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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
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and 10 feet high, the poles being
notched slightly where they cross, 10
prevent rubbing and TO lessen the
cracks between them. The gables are
left open 90 give ventilation. floor
Is made and proper drainage acquired
by laying rails together foot thick.
The roof, projecting 3 feet at each end,
is of clapboards nailed TO cross pieces
resting upon pole rafters. All the ma
terial except the nails and the material
for the door were worked out OF tho
farm timber,
In filling this house the blocks are
laid within Is inches OF the holes and
the space between them filed with
sawdust as the ice is built up. Where
timber is not so plenty serviceable
structure can be built at cost but
little greater than the cost OF this one.
Refuse boards or slabs can be used for
the sides, mailing them up or down and
putting on board roof. The house
should be built on high ground that
surface water may not enter. IL is well
To cut n shallow ditch around the build
ing. In filling cut the blocks as large
as possible and pack closely. All crew
ices should be filed. In the spring
watch for holes and close them as soon
as found. Even in March the air will
be warm enough often TO make holes
and if the air is allowed TO circulate
through holes IL melts ice rapidly.
When n stream is fed by "A spring or
brook, clear pure ice can be procured.
A pond, unless 1t Is quite large and
stock have been kept from it for some
time, will not yield ice fit 10 be used.
No amount of freezing will make pure
ly wholesome ice out of foul water IL
is quite as essential that water for tho
ice supply should be as pure as for the
ordinary family water supply.-R. IL.
McCready, ia Farm and Home.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

THE sugar beet for cows Is always
highly recommended by those who
try It,
WE never would raise more heifer
calves than we needed for our own
herd. IL will not pay.
WHILE we have such an immense
number of careless buttermakers,
dairying of the right kind will not be
overdone, and viii offer good induce
ments 10 the farmer TO enter IL.
1T Is mistake TO keep big beefy
COWS in the dairy as rule. II butter
or milk Is the object, select a cow that
will accomplish the purpose In the
highest degree. Let the beef side OF
the question alone.
WE observe that writer objects TO
the criticisms on dogs and boys about
the cows. lie says that II collie ora
boy is brought up TO know his bust
ness, either is valuable. That is true.
But the trouble is that sometimes
neither knows his business. Farmers
VDice.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
nntntIon in thn Gnrden.

There is decided advantage In occa-
sionally changing the location OF the
garden. The crops In the garden re-
guire heavy manuring. AS they occupy
the land every year there Is no chance
10 secd with clover, and the soil,
though rich enough, becomes too heavy
for profitable working. Where a clover
sod is plowed under the soil Is friable,
and holds moisture without becoming
soddsn. Many farmers do not think OF
changing their garden spot until
spring. Then II is too late TO make the
soil rich enough for gardening pur-
poses; but IL clover ley Is top dressed
heavily with manure In tho fall, and
then plowed early in the spring. IL will
be rich enough to grow most kinds Of
garden vegetables. Such plat of
ground that had been frequently-in
clover will be less weedy than one that
has been always used as n garden
Rural World
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
uow ,o Mak. the Dairy Pay.

Determine In your own mind the
amount OF butter a COW should produce
weekly 20 pay for her food and the
labor OF caring for her. Subject each
animal TO an individual test and dispose
OK all those failing TO come mp 20 the
mark. Let the trial be fair one and
see that proper rations are given.
Equal parts of wheat, oats and corn
make fairly good milk ration. II a
small root ration can be added, tho
Weld OF milk will be more satisfactory
as n rule. shelter the animals from
the cold and wet by bnttening tho
cracks or lining the stable with tarred
paper. Make good article of butter,
put Il NJ IN attractive shape and brand
IL 80 that IL may be easily recognized.
--Bnckeyo.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

Did anyone know that owls did a
right smart business in the fishing
line when they had the chance? The
Ash commissioners of New Hampshire
have discovered that owls have been
stripping the spawning saibling off
the beds in their state. Naturally the
fishing is all done at night, and tho
water on the midlake spawning
grounds being very low has given the
owls the chance which they have inn
proved. Quite likely the saibling ex-
pose some portion OF their bodies above
the winter, and the noise they make in
the water attracts the night birds, and
every morning tho spawn-talscrS have
found evidence OF their visit. Forest
and stream
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
Observation-Disclosures


