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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-01-07


search ~ Lodging, would take the
doublet with me.
The woman, however, here cut in and
explained that II II was a lodging /
needed they could accommodate me.
"All the more IL you buy as well A.
you do now, captain" said the man.
II will sell you as cheap as you want
BESIDES" answered, "but let me see
the rooms"
There Is but ono room, monsieur"
answered the woman, "but IL Is large
and furnished" and then she led me up
the stairway. The room was certainly
large beyond the ordinary, but was
disappointed beyond measure at find
ing that IL was at the back of the house
and would prevent me from watching
who came In and out of the Toison dor.
objected to the situation. saying that
wanted room overlooking the street.
There Is none," she answered, short
ly, "but IL monsieur desires TO look on
the street he may do SO from the win
dow ut the end Of this passage"
She pointed to narrow passage that
led from the door Of the room to small
hanging turret, and from the arched
windows Of this saw that could see
all I wanted without being seen myself.
The woman seemed 10 be of the same
kidney as her husband. and drove a
close bargain, and after much pretend
ed haggling / closed with her terms,
and arranged also for her TO bring me
my meals, explaining that for the next
week or SO would stay indoors, as my
health was not good.
II understand, monsieur" she said,
showing her teeth.
Then II Is settled, and will step
down and bring up the doublet which
left in the shop" with these words
counted out the rent and the money for
my board, coin by coin, into her hand,
as IL each piece I disgorged was my
last; and then stepping down, found,
as expected, Pantin at the door.
The man was for ordering him away;
but his wife insisted on making pur-
chase, in which l joined. and the fierce
going upstairs at that time we three
were left together. II was all-impor-
tant 10 get rid of the woman for n mo-
ment or so, and Pantin, seeing this,
sold his whole basket load at n price
so small that II raised even her aston
ishment.
81 have sold IL for luck" he said, "but
IL madame wishes will sell her daily
at the same rate"
Gould you bring me fruit at the same
price," / asked.
"Why not?" he answered.
"Then bring me some Tomorrow"
Certainly, captain; where shall
put these, madame?"
But she bore them away herself, and
this gave me the opportunity.
"Pantin." said. 81 have taken a room
here, you understand"
"And J." he answered, "have sold
cabbage to Babette. IL you hear moth
ing more, meet me at dusk in the
square behind St. Martins"
There was no time to say more, for
we heard the fence coming back. Pan
tin went off down the street, and /,
after n word or two with the man, and
an order 10 his wife regarding my
meals, went slowly up to my room.
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CHAPTER xvu.-CoNrrNurp.

At last / came opposite the Toison
dor. The gate leading into the little
court was shut, and so was every win
dow facing the street. The signboard
was swinging sadly over the closed door,
and at the first glance IL looked as II
the house was deserted. would trust
as little TO chance as possible. / passed
slowly on, and found that the Toison
I'Or Joined on TO another but much
smaller house, which had its bound set
20 Il by the wall that crossed the street.
The sash of window on the top story
of the house was up. and as came up
10 IL the front door swung open and n
man stood on the steps and looked me
full In the face. AS my glance passed
him, / saw that the door opened into n
room that WINS used apparently as n
shop for all kinds OF miscellaneous mr.
ticles, and the man himself would have
stood we'll for the picture OF thieves
fence, which, indeed. he was.
~ good morning, captain" he said.
evil you buy-or have you come 20
SELF" he asked, dropping his voice.
AS he spoke Pantin came up and be-
gan to importune the man from safe
distance 20 purchase his wares; but be-
You'd curse, hac no further attention
paid him; and with n disappointed air
he went slowly back toward the Toison
dor. IL flashed upon me that some
thing had fallen my way. II have come
TO buy, compere." answered, and step
ping into the shop began TO examine
a few cast-off doublets and flung them
aside, demanding one on which the golf
lace was good. A woman joined the
man NJ this time, and whilst they were
rummnging amongst their stores !
hastily ran over in my mind the plan
bad formed. II could get lodging
here I would be In n position 10 witch
who came and went from the house, and
strike my blow with dcliberntion and
certainty. So at last when the doublet
was shown TO me, though the price was
exorbitnnt, paid ltwithout dcmur. and
on the man asking II IL should be sent
20 my lodging. I pretended 10 hesitate
for moment. and then explaining that,
a. had just come 70 Paris and was In
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-01-07
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without any further hesitation put
my foot on the r,lngs and in a minute
more was lying on my face behind the
parapet, and thanking God had made
the effort for before me was large
slxylight, half open, from which ! could
command view of the interior of one
room at least of the Toison dor, and
by which IL might be possible to ef-
feet an easy entrance. Before going
any further, however, / glanced round
me to see how the land lay and was de-
lighted to find that could not be OBJ
served from the opposite side of the
street, as the portion of the house ]
was on was concealed from view by the
gabled roof. that rose about ten feet
from me. leaving me in a sort of long bal
cony. Now that i think of IL this roof
must have been an afterthought on the
part of the builders. Then / was but too
time for reflections. BY turning my
head / could see. too, that the high
wall that shut in the mouth of the pas
sage was evidently raised as barrier
between the street and the fosse which
took a bend and ran Immediately be-
low the wall. After lying perfectly
still for little, slowly pushed myself
forward until at last was beneath the
slxylight, and then raising myself eau
tiously peeped In.
fro Rr coNTINryED1
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-01-07
BALANCE OF TRADE"
Vast sums Paid by America I'm SET
Element OF Foreign Indebtedness
--Cobdenite Predictions.

