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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

At Bongalorc, In southern India,
granite slabs as large rs 6ox40 feet and
half foot thick arc quarricd by means
OF wood fires. A narrow line of fire
about feet long, made Of light wood,
Is gradually heightened and moved
forward over an even surface Of solid
rock. IL r left In position till strokes
win a hammer show that the rock in
front OF tho Gre has become detached
from the main mass beneath; the burn
Ing wood Is then pushed on n few
inches. The rock keeps splitting about
inches hollow the surface. IL takes
about eight hours and 1900 weight OF
wood 70 set free slab measuring 740
square feet. Aftcrward the plate is
easily cut with blunt chiscls into strips
~ feet wide.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

ground. may answer for a small plot of
berries, but for larger area the plan
suggested In the accompanying Illus
tration will bc found more serviceable.
between every second row of plants is
laid. few inches below the surface, a
row of drain tiles. the first one IN each
row coming TO the surface. With n
hose each row OF tile can be flied In a
moment. and the water will be alb
sorbed by the earth and reach the
roots of the plants rs needed, and
there will be no baking Of the surface
soil. II desired the first row Of tile
could be extended around through the
various rows and the whole filled from
one point. A modification OF this idea
Is used with many other crops. Amer.
lean Agriculturist
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

This ftly describes miasma, vaporous
poison which breeds chills and fever, bilious
romittent, dumb ague, ngue cake, aud IN the
tropics deadly typhoid forms OF fever Hos
letters stomach Bittcrs prevents and cures
these complaints. Biliousncss, constipation,
dyspepsia, nervous and kidney trouble. rheu-
mntism, neuralgia and impaired vitality are
also remedied by the great restorative.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

physiology" says tho British Ned
ical Journal. 80 far rs Il has anything
to say on the subject nt-1l, Il ali against
the carly-rising theory. Physiological
experiment appears TO show that q man
docs not work best and fastest In tho
early morning hours. but, on the con,
trnry, about midday"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04
oEC9nD FLooR

mace fiuc and the two large fircplaces.
The extra cost of these flreplaces Is
very slight, and, as long as fuel is SO
cheap. there Is no reason why the great
majority Of farmhousos should not en-
Joy fireplace in the sitting room. II
Is really necessity for ventilation In
the closely-built houses required by our
long winters Entering the front door,
we have coy vestibulc, with con-
vcnient closet. Portiercs, or a door.
c1ny shut Off this vcstibulc from the
hall IN cold Weather. for the hall Is
well lighted from the double
windows on tho stair landing. A
sliding door opens into tho living.room,
and q hinged door into the dining-roor.
Tho Kitchen may be reached from both
the front and back Of house without
going through any room. The dining
room can also be reached from both
front and rear without going through
the kitchen The door between 1t and
the pantry swiney 10th ways, and so
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04
Tile sue.IRRleATIoN.
Good Way OF Applying Water to Fruits
and Forced Vegetables.

Underground irrigation IS often more
useful than water applied on the SUR
face, for small fruits and forced vcgeta-
bles, especially the strawberry when
the plants are developing fruit. Tho
sinking of empty nowerpots here and
there through the plot, and keeping
these filed with water. which grad
ually soaks into the surrounding
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

IT SEE you have safe liz your dining
room.n said Perkins, who was visiting Jar
my vino cellar,h said farley -Harpor's
Bazaar.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

Mosr people judge others either by thu
company they keep, or by their fortune =
Rochefoucanld.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

Horse Power, Swinging or Wind Stacker.
Saw MIL, Self Feeder, or an Engine. adj
dress the J. l. CASH 7. NJ Co.. Racine. Via
plant In the world, and their implom ei,ts may
be relied upon as tho best Business estnb-
lishcd ls42. Illustrated catalogue mailed fnca
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

IT happens frequently that the prophet
who Is without honor IN his own country
can't afford 10 20 abroad. Puck
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

ABSOLUTELY PURE

"WASr any mouse trapsi Come buy one.
doin No, thanks; we have no mica
..Ach, III throw 'em In with ploasurei''
Humoristisches.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

