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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

hospitablo soul was filled with con.
iiicting emotions She resolved unon
desperate move. "Mariettvs she
said when she returned 10 tho kitch.
on. II guess that cabbage Is choppel
fine enough now. Won't you lest step
into the sottin room an mt soma
wood In the stove"
Marietta stopped chopping cabbaqo
and filled her arms with wood from
the wood box She looked very Mica
IN hor best black dress and lace.
trimmed apron. The warm Kitchen
had given flush TO her checks and
the pink ribbon az her thraat was
very becoming.
She went through the dining room
and into the sittingroom. Aunt Nan.
cv, listening intently I'm the Kitchen
hoard tho sudden dropping Of tho
armful or wood My sakes allvef'
she said. whatever shall DO. They'll
both get mad an so home most Ike.
ly. Dear dear what did Pa 20 an
ask him for2'
In the sitting the wood lay
on the rag carpet at Marietta feet
She stopped 10 pick Il up. but silas
was already gathering the sticks 10.
gethor In some awkward way their
hands touched, and they looked ut
each other
"Marietty he said, can't we over.
look the past? Can't We be friends
again" His earnest dark eyes we're
looking into hers with tho old look.
Marietta held out her hands. and he
caught them In his The next mo-
ment his arm was around her and she
was crying softly upon his shoulder.
He was smiling at her IN the old
way which used 20 be so pleasant TO
her until that Misunderstanding came
between them. lie took her hand
and led her into the sunny kitchen
whore Aunt Nancy was about TO take
Uncle Isaac 10 task.
Tho good old people started IN as.
constituent as Marietta and silus en-
tered hand IN hand The lovers look.
cd ten years younger.
Aunt Nancy" said slhs Plnmmer.
you an Uncle Isaac have made a
real Thanksgiving for me"
An me tool" chimcd In Marietta.
with blushlng checks. "Oh, Aunt
Nancy. we've made II mp an we're
as GOOD friends as everi"
She looked proudly mp az tho tall
figure at her side. Love was In her
eyes love and pride. And in tho
face Of silas Plummer was a look OF
happiness which had long been a
stranger there
Tho dinner was great success.
The big turkey was roasted 20 a do
licious brown. the cranberry sauce
was rich crimson. the mashed pota-
toes white az snowdrlfts. and tho
Hubbard squash golden yellow. Tho
mlnce pie was Aunt Nancy's best,
and the coffee was of her famous
brewing II was a glnrloua dinner.
and Uncle Isaac said 50 after the
guests were gone.
But land. Nancy I believe them
two wouldn't have known the differ
ence n u had been plain salt pork an
johnny cake My my 20 think what
a good matchmaker am. It's just
amazin,, Amt it,
And Aunt Nancy smiled sercnoiy
end said Il was
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

