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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
THE NEWSPAPER REPORTER.
4 witty Journalist's Dsnnition Of the
Three stages OF Development.

AT the annual dinner OF the Pitts
burg Press Club. George :. Welshous
Isl. Geo.. one of the best-known and
wittiest newspaper men Of the State.
got of the following Ia response TO the
toast THE Reporter:
There are three grand divisions"
MIR. Welshons said, lin newspaper
work journalists. reporters aud edi-
tors. Speaking more accurately. there
are three stages OF development. A
journalist Is calf reporter. lie Is =
reporter in the miniature tadpole
stage. when his head is SO big that it
takes all the rest OF his person TO shove
il around. II he is lucky, by and by
he becomes reporter. After re-
porter's legs wear out they make an
editor of him. The final stage OF =
frog. YOU know--the extreme removal
from the tadpole-is the bullfrog. too
stiff TO Jump, too old and tough 10 eat.
who lust sits on the bank and bellows.
This is an editor.
lin the old days the editor called q
man a chicken thief. nowadays the re-
porter finds the feathers ia his back
yard. The weapon OF the old-time
editor was the epithet; that of the
modern reporter Is the evidence. What
the editor used To assert the reporter
now proves.
III the people who complain OF what
the reporter writes about them would
only consider what he does not write
about them. they would shrine him ia
the friendliest corner of their hearts.
The waste baskets in daily newspa-
of. a a. I'm "a
citizens in good repute than any other
agency, excepting the fear OF the law
aud the hereafter. Not all that the
reporter writes is truth. lie Is not
infalliblc himself. and those who are
the source OF his Information are much
less SO. There are very many men
who can not tell a straight story.
There are others who do not try 10.
The man who tells the story TO the re-
porter Is usually an Interested party.
He has purpose TO serve in met
amorphosiug this or suppressing that.
The reporter has no desire except TO
get the truth accurately aud complete
". and to write il quickly and enter
tainingly
'All men 10 not love the reporter.
and | am glad o. il. The fear and
hatred of bad men is chaplet above
his brows. Ii Is the assurance Of his
honesty to his badge OF honor ms
servant of truth. II a time ever comes
when all men love the reporter. ii will
he time TO bury him. He will have
forgotten his mission. betrayed his
trust and shamed the noble fellowship,
OF men who have made the white cross
OF the Pittsburg reporter the decora-
ton OF legion of honor"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03

Just his way. The last kick from the
burro's heels had sent him with sick.
ening crash against the hard rock that
walled la the dell. and actually stunned
him for a moment; so on rising he
seemed TO deem change Of tactics adj
yisable.
Running up to the donkey he waited
until those terrible heels were in the ali
when jumping around with remarkable
agility he evaded the kick and made
for his enemy's throat. but he found
the donkey's other end also armed foi
battle. and before he could lay hold OF
any part Of that lively animals anatomy
the bnrror had caught him back Of the
neck between his powerful teeth and
cracked the bone. Though the vol
was. OF course. killed instantly. the
plucky little jackass refused 10 re.
linquish its hold. and occupied itself
for some minutes with beating its van
pushed foes body up and down on the
ground. When satisfied at last that IL
was dead Il dung the lobo's carcass &c
one side. quietly resuming its grazing
till the owner came and drove IL home
--Sf. Louis Globe Democrat.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
The SLIM out of Injustice.

