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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04
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THE END or ALL THINGS.

THE END OF ALL
Like a few other sensible people
Philip and Helen deferred their we'd
ding journey to time when IL came
as welcome relief from the round OF
domestic and social duties for the wife,
and needed rest from the drudgcry
OF. business for the husband. Philip
had said summer and Europe, but
Helen had pleaded for autumn and the
south, and she had her way.
ave can go on TO New Orleans II you
like. but want TO see Allacoochee," she
said.
you're too late for that; Allacoo-
2hee is dead and buried--so Protheroc
writes
"No matter; we can see the place
where it was. j shall always love II,
alive or dead, for what it did for YOU"
And so il came about that on a GER
tain golden October day, when the rug.
ced. outlines of Jubal mountain were
melting in the soft autumn haze, and
the fragrance of summer blossoms had
given place to the spicy sweetness OF
withered leaves and ripcned fruit, q
thinly-peopled train on the Chiwassee
Valley Extension debarked two OF It's
passengers Mt the ornate station which
aforetime had been too small To ac-
commodate the throngs besicging II
Mt train-hours. There was no lack OF
room now, however, and when Philip
lifted Helen 10 the platform the empty
train-shed echoed their steps as II pro-
testing against the invasion Of its soli-
tude. At the archcd entrance, where
the crowd OF vooiferous hackmen used
60 fight for patronage, they were met
iy n single decrepit negro.
"Hotel. sah?" he asked, dofling his
battered hat and bowling with n touch
of unspoiled courtesy.
Eyes; you may take US TO the johann
Disberg."
"Cayn't do dat, sah--no, sab; Gaze
hit ain't runnin' no mo. Dee amt no
hotel In de new town now, sab. llao
20 take you-all TO de Mountain house.
Philip put his wife into the shaekly
vehicle. els your horse good Tor n Blk
mile drive, uncle?"
"oh, yass, sah7-he suttinly am DAT
ef hits anywhars on de PLAN dir'-
goad."
"Au right. Put the top down 30 we
can see, and drive us around Town
bit; then I'll tell you where to 60
Three hundred yards from the sta
ton the carriage turned into Broad
way. Nature reasserts herself speed
" in a semi-tropicai climate, ana 'he
rnrL erasa anro,itinq between the paw
ino-stopes deadened the sound Of the
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04
SONG OF THE FIRE.


The fields were white one winter night
a pard sat by his freight:
- voice thefe came from each glad nams
1hat seemed this songlet TO reclte:
Come. touch thy harp. thy wondrou.h.rr
Ana let each mellow. golden note
rloat on the air. more sweet and fair
ihah any from wild birds throat:
''ror am here thy soul 10 cheer
And make thy hearthstone pieasa nter.
err you roam. you'll find no home
complete without my presence, sir.
The monarch and hts palace grand
Would nnught without my presence n.
Ano iabors son. his days work done.
Is glad my cheerful face 70 see.
The busy clerk, when done his work.
Close by my side finds sweet repose:
Inc SICK man, too's. as glad to view
As he IL 10 smell the rose.
The children dear. I draw them nesr.t
That i may fill their hearts with glee;
Nor do fail to catch each tale
or love 80 sweetly told near me.
II light tho gloom OF garnet room
l make the savage heart 10 bound;
60 where you may, where'er you stray.
There's Joy wherever i am found.
Thou hast been told how men OF old
Zen gave their holy things 70 me;
Iiut that Is past, and here at last
ind myself 10 comfort thee.
MY rosy glow makes your thoughts flow
Rack TO the pleasant days OF yore:
sweet scenes OF old, true hearts now cold.
bring them back 10 thee once moro.
80. till at last time shall be past
Ger all creation / shall roam:
Where'er wend. I'm mans true friend.
For all creation Is my home"
James Corrothers. IN Western Rural.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04

The record OF our Lords life is fun of
strange, serene leisure. His fathers
business was done for 30 quiet years at
Nazareth. The Son OF God served so
long an apprenticeship OF Patience be-
fore His ministry began. And after
wards, when ne became the vortex of
eddying multitudes, he never showed n
trace OF hurry or excitement Through
all those crowded days OF healing and
controversy, lie never knew what IL was
TO be feycrish or Hurried or distraught-
lie moved like a king in his own realm,
master OF the pageant That stays for his
plensure.-British WeelsIy.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04
FIGS AND THiSTLES.
hits of Helpful Thought from the
RaR's Horn.

