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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14

The Coreans are egg eaters and
many OF the japanese like their eggs
raw. says Cuyre,a Liferatnrc. Raw tish
is common article of diet In both
Japan and Corea. aud l attended a
japanese dinner In Toxic where slices
of white. uncooked trout were brought
In covered with ice and served as one
of the entrees. IL was not bad 90 taste.
and my Japanese friends ate IL with
great gusto. In Corea il is not UNI
common for the fishermen TO take a
bottle OF pepper-sauce along with them
aud eat fish as they take IL from the
hook. sprinkling bit OF rcd-hot chill
over il, aud eating II down without
cleaning anything off except the scales.
The Coreans are by no means par
ticular as 10 the manner Ina which their
fish and meals are served. The en-
trails are sold and eaten as well as the
rest of the meat. aud common dish
nj big dinner is chicken baked.
feathers, entrails and all. and served
whole on the table. The Corean Is the
greatest eater in the world. aud more
than any other man in the world he
lives 10 eat. The average man the
country over eats everything he can
get his teeth on. and he will take a
dozen meats day IL he have the
chance.
| had sixteen chair-bearers In a trip
which | took into the interior aud
these bearers stopped at every village
and almost every house 10 rest and
feed They would dart OIL one by one
into fields of turnips by the wayside,
aud for the next half-mile would 20
along eating raw turnips.
The bigger a man's stomach Is in
Corea the more wealthy he Is supposed
To be. and you see pot-bellied Young
sters everywhere you 20. A Corean
has short sack which comes down
Just below the middle OF his waist. aud
his full. baggy pantaloons are tied up
under this. Some of the baby boys
have outgrown the size of their jackets.
and you see belt of fat. yellow skin.
between the ends OF the pantaloons aud
toe beginning Of the coat.
Some of the wealthy ones wear bus
ties over their abdomens in order 10 in
crease the size of their fronts. The
king usually makes present to those
who have an audience with him. He
sent lot of provisions 10 the Ameri-
can generals "A few days after they ar
rived in Corca To recognize the army.
and there is no lack of good things In
the palace. The Corcan country pro-
duces good meat. and the Coreans are
greater meat eaters than the Chinese
or che Japanese.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14
Jane simmons. butcher.

Jane Simmons Is little squatty
mulatto Of about 90 years OF age. She
was born aud reared in Milledgeville,
aud was probably the first woman In
Georgia TO adopt the life of a butcher
as her chosen profession. She began
it. though, twenty years ago and has
made remarkable success In her bus
mess She had been the first assistant
Of Mr.. Dolly Ellison. who says she IL
the best butcher in the country. She
can KILL clean. and cut up More hogs
In a day than any man In baldwin
county. and She does IL with such ease
and grace that the entire populace are
constrained 10 marvel at her skill. She
enters a cowpen. chooses her beef.
slaughters il. and has IL ready for mar
ket In less time than IL would take 10
tell IT, Taken all in all. she Is the
quickest and best butcher in the coun-
try. and she would not exchange posi-
tons with Queen Observation-Disclosures
Consolidation.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14

GOOD AFTERNOON. 100 WING"
The Loo Wing who looked like nlgn.
binder, or man IN the last aud worst
stages OF mairimony. had vanished. In
lis place was trim Chinaman with a
perfumed pigtal curlcd about his head;
his scalp had been shaved and polished
10 a faint sky blue hue. IL was almost
n poem. Ii babblcd Of sunny violcts and
pale hucd forgetmc-nots. Loo Wing
wore a long. silk blouse. lowered gor.
geonsIy; yellow silk smalls were wrap
ped round his Oriental legs; his feet
were incased In blue silk shoes with soles
OF celestial whitencss. His lace was
wreathed In smile blander than new
butter
"Plitty day he remarked casually.
"Will Eye mally meY'
What exclaimed the evangelical
maiden in the grass green frock.
"Mally me. please. Mr. Loo Wing re-
peated pleasantly. but with no discount
cous emphasis
The young lady was equal to the c-ner.
gency. Somehow or other young ladies
usually are equal TO emergencies of this
sort
Page one; we will begin the lesson.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14

keeps the bank" Probably the latter
Aud Them
And thenf Why. l told him bc
must stop at once. II Is dreadful
playing with cards aud little pieces OF
wood-chips. they call them-and bet
ting money. aud everything like that"
Ibid be quitr
Yes"
IL hope he quit winner"
II don' know what you meau." the
young teacher went on. He closed up
his Gambling bank. Then be went 10
Kansas City and becams a missionary,
and the first Chinaman that tue Presby-
terrain Board Of Foreign Missions ever
sent To China was my old pupil. Lee Fla.
Thcrew
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14

here are a number OF
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14
The Literary Boom in Omaha.

