Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-07-15
What the Features Indicate.

Wo are tOlO tna{ THO extremes OF both
largeness and smallnesS of statue are not
favorable to the strength of intellect.
Giants and dwarfs are generally deficient
in this respect, and excessive corpulency
or meagreness is seldom associated with.
mental activity. Aristotle and Bonaparte,
however, were very short, Charles James
Fox was exceedingly fat, Daniel Webster
both broad and tall, and Lord Nelson liv-
ing skeleton.
A large head is generally the aecompani-
ment of great intellect; but small one
with comparatively extensive forehead is
quite consistent with mental capacity.
Raphael, Charles XXI, Frederick the
Great, and Lord Brougham were illustra-
tons of the latter fact. -, # -.
1t is said that any nose which is less
than tho height of the forehead is An indi-
cation Of the defective intellectual power.
. The eyes indicate character rather by
color than form. The dark blue are found
most commonly in persons of gentle and
refined character: Light blue and gray in
the rude and energetic. Lavater says:
''Hazel eyes are the more usual indications
of a mind masculine, vigorous and pro-
found; just as genius, SO called, is almost
always associated with eyes Of a yellowish
cast bordering on hazel"
The higher the brows rise the more their,
rossessor is supposed to be under the in
t1uence OF feeling, and the lower the better
controlled by his reason.
A very small eyebrow is an indication of
want of force of character.
A tolerably large mouth il essential tn
vigor and energy, and a very small mouth
is indicative of weakness and Incidence.
In a manly face, the upper lip should ex-
tend beyond and dominate the lower.
Fleshy lips are oftener found associated
with voluptuous, and meagre ones with o
passionate nature.
The retreating chin indicates weakness,
the perpendicular strength, and the sharp,
acuteness of mind.
New YORK INcoMEs.-The New York Tri-
bune of Saturday published the income
list of New York city, the names being or
ranged in alphabetical order throughout.
The list occupied more than six pages of
the paper, and comprises the names of IT,
9l9 persons paying taxes on amounts vary
ing from one dollar to upwards of three
millions. There were sixty-seven who paid
taxes on incomes of 500, 900 and upwards.
1t Is easy to notice curiosities of the list,
with even the hasty glance that can be Civ
en- to so prodigiously long list. Thus we
noticed that while Mr.. Helmbold, the patent
medicine dealer, paid income on s152, 2O5,
MIR. P. H. Drake, the originator of Planta-
ton Bitters, returned but $82 as his taxa
Die income. MIR. Edwin Booth returned
SS3, 736, while MIR. Lester Wallack's income
was only $500. We may learn something
OF the profits Of star actor by the return
OF MIR. F. s. Chanfrau, 50, 176. The pub
fishers have widely different incomes,
While the head of the firm of Appletons
returns only $1,152, each of the three
! original members of the firm of Harpers
returns over $4,000 Mr.. G. w. Garlic
toms is $9,O34, and MI. G. p.
Putnam's s678. Of journalists, the
largest income was. that Of MIR. Bennett,
$186. 500, and the smallest probably
was that of MI. W. G. Bryant, $3.50, though
MIR. James Brooks returned 1892 The in
come OF Mr.: Charles A. Dana was SO, S96;
OF the late Henry J. Raymond, S25, 15O.-
Mr. Greeley's residence is in Westchester
this list. The income Of Mayor Hall was
Sc, 648; that of Police Superintendent
Kennedy, $3.50; that of Governor HoH:
man, nothing apparently. Mr. Henry
Bergh pays tax on 81, 165, and Mr.. Peter
Cooper on $50, $3.50. Mr.. Brooks and Mr..
Cox alone of the New York city Congress
men pay taxes on income from othe,
sources, Mr.. Cox having returned s2,381.
A NEW BRANCH OF COMMERCE.
ing to Humboldt, there exists in the At
lantic Ocean, little to the west of the
Azores, space, seven times larger thar
all Germany, completely covered with 9
dense mass OF marine vegetation. Mr.
Jules Lavin1ere has proposed to the Societe
dAgriculture to make these floating mead
ows, as they are called by Aveido, subserv
lent to the purposes of agriculture. Hi
suggestion is, that the ships occupied dur
ing the summer in cod-6shing should, il
other seasons, be employed in conveying
this abundant manure to the Az ores, whers
On entrepot could be established, the weed.
pressed and dried, and the mineral salt
they contain extracted. Analysis ha
shown that these possess the same fertiliz
ing properties as those employed as ma
nure on the French coasts. Nj. Lavinier,
calculates that these floating meadows pro
duce annually sufficient vegetable matte
10 manure 9OO, OOO, 900 hectares, a nectar,
being about an acre and q half.