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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-10-05

Life 81 tangled skein
Tie pinrer cannot trace,
Nor Dick tho cnlors out again,
Each in ts proper place.
The black The scarlet and the sold
Are Oh confusion manifold
What viii the Weaver do
With am these tangled threacsf
And am the broken places too2
Oh how The p.uucr breads a
The Weavtrs coming lest in vain
Has been he spinning or the skeini
Black threads 81 Death are therei
And white threads fGistase;
And scarlet threads Of suffering, ghert
VIII lie find place fer thtse2
Beside the golden threads Of Joy,
How avn these broken bits emplOyI
Great Weaver. much fear.
Before the days scline.
Thy footstep Will be drawing near,
Unto this work OF mine.
The thread Is poor al Thou dost see;
Wilt Thou untangle IL for me2
Where Ii Is faded make
The colors fresh and bright;
Where IL u knotted, gently take
Ard twist il rouEd.aright
And. ere my day begins % cbb,
Weave these into Thy perfect web7
Julia II May, In Chicago Advance.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-10-05


heavy waves rocked the boat on the
windlcss sea. Paublo, the colored boat.
man, said that IL was caused by devil
fish 80 feet wide
Determined 10 capture one OF the gi
ant fish, | secured the assistance OF an
old Seminole indian who lived on the
reef and the following morning we
rowed ont IN his stout boat on the trait
Of the big ray The weapons were
two prongcd spear or grains with barbs
which set In. long, slender pole of
yellow pine Into which the grains set
with cap and coil OF stout rope the
size OF 4 clothesllne
As We left the blue channel and NOV
cd over the reef small black rays dartod
here ana there III was Chiefs opin-
Ion that the rays came IN from the out
or sea 10 feed ia the lagoon al night
and that we were liable 10 catch them
early Ia the morning So the sun was
Just creeping m through tie yermllion
tinted clouds as We reached the center
and turned down he scullng aud
standing ia The bow. grains ri hand.
the rope coIcd Ia the bottom Of the
boat. We bad not gone an eighth OF
mile before we noticed whore the la-
goon deepened several dns like those OF
a SHARK, only iet black moving .u cir
Gle
"Devilhsh whispered chief. turning
The Loaf and scullins slower.
AS a particularly large ray whirled
along ] hurled the grains Into rs broad
back The mgslstrom was nothing 10
II Each ray struck THE water furious
~. and na second Il boiled and foamed
as though z Volcano had ht9ktn.out
and from the ccntep r0sa gigantic
black haillke form bcBt.na ts wings
violently, 70 fail with a resounding
crash. The pole had leaped from the
socket NJ the impact. and The rope was
Sliding over tie ral like living thing
IL could not De seized. and lIe end
came with jerk that sent us down
into tie bottom of tie hoat. from which
we quickly cuwlcd 60 man tile liue
now stin and singing. the boat rushing
along bow under carrying q foamlug
wave ahead 81 her. Suddenly tic line
Stacked II was or No
Look out" shouted CHIEF
The dsh was coming toward as
head on and passed nearly under
The boat ! hurled harmless spear
or lance into Tie black form as
Il dashed by. willie tie boat was
jerked around likc i TOP. hllr filling
with water. more than ever an 0bslacie
g the herr stecl That hcuUug tie
watcf INTO foam now rusl "a hfhor
and yon ln wild attempts ID REACH thf
open sea it raced = m1c 0F morn
down the LAGOON when Wetufnul it IS
men eood fortune adding Us o0f p-
ply 81 water AND noW STANDING Gnee
deep But ihe sea Rat was hennns
60 ltf at the pee fte Naa nft
go eieat pc swain IaWlr un fae
lacoor put wil En- q Noe 0lth wc
coul3 DOT ior aud ihe iy faAdc
HeeH to ue 90 ufe .rt fle n-H Wo
again hogan hnu.mG uud tralF
stood ever ihc uy Nih ~ btna
Wing aud sunt the lano H0cp 1856 .s
bocf lT ID HUe iltAe tae uea
foot 81 more dropping upon ih f
heAiIne # w'ih powerful blows ald
rub'rE 1n. witN 2lo frct 81 ne
49, had HcN headed iuf "a ma'i fhar
nel heiHeeH tne Islands Yuf iue ude
Wa levy anathla aqve4 our game Tie
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-10-05
Monkey Brought
Murderer TO Gallows

Animals have been the indirect means
OF bringing criminals 20 justice. In the
recent history of criminal trials there
Is none stranger than that IN which
locke, the most important member OF
Ackerman's little floating menagerle,
was the chief witness.
Alderman lived on the Mississippi
river ID n houseboat His only compnn-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-10-05

The tricolur was
hoisted out OF the
windows OF the
great shops that
had been closed
during the last
two months Aft
or the infantry
came batteries OF
artillery and aft
or these squad.
rons OF cavalry
a halt was
made At the spot
on the street
whore / wa g
standing, and the
commanding Off
Ger a young Eel
low, smoked a
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-10-05
LllIIsn RpsseII,s Rstort.