II was during the period Of the cata-
loguing that "A well-kuown lady OF this
city came TO the little window aud
asked for novel. The librarian took
one from the shelves that she thought
would please the applicant when the
lady stopped her by saying;
''Ihe next one, please the next
volume
The librarian gave her the desired
book.
You see the lady said in explana-
ton. III just matches my dress. aud
she held the brilliant tan cover against
her gown In confirmation Of the statc-
ment. Omaha World Herald.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14

The third day Loo Wing appeared in
person. BY the way, almost every one
appears in person nowadays. Even
spooks do.
Loo Wing wore flowing robes OF but
tcrily hue. When his young teacher
came into the drawing-room he drew
from his blouse wax taper and stood IL
on the table Then he lit il.
"Alally me, pleaseY" he asked.
Nor
John Chnaman smiled and looked at
the taper.
"Mally me. pleases' he repeated.
MOI
"Clandle blum out len Mclean gel be
Loo Wings iii gel. be said. calmly.
The brown eyed. gimp wasted young
lady jumped 10 her feet and blew out
the candle The matrimonial project
went out In smoke Loo Wing sighed,
bowed. sighed again. aud vanished.
did you save his soul2" the reporter
asked
NO" said tho young evangelist. "but
boxed his ears.
Doubtless she did.
Women do things Of the sort now and
again.
The interviewer baited his hook with
another question.
is IL easy 10 Christianize China
man2' he asked
mo" was the answer. cit Is not
But IL can be doney
Beyond doubt"
rs once sufficient
ooh, yes. If Chinaman becomes q
Christian once he is usually sure in the
faith. But they are very skeptical peo-
pie Even when they believe they don {
believe. They are like the pilgrim of
Lourdcs you have heard the story
"But In all your three years expert.
encc. did you never save Chinese
soulG"
"Oh. yes" said the heroine OF the
candle and the grass green frock, u
saved one. But then. you know, u
took me two years. Shall tell you
about ~"
Yea"
This Is very serious. you must under
stand My aecond and last pupil was a
saffron -hued hcaihcn. lie was small
aud natty and dressed in American fash.
ion. | don't know how many years he
had been in America In any case lac
could talk English well. so did not have
10 teach a, b, 90 him He was bank
or. SO he said. That rather impressed
me. Papa owns shares In the bank, you
know Don't you think IL is nice 10 own
shares In bank2
bat must tell you about Lee Flu.
You know. | made him learn verse
/ of the Bible lesson every Sunday. Then
| used 10 read TO him and make him ex.
| plain the meaning OF the chapter | read.
He was very bright and very good. Dur.
| ing the two years / taught him we read
The Evidence OF Christianity and
Robert Esmere' and Fox's Book OF
Martyrs Then hc wanted TO join the
church. aud do you know what l found
outY'
No"
"lIc wasn't banker at all-hc was a
gambling. bankcrr
Just what gambling banker Is Il
hardly apparent; II may be n banker
who plays casino or gambler who
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14

Three children Ia the Sheffield. En-
gland. workhouse were done to death
a few days ago by the medical officer.
who carelessly wrote prescription for
twenty grains Of Dover's powder la ten
packets, instead Of for ten grains IN
twenty packets
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14

hotel. did we find ourselves uncoa.
sciously meditating over their fallen
greatness aud lost estate. Such was
this old Moorish cafe. and such the eff
feet il bad upon its visitors that mid
winter night. Chicago Times.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14
Peculiar Paralysis.

