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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-20

And then new time rises. we are
years old. We can read now. read
the Bible. Best OF all. We Ike the
story Of Elijah IN his cave at Horeb
and the still small voice.
one day. "A notable one. we read on
the "kopie" and discover the tifth chap
ter OF Matthew and read IL all through
Ii is new gold mine. Then we tuck
the Bible under our arm and rush
home. They didn't know it was wick
ed 10 take your things again IL some
one took them. wicked TO 20 to law,
wicked to We are. quite breath
less when we get 20 the house. We
tell them that we have discovered
chapter they never heard We tell
them what II says Tie old wise poo.
pie tell us they know an about It. our
discovery Is mares nest 90 them.
bun 20 MS IL Is very real The Ten Com
maEdmeutS and the old "Thou shalt"
we have heard about long enough aud
don't care about n. hut th. new law
SETS Us oa fire. We wiz deny 0ursclf
Our little wagon tAat $50 have made
hr give lo lut ltlie hdG,FS We keep
% they throw sand rat us. feel
sg Oh so happy Wc conscicnuously
Wui tho cracked eacup far ourselves at
breakfast ana take The burned roastrr
cake. Wc save our money md buy
thuepancc Ul tobacco for the Iotten-
tHi Had who calls us names. We are
eX Ically Fhtuous. AZ night we are
profoundly religious, Eycn tire tick
iu watch says Eternity. eternity.
hil, hell hell and the silence talks
of God and the things that shall be.
Occasionally alsounplcasautly shrcwd
Questions begin 10 be asked by some
uae, we know not whom. who sits
somewhere behind our shoulder We
get to know him better afterward
Now we carry the questions TO the
grown mp people. and they give us an
swcrs. eve are more or less satisfied
for the time. The grown up people
are very wise, and they say II was
kind OF God 10 make hell and very low.
Ing OF him 10 send men there. and. be-
sldcs. he couldn't help himself. aud
they are very wise. we think. 40 We
believe them. more or less.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-20


waldo lay ON his stomach on the
sand since he prayed and howlcd
10 his God in the fuel house three
years had passed
They say that ia the world 60 come
time is not measured ont by months
ana years Neither is IL here. Tie
souls life has seasons of It's own. pre-
rlod- not found To any calendar.
that years and months viii not scan.
but which are ais deftly ana sharply cut
OIL from one another as the smoothly
arranged years which the earth, mo.
tlOu yields U.S.
40 stranger eyes these divisions arc
not evident, but each looking back al
thc little track his consciousness H.
Eliminates. sees 10 cut into distinct pdr-
tions, whose boundaries are The tnrmi-
nation of mental states
As man differs from man, so differ
these souls years The most material
life Is not devoid Of them. the story Of
the most spiritual is told IN them.
And II may chance that some looking
back. see the past cut out after this
fashion:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-20

ground ss far as the eye can reach 10
covered with white hail The clouds
ara gone. and overhead deep biue
sky 10 showing. Ear or a great raia-
bow rests on the white earth. We.
standing In window to loox. feel the
cool. unspeakably sweet wind blowing
In ON us, and feeling OF longing
comes over us, unutterable longing, we
cannot tell for what. We are SO small
our head only reaches as high as the
first three panes. We look az the white
earth and the rainbow and the blue
sky; and, oh. We want II. we want. we
do not know what. We cry as though
our heart was broken. When one lifts
our little body from the window. we
cannot tell what alls us. We run away
10 play.
So looks the first year.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-20

