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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10

continually. and the canvas rises untu
only the hoop rests upon the ground.
A number Of the assistants now stand
upon this hoop
The last heating remains TO be done.
At short intervals kerosene Is thrown
upon the fire. by this time largely con-
sisting OF a mass of very hot embers.
The oil Is at once volatilized and
rusnes as gas into the balloon, with
In which II suddenly bursts into igni-
ton, producing a great sheet of flame,
plainly distinguishable through the
cloth. This ~ repeated over and over
again. each addition Of kerosene pro-
ducing great flame as IL ignites. al
most with explosive violence, within
the expanded canvas, now straining
violently upward The upper
end of the parachute during
the imitation has been attached
TO the balloon, and the aeronaut. Mr..
M. l.. Macdonald of New Haven, Conn.
professionally known as Daring Dom
aid" stands of To one side, as the bal
loon is nearly ready, grasping the con-
centrating ring. When all is prepared.
the word Is given. and the balloon Is
released. The chimney is covered.
and, as the balloon rises. the
aeronaut walks or runs forward
under IL. nd is carried up
ciinging to the parachute ring.
A loop of rope in attached TO the ring,
and, when some distance up, he steps
into this loop and thrusts his head up
through the concentrating hoop, SO MS
to leave his hands free To manipulate
the cutting aope. When sufficient
tsrl. a Hs.s t.t. al 10
himself over favorable ground for a
descent, he pulls the cutting rope and
sewers the connection between himself
and the balloon. lie commences TO
drop with accelerating velocity until
the air, catching the parachute, sud
denly opens IL just rs an umbrella Is
pened by hand. The Velocity OF the
descent is checked. With some oscil-
lation the earth Is approached quite
rapidly; in half minute or less the
surface is reached. The object of the
aperture in he center Of the parachute
TO make these oscillations AS
slight as possible. The earth is struck
with some violence, about as IL the
jump was from six or eight feet eleva.
ton, indicating "a velocity OF about
Twenty feet per second. The deserted
balloon capsis es, owsng TO the greater
weight of its top, the not air and
produ, Is 81 combustion with consider
able smoke escape, and IL collapse,
and rapidly falls.
AS the ascent is made, the entire
distance from the top of the balloon
To the aeronaut hanging TO the para
hute Is about LIS feet; the inhated
balloon is about 40 feet in diameter
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
mnde = place Tor mer.elG

Miss Grace Bates OF California, a
granddaughter OF Judson, one OF the
richest OF the Pacific coast million
aires, was unfortunate enough "a few
years ago to lose by bad investments
the large property which had come TO
her as her portion OF the family estate.
Brought up in luxury. Miss Bates
had apparently no way OF earning a
livelihood. The idea occurred to her
Of turning her attention To decorative
art. She had always had good idea
OF form and color and consequently
she reasoned that as florists de-
signer she might be tolerably certain
Of reasonable degree OF success.
Accordingly ,he applied TO Mrs.
Leland Stanford for permission to dec
crate her dining-room on "A certain
grand occasion. SO successful was
the first attempt that Miss Bates has
since found all that she could do in the
line OF trimming houses for grand en-
tertainments
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10

Tho magnificent diamond tiara and
necklace which the Duchess OF Aosta
wore when she appeared In full dress
on her recent visit TO England are the
famous jewels which the Emperor
Napoleon gave TO Princess Clotilde
In 1850 on her marriage, and they
were n good fortune. When Princess
Clotilde fled to Italy In September,
1870, she took those jewels with her,
and placed them in charge OF King
Victor Emmanuel who peremptorily
refused 10 give them up To Prince
Napoleon, who was anxious TO con
vert them into money; but he never
succeeded In recapturing them. al
though he frequently attempted to do
so. The Duchess OF Aosta left Paris
on Saturday for Moncaljeri. ne ar
Turin. on n visit TO her mother.
Princess Clotilde.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
ono Count Too Much

Daughter can't marry that man.
He's bad.
A-othcr-My dear, think how very,
very rich
Daughter-In his youth he killed a
man.
Mother--l outh can be forgiven many
follies Think how rich -
Daughter--Once he stole sac, 600, and
his father had TO pay IL.
Mother--1hat was all hushed up
Think how rich
Daughter He Is an awful drunkard
Mother-Many gentlemen drink n
little, my dear, and I'm sure he can af-
ford
Daughter lie says you are old and
awkward.
Mother--Thc wretch lie shan't see
you again.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
BAyARIA's MAD KING
The Regent Will Succeed suim--usow
mad Osso Looks and Acts la nis
Palace Prison---Carccr Of Huis Prob
able Successor.

