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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-25
II WAS MARlE.s MIRROR.
No wonder Hubby Looked n Little
PuIe.
Tro BE Continued

No wonder Hubby Looked n Little
Pale.
Young Mr.. Smithers, having eaten an
excellent dinner, sat down 20 smoke a
good cigar while his wife ran upstairs
To make her toilet for the theater.
So peaceful was his state of mind that
he did not even look accusingly Mt his
watch when, after the promised min
ute" had developed into 60, she entered
the room.
Seems 20 me you are looking very
nice tonight, my dear" he remarked.
II am glad you think so, darling.
OF course, care more for your admi-
ration than that OF anyone else. Be
sides, the SINNERS sit right behind us
| this evening, and this dress will give
ond act is half over"
Mr.. Smithers looked anxious. $50
this Is new, is it? Wasn't the old one
good enough?"
"N-not quite, my dear. Besides.
earned the money for this one myself"
"But how did you earn"
ooh, after you left, fell TO thinking
Wndh n NV VI 80 was W 'BNhN
upon birthday present for Marie,
when really needed so many things.
Then an idea struck me. / reinem-
bered all those pretty things found
in our big trunk after we were married
the ones that horrid girl, whoever she
was, sent back when the engagement
was broken. l wouldn't have one Of
them myself. but IL seemed pity for
them TO lie there, so went upstairs and
looked them all over. / selected that
lovely silver-backed mirror and cleaned
10 up until IL looked just like new; and
then l."
"Sold II to buy dress. Iseei"
Nothing Of the kind. / bought the
dress with the money you gave me.
The mirror sent to Marie with our best
wishes. Won't she be surprised, and
why, Freddie. are you HIP"
"Not at all, my dear. You are quite
right; Marie will, no doubt, be much
surprised, for, you see, she herself was
the girl who returned those presents
that is nll."-Brooklyn Citizen.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-25
SPEAR POINTS.
Fresh and Pithy Sayings from the
RAMS Horn.


Envy kicks its keeper.
Every dollar Is saved that Is spent 10
help the needy.
Wealth is too poor TO purchase wis
dom or purity
Trusting God without effort Is an
abuse of sense.
1t requires industry 10 make, and
wisdom 10 save.
He Is safe counselor who profits by
his own blunders.
Society's trouble-mill Is run half the
time by whispers.
Living without God Is rislSing the
loss Of two worlds.
The best family medicine Is large
doses Of good example.
Christ taught to teach; not 20 win
admiration or applause.
He is well banlanced that will take adj
vice against inclination.
Aggressiveness without control is
the animal turned loose.
People are known by where they
spend their leisure time.
The man who loves his neighbor ns
himself cannot be hermit.
The careless man wrecks his COM
fort; the covetous man his destiny.
The eagle bathing her plnions in the
clouds is but one OF Gods thoughts
materalized.
II your schooling does not help youto
better the world. your time and money
are both lost.
The man who thinks he knows all
there IL to know Is already too dead to
know that he is dying.
The man who enjoys Gods peace Is
the one who sought and found Him
when he had no peace.
We may gain reputation for piety
by looking solemn, but we shall SANDER
the Lord while doing IT,
Some people ought, like spring doors,
TO have pull" or push" painted on
them, for when you go at them they
fly In your face.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-25
dep into psychicai phenomena 10 eva

