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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18
BARNEY BARNAT0 DEAD.
Was Drowned Of the North
African Coast.

A-Ons ouuO 1tu-
night-)-A special dispatch
from Funchal, Island of Ma
deira. off the west coast OF
Morocco, says that on fhe arr
rival there today Of the British
steamer Scott, which left Table
Bay (Cape Town on June 9 for
Southampton, it was announced
that Barney Barnato, The South
African diamond king" who
was among tae passengers, had
committed suicide by leapine
overheard. His body was re-
covered.
The Daily Telegraph says hsJ
fell overheard. (
The late BarneyABarnato was
In many respects The most re-
markable speculatof Of the
century. OF all the Enelishmeu
who have taken part in the de-
velOpment of South Africa two
only have secured a world wide
reputation. These have been
Cecil Rhodes and Barnett
lsaacs, more often and less
respectfully styled Barney
Barnato. BarBato was an as
sumed name, a sort Of stage
name. for he began his life i'm
South Africa by exhibiting a
trick donkey about twenty -fiys
Years ago.
In the autumn Of 1895 when
the boom in Kaffirs, the shares
of the comparatively new gold
mine of the Transvaal, South
Africa, was at its height, every
man, woman and child in LoD<
don with money to invest, in
vested il in Kaffrs. The craze
was the last OF those financial
fevers which periodically attack
conservative England, the
"Sonth Sea bubble" being the
first. For months IL Was the
controlling passion in London
and it was scarcely less ram
pant in Paris and Berlin. The
shares went at Hnheard of fig
ures and fortunes were made
in day. The center of this
financial outbarst was Barney
Barnato, and he was conserva-
lively estimated at that time as
worth between 500, GOO
and $4,000 900. Among his
assets vas a bank originally
capitalized al s12. 100000 In a
few months the stock rose in
value to $40. 900, 900.
The Kimberley diamond
mines were just beginning To-
be prodacttve- W then be reached
South Africa With his few
pounds of capital he began
! dealing in diamonds in a small
way. He was clpser and push
ing. Everything he touched he
made successful. In Eve years
be bad earned enough in the
retail trade TO parchase shares
in he mines from which his
mrrebandise bad come. Before
five years had rlaped his
holdings at Kimberley had be-
come very large. and y 49,
TranssaaI gold kek1
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18
MORGAN On CUBA.
Declares the CuhaDs Have a
Strong and Fixed Civil
Government.

-
an interview last night said;
Il have information from most
reliable authority that Cuba is
under the control of a complete
organized civil government,
stronger to-day than 1t ever
was, aud so we'll established
that il is impossible now for the
Spaniards 10 overthrow ii. The
Cubans have by the natural
resources of that part of the
island III which they are DOM
inant, sufficieae food supplies
TO sustain them to the end. The
tactics of Gen. Gomez in he
meantime battles the Spaniards
sfeelaalIy.
La the meantime tlIe siiua-
rion is 80 grave in Spain that
OF the trained, seasoned, disci-
plined troops, as many as 80,
900 men, SO, 600 Of whom might
have been taken on The island,
swept it from one end to the
other. But that 10 Cow oHt Of
the Question. These trained
soldiers are wanted at home tn
meet dangers that are threaten
ing the throne. T1e Spanish
government is afraid TO put in
control a nan not in accord
with its past policy, SO they re-
tanned Canuvas TO secure his
influence over the army and
the forces that will stand by
the throne. They feel safer ia
tne pursuance Of this policy
with Weyler in Cuba pursuing
his own policy OF destruction
and determination.
at is impossible for me even
to conjecture what President
Mckinley will do. Bat whatever
this government may do, [ an
satisfied that this is one revO
lBtiois which will not 60 back
ward. Work has already been
accomplished sad established
which must result In The iUde-
pendence of Cuba. The sedate
action Of the Senate of the Unit
ed States defining the relations
betweeH Spain aud Cuba is a
firm and irEevocabfe deClara-
zion of the truth that there is
war In the Island Of Cuba.
Tine administration Is sub
jeeted TO The pressnFe Of two
classes of Americas eitiZens
concerning themselves about
purely business matters. One
10 that which is sand to have
between $50, 100000 and 500,
600. 900 invested in the island.
The other is the class which in
this case, as we'll as, In every
osb4r like it, avail themselves
of tbs oppor unity to make
money out Of the dilemmas and
distresses OF others. They
would haze as the basis of such
an Independence the ISSUANCE
of sso.Ooo,ooo of bonds. one
BALI to BE- devoted to displacing
tho losses sustained by Amer
Jeans and the other half TO go
into he poekrts Of the bond
holders and bond plaeeFs. This
government ) think is now In a
r,: ,...t n ttnoa
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02

