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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-04

stat; here's where We were al noon.
Twelve degrees and thirty minutes
moth latitude; hundred and twenty
seven. thirty-two. cas-. Now, say Mae
keeps showing her ten or eleven knots
through the night and let's up a lit
tie In the morning 10 cool down his
bearings--one of EN- heated consid-
erably to-day-welI be somewhere
ems OF hundred and thirty-one by
noon. and about a degree further
south. Had 10 lay her on the regular
course for zap, you know-eas' by
sou. quarter sou'-or Diaz and Moreno
would have caught on. Well, suppose
we stick TO that for another day
noon OF the I'd; that'll bring US with
IN sixteen hours steaming OF zap and
a good forty-hye from Guajan, won't
IL? Here, I'll lay oil the runs in pencii
marks. Now even q fool landsman
would think IL mighty queer D tackle
a forty-fve hour run with disabled
machinery. no matter how much reft-
ting he might do at the end oft. when
there happens to be a safe harbor
within a hundred and sixty miles"
This was a facer for me. The pen
ciled course on the chart showed the
absurdity OF the proposition; but
while | vas puzzling over IL the cap
tain drew another line which gave the
problem a more favorable aspect.
suppose we should change about
tomorrow" he said. Call il a hun
dred and thirty-one. twenty, cas-, by
leyen, fifty. moth. On straight runs
from there. we'd have forty-two hours
to zap and seveaty-five or eighty to
Guajan; that is. on a twelve-knot ha-
sis. But the mates are calculating
upon the regular easy runs-Diaz
thinks Mac raced her to-day in order
TO get the stiffness out of that fresh
Babbitt metal--and they figure on at
least sixty hours from the noon posi-
ton, tomorrow. into TomiI bay.
could Gu. the eighty hours TO Guajan
down 10 sixty-eigbt IL he showed ner.
And that cura, Juan, is not only n
chap who seems 10 take things about
as he finds them, but a pretty good
sailor into the bargain. So that II any
row comes of this II Is most likely 10
be from people at zap who are expect
ing mail and supplies, or who are wait
ing 10 leave for Manila. How long be-
fore you will get back there?"
We'll. let's see." eve figured out
the approximate runs, penciling them
on the chart. until the whole voyage
lay d~iagrammcd before us.) I'VE
would anchor off the landing wharf
at Apra about noon on Saturday;
that's the Attn of April. We ought to
get away from there Sunday and drop
the padre at Saipan Monday morning.
Then, running straight for Kusaie,
with the no'theas' trades helping us
on our port beam, she'd make Chab-
rol Harbor some time Saturday fore
noon. It's a short run from Kusaie
TO Pouynipete; we'd strike Kittie hnr-
Dor about noon on Monday and leave
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-04
fro BE CONTINUED
WHEN WELCOME IS WORN OUT.
TnctfuI Hints OF Hosts Who Were
Weary of Guests and Wanted
Them to Go.

An Ohio host, wearied out OF all en-.
durance by the persistency of his
guest, chose as his medium the family
prayer after breakfast, and said: 20
Lord, bless our visiting brother. who
will leave us on the ten o'clock train
this morning" prefer the subtle and
more r%everent method of another
Ohioan, the father of William Dean
Howells, the novelist. His practice
was. when a visitor had worn out his
welcome, 10 be called away on business
and TO say 10 his guest; 81 suppose
you will not be here when | return. Sa
| will wish you good-by." Excellent
and highly appreciated by the boys
was the formula used by DR.. Vaughn.
when, as headmaster of Harrow
school, he had TO entertain the highest
form in the school in patches at
breakfast. Commiscrating the bash
fulness Of the lads who did not know
how 10 leave and yet wanted 10 do so.
the doctor would say - apropos OF
nothing: "Must you gop Can't you
stay?" This was the signal for de.
parture. j admire very heartily the
transposltion OF a laundering mar
rator who in telling this story gave
the formula as Cant you go? Must
you stay?" A fellow feeling makes
one wondrous kind 20 this revised YER
sion.-Chicago Chronicle.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-04

