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Queer Collection OF Money!.

The currency discussion in congress
gives timeliness to happening in the
Peoples Bank of Lebanan, Pa. The
story is told by Congressman Woomer.
cashier OF the bank. On the day men
toned the executor Of the estate of
Mrs. Moses Light entered the bank and
deposited $4,000, which he had found
hidden away in of Mrs. Lights
house. The money had been accumu-
lating for years and years, and was the
patient savings from the sale of pro-
iuce. Among the deposits were LOO
pennies, including many issues Of the
Old coppers. There were $13 in notes
Of the State Bank Of Lebanon. Fortu-
aately they are still good. as the Leb-
anon State Bank never failed, but was
merged into the present Lebanon Ma
tional Bank. There were $47 in frac-
tional currency, Sc, SC, 1Oc, 25c and SOC
'shinplasters." Some OF the latter were
IN the original sheets in which they
were printed. When it became known
that hese relics were in the bank peo-
pie thronged in to purchase them, and
In an hour all the 'shinplasters" had
disappeared. There was also a $40 five
per cent interest bearing note issued
by the government In the early part Of
the war. There was a large quantity Of
old silver, including a half dollar that
was minted in 1919. There We're sever
ii Of the first issue Of greenbacks, as
crisp as though they had just come of
he presses at the Bureau Of Printing
ind Engraving.-Troy Times.
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MONDAY beaEfast.

| ner MONDAY beaKfast.
How the Worked Him.
On these occasions the baroness and
the general always remained pretty
long at table-the cuisine was as excel
lent as the wines were generous-and
during that timesa couple Of Prussian
officers belonging to the Headquarters
Staff at Berlin, and who were attached
to Nine. de Kulla's household in the
gujse of footmen, were in the habit Of
carefully perusing the contents of the
generals ministerial portfolio, with al
most criminal insouciance, he would
invariably leave in the salon during the
repast. Stenographic notes were rap
idly made Of the documents contained
in the portfolio, and that same after
noon the German authorities at Berlin
were in possession of a detailed report
Of everything that had taken place at
the cabinet council held at the Elysee
under the presidency of Marshal Mac
MahOn, just three or four hours pre-
viously.
OF course, a moment arrived when
all this became known, and it resulted
in the generals removal from the Of
flee Of war minister and his retirement
1IOIu Tic army Will u ClOuU Ol SuCIl
heavy popular opprobrium hanging
ver his head that it was not long be-
fore he succumbed to a malady which,
If it cannot be called broken heart,
was certainly broken spirit.
There was very little excuse for Gen.
eral de Cissy, since he should have
known who the woman was, as only
a couple Of years previously she had
been literally driven out of London by
a more reputable female diplomatist,
Nine de Novikoff. The latter, on ar
irving in London after a stay in Rus
STA. found Nine. de Kaulla enjoying a
considerable amount of social prestige
and currency. She had a beautiful
house in Queens Gate, Hyde Park,
and was a welcome guest at all the
diplomatic and official salons of the
British metropolis, the brilliancy of her
conversation, her beauty and her per-
feet taste in dress rendering her par
ticularly conspicuous.
Nine. de NorvikOf at once informed
her friends Of the antecedents of the
lady, as we'll as of the fact that she
had been expelled by the Russian po-
lice from st. Petersburg as a German
spy, and also as a blackmailer.
Lord Granville was made acquainted
with this during a reception at the For
eign Office, at which not only the Bar
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ed eyery night by noblemen q wen
knnwn club men. This and the styHsh
haauty of the countess attracted the
attention Of her majesty when at length
she did visit the opera, and OF course y
the womanly question arose, VINO Is
my fair neighbour -.
. The queen then learned Tor the nrst
time the identity Of Lady Stamford.
Court officials tried to arrange with the
opera management to get the peeress
to exchange her box for n in another
quarter Of the house, and every effort
was made to induce the lady to give
wav. Neither she nor her husband
woIld hear of such a thing. Lady
Stamford declared that she did not
care one whit whether the queen IT,
NAMED or stayed at home. Her maj.
estv. in consequence. abstained from
visiting the opera during the balance
Of that season, with the result that the
enterprise was almost ruined. But the
story got out and had the efrect OF zen.
dering her ladyship 0 saucy, nlofe
dashing and more popular tnan EYE
The present and ninth earl OF STAN,
ford is a very sensible, respectable ano
universally esteemed man OF aDou,
forty-ive, who was educated at oxford
and who, up to the time OF hls sue
cession to the peerage, laborlously
earned his living as a teacher OF GAS
les at the Coddington college, Barba
does. And it was shortly after taxing
his seat in the house Of lords thai
while addressing his fellow peers OF
some colonial question in connection
with the island of Trinidad, he MADE
use of the following phrase:
"For six years, my lords, l earned
my living on that island before goint
to Barbados" a statement OF a char
acter never made before within tn!
wallis Of that gilded chamber. Indeed
the word learn" seemed to jar on tn
ears of the hereditary legislators: Be
sides being a teacher, the earl of STAIN
ford has been commissioned AS a do
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Electricity ON French Canals.

