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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-11-26

Less than one-half the things one hears
are true. Washington tla) Democrat.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-11-26

Deep down to the pain spot. St Jacobs
Oil roots out Sciatica.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-11-26

When a man has troubles he increases
them by being cross.-Atchison Globe.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-11-26

Winter set in with Rheumatism. Set out
with ST. Jacobs Oil and cure.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-11-26

Hot or cold, Neuralgia will come Use st
Jacobs Oil it Will go
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-11-26

lay last and continued 10 grow
steadily worse until his death. Mr..
Kelley was CT years Of age and leaves a
widow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09

board. Then Mr.. Lighter remarked that
he had carefully watched the splendid
surgical work performed by his frien'. DR.
Sawyer. an felt confident he could DO an
Operation htmself. an he moved that DIR.
sawyer be firmly requested to donate
leg to the republic. The motion was adopt
ca IN spite OF the DOCTORS refusal 10 put
the question, but was never put into effect
because we were picked up the next morn
IN, ship heavfn' In sight just when we
had got DIR. Sawyer penned up in a corner
an were rreparin' TO tie him.
"A government boat. locking for dere-
hcts, picked us up. an a most surprised
lot they was when we were taken aboard
On the way home Mr.. Lighter drew m
parers in twentty-.wo suits. an presented
tils to US amountin' to $3.50 for fees
Cap'n Cyrus ended the suits. however. by
calm attention 10 the fact that we were
so much mixed up regardin' our anatomics
that II would be like suesn' ourselves
That's about all there Is to the story
exceptin that every year the five of us
gets together an compares notes Oh, YES:
i forgot TO say that when We reached
Portlan' We found that Sarah Cutter had
run on an married a man which played
drum in the circus band. an that the man,
whose name was wilkins. had whipped
Sarah Cutters father so that he was IN
bed for n month. The marriage OF Sarah
Cutler was a sad blow to DIR. Sawyer an
Mr.. Lighter. an i felt IL considerable my
self. because Sarah Cutler hadn't promised
Dr. Sawyer an Mr.. Lighter anythin', an
she had promised TO marry me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09

went overheard without any hesitation. We
never knew hew the lions got Loose. but
suppose the end OF the cage was smashed
in the collision. Both Cap'n Cyrus an me
was good swimmers, an the boat picked US
Up In q few minut.s. Just as we were
hauled in The Emma gave q heaye to one
side. then Strengthened an went down bow
first.
I'VE pulled right away for the islam, an
got close to 1t In o little bit 1t was the
nlcst unpromisin' lookin island I ever
sew. Nothtn but big. bare rock stickin'
out Of the water, an not q tree to be seen.
There was some reefs on the side we were,
an then q little stretch Of sand, an then
plain black rock. We rowed all aroun'
that islam, an it didn't take long either,
as 1t asn't over three or four acres In all.
The sun was UP good by this time, an
even with q glass there wasn't q speck in
sight in any direction. Finally we pulled
back to where we started from an landed
on the little beach. I jumped out ahead Of
the Others an the first thing 1 see, up on
the rock, was a lion, an recognized him,
too. 1t was the same one as was trailin'
me on the boat. How he had managed to
feat or swim to that rock is past me, but
there he was big as life. He sneaked back
when he saw me, an couldn't follow him
with my eyes amorg the rocks.
John Drake and DIR. Sawyer were
mighty glad to get their feet on firm land
again, I can tell you. an when told them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09

