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Hints for Busy Housekeepers. Recipes and Other Valuable Information of Fariicular Interest to Women Folks. ; CAKES. ^ennit Caks. â€" I w,u,nt t<> tell you all about A^ cake I've of U>a made; Its aanie is "Hermit" and its worth Makes tlic realm of cakediim fade. Bi!L«I ruutt ti'll you how 'tis duaa Else you may think I fake, Bo 1411 proceed ar.d give you all Tly details of thia cake. Erowu sugar is tlio kind to use â€" 'f\^<) cups will do, I dee:Ti. Mi;** well with- cue and a half cups O^ butter to a cream. Then drop in eggs, of which uso four, A*pour.d of d^ate» cut siiall, Ten^peiinies' worth of shelled wal- , nuts, And lemon peel â€" that's all. Five ceals' worth of pcef will do ; Thsn n-.i.K both hard and long, And \vlien your arms get good and iirod Just S'tor op till you are strong. Now S'liJt a level teaspoonful Of 6»daâ€" in hot water â€" Of which a table^jpoon will do, Then add soiue tlavoring later. Two and a half cupfuls of Hour Are lidded to the whole; Then bake â€" and you will have a <5Ako That's worth its weight in gold. Cream Cake. â€" One cupful sugar, two egg.'?, one-fourth cupful of but- ter, (jne-half cupful of lard, one cupfiii of bour croam, ono-hu!f tea- tpoorMid of salt, two cupfuls of lljur,, one heaping toaspoonful of bnking powder, a tiny bit of scda <n ©ii'd of spoor r and flavoring to taste.' Cream Filling-^ne cu.pful cf sugar, one egg, on« and one- half ci:pfuis of sweet milk, one tca- 8itoo;fful of vanilla, one heaping teasi*;oniul of flour. Mix sugar, flour» and eggs, stir in hot milk, and j)oil until thick ; spread be- tween layers and ico with two table- spoonfuls of sweet milk thickened with 'powdered sugar. Motha Cake. â€" One cup sugar creaiiiod with yolks of three eggs, one Jicaping cupful of flour with cue .scant tcas.poonful of baking powdVr, one-quarter cupful tepid water, and, lastly, the beaten whit<»s of eggs. This cake requires tuuc^ beating. Bake in eight inch tip When cool cut in thirty-six iqi:ares. Frostingâ€" Cream one cup- ful of butter and griulually add confectionery sugar as much as it tvi'il take, one tablcspoonful crcxm, •:ne<!essevt spoonful vanilla. Blunch browa .and chop fine one pound of almonds. Ice squares on all sides Rcd roll in nuts. Rei-ipe for Two Cakes.â€" Two cakes may be made by using five rggs aa\d the following recipes : Crea^ toRothcr one cupful of sugar and </B-c-liai£ cupful of butter. Add cce-hnlf cupful of sweet milk, then twe-cfnpfuls of flour that has two teai?n,o*'"f"''* <-'f bakir.g powder sift- ed into it. La&t fold in the bcai<"n white's of three eggs and stir well. Bake 'this in two layers. PutT aside the whites of two eggs for iciag and use the five yolks you have for a simple gold cake. Uss one-fourth cupful of butter, one- half cupful of sugar, ouc-fourt.ij cupful of milk, one cupful of Hour, ^ and one tcaspixinful of baking pow- | dcr. Stir ingredients together and I baka in a loaf. There will bo enough icing for both cakes. Spice Cake.â€" One cujjful of mo- lasses, one-half cupful of butter and lard mixed, one egg, one cupful of boilii'.g water, two teaspoonfuls of »oda, two teas.poonfulscf tian:imon, one of cloves, one teaspwnful of _ cupful of raisins, gingt; - - Put the stuffing that is to be used, a little in the neck, the rest in the ilK)dy and sew up the opening. Draw the skin cif the neck smoothly down and under the b.ack, press the wings closa to the body and fold the pinions under, crossing the beck and holding down the Kkin of thfc neck. Press the legs close to the body and slip the n under the skin as much as possible. Press the trussing needle, threatied witli v.'hit© twine, through the wing bj the middle joint, pass it through the skin of tlie neck and back and out again at middle joint of the other wing. Return tlte nec>-.e through t!i6 bend of the l(;g at the second joint, through the body and out at the same point at the othci side ; draw the cord tight .and tie with the end at the wing joint. Thread tlie needle again .and run :t through the lcg.s and body at the thigh bone and b.ack at the ends .it the drumsticks, draw the drum- stick bones close together, cover- ing the opening? mad-2 by drawing (he fowl and tie the ends. Have both knots on th-o same side of the fowl and when roasted cut on opposite si<le and draw out. To Roast â€" Dredge the fowl with salt, pepper and Hour and place in a pan with a pint of wator ; haste e\ory fifteen minutes; allow fifteen minutes to the pound to roast. Then ten minute? hef ire it is done take out and wipe ovt^r with butter and dredge once more in flmir and re- place in oven until it is a golden hiown and crisp. sion, using the same vinegar each t<ime. The thiixl time add on« pound of sugar to the vinegar and boil, pouring over as above ; also iiilix the oil and ground mus^rd together with a small portion of Ihe vinegar and add when cold. Oil can bo omitted if so- desired. Blackberry Vinegar. â€" Mash the hert'ies to a pulp in a stoneware vessel, add good cider vinegar to cover well, stand in the sun all day and iu the cellar over night, stir- ring ooeasionally. Next morniiig srrain and add the same amount < r berries. Crush and over the whole add strained jui o and s-ct in sun again all day and the cellar all nlight. The ne.xt day strain and ti.> each quart of j\iice allow ono pint of water a.nd live pounds ol sugar. Heat slowly to the boiling point, steam and when it boils strain and bottle, sealing air tig.it. two" and one-half cuptuTs ol 1 oln p..„V.,,„_Crcam the butter, lard, an<f eg^. and molasses. Add the L<.^^s and soda to the flour, mi.v- K thbro-ughly. Mix wet and. dry Lgrcdicuts excppt water. Acid water gradually, stirring constant^ iy -Bake fifteen or twenty minutes ^V:;f r r;ahr'cake.-^O..arn to- X^ t.. cupfuls ^;;;,P^-;; H,igar with ou^^]^X] the yolks of olhu.tor; tl^j beaten, then the | tlice cS?5^„.co eggs well beaten, '^'^'y<?:^ful of milk, two heaping J^U\]h of Huor into whieh has been sitlcd two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; nii.x well and add one tea- Epoouful of lemon flavoring. Bake in a round tin in a slow oven for on(i hour. Frosting--Mix one cup- ful of povdcrcd sugar with enough cream or milk to stiffen, and add a little leaion flavoring. HOW TO RO.VST TURKEY. First remove pin feathers and Bingo off the hairs over an alcohol flami-. Then thorouglily wash and wipe with a soft clean cloth. Then draw the f<jwl and wnsh inside wii.. warm water. Cut off the neck cloac ti- the body, leaving the skin to fold ovor the opening. Then bend the leg back and carefully cut the ekin on the joint just enough to expose the sinews without break- ing thcin and draw them out by a fork. Break off the leg at the joint, the .'â- iiiews hanging to it. Cut the oil Eiuk nway fio:n tho rump. Now It Li rca<j^y t-o Btufl, SEASONABLE HELPS. Helpful Suggestions.â€" Try a bit if grated onion and chopped green pepper with your lettuce salad (French dressing) and garnish with radishes made t<^ represent roses. •On thinly sliced oranges chop a little of the yellow rind and add a banana cut lengthwise and placed Oh the lettuce. Mayonnaise is pre- ferable on t' e banana. To Keep all Winter.â€" Around the sides cf a wooden tub lay three or four gallons of pared and quartered apples. In the centre of the tub lay on a saucer a red hot coal the size of an egg. Sprinklo a tea- spoonful of sulphur over the coal. Cover the tub quickly with heavy blankets and let stand half an hour. Pack apples in stone jars, tie paper cover over the top, and pub in the cellar. Sulphured ap- ples are like fresh ones when cook- ie and will keep a whole year. Melon Jam. â€" Either watormelon 01 cantaloupe may be used. Pare the ring (after removing the great- er part of the pulp) and cut in 1:nall dico- Pare and shred one liirgc pineapple, add to ten pounds if melon, siu'iukle with four