There are few things more difficult 10
bear than the sense OF injustice. One
can sustain misfortune or loss without
that profound irritation aud sense OF
being wronged which comes from an
act Of injustice. A strong nature can
rise above the attacks OF calamity, but
IL is the strong nature which feels most
keenly the sense OF injustice. Many a
man who would have been sweetened
and purified by misfortune has been
made hard and bitter by injustice.
There is no test OF character so great
as meeting wrong done To ones better
self But when we think OF a., no man
should ever be imbittered by anything
which Is done TO him by another; the
only acts which give adequate reason
for blighting IA fine nature or thwarting
its natural play are those which We do
ourselves IL is he who has done the
INJUSTICE, not he who has been the vic-
tim Of il. who ought 10 bear the penalty
OF permanent imbitterment. Our chief
concern in life Is not with the things
that are done 10 us, or that happen to
as. bnt with what we 10 ourselves. So
long as "A man remains true and faithful
in his relations in life, nothing can hap
pen 10 him which contains any shadow
OF real humiliation. An act of injus-
tice, simply because IL is the hardest OF
all tests, is the test which we ought TO
strive 20 meet with equanimity and
soundness OF nature. To allow our
selves TO be permanently imbittered is
TO give the man who has wronged us
the additional advantage OF our own
cooperation. To meet an act OF in
justice with dignity and sweetness is to
take its poison from il and make il
harmless save TO him who commits it,.
Banner of Liqhf
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
simple Path In Prayer.

How often does the Christian feel
the inadequacy OF his prayer 10 his
needs, God somehow seems such diff
ferent being from himself. so far oil,
so infinitely beyond the human; AMI
vet, Of truth. 10 is only with God that
man can have any such thing as aper-
feet communication. Language be-
tween man and man is multiform-ever
growing, but never complete. No man
ever perfectly understands or is per-
fectly understood by another. Human
sympathy IL too restricted. No human
being can wholly sympathize with any
other human being; yet sympathy rs
the real medium OF communication
between personalities. as air Is the
medium OF sound and the ether of light.
Divine sympathy is. however. wholly
unrestricted. There is no form OF
human need that God can not feel and
comprehend. Language between man
and man is insufficient TO reveal man
perfectly 10 man. while language be-
tween man and God is all-suiilcient TO
reveal man perfectly to God. Between
man and man words are often dumb.
while silence ~ vocal: and there is an
involuntary tear that speaks more TO
sympathizing men than voluntary ges-
ture or cast of countenance or word OF
mouth. Much OF what man does not
utter, and feels that he can not utter,
is often responsibility apprehended even
by man. But all that man utters or
would utter in simple faith to the Divine
Man is wholly understood by him. Here
is the only perfect language; here is
that which alone can express all the
needs OF all men-the faith-lllled prayer
Here Is the only perfectly free and full
understanding that which is between
God and the servant OF God.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
Burro Too Much for the Wolf

A combat OF most unusual character
occurred near Paso Del Norte short
while ago. The participants were n
burro. or little Mexican jackass, and a
wolf Of the large species known ss lobo.
The burro had broken out Of his
stable during the night, wandering
several miles out into the country. and
his owner going to seek him was an eye
witness to his fight with the wolf
This man. who Is an unusually intelli-
gent Mexican. states that the donkey
was quietly grazing ia a little grassy
dell lying between two walls Of jutting
rock when the wolf came trotting along
with his head close TO the ground. as IL
attempting 10 recover the trail Of some
thing which Is characteristic Of the
lobo. lie did not perceive the donkey
ill he was nearly on him. and IL was
not till then that the latter. raising his
head. saw the wolf. but the moment
their eyes fell on each other hostilities
began. The wolf. with his jaws snap
ping and growing ferociously. made
nt the donkey. which wheeling sharply
around let Nv at his enemy with both
heels. sending him tumbling over and
over. The performance was repeated
again and again until the wolf began
70 realize that things were not going
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
Grain. of Gold.

lie loses nothing that keeps God for
his friend.
lie that ticks honey from thorns pays
too dear for Il.
He that lives not we'll Que year sor-
rows for Ii seven
lie that reckons without his host
must reckon again.
He that lies down with dogs must ex-
pect TO rise with fleas.
He that falls in an evil cause falls ia
the devils frying pan.
lie that hath good harvest may be-
content with some thistles
He lacks most that longs most. Hely
the lame dog over the stile.
lie that lendeth loses double closes
both his money and bis friendl.
lie that hath no silver in his purse
should have silver on his tongue.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
THE TIDE At MINAs BASIN.
A Wall OF water Eight Fset High Running
Ten Miles an Hour.

