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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01

by the portents OF vendetta insur
rection, and the newspapers of Ponce
and San Juan now advertise "Estan-
elias muy baratas Ell Ia Vega Y Villas
en- las Alturas"- farms in the Vega
(the coast plain) and summer houses
in the uplnnds, nt very low prices"
Those who cannot sell will lease. or
get trustworthy tenants on almost
any terms, and il Is more than prob
able that the reports Of the first
American winter sojourners will cause
rush for the rush for the new eli
matte Eldorndo. Icalth-seckers who
have breathed the woodland perfume
OF the Alturas and tasted the waters
OF the cool highland springs will think
southern California n sand-wake, and
Florida n quagmire. The American
guide-book compiler, who proposes TO
publish pamphlet on insect plaques,
might dcduce suggestive conclusions
from the fact that there are no mos
quitoes on the Alturas Of Puerto Rico,
while Chippewa county, Michigan, 5000
miles further from the equator, is
shroudcd in gnat clouds from the
middle of May 10 the end of Scptem-
Der. On the Upper Yukon the guat
nuisance is so fearful that wire
screens are almost condition of
existence, and tho 0lympian abode of
| heimmortals cannot be more free from
| insect troubles than the plateau OF
| Quito, i'm the very heart OF the tropics.
Large wasps OF some 20 varieties do
/ Z a.. N..... Isse
the raids OF still more numerous spe-
cies OF birds have taught them the
wisdom OF concealing their nests IN
the densest foliage, and they rarely
trouble the clearings, though, after the
fashion of our wild bees, they may
be seen lowering around strings OF
sun-dried fruit and the refuse OF the
grape press. Nenomous scrpents do
not exist. The same popularity OF
isolation that prevented the immi-
grafton of large quadrupeds kept out
reptiles, with the exception OF lizards
and n few varieties OF harmless
tree snakes. There are no wolves or
foxes, no wildcats, polecats, or weas-
els. The only enemy OF the poultry
farmer Is n bushrat, almost as large
as fox squirrel. Hawks abound,
but they have too incxhaustible hunt
ing grounds OF their own 20 venture
within gunshot range Of human hab-
itation.
Under American management the
orchards OF the uplands would eclipse
the fruit gardens of southern Spain
the huertas. that tempted the fol.
lowers of Tarik Co stake their lives in
the conquest OF the peninsula. The
productiveness OF wcll-fllled banana
plantations may be inferred from thu
statement OF valverde. that at the ar
rival OK the Spaniards the island had
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01
BUILDERS OF THE NAVY.
A RepubIIcnn Congress Entitled to
the Credit of Creating Dewey
and Schley's ships.

In various parts of the country there
is very commendable disposition on
the part OF our democratic brethren TO
claim the honor Of having fathered the
present navy. They have so few things
TO point to with pride there Is no won
der that they should wish TO claim the
credit for the creation Of the ships
which brought immortal glory to Dew
ey and Schley. But are their claims
well founded, or are they talking
through their hats? Letus see.
Fifteen years ago congress, repub-
lean In both branches, and a repub-
lican president took steps to build the
cruisers Chicago, Boston and Atlanta,
and az the same time added new ma
chiuery 20 the old monitors Monad-
mock, Terror and Puritan. That was
the beginning OF the presentnayy
ri may be said TO the credit OF Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Whitney that they
carried on the good work in most
commendable way, but they were not
the originators Of the idea, by any
means; and, further than this, an eX-
animation OF the records will show
that larger proportion Of republic
ans than democrats have supported oil
steps looking to the extension OF our
naval power. Most Of the champions
for big navy have been republicans;
most Of the opponents have been dem
ocrats.
II looks as though our democratic
friends would have TO go into another
field TO find something 20 which they
can point with prlde.-Cincinnati Com
tperciaI Tribune
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01
CURRENT COMMENT.

