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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16
&c BRING RELIEF.
Congress should Attend strictly % she
Tariff.


A Washington dispatch announces
that Senator Sherman is opposed to
the creation OF permanent tariff coni-
mission. He believes that the passage
of revenue tariff act by the Fifty-fifth
congress will restore business pros
perity.
IL will help TO restore business pros
perity, but q greater help would be
vouchsafed IL congress would attend
strictly 10 the business before il, and
not devote it's attention 90 extraneous
and disturbing questions.
For example, the domestic concerns
OF the American people are OF far great
er account TO them than questions Of
the comfort and prosperity of their
ncighbors. Charity should begin at
home and until our own affairs are in
order we should not be wasting time on
those of outsiders.
IL can scarcely be said that the affairs
Of the people of the United States are
in satisfactory condition just now. A
number of banks are in difficulty In the
west, and croakers are beginning TO
arise TO utter dismal vaccinations. Mr..
William j. Bryan, for instance, is out
delivering his tale of woe. In this man
ner he spoke at a dinner in Lincoln,
Neb., the other night: 81 find. accord
ing TO Dun's report that five of the
eight reports since the election show an
increase of weekly failures over the
corresponding weeks OF last year. For
the eight weeks since the election the
reports show rs business failures more
than for the corresponding weeks of
1898. Attention is called TO these fig
ures because they show either that con
fidcnce has not yet been restored, or
that confidence. il restored. has not re-
stored prosperity. Therepublicans have
promised to restore normal conditions
without increasing the volume Of cur
rency. What they may do hereafter re-
mains TO be seen. but il is evident that
they have thus far failed TO bring re-
lief 10 the people"
Mr.. Bryan seems to delight in these
signs OF calamity. They appear to offer
linn hope Of continued political exist
ence, for he and his party can survive
only on the tribulations OF their coun-
trymen. While we have agitation OF
public questions that lead TO public un-
rest there can be no restoration OF conf
dcnce. Some of our public men have
said that war would be stimulating 10
business, and therefore they would in
vite war, regardless OF the sacrifice OF
life and treasure which would be at
tendant on such adventure. But the
sober sense of the American people ia
opposed TO war, and therefore when con-
gress takes action looking to entang'e-
ment with foreign power, fear is
aroused and business begins TO droop.
1t was hardly 20 be expected that
prompt recovery would follow the long
and exhausting period of depression
through which the country has passed,
but il is safe to say that recovery will
not be accelerated by such performance
rs has recently been witnessed in Wash
ington.-Albany Journal
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16

infected by the alteration in Mr.. ker-
shaw. Everybody became little more
friendly with everybody, and when
Master Kershaw was six months old
and proposal was made to send birth
day present to the little baby, the sug-
gestion was taken up like one o'clock.
Mr.. Pascoe took the big basket OF hot
house flowers into Mr.. Kershaw's room.
and presented IL to Mr.. Kershaw. and
Mr.. Kershaw came out into the Office
and shook hands with ell of us, right
down 10 me.
'Gentlemcn." said he, as he stood ar
the door of his Office, II wish could
tell you how deeply am touched by
your kind thought of my-of my son.
/ shall take this delightful basket Of
flowers home with me this evening, and
shall tell my boy that although he -
only six months old to-day, yet he has
he has friends who wish him well
and look forward with interest, and
hope may say with affection. to the
to the time when"
And here Mr.. Kershaw suddenly
broke down, went hurriedly into his of
flee, and closed the door. Later he went
Off radiant, with the basket of expen-
sive flowers, carried with great care.
The next morning Mr.. Kershaw was
an hour late coming 10 the Office. This
had never happened before within my
knowledge, and there were good many
jokes going round the Office about IL.
| remember that / made one or two OF
the best of them. When he did arrive
he walked straight to his Office aud
turned the key.
Headache after the jollifcation last
night" said the office.
My mother called round that morn.
ing with the baby. l don't believe in
women folk coming into the city all.
but mother was so excited about father
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16
RomarIable Abscnco of MIND.