The great problem Is, after all, how
shall one grow In sympathy and tender
ness and generosity andconsideration2
How shall he feed on high thoughts ind
noble aims2 How shall he be swift Go
discern and avail himself OF those OPP
portunities for usefulness TO others
which are the best channels OF his own
growth? How shall he hold clear and
close relation. with the divine energy?
"Be one Of the conquerors!" said Bal
zac. The universe belongs 10 him who
wills and loves and prays; but he must
Will, he must love, he must prayi" In
n word. he must possess wisdom, force
and faithl--Lilian whiting.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02
FOR SUNDAY READING.
LlFE.s SHADOWS.

A lesson they may read who run.
lesson easy understood:
God gives not every good 10 one,
But TO each one He gives some good:
Nor doth He on one single soul
Pile up whate'er there Is OF IA,
But Just that measure OF the whole
That best viii work His righteous Will.
IT'S light and shadow all life's way.
A Joy to-day, tomorrow woe;
We weep at noon. at night we're gay.
And thus through life our way we so.
In all the providence OF God.
His purpose is our highest good.
But, like some senseless. stupid clod,
We do not use such as We should.
The fitting shadows in our lives.
The temptlngs, the disturbing nears,
The clash OF interests, which contrives
To MI with anxious care our years,
Serve but 10 make stand out more clear.
And with a beauty else unknown,
Those sweet delights we hold most dear,
And brighter for the shadows thrown.
That which Is meant 10 make us strong
Amid life's constant warning din,
To give us strength against some wrong,
To do US good, keep from some sin,
We oftentimes misapprehend,
And chafe. and fret. and count X Ill.
And thus what would be good we blend
With what makes life the harder stil.
Then let US strive 20 be content
In whatsoever state we are,
To take with grateful hearts what's sent.
Nor question as TO what our share.
He knowerh best who knoweth all.
And what the best for each would do;
On His arm let our burdens fall.
And trust His love 10 bear us through.
William q. Haeselbarth. in Christian
Work.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02
tro DE coNrrNuEp,l


"a cat will fall on its feet always,
while a coon will always land on its
back" commented an old hunter as we
galloped through one Of the mountain
hollows in southwestern Missouri. Il
s'pose the reason is obvious. A coon
has an Inie rubber back"
"a rubber back?" incredulously.
"Sures you're born. A coonll fall
from the topmost branch of the tallest
tree on it's back every time. The fall
would kill any other animal. How
about the coon? He just lunches up
In the air about 25 feet like rubber
ball and comes down on dogs neck.
WHY, I've seen n coon bound like ba-
by's rubber ball.
'I have been told-Ive never seen II
that the coon's favorite amusement
IL bouncing. onc'll drop from a tree
and bounce; then anotherll drop and
bounce, and they'll keep that up by the
hour. So say a coon has real rubber
back" (All Of which will not be found
I'm any book on natural history.)-De-
troit Free Press.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02
lNcoNslDERATeLY BUSY.
A Parable for Our own Hurrying Ase
-ReIntIve Importance of Things.