Valuable suggestion Contained In Gov.
Morton's Message.
Gov. Morton's inaugural message con-
tains among other good suggestions
one that Is OF particularly great impor-
lance. He merely touches ON the sub
ject, but the hint might be taken as
well by legislatures of other states as
by the assembly of New York;
The subject OF good roads is also commanded
60 the attention OF the Legislature. II is suR-
gested that convict labor may ana employment
in this direction, particularly as q ccslstitu-
tional amendment which takes eject two years
hence forbids the svato from employing con-
yicts at the state and county prisons fails and
reformatorses in any Industrial art or useful
occupation In competition with the work OF
products OF the people
The attention of other people than
the bicyclist ind Coxey lately has been
directed toward the subject of good
roads. This is practically roadless
country. The best Of our country wng-
on roads would not compare with the
worst roads I'm the remote north of Eng
land or in Germany and France. OF
course the older countries gained no
BILE heritage, from the road-building
Romans in this respect, whereas on
this side of the water the railways
came so quickly, after the OPEN
ing OF the country that road-build-
ing seemed an idle pursuit. Here and
there through the west one encounters
a small stretch of well-laid road run
ming down TO city or post office, but
IN general the country roads are little
more than widened trails, unscicn-
tifcally filed in by the farmers In idle
times, rough In winter, impassably
muddy In spring and intolerably dusty
IN midsummer.
The country has got old enough and
carriage travel in the country places
has increased TO such an. extent as TO
make the necessity of better roads APP
parent. BY n coincidence the dispo-
sition TO save free labor from the com
petition Of convict labor has also risen.
Many states have laws against convict
contracts without means Of keeping
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

The Present Rclgning Dynasty Ia of Re
cent Date.

The Present Relgning Dynasty Ia of Re-
cent Date.
The Ost. Asiatische Lloyd. Shanghai.
publishes a very interesting article 70
show that the present reigning dynas-
~ of China Is OF Comparatively recent
date; that many of the Chinese hold II
In contempt, and that. having gained
It's position by force of arms, 1t may
lose its power in the same way. The
people of China do not consider them
selves bound 10 this dynasty by the
ties Of loyalty or affection. The paper
says:
"The ancestors OF the Shin dynasty
are entirely unknown. They suddenly
came into prominence at the end OF the
sixteenth century. In the year 1888 n
certain Ai-Shin, Ka-Ku-va, raised the
standard OF rebellion at Chic Haiku
San, in the east OF the empire. He con-
quered large part of China, and called
his new empire Manchuria.
"'The Min dynasty then reigned in
China and Gen. Chic Kio Sci was sent
TO quell the rebellion. He was very
able man, whose political essays are
read with much interest 10 this very
day. But, unfortunately for the Minis,
he was killed in the first battle, and
there was no one 20 take his place. The
then shotgun of japan, lideyeshi
Toyotomi, made use of this circum-
stance TO attempt the conquest of
Corea, and succeeded in his aim. This
served 10 lessen still more the prestige
Of the Minis, and they sought TO regain
II by an active war against the
Manchus. An army of two hundred
and fifty thousand was mustered in
1919, but it was beaten in one terrible
battle at the Lian-ho river, and Tai-so,
the son of Ai-Shin, was enabled TO
make MoulSden his residence. His son,
Tai-so III, again beat the old dynasty
in 1850, and proclaimed himself en-
peror OF all China. calling his dynasty
the house OF Shin. But the old emper-
ors held their own until the begin
ming OF the eighteenth century, and
some Of their descendants Mt last fed
TO Formosa. To-day all trace OF the
Minis has vanished. History relates a
very curious incident with regard 10
the capture Of PelSin by the present
dynasty. Another powerful rebel es-
tablished himself there during the
seventeenth century. His name was
Ri.si-sei, and he endeavored 20 estab-
lish a separate empire. The Minis, who
had not yet ceased 20 regard them
selves as the only Legitimate rulers,
dispatched an army against him; but
the commander Of this army did not
think himself strong enough--and
called in the help Of the Shins. The
allies took PelSin in 1868. Bus the
Shins did not become sole masters OF
China until the conquest OF Nanitin,
which followed u few years later, and
they then decreed that the hair ~ all
Chinese subjects should be worn iong
and in a plat, which resulted Ia the
familiar pigtail OF to-day. Chicago
Times.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
A wonderful Western Moss.