and the machinery stepped. In an In
slant heads appeared NJ various win.
dows and doors; the passengers. with
pale faces and questioningl looks. crowd
ed u upon the decks. Echoes OF
voices shouting excited orders came
from somewhere below. and the good
old ship. having lost her Roadway.
rolled ~uneasily upon the long. CLASSY
swell. Halstead stepped quickly down
the starboard ladder and aft TO the
engine-room gangway. The senorita
chung tightly TO my arm with one hand.
while with the other she fished her
beads from their warm concealment
and held them ready for instant use.
Her bosom was pressed SO closely
against my side that | could feel her
heart beating about a hundred and
forty TO the minute. She looked aft
with dilated eyes toward where the
captain had disappeared. then beseech-
ingly into my face. as she whispered;
''Madre de Dios. Enriquel what is
IL? Shall ell vapor in the water sink ?
Is IL la muerte? Ricardito-why goes
he below into the danger? tell mel
Por Dlos. tell mel"
was beginning to think, myself, tina,
for a bluff il was pretty realistic. Per
haps | may have caught some OF the
senorita's nervousness. The crash be-
low was what puzzled me; that hadn't
been on the programme. l comforted
the girl as well ss | could by saying
| didn't think the steamer was likely
to sink right away. though there was
certainly something wrong with the
machinery. and then suggested our go
ing along 10 the engine-room, where
we might look down and see what the
trouble was. | Was considerably more
shaken up than cared TO admit, es-
pecially as the quartermasters and
stewards. in obedience 10 the disci.
pline which Halstead always enforced
at sea, had taken their stations for the
signal: "All hands stand by to aban'
don ship"
When il came 10 actually approach
ing the vicinity Of danger, the senior
ita's curiosity, with possibly an un.
confessed anxiety for the captain. GO
the better OF her fears. and she fol
lowed me as far as the gratings over
the cylinders. No one else had The
tcmerity TO accompany us. II. indeed
they knew where the gangway led 10
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-04

there next day; that's the 14th. The
navigation among these atolls in the
Carolines is too dangerous to risk
the group has never been surveyed,
you see-so we go 10 the no'th'ard OF
them; but we ought 10 fetch into Yap
by the following Sunday, easy enough.
That would be the 10th, wouldn't it,
Suppose us to be due there next Fri.
day night, something under 16 days
late. As n matter of actual fact, the
regular steamer used often 10 leave
Manila several days over time; and,
rs the colonies are run on the "a
manana' principle, the mere being d
couple of weeks behind wouldn't make
much difference. But IL any of the
gobernador's party should happen "a
be waiting for a comfortable trip on
the steamer, with good meals and
baths, between zap and Pouynipete
or Guajan, they'd kick a good deal on
having TO wait until after the wet
monsoon had set in"
"Well, but wait n bit. How many
hours is 1t from zap TO Guajan?"
Lets see. -Four hundred md fifty
two miles; call IL SO hours easy steam.
ing"
That isn't so very much. and Mac
has GOAL enough TO make up n heap oi
lost time over the regular nine-knoi
rate. Suppose you find that any OF
these Caroline people do want to run
up to the Ladrones: what's the mat
ter with taking them from zap? II
would make but little more than two
days difference on the round voyage
and Mac could reduce that materially
Then they'd be under obligations &c
you. as well as the padre"
That's n pretty good suggestion
Harry; / hadn't thought of IL. You
would have nearly three weeks &c
work In. and could return with me II
you were unsuccessful. But you'c
have TO take your chances on there be.
ing no one who wanted to reach
Guajan; In that case | wouldn't have
an excuse for coming back. you know
"Oh, / understand that. of course
I'm prepared to stay on that island foI
six months, IL necessary; II might take
all Of that time 10 ssaliy accomplish
anything. When are you going TO Of
fer the padre his passage TO Saipan
after Macs little arrangement"
"No. l don't propose making AM
advances at all 10 him; he's too slip
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-04

~ According 20 Bryan sour fathers
fought for independence under a BAN
ner upon which was Inscribed tho mot
10; Millions for defense, but not n
cent for tribute" Bryan is mixing up
the war Of i775-s3 with England with
the Franco-American trouble of the X.
Y. u mission days In the Adams admin
istration. II was 16 years after the bat
tie Of Yorktown that P%inckney made
this answer. or was alleged 10 have
made II. TO Tallyrand's tools. who asked
n bride from the American commits
sioners TO q V American vessels from
French attack. Bryan knows rs little
about American history as he does
about American sentiment on the qucs
ton OF expansion.--St. Lonis Globe
Democrat.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-04

Mr.. Dolittle-I've got dwarf pears on
my place that you can't git three OF
'cm into a quart cup.
Mr.. Resteasy-Humphl That's moth
in. Up home. right out in my garden.
I've got n little mite Of a dwarf pear
tree that this year II had just one pear
on Il. an II you'd believe Il. do you
think that pear KEEP on a CROWN till
Il finally lay on the ground an pulled
the whole burned tree up by the roots.
That's what l call CROWN pears
Truth.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-04

