The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-02-08

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Al wedding in Birmingham, Ala, ono
OF the lady guests stole a watch. diamonds
and money.
The wise man knows that the best time
10 advertise Is In dull times Then he Is
sure OF n hearing.
Constantlnoplc has a real German turn
vercin, which celebrated last month It's
twentieth birthday.
A wine company In California last week
received an order from England for 500
gallons OF sweet wine.
Prince bismarck Is said 10 have the do
sire 10 write a play before he dies Great
men have peculiar weaknesses.
General Sherman Is great diner out
His list now runs far into the new year
and Is made up for every evening.
Edison has an eye open 70 the main
chance He says he cares more for business
orders than for foreign decorations.
French, the Boston sculptor. Is making
bust OF A. Bronson Alcott IL viii DO an
image OF good nature and bcneyolence.
The manufacture OF oil OF roses is TO be-
gin on a largo scale In the Crimea, where
the roses grow In great profuslon in the
mountains.
AZ Nnllc itANcu II Ehuhcf ilftd iouIO11u
shots NJ duck before he found out that IL
was a decoy placed on the water by two
school boys.
Nearly ninety members Of the present
congress were in the Confederate army in
stations ranging from private soldier TO
maior-gcneral
IL Is said that one of the English novel
lists Is able TO repeat from memory every
word he has written, aud he Is the author
OF many books.
Babies born with teeth are becoming
numerous In Ohio. A New Lisbon mother
has babe that had two front teeth before
IL was u day old.
The scientists at Harvard University
are engaged In experiments which they ara
confident will result In determining the ex-
act location OF the north pole.
Minneapolis has an anti treating society.
! The badge is white collar button worn on
the lapel OF the coat Usually the badge is
} Of fow days aud full Of trouble.
A west Virginia girl has saved money
enough 10 buy herself gold watch by
trapping musk rats, skunks and other
animals and selling their hides.
There Is In Windsor Castle a gold punch
bowl and ladle for which George Nv. paid
10000 guineas, but in which there has
never been a drop OF punch made
Professor John >. Newbcrry, In q lecture
ut Columbia college, Saturday, on the
Geological History OF Man." said there
are signs that man lived $1,000 years ago
You cannot depend altogether on the
good. George Eliot says: The blessed
work of helping the world forward happily
does not wait 10 DO done by perfect men,"
William HarroclSs, Philadelphia brake
man. was killed by the cars few days
ago. Three nights before his death one OF
his neighbors dreamed that he had been
killed.
Ed Howe has discovered that 'it IL hard
10 distinguish the man who Is working you
from the man who ndmires YOU 10
usually takes little time TO make the dis
covery.
One hundred and sixty seven bears were
killed In Maine during the year. The state
has paid out 1886, or e. per head bounty.
Over 81, 900 will be paid as bounty for kill
ing crows.
A Philadelphia undertaken who has
much use for his telephone, has had IL
rugged up on dumb walter arrangement
80 that he can answer call from any
part OF the house.
The Presidential responsibilities bear
lightly upon Harrison. When they come
too thick ho ''procures his fowling piece
and goes duck hunting. This is better than
having the dumps
Roadmastcr Molloy, OF tho Central Pacific
railroad, was attacked by wild cat near
Winnomucca recently. The cat had two
kittens and Mr.. Molloy happened upon
them unexpectedly.
The Sandwich Islanders pipe Is mado of
virgin cork lined with mcershaum and Is
curious by reason OF the pattern on the cork
made by the insects that feed on trees. It
is like delicate lace work.
The latest and most unique invention Is a
machine for buttering bread. IL Is used In
connection with great patent bread cutter
and Is Intended for use In prisons, work.
houses and other rcformatory institutions.
Tho British boat Brisk has given tho
most conclusive proof that torpedo may
be effective. She fired ono OF hers at a
buoy which had been towed out as q target
by her steam cutter, and, missing the buoy,
hit tho cutter and sank her.
In Georgia, when YOU ask man how far
IL Is 20 the next plantation, he will answer
that 10 Is "a peek and right smart
scrcech." He means that 10 In as far as YOU
can soc from where you stand aud then as
much farther as a strong voice can b
heard.
Mrs Libby Phillips, the last survivor OF
the Pequot tribe OF Connecticut Indians and
reported dead, turned up at birmingham,
Conn, recently, alive and told her friends
that she proposes % live a long while yet