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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-04-01

Souvenir coins 81 for each.
Souvenir coins 81 by mail.
Souvenir coins 81; in reach
Of every one. Send stamps; don't fall.
Northwestern Newspaper Union, st. Paul,
MINI. $50 .--
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-04-01

A sword has been found near BRENNAN,
Tex, which has Sam HOuSton's initials
carved upon the handle.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-04-01

One of the Tennessee train robbers was
iynched.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06
a pIon.tsr oul Kins.l In the c.,.,nI.

A Monster Owl Killed In the CatsIxiIIs.
Henry E. Mckenzie of Port Even
came up the U. and D. railroad as far as
Olive Branch for the purpose of shoot
ing game. While out in the woods near
Browns Station large bird few over
his head. Mckenzie fired and succeeded
in injuring one of his wings, causing it
to drop in woods near by. He quickly
ran to where it fell for the purpose of
securing it. When he reached the spot,
he made an attempt to get it, but it
sprang at him in such furious manner
as to cause him some alarm and great
deal of anxiety rs to his personal safety.
With the aid of his companion, Ed
ward Davis of Olive, and long pole
they succeeded in turning the bird on
its back and tying its feet with piece
of rope, thus rendering it helpless and
safe to carry. 1t turned out to be a great
owl, a bird rarely seen outside of British
America, its natural habitation. Its
wing measurement is feet. it stands
nearly % feet high and has a head about
IS inches in circumference. surmounted
in two large horns. The only injury
done the bird was slight wound about
the left wing, and it was taken TO Port
Even by Mr.. Mckenzie, where he has it
on exhibition. Many people who have
visited Central park and seen the many
curious owls there say that nothing like
it, either as to size or resemblance, is ON
eNhibition.-PincH Hill Sentinel.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

a pretty commencement gown may be
made of white embroidered muslin, the
tiny flower being done in white, and upon
close examination proving that it is a
forgetmenot. The skirt, which is full
and round, just barely escapes the floor.
At the foot it is finished with five narrow
''milliner's folds" of white satin. \
quarter of yard above these are three
narrow folds, and a quarter Of yard
above these is one. The bodice is round
and belted in with broad, white satin
belt laid in fine folds like those on the
skirt. Just in front, where it fastens,
are four white satin ribbon bows knotted
in the square style, so that they look like
forgetmenots themselves.
The gown is open at the throat, turned
over in very broad revers, faced with
the muslin and outlined with Irish lace,
that has the stitches necessary to keep it
in place hidden under folds of the satin.
The sleeves are very high puffs of the
satin, reaching quite to the elbows, and
below them fall frills of Irish lace. The
gloves are white undressed kid, and the
fan is white gauze one. The slippers
are white satin and the stockings white
silk. The hair is parted in the center,
drawn back and arranged low on the
neck in a loose knot.-Isabella Mallon
in Ladies' Home Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

\ hundred years ago the unfortunate
people who came into the hands of the
surgeons, generally soldiers or sailors
who had been hurt i'll action, were forced
to undergo the operations necessary to
the prolongation of life without taking
ether or chloroform, as is now admins
tered to make the patient unconscious,
and so free from pain attendant upon
the operation. To secure quiet, often
the subject had to be bound by ropes, so
that much as he might desire to vince
he was utterly unable to do so.
Occasionally patients would show re-
markable fortitude at the crisis of their
troubles, but none ever showed more
. than IA s,<lier who. ON the morning after
the battle of Yorktown, Oct. 10, 1871,
was brought into the hospital, having
been shot i'll the knee. 1t was found
necessary to amputate the limb, and the
surgeon ordered the nurses to bind the
man fast preparatory to the operation.
Never" protested the soldier. You
may tear my heart from my breast. but
YOU shall not bind me. Can you get me
a fiddle"
His request was complied with. and he
| proceeded to tune the instrument, after
which he said, so, doctor, now you can
begin" And he played during the whole
of the operation, which lasted 40 min
utes, without uttering single false note
or disturbing his features in the slight
est.-Harper'S Young People.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06
Whom Learning Was Despisea.

