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“~v"- ‘ “by UV. to be . In the chance] at Honing‘ton Church, “tabla-e. is a black marble monument to the memory of G. Stanley. ,, who died in 1719, at the age of 151. - re was a dam: named Draakonburg, art! in 1623, who until his 9191; year nerve-d as a. seaman in the royal navy, and had spent fifteen years of his life in Turkey as a slave in the greatest: misery. He was married. at 110 to a. fireman of 60, and he outlived her along time. In his 1mm year he fell ln love Mtg a. young country- lrl,.who regat- ed im. He died in 1 2, n his l46t r. Peter Garden,03f Auchterlws, died 1: 1775 at the age 131. He had seen ad talked with Henry Jenkins about 2M battle 0! Flodden Field, at which Jenkinmmt asaboyof12.lt _____- “vv-‘vâ€"w ‘1“ 168." Jones Wax-mu, of Baylydole lived to be 187. He was called the “ father of the fishermen ” in his vicinity. as he had followed the trade for 85 ears. There was a woman in Moscow fi .y years ago W‘howae said to be 168. She had married give times, andwae 121 at herlast wed- .ng_ Celebrated in English history by Raleigh and Bacon was the venerable Countess Desmond, who appeared in court in 1814. being 140 years old, and In full possession of all her powers, men- tal and physical. There are several por- traits of her aLt-‘thi‘e advenoed age still I- L- ---.. T_ Possibly the most celebrated case of longevity on record is that of Henry Jenkins. This remarkable old man was bggjn in AYoarkshire in 1501 and died in -v'u "av body ovailliath Edwafaé: vof- Cacreg, who departed this life 24th February, §.gznp_Domigi 1668. “Anne aetatis suae NUI‘ABLE CASES. In a churchyard near Cardiff is the followinggjnsm'iption: “Hem lieth the L.;â€"â€" times. This venerable dame. having at- tained the age of 150 years, died peace- fully in a hamlet in the Haute Gar- onne, where she had spent her entire life. subsisting during the last ten years on goat’s milk and cheese. The woman is said to have preserved all her mental faculties to the last. In England a statistician named Halleir collected a number of instances of ex- treme longevity. He found 1,000 per- sons who lived from 100 to 110 years. 60 P913005: who lived from 110 to 120 years, and '29 who lived from 120 to 130 years, 15 persons from 130 to 140, 6 persons from 140 to 150, and 1 person who lived to the extraordinary see of 169. ‘ All the evidences of extreme age in; this country have Men from persons in the lower walks of life or from! ob- scure parts of the country; but history shows that it is amone. people of this class that instances of extreme lone!- evity areto be found. People in hiehetr stations of life and the populations of the cities are living in an age and under conditions almost incompatible with longevity, and the strain of nervous energy in the conditions of business and mode of living predispose to premature decay. MEN OF BRAINS LIVE LONG. Men of thought have been distinguish- ed.a.t all times for their nee. Zeno- philus was 106; Solon, Sophecles, Pin- dar, Anaoreon and Zenophon were octo- gonfnrians. In recent times Cornaro, .itian, Herschel, Moutiflou‘e and Routh lived nearly to the century mark. Chev- reul. the cesntenarian chemist, died only lately. Gladstone and Bismarck still pwve wonderful vigour. the battle of Flodde'n Field in 1513. It was proved from the registers of the Chancery and other courts that he had appeared in evidence 140 years befome his death, and had had an oath administered to him. In the office of the King’s Remembrancer there ap- Emm a record of a deposition- in which appeared as a witness at 157. \Vhen above 100 Jenkins was able to swim a. rapid stream. -_â€" vâ€"w 1670.9.t the . of 169. He remembered {he battle 0 Flodde'n Field in 1513. Thomas Parr. a. poor farmer’s ser- vant. was born in 1483. He remained single until eighty. His first Wife lived thirt -two years and eight years after her eath. at the age of 120. he mar- riegl. agaig.“Unti‘l. his [30¢ year_ he ferrou'med his owdinary duties, and at his age was accustomed even to thresh wheat. He. was 152 years old, and had lived under nine Kings gf‘qulgnd. fl“... -.-+L.