the morn's morn. Fleeiu
aboot canna hurt them." Youth's
Companion.
TEOLDESTi
IN
ER
Escaped the Terrors
Many Winters By
Using Pe-ru-na.
' I Attribute my
Extreme Old
Age to the Use ,
of fe-ru-na."
of
Mr. Isaac Brock, 117 Years Old Last Birthday.
TSAAC BROCK, a citizen of McLen-
nan .mi n fir TdTn.a. Tiafi livftd for 117 I
ears. For many years he resided at
Bosque Falls, eighteen miles west of
Waco, but now lives with his son-in-law
at Valley Mills, Texas.
Some time ago, by request, Uncle
Isaac came to Waco and sat for his
picture, holding in his hand a 6tick
cut from the grave of General Andrew
Jackson. Mr. Brock i a dignified old
gentleman, showing few signs of de
crepitude. His family Bible is still
preserved, and it shows that the date f
hia birth was written 117 years ago.
Born before the United States
were formed.
Saw 22 Presidents elected. .
Pe-ru-na has protected him
from all sudden changes.
Veteran of four wars.
Shod a horse when 99 years
old.
Always conquered the grip with
Pe-ru-na.
Witness in a land suit at the
age of 110 years.
Believes Pe-ru-na the greatest
remedy of the age for catarrhal
troubles.
IN speaking of his good health 'and
extreme old age, Mr, Brock says :
"After a man has lived in the world
as long as I have, he ought to have
found out a great many things by ex
perience. I think I have done so.
"One of the things I have found'
out to my entire satisfaction is the
proper thing for aliments that
are due directly to the effects of
the climate. For 117 years I have
withstood the changeable climate
of the United States.
"I have always been a very healthy
man, but, of course, subject to the af
fections which are due to sudden
changes in the climate and tempera
ture. During my long life I have known
a great many remedies for coughs, colds
and diarrhoea.
"As for Dr. Hartman's remedy,
Peruna, I have found it to be the
best, if not the only, reliable rem'
edy for these affections. It has
been my standby for many years,
and I attribute my good health
and extreme old age to this remedy.
"It exactly meets all my require
ments. It protects me from the evil ef
fects of sudden changes; it keeps me in
good appetite ; it gives me strength ; it
keeps my blood in good circulation. I
have come to rely upon it almost en
tirely for the many little things for
which I need medicine. , '
"When epidemics of la grippe first
began to make their appearance in this
country I was a sufferer from this
disease. ' '.,.'.. ,
"I had several long sieges with
the grip. At first I did not know
that Peruna was a remedy for
this disease. When I heard that
la grippe was epidemic catarrh, I
tried Peruna for la grippe and
found it to be just the thing. "
In a later letter, Mr. Brock writes :
"lam well and feeling as well as I
have for years. The only thing that
bothers me is my sight. If I could see
better I could walk all over the farm,
and it would do me good. I would not
be without Peruna."
Yours truly,
When old age comes. It brings with
it catarrhal diseases, bystemic catarrh
is almost universal in old people. This
explains why, Peruna has become so
indispensable to many old people.
Ask Your Druggist For Free Peruna Almanac For 1907
A Modern Viewpoint
Miss Prim Now, children, why did
Joseph and Mary flee to Egypt by
night?
Tommy Tatters Because they owed
their fint. Judge.
Meanest Man Yet
The agent for a handsomely illus
trated book to be sold on thee redit
system a feast to the Intellect and
an ornament to any library leaned
against the side of the house, caught
his breath, clenched his fist, and look
ed skyward.
"What's the matter?" asked the po
lices An. -
"I've met the meanest man," he an
swered. "I've heard of him, and I've
head about him ni the papers, but I
never expected to meet him face to
face."
"How do you know he was the
"By the way he acted. I showed
him this work of art, lectured on it
for half an hour, showed the engrav
ings, and when I hinted that It would
bo a good thing to order, what do
you think he said?"
"I don't know."
"He said he never bought books. He
didn't have to. He just waited for
some agent to come along and tell
him all that was in 'em, and turn over
the leaves while he looked at the pic
tures." ond on Tit-Bits,
meanest man?"
Wlggs Ho doesn't care how ho
spends his money.
Wugg I guess that's right. He at
tended two church fairs last week.
Philadelphia Record.