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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19
THE LOGS LOOKED LIKE PILLARS OF SNOW.

storms (the word "blizzard" was not
common them, TO which we boys lis
tened with consuming interest. Dur
ing the remainder of the evening we
joked and sang and played games, our
merriment intensified by the commo-
ton outside.
But when we went 20 bed at ten
o'clock, for one trembled with awe.
/ had a premonition that this was 20
be something unparalleled. 1t APP
peared 20 me as one OF those frightful
disturbances In the orderliness OF ma
ture which makes man TO feel himself
the insect he really is. IL did not
shape itself into these words, but an
nwed silence came upon me. The cold
began 20 make itself felt, and the
winds voice began TO send thrill of
terror To the listeners heart, striking
as IL did through our little house,
freezing our food within few feet OF
the stove.
thought the wind at that hour had
attained It's utmost fury, but when
awoke In the feeble light OF the next
morning ! realized how mistaken |
had been. No words of mine can de-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19
PRESS OPINIONS.

II jefferson founded the democratic
party, bu. Cleveland foundercd 10. Chi
cago Inter Ocean
s.E~Mr. Cleveland can point out that
under his administration the country
has wholly escaped the dangers Of n
largo treasury surplus. Kansas City
Journal.
H-Clevcland and Hill seem 90 have
buried part Of their long quarrel in
the open grave Of democratic hopes
and majorities. II Is Of no consequence
now.-Clcveland Leader
cTThcy say In Washington that
every time Secretary Carlisle closes n
days work without having received n
large. new. shnrp-pointed snub from
the white house he sends q messenger
up to sec II Mr.. Cleveland r. ilL-N ".
Tribune.
tH-And now Austria shows n dis
position 90 adopt rctaliatory measures
for the injury done by our sugar
tariff Tho democrats appear TO have
been animated by desire 70 legislnte
NO as 20 injure every interest possible,
both at home and abroad--exccpt tho
sugar trust, Of course. Toledo Blade
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19

as the wind sported with IT, Darkness
came on almost instantly and the wind
constantly increased in power We
now felt It's seriousness and hurried 20
finish the chores.
When the men returned about FIVE
o'clock, the familiar faces OF the horses
were lost in their thick coating OF Ice
and snow Iciclcs OF frozen foam hung
from their lips, their names and tails
were n clumsy mass OF half.melted
snow. The load OF wood was a noun
tain OF stainless snow pillars. and IA
Their In his greatcoat looked like
polar bear. We thought u could not
last. coming from that quarter.
AS we were rubbing the Ice from the
fctloclxs Of the tired horses. the mon
predicted that we were In for an all
night storm. Tho hired man said he
ncvcr'd seen 10 snow SO fast but once
infnra We youngsters enjoyed the
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19

