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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-15
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP or FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA Ere SYRUP Co.. illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be-
incidentally laxative and presenting
them In the form most refreshing TO the
taste and acceptable to the system. IL
Is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
To overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. It's perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance. and its acting ON the kidneys.
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process Of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant TO the
taste. but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by n method
known TO the CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP
Co. only. In order 10 get its beneficial
effects and TO avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front Of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LoUIBvII.LE KY. NEW YORK. ". Y.
For sale by all Druggists. Price soc. per bottle,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-15
XII. Two Dc.perate Men

Hopkinsville, Ky, April l2-Thomas
Freeman shot and instantly killed John
and William Bills, notorious charac-
ters, In Steward county. The Bills were
approaching Freeman's residence with
the avowed intention OF killing Free
mans father, who bad defeated them
in lawsuit recently.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-15
Deafness Cnnnot ne Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There is
only one way TO cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition Of the mu-
cous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when IT is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever !;
nine cases of OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inilamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
L. j. Cheney & Co, Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-15
VIII plsbnn,I.

Toledo, o., April i2.-It is announced
that the Ohio Central Fuel company
will follow the course OF the General
Hooking Coal company. and will dis
band on May 1. Sunday Creek company
has given notice OF withdrawal.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-15

Hicks-"Isn't that your wifes pocket
book" Wicks-"She has gone of and for
gotten il. Ii is mighty lucky, however, that
Boston Transcript.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-15
Riotous Proceedings.

uperintendent-The necktie department
will have to be moved further away from the
countingroom.
Manage Why?
THE spring styles make so much noise
that the clerks can't work. Boston Post
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-15

After six years suffering | was cured by
Piso's Cure.-Mary Thomson, 29i Ohio Ave i,
Allegheny, Pa. March 10, 90.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
China's Floating Islands.

Floating islands are familiar to all
who have eaten the toothsome dessert
of maccaroons and whipped cream. but
little is known here OF the real float
ing islands that navigate the rivers in
certain parts of China. News comes
from Bangkok that late last month an
island of large size disappeared near
the town of Kumpharaphi, on the Me-
kong. The island was partly cultivat-
ed and contained large trees, some or
them being ten feet in circumference.
The owner hunted for it for several
days, but found no trace of it. 1t is
reported that in the month OF March
each year islands float down the Me-
kong. and that they disappear invar-
iably. Where they go and how they
are disintegrated no one there seems
to know.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
ELECTRIC HAIR CUT
Paris Has shop of Queer TonsoriaI
Operations.

An electrical BARRIERS shop is one of
the latest attractions of Paris. This
does not mean simply that motors are
used for driving fans and the estab-
lishment lighted by an electrical cur
rent, but that hair is curled. cut and
dried by electricity, and many other
things done through its agency. Hair
cutting in this Partisan establishment
is done with an electric cutting comb,
which, because of its simplicity and
the dexterity with which it may be
used, must soon become widely en-
ordinary one, except that a thin wire
is stretched above the upper portion of
the teeth along the handle. The wire
is connected electrically with storage
battery. When the battery is con-
nected the wire becomes red hot.
Therefore when this comb is. passed
through the hair the latter is burned
off by the red-hot wire. The whole
operation is so rapid that heavy
head OF hair may be clipped in a few
minutes. Not only this, but the ends
of the hair cannot bleed, so that the
benefit of singing is part of the
operation. Hair which has been sham
pooed is dried very quickly by means
of electric fans, facial imperfections
are removed with electric needles. and
it is understood that the owner of the
shop is patenting an electric motor
like device which will be used in place
Of the hands for shampooing.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Glass as Pavement.

The city OF Lyons has been expert
menting with glass for pavement. Since
last November the Rue &c la Repub-
lique has been paved with devitrified
glass. This new product is obtained
from broken glass heated to a temper
ature of 1850 degrees, and compressed
in matrices by hydraulic force The
glass pavement is laid In the form OF
blocks, eight inches square, each block
containing sixteen parts in the form
of checkers. These blocks are so
closely fitted together that water can
not pass between them, and the whole
pavement looks like one gigantic
draught board. As a pavement 1t is
said to have greater resistance than
stone, it is poor conductor Of cold,
and ice will not form on 1t readily.
dirt does not accumulate upon it as
easily as upon stone, and it will not
retain microbes. 1t is more durable
than stone, and just as cheap.-New
York Post.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

