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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-29

The oldest man la the world Is q
citizen OF Bogota, in the Republic OF
San Salvador.
The new Methuselah declares that he
Is $50 years old. aud Ii would seem he
fatters himself. for his neighbors give
the assurance that he 10 older than he
saws be Is.
He is a half-brced. named Michael
Soils. whose existence was revealed to
DIR. Louis Hernandez by one Of the old.
est planters in the locality. who as
child knew Soils As a centenarian.
They have found in the year 1912 his
signature among those OF persons who
contributed TO the building Of Fran.
ciscan convent which exists near San
Sebastian.
His skin Is like parchment, his long
hair. OF the whiteness OF snow, envelops
his head like turban and his look Is 50
keen that II made disagreeable i'm
preston on the Doctor.
lnterrogated by the Doctor. he
answered complaisantly that his great
age was due TO his regular mode OF liy.
ing and to his never giving up to any
excess OF any sort whatever.
IL never eat but once a day, said he,
"but l never use any but the strongest
and most nourishing foods. MY meals
last a half hour; for believe IL Is i'm.
possible 10 eat more la that time than
the body can digest la twcnty-four
hours. fast the first and fifteenth day
OF each month, aud on those DAYS /
drink As much water AS | eau bear.
always let my food become cold before
| touch IL. II is to these things that 1
attribute my great age" = Union
Literatc Of Quebec.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-29

This Is the age OF patent new inyen-
tons for killing bodies and for saving
souls" Is what Byron wrote nearly :
century ago. There Is man over In
Trenton who comes forward TODAY
with scheme for killing bodies which,
he thinks. when duly patented will
reyolutionize modern warfare. Unless
he 10 In error. the plan will certainly
serve to put An end to battles, because
the inventor will by this ingenious de-
vice kill whole armies In a day. The
mans name Is Grinnell. lie Is Jersey
man and feels n little anxious TO know
what the effect Of his plan will be- be-
fore getting patent on Il. He wants
II used only In case II would put an end
to wars. The Jerseyman. YOU will see.
Is kind-hearted destroyer. His In
yention resides In the power "a pro-
duce lightning by artificial means.
by the use Of a small dynamo Grinnell
has already killed the flies In a 20x2O
room, and by little work In perfecting
his scheme he expects 10 be able 10 xiii
mn army any fair day Ia the week. The
act OF wholesale destruction will have
to be suspended on wet days--N r.
Letter.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-29

The yulture is said 10 fly, at times.
ut the rate of about 100 miles an hour;
the wild goose and the swallow, in
their migrations, make 30 miles an
hour, and the carrier pigeon has GER
tainly flown long distances at rates OF
speed ranging from go to 80 miles an
hour. and for many hours together.
The common crow ordinarily lounges
across country AT the rate OF twenty
five miles an hour, the speed OF rail-
way train. Professor Langley finds
that the power cxerted by the eagle ia
full flight Is but fraction OF one
horsepower. Mr.. Chanute computes
the power exerted by pigeon flying
?, 200 feet per minute. twenty-five miles
per hour nearly. at 1920 of horse
power per pound, or niue aud one-third
horsepower for a nying-machine OF
equally good form, weighing one ton,
ut twenty-five miles an hour. or about
fifty horsepower per ton weight &C
fifty miles. Mr.. Wenham, member
OF the British Aeronautical Society,
finds. In the pelican. au expenditure of
one-elcycnth horsepower by twenty
one pounds OF bird. aud this is one
horsepower 10 23l pounds. or about
horsepower for the weight of man.
allowing ample margin for surplus
power. The birds are found TO have
surplus lifting power Of about one-half.
Professor Langley has purchased re-
Gently for the Smithsonian Institution
the prize steam engine of the Aeronau-
teal Society Of 1868, which. with car
and screws. weighs only sixteen
pounds. and but thirteen without these
essentials. To the engineer these acts
certainly look encouraging. Forum.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-29