Lillian Russell has never made
any great fame for yiyacity on the
stage, but TINS has not been FROM
any want of a feeling for the hui
morous side Of things, and she has
often flushed ont a caustic bit Of
reply when ON opening was present.
ed, SAYS .hl Chicago Journal. Not
long ago Ike was a guest at 4 ban-
quet given 20 d certain Russian no
bic, q V gathering, and the no.
BE and Lillian happened to BE plac-
cd side hy side He was 4 rather
bumrti6 follow. with suncrcil-
ious sna t everything Alnlrjcan.
In his alton American w .t-
tie better THAN sayages. lie found
fault with the various dishes served,
went near to declaring the cooking
outrageous and made himself gene
orally dsagreoable.
Il il possible you eat THAT stuff
be asked when some dollhouse corn
was served WhN in my country
we feed that to the hogs 4"
"lillp Yourself. count aid Lii
linn quietly. sliding the dish toward
him. Ire is believed 70 have tum-
bled.'
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-10-05

ions We're dogs,
chickens cats
aud the monkc u
Jocko
one dayabout
100 miles above
Baton Rouge.
he picked up a
ma II ca lie q.
Starr ana his
wife promising
them n pasa
down the river
on tho under
standing that
{ b G W o m n n
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-10-05

Point, 4oi In addition to the 626 men
reported at Vancouver barracks forl
the Twenty-eighth infantry telegraph.
ic reports show 500 men more on land
20 add 70 this regiment making a
total OF .126.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-10-05

Babies are now sent t0 sleep ~ >
lullaby trillei forth oy tho phono.
graph.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
viii Take the Place OF Il widely
Known Institution.
Especial Dispatch 10 The Timss.>


WEST POINT, VA, Jan. 2i.-Mr En-
nett Richardson, OF New Kent, IS pre-
pairing to locate u fine planning and wood
working mill on the corner of Fourth
and Railroad Streets. He has also
bought the row OF buildings in the same
neighborhood known as Rockets, ana
will fit them up for his workmen to live
in. The mill Will be on the site known
as George Westinghouse
Mr.. Richardson is now having the. old
building pulled down. 1t was built in
1858, and was used as an clearinghouse
by a small, black man, who gloried in
the name OF George Washington, and
having been the body guard OF his old
Marster'' Mr.. Ben. Robinson, OF Ben
venne, King and Queen county, 10 de
war.
During the war he was the bearer OF
many important papers and dispatches
and large amounts of money, and was
always found trustworthy.
y great many gentlemen of Richmond
with pleasure George Nashingtons eat
ing-house of fried oysters and deviled
crab" fame.
While the oyster business here has
been good this winter, it has been some
what hindered by the warm weather.
The first shad of the season was caught
last week.
Since the Academy was torn to pieces
by the tornado the last of November the
school has been carried on very COM
fortably and successfully at the Termi-
nal Hotel.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22
PROTECTION AND FOREIGN
TRADE

TIL Spirit Of the Valley quotes an ex-
tract from an article in this paper on
Americas foreign trade, and draws these
conclusions:
1t seems TO US that IN the above quoted
paragraph there are three very striking
facts stated which so versy far towards
yin3fcating the wisdom Of the policy of
protection:
!. The Times itself speaks of the period
from 1895 TO 1896 as the time OF our ad-
vers!ty," and this is the only period from
1851 up TO The present time that the coun-
Try has not been operating under pro-
teetire tariff.
,. 1t admits that we have the finest
machinery and the finest machinists in
the world. In other words, this is an ad-
MISSION by The ITEMS of the fact that
under a high protective tariff this un-
equaled machinery has been invented and
improved and these unequalea skilled
mechanics have been developed.
s. It admits that wages are higher.
perhaps. than ever before in our history.
THESE high wages, be it remembered, are
paid 10 our worlsmen under the highest
sort of protective tariff.
Surely our intelligent contemporary
does not mean to say that the hard
times in this country between 1893 and
1895 were due TO the then existing tariff
laws. 1t was mere coincidence that the
distress came While the Democratic tariff
laws were in force. and the Spirit Of the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22
Tobacco in Cumberland.