1t is not an uncommon thing for one
10 devote himself TO foreign language
SO that he dreams i'm IL. but cases are
probably rare I'm which men have even
for a moment forgotten that they spoke
their own tongue. One such case Is re.
lated. IL is said that Frederick Horner,
an Englishnan who spent his time la
adapting plays from the French for
the English stage, was dining once in
an English hotel, when, after he had
eaten. he was seized with a desire To
smoke. lie called the waiter and said
TO him: "pent-on fumer ici2" The
man looked blank. II don't understand
n word of French, sir" he said. Hor-
rer looked the picture of despair.
Then for PHYS sake send me some one
who doesl" he exclaimed. - Youths
Companion.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16

Meantime the elder elector was help
ing along the Thirty Years war. 1t was
these old-time hunters that reduced
the game supply 50 that a hunter must
number his deer by hundreds instead OF
thousands. even though Of royal rank.
Emperor Williams way Of hunting is
not to be compared with that of such
sturdy hunters as Emperor Macmillan
and Charles ", who faced S00-pound
boars with short-handled spears afoot.
or killed chamois with a crossbow
when one foot was slipping toward
thousand-foot precipice six inches
away. Sitting comfortably on a noun
tain runway while the chamois is driven
down from above, as Emperor William
does, and following the chamois along
steep paths where slip or n tremor or
n broken bit of iron meant certain
death, as Maximilian did, are very diff
ferent. Macmillan could throw aspear
through deer and could dodge falling
rocks with the best of mountain hunt
ers. With half dozen men behind
him to load his guns, Wilhelm shoots
habits as they come running at him
rabbits that have been hand fed. En-
peror Maximilinn shot wild boars, load
ing his own crossbow, because his un-
derlings had not the muscle TO bend the
steel. When the old-time hunter had
a little sport with the rabbits he did
not have them driven TO him, but took
n light sportsman's crossbow and
hunted through the woods, after the
still hunters manner, and shot the
animals not with weapon that spread
shot over n yard of surface, but with
half-inch pellet which was often re-
covered and fired again and again.--N.
". Sun.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16
A Dwarf's Ruse.

While Alboin and his dwarf were thus
talking there came IA message from tho
angry queen, who was determined to
be revengcd on Bertholde, for his mock
ing and too presumptious pranSs. The
unfortunate little peasant had TO con-
trive many articles TO escape the ef-
feet of her ill-will, for she too could
invent schemes, and had courtiers and
soldiers ready TO obey her commands.
The message wns to summon the dwarf
60 her presence, and she had four large,
ferocious dogs placed in the court
through which he had 10 pass. They
were fierce beasts. ready 20 attack any
one, but Bcrtholde, finding out what
was in store for him. managed 10 pro-
cure pair OF live hares. These he
threw to the dogs, and while they pur-
sued the prey the dwarf escaped, and
10 the queens surprise appeared before
her, with his usual sarcastic smile.--
Mary Shears Roberts, In ST. Nichohs.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16
WILLIAM Il. As A HUNTER.


Every week or SO cable dispatch an
nounces that Emperor William of Ger
many has killed a big bog Of rabbits.
or. as on one occasion couple OF weeks
ago. one of the biggest stays slain IN
Germany in recent years. To one who
follows these dispatches II is evident
that the emperor kills great deal OF
game; that he Is proud of the fact. and
that he cGn kill his deer man fashion by
still-hunting. and this in spite of the
fact that his left arm is practically
useless. A German paper. Der VALID
mann. gives list of the game that the
emperor has killed up 10 May 81, 1896.
IL is as follows:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16