The interior of the grand cathedral
in the City OF Mexico is, even AT the
present day. after having been success
sively plundered. most magnificent.
IL contains live nayes. six affairs. and
fourteen chapels. which contain the
bones Of some Of the viceroys aud de-
parted great men OF Mexico.
A balustrade surrounds the choir. OF
"A metal so rich that an offer TO replace
IL with one Of equal weight la solid
silver was refused. This weighs twen-
ty-six tons, and came from China In
the old days OF Spanish dominion. when
the richly freiyhted gai'cons OF Spain
sent their cargoes overland from Aea-
pnlco 10. Vera Cruz ON the way to the
mother country.
The high altar was formerly the rich
est Ia the world, and vet retains much
of It's original glory. II contained
candlesticks OF gold SO heafy that a
single one was more than a man could
lift, chalices. cruets. aud pyxes Of gold
inctusled with precious metal studded
with emerald, ametbysts. rubics, and
supplies.
:. The statue OF the Assumption (now
missing) was OF gold. ornamented with
diamonds and Is said TO have cost ell
OVO. 600 There was golden lamp.
valued Ut $40 900. which Il cost at Que
time VI 900 10 clean. but according 10
a French writer and the joke Is his
the liberal troops cleaned il for moth
ing. aud IL has not been seen since.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-29


WIN you write In my autograph-bookr' said
And 81 dared not answer nay.
Though he heart beat quick. and bis breath
Ana be trtmbled In dlsmay:
For be loved the maid and WAS sore afraid
And hs dared not answer nay.
10 he took the book and prayed for thought
And long for = thought al pray
Ard long did be look In the dictionary book.
And the cyclic pedI-a
n Will write verse" said he. that 10 terse,
And bAng-up. And D. X.
Aud be searched thro' the Library or song"
And he searched many day.
n will show the maid that the poetry trade"
tAid he. ID just my lay;
j vii md = ycrse that u sweet aud terfe.
~ hunt forever and syei"
Aud he searched long. and he found verse
~ the end Of the fortieth day.
Soc will think every iine." he chuckled, 10
sApd he laughed full loud and gay.
= ~ ge-ni-us. aud make no fuss
TO write good verse. Hoo-rzyw
Then he turned the pare. and his rivzl's name
HN writ with much display
re<th the very same verse. and IL made him
curse.
And his raven locks turned gray.
AUD he fell on his side and quickly died
OF hy-p1-chon.drl-a.
s.w. Foss In Puck.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-29
Always Happy.

First Cave -DwelIer - MornIn. Mr.
Vanderbilkl
Second Cave Dweller-Ahi good morn
In, Mr.. Astpre. Didn't see you al til
hnance meetln' Yesterday.
First Cave Dweller---No. Yer see, me
and jay had L go down an boom up
them Missouri PacIfcs or we'd lost a
pile. Judge.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-29

She--"You are very kind to invite me
10 90 sleighing, bud--did your horse
ever run awayr He-"Often. You
see. am careless about horses. and Of
ten let the relns fall 10 the bottom OF
the sleigh and drive with my feet" She
--"IIl Ro."-A " Weekly.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-29

The King Of Italy has sent TO King
Meneiik carved wooden throne
swsasy-four feet high
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-29

The largest aud best paying graphite
mine In the country Is ia Warren
county, N. Y. In the same region are
also extensive garnet mines. the ore
from which Is worth $40 ton.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-26
To Correspondents.

Our mail now averages from nine to
twenty letters daily, and the major part
are letters asking for advice; but of ask
ing questions and leaving a space for an
swer, it is part on one page and part on
the other. | am willing to give all the
information | can, if you will observe the
following: You need not hesitate in ask
ing a whole string of questions. LIST.
Ask in as small space as possible, just
what you want to know and leave space
enough for areply to each question. Then
enclose stamp or a stamped envelope,
and you will get reply at once. think
it would be good plan to have ques-
ton column in our Poultry Department,
so that all could have the benefit. Then
if persons want an answer at once, it could
he mailed and copy kept for the paper.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-26
HOW,S This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Hall's Catarr> Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, 0.
We the undersigned. have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, aid Ne
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bus
mess transactions, and financially able
to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
West & Traux, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo. Ohio.
Walding. Kinman & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio
E. III. Van Hoesen, CASHIER Toledo Ma
tional Bank, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surface OF the system. Price,
75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-26
Jigger Fleas.

