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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-17
POLITICAL POINTS.

AT its closing meeting Friday, at Spring
field, the Illinois League Of Republican Clubs
was regularly organized. William w. Ira
ccy, OF Springfield. being chosen President (;
J. w. Patterson, OF Joliet, Secretaryi and
Charles Deere, OF Moline, Treasurer, with an
Executive Committee and Nicc-Prcsidcnt
for each Congressional Committee. The
declaration of principles aflirms allegiance 10
the Republican party, recites its achieve
ments, and upholds the tariG laws for the
protection OF American industries. A roso-
luton was also adopted instructing the OIL
GERS 10 wire the widow Of General John A.
Logan the greetings Of the convention.
Il. Il. Jones, Chairman OF the Republican
National Committee, has, in5reply Ito many
inquiries, sent out letter stating that the
manner Of nominating members OF Congress
I'm any district, Is che manner In which dele
gates from any district TO the National con-
ycntlon, shall be chosen.
! IL has been decided 10 hold the Demo
cratic National Convention In the north nave
Of the Exposition building nj ST. Louis, which
will be arranged 10 seat 1900 people.
Morrison has written Gov. Gray, OF lndi
ana. promising him one-half Of the Illinois
delegation for vicc-Prcsident On the other
hand the Washington authorities have be-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-17

sullivan, the pngilist, reached London
Monday and Immediately left for Liverpool.
He is reported 10 haye.said that hereafter
he would confine himself TO sparring exhi-
billions aud glove contests, rs he considered
himself too old 20 enter the ring. MitcheiPs
friends are jubilant over the result of the
fight.
The much talked-of fight between sullivan
and Mitchell occurred In France on Saturday
aud resulted In a draw. Thirty-nine rounds
were fought, sullivan getting the first knock
down, aud Mitchell the first blood. Both men
were severely punished, but rhe reports agree
that sullivan probably had the worst OF IL,
for the reason that lac stood mp and fought,
while his opponent was lodging and falling
to save himself A different result had BEEN
expected, and sullivan's friends wtnft TO
have a finishing bout In i've days.
The London papers all unite in paying
glowing euloges 10 the life anu character OF
Germany's dead emperor.
The Prince ana Princess OF Wales celebrat-
ed their silver-weddng, many of the guests
appearing in deep mourning. The public
exercises were confined 70 ringing a few
bells In the morning.
The all-absorbing topic was the death OF
Emperor wilhelm. The new Emperor
started from San Reno for Berlin. There
were disquieting rumors az Berlin TO the
effect that Frederick, under an old article
requiring a monarch who Is physically I'M
able to lead an army, would be asked 20 re-
sign In favor Of some of his relatives, and ex-
citing times are expected In the near future.
All E1lrope was I'm mourning
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-17

spoken fun vote for Gen. Black, which
mixes things.
The Prohibitionists are reported as doing
more effective work In Indiana than either
OF the old parties.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
Bret Harte and George Augustus sala.

A man told mo about dinner at
which the western novelist and George
Augusta Sala wero present. Sala had
been asked to meet Hsrte, and whea
he arrived the resentment over parody
that Harte had once written satlrizing
the London correspondents style still
ranked in Sala's bosom. Tho host took
him by the arm as the guests stood
in tho drawing-room waiting for dinner
to be announced and said:
''Lat mo present you to Mr.. Bret
Hartc, Sala."
"Thanks, no." said the other shortly
and in pointodly loud and aggressive
tone. ~ doa't care to know him."
There was dead hush for moment.
1t was broken by Hsrte remarking in q
tone OF placid inquiry to his host:
as it possible that men allow them
selves to drink as heavily as this before
dinner2'
The assumption that no man could DO
so urp,rdonably rude unless actually
druak pleased tho Englishmen. They
crowded around the novelist and Sala
lett the house before dinner.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
Money Made Keeping Hens.

