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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

It will give you an impetus to make
off. Pass the first staff on your left
side, the second on your right, the
third on your left, the fourth ON your
right, the fifth on your left, the sixth
on your right, the seventh on your left,
the eighth on your right, the ninth on
your left, and, finally, the tenth on
your right. From here make the best
OF your time in getting to the winning
post. This finishes the ordinary SER
pcntine race.
A variation of the game Is known as
the rotary serpentine race, the object
of which is to make complete circle
around each flagstaff. This, performed
in an ordinary way, would make you
giddy--a thing TO be avoided. OBJ
serve, therefore. tho directions laid
down, and the result win be, instead, q
plensurablc one.
Start as before. passing the first
staff on the left. encircle II by passing
to the front OF It, then, retreating back
ward, pass IL on the feft again.
Running diagonally across, pass the
second staff on the right, encircle II by
retrcating backward when mt the front
again. Run across to the third staff
and pass it on the left. encircling the
staff backward as before, and then run
across TO the fourth staff. Pass IL on
the right. Follow out these directions
with the remaining fiagstaffs, taking
care to cncircle each backward and, In
addition TO the above directions, pass
ing the fifth staff on the left side, the
sixth on the right, the seventh on the
left, the eighth ON the right, the ninth
on the left, the tenth and last on the
right. Then sprint to the winning post.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20


| The only reason why We don't -
the face OF truth everywhere, is be-
cause we live too low down. Rams
| Horn.
--Citticus-''I wonder how IL IL that
| 90 few womt stutter when they talLY"
| Witticns- They haven't time. Tam
many Times.
-Wyld-'"Enpec takes his wife and
mether-in-law out sailing quite often :"
Kellogg Yes; he Is trying to drown
sorrows VI Harlem Life.
Summer Resorter-''And Is every
thing on your farm nice and frcsh?"
Farmer-"Nicc and fresh? I guess
you'd think SO IL you'd see some OF our
city bonrders. '-Boston Transcript
"A blind bcggar stationed near the
Cheteau DIAN exhibited card in
scribed as follows: kind. charitable
souls, don't be ashamed of giving me q
halfpenny. ] am blind. Petit Paris
len.
Uncle John--''Jimmie, II were 60
take one dollar aud divide IL into four
parts, and give quarter to each of
your brothers. what would be left?"
Jimmie-''I would. Harper's Round
Table.
Dolly-"I told Mr. Nicefellow that
bet Reggie twenty kisses our boat
would win q race at the regattal'
Daisy--'Well. wasn't he shockcd?"
Dolly--"No. let him hold the stakes"
--Boston Globe.
-Grant-''Can IL be possible that
Hawkins is in love with that fat girl?
Why, she weighs three hundred at
least" Hobbs--'No; I don't believe
he's in love: he's just infatuated."-
Boston Courier.
Not the Kind She Wanted.-
Teacher-''Children. you should al
ways respect your teacher Now.
Willy Green. tell me why you should
respect me-" Willy-sOn account OF
your age. Puck.
"A Congressman's Concerns. -"What
has your representative done since he's
been in ngress?" Whats he done?"
Eyes" Built two houses. paid of
mortgage, an opened grocery store"
Atlanta Constitution.
--"Do you know" gushed Miss May
flower, ~ think Jack Is very much
interested in palmistry. He told me
he paid twenty-five cents one evening
last week just to look at another mans
hand. boston Bulletin.
AT the Boarding House.-Boarder
whats that noise out there? Some
body beating carpet?" Landlady's
Husband-"No, it's Jones trying to
beat his board bill. and my wife is onto
him. Detroit Free Press.
Great Editor-"And did you write
this essay all by yourself?" Literary
Aspirant-"Yes; it is all my own
work" Great Editor-"Well, then,
Charles Lamb, ! am very much pleased
to meet you. Syracuse Post.
Willie S.-"Mnmma says she al
ways likes to call on YOU" Mrs.
Twickenham (highly gratifed)--"Does
she, Willie?" Willie-"Yes'm. When
she goes away she says she feels so
satisfied with herself. Brooklyn Life.
My daughter is too democratic in
her IDEAS" sighed Mrs. Hawkins. II
wish there was some way TO make her
an aristocrat." 'Send her to a cook
ing-school," said Mrs. Barlow. There
IS nothing more faughty in this world
than a good cook "-Harper's Bazaar.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

A joker 70 whom no one objects has
turned up In n Pennsylvania town.
The mania of this individual Is to SUR
prise people by sending them two-dol-
lar bills. Within ono week fourteen
people received envelopes containing n
two-dollar bill and nothing more. Tho
envelopes arc all in tho same handwrit-
ing, but there Is no clcw TO the sender.
Since the facts have become known the
post Office callers have been steadily
increasing, and the fortunate ones aro
viewed with envy by the people who
are Whiting for their turn.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20
THE ENGLISH CUCKOO.
A selfish BIRD wanting Everything Al
for Itself.


