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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
The New York Central's Big Loco
" motive. -,. -

The New York Central Railroad
Company has just added to it's rolling
stock what is reputed as the largest
locomotive III the world. The engine
itself is so feet long, over all, and
weighs minus the tender, 6OOtonsn net.
There ore four driving wheels, accord
ing to a contemporary, and the pres.
sure upon each OF these is 10 tons,
therefore the gross weight OF the mon.
ster, when III motion, is IN oven 100
tons. The machine stands Is feet
high. The driving wheels, which, by
the way, are the largest ever turned
out in this country, are seven feet
three inche high, have a spread OF 81
feet on a level grade, and are provided
with special tires 81 inches thick. The
locomotive has been put into COM
mission on the Empire State Express
line, running between New York city
and Buffalo, and will average 61k
miles per hour with the regular train
OF five coaches and a freight car. 1t is
claimed that the engine can, however,
steam 65 miles per hour under like
conditions. The frame and skeleton
of the machine were furnished by the
Schenectady Locomotive Works, but
the boiler, wheels, cab, etc., were built
at the New York Central Company'e
shop at West Albany.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
Developing a Girls Voice.

A naturally beautiful voice is a
beautiful thing, and a gift to be ap-
preciated and cared for ''reverently,
discreetly and advisedly," but it is a
gift which is not given to every one.
Proper cultivation, however, and,
what is synonymous with it, a right
method, a do as much and more.
without much natural voice. than the
most beautiful voice without them.
The moral OF all this is, therefore,
secure a good teacher. and then work
with your teacher. The best teacher
is not the one who, at the first lesson,
will give you a solo and teach you to
sing, after his fashion, "twenty songs
in ten lessons" It is, rather, the one
who, commencing with tone produc-
ton, developes, one by one, the notes
of your voice until each one IS perfect,
Of even quality and quantity, and un-
der your complete control. This will
be a work Ut time, Of patience and Of
care; but the result will fully justify
your pains. Having your voice under
control, solo and part singing will be
q matter merely of reading and OF at
tention with you.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
A PUZZLE.
Things About White Mice That no
Fellow Can Understand,

Things About White Mice That no
Fellow Can Understand.
"Now, it is just here that the puzzle
/ speak of comes in. Take a litter oil
white mice in which there are a couple
OF gray ones and you will find that
the behavior OF the gray
mice is altogether different from
that OF their white brothers and sit
tiers. Whereas the white mes show
no fear OF human beings whatever,
having become accustomed to them
through many generations, the gray
mice from the earliest infancy exhibit
a dread of man. In fact, they behave
precisely as small wild mice in a nest
would do.
"Evidently in reverting the color Of
their unframed ancestors they have at
the same time resumed the instincts
of the latter. Is not that very strange?
No, | cannot pretend to account fol
it. 1t is a psychological problem, too
deep for science to do more than to
guess at. For reasons which we are
not able to comprehend, there i, a GER.
tion relation between color and dispo.
sition in animals. For EXAMPLE, it is
we'll k OWN t at white horses are the
most gentle. "-Washington Star.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
SAHARA TIE VAST AND STERILE

The Greater Part OF 1t Almost En-
tirely Destitute OF Any Kind Of
Life.
The Sahara begins on the shores of
the Atlantic ocean between the Ca.
naries and Cape Verd, and traverse
the whole of north Africa, Abrabia
and Persia, as far as central Asia.
The Mediterranean portion of it may
be said roughly to extend between the
18th and 3Oth degrees OF north lati-
tude. This al popularity supposed
to have been a vast island sea, bnt
the New York Ledger says this theory
was supported. 1t has been abund-
antly proved by the researches of
travellers and biologists that such q
sea was neither the cause nor the orr.
gin of tn e Libyan desert. Rainless
and sterile regions of this nature are
not peculiar in north Africa, but oc
cur in two belts which go round the
world in either hemisphere, at about
similar distances north and south
OF the equator. These CORE
spond in locality the greater in
land drainage areas from which no
water can be discharged into the
ocean and which occupy about one
fifth of the total land surface of the
globe. The African Sahara is by no
means q uniform plain, but forms
several distinct basins containing a
considerable extent Of what may al
most be called mountain land. The
Hogan mountains, in the center of
the Sahara, are 1000 feet high, and
arc covered during three months with
snow. The physical character OF the
region is very varied. Insome places,
such rs Tout and other oase in or
bordering on Morocco, there are we'll
watered valleys, with fine scenery and
almost European vegetation, where
the fruits of the north flourish side by
side with the palm.tree. IN others,
there are rivers like the Uied CUR, an
af1uent of the Niger, which the French
soldiers. who saw it in 1870, com
pared to the Loire. Again, as in the
bed of the Uried Rir, there is a sub,
terranean river which gives a sufficient
supply of water to make a chain OF
rich and well-peopled GASES equal in
fertility to some OF the finest portions
OF Algeria. The greater part OF Sa-
hara, however, is hard and undulat-
ing, cut up by dry water-courses and
almost entirely without animal or
vegetable life.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
Sure Enough.

