davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-08-10
Locals and Spicy Items

When You stop in Truckee for a day
or fora month you should remeniebe1
you get the best accommodations at the
Whitney House.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-08-10

Bny your fencing, pine or redwood
shingles, clear and common lumber OF
all sizes of Foulks and Downing, Verdi
or Reno. The best mountain pine and
low prices. Common lumber on the cars
at Verdi Mt $40 pen thousand.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
Visiting Niagara Falls,

Speculation is often heard as to the
number of visitors to Niagara Falls.
Some light is thrown on the subject
by the return of the electric road run
ming along the Canadian bank from
Queenstown to Chippewa, through
Victoria Park. It appears that the
travel for the eason up to November
reached about $1,000 passengers.
This road skirts the river all the way
within a few feet of the end of the
bluff. and is operated by the water
power Of the great Horse Shoe Falls,
the generators, being driven by tur.
bines which receive water through q
canal just above the fall and discharge
under the veil of tumbling foam and
spray. The plant is Of 5000 horse
power. 1t was the first large utili-
zation of the energy Of Niagara, and
it is now proposed to parallel the road
with another on u own shore, which
shall have the peculiar attractiveness
OF running out on brackets at the foot
OF the cliff, and will thus put the tour
list right over the boiling waves of
the whirlpool Rapids. If 100, 900
horsepower is taken from Niagara
for all classes of work, 1t is estimated
that the withdrawal OF the water from
Its natural channel will make a diff
ference Of but / or 2 inches in the
thick green sheet falling over the
Horseshoe.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
Floods Of Light.

In a recent magazine article Rich
ard Harding Davis says that the Par
isian puts up ten lamp posts to every
one that is put up in London Or New
York and that in the gay city Of
France n a read at a third story
window by the illumination from the
street below. While this may be true
of certain frequented thoroughfares
in Paris, it is certain that New York
is n Of the best lighted cities in the
world, and Paris one of the worst,
chiefly because the American city uses
so much electricity everywhere, while
in Paris 1t is not often found. For
eigners say that there are more arc
lamps in the Bowery to the square
foot than anywhere else the globe
over. What one misses, however,
is the decorative use of light, and this
is in no small degree a question of
national artistic temperament. The
great point to aim at in lighting is
not tc numb the eye with big local
effects, but to secure a general har-
monious distribution in small units.
The French obtain their cheerful ef-
fects by rows of little jets rather than
by n or two huge lights that only
makes the surrounding darkness more
pronounced; and, where they can. they
intersperse their lamps with foliage.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02

In a recent article on Coffee and
Cocoa, the eminent German Chemist,
Professor Stutzer, speaking of the
Dutch process of preparing Cocoa
common in Germany in which am
monia is added, says: ''The only re-
suit Of these processes Is to make the
liquid appear turbid to the eye Of the
consumer, without effecting a real So
luton Of the Cocoa substances. This
artificial manipulation for the purpose
Of so-called solubility is, therefore,
more or less inspired by deception,
and always takes place at the cost Of
purity, pleasant taste, useful action,
and aromatic flavor. The treatment
Of Cocoa by such chemical means is
entirely Objectionable. Cocoa
treated with potash or ammonia would
be entirely unstable but for the sup
Elementary addition Of artificial fla
vors by which a poor substitute for
the aroma driven out into the air is
offered to the consumer" The delic-
ious Breakfast Cocoa made by WAL
TER BAKER & CO., Of Dorchester,
Mass, is absolutely pure and soluble.
No chemicals, or dyes, or artificial fla
vors are used in it.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02

sEF = - 80 Xxx -@ ~ SEE MEgN
The black dinner gown, whether II
be plain velvet or some Of the richly
figured materials, is always in good
taste. and the woman wearing a well
made black gown Of suitable material
Is properly dressed for the most ella
borate function. Elderly ladies have
long ago concluded that. nothing is 90
becoming or SO suitable as black velvet,
made to look even more elegant by the
use OF fine lace, and, SO, very many Of
them adhere strictly to gowns Of it,
and very often to style Of making
the princess. Dame fashion has or
dered that black satin is suitable to all
ages and conditions for q dinner dress,
- coznbined With lace or made
hatnI0f6lt 6ls1a n 1eSlor itEie veEy eeners
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
WHAT DOES 1T NEANs
Fact or Fiction About Two Great
Fair Awards.