A Parable for Our own Hurrying Ase
-ReIntIve Importance OF Things.
And as thy servant was busy here and
there. he was gone.--l Kings. 22:40.
The parable which touched the heart
of the discontinued king was meantfor
us. We are anxious about too many
things, and while we are busy here and
there, lol the principal thing is gone.
We live in hurrying age. 1t Is pc
culiarity OF this generation always 10
be in a rush--the old things are pass
ing away and all is becoming new.
We ask questions and are In too much
of hurry to wait FOR an answer. Re
form Is slow process-when IL Is hur-
ried il is called revolution. II Is then
followed by reaction, and often the
last state Is worse than the first. God
IS never in hurry.
IN religious service from soul TO soul
nothing counts like personality. A
Christ undertakes the reformation Of a
planet. II Is a task 10 quail the stout
est heart, but He never hurries. His
calm Is ever unruffled. Day by day He
goes about His Fathers business, now
talking all day by the side of Galilee's
blue lake, with n few humble fisher
men, now spending the long periods in
prayer. His was ever the same tran
guilty and peace; not In crying in the
streets, but in quietness and humility
was His work done. And when we
come 10 think IL over and count IL up
we find that Jesus Christ did more work
than any man who ever lived upon this
earth. To go about our work know
ingly rather than in an unwise haste Is
20 follow the pattern Of our Divine Mas
ter and Leader.
Science is not the enemy, but the ally
or religion. Theologians are beginning
10 apply the methods of science 10 their
department Of knowledge. Beyond
science and beyond theology Is the hear
OF conservation for his fellow men
which he who would do the work as
signed him must have; without which
like the man who was busy here an6
| there, one will lose the whole object O
! his life. We ought moreover 10 sex
that the things that we do are wortl
the doing. The man in our story missed
the relative Importance of the thing
he had 10 do What Is the one thfnl
we are TO do above all others? To hin
who is busy in money-getting, TO tn
lawyer. whose sole thought in thi
world is the law, 10 the doctor. wh'
thinks little beyond his patients anc
their medicines, 10 each one wholly ab
sorbed in his worldly occupation comes
i the voice while he Is busy here ant
there, and the man, like the king, 4
heavy and displeased.-Homiletic Re
view.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02

small room with a glance. II thought
you'd move back 20 your old room"
WILDLY shuddered. 81 don't care TO
sleep there; by Jove, don't believe
could close my eyes"
The two men had taken seats oppo-
site each other, and the lawyer empha-
sized his next remark by laying his
hand firmly on Whidby's knee. My
boy, this will never do. You'd never
make soldier. You've got TO rouse
yourself and shake IL Oft. You'll lose
your reason IL you go brooding over
this thing. To tell the truth, you are
looking worse and worse every day.
Did you sleep last night?"
About two hours, all told" replied
WILDLY. ~ know 1 am in bad shape. /
can see IL and feel H."
look here, my boy" the colonel
slapped Whidby's knee soundly, Il
want you to pull up and take trip TO
Europe. IL will give you charge OF
scene and something else 20 think
about. You'll be n new man in n
month"
WILDLY rose and began 10 place his
papers in order on the table. "Td never
be able TO think OF anything else, no
matter where / was; and then IL would
be like running away; by Jove, itwould
be running away. / am sure that I've
done wrong in keeping back that matter
from Hendricks. It's cowardly."
"You could tell them nothing that
would help them, and IL would only
place you under deeper suspicion" the
lawyer replied.
"My Godl I'd Just as soon be In a
prison cell as here under the awful un-
certainty as to whether did II or not. '
what did you say? What do you
mean?"
WILDLY walked slowly from the table
and laid his hand on his friends shout.
der.
at am afraid / had something 20 dc
with the murder. 1 can't figure IL out
any other way. The blood on the cur
tain; the stain you found on the chair;
my dim recollection OF taking hold OF
the chair; the drop of blood on my cuff
why, my hand-it was the right hand
you know-must have been absolutely
wet with t."
"Are you fool enough TO think yot
could have killed n man in your slceI
without being conscious OF the act2 BE
sides, remember the smile on Strong
face; you're obliged 10 admit"
That's exactly what puts me on this
line" WILDLY interrupted. II noticed
In New York paper an interview Will
DIR. Henry Lampkin, the famous hyp
motto expert, In which he said casual,
that from what he read OF the case h
judged that my uncle was hypnotizc'
by the murderer. Well. Warrenton,
am sure II were 10 tell him what oc
CURED 20 me that night he would sa.
that was also Observation-Disclosures
haps--1 was made 90 do the deed foi
! some one eise Such things have bco'
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02