The present indications are that the
crazy king. Otto. of bavaria, who sue
ceeded Ludwig III. on the latter's death
by suicide Is To be deprived of his
throne and that the present regent.
lrincc Lultpold. Is TO bc made king.
The Emperor William Is said To have
declared recently that Ii is dangerous
- the empire 10 have such an import
ant state as bavaria without "a sane
royal head. and SO commission OF
three physicians has been appointed
10 examine iuto the mental state of
the king. so that the regent may be de-
clared the legal ruler OF the kingdom
Prince Luitpold Is n capable man
enough at the head OF affairs and he
would lie as good n ruler I'm Bavaria ms
is necessary. AS matter of fact,
however, he Is absolute ru.er there to-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10

Tho reports Indicate that the \
tho past week, while favorable
ing corn. has been too hot Tor th(
suits In all crops In the ground.
has been the warmost on recor(
past sixteen years for this period
lack OF rainfall during the latt<
OF the week has been unfavoral
seeding. The corn crop Is no}
danger OF frost, and the maiorif
In the shock, and will all be Cd
week. Wheat seeding 10 progr
~ now or account Of the dry
the soil, and the wheat that w
fore the hot wave has not 81
gSnund. The wheat that wa
portesi.as doing Kerry, well and
ditlon, b. rs needed ~ 3
mote a steady growth. Thor
he a very large acreage OF wi
fall.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10

a number OF persons living In the
vicinity OF Rcedlcy, Fresno county.
Cal, all reputable citizens, too. de.
clare that they have seen and hunted
two dragons with wings fifteen feet
long. boo les without covering OF hair
or feathers, head broad, bills lonr and
wide, eyes not less than four inches IN
diameter and with feet like those "a an
alligator. though more circular en-
form. They had five toes on each
foot, with q strong claw on each toe.
aud the track II e'eycn inchc. wide
and nineteen inches long. These
monsters were first seen near Scl,o.
Cal. on the night Of July ll. After
they had made several nppearan1 81 n
party was organized TO hnnt thorn
One OF them was wounded nd track I'd
several miles and his track In the mud
secured.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10

Ing or writing, just at present both
Mr.. and Mrs. Navarro are busily en-
gagged Ia furnished new homo az
Tunbridge Wells. They have taken
the lease OF piacefor seven years ana
are ransacking all England for an
tique furniture and pretty fixings.
After an carly dinner there 10 gath
ering In the little drawinc-room and
perhaps some game l. played for an
hour or SO. by 10 o'clock the house
Is In darkness. and next day the
happy couple begin again TO ride and
walk and visit or receive friends.
Occasionally they go TO London to see
some new production at the theatcrs.
Tor Mrs. Navarro has not lost her in
terest In the stage 70 that extent that
she can not enjoy good play. Some
times she comes down To London for
dinner. but not often. II she
accepted all the Invitations she
receives she would dine six nights
week from her own home. Her life
just now Is one long, restful holiday.
She is enjoying every moment of it,
as we'll she may. Her health Is per-
feet. She is happy In her husbands
love and her bank account Is ample.
She need give no thought for the
morrow. All is peace and pleasure.
'.And you may say that we are both
still Americans, says Mr.. Navarro,
as he BIDS me good-by. There is no
mere loyal American In tho world
than my wife. She would fight for
the stars and stripes. In a little
while. perhaps. she will go TO Amer
lea for visit. IL will always be
home 10 u.s."
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10

wig II. sought death IN 1a1s eee1
berg.
The regent himself. Primes I4uItpol |.
however, who will probably soon y
declared King. who Is now sevepty
wears old. IS a man Of plain. good Sum
mon sense. Hc Is . soldier b5 pro-
fession. but he wears his uniform only
when he must He was married 10 q
Princess OF Tuscanny NJ Florence in
1884. but has been q widower for the
last thirty years. lie lives In the
simplest style on the second door OF
the palace at Munich with his daugh-
ter, Princess Therese.
The first floor Is occupied by Prince
Louis Luitpold, the eldest SON OF the
future King of Bavaria and the hus-
band OF Maria Theresa of Este, niece
Of the late Countess of Chambord. He
is the father of eleven children. IL Is
said that when the princess had her
eighth child she promised that she
would make the number an even
dozen. so far the figures stop at
eleven. but the succession In Bavaria
Is amply provided for through tho
crown princes progeny.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10

LATEST EXPERIMENTS IN AERI-
Al NAVIGATION.
w. l. Mcdonald. Of New Haven,
Conn. Has Made an Important
Dtscevcry--A Lesson la Optical H.
Iusfons.

