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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23

Therefore the will of the people cannot
be carried out without the unreasonable
and inexeusable delays outlined.
1t is because OF these increased facil-
tiles Of communication that the popular
will is subject to change very many
months before the statesmen elected
can take their places. 1t is because of
the telegraph that facts Of national and
international Importance are transmit
ted Immediately, very often changing
the popular desire on important mat
tiers. Because OF these conditions the
news Of the disaster 10 the battleship
Maine was heralded throughout the
world, and for the same reason the peo-
pie who had been praying that war
might be ayerted FASTENED TO urge their
representatives 10 take immediate ac-
tion against Spain.
Now, supposing that the congress
had not been in session when the Maine
disaster occurred. The popular will
would have been trottled, for the con-
gress could not have been called into eX-
traordinary session without the will
and consent Of the president. The pub
lie clamor might have moved him, and
il might not. The people would have
been practically powerless 10 carry out
their undivided will and desire against
the tyranncal and cruel nation which
had so affronted the republic and so
outraged Christian civilization.
You will thus see that the time is
ripe for an amendment TO the constitu-
tion which will require the congress to
assemble in n reasonable time after the
people have elected their senators and
representatives. In these days of
rapid action and OF marvellous progress
il is anomalous, and out Of tune with
our institutions, that the will of the
people should be so long delayed as to
be almost wholly thwarted.
During the past two weeks the city
has been filling up with statesmen and
their families, and with the innumer-
able retinue of people having interest
in various measures which will be
brought forward for congressional con.
sideration. The new members are
seeking boarding houses and settling
down, not 70 legislation, but to the
study Of legislation. The new members
are expected 10 take back seats, and fol-
low the leadership Of the men whose
constituencies have kept them in pub
lie life for many years.
This fact suggests another statement
OF opinion-of opinion formed after
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23
LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA.
List OF Fatalities Last Year Consid-
erably Lower Than for Pre-
vIouS Year.

The annual report of the supervising
Inspector general of steamboats,, which
has just been made public in the form
of an abstract, contains a highly inter
esting exhibit of the numbers of lives
lost at sea from American vessels dur
Ing the last calendar year, together
with other important correlated infor-
nation. IT appears from this document
that the total number of persons
drowned, or who came 10 their death in
other ways, was 404, which is a consid-
cradle increase over the previous year,
when the aggregate Of fatalities was
1913 less. This increase was due TO the
laundering Of the steamer Portland off
the Massachusetts coast during the
great gale on the night Of November 81
1898. Every one of the 127 persons on
board persisted.
OF the total of 404 Sc fatalities were
chargeable 10 accidental drowning, 213
persons went down with wrecks, 10
succumbed to fires, 81 were killed in
collisions, "a were the victims of ex-
plosions or OF accidental escape Of
steam, and in 81 cases miscellaneous
causes were reported.
The chapter on destruction of vessel
property shows that As vessels met with
accidents, seven had fires, 10 were in
collision, eight experienced breaking
of steam pipes, two had explosions and
Is encountered snags and wrecks or
developed leaks. AS the duty of the
supervising inspector generals office is
to ascertain whether steam vessels have
complied with all the safety require
ments in the matter OF live-saving appli-
ances and relative TO the condition of
boilers the report may be considered
favorable exhibit. The destruction OF
the Portland was not due to laxness on
the part Of inspectors, but TO the recl<-
lessness Of her captain, who insisted on
putting out to sea in the teeth of q fierce
storm.
Except for this disaster, the loss OF
life would have been comparatively
small Only two vessels were damaged
by explosions excellent record con-
sidering the extent OF steam water
traffic. Baltimore Herald.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23

An interesting and significant fact is
that the average hourly number OF me
teors is only half as great in the even
ing as in the morning and i'm the even
ing their velocity is lower. The reason
Is that at sunset we have before us tire
point in the heavens from which we are
moving in our orbital journey around
the sun, while the morning we face the
point toward which we are advancing;
in the evening we are in the rear OF the
earth, at sunrise in front. This IN
crease in the numbers and speed OF the
morning mctcors is just what ought TO
happen If they are bodies moving indis-
criminately in all directions under the
suns attraction, and with the velocity
(about 26 miles a second) which body
would acquire in falling toward the sun
from distance very great as compared
with the size Of our planetary orbits
Prof. c. A. Young. in Lippincott.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23
BOTH ENJOYED LIFE.
Ideally Happy Were the Last Years
OF Washington md His wife
mt Mount Vernon.

