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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15

Electricity is now. being used fiji Ia
boratorfes for the saving OF time and
trouble In the registering Of the process
OF chemical action. ]. GARNER has de-
scribed to the French academy q novel
method OF keeping watch over certain
chemical operations, and recording the
successive stages reached by electricity.
In his experiment he mixed nickel OK
ide and wood charcoal In an earthen-
ware tube, the ends of which were
closed by two plugs of soft steel press
ing against the mixture. Connecting
the plugs up to an electric circuit, he
heated the tube into a small .reverbera-
tory furnace. As the heat began to
affect the contents of the tube, the cleo.
trical resistance began to change, and
subsequently f1uctuated between avery
high point and zero. The decrease in
resistance was due to the. gradual re-
duction of the metallic oxide by the
carbon, the complete reduction being
indicated by the minimum resistance,
and the final change resulting from the
taking up Of free carbon by the metal.
The natural development Of the idea
will be the use of electricity in the com
mercial refining of metals. It would
now appear possible to determine the
condition Of a furnace in no matter
what state Of combustion, at any. mo.
ment and at any distance.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
QuAen Victoria at 70.


Queen Victoria is said to have not en-
joyed herself at Balmoral this fall. Her
rheumatism has troubled her consider
ably, and she has had to fOrgo several
outside functions. The fact has led to
a discussion as to whether her Majesty
is as careful of her health as she ought
to be. 1t is questioned whether her
frequent foreign trips, undertaken SO
late in life. have been of much benefit
to her general health. For Il woman
of her age it is considered n mistake
to leave the bleak north for the sunny
south If areturn north at a stated time
be inevitable. From BalmOral to Flor
ence is at al stretch for a venerable
lady who never tried such extremes in
her youth, when better able to bear
their effects. Society is also worried by
an in-natured paragraph that has been
going the rounds to the effect that the
Queen wears Fights in gloves. Now, If
there is anything of which her maJessy
Is justly proud II is the smallness and
shapliness of her hands. When quite
a young girl she boosted, MY hands
and my voice are the only two really
good points I have" As a, matter OF
fact, all the members Of the House of
Brunswick are famous for their shape
~ hands. The Romanoffs are also dis
tinguished in this respect. The Gar
used to be particularly proud of his
hands, and SO was his grandfather.
that handsome giant Nicholas, Of
whom it is reported that he never wash
ed his hands with soap and water, but
rubbed them clean with lemon.-Mod-
ern Society.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
To Receive Callers.

Every lady is used to call-making,
some more than others, but there is
no one so busy but that some day, or a
portion of day during the week is set
apart for return calls, or calling on
those she has previously met. If la
dies would only realize how disap-
pointing it is to go a long distance to
call upon people and find them out,
there would be more who would set
aside some particular day and issue
to their friends a plain card with the
lat home" day thereon. 1t would
save SO much trouble and you would
have the pleasure of meeting many,
where o it is only a few. You then
arrange your lunch-just as mall cup
of hot chocolate, tea, coffee. a dainty
square of white cake, a glass of sweet
wine, ETC., and delight all You could
welcome by your thoughtfullness for
their con- Ort. ~
But do not let it end here. Let your
manner be pleasing to all. Chat pleas
antly on some light topic, some home
hobby, some charitable object, some
healthful idea some delicate fad in
needlework, china Or decorative paint
ing, some pleasant thoughts Of others,
but let the. gossiping scheme alone. If
you. cannot find any good to say Of a
person do not mention them in any
personal way.-Philadelphia Times.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
The Manaolan.


Formerly all the mandolins used In
THU. country were imported from Ger
many md italy; now nearly all that
are used here, and d great many are
used, are made In this sc0untry. n
the past year and d half Or two years
the mandolin has become very popu-
lar, and fts popularity shows Mosdens
OF diminishing. The demand Tor man.
sfolirs comes from NIL over the country,
and II Is 30 great that wholesale deal
err. IN musical instruments are not az
ways able tOf keep up with Ii promptly.
INC Is said TINT we make In this country
mand0lins better than the imported,
and the same ii said Of American gut
taye. Guitars made In this c0uppktKy 4re
now used throughout the h1d,sAnd
sI3hey me also exported 10 NIL papi1ll
Amesican countTies Rhilg delrl 4e
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15

