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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
An Ancient bible.

In the Cottonian library in England
is an old manuscript copy of part of
the Bible in Latin. The London
Chronicle says II was used at the cor
onations OF English soyereigns 300
years before the "stone of destiny"
was brought from Scone to Westmin-
ster by Edward |.
If this be true. the use OF this Bible
for the purpose dates back to the year
1000. 1t is quarto OF pit leaves, con-
tanning the four gospels, and seems
from the style of the writing and illu-
limitations. which are very beautiful.
to have been made about the end of
the ninth century.
Ii narrowly escaped destruction in
the fire at Ashburnham House In 1871.
OF which IL bears evidence in Its
crumpled leaves and singed margins.
There Is some evidence that the son OF
Edward the Elder, Athelstan the Clio.
rious. who was king OF the West Sax.
ons from 025 to $40. owned this Bible
and gave it to the church of Dover
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
washing in the orient.

The Japanese rip their garments
part for every washing. and they iron
heir clothes by spreading them on q
lat board and leaning this up against
The house To dry. The sun takes the
wrinkles out of the clothes, and some
~ them have quite luster. The Jap.
anese woman does her washing out OF
doors. Her washtub is not more than
six inches high.
The hardest worked washerwomen
In the world are the Koreans. They
have to wash about n dozen dresses
for their husbands, and they have plen-
~ to do. The washing Is usually done
In cold water and often In running
streams. The clothes are pounded with
paddles until they shine like shirt
front fresh from a laundry. Chicago
News
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
he TOOK THE SHOWER BATH
And II Drove Him From the Yosem-
lite Back to New England.

After week OF little Journeys. strik-
ing here and there few miles to alb
sorb the Yosemite valley from dozen
coignes OF vantage, we were whipping
the Illilouette one afternoon for noun
tain trout. nays the Worlds Work.
Tomorrow" said a voice. II shall
take a shower bath under the seven
teen hundred foot fall"
YOU" said another voice. 'are n
fool"
"Not at ALL" came back argumenta-
lively. THE rivers very low. What
there Is OF IL turns to spray in the
first hundred feet; Il will simply come
down like rain Why. you'd go under
the Bridal Veil yourself Only that's
prosaic. This is something big. Come
on"
mot l."
But | was there to see The water.
as he had said. came down. n consid-
cradle part OF Il. In rain and spray
that few out on the wind Incredible
distances. But to crawl down, dressed
In bathing suit, closer TO the main
stream that falls 10 the pool and upon
the rocks with n murderous swish In
the air and roar like a railway train
when IL strikes was daring to fool
hardness. At any moment a veering
wind might swing the whole mass upon
the tall. slim figure backing tentative
ly on all fours down the jagged talus
slope. his eyeglass pebbles glintlng
cheerfully. steady breeze kept the
fall swung out a little the other way.
and the spray burgeoned out far up
the other slope. The roar was deafen-
ing
An at once the wind shifted, the
water swung back. and In lash the
human figure was blotted out in a del
uge that turned me sick. For a sec.
ond-that seemed an hour-it played
on the spot fendishly, il seemed 10
me, standing horrihed there, and then
slowly II swept away
And then there was a movement, a
painful. crawling movement. down there
on the slope, and scrambled down the
slippery rocks 70 help a blinking, creep
ing. much surprised youth. bleeding
from hundred cuts, up to where his
clothes lay. lie was still too dazcd to
speak When bis breath returned and
his extra glasses were perehed again
on his nose. he said:
"The oceans fell upon met For Gods
sake. come back TO New EngIandw
And we went.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
NATURAL HISTORY.

Ostriches live to the age OF about
sixty years.
The mandarin duck Is one of the
most beautiful OF aquatic birds.
So voracious is the cod that it will
swallow anything IL sees In motion.
An eel has two separate hearts. One
beats 60, the other 100. times a minute.
A adybrd can travel 20.000.000.000
times its own length in an hour. In
that time sloth can only travel tifty
times its own length.
There is no country in the world in
which the raven is not found to be ma
tive; II IL also the only. bird known TO
ornithologists which il OF such cosmo-
politan character.
Only one existing reptile can sustain
itself In the air. This il the dying
dragon OF the East Indies. 1t has no
real wings. but can glide from tree TO
tree like a flying squirrel.
The common house fly usually pro-
duces tile note L in flying. To do so
1t must vibrate its wings 335 times a
second The honey bee sounds \,
which means that its wing vibrations
are 40 10 the second.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
HENRY CLAY AS AN ACTOR.
How tn. Great Lawyer won n Hope
less Case.

