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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

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Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable TO the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
Its many excellent qualities com.
mend it TO all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in zoe
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA Fic syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO cat.
LOUISVILLE. kY NV Y0sk. nv
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

Heavens last best gift-my ever new de-
light" il not my brown-stone house, nor my
carriage and pair, nor my fine new yacht,
nor my prettiest girl. nor my hopes OF
seat In Congress. not these. but my wonder
ful cure for pain, Salvation OIL.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

Suffer-"Do you pull teeth without
painW Dentist-"well. not always. /
sprained my wrist last time pulled a tooth
and IL hurts me yet occasionally
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

THERE Is plenty OF good. stro ne Eng
lish to give expression TO wit. drol lery,
indignation. or sympathy, without re-
course TO the phrases which belong TO
horse jockeys, gamblers. tipplers. and
vagabonds. The street Arab picks up
slang. as he does the ends OF old cigars.
from the gutter. Surely. weIl-bred
girl 10 no. on the same level in her
speech and manner. Why should shs
use vulgar words any more than she
would stain her hands?
1'HE American In London Is aston
ished at finding In the heart OF tho
metropolis streets with gates closed
except nj certain hours. aud over them
"No Thoroughiare lie learns on In
quirlng that Lord Bedford or the ID uke
OF Westminster owns that part OF Lon
don and kindly condesccuds 10 let you
through when IL plsases him TO have
che roadway open; and when IL plcases
I'm 10 close II you must turn aud 90
back and find your way 10 your dosti-
nation by some other road.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

Garfield Tea acts blood renovatiuH tho
entire svstem' brings the hue OF health back to
faded cheeks.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

Few men sow their Wild oats without get
ting more or less rye mixed In with them.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

Consider the man who N always punctual
how much time he wastes waiting for 9TH
er people.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

'HPm no sardine," says the Maine herring
but they put him In the box all the same.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

Great hearts alone understand how much
glory there is In being good.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

Tho greatest happiness comes from the
greatest activity.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

The devil is good or kind when he is
pleased.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-15

and double the labor It's expensive washing before you get
through with tand the home yon matter
who does the work.
Pfarlne soncy by saving work. and time 1t
hurts nothing; washes and cleans everything 1t
than common soap. but it does It's cheap
begin Without it's cheapest in the end.
Rcxuo ~, Of being dded
AS~ w CA 10 ~ New YORK.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
AN ALGERIAN MARRIAGE.
The Way 1t Is Conducted in the Realms
of the Dey.

A marriage celebration in Algeria is an
interesting relic of ancient customs. The
bridegroom goes to bring the bride, and
the guests assembled outside the house
will wait for his coming. Soon the sound
of pipes is heard coming from the sum-
nit of some neighboring hill, and the
marriage procession approaches the bride
groom's house. The pipers always come
tirstin procession, then the bride, mutf1ed
up in veil, riding a mule led by her
lover Then comes bevy of gorgeously
dressed damsels, sparkling with silver
ornaments, after which the friends of the
bride follow. The procession stops in
front of the bridegrooms house, and the
girls friends line both sides of the path
way. The pipers march off ON one side,
while the bridegroom lifts the girl from
the mule and holds her in his arms. The
girls friends thereupon throw earth at
the bridegroom, when he hurrics forward
and carries her over the threshold of his
house. Those about the door beat him
with olive branches, amid much laughter
In the evening on such occasions the
pipers and drummers are called in, and
each other, nordoe5 couple dcSist until,
painting and exhausted, they step aside to
make room for another. The dance has
great energy of movement, though the
steps are small and changes of position
slight, the dancers only circling around
occasionally. But they swing their bodies
about with an astonishing energy and
suppleness. As leaves fluttcr before the
gale, so do they vibrate to the music.
They shake; they shiver, and tremble;
they extend quivering arms, wave wells,
and their minds seem lost in the abandon
and frenzy of the dance, while the other
women looking on encourage by their
high, piercing. thrilling cries, whichadd to
the noise of the pipes and drums
Ladies Home Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
Tho Naming of Novels,

