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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
ChastnQ a Fairy.

She was a wee bit OF q fodder, not
more than 6 Or 7 years old; but her
eyes sparklel like diamonds and ler
golden hair tumbled down over her
shoulder like u tangled mass of silken
sheen. She was romping with q dozen
pretty and vivaious playmates upon
West Se~venty-secoml street. Touch
ing a fine looking ynungster on one
shou'd der she challenged him with,
You can't catch me-" Off they
started, she twisting ard lodging
with the dexterity OF q half back in q
foot ball team, and lie following her
every movement in close pursuit.
The excitement Of the chase made her
scream with laughter. The little tug
itives finally brought up against q
fence breathless and painting, and Ter
pursuer, throwing both arms around
her, shouted, There, I've caught
YOU"
"Oh, yes" gasped the little fairy.
'ebut it was because my laugh broke
and couldn't run any more."-N. X.
Times.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
HAD FIVE FITS IN A TOWER.

Desperate Struggle With n Sight
seeing Printer Eleven Stories
Above Ground.
1t took all the strength of Charles
Brown and James LAWYER could mus
ter to prevent their young companion
Will Ross, leaping from the top OF the
Wilder building tower at 1880 o'clock
Yesterday morning, says the Rocnes-
ter Herald, The three young men are
residents of Bradford, Pa, and came to
Rochester on an excursion. Ross is a
printer and is - years old. 1t was to
see the sights that the young men came
to the city, and having been to the lake
resorts the night before they started
to look about the town yesterday. one
of the first places visited was the Will
der building. Ascending in the elevator
the trio went to the roof ana tnen walk
ed I'D the two flights OF iron STAIRS that
lead to the top OF the tower OF oDserva-
tory. Brown and LAWYER leu The way,
and lust as the top step was reached
they were startled ut hearing Ross
scream at the top Of his voice. Turn
ing, they saw the young printer froth-
ING ut the mouth and tottcring rs il he
were about TO fall over the railing.
Help me boys! Help me" TOSS
cried.
Both Brown and LAWYER Sprang to
the Young mans assistance ana alded
him to the roof of the tower. 1t was
apparent that he was suffering from
spaSmS. No sooner was ROSS released
by his companions that he arose and
made Il desperate attempt to leap over
the railing. Had he done SO he would
undoubtedly have also jumped over the
edge Of the building to the stone pave
ment eleven stories below. But Doth
Brown and LAWYER eXerting I'LL ther
| strength, held the fellow down. Inc
young printer, who is Il muscular TEL
low. struggled With might n mann
to free himself, BUT his two compan-
ions managed to hold him down. The
| struggle was kept up for ten minutes;
then, while one of the young men stood
guard over the exhausted sick man,
the other hurried to the elevator con-
ductor to give the alarm.
When a policeman and a physician
arrived at the top Of the tower young
Ross had just begun to show signs OF
having another tit. Wnen the printer
did have the second fit it proved to be
much more violent than the first one,
and it was all the four men could do to
! hold the frenZied man to the floor. 1t
was with difficulty, too, that the men
kept from beiNg bitten by the %ferocious
man. Ross nearly bit n of his own
fingers off before his attendants could
prevent. Quickly a call was ent to the
police station for the ambulance, and
at the same time more policemen were
summoned. Ross was meantime hand
cuffed and his feet We're tied together.
This precaution was taken by the Of
ficers to prevent the man hurting him.
self. Before<the arrival of the ambu-
lance Ross had five fits. and he was in
the agonies of another while being car
ried down the elevator. He will recoy-
or
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
SAVING TIMBER IN MISSISSIPPI

