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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03
PEACE OF SUSPENSE.
An Experience Which brings u Not
Only Pain Hut Power.

In one of her very suggestive little
papers Mrs. Meynell says of certain
woman that ''she had learnt the difficult
peace of suspense" These words hap
PLY express in compact form one of the
most trying experiences through
which men are compelled TO pass, and
they also suggest the possibility of
meeting even this experience with
quietness.of spirit. That nothing is so
hard as suspense" all men are agreed in
acknowledging. Even the bravest, for
whom no act is too daring, or the most
persistent, who refuse to be beaten or
discouraged, shrink from long-contin-
ued uncertainty. 1t is easy TO charge a
height flaming with the glare of swift
ly-exploding cannon, but IL is difficult
to stand quietly and patiently while
the same guns rake the waiting ranks
yolley after volley. IL is not difficult
for healthy men and women to act even
when action involves the greatest peril;
but the greater the vitality and force OF
man or woman. the greater the strain
of inaction. Action is n natural relief
to the spirit, normal form of it's ex-
preston; inaction Is a denial of the in
stinct TO act, repression of natural out
go of energy. But action is not all of
life; action is, as Matthew Arnold
| pointed out, wasted and even pernicious
unless IL is based on intelligence. To
act wisely and effectively one must
thoroughly understand the ground of
his action. Now, IL often happens that
in suspense we are unconsciously pre-
pared TO deal with a problem which
we long to solve on the instant, but
which we are not yet I'm n position to
solve. Suspense is painful lesson, but
lesson nevertheless; an experience.
That is, which brings MS not only pain
but wisdom and power. II has often
happened 10 the greatest men to be
compelled to wait long on unfavorablc
conditions and 20 be kept In almost In
| terminable periods Of suspense; and
no careers are more admirable than
| those which have taken shape under the
pressure OF long uncertainty. The sus-
pense which educates may be painful,
but IL cannot be fruitless; and he who
discovers this truth and lays hold of Il
for himself is in the way of learning
the difficult peace of suspense."-N Y.
| Outlook.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03
Yes, indeed, | shall tell him TO-

"Yes, indeedi / shall tell him TO-
right"
''Then you may say that am willing
20 do anything can in the matter"
"Ill tell him. It's very good and kind
of you 20 offer TO help; don't know
how we can ever make IL up 10 you."
Philip hesitated little before saying
that which would push him still farther
into the UNEMPLOYED regions Of duplic-
ity; then he answered her.
'You can pay me with your approval;
you can help me immeasurably--not by
lifting me over the hard places. as you
did awhile ago, but by giving me credit
for the energy and pluck that ought
TO have. Will you do tbat?"
''Indeed / will" There was no en-
barrassment in her manner now, and
no shadow of reserve in the honest blue
eyes that were lifted to his. "we will
all help you; and believe with all my
heart that you will win--I don't mean
for Mr.. Kilgrow alone, but for your
self"
Thank you; that's enough until I
have done something" he said. and
they went on down the mountain.
fro BE Continued
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03

not because she wns afraid TO trust
Thorndyke, but rather for the reason
that the daughter of James Duncan
could not well help inheriting some
thing OF his cautious habit. At length
she said: Perhaps you could think
OF some way 10 help him; I'll tell you
the story, but you mustn't say anything
about il at home till afte- I've told
father. Let's move back little way,
40 he can't see as from down there"
They retreatcd few steps from the
brow of the cliff and Elsie sat down upon
a log, while Philip stretched himself
upon the grass at her feet.
"The trouble commenced long time
age, when the mountaineers used to
make whisky and sell ii to the valley
people," she began. "rhey knew IL
was against the law, but don't think
they cared much about that, and, any
way, they kept on till one time the
revenue officers rnided the mountain.
at that time John Kilgrow was living
on a little farm over yonder where you
see the old orchard, and for years he
had been in the habit of making a few
gallons of apple brandy from the apples
| that he couldn't sell. I'm sure he never
thought he was doing wrong; and
father says he never sold any of the
brandy, though he used to give it away.
sometimes, to his neighbors. Besides
the place up here, he owned farm in
the big valley, and that was rented out
TO a man by the name OF Gates.
Father says Gates always had bad
name; he used to encourage the noun
taineers TO make whisky, and then he
would help them sell IL in the valley.
He was owing Mr.. Kilgrow two or
three years back rent at the time OF
the raid, and to get out of paying he
told the deputy constable-or what
ever you call him-that Mr.. Kilgrow
made brandy, Offering TO show him the
house and the STILL"
"rhe internal wretch!-I beg your
pardon-I didn't mean to be profane
Please go on"
"Cates did what he said he would
but he was sharp enough TO see that
Mr.. Kilgrow might get clear If he wa:
taken, or that he himself might be ar
rested as witness; 80 he went to Mr.
Kilgrow first and pretended TO war;
him as a friend. Did you ever hear OF
such mean thing?"
Never. hope it didn't succeed"
"Yes, it did; IL all turned out just a:
Gates had planned. The revenue mel
surrounded the house. but Mr.. Kilgrov
got out OF back window and ran. They
chased him clear away over to the othe'
side of the mountain, shooting at hin
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03

