The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-06
lClsesllaasous Ksttsss.

The word "may" in statute means
SHALL" whenever the rights Of the
public or third persons depend upon
the exercise Of the power or the perfor-
nance Of the duty to which it refers,
according to the decision of the Su.
preme Court Of Illinois.
There are 10 known metals valued at
over $1,000 per svoirdupois pound.
The most costly is vanadium which i.
said to bs worth &c. 900 pound. OF
these nineteen metals only one ia pro-
duced or used to any considerable ex-
tent, and that is iridium, which is val
ued at 81, 900 per pound. II is some
times, but very sparlngly, used in cleo.
trical experiments.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has re-,
oeived , letter from q resident Of Riga
Russia, inclosing q 800 note Of the Con.
federate States which he says he inher-
tied from his uncle, and which he wants
exchanged for currency.
Marshall Northrup, of Woodbridge,
Conn.,, has a novel barometer in the
shape Of four bullfrogs, which live in q
half hogshead in his spring. In fair
weather they sun themselves around q
hole in the bottom of the hogshead, but
whom the storm centre moves their way
they dive through the hole and out Of
sight.
Notwithstanding the great advantages
of citizenship in the United States and
Territories, 285, 600 900 human beings
still live under British rule.
London, although the largest city in
the world, is also one of the quietest,
in consequence Of the prevalence of
wood or asphalt pavement in all the
chief thoroughfares.
The records of the Chicago Building De
partment show that about *19, 1000, 600
has been expended in buildings in that
city during the year 1884. In 1883 the
amount expended was SIS, GAS, 700.
The frontage covered this year was lO3,-
BIZ feet, against " ,797 feet in 1883. In
the business section the greatest activ-
ity in building has been in the new
Board of Trade distriot. Many hand
some homes have been erected in the
residence quarters. The tenement
room has also been increaed, though
there appears to have been less of Q
mania for putting up flats.
A clockmaker of New York says.
This country sends tower clocks all over
ths civilized world, and we are now
making large one for Toxic Japan.
In the United States the greatest de-
mand for them comes from the north
and west. The prices range from $500
to IS, 900. There are q great many new
school houses, city halls, court houses
and other public buildings erected ev.
cry year. and the demand is always
good. We are making great many
handsome and expensive hall clocks, in
imitation of what are known as "old-
fashioned clocks" Some of these sell
for 81, 800. America is making better
and more accurate clocks and watches
than any other country.
Prof. R. Ogden Doremus Of New
York says, that the Egyptian obelisk in
Central Park is slowly disintregating
under the influence of the climate.
Particles of the stone are constantly
falling, and can be gathered by the
handful at the base ct any time. The
disintegration is more rapid in the win.
ter than in other seasons. Doremus
thinks that under present conditions
the characters upon the obelisk will be
obliterated within five hundred years,
though they have withstood the climate
Of Egypt four thousand years. He sug.
gests that stones which are thus seri-
ously effected by our climate could be
made more durable by being treated
with paraffine, which would not change
the stone except to brighten it and
make it proof against the weather.