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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-18
FRO BE coNrrNurn.l
LINCOLN KISSED HER.
Two Girls Who Were Specially Fa-
vored by the Kindly
President.

Now that OSCILLATION has been so
closely associated with the new heroes
Of the nation, the highest form of fem
mime homage, as II were. it will be in
teresting to recall that even the great
Lincoln himself did not escape from
this pleasing ordeal. A correspondent
Of an eastern journal furnishes one in
stance Of this nature and the Tales OF
the Town man can recall another. Here
is the first story;
"When Lincoln was running for the
presidency, il will be remembered, he
wore a heavy beard, which appeared To
add to his LONELINESS. On his way TO
the capital after his election President
Lincoln astounded his friends by APP
pearing one day with his face clean
shayen. When Lincoln's special train
reached one of the small villages along
the route to Washington, where a crowd
OF country people had assembled TO
see the great abolitionist, he appeared
on the rear platform Of the train and
made brief speech. Suddenly Lincoln
stopped in the middle of sentence,
reached into his coat pocket and
drew from IL letter written by
a young girl OF the village, urging
him TO shave off his beard, and telling
him IL he would do so IL was her belief
that he would not look SO homely.
Abraham Lincoln called from the train
asking II the young girl was in the
audience, and the young girl was
pressed, blushing and unwilling,
through the throng and carried to the
platform of the train where Lincoln
stood Grasping her by the arms Lin
coin told her he had accepted her sug-
pestion and shaved off his beard. Then,
STOPPING down, the big, awkward man
planted kiss upon the cheek OF the
half-frightened girl"
And here is the second story:
On February Is. 1861, Lincoln arrived
IN this city on his way 10 Washington.
A committee met him AT the Pittsburgh
station on Euclid avenue Euclid street
then-and the city military companies
and many citizens escorted him down
town. On the way down the avenue
little daughter OF Citizen j. G. Hussey,
an ardent admirer of the great man,
was handed forward and Lincoln
reached down. and. taking her in his
arms. tenderly kissed her.
That gentle benson from the great
and good mans lips was afterward re-
called by the little maiden with a ten
der pride that time could not efface.-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-18
THE CONGRESS JUST OUT.
A Record which Coming bodies
May Well lie Proud to
Emulate.

The Fifty-fifth congress has closed
its labors and. unless the president
calls a special session Of the Fifty-sixth
congress, the country will have nc
more national legislation until next
winter. Most Of the work properly be-
longing TO the congress elected in 1896
was completed In some instances it.
was unsatisfactory Tn one, it was in
finitely worse. As whole, however, IL
commands approval and will stand out
in American history MS evidence Of
craftsmanship and patriotism which
could rise above partisanship.
In the special session, called almost
Immediately after President Mckinley
was inaugurated, the senate led the
why i'm exalting patriotism above party.
1t was not u republican body, yet il
passed the republican tariff which
came TO IL from the house, and that, too,
without partisan amendments. 1t
recognized the fact that the people
wished 10 have the Wilson tariff re-
pealed and n bill affording q higher
degree Of protection passed, and il
acted accordingly. The senate Of the
Fifty-fifthl congress deserves n popular
vote OF gratitude for its part in maxi
ing the Dingley law. The house did
only what il was bouns by every con-
sideration OF political honor TO DO, but
the senate rose superior 20 ordinary
political motives.
In the magnitude OF its appropria-
tions this congress made an unprcce-
dented record. Hitherto the billion-
dollar figure has been regarded as o
high-water mark, bu' this congress
pushed the appropriations up to n bill
lion and half. However, the increase
was not due 10 extravaganza. II grew
out OF the war, and the country cordial
~ approved every item OF IL.
The congress which has now passed
into history did more than turn a new
leaf In our national annals. IL began a
fresh volume, and wrote the opening
chapter 10 itscnd. The Fifty-siXth con.
gress can take up the legislation for
our new territory unembarrassed by
any enactment OF IFS predecessor. The
policy of meeting great questions only
as they actually arose was steadfastly
adhered 10 by the Fifty-ffth congress
from first 10 last in regard TO both the
war and its results. The highest duty
OF legislative body is to meet the re-
quiremcnts OF the situation as they
arise. but hardly less important is II 10
refrain from touching matters which
lie beyond the field Of present respon-
sibilitity.
Happy will II be for the country ~
the next congress leave as good rec
ord as that spread upon the pages OF
our history by the congress that car.
ried us through the war with SPAIN
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-18
/ wa. getting, did youf when . man.