The jigger flea has made it's appear
ance again, / should say Judging from
my correspondence. [ never had the
pests in my yards, but | should try
hard to get rid of them as soon as posi-
BILE if | had and this is what | should do.
Make an ointment of vasaline and oil OF
pennyroyal. Make it strong enough so
that it smells loud of pennyrOyal. For
adult fowls anOint the hens around the
crest and under the wings. We know
they only attack the head, but this pre-
caution will keep them off the fowl.
For very young chickens use very
little on the top OF the head only. The
sand and houses are frequently full OF
feas. To rid them make a strong kero-
sene emulsion, and sprinkle the sand and
houses every morning until you either
rid the premises or are satisfied it is not
effective. Then take sulphuric acid, one
cupful to pail of water (use a. wooden
paiD, and with an old whisk broom or
one made of palmetto leaves, sprinkle
the sand and houses. Try this for three
days and note the effect. do not say
this is effective but | believe either RENE
dy will do if persevered in. If you are
troubled with these pestsgive this trial
and report, through the columns OF the
FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT. r. W. A.
Ormond, Fla, Feb 5, 1890.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-26
The Home of the Feathered Tribe
Florida

Florida
A subscriber asks, in the November is
sue of the Poultry Keeper, if poultry Gull
ture would not be more profitable in a
warm climate-Florida, for instance-to
which heeditor replies, eve believe not"
And the second question the subscriber
asks is, would there be a greater pro-
duction of eggs?" To which the editor
says, "No"-with big N.
am going to answer thequestion from
a different standpoint-one of experience
both in Ohio and Florida. We will first
consider the advantages in Florida as
we see them, then the disadvantages.
Everyone will admit that warm wealth
er is conducive to egg production. When
the warm sunshine of spring follows the
bleak winds of March we then hear the
merry chatter Of the Leghorn as she
seeks to make a deposit of her credit for
food rooo;vud Ac tho coocnn oHvoDooc
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-26
Poultry Show.

Ocala is to be credited with the first
poultry show in Florida, to be held i'll
connection with the Semi Tropical Expo
sition, February 9th, 28th and 29th.
We hope to see it we'll patronized, as it
ought to be. The premiums for the
poultry department. amount to $3.50.
We are promised full particulars, this
week. There will be incubatOrs and
brooders in full operation, and full line
of poultry appliances, so don't fail to
come, you will be interested and benefit
ted.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-26

hen was cackling from her nest,
A frog lay in his pond at rest,
And thus the chat ering ninny
ADDRESSED himself to Biddy:-
"You much annoy me by your chatter,
What on earth can be the matter?
And why is this disturbance NADER"
''Simply because an egg I've laid
''Simply egg and such row?''
"Only an egg, do avow.
You seem great umbrage to take
At hearing the noise make,
While / have nothing to say
At your croaking night and day.
Leave me then, a useful hen,
To announce the good l do to men;
While you who are only a swell
Hold your tongue, you've nothing to tell. y
Panama Park IRIARTE.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-26

In sending in orders for eggs | would be
obliged to my customers, if they would
send postoffice money orders, or postal
notes instead of personal checks, as a
majority OF my remittances are. Unless
they are on banks where our merchants
do business they have to charge for col
lection, which comes out OF my pocket.
If there is no money order office cOnven-
lent, we will receive the checks at par.
E. W. AMsDEN.
Ormond, Fla. Feb. IL, 1890.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-26
Mil0rCaS, Rrall2S, COc1inS,

And 30 additional varieties Land and Water
Fowls. Eggs 81 per 10 and upwards.
No Circulars; write for what you want.
Two-inch mesh best quality galvanized wire
netting ~ of a cent pr square foot, widths from
II to 70 inches. Dried ground beef for Poultry,
Swine and Dog Feed, 41@c. per pound. Fresh
granulated shell, &c per pound
A. J. ADAMS, Manatee, Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-26

To whom all correspondence in regard to this
department should be addressed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-26
THE FROG AND THE HEN-A FABLE.

