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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

congress a repeal OF the a arrears OF pensions
act and fav oring the passage OF the SER
vice pension law proposed by the Nation.
al Tribune.
ENCAMPMENTs IN
The largest assemblagc ever gathered at
Wabasha, Mimi, was in attendance at
the interstate G. A. II. reunion. The
number present is estimated at
1000. The principal address
was delivered by Commander in Chief J.
=. Rea. The military movements OF the
Mullen guards and several visiting mill.
tary companies were OF q very excellent
character, and the dress parade OF tho
veterans was one OF the most interesting
and marked features. The air was alive
with music from brass and martial bands.
A large delegation Of veterans from the
Charles Coleman post OF Durand, Wis, al.
SO from Benjamin Allen post OF Waterville
and detachmemts from Rock Elm and
Mondovi posts, tho Woman's Relief corps
and Sons OF Veterans turned out in large
numbers to attend the reunion OF inter.
state encampment at Wabasha, Mimi.
AT the encatnpmens at Morris, MINI,
the boys were addressed by Gov. A. r.
McGill and Others. A camp fire was held
and the veterans were received by Com.
Chief Rea and Department Com.
mander Eye. The fireman's tournament
and tho trial OF the steam fire engine, FOL.
lowed by boat races. Dress parade took
place and at night there were dramatic
entertainments ut the opera house and
Agency hall. and dancing at the pavilion.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

The theory is held by Prof. Mendel.
eel, OF Russia, that petroleum is pro-
,duced by water which penetrates the
earth's crust and COMES in contact
with the glowing carbides of metal,
especially OF iron. The water is de-
composed into its constituent gases,
the oxygen uniting with the iron,
while the hydrogen takes up the car
bon and ascends too higher region,
where part of it is condensed into
mineral oil, and part remains as
natural gas, to escape wherever, and
whenever it can find an outlet. II
this assumption is correct, and q
sufficient store of metallic carbides is
contained in the earth's interior,
petroleum may continue to reformed
almost indefinitely. and continue to
yield q supply Of fuel long after the
supplyof coal has become exhausted.
Prof. Mendeleef supports his views by:
producing artificial petroleum in q
manner similar to that by which he
believes Che natural product Is made.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21
BY FLOOD,
Great Excitement at and Around
Cloquet Caused by High Water.

Never in the memory Of the oldest set.
tier has the destruction from high water
been so great as at present in the vicinity
OF Cloquet, along the line OF the St. Paul &
Dulpta road. A water spout burst over
theserritory and Immediately the waters
in the St. Louis and tributaries began to
rise, covering the tracks for miles, in
eighteen inches. One OF the booms
Of the c.. N. Nelson Lumber company
broke, but the logs were nearly all
caught. The remaining boom OF the Mel
son Lumber company OF .Cloquet broke
md the logs passed down the river, clearing
the Thomson bridge by only ten feet.
BY many persons it is said that the second
boom, which contained upwards IF co.
o0O, 600 feet of logs. first gave away, and
the massiv We force they exerted snapped
the Posey Island boom, where there were
0 1000, 600 feet. The water, after the
booms broke, rose two feet, seeming to
drain off the great ~overnowed tract OF land
above. 1t was but q few minutes after
the breaking OF the blooms before the bulk
Of the logs were zone. They Travelled down
the river a great mass, piled in places
away above the water, and carrying all be.
fore them. When they reached Thompson
and the Dalles there, an hour after break.
ing loose, they scattered as they
eS'S" o'SA S"O AStSny III dlu
piled up all along the banks, the sight as
they struck the Dalles and it's raging
waters was a wonderful one. 1t is feared
that when they came they would first jam
there, then afterward sweep down in n sol.
id mass and carry ava the iron bridge OF
the st. Pau q Duluth railroad, but that
fear turned out groundless. as the bridge
was not hurt atall. 1t took but two hours
for the $4,000, 0 feet to pass Thomp-
son The loss Of tho lumbermen is enor.
nous. As neal as can now be estimated it
will reach nearly half u million dollars and
may run over that. and Of course on all
this great loss there is no insurance at
all. The loss to the knife Falls Boom COM
pany and tho lumberncn there will be
$150,OOO or more. and GU the logs swept
away perhaps nearly $500. 900 more.
The log slide OF their upper mill was swept
down the stream. One span OF the water
power company's railroad bridge and two
small wooden bridges there. were also car.
ried down stream. The Colquet Lumber
company estimate their loss at 35, OOO,.
600 feet, which cost to put in about
$3.50, 600.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21
Wonders OF the Sierras<
American Magazine.

