The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-21

NBULLEr travels u mkl6r In three and
two-tenths seconds.
THE walls of several of the British
var ships are constructed of paper.
The. pine tree, says an authority.
serves as refuge for more than 400
species of insects.
DURING all seasons of tho year, it is
said, the earth at Yakutsk. Siberia, is
frozen from the depth of fifty feet to
that OF about 1000 fset
THE birthdays Of Gen. Grant. Louis
Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, and
Herbert Spencer the English author,
occur on the same day of the year.
TIE. annual income of Vanderbilt is
about hen tons OF solid gold. That of
the average laboring man is about two
pounds, out of which he has to live and
support his family.
AFGHANIsTANs population is about
equal to; that of the State of New
York, while the extent OF the territory,
225,O 900 square miles, is considerably
less than that of Texas, which contains
237 ,504 square miles
A REMARKABLE specimen lately ex-
hibited at the London Geological Soci-
ETY. was a Brazilian snake which had
partly swallowed live lizard. The
heard had nearly succeeded in eating
its way out through the body of the
snake when death overlook both Great
ures.
A TAILOR named White, living near
Nuneaton In England, placed scare
crow in his gari den to brighten the
birds. A robin, however, built her
nest in one of the pockets, while
tomtit utilized one of the sleeves for
the same purpose. Both birds rear
ed their young there.
The birds of Louisiana, papers of
that State say, will soon be extermin-
ated. The colored people there not only
make birds an art Gle of food, but have
begun to use their eggs for the same
purpose. The eggs of cartridges, rob-
ms, wrens, mocking- birds, and all
others that they can get their hands on,
are eaten.
THE seeds of the kola tree, the high
ly priced stimulant of the natives of
Africa, appear to possess qualities
which should give them commercial
value in CIVILIZED countries. Mr.. T..
Christie, an English writer on new
co nmercial plants and drugs, asserts
that chocolate made with Kola paste is
ten times as nutritious as that made
with cocoa, and that laborer can work
all day without fatigue on a single cup
taken at breakfast time.
UNDER the Mexican law creditor
can ha debtor arrested on the day
| NH hr Iah Col In IL
is chained to n post five days, guarded
by an officer. At the end of the time, if
the money is not forthcoming, the
mans labor is sold to the government
for forty cents day for as many days
as will be necessary to discharge the
obligation. The miserable debtor is
sent to the silver mines, where he is
chained to gang of felons and COM
PEELED to work under ground. He
eeps under ground, and never sees
daylight again until he is restored to
his freedom.
SOMEBODY says that "man is the only
animal that blows his nose" The alli-
gator has a nose nearly two feet long,
yet he never blows it. The elephant
can reach over his nose and tickle his
hind legs, and he often does, but he
never blows 1t. The blue-nosed baboon
has cerulean probes is of which the
noblest animal mnst feel proud, but it
goes unblown. The double-nosed point
er has immense capacity for blowing,
but he never will; and the oyster,
whose nose reaches clean around to his
back, refrains from exercising it. Man
alone has to reach to the height of q
pocket handkerchief, and he proudly
waves his bandana as sufficient proof
of his superiority.