Col. Bryan wishes the question Of the
independence OF the Philippines sub
mitted 10 the voters OF this country,
The hero OF Savannah and its hotel life
seems 20 have forgotten that the entire
wal policy of the administration was
submitted 10 the voters last fall. and
that a national congress was elected
with a republican and administration
and sound money majority in both
houses. and that to this congress and 10
the president. without any mention
whatever OF the Nebraska colonel. vas
entrusted the disposition OF the ques-
tions which Col. Bryan Is now arguing
out OF court with demands for n resub-
mission. The colonel should take a day
Oft and study the returns Of the last
election in his own state. For n man
who himself was once submitted TO
popular vote Bryan has a confidence In
elections that Is 'childlike and bland"
Troy Times.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-04

Prof. Wilson. n leading light Of Edin
burgh university, recently wrote on
the blackboard in his laboratory:
"Prof. Wilson informs his students that
he has this day been appointed hon
crsry physician to the queen" In the
course OF the morning he had occasion
10 leave the room and found that a
student had added TO the announce.
mcnt the words: God save the
oueen."-Short Stories.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-04

The worlds cvallng record. that 10,
for the fleets Of all nations is held by
the Majestic. the flagship Of the Eban-
mel squadron. This vessel recently az
Portland took $50 ons OF coal on board
ut the rate OF Is3 tons az hour. over
three tons a minute. The next best 10
ls6 ON an hour. also held BY a British
battleship.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19
Sick Headaches.

She curs- af ove~~orked ~oman
LIND. ,,r, @ ..hl, ni -nrtiY aired
bv kar.s Co,ef aoot Tea, the
great blood purifier and tissue
builder. Money refunded if not
satisfactory. Price % cts. and so
cts. For SAFE hv J. f. Cook.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-12-14

- he gained the steps. He rang
the bell aud stood wondering how
she would receive him. What a
deep light had always glosed in her
brown eyes, heretofore, whenever
she came to meet bin. Would ID
be the same now or was he lost in
her estimation Zone Of the EARTH
" practical A trim maid whom
he had never sesa before opened
the door.
'Is Miss Arnold at home 2 he
asked, removing his silk hat.
The servant looked pnxzleG for 3
moment. on they hass moves.
she finally said. THAT is, she
vent on, unconcernedly. Mrs. Ar
nold went South. so the girl next
door says, right after the young
lady died.
Denton started back and the rose
fell from his hand. A thousand
images of Mildred flashed before
him and the sound of her low voice
rang in his ears.
Here is your rose, air. said the
servant.
He took the flower. In q dazed
manner he turned aud went down
the steps. Is had begun to snow,
aud the ground was white. Slowly
he wandered along the street. his
head strangely bent-his breath
coming in great gasps. Something
touched his elbow. He turned,
thinking some one was about to
wake him from a dream. The dim
light from lamp fell upon the
plncbed aud plsintive face OF lit
tie girl. clad in tatters and shiyer-
ing with cold.
Please, sir, my mothers very i'll
and has nothing to eat--I-th-think
she will die
Denton put his hand ia bis pock-
ct and gave the waif roll of bills.
As he turned away he recollected
the rose he carried. Stop I he
called to the child. Then he vent
to her aud placed the flower in her
arms.
Tell your mother. child, TO take
this, il she dies, to her, he said,
pointing upward.-Baltsmore Her.
aid.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-12-14

An English publication recently
offered q prize for the best dozen
"sensibly humorous" subjects for
discussion after dinper. The fol-
lowing questions were chosen as
the ones entitled to the prize:
/. IL q cross wife commences to
scold her husband, is it good policy
for him to begin whistling?
2. II q husband be q few days
absent from home, should he bring
his wife a present on his return:
3. Is it an easy matter to "spot"
an old bachelor ia a crowd?
4. Does reading love stories make
ladies more inclined to flirt?
5. Supposing you had a few
friends whom you knew to be very
downcast-how would you enter
tain them Tor an hour 80 as 10 make
them give q good, hearty laugh?
6. Why do old bachelors and old
maids give preference to lodgings
where there are no children
z. Should the husband remain at
home occasionally to look after the
children, etc., IN order TO leave his
wife free " 60 to the theatre?
s. How would you cure the man
who stops at bis clnb too late.
0. What means should be adopt
ed to bring bashfnl man to the
sticking point" ?"
10. What sdvantsge has the new
woman over the old ?
IL. Are heroes or heroines the
more TO be admired ?
IL. Is it better to marry for love
or for riches. or for a compound of
both?
Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-12-14
4 SURE cusE Yoz Group.
Twenty-Five Years Constant Use With
cut q Failure.