For some time past an exhibition Of
much interest To those n'erested in
aeronautics has been produced daily
at ri Dorado, a pleasure resort upon
the top of the Palisades on the hud
son river. just above Hoboken. ltcon
sists In the ascent of a Montgolficr
balloon, To which ribless parachute Is
attached. The acronaut ascends with
the two, and when sufficient height
above the earth is attained, cuts loose
from the balloon. effecting his descent
TO earth in the parachute. We illus
trate the principal features OF the in
flation, ascent, and descent with the
parachute.
The balloon Is made OF sheeting.
Tnis is one yard wide. anu in the bal
loon which we illustrate forty seq
ments OF IL were required for The err
conference. For M n. from its top
each segment was tar cred nearly TO a
point The next Is IL. were untouched.
and Their the last 20 n. leading TO the
neck of the balloon were also tapered
10 about one-forrth their width.
The segments were sewn together, as
I'm making regular seam. cord was
then laia along the seam, and the dou-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
Jenny Lind and Grill.

Somewhere In the 40s Grisi and
Jenny Lind were singing In different
theaters In London.
Those who went into OBSTACLES over
Crisis Norma" were the next even
ing enraptured with Lind's 'Casta
Diva Great was the rivalry be-
tween them
Finally Queen Victoria, deeming II
a shame that two such gifted women
should be separated by mean, I'M
worthy jealousy. requested both TO APP
pear at court concert or course,
they both came
The queen warmly welcomed them
together for the first time She gave
the signal for the concert 10 begin.
Jenny Lind was the younger, and IL
was arranged that she should sing
first. With perfect confidence In her
powers she stepped forward TO begin.
CHANGING 10 glance at Grisi she saw
the southern women's malignant gaze
fixed on her.
The fierce look almost paralyzed
her. Her courage left her. her voice
trembled. everything grew black be-
fore her and she almost fell. BY the
greatest exertion OF her WILL how
ever. she managed TO finish her aria.
A painful silence followed It's con-
clusion--a silence that told her OF her
failure. She caught a triumphant
expression on Crisis face
Despite the clearuess OF her senses
she quickly realized that failure meant
lost glory, disappointed hope, the de-
struction OF happiness. grief and NOR
LITIGATION 10 her family and her friends.
Suddenly soft voice that seemed TO
come from heaven whispered 10 her;
"Sing one OF your old songs in your
native language.
She caught at the thought like an
inspiration. The accompanist was
striking his final chords She
stepped up 10 him. asked him TO rise,
and took the vacant seat.
Softly her white fingers wandered
over the keys in n loving prelude,
then she sang. IL was a little prayer
which she loved as child; 1t belonged
90 her childhood's repertoire. She
hadn't sung IL for years. AS she sung
she no longer in the presence OF
royalty but singing TO loving friends
in her fatherland.
Noone present understood word
OF the prayer" Softly at first the
plaintive notes noated on the air.
swelling louder and richer every
moment.
The singer seemed 20 throw her
whole soul into that weird. thrilling,
plaintive prayer Gradually the
song died away and ended in soft
sob. Again there was silence -silence
OF admiring wonder.
The audience sat spellbound. Jenny
Lind lifted at last her sweet blue eyes
20 look into the scornful face that
had so Disconnected her at first. There
was no fierce expression now; instead.
tear-drop glistened on the long
black lashes.
After moment, with the impulsive-
ness OF child OF the tropics. Grisi
crossed 10 Jenny Lind's side, placed
her arm about her and kissed her
warmly, utterly regardless OF the ad-
miring audience.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10

Take a goblet, OF which the bottom
is cut sideways. l. O., in side sections,
grasp the foot OF the glass and incline
the edge toward you after having
emptied into the glass little water so
that the water resembles great drop
in the interior of the part not cut.
Look at the table cloth through this
drop of water. You will be surprised
TO see how easy IL hGs become To count
threads. for each one of them APP
pears much larger than il is in reality.
The fact OF IL Is that the drop of water
like the sample shown in the figure
has taken exactly the form of a bicon-
vex lens.
If this water does not take on its up.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
TALENTED YOUNGSTERS.
A Young Pianist and . Young Now
clsst, Zach Eight Wears Old.


