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The diamond drill., 1891-11-07

my foller- men. Tho stage was held
up this side OF Commonwealth. seq
he an they was feller as got
shot an dragged 'imsclf 10 my
shack over there on the Blackfoot
trail. jest riddlcd with bullets. an he's
dead now--peace 70 his ashes --sez
he. the deakin. mind ye which tho
same dealxin sez further. an that
amt the worst OF IT. They's little
gal with ina little chick OF a thing
with ycller hair an big blue eyes
she's near got fit them's tho
deakin's own words she's near got a
fit oh. boys sez he d'you know
how that little gal with yellow hair
reminds me of---of one lost long
time ergo She reminds me OF Flos-
sie- my own little daughter as would
climb up onto my knee AM jest
then the deakin caught hold OF tho
bar an saved 'imself fall. He took
O drink TO brace i'm. That's the
first In years. sez he. but it's done
me good We was all affected an,
BLOWN our noses. an coughin' an
lookin' at somethin' else pertendin'
not ter be. Then tho deakin breaks
out ag'in. chipper like Now, boys
come down here TO sec IL we couldn't I
among us chip in a sight fur that lit
tlc yeller haired gale He passed
Ground Us hat an we filled FER up. He
thanked as with big tears In his eyes
for our liberoolality an lit out Then
we-er-un--I beg yer pardon"
What became of the little girlPr /
asked.
He kicked the dashboard savagely.
Want none. Want no robbery.
no shootin'. no man dyin' up TO his
shack no nothin'. He jest come II
over us that's what he done an we're
jest waitin' 10 come II over him. that's
what we're doin' an you can bet Mr..
What -yer-name that we'll play
square with that onery limb II IL takes
a hundred years. All Paradise is IN
terestod. beg yer pardon"
After this, as the liquor was out and
he had no more pardons 10 beg.
could get no more out OF him so we
drove slowly and pensively back TO
Paradise. Detroit Free Press.
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was clearing some small under
brush away from my fence and IL be-
camo necessary for me TO move small
log, 20 give room for wagon; and ON
lifting the log which had three prongs,
found very large blunt tail sting.
ing snake. measuring five feet and
about one inch, says Warren lark.
correspondent / managed 10 cut its
head entirely of. The snake had 80
embedded itself I'm the surface Of the
ground as 10 make perfect nest, and
IL was actually covering the eggs as n
chicken would After moving the
snake ! carefully proceeded 90 count
eggs, and much 90 my surprise /
counted 30 large, well-developed eggs.
nearly as large ms small guinea egg.
and on cutting the eggs open one by
one i found each one 20 contain a
small snake obout two inches long
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visit Nine. Blavatsxy. He had fol-
lowed him there. Five days later ! ro-
ccived the same letter from another
place by mail, although had the letter
gone both ways by mail IL would have
required double that time. This has
happened again and again"
"The mahatmas write or all kinds
OF paper, and sometimes use other
peoples letters for conveying their
information. | have received letters
from ordinary people and In these
say on I'm unwritten sheet-have found
writing from the masters This state
ment | might apply particularly
TO the letters of people who have no
good will toward theosophy and
whose letters would not have been
written &C all but for some tricky pnr-
pose. Upon that the mahatma notes
inclosed would give warning and
counsel The contents of the letter
mentioned had reference to various
things concerning the Theosophical
society, which, as you know, have
largely organized In various parts
OF the world The letter told rue
also that before the first of the next
year two prominent people in India
would die, and they did die 1t Is not
one 81 two or three or four letters that
] have received from the mahatHlas,
but very large number. apr still
receiving letters, and, indeed, al
though have not mentioned the fact,
! hafe received letters since Game to
this house hare rot seen Mrs. Be-
SAINTS lettcrs nor she mine. Abour
the caligrnphy Of pahatma letters,
sometimes 1t is In ink, sometimes In
pencil, sometimes the letters seem TO
be woven INTO the paper, just like n
water mark.
''fho nah itfhss are remarkably
f1ne-loolSing men, with a spiritual glow
in their faces | suppose II wat the
same glow which Moses had on his
face when he chme down from the
mountain. Some people seem 20 i'm.
aQine that the mahatmas are all ma
tives OF India. That is u mistake; for,
TO 90 no further than three instances
one Is an Italian, another q
Hungarian, third an Englishman.
Respecting the English mahatma,
/ might say that he is not at present
living in this country. Somebody has
asked the question, are there women
mahatmas? Certainly there are omen
OF extraordinary powers In Thibst /
have received communications from
them-but whether they are ma
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No Logs a, THAT End.

