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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

nt In each electric equipment,
 onds to the beat of the sioer- ",. the Naval Observatory when fix point ito twelve and let tue tg4- mt go. A few minutes before this hour -usiness over the Western Union wires is suspended, and operators throughout the country put their instru- nnents In shape to form an unbroken cir cult from the observatory to every place where ticks a clock to be electrically influenced. There is a hush over all the great telegraphic system. Then ..e time bell strikes. and instantly .Le time mes- sage flashes over the wires. It Is twelve o'clock"
 Telegraphing on Arc Lamp Rays.
 The system of transmitting telephone messages, by means of the rays of an arc lamp. which was developed by Ernst Runner, has been extended to the trans- mission of telegraph messages, in which work 1t is thought that. 1t will comp..e wIth the heliograph. In the telephone system devised by Runner the soun- waves of the voice are changed into electrical waves by means of the micro phone. and these waves are used to vary the intensity of the current passing through an electric arc. Variation of the current caused corresponding variation in the intensity in ray of light which was projected to the receiving station. where 1t was received upon a suitable reflector and thrown upon a selenium cell. The variations In the light received changed the resistance of the selenium ceal correspondingly, and thus were made to reproduce the original sounds in tel- ephone receiver. In the present system the action is practically ,he same, except that the variations In current are caused by means of a telegraph key, instead of a telephone transmitter. In this way the \. rse signals are sent out and are re- ceived in practically the same way as in the telephone systems. It is thought tat this system will be particularly use
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
DISTRIBUTING CORRECT TIME.
How It is Obtained and Sent Out by the United States-Profit of the Telegraph Company-Tele-
 graph Signals along the
 Arr Yi0ht Rave

kTdpu 01k11Al8 d4OuK LuG
 Arc Light Rays.
 The method of obtaining and distribut- ing the correct time by the United States Naval Observatory Is thus described by the Electrical Review: There are many clocks at the Naval Observatory, but those which are connected with the chro- nograph department are of most inter- est. They embrace the electric feature in the time system; some having to do with mean time, but the most important one with astronomy. This tlmepiece is called the sidereal (star) clock, and is used in connection with the transit cir cle. It is connected with a chronograph, in the same room, and with the galvanio system of the observatory by means of a platinum rod and a small globule of mercury. The latter is 50 arranged on a metallic support that at each oscilla- tion of the pendulum the platinum point touches the mercury when the pendulum is at the middle of It's arc. closes the cir cult and transmits its fractional time message, to be recorded by an automatic marker on the tablesheet on the chron- ograph. Thus continuous marking goes on. unless interrupted; and this inter- ruption plays it's important part in get ting correct time.
 Contrary to public idea, getting exact time does not depend mainly upon sun OuScFNdLtUHs OHe FOtduOu OL tIc SdTIns according to opinions of Scientific time gaugers. does not make a complete day; but the time between the appearance at meridian of a fixed star and its reap pearance in the same position Wives the exact diurnal period. The observer, through the transit tel icope-across the smaller end Qnside) of which are stretch ed a number of spiderweb threads marks the star almost at meridian, and as 1t comes to the meridian line, out lined by the Heads, he presses an cleo trie button, or lever, and thus causes the recording-pen of the .chronograph. above mentioned. to leave its zig-zag course around the revolving sheet and make short line, which represents meridian star time.
 Now the sideral clock record is com pared with absN,utely correct star-time tables, which show what the proper rec ord should be; and then the difference, if there is any. between clock and table Is corrected and the result is perfected by reference to the mean time chrono- graphic record. Alter figuring out all differences. time Is in condition to be electrically recorded wherever there is clock connected with the wires of the Western Union Telegraph Company. To money all the time. And not a cent is 1t takes him to make first-class time and also nothing for wear and tear of instruments.
 The telegraph company makes about H.00O,0OO per year out of this time busi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
How British Museum Was Started. Harper's Weekly. s--1

