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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-14

good thing when you see IL, eh, Mr.
Thorndyke7"
Philip bowed his Acknowledgements
and asked the price.
sixteen thousand apiece; and that's
cheap"
"a month ago should have laughed
at you, Mr.. Fench; now. shall only say
that think you're little ahead of the
market"
Whereupon the manager leaned back,
threw one leg over the arm OF his chair,
and proceeded 10 demonstrate by an
argument in which volubility outran
itself that the price asked was conscr-
Sative rather than speculative; that
Messrs. This and That. of Cincinnati,
and Senator The Other. Of Michigan,
owners of the property on either side of
the lots In question, had refused fabu-
deus offers for their holdlnRs--and
mucn more 10 the same effect,
punctuated and emphasized by Mr..
Fench's right forehnger laid impress.
lively in the palm Of his left hand.
The visitor listened patiently, and for
once in his life-hnving definite object
in vIew--forgot 20 be bored. When the
manager ran out of breath. Philip said
81 still think your figure Is too high
but we can hsll of that lateri shall
want little time for investigation and
for an examination OF the title"
He was watching his antagonist "a
mark the first sign Of discomposure. II
came at the word title. Fench suddenly
lost interest. and the self-asscrtive lea
slid Imply down from the arm Of Tho
chair.
EYES. yes-of couse; you'll want u
know about these things. and I'd like 4
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-14
FREE GRATIS.
Every Teller IN the nation
Has upon hia urivate list

Every Teller In the nation
Has upon his private list
bome peculiar pet temptation.
That he flnds.he can't resist.
Some one thing he can't say mo" TO;
But this one seems queer 20 me;
All the fuss some folks N so 10
Just TO get thing that's free.
P'raps some dry goods feller's givin'
Colored picture cards away.
Amt no use 10 no one livin',
Crowds III walt IN line all day.
Theatersl How they do abhor 'em.
Modern plays aren't NJ 10 see"
Tell 'em you've some passes for EN-.
Are they goip'7 Sure It's free
To the church their vows are plighted.
In their seats they're always found
And they seem 20 be sharp-sighted
TIL the box IS passed around.
Then II does beat all creation
How ali-fired blind they be,
Seems as II they'd got salvation
Coz the parson said twas free.
Joe Lincoln. In l.. A. w. Bulletin.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-14

There are plenty of ingenious burg
lars In the world, but he would have 10
lie a very ingenious burglar indeed who
should find n way TO rob the Bank Of
France. The measures taken for guard
ing the money are OF such a nature that
burglary would seem TO be impossible.
Every day when the money is put into
the vaults in the cellar, and before the
officers leave. masoLs arc In attendance
whose duty IL Is to wall up the doors OF
the vaults with hydraulic mortar. Wa
ter Is then turned on. and kept running
until the cellar is flooded. A burglar
would thus have TO work in a diving
suit. and break down n cement wall be-
fore he could even begin 10 bseak into
the vaults. When the officers STRIVE the
next morning the water il Drawn or,
the masonry torn down. and the vaults
opened. IL Is said that the treasures Of
the Bank Of France are better guarded
than any others In the world.-Youth's
COMPANION.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-14
XIII.


IL was early in July when Philip
began the campaign OF restoration. He
made up his mind in the beginning
that II was TO be a race with death.
and, believing this, he did not spare
himself, though the heat during the
weeks that followed was terrific. IL
WINS dry summer. aud In n drought
the climate OF tho Chiwasscc valley Il.
20 say the least. something less than
invigorating. For the first fortnight
Philip went about with the feeling that
the next day would finish him. Then.
as the barriers hedging him on the
side toward accomplishment grew Into
respectable mountains OF difficulty, a
winged spirit Of energy, which was.
perhaps oaly an unused heritage from
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-14

