The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1900-08-24
TOLD BRIEFLY
A novel and curious test for deaf
ness or approaching deafness has just

A novel and curious test Tor deal
ness or approaching deafness has Just
been described by Paris specialist
II the handle of vibrating ming
FORK be applied to the kles Or o-her
bony portion of the human franz 2, the
sound cannot be heard by the person
who possesses an unimpareg ear. put
II the ear be attacked by disease, the
note can be heard distinctly.
An ocean steamer OF the frst class
going at full speed, cannot be brought
10 a standstill in less than three min
utes. In the mean time she Will trav
erse a distance of about half a mile.
If the whole envelope Of air were the
same in character il would reach only
about FIVE miles above the earth, but
as Il becomes rarefed as we ascend II
probable extends 10 a height OF eighty
or ninety miles.
The bones OF a human being will
bear three times as great pre- 'sure as
oak, and nearly as much as wrought
iron, without being crushed.
In Germany and Holland girls are
chosen In preference TO young men IN
all employments in which they can be
advantageously employed.
A diamond weighing one carat,
mounted in ring, may cost the buyer
$50 or more, but at Kimberly the av-
erage value of diamonds is only about
25s per carat.
The game Of cricket dates from 1898,
II. ha1
In Madagascar silk is tha only fab
rio used in the manufacture OF cloth
ing.
A man breathes about TWEEN : times
in a minute, 1900 tines in an hour.
Coal is dearer in South Africa than
in any other part of the word; it is
cheapest in China.
France has more persc--7 o~'r sixty
years Of age than any other country;
Ireland comes next.
Damascus is said to be the oldest
city in the world, d"tng back 1000
years. It's presen: popl a.iol IS 100000
a tenth being Christians. II Mosques
are numerous, tnere being Eo-e than
fifty.
The fnest-looking people of Europe
are the Tzig1nes, or Gyp5.es, of Hun
gary.
The South African winter begins to-
ward the end Of April and lasts until
September.
A church bell cracked in ringing at
the village of Schleithein, near Schaf-
fhausen, Germany, and when taken
down it was found to be of the year
1452.
When Explorer Livingstone was in
South Africa his looking-glass was a
source of great interest 40 the natives,
and a critic says that it caused great
surprise among many on account Of
their knowledge of their own looks.
Mirrors in advance countries also often
cause surprise among those who get
an early morning glance in them.
The stationery of the woman of fads
is now stamped with her address IN
closed in a circle placed in one Of the
upper corners of the note sheet, ins,ead
of running across the top of the sheet
as formerly.
In boring a deep we'll in Germany
the hardened end OF a steel drill broke
of at a depth of about 1000 feet. AS
it was clearly impossible to drill out
the hard steel, it was necessary either
10 remove it or abandon the boring
1t was removed in a highly ingenious
way. A soft iron bar, five feet long
and two and one-half inches in diam
eter was wrapped with a single layer
of India ruber covered wire, thus
making it an electromagnetic. The bar
with wires leading to it, was lowered
into the hole, and current from a small
dynamo turned on. This magnetized
the bar, which was then carefully
drawn up to the surface bringing the
steel drillpoint with it.