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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

1T would be Madness" said !, for
me to buy a diamond under the circum-
stances. Resides I do not carry hun
dreds of pounds about In my pocket.
Yet I more than half believe your
story. I win. II you like. do-come to
my office tomorrow"
"You think I am a thief said he
keenly. "You will tell the police. I
I'm not coming into a trap"
Somehow / am assured you are no
thief. Here Is my card. Take that
anyhow. You need not come to my
appointment. Come when you will"
He took the card, and an earnest of
my good will.
Think better of it and come" said I.
He shook his head doubtfully. II
will pay pay back your half-crown with
interest some day--such interest as will
amaze you,'' said he. Anyhow, you
will keep the secret? Don't follow me-"
He crossed the road and went into
the darkness toward the little steps
under the archway leading into Essex
the last I ever say of him.
Afterward I had two letters from
him asking me to send bank notes
not checks-to certain addresses. I
weighed the matter over ana took what
I conceived to be the wisest course.
Once he called on me when I was out.
My urchin described him as a very
thin, dirty and ragged man, with a
dreadful cough. He left no message.
That was the finish Of him so far as my
story goes. | wonder sometimes what
has become of him. Was he an inge-
NOUS monomaniac Or q fraudulent deal
er in pebbles or has he really made
diamonds as he asserted? The latter
is just sufficiently credible to make me
think at times that I have missed the
most brilliant opportunity Of my life.
He may, Of course, be dead and his
diamonds carelessly thrown ~aside-one,
I repeat, was almost as big as my
thumb. Or he may. be still wandering
about trying to sell the things. 1t is
just possible he may yet emerge upon
society, and, passing athwart my heav-
ems in the serene altitude sacred to the
wealthy and the well advertised, re-
proach me silently for my want Of en-
terprise. I sometimes think I might at
least have risked f5.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

The wearing Of moccasi is so COM
mon in the rural districts of Maine and
New Brunswick that white shoemakers
find it's profitable to manufacture them
wholesale, although the Indians are still
reputed to make the best. The true
moccasin is a light thin foot covering Of
deerskin, and what is called a ''shu-
pack" and perhaps is even more in use
is a moccasin with a thickness Of leath-
er under the sole, and it comes a lit
tie higher on the ankle. The lumber
men wear '%larrigans," which are made
sometimes Of deer hide and sometimes
Of moose leather, thick, strong, stiff,
and oiled until they are as yellow as
bar soap. They are shaped like boots,
with heavy soles, and reach half way
to the knee. @
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

The new tower bridge Of London is
paved with the wood of the eucalyptus
tree from Australia. The blocks are
about the size Of building bricks, and
their top surface has beveled edges,
thus affording the horses a foothold.
They are fastened together by means
Of pegs put through them and fitted
into corresponding holes in the adjoin-
ing blocks. This wood is a dark ma
hogany color, is very expensive, but
heavy and durable. It was laid accord
ing to the Duffy patent system with
special machinery. Wood'is replacing
stone pavement in many of the London
streets.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

it can be transmitted long distances
with small loss, thus making 1t posi-
BILE to use power ut such a distance
from its source as would otherwise
render it unavailable; ~ the conduc
tors for conveying electrical power
from n point to another require less
space. are more easily put in and re-
paired, are easily tapped for branch
circuits and form a more flexible sys-
tenn Throughout than any other mode
Of Transmission permits; 81 the cleo
trical system Is ideal, viewed from the
standpoint OF cleanliness; the stations
can he made to convey a minimum
space; the system does not vitiate the
air In n,iue working; and the current
used-,5N yolts-has been proved to be
quite free from danger to life. Mr..
Selby-7,irgc gave an interesting in.
stance of the way In which the benefits
of electricity have been illustrated in
California. At Bodie an electrical
power plant has been erected to run q
twenty-stamp mill. In 1891 milling
cost the company on an average $3.50
per ton, crushing about 1909 tons per
month, and. as the price OF fuel was
$40 per cord in that locality, fuel bills
frequently exceeded $1,000 a month.
On this account, coupled with other
reasons, it was decided to try cleo
tricity. An excellent water-power was
found in a mountain stream on the
northern slope Of Castle Peak, in the
Sierra Nevadas, and a power house
was erected within a mile Of it. A
pole line was constructed, following a
straight line. twelve miles long, over
the mountains from the power house
to the mill, upon which to hang the
wires, and a telephone line was also
run from the Bodie office to tie power
house, fourteen miles away. Work
was begun in August, 1892, and in Oc-
tober, 1893, the plant was ready for
operation. A saving was made from
the start of $1.52 per ton. The mana
ger Of the works, in his report on four
months working, says: I'VE have the
advantage new of being able to OPP
crate the mill by electrical power, en-
aiding us to work a higher grade and
less quantity Of ore without the loss Of
time and money accompanying each
start and stoppage of the mill when the
same was driven by steam power. This,
aside from the direct saving in fuel
consumption, Is a gain Of $50 to $40
per tWeIve-hour shift
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