\_ -1 - possessed the oldest woman of modern damaged. More serious statisticians atâ€" tribute the supremacy of women in the matter to the fact, that. in general, she leads a more calm and unimpassioned existence than a man, whose life Is The mwndéanoe 0t centefiriom of the. supposed weaker sex has led tothe revwal at some amusing theories to explain the phenomenon. One cause of th‘ WV“! 01 women is stated to be. for: instance. their propensity to talk much and to gossip, perpetual prattle being highly conducive, it is amid. to the active circulation of the blood. while the body remains unfatigued and un- Gil-tad instance of a man’s living be- yond the century mark. The statistic- «1 England alone, however. tend to con- tmvesrt this contention, and there are no doubt instances in the minds of al- most em person of individuals that have lived longer than 100 years. PERSONS 0F LUNG LIVES Interesting Accounts 0! Persons who Lived Long II the Worldâ€"ile- ct Brunsâ€" IANY va’TENAâ€"Râ€"i-ANS FOUND ALL OVER THE WORLD. Notable Cases. at toil, trouble and peasan would go hard with me if it were known that I e . such opinions.” To my surprise, then learned that Berlin was full of spies of all sorts, ready to catch and report to the authorities the slight- est word reflectimg unfavorably upon the. emperor, his family, or his salons; and that on such reports many per- sons. espeolally yjoung men, had been seized by the pohoe and kept m prison for monthsâ€"one, because, in the heat of discussian. he had said the emperor was a schafskopf! When I asked my guests what they thought of such a stem. they looked mysterious and de- ziined to reply.â€"Prof. Davidson in the You ahead Me an almanac; in: ynuir sun at cullegie, Grimlgy Most young mien have to 80W. their wild For a moment the mother and chifld were wrapped in a close embrace; then the gang sent the visitors hurryin down the gangp'lanik. The ship move slowly out into the middle of the stream, and as ilt turned to go down the bay the parties on the pier walked toward the street. “To think of Celia going away. like that,” said the weeping mother to her husband. “I don't see how We ever could have consented to it. But I gave her all the good advice she needed. Besides Celia. is a sensible girl, and I think she’ll do what I told her.” im a public restaurant in Berlin, an aged clergyman and his Wife. The for- Espionage on His Subjects Keeps Their Tongues Tied. There is something specially degrad- ing ‘ about espionage, especially when practiced by a national governmentma itisinGermany. 'Ilhiswasbrought very vividly before me by the following itneident: One day there dined with me, emcee woman does her washing out of doors. Her washtub is not more thqn fii; igohesnhigh. and is__a._bout as p13 of a clown. they have plenty to do. The washing is usually done in cold wa- ter, and often in running streams. The clothes are pounded with paddles until they shime like a shirt front fresh from a Ghinese laundry. The Japanese rip their garments apart for every washing. and they iron their clothes by spreading them on a flat board and leaning this up against the house to dry. The sun takes the wrinkles _out of the clothes, and some HARD WORKED WASHERWOMEN. The hardest-:won‘ked washerwomen in the world are the Coreams. They have to wash about a dozen dresses for their husbands, and, inasmuch as every man wears pwntaloovns or drawers so baggy that they come up to his neck like those to be merely a matter 'of mistitutionâ€" al requirement. ‘ There have been men who attributed itheir long lives to their excesses in stimulants. Thomas Wishart, of An- neanidale, Dumh'ies, died in 1760 at 124. He had chewed tobacco 117 years, can- tracting the habit when a child. His father gave it to him to allay hunger while shepherding in the mountains. John de la Somet, of Virginia, died In 1766 at 130. He was agreat smoker. and the habit agreed with his consti- tution). \Villiam Biddle, who died at 116, carefully avoided the use of waâ€" ter all his life and loved brandy. This does not agree with Lucian's account 0; the great age of the seers or an- cient . Chinese, who drank excessive quantities of water. The habits in questlon are believed by the physician +A k‘ --_-“_ _ , J]. _ ,L!L__‘_’_ _ James Barracks was born in 1774 and died in 1844. His father was born in 1857. one year before the death of the Protector, and had