drep into psychicai phenomena 70 gva
Mt the mystery"
"Hush, Lillian; I don't like to hear you
talk that way" said Mrs. Roundtree.
II have never approved of your reading
the books you read"
"You object TO my reading anything
which is really new and progressive"
said the young wife. pettishly. THE
world would stand still IL we did not
study the new sciences-if we did not
allow ourselves TO think on new lines"
at seems TO me. sister" remarked
Marion, "that you have talked more
about the murder than anyone else.
Since we have been out here. have
noticed that mother has changed the
subject three times, but some remark Of
yours has always brought the converse
tion back 10 it."
Brother, you know that is deliber-
ate-it IL not true" Lillian retorted,
sngrily.
II must say thought so too, dear" in
terposed Fred Walters. Don't you re-
member mother said something about
the services at church tonight? Well,
DClOIC NHlOuU NlAiO w AtHAg JOa
began talking again about whether IL
could be proved that WILDLY had not
been out of the house 70 distribute the
notes"
Lillian seemed TO forget her anger In
her interest in the subject. She rose
and stood in the doorway. "As far
as that is concerned" she said. with
animation, WILDLY could have had an
accomplish. TWAS strangely dramatic
thing the way he called up the police
at the telephone and remained with the
corpse till they came, not even allowing
the servant TO enter. II he is guilty. he
Is at least original. In these days Of
masculine stupidity IL would be pity
to execute an original man. / never
could see why murderers should be such
short-sighted fools. read the other
day Of n man who shot another down
and went TO the jail pretending to be
insane to escape punishment. How
much more effective would IL have been
IL he had Systematically pretended TO
be insane a month or so before he com
mitted the deedl-I mean IL he had
done little things which would scarce
ly cause remark at the time, but which,
coupled with the crime afterwards.
would have pointed conclusiyely TO In
sanity. II wanted TO drown myself in
the river, and did not want anyone 70
think IL was done intentionally,
would first do great many things To
make IL look as II had never dreamed
OF such a thing. would make engage
ments, leave things unfinished, as II
intended to return 20 them the next
moment, and"
"Oh. hush, my child!" interrupted
Mrs. Roundtree. "What can make you
say such things? / have never heard
you talk so peculiarly"
Everything is peculiar TO mamma,
the girl coldly laughed, rs she turned
into the drawing-room. The next mo.
ment they heard her playing on heI
violin.
F,O M ~oNyrtNyrrun
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SUFFERING.
Victories We Must win I'm simple
Passive Endurance.

Victories We Must win I'm simple
Passive Endurance.
Part of our obedience and work here
on earth Is to be done in vigor and in
health; part, when laid aside in suffer-
ing. Much OF this must be Ineligible
10 us here. There Is not one who viii
not some day exchange the vigor OF life
for a broken constitution and a suffer
ing frame. No one can know what
suffering is till he has known mental
torture: no one can know the extremity
OF corporal suffering till. like his
Master, he has counted the long hours
OF torture one by one, and through
night after night has heard the clock
strike, in protracted anguish. That IL
what we are called upon TO endure, and
then often IL Is that fretfulness and inn
patience breaks across our souls, and
we wish that the whole OF our future
could be concentrated into one sharp
hour. Brethren, mans work rs not
done upon earth. 80 long as God hes
anything for him 90 suffer; the greatest
OF our victories Is 90 be won In passive
endurance; in humbleness. In reliance.
and in trust we are 10 learn 90 be still
and know that lie IN God.-Chautau-
guam.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-25
Communion.

Do not think fool harmless because
he has little wit, nor that you can man
age n fool because he knows little. He
Is like blind snake. He will strike even
the hand that fondles him. BY all
means. surround yourself with wise
companions. even though they may be
your superiors.-Rev. u. VI. Benham,
PRESBYTERIAN. Pittsburgh, PA.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-25
CHAPTER Y.

Mayor Roundtree lived in large
two-storied brick house standing back
a hundred yards from the street, in ex-
tensiye grounds. II was in the suburbs
of the city, and at the end of one Of the
electric car lines.
When the mayor went home that
afternoon, about six o'clock. he found
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-25
elite. I'm sfidnIr.

The highest villages OF Europe hay-
ing permanent population are stu
ated In Switzerland. Italy and France.
In the order OF their altitude they are:
Rery, an italian village, south OF the
Monte Rosa, at an altitude OF 5000 feet
above sea level; its 100 inhabitants live
there summer and winter. Their only
connection with the outside world leads
through the Betta-Gorca mountain
pass, which Is sometimes closed up by
snow for several weeks at time; Inf,
in the valley Of Ayers, in Switzerland,
nc an elevation OF 6,03o feet above sea
level. Is the second; the third highest
village in Europe Is Trepalle, in the Liv-
igno valley, also in Italy, o,72o feet
above sea level; next comes Averol, in
the French department of Savoy, o.ol5
foet above the sea level, and Veran, not
far from the former, at an altitude OF
6,5s0 feet.--Cincinnati Enquirer.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-25

Nothing 80 dlgnihes life as 20 know
hat every act here touches n chord
which shall vibrate in eternity.-Rev.
4. ~ Hawkins.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-25

rraven sets lofty ladders for all that
VIZ Climb.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-06

comfort at the beside of some afflicted
one we are never prepared for this
holy ministry in the highest sense until
the privilege Of such service is our in
spiration-an inspiration that is the
product of our own experience of di-
vine verities. When we are truly in
this spirit words of comfort may be
wholly unnecessary. There is a 81
lence that under certain circumstances,
is more fitting and helpful than words.
In such instances the ability to refrain
from audible utterance for the suffer
er's good is the evidence of a truly
spiritual ministry, whose, chief char
acter is the power of a loving, sympa-
thetic heart.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-06
QUR MACHINE PRIZES.

