Mower County transcript., 1871-12-14
General Items,
The last thing seen by many people

flower.
The New York Evening Post thinks
that advertising is the champion reap
er which secures the largest harvest.
The German Empress has contribut-
ed $500 to Berlin organization for de-
vising new fashions in Dress
A Miss BA1N, of Montreal, has sued
her lover for what she calls "extras."
She says she will explain when the trial
comes on.
AN Ohio man has offered the govern
ment $50, 900 for the privilege of ad-
vertising on the backs of the postage
stamps, one year.
THE Oneida Community is issuing
tracts to prove that it is much more
moral and estimable than that of the
Mormons.
Mr.. CoaasHAw, of Pleasant Valley,
in st. Croix county, has $50 swarms of
bees, and expects to sell two tons Of
honey this year.
RUSSIA has only 10, 600 doctors, which
is one to 1882 people. In some dis
tricts there is no physician within less
than days journey.
BAYARD TAYLOR places Schiller atthe
head of the second order of poets. in
which he includes Byron, Rurns, Col
eridge and Wordsworth.
In Arkansas there are three political
parties Republicans, Democrats, and
Brindle-ta,ls, the latter being fraction
that endeavored to hold the balance of
power.
MARRIAGE is come to be looked on as
such temporary arrangement in In
diana that Justices fees for the cere-
mony have been reduced to twenty five
cents for steady customers.
IT is supposed that the dogs in Balt1-
more are all becoming Israelites, Oh
account of the quantity of rabbles
among them.
THE wife of young mechanic in
Portsmouth, n. H., has borne four chill
dren since February, of which three
were triplets borne on Friday-one boy
and three girls-but all died in few
hours, the birth being premature.
A NAN who had been in the employ
of Messrs Megall, celebrated London
photographers, destroyed $2.5o0 of
leases and other property in revenge
for dism ssal, and then killed himself
with cyanide of potassrum, at Messrs.
Megall's expense no doubt.
A Swiss geologist lately met his death
over the Alps. He stopped to pat a
tame kid, which bounded of, and as be
stopped to resume his work, dislodged
pile of rocks npon him from a ledge
above, killing him instantly.
DANIEL E. ScRuaGs, of New Orleans,
died on the 1st inst, aged 80 years.
He was distinguished Mason, and at
the time of his death Grand Comman-
der of the Grand Consistory, 80 Degree
A. and A. S. r., of Louisiana.
WM. GRAY, Bostonian, will pay
Robert Collyer salary of 5000 for
the coming year. Mr.. Collyer desires
that his new church shall be p]7in and
inexpensive, and free church in every
way.
TIE Yellowstone Valley is the region
where it is generally believed the Sioux
the most warike tribe Of Indians, will
make their last stand against civilizat.
ion. They object to the building Of
railroad through the valley.
THE Gar is very shrewd. In the ex-
tensive systems of railways that he is
now building, he uses different gauge
from any adjoining country. Prussia
ran her own cars and locomotives to
the very walls of Paris.
In one country in California there is
all apiary of two thousand bee hives
The Californians have been very sue
cessful in importing italian bees, which
| bo 1yo kh,,S for ,,rcuo1 fo ho tho hast
honeymakers.
| WHEN young man begins to send
presents of flowers, books, and bonbon-
ieres to lady friend, it is said to be Il
sure sign that he is very much in earn
est, which proves the truth of the old
proverb which says, when you touch
a mans pocket you touch his heart"
A BosToN Yankee has invented
"fruit preserving paper" and it is
claimed that actual tests have proved
it to be sure protector against the de-
cay of fruit, and in fact all vegetable
matter. It is asserted that the invent.
ion will preserve in transportation for
an indefinite length of time
RECENT letters from Calcutta state
that at the last public sales opium
brought the highest price it has reach
ed for three years, having sold at $702
a chest. The prospects of this crop in
1872, in India. it is said, are not en-
couraging, while the short corp of the
year 1871 has the natural tendency to
raise the price af the existing stock.
The inhabitants of Penzauce, Com
wall, the birthplace of Sir Humphrey
Davy, have decided to erect statue to
his memory. It will be executed after
the portrait of Davy by Sir Thomas
Lawrence, and will cost $50, ,OOO Also
the city of Glasgow will place in George
S1uare bronze statue to Thomas
Graham, the last master of the British
Mint.
NINE years ago there was not refn-
cry of petroleum in the United States.
Now several millions of dollars are in
vested in these establishments-the
principal ones being at Cleveland, O.,
Pi5tsburg and Htusville, Pa, and the
cities of New York and Boston. The
cost of a re6rery varies, of course, with
its capacity, which run all the way
from 100 to 10000 barrels daily, and
cost from, $40, 1000 to $100, 900.
The following old recipe for the
choice of wife seems to us q very
70 ID one:
As much of beauty as preserves affection,
OF modest dif6dence "a claims protection;
! A doclle mind. subservient to correction,
| A temper led by reason and reflection,
And every passion kept in due subjection
Ju st faults enough to keep her from perfec-
tion
Find this, my friend, and then make your Sc
| lection.
ABOUT half past four in the afternoon
on Thursday last a meteor fell by the
side of a carriage in which two ladies
". re riding from South Easton to North
Bridgewater, Mass. It had the appear
ance of ball of fire about the size of
a cannon ball, and rolled along the
ground faster than their carriage. leav-
ing q train of fire about two feet in
length. 1t was seen but few seconds,
when nothing indicated that it had been
there.
\ WONDERFULLY rich "streak " has
bean struck at the Gwin mine, Lower
Rich Gulch, Calaveras County, CAL, a
piece of rock weighing two ounces and
a half yielding the assay er oue hundred
and sixty grains of gold. At this rate
ton would yield $53, $40. The rock so
closely resembles the slate of which the
| walls Of the lea1 are cO,nnose1 that II