Abraham Fabert, who in the seven
tenth century became marshal of the
French army, lived in an age when learn
ing was despised and mere animal cour-
age won the plaudits of court and people.
''The king has no need of philosophers
in his armies" said one who knew the
signs of the times. He wants soldiers,
stirring, active and resolute men. De-
baters are only useful in the schools"
1t was at this period that the Marquis
Of Cramail, at critical moment, ad-
dressed his rear guard, imploring them
not to ride away from the field, and his
eloQuence was at once destroyed when
some one cried:
"Why listen to him? He has written
a book
Il mend my pen with my sword, " said
Q noble of the time TO poet, and the re-
tort was prompt:
Then am no longer astonished that
you write so badly"
But young Fabert, who became a pri-
vate at the age of Il, was determined to
master all the branches of his profession
from the simplest to- the most complex.
He fulfilled all his practical duties per
fectly, and at the same time studied with
unfailing zeal. He taught himself the
rudiments of geometry, fortifcation and
drawing. He read history, studied Ger
man, Spanish, italian and Flemish and
was always eagerly seeking to improve
his knowledge of geography.
This" he used to say, lis as necessary
to an officer as arms are to the soldier"
The result was that when France
needed the service of u trained mind and
well disciplined will Fabert was at her
service. Moreover, he was the first mar
shall who rose from the ranks.-Youth's
Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

The question. Who are the Basques:
that mysterious people who give their
name 70 the bay of Biscay, is always
cropping up. and Professor Won der Ga
belentz has recently endeavored TO show
that the Basque language belongs to the
African Berber family of speech-for ex-
ample, the Kabyle and Taureg. His ev-
idence. however, only amounts TO a few
culture words being identical in the
Basque and Berber languages and GER
tain analogies in the laws of phonetic
change. Moreover. he assumes that the
Basques and Iberians were the same peO-
pie.
But, as Canon Isaac Taylor points out,
the lberian tongue, according to our
highest authorities, was different from
the Basque, and the French Basques are
a different race from the Spanish
Basques. who are feebler people of the
lberian type. If we assume that the
Basques conquered the Iberians. we can
account for the resemblances noticed by
Professor Won der Gabelentz. because
the loerians of Berber origin in acarir-
ing the language of their cououerors
would retain their own phonetic ten
oehcN and also some culture words in
ooth languages. As Canon TAYLOR re-
marks, we may still believe that the
BASQUE language is allied to the Ural-
AItaac type.-London Globe
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

The man was as thin as n rail and had
the cadaverous look of poet ont of
job. At least that's the way he appeared
to the editor as that gentleman raised
his eyes from his work to see what it
was shufling across the floor toward his
desk.
Good morning said the visitor.
Good morning, responded the editor.
You are the editor" said the visitor
inquiringly, half i'll doubt. Yes, know
you are. l can always tell an editor by
his intellectual expression. have here,
sir, an article for the press"
Prose or poetry" quericd the editor,
not regarding the flattery.
Both. sir: combination effort,
may say"
All. YOU must be genius"
We'll, sir" and the visitor plumed
himself, Il am considered by my friends
a Napoleon of literature, sir"
The editor didn't like that a little bit
I'm" he said, looking him over.
I'm, didn't know you were Napo-
leon, but 1 knew you were bony part
of literature. Anybody could see that
with half an Cye."-Detroit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06
THE coLoRs OF THE EARTH.
Cow They Affect the Light That Our
Planet Gives to the Moon.

Cow They Affect the Light That Our
Planet Gives to the Noon.
The wonderful difference between the
same landscape in winter and in summer
is phenomenon familiar to all jewellers
in the temperate zones. The two great
elements of change are the presence of
snow in winter and of leaves and grass
in summer. If we could look at our
globe from the moon, the variation in
its aspect due to seasonal changes would
perhaps be even more striking than it
appears to those upon its surface.
In fact, We sometimes lose sight of the
very important part which vegetation
plays in giving color to what might be
called the countenance of the planet.
1t is not the highest forms of plants
that always produce the greatest effect
in this way. Some of the most striking
scenes upon the earth owe their charac-
teristic features to MOSES and ichens.
The famous crimson cliffs of Green
land, which extend for miles northward
from Cape York, derive their splendid
color from the growth of red ichen
which covers their faces.
The cliffs rise between 700 and 1900
feet straight from the waters edge, and
being composed of gray granite their
aspect would be entirely different from
what it is but for the presence of the
hchen.
Coming to less magnificent, but not
less beautiful scenes, tine rocky pass
called the Golden Gate in the Yellow
stone National park owes its rich color
and its name to the yellow lichen cover
ing its lofty walls. and the indescribable
hues of the great hot spring terraces
arise mainly from the presence of minute
plants hOurishing in the water that over.
flows them.
Considered as 4 whole, the vegetation
of a planet may give it a characteristic
aspect as viewed from space. Many have
thought that the red color of Mars may
be due to the existence of red instead OF
green vegetation there.
That its broad expanses of forest and
prairie land cause the earth to reflect d
considerable quantity Of green light tc
its neighbors is indicated by the fact
that at the time of the new moon i
grcenish tint has been detected over.
spreading that part of the lunar surface
which is then illuminated only by light
from the earth.-Youth's Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06
They All Saw 1t Move.