Even the undaunted Dumas, who
tackles history more directly and more
Mt large than Scott ever chose to do,
calls his famous book not after Richie
lieu, Mazarin, or Lewis the Fourteenth,
but after the ''Three Mllsketeers."
That is an admirable title, by the way;
so mysterious and suggestive. There is
always something fascinating about
numbers in titles, and here the title is
none the less admirable that the mus
keteers were in fact not three but four,
and that the fourth was the best of the
bunch, the immortal dArtagnan. But
if Constable did Scott a bad turn over
" Kenilworth, d" he made amends by get
ting "Ierries changed to the high
sounding romantic name Redgaunt-
let Herries would have served,
but it is not the pleasant mouthful that
" Redgauntlet" is. Indeed, as the Wa
verey novels are the best of all romances,
so their names are the best of all
names. "WaverIey, "Old Mortality"
1.-THE Heart of Midlothian they arc
perfect. SCOTS ans wer to Constable put
the wisdom of the thing in anutshell. His
titles arouse curiosity without discount
ing it; they are distinctive and appropri-
ate, come trippingly off the tongue and
satisfy the ear, and have withal a twang
of romance about them. Scott, of
course, besides his genius, had the adj
vantage of coming early in the day, and
had no need to shout to make himself
heard amid the din of crowd. Miss
Austen died only a very few years after
Scott turned from poetry to prose ro-
nance, and Lytton was only beginning
to write as the wonderful Waverley Sc
ries were drawing to close mistress and
difficulty. Most novels naturally derive
their points and principle Of unity from
the character or career, the action or pas
sion, of some one among their personages.
And the name of that person, as Consta-
bic urged rightly enough, supplies the
natural name for the book. Accordingly
among the myriads Of works of fiction this
form of title is outand away the most COM
mon. With he exception of Jane Austen's
double barr eled aliterative titles pride
and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, "
which also have not been without their
influence, up to SCOTS time the chief
novels were named after the hero or
heroine. i Macmillan Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12

prettiest of the family, is but slightly
longer than robin, but looks much
larger on account of the fluffy feathers
and large head 1t is found in temperate
North America and is quite common in
most of the Eastern States. Generally it
lives I'm the woods, but it is fond also of
frequenting barns, old orchards, and
groves near the water.
1t is very courageous and can kill other
birds as large as itself, but usually it
preys on mice and grasshoppers. Its
housing abilities are so wonderful that
it has been APPLY named "the feathered
cat, and its great yellow eyes, ear like
tufts, and night proving habits all unite
to make the name suitable.
The soft call already described is really
the love note of this owl. 1t is its song,
Just as much as the prolonged chantings
of any of our common birds are their
songs, and it will be heard oftenest in the
early spring, although it is not unusual
for this owl to sing nearly the whole
year round.
Here, then. we have in this little owl
an example of bravery, industry, and
cheerfulness, and these qualities are
shown by the very bird of all Others that
is least credited with them; for, if names
and reputation are to count for anything,
surely the very last bird to which we
would look for an example of courage
and merriment would be an owl, and,
above all a screech OWL st. Nicholas
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
AN ALUMINIUM FLY.


An Important Invention of Interest to
Trout Fishers.
DIR. l.. S. Rcdiield, of Providence, II.
l., has sent It's a specimen of a quite at
tractivc fly, of which he says:
"The inclosed fly has nothing new
about it except the tinsel which is made
of aluminium. After fair trial of alum
mum as a tinsel think it will prove to
be an Improvement on silver or its al
Toys. Too well all anglers know how
easily tnsels made of metals tarnish
Not only the flies that have been used,
but, worse, those kept in fly books rap
idly grow dull, thereby losing the at
Effectiveness of a fly tied largely of tinsel
My only object in bringing this fly to the
attention of anglers. through your col
umns, is to add to their sport.
AS regards name, it will he called
among my Immediate angling acquaint-
anCCs aluminium DOCTOR thus retaining
the old and we'll -known name doctor"
mot merely adding to the already over
numerous names for trout hcSl ! could
not obtain an aluminium tinscl in our
tackle stores, and therefore had to manu-
facturc it for this purpose. Have tried
flies tied like the one incIoscd, varying
the size for trout. land-lockcd salmon
and salmon. Have been well pleased
with the use of it, and find the inscl on
flies two seasons old retains its color
practically untarnished. If amateur fly
tiers desire further knowledge of how to
tie the aluminium doctor | will, through
your columns. try to cnIiyhten them. -
SAmcrican Angler
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
Testing Wells by Spectroscope.