WHEN man has moro money than M
knows what 10 do with, he proceeds 20 find
out what he does not know Puck.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

THE ever popular comedian, Nat @. Good
win, at Hoolcys Theater, Chicago, week o.
April 20.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

Medical Discovery fights In the right way.
during the early stages OF the disease. fts
first action Is 70 put the stomach boweiA
liver and kidneys into good working order
quick and thorough, II makes sound, healthy
flesh. That Is half the battle. That makes
the Discovery" good for those who have not
consumption, but who are lighter and lezs
robust than they ought TO be.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

THE passions are like fire, useful In
thousand ways and dangerous only In on
through their excess.--Bovcc.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

THE average impressionist Is not as bad as
the pictures he's painted.-Puclz.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

OK THE BANnoo.-"I've had fully n dozen
offers OF marriage lately.n .Mcrcy me
Good onesln ayes. All from George. "
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04
MovIcIxer's Thcatcr, Chicago.

"Linsey- Woolsey'' will remain another
week. May i2 ''T'he Cotton Kiug,n by SUIT
ton vnne. Superbly cast Seats secured
by mail.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

AN AMPLE REASON. Shot, cannot marry
YOU" He-"And why not, prayin She--
s.You don't pay any income tax'-Detroit
Free pregs
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

Lrn has no blessing like prudent friend
-Euripides.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

No sor in nature is so sublimely arecfinI
as the Joy OF O mother at the good FORUM
Of her child. Richter.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

Consumption kills
more people than rife
balls. II Is more dead
~ than any of the
much dreaded cpl
denies. II Is a stcni-
thy. gradual. slow
disease. II penctrntcs
the whole body. IA
II In every drop Of
blood. II seems TO
work only at the
lungs. but the ter
rible drain and waste
10 ON all over the
body. To cure con-
sumption. work on
the blood, make II
pure. rich and whole
some. build up the
wasting tissues, put
the body into condi-
ton for a fight with
the dread disease
mr. pferceta GoiI<u
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

PIso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many DOCTORS bills. II. HAnDY, Hop
kIns Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec 3 9i.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

ONLY those can forgive who love.,- Rams
Horn.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

WnES was happy thought knew men
but Ii was fntcd that / should know fhcLr
only Ia misfortune. Napoleon.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

MONEY is a hand maiden II thou knowest
how 70 use IL; mistress, II thou lSnowest
not.--Horace.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-04

A TEMPERANCE Towx.-he (rapturously)
allow beautiful you arcl just 70 gazo
Into your eyes intoxicatcs me-" She Gin
alarm) .-"H ush-sh-sh. Don't speak OF It.
This Is a local option town and may be ar
rested and fined. ~ Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-03
The DyakS of BOrneO.

The ferocity of the Dyaks Of Borneo
when Rajah Brooke first came was ap-
palling. No social or religious function
could take place among the tribes with
out bloodshed. Young unmarried girls
came forth from the long seclusion to
which they had been condemned since
childhood so anamic that they could
badly stand. A slave was killed in
their honor and the blood of the victim
sprinkled over them. Head hunting had
decimated the race. It was imperative
that husbands should c~onjure evil spirits
by bringing a human head to their
wives before the expected birth of a
child. Boys might not aspire to man
hood without having earned the badge
Of tho head hunter.
A skull was the first gift of a lover
to his mistress and the last token Of re-
spect by which the living could honor
the dead. On account Of his rank no
petty chief could be buried without
many freshly decapitated heads to form
his escort into the next world. The
greatest respect, moreover, was shown
to such trophies. They were smoked
over a fire to preserve them. Their lips
were forced open to receive the choicest
morsels during the family meal. To-
bacco and betel nuts were also spread
before them. They were looked upon as
honored guests, and every effort was
made to win their friendship. Fort
nightly Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-03
II PARIS COCHER
A Queer and Pathetic Relic of the Gilded
Days of Louis XIV.

