The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-01
Foreign Notes.

part of the line the cuttings were made
through a mass of skulls and bones, 10
feet in the ground In another place a
forgotten secret passage, 20 feet wide
was discovered, supposed to date from
the l4th century.
THE London Morning NeDs in an arti.
Gle entitled 1.-THE Fastest Time in the
World" says: The new express train
from Plymouth to London will probably
be the fastest train in the world in the
part of its journey which lies over the
Bristol and Exeter and Great Western
Railways. Leaving Exeter at 1870, it
Is timed to reach Paddington at 2:45,
including stoppage Of five minutes at
Bristol, and the inevitable and vexa-
tious ten minutes at Swindon, the Jour
ney of 494 miles will occupy 4 hours"
MoRMoNIsM does not appear to be
making very rapid progress in England.
In the Birmingham Conference, com.
posed of eleven branches, the whole
number of new members received dur
ing the last year was only twenty.one.
AS there were nine deaths and nine ex-
communications, the net gain cannot
be regarded as enormous. The total
namber Of Mormons in the Birmingham
district at this time is stated at eight
hundred and forty The institution"
may be regarded as in decline in Great
Britain as well as America.
A WEALTHY septagenarian of Cogny,
Switzerland, while going to his vineyard
recently, met a pretty girl Of Is and
kissed her, upon which her father, who
had witnessed the liberty, beat him till
he had but little life left, and then sued
him for damages. In the trial it APP
peared that the genial burgher had an
irresistible propensity to kiss all the
pretty women he met in the district
The girl then testified that she did not
mind being kissed, if she could be
handsomely paid for it, and the court
thought 200 francs in addition to the
drubbing, would be fair price for the
defendant to pay for his sweetness.
AT A recent meeting Of the Chamber
of Commerce of South Bradford, Eng
land, it was reported that the growth of
wool in Australia was increasing every
year. The total imports of sheep and
lambs wool into Great Britain amount
ed to lOl, sol ,3S9 pounds in the first six
months of 1871 against 1921 $40
pounds in 1870 and l44,l74, 133 pounds
in 1869. TO these totals the Australian
wool amounted to l34,736,2SS pounds
during corresponding periods in 1871
against 1875, 92S,2l3 pounds in 1870 and
1913, 172,S27 pounds in 1869. The value
OF the imports of wool from Australia
now amount to from $7,50O,0OO to SlO,-
100000 a month.
A Mrs. HARVEY, who has been travel.
ing in Turkey and visiting harems, gives
the following account Of the manner in
which new born babes are there treated
Soon after their birth they are rubbed
down with salt and tightly swaddled in
the Italian fashion. The pressure of
these bandages is often so great the Cir
culation becomes impeded, and missions
and Specifications are then made on the
hands, feet and spine to let out what
the Turkish doctors and nurses call
4" the bad blood" The unhappy little
creature is only occasionally released
from its bonds, and never thoroughly
washed until the sacred month of thirty
days has expired when it is taken with
its mother to the BATH No wonder that
the sickly and ailing sink under such
treatment, and that the mortality
amongst the infants should be frightful
THE following story is told concerning
the celebrated koh-i-noor captured in
India: The koh-i-noor was obtained
in this cheap way: In lS49 the well
known diamond became part of the
spoil Of the Anglo-Indian army, on the
conquest and annexation of the Pun
jaub, and being then estimated at ST.
250,000. there was great Joy over such
prize. Without consulting the army,
Lord Cough and Charles Napier, chiefs
in command, audaciously presented the
grand diamond to Queen Victoria, in
the name of the combatants. 1t was
not the Generals right to rob the army
by bestowing the greatest Of its spoils of
war upon the Queen, nor ought she TO
have accepted it without seeing that
the soldiers had been paid for it. From
that time the Indian army have not re-
ceived shilling for their capture of
the kol--nor, and Victoria has retained
the gem as her own personal property,
instead of placing it among the crown
Jewels belonging to the British nation"
THINNING TuRNIps.-This is a duty
that must not be neglected, if fair we'll
grown roots are desired, and these
make the heavy crops. If the soil is
rich and the growth promises WELL
twelve or fifteen inches should be left
between the plants, otherwise less will
do. A sharp hoe is good singing in.
strument Vacant spaces may be filled
by transplanting if it is carefully done.
A garden trowel should be used, and
scoopful of earth taken with the plant
and deposited in the place desired.
This work shoald be done on a damp
evening. or during a shower of rain. If
dry weather occur, it will hardly be
worth the trouble; at least, we have
found il so in our experience.
GREEN TOMATO PrcKLE.-One peck of
green tomatoes one doe onions. Slice
and put in layers, with salt sprinkled
over them, and let them stand until the
next day, then dry off the liquid. One
box of mustard two gills), one and a