Ram's Horn.
Artificial hmoits are born tyrants.
Wisdom is the proper use OF all means
at hand.
Every man has tiger : keep II
chained.
Inclination decides the destiny Of
millions.
The lucky man plans well and works
TO his plans.
An ounce OF conscience Is worth ton
of explanations.
Meditation is but canning your better
fruit for future use.
II costs something 10 he n Christian.
but IL costs more not 10 be.
II Is not the anguish OF wickedness
that rs SO fearful, but it's joy.
The most potent argument for hell Is
the cumulative character of sin.
A city's righteous men do moro To
preserve It's peace than its police.
Life Is not worth living to the man
who Is willing 20 do wrong TO live.
Selfishness Is dead sea into which
oil the sweetness. poured turns bitter
for want OF an outlet
A man with splendid abilities that
are not consecrHted 10 God is like a
flrst-class fiddle unstrung.
The man who limps and stumbles
along is the first TO complain when any
body else makes misstep.
We dread the open shame OF the day
Of Judgment, but really our present
Inner complacency Is more terrible.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04

horses hoofs and muffled the jingnng
accompaniment of loose bolts in the
worn-out haclxney-coach.
''Protheroe didn't stretch IL much, =
said Philip. unconsciously lowering his
voice In Difference 10 the sepulchrai
quiet of the street. "Yon'd hardly be-
lieve that have stood on the sidewalk
just here, waiting my chance TO dodge
across through the endless stream OF
carriages and wagons and electric
cars"
1T doesn't seem possible"
'No, II doesn't. And In that last
afternoon, when was breaking my
heart 20 catch the New York train,
the Johannisberg omnibus was actually
stopped in jam OF vehicles somewhere
along in this square, and / was afraid
we'd miss IT,"
On either side Of the grass-grown
streets were the costly monuments of
the sham city's brief day of activity and
life. Lofty buildings, empty from eel
lar to roof; rows OF vacant store-rooms,
lined with dusty shelving and Uttered
with the forlorn debris OF hasty re-
movals; shattered glass on the side
walk; withered grass festooning the
cornices; and, in front Of the disman-
tled Bank OF Allaqoochee, the skeleton
OF an electric car left 10 dissolve peace
fully on the rusty tracks In the road
way. Here and there the desolation
wasi emphasized rather than relieved
by a scanty and shop-worn display In
the windows Of some merchant who
had been unwilling or unable TO join
his neighbors in the general exodus
following the crash; pitiable flotsam
and jetsam left by the high tide OF
commerce to bleach and molder on the
rocks OF an uhcharted island in the
ocean of traffic. OF these stranded
wrecks, the most notable was the store
Of dealer In hardware just across
from the Chiwassee national bank.
"That is where bought my pistol
on the night OF the garroting," said
Philip, telling the driver to pull up at
the curbstone.
The proprietor of the place WINS sit
ting on n spool OF barbed wire in front
OF his own door, and herose and crossed
the sidewalk in response TO Philips
salutation. "oh, it's you. 10 It. Mr..
Thorndyke? / didn't know you al
first, Come back to take look at the
corpse2"
1T amounts to that, I'm afraid" said
Philip, alphabetically.
ut does, for a fact--just that All
we need now Is a good, old-fashioned
earthquake; not the fever-and-ague
kind you read about nowadays, but the
sort they used 20 put in the biographies
when we went TO SCHOOL, shake with
big crack in the middle of IL TO bury
the wreck decently out Of sight"
Its dreadful" said Philip, not
knowing what else TO say. why didn't
you get away with the rest of them?"
The man made IA pathetic gesture of
helplessness. There were two rcar
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04
CONFINEMENT.
A comprehensive Definition of This
Christian Grace.

