The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-14
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MORE than 1900, 600 copies OF 10
las novels, exclusive Of TRANSACTIONS,
have been sold.
The first folio 1923 edition Of Shak-
speare is under process Of reproduc-
ton by means Of photography.
DURING the last financial year the
German Government paid away ST.,
800, 900 in pensions TO naval and mil
itary officers.
OUT OF tlfty-two artists who have
been singing this season 1t Coyent
Garden Uondon) Italian opera only
four are genuine Italians.
THE religious fatalism in the Hin
docs life extends also 10 their intel
lectual state. In grammar, as in
falth, kismet rules supreme.
The great cantilever bridge at Nj.
agara Falls is entirely composed OF
steel. 1t is SO feet in length, weighs
5000 tons and cost 5000, 600.
IN England they do not chew gum,
looking at the habit as vulgar and
low, but the Australians have already
taken kindly to it and are indulging
freely.
The Military Weekly Of Berlin says
that there have been l9l ministers of
war in Spain during the century, the
average time Of service being six
months.
"A DEXTER woman became 80 in
fatuated with the Christian scientist
theory that she laid away her false
teeth, thinking that her natural ones
would grow again.
OUT Of a total OF 1904 paupers in
almshouses in the United States in
the year covered by the eleventh CEN
suS 91.l5 per cent. were white and
o.S5 per cent. were cOlOred.
IN China they tie a red cord around
a baby's wrists, so that it may grow
up quiet and Obcdient Should
child turn out bad, they say: "Ilis
parents forgot to bind his wrists"
SAN FRANCISCO boasts Of having
hotel which is practically earthquake
proof. 1t is questionable if the men
who imbibe too much of its whisky
are constructed on the same principle.
If the earth should cease to reyOlve
altogether, the oceans Of the equator
would forSake their beds and hasten
toward the poles. Probably the en-
tire globe north of Boston would be
submerged.
THE drivers Of the work teams in
Paris can beat the crackers" Of Flor
ida at cracking their whips. This is
saying much, for the latter got their
peculiar designation from their skill
in that direction.
LORD SPENCER'S library, which is
said to be unrivaled among the pri-
vate collections of books in England.
and which contains "A matches; set
of CaXton publications, is TO be sold
at auction next year.
THERE is no color line over in Ger
many, apparently. a colored man
who went over there from Boston and
got naturalized some time ago is now
on the roll OF pensioners of the state
insurance for the aged.
THE Scrvians have curious GUS
tom of giving Il parting kiss to their
deceased friends before final burial,
and the observance OF it has caused
serious epidemic Of diphtheria The
custom has now been forbidden.
SURELY the SILLY season may be
regarded as fairly upon us when
American papers will print as a
special cable an account Of the plenti-
tude Of meals and drinks and the
paucity Of sleep enjoyed 10y a cheap
American comedian during brief
visit to London.
PRIZE-FIGHTER SLADE c!Oped with
the daughter OF mormon bishop
The enraged father pursued the pair
for twenty miles, but the speed with
which they fled would have aroused
the admiration OF the Hon. Charles
Mitchell himself. So they were mar
ried, and Cupid gets the credit for
another Knockout.
A GERMAN doctor at Cassel, Ger
many, undertook new and peculiar
treatment for hystera. He reasoned
that corporal punishment would be
more effectual than drugs. The court
which Investigated the case marked
it brutal" and sent him to jail for
six months. He will likely return to
asafntida and other antiSpaSmodics
when released.
THE theory is now advanced that
the pestilence that walkcth in dark
ness scientifically known rs the B-hat
is responsible for the spread of tuber-
culosis. He biteth first one sleeper
in bed and then another, thus in
oculating people with diseases and
spreading death rs well as discomfort
broadcast. 1t has long been believed
that this insect was mean enough for
anything.
A GERMAN writer who doesn't
know much about what he is discuss
ing is the latest writer about Ameri-
can women. Among other uncompli-
mentary things, he gives our girls
the credit for the invention Of that
suprntna 6pVicp of tho 1pVil flirtinU