Mower County transcript., 1902-09-24
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Worcsster, htass:, has 'ss' g new nnu-
scum.
Natives il the Punjab have taken to
lpingpong. sas ..s
q skeleton dug up IN Texas has an.
leight inch jaw. s.. !.
"A young white thrush with pink eyes
has been caught at Ipswich.
Eight samples Of lemonade analyzed.
at Leeds, England, haVesb been foundsto
contain lead poison. ss.1 ~. -.
Two perfectly formed chickens have
been hatched out Of a double yolked
egg at Saltash, Cornwall. &. e. II
| OF London's 1900 hansoms 1,295
had a slip Of some kind last year. The
method OF road watering Is blamed.
Mosquitoes have appeared at Hack
ney and Clapton, 4london, and many
children and adults have received pain
ful stings. 5. ..z. 5zsss Ssss Il
There will, be a delay of seven or
eight months in the opening Of the
Simpfon tunnel, which was originally
fixed foraMay II, 1904. " z.5 . sssa5. s|l. i :
| Dunedin, New Zealand, now pos
sesses a public house trust organized
on similar lines to that esta blishad
by Earl Grey in England. s TN M. s+s'
Ceres games, instituted in 1914 to
celebrate the return Of the Ceres men
from Bannockburn, were celebrated re:
Gently tns Fifeshire, Scotland. r. :
A bowling green provided for by the
profits Of a Gothenberg system public
house (saloon)y at Kelly, F1feshire
Scotland, was recently opened.
When the millionth visitor passed
through the turnstile at the DusseldaEe
exhibition, he was presented with a
valuable gold watch and chain. !
! Prince Charities tartan cloak, which
he wore during the rebellion IN 1745,
is now being exhibited IA q tailor's
window at - lochry, Perthshtre.
Several cof1ns and a. large quantity
of human bones have been unearthed
in the plot of land outside Kings Col.
lege hospital, Lincoln's Inn. London.
+ An apparatus which when attached
to any kind of firearm does away with
all noise, fash or smoke on it's dis
charge has been invented by French
officer. - 49,, -.
Tailors< in Pretoria are so busy in
consequence of an unusually brisk de-
mand for frock coats that they cannot
take any more orders for immediate
delivery 7
Burnt ale" the liquid refuse from
the manufacture Of Scotch whisky, has
been used with great success in the
Glenlivet district this year as a soil
fertilizer.
An authority on the orchid says an
amateur cultivator often fails not so
much through want Of attention, but
! through overattention and a disregard
! of nature and her laws. .,'@@
Georgia is the peach state of the
Union, having 1860, 600 peach bearing
trees. Next is Maryland, with 4,O15,-
600; then New Jersey, with 2,700,o0O
and Delaware, with 2,4OO,O0O. 49, :
The final estimate Of the wheat crop
of India for the season Of 1902, re
Gently given out by the statistical de-
partment of the government of India;
gives the yield as 100000 tons Of
2,24O pounds. -
Lily Langtry will visit Nevada some
! time this year to look after the deHel.
| opment Of valuable mining property
she owns there. She is said to own
one of the richest gold lodges eyer
found in the west.
"A reduction by 41,OOO OF the total
number of cattle in Great Britain is
O0O, Of much statistical Importance,
but it gives the frst check to the prog
ress year by year since 1894. sazszf.
The agricultural book Of the North
west Territories shows that in. four
years the production of wheat has in
Creased from 5,542,47 bushels to 12,-
80S, ,44T bushels, and of oats from
3,O40.307 bushels to 9,716,132 bushels.
The latest report Of the British reg
listrar general shows that the natural
increase in population in the United
Kingdom during the three months end
| ed on March 81 last was 95,011. The
death rate during that quarter was
1879 per 1000 and the birth rate 28.1.
For inventiveness the town Of New
Britain, Conn.,. is ahead. Since the
! United States patent laws have been
In existence 1,447 inventions have been
! patented by .344 New Britain citizens.
For ten years one patent was granted
annually to every 367 inhabitants OF
the town. ~ 4 i sI. IS 5@..z5"
"A New York paper has been investi-
eating the Four Hundred and prints q
number Of receipted bills Of the last
century showing that q stuyvesan1
sold hand chiefs, Q Depeyster beans,
: q Rhinelander hats, a-BrevOort pewter
spoons. Beekman 7moiasses and d
Roosevelt lampblack. >5s7. Z
The green fly and also all kinds OF
/ pests that eat the leaf. termed chew.
Ing Insects, may be destroyed BY
drenching the foliage, both the upper
and under side, with solution Of par.
| is green. Add q level teaspoonful sto
q large pail Of VA ter and keep, vel
/. stirred while apply ytng It K #A small apor.