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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20
Their Origin.

There are several phrases in common
political use that are banded about
during every campaign and thoroughly
understood by everybody, yet whose
origin is involved in obscurity.
The Washington Post, in response 70
an inquiry. has given what It believes
to be- the correct stories OF how three
Of these terms came into use.
About the commonest term in this
class is that which refers 10 public
official. and particularly a senator or
congressman. as "mending his fences
meaning that he is getting his political
affairs Strengthened mp In his district,
aud strengthening his hold upon the
voters The Post says that the late
John Sherman. secretary Of the treas
ury. uncousciously coined this phrase
ON one occasion when he was a senator
and an election was pending in Ohio
which involved the security Of his sen
ate seat he went 70 his home In
Mansfield While on the way he re-.
marked e. newspaper man who made
inquiries that he was going 70 bis little
farm TO mend his fences He meant
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20
Father |. ] Vaughan Versus Nm.
Jennings Bryan

Father l.. J. Vaughan appeared at
Lincoln Ill, Chautuaqua Assembly last
summer for two lectures on Aug. 18th
and l4th Hon. VIM. Jennings Bryan
preceded him by a few days and gave
his great lecture on THE Value OF "a
Ideal
Lawrence b. Stringer. late Demo
cratic nominee for Governor OF Inni
nois. introduced Father Vaughan for
his first lecture which was Sermons
from Shakespeare, and, IN 80 doing,
dwelt upon the great orators who had
spoken there. saying he believed that
two greatest orators in America were
Hon. VIM. jennings Bryan and Hon.
Bourke Cochrane
The next day when Mr.. Stringer in
troduced Father Vaughan for his SO
cond lecture. The Power Of Love, he
referred 10 what he haa said the day
before about orators and ended az fol.
lows: II am loyal to Mr.. Bryan and
Mr. Cochrane and believe them 10 be
wonderfully gifted orators. but since
yesterday when heard this lew orator
that has come ont OF the West, | no
longer place them at the top of the list.
now take pleasure in introducing to
you the greatest orator OF them all,
Father l. J Vaughan OF Wisconsin.
Father Vaughan was Immediately
4 ~ 81 80 NJ he
sembly TO be given August 20 tn. 1905.
! Father Vaughan lectured at Sterling
H.. Chautuaqua. july 26th, and 27th /;
was Immediately re-engaged for July
22ni and 23rd 1905, and also by the
Knights OF Columbus for October 18th
1904 Father Vaughan appeared before
an audience Of one thousand people on
October l2th, inspite Of the fact that
there was big Republican Rally the
same night with Chas ). Deenson.
now Governor Of Illinois AS the leading
speaker. This was Father Vaughan 5
third lecture within three months at
Sterling and w. w. Davis one OF the
most prominent citizens of the town,
in Introducing him, said in part
Father vaughans visit TO Sterling
last summer was surprise. His first
address captured his hearers and his
second bound them hand and foot.
He could say with Caesar after :
speedy conquest Of Gallo tribe II
came. saw. conquered There are
many orators in the West each State
has her fayorite son Iowa has Dolliver
Nebraska has w. J Bryan Indiana
has Senator Beveridge Wisconsin has
W. +. Villas Missouri, Champ Clark
Illinois Dick Yates Chicago Gunsan-
ius When De Beriot the Belgion
violinist was asked who was the first
violinist in Europe he replied wltn a
modest allusion 10 his own pre-emin
ence. II can name the second On
this occasion shall not attempt 10
name our Western orators in the order
Of their excellence do not know
who Is the fifth orator IN the West or
the fourth or tne third Or the second
out | do believe that well ladies and
gentlemen nave the pleasure OF pre-
seuting to You Father Vaughan OF
Wisconsin,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20