Christian Grace.
The late Prof. Moses Stuart Phelps
was supplying a vacation pulpit In
quiet country town. One Sun
day morning he preached most
stimulating sermon, which sent
bis hearers 10 their homes determined
TO strive after greater earnestness In
the service OF God. At the evening
prayer meeting he gave restful talk
on tho grace of contentment. AS soon
as the meeting was thrown open
brother arose, and with great emphasis
said
''Contentmentl Contentmentl Wa
ore too contented."
Then expressing his surprise that one
who had earlier in the day urged to
greater earnestness should give such
counsel, he went on 10 arraign church
members for being contented with the
assurance OF their own personal saliva
ton, while sinners were perishing
around them, and urged all present TO
labor for the salvation OF souls, being
disconnected as long as one sinner un-
der their influence was unreconciled to
God.
Prof. Phelps, seeing that the brother.
had misapprehended his meaning. said
just before giving out hymn;
"By contentment we mean cheerful
acquiescence in the will OF God, and in
the work He has assigned us; not care
less Indifference To It,"
Then the flow of thought and medita-
tioql, interrupted by the depression, re-
turned TO the channel opened by the
leader, and In their hearts the worship
ers thanked the brother who had elicit
ed SO comprehensive definition OF
Christian contentment
The definition will bear ANALYSIS and
invites expansion as each one Of us may
develop IL. Contentment has to do
with our own lot rather than that OF
others. John the Baptist babe the sol
diers 10 he content with their wages.
and not rob the people. 1t has 20 do
with Whit Is clearly Gods will and the
allotment OF Ills Providence, not with
what we can properly change. Paul
babe one who was called being a slave"
10 be content and "cnre not for It" and
he added; "Dut II thou canst become
lIct, use ~ IFttiltT IL ms W no Will
Gods will In our material work and it's
reward. Paul, who worked with hB
hands for a living said: Having food
and raImcnt let us be content" IL has
10 do with Gods will in our severest
trials. The same Paul, who knew what
IL was 10 abound and TO be In want, even
to suffer imprisonment and stripes for
Christ, could say; 81 have learned I'm
Whatsoever state I am, therein TO be
content" II does not mean indiffer-
ence TO Improvement In ones own cir
cumstances, much less indifference to
the material or spiritual condition OF
others. The contented Paul was happy
and contented only while he could says
Woe is me II preach not the Gospel"
IN. Y. Independent.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04
Labor.

Work IL n great educator. The school
Of toll Is the nobicst OF schools. God has
not placed us here 20 enjoy ourselves,
but 70 be OF service 60 others. On the
other hand industry Is blessing, In
dolencc a. n crime. The evil one finds
m not only for idle hands, but for Idle
minds 20 do. Work and there II no
chance for temptation.--Rev. L. Galley.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

No amount OF almsgiving can suffice
20 repair the ravages OF an Industrial
ism necessarily and permanently self
ish; no amount Of charity working
against an immoral order can long
keep alive faith in divine universe.
The ethical idea must be supreme 60 the
business idea--Rev. q. a. Gordon.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04

IL Is not necessary for God 20 write
His name upon the skies, ms Mr.. Inger-
soil would have Him do. In order TINT
the world shall know thatthercis God.
God has written His name on allcrcated
things. and Il Is only the fool who hath
said In HIS heart; There Is no Cod
Rev. Richard Harcourt.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04
nc.nrrntr nemedr.

"T'll tell you what 20 do" said the
man who knows IL all. "If you are In
doubt about your plumbinga little pep
permint poured into the pipes will re
veal any Leak"
But" asked the householder, "where
the dickens am 20 live until the pep
permint smell gets out Of the house ?
Tell me thnt2"-Indianapo Journal.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04
TvIdences Of Hnrd Times.

Dusty Roadster-Cholley. il pains me
90 see these evidences Of hard times.
Cholley-I don't understand you.
"Why. I've noticed that even these
city folks arc getting 20 poor that they
have 20 dress their children in overalls
and blue blouses. Ike you got away
from the hired man down the road
Detroit FREQ Press.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-04

home with you"
The signers are;
Brown thrasher. Kingpird.
Robert o'Lincoln. Swallow.
Hermit thrush. Cedarbird.
Vesper sparrow. Cowbird.
Robin redbreast. Marten.
Song sparrow. Veery.
Scarlet tanager. Vireo.
Summer redbird. Oriole.
Blue heron. Blackbird.
HumminRbird. Fifebird.
Yellowbird. Wren.
Whip-poor-will. Llnnet.
Water wagtail. Peewee.
Woodpecker. Phoebe.
Pigeon woodpecker. Yokebird.
Indigo bird. Lark.
yellow throat. Sandpiper.
Wilson's thrush. Chewink.
Chicadee.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
FINE HORSES BURNED.
Toledo, Ohio, Livery Stable Destroy

