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ly thought that this would protect
them from unskilled competition. and
especially from the competition of the
foreigners that were pouring into, the
region. They soon found, however.
that the protection didn't protect. The
county boards are paid a fee for each
license they issue. Naturally county
politicians are not going to work
against their own, politics by refusing
licenses to men prepared to pay for
the luxury. So the. III tense" has de-
generated into farce. in so far as it
serves as protection against COM
petition. and danger from the presence
OF poor workmeno But for the Operat-
ing companies the measure has proved
A great thing. By employing only
"licensed" miners they are released
legally from all responsibility for ac-
cidents. If miner is buried under
tons of coal and rock when he Is at
work, the fault is his own. If the Ia
borer working at his side is also killed,
the laborer's relatives may look to the
family of the licensed" miner for
damages, but not to the operator. If
there is an explosion OF gas, the miner
in whose chamber it occurs is the re-
sponsible party.
The operator hired him on the
strength of his license, the possession
of which presupposes that the man
knows all about gas, and how to get
away from the chambers where it lies
before it accumulates in dangerous
quantities.
The "fire boss" who inspects the mine
every morning for gas on behalf Of
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Drummond Castle.

Drummond Castle is one of the fin.
est and most picturesque country
seats in Great Britain. The house. the
oldest part of WHICH dates from 1491,
was rebuilt during the last century in
excellent taste, and it contains fine
collection Of family and historical por-
traits. The terrace and gardens. de-
scribed by Mr.. Charles Grenvi!le rs
fabulous" were originally laid out
by John. Earl Of Perth. who died in
1862, and they extend over ten acres.
and comprise the best features Of the
French, Dutch and Italian styles. The
castle is approached by magnificent
avenue of beeches and limes.-LondoD
Truth.
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"See what my Daughter has Done
for Herself!'' said the Mother. "And
yet it was Nothing to her--she Accom-
plished it all Very Easily. They are
AS Good AS Engaged. 1t Is Wonder
full how MyyDaughter Attracts Every
body" -
The Other Women Heard this and
Resented 1t. IF She can Attract him
so Easily" said they, ait would be a
Pity If We could not" .,
And they Set About 1t with Such
Zeal that in a Few Days the eligible
Young Man decided that with So Many
to Choose From he need not Make Up
His Mind Immediately, and the 'Wom-
ans opportunity was Lost. Then her
Mother regretted her Premature Salts
faction, but it was Too Late. ,.'.
This teaches US that She Laughs
Best who Laughs Least.-Harpers
Bazaar. ...
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How Pennsylvania Coal
Miners Work and Live.

other thing, menace his life every mo-
ment that he's underground. And so
shrewdly have the operators managed
that the hnanial penalty for an ac-
cident never falls on them. In almost
any other puEJuit in which an en-
Jioye is killed ais family has chance
of claiming camages. In the Goa;
mines no one !yer dreams of putting
in such claim as a legal right. Many
diligent inquiries l made to find a case
where a cal operator had been
mulcted in d,mages, for injury and
loss of life. hut none could be found.
There was hazy story that an un-
known operstor had once paid the
family Of an unknown driver boy, who
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mass meeting might have been at
Cooper Union in New York. The only
difference was that most of the men
and women, too, for there were lots
of women in the crowd-were much
better dressed than the crowd that
turn out at Cooper Union mass meet
ings. Il.
If the miners and Mine laborers were
engaged IN work of an ordinary char
acter, no one would think of putting
them down as being underpaid as
class. Compared with other forms
OF work, mining. even in its highest
form, is little more than unskllled
labor, and the scale of prices may
seem high. But in determining the
earnings of miners as compared with
the earnings of other laborers, a num-
ber Of things are to be taken into con-
sideration. The character of their
work is extra hazardous. Every time
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and the baskets were for the babies.
The vertical post is pivoted in stand
ards secured to the ceiling apd floor,
and the horizontal arms are rigidly
attached to this central post. The
pedal shaft is connected to shaft
parallel to the supporting arm by a
chain OF cord running over the pulleys,
and power is thus transmitted from
the pedals IT, the inner end Of the shaft,
where a gear wheel meshes with a
toothed disk attached to the standard.
the revolution of the shaft driving the
machine around.
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High Lights.