At the time OF his retirement TO Mount
Vernon, after the expiration of his term
as president, "the tall figure OF Wash
ington was only slightly bent, and he
was still supposed 20 weigh upward OF
200 pounds" writes William Perrine OF
"The Last Years Of Washington's Life"
IN the Ladies' Home Journal. Except
ing his gray hair and his false teeth,
and some trouble in hearing, there was
little Of the usual appearance OF age in
his muscular person. his gait and his
strong, pock-marked face. He was nf-
fable and merry with his best friends,
but, while he had the true hospitality
OF a southern gentleman in inviting
every visitor from distance TO his table
or 10 bed over night, his polteness was
generally formal. Yet IL he particular
ly enjoyed the conversation OF guest
he would pay him the compliment OF
listening TO him until after nine o'clock,
or even OF lighting him with the candle
20 bedroom for the night. Mrs.
Washington at this time was a healthy.
pleasant and transformations little wom-
an, still showing traces OF good looks
and with seldom any other thought
than OF playing respectfully her role OF
mistress OF the house Of a country gen
tleman, of caring for the negroes or
of amusing herself with her knitting.
She had great pride in her recipe for
making cherry bounce and on a mid
summer day she cut out 30 pairs Of
breeches for the men working on the
81
general felt like children just released
from school when he left the presiden-
cy, and she told OF her satisfaction i'm
settling down again TO the 'duties OF
on old-fasboncd Virginia housekeepcr,
steady as clock, busy as a bee and
cheerful as a cricket"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23

gridiron the cdniinent il became easier
TO call the congress together more
speedily. But beyond the Rocky noun
tains were states and territories coming
into the republic, and only by boat by
way of Panama could presidential
proclamations be sent, and only by the
same roundabout means could the
statesmen from that distant part OF the
republic travel to the national capital.
But the trans-continental railroad
lines settled that problem. Then came
the Atlantic cables, and the whole
world moved forward rapidly. Interna-
tional affairs, which formerly required
months or years for their settlement,
began TO be transacted by cable. For
more than 80 years means of communi-
cation and transportation have in
creased. Yet the constitution, which
was formed for primeval conditions,
has not been amended to suit the times
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23


(New United States Senator from Florida.)
rapidly fading into oblivion; and the
people have had no opportunity this
year TO express their desires concern
ing national legislation.
The congressional directory gives the
names, political affiliations and short
biographies Of all the senators and rep
resentatives. From this publication il
is ascertained that out OF $50 members
of tie national house OF representatives
there are OF who have never before
served in congress. Almost one-third
of the members are entirely new 10 the
.intricacies of national legislation. 1t
Is fair 10 presume that very few OF them
will be heard in public discussions and
only about a score Of them will accom-
l,lish anything in the way OF legislation.
Thirteen months have passed away
since these gentlemen were elected, and
yet they have had no opportunity TO
gain any experience and have not been
OF any substantial value to their pco-
pc. In tlds manner the will of the
people is thwarted and the popular will
is not supreme as il should be, and as
the founders Of this government OF the
people intended that il should be.
This anomalous condition can only
be changed by an amendment TO the
constitution providing that the SEN
ators and representatives shall begin
the fuliillment of the duties OF their po-
sitions on the first Monday in the De-
ccmber following their elections. Such
an amendment 10 the constitution has
been contemplated and urged by nu-
merous experienced statesmen during
the past ten years; and the subject will
again be agitated in the congress dur
ing the coming session.
There was good reason for the orig
fnal constitutional provision. In those
days steam was not available for the
transportation Of people, either by land
or by water. Electricity was unknown,
and hence there were no telegraphs
and telephones. The congress might
DC called in session by the president,
but the postal service was defective as
well as slow, and hence great deal Of
time was required to bring together the
senators and representatives. More
nNti, loI the hulnc IthhonS the uHhiTS
OF the world were slow, Ind interna-
tional affairs were dilatory. Itrequired
shree months OF time 20 cross the ocean;
and II took more than n month TO com
municate with the statesmen in the
Mississippi valley-that river marking
the western boundary OF the republic.
But when the naticn expanded by the
Louisiana purchase and by the ccssons
from Spain and from Mexico. increased
numbers required increased CORE
spondence with public men, and still
there was no appreciable increase in
means of transportation. OF course,
the coming Of steam made our water
ways available and steamboats, were
bringing our sovereign states closer TO,
x-rtNsr; and when railroads began to
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23