Stringent state Laws for the Pre-
servatiOn of Forests From Extinc-
ton.
Timber depredations, according to
the New York Evening Post, have. been
stopped practically in Mississippi by a
law which Furnishes offenders severely.
There are large areas of forest land
there belonging either to the United
States government or to the state,
and the temptation to settlers in re-
mote regions to enter upon them and
help themselves to wood was often
OK strong TO he resisted. When driven
from federal land by deputy United
States marShalS, the timber thieves
found refuge in the state forests, which
We're not SO well policed, md by nov
ing from one territory to the other
they cOntrivcd to escape arrest. The
federal officers finally became so vigi-
liant that timber stealing proved Il dan
gerous business, and the thieves trans
fCrred all their operations to the state
lands. The legislature thereupon pass
ed the law referred to, and it has i'm
proved the morals of the people SO
much that some districts which form
erly were the scene of wholesale deM,e-
dations are now almost free from the
raids of poaching woOdmen. The stat
ute imposes !; fine Of - per acre for
each acre in every fOrty-acre subdivi-
sion of land upon which any trespass
is committed. For the protection of
private owners it also provides that
for every tree cut down without their
consent a fine of So shall be paid.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

A Virginia inventor has constructed
q new engine Of improved vorking ca
pacity, among the advantages enumer-
ated being that the valve il perfectly
balanced; the steam pressure enters
the valve in the center, and the pressure
being equal in all directors, perfect
balance is consequently maintained;
by so doing the friction is brought to
q minimum, and but a slight wear is
the result. As explained, this valve
being balanced and having large, short
and direct steam ports Of cut-off-a
quick admission and high degree Of
economy are reached. The construc-
ton is such as to be automatic in TAX
ing up the slightest wear, and the
whole being completely balanced, only
i small per cent Of the engines power
ID required to operate, thus saving 20
per cent in power and 20 per cent In
fuel
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

Some important observations on the
effect of modern rifle bullets have been
published by Prof. Dubois Raymond,
the celebrated Psychologist. A CON-
paratively small hole was caused by the
passage of the old rifle ball through
the body, but the new bullet has an as
tonishing effect. If, for instance the
ball passes through the head of d
corpse, the skull is burst asunder in all
directions, and very little of the head
remains: The way in which Dubois
raymond explains this phenomenon is
graphic. He premises that we can not
precisely define the conditions of the
aggregations of a body. A piece Of
bottle lac, or sealing wax, if long ex-
posed to uniform pressure. dissolves
but 1t bursts into sharp-edged splin.
tiers, If a blow of a hammer produces
on it an effect which, measured in kilo-
gram meters, is equal perhaps to 4
small fraction Of the pressure when
slowly exercised. The conditions al
aggregation, therefore, can only be rec
Ognized by the consequences Of me
chanical operations on such bodies, and
these consequences are quite different,
though the operations do not differ at
all In quality, but only in duration.
Sealing wax is an example OF a body
which, while apparently solid, turns out
TO be q fluid il it is operated upon slow.
" enough. The generally known phe.
nomena Of glaciers show that ice be
hayes in 4 similar way rs it not DOS,
stble. then asks Dubois.Reymond,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
MARCHING CATERPlLLARS.
Insects With Peculiarities Which
Make Them Interesting.

Insects With Peculiarities Which
lake Them Interesting.
The extensive pine forest which COW
crs the dunes of Southwestern France
stretching from the "Bassin d'Arca.
chOn," IN the north for many miles
southwark toward Biarritz, is the home
of a curious caterpillar, BOmbyx pyth-
iccnInra. of the same family as the silk
worm. These insects possess a few
interesting characteristics. They pass
the winter in nests at the pine tree top
very snug nests woven around a
bunch Of pine needles and large enough
to accommodate a family of from so to
200.
Spring being arrived. each communi.
ty leaves it's winter home and prepares
to set out into an unknown world. On
les wing the nest they form Il process.
sion in single file. each caterpillar in
immediate communication with the
one preceding and the one following it
In this manner they descend the tall
pine and reach terra tirma. From this
habit they acquire the local name OF
Chenille Processionaire," or process.
sional caterpillar. Their principal oh,
ject now is to bury themselves in the
saEd; and to achieve this some dis.
lance has often t. be travelled before
a spot suitable for the purpose a De
fornd. Especially is This SO when the
pine trees happen to be situated in the
streets or gardens of A%rcachon; and in
such Il case an interesting and rather
amusing sight may be seen when a
procession consisting of some hundreds
of the insects, and perhaps fifteen OF
sixteen yards in length, wends it's way
slowly along the road.
Let us detatch two OF three from the
middle--thus dividing it into two par
ties-and watch the results. The last
Of the foremost portion feeling the loss
of his neighbOr Immediately stops. and
this action is communicated all along
the line until the vanguard is at q
s%tandstill. Meanwhile, the leader of the
rear portion r%edoubles his speed and
in a short time has caught up to the
foremost party, and the touch being
communicated, the whole procession
resumes the march with as little de.
lay as possible. When a suitable place
has been found the party forms into
a group, and by Il gentle wriggling mo
ton, digs a hole in the soft sand, in
which the chrysalis is Nttained.-Cham
bers' Journal.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

