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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10
To Give Wood the 1uster of Metal.

To Give Wood the Luster of Metal.
A translation from the Paris An
males Forestieres in the Scientific
American gives an account of a pc
cullarly valuable process for impart-
ing the lustre of metal to ordinary
wood, without injuring it's natural
qualities. For this purpose, the wood
is laid, according to its weight, for
three or four days, in caustic alkaline
solution, such as calcined soda, at
temperature of seventy-fve to ninety
degrees, CELSIUS; then it is at once
placed in bath of calcium hydrosul-
phite, to which, after twenty-four to
thirty-six hours, a saturated solution
OF sulphur in caustic potash is added.
in this mixture the wood being allowed
to remain for forty-eight hours at
thirty-five to fifty degrees, CELSIUS.
When the wood thus prepared, and
after having been dried at a moderate
temperature, is polished by means of a
smoothing iron, the surface assumes a
most attractive metallic lustre, the eff
feet of the gloss being rendered addi-
tlonally pleasing by rubbing the wood
with piece of lead, zinc, or tin. 1t is
subsequently polished with a burnisher
of glass or porcelain, if desired, the
wood in this way actually gaining the
brilliancy Of metallic mirror, so that,
of course, handsome effects in wood.
ware can thus be obtained.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10
z33S343S3353SSS SSSSSSS33S 81
4 George Caulfield's Journey i
BY Mss H. E. b'''on' u
&SGEGEGEEEES$E
CHAPTER I.-(CoSr1SuEp.)


He took the card from his breast
pocket and handed it to the station
master.
'Mr. Elsden, Briargate," the man
read aloud.
"Elsden," said the doctor. 81 know
IN Elsden of Briargate-a big man
with large white whiskers?" he inter-
rogated, turning to the curate.
mo, this was a young man; pale.
dark and good looking"
"Ah, I don't know who he can be.
Therell have to be an inquest to-mor-
row morning, and the best thing we
can do is to telegraph to Elsden, of
Briargate, directly the office is open.
Very strange that the lady's friends
should not have appeared
Il SHALL lsse my train" cried George
Caulfield, seeing the last lingerers hur-
rying to their places. Here's my
card" handing one to the doctor. ''You
may communicate to me at that ad-
dress. Any assistance that l can
give"
Beg your pardon, SIR" said the con-
upon him. II shall be obliged to detain
you till this business is settled"
Il shall be wanted as witness at the
inquest"
Eyes, sir; most likely, Sir 1t will be
my duty to detain you. Better not talk
too freely, sir. Any statement you now
make may be used against you later
on"
The curate looked at him with sur
prise
DO you mean to say that am your
prisoner-that you want to lock me
up?"
We'll, yes, sir. Very suspicious case,
you see. Young lady poisoned-friends
not forthcoming. No doubt you'll be
able to explain matters tomorrow: but
aor tonight you must consider your
self in custody"
Yes, OF course, I shall be able to
explain" said George Caulfield. calm
and bold, now that he found himself
face to face with actual peril, "but it is
most painful position 1 feel that
trap has been set for me-"
You haa better hold your tongue
said the doctor.
So the London Mail left without
George Cautield. who was conveyed in
a cab to Milldale Jail, where he was
subjected to the ignominious process
OF having his pockets searched by
1aller. In one of them was found the
little bottle given him by the gentle
man at Grandchester, and this, togeth-
er with few other trifles, was handed
over to the authorities for investiga-
ton.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10
Twin Railway Tunnels.

While conducting tests on the first
elevator installed for the Central Lon
don railway Gilbert Rosenbuch had an
opportunity of procuring the photo
graph of the tunnel work which is here
reproduced from Engineering News.
This road consists of twin deep level
tunnels. The principal reasons for
using twin tunnels with single track
in each, one for up trains and one
for down trains, in preference to a
double track single tunnel were:
First, the lower initial cost: second.
ability, by reason of small diameter
and change of relative position, to re-
main under the roadway proper; third,
avoidance of collisions as the result of
derailment; fourth, maintenance of
ventilations due to the draft caused by
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10

interrupted currents. Each transmits
ter receives its current though tun-
ing-fork having special note, its
variations being electrically maintain
ed. These vibrations furnish a current
Of the proper period to cause resonance
at each application in the proper re-
ceiving circuit, which has its capacity
adjusted for this result. This receiver
is telephone "a monotelephone. as it
is called by Mr.. Merridier), so con-
structed and arranged that the acous-
tic resonance qualities also help to
dar1p out from the signals received
everything not intended for it. These
signals are read In the ordinary way
by ear, aided by rubber tubes like those
used on monographs.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10