been chucking lead for Is ode years
Ii don't take more'n . fraction of q
second 10 tell when he strikes bottom.
No, let the slack fall when the lead
was under me, and we had way enough
TO carry IL well astern. II anyone had
been watching closely, of course.
couldn't have done IL; but, A. IL WAS,
IL worked 10 a charm. ana don't be-
lieye another soul on board suspects
there's bit of rock within 1000 feet
of the surface. Now. was heav-
ing upwards of 20 minutes from first
TO last. At half speed that would be
about two miles. wouldn't IL? Well,
this little star shows just where
struck 1t. and the other two would be
mile apart; SO that we have the reef
stretching from nor'-norwes' TO SOU
soueas'. Then. from the CLASSY look
of the water. I'm positive that IL takes
curve 10 the sou'wes' for a good four
miles further. The actual position of
that three-fathom sounding is twelve
thirty-three moth by hundred and for
ty-four, twenty-five casa good eight
knots cas- OF the Findlay and lmray
upprONlmatcS. Anu the true DcdTluB
from Point Orote, Harry. is the exact
opposite of our present course; In 9TH
err words, SOU by ives, quarter wes',
or exactly II degrees wes' Of Sou. The
magnetic variation this year is one de-
gree and 30 minutes cas-; so in shap-
ing your course from Orote II should
be Is degrees 30 minutes 10 the west
ard Of SOU. AS for leeway, running
down. the no'theas' tradesll be with.
in few points of dead astern, so you
won't have to make much allowance;
and, once at the reef, it'll be easy
enough beating back, because you can
see the island 20 miles away at least
When we get abreast Of Cocos you can
pull up your log, which will give you
the exact number OF miles on this
course 10 n fraction; from Cocos to
Orote the chart distances are near
enough. because you've got land bear
ings."
"Then. II II should be impossible TO
get at old Fray Ignacio's document,
we can practically do without it?"
"You can certainly find the reef in
anything like fair weather, but you
won't want TO travel any further un-
der water looking for the wreck than
you are obliged to. wouldn't, any
how"
Iro mn coNrrNurnl
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-18
COMMENT AND OPINION.

ryBryan Is just boarding around
among the democrats, who arc giving
banquets in his honor. Ii is easy for
some men to make liying.-Cleveland
Leader
GyThe Fifty-ffth congress, though
not republican in both branches, had
the good judgment 10 stand by Presi-
dent Mckinley. This will be it's best
credit mark.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
UyHow would II do 10 make the dem
ocratic ticket Bryan and Aguinaldo?
The latter will evidently be In harmony
with that party on the question Of our
occupancy OF the Philippines, and could
swallow the sixteen 20 one.-Decatur
On) Republican.
rvLeading financiers say that the
business boom now on the country is
likely 20 continue. There is no reason
why il should not, for nothing is apt
90 occur TO change the conditions that
have brought about the unprecedented
prosperity. -Clevelan Leader.
GyOne OF the many things which Mr..
William Jennings Bryan will find IL diff
dcult 10 explain later on is the advance
OF ten per cent. I'm the wages Of the IRON
workers of the United States under the
debauching and degrading influence OF
the gold standard.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
E1The record OF the Fifty-flfth con-
gress is now history. and IL Constitutes
one OF the most notable chapters in
American annals. Perhaps no other
congress had presented 10 II questions
OF more vital concern TO the interests
and welfare OF the nation, and, with few
exceptions. these were wisely disposed
of--Omaha Bee.
r1The United States congress nd
journed with Mexican silver dollars
worth 471s cents each i'm the New York
market The Mexican dollar contains
more silver than the United States
standard silver dollars. yet every one OF
those standard dollars is worth 100 gold
cents, merely because they are based
on the gold standnrdS-Iowa State Reg
lister.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-18
M'KINLEY,s TWO YEARS.
since His Election the Country Has
Dcen Growing More Pros
porous.