A business man Of gainesville. o..
Il afflicted with paralysis In very pc
culiar manner. His legs are powcrlcss
from dark until daylight. when he TO
covers the use OF them.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14


WASTED young girl, with brown eyes
and sedatc brown hair She has the
calm deliberatiye manner that BELTS one
who has to SOW good seed look out for
rocks and barren ground. aud brighten
away birds at the same time.
MY experience as teacher3' she
asked meditatively. Yes. | will tell
you all about il IL you wish 10 hear IT,
This, then, is the history OF three
years endeavor to regcnerate the bland
and artful heathcn IL was not unsuc.
ccssfnl. AT all events II was as sue
cessful as such endeavors usually are
The Sunday school IN question Is held
nj 3 O'Clock in the parlors OF IA South
Side church. There are twenty pupils
and the same number OF teachers. OF
course there are general exercises first
singing OF hymns, reading OF Scripture
passages aud more singing of hymns.
Then each teacher draws apart with her
own particular and peculiar scholar.
Her stock In trade consists Of primer.
with the Chinese on one side aud the En-
glish on the other.
These books are issued by the Board
OF Missions; IL goes without saying ON
oath that they IRE OF "A moral and relg-
ious tendency. Thus. for instances:
What Is this2'
This Is the cat.
do you love the cat2'
81 love the cat.
'Why doyou love the catY"
Because God made the cat
"What else did God maker
God made me.
There Is beautiful simplicity about
the morality Of this that doubtless drives
IL deep into the uututorcd ChInaman' =
soul. lie learns new reason for low
ing that harmless, necessary animal. he
knew before that il made an excellent
Tggout.
MY first scholar" the young teacher
explains. WAS named Loo Wing He
was a man OF about thirty. and had
laundry on State street near Twenty
second His head was shaved and he
wore long pigtail curlcd up on the
back OF his head. OF course he wore
Chinese clolhcs--a soiled blue blouse
and all that In fact he was n slovenly,
unpleasant looking man. lie looked as
sullen and sulky as a blue dog In Il black
cellar"
That was decidedly happy descrip.
tive hit, aud the young teacher fingered
over it with due appreciation. Then she
added that she drew up chair in front
OF him and sat down.
Good afternoon, Loo Wing" she
said. pleasantly
"Lo" returned the heather.
After this exhausting remark he said
nothing more, but he 10 oked at her.
from the pretty feather ON her hat TO the
hem of her grass green frock. II might
bc added without undue levity that her
grass green frock was la moved.
That Sunday little progress was made.
Ii may be that Loo Wing gained some
useful knowledge In regard 60 the proper
way Of draping fashionable frock, but
this. of course. is merely the first step
in the moral and religious education OF
the Chinaman. Ii had one good effect
The next week Loo Wing did trans.
formation act that could have given the
big scene In "Bluebeard Jr !" five pounds
aud a heating.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14
JOHN CIIINAMAN MY 10.
A YOUNG LkDY'S EXPERIENCE IN
CONVERTING THE HEATHsN.

raonisi Flame that Went Up In
smoke.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-14

here are n number OF
lChlnese Sund day
schools IN Chicago.
say the Tribune. The
pretty young women
who teach In them
are modest; they seem
TO have absorbed a
great deal OF that de
Oriental
quality.
One OF them, how.
ever. was persuaded
10 tell the tale OF her
educational aud evan
celical efforts. This
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-07
Al,LEGHENY,s MUDDLE,

The point at issue between the Library
Committee of Allegheny Councils and the
Board OF School Control was defined very
clearly at the conference between the SUBJ
committees of those bodies last evening,
with regard to the transfer of the present
library to the pew library building.
Mr.. D. B. divers very temperate way of
putting the case throws new light on the
dispute, which, it is to be hoped, may
produce an alteration in the attitude of
Councils. That the library should be
located in the Carnegie building is beyond
dispute; but that the Board of School Con-
troll has legal responsibility in the custody
of that library is also clear. MIR. divers
argument ought to impress every fair
minded man with the strength of his posi-
ton that a representation of the School
Board in the library management is called
for by justice and equity.
Nevertheless the dispute is an unprofta-
Bile and not very creditable one. Allegheny
should take urgent measures to settle it so
that the library can be opened and that
beautiful structure be put to the use for
which it was intended.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-07

