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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17

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entlsts ~ Their EGorts TO- yNeigA

The Result oe Expe ents ~ Sci
f. entists - Their EGorts 40 Nvsigh
AIR. sISss + ;sI. 81 }ssE .ss Z,
II We care ia believe birth lrgap.l and
history. the first attempt toawetgh mir
was that made 10y Aristotle. the KCcat
Greek philosopher OF the fifth century.
He weighed an empty gontskin gbng.
and then inflated It and put It III tile
balances, and because lie found no diff
ference in weight under the two con-
ditlons, announced to the world that
air was q substance wholly without
weight
With modern laboratory apparatus
most any high school scholar cnn dem.
cubic inches capacity weighs fully
than 1t does after being placed under
the exhaust Of an mir pump. The n,,-
merOus experiments that have been
made in the weight of mir warrants
the scientists in announcing TINT the
weight Of the whole terrestrial atmos-
phere Is about equal to that of q solid
copper hall sixty-two miles in diane.
ter! The philosophers have also
shown that tho weight Of the atmo.
sphere must he limited to where grav.
ity overc0mess tie centrifugal forces.
II it were Of equal density throughout
its height above the eartheitcould not
extend to greater altitude than 81
S1S feet, which would leave about
1900 feet Of Mount Everest sticking
out above the atmosphere. 1t is q well
known fact, however, that air loses it's
weight and density us we ascend from
the sea level, and calculations which
have been made on that OaSiS 60 to
show that there may he strata Of
very thin air at o height of about 81
600 miles.
There is a wide difference Of opinion
among the learned men of the world
as to what would he the effect of who'll
~ removing the atmosphere. Some
think that If It were possible to live at
terward, all the stars, planets, ETC..
would be visible in broad daylight.
Others declare that there would be no
day, and that the sun itself could not
be seen under the circumstances
New York Commercial.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17
Marriage Of Cousins.

With regard to deaf-mutism statis.
fcs show, for the most part, that tile
closer the degree of relationship be-
tween parents, the more numerous are
the number Of the deaf mute children
born. For example, one marriage be-
tween an aunt and nephew produced
eleven deaf-mutes. Twenty-six mar
rtages between first cousins produced
thirty-eight deaf-mutes. Sixteen mar
riages between second cousins pro
duced twenty-eight deaf-mutes. Forty
seven marriages between blood rela.
tives produced seventy-two deaf
mutes. These are important facts,
which leave no measure of doubt as
to the influence Of the intermarriage
OF blood relations in causing deaf
mutism. But just in the same way
Is consanguineous marriages should
DO avoided, SO also should the inter-
marriages Of persons tainted with
hereditary disease be discouraged
London Medical Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17
Floral Decorations.

Potted azaleas Of white, pink and
pink and white make beautiful decor
atoms for mantels, the tops of low:
bookcases and cabinets. At q recent
reception the guests stood Just in
front Of q heavy portiere Of smilax
looped with pink satin ribbons and
punches Of pink roses. At another
house the mirrors In the rooms where
he guests were received were framed
IN Ivy ana pink roses, with many tall.
Jardinieres scattered about and filletl
with white lilies. Some tables Seen
at recent teas had in one instance i'm
mense punches Of forget-me-noe with
bows Of wide light-blue satin, in an
other yellow tulips with light-ereen
satin, and q third had La Frnnce
roses with wide pink satin ribbon.
New York Post. =.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17
The Largest American Mule.

The largest mule that ever walked
Oh American soil is now, or was re-.
Gently, the property Of one George r.
johnson, a farmer living a few miles
east Of Honey Grove, Tex. His mule.
ship is exactly 1917 hands, or & feet 4
inches, in height, being exactly ~
inches higher than the famous Los Pc.
cos (Cld Mexico mule, which was 30
widely advertised In 1SOO-91 NJ being
"tlle most gigantic specimen Of the
mule family the world haa ever
known" The Honey Grove mule IL
not slim and -nw-b0ned. but ID built in
proportion TO his height. weighing
1.clO pounds.-St. Louis Repubiia
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17

yphers Are the other Fellows.
Failway manager did exactly the same
thing on the ecord-breaking trip of
II Witch have to give IN account.
fear cannot tell as graphic q
story AZ Mr.. Robinson, because my
watch will not split the seconds with
the same accuracy as his. He Gun
run into about ten decimals in Sec
.ond: while ! think my watch is doing
and It 10 q good American-made watch.
1 TOO.
The manager Of the London 4 Glas-
row Air Line Railway. Mr.. Swipes,
4 sent me an invitation marked "pri-
f5sate," saying that he was bound to
sbeat tho record made by the Lake
Shore = Michigan Southern railroad
now t1lat they had come out into print
-abeut II. He added that 10 thought
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17
TIP and Run-A' New Game for tn
Early Spring.