pounds of sugar, and set aside for thirty- VK hours. Skin one-fcmrth pour.d of green ginger, cut it, fine, and add to the melon, addirg also three luore jjouiids of sugar and the juice <>i three lemons. Siittmer for four hours. Peach .Jam. â€" Pare ripe peaches and cut in quf rters. Put in a pre- fiorving kettle one bowlful of fruit and one bowlful of su,;,'ar ; let boil twenty minutes; then add another bowlful of fruifc and one of sugar, and let boil twenty minutes. Do this until all is gone, tlie:i let the whole ainoniit boil twenty minutes longer. Let cool a little and put i.i glasses. Plums can be used the same way. Jelly Helps.- -In making apple jelly, add a few black cherries to iche apples before icooking. This gives the jelly a b-e.autiful color a'nd ILiVi"'. Apple jelly may also be given a taPJ^-Jftl'^'isant taste by combining one-thn-<T'#«Jiiii;l' and two-thirds apples. l!y t.iCTfhOs. the wimo. prt)portion3 of rhubai-b an bhickberries oto may likvc a jelly that has tlie blackberry fl.avor but I'ot the sweet taste, which many d-o not like. If t!ie cooked blackberries, .and rhubarb are pre.s.';cd through a sieve (o extract the seods, sweetened to tho taste, and cooked about ten minutes, it makes a nice jam. CANNING HELPS. Mixed Pickles. â€" C le-half peck .irreon tomatoes, twenty-five medium sized cucumbers, fifteen largo white onions, one-half pock small onions, four he-ads cabbages, one pint of grated horseradish, oiic-haif pound o' v.hite mustard seed, one-fourth pound ground inustard, one-half t'.-.acupfitl ground black pepper, onc- h:ilf ounce ground ciunauion, two ounces turmeric. Slice the toma- toes and large onions, cut cabbages as for slaw, quarter cucumbers lengthwise, but in pieces two inch- es long, leaving the peel on, and add the small onions whole. Mix with salt thoroughly, let stand tAscnty-tour hours. Drain off the juico and pour vinegar and water over pickles. Let stand a day or two. Strain again as dry as pos- sible. Mi.K the spices well, except Ihe ground mustard. Then boil one and one half gallons fa-esh ap- ple vinegar and pour boiling hot ovor the pickles. Do this three moruiugs in succcs- USES OF SALT. It clears tho palate and furred tongue, ^;nd a gargle of salt and water i.» often efficacious. \ pinch of salt on the tongue, followed ti;;i minutes later by a drink of cold water often cures a sick headache. II. hardens gums, makes t-eeth while and sweetens the breath. Cut flowers may be kept fresh by adding salt to the water. Weak ankles should be rubbed with a solution of salt jvater and alcohol. Bad colds, hay fever and kind- red affections may bo much relieved by using fine dry salt like suuff. Dyspepsia, heartburn and indi- gestion are relieved by a cup of hot water in wl ich a snail si>oon- tul of siilt has been melted. Sr.lt and water will sometimes revive an unconscious person when hurt if brandy or other remedies are not at hand. Hcmorrh ige fr.m tooth pullrng is stoppcJ by filling t1ie mouth with salt and water. Weak and tired eyes arc refresh- ed by bathing with warm water aud salt. Salt rubbed into tho scalp or oc- casionally added to the wat«r in v.'ashing prevents the hair falling out. Feathers uncurled by damp wea- ther are quickly dried by shaking over a fire in which salt has been thrown. Salt should always be eaten with auts. AUSTKH'S WAK ON SNAKES. New Additions to the Eaipire Ovcr- ruu With Kepliles. Austria's new lerrito-y is unde- sirably rich in snakes, mostly of the poisonous varieties, and the Governm.ent is taking vigorous measures to extcrminato them. In the ten years from 1S96 to irOo tho average yearly death roil from snake bites in Bosnia and Her/.c,.;ovina was thirteen persons, and I.33S head of cattle, horses and domestic animals. Besides this, hundreds of persons were bitten by snakes, but recovered. Since 190() the provincial authori- ties have given money premiums for the killing of snakes. In tliat year oO,Oo(i dead snakes were 'brought ill. of which 25,138 were poisoinnis. Next year, when the oflicial reward system became more generally known, these figures iiicreaEcd enormously, no fewer th.an 280,71b stjakes being killed, including 271,- C&3 poisonous. Last year's figures were very nearly the same, and it will be some years before tlie work of ex- termination can be anything like o(-)mpleted. But at the same time, the number of persons reported b't- ten by poisonous snakes seems to be steadily decreasingâ€" 20(5 in 1907 and HO last year.