A Queer and Pathetic Relic of the Gilded
Days of Louis XIV.
When, Theophilus, you feel that you
have been run over and abused by this
hard, old, wicked world and would like
to be an emperor for a few minutes to
get even, come to Paris, my dear boy,
and call to your side one of these whip
swapping lords of the pavement, and for
~ francs in shabby glory you can drive
around the streets Of the brilliant city
and run over people, like a king. 1t
doesn't make any difference. The man
has a number and a license to whip up
his horse when he comes to a crowd.
Take it all in, Theophilus, and lean
back on your cushions as the women
and children scatter before whip and
hoofs and be sure to get your American
moneys worth of that delightful old
medieval feeling Of being in a beauti-
full carriage world where pedestrians are
born with the right of being knocked
down and the privilege of being fined
for it.
The cab is the last touching symbol
Of royalty in France. It is the plaintive
remnant of the old French constitution,
which consisted-succinctly stated-in
running over people and then having
them g%uillotined for being in the way.
Pay your cabman with reverence, The
ophilus, in these bare and democratic
times. He is the nations reductio ad
absurdum Of Louis XV-pathetic, with
the gilt rubbed off. -Independent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-03
THE VICE PRESIDENTS OFFICE,
One Of the Handsomest Rooms In the Cap
itol Used by Him.

itol Used by Him.
In the wing of the capitol devoted tc
the needs of the senate two of the hand
soonest rooms are set aside for the use
Of the president and the vice president
Of the United States. The presidents
room is naturally put to very little use,
while the vice presidents is rarely un-
occupied.
This room is to be found at the end
Of the senate lobby. 1t is a largo square
room, with succeed ceiling and tinted
walls, furnished with an ecru tinted
carpet, several large chairs, two tables,
ali office desk and a large sofa.
The ~fireplace-a huge, old fashioned
affair for the burning of wood-with it's
handsome brass fender and accompany
ing shovel, tongs and poker, is shut in
by a glass fire screen. The retiring vice
president is permitted to take with him
as souvenirs the brass fire tools.
There is another bit of floor furniture
in the room in the shape of a small safe,
which is used as a repository for the
electoral votes as the sealed packages
come FROM the various states after each
presidential election. Here they must
stay until wanted for counting by the
house of representatives. During this
time the safe is continually watched by
two officers detailed from the capitol
police force, and the combination on
which the lock is set is known only to
the vice president.
Among the wall adornments is a
painting of George Washington by
Rembrandt Peale. There is a legend to
the effect that when sitting for this por-
trait in 1896 Washington stuffed cotton
into his cheeks in lieu of the false teeth
he so greatly needed.
Most of the relics of former vice presi-
dents have been relegated to a little
anteroom now used for toilet purposes.
Among them is the mirror ~ feet long
by ~ wide bought by the senate for
the use of John Adams. Both frame and
glass are of very poor material, but it
cost when purchased $40 and was the
subject of serious controversy in the
senate. The beautifully carved toilet
case, which is also contained in the
anteroom, was made to order for Gen
eral Chester A. Arthur. Kate Fields
Washington.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-03
CHINESE
Their Wares So Tame That They Like to
BE Handled.