Mr.. Thomas s. Sherman. who has
long essayed 10 furnish the dispensers
of higher education and our best
thought generally with their ultimate
convictions on the British system OF
political economy. is out with an article
under the above heading. which vir-
tually concludes:
So far from this favorable balance OF
trade" being any evidence OF increasing
wealth In this country: Il is simply evidence
cream OF our wealth Is being carried on to
Europe, without compensation.
Our readers know that none of Cob
denis predictions have been found re-
liable. Hence Cobdenites have had at
times to trade horses while crossing the
stream; in fact. they have done most Of
will be astonished TO find that ''favor-
able balance of trade" is n present to
the debtor community.
The necessity of the case, however.
requires the theorem. Our favorable
balance of trade" is getting large. Be-
tween 1s47, the time of the Walker
Tariff" and 1875 our net adverse bal
ance of trade" amounted TO over 81, $780,
000,000 This was arranged for by the
export of specie and such interest bear
ing securities as could be negotiated
on the other side. Now Mr.. Sherman
finds that since 1878 the net excess of
American merchandise is in round num-
bers $2,577 100000. Besides this we
have exported a net excess OF gold
and silver. bringing the aggregate, ac-
cording to Mr.. Sherman. up to 81, 500,-
100000.
1t is claimed by our writer that we
have not got this back, either in securi-
ties or cash, and that we are not going
10 get IL back. Both claims are doubt
less true. Our favorable balance of
trade" taking Mr.. Shearman's figures.
amounts 10 less than sl50,000,000 a
year. To Offset this balance we have
the estimate of persons conversant
with the subject that our payments to
foreign steam companies for oversee
freights, passengers and mails have for
some time averaged between 5000, 0o0.-
900 and $250,OO0,000 a year. And. as
pointed out by Goschen, the freights,
commissions and exchanges earned by
British steamers form n noticeable ele-
mcnt in the revenues by which the
British discharge their foreign obliga-
tions.
Mr.. Sherman is doubtless as CONVEX
SAINT with the earnings OF foreign
5teamer lines and their application to
the discharge of obligations as anyone
in this country, but he omits TO tell the
truth for the sake of being able 10 make
adverse comment on american women
who have bought European husbands
at a good round price" The price paid
by some has probably been high, but n
free trader like Mr.. Sherman should
rot object to that, as the object of free
trade is to force the purchase of Eu-
ropean products at high price.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-01-07
CHAPTER XVIII.