himself once more among the uncer-
tainties. but he made another journey
10 the courthouse for the purpose of
copying the missing documents from
the records. For two days he pored
over these copies in his room at the ho-
tel. searching with infinite patience for
some clew that would point the way
out of the tangle. A copy of a copy
proved 10 be barren of suggestion, but
he made a memorandum of the attest
ing notary's name, and on the third day
he paid visit 10 Squire Pragmore.
Nothing came of IL, however The
notary's replies grew more indefinite
as the inquiry progressed. His memory
was at fault; he had acknowledged so
many papers for the town company
that he could not be expected 10 recol-
lecf the details of any one transaction.
Thorndyke called attention 10 the fact
that the older deed antedated by sew
eral years the beginning of the rush OF
business brought by the transfers OF
the town company; whereupon Prag-
more took another tack. IL was too
long ago. lie had doubtless acknowl-
edged Kilgrow's signature, but he
could remember none OF the circum-
stances.
Thorndyke was baffied again, but an
other clew came to the surface when he
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-14

Most gracious God, by whose knowl-
edge the depths are broken up, and the
clouds drop down the dew, we yield
Thee unfeigned thanks and praise, az
for all Thy mercies, 10 especially for
the returns OF seed time and harvest.
and for browning the year with Thy.
goodness, In the increase of the ground.
and the gathering In Of the fruits there
OF. And, we bcseech Thee, give as a
just sense Of this mercy; such nm may
appear In our lives by an humble, holy
and obedient walking before Thee alt
our daya.--Praycr Book.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-14

"A man often gets what ne wants.
but he seldom finds that IL IL still what
he wants. after ~ has obtained. We
should be thankful always that Gods
choices for us are 10 much better than
our choices for ourselves could po2
sibiy be.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-14

Patient--Tlut suppose your diagnosis
should prove incorrect7
Physician--Oh. well. that would have
no injurious effect on the disease.--UP-
to-Dafe.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

stories of Palmerston still linger. One
tells how, at a time when there was a
grave crisis in the fortunes of the cabi-
net of which he was the chief, one of
the irrepressible club bores, seeing the
prime minister dining alone, walked up
to him and addressed him with an air
of assurance. "Well, Lord Palmerston,
what is going to happen?' With a
bland and unruffled countenance, the
old statesman, looking up, replied:
Upon my word, | don't know, Can
you tell me?"
1t would be easy, says Sir Wemyss
Reid, to fill pages Of ones recollections
of Mr. Bright. He often sat in an old
fashioned armchair beside one of the
windows facing Pail Mall, a work in
his hand. He delighted in talk and was
fond of repeating poetry. On one occa-
sion he began to talk to Sir Wemyss
about his favorite hymns, and as he
warmed to his subject he repeated some
of them:
1T was a strange subject, perhaps,
for a club smoking-room, but it was
still stranger to observe that, as he
spoke with that wonderful voice of his,
the other men in the room first looked
though drawn by an irresistible spell,
drew nearer to him, until before long he
had them all sitting around him in a
circle enjoying that music of the hui
man speech of which above all living
men he was a master. John Bright re-
citing hymns in club smoking-room!'
Mr.. w. e. Forster, another of the club
members, was fond of a game of whist,
\ "a ia Il,
the Reform that he made a remark to
Mr.. James Payn which has become ia
nous. Forster was Mr.. Payn's partner,
and had inadvertently made one of
those blunders which stir the soul of a
partner to it's lowest depths. Looking
| across at the novelist he said to him
with that smile which always lighted
up his face like the sun on a hillside:
My dear fellow, if it will relieve your
feelings you can call me 'Buckshot.'
From some of Thackerays intimate
friends Sir Wemyss. Reid has heard
many anecdotes of the novelists Re-
form club days one of which he tells
Going into the coffee-room of the Re
| form club one afternoon, he CHANGED to
see on the menu of the day Beans and
| bacon He was to dine with some en-
| inent parsonage that night, but beans
and bacon We're more than he could re-
sist. Straightway he betook himself tc
! the morning-room and penned note
| to his host telling him that he could not
| have the pleasure of dining with him
as he had just met a very old friend
whom he had not seen for years, and
| from whom he could not tear himself
Then he went back to the coffee-roon
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28
"HONOR MEND