Many older people will know how to
sympathize with a boy of whom the
Detroit Free Press tells a story. HI
is six years old, and has u brother
and a sister who are two and four
years older respectively.
The two older children were lately
invited to q party, while Willie, the
six year old vas sighted much to his
chagrin. When the other two had
gone, therefore the mother devoted
herself to comforting the mourner,
who had just made some remark re,
lecting upon the kindness OF Mrs,
Blank, the giver OF the party.
"Why Willy" said his mother, who
was perhaps not very discreet in h"r
well.meant efforts: Il heard Mrs.
Blank talking about you only the
other day, and she said you were the
handsomest boy in the whole town.
Willy was silent tor q moment, as
we'll he might be. Then he began to
sob afresh, as he answered.:
"But, mamma, what's the good Of
bein' beautiful ii a fellow don't git
invited to no parties?"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
There's a wi6 difference
the help that's talked of
O9

There's a soide difference
between the help that's talked of
and the help that's guaranteed.
Which do you want, when you're
buying medicine?
If you're satisfied with words, you
get them with every blood-purifer
out one. That one is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. With
that, you get a guarantee. If it
doesn't help you, you have your
money back. On this plan, a medi-
zine that promises help is pretty
'ure to give it.
But it's because the medicine 10
different, that it's sold differently.
It's not like the sarsaparillas, which
are said to be good for the blood
N March, April, and May. At all
seasons and in all cases, it cures
permanently, as nothing else can,
all the diseases arising from a tor
old liver or from impure blood.
It's the best blood purifier, and
it's the cheapest, no matter how
many doses are offered for a dollar.
With this, you pay only for the
good You get.
Can you ask moreP
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03

"IIl tell you what we will do, Allie,"
cried Nellie, when mamma had gone
upstairs with baby. "Let us give our
birds some Thanksgiving. There are
the blue iays-1 guess they will come
and the moose birds-I know they
willard maybe the cross bills"
"Let's do it," echoed Allie, and they
raj away to the great storeroom.
They were soon laughing merrily as
they tied their bundles to the clothes
horse which stood on the veranda.
''They will never dare to come here"
said Nellie. "Then we must carry the
clothes horse out by the barn."
said Allie. So they pulled and
tugged until they had the clothe.
horse on the sunny side of the big
barn. Then they sat down upon the
back steps and watched. Very soon
q bird came and alighted near the
clothes horse.
cit is a moose Bird" whispered
Allie. "lnev are always hungry, Inc
he will be sure to see it. Sure enough,
he did see it., and soon his mate came,
too, and another and another until
there were five birds pecking eagerly
and rwittering their thanks.
"Sh-h-h!" cautioned Allie, as
mamma came to see what kept them
so still. ave are feeding the birdies,'
said Nellie. but mamma said nothing.
She looked first at the birds and then
at the girls. For what do you think
they had given the birds for their
Thanksgiving dinner All the white
suet which was meant for a pudding
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03

holds the mechanism. Each bird is
the exact counterpart of it's natural
brother, which it represents, in form,
plumage and size, whether it be q
simple sparrow, or a bird of PARADISE.
No ornithologist could have initiated
nature more perfectly than
has been done by this auto
maton artist. Some of the
birds SIT perched ON a branch,
while a number of Others seem to in
habit q tree, where they fit from
branch to branch, making it impos-
sible to detect the bar mounted on q
pivot and hidden by the leaves which
makes this perfect imitation OF nature
possible, and by which they move
from side to side or from the top of
the tree to the bottom. Still another
set are mounted on q base SO small
and delicate that it can be placed in a
basket OF flowers. There are several
snuffboxes containing a mite OF a bird,
which flies to the edge OF the box as
soon as the lid is removed and begins
it's song. When it has finished the
bird returns and the lid closes auto
maticalIy. These snuffboxes are beau
tiful specimens Of the jewelers. art,
inlaid with gems, encrusted with
pearls and handsomely embossed and
engraved.
A wonderfully ingenious model is
one representing a pistol, from the
barrel Of which, when the trigger is
pulled, a bird energes, begins to
twitter, and again disappears inside
the weapon.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
Good Advice From Small Elsie,