Hundreds Of German silver carn
were discovered in the bottom ~ ~
League Island Navy Yards dry.donI
last week after the floating out of the
ship Richmond. Over II thousand
pounds of these fish were given away
by the officers in charge, and at Ieast
a thousand pounds were left v;tho,,
takers. Some time ago a breeding pool
was established within the Navy-yard
grounds. and since then the fish have
multiplied with astonishing rapidity.
The Delaware river front, between Lea.
que Island and Port Richmond, espec-
tally In the vicinity of the sugar rein
cries. is alive with the fish, which arc
caught in traps and nets by the bushel.
They retail alive at 3 - cents nor
pound. ~.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
A R~iRD-HUNTIMG PIG.

He Was Just ~ Reliable ~ Any
Well Bred Pointer in the Field.
The following from an exchange t.
Illustrates a pigs intelligence. '
We call pigs stupid creatures. This
10 not fair. They are really as inteli-
gent as the majority Of domestic AMI
mails. but the lives we allow them
are too short and their opportunities
too few for them to show their abili-
ties to advantage. The pig of which I
have more particularly to tell was by
no means a handsome specimen, but
what she wanted In beauty she made
up In intelligence.
As a baby pig she belonged to a per-
son named TOomer, and she was raised
with a family Of young pointer puppies.
She took kindly to her playfellows, and
when they became old enough to follow
the keeper in his walks, she, too, would
come trotting and grunting after. When
Mr.. Toomer began to train his young
charges for their work Of finding and
pointing out game there was danger
that piggy might make mischief. But
the keeper would not leave her shut up
at home. He had, he said, broken
many dogs as obstinate as pigs and
could surely break q pig that was SO
much more tractable than the rest Of
her kind.
So he taught her to ''back"-that is,
to stand perfectly still whenever q dog
had found game and was pointing ut
1t. To teach her this he used both re-
wards and punishments; when she did
wrong he pelted her with tiny stones,
for he could not catch her and chastise
her as. he did naughty puppies, and
when she behaved herself well he had
always barley meal pudding in his
pocket for her. But this was not all.
he discovered that piggy, like. many
other pigs, and q keen sense of smell.
She learned to scent the game and
point. at It for herself but not quite like
q dog. A pointer dog when he has
found game stands generally with one
OF his forepaws held up until his mas
ter comes to him. Piggy, MS soon az
she was sure that she had found q
partridge r a hare or q rabbit, would
drop on her knees and so remain fol
five minutes IL necessary.
Unfortunately, before her schoolmas-
ter had time to teach her any further
accomplishments he died. His widow
sent piggy to a man with whom she
lived for three years. But, alas! piggy
did not escape the common doom OF
pigs. In the end she was shut in a .sty
fattened and made into bacon, as al
her ancestors had been before her
New York Advertiser.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
INTERESTING GOSSIP For MAID
AND MATRON.
The influence Of Women I'm Politics
"A Thing Of Beauty-Behold the
Jew Jacket-Coming Fashions
Household Hints.

1t has often been claimed that were
women given the right Of suffrage the
influence Of the class Of evil minded
women would equal or ovcrbalance the
influence and numbers Of the voters OF
the better class. 1t has also been claim
ed that the good ono would, as a
general rule, stay home from the polls,
while the other class would be certain
to be represented there. Now, this has
been claimed year after year, but this
year proves the fallacy Of such claims
in many places, to n greater extent
than ever before. Not that woman has
been allowed to vote in many places,
but where she has been allowed she
has made her influence Gil the side Of
right and morality felt in political mat
tiers as never before, proves this.
The women of Kentucky have proved
what good women can do when they set
themselves thoroughly to work, as one
writer says, "Tiley have talked, prayed
and electioneered with equal fervor,
and their combined counsels, prayers
and canvassing have been successful.
As we all know, it is women who
lAnO l1C 1ACoO SlCllbC paw IA
work, and in various benevolent enter
prises, and where the influence Of a
body of women is sought for any spec
ial purpose, it Is generally thrown upon
the side of right and morality.
The following is what a Denver
newspaper has to say among other
good things about women in politics In
Colorado, where they for the first time
,atoH 1oct Fol1 tS1>h,1a for IN tho hYcf0rv
of equal suffrage in Colorado the infiu-
enc of women has been thrown for
good government and there Is every
reason to believe that it always will be
cast for the interests of the communi-
ties in which they live, for the election
of good officials ond for better methods
and cleaner, purer politics."
The business-like and systematic ar
rangements which the women who are
interested in politics are making this
year are a surprise to many and even
wins words of commentator from
some Of the most conservative editors
we have. One in Chicago compliments
them upon their industry, zeal and sue
cess in their undertakings as follows,
in a paragraph in an editorial recently:
Indeed, Judging from what we hear,
as organizers. and as staticians in de-
veloping political interest in the female
public generally they are proving them
selves the peer Of the men, as the state
central committee. willingly bears wit
ness.
Some claim that women have SO
much influence now in politics without
the right of suffrage that they ought to
be satisfied and let well enough alone"
But If they have influence now and it
Is as is generally proven and admitted
| why would not their influence be many
times increased by having a position
and acting power in matters political?
Mrs. o. w. Crawford, in Evening
| Wisconsin.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15

