The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-15
Things IN General.

pneumonia attacks the steady, square
drinker, one who carries regularly his
pint to quart OF whisky daily, tho treat
ment comes exclusively under the do.
main OF the undertaken, as tho first case
OF discovery hasse to be reported.
Victoria is Queen of England, William
I. is Emperor Of Germany, Francis Jo.
seph Of Austria. Alexander III. is Gear
of Russia, Alphonso XII. is King Of
Spain, Humbert I. Of italy, Oscar II. Of
Sweden and Norway. Louis I. OF Portu-
GAL. Leopold II. Of Belgium, William III.
Of the Netherlands. George I. ofGreece,
Abdul Hamid is Sultan OF Turkey and
NJ. Greyy President Of France. Swift
zerland contains twenty-five cantons,
over which is one President elected ev.
cry year. We do not find the name Of
present incumbent.
The Journal of Science says: There
nrc at least twenty-seven pauper lunatic
asylums in England in which the use of
beer as an article OF diet has been dis.
continued. In no instance does It ap.
pear that this apparently important
change has led to olnconvenience or other
unsatisfactory results. On the contrary,
many Of the superlntendents in whose
asylrms the modification has been made,
and through them many Of the patients,
testify cordially to the benefits arising
from the change. The question is not
one OF teetotalism. or even primarily of
= financial order, had but one of pure
Iexpediency and good management.
In early times New England was ter.
ribly plagued with phantom ships and
such things. A vessel, all sails set, was
seen of New Haven by the people of
that place. Yet careful examination
showed that there was and could have
been no vessel near the locality where
1t appeared. The circumstance made a
profound impression; the deeper be-
cause no one could tell just what it
meant, and everyone was sure that some.
thing astounding was coming.
The largest living animal is the ror.
quail whale. l02 feet in length; the
smallest, the amoeboid forms. Whales
and elephants live to the greatest ape.
100 years; MAY flies the shortest, only
few hours. The most intelligent of the
lower animals, ahead even OF the Aus.
tralian bushmen and others, are the
ants.
One Of the stations of the weather
service of Great Britain is at Ben Novis.
A lady and gentleman recently ascended
the mountain with great difficulty. Aft
er fours' climbing they reached the top,
but no trace Of the observatory could be
seen. knowing they were at the right
al,
swered by the rising of a man out of q
hole at their feet, who conducted them
into u snug station completely buried in
the snow.
The two highest salaried Governors of
the States are those of New York and
Pennsylvania, who receive $4,000 vear
each. Next come California, Neveda
and Illinois at Sc. 900 each. The Govern
ors OF Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky,
Missouri, New Jersey, Virginia ana Wis
consin are paid s., 5,OlJ each. "Poor dear
Ohio allows only $4,000, but as every
man in tho state is available for the
Presidency except a few unfortuna te
gentlemen from Ireland and Germany"
A curious method of sinking shaft in
quicksand and in any situation where
running water proves an obstruction to
the ordinary method of procedure has
been invented by Herr Poetsch. The
boreholes are filled With pipes contain.
Ing freezing mixture so that the wet
groun. ie frozen hard and can be dealt
with like dry soil.
A lady traveller describes the govern
ment cigar factory at Seville, Spain.
, Three thousand s,,--Ltwomen are packed
in room rs thick as sardines in box,
many OF them with babies not q month
old. Dogs lie around, scratching fleas,
ON nilea of leaves and atnma Rnt tho