for goin' to Portlan' by sea instead of by
land. He asked me to let him know when
we got in sight OF Portlan'.
Il poked my nose up on deck again, an
the gale was a driyin' the rain an the
spray In perfect sheets. Cap'n Cyrus was
dashed to the wheel, an was Shakin' his
fist at the lions cage.
THAT storm was the worst, pretty near,
ever known on the coast. There was plenty
of wrecks, an there would have been
plenty more. but the wind was from the
northwest, an carried most everythin' out
to sea, instead of drfvin' them into the
breakers.
ut blowed down most every chimney in
North America, / reckon, an 1t took the
tents of Robinsons circus, which was pitch
ed near Hartford, an carried them two
miles, an scattered wild animals, an ele-
plants, an hoSes, an caMels over thu
state of Connecticut to that extent that
omen was afraid to go out of their doors
for weeks. That storm was movin' south
an it was carryin' q whole procession of
friens benin it, We moved right along
with it. an for three days an nights We
never was safe in leavin' hold of some POI.
somethin', an thrown hard. Cap'n Cyrus
had nearly every. one of his sails carried
away tryin to steady that vessel to keep
her from rollln over. Neither John Drake
or DR.. Sawyer took much interest in any
thin. Mr.. Lighter kept sayir', it was most
remarkable that with the speed We was
agon' We didn't git to Portlan'. He
Judged there was somethin' wrong, an he
wanted to know If there was any time limit
in our contract with Cap'n Bunker on
which We could sus. He spent good deal
of his time maxim wills for John Drake an
DR.. Sawyer. sn' he told me he had made
his expenses anyway.
"Cap'n Cyrus hardly ever left the wheel
durin' that whole time, an We saw mighty
little Of him. The third evenin' the wind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09

tendin' the negative. He was sayin'. as I
went below, that when he married he was
a goin' to marry girl as had never seen q
town Of over ten Thousand inhabitants.
Hcwsomever. John B. Drake last year mar
ried girl which had been lvin' pictur In
New York. an she keeps him straight, too
about II o'clock that night woke up,
an / thought the boat was tryin' to turn q
back somersault; she was q reelin' an
pitchin' to that extent that ridln' on q
camel was mere child's play to the motion.
put my haad mp on deck, an found we
was runnfn' with bare poles. The wind
was Just q shrielkin'. an seemed to be
risin'. The clouds had a whiteish look to
them. an tie water looked like boiliu' tar.
Every minute one OF them Hons would I.t
cut roar way up above the wind. I went
down below again without further tuvesti-
cation. never was any great hand at sail
orin', except when it's good weather, an
it's best frien' couldn't call that weather
good. ! looked round for the rest of the
passengers. John Drake was in his bunk.
almost too seastck to groan, an Just q
hopin' that The EmmR would 20 down
quick an sudden He asked me to get the
doctor Tor him. an q minister, too, If I
could ind enc. He said hs wns safisfied he
had not lived the right kind Of = ME at al.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09

has bean sailor, always will be q sailor;
he tends to the sea business I've been to
sea, but not regular. an tends to the land
business. l used to be in the circus busi-
ness; rode three horses standin', bat that
was before lost my Leg
Capt Cyrus shook hands with us, solemn
ly. and asked us to sit down. My wife said
that the room was delightful 1T does
well enough" rumbled out the captain, eff
'twasn't for the door. Who ever heard tell
o. door In respectable ship?'
This amt no Ship replied his partner.
ITS house, an a door 1t needs, an door
it's got.''
when We built this house." he con-
tfnued. turning to US, Il was in Boston,
disposin' Of a two-h eaded shark I had
bought on a speculation, and Cap'n Cyrus
started in to manage the buildin. He laid
keel for the house and started the walls
up SO you had to put props on both sides
to keep it from fallin' over"
which" INTERCEPTED Capt. Cyrus. lis the
right way to build boat, an conseckently
is the right way to build house, if house
this Is which 1 don't allow
I've changed the plan of thu house." con-
tinued Mr.. Bunks. IAN went back 10 Bos-
ton"
'Leavin' behin'," went on Captain
Bunker. "a drorin' of a mansion, with
pole in the center. an sides like circus
when came back" resumed the other,
81 found the house as you see it, an Cap'n
Bunker sittin' on the roof"
''On the deck, from the captain.
ION the deck smokin' a pipe. was sur
prised at the appearance of the house,
havin' expected to find 1T roun' an hand
some. I walked all around 1t once, to look
at it.. Then walked all around it again to
find q door. could find no door. though
there was a rudder, just at the place you
came in I called to the capn, who had
watched me walkin' around, and asked him
how to get in, an he said"
It said" broke in the captain, 81 said
she's pretty ShipShape amt she? You get
aboard just as you get aboard any craft,
up the side, an I lowered thu ladder for
him."
Il can't climb a rope ladder very we'll"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09
Pyramid Climbing.
ON the Chicago New