Major G.. H. Hostein tells good
story OF commissioned officer
connected with his regiment, the
Sixth lndiana during the three mouths
service While the regiment was
laying ut Phillippi w. Va. one night.
two or three companies OF his regi-
ment were on duty and there was
false alarm. The companies double
quicked down hill to ravinc where
there were some logs that had been
piled up for breast works. As soon
as they were in position the officer
commanded perfect silence and all was
as quiet as death. The sergeant re-
ferred 10 arose in the darkness and In
clear. strong voice said Com
pany A. company b. give way TO the
left there Is not a d. bit OF log at
this end OF the line y or course there
was shout Of laughter and the alarm
was forgotten. The next day Gen
Benham sent for the sergeant as he
desired to know him
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VIII, Tho aeool Saw VIII ssoSpea.

Gen s Fullerton says: The
attempts made by some men TO claim
credited where none is due are often
amusing, but one OF the most humor-
Gus incidents OF the kind that has
ever come under my observation took
place when the Chickamauga Ma
tionai Park commissioners were nego-
tiating for tho land on which the bat
tie was fought A man owned IA saw
mill on the Held but very little
work had been done by it, When we
came 10 his land he wanted fancy
price for il. giving as a reason that
II he had not stopped his sawmill
the field would have been stripped OF
timber and its most characteristic
features lost For this he thought
himself entitled TO the national graft
tude expressed in the form OF hard cash.
An investigation proved just how
much credit that peculiar woodsman
deserved for sparing the trees. When
the logs were taken 10 the mill and
saving commenced it was found that
they were so full OF bullets and frag-
ments OF shells that saw after saw was
splintered and operations had to be
suspended. IL may be judged how
much consideration was given 10 the
mau's patriotic claims, n
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When our army was IN the Chicka-
hominy swamp before Richmond just
az the breakfast hour. when the aroma
OF good coffee is douby delicious. our
pickets were accosted by voice from
the rebel side. few rods only distant
with
Halo, there ~
Halo. yourselfw
What are you doing over thereP"
Making some coffee Have someP'
"Will you let me come over?"
Yes
"Will you let me come backP'
Yes
And over he came. HE coffee
drunk, he smacked his lips and said.
well. that's very nice. We don't
get any OF that over on our side"
Then casting his eyes around. scru-
tinizing the neat appearance OF our
men. he continued.
"Well. YOU look very comfortable
All OF you live sop
"Yes."
A few moments more OF silence.
ard he broke out
well. like ihe looks OF thlnrs
here. believe wont 90 back"
And he didn't
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corners IN the dramatic world. He
discovered lsben when '.fhr, far from
friends and country" that scientific
Scandinavian broke out in Munich as
a 'quizzer' OF society and social insti-
tutions. William Archer then re-
treated TO Belgium again become the
battle-ground OF Europe-and here he
may be said TO have invented Maurice
Maeterlinck, the Flemish dramatist
who was never heard OF by reason
able Christians until Archers screed
published him in the Fortnightly Re-
view at the beginning OF tins month.
According TO the critic there never
woulo have been Maeterlinck IL there
had not been "A Shakespeare, and, no
doubt, w. S. will be glad TO hear that.
II Is hard TO see the parallel, however,
when one finds that by the initiated
the talented Young Belgian Is known
as "the pessimist playwright"
Maurice Maeteriinck paints in dark
colors and writes nothing but TRACE
dies which, like Wagners music, are
meant for posterity exclusively. Yet
Maurice is not as black as he paints.
He is good, amiable fellow, who loves
athletic sports, skating, bicycling and
bee culture. He Is twenty-seven years,
OF age, tall, fair haired and with pink
complexion. He was brought up TO be
n barrister. but he took 20 tragedy,
instead His fuvorite authors are Poe
Swinburne, Rossetti. Charlotte Bronte,
and Carlyle. with whose works he Is
more familiar than the celebrated
Frenchmen in whose language HIS own
plays are written. His Atheists
Tragedy" is as black as Erebus but all
poets are very desperate when they
are young. well-fed, healthy and com
Portable. They get over 1t.
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Great Britain Her books are sprightly,
graceful, and readable stories that
never excite any violent epotions, and
can be comfortably forgotten when the
covers are closed. Nor is this faint
praise, for romance that can stimu.
late passing interest and then retire In
good order has done large part Of its
duty and deserves the gratitude OF the
patient. frequently bored public. A
typical English woman, Industrious,
high-bred, kindly and broad minded,
with no more than the emotional limi
tations OF women in literature, Helen
Mather is an interesting and admirable
figure to stimulate very genuine re-
spect.
The diamond drill., 1891-11-07
HAWTHORNE AND TENNYsoN.
How the Formally OF an Introduce
tion Prevented TheIr Acquaintance.

