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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14
OH TO BE AN EMPEROR
How the German Kaiser Conducts His
Daily Life, ofiles aud Fun Included.

Emperor William III. OF Germany
has the iron industry of his grandfa-
Their. He rises every morning while
the clock is striking z, after having
lain just seven hours ia bed. He takes
cold shower bath. is shaved and
shampooed. aud then gets into his uni
form with all the expedition of tardy
Office boy.
Att i-2 o'clock he and the Empress
eat breakfast together. The meal Is
not made OF the flimsy stuff that tho
usual German breakfast is made of. but
includes ten. rolls. omelettes. beef
steak or outlets and fowl. The En-
peror goes from the table 10 his work
room. where huge packages of sorted
letters await his attention. Six hum
dred letters are his usual mail. He
glances at every one of them. sends the
petitions. which constitute the vast
majority OF all. TO the Civil Cabinet,
and indicates the replies TO be made to
the more important part of the cor
respondence.
However bulky the mail may be. tho
Emperor never varies from this rou-
tine. After discussing the program of
the day with an Adiutant the EN-
peror goes 10 the children. kisses them
once each. and gets general idea of
what their lessons for the day will be.
He returns TO his workroom TO hear the
Court Marshal review the condition
and prospects OF the imperial house,
keeping. and TO listen to the reports
and comments OF the cabinet Ministers
and President OF Police. He then
goes walking or riding in the street IL
the weather Is fine; in the riding hall
il il rains.
Only on days of military reviews. when
the Emperor must sit five or six hours
in the saddle. are these rides or walks
omitted from his program. AT 2
the Emperor Empress, aud little Ho-
henzollerns take "A second breakfast Of
soup boiled meat, with vegetables, a
roast. and pudding. After the meal
the Emperor makes calls or rides
again. The rest of the afternoon is
devoted 10 audiences and the prepare
ton of state papers. At g O'clock din
ner il served. not only TO the En-
peror's immediate family. but also To
all the sisters and cousins aud aunts of
Hohenzolern extraction who happen
10 be at the palace.
After the general reunion the En-
peror plays with the children and ex-
ercises with tho broadsword aud foil.
At 10 l-2 o'clock he takes supper. con-
sisting of salad. a joint, or fish. and
sweets. At III he rctircs TO his study.
He works there till midnight when he
relires 10 bed. Even then he does not
resign himself entirely TO rest. He
keeps at hand pencil and paper, and
often awakes in the night To- jot down
memoranda of plans for the next day.
Even when visiting the Gar or the
Queen. or other fellow sovereigns. the
Emperor does not rest from the routine
OF his state labors. BY telegraph he
keeps himself in the closest commune
cation with all his cabinet officers, and
directs the administration of all mat
ters OF importance. Besides his few
minutes with his children. the En-
perors only other intervals Of recre-
alton are devoted TO the reading OF
contemporary military literature in
English, French, Italian, Spanish, and
German.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14

OF them. The person who Is happy
surely faces the world NJ great adj
vantagei the person who is unhappy
often has doubts and suspicious aud
biiternesses. Let us try 10 give our
children tho advantage OF happiness.
and. though we have no personal
motive, we shall surely not 60 unre-
warded. - Halper's Barar.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14
STAGE FRIcHrs.


sFor men may come and men may go pu'
go on forever. -. "a
80 sang the poet OF the brook; twas iar
from his design. - ,.,,cr
But j have deep impression thht
maxim never A.. tho
Could los found Tor ccrsain pcfrons ~
hlsfrlonic line. ,s.,,t,.
Like the erisIy shade OF Banquo they uoiqu''-
ON those festival occasions whom fll par
quot chair ,...,..
drop in ,.....
comic air.
III.
Time tries In vain 10 withcr and custom can
not stale 'em. ,
Unmovcd alike by satire and the classic
with a beautiful assurance that never seems
10 fail EN-
They blossom like the pansics in tho Spring
time Of cnch year -
Speaking mildly, they fatigue me ana ihspiro
mo with a lnDguor,
Or expressing IL less chastoly, mako mo
tired Us can be.
And I'm really forced 10 speak OF, more IN
sorrow than In anger.
Two NIL porvrdlng features that are harrow.
ing To lac.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14


