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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-24

bring forth replies which. while evasive
and non-committal, would seem 10 lead
to the opinion that the sale IL q "go."
On the basis ~ $125 n share. the amount
involved in the deal il 81 800, 0O0.--
Pig iron.-To say that the situation
has in the least improved, or that the
business OF the week warrants an imme-
date improvement, would be altogether
untrue. Tie cold. II unpleasant, fact re-
mains that the best all-ore foundry iron
made in the valley brings only SIT cash
so the furnace, with No. 2 at SIG, while
mill iron is relatively little better of,
selling ON the same basis at from Sl5.25
TO 1850. In spite OF the fabulous de-
nands FOR Bessemcr hon reported by
papers who make market with scissors
and paste pot, Bessemer-and no Off
grade either-may be had in the valley
at less than SIT cash, and, therefore, be-
low the price Of foundry iron. IL must
bc said, however, and il IL the only en-
couraging thing about the iron market OF
to-day, that the FURNACES all have declined
to sell at these prices large lots orimme-
date delivery, and. indeed, any iron at
all for future delivery. The prices here
quoted, therefore, apply only 20 the
usual 80 and 100-ton lots that are sold
from day TO day. while the faith in the
market entertained 10y the larger furnace
interests is demonstrated by the fact
that S1S75 cash at the furnace has been
refused for ] 10, 900 tons OF Bessemer, with
six months delivery. 1t is even asserted
that another large maker OF BeSsemers
is holding his product at 500 which he
hopes to realize 10y July. However that
may be, il may be said that furnace-men
generally do not offer any iron, and, as
the season advances, their position must
necessarily become stronger from the fact
that, wherever fixed charges are not toe
high, furnaces will blow out rather than
make iron at present prices. Such pro.
ceediug would by no means partake ol
any speculative character, being rather
in the line OF u necessity for. while the
purchaser cares nothing whatever about
the cost, to the furnace-man, OF making
iron, the manufacturer, confronted by
the increase over last years ore and coke
rates, and in the price OF labor-aggrega.
ting $3.50 in each ton OF iron-will hard.
~ feel like doing business for the purpose
OF avowedly losing hard cash with every
ton OF his product. IL may be put down
as certainty that, with present quota.
tons, stack after stack will go out oil
blast az the old ore gives out.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-24
FROM THE MINES.
NOTES FROM THIS AND OTHER
MINING DISTRICTS.

LANDS AND IRON PROPERTIES or THE Tus-
CARAVANS MINERAL LANDco-uPwARDs
OF FOUR THOUSAND ACHES or Ex-
cELLENr MINERAL LAND NOW
oFFEREDTo orTIoN-DUNN
a co.'s 0ooD SHOWING.
BITS or MINING.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-24

These Mineral OF the
OF
secretary WASHINGTON w. NELSON IuTarNo Men
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-24

ing thoroughly tested by pits on and
across the formation. The showing made
is highly satisfactory TO the operators.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
CONVERTED TO BUDDHISM.
Ceremonies of Receiving an American
 Into the Goddess Church.

Ceremonies of Receiving an American
 Into the Goddess Church.
 Recent Ceylon papers contain accounts of remarkable ceremony which took place recently in Colombo. This was the reception of gentleman from America, who lately arrived in Ceylon, into the Buddhist creed.
 The proceedings took place under the direction of the Buddhist high priest, as- ,i=aso3 t,y--ele- y,slo-v-r ,r-yrri.r,. The convert knelt before the assembled priests and intimated his desire to be ad- mitted amember of the Buddhist Church. The high priest then catechised him and the assembled monks satisfied them selves that he was fitted to be follower of Buddha. The gentleman, whose name was Powell, then begged of the high priest ito give him the Pansil,6 which the latter did, the candidate repeating it after him with the palms of the hands brought together uplifted. Having ex- plained to the convert the responsible duties of a Buddhist the high priest gave him his blessing. A meeting was after ward held in which Mir. Powell ex- plained his reasons for having embraced Buddhism, and described the mental process which he had gone through be- fore he arrived at the con viction of it's truth.
 It appears that nearly forty years ago, when he was child, he came across a book in his fathers library, in which was a picture. It was the figure of Buddha seated in the conventional attitude on a lotus. Impressed by the expression of peace and love on the face, MT. Powell got into the habit of going nearly every evening to room to sit in position as nearly like it as he possibly could. ''On asking who or what picture it was,' MT. Powell said: 'I was told that it was the picture of a heather god, but it's memory chung to me, and when I heard it's name I never forgot it, but learned later what the symbol was and it's meaning" Being, as he said, naturally of a relig- iOus turn of mind, and being intended by his father to be clergyman, Mr. Powell was well educated in the Chris tian doctrine. ''But 1 recognized and felt that there must be some law that I could work out myself, and that if con- trolled my thoughts my life manifested an obedience to that power; but it was long before l recognized that this was the law of right thought" At one time he appears to have sought a refuge in agnosticism, but soon after he aban- dOned this mental attitude, and a pe- rusal of ''The Light of Asia" aroused in him the desire to take refuge in the law of Lord Buddha.-London Times.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
MRS. B. REMEMBERED.
Her Memory Was Poor, but One Fact She
 Had Not Entirely Forgotten.