Hundreds of farmers who never kept an ac-
count, would kill every "pesky hen" on the
farm, If it was not for the women folks" The
women intuitively know that the hens do not
"eat their heads off every six months" but
properly kept pay better than any other farm
animals.
This is true. A record, simple to keep, SO it
would be used and show the facts in detail,
would prove that every hen paid a profit. They
could be made to pay, from one to three dollars
each. Mr. James l.. Burgess, Nashua, n. H.,
reported to the Nashau telegraph that his
wife made clean net profit last year, of $3.50
for eggs alone, from only sixteen hens. He
thinks her success was largely due, to using
Sheridan's Condition Powder, much adver-
tised preparation to make hens lay.
Do your hens pay like that? Do you want
to learn how to make them pay better2
Are you in delicate health, and want to COM
employment? If So get some reliable advice
how to do it. A new, enlarged, and much i'm
proved edition of that valuable book, the Far
mer's Poultry Raising Guide, has just been
printed. 1t contains much very practical in
formation.
Among the many new features, which every
records and accounts for eacn month of the
year. 1t also contains long series Of very
valuable articles, by A. +. Hunter, How to
Make Money With a Few Hens" OF him the
Lowell, Mass, Journal says: 1.-THE most sensi-
Bile poultry literature we have read we find un-
der the name A. f. Hunter. He evidently knows
what he is talking about" These two features
alone, are worth ten times the cost of the book;
which the publishers, I. S. johnson & Co., q
Custom House ST., Boston, Mass, send, post
paid, for only 25 cents in stamps.
There is really no way that persons on a
farm or near large town can secure a cash
income, with so little effort, as by keeping a
few hens. For such, this book is very valu-
able. Send to johnson & Co., for testimonial
circular.
G. w. Cushing, of bingham, Mass, says: ~
believe the Farmers Poultry Raising Guide
which received with a large can OF Sheri-
dams Powder (all for $120) contains more
practical knowledge for a person raising only q
few fowls than many poultry books which cost
two dollars.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
The Deadly pir.raced Fish.

Bill Bent has a piscatorial curiosity
which, though common enough whore
this prize was captured, has never been
seea before In this city. says the Ban
Francisco Chronicle. It is called the
''pig' fish, from its similarity In facial
expression to the pig. Bents "porker"
was captured by ono of the officers on
tho United States steamship Ranger,
about one hundred miles south OF San
Diego, where the fish are said to abound.
The curio in question measures about q
foot in length, is round in the body and
is the image Of pig in the "face."
Near the head on either side Is a fin
that docs not look unlike the foreleg OF
pig. Directly In front is the eye, and
tho head extends into short snout
which contains four solid teeth, which
closely resemble the human molara
Although tho fish are common In the
section where this ono was caught, no
ono among tho many who have cx'
amined the specimen ever saw one be.
fore. The fi'h are poisonous and their
bite, it is said, means certain death.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
FOREIGN NEWS.

President Cleveland's recommendation to
enforce retaliation against Canada by re-
fuslng to allow Canadian goods to pass over
United States territory In bond Is the chief
feature OF conversation In mercantile circles
at Halifax, N. s.
Eight hundred workman have been
drowned by an inuudation at Teng Tcon,
near Shanghai. ~ -if3A~ =
While the tug Storm King was towing the
mammoth steamer Great Eastern In the
Clyde to Liverpool, an enormous sea was
encountered, and the hawser parted. The
Great Eastern vanished in the darkness In
the direction Of the sea. When last seen the
big vessel was laboring heavily.
London rumors revive the existence or an
engagement between Mr., Joseph Chamber.
lain and Miss Endicott, and IL Is asserted
that the marriage will take place next year.
The name Of Gilbert and Sulliyan's new
opera, about which so much speculation has
been INDUCED, Is no longer a secret, though
Il is still jealously guarded from the general
public. The title OF the new work Is "The
Tower Of London" and the story Is woven
about that ancient old fortress, which Is the
pride and glory Of the genuine Briton.
The dory Dark Secret has been spoken 1400
miles out from Boston. The captain re-
ported all well.
Gen. Boulanger will contest the senatorial
seat for the department Of Haute Vienne.
Phillip Henry Gosse, f. r, s., the English
naturalist, is dead, aged u.
The Labrador fishery is generally fairly
good The southern part OF the coast has
been rather unfortunate. There was heavy
gale during the early part Of the month, in
Which many vessels were lost with cargoes.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
GREAT ALARM.
Yellow Jack Spreading Throughout
Florida.