aa- ~NS SeAA3U4Ae
Probably for the a that their
country has one of, the largest and
finest canal systems in the world,
Frenchmen are taking great interest
in the application OF electrical power
to canal operations. More attempts
have been made to run canal boats
electrically in France than anywhere
else, and one hears of new experiments
and trials almost every month. The
latest attempt in this direction has
been the application OF what IS known
as the Bovet system to the fifth reach
OF the st. Denis canal. a series elec-
trio motor on the canal boat reyolYed
the towing chain, that IT'D picked up
from the bottom OF the canal and a
given o three-qnarter turn around the
pulley drum. In this respect the cleo
strtc motor took the place Of the steam
engine used on the canal boat to on
crate the drum and chain mechanism.
A two-Wire circuit running along the
bank OF the canal was connected to
the canal boat motor by flexible cable.
which came aboard over q rolling
guide at the top OF the mast Of the
beat. The trial was quite successful.
q 800-ton l,nrge moving along at the
speed OF about Two or thee miles II
hour at an expenditure Of about three
hOrse-pOWer. Motion began WtthoVt
lar. and Waa easily kept IN.
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General De Cissy and the Austrian.
Baroness de Kaulla during the presi-
dency of Marshal MacMahon. In that
instance the dupe was not a mere cap
tain of the staff, but the minister of
war himself, General de Cissy. Baron
ess de Kaulla, a very beautiful woman,
was the daughter of an Austrian gov
eminent official, and had married the
French General Jung, the well-known
military historian, and until recently
the governor Of the port of Dunkirk.
Her morals were so d~isgraceful that
the couple soon separated, and the
lady, being left to her own devices, re-
! mnnd her maiden ra~na Of Baroness
de Kaulla and resorted to spying for .
living. -
She managed to make the acquaint'
ance Of the minister of war by asking
an audience Of him, for the purpose
Of securing his Intervention with her
former husband, whose signature she
pretended to require for some purpose
| or other. The minister became COM
pletely subjugated by her charms, and
soon got to be a frequent visitor to
her house. The latter was situated
within a stones throw Of the Elysee,
and on the days when the cabinet coun-
ellis were held at the presidential pal
ace, the susceptible old general would
regularly stroll across. after the meet
ing was ovor- to her residence to share
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Italian Marquise.
secrets concerning the manufacture
of the smokeless powder in use by the
French army, the mechanism Of the
new rife and of the improved ordnance;
but also Of having betrayed the entire
project Of mobilization Of the French
army in the event Of a declaration Of
war. This document is of a most vol
luminous character and arrangeS for the
assignment of the various regiments,
brigades and divisions to their respec-
tive posts, for the provisioning Of the
troops, for the means Of conveyance Of
the latter, ven going so far as to state
the hours at which the various railroad
trains conveying the forces and the
war material are to start and to arrive
ct their destination.
Nor was this all. For he is alleged
to have disclosed to the italian wal
officer the names of the French officers
and agents who have hitherto been Sc
cretly employed in procuring informa.
ton Of a confidential and military
character in Germany, Austria and in
the dominions Of King Humbert, the
result being that almost every one OF
them has been arrested and is likely
to undergo a prolonged term of impris.
onment imposed by the governments
Of the countries in which they were en-
gagged in spying at the time Of their
arrest.
II all this is true, there seems no tx
cuse for Captain Dreyfus, unless the
rumors be true, according to which he
was IN unfortunate but inveterats
gambler, for his father is one Of the
wealthiest cotton spinners Of Alsace.
while his wife is the daughter of tina
richest jeweler Of the Rue de la Paix.
Paris. The feeling against him is one
Of intense bitterness, especially in the
army, and there is a unanimous de-
mand in military as well as in civilian
circles for the infliction Of the death
penalty upon him. Nor is the govern
ment likely to offer any very strong
opposition, to this sentiment, for the
trouble and expense to which it has
been put by the black treachery Of
Captain Dreyfus is altogether incon-
ceivable, the plans and projects of
years having now to be changed and
modified in their entirety.
The Woman in the Case.
AS usual, there is a woman in the
Ease. There always is in such instances
as these-a lady who plays the role of
Delilah to that Of Samson filled by the
weak and treacherous officer. In Cap
tain Dreyfus's case it seems to have
been a beautiful and captivating Ital-
tan Marquise, now beyond the reach of
the French police. She got the captain
completely infatuated by her charms,
and after having wheedled a secret of
minor Importance out Of him terrorized
him to such an extent by her threats
Of exposing his indiscretion to his SUI
periors that she was able to obtain
from him all the subsequent informa-
ton that she required.
This marquise seems to have played
the same role as that of the infamous
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02
The Approach to Hoops.