early an help nx things for dinner
an then you an her could visit long
or she said
We'll said Aunt Nancy, that's
real good OF Marietty Thcrell be
quite "A lot OF work nxin' the vegc-
tables an such, an | guess she can
help me quite a little m real glad
she's comm poor soul!
The next morning when Uncle
Isaac, in his Sunday clothes. came
into the kitchen and lifted his chin
high so Aunt Nancy could adjust his
collar button and necktic. the dear
old lady said III / was you, Pa. 1 a
look all over the mcctn house an
pick out the lonos0mestloOkin' per.
son there anybody you think a!nt
invited nowhere 20 Thanksgiyin' din
ncr-an' ask en- to come along homo
with you"
Anybody" asked Uncle Isaac.
Did You say anybody, Nancy
Aunt Nancy started swiftly toward
the oven door Land satesl ! be-
lieve that turkeys boIlln dry" she
said. as she opened the oven door
with a clang aud poured hot water
into the sizzling roasting pan. Her
rosy face pcered into the big. sayory-
smclllng oven.
yes" she said. TASK anybody you
think looks lonesome"
Uncle Isaac drove OF 10 meeting
with merry ilngling OF sleigh bells.
He chucllcd 10 himself as he drove
along. Il shouldn't wonder II silas
Pummer would be lookn' Kind OF
lonesome to-day" be said Great
guns! who'd ever think I'd take to
matchmaker az my time o. lifo2'
When the Thanksgiving sermon
bad been preached and the last hymn
sung, the congregation moved toward
the doors. Silas pmmmcr buttoncd
his oyercoat and prepared 20 20 his
lonely way. But Uncle Isaac unhltch.
ing the old white horse. called 70 him.
Hold on. silas," he said, don't
YOU want TO ride along with me? An,
say. by the way. Nancy snid she'd like
lrst.rate 20 have you eat Thanks
givln' dinner with u.s."
sIIas Plummer hesitated-and was
lost. Much Obliged. Uncle Isaac. "
no said. you aud Aunt Nancy are
very kind. but was calculatin' on
goln' 10 tho restaurant for my din.
ner."
Restaurant nothini" cried Uncle
Isaac. joylally Come. pile IN here
an we'll be goin' Nancy1l be Jest
tickled 90 DEATH"
hut privately Uncle Isaac wasn't
so sure Of that "Merolful Mosesi" ne
thought "mebhy Eve gone an put my
foot IN a. But Vel walt an see
how Il turns out n Nancy scolds
III tell her the poor fellow looked
lonesome. an sure enough he did"
The cutter stopped 40 the side door
with a ilngis 81 bells Aunt Nancy
camc 20 the window and looked out
cor an thincsi" he said 10 herself
what In The world possessed IN 10
90 an DO ihnt' Ny land what shall
I do7 Here's Marictty an there's
sllns. an they won't speak know
they WON'T
Marietta was n the kitchen chop
ping cabbage. aud did not SEQ the
newcomer. who was ushered into the
sitting room hy Aunt Nancy. whose
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19
MAMMOTH CAVES IN FRANCE.
Lately Explored, They Are Now a Pop
ular Pleasure Resort

ular Pleasure Resort.
one Of the strangest holiday re-
sorts. and one OF the most interesting.
Is that recently made accessible 20 tho
public nt Padirac. in the department
Of Lot. France There wonderful
series OF cayerns containing magnifi.
cont sthlactItes and q snbtcrranenn
lake and river. has yielded its secrets
TO the adventurous explorer and the
dangers OF tho visit have now been IN.
geniously reduced. SO that the average
sightseor may traverse these "antros
vast" with ease and safety
For ages tho caves remained ALSO
lutely unexplored. but hy the enter
prise OK NJ. Martcll a barrlster. thoy
have been thoroughly examined and
described. and by means ~ iron stair
ways and galleries have been rem.
dercd accessible one vast cratcrlike
opening is 300 feet Ia circumference.
ard when NJ Martcl made his first
visit 20 the depths he had 10 descend
on board attached 20 two ropes
after tho manner az a swing Ito
went down 800 feet. and. with several
companions. began an extraordinary
series OF discoveries The chief OF
these IS an underground river. which
he nayiratod IN a collapsible boat
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19
Motor Cycle Causes Trouble.

nanker ChaflC8 r. Flahburne of
Roanoke Va. Us The son Of an ice
dealer BE bought motor cycle.
when no appeared OH IL Ia the street
the BOYS shouted, Ice man and
Hello. ice He complained Ga the
police Then he slapped Dr Fred Y.
Lefew's stepson. a discussion FOL.
lowed. The doctor slapped the bank
or aud the banker stabbed the doctor
The wound b serious and the bail is
$4,000
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

George Horace Lurimer has been
apuy termed "a twentieth century
Poor Richard by one critic. while
many others have compared him 20
Hosea Rleelow and David Harum Mr.
Iorimer has been able TO live up to
hts reputation and write a sequel fully
as good as the first book which made
his fame and fortune Ills "Old Cor
con Graham" Doubleday Page q CO..
cannot be better explained than by
the simple setting down OF its sub
title. more Letters from a Self Made
Merchant 20 Ills Son
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

The North Eastern Railway Com
pany 81 England e. experimenting
with small motor freight ears Ia the
agricultural districts. They distribute
fcrtilizlng material and cattle feed TO
the farmers and return with farm
produce. 20 be shipped by rain.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

According To reports We are soon 10
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che most ~ III really mood "a ma.
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thinking
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

The bishop having refused burial In
ccnsocrbtcd ground 20 the body 81
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ia duel. a mob u 10000 people
stormed the cemetery and buried the
body In spite Of force OF geudarmes.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19
ARr YOU ooINo 10 sr. LOUISE

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few blocks from Worlds Fair II Is
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Good rooms with bath. $500 per DAY
ard up. European plan. Breakfast
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Williamson. manager.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19
Kabo coraets Get Grand Prize.