Fact or Fiction About Two Great
Fair Awards.
A newspaper paragraph denounces
as false" the claim of a baking pow
der company to an award at the
Worlds Fair. Whom can it mean?
Certainly not DR.. Prices. Why? Be-
cause. as the records show, DR.. Prices
exhibited, competed and received the
highest award, both at Chicago, and
the California Midwinter Fair. The
award in California included Gold
Medal. The official examiners pro-
nounced it the strongest, the purest,
the most wholesome and efficient Of
all the baking powders. Its title to
confidence is unquestioned.
Can it be the manufacturers Of a
New York powder, tictitiorsly labelled
absolutely pure" who are making
false" claims? That would be strange
indeed, inasmuch as they were not
even considered in the awards.
Was it Ammonia in the New York
powder that prevented it's makers
from competing? If not what?
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02

tThe day is not far distant" remark
ed a Florida gentleman not long since,
when talking VITA a reporter, when
The term cedar pencil will become
quite a misnomer. At the present
time the average annual consumption
IF lead pencils is at the rate Of about
four for every man, woman and child
n the country. During the last ten
years the quantity of cedar which has
Oeen cut in our state to supply the de-
mand of the American and German
pencil makers has been enormous, the
product of more than 1000 acres of
ground being consumed every year.
The cedar of the state will not hold out
many years longer against demands
Of this kind, and already experiments
are being tried with other wood. Very
cheap pencils are generally made Of
poplar, which answers fairly well, but
which will never be so valuable for the
purpose as the old-fashioned and long
tried cedar. OF course, Florida has not
a monopoly on the supply of cedar
wood, but in adjoining states, where
some is to be found, the work of des-
truction has been going on quite as
fast as in III little commonwealth, and
[ doubt very much whether any of our
cullufeu VIII use Pencils Hldue out Oh
the most durable and most easily pol
tshed and trimmed wood We know of
at the present time."-EXchange.
Hammered Iron Work.
The popularity Of black iron lamps
and lanterns for the piano, the study or
porch, has given impetus to the Ian
, gushing art of working in hammered
iron. 1t is the highest type Of iron
work as we'll as the most beautiful, and
we are glad to see it revived. The
hammered iron work Of the middle
ages has been reverenced almost as
a departed art. The best of this work
is very expensive, but that has not
prevented the production Of some mag
nificent examples. The opportunity for
the use of hammered iron work is large,
including gates, ratings, balconies, etc.,
and it would appear that once general
attention WIS directed to this species
Of artistic ornamentation the field Of
its application would be extensive
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
Novel Contribution.

A yorng maj in North London, who
carried Il collection plate after the SER
vice, before starting put his hand in
his pocket and placed, as he supposed,
a shilling in the plate and then passed
round among the congregation, which
included many young and pretty girls.
The girls, as they looked on the plate,
all see ed astonished and amused, and.
the young man, taking a glance at the
plate, found that he had put instead
of a shilling a conversation lozenge on
the plate, with the words, "Will you
marry ne" in red letters staring ev-
erybody' in the face, while one Of the
congregation had capped it by a Sec
ond lozenge, on which was printed,
"Namp the day."
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
HOW

'William," said Mrs. Youngwife from
the head of the stairs to her husband,
who had come home at an early hour
in the morning, "there is some of my
homemade cake in the pantry, a new
kind that I made to-day. / put it
where you can easily find it."
"All right, DEAR" responded MI.
Youngwife; chow considerable Of you'll I
might have eaten some of it without
thinking. And the grateful husband
made a supper of cold beef.-Boston
Home Journal. g~5
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
RetrogreastOn.

