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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-11
A TEACHERS REFORM.
The Remarkable Effect Of a SNAP
shot" Upon a Willy Enemy.

, Were kind of
slxittish about Jim Bill. I'll bet you
he's got notions" Uncle Silas said; and
time justified the wager.
When Jim Bill was elected school
agent, three OF his notions came 70
light at once. He hired girl from
the Scottaway normal school TO teach
the winter term. which he caused To
begin in September instead Of Deem
Der; he padlocked the schoolhouse
door; and he told the boys that he
wouldn't have any orgy going on
there"
Powder House Corner boys had nj
ways held down their seats from mid
night Sunday until Monday morning
AS boy, Jim Bill himself had helped
70 make the floor siclxening mass of
pie-crusts, doughnut fragments and
apple-cores by the time the teacher
came. Nothing but audacity and
cleverness could have enabled him TO
carry out this reform.
When the teacher opened the door
Monday morning she found one boy
sitting quietly in the corner back seat
1.-The most coveted place on the boys
side OK the room When she went
home to dinner she told Jim Bill about
this one boy who had succeeded in vio-
lating his edict.
He was rather tall boy" she said;
"thirteen or fourteen years old"
'Light-complected and freckled?'
asked Mrs Jim Bill. "Was he kind Of
lathy, foxy-looling?"
Jim Bill put down his knife and fork.
and looked at Miss Hannaford as IL he
would take In her answer by sight as
well as sound Eyes" answered the
teacher, that is just the sort of boy
ne was"
''JIm Simel" ne calculated.
Mrs. Jim Bill nodded and helped her
self to turnip.
HE gave that name" said Miss Ham
naford, hesitatingly, land the children
called him so. II seemed queer"
"How do you s'pose he got In? Wasn't
any glass broken, nor anything, was
there2" he asked, turning toward Miss
Hannaford.
II saw nothing out of order Ididn't
find out how he got in"
''Ill lay low" he said 70 the teacher.
tsIt'll out some time--murder always
does But I'm afraid 'Vangy is after
me-"
Miss Hannaford heard more about
the Widow Simon Mt supper. She had
driven away the Eastmans from the
farm next to hers, mice church folks
as ever lived" Mrs. Jim Bill said; she
had set the church by the ears and
''routed two ministers with her ugli-
ness. and Jim Bill declared there was
.'no'end TO her carers." He told, in par
ticular, of the hot Sunday when she
had set her men at work 70 get in the
hay from field close by the meeting
house, and when the deacons had u
shut the windows because of the tumult
they made.
And ,~hcn the new minister comes
she gets revived, and nobody's so pious
and helpful as She" said Mrs. Jim Bill;
and even the lusciousness of her new
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-11
A serious Blunder.

MILWAUKEE, May As the result
of careful investigation IL is now an
nounced that, by reason of the failure
of the last Legislature TO pass q law
providing for the commitment of in
sane persons. there Is now no legal
way in which 10 care for these unfor-
Inmates
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-11

NEeArNEE, May s.-The city council
has passed curfew ordinance, and all
children under Is caught on the streets
after the bell rings at p. m. will be
arrested. This Is the first trial of the
experiment In Michigan. II is work
ing successfully in several Minnesota
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-11

Arm es, 1864. Is the supposed birth
date Of William Shakespeare az STRAIT
ford-upon-Avon. lie died on this date
In l0ie.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-06-20

smiles when l expressed my desire 10
take passage with him, and consented
10 the arrangement at once for a sum
which l thought extremely moderate,
but which / afterward discovered to
be about treble his rightful due. But
the handsome rogue cheated ME with
such grace and exquisite courtesy hat
I would scarcely have had him act
otherwise than he did. / hear a good
deal Of the plain blunt honesty Of
the English. l dare say there is some
truth In it; but for my own part I
would rather be cheated by a friendly
fellow who gives you a CHEEKY word
and d bright look than receive exact
value for my money from the plain
blunt b0or who seldom has the ON
mon politeness TO wish you a good-d day.
We got under way at about Q o'clock.
The morning was bright and the air,
for Naples, was almost cool. The wa
ter ripping against the sides Of our lit
tie vessel had a gurgling, chatty muir
muir, as though il were talking viva
ciously Of ali the pleasant things il
experienced between the rising and
the setting of the sun: of the corals
and trailing sea-weed that grew in its
blue depths: of the 1.-THE glittering fish
that darted hither and thither between
its little waves; of the delicate shells
in which dwelt still more delicate
inhabitants, fantastic small creatures
as fine as filmy lace, that peeped from
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-06-20
(To be COntinued.)
Rats Caught by CLANS.