The Picture Hat of the =
bewitching shape. The hat is Of black
velvet, with the flaring brim studded
around the edge with imitation tur-
quoises. At the back the brim Is cut
off very sharply to make room for a be-
witching bow of turquoise peau do sole
ribbon, caught in the center with a
rhinestone and jet buckle. Black os-
tricl tips carelessly fall over the crown
and one strays away from the others
over the hair.
Beneath the brim is acoil of turquoise
velvet twisted with jet beads. 1t rests
softly against the hair and is fastened
ut the back by n large rhin stone buck
L..
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
A Child Enjoys.

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effects Of Syrup Of Figs, when
in need Of a laxative, and if the father
or mother be costive or bilious, the
most gratifying results will follow its
use; 70 that it is the best family rem
edy known, and every family should
have a bottle on hand.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
Everybody On,

MY ears deceive me-" he gasped.
The girl who had just crushed all
hope from his hollow chest by refusing
bis proffered suit, was not satisfied
with her terrible work, but must laugh
coldly.
They don't deceive anybody else"
she observed, with a steely glitter in
her lustrous eyes. Ears are only
one mark Of the animal, anyway"
He could only wish that he nigh:
die.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
Just Over From London.

ment. To have it correctly made the
material should be boxcloth of a light
tan. The cape should fall to the waist
line and the double-breasted effect
made conspicuous by big bone buttons
If the owner Of this fashionable coat
is very young, he should e with it a
Tam O. Shanter cap. Have it of dark
brown cloth with allow Of ribbon stand.
ing up in front and a brown quill feck-
ed with white thrust through the bow.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15

New DeAnition of Missionary.
BY some chance the tourist stayed to
Sunday school. A young lady with a
sweet face-and, unless the tourists
aging eyes deceived him, a stylish bon
nst-was explaining the meaning Of the
word missionary" missionary" she
paid, us from the Latin missionarius,
which means one seklt." She looked
heavenly enough to inspire a whole
Fargo Of missionaries and seemed to
possess enough learning for an entire
lexicon. and the tourist did not doubt
her. NOW. CHARLIE she said, to a lit
De urchin with shining morning face,
sswhat Is q missionary" Zone penny"
Hartford Post.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
Household n

Fresh lard will remove tar.
To purify a cistern tie charcoal in
a bag and drop it in. 49,
Calicoes, ginghams and chambrays
cannot be properly washed along with
the white clothes. They need a much
quicker process, and the long delays
Of an ordinary wash day would ruin
them. r~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
The Heather Chinee

Is not a beauty. No more are you when
your complexion has an orange tint. That
means that you are bilious, Il fact further
eyinced by discomfort on the right side.
sick headache, vertigo, nausea, and furred
tongue. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will
take the bile out Of your blood, regulate
your bowels, set your stomach in good work
Ing order-in two words, cure you. Use
1t and cease to be yellow. 1t cures malarial,
rheumatic and kidney trouble.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
A Good Investment for 1895.