For the next year, beginning June
1st, 1896, and ending June 1st, 1897,
we make the following offer:
l.. To the Sub-Agent who buys the
greatest number of Improved High
Arm Alliance sewing machines we will
give one of the same as a prize.
2. To the Sub Agent who buys the
next greatest number, we will give as
a prize, a High Arm Singer style sew
ing machine.
3 To the Sub-Agent who buys the
third greatest number, we will give as
a prize, either a No, 1 Boes washing
machine Or a No. 1 set Of single buggy
harness Cat option of contestant.)
All prizes will be delivered, freight
paid, to any railroad station in North
Carolina.
4 To every Sub Agent who buys five
Of these machines including those
agents also who take the prjz g, we will
give five dollars in cash and one dollar
each for every additional machine
above fve~Any Sub-Agent will be en-
titled to participate in the contest,
This is an opportunity for every Sub
Agent. Descriptive circulars will be
furnished on application. Address
T. IvEY, 8. B. A.
HiIIsboro, N. Q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-06
HOGS AS MORTGAGE L1FTRRs

Some hogs, cattle, horses and sheep
never know the luxury of being fed on
French Artichokes, nor their owners
the economy of same. They make hogs
cholera proof, so, instead of fattening
~buzz9rds, they help lift that mortgage.
This kind often yields 1,COO bushels.
Grow anywhere. Investigate to day
by sending for free particulars, prices
and freight rates. Single bushels, 81.
Ny f. F, Tools weave upright wire
stays in smoothe or barb wire fences,
making them absolutely bull strong
and pig tight. Price, So delivered.
Treatise on fence making free. j. P.
Vissering, Box So, Alton, Ill.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-06

Az EMINENT saint said when dying,
now sweet to die in the midst of the
love Of God, and the love of wife and
c1ildreDI And dying thus, surrounded
By II that we love most on earth, we
shall awake from the dead surrounded
in the same manner. the old familiar
love that blessed Us here will greet us
n the realms beyond. The daughter
O. Jajgus, like all who were raised
again to life within the confines of this
world, was restored to the family cir
Gle. The means that restored her was
the familiar ,'Talitha cumi" of a moth,
er's love. When she opened her eyes
che found father and mother around
her bed, as they had been when she
fell asleep. We can see in this fact an
ernest and type of what shall be the
n91e OF life IN the world beyond; an
assurance that God will begin our res
direction life, as He began our life here
on earth, among those we have known
and loved, and in the bosom of the
family circle. The "Talitha cumi" of
The wonderful miracle teaches us that
II Is love that quickens the dead soul;
thRt 1t Is love that quickens the mortal
oody. 1t Is love that builds the earthly
acme; 1t Is love that builds the heav-
ealE hOme. And the highest concep
-2n We can form of heaven is not glo,
F.ae1 material pomp, or glorified intel
-5-t~ai triumph, but glori1ed affection.
--1 as mpathies and affections are the
primal and the most ind~estructible ele.
-=a@ OF u nature, that which we
4oarest God and likest God. God
aud love is love for evermore.
Hugh Macmillan, D. D.
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Springs Prophet.
BY E.. w.

