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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-02


The sun has crossed the line"swith-
out kicking up much OF disturbances
In this neiQhborhood. though the COM
ing storm from the west, II Il comes.
viii make a good enough "equinoctiai
storm" TO those who believe in that an
cient humbug. That belief IS much
less general than IL used to be and
among those who have abandoned Il
are nautical men, who are in position
TO form good idea about II. IL used
10 be a universal opinion that the suns
crossing OF an imaginary line on the
earth's surface was a matter OF such
tremendous Importance as TO start
gales and tornadoes pretty much ev-
erywhere. just why the suns cross
ing of a purely imaginary line should
cause instant storms on the 21st or ED
of September has never been explained
by those who think IL does There
have been SO many times when those
dates did not record any storms that
the believers became generous, and ac-
cepted drizzle within week or two
of the time as an 'equinoctial storm"
The latter part Of September, like
several other times, is frequently
marked by storms. IL Is probable that
the relation of the sun to the earth
has something TO do with 1t, but not
TO the extent and In the way suggested
by believers in equinoctial storms. The
sun approaches the crossing point OF
the equator slowly and steadily. For
nearly a month before and
month after the exact crossing its
position is not so greatly different
from its position at the equinox as TO
make the weather vastly different II
the theory of storms at the crossing
were sound we should gradually enter
into a season of storms in September
and gradually leave IL in October,
which is by no means the case. The
superheated air about the equator
which causes a rush Of cold air from
the Polar regions is not the product of
day or two. but OF many weeks.
There is no uniformity of September
weather. as there would be IL the equi-
noctial storm fiend had his way.
Persons who are addicted 20 science
are base towards in the matter of equi-
noctial storms. They fear to assail the
popular fallacy They neither affirm
nor deny. A scientific treatise on the
weather never meets this question
fairly. The science fellows admit that
except in the Mediterranean there is
little or no evidence Of storms at either
equinoctial period, but then they hedge
and intimate that belief which is so
general must have some germ of truth
In H. 1t Is cheering to know that
however timid and evasive the science
men may be. the ship captains have
abandoned faith in the old theory
They do not hesitate 10 sail on the 2lst
of March or September IL the sky Is
reasonably clear, and II they receive
no warning from the weather bureau.
In the absence of better proofs than
have yet been offered, we feel war;
ranted in asserting that the equinoctial
storm is humbug. IN. Y. Commercial
Advertiser
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-02

@t<H&n <0EtEty women Like TO he known
ss Friends of Legislators
Whenever an interesting debate takes
place In the chamber of deputies the
fair sex Is represented ia great num-
bers. The Parisienne does not go 20
the lower house Of parliament mainly
out OF curiosity; she Is perhaps Inn
PEELED by n certain interest she takes
In the actors on the scene. Paris is al
ways stage-stricken. The mem ers OF
the theatrical profession are idolized,
and the honest or quasi-honest bour-
geoisc, as well as the society woman
II she value her reputation. cannot
openly avow too great interest in the
private conduct of an actor With the
deputy, the academician and the savant
It Is not the same thing. Her admira-
tion for the strong sex must have an
outlet, and she Graves for the company
of linen in view"-ssdes hommes en-
vue." This explains her presence in
the tribunes of the French parliament
on eventful days
There she can take the world to wit
ness that she Is on terms of friendly
commerce with those who guide the
destinies Of France. She is able to
provoke the envy of her less fortunate
sisters; and what Joy is comparable TO
that2 The deputy conducts her to her
seat, brings her an opera-glass, in-
forms her as TO the programme, the
speeches that are written down in the
order of the day and finally departs To
take his own seat among his coll
leagues, where during the remainder
OF the afternoon he does not cease to
exchange friendly mods with her.
Should her friend, the deputy, as
cend the rostrum, he speaks for her
alone. leaving her to wonder very
often how a man SO amiable and SO
witty In private conversation can be-
come SO uninteresting in public
speech. She thinks that il he had
taken hint from her he might have
done better-and she Is often right. III
her particular friend or the colleague
he has pointed out to her as being
worthy OF being listened to is not in
the rostrum, the Parisienne devotes
her attention to watching the deputies
at large. Her account of the proceed
ings would often be far more interest
ing than that OF the habitual reporter.
A woman Of more than ordinary
merit in the literary world was con-
versing one evening at presidential
reception on the parliamentary sitting
that had taken place the same after
noon, when n very important discuss
sion had been inscribed on the order OF
the day. Said she: ''They are very
disappointing, your deputies in gem
eral. / espied one in particular, look
ing most grave as he settled himself in
his seat He began by arranging his
documents, then took up his paper
knife, polished his glasses with his
handkerchief. thought he was about
TO rise and say something very inn.
portant / kept my opera-glassos lev
eled at him all the while, prcsuming
that he was going TO get up and make
an interesting speech, when, 10 and be-
holdi saw him take a small mirror
from his pocket and examine his
tongue. IN Y. World.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-02
TRAGEDIES OF A kay.
Harmless In Appearance, IL Was Nevcrthe-
less an Instrument of Death.