TRANSLATED FOR THE POULTRY DEPARTMENT BY A
LADY READER.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-13
BERGEN BREEZE.

Tally-ho excursion trips viii be the
feature of the season and will bring
many society favorites in from the
mountains and seashore to partiei-
pate In the pleasant journeys. A
series OF these excursions will be
given The first was held on Friday
and the coach went to the Orange
Mountains. Morrow & Day supplied
the collation..
The big Postmaster has seen the sea
serpent 1t is long snake like crea-
ture with a series of fins that recalls a
procession of canoe clubs with sails
up. He has procured an anchor with
a hollow shaft in which he intends
inserting a little dynamite. When
the serpent bites the seductive bait
off will go the dynamite and the sea
serpent will cease to terrorize mari
ners and fishermen.
The itinerant evangelists have APP
peared and all the small boys are
whistling hymns.
There is talk of forming a boat
club.
Mrs. Jonathan Meyers contem-
plates presenting a two-story brick
dwelling to the Boys Progress Socie-
ty for club house.
A number of jolly fellows will 20
into camp at Greenwood Lake or
Lake Hopatcong.
Doc johnson is being urged to open
a dancing academy. Prof. Jeanfil
will not be bad sign to hang over
the door.
John Dingwell and Frank Higgins,
two Of the stars of the first magnitude
of the Fisk Dramatic Society, are
billed to do an act at Washington 1t
is expected that they will be able TO
tell the exact number of railroad ties
between this city and the Capitol
when they return.
The prospect of the young men now
detained by business of getting away
this season is not bright. The girls
who are at home are great ice cream
consumers, and the purses Of the gal
liant young men are in consequence
very IOht
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-13
The Tourney of the Toes.


There were ten little fellows who started one
To make ON the road of existence their way,
To seek for its joys and meet with its woes,
And the name they were known by was Ten
Baby Toes.
Five got in one sock, and declared they were
And found found fine dwelling, snug. pleasant. and
Ana then the five Others, of brothers bereft,
Jumped into another, and said they were Left
with each, Master Big Toe, he marched AT one
CTyo Big Toes were brothers. to strengthen and
And he is the stoutest of all the five toes.
AS he ought to be, getting such stubs as he
goes.
Sometimes Right was foremost, and left Left be-
hind.
Then Left in the front, with Right1eft you would
find
But however these brothers in rivalry wed.
Whenever they rested they stood side by side
They shared the same burden--the baby above
And mother declared that they shared the same
love,
And ali Just as precious, since everyone knows
That Baby can't spare the least one of his Toes
Together they'll Jog to meet quiet or strife,
From the bright rosy dawn 70 the evening OF
When their journey will end; but tonight they
To the chamber above from the parlor below.
Up stairs they must go. so the mother AYERS
The whole Of them clasped in those soft hands Of
hers.
Where she'n put them to bed, and the curtains
For they re all very sleepy. thosssTen Baby Toes.
Thomas ffufln English.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-13


My sweetheart is poet; he is graceful, slim
and tall:
His hair is dark and curly, and it's long;
His face is like q saint, he can play and dance
And he'd charm you With the way he sings a
song.
But he's always in dream, and to strangers he
might seem
Like man with purpose or a plan:
Yet he's not so very tame, for he gets there all
the same,
Though they reckon him an absent minded
man.
The editors all state that some day he will be
great,
That he simply runs" where other people
Though 10 see him in his walk, and to listen to
his talk
You'd surely think the man was half asleep.
But he never loses temper and he never seems
TO fret
And the money in his pocket freely flows;
That he don't know where it 1 comes from
'twould be very safe to bet,
And safer. that he don't know where it goes.
get so very nervous when he takes me out to
dine,
often feel as though I'd like to scream;
For frequently prevent him adding eatsup to
his wine,
And stop him putting salt in his ice cream,
Yet he says am an angel and the star that
guides his life,
And then, you know, he loves me al he cam
Though really don't suppose that he ever Will
propose,
He IS such a very absent minded man.
George T. Deuyr in Puck.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-13
ABOUT THE CITY.
Tie Condensed Pirate Does
Up His Fellow Citizens
in Rainbow Colors.
PAuLus PIcKINGs.

