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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

Give your birds bit of something
fresh and green every day. Cabbage,
lettuce, plantain leaf or something OF
that nature Is quite as essential TO
their well being as green things are TO
you. Never hang your bird in a draught
or in strong breeze.
Something new at house-furnish-
ing store for children which may be
made up at home II one chooses are
"wading drawers They are made
wide and large enough 10 inclose all
the little skirts without discomfort. At
the knees and waist they are securely
fastened by elastic.
-Blueberry Tea-Cale: Three cupfuls
blueberries, two tablespoonfuls butter,
one cupful sugar, one cup milk, three
cups -four, two teaspoonfuls baking
powder. Cream, butter and sugar; add
milk, -four and baking-powder. Stir
In the dredged blueberries, and bake
the cake in a biscuit-tin. Split but
ter, and eat while warm. -Harper's
Bazaar.
Chopped Omelet and Egg; Have
your round steak chopped very fine and
freed from skin and sinews; season
with salt, cayenne and minced parsley
and onion "a teaspoonful of each OF the
two latter 20 pound Of steak. add the
beaten yolk OF an egg, and make into
small fiat cakes. Fry in drippings un-
Gil cooked through and Drowned on
both sides; pour over the gravy, snd
crown each with poached egg.
blackberry Batter Pudding--O One
quart blackberries, four eggs, one cup
full milk, half-cupful butter. one cup
full sugar, flour enough for good bat
ter. Cream butter and sugar, add
beaten yollSs OF eggs, milk and -four;
stir well and turn into buttered pud-
ding-dish. Bake until the batter be-
gins TO set; spread the berries on the
top, cover and bake ten minutes long
err add a meringue made of the whites
OF the eggs beaten stiff with a little
sugar Brown lightly and eat cold
with cream.-fiarper's Bazaar.
Cream Layer Cake: Whites of five
eggs, one-half cup butter, two cups
sugar, one cup sweet milk, three tea
spoons baking powder, two and n half
cups -four, havoring lemon; bake in
Jay tio' hhiihb OhS P'h' HuE"if Nh'
half cup milk, one-half cake of grated
chocolate, butter size of walnut, boil
all together twenty minutes, or make a
caramel filling, two cups light brown
sugar, one cup cream. or one cup sweet
milk with small lump butter, all boiled
together twenty minutes. Take from
the stove and stir in one teaspoon OF
/ vanilla, spread between layers of cake
when cool. Western Rural.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11
Fashion Notes.

A very attractive costume Is made Of
wide-wale diagonal. The skirt is plain
and has band OF braid three inches
wide at the edge. Above this are three
narrow pipings. The bodice is double.
breasted across the bust and cut away
over "A vest. The same braid and folds
finish the waist, and there are large
fancy buttons set along the braid that
runs from the shoulder-seam TO the
waist-line; the leg-o-mutton sleeves
have cuffs OF the braid.
A charming bonnet for an elderly
lady Is made In butterfly fashion. The
trimming Is OF loops OF ribbon and lace
arranged in the form OF bow. On the
band that holds the bow In is large
ornament OF Jet and rhinestones A
band OF fine flowers extends around
the edge OF the brim.
Little girls hats are Of rough straw
OF fancy chip and arc trimmed with u
scarf of chiffon or ribbon with rosettes
and upright blossoms
Embroidery is coming into favor
again. and entire skirts and very full
drapcries are made OF az.
Velvet waists with lace garniture are
worn with skirts Of all sorts. IN. Y.
Ledger.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11
BOILING WATER.
Not Everyone that Knows How TO do IL
Properly.

Not Everyone that Knows How TO DO IL
Properly.
The boiling OF water seems TO be one
of the simplest acts of the kitchen, and
q great many people would be aston
ished IL they were told that they did
not know how To do it properly. Yet
more bad cooking results from failure
i'm this direction than from any other
thing. In the first place, the utensil in
which the water is boiled must be pure
and clean, free from any deposit Of
mineral matter on the inside. The
water must be fresh-boiled 10 be eff
fectual. Water which has simmered
and boiled for hours is fiat and value
less for cooking vegetables, making
coffee or tea, or for any culinary pur-
pose. The wholesome qualities of the
water have been eyaporated in steam
and the heavy mineral properties re-
main. This is one reason why the
water supply in Kitchen boiler is unfit
for cooking. IL has become stale, hat
and Improbable from continual heat
ing and relocating. The forty-gallon
capacity OF the average range
boiler Is seldom exhausted in
single day. and a considerable
quantity OF reheated water is natural
" TO be found in every days supply.
IL is the practice in many families to
leave the water standing in the tea
kettle from day 10 day, SO that the
breakfast coffee is made from the wa
ter of yesterday, which has grown cold
and is rcheated for the coffee Of to-day.
| Authorities tell us that water that has
boiled over ten minutes is unfit for
making coffee or tea. IL is easy enough
TO test the matter and see how much
more refreshing Is cup Of wcll-made
tea, prepared in a heated teapot with
water that has just been brought TO the
boiling point, than one made from
stale water that has simmered for half
the day. II you wish 20 enjoy the
benefit OF glass OF hot water taken
before breakfast let IL bc fresh drawn,
fresh boiled and brought 10 the boiling
point as quickly as possible. IL may
then be favored with fruit juice or
sweetened with little sugar, or taken
pure and simple as IL Is, when in each
case IL proves IA most wholesome tonic
20 many persons.
So decided and unpleasant is the odor
and flavor Of stale boiled water that
many persons Of sensitive nostril and
taste can detect them in tea and por-
ridge. IN. Y. Tribune.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
what Wise Legislation Has Done for the
State of New Jersey.