. Weak coffee often nerves a man
sufficiently not to tip the waiter.
Other peoples blunders either edu-
cate us or make us mere conceited.
Good luck is simply having the
agility to get on a car that is going
your way.
The cheerful life is like all other
entertainments; we have to seek it
out and pay to get in.
We like the people who don't put
on too much style and the people who
don't put OIL too little.
When we try to blame other people
for our mistakes we usually get hold
Of the wrong person.
Polite people are those who listen
to lis while we talk about something
they have no earthly interest in.
1t is we'll occasionally to put your
self in the other mans place. even if
you feel yourself too big to be good
Record.
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"Mothcr" Mary Jones. queen of the
mines' and the idol of the miners,
occupies unique place in the world Of
labor. This kind-hearted. philan-
thropic woman is so loved by the
rough delivers of the coal mines in the
anthracite regions that with them her
word is tantamount to law. Mrs.
Jones is fifty-six years old, silver
haired and beautiful. Her voice has
been sweetly eloquent in behalf of
the workers whose cause she has
adopted, and her appeals have won
unstinted sympathy for her simple
hard laboring friends. She lives at
Wilkasbarre.
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mines would at once put
the mine workers and their families in
a class apart from the ordinary human
beings. writes Paul Latzle, in the De-
troit Free Press. The newspaper ac-
counts have paved the way for this.
and the appearance of the men and
boys in their working outfit clinches
the impression. No other body of
lahorerS in the world carry such
strong external evidences of their vo-
cation. From the top Of their heads,
where their mining lamps flare from
the peaks Of their queer shaped caps,
to their feet. shod with great, grimy.
thick -soled, clamping boots, the nine
workers bear the obtrusive stamp of
their trade. They look uncanny, fierce.
Take the most mild hammered and in
offensive little man that lives. clothe
him in the miners regalia, let him
hammer for eight or ten hours under
ground, and he will come up fear
some object. The most courageous
woman from the outside world would
run from such a man at the least
demonstration. Should she uneXpect-
edly meet him at dark on q lonely road.
having never seen a miner before. she
would probably have an attack OF
hysteria.
The faces Of the men are hard and
scanned and sallow. and, thick with
coal dust, they are almost less than
/ human to the unaccuStomed gaze.
Their eyes are outlined with crows
feet, no matter how young they may
be, and they have peculiar squlntins
look. due to their constant working III
the half gloom. of the coal tunnels. II
is recorded of some of the mules. that
pull coal cars in the mines. that. haV-
ing worked for years under ground
without once coming up. they have
gone instantly blind, on being exposed
to the daylight. In measure it is so
with the men end boys who spend
their working hours day after day
underground. The daylight gives
them an uncomfortable Yetts1iipn, an9
they acquire the habit 9f screwpS Up
their eyes that finally affects alSths
! muscles Of the face. .. p
<.is owing to, theseI Strongly marked
pecullaFties :liat the mine workers
are put down at first by newspaper
correspondents and writer's in the dis
trict as somethif fg apart, Even the
trained observer requires isonle time
to accustom himself to their striking
appearance and to realize: that after
all these MEN are like other men,, ant
that their women. though they have
absorbed many of the characteristic
Of the men. are like other women. II
is not until he has spent little time
among the miners, that he comes to re
gard them as ordinary workmen. Or
q Sunday or holiday with the CRIME
washed off their faces. their mining
lamps hung away. their working
clothes removed, the men look an en-
tirely different lot of human beings
Then it is only by their crows fee1
and the paleness of their skins, due
to their underground life, that they
are to be recognized. The first time
I ever saw considerable body of the
miners together was 4 Sunday mass
meeting before the big strike was
called. / was amazed at the unlike
ness to their pictured appearance. Fol
all that any one could have told the
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New Nursery Carousel.

If the invention shown in this illus.
tration does not serve to give the
children many hours of thorough en-
joyment then we miss our guess. AL
most every child is ready to ride on a
merry -go-round as often as invited,
and with this machine set up in the
nursery the invitation can be given
many times q day without squander-
ing a nickel. The inventors intention
is to have one of the older children pro-
pei the carousel by means Of pedals
located as shown. The seats are ad-
Unstable, in order that children Of
different ages may be accommodated,
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Electric Light q By~Product

1t is stated that the plate glass
works at Elwood, Ind, which oper.
ates an up-to date electric light stu
tion as part OF its plant to supply it's
own light, intends to enter into COM
petition with the local lighting com.
pany to supply the city with lights.
This is o unique by-produot OF glass
manufacturing establishment.
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The Woman and Her Conquest.