the uOOf.
"Oh. my Waldo. my dsar boy. you
80 not going 10 cali her" said Bona-
pArte. rising anxiousiy.
IL am going 10 sleep In the wagon"
said the boy. opening the door.
oh. we ran both sleep In this bed,
There's plenty Of room. DO stay. my
boy. please" .s4na-..
But Waldo stepped out
1T was such little whip. Waldo"
said Bonaparte. following him depre-
catingly. II didn't think il would hurt
you SO much. II was such little whip.
I'm sure you didn't take the peaches.
You aren't going to call her. Waldo.
are your"
But the boy walked OF.
Bonaparte waited tin his figure had
passed round the front OF the wagon
house and then slipped ont He hid
himself round the corner. but kept
peeping out TO see who was coming He
felt sure the boy was gone 20 call Tant
Sannie. His teeth chartered with in
ward cold as he looked round into the
darkness and thought OF the snakes
that might bite him. ard the dreadful
things That m yht attack him and the
dead that might arise ont OF their graves
II he slept ont in the held ali night. But
lore than an hour passed. ana no foot.
step approached.
Then Bonaparte made his way back
"a the cabin. He buttoncd the door and
put the table against IL, and, giving the
dog Kick TO silence his whining when
the foot throbbed he climbed into bed.
lie did not put out the Eight for fear
Of the ghost. but. worn out with tile
sorrows OF the day. was soon asleep
himself
About 4 o'clock waldo, lying be-
tween the seats Of the horse wagon,
was awakened by a gentle touch on
his head.
Sitting up. he espicd Bonaparte look
ing through one of the windows with
a lighted candle in his hand
I'm about 10 depart, my dear boy.
before my enemies arise. and could
not leave without coming 70 bid you
farewell" said Bonaparte.
Waldo looked al him.
II Shall always think OF you with ar
lection" said Bonapnrtc. And there's
that old hat Of yours. Ii you could let
me have II FOR kecpSake"-
Take it," said Waldo.
IL thought you would say So. So l
brought IL with me-" said Bonapartc.
putting IL on. "Thc Lord bless You.
my dear boy You haven't few
shIllings. Just a tribe you don't need,
have your
TAKE the two shillIuss that are In
the broken vase"
May the blessing Of my God rest
upon you. my dear child" said Bona
parte MAY he guide and bless you.
Give rue your hand"
Waldo folded his arms closely aud
lay down.
Farewell. adieu." said Bouaparte.
MAY the blessing Of my God and my
fathers God rest on you, now and
evermore."
With these words the head and nose
Withdrew themselves. and the light
vanished from the window
Aft2r few moments the boy. lying
isi Inc wagon. heard stealthy footsteps
as they passed the wagon house and
made their way down the road lie
listened as they grew fainter and
fainter and at last died away alto
gethcr. and from that night the foot
steps of Bonnparte Blenkns were
hca "a no more at the old farm.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-20

Then pew time. '-~'-~'--.='ss.--.ss J.....aa,

Then n pew time '--''~'-- - = a.
Before Tx there were three courses
possiblc-to go mad. TO die 20 sleep
We take the last course, or nature
takes il for us.
Ali things take rest IN sleep The
beasts birds, The very flowers. close
their eyes, and the streams are still in
winter Al things take rest Then
why not the human reason also2 So
the questioning devil In us drops
asleep and In that sleep beautiful
dream rises for u.s. Though YOU hear
al the dreams Of men, you VIII hardly
aud % prctter ono than ours II run So:
ln The center of gll things IS
Mighty Heart which, having begottcH
ail things loves them. and having
born them into llfe. bents with great
thrubs of love toward them 80 death
Tor his dear insects uo hell for hii dear
men up burning MP for his dear world.
his own. own world that be has made.
In the end all will be- beautiful DO
not ask us how We make orr dream
tally with facts The glory Of dream
is thIs-that Il dcspses facts ana
makes It's own. Our dream saves us
from going mad. That Is enough.
It's peculiar point Of sweetness lay
here. When the Mighty Hearts yearn-
ing Of love became too great for other
expression II shaped itself into the
sweet Rose OF heaven. the beloved Man
god
Jesus, you Jesus OF our dream. how
we loved y0ul No Bible tells OF you as
we knew you. Your sweet hands held
ours fast. Your sweet voice said al
ways II am here my loved one. not
far on. Put your arms about me and
hold fast"
We find him In everything In those
days When the little weary lamb we
drive home drags It's feet. we seize on
II and carry Il with lis head against
our face. Ills little lamb We feel we
have got him
When the drunken KafIir lies by the
road IN the sun. We draw his blanket
over his head and put green branches
OF milk bush on H. Ills Kafiir-why
should the sun hurt him?
In the evening. when the clouds lft
themselves Ike gates and the red
lights shine through them. we cry: for
In such glory he will come. and the
hands that ache 10 touch him Will hold
him, and we shall see the beautiful
hair aud eyes OF our God Lift up
your heads. ye gates. and be ye lifted
up. ye everlasting doors. and our King
~ glory shall come inp'
The purple flowers, the little purple
flowers. are his eyes. looking at us We
kiss Tram and Sneel alone on the Eat.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-20
~