Nine new cases OF yellow fever have been
reported at Jacksonville, Fla, among them
F. E. Bogue, prominent furniture dealer.
There were two deaths, both at st Luke's
hospital-William Craugh, fireman from
the central station, who was taken from the
street yesterday In an almost dying condi-
ton, and Edward w. Dixon, a jeweler, who
came here from the north an invalid.
Two cases were discharged cured There
have been an even hundred cases all told,
many light with marked yellow fever symp-
TOMS and believed to be remittent or bilious
fever.
The infected district is gradually enlarg-
ing especially Forsyth. Adams and Monroe
streets, from Pine or Main east, and in East
jacksonville.
No cases have developed in the neighbor-
hood of the Grand Union hotel since It was
closed and disinfected.
1t looks now as if the ending Of the cpl
demic is matter Of intelligent and ener-
getic work, but one of no small magnitude.
The slow progress of the epidemic, COM
paratively, and its mildness greatly encour-
age the people. Tho fight against the enemy
is bravely kept up, and the people work to-
gether with will.
busily at work all the time. Every portion
Of the city is gone over frequently, and dis
tnfectants in large quantities are freely used.
The people living in the blocks where the
local centres Of infection are known to be
are moving into other sections of the city.
This will certainly prove serviceable in stop
ping the fever's progress.
A great commotion has been caused by a
report that the Savannah, Florida & West.
ern railroad refused to take passengers from
this point, even on through tickets to north
ern points, where towns had invited refu-
gees from this city to 60. On investigation
the report was found to be true.
1t clnnot be ascertained here as yet who Is
responsible for this tyrannical rule. Not
only are through passengers prohibited, but
all persons intending to go to the quarantine
station at Bologne or Camp st. Mary's are
refused passage.
This will kindle blaze In Jacksonville as
soon as the people become fully cognizant Of
the matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
THE LABOR WORLD,

THERE are 1889 industrial establishments
in the city of New York, which give employ
ment to 227. 1852 persons, and the value Of the
output is s427, 956, 437.
THE Readh Railroad Company has mott
fed its employees that they viii be subject to
dismissal if they fail to meet pecuniary obi
cations which they incur.
MONTREAL. Canada, has thirty boot and
shoe manufactures. -Four thousand persons,
all over fourteen years of age, are employed
Wages average $l2 per week for men and 81
for women.
An Industrial Home for Girls, at Chilli
Gothic, Mo-, will lie opened in the fall. 1t will
be conducted on the family or cottage plan.
and will receive girls from seven TO twenty
years of age.
THE Baltimore g. Ohio Company is having
q heavy engine constructed, which will run
from Washington to Baltimore, a distance
of forty miles, in forty minutes, making
three stops on the way.
On the Calendonia Railway, of Scotland,
the yardmen use shepherds hook in switch
ing cars for lifting the chain coupling and
save their fingers and hands from being
ground into mince- Dleat.
THE money that Andrew Carnegie pays
out every month in wages to the employees of
would, il converted into silver dollars,
amount to 1900 pounds, or eight tons
Six hundred women employed in tho gov
eminent cigar factory at Lille, Francs, have
gone on strike. They claim that the quality
OF the tobaccp supplied them prevents their
making cigars which will pass the overseers
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
What Some People win Not Eat.

Some of tho Pacific Islanders will
never eat hens eggs, consid cring them
unfit for food; but they sell them TO
sailors. The E'quimaux will not cat
vegetables, considering it perverted
taste that will indulge in such stuff.
The New Guinea natives refuse to cat
bread aud biscuits, and abhor sugar.
On tho contrary, such tribes enjoy ants,
grasshoppers, monkeys, and snakes.
Those Malay ans that collect edible birds
nests never can be induced to cat OF
them. African tribes that keep most
cattle never taste milk. Salt is whore
all the world finds kinship, for no ma
ton or tribc but Graves it, and needs it.
On the whole, we shall have to 60 back
to the old Latin saw for an explanation
of such diversities; "There is no &C.
counting for tastes" Graphic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
The Other Side.