â€" Pall Mall Ga- zette. NO FLIES ON HIM. John D. Rockefeller, at the end of a day's testimony in tho Govern- ment's suit against the Standard Oil Company, talked to a group of reporters. The subject of quick- willedness came up and Mr. liocke- 'iftiJlil'" said : â€" 'â- ^V^^^iick-witt'od a man as I ever knew was*ajic of our drivers â€" Tim- othy-;^ack uh-tlie business's early days. ^. "We liked to k>tR.. our teants 1 loking nice, and so we instituted an annual prize for the man who could show the best-groomed hors- es, the cleanest stalls, the bright- est hnrnoss, and so forth. "Timothy seemed certain of this prize, and when mid-year inspec- tion time came sure enough his splendid work left nothing to be desired. "But as the inspector took one last look .iround, just as he h.ad made uj) his mind to give the prize to Timothy, he frowned, for his eye had fallen on a cobweb in a dim cornf»r of the grev mare's stall. "Timothy saw the inspector's face change, and saw the cause of tho change, and he spoke up iiriskly : â€" " 'I ki^ep that there weh there, boas,' he said, 'to catch the Hies. The way they t-orment the mare is sumpin' fierce.' " "Krupp's is the biggest cannon ever made, isn't itl" "Yes, aiiH (he earth is the largest revolver." Husbandâ€" "Did you hear tho storm when it broke this morning?" Wifeâ€" "That wasn't tho storm. It was the now girl washing lee Ireakfast-dishes." THE S. S. LESSON' INTEKNATIONAL LESSON, ocr. 3. Lesson I. Paul a Prisoner â€" tho Arrest. Goideu Tc.vt, 2 Tim. 2; 3. Verso 13. James â€" It seems to be 39. I am a Jew, of Tarsus ... a citizen of no mean cityâ€" -Tarsus wa« a city of rare culture, devoted to philosophic studies, and as citizen- i.nip there was confined to a se- lect few, its possession wa sa mark of rank. 40. Beckoned with the hand unto the people. â€" The captain must liavo released one of the; chains for tho time being. This, with the gesture . made by Paul, would ixjally gain the great silence, among Oricnials. Chapter 22, verso 1. The defense Paul made four jwints in his own established beyond doubt that this behalf: (1) that he was a Jew by 13 one of tho brothers of our Lord. Jiirth and training, and h.ad been He was the acknowledged head of , zealous for the law to the point of the church at Jerusalem. persecuting tho Christians; (2) that All the elders were present â€" his conversion came tjirougii a di- Thesc men constituted the govern- j vino intervention, and was con- meiit of the church, together with , firn -ed by a later revelation to Ana- James, iiias ; (3) that after his conversion 19. He rehearsed one by one â€" , he continued to worship in the tom- fjukc was present, but omits the de- pie, and received a vision there; tails of Paul's narrative, as the (-1/ that because cf tho unbelief of ground has already been covered so the Jews, God had &ent him to the tully. I Gentiles. 