The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-10
FACT AND FANCY.


cents day.
c.org,. farmers In progressive districts have
,,sn,sd tleir corn crops, and expect to plow
In few weeks
Cheeserine Is the latest fraud In England.
II has suggestion OF cheese Us A"e''SAn
oleomargarlne suggests putter'
Turkish porter was seen at Adrianopie
walking brlsky down the street Win neaVy
American piano strapped 10 his back
The foliage OF a great white oak tree at
vernon Ala. Is half dark green and the 9TH
ar half yellow throughout the summer
According 10 the latest statistics, there are
in France la.27502i cattle, 22,6Ss.sSO sheep.
i,4co,1l2 goats. 5,74,9s4 pigs ana s'soo'fo9
larm horses.
Some people are wondering just now wheih'
49, a. would be easier for herd OF eameis to
oass through the eye OF crochet needle or
Tor n eoal-dealer TO 20 to heaven.
The coming orange crop OF southern Cali
fornIa Is now expected TO be greater tnan last
GEAR. The official estimate IL Zoo 70 LOW car
loads. against 1900 carloads the past season.
A 4-year.old little. girl trembling with fear
IN recent terrific thunderstorm, suddenly ex'
claimed: .sMamma, every time II hghtens
aces the sky open and show little OF OF The
golden street"
Sam Small claims that the cowboy style OF
preaehInc does good. II may be. Perhaps II
the founder OF Christianity had travelled
around with variety show he would have
made more converts.
Brazil shareholders are opposed 10 the eA-
tnctlon OF slavery, because OF tine impossr
bility OF carrying on the conee p'autauons
prontably with paid labor. They shou'o STUDY
the result In the United States.
Free soup has been source OF trouble IN
New York. and Is no longer provided Tor the
moor. IL was found To bring tramps To the
CITY. and 10 aid the undeserving poor. rs In
all indIscriminate charity giving
Al the late convention OF farmers at Hart
fort. CT. Prof. Alvord remarked that the IN
nuence OF the breed on the constitution OF put
ter was OF the highest order. and that ioou
was OF comparatively small effect
The reason that the use OF coffee has de-
creased so much iu England is said TO be that
n "a seldom properly made. People make
! their coffee MS they do tea, and they are as
/ gustcd with the disagreeablc connection.
young preacher picked up Bishop Pierce's
hat and put II on his own head, aud II was ex-
actly At. "Why, bishop said he, your
head ana mine are exactly the same size"
yes" replied the bishop, ION the outside"
Parson Fltzroy is nothing II not elegant In
his pulpit dictlon; but he rather surprised his
parlshloners on Sunday. when be rose to the
supreme felicity OF referring TO Lots lady,
who was transformed into a monolith OF chlo-
ride OF sodium"
The British Government declines emphati.
cally 10 Join the Australian Government IN APP
proprlating SOS. 900 for an Antarctic exploring
expedition, on the ground that the combined
sum OF $50, 600 would be too small for such an
expensive undertaking
Prof. johnson stated, at the meeting OF the
Connecticut Board OF Agriculture, that In
Germany, where this subject had been studied
at experiment stations. palm cake meal was
the only substance which had appeared 10 In
crease the butter fat In milk.
The desert OF Sahara is becoming inhabita.
BILE, and colonization is encouraged through
the aid OF science. After period OF thirty
years, forty-three cases have 1900 inhabi-
tants, and 100 900 trees between one aud seven
years old and 1000 fruit trees
Fruit trees acquire most OF their growth by
night The fruit OF the cherry laurel, for in
stance, Increases at the rate OF ninety per
cent. at night and only ten per cent. by day;
while apples increase eighty per cent by
night and twenty per cent. In the day time.
'Do you intend TO hear the new minister
tomorrow" inquired a member of the dea-
con. .sNo, don't. Pm not going 10 hear
any new preacher until / know what folks
think about him. "But you ought 10 use
your own judgment" II never work on sun.
day."
A peculiar feature OF Long Lake. Ia Wcx-
ford County Mich, is that II gradually rises
and subsidies once every few Years II has
been rising for the past four or five years, and
the Grand Rapids ~ Indiana Railway has
been obliged TO abandon It's old roadway along
the shore.
Manitobans arc ngitAting a scheme to trans
port the whole population OF Iceland. about
$4,000 to that country. together with their
fiocks and herds. This would be a remarkable
exodus. There has been a steady flow OF lee
landic emigration to Canada for the last ff-
teen years
The largest diamond ever found ia the Uni.
ted States was picked up by iaborer en-
ployed Ia grading street at Manchester Va.
II weighed 23k carats In the rough aud ilSl
carats when cut IL passed into the posses
sion OF Capt Samuel Dewey. aud john Nor
rIssey once loaned $1,000 on "a.
The American Brepsr says 1t Is now excep.
tional where a brewer uses over one TO ~
pounds OF strong hops to the barrel OF beer.
In old times, six pounds OF hops were used 10
the barrel OF stock ale, which is nearly twice as
much as 10 now used by brewers. Upon the
present systems OF brewing less hops are used