Then new time comes. OF which
the leading feature IL that the shrewd
gr ions are asked louder We carry
them TO the grown up people They
answer us. and we are not satisfied.
And now between W. and the dear
old world OF the senses the spirit world
begins 10 peep In and wholly clouds II
over What are the flowers 10 us?
They are fuel waiting for the great
burning. We look NJ the walls OF the
farmhouse and the matter OF fact
sheep kraals. with the merry sunshine
playing over all. and do not see IT, But
we see great white throne and him
that sits on IT, Around him stand a
great multitude that no man can mum
Der. harpers harplng with their harps,
n thousand times ten thousand and
thousands of thousands. How white
are their robes. washed IN the blood
OF the Lamb! Aud the music rises
higher and rends the vault or heaven
with Ia unutterablc sweetness. And
we. as We listen. ever and anon. as II
sinks on the sweetest lowest note.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-20

IL.
Now the pictures become continuous
and connected. Material things still
rule. but the spiritual and intellectual
take their places
In the dark night when we are afraid
We pray and shut our eyes. We press
our fingers very hard upon the lids and
see dark spots moving round and
round. and we know they are heads
- "'lngs OF angels sent 70 take care
ri It's. seen dimly in the dark a. they
.iu round our bed II Is very consol
INK
n the day we learn our letters and
ire lroubled because we cannot see
why know should be know and
PSALM psalm. They tell us il Is so
because IL is so We are not satisfied.
We hate 10 learn. We like better 10
build little stone houses. We can build
them as we please and know the rea-
son for them.
other joys. too. we have incompara-
bly, greater than even the building of
stone houses
We are run through with a shudder
OF delight when In the red sand we
come on one OF those white wax dow
ers that lie between their two green
leaves Hat on the sand. We hardly
dare pick them. but We feel Compelled
10 do So and we smell and smell till
the delight becomes almost pain Aft
erward we pull the green leaves softly
into pieces 70 see the silk threads run
across
Beyond the "kOpje" grow some pale
green hairy leaved bushes. We are so
small they meet over our head and
we sit among them and kiss them. and
they love US back. II seems rs though
they were alive
one day we sit there and look up at
the blue sky and down AZ our fat lit
tie knees. and suddenly II strikes us:
Who are we? This i-whnt is &C? We
try to look In upon ourself, and ourself
beats back upon oursclf Then we
get up in great fear ana run home as
hard rs We can. We can't tell any one
what frightened us. We never quite
lose that feeling of self again.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-20

beautiful sill woriH. aisJ II sS~cct
ulght wind blows In upsn - ma
gentle. like loving brcf7EOS the
lips OF God. Over us d peace
comes. n calm. stiii Joy rs ae tears
now how readily and softly. oh. the
unutterable gladness! Al last az last.
we have found ltl THE peace with
God" The sense OF sins forgiven"
All doubt vanished. Gods voice I'm the
soul. the Holy Spirit filling us! We feel
him. we feel him O Jesus Christ,
through you. through you. this JOY We
press our hands upon our breast and
look upward with adoring gladness.
Soft waves OF bliss break through MS.
The peace with God" THE sense OF
sins forgiven" Methodists and reviv-
allsts say the words. and the hooking
world shoots out its lip and walks 10y
smiling "Hypocritew
There are more fools and fewer
hypocrites than the wise world dreams
Of The hypocrite is rare IA lcebergs
in the tropics the fool common as but
tercups beside a water furrow. Wheth-
er you go this way or that you tread
on him, You dare not look at your
own reflection In the water but you
see one There Is no cant phrase. rot
ten with age, but IL was the dress OF
n diving body. none but az heart Il sig
niles q real bodily or mental condition
which some have passed through.
After hours and nights of frenzied
fear Of the supernatural desire TO APP
pease the power above, a fierce CULVER
Ing excitement Ia every inch OF nerve
aud blood vessel there comes time
when nature cannot endure longer, and
the spring long bent recoils. We sink
down cmasculated. Up creeps the
deadly delicious calm
II have blotted out IA cloud thy
sins ana rs thick cloud thy tres
passes and will remember them no
more forever"
We weep with soft, transporting Joy.
A few experience this Many mag
inc they experience IL. one here and
there lies about Il. In the main "the
peace with God. a sense OF sins for
given stands FOR "A certain mental
and physical reaction. Its reality those
know who have felt IT,
And we on that moonlight night put
down our head on the window. 20
God. we are happy happy, thy child
forever Oh thank you, Godr' And
We drop asleep.
Next morning the Bible we kiss. We
are Gods forever. We 90 out TO work.
and IL goes happily all day. happily all
night, but hardly 81 happily, not hap
PLY NJ all. the next day and the next
night the devil asks us. Where Nv
your Holy Spiritr'
We cannot tell. al
So month 10y month. summer and
winter, the old life goes on reading,
praying, weeping, praying. They tell
us we become utterly stupid We
know lt. Even the multiplication table
we learned with SO much care we for
get. The physical world recedes far
ther aud farther from us. Truly we
love not the world, neither the things
that are in IT, Across the bounds OF
sleep our grief follows us When we
wake In the night we are sitting up in
bed weeping bitterly or lind ourself
outside IN the moonlight dressed aud
walking up and down and wringing
our hands. and we cannot tell how we
came there. So pass two years as men
reckon them. -.rSwsel1
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-20