From the Ohcago News
Climbing the pyramids is no slight task
Mountain climbing is no more difficult. The
trip to the pyramids is Tow easy for WISH
tors. as a good road has been made. A
ten-mile drive brings one to the foot OF
Gizeh. the largest of them all, and on
whose construction 10000 men were en-
pioyed for thirty years-ail to make a safe
resting place for the body of a monarch
whose corpse was afterward stolen. The
second largest pyramid is almost equal in
size. and then follow other pyramids OF
varying height, the total number sim
standing being about fifteen. Many wish
torn ascend Gzeh and most are sorry after
ward. 1t is astonishing to see the Be-
douins. VINO run up and down Gizeh against
time. The two factest runners there agree
to get to the top and down again in eight
minutes. Visitors, however. have to be
helped up each step.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09

Ny wife said there was a romance at
teched to them. She felt sure one of them
had stccd by Farragut some other naval
hero's SIDE. when a round shot or square
shot had taken off an arm. The other she
thcrght had been through some terrible
encounter with a savage beast. Both of
them certainly were minus legs or arms,
and when gently limited at a circular saw
or a threshing machine or a railroad wreck,
the look of disdain with which was treat
ed kept me quiet on the subject for two
hours.
My wife and had taken house out on
Cape Cod. We had taken house on Cape
Cod because we had not been married very
long. and we yearned for a desert and soli-
tude-that is. for solitude far away from
all our friends and a Desert peopled by
Just us two. Not having the funds neces-
sary to take US to Africa, We compromised
OF a hot Sc. which was really very small
cottage. on Cape Cod. There for IS a month
we secured our cottage ready furnished,
all the solitude any newly married couple
could crave, and an unlimited supply OF
fresh air and pine woods. The first day we
-epent in our cottage I proposed to settle
there permanently and raise chickens. There
are no chickens ard eggs in the world
to compare with the Cape Cod productions.
Ny wife said that the plan was delightful,
and that she would feed the little chicks
and water the elephants. 1 nave never
started a chicken farm on Cape Cod. but
am still willing to place my wife's and my
experience and skill as an offset to any
mans capital. The second day in our cot
tage we drank our fill of the fresh salt
breezes, and received timid calls from the
wives of some neighbors, who brought US
flowers. The third day was muggy, but in
spite of the mist We plowed down to the
life saving station and were received with
open arms by the crew. On my way back
the mist turned to rain, a good, honest
Cape Cod rain, liable to last q week. We
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09

back, hot
and cold
,dushes,
\ nervous
and trcm-
bling SEN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09

sations and physical lassitude aud mental
dependency. The whole body is tortured
with pain and the entire nervous system Il
racked If they consult the average OBJ
seure physician, he viii Attribuke their bad
feelings to stomach, liver, kidney, heart or
nervous trouble. II, by accident he hits
upon the right cause, he viii insist upon
the disgusting examinations and local treat
meut 30 embarrassing to . sensitive, mod
est WOMAN.
The real trouble Il weakness o. disease
of the delicate and important Organs that
bear the burdens of maternity. There 10 NO
necessity for examinations or local treat
ment. DR.. PieTce's Favorite Prescription
cures all disorders Of this nature in the
privacy of the home. II acts directly ON
the sensitive organs concerned, making
them strong and wen. It a1lays inHamma-
ton, heals liberation. soothes pain and
times and builds mp the nerves II stops
exhansting drains- 1t banishes the tliscon-
forts of the expectaut moufhs, and makes
haby,s coming easy and utmost painless.
II restores the beauty end vivacify lot
fhxoag1 long Uoufhs q ye.D Of pain and
suGednx. Thouaands Of Wo0en lave aes-
tilted 30 is 0xxxe3ous inertia Al al med
icine stures. Avoid subua3tuaes.
To cover mailing osky, send n cnelcent
stamps for pspeEcove1ed cupy, OF n fnr
eiokh -boand copy, of On. Rierce,s connps
Sense Medical A1xiaef. AddDeas, OocfW
nv. Fierce. Dunklo. n. Y.
The sun., 1898-04-06
JOSEPHINE RENAMED.
The Handsome Yacht Purchased of
Mr.. Widener by the Goycrnments,4s
Z 4. Now Vixen ,.45.l,ss,