There was once Woman who Sue
ceeded in Attaching to Herself ? very
Eligible Young Man. She had Taken
Great Pains to do this, and she was
Very Much Gratified at the Result of
her Labors. So was Her Mother. They
Walked upon the Tier daily with the
Young Man, to Show dim OF.
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Keeling THE SPIDER !

a,terward start for the b
which they are to be wound,
The spiders thus nnderl
plete reeling without resis
when they are empty" tl
placed by others.a Those.
been operated upon are pla
valescence in a park"
for the purpose and consistil
boo planted in the ground
nected by strings so as to forn>
After a few days rest in tn
are taken out in order to be
ted to another feeling. The s
q wonderful golden color.
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a man goes down the Shaft he puts
himself Mt the mercy Of all sorts of
dangers over which he has no control,'
Gas explosions, a Squeeze" the fall
ing of mass Of coal, and dozen
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GROUP OF BREAKER BOYS AT THE MOUTH

the operator warns the miners as
they 60 in when gas may be expected
and it is up to the miners to avoid eX-
rlosions. This is what the license"
has done for the men.
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SILK FROM THE SPIDER.
A Beautiful Golden Thread Taken From
Madagascar Insects.

A French writer, who recently paid
q visit to Iananarive, on the Island OF
Madagascar where the web Of the
spider is utilized to produce silk, Sc
cured some very interesting photo
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= NPeter stheir work. at once? CouIu
korton,., Leaks add one pang to his tor
~. Kay, r.
&c. Huckab -.
DAY morninAh singular minuteness, for his
msntioPed msntioned re was ample, he reviewed his
that place t;ious life, seeking for some justi-
Woodnosn r. lion of the act of Divine Provl-
Mr.. Chs1ce in thus casting him aside like
HSi al e s bit. of old rubbish after all this
eatiDS wearying and fruitless effort-after all
the his trust and prayer. -,
= >, And little Margaret-what of her?
Beautiful, Young, pure with every
bud of tender promise just showing
the pink-why should she have b,een
made the plaything of an snorm GUS
wrong, the helpless victim Of an &C.
trocious fste2 He saw her as she'was
when she left him, Fair, br1ghtyT low
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,CHAPTER XV.
CONTINUED.

p There is a great reserve in the Scotch
physique as there is in the Scotch
character. Mr.. Burns was an extreme
example, else how could he have lain
there on the wet soil of the woods for
three days and nights without so much
rs a sip of water and with nothing to
stop the bleeding of Ehis wound? He
was but half conscious most of the
time, and yet he heard panther
screaming all through one night, and
once a wolf barked and howled close
by. There was nothing in these
sounds to frighten him; they came to
him as in a dream, appealing to no
particular sense, touching no particu-
lar chord of consciousness, simply
echoing through him. Slowly he sank
away, weaker and weaker, down int9
darkness. Every thought faded S6ut
but one-the thought of fallursCthe
thought that he was dyingr%ithout
hope.
On the thir1 ~ 1.-THE afternoon,
some great + 3, evil-looking,
with bare, [sted heads and
hungry eye sailing low round
and roun E,ins' him. He saw
them, and r.. J. .!"They will eat me
as soon Al a.es''-Frsad!" But there was
no horr1 S.her Mated with the vision,
which Lown.ther and displayed his
scattjE Bell w.d 'clean-picked bones.
W5&Gnaaig IatiHe it matter to him, old, de-
foD IL &c x,11ltrraa
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graphs of the operation, cuts from
which are shown herewith. The in-s
sects are brought from the country in
light baskets by Malagash women on
the day upon which the silk is tos be
reeled, and placed in a frame IN groups
of one or two dozen. 1t Is important
not to mutilate or wQHnd them during
the operation. since they are, capable
of being submitted 10 four or five sue
cessive reelings in Rsmonth, represent
ing about -FOUR thousand yards OF
thread. Atthe School of Tananariye
the idea has occurred to place the
spiders iii what are called "guillo-
tines" the. crescents of which hold
them between the abdomen - 9prssi
leA Thet iSgs are turneda
tie corselet and their
emerges from, the side on :
unwinding ana twisting of
Is done. ,EgS
The yMalagash girls, In p
tiis aelicate operation, toucj
Of The abdomep ofsthe pris,
the finger and then gently
the latter. thus carrying a.
single bundle, the twelve. q
four threads to a hook tl1
them. into a single one VII
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inch ice can he harvested several
times year with the aid Of the ap-
paratuS. In the cut an endless chain
elevator is shown in the act Of feed
ing the waste ice into the returning
stream of water at the rear of the dam,
thus further aiding in the cooling
process.
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OST people going for the
first time into the region
of the great anthracite
minnS rrnnll at once nut
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usWfuoWeu nearU,
ID 6er, step by step,
.el descent, till she lay
lrHered by that man.
tefious cerebal action,
tote the correlation of
.ce with the girls,
a flash, the meet
rs with the success
bushes of her miser-
bit where he sought
It confidence and be-
with greatest faith,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-01-13
AFTER FORTY YEARS
a valuable Lease turns up and % the crate
OF Frtat deal 81 Interest