The administration of President
Mckinley is just entering its third
year. tits, therefore, fitting season 10
inquire il, in general way. the good
results claimed by those who advocated
his election have been realized by the
country. When he was nominated for
the Office OF president the treasury was
fighting 10 retain its gold reserve. but
without success. His predecessor had
made two issues of bonds, ostensibly
for that purpose, but the proceeds were
largely used TO make good the deficits
OF the Wilson-Gorman tariff. More than
90 per cent. of the revenues were being
paid in silver funds. The endless
chain" was being used to get the gold
out of the treasury, which timid peo-
pie were boarding away, or IL was being
exported TO pay for American securities
in Europe which the owners were anx-
ious TO get rid of. The party which
nominated the president promised TO
maintain the gold standard.
His election put an end TO all doubts
about the possibility OF the country
passing 10 silver basis. Confidence
came. The endless chain ceased TO run.
Gold flowed into the country, and the
mines increased their output, but IL
was the confidence which came with
the election of Maj. Mckinley that
turned the tide. Industries began TO
pick up slowly, and business bright
ened. Scant crops abroad called for
large expectations OF breadstuffs, which
gave a large balance OF trade in our fa-
vor. Then came the prompt passage of
the Dingley bill, which returned bust
ness lost by the Gorman-Wilson tariff.
To equip railroads, which came into an
unprecedented business late in 1897, n
great demand for steel sprang up, start
ing the iron industry into an activity
before unknown. This activity quickly
extended TO other Industries. because
better prices on the farms and in many
factories quickened the consumption
OF all the products Of the country,
reaching at last the depressed cotton
manufacturing industry OF New Eng
land. One will look in vain for period
when so many advances in wages in so
many industries have been announced.
4NoN nearly w per CtllA. VI the ItNtHucS
of the country are paid in gold, while
the certainty Of the gold basis causes
the present volume of silver dollars and
certificates TO be accepted as being as
good as gold. Conditions have been ia
vorable, but they have only tended TO
help the work which the republicans
promised in 1896 TO do, and which the
administration has helped along. Fa
vorable conditions could not have
turned back the disaster which a tri-
umph of Organism in 1896 would have
brought 10 the country.
The war with Spain and the immense
responsibilities, involving new condi-
tions, were not dreamed of. SO far as
the president has been called upon TO
assume these responsibilities it is adj
mitted by all. except those whose polit-
zeal hopes make them critics, that he
has displayed that wisdom and patriot
ism which belong TO exalted statesman
ship.--lndianapolis Journal.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-18

the chances were that IL would; but
well, the atmosphere does queer things
sometimes. What do you thinkp"
Halstead watched the bunch Of cloud
for second or two, noticed that there
was nothing else OF the kind In that
at the wheel 10 head southeast.
saw that he considered the search
hopeless. but he was determined 10
leave no chance untried. Diaz had gone
down into the fore-hold with some OF
his men, TO overhaul the last cases for
Agana and Moreno was below at
breakfast; so that no one but the helms
man noticed our again heading about,
and he was dreaming of Visaya girls in
Manila too deeply TO do more than obey
orders in purely mechanical way.
Ittook less than half an hour 10 reach
the position. Then Halstead himself
climbed ont upon the sounding perch
with hand lend and 30 fathoms OF line.
lie had stationed me at the telephones
on the bridge, hastily arranging a
series OF signals, and, after watching
the waters surface closely for awhile
waved his hand for half speed"
In about two minutes i saw hin
swing the lead forward, paying out
the line rapidly as IL tautened under
his feet. Five times more he cast II
hauling in the entire length after each
one, then signaled: Full speed
ahead" After which. mounting the
bridge. he ordered the helmsman tc
put her about and steer north by east
quarter east. Noticed great beads OF
Precipitation upon his forehead. and
was wondering IL hcavlng lead were
really violent exercise. when. beckon.
ing me TO the end OF the bridge as IL to
point out the position of Guajan, b,
whispered:
get below, quick, and pay out that
patent log; took the box down myself
at four bells. Then eat your breakfast
as X nothing had happened, and cha
with the senorita for awhile, but bs
back here by six bells at the latest
WE'VE got heap TO talk about
The change In feeling from despon
dcncy to well grounded hope almost
made me lose my head. especially as
saw that we now had the game largely
In our own hands. watched my op
portunity, and was paying out the ios
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-18
rhe Nuremberg Locl.smIih