ST. Louis. oct i6.-It has been an.
nounced that Kabo Corseta made by
tho Kabo Corset Co. Chicago. have
been given the Grand Prize and high
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

Tho navy department is to establish
a wireless station In The Farallone ISL.
nnds. group 81 rocks. thirty-two
miles west Of tho entrance 10 San
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

Possibly You may have noticed that
train robbers DO not tackle passenger
trains leaving 81 Louis at the present
stage OF the game
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

A monument erected In York cathe-
oral 60 the officers and men OF the
York and Lancaster regiment who fell
IN South Africa was unveiled recently.
Besides the names ~ the fallen it
bears only the word Remember
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

Hundreds Of dealers say the eytra ,
quantity and superior quality OF Dee
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

Ftorekecpsrs report that the extra
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

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possible a. sell them any other cold
water starch. II can be used cold or
Boiled
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

An autocrat Alonzo. Is a man wha
owns $4,000 automobile.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

no man should ruA for ONCE whose
character will not stand tho witness
hQ1 test
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

when a girl begins 20 clip the hints
10 Housewives from the papers Il Ia.
dicatcs which way the gentle zcphyrs
arc blowing
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

Then came the brook and Tie chestnut
wood.
wha sHwmN whore the children play.
r0Na fodder bnrn with rs piles IN hay.
The walnut grove and tho cranberry
hnW
The woodchuck hole and tho barking
dog
Tho wIntcrrroen and the robbers cnve
tWhrreln who entered was counted
bFaVtl.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

Lewis Single Binder straight 20
cigar The highest price Sc cigar 10 the
dealer and the highest quality FOR the
smoker. Lewis Factory, Peoria III.
Tho Girl With new engagement
ring Invariably extends the glad hand
when she meets her girl friends
when my little sir had cczfmn many doctor.
failed % cure her. found The medicines that
did will send thn prescription on receipt of 10
e~nts Louis Kanuc C1s Penn Ave ,Plttsburg Pa
You save your money because you
are economical other people save
theirs because they are stingy.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

And here and there wero the Jersey
stock
The sheep ana horsss-oil Prince and
Tho turkeys ana geese and awkward
calf
And th goat that made tho children
laugh.
a pair 70 mules that a friend had sent
Cuf 10 thc farm ON experiment.
Pigeons and fowls and a guinea pig.
Dogs that were small and dogs that
were big
Chickens that were white and black and
gray
Oh, the farm was pleasant place 20
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19
% 9 @ 9 q, @ @ %
THANKSGIVING ON THE FARM

The skating pond with is fringe or
OH DC farm was pleasant sight that
day
The big home. barn was place ~ soy
Tor tho romping sri and The climbing
with beams and novs ana ladders TO
Horses ard oxen ana sheen 70 count.
Hunting uf nests ~ SIS eld hens.
Iunucling huy and fafhlunluE dtna,
Helping the men rs 40 up thr chores
shutting windows aud Locking TIE doors
letting some work come in with the
obi lhe mrm wis j9ily place TO sny'
oh the pantry shelves were loaded down
Win c9kes That were plump aud rich
with apple rios and pumpkin and minee.
And lellies ana jams ana preserved
ounce,
Cranberry sauce and puddings and rice.
rho dessert dishes that lock sn nice
Vegetables breads and bunbHu8 sweet
great brown turkey and plates OF
meat
Sauces nxed In the dalntIost way
Oh, twas giotous sight that day!
Oh. tho farm was bright Thanksgiving
nom.
Tho sun ghoue clear on the has and corn.
Tho guests camc early with laugh and
shout.
And the boys and girls sc1ttcrcd about.
seeking the pets they had known before
Climbing through window Instead o.
door.
Racing from barn Co carn-crlh or mni
Shouting and laughing WilH Eicc. until
THE dinner horn sounded OH I suF
Twas pleasant upon the farm that dayt
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-19