TIE first indication of Group Is hoarse-
ness, and In child subject TO that dis
ease It may be taken as q sure sign OF
the approach Of an attack. Following
this hoarseness Is q peculiar rough cough.
III Chamberlain's Cough Remedy IL Civ
en- as soon as the child becomes hoarse.
or even after the cIoupy cough appears,
IL viii prevent the attack. IL IL used In
many thousands Of homes In this broad
land and never disappoints the anxious
mothers. We have yet to learn OF sin.
gle instance in which Il has not proved
effectuai. No other preparation can
show such q record-twcnty-fiv years
constant use without failure. For sale
by VIM +. GreeBwell e. Son, Leonard
scwn, and al cUuntry stores.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-12-14

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a.se.s
/ n
ss''s 'a'o shs "ass.
then
And snch !. m.n wo,,a h., -
place 10 vour e.teem ,. he xsn.n,sa
| in \ careless tone a. II a.k;no an
i;a2a crass;.,
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dred answered arising and look;nv
around her.
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warm Den'oh posted on 10 the
mountains ana society looked
showing wnen u was learned that
m'ss mao" was aiso 'nere. As
sue o'uos ~ so"n tue gossip was
snas Den'on aao MISS MARIO" we're
0Onssau soss'nsl-no~ sca''hg
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nuh,;shsr
uawa M. lon. :, o.ll;no n,on
M;Iared m,s Arnola whon ho
mat Coming on. of tho bonsa ,o.a
hin % vaIk h.oL - ,ha a;,;nn
rom nantrv Ha stole on;e,,v for.
wsrd and stood in ,ha aoorv.v
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lou sue eAc'a'"eu, ner iace
faaisn' ana ner eyes scintliia'ine
or'ga''y. ne ne'o ner nano 'r'nt
iongel 'han was necessary.
"nas . s'ateiy httie COOK you
are 70 De sure ne said' surveying
asf ITO" nsaa 20 1907. one VIM
ufe" nel manu- anu stepping oack
pace, oeean 70 asa n'" . score o.
ii'''e FEMININE quss',ons-no~ ne
came, no" ne knew sne was tneFe'
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Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-12-14

IL.
h..~s .,-.-:s,
D.n,on .....a aw.-;.A.
49, - ~. 49, - -. -.
h.sa
u MAS wonasr;n1 10 ,h.ra -.
ansons an s.r,h an;.. ,;Ls-..n
ren,;ea ,o- r.;a.
The girl's dart l..he. fs,, h..v;
| ~ unon hsr a.m..l .h..s. O..
Turned as;aa ana rss.msa -. ..:-
ring.
sWhv ,, cha s.k.a .,.h,r
Dantan w.. s;l.nt so- .no.,,
ana tben 4 uite e,ow1x+.
sBeeause vou're differant from
all that I've ever met 20, tb.,
very reason I've some,hins 70 tell
| von and-look the canav % has.d.
denly cried
So intent had Mildred heen unon
Denton's conversat;on that sha had
allowed the candv to ho;l ove,
More than that IL Was scorchsa ara
wretched failure so also MAS the
remainder NJ the svan;ro for Dan
ton Tha ;,,srrnn,;on IA ;...a
rror h;
He went homa .oon altar w;.h
INIT sneak;ng tha wo,a. ,h.. -.
on his Inns.
Several vesk. la.sr hi. hook an.
neared A. er.. !. m.d. -,
st;r h.. whon ,ha C,;,..;o. -,
,;sbad a ssvere o-;,;o;.u o,,h.- -a-r
class;no !. nth cer,.;n F,a,oh 49,
ella and s,v,;,o !, g l,,;nn n;o,...
IN an ;no.oa;s,, -. -
80. "a. -.
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sho,lders 30 .oo;.,, 80 - -
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ized from morr;n. - n;ah, mi,
lifs beoan 70 be ! hn nraen
H,,,,;nn .lo,r A.. .,.o., :; A.
d;r.o,;a. % -. e,.h os,.-
he ..w M;,draa a,ao,a -.
ter her carriage
Ass sha took hor ss.. har ava. ,.,,
unon Danton and .ha mo.,o-ad
the coaehman To wait
Il thought / recogn;zed yo. whan
| came from the bouse abe sa;d
giving him her hand.
And |. too. recognized you half
| way up the sauare.' said Denton
(Which way do YOU 90 p she AJAX.
ed, seeing one of the horses grow
restless.
sDown,' said Denton. and the
word echoed strangely in his heart.
sAh, I'm sorry you're not going
IN INV direction: and then very
softly. Have Won been unite we'll p
sVery we'll. thank vou Herested
his hand upon the carriage window
and came a little closer bnt i,
seemed To him that a great d;s.ancs
lar hetveen them
.I've been wanting to ace Won
he said with a sl;obt show ~ on.
barrassment. ..hs,e w.. .ouo,h;n,
I started tn tel, vou tbe ,.., ,;m. 1
cal,ed bnt Tho oana, :, ;loa o,.,
heexnla;ned sm;,;no frankie .Th;.
ia bardlv n. nI.oa - al, %, 81
went on ,;vs,;rs hi. .,.. nnon ~.
s;Ik ta..s, that bnno from ,he c.r.
.;.r....;. .I..I.;.
i : A., ,.o o.. 80, -.
in uay or s~o ior seserai months,
anu tnougn VIII see you on my
return want yon 10 know among
tne nrs'. 1. 10 tnis-"nen l come
0aca ! m gong 70 oe married.
one was 'esnins s''en''y ior"a'o,
as' ups we're p'esseu 'oks'nsf ano
ner face was paie' ous otherwise she
"ss pass'on'ess'
men ! m sure ! ~'sh you very
very naPPy 'ie' sne fep''eo. qu''t
Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-12-14