The English cuckoo "sings as she
fiies," and the English people are glad
TO hear It's voice, "Cuclx-ool cuck-ooP'
because II tells them that the spring has
come; but no good children can lilse Its
mean, ugly ways.
The mother does not build nest OF
her own, as all respectable birds should
do, but lays Der eggs in the nest OF
some other bird much smaller than
herself.
When the young cuckoo Is Matched,
before Il has feathers, or even gets It's
eyes open, Il feels around TO see II
there Is anything else in the nest; II II
finds eggs, IL manages TO push them
over the side of its stoleh home. IL a
young bird Is there, perhaps It's own
sister or brother, tho naughty cuckoo
works its body under the helpless
creature, and by dint Of backing and
pushing, contrives to get the poor
thing out of the nest; down IL goes on
the ground and Is killed, unless the
nest Is low; then IL becomes chilled and
Dies. Over and over again the murderer
slaughtcrs its victims until IL Is left
alone In the nest. "Such mean,
selfish, disagreeablc birdl" you say. /
agree with you, but there are children
who would like TO keep everything for
themselves, too.---Our Little Ones
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

70 mcve without . stump follyin'
him.
"'clook-clook-clools.' sais tho hen .
lectle louder.
"LoolT yells Bill. gittin' white.
Look? Voices in the grass LoolSr
Then from the top of the poplar
tree behind him somethin' calls out:
o--to-who--to-whop
"'Clool<-clook-clook.' sails the old
hen. gittin' excited.
'To-who-to-who.' camc the reply
from the tree.
"Bill Pumpledinl's hair jest stood on
end. an, tremblin' all over. he got mp
an ran toward the house. an when he
got all out of wind he sank down ag In
ON stump, an there IL was jest the
same old stump, though he sais hes
positive he must a-run clean acrosst
the clearin'. Then he painted, fer he
was all outer breath: Look! To-whoI
Woicesl'
Everything was quiet. an he could
hear nothin' but the breeze shakin' the
leaves overhead, and the wotter ripplin'
along the creek down In the woods.
He was all a-tremblin', an would a-felt
better. he snis, Of only n wildcat 'ud
a-called. fer he didn't like them ghost
ly voices. He picked mp stone, and
cautious like, tossed IL toward where
the old hen was
'Cloolf-cloolS,' she sails.
"'Gawd.' sails Pumpledinlx In his
Dutch way.
'To-who-to-who calls the owl over
head.
"He near fell Off the stump he was so
bad frightened. fer from over acrost
the clearin' came the answer plain:
sPoor-will-poor-will.'
"'Its me them voices Is tallxin'
about thinks he. All the stories Of
ghosts an hubgubblings he'd ever
heard come back TO him, an he seen
them wild onearthly things every
where about him.
''Tremblin' all over he rose to his
feet and staggered toward the house.
He sails he's sure he walked fer five
minutes before he set down exhausted,
but there he was on tibet same old
stump. He stayed there pantin' and
listenin', but he didn't hear nothin'
but the wind an the wotter. an he seen
n hundred shadders tibet looked to him
like ghosts wavin' to and fro around
the clearin' Down In the woods he no.
ticed a big white thing standin' quiet.
He stared at it hard. trenholm all over
and his teeth chatterin'. IL seemed
like IL moved toward him, an so he
grabbed stone an throwed 1t at It
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

Two politicians had been discussing
the ssilver question. Hot words were
passed and no understanding could be
reached. Finally they separated. One
of them, speaking TO n bystander.
said:
well, by ginger me an Bill Mars
ten there. we know everything. Yes.
sir, we know everything"
flows that?" asked the stranger
'Well. he knows everything but
one, and know that"
whats the one thing that you
know
"why, that he's a blamed fool"
Chicago Chronicle.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20