One OF the most wonderful specimens
OF vegetable life known 90 the botanist
is the life moss" of Jamaica, Barbodos
and others OF the West Indian islands.
There are several species OF tropical
plants which have remarkable tenacity
OF life, but the life moss" and the
story of its vitality are almost beyond
belicf-its powers TO live under adverse
circumstances being certainly beyond
that OF any other known plant IL APP
pears 10 be absolutely indestructible
by any means except immersion in
boiling water or the application OF
rcd-hot iron 20 its roots and branching
vines. II may be cut up and divided
into inhnitesimal particles and then
the very smallest shred will throw out
roots and soon grow and form new
branches and buds. Specimens OF this
extraordinary plant have been suspend
ed in the air in dry, hot room; they
have been placed in close, air-tight,
dark boxes, without moisture OF any
sort and yet they lived, grew and -four
ishcd. st Louis Republic.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
Tho Nlcnrnrun Canal.

The project OF the Nicaragua Canal has
been debated In the u. s. Senate very vigor-
ously. One thing should be remembered
about that climate, IL Is death 10 almost
every foreigner who goes there, and labor
ers especially succumb II is said that the
Panama Railroad cost a life for every tie.
What an idea Of pains and aches is in this
sentence IL is mostly due 10 carelessness
Every laborer provided with st. Jacobs Oil
would bo armed against these troubles.
Mems muscles thcre arc cramped with rheu-
matte pain and they ache all over. That's
Just the condition where this sovereign
remedy can do its best work. The fearful
malady is very much like the break-bone
fever In certain parts OF America.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
Legend Of the white sl,y Car.

When Wilson and Thomas visited
what Is now western Kansas, away
back in 1s4l, the Kiowa Indians told
them the queer story OF the white sky
calf According to the legend. that
portion OF the American desert was
formerly very fertile, supporting large
herds Of pure white buffaloes, each
having black tail. These creatures
were held sacred by the savages, and
never killed for any purpose. Finally
an old medicine man. Ne-ka-ta-mah,
vowed that he would have a tepee
built from the sacred white skins.
The chiefs of the tribe tried TO dis
suade him from the notion, but all to
no purpose-he declared that he would
commence TO collect the skins on the
morrow. During the night great
white light appeared in the sky, and
in It's center a white buffalo calf The
calf slowly descended To the earth
took charge Of the herds, leading them
10 the northwest, and from that day To
this the Kiowas have never seen a
white buffalo N. Y. World.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

aold through druggists, az the price OF tue
cheaper made pills.
pleasant Pellets cure biliousness, sick
and bilious headache, dizziness, costive-
ness, or constipation, sour stomach, loss OF
appetite, coated tongue, indigestion, or dys.
pepsia, windy belchings, heartburn, !"
pain and distress after eating, and kindred
arrangements Of the liver, stomach and
bowels. Put up in sealed glass walls, there
fore always fresh and reliable. Whether
as laxative, or in larger doses, rs a gently
acting but searching cathaftic, these little
"Pellcts are uncqualcd.
AS dinner pill, " 10 promote digestion,
take one each day after dinner To relieve
the distress arising from over-eating, moth
ing equals one Of these little Pellets"
They are tiny, sugar. located, nt-bilious
granules. Any child readily takes them.
Accept no substitute that may be recon-
mended to be just as good" II may be
briley- To-, me dealer, because of paying
him a better profit, but he is not the one
who needs help
A free sample "a to 7 doses on f,fGi, 10
mailed 10 any address, postpa on receipt
of name and address on postal card.
Address WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATIONS, Buffalo, ". Y.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
5000 TO California

Car from Chicago on the famous "Phillips-
Rock Island Tourist Excursions Through
cars on fast trains leave Chicago Tuesdays
via TT. Worth and lei Paso, and Thursdays
via Scenic Route. Write for particulars 10
A. L. PHILLIPS a. Co, l04 Clark St., Chicago.
JonS SEBASTIAN, e.. H. A., Chicago.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
Tho Chaperon ouestIon.