every time they caught sight of him,
and soaring the poor old man so that
he left the country and never did come
back till this spring. And now. as l
say, he's afraid of everybody, except
father, and he lives all alone in cave
down there in the Pocket, farming that
little patch of land for living"
"And what became of the heavy VI
lain Gates, I mean"
That's what makes IL so bad. When
he was sure that Mr.. Kilgrow had left
the country he told II around that he
had bought the farm in the valley; and
when the new town company came
along he sold IL to them, took the
money and went away"
Thorndyle's studies In the law had
necessarily been the reverse of prac-
tical, but as he sat up and refectively
nursed his knees he was surprised at
the readiness with which the lawyers
point of view suggested itself.
"How large was this farm in the
valley?' he inquired, after few mo-
ments of thoughtful silence.
"I don't know that. but father says
II Mr.. Kilgrow had his rights he would
| own half of Allacoochee."
Philip went into another revery, COM
ing out OF II TO say: II wish / were we'll:
1 should enjoy taking up thing Of this
kind. I've half mind 10 try IL, any
way, and take the chances on living
long enough TO sec IL through. You
didn't know I was lawyer, did you?'
"No, indeed; are your"
al presume I'm not. in the useful
sense OF the word, though I have q
| piece OF parchment somewhere among
my belongings that says I am. Perhaps
however. could scare up enough com
mon sense to help your old friend out
of his trouble; IL seems TO be very
clear case"
ooh, Mr.. Thorndykei II you could
only do thatl"
Her face was niight with the sacred
enthusiasm that makes an irresistible
special plender OF every good woman
enlisted In the cause of the unfortunate
and for the second time that day Thorn
dyke felt the subtle inspiration OF heI
personality tingling through his veins
like the fire of n strange wine. There
were incendiary things Mt the tip OF his
tongue. but he withheld them, rising
and saying that they had better &c
back 20 the farmhouse. On the long
walk across tsc platcau he said but liz
tie. asldng an occasional question bear
ing upon Elsie's story and listening az
tentivcly TO her explanations. just be
fore they came In sight Of the house III
asked her 20 wait moment.
"If I am TO do anything for your ole
mountaineer must first have your IN
theirs confidence. Have you made M
your mind to tell him that I'm In th'
J sccrct?"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03
THREE FAMOUS WOMEN.
Known to the World as Models of Great
Virtue.

In stately picture-gnllery of an old
mansion in Norfolk, England, there
hangs among the fair English faces of
the mothers of the race the portrait
of dark young girl. with black hair
and sad, yet defiant eyes. On the
frame are engraved the words:
"Motoake, daughter of the mighty
Prince Powhatani, Emperour of Vir-
ginia: converted Christian, and mar
ried TO the Worshipful Thomas Rolf.
Aged twenty-one, 1916"
This was the heroine Pocahonths.
Tradition states that she bore herself
well as an English matron and the
mother of English children.
At Burghley castle, the seat OF the
Cecils, in Somerset, hangs portrait Of
red-cheeked, INNOCENT girl of sixteen,
which is marked as "The Peasant Coun-
tess" She was Sarah Higgins, the
daughter of laborer, whom the earl
saw and loved for her goodness and
simplicity. He married her, and his
torians assert that with her children
came new and robust virtues into the
family line.
The house of Hspsburg. the oldest
reigning family In Europe, preserves
the portrait of a peasant woman who
was the wife of one of the first counts,
900 years ago. To her, IL is said, they
owe the valor and strength OF body
ond mind which won them their throne.
II Is a singular fact that the peculiar
features of this peasant ancestress are
| still seen in her descendants.
The virtues Of these three women,
being set ON a pedestal OF rank, have
been known to the world for genera
tions. Yet it is wholesome and cheer.
ing to remember how many millions OF
nameless women as good and true and
helpful as they, sleep In unknown
graves, while the work which they did
lives. God has their record, whether
they died princesses or PEASANTS.
There Is homely old proverb which
is worth remembering: whether you
cut your swathe ON the upland OF low.
land does not matter. IL is how you
cut it that counts when wages ARE
paid."-Youth's Companion.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03