confer upon the shipping interests OF all
nations. the physical difficulties to be over
come, the mismanagement of the enterprise
in the past, and the immense sums still
needed to complete the work, are calculated
to dampen the ardor of investors and guar
antors, be they individuals or Governments.
OF course, the commission finds the easiest
portion of its task to be the estimating of
what the canal will cost to complete. They
figure out that some twenty millions of
dollars would be needed to finish the canal
on the lock system, but they qualify this
sanguine estimate by saying that twenty
per cent must be added for unforeseen ex-
penses, about thirty per cent for the cost of
management and for interest, and wind up
with q further statement that forty-five
millions of dollars are needed before the
canal can be used. Seven or eight years
and this superb sum of money would, the
commission cautiously hopes, make the
canal something more than dream. The
time can be more readily procured than the
money. As it looks now, the Panama
Canal will never exist, except on paper.
Enough lives and treasure already have been
sacrificed at the isthmus.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-07
UNCLE SETH ON BROWNING.

I've been a readin' Brownin'-our schoolmarm
said he writ
The tallest kim er pottery the woris diskivered
yet;
Now 1 ike pottery better'n pie, or any kim er
sass.
An, banker fort like winter cows a-hankerin' for
grass.
took the hook down to the brook, I. 'T'll hey
1t rich,
I'll soak myself in pottery an sentiment and sich;
The brook,l kinder keep in tune, the bobolink an
birds
Will sing their song, an SO keep time with this
great poets words.'
An so started in to read twas just like ridin'
roun'
In big, bumpin', dingle cart right over new
ploughed groun';
An now am then the ex 'ud break, an down
you'd go kerhop
Then two or three more wheels 'ud bust, an then
the hoss 'ud stop.
An then he'd start Off on rush. an, 20 a-whirlin'
roun'-
Sometimes the cart wuz sideways, an sometimes
upside down;
An then there'd come an awful jolt q kinder
crazy crash.
An fust ye' d know the dlngle cart ,ud bust an
go to smash.
I'spose that's where the poem stopped-I didn't
read no more:
My bones wuz mixed permiscu's-like, an all my
Jints wuz sore;
The bobolink few up 9 tree, an never raised q
yip,
An went home, an u weeks wuz laid up nth
the grip.
IS. W. Foss IN Yankee blade.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-07
ECONOMY FOR FOOLS.

A New York politician is on record in q
cotemporary's columns as saying that under
the new ballot reform law no man who is
not fool will spend a cent to bribe voters,
either directly or indirectly. 'As the
voters can no longer be watched and ballot
cannot be Put into their hands. no man who
is not either drunk or crazy would trust a
purchasable person on that persons promise
to give his vote in consideration for a
price, this sapient politician graveIy
states. This is true, but not strikingly new.
A man who bribes voters under any circum-
stances is fool. He may be knave incl
dentally, but he is surely fool. The pro-
visions of the Australian system of voting
simply make the fooIishness of bribery
mere evident. New laws are not needed to
convince sane and honest men of the wicked
ness and foolishness of bribery. No laws
will avail to wesn fools from their folly.
Some time ago it was discovered that
though thou bray fool in a mortar yet
shall not his folly depart from him.
There have been striking illustrations in
recent years OF the inutility, so to speak, of
spending money to influence voters. Notably
a certain New Yorker who has worked hard
to earn the reputation of being frst-class
fool, at the last Presidential election gave a
large sum of money to a corruption fund.
He knows what a waste of money it was
now that be has been a candidate for all
sorts of places and has obtained none. Per-
haps under the new law fools will save
money; but that will be a small benefit
compared to the greater blessing of puri-
fed ballot.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-07
THE BLIND ASYLUM MYSTERY,

The revolution at the election of the
Board OF Directors OF the Blind Asylum on
Monday by which four of the most active
workers in the interest of that institution
were unseated, remains without any authori-
tative explanation. As the institution is of
quasi public character, it certainly seems
that tacit reputation of the Iabors that
have been expended in founding the insti-
tuition requires explanation. The intima-
tions that this is the result of the discussion
over the site given to the asylum by Mrs.
Schenley is one which can hardly be &C
cepted by right-minded persons, as it is i'm
possible to believe that any one would i'm
port such quarrel into the election of the
board. In the fret place there was no
foundation for any quarrel in the matter;
and in the next place, had there been one,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-07
THE GROVE-ECCLES WEDDING.
Nuptials of Charming Young Lady and a
Young Business Man.