BE Handled.
In Canton the fishmonger's is a most
important trade. The Chinaman is q
born fisherman. He also has for ages
past cultivated a system of artificial
breeding and rearing of live fish for the
market. In the shops were displayed
live and dead fish, fish fresh and salted,
smoked and preserved. One variety was
like whitebait, in baskets, graded from
tiny things not half an inch long to
what appeared to be the same fish grown
s or 8 inches in length. These were sold
fresh sailed and smoked. Shark fins are
q delicacy. There were fish notified and
barred, bright and dull, fish of quaint
and to us unknown shapes, but fore
most, above all, and everywhere to be
seen, were the artiticially grown live
fish.
A wonderful creature was this, al
ways appearing to suffer from heat,
gasping at the surface of the water for
breath and recalling Verdant Green's
fish that were beginning to sweat and
complain. They were as tame as domes
tic animals, seemingly careless of being
knocked about, thrown from ponds into
boats, from boats into tubs, from tubs
into buckets and then back into tubs
again. They were used to being handled
and inspected, and if disapproved put
back into the water to be sold, alive if
bought whole, or cut to pieces while
living and sold in bleeding chunks. A
thick, short fish is this, of the mullet
shape, averaging about 10 inches in
length and weighing about 3 pounds,
but sometimes longer, and running up
in weight to as much al 4 or even 5
pounds.
When cut up, they bleed like pigs,
and to show how freshly they are killed
the salesman is in the habit of slicing a
live one into pieces, and with the blood
smearing all the pieces for sale, SO that
they look reeking and horrible to Eu-
ropean eyes. To keep them alive in the
shops they are always placed in a large
tub with a smaller vessel fixed above it.
From the bottom of the upper vessel a
bamboo, with one or two saw cuts in it,
sticks out, and from those cuts streams
of water flow in thin cascades into the
tub beneath. Every now and then, when
the upper vessel becomes empty, the fish
all rise to the surface, and glop, glop,
glop! take down both air and water.
Then an attendant, attracted by the
noise, plunges a bucket down among
them, and from the water in which they
swim fills the upper vessel full again.
Cantury.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-03
WALKING IN THE RAIN.
A Form Of Open Air Exercise hat Has
Certain Attractions of Its Own.

A Form Of Open Air Exercise That Has
Certain Attractions Of Its Own.
"What am I going to do?" repeated
the returned exile. "Why, I'm going to
take a walk in the rain. It's a trick I
learned in 'Hengland, dear boy, and
it's one of the most charming forms of
exercise on top Of this green earth. You
see my costume-well, it's the dead
COPY of that in which a Cornish squire
Of my acquaintance used to walk in
rainy weather over the downs that make
up most Of his estate. My laced shoes,
you perceive, come we'll up the ankle,
have heavy cork soles and have just been
treated to a good rubbing in of cold
cream. I have stout wooden stockings
and knickerbockers on, SO as to avoid
the Tapping and contact Of the wet
trousers, and this cape macintosh comes
down pretty near to my heels. My I'M.
derclothing is thick, but not heavy, and
my clothes are of rough tweed that
wouldn't be damaged if you let 'em lie
in a stream for a week. Instead of a
collar, I wear a light silk scarf around
my neck, over which I turn my coat
collar and button it up SO. This hat is
a waterproof fore and after.
Umbrella? Why, of course not. That
would destroy the very spirit, the very
joy, of the experience, which is to feel
the rain beating in your face, the wet
wind whistling about your ears and
the weather banging you about general
ly. You may not like it at first, but you
soon will, and then you'll find there's a
sort of wild joy about the thing that you
can't resist.
"Catch cold? Why, of course not. In
fact, a course Of walking in the rain is
one of the best ~preventives against tax
ing cold. So long as you're moving
briskly there's no danger of taking cold,
no matter how wet it may be. It's the
standing or sitting in wet things that's
so dangerous, and SO you must just walk
from the time you leave the house until
you get back, and then, when you do
get back, strip off everything and give
yourself a good rub. And if as you put
IN your dry things you do not feel a
new man with a new zest for the strug-
gle Of life then I don't know a banana
from an express wagon. New York
Sun. G.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-03
BY Wholesale.

A young lady who was in a hurry to
take a train and wanted to buy a small
shopping bag walked into a wholesale
establishment by mistake.
evil you show me a bag, please?'
she began, but the clerk interrupted her
politely.
1--WE sell nothing at retail, he said.
Il could only let you have bags, by the
quantity"
"Dear mel Not one bag?"
"No, madam. I'm very sorry"
"And I'm in such a hurry! Wellr'
She turned toward the door, and her
eye was caught by a sample bag on the
counter.
"Ah." she exclaimed, that's exactly
the bag I wanti Couldn't you sell me
the twelfth of a dozen?"
She got her bag. -Youth's Compan-
{on
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-03
Cold Weather Suggestions.