The japanese admiral, Ito, in mis- off
cial report of the naval battle at the
mouth of the Yalu river, says that not
one Of the Japanese ships were sunk,
although some were considerably dam
aged, and the total Japanese loss was
80 killed and wounded. At the close
Of the days fighting the Chinese ships
Yang Wei, Chao Yung, Lai Yuon, and
Chin Yuen had been sGnk, while the
Ting Yuen, King Yucn and Ping Yuen
were on fire from japanese shells. 1t
was as decisive Il Japanese victory as
the one previously gained OH lapd.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
Her Pc

"Charlotte, my dear, how is it I
find you weeping? Hareyou had bad
news from your husband?"
ooh! worse than that! Arthur
writes me from the country that he
would die with grief at being absent
from me, were it not that he gazcs at
my picture and cover it with a
thousand kisses every day"
."That is very nice OF him; bat surely
you are not crying about thats''Mos5
women would give anything to have
such q poetic and devoted husband
ooh, yes! Arthur is very poetical
But you don't know. Just to try him
I put mothers photo into his travel
ling bag in tead Of my own, and the
wretch has nev found it out. Boo
hoo-hoo!"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

A daylight meteor was seen recently
near Ayrshire, Scotland. Its movement
was very slow, and it shone with a
brilliant, intense light which was con-
centrated in itself and did not leave a
train behind it. 1t got gradually small
er and smaller, and just before disap-
pearing broke into three Dr. four pear
shaped portions. During it's course,
although the r.assy head was always
brilliantly white. the little tail varied in
hue, crimson and a rich ultramarine
blue being most noticeable.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

Brand himself. Needless 10 say that
my opponent paid his bet, and soon a
cheque from Colonel Coventry for TO-
GOO dollars was presented to Inc. OF
curse. 1 WIS the talk of the. city, and
my reputation was made. So you see
Oh what trifes a mans career may de-
pend sometimes.
Was the murderer ever apprehend.
ed? Yes. some time afterwards, while
trying to negotiate some of the bonds.
He was arrested. convicted, and hung,
after making q full confession.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
Torrance.

The Chinese mouth Is very %conspicu-
Il in the Oriental fight. 1t claims
every fight rs Il victory, and now it is
reported to be bringing on defeat by
consuming all the spare rice at the seat
of war.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
Rough ON the Lawyer.

An old plasterer is called upon to
give evidence for the plaintiff. Counsel
for the defendant tries to bully Kim.
"Your name is John Dobbs?'
Eyes. !"
Are you the same John Dobbs that
was sentenced to eight days imprfson.
ment for using bad ~langnageg.s
No.
Are you the same John Dobbs who
was sentenced to a couple of years,
hard labor for theft??'
mo, that wasn't ms, either
ssIllen YOU have never been In pris-
onY'
yes, tW.ce."
"Ah and how long the first timer
One whole afternoon
Whaf:-aild the second time
"Only hsur.
And pray. What onanse Ind you
committed to deserve 40 small n punish
mentss's
81 was sent til prisol to whitewash
d cell i accommodate lawyer who
had cheated ona pf his clients
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

A curious instance of home coming
after many years is the return of the
iron chain that was stretched across
the Hudson in revolutionary days to
Ringwood, N. j., where it was made.
Hingwood is now the county seat Of
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

The small green worm that is de-
stroying the Russian thistle in South
Dakota has put in an appearance rather
late in the season. The plant is now
ripe and ready to disseminate it's seeds.
What is needed is to burn the weeds
before the seeds can scatter. If the
small green worm will come along next
spring he will be welcome.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