Acertain small Elsie was receiving
a visit from her youpgneighbor Ralph
with his nurse. Ralph misbehaved
and the nurse admonished him after
the manner of her kind. "The dog
will bite you," she said, and Ralph
began to cry. Elsie looked on, trou-
bled. She knew there was no dog in
the house, but she was a little afraid
to combat this strange nurses asser-
ton. But she saw a way out OF her
dilemma. Don't envy. RATTLE" she
said. r%eassuringIy; "wait till the dod-
die comes," which WAS the wisdom of
Solomon and Shakespeare combined,
out OF the mouth OF a 3S:year-old.
What an amount of weeping would
be banished from the world If every
body would "wait till the doddie
comes" before he began his tears.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
august
Flower"

have been troubled with dyspep-
STA, but after a fair trial of August
Flower, am freed from the vexatious
trouble-J. B. Young, Daughters
College, Harrodsburg, KY. l had
headache one year steady. One bottle
of August Flower cured me. 1t was
positively worth one hundred dollars
to me-. w. Smith, Pm. and Gen.
Merchant, Townsend, Ont. I have
used it myself for constipation and
dyspepsia and it cured me, 1t is the
best seller / ever handled-C. Rugh,
Druggist, Mechanicsburg, Pa. q
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
Brave Men.

Persians in general are not suppos-
ed to be the bravest people in the
world, but even in Persia the inhabi-
tants OF Kashan, a mercantile city,
are notorious for their lack of q war
like spirit.
Their pusillanimity has passed into
a proverb, and given rise to many
stories.
One of the best of these is that
when Nadir Shah disbanded his army
on it's return from India, the thirty
thousand men belonging to Kashan
and it's sister city Of Isfahan applied
Tor an escort Of one hundred muske.
teers to see Thorn safely home.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
Minute ~BIacksmithipg.

Mark Scarlet, q blacksmith who
lived during the reign OF Queen Eliza
beth, made a chain OF iorty.fve links,
to which he attached a paddock made
OF steel and brass, consisting OF
eleven pieces besides the key, says the
Philadelphia Press. The chain was
so small as to freely admit of being
fastened to the neck ofacommon flea.
The apparatus, flea chain paddock,
key and all weighed but q grain and a
half when exhibited before wondering
royalty on q plate OF polished silver.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear; There is only
stitutioual remedies. Deafness 10 caused by an In
famed condition OF the mucouslining OF the Eus.
tachian Tube. When this tube Is in1amed you
and when it is entirely closed. Deafness Is the re-
suit, and unless the Inflammation canbe taken
ton. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out d. ten are caused by catarrh. which Ia moth
ing. but an infamed condition OF the mucous
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any casa
OF Deafness lcaused by catarrhl that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars:
free. F. j. CHENEY X CO., Toledo, @.
~ Sold BIZ Druggists. 75c.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
your Work in life.''

A series OIL articles by successful men
in as many pursuits is one 0, the many
strong grouls of articles which are n
nounced in The Youths Companion for
1893. The Brayest Deed l ever Saw is
the topic of another series by United States
Generals. The prospectus Tor the coming
year Of the Companion Is more varied
and generous than ever. Those who SUBJ
scribe al once will receive the paper free to
Jan. /. 1893, and for a iull year from that
date. Only $l.75 O year. Address THE
YOUTH'SCOMPANION, Boston, Mass.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
She Knew,

A new instance, borrowed from Tit
Bits, OF the danger incident to leadin
questions: The minister's wife wa
laboring with a delinquent member O
the industrial school.
ELIZA Jane" she said, 81 am sorry
to hear from your teacher that you
are not diligent at your needlework
Don't you know who it is that finds
work for idle hands to do?"
"Yes'm," answered Eliza Jane, anx
ious to propitiate; yes m; you do
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03