CvThe side tracking OF Organism
goes on apace. The unloading OF the
freight will take place later on.--Bos-
ton Herald Qnd. Dem.)
EzBailey. Of Texas, is still opposed TO
the war bonds. That indicates that
they are sure OF approval by the peo-
pie by an overwhelming majority
Chicago Tribune.
OIt is said that there are three
kinds OF silver republicans In Colorado.
In Indiana a veneered democrat of
iciates as every kind Of silver repub-
iican.--Indianapo Journal.
DDcmocrats this year are thankful
for small favors. A republican ma
iority OK $4,000 in Maine Is the best
thing they can find as favorable
rtraw.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
G1Little is heard just at presens
from the suspicious people who ever
since the election OF Mckinley have
been looking for evidence shat the re-
publican party was anxlsVs so shelvs
the money question.--N. z. Tribune
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01

six days of rest" is sufficient TO make
The generous soil guarantee the sur
yival Of its cultivator.
Puerto Rico, indeed, bids fair to be-
come the true Pearl OF the Antilles,
while the two main islands of the arch
ipelngo will probably be classed with
the lost Edens Of our planet. Eastern
Cuba, with its rowing herds of savage
mongrels, is as completely lost TO civili-
zation as any portion of San Domingo
or Sumatra, and only the extreme west
has chance Of recovering from the
agony Of the civil war. Havana will
become an American city. There is
no doubt that the bestseaport Of East
America will attract Yankees enough
TO develop into modern Carthage, n
queen Of the summer seas, and the
merchant princes Of that emporium
will find means TO strangle anarchy in
their immediate neighborhood. The
province Of Havana itself, Pinar del Rio,
and possibly Matanzas, will purge
themselves OF bushwhackcr guerrillas,
and a line drawn north and south
through the geographical center Of the
island will divide the region of social
class and mosstrooper sierras from the
region Of Amcricanized cities and pros
porous agriculture.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01
IT'S DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS.
A Description OF the Guns Which
Find n Place on the Modern
BattIeship.

A 12inch rifle Is 80 feet long. with
four feet external diameter at the
breech, and weighs 4s tons. It's $50
pound shot driven by n 430-pound
charge Of brown prismatic powder
leaves the muzzle with n velocity ex-
ceeding 400 miles per hour and would
reach target at its effective range of
5b miles In "a seconds, while IL would
take the report of its discharge 81
seconds TO traverse the same distance
At n range OF ~ miles this shot would
perforatc 10 inches of solid steel. The
a50-pound projectilc OF the eight-inch
rife will penetrate foot OF armor at
the range OF one mile. The six four
inch rapid-fire guns within the super
structure each delivers eight 40-pound
proiectiles in a minute, while the 2e-
FOUNDERS distributed over the vessel
can he relied upon TO clear an enemy's
decks or 10 disable torpedo boats by
maintaining n terrific hail OF explosive
shell capable of destroying any un-
armored position. The final offensive
resources OF tho citadel, writes Rich
ard Lee Fearn. In the Chautauquan,
are the four torpedo tubes, each pre-.
rared 10 bunch automatic and dirigi-
bile dcstroycrs containing $50 pounds
Of gun cotton.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01
PUERTO RICO.
1t Is the Gem of All Our New Possessions Chances for
Home Seekers.

An icy nortasso had effected the prod
ICY in the small hours of the night,
but by nine a. IN. the sun had dispelled
the clouds and before noon the peak
resumed its usual appearance. As
seen from the heights of the Cerro,
the midland Sierra towers blush
green, wooded 10 the very crest, with
a granite cliff protruding barren here
and there, and single giants of the
palm tribe rising like fiagstafis over
the outline Of the summit forests.
Oaks, myrtles and pines there mingle
with the harder eyergreens OF the
tropics, but on the lower Cerro no APP
proach to night frost has ever been
recorded, and oranges can be win
tered in the open air even on the
north slope and in the keenest draught
OF the sea wind.
In December nights the mercury
may sink 10 SO degrees f., but an hour
after sunrise tropical butterflies are
again on the wing. and hummingbirds
dart about as on the brightest mid
summer morning Of our gulf states.
The thickets resound with the screams
Of the crested blackbirds, paroquets
shrek about the hollow stems Of wild
fig trees, and in the fens the boom of
tropical herons may happen 10 min
gle with the distant ringing of Christ
mas bells. All in all, n winter climate
so far superior 20 that Of southern Eu-
rope that the first Spanish explorers
fancied themselves on the threshold
Of the terrestrial Eden.
Yet on the western half of that Ar
cadian foothill plateau land can still
be bought mt four dollars per acre.
And many OF the eastern villas will
soon be for sale or lease. The Span
iards are preparing TO leave. With
all their protestations of acquies-
cence in the prospects OF new po-
lltical era they cannot reconcile them
selves 10 their loss Of prestige, and
hundreds Of families are on the point
OF transferring their household saints
to Spain or one Of the Spanish-Amer-
lean republics that manifested pro
nounced sympathies with the birth
land Of their Caucasian colonies.
4 considerable number OF Spanish
creoles have already left, frightened
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01
A Good war Menrurc.

