The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
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A young beau, at his sisters evening
party, began to sing, "Why am / so weak
and weary" when q little brother
brought the performance 10 a sudden
close by yelling out, AUNT Mary says
it's because you come 80 late, and drunk
most every night"
A young lady Of Lyons, Iowa, recent
ly said, "Some men are always taking
about patronizing their own town-ai-
WAYS harping on that duty-and yet they
90 abroad to get married, while here we
all stand waitingl l do hope that some
of these men who marry Eastern women
will get cheated"
A Texas editor, whose midnight oil
must have failed him just as he was going
10 press, prints the following energetic
opinion: 1.-THE man who would water pc
troleum and sell it, would sneak into the
palace of the king of kings and steal the
gliding from the wings of angels" The
sufferer could hardly have been more
vigorous in his denunciation if he had
caught somebody watering his whiskey.
Recently In Detroit a coach dog was
quietly wriggling his way under his mas
tiers carriage, and a Newfoundlander
manifested disposition to chaw him
up. Alter great deal of maneuvring
the Newfoundlander darted under the
buggy at the rear, and coachy darted out
in front close TO the horses heels. The
other followed but failed in his mission,
and, besides being stepped upon by the
horse, was run over by the carriage and
badly hurt.
beautiful porcelain medallion por-
trait supposed TO represent Sir Walter
Raleigh, which was ploughcd up in field
near Stratford, Westmoreland County,
Va, In 1894, by a colored man, is now in
the possession of a gentleman of Lees
burg, Va. The colors are as bright and
fresh as if they had been just put on, and
the whole piece, which is not much larger
than o silver halfdollar, will bea the
closest scrutiny under q magnifying
glass, which indeed only develops its
faultless beauty of execution. The mi
nutest points of detail are given with
Photographic fidelity. The peculiarly
brilliant and enduring coloring of this
medallion belongs to the lost arts
"Silver Spring" according to a Flori-
da correspondent, is the most unique
spot near that most unique Of rivers, the
Oclawaha. One marvcls over the clear
transparent water. Your boat seems to
float in the air, and objects can be seen
eighty feet down at the bottom-fish,
too, are plainly seen. The bottom is
silver sand, varied with pale emeralds,
huge colored rock, strange formations of
lime crystals and white coral. The spring
throws out thousands of gallons of water
minute, but there is scarcely discern
IDLE ripple on its surface Drop in
coin and you can follow 1T with your
avac m fhn caD6 of tho hottOm IL ziO.
Gags downward.
Mr. Galloway has called attention to
the fact that if Davy lamp be burning
TRANQUILITY in an explosive atmosphere,
the transmission of sound wave pro-
duced by slight explosion OF gunpow-
der, is sufficient to cause the communi-
cation of flame from the lamp to the
surrounding atmosphere. Hitherto it
has generally been assumed that the oc-
currence of a collier explosion, after
firing a shot, is due to actual communl-
cation of flame from the gunpowder to
the fire damp but Mr. Galloways eX-
perimcnts show that it is much more
likely that the explosion is brought about
by tile noise of the shot being propagat-
Cd through the galleries OF the mine to
the safety lamp.
Whack went her broomstick on the
back las she supposedD Of q neighbor {
old COW that had greatly annoyed her by
nocturnal depredations in the garden
IN teach you TO eat my pansies and
ruin my hcliotropes, you old villain !
said she, as she sprang from behind the
hollyhock bush in the darksome evening
and brought her cudgel down with terri
fic force upon the new stovc.pipe hat o.
,,,.,at l,A
the gate latch TO make friendly CALL
The call was deferred. When he can't
next morning, with forgiving smile
and q fearful welt on his countenance
10 hunt for his gold spectacles, the lad!
delivered an apology that bore the mark
of midnight preparation and repeated
private rchearsals The spectaclcs wer
found at length in the fenncl patch, TIVE
rods from the cventful gate, but had t
go to the jewelers. before they could b.
preached in with propriety.
The body of Sir James Colquhour, wht
was drowned by the upsctting of boa
on Loeb Lomond on December 1S, la
been recovered, and was buried in TIL
old chapel adjoining Rossdhu House OF
December 80 An old massive golt
watch, a family heirloom, was found oil
the body, and the hands were stopped a
4:40 p NJ, though it is thought it mus
have continued to 60 for some minute
after the accident happened. TIL: remain
of the kennel.boy, Anderson, who's,
body was found at the same time as tina
of his master, was buried in the church
yard of Luss; and the body of Scotswood
one of the gamekcepers has also beer
found. A bag of shot which was in tn,
boat has also been picked up near TIT
same spot, showing that the bodies haC
not driitcd much from the place wher,
the disaster occurred.
A suit was recently brought before th'
Sheriff Of the Dundee (Scotland) Small
Debt Court, to obtain damages for in
jures sustained from the bite Of dog
A man was about to enter the house o
neirhbor TO complain Of the noise mad