The names of the members of the
big college boat crews and ball mines
are, for brief season at least, almost
household words, and at any rate are
placarded large all over the land, But
the lists Of 'honor men" that the col
leges are now announcing, the young
fellows who have studied hard and sue
cessfully, and used athletics only as a
subordinate means of strengthening
themselves for mental laborI are
scarcely ever glanced at.
So says he Providence Journal and
its words have somewhat of complaint
in them, The complaint around here
just now is that the names Of one boat
crew are not placarded large in the
place where the names of a Yale boat
crew are usually found, namely, at the
head of the list, and we are in no mood
to pay much attention to any such talk
as the Journal is giving. We now I'M
derstand what university is for even
| better than we have understood it in
other years when our bands of athletes
| have ravaged both land and water in
| comprehensive and unfailing conquest.
Honor men, forsooth, and also CAD
cooks! There are no ''honor men" at
Yale this year except a few golf players
and some Freshmen who have surprised
themselves and everybody else, and
who, owing to their station in life, can't
be honored very much. But just wait
a year until we can put our best
thought and effort into producing
some "honor men" The plan is to have
some "honor men" in the field and on
the water next year whose names will
be placarded where they ought to be
and where the names of Yale "honor
men" usually have been. Meanwhile
we ask for a suspension of judgment.
Yale brains and Yale education will
show up all right next year.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

sleeping room was 2,17, The bread
winner Of SO4 families was the father,
of 80 the mother and of 255 the father
and mother, The tables of occupations
show very varying incomes. There
were 1866 sick during the year, malari-
al fever, consumption and pneumonia
being the chief ailments. In the past
five years there were 80 deaths from
consumption, 81 from pneumonia, 6S
from infantile disorders and AZ from
fevers. In Atlanta one-ffth of the
deaths in the sixteen groups studied
there We're from consumption and
pneumonia. In 1895 the number of
deaths of whites per 1000 persons was
1L74; colored, 1916
In reducing the size of his family ''the
negro in cities" seems to be initiating
the white In cities.
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The national department of labor has
been studying 'the negro in cities"
and it has collected some interesting
facts concerning him. The work of
collection was done by colored persons
in seventeen southern cities and in one
city in Massachusetts,. Groups Of from
ten to twenty houses in Atlanta, Nash
VILE and other cities were taken under
observation, and the tables indicate the
circumstances of the negroes included
in these representative groups. There
were 4,742 persons in all the groups, Of
whom 1914 We're found to be heads of
families and 2, 1877 were children, the re-
mainder being of "other relationships.
Families are, it seems, not so large as
has been supposed. Some 90 per cent.
of the families consisted of but per-
sons, q per cent. of 8 persons, II per
cent. of 4 persons, 141a per cent. of
persons and but 81 per cent. of per-
sons. The average size of the colored
family in Atlanta is persons; in Nash
vile, 443 persons; in Cambridge, Mass,
3.73 persons. The census of 1890 show
ed a higher average. For Atlanta ii
was AL; for Nashville, 4.92; for Cam
bridge, 495. OF the total number of
persons, AIS per cent. were go years or
over" the percentage under ten years
being 1.S2; from 10 to 10 years, 1887;
from 20 to 90 years, 1910. The great
majority of families We're in houses
having from two to four rooms, most
being in houses of three rooms. The
total number of families was 1,733 and
the average number of persons to a
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28
COURIER

ply is calling everywhere, and few rich
finds are rewarding the explorers, AS
to whether the supply will ever be re-
newed, biologists differ, 1t is held by
some that the production Of gas is a
continuous process, as the petroleum
constantly oozes from the oil-bearing
strata to come in contact with the heat
ed strata which convert it into gas,
The Indiana geologist believes, how
ever, that gas production is an action
already completed, and that when the
gas fails it is gone forever,
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MYSTERTOUS