dav is new, and seas of gold
Mhen oUer barren fields of brown
BreaA liked trees, by winters frown
AM AM hare, add flood DER lingering
How banks of cold
.;+o snow-faintly my waking ear
Cm. hFS a rushing thrill
"a Sweetness, in a tumbling trill
~ inv notes clear.
" yTg,hadour in speckled gray
ALoIJe the buds and blooms Of May,
nI 70 as he tunes his quivering lay,
e. a. steam and lake at last shall yield ;
22 So lack Frost's white and sprinkling
shield
\, more shall turn the shaft of sunlight
That little piece of the sky
shall fall In violets by and by,
Toiseless as snow in winter days;
Then other birds shall sing,
While summer clouds float low,
Whose glad tears, falling soft, shall
ont stars Of gold, that show
In grassy skies of green,
Where dandelion blooms are seen;
emily the sun shall lift the sleeping
flowers;
Tn from their drowsy beds,
E4Epsh With the kiss of dews and show
ers,
IN mantiing blush they'll raise their
heads
And 81 from out his throbbing throat,
Nv prophet pours his simple tale
~ srarrow lore, IN tWi Gering note,
Il gian and field, DER hill and dale.
The Outlook.
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NOTE The following beautiful lines were
MI In the pocket-EOOk of a clergyman who
rg. suddenly killed by a fall from a horse. They
w. -r-.rrTrd by the late DR.. Miller, of Char
I3rte.N CD. H. IUTTLE.I
What dost thou, Oh, wandering dove,
From thy home on the rocks riven
bresst2
lis fair, but the falcon is wheeling
0hlH~ to thy ~sheltering nest
To thT nest, wandering dove-to thy
nest.
Fren barque on the bright summer sea,
That the breeza now curl but IN sport,
Spread cheerily thy sail for tho pleas
ant it be
Meier Iinger till safe in the port
To the port, little barque-to theport
Tired roe, thatfrom the water dost flee,
While his arrowe cen now on the wing,
IN YOUR deep recess there's a fountain
for thee
To rest by that clear secret spring
To the spring, painting roe-to the
spring!
Nv spirit still lowering half blest
Mid shadows so f3eting and dim,
All, know'st then thy rock and thy
Haven of Rest,
And pure Spring Of joys Then tc
Hum,
Fleeting spirit, OIL hasten thee tc
Him!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-06
FARMvILtE WANTS A MEETING
OF THE STATE ALLIANCE.
Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
N q

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
F~ARMvILLE, N. @.
Farmville Alliance send greeting to
her sister Alliances and begs them to
insist that the various county Alliances
request our worthy President John
Graham to call a special meeting of
the State Alliance on or about the third
day of May next, to divise some plan
to put our shoe factory to work. We
understand from the constitution that
if lone fourth Of the county Alliances 80
request the president that a call for said
meeting is mandatory upon the Presi-
dent. Among the many reasons why
this meeting should be held we only
mention a few, to wit: The brethren
are getting restless under The continued
suspension Of work of said factory. In
August it is nearly impossible for our
E 3s5ern farmers to attend the meeting
on account of the tobacco crop being
housed at that time. If we meet for a
special purpose we shall De more likely
to properly attend to the business than
at the regular meeting. Besides we
would save at least three months, the
best months for work in such a factory
and three months interest upon our
money now invested in said factory.
II u Alliance is to survive as an or
ganization of any force this enterprise
must not lag and be a complete failure.
The delay in beginning work in the
factory has well nigh prevented any
increase in our membership, and right
now is the time when we should be ad-
ding to our numbers. We have an
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-06
Southern Railway
Condensed Schedule.
IN EFFECT NOV. ~, 1896.
TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH DAILY.
NORFOLK AND CHATTANOOGA LIMITED.

NORFOLK AND LIMITED.
$40 p. 10. Daily.-Solid vestibule
trains with sleeper from Norfolk to
Chattanooga via Salisbury, Morganton,
Asheville, Hot Springs and Knoxville.
Connects at Durham for Oxford,
GAINESVILLE and Keysville, except Sun
day. at Greensboro with the Wash
ington and Southwestern Vestibule
Oimited) train for all poins North and
with main line train No. 10 for Dan
vile, Richmond and intermediate local
stations; also, has connection for Win
ston. Salem and with main line train
No. 35, United States Fast Mail" for
Charlotte, Spartansburg, Greenville,
Columbia, Augusta, Charleston, Sa-
Florida. Sleeping Car for Atlanta,
Jacksonville and at Charlotte with
Sleeping Car for Augusta.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
Has q. m. Daily.-Solid train con
sisting of Pullman Sleeping a and
coaches from Chattanooga to Norfolk,
arriving at Norfolk at 5 a. m, in time
to connect with the Old Dominion
Merchants and Miners, Norfolk and
Washington and Baltimore, Chesa,
peake and Richmond 8. 8. Co.'S for all
points North and East.
Connects at Selma for Fayetteville
and intermediate stations on the Viii
son and Fayetteville Short Cut daily,
except Sunday for Newbern and More
head City daily for GOldsbOro and Wi
mington and intermediate stations on
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
Express Train.
$50 a.. m. Daily.-Connects at Dur,
at Greensboro for Washington and all
points North.
Express Train.
300 .. m. DAily-For Goldsboro and
intermediate stations.
Local Accommodation.
200 q. m.-Connects at Greensboro
for all points for North and South and
Winston Salem and points on the
! Northwestern and North Carolina Rail
/ road. At Salisbury, for all points il
! Western North Carolina, Knoxville
/ Tenn. Cincinnati and western points
at Charlotte, for Spartanburg, Green
| willie. Athens, Atlanta and all points
South.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RALEIGH, n. c.:
/ Express Train.
BOB B.. N. Daily.-From Atlanta
Charlotte, Greensboro and all points
South.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
$40 o. N. DaiIy.-From all point:
east, Norfolk, Tarbore, Wilson and
water lines.
From Goldsboro, Wilmington, Fay
e~tteville and all points in Eastern Caro-
lima.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
IL :45 a. m. Daily.-From New York.
Washington, Lynchburg, Danville and
Greensboro, Chattanooga, Knoxville,
Hot Springs and Asheville.
Express Train.
8:53 a.. m. Daily.-From GoldsborC
and intermediate stations.
Local.
7:2O a. ~. Daily.-From Greensboro
and all points North and South. Sleep
ing car from Greensboro to Raleigh.
900 p. m Daily except Sunday
From GuldsbOtO and ali points East.
Local freight trains also carry pas,
sengers.
Pullman cars on night train from
Raleigh to Greensboro.
Double daily trains between Raleigh,
Charlotte and Atlanta. Quick time
unexcelled accommodation.
w. II. GREEN,
General Superintendent.
w. A. TURK,
General Passenger Agent,
Washington, D. G.
T M CHIP Traffic Ma0a0aP
1t costs q great deal Of money to run
m 9oO1o. like Tbo PrOOg,oooS1,o EJ0aayoo o..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-06
In Foreign Lands