nj night and tells his wife with grave.
decorous face that he has ''been 10 the
lodge" and that there was "a good deal
OF extra work going on" the fond soul
thinks her husband has been engaged In
some important though necessarily secret
business connected with the manage
ment OF the benevolent society to which
lac belongs. and that without his pres
cnce nj the meetings the society would
go 10 the bad.
Instead OF that he has been helping TO
put some connding victim through
course OF involuntary gymnastics that IL
would make craven image OF John
Calvin laugh TO sec
There is a certain lodge OF good
brethren that holds It's sessions on n
third floor not thousand miles from
thu corner OF State and Madison streets.
says the Chicago Tribune. the date of
meeting being not thousand years re-
mote from the first Saturday evening OF
each month These br,thrcn are not
always as careful rs they should be in
closing the blinds that keep the prying
eye OF the 'cowan and cavesdropper"
from seeing what goes on inside the
lodgeroom. and on certain evening
some mouths ago several young men
who had nothing better TO do aud who
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14
a IioyaI Romance.

"fhere's n turned-down page. "as some
writer has said. lin every human life"
Even stout. comfortable. equity Queen
Victoria in her stuffy mourning. worn
40 persistently all these years for her
royal consort. has had her romance.
Lord Peterborough. whose death re-
GENTLY took place. was. SO says an En-
glsh writer, "A sweetheart of the YOUTH
tul Queen many years ago. The two
lovers were very devoted TO each other.
aud the Queen pleaded with her coNn-
sellers and advisors for the privilege OF
choosing him as her consort. But with
the usual perversity of affairs Of tho
heart matters OF state made the union
undesirable and reason prevailed over
love. Victoria proposed. instead. to
the German Prince she welded. aud
marlborough was presented with u
commission in tho army. which trans
ported him safely out Of the way to
India. where he distinguished himself
after tire manner Of disappointed lovers
by his reckless daring aud bravery.
There are some disadvantages in be-
ing Queen aud having plenty OF SPEND
ing money. To be required to pro-
pose TO ones future husband is some
thing of an ordeal. and being COM
PEELED to propose to the man the nation
chooses. aud nj the same time sign tho
papers which banishes the man YOU
love by the very people over whom
you are supposed to reign, must be
almost rs annoying as getting along In
life without corOnet or crest.
But all that happened years ago and
tho rfrpnl LADY, IA trranf frtsa "A a. 80 lso ~
now, and has forgotten all about such
trincs. and is rs happy rs pct pussy
II only her shoes are loose aud easy. II
the royal butler doesn't forget her
fayoritc dish OF walnuts Mt dinner. aud
II her stock OF India shawls supplies
her wedding presents.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14

banging him with things that looked
like huge bologna snusnges nnd proba-
bly, werc cloth bags stnEcd with straw
or sawdust. They pounded him with
these and flung them &C him as he
fioundercd aud cavortcd on the treacher-
Gus rug
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14

Two long acknowledged artists In the humor-
Gus depletion
or the natives Of the Green Isle nre tho
brothers Skibbcrcon.
Dearest reader. have heard them. / hnyo
suffered that nfillctiOn,
And believe me when tell you they're tho
worst I've ever seen.
TITS their song that makes me weary. stccls
my heart and makes me chilly,
Causes me 10 fumc aud muttor tai my man.
Is bosom swclis,
Whom they sing about their Sally. softly war
hlc OF their Nelly
Telling how they love TO meet them In tho
scented mpoulif dolls
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14

yictorien Sardou. tho French play
wright. is entering his Goth year IN ro-
bust and vigorous health. He has new
or been in. and attributes his inn
munity from disease 10 the fact that lac
takes eight hours sleep every night
aud is never bothered by his digestion.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14

Frank Dc Witt Talmago. son OF tho
famous Brooklyn preacher. Is leciuring
In Western cities. He is a young man
OF "a. OF dark complexion and some
what resembles his father in facial cx-
preston. He shows evidence OF Iav-
ing been carefully trained in oratory.
but his delivery Is crude aud his
gestures are not spontaneous.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14

Miss Mary Garrett of baltimore mas
a bath in her home lined with Mexican
onyx that cost $4,000.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14
SEEN FROM A WINDOW.
RICH AND RARE SCENES WITNESSED
IN A cuRTAINLEss LoDcE-RooM.
risssant Experiences OF candidate-Hs
II Given an Excellent idea Of tho Ups
and Downs of Life. --.---

o be initiated into
some OF the secret
societies Of h 9
day is a hilarious
aud slde-splitting
affair for all con
cerned except the
candidate. 1t is q
kin d OF hazlng
frolic. When the
head Of the house
hold. so called.
comes home late
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14

