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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02

There have been more visitors at
the I,ongfellow house. Portland, Me-,
80 far this season than in any previous
season since the house was opened 70
the public One day last week nearly
100 strangers registered At the home.
and up 70 the present time nearly
5000 have registered this summer
The register bears the names OF peo-
pie from every state in the union and
from every part OF the civilized world.
Many historic relies have been added
70 the collection OF antiquities since
last year.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
Aska s1o. COO From phYsIeIan.

Arthur Rosenthal, otherwise known
as Arthur Rose, the professional bicy-
ellst. has begun suit against Or. Simon
l.. Rosema. OF Grand Rapids for $40.
600 damages. alleging carclessness
and incompetency In caring for frac-
ture OF the plaintiffs arm which y per.
manently injured. Rose was injured
while practicing a new act, and claims
that the injury results in loss OF $500
month salary.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02

The annual apportionment OF state
taxes among the counties OF the state
viii be completed by AudItor-GeneraI
Bradley about Sept. /. The work or
making the apportionment. heretofore
the most complicated task required OF
any state official, has been greatly
slmplIfed by the discovery OF a com
putting machine that Is a marvel in
mathematics. Now one man with
the aid OF this machine. prepares
the tax statement In two or three
days
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
Adrian Character l. Dead.

Aunt Betty weatherwax died Mt
Adrian after a short illness from pnou.
monia, In the home where she had
resided for sixty years. Had she lived
until Sept 90 she would have been
93 years OF age. Her mother dying
when she was II years OF age. she
never married. but aided her father
in bringing up the family OF ter chill
dren.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
cnpItoI Dome 70 Be lIIumlned.

The board OF state auditors has as.
sured committee OF the Lansing
Business Mems association that the
dome OF the state capitol In Lansing
will be Illuminated with many cleo.
trio lights II the city will contribute
TO the expense. This will be done.
The state capitol dome may be seen
from ten 20 hfteen miles on clear
day. and the lights will be visible a
much longer distance.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
Banana Famine a. kaIama,oo.

Kalamazoo. which has had a reputa.
ton Of using more bananas than any
other city OF the size in this section
OF the country. Is without a banana. A
commission merchant said that an ay.
erage OF three car loads or bananas
were sold In this city In week. There
were abort twenty-five car loads there
when the last was shipped in about
month ago.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
Wants Heavy DAMAGES.

Eddie Ferrey commenced suit in the
circuit court at Lansing against the
American Suction Gas Producer Com.
pany for $4,000 damages for personal
injuries. alleged 10 have been received
while In the company's employ. Ferrey
was caught between travelling crane
and the wall of the factory and severe
~ injured.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
WOMEN IN BUSINESS LINES.
Teaching Is the Most Popular Form Of
Occupation.

Teaching Is the Most Popular Form OF
Occupation.
According 10 the report OF the Cen.
sus Bureau there are 32IG14 women
employed as school and college and
music teachers in the United States
Compared with other lines OF work II
will be seen the number OF women
who teach is more than double that OF
the next most popular occupation. that
OF saleswoman. at which 10000 won.
en- are employed. Next come clerks
and copyists, s5.246. then stenogra.
piers and typewriters. LIS. and then
bookkeepers, 1888. Professional
women number as follows: 11.031 art.
lists and art teachers. 2,193 Journalists,
1910 lawyers, 1878 preachers. S.119
physicians and surgeons and 5,S94 1T
erateurs and scientists. Engaged In
occupations where one would hardly
look for women are 2.0S6 saloon keep.
ers. $40 night watchmen, fireman and
policemen, 1913 hlacksmiths 167 ma.
sons and bricklayers. 67 cabinet MAX.
ers, 100 lumber merchants and 904
teamsters and draymen. In fact, the
list IS SO long that II seems that won
en- have demonstrated their ability for
every sort Of work. except the duties
OF telegraph and telephone llnesmen.
and from the army and navy they are.
OF course, excluded.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
AGED Man ia Killed nv Train.

Sylvester Boyd, aged 6s years. was
run down and instantly killed by
Michigan Central engine at Saginaw.
He was walking on the track near
sherman street. Carrollton. when the
fast passenger train from Bay City
came along. Boyd was killed instant
~ His home was In Carrollton.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
Mo Forts Needed IN canada.

