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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-04-23

convinced that IL would be practically
impossible, owing to the difference in
time between Washington and Madrid,
10 receive any response Wednesday,
Therefore, the following statement was
posted at the department.: The text
90 the ultimatum to Spain will be given
out by MIR. Porter, secretary TO the
president, at the white house some time
Thursday, probably"
SPANS Turn 90 Move.
The next move must now he made by
Spain, according to the department Of
fcials. IL the Spanish government
takes a view, as might possibly be con
eluded from the action Of its minister
here, that in language and terms the
congressional resolution is insulting, il
may promptly hand Mr.. Woodford his
passports upon receipt OF this communi-
cation, and thus bring the negotiations
20 the crisis and cause "A breach OF dip
tomntic relations within the next "a
hours. IL, on the other hand, IL should
neglect TO return satisfactory answer
before Saturday noon, that line of poll
cy will be quite as effective as posi-
tive act, inasmucb as IT, would amount
20 refusal OF the demands OF the United
States.
War would Begin.
In such case the president would pro-
coed Immediately TO use the naval and
military forces of the United States to
execute the will OF congress. How this
will be done, what steps shall first be
taken, whether Havana shall be block
AIDED or whether an attempt shall be
made to make speedy campaign by
hurling large force of troops into Ha-
~ana under cover of bombardment of
a fleet are all matters Of mere spccula-
ton. The experts of the army and navy
have laid their plans with the greatest
detail for the future, but they do not
hesitate 10 say that any attempt to
make these public In advance, TO the
manifest advantage of Spain, would be
actual treason.
An outline OF the policy to be followed
by this government In the treatment of
neutrals and the matter OF privateer-
ing Ia contained In the following state
ment: In the event Of hostilities be-
tween the United States and Spain IL
will be the policy of this government
not 10 resort to privateering.
The topic OF absorbing interest In
military circles was the expected de-
cision OF the president and Secretary
Niger upon the question Of how to place
the volunteer forces at the service OF
the government. No less than three
consultations were held at the white
house on this subject, but II was finally
announced that IL would not be possible
90 issue the expected call for volunteers
Wednesday. The district militia forces
have been offered 10 the government
by Gen. Harries, and there is some ex-
pectation that those will be the first Of
che militia forces to be drawn into tho
government service.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06

exploded. causing the tragedy This
version Of the afialr Ia not accepted BY
the authorities. and. a. Sanchez lied IN
his hrst story Of the killing. EFFORT will
be- made TO force a further confession
from him. That SAnchez deliberately
started on . career OF crime. In the
hope Of svadlng detection. all the an
tecedent circumstances connected with
the killing Of his wife seem 10 show.
Developments since the tragedy point
20 the fact that he was devislng means
TO make way with her 20 az 10 avoid
detection. Tie seems 10 have started
well on his Holmes-like career. but
lacked the mental acumen and shrcwd-
ness 10 carry Il 10 successful end.
II has come 10 light that since his re.
iuru 20 Denver with his young wife he
has been asking acqualntances a. TO
the effect Of certain polsons on the IN.
man system Il if known that he was
In the habit OF administering morphine
In small quantities 20 his wife for
sleeplessness. and one Of the theories
Of the officers Il that. finding himself
embarrassed for money. he determined
% XIII her by poison on the night %
the tragedy. but that when be found
tina, he had failed. fearing detection. he
shot her In cold blood. and then In
vented the story Of murder by the &C.
titious holdup man. Sanchez has been
tried. convicted and sentenced TO pfis.
on for llfe.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06

The Moslem natives In Egypt" says
the Pail Mall Gazette. ARE accustomed
10 call all Caravans Noosranl. and the
term. which h evidently a corruption
Of Nalarene. therefore comes TO mean
Europeans. Il happened one day. no,
many years ago. that an English Of
fcer vas passing through . village In
one OF the more fanatical districts, I
think In the nelghborhood 90 Beleas.
when a small mob collected and boot
Cd him. As there appeared to be some
possibility OF their adding stones TO
their lnvectives. he stopped very coolly
and. turning round. asked them Why
they were 90 annoyed al the sight Of
en- Engilshman. Directly they heard
the word Englishman the stones were
dropped and the faces assumed their
normal gravity. They apoloEized pro
fusely. saying that they aid not know
he was "a Englishman, they had mis-.
taken him for a Noosranl The inci.
dent goes 20 show how completely the
natives distinguish Engllshmen from
the other Europeans In EEypt-how
they Ike and trust the former az much
a. they dislike and dlstruct the latter"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06
POPULAR SCIENCE.