Harper's Weekly. E
 An observer recalls the interesting cir- cumstances of the establishment of the British Museum. The funds for the instt- tuition were raised by a lottery, which was authorized in 1753 by an act of Parlia- ment, the Archbishop of Canterbury. the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker being the managers aud trustees. each to ra- ceive 100 pounds as an honorarium. The amount of the lottery is said to have been $1.600.00 (300.O00 pounds). which was raised by pound tickets to provide 10000 for prizes, varying in value from 1o0N pounds to 10 pounds. and 100000 pounds for the purchase of the Museums nucleus the Sloane collections and the HarIeidn Library; also to. provide for the aequisi- uons and to meet other expenses. It will be remembered that the lottery became notorious through the activities of a csr- tain Peter Leheup, who shrewdly eog- nered the tickets and had them sold at a premium. Leheup was afterward prose- cuted for breach of trust and fined 1000 pounds. which could not have troubled him much, as his profits from the deal were 40,0O0 pounds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
EXPEDITION
 TO ABYSSINIA
Carpenter Tells of It. Ef- feet Upon American
 Trade.

1908, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
 Washington, D. c.
 l general at Marseille, Robert
 is now on his way to Abys- ake a commercial treaty with lik. He goes az a representa- American government on an gunboat and with a company m marines. His route will be Mediterranean to the Suez down through the Red sea to l French Somaliland. Here he the. new railroad which was last year from Jibouti to Ha- outheast AbyBsinia, a distance es. At Harar he will make up q ,f mules and camels to go across try to the great camp-Tlke capi- lis Ababa, where King Menelik court. He will spend some time king the treaty and investigat- 8 conditions, and will then re- Europe or the United States.
 \merica in Abyssinia.
 edition will be of great ad- E., American trade It is the
 Ut step in our commercial .. ca, and 1t will probably ea 5 Ners, which will give us
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
Upset a Tradition.

E N
 Naturally, the audience expected the vil- lain to hiss, ''Folled againi'' and stink away.
 But they reckoned without their villain.
 Striding to the foothghts. he exclaimed. ''Sherlocked once morer' and, with guess7I I-fooled-you look at the astoundoa audiahna he swsggsred to the wiaGA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

ness. in which it is without a rival-al- though the government will give to any one who can utilize the privilege the ser vice rendered the Western Union Com pany. But that company now gives all necessary service desired keeping about 10000 clocks correct, charging for so do- inr S15 per year for each clock. These are set at noon each day by an automatic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

the most common money Is English. The Germans are doing what they can to get the trade. They are now sending two steamers a week from Hamburg. and the Dutch have also established direct steamship connections.
 We have some trade with the French Congo, and quite a good deal in the way of cotton goods with the Congo Free
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

tai necessarily involves increased pres sure of taxation. The trade unions then discover that, owing to the cost of Iiv- Ing having increased labor Is entitled to hlgher scale or remuneration, and that even more rigid regulations are needed to exclude immigrants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

full for military purposes. where secrecy is desired, as the variations in light can not be followed by the eye or with tele- scope, but can only be detected with a proper telephone receiver.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

About one-tsnth of the buyers in New York wholesale stores are womeB
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11
Apples In EnuIand.

Americans as a rule lind it difficult
to understand why such common fruit
as apples should be so dear in Eng
land, writes Consul S. C. Mcfarland,
of Nottingham, England. Only a
very few of the harder specimens
ripen in this climate. Having, how
ever, the best gardeners in the world,
the most has been made of the cir
cumstances, and by careful cultivation
a few dessert fruits of fine flavor, but
Of small and poor appearance, have
been produced; also few cooking
apples of questionable quality. OF re.
cent years, however, the Americans
and Canadians have begun the impor-
tation of apples, and now these are
being shipped in immense quantities.
Even from California and Oregon
come the deciduous fruits that food
the English market in the early win
ter. Later in the winter the harder
varieties Of apples from the northern
United States and Canada are found
bringing good prices. There appears
to be no reason why the apple grow
ers Of the United States and Canada
should not hold ind develop the Eng.
lish market definitely.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11
The Worlds Grain crep.