o Bedouin: 1.-THE. barefooted and bllthe. the
roIlicking melody
which through thy lips so lightsome slips
Is the ballad Of 'Rosaiie.
The Prairie Flower" and gracious power.
within the ancient tune,
Brings back the day when rode away. I'm
the buxom month OF June.
When the slender stalks OF the hollyhocks
lifted the blooms so high
Above the wall that they shouted all !:
Good-by. my lover. good-by."
And In tunic yellow. a wild bird mellow.
and mad with tipsy Joy.
Tilted the rhyme OF his tuneful chime 10 the
INT OF a whistiing boy.
No meadow lark In the misty dark. when
winging her upward way
From cloud to cloud, and carolling loud N
waken the sleeping day,
No whip-poor-will. In the twilight stfil.
lamenting I'm lonely shade,
Where nrefiies seek for her and peek into
every glimmering glade,
No slave refrain. with warp OF pain ana =
welt OF psalm between.
NO aria trllled. 10 audience thrilled, by the
art OF the opera queen,
NO shepherds hail In a hawthorn vale, nc
mariners Home ahoy."
VETS my eyes like thoughts that rise with
the lit OF whistling boy.
Through my happy tears. across the years
on the upland farm see.
Driving his line OF lowing kline the iaddi.
that once was me,
Whisting clear TO the thrushes near tina,
CHEEKY, quaint old strain,
Lettering slow, In the long ago. up m,
blossoning orchard lane.
We know that some, when death has come
and all iife's toll is DER,
On the river brim have heard a hymn f,oa,
up from the farther shore,
But at Charon's ford, one low. sweet chord
VIII all my fear destroy,
III over the tide, from the otherside, come
the III OF whistling boy.
Robert Mcintyre. In Chicago Times
Herald
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02
CHAPTER VII.

A week went by. The body OF Richard
N. Strong had been buried, and Alfred
WILDLY was considered the legal posses
sor of his effects. WILDLY had not been
seen on the streets or at his club since
the murder. II was on the eighth day
after the burial that Col. Warrenton
called TO see him. He was shown up to
Whidby's room.
The young man rose from the table
at which he was writing, and shook
hands with his friend. He was pale,
thin and nervous. His eyes were sunk
en-, his hair and dress untidy.
"Still up here in your new quarters,
said the colonel. sweeping the rather
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02

ton from the man who was prowiing
round the house last night. l wish
I had shot him."
A deep silence followed her remark.
Fred Walters looked at her with a
panied, puzzled expression, and as he
saw that she was folding her napkin
preparatory to leaving, he put out his
hand 20 detain her, but she pushed 1t
AWAY impatiently. "Keep the natter
TO yourselves" she said, angrily. "You
all have so much more intelligence than
1 have"
After she had left the room no one
spoke for several minutes. The mayor
took the note from his pocket and ST.
lently reread IL. II was as follows:
Dear Sir:
make your reward $500 900. and even then
you would never capture me- That was a
rash thing for you 90 do. Look 20 the safe
Nv OF your family. YouTn never know the
moment II viii happen. Your case SHAH
receive my earliest consideration.
"ONE WHO KNOWS HIS BUSINESS
"what are you going TO dor Mrs
Roundtree faltered. rising with her hus-
band.
Take IL to the police and that New
York detective" he answered. IT'S
all I can do, and that's my duty"
at would not go out so early saic
Mrs. Roundtree. do you think II vii
be safe TO leave us alone?"
Erred can stay; i shall not let thi'
make any difference in my usual habits
Besides, think IL Is only an idle
| threat"
eyes, I will stay" Walters agreed
at don't like TO leave Lillian, anyway
she Is not well; she has not finished he
| breakfast"
"Had you not better ask the police u
guard our house? We are so isolated
YOU know" And in her deep anxiet.
Mrs. Roundtree leaned heavily on he
husbands arm.
81 shall ask the police and Mr.. Hen
bricks about that, and shall do as the
advise. I'd better go down at once"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS.
Some Thoughts In brief from the
United Presbyterian.

The best prayer Is for qualification
for our duties and responsibilities.
We pray much for power, when prob
ably we are not exercising the power
already given us.
Faith, hope, charity, these three, II
you have these you have the greatest
graces, far above all gifts.
A selfish man, IL Christian at all,
Is n Christian OF the lowest type. 1T
Is more blessed to give than 10 receive"
Christianity Is not n mere system OF
doctrines we are 20 believe; IL is also
designed 20 shape the daily life into
an imitation OF Christ.
Hall Game we'll says: ut is not by
giving votes 20 n nation, but by
strengthening the soul Of n nation, that
IL becomes great and free"
Elijah and Jeremiah had been less
pessimistic II they had been less earn
est. II Is the man who most earnestly
desires 20 see the world better than ~
Is, that most deeply deplores It's pres
ent condition.
Grace is not hereditary, but IL Is n
blessed thing to be the children of god
ly parents. We scarcely realize how
much we owe 90 the grace that gave us
the trimming OF those who feared the
Lord, In home where all the inhu-
ences made for purity. truth and love.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02
Just shrewd Judgment.

