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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-03-24
At Iron Mountain.

Grafton the somewhat difficult
and costly undertaking of un-
watering pretty Lake Fuma,
situate about six miles north and
east of the city.
Indeed, it can be said that
employees of the Oliver company
have been engaged for some
time in making soundings
through the ice for the purpose
of ascertaining the depth of
water, thus establishing the
practicability Of the undertaking
There are no serious engineering
problems to be considered in
the premises. as the lake has a
natural outlet to the Menominee
rivers small creek which
crosses the main highway near
Quinnesec. There is a natural
and gradual fall from the lake
to the small falls near the home
Of John l.. Buell., where there
is IA drop OF at least twenty feet.
1t has been o general suppose
ton that Lake Fuma was shall
low body of water-estimated at
an average depth of less than
seven feet-a and that, by deepen
ing this creek, at an expense of
about $4,000, it was thought
the lake would soon run dry.
The soundings made by the
Oliver company prove, however,
that Lake Fuma is considerable
more of q body OF water than
appearances would indicate. AT
several points it was discovered
that there was more than thirty
feet Of water with n considerable
depth of muck in the bottom.
This discovery renders the
question of natural drainage, via
the creek, an impossibility ex-
cept at a very heavy expense,
necessitating the deepening OF
the stream to the depth OF the
lake, which work would cost
many thousands Of dollars.
However, "a pumping plaat SINH
lar to the one utilized in unwater-
ing Lake Angelina. at Ishpem-
ing, might be erected at the
mouth OF the creek and the lake
unwatered in this manner.
This would be feasible if the lake
would only remain dry when
once emptied, but the chances
are that the pumping plant
woold have to be kept in opera
ton for an indefinite period, rs
the country surrounding the lake
is very wet and full of gushing
springs. A stand pipe driven
anywhere in the vicinity pro
duces n flowing well. AT the
old Indiana mine, short.
distance from the lake, and on
high ground, one of these wells
has been pouring forth two
inch stream, winter and summer.
for more than seventeen years
now, and shows no signs OF
diminishing.
Seemingly. there is no task 10
large nor to difficult for our
mining companies to undertake.
these days. If the management
of the Oliver company becomes
satisfied that there is n consider
able body Of desirable ore un.
derneath the lake a way will be
found TO unwater the same and
overcome tho water problem
The Oliver company has under
option all the lands surrounding
the lake, and will soon commence
the work Of sinking n shaft at
the east end. Buildings have
been erected for the accomoda
ton OF Capt. Jewell and a crew
of thirty five men, and develop.
mcnts will be watched with in
tcrest.
Mining men contend that there
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-03-24
II W. BROWN, D. d. S.
Graduate Of Ann AIbor.

Office over ia the Dunn Builing.
Hours TO J. 4, N, and TO . y. m.
All dental work guaranteed.
Nitro rs oxide eas or vitalizcd mir given
for the painless gxtractiou 81 teeth.
CRYSTAL FALLS, MICH.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-11-10
Growing stock Hogs.

A Virginia correspondent asks the
proper feeds and methods of feeding
to secure satisfactory development
and growth in stock hogs. SHOULD
they be fed all they will eat, or should
feed allowances be limited?"
Growing pigs, and especially those
designed for breeding stock, should
be abundantly nourished on feeds
rich in protein, since these favor the
development of both bone and muscle.
Middlings are the best single feed
ing stuff for young pigs, and should
be extensively used wherever posi-
BILE. Ground field peas, cow peas and
the soy bean may also be used, the
latter two being especially available
in the southern states. In no case
feed cotton seed meal. Skim milk and
butter milk are of the highest value
when obtainable. An ideal mixture
would be four pounds of skim milk,
two pounds of middlings, cow peas
or the soy bean might be substituted,
providing they are available. A run
on a pasture seeded with crimson
clover or Japanese clover for the
south, and bluegrass or red clover for
more northerly points, is almost an
essential; in any event, good range
must be given for young breeding
stock. With good pasture and abund-
ant exercise pigs designed for breed
ing purposes can be fed practically to
the limit of their desire. OF course,
IL A.
trough, and it is well to have the ami
mails willing to take just little more,
as an active, well-bred, ambitious pig
is always DESTROYS of doing.-W. A
Henry, in Breeders Gazette.
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Separating the Sexes.

