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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
FOR The CHILDREN
What Time Is Il?

IL requires TWO players who under
stand this game. a leader and his ac-
complete. rhe accomplice leaves the
room. while the leader and the rest
remain inside The leader asks the
players what hour they viii choose for
the accomplish 10 guess. suppose some
one says -Four O'Clock" The assist
ant is called In. and he questions the
leader. saying. well. what time Is itr'
The leader answers thus: Don't you
kuowY' and then. Doubtless dancing
time" The assistant Immediately
says -Four o'clock" TO the general
mystifcatlon OF the company.
The key Is that each hour from i
20 II O'Clock has been named accord.
ing 10 the letters OF the alphabet In
rotation from A to X. The leader In
answering must be very careful 10 be-
gin each answer with the letter indi-
eating the chosen hour Thus In tho
above the assistant noticed that each
answer bcgnn with ID" and ID" being
the fourth letter OF the alphabet. indi-
Gated that o'clock was the time cho.
sen
Only tho exact hour can be chosen.
As The different players think they
have solved the trick they may take
turns IN brinr assistant. and many
funny mis'nkos will result TIL the
game hns he'n explained 20 all.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
e..ts,.ak chowder.

Cut a slice OF salt pork into small
bits, with one onion minced tine. Cook
until q nice brown Add one quart OF
boiling water aud let simmer for hye
minutes. then add one pound OF round
steak cut into strips half an inch thick
aud two inches long. Bring this quick
ly TO a boil. then simmer until the
meat is tender. Add four or tve pared
and sliced potatoes. season with salt
and pepper. add more boiling water.
and when the potatoes are tender add
one and n half cupfuls OF good rich
milk or cream. Split six or eight crack
ers, put them into soup dish and
pour the chowder over them, serving
az once.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
Useful Attachment For
Rocking Chairs.

An inventor hhs recently procured a
patent on n device for rocking chairs
without placing the feet on the floor
The particular advantage OF this
scheme Is that n slight movement OF
the feet Will cause the chair 20 rock.
Fulcrumed 10 the rockers are pair Of
levers fitted with rollers NJ one end 10
engage the floor and at the opposite
end connected by means OF links 10 a
pair OF bell crank levers forming a
sort OF treadle. on which the operators
feet are supported BY pressing this
treadle downward pressure viii be
brought 70 bear on the rollers. causing
the chair 90 rock When desired the
mechanism may be thrown out OF Oh
Grafton by folding the treadie up
against one Of the crosspieces Of the
chalr.-Scientifc American.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09

Dorothy is in the fourth grade, and
she gets good marks IN everything ex-
cept arithmetic. When her father ask
ed her why she made such low marks
In arithmetic she replied thus: We'll.
IL Is like this: The teacher saya -Four
Plus 3 minus 8 multiplied by 2 Divided
by g. and asks me what tho answer
Is. She talks 80 fast I can't keep up
with her. and have to guess tho an
swer. and always guess wrong
Harpers Weekly.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
Alohabet and uuotation Game.

From box OF letters twenty are
dealt 20 each player and are turned
face downward on the table before
him. Beginning nj the left OF tho
dealer. the first player turns up let
ter so that all can see Il and calls for
a quotation from some familiar poem
OF an epigrammatic saying from some
well known author or even a proverb.
but whatever Il may be the FIRST word
must begin with the letter turned As
soon as the letter IL exposed the per
son appointed 20 be tlmekeeper either
slowly counts thirty aloud or keeps
his eyes on his watch. calling out
"Time" when the half minute has
passed. II in the interval no one has
answered the drawer Of the letter may
then give n quotation himself and re.
tain the letter. or N all fail 10 respond
II is laid aside 20 be given TO the one
who next wins letter II some one
makes n quotation that is unfamiliar
TO all present be may be challenged 20
give the author. n unable to do this
the letter IA thrown out The Same
quotation may not be given twice.
When Y or u Is turned II may be
added to the winnings OF the one who
drew Il without requiring him TO give
n quotation.
The present generation Is not 50 well
vcrscd in poetry as the preceding one.
so perhaps this Is one Of the games ia
which the eldrrs may end entertain.
ment.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
Riddla Boz.