Coating the Country
We are beginning 10 realize the dis
nstrous consequences Of the imposition
In the German tariff bill of discrim-
mating duty upon the beet-root sugar
Of Germany, corresponding 10 the
bounty paid upon that product by the
government. This discriminating duty
was imposed In the interest Of tho
sugar trust, whose profits IL will aug
ment by many millions OF dollars.
There was no justification whatever, In
consideration of public policy, for this
enactment For n long period our
diplomatic representatives in Germany
were engaged in an effort 20 secure the
admission OF our agricultural products
into that empire. The result was final
ly accomplished in the reciprocity
treaty of 1891, and under that treaty
our exports 20 Germany steadily in
creased, SO that for the last fiscal year
they amounted % SOC 1857 900. OF this
amount. our exports in cotton, cotton
seed oil ana It's products. live cattle,
canned beef and pork products and to-
bacco aggregated sixty-six million dol
lars Now, asa result Of our unwisc pol
icy, the German government, by way OF
retaliation, has practically shut out all
these products from its markets. IL
threatens also 20 exclude refined pc
trolcum, of which our exports 10 that
country last year reached five million
dollars. And all this, in order that tho
sugar monopoly, which has been de-
clared 20 be in violation of the laws,
may be compensated for its contribu-
tons to the democratic campaign fund.
IL Is 10 be remembered that ut the
time this discriminating legislation
was proposed by Secretary Carlisle II
had not been asked for by single
commercial or industrial body. 1t was
enacted in the face of the fact that it
would not inure TO the advantage OF
the people of the country in any way
whatever, but on the contrary must
result inevitably in advancing the price
OF one of the nccessaries of life. At
that time Secretary Gresham was rep
resented as saying that the German
government had made no protest
against this legislation. This state
ment is now denied, but whatever the
fact may be, IL is certain that the pres
ident and his secretary have had their
eyes opened 10 the great mistake they
committed. The secretary, IL Is said,
has advised the president chat the dis
eliminating duty is in direct violation
Of the treaty mado between the United
States and Prussia in 1878, and they
now ask congress TO repeal the often
sive clause Of the new tariff. But it il
| quite obvious that this recommendation
will not be carried out, the trust hav-
ing secured SO strong n grip upon tho
controlling democrats - sSo senate
as 10 make the defeat of any assault
upon il certain. Whether persistence
In the present policy viii be followed
by demand from Germany for re-
payment Of tho duty rendered under
the discriminating tax is yet TO be seen.
Some lawyers and treasury officials are
OF the opinion that all the duty paid
can be recovered If the importers enter
protest at the time of payment.-Le
/ lies Weekly.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19

strangeness OF II all, the impenetra-
bleness OF the cloud of snow, the dane.
Ing light OF the lanterns, the whirl of
the flakes in the red light which
streamcd from the barn door, and the
brisk, excited talk of the men.
Teams went by with wood, the
shouting drivers sitting on the leeward
side OF their load, leaving the horses
20 find the road Just as we were
about starting for the house team
drove into the yard containing three
persons.
lis this John Bartle's?" called a
voice through the darkness.
"No; it's Robert Graham's; but you're
Just MS welcome. You're Arson Bond,
take it?"
"Yes What do you think OF this?
Can we ever cross Wind prairie?'
IL should say not You just get out
and stay all night. They amt a man
llvin' can find his way across that
stretch o. prairie such night as this.
Drive your sleigh TO the door and put
your woman in the house and then
come back and put up your team"
They were ncighbors who had set
tied farther on TO the north and across
n stretch of prairie TO cross which in
such storm would be almost certain
death. They wisely took fathers adj
vice and soon we closed the barn and
went 10 the house 90 eat a hot supper,
over which the men told stories OF
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19

anomalous sounds. now dim and far,
now near and al surrounding. produc-
ing an effect OF mystery aud infinite
reach as though the house were a
helpless ship tossing on limitless
angry sen.
Looking out there was nothing TO
be seen save the flashing of the wind
and snow. When we attempted to
face IL and go TO the rescue OF the
poor cattle. we found that the charac-
ter of the storm had completely
changed. II was no longer showing,
but the air was filled with an impene-
trable cloud of flying snow, fine as
powder and mixed with the dirt
caught up from the plowed fields by
the relentless blast which had now at
tanned the inconceivable velocity OF
ninety miles an hour. II was impos-
sible to see twenty feet save at long
intervals-indeed one could not see at
oil facing the storm; the eyes would
have been destroyed. AS we stepped
on: into the wind the face was coated
with ice and dirt as IL by n dash OF
mud. mask which blinded the eyes
and froze the cheek in few seconds
Such was the force OF the wind that
strong man could not breathe with
his mouth unprotected. The mouth
being once open the breath seemed
swept away and the power of tho
lungs 60 inhale lost.
That day we mainly spent in keep
ing warm and feeding the stock in the
barn, which we reached by desperate
dashes during some momentary re-
lenting in the tempest. We attempted
To water the horses and COWS, but the
wind blew the water from the pail
and froze II instantly on everything 1t
touched. In the house IL became more
and more difficult 20 put cheerful
construction upon the outlook, not
withstanding we had fuel in album
dance.
oh. that terrible day! Hour after
hour we listened to that prodigious,
appalling, ferocious wind. All day we
moved restlesslv TO and fro asking
each other: "Will itever cnd?" We had
the same sensations which the sailor
has when the reused ocean seems too
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19
LAST YEARS VOTE.
a Heavy Increase of tho Republican To-
tai.

