The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20
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the United States are held by foreign
ers.
Provo, Utah, has red-hot anarchist.
His wife supports him by taking In
washing.
An Engllshman proposes laying deep
sea electric cables by means OF sub
marine boats.
There are 10 s62 school districts. Co.
372 teachers aud $500 900 school chill
dren in Japan.
Liverpool has population OF 100
600. Methodism has mem bership OF
$4,000 in the city.
An English firm has purchased the
right 10 slaughter and pack 500. 600
hogs year in Servia.
There were Sc 9si paupers in Lon
don in the third week in July-4.2l5
indoor aud So 100 outdoor
The American congregational church
es have resolved 10 give f2. 600 annual
~ for evangelical work in France.
There are over 1000. 900 pores in
the human body. and yet we are SUR
prsed because some men are spongcs.
As soon ms the town OF Santa Bar
jara. Cal. gets pipes laid To the gas
well IL will cost only $40 "A year for
fuel TO each householder.
Over ll0000-to be exact. 11i.5S9
emigrants embarked during the last
quarter from the various ports nf the
British Isles. These include 81. iGS
Foreigners.
BY the late cyclone in Finland. al
most unprecedented In So northerly a
region. some 10000 trees have been
blown down between Vi5org aud Viii
mannstrand.
Ii may interest some of our readers
TO know that more than one supposed
authority declares that the leaves of
the tomato plaut are more medical
than the fruit.
A New York money prince has re-
Gently ordered n set of brass floor reg
listers plated with gold in an exceed
ingly ornate design. The registers
will be placed in the owners palace.
Ii is said Ed Osborn. of the Wan
paca. Wis. starch factory. will clear "A
cool $4,000 on his potato deal this
season. He contracted for all the POI
tatoes in his vicinity nc Is to 20 cents,
aud the chances are they will be worth
81 this fall.
A large vein Of pure white sand.
suitable for making glass, has been
found near Pittsburg Pa. The dis
c0yery will save the glass manufact-
urers of that city thousands OF dollars
annually. ms they have hitherto been
obliged to send across the Allegheny
Mountains for their sand.
X. Lyman. of St. John. n. b.. is the
posse~sOr Of dog that be claims
has quite "A keen instinct for business.
A few days ago. when the dogs license
needed renewing. he turned up with
81 bill aud placed il at the feet of the
owner Mr.. l.. Immediately went aud
took out the license.
According TO reports from the prin
cipal applejack producing region Of
the country Gu belt extending across
southern New York and northern New
Jersey. between the Hudson and Del
aware riycrs). owing to the failure OF
the apple crop. there will bc little OF
the intoxicapt made this year.
The worlds stock OF diamonds has
teen years. la 1876 the output of the
African mines was about 1900. 600
carnis. last year IL was over 4. 600 600,
and the trust which controls all the
principal mines assert that they have
l6.OO0,OO0 carats lin sight" ut the pres
ent time.
II Is n risky thing To receive into tho
bosom OF the family a long lost son
who has no strawberry mark To- idcnti-
~ him. A Pennsylvania farmer has
been yictimized by clever sharper.
who personatcd the returned prodigal
long enough To eat the fattcd calf aud
secure $1,000 Ia cash. Then he lost
himself again.
II Is "A well-known fact that persons
grow somewhat shorter as they reach
advanced years. owing TO settling"
Of the bOnv structure. A noted ease IN
reported from Harrington. Del. where
man died recently who. owing TO "A
contraction OF the spine. had become u
foot shorter then he was when he
stopped growing.
A French scientist, Victor Mcnnicr.
has calculated after careful inquiries
that American dentists insert about
$3.50. 600 worth Of gold annually into
the teeth Of their customers. The
Scientific american says. that making
allowances for the increase OF popula-
ten. In less than 100 years American
cemeteries will contain larger amount
Of gold than now exists in France.
The average life OF rabbit Is put mt
about nine years The doe may have
young eight times u year. averaging
eight each time. The first litter Is
Droduced when hut four months old