e iHSrtCAH MaSnZlne. # #S88a&R@SS~
"Soine folks think" said an ola
m~ountaineer, that I was the first one
into these mountains and / reckon I
was. over sartin trails; but there's
been men in here matter Of 100
years ago, accordin' to my thipkin'.
How do know? Well, it was this
way. A few years ago a friend OF
mine down in Los Angeles told me
that about once q month a Chinaman
came into one OF the banks there and
deposited raw gold. My friend. lie
lowed that that was being sailed
do Kn to be carried to China and bein,
agin his principles. lie made out to
follow the Chinaman; SO lie got on his
trail and followed him up the canon
below here, but he alwayslosth him alta
sartin point. You gentlemen" contin-
ue6 the speaker, 'have al heard of the
lost mine in the Sierras9 Well, my
partner believed the Chinaman had
struck it, SO he put me on the track
and / spent about four months n.
dodgin' HIM, then | gave it up.
ION one Of my trips into the range
/ got in about twenty miles below
here, as near as / kin reckon, and II
cut my way in mostly with an axe. One
day, after I'd had a.pretty hard pull,
/ came out right onto q pile OF lumber
that kinder give me a start. There
waslogs two foot through, cut as neat
as you could no it with a saw, piled
one on another to a height OF twenty
loot; all sagged in the middle and so
far gone Icould run my finger in 'em
anywhere. Big trees had grown all
about and the brush / found WELL.
they had a report around Los Angles
that found a lot of plumber: but, be-
tween you and me, | didn't. l did
find and old camp, and the way things
was fixed showed that whoever be-
longed to it hadn't any idea of leavin'
when they did; but they had stepped
ont, and no one had ever come back,
and everything had fallen to rack and
ruin. There wasn't a. sign OF a trail;
if there had been one it was growed
over. Some folks said it was an In
dian camp, and the wood was cut for
the old San Gabriel mission and was
v called for. It's there yet; but /
don't believe ] could find it again.
The Southern California has had in-S
habitants about whom little is or
ever will be known, is not to be doubt.
ell. Far up the Arrovo trail, over
which we came my horse stumbled on
a pestle we'll worn by constant use by
those people OF olden time. On the
Giddings ranch, near the mouth of
this green river, every rain washes
out numbers OF stone implements,
and ! have followed the plough OF the
owner and watched him throw out
mortars and pestels of various kinds,
the work Ct the ancient occupants OF
that rancho.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21
Going over Niagara Falls.

Potts and Hanlett, who distinguish.
ed themselves once by going through the
perilous Niagara whirlpool rapids in a
q small barrel. have resolved to perform
a more dangerous feat. that Of going over
the Niagara cataract in the little craft.
They made some preliminary ex.
periments. The barrel Was launched
the other day in Chippewa creek
not far from the upper rapids, and tow ed
to the center of the current WHICH fee DIS
the Horseshoe falls. The cask had been
balasted with sand, and a bantam rooster
was placed in it before the air valve was
closed. Half an hour elapsed before the
barrel went over the brink. In five seconds
it r%eappeared in the boiling torrent below
and rapidly drifted into Base Rock
eddy, a dangerous spot, where
it whirled around from noon
until nearly S O'Clock. Then it was
carried toward the Maid of the Mist land
ing. where it was picked up by some boat.
men. The ballast had shifted, and the
rooster VAS dead and dismembered. The
experience was witnessed by n large crowd
OF people. Mr.. Potts said hat either he
or his partner would undoubtedly under
take to 60 under the falls. The ballast
would be better secured, and Is the BALL
asst showed only one mark from having
come in contact with q rock. he felt that
the trip would be safer han many people
thought.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

Mrs. E. o. Stanard, a prominent
woman OF st. Louis, Mo-, is looking
for a heroine. A few days ago Mrs.
Stanard a riding in her carriage
with her two little daughters. The
horses took fright and ran away. As
the carriage was nearing an open
sewer on Elliott avenue g young girl
about sixteen years of age sprang
from a buggy in which she Vas seated,
and Selling the runaway horses by the
head, saved the lives of Mrs. Stanard
and her daughters. The plucky girl
disappeared so quickly after her brave
deed that her name could not be
ascertained.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21
The MoSuuitO.