Figures that do not lie will not per-
nit the democrats 20 lose sight Of the
Dinglcy law. War or no war, the Ding
lev law is with us, pulling steadily IN
the right direction and piling up sta
tistics 10 the discontinue OF the free
traders. The dutiable imports for Au-
gust amounted 10 $27,si9,6o3, and the
imports free OF duty 20 $2l '693; TO-
tai imports, $40. 17o. 1856. The exports
OF merchandise for August amounted
TO SS4 COS, 7T4; excess OF exports over
imports, S35, 420 1888; increase OF ex-
ports over August last year, S4.2io'21o.
Even In n war month we sold more
abroad than we bought. Our imports
for the first eight months of.1s9s were
valued az s426. 4i2, OBS. and the exports
nj S77s. GA, OPS; excess OF exports over
imports, $685., 262. os7. This represents
n foreign trade OF 81, 205, 0s6, O62 for the
eight months. or $3.50 CPS, 0s6 for the
year. The Dingley law put the coun.
try In good condition for war and
helped IL every day during the war. II
put the balance OF trade In our favor
before the war ard IL has held il there
under the extraordinary conditions oil
the last four months. II was intended
rs n peace law. but II has done good
service as n war measure.--Chioags
Inter Ocean.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01

population of 100000 aborigines, be-
sides some Caribs In hunting camps,
at a time when nine-tenths of the hill
country was still covered with prime
val forests. In other words, the cul-
tivated portions of the vega support
cd an average of 1,S00 natives per
square mile.
At present the total population does
not exceed coo, 900. though some 1900
tout of 4,00O) square miles are under
tillage, or covered with perennial fruit
trees, holding their own against the
encroachments of weeds.
Besides the staples already men
toned the island produces unfailing
crops OF pineapples, sugar cane, vans,
cotton, lemons. vanilla, poppy, red pep
per, mulberries, figs, pomegranates,
grapes, almonds and nuts, rice, ginger,
indigo and arrowroot. Wheat has been
successfully cultivated on some OF the
upper terrace lands, and some mann
moth specimens of Italian chestnuts.
exhibited in New Orleans, came from
the neighborhood of Tollejas, some Is
miles east Of San Juan.
The sheltered valleys of the south
coast might ripen dates, the only
products of the eastern tropics
which America has thus far failed
60 reproduce. Olives, too, would
thrive in the foothills, and the
proprietors OF the finest fruit planta-
lions of the western hemisphere
might make their homes in the alturas,
and reach temperate climate as easily
as the well-to-do business men OF Chat
tanooga, Tenn, who pass the summer
on the summit level Of Lookout noun
tain, instead of taking refuge on the
bleak shores of Nova Scotia.
Puerto Rico thus combines all the adj
vantages of the tropics with exception
from their worst plaques. Bush
whacker lazzaroni," as Capt. McPher'
son calls the chronic insurgents OF
/ Cuba, have never found a congenial
habitat in the little island that prided
itself on It's freedom from the nuisance
of race feuds and pronunciamentos, al
n time when all the other Spanish
American colonies were in state Of
more or less open revolt.
Hacendados grandes, or real estate
monopolists were always scarce, anc
the owners of small coast farms treat
ed their slaves mercifully enough
to avoid seryile instructions. Beg
CARS exist, as i'm all Spanish set
Elements, but the rural parishes
are not ourdened with poor rates
and famines are as unknown a
in Java, where zone working day Il
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01
secret service In the Navy.

During he revolutionary war wash
ington had secret service agents In the
British camps In Fayette furnished
ink obtained from
France, which was visible only when
the paper on which was the message
was washed with another fluid. IL
was customary 10 write with sympa-
thetic ink on blank paper, and Wash
ington suggested that commonplace
letter be written. after which the mes
sage could he written I'm sympathetic
ink on the margins. In the early his
tory OF the government OF the United
States congress made an annual APP
preparation OF $4,000 for secret serv-
lee. and this custom has prevailed unto
the present This is payable by direc-
ton OF the president and secretary OF
state, and no voucher is necessary.
During the rebellion the secret serv-
ice branch OF the government was
very active. Gen. Butler once paid $50
for hand organ and a monkey. They
were used by nm officer, who, disguised
as beggar, was enabled 20 pass the
enemy's lines. The confederate gov
eminent had an army of secret agents
st Washington, and the federal gov
eminent was daily betrayed by these
agents.-San Francisco Call.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01
STICK TO THE OLD ISSUES.
Democrats VIII Make Their Fight
In 1000 on the Chicago Plat
form of 1896.