Referring in the course of some
literary recollections 20 Nathaniel
Hawthorne's visit TO the Art Treasures
Exhibition held in Manchester in 1887,
DR. Alexander Ireland writes that n
curious coincidence occurred:
While we were looking at the pict-
ures of the old masters | saw Alfred
Tennyson and Woolner, the sculptor.
enter the room together. / pointed
them out TO Hawthorne. who looked
long and earnestly at Tennyson.
said TO him, "Will You not speak to
him and shake hands with him?' TO
which he replied, ooh, / could not do
that. never saw him before; it
would be obtrusive," etc mon
sense" said L. ''let me go TO him and
tell HIM you are in the room. am
sure he will be delighted TO meet you
and exchange greetings" mo,
no; | cannot allow you to do
this" | again demonstrated with
him. l urged him TO join hands with
Tennyson, in spite OF the conventional
introductions and stupid earthly limi-
tations and customs. ! contende ! that
the fact OF their being In the same
room and within few insignificant
feet Of each other on this very day had
been evidently ordained from the be-
ginning of time, and that it would be
n willful thwarting OF Providence If the
meeting did not become an actual and
accomplished fact-that such meeting
was in accordance with the internal
fitness OF things, etc. All to no pur-
pose. He was inAexible So these.two
men never spoke To each other in this
world. Hawthorne afterward re-
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REVERSED.
Thus IL Now Reads Go to the siuggard.
Thou Ant.

Thou Ant.
There was certain woman that was
sluggard. She performed not tho
duties OF her household as virtuous
housewife should; she rose not with
the lark. neither with the hon. nor
with tho early bird that catcheth the
worm.
And she toiled not day by day. but
worked when il pleased her; and when
IL pleased her not she loafed.
And she laid up no treasure OF corn.
wine and oil. nor OF scarlet and fine
linen; she neither span nor wove,
baked nor brewed.
But she sat still a-dreaming and set
traps for sunbeams and lay in wait for
bright-winged thoughts and spent her
breath in words, mere words. albeit
some were written down.
Then came the ant and built her
house near by, that the sluggard might
come 20 her as was commanded. and
consider her ways and DO wise.
Now, the ant was very numerous.
She built her house and stored il
with food and laid myriad eggs and
tended them, and her eyes stood out
with virtue.
Also she knew 1t and marveled tllat
the sluggard came not TO consider her
ways end be wise.
But the sluggard stayed at home
and minded her own business.
Then arose the ant. armed with
strong sense OF duty--for sho could
wait no longer knowing the exceed
ing sluggishness OF the sluggard.
And, truly, the ant was far moro
numerous than the sluggard. but not
80 big.
And tho ant went into the house OF
the sluggard and exhibited her ways
that the sluggard might consider them
perforce and be wise
And, verify, the sluggard did con-
slider the ways of the ant--how she
~ up and down. continually doing
.he same thing; how she took hum
dred to consult over one crumb how
she had no soul above her victuals
and her indistinguishable eggs which
we're no improvement on their indis-
tinguisha5is mothers and how she
abounded in the meal and tho -four
and the sugar and the molasses.
And the sluggard arose and gave
thanks for the wisdom that had come
OF Considering the ways OF the ant
And she took OF insect powder one
talent and leid II broad dcast IN the ways
OF the ant as she considered them. and
the ant went from the house of the
sluggard ia dust-pan. Wasp.
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October winds blow chill and drear
sifiinE gold, crimson and brown leaves.
Whirling them down withered ana sere.
Tossed into heaps like gathered sheayes
Thick. almost asthe fallen glow
or autumn shade and autumn light
The fallen heroes sleep below
The tiny slabs OF marble white
Grave the loss TO the worlds grim page,
In stately paintings or sculptured art,
Great inventions that thrill the age.
or songs that touch IT. thrObbing heart
Who VIII close the chapters begun
or books that might have brought renowr
10 nameless ones. whose race Is run.
That lie In tombs To the dead unknown
The loss was not the wife's alone.
The aged sire's or helpless bahc's:
History. robbed OF her rights makes snoan,
Nation nouns the price she paid
The diamond drill., 1891-11-07
THE GREAT HEREsY CASE
Dr. Brigg. Must stand Trial on Nov. 4
NeHN