SHOOK HANDS WITH ALL OF US.
having got good berth that she said
(you know what women are) that she
felt as though she must come straight
down and tell me the news. knocked
at the door OF Mr.. Kershaw's Office, and
he unlocked IL.
beg pardon, sir, for troubling you,
but my mother and the baby-anything
the matter, sir?"
go on, Billing" he said, and turned
his head away.
They've just called, and / thought
perhaps you wouldn't mind II slipped
out for few moments TO show mother
and baby the Tower bridge"
"Billingl"
"Sir?"
do you mind-do you mind bringing
your baby in here for a moment?" lie
coughed as though there was something
in his throat. II should rather like to
see him"
only too proud, sir"
/ brought the baby in myself, because
/ was afraid mother would drop her
aitches and make me look silly I'm some
way. sat the little beggar on the table.
and I'm blest if he didn't put out both
his chubby arms TO Mr.. Kershaw.
Fact!
~ expect he amt the baby yours IL.
sir" remarked, respectfully. Mr. Ker.
shaw was patting the tiny chin and
whispering baby-tallS to the little kid.
mo, Billing" he said. "No." Hc
turned away again so that / couldn't
see his face, and kissed our baby. MY
boy er-died last night"
What ! want to add is, that Mr.. Ker-
shaw has never been the one he was
in the old days. He's as lsind-mannered
senior clerk as you'll find between
Temple Bar and Aldgate. And I've no.
ticed that in the street sometimes, when
a baby goes by and he catches sight OF
II, Mr.. Kershaw will stop-it don't mat
ter who he's with-and he will watch 10
until il goes right out Of sight.--Idler.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16

In addition, he killed $50 head of va
rious kinds, SO that in all %, $40 head OF
game have fallen To the emperor's rifles
and guns.
The car of Russia controls the au-
rochs supply, and, were it not for him
and his predecessors, the animals would
have long since been exterminated. In
fact, the old collectors of the aurochs'
horns used TO buy them for their
weight In silver. The German en-
peror, by the grace of the car. was en-
abled TO kill two of these rare beasts.
The 73s red stays do not make up a
great bag, compared with the record OF
olden times. The elector of Branden-
burg in 1883 killed 1926 red deer, and
the count of Henneberg shot 1908 red
deer in 1881. Duke William ~. OF b.
varia In 1545 got .032 red deer, and the
dukes son killed 4,7S3 red deer in %
years. The late duke OF Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha killed $500 red deer and 1000
chamois; but the dukes bag is regard
ed as the biggest bag made in this CEN
fury by any man. The dukes ancestor,
Elector John George L., shot 47,230 red
deer.
The greatest bags Of fallow deer, so
far as is known, were those of Elector
John George l.. in 1611-5G, and those Of
his son. John George III. The former
got 1,045 fallow deer, and the son be-
tween 1856 and 1850 got 2.062. With
these the German emperor stands well
with his 1000 fallow deer. but other
wise he is far behind. These two noble
hunters in their go years of shooting
killed this game:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16

This would be very good time for
Mr.. Bryan and his fool organs TO give
the country a rest from their calamity
bowling. Bryan in a recent speech said:
"The republicans have promised to res
store normal conditions. What they
may do hereafter remains 20 be seen,
but Il is evident that they have thus
far failed 60 bring relief TO the people"
This characteristic bit of idiocy Is
echoed in some shape or other every day
by some OF Bryan's papers. The Dry
ante takers and writers apparently
think that the people who smashed
Organism altered the constitution and
statutes at tho same time so as 20 make
the presidential and congressional term
begin In November or December instead
Of March. Not much attention is paid
60 the rawlings of Bryan or of the cor
poral's guard OF bourbon malcontcnts
who cling TO ihim now, but, as far as It
goes, the slight influence which they
are still able to exert Is, OF course, dis
tinctively vicious.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16
STILL IN FAVOR.
- Protective Tariff tho lest Revenue
Producer.

~ PROTECTIVE tariff tho lest BeVonuo
Producer.
II is evident from a published inter-
view with Congressman DiDgley, chair
man of the ways and means committee,
that one result of the recent election
will never be forgotten nor apologlzed
for.
Maj. Mckinley is the most distin-
guished exponent of the principle OF
protection of home industries by the inn
position of duties upon competing goods
from foreign countries. The platform
upon which he was nominated, his letter
Of acceptance, the trend of popular
favor to him before and after his nomi-
nation, all emphasize his election as the
choice for the highest executive office OF
the author OF the Mckinley bill. This
was n bill that established n system OF
governmental procedure that provided
10th treasury SURPRISES and large pay
rolls In the mills.
The tariff policy of tho government
was distinct issue OF the campaign.
The protective idea was inseparable
from tho name OF Mckinley. II is graft
flying, therefore, 20 know that the rc-
firing president and secretary of the
treasury, with their loftily delivered nd
vice, and the retired free-trade ndvo-
Gates with their pro-foreign chatter will
not be allowed to block the wheels OF
industrial and financial progress. For
the triumphal procession Is expected TO
move March 4, and the mill whistles will
celebrate with the steam surplus.-Troy
frinnpe
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16
Enrll.h nnn French nIother..