There is much written on the i'm.
portance of separating the sexes.
This is rule generally carried out by
the fancier and is matter of import
ance TO such, but to the farmer it is
a question whether it is practical, and
the average farmer is not prepared
to do this even if there was an adj
vantage in doing so. 1t is much more
important that the farmer dispose of
all his cockerels before they reach
that age when they become bother
some. In breeding for fancy, when
the cockerels and pullets are all kept
till fall and winter and sold for breed
ing purposes or intended for exhibit
ton, it is then important that the
sexes should be separated. And now,
while the hens are moulting, it is of
still greater Importance to keep the
males to themselves, especially when
the females are to be shown at the
winter shows.-Farmers' Home Jour.
nal.
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They will cost him about $50 to
SIS each to feed one year and bring
him a net profit of about $50 essch.
He is making this experiment to con-
vince southern farmers that they can
grow and feed fine beef cattle as sue
cessfully and profitably as anybody
else. He wishes to create home sup
ply of fine cattle. To do this he must
have the active cooperation OF the
farmers. The cost of shipping when
you have only one animal to ship will
be five or six dollars. If you
have five animals about three
or four dollars each. But if
you have carload, so cents
per head. You thus see how great
part of the profit depends upon
good supply. We have the feed let
us now get the breed. While the
scrubs gain one pound in weight, ON
horns gain ten. But to grow these
better beeyes we make steers of the
males before they are six weeks old.
This is important.
Again the manure from growing
and feeding cattle will help to make
and keep our farms rich. Corn that
will make over one hundred bushels
per acre is now growing upon Mr..
Sawtell's farm, where four years ago
was nothing but bald, guineu hill
sides. The manure has done this.
You can do the same.
When we have improved cattle graz
ing upon thousand hills, and grass
growing for them to Craze upon then
we will have section fair to look
upon and desirable to live in. Then
the stranger will love our fair south
land and seek to make his home
among us.
Then our income will come with
steady flow and homes be filed with
plenty and contentment dwell among
us and happiness reign supreme. This
is one remedy for our needs.-South-
ern Culticator.
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HERE AND THERE.

The first cattle were introduced
into this country in 1610-four cows
and bull.
Sitting hens should have food and
water, with some exercise and good
busting every day. If they won't get
off the nest, take them off.
We would not advise our readers
to try to help the chick out of the
shell. Those too weak to help them
after they are out.
Insist on yourself; never initiate.
Your own gift you can present every
moment with the cumulative force of
whole life cultivation; but of the
adopted talent of another you have
only an extemporaneous half-posses-
sion.
The farmers should not get in
hurry to sell their cotton, from the
fact that the prospect for good
price was never better. The official
report shows the crop short and
very small surplus of the old crcr ON
hand.
There is one advantage in keep
ing guinea fowls with other poultry,
as their loud noise frightens away
hawks and other enemies. Guinea
fowl meat is dark, but has a gamey
flavor liked by those who have q
fancy for game.
Now there is new use for the
corn plant. The latest discovery is
that an almost perfect substitute for
rubber may be obtained from zeamafs.
Indeed it 10 claimed that this droduct
of the plant is superior for some uses
to the best Para rubber.
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parted, and out shamSled huge
black bear.
To any other man, alone in the
depths of the forest far from all help,
those long, white fangs aad thick.
strong limbs and mighty claws, would
have been terrible sight; but not so
for the stout-hearted Russian.
He leveled the short, hunting spear
which was his only weapon, except
the broad-bladed knife in his girdle,
and planting his feet firmly awaited
the onset of the bear, which, after
watching him doubtfully for mo-
'ment with its small, sullen eyes, came
charging at him open mouthed.
A shock, a rush, q savage growl,
and Yury found himself sprawling on
his back among the bushes, with the
bears grim jaws gaping over him.
But the monster was hampered for
a moment by the shaft of the spear
which had been driven home into its
shaggy breast; and the moment saved
Yury.
He sprang to his feet again just as
one crunch of the terrible teeth
snaHped the strong spear like sealing
wax but he had lost his best weapon,
and had now only his knife left.
And now the struggle began in ear
nest. The bear. furious with pain,
strove fiercely to close, while Yury
wa--ily eluded it, seeing that it was
bleeding freely, and must grow weak
err every moment.
But at length he found himself fair
~ hemmed in, with an impenetra BILE
mass of bushes behind him, and the
bear in front. Only one chance was
left.
As the bear rose upon its hind feet
for the fatal hug, Yury ducked nimbly
under the extended paws, and dashed
himself, knife in hand, right under
the huge black body.
Foi. a moment man and beast were
mingled together in a writhin- heap;
and then Yury arose unharmcd, and
his enemy lay dead before him, pierced
to the heart.
Col. Bibikoff kept his word. The
petition for pardon was sent, and was
granted; and Yury lived many a year
in his Russian home tn cell his won.
dering companions how he had earned
his freedom by killing the great black
bear.-Golden Days.
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"To kill the bear for you" replied


