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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18
Statistic, OF Tornadoes.

The tornado. with hardly any excep-
ton. occurs In the afternoon. just after
the hottest part OF the day, says Lieut.
Finley In the Forum. Tho time OF
greatest frequency Is from $3.50 to 8
o'clock The tordano season includes
March. APP Il. May. June, July, Au-
gust aud keptomber. but storms OF
this nature may occur In any part OF
the year. The months OF greatest
frequency. a. dctermed from n record
OF 20S years. are April, May. June and
July. Tho single month OF greatest
frequency Is May. April following
nextin order. The state in which the
greatest number OF tornadoes has oc-
Cured IL Missouri. followed next In
order by Kansas and Georgia A
record OF moro than 500 tornadoos aud
'vSndfalls" Il. @. paths OF tornadoos
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18

The story Of His FINAL Interview VIVA Bssvsss
Giles.


Giles.
There was one occasion upon which
Secretary Tracy's argumentative fac-
ulties completely deserted him and
left him entirely at a losa Early In
the war Lawyer Tracy became Colonel
Tracy and went 10 the front with the
One hundred and Ninth New York
Volunteers. regiment which no or
ganized. The regiment rcjoiced In
private. "Bi" Giles by name. who
recruited Mt Owego and who gave
Colonel Tracy moro trouble than the
enemy. 1t was not that "Brin Giles
loved his country less. but that he
loved his whisky moro. He would get
drunk at the most inopportune times
and whenever drunk he was utterly
unmanageable and as noisy as feld
battery. Colonel Tracy cut of oil the
ways by which "Bri" got his whisky.
but "Bri" got 1t and often got 'still."
Long confinement Ia the guard house
seemed to have no effect upon tho In
corrigible private. and no invariably
celebrated his release by heavy
drunk. Until discovered by Colonel
Tracy he would carry the barrel OF his
musket full to the muzzle with HE
cherished liquor. When Colonel Tracy
put stop TO this ingenious flask. by
decreeing that "Bri'' should be sol
der without gun. ''Brf" bought
boots bigger than his feet won all.
and upon a march used the unoccupied
space in them for ''tan ylefoo" otter
ally true).
At last Colonel Tracy bscame thor
oughly Disguised, says tbs N Y.
Tribune. and resolved at all oct to
discover whore Giles got his liquor.
After "Bri" had been drunk for an un-
usually long time the Colonel sent for
him. and, although the man was still
far from sober. he was able to sand
alone and 10 talk plainly enou h to be
understood. The conversation that
ensued was the following:
Colonel Tracy. "Glles"
Giles. "Yosh (hic) shur On o."
Colonel Tracy. II understand you
have been upon another regular
drunk"
Giles. Emmy (hic) body (hic) told ys
that Frank. (hlo) told the truth"
(When drunk he invariably called Col
onel Tracy Frankly
Colonel Tracy "Now. Giles I'll
make proposition TO you. II you
will tell where you got the whisky
I'll let you off; otherwise am going
TO punish you SO severely that you
will never forget it."
Giles. Coin to (hic) punish me9"
Colonel Tracy. That's what l arm
going TO do II you don't tell"
Giles. "She here, Frank (approsch-
ing and becoming conhdeutial). II
ennybody (hic) asks you where Bri
Giles gets his (hic) WHISKY you shay
MOI (hic) you won't tell i'm (hio).
You shay you don't know (hic). Ys
jush tell i'm ye don't know. and by
(hic) Frank. that'll (hic) be the
truth"
The present head OF the Navy
department was completely staggered
and "Bri" didn't get punished So
vorely. Giles is still living on little
farm near Oswego and drives In fro
quently 70 get his dearly beloved jug
filed TO the neck. He has done 10
over since the war. and. drunk or
sober. no swears by Secretary Tracy
and votes for him for president 1t
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18

