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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

than the worlds ability TO consume il,
either now or at any time in its his
tory. Another record-brealxing crop is
in sight. These facts alone are enough
to account for low prices Of these prod
ucts. There is another still more po-
tent cause. The worldngmen OF this
country are out OF employment. Mills
are closed. furnaces idle, and n million
men who in 1892 had good employment
at American wages are now walking
the streets or working half time The
farmers best customers, the men who
have always consumed O5 per cent OF
all that he raised have partially dropped
meat from their daily fare, are prac-
ticing pinching economy instead Of buy
ing what their tastes suggest. Want
has crowded abundance away from the
table of American labor.
Who is responsible for this2 The
men who drafted the Wilson-Gorman
tariff which stopped our own mills and
started those of Europe. They can
tell us who has that money. The rec
ords OF imports OF foreign goods since
the Mckinley law was repealed will
tell us part OF the story. Here's where
part OF that money" went. Wool put
on the free list; increase in the imports
In a single year, taking the last fiscal
year Of the Mckinley tariff and first
calendar year of Wilson-Gorman act,
$27, 662,7 2l. Duty on cattle decreased
one-half: increased imports the first
year. S1,429, sos. Duty on hay reduced
one-half; increased imports 81, 400 .605.
Duty on wooden goods much decreased:
increased imports S3s,103,013, which
should have been paid for American
wool. Here are only four items and
they alone show where SGs,625,o37 of
"that money" went, in n single year
IL with millions more that should have
gone TO our farmers, has gone TO tho
farmers and worlIingmen OF foreign
countries. Take the indirect loss that
followed the tariff assault on the farm
crs' interests and il is easy TO see where
the money went. The men now shout
ing free silver TO distract the farmers
attention from the wrong they did him.
know that a. Is the foreigner who has
that money, and that they themselves
gave IL 90 him.
If our farmers wish this money.
which they should have and did have
prior 90 1893, 20 go abroad let them
vote against a i~turn 20 protection and
reciprocity. but let them do so with
full knowledge OF what they are doing
and then forever after hold their peace.
We know who has that money. Farm
ers' Union
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

The Men Who Passed tho Wiissn-Gor-
man nIll Can Tell IA

Farmers, be on your guard false
friends are trying to mislead you. AS
an illustration of this, take the case of
an eastern farm paper which is striving
10 array class against class, stir up
sectional strife. embitter producers
against consumers, array the farmer
against the workingman and both
against the man controlling capital. all
with a view of making votes for free
silver. Such appeals to prejudice are
an insult to the intelligence OF it's
readers. Instead of dealing in truth
there are appeals TO passion. and bit
terness of spirit may be engcndered
that will leave scars long after this
campaign is settled.
The paper in question, after declar-
ing that on account of lower prices and
hard times. farmers got for their crops
last year, $50O.000.000 less than in 1882.
asks in bold type who has that money =?
Prices are lower, so the first ques-
ton TO be answered is; why are
prices low?" That is the meat OF the
matter. IL is not difficult to answer this.
Silver has nothing TO do with il. Under
free coinage prices of farm products
have ruled as low or lower than now.
In 1889 spring wheat sold in Chicago
for so cents; in 1861 oats sold for 1872
cents in this market, and the same
year corn sold for 20 cents. Each of
these grains sold lower when silver
was coined free than they are selling
now. There is no relation between the
value Of silver and value of other com
modities. Supply and demand fixes the
price of each.
But why are farm products low? The
answer is easy. Last year the corn
crop was the largest ever grown; like
wise oats; likewise potatoes. For two
years the cotton crop has been larger
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

The Dishonesty OF the Popoorats Exposed
by Mai. Mckinley.