1t used to be the custom in the Bel
members but the reporters in the gal
leries with brandy and water ad libi-
tum. Every member habitually spoke
with a glass of brandy and water be-
side him, and when he had finished it
an energetic attendant brought another.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

The COreans have ON hand 4 delicate
question Of splitting the difference.
They affect the manners of the Japs,
but wear the pigtails of the Celestials.
They have been given a chilly tip that
they cannot join the Japanese 400 un
til they chop off their long hair.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

Egypt has more regard for American
architects than our W government
has had. 1t has invited them to com
pete for designing a new museum to
be built at Cairo, at a cost of f123,OOO,
and offers a prize of $3.50 for the sue
cessful design, and t42O to be divided
among the four next designs.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

The new revenue cutter Calumet, for
Chicago river service, has steamed
eighteen miles an hour on Lake Erie.
She will v be able to cleave the
mud Of Chicago river at that ate.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

closed at Newport. She has a girlish
and very gentle face, on which there
rests an almost continuous smile, which
makes her appear younger than she
really ls-l9. Miss Gertrude, who Is
the daughter OfsMr. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, is entirely without affecta-
uon OF manner, always dresses In good
taste and makes 4 pretty picture when
seen driving her pet pair Of spirited
blacks.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

In New York ther are more than a
score of trained mattresses" who are
able to command $500 a year and up
ward. The first woman janitor began
her work about two years ago. She
took care of an apartment house.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

Emperor William has now taken to
writing operettas. Fortunately, the
time has passed when einperors could
compel their subjects to attend a per-
fnrmanca = -.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

A Boston author, who is convinced
that the printing of books in white and
black is unnatural and trying to the
eyes, is about to bring one out with
the pages blue, green, yellow. etc,
each purchaser to make a choice of his
or her own color.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
Those who Went Abroad.

Radbourn-I think it would be q
good thing il the government were to
charge q heavy duty on all English ac-
cents.
Chesney--Ob that wouldn't do at all.
q tax WoJsM come entirely upon
Americans.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

The long-distance telephone has Just
been opened between Column Ohio,
and New York, and after the mayor of
the former city got through with send
ing a congratulatory address over the
wire he had a chat with ac%Iuaintances
in Boston, Chicago and Detroit.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20

athaf water. that is gcnaraiiE fegaiue
Al as 4 fuid. may behave as Il soiiu IL
onlv the time of operation can De lhaue
short enough? Every swimmer KNOWS
that no is liable 10 receive very severe
blows from the water If he taxes Il
ba, 1o,. from a considerable nclsht<
ski1fuIly. In order. however, TO dasn
, vessel filed with water at the heau
~ . cnrpse and ~slattcr it into sinali
niecas like a lump of ice. a blow OF
s,,cl, extraordinary velocity is necessary
thot - w,s not uossible for such Il phe-
nnn,nnon to ne observed before the in
yention of tie new r;dc, which pfopels
missiles with Il velocity OF 6oo meters
q second. If my speculauoh oe colleo''
the effect of the new Duilet Is ny ~
means an explosion. but merely II u'sn-
ing TO pieces. exactly the same us 'ie
xe,l-krown process OF the pursuing as
under of drops Of hardened glass "heh
the point is broken or.
pu xsic., Conditions Of the Ocean.
The surface of the earth is supposed
to contain 1SS. OOo,o 600 of square miles,
Of which 1o1,OOO,O 600 are water. Whlle
we are fairly familiar with the surface
of the land. we know. except III a Seh-
cral way. very little of the physlcai
conditions of the vast area covered
by water. That we know even rs much
as we do is mainly owing to the de-
yelopments in submarine telegrapny
Of the last few years. In the eastern
portion of the Central Pacific, there IS
ar area of 1O.500,O 900 square miles, III
which there are only seven soundlhgs'
whilst in Il long strip crossing inc
whole North Pacific. with an area OF
100000 square miles, there is absolute
Nv no sounding at all. Of all the oceans
the Atlantic is by far the best sounded
| and over its area of 81 100000 square
| miles there is 4 mean depths OF ABOUT
1000 fathOms or about 200 fathOmS less
than the estimated mean depth OF the
| Pacific. The promoters of the ropos-
| ed Pacific cable will be Interested III a
| fact pointed out by Capt. j. l.. Wharton
namely that the very deepest parts or
+ the ocean are not near thelr centers,
but in all cases very near land.Ihus
| the deepest sounding ever taken is one
| of 1855 fathoms, 40 miles outside the
| Kurile Islands. The next deepest is
4.561 fathoms. only seventy miles NORTH
| of Porto Rico. in the West Indies. and
there is another deep depression with
Ats fathoms at Il distance of fifty
miles off the coast of Peru. In these
great depths the floor of the ocean n
| sists of reddish-colorcd ciayey mud, with
no traces of organic remains but tho
teeth of sharks and cetacea. Great
progress has been made in the study
| of ocean currents. A clever model has
been made to illustrate the currents of
the Atlantic. The water is blown out
of various nozzles representing the
mean direction of the permanent winds
which blow over large areas in the
same direction. The movement Of the
water is made apparent by lycoEodium
dust sprinkled Over the surface. and
not only are the main currents repro
duced. but also the smaller effects and
peculiarities of the Atlantic drifts.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
Precipit0us.