eerely hope that no such legislation
viii be permitted to pass.
While the matter of pooling is of far
reaching Importance, no doubt these
gentlemen will say it is very HARM
less. At the same time, | would like
to ask IL it is not simply an opening
wedge which would practically result
IN turning over the entire rate-making
power to commission of five men.
who could then fix the value of thou
sands OF millions of property, and
would. in that regard, exercise greater
power over the commerce and BUSH
ness of the country than the ear OF
Russia exercises in the Russian en-
pire II these eastern gentlemen are so
anxious to secure pool and the pool
could be forever limited to the trunk
lines,I would waive my objections for
the purpose of letting them try it and
see IL their agreements would be better
under pool than under law fixing
the penalty OF Imprisonment, but II
cannot be SO localized e.
Thanking you for your previous at
tention to this natter /. am, yours
very truly,
tSlgned) Jas. j. Hill.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
SPEEDY TORPEDO BOATS.
The Record of the Hal Lung Z VIII
Probably BE Broken.

Since the celebrated Turbinia has
been robbed of her laurels as the fast
lest boat afioat by the. English built Hal
Lung, constructed for the Chinese gov
eminent, the Englishmen are banking
their hopes on the new boat now I'M
der construction of the Turbinia type
The Chinese boat is credited with hav-
ing made run of 1874 knots at an
average speed of over 80 knots an
hour. The highest speed realized dur
ing the run was 36.7 knots, or 1926
miles an hour. The best run Of the
Turbinia for a mile is 30 knots, so that
the Hal Lung has substantial lead.
The most remarkable feature of this
boat next to her speed is the fact that
she is fitted with reciprocating engines.
At the time the Turbinia made her
phenomenal speed it was popularity
supposed that it was entirely due to
her new form of motor. In great part,
no doubt, it was, but there is reason to
believe that the excellent steam rails
ing qualities of her boiler contributed
in no little degree to the result. Rel
atlvely considered the performance Of
the Turbinia was more meritorious for
the reason that she is only 40-ton
craft, while the Schichau boat is Of
$50 tons displacement, or four and one
half times larger. The new and en-
larged Turbinias will BE- full-sized tor
pedo boats, and for this reason it is
likely that they will surpass the Hal
Lung by a considerable margin of
speed. Just what the excess will be
is a matter which is exciting much
speculation in naval quarters.-Scien-
tific American.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
LAND OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
A Country Likely to Come Into Greater
W. ImnOrtance.

1mpOrtance.
1t is probable that the American re-
spects Persia for only two things--its
carpets and the Rubaiyat of Omar
Khayyam. Beyond these two there is
little known of the country, save that
it was once ruled by Darius, Cyrus and
Xerxes, and that Babylon and Nine
yah were once its chief cities. But the
British foreign office and the Russian
minister Of foreign affairs know that
the land has been bone of contention
between the two countries for upward
OF 100 years, and that the. time is rap
idly approaching when 1t must be d.
vided. so that the Persian problem
may be removed from the diplomatic
arena. 1t is currently reported that
the appointment of Lord Curzon to the
viceroyalty Of India was because Of
his great familiarity with the Persian
question. No man in England is bet
ter fitted to deal with the proposed
partition of the shah's domain than he,
for his long residence at Teheran and
his subsequent studies of the question
nave ihduS ulIu dDSOlule llldSlSI VI ito
smallest details. The proposal is to
divide the country by rough line
running east and west through the cen
ter, giving the northern section to Rus
STA and the southern half to India. AS
matters stand now, Persia is going
from bad to worse. She has no laws,
save those imposed by the powerful;
no justice, save that which is pur-
chasable; no state treasury, save the
shah's private purse, and no enter
prise, save that which is Russian, or
English. Divided into two sections by
desert that runs through the center,
and without railroads save those or
ganized and run by Europeans for
their own purposes, which are chiefly
military, the nation has no united
feeling and it's national pride has
been hopelessly crushed out by cor
rupt aristocracy. Russia Is binding
the northern section to herself by
means Of network of railroads, which
are connected with the Siberian sys-
tenn, while England has constructed
railroads in the southern section which
tie il to India. With the death Of
Musafer-ed-din the country is expected
to fall in halves, naturally, but IL it
does not, then the two nations most
interested will see that 1t occurs
promptly.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Two Kinds of Birds.

There's something wrong with this
bill" said the young married man TO
the milliner who has imported Partisan
prices as well as styles. 1T is cor
rect in every item" she said, after
looking il over. Eight dollars for that
bird. no bigger than my flst?' Yes
sir, and cheap at that "All right,
madam, I'll settle, but it's robbery. We
had our first anniversary yesterday
and / bought a ten-pound turkey for
$1.25."
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
WHY MICE CAUSE WOMEN FEAR
Instances Where the Little Animals
Have Caused Great Trouble.