Mr.. II. Sullivan Thomas, who has
been lecturing on the MOSQUITO before
the literary society of Madras, India
is ungallant enough to say THAT it is
only the female mosquito that does
the biting. He considers the mosqui-
to a most useful pest, seven Fights OF it's
existence being devoted to the service
OF man and only one-eight to his nm.
noyance. It. exists in the larval state
twenty.one days, and during that
period engages in sanitary work with
ardor and thoroughness. Wherever
there is q filthy drain, there the
mosquito Larvae are to be found, vo-
raciously devouring the contamating
matter. Mr.. Thomas admits that lie
is an anomalous animal, who wears
his heart where others wsar their
throat. and sows his wild oats at 4
time of life when the human kind try.
to make their fellows and Heaven be-
lieve they have never been sinners; but
his days OF sin are only a tenth OF his
total existence, which is more than
could be said OF most animals, u
included. And in clarifying the water,
OF India, which needs the process so
badly, the mosquito is performing q
public benefaction, and atoplng to:
some extent for the bloodthirsty APP
petite he develops during the three
days he exists in the more familiar
form. Mr.. Thomas tell us he never
yet. found g. case where a bite was
inflicted by any other than a female
mosqulto; and though he suggested rs
a possible explanation that the male
had quicker ears and might be more
on his guard against being caught.
this was obviously rather a conces-
sion to the feeling OF the feminine
portion of his audience than the j.
preston of scientific conviction.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

The dead letter office received 4, $685..
900 letters last year, for aho ut a.
third of which owners were discover
ed. Money to the value OF $780,.
764 vas found i'll 1883 letters.
These figures show the necessity OF
care IN directing letters and seeing
that they ara stamped, as we'll as in
dicating on the outside who sends
them. The return stamp, issued by a
Chicago concern, offers a convenient
method of Identification to those who
do not wish to put their names on en-.
velopes.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21
Quick Sale and Small Profit
Buffalo Express.

DuHAlO Express. VI, So s
"How much will you give me for
this Atlas OF the city," asked q But.
falo attorney as he walked into a sec
ond hand book store and handed the
owner the book named. Faint
worth much," answered the dealer, as
he turned over the leaves With an air
Of assumed indifference. There's no
demand for 'em. ! bought one almost
exactly like this last evening and it's
outside now. The binding il loose
and some of its pages are torn. There's
no demand for EN- at all. and / shall
think it is a good sale i! Iget dollarfor
the one I have now" 'All right; nere..s
your sale. This is the one you had
outside" gaily answered the lawyer,
as he threw down q silver. disc of the
denomination named, and skipped
out of the store before the disconcsrt-
ed proprietor could lnterpose an OBJ
lection. II had been hunting'fo that
atlas for months and would have
given SIS rather than not got it,,
remarked the attorney as he gleefullyxE
exhibited his pu rchase.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

The tongue will sometimes make the
most awkward slips. 1t Is told of a
clergyman in one of the towns near
Boston that he had given him to read
from the pulpit an announcement that
"the Bellingham praying band" would
conduct at the evening meeting; but
by some strange perversity Of the un-
ruly member the congregation was as
founded with the announcement that
there would be a service by the spray.
ingham belly.band."
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

Extended observations at Paris
and at Munich indicate that the SAM
tary condition of q locality depends
on the amount of water contained in
the ground. The years in which there
has been a large quantity of ground
water present have invariably been
the healthiest, while those in which
there has been q smaller quantity
have invariably been the unhealthiest.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21
Veal for the Beauty's Wrinkles

From the New I ork World.
A gentleman calling on Mrs. LanetryI
incidentally mentioned that Persian
women ward of wrinkles by applying
uncooked veal to their faces, and no
sooner had he shut the front door
than one Of the LiIy's servants was
on his way to the nearest meat shop.
There he procured several broa1 thin,
strips Of veal, and Mrs. Langtry giving
orders for mot at home' to every
one. retired to her chamber, disposed
herself on the lounge, and. with her
veal. allowed herself to be read to sleep
by her maid. F. yer since then she
has, throughout all her travels. cone
through this performance twice D
week, and finds her skin unfurrowedi
by any new insignia OF the passing,
years. Age, of course. is inexorabls
but veal, il appears, will postponethe
evil day.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21
Wholesale