SUNNY SIDE. Jan. 21.-The last week
has been q very busy one with the farm
ers and tobacco buyers around Sunny
Side and Cumberland Courthouse.
NIessrs. Hobson e Fowlkes, Of Sunny
Side, have taken in more than thirty
thousand pounds of tobacco during the
week at prices entirely satisfactory to the
sellers-at an average price of about $52S
MIR. w. D. Hobson has gotten a patent
known as the Hobson process OF flavor
ing export tobacco, and the tobacco mer-
chants Of England are highly pleased with
this wonderful invention Of his own. which
has proved to be such success for the
past two years.
At Cumberland Courthouse, not more
than six miles from Sunny Side, every,
thing seems to be a big boom. Mr..
j. NJ Vaughn's warehouse is doing a
good business. He has sold, during the
week fully one hundred thousand pounds
of tobacco at prices entirely satisfactory
to the farmers-ranSng from $3.50 10
s11.75.
Arrangements are now being made to
enlarge the warehouse and build new
factories and stable room for horses.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Matters of Value That Were a i;Tycia
ton 70 tie Farmers.
Especial Dispateh to The rimes.o

FREDERICKSBURG. VA. jan Il
The first Farmers institute ever heia 10
this city or in this section. was opeHeu
here to-day III the courthouse at ~
O'Clock A. VI. under the direction OIL MI
]. II. c. Beverley, member OF the state
Board of Agriculture for th:s teiEsl}
Congressional District. The attendi'I'c+,
net only of farmers from surrounding
counties and nearby points, but OF nGSA-
ness men of this city. was excellent a'i''
the proceedings were of u very interest,"
ing character. Mr. Beverley preSiaed ana
introduced the speakers.
When he called the assembla5e to oft'cs
he made a brief address along agrtcuItS-
raj lines calling the attention u ths
farmers to the fact that the AgrtcuitIt'ti
Department of the State is an institution
whose purposes are to foster ana @Ec't''
age farming interests. ard stated Win
emphasis that the farmers cpuia Hsl-'S
much information and beheht ny "t'P-
ing in touch with the Board iha Jitit
sneaker on the programme was ii5ss. Q.
W. Koiner. State Commissioner OF NSsi-
culture whose subject was - e. tit'@tfSa
and Their Economic Uses lie H.a$ r't-
lowed by Mr.. s. +. Barker. Of In >
burg, Pa, on THE Dairy. the i@et'e
Things That Give Trouble In Blrs'-
Making aud the Proper Feeding ct toNs'
and Mr. j. Fl. G.. Beverley nH .st3tt' -E
Raising Livestock i'll NirSiutn- &a'HS
practical ideas and much VALUABLE 'ai"t-
nation were brought out III th.St ad-
dresses and the farmers listened l' Si-fE
of the speakers with great Interest
Mr. beverley III his address. stated
that he had shipped cattle from hiss sar'o
on the Rappahaunock River. lii f-@-s
county less than fifty miles below - =
ricksburg which We're the equal OF a"A
sent to market from the upper COUNTIES
In the past ninety days he has sh'rPeS
fourteen head, bred and raised on 5
farm, which netted over SO each. anu ~
the fall of 1898 his shipment brought the
top of the Baltimore market for the yea:
This was II revelation to the farmers, a;
it was not thought possible TO raise cat.
tie in the Tidewater section that wo;tid
be equal to those of the PIEDMONT ana
other counties near the mountains
After It recess for dinner, the farmers
were treated to a very entertaining and
instructive address by Prof. S. &. Hedges,
OF Pennsylvania. on How TO Plant ana
Care for Fruit Trees and How TO Destfoy
Their Insect Enemies and Diseases. al
ter which the Institute. which was de-
cided success, adjourned.
Mr. Beverley says he will hold three or
four more institutes in this district in
the spring, one at Tappahannock, IN rs
sex county; Jfrbanna, in Middlesex; Hi
marnock. in Lancaster. and possibly one
at Montross, or Kinsaie, in Westm6re-.
land county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22
For Sale by All Leading Dry foods Stores

