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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-04-17
monument.

The design, as approved by General Sher-
man, is here produced. The monument is to
be made of what is known as fine hammered
Westerly stautary granite Of light color.
It will be four feet eight inches by three feet
eight inches atthe base and nine feet six inches
high and made in three sections. 1t is to
stand beside the granite cross which General
Sherman year ago erected to the memory
of his wife. In height, material and finish
the monument WILL by the Generals direc-
ton, correspond with the cross. There will
be no ornamentation Of the monument ex-
cept on its front. On the top his well-known
gold and silver combination badge will be
represented. 1t consists of a gold pin,
from which is suspended a ribbon in
the national colors. The ribbon supports
an arrow from which a triangle is
suspended. To the triangle gold shield is
attached With an acorn pendant. On the
centre of the shield is a star with a cartridge
box engraved on its center. The arrow,
triangle, shield, star, cartridge box and
acorn are each the emblem Of one of the
army corps with which General Sherman
was associated during the war.
Below the badge are two furled flags, one
the headquarters banner of the General Of
the army and the other the regulation
national flag. It is reproduction of the
two flags as they stood in the Generals late
residence in Seventy-frst street, New York
Below the flags in addition to the modest
inscription given there will be added simple
record Of his birth and death.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-04-17
GEN. SHERMAN'S DESIGN.

The Simple Monument He Selected TO
Mark His Grave in St. Louis
Work has begun on the monument which
was designed by General ". T. Sherman
himself to mark his grave in Calvary Gene
terry, St Louis. The monument is being
made by the New England Monument Com
pany.
A few weeks before his death General
Sherman called on Mr.. Garfield, of the
Monument Company, and expressed his
views as to a proper monument to mark his
grave. A drawing was prepared, and after
1t was somewhat modified. according 10 sug-
gestions made by the General, he accepted It,
saying he would place it among his papers
and leave a request for his executors to carry
out the design. Shortly after the Generals
death his son, the Rev. P. T. Sherman, ar
ranged with Mr.. Garfield 10 prepare the
monument
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-04-17
FELL FIVE HUNDRED FEET.
The Horrible Fate of Four Men in q
Kansas Salt Mine

At the Lyons Kap.) Rock Salt Company's
mill four men were descending the shaft in a
bucket early on a recent morning. when
the traveller became 1oosened and fell to
shaft The four men in the bucket were
instantly killed. Two of them had the backs
Of their heads cut off completely from their
eyes to the base of the skull Three were
disemboweled. One wss so badly mangled
as to be almost unrecognizable. The names
of the men were: Thomas Beach, married;
Nelson Van Brockiin, married; loves a
widow and three children; Thomas McCand-
less, single; Fred a. Miller. single.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-04-17

IRE contract for erecting monument to
the unknown Dead of the great Hood
whose bodies rest in the Grandview Gene
terry. at Johnstown, Penn, has just been
awarded. The base is to be twelve feet high,
and the granite shaft will rise twenty-one
feet. six inches. It will be surmounted
by three figures representing Faith, Hope
and Charity. The monument is to cost $65O9
and is to be completed by May 81, 1892.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-04-17
AFREIGHT TRAINS PLUNGE
Thirty-Nine Cars Piled on Top of
Locomotive-Three Men Killed.

and Reading Railroad was ascending the
grade from Locust Summit Station on a re-
cent night the locomotive jumped the track
near Barry Station, Penn, and rolled down
the embankment, carrying with it thirty-two
freight cars. Engineer Andrew Walker and
Fireman John Oches, also Frank Myers,
passenger engineer, who was riding to his
home at Tamaqua, we're instantly killed.
Conductor William E. Hoffna and Brake
man Lewis Cockert and Jacob Yenancer
were injured the former fatally. The cause
of the wreck is attributed to the spreading
OF the rails
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-04-17

MAJE>R JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, Indian agent
&C Standing Rock, South Dakota, says there
has been little communication between the
Standing Rock Indians and those of the
first of the year, which is an Indication Of
peace. 1t is probable that the next trouble
experienced will be with the Shoshones, who
live Just across the linz in Manitoba.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-04-17

GENERAL RosEcRANs, the Register of the
Treasury, is remarkably vigorous at seventy
one years. He breakfasts every morning at
seven, reaches his desk by nine and remains
there hard at work till four. The bulk Of
his salary goes to old soldiers and other
needy claimants on his charity.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-04-17