"Now buckram danes do walk in
sweet Mayfair" and in the streets Of
Boston, too. Fashions have s%tiffened,
and Innings grown heroic. Of, haircloth
to such a degree Of late that tits III.
mored that the penance Of her carriage
or her calling gown is lenten to ladies
who on the promenade rejoice in thu
armor that is concealed even in silk
attire. The effect Of the enlarginp
sleeves is balanced, to a fine percep.
ton, by the counterpoise afforded by
all the stiffening the goddess of fashion
INDUCES in. Trust not the soft exterior
Of the most gentle maid or matron who
has traffic with fashion In these days:
there is costly weight Of woe to be
carried about when buckram rules.
Neither the notions Of the cloister nor
the manners Of the old days when the
stuff was of a costlier kind, than now
are copied by those who wear hair
cloth to-day.-Boston Transcript.
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1Onary work at the time, was far from
leading a life in keeping with his
sacred calling. He became involved in
some scandal In England which ~ to
his being deprived of his rectorship,
and emigrated to South Africa, where
he was acting at the time of his death
as overseer Of some grazing property.
He was thrice married during the
course of his long life, his first and
second wife being respectively of Irish
and Scotch birth. His third and SUI
viving partner he welded at Wynberg
IN South Africa, the bride being a full
FLOODED negress,, and the matrimonial
tan ceremony, but in accordance with
native rites, which will not bear de-
scription.
Her ladyship was the daughter Of a
aisreputable old Hottentot Of the name
favor and good will Of the earl by act
thing Of her existence until the death
Of the old earl, when a claim to the
peerage was put forth in the name OF
at the Cape Of Good Hope. People
we're soon found to advance money on
the strength of her claims, and, escort
ed by her lawyer and by her son, who
was almost as coal-black as herself, she
sailed for England, where she arrived
IN due course under the name of count
ess Of Stamford, her boy being de-
scribed as the earl of that ilk. She
lost no time in asserting her rights,
and the case was brought before the
house Of lords for decision.
After considerable discussion and in
vestigation the upper chamber came to
the conclusion that, while the marriage
between the earl and his Hottentot
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02
SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Pawnshops Existed I'm Bavaria, Reg
ulated i'm the Borrowers interest.