are busy arranging their nets and boats
Montpelier the magnificent estate
III Orange county. formerly The home OF
President James Madison, has again
changed hands. Mr. Charles X Lsnnis.
of Philadelphia, who recently purchases
sold it to Mr.. VIM. Dupont, of Whining
ton Del.
Rhoadesvile Baptist Church, in Orange
county. has extended a call to Rev Stock
ton Cole. of Culpeper-
Mr. Wade Augustine Thornton of Port
Royal. Caroline county, died suddenly OF
pneumonia a few days ago at the homs
of mis- daughter in Norfolk, aged IS years
Mr. and Mrs. f. W. Clark. OF Orange
county have issued invitations for tho
marriage of their daughter, Miss Rosa
Clark to Mr.. r. Conway Harris, the cere-
mony to take place at Uuionrille Church,
in that county. Wednesday. January Seth.
at 3 T. NJ.
Rev. DR.. c. J. Hill and daughter. Miss
Miriam Hill. of Orange county. sailed
saturday from New York to Gibraltar,
They will also visit Tunis and Ehlgiers.
Mr.. Henry II. Andrews. formerly of this
city, who was divorced from his vile
was married again on January 1G. 10 Mis-
Mary Raymond Garrestson. OF New York
They have gone TO Europe on d, oridai
trip.
Ex-Governor Charles t. oTerrall Vas
here Saturday comforting with a pton.A
nent capitalist of the North. WAC expects
to make large investments in this sec
ton.
TIE annual meeting of the Daughters
of the Confederacy was held Saturday at
ternoon at the home OF the president o.
the chapter Mrs. Mamie Barney HensF&
Lees farewell address was read by MIS-.
Barney. the members standing, and a
poem by the late James Barron Hope
.'On the Life Of Lee" was read by tits
Y NJ. Fleming. after which all presen.
were. invited 10 q dainty lunch III the dtn-
ing-room. where tsle decorations were II
Confederate colors. The chapter Is co.,, ;
a, good work here in aiding the poor a.t1
sick Confederate soldiers and their lstll-
lies
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22

Valley Is too sensible a paper not to
know that the tariff had little or moth
ing to do with it.
AS for the second count, We might say
that It was under the influence of the
Democratic tariff that American ma
chinery was improved 1t is quite Ger
tain. as VIZ contenled in the original
article. that 1t was through the economies
w,ach the manufacturers of this country
learned in the period of distress de,fiS-s
mated that they were enabled to compete
IN the foreign market 1t was not until
1875 that The merchandise balance began
ITO run heavily in favor of the United
States, but from that time on our Tor
eign trade increased at an enormous
rate Did protection accomplish this? On
the contrary. had it been practicable to
1--we within ourselves, and consume our
own products, there had been no occasion
to make economies and seek foreign mar
kets. Necessity is the mother of in
vention.
For our part, we believe that ii the
manufacturers of this country had BY
low tariff been put into competition years
ago with the foreigners the economies
which came between 1888 and 1856 would
have GENE much sooner, and we woult
have captured foreign trade long before
we did The, bright young man who is
thrown upon his resources carly in lie
and is made to hustle for himself in com
petition with other bright young men IS
far more apt to succeed than his neigh
Dor who is fc.otered and pampered by
indulgent parents. It has now been DEM
onssrated beyond a peradventure that
Americans can compete in foreign mar
kets and we believe that this fact would
have been demonstrated many years ago
il the walls OF protection had been
thrown down and the American manu-
facturers made to hustle for living.
IN the third place, our contemporary
says that The Times admits that wages
are higher than perhaps ever before in
our history, but adds that these wages
are paid under the highest sort Of a pro
tective tariff. But what has the tariff
TO do with the high wages? We are
making goods and selling diem in the
foreign markets in competition with tor
etc.n manufacturers who employ cheap
labor. and we are able to pay our laborers
high wages Manifestly this is not due
to the tariff 1t is due to the fact that
our workmen are superior to the foreign
worknen, and that they turn out more
work and better work in given time
Let our friend read the interesting OBJ
servat.ons on this phase Of the subject
0y an Engiishman from whom we quote
in another article in to-day's paper.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22
Anrabel Lee.

1t was many and many a year ago.
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden lived. whom you may
know
nv the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other
thought
Than TO love and be loved by me-
was a. child, and she was child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
Rut we loved with a love that was more
than love,
I and my Annabel Lee
With a love that the winged seraphs OF
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
So thai Ter hish-born kinsmen came,
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre,
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not 50 happy in heaven
Went nnvying her and me-
YES, that was the reason (as all men
know
In tits kingdom by the sea,
THAT the wind came out OF The cloud by
night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than
the love
Of those who were older than we,
OF many far wiser than We;
And neither the angels in heaven ABOVE
Eor the demons down under the sea-
can ever discover my soul from the soul
OF the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without
bringing me dreams
And the stars never rise but I feel the
bright eyes
OF the beautiful Annabel Lee,
And so, all the nisht-tide ! lie down by
the side
OF my darling, my darling, my life and
my bride.
In her sepulchre there by the sea.
In ber tomb by the sounding sea.
Edgar Allen Poe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22
Active at One Hundred and Five