Little Miss Mugg (haughtiiy)-My
sibtcr never goes out without a chap
eron.
Little Miss FrcclSlcs (disdainfully)-
My sister wouldn't be allowed Co,
either, u she was like your sister
uood News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

the felons employed. In Illinois, al
though the present system here seems
working in promising way, II is still
subject to the protests of the labor
unions. What better channel for the
employment of the convicts could be
devised than that OF bodybuilding?
The great state of New York, which,
after life of nearly three hundred
years, is still humping over rocky
roads, might set tho western states an
example. Evening Post.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
That Old Reaper.

Father Time, who ''reaps the bearded grain
At breath, and the flowers that grow be-
tween" spares for green and hale old age
those who counteract the infrmities incl
dent 10 increasing years with Hostetters
Stomach Bitters. For rheumatism, lum bago,
poverty OF the blood, dyspepsia, neuralgia
and torpidity OF the liver, use the great
tonic and health preserver methodically.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

COLLEGE TRusTEE-"Say, we are in bad
luck. Only twenty-five new students COM
ing in at the next term Head OF the Col
lege Faculty-"Never mind I'll send the
football team and two glee clubs out on the
road ahead OF the other colleges this year"
Chicago Record.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

AS THE train drew mp az country station
on tho South Eastern railway, q pleasant
looking gentleman stepped out on the plat
form, and inhaling the fresh air enthusiasts
tically observed 70 the guard 'lsn't this
invigoratingin .sNo, sir; it's sCaterham. -
replied the guard. Wonder.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
THE FARM MECHANIC.
How 20 Build n servioeable Icehoass ~
Moderate Cost

Moderate Cost
An icehouse need not be n costly
structure, but II It Is to DO an at
tractive addition TO the farm or In
keeping with other attractive build
ings 1t cannot be built at u small cost.
! shall charge the cost against the.ef-
hciency as preserver OF ice. The re-
quirements of IN icehouse are that II
will hold sawdust around the ice to
keep the rain off and drain water. Tho
materials used in its construction may
be of the cheapest and rudest charao-
ter and yet keep the ice rs we'll as II
II cost $50 or $500. A neighbor has an
icehouse erected at a very small cost
and yet his Ice is preserved perfectly.
The sides are of poles laid up into a
pen IL feet wide, eighteen feet long
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

TEAcnER-"Can any OF you tell me why
flannel Is comfortable in wintern Bright
Boy lin new underwear) at makes yeh
hitch about and wrigRle around, and the ex-
ercise keeps yeh warm. Good News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

show To remain always young and attrac-
tive.n "That is easy,h replied the sage,
without even raising his eyes from his book.
Get fortune and stay single. n-Indianap-
oils Journal
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

"N on say you made money In businessl'
"Certainly,h replied the New York police
man. what was your stock In trader
"It wasn't stock in trade. IL was a trade
la stock. Washington Star.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

MERCHANT CLERK, why do you leave
that yardsticlS lying In the SUM- Didn't YOU
learn In school that heat expands bodiesln-
Flegende Batter
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
Movicker.s Theater, Chicago.

ashore Acres" originally produced In
Chicago by It's author, James A. Hernc, Is
booked for four weeks run, commencing
January "a. Seats by mail.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

MRs. ScRAPLEI0H (angrily)- "Just look at
the money YOU lose every Saturday night
playing pokerr' Mr.. Scrapleigh calmly
Eyes; and just look at the money you lose
every Monday morning buying bargains"
Puck
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

LIKE on Upon Troubled Waters Is Hale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar upon n cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure In one minute.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
FASTEST Time Ever Made from Chicago TO
Jacksonville. Fla.