What Wise Legislation Has Done for the
state of New Jersey.
The road question, writes John Gil
mer Speed. in Harper's Weekly, is a
very old one. and was agitated by both
Washington and Hamilton Ia the early
days of the republic. And IL has con-
.inned 10 be an important question
ever since, though at times IL has
seemed. so far as the general public
knew or cared, much more dead than
alive. When the national government
had about been committed 10 the pol
icy of improving the highways. as
postal and military roads. the railway
came into being, and for something
like generation and n half we heard
nothing about the common roads. The
iron tracks and the steam engine filed
full the minds of the people. and the
common roads, that seemed on the eve
of q rescue from the neglect % the
local authorities. were forgotten, and
were suffered 10 remain In a worse
neglect than before. But the extern
sion OF the railroads has emphasized
the Importance OF good roads, for now
time is of more value than II formerly
was, and every intelligent tiller of the
soil knows how all-important IL is TO
have his products In the market at the
right moment. The recent awakening
20 the Importance of better roads is
not due, however, to the farmers them
selves. Unurged they would probably
have slept on for another generation,
but the bicycle-riders of the country
became active and vigilant road in
spectors and critics We owe 20 these
men and women n debt OF gratitude
for their outspolSen and ceaseless de-
nunciation OF the miserable highways
which are the rule in this country.
The farmers at first did not take kind
ly 70 this criticism, and Legislators
from purely agricultural sections were
either merry or angry at what they
considered the interference of mere
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends TO personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, 10y more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value 10 health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant TO the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; eflectually cleansing the system,
dspelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction 10 millions and
met With the approval Of the medical
profession, because IL acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and IL is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists In soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name Is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11


The same result could probably have
been obtained for very much less
money, but Camden county Is blessed
with boss--a man who owns race
track at Gloucester, and also serves In
the Legislature at Trenton.
Reference has been made TO the un-
certainty that farmer felt when he
sent off n load to market as 10 when
his team would return with the usual
load OF manure. Now the time OF re-
turn can be depended on with entire
confidence, while two horses and one
man do more than three times as
much work as II used TO take four
horses and two men 70 accomplish.
There Is plain mathematical problem
that those who have any doubts as to
the benefits to be derived Srom better
One farmer in the neighborhood of
which have been writing told me that
he now got twice as much manure every
year for 500 less money. In the old
times n wagon weighing 200 pounds,
with four horses and two men. could
take two and half tons of produce to
market and bring back the same weight
OF manure in one day--if the team had
good luck and escaped getting stuck.
Now one man, with two horses in n
wagon weighing $500 pounds, carries
four tons forth and back, and makes
the journey twice.
There is another interesting and In
structive mathematical problem to
solve The last statement is made
with the authority OF prominent
farmer in Camden county, and Is the
result of his own experience under
previous and present conditions. A
wheelwright in Burlington county told
me that he Is kept busy building larger
wagons. Formerly four-horse wagons
were built to carry Atty hve-eighth
bushel baskets. Now he Is building
two horse wagons with a capacity
varying from ninety 20 one hundred
and twenty-five baskets OF the same
size. These are facts that even dull
people can comprehend and therefore
there IL no excuse after these prac-
tical demonstrations of the benefits TO
be derived from better roads. for any
sensible opposition. The social ad-
vantages OF good roads are felt at once
that improvements have been made.
and there are no more jealous advo.
Gates OF reimbursement I'm Burling-
ton county than the city men residing
there, who personally have only sec.
ondary interest in the economic adj
vantages With n good hard stone
road 10 drive over, man who starts
out on pleasure bent has feeling OF
assurance that he will get back home
in decent season-therefore he goes
where he pleascs With the old roRds
tho uncertainty OF getting back made
him stay at home.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

However IL Is reached, the end seems
20 me one Of the utmost Importance.
especially for our rural population.
and / wish success TO all efforts 70
awaken public interest in the matter
OF good roads j. @. Schurman, Pres.
ident Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11
The Honey nee.

