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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-03-30

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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-03-30
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-03-30

WICHITA, Kan, March 2G.-Among
thc women who registered in this city
ca vote at the municipal election was
Airs. Harriet McMurray. aged IFS
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01
A Gospel Trolley Car.

A gospel trolley car will soon be
making nightly rounds of New York
and Brooklyn suburbs. The car
made it's first trip few nights ago,
loaded with a melodeon and speakers
and singers, connected with the
Passaic Street Mission, in Passaic,
N. j., made round trip on the New
Jersey Electric Railway, going by
way Of Paterson to Singad and back.
Wherever they saw group OF people
on the sidewalks or rural roadsides
the car was stopped, and the evan
gelists sang hymns and exhorted the
bystsnders to seek salvation. The
idea is novel one. and while it is
difficult to see how it could be car
ried out without interfering with the
regular traffic of the line, it is possi-
BILE that some persons might be i'm
PEELED to better living who could not
otherwise be reached. d.-Philadelphia
Record. VI
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01
A Bank. Discretion on Checks.

The Delaware County National
Bank of Media, Penn, was the de-
fendant Monday in an action brought
by M. J. Erisman to recover the
amount Of a Observation-Disclosures
check. Aaron Tyson gave the check
to Erisman with the understanding
that he was not to send it to the
bank for collection until certain
date. The check came to the bank
on the day designated. Tyson de-
posted 81, 200 about the same hour.
Three hours after notice Of draft
for ST., 100 against Tyson was receiv-
ed, and was paid from the 81, 200 to
his credit in the bank. The check
went to protest, and few days
afterward Tyson failed. Erisman
then brought suit against the bank,
on the ground that his check should
have had precedence over the draft.
Judge Clayton. however, charged
the jury that the bank authorities
could use their own discretion in the
days round of business as to what
paper to honor when there was not
sufficient money in the bank to the
credit OF the person against whom the
papers were drawn to pay all. The
verdict was for the bank. .-Philadel-
phia Record.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01
Praisins the King.

The King OF Denmark, it Is said,
is quiet and unostentatious man,
and rather fond of travelling il his
people would let him do it in peace,
but they are so extravagantly fond
OF him that the marks OF their ap-
probation become rather wearisome.
One day not long ago, as he was on
q journey, the train was blocked for
little while at q small station by an
accident. A peasant who had heard
that the King was on the train took
the opportunity OF seeing him, and
walking down the platform stared at
the cars until he came to nice look
ing old gentleman looking out OF q
window. Good morning" said the
gentleman. Good morning." said
the peasant. "be you the King?"
Yes" replied the other. well.
then" rejoined the countryman, Il
want to tell you something You be
the best King that we ever had in
Denmark" The King lifted his hat
in acknowledgment OF the compli-
ment, and said, Thank you, but
that is matter Of opinion, and /
cannot Judge it impartially.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01
Wea,th's Dizzy Heights.

By a calculation made short time
ago by an American statistician, it
seems that seventy citizens OF the
United States possessed among them
an aggregate wealth of f540, 600, 600.
That gives an average of f7. 500, 600
for each person. To come to partic-
ulars: There was one estate-we re-
frain from mentioning names-re-
turned us worth no less than f30,-
00O,0 There were five individuals
valued at ego, 900, 600, one valued at
f14, 600, 600, two valued at fl2, ,000,-
600, SIX valued at 10000, 900, six
valued at rs. 900. 600. four valued at
100000, thirteen valued at
&c, 600, 600, ten valued at f5, 600, 600,
four valued at "a, 500, 600, and fifteen
valued at $4,000. 900. The brain
reels before such figures. They
express measures OF wealth which
the ordinary mortal is powerless to
grasp. Beside these seventy colos-
sal fortunes there are, fifty other per-
sons in the Northern States alone
valued at over 80, 600, 600 each, thir-
ty of them being valued in all at
200, 100000. There were some time
ago published lists Of sixty-three
millionaires in Pennsylvania possess
ing IN the aggregate eco, 900, 600, and
OF sixty persons in three villages near
New York, whose wealth aggregated
f100, 600. 600. In Boston fifty fami-
lies pay taxes on annual incomes Of
about f2cO, 600, 900 each.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01
A Costly Fan.