Mr. Bryan asks: Cannot the United
States establish financial system of its
own? Is It too weak and dependent to
do that?'
Maj. Mckinley replies: 1.-THE United
States now has financial policy which
in the main il has been pursuing since
the beginning of the government and
which il does not mean to change until
il can find a better one"
Mr.. Bryan assumes in his question
that the United States has borrowed a
financial system, while il ought TO orig
mate one for itself. Maj. Mckinley re-
plies that the United States already has
financial system which is it's own.
That cannot be disputed. The Eng
lish financial system embraces no full
legal tender silver. The continental
financial systems differ in many re-
spects from that OF the United States.
Cold cuts no figure in the financial sys-
TENS of the silver standard countries.
Here il plays a most important part.
But Bryan does not want the United
States TO devise a financial system OF its
own. He wishes il TO adopt that of Mex
leo. To do that would not display much
originality. The Mexicans would be
pleased, of course, 10 see their ideas
copied by the Americans, but why
should this country pay them such a
compliment?
The popocrat candidate not only
wants the United States 10 abandon the
financial system il has devised, but he
wishes it to take up with secondhand
system, and that one in whose favor
nothing can be said. That proposition
is neither patriotic nor intelligent.
Maj. Mckinley contends that the
United States should not give up its
own financial system for the worse sys-
tenn of Mexico or Of India, but should
hold on 10 its own until IL can devise
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12
one of tho best Trains TO 10 Found In
tho World.

"If you will 60 down 20 tho Union Station
almost any evening now you will see the
finest mail train in the United states, or
elsewhere for that natter said Chief Clerk
p. NJ. Coates OF the Railway Mail Service
In charge OF the Chicago and Omaha fast
mail. Tho ears have nearly all been TO
modelled renovated, and painted anew.
The third set OF cars ~ now In the Burling-
ton company's shops undergoing treatment.
All the old oil lamps have been removed
and instead the entire train Of five cars IL
lighted with Pintgch gas. There are seven
lamps OF four burners each 20 each car.
The cars have been furnished with now
trucks, or the old ones taken apart aud re-
fitted piece by piece All the most modern
appliances IA the matter Of couplings and
air brakes help TO give the flyer the best pos
slble equipment Of any train cXtant.
Tho new fast mail engine No. bg0 built
especially for service on trains No. and s,
by which Uncle Sans trains on the 80.
between Chicago and ON aha are known, has
been trained into fno service and others OF
the same pattern will soon be on the rails.
Theg governments train now makes Omaha
In eleven and one-half hours, running 800
miles between 3 n. m. aud 80 p IN.
Chief Clerk Coates says that he cannot
remember OF a single instance when Uncle
Sans flyer has been one minute late at the
Union Pacific transfer this year Chicago
Tribune.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12
THE VERMONT ELECTION.
A Most Significant Indorsemcnt of X,
publican Principles.

Most Significant Indorsemcnt of Re-
publican Principles.
Vermont is always republican, but
there are years in which Il is significant
~ emphatic in it's repubiicanism. This
year Is one of them. At the recent cleo
ton the republican plurality of 11,163
in 1890, of II ,6G7 in 1892 and as,52i in
1894 was increased to $4,000. thus repre-
senting n republican gain of $4,000 over
1892, and gain of 1000 over the high
water majority of 1894.
The largest majority ever given in the
state was that for Grant in 1872, when
the republican candidate for president
had plurality of 1884 and a majority
over all of 10000. The conditions thur
year were not unlike those OF the pres
ent campaign. The democratic party
had wandered OFT after Horace Greeley,
who was nominated TO catch the So
called liberal, or boiling republicans,
and the old-line democrats had put up
n third candidate in the field. The
democrats and liberal republicans made
a noisy campaign. just as the Bryan
democrats are doing now. Mr.. Greeley
swung round the circle rs Bryan Is do
ing now, and yet when the votes were
counted Grant had the largest ina iority
ever given n candidate for president.
IL the election in Vermont is a straw
showing which way the tide is moving
there is significance in It's overwhelm-
ing republican majority. Chicago In
ter Ocean.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

= new and better one. The systems
which Europe has discarded and which
semi-civilized countries use do not APP
zeal TO him.
Bryan's question is dishonest, as most
Of his questions are. The dishonesty OF
this particular question is exposed by
Maj. McKinley's reply Chicago Trib-
me
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12
TRUTH OR FICTION ?
The Question Which Worried tho
Mind OF the Banner Scribe.