Tip and ruin is the name Of game
our English cousins are just learning,
both boys and girls. 1t resembles
cricket, so some one says, as a carica-
ture resembles its original.
1t is game to play early in the
spring, before cricket or tennis can be
thought Of, and 1t has this advantage
over golf, that it can be played on
lawns or garden plots without damage
to the turf.
Tip and run involves much exercise
Of q rather severe kind.
This is the manner of 1t: The fur
guardian Of the wicket, armed with q
bat or even q racket, takes her stand,
and as soon as she has hit the bowler,s
ball 10 bound to run 90 fast a. she can
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17
That's Glasgow, All Right Enouxh

was some little risk in going out ut
that hour, for it is we'll known that
one of the most obnoxious and oppres-
sive laws made by Queen Victoria her.
self is that every man in London must
be In his own house at $40 o'clock,
and p. We lights out and be in bed at
Q. Any one out after that hour is
liable to arrest, so I stole up and
down through by streets lodged the
policemen until I came to the term
linus. Here was amazed to find an
immense locomotive and one fiat car
with two camp stools on it.
whats this for" I said to Swipes.
Were going to break the record
with this train," he replied. 81 want
to have it as light as possible, for an
ordinary carriage meets with such re-
sistance in passing SO quickly through
the atmosphere that concluded to
take a freight car, and If we have q
smash-up it won't he SO expensive"
But you don't expect me to sit on
one Of these stools in the open air
from here to Glasgow" cried.
aghast.
''Oh, that's all right" he said. "The
stools are fastened to the floor of the
car, and have shawl straps with
which you can fasten yourself to the
stool. There won't be any trouble on
that score.''
Where are the other fcllowsy I
asked.
There aren't any," he answered.
"When you are going to break a record
the fewer you have on board the bet
ter: watches differ, and it would he
bad If there was quarrel about time:
your watch shall he the only official
tlmepiece in the company; mine, as I
think told you in the letter, gencr-
ally loses two hours out Of the twen-
ty-four, so I think we had better not
trust to it,
l strapped myself to one stool and
Swipes strapped himself to the other.
and at 1915 we pulled out of Maryle-
bone terminus. 1t was agreed that we
were not to begin the record until we
had passed Highgate, and were thus
safely out Of the influence of London,
The distance from London to Glas-
cow Is 4O1.5 miles. We had for en-.
g1neer, Peter McGump, who was a
scotchman, and therefore knew the
read to Glasgow well, and Billy Jones.
OF Whitechapel, did the firing. We
had no brakeman, because. as Mr..
Swipes said, it was not on the brakes
we were going to depend for break
ing the record.
The engine was known as the Mary
Jane. and familiar to all the opera
tors on the road az "IIer Golden Hair
Is Hangin' Down 'er Back" She gets
this nickname from her great speed,
and from the fact that the
smoke with the sparks in 1t trails out
behind like great banner.
After leaving Highgate, Peter gave
more steam, and the speed began to
be something appalling.
"Oh, it's nothing to what we'll have
by and by" said Swipes. as he oh
served me make an inefYectual grab ut
my hat, which disappeared In the
darkness. Swipes counted the mile
stones while licked or the seconds
on my watch and before long we were
going seventy miles an hour. We had
an advantage over the American road
In the fact that there are rarely any
level relationships Ia England, aud
that one rnilway is never allowed to
cross another on the level. By the
time we passed Toad-in-the Hole we
We're ngseighty-five miles an hour.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17
Tho ninerence

Bilkins lin q rage)-Hang the con-
founded luck! Now my wife hns
smashed another hundred dollar vase.
Little Willle-oh. no; It was Marie.
the new pretty French maid.
will happen. -
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17
EARLY French Flyinx Machines.