On Nov. 4 contest is TO begin which
will excite a degree of public interest
hardly inferior TO that caused by the
issues of politics. On that day Prof
Charles A. Briggs, ID. d.. OF Union
Theological seminary, will be placed
on trial for alleged heresy before
the Presbytery of New York city.
That the trial wall take place Is now
seemingly beyond question. Until
a few days ago strong hopes were en-
tertaincd that II might be avoided.
Peace slowing men have naturally an-
ticipated the struggle with dread.
No one can tell what the hnal result
will be. The only reasonably sure
prophecy Is. that whatever the Pres
bytery decides the case will be
carried from the Prcsbytcry
60 SYNOD and from Synod 20
General Assembly; and that whatever
may Toe the ult mate fate of DIR. Briggs
at the hands OF his church, conse-
qucnces far deeper and wider than the
fate of any individual will follow from
the beginning OF this heresy hunt.
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y, .ssas %s,,,, ,1s scene .nd faIr-
~ neither erisf a.. 90 90
NJ weary footprint .. e.
5 sveotou< ro:r- 80 made;
~ AZ fhe skiss az bln.
-. -vo,' pleasant ilow
hesrt = gay and rl.d
n feet how swiftlv IA.
- are no fount.Ics $500 ~
'.s pnf'nuf through the night
nightingales to sicb sn1
yo avenues OF rue
&pewsomo tarns 10 wand.-
lons the road to rrs' a'''' 'S
~ rules the heart alone.
10; e .t swayed In vain
r6fe that soul doth o~a
That cannot think Of nai,
Nd Joy and peace and ro,rth
Are creams ontblossomed true.
NJ an 2. heaven and naught Of earth
Along the road TO Prue'
',d when the journeys DER
see her like the light
'nat glows at evenings door
10 beautify the night
And In her presence /
Ny golden dreams renew
Nd bless the hcur fh.t
Along the road to Prue'
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A use has been found for the Soudan
In addition 10 unlimited quantities OF
sand the country produces numberlesS
auails, which are imported TO London
via Egypt, and ultimately ind their
way 20 English tables. Never before
havo SO many quails been sold In the
metropolitan markets as this season.
and never within the memory Of deal
ers has the price been so low. The
quail OF the desert Is also put 90 an.
other use. II Is exceptionally rapid
In fight and strong on the wing. and
is beginning 90 be much used In shoot
ing matches Quails for this purpose
are carefully brought over alive and
give, IL 10 said, excellent Sport
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bells out Of that vortex on cxactiy the
the same principle"
II Is In order to be near these mahat-
mas and to draw inspiration from
them that Mrs. Annie Besant has gone
TO India OF this lady Colonel Olcott
says her conversion TO theosophy Is the
most important event In the recent
history Of the organization.
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hatmas cannot say Nine Blavatsly
was not mahatma, because she had
q very decided human side 10 her
character. and that mahatma has
not Mime. BlavatslSy wns wu<nan
with two sides human, which was
very ordinary, the other, which was
very majestic.
''Cne Of her feats was TO produce
music by her mystic side After
listening 20 this oLce / found that
psychiCnl current was passing through
the atmosphere near her hand She
sent forth a second current by force Of
her will When the two met n vortex
was formed and out OF this vortex
came the music III you were &c
whistle you would think upon Q note
and straightway IL would come forth.
Nine. BlavatsI<y. with her extrnordin-
airy powers. brought The notes Of sae
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A Remarkable Pony.

Stone Mountain Ga. has a rcmarls-
able pony. lie has not only almost
human intelligence, the power OF
knowing TO the minute his feeding
hour, and an ability 60 distinguish
persons he has met before, but eau run
errands His owner has small bag.
which he hangs on the pony's neck
md on being told 20 bring the mail
the pony marches of with much dig
nifty TO the postofiice, where the genial
postmaster receives the bag, nno upon
depositing the ipail tells HIM 20 "take
IL hom~." which he does without a
mistake
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corded In his journals how Tennyson
was pointed out TO him ON this oc-
casion, and he devotes several pages to
n minute and elaborate description Of
him, showing the quickness and keen
ness OF his observation.
The diamond drill., 1891-11-07
MISS HELEN MATHER.
A Gifted Novelist who Has Admirers
I'm EUROPE and America.

