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Show Blie N'over Worrlct. Kow that the old California Indian It deed, probably tho oldest llvlnr person In America 1 Mrs. Uatharlno Sharp, of I'liladclphla. Hhawaa.bornln Fcbrnary, 1779, nnd an ancient "Dookof tho Salnta," which her parent regarded as something some-thing prrcloa nnd took csro of accordingly, accord-ingly, contain tho record ' 'ler Urtlu According to title, therefore, Mrs. Sharp lsnowtnberonihundredandfoattccu.il year, and the doctor tell her she will still be allro and well for a good many year to coma. An luterestlogtkctcuof the aged dame appear In The ThlLvlelphln Time. Thoe who think the Anglc-Kaxon atock In America I wearing out and degenerating degener-ating wU have poor corroboration of their theory In her cote. She la one hnmlrrd and thirteen year old, and lir gramlparcnta owned a farm In what I now tho heart cf Philadelphia. Tim ol t lady'a hair ha scarcely yet liegun to Inm gray, hhe aaya regrctf olty that bo-fore bo-fore last winter It was oa "black a n coal." Hero stilt we havo a citizen who remember Washington, When Catharine Catha-rine wa a llttlo child she eaw him frequently, fre-quently, and dnrln- Ida stay In Philadelphia Philadel-phia used to carry n pall of milk to him from her parents' farm every morning. The father of Ida country was very kind to little children, however anstere ho may have lieen to thsee of Ida own size, "lie would often put his band upon my head nnd make mo look up Into his face. Ho wasn't a very big man, nor o very good looking, but ho bail kind eye nnd a very pleasant smile," any Mrs. Sharp. Hero I probnbly more truth about Washington's personal appearance than biographer or sculptor ever caught. The eyea of chtldliood oro unerring. Hhe ran barefoot In n loose wrapper in thine fjlorlom day of her childhood, did llttlo Catharine. Aud in those luippy, thrice happy day, "folks didn't tako oa much puln with thilr look a they do now." The most beautltnl woman alio ever'eaw, however, wa n woman of those early time, Anne Carson, who used to boost that she could turn the head of any man that ever lived. Hut tho beautiful Anno Canon died In Moyainenslng prison, after ajl, on a count of n man whusa head sho hod so turned that ho shot her bukbaud, Nolo this golden philosophy from the old tody's cxptricncci "1 gucsa tho reoaou 1 havo lived so long and havo cuchgood health now 1 because I never worried about anything In my life. I was always of n cheerful dlspfwlllnu." Bo haro been all centenarian. |
