North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-05-05

News and Items. -,
There are $4,000 Chinese in California.
......In England, insanity has doubled
since lS44....... France has 1,2O0, 900
Professionals. Nevada has eight men to
every woman. ..J efferson's rule in max.
ing an appointment was "Ie must be
capable-he must be honest" Grants
rule il, "He must be relative, or
he must have been an opponent
Of johnson" ....... Five more veloci-
pedes were patented last wcek......Seven
dollars and half is the price of q drunk
in Salt Lake City. The bullion in the
Bank of England has increased Eel 900
since last week. Question for debat.
ing society--"Which is the true mother Of
the chicken, the hen which lays the egg,
or the biddy which matches it?''......The
Bishop of Cork explains that he said Mr..
Gladstone and his bill might 60 Ito the
WALL" and not to the more sulphurous
spot which the reporters say he named.....
......Duck eggs are declared BY Phila-
delphia doctor to be certain cure for
palpitat;on Of the heart. It is. net difficult
to see that the prescription is in the
interest Of quackery.
A down-east girl being bantered one
day by some of her female friends in
regard to her lover, who had the misfor-
tune to have one leg, replied: "Pooh, l
wouldn't have. man with two legs
they're too common - ......A railway
safety stove, just patented, has reservoir
Of water SO situa ed above it as not to
become heated. In case Of an accident,
the shock will throw open couple Of
valves, and tho FIRE be extinguished......
A handsome young bride was observed to
be in deep reflection on her wedding day.
One of her bridesmaids asked her the
subject of her meditation. II was think.
ing" she replied, switch Of my old beaux
| should marry if should become a
widow. Not less than 5OO, O00of the
human race make use of an infusion Of
tea; more than 100, oO0, 600 drink coffee !;
about SO, 0oO,O 900 cocoa and not less than
10000, 600 of the inhabitants of Peru,
Paraguay and Brazil use an infusion Of
mate, guarana, or Paraguay tea, species
of holly. In England alone there are
over 100, 600, 900 pounds Of tea consumed
annually, and about half as much coffee.
About lO0,0O0,O00 pounds of tea is con-
sumed in this country.
Practiced analysis, in one instance,
showed that the last cup of milk from a
cows udder contained sixteen times as
much cream is the first cup. .....Itis said
that one of the most powerful remedies for
bots in horses is a strong decoction of sage
tea, made very sweet. 1t dislodges the
bots instantly. .....A writer in the Boston
Cultirator says that warts on cows teats
may be removed by washing frequently
with alum water made by dissolving two
ounces of alum in pint Of soft water.
......From July !, 1868, to February l.,
1869, the milk condensing works at Elgin,
ILL.,, received l0O,l3S gallons of new
milk. Many kind of apples which are
worthless at the East are succeeding we'll
in Missouri. We were to '.giye the
devil his DUE" what would become of as !,
why is n pretty girls foot like the
letter Y? Because it's at the end of
beauty.....-The Boston Post speaks of
Brigham's ladies as q "Sorosis on strict
family basis. There was man so in.
tensely polite that as he passed a hen on
her nest, he said: "Don't rise, ma'am.:'
At a recent meeting of the Elgin, Hi,
nois, Farmers Club, DIR. Baldwin said one
pound Of Paris green would kill the bugs
on two acres Of ground. Drop it on the
vine and as soon as the bug touches it he
is "goner.' No danger Of the potato
being poisoned by its use. He believes in
planting in hills, SO that the vines would
cover the ground as much as possible.......
In Elgin, last week, there occurred three
deaths in the family Of a prominent citizen
famed left, from the eating of pork af-
fected with trichine. In each case the
result was produced by eating uncooked
ham or insuffciently cooked pork. We
mention this instance that the pnblic may
become duly warned Of the fact that deaths
from this horrible disease are becoming
alarmingly frequent. Great care should
be exercised in preparing pork for food.
The Jewish method Of dealing with swine
flesh is the safest, but, when people will
eat it, it should be cooked in q thorough
manner. at
There is no truth in the report that Gen.
Steedlnan has landed in Cuba, at the head
Of an expedition. He is still in New
Orleans. These expeditions, as far as can
be ascertained, are mythical. 80. Butter is
one dollar and twenty-five cents per pound
at Salt Lake City,. Mine bodies of per-
sons mysteriously murdered were found
in the streets and waters of New York
week before last. ..All the United States
army bands are to be mustered out oil
service, except that stationed at West
Point......A couple were recently married,
in Kansas City, Missouri, in less than one
hour after being introduced. Sioux
City has 5000 Inhabitants. -. Charles
l Civ IL m hova n now cchool houso DIV %