Mrs. Burton, with her husband-Sir
Richard Burton. the famous traveller
and two ladies, had driven out of Trieste
to village dance and were sitting in
the carriage listening to the band. In
telling of it she said:
Suddenly, at the top of a roof, caught
sight of rat, which appeared to me TO
be spellbound by the music.
Look" l said. Don't move, but
watch that rat, fascinated by the mu-
sic
So we all sat and watched it, and
thought it most interesting that rats
should be susceptible to music like liz
ards and snakes.
We all saw it move. We all saw its
head turn and its tail move, and we kept
still, not to brighten it away. The next
day, feeling so much interested in the
affair, we sent to inquire about it. The
rat, it turned out, was made of painted
tin and fixed to the top of the house.
So much for magination.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06
The Danger Of Matches.

We wonder how our ancestors man.
aged 10 get along at all before the in
vention of matches; they are SO indis-
pensably handy that we keep them in
every room in the house: the ''men
folks" carry them in their pockets, leave
them hanging in their other clothes"
in a dozen closets in all portions of the
house; we have handful resting within
reach while we sleep, they are dropped
here and there AS we attempt to handle
them; if it is light and we readily see
them, they are picked up, otherwise they
are left till a more convenient season
which generally does not come, simply
because they are forgotten, being ''only
a match we can get plenty more for a
halfpenny, and time is too valuable to be
wasted over so insignificant trife.
Yet this insignificant trifie" possesses
the latent power to destroy the finest
mansion, and with it lives of sweetness
and beauty which the word can poorly
afford to spare. The cause of the con-
fiagration may not always be revealed,
for the fire demon frequently covers or
destroys his tracks most effectually.
But how often is it apparent that only q
simple match-that Insignificant trifle-
could have wrought the ruin!-Family
Doctor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

Town Clerks Cffice, Waterbury, Com
October 2S. 1898. This is to certify that
Edward Magner has filed an application
to sell spirituous and intoxicating iquor~
a. $40 Bank street in said town, and is
dors-d by Michael Murphy, John Murphy
P. W. Lachance, I. U. Sullivan, p. P
Noonan, electors and taxpayers in sale
town
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

The space above the mercury in a Their
mometer is not perfect vacuum. There
is not infrequently n small portion of air
left in such space, and there is always
an atmosphere of the vapor of mercury.
Physically speaking, it is perhaps impos-
sible 10 procure a vacuum. 1t is most
likely that even if a real vacuum could
be procured for an instant air or other
vapor would at once begin to be dissem-
mated from the sides of the vessel in
which it was made, and it would thus
instantly cease to exist.
1t is true that Dexartes denied the
very possibility of a vacuum and says,
IF a vacuum could be effected in a YES
sci, the sides would be pressed into con-
tact" but it is hardly correct to say,
Scientists say that n vacuum cannot
exist" What scientists do say is what
Galileo said, Mature abhors a vacuum"
AS the statement of fact is true, ma
ture does, to the best of our knowledge,
abhor a vacuum. She never suffers it
to exist to the extent of allowing any
space which is perceptible to our senses
to be vacuous. Vacuum, in scientific
speech, simply means space from
which air has been expelled.-Brooklyn
Eagle
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06
THE BIG REVIEW.