There appears TO be quite general
feeling that the free and independent
coinage of silver by the United States
at the ratio of sixteen to one will not
be a leading issue in the next presi-
Dental campaign. There are indica-
tions that conservative democrats are
anxious TO delegate silver 10 the rear
or 10 leave the ratio TO a democratic
congress 10 determine. In Pennsyl-
vania the democratic state convention
ignored the silver issue in favor OF
state issues. In New York efforts are
being made by those who have been
party leaders to induce the state con-
yention TO ignore the issue in the plat
form this year. There is decided IL
silent element in all the central west
ern states which would have the party
enter the next presidential campaign
untrammeled by the sixteen-to-one de-
mand of the owners of silver mines.
But with all the opposition to free
coinage at the old ratio and the very
| general falling off of interest on the
part of the people in the question,
present indications point TO the max
ing Of silver coinage at the ratio OF
! sixteen TO one a prominent issue in the
next campaign by the democrats.
Most of the democratic state conven-
tions have declared for the whole plat
form of Chicago and have Endorsed Col.
Bryan as the democratic statesman to
be a standard bearer a second time.
The ultra silver element is in control
OF the party machinery in all the
states. In Illinois il was given out,
after the democratic state convention,
that Mayor Harrison, moderate sill
verite. had control of the state com
mittee, but when the committee was
organized ex-Gov. Altgeld was found
to be in control as the most rabid
champion OF the silver platform. Ex.
Gov. Stone, Of Mississippi, has made o
pilgrimage to New York 10 inform the
democratic leaders in that state that
they will not be recognized as belong
ing to the national democratic party
unless they indorse the Chicago plat
form.
There is every reason why the promi
nent leaders In the silver movement o
1CJD HA0hfh ~ ANol'NA AAN NitNA
TO make silver the most prominen
issue OF 1900. They caused their part!
TO change front on the coinage ques
ton Thus they became the leader
OF new democratic party. To swee l
back TO the old party mornings an'
again become the champion OF
change OF coinage ratio as il wa
when IL changed the ratio from fifteei
J TO one TO sixteen to one, would Ger
tainly discount the leaders Of 1896, an
that Is the thing they fear and whicl
they will fight. IL for no other reasol
the Bryan leaders will make as mucl
OF the silver mine owners demandd dur
ing this campaign as they can, and !
they seem to gain by il in the fall cleo
/. tons they viii be eager for N III l9O'
The public welfare is Of no account I
i them fundamentals Journal.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01

Bill-Did you read about that fellow
writing n poem on n $50 bill?
Jill-No; the editor kept IL, of course.
"No; he returned IT,"
what An editor return n $50
bill?"
"Yes; he didn't know what II was"
-Yonlicrs Statesman.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01

The Loafer-Ah, Maria. your cruel
words cut me 90 the quick
The Lady--"Quiek" nothing, you
lazy, shiftless creaturcl There's not
n sign OF quick" about yous--N. X
Journal.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-11-30
LAUNCHED IN THE WATERS OF THE BAY AND CHRIS TENED WITH USUAL
 CEREMONY
Ceremonies Witnessed by a Vast Throng of PeOple-Miss Elizabeth Stephenson
 Broke the Wine.

San Francisco, Gal, November 26 The United States Battleship Wisconsin, 9 sister ship to the Illinois and Alabama now under construction at Norfolk and PhiIa- delphia, respectively, was launched into the waters of the bay at the shipyards of the Union Iron Works shortly before ten 0 clock this morn ing. Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, daughter of ez Congressman Ste phenson of the State from which the mammoth vessel takes it's name, per formed the christening ceremony by breaking against the bows of the ship as it started down the ways a bottle of wine encased in Q net of golden wire, and wrapped in min iature American flag. As the bottle broke into fragments, Miss Stephen son said, clearly aud distinctly, I christen thee Wisconsin
 The launching was witnessed by the largest crowd that ever thronged the shipyards on 9 stmatar occasion.
 la the opinion of naval experts the Wisconsin, when completed, Wif be one of the most formldaole tight ing vessels adoat. She is a first class sea-goi1g baatleship, meaaing that she will keep the sea in all kinds of weather and meet an enemy on ar equal footing The armament of the Wisconsin will be of enor nous power.
 While able to hold her owl and more with ships Of the Oregon style the Wisconsin will have none of the ungraeeeul shape ef thas bat tteship. The lines of the Wisconsin are graceful, and the features of war are softened asd so blended as 10 make a beautiful vessel when aot stripped for action, and one that is likely to create as great furor amoag foreign naval experts as did the New York when she made her trip 10 Europe some years ago.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-11-30
Remember