As cold weather approaches women
try to devise means for preventing hands
and lips from chapping. An excellent
remedy to prevent chapping is cold
cream. A manicure says that it whitens
the skin more than any preparation. It
has taken the place Of the old time rem
edy-mutton suet. It should be well
rubbed into the skin, and gloves, pref
erably white, slipped on. The palms of
the gloves should be slit in several places
to allow the air and prevent cramps Of
the muscles, and the finger tips clipped
off. Vaseline should never be allowed to
touch the hands. It turns the skin yell
low and leaves a stain on the nails that
is hard to clear away.
In winter cold water should be used
sparingly. Its action roughens the skin
unpleasantly. Tepid water, with a very
few drops of household ammonia and a
good lather of CASTLE or borax soap, is
advisable. If the hands are inclined to
redness, the trouble lies in the way Of
circulation, and slight gymnastics will
relieve it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-03
A MOTH CATCHING PLANT,
It Closes It's Jaws and Catches It's Victim
as In q Wise.

~ SAoScb u OaVS anu CaCCne6 1CB vlCJlIO
as In q Wise.
A New Zealand correspondent sug-
gests that the ravages of certain larvae
in some countries might be greatly re-
stricted by the introduction of the New
Zealand moth catching plant, Araugia
albens. This plant, which is a native
OF southern Africa, was introduced to
New Zealand quite accidentally about
seven years ago, and since then it has
been extensively p~ropagated there on &C
count of it's effective service as a killer
Of destructive moths.
Wherever the climate is mild the
plant is an exceedingly free grower. 1t
twines and climbs with great luxuriance
and produces immense numbers Of white
or pinkish flowers, which have a very
agreeable scent. These flowers attract
innumerable moths. On a summer even
ing u hedge of araugia will be covered
by a perfect cloud of moths, and in the
morning there will not be a single flow
er that does not imprison one OF two
and sometimes as many as four insects
of various sizes and genera. The action
OF the araugia is purely mechanical.
The calyx of the flower is rather deep,
and the receptacle for it's sweet juices is
placed at its base. Attracted by the pow
erful scent and the prospect of honey,
the moth dives down the calyx and pro-
trudes it's proboscis to reach the tempt
ing food, but before it can do SO the
proboscis is nipped between two strong,
hard, black pinchers, which guard the
passage, and once nipped there is no es-
cape for the moth, which is held as in
a wise by the extreme end Of the probes
els and dies miserably.
The rationale of the process is not
yet explained. The proboscis is SO very
slightly inserted between the pinchers
(only a minute fraction of an inch) that
it apparently cannot affect the genera
tive organs of the plant unless these
may be the pinchers themselves, whose
actual contact may be necessary for re-
production. Upon dissection the pinch
ers, wen in their ordinary position, are
invariably found to be almost in contact,
the separating interval being apparent
under a strong lens. 1t is therefore hard
to understand why such aprocess as the
destruction Of a moth should be neces-
sary to close this already minute gap.
But, at all events, the thing is done,
and effectively, and a plant of araugia
covering a space of ten yards in length
will destroy as many hundred moths ev-
cry night, and consequently prevent the
ravages Of so times as many Larvae. 1t
is, however, a singular fact that in New
Zealand, where the plant has often been
cultivated for the express purpose of de-
stroying the detested codling moth, Car
pocapsa pomenalla, that willy insect de-
clines to enter the trap.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-03
A Case of Step-lOve.

The girl with the level brows was
talking to the man with the Roman nose.
II don't understand you," she said
ooldly.
81 asked you if you thought my love
would induce
"No, it is impossible. You are not
my ideal
II don't want to be. Please don't in
terrupt me again. I merely wanted to
know if my earnest, devoted love
would'-
1T would not. You are too old. Be.
sides, as I said before, you are not my
ideal"
Hang idehlsi I want to marry your
mother and be your stepfather. Now, do
you Observation-Disclosures Free Press.