Fashionable Mother-Whatl Do you
say you won't rent me one of those ele.
giant flats because have a child2
Flat Owner-No, madam, won't.
Those fats havo gilded cornices, frcs.
coed walls, Eastlako dados, Haviland
fircplaccs, French plated windows
ooh! And you're afraid my darling
little cherub will tear them all to
pieces, supposed"
mo, madam, but those flats arc ut
tcrly lacking in grass, flowers, trees,
birds, swings and hammocks-and III,
not allow any ono to pen up poor little
children in any such gildcd cages. No,
madam, may be a little grasping, but
l don't want any blood money. p
Omaha World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
An Elephant Stampede.

At Munich, Bavaria, there recently
occurred, says tho New York Herald, a
stampede Of four elephants through tho
crowded streets during great pro-
cession, which i, something new in tn,
way of accidents. The elephants
charged throu n the crowds lining the
streets, upsetting and trampling upon
dozen people. They wero scared orisi-
nally by steam from a locomotive In tho
procession. Tho beasts became frantic
with terror at the shricks OF tho people
all around thom. and at umbrella thrust,
and knife cuts they received il tramp
ling through the crowd. At ono point
the crowd was caught in corner aud
compressed, partly by fear, partly by
the actual impact OF tn, elephants, al
most to suffocation. They battered
down the doors of the Mint but quick
ly came out OF that buitling again. In
Heilig Gci,t street they upset cab. At
the Gale Heck tho elephant, scared
man, who swung himself up on a big
chandelier, which brok, and nearly
caused tremendous ga, explosion.
Finally in Baum street they battered
down tho door, OF small house, and
getting iusilo wrecked tho whole
ground floor, whilo the people were on
the roof praying AMI shricking. Ono
elephant attempted to go up stairs, but
broke through with crash which near
ly caused the People on the roof to jump
of. At last tho elephant tanner got
control Of tho animals. aud after hours
of hard work they were gotten out Of
tho house through holo in tho wall.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
Tot.

Ono day Tot was playing with her
rocking-horse. She played tho horse
was kicking up its heels, and-I want
totcll you-the horse kicked up SO high
tho little girl and the horse and the doll
tumbled right over on the floor, this is
just a made-up story, ---and bumped the
little girls head.
When her mamma came she was
frightened. She said:
ooh. my darlingl what have you been
doiuga"
And shc said: 1 have tumblcd over
and broke my do!l;' no, let me see, =
she didn't break her doll. Wasn't it
q great wonder she didn't break that
dolli She didn't evea break one of her
ribs. But she was rightcned-awfully.
And after that she won't to Sunday
school and she had a party. Wasn't it
good it didn't make her sick2
But one day the little girl hurt he,
foot on the register. Then she couldn't
go to Sunday school. 81 sho wrote 9
poem to her grandmother. -lYouth''
Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30

DR.. Stephen Smith, whom a member
Of tho New York Board of Health, be-
coming impressed with the need OF
shade trees in the city, made a number
of tests to show tho benefits that would
be derived from them. For example,
he tested the temperature of tho pave
ment in town on hot day, and found
it to be one hundred and thirty degrees
Fahrenheit. He then went to Central
Park, and found the temperature under
the trees t. DO sixty aud seventy de-
grees, according to the density of the
foliage. II Argonaut.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
The English Parliament has adjourned.