 Had Not Entirely Forgotten. MT. Billus sat in his comfortable arm chair, with his feet comfortably resting on another chair. MT. Billus was en- toying himself. He had dined, and he defed fate to do it's worst, even as an- other great man is said by historians to have done under like circumstances long before the period of Billus.
 'Maria, he observed, ''this is the ami versary of our wedding, isn't it?"
 'It is, John.''
 ''Twenty-three years, Maria" said Mr. Billus, refectively, as he took the poker and stirred the fire in the grate, ''is a laundering long-h'm! h'm!-long time for some married folks, isn't it?'
 ''It is, John"
 "And yet it doesn't seem-h'm! h'm! as if it were thirty years since first met you at the Jasper County fair, does it?'
 ''It isn't thirty years," replied Mrs. Billus, rather shortly. ''Itis only twen- ty-six.'
 q meant twenty-six years, of course, Maria. Speaking of that fair," continued MT. Billus, ''I wonder if you remember that big artichoke in the agricultural hall?"
 ''No, don't remember any big arti- choke"
 Have you forgotten the long ear of corn sent in by old Absalom Wykoff?'' q have no recollection of it.
 Don't you remember the big beet that Uncle Jakey Dubois had on exhi- bition?"
 ''No."
 Maria" said Mir. Billus, impatiently, where's your memory? Don't you recollect the great big pumpkin that weighed one hundred and seventy-six pounds that Cal Hepperly was showing every body that came to the fair?''
 'It seems to me do remember big pumpkin
 q thought so. Your memory is mighty poor one, Maria, but you couldn't forget that big pumpkin. Do you have any idea," persisted Mir. Billus, with growing recollections of sundry pies his good mother had made shortly after that fair, whatever became of that pumpkin, Maria?"
 ''I think have, John."
 ''You have, hey," he retorted, in sur prise. If it is all you can do to re- member the biggest pumpkin at that fair how do you happen to know what became of it, madam?"
 ''I married that pumpkin, John" The fire burned feebly in the grate, the canary bird slumbered peacefully in it's cage, and amid silence so profound that the shadows could be plainly heard dancing on the wall MT. and Mrs. Billus sat in their cheerful little parlor and dreamed the happy hours of their wedding anniversary away.-Chicago Tribune.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
Tie New Industrial Era.

Eighteen years ago, a commission was appointed in Great Britain, to in- vestigate the question of the probable duration of the coal supply of the kingdom. Some of the results of this official inquiry, given in a paper read before the Statistical Society, suggest some startling probabilities. At the average rate of increase and consump- ton which has been going on for the past twenty years ii is computed that the Newcastle coal district will be ex- hausted in 94 years, the South Wales district in 79 years, and the remainder in even less time.
 Nothing in the future appears more probable than that within the lifetime of persons now living the industrial supremacy of Great Britain will pass away with the exhaustion of her coal fields. Switzerland, Italy, and the Scandinavian peninsula are destined to become the great manufacturing districts of Europe. This extraordin- ary industrial revolution will be brought about by the transmission and distribution, by electrical means, of the inexhaustible and permanent water power which is now running to waste in those countries. Indeed, this power is already beginning to be suc- cessfully utilized by the skill of the electrical engineer. More than a year ago we visited in Switzerland woolen manufactory of 36,000 spindles, with the usual complement of auxiliary machinery, which was operated wholly by electric power conveyed from a distant stream, deriving its never-fail- ing supply of water from the melting of Alpine snows. To an electrician, the sight was an inspiring one and full of significance. In the new era which is advancing with such rapid strides, the Swiss republic may not improba- bly, become the foremost industrial na- ton of Europe. Nothing is more cer- tain than that the next quarter cen tury will witness amazing changes in the commercial relations of the na- tions Of the earth, in consequence of the development of the conception of the electrical distribution of energy The Electrical Engineer.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
When Young Men Propose.