ToMMYBoB's THANKSGIVING VISION.
Then in walked a turkey, despatched with
mud,
And with gobbles which curdled poor Tom
mybob's blood,
The lack of a liver and q load of fine dress
ing
It perched on the ioolboard and whispered
"Ill stay IL.
And hiccough, young man, till next
Thanksgiving Day."
Fried oysters rode bicycles made OF mince
And each took a ''header" ri.ht into his
A plum pudding camped on a terrible
And doubled its fist at a big jelly cake;
While raisins u~nnumbered fell over in fits
Which frightened poor Tommybob out of
As the nuts fell like hail, some one sounded
And at once all the company Joined in a
Woe, woe to thee, Tommybob! Many a
Well dance on thy bed till thou tIemblest
with fright,
Till thon learnst that thy stomach should
not be abused,
For know that thy gluttonyM not be ex-
.cussd.o
Then At Tommy they sprang. He uttered
q groaIs
And, 10! they all vanished, and he was
alone.
Tonmybob has decided a greedy young
sinner
Has to pay a big price for q Thanksgiving
dinner,
And that eating to live will make much
finer living .
Than living to eat, as he did on Thanksgiv-
ing.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
The Initiative African

Parson Baxter--So you has chal-
lenged Peter Jackson for de cullud
championship. Huh! He will make
you see stahs.
Sam Johnsing- OATS hit! After de
fight we will bofe be stahs. He will
stab in Ode man from Congo" and I
will stab in "Gentleman Sam" We
is onter desc white pugilists-we is.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
INTERESTING READING FOR
THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
Birds Thanksgiving Dinner--Vis-
ions That Disturbed a Greedy
Young Sinner--An After
noon Frollc--Chlldren
Need Sleep.
An Afternoon Frolic.

~~
Ava, leaning two small elbows on
mammals desk. Cant you please
tell lis something to play, you used to
! when you we're little, mammal"
Cause we're so lonesome" piped Ed.
! 10.
Poor little girlies! Mamma couldn't
lelp pitying them just q wee bit. 1t
was a cherries, windy day, and they
we're just getting over the measles.
"Why don't you swing?" she asked
brightly.
Ava wrinkled up her forehead and
twisted her mouth around.
II guess-it makes us dizzy" she
said slowly.
at makes me bizzy, I dess too,"
echoed Edna.
Mamma laughed. 1t was plain to
be seen that the doorway swing was
getting to be an old story. She
thought a minute, then she took her
silver thimble from her work-basket
and stood up in the middle OF the
room.
"Both OF you 60 behind the door
and blind your eyes," said she.
"Shut 'em up?" asked Ava.
eyes" said mamma; land when /
want you to look I'll say, Ready
Then she put the silver thimble in
one corner OF the window-sill, SO it
would be easy to find the first
time.
"Ready!" she cried; "now hunt the
thimble." And then she held her
hand as high from the floor as the
w~indow-sill was, and sang:
Little Biddy Bye
About so high!"
Just exactly as she used to sing it
when she was a little girl.
Then how they hunted-here, there
and everywhere except in the corner
of the window. 1t was Edna who
spied the thimble there:.at last, and
caught it up with a gleeful shout:
x1CIo UC IL! llCIO w ~!
Every WE'LL" said mamma, laughing.
"Now it's Edna's turn TO hide it. But
I want to s my thimble; get some
thing else"
So Edna brought a spool of twist,
and mamma fastened the end so it
wouldn't unwind any more; and then
Ava blinded while Edna hid the
"thimble'' under the cricket cover.
Such fun as it was! The little girls
forgot all about being lonesome.
Once when Edna blinded her brown
eyes in mammals lap, mamma hid the
"thimble' in a funny place. She wound
the little end of twist around one o.
Edna's tier buttons.
Little Biddy Bye,
Bout SO HIGH"
sang Ava, putting her hand owe her
mouth. Look real sharp, Edna"
But Edna could'tfin lind it, though she
looked every II of the hiding-places
over and through; at last she had to
give up. And just then the twist un'
wound itself and dropped the spool.
Then owtheyl laughed; but mamma
said Edna must pay aforfeit for giving
up.
"Molasses candy will be just the
thing" said she. "Run out in the
kitchen, and if Mary is done forming
she may make you some"
"Oh, goody!" cried the children,
both together this time; and aw
they ran.
Visions That Disturbed a Gree ~
Young Sinner the Night Following
Thank sgtving.
1t was Thanksgiving evening. and Tommy
bob slept,
While over his pillow Thanksgiving dreams
crept.
They whispered, the while he grew rigid
with lear:
look out, for the ghosts of the slaughtered
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
Greasing the pillow will make it clean
itself in clay ground in wet weather.