A gay sonhretteful maiden Is Miss Talbot
Price McChcstcr.
Who performs unique gyrnfions 10 n tuno
by Mytr Lutx.
while she Marbles with the softncss OF Wig
orOug Nor wcstcr.
And tnngles up her back hair with tho but
tons on hct bonts.
No arc weary. Miss Nc Chester. OF your skirt
lot and your prnncing.
On your nilopathic presence we are now In
clincd TO frOwn,
And / fancy you'd do better with your accent
and your ,iunCug
AZ the II Empire or the HOxford OF your
blOomin Lunnon town.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-11-18

any attempt to deny that the Province
OF Pernambuco has joined the Province
of Rio Grande do sui I'm declaring its
independence Great excitement pre-
vai.s at Rio de Janeiro and throughout
Brazil. II Is reported that Marshal da
Fonseca has been informed that he Is
suffei ing from disease which must soon
cause his death and that he has an
nounced his willingness to resign the
reins OF power The German popula-
tion of Rio Grande do Sui is reported to
be organizing into armed bodies Of men
on the plan of the Eutch settlers OF
South Africa and TO be determined to de-
fend the independence OF their new
State.
Rio Grande do Sui Is the sixth largest
province in Brazil, the other five being
Ceara, Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de jan
GIRO Minas. Geraes, and San Paulo. II
has an area OF 81, 335 square miles,
population of 5j4, 527, and Is situated at
the extreme southeastern point OF Bra
I'll, bordering on the frontiers OF Uru-
quay It has a Goa line OF 400 miles,
but not many ports of Importance, ow-
ing to the difficulty of navigation in
their harbors Nevertheless 1t has con-
siderable commerce and promises to be-
come one of the most prosperous OF all
the Brazilian provinces. 1t has valua-
BILE coal mines, important fisheries.
raises large herds OF cattle and hand
some crops of wheat, which is made into
-four in its own mills. The tia ian col
onists produce 25, 600 pipes OF wine an
nually. Wool is grown and cloth man
ufactured, and fine casslmeres from its
merinos are sold in Rio Janeiro.
The dispatches state that this province
is largely co.onized by Germans, and
maintains an army of $4,000 men Of
German origin. The statement, how
ever, is not altogether correct. A Ger
man colony Of 1926 persons was organized
at san Leopoldo by Pedro /. in 1924,
which has increased since that time to
over 100000 The dispatch, therefore,
must refer rather TO the entire German
population than to the number in the
army, though it Is not improbable that
liberal element of Germans or German
descendants are to be found in the ranks,
and that to this extent it will be found
superior to the native forces when II is
called into action. Out Of this colony
forty three others have sprung in this
province, the members Of which are
largely engaged in agricultural pursuits,
the principal one of which is the culti-
walton Of tobacco Their whole num-
Der, however, does not reach $4,000.
1t W II be seen from this general
sketch that in military strength and re-
sources Rio Grande do Sui is in a posi-
tion to make ser Gus trouble for the die
tator. If the revolution breaks out in
other provinces, as now appears likely,
it is not impossible that he may meet
with fate akin to that Of Balmaceda,
so far at least as defeat is concerned.
The situation, indeed, is a deplorable
one, but there appears to be no other So
luton of the problem than by the stern
and bloody arOitrament of civil war
The cause of the present trouble may
best be judged from the following
language of the Primate of Brazil, so
far back as February, threatening IL
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the new premier, Baron Lecuna, not
only ignored those DEGREES which abol-
ished titles but insisted on having his
own rank of Baron officially recognized.
With such a premier the republicans
were sure to have trouble sooner or later.
1T has now appeared.
Closely following the dissolution Of
Congress and the assumption OF dictator
ship by Da Fonseca, the important
southern province OF Rio Grande do Sui
has not only re used to recognize this
act OF usurpation but has declared its In
dependence and set up miniature re-
public OF its own, TO the Presidency Of
which IL has elected Silverco Martinez,
citizen OF great influence. Reports
also come from the northern province Of
Pcrnambuco, showing great discomfort,
and there are rumors of disquieted
feeling In all the States which BODIES lit
tie good to the republic As the out
come OF the action OF Rio Grande do
Sui, IL is confronted already with the
dismal prospect OF civil war. for. having
the army at his back, IL is not likely
that the dictator will submit to the
course which this province has taken.
Later advices say there is no longer
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-11-18
THE DRAGON OF HOLY WRIT.
A Sample OF the Mythical species st
PhiiAd elphis.