a procession Of iocbeFEs sent against
the surface Of The sun would melt "a
the rate OF three hundred mill.
cubic miles Of solid Ice a second. an
lie heat Il estimated to produce a force
Of about ten thousand-horso power 10
every square foot Of L. surface.
OF the children born alive one.four,h
die before eleven months. one-thlrd
before the twcniy-tE.rd month. haif
before their eighth year. tUo-ihiris
Of mankind die before the thiry-nlnih
year. three-iourihs before their afiy-
r-st year, and Of about twelve thou
sand only enc survives a whole cen
fury.
Mr.. Prank ". Very q The Iadd o.
sorvaiory. Providence. r. l.. has made
some curious observations on The
flght Of migrating birds seen az nlrht
crossing the surface Of the noon. he
watched them with a telescope az four
inches aperture. magnifylng forty
timca The observations were made
N the latter part Of September Tho
great majority Of the birds moved
from north 70 south. and traEeled Ia
little companies. Their avsraEs apsed.
as calculated b. Mt. ven. vas sixty
ssten miles an hour. nlthonrh nome
sppsar1 70 travel Al Ne rate q more
than enc hundred miles IN ncur.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06

Some one has said: If on the Sab.
bath morning every person Of suitable
age should attend public worship NOT
more than one-fourth could be con-.
for,ably accommodated"
In the eleventh census OF the United
States, Tor 1890. In the volume Of "sta.
tisilcs Of Churches" page II. the total
number Of church slttlngs Is given Al
ia,5ei.S63 Add to these sitllnrs IN
halls, achoolhouses. etc. used AZ
places Of public worshlp-a total slt.
ting Tor 2,t50S5S-and there Is actual.
~ provided a grand total OF ie 600 ooo
OF sltiings az any one hour OF public
worship for a population OF es 900 900
II now the agod, innrm. children. An.
fants. nurses, etc, be- placed a, the low
estimate Of sooooo0o. then there was
abundant provision In 1890. no, TO seat
one-iourth Of the population. but there
was a scat for every one who would
come mp to t6,oOO.0oo This ratio has
not changed materially Ia ave years-.
Homiletlo Review.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06
IRoNlcAL IFS.

II you wait a thing wen done ten
the walter 10 bring Il rare.
II kissing went cut Of fashion no
girl would care 10 be considered siyl-
lsh.
II man would live to a ripe old aga
an ne has 10 90 Is TO keep right on
living.
n some women were TO cast their
bread upon the waters Il would OBJ
struct navigatlon.
II woman would always write the
postscript irst Il would save her the
trouble Of writing the letter.
n men were built like pianos there
would BE- more square and upright
people In this wicked world.
II you can't solve the problem Of NE
20 TO your druggist he can always
tell you some Kind Of a solution.
ia man has the vieht STUFF In him
Il h bound 10 come out. That's what
makes some meas noses 20 red
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06

Longfsllows handwriting was q
bold. frank back hand.
Charlotte Bronte'a handwrlilne ap-
peared 10 have been traced with =
needle.
Thaekeray's psnmanship vas mar
yelously neat but % small that e
could not always be read with comfost
BY any but microscopic eyes.
Napoleon's Handwriting vas not on
" nlegibls: Il h said that His letters
from Germany 10 Josephlne were af
hrst taken for rough maps Of the seat
Of var.
Capt harrTat's handuriting vas 20
hne that whenever the copylal rested
from his iabors he vaa obliged % stick
a pin where be len on. IN order 70 nnd
The plaes again.
Among the authors Of the past. Gray.
Moore. Leigh Hunt walter scoll and
Buchanan Read possessed q pleasing.
running hand which failed % express
any decided individuality.
Carlyle reconstructed with pen ana
gAli What hls mind and eyes had scen
and In the patient but grabbed and
eddy emphasized handwriting mach
Of hls Temperament may BE- read
A reckless eomposllor enc az uenf
to Jules Janln and bssought him to
deeipher some pages Of hls oun mann-
script The great man replied that he
uould rather Fewrlts than attempt 20
read over again what be had oncs
written.
Among living authors. ". Z. How
els. Bret Harss. Andrew Lag. WI
liam Norris. T. BURKE Collins. FRED
sriek Locker and George Maedonald
wife hands that are plain and loElhlo
and often beautiful without any
suOngly distinctive characierlntlcs
10 penman. either American or for-
eign. could have been worse than Hor-
ace Greeley. Goodness" said a new
oompositor 10 when q "taks~ Of the
editors copy had been handed. n
nelsharzar had seen this writing o.
the wall be would have been more Ter.
rinee than he waa-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06
rap,. murder 4. o..,.,..