do you think you can do it ?" asked
the colonel, looking keenly at him.
II can try" said thu Russian.
simply; II am not afraid of him. If
he's only bear, I've killed plenty Of
them already; and if he's an evil spir-
it, as they all say, he can have no
power over any man who trusts in
God. Anyhow, I'll tackle him, on con-
dition that if get the best of it you'll
obtain my pardon from the car"
"Your pardon?" echoed the colonel,
staring.
Just so, my MASTER" rejoined the
convict. II want to see Russia again
before I die; and, besides, they say
our father, the car, is bit of bear
hunter himself; so he'll be all the
more likely to grant it,"
Col. Bibikoff pondered. The idea
was certainly very queer one, but
If it should happen to benefit this
man, who had served him so faithful
ly, and to whom he was greatly at
tached, why, SO much the better.
In any case, it could scarcely do any
harm, for Yury was as old a bear
hunter as himself.
Done" said he, at length; ''it's .
bargain"
Thank you, master; and now I'll
be of at once, for if he knows I'm
coming he won't show"
Half an hour later anyone who had
been abroad in the forest to the north
of Alexandrovsk would have seen .
very curious sight.
A man was walking slowly through
the thickcst part of the wood, yelp-
ing and barking as he went exactly
like a small dog; and, stranger still.
his face, hands and clothes glistened
all over as if they had been smeared
with honey, which was actually the
case.
But Yury (for he 1t was) knew well
what he was about. He had not hunt
ed bears SO long without finding Out
their fondness for dogs and honey;
and he hoped to bring the beast with
in reach either by the ear or by the
nose.
Nor was he disappointed. All at
once a half-snorting half-grunting
sound issued from the thicket, min
gled with q crackle of twigs and the
rustling of dry leaves. Then the
bushes in front of him shook and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-11-10

That was a remarkable demonstrat1o1 q
what . Mogul can do, that occurred ON the
New York Central the other day, when en-
CINE No. 948, one Of the new Moguls, hauled
out train No. IL, the Southwestern Limited,
made up of two mail cars, five passenger
coaches and nine Wagner cars, sixteen cars
In all. The total weight of the train was
1855, 900 pounds, or 9l6 tons, and the length
Of the train, including the engine, was PIP
feet, or nearly quarter of mile. This
engine made the running time of the train
between New York and Albany, lab miles,
In three hours and fifteen minutes.
There is no railroad in the world which
has a better roadbed. more skillful engi-
neers, or better equipment, backed by loyal
men always alert for the safety of their pas
sengers, than the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad. What road can
match its corps of men, from President Cal
Iaway down the long line of employees, to
the humble and faithful trackmen who
watch their sections of rail through the
long hours of the night and day, in order to
safeguard the lives OF the travellers on trains
whirling by their humble shanties, many of
which nestle closely to the rails under their
pardianshp.-Editorial from the Albany
Times Union.
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To BE Concise

young man." said the editor to the
budding Journalist, who brought him col
ter in ten lines, when man discovers his
house is ablaze he doesn't go to the window
and tell the passers-by that half an hour
ago what threatened to be terrible confa-
grafton broke out in the upper story Of the
palatial mansion occupied by Mr.. Jeremiah
Dickens He simply rushes to the front,
and shouts: Fire! Be concise, young man."
st. Louis Republic.
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Many a woman, sick and
weary of life, dragged down by
weakening drains. painful ir-
Irregularities, depression, and the
hundred and one ailments
which affect women only, has
found in Pe-ru-na a bright star
of hope, which has changed
her misery to joy, her suffer-
ing to health.
No woman need suffer from
the arrangements peculiar to
her sex, if she will give Peru
ma a fair trial.
The majority Of weaknesses
which make woman's life a
burden, spring from a simple
cause. The mucous membrane
which lines the pelvic organs
becomes weakened and in
famed owing to strain. cold,
overwork, etc. This causes
catarrhal congestion, inflam-
nation. painful irregularities,
depression of spirits, irritable
ity, weakness and suffering. It
shows in the haggard lines of
hefacc, the dull eyes, the sallow
complexion and angular form.
For the prompt cure of such all
mcnts try Pe-ru-na. 1t drives away
s'the blues, clears the complexion,
brightcns the eyes, changes thin
ncssto plumpness, and cures pains,
diatcly strikes at tho root of such
troubles and removes the cause.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-11-10