a great artistic fad of some of the
leading New York papers is to
produce the portrait of certain
prominent individuals at present
in the prime of life, and then
Immediately alongside show the like
ness of the same individual twenty
or thirty years hence. 1t would not
require much effort TO accomplish this
with Counsellor George L. Record.
Let him sit by the side OF his aged
father and you can readily discern the
picture of young George when the
frosts of time shall have silvered that
mass of dark brown locks that sweep
back from his classical forehead The
head-covering of the venerable Mr.
Record is the counterpart of that worn
by the counsellor, with the exception
of color. 1t is as white as the driven
snow.
Almost everybody predicts a hor-
rible catastrophe at the Newark ave-
nue. crossing of the Pennsylvania
Railroad before the improvements are
completed. Certainly the company
has taken all precautions in its power
at present to avoid such; but pedes-
TRANS and even car and truck drivers
often rush heedlessly through the
lines of hagmen stationed on each
side to warn them of approaching
danger.
Enoch J. Smith has added bril-
liancy to the razzle-dazzle appear
ance of his brass lined saloon by the
.resplendent CLEANS of Edison incon-
descents.
Seneca Barker's friends twittingly
allude to him as .Sinecuren Barker.
Seneca is clerk in the Tax Com
Inissioners' Office and a more genial or
whole hearted fellow does not
traverse the realms of Mayor Cleve-
lands do-minions.
There is some talk among the
down town members of the Liquor
Dealers Association of running a
periodical to be devoted exclusively
to the interests of the liquor dealers
of this county President Patrick
MeArdle says the talk is ali ''guff. u
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-13

styles of gowninR, they are of the richest
and most artistic patterns. and special
kinds are made for special effective pur-
| poses.
The necks OF the stylish Louis Quatorze
vests worn with elegant gowns of POtfi-
padour brocade and similar costly fabrics,
have folded lace or crepe-lisse frills
around them, with frills of the same
down the front. A deep farlng cuff Of
the broeade with some lace inside finishes
the edges OF the sleeves. A Verones
brown velvet coat forming a princess
dress, is made to open over a Louis Qua
| torze vest Of ecre satin, embossed with
gold and brown nasturtium blossoms.
| With this is large Directoire crayat of
gold lace.
A great many women are annoyed by
the rapidity with which braid wears off
their dress skirts The best qualities of
skirt braid are finer, and often do not
wear as long as the cheaper, coarser ones.
The very best material for bindings dress
skirt is a bias band of good velvet put on
as roll. 1t will outlast three pieces of
Worsted braid, and, moreover, will save
more than its cost in saving fine walking
shoes from the wear on the instep caused
by the friction of braid; this often causes
the shoes to be shabby here before any
| other part of it Is perceptibly worn.
The new stockings have corded stripes
in quaint mixtures of color and are made
in the finest silk. Another novelty is
Stimulating black Iacings on the front Of
the foot For the drawing room real
white lace is let into the insteps of white
blk stockings and open work and en-
rosidery are often blended.
Numbered with English models are hats
somewhat in the sailor form, but there is
scarcely any brim at the back, though it
widens ana inclines upward toward the
front; the crown is higher at the back
and has for trimming a large bow. These
hats are intended to be worn rather back
ward, and are in black, cream and col
ored fancy lace straw.
| Among novelties in jackets are those
braided in black tubular and tracing
| braids on colored ciotn. Others have q
long roll Medici collar braided On both
| sides This stands up high around the
| throat and gradually becomes narrower
as it approaches the edge of the jacket
] fronts.
| Very seasonable and odd is a corkscrew
/ with the handle representing the tiller of
! a yacht. The spiral portion is joined to
| the handle by coil of silver rope with
moOnstOne examinations
| In a recent importation of stamp boxes
for gentlemen's chains is one formed like
a square locket and having one side fitted
with glass.