The year OF infancy. whore from the
shadowy background of forgetfulncss
start out pictures OF startling clear
ness. disconnected, but brightly col
ored aud indelibly printed Ia the mind
Much that follows fades but the colOrs
or those baby pictures are permanent.
There rises. perhaps. 4 warm SUN.
mers evening Wa are seated on the
doorstep: we have yet the taste or the
bread and milk la our mouth. aud the
red sunset Il reflected In our basin.
Then there Is "A dark night. where,
wnNing wifi u frlr sci thrgp ls some
great being In the room, We rt.u f.0El
our own bed To another. creep close To
some large figure and are comforted.
Then there is remembrance OF the
pride when. on some ones shoulder.
with our arms around their head. we
ride 70 see the little pigs the new little
pigs with their curled tails and tiny
shouts. Where do they come fromY
Remembrance OF delight In the feel
and smell of the first orange we ever
see; OF sorrow which makes Tx put up
our lip and cry hard when one morning
we run out To try to catch the dew.
drops and they melt aud wet our little
fingers; OF almighty AMI despairlng
sorrow when we are lost behind the
kraals aud cannot see the house any
where.
And then one picture starts out more
WILDLY than any.
There has lg..an a thunderstorm Tho
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-20

When unce liberated within your.
system il produces most wonderful
effect It's worth ont' u last dollar To Zee
the plthWre ~ llieth b, takin
G. Wikin.
sons.
Get your name on our Sub
scriptisn Book. and you'll keep
posted on all county news.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-20

CONTINUED SK xrwENK
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19
4 COOP pEAL OF NONSENSE.

About "Blood Purifiers" and "Tonios.'
Every drop OF blood. every bone. nerve
ana tissue 20 the body can be renewed IN
hut one way. lud that b. from Wholesome
food properly dlgrsted There O. 90 other
way ana the Idea that q medicine 10 iyse't
can purify the blood OF sgply new tissue4
and srrunr nerves is ,ldicuiQus and 90 par
with the fol-dr fol thu dyspepsia ar indl.
gestion Is germ disease or that other
fallaey, that q Weik stomach which refuses
10 digest food can pe made % DO 50 uy
Irritating aud inAamiug the bowels by pills
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cure indlges.
tIou, Sour stomach. gas and bluating after
meals, because they Furnish the digestive
unless the denelency ~ pepsiu and diastasa
Is supplied u IS useless 20 attempt 10 cure
stomach trouble hy the use OF TONES.
pills" and "cathaTtics Whici have uhso.
lutely no digestive power, and their only
effect Us 20 give a temporary atinulntion-
one grain OF tho active principle IN
Snart's Dyspepsia Tablets VIII digest 5000
grains Of meat, eggs ana similar foods, and
experiments baYc shown that tDe} VIII %
this 10 q ginss hottie 90 proper temperature,
but OF course oro much more elective iu
the stnunch.
There Is probably no remedy 50 uni,
vcrsally used as studrt'a Tablets. because
it Is not emily the sick and nluns, Deg vel
people who use them 81 every meal 90 in-
suro perfect digestion and assimilation NJ
Peopie who enjoy far health take
stuarts Taplnis rs regularly % Rhcy take
WELL prevention s. better than cure aud
Stuartk Dyspepsia Tablets % both; they
prevent Indigestion and they remove q
OF two q them after meals will demon
strate thslr merit ana t1leleacy better than
any otkeE argument
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19

