The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-27
MISSING LINKS.

Thirty thousand dollars month Ia
paid ont for lottery tickets in Key
West. Fla.
The whole worlds produce OF salt
per annum Is 1900. 600 tons. England
produces the most.
Mrs. Eunce j. jose. nincty-onc-
year-old Saco. Me-. woman. is cutting
her third set OF teeth.
The aggregate debt Of all the col
onies of Australia il $2i5 per head OF
the population. or $6S8. OOH. 600.
Tomatoes are eaten in London for
biliousness. They arc proposed also
as remedy for chronic throat troubles.
The father of family was seen
lately bearing eight overshncs OF as
sorted size .'nestcdn like Chinese puE-
zle boxes
Fish Commissioner Stanley. OF Maine.
believes that there is more than enough
gold nj Swift River Me-, TO pay for
the digging.
There is an unclaimed letter In tho
Grass Valley. Cal. postollice for Mr..
|. You, hog merchant. Mr.. |. You Is
probably Chiuaman.
A boy at Nevada City. Cal. catches
lizards with hook baited with flies.
He throws his line on the rocks aud
the reptiles spring eagerly for the fly.
A bell. cast recently for the Kharkow
Cathedral. contains GS per cent OF pure
silver. Ii weighs GIG English pounds.
and It's vibrations last several minutes.
A vicious stallion at Rochester. Ind.
bit its owner In the shoulder. then at-
tackled passing dairymau. and finished
up by biting oil the car Of tho lattcr's
horse.
The export OF canarics from Ger
many is very large. Every year about
$50. 900 of these birds are sent Ia Amer
lea. 5000 to England and about 1900
10 Russia.
A single orange tree in Florida has
been known TO bear s 900 oranges in "a
year. Such a yield is excessive. rs n
grove that will yield / 900 to the tree
Is considered excellent.
II appears that the great majority Of
persons committing suicide In japan
are over fifty years Of age. Next ON
the list come persons between twenty
and thirty years of age.
Now that il Is decided that the mos
quito can transmit yellow fever aud
malaria by the puncturc with his little
bill, society will wage more deadly
war than ever upon him.
The largest reservoir or artificial
tank in the world is the great tank oi
Dhetar. twenty miles southeast OF
Udaipur. in lndin. Ii covers IN area
OF twcnty-onc square miles.
Ninety years ago Mr.. Palmer. an
actor. fell dead on the Liverpool stage.
The moment before his death he lnd
exclaimed. % God. q God. there Is
another and a better world
The Primrose League OF England Is
nearing the nlillonth member. Whom
the returns were made mp at the close
OF last month tho registered members
numbered $50. 1870. and the habitations
2. lO3.
IL Is told of n Young man In Han
cock Me. that. though he goes TO
meetings. parties and other gatherings.
he has never been known To speak tn
anybody but his parents. No reason
Is assigned for his silence.
A sycamore tree near Newtown,
Conn. is said to be IS feet high and "a
feet in diameter, while its. branches
shade nm area extending 80 feet from
the trunk. IL produces large aud
abundant white blossoms.
A bill will be introduced into parla-
ment next season which proposes To
restrict the public performances OF
hypnotic experiments. According to
medical testimony much harm Is done
by amateurs dabbing In this science.
The Cinnamon of New York have
given 10 their joss. ut l6 Mott street. .
new umbrella. which they had brought
over from China. IL is covered with
dragons aud other monsters with gilt
tering eyes. and Is said TO have cost
800.
/. N. Blankinship. OF Marion. Mass.
has clock which was made la 1882.
The works are OF brass and the clock
keeps ms good time as 1t did when IL
was made. 1853 years ago. but the ac-
counts vary as TO the Kind Of time it
kept la 1882.
The population OF the Dominion OF
Canada. according 10 the census OF
1881. was A. 1924 800. aud IL Is estimated
that by 1891 the figures will have in
creased TO 5. 270, 377. Preparations are
In active progress for taking the cen-
sus OF next year.
In Austria the hangman Is n man
named Seigfricd. who wears n black
uniform. with a cooked hat and white
gloves. He has never had TO hang q
woman. for the emperor thinks strang-