THE Chilean Government has bought,
through its agents in Hamburg, several fast
steamers which will be fully equipped as
cruisers to operate against the insurgents.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-04-17

The census of the United Kingdom, &C.
General, gives population of 80, 900, 600.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-20

this weak had In her trousssAu Just eig hteen
evening gems. not q Of which came I'M
der d hundred dollars. One ct them "
Illustrated hero was OF tho richest pink sAtin
brocado yelled with pale blue embrotdereu
chiffon caught mp on waist and skirt WIN
clrysanthemums formed of punk al.d blue
baby ribbon. The neck ties draped mtsdessly
high With mass of pink and blue forgtt-me-
notsnestling ut the right side. Tho COM
panion gown which il laid away
IN the wardrobe Of a beantafnl
dark eyed debutante, against the night OF
her first dance at Sherry's, in likewise OF
satin b~rocade--a rich ivory white. The
shirt has d narrow frill Mt foot ind u veil
ING Of tho finest white Brussels net, edged
with a very full puff. Over that falls q
second skirt OF the same fine white net, en-
broidered with roses and leaves in vivid
scarlet chenille and shaded green silk hoss.
IL is edged with broad shallow chenille
wrought scallops. puff OF the net hides
the function OF waist and skirt, the neck is
d aped high and the sleeves end IN a rutiie
failing over the arm.
Rat If you happon to be scrawny instead
OF plump and dimpied, you need no longer
be a figure of fun in evening cross.
1t is reckonea rather swagger, indeed, 70
wear a high gown seuli-occaslonally. A
good model had a skirt of rosy heliotrope
brocade. plain, but exqnisitely cut, and
sweeping out in a moderate tram. 10 wear
with it there was a longish coat OF the soft
est fine WOODEN cloth, exactly matchlng the
brocalse ground. 1t hed long sleeves win
deep cuffs ans. ruiies OF cream lace, = roll
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-20

ing collar, a neck frill and very handsome
iabot down the silk front, from which the
cloth rolled back in double revers. Beyond
question il was a mighty fetching combine
ton. but one that would require for its sue
cessful wearing the temper of a cherub and
the complexion Of a seraph. For only a
bodiless wearer could hope to escape spoil
ing its tricky ~tint-which has a further
habit Of m aking most wearers who put it
on look paly purple or ereeny yellow
frights.
Having exhausted the odd, the bizarre, the
impossible headgear gives signs of return
ing sanity. Witness these three heads. The
bonnet is of soft futed velvet with a high
pulled crown and handsome heron feathers.
Wide, very rich passamenterie is laid fiat
over the brim. and ribbon velvet strings
come out from the back. The wide hat is
of cloth laid smoothly over a shape and
trimmed with lace plumes and q row of
gold galoon. The third, a French felt, is
very small and flat with a wreath of tips, a
spotted black and white wing rolling back,
and Il cluster Of velvet loops moderately
high at the back.
I have left myself no space to tell of
gloves and ichus and heaps of more small
things which are really the great points of
the toilet. AS a last word. take the assur-
ance that the sable boa crushed up beneath
this young woman's chin is the very moral
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-20

without her pedestal, she is all car vod
out of one solid piece of ivory-and ID
possibly the largest perfect caryino If
mat precious stuff now existent. You
look and look till the eve wearios-tbe
brain reels-you sec balls and fish and tnr-
ties cut from rock crystal, the seven gods
or Japan, grotesque in old crackle, huge
cases OF gold ~lacquered objets d. art, tables
Of old Satsuma, rank upon rank of yases-
marble, cioiassnne, solid enamel: teapots
by hundreds--ln gold, in silver, in copper.
bfonzs and iron, piles OF brocades as 90
Rteous q ; II they came out of the Arabian
Nights, embroideries that are really needle
paintings, other bolder ones that used 10
HASH ana rustic in the temples of the nm
] ronouneeable2 gods. Altogether the COL
,eetloh, Waosa gathering must have been n
labor OF love, represents a money ya]pa of
~ ieaRb y quarter million tIihs noNector il
= close friend and staunoh partisan of Sir
i4aRan Arnold. whom | met in the rooms.
aan VINO assured me upon his honor M n
llghb OF ASIA man lliumining the barbarian
west, that nothing more beautiful ever
came out OF Japan or, for that Yaattav
renamed there to make the collector IN,
Ahppy. IA
Thth II h Ii means to live IN Nav
iafk. All these things here set down and
Nsfy many more may be added uuto Won II
yette3 ~tinhsets ire we'll, lined with taat .i.e,s.
love ~ the root os asi evil. 40 rnnss an va
II sa#sHs that the lack Of money I. $50 !,
tEhl, tile love OF III. That there Ia I fnr,n
nate many who do not lack the fashiansns
me minute sufficiently attest. A bride Of
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-20