with all his force. The thing disap-
peared an there was quiet; then .
splash as the rock fell inter the black
pawned down be the creek. Thet old
bullfrawg Pumpledins he'd all spring
ben tryin' to lxetch with piece OF red
flannel on a fshhoolS, climbed out on .
iawg an begin in the deep way them
frawgs talks through their nose1
Observation-Disclosures bully-rum.'
"You could killed Bill Pumpleirink
with feather he was tibet bad slSecred.
He fell back on the stump gaspin', AM
in his Dutch-lilke way he yells: Voices
voices ag'inl"
"'Bully rum, bully rum sails the
frawg. talking through his nose like .
temperance lect'rer.
".Bully-rumr howls Pumpledink.
Young man, bewarcl / for one'll
never tech another drop An he sank
all in heap.
''They was silence agin. whip
poor-willp cries the bird acrosst the
clearin'.
"Bili Strengthened up and bcllers;
I'm here. but / amt the same man
'LoolS-cloolSl squawks the old hen.
'To-who-to-who, sails the owl.
I" 'Poor-willr cries the bird acrosst
the clearin'.
'Bnlly-rum.' croalSed the frawg
through his nose.
"Bill tried to rise, but couldn't.
Then from over in the barnyard came;
sBaa-baa-baa."
Pad. knows II pad he yells In
his Dutch way, never recergnizin' the
voice OF his one-eyed ram. But I'll
MEIER, meier tech another drop
"Thcn come the stroke that done
Bill Pumpledinlx clean. IL was more'n
he could stan. The bird over acrosst
the clearin' must n moved up tree.
fer he could hear her plain. as she
broke out real loud: 'Whip-poor-willl'
'Who-who?' calls the old owl, pitt
ful-lixe. Pumplcdink raised his hand
to his ear To i0etch what was said.
Right from the limb over his head come
the answer: 'Kitty-did, kitty-did.'
"He looked mp at tho limb surprised,
but didn't see nothin' but the moon
shinin' down.
"Then come ngin: 'Who-who9
'Kitty-did-K itty-did, she did
"Pumpledinlx rolled of the stump
and lay In the grass groanin' in his
Dutch-lilke way: Meier. I'm pretty
low. but my wife nefcr he'd TO lick me.
woices Woiccsr
4" Bully rum bully rum, calls the
frawg through his nose, remembcrin'
the red flannel and tho fish hook.
"Pumplcdink didn't know no more.
His boy Barnabas he'd heard him
calm an got him home on a wheel
barrer. He's never teched a drop
sencc."
The Chronic Loafer rose to his feet
aud gazcd irtcntiy at the Miller. who
was trying 10 avoid his eyes by look
ing across the valley.
II must be goin' home." said tho
Lonfcr. ''ter get In the wood. but
must say thet either you er Bill PUN
plcdink err Barnabas hes n power q
Imagination "--N. Y.Eveni ng Sun
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20
CITY NOISES.
what the People Hear when They Most
| Want Quiet.

what the People Hear when They Most
Want Quiet.
It's pretty hard to write in the city
these wide-open-wind days.
The dust you can screen off, but the
sounds from the street vendors strike
your ear with siclSening thud.
'Strorberriesl''
-Here's your fine sparrowgrass, only
ten bunch!"
Grass cut, lady?"
Scissors TO grind?'
ANY oil clothes?"
Then the man with the cart full of
crockery appears, rafting two plates
together like tambourines, until am
ready TO shrek.
lie finds mine an attractive block.
for he stays around for an hour or
more.
Then the hand organ appears. IL is
on wheels, is propelled by man and
woman, and shoots of melody like a
park OF musical artillery.
When they have gone, two ruffians
with fog-horn voices terrify us with
fierce assertions regarding an 'extrorl''
Some of my neighbors buy it, but
have been caught by such before.
They fade away at last, and then the
man next door starts in on his flute
practice.
There is an alteration in the base
ment between the butchers boy and
the servant, and a man begins TO beat
carpet two houses away.
Then a chap with homicidal face
ushers along bony horse and cart
full OF potted plants and flowers.
Flowers, lady? Desc are fine, desc
are!'
am wondering what chance full
hatrack would have II he were alone
with it, when my servant energies and
noses the posies with an anxious look.
She buys three. and comes upstairs
with her arms full and face filled
with delight.
She wants them for her room, she
says, and she Is SO happy at having
them that share In the general joy.
But they are nieasly. wretched look
ing thingsl Forced for sale, and will
be dead in couple OF days.
He has given her bad ten-cent
piece, too, but as he is ont of sight
and her time is valuable, take the
dime off her hands, and she goes Off
with her floral prizes.
It's all very trying when one is striv-
ing TO write. but have got an item
out of IL, anyway. IN. Y. Recorder.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20
Nav sERPENTINE RACE.
Latest Game That Has Been Adopted for
Amateur Exhibitions.