Now the honey bee Is flying
Where the daisy blows,
And he's unanimously prying
In the waysidc rose.
Happy little golden rover,
Busy all the day
In the aromatic clover,
Billowy and gay
That We may, when through these bowers
Fly the silver fakes,
Pour the dainty souls ef flowers
On our buckwheat cakes.
r. X Munkittrick. IN Detroit Free Press
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

II Is no hotter in Tennessee, Alabama,
or Georgia than here, and IL Is posit-
lively delightful on the Gulf Coast OF Mis-
sissippi and West Florida. IL you are look
ing for location In the South 60 down now
and see for yourself. The Louisville *
Nashville Railroad and connections win sell
tickets 10 all points South for trains OF Au-
gust 9TH at one fare round trip. Ask your
ticket agent about II, and II he cannot sell
you excursion tickets write TO G. u, Atmore,
General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

He was a countryman, and he walked
along busy thoroughfare and read sign
over the door OF manufacturing estab-
lishment: "Cast-Iron Sinks" IL made him
mad He said that any fool ought 70 know
that.-Christian Word.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

ovKRrRAiNrSo Is apt 10 cause young
colts 10 break down In the legs OF be.
come weak In their organs apd V
ruin them beyond recovery.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

AMONG ladies just now the favorite music
al instrument Is the violin. Their woman
nature prompts them so enjoy so man,
strings 10 ones bow.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

A MAN who was compelled 70 sue an old
comrade 10 recover what he owed him
call him his pseudo friend. Suedl sued
owel yes, All, we catch on.-Tammany
1impa
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

THE most distant relatives are not always
those who live furthest away. Philadel.
phia Record
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

THE desire OF some men TO wobble around
IN q big place rather than fill a small one
accounts for mans reversals OF fortune. -
Puck.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

In there Is any dog in man IL is pretty
apt 10 growl when his food Is not 10 his
taste-R Rams Horn.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

"DoEs your wife put up all her can stun
herselfP Certainly. Self-preservation IL
the first law Of nature. Boston Tran
script.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

ACCORDING 70 Kipling, the elephant "a q
gentleman. Nonsensel Who ever heard OF
a gentleman carrying his trunk himsclfi-
Boston Transcript.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

FLANNEL next the skin often produces a
rash, removable with Glenn's Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 80 cents.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

OIL for relieving troubled waters Is moth
ing compared with water for allayinR the
rampant tendencies OF dust.-Judge.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

this Is hard world said the balloon
ist IA he dropped out OF the basket and lit
In stone quarry. -Brooklyn Life
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

FIsrIc gladiators, who fight for small
purses, are usually pennywise and pounded
foolish.-Puck.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

Grocery men say that a women Is not
hard 70 please II you let her have her own
way.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

JOINS, who Is engaged 10 an heiress, calls
her Economy, because she Is the road "a
wealth. -Tammany Times.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

HANS Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally Price 75c.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11

pared with the sandy roads before
mentioned. Now there was an Inn
mediate demand for stone roads In all
the chief highways of the township
Under the law Of 1855 the township
voted TO issue bonds for $40. 900, and TO
spend this money for macadamized
roadR This was done the next year.
and for this sum the township secured
twelve miles of roadway nine feet
wide. This was at a cost OF a trifie
over $500 a mile II Is true that the
grading 10 be done was not heavy, but
then again the stone had 10 be brought
n great distance. Where grading Ia
heavier and good stone near at hand
this cost need not be exceeded, though
1t is safer, perhaps, for those who may
be inspired by the example OF Moores-
town, TO estimate that good road
twelve feet wide will cost $1,000 per
mile. IL Is true that twelve feet OF
width is not always necessary. Ten
feet does very well in most country
neighborhoods, and In the Moores-
town section the narrow nine feet of
pavement answers every purpose.
Now. what has been the effect Of
this road improvement in the neigh
borhood of Moorestown? The I'M
provements have been too recently
made TO answer this question with en-
tire definitness, but that there has been
an appreciation In the value of all
property is certain. For years past, I
was told by men OF affairs OF the To-
cality, IL has been most difficult TO set
tie estates owning farming lands
where there was necessity TO sell.
No purchasers were forthcoming az
anything like adequate prices and the
lands had To be held by the executors
Now there Is no such difficulty, as
lands are In demand, aud In every di-
rection, even In these dull times, arc
TO be seen the evidences of spirit OF
improvement Here there will be n
splendid mansion in process OF build
ing; across the way the shabby old
house that has done service for hum
dred years and more is being FURNISHED
up and put in repair; lawns even To
farm houses are rolled and shaved
with the lawn mower. while the hide
Gus front fences which deform the
ordinary village are being taken down
as fast as intelligence can overcome
the obstinacy OF prejudice.
Garden county, which adjoins Bur
lington, has also taken advantage Of
the state aid law, and nearly fourteen
miles OF Telford pavement have been
laid. These Camden county roads are
excellent, though not as good as mac
adam. and they probably cost more
money than they should have done;
but neither taxpayers nor assessed
property owners grumble. Here is a
resume OF the cost of the Camden coun-
" Telford roads
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-06-23
The Secrets of the Freemasons.