and pattern of at least q hundred thaS hab-
itually promenade on Fifth avenue every
fine day. When we have "a nipping and
an eager air" you see sealskin galore. This
close sitting sacque is much affected by
girls well in he twenties. Buds wear the
janntier and more youthful looking cape.
Combinations of seal and sable are popular
also seal and Persian lamb. Mink has
gone up SO in price and in fashion that to
wear it is we'll nigh a patent OF gsntility.
The girl who must be "striking'' or nobody
gets her II much beplumed hat and q
"whole-back" coat with big carved buttons
and collar and cuffs of Alaska sable-which
is a polite name for the inteerement of the
malordorons skunk.
Hats and bonnets both are fur-trimmed.
| saw a girl to-day in a gown of creamy. tan
Bedford cord. cut princess and edged with
three-inch wide bands of sable above a
lour-inch band of velvet slightly darker
than the cloth. With it she wore a cape of
sable fringed with sable tails and a hat of
fine felt just the color of the cloth, It had
an edging of sable with a second row
betwixt brim and crown and the third row
aroun the brim. In front all three come
together under Il group of three small fiery
heads. whose eyes were real diamonds.
Wide loops of velvet came from the back,
and a single long string was wound twice
the throat, then pinned with another
diamond to the golden hair.
ELLEN OSBORN.
Copyright.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-20

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING-THE REGU-
lar annual meeting Of the stockholders of the
70 ETA Astionai bank for the election OF thirteen
q lec 1rs Tor the ensuing car will be held at tho
January 1891 FRANK BAIRD,
s- Cashier.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-10

According TO the San Francisco
Examiner, the quickest thing next to
electricity is n snake. Well-behaved
scrpents are always interesting. But
for the unfortunate information that
one gave TO Miss Eve before she eloped
with Adam when he was head gardener
of the Eden ranch. there would be
snakes In more respectable families
than there are to-day. A Cleveland
snake professor says that missing
pythons aud cobras will eat at any
time except when they are blind and
shedding their skin. They won't touch
anything then. Another queer thing
about them is that they won't eat any
thing but white animals. Walt; I'll
show YOU" and taking young rabbit
out of its cage he placed IL in the box
with the snakes.
They did not move for about a min
ute. Then one OF the pythons raised
its head and fastened its eyes upon
bunny. The rabbits ears dropped. its
eyes closed aud IL began TO tremble.
All nj once the snake shot forward. and.
Selling IL by the back of the neck, coiled
itself around II and began crushing out
It's life. then turning il over began to
swallow IL. The python's head under
ordinary circumstances was not larger
than thumb joint on mans hand.
yet when it seized the rabbit its jaws
became dislocated in such way that
IL was able To start the rabbits head
into It's mouth. Then by peculiar
IN otion IL began slowly to swallow It's
prey. AS the snake worked backward
and forward its head stretched TO many
times the natural size. until finally
bunny's hind legs disappeared down
the python's mouth.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-10

France About To wipe Out the Kingdom
OF Dahomey.

