The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-02-18
FACT AND FANCY.

ing quite Fapluifs
The stenographcr's fees In prolonged con-
test over VIII IA a New York court were near
~ <S0D0.
In seven years The value of tho products 81
South Carlolna has increased from S5s,OOotO)
to sl0l, 100000.
There are in Vermont about thirteen hun
dred school districts which have less than
twelve pupils each
II seems evident that the preacher who steps
into Beechcr's shoes will have 10 pus on sew
cral pairs OF socks In order to get a IT.
A New York state Yankee proposes to make
a railroad car entirely OF wool pulp. lie claims
that II will be indcstructlble either by fire or
by shock.
A Venetian gondollcr makes on an average
francs tabout 50 ccnts) day tie year round
On this he will marry. rear a family, and put
some money away.
The'OhIo river. which has sInce the spring
OF 1857 consisted mainly Of banks aud bottoms
bas-now eddcd 20 the combination a hand.
sou.e quantity OF water
Henry Dcnnlson hunting on the Great Ore
ongo, Renfrcw county, Ontario, found in an
old shanty man who had lost his was, and
had not eaten ANYTHING for twcrty five days
saw her pastor coming along the road ON
bicycle, said: ~ lluna like TO sec the necn.
ester gon ABBOTT the country on q eyclope.
\ dlan
California produced 400 900 gallons OF bran
dy last year, OF which neatly onc.ifth was
made on Senator stanfords VIVA ranch. The
yield was nearly 10000 gallons larger than
that OF the previous year.
canes with ducks bcaiSs that have 50 long
been the rage Ia Paris, arc disappearing, aud
the dandcs are making friends with thick
stick, With the claw OF crayash for handle
The Sunday school library which makes any
pretentions at all at kcepin. up with the
times now shelves the stories ahont the bad
bows who went swimming aud lay in a stock
OF tales about the lad who went skating with
out permission.
farmer near Reedsyille, Pa, recently kill
ed two deer al one shot. Ills weapon was
singlc.barrclcd rifle. with which hc put ball
through the neck Of each deer ut distances
OF seventy five yards. On the same day the
farmers son shot biz buck.
A Connecticut woman has embroidered tho
words aud music ~ "ll,nnc Sweet Home" on
linen sheet. which Is OF the 'sparc rohn''
bed. Her guests have hot decided whether
the hostess means 20 indicate that thc, must
fee! OF hoiac, or had better 90 home.
The world moves IN Virginia newspaper
published thirty years ago there was su nc.
count OF The sentence OF a woman to two years
Imprisonment for teaching negroes to read.
The daughter OF The Judge passing sentence
Is now a teacher In the colOred public schools
OF that state.
A Boston paper asserts that newly rich
New York woman got from dishonest sexton
possession ~ nm old tombstone sacred 20 the
memory OF some one OF the same name AS
herself that was In at English graveyard anu
now has u set IN her library wall, with ilcti.
uous pedigree, as voucher for her arIstoc-
rucy.
The women OF Paris have adopted for tho
winter season waggle In. their walk. The
ART Of wagglmg gracefully in furs Is being
taught AT the best dancing schools The cor
rect waggle Is described as short step aud
OH undulatiuc sweep 81 tho hips IL Ia said
to be much mere graceful than the mannish
stride that prevailed during the summer. 4
The ancient aud honorable Artillery COM
pany OF Boston propose To have great time
next summer, when Il will celebrate the Goth
anniversary of its organization. A lot OF
persons are expected To come from England:
there will be trip TO Washington, To Mount
Vernon, and 10 Gettysburg. of course there
VIII be trip 10 New York and sail around
the waterways and up the HUDSON 10 wcst
Point To arnusc themselves as best they may.
''Johnny, my poor boy, your papa Is dead,
isn't hei" "Ycs, sir; hc dlcJ last night"
"Do you know when tho funeral VIII bc
hedlp ut was to have been held this after
noon, but mamma put I: OIL tIll tomorrow"
'What for; couldn't the friends ot the family
get here before thcni' "No, SIR; that wasmH
IL. 1t was because there Is 10 be progress.
sivc cuchrc party TO Mira Scghe's tonight and
mamma had TO play at The head table"
A gentleman OF Nevada had the misfortune
few weeks ago 10 lose by death bis wife. A
reporter was conycrsing with the widowcg no.
Gently when the latter Informed him that a
few days before hc visited bank ca business
and was told by the cashier that at tho tiinc
OF the death OF his wife she had accumulated
aud had on deposit "a the institution In her
name the sum Of $4,000. The wldowcr was
thunderstruck, aud woghl hardly believe what
the cashier told him. lie soon realizcd the
fact however, by the cashier giving him a
certificate OF deposit for that amount.
AT the auction OF the collection OF tho Mar.
quls Moutausler at Paris n copy OF the famous
manuscript "La Guriandc dc julie" on
forty sheets OF vellum was sold for $780,
The collection Of poems on howcrs called "La
Gulrlandc de Jucn was composed aud made
up In 1871 and presented 10 Julie ~ Angcunes,
daughter Of the Mryuls dc Rambouct The
latter had founded salon, or literary assem-
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