The Voices from Sorrows Depths.
1t is only where there is obstruction
that the waters become deep and re-
fiecting. Shallow brooks run noisily
by. Great streams, where their course
is made easy, pause not to collect depth
and silence. A life may flow gently to
its close. but it never becomes great be-
cause OF its ease. Obstacles, difficult
ties, SORROWS, &scouragements dam up
the souls precious waters, and from
the stiffness Of its deeps the voice Of an
Emerson, Carlyle, . Shakespeare
speaks to uss-esptsmbee sueeesA
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Best for the BoweIs.

No matter what ais you, headache to
cancer, you will never get we'll until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you Just 10
cents to start. getting your. health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has c. C. c.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
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Safe There.

Goodheart-I think you libeled that
friend of yours from Chicago. / took him
put to lunch to-day, and be didn't eat with
his knife at all.
Sneerwell-That's strange. What did you
have to eat?
"Oyster Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-11-10

The trouble with the collar button il that
Il is such an upstart-it won't keen in its
place.-Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-11-10

Ida-"Isn't she barefaced soubrette!''
May-"No, dear; her face is covered with
paint."-N. .. Times Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-11-10

Throw physic to the dogs-if you don't
want the dogs-but if you want good diges-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-11-10

Each package Of PUTNAM FADELEss DYBs
colors either Silk, Wool or Cotton perfe0ly.
Sold by all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-11-10

1t is a mystery to us where all the bad
cigars were smoked before the days of the
open trolley cars.-Detroit Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-11-10

A Polite Mantle BystanderLssWhai
are you taking off your hat for?" The Mar
at the 'Phone-"Pm talking to LADY,
Chicago Tribune.
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
| - cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, go Third
Ave-, N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 9, 1900.
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Automobile or ought not to mobile seem.
to be the question at issue.--Cycling Ga
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asa. 90 PER WEEK

20 men with rigs to introduce our Poultry
Compound among farmers. Address with
stamp, Acme Mfg. Co., Kansas City. Mo.
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To Cure q Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund money ifitfails to cure. CSC.
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Il taken internally. Price, 75c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-11-10

You can convict nearly anyone Of being
. fool.-Atchison Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-11-10

that is from $3.50 to $35 each. Thus
you see there is a difference Of. from
$3.50 to $50 per head in favor of the
short-horns. In herd of 100 steers
this is $4,000 difference in the value,
or about $1,000 difference in the clear
profit. This particular herd of short
horns was not grown in Georgia, but
they might have been. Mr.. Sawtell
sold Georgia-bred steer less than
three years old for $3.50 few weeks
since. This strain or breed of cattle
do just as well in the south as in the
northwest. These cattle grow in Ten
nessee.
The point is this, we need to get
better breeds for beef cattle. We can
do it. Mr.. Sawtell has given great
study to this question and is so thor
cughly convinced that he proposes to.
offer, this fall, about five carloads of
young males at cost to the farmers
of the south. He would have pre-
ferred to pay out the 5000 on a re-
cent purchase in Georgia, or Carolina,
or Alabama than to have paid it out
in Tennessee and Kentucky. If you
doubt this try him. Offer the cattle
and you will see whether he will buy.
What does he feed upon. Cotton
seed meal and hulls. He has been
feeding these steer upon this feed
since October last, and viii continue
- feed them until Novembsr next.
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chaff, however tempting.
In the end the peasants made up
their minds that it was useless to
hunt him any more, deciding that it
was not a bear at all, but one of
those wicked magicians who, as they
believed. had the power of changing
themselves into wolves, bears and
other wild beasts and taking venge-
acce in that form upon those who had
offended them.
So the colonel had some reason to
speak so angrily, especially as he had
himself ridden many mile through
the forest in the hope of meeting the
bear, but all to no purpose.
Suddenly deep voice said, close to
nis elbow:
Col. Bibikoff, will you let me try?,
''Try what?' asked the colonel. look
ing round with start at a short.
thick-set. shaggy-haired figure that
might easily have been mistaken for
the very bear of which he was think
ing.
But il was only his servant, Yury. :
convict from southern Russia; for Il
was enc of Col. Bibikoff's queer ways
to choose all his household servants
from convicts under his charge. and
10 declare that he had never been bet
~ served = his LIE