The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-02-27
General Notes.

hoOAA 49,
from Maine.
Az civilization spreads marriage de-
creases. Why9
Iowa containsa Roman Catholic popu-
lation of 100,00S.
PITTSBURGH spends $4,000 600 for in
toxicating drinks.
CINcINNATI's only opera this winter is
a cat convention.
THE Fog tax in England amounted to
81, sol ,09S last year.
BRANDY distilled from sawdust is a
late triumph of science.
THERE are over one thousand tobacco
factories in the country.
The Rothschilds, twelve in number,
are worth about 81 900, 100000.
A CLUB of farmers in Chesterfield, ILL.,,
takes 500 worth of magazines and
newspapers annually.
A COUPLE in Kansas lately paid their
marriage fee in butter. Somebody sug
gests that they " belonged to the creme
de la creme"
PERSEVERANCE isn't always rewarded.
In Indiana, lately, 20 men handled 80
cords of wood to get to a rabbit, which
escaped after all.
NARRow-GAUGE railways have now
1864 miles in operation in this country
and Canada, and over 5000 more are
now contemplated.
The mint at Philadelphia has re-
ceived, for re-coinage, since New Years,
1913, 663. so in light weight gold coins,
the loss upon which by abrasion was
81, 9S1.55.
CONNECTICUT keeps up her traditional
reputation as the mother of inventions.
Last year there was one patent issued
by the United States Patent Office for
every 500 inhabitants of that State.
CHIEF-JUsTIcE WAITE has been inter-
viewed in New York, and the reporter
concludes that he (Judge Waite) has
no prejudices, but decided opinions.
He proposes to make Washington his
home.
THE total earnings of the traffic de-
partment of the Union Pacific for 1873
are stated at $10,266, 103 expenses,
50, 043,212 net earnings, So, 222, S91
net increase of earnings over 1872,
81, 1870, $50.
The diamonds in rock-drills are usu-
ally from three-sixteenths to fve-six-
teenths of an inch in diameter, and are
very scarce and costly. They come
from Brazil, and are used without be-
ing ground.
THERE is nothing new under the sun.
In Munsell's Chronology of Paper
and Paper-making," under date of
1924, there is an account of n patent
taken out in England for making paper
from hop-vines.
A CHAIN of compressed cakes of gun
cotton tied around the trunk of large
tree and exploded will cut it down in
stantly by the violence of the action.
The cut through the trunk is as sharp
as the keenest ak.
If there was ever an illustration of
enthusiasm hopelessly mad, it is in the
case of the Tennesseean who has pre-
served in alcohol an chronological spe-
cimen which was caught on bed that
Gen. Jackson slept in.
The difference between having
tooth properly drawn by professional
surgeon, and having it knocked out
miscellaneously by fall on the pave
ment, is only slight distinction-one
is dental, and the other accidental.
WATCH springs made of an alloy of
aluminium are said to have been sue
cessfully prepared by. a manufacturer in
Saxony. They are superior to those of
steel in their freedom from liability to
oxidize, in not being affected by mag
netism, and in being less brittle.
AN Irishman's idea of finances is hap
PLY illustrated by the following anec-
dote eff L put my money in the
savings bank, when can 1 get it out
again p asked Pat. "Och /" said Mike,
sure an if you put it in to-day you
can draw it out tomorrow by giving
sixty days notice"
THERE is paper church actually ex-
listing near Bergen, Norway, which is
capable of containing 1000 people. 1t |
Is circular within and octagonal with |
out. The relieves outside and the |
statues inside, the roof, the ceiling, are |
all of papier mache, rendered water
proof by saturation in vitriol, lime
water, whey, and white of egg.
Gov. SMITH, of Georgia, says that the
four States of Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, and South Carolina use every |
year 80, 600, 600 bushels more grain than
they produce. They must look to the
Western farmers to supply this de-
fciency; any attempt to raise corn for
themselves would be an expense to
their cotton crops, and would cause
them loss of $50, 900, 900 a year.
Eurious Itams