or the inventing Of long-felt cycling
wants there seems TO be no end. The
latest Of these is an instrument by
which il is easy 10 record automatically
not only the distance Travelled by bi-
cycle, but also the various directions
followed during the journey and the
hills ascend, ] and descended. The rec
ord OF directions is obtained by means
OF a compass. The needle is suspended
at the top of the "pathometer," as the
apparatus is called, directly above the
rape on which the records are tnken.-
Chicago Chronicle.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23

silence n moment and then replied,
stifily: II don't choose to-"
ooh, you don't, Ell? Well, now, trot
along, my dear, or I'll have you fred"
he returned, with n vicious glance.
Mrs. Blank was backing within. To
be so insulted on her own doorstep was
such a heinous crime that her resources
failed her. But in moment she hit
upon plan that would bring this piece
of insolence TO abject humility. Draw
ing her stately figure up TO the full and
fixing on him gaze OF imperious dis
dain she said, in measured, frigid tones,
II am the lady of the house"
Did he quail? oh. no!
"Are your" he rejoined, quickly.
"Why didn't you say so and not keep
me waiting all this time? ] got some
soap here that you want and"
He was staring at the door while the
bang echoed out over his shoulders into
the yard.-Chicago Daily News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23

many years OF observation Of the ma
tional legislature. The people who are
best served by their congressman and
senators are the people who select good
men, and keep them continually in pub
lie life. IL was because their people
kept them continuously in congress
that Blaine, Carlisle and Reed became
speakers OF the house; and il Is for the
same reason that Col. Henderson, OF
Iowa, Is now advanced 10 that high po-
sition. The men who remain in con-
gress become experienced and inhuen-
tial, and they easily accomplish very
much more than any new members can
achieve. The people who are continual
ly sending new men 10 congress usually
have little accomplished for their own
interests, because their new represen-
tatives are unknown here, and hence
absolutely without influence on nation
al affairs. The brilliant orators who
thrill their home people with their eio-
quence do not have n hearing In the ma
tional capital until they have made ac-
quaintances and friends In the con-
gress. Their abilities can only be
demonstrated after several years OF
continual experience in public life.
SMITH y FRY.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23

How He Surprised a Dignifed chics-
20 Lady Who Happened to Ne
Doing Her own work.

A Chicago lady who is the wife of .
wealthy and influential citizen had .
great deal of trouble recently with her
domestics. She had discharged her cook
and second girl and for a few days was
obliged 10 do her own cooking.
1t was on one of these mornings that
peremptory knock sounded on the
kitchen door. She wiped her hands on
the apron and found at the door low
browed, insolent-looking man, with q
small satchel swung over his shoulder.
go and tell your mistress want to
see her, Bridget" he said, with wave
of the hand. Madam surveyed him In
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23

and cuffs of pink roses, painted on
white background. The pioneer in this
latest artistic innovation has more work
than she can personally attend 70, her
orders coming from society women,
actresses and others who are quick TO
see the possibilities of the new idea. 1t
Is said that she will clear $4,000 as the
result Of her first years work. So far
as known she is the first artist to make
a business of painting women's gowns
and furbelows.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23
WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
1t Is Not as Supreme In Legislation
as 1t Should BE.
Amendment TO the Constitution Nec-
essary 10 Change Conditions Not
An Harmony with Modern
Progress.
Especial washington letter.
cTT1HERE are numerous anomalies