Proven Undoubtedly True by n Practical
Test Applied Locally by One OF Bus-
sey's Best Known and Respected
Ladies-A Strange story Easily
Verified Right Here at Home
Proves That "Testimo-
malls" Are Not Fakes
Mrs. Eliiott's story
Cnncher.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

With malarial disease, but with prodiglous
Violence afterwards, II You neglect imme-
date measure o relief. The surest preyen-
tive and remedial form of medication IA
hostetter's stomach Bitters, the potency OF
winch as an antldote 10 miasmatic poison
mas been demonstrated for over forty years
past The liver when disordered and CON
gcsted, the bowels n constipated, and the
.ldneysif inactive, are promptly aided by
Gus debility and rheumatism.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

VERY low rates viii be made by the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railway for ex-
curslons OF Augustlsth, September LIST 18th
and 9th 20 the south, for Homeseelgora
and Harvestors. For particulars apply 70 the
nearest local Agent, or address JANIS Bar
KKR, Gen. Pass. a Tiki, Agt., st. Louis, Mo.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

What the BOY candidate evidently
needs for his travels Is a mule cart.
That will move slow enough 10 give him
chance 20 talk 90 he goes.--PhilndcI-
phin Press
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12
When nature

Needs assistance Il may be best 10 render II
promptly but one should remember 10 use
even the most perfect remedies only when
needed The best and most simple and
gentle remedy Is the Syrup OF Figs, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Com
pany.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

winch shows that the American farm
or must look 20 the American industrial
classes 20 buy his products. Is he going
TO do himself any good by cutting this
sure home market in two, himself being
the victim of the loss?--Chicago Times
Herald.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

FRS stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use OF DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 90 trial bottle
* treatise. On. KLINE, e93 Arch ST. Phila Pa.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12
w. BURTON,
Ntfut4f J1flilf

WHAT is the difference between the man
who cuts OF the end OF his nose and boy
who has Just finished his taskl One les
sens his nose, and the other knows his les
son.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

On, lightning bug, how fair your fate,
What peaceful hours you pass;
You lavishly illuminate,
And get no bills for gas.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

SNITHsoN- "Hello, Dobson, you are get
ting stout, aren't your Dobson-'Well
l was getting stout; but since bought my
wheel, Ihave been falling of considerably
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

TEAcuEa-"Who was the wisest mnnr'
Tommy ssNonh." "Noahin "Ncs'm. Hc
was the only man who knew enough TO
come IA when IL raiued"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

"EMrLE,u asked the teacher in natural his
tory, (which animal attaches himself e
man the mostiu Emile (aftcr some retec
tom 1.-THE lecch, sirm
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

THOSE who nre unsuccessful In their pro-
fession usually fancy they were destined
for something higher. -F'liegcnde Blaetter.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

AFTER physicians had given me up, wa
saved by Plso's Cure. RALPH ERIKe, WI
Transport, Pa, Nov. -. 1893.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12
Mcyicker's Theator. Chicaro.

Following "In Mizzoura" come e. M. an.
Joseph Holland In a repertoire, including
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

Mckinley. sound money" reciproc
ity and prosperity. They worked well
before. Why not again ?--sioux City
Argus Leader.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

TOURIST presenting his opened Baedeke
10 the coachman-(' Here, driver. / wan
TO see the first four pages. n-Eliegend
Blaetter.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

Hairs Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12
Home Markets the nest.

The relative wealth OF The county 10
thus classified according 70 successive
census figures:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

A Social GATHERING Taking up the col
lection.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12