The Bay of Fundy forms a cul-de-sac
ut which the Atlantic Ocean seems 10
have taken spite. aud at regular in
tervals pours in its waters viciously
aud with intent To do all possible harm.
Take for instance the harbor Of st.
John. In most parts OF the world q
tide Of from 8 10 10 feet Is quite suffi-
cient 10 satisfy all reasonable demands.
In ST. John harbor the tide rises II
feet on an ordinary day. and occasion
ally varies the monotony by pushing
the mark up three or four feet as the
humor seizes il. and was never struck
So much with anything ia my life as
with this advance and receding of the
waters.
have described the narrow gorge
through which the St. John River il
forced into the Bay Of Fundy. AT low
tide. where the water drops into the
bay. there Is fall of some ten feet. the
channel being very rough and totally
impossible for vessels of any descrip-
ton. Al high water the fall is the other
way, the bay falling into the river.
This was the first time that had seen
river with the water flowing from It's
mouth toward its source. aud this
occurs every day in the ST. John. One
good effect of the tide is this. that when
IL Is half up or half down the river Is
level with the harbor. and then the inn
mense number of timber barges and
other craft. which have gathered in the
river while waiting for the rise and
fall are able to run nicely and easily
out into the harbor. st. John, be- II
understood. Is great port for ship
ping. At any day you can see dozen
OF the largest ocean-going vessels load
ing deals for different parts OF the
world. This timber mainly comes
down the ST. John river.
| saw the tide come in around the
headland at the Minas Basin. and IL l.
a sight worth going TO see. The head
OF the advancing tide is called "a bore"
III you can imagine straight wall of
water eight feet high. curling over at
the top, advancing upon You at the
rate OF ten miles per hour, you will get
an idea OF what a bore" is aud what
a turn of the tide means. AT the Minas
Basin this wall of water comes tearing
around the headland like an express
train. and the man who was down on
the fiat sands OF the bay at this time
stood remarkable good chance OF
never leaving the sands alive. IL he
got a good start Of the bore" he might
escape and IL he did not he was drowned.
You cannot fool with the tide of Minas
Basin. 1t is plaything that the native
who Is acquainted with the animal
avoids. The rise of the tide at Minas
Basin Is forty-iye feet.
AT the extreme head of the Bay of
Fundy the tide rises from sixty-fve to
seventy-tive feet. aud runs at the rate
of fifteen miles an hour. This Is not
only the highest tide in the known
world. but II is double the height, am
told, OF any other known tide. Port.
land advertiser.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
A Prudent Courtier.

Frederick the Great. OF Prussia, who
had violent temper, was in the habit
of playing ut dice with one of his adj
jutants. using CUP and two dice Of
solid silver.
One day Frederick complained that
the game was rather dull when there
was no money at stake, and proposed
that they throw for penny throw.
Not much" replied the adjutant,
who was plain-spoken man. II think
We had better not risk any money As
IL Is now without any moneyed induce
ment, when your majesty loses you
throw the cup and dice at me. What
will become Of me II there should be
money upon the game and your males.
~ should losep"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
A Four-Footed Railroad Hand. +"