children in early life. He married again at 84 a woman of 26, of which marriage James was the off- sprung in 1744. In 1844 this man cauld say truthfully that he had a brother born during the reign of Charles the 590005. and that his father was a citi- zen of the Commonwealth. Among the Mission Indians of South- ern Cali ornja there have been reported 9-886 ranging from 120 to 140. Lt. Gib- bons found in a village in Peru one hundred inhabitants who had passed the century mark, and another credible ex- Plomr in the same territory records a case of .a person 140 years old. Frances Ange dled in Maryland in 1767 at the 3,80 of 134, and remembered the execu- tion of Charles I. éyawirtness. oeema difficult to believe that a. man 09qu say that he had hegd tth story 2 non “\- w v_' -v â€"â€"'â€" 2;? an (grant whicffiad happened 263 years; .before. related by the lips of an KAISER WOULD BE A CZAR. DUE TO DRINK. OLD _ .â€"â€"â€"vâ€"- â€"‘vâ€"' -V I P m 4 111111068 t“ the is?“ m mung”, when the buds M10 mamm- 3 “mafia“? W mfixture an? Farms $110011 More the “058°!” mud Paris green. W the W have faJ‘leméEmd fifth Li I? 1 Bar-- dieazux mixture amid MB mi?“ 3:02;: 11017179113 ten to fifteen: m Leaf blight, math and cuddling moth, the same treatment as flor the apple. g'gadlnlns oif the copper 81111113133136 sotluâ€" huom amid two of the lime. If theme is my dun-ht atbout thievre mot heitng suf- ficiant hme tiny this heat already re- ferred. flo utnidelr Bordeaux muxture. waflfll uptihiaamnumttbOMgafllo'nfi Iwutlh water. I ' z 5. Paumre the mitxtxuir‘es Weill, apply flbem at film prbmer thme, and be, as mm as possible in: the work. ‘ be neceexsan‘y flo mafy at least five times, 'Wlhiiflo if , and the mixtures have been allm to remainn on the Mme». them flhwee or four times may be sufficient . . Iln no case sway Whilhe the trees are in bloom. bu‘t immefldately aft em. 3. Oombfined insect‘icMe and fungi- cide, maintaining er'is green End Bor- dealux mixtume, is he be used for in- sects that chew, {amid imjsumiaous fungi, but ketmeetme emuminln alone for those isnseds rthat suck the juices of patents, such as aphize, thu-ip, red spider, eta ' 4. A? Bunch eoflustim fior the prepara- tfibn of Bordeaux mixture may 'be preâ€" pemefl ‘as fnd'lorws: Dis’soltve 25 pounds of copper miphntte fin 25 gallons of water. One gallon of this contains one pound of the copper auflp-Shnte. Ten anoigherr bane! sl'alke 25 potmnids of good lame, and add 12 1-2 grafllioms of water. One gafllm of this contains two pounds of lime. Tb _ma_1ke the mixture, take four mixed, it Wiim ad‘hjene to glass wfithout 0111mm. A' syirintgae or pump will aid much itn this Work. I’nF using, dilute with Jim 9 to {16 parts of water. Kpnoseme emwls'mn may ‘be prepared 2;] mam miiJ'k (1 gangs), and 003.1 Still g . , {no 8' wmg mum . {Ibis will innit mom ‘ . l. Wham fiheme is danég‘ar of disfigur- ing fnnt myth the Bordeaux mixture use the ammomlizapal‘ dapper carbonate solutidn. ' 2. Experietnce in Spraying“ during this past twb years imd'icates that it 15 best to {lee the combitned insecticide amd flunglnidve. dommencing as soon as the binds betg‘im tso dmefl'l, again when the Mam-es appeau‘, am-d doniilnme it at imtmgfls Off 10 to 15 dam}, _Ium_ti_l_ the Wes uhaye beem game“ 3’ towâ€"5 tim gs“: mhac‘h wrfll depend upon the weather. In the case of e; miiny Reesqn. it may ' 4. Hie-Methane. White heflmebum, fresh, water. B @411me Pymethzmm W, fresh. 1 ounce water. 4 ga‘llloma - t ; O 9 3- Kermetme Mam; Hand soap, 1-2 D'dulnid, 011‘ soft soap, 1 qma‘rt; boiling water, soft, 1 gallon: 003.]; Oil, 2 (gallblqns'. ’ .Arfter dfisaokvimg the soap in the water, add the caoaih oil amd stir welll for 5 00‘ 19. mjlpmies. .Whlqn pmmy A I so as “do form a, comlbilmed inlseatioido and fumgicildie, add foulr ounces to every 40 gallons (If the Bandiehlux mixture. .Use 200 galmdms 01f wialbetn in a mix- ture flor applle mm 250 for plum trees, and 300 for peach trees. Wlhiecn.‘ Paris cream is wdndeid flo Bordeaux mixtmrq. Pmr'ilsgman. lpuumad; WW,200to 300 gaflfllombt ‘ « This sdbmtinm is not muah used, and its flammemded onflly in cases Where the £th is so far advanced: that it 'waufl'd Ooppem carbonate 1 ovumce . ammonia suffionemt to dfisSdLVfl thle coppea‘ car- Innate; WM 10 gafi'loms. ' I . If the lime is goat! the above amount is likely tn be smffiiciemt. {It is wens? matter to hnmv {how mule}! Slime: is re.