to write long letter to his mother. re-
tatlng all the circumstances of his mis-
cradle journey, and entreating her not
20 take alarm at his situation, what
ever she might read about him in the
newspapers. This letter, which would
travel by the morning post, could be
preceded by telegram, informing the
oid lady that her son was safe, and de-
tanned at Milldale on business. Some
hours of anxiety the son could not
sI'are that beloved mother; and it was
more painful to him to think of her
trouble. when five o'clock came and
brought no returning traveller, than to
contemplate his own position.
Dear old lady! l can fancy her and
all her neat and careful arrangements
Tor my comfort" unused Mr.. Caulield.
II know how distrustful she will be
Of the maids, and how she will insist
upon getting up at four o'clock in order
to see about my breakfast And then
when the time comes, and no hanson
drives up to the gate, what agonies she
will suffer! for 1 have never accus-
toned her to disappointments. I have
never broken my word to her in my
fife"
The curate fretted and fumed at the
thought of his mothers anxiety. He
was an only and an adoring son-at
thirty-two years of age a confirmed
bachelor, loving no one on earth as
well as he loved the widowed mother
whose cherished companion he had
been from childhood upward. Had she
not removed her dearly loved goods
and chattels to Elton, and lived in a
small house in the High street all the
time her boy was at school there? Had
she not followed him to Cambridge as
faithfully as sutler follows a camp?
And now she had one of the prettiest
houses in South Kensington, and her
son was first curate at the most in
tersely Gothic church in that locality,
George Caulfield's mother was the love
o: his life. He had been assisting at a
choral festival at a small town near
Grapdchester, where an old college
friend of his father was vicar, and
had been only three days away from
the dainty little nest at South Ken
ufngton, where blue china plates had
Just broken out like pimples, on sage
green wall, and where the Queen Anne
mania showed itself modestly in divers
inexpensive details.
"Poor mother!" sighed George; "a
telegram can hardly reach he- before
nine o'clock at the earliest"
He read his Tennyson; he dozed a
little: he got rid of the night somehow
and at seven o'clock he had written and
dispatched two kilograms
The first was to his mother: the Sec
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10

size and form Of the great wings,
which are sixteen feet long. In order
to utilize the whole power of the wings
for progressive movement it is neces-
sary to rise high in the air and then
the wings can be placed at 80 degrees
without any risk of descending In
the latter case, to keep the machine
from descending, it is better to open
the parachute. On Oct. 8, 1897, some
twenty-five ascents were made in an
hour and a half. Other ascents were
made in the spring and summer of
1898 with good success, the balloon
being turned round and round repeat
eddy. The size of the wings was de-
creased to II 2-3 feet and the working
surface was increased. At height of
$50 feet the balloon was kept immova-
BILE and was turned around in the air
several times. 1t was found that the
balloon must be inflated with fresh n.y.
drogen every seven or eight days..
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10
ITO BE CONTINUED.
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL.
The Real Meaning of the Policy of
Obstruction.

The Real Meaning of the Policy of
Obstruction.
Many people set him down merely as
man who, out of some sort of sinister
purpose or malignity, wished to inter-
fere with and harass, obstruct and ir-
ritate every English government and
the whole house of commons, writes
Justin Mccarthy in "a History of Our
Own Times" Mr.. Parnell had no feel
ing of the kind. His was deliberate
purpose, and it was even by the pro-
cess Of evaporation that he tried to
fix the attention of the house and the
country on the fact that there was an
Irish national demand which it would
be necessary to listen to and take, into
consideration. Parnell's creed was
that the house of commons was the
one great public platform of the coun-
try. From that platform he was de-
termined to appeal to and arouse the
English people. Therefore he said in
substance to the house of commons: eff
you will not listen to our Irish ma
tional claim, then we will not allow you
to discuss any other question whatever
o. which We can prevent the discussion
He acted on the inspiration of the
woman in the eastern story-of which
woman he had probably never heard
who, having tried in vain to get a
petition delivered to the sultan, took
her place with the little children in
the public street, and waited until the
sultan rode that way, and then flung
herself and babes in front of the horses
hoofs, and declared that she would not
move from that spot until he had list
ened to her appeal or had trampled her
and hers to death. That was the real
meaning of the later policy of obstruc-
ton. It had its effect.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10
Gotham to Have Autotrucks.

