Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1896 — LONGEVITY ACROSS THE OCEAN [ARTICLE]

LONGEVITY ACROSS THE OCEAN

“And the baits for this bold fish are not many. I mean tnat he will bite as well f at some or at any of these three, as at any or all others whatsoever —a worm, a minnow or a littie frog, of which you may find many in hay lime. * * * And i lastly, I will give yon but this advice, that | yon giv the pearch time en ugh »he he bites, for there was scarce ever any angler that has given him too mneh.” rrHere is Isaec Walton's recipe, from his friend Dr. T., for cooking a carp, (a new fish that has recently been placed in Cedar Lake): “Take a carp, alive, if possible, scour him and rub him clean with w ;ter and salt, but sc ile him not; then open him and pnt him with his blood and his liver, which you must save when you open him, into a small pot or kett e; then take marjoram, thyme and parsley, of each half a handful, a sprig of rosemary and another of savory, bind them into two or three Bmall bundle , and put them to your carp, with four or five whole onions, twenty pickled oysters and three an -hovies. Then pour u> ou yourcarp as much claret wine as will only cover him, and season your claret well with salt, cloves and mace, and the rinds of oranges and lemons; that done, cover yur pot and set it on a quick fire till it be sufficiently boi ed; then take out t e c irp -nd lay it with the broth in t e dish, and poui upon it a quarter of a pound of the be- t fresh butter, melted and beaten with half a dozen spoonfuls of the broth, the yo ks of two or three eggs, and some of the herbs shred; garnish your dish with lemons, and ao serve it up, and much good do you." Ah, who now shdl despise the per. h, the bass and the onrp? And what brother of the angle will neglect Cedar Lake when the roune trip fare by the Monon is only a dollar and a half frem Cfitcago, and proportionately low from other points. Further information can be obtained by addressing auy agent of thr Mouon [Route.

The long experience of Judge Healy m the Root and Shoe trade should give him a prestige enjoyed by no other. His stock has been selected with care and backed by good judgment, and his prices can not fail to please. Among the Newton county democrats whom we have heard favors ably spoken of for Representative, may be mentioned the names of Wesley Buswell, Frank Comparet, Dr. Kecher, Clint. Hanger and Frank Davis.—Morocco Courier.

The Centenarians of Some Old World Countries. A German statistician has studied the census returns of Europe to learn a few things about the centenarians of the Old World. He has found, for instance, that high civilization does not favor the greatest length of life. The German empire, with 55,000,000 population, has but 73 subjects who are more than 100 years old. France, with fewer than 40,000,000, has 213 persons who have passed their hundredth birthdays. England has 146; Ireland, 578; Scotland, 46; Denmark, 2; Belgium, 5; Sweden, 10, and Norway, with 2,000,000 inhabitants, 23. Switzerland does not boast a single centenarian, but Spain, with about 18,000,000 population, has 401. The most amazing figures found by the Germau statistician came from that troublesome and turbulent region known as the Balkan peninsula. Servia has 575 persons who are more than 100 years old; Roumania, 1,084, and Bulgaria, 8,883. In other words, Bulgaria has a centenarian to every 1,000 inhabitants, and thus holds the international record for old inhabitants. In 1892 alone, there died in Bulgaria 350 persons of more than 100 years. - In the Balkan paninsnla, moreover, a person is not regarded as on the verge of the grave the moment he becomes a centenarian. For instance, in Servia there were in 1890 some 290 persons between 106 and 115 years, 123 between 115 and 125, and 18 between 126 and 135. Three were between 18.1 and 140.