The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-18
.uRRENT EVENTS

Milwaukee.
Two immense forests In Sweden have been
DESTROYED by IRE. The estimated loss Is apoat
$50.00o,00o.
II is declared by expert eiectriclans that
there are li,000 miles OF ''deadv wires IN
New York city.
To saw bandanna handkerchief Is to use
tantologs. Americans have not time Tor
double naming.
At Canton. China, some $50, 900 people live
continuously upon boats. aud many never
step foot on shore from one years end TO an-
other
The new wire gun at shoeburness has
thrown a 500 pound shell distance OF twelve
miles. the greatest distance ever covered BY
q cannon-ball.
recent English invention relates 70 cast
ing packing. rings ready for use without boi-
ing or turning The rings are cast 10 chill
mold around metallic core.
Germanys official newspaper calls upon DR..
Mackenzie To explain why he Withheld IN
formation regarding the cancerous nature OK
the late emperor's disease.
Admiral Ilornby says that England would
require At least lS6 cruisers TO protect her
merchant vessels IRON the cnemy's cruisers,
aud that she has but forty-two.
DIR. Henocque, OF Paris. has Invented new
speciroscope for Investigating the changes In
the blood. 1t is expected 10 prove Of inn
poriance In studying nutrition
sugnr-renning company with 100000
capital has been started 10 use Henry Friends
new method OF refining BY electricity. The
cost win be about IS cents a ton.
A French copper syndicate has bought for
three years the output OF two of the leading
copper-mincs OF Japan, amounting TO seven
eghths OF the total Japanese output
Times are tough on the poor Of Ru STA
They have but little TO SELL They are heayi-
~ taxed, and The Lo,sdon Aescs says they are
actually starving Ia death ia great numbers.
Dealers In hardwood furnishings say that
sycamore wood is rapidly coming into use.
u works. we'll, makes an excellent finish,
and is much cheaper than birch. maple, o.
oak
The mystery regarding the whites OF eggs
after the ice-crcam factories have used up
their yolks Ia explained 10y Il statement that
they are used to make albumeuIzed paper for
| photography.
The longest flight OF a homing pigeon Ia
this country was that OF hen named Alaba-
ma, which, ia 1885, made the 1,0a0 miles from
Montgomery, Ala, TO Fall River, Mass, be-
tween Aug. 81 and Sept IL.
The introduction OF American watches in
to England has reduced the number OF gold
cases marked at the London assay Office from
"a Sl4 In 1876 TO 20,4l6 In 1856. aud OF silver
cases from li0.Svi In 1876 to 95. EOS In 1855
Charley Winters, a fisherman OF Helena,
n a.
fishes ever seen 10 this part OF the country.
IL was a channel catfish, weighed over 20,
pounds, aud was caught in the ST. Francois
river
The new reign In Germany is evidently
not TO be distinguished by Jefrersonan sim
i pliclty. The splendor aud pomp that has
surrounded the recent state performances OF
the new emperor indicate u return 10 a sort
OF renaissance In royalty.
An authorized representative OF the duke
OF SAKE. Mciningen expects 10 be IN New York
In the course OF month for the purpose OF
making arrangements for an American sea-
son OF the dukes famous theatrical company
next autumn and winter
Isaiah v. Williamson, OF Philadelphia Is
reported 10 be the wealthiest bachelor Ia the
United States. lie has fortune OF $2l.00l.-
900 aud gives a large portion OF II annualIy in
charities. He IL plainly dressed old gentle.
man, very modest and retiring In his ways.
In The Paris prison OF detention recently a
pcrson committed as man, 90 years old,
after benig locked up was found 10 be wo-
man. It was found that she had put on
male clothes twenty years before, and had
worn them ever since without being discover
ed.
The question having arisen as TO why the
fallen branches Of trees, at certain stages
OF decay, are more or less colorcd through
their tissues with various shades OF green,
Il Ia alleged that chemical analysts shows
the presence of iron as the base OF the green
coloring matter.
The beautiful young IIesslan princess who
has just been married 10 Prince Henry OF
Prussia Is known here aud IA England a
Princess Irene, but in Germany she Is always
called Princess Ella. She is the most popu.
lar member OF n rather unpopular family, but
her personal charms aud worth would make
her an Idol anywhere.
One OF the attractions ~ the Paris EXIT
billion next year is 10 he an immense model
OF the terrestrial globe IN the Champ do Mara.
It viii rotate on an axis, aud VIII give
some idea OF the real dimensions as we'll as
bc accur ately constructed on scale OF one
mlillonth. Several able sclentlsts have
charge OF the construction.
Lord wolscley says there IA a greater
danger now mcnacIng England than the los
eiblltyof n foreign invasion 1.-The cKtgava.
gancc Of the English woman. lie has noticed,
he SAYS. ever since he was boy au increase
IA the tendency Of English women 10 spend