Harmless In Appearance, IL Was Neverthe-
less an Instrument of Death.
At the arsenal at Venice is kept on
exhibition an instrument resembling a
large key, which is complicated and
artful invention for purposes of assas-
sination, and Is known as the key OF
death. There Is romance aud several
tragedies connected with its history,
IL being the invention OF revcngeful
and jealous nature, that of stranger
named Tibaldo. who established him
self as merchant in Venice in the
year 1900. There he met the daughter
OF distinguished Venetian family,
and at once fell desperately In love
with her. But the young lady was al
ready betrothed; her heart was given
where her hand was promised, and she
rejected the ardent suitor's proposal,
that she should leave her lover and fly
with him.
Then the demon OF jealousy took pos
session Of Tibaldo. lie began 10 plan
method of revenge that should be as
subtle as IL was deadly. lie invented
key which was not used in any lock-
but TO turn a spring concealed in It's
mechanism by which n needle OF ex-
quisite fincness was shot into any OBJ
ject against which 10 was directed.
This needle was poisoned. When the
beautiful girl who was the cause of
Tibaldo's unholy passion came forth
from the church with her bridegroom
she met her disappointed sutton and
saw ner husband fall dead at HIS feet
There was nothing 10 connect Tibaldo
with the crime. but when the parents
of the young widow both died In tho
same sudden and mysterious way she
fed appalled, TO convent for protec-
ton. There Tibaldo sought her, and.
being refused audience with the object
of his pursuit, stabbed her through the
gate of the convent with the fatal
needle.
A skillful surgeon saved her life by
her own direction. extracting the needle
before the poison had time 20 work.
Tibaldo was executed for his crimes,
and the key OF death is exhibited in
the museum at Venice. Detroit Free
Press
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-02
SENATORIAL WORKERS.
Statesmen Who Have Served
Their Country Well
Senator Mitchell, OF Oregon. WIN Play
Quite Part when Congress ASSEM-
biss-other Popular Members
OF the Senate.


Senator John II. Mitchell. Of Oregon.
VIII occupy a commanding position IN
the senate during the Fifty-fourth con-
gress, which is soon TO convene. He IN
senior member on the republican side
OF the COMMITTEES on claims. and also
on the committee on privileges and
elections. He can be chairman Of either
OF these committees. just as he chooses
He also has membership in the impor-
tant committees ON the judiciary, post
Offices and post roads and trnnsporia-
ton routes TO the seaboard.
The reader will better understand the
importance Of the positions on commit.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-02

There Is an English superstition
alluded 20 by Milton that when cats
wash their faces aud lick their bodies
more frequently than usual change
In the weather ~ imminent and that
rain with wind may DO anticipated.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-02

Queen Margherita. of Italy has
purchased large estate near Ores
sonev. In the province OF Turin, and
Intends 70 build villa upon Il, She
will spend some time there this year
In order TO collect the songs Of the poo
pie OF that ncighborhood. which are
German. The queen Is good German
acholnr.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION

The fleet Of steel canal boats, butt in
Ohio and loaded at Lake Erie ports, ar
rived in New York the other day. and
their appearance, the Standardization
says. was recognized as significant OF
safer, cheaper and swiftet water trans
portation between the Northwest and
the metropolis by the sea-
The wooden steamer RappIhlnnocll
carried a cargo of 200 tons, $1,000 bush
els, OF wheat from Duluth, drawing four
teen feet and four and half inches,
making 1915 miles per hour. at cost
of fuel one cent per ton cargo per 15i
mics or carrying ore ton one mile for
63-1OO of a mill This shows how cheap.y
power is applied to transportation. There
are, of course other items Of expenditure
than fuel, but count them all. and 1t Is
marvellous how the resources of the
whole earth are at DE command of the
people who are enlightened.
An order has just been given at Belfast
for a new twin-screw frelghter of 10000
tons, and accommodation for 200 first
class and 1,5OO steerage passengers. She
is TO be ready by the next Fourth of
July.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15
THE DISTRACTED KENTUCKY DEM
OCRACY.


The honest money Democrats of Ken
lucky are now realizing the magnitude
Of the blunder they made when they nom
mated a financially unsound candidate
on sound platform. They had their
opponents down, and they should have
given them nothing. They should have
dealt with their adversarles as they
themselves would have been dealt with
had they been In the minority. The anti
free silver Democrats, having decided
majority of the delegates readopted the
financial plank of the national Platform
Of 1892 and followed that up by indorsng
Mr.. Clevelond's construction OF It, Then
they were guilty of the inconcovable folly
of nominating a free silver blatherskite
for governor possibly with some idea of
piacating the offensive and defeated ele-
ment he represented.
There was sort of understanding, it
Is claimed, that he was to leave the silver
question alone In his speeches and not
make the discrepancy between the pat
form and the views of the candidate 50
glarlng as to disgust the voters. But If
there was such an understanding Hardin
has repudated It. Nothing else could
have been expected Of him. Men who ad-
vocate the reputation of financial agree
ments are not likely TO have much re-
spects for other agreements. Hardin Is
making rampant free silver speeches, and
says 1t is perfectly proper for him to do
so, because he construes the financial
plank as favoring free silver. The con-
vention dlsavowed that construction eX-
pressly by indorsng MIR, Cleveland, and,
Furthermore, no intelligent and honest
man can interpret that plank as favoring
rotten money.
The result Is that Hardin Is cutting
his own Throat as fast as he can. The
honest money Democrats are disheart-
ened and disgusted, and the more inde-
pendent Of them viii bot him. The Cour-
ier-Journal is painfully silent. The
other Louisville Democratic papers, with
one exception, either denounce their can
didate or say unhesltatingly that the
sound money Republican who Is running
ON sound money platform ought to he
elected, SO he wiz be II there is IN the
state a sufficient number OF Democrats
who ho,ieve the success ci y great prin-
cip,e Is of more Importance than mere
party victory. IL the Democratic guber-
Material candidate cou.d have been
gagged the merchants and other business
men or that party could strain a point
anu No'e iuI hllll, put now tnat ne Is
repudiatlng in daily speeches the financial
doctrines they believe In It is difficult
to see rwhat they can do but vote for the
Republican candidate, Bradley, who Is
an uncompronsng advocate OF those
doctrines
The result in November will show how
far the Democratic convention was In
earnest In the adoption OF an honest
money platform. If Hariln beats Brad
ley and legislature Is chosen which
keep tAe free siverlte Blackburn in the
senate 1t viii become evident that Ken
lucky Democrats are not very high
prlncip,ed set of men.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15

work hard, producing little, and earning
next to nothing They are miserably
fed. clothed and housed
The abandonment Of machinery would
not dep.ete the ranks of unemployed
hut would swell them, for, owing to the
dimcu.ty and expenslyeness Of doinf
things by hard work, much would be left
undone which Is done now. This Popu-
list delegate seems to think that II no
dredges or rock-cutting and lifting ma
chimes were employed on the drainage
channel there would be work there at
good wages for many times the number
of men employed now But If that chan
mel had to be dug or cut by hand, labor
in this city never would have undertaken
it, and the men working there now would
nave nothing to do.
1t Is unfortunate that Hardie and his
American imitators cannot be shipped
to China and compelled to stay there
long enough to become familiar with life
in a country which does not want ma
chinery. Then they should be made to
travel westward so that they might oh
serve how Il ours grow shorter, wages
higher and life caster, as the use made
Of machinery Is more extensive. That
trip might cure them and they might
come to understand the magnitude of the
debt the workingman owes to the brains
of the inventor.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15
KANSAS AS AN OBJECT LESSON