- qmnimd by Mg fwlhlalt tbs tarmac-d the flamboyamide df pdtamium test. Take femcymaide of potassium test. This su’bstance cam be got at any drug- sist’s. amd vbry Little is mqmirdd). Take with a saturated soflutiotn of this com:- piomnd. 1»! 111mm is molt plenty of lime in mixtm'eba (1110p of this testandetd to it. mums brown. Add mom (Lime: and stir. AB sham as this item fails to color in oomimrg in contact With: your mix- ture, it. itnsdfloatets thiare lie sufficient litmus present 110 mutmlisze the effects not the copper Sllfiphate. Ulse wooden vessels in mpamhnjg tuhb Bordeaux ‘Warm «water wifll dissolve: the copper sulphate mane readily tham oof-Jd water. {Bf the limb its at 9.11:, dirty straim the lime solutixm. and lunging it, so as ta ble Governed: by the water. Shake the lime an about the Wmt for L. Ammandanan Copper Carbonate Solu- ‘ m (‘Wm”) Y J'- Hbyea, Balaton, meessou‘ of Bi- 01083’. Qntamo Agricultural College. SOLUTIONS RECOMNDED. INSTRUCTIONS IN SPRAYING. 3. Pamib 'Gneiem Mixture; THE FARM. 'IIREATMIENT. ventional prayer book. It is not con- sidered in the best of taste for jewels to decorate this cover, and in most instances the gdld is perfectly plain, ex- cept for the chasing. in plain raised satin stitch. Another chooses larger letters, to be intricately interlaced and elaborately worked with both solid and open laced stitches. Huge ornamental moznograms are also con- spicuous in napery and bed hinen, as well as on tea cloths. Three letters are a good rule in case of. (houses (linen, one for the respective initials of the Chris- tian nalmIe of the bride and groom and the third for the family name. The marking of linen is quitea. busi- ness in “these days of sumptuous "trous- seaus. {[rn stores which make a speci- azlttir of fine napery orders are taken for the working of letters when the lim- em is selected, so that it cant be sent éhotme in boxes ready for use. One fi- ancee wii‘d choose two unpretentious in- $1218.18: placed sgde by Side and worked .Sttmnvfbea'ry. The mail or 2103115 blight; '3on mixture wyhtezil it can be plied wfithuwt disfigdrfimg the fruit W1 1']; dan’qmfl thus diaea'ae. Apply a‘ interq vans of mm or three Weeks on new beds cutter they btdg‘fln to make Hummers. Fungi; Span mgr. Hatris green as anon astlne betet eam(one pound to 100 games 01f mm Secpmd mug: Bordeaux muture fifteen days, iii mommy. 11.(}albib..a(g1e . ’ Pylret‘hmm applied i111 Solution one ounce to four gall-long; of water, or dust- 01 on, one pamt py‘nethmm to seven part5 flnotuir, fair the calibwgb worms. Spiray wirtih Bordeaux mixture, 833 span 6.8. tron; ozr bllngihlt appears, fonthreaa tmngs, 1f mammary, alt intervals at ten to fifteen) dayau . ‘ ‘ 8. Chfnrmnlt amd Gbotaeebea'rm t \Viorfms and m‘ifltdflew. Fiuut 3y praying: Biondletaux mixture and Pans green as 900m as hhb heavea “é‘fmam £6 to cm WW The same 11 fifteen} dwys For warms afilomte, nieilllebore or Paris g‘neein wiim be effective. . . Mildew, blank not amfd fliea bangle. First symyimg: Bordiealdx mumps and Fatwa green w'hien the leaves are and , Paag‘ib . tgtreeim (wfillen' Wee .o\ x and Ham's gm when flowers have -__'___ TLhimd and fidufr'th Bipramsn‘gsztm Ber- dgeEux mix‘t ume at imitemv Pam's gmem aOIOIne when the beetle is attackgimg the hudb in the wring and Paris Tlhi'nd . ‘ . i . ‘ 'Biordezitu'x mixture md Paria green ten “0 fifteen days cumul‘iio First and Betmlfl swaying? Fimst apravimg‘ [Bordeaux mixture before the flower buds qpeln Swami saxmymg' Bomdwm mixturs and Rams cm as soon as tine petals have flalleu. Thmd 59mm: Bor‘deiamx and Paris Email in Bevan ”do tend days at- mm Bardia'aux mixture im an boggifteen: days after. .. ‘ . 4 Beam . Bndwm fruit rat, heat blight and plum [might and WW ~ ijst swaying. Phtrisgreaem as gopn But amd_ wigg‘t MONEY ENOUGH. A‘ JOURNALIST. 