Tess lust.
An old and well known traveller. who
has recently settled In Chicago. while
coming In from Pewee valley the other
afternoon told an interesting story
about Henry Clay. the great Kentucky
statesman. The story teller In his
youth lived In MIR. Clay's district dur
ing the time when Henry Clay was at
his prime as lawyer
"A man was once being tried for
murder" said the narrator. "and his
case looked hopeless indeed. He had
without any seeming provocation muir
dered one OF his nelghbors In cold
blood. Not a lawyer in the county
would touch the case. IL looked bad
enough TO ruin the reputation Of any
barrister.
The man as a last extremity APP
pealed to Mr.. Clay to take the case for
him. Every one thought that Clay
would certainly refuse. but when the
celebrated lawyer looked into the mat.
ter his lighting blood was reused. and.
to the great surprise OF all, he accept
ed.
Then came trial the like OF which
l have never seen. Clay slowly car
ried on the case. and II looked more
and more hopeless. The only ground
OF defense the prisoner had was that
the murdered man had looked at him
with such fierce. murderous look that
out OF self defense he had struck first.
A ripple passed through the jury at
this evidence.
"The time came for Clay to make his
defense. II was settled In the minds
of the spectators that the man was
guilty OF murder in the first degree
Clay calmly proceeded, laid all the
proof before them in his mastery way
then, just as he was about to con
clude. he played his last aud master
card.
Gentlemen of the jury he said.
assuming the fiercest, blacklist look
and carrying the most undying hatred
IN lt that have ever seen. gentlemen,
If a man should look Mt you like this
what would you dor
"rhat was all be said but that was
enough The jury was startled, and
some even qualled on their seats. The
Judge moved uneasly on his bench.
After fifteen minutes the jury filed
slowly back with a Not guilty, your
honor The victory was complete.
when Clay was congratulated on
his easy victory. he said:
1T was not so easy as you think. ]
spent days and days I'm my room be
fore the mirror practicing that look.
1t took more hard work to give that
look than TO investigate the most OBJ
fuse case. ".-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06

At sunset in the forest Of Guiana the
bats dit from their hiding places, some
taking the place Of the parrots and
docking around the fruit trees, while
the horrid vampires wander far and
near IN search Of some sleeping ami
NAL. or even man, in order TO obtain
a meal Cows, goats, hogs, fowls ms
well as game birds and quadrupcds AL
suffer from their attacks II not So
cured In well latticed pens. while the
traveller must not be surprised when
awaSing 10 find blood oozng from
i wound in his foot or temple.
In some places domestic animals can
not be kept at all, as they are SO weak
encd by repeated attacks as TO ulti
mately die OF exhaustion Fortunately
however, the vampires are not yer!
common, and with proper care may b.
excluded from dwelling houses and
stock pens. -Longmans Magazine.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
Young GRANTS COLT.
The sry of Purchase That
EarnJS the hoy Much Teasing.

When Ulysses 8. Grant was a small
boy living In Georgetown. o.. he want
ed, like most boys, to own horse,
and one particular colt belonging to
man named Ralston he wished espe-
cially to have. TO indulge the boys
taste and buy the colt his father Of
fered Mr.. Ralston $40, but the owner
valued the colt at $50 and refused the
offer. taking the animal home with
him.
AS the hours passed after the little
horse had trotted away with its owner
Ulysses disappointment and eagerness
for possession increased, and he final
ly begged his father to pay the $50 de-
manded. HIS father said that $40 was
all the animal was worth, but since
Ulysses desired IL so much he might
go TO Mr.. Ralston and offer $40 again.
III, his father added. he could not buy
II for $40, he might offer $22.50. and IL
the owner would not let ii go for so. 80
he might I'm order TO obtain IL, give $2o.
Ulysses therefore mounted a horse
and set out for Mr.. Ralston's. He was
at that time probably about eight years
old.
When he found the owner. he told
him, Papa says | may offer you $50
for the colt, but II you won't take that
TO offer you $3.50. and If you won't
take that to give you $25."
The eagerness of the boy to gain the
horse could not brook any barrier. IL
is needless to say that he paid S25 and
led the animal home.
Grant said, in writing his memoirs,
that the story OF this purchase of his
got out in the village and it was long
before he heard the last OF IL. The
schoolboys delighted in teasing him
about Il; schoolboys are very often
little barbarians for tormenting one
another. and they did not let Ulysses
forget this one instance when he was
behind the rest in cleverncss.
lie kept the horse for several years
and finally sold il for 500. the poor
animal having become blind. Later
be found Il taken from the road and
working the tread wheel OF q ferryboat
which piled between the Ohio and
Kentucky banks Of the Ohio river.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
Mounting a Hnrre.