One OF the most horrible poisoning cases
that Philadelphia has ever known has
been discovered, and another murderess
lodged in jail. John Whiting aged thirty.
eight years, his alleged wife, aged forty,
his alleged daughter Bertha, aged nine
years and his son Willie, aged two years,
lived in the rear end: OF 1927 Cadwallader
street. John Whiting died en- March 20,
Bertha on April rs and Willie on May 26.
Thedoctorsin attendance gave certificn tes
Of death respecti vely for inflammation OF
tho bowels, gastric fever and congestion Of
the bowels" There WINS an insurance on
the lives OF each, ranging from 5000 down
to $50. The coroner accidentally hear.
ing Of the case, and having his suspicious
aroused, had the bodies exhumed and q
chemical analysis made OF the intestines;,
and found arsenic in all. The woman was
sent for by the coroner and made a full
confession. She procured "Rough on
Rats" She gave the children
the poison and then summoned a ply
stefan, but did not ad minister the med
icine prescribsd. She said she could not
60 out washing with a baby and resolved
to get rid Of Willie; that she was afraid
Bertha would grow up a bad woman and
she had better die, Mnd concluded that il
she poisoned them oil at once she would
be found out. She came to Philadelphia
in 1879, and has lived in a house Of assig.
nation both there and in Chicago. She is
frivolous in manner and was only brought
to tho consciousness OF her position when
confronted with tho evidence OF her crime.
When she finished her confession she said
her conscience was clear and that she
would meet her dead children in heaven.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21
n BOYS IN BLUE.
They are Having Pleasant Gather
ings and a Good Time in Various
acc 1

''oS ~S 'S
Places.
The Veterans re- union at la Crosse,
Wis, has been a complete success in every
particular. There was q heavy rain, but
no wind and it caused no interference with
the men in camp.
There are p~resent,as follows: First bat
terry, AZ; Fourteenth infantry, ~; Sec
ond cavalry, I'll La Crosse county and
veterans not belonging to any or
ganization, about two hundred; La
Crosse and Lemonweir valley, about -four
hundred. These, with their bands and
citizens in line, made a procession Of
about one thousand people. Eleven old
battle flags were carried in line, and as
they passed were often greeted by throngs
on the sidewalks with barred heads. On
arriving at the park tho La Crosse and
Lemonweir association held their annual
meeting. The next place OF meet
ing is fixed at Viroqua. Col. E. M.
Rogers was elected commander, G. K. En-
win, officer of the day; H. G. Goshen, quar-.
G. Bebel, surgeon and g. vice,
president from.e each post. Next in order
was dinner, which al served in G>building'
seating about six hundred. All the yeter.s
ans were fed and then tho towns people, to
the number of two or three thousand. In
the afternoon exercises were held in the
park.
Resolutions we're adopted demandine Of
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

Mr.. Wilson presented in the house a let.
ter from the citizens executive COMMITTEES
Of Montana signed by d.. Merrill, chair.
nan asking for legislation to restrict the
Northern Pacific railroad in It's selection
asserted there are about 5000, 600 acres
OF mineral lands which the company is II.
able to secure unless steps are taken to
prevent it.
The dry goods house OF Shotwsll, Cleri.
hew q Lothian. Of Minneapolis has failed.
creditors TO allow the firm to resume bust.
ness, and the creditors will soon have 6
meeting to tslk over the situation
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21
DEATH Or THE EMPEROR.
cermany's Beloved Monarch,
Frederick H., Yields to lnsIdious

e.
Emperor Frederick H., died at Berlin at
10 o'clock on the 10th OF June. He had
been dying for some days, though
he retained his consciousness uutil
within q few hours OF his death.
As soon as it became evident that the
end was neal. the empress caused the royal
family to be summoned. At 8 o'clock all
gathered around the bedside. DR.. Koegel.
court chaplain. who had been summoned
by telegraph from Ems did not arrive in
time to administer the last sacrament.
DR.. Persius therefore, otIiciated in this cere.
mony. Pastor Rogge vas also present in
the death chamber. During the admins
.tering OF the sacrament, and even to within
fifteen minutes before his death, the EN-
peror appeared to be quite conscious.
He showed by the expression
OF his eyes and by the movements
Of his eye lids that he still recognized all
who approached the bedside, relatives and
others. A number OF officials who had
been summoned early in the morning
reached the palace before death had taken
place. Among those present at the time
the emperor died were Count Won Stolberg.
Wernigerode, Gen. Won Albedyn, Count
Gutenberg, Gen. Rauch, Count Radolin.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