To most men a woman engaged with a needle has domestic, home-like air that is almost irresistible. How can man propose to girl who sits straight up in chair staring hard at him with a pair of bright eyes? But when she is bending gracefully over bit of plain or fancy sewing, apparently absorbed in counting the stitches, and the arrows of her eyes are sheathed for a few minutes, he plucks up courage enough to offer her his heart and hand. The average young man is bashful in such affairs, though bold enough at other times, and needs encouragement and opportunities. What sort of encouragement is 9 pair of bright eyes staring into his, watching his em- barrassment?-Louisville Courier-Jour- nal
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The Chautauqua Literary and Scien- tifc Circle now has 15O, 900 names on it's roll.
 The Dictionary of Fossils, issued by the State of Pennsylvania, contains thirty-four pages in small print cor recting statements found on the other 405 pages.
 In writing to De Witt Talmage in praise of one of his books, Wilkie Collins spoke of ''the wise words whicLA tell married people how to bear witI* each other and to help each other, under the trials and troubles of their lives"
 Henry Russell's song, ''A Life on the Ocean Wave," has been adopted as the royal march of Britain's marines. MT. Russell resides in London and is now very old man. He is the father of w. Clark Russell, author of ''The Frozen, Pirate," first published in the Detroi Free Press, and other sea stories.
 John Bright, who was a lover oi poetry, said that he always selected American poets as more clear, intelligi- ble and unconventional. Whittier, Longfellow and Lowell he classed as al- ways clear as a running brook, as bright as sunshine, and refreshing as breezes, while the English poets aim at subtle ties
 Miss Helen Gladstone has taken to journalism. Miss Gladstone's experi- ence of women will warrant her writing with authority on their affairs. She has for nearly ten years been closely con- nected with Newnham College, Cam bridge, first as student, then as secre- tary to Mrs. Sedgwick, whom she suc- ceeded as vice-principal of the college.
 Some one writing of Miss Mary L. Booth, late editress of Harper's Bazaar, tells how she supported herself by sewing while she wrote for the press gratis. She was learning her profes- sion" as she herself expressed it, and she certainly learned it to some purpose. The New York World says her success may be an encouragement to certain brave little woman in New York, who, while supporting herself by writing ten hours a day in ''title insurance office," attends art classes in the evening, where SLiO Io Ouo1ly SOI1N1uS UO dG5d1H Su1uC1ouL proficiency in her chosen profession to live by it and give up her less congenial occupation.
 Sir Edwin Arnold, featuring upon the "Mahabharata, said: ''This is the great epic poem of India. It contains over 220, 900 lines, besides supplement- of about 1s,O0O lines; enough to make eight times as much as the 'Iliad' and Odyssey combined, with several 'Vir- gils' thrown in. Some philologists have derived it's name from words meaning book of weight indicating that the gods preferred it above all others; but this is fanciful, and it's real origin is. from words meaning great war of Bha- rata.' The poem is highly valued-it might almost be said worshiped- throughout India. The natives consider that even to have heard tits sanctifying, and to have read it through frees one from sin"
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
ARIZONA.