The present paper has been prepared
with view Of describing a simple and
inexpensive method of determining
whether stables, cesspools, or any other
deposits Of filth which may lie in the
immediate neighborhood of well drain
into it. The eye and the sense of taste
form no reliable testing instruments, for
the clearest, most tasteless, or most
sparkling well waters may yet be solu-
tions of the contents of neighboring cess
pools and outhouses, and thus contain
the germ of dreaded diseases. 1t oc-
CURED to the writer to make use of the
spectroscope in testing, and the follow
ing method of search for sources of pol
luton in various wells scattered about
the city Of Lawrence, Kan, was devel-
oped:
A solution of carbonate or chloride of
lithium, an ounce to quart of water,
was poured into the suspected sources of
pollution in the neighborhood of well,
and after week or so some of the well
water was examined in the spectroscope.
Lithium gives one bright red band to-
ward the remote red end of the spec
trum. 1t is impossible TO mistake it,
even if the solution holds less than one
part in one million. The sensitiveness
of the test is greatly increased by boiling
down the water to be examined, say
quart to half an ounce. A PLATINUM
wire is dipped into the water thus pre-
pared and then held into the flame of a
Bunsen burner.
Nine wells were examined situated
back of the blocks on the principal street
in Lawrence. These wells are located,
as regards stables, outhouses, etc, about
as is customary in small cities, and their
waters are used quite generally for drink
ing purposes by the families in the blocks.
The test showed direct communication
with a vault thirty feet distant into one
of the wells Other wells are now being
tested more thoroughly, as the method
was devised too recently to allow suffi-
cient time in four months absence of
rain for the Initiated water to permeate
through the dry soil to the wells. But
sufficient has been done, it seems to
show the reliability of the method and
the ease of making it Scientific Amer
lean.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
A Kaleidoscope Town.

Tangier is the most Europeanized town
in the dominions of the sultan of Mo-
rocco, and like AIgiers, a favorite winter
resort for persons whose chests are deli
cate.
Viewed from the ad iaccnt heights of
the KeSha or citadel. Tangier with its
mosques. flat rooted houses, batteries, and
castellated walls, presents a formidable
appearance, but few broadsides of
modern artillery would soon reduce it to
ruins.
On the north and west the town is
sheltered from the cold winds by the
hill under which it lies, while the range
of the lower Atlas protects it from the
scorching hot blasts of the desert. The
view is very fine. The white glistening
houses. the green foliage of the graceful
palm trees, and the intense blue of the
ad jacent sea, combine to make an effect
i've picture.
The Soko, or market place, presents
an animated appearance of Sundays and
Thursdays, which are the market days.
The town is then filled with motley
crowd of country people, among whom
may be seen specimens of the wild Riff
tribes There are throngs of camels,
horses. and asses, and all kinds of farm
and garden produce are sold. In the
evening the Sollo is the resort of story
tellers and jugglers.
The sultans palace is a fair specimen
of Moorish architecture, but is not other
Wise remarkable. The wandering min
stres are to be seen in the Soko, or I'D the
Moorish coffee houses, where on Gie
matted floor men squat about smoking
cigarettes and drinking black coffee.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12

MY dear, you are good Christian,
Bring up your daughter in the ways of
religion and pict, which you have al
ways followed, but | must exact one
condition. and that is that when she is 10
years of age you will bring her to me- |
will then explain my views to her and
she can choose for herself The mother
accepted the condition. Years rolled on,
the 18th birthday of the child soon came,
and the mother entered her husbands
study. you remember what you said
to me and what promised, said she
"Gour daughter is Is years old to-day
She is now ready to listen to you with
all the respect and confidence due to the
best of fathers. Shall | bring her in?'
why. certainly. replied Littre. But
for what special reason? To explain to
her my views. Oh, no, my dear; no,
no. You have made of her a good, af-
feCtionate, simple straightforward,
bright, and happy creature. Happy,
yes: that is the word that in pure be-
ing describes every virtue. And YOU
fancy that | would cover all that happi-
ness and purity with my ideas! Pshaw!
My ideas are good enough for me. Who
can say that they would not dcstrow or
at least damage your work: Bring her
in so that | may bless you in her pres
cnce for all that you have done for her,
and so that she may love you more than
ever"
Il, too, added Legouve at the close
of his little anccdotc, "havc around me
believers whom love, and | would con-
slider myself criminal if troubled the
irreligious convictions with my doubts
and my objections, especially when |
know that they find in those convictions
nothing but joy, consolation, and virtue.
-INcU- Nnrl. TinnS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
GODS IMAGINATION.
The Curious Expression Once Used by
the Poet Tennyson.

The Curious Expression Once Used by
the Poet Tennyson.
DIR. Thompson was walking, in his
college days, with two companions, one
of whom was Alfred Tennyson; of the
name of the other | am not sure. The
path by which they went was one which
all Cambridge men know, namely that
which leads from the back of the college
through the fields toward Cotton. After
passing the brook, which used to be
crossed land perhaps is now by rude
wooden bridge, it was perceived that
Tennyson had Jagged behind. He had
paused by the side of the brook, brought
his eyes as near as he could to the surface
of the water, and was examining with
intense interest the subaqueous life which
the little stream contained.
After a time he rejoined his COM
panions, and this was his uttcrance when
he joined them: what an imagination
God has" The words must have made a
deep impression upon my informant's
mind, otherwise he would not have re-
tanned them in memory and would not
have thought it worth while to repeat
them to me. They made similar i'm
preston upon myself when so repeated
and cannot but regard them as contain
ing true philosophy of nature What
ever may be the power of natural selec-
ton, and whatever causes may be at
work to produce the varied scene of life
which the world contains, you need some
underlying cause, both of life itself and
of reproduction and variation, and of all
natural phenomena, and if casually the
existence of the universe may be at
tributed to Gods will and purpose, so
the endless variety of vital manifesto
tons may be attributed to that which in
the case of man we should call magma
ton, Nineteenth Century.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
SIZE AND LONGEVITY.
No Fixed Relation Between the Two,
Though Large Organisms Live Longer