They tell big stories about the feats
Of Puget sound clans, but the one told
by Edward A. Chase Of the North Pa
cific Fish company is just a trife
ahead Of most Of them.
Saturday morning, when Mr.. Chase
went into his warehouse, he heard n
rustling In a box Of clans. On investi-
CATION he found that a rat had in
vaded the box, and just as he ap-
preached the jaws OF a monster clam
1t shut down on the rodents tail, hold
ing it fast. The rat squealed, but the
clam held 1t tight. Mr.. Chase, antic-
ipating the comment of friends who
would cry ''clam story" when he
would relate the circumstance, called
witnesses and then set about extri-
eating the imprisoned rat. The result
was that the rat was released, but got
away minus an inch of tail.
An hour or so later Mr.. Chase re-
turned TO the warehouse to find that
another daring rat had ventured into
the box and In an attempt to pull
some of the clans out Of the shell
with his forefoot, had also been made
a prisoner by the clam shutting down
on the member. Fol several hours tho
firmly attached pair were exhibited
and then the rat killed.-Tacoma
Ledge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-06-20

/ took my way to the vault. l carried
with me a small lantern, a hammer
and some strong nails. Arrived at the
cemetery l looked carefully every
where about me, lest some stray
mourner or curious stranger might
possibly be in the neighborhood. Not
a soul was in sight. Making use Of
the secret passage, l soon found my
self on the scene Of my recent terrors
and sufferiBgs, all of which seemed
now so slight in comparison with the
mental torture OF my present condi-
ton. l went straight to the spos
where had left the cofined treasure.
1 possessed myself of all the rolls of
paper MOI ey, and disposed them
In various small packages about
my person and in the lining of my
clothes, till, as stood, / VAS worth many
thousands of francs. Then, with the
help Of the tools ] had brought, I
mended the huge chest in the split
places where I I'D forced 1t open, and
nailed 1t up fast, so that ii looked as
IL IL had never been touched. / lost
no time over my task, for / was in
haste. 1t was my intention to leave
Naples for a fortnight or more, and I
purposed taking my departure that
very day. Before leaving the vault l
glanced at the coffin l myself had oc-
cupied. Should / mend that and nail
1t up as though my body were still in
side? No; better leave it as it was,
roughly broken open. 1t would serve
my purpose better so. AS soon as /
had finished all / had to do, 1 clam
bered through the private passage,
closing 1t after me with extra care
and caution, and then l betook my
self directly to the Molo. On making
inquiries among the sailors who were
gathered there l heard that a small
coasting brig was on the point of
leaving for Palermo. Palermo would
suit me as well as any other place.
/ sought out the captain of the vessel.
lie was a ~brown-faced. merry-eyed
mariner. He showed his glitfering
white teeth In the most amiable Of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-06-20