Two devoted mothers, one n French
woman and the other AN English woman,
were discussing the various methods of
educating boys and eagerly comparing
the advantages and disadvantages of the
English and French systems, respective
ly. A dignitary of the Roman church
was listening 10 their prattle with
amusement and at last he burst out
laughing, and said: at seems 10 me,
mesdames, that when n pious French
mother wishes 20 send her son away
from home for education she inquiries
anxiously how many times n week he
can attend mass but when an English
mother sends her boy 20 school the prin-
cipal inquiry she makes is how often
during the week can her son have a
bath and Elton is evidently considered
the scholar par excellence, for there the
boys can have baths three times a day
II they wish. IL Is amusing 20 see how
the same instinct is implanted in the
mothers OF all nationalities. You wish
10 wash their sons; only the Catholic
French mother washes TO purify her
sons soul that he may be clean for all
eternity: but the English mother, APP
parently is contcntcd with washing the
outside OF her child and soapiDg aud
combing his earthly envelope."-N. Y.
Tribune
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16

EIThe number OF Bryan organs that
are bcrating the republican party be-
cause "the promised prosperity has not
come" arc about as smart as the wolf
in the fable that accused "the lamb
that stood below him In the stream Of
muddying the water" which his wolf
ship was drinking. Tho republicans
will assume the responsibility when
they get there, and not before. Things
are stip democratic. - Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16

with our copying ink. This letter hasn't
come out bit clear
whether for better or worse an
swcred, II can't tell you. Sometimes
getting spliced has one effect; some
times the other. But I'll bet you as
much as three'apence that we shall
notice an iteration"
1--WE half mind TO take you," said
young Linkson, doubtfully, only I've
rot good deal OF money out just now.
I've backed Swiftsure for twopence,
one, two. three"
~Take IL or leave t." said. TITS nm
offer, and II you're not sportsman
enough TO have bet on, don't"
"She's pretty, they say" remarked
Linkson. He gave a twist to the copy
ing press and looked narrowly at Mr.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16
Mr.. KERSHAW'S BABY.
BY w PELr RIDGE.

We knocked about
a pretty tidy bit in
my time-I'm as
much as Is next
birthday - and i
don't write this
story from the
standpoint of a
man who is igno-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16
Only Earning It.

"Is IL true that that good-for-nothing
scamp Brown is at last making money!"
at is not. That story is base libel,
started by some enemy OF the poor fell
low to get the secret service after him.
He's been earning a little money re-
Gently, but that Is nll."-Chicago Post.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-16

The Georgia senate has rejected a bin
forbidding members OF the legislature
accepting railrond paeses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-30
Indians Scared by nm Elevator.


An Indian yell, which made the blood OF
the people at the state house run cold, re.
verberated through the halls and Offices
yesterday afternoon. 1t sounded like the
dying moan of thousand souls going
down into perdition. 1t was wild, uncanny
and weird and terrifying In the extreme
Chiefs Much Nose and Little Talk were
doing the state house, and stepped into the
elevator at the solicitation of their guide
The carriage started up. and then the In
dams yelled One dropped down on his
knees and lifted up his voice In weird
d:scordant supplication to the Great Spirit
while the other seized the iron grating oi
the cage and yelled in savage style. The
muscles of his face stood out in bold relief
so great was the exertion Of yelling. The
souaws fell upon the floor of the elevator
and seemed in a faint. When the elevator
stopped the Indians scrambled out. but Wis.
tied the state house no longer They hur-
ried down q stairway leading to the main
entrance and disappeared. as II by magic
toward their camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-30
ELECTRIC PURIFICATION.
The Action of COaEulants, Antisepti<
and NOn-COaEulnnts.