OH the farm was bright. Thanksgiving
morn
with its stacks Of hay and shocks Of
corn.
rs pumpkin heaps in the rambling shed.
And its apples brown and green aud red.
And in its cellar tB winter etotc
Ia bins That were filled and running
Ger
with an tho things that a farm could
keep,
In barrel aud hin and gc1dlv heap.
Hung to tNt rafters ind hld away
Oh TIE farm WAS a Eoodly sight that
dayf
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

us as he slowly worked his jaws. We
turned an invisible key in air, and
the ruminant biped went away across
a fiat sand space between two gil
gantic powders, more powders loom
ing ahead.
The lodge beneath one overhanging
rock was built up with a masonry front
into a recessed temple portico, and
from a dark crevice between two vast
rocks came a sound of whirring ma
chipery. 1t was pitch dark in the
far crevice and as we drew nearer the
sound resolved itself into the twitter-
ing of a myriad of bats. and the sti-
fling odor drove US away after a short
look into the dark. Dantesque crev-
ice. Surely there was a black cave
crevice swarming with bats in some
circle of the inferno.
AroLnd the shoulder of a. greater
bowlder a languid person was pushing
refuse cocoanut husks over the edge Of
a slope into a thicket. and in a little
construction built in under the over
hang of the vast rock the priest was
shutting into his better and newer yell
low robe, his company clothes that pic
turesquely appeal TO the foreigner who
snapshots and gives.
The big keys clanked, the locks turn
ed and the doors OF the cave sanctuary
creaked open to show patchwork and
Nottingham lace curtains hanging close
across the inner space. They were
drawn aside for US 10 see the rock cut,
recumbent image. the sleeping Buddha
to Nirvana. who has been dreaming in
the dark. fragrant cave for full 1000
years.
Little candles were carried down and
held close to show the soles OF the
Buddhas feet, with the symbolic mark
ings. carried 10 the opposite end to
show the nen1ora bic. expressionless
countenance 90 the wide-eyed sleeper.
The shrine had been opened at sun
rise and fresh flowers strewn on the
long stone altar table that ran the full
eighteen feet length of the image, and
the air was heavy with their scent.
Image and platform couch and the
altar table were all hewn from the inn
movable rock 1900 years ago. but one
gets no impression of antiquity, since
the image has been lately done over.
made up with fresh paint and gliding
to the last degree Of gaudy splendor.
No one of the company would haz-
ard a statement as to which spot
among. under or within the vast rock
masses had sheltered the convocation
OF monks when they reduced oral ira
ditions 10 written history; but Il is
probable that so large a company Of
holy men were scattered through the
neighborhood. each with a cave. a tree
or the shadow OF a great rock as his
resting place. where he wrote out his
version 20 submit IL 10 the discussion
OF the full company before the text was
TaaSa Anal
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
ABYSSINIAN
TELEPHONES

At the present time there are nearly
500 miles Of telephone wires in Abys-
SIM, and enough more are being
stretched TO bring the total length TO
nearly 1900 miles by the end of this
year if nothing happens to stop oper-
atoms.
An American engineer who laid out
many routes and helped to install the
first few hundred miles of wire. under
contract with the Abyssinian Minister
Jig. who initiated most Of these i'm
provements says:
There wasn't a thing that weather.
man or beast could do to US that
wasn't done. Tremendous rainfalls
were the first source of damage. The
water would literally pour out of the
sky, and when the shower was ended
we had the pleasure Of going over
miles of line and resetting poles that
had been washed out of their places by
young floods.
Scarcely had we begun to erect the
poles before we found that they were
falling again, nlysteriously, as il SEEM
ed. Then we saw that we were UP
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
THINGS THEY TEACH IN
NEW YORK SCHOOLS,