THE sKYLIGHT IN THE TOISON DOR
Once back in my room flung off my
cloak and took survey OF my new
quarters. The room was long and low,
and situated in the topmost story Of the
house. In one corner was a settle COW
cred with faded brocade, whilst on
the other side there was a wardrobe
and n few necessaries. The bed was
placed at the extreme end OF the room,
and close TO the window which over
looked the back OF the house. and
through which from where stood the
blue sky alone was visible, there was
table and a couple OF chairs. Be
tween the table and the bed INTERVIEWED
a clear space, about ten feet by six,
covered with coarse carpeting. IL
am thus precise in my description,
would say l have done so in order 10
explain clearly what follows.
SO far things were satisfactory
enough. and beyond what had right
10 expect in such n locality. The one
drawback was that i would be COM
PEELED to use the turret at the end OF
the passage for my watch, and thus run
the risk of being obser1 ed from the
other houses. In the meantime de-
termined 10 see exactly what could be
effected from the window. and pushing
the table aside, so as TO get q better
view, looked out. / then saw that the
house I was in, "a well as the Toison
dor, was built against the remains OF
the old walls OF Paris. Below me there
was a sheer drop OF so 10 60 feet,
right into tia bed OF the abandoned
fosse, which was covered by thick un-
dergrowth ard full OF debris. / thought
at first of stopping any further concern
with the window, but as / was turning
away / looked rather particularly at
the wall below Inc and saw that a
ledge ron along IL about three feet be-
low the window. Following it's track
with my eyes, | observed that IL was
carried along the face OF the Toison
dor and in doing this became aware
that there was window open at the
back OF Babette's house, and that this
WIS situated on the same level as my
room, but just about the middle, in
stead OF the extreme end. as mine was.
When I considered the position OF this
window, and that it's lookout was on
place where never a soul seemed 10
come, ] could not but think that,
madame were In the Toison dor.
in oil probability her room was there.
and i swore bitterly 90 myself at the
thought OF how impossible IL would be
TO reach her. ! then craned out and
looked upwards, and saw that my house
was n halfstory lower than the Toison
dor, and that. whilst the latter had a
high. sloping roof, the portion OF the
building in which was appeared to be
n long and narrow terrace. with n low
machicolatcd parapet running along
the edge. Thus II there were a door
or window In the Toison der that
opened on TO my roof. II would be posst-
BILE TO step out thereon. and then !
drew back. my blood burning. Ifitwas
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-01-07
ROBERT BRowNING'S ROMANCE
The Most Beautiful Love story In
Literature Is That OF His Court
ship md Married Life.

Not once in all the years OF their
married life was Browning absent from
his wife single day. At home or on
their occasional journeys he was ever
with her, ready to protect her and wait
upon her. Often iii and unable TO leave
her room, he nursed her with the ten
derness OF a woman; cheering her In
her convalescence and stories and songs,
or reading TO her for hours at n time.
as he oft had done In the days before
their marriage. II was in his touching
houghtfulness-in his little acts OF low
ing and unsolicited attention-that his
love for her was most truly shown. Oft
times would he rise early in the morn
ing, long ere the time for her awaken
ing, and Fastening forth into the gar
den or the fields, gather a bunch OF
fragrant blossoms 10 place AT her bed
side, that they might be the first reali-
ties OF life to greet her with their sun
shine and with their tender messages OF
love upon her return from the world of
dreams. His every thought, his every
care, was OF her-to add 10 the JOY or
the comfort OF her life; and many were
the means devised by his thoughtful
solcitude for the accomplishment OF his
loving purpose. To shield her delicate
eyes from the light he had placed in the
window OF her room a small shutter OF
mica, so arranged that the sunlight
might fall upon her table in subdued
and gentle radiance.-Clifford Howard.
In Ladies' Home Journal.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-01-07

Practice and theory must 60 together.
Theory without practice TO test IL, TO
verify Il, 10 correct IL, is Idle speculs-
ton; but practice without theory TO
animate IL Is mere mechanism. In every
art and business theory Is the soul and
practice the body. The soul. without
the body In which TO dwell, Is. indeed.
only ghost, but the body without q
soul il only q corpse.--N. Y. Ledger.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-01-07

II congress would pass a bill to give
the same protection 10 American ship
ping that II does TO American manu-
facturers and farmers and mechanics,
there will be profitable business for the
investment OF the millions now going
abroad at low rate OF interest. We
shall eventually save the 100000 600
now annually being paid TO foreign
shipowners for carrying our foreign
trade, besides building up the great
est industry In this country--ship-
building. All sections Of the United
States are interested I'm such n meas
ure, but none more so than the Pacific
coast states.--MeMin lille (ore.) Valley
Times.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-01-07

A Chinese gentleman always sends
pair OF geese to the lady Of his choice,
and they are looked upon al the en-
blems of conjugal fidelity.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-01-07

The Dingley law has indicated itself
and the wisdom OF it's authors, and
there will have 10 be an end 90 the
democratic jcers at Dingleyism.-Troy
(N. ~ Record.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-24