a Valuable Lease turns up and % the ceatsr
Ola Frtat deal 81 Interest
The Pioneer Iron company IN organ
ization in which tie Cliff portion .! the
CeyclantChiit company is "a uotaut
ficior has just sprung surprise upon
the Brietung estate at Marquette
About forty years aso, Charles r.
Harvey leased "a the Pioneer Iron com
pmy number oi descriptions 81 miner.
al hand surrounding the ciiy ot Ncgaunce
ua!icrm 81 ninety nine ycars, the leasr
carving no royalty bat binding the
lraSes toconyert tile orc mined into pig
iron ia Marquette county
Subsequently the Breitung cstale
secured an interest ip tic tee of this lind
anil their policy Inns bccn Il resist
ulluning the laud being cNplprcd aul ~
cvadc the tnxrs tlut were asscsscd
against il Tie CleycLlnd.CfD cnm-
pany has been tryng fpr 4 long lime ~
come to terms with tle lirauangH but
could moi do $50 and ro, through its
nuNilGiiy, The piouecl romptny and its
ninciy-niac year lease have recently
taken puscssiou and Icgm exploration
oi tbo lands what viii follow is "a
question but i i Thought that legal
bnt;lc will cnsue Hon. G 4 Roberts.
81 this city IS conycpjnt With the
affairs concerning theold lease und was
one oi q party scnt hy tle Pioneer
company to explore upon these htnds
twenty y-four years ugo Tie Quoen and
Buffalo were found at Tint tnpe by N,
Roberts and his cOmpau ous
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As will he seen ID another column oi
this papc-thc trrasutcts oi the different
townships ~ tie county have been
uurncd by the prosecuting attorney
dat theymust ntbc seizure Of personal
property whenever it ctn 81 louud, for
nlc payment ol uni estate taNcs aud
thnt il they fii odu 5o they ace liable
lorncglcrt ui duty Nh Bycrs proposes
to insist upon Tie collection oi taxes
Yhercvtr thcreis ghost oi il slow 81
doing su. lie viii uudoubtcdlN ptocccd
neniust ANY township treasurer that
upelccis hsdnly us he is known 'omean
iust wlntt hp suys Tie reusScsHcd ttNcs
are nuts that MOST oi uur cilizcns can't
crtek All chat We have interviewed
upon tile mnilersay that they are per
lectly willing to pay these taNes proNii-
iug the outsidys corporation pay al
tac ttXcs that were rensscsscd against
their hnds ia Ills township. The
assuemtion is generally looked up To as
Il guid, Ill such matters FOR Mn Shcrt
woods Judgement Ia tuN nutlels Is
considered equal to thtt Of Any hwyer
ia Che state.
Tbc larse taxpayers hayc paid their
taxes tins year The nnly niercsts TINT
refused "a pny any 81 the tixes arc tile
Btpiumg taltcaul the laxpayer's AZ.
sacmuon WHO htye refused the
school. county aud state taNcs n
Cry -tal Falls township. Tie county
Inud smiceuuullold ip wait utl fight
il ou with them hut the school can.
moi dn go 1T Is a brud q rlgtme
ou Che name u any American citizen
that IS shuuacvnde pNing his school
ltaN When the nX isltpHmnte aud used
cronumWllly and honcslly Can MI
Ergluug or Mi sherwood SLY that the
school inNc uc not being honestly
useds Ii tlcy cnHuut, aud we ntt
positive tlut they cannot, how
cnn tIip, meet thcchugc that lhcl az
cndravmiug c. deny otbcra thu agency
that madc thcm Annriuncnz1n aue
pul thrm in possession Ola passabl,
cngish y9calmlniH2
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-01-13
Has SUED TIE soMpsmeM.
Attorney Abbott Started Suit Against Bonds
men OF Ex.trsasarer Of Iron River Townsip.