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
RUTHERFORDTON, n. c., Jan. I'll
The oldest woman in this State living is
Mrs. Sarah Bean, at. Lenoir, Caldwell
county. She is 1O5 years of age. There
is no doubt about her age. She says her
self that she is that old, and her mar
riaSe date is written and dated in her
Bible. She was 105 last october. She is
hale and hearty, carries two buckets OF
water each day up hill over two nun
dred yards from spring; never wore Il
plir of specls in her life, and can read
most any kind of print She is now cut
ting her second set of teeth. She has
now living sevcnty-eigh children. grand
children, great grandchildren and great
great grandchildren She is the grand
mother OF Mr.. John p. Beam "a Wei
known citizen of Rutherfordton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22
Fairy i'll Disguise.

The waiter girl WAS lindeEiab!y pretty,
and she did not-seen to know It
Modest, iadyiike in demeanor minoiu
only of her duties size moved swiftly
to ana fro through the crowded restauT
ant. needless OF the ,fn,icing glances
darteG at her by susceptible young men
Filing the orders OF exactins guests wi1h
exemplary patience and sGcd Mature, ano
tactfullv repellng all attempts to engage
her in airy batiinage or in any converse
ten not pertaining to the business OF feed
ing hungry men.
sWhat is your order?" she asked tslc
grave, Silent man who had Just taken
seat at one OF the tables.
sandwich with rye bread. a couple OF
doug hnuts, and some coffee.
Slab o Sritzerlan, On rye!' she piped
sl5riliy .tSinkers. Draw one in Java. :
Chicago Tribune.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22


tries to do as much as he can: in Eng
land each tries to do as little as he pos
siblv can to make his job last.
The Engiishman. from whom we have
been quoting. in the same connection
says:
Deeply ingrained in the mind Of the
British workman is the sentiment that
these machine economies are a bad thing
Tor the wage Garner by depriying him OF
lob To diminish rather than to in
crease output is the ideal of the Iaborer.
But in all these cases more labor is en-
pioyed than formerly to supply the In
creased demand consequent on cheapen-
ing of the articles.
In most instances. too, though not in
all, higher rates of wages are earned
often ranging from 30 to 100 per cent.
more. Thus. to take an example of a
very common article: In the year 1855
10000 plain envelopes cost So to produce
by hand: in 1896, when they We're done
by machinery for 81, the workers re-
ceived more than double the old wages
Or. take a big American industry
store-making. America is the country
for stoves. There are more than 300 foun-'
dries in the States making nothing else.
The largest of these firms neIts about
90 tons OF iron q. day, and turns out about
so stoves daily.
The average pay OF the workman ranges
from s2.l5 tsay lis. sd. TO 81 lSs. SD per
day-enough to make the mouth of an
English mechanic water. Yet American
stoves are sold largely in foreign coun-
tries. competing VIII the home products
Of cheap labor, while in America they
hold their monopoly. This is entirely
due TO machinery and technical skill,
happily combined.
There is the whole story IN a nutshell,
and further comment is unnecessary.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22

mile road out there in 1883. and we used to
pull freight cars up to the laboratory on
it. We made as much as forty miles an
hour at times Now, that railroad pro
ject seemed to me to be a mighty good
thing. You know / had q, board of d.rec-
tors in those days-nen with bulsins
Observation-Disclosures that thought away
ahead into the futi!re-and went TO
work and carefully elaborated all the
ideas I had for electric railways and sub
mitted them to the board. They consid-
cred the subject carefully and f2i.y, and
unanimously decided that there was no
money in the electric railroad, anu that
they MOuld Let Ii aIoue,n
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22
Affairs in ESSEX,

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
HUNTSVILLE, VA, Jan. 21.-The long
continued warm weather has prevented
the county folk from securing ice, and
many farmers were beginning to plough.
The public schools have made fine pro-
gross, as the children have not been kept
away on account of the weather.
There arc a great many birds in Essex
this season, and the huntsmen have been
very successful.
Grip the dread disease. has kept many
of the people housed of late.
\ little child of Mr.. Frank Durham
was burned so badly on Wednesday of
last week, that it died in Il few hours.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-22
!,
MUNYON'S
COLD
CURE

When Prof. Munyon says what his
COLD CURE will 90 he only says what
all the world knows. Nearly everybody
seems to be taking this remedy whenever
q cold appears. 1t relieves the head, nose,
throat and lungs so quickly that a cold
need no longer be a forerunner of grippe,
dlphtheria or pneumonia.
Every one of his remedies is IS sure.
All druggists, mostly 25c. vial. Guide to
Health free. Write to Broadway aud 18th
ST. New York, for medical advice free.