A triple murder tRs committed az
Fairburn. Ca. the other day. Al day
break Henry Turner. an industrious
farmer. and his young wife and sister
went into the fields 10 hoe potatoes
This was the last seen % them alive
They did not return home At noon for
dinner. and friends. becoming alarmed,
started In search Of them. They had
not got further than a quarter OF a
mile from the house when they dis.
covered the three missing ones. each
face downward In the burrows. dead
from pistol ball wounds In the head.
Their position indicated that they had
been taken by surprise and shot from
the rear. having no opportunity 70 De.
tend themselves There 10 no clue
whatever 20 a solution OF che crime.
and no enemies OF the three are
known.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06
LUCKY TO GET OUT ALIVE.


HetienAH IN thinean Hoapitai HAYS
little chanes - Recover.
From the London Mall. II ever tho
surroundings were conducive to ~
health or a prolongatlon Of disease.
those Of a Chinese hospital are GER
tanly meant 10 be productive Of con-
tinued revenue 10 the owner. For. be
Il known, the Chinese hospital Is
private Institution run BY the under
taker. lie IL always on the safe side.
II the patient keeps alive he gets
money for caring for him. II bis
friends tire Of paying Tor his keep be
Is placed In the chamber Of tranquil
lty." After he dies the undertaken.
that pooh bah who has three Offices
only. buries him and makes money oui
OF Inn TO the last Imagine a room
about ten feet wide and twelve feet
long. filled with the Odds and ends Of
junk shop. Let this room be 50 dark
that u takes two candles 10 make
light. and 80 filled with the malOdoF-
Gus smells that are usually met with
In Chinatown dens that a strong man
hesitates before he enters and gasps
for breath after he gets inside Place
a half dozen hunks round the walls
anu a oauldron In which some witches
broth Is boiling IN the corner. Let the
walls be 20 full Of raiholes that the
three cats which make themselves
AZ home on the hunks with the sick
Chinamen are insufficient TO watch
them all. Imagine an this. and you
may have some slight conception Of
what the interior OF a Chinese hos
pital looks like. II your Imagination
IL very vivid. and you have seen
Chinese opium dens, you may get pref
y close 70 the real thing. Otherwise
Il Is beyond Imagination. But the
'front.' room above described Is elyslum
In comparison with the one a the
back. There are grades OF darkness.
the scientists tell Us. and these grades
may b. found in a Chinese hospital.
some darkness can b. seen. some can
be felt That IN the back room can
b felt palpably. In fact. Il Is present
70 all human senses a. once Il can
b tasted. Il can be heard. Il can be
seen. II can be felt That Il can be
smelled goes without saying. You
stand just within the opening. which
BY courtesy IL called a door. and you
hear breathing. - II someone were ex-
hausted after a long run. You are
not mistaken. Il is a man breathing
heavily In his race with dea.h. He Il
still alive. and you wonder Why.
Cropping your way. you reach some
stationary object and light a match.
Il Just gives enough light 70 enable
you 10 see a candle on a bench and you
light that Then you feel that an cleo
trie arc light would scarcely BE- sun.
Client 10 enable you 10 pierce that
Stygian darkness. Il Il well. perhaps
that you have an obscured vision. Il
IL possible that n you could seaual
that h In the room a. once yoG too
would BE- a sick man. Il Il q noisoml
den. where vermln abound: wher,
rats make their home: where the Nv.
Ing and the dead humanity he side b.
slde-the one waiting for Ia coin and
the other for the cessation % u,
strugEle for breath.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06

London streets are being rechristened
By the Italians who make their living
In them. Regent street they call the
"stradone del campanile AguEzo.T tae
street Of the pointed sieeple; Kennlnz-
tot gardens IL IN Parco deN Pnlkzai
aIte." the park Of high palaces: TE1s
falgar square. Ia Piazza dele Fon-
tame" the square Of fountains: he
streets around Noting Hlll gate ars
called II paess delle Lavandais." the
WasherWomen's country. while Hyde
Park corner and the Wellingtoa
statue h "cayallinton.- . corruption
fer "cavalla alto Wellington high
horse wellington. Plmlico haa =
French name. II FaubourE-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06

cOnneeiieuts AREA ..........