At the congress OF the German
League Of Clockmnkers, which lately
held it's annual sessions In Berlin, Prof.
Reulcaux ASKED them why they did not
erect memorial TO the man 20 whom
the trade and the public owed so grent
n debt lie referred - Peter Henlein,
the Nuremberg loclsmith. as the In
yentor OF pocket watches. The suggcs-
ton fell on good ground. IL was Mt
once adopted by the congress. and ID
has been as quickly welcomed by the
municipal fathers OF Nuremberg. A
"Henlcin-Denkmal" Is TO be set up in
the city Of Albrecht Durer. Peters con-
temporary. Henlein is said 10 have
made his first pocket watch, the So
called Nuremberg egg in the year
1910. lie died In 2.-Westminster
Gazette.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-18
/ win you. Diaz. and see what you make

will you. Diax. and see what you make
IT,"
Isl. senior" Diaz disappeared in the
wheelhouse, but came out again pres
emily. exclaiming: "Por Dios, eapitano.
we are within three miles AZ this mo-
ment!"
That's what 1 thought. Get your
leadsman out there right away,
Moreno. You'd better try .dipsey'
line at first, and see IL you can strike
anything at hundred fathom. BE
all ready. when give the word"
In less than five minutes the leads
man was on his grating. outside the
starboard rail. with 75-pound lead and
800 fathoms of line. Halstead stood by
the engine-room telephone, watch In
hand, and Diaz was perched In the fore
rigging, where he could watch the
sounding. In about ten minutes the
captain showed the lever over TO the
signals. "Stop"-IIalf speed astern"-
stop" And when the foam from the
screw was abreast Of US, he sang out;
LET her CO."
There was big splash, and the lead
disappeared. whipping coil after coil
of the line after il from the reel on the
taffrail Fifty fathoms, 100, 200. 800,
and no bottom. Slowly the two men at
the reel hauled In the line. and the cap
tain signaled: Half speed ahead"
About mile further he stopped and
tried II again. but with the same result.
Then he steered. successfully. due south
for three miles, and north, six, taking
soundings at each limit. At eight bells
Padre Sebastiano came on deck and be-
came so absorbed In the proceedings
that he actually forgot his breakfast.
Each time the lead was hauled up he
would examine the tallow at the lower
end TO make sure that no sand or coral
fragments were embedded in IL, and as
sounding after sounding proved unsuc-
cessful at the full 30o-fathom depth, he
couldn't keep the disappointment from
showing in his face. Finally the cap
tain told him that further search was
useless, and when the steamer was
headed for Guajan he went below.
Halstead treated the matter as IL 1t
possessed but little interest for him,
yet when he glanced at me 1 could see
that he was thoroughly discouraged.
The engines had just started at full
speed ahead, and we were preparing 10
go below for breakfast, when noticed
little bunch of cumulus cloud few
miles to the southeastward, and called
his attention 10 them.
"Well, what about them?" he said.
They're just ordinary clouds, aren't
they?"
That's all, but was thinking of
what Maury says about atmospheric
condensation in the nelghborhood OF
all these coral islands, even the lowest
atoll having tendency to collect va
por over IL at times. Now, whether a
few fathoms of water over reef would
absolutely prevent such condensation
or not, don't know. i should say
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-18