Autotrucks will soon be seen in the
streets of New York, says the New
York Herald. Platform trucks for car
rying heavy machinery and trucks
with high boxes for coal, ice or other
commodities will be first used. Com
pressed air will furnish the motive
power.
Motormen who operate these trucks
will have high seat forward, with a
double wheel similar to the arrange
ment on cable car for controlling the
power. One wheel will be for steering
purposes and the other will open or
close a valve between the air cham
bers and the motor. Although these
trucks will have carrying capacity Of
eight tons and can be run on smooth
payements as fast as eight miles an
hour, it is asserted that they can be
stopped in their own length.
By shutting off the air the wheels
are locked and the truck comes to a
sudden standstill. The trucks are
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10


or macadam roads will not be injured
by them.
Property for the site of power
house has been purchased and a plant
costing s250,00O is to be erected for the
initial operations. James H. Hoadley,
who is largely interested in the auto
truck company, says:
"a 100000 corporation, in which
Mr.. Joseph Letter is largely interested,
is being organized. Mr.. Letter will not
be president. He will probably be one
of the directors. This company will
be incorporated in New Jersey. An ex-
listing plant has ben bought by Mr..
Letter for 100000, and it will be in
operation within sixty days. Mr.. Lei
ter has interested the Rothschilds and
other European capitalists in the in
PRODUCTION Of autotrucks in foreign
cities. They will be manufactured in
this country and will be first operated
in London. Later they will be intro
duced in Berlin and Paris.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10
A Great Feat in relerraphy.

BY means Of the duodecaplex ma
chine. invented by M. Mercadier,
twelve transmitters have been used
simultaneously in sending messages
over wire, on the Paris-Bordeaux line.
Twelve Morse transmitters worked
simultaneously on single wire. each
sending its signals to the proper re-
ceiver at the other end Of the line This
result is brought about by the use Of
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10
Gas Was Lit.

my salary has been raised" said the
young lover, "and think l am in a
position now where I can safely ask
you to name the day."
1T would look that way to any one
who could see u.s." answered the blush.
ing maiden seated on his knee."-Ip-
dianapolis Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10
CHAPTER II.

INSTEAD OF maxi
ing any vain at
tempt at lie p,
G e org e Caulfeld
asked for pens, ink
and paper, and a
lamp that would
last him for the
best part of the
night; and on these
luXuries being con-
coded he sat down
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10

The up-to-date young man never
waits for an invitation when alone
with q kissable girl.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10
Another FLYING Machine.

From Russia comes new flying ma
chine. DR.. X. I. Danilewsky of Char
kov is the inventor.
This balloon flying machine is based
on the hypothesis that If a mans
strength, in proportion to his weight,
is not sufficient to raise him in the
air, he can raise himself if part of his
weight is subtracted. says the Scienti-
f1c American. BY the use of balloon
filled with hydrogen the weight of the
man is eliminated from the problem
and he can use all his efforts to propel
and steer the balloon which supports
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-03
A Case for Going slow.

1t is great deal too early yet for settling
the political future of the Philippines
one way or the other. The immediate duty
is to pacify them. General Otis and
Admiral Dewey are attending to that. The
authority of the United States must be en-
forced. Armed resistance to it must cease.
The rule Of law and order must be definite
ly established in the islands. This done,
our only philippine policy" for years to
come should be a waiting pollcy-a policy
of study, experiment, patient, persistent,
civilizing work, careful sowing of the
seeds of political moral and self government
and then hopeful but not over-sanguine
waiting for the harvest. 1t may be an
agreeable surprise; it may be a disappoint-
ment; nobody knows in advance how it is
going TO turn out, and the only sensible
thing is to wait and see.
When we find ont what we can do with
and for the Filipinos, and what they can
be taught to do for themselves, We can
then enter intelligendy upon the discus.
sion of future arrangements. Meanwhile
we are bound by every obligation of nation
al honor and international responsibility to
see to it that the islands neither lapse into
anarchy nor become a menace to the peace
of the civilized world; and we should keep
our hands free Hartford Courant.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-03

The Same in BrattleborO as Else where.