My muse will sing of a wealth untold, A cheery song of a healthful land Of Gro Zona, with her belt of gold,
 Of Argent Zona, with her silver band. Where the ever healthful breezes bring Strength to the weak, and a joy do give; In her cline of never-ending spring lis bliss supreme to simply live. Where the peach and fig together bloom With the orange and vine and golden pear, And the winter is full of rose perfume, Sun-klssed and warm in the balmy air. lis the goodly land of all the earth, And the best eer formed for thehome of man For, since the day of the first mans birth, 7Tis the brightest scene meath suns broad
 span. Then come to the land of the mount and plain Where flower and fruit forever bloom; Where joy fills all and banishes pain Meath a glory sun that knows no gloom.
 T. E. Wharton in Phenix Herald
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
4 Fortune in q ThimbIe.

There is a rich family of the name of Lofting in England, the fortune of whose house was founded by such an apparently insignificant thing as the thimble. The first ever seen in En- gland was made in London less than two hundred years ago by metal worker named John Lofting. The use fitness of the article commended it at once to all who used the needle, and Lofting acquired a large fortune. The implement was then called the thum- bell, it being worn on the thumb when in use, and it's shape suggesting the rest of the name. This clumsy mode of it soon changed, however, but the name, softened into ''thimble," re- mains.-BOstOn Journal.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
Louis the Fourteenth,s Joke.

Louis the Fourteenth, of France, had in his court nobleman known to be in- ordinately anxious for distinction. One day the King asked him if he understood the Spanish language. 'No, sire" was the answer. ''That is unfortunate" !" said the King. The nobleman at once conjectured that the King wished to make him Ambassador to Madrid, and, employing a teacher, he forthwith ap- piled himself day and night to acquir- ing the language. At last, pale and ex- hausted, but with satisfied, expectant look upon his face, he came to the King with the announcement: "Sire, I can now speak Spanish" Do you under stand it we'll enough to converse intelli- gently with a Spaniard?" "Yes, sire," the man answered, his heart beating high in anticipation. 'I wish you joy," said the King; ''now you can read Don Quixote' in the original. Fran CISCO Argonaut.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18

A MR. STEWART, of Vermont, has introduced bill in the House of Rep resentatives declaring that no Nor mon shall be eligible to vote at any election or to hold civil office in the Territories of the United States, or to be naturalized as a citizen of the United States or settle upon any pub lie lands. Voters are required to make an oath that they do not belong to the Mormon church as a prelimi- nary 10 exercising the right of suf- frage.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

A pillow sham, which may be de- scribed as unique if nothing else, is made of scraps of lace insertions and edgings put together after the manner of crazy patchwork, and finished with lace ruff1e.
 Cream Pudding.-Mix half a cup of sugar and one grated lemon, beat six eggs to froth, mix pint of flour and a pint of milk, stir in pint of cream; bake in buttered dish; serve with lemon sauce.
 The main requirements for an in- valid, who is seeking health, or animal or mental enjoyment, is a warmth of air without much exercise, and a good cuisine. The influence or change under these circumstances is very marked.
 It is very unsafe for any one but skillful physician to dispense, or even keep on hand, dangerous remedies. If any member of household is ill enough to require these, he is ill enough to call in physician, and no one else should administer strong or deadly drugs.
 -Spiced Cranberries.-Washa and care fully pick over four pounds of cranber- ries, add to them one pint of vinegar, four pounds of sugar, one-half a cupful of molasses, one teaspoonful of cinna- mon and one of cloves, half teaspoon ful of allspice; boil one hour.-Boston Herald.
 For the tomato omelet prepare a plains omelet, and just before turning one half over the other place in the cen ter three tablespoonfuls of nicely sea- soned stewed tomatoes; then, when the omelet is turned out in the center of the platter, pour around g. nicely-made to- mato sauce.
 Oyster Chowder.-Take three very thin slices of salt pork, two small onions and three potatoes, and boil until nearly done. Soak three dozen crackers, put four dozen oysters in the saucepan with the pork, add a quart of milk, the crack CTS, little salt and pepper, boil one minute.-Ladies Home Journal. F Stuffed Sweet Potatoes boil tender in boiling water, cut slice from one side of each one, scoop out nearly all the interior, mash it with pepper, salt and butter, or omit the butter, using 1lloOCdu SOulS COOhCQ ldO QdIQ or sausage meat; return this forcemeat to the potatoes, replace the slices first cut off, put the potatoes in the oven to heat for ten minutes and serve them hot.
 Slippery elm is a valuable emollient, more so even than gum arabic. Any one living in region where this tree grows should try to keep bundle of the bark always on hand. Dissolved in water it forms soothing mucilage, excellent for teething babies, or for any one suffering with infamed throat or stomach. It is also very soothing when applied exter- nally to infamed eyes.-Household
 Lemon Custard. Take the juice and grated rind of one or two lemons, four eggs, one and one-half cups of sugar, two-thirds of cup of water, two tea spoons of corn starch; beat the yelks of the eggs well, then add the sugar, corn starch, and lastly the water; stir and pur into pie plates. When baked spread over them the whites well-beaten with four tablespoons of pulverized sugar; then let it brown
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
A DANGEROUS BEAST.
The Bug-Bear Described by a Student of A Unnatural History. --s-=asss<