were pubHc the reco@-
mixed penalty for the crime of .
married infdeIity there
would be fewer of the like scan
daIs-the divorce might follow tho
scOurging.
the white and pink doors Of their
transparent ~habitatiOns, and looked
as e~njOyingly on the shimmering blue
green Of their ever-moving element as
we look on the vast dome of our sky,
b~espangled thickly with stars. OF all
these things, and many more as
strange and sweet. the gOssiping wa
ter babbled increasingly; 1t had even
something to say TO me concerning
woman and wOman's love. 1t told me
gleefully how many fair female bodies
it had seen sunk in the cold embrace
of the c%ouquering sea; bodies as dainty
and soft as the sylphs of a poets
dream, yet which, despite their ex-
quisite beauty, had been flung to and
fro in cruel sport by the raging bill
lows and tossed among pebbles for
the monsters Of the deep to feed upon.
AS l sat idly on the vessels edge
and looked down into the clear Medit-
erranean, brilliantly blue as a lake Of
melted s%apphires, l fancied l could
see her, the Deliah Of my life, lying
prone on the golden sand, her rich
hair floating straightly around her
like yellow weed, her hands clencE-l
in the death agony, her laughing lips
blue with the piercing chillness of the
washing tide, powerless to move o.
smile again. She would look well so.
l thought, better to my mind than h
looked in the arms of her lover last
night. / fell II a strain of profound
meditation; a touch on my shoulder
startled me. / looked up; the captain
Of the brig stood beside me. He
smiled and held u a cigarette.
1.-The signor will smoker" he said
c~ourteously.
1 accepted the little roll of fragrant
Havana half mechanically.
why do you call me signorT' / in
quired brusquely. Il am a coral
fisher"
The little man shrugged his shout
ders and bowed ~deferentially, yet with
the smile still dancing In his eyes and
dimpling his olive cheeks.
"Oh, certainly. AS the signor
pleases; ma" And he ended with an
other expressive shrug and bow.
/ looked at him fixedly. What do
you mean?" l asked with some stern
ness.
With that bird-like lightness and
swiftness which were part of his man.
ner, the Sicilian skipper bent forward
and laid a brown finger on my wrist.
"Scusa. vi prego. But the hands
are not those of a fisher of coral"
/ glanced down at them. True
enough, their smoothness and plant
shape betrayed my disguise; the gay
little captain was sharp-witted enough
to note the contrast between them and
the rough garb l wore, though no one
else with whom j had come in con-
tact had been as keen of observation
as he. At first / was slightly embar-
raised by his remark; but after a mo-
ment's pause l net his gaze frankly,
and lighting my cigarette | said Ca.e-
lessly:
'Ebbene! And what then, my dear
friend?"
He made a d%eprecatory gesture with
Lis hands.
ITO ha CnpfipuaJl
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-06-20

prouchiuR - Ny "1Ie ana NY
Friend, Guido Ferrari.
nothing Of a lover, believe me. He
thought more Of himself than OF you.
A man who will go away for days at
n time on solitary yachting n ram
bling excursions, leaving his wire 10
her own devices--a man who reads
Plato In preference to looking after
h~er-decides her own fate, and de-
serves to be ranked with those So
called but most ignorant philosophers
to whom Woman has always remained
an unguessed riddle. AS for me- am
jealous CT the ground you tread upon
of the air that touches you'll was
Jealous Of Fabio while he lived-and-
by Heaven!''-his eyes darkeDed with
a somber wrath-'if any other man
dared now to dispute your love with
me / would not rest till his body had
served my sword rs n sheath!'
Nina raised her head from his breast
with an air of petulant WEAKNESS.
Again." she murmured r~eproach-
fully. 'You are going to be augry
again.
He kissed her.
"Not /, sweet one! / will be as
gentle as you wish. so long as you love
me and only me. Come-this emu
is damp and chilly for %you-shall we
go in?"
My wife, nay. I should say our
wife. as we had both shared her i'm
partial favors, assented. With arms
interlaced and walking slowly, they
began TO retrace their steps towards
the house Once ley paused.
do you hear the nightingalcs?"
asked Guido.
Hear them7 Who could not hear
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-06-20
CHAPTER TX.

ROSE very early
the next morning
Il was more than
ever strengthened
In my resolutions
of the past night
my projects e
entirely formed,
and nothing re-
NAMED now but
for me to carry
them out. Unob-
served of any one
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-03
WALTER CAMP, THE COACH
Identity of the Stanford Foot
ball Trainer at Last De-
Clared.
FATHER OF THE COLLEGE GAME
To Palo Alto for the Third Time.
VIII Leave New Haven on
the 18th.