Every one appreciates good value. The
YOUTHS Companion for 1895 offers the larg-.
reading for $1.75, a years subscription.
The prospectus for the next volume pre-
sents an irresistible array Of stories, ar
ticles on travel. health, science, anecdotes
Of famous people, and a great variety OF
TO new subscribers The Companion will
be sent free until Jonuary, 1895, and a
year from that date, including the Thanks
giving, Christmas, and New Years Double
Holiday Numbers.
It comes every week at q cost Of SITS q
year.
The Youths Companion, Boston, Mass.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
4 Peaal

Mildred-Golr VIII never become q
popular game with Chicago society
women.
Florence-Why not:
Mildred-The regulation golf COS.
tune doesn't come within twelve in
ches OF the ground.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
Startled Him.

Chappie-I don't feel like myself to-
night.
Ethel Knox-Then we ought to have
q pleasant evening.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
On the Safe Side.

Romley-I thought you were going
on a business trip this week, Jephson?
Jephson-I was, but the new curate
is taking special interest in my wife's
salvation, so I'm not going.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
No WnAte.

First Housewife (South Sea Islands,
The new missionary lGcNs dreadfuily
sour.
Second Housewife-Wejl, he'll do for
canning, anyway.-DetrOit Tribune.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15

D3hiIhati0n OF Groups 81 Animals.
The ingenuity of the sportsman Ia
perhaps no better illustrated than by
the use Of which he puts the English
language to designate particular groups
Of animals. The following is the list Of
the terms which have been applied to
the various classes: A covey OF part
ridges. a hide Of %pheasants, a wisp Of
snipe, a flight OF doves or swallows, q
muster Of peacocks, a siege Of herons.
b building OF rocks, a brood Of grouse,
3 plump OF wild fowls, a stand Of plov-
ers, q watch of nightengales, a elatter-
ing Of doughs, a flock Of geese, q herd
Or bunch of cattle, a bevy OF quails, y
cast Of hawks, a trip of dottrel, q
swarm Of bees. a school of whales, a
echool OF herrings, a herd Of swine, a
bkulk Of foxes. a pack Of wolves, a
drove OF oxen. a sounder Of hogs, q
troop OF monkeys, a pride of lions, a
sleuth of bears, a gang of elk.-Edison's
Encyclopedia.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15

Fay Natic-No, I don't belong to
the church.
Wanterno-Why not?
Fay Natic-I'm opposed to any insti-
tutions that can't De closed on Sunday.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
Like n Small. Fashion Plate.

Speaking of. style and extremes in
fashion, you should see the small boy
in his. new ulster. It's long and quite
English with it's strapped seams and
big buttons. And the youth who wears
it struts about in supreme s~elf-content-
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
Behold the New jacket.

OF all the wraps designed to charm
the feminine heart this season the
jaunty little jacket of Persian lamb has
been the most successful. Its price Is
better left untold.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
Agreed To.

Agreed To. =
Ethel-Papa is glad to have you
come, but he says you must start for
home at 10 O'Clock.
George-That's all right, but when
must / 60? -.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15

Particularly just Now.
BOstonian-I'm coming on to New
York for a little time next week.
Gothamite-Very we'll; that's the
only kind we a give you during the
Lexow regime. =
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15

IL the Baby 10 Cutting Teeth.
- sure and uss that old and wel-tried remedy. Nks
wIHslow's SOOTHING sYauP for Children Testhins-
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
Photography.

Now that DR.. Meth, the scientific
German photographer, has invented a
telescope camera, long-distance pho
Biography, that chimera of. the dark
ROOM seems absolutely assured. The
objective of this new Photographic
wcnder consists Of 5 convex lens OF con-
siderable length Of focus and a concave
lens of much shorter range. These
glasses are placed a certain distance
apart, depending on the difference Of
the two foci. BY the laws Of optics,
this arrangement projects an inverted
image Of the object for which 1t is set
Z long distance from the further end
Of the lenses. The apparent size OF the
object depends, Of course, upon the
space separating the two lenses, which
again must be set so as to make the
locus perfect. The whole apparatus
looks very unlike IN adjunct to a pho
Geographic gallery, and is said to bear
4 stronger resemblance to q common
telescope than it does to q camera.
With this apparatus Prof. Meth and
bis assistants have taken fine pictures
of portions Of the City Of Potsdam,
Germany, from a distance Of nearly
three English miles.-St. Louis Re.
public.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
Frank.