Chicago Times-Herald.
There was a convention of real estat,
dea.ers at Salina, in Kansas, the other
day, for what purpose nobody outside
that state can possibly imagine, but dur
ing the meeting Colonel Anthony, vet
crln journalist, arose, and in the coursa
of his elcluence declared that Kansas
ought to furnlsa "the East an object les
SON AS If, forsooth. the thirty-fourth
sister in the union had not always been
an object ,esson. from its inception as n
territory until the present time.
From the moment 1t appeared on the
map ii was sensational, and it's name
Is connected with much that is bloodlest
as wei, as all that is most heroic in our
national history 1t was the skirmish
ground preceding the civil war, and was
the home at once of Ossamattomie Brown
and OF the Guerrilla Quantril. From
its inception it never was anything but
sensational and was governed by bor-
der rutilans or by abolition'sts In turn.
Il was never sane, and in the cary days
Was Always "hieeilng Kansas" and even
yet It deserves the name
Within its borders there is always a
feast Or \ famine, a chill or fever.
one year.it produces such crops that the
Price of grain is depressed the world
over, and another year 1t is so devastated
IN a drought or drenched by tempests
hat not enough grain is grown for seed.
Once or twice the grasshoppers have
made an onslaught upon 1t, devouring
everything vis!b'y green but the inhab-
jtants.
In one ha,f of the state it never rains,
and In the other half when 1t does rain
II brings food, 1t is always at ex-
tremes, and such 1t has been for forty
enc years, when Stephen y. Douglass
first organized 1t as territory and
broke down the Missouri compromise,
Some superstitious people might think
Il child of sim but we do not think
So 1t Is simlpy the child of circum-
stances and environment
An object lesson forsooth. Well We
should think 1t was!
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15
PRrNGING UP CHILDREN

The son of a very eminent lawyer, while
awaiting sentence in fe,on's dock, was
asked by the judge: do you remember
your father?" Perfectly" said the
youth; whenever l entered his presence
he said. Run away, my lad, and don't
trouble me- "A" The great lawyer was
thus enabled to complete his great work
On 1.-The Law Of Trusts" and his son
in due time furnished a practical COM
mentary on the way in which his father
had honored that most sacred of trusts
committed to him in the person of his
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15
IGNORANT ABUSE OF LABOR SAY
ING MACHINERY.


Chicago Tribune.
Saturday the Peoples party of this
county held a convention to nominate
drainage trustees and Judge. Among
the resolutions offered was one written
by a delegate named Mcdonald, who pro-
posed to abolish the use Of ,abor-savlng
machinery and make the legal work day
six hours.
Evidently this delegate had been i'm
pressed 10y the declaration OF the Eng
lish b.atherskite Hardie, that lahor-sav-
ing inventions have been an injury TO the
worklngmen. He seems to have an idea
that II the use Of machinery were stopped
there would be so much more labor to
he done that nobody would be idle ana
that yet there would not be so much
more work to be done but that six hours
daily work ON the part OF each toier
would suffice to do It.
1t is odd that any man. even In con
ventlon of crlnks. should couple to-
gether demand for the abandonment
OF the use OF machinery and for shorter
hours. The securing OF the first would
make the obtaining of the second i'm,
possible, The shorter working hours OF
this Daylight or nine instead of twelve
or fourteen-were not won by labor agl-
tators or trades unions. but came with
the Introduction OF machinery. Labor
saving devices shorten hours and Increase
wages.
III the people Of the United States were
TO abandon the use OF labor saving ma
chincry and try to produce annually as
much as they do now, every man. woni-
an, and child OF them would have TO
work twenty-four hours a day Instead
OF six, and even then the product wou.d
be hut a fraction OF what Il Is now,
Chlnl has about six times as many
peop.e as the United States. Most OF
It's people toll from sunrise to sunset.
They have no lab0r-saVing machines 10
aid thsm. The government diseourages
their use. AS a consequence the Chinese
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15
SONG OF A SAILOR.