When went up, raw recruit,
To Bodmin town from Scorrier,
Our colonel wore a scarlet suit,
Like q warrior all ablaze.
Our colonel held q big review,
WI knapsack, pouch and bagginet,
And the colonel's dnrter drove thereto
In a wagginet drawn by bays
The horses pranced, the trumpets blawed.
The guns went of impartial,
But OF all the regiment Private Coad
In a martial way did best.
stand forth, stand forth, thou hero bolal
To you the rest be second rate;
It's you shall wear this clasp of gold
For to decorate your broad chest
'oh, where, Oh, where's my best recruit
That ere paid shillin forT"
But all the regiment stuck there mute,
Unwillin for to explain,
TIL forth l steps and gives a cough
An answers him SO dutiful,
Look, colonel, dear; he's gallopin OF
WI your beautiful darter janet"
"of all the plans that e'er I've known"
Says he, u do call that plan
To bring my hairs in sorrow down
With a rataplan to the grave.
Form up, form up, each gallant blade!
Form up, my sons o. Waterloo!
We won't interrupt our big parade
For n mortal who can't behaved"
London Speaker.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06
FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.
1t Is Generally Conducted on Sci
entific Principles.
CROOKS CANNOT FLOURISH LONG.

Detection and Punishment Follow Surely
In Their wake-ChIef Harrigan of st.
Louis Speaks OF the Methods of BamInE
Counterfeiters and Craeksmen-
Major Lawrence Harrigan, chief of the
St Louis police department, has a favorits
theory that crime is essentially unprofit-
able from the standpoint of the criminal,
and as Chief Harrigan has been a thief
taker for 46 years it may be assumed that
he speaks with authority. The recent &C
tivity of train robbers gave him text for
some interesting and instructive observa-
lions on crime in general.
Every sort of bold and audacious crime,
played for high stakes, has its day he
said. sooner or later it succumbs before
what may call police science II Is rem
dered either Improbable or impossible.
The police of this country have grappled
with and overthrow greater conspiracies
against law and order than that of train
robbery. Take counterfeiting, for instance.
In the days of the old state banks there
was plenty of cOunterfeiting, but that was
an easy matter on account of the great
number of banks and the inferior execution
of their currency, but it was during the war,
and for the six or seven Years after its close,
that the manufacture of counterfeits OF
United States treasury and national bank
notes became science So perfect were
they that the commerce of the country WAS
impaired and the circulation Of the govern.
ment menaced. The Poughkeepsie $40
the Traders National of Chicago S5-the
plate Of which was also used to initiate the
s. note of Paxton (Ills.) and a Buffalo
bank-and $50 treasury note were the
most remarkable.
when Colonel II. c. Whiteley was made
chief Of the secret service by Secretary
Boutwell, lie said, L will break il up And
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

The government of Spain is a limited
monarchy under the constitution which
was drawn up and proclaimed in 1876.
The power 10 Il2ic laws belongs to the
cortes. which consists II 4 senate and a
house Of GHl mites, the senators number
ing $50 ,.,A The deputies 431. The sena-
tors arc Il t&r"" classrs-those holding
Office in ;>c:r OWN right. those nomi-
mated by . CROW! and those elected by
the civil AID &C, loai&stical corporations
of state. In the election IF deputies all
male Span;ards may vote under certain
restrictions. and deputies are elected in
the proportion Of one deputy to every
$4,000 souls Of the population. Both
houses of the cortcs meet every year. and
the nlinist ers are responsible thereto
New York sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn,
October % 1898. This is to certify that
NJ. Blanche. te has filed an application Il
sell spirituous and Intoxicating liquors
at 263 South Main street, in said town
and is endorsed by NJ. T. Maloney, {.
Maloney, T. L. Andrews, 0. F. Cardinal,
Noise Lalii,r electors and taxpayers il
said town.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06
He Was conscientious.

Here is u good little story told by
George Tyler, young newspaper man
who is actively engaged in theatrical
management:
lone of my theatrical friends" said
Mr.. Tyler, Twas not many seasons ago
doing the Romeo to a very bad Juliet in
a country town in Kansas. Even that
rural audience could hardly stand the
performance. Dozens of the auditors
Kissed. At length only one man was
noticed as maintaining an absolute ST.
lence. At last the man who sat by this
fellow said:
"'Why don't you join in the fun
LIT wouldn't be fair
land why"
"'Well, l came in on pass, but if
they don't improve darned if don't 90
out and buy ticket and begin on EN-. "
st. Louis Republic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06
TIE CHEMISTRY oE TO-DAY.
How the Art of the Early Ages Has Deve
ored Into n Science.