~ can tell you few things about
fans, seeing that have been in the
business all my life" said M. Ducol-
let. Frenchman.
''The finest in the world are made
in Paris. Once in great while my
house has an order for q very costly
one. Last year the Marquis Dues
ordered one as a bridal present for
his prospective daughter in law that
cost him 5, 900 francs. 1t isn't often
that such expensive ones are pur-
chased, even by the wealthy. This
one was exquisite, OF real lace, hand
painted. with diamond monogram.
The average rich woman in Paris,
however, hardly ever pays over $25
for q fan intended for personal use.
and 1 find that about the same limit
prevails in this country. Ii it were
not for the heavy duty Of 40 per cent,
imposed by this Government. we
would sell great many more fans in
America"
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01

The manufacturer Of electrical VIM
dow signs IL doing an active business.
He has established the fact that II
an object In q store window can be
kept In motion long enough some one
will be sure to stop to look at 1t. An
uptown window sign electrician
adopts his own apparatus for push
ing his business. In his window he
has q central disk, from which three
arms radiate. At the end Of each
arm is signboard containing o le-
gend commencing the advantages of
window sign advertising; for instance,
one board sets forth: I" II your sign
moves and attracts attention your
goods will" These boards are so
hung as to maintain q perpendicular
position as they revolve with their
face always to the street. The mo.
tive power comes from cell battery
seen In the window. Another novel
device which never fails to attract q
crowd is the idea of o vender of elec-
trio pianos. Over the sidewalk is
fixed large circular case containing
o number of white. flexible. sinuous
arms, moving from common center.
These are connected with the key
board and follow the motion OF the
keys on q piano inside the store :.
When lively tune is being played
the bewildering gyrations Of the
tumbling bars in the case seem to
have a constant fascination for the
passersby.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01

Most people imagine that pneu-
matte tires are novelties Of recent in
vention, and yet they were actually
used on English roads nearly fifty
years ago. We read that "at the
Bath and West of England agri-
cultural show, held at Guilford, q
couple OF carriage wheels were shown,
fitted with pneumatic tires. These
were made by May & Jacobs, for the
Duke Of Northumberland. forty-seven
years ago, but the carriage, proving
too heavy for the horse, they were
disused. The tires were constructed
on almost entirely the same princi-
pie as those in use on cycles to-day,
an inner air chamber, with stronger
outer cover. When punctured they
were repaired by the same means as
now adopted.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01

Nevada City, CAL, has a negro
bootblack who has four perfect rows
Of teeth, three in the upper jaw and
one I'M the lower. w. A. Watt, q
grain dealer Of Hemying, Idaho, has
but four teeth, two in the upper and
two in the lower jaw. He is only %
years of age, and these are the first
and only teeth he ever had. Each
tooth partakes Of the nature Of q
tusk, being round and conical, and
almost twice the length of ordinary
teeth. A citizen Of San Francisco has
no teeth in the upper jaw, nor never
had, although the lower jaw is pro-
vided with two perfect sets. The
Bailiffe family; formerly of Fairfield,
Ohio, was composed Of 0 boys and 6
girls, all OF whom had double or mo-
lar teeth in front as well as in the
back OF the jaw.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01

The wind, the world-old rhapsodist, goes by
And the great pines, in chapgeless ves-
ture gloomed,
And all the towering elm trees,
matched and plumed
With green, take up, one after one,
the cry;
And as their choral voices swell and die,
Catching the infinite note from tree TO
tree,
Others far of, in long antistrophe,
With swaying arms and surging tops
reply.
30 to mems souls, at sacred intervals,
Out of the dust of life takes wing and
calls
A spirit that we know not, nor can
And heart to heart makes answer with
strange thrill;
1t passes, and a moment, face to face,
We dream ourselves immortal, and
are still.
.-TArchibald Lampman in the Century.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01
Mixed Relationship in Illinois.