1t 10 said that heat holidays have
now been established by law In the pub
lie schools of Switzerland. Recognizing
the we'll known fact that the brain can
not work properly when the heat is
excessive, the children are dismissed
from their tasks whenever the Their
mometer goes above a certain point.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

Florida is a three-billion state this
year in oranges, and California is CON-
ing forward to help make this country
the greatest producer of oranges in the
world. The beauty connected with rails
ing choice fruit is that the world neve
gets enough of it.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

Desiccated milk began to attract at
tention more than half n century ago.
1t was then called lactoline, and accord
ing to accounts Of the period, an addi-
ton OF nine parts Of water would re-
duce it to fresh milk. The modern con
densed milk is an: improvement upon
this earlier product.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

Palm-leaf hats made by women and
children in Virginia were exported to
France sixty years ago, where they un-
dersold English hats of the same ma
teriar. Then, as now, the price Of such
work was extremely low, and 1t was
said that the earnings of women and
children producing $1,000 hats were less
than $1,000. A single commission house
of that time in New York sold $4,000
worth of such hats made in one county
of Virginia -- ~ o.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

The antumnal football casualties in
America will be In the neighborhood of
six men killed and thirty seriously in
jured, which beats anything that bull
fighting in Spain can show in five years.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26
New Inventions.


Inventors are of two kirds, those
who conceive ideas and those who put
them into tangible shape. 1t is of the
later that the world takes c~ognizance.
but the former gets an innings once in
a while. A village blacksmith writes
to an English paper: II see in your
paper something about an electrical ex-
pertinent ut Worcester, that they are
utilizing water power. I have made a
motor which can be fixed in the Bristol
channel, and once fixed needs no at
tendance whatever, not even q boy. Tt
could be fixed at the. new passage. or
any tidal river. OF course, it will wear
out in time. 1 could make a wheel to
develop 100000 horsepower. No mat
ter which way the tide is running. nv
wheel always works one way. 1t works
automatically and has taken me twenty
years to think tie An obscure genius
writes from Iowa, United States, to q
London electrical jour- al: .(sentla-.
men: / find that the nations OF the
East are actively engaged In solving
the problem OF marine navigation. But
they lack the motive power to COM
plete their work. I would say I have
conceived q plan that may be OF great
use in that respect. The motive force.
Is entirely new, and we all know there
is power In gun cotton IL 1t can be
properly Harnaced to do the work.
Although 1t Is nm untried thing, vat I
have confidence as q practical me-
chanic to believe 1t would be d suck
sess. ! am Y illing to do the thing In
this way: II the parties who may be
-4N
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

A Boston writer says we are on the
verge of a tremendous poetic impulse,
and that 1.-THE first dawn Of a new and
more intense inspiration" has begun to
sweep over the country. This view
must be based ON the fact that while no
first-class poet is now in existence the
law of averages will have to be kept
IN
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

People are wasting altogether too
much sympathy ON IL Hung Chang.
He Is worth $50, OOOO,CpO and can buy
himself a complete new suit Of peacock
feathers when the emperor gets
through picking him.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26
PNEUMONIA.