To tho Editor Of The Post.
rs one who desires to abide by all Just
requirements OF law, aud also us tax
paying citizen, | wish to can attention to
one great deficiency IN our county as wcn
as State affairs. An Insane person Is not
criminal; nor in any sense member Of
the vicious element. Such an one Instead.
IS unfortunate to degree that should
orc9te demand upon our tenderest syln.
pathies.
As one who has been called TO face
the tact OF seeing loved child, carefully
reared and accustomed 10 every luxury.
nut oNercoma 10y conditions developing In
foreign lands 20 which American youth
are sent IN defense OF country and home
and thereby deprived Of health aud
strength In measure to dothrOne reason
we say, as one who has been called 70
realize what Il means. TO see such an one
thrown Into a cell unit for a dog to IN.
habit over night, cell without bedding
or furniture OF any description, alongside
l0Nlng negroes, and subject In every way
20 lndighities and wellnigh inhum0p en-
Nlronments as 20 cause Snudder OF horror
20 thrill the very soul, write these lines
IN the hope that attention may be directed
70 the state OF Affairs surrounding those
IN our city who are insane aud only tenn
porafly awaiting transportation TO some
asylum where they can be safely cared for
II rs our opinion that In every city large
ehoUgh 10 have a jail there ought 70 be
lew compartments, strongly barred, OF
course, but comfortably furnished Tor those
who are mentally III as well as for those
physically SIS. There exist laws enabling
county commissioners 10 erect places Of
confinement for criminals; and certainly
there ought 10 be those providing that In
sane persons, varying in degrees OF mental
uethronement, be given such accommoda-
lions In every county seat at least, whore
they are not subject TO surroundings that
can have no other effect than 70 ,epen
their already incapaCitated brain.
DO the citizens of Houston know that
the only place In their city where such peo-
pla can be cared for is common celia
worse than dungeon, unturniShed, as we
say except by yermln, and Ia every Way a
disgrace to humlnityy Then let them go
TO the county Jail and SET aud Judge where
their own would be consigned Il tempogali.
ly kept to be sent to the asylum
A Mother
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19
Wants Tuam Street Opened.

To tbs Editor u The Post,
The writer is citizen Of Houston. and
lives in the South ,nd. lie has Watched
It's growth for the past ave years. as we'll
as wha' this portion Of tre city has had
to conten1 VITA Until TIE recent admin.
istratiou had opened up the Elgin avenue
ditch this portion OF the city was Hooded
with water from every rain This coudi-
tion was occasloncd somewhat by the bad
engineering in the pavement Of McGowen
avenue, us well as the failure TO properly
open up tho Elgin ditch.
White the writer is not disposed 10 COM
plain at the present conditions he believes
Il at the south End Is stih entitled 10
something more than IL has received.
A petition has been circulated atd hicd
for the opening up and for the paving with
gravel on other mHteriUl of IuUm avenue.
TINS avenue IS about three-quartcrS OF Il
mike long from one clty limit 20 thg other;
lt passes through the most thickly settled
portion OF South End Us well as through
mat OF the Fair Ground addition. aud con-
meets east upd west With two leadihS Couh'
try roads leading into the city On this
street Is located the FHnniu school, one Qt
tile finest Schrct buildings IN the city OF
houston, which cost Somcthing, IKE sou
UUc, Between this school and Main street
two blocks of ruam avenue Is fenced up
10y private parties with Il harbcd wire
fence and the children east Of Main street,
9NtchuliE lutS sCuuVI, as NtlA ~ tHV u"lN,-
ing public. TO aud FROM the talr ground,
are forced 10 90 several blocks out OF
their way over bad streets TO each this
school and the fair ground from Maln
street.
1hls condition OF affairs. as above stated,
Is admitted by all 10 be deplorahle and
the writer believes that there Is no one
In the city OF Housto- who would object
TO the opening and paving OF this street
The South End and fair ground taxpayers
and voters stood by the present admins
tratiou In the election, believing that, II
elected, they would get the relief they are
justly entitled TO, aud they sim believe
what they can 20 help this cnterprlsing
aud progressive part OF the city, and cer-
tainly the request prayed FOR In this petit
ton is not unreasonable nor beyond the
reach ~ the administration. and the writer
belioves that when the matter Is cousd.
cred In its proper light II will he granted
20 It's fullest extent. ID. +, Rowe.