Each one Of these questions can be
answered by an abbreylation OF one
OF the states OF the United States:
Which state is mightler than the
sword? Penn.
Which one Is as good az a mile?
Miss.
Which do folks dread and yet can't
control? Ill.
Which does a sick person require?
Md.
Which is worth nothing7 O.
Which is an expression OF sadness
Alas.
Which refers 60 self? Me.
Which Is a Chinese Industry Wash,
Which Is sought by miners? Ore.
Which one is TO peruse? Conn.
Which Is used by musicians? la.
Which state would Noah prefer
Ark.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
MIN Treen Grow Lnrne.

Washington and oregon have some
OF the largest trees In the world, and
the climatic conditions OF that section
can be blamed for this fact In the
Puget sound country the rainfall Is
about flfty-three inches. while up In
the higher Cascades. near Seattle, II
Is 100 inches and sometimes reaches
the 80 inch point Under such cllmat-
ic conditions the seeds OF the trees
germInte readily and all the trees
continue 10 make a vigorous growth.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
ranging shelf TO Keep Ants
From Food.

At this season OF the year many
housewives have much trouble with
the ants, and II IL hardly possible TO
find place for the various foods, etc.
where these small pests Will not ind
and reach them. The very simple de-
vice shown In the above Illustration
will fool them every time. Shelves
are hung IN the cellar or where want
cd with wire or small rope. and small
blocks OF wood have holes bored
through them and then slipped over
the wire. as shown. These are covered
with strip or any sticky substance.
that viii not run and drop In the food.
and the ant never gets any farther
than the slrup. Axle grease answers
very well II the odor Is not too strong.
Be sure the block Is well smeared and
that the hole Is not 70 large that the
ants may get through
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
r. e. Beach,
in business as
BEACH & COLE
Notice of Annual school Meeting

Of the "School District OF Crystal
Falls" for the year 1910
To the qualified electors OF the
"School District OF Crystal Falls -
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
thai the annual meeting OF the "Schoot
District of Crystal Falls will be held
on Monday. July 18th. 1910, for the
purpose Of electing three trustees for
the term OF two years, and 10 transact
any and all other business OF said
School District, at which meeting a
financial statement of the expenditures
OF the said School District will be sub
mitted and read 10 the electors, and
the electors present will be requested
to vote on the amount Of money TO be
raised by tax on all the taxable pro-
perty Of said School District tor the
ensuing year.
The financial statement will be read
to the electors between the hours OF
twelve NJ. and one r. NJ.
Dated at tho School District Of
Crystal Falls, this 18th day Of June,
A. d. 30.
Board Of Education,
Crystal Falls School District
W. ] Richards
Secretary
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
BAD Of the unfamlIlar.

81 understand that you have two
brand new jokes IN your dialogue"
YES" replied the musical comedian
what are tbeyY'
"You recognize them by the way the
audience treats them as strangers and
refuses to give them a smile. boston
Transcript
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
a Model Hired Man.

"Mlssus, do you need hired manT
"Well. yes. I'm looking for man
who can do the chores. sweep. clean
the rooms. be polite and never be I'm
pudent."
Say. mlssus. youse is lookin' for
husband. "--Success Magazine.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
NoveltY.

II thought you told me you had some
thing original In this libretto." said the
manager scornfully. Here at the very
outset you have lot OF merry villa
gers singing We are happy and gay"
"You don't catch the idea at al" re-
piled the poet YEARLY. THE & Is soft.
1t should be pronounced happy and
jay!"--W Washington Star.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
She Had the Pries.

In vain they told the heiress that the
duke was an impostor and worse.
"Why," said a friend. Il have read
there Is a>price upon his head" But
the heiress. all serene. only answered,
.Thave the Young's Magazine.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
An ImpossibiIity.

"Dumler received shock OF $4,000
volts through his BRAIN"
Nonsense. How do you suppose
Tint number OF volts could ever have
crowded their way through a brain
ike DumIer's T-Philadelph Ledger.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
A Winner.