the tropics il unskilIed. inefficient. lazy
and unreliable this IL the rule, there
are, Of course, exceptions. and work
man who is better than his fellows is
soon recognized and advanced. Most
Of the laborers are negroes from the
West Indies. There is persistent
effort 10 bring laborers from all avail
able points and II seems probable that
when conditions are more generally
known better class OF labor will lind
its way 70 the Isthmus
The canal problem Is unique, there
Is no standard by which il can BE-
judged, a comparison with big enter
prises in this country. where condi
tious are radically different would pro-
badly throw discredit on the actual
work accomplished time and cost con
sidered But IL we compare Panama
as it was before we took hold with
the Panama Of today then sum up All
the difficulties IN the way of progress,
incidental e. the climate delays in
legislation. and Numerous other causes
the verdict will b. that the work has
been well done II we had il 20 90
over again, we could do il better
cheaper, and more quickly not because
We could get better men, but because
we have learned how to DO 1t. and this
knowledge, gained by experience,
brought 70 bear on the future work
will bring 70 successful issue the
greatest engineering enterprise that
has ever been attempted.
Lowe Whiting.
Crystal Falls, sept %, 1906,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20
How long May Man Llye2

should a man living normal life
live 100 years. The question is being
raised again. see Well Flourens
saws that u man IL twenty years grow
ing and that tie normal animal lives
Ave times the period of his growth
That would give man just a century q
life Bat Button says every animal
lives about six or seven times ~ long
a. Il grows That would give man a
normal age o. 100 10 40 years The
insurance tables. however, do not be-
stow such longevity
After all what man lives normal
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20
MUCH FUR USED
For the Trimming OF Ladies' Hats This Fall
and Winter Season.

and winter season
Fur is to enter largely into the trim
ming of hats this fall. and mink, beav-
or and all short haired varieties will be
in evidence az bands TO outline crown,
for the crown itself, OF the entire hat
may be OF fur.
Fur and lace will be- combined in
artistic fashion. one Of the prettiest
examples OF this style being shown In
the first hat illustrated. IL shows one
of the new fiat shapes with extension
brim on the left. A soft baum marten
fur composes the entire crown. the
brim being covered with lace. A bird
with brilliant plumage In which are
blues and greens and bunch OF osprey
complete the trimming OF the very
chic model.
A white beaver the same shape shows
band OF mink with bunch OF orange
roses on the right. full white ostrich
plumes decorating the under side OF
the left brim.
Tawny orange velvet forms the
crown OF the third hat which IA of
gray felt and plumes varying from
brown TO orange trim the band beneath
the brim.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20

holds options on al the land up and
down the creek. and has alreaay begun
development work under the direction
OF men skilled ia the search for the
costly gems. The incorporators are
James G. Melville OF Minneapolis w.
C. owen of Maiden Rock. Wis. T. {.
Daggett OF ST. Paul. and A. A.
Andrews OF Minneapolis
Nearly twenty years ago a diamond
of the first water was found in the bed
OF Plum creek. II caused great excite
ment and government geologists made
an examination and filed reports favor
able b the diamond bearing possibili-
ties Of the country. The excitement
died down, and a. no more stones were
found for some time nothing definite
was done toward permanent develop
ment
Since that time over twenty small
diamonds have been discovered in the
vicinity but while they caused in
teresr they were thought to hs in
glacial drift aud therefore not indica-
tive Of any large deposit Recently
the matter has been taken up by the
twin city men Professor G. " Hall
state geologist and member Of the
university faculty. was sent to Plum
creek, After examining the country
thoroly, he has made report upon
which the local promoters nave felt
justified in going ahead with real de-
yelopment work. Professor Hall states
that the diamonds found were not in
gracial drift. 1t has developed that
they were found in formation of blue
clay, believed 20 be the same as that OF
the great diamond fields of South
Africa There have also been dis
covered various other forms of carbon
related TO the diamond ana usually
foand in the Same vicinity.
The stratum Of blue clay in which
the promoters believe they will find
their fortunes is thirty feet below the
surface. and will have TO be uncover
ed. A shaft Is now being sunk by the
American Diamond company, and al
tho many difficulties have been en-
countered. the workers are firm in
their belief that they are on the way
to success for they have found one
small stone pronounced by two sets OF
experts to be a diamond.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20
Will Mine for Diamonds in Wis