20. Thou scest . . . how many ! Fathers â€" Members of the Sanhe- thousands there are a.aiong tho drin and rai'jbis. Jews of them that have believed â€" j 3. Gamalielâ€" Tho greatest schol- it was the feast of Penticost, about ' ai of his age among the Jews, and twenty -seven years after tjio mira- ; still referred to by tho.iio as a man culous gift of the Holy Spirit. The j of exceptional ability. He was greatest problem which had arisen called "the be.auty of the law." during tjiat time must have been 5". The estate of the elders â€" The the one licre mentioned, th.at tho-e iSanhedrin. Jewish Christians were all zealous 1 8. Jesus of Nazareth â€" ^The other for the law. To then Christianity | acc<junts of Paul's conversion was only an improved Judais;u, a..d ' (Acts 9 and 2(i) do not refer to they clung tenaciously to all the Mosaic ceremonials in which they had been trained. The destruc- ti(m of Jorusalem was necessary in Older to make the complete break between the old and new. 21. They have ben informed con- cerning thee â€" The verb indicates that at Jerusalcn a sj'stematic tea<;hing h;id been going on in op- position to Paul, and as a result great hostility had been aroused against him. Thou teaches ... to forsake Moses â€" Knowing as we do. from the acts and w.ords of Paul, how per- verted was this aecuhation, we can understand tho ferocity of his de- nunciations of these malicious Ju- daizers. 23-2U. The Jerusalem ciders, while recognizing and confirming tho I'b- e.ty of the GentiL-s, as guaranteed to them by the great council, urge upon Paul a co\se which may dis- arm his accusers of their preju- dices. In short, he is to ally h:m Jesus in this way 11. Could not see for the glory of that light This is the only place where this explanation of his blind- ness is given. 1-1. The God of our fathersâ€" No- tice that in the mind of Ananias there was no thought of rupture with the Jews. 15. .Ml menâ€" A stupid avoidance of the hated word "Gentiles." 17. When I h.ad returne<l to Je- rusalemâ€" the visit referred to in Acts 9. 2(). Paul had been m-ean- ti;no in Arabia While 1 prayed in the temple â€" Such a man would not be likely to difcst-eem Jewish observances. Fell into a tranceâ€" Paul h.ad many of tlies-o experiences. 18. Get thee quickly out of Jc- rusale.-nâ€" His stay lasted only fif- teen days. 21, 22. Unto the Gentiles. And then give him audience unto tliis ,vordâ€" They restrained themselves until Paul reached the point where self with some humblo Nazirites I j^,, could no longer keep back the (see Nu.m. G. 1-21) and complete j hated word, then their violent pas- with then the final purifiea-on . sjon broke forth, ceremonies of a vow which they i 05. Tied him up with the thongs h.-j/d assumed. .-Vs an evidence of ' â€" ^Strct-ohing tho prisoner forward good faith, lis is to pay for all the J.y means of straps, so that he will sacrifices, and re:nai;i in the tem- 1 te in positn for the scouring, pit until the full ordinance is ob- 1 ojj j am a Roman born â€" Roman served. In this way the disaffected ' ^jij/^nship was aeiiuirable in four will see he does not neg'ect the law, I„.av3: (\) hy birth, if both parents and he himself will coiitr-diet none , ^-ere Romans ; (2^ hy gra-if s to cer- of his own teaching or practice, as [.fain districts ; (3) by grant f^r great he has already declared himself | fprvico to th-o state: (-1) by pur- willing to become all things to all ' chase. Lender Claudius (.\. D. 41- nien, for the sake of the gospel, to | 51) it „r-is chean. It is assumed the Je.vs becoming as a Jew, that I |(,^t th© apostle's parents were s-i- he n:ight gain thcai. zens. 27. Sevo.i daysâ€" The appointed, 20. Was afraxl . . . be- aus" he hnd time for the fulfilyhuent of the vow [ l^ound himâ€" He did not now loose in the seclusion of tho temple. | jii-n fro-n the chains, simply from 23. Against the people, and the I ^1,^ scouring thongs. ,law, and this place â€" A threefold •charge, namely hostility to tho Jews themselves, cou.empt for their law, and desecration of tiie temple. This last charge was supported by a declaration that he brouglit Greeks also into tho temple. This reference to Trophimus (verse 29), one of Paul's companions, .a Gen- tile from Ephesus, was, of course, unfounded. The "Court of Israel" was distinct from the outer court, known as the "Court of tho Gen- tiles," and separated from it by a high wall, with inscriptions threat- ening death to all Gentile intrud- ers. Though Paul was not actual- ly a sub\erLer of the Mosaic law, he had preached that a man was saved by faith in Christ and not by words of tho law. In this end this would lead to a disregard of llic law oven among the Jews. 30. Dragged him out of the tem- ple : and . . . the doors were shut â€" 'L'his precaution wds, doubtless, in- tc;.ded to prevent a profanation of the t-a;niple by the murder which they wero contemplating. 