Eyes, Inkem got up summer novel
that Immediately became a best seller"
THAT soy Something new In the
plotr
"No. But when Il came 10 the page
where he described the looks OF the
heroine be had his publisher insert
mirror Life.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09

"ro what do you attribute your I'M
varying success"
'"ro being picked early for the village
foo. Nobody ever tried TO get me TO
incorse n note or go into a scheme
Brooklyn Citizen.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09

at Is always dangerous to try TO get
something for nothing" remarked the
wise guy.
Yes; you might get what you de
serve added the simple mug.-Phil'
adelphia Record.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09
HUMOROUS QU|PS
The Pursuit.

fThey are chasing morse thieves with
motorcars In Kansas now.-News ltenlI
Come. crank your swift auto and Jump TO
the wheel.
We need all the strength of its quivering
steel.
For forty-nye horses are gone IN the
night,
And we must give chase TO the robbers
IN night.
II forty eve horses are stolen and gone
A motor OF sixty should catch them ~
dawn.
And wen run down the thieves AZ they
gallop. away
And string them up high. an they do In
play.
Across the "pray-rare-ree' we buoyantiy
bound
With wheels that seem scarcely 20 stay
on the ground
The sparker is working with perfect cciat
The piston Is doing much better than that
The Hist! There's a cloud In the dis
lance. and-seei-
The robbers are scattering tacks an they
feel
swing on from the pathl Take chance
The way that she cleared Il 10 something
immensel
And now we are close on tho traii--iet 'er
gol
They're riding their beet. but their best In
too slow.
You tend 70 your driving. ri shootwhen
1 must.
Bangi There IL one robbcr who's bitten
the dust.
Surrounded by autos they give up at last
The horses are saved and the robbers
bound fast.
And the manager says he IN ssrs Il viii
Al the f1neet, OF films nj n Vaudeville
show.
-Berton Braley In Puck
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09

Miss Bright" whispered Miss Gaus-
sip. "can you keep secretr'
Eyes. replied Miss Bright. also
whispering. II can keep one as wen as
YOU can" - Catholic Standard and
Times
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09

whom are they after IN this aviator
trust7"
Naturally after the man higher up"
Baltimore American. -
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09

II the carried Chan
kland be Vanderbilt university In
chancellor
church expected
control
university plans win be flied In Nashville
City VIII be
OF the Methodist church oy july ~
OF Chancellor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-14
TRY STANDARD FOR
CUTTING PRICES
PROSECUTING OIL. TRUST FOR
TRYING TO BANI>H COMPE-
IITiON FROM RALEIGH

RALEIGH. \. g, December IT.
The trial of the Standard Gail Company
in the Raleigh police Justices court
Tor violation oil the North Caro-
lima antitrust law by cutting prices
with Il view to preventing It compet
ing company from getting "A footing
SO that the trust might thereafter put
up prices again. began this morning
II WIFI probably consume several days
Attorney General Beckett is with City
Attorney Walter Clark, Jr.. in the
prosecution. The evidence to-day
was principally testimony OF Raleigh
dealers Us to prices paid for kerosene
the past year showing the cuts made
by the Standard.
Questions as to prices prior To 1910
We're opposed by the trusts counsel
but were allowed as To 1909. They
show steady prices prior To this time
Attorney Beckett said that he ap.
prehends that the trust will under.
take to show great increased demand
for gasoline through the multiplied
ton Of automobiles causing a falling
off In the demand for Kerosene. but
he declared that the prosecution in
that event VIII insist on being allow
ed 10 go back into prior years to show
that no fall occurred in Raleigh until
this year, when competition doomed
up here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-14
ROBERTA De JAhON
GETS BUST FORTUNE
MILLIONAIRE SEED MAN WILLS
WEALTH TO GRANpDAuCH.
TER, WHO WAS RECENTLY
IN PUBLIC EVE.

