Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-18

1 HIGH, WHO suDles them indefinitely at exorbl- l tant rates
 A writer in the London Times gives the
 following directions for preparing s'the mea- gerest and most palatable dinner in exist snce:" Egyptian lentils cost twenty nine shiliings for one hundred and four pounds Wholesale price) This works out at under 4 penny pound weight; one pound yields near ly two quarts of thick, strong pea soup, far superior to English pea soup in favor If to this soup be added about an equal weight in the fresh refuse beef bones, which are car r1ed away by the ton from all our London butchers shops to be boiled down into fat and to be ground into manure), then from one pound of lentils costing 34 penny, can be made two and a quarter or even two and a half, quarts of the very best pea soup, and on this exclusively have frequently made my own dinner; my family also preferring it to any other.
 Prisoners in the present day, when ar. raigned for felony, rarely decline to plead. A case of this kind, however, occurred re- gently at the Middlesex sessions, in England, where man named Cousins, who was in dicted for obtaining sums of money from various persons by false pretences with in- tent to defraud, would make no answer to
 the usual questions as to whether he was guilty or not guilty. This necessitated the swearing in of jury to ascertain whether
 Cousins will not be subjected to the 'speine
 forte ct dure" formerly applied by the law of
 England to persons who displayed this form
 of contempt for legal authority. The last
 man pressed" in Newgate was Nathaniel
 Hawes, who, being indicted for a highway
 robbery on Finchley Common in 1721,
 fused to plead, declaring that he would die
 as he had lived-like a gentleman. 'The
 people," he said, "who apprehended me
 seized suit of fine clothes which I intended
 to have gone to the gallows in, and unless
 they are returned I will not plead for no one
 shall say was hanged in dirty shirt and
 ragged coat" Hawes, remaining obstinate,
 was taken from the court, and 'being laid
 on his back sustained load of 250 pounds
 weight about seven minutes; but, unable any
 longer to bear the pain he entreated he
 might be conducted back to court, which
 being complied with, he pleaded not gull
 ty'"
 A recent number of the Medical and Sur gical Reporter contains curious article on the Suspension of Old Age, the leading. idea of which is that ''the real change which pro- ducss old age is nothing more nor less than slow but steady accumulation of calcareous matter throughout the system; and it is ow- ing to these deposits that the structure of every organ is altered, elasticity thus giving way to senile rigidity. Blockage of various organs is thus commenced, and sooner or later 8 vital part becomes involved, and death of necessity follows" To delay this process ths writer advises the avoidance of food con- taining this calcareous matter, among which bread is prominent. Moderation in eating is snjoined; and among the articles recom- mended are "fruit, fish, poultry, flesh of young mutton and beef, because, as before stated, of their being leas nitrogenous. All of the earthly salts, and should therefore be avoided, and cistern water used in it's stead because water is the most universal solvent known. Therefore, if taken into the system clear of foreign matter, it is to that extent the better prepared to dissolve and take up those earthly salts and convey them out of the system: The addition of fifteen or twenty drops Of dilute phosphoric acid to the glass of water, and drank three times day, will add to the solubility of these earthly salts"