Two bright little New Workers are
attracting considerable attention now
by their precocity. One Is Michael
zadora and the OF Ter Louis Torpetc.
The latter is the s-ycnr-old son OF
senior Baldasano Torpete. the Span
ish consul general in New York.
Little Louis first saw the light In Que
bee and is i'm school n. st. Francis
Navier's college. He Is a youth OF lit
erary tastes. and once h wrote a long
story i'm spanish, NIL divided into chap
tiers, and It the end of each chap
ter he put "Adios. papa" or "Adios,
mamma or "Adios, TO dos for he
worked evenings, ana when he had
done chapter he went TO bed This
precious Ms. he carried himself To u
publisher. and with all the soiemnity
In the world unbuttoned his pea jacket
and handed IL mp to the desk. II was
accepted and paid for then and there,
and Louis was not the least bit sur
prised. lie put His money into big
pocketbools Ike an experienced man OF
business and walked away. lie has
now begun work on "A volume OF his
travels, which will no doubt prove
interesting.
Michael Zadora Is only eight year
old. but he has displayed such remarks
able musical talent as TO have called
forth the encomiums OF experienced
pianists He IN native OF New York
City, and lives with his father In one
of the uptown streets. When three
years old he gave the first evidence OF
his wonderful gift. Now he Is cap
able of rendering intelligently the
most difficult works of the great com
poscrs His technique Is marvellous,
when II is taken into consideration
that his little hands are unable To span
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
ON A BucKiNo BRONCO.
Thrilling Experiences Ola Young Lady
on the Back Of an Unframed stccd.

A young lady living on ranch in
the Big Horn basin. In Wyoming. has
just had n thrilling experience with an
unbrolscn bronco. A cowboy was at
tempting 10 conquer the animal, par
ticularly stubborn beast, when In fun
Miss Cora Arledge, the daughter OF n
well. known ranehman, jumped In the
saddle, throwing her knee over the
horn. In minute the horse started
off az brcakncck speed. buclsing like
all possessed. Fer .wo hours IL kept
It's awful pace. h, tly pursued by three
cowboys, one Of whom finally sue
ceeded in lassoinR the flying stced and
bringing IL TO n stop. Miss Arledgc.
however, had such strain upon her
le that she was unable 10 dismount.
and before she could be assisted the
bronco started OF again. This time
the horse ran until II cropped dead.
The young lady w 5 picked up uncon.
scious, and SO great had been the ex-
ertion Of the limb over the saddle horn
that IL has been limp and power. a.
ever since. She has been sent AZ
Omaha for treatment
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
Lawn Tennis.

Lawn tennis continues to decline in
popularity among Englishwomen.
The fact Is that the game, among OK
perts, is now played at so furious a
rate that IL is more like hS I'd work than
play. When 1t was introduced at first
IL was carried on In very leisurely
fashion, without serious disarrange-
ment OF costume or overheating OF the
person. both serious evils TO the fem
mime performer OF the less enthusias-
tic kind. The game, moreover, has
become so scientific that the casual
player has no chance OF distinction;
and, as no young woman is ever will
ing TO be seen at a disadvantage. IL
naturally follows that the experts
have the field almost entirely to them
selves, and that the crop OF rising
players OF the softer sex is growing
smaller every year.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10

Sheriff Downcy. OF Kalamazoo, IL
tigating the case OF May Potter,
girl who mysteriously disappeared
days since. She is the daughter Of
Charles Hatch aud was workine
although but fourteen years Of an
strange woman enticed her away, q
girl was traced to the house OF "
Keep. widower OF Alan. The
kept her secreted and denied that sb
there. but her mother noticed some
clothing on the line In tho yard and
the aid OF tho officers secured her.
girl finally admitted that Keep had
dated her and forced her to hide whe
one approached the place, and In ca
breath she said she liked TO live W.
The officials are puzzled over
They think Keep has been gu
crime aud yet hardly know how
him, owing 10 the girls pcculia
She Is now with her mother. X
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10