CTTaHERE are numerous anomalies In
the government of this republic,
IL and il is singular IL not deplor-
able fact that the will of the people is
not supreme, as il should be.
For example, on the first Tuesday of
November, 1898, the people voted for
congressman, and $50 representatives
were elected. AT the same time legis-
latures were elected who subsequently
chose 20 senator's for the congress. All
of these legislators were chosen for the
purpose of carrying out the will Of the
people on national issues.
Under the constitution all of those
representatives and senators became
members of the Fifty-sixth congress at
noon on March 4, 1899, just four months:
after election day. But there was no
session Of the congress on March 4, and
the statesmen simply became eligible
TO receive their salaries, while they
had no opportunity 10 legislate and
carry out the popular will.
1t is provided by the constitution that.
the congress shall assemble on the firstI
Monday of each December; and by that
constitutional provision the Fifty-sixth
congress will convene on Monday, De-
-cember 4, 1899, 10 months after the
national elections which resulted in its
choice by the people.
During the intervening 10 months
history has been made very rapidly,
new issues have arisen, new policies in
augurated, and yet the people have had
no opportunity to express their will
concerning what legislation shall be
enacted. You will thus see that too
long a period elapses between the ex-
preston of the will of the people at the
ballot box and the assembling OF their
chosen public servants for the purpose
of carrying out the sovereign will. The
men who will take the oath of office on
the first Monday in December are really
far removed from the people, because
they were elected upon issues which are
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23
Importance OF boiling MIX.

Many otherwise excellent housekeep-
ers are careless in this matter. IL is
no doubt n little trouble TO see that the
milk is boiled each morning and after
noon, but surely that is as nothing
compared with the risk of serious ILL
ness. Disease germs live in milk more
freely than in other liquid, and many
diseases of the lungs may be set up
by drinking the milk of a consumptive
cow
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23
LittIe scrnp. OF SOM.

Scraps OF soap should never be wasted.
but be carefully collected and put away.
When wanted for washing fannels, ETC..
they can be cut in small pieces and
boiled 90 a jelly. Afterwards dilute
with rainwater, and this Will make n
beautiful lather. Small pieces of toilet
soap should be collected and kept by
themselves. Then melt them up again
with q little milk and .orm into cakeh.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23
American soldiers Praised.

The behavior OF the American sol
diers in the far east has attracted at
tention in all parts Of the world. So
recently as just before the outbreak
of the Transvaal war the Daily Mail,
OF Grahamstown, Cape Colony, i'm an
appreciative editorial on "rhe Amer
lean Troops in Manila" said: zone les
son taught by the struggle in the Phil
lippinc archipelago is the amazing for
titude OF the American troops. Prac-
tically every man in the volunteer
forces has been under fire almost con-
tinuously since February 4, and in adj
dition TO constant fighting has never
had moments freedom from anxiety
as TO possible maneuvers Of skullxing,
willy foes, who know every inch OF the
country, and know how TO take advan-
tage Of its potentialities. The lines have
been so long that 10 has been necessary
20 keep every regiment TO the front.
The regulars have had amost the same
experience, but not quite as much OF t.
II the campaign has demonstrated
nothing else IL has shown the marvel
GUS staying powers of Uncle Sans
troops suddenly transferred to the
tropics. IN. Y. Sun.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23

Fifteen years ago n farmers wife in
Maine lost a ring. Last month her hus-
band while digging potatoes noticed
one more curiously shaped than the
others. Tie picked IL up and, II n Maine
paper may be credited, he found his
wife's long-lost ring encircling e. The
potato bulged out on each side OF the
ring, holding IL sccurely.-N. y. Sun.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23

Charming scarfs of lace are deftly
intertwisted in the hair. This seems
to be the thin edge of the wedge, and
as time goes on we shall be likely to
see more lace worn as fashionable
couture. II Is intensely becoming. and
dropping TT the back; hence court and
bridal wells often transform very or
binary woman into q good-lookng one
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-23
HAND PAINTED COATS.
An Extrnyagnnt Fad Tint Is Proving
Immensely Popular with Rich
English Women.

