The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-29
ALL SORTS.

HE who talks to an oyster will never
grow wise.
THE Venetians used to wear red for
mourning.
MEXICO has had twenty revolutions
since 1921.
CALIFORNIA reports woman 140
years old.
SAN Francisco worries along with 626
lawyers.
ARTIFICIAL eyes for horses are recent
invention.
THERE are twenty-eight strands in
spiders single thread.
FANCY runs most furiously when o
guilty conscience drives it.
The dogs of New York city have paid
500, 900 for licenses this year.
The Suez canal doesn't pay Egypt l
per cent. interest on the investment.
Mr.. J. G. SAKE, who is 81 years old,
is still i'll, and it is said that his re-
covery is doubtful.
At present prices, asparagus yields
5000 to $500 per acre, and is moderately
profitable to the producer.
New YORK city claims as a regular
resident Mr.. Horace White, formerly
editor of the Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. BEEcHER works for the Christian
Union at $1,000 per year. He COM
menced with salary of $4,000.
TEXAS, which had population of only
$4,000 in 1870, now claims 2, 1000, 900.
The immigration has certainly been i'm
mense.
JEFFERSON DAVIS, by recent deci-
sion, has secured the title to MISSISSIPPI
pi plantation formerly owned by his
brother.
CAPT. BOYToN was taken for seal
lately in the Rhone, and fired at by some
peasants. He promptly hoisted his flag
and escaped.
FARMERS in the rural districts of New
York make complaint that the tramps
steal the hats and coats off the scare
crows they place in their fields.
A RIGHTEOUS Louisiana Judge, in
horse case, ruled out both plaintiff and
defendant, and decided that the animal
belonged to one OF the witnesses.
A FARM laborer near Seilhac, in
France, while blowing somewhat deeper
than usual, found his pillow arrested by
what he thought stump. 1t proved to
be an ox-hide filed with gold pieces of
the reign of Francis L., worth 800, 900
for their weight alone, without reckon
ing their special value as rare coins.
VoLTAIRE died at Paris, in the house
of Marquise de Villette, on Beaune
street and Quay. In conformity with
| 4 & IL
windows of the chamber have never
been opened since the death of Voltaire.
They are to remain closed until the hun
dredth anniversary of his death, which
occurs next year. The injunctions of
his will have been faithfully observed,
even during the Revolution.
ANAdvent preacher in Missouri, named
Harris, shaved his head SO as to acquire
the venerable aspect that badness i'm
parts. The trick was detected by MEM
bers of his congregation, and he was ex-
PEELED on a charge of deception. He
urged that to shave the head was no
more an offense than to cut the hair, to
trim the beard, or in any other way to
[ improve ones personal appearance; but
there was majority vote against him.
CONTINUED experiments in California
show that no matter how dry the season
l is a good crop of wheat can be grown
! there if the land lies fallow every other
t summer, and is plowed and sown during
7 the off-summer, or a full year or more
4 before harvest time. Land 80 treated
will yield crops of from twenty five to
3 thirty bushels of wheat to the acre
I. this year, though only about eight inches
e of rain have fallen upon it.
! FIRRFLrEs.
\ saw, one sultry night, above a swamp,
2 The darkness throbbing with their golden pomp!
And long my dazzled sight did they entrance
i With the bright chaos Of their dizzy dance.
: Quicker than yellow leaves, when gales despoil,
g Quivered the brilljance Of their mute turmoil,
;, Within whose light ntricately blent
1 Perpetual rise, perpetual descent.
| Az though their scintiant chickering's had met
= In the vague meshes OF some airy net
y And now mysteriously seemed to guess,
] While watching their tumultuous loneliness,
What fervor of deep passion strangely thrives
: In the warm richness OF these tropc lives
Whose wings never tremble but they show
t The hearts Of living fire that beat below
q -EdJar Faucet, in Atlantic for July.
D The Johannisbrod, black bread used
80 largely by the Russian army for food,
is made with quantity of some kind OF
grease, which forms substitute for but
a ter. 1t can be eaten dry; but the Rus
e sian soldier prefers, when he can get it,
!, to break the bread into small pieces.
+ These he puts into bowl and pours hot
e water over them. The grease then de-
!, velops into gravy, and the whole forms
y a simple kind of soup.
> LIE RoI LIE vEUT.
4 Hold up that flower that is thy face,
: Fresh, fair and fragrant, unto mine,
& And bless me with its tender grace
Bearer than that immortal wine