and NOn-COaEulnnts.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Under the auspices of the Woman's
Health Protective Association Prof. Albert
E. Woolf of New York city delivered an
illustrated lecture last evening at Horti-
cultural Hall on "Antiseptics, Coagulants
and Non Coagulants," and their use in pre-
vention and treatment of disease
After giving a brief history of the dis
covery and Introduction of antiseptics the
speaker said that physicians now used
them with a great deal of doubt and hesi-
tation. Any coagulating disinfectant is. he
said at all times dangerous. 1t cannot be
applied to an open wound, because the al
bumen of the blood would be coagulated.
and In that state would be carried into the
circulation and blood poisoning would en-
sue. He advanced the theory that in a
perfectly healthy body currents of cleo
tricity are flowing, whose action upon the
blood is the same as when the current
passes through water viz, the molecules
of water arrange themselves in polarity
and the current jumps from moecue to
molecule. and electrolysis. or decomposi-
ton of the water, is the result.
1t is necessary to take certain amount
of salt into the body. The electricity de-
composes the salt in the blood, and this
Is natures disinfectant, destroying disease
germs. The disinfecting agent is ozone or
free oxygen. which is produced by the cleo
trolysis. The nearer we get to natures
method the better will be the results
Ozone. produced in large quantities by
the use of a dynamo and tanks of salt wa
ter, can be used in any locality at an
economical cost, and Is absolutely non-pois-
onous; while the disinfectants usually en-
ployed-viz., carbolic acid, corrosive SUBJ
Innate or sulphuric acid-are poisonous,
and do not kill the germs, but coagulate
the albumen, in which they are found, on
the surface. and leave them alive On the
breaking up of the mass they are liberated
To illustrate this point he showed upon
the screen four tubes filled alike with albu-
men, the viscous white of an egg. Into
one he dropped some carbolic acid, in the
second some corrosive sublimate, into the
third some sulphuric acid and into the
fourth some salt water through which an
electric current had been passed They
were all agitated with a stirrer. The ac-
ton on the first three was confined to the
surface, while in the fourth it extended
through the mass.
Another interesting illustration was an
exhibition of the electrolytic action of the
current by the insertion of the two poles
OF a battery into some sea water. Decom-
position of both the water and salt was
produced. freeing oxygen. hydrogen, chlo-
rlne and sodium, which then formed new
compounds. The gas bubbles could be seen
passing to the positive and negative poles.
By using a small quantity of this cleo
II olized solution, Prof. Woolf said a very
large quantity of water could be purified
or rid of germs, and by sprinkling it over
fermenting matter, like garbage heaps. all
fermentation could be stopped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-30

In the new number Of the British Central
interesting particulars of a new language
which has sprang UP within recent years
In Central Africa. 1t Is, he says "a weird
jargon, or perhaps language, on a par with
pidgin English of the far east or the
numerous other tongues by which travel
ere and sojourners in strange lands make
their wants known to the natives Many
may not know of the language, but it Is
spoken by hundreds daily, and fourishes
mostly where the white man has built a
bona, and in which there is Sikh garrison
The originator Of 1t Is the Sepoy from over
the black water (sea). How was 1t first
introduced? When he first came into the
and dictionary and endeavor to learn the
language dramatically and comprehen-
sively, as the patient Europeans do? No:
although here today and there tomorrow
as we are in conjunction with his comrades.
the conservative Sikh evolved from his in
ner cons ciousness a Language which is
learned by his relief from India In turn
Its component parts are Hindustani, Cur
mukhi, broken Swahili, broken Manganta
forming whole curious in the extreme.
Though. of course, chiefly the military Ian
guage of the country, 1t is occasionally the
medium of communication between the Eu-
ropean and the Sikh; and often when the
white mans highly grammatical book Man.
ganja fails the Sikh will step boldly into
the breach. and with a few chosen words
make the native understand. To be pro-
ficient In this language one ought, of course,
to know Hindustani, but q close attention
to the doubling of words will insure a GER
tain amount of fiuency and correctness in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-30

speaking it. After giving few examples
of words and phrases most commonly in
use the writer adds that as he writes he
can hear Yao non-commissioned officer,
who four months ago was wild from the
bush. instructing a squad of recruits What
the Yao says to his awkward squad Is !:
Left light, left, light-Tai dote Human
va moist moist, hi Karabi, Sidha tajama".-
which. when translated from this new
tongue, means, Left, right. left, right
Don't stamp on the ground like that, that's
bad. Look to your front"