The statistics OF the Christian En-
deavor Societies show n large growth
during 1SS9-90. IL has been found
that societies exist in every State and
Territory in the Union and In every
English-speaking land In the world.
In all there are 1l,013 societies with
eco. 900 members, n gain OF S,3Al
societies and 1876, 600 members in
eleven months. This Is by far the
largest gain ever recorded In the
Same length OF time and equals the
entire membership OF the society
during the FIRST seven years. New
York leads the with !, 795 societies;
Pennsylvania follows with SlS, then
comes Massachusetts, with Sl3, Hli-
nols with 500, Ohio with 681, Iowa
with 49i. Connecticut with 442, New
Jersey with Ala. Michigan with 40S
The society is making gratifying
progress In tho South. Maryland,
kentucky and Florida having
the largest numbers. In tho
British Provinces are 41S societies.
So far as can be ascertained
an average OF about seven from
each society have joined the evangel-
ical churches during the year or n
total OF 10000; number equal to
about two-thirds Of oil the associate
members at the beginning oftho year.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18

al don't know whether 10 make the
incision from the left hankIpanki over
TO tho boorioboolaga. throe inches. or
to achieve the same results by cutting
from tho parallax straight through TO
tho rutabaga." said the surgeon te his
assistant
Take the short cut and you'll got
there quicker, Doctor" suggested tho
patient
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18
Just Like Exploring n Cave.

Have you ever seen, or perhaps
made one OF n party who are going TO
explore dark, deep cavern--the
Mammoth Cave OF Kentucky, or tho
Catacombs OF Rome? They all stand
out in the sunlight, and the attendants.
who know the journey they are going
TO make. pass around among them and
put into the hands OF each n lighted
candle. How useless IL seems-how
pale and colorless the little flame APP
pears in the gorgeous food OF sunlight
But the procession moves along; one
after another enters the dark cavern's
mouth, one after another loses the
splendor OF daylight; in the hands OF
one after another the feeble candle
light comes out bright in the darkness;
and by and by they are all walking in
the dark, holding fast their candles as
IL they were their very life-totally
dependent upon what seemed so use
less half an hour ago. That seems TO
be a picture of the way In which Gods
promises OF consolation, which we at
tach very little meaning TO at first,
come out into beauty and value as we
pass on into ourlives. Phillips Brooks.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18

II was In Brcathitt county. Ken
lucky. For several months an evan.
gelist had been laboring with the
mountainous. trying TO turn them
from their evil ways Every little
while something would turn up and
undo the labor OF months. Then the
people would seom to take an increas-
cd interest In matters OF religion. aud
hope would bud again In the evangcl-
lists breast. On Sunday tho little
chapel on the mountain side was
crowded. and the evangelist was ex-
horting his hearers 10 leave their rides
aud hunting knives at homo when they
went TO church. In the course Of
half an hour he grew eloquent and
was just thinking that ho was going 70
carry his point when n fat buck trotted
past tho chapel and disappeared In
the laurel thicket An old hound that
was sleeping In the chapel door gave
a yelp and started after the buck. and
tho male portion OF the congregation
grabbed their rifles and followed with
out waiting for motion TO adjourn
When they were out OF sight the
evangelist said In despairs
"Oh. it's no use, It's no use"
"Yas. It's" said a ono-legged man
that was left behind; "rll bot you .
dollar they'll have that thar deer
inside o. two hour.@
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18
Seeking seif-Giory.

"He that speakeM Of himself seeketh
his oOn glory John vii, 18. II Is re-
corded of an architect by the name OF
Cuidius that, having built a watch
tower for the king OF Egypt, to warm
mariners OF certain dangerous rocks,
he caused his own name to be en-
graved In certain stone in the wall;
and then having covered IL with plas-
ter. he inscribed on the outside, in
golden letters, the name OF the king,
as though the thing was done for his
glory. He was cunning enough TO
know that the waves ere long would
wash away the coat OF plastering, and
that then his own name would appear.
and his memory be handed down to
successive generations. How many
there are, who while affecting TO seek
only the glory OF God and His church.
are really seeking whatever Is calcu-
lated to crafty self-love. Could the
outer coat, as IL were, OF their pre-
lenses be removed, we should see
them as they really are, DESTROYS not
OF Gods glory, but OF their own.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18