The Hungarian minister of agricul
ture publishes his estimate of the
worlds grain crops for the year 1903
1t is as follows: Wheat, 3,022, $3.50, 00(
bushels, against 2,s6S,s40, 900 last
year; rye. 1,513,63O,OOO bushels
against 1,57G,5sO,OOO last year; barley
1,213,S70,000, against LIZA ,4OO, 900 last
year; oats. 3,515, $4,000, against 8,
222,64000O last year; corn, 1885. $40.
900, against S,042,590,000 last year
Total, 12,101, $4,000 bushels, against
1885, 100000 last year, gain OF
about 216,0O0,O00 bushels.
According to this estimate, the four
leading nations in the production OF
wheat this year are: United States,
639,O0O,O00 bushels; Russia, 523,60O,.
600 bushels; France, 33S,040,OO0 bush.
els; India, 100000 bushels. The
yield in Argentina is put at 81, 000, 900
bushels, q gain over last year Of 49,.
100000 bushels. AS corn producer,
no other nation compares with the
United States, of which the yield this
year is placed at 2,076, $50, 900 bushels,
and last year at 2,448,900, 900 bushels
Russia is the worlds greatest produc
err Of rye and barley, and stands very
close to the United States in the pro.
duction Of oats. f.:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11
The whitney Crab.

This variety is Of Illinois origin.
Tree moderate grower; upright,
trunk and limbs rather slender. Trunk
1917 inches In circumference at base
and 151a inches at head. This variety
has in recent years suffered greatly
from attacks Of blight and black rot;
cankerl on trunk has also been noted.
First bloom and fruit In 1891. Fun
crop Of fruit In 1895, heavy crops "a
1899 and 1901. Fruit large, beautiful
red color, flesh tender, crisp, flavor
rich and pleasant. ellent Tor des-
ssert and Tor culinary purpo ses Rip
ems latter part % August All 90 ama-
teur fruit We know .of nothing superior
to- this variety and 81 also highly
commended Tor general planting II
sSuscsptl bility "a III UT n, hoNsYst, i
serious drawback rsinia station
sH,allstin b.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11
tTo be continued
KEEPING CHARLEY'S SEAT.
He Would Not Come Forward to CLAIM

He Would Not Come Forward to Claim
1T.
Many amusing scenes are enacted
before the footlights at bargain matt
nees. especially in the theaters where
no reserved-seat coupons are issued on
such occasions, and the rule of first
come, first served" obtains, says the
Philadelphia Record. At recent mat
ince of this kind in a popular theater
much merriment was excited by the
efforts of a stout, good-natured look
ing woman to secure seat for young
man, evidently a relative, who had
come into the theater after the house
had pretty well filled up. She had
succeeded in securing. a seat herself
and holding another one by the me-
dunn of sundry wraps and parcels,
alongside, pretty well down toward the
stage. In front of these she stood
sentinel, anxiously scanning every
new group that came in. Finally she
saw the young man and began wildly
to wave her handkerchief at him, but
apparently he was looking everywhere
save in the right direction Meanwhile
several seat-hunters had espied me un-
occupied chair and were casting en-
vious and suspicious glances at it.
The situation was becoming critical;
so, without more ado, the stout party
put her hand to her mouth and shout
ed in stentorian tones across the en-
tire auditorium: Charlie! Here's
your seat" Every one laughed: but
Charlie, evidently not counting unwel-
come notoriety, discreetly kept in the
background. "Charlie!" she yelled
again, in louder tones, and then the
denizens of the gallery, quick to seize
an opportunity, began a chorus OF
Charlie! say, Charlie" "Charlie!,
where are you?" and ..Ho! Charlie!'
which strengthened the youth In his
wise resolution to stay just where he
was. Then the sentinel surrendered
the seat to determined looking won.
an who wore spectacles.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11

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HUNDRED DOLL R0 Hoe each md 8etsfys cAeo q
a B. 3i;sa. FRANK y. CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before NE ind subscribed IN my pgoeonoo,
this 9Th day OF Deesmbsf, =. ID. 1855. AZ a,
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11
A Quarantine Nursery.