France has finally decided upon the
conquest OF Dahomey. The cable des-
patches report that she will soon send
an expedition north 10 Abomey, the
famous town that has been the scene
of so many terrible crueties.
In the battle between the French
aud Dahomeyans last spring ii is said
that 1000 of the natives were killed.
The amazons and male soldiers OF the
new King Bedazin were driven north
ward into their forests Bedazin hoped
10 capture large number OF the
French forces for the sacrifices cele-
hrating his accession 10 the throne and
in memory of the death OF his father.
He was driven back. however, dis
graced in the eyes OF his people. and
he considers It necessary TO make
last desperate effort to defeat the In
vaders and retrieve his fortunes.
He has. therefore. marshaled his
forces of about 5000 women and
g. 900 male warriors at distance OF
forty miles from the coast. where. at
last accounts. he was collecting pro-
visions and preparing his troops for
another assault upon the French forces.
Even after he had begun the prepara-
tions he still sent peaceful messages 10
their commander aud presents TO Pres
ident Carnot; but his subterfuges have
not deceived the French. and they
have resolved TO make an end OF his
power and savagcry. They are, there
fore, fitting out an expedition on the
coast. and intend, as soon rs the dry
season sets In, TO strike str;dg6r Tor
Abomey.
The route which explorers have fol-
lowed through the dense forests of
that country to the capital is hardly
practicable for military force. The
expedition will probably be compelled
10 ascend the Whence river. east of the
land route. In bargcs drawn by small
steamers. BY this means they will
get within short distance OF the cap
ital. aud will be able to strike the
country nj its very heart This is the
plan OF attack suggested by Capt Sep
tans, who was sent north nearly year
ago TO ascertain the best route for an
expedition against the capital Of Da-
honey.
There is no doubt says the N Y.
Sun, that this means the complete
absorption of Dahomey by France.
The country Is rich, but the kings Of
Dahomey have for years been so con-
stantly engaged in war, and have
butchered In cold blood so many of
their subjects, compelling also a large
number OF their women 10 lead cell
bate lives as soldiers of the king. that
the population has been diminishing
with remarkable rapidity. When the
people of this land are free from the
tyranny that has ground them down
that picturesque and. in spite Of her
unquestionable existence in the pres
ent day, almost mythical figure, the
amazon. will disappear and begin to
fade into the realm of lenand
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-10
stopped by a Eat Man.

Blockadcs ARE frequent on the bridge.
but they are seldom created by a man
stopping TO pick up a pin, saws the N.
Y. Herald. That, however. was the
case the other day. The offender was
fat man.
1t was during the rush" hours. and
the heavyweight. with friend, was
struggling toward Brooklyn. They
reached the platform intact, although
perspiring and almost breathless. Sud-
denly the fat man brought the thou
sands of people behind him to an alb
rupt pause by slowly STOPPING and
picking up a pin.
This he thrust into the lapel OF his
coat. Then the blockade. which had
lasted for about ten seconds. was
raised.
What on earth made YOU stop and
pick up that ping" asked the fat fell
lows friend.
Il couldn't help II. he replied; tits
second nature TO me. Although | am
not superstitious. never gave a pin
the go-by. No, bar hairpins.r
Well, reioined his friend. IL used
10 pick up pins for luck when was
younger. but after | had been married
a few months was cured Of the habit.
What brought II aboutP oh, / see.
you're bachelor aud can't possibly
have any idea Of the number of pins.
safety clasps and hair spikes woman
can lose around the house in tho course
OF tho day. Why, II I'd kept on pick
ing up pins all these years would
have become hunchback. You'll
have TO get married. old man. before
you'll be able to sympathizc with me-"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-10

at thcm. That III per cont. difference
in price affects her vision. II don't
suppose these will last quite so long"
she half admits; 'but / don't think
any one would notice the difference"
Perhaps not at the moment; but II the
good woman will look more closely
herself. guided by the skill of an ex-
pert she will see that the finish OF the
cheaper shoes Is artificial; that the
texture OF the leather is coarse; that il
Is roughly put together by indifferent
machinery; that the leather. instead of
being thin, firm OF grain. yet soft.
promising long wear aud an easy M.
Is really heavy leather split. dressed
aud polished. 10 take the place of
iirst-class, reliable article. which would
have cost several times as much.
Here, then. is why the cheaper shoes
are not worth even the fractional price
which they cost. With care they may
wear for five or six weeks; but they
cannot be kept blocking presentable"
for half that time. The dearer shoes
will wear rs many months, and with n
little care they will look we'll till they
are worn out. Good Housekeeping.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-10
How RothschiId Got Rich.

Tho late Baron Charles Rothschild
was one day asked BY n friend whom
he had taken with him on change nj
his request 10 tell him the secret OF
getting rich by speculatIons on the
bourse. rs the same people always did
business with each other. and ID was
therefore natural to suppose that the
profits and losses would be equalized
ia the long run.
Just count the number OF gentle
men who are making tho biggest
noise. said the Baron.
There are fourteen OF them"
Very good; we will come and count
them again Iva fortnight"
They did so. aud this time there were
only eleven.
You see,n said Rothschild. tho
three that are missing have been swal-
lowed up by the rest"
Then how must you go about II II
YOU want to speculate successfully"
inquired the inexperienced stranger.
''As when You are taking a Russian
vapor bath-quick la and quick out
nQain.h
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-10
ANCIENT OIL WELLS.
Early History OF the Petroleum Industry
LA PENNSYLVANIA.