Possibly Canada viii not be satisfied
until a chain OF forts stretches along
her southern border from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific This in spite OF the
fact that the United States have not
the remotest intention OF invading. In
the days OF the late lamented Richie
lleu." otherwise known as Robinson.
the lions tsil was twisted periodically
and with vlgor, usually IN the house
OF representatives though II is proper
TO observe that the lion did not know
II. But twisting has gone into desue-
tude OF the innocuous variety, and
Fenians no longer entertain the hope
OF taking Toronto or Quebec. More
over. II Is worthy OF remark that the
chain would ~ no obstructlon-there
would be plenty Of room between the
forts. Canada has better use for the
money they would cost Brooklyn
Eagle
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
Eell Erom scatfold.

Edward Green OF this city. an en-
ploye in the erection or Muskegon's
new federal building. sustained seri-
GUS and possibly fatal injuries by fall.
Ing from the walls OF the building and
striking head first on a steel girder in
The foundation, fifteen feet below.
Green was picked up unconscious. His
fall was caused by derrick slipping.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
Will pay &C Per Cent.

James Hamilton, OF Tawas City
bankrupt. will pay forty cents on the
dollar. having .=ade that offer TO a
number OF creditors in Bay City. II
is thought his offer viii be accepted.
Hamilton conducted general mer-
chandise business In Tawas City. His
liabilities were about $1,000.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
aurnlar. AZ Port Huron.

Burglars made a raid In Port Huron.
breaking into the Majestic cafe on
Huron avenue where about s25 and
200 cigars were taken, and into Police
Commissioner Kuhns residence,
where the place was ransacked and a
quantity OF silverware carried on
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
waIted rwen,x.thrse Years.

Having waited for over twenty.threo
years for her husband, without his
putting in an appearance. Mrs. Adri-
ana Bryse petltioned the probate court
at Grand Rapids for administration OF
his estate. In the petition she states
that her husband disappeared from
homo on December 2. 1882. and has
never been heard from since.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02

The Island OF Salhalin. the bone OF
contention between the Russians and
Japanese, is situated In the Sea OF
Okhotsk in the north Pacific, lying
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
CHECK swlNDLgR is CLEVER,
Gets Cash for Worthless Paper In
owosso and Pontiac.


]. T. Curtis came into 0wosso,
worked the Owosso Grocery company
for s2275. and got out OF town before
the matter had been referred TO the
police lie ordered a bill OF goods
amounting to 1926 sent TO 3Ss wash
ington street, and offered a check for
$50 on the Old Bank OF CorunRa lie
was promptly given the balance in
cash. When the delivery man re-
turned TO the store he announced
there was no such place as 33s Wash
ington street. Had there been, II
would have been within a block OF tho
grocery. Curtis had forged the check.
II is claimed, He is 40 years old and
wore a nice suit OF light clothes.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
PIekpockets Make Good Haul.

Pickpockets operated in large
crowd at Blissfeld sports celebration
Memo Grover, well.todo retired
farmer. was touched up Tor 1913
while Joe Kastel lost 81.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02
PRINCE AND vlcERoY CLASH.

ONIFII.IIFNNPNTIN FINNI"FI Y UNNIINutN ~
nounces Lord curzon.
The gaekwar OF Baroda is one Of
the most powerful OF the semlinde-
pendent rulers OF western India. Al
though devoted 10 England, he has re-
scented The treatment TO which Lord
Curzon has subjected him. During
his recent visit TO England. where he
was treated with signal honor by King
Edward. he freely denounced Lord
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02

(The Chinese Eastern railroad IS indicat-
ed by heavy crossed iine-The Usuri
railroad, running north from Vladivos-
tok Is indicated by lighter crossed line
According 10 the terms this latter Is
TO be retained by Russia.)
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-02

Curzon and created a sentiment tend
ing TO increase greatly the unpopular
ity ofthe viceroy, who has now re-
signed his high position.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-10