No philosophy can explain how it Is
possible for cold cash to burn hole in
mans pocket.-Philadelph Times.
What are you doing, you young ras-
CALI" said a farmer to a small boy I'M
der a tree in his orchard with an apple
in his hand. please, sir, L was going
to put this ERE apple back on the tree,
sir!''-Tit-B
"Can you tell me, professor, if this
amber jewelry is genuine?"
"Oh, that's easily determined Soak
it in alcohol twenty-four hours. If it's
genuine it will then have disappeared
-Fliegende Batter
1t is absurd to charge the Greeks
with policy of delay. At no time
since the day war was declared does il
moment longer than was absolutely
ecessary.-Chicago Tribune
Bride (who has elope6-"H is 6
telegram from papa"
Bridegroom (anxiously)-"W does
he say?"
Bride-"All is forgiven, but DOM
come back."-Collier's Weekly.
Not Inherited.-"It's queer thai
young Jenkins should be such round.
err"
"Why?"
His father is one of the squares
men in this town."-Cleveland Leader
81 see there has been a machine pat
ented which records every time a mar
moves" said Juniper. well, it would
put the machine to a pretty good test il
it was tried on some of my tenants
said Flatte, the andlord.-Yonker:
Statesman.
See here. That horse you sold me
runs away, kicks, bites, strikes ant
tries to tear down the stable at night
You told me that if 1 got him once
wouldn't part with him for one thou
sand dollars"
wei, you won't. Detroit Free
Press.
THE friend of mine who recently in
herited a fortune is getting along very
nicely in his social ASPIRATIONS re-
marked Willie Washington. "Wha
was the scene of his triumph?'' "Tht
turf. He has just had a horse beater
by one that once ran on the SANE
track with a horse that belonged tt
the Prince of Wales. ''-WashingtoI
Star.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28
SIZE C4N "FIGGER.O

1t used to be pretty we'll understood
that while Woman might possibly be
able to do something halfway respec-
table in some of the lighter depart
ments of mental effort she would fail
when she tackled mathematics, solid
reasoning and such things. Now it is
pretty we'll understood that she can do
anything she wants to. A conspicuous
illustration of her skill and power is
furnished by Miss Lillian Pike, a clerk
in the Coast and Geodetic Survey of
flee at Washington. Secretary Gage
needed an expert mathematician to
perform certain difficult duties in the
treasury. A young man in the Coast
Survey applied for the place, and so did
Miss Pike. Secretary Gage asked the
chief of the survey to recommend one
or the other of the applicants, but he
refused to do so, on the ground that
they were equally proficient and capa-
BILE. The secretary then decided to ex-
anime the two clerks to determine
which should have the place The
Civil Service commission was directed
to conduct the examination and to
make it as severe as possible. The
young man pulled through with a per-
centage of S4, but Miss Pike earned a.
Now, it happened that she was entire
ly without influential friends, while the
young man knew several senators and
representatives, and persuaded each of
them to speak in his favor to Secretary
Gage. Ability alone counted, however,
and the coveted position went to the
applicant whose only hacker was prov
ed superiority for fulfilling it's duties
Miss Pike has done a big thing for
herself and her sisters. Now if a crew
from Vassar or Smith would only turn
to and wallop Cornell Woman's SUI
periority in the very highest depart
ment of mental effort would stand I'M
nha11enped
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

get-me-nots At the other side was a
bunch of multi-colored flowers in nat
ural tints, and at either side of the
front were punches of flowers and foli-
age the left bunch having two long
stemmed roses and grasses as an al
grette.
In general it may be said of current
tasteful millinery that if there is gaiety
in color it is conveyed by generous use
of flowers in natural and beautifully
contrasting colors. Bows fearfully and
wonderfully made, in tier on tier of tor
tured loops, still appear on the incoming
hats, and the notion for plumage OF
farmyard and game birds increases.
OF course there can be no objection to
putting an entire spring chickens plu-
mage on your hat If you want to, when
the fowl would have to be killed some
time anyhow Plumage of wild duck
partridge, plover and quail also appears
and in many cases proves highly dec
orative. Cocks feathers are in great
favor and it would seem that the tri-
umph of the paradise plume Is over.
In travelling hats there are more felts
than straws, and the woman who is
really well equipped for journey car
ries a snugly-ftting soft cap to wear in
the cars. Two wells, too, should be in
cluded in the touring outfit one OF
heavy chiffon and lighter spotted one
to put on when leaving the train fol
hotel or other destination. Gloves foi
travelling should be of good cut but
loose. F'LORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28
FASHION NOTES,
A Halt Called to Bright colors.