what boots II how we walk the weary
way
or clad In hemespun or In garments gay?
Tor 10, there shines about us. haloed light.
That wraps us In a glory, soft and bright
And tints TO beauty garbs OF dun and gray!
What matter II the way be rough or dark
For In our hearts there burns that heaven
ly spark
That dazzles all the armament afar.
SO our glad eyes see naught but Loves
bright star.
and ind no space the stones and sleeps
to mark.
And what II thorns beset the pathway.
dearl
Shall we draw back or falter. faint or fearl
All. mol Loves tender touch Is everywhere.
And briers burgeon into blossoms. rare;
Loves sacrifices bind US closer year by
year,
--Beulah Il. Stevens. in Atlanta constitu-
ton.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-18
CHAPTER VII.

copyright. 1897 BY J. B. LIppineot' Col
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-18

Mrs. RiIey-What trade does your
husband follow2
Mrs. O'Shea--Sure. an he follers a
barrier at prisint When married him
he said he was brass finlsher, and he
soon finished up every bit o. brass
saved. Pick Me- Up.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-06
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
NJ ethods Used by Rosemnn In His
Transactions-Lost in Horse Deal
innocent Parties Likely to suffer.

NJ ethods Used by Rosemnn In His
Transactions-Lost in Horse Deal
innocent Parties Likely to suffer.
Special to Times Republican.
Montezuma, Nov. o.-This town is all
stirred up over the tragic death of o. l..
Roseman and subsequent developments.
Ii is now generally believed that he died
OF poison self administered. 1t is known
that an attorney was pressing him for a
large sum which he had failed to ae-
count for; that he promised TO fix it ''in
the morning" that in retiring he asked
his wife to sleep up stairs and that at
5 O'clock next morning he was found
in a dying condition.
His methods We're very simple and so
recklessly bold as to ward off suspicion.
He was an abstractor and loan agent
and handled large sums of money,
mostly for Davenport banks and loan
agents. In making loan he would
take the farmers application and send
it in and the bank would send him a
draft for the amount of the loan. AS
the money was generally borrowed to
renew a prior incumbrance the bor-
rover looked to him to fix the matter
up and pay off the old loan. Instead of
I1dylHS llt PilpI ne SIlii-
ply converted the money and sent the
Davenport parties an abstract duly
certified, showing no prior incum-
brances at all. In other words the land
appeared by the abstract to have been
clear when the application was made.
Already transactions of this kind
have been uncovered aggregating about
$4,000 Davenport parties have been
here for several days trying to unravel
the tangled web and ascertain the ex-
tent of their losses. McCausland, Hoag
& Company, commission men at Chi
cago, have also had representative
here, looking up their chattel mort
cages on cattle.
No sympathy at all is expressed for
the Davenport banks. Shrewd men
say that if money lender has no more
sense than to lend through a man who
himself certifies to the abstracts they
deserve to lose. But it is not probable
that the Davenport parties will be
losers. 1t is feared by many that the
losses will fall on the farmers who dealt
with Roseman and who now find two
mortgages instead of one. This is
a question the courts will be called on
to decide. The !lQestion will arise as
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-06
MARsHALLrowN. IOWA. MONDAY. NovEABER g. 1879.

fected at Delagoa bay Gen. Butler ap-
parently is obliged to reconsider his
whole plan OF .campaign-to determine
whether he is to proceed directly to the
relief Of Ladysmith, sending second
column to Kimberley and Mafeking, or,
abandoning them to Providence, pro-
ceed through Orange Free State to Pre-
toria by way of Blomfontein.
Even IL he decides on the latter
course there is a growing fear that by
the time he has sufficient troops to
take the field he will find that he has to
fight his way even through northern
Cape Colony. Then with enormous diff
ficulty he must cross the Orange river
in the face Of a strong enemy, holding
the bridges-if any of the bridges are
allowed to remain, which is doubtful.
BOERS ABSURDLY UNDERRATED.
The English people are now realizing
that they have absurdly underrated
the Beers as regards numbers, determi-
nation, equipment-everyt thing, and es-
pecially as regards artillery.