10. Plotatm carats is W0 as .miuch as yvelgbt, even welght, even though the latter might be of the “first water.” The ruby, therefore, instead of the diamond, 18 the material which embodies the high- ° mallest eom- MGR; __-_..J wuVN‘L W Lillcu \Van- 1 . ural position of the leaves. \Vhen the pain is full and every crevice has been filled solidly thra‘flowers are allowed to dry for sew eral days. It is often found effective The white porcelain pieplate can now have a. silver frame resting upon four little balls for feet. The plate fits per- fectly in this open-work silver case. A long and slender open-work pie knife comes with the frame. TO PRESERVE FLQVVERS' COLORS The chafing dish is not neglected. One set has three pieces, a large spoon and two forks, one fork four tuned and the other with two large tines. The hamdles are of ornamental silver and also of beautixftrlly polish-elburnt ivory. rm What is prettier for a little gift to an invalid than a lemonade spoon? The bowl of the spoon is a gold shaped shell. A long, round, slim handle starts from under the shell, and is finished at the top with a tiny ball. This handle is hollow and makes a silver straw through which to draw the lemonade. The newest chocolate spoons have the same rounded bowls as formerly, but hale decorated Dresden handles. Silver mutton bane holders are a. boon to every «Hirer. They are of plain sil- ver, with a chased rim, and made to {it over the-bone. The are held so- ou_r_e_31y _i:n__pla.cg b_y a_sma_ _l t-‘hqmbscg'ew, The tall and slender silverâ€"bound.cut glass pitchers for claret cup or fancy drinks have finally had a spoon made for them. It has a deep, egg-shaped bowl and an ornamented twisted han- dle, which is amply long enough to come above the top of the largest sized pitch- .Hot sauces are indispensable for many dishes. and a clever Englishman has invented something to take the place of the unsatisfactory gravy boats so long in .use. It is a vessel of silver. shaped like a low shallow pitcher with a long. pointed nose and a burnt ivory or ebony handle. (A hinged cover fits closely over the top of this vessel, with an ivory knob for a handle. This pitch. er rests upon a slender mandard fag. tened securely to an oblong silver plate holding a tiny alcohol lamp. so that the sauce can be kept steaming and the guest unfortunate enough to be served last at a long table need not de- cliane his much-desired sauce because the gagyy _ is already becoming set. the pleasure of ~havimg a closer 'look at the little silver ornaments. U Eight dollars for a nutmeg grater? And why not? These graters are of sil- ver and exceedi-nfily ornamental as well as useful. '1‘: e flavor of nutmeg is disliked by many, but far others a dish is not counplete Without a. dash 01 this condiment. With this handy device eaacah uest may suit his own taste; and one a most wishes to like n_utmeg_ to; name flavor if not taken from the ori- ginal bottles. Soma quick-witted pet- 8011 has devised a. holder of filigree sil- ver in which to stand the bottle. thus making the unsightly bottle an orna- men . The unusually attractive and orig“ al novelties in sterling and plan“ 811» verwane now shown in the sheps make the buying of useful (wedding gifts. birthday remembrance, and prizes no longer a task. Dainty table acumen.- ies are particularly tempting, and e“ ery young chousewife is much more pleased to receive something useful to beautify her dining table than she i. to have her dressing table or secretary receive all the attention; and so many really new and pretty things are now being devised that the matron who has passed her silver wedding day may also find an abundance of articles that fill a longhfelt want. The new bread baskets are oblong in shape. shallow, and have four tiny lit- tle claw feet to rest upon. The sides 01 the basket are of a very open pat- tern, to represent wheat ears and grass. Stalks of the same grain form a grace- jar-holders. are in openwork scroll pat- terns, are fastened firmly to a silver plate, and have a solid cover. The glass or jar is placed inside. and the jam spoon rests upon the plate. Both Wor- oestershire and Tabasco sauce are thought by epicures not to have the THE NEW SILVER TABLEWARE bhe natural position of en the pain is full and as been filled solidly allgwed _to dljy for sevâ€" days. The women transact. 1 ‘ levy the taxes, nu bum . pay the shqpherd. o. All of: ' stemmed. and, after thq indeedi NEY mm; m 1. 31‘!!ng FEW J L“ â€" 1.. {be 0313' 9“.“ Kidney what t; about 6'1); IILEB' (‘ 'W“ W'â€" ' u “0": Set“ Exphntu {I 1110de cto «A it W