London, October 24.-No news yet re-
celvsd tends to dispel the apprehension
caused by Lord Wolslsy's brief summary
of the situation. A PietermaritzburR de-
spatch says that the censor now permits
no messages to be sent from the front.
Other dispatches represent the Beers as
boasting that Dundee Is absolutely cut
of and assert that despite the British
victories the situation is still uncertain.
The Pretoria despatch giving the report
of General Jonbert to the government
evidently refers to the first battle of
Glencoe: and tine reasons why Command
ant Erasmus failed to come to the assist
anue or Commandant Mayer cannot be
fathomed. Had he done so, the British
victory might have been still more dearly
bought.
Probably Commandant Mayer having
arrived at the rendezvous first thought
TO get all the glory Of wiping out the
Brltishers himself and opened attack
without waiting for the others. II SO. the
Beers suffered badly because OF his hasti-
NESS.
1t appears certain, however, that the
brilliant victory at Elandslaagte was pro-
ductive of no effect for the relief Of Glen
coe and tina very reticenoe and brevity Of
Lord wolsiey's communication are only
too ominous. 1t seems TO be worded to
prepare the public Tor bad news; 1t Is
only too likely that General Yule has
been compelled to abandon the wounded
and the prisoners at Dundee because
his force Is too weak to hold the four and
half miles separating Dundee from
Glencoe.
Probably General Yuls believes he can
better protect Dundee from an enemy ad-
yancing from the northwest by concen-
trating oil his available strength at Glen
ooe whers there are now $500 mon and
three batteries.
1t is expected that Commandant
Erasmus has by this time Joined Com
inandant General Joubert and that their
combined columns amount to some 10000
or 11,tOo men, while the Free State
Beers, now threatening LadYsmith from
the east and column reported to be
coming through Zuluiand must also be
reckoned with.
In short, General White has been
unable to follow up his successes and Is
obliged to remain at Ladysmith without
being able to restore railway communica-
tion.
Thus the enemy, although their original
plan W hich is supposed to have been Col
onel Schiers, failed, may be fairly
credited with having isolated General
Yule's brigade and divided the British
forces IN Natal.
IL is quite evident that the war office
has news which has been withheld from
the public and II the situation as here
sketchsd Is confirmed, Boer divisions
may be expected at other frontier points.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-24
Other New England
Roads Will be Added.
Boston & Maine and Mime Gen.
tral Included.

New York, October 23-The World to-
morrow will say: The first st sp In the
plan Of the New York Central and Hud-
son River r. R., to absorb the i've lead
ing railroads o! New England, was taken
yesterday when William Rockefeller was
elected a member of the executive CON-
mittee of the New York Central director
ate in place of the late Cornelius Wander
bilt and the issue of s15, 900. goo additional
stock was authorised. The election of
Mr.. Rockefeller to the council OF the New
York Central system marks the surrender
CT the N. Y. N. II. Il a. syste m to the
N. Y. Central Mr.. Rockefeller was
elected director In the New York Cen
trail few weeks ago. He and his brother,
John ID. Rockefeller, have been import
ant factors in the management OF the
Nsw York, New Haven s. Hartford sys-
tenn.
John NJ. Hall, the first vice president
of the New Haven, will, 1t Is said, be
promoted to the presidency from which
Mr.. Clark recently retired and will be In
thorough accord with the policy to be
agreed on by Mr. Rockefeller and Mr..
Morgan on the one hand and the Wand 81
bilts on the other. The next step In the
deal started yesterday viii. 1t is believed
by railroad men, be the absorption of the
B. & A, the B. & III. the Bitchburg ano
the NJ aine Central.
The amalgamation OF all these interest
under the auspices Of the Vanderbilts
will end the war between the New Eng
land roads which has continued for
years
lt is understood that the absorption of
the New Havsn By the Vanderbilts, which
is expected to be officially consummated
within a few weeks, will not interiors
with the traffic arrangements between
the New Haven and the Pennsylvanis,
which employs the N ew Haven facilities
to expedite its New England business
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-24
CAPTURE WHICH PLEASES.
Outianders Hope GEN. vnjoen WIN BE
Punished.