Attorney Abbot, Started Suit Against Bonds-
men OF E1. treasurer Of Iron River Townsip.
When at the court house, the other
day, we Noticed that "a suit has been
started against Philip l.. Buyington,
Nelson r. Fisher, Frank CAMS, K. H.
Sturgeon, Patrick Kelly and Peter
AfOuson hy Fred If Abbott acting for
tie township of Iron River of which Mr.
Bo, ugton WAS township Treasurer ior
two years little inquiry developed
the iAc,s thai tie SUIT IS the result OF
Mi. Boyiugtous not making a
return oi PERSONAL property upon
which township iuNcS were not paid, hc
refusing 10 enforce The collection 10y
seizure 80 the goods 81 lis fellow towns
men lar The reason thut it was alleged
thnt the Assessment lol Of the toNn-
Snip wa. clHnged after il had been
passcd upon by the board 81 review and
as cnlorce tie collection az such taxes
would be nn imposition upon the resi-.
dents ol his town
The present administration oI the
township Is determined to secure the
toSc and lia,p Jumped upon Mr.. Boy
ugtua aad his boudsncn With The
affairs ui lrou Blvcr township, TIM
luNioNo pHuL las no concern aud
simply gives tii- ns piece oIucws, but
atlle Same time we wish to- impress
uppu tlic township trcasurcrs oi the
cuunty aWi their bOndspcn, also that
there um duie5 they must periom aud
that i thcy mil lo 10 their duty they
nrn ImlIe
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WE'LL ENTERTAIN THEM.
The Mining Men 10 be retsd hp the Citizens Of
this Civ.

A number of the roprcsentativ c
citizens of The place met at the Lock-
wood House last Monday evening 20
talk over verthecntertaining oi the membcrs
oi the Lake Superior Mining Institute
which is to hold one session IN this city
on the evening oi February 7th The
meeting was called to order hS Supt III.
III Dyer, of the institute entertainment
committee. On motion Mr Dyer was
made chairman oi the meeting and
Ihos. Cunlln secretary. IL was decided
60 entertain the mining mon will u
banquet 20 bc held after the session of
the institute a Committee consisting
81 HI DycrA L.Flewelline, Lusttield
;. g. Bennett aud H. llDtrlins was up
pointed 60 make all arrangements.
financial and otherwise, pertaining TO
the entertainment Of tie visitors and
the meeting adjourned until tonight 90
allow the committee to mike i'm
estimate aud report progress
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rEMrooA

The Name 81 New Town on ire nfule River
Hood 4 Mahoncy propose tn perpc
tate the memory II the chcaann l.ake
lndinns IN The nanng 10 ilc new town
which they arc O. build upou the bauss
of the l,rule river aud 10 that cul have
ndoptcd as its name pninsl ilie first
name oi lbcwiic 81 Chief Edwards. oil
settlers VIII remember the Elwrris
family thnl nude thcr home "a tie
south end ~ Chicogan labe iof tolrs
and hunted through the woods ~ THIS
rrgion before the whitr man set foot
upon Is soil There was lurgc colony
81 indians az tbc lake, but ia tle crlv
eighties, smallpox broke out among
them aud killed oil all bul ltdWnrd- and
his family Later Edwards sold lhr
indian lands ai the foot Of the lake q
.. N Glidlen Edwards signed thc dc j
by drawing lha picture ofu rposlrraod
his wife with thtt oi bul ltpld followed
hy her.namt Pentonoga,
Itwus Ga Old decd that rrycalrl to
the mil mcu a name iu their ncw town
aud at the same time ennhlcd tlen
pcrpctuate The mcmoty ~ the lnst rod
man that inhabited ihac parts