A clever artist in London has recent
" started n fad which has already had
a considerable run. She uses her art TO
ornament the collars and cuffs, para
soils, fans and other belongings of fash
ionable women. The coat shown in the
illustration is of black silk, with collar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-16

! babbling deliriously Of his home and
his sweetheart, and at the end, as a
rule, of his mother. 1t is a terrible
thing to see big, stalwart, careless men
stricken down in this mysterious and
deadly way, and it makes you think
over all the little things you have done
in the past and the things left undone,
and starts you wondering just when
your own time is going to come. The
haunting fear of il takes the spirit out
of men who would laugh in the face
Of 40 armed Filipinos. 1t Is a microbe
guarded ambuscade that no scouting
party can ever foretell
When it is not fever II is dysentery,
and three days of it is often enough
for the stOutest and strongest man. 1t
seizes him in an hour, and though he
is hurried of to the hospital, he seems
to melt away like April snow in Ken
lucky, and before word has got round
camp that he is down a burial squad
is ordered out and his last bed is made
in four feet of Philippine mud. Some
times the man you may be putting 10
bed in this grim way is a campmate or
old comrade Of yours. who perhaps
went to the same little schoolhouse
with you when you were boys together.
and when this thing happens you find
that you can't swallow your soggy bread
for a day or two or sleep at night be-
tween your moist blankets, and IL you
happen to get facing a band of Fill
pinos. God help them, because you
won't, for there is a sort OF deadly
madness in your heart which nothing
but killing can ease away or make you
forget
The officers of the different regi-
ments here are. of course, doing their
utmost to fight of the fevers and keep
the camps in a sanitary condition and
look after the welfare Of the boys, but
the brainiest and bravest officer who
ever came out Of West Point is not
worth much when IL comes to fighting
against atmosphere. Gunpowder isn't
going TO clear away the miasma laden
air that broods over the damp woods
and valleys OF these pestilential islands
during the rainy season. and the off,
GERS themselves feel their helplessness.
So ii is only a matter OF looking for
the highest and dryest quarters. retir-
ing closer upon Manila, as we have
done, swallowing tons and tons and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-16

he'll go home inside or outside one Of
these lead boxes.
Word is going about here that re-en-
forcements are on their way to Manila
at the present time and that we are to
have an addition OF some long needed
cavalry, besides some American negro
troops. But the officers are very ret
icent about discussing such things be-
fore the men and consequently we are
pretty we'll kept guessing So in the
meantime. during this period OF en-
forced inactivity when we have more
time TO think about our little griev-
ances, there is a general feeling of de-
preston hanging over this place
suppose this Is mostly due 10 the eli
mate. for when one is inhaling mucky,
humid, fever germed and facilitating
air such as you get when the rains are
on here they are not likely to feel es-
pecially chirpy and clipper. When the
occasional chance does come for a
brush with the enemy. however. our
boys soon forget their little discomforts
and show spirit enough in wading after
a bunch Of insurrectos through half
flooded riceflelds.
But as the OF season advances here
there is a tendency for our forces to
recOncentrate in and about Manila.
The result is, of course, that much Of
the territory which has been won and
occupied by our men at considerable
loss will pass once more into the hands
Of "Aggie." This is, resented by many
Of our boys. who protest that they
would rather wade through muck up to
their necks from one end Of LuZon TO
the other before giving the niggers"
even a temporary reprieve. II gals
our boys 10 see so many so called non
combatants" passing in and out
among our lines when they know well
enough that each and every one OF
them win take up arms against Uncle
Sam just so soon as the first oppor-
ftynffy arrives