IL was January evening. A
suggestion of closed doors, closely
drawn curtains, aud Q glowing
hearth, permeated the cold, invig
Grating air. Denton buttoned up
his top coat. and. throwing back
bis shoulders, started at brisk
pace down the street. He had re-
turned to the city the day before
and was noE on his way to see Mil
dred Arnold. He stopped on his
way at florists establishments and
selected q magnificent American
Beauty.
Somehow the house scanned strange
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-03-11

az to the quality of tire meat furrSsh>t
the TROOPS IN the field the only criticism
Of their position the court had 70 mako
was Why they had not taken some on
ciai steps 20 have the matter rernedist
AZ the time. In every snstares the reply
was that the circumstances IN which the
army was placed In q sickiy fereign
country with . large amount % dghtlnr
ana = great scarcity - transporsation
at hand preeiuded shs possibility Of any
such aetion- In each ease the question
was pushed no further o. this line II
~as said after tire court adjourned that
Or. DAILY. whose original -enoairnsa
beer report wAs the rsnssss of the
meat eontrovsrsy. probably would ap-
pear at today's session.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-03-11
AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

WILLIAMSBURG, NA,.Mch. 10, 90
take this method OF an
nonncins myself a candidate
for the Office OF COMNONwEALTH' ;
ATTORNEY for the county of
James City and the city OF vii.
Harrisburg, at the election 10 be
held in May, 1899, subject to
the Democratic convention or
Urinary. l hereby pledge my
self q support the candidates
nOmin,ted or designated BY
said convention or primary.
Respectfully,
NoRvELLE l. HENLEY
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-03-11

----. -<vR you OUT. oood nEr-uen IA Joe
must seek out.
D commercial travellers, I pray fsT
you the all sustaining grace Of Godl
There are two kinds Of days when you
are especially in need Of Divine grace
The one, the day when you have no sue
cess-when you fail 20 make q sale, and
you are very much disappoistsd. and
you ge back TO your hotel disconnected
That night you will be tempted TO 70 TO
strong drink and rush into bad sur
roundings. The other day when you
will especially need Divine grace win
be when you have n day Of great success
and the devil tells you you must go and
celebrate that success. Then you will
want the grace Of God to restrain you
from nonicking indul9ences. Yes. there
viii be = third day when you will need
10 be Christians. and that will be the
last day Of your life. do not know
where you will spend II. Perhaps In
your house. mors probably In a rail car.
OF steamer. or the strange hOtei.
see you on your last commercial eFrana
You have hidden gOod-by TO the family
az home for the Iast time. The train Of
your earthly existence n nearisg the
depot Of the grave. The brskesare fsll-
ing. The bail rings af the terminus.
The train stops. All ost for stsrnity.
Show ysur Aekss now for getting in to
the gates of the shining city-ths red
ueisss wsshsd In ths bleed Of sAs Lsnb.