Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
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i there are still many wolves II
France. and the French Government
spends $l0, 900 per annum toward theiI
extirpation.
The young Chinese Emperor Is
breaking up the gambling establish.
ments OF Pekin and Is trying 90 reduce
tho expenses Of the administration o1
the government. s.5s
Steps have been taken to establish
- 81 Petersburg society for the insur.
ance OF crops against climatic mishaps.
The Agricultural Society OF the metrop.
oils has initiated the movement q.
Artificial gems st the Paris Exposi.
tion are said to have surpassed any
thing ever before shown, some Of the
specimens puzzling oven dealers and ex.
perts. The artificial pearls were espo.
ciallv successful, no means being found
TO distinguish the genuine from the arti.
flclal, except the use Of 1lle.
IN. Barbedienne, the famous bronze
founder of Paris, exhibits clock val.
ued at $4,000. 1t is a bell-tower Of the
richest Italian style, made Of chiseled
copper, adorned with mosaics and paint.
ings, with columns of panels Of red mar.
BILE, and with statuettes in inches mod.
eled by the sculptors Eudes and Noel.
It stands about twelve feet high.
In accordance with resolutions
passed by the Brussels Academy OF
Medicine, the Belgian Government ie
about TO forbid public seances OF hyp.
notism. All who, ''outside the lawful
exercise Of the art Of healing" hypno.
tize girls less than eighteen years, or
persons in demented state, will be
punished with tlnes and imprisonment.
-Twentv-eight millions Of tickets
were actually sold at the Paris exhibi-
tion, and the managers, who expected
to have at least eight out of the thirty
millions left on their hands, are jubi-
liant This exhibition has cleared eight
millions profit, while that Of 1878 ran
nearly twice as much behind. The ex-
position just closed was installed for
nearly IS, 000, 600 less than that Of 1878
Mr.. Jinsiwala, Sanskrit professor at
the Wilson College, Bombay, has under
taken to check the vigorous Indian
movementfor improving woman's status
by lecturing to native students against
female education and social reforms.
His chief argument against English
social life was the statement that when
the British husband wishes to enforce
extreme domestic discipline he slaps his
wife's face.
1T is stated upon good authority that
In Germany the small holdings in land
OF ~ acres and less exceed 1,OO0 900; OF
~ acres to twenty-five. 1900, 0O0; and
while, in the whole kingdom, Il 600. OOO
acres are devoted to grass, 47,00O, 600 to
vegetables and corn, over $4,000, 600 are
utilized for fruit and the productions Of
market gardens worked by the spade.
In England there are to every Ave acres
devoted to fruit over 1000 devoted to
root crops and corn.
During the Franco-German war the
ladies in England were busy making
paper cushions which they sent to
France to be used for the wounded In
| the hospitals. Hundreds OF thousands
OF these cushions were sent and were OF
great service. Now all England is
crazy on the subject of paper pillows
sRain. They tear the paper into very
small pieces, no bigger than one fingers
nail, and then put them into q pillow
sack of drilling or light ticking. They
are very cool for hot climates and much
superior to feather pillows Newspape,
Is not nice to use. as there Is disagree
bic odor of printers ink; but brown o,
white paper and old letters and en-.
velopes are the best As they are torn,
stuff them into an an old pillow-case,
and you can see when you have enough
The easiest way is to tear or cut the
paper in strips about half an inch wide
and then tear or cut it across. The
hner it Is, the lighter it makes the
pillow.