Among other interesting things now
on exhibition in Philadelphia, says the
Buffalo Commercial, is Heliosaurus,
supposed by naturalists to have been
extinct for 200 years, and regarded as
the dragon" of Holy Writ. The only
description given by naturalists has
been derived from information OBJ
tanned through the finding of the petri-
fed animal in an upper strata of stone
in Tilgate forest. in Sussex and Kent
counties, England. The Philadelphia
specimen is about five feet long and
was captured last June in Egypt. 1t
is covered with thick skin having
the appearance of scales, and along its
back is row of conical bones, resem-
bling the fin of large fish. The ami
NAL has the general appearance of
large lizard, its tail being about the same
length as its body. 1t has five long
talon-like toes on each foot, and posses
SEES two rows of teeth, which it is always
ready to use. The dragon is vicious
,nimal, and, when touched with stick,
all rear itself almost perpendicularly
IN its tail, while its small eyes will give
forth baleful light, accompanied with q
kissing noise, very similar to that made
by auake. The eyes are dark, sur
rounded by blood-red iris.
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the founding of new converts and
monastic orders was strictly prohibited.
The authorities of the church did not
therefore takeNery kindly to the repub-
lie, and being favored in their intrigues by
all the monarchists and the owners of the
liberated slaves, the clergy last Febru-
ary- secured the modification of those
temporary laws which legalzed civil
marriages, secularized the cemeteries,
and excluded the monastic orders from
the control of the public schools. At
that time the p DIVISIONAL ministry of the
President resigned, and Brazil adopted
q new constitution which, while not 60
ing so far as to restore the empire, was
really compromise between the princi-
plies of republicanism and the sullen
attitude of the clergy. For example,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-11-18
IT'S AN OPEN REVOLT.
BRAZILIAN PROVINCES DECLAR-
ING INDEPENDENCE.
They VIII Have None of Fonseca-Rumors
ofNew Seccssions- Grande DO Sui Rejects
the Dictator and Announces Its Auton-
omy.
The Crisis I'm Brazil.

When, on the 18th of November, 1889,
Don Fedro, Emperor OF Brazil, was
hustled on board a steamer at Rio ia
metro, and shipped to Lisbon, the world
regarded the feat as the most completely
successful and absolutely bloodless revo-
luton in all history. Those nations, like
our own. who had ceased to respect the
divine theory OF monarchs, clapped their
hands with .oy and welcomed another
and important acquisition to the great
family OF republics. Though that revo-
luton was as unexpected as 1t was thor
ough, preparations had been made for 1t
as for back as 1888, b. the establishment
OF military club, which was the focus Of
republican ideas, and of whom the leading
S irit was President Da Fonseca. Dom
Tedro, who had ruled the country since
1881, was man, like Abraham Lincoln.
who, IL he erred at all, erred on the side
of mercy. Like Lincoln, he had also
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-11-18