A lady friend OF the st. Louis Re-
public, residing in Colorado, writes
to that paper as follows.
A Miss Somebody, whose name the
writer has forgotten, was born deaf
and dumb. On reaching womanhood,
her affliction Notwithstanding. she
married man by the name of Har-
ris. who lived near Nebo, Ill. Soon
after this event her father died, and
later on her mother married wild
over named Ewing. Mr.. Ewing had
a son by his first marriage, who, quite
naturally, thus became the step
brother Of the deaf and dumb Mrs.
Harris. In the course OF events Har-
ris died, and his widow married
young Ewing, and to them was born
a daughter, beautiful girl, whom
they named Alice. Within few
years the deaf and dumb Mrs.
Ewing's mother, the elder Mrs.
Ewing, died, and so, too, did young
Ewing. In other words, the younger
Mrs. Ewing's mother and husband
both died, they being the elder Ew-
ing's wife and son. To console each
other, and, probably. in order to
keep the marrying business in the
family, old Mr.. Ewing and the young
Mrs. Ewing were joined in the holy
bonds Of matrimony, this being the
third time that the silent bride had
been led to the altar. The fruit Of
this last marriage was a daughter,
Esther by name. Alice Harris was
still living at that time, and prob
ably is to-day. and it is between her
and Esther Ewing that this compli-
Gated relationship exists. BY care
full thought you will see that Alice
and Esther are half-sisters. Esther's
father is Alice's grandfather, and Is
also her (Esther's) half-brother.
Quite complicated, isn't it, to say
nothing about the stepfathers, step
brothers, half-brothers, half-sisters
and stepsisters which this odd series
OF tangled matrimonial alliances
brought about?
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01

france is the greatest wheat growing
country in Europe, not excepting even
Russia.
The British Isles comprises no fewer
than 600 separate isles and islets.
The flower trade of London is estimated
to amount to $4,000 day.
A salmon weighing 37i pounds was
caught recently near Bangor, Me.
The Maine mackerel fleet has had bad
luck this year.
Salem, Indiana, has an equal number Of
churches and saloons.
Seventeen States and Territories CON-
prise the National Irrigation Congress.
Chicago's manufactured products are
valued at 5000, 900, 900.
St. Louis annually ,nakes up and sells
@225, 900 900 Of material.
Nearly all collars used on workhorses in
Belgium are made Of iron.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01

agaln advanced and st the fourth
fire both fell. When Jeflries was in
formed that Smith was dead. he said
quietly: Then am willing to die.
too and almost immediately fol-
lowed.
In 1886 the legislative assembly
of Mississippi enacted the singular
law for the discouragement of the
duello, that In event of fatal result
to one the survivor should pay all
the debts of the victim.
For public opinion he had the un-
concealed disdain OF an oriental
potentate; for the opinion Of John
Randolph q profound respect. That
he made bow to himself every time
he happened to glance at o looking
glass, as one satirist remarks, Is by
no means improbable--at least, 10
quite possible. He plunged into de.
bate at every opportunity. AZ the
strong man delights to exercise his
thews and sinews, the man of rare
mental powers Is nearly always
tempted to exhibit them-to be an
intellectual gladiator. He had shaken
and snapped the whiplash OF his
tongue over Clay's back years before,
when Clay was championing the war
OF 1912. to which Randolph was OPP
posed. But when the election OF
1924 was thrown into the House OF
Representatives and Henry Clay,
fearing the preponderance Of the
soldier over the civilian in our ma
tional scheme Of government, threw
all his influence into the scale against
General Andrew Jackson and in favor
OF Adams. the rage OF Randolph
broke all bounds.
When the great Virginian fulmi-
mated his dreadful billingsgate
through the august Senate men who
loved Harry Clay shivered. They
knew he would send a challenge, and
he was an Indifferent marksman, while
Randolph was accounted one of the
best, il not the very best, in Virginia.
The night before the duel General
Hamilton called on Randolph
and found him in q calm mood,
quite disposed to be commu-
NEGATIVE and somewhat senti-
mental-remorseful. perhaps, for his
conduct toward Clay. After awhile
Randolph said:
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01