II there is diamond field along
PLAN creek. Pierce county Wis., IL
will soon be discovered. and that part
Of Wisconsin stands chance 10 become
one Of the richest and most important
sections q America After years OF
rumors and uncertainties a thoro in.
vestigation ST the Plum creek country
- 70 be made The locality j. about
fftseu miles northeast 81 Lake Pepin.
Minneapolis men and Minneapolis
capital are Interested A company
known az the American Diamond Min
ing company with a capital stock Of
81. O00. 600 has been incorporated under
the laws OF Wisconsin This company
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20
ttO0 REWARD slOo

The readers of this paper will b.
pleased % learn that there il at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able 10 cure IN All is stages, ana
that Is Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the 0nly positive cure now know %
the medical fraternity Catarrh being
a constitutional disease requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Cat.
arrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces o. the system thereby des
,royiug the foundation ~ the disease
and giving the patient strength by
Prsventics a. the name Implies pr
vent all Colds and Grippe when taken
az the sneeze stage
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20
THE PANAMA CANAL.
Continued from page /


two bedrooms. kitchen and bath
room. furnished with cooking stove.
dining table and chairs several small
tables, two or three easy chairs. a
complete bed room, set and few other
articles OF furniture is provided. rent
free, to each family The size OF the
house and the amount of furniture
vary with the amount Of salary and
the size OF the family.
In some Of the more crowded stations
quarters are rather cramped, but all
are treated with IA much fairness a.
the conditions allow Men without
families either live in the hotels, or
several of them live together in one
house where they may run their own
mess. The cost of living is not excess
siyely high. IL one can accustom him
self 10 the food Of the country Many
things that we are used to in the north
are scarce and expensive in the tropics,
milk, butter, eggs, good beef and
many other things are very high
Milk, when obtainable. sells at twenty
cents per quart, eggs i've cents each.
Good table board can be had in the
city Of Panama at twenty five dollars
per month The leading hotel charges
about twice this amount. but provides
no better food. although the service is
to be preferred. The Government
hotels along the line charge thirty-five
dollars per month, including care of
the room. The pleasantest way 10 live
is in private mess where one may
choose his companions. A mess with
ten or dozen members, employing
"A cook, and one wsiter can be run for
twenty five dollars per month for each
member, although some Of the messes
are considerably more expensive
There is one main commissary in
Colon and several branches at the
principal stations, where food ana
other supplies can be purchased by
canal employees at about the same
prices "a prevail in the states. In the
main the American employee on the
Isthmus is better housed. better fed,
and has more privileges than in most
engineering enterprises that are not
located in or near big cities
In addition to the improvements IN
the Canal Zone We have built sewer.
age system and water works in the
city OF Panama. and nave also paved
the city throughout Part Of the ex-
pense q the work IL to be refunded by
the Panamaian Government
We have made complete Topographic
cal maps Of that portion Of the zone
through which the canal will pass
This has been a work 81 exceptional
difficulty because OF the dense tropical
growth Also we have double tracked
the railroad built aud equipped
machine shop and purchased and put
in operation much machinery for ok
cavating and transporting the exoavat-
Oh material Work on the Culebra Cut
and else where has been I'll progreis
for considerable time. but largely in
m experimental way to determine the
best methods and types az r.achiuery
aud probable working costs
Th- labor question IA one ~ serious
moment and IL has not yet besn salts
faotorily solved The laboring man ot
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20

Rheumatism Is not incurable Stub
bornl Yes But DR.. Shops Rheum
attic Remedy will II faithfully used
drive 1t out Of the system. Its the blood
that's at fault. Poisonous crystals
like sand get into the joins and
muscles DR. Shops Rheumatic
Remedy prevents this. II drives
Rheumatism from the blood and then
Rheumatism dies. We recommend
and sell Ii. Sold by Sam Bridges
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20
. FINN's TESTIMONY IN
TERESTING.