A French locksmith thought thai
practice was the great thing, and, At
ted with wings, he jumped first from 9
chair, and afterward from a window
and then from the roof Of small
house. In the last experiment he soil
ed over q cottage roof. but soon after
sold his wings to peddler-and prob
ably saved his own life. Another
Frenchman, q marquis, tried to 20 by
the air route across the River Seine;
but he was not drowned, since q wash.
erwoman's boat happened to be where
he came down.-"About Flying Ma.
Chimes" By Tudor jerks In st. Nicho-
'lAs. = 81. - e
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17
The Weather Rurea.

The instruments used in observing
the weather are the aneroid and els.
tern barometers, wet and dry bulb
thermometers, wind vane and compass
thermometer and anemograph, and the
rainfall. OF all these the barometer is
probably the most important. The
standard form Of the instrument is a
tube thirty-four inches long, closed al
the top, exhausted of air, and i'm.
mersed at the bottom in a cup of mer.
curry. The purpose of the barometer
is to measure the pressure Of the at.
mosphere. In general, the mercury
will stand high in the tube when the
weather Is fair, and low when it is
foul. BY noting the minute changes,
measured on a graduated scale beside
the tube, the observer reads the indi.
cations of the barometer. The words
fair" Change" etc.. engraved on the
front Of the instrument are disregard
ed. They have no significance what.
ever. The rising or falling of the mer.
curry in the tube is caused by the he.
ginning Of those atmospheric changes
which precede storm but are not dis.
cernible by our senses. The baron.
eter discerns them for us, and gives
warning Of weather changes. OF
course there are many different condi.
tions which affect the instrument, and
the weather observers are instructed in
these matters. The aneroid barome.
ter is round like one of the cheau
nickel-plated clocks that are SO nu.
merous, and the changes are indicated
by hand moving across a scale on the
dial. The weight of the atmosphere
is measured not by column of mer.
curry in tube, but by the expansion
and compression of small metal box
from which the air has been exhaust
ed.-Harper's Round Table.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17
Greek Chariot Races.

The chariot races, like those of the
Roman circus, initiated from the
Greek, were of striking interest. There
was scarcely any honor of the games
more glorious than the charioteer's vic.
tory, especially IL the owner drove his
own horses. The danger to life and
limb undergone by the charioteer was
not less that that risked by the athlete
in boxing with the cestes, or in the
pancratium. The vivid chapter in
ben Hur" depicting the chances and
perils Of chariot race essentially the
same as that of the Olympic games
gives an excellent notion Of such g
contest.-'srhe Olympian Games" by
G. T. Ferris in st. Nicholas.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17

Come. my dears, and will show you
How make my ginger cakes,
How mix the dough together,
And how long the baking takes
With quart of good molasses
Mix u pound Of sugar sweet
Add a pound of lard and butter
Half Of each is my receipt.
Ounces two Of powdered ginger.
With pinch of salt or two,
Mix one egg-with -four stiffen,
Roll out thin, and you are through.
How to keep them when they're fin
islled?
When they're baked and nicely
Drowned?
Well, good, strong lock- 'and key,
dears,
Is the best thing have found.
Henry Lippincott.
Note-The above will make excellent
old Maryland ginger cakes.-New York
Herald.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06
ELECTION ECHOES.

Detailed results of the recent battle o.
the ballots in this Territory continue ts
pour In. Actual figures and careful esti.
mates made by the New Merican give Fer.
gusson 1888 majority over Catron fol
delegate to congress and the republicans
admit chat these figures are approximately
correct. 1t Is safe to say that Catron re-
alizes that he is defeated and does not feel
very gay over the situation. 1t is under
stood that the great man did some charac-
t~eristic storming around this morning and
was particularly bitter in commenting on
the way his '~neighbors in Santa Fe had
gone back on him. Sad, very sad, awfully
sad. Late figures in Santa Fe county
chow the gratifying fact that FERGUSON
has carried that county by 80 majority.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The democratic Territorial committee
claims that the democrats will have a
working majority In both houses of the
next Territorial legislature. They claim
to nave elected one member Of the council
in Mora, Colfax and Union counties,
two ia San Miguel and Guadalupe coun-
ties, two in Taos, Rio Arriba and San
Juan counties, one in Socorro and Sierra
counties, one In Grant and Dona Ana
counties, and one in Grant, Dona Ana,
Lincoln, Chaves n Eddy counties, with a |
possibility that Santa Fe county may add |
another. |
On the other hand, the republicans |
claim to have elected one councilman in
COlfax and TTniou rountfaa tavo a. /
Taos, Rio Arriba and San Juan counties, |
Two Ill Bernalillo county, one In Santa Eel
and one In Valencia county. The
igures, however, do not seem to justify
ihese claims.
THE VOTE ON DELEGATE.
Inc hgures so Iar received, up to last
'yening, completed by careful estimates,
how that the vote in the Territory on
is as follows: III,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06
TRACK AND TRAIN.