She-I went 20 n fortune-teller to-day,
Just for n lark, and she told me lot
OF things.
He-Yes, some of them hit IL pretty
closely, but l hope you don't think
there Is anything supernatural about
their powers. They just use shrewd
Judgment; that is all.
'That may be true, dear. She told
me was married to n man who fell far
short OF what deserve. Indianapolis
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02

he drew nearer she threw IL over the
balustrade into the fiower-beds.
IL did not mean to do that" she cried,
impulsiyely, then she was doggedly
silent.
Pred Walters went down the steps,
picked up the revolver, and came back
examining IL In the light
"It's loaded" he said under his breath
to the mayor.
"Of course it's loaded" the girl
Llurted out. do you think I'd go down
there to meet IA red-handed muir
drer with an unloaded revolyerT'
Then, with a deep flush on her face. she
PASSED through the light at the door
and resumed her seat in the rocking
chair before the window.
my darling" began Mrs. Round
tree, finding her voice at last, and i'd
vnncing towards her.
don't call me pet namesi" broke in
the young wife. women are such
weak beings that the moment one OF
us does a sensible thing she is reproved.
I am not afraid-really afraid-of any
creature that ever walked on the earth.
/ only did what Fred or papa would
have done. Why, am better shot
than Fred, and he knows IL. Let's talk
of something else"
Without another word the mayor and
his wife and son left Fred Walters with
Lillian and went into the drawing-room
"She has always been strange crea'
ture," sighed Mrs. Roundtree, but she
has never acted so queerly before. Oh
I'm very much afraid she and Fred viii
not get along well together. They are
so different. Don't you think he looked
little vexed just now, dearT'
"Morc surprised than anything else
thought" replied the mayor.
Just then Fred and his wife passed
the door. going towards the stairs
"There are two sides TO the question,
Lillian was saying. would you min'
keeping yours TO yourself?"
Fred looked in with flushed face
"we are going to bed" he said. "Sh'
will be all right in the morning. ha'
no business to teach her 10 shoot"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02
1nat = sIirht Mintnke.

Pretty Mrs. Brown was welded 70 her
second husband and had a peculiar way
OF talking about her first and her sec
ond in the same breath, which was CON
fusing 10 her listeners as well as to her
self. One day she planned birthday
party as a surprise 70 Tom Cher second).
About an hour before the guests were to
assemble TO celebrate Toms birthday, she
could contain herself no longer and con-
fided the secret 20 him. A troubled look
stole over his face and he seemed
greatly distressed TO dampen her en-
thusiasm, but upon her questioning
him as to his seeming distress he an
swered. "Why. my dear, this Is Dicks
birthday. not minel"-Liverpool Mcr-
curry.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02

Tact has IFS basis in unselhshness.
10 grows out OF thinking OF another
while you are talking or dealing with
him. Even though man may be ex-
ercising tact for selfish purposes, he
must give the other person the first
place in his thoughts and plan for the
time being. In order 90 ennble him TO be
tactful. Tact grows out Of and indi-
Gates consideration for the rights and
feelings OF Others; n lack Of tact shows
lack OF consideration for their feel
ings and their rights. s. Times.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02

BY the old Saxon law n maiden and .
widow were of different value. The
latter could be bought for one-half the
sum which the guardian Of the maid
vas entitled 20 demand. A man, there
fore. who could not afford 70 buy n
maiden might, perhaps, be able TO pur.
ohoao a widow,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02
Sincerity.

The shortest and surest way 20 live
with honor I'm the world, Is TO be in re.
atty what we would appear TO be; and
II we observe. we shall find that all
human virtues increase and strengthen
themselves by the practice and expert
ence OF them.-Socratcs
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02

The Bible does more than teach how
10 reach n happy heaven II teaches
how TO be happy in an unhappy world.
Rams Horn.