Have Caused Great Trouble.
A mouse has long been known to
be the bitterest enemy of womankind
just why the average run OF femininity
should fear such a helpless, harmless
little creature cannot be explained,
says Chicago Chronicle During the
civil war famous female spy was
betrayed through the instrumentality
OF mouse. The woman was mas
querading as boy and succeeded ad-
mirabiy in deceiving the enemy until
one evening while dining with par
" or men at, farmhouse a black
mouse jumped from cupboard TO a
table, almost in the face Of The sup
posed boy With shrill feminine
shrek the spy threw up her arms and
rushed across the room, and springing
on a couch, went into Mysteries from
sheer fright. The men OF course sus-
pected her, and rather than be search
! cd, she confessed, but by the aid Of
the loyal old farmer and his wife she
made her escape in the night. A we'll
known woman physician Of Chicago
says she can do any kind of surgical
work without tremor, but the sight
OF mouse turns her strangely i'll and
thoroughly "unwomans" her. Anoth-
yer woman, Mrs. William e. Phenne-
fruk, living In South Marion street, in
Delaware, Ohio. has such terror for
mice that she .recently went insane
through. fright at one OF the wee crea-
lures. The woman was sweeping her
cellar when mouse darted out from
an old barrel and ran about her feet.
She tried to step on it and beat at il
with her broom, calling piteously to
her little boy to help her. But the
boy, thinking she was in fun, fright
ened the terrified mouse toward the
woman whenever it tried to get away.
| AT length the boy rushed at it in earn
est and the mouse darted under the
woman's skirts and she fell to the floor
| insensible, only to lose her mind when
at length consciousness returned to
| her.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

The Chicago directory contains hum
dreds of thousands of names. The fact
that there are but ten names Of two
letters in the book shows how rare
snch names are among the nations.
II would seem that nearly every man
horn with name OF two letters
promptly ,acks OIL another. The d.
rectory contains hundreds of three let
tered names. Those who boast but
two letters and apparently have
enough are Maurice AK, Emily Eg.
Axei Elk, David Elk, Edward Ely, VIII
liam Gy. Sawg Pc, George j. Ply. Mich
olas Re and Emil Ru. Opposed to
them is William Zwierzykowski. who
has his being at 1913 Michigan avenue.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
MOST THRILLING
Entertainment Upon Which "a Curtain
Ever ROae.

entertainment Upon Which u Curtain
Ever Rose.
Perhaps the most thrilling entertain
ment on record was one witnessed in
the Romagna. which was as unex-
pected as it was unauthorized 1t was
the last day Of the carnival, and the
theater Of Formlipopoli was packed
with a crowd Of spectators awaiting
the rise Of the curtain. After a long
delay the curtain went up, only to dis
close stage occupied by 100 brigands
facing the audience with pointed rifles.
The leader of the strange cast, II Pas
satore, one Of the most ruthless rob-
bers OF any age, bowed profoundly to
the horror-stricken audience and ex-
planned that the theater was sur
rounded by his men. that the first man
who attempted to escape would be
shot, and that he and his merry men
would proceed to collect any money
and valuables they had with them.
The brigand and his men then de-
scended from the stage and stripped
the audience of their possessions to
the value of $4,000 He then thanked
them all in a graceful speech and left
the theater. 1t is comforting to know
that he and 100 of his brigands were
captured shortly after and that they
paid a heavy penalty for their even
ing's entertainment.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
TO GROW DATES IN ARIZONA.
The Agricultural Departments Agent Is
Studying the African Palm.

Studying the African Palm.
The most expert pathologist Of the
agricultural department, DR.. Zwingle,
is now in Morocco on a mission which
the department hopes will launch a
new and profitable industry In the
most arid sections of our southwest,
says Washington correspondent or
the New York Commercial Advertiser.
1t has been found that date palms with
some irrigation will grow as well in
Arizona as in Arabia. Early mormon
settlers in the territory proved this
many years ago, but the trees were not
of the best variety and date growing
never developed as an industry. The
agricultural department has prepared
to push the experiment on an extensive
scale, however. DR.. Zwingle is MAX
ing a close study Of the African date
palm, selecting the very finest varie-
ties and those best adapted to our arid
region. These young trees will be
carefully shipped to Arizona, where
they will be planted and cared for UNI
der the close supervision Of the depart
ment's experts. The plants will cost
the department about S. each laid
down in Arizona.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Stamping Fire Arms

Orders issued by the German West
African officials that all firearms in
the hands of natives shall be stamped
and registered have aroused much dis
content. Lieut.. Eggers, in Damara-
land. however, got along with no trou-
ole. He had innoculated cattle for the
riderpest three years before, as the Da-
maras saw, with good results. He
therefore announced that ne was ready
to vaccinate their rifles so as to insure
their shooting straight and doing no
hurt to their owners, and the Damaras
crowded to him to get their guns
stamped. London Letter to New York
Sun.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
The Voice OF London.

