The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-12-07
PERSONAL AND lMpEasoNAl.

There II q legend about Chicago Of
man who smoked cheap cigars Wax
ing rich he bought finer brand Then
he got tobacco heart Returning 70
the humber variety his heart resumed
its ordinary jogging gait. There Is no
moral attached TO this story and II 10
not vouched for.
-McGarvin. California fisherman.
who lives at Almsmitos bay, Il an ex-
pert shark catcher. He fishes for them
by means OF stout lines fastened to
stakes on shore. Recently he caught
eighty In one day. They are sold for
the oil In them, and the Chinese con-
slider ther fms quite delicacy.
Mrs. Eunice Russ Davis, the only
surviving member of the Womans
Anti-Slavery board, OF Boston. and the
eldest female abolitionist In the Unit
ed States, observed her ninety-fifth
birthday anniversary at her home In
Dedham recently. Her father was .
white man and her mother full
blooded Narragansett Indian.
"A life OF Christ Is about TO be pub
lished, with colored photographs after
James Tissots pictures. by NM. Name,
the Catholic publishers of Tours. the
first twenty impressions of which will
be sold for 81. 600 a copy and the rest of
the 1000 copies at $500 apiece. The adj
vertisement, with one specimen picture
and some sketches in black and white.
cost Sl2
MIR. David Plunlett, member of
Dublin university, who has just been
raised TO the peeraRe. though not n
wealthy man, has probably more
money standing in his name than any
single private citizen in the world. lie
is trustee for many rich people, in
GLIDING the Guinesses, and generally
holds In that capacity from $50, 600, 900
TO $500, 900. oco worth of securities
Lorna Doone bids fair TO be im-
mortal in the country of the Doones,.
for her name Is seer everywhere
throughout Exmoor. Coaches have
been named for her and inns have her
counterfeit presentiment on their sign
boards. Many of the places mentioned
In Mr.. Blackmore's delightful book
are placarded for the benefit of the
tourist, and the charming volume serves
rs a guide-bool to the region.
How completely the Boulanger
cult has decayed in France is indicated
by the scant observance OF the fourth
anniversary. which occurred recently,
of the burial OF the general. Only a
single friend visited the cemetery near
Brussels where he Is buried, and only
three gifts OF flowers came Roche
fort, Boulanger's ardent supporter. APP
pears TO have given up his pious pill
grimage TO the grave, for he did not 20
there this year.
Moses may easily have written the
Pentateuch and the Israelites OF his
day have read and understood IL, Prof.
Sayce told the recent church congress
at Norwich, for the age OF the Exodus
was as literary as that of tho Renais=
sance In Europe, Babylonian cities had
libraries then, some OF them six thou
sand years old, and when Abraham
was born Chaldee poet was ending a
long period Of verse by writing poem
la twelve books.
The Fisherman's institute, of
Gloucester, house of refuge and of
religious help for seafaring men, has a
notable character as its chaplain. He
Is Scandinavian, converted sailor.
and although he is a graduate OF no
college, his power over the weak and
SHINING, his helpfulness to the suffer-
ing, his self-denial in order that he
may aid others, are such that, as one
who knows him well has said, he has
come to represent the Christ ideal to
his people. At his Bethel he and his
family are slowed . way IL the basement
while the large upper chambers are
kept as a reading room for fishermen,
and as hall where services are held
on Sundays, and meetings and enter
tainments during the week.