Tho the skies are dark and lowerinI.
And the tempest howis IN wrath.
And the rains incessant pouring
scatters puddles IN my path.
Yet see the sunshine breaking.
And bid adieu 10 care
For the sweetest picture making,
Mabefs standing on the stair.
Half way down she runs TO greet me.
Just emerging from the gloom,
Fer she's always sure to meet me
Ere I've reached our coy room,
AS my homeward way I'm vending,
She Is waiting. debonair,
TIL see. the darkness rending.
Mabel's figure on the stair.
Kisses warm and fond embraces
Are the dearest things OF life.
And I'm sure the tabled Graces
Have combined to make my wife.
But with all her other beauties
She has formed a habit rare,
Adding TO her list OF duties
Meeting me upon the stair.
When I end my earthly journeys
And am on the road for home,
Done with life and all its Journeys.
Destined nevermore 10 roam,
oh. ST. Peter, hear n mortal,
Listen TO my earnest prayer,
Place my Mabel at the portal.
Standing on the Golden Stair.
ED T. Sabin. In Chicago Inter Ocean.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03

There are few temptations more COM
mon 10 ardent spirits than that which
leads them TO repine at the lot in which
they are cast. believing that in some
other situation they could serve God
better. II each such man had the spirit
OF self-surrender, the spirit of the cross,
Il would not matter TO him whether he
were doing the work OF the main.
spring or one of the inferior parts. II
Is his duty TO try and be himself, simply
20 try TO do his own duty. w. Rob
ertson.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03

The want which we vainIy proposed
20 relieve soon looks up at ms with re-
proachful face from the still graves.
The tears we failed 20 wipe away dry
upon the check and leave US In the pres
ence Of the nverted features OF distrust.
instead Of the eye OF sweet reliance
The just expectation which we have
disappointed cannot be recovered;
there must be a long undoing before
you can weave again. In even lines and
pattern fair. the tangled web OF life
James Martineau.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03
ner Application.

The study of definitions presents
many obstacles and difficulties 10 child
ish minds.
"Spell ferment and give its dcfini-
tion," requested the school teacher.
"F-e-r-m-e-n-t. ferment. TO work." re-
sponded diminutive maiden.
snow, place Il in n sentence, so that |
may be sure you understand its mean
ing" said the teacher.
"In summer would rather play out
of-doors than ferment IN the school
house." returned the small scholar with
such dolcful frnnlVness and unconscious
humor that the teacher found IL hard
10 suppress a smile.-Youth's COM
pnnion.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03
VIII.
THE HERMIT OF THE POCKET.

THE HERMIT OF THE POCKET.
"Wait a minute and I'll help you,"
said Philip, bursting his way through
tangle Of briers toward Elsie, who stood
at the foot of a miniature cliff, the last
in the series guarding the summit.
For answer she sprang lightly TO n
projecting ledge, balanced herself and
..arted up the face of the rock without
appearing TO touch IL. There was
great rhododendron at the top, and her
laughing face was framed against the
background of glowing color as she
called down to him:
''I'm waiting; shnn't / give you q
hand?"
Philip said no, climbing laboriously
after her. Half way up he slipped and
slid back 10 the bottom; when he tried
again she threw herself down upon the
cit top of the rock, grasped his wrists
just as he was losing his hold for the
second time and pulled him to firm
footing beside her. IL was nothing but
a bit OF spontaneous helpfulness, but
none the less the incident served TO re-
open the question which Philip had just
dismissed. He sat down at her feet TO
recover his breath while she gathered a
handful of the rhododendrons.
"Did IL tire your" she asked.
"No, not very much. / wasn't think
ingof that. was trying to bring myself
10 the point of telling you something
that you ought to know"
ITS II about yourself?"
eyes"
She sat down beside him to arrange
the flowers. 81 am listening" she said,
cncouragingly.
The opportunity had come, but
Thorndyke trifed with IL. "Do you
know why came TO Alabama" he be-
gan.
"why, yes; II was on account OF your
health, wasn't it?"
ut was; but did you know that my
case In quite hopeless"
II knew you thought IL So"
81 still think so-the doctor as good
as told me IL was; and yet, do you
know, that just now I feel that under
some circumstances / might win my
way back TO health and strength
again?"
That's the way you ought 20 feel al
the time; it's more than half the battle
Thorndyke remembered Protheroe''
words and wondered IL he had repeated
them. TO Elsie. 81 suppose l should, but
i can't. II was just as you lifted me
over the edge OF the rock; II seemed o.
II you gave me a new hold upon life out
Of your abundance. Queer, wasn't it?'
This was not at oil what he had begun
20 say. but the words chose themselves
sits astonishing what Retrospective
field the mind viii cover at pinch
isn't itq Now. in that half second whil'
YOU were helping me got n telescope
glimpse OF my whole life, and it's al
ways been the same wny-some one ha
pulled me up over the hard places bcfor
/ could even try 70 do for myself An'
ft's taken the color out Of everything
there has never been anything lief
worth living and fighting for; II Their
had been might be able to make som
show Of resistance now"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03
SPEAR POINTS.