A careful blcyclist learns 70 mount
from either side OF the wheel, since the
emergency may arise at any moment,
says the London Chronicle. One would
think that the horseman would be
equally careful 10 provide for possib.l.
flies ana accustom himself 70 mount
ing indifferently from the of side and
thc near side. But IL he were 90 ven.
ture 10 mount on the right slde-which
b the wrong side in a hotel stable
YARD the hostler would probably de-.
mand the price of gallon as the
statutory fine. and the horse would col
apse with surprise. What Is thn
meaning OF this conventions II APP
ars in odd places. Not only does
Be- trick horse in the circus cantei
rom right TO left, but the after dinner
..ne passes the same way. The way
the sun is the current explanation,
viich is absurd.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
THE PERPETUAL LIGHT.
Remarkable Lamp In Louisiana
That Never Goes Out.

Remarkable Lamp In Louisiana
That Never Goes Out.
"The most remarkable lamp In this
section of the country" said a man
who cruises n great deal along the
coust TO the New Orleans Times Dem.
ocrat, lis TO be found In the water area
between Lake Borgne and Mississippi
sound In lonely, desolate, isolated
pot. where the fall OF human feet and
The dip Of oars are heard only four
ines year.
THE light is some distance this side
Bay St Louis and is little south
Z Chinchuba. Ii stands away out in
be- marsh. but can be seen from the
.ouisville and Nashville railroad. 1t
arms all the time, day and night.
car in and year out 1t fiickers away
T. the benefit OF the mariners who
,uuent these waters. 1t is the Per-
ual light. The sun. the moon and
RS may come and go. but the light
ich shines out In the dismal marsh
always the same. Ii Is the one
hit thing In a rather dismal stretch
country. Seaweeds grow wild and
In that region. The land, such
one may see from a railroad train.
fat and treeless waste. 1t is with
any cheerful aspect, low, gloomy
rhung by mlasmatic mist and per
prairie OF wild and matted weeds
The kind which flourish In marshy
ons. Ii is threaded by sluggish
* OF wafer.
Dnce every three months this lamp
listed by human being. II is
d with oil, trimmed up and put in
ditlon 10 burn for three months
ger. Thus II is visited four times a
liz. IL is situated so that the winds
mot put II out. II renders good
ice, never explodcs, never goes out,
yer gets DINNER or brighter but
rms with the same steady power all
time. 1t has earned the name Of
& Perpetual light"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
THE PARADISE FISH.
One of tho Wonderful Piscntoriai
Rarities Found In China.


The oldest of all piscatorial rarities
Is the paradise fish OF China. Like the
German canary and one or two other
species OF bird aud fish. this little finny
beauty is the product of cultivation
only there being no place In the world
where il Is found In a wild state. In
the land of the dragon they are kept
and cultivated In ornamental aquari-
ums. each succeeding generation OF the
little oddities exhibiting more diver
sitied colors The male is the larger OF
the two sexes. measuring when full
grown three and a half inches. The
body is shaped very much like that of
common pumpkin seed suniish, its
color surprising in brillancy any fish
heretofore cultivated for the aquarium.
The head of macropodus that's his
generic name) is ashy gray, notified
with irregular dark spots. The gills
are azurine blue, bordered with bril-
liant crimson
The eyes are yellow and red, with n
black pupil. The sides of the body and
the crescent shaped caudal fin are deep
NIllllSOHs lut uuNAhN iiVhi wi
to twelve vertical blue stripes, while
the latter In bordered with blue. The
upper surface OF the body Is continual.
ly changing color-sometimes II Is
white. at others gray, black or blue.
The dorsal and anal fms are remarka-
bly, large, hence its generic name =
macro, large; podus. fin or foot. Both
fms are shaped alike and are striped
with brown and bordered with bright
blue The dull colored ventral fins are
protected by brilliant scarlet colored
spine, extending three-fourths OF an
inch behind the body OF the fin. The
pectoral fins are well shaped. but trans
parent and colorless
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
Idens ofuappine.-.