THE English Parliament has adjourned.
THERE is short rye crop in Central Eu
rope.
THERE are 10000, 900 acres of corn in this
country.
THE new born Prince of Greece will be
named Christopher.
SMALLPOX has again made its appearance
in the City of Mexico.
PHILADELPHIA eats forty-four tons Of pie
every day in the year.
RUSSIA does not recognize Italy's right to
annex Massowah, Africa.
THE English wheat crop this year will be
one third under that Of 1887.
THIRTY-sEvEN men have been executed in
st. Louis for the crime of murder.
PRUSSIA has surplus in her treasury not
only large but rapidly increasing.
THE wine crop of California for this year
has been estimated at 25,0o0, 900 gallons.
A NEW Keely Motor Company is to be
formed with capital stock Of 81, 0o0 COO.
THE Turkish government has just borrowed
81, 800, 900 on the new fisheries and silk taxes.
ABOUT $4,000, 900 cottonwood trees have
been planted in Southwest Kansas this year.
LAST year Italy sent 10000 emigrants to
South America, an average OF 10000 a
month.
ORE assaying twenty per cent. pure tin
has been found in quantity in Northwest
Georgia
A BALLOON at Anderson, Ind, was in
flated with natural gas and rose to an altitude
of $500 feet.
Mr.. PARNELL demands $250000 damages
in his suit against the London Times brought
in the Scottish courts.
The contingent of recruits for the Russian
army this year will be go, 900, against 235, 900
men called out last year.
Two seamen have arrived in Glasgow,
Scotland, who drifted 1900 miles, in an open
boat, after being wrecked.
THE new rifle recently adopted for the
British army has been Withdrawn. 1t was
condemned by 'all practical men,"
THE population of Rome grows at the rate
of $1,000 or 10000 year. At the beginning
of the present year it was $780, 73.
THE lone thousand-foot tower" at the Paris
Exposition will be only 9S4 feet high. 1t
will take $500, 900 rivets to put it up.
THE new oil pirs line from Lima, Ohio to
Chicago is in successful working order, the
oil now flowing at the rate Of 3d., 900 gallons
day.
TIE Pacific ocean cable will run from
Vancouver, British Columbia, to some Aus
tralian port, and cost from $l5,0o0,OOO to
$2O, 1909, 900.
THE Princes of Thurn and Taxis have to
pay fine on the death OF King of Prussia
| Of 1856, 600. A check for 100000 has just
been forwarded to Berlin.
THE total debt Of Massachusetts,, State and
municipal, upon which it is paying interest, is
| $9l, 2s3,913; Of Pennsylvania, STA, 034, 759,
and of New York, s21S, S23,3l4.
NICHOLAS MURPHY, a Waterman at a
| Boston wharf for five years past, has during
that time saved the lives of a hundred per-
sons who have fallen overheard. ..,
| ~. L. LEGARE, of Wood Mountain, Canada
will give evidence before United States
official to substantiate his claim of having
captured Sitting Bull, for which he demands
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
Byron's Socks,

The frst pair of socks ever worn by
Lord Byron has just been presented to
the Payers club Of New York. They
arc quccr-looking littlo things and
seem te be mada OF narrow braid sewn
together. Oac cal learn nothing of By
ron's deformity from them for they wcrs
cut down 10 fit doll before they came
into the hands OF their last owser. -
i.Harpers Bazaar.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
A sensation was caused at the Dougla.

A sensation was caused at the Douglas,
Mass, meeting the other day, says
the New York Post, when man arose
and said he was convict and had re-
Gently escaped from the Rhode Island
State Prison. He said he was determined
to 1.-Two better life, and to prove it he
would give himself up to the authorities
and serve the rest of hi, term. The
prison chaplain happened to b, at the
meeting, and fearing that the mans
resolution would give out after the ex-
element was over, telephoned for Of
fccrs and bagged the man before he
had chance to weaken.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
CHILDREN's COLUMN.
A CITY of the Mind.


We rowed about a little lake
A sweet, enchanting spot
And some strange pleasure seemed to takc
In fancying what was not.
Imagination held its sway.
We thought that meath the waters lay
Some ancient city, grand and old,
About which Is no story told.
Our visions took mighty range.
We built its houses wondrous strange;
A temple reared, with minaret
or pattern never seen as yet.
Glist'ning with gems OF solid gold;
We filed the streets with soldiers bold,
Who, home returning from tho war,
Trophies and arms Of victory bore.
We ruled, in fact, city there,
Built in water, out Of air.
Pushing aside lily-pad
To SEQ our city grand,
We looked below. Twas strangely sad;
Nothing but little band
OF fishes were our soldiers there,
Swimming in and out, between
Grasses long Of darkest green,
Which made up the city fair.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30

Ono day some potatoes were wanted
for dinner. Don was digging in the
bank with broken handled hoe which
he was allowed to use.
"Don," called grandfather, 'do you
know where my hoe isl''
'No, grandpa" replied Don, running
to him, II don't know where your long
stemmed hoe is, Hut here is this short.
stemmed one you may take"
Another day he had been riding and
when they reached home grandpa com.
menced uu Harvesting the horse.
"Oh," CRIED Don, 'let me help you
undress him."
The first time Don saw an OK team it
impressed him very strongly.
Mamma" he said, after watching
them a few minutes. ~ don't think
cow-horsos are nice, do your
The next time, he remarked, very
decidedly, II don't like to SEQ horses
with hornsr'