The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-12-04
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NuiiVhs A"ubIdpuss
YOU'VE EDINBURGH has opened his
career with q royal and imperial attack
of measles. ..... s.
SOME Englishmen condemn the word
scientist ~ an American absurdity, and
propose " scient'' as substitute.
Four times as many patents were is
sued in this country, last year, as were
granted in England during the same
time. --i,
The Loiseau process, by which fuel
is made from coal-dust, is to be applied
on large scale in Philadelphia this
winter.
In Todd's Valley, CAL, a monster
blast of ,S15 kegs of powder was dis
charged on the 18th of October. 1t
cost $4,000.
The Detroit Free Press says that Will
lam Cullen Bryant probably never put
up stove in his life. What does it sup
pose made him write "The Melancholy
Days Have Gomez"
The medallion of John Wesley, which
is to be placed in Westminster Abbey.
is nearly completed. A bass-relief under
the profile represents him preaching at
his fether's grave.
81 A MICHIGAN farmercomplains that he
did not receive half the campaign
speeches this year necessary to light his
fires, and he has had to make shaving
contract with cooper shop.
In Japan the law requires that, when
a person cuts down tree, he shall plant
one in its place. In this way the sup
ply of wood is kept up. George Wash
ington owes his country tree. B,
GALL the girls-are patiently awaiting
King kalakaua's coming" This style of
paragraph is still going the rounds, and
is calculated to deceive. Kalakaua is
not Oriental in his tastes, and is content
with the one wife who has shared his
trials and triumphs for many years.
THERE is great revival in Madeira
in wine. The vineyards are increasing,
old vines are renewing their youth ; a
stock of at least thirty thousand pipes
is on the island. "Madeira," which was
in olden times the wine for gentlemen,
has long been given up as lost art. O.
Scorr LORD, the Democrat who beat
Ellis II. Roberts in the Oneida On. "
district, is n law partner of Roscoe
Conkling That two members of the
same firm, opponents in politics, should
be serving simultaneously in the upper
and lower house of, Congress is re-
marked as rathersingular coincidence.
"A CHARMING fish story from Vermont
"A boy caught an immense pickerel,
which broke the line and disappeared
The boy fell into the water and sank to
the bottom, whereupon his brother
grabbed him by the hair and pulled him
out, only to find the lost pickersl firmly
clasped in the boys arms. '
GENTEEL smuggling is what ails the
New York importers. They claim that
thousands of Americans go abroad
yearly, and bring back as wardrobe kid
gloves, laces, cloaks, silks, and other
articles upon which the duty is heavy,
thus defrauding the government of the
revenue and depriving the importers of
the sale of just the quantity of goods
that is purchased abroad.
The three card mopte sharps have
made up purse to fight the Union Pa.
cifc and Central Railroad Companies,
and they propose to employ eminent
counsel. Public opinion and sympathy
are decidedly in favor of the roads. The
issue at law is /: Can the roads, as COM
mon carriers, adopt such rules as they
wish for the protection of their passen-
gers against offensive and dangerous
persons ? Shall the same be elected
from their trains and depot grounds?