The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-01-28

who h fine actor.
Bismarck stirred up all Europe the other
day By having an attack Of the collie
The first public school for the blind was
established at Paris bs Valentine Hang 10
lssf
A New York house has received an order
for e'ooo,ooo Of 3 cent postage stamps for use
Ia Chill
The first sea ncht on record was that be-
tween the Corinthians and the inhabitants of
Corcyra, c+s Is. G.
The City OF Mexico has received <4.oon in
licenses on bull fights this yenr. The license
10 10 per cent Of the gross receipts
company has been formed In Chni for
manufacturing soap out OF peculiar kind o.
earth found near CHILEAN Of that republic.
Before The middle OF The Seventeenth cent.
ury tea was not used Ia England. and was
entirely unknown 10 The Greeks and Romans
There died in Raucaguo. Chill, on septem-
Der "a. atthe age OF 10 Donna Juana Par
rage '. de Fuenzalila. The deceased lived
70 see her great-grcas' rreat-grandchIldren
The Oldest man in Portland, Me-. recently
died. His name was Francis Radoux; be was
81 years old, aud served under Mnrat in the
army Of Napoleon l. and fought at Water
loo
One million dollars per annum have been
offered the government OF Peru by Chinese
mercant tile house In San Francisco Ia return
for the exclusive right to Import opium into
Peru.
The catch OF Arctic and Okliotsk whalers
during the past season has been one OF the
heaviest on record. amounting la all to Al. 80
barrels Of oil and nearly U01000 pounds OF
bone.
Deeds in England we're formerly written In
Latin or French; the earliest known instance
IN English IL the indenturr between the Ab-
bot Of Whitby aud Robert Bastard dated at
York In l348
What IA known In England as the ''short-
lived" administration was the ministry which
William Poultenay, earl OF Bath. undertook
10 form February 10, i7l6 aud whose term OF
Office closed In two days.
Investigation has disclosed the fact that
New York possesses many little children VINO
are phenomenal performers upon the plano.
No news OF the arrest OF their parents for
cruelty has yet come 70 hand.
mud devil 10 a new addition TO the PhIla-
delphla Geological garden. II Ia much like
tadpolc. is about eighteen inches in length,
with broad. Hat head. and has sharp. saw
like nn running from the middle OF the back
10 the tall.
Max O'Rel had 20 cancel his engagement
to lecture ~ Boston the other night because
only thirty tickets had been sold. Not long
ago the mayor and large number Of promI-
Dent citizens Of Boston nocked TO a reception
which was given To the bruiser Sullivan.
George r. Ecton. the colorcd representative
In the Illinois legislature from the Third sena
iorial district, lives ia style on Prairie avenue
ia Chicago Ia $1,000 house. A few years
South side, but he saved his tips aud Is now
rich.
In the Mexican Presidential campaign the
principal opposition 10 the re election Of Diaz
Is said 10 he based on his frlcndliness for Am
orleans. BY curious coincidence, the OPP
position TO Cleveland In the American PresI-
dental campaign Is the fricndllDcss Of the En-
glIsh toward him.
Fragments OF food still recognizable In the.
tartar OF the teeth Of our prehistoric ances-
tors include portions OF corn husks spiral yes
sells from vegetables. husks OF starch, The
point OF fsh's tooth, supposed over cells OF
fruits, barblcts OF feathers, portions Of wood
and bits OF cartilage
George Brill OF York. Pa. was trying TO
teach hls dog TO catch articles that were
thrown TO him. lie threw a silver dollar, and
the dog caught and swallowed It. He sought
a physician. but all the adyIce~be got was the
suggestion that he hold a greenback before
the dog aud demand specie payment
George stepbcnson's perpetual motion"
machine consists OF wooden wheel, the pc
rlphcry OF which was furnished with glass
tubes nlled with quick silver, and As the wheel
rotated the quicksilver poured itself down
Into the lower tubes and thus sort OF self
acting motion was kept upia the apparatus
There are now erected on the Gettysburg
battle field ninety regimentai monuments,
Massachusetts, having thirty, including al
her regiments and batteries that took part Ia
the battle; Pennsylvania. twenty-cight; Con-
nectlcut. four; New Hampshire, three; Rhode
Island. four; Indiana, ak; Delaware, three;
New York. two.
A distIller in Rappahannock county. Vir.
gInIa, has tempted twelve stands of bees from
the path Of honey and wax and made con.
irmed incbflates Of them. before the dstlL
lery was started their owner. . woman, found
the bees very profitable. but their periodical
visits TO the still have made them compare
lively worthless \
Silver may be dissolved In nitric acid, and
again reduced 70 metallic state by adding
copper. after removing sxcess OF inolslurc by
evaporation. Gold can be dissolved in warm
nitromuratIc acid, and Il may be recovered
or reduced 10 metallic state by preclpItating
With copperas and then melting the precIpI-
tate IA cruclblc