Latest Game That Has Been Adopted fex
Amateur Exhibitions.
For race of one hundred yards,
place ten fagstaffs in line, the first ten
feet from the starting point and the
others ten feet apart, the last being ten
feet from the goal. Each pole should
be surmounted by small flag, which
win add TO the beauty and interest OF
the scene.
Now for the manner Of running.
Surprising the runners to have tocd tho
starting line with their left foot, the
left knee should be bent, the body in
clined forward, and the right hand
raised above the level of the right
shoulder. When the start Is given,
bring the right arm smartly downward,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

When n young lion reaches the age
of two years he Is able 70 stranglc on
pull down horse or an OK, aud so he
continues 10 grow and increase Ira
strength TIL he reaches his eighth year,
when he grows no more. For twenty
years after his fangs and talons show
no signs OF decay, but after that he
gradually becomes feeble and his teeth
fan him.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

Mr.. Johnson--Look here. vanduscn,
you have been counting the same lady
FOR the past thirty years. Why don't
you propose 10 her2
Mr. Vandusen--I am afraid TO. She
might accept. and am so old now that
don't believe could stand the shock.
Texas SiftingA
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

A littlo girl was writing her &C.
cgraphy lesson on the Arctic ocean.
Among other things she said: THE
Arctic ocean Is used principally for pur-
poses Of exploration"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

hs IVES > Decd Duke and Possessed -
Musical Cifts-
Duke was not really beautiful frou
an aesthetic standpoint, but he was
both clever and good, and that. you
know, Is really a rare combination
Dukes legs, some way, did not seem
TO be set on quite symmctrically, and
when he ran along ahead of the car
rage, one always felt little anxious
lest his hind legs should turn of on =
separate journey at every crossroad-
Then he hardly ever had the free uss
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

Citizen Gn drug store)-Please give
me ten cents worth OF nux populi.
Druggist--Sir?
Ten cents worth of vox vumica--I
mean vnmuli--that is, pux vopica-I
should say yum populi--er-er-nux
vomica."
Certainly. siri But, pardon me,
that was rather peculiar mistake Of
yours"
81 am regular contributor to tho
Weekly Whooper. oyer the nom de
plume OF 'vox Populi," and I seem
somehow TO have gotten my nom and
the name Of the tonic mixed. - Puck
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

WELL. WHAT AIR YoU KICKING ABoUT?"
know II then, but Il seems that the
rock fell near big hen that was lay
ing by the fence with family under
her wings. This hore hen was nat'ral
surprised, still, an looked up an sails
loud like: 'Cloolp
"Pumpledink started IA put hishn
20 his ear. an In his Dn.ch way sails;
Voices
HE was kinder scared settin out
thers In tho woods alone, and unable
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

Down IN HIS ccnnr hidden away.
Little Man Mercury sits while he may.
Upfrom his dwelling tall ladder shows;
why u n put there wee Mercury knows.
When tho weather Is warm he skips up 20 thu
top.
And when II grows colder. downstairs he must
stop
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

Tho Ashley river, in South Caro-
lima, was named In honor of Sir An
thony Ashley Cooper, afterward the
famous earl Of shaftesbury. The In
dams called the stream HAWAII. .
word Of doubtfai significance.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20
PUMPLEDINK'S REFORM.
Brought About by Purely Natural
Causes.

HE Miller drove his
jackknife into tho
b Q n G h and tn 0 n
grunted: "Huhl"
"Well, what air you
X &c king about?"
growled the Chronic
Loafer. W h o w a 5
seated on the steps
OF the stone porch In
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-04-19
LOSES HEB STATE SOLDIERS.
fouth DakOta's Economy i'll Disband the
Militia Companies.

Militia Companies.
Sioux FALLS, S. D., April i2,-The
expected has happened, Governor Shell
don has issued an order to each company
Of the national guard in this state that
after July Of this year all assistance
from the state VIII be cut off. He says
that the companies have the choice Of
abandonment or a continuation On the
option Of each company paying all its
own expenses. This action, the COVER
nor says, is necessary in view Of the
fact that the last legislature cut the ap-
preparation for the guards from $4,000
to $500 The appropriation made is
simply for the quartermaster generals
Office.
Inspector General C. T. Jeffers says
that in his opinion this order Of the gov
ernor is the death blow to the national
guard in this state for at least two
years. He says he has no reason TO
hope that, in the face Of hard times,
any of the companies in the state viii
undertake the expense of keeping up
their organization, for which the ex-
pense is considerable. He says that if
the companies see fit to retain their or
CARNATIONS the heads Of departments
and staff and fields officers viii gladly
serve without pay.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-04-19
J. W SCOTT sTRlcKeN su0DeNLY.
kpOpIexy Ends the Career of the Publisher
Of the Chicago Yinez-Heraid