A valuable railroad hand who, in
spite OF his services. probably receives
no salary. Is thus described in the
Scientific fmeTTcaq. lie resides AZ
Salida, Col. and belongs to an en-
gineer of the Denver aud Rio Grande
Railroad.
Napoleon has been engaged for the
past two and half years la helping
his master run locomotive No. SO. His
apprenticeship began at the age of six
years, and he can now 20 into the
roundhouse where twenty-eight engines
are kept, single out and mount his
own machine, and. In the absence Of
his master and the fireman. defend IL
against all intruders. He rides on the
fireman's side OF the cab. with both his
front paws and his head hanging out OF
the window. intently watching the
track
He often scents cattle Mt long dis
lance. When they appear in sight, he
becomes greatly excited. and looks first
at them and then at his master, as
though trying TO make the latter under
stand the gravity OF the situation.
On nearer approach TO them. he
gives cry similar TO that of human
being. II 1t is found necessary to come
to full stop. he bounds out Of the cab.
runs ahead. and drives the trespassers
out OF harms way.
When II Is desirable TO communicate
with the pumping stations, frequently
at long distances from the tracks. =
note Is written aud given to the dog.
who delivers 1t, and speedily returns
with reply.
lilo readily interprets signals to start
from his own engine. but pays no more
attention 10 the whistles aud bells OF
other locomotives than 10 the cattle
which are safely grazing by the road
side. IL accidentally left at any Of the
stations. he returns TO Salida by the
next train.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03

With all trials thou hast tried me
oh, my God;
| have known not where 10 hide Inc
From the rod
| have sinned not, yet my guerdon
j. sharp pain:
1 am with my daily burden
All but slain.
Disappoi fiery lasheS.
Smitr me sore
Aud my honors seem but ashes
Al the core.
] have plowed m bitter weather
Sown In tears.
And have seen my worst foe gather
All the ears,
With my fame have Malice, Frenzy,
Had their way.
Like the lean-ribbed tigrcss, when she
Rends her prey.
! have dreamed so much My reason
Turns TO doubt;
Jealousy has with Its treason
Found me out.
! have searched, palc-faced, forsaken.
Heavens dome,
While my dead were being taken
From my home.
DO such sorrows make me curse thee,
Woes like thesey
Nay. oh. God, land thy mercy
On my knees;
For INV heart, however riyen,
Scared with pain.
Has ne'er loved, and not been given
Love again
George Horton.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03

world to witness that ito be direct and
honest is not safe"
IL Is really a very great responsible
ity 10 be frank and plain-spoken per-
son, though il Is a responsibility which
any one must be praised for assuming.
provided he or she assumes IL with mn
honest determination not TO find fault
except upon good grounds. and with a
disposition 10 give praise a freely.
when IL is deserved as blame is bestowed
when that is deserved.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03

The superstitious belief that human
beings should sleep with their heads
towards the north Is now believed TO bs
based upon scientific principle. Tho
French Academy of Sciences has made
experiments upon the body Of a gull
lotined man which 10 TO prove that
each human body Is la itself an electric
battery, one electrode being represent
ed by the head aud the other by the
feet The body Of the subject upon
which experiments were made was
taken Immediately after death and
placed upon pivot free to move Ina
any direction. After some yacillation
the head portion turned towards the
north. the piyot-board remaining sta
tionary. One Of the professors turned
II half way around. but IL soon re-
gained position with the head piece
TO the north. aud the saine results were
repeatedly obtained until organic
movement ceased.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03

Since 1882 eighty-two miles OF streets
have been built, paved. aud drained In
Rome. Mt cost OF $50. OO0. 900 aud
5000 houses erected ia large. modern
blocks. where old quarters formerly
stood. and tive new bridges thrown
across the Tiber. In consequence OF
these improvements the old city has
been so changed that the visitor of
twenty years ago would hardly recog.
nize IL,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03

Frankness is prniseworthy, but they
make "a great mistake who take credit
10 themselves for that form OF frank
ness which consists IN speaking out
whatever evil and unfriendly thoughts
come into their minds about their ac-
quainiances.
They forget that any person who
claims the honor OF being frank should
be Just as ready 60 speak good ives,
and just as willing TO think good--of
his friendsa as 20 speak or think ill.
Eyes" said cynical person one day.
81 must tell YOU that YOU have acted
very setishly and foolishly of late.
You know am privileged TO make such
a remark. aud you won't take offeuse. |
am sure, because every one knows that
l am constitntionally n very frank per
son."
Have always behaved selllshly and
foolishlyg" asked the other.
on N dSaly within the past year"
Then ,ssu never were frank before
The COZ additionally frank person had
never thotlght OF the matter before in
this light. Probably lac did not thinl,
Aery much OF IL even now, because
people who confound criticism and
cynicism with frankness usually do not
care about looking at both sides OF such
n matter. IL u much pleasanier for
them 10 comfort themselves with the
reflection that they. ut least. are elias.
Of people who honestly speak out their
opinions
One-sided, evil criticism often nsurbs
the name OF honesty as we'll rs that OF
frankness. The ''honest lago" OF
Shakespeare was a man who had none
but ia thoughts.and when his evil word
was called ia question, he called the
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
Man ana the Infinite.