A large company was gathered at
the table d'hote as is usual in the mod
err in romance. .
The large lady had just troubled the
bald gentleman for the vinegar.
mo" she was saying, woman will
not. go backward" /:
Except when she gets of a street
ear" observed the .cynic who had been
hitherto silent. - - 4ss#a<
The youth with, the blond mustache
got choKed with his soup, but said
nothing.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
A MUCH SURPRISED CAT.

The Exciting Results of Setting on
Burglar Alarm.
A big six-toed cat which belongs to
Jackson & Co., the furriers m Ire
mont street, set off their automatic
burglar alarm last night and created
no end of disturbance there. Pussy
is of a shy and gentle disposition, and
has courted publicity, and the
attention which her actions drew to her
last night has probably made her re-
solve never to 60 near a burglar alarm
again.
Since the day of her birth she has
never been outside the store. In the
daytime she sits about in the store
and shames the rich furs with the
gloss of her own skin; and in the night
she prowls about, upstairs and down,
In a tireless search for rodents, for
she is a skillful ratter, and takes great
pride in keeping the store free from
these vermin.
1t was this prowling last night which
was the cause of her publicity. Al
ter everybody had gone home, and the
store was dark, she went her rounds
without event until at about II o'clock
she happened to go down the cellar
stairs. IT she had gone down as she
usually did, one step at a time, all
would have been we'll, but she prob
ably thought she saw a rat, and, be-
Ing In a hurry, jumped for some dis
lance, alighting on one of. the bottom
steps. Never, again will pussy
do such a thing. The three bottom
steps OF the stairs are arranged to set
OF the burglar alarm when any con
siderable weight is put upon them,
and the impetus of her jump was suf-
hcient to achieve this result. In an
instant the whole store was filed with
the binding glare Of the electric lights,
turned on by the alarm, and the great
gong over the door was changing out
It's harsh warning.
The first persons on the scene saw
the store brilliantly lighted on the in.
side and a temporarily insane cat tear.
ing about from floor to counter, and
from counter to shelves, in a vain en-.
deayOr to get away from the fierce
glare and the hideous noise. People
gathered like magic. Theaters were
just out, and the streets were more
crowded than at n time after s
o'clock. Clear up as far as West street
the noise Of the gong could be dis
tinctly heard, and all the policemen on
duty anywhere in the vicinity came
rushing toward the store, followed by
the people from the theaters and the
omnipresent crowd which seems to
spring out Of the ground when n
thing happens at night. In a few mo
ments more another gong was heard
and the patrol wagon came up Ire.
mont street with the horses On tile
run, and two more pair ,In,en hanging
to the seats. Patrolman Burns, If Di.
vision 2, soon had the door open, and
the crowd prepared to see a number OF
desperate men dragged forth. A dill.
gent search for the burglars began and
the store was ransacked from top to
bottom, but without result; and the
policemen were finally forced to the
conclusion that cit was the cat" Pa.
trolman Burns stopped the alarm and
turned off the electric lights, but he
could not quiet poor pussy's n rves.
When at the store this morning,
the cats eyes were as big us saucers,
and she had evidently not nearly re.
covered from her exp ,rience of last
night.-Boston Transcript.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
INFORMATION ON SCIENTIFIC AND
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS.
How Diamonds Are Mined-Ventilnt-
Ing Car WindOws-An Automatic
Fire Extinguisher N~eutralizins;.
Arsenic VapOrs. .a.a.