Oh the Shlctisg G1IleS-h Herald,
NEW YORK, April l6.-James ".
Scott. proprietor Of the Chicago Tines
Herald and the Chicago Evening Post,
died Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the Holland house, this city. His death
was very sudden. he complained Of
pain in the left side Sunday morning
and a doctor was called. He said the
pain arose from the passage of a stone
from the bladder, and administered
morphine. At o'clock Mr.. Scott be-
came unconscious and the doctor was
summoned again. He found apoplexy
had superyened, and Mr.. Scott died
without recovering consciousness. Mrs.
Scott and a little niece were the only
relatives with him.
Dr. Irwin, the attending physician,
said: "Mr, Scott's death was due to
apoplexy. He was short man and
very stout. I have no doubt Mr.. Scott
had long suffered from renal caleulis.
This was specially troublesome Sunday
morning and Mr.. Scott did not leave his
room The agony caused him to thrash
about ms bed and the exertion burst a
blood vessel in the brain and caused his
death. The kidney trouble had nothing
to do with his death beyond the fact it
caused the activity which brought on
the attack"
The funeral viii take place in Chi
cago, but no date has as yet been fixed.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-04-19
BLAMED FOR MORE CRIMES.
Durant, In Jail at san Francisco, Said to
Have Murdered by Wholesale.

Duraut, In Jail at San Francisco, Said to
Have Murdered by Wholesale.
SAN Francesca, April 17.-Theodore
Durant, charged with the murder of the
two women, whose bodies were found
in the Emanuel Baptist church, is in
the city jaii.
Search is now being made for the
body of MIS- Forsythe, wife of the press
man with the Schmidt Label company,
on the suppOsition that she was muir
dered by the same hand that slew the
two girls. The principal reason for this
theory is that she belonged to the Eman-
uel church and frequently attended
there. She was known to have kept
company with some man who attended
the church with her, and from this and
a few other circumstances it was
thought that she had eloped Tt is now
thought that Durant was the man, and
that he killed her also.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-04-19
SENATOR HILL AND THE INCOME TAX.
Says the Whole Law Should Be Declared
Unconstitutional.

NEW YORK, April l4.-Referring to
the decision Of the United States SUI
preme court in relation to the income
tax, Senator Hill says st have venti-
lated by views concerning that tax
pretty thoroughly. Twas gratifed with
the finding of the court as far as it went,
but I believe that the whole tax, instead
of part, should be declared unconstitu.
tiOnal The tax is mauifestly direct
tax, and as such is unconstitutional.
The tax is not Democratic measure
from any point Of view. It is more Of
Populistic law than anything else. Il
seems to be a compromise measure to Sc.
cure votes Of an element in the country
that is antagonistic to all existing con.
ditions The finding of the court will
directly knock out just the part of the
law that these people were urging and
viii prove Of more benefit to New York
state, perhaps, than any other state in
the union. In New York nearly all the
municipal and state bonds are held, and
in this city also are the big landed
estates. The main features of the law
are, therefore, wiped out and the party
gets nothing for its pains.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-04-19
WHISKY Trust Pronsrtr 70 BE sala.

CHICAGO, April lathe property of
the whisky trust viii be sold to the
highest bidder. Judge Showalter, il an
order issued. admitted that the trust no
longer had a legal existance. Its board
Of directors were charged with having
deserted its trusteeship. that it had no
quorum and any election Of new mem
bers Of tins board would not enable them
TO reacGuire the property from the re-
ceivers The court directed that the re-
eeiver sell the property and that the pro
ceeds be distributed among those en-
titled thereto.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-04-19
Dangerous counterseiler Arrested.

KANSAS CRY. April I'm j. Muma,
one Of the most dangerous counterfeit
ers ever run down in the west, is under
arrest at Topeka, having been captured
in the little village Of Marquette, Kan,
where he ostaHsibiy ran 3 jewelIy store.
When the officers arrested Aiuma they
searched the premises and everywhere
found evidences that an extensive eoEn,
terfeiting business had been carried on
there. There were wax casts of coins,
mes5ls. o plating outfit, plaster Of paris
and unfinished CONS There was alse a
bottle of liquid used by check gaisegs.
a chart was also found showing vhese
some ganabies had been hutied Hpon
farm owaed by NUNS Aa gflcsgs
went Ia ihe place indicated and deg ~
nui6esr q menlls seT ,lF6ere1s Zinds
q 1gz t5fas q - ~ ee