conneciieuts ARIA ........... $3.50
Total area Of the four states. .i5s. go
CALIFORNIA; area ..............iBS.3s go
CALIFORNIA; excess over these four
states IL seventy square miles. While
the states mentioned have az counties.
California has but hfty-four. Cali.
iornia is 20 miles long: its extreme
breadth IL SS0 miles. ia least breadth
$50 miles. and Ia ooas, line exceeds
100 milea California has on an aver
age a little over two hundred and
ninety-eight square miles 10 each
county. or over three times a. much
az the average Of each county In New
York-over four times a. much a. .
Pennsylvania county. MichlEan
county. or one In Connect.
cut II California were trans.
plated to the Atlantic coast the coast
line would reach from Boston. Mass
to savannah, Ca. ,hns covering the
seacoast Of eleven states that are
swept by the cold polar currents from
Hudsoa Bay.-Pi,tsburg Dispatch.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06
CAUSE OF MAHMuND TRoUBLB
Burning Of = village Gives Rise q
EasIAad's Iaaiaa war.

Burning Of = village Gives Rise 70
Highlands Iaai4a war.
From the 50. James Gazette: On
Sept. u the Third brigade left Mum
dab. India. after a fifteen mile march.
camped south OF Enayat Eilla. The
next day they we're hallb but the
cavalry were not allowe- rest on
their oars & took tvs-fquadrons
10 reconnoiter up the wYeiai valley.
While they we're comfortably break
fasting some hundreds Of hlllmen were
seen lining a spur iuttlng out into the
valley on the left. There were seven
or eight standards among them and
they evidently meant business. but
when they saw Il was only a cavalry
r. 'onnolssance they dispersed. After
breakfas, our fellows advanced about
eight miles up the valley and halted,
when a so-cailed friendly who was with
them a. a guide happened TO mention
10 K that a village close BY had a
horse belonging 10 the Eleventh .. L.,
which had bolied at Chakdara with
carblne. sword and everything, ita
rider having been killed. So Z
asked leave from the political ofhcer
who was with the force 20 burn this
village. Permission was granted. IL
was therefore set Gre TO. but after
quarter Of an hour or 10 our fellows
we're startled by bullets whizzing past
them and the only thing 70 do was
10 mount and retire quickly. This
they did. being pursued by Eve or SIX
tribesmen. who sniped them. However.
they got back 70 camp without cas-
ualtles and thought no more about the
affair, but that little business is sup
posed TO have been the beginning OF
the whole Mahmund trouble. Ca the
same day General Jeiireys arrived and
camped on the same ground and Il was
on that night that his camp was at
tackled by these people. who resented
their village being burned. In the ac-
ton OF the 10th. In which Jenreys lost
heavily. be found himself benighted
with a defenEeless mountain battery
and one Of his stan. 70 be took up
a position outside a village. Just under
meath its walls. and was being fred In.
10 AZ thirty yards all through the night
II was a very foolish thing TO do. a.
he ought 10 have held the village. I,
was the yery village which had been
burned on the 18th and the generals
place Of refuge was a perfect sham.
bles next morning. The battery lost "a
heavily In men and mules that they
could work only four guns aftorward
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06

Teas will never BE- married. she
proposes 10 devote herself 10 dress. so
cleiy and educational matters She
has learned many Of the usages Of po-
lite society. and during the winter sea-
son OF the 200 at Michigan avenue and
Madison street she will endeavor TO
demonstrate the bond that exists be-
tween the chlmpanfee and man.
Tess walks upright. dresses In the
mos, approved fashion. never goes
without shoes. is proud Of the mum.
Der Of her glove. and IL a connoisseur
on millinery. she laughs when she Is
amused. has hts Of anger like her hu-
man sister when her whima are inter
Tered with. and can initiate the human
blpeds with whom she comes In con-
tact.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06
TIE VANISHING SPIDER.
Gee Of the ouriositlss Of Aaimal life
IN Florida.