The bigger part Of worldly trouble.
The greater part of mankind's suffering
CaI safely be laid to the kidneys
Kidneys filter the blood
But they can't do this when they're sick,
Easy to tell sick kidneys.
Look to the / ack for the note of warning.
Most backache pains are kidney ills,
Twtches, twirges, pains and aches OF bad
back.
Should be treated promptly.
Every days delay means future trouble.
Urinary troubles set in, diabetes, Bright's
disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills are kidney specaties.
Cure every form Of kidney Ill.
Proof Of this in Brattebor, testimony
Mr. Patrick Gregg, OF Williams street, better
KIN wn as Brook Road, a painter by occupation,
says: II was troubled for years with painter s
collie and kidney complaint | had terrible pains
in the small Of my back near the spine In lift
ing or STOPPING often, stitch like pain caught
me in the back, and II some time before !
could straghten up and then only with consider
able effort. weakness in connection with the
kidney secretions was also very annoying at all
times, the secretion being highly color and very
strong odor A little over year ago fell IS
feet in Estey's shops; this did not improve mat
tiers and ev er since last winter OS96) my back
troubled me. l got Doan's Kidney Pills at F. r.
Durgin's store and after the treatment l felt a
great deal better than for long time. You can
use my name as endorser, and should anyone
ask me about Doan's Kidney Pills, will say that
they helped me and think they will prove OF
the greatest benefit TO anyone giving them ia II
trial"
Doan's Kidney Pills are sold for so cents pei
box for sale by all Dealers sent by mail on re
ceipt Of price by Foster MilouTn Co., Buffalo
n. Y Sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and take no sub
stitute. SlS9
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-03

H.25q2.50 per Dbl for large lots. with
jobblng lots at s2.5Od2.75. Sweet note.
toes are sold by the jobbers at 81. 2552 40
yellow turnips are firmer and sell AT SIC
al in round lots and job at 81 per Dbl.
white turnips, S1.75. Beets Job at 75c
per bush; carrots, Zoe; parsnips. $t25@
100
Celery is firm at $2@2.5O per doz: cau1i-
flower, $3.50 per doz. Lettuce is higher
at 60@S5c per doz. Spinach has been ex =
ceedingly firm, owing to the cold wealth
er and freeze in the south. 1t has been
jobbing at 81 per Dbl. Kale has been
jobbing at $3.50 per Dbl.
Dandeion greens are very firm at 90
per bush; beet greens, H.75 per bush
Cabbages are pretty firm and are lob
bling at $l25G $50 per Dbl, with red cab
bage at So. Squashes are still rather
cheap. and job at 75cq$l per 100 lbs.
Cucumbers are little easier at S1b per
100 for native dollhouse of first quality.
Southern tomatoes are selling at 50 per
crit. String beans are scarce and very
Arm at 81. New native bunch beets are
quoted at $2.15 per doz. Radishes are
jobbing at 4Oc a doz. Watercress and
mints are jobbing at 81 doz.
Rhubarb is jobbing at 1Oc per Id. Egg
plants job at $3.50 per doz. Peppers Job
at 81 per crt.
Lenten demand for fish Is excellent.
There has been a good trade in progress
throughout the current month, and
values have ruled high on both fresh and
| cured offerings.
The bulge in egg prices helps the FISH
! trade considerably 1t tends to increase
the consumption of the latter, and rare
ly is the call for fish more urgent at thi.
| season than 1t has been of late in this
market.
Fresh mixed arrivals for the week have
aggregated nearly 900, 900 lbs, being
| brought to port in Ga cargoes. Receipt.
of similar character at Gloucester ag
gregate $4,000 lbs.
With the exception Of a few barrel!
from Nova Scotia the arrivals of sal
mackerel for the week have been from
Ireland. There We're 773 barrels report
ed. Prices stand strongly around ST. 81
OILS for these offerings, and some deal
ers, who believe that the market war
rants an even higher quotation, ar,
holding out for more.
Smoked herring are in good supply an,
sell for about Sd9c box, ex steamer.
| canned goods are In fair request, an,
the advance recently noted on sardine
holds. For one-fourth oils the quota
ton is $2.G2G2.75 case and three-fourt
mustards bring $2.35d250
Frozen herring are in fair supply, ant
there is a steady call for them for bait
HOLSTERS have beenI scarce for som
time. Recent receipts have brough
about $40 crate.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-03
The KIDNEY COMPLEXION.