A writer in the Strand Magazine de-
scribes the establishment he expert
enced when, riding over London in a
balloon, at height of more than half
a mile, he heard the deafening roar OF
the great city beneath him, as it could
not be heard when on the ground. The
and intense as to be painful to the ear.
How perfect sound conductor the air
is was shown when the balloon drifted
far over the city to wooded part of
the country, where the murmur OF the
leaves moved by the wind, half mile
below, was distinctly heard
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
PASSE PARToUT is IN STYLE
Ola Fashion in Pictrrcs Is Again the
Vogue.

Ola Fashion in Pictrrcs Is Again the
The oldfashioned passe-partout is
once more in fashionable demand,
bringing again 10 the front style
that was modish in the days of ones
grandmother. While anyone with skill
full f - S can frame her own pictures
in p.@se-partout, the regular picture
dealers charge so little far their work
that there is little advantage in get
ting ones fingers in a sticky condition.
The latest passe-partouts are fash
toned of colored cardboard to corre-
spond with the tones of room. Card
board in any shade is easily obtain
able. GRADUATED paper OF the same
color is used to hold the glass in place
over pictures which vary in subject.
Importance and price according to the
taste of their owner. The passe-part-
out is especially in demand Tor franz
ing photographers of foreign travel or
souvenirs of enjoyable journeys In
America, and frequently saves from
destruction groups of amateur prints.
II Is q pretty fashion. and being mex
pensive is apt TO have much vogue.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Exhausted.

what do you think that girl said
when she refused me?' 'I'll never
guess. "She said she had so many
similar experiences lately that she
couldn't offer to be more than a half
sister to me."-The Rival.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

r,,t the Formation OF CombInes
!. ..atens the independence of the
,,jaual-After the Interstate Com
.,ce Act Ropeaiers. -
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

There is only one real failure In life
possible; and that Is not to be true to
the best one knows.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-12
WEllNIGH A FlZZLE.
Continued from page ID

NavahOe was the first Of the bic
ones over the line. Vigilant being three
minutes after. The two SO old timers
had a fine race up the sound at one
time Navahoe outsailing her rival.
The soft spots in the wind and the fire.
quent shifts struck them, and Vigilant
Slipped through Quicks Hole first.
colonia was the first at this point in
the schooner class, while Gloriana led
the little sloops. The wind left the
boats entirely in RuZZard's bay and
for another hour they We're almost
motionless. At last Nigilant crossed
the line in her usual position at the
mead of the fleet, while Colonia drifted
over ahead Of the schooners.
n breeze which came from the north
east during the latter part Of the af-
ternoon helped out those Of the fleet
that followed Defender into the trap
At Tarpaulin cove. and, at $50, all had
finished and We're heading for the an
chorage
1t seemed almost too bad that a day
which began so auspiciOusly should
have resulted 50 unfortunately and
that the sequence of good runs of the
fleet should have been broken.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-12
HANDS OFF.
A Transvaa| Organ Makes Bold
Threats to Great Britain.
Will Destroy johannesburg if War is
DecIared---further Concessions.
TransvaaI Receiving War Munitions and
British Sending Reinforcement

London, Aug 1.-THE BOer organ in
London, the Diggers News, today, pub
fishes Johannesburg dispatch threat
ening Great Britain, in the event Of
war, saying the Beers are determined
to wreck the mines and irretrievably
ruin the general body Of shareholders
by blowing up millions worth of ma
chinery, adding that war will mean
the absolute ruin of Johannesburg,
both as a town and as a mining CEN
ire, and saying:
While it will doubtless end in a
victory for England, the price of that
victory will be the ruin of thousands
who ought to consider the price they
must pay before asking the govern
ment to declare war"
Another Johannesburg dispatch,
however. predicts further concessions
and says:
The reply of the TransVaal to the
proposal for a joint inquiry is being
delayed until the government has pre-
pared a scheme granting the Citland-
ors immediate and substantial repre-
sentation. as the Transvaal will make
every effort to avert Intervention in
the internal affairs OF the country"