Two young women. patiently OF thu
"salcslady' persuasion, rode dow
Chestnut street i'm a crowded trollcN
car on a recent morning. They chatte,
animatedly about the merits aud de
merits OF VIII and Gus till the
reached Broad street From there
Twelfth they preserved a dreamy s.
lence. Then one broke out with:
81 say, Ag. what would you choose J.
you could have everything in the worl
you asked for?"
"well," said Ag slowly and musingli
81 think I'd choose enough silk dress,
TO last me for the next ten year,
What'u'd you take, SadeT
"Me?" replied SADIE. Its the drear
Of me life. Ag. 10 have all the monc
I'd want. so could go to me job in
cab every morning" = Philadelph
Times
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
Eccentrlcitle. Of English.

There Is a new maid In the family,
n Swedish girl, who has many things
besides language to learn, says an ex-
change. Her new mistress, who is a
young wife with husband many
years her senior. Is trying TO instruct
her. One OF the lessons was upon
bread, the girl being told that she
should speak OF bread which had lost
its freshness as stale. and not old. The
girl was sure to remember this, for
she was quick to learn. and she did.
SO the young wife knew when few
days later the maid remarked 70 her
confdentially:
1T Is too bad. isn't Il. that your
husband is so much more stale than
you areF'-Detroit Free Press.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
TINS or The FLYING FISH.
srhcy Are Used ms Pnracbutes Rathei
Than ns Wings.

Khcy Are Used ms Parncbutcs Rather
Than ns Wings.
Out from the warmer seas Fly the
sfSring FISH, the fish OF which every one
H4s heard. which yet none can see foi
lfle first time without gasp Of amaze
untut. without a feeling as though be
Hxading the miraculous. the fish which
AGS given rise TO more untruthful sto
racs than any other fish In all the seas
Undoubtedly the flying fish has wings
dke a bird; undoubtedly Ii flies, yet not
sEs bird Ii does not hap the wing
lze, pectoral fins on which IL is up
lAsrne. nor, once launched i'm the air
szn 1t change its course by any move
IRenJ OF It's wings until 1t dips again
tEs the water. Yet it will pass n shiI
anaking ten knots In the hour and tray
- IN the air as far as 500 feet at .
tthme.
Astounding, indeed. Is the sight OF 4
nskoal OF flying fish taking TO the air
mxkmming far over the surface whcl
riic sea Is calm, leaping high Over
trpcat waves when gales blow. Fish
aaaDa ludicrously out OF their element
siE She air, but that fish should fiy Il
md really more wonderful than tina
uaRe animals and birds, like the otter
az abe penguin. dive and swim to per
Sbreion.
The flying fsh's fms are really para
mates TO support and steady its body
rnnher than wings TO propel IL. Til,
isf,e OF the tail gives propulsion to IN,
BABY as 1t leaves the water. A flying
u,a measures about foot In length
AID it, long. transparent pectoral fins
xach almost 20 the tall; but, thougl
0ty large when expanded. they cal
~ Colded up very neatly. It's flight d
glurt aud Intermittent and It must
Heds continually dip into the sea C
p'Te itself fresh start Parsons.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
rlr.t Anni,s,. OF Aerollte-.

In 1896 stone weighing lifty-six
pounds was exhibited In London. IL
was said to have fallen from the sky
in Yorkshire in the previous December,
but this statement WAS received with
great ncredulity. AZ that time Sir 10.
seph Banks was president OF the Royal
society, and he noticed a strong re-
semblance between the Yorkshire stone
aud one sent TO him from Slena, IN IL
ally. which was said 20 have fallen
from the sky. Two or three years lat.
er he received an account Of fall OF
stones near Benares, I'm Hindustan. 4
chemical analysis Of the stones from
all three sources proved them 60 be
Identical I'm composition, and Increduii.
ty as 10 their meteoric origin began
10 give way-Notes and Queries.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
nenr,ie.. interruption.