The handsome yacht Josephine re-
Gently purchased by the United States
.lovcrnhent from +. ALB. Widener is
now at the League Island Navy yard,
and Yesterday the examining board Of
officials appointed to investigate the use.
fulness of the Josephine were busy all
dav looking yer her. el,s 8sat
Meantime Q workmen riped and tore
throughout her pretty cabins, removing
the luxurious fittings and making ready
for her transformation to a fighting
craft.
The officials have reported to the
Secretary Of the Navy the condition and
capabilities Of the craft, and department.
orders have been received to make all
haste in rclitting her superstructure and
cabins.
She will h transformed into gunb'at
with Il light battery. Secretary Long
has renamed her the Vixen, and Lieu
tenant Sharpe, lately aid to Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt las been assigned
to her command
1t will require couple Of weeks to rel t
her for service, after which she will be
formally commissioned as fighter /, 7
the Stars and Stripes.
The sun., 1898-04-06
NO ACTION YET TAKEN
Street and Sewer Department Does
Not Act in a Requcst..Rusi-
ness Transacted.

At last nights meeting ofthe Street
and Sewer Department, ne action was
taken on the previous request of the
Wilmington Light, Heat and Power
Company, to the effect that the corpora.
tion be allowed to tear up certain streets
in order to lay pipes, etc.
As has been intimated in THE SuN
the request will in all probability be
tabled, and Willard Salisbury, Esq,
Preston Lea X Go. owners or reputett
owners will he compelled, it is alleged,
t, keep the charter, of Incorporation,
which they rcsurrccted, after failing to
sell the fr: ncllise to the Wilmington
City Electric Light Company.
The dep:rtment has decided to clean
Front street from 7. w. 4 B. Depo t."
Madison street every week instead Of
every month as heretofore.
Permission was granted the Whining
City Electric Company TO place poles in
the various parts of the city which lights
have been order by the department.
a petition from the residence of Tat
nell street between Seventh and Eighth
streets to replace a gas lamp, was laid on
the table until next meeting night.
The secretary reported having collected
$l34.4S and receiving from the Chief
Engineer Department $l9. O.,
The weekly pay roll Of $420.l2 Was
allowed. !. ~
The Star Publishing Company was
given the contract to publish the report
Of the department for 1877 at $l.S5 for
each page.
The department contemplating taking
the light away from lowering avenue
and Harrison street Mr.. George G..
Morris appeared and asked the COM
missioners to hold the matter over for
one week until the residents of the
neighberhood would he heard from. II
was grantee d and II e b ,dy adjourned
The sun., 1898-04-06
CAPTAIN SIGSBEE LAYS
...... ,.,.. - BLAME ON SPAIN
Says His Ship Was Blown Up
by Mine Placed by H.
.,. .... t.. Spaniar,ls. 'r

WAsIIIYGToy, April 5.-Captain, Sigs-
bee, Of the Maine. appeared before the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs to-
day. In the course OF his examination
before the committee. he stated it to be
his opinion that his vessel. the Maine.
was blown up by submarin, mine, To-
Gated by the Spanish authorities. As to
whether it was fired by the Spanish all
,thorities or nor, he declined to express
an opinion. He told the committee
what he had testified to before the
Board of Inquiry about the buoy to
which the Maine was anchored being
the most unirrqucntcd buoy in the har-
Dor.
The position in which the ship was
placed. he said. was such that he could
have fired upon both forts at the same
time.
The sun., 1898-04-06
WALLACE'S LEFT HAND
Was the One That Wrote "Ben Hur'
and palmists Had Predicted the
Great Work il Would Do.

An entertainment was given in the
Hanover Presbyterian Church by the
United Circle "f Kings Daughters last
evening.
Two selections were recited by Miss
IIoffecker, and Miss lore furnished the
vocal selections. Rev. s. b. Greigg, pas
tor OF the Twelfth Presbyterian Church,
Of Baltimore, gave an illustrated le tire
on ben Hur." -
lie first showed the hand Of General
Lew Wallace and said that palmists had
pronounced it II hand that would leave
page which would remain in history f,r
all time to come. lie also stated that in
his n,ind it carried ont the alb. We state
nlent when lie wrote Ben Iiur," and
that he thought every one who had read
the book would agree with him.
General Wallace's hand was a sIlort.
-tumpy one ana contained numerous
marks in the palm. lie w,otc all OF The
wnluI,n,iS story with his left hand
The receipts for the evening will q fun
charity purposes. ..
The sun., 1898-04-06
WHITE CAP LETTER.
Edward Garrison a Walking Arsenal
Afraid of Being Badly Treated.
by Unknown Persons.