Missouri Town.
Not long ago . Washington Star
writer had occasion to be In western
Missouri. just north OF Kansas
City. about twelve miles, Is the little
town OF Parkville. 1t is built up on
the two sides OF valley which opens
against the broad Missouri. and the
hamlet might contain perhaps fifty
houses. Among other matters. how
ever, 1t shelters seminary OF con-
siderable local fame, which teaches
both boys and girls the higher
branches OF an education, but with
which just now we have nothing to
do. The main street Of the village
runs along the bottom of the valley
ut right angles with the Missouri
river.
On each side OF the street are the
various village stores. perhaps doz-
On In all, and. as the town does con-
siderable trade with the farmers
round about, the stores are what
might be termed "good Sized" To
illustrate the slowness OF the village
Of Parkville, and its calm acqui-
escence to o condition, once it be
brought about, the following might
be told:
The Star writer was sitting in front
of one of the stores, smoking very
bad cigar of local origin. and con-
versing with the merchant who had
sold it. It was about o'clock in the
afternoon, and many of the country
people were coming into town A
country girl Of the region came cam
tering up on a bareback horse and
slid of on what, now that the Star
mans. attention was called to it, he
noticed was o unique sort OF horse
block.
1t was nothing more nor less than
an old rusty safe of considerable size.
1t had apparently lain there for
years, and when examined disclosed
a suspicious looking hole on one
side. clearly the work of explosives.
At this point the attention of the in
vestigator from the East was called
to two other safes, similarly exploded,
and also lying on their sides in the
street and doing duty as horse
blocks.
How about these safes?" asked
the Star man Of the Parkville mer-
chant. What story goes with
them?
"Nuthin' much of story" re-
marked the Parkville merchant,
helping himself to a thoughtful chew
of tobacco. "Them safes have laid
right thar where you all see 'em
since '73. They wuz dragged out
there and busted by Quantrell and
Jess and Frank James and the
Younger brothers, along with the
rest OF Quantrells gang. They come
chargin' down the street one day in
June and TUX the town in about q
minut and half, and then went fur
them safes. Money wuz mighty pop
lar with Quantrell and the James
boys, and they usually went arter all
they heard off,
"How much did they get from the
safes?"
II dunno how much they got from
them on t'other side of the street."
said the Parkville man. 'They
hunted $3.S 500 out'n mine" and here
he pointed sadly at the safe nearest
to him; the one on which the young
rustic had just alighted.
WAS that safe yonrs?" he asked.
Yes" he answered. II KEEP
store then right whar I DO now, and
jest as / do now."
why haven't you removed the
safes?"
Whats the user" observed the
Parkville man. "They amt in no.
body's way, and they do fust-rate
fur hoss-blocks. 'Nuther thing. we
amt got no carts nor tackle strong
enough to move 'em. nohow; 80 we
jest let 'em go as they lay, as they
say in faro"
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01
Morning Dew.

A good deal OF the dew which we
see in the morning covering the
leaves of grasses and other plants
comes from the interior of the vege-
tables themselves. The extremely
fine dew, as o rule, is atmospheric,
but the larger drops, which we find
on the margins Of leaves, are in gem
eral exudations from the plant tis-
sues.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01
An Old Prescription.

The Oldest prescription in existence
has been found. 1t was given as a
wash for promoting the growth OF the
hair OF the mother of King Chate,
second king Of the first dynasty, who
reigned about 1000 b. @. This Is the
translation: "Pad OF dogs foot, 4;
fruit OF date palm. l.; ass's hoof, L.
Boil together in oil In saucepan. Di.
rections for use Rub thoroughly
In"
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01

A large department store ia New
York not only sells about everything
from the proverbial needle to the
proverbial anchor. but has q sign on
one side OF the esta blishment which
tell the public that there are lodge
rooms to rent"
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01
Plainly vlHbIs.

A scientific authority states that
by covering bullet with vaseline its
fight may be easily followed with
the eye from the time 1t leaves the
rife until 1t strikes the target. The
course Of the bullet is marked by o
ring OF smoke. caused by the vaseline
being ignited on leaving the muzzle
of the gun.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-01

Strong, now tnaC IL was all over, Degan
to realize his position. Texas, perhaps,
paid too little heed to life lost in fair fight,
but she had an uncomfortable habit of put
ting rope around the neck Of cowardly
murderer. Strong was an inventor by
nature. He proceeded to invent his JUS
tification. He took one of Danby's revol-
vers and fired two shots out of it into the
empty air. This would show that the dead
man had defended himself at least, and it
would be difficult to prove that he had not
been the first to fire. He placed the other
pistol and knife In their places in Danby's
belt. He took Danby's right hand while
1t was still warm and closed the fingers
around the butt of the revolver from which
he had fired, placing the forefnger on the
trigger of the cooked six-shooter. To give
effect and naturalness to the tableau he was
arranging for the next traveller by that
trail, he drew up the right knee and put
the revolver and closed hand on 1t as II
Dandy had been killed while just about to
fire his third shot.
Strong, with the pride of true artist in
his work, stepped back pace or two for
the purpose OF seeing the effect Of his work
as whole. AS Dandy fell, the back of
his head had struck lump OF soil or tuft
of grass, which threw the chin forward on
the breast. AS Strong looked at his victim
his heart jumped. and sort of hypnotic
fear took possession Of him and parnlyzed
action ut its source. Dandy was not yet
dead. His right eye was open and II
glared at Strong with malice and hatred
that mesmerized the murderer and held
him there, although he felt rather than
knew he was covered by the cooked revol.
yer be had placed In what he thought was
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-06-28
IN THE EVENING,