The Bug-Bear Described by Student of
 Unnatural History. .--szsssz
 This animal, like several others, AoaPiehos and grows in imagination. Its size varies according to the locality and the demand for it. If the case is urgent, then large bug-bear is best; but if it is unimportant, and only neces- sary to have one on hand but not for actual use, then little bug-bear will answer.
 The bug-bear is always equal to the occasion-that is, if the person hand ling it is equal to the emergency. It must be acknowledged that the bug bear, like the cinnamon bear, is apt to turn on it's trainer or handler and hug all the fun out of him; but such risks must be taken in the menagerie busi- ness. What think you would have been the size of Barnum's great show had he been afraid of bug-bear?
 The chief use of the bug-bear is to add to the fright of those who would be frightened at their own shadow, any way. When they are all nicely scared, along comes some fellow with a bug bear, and away they go, taking fences, hedges and ditches at bound, meta phorically speaking. It is strange, but nevertheless true, that all peo- pie are liable to be frightened by a bug-bear. Men who would bravely face 8 stuffed bear and valiantly knock the straw out of him, turn pale, and it would be impossible to draw sheet of paper between their knees when they meet a bug-bear.
 The nurse, to keep her charges order ly, has bug-bear; the stock-broker uses bug-bear to influence the market in his favor; the tradesman, the man of leisure, the laboring man and the bond holder, all have a bug-bear. The police man is an exception-he has bare club
 The weak and timid can take consola- tion from the fact that, although the bug-bear has done great deal of harm, 1t has never yet been known to bite.- E. R. Collins, in Texas Siftings.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
The Location of tbe SOUl.

Considerable speculation has here tofore attended the precise location of the soul, but, according to the Elec- trical World, the mystery is now solved. pr. A. H. Stevens, of Phila- .delphia, has located it in the corpus callosum, little spongy body situated at the base of the brain, which has defied the efforts of physicians in their endeavors to ascertain its uses in the human anatomy. "The corpus cal losum," says the doctor, ''is the seat of the imperishable mind, and is the great reservoir and storehouse of cleo tricity, which is abstracted from the blood in the arteries, and conveyed through the nerves up the spinal cord to the corpus callosum."
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18
Without Friction.

After showing that friction makes perpetual motion impossible, Professor Hele Shaw reflects upon the state of affairs that would follow if friction were to cease to act. The whole force of nature would be at once changed, and much of the dry land and most of our buildings would disappear beneath the sea. Such inhabitants as remained a short time alive would not only be unable to provide themselves with fire or warmth, but would find their very clothes falling back to the original fiber from which they were made; and if not destroyed in one of the many possible ways-no longer dissipated by friction through the air, or by falling masses of water no longer retarded by the atmosphere and descending as rain-would be unable to obtain food, from inability to move themselves by any ordinary method of locomotion, or, what would be equally serious, hay ing once started into motion, from be ing unable to stop except when they came into collision with other un- happy beings or moving bodies. Be fore long they, with ali heavier sub stances, would disappear forever be- meath the waters which would now cover the face of lifeless world Iron.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-18

The enormous loss to silver miners by the characterization of silver is il- lustrated by the statement published in the Mining and Scientific Press, of the operations of the Granite Noun tain mine, of Montana, showing the large sums lost to stockholders by the depreciation of the white metal. Ire Granite Mountain Company has paid in dividends $6,7OO,OOO, which had sil- yer been at par would have amounted to $lO,OOO,OOO, thus showing 8 loss of $3,3GO,OO0