Tell me that this wealth was accunlu-
lated In years OF distress and stagnatonf
The people have been Impoverished, says
Bryan. Let us see. ne Reports snow lhal
IN 1913 the average per cupita consumption
of cotton was Sloeo. IN issz ~ mas 81 ~,
1873 the per capita consumption ot Mheat
was 4.Sl bushels; IA 1892 IL was VI bushels.
In 1873 the per capita sonsump'is1Sh OF subHi
In 1879 the per Caputa consumption or conec
was 6.S7 pounds, In 1892 II was 9ol pounds.
times 81 DISTRESS than in times OF prosper
fty. But they tell US the FARMER VIII 20
Ienented by TIE free JoihnsgS6 e OF nTcmnm on
silver when his wheat Is sold IN ihe kold
standard countries OF Europe, put tnere
will be so much nuctuation I'm this premium
dav nv day that an element OF INCONSISTENCY
wifi be introduced. TO the arrangement or
What has been the cause OF the trouble
since 1892? In the first place our industries
were threatened by the platform on I'M, the
there arose 4 cloud on account OF the law
by which we were purchasing ''oVV'VVO
.arhia was partly dIssipated by the repeal
OF the purchasing clause, but the trouble 10
secure this repeal gave W., nn,,,d ntr,ye
10 force n dehaaed currency upon us. end
the ChicnRo convention has now revealed
..,y'ha cure Tor these Ills ~ the maintenance
Of n stable measure Of valuea the restora-
nation'a credit. the protection OF American
tnatttutiors md tho maintenance ~ Unr-
nets for the rrcdnci ~ American labor p"
Judge w. |. Babb. the honest money"
democrat lender OF Iowa, says that
Bryan cannot carry that state. Judge
Rabbi was the democratic candidate for
governor OF Iowa N 1895 and made a
thorough canvass T the state. He
knows the people thoroughly and has
surveyed the drift OF public sentiment.
Politicians will bc wise in accepting his
estimate OF the vote.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
~. as Altgeld says. gold has douoied
an value. the worklngmen who draw
nav under the present gold standard
are not losing anything thereby Chi
1910 1st...oo. ITcrold
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12
EDUCATIONAL,
CHICAGO
COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY

Dental Department ~ fake Forest University. NEXT
Session October lsf 1895 Facilities FOR nntruc
tion unHnrpAfred. ty-for information address On
rnrnAh " Hnory neaa. fR1 State Street. Chicago III
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-12
STOPPED: HEART BURN, YUcRTAK.

UPluM FRKV "bbS ~. 4. N. WoOiisy. Ansssa. ga
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-04
A Peculiar GOurJ.

Not long ago Mr.. j. L. Normand, of
Marksville, La, sent to this Office what
he considered the fruit of Benincasa
cerifera, but which seems to bo the
fruit of Sicana odoritera, n Brazilian
cucurbitaceous plant This fruit is
about foot long, three inches in
diameter, and delightfully."- fragrant.
In its natural state it does not appear
to be at all edible, but Mr.. Normand
has made some preserved preparations
which he considers worth something.
Benlncasa cerifera, the SO called white
gourd of India, is more nearly spheri-
cal, greenish in color, covered with n
waxy bloom, and is used while green
in making curries. If seeds of this
sicana are started carly in pots and
the plants set in rich soil after ali dan
ger of frost Is over, they make large
growth in q single season. One of Mr..
Normand's plants climbed, it is said,
to the top of good-sized dead tree,
and produced 200 fruits, which weighed
from four to six pounds each. Garden
and Forest.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-04
Saved by a Glove Button.

How much may depend upon q glove
fastening was illustrated at one of the
Monson, Maine, slate quarries in an
adventure which the person concerned
would not care to repeat. He was a
derrick-man, who stood ON the
brink Of one of the great
chasms from which the slate
rock is hoisted. His duty was to catch
hold of the big hook depending from
the end of the boom as it swung over
the bank and attach to it the crate to
be sent back into the pit.
Standing upon the very edge he
reached out to catch the hook which
dangled near him. 1t was winter and
he wore thick buckskin gloves. The
hook slipped from him as he leaned
out, but caught into the fastening Of
the glove. The swing of the great
boom took him off his feet in an in.
slant and carried him out into giddy
space with his life depending on the
gloves holding fast.
His whole weight was hung on that
button, and there was n clear IT'S feet
of space between him and the floor of
rock below. The moments that passed
before the boom could be swung back
over the bank seemed like hours to him,
but he got there at last safe and sound.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-04