The Cause and Prevention OF q Com.
mon Disease.
This is the season of the year when
men, women and. children sicken and
die from pneumonia. Flannels are not
put on soon enough, perhaps. Summer
shoes are sometimes worn into early
winter. Cold weather is not always
met as it should be. People are care
less. Strong men, when they are Well,
fancy thems elves germ and disease
proof.
And thus it is and no doubt. thus it
will be. The cool-headed woman and
the sensible man, if they love. this
earth and want to stay, will keep their
feet warm and dry, however, and will
put on good flannels when the wind
gets sharp.
DR.. Cyrus Edison, commissioner of
health for the State and City of New
York, in a letter to the public, gives
some interesting information and makes
some valuable suggestions in respect
to pneumonia and it's prevention. He
says that pneumonia IS probably an
earth germ disease and that IL cold
weather the germs make their way
to the unfrozen ground beneath houses.
Thus houses become their route of es-
cape from earth to air, and thus all
houses ought to be Wen ventilated.
DR.. Edison of course points out those
well known but little needed truths in
respect to over fatigue, irregular eating
and sleeping, and lack of open air cxer-
else. If h man Is strung, II he eats
at given hours, If he gets all the sleep
he needs, If he walks or rides in the
open air; he can generally take in a
germ and throw It. off again. All doc
tors say this and say it pretty often,
considering that they do so for moth
ing. -
However, there are people who won't
listen to their physicians and they suf-
people a lot Of very important advice.
with a sudden chill, the chill which il
the beginning Of pneumonia, ten grains
of quinine in n dose should be taken
Immediately, followed at once by five
drops of camphor in water or On a lump
If sugar. The feet should be soaked
in hot water, the body being wrapped
in a blanket. Then" says he, Jump
into bed" The body will perspire,
being yet wrapped in the blanket, and
"a prospective .as Of pneumonia may
be nipped in the bud"
In this climate, where sudden and
VIOLIN changes occur, wa n Under and
outer clothing and stout, dry shoes are,
according to the doctors, absolutely
necessary in early winter. The day
may be pleasant. but death frequently
turks in the bracing but deceptive north
wind.--CIeveland Leader.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26
NORTH DAKOTA
Inc Turkish explanation OF the Ar
senian massacrcs Is about as plausible
. the q given by the wolf for
the destruction OF the lamb.

Inc new car OF Russia is credited
with the intention to establish a par
lament. This would at one stroke sub
stdtute . representative for an auto
cratic government.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26
Aecnstsmed to II.

First American Policeman--PhWat Is
this somnambulism that Mickey Duffy,
the saloon-kaper, doide wild, Of dom
know 81
Second American Policeman-Begor-
"a! It's wakin' in yer Shape, Ohm
thinkin'. g
First American Policeman-An'. is 1t
that he's dead wild? Be jabers. I've
been livin' In that same thing this tin
year or more.-Bvooklyn Life.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26
A Broken Idol.

a couple from Accomac county, Va,
had seats in the senate gallery at
Washington, and were enjoying their
novel surroundings. Presently the
man nudged the woman.
"Geemently, Jemimy," he exclaimed,
Took at them doors.M
What Nv them9' she asked.
why, they ain't much higger'n any
other Doors
Course the yain't; why should they
bel"
He was silent for q minute.
Well, WE'LL he said OF Inst, In a
tone OF disappointment, who'd q
thunk II? I've heerd 10 much about
what big men United States senators
wuz, thet I'd d sWore that 4 whole
panel had to be tuck Outen theswall
for 'em to- git Ia att and until they
left the sacred precincts there was
naught III his face but the shadow ~
q fallen idol.-Detroit Free Press,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26
naraa Exfinction.

Harvey; FOote, D student at Fairfield
eemirarys seven miles from Little Falls,
r.. ~. Was taken violently insa (, the
reeult 81 N Injury in 4 football game.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

County treasurer Albert NJ. Darling,
Of Suffolk county, New York has in his
possession five checks which amount to
in the aggregate to exactly ID cents.
These checks Mr.. Darling is about to
have framed. They are all made out
by w. N. Dykeman, rs receiver Of the
Commercial Bank OF Brooklyn, and
drawn on the Brooklyn Trust Com
pany. Mr.. Darling did business with the
commercial Bank OF Brooklyn. He at
terward, as he thought, closed his &C.
count with them. When the bank fail
ed owe g year ago, he received notice
hat there was q balance OF 13 cents
due him. Shortly afterward he receiv-
ed I dividend Of 4 cents in the shape Of
4 check from the receiver, and atninter-
v.ls he received checks until the other
day when hs received q check from the
receiver, w. N. Dykeman, for / cent,
making total payment to him Of ID
senta
Rapla Exflnction.
Hoy-P1ease, sir, may + have. the
ofs1snoon On? nv grandmother Is to
be buried.
Employer-This is the third grand
mother you have buried since the foot
ball season opened.
Boy knowit, SIR. / come Of q very
nd family, and my ancestors can't
stand the excitement OF the game.
They're dying on very fast-TftBits.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26
Adiathermanous Glass.