Man does not live OF himself. What.
ever beauty there is in human nature is
a beauty given. "A beauty derived. from
maternal nature, as we say, bnt beneath
and beyond nature we recognize that
infinite and eternal power on which the
hopes. the fortunes. and the destiny OF
mankind depend. Let us not evade this:
either mankind is self-created, self-sus-
tanned or u has been created terms are
unlmportant) and is sustained by "a
power greater than itself This is the
kernel of truth in the teachings Of the
ologies, and this IL what men must rec
ognize TO tire end OF time. Man is moth
ing OF himself. The suns wax and
wane. planets speed along their destined
paths, they become the abode of life,
and life grows cold and dies; and on
their tiny islet. washed by the ocean
OF infinite space. the generations of men
arise and pass. And shall this helpless
atom, momentarily issuing amid tine
stress and rush OF multitudinoua forces
pretend TO cut himself off from the
mighty influence which controls him
and do himself homage as TO divinity
In man is beauty and the PERCEPTION Of
beauty, in man is goodness. in man is
elevation OF thought and feeling (tried
necessarily by human standards): yet
surely we must each admit that man
has not made these things for himself,
but that they are the manifestations
through human beings of qualities in
herent in that Cosmos of which human
life forms an intinitesimal part. - H.
Br0lcH.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
Death I.No Name for n.

The more we sink into the inllrmities
Of age the nearer we are to immortal
youth. All people are young in the
other world. That state is IN eternal
spring. ever fresh and ilourishing. Now
10 pass from midnight into noon ON the
sudden. TO be decrepit one minute and
all spirit and activity the next. must
be "A desirable change. To call this
death is an abuse OF language JEREMY
COLLIER
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
SUNDAY READING.
Only Footprints-Lose for Lose-Man'-
Relation to tho fnnniie-On
frankness, Etc.


Only footprints an pathways
From many a home;
But ones unto honor
Meath Heavens blue dome.
only footprints In valleys
Where wanderers trod.
While trembling and fearing
And trusting In God.
Only footprints on mountains
BY few ones Of old;
Vet the meaning they bring us
In the Volume Is told.
Only footprints In deserts
Beyond human ken;
The footprints OF toilers
For the progress Of men.
Only footprints on waters,
But "Bc not afraid; :"
They were footprints of Jesus,
Though briefly they staid.
Only footprints wherever
We'd come and we'd GO;
God guard us aud guide us
That those footprints may show.
B. =. Bradbury
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
lie uupreIudlced.

Prejudice may be considered rs con-
tinual false medium OF viewing things:
for the preiudiced not only never speak
we'll. but also never think we'll of those
whom they dislike, and the whole char
acter aud conduct Is considered with an
eve TO that particular thing viii ch
offends them.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03

They say Mrs. Smith took on terri
bly, at Smiths death"
Yes; poor thing she could scarcely
be reconciled TO his loss"
Did she get much insurance."
mo; II was n total loss. All his
policies had lspsed Judge.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03
We AllIin,n rnnIt..

No matter how good you may I've, you
have faults; however dull you may be.
YOU can find out what they are. and
however slight they may be. you had
better make some patient efforts TO get
quit Of them.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-03

There are seven monuments to Count
Ceyour Ia various cities Of Italy, but
not one In Rome.