Rams Horn.
The wish TO shine makes men fools.
Others see our faults as plainly as we
sec theirs.
q little sin has as much death in II as
big one.
The war is not over because we have
lost battle. NF
Whoever knows God well wants TO
know Him better.
Only the man who looks away from
himself has ideas.
Some would rather face a cannon
than their own evils.
We excuse our selfishness by assum-
ing our greater need. *
Our prayers for guidance will not be
heard unless we are willing TO be led.
II takes as close application 20 be .
hypocrite as it does TO be Christian!
The devil has TO fight hard for all
he gets in every home where Christ Is
king.
1t is always safe 20 depend on this:
What God gives us TO do. He will help
us TO do.
Love equaiizes. 30, When we love
God, as He cannot be brought down.
we must be raised.
The priest who passed by on the
other side" was at the head OF a very
long procession.
You can never tell what a man viii
do in a horse trade by the length OF his
prayer .on Sunday.
God is the most hidden thing I'm the
world TO the proud mind; the most APP
parent to the simple heart.
The Bible assures the man who will
devote his energies TO doing good that
he will not find IL losing business.
Our wisdom is often handicapped by
our cumbersome knowledge. like me-
dievel knight scarcely able to move In
his heavy armor.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03
JOHN BROWNS LAST LETTER.
IL Was Written shortly Before His Exc
cution to an Ohio Friend.


'Lora II. Case, of Hudson, o., lately
found among his correspondence let
ter from "Ossawatomie" John Brown,
who lived in Hudson in the early 40s,
dated December 2, 1850, and which is be-
lieved to be the last letter he wrote be-
fore being hanged for the affair at Har-
per's Ferry. 1t is follows:
"Charlestown. jefferson County, Va,
December 2, 1s50.--Lora Case, ESQ.,
Ny Dear Sir: Your most kind and cheer
ing letter of the 2sth of November is re-
ceived. Such an outburst of warm
hearted sympathy, not only for myself.
but also for those who have helped,
compels me to steal moment from
those allowed me in which to prepare
for my last great change, TO send you
q few words. Such a feeling as you
manifest makes you shine Tin my esti-
mation) in the midst of this wicked and
pervcrse generation as n light in the
world, and may you ever prove yourself
equal TO the high estimate have placed
upon you. Pure and undefiled religion
before God and the Father is, as / un-
derstand IL, an active mot dormnnt)
principle. / do not undertake TO direct
any more In regard TO my children. 1
leave that work entirely 20 their ex-
cellent mother, from whom I have just
parted. / send you my salutation with
my own hand. Remember me 10 all
your and my dear friends. Your friend,
JOHN BROWN"
st. Louis Republic.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03

1t may help MS TO find our possibili-
ties for good 20 remember that in the
purpose and providence of God we are
here for a good. and not for an evil.
purpose. Time and place and circum-
stances ore just right for the working
out Of Gods good purpose. lie Inns
made no mistake In placing as and Civ
ing us our opportunity. II is only n
question OF our faithfulness.--United
Presbyterian.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03

One Sunday while Scotch bailic wnH
experimenting the collection plate, an
old lady came, and, dropping penny
into the plate. passed into the church.
In short time she rcnppeGyd. ssd.
lifting her penny out OF The plate. went
out. The bailie asked for an explnna-
tlon OF her strange conduct" "0h."
says she. II am In the wrong kirk,
Spare Moments.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-03