Pawnshops Existed In Bavaria, Reg
ulated i'm the borrowers Interest.
, There are records of a pawnshop reg
In Bavaria in 1893, and one in the
Franche Compile in 1850, before the
first Italian mont de piete was estab-
lished by a priest at Perugia in. 144O,
says the Contemporary Review. The
movement for state regulated pawn
shops received its great impetus from
social democrat, S%avonarola, who lib
Grated the F%lorentines from oppression
and gave them popular institutions. In
no other direction were his services to
the people more successful than in
founding mont de piete. The law for
creating his mont de pete was passed
in 1895, and before many years they
were established in all the principal
towns of Italy and had spread through
out Europe. The first monte de piete
In France was started at Avignon in
1877, and still exists. Their establish
ment in the Netherlands dates from the
sixteenth century. A Spanish priest,
Don Francisco Piquer, founded the
mont de piete Of Madrid in 17O5, start
Ing with the modest capital of 5 pence,
which he found in the offertory box he
mad placed in the church to receive con-
tirbutions for the institution. BY the
end If tho seventeenth century there
were monts de pietc, formed more or
less after the Italian model, in most
countries of Europe. The character
istics Of the original institutions re-
main with those of to-day, although
they have long since ceased to be man.
aged BY the priests or to be under the
influence Of the churches. The main
object. which Savonarola and other
early founders had in view-the protec-
ton of the poor from usurers and their
relief in periods of distress-is still
maintained, and the monts de piete in
all Latin countries. are associated with
charitable institutions and hospitals.
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charge OF being q German spy, and
there the duchess remained until the
battle Of Sedan had been fought and
the empress forced to fly from Paris.
There are many well-known Europeon
statesmen now living who attribute to
the intrigues of these two ladies the Sc
cret cause Of the inexplicable Franco
German war, which led to the over-
throw of the Napoleonic Empire and
the consequent withdrawal Of the
French army Of occupation from Rome.
The kept Of the last French soldier had
no sooner vanished from the Eternal
City than Victor Emmanuel, with his
besieging army made his appearance
before the gates Of Rome and took for
chile possession of the capital.
A Fair Russian Intriguante.
Another %petticoated diplomatist is the
Russian princess who acts as lady in
waiting to the mother of the Khedive
of Egypt. Her record is such as to
render it preferable for her government
to utilize her services,n in Europe, but
on the banks of the Nile, where so
many damaged regulations have found
a home. Through her the imperial
chancellerie at st. Petersburg obtains
an early report Of every fresh state Sc
cret which the English government
finds it necessary to communicate to
the Khedive.
1t would be scarcely fair to. include
n this list such eminently respectable
and respected ladies as Princess Lise
Troubetskoi and Nine. de Novikoff.
Yet they , too, form part of that high
ly-paid corps of female. diplomatic
agents who are remunerated out of the
secret service fund at the disposal Of
every continental government. 1t is a
corps which owing to the persuasive
powers intuition and the talent for
intrigue of its members, is Of infinite
ly greater value to the governments
employing them than the regular staff
Of ambassadors, ENJOYS and attaches.
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8 FOR A NAME

N-"T "" - $780,. ~ - -.
This is the sum we hear the Salzer
Seed Co. offer for a suitable name for
their wonderful new oats. The United
States department of agriculture says
Salzer's oats is the best of 800 varieties
tested. A great many farmers report
= test yield of 200 bushels per acre last
year, and are sure this can be grown
and even more during 1895. One thing
we know and that is that Safzer Is the
largest Farm Seed grower in the world
and sells potatoes at $3.50 per barrel.
Just the kind that do well. in Texas
and the great South. ThirtY-fve
packages, earliest vegetables, u post
paid. {.
[ 1t You viii Cut This Out and Send II
with Toe postage to the John A. Salxer
Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis, you get FREQ
his mammoth catalogue and q pack
age of above $500 Prise Data. WI. q.
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A CITY's SEVEN RESERVOIRS.