Pitll.A pELPHIA. PA. Dec, 14-go-
befta DeJanon4 principal In n trans
continental elopemeHt with Frederick
tohen. HelieNu.- Straiford hotel
waiter. year ago. and granddaughter
of the millionaire seed man. Robert
fnt~f woo died In his apartments at
the BELLEVUE Stratfnrd late last niuht,
VIII inherit his great wealth II In said.
but With restrictions that win protect
her from adventures. Although at
the time of her elopsnent Bulls, threat
ened TO cut her on In MS Will, he sub
seauenIly took her back into his favor.
Miss DeJanou is day en- route TO
this city from Los Angeles to which
city size was sent following her return
to this city from Chicago, where she
ana the waiter We're arrested She was
summoned by telegraph when the ply
sieians realized that the aged million
aire WAS beyond hopes OF recovery.
she viii hardly arrive in time for the
funeral. which probably win take place
Friday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-14
HAD HABIT Of
DISAPPEARING
EDWARD SEAICH HAS BEEN
AWAY DECENTRALIZATION -
MANS ACCOUNT ARE
49, n:
CORRECT.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, December
lit developed to-day that T. Ed
ward Seaich, the confidential book
Keeper for the Newport News and
old Point Railway and Electric Com
pany. who has been missing since last
Saturday afternoon has disappeared
before.
Ten years ago he was employed at
Old Point and suddenly disappeared
IN the same manner that now marks
his absence. After remaining away In
obscurity and out of communication
with his family and friends for about
three weeks he suddenly returned. AT
that time he gave mental depression
as the reason for his going away.
1t was learned to-day that before
leaving his home at noon Saturday
the last time his wife saw him ne
removed all of his correspondence
from his pockets. all papers contain
ing his name, and cut his initials and
name from the clothing that he wore.
Friends expressed the hope that he Is
Ill in hospital. in which case his
Identity Will soon be established and
that he has not made away with him
self.
OHiciais of the company by which
he was employed have broken their
silence to the extent of stating that
his accounts are correct and that his
place has not been filled.
Ills domestic relations are known
to have been happy
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-14
\ RELATED COMPLIMENT.

Contrary to expectations. Ex-President Roose-
velt's speech at the New Haven banquet did
not go into the causes of the recent result The
less. Instead of saying something which would
be of interest. he revamped his election speeches
and gave "A tired country more old morality new
nationalisn and more conservative radicalism
It is a tribute to the Colonefs unkillabe popu
larty that "a resurrection Of this sort should
the breakfast table.
What was of interest was the tardy bit or
grace in the ex-president's toast to President
Taft and the new Chief Justice OF the United
states III seems to me-. he said ' that moth
ing could be a better adgury of the future OF
this country than that q Republican President
should appoint an ex-Confederate. of opposite
political faith Chief Justice OF the United States
Supreme Court and receive the unanimous APP
plause Of his countrymen.
Tersely put and well stated this sentiment
is. it is nevertheless necessary that the toast be
taken in connection with the former utterances
Of the man who proposed it. II is not possible
tldt the graceful uttefance OF a speaker at a
banquet should not be subjected to the test of
his ungraceful utterances upon the sane subject
less formal and more candid occasions. 1t
is scarce eight weeks since the same distin
guished citizen who lauds the President and
augurs the bright future of the country from
non.partisan and non-sectional appointment OF
an eminent iurist head of one OF the co-ord
nate departments of the Government was public
~ declaring that the department itself was out
OF sympathy with the people. was fossilized
judicial oligarchy standing in the path Of lib
erty and was actually assuming from the uni
formed cgotism of a superficial mind to pass
in review upon the decisions of the very Court
itself, without which democracy as America
understands it would speedily resolye itself in
to the dictation of the mob. The man who so
consistently refrained from giving endorsement
to his friend in the hour of his need new under
takes to wave a rhetorical flag over his actions
now that his own ingratitude has proven in
effective The man who made an Issue of over
riding the courts. now becomes sentimental at
a court appointment. Truly there is a certain
dignity Of purpose as well as certain indig-
nifty of patronage, to both OF which Theodore
Roosevelt--with all his presumption % universal
knowledge-is utter stranger.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-14
TOOK HER AWAY
BEFORE GOT WRIT
GIRL ABOUT TO BE DEpoRTEo
HUSTLED AWAY WHILE LAW.
YER WAS HERE.