had drawn off for crack at each other
when two "wires" arrived for tho
superintendent, and telegram for
Poker Jim. As this was Jim's first
telegram in years hostilities with the
superintendent were for time sus.
pended.
One of the dispatches to Anderson
was from the homo Office telling him
to shut down and close up and come
home; to stop at once the whole
miserable business! The other was
from his wife, saying the child was i'll,
very i'll, and that she was down with
grief and anxiety. John stood as
one stunned. Then he WINGED from
his rheumatism. And there was
Poker Jim standing like one stunned,
tool Then he gave an unearthly
whoop and a shout, and tore round in
circle like mad man, his arms fling
ing regardless of oil breaks. While
Jim was doing his fling, "Nasty Jack, :"
a member of the gang, rushed up SO
overcome with emotion that he slut.
tered, stumbled and fell, and he cried
out "gold!" 1t seemed like the set.
ting off of lively fireworks and the
confusion was great. "Poker Jim's"
despatch was from England and in
formed him that his nearly forgotten
father had died and left him a fortune
of G20, 900. "Nasty Jacks cry of
gold meant that the old Pumpkin Vine
had given up the withering process
and had yielded again, at last. How
bashful it had been
John and Jim embraced. "Nasty
Jack" was assisted to his feet and held
at respectful distance for further in.
formation.
John wired his wife to pray to
heaven for the child and to expect him
by the first train out. He wired to the
home Office that it was no time to close
up when the Pumpkin Vine was put
ting forth leaves.
Anderson found his wife and child
doing well when he reached New York.
His wife said he looked like an Indian,
but that he acted like he used to. The
seven directors clapped John on tho
back, said he was q good fellow, and
he was invited to dine at the presi-
dents table.
A few months later John had ten
shares of the Pumpkin Vine Gold
Mine Company, which he had trans
ferred to his wife, framed and hung
up in the library, for he could afford
to do SO.
''Poker Jim" soon left the mine for
the Old Country to shed q tear over
his fathers grave and claim his for
tune. He had double size "swagger"
on and wore o black ecktie the day
he boarded the train. "Nasty Jack"
suddenly reformed and is now doing
missionary work somewhere in Colo
RADIO. New York Telegram.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-04
THE WORLD MADE NEW.
When spring, with maiden tenderness
Steals shyly hither to caress.

When spring, with maiden tenderness
Steals shyly hither to caress,
To gladden. with her pretty mirth,
Our happy, iow'r-bedizened earth;
My dear, my dear, what pageant day
Will greet us in the country ways!
What Eden joys come back again
When hawthorns whiten down the lancl
The little wistful moon. my friend,
viii peep above the gable-end,
And soc the hillside orchard whito
With blossom all the fervent night;
The cottage panes will glow at dusk,
The darkness gather, sweet with musk
And weary kline, with tagging fest,
Pass lowing down the village street.
And then, at daybreak, bark, oh, hushl
Beneath the stars, the early thrush
Piping, while heaven glimmers gray,
His morning carol, clear and gay.
He sang the sslf-same song. you know,
In Paradise, long years ago,
AMI keeps, estranged from all regret.
His warn, bravo heart, unvanquishsd YET
Fo- him, for US, the world is new
When daisied maa1ows gleam with dew;
All! not TO US the times ssen lato
Who come but now to love AMI mate!
Content TO deem it most wise
TO watch life out with tranquil eyes,
To kiss WARM lips. and wiz thereby
A litt!o confog. ere we die.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-04
Three Pillars OF Fire.

The pillar of fire in the sky which
figures SO conspicuously in Biblical
literature has been discovered. At
least that is one theory advanced as
result of remarkable heavenly dis
play witnessed December . at Bulu.
wayo, in Matabeleland, Sonth Africa.
1t is thus described in letter to the
Royal Society of London:
81 think it may interest you to
know that an extraordinary flash of
lightning was witnessed from this
place this evening at 7.3S p. m. 1t
has been raining in torrents nearly all
day long the heavens seem heavy and
saturated with rain, but we have had
no thunder at all.
"We were seated around table in
a room in Fife street, and only one of
us had his eyes turned in the direction
of the door, which was open. Sud-
denly he exclaimed: Good gracious
just look at that lightning; it's stand.
ing still!
"All of US promptly went to the
door, whence wo witnessed truly ex-
traordinary sight in the shape of three
ribbons of greenish- white lightning,
which hung in the sky motionless for
what must have been fifteen to twenty
seconds. 1t seemed to be n long way
off in northwesterly direction, as we
heard no report of thunder whatever.
We put some questions to our Mnka.
laka boy, who said that he had never
seen anything like it in all his life.
There could be no mistake about it.
1t was as distinct as possible, and it
must have lasted fifteen seconds at
least, 1 should say twenty myself"
For fear these statements would be
regarded as joke, lightning that
stood still having never been heard Of
before, the leading banker of Bulu-
wayo and two merchants signed this
letter to the Royal Society, and they
added the names of half dozen other
witnesses.