Chief of Police Dolan and his officers
are at present engaged in endeavo,ing to
ferret out the writer's of alleged white
cap letters.
+ On Monday Edward Garrison of 1900
French street appeared at the police
station and gave the chief the following
epistle which had been sent him.
Wilmington, DEL, April 2, 1898.
"Mr. William Garrison, YOU have a
Lazy Brother; Wont Work. | think
We'll have to take Charge Of him soon.
We are the White Caps! White Caps!
White Caps"
On the other side of the letter was
written: "Mr. Charles Garrison; Look
Out! White Caps. Some night. SION.
This from us; 7. ID. A. G. Mr.. Charlie
Garrison go to Work; if you Don't We
Ill Come after you some Night this
Weak. Look out For us. viii Run him
out Of town. He is Big Lazy Bum Tar
and Feather Look out"
At the bottom OF the letter were the
skulls and crossboncs, supposed en-
blems Of tie order.
Captain Kane gave Garrison permis-
sion to carry a revolver until the writer
or writers OF the note are discovered and
the man is now walking arsenal.
The sun., 1898-04-06
DEATH may Be HER Fate
Lizzie McArrah dying as the
Result Of Malpractice.
A PHYSICIAN IS IN TROUBLE
DR.. }. b. Welch, Of This City Arrested
and Taken to Philadelphia Where
He Was Identified "A
Criminal Operation.
A PHYSICIAN IS IN TROUBLE

DIR. James B.. WEIGH, of 4lO West
Fourth street, this city, was arrlsted
yesterday morning at his home charged
with performing criminal operation on
Miss Lizzie MrAriali, of PHILADELPHIA,
The arrest was made by Detective
Guyer, Sergeant Bailey and Officer
Scott, Of Philadelphia.
The physician was taken to the city
named and to the Philadelphia Hos
pital where the young lady on whom
the abortion was performed was lying in
a dying condition.
Miss McArrah Immediately Unidentified
DR.. Welch and stated that the operation
was performed in Wilmington on the
afternoon OF March 25. last.
After it had been performed the woman
stated that she had returned to Phila-
delrhia, was taken very i'll and finally
her sickness assumed such Il state that
she had to be removed to the hospital.
Here blood poisoning set in and it was
then that she informed the physicians
in attendance as to who had perfor ned
the operation. ia
She also stated in her densition that
DR.. Welch had performed similar opera
tien on her about two years ago., wnlch
had proven sudDpssful.
The price paid on both occasions she
said was $40, and this fee was ,ken by
the physician prior to the performance
Of the abortion.
The statement was made in the pres-
ence of detectives Guyer ard Delaney
and Immediately thereafter the woman
making it sank into unconsciousness and
it is said cannot recover.
| Prior to the arrest of DIR. Welch Chief
OF Police Dolan OF this city, was informed
Of tie condition Of Miss Mc4Arrah by
Superintendent OF Police Robert Linden
Of Philadelphia, and when the officers
of that city arrived here they were met
by the chief and conducted to the resi-
dence Of DR.. Welch.
The physician returned to this city
Yesterday afternoon after his identifica-
ton and will be held to answer the serl-
Gus charge preferred against him.
1t is alleged that DR.. Welch has
gaiMed al ul!enviable reputation 'ur per-
forming criminal operations and has fire.
quenty been under lrveiIlancr.
He has never been caught in one OF
his many alleged crin,s in This parl leu
lar until yesterday ard If the woman
dies will receive the full extent II !ne
llaw.
Al 1.30 o'clock this morning word was
received ilom Philadelphia to the effect
that NJ S McArrah was still alive but
that she was in Il critical condition and
her death m)nentari'y y expecte,