New York. May 2s.-"The public
school system. of New York is enough
to drive a man wild" said a prominent
business man yesterday. MY boy is
Il years old, nearly as tall as l am.
husky and tough as shoe leather. and
he's learning to sew. save the mark
That same boy can do all kinds Of
fearful stunts with equilateral friangles
and cube roots, but he can't add a COL
umn of figures up straight to save his
neck. History begins for him cheer
fully with the Homeric wars. He can
feclte a thousand words of the Iliad
Out ne doesn't know whether those
WARS We're imaginary or real. He
knows al about Romulus, but I'll be
hanged II ne can tell you word about
the Asiatic invasion of Europe. or the
formation of the new German Empire.
OF the great Thirty Years War. He
doesn't know that there ever was such
thing, but he can reel off wards Of
rubbish about old Rome, in which he
fruStfully accepts AntOny's speech
over Caesar as part of the known facts
OF ancient history. while that dear old
address of Spartacus is as true TO him
as any Of Nirgifs writings.
As for this country. he knows a
Nl7A NAlbbiAA VI 4lAlillcLAE uELdd4S as to
how and when lit was discovered. in
GLIDING just what Columbus thought
and what his men said, and what he
said. and what the Carib Indians said.
He has the same fund Of entertaining
but slightly romantic knowledge about
the Revolution. Thence he skips calm
~ to the War of 1872. The few inter-
vening years don't exist for him. even
in para graphic form. From 1872 TO the
Civil War this country experienced
about one hundred words OF history. as
taught to him IN school. His grammar
Is 50 rotten bad that II makes me cry.
He can put up any sentence into lovely
diagrammatic boxes. showing all the
subjects and verbs and old and new
grammatical marvels as expounded in
New York city, but he can't construct
a grammatical sentence any more than
] can fly. He's busy just now writing
a critical essay on Shylock. and this 81
burdens his mind that If were to ask
him suddenly what is the sum OF seven
and four, he would most likely say
ten
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
THE SLEEPING BUDDHA.

This is the story Of visit 70 the
sleeping Buddha in Nirvana, in the
cave shrine in Ceylon. where 1000 years
ago the teachings Of Buddha were for
the first time reduced to writing, writes
a special correspondent Of the Phila-
delphia Record. At the end Of a lane
Of foliage a steep flight of rough
stone steps led 10 high parapet.
where a yellow shoulder showed
against background Of black bowl
der. with cocoa fronts arching higher
against the blue. We went around
by an easier ascent. up a grassy path,
between eantsna bushes. and came
upon the higE terrace. TO hnd the
clerical had fed, and only betel
chewing layman waA left 70 stare at
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

against the termites. AS soon as
wood was placed into the ground they
were at it. You can see acres and
acres of land in parts of Abyssinia that
are as well cropped as If some one had
gone over them with a giant lawn
mower. That is the work of the ter
mites.
Immediately after discovering this
we ceased to erect wooden poles and
used iron ones. Then man began his
work. The natives saw great uses for
the beautiful round iron posts. and
whenever we had moved on few miles
they would sneak up and tear them
out. Finally King Menelik had TO send
messengers throughout the country
proclaiHing that extreme punishment
awaited any who touched the tele-
phone plant.
Now that the wires are up and
men leaving them alone, there is con-
slant damage still. The monkeys of
Abyssinia have discovered that they
make magnificent trapeze wires, and
they swing on them and play with
them till they come down. The ele-
plants, too, destroy a lot. They have
found the iron posts very nice to lean
against and scratch their sides on. and
as they were put in to support wires
and not elephants, a few give way ev-
cry day in the elephant regions.
'Inanimate nature also is at work
continually TO bother the telephone SUI
perintendents Of Abyssinia. The jungle
grows so fast that hardly a day passes
in which il isn't necessary to send a
party TO cut away some Of IL where il
has reached to the wires. The worst
trouble is from the huge creepers that
grow over all the trees. They fall
here and there all the time, especially
after heavy rains. And when they drop
over a telephone wire they either break
II or else they conduct the current into
the earth