The true northerner., 1873-09-26
General Notes.


General Notes.
M. THEIRS is Swallowed by the ennis
saries of MacMahon, who are on the
alert for reasonable declarations.
A RArrLEsNAKE measuring six feet in
length and eleven inches around the
body, was killed in Lonoke county, Ark,
recently.
ALoSG ISLAND pisciculturist estimates
his profits for the past four years at
half million dollars-and his business
is rapidly increasing.
LONDON, including its suburbs, has a
population of about 100000 with
nearly 1000 miles of streets under the
patrol OF policemen. Last year her po-
lice force numbered 5000 men. The
arrests reached 70, coo.
A RAT-TRAP with mirror set il The
back part is one of the latest devices of
inventive genius. The rat espies the
bait, but at the same time sees, Or
thinks he sees, another rat about to
seiZe 1T. This he cannot endure He
rushes in and-the trap snaps.
The trades-unions in England are en-
deavoring to return trades-unionist
candidates to Parliament at the next
general election. For this purpose
subscription list has been opened and a
shilling asked from every workingman
who desires to see "labor represented"
in Parliament.
The average age of American clergymen
deceased the past year was about 81.
OF 236 whose deaths were correctly re-
ported, were over 80, 80 were between
so and 80, 46 between 20 and 80, 40 be-
tween 60 and 20, 81 between 80 and 60,
% between 40 and 80, % between 30
and 40, and between 20 and 80.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country
Gentleman has discovered that, as q
law of nature, every spotted dog has
the end of his tail white, and every
spotted cat the end of the tail black.
He says he has examined many cats and
dogs in France, England and America,
and has invariably noticed the same re-
suit.
THE yellow pine, an invaluable mate
rial for bridge and car-work, is being
rapidly thinned out in the South. No
tree of this kind grows afterward where
one is cut, but only worthless scrub
pine of another species. Those who
now set out new plantations of these
trees will eventually find them very val
liable.
THERE are in Providence, r. l.,
eighty-fve jewelry manufacturing shops,
employing twenty-five hundred and
fifty persons, and doing business of
about six and half million dollars an
nually. The product embraces every
grade, from the highest and best to the
cheapest, and the variety is as limitless
as the ingenuity of the human mind.
OFFIcE-sEEKING is not peculiar
American institution. So greedy are
Europeansfor official place and pay, that
it is said that the French doctor at
tached to the Shah received $4,000 ap-
plications in the thirteen days of his
stay in Paris. He boxed the letters and
sent them to Teheran, where he will pc
ruse them at his leisure.
THE author of Ever of Thee" was
once man of wealth and good social
position, but became dissipated, spent
his fortune, and was cast off by the
lady he loved. Wherefore the song
words and music--were written, and for
them he received about 100000. He
was afterward locked up in Newcastle
prison on charge of forgery, and
there died of broken heart before he
was brought to trial.
FIVE men in Belgium made bet that
they could remain awake for seven sue
cessive days and nights and one of
them succeeded in the undertaking,
though he lost twenty-five pounds of
flesh. Two fell asleep at the expiration
of one hundred and thirty hours an
other was attacked with infamma-
tion of the lungs and compelled to de-
sist and the other fell asleep on horse
back, fell off, and broke his arm.