Zsigmondy has expended much care
on experiments on the production of a
glass which will Absorb the heat rays
while transmitting light. Herr Zsig-
mondy finds that neither alumina, nor
lead, o zinc, nor baryta, o poracic
acid, nor an excess o a deficiency of
alkali has any marked influence Oh the
heat absorptive power of glass, 81 long
as the glass is colorless; but the alb
sorptiOn of heat rays increases with
the introduction of color. Silver glass,
tinted bright yellow, transmits GAS per
cent of heat; bright green chomium
glass, GLIB; bright red copper glass,
Gil; bright opal glass (1ame showing
red through it,, ST.; bright blue copper
oxide glass, 53.5; brown iron mangan-
csc glass, 42.7; dark red copper glass,
51.5; blue cobalt glass, Al; and dark
blue copper oxide glass, "a. The cleo
tic light Is the coolest commercial
light known; but electricians are seek
ing to produce Il light that will give
greater illuminating power with the
minimum dispersion Of heat rays. This
point will presently be attained by i'm
provements in the light itself, but in
the meantime inventors are trying to
neutralize the effect of the present.
~heat,giying flame by following out Herr
Zsigmondy's line of research, and pre-
venting the passage Of the heat rays
through the encircling glass globe. 1t
Is said that a glass almost impermea-
BILE to heat has been produced in Ger
many. 1t Is made from seventy parts
of sand, twenty-five of, kaolin and thir-
ty-four of soda. A plate OF 1t Z to
8 millimeters thick allows only IL to
IL per cent Of the total heat Of a but
ter1y gas jet to pass. Its first direct
use is likely to be In m~etallurgical oper-
adons, where the eyes are exposed to
heat.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26
Hoxious Gases and yapors.

EOxfOus Gases and vapors.
DIR. George MCGOWAN gives some In.
~teresting information in regard to the
important work that has been done in
late years in the way of preventing
the escape Of noxious gases and yapors
into the atmosphere, with a CORE
spending benefit to the health OF the
community and a large saving OF val
liable material. Some seven years ago
an ingenious scheme was worked out
for the recovery of sulphur from alkali
waste, immense heaps of which used
to accumulate around alkah works.
This rapidly increasing waste" heap
there were one and one-half to two
tons Of waste for every ton Of soda
produced-decomposed quickly in the
atmosphere, especially when exposed
to the acid vapors still found to some
extent in the vicinity of chemical
works, and the result was that the
nauseous and poisonous gas, sulphur-
eted hydrogen, was thrown of In large
quantities, and the people living near
the works were almost asphyxiated.
The process has been improved, and
1t is applied s % effectively that $500
tons of sulphur are now recovered
every year. The process, however, Is
capable Of further improvement, as
about is per cent Of the sulphur con-
tanned In the waste Is still lost In
the exit gases None OF this Is allowed
to escape into the atmosphere as sui
phuretted hydrogen, as formerly. The
exit gases are mixed with air and
passed through q fire, converting the
rank-smelling gas into the much less
harmful sulphurous acid, which Is used
TO some extent In making sulphuric
acid. a remarkable ~utilization Of waste
products is seen in the manufacture of
So hate Of ammonia. Tbs yield Of
Great Britain and Ireland In 1898 w0e,
1522.162 tons, valued at over $1O,OOO,OOO,
and three-fourths OF this was derived
from the ammonia liquor of the gas
works. the remainder being from shale,
Iron, coke md e., ing works.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26

FIectricity IN Mining Power.
D. Se.by-B!gge, IN a paper on "Elec-
tricity as a Motive Power thus sum-
marixes the advantages OF electrical
power for mining 0~perations. ~ That
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26
satisfactory.

Stout woman lin the country, wish
ing to be weighed)-Do you think that
thing will bear my weight?
Intelligent Farmer-I guess 70. We
weigh all our old cows on these scales.
Truth.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-26
she ~Unaerstaoa.