Up sail! The breeze is fair;
Wen leave the land a-.ee;
There's never a mesh of care
On the broad, bright, open sea.
What though the west wind veer,
And the sky grows grim as hate,
Well whistle away all fear
And laugh in the face of fate.
o, a free song
For free song,
With a tang of the swlshing brine,
That shall make the light
In the eye leap bright
Like the tingling taste of wine
Once we have won the waste
Where never was mans foot set,
Adieu to the stress of haste
And the worn worlds dream Of fret
Now for the Gearing eye,
And the heart abuNt with glee!
Under the great blue sea
o, a free song
For free song,
With a dash of the singing brine,
And every word
A-wi1g like a bird
In the amber morning shine!
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15

The only fault to be found with the
Morgan syndicate, that has so slSilfUly
kept the god in the treasury constantly
rep;enished. is that this very care tends
10 keep alive the deluslon that there Ia
some special magic about the figures OF
one hundred millions. This is purely
arbitrary limit II there were run on
the treasury for gold. hundred millions
would met away IN no time. But GUS
tom and common consent have ixed this
rs about the right sum tc keep on hand
Daily fluctuations around this figure are
Of no possible Importance. unless lctl-
tlons Importance be given them by hav-
ing attention constantly fixed on the
exact amount This makes ignorant peo-
pc uneasy without cause.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15

The London Times is probably cor
rect in its opinion that England will not
be won over to blmetallism in the near
future. Public sentiment in that country
apparently Is stia overwhelming.y y
against it. OF course the other gresr
nations of Europe will not agree to open
their mlnts to silver until England joins
in with them The United States must
hold out against silver reconciliation
until the rest of the world adopts It.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15

The Roman Catholic University at
Washington has decided to admit wom-
en- as pupils in all the higher studies
embracing courses OF science, phlloso-
phy, and arts The university heretofore
has been available for priests alone.
With the opening of the institution in
October women students viii also me
accorded admission to the lectures and
studies in the regular and special courses
though not permitted to malrlculate ami
secure degrees.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15

sicians of London. The first letters pat
ent having apparently been inadequate
for the purposes intended, in the four
teenth year of Henry VIII, a statute
vas passed enacting that no person save
graduate of oxford or Cambridge
should practice ia England, unless he
had a license from the president of the
College of Physicians aforesaid and from
three of the Elects" who were chosen
from among the Fellows s.-Gentlamen'
Magazine
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15
WEEKLY.
Sent by mail, per year. $500 in advance.
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The Astorlan guarantees to its sub
scribers the largest circulation of any
newspaper published on the Columbia
river
Advertising rates can be had on ap-
pllcation to the business manager.
The Weekly Astorian. the second old
est weekly In the state of oregon, has
next to the Portland oregonian, the
largest weekly circulation in the state.
Jao. T. Handley & Co.. are our Port
land agents, and copies Of the Astorian
can be had every morning at their
stand on First street.
Telephone No. &C.
All communications intended for pub
llcatica should be directed to the editor.
Business communications Of all kinds and
remlttances must be addressed to The
Astorian.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15
RoYAL coLApaE oF pnYsIoIANs.

In the tenth year OF the reign OF Hem
~ VIII. Sept. -. ISIS. John Chambye.
Thomas Llnacre. Ferdinand de Vic
toria. Medcorum Nortrosum, Nicholas
Holsack. John Francis. Robert Yaxley,
were granted letters patent giving them
the privilege OF admitting men 10 prac-
tice medicine in London, and seven miles
around. This was the original foun6a-
tlon OF the present Royal College OF Ply
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-15
TALK OF THE DAY.

A number of enterprising college girls
OF Hil.sda,e, Mich, are earning money
during the summer TO pay next winters
tuition by serving as walters in sum-
mer hotel at Little Traverse Bay. They
all went on strike recently because
beefsteak was dropped from their bill
OF fare for breakfast In one day after
their withdrawal the landlord rea'ized
the value of his fair hand-maidens' SER
vsees, and accordingly. acceded to their
demands, II is said that now the best
that the house affords is at the disposal
OF the independent young women.-Ex-
change.