Toledo, Ohio, Livery Stable Destroyed
by Fire-otber Cities Suffer.
Late Tuesday afternoon fire broke out
in Joseph Popp's fancy livery stable in
the central portion of Toledo, o. Many
fine horses were being boarded there, and
every possible effort was made to get
them out, but twenty eight were burned
to death. while many others had their
ears, tails and names burned off, and
their eyes blinded. Several of them had
to be shot. The loss cannot be estimated
at present. but will approximate $40, 900.
No insurance.
An explosion of natural gas started n
fire in the Murdock Hotel ut Logansport,
Ind, and the structure was gutted. The
loss is about $4,000.
The Great Western Pottery works, mt
Kokomo, Ind, were damaged 100000 by
fire. Insurance, $4,000.
Fire which started in the basement of
the six-story building 20 Pearl street,
New York, occupied by Waldon & Co.,
wholesale liquor dealers, did 100000
damage. The floors above and the ad-
joining building, No. %, occupied by Per-
cy Kent, dealer in cottons, packing and
baling, were also burned.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

lieve that they will be able to bring them
past a given point in FIVE hours.
A feature will be 200 cavalrymen and
1900 foot soldiers from Virginia who will
march as ex-Confederates. The horse
men, each furnishing his own Virginia
horse, will be attired in uniform com
bining the blue and the gray. Those who
parade on foot will wear long gray mack
intoshes lined with blue, and all will wear
the old type Of gray slouch hat identi-
fed with the adherents of the Southern
Confederacy, and badges containing por-
traits of Mckinley and Hobart, pendent
from blue and gray silk ribbons, with an
American flag at the top holding the pin
of the badge. The blue and gray ribbon
bears the motto. ''There shall be no North,
no South, no East, no West, but q COM
mon country y.--Washington."
A novel feature of the decorations viii
be arches on Pennsylvania avenue. one
at the intersection of each street. repre-
senting all of the States and the Gov
crnors of the States will be asked to dec
ornte and illuminate these.
The inaugural ball will be held Mt the
Pension Office. The President and Mrs.
Mckinley will occupy the three rooms of
the Commissioner Of Pensions, on the
second floor, and the Vice-Prcsident and
the diplomatic corps adjoining apart
ments. The supper rooms will occupy the
lsntire north side Of the building. The ar
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04


terized the lavshly conceived and often
'crudely and uncomfortably executed IN
augural ceremonies of the past. The eX-
ecutive committee in charge of the inau-
gural ceremonies of 1897 is composed of
men who thoroughly grasp the difficulties
.of the situation that confronts them and
who are endeavoring to cope with them In
a manner that will make the inauguration
of Mr.. Mckinley the -grandest and at the
same time the most perfect from the
standpoint of good sense and good taste
that has ever been witnessed in this coun-
try. At the head of this committee is
Charles ]. Bell.
Gen. Horace Porter, of New York, will
he the grand marshal of the parade. He
Is perhaps the most successful organizer
of military parades in the country, the
latest example of his genius in this direc-
tion being his management of the great
sound money parade in New York. On
this occasion he succeeded in marching
125,000 men over the entire route, accord
ing to arrangements, the rear files reach
ing the end of the route only seven min
utes behind schedule time. Gen. Porter
has the able assistance of Col. Corbin.
who had general charge of the ceremonies
on the occasion of the Inauguration OF
President Garfield and was adjutant gen
.eral of the last two inaugural parades.
AT Gen. Porter's suggestion it has been
decided to condense the exercises at the
capitol as much as possible, and the pa
trade will start at once on the conclusion
of the Inauguration ceremony proper, and
will proceed Immediately to the end of the
route, the usual interruption TO allow the
outgoing and incoming Presidents to
lunch together being avoided. The pm
rade will be dismissed this year ut Wash
ington circle, instead of the White House,
AS formerly, and Gen. Porter expects that
the procession will be able to pass at the
rate of 1900 an hour. Twenty-four
files of foot will march in close column,
and there will be no change in formation
ien route.
Sixty Thousand Men I'm Line.
The first division of the procession will
be divided into three brigades, the first
ito be composed of regular United States
troops and the National Guard of the
District of Columbia, the second of the
National Guard of Pennsylvania and the
third of the National Guards of other
Estates, headed by their Governors and
their staffs, their places in the line being
assigned according to the date of their
adoption of the constitution in the case
of the thirteen original States, and with
reference TO their admission to the Union.
The second grand division will be com
posed of civic organizations in the order
of their establishment. 1t will he divided
into two sub-sections, the first compris-
ing uniformed clubs, the second ununi-
formed organizations. While II iis pro-
posed that the parade shall be of suffi-
'cient length and of a character that shall
adequately represent all classes of Amer
leans, military, naval and civilian, the
committee on the parade are exercising
the greatest discrimination in it's compo-
ssition. They have set a general limit of
10000 men as the total number and be-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