me UNUSUAL case Of Leie UtekeWicz
the foreign woman who was ordered
deported by the Department of Com
merce and Labor. and who was remoy-
ed TO New York by the inspector in
'ine ia escape the proceedings under
writ OF haheas corpus. viii be given
Il hearing before Judge Goff Wednes-
day afternoon at O'clock
Leie Utekewicz was admitted to this
country some three years ago by the
Immigration authorities and entered
the domestic service. A month or so
ago she was urged to come to Nor
folk by sister, and 1t was then that
the authorities got on her trail and.
deeming her an undesirable alien. the
department ordered eInspeetor Martin.
of the port of Norfolk to arrest her
and hold for deportation.
The woman ard s. NJ. Brandt. who
was ENGAGED as her attorney. applied
To Judge Goff for writ of habeas
Ger u on the ground that she was
un ustly confined In prison and was
re thor allowed to consult counsel nor
learn tie CHARGE against her. Judge
OF granted the writ. hut when the
nfws rec hed Nosf,'k it WIS found thar
In gector Martin had put her on an
old Iominlea Loaf and shipped her to
Ellis | land.
Mr. Brandt is In the city to see n
Judge Golf will not insist on.the recog-
milton Of the writ by the Federal au.
thorities and a trial Tor the woman
before she = daported.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-14

rs the necessities OF business publicity are con-
cerned is of the palpabe verities We sup
pose that every man engaged in the making OF
a newspaper sometimes permits himself NE un.
pleasant reflection of the transient character OF
his work Where is the paper and the work
of yesterday? Gone to make fires. to wrap bum
dies, to be carried away with the litter OF the
streets and Of the homes. The thing that was
born of hours of high tension work, the stories
that were written at fever heat. the opinions,
and disclosures, and jests. and human records
that made up all the pages, are-'Themselves,
with yesterdays sewn thousand years. The
newspaper is thing of to-day. Who would use
It, must look to the issue of the moment
clean slate. it takes impression from the swift
voices its momentary comment, and is gone, Al
most one would say ii has never been. despite
all the circumstance and detail of its birth,
Yet the yesterdays paper never dies Some
where II survives. In a hundred repositories
It's records continue. bding their time. The
of yesterday. forgotten to-day. rises UP the
of the day after tomorrow. In the mass
of the newspapers. there are no writings on the
sand, bnt rather the traces of life on superiul-
posed and long buried layers of rock Years,
generations, after the men who made them have
passed, after the papers themselves have for
reason or another ceased to exist these
mute fossil traces remain, waiting their re-
discovery. wonderfully outlined, terribly candid
in their record
Many a has made shipwreck upon the
paper of yesterday. hidden In his course like a
submerged reef ready to destroy him. Many a
forgotten scandal has at the first attempt to
practically forget it risen up with still deadly
venom to strike its prey again. Indeed. there
is a strange perversity about the paper Of yes
terday. which one find and which no
one can escape Cold mpersonal, unforgving
it is, i'll fact of kinshp with the roll OF tate,
written in its indelible characters impossible
OF obliteraton. OF all things the most transient
OF all work apparently that which leaves the
least impression. the rewspaper-p particularly
the newspaper Of yest'rdavis of all things
the most indestructible and OF all things that
which can least be hid altered.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-14
BACK YARDS oNFRoNT STREETS.

l. il lawful for the houses of city to turn
which Petersburg Council seems f. have re.
solved in the negative by the passage of an
ordinance requiring In future taat Al build
ings within the city shall front tao streets
on which they are built. rhia remarkable or
dinance was caused by the plans OF building
a number OF houses all OF which. turning their
backs disdainfulIy upon the public highways,
r-ould front upon an inner court within square
Passing over the fact that any building In
Guiding with it's grounds the width OF "a
street and have rear entrance to an
other and would thus. with all the best In
tention in the world automatically violate the