The portrait here given is that OF an
English novelist who recLons almost as
many admirers in this country as
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WRITER OF TRAGEDIES.
A New Genius discovered In BeIeiuns
by william Archer.

william Archer. the London critic,
hGs veritable nose for news and new
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-22
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

Fire at Hillsboro, y. d., Wednes day
destroyed property to the value of $40. co.
The troops have begun leaving Pine
said to be over.
DR. Guttman, of Berlin, declares that
Professor kocn's lymph tends TO cure al.
ceration of the bowels.
sudden thaw caused landslide a,
Folkestone, England, which buried cot
tage and killed three children.
Advices from Chill say that the revol,
there Is spreading, parties OF government
troops having passed over to the rebels.
The remains of tie late George Ban.
croft were inferred in the family lot in the
cemetery at Worcester, Mass, Wednesday
The London Times suggests rs solu.
ton OF the American negro problem that
the negroes be "exodusted" to Central
Africa.
4 rise Of - degrees in temperature is
general in Europe. In Spain and Algeris
the snow and severe weather have cost
many lives.
The body of King Kalakaua has been
embalmed and will be shipped to Homo
lulu on the United States warship
Charleston.
The campaign tenants in Ireland give as
their reason for settling with the land.
lords that the league had failed to sustain
them financially, as promised.
Frank Parmelee, the Chicago omnibus
man, has boarded at the Palmer house in
that city for seventeen years and it has
cost him $4,000
Maurice Mountfort, a Chicago restau-
hoe So.
to give home to his aged mother. and
sugg sting that she be sent to tine DO, r.
house
The committee on public buildings and
grounds of the house of representatives
has agreed to report favorabiy bill provid-
ing A,0U0,0O0 for a new public bl.lIing ut
Chicago.
A molder employed in Landon & Co. 5
foundry at Bridgeport, Conn, sat down
In tub of molten iron long enough to
burn of his trousers, but was entirely un-
hurt. They call him salamander.
A largely attended state convention in
favor OF equal franchise opened at Deca
tur, His, Wednesday. The principal ad-
dresses were delivered by Mrs. Zeralda
Wallace, the venerable mother OF Gen.
Lew Wallace, and Mrs. Maria Baldwin, OF
Rockford.
A telegram to The Lond IN Times sent
nom this country was shown to Secretary
Blaine stating that the United States was
preparing to seod eleven war ships into
Behring sea. He declared it false and
said that the correspondent should apollo
G re to the \ nerican people The cor. -
spondent says it WAS brief summary 4
al Annapolis special to The New YORK
Times
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-22
And So End the Contests.


SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Jan. 2s,-The two
houses of the legislature met in Joint con-
vention yesterday and took the first vote
for senator. Mcdonald nominated Palm
er and Fuller performed that office for
Oglesby. The vote was the same as in
the separate houses-Palmer, 101 Oglesby.
1N; Streeter, B. Tw Omore ballots were ia
ken with the same result, and the Joint con-
vention adjourned. How long This thing
VIII be kept up no one can predict. Lit
tie business was done in the senate.
the most important being the reception of
the resolution adopted by the no use favor
ing the election of United States senator
by the popular vote. In the house Merritt
introduced bill amending nineteen sec
lions OF the revenue law, one provision of
which makes taxes payable in two INSTALL
ments. Geher introduced bill prohibit
ing unions among contractors to refuse to
compete with each other A resolution to
investigate the conduct of the Anna Insane
asylum was introduced. Bruta ity to the
inmates is charged
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-22
A Curious Thing i'm ,yi,cons;n

MADISON, Wis, Jan ga number i'm
portant bills were introduced yesterday in
the legislature. The curious thing about it
was that none of them came from the
Democratic majority, but from the small
Knot of Republican statesmen left over
One bill introduced in the senate provides
for the deposits of public funds in certain
institutions and fixes the rate of interest.
Bills in the house: An antitrust bill; re-
ducing railway rates on the C. and ". and
O., NJ. and St. p. roads by l cent n mile
The committee having charge of them is
hard at work on the bills to repeal the
Bennett law and this will be one of the
first matters attended to.