The diamond is one of the things
hat the public is never tired Of hearing
tbout, and is eve anxious to see, dis
.lss, and, above all, to possess; but few
ave any idea Of the tedious and Ia
,orious process by which the precious
rem is minel and brought to the light
# day. All the entrances to the mine
ire rigidly guarded, and only the writ
.en permit Of the manager Will enable
I visitor to descend the huge shaft
which pierces the working level, say,
1000 feet below. In the tunnels Of the
nine, which are about seven feet high,
he miners are hard at work drilling
aoles in the adamant ground with a
arge crowbar, which they use with
both hands. After making six holes
zach, which may take three hours, Or
dx, or longer, according to the hardness
II the strata they are working in, they
ire allowed to retire to their homes in
he compound and rest for the remand
n Of the day. Dynamite cartridges are
placed in the drilled holes and explod-
I'd, and the blue ground which has
been dislOdged is shoveled into trucks,
sach Of which holds a ton, run along
The level and taken up the shaft. 1t is
carried in large Jumps as hard as
granite to "the foors," where it is
spread out and left from three to six
months to be %pulverized by the action
b the sun, air and rain, a steam har-
,ow being run over it from time to
lime to assist the process Of disintegra-
don. In due time it Is taken to the
washing machine, the work of which
s to sift out all the light deposit, cal led
'tailings," in which no diamonds are
tound, and to clean the ground" which
8 then placed in a hopper, and car
led by revolving buckets to the top Of
IN elevator, whence it is dropped into
I cylindrical Pan. AS the pan is rotat-
ID water is thrown on it's contents,
ind the mass is Clipped and sliced by
ron knives, the light mud overflow ng
n the center, and the heavy deposit
containing the diamonds passing into
I pulsating receiver. from which it is
graded into three different size sieves.
Water is then pumped through the bot
tom, and the light deposit is then forced
over the top, the heavier falling through
The sleeves. It is then passed by means
Of valves into tugs, and the important
work of seaching for the diamond then
commences. -Four times Go the search
srs examine every particle of the ma
ierial, and so carefully and thoroughly
8 their work done that it Is said that a
half carat. diamond might be mixed
with a couple Of hundred weight Of
earth in a hopper at the end of the
sitting machiue with perfect assurance
hat it would ultimately come into the
hands of the sorters.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
The Modern Mother

Has found that her little ones are improved
more by the pleasant laxative, Syrup Of
Figs, when in need of the laxative effect
Of a gentle remedy than by any other,
and that it Is more acceptable to them.
Children enjoy it, and it benefits them.
The true remedy, Syrup Of Figs, is manu-.
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only. ~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
Partly True.

He called me a gibbering idiot"
shouted the violent man. "Now I ask
you, candidly, what do you think Of
that?"
'I should first wish to know just
what he meant by gfbbering,'' retoined
the cautious party.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
The Home IfSe In.uraue. ca.

OF New York have just issued the most at
t~racttve policy, combining both protection ant
Investment ever offered by any old line com
pany. Cash surrenders, loaning feature, etc.
all absolutely guaranteed. Profitable agency
contracts can be secured. Write for particu
lars to FRANK +. LOOMS, Manager North
western Department. 1868 Pioneer Press
Building, ST. Paul
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
Ambitious

Editor-What can you do on a news
paper?
Applicant-I am a war correspondent
and foot ball understudy.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
Both ut Work.

Mrs. Strongmind-"Here I'm working
night and day for the advancement Of
women, but I'd like to know what
use you are in the world"
Mi. Sim working for the eman-
cipation of man."
"Eh? How?
II am trying to make cotton cheap
en-.
THE idea. What for?"
$50 that even the poorest man can
afford enough to stop his ears WITH
New York Weekly.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
An Implied Pledxe

The Father-Do you think you can
support a wife?
The Suitor-I can at least give her
candidacy serious consideration.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
Realistic.

The recently married editor Of a
comic weekly now declines all jokes
about mothers-in-law, on the ground
that a .mother-in-law is no joke.-Elfin
Notes.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
Not Wasted.

She-Why do you make fun of my
bargain counter purchases?
He-You don't expect to make any
thing out of them yourself, do you?
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
In Themselves.