31. Tidings came up to the chief captain of the band â€" This officer of a thousand men was s'.ationed in the fortress Antonia, adjoining the tcmplb, on the hill Acra. Notice, tncreforc, the ucuraey of the de- scription, "came up to," and "ran down upon them" (32). 34, Shoutedâ€" Luke is the only New Testament writer who uses this word. I'oth here and in Luke 23. 21, it describes the din of t;i niultitudc. 35. Tho stairsâ€" Loading from the t<niple area to the castle, and un- covered, as is shown by the fact tliat Paul was able to address tho crowd. 30. Away with him â€" The same cry raised by the Jews against Jesus. 37, 38. Dost thou know Greek? Art thou not then the Egyptian?â€" Evidently the captain knew that this Egyptian, who for some reason BIKTII RATE IN FRANCE. l)v. Berlillon Mtikes ,an Inlorosling Analy-i'i ol Returns. Statistics just published by Dr. Jacques Ecrtillon, the chief of the Municipal StJitistics Office, cast an instructive sidelight on the shriik- age in the French birthrate- Tak- aiig 4-1.5 promineiit married Parisi- ans, Dr. Bertillon finds they have a total of .")T5 children. These 4-!5 men he divides into three categor- iesâ€" artistic, literary, and political. Tho pcr-ions in the first category â€" 94 in n'unberâ€" h.ave 101 children. Included in it are 35 artistic per- sons who have no childre.i at all. The second category â€" literaturs. i;!;t in numberâ€" -have 127 children, and included in the class are (iu \\ ritcrs who have no children. In the third category f.all 111 politiei- cns, who have in all 193 children. I'lxactly one-third of tho political group .are childless. I'inally there are 23 mereh.ants and manufacturers with 39 chil- dren, 33 militarv n.en and function- aries with .'it children and .51 other notabilities with 5G children. France, s.ays Dr. Bertillon in con- chision, is marching rapidly to her ruin, because .she follows the ex- ample of those very people whose duty it is to instruct and .".dvise her. â€" â€" i 'JOSEPH DAVIS' HEROISM DABED A nOimiBLE DEATH TO SAVE HIS COMPANION. Ill AnstntUan Mine John Allco Fell Whic Mouiilins to Avoid E.xiilusion. To tho loujj list of heroic deeds at.stH;iated with the sturdy miners ' of tho Australian goldfic.ds oi Bal- larat and Bendigo must be iKldcd another story of a man risking his life for his* friend. j On F'riday afternoon, July 10, I John Allen, a married miner, 28 I years of age, descended with two of j hit mates, Joseph Davis and Dan ! Darcey, a new shaft in the Gold- fields Consolidate! mine at Dia- mond Hill, Bcmlig I, to bore holes preparatory to blasting .jperaiions. Tho new shaft was sunk below the I 730-foot plat. The men had to bore I the holes, insert the dynamite, light I u slow-burning fuse, and then 1 mount by a ladder to the plat, ' where they were to aw.ait the ex- plosion. Allen was the last to leave. I Ho lit the fiises and m.ade for the ladded. Just, however, as ho reached the plat, he missed Li» footing and FELL TO THE BOTTOM of the shaft where the fusos wer« ready to oxpkKle the charge. The men on the plat hoard tho fall, and ono miner cried in agony, "Jack's gone." Joseph Davis, however, without the slightest he- .'siation, rnslied down the ladder to the rescue of his mate, regard less of the danger of meeting with ... horrible death. On reaching the bottom of the shaft he found Al- len huddled in a corner with his leg broken, but stiil cons-eious. The red glimmer of the burning fuse seemed more pronounced in the darknenss, but, nothing daunted, Davis clutched his mate's bixlv and dragged him to the ;iorth end of the shaft, about five feet away. Just then the first charge explod- ro with a deafening noise, but luck- ily the debris was thrown against the opposite side of the shaft, clear of whore the two men were crouch- ing- Davis endeavored to drag Al- len's legs up under him, so as to make sure of escapinsi the earth dislodged by the second holo, which c.vi)lode-d a moment or two later. The shift boss and D.areey, who h.ad been in a terriblo state of su- spense at the plat, imagined that nothing but CERTAIN DF..