The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-23
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khg the railroads by cdlrry.
n done up In the green bar

n done up in the green ~
A statistician calculates that the tbAf
tonnage OF the world, steam and sail, . s
round numbers sl,U00, 600, Of which so pei
cent is British. {
Harvard has offered her duplicate collos
tions Of biography and archaeology to2V
ronto University which was recently
stroyed by fire.
Only IL per cent of tho poput
Russia can read and write. Thei "
Of ,;ap primary in al" osen schools is $1,000 for I'll
Ezra Marble who died at Fall IL,
Mass, aged eighty-thrce, set up and ps
calculation tho first calico printing macl
ever used in tho United States.
1t is said that the English authorities
still in pursuit of Jack the Ripper, and d
one Of the best known of their detectiva
spcctors devotes his whole time to thas
The New York Association Of v
Girls is composed OF eighteen }ciuhe,E
total membership Of o,635. The assoS
has rented l3 whole houses and. J8hoQ4
Tho empress of Austria is$sp I'M
magnificent Pompeiian pala0ik if1
which will have cost nearly .l,a
sterling by tho time ii is readys
tion.
John Ingelow is now more than d
years old. She has never marrjn6
lives in n pretty home in KensinRfG
land, where she devotes her timl
for her mother and to works Of
An artcsian we'll on Chat
farm, near Anahein, Cal. is
throwing out small fish. Smith
number Of ponls that he will q
the fish supplied from natures
William Black, the novelist,
less than medium height, musc1
compact of build. His hair is black,
closely clipped, and he has sweepSy
mustache that o cavalry man might enp,
Prominent cattlemcn OF Oregon hav,
recently expressed the opinion that horn
less cattle were better able TO endure
severe cold than those having horns. They
base this opinion upon the experience oi
the past winter.
In Paris, all the electric wires, no mat
ter Of what description, arc under ground
telephone and telegraph, IS we'll as elec
trict light. This is accomplished under
stringent municipal regulations, AMI accl-
dents are unknown
mineral oil Of beautiful rink colol
has been discovered near Bowling Green
Ky. The oil is odorless when cold, bui
when heated it emits an odor not unlike
that Of altar o. roses. 1t Lurns slowly
with r0se-colorcd flame
Willium Waldorf Astors income is estf.
mated at $a1,OJO day. He does not make
it, bc it remembered, by writing novels
His grand father was formerly in the coon
skin business, and in that way put down
the foundation for the wealth of the As
tors.
A certain young mems christian asso
citation recently invited u gentleman to de-
liver an address. He did so, but was some
what taken abacil when the chairman At
tho close Of his address gave out the hym
art thou weary, art thou ianguid, art
thou sore oppressel.H :
The Only totally blind member Of the
present house of commons is Mr.. Macdon.
aid, OF Ireland. Ho Is brought into the
lobby by Mrs. Macdonald every night and
given over to tho charge of one Of hia
colleagues. Sho returns almost nightly Ia
lead him home to dinner
One Of tho pretticst women Mt the Span.
ish court in the days of Queen Isabella was
the duchess of Medina. Coch. She is now
grandmother and u noted patroness of
art and music. Her grandson, o hoy of
twelve, is the richest nobleman in Spain.
having fortune OF $?25,00o,OO0.
Nothing in this country more astonishes
an English university bred man than oul
college yclls. He never takes the practice
rs bit Ct American fun, but seriously seta
to work to prove how even educated Amer
leans follow the customs oft he savage In
diaps. his warwhoop being perpetuated ID
tho college yell.
From its source to its mouth the Azna1uu
is $500 miles in length, but the nause Az
zon is not continuous, and it is eal1
three different names in that spac]
Its Lake ltasca source to the gul
sissippi is 2,Gl6 miles long, and
Missouri tributary scource To Il
4.lA n!les in length.
At a shoe factory in Linn thief ent(
room at monday to steal clothing. IL
got caught In SHAFT and WAS whirled
around mt tho rltc of ninety times
minute for 6 quarter Of IN hour before
ing discovered. When released he looked
= little out of plumb. but had nothing to say
ana was permitted to go.
The old cannon which was on tie bank
az the Altamaha at Doctor;own, Ga, has
been taken away. Tho gun was placed
there during tho war to prevent the YAM
kees from becoming too promiscuous
around tho bridge which crosses the river
ut that place, it forming sort of water
battery to the fort on the bluff above.
The time required for q journey around
tho earth by q man walking day ana night,
without resting. would be ias days; un ex.
press train, 40 days; sound, at medium
temperature, 3aI5 hours: q cannon ball, 2lss<
hours; light, little more than one teuth OF
q second; and electricity, passing over o
copper wire, q iGie less than one-tenth OF
second.
IL the event OF . European outbreak
Great Britain would b, abe 10 send to sea
at months notice forty-four modern bat.
tlcships and beltcl curisers 10 cope, In casa
Of necessity, with Frances twenty three.
Rns,ia's fifteen. Germany's twelve or
Italy's ten so that no possible conelna-
tion Of my two powers would place Eng.
land ut disadvantage
A paper piano has-istsly bscn exhihitsd
in Paris The eRtiie case !slpade OF com.
pressed paper 10 which, N . hard.
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