Mrs. Wabash-Mrs. Weed says she Is
beginning to think marriage is a fall
ure.
Mrs. Lakeside-That's just like her,
to- Jump at conclusions! why, she hasn't
been married but four times.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
WAS A GOLDEN DEBUTANTE.

Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt n Late Adj
dition to the bouquet of Society
Buds.
Tall, slender, not strictly beautiful,
bit decidedly attractive Is Miss Ger
trude Vanderbilt, who made her en-
tree into society during the season just
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
Wear and Tear Too Much.

She-What do you think will be the
first effect of destroying the male" in
the constitution?
He-As far as I can see, l think it
will destroy the constitution in the
male.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
Ser1Ous

Uncle Mose-The minister glib out dis
mornin' dat OWN TO de cpcrdemic
about Lincumyille de annual confer
erce am postponed.
Aunt Martha-SmaIlpox?
Uncle Mose-NOpe: hen cholera.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
His Idea of 1t.

Visitor-What would a Delmonico
waiter consider Il proper tip?
New Yorker-An you had left after
paying the bill.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
BoTTINEAU. ! NORTH DAKoTA

Astoria, Oregon, took its name from
John Jacob Astor, the founder Of the
Pacific Fur Company. 1t was at first
a fort and trading station.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-20
For Public Appearance.

oh, dear, what shall I dor
The skeleton in the closet rocked to
and fro.
After I'll these years Of waiting. Z,
Y moaEed. there's going to be 4 di-
VERGE suit IN the family at last, and
II WrullG Its hands bitterly.
- haven't n blessed thing to 3 4
The outlook was ceTtaialy desperate.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-09-07

pursIed. The villain overlook them
When but a short distance from the
house and at once assaulted Mrs. Bone,
trying to force her into submission.
The lady, who is small of stature, re
sisted. With the power at Der command
she fought until her clothing was almost
torn from her body. her face was bruised
almost beyond recognition and her eyes
were closed by the heavy blows delt her
by her assallant The little girl seem
lngly fired with a zeal born of despera-
tion joined her aunt IN
THE TERRIFIC STRUGGLE.
She picked up stones and pounded the
fellow on the head, pulled his hair
smashed his hat ana scratched With all
her little might. Finally the william
gave the contest up and departed Mrs.
Bone and neice managed to reach a
neIghbors and gave the alarm. Strange
as it may appear the fellow never struck
the girl. Mrs. Bones condition was very
critical for day or two, bot her recovery
is resared as only a matter of time now
A systematic search was at once insti-
tuted for the wretch who attempted to
commi, the deed. \ complete descrip-
tion was secured, not only from Mrs.
Bone. but from neighbors who saw him
prowling about. lie was overtakcn near
Castlewood, about twenty miles southeast
Of this city, yesterday morning by Sheriff
Schanks Of Hamln county, assisted by
citizens of this city, and was brought
back to this place about O'Clock last
evening.