per side the form of a swelling convex
surface but It's upper surface remains
horizontal you will have a plain con-
vcx lens
4 hesc two kinds OF lens are diver
gent 10th have the property OF en-
larging oh ects. Bi-convex lens used
as charging glasses are called micro
scopes. and the modest drop Of water
permits of examining in detail the
different part OF plant or an insect
that an be seen with difficulty with
the naked eye
Look now at the under part of the
glass through one OF the sides that are
cut. At this spot the glass is concave
at the interior and concavc at the ex-
terror; we have then bi-con ave lens
like that In the figure or plain con
cave il the cut were straight instead OF
being round. Now far from being en-
larged the thread of the cloth, the in
sect or the flower appears much smaller
than they are In reality, which shows
that a plain or bi-concave lens has the
property of reducing the apparent
dimensions OF objects.
The glasses i'm spectacles for far
sighted people are bi-concave with
thick edges while those for near
sighted people are bi-convex with thin
edges.
So you see drop of water in n glass
has just given us lesson in optics
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
tofafhfc lie 6atloo-

heats the trench and smoke stack, the
draught AZ first being about as much
onc way rs the other After n few
minutes, however. the draught begins
10 tend strongly toward the chimney,
which ~ cncircied by the mouth OF tie
balloon. the sides being held well out
from the center by corps ~ assist
ants From time TO time little kero-
sene Is thrown on the fire. All this
while an attendant stands within the
balloon, by the side of the
chimney, armed with n circular
board TO act as fire screen. and with a
pail Of water and cup near him to
throw water upon the cloth should 10
become ignited. The balloon gratd.
nlly feels the bnoyant effect OF the
heated products OF combustion. and Ms
IL tends 10 rise. more and more cloth
Is fed out. the assistants shifting their
hold lower down upon the sides OF the
balloon. After ten or fifteen minutes
tue suspcndinp rope Is cast on and
pulled away from the balloon. aud -four
guy ropes leading from its top are
used TO keep IL in position. Il swsils
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
Girl. of chile.

The pretty girls In Chile take lIte
easily. Tho fair Chilean rises late.
She dresses hastily, throwing char
liable shawl about her shoulders 10
hide the manifold sins OF omission,
and her ablutions. II she troubles her
self 20 mako any. being merely form
OF politeness at the wash-bowl. In
every case the Chilean woman prefers
silk or wooden gown. however soiled
or tattercd. TO the finest and freshest
cotton fabric. for she considers the lat
ter material the exclusive property Of
servants and despised Gringoes or
foreigners. Thus In dishabille she
dawdles about amusing herself with
fancy work or doing nothing nc al.
until ennui drives her 20 seek relief
In shopping or paying visits. Then
the glossy hair mounts up on the top
OF the head in n marvellous heap. the
slipshod slippers give place 10 French
boots with the highest heels and most
peaked toes that were ever invented
TO torture their foolish wearers, and
IN all the splendor OF costly apparel
she sallIes forth with stately tread,
generally bareheaded, closely fol-
lowed by n servant whose business IL
is to bear my lady's purse, hnndkcr-
chief. parasol aud whatever trihs she
may purchase. At the sunset hour or
In tee early evening--before time for
opera or tcrtulia--she repairs 70 the
promenade 10 enjoy a little music and
perhaps mild Irritation.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10


Gov. Winans has appointed tho fold
Ing olllcera for the now county Of Dick
son: sheriff. Patrick O'Connor: cou1
clerk, John Frederick; register Of De-
Hugh Mclaughlin; treasurer, A.
Wright; commissioner OF schools, r.
Parmcntcr; prosecuting attorney. Aug
{. Cook; coronors, David Bcrjcron Z
Alexis Patcnnude all OF Iron Mounts
)uugc Of probate. Patrick Flanagan. N
Wy; circuit court commissioner, Dou|
Cameron, Norway; surveyor. ,. l. Bu(
Quinncsec
Tho governor also made the followl
appointments on Tuesday: VIM. M. HID
away, Grand Rapids. agent Of the ~
board Of corrections aud charities for X
county; Jane NJ. Kinney. Port Huron, 4
T. II. Hinchman. Detroit. Delegates 70
national prison congress at Pittsburg, q
10; A. G. Maxwell, Bay City, John
Chaplin. Grand Rapids. and Sullivan
Cutchcon, Detroit members OF the q
mission authorized by the last legisla(
TO confer with representatives from o.
states, with view 70 securing gre
uniformity Of laws relating TO mar
and divorce. settlement of estates, q
ton of deeds, etc