will be used to suppress the oblect- ing taxpayers. With or without Spain's consent the Phillipines are to be annexed, because without their annexation no plausible excuse could be given for a great standing army and without great standing army the people of She United States could never be robbed of their liberties. And the Arkansas Democrat takes a still more lugubri- ous view of the situation and adds: When we enter upon vastscheme of colonization with a horde of tax gatherers aud satr&ps to govern or rathermis govern these dependencies aud great standing army which will be a necessary consequence, we can bid farewell to republican gov erument.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-11-30

Helen Gould is one of the bright lights in woman's world of this century. Her bounty to returning soldiers from Cuba and Porto Rico has been unbounded Or Thanks. giving Day she gave a dinner to all the hungry soldiers ia New York. Two hundred discharged volunteers and regulars still remain at her ex- perse at Fort Gould. When sug- gested to her the other day that her generosity was being imposed upon, she replied: q don't mnd fl don t know it, was her philosophical re- ply. "If they don't deserve what l do for them it is their fault and not mine. 7"
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-11-30
A RUNAWAY
Comes Near Causing 8 Serious Accident
 On Main Street.

Late Saturday afternoon the horse hitehed to the delivery wagon oi the w. s. Beard Furniture Com pany, took fright near the boaE landing and ran away.
 His course was up East Barraqoe to Main and then South on Main street to the postofice, when he was stopped, In front of Talbots store the delivery wagon struck the hind waeeI of a buggy, which was oeeu- pied by Mrs. J. T. Jones. The bug gy wheel was smashed and Mrs. Jones precipitaUed to the ground,
 ut further than this no serious damage was done.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-11-30
& East End Notes &

Miss Lillian Groves is out again aftera sltet illness,
 Mr. J. G. Frazier is having a.s home on Second avenue remodeled.
 Miss Rosa Borecky, of Little Rock, is she guest Of relatives on east Seventh avenue.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joe Cook are now comfortably doadciled in a eozy home near Cooks grocery on Second avenue.
 Mir. Ernest Deraux, who came from Mexico last week to attend his mothers funeral, will return to morrow.
 Miss Bertha Shaw, of Bismark, Mo, is the guest of friends and relatives on Second avenue. She will reman here during tbe winter.
 Last Friday night about 10 o'eloc k some unknown person tried tc enter the home of Mr. A. Leahman on on East Third avenue, put was unsuccessful. Mrs. Leahman called to the neighbors and frightened the intruder away. Mr. Leahman was at the lodge room at the time.
 The marriage of Miss Laura Glenn, of thls city, to Mr. Edward Bullock, Of Wace, Texas, will take place at the Riverside Methodist church, on December II, tde Rev. j.. F. Carr officiating. The bride is an aeeompli cd society belle of the east end and $ one of the leaders ia the Epworth League of the Riverside 1 Methodist church. The groom is a well -to-do business man of Waco, and is held in high esteem by. all his aeauaintanees. Immediately after the ceremony the couple will leave for Waco where they will in future reside In advance the Graphic ex- tends it's congratulations and best wisbet.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-11-30
THE COTTON BELT
Wins he Law Suit In Which Max Wei Was che EtlaintIT- Wei
 Appeals.

The Circuit Court Friday evening disposed Of the law suit ease of the St. Louis Southwestern Ky. vs. Max Well, by deciding in favor of the railway company. The case has been fought in several courts for the last four years and was recently reversed from the Supreme Court to the Circuit Court here.
 In 1894, MT. Weil receivedin injuries in runaway. His horse became frightened at the blowing of a whistle on a Cotton Belt englne. He immediately brought suit against the railroad for damages amounting to 5, GOO.
 Mr Veil was represented by Mir. A. B. Grace and the Ccttoa Belt by their attorney, Mr. John M. Taylor. Friday evening, after belng out al. most eleven hours, the jury brought in Q verdict for the defendant.
 The plaintiff at once gave notice that he would again appeaI the case to the Supreme Court.