Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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MEXICAN newspapers are discussing tn
annexation OF Mexico to the United States
DIVIDENDS are paid in cash in tn
Washington Life Insurance Company @
New York
The day to pick your wife is Choose
day, "Wednesday is the day to be lna1
rlcd on, of course.
PREMIUMS, policies and dividends ar
paid in cash in the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of Chicago.
BosToN used last wear 3S2,435 barrels o
nlc. and 50 OG5 barrels Of lager beer, which
cost the retailers about $3,OO0,00O.
AM>S up in Portsmouth, N. H., name,
his two children Ebcnezcr and Flora an,
always spoke Of them Us "Eb" and "Flo
THERE are now in the United Kingdom
eighteen towns, each with population ex
ceeding 100000. Thirteen are in England
three in Scotland. and two in Ireland.
THE boy who wished that he was a foun
tain so that he always might be playing
didn't reflect that a fountain doesn't PLAY
unless it works WE'LL
ALL RIA PASTA. Governor General O
Broussa, has recently received from tn,
Sultan of Turkey jewcled snuff box o
the estimated value of $12,50O.
AN English physician reports that
among the poor, rubbing the soles of thu
feet with garlic is very popular as a pre-
ventive against disease.
A RrRALlsT chewing on a large purple
egg plant aud plaintively remarking
They don't raise as juicy melons as they
did before the war;" was recent Titus
vile spectacle.
A YOUNG man in a Down East camp
meeting asked the prayers of the assembly
because he could not sit down to mea
without eating three times az much as he
ought"
AN immense raft, 1900 feet long, and
containing 10000 cubic feet of timber, re-
Gently passed through the drawhriAaa at
Rouse's Point, N. Y, and entered Lake
Champlain.
AN unknown Philadelphian, of com.
mcndable generosity and unparalleled
modesty, has given 100000 for the pro.
j,cted Presbyterian Hospital at West
Philadelphia, and earnestly requested that
his name shall not he revealed.
Don't bother editors when thev are
busy. Quilp stepped into the imperial
sanctum this morning to ask what he d
better write about. "Writc about!'
growled the disguised chief: II think
you had better right about FACET and he
did.
THE Messrs. John Taylor & Sons, OF
England, are said to be the greatest min
ing firm in the world, the largest employ.
ers Of labor in that department, having
mines in every quarter Of the globe. In
Great Britain alone, the number of men
employed by them is $4,000.
A CURIOUS typographical bull is pointed
out in the new edition of Pope's works
published by Murray, in London:
Behold four kngs in in majesty reversd
The lines are from "The Rape of the
Lock-" and whisky" should of course
be whiskcrs."
THE Chicago Republican adopts this
method of introducing its list of marriage
licenses: 1.-THE Clerk of the County
Court wore diamond pin in his shirt
front and sardonyx smile on his brow
as he slung out dispensations to throw
tea-kettles at each other, to the following
couples yesterday"
NEVER do anything that can denote an
angry mind; for, although everybody il
born with certain degree of passion, and
from untOward circumstances will some
times feel its operation, and be what they
call tout Of humor," yet sensible mar
or woman will not allow it to be discover
ed. Check and restrain it; never make
any determination until you find it has en-.
tirely subsidized; and always avoid saying
anything that you may wish unsaid.
FROM statistics for the year ending Nov
!, 1870, it appears that there were 112, $50
births registered in London during that
period. OF these children Al ,444 were op.
Grated upon by the public vaccinators-
36,OSS under one year Of age, and {, 1856
over one year. The number successfully
vaccinated was 40,942, leaving 602 failures
or rather less than l 4 per cent. For vac.
cination purposes London is divided into
five districts, with an aggregate of 134
vaccinators.
A CANADIAN sailor Is experiencing the
woe of having an impulsive woman as 9
wife, and she the woe of being impulsive
He came home from sea the other day
bringing but $15. She thought he should
have brought more; and from mild re-
monstrances and gentle upbraidings they
rapidly grew angry, finally coming tc
blows, aRd then and there separating
forever" turned out that the man had
plASCu pfC AA IuC cdvluk6 DAuA, DuL lCl
called upon to defend himself first against
less charges before explaining what he had
done with the money.
A New YORK wholesale grocer who has
become rich in his business, lately gave
one of his fundamental rules of action
When he sold bill of goods on credit il
was his custom to immediately subscribe
for ho 1ooo1 1ch &, O.
as his customer advertised literally and
vigorously he rested, but as soon as he be-
gan to contract his advertising space BIT
took the fact as evidence that there wa.
trouble ahead, and he invariably went fol
his debt. "For," SAID he, "the man who
feels too poor to make his business known
is too poor to do business" This with
drawal of an advertisement is an evidence
of weakness that business men are no,
slow to observe.
A PERSON walking into the counting
rom of the late Mr.. c., wealthy and
and shrewd merchant, inquired Of the
clerk the rent of store which his EN-.
ployer wished to let. The inquirer being
satisfied with the terms, said he would hire
the store; but the clerk, knowing that he
had recently failed for large amount
declined closing the bargain until he saw
Mr.. G. who was then absent from the city
and desired the gentleman to call again
Upon Mr. C.'s return the clerk informed
him OF what had been related. How
much did he fail for?" asked Mr.. G.
About 100000" was the reply. "And
how much did he pay?" "Only 10 pei
cent, sir" Let him have the store, Sam,
let him have the store-he's got money
enough"
TIE Heather Chinee knows thing OF
two about the duties and discipline OF
public conveyanccs, the introduction OF
which among us would be regarded with
more favor than some others Of his peculi
arities. At Hankow, not long ago, com.
plants Of cxtortionate charges by boat
men, induced a mandarin to disguise him
trlf as cody and take passage on small
t:rryboat. He was stopped ia midstream
and compelled to pay a heavy overcharge
and on arriving at the other side, at once
ordered the arrest and decapitation Of thu
waterman. Ii that sort of treatment wa.
tried on the Niagara Falls hackmen, OF
indeed on the same class elsewhere, Their,
would be hope of q salutary reform il
their habits.
PRINCE B1sMARK is the hero of thu
follow ing ancrdote: 1.-THE value of goot
,igar," said Bismark, as he proceeded t.
light an excellent Havana, is best I'm
I!rrstOOd when it is the last you possess
and there is no chance of getting another
At Koniggratz had only one cigar left il
my pocket, which carefully guarded dur
tho wh o1o hiatt la rnicor Ioou hi