Did you ever stop to think when you
joined in laugh that followed some
coarse minstrel joke at "A mother-in-
laws expense. OF all that is involved
in that termP asks Chicago Herald
writer A mother has received from
heaven-heaven's best gift-a precious
child. She has brooded over every In
slant OF its infant life. She has stood
next to God in its helpessnoss. She
has nursed IL through terrible illnesses.
She has guided and controlled, prayed
away temptation aud intorposed her
own bosom between tho shafts OF sor-
row aud It's tender heart. Her child
has grown 10 womanhood, dear as her
own soul. as necessary 10 her life as
sunshine Is TO the gaunt old earth.
when lol up steps a dapper youth and
beckons her girl away. Where lovo
leads young feet will follow, and tho
mother heart is boroft OF its treasure,
given over TO the caro- OF n stranger.
declare when / think OF Il. wonder
there Is sane mother-in-law In tho
world
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18
Doing Good.

Remember that he Is indeed tho
wisest and the happiest man who by
constant attention OF thought discov-
ers the greatest opportunity OF doing
good, and with ardent and animated
resolution breaks through every OPP
position that he may improve these
opportunities.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18
Rellrlon nrean. Peaee.

Where Is love In the battlefield
Does its soft voice speak in the roar OF
artillery Does love aim the fatal
shot and direct the bayonet 10 human
heartsp Does love wound and main
and kill intelligent creatures OF God.
and hurl undying souls into perditionP
No; for Glove worketh no i'll 20 his
nelghbor. Joseph A. Collier.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18

Whatever may have been done 10
you by an enemy, II II DO really an
evil thing. thing that Is bad In IT.
self, staining the soul OF the doer. do
not break commandment 70 have
revenge.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18

"Ho shouldn't say shoulder arms 70
those cavalrymen."
why notP"
They have nothing but swords He
ought 10 say shoulder blades"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-18
SUNDAY READING.
HIDDEN SPRINGs--PERMANENCE OF
SPIRITUAL FORCES.

Selfish Lfe-Expioring = Cave-How 10
Make Life Hnppy-Other serious
Items.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01
AT THE CLOSE OF A YEAR.

The years have been fashioned by man; the
work OF his meddlesome haud
The landmarks he sets by the way that his
laundering feet have trod,
He has Varcelled, and weighed, and appraised
each pitiful atom of sand,
And mapped out, and measured and reck-
oned, the gift of an infinite God.
So the breath of our lips, as we breathe it. is
ever Oppressed oy fear;
tHow many heart-beatings more ere the sum
of our days shall be told2
Are the sands already run down? Have we
come to the end OF the year
Then those Others are nearer at hand that
must number our lot with the oldp'
All the same old symbols and sayings as when
we were careless and young
The newborn babe with his garland; the grey
beard, wan, with his wings;
All the well-known words TO be said, all the
Well-known songs to be sung
The symbols, and sayings, and songs, that
have turn TO such sorrowful things
But the well known friend at the board? All,
there is the empty chair
So for US can the carols seem blithe, or the
new year worthy his crown?
All We makers and maTrers of Time ten thou
sand-fold better it were
To have left US in peace till the end, with our
days neither number i nor known
For why. when our hearts may be brighten'd
by Fancy, Affection. or Trust
Should we say, I'VE are old by the years, so
our days of rejoicing are done ~
And be no more esteemed in the land than
those Indians with pitcher and crust
That are led out to wait for their doom in the
wilderness under the sun?
The reproach OF q year cometh not of an autumn
mellow W tn prime,
OF the bough bent down by the fruit, of the
husk thresh Gear by the fail:
But OF barren and proftless spring, like win
ter mistaken in time,
When the cauker-worm gnaxs at the root,
and the blossom is Strewn in the gale.
So, eltho' the Preacher hath said that our jour
ney is only span,
will not be cast down by the way at these
records of perch, pole and rod
Our years may be many or few, they are mark d
out and measured By man,
Let us count by the years Of the heart, for the
heart has been fashioned by God
Void FaHe, in The English Illustrated Aaga=ine.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01
People Wonder

