The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-08
Foreign Notes.

i'm Japan, hanging has become the pop
ular amusement there.
THE Mikado of Japan is said to be
throwing off his exclusiveness and APP
pearing quite freely in public.
The Emperor of Germany has refused
to extend the period of tolerance OF
rouge ct noir at Baden Baden.
AN American husband in Paris re-
Gently gave his wife his last $1,000 to
spend in the shops, and then shot him
self through the head.
BERLIN has on an average only one
divorce to every eighty-one and a half
marriages. The divorce in question
doubtless arises from the half marriage.
THE Emperor William has presented
two of the captured French guns to
Field Marshal Count Moltl1e, to be
placed in front Of the country seat, Crei-
san, in Silesia.
A PROJECT for uniting the Black and
Caspian Seas by canal, according to
the plan of Capt. Blum, is engaging the
attention Of the Russian Government.
The cost is estimated at about $50,000,-
600.
TIE mania for collecting postage
stamps, which was all the rage in En-
rope few years ago, has died out, and
collections which We're once estimated
at II 900 can now be purchased in Liep-
sic and Stuttgart for 500 and less.
In ireland three fourths of the arabic
land is said to be in grass. This has so
decreased the demand for labor that the
amount of wages paid on a farm of two
hundred and fifty acres is often only
one hundred dollars. This amount pays
q man and boy TO herd the cattle.
Wolves are plentiful in the back
townships Of Lanark, Canada. The
Perth Courier says they are increasing,
and even frequently dispute the pas
sage of horsemen on the highways. The
deer have nearly all disappeared from
district where once they browsed in
great numbers.
A LETTER from Puerto Principe of
recent date SAYS: In consequence of
the great number Of troops in this
place the mortality is tremendous, ty-
phoid and other malignant fevers
Astounding. Within three years the
troops have lost $4,000 men 10y war,
pestilence and famine"
A FEARFUL scene was enacted recently
at Jauer, in Silesia. A young girl who
had murdered her child was to be be-
headed. When she was led out she
fought desperately with the execution
er, who was not able to kill her until
he had stunned her by blow on the
head with the handle Of his axe.
STURGEON delights in the story Of the
genuine conversion of n servant girl.
When she was asked, on Joining the
church, care you converted?n she an.
swered, Il hope 50, sir" "What
makes you think you are really child
Of God? "Well, sir, there is q great
change in me from what there used TO
be-" "What is the change?n - don't
know, sir; but there's change in all
things: but there is one thing. | always
sweep under the mats, now !"
AN illustrated fortnightly newspaper
is published at Yokohama, in Japan,
called the Ea East. 1t is an attractive
sixteen page paper, well supplied with
news and interesting reading matter,
and in every issue furnishes its readers
with six or more beautiful Illustrations.
consisting of photographs Of scenes and
localities in Japan. These photographs
are simply pasted on the pages of the
paper-which would be a rather slow
process if it had circulation equal 10
some of our illustrated papers.
The best farm in England is kept by
woman, and took the first prize re-
Gently offered by the Royal Agricultu
raj society. 1t is farm of 400 acres
devoted to pasture, grain and stock
The soil was originally poor, but had
been much improved by skillful treat.
ment. Only four horses are kept, yet
such has been the admirable system OF
management that they are sufficient for
the cultivation necessary for seventy
acres of wheat. the same of barley and
tlrnips, besides some oats sand beans
The produce sold during the year real
lied Sl5,S95.