Cured coug!, lett alter lung fever, with
two bnttles. Mrs. Lizzie Burns. Barclay,
Sangamon Co.. Ills, writes as folio VS.: II
think DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is truly an
fever, as two bottles entirely cured my
daughter"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
THANKSGIVING Candles,


ORANGE DRoPs.-Grate the rind OF
one orange and squeeze the juice, TAX
ing care to reject the seeds; add to
this q pinch OF tartaric acid, then
stir in confectioners sugar until it is
stiff enough to form balls the size of a
small marble. This is delicious candy.
MAPLE CREAM WALNUTs-Take one
cupful OF water and two cupfuls OF
maple sugar; cook without stirring,
and when nearly done put in a small
piece of butter; try in water, and when
it begins to harden take off and stir
rapidly until it becomes a waxen SUBJ
stance; then make into balls and put
halves of English walnuts on either
side, putting on a CREASED plate to
cool.
HIcKoRY-NUT CARAMELs-Mix four
cupfuls of graduated sugar, three ta-
blespoonfuls Of glucose, and a cupful
OF boiling water, and boil until done,
which is determined by the candy
hardening Immediately when dropped
into cold water. Next add a cupful OF
cream and a half Il cupful OF butter,
stirring consts ntly until done. Just as
it is done add two cupfuls of finely
chopped %hickory-nut kernels, stir the
caramel once, and pour it out to cool.
This candy possesses a very rich fla
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03

THE BIRDS THANKSGIVING DINNER.
and the beefsteak which was laid
aside for breakfast.-Little Men and
Women.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03

FIG CREAM.-Cut nice fresh figs into
four or five strips, take a piece of
French cream and roll it into a long
roll in the palm OF the hand, then
with a knife cut it lengthwise and roll
into it one Of the strips and roll the
cream around it.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
BIRDS Thanksgiving Dinner.

Birds Thanksgiving Dinner.
Mamma was reading to Alice and
Nellie about the customs of children
in other lands, and telling them how
they often fed the birds at Christmas
time.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03

Work everything into the soil that
will give it life Or add to the supply Of
| plant food.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
CALIFORNIA F.; syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
G0ek8NkfE. ~ VIEW KQRk ~

Did you ever see a sickly
baby with dimples or a heal
thy one without them?
A thin baby is always deli
cate. Nobody worries about
a plump one.
If you can get your baby
plump, he is almost sure to
be well. If you can get him
we'll, he is almost sure to be
plump.
The way to do both-there
is but one WAYS by CARE
Full LIVING. Sometimes this
depends on SCOTS Emulsion
of cod-liver oil.
We will send you a book
on it; free.
-, sss ys. I De~r.. cA.~'''. y s's'l 81 Av''..
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
A Couple Of German Jokes,

Corporal Ito soldier)--Why is the
blade of the saber curved instead of
straight?
Soldier-It is curved in order to give
more force to the blow.
Corporal--Humbug! The saber is
curved so it will fit the scabbard. If
it was straight how would you get it
in the crooked scabbard, blockhead!
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03
Chudran Mead siaen.

Children until they are IL or 13
years old, should have at least 10
hours sleep, IL is better; until Is or
10, nine hours is none too much,
writes Mrs. Scovil in her valuable de-
partment, Mothers Corner" in the
Ladies Home Journal. In this coun-
try our children inherit nervous tenn.
peraments. No hygenic Measure
soothes, quiets and strengthens the
nerves like plenty OF sleep. Children
should never be Weakened in the morn
ing. Yet the demands of household
convenience and the claims of school
make it necessary that they should
be out of bed at a certain hour
usually not later than seven. To
make this possible, and give them
their fair share of sleep so that they
will be ready to waken of their own
accord, they must be in bed between
8 and 10 according to their ages. If
bedtime is made pleasant to them,
as mother love can make. it, with a
story, y little talk over the events OF
the day, with loving words and minis
trations, the hardship of Punishment
to bed will be robbed Gifts bitterness.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-12-03

In the way OF mechanical singing
birds France possessed some wonder
full specimens. The Conservatory OF
Arts and Artisans in. Paris contains a
line of remarkable samples, some of
which are more than 100 years old.
Some Of the automatic singing birds
are in cages, the bottom OF which