The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03
BREyITIES.

BREVITIES.
ONO has q, 1868 pensioners of whom
2,026 are widows of soldiers of the war
of 1912.
AN aged woman died in Philadelphia
from fright at seeing her son and burg
lar in conflict.
DIR. THOMAS says that Knight-Tem-
plary is to Masonry what the New Tesla
ment is to the Bible.
Ex-Gov. CoBURN, of Maine, is so years
old, yet looks after his affairs as closely
as he did fifty years ago.
LLOYD r. WEIGH, principal chief of
the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina,
died of consumption recently.
THIRTY convicts in the California State
Prison were lately confirmed as members
OF the Roman Catholic Church.
SARA BERNHARDT has deposited in the
London and Westminster Bank $35, 900,
the proceeds of her visit to London.
The Empress of Austria, in addition
to her skill as n horsewoman, is said to
handle the foils well and gracefully.
The Chicago Spirstual Journal ex-
plains that Tanner did not really fast.
Impalpable spirits fed him imperceptible
| food
HERBERT SPENCER, the English philo-
sopher, begins next year tour of the
world, going from England to the
United States.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON, actor, artist and
agriculturist, during his vacation among
the Vermont pastures, has selected fine
herd of short-horn cattle for his Louisi-
ana farm.
Two DAUGHTERS of Gen. Banks will
soon cross the Atlantic-one as the bride
of a young clergyman, who goes to a
mission in China, while the other is
bound for Paris, where she will study
for the stage.
IT is said that Caroline A. Soule, who
has recently been ordained to the Uni
versalist ministry in Scotland, is the
first lady preacher in Europe upon whom
the service of ordination has been Off
cially performed.
The herring fishing on the east coast
of Scotland is the most successful on
record. 1t has been found impossible
to cure all the fish caught, and tons
have been carted to the manure mer-
chants.
DIR. J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL, of Hart
fort, Ct, has in preparation volume
of about 100 pages, giving TRANSACTIONS
or meanings of the Indian names borne
by rivers. mountains, towns, etc., in the
New England States.
THE passes of officials of the state rail-
ways in India are made of gold and sill
yer. The General Manager, who has
the freedom of the lines, wears gold
pass on his watch chain, about the size
of a $50 gold piece. His subordinates
wear silver.
FLORIDA fruit-growers are beginning
to cultivate the lemon with great deal
of care, and with such good results that
it is believed that in a little while longer
this State will furnish almost as many
lemons to the trade as she now does or
anges.
ENGLISH women are never contented
until they have found use for every
thing They are happy now because they
have discovered that an old silk hat can
be made into work basket. The crown
is embroidered, the brim and lining COW
J cred with futed material, and loops and
pockets are set inside, as III any work
, basket.
SMALL THINGS.
The smallest crust may serve human life
The smallest act may lead to human strife;
The smallest touch may cause the body pain;
The smallest spark may fire field of grain;
The simplest deed may tell the truly brave;
The smallest skill may serve life to save;
The smallest drop the thirsty may relieve;
The slightest look may make heart to grieve.
Naught is 40 much but that it may contain
The rose of pleasure or the thorn a pain.
THERE can be no late sleeping in
Lowell. There is a general ringing of
the factory bells at 40 in the morning.
This is for the boarding-hous keepers,
who are expected to arise at this time to
prepare the morning meal. One hour
later the bells ring again, this time to
call the operatives to breakfast and in
fifty minutes more the ringing is re-
peated to summon to work.
Mr.. CARLYLE is a grand-uncle, and is
immensely pleased over the new honors.
A private letter from Chelsea says |:
"Mr. Carlyle is so dazed with the nov
city of baby in the house-it is almost
his sole experience of such torments and
wonders-that he sends for the infant
whenever anybody calls, and remarks
upon the perfection of the fnger-nails
and the little toe-nails and all the rest of
the wee body. He turns it up and down
and over, and explains the mysterious
and wonderful anatomy-in short, acts
like child over the first baby it has
ever seen. The new element in his life
seems to give him a new lease of exist
ence."
A LARGE monument has been erected
"A NJ NTH tho following in