WHEN they find how rapidly health
w is restored by taking Ayers Sar-
saparilla. The reason is that this
preparation contains only the purest
and most powerful alternatives and
tonics. To thousands yearly it proves a
veritable elixir Of life.
Mrs. Jos. Ike, Brockway Centre,
Mich, writes "Liver complaint and
Indigestion made my life a burden
and came near ending my existence.
For more than four years 1 suffered I'M
told agony. L was reduced almost to
a skeleton, and hardly had strength to
drag myself about. All kinds of food
distressed me, and only the most deli
cate could be digested at all. Within
the time mentioned several physicians
treated me without giving relief. Moth
ing that / took seemed to do any per-
manent good until 1 began the use of
Ayers Sarsaparilla, which has pro-
duced wonderful results. Soon after
commencing to take the Sarsaparilla 1
could see an
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01
Improvement

in my condition, my appetite began to
return and with it came the ability to
digest all the food taken, my strength
improved each day, and after few
months of faithful attention to your
directions, 1 found myself a well
woman, able to attend to all household
duties. The medicine has given me
new lease of life, and l cannot thank
you too much"
eve, the undersigned, citizens of
Brockway Centre, Mich, hereby certify
that the above statement, made by
Mrs. Lake, is true in every particular
and entitled to full credence. 20. P.
Chamberlain, G. w. Warning, c. A.
Wells, Druggist.
my brother, in England, was, for
long time, unable to attend to his occu-
patton, by reason of sores on his foot.
sent him Ayers Almanac and the tes-
timonials it contained induced him to
try Ayers Sarsaparilla. After using it
a little while, he was cured, and is now
well man, working in a sugar mill
at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. -
A. AtteWell, Sharbot Lake, Ontario.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01
FLIGHTS OF DUCKS AND GEESE
SONS of Them Can Make Over One Hun
dred Miles an Hour.

SONS of Them Can Make Over One Hun
bred Miles an Hour.
l have held my watch on several kinds
of ducks and geese, says writer in the
Wilmington Ners but the main part OF
what | am going to tell you comes from
several old hunters who have favored me
with their experience, and one of these
old-timers in letter says: can tell you
just about to the sixty-third part of dot
how much space any one OF them can get
over in an hour. There is not railroad
train that can hold a candle to the side of
the slowest duck that flies. The canvas
back can distance the whole duck family.
When this duck is taking things easy it
goes through the air at the rate of about
eighty miles an hour If ii has business
somewhere it puts two miles back of it
every minute, and does it easily If you
don't believe this, just fire square at the
leader in string of canvasbacks that are
out on a business cruise some time. Duck
shot travels pretty fast, but if you happen
to hit one you see if it is not the fifth or
sixth one back of the drake or leader. A
drake does not always lead, but it gener-
ally does if there is one in the flock if
there are more they will seldom take the
lead. If you want to bring down the
leader you must aim at a space of at least
eight feet ahead of him, and if he falls you
will find him long distance, probably
two or three squares off.
The mallard is slow one. 1t is all he
can do to make a mile minute, but he
can do it if he wants to. His regular rate
is about forty-fve miles per hour. The
black duck is a slow coach. He is about
as good as the mallard, and the fntail
widgeon and wood duck cannot do much
better. The red head can go easily and
make ninety miles an hour as long as he
likes-all day if necessary. The blue
winged teal and its beautiful cousin, the
green-winged teal, can fly side by side for
one hundred miles in an hour and take it
easy. The gadwale-you see them here
very seldom, though well-known farther
west on the Allegheny river and at Kish-
ammock- though looking like the NAL
lard, is a smarter duck and harder to
shoot 1t can make ninety miles an hour
and not try hard.
Maybe you think a goose can't fy
Why, it can double the speed of the fastest
trains on any Of our railroads. OF course
l mean wild goose. Well, it has big
corporation, but it can get from feeding
ground to feeding ground so suddenly that
it fools our best wing shots. If you see Il
flock of honkers moving along so high up
that they seem to be scraping the SKY
with their backs, you would not think
that they are making close upon enc hun
dred miles an hour, but they are. The
wild goose is not much on foot, but on the
wing it means business every time. The
broadbill goose comes next to the canvas
back duck in speed. Put the two together
more than ten miles behind. This infor
nation has been derived from experience
and correspondence with fe-lopg gunners,
and any gunner will tell you that what
have said hits the mark very close"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01
TRUSTEES SALE.