san Francisco's Water suppl,
Through the Rainless Season.
The growth of a city is most accur
ately estimated by the demands upon
it's water supply. Pure water is of the
utmost Importance to the health OF
towns and cities. r~--
While eastern and central portions
Of the United States are blessed with
summer rains and a grand system OF
rivers and lakes from which to draw
a supply for their cities and towns,
the Pacific coast has only winter rains,
which last for an average Of about five
months in the y%ear-from about the
middle of October to the end Of March
being followed by an absolutely dry
summer, lasting from six to seven
months. In order, therefore, to make
a success Of the water supply It be-
comes necessary to store the winter
waters when there is an abundance
flowing to waste into the sea.
The Spring Valley Water company
is the corporation which furnishes San
Francisco with its water from reser.
voirs situate in the southern portion
Of the peninsula.
The storage capacity Of the COM
pany's reservoirs together now is 29,-
OO0,O0O 600 gallons, and they contain
an average of rs, OOO,OOO,OOO gallons.
The company has other properties in
view. where an additional supply of
water may be stored. With the reSer-
voirs built as proposed, its storage
capacity, which is now 29,O0O,OOO,O 600,
will be increased to 72.OOO,OOO,OOO gal
Ions, and their daily supply capacity,
which at present is nearly 100000
gallons, the city consuming 2O,OO0,O0O
gallons, will be increased nearly 1O0,-
100000 gallons daily which would
permit an abundant supplyfor from
one to one and q half million people.
Thus, San Francisco In proportion 10
its population, is abundantly supplied
with water, not only at present, but
for many years ahead.
The joint capacity Of the seven city
reservoirs is in the neighborhood OF
100000 gallons, and their respective
elevations range from 16S to 375 feet
above tide. The distributing pipe sys-
tenn Of San Francisco from 4 inches to
81 inches, has a total length OF 285
miles and although the surface of the
city Is broken up by many hills and
dales, the average pressure maintained
throughout the city varies from 80 to
q pounds to the square inch, which ia
OF large assistance to its very efficient
IRE observation-disclosures Weekly.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02

Lord Stamford's impending marriage
to Miss Elizabeth Theobald recalls to
mind the very narrow escape Of the
British house Of peers from being CON-
PEELED to accord a seat in its gilded
chamber to an exceedingly dusky and
,gnorant mulatto, whose appearance
here arrayed in the coronet and scarlet
armine-barred robes of n British earl
would have constituted one Of the most
striking demonstrations Of the alto
gether %anachronic and illogical system
Of government by hereditary legisla-
tors.
The eighth earl was a very eccentric
old gentleman, who, although he was
ordained as a clergyman Of the Church
IF England and was engaged in mis-
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02

A little steamer Of 100 tons is at pres
ent, according to press dispatches, be-
ing constructed at Argenteuil, accord
ing to the invention of M. Balm,
which consists in rolling the ship over
the water instead Of forcing it through
as at present.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02

Those old stories of a needle travel
Ing through a mans body and coming
out years later are relegated to the
back number department now that sur
eeons have taken out of a mans arm
eleven feet of wire that he didn't know
he had with him.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02

Clay eaters are not confined to our
Southern states. Humboldt found them
eating is common throughout the tor
rid zone, and is not unknown in Swe-
den, Norway, Finland and New Gale
donna.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02

Since the introduction Of trolley cars
in, Brooklyn horses can be bought very
cheap in some Of the car stables. Not
long ago a lot were auctioned off and
a peddler is said to have paid Is cents
for a bony animal.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02

In the cemetery at Barstable, Mass,
Is the following inscription: Here
1yeth inferred We body Of Mrs. Hope
Chapman, We wife Of Elder John Chip
man, aged As years, who changed this
life for a beer We 8 Of January, 1888"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02

The Roman soldiers must have been
powerful men. Many Of the swords
that have been recovered from tombs
weigh six to- ten pounds, while the bat
tle-axes often weigh twenty.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02

The great Alpine climber, Edward
Whymper, who has just broken a bone
by tumbling up stairs, had a perilous
experience once in scaling the Matter
horn. He fell in a few bounds 800 feet,
and was insensible for hours.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02

It is proposed to make the port OF
Bristol, England, accessible to trans
atlantic vessels at all times by dam
ming the River Avon at it's mouth and
using locks. According to the plans Of
the engineers, a constant depth Of ~
feet a be obtained and the necessary
docks and breakwaters constructed for
&11,000.OO0.
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A La Grannis.

Marie-Why do you always speak OF
4 moral "wave' as If it were some
thing going to sea? @"s3 )
Reformer-Ah! that's just ii, my
dear. It's because somebody Is al
ways going to see something he
shouldn't be going to see. 80
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In Olden Times

People overlooked the importance Of per-
manently beneficial effects and were salts
fed with transient action; but now that It
is generally known that Syrup Of Figs viii
permanently cure habitat constipation, well
informed people will not buy other laxa-
tives, which act for a time, but finally in
jure the system.