The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-01-14
TIMELY BREvITlES'

Sawdust is widely utilized In Ger
many for the manufacture OF cheap
blotting paper.
The Frieburg silver mines OF Sax
ony have been closed after having
been worked for 100 years.
A big Siberian bloodhound owned by
a Boston business man Is said TO DO
the biggest dog IN the United States.
Old engines are much sought after
by horseshoers Of Nantes, France, who
prize such metal highly for horse
shoes.
About 10000 lobster traps VIII have
TO be rebuilt to comply with the new
regulations IN Canada relating 10 lob
ster fishing.
The equal suffragists In Oklahoma
have translated woman suffrage liter
AZURE into the Choctaw, Chickasha and
Cherokee tongues.
Clockwork apparatus 10 automatlcal-
ly light and extinguish gus street
lamps has been invented to save the
expense OF lamp lighters.
Many Norwegian families spend two
months each summer In the mountains
or along the fiords fishing and boat
ing. Many use portable cottages.
A solution OF gum camphor in alco-
hol viii remove ink lines from tracing
cloth and leaves II In better condition
than II mechanical erasers be used.
Knives. forks and spoons 50 shaped
that they may be handled comfortably
only when held correctly have been
invented by a Philadelphia man for
the instruction OF children.
The coal mines on the arctic island
of Spitzbergen have been sunk TO such
a depth that 1t was possible the past
year for the first time for tho miners
10 work in the coolest weather.
In Holland the average cost OF keep
ing and feeding COW for dairying
purposes per year is about SEQ. the
amount realized from each COW for
the same period being about $50.
1t Is predicted that the cultivation OF
the larger haciendas In Spain win be
revolutionized by the introduction from
Germany OF electric plows. one OF
which does the work OF twenty ordi-
nary two horse plows.
Tolstoy's presentiment of death calls
TO mind the fact that his brother Mich
olas had a similar experience just be-
fore his death. Nine hours before he
died he had a presentiment OF his end
and asking 10 be undressed. went TO
bed and succumbed soon after.
A municipal councillor of Paris has
introduced n proposal 10 tax all cats
In the city. The proposal has not met
with popular approval A large num-
Der of women who own cats have
written to him threatening 10 make
things unpleasant for him II he per-
sists.
While onl, nall percentage OF the
population exico is capable OF
purchasing I'D stylish mems fur
nishing goods I'm all Mexican cities
there Is an increasing number OF men
who dress as well as those I'm any
country and who demand the latest
styles and best makes.
The gospel according TO Mark has
recently been translated for an Indian
tribe In Paraguay The word eighteen
appears as Sohoge- mex wabethiamok
smlnik Literally this
means, FINISHED my hands, pass to
my other foot. three" for fingers and
toes are used as units in counting.
The pensioner Levy, who for fifteen
years stood before the massive front
door which leads 20 the sarcophagus OF
Napoleon the Great, has retired from
his post being too old 90 stand on duty
for the seven hours during which the
tomb is open 10 the public. He was
one OF the last OF the pensioners OF the
Crimean war
A curious discovery recently made In
Crete leads archaeologists 70 believe
that Faust ana Gutenberg may not have
been the real Inventors OF printing I'm
Europe a disk Of clay has been I'M
carthed NJ Phacotos which bears upon
its two sides the figures OF men, ami
mails and trees not engraved. but most
evidently stamped with a punch or die.
The new game ordinance In Uganda,
which came into force last June, has
caused considerable amount of dis
satisfaction among officials I'm the pro-
tcctorate and big game shooters I'm
particular. Formerly n ten pound
license entitled the holders TO kill two
elephants. two rhlnoceroses and ten
antelopes, while now for this privilege
$40 has 20 be paid.
In tho viii OF Franz Botor, rich
bachelor who died recently at Varadln.
Austria. Botor explains that he never
married because modern women are
utterly ignorant OF the principles OF
cooking He leaves his entire fortune
TO the municipality for the purpose OF
establishing a cooking school In order
that young girls may be taught how
to prepare food In a civilized manner.
Emperor Nicholas viii present 10
Zaandam. in Holland, statue OF Peter