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
1 certain deed of trust executed by A. B.
.AITK EN-, of the County OF 1ehama, and State
of California, to 4. c. ATKINSON and g. ].
CROLY of the City and County of Sacramento,
and State of California, as Trustees, dated 0cto-
Der &, 1885, in the Office of the County Recorder
of Tehsma County. State of California, i'll Book
"D' of Trust Deeds, page go and on applica-
ton of the holder and owner of the promissory
note secured to be paid by said deed of trust,
and because default has been made in the pay
ment of the Indebtedness secured to be paid by
said deed of trust, the undersigned Trustees
will sell at public auction, 10 the highest and
best bidder for cash, in United States gold coin,
at the front OF the Courth house, in the City of
Sacramento and State of California, on the 10th
day of JANUARY, A. D. 1880, between the hours
of 10 A. NJ. aud II NJ. of that day said sale COM
mencing at The said hour of 10 A. NJ. of said
day. all the following described real estate,
with the Improvements thereon, situated in the
said County of Tehama. and State of Califor-
mia, to wit The north half OF Lot No. One OF
southwest quarter, Lot No. Two of the south
west quarter, and fractional southwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section six, Town
ship twenty three north, Range three west;
also Lot No. One of the northeast quarter, the
east half of Lot No. Two of the northeast quar-
ter and the southeast quarter of the northwest
quarter OF Section six, Township twenty-three
north, Range three west. Mount Diablo base
and meridian. E C. ATKINSON, 1-r,staas
E. J. CR0LY,
A. L. HART Attorney. do 3wNWF
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01

Frank Gibbons, who died recently at
Hibernia, n. Y, was the greatest guesser
of the age. His faculty was first discov-
cred in homely way, and did not attract
great deal of attention. 1t became a
recognized characteristic when the boy
would stand at the end of row of potatoes
and guess with singularly close approaches
to accuracy how many Of the vegetables
would be found in each hill. He could
guess the number of eggs in basket, the
quantity Of milk in pail, the number OF
sticks of wood in a load, how many bushels
of corn would be husked from patch. and
in hundred instances he guessed within
one or two how many grains of corn there
were on an ear.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01
UNDRAwN POULTRY.
A Crusade Against it by Housekeepers
Advocated.

A Crusade Against it by Housekeepers
Advocated.
If housekeepers everywhere would start
and maintain a crusade against the sale Of
undrawn poultry in the markets or by
farmers it would work most wholesale
hygienic reform. 1t is vicious practice
an abuse, in fact, that people have endured
as they have many other abuses, because
there is no remedy except in concerted ac-
ton or legislation. 1t is impossible to
keep undrawn poultry even few hours
without the beginning of putrefaction
from the effects of the gases from the I'M
digested food in the "crop" and intestines
The longer it is kept the more of the
poison goes into the flesh, and in the ma
jority of cases the poultry that reaches the
kitchen from the market is actually unfit
for food. Housekeepers could well afford
to pay larger price to have the poultry
dressed Immediately upon being Killed
they pay for much weight that is thrown
away, as 1t is, besides having left mass Of
poisoned flesh. 1t is urged that some peo-
pie prefer the flavor of undressed poultry,
but that fact only makes the matter the
more alarming, since it indicates that we
are cultiyating taste for putrid meat.