Walter Camp, 1.-The father of American
football" will coach the Stanford team
this year.
The secret so long guarded by the cap
tain and the manager of the Palo Alto
eleven has leaked out. and an unguarded
remark has been substantiated. Careful
as the management has been to comply
with Mr.. Camps request that nothing be
said until he should be on the point of
leaving New Haven, the information could
not be successfully withheld from every
one of the eager inquirers.
Ever since college opened this year. and
even long before that, there has been an
unfounded but none the less hopeful gen.
eral impression among Stanford collegians
that Camp would again be their coach.
And at Palo Alto this idea has been
strengthened lately by an observation of
the apparently contented looks of both
Captain Cochran and Manager Eaton, who
have continued to keep mum on the sub
ject of the identity of the coach.
For several years Walter Camp has been
secretary and manager of a large clock
factory in New Haven, employing many
hundreds of men. Living SO near to the
Yale team, he has been its regular and
most trusted and respected coach during
the last ten years. 1t was on account of
the disappointment the Yale players
might feel over his absence from them
while they were training that induced Mr..
Camp to request that the matter be kept
a secret as long as possible.
Mrs. Camp and little Walter, last years
Stanford mascot, will accompany the foot
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-03
dren and booked at the City Prison on

dren and booked at the City Prison on
the charge of cruelty TO children.
Perret is hog rancher on Borden street,
and owns the ranch. The family consists
of the father and mother and five chill
dren-Emily, II years of age; Eugenia, Ii;
Antoinette, 10; Josephine, 4; and Emil,
3. The society received information
that two of the children, Antoinette and
Josephine, were each suffering from a
broken leg, and that the parents were too
misery to pay for the services of physl-
clan. The three officers went out to the
ranch yesterday afternoon and when they
entered they found itin state OF filth that
was inconceivable.
Antoineute broke her left leg by falling
downstairs about seven months ago. The
poor child has been suffering pain from
her broken limb ever since and now 1t is in
a horrible condition. DIR. Neil expressed
the opinion that amputation might be
necessary, but if the limb should be saved
she will be manned for life, as her left leg
will be shorter than the other one.
Josephine broke her left leg about five
weeks ago. She also fell downstirs. She
has been left to endure the pain since then.
Both children Will be sent to the Childrens'
Hospital to-day.
Emily, the eldest girl, has been doing a
hired mans work and her hands are as big
and hard as any mans. Her principal
work was driving a swill-wagon. The
children never went to school and were
being brought up like barbarians.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-03

into consideration the steady increase of the
consumption OF water, which all large cities
develop as their population increases.
Statistics show that the average of Eastern
cities actually use for fire purposes q tenth of
gallon per day per fnhabitant, from which
you Will see that 100 gallons per day is ample
to cover any needs OF this City for the present
in this respect, if sufficient reservoir capacity
and mains OF suitable size are provided for
From reliable sources it is known that arte-
sian wells inches in diameter, from 1900 to
1900 feet deep, are now constructed for $4,000
to $4,000 each and that for well of this sort
a yield OF 100000 gallons per day is q very
low estimate of those that are a success
There is every evidence that such wells can
be successfully bored in this City andI esti-
mate their cost not to exceed $3.50 each, when
constructed on an extensive scale. Taking the
last named price as fair basis and 100, 900
gallons per day as their capacity, which I'M
doubleday is a low estimate, 1t is evident that
the first cost of $3.50 per well would supply
water ready for delivery for 1000 inhabitants
at the rate of So % per inhabitant.
Statistics show that the average of Eastern
cities of over 100000 inhabitants have ex-
pended in pumping plants, city reservoirs,
main and distributing pipes. and the delivery
plant generally, a sum OF S14 so per inhabi-
tant, which applied in this case would make a
total cost of $40 rs per inhabitant: Estimat.
ing $50, 900 inhabitan is for the City of San
Francisco, the total cost of a system supplied
from artesian wells and ready for use could be
So ,912 800, and estimating for 500, 900 inhab-
itants, sum of $9,S75,o00.
c. D. RHODES Consulting Engineer.
This the committee will lay before-the
Finance Committee along with its other
matter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-03