\rn could be the fate of their two com.- panions, and tho signal was given denoting that a serious acciilont had oncurreci. They then <lesconded to the bottom of tho shaft, -and were <-verjo,' ed 10 find tho two men alive. Allen, though s\iffcring great pain, was quite conscious. His log w.a3 broken just above the ankle, and he was otherwite bruised and knoeke-d about. Davis remarked, "I feel all right. Take poor Jock UT to the plat. Take the tail ropo tiff and take him to the surface, I can climb up the ladders." + ui::!) .\T 103. Centenarian Whoso. Uncles Fell at Wiiterloo. Mrs. Hannah Bur.snell died rec- ently at Skillington, Lincolnshire, England, in her lOHth year, leaving upwards of 100 descendant:;. Mrs. Bursnoll was born on April n. ISO!, at Wymcndlmm, Rutland. She was married at tho ago of 23, and celebrated her diamond wed- ding. Soon afterivards her hus- band, who was a shepherd, died, and since then slio had lived with ono of her childioii. Mrs. Bursnoll would often chat pleasantly and intelligently about the early years of the past cen- tury. Two of her uncles fell at Waterloo, and her native parish was without a eleigyman for two years owing to the rcctcr, who went to the w.Tr to see a friend, being taken prisoner. Reading and knitting v.cre Mrs. BursnelFs chief rcereation in rec- ent years. Hor hcallh was seri- ou.sl.v affecte<l bv a fall ju^t prior to her l.ast birthday. She was very highly esteemed at Skillington. FUCM LONDON TO DUBLIN. Eight Days' .lonrnoy Regarded as Short In 1701). In those days of rapid transit a paragraph from a York:ihiro paper of 17C0 is interesting. It is an ac- count of a London merchant's jour- ney from London to Dublin and back. Leaving London on Monday evening, the traveller reached Liv- erpool on Wednesday morning, in lime to catch tho packet for Dub lin, which city be reached on Thurs- he susp'jctod Paul of being, was'd.ay. During that, d.ay he transact- unable to speak Greek. The ban- dit leader of tho Assassins (or Sicarii), according to Josephus, in- spired his men to murder influen- tial Jews who were friendly to Rome. Thirty thousand of these men trie dto break into Jerusalem 1 y force from the Mount of Olives, but were dispersed, and tho Egyp- tian escaped. ed his business in the capital, and next morning sailed for Liverpool, arriving there on Saturday. Mon- day saw him back in London, and his journey was complete, having taken only eight days! "And," concludes the writer, "there is <-very reason to believe that it will be possible to boat even this per- formance in the near fututol" SUICIDE OF WHALES. Rpifnsal to Live .Vftor the DentU of Their Mates. M. Edmond Pcrrier, addressing the Academy of Science, described p. whale that voluntarily ends its days when its companio.i dies. A ,spceimcn has been preserved by M. Anthony, of St. VaasL do la Hou- gi;e. This -sea mammal is extremely rare, said M. Perricr. Despite ita length of sixteen feet, it almost al- ways remains hidden from the eyes of man. Only 28 specimens of this kind of whale are known, and this is the first time it has been pre- served. It possesses only two teeth, placed in the middle of the jaw. j M. Perrier said that these whales come ashore only in couples. Should the male die, ono can expect to see' a female stranded soon afterwards,; and vioo versa. "Suicide for love,"i Mr. Edmund Perricr explained wil^ A smile. ' '>-.'