A Mother Obligation In the April
Delineator is given the opening pa
per Of series, calird The Child
Rights which ii is announced, will
ID scuss theH per CA Z o. clildreR in
all its phases, from the earliest stages
Of infancy until constant attention is
no longer required. The articles are
contributed By Grace nccl1haxn Nun
ray. a physician OF note The FIRST pa
y D s Untitled The Coming of tie
child and is strillingly Illustrated
The following paragraph seems par
ticulaf'y woith repeating.
The mother can do much to influ-
ence the appearance and the mentle
and nl9ral status CT the unborn. This
has been proven over and oyer again.
The prospective mother should think
beautiful thoughts. should sprround
herself with lovely pictures; her hear
should warm With gladnezs and joy
fnl anticipations. To i1dulge in anger
grief, fare, anxiety, 10 treasure rebel
lious thoughts against existing condi
tians, is to rob the coming cold of :
proper birthright, and is form OF
whose record will bel writ
ten upon human being. Often tic
shows these prenatal i'm
preston in plsiness Ct feature. lack of
vitality. for hidden deeper in the re
cessts of the brain are contrary inn
pulses and thought. which Will devel-
tp with the growth of the child to
bring sorrow and repsoach upon the
parents later in life
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-10

"Rnstling" is not practice pc
culiar To the western frontier OF
the United States. In Somalilana
there are adventurous spirits OF
/ like sort, hut camels instead Of
attic are the booty they co,et.
tamels in Somaliland are kept in
great herds sometimes numbering
10000. Such numbers inyolv.
wide areas for grazing and consc
luent distances from the few
places where water may be found
The ponies used by thu Somalican
also manage without drink for
three or four days and when en-
ployed for Eerding have. like their
masters, only camels' milk to
luench their thirst. These big
herds offer. of course. a tremcn-
ious temptation TO the raider. as
many as l0.n06camels being ta keep
1T a time and the excitement Of
driving off such herd at full gal
Top for 40 or 80 miles. with the OK
asperated owner possibly hard IL.
pursuit and the chances Of the
alder finding his own camp la.
allen prey to some other triba
INVERSION. appeals irresistihly t.
the excitable Somali-Good Lit
erature.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-10

around that he was a cavalry veteran or
the war. aad wanted TO get horse to
rice that world stir up his patriotic
Instincts sad his liver. and an his in
sides. and real kind man steered dad
to~a livery stable
"TLey saddled up real nice pony
for me. but when they led nut the
horse for dad knew that trouble was
coming. The horse was round-shoul-
dered on the back, and when they put
the saddle on the horse bumped up
and eoughed most pitiful and when
they fastened the cineh the horse
grcancd and the crowd all laughed. A
negro boy as. ed RE II my old man
was ever on horse before. and when
told him In I dad had eaten horses
in the army the boy said that horse
world eat bin. cause he was the worst
bucker from RucFersvflie. in the west.
ern part OF the state / told dad the
horse was dangerous bncker. but he
tipped his hat on orc side and sid
he had bgo1tn more backing bronchos
than those Texas livery men ever SAW.
Dad borrowed pair Of these. Mexican
spurs with a wheel n them as big as a
silver dollar. and the men held the
horse by the bride while dad eot on.
and must say he rot on He he knew
how. He as.ed WI 'ch was the road tc
Houston ard we stared out OF town.
About the first two miles out OF
town the horse W: 'ked. and acted as
though it was going to die. and my
pony would get way ahead and have to
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-10
LEARNED NOT TO NEEDLE.
Workshop Teacher in a New York
School Explains His Cure for
Troublesome Habit,