During this century over 160, 00O,-
900 copies Of the word of God have
been printed, in over $50 different dia.
lects and languages.
Tits announced that Baron Hirsch's
widow has donated $50, OOO, 900 to pro-
mote the emigration of Russian Jews
to Argentina.
Arrangements are being made by
the Wesleyans to make extensive ag-
gressions in those parts of London
where the population is rapidly in
creasing.
The Salvation Army in Great Brit
ain has raised $118, 775, during it's late
seif-denial week. This is an increase
of $25, coo over the amount raised last
year.
During three weeks, in Belfast. Ire
land, 300 men and 1913 women were
charged with offenses connected with
intemperance, and only 80 with any
other eff ense against the law.
The Christian Alliance proposes to
plant a line of stations in Central
Africa 1000 miles long, from Matadi
TO lake Tanganyika, IN the eastern
boundary Of the Congo Free State.
The most Protestant country in
the world is Sweden. Out of a pOpula-
ton of {, 900, 600 there are only 1000
Roman Catholics. The remainder are
members of the Lutheran Church.
Missionary work in China is prob
ably more difficult than in any other
land, yet to a single missionary-the
late Rev. j. A. Lezenberger-were
given to his missionary life $40 adult
converts.
Medicine opened Korea to mission
ary work, and has occupied a most
important place since. Schools closely
followed, and there are now more than
80 missions, under the care of seven
denominations.
When asksd why he favored the
spread of Christianity, a Japanese
statesman replied: the Christian sub
jects of Japan are conspicuous for or
derby conduct and faithful discharge
of obligation"
There are s 1875 Indian children re,
ceiving the rudiments Of an education,
a knowledge of the arts of industry
and the habits of thrift, in the 290 In
dian schools of the Northwest and
Rritish Columbia.
Ecuador, 1.-The equator country, >
for that is what the name means, has
no missionary, and never has had. It's
area is twice as large IS that Of Great
Britain and Ireland. 1t has a popula.
i ton of 1920. 900.
The conversion is reported of a
Persian Moslem who a year ago was
accustomed to battle every night II
order to wash off the pollution Of con
tact with Christians during the day,
Now he has suffered the c~onfiscation Of
his property and the loss Of both hif
ears rather than surrender his faith ii
/ Christ,
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1t costs O. great deGI Of money to ran
q paper Like The Progressive Farmer.
If y0W OaUe anything, send the money
today. Don't WGit WntI tomorrow.
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abiding faith in the Alliance and be-
lieve, If properly managed, she can be
of incalculable benefit to the State Of
North Carolina, therefore we urge all
county Alliances to join us in this call
for Especial meeting about the third
day of May next.
Respectfully submitted,
BEN. T. TUGwELL, Pres. ,
M. L. MOVE, Sec'y.
FarmVille Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-06
Farmville Alliance.

Every neighborhood has a farmer a
little more progressive than the aver
age, n who always has the best of
everything. These are the persons to
whom to go for improved stock, for
advice as to breeds, for lessons in the
care of stock,