Engineer John Becker and wife are 1
the city, to-day.
Auditor, J. J.. Tucker, of the Harye'
system eating houses, is 10 the city.
A sleeper from Denver to Las Vegas
and utce versa, will be a feature OF the Cal
ifornia limited.
d. @. Adams, who al one time wa,
cashier OF the Depot hotel, is In the city
to-day from La Junta.
Il. E. Montgomery, travelling freIgh,
agent of the Union Pacific railroad, pas
through this city last evening for Socorro
Fireman M. K. Morris, who went to To.
peka to be examined for promotion, is now
running the Las Vegas switch engine.
day shift. .
+. Q. GeIlinbeck, an ex-manager of the
Depot hotel here, was aboard the Califor-
mia limited this morning In charge OF the
dining car.
Col. Joseph Hampson, president of the
d Pacific railroad, down In
Mexico, and well known in Las Vegas, will
De united In marriage to Miss Emma
Blanche Wilson, daughter of David Will
son, a retired United States army officer.
November 11th, at the residence of the
BRIDES parents, No. lib East Capitol
avenue, Washington. D. C. Miss Wilson
g brilliant n q most charming LADY,.
ma MIR. Hampson's many friends in this
'ity will join with THE OPTIc In ex-
ending congratulations to him in adj
'ance.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06
4 RECEIVER APPOINTED.
The AtchIson Again In the Hands Of the
Court. r.

SpecieI 1ste6rdnhto The 0pttcs
TOPEKA, Kansas, November GA re,
ceiver has again been appointed for ths
Atchison.
A. A. Hurd, OF the Santa Fe legal de
partment, has this to say about It,: 'The
commencement OF the is suit not q surprise
TO US, although the fact that a receiver
was appointed by Judge Myers without
notice to any party In interest, is a sur
prise. Although this suit is brought os-
tensibly in the name Of the state of Kansas
under what is known as alien land law.
passed In 1891. 1t is really for the purpose
OF forcing the payment Of a private claim.
A man named Mabie hasa claim Of SIS, 900
or $4,000 for injuries received in the state
Of Illinois against the old A. 4. & 8. II.
railway company to pay the claim and
the matter has been pending before q
special master In the federal court for a
long time.
Henry Keller is the attorney for the
plaintiff in the case, and we were informed,
several weeks ago, by reliable parties who
had been approached by Mr.. Keller, that
a conspiracy had been formed between
Mr.. Keller and a banker In Valley Falls
and another banker in Oskaloosa, whereby
they proposed to make application to have
q receiver appointed for the road, under
alien land law, to force the payment OF
that claim. The parties were solicited to
join the conspiracy, but refused to do SO.
! do not apprehend that serious trouble
will follow this litigation, or that Mr.. Keel
Or will be able to collect his claim any
sooner because of It,"
Judge Keller this morning rave out this
statement as hIs reason for applying for a
'eceiver: The condition OF the new com
Is worse than the condition Of the old
company at the time IL was closed out, on
3Otb, 1895, and gives the figures
this assertion. He says that by
foreclosure proceedings against the old
ompany, and by what is called the "re-
'rganization," the manipulators of the af-
airs Of the old company froze out all par.
les not in the new deal, took the property
t $50, 900, 1000, and proceeded to stock and
ond it for $99s, 71S 500. In other words,
took the property which had already
cen watered into bankruptcy and pro- !
seded to water 1t $54, 040, $40 more.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06
P%ENClLINGs,