Curiosity has always found peculiar
attraction in the Freemasons What is
this great secret Of theirs that no woman
knows, and which they guard with such
fascinating carer That excellent antiquary,
the Rev. DIR. Stukeley, F. r. S., thought
1t might be some vestfges of the mystic
ries of the ancicnts' and Joined the society
at the Salutation Tavern in scientific
spirit. At that time (172O) Freemasonry
was at a low ebb, but the learned doctor
brought it into vogue again. with diff.
Guilty number sufficient for his initiation
was to be found in all London. After this
it became public fashion, and not only
spread over Britain and Ireland, but ali
Europe" But whatever 1t was they, told
him he kept to himself This silence OF
Stukelcy, however, is small thing beside
that of the lady Mason, whose story has
been often told, who, being caught caves
dropping, was incontincntly captured,
hauled in and initiated and kept the Sc
cret nevertheless to the end.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-06-23
A New Wrinkle In Ice.

An ingenious apparatus for the manu-
facture of cube ice" is an invention re,
Gently exhibited in London. The ma
chine, as described by The Lancet is a
simple one, in which blocks of pure arti-
fetal ice are placed, emerging in tho same
but stronger shape and possessing some
peculiar characteristics. When tapped
with an ice chisel or even a penknife,
they break up into cubes of convenient
size, instead of SCATTERING into irregular
and ill assorted Jumps. The invention
has the virtue of economy, rs there is no
waste from broken ice and the cubes are
symmetrical and attractive. 1t is thus
explained by The Lancet: I'm the course
of some experiments Mr.. Van der Weyde
observed that ice at a temperature below
freezing point, when newly cut and left
in contact, adhered so strongly that it
would not break in the same place, where
as, when exposed to a warmer tempera-
ture, it would split ut the originally cut
places with great ease, ana SO, with this
extended knowledge of the interesting
phenomenon Of relcgation, first brought
to light by Faratlay and aftcrward studied
by Tyndall, Mr., Van der Wcyde developed
his invention as the outcome of its practi-
cal application. s'# t...s--
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-06-23
GREAT RACING At MYSTIC.
Sixteen Heats Troited, Friday. and The Siowcs'
Time Was z 23t.4.

BosroN, June 22-The eastern circui,
meeting at Mysti, Park was continued to-
day. In all l6 heats were trotted, the slow
est time being % IA. Altogether it was
the best days racing seen in this section
for long time. 1865.
The 2.l5 pace, purse $500, Kick Klock,
br. M, Msmbritonian, dam Jennie Klock
by Luce horse (Snow) won in four heats
Doctor H., br. h., by Tom Hal, Jr.,
Mooney second; Merry Legs, b. M,
(Sheridap) third. Best time, .. 10 by Doc
tor H.. winners best time. 2 10 IA. ..
The 2.25 class. purse $500, Merry Bird.
br. h., by Jay Bird. dam Lady Innis by
Norman, Jr., (Bowen) won in five heats
Brunhilde, gr, M. by Mambrino Wilkes
Miller second Margaret L., b. M, John.
SOM third. BIZ st time, 2 10 Ia.
The 2.25 pace, purse $500, Socks, oh. h.
by Rockdale, dam Old Mary by John Dill
lard, Jr. (Garth), won in three heats; Jed
Davis, CHI. b. WILSON,, second; Walter
Roberts, &. 6. (Moore), third. Best time
2.I73.4.
The 2.l7 class, purse $500, (unfinisbed)
Judge Austin, &. g., by Hsmbletonian, Jr,,
(Miller), and Lightning, b. g., by Alcan.
tara (Nsy and Sheridan. each won two
heats. Best time, 2.l4 IA by Lightning.