The largest annual pension is sos, 900
paid by Great Britain to the Duke OF
Richmond. 1t is a perpctuity from the
time of Charles III.
John w. Glover and Harry Glover
contractors, and T. A. Degarmo and John
w. Schreiver were killed by an explosion
of giant powder in a mine ut Ward, Colo
Miss Ethel Belle Appel is one of the
best known designers of book covers In
New York. She says the greatest need
In her profession is originality that IL
practical.
Mr.. Reid, the Montreal contractor, who
Is now in England, is believed to be max.
ing arrangements for the construction of
a powerful vessel to be used in propos-
ed fast service, which will expedite pas
sage from Great Britain via Canada to
the extreme western ports Of America.
A Great Western passenger train ran
into an Interurban street car at Mime
apolis, injuring several of the passengers,
one of whom may die. The most serious
ly injured were: w. w. Riddle, professor
of mathematics, State University, sus-
tanned serious injuries about head, in
eludins fracture Of skull, probably die.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

noon of Wednesday the convention re-
solved itself into n memorial session for
Harriet Beechcr Stowe of Connecticut,
Mary Grew of Pennsylvania, Sarah Free
man Clark of Georgia, Hannah Tracy
Cutler of Mississippi, Sarah Il. Cooper OF
California, DIR. Caroline B. Winslow OF
District of Columbia. DIR. Hiram Corson
of Pennsylvania and Judge Merrick OF
Louisiana.
In the evening there was a reception
rendered the delegates by the Des Moines
women's clubs. But the main event was
the formal welcome. The large audience
room was packed from top TO bottom and
an overflow meeting was similarly attend
ed. The first address of welcome was
made by Gov. Drake. The response was
by Miss Anthony. She met with a reeep-
ton which almost overcame her. Follow
ing Miss Anthony, Mrs. Charlotte Per-
kins Stetson of California made an ad-
dress on DUTY and Honor" Miss An
thony also addressed the overflow meet
inc
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
4,
Bros, at 1917 Market street, and before

Bros, at 1917 Market street, and before
the flames were got under control prop
erty amounting In value to $2,5OO,OOO
or more had been destroyed.
1t was about 9 o'clock when the fire de-
partment was fighting a 100000 blaze
mt John and james Dobson's big carpet
house In Chestnut street that an alarm
was sounded from 18th and Chestnut
streets. 1t is here that Wanamaker's
great store Is located, covering the en-
tire block bounded by Chestnut, Market,
18th and Juniper streets, and as the
building was constructed years ago, many
of the fireproof features of modern struc-
lures are lacking. The fremen soon
found, however, that the flames had at
tackled the block opposite Wanamaker's
on the north, separated from the big store
by Market streets width Of l20 feet.
Wanamaker's Clock Tower Burns.
When it was apparent that the llock
originally attacked was doomed, squads of
firemen, with long lines of hose, were de-
tailed to try to save Wanamaker's. This
structure, with the goods piled up within
its four walls, represented a money value
of over $10,0O0,000. Despite the efforts
of the city fremen, re-enforced by Wana-
uIt DTlSuue, the niSH Win Iie-
vailiDg forced the flames across Market
street after they had been fought off for
an hour and half. Within a short time
the handsome clock tower was in ruins,
but the flames were under control.
The mornings confagration cost one
life and several persons were injured.
The first fire of the morning, That ut 1:i3
Chestnut street, was in the fifth story Of
the building occupied by o. S. Bunnef,
wholesale stationer. The fire was tStin-
guished with loss of about $4,000.
While the fire was at its height flames
were discovered on the window sashes On
the side of the big city hall which was ex-
posed to the terrible heat. The city hall
fire department ran n line of hose to the
roof and in a few minutes had the mus-
sive structure free from ali danger.
The burned district is in the very heart
of the business center of the city, across
the way from the mammoth city hall and
around the corner from the Pennsylvania
station.