Halt Saleu 10 brlEhu toioFSs
Scarlet, geranium and cerlse hats are
admittedly in very bad taste. So also
are the violent purple affairs that SEEM
ed to be welcomed in the beginning of
the season. Readers of this column
were warned against the purchase of
either color unless they could afford to
throw the hat aside as soon as the first
favor for the fad was passed. Hats are
distinctly more quiet in tone and effect
than earlier in the season. indicative
of this is the stylish model displayed
herewith. 1t was of beige satin straw
and had a moderately high crown and
a narrow brim with curled edge. 1t
was trimmed around the crown with a
band of green satin, and at the side
near the back were large fluffy pink
chiffon rosettes interspersed with for
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small
advertisements, One Cent Word each In
sertion. Five Cents a Word for full week
(seven times).
Display Advertisements. per Inch, one IN n
sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertions Az
one year, $40.
Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 10
cents per line. Notices Of Births. Mar
riages, Deaths and Funerals. so cents each.
Local Notices Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their
own immediate business (all matter to be
G n"Hs ana their Err sn DO
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

1t is asserted that in Sumner county,
Kansas, which gave load of wheat
for the India famine sufferers, man
died of starvation before the wheat
reached the Indians.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

Chicago has the champion mean
man. He has succeeded in hypnotizing
his wife so that she will run the lawn
mower all over the front yard while
under the impression that she is having
a most delightful time on the bicycle.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

MarseiIles' mayor has created SEN
sation in France by utilizing the bell
cord in railroad train. His speedy
appearance in certain village being
worth more than a fine to him, he got
on an express train, stopped it, paid
his SO and went about his business. The
railroad authorities are puzzled over
the means of preventing his example
from being initiated.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

Another argument for total absti-
nence. AT the last congress of German
yineyardists Professor Workman re-
ported that he had found living bac-
twenty-five to thirty years.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

Some French lawyers are trying the
experiment of giving legal advice free
at the Palais de Justice, on the same
principle as medicine is dealt out at
dispensaries. The idea is a revival of
the Bureau of Charitable Jurisprdu-
dence, planned by the Constituent AS
sembly in 1890, and it has been in oper-
alton for nearly two years. There are
several departments, each managed by
a lawyer of ten years standing, with
two younger men as his assistants.
The office is open one morning and one
afternoon week. Last year, from
January to December, 1864 persons ap-
piled for advice; 1900 of them merely
wanted answers to some legal CUES
ton, II were lunatics, and 81 well-to-do
people who were seeking assistance un-
der false pretences. The lawyers took
up, however, 166 delicate and compli-
Gated cases, and succeeded in settling
81 of them to the satisfaction of their
clients; the other los were lost after a
trial.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28
LONDON REFOR

LONDON REFORM CLUB STORIES.
Sir Wemyss Reid contributes to the
June number of Casselfs Magazine
some "reminiscences of his twenty years
membership of the Reform club. There
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

Uneasiness has been caused among
the manufacturing concerns which
focked few years ago to the natural
gas belt of Indiana by a recent report
of the geologist of that State. The
statement in this report that during
last year the gas pressure declined
twenty pounds on an average all over
the $500 square miles of the field would
indicate that the supply is failing very
fast, and that manufacturing plants.
which are large consumers, cannot be
multiplied without fastening the day
of complete exhaustion. In this respect
the history of the Indiana oil field
will be repetition of the history of
fields previously exploited. The sup
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

DEIIvEREp BY CARRIERS IN THE Cry. ID
CENTS WEEK, accents A MONTH, So FOR
sIxMoNTHs, So A YEAR. The SAME TERMS
BYMAIL.
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The people who broke yesterday
broke something that was good enough
to keep.
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dish in a corner so runs the tale
says Sir Wewyss, Let US hope that it
is true"
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