a Heavy Increase of tho Republican To-
tai.
The total vote of the United States
at the congressional elections OF 1894
was II ,2G3,377 This Is a surprisingly
large vote, as IL Is but si7,250 less than
the total vote for president in ls02-
counting Nevada and Florida in that
year and emitting them this. If their
total vote npproximatcd the 1892 vote
in the same ratio as the rest OF the
country, the falling of in 1894 was
only about S02, 600.
This shows the enormous popular In
tercst taken in the 1894 campaign. The
rule Is, that the elections in the mid
die OF presidential quadrcnnium show
a heavy decline In the vote. Although
congressman are TO be elected, and
legislatures which viii have 20 choose
onc-third OF the senate, the popular in-
terest is not excited 20 that degree
usual in presidential years, and con-
siderable proportion Of the voters neg
lect to go to the polls Not only does
the total vote thus usually show q
heavy decrease, but this decrease Is
shared proportionally 10y the two great
parties So small n falling-oH is
enough TO make tho contest OF 1894
memorable in our political history.
The total republican vote was $685.
500, the democratic Ais, $50, the popu-
list i,246,759 and the prohibitionist 2l0,-
BI3. AS compared with 1892, there was
nm increase Of abba in the republican
vote, decrease Of /, 4Os, 400 in the dem
ocratic, an increase OF 205,724 in the
populist and n decrease o. 1920 in the
prohibitionist.
The most salient feature Of this is
the heavy increase Of the republican
total. Allowing n proper share OF tho
decrease, the republican vote Is half
million greater than in 1892. This Is
deeply significant. The disgust OF the
workingmen and farmers with the in
capacity Of the democratic party, and
the demonstrated fallacy OF its ccono-
mic theories, Is shown by the trcmcn-
dous loss Of almost million and u half
voters-about one-fourth its total vote
I'm 1892.
Where did these voters go? A por-
ton Of them voted with the republic
ans; that much Is plain. lIut where
did the remaining million go2 The
increase In the populist vote Is entirely
70 be attributed to the fact that dis
gusted democrats voted that ticket.
Populism lost heavily in the west,
where lts whilom followers went back
10 the republican ranks. This loss was
fully compensated FOR the accession OK
democratic voters. and the populist
gains also came from that source. This
Is clear. Populisin has lost It's power
OF aggression, and Is dying, ns tho
grcenback party did. because Of the
fallacics Il upholds. Toledo Blade.
tT-Yes, brother democrats, the now
year y bound 20 be happier ono for
us than the old year. There are 90 DO
no national elections This ycar-Lonis-
Vile Couricr-Journal (Dcm.).
|
TT Democratic statcsmanship Is talk.
ing n curicusly roundabout way 70
open the marlsctsof the world to Amer
l lean proJ Chicago Tribune.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19
A QUIET WEDDING.
II Was Not However Altogether Quaker
Party.