Oss Of the curiosltlss Of Animal Lifs
IN Florida.
A Florida paper describes a strange
creature known a. the vanishing
spider" on the borders % the Ever
gladcs you often see a large yellow
spider. lie swings a strong web from
two plant twigs on each side Of q path
or clear space Of ground and waits Tor
bis prey. The web Il In the shape Of
hammock and tapers Al each end 20
a fine point. though quite broad In the
middle The bright color OF the owner
seems 10 mark him for destruction be
Is clearly defined against the vhits
sand or dead leaves. and you wonder
what be would do Tor defense IN case
Of attack. Approach quietly and ho
watches you intenlly. Nov raise your
hand suddenly. and he will dlsappeari
While you are wondering what became
Of him you see frat a blur where be
had been. then several spiders. then
you catch sight again Of the yellow
ball that you noticed Al first Repeat
the performance. and the stage effect
Il renewed. The disappearance is alb
soluie-there can b. no doub, about Il.
and the little magician trusts 70 Il en-
irely Tor bis protection. How is u
donef A. soon az he Il threatened he
starts the vibrations Of his airy ham
mock. These become too rapid for the
eye 70 follow. and he vaniahes. A
these become slower you So a Blur.
and then several spiders ~ tho eye
catches him Al different points Of his
swing, until finally he rests before you.
Philadelphia Tines
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06

Two HtFange taasa OF foiaoninGs
In the far northeastern corner OF
Arizona Territory. that Ia TO say. In
Navajo county, young man was Bit
ten by a ella monster last week. Al.
most a. the same time. a, Yuma. IN
the extreme Southwestern corner %
the Territory. little girl ate some OF
the berries that fell from the umbrella
tres which ErOw 70 plentifully in
Southern Arizona The young man
lived. but the little maiden died. The
latter case h the most remarkable.
perhaps. for until this instance no,
even the medical profession suspected
that there was anything poisonous
about the umbrella tree. The chlld'a
name was Dora Lynch. her father be.
ing well known In Yuma. The lucky
young man In the northwest was Or
rim barney.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06
THIS AND THAT.

A wide-avake dealer In dogs adsvr-
Used "Whlnes and Lickers" OF all
kinds IN a temperate Maine town. and
has a large list Of customers each
day.
The saedest news OF the autumn Il
that some Of the Maine country ner-
chants viii no longer turn their stores
into smoking rooms during the win
ter.-Boston Herald.
Il Ia more than hfteen years since
the Empress % Austria was last pho
tographed. She has completely with
drawn herself from public life. and l.
fond Of travelling incognito.
Toe cotton seed Industry OF the
South employs 10000 people In three
hundred miils The capitalization Is
over so. 600. and the annual prod
net h valued Al 100000.
A 81 Louis girl and boy. age. re-
speetively. sixteen and nineteen. have
ieft their home because a kind friend
took the pains 10 inform them that
the woman who had tendeFly cared for
their comfort since infancy Ia their
stcrmother.
Phillips Brooks once said that "the
shortness Of life IL bound up with l,s
iullness. Il IL 10 him who ls NOS, ac-
tive. always thinking. feeling. working.
caring for people, that life seems short
Strip a life empty and Il viii seen
long enough"
Two wheelmen Of Kansas have ae-
oompllohed the feat Of riding from In
dependence. 40. TO Kansas City. sit
sing on their handle bars, facing the
rear OF their wheels and pcdaling
backward. The task was the more re-
markablo rs the distance was over
ten miles.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-06
viz. w.n,.a IN Ia.ha


Young women are s,ill scarce In Ida
no, and bachelors who desire to change
their conditions Of single blessedncss
are plenty. As result OF this oondi-
ton u Affairs school boards In that
state have diflculty In securing teach
err 10 condue, their schools. Fcw men
are engaged In the occupation Of teach
Ing the young. a. they can usually and
more lucrative employment, 50 young
women are imported from the east, and
a. soon as they begin their work the
bachelors begin paving court to them.
With a dozen men nuttering around
her. small wonder that the schoolma'm
resigns and marrles one of her suitors.
There are about ten unmarried men to
one unmarried woman In Idaho
Dr. william c. Whitwcll. a druggist
one unmarried woman In Idaho.
gives the following incident as sam
pie Of the way schoolma'ams are WOO
cd and won In Idaho, "A charming
young lady. Miss Busch. came FROM
Iowa 20 teach In the public schools Of
Glvensvllle." he says. "hut before she
was there three months she was en-.
rared % a prominent man OF the
town. and AZ the close OF the school
term they were married. Her sister
came TO teach the next school year.
when the term was half over this sis
ter resigned and married. and sent for
another unmarried sister TO take her
place AZ teacher Tho third Mis-
Busch taught In the school the latter
half Of the term. but three days after
the term closed she was married to q
business man Of the town.