The Monon Route H., ~. A. & G. R'y) has
placed In effect the fastest schedule over
made between Chicago and Jacksonville,
Fla Train leaves Chicago at 1892 p. m, ar
irving nc Jacksonville, Fla. at 80 n. m. the
second morning, making direct connection
at that point with the morning departures
OF all diverging lines, aud arrives AT Interior
and Southern Florida Points by Daylight;
st. Augustine and Palatka before noon I;
Ocala, Orlando, Sanford, Winter Park, Bar
tow and Tampaearly In the afternoon; Titus
Vile and Rockledge before supper, and Lake
Worth before bedtime. The trains are yes
tibuled. Pintsch lighted and steam heated,
with the finest Dining and Sleeping Car
Service In the world.
For further information regarding Hates,
Pamphlets and Through Sleeping Car
Tickets, address FRANK J. REED, G. +. A,
Chicago
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

THE Queen a. Crescent Route Is the best
equipped and shortest line 20 Florida. Solid
vestibuled trains and through slcepcrs.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

To NEW ORLEANS the Queen a. Crescent
from Cincinnati. Solid vcstibuled trains.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

"A peculiar tobacco. the nicotiana
rcpanda. is raised in Cuba especially V
mako n certain brand Of cigara
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

MRs SIrUP-"Why, you are home quite
early, for n change Mr.. Situp-"Yes, my
throat's swollen so / can't swallow any
thing. Puck.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

HE-'T think you love me. Am right 7"
She-"No; you are left"-P. q 5. 5. Co.'s
Bulletin.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

TAKE the Queen a. Crescent Route 20
Knoxville and Asheville. Only through car
line Cincinnati TO Asheville.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

DESPERATE from Colorado) - "your
money or your NE" Traveler-"Herc,
feeling) Keep II, stranger. I'm thief,
but amt no goldbug. Harlem Life.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

THE JUpGE-'T hope shall not sec you
here again Prisoner (who Is arrested
weekly -"Not see met Why, yer amt
goin, 10 resign yer position, are yerP'-
Truth
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-14

pleasant voyage, and is now in good
health and confident. Pillsbury, who is
a member Of the Chess Players Club in
Brooklyn, U. S. A, has agreements with
him empowering him to act for his club
in arranging an International cable match
with the British Chess Club of London.
This, he says. he expects to do before
returning to the states.
Emanuel Lasker divides with Pillsbury
the honor of being the youngest chess
master in the world. He was born in
1868 in Germany, and having a brother
older than he who was a local cham
pion, the child was early initiated into
the mysteries of chess. When % years
old he won second prize in an information
al match in Europe, and then. coming to
America, played a succession of games
with the picked men of all the clubs in
the vicinity of New York and won every
game played, making an unprecedented
record He gave Pillsbury the hardest
tussel at Hastings and his friends say he
is still the superior of the American.
Certainly his record of victories and the
brilliancy of his play have placed him
among the lights in the chess world. He
is a dashing player, differing from Stein
itz. the former champion, in that he
seems to see his moves intuitively, near
ly always beating out the clock on
each move.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-14

at Hastings. England. So young world
beaten at rocks and pawns-he is only
a little past his maJority-has not been
seen since the days of the startling Paul
Morphy. Proverbially critical as are the
Russians. young rnlsUury must needs
be the champion his friends say he is If
he succeeds in carrying off the first hon
ors of this great tournament and cap
turing the applause of the Russians.
These contests are not open to the world,
there will be no cheap players at the
tables. Only the winners of the first,
second, third and fifth prizes at Hastings
will compete here-namely, Lasker, Tschi-
gorin and Steinitz. The winner Of the
fourth prize, DR.. Tarrasch, is prevented
by professional engagements from par
ticipating. Each player is to contest four
games with every other player, thus CIV
ing to each party the first move twice,
so that the question of pre-eminence
should for the present at least be set
tied. Pillsbury, who sailed November 20
from New York, arrived here. after a