A young Partisan, noted for his grace
and readiness as second I'm many
duels, was asked by n friend TO nc-
company him to the mayors office to
affix his signature as a witness TO the
matrimonial registry. He consented,
but when the scene was reached for
got himself. Just as the mayor was
ready for the last formalItles he broke
out: Gentlemen. cannot this affair
be arranged? Is there no way of pre-
venting this sad occurrenceT'
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
After the Dance.

4 hope you have enjoyed the even
hg. Miss oliver"
mot excessively. Mr.. Roland. The
Inen are such wretched dancers.
ave had only one really good part
nnr"
MY own experience precisely"
Yes. MFR. Van Twister is the best
asneer ever saw. There he goes now
usih Grace Turner. IL is pleasure to
w1tch them, isn't itT'
Yes; he does very nicely-with a
Ertner like your friend Grace. She
- the one to whom | was referring
stst now"
so supposed. New York Herald.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
hccnrntc neinr.

Many stories are told of the lack Of
aunctuality upon southern railroads
q Is said that when New England
xan found his train. advertised to
iravc at IL O'Clock, starting at exactly
1sAat hour he compllmentcd the con
2Srtor.
Just on time, see" he said genial
y "All this talk I've heard OF the
heeness of your trains Is without foun.
saktion, I've no doubt"
The conductor smiled at him gently.
This train. sir" he said without q
tiuce OF embarrassment, lis not today's
70 o'clock train, sir. II is yesterday
"A o'clock. Today's will probably not
wrS here from way down until tomor-
sBx. sir."-Youth's Companion.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
wnlinn IN Co withnnt.

Henry Clews, perfectly bald. was
&c travelling on western railroad.
ling directly behind him was coarse
king man with rough shock Of hair
color of brick dust.
'applng Mr.. Clews on the shoulder,
fellow remarked:
Guess you wasn't around when they
te out the hair"
Oh, yes" was the answer, ''but |
a trine late, and there was nothing
but that stuff you wear. so told
n I'd rather have none."-New York
res
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
a POUNDS A POUND.
zzt I. Poun n Feathers L. Heavier
Than ACs Pound OF Lead.

Tlat old qAsstion about pound OF
gathers q pound Of lead takes OH
urE interest when we look at 1t In a
lzkuple scientific way. II seems alb
aaIsd. OF course. that a pound OF one
xkIag could be heavier than pound or
assther thing, and yet that is exactly
wtat may be shown in this case; not
AAat the pound OF lead is heavier than
the pound OF feathers. as most persons
wsald say on the spur OF the moment,
E1Ex just the other way-a pound or
rknshers is heavier than a pound of
Iezd
This apparently inconsistent state
n@11 may be quite easily proved. With
1xrrHrate scales weigh a pound OF lead,
T1snie ordinary shot for convenience;
enGn with the same scales weigh a
uHslOd OF feathers, putting them into a
aEslin bag for the purpose. The feath-
ezra and the bag together must weigh
szxctly n pound.
The next step In the operation will
nsssw apparently that there is no DIFF
Tsersnce whatever In the weight OF the
rwD articles. for you put the shot In
exa pan OF a balance and the bag OF
9hEfhers IN the other, and after n little
xRzaawing they will come to an exact
IkEyl
ksw, however, the scientific phase OF
ttR question presents itself, and you
gay reminded that In weighing the ar
tfirses thus in the open air you have
9nssgz no account Of the buoyant pow
err 81 the air, which bears everything
M IA proportion TO the objects bulk.
AS che bag OF feathers is OF greater
ksmS than the shot, II Is borne up more
aiisn the shot Is. and for that reason
"A rs necessary TO use little more than
ar ssund OF feathers 70 balance pound
- read.
This. however IS theoretical The
lEactical proof Is obtained when you
llszee the balance bearing the lead and
s1e feathers on the receiver OF an air
1nufp aud cover them with the glass
ssiL Then exhaust the air. and you
Vrll find that the pan bearing the fcath
zxE will sink and the pan bearing the
END will rise, thus showing that when
weighed IN the ordinary way the guam
lzAy Of feathers used TO make n pound
IN actually more than pound-New
Sork Press.