DR. Thomas Finn. OF Boonsboro. Mo-
who has practiced medicine for ~
years, says he has used every prescrip-
tion known to the profession for treat
ment Of Kidney and bladder diseases,
and says he has never found anything
80 effective in both chronic and acute
kidney and bladder trouble - Foleys
Kidney Cure II stops irre yularitie
and builds Up the whole system.
Sam Bri yes
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20
Indigestion

stomach trouble Is bat symptom Of. and noe
In itself true disease We think 81 Dyspepsia.
Heartburn. and Indigestion as rial diseases. YET
they are symptoms only % certain specific
Nerve sckness-no.hing else.
was this fact that arst CORRECTLY lei Or shoop
IN The creation 81 that nov very popular stomach
Kennedy Or Shops Restorative. Going direct
10 the stomach nerves alone brought that success
and tavor 70 Dr. shoop and hts Restorative. With
out that original and highly vital principle. no
such lasting accomplishments were ever TO b. had.
For stomach distress. bloatinx biiiousness. bad
breath and ,aliow complexion. try pr. shOops
Restoauve-Tabrts OF LiaNid-nnd see for your
fully recommend
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20

For bscl<sche and rheumatism use
Dewitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
Cleanse and purify the blood. A
weeks treatment for s5c- Sold by A
L. Robbins
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMoQuinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money II
il fails to cure. f. W Groves sigma
ture is on each box. 25c
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-10-11

terry calls for a great deal Of cobalt, and
cobalt az two dollars a pound, Mr.. Edi-
son feels, would be looked upon as a
luxury by most Of those very fortunate
persons whose pocketbooks enable them
TO view even the imported gasoline tour
ing car as a positive necessity TO their
well being
Mr. Edison has inspected cobalt de
posits in North Carolina. lie has been
to Canada. lie will go to Missouri. lie
has other places on his visiting list VIII
his patient quest be rewarded by sue
ccss' That is a question that auiomo-
bile manufacturers are anxiously asking
themselves. No one who knows Mr.. Edi'
son doubts that he has got pretty nearly
what he says he has in his storage bat
terry. Mr.. Edison has never been of that
type OF man who announces that he has
something which time sooner or later
proves that he has not
To invent ard perfect an electrical
storage battery for widespread CONNER
cial use has been the dream, the ambi-
ton, of Mr. Edison for years. Nay, 1t
has been his hobby, TO the practical ex-
clusion Of all other scientific investiga-
ton. He has worked day and night
over the problem; he has frequently
thought he stood on the threshold OF
success, only to be disappointed the next
day. or week.
In all these years that he has been
struggling with the problem interviewers
have had a hard time to get him to tax
on any subject other than his storage
battery. His fellow scientists have
twitted him good-naturedly on his lug
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-10-11

ging in OF the battery at every possible
turn Of conversation It is scarcely to
be doubted that he has given more time
and thought TO the battery than he did
to any one Of his many inventions that
are now bcnehting mankind immeas-
urably. MIR Edison himself declares that
until he has perfected a storage battery
along the lines that he has laid down for
himself he will not feel that he has done
his full share of the worlds work.
When one realizes how earnestly,
and with what singleness Of purpose, one
might say, Mr.. Edison has pursued the
problem Of the storage battery, does not
the Wizards more or less prolonged
trips here and there over the face of the
country in anxious search for the much
desired evil spirit of the old Saxon
miners SAVIOR OF the intensely dramatic
miners beds SAVIOR Of the intensely
dramatic?
Cobalt, this gnome, this evil spirit that
holds such rosy promise for the future,
has been practically unknown to the
average person. Let us see what it is
and what il does.
II is the principal ingredient OF a color
ing matter known Is smalt, which is EN-
ployed by laundre YES to correct the yell
low color of new washed linen, and
by paper manufaS rrers as blue pig
ment for staining ting papers and col
oring wall papeTfI Smalt is the only
substance that wi i've lasting blue TO
paper, and. until artificial ultramarine
was introduced, it n as used exclusively
for this purpose. alt is obtained by
fusing roasted cob Pre with pearl-ash
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-10-11