"h en- we tended the fields Of the happy old
farm. -
The hours would travel 80 siowl
Ahe sun seemed to pause by some wonderful
charm
Ihat Joshua knew long agol
But after awhile came the shades from IN q
hills;
Then the sunset and cleaning anon;
ana homeward We trudged to the mocking-
birds trills
When the time to cease working came on
The whipporwill dreamed in the thiclset se-
date,
And the cricket chirped out In the wheat;
The cattle stood lowing beside the farm gate,
ana milking song rose low and sweet,
The summer air told of the roses that grew
And glowed in the twilight so wan;
AND mother would meet US In welcome, we
knew,
When the time to cease working came on.
We are toiling on still, yet In different ways
From the ones where we labored when
Young,
And not with the pleasure we knew in the
days
When hope all her melodies sung
The hours are longer, 1t seemeth than then.
But the toiling will sometime be done:
And peace once again will be ours as when
The time to cease working came on
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-06-28
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Heine seldom read anything but
poetry, but he read that with the
most scrupulous attention. i
Mrs. Hemans was a lover of the
Spanish romances. and often enter
tanned a small domestic audience with
one of these tales.
-Petrarcb was so anxious to excel
in polite department that he took les
sons from professor of dancing and
breeding every day for six years.
John Oliver Hobbes's first venture
as the writer of long novel was
awited with much curiosity, but the
favorable reception given to ''The
Gods, Some Mortals, and Lord Wick
enham" has more than justifies the au-
thor and has increased her reputation.
1t is not generally known that Mrs.
Craigie is an American by birth.
Queen Elizabeth was of medium
height and weight, but gave the inn
preston of being much taller than the
average. She had Roman nose, which
in the last few years of her life became
very red. Her cheeks were prominent
and her forehead broad and shelving.
Her eyes were a grayish- blue, and her
hair had decidedly reddish tinge.
Rev. DIR. Rossiter, of New York, be-
lieves in the bicycle as secular diver
sion. IF / could ride bicycle" he
says, ''and enjoy darting through the
breeze, / would lift my hat to God and
thank Him, but would never ride on
Sunday. There is no more harm in
going to chowder party, or playing
baseball or tennis, or taking a sail
down the bay on Sunday than in riding
the bicycle"
Mary, Queen of Scots was tall and
slender, but very graceful in all her
actions. Her face does not seem to
have been especially beautiful. for she
had rather irregular features; but her
fascination of manner was irresistible.
She had way of cooking her head q
little to one side and of looking side
ways at the person with whom she was
talking that gave strong impression
of coquetry. She had very small hands
and feet, and was fond of showing
both, often having her gown shortened
in order that her feet might be seen.
She always had her own hair cut close,
and wore wig to save the time and
trouble of hair-dressing.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-06-28

''What time will that train be in, do
you think?" asked the impatient man.
1T is pretty hard to tell" answered
the agent of the little southern branch
line. "Sence Bills tree was cut down
by pack of durn fool niggers after a
coon he finds it heap of trouble MAX
in jest the right time"
bills tree?"
"Yas. Bill, he is the conductor, you
know. The tree / was speakin' Of
stood alongside the track about thirty
mile up the road from here. an when
the train come along and the shadder
of the tree laid across the middle of
the top rail of Buck Johnson's fence
Bill knowed he was on time and could
gauge her about right to git here on
schedule time. Now them fool nipgers
has cut it down, and all Bill has got to
go by is his own guess. Company was
talkin' some Of putin up pole In the
place whar the tree useter be, but they
hain't done it yit. Cincinnati Tribune.