No Fixed Relation Between the Two
Though Large Organisms Live Longer.
Although there is some relation be.
tween size and longevity, the duration of
the period of growth and length of life
being. speaking generally longest in the
largest animals, there is no fixed relation
between the two. The largest organisms
live the longest, some trees reaching an
age of 5000 years, and some animals, as
whales, several centuries. And, after the
maturity is reached, larger animals re-
qure longer time than smaller animals
to secure the preservation Of the species.
The explanation of this, as pointed out
by both Leuckhart and Herbert Spencer,
is that "the absorbing surface of an ami
NAL only increases as the square of its
length, while its size increases as the
cube; and it therefore follows that the
longer an animal becomes the greater
will be the difficulty experienced in as
Stimulating any nourshment over and
above that which it requires for its own
needs, and, therefore, the more slowly
will it reproduce itself. We, however,
find corresponding duration of life
among animals of every different size.
For instance, the toad and the cat live
as long as the horse, the craytish as long
as the pig, and the pike and carp as long
as the elephant. In an interesting APP
pendix from which these and the follow
ing facts are quoted, Dr. Weissmann cites
the case of sea anemone which lived
not less than &C years. 1t was placed by
Sir John Dalzell in a small glass jar in
the Edinburg botanical gardens in 1928,
being then, as compan ions with other in
dividual5 reared from the egg period,
fully 7 years old 1t died natural
death in 1SS7.-L Longham's Magaz inc.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12

A rapid penman can write 80 words
in minute. To do this he must draw
his pen through the space of rod-16H
feet. In 40 minutes his pen travels a
furlong, and in hours third of mile.
We make on an average 16 curves or
turns of the pen for each word written.
Writing 80 words in minute, we must
make 43 curves to each second; in an
hour $4,000, in hours 144, 900, and in
800 days, working only 5 hours each
day. we make not less than 43, 200, 900
curves and turns of the pen. The man
who makes but 1000, 900 strokes of the
pen month has done nothing remark
able; there are those who make four times
that number In making each letter OF
the ordinary alphabet we make three to
seven strokes of the pen--on an average
three and half to tourist Louis Re-
public.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
THE OWLS SONG.
Few People Recognize the Author of the
Musical Sote.

Few People Recognize the Author of the
Musical Note.
Often in the evening, an hour or so
after sunset, the outdoor naturalist may
near from the shade of a thick hemlock
OF from a grove in some ravine pro-
longed quavering note. Though tinged
with melancholy, it is soft and musical,
and it is indeed, as Lowell says, one of
he sweetest sounds in nature. And yet
this is the characteristic note of the bird
which has gained, for reasons unknown,
the unpleasant name of "screech owl.
This pretty little owl, perhaps the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
LITTRE's DAUGHTER

Why He Refused to Explain His Intidel
Views to Her.
The following story is told of Littre,
the great French savant: Legouve says
that shortly after Littre's daughter
was born he GittreA said to his wife:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
THE FRIENDSHIP RING.
Latest Fad Among the Beauties of IL
City OF the straits.


City of the Straits
Your Detroit maiden encounters a
friend on the street, in the stores, at
church, in her homc-anywhere, every
where-and Immediately prefers re-
quest for penny.
"A penny you eXclaim. My dear
Miss Dorothy, why, ycs-of course. But
w-what in the world do you want of a
penny"
Then the merry maiden laughs and
explains that when she gets around to
an even hundred friends and extracts
from each one of them the coveted
penny, she darts into the nearest jewel
er's and buys IA friendship ring.
And what is friendship ring?
Merely ring of fine gold wire with
Friendship knot" attachment. 1t sells
for 81, and every one of them you see
on the Detroit girls fingers represents
100 friends who have been assessed /
cent each. 1t won't do to accept 10
cents each from ten friends or % cents
each from quartet of friends Just one
penny-only this and nothing more-is
the indispensably ''swagger' essence of
the fad Detroit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12

A spoonful of strong vinegar in a ket-
tie of hot lard will prevent doughnuts
from soaking fat.