A.. e. Bourne is down from TT. Union
to-day.
VIM Hoehne, Of Las Colonias. is in tn,
city to-day.
II. A. Harvey is in the city, to-day, from
Mount Aspen.
Joshua Reynolds is in return from a trir
to Ell Paso and Albuquerque.
J. D. Kutz is expected to arrive from
Warsaw within the next week.
A.. M. Adler, the Wagon Mound mer-
chant, came down to this city last evening.
Miss Edith Rosenblat will arrive from
1he east, this evening, on a visit to friends
here.
Mrs. 8. J. Murphy and children left this
morning for B~rookield, Missouri, ON a
visit.
Frank Carlton is in the city, from Albu-
querque, and ia stopping at the Central
hotel.
Pedro Delgado and II. w. LOOMS, Santa
Fe, and W. L. Hartman, Pueblo, register
at the Plaza hotel.
r. e. Twitchell, f.. A. Mapzauares and
W.B. Childers, came in from Santa Fe on
the early morning train.
e. J. Robinson and P. D. st. vrain, of
Mora, came down to Las Vegas on a bust |
ness trip yesterday, returning to-day.
Miss Mary J.. Thomas, a niece Of Lewis
Lutz, arrived from Albuquerque. this
morning. The young lady's home ia In
Emporia, Kansas.
Mrs. A. L. Kendall, wife of Judge Ken
dali, OF Cerrillos, New Mexico, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Roundy, of Blue
Hill avenue, Boston.
Il. j. Long, cashier at the Depot hotel.
will leave this evening for Washington. d. /
O., to accept a position with the Light and
Heating company there. Mr.. Long is a
talented young man and has many friends
In this city.
W. b. Brunton, Shoemaker; A. FL. Ar
thur, Ration; A. e. Bourne, Fort Union
robert Martin, EngIe; Candida Garcia.
Clayton; E. j. Robinson and p. d.. st.
Mora, and d. H. McCartney. Los
are registered at the New Optic.
Il. l.. Hall and George p. Money. Santa
e; =. Leahy, Ration; Phil Prayer, St.
louis; J.B. Kerr, Chicago; W. H. Me-
'amer, Streator, ILL.,; H. NJ. Adams and
Ohm J. Tucker, Kansas City, and J. /.
and A. 8. Bleyer, st. Louis.
re guests at the Depot hotel.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

Those who are out these nights later
tnan HE OPTICS reporter, tell of a beauti-
1ui meteoric display. Attributed, by the
republicans asdollidcation by the heavenly
bodies, over the election OF Mckinley: by
democrats as avenging fire of the universe
for the defeat of Rruan
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

The reporter can give testimony as to
the beauty and fragrance Of the Old Mex
leo Strawberries, now in market here, but
his evidence of the flavor must necessarily
be postponed until the price falls below
eight cents a quart.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

Rev. A. A.. Layton's resignation of the
passionate OF the Baptist church in this city
has been accepted by that congregation
and a committee Of five has been appointed
to arrange for his successor.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

John Thornhill and family have moved
in from the gardens near the asylum and
are comfortably housed in the weight
property on Douglas avenue.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

A Jenny in the slott, weighing machine
Is the latest at the depot here, and 1T will
no doubt be we'll patronized by those to
whom a gain of a pound more or less means
worlds.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

J. M. Jacobs and family have moved into
the rooms over the New Brunswick restau-
rant, and DR.. L. Schroeder has taken rooms
at the residence of A. A. Wise.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06
Notice to cvclIsts,

All members of the Meadow city cvoIe
club are earnestly requested TO meet AZ
John James, cycle shop at 7.so D. M,
November 9TH to take part IN the parads
In celebrating in the national election
MEMBER will please decorate their wheels
Tor the occasion. HERMAN 8. ILFnrp.
B. BRAsH, PresId.rt
Captain.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

Arthur ~Cavanaugh is on a musical pro-
gram to be rendered in Ration next Mon
day evening.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

A blaze in the Elston barn near the city
school building called out the fire depart.
ment, to-day. But little damage was
done.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

The soloists Of the Hand concert, to-
night, are the very best that Las Vegas
affords. <
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

Members Of the Military band are called
to meet at the city hall tomorrow evening
at 7:15 prompt In fatigue uniform.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

The Hand orchestra has some unique sur
prises in store for those who attend the
concert, tonight.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

You will be called upon to ioin In sing.
ing America, at the close of Hands
concert Tonight. Be prepared.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

The best place to buy stoves and all
seasonable hardware is at Wagner g.
Myers, Masonic temple. 312-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

Ilfeld loaded out 1000 sheep to Colorado
parties to-day.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

1t is about time that candidates for the
post Office were blossoming out.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

The Las Vegas military band will rem
der Sousa's latest and best march at the
Hand concert, tonight.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-06

Order cut flowers through J. Blehl. tt