AS poisonous ingredients destroyed
the whole vessel OF pottage, so an 9TH
erwise good character may be under
mined by one fatally bcsetting sim
Rev. IT. s. Hoffman.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-15

had been dug out in the course OF some atera, M .o
tons For years my friend USED this uiio ,hnt h
ton came off and the revelation was mace INA.
the cane was hollow. Thrusting down DhGei, ,
the owner brought out vellum mssiVe. S lniS
proved 10 be a letter to the Earl or Essex ssneu
to the royal side, ard promising In recoinpense
for 50 doing his own gratitude and the rchest c, re-
ward that monarch could bestow upon supJcG.' sJ,
After the death Of my friend; l was Pe' me n,.
rcd to show the treasure. for such In fact it was.
at the British Museum. Alas, for the hopes tiis. ,
had been formed. Mr Warner brought me ous
a practical fac simile. and told me tiid, o'n. 3
,varn in existence Comics had been made, ana
several had been dispatched by different handS
in the hope that one might reach the Ear; me
copy held had obviously failed 10 reach' .'', Wv, -,
thn 'inocnious nIan of concealinent prevented ltS
detection until the days Of Queen victoria
New-York tribune., 1897-08-15

In the caisscn the hracing timbors in thelr
square bulk, a network Of wood. shut OH the
workInen from view until one is fairy upon
them unless the visitor crouches down Oh 'iC
muddy bottom where he can get an unoDstructeu
picture limited only by the compartment "ai''.
Standing erect there ATE only v!stas OF ianes VI
tmbering and the "sandhogs" are only 10 pe
seen when they pass from one spot or "orh ~
another carrying along their water-Jet anu 'iio'
ing the blowpipe to a new place
The work of these men is much that Oh al"
ordinary laborer. AS the caisson sinNs' '"e
river bottom within has to be scraped, cut anu
washed away. The men crouch GOWN lo"' O"'
squirting with the water-jet. when sehuS ou'
q stcodv poverful stream osoning the earth.
Another kneels at the mouth Of the blowppe'
that, by it's strong suction, carries away '"e
wafer and nushes toward it the mud and sand
that some Of that may be forced out at the
sar,o time The position Of these men IRE
sistibIy suggests a group of newsboys at game
of craps There is only the romance oi inc
caisson chamber. with its umhers ana hluu' ~
make one think of the art of modern engineering
Stones, pieces Of rock, logs ana heaNy ucDi''
are carried up through an "air lock- in baskets
To break up rocks an explosion Is irequeh'S
usc1. and axes. pickaxes and shovels are all on
tho soil But the blowpipe in the hands ol COM
pctont "sandhoes" will carry of the puih ol "e
dirt and "muck" Of the river BID.
Tho "sardhogs" are a sturdy body OF i'e'''
Thny need to be- to cope with the tlrihS "olN
and the exposure they have to undergo. oh '"e
whole they arc q far superior class to the men
who do the same work in the open ar Inv
exhaustion IS felt not so much IN the caiSSoii ~
self as it is when the open air is reached al'c'
Gaming through the air lock. Then II he Has
bccn working at anything at a depth the S'I'u-
hog is ant to become suddenly numb lie HdS
10 be carefully rubbed down end walked 'lso'-
ously in this event.
overhead. when one is in this chamber me
mon in the open air are he lrinG on fresh docks
or STONE bv the hundreds Of tons. Wheh 'he
caisson is finished its weight will be something
like IL 900 tons Yet. with good fiacuoh o'
this mass above one in the Dc pth OF the casSoh
never thinks Of any danger from TINS source
Above the roof steel trusscs arc laid ana coNereu
with cement These carry the enormous weight
without the slightest risk of giving way. 'a'S-
son art is So perfected that accidents OF TINS
sort never happen.
Coming out under the sky is easy, save 'ha'
hoots covered with river mud have prodiglous
weight. Again the "air lock" is closed. IhoSe
within it bow their heads as the compressed ar
New-York tribune., 1897-08-15

into a solid mass. they came to a pipe three
feet in diameter the top of which was just above
the topmost layer of stone.
Here lay the entrance TO the caisson chamher'
An iron ladder extended in ii to the river bed be-
low. Seven or eight feet down was PLATFORM ts
centre a circular door that was artIght ana
then shut the ridge surrounding it just large
enough for three men to stand on comfortably.
As the engineer the writer and the lock
tender took their places upon TINS rldSe 'he
aforementioned closed a similar door above
The three were in complete darkness. 1hey
were in the air lock-" and gradually they must