5Ss
Miss IngenueI don't wonder that
Southerners are not great water drink
ers.
Mr.. Meanitall-Why, so?
Miss Ingenue-Why, I drank half 8
bottle Of Florida water the other day.
and, Oh, nv; don't ask NE!
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-12
The Worlds Fair Tests showed no baking powder so pure or so great in Ieav- ening power as fhe Royal
"A WHOLESALE DEBATE
Is What Congressman Bankhead WantS-HiS Letter to Congressman
 Clarke

Congressman J. H. Bankhead yester- day forwarded a letter to Congressman R. H. Clarke at Mobile, in which he of fers to discuss the money question with him in every district in the state.
 The letter reads as follows:
 Birmingham, Sept Il. Hon. R. H. Clarke, Mobile, Ala
 My Dear Sir: Having accepted the invitation extended by your friends to discuss with you the question of the free coinage of silver in Montgomery, at a time to be agreed upon,a knowing that you would not object to a further dis cussion O the subject, I respectfully in- vite you to join me in a number of de- bates, at le3st one in each congressional district of che state, and as many more as may sui your convenience and incli- nation. If you accept this invitation, as I feel sure you will, I refer you to my friend, Hon. A. D. Sayre of Montgom- cry, who will act for me in arranging the debates and fixing dates and places for meeting. Respectfully
 J. H. BANKHEAD
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-12

the Veterans of Colorado. Minnesota, Del@ eware and Oregon were well represented
 Faraway Washington and Alaska had but small contingents, but they carried themselves with as much dignity as II they had thousands in line, and West Virginia and South Dakota helped to keep them company and to give the sixth division respectable appearance in point of number.
 Arkansas. Utah, New Mexico each had a small representation and Tenne- see aided in giving good form to the seventh division.
 The newly formed department of the gulf led the next division and Louisiana marched forty delegations from Missis- sippi. Florida and Texas on the south and Oregon and Idaho from the far west.
 The Alabama delegation in the ninth division wore as boutonieres large cot ton bolls inserted in miniature water pipes and kept company with comrades from Arizona, Oklahoma, North Da- kota Indian Territory and Georgia.
 The tenth and last division was com posed of the department and local posts of Kentucky.
 It had been intended to bear at the rear of the column the oldest state bat tie flags, but at the last moment the committees decided not to take the risk of caring for these treasured mementoes. Rough estimates place the number of men at over 30,000. The cheering was in- cessant from start to f1ni'sa.
 The parade was four hours and quar- ter passing the reviewing stand It moved like clock work, and was remark ably free from tedious breaks. Despite the intense heat the large majority of the paraderS went over the entire route of two and a half miles, although many were compelled to drop out early in the march. There were numerous cases of heat pros tration, which were promptly treated by the emergency corps.
 The opening of the encampment proper was preceded tonight by a camp fire at Music hall which was filled with bril- liant audience. Mayor Tyler presided. Henry Watterson spoke words of wei come for the citizens committee and EX-Leutenant-Gover Jacobs for the Kentucky department of the Grand Army.
 Brief impromptu speeches were made by Commander-in-Ch Chief Lawler, Gen Lew Wallace and Mrs. John A. Logan In the lower hall the visiting officials and members of the ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic were banqueted by Mrs. G. E. Hinst of this city and Hon. w o. Bradley, the republican can didate for governor Gen William War ner of Kansas City, Corporal Tanner and w. w. Dudley of Washington and $. u Cook of Columbus responded to toaSts.
 As soon as the delegates had recovered from the fatigue of the parade the wire pulling for the location of the next en- campment was resumed with Vigor ana the corridors of the hotels became as animated as though a political conven- ton was in progress. It was early evi- dent that Buffalo's effort was overwhelm- ed for the bid of the eneampment of 1886 and the choice lay between St. Paul and Denver. The St. Paulites are claiming tonight that they have the victory won. For commander-in-chief Gen. T. N Walker of Indianapolis has things his own way, and it was said tonight that his only competitor, Gen. Thaddeus S. Clarkson of Omaha. will move to make his selection unanimous
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-12
Ere. .ght Agents to Meet Here

The general freight agents of railroads entering this city will hold a meeting here next week to discuss matters of a private nature, and not as announced in another paper to discuss the increase of 50 cents per ton on pig iron, which is effective the 18th instant.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-12

your dealer does not keep it, send 25 cents to us in stamps and we will mail you package direct postpaid. = Larger remittances should be made by postoffice money or der.