How the Art of the Early Ages Has Devel-
OEed Into u Science.
Chemistry as an art dates back from
the very dawn of civilization itself. As a
science it is barely couple of centuries
old. To the alchemist its pursuit was in
the main but the pursuit of wealth.
Now and again we find men among them
like Thomas Aquinas, Basil Valentine.
Libavius and Glauber, who were i'm
PEELED by a higher motive than the love
of gold to seek for the hidden meaning
of things, but the mystical tendencies of
the middle ages were as scales to their
eyes, and such devious cropping for the
light as they were able to make too fire.
quently ended in utter darkness.
Even in the therapeutic crudities of
Paracelsus, who was sufficiently sincere
in his profession as thaumaturgist to
affirm that magic was the eliminating
point of all human knowledge, what
there was of science was summed up in
the aphorism, which in fact passed as an
axiom among his disciples: Man is a
chemical compound. His ailments are
due to some alteration in his composition
and can only be cured by the influence
of other chemical compounds. 1t may
therapeutics has advanced much beyond
this position.
In strict truth, it is only within the
present century that men have seriously
set themselves to search for the causes
and conditions of chemical change.
Professionalism, 1t is true, had in it the
semblance of philosophical doctrine,
but it was founded on an utterly false
basis, and ultimately fell and was crushed
by the weight of its own absurdities.
The recognition of the real nature of
combustion, itself manifestation of
chemical union, paved the way toward a
clearer conception of the essential ma
ture of chemical combination, and this
conception acquired beauty, order and
harmony until then unknown to chem
zeal teaching by the application of the
atomic hypothesis as an explanation of
the fundamental facts of chemical af-
finity. Indeed it has become truism
to say that this conception, the fruit of
patient and sustained induction, is TO
chemistry what the theory of universal
graVitation Is to astronomy.
For the first time in its history chem
istry was illumined and vivified by a
single consistent theory, founded on
cumulative relations and making use
of definite mathematical expression, and
it was at length recognized that the
science must ultimately be referred to
mathematical laws similar to those
which had been established in regard to
/ the mechanical properties of matter. -
Fortnightly Review.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

Awoman dropped into a Chicago news
paper Office. She was bright and clever,
but absolutely penniless. She stated her
case plainly. She had been lying i'll in a
hotel for six weeks, with no money to
employ a doctor, and only the sparse
care that an overworked chambermaid
was able to give her. Would the editor
help her: He would. He gave her n
subject for special, advanced money
on it out of his own pocket and said,
Now, my girl, you'd better 60 and see
doctor right off" oh. no." she said,
Il must have fall hat first. Chicago
Letter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

Zine sermon, wasn't itt" asked one Of
Farmer Peters boarSIers, referring to q
scholarly discourse with which the Mead
owville meeting house congregation had
been favored that morning by city Clergy
man.
''Mebbe," returned Farmer Peters.
why" persisted the boaryier, that man
knows more RblsIt the Bible. he has made
a deeper study of Biblical history and Lyeog-
raphy. than almost any other minister in
this country"
Has he, nowY" inquired Farmer Peters
mildly. We'll, then. reckon the truubls
must've been with me. You see I'd cal'lAted
l sh'd hear somethin abput the way to
heaven, an l only learned the way from
Jerusalem to Jericho. youths Compan-
ion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

The "Alexandrian CodeN, often rvfvTTel
to in Scri tural studies, is one Of the most
valuable and important manuscripts Of
sacred writ known to be in existence, Ii j.
written in Greek on parchment in finely
formed uncial letters and j. without ac-
cents, marks Of aspiration OF spaces be-
tween the words Its probable date l. the
latter Tart C the sixth csntary. As early
as l0es 1: Is known TO have been in the
library of the patriarch Of Alexandria II
WAS sent to England a prC=sent to Charles
l by Cyrillus Iycaris in los and is now in
the British museum.-St. Louis Republic
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06

Patrick--It's poor advice we've been
givin me. Didn't We say tn best tonne
to ask a mon favor was afther dinner?
Bifkins--I certainly did.
We'll, Oi wint to ould Buffers wild tn
schmallest koind av request, and he re-
fused. 1t WAS afther dinner too.
Are you sure he had had his dinner
Faith it's little Oh know about ould
Buffers irgOin's and outcomin's, but Oh
had moin:.. New York Weekly.