The idea of a quarantine nursery
comes from Austria. Such a nursery
is one in which plants or vines may
be planted out and grown for per-
haps a year till 1t is found for Ger.
tain that they have about them no
disease that would prove injurious
to the plants Of the country into which
they may be introduced. The Aus
trian Ministry of Agriculture has
been giving a good deal Of attention
to the cultivation of European-Ameri-
can hybrids. The growers of France
and Italy had been forced to use
American vines as stocks on account
of such vines resisting the very seri-
Gus insect pest, the phylloxera. Later
it was found that hybrids would prob
ably do as we'll. But there was the
danger that the dreaded black rot
would be introduced at the same time
and the Austrians determined to pre-
vent it If possible. They selected a
plot OF ground in a section of coun-
try not devoted to the growing of
vines and had all the new importa-
tions sent there and planted out for
year. More than twenty thousand
specimens Of hardy American vines
and hybrids were planted in this
nursery. The experts of the Austrian
experiment station made several care
full examinations of this nursery dur
ing an entire year and found it free
from black rot. This precaution is
great, but it shows the wisdom of the
Austrians in such a matter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11

| with his ships and mines and things!"
4 said Rob.
\ II fancy, if the relative value Of
money was considered, your Uncle
David would be found almost as rich
as Solomon" said Mrs. Cleverdale,
laughing at Rob's amazement. But
we must get on with our story. You
know that l have looked for a letter
from Buenos Ayres every three
months. Well, that letter contains a
remittance from Uncle David of five
hundred dollars That is what We are
living on-what we have lived on since
your poor father died"
ooh! But III pay him all back some
| day, mother. Don't fear. I'll pay him
all back"
Mrs. Cleverdale Rugged Rob, and he
did not see the tears that rolled down
her cheeks.
Eyes, dear, you will pay him. And
the time for that has come. must
read you letter received from him a
short time ago. 1t is in reply to one
wrote him"
There was such evident emotion in
his mothers manner that Rob looked
at her in establishment. He could see
nothing to agitate her in the converse
ton they had. Mrs. Cleverdale left her
chair and took from a drawer in her
desk a letter bearing the same stamp
as the package containing the pictures.
She opened this, but did not at once
begin to read. 1t was by this time APP
parent to Rob that his mother was
feeling very sad. And if there was any
one feature in Rob's nature that was
stronger than another, it was his love
for his mother He put his arms
around her and said
Don't read it, mother, if it makes
you cry. Put the old thing away
'No," she replied, patting his head.
ut is for your good, my boy. and l
must be brave. Uncle David is wise
and shrewd. He knows what is best
Solomon again" said Rob.
Listen" said Mrs. Cleverdale begin
ming to read:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11
Kansas skim.MiIk Reeves.

From Farmers Review: Cattle be-
gan to change hands and to move out
about the 18th of October. About
1000 yearlings and two-year-olds have
been sold and taken out of the coun
ty. Some few cows have been shipped
out. The range grass has cured up
nicely and the cattle are doing well
on it. Cattle are not bringing the
price that was looked for. Steers
are bringing 3 cents per pound gross
with per cent shrinkage. Cows
are bringing from to az cents pei
pound. The cattlemen have plenty OF
feed for the winter. The biggest
crop of hay in ten years has beer
put up this season. The conditions
OF stock raising have changed greatly
IN ten years, and even in three
years. One of these changes is that
small cattlemen. those having from
twenty-five to 200 cattle, have gone
into the shipping of cream to the biz
creamery at Topeka. During the
months of May, June, July and All
gust this year a car of cream a weel
was shipped out of this county. The
mich COWS are good grade Short
horns, White Faces" and Galloways
They average from $3.50 to $3.50 pc,
head per month during six months
OF summer They run on the buffalo
grass, and very little extra feeding
is done. The calves are raised on the
skim-milk. and at from one to two
years old they bring just as much
money as do the beeves grown from
calves that run with their Mothers
M. T. Gregg, Wallace County, Kan
sas.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11
CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER ].
a Long Journey-A Terrible Plunge.
"Hurrah! Hurrah! Here it is, moth
er! At last! At last!"
The morning mail had Just come in.
Rob Cleverdale held aloft square
package. bearing the stamp and post
mark OF republic in South America.
Mrs. Cleverdale smiled.
How eager you are," she said
And why would I not be, mother?"
asked Rob. when fellow has an
uncle and aunt and cousin whom he
has never seen, and no other relatives
In the world, he must be eager to SEQ
their picturesI il
And themselves, Rob-"
"Oh! II only could! But, quick!