Britisher (home from abroad)-We
didn't find the Americans interested in
the things we expected.
Britisher (never abroad-Didn't they
notice you at all?
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02

After physicians had given me up. I was
saved by PisO'S Cure.-Ralph Erieg, WILL
Transport, Pa, Nov. %, 1893.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
Distractions in a Great Harbo

VOstruct1OHs IN u ureHI kAHEOOE
Are less easily removed than distractions of
the bowels are by Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, infinitely more effectual than violent
purgatives, and which never gripes, con-
ters also removes malarial and rheumatic
complaints, biliousness, sick headache, nerv-
BUSINESS and dyspepsia. Give this deserving
remedy a fair trial and expect the best and
most complete results.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
PrOEnOstfcatfOu

my corns seem to know when it 10
going to rain"
Wise acherS, as it were"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
impossible Measure.

You can always arouse the voters
with a measure that touches their
pockets"
"But what are you going to do where
women voter"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, l..

LUCAS COUNTY. 80
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that no In
the senior partner of the firm Of F. J. CHE
NEY & Co., doing business in the City Of
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of CATARRH that can not be cured by
the use Of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in nv
presence this 9th day of December, A. D
1886.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02

An old Greek law prevented the husband
Of a divorced woman from marrying a
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02

A paper weight used by the prince Of
Wales ia said to be the mummthed hand Of
one OF the daughters of Pharaoh.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02
Dynamo Brushes.

One OF the familiar and indispensa-
BILE features Of all electric motors and
dynamos In ordinary use to-day is the
brush which picks up the current from
the revolving armature In which it is
1t out to the circuits TO which 1t Is to-
be used. These brushes have come
In the course OF years to assume q va
riety OF forms in difEefent materials.
The two chief suDstdbces from which
carbon. Az a general thing the cop
pact mass Of wire gauze, which an
sWers Its purpose admirably. OF late
years carbon has come very largely
tors. IN motors driving fans and such
may be found Ia the form 5of little
sticks, like the core sof 3 short lead
pencil; but on the motors under cars,
ln solid bars Of slabs. 1t wears re-
parts 2 beautiful high glaze to the
1Omnutators that &c rests 8 d "A new
variety of. brush material has just
been introduced to the field. III con-
ssi5ts cavbenized cloth. compressed
00sn1etAl scase Oman q the side,
&e1prrxsgfplkJbo th n h0lder 1of
! nss 4
N&t sdo,xS I'LL clotIEE s1sg
pleaIpIG1sds bY 15el,nihf 1EaxkSS1ed
6le Is Asd1 yeKEN1J,aSa f1lfEs
&sshardf0TcarbOn s6uidsS#SA xEsf8 JESs5g0
6a4o mann important 8dvanta36 q
N04&t6ality and Observation-Disclosures
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-02

by means of an automatic chemical
process is proposed, and tests have
been made. in which the inventor
claims to hav proved the value of his
device. He argues that if the oxygen
can be dispelled from the atmosphere
combustion will be arrested and the
hre will Immediately die out. An in
sulated wire is run in the ceiling of a
room and connected with a thermostat.
When the temperature of the room
rises to a certain point above the
normal, say 1O5 deg. Fahrenheit, an
alarm bell is sounded and the wire Is
parted. This sets free a number Of
weights at set intervals, which fall on
small walls of chemically prepared So
luton. This disengages a gas which
forces oxygen from the room through
valves fixed for the purpose. AS soon
as the oxygen is forced out the valves
swing back into place and the room
becomes alright. The fire is extin-
guished at once, but twenty minutes
is allowed before pure air is admitted,
and the room can be entered. The in
ventor's Idea is to connect wires run
ming to the different apartments in a
large building-in the general Office, 81
that when the alarm is sounded the
fire is instantly located. A special ar
rangement is also provided by which
all windows that might be open at
the outbreak of a fire are Immediately
closed when the thermostat Indicator
reaches the warning point.