The pale sallow, sunken. checked, distressed
looking people you so often meet are afflicted
with kidney Complexion"
Their kidneys are turning to a parsbip color
Sc is their complexion.
They may have indigestion, or suffer from
sleepessness, rheumatism neuralgia, brain
trouble, nervous exhaustion and sometimes the
heart acts badly.
The cause is weak, unhealthy kidneys.
Usually the sufferer from kidney disease does
not find out what the trouble is until it Is almost
too late, because the first symptoms are so like
mild sickness that they do not think they need a
medicine or a doctor until they find themselves
sick in bed.
DR.. Kllmer's Swamp Root will build up and
strengthen their weak and diseased kidneys,
purify their diseased, kidney. poisoned blood,
clear their complexion and soon they will enjoy
better health
You can get the regular sizes at the drug store,
at 80 cents and one dollar, or you may fire.
prove for yourself the wonderful virtues of this
great discovery, Swamp Root, by sending your
address to Dr. Bilmer & Co., Binghamton n. Y.
for a sample bottle and book that tells all
about it, both sent to you absolutely free by
mail When writing kindly mention that you
read this liberal offer in The Vermont Phoenix.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-03
WILMINGTON.
Mrs. Andrew u. Knight.

Mrs. Andrew d. Knight died at North
Adams, Mass, on Friday, Feb "a, of
heart disease. Mrs. Knight was the only
daughter of Fayette r. and Martha A.
Howe. She was born in Dover in April,
1S40. She was married to Mr.. Knight
Sept. 3, 1868. Mr.. and Mrs. Knight at
once began life on a farm, living on the
same place all these years, situated in the
town of Stratton. Three children were born
to them, Mrs. b. b. Collins, Mrs. Edgar
Pike and Mrs. G.. G. Mann, all living. Mrs.
knight had three brothers, Oscar f. of Will
mington, Miller K. of North Adams and
John j. Of Marlboro. At the time of her
death she was attending the 18th anniver-
sary of the marriage of Miller E. Howe at
North Adams. Her body was brought to
this place and the funeral was held at
West Dover on Sunday, Rev. Mr.. Esta-
brook officiating. The burial was in the
West Dover cemetery. Mrs. knight was
a woman of great worth and was beloved
by all who knew her. She was faithful
wife, tender, devoted mother, kind
neighbor, true friend. She labored in
cessantly for the good of her family and
her death is great blow to them. Her
life was full Of good works and her men,
DRY will be held sacred by all who knew
her.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-03
BARRELS OF SAMPLES.
Over Two Hundred Thousand Bottles
Sent Free by Mail.

By special arrangement with the manufactur-
ers of that justly famous Kidney medicine, DR..
David Ksnnedy's Favorite Remedy, the readers
OF The Vermont Phoenix are enabled TO obtain a
trial bottle and pamphlet Of valuable medical ad'
vice absolutely free by simply sending. their full
name a post ONCE address 10 DR. DAVID
KENNEDY CORPORATION, ROndOut, N Y,
andlmentioning this paper.
OF course this involves enormous expense to
the manufacturers, but they have received so
many grateful letters from those who have been
benefited and cured of the various diseases of
the Kidneys, Liver, Bladder and Blood, Rheuma
tism, Dyspepsia and Chronic Constipation, and
all weaknesses peculiar to women, that they
willingly send trial bottles to all sufferers.
Upon investigation 1t was found that 81 per
cent OF those who had used the trial bottle had
received such benefit from 1t that they purchased
large sized bottles of their druggists.
1t matters not:how sick you are or how many
ply slcianss have failed to help you, send for a
trial bottle Of this great medicine. it costs you
but a:postal card. and benefit and cure will most
certainly be the result
| & Put some urine In glass tumbler and let II
stand "a hours, IL it has sediment or II II is pale
or discolored. milky or cloudy, stringy or ropy,
your.Kiddeys or Bladder are in a bad condition
DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy speedily
cures such dangerous symptoms as pain in the
back, inability TO hold urine, a burning scaldinG
pain 10 passing it, frequent desire to urinate, es
pecIally at night. the staining of linen by your
urine and.all the unpleasant and dangerous eff
feCts OBJ the system produced by the use o
whiskek ,awne or beer. Dr. David Kennedy''
FavOhR Remedy is sold at all drug stores At sie'
| for lAfke bottle; six bottles for 500