consisted of a coal-oil can g torch and
drum. When he took charge of the War
Cry nine years ago Ensign Boyden, the
mailing clerk, used to carry away the
whole issue of the paper in one of his
pockets and at present the circulation is
asserted to be over 5000 copies. Much of
this prosperity the army attributes to the
activity of Staff Captain Milsaps, who is
editor and business manageable all
round boss of the paper" in fact, as one
Of the officers remarked yesterday in de-
ploring his loss.
The grief of the army over the transla-
ton Of its editor to New York, however. is
sottened by the fact that Major Halpin,
who has been appointed to succeed him, is
very popular on the Pacific Coast. The
last time he was out here was in the
capacity of secretary to General Booth. At
one time he was the adiutant who had
charge of the northern district of Wash
ington and Oregon, and he has also done
work in California, which has made him
popular in army circles. Major Halpin is
considered a good all-round man, as he
has had wide experience in general army
work in addition to having been assistant
editor of the New York War Cry.
Major Halpin is expected in San Fran
cisco next Wednesday and he will at once
take the reins of editorship. Little change
is anticipated in the paper, as Captain Mil
sap pOIlCy ms proved LOO successful 10
be readily abandoned.
The army is preparing to give warm
reception to the incoming editor, but the
older officers cannot altogether resign
themselves to the loss of the old manager
of the War Cry. They spent their few
leisure moments yesterday in comparing
notes about the early days of the army on
this coast-in 1882 and 1SS3-when Milsaps
used to head the procession heroically,
beating a coal-Oil can and when the as
tonished passers-by on the streets were
good deal less friendly than they are to-
day.
The army had no headquarters in that
period of stress and struggle and the War
Cry had not come into existence at all.
Now that all the initial difficulties have
been overcome and the army has become
potent factor in the City there is regret
in its ranks that one of its few remaining
pioneers should be called to other duties,
even though he is to be replaced by an ex-
cellent substitute.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-03

all. They are the ones known as the Balti-
more fender and the Markley fender. 1
rather preferred the Marley. 1t projects
in front of the car and has wire netting,
which / consider an admirable feature.
When a person falls in front of and is
knocked down by car his instinct is to
reach for something to save himself, and
there is this wire netting at hand, which
he is reasonably certain to catch hold Of
and save himself.
at is argued by Mr.. Vining that its pro-
lection in front is danger. do not think
so. Yes, it is patented, 1 understand
he wouldn't allow it to be exhibited until
he got the patent. The resolution passed
by the board gives the railroad company
thirty days to equip the cars after salts
factory fender is accepted by the board, SO
that this talk of arresting somebody for
not having the tenders in place is non
sense"
Supervisor King said much the same
thing-that he favored the Markley or the
Baltimore, he hadn't decided which, and
that some decision would possibly be
reached at the next meeting of the board.
Supervisor Wagner said he was favor
ably impressed at the last exhibition, but
that an extension of time had been allowed
to the man whose tenders had broken
down to make readjustment and try
again; that the trial would take place
next week, and that at the meeting fol-
lowing he would be prepared perhaps to
vote on the question, but not before.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-03
HAS ACCEPTED The CALL,
Third Congregational Church
Secured Rev. William
RAIDERS Services.
Is Satisfied That 1t Has Made {
Pre- - eminentiy Wise
Choice.

The Third Congregational Church of
this City is elated at having won what it
regards as prize in ministers.
Rev. William RAIDER, the talented and
popular young associate pastor of the
First Congregations, Church of Oakland,
will preach his last sermon for that
church on the 18th inst. and on the Goth
will address the members of his new
charge in this City.
At the regular weekly prayer meeting of
the Third Congregational Church last
evening, Charles II. Ham read the follow
ing letter of acceptance:
OAKLAND, CAL, October 1, 1895.
Mr.. Charles Ham, San Francisco Cdt.-DEAR
SIR AND BROTHER: l wish through you, as
chairman of the committee appointed to per-
sonally inform me of the call extended by the
Third Congregational Church to become your
pastor for one year, to announce my acceptance
Of the same, and of my determination to COM
mence work as soon after October 15 as pos
sible.
In formally accepting the responsibility of
becoming your pastor am Seenly sensible OF
TO this conclusion with the consciousness that
1t is Gods will.
thank you for the honor which you confer
upon me in asking me 10 succeed the watch
men who have stood upon your walls with
such distinguished ability in the past. and for
the opportunity which your call affords for re-
ligious work in the City of San Francisco.
May ask your prayers in my behalf and in
behalfof the church, that both may grow up
into greater strength in Christ Jesus and that
the divine blessing may crown our work.
Very respectfully, WILLIAM RAIDER.
Much pleasure was expressed at the con-
summation of their plans, and all the
members present-there was goodly at
tendance for prayer-meeting, too-signl-
fed their intention to hold up the hands
OF the new pastor.