Petroleum was sought aud used in
North America perhaps as early as
anywhere else In the world. since il
was collected in many places aud ia
large quantity by that mysterious peo-
pie or peoples whom we know ms THE
Mound Builders When. in 1859. |
went TO TitusviIe. like thousands of
others called there by the Drake oil
well. noticed that the bottom lands
on Oil Greek below tho town, and
where covered with magnificent for
est OF hemlock trees. were pittcd in a
peculiar way; that is. the surface was
occupied by series of contiguous
dcpressions ten or fifteen feet In diam
eter. and from one 10 three feet in
depth. These were circular aud SYM
mctrical. In that respect differing from
the puts formed by uproOted trees.
Inquiring OF Brewer and Watson. who
had an oil well there, what was the
cause OF this series OF pits. | received
no satisfactory answer from them; but
by-stander answered my question by
taking me to his well. just begun in
the vicinity. As IL CHANGED. this we'll
was sunk in one of the pits before re-
ferrcd to. Ii was carried to the depth
of about Twenty-Five feet in the earth
when the rock was reached and the
drilling begun. Throughout this depth
IL followed the course Of an old well,
which had been cribbcd up with tim
ber and in IL was ladder such as was
commonly used in the copper mines of
Lake Superior hy perhaps the Same
people who worked the oil wells. This
ladder was n portion of small tree,
of which the trunk was thickly set
with branches. These were cut off
four or five inches from the trunk. and
thus formed steps by which the we'll
owner could 20 down and gather the
oil rs IL accumulated on the surface of
the water. just as was done by the old
oil producers on the banks of the Cas-
plan and the Irrawaddy. Some OF the
trees which grew over the pits which
marked the sites of oil wells were three
and even four feet in diameter, thus
proving that the wells had been ADAM
doaed nj least 400 or 500 years ago.
AT Enniskillen, Canada and at
Mecca and Grafton. Ohio. found sim
liar ancient oil wells. AT Enniskillen
the oil was obtained by sinking pits
through forty or fifty feet OF impcr-
vious clay. Beneath this the oil accu-
mulated on tho surface of the limestone.
and sometimes thousands of barrels
flowed out when one OF these rcser-
voirs MS tapped. In sinking one pit
which VIZ seven Dy fourteen feet in
area, on the 6sr-ss of Black Greek. the
operators found H-St one corner OF
their shaft cut into NJ oiuer smart
which had been filled up WIZ ruooish,
twigs, leaves. etc. At tho dsStn Oh
twenty-soven feet from the surfA~s
pair OF deer's antlers were taken from
this old pit Here. as on Oil Greek.
the surface was occupied with trees
three feet In diameter. and some Of
them were growing Immediately over
the old oil well.-Prof j. s. Nc,o6cyvy
ia Harper's Magazine.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-10

IL Is the purchase that judgment
must biisplayed, rs we'll as ut later
stages the life of the shoe. A sensi-
BILE perm naturally wants sensible
shoe; y on entering shoe store he
finds hlself confronted by shoes run
ming alhe way from say 81 or less TO
$l2 oRi5. The purchaser. whether
man woman Qor the interests Of
the seb are identical. will be wise
not TO Nv from either end of the list.
IL Is rs often n temptation, espe-
cially b poor woman desiring TO
obtainhoes for her child. for instance.
or nelug something lust TO wear
arounihe house" at her work. TO feel
that he of the cheapest which are
offereSvill do just rs welI'' for that
scrvic They look almost rs well ms
those bich cost twice as much; the
difrer9e In price is a matter OF inn
portal to her. just here she should
pause consider that the cost of any
article measured. not by thb abstract
sum. by what II represents Of value
or scike. Hero is pair OF shoes. for
instau. which cost but also. and
they TX pretty well. There Is a pair
whicIbsis s3. 25, and they do not look
muclftter at casual glance She
standht little dista nt1 Hu1 looks
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-10

short a In can. which Is very frequent
~ heard in this country. A few OF the
words In which this now receives this
intermediate sound are: After alas
answer. ant bask. basket. branch.
brass. cask. cast. chance. class. craft.
dance. draft. enchant. example,. fast
flask. grasp glance, glass. grass. last.
task. vast. waft.-H Y. Times.