'Ff'he boy was a slave to the fear
af doing things the wrong way"
said Il workshop teacher in one of
tho city schools. "iIe showed that
in so MANY ways that ] elassed
him among the people who in their
childhood want mamma 10 take
them to school. the people who
hesitate TO think for themselves
because they know the thinking
will be done for them, relates the
New York Sun.
"His dependence upon specific
directions was Il serious handicap
10 him in the workshop. and his
iarlplessness when any work pre-
vented me from answering his
questions prompted me to plan Il
cure for this defect in his charac-
ter. / tried to shame him into
self help. but he preferred my
iibes 10 becoming his own master.
@One day. after he had put my
patience to a particularly severe
test. called him to my office and
asked him why he was so loath to
develop his own Judgment
Well said he. it is this way.
When ! was much younger than
now no one could tell me ANYTHING.
! was stsrAaly finding out for my
self.
Ny father owned a stone quar-
Try, and 1 had often followed him
| to see the men drill and blast the
blocks of stone. The whole thing
was deep mystery to me.
asOne day at noon. while the
men wero aating lunch. | uook ii
upon myself to solve the mystery.
| Unseen. | vent to one Of the holes,
pulled cut what the men had puf
in and began to test ii with my
little hammer
/" sNhenI woke a few days later
81 found myself IN my ted, much
bandaeed and In charge of a nurse.
J now prefer too much caution, in
experimental york, to extreme.
curiosity
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-10

losing his appetite for anything substan-
t.al. and he Is getting weak and nutty.
Ma told me when went away with cad
that she wanted NE to try my best to
break dad OF the btkalfast-food habit,
and promised to doN Say hid. If you
ever expect to succee4 IN life. you havc
cot 10 establish reputation for eepiIg
your promises. Truth is mighty. and
when an. body can depey:c upon boy to
do rs he agrees bis fortune Is made. Dad
saw new BREAKFAST foons advertised in
an eastern magazine. and. ss the hotel
people only Kept 30 OF 30 kinds of mock
ing bird food for guests. cad made me so
out to the groceries and round up the
new kind ] brought box to the table
at breakfast. and dad fell over himself
to fill his saucer, and then he offered
some to eight boarders that sat at our
table
j The brea! fast food put up on dad
was some pulverized cork that got at
a grocery out of a barrel of California
grapes. 1t Looked exactly lille other
breakfast foods. but you'd a 6ide to see
dad and several Invalid southern col
onels. and two women who were at the
table. pour cream on that pulverized
cork and sprinkle sugar on It. and try
to get the pulverized cork to soak up
the cream. but the particles of cork float
ed on top of the cream and acted alive.
An old confederate colonel. who had
called dad damyanlee ever since we
had been there. and always acted as
though he was on the point of drawing
gun. took the first mouthful and after
chewing 1t awhile he swallowed as
though his throat was sore but he got it
down. and ordered cocktail, and look ed
mad atdad. Dad noticed that the others
were having difficulty in masticating
the food. and so he pitched In and ate his
f1od. and said it was the finest he hsd
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-10
Recently Married MAN rclls 9f Hems-
Coming Experience With
Better Half,

There is Pc story JIM this, and
there is ESthiag fynRy in it. It's
merely the earnest searching of a
mere laan for the truth, says the
Mexican Herald, 1t occurred at
an informal confession held one
afternoon last week after business
hours. The seeker had not been
married iong and was trying TO
learn the system Of the others who
sat about the aattopped, bottle
bedfcked shrine. They had been
married considerably longer.
New, want to know" said he.
@whRt the limit is. | lneaB the
li4ntt of talk must make 20 make
home happy, My wife likes to have
me tell her the things that happen
at the Office during the day. She
wants pe to tell her about the Peo-
pie Eve met during the day. in
other words, she wants ne to be
soeiable when come home, Well.
now, that's all right. can under
stand that, She gets lonesome.
and its a fact Eve got habit OF
not talking much. Am inclined TO
be rather quiet, and sometimes
she takes that for grouchiness.
That's natural, too. Can't blame
her for that. Then some days |
70 TO the Office and make up my
mind that I'll load up my mind
with tive interesting things I'm GO
ing to talk about when go home.
| succeed agd reach home with
enough stuff in my head to fill a
newspaper and begin to unload.
Then nay wife takes long look at
me and gets busy with something
or other in another part of the
house. ! go look her up and con-
tinue nay line OF talk. OF course.
she can't say I'm grouchy, but she
does what's worse. With what she
intends to be her most whitening
tone, she suggests that ] must
have had drink this Afternoon,
Then | admit took one just after
| left the Office. She begins to
!ook amused and says she is quite
sure | never stopped at one. or |
wouldn't he so laxative, Now,
what am to dor
The older men merely shook
their heads. sighed. and then in a
chorus told him it was a disease
they would both outgrnw.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-10
Former President Took Land, as Law
Fees, Which Afterward
Made Him Rich.