sympathetic ink. A faint pink in color
when in dilute solution, the color is not
diScoverable when used on paper. Only
when the piece Of paper is heated before
4 fire, thus causing the chloride to lose
tie water, does the writing stand out
blue, thus enabling il to be read with
ease. The writing can be made invisible
again by putting the paper in a damp
place or by holding it over a steaming
kettle, ia the heroines of long ago.
According to Watts Dictionary OF
Chemistry" these are the properties of
cobalt Steel gray, lus;rous, crystalline
plates; nearly white wher polished !;
hard; somewhat mallcabIe, very ductile
at red heat and upwards; slightly mag
netic, even at full red heat. The COM
pact metal does not oxidize in air at or
binary temperatures"
Chemically, cobalt is classed with iron,
nickel and manganese in the iron group
In many respects it closely resembles
both iron and nickel, the latter more than
iron 1t is found associated with silver
nickel, iron, manganese and bismuth. II
is difficult to separate cobalt from its
associates, especially nickel. 1t is seldom
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-10-11

-.

that is used for the groundwork OF the
old-fashioned blue and gold syn boards
the presence of oxide of COBALT as
base makes il blue.
SO remarkably does cobalt possess the
power of making things blue" 70 use
common expression, that even the
faintest trace OF it will render iron slas
distinctly blue 1t could almost be said
in all truth, that cobalt, in compound,
blues the world. A.,
Had it not been for cobalt the writers
Of the old fashioned adventure novels
would have been deprived of one of theil
stock and always thrilling incidents-thf
invisible letter, written betwee.i the line s
of the visible letter, and always reachine
the heroine in the nick of time and kee. p
ing her from dying of anguish or hope
long deferred
A chloride of cobalt, when dissolved an
a great deal of water, gives invisible lor
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-10-11

and quartz sand. The molten mass is
poured into water and finely powdered
This powder il is that is used after the
fashion of indigo and to stain the dainty
blue note-paper that is a favorite nova,
days for carrying tender messages around
the world =
Cobalt, when compounded with oxy-
cen, also gives blue color and oxide
of cobalt is used exclusively to color
glass, porcelain and pottery The color
ing properties of cobalt blue, essentially
the oxide of cobalt, is so great that the
addition of one-thousandth part of CO.
bait blue to white glass is sufficient to
make the glass a decided blue
Cobalt blue, as a pigment. is used by
painters and water color workers; they
could not get many effects without il
Old Sevres blue, a very famous porce-
lam blue, Kings blue, Thenard's blue,
variegated blue, turquoise blue, deep
blue, employed in porcelain coloring. all
more or less widely known blues, have
cobalt for their base. And then there
is zaffre, a faky blue crystalline stuff.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-10-11

| mined for itself alone; it is
able to secure it as a by-p
the day may not be far (
cobalt viii be mined for itsI
its greatest quantity cobalt
duced as an accessory of (
There is evidence TO 4
use of cobalt in colorins
the rediscovered secrets
Modern Europe did No
property of cobalt oxidi
fore that time the mi
to be wSrthless,- is-co.s.
now of itself-except in
battery, of course. Blue
glass recovered from ancie1|
been found to have cobalt 4
their color.
Not until almost two nd
after the first commercial |
grome metal was discovered
did Brandt recognize it as d
ments. Now, nearly two
quarter centuries after Bra
seem that the element Il
proved commercially useful II
startling revolution in tran
only it can be produced
quantity and purity to
Unless it can be found
lively pure state the L. Nh
process will render its u II
sons factory impracticabl d
The principal localities
duction to-day are Schnee1
where the metal got its bad
dunn, Norway; Tunaberg. g g
sen, Rhenish Prussia: Boil
little spot in Missouri;
where a pure variety Of
as speiss cobalt, free of /
Gently been found; aHd
it is mined as an ac
The Canada mines
be opened. The present y
in the Dominion was not
a big cut for a new re- y
virgin forest revealed it.
its customary bed-fell
latter metal at once "a
influx of miners, VIII -
making the discover
of cobalt would be
to the mines. II
appreciable perez
supply of cobalt
Ontario. Round
halt and silver IN
like diggings tn; TX
eral thousand
into existence, q
the traveller to
Chicago withol
into the very /
only a few ms
wilderness. N
in the town, ar
are controlled b.
is American mon
sponsible for the
the Canada of tod
The discovery
several more &C
the Canada,
down the "a
figure desii
this Wiza
of the ged
be min',uld b
] may -
luton
cations