Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-03
GLEANINGS.

A new style of artificial flowers is CALI
ed Chicago smoke buds" L
He that loses his conscience has moth
ing left that is worth keeping.
Spain has now within her limits nearly
three thousand nunneries. 1
On an average, two adultery cases arc{
tried every day in the courts offaris.
In Italy the press is entirely in the
hands of Jews as pr"prietors and editors.
England's motto: Millions for defense,
but not one cent for consequential dam
ages.
There are but eighteen Shaker secie- |
ties now established in the several States
of the Union
Lunacy has SO rapidly increased inl
England that more insane asylums are to
be erected.
Mems virtues are writ in water, their
fo!lics live in brass Colonel i'm Fisk is |
to have monument.
In America one person in every twenty
five hundred is blind; in Europe, one In
every thirteen hundred
An English dentist recently had one Of
his teeth extracted cleanscd, carries re-
moved from the crown, and replaced in
the socket, where it has taken fresh
root.
The practice of insurance was known
in the time Of Claudius Cesar, A. d. 43.
1t is certain that the assurance of ships
at sea was practiced as carly as the year
As A. d.
The Archbishop of Cologne has pro.
nOunced the sentence of excOmmunica-
tion against some Professors of the Uni
versity Of Bonn who have declined to
accept the doctrine of Papal infallfbility.
\ minister who thought that reporting
sermons was all vanity, afterwards CON
cluding that if the thing must be done it
should be well done, slipped greenback
into the reporters hand saying: "Do
not condcnsG me-"
The largest structure in the world is
the Tensas and Mobile bridge, at the
city of Mobile. 1t is fifteen miles long,
crossing both rivers, where there are
draws. 1t is supported on iron cylinders
driven into the bed of the morass.
God made both tears and laughter, and
both for kind purposes; for as laughter
enables mirth and surprise to breathe
freely, so tears enables sorrow to vent
itself patiently. Tears hinder sorrow
from becoming despair, and laughter is
one of the very privileges of reason.
1t is estimated that in the State of Min
ncsota alone, the Government loses $500
600 annually in the pre-cmption oftimber
land by men who have no purpose of
settlement, and who retain tho land only
long enough to cut off the timber, when
they abandon it and pre-empt new tracts
Stimulated by the example of Miss
Smiley, another Quaker lady has COM
menced to preach outside of her denom-
nation. Her present ministrations are
at Sing Sing. Most Of her congregation
are said to be under conviction
An English paper having stated that o
petrilied umbrella had been lately found
among the ruins of Nineveh, Max Adcler
says that if it Is a green gingham UNI
brella, with hook in the handle, it is
probably his, for he missed one of that
kind several years ago
A private expedition is fitting out in
Australia for the exploration of the coast
and if possible the interior. Of New GUM
ca. There is no country in those seas so
interesting and at the same time so little
known to outsiders rs that large island.
The Procureur of the French Republic,
having been informed that dozen chill
dren, arrested by the Commune, were
still confined at La Roquette, repaired to
the spot and had them set at liberty.
They were utterly ignorant of why they
had been put in prision.
A letter recently received at Ports
mouth, n. H., bore this superscription:
"Patricll Flynn, works in the mill of the
same name of the steamer that sunk thcs
Alabama: l forgot the name, United
man.
1.-The Sight of He'll is the suggestive
title which a Catholic priest, the Rev.
Father Furniss, of Birmingham, England,
has given to a book he has recently pub
lished for the education of youth His
descriptions of what is transacted in that
region are so realistic that differences are
made that he has had practical expert
ence of it.
The teeth in the insane are proven to
undergo certain changes. Dr. Langdon
Down, who read paper on this subject
recently before the Chronological Society
states therein that from the examination
of nearly 1 900 cases, he has found that
he could in majority of instances state
the period at which the imbecility or in
sanity began.
Many persons who wear reading glass
es are sorely annoyed at the difficulty Of
keeping them in their proper position on
the nose To all such it will be interest
ing to know that rising young optician
has devised a very ingenious expedient
by which that end can be accomplished.
1t consists simply in rubbing the bridge
of the nose with beeswax.
There are evidences of Improvement in
the method of settling Quarrels at the
South. Formerly the process was a
challenge, duel and a funeral. Now it
is challenge, a meeting, the interposi-
ton of considerate friends, and ''amicable
settlement creditable to all parties con-
corned" This is nice. and avoids the
trouble and expense of the funeral.
A clerk was recently tried in Brighton
Eng, for stealing from his employers
during few months service no less than
1852 articles, which he disposed Of to
81 different purchasers. He kept a diary
in which was found minute account Of
his transactions In his defense he said
that he had SO often cheated customers
to please his employer, he thought it no
harm to cheat his employer to please
himself
There are in the State Of New York
two hundred and fifty Congregational
churches, many Of them supplied by
Presbyterian ministers These are treat
ed as vacant in the official reports.
Nearly onc-half Of the two hundred and
fifty churches have less than fifty resident
members each. 1t is so difficult to sustain
them rs separate charges, that the ncces-
sity ofjoining two or three Of them to.
gether is suggested.
A dastardly attempt was made a few
days ago to burn the dwelling house Of
Mr. Richard Callow. in Unionville, Cen
ten county, occupied by himself and wife
both agcd--and daughter. The mis-
creant set the house on fire in two places,
in each instance on the stairways, and
but for tho timely discovery Of the flames
the whole family must inevitably have