Capt Town, October 23.--Yhe capturs
OF General Vfljoen is cause of great
satisfaction to the eutlanders. He Is tbs
author OF blasphemous pampble,
virtually intended to incite the Dutch Of
the colony TO rebellion, and 1t Is sincere.
" hoped that he will be brought to trlal
and punished as he deserves.
1t Is difficult 20 gauge exactly tbs
amount ot feeling sxertad among tns
Dutch by the recent British victories.
Their behavior on the whole is excsllent
considering the great amount of sympa.
thy they feel for their kinsmen in the
Iransvaal and the Orange Free State.
The Hrltishers receive the news of eaob
success In Natal and Of the grand stand
at Mafeking with the widest enthusiasm.
but the Dutch ara silent. Now and this n
few who were more violent than the
rest express their sorrow openly; but the
general fesling is perhaps one of relief
at the thought that the British success
Will not compel them to face the possibil.
ity Of giving active support to the ensmy.
The reports of the kind treatment ac.
corded the Boer wounded meet with un
stinted admiration. bringing into marked
reiief the magnsnimity of Great Britain.
magnanimity which the Dutch adpi /
tney had not expected to be displayed
toward the Boerh.
A difficult problem is looming. owing
TO she increased race feeling aroused by
the war; but indications are frequent
ana substantial that the mists of
acrimonious discussion are being dis
persed by Great Britain's magnanimity
ana splendid tolerance, tending to make
the Dutch in Cape Colony proud of their
British citizenship.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-24
THE ICEBORO WRECK.
Freight Train Broke Apart and Cars
Took Fire.

Richmond, October 2s.-Freight train
No. %, In charge OF Conductor Atkins,
and Engineer Thomas Eagan, which left
here about six thirty this morning. north
bo und, was wrecked about two and q
half miles from here and short distance
this side OF Iceboro station. The Maine
Central time table for this portion Of
the road was also wrecked for the greater
part Of the day.
The train was long one. and on the
down grade between here and Iceboro, IL
broke apart and ss thu forward part
slowed up when approaching the latter
station the rear portion crashed into it
piling up somewhere from six to ten
oars, tho exact number OF which cannot
be ascertained at this writing. The
wrecked oars most Of which contained
way freight almost Immediately took fire
and were soon blazing furlously. fhe
track was completely blocked. A car Of
lumber and one supposed to contain pulp
continued to burn for several hours and
nothing could be done In the way of re-
pairs until the flames subsidized, The
sleepers were burned, necessitating the
relaying Of portion of track. A car con-
tanning leather Hrolled into the ditch,
upside down, and the contents were
saved. Portions OF the freight In the
wrecked cars wers saved, but most Of it
was burned. A few persons were seen
carrying off articles taken from the
wreckage. They will be looked after.
Fortunately no one was injured In the
wreck. All passenger traffic was inter-
rupted for several hours Passengers
from train No. >, bound south, which
leaves here at 7.l0 a. m, were transferred
around the wreck to train No. /. The
latter train also waited and took the pas
sengers from No. 46, due to leave here
at l0.42 y. M, and backed to Brunswick
as No. GA. Train No. transferred its
passengers at the wreck and returned tc
this station, and returned to Portland
from. hers, instead of Waterville. as usual
as No. l6.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-24
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, Oct. %, taken at s
p. m, meridian time, the observation for
each section being given in this order:
Temperature, direction of wind, state OF
weather.
Eoston, so. N, partly cloudy; New York,
So. NE, cloudy; Philadelphia, 5s. W,
clear; Washington. t2, s, clear; Albany,
so, N, cloudy; Buffalo, 66. SW. partly
cloudy; Detroit, 10, S, cloudy; Chioago,
"a, S, clear; st. Paul, 20. partly cloudy
Huron, OAK, 90, w. clear; Bismarck,
80, NE. cloudy; Jacskonvtlle, 20, NE,
cloudy.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-24
CONFERENCE OF SAILOR
WORKERS

Boston, October 2S.--The Boston con-
ference of sailor workers viii begin its
sessions tomorrow with rooeption to
some of the best known workers In behalf
of sailors along the ssaboard and lake
shores of our country. Delegates from
missions in Charlestown, Montreal, Clevs-
land, Gloucester. New York and Port
land. win be here and among the speakers
VIII be Commander A. v. Wadhams and
Commander Selfridgs of the navy Bishop
Lawrence of the Episcopal diocese, Rev.
DIR. DoLald of Trinity church, Rev W.
s. Rainsford. ID. D., and Rev. W. G
Stott Of New York. Ihs closing address
Will be by President Eliot of Harvard
university.