Soubrette-What would do il you
were in my place?
ROunder-Me-if l could.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
Cheaper Electric LiGhts-H0w to
Keep Warm-Apparatu s for Wash.
ing Bottles-The Detection Of FOrg-
cry. H. .~a.

However brilliant the present com
mercial electric light may appear to
the ordinary observer, : electricians
know that its efficiency, compared with
what 1t ought to be, and with what
the light Of the future will possess,
is represented by the difference be-
tween itself and the obsolete tailoW
candle. Plenty Of light is produced,
but the trouble is that too much cleo
trical. energy is consumed in producing
1t. Many efforts have been made to
improve the quality of Illuminated a !
bons, for the purpose Of iengthening
the life Of the filaments, rods or points,
and also to produce a combination OF
carbon with othe. substances that
would give more light for the Fl sctrical
energy expended. For this purpose all
sorts of combinations of materials have
been tested. What inventors have been
trying to do is to hit On q carbon con
taining a material extremely difficult
Of oxidation, and having an excessively
high fusing point, and being at the
same time capable of the maximum
degree of lu~minescence. e. G.. Acheson,
the well known inventor of carborun-
dunn, has recently produced O carDon
in which hesclaims to have discovered
these points. He reduces pure carbon
and carbide of silicon (carborundum)
to fine powder and mixes nine parts
Of the former to n of b latter with
tar, or any other good binding ma
terial, and then bakes the composition
and molds it into the proper form Tor
use. The luminescence Of this material
In q lamp Of any given candle-power
is said to be positively startling, and
would seem to suggest that a new stage
in electric lighting Is about to he en-
tered upon. Some idea Of the import
ance of the carbide Of silicon in this
combination is gathered by filing the
core Of an ordinary, cored carbon rod
or point with the carbide, either alone
or with a binding agent, adjusting 1t In
the lamp and turning on the current.
| The effect is a revelation in light ETH.
cheney. As carborundum is subjected
In the process of manufacture In an
electric furnace to u temperature ap-
prOximately that Of the electric arc,
it is necessarily free from all volatile
matters and eminently fitted (as the re
| suit of having already pass I'd through
| the strain Of intense heat for the light
giving body. The discovery Of this ma
terial is another important step in the
direction of cheap electric lights. as,
besides it's essential infusibility and
Len-cxidizability it. has the valuable
qualification Of extreme luminescence;
ard it is claimed to produce a greater
amount Of light for the electrical erer'
gy consumed than any illuminating
body heretofore used. 1t will be re
membered that Niko]a Tesla, in. his
memorable lecture before the English
Royal Institution, stated that carborun.
dunn was, so far as his tests had gone
the only substance that could withstand
the stress Of the molecular lombard
ment'' in his onr-wire lamp, and his
precedence is now confirmed by the
commercial utilization of the material
for lighting purposes.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-01-06
A Pickle That Was Not Eaten.

"My most embarrassing experience,
repeated the young lady t%houghtfully,
"Wen, as nearly as I can remember, il
was connected with a pickle. I was a
guest at a dinner in Washington. II
was not a very formal ~affair-merely
formal enough for the gentlemen present
to wear evening dress. There was a
dish of dainty pickles neal me, and
took one-a baby cucumber. It was
about big enough for two bites, and !
tried to cut it with my fork, when sud
denly it launched itself like a skyrocket
across the table and struck the immacu-
late shirt bosom of a very particular
swell opposite, fairly in the middle.
Il don't quite know how it could have
happened so fortunately, but cenversa-
ton had been going IN so briskly that
no n save the a who had taken me
into dinner saw who was the author Of
the accident. | lever blush, a fact, |
trust, not to be set down seriously to
my discredit-and | managed to so skill
fully dissemble otherwise that nobody,
with the exception | have mentioned,
suspected me at all.
None of the other guests were so i'll
bred as to take visible notice of the oc-
currence, and the talk went on almost
uninterrupted, while my victim ad.
mlnistered surreptitious wipes to his
manly chest in a hopeless attempt to
remove the stains Of pickle. To this day
| am unsuspected as the author of the
mischief, Washington Star.