Young Business Man.
An important wedding in the Fourth U. P.
Church of Allegheny last evening united Miss
Eliza Eccles, a charming young lady, and Mr..
John Grove, one of Pittsburg's prominent
young business men. The hour of the cere-
mony, 8 o'clock, witnessed the church filled
with guests, anxiously awaiting the bridal
party having entered through doors opened by
Messrs. John Mcintosh and Joseph Nc
Naugher, and escorted TO their seats by Messrs.
Archie Robinson, Lewis Beatty, James Barbour
and DR.. Samuel McNaugher, who also LED
the bridal procession to the flower-decked altar.
Miss Josie Scott as maid of honor, and Mr..
David McNaugher as best man, followed the
ushers, and preceded the bride and groom. In
the absence of the regular pastor of the church,
Rev. J. NJ. Fulton, d. D., the ceremony was
performed by Rev. W. ]. Reed, of the First U.
p. Church of this city,
In the costuming of the bride ard her maid
q pretty, unique, English style was introduced,
and exquisite hats of lace and flowers COM
peted their toilets Bouquets of roses were
carried, and the bride wore bridal gift from
the groom, pair of diamond earrings. After
the services at the church the more intimate
friends and relatives of the newly welded pair
were conveyed to 80 Fremont street. Alleg gheny,
where the reception was held, and where the
merry strains of Guenther'S Orchestra foated
through the heavily perfumed air of the bril-
lantly lighted and beautifully decorated rooms
ana MlnBleu Will bhe yoyouo lauSnteW anu
animated conversation of the company. An
elegant supper was served, and the presents, of
which there were a great many, were viewed
and admired. Later, Mr.. and Mrs Grove de-
parted for an extended Western wedding trip
They will at Portland, Ore, be the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Duff, the latter the
brides sister, and herself a bride of recent date
her nuptials having been celebrated in Allie
gheny it will be remembered. From there
they will take an ocean steamer and continue
their journey to San Francisco, and over the
Union Pacific home, at the expiration of six
waalSs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-07
MIR. cARNEGJE,s SOLUTION.

Only two days of Mr.. Carnegie's presence
in the city were required to utterly clear
away all suspicious of disagreement with
regard to the organization of the Pittsburg
library, and to restore the good feeling and
enthusiasm which the breadth and liberality
of his plans are calculated to evoke.
With regard to the original cause of dis
pute-the question of the election of sue
cessors to the members of the board selected
by Mr.. Carnegie-the outcome shows what
THE DISPATCH has already said, that the
point itself is of minor Importance. Its
only serious aspect was founded o. a mis-
conception, and while that misconception
may have given rise to some tart discussion,
the episode has been useful In producing a
solution that will be highly satisfactory to
all concerned. Upon the matter as now sx-
planned, Mr.. Carnegie is not only willing to
leave the ordinance in the shape passed by
Councils, but he goes beyond that IN pro-
posing equal representation, the representa-
tives of the city on the board being the same
number as the members nominated by him.
But even this happy and liberal termiua-
ton of an apparent difficulty is cast in the
shade by the splendid expansion of the
scheme which Mr.. Carnegie foreshadowed
in his interview with the committee OF
Councils yesterday. His first proposition
was of such magnificent character that it
seemed the sunlDlun bonum; but the exact
terms of that proposition do not half set
forth the breadth and far-reaching benef-
L L.,
not realized Mr.. Carnegie's determination
to make this institution his monument by
giving it scope and wealth that will not
only surpass the hopes of the past, but will
be without rival elsewhere in the country,
if not in the world. As will be seen by our
local Mr. Carnegie's intentions now include,
in addition to the original proposition, a
music hall, if the Bedford basin site is
decided upon, and an art gallery in
the vicinity of Schenley Park, which
he himself will endow with an ample in
come to be used in the purchase of collec-
tion of American art. The idea of a gallery
of this sort commencing with the revolu-
tionary artists and showing the develop
ment of the American school through pres
ent and future generations, is second only
to the first scheme of free library extend
ing its branches to all quarters of the city.
The only drawback to the public recep-
tion of this way of putting the project is
that Mr.. Carnegie has already beggared the
public of the terms of enthusiasm and graft
tude. He has taken remarkable and un-
precedented manner of solving all difficult
ties and uniting everyone connected with
the matter in cooperation to realize the full
grandeur of the proiect.