Forty.two miles of the Manitoba roads
branch from Helena to Butte are COM
pleted. There are thirty miles left and the
line will probably be completed by the
middle OF July.
The excitement over the big disaster to
Ooquet, Mimi, still continues. Investiga.
ton Shows that the create: part OF the
logs which came down there were caught.
Very few OF them got into Duluth harbor.
The boom at Fond du Lac was broken
and they came down into st. Louis hay.
If the logs could be handled to advantage
at Duluth, the loss would, perhaps, hardly
be so great as estimated, Owners OF the
logs are already figuring with saw mill men
there on saving the logs at Duluth.
shotwell, Clsrihew & Lothmann, whole
sale dealers in drygoods and manufacture
ers OF clothing, Minneapolis, who have sus.
pended, have an Office in that city. Some
time ago they got into q difficulty from
which they were released by a loan OF
creditors there think their liabilities will
exceed $500, 600, the greater part OF which
is due in New York. =
The postoffice department is now pre-.
pared to consider the claims OF postmas-
tiers who haxe suffered loss OF postal funds
by fire, burglary or in transit. or by una
voidable casualty since March II, 1867.
All claimants must present their claims
within six months after May 9, 1883 the
date OF the approval OF the act under
which payment will be made. Blanks and
all needed information will be supplied by
the assistant attorney general for the
postofice department.. $@.#
The Millers National Con ventionsin SEES.
sion at Buffalo, New York is in favor OF
removing, the import duty on Canadian
wheat. x,
The marriage Of Miss Mollie Garfield to
J. Stanley Brown and that Of Miss Belle
Mason, OF Cleveland, to Harry Garfield
eldest o OF the dead President, took
place at the home OF the family. The Ger.
emory was performed in the Garfield me-
mortal room by Rev. w. v. w. Davis, OF
Worcester. Mass, the former pastor OF
OF Cleveland. Both the brides wore men,
bers OF his congregation during his paste.
rate in Cleveland.
A bronze equestrian statute of Israel
Putnam, the evolutionary hero, erected
by the state, was unveiled at BROOKLYN,
Conn. Hon. Morris w. Seymour,
OF the statue commission, made the
prese ntation, and Gov. Lounsbury
the address, receiving it on behalf OF
the state. Prof. johnson. OF Trinity
college. read q poem and Henry g. Robin
son OF Hartford, delivered the grafton. "A
grandson and a great-grandson Of the old
hero were present, and the latter did the
unwilling in the presence ola large con-
course Of people, civilian and military. A
monument to the soldiers OF the late war,
the gift Of private citizen, was subse.
quently unveiled. +
AStillwater jury has giveu ex.Warden
Reed, OF the state prison,a verdict OF
81. 900 in a civil suit Tor damages against
Warden Stordock for libel in giving pub.
LEFTY to. charges of improper intimacy
with female convicts against his predeces.
sor in. Office. A motion for a new trial
will be made, and the case will be taken to
the supreme court il necessary.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

The Poultry World says: a tea
spoonful Of glycerine and four o. Ave
drops Of nitric acid to apint Of drink.
Ing water will generally cure aioWl
that shows symptoms 81 bronchitia...ss
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

A correspondent Of a Kentucky
newspaper writes that he recently Wis.
tied the birth place of Abraham Lin
coin, in Larue county, and found the
neighborhood the most unpromising
locality in the state, the land imme-
diately surrounding it being almost as
barren as q desert.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

A few days ago q Mr.. Cont, OF
Richmond, Va, noticed that his in.
FAINT Sol was covered on the neck and
arms with a number Of red spots. and
he subsequently discovered that the
child had been bitten by q large
spider. From that time the infants
limbs began to swell, and in a few
days the little sufferer died in great
agony.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

Miss Kate Bishop, an actress in
Australia, wears a silver bracelet on
her left arm night andday. Her only
sister locked it there before she sailed
for America to get married. The ship
went down with all hands, and the key
is with the drowned girl.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-21

Last fall a bug flew into the ear OF
Henry Bolton, of Frederick township,
Montgomery county, Pa, rendering
aim entirely deaf on that side. A few
days ago the bug dropped out and his
hearing almost Immediately returned.