There are two ways of reaching
The Hermitage" from Nashville
either By carriage the entire dis
lance, or by train to the little sta
lion called sHcrusitage.v thence
~ conveyance or foot the remain
ng three miles. In either ease
he way leads among the rugged
Hills Of "sunny Tennessee
through native forests which we
nay easily imagjHs look just as
hey did in the latter part of the
eighteenth century, when Andrew
jackson, young man who had
ust completed a brief and very un-
ystsmatic eeHiye of reading
aw." placed al his worldly goods
md himself on the back of his one
horse aad turned his face from the
'ar0linas to the then wilderness
IT eastern Tennessee to make his
ortnns. says Cora b. Harris. in
FOUR Track News. The land rec
'rds of 1857 show that it was
Turing those years that Jackson.
aid the foundation for the large
state that he afterward owned.
&c was the only lawyes III that re-
:ioR in the early days-days when
money was scarce and land was
heap, and lawyer's fee for con
.ucting case of no very great i'm:
,ortance might easily be a ''640,"
/ square mile of land. In a few
ears he was the owner Of 30 900
.cres, which he acquired while
heap and held till it advanced in
alue, when he sold part of il to
Anable him 10 cultivate and i'm
prove the remainder.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-10

r. you toot your little tqotaP. and
shan day aside your horn. there's not
o soul in ten shot days will know
that pon were born. The man who
gathers pumpkins is the man who
plows oil day. and the nun who lse' p
s. humping is-tbs ulan who makes il
pay. The man who Hisertises with a
short and sadden jerk, is the man
who hlamcs sha editor because it did
mt work Pho man WIG gets tho bus
tness t;llsrs ! long and s,fady pull
and kcc2sthc local paper from yr;sr
to year quite foil, He plans his advcr
sisirg In a careful. thoughtful way,
pnd keeps forever at il until he
Fnalses il pay. He has faith in all Il G
future. can withstand q sudden sho /
pnd like the man Of scripture, has
his bnsiacss Oh . rock Western I'd
Fpvfiser,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-10
H-'V-ss..-..-'s--.=.zessr~

And now another editorial barb
has set agaiag his IDEA expressed Of
what that old familiar, Turn Back
ward, Oh Time' should he:
Backward, turn backward. Gh time
I'm yolr flight, iced me- on grne again
tonight. I an, so weary of sole leath
or steak. Purified biscuits and ,ul
canizod cake Oysters that slecpln ::
watery bath, andibutaer as strong as
Goliath OF Gath. Weary If paying
for what | can I eat, chewing up run
per aud calling it meat. Backward,
snrn backward, bow weary am; give
yne Q swipe at grandmother's jam;
ut me DRINK milk that hasn't been
SKINNED, let me cat butter whose
whiskers are trimmed, let NE once
more have an old fasliiond pie. tliep
5'A be ready to curl up ana die.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-10

ever tasted. but the rest of the crowd
only took spoonful or two. and etiruit.
After while colonel went out, and
then ali quit the table except Gao and |.
and by that time dad felt as though be
had swallowed a life preserYcr, and be
said to me:
Hennery, either the baths or the
climate or something has upset me. and
feel as though your dad was not very
long for this world. Before die want
you to confess to me what that stuff is
that have been eating, and can ole In
peace!
Il told him that he had wanted light
breakfast. and thought there was moth
ing quite go light as cork, and that he
was full clear to the muzzle with pulyer-
lied cork. and he Couldn't sink any more
when he took bath. Dad turned pale
and we went out in the Office and found
that all the people who sat at our table
and ate breakfast food were Ia the hanas
OF doctors. and dad went In the room
With them, and each had q doctor. and
how they so. it out Of them con t Anow.
as was busy organizing strife amors
the bellboys. ! told them they could
double their wages by stri ire at exactly
ten o'clock. when all the boafders want
ed cocktails sent to their rooms.
They struck all right. and the break
fast-food people had all got pumped out
and then 1t came my turn. Dad gave me
= Itch ing. the hoarders licte ed at me. the