liberated the slaves; and as a member of
the House Of Braganza he had INDUCED
to the utmost the political pretensions of
thesCatholic clergy. While not disliked
by the people, he was considered to have
passed the stage Of usefu' ness His
daughter, the Princess Isabella, had
also al owed herself to become the mere
tool of Cardinal De Costa, the Primate
OF Brazil, and the. p ople therefore,
feared that on the death Of Dom Pedro
the government would be handed over
to clerical influence. 1t was this belief
more than anything else which nurtured
the spirit of req olution.
When Fonseca established previ-
sional government many OF the nobility
and the Jesuits had to quit Brazil, and
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/ was simply astounded to hear the
when he demanded that Canadian
wheat, corn, barley, rye and hogs should
come in free
/ showed that it was Dakota, Mime
sofa, Nebraska and Kansas that over
produced and ruined the Eastern farm
ers. | showed that the Mckinley tariff
would keep back 100000, 900 bushels of
wheat, rye, barley, potatoes, oats and
make it 60 out by Quebec. 1t is doing
it. With bountiful crops the United
while the Canadian farmer is starving
When the Canadians come down to
Washington to plead for an outlet for
their farm products next month Blaine
and Harrison will say
"No eciprocity with farm products.
We had to carry our own Dakota be-
cause she was our own child, but we
haven't got to carry your great North
west Territories. We haven't got to
carry Manitoba, Assinaboin, Alberta,
and section 800 miles long and 400
miles wide, as big as eight Dakotas, be-
cause it isn't ours"
Then the Canadians will talk about
utilization and reciprocity.
But, farmers, we don't want even an
nexation till you are fully on top once
again, and the Republican party won't
have it.
Fancy a Democrat getting up in Hi
nois and asking his audience to vote
against the Republican party because
it has brought prosperity to the farmer
Yours truly, NEVILLE ID. LANDoN,
'ELI PERKINS"
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the constitution did not suit him shat a
conflict, painful and grave, will ensue
throughout our dear country, which can
but result in the direst calamities. {"
President Fonseca is man of ability.
He was the soul and life of the move
ment which deposed Dom Pedro, and
has both the army and navy at his back.
He is also-a large landholder In the
very province which now revolts, and
while he has been forced to dissolve
Congress, that body was never very
friendly to his administration and had
ranged itself in opposition to the party
who, by mastery stroke of policy,
made the country republic.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE, who has been
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With this showing the basis of calcu.


With this showing the basis of calcu-
lations for next year is 800 Republican
electoral votes against l75 Democratic
votes. On the strength of pulling Rus
sell though by scratch in Massachu-
sets; of changing the method of cleo
ton from the state at large to the con-
gressional district plan in Michigan, and
of local elections in Indiana going Dem
ocratic, the Democratic leaders in ma
tional politics are already claiming all
those states, together with Iowa and
New York, where Democratic govern
ors have just been elected. This result
would take 93 votes from the Republic
an column of 800, leaving 176, and add
90 votes to the Democratic column,
making 26S.
It is an easy calculation, but there are
many obstacles in the way of it's ac-
complishment.
In the first place Michigan's electors
will not vote as unit. The Republic
ans will surely carry the electors at
large, the three congressional districts
they carried last fall, and the one thew
have just carried at special election to
fill vacancy caused by the death of a
Democratic congressman. In the Fifty
first Congress- there were only two
Michigan districts represented by Dem
Ocrats. On the most liberal estimate
eight electoral votes out of fourteen is
all the Democrats can expect to obtain
in Michigan by their return to the
ancient and obsolete custom of selecting
electors by districts.
In the second place Massachusetts,
demonstrated on Tuesday, by electing
the entire Republican state ticket, ex-
cept governor, seven Republicans out
of eight governors councillors and Re-
publicans to the number of two-thirds
of the legislature, that il is out of the
question to think Of any Democrat car
rying the old Bay State for President.
Giving the Democrats eight votes in
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BosroN, Mass, Oct. 26.--To The Editor;
went to Democratic meeting in Bos-
ton tonight. Gov. Russell, the Demo
cratic candidate, spoke. In his speech
he accused the Republican party of
raising the price of farm products
through the Mckinley bill. He actually
feared that such was the fact. Then he
read long list of articles produced by
the farmers, like wheat, corn, and pork,
the price of which had advanced in the
face of bountiful crops.
This was the list that the Democratic
Governor read:
INCREASE BY MKINLEY TARIFF.
Price per 100 pounds
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The Battle Grand of '02.

The New York Press prints an article
which assumes that that state will be the
great battle ground in the national con-
test of 1892, for the reason that the
state is indispensable to the Demo-
Gratis. The article is as follows: Under
the new apportionment law passed by
Congress, the states which voted in the
last election, if they vote next year for
the same party, will cast their electoral
votes as follows:
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The people Of America who have
sat under the spell Of Edwin Booths
mastery acting certainly hope that
the reports that he has lost his mind
are not true. 1t is bad enough for
his health TO be in such condition
that he leave the stage, without the
additional misfortune of clcIded
intellect.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-11-18

precaution to send West every chapter
OF the work as soon as completed for
examination and revision by COM
mittee Of men expert In the history
OF the State. This will undoubtedly
secure accuracy Of statement, but Sc
must tend to hedge Hawthorne's de-
scriptive work somewhat.