Il
Party.
ibid you attend the Bircher-Jacl-
long wedding out at Billy-bec Dam last
night, llSe?" asked the able editor of the
Ilawville Clarion.
Jaw, yesl" answered AllSnli Ike,
YEARLY; ~ was thar"
"Of course there was lively time,
and all that2"
"Accordin' 20 how you looked at IL.
called il mighty slow. Outside OF the
regular routine and the eatin', nuthin'
happened worth mentionin. To be
sure, the preacher and the groom got
into row because the divine wanted
his pay in advance; but that is com
mon occurrence. Rev. Mr.. Harps is
too old bird 90 take any chances.
OF course Jack IIowcomc, the fiddler,
had had too much, as usual. and this
time he fell off from the table
and broke his bow arm; Jack
always was more trouble than
he was worth The brides moth
err, who didn't like the groom anyhow,
jumped on 20 the poor fcllcr's neck jest
before the ceremony with a rollin'-pin,
and IL took half dozen OF us ten min
utes' hard work 10 tie the old lady fast
In n roclSin-chair and carry her few
hundred yards out on the prairie. Dur
in the rumpus somebody stole the feed,
and we never saw hide nor hair OF IL
all the rest Of the evenin'. They ac-
cused me OF IL, but was as inherent
as a lamb. | haint that kind OF man;
and besides, had private smack Of
my own. That was every blamed thing
that happened. except that n deputy
sheriff slid in and arrested Coyote Pete
/ for horse-stcalin' or little suthin'
that away, and some Teller had n fit.
ShuclSsl Weddin's hain't noways what
they used TO be few years ago Lordi
Them was the times! But now every
thing is gittin' 20 be too much like IL is
In the east. "-Harper's Magazine.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19

The attorney thought the witness
was a plumb born idiot and proceeded
accordingly.
ibid you say your name was Johr
Smith?" he asked.
eyes, sir" replied the witness pc
litely.
That's an odd name, isn't it?"
II don't know as 20 that, guess it's
about as even as most OF them"
"Um-how old are you?"
"Twenty-six, goin' on twenty
seven."'
"You are going on twenty-seven, are
your
81 guess so. Lcastways, | amt GO
ing away from &C." es
"Whcre do you liver"
Eat home"
This nettlcd the lawyer.
"Well," he asked, "do you know
what would do IL were youf
Eyes, SIR" replied the witness so
promptly that the lawyer almost lost
his balance.
what would do?"
81 guess you'd make about ms big n
fool on the witness stanc as you think
] am" and the court quclled the con
scqucnt disturbance. Detroit Free
Press.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19

scribe the steady. solemn, implacable
roar OF that storm. Imagine all the
roarings OF the lions OF Africa, the
kissing OF n Wilderness OF serpents,
the lashings OF great trees and the
walls OF hundred women. all COM
mingled in one ceaseless, unfaltering.
rushing, diffusive, all-surrounding roar,
and you may rise half way to the real
itv OF that voice. IL benumbed the brain,
10 appalled, the heart as no other force
! have ever met could have done The
sea itself in It's mighticst moments
could not be more absolutely horrify-
ing.
The house shook and snapped; the
snow beat In mufiied rhythmic pulsa-
tions against the walls, or swlrled
and dashed upon the roof. like the
snarl OF tho ocean on n gravelly beach,
while the hurling streams OF snow
gavq rise 20 strange multitudinous,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19

vast and too ungovsrnable TO ever
again be spoken into quiet even by the
Creator Himself IL aid not seem TO
me that God could control that storm,
for my imagination could not conceive
OF a power greater than this war of
wind and snow.
On the third day we rose with weari-
ness and looked into each others faces
with a sort OF Mortified surprise. Not
the invincible heart of father nor the
sheery good nature OF our guests could
keep a gloomy silence from settling
down upon as. Conversation was
scGnty, and / do not remember that
anyone laughed during the whole OF
that day, as we listened anxiously TO
the wind tearing at the shingles, beat
ing at the door and shrieking around
the caves
The frost upon the windows thick-
ened and the room was dusk at mid
day. IL grew dark at three o'clock
and the lamps were lighted. The
women sat with awed faces and wide
open musing eyes, full of unshed tears,
their sympathy going out TO the poor
travellers on the wild prairie or floun-
dering in the deep drifts of the gullies-
That night. so disturbed had we be-
come, we lay awake till nearly mid
night listening, praying that the
storm might cease. waiting for some
sign 10 tell that the wind had reached
its height
shortly after midnight / noticed
that the roar was no longer so relent-
1 .I tgrl.-
were moments OF lull, a distinct easing
AWAY. and though IL returned Co its
attack almost Immediately, its fury
was plainly becoming spasmodic. /
heard an exultant voice from below
cry out: "The storm Is overl' and then
everybody sank into deep sleep from
sheer relief
IL is impossible 20 express the Joy
| with which we melted tho Ice from the
windows the next morning and looked
out on the familiar landscape, peace
full, dazzling under the brilliant sun
and sky We greeted IL with sort OF
frenzy as II we had given IL mp for lost.
The wide plain ridged with drifts and
the far blue line OF tim Der looked Ia
miliar but desolatc. The neighboring
| cottages sent up cheecful column OF
smoke as II 70 tell us the people were
alive but tho sound OF tho wind
seemed with US still, SO long and SO
continuously had IL howled in our
ears. that even in n perfect calm the
imagination was constrained 10 sup
ply its loss with fainter fancied roar.
ing.
As long as live shall never forget
those days, and the sound OF that wind
will never leave me. What 10 must
been on the open plain was awful 20
think OF. Those prairics so bright
and beautiful i'm the summer that you
seem adrift on howery sra, under
skies of perpetual blue those wide
wastes when the norther was abroad
In his wrath. were as pitilcss and de.
strnctivc as the Northern ocean. Moth.
ing lived there unhoused--all was nj
the mercy OF the north wind. whom
only the great Lord sun could tame
!
In 1878 the complete success Of wa.
ter gas Ms an illumfnaut waa made n ID
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19
rho Matr,monIaI Knot.

One part OF the wedding ceremony
among the Babylonians was very sig
nlficant. The priest took a thread
from the garment OF the bride and am
other from the garment Of the bride
groom and tied them into q knot.
which he gave 10 the bride. This 10
probably the origin OF the modern say
ing about tying the knot In regard 70
marriage. Chicago Herald
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19

t. Yes, brother democrats, the new
year y bound 10 be happier ono for
us than the old year. There are 90 be
no national elections This year. Louis
Vile Couricr-Journal (Dcm.)
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19

t15- Democratic workmanship Is taxi
ing n curicusly roundabout way 70
open the markets Of the world to Amer
lean proJ Chicago Tribune
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19

In 1873 the complete success Of wa.
ter gas as an illumlnant was made ap.
parent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-09
BITTEN BY A MAD DOG.
An Effort to BE Made to Send Two
Boys to the Pasteur Institute.

An Effort to BE Made to Send Two
Boys TO the Pasteur Institute.
Jacksonville Fla, March S.-Three
young boys, sons of a man named Davis,
living at Macclenny in Baker county,
have been bitten by mad dog and are
doomed to die of hydrophobia within a
few days unless money can be raised with
which to send them to New York for
treatment at the Pasteur institute. A dog
belon ging to John Dees of Macclenny,
suddenly went mad about six weeks ago,
and bit two hogs and a dog. He then bit
a dog belonging to a neighbor and then
went to Davis and bit a dog, and her
three puppies. The first dog bitten, to-
gether with the hog, went mad in two
weeks. Davis tried to kill his dog, but she
escaped and travelled fifteen miles through
a thickly settled country, biting many
dogs on the way. Two of the Davis puppies
went mad and were found lying dead.
their teeth deeply set in each other
necks. When two weeks had passed the
third pup was turned out. 1t bit the
smaller children, and when the oldest ran
to beat it off. he too. was bitten.
A curious thing about this matter is
that the buzzards absolutely refuse to
touch the carcasses of any of the hogs
or dogs that have died mad.
DR.. j. n. Taylor of Macclenny is inter-
esting himself in the case and was in
this city to-day for the purpose of raising
money to have the boys treated scientific
ally, and in speaking Of the matter said
THE boys parents have no means, they
could not raise $15 in cash. The poor little
children are in happy Inconsistencies of
their impending doom, and they are too
young to fully understand the matter II
It should be explained to them. They were
all bitten last Monday and If they are not
cared for inside of two weeks, look upon
their death as an absolute certainty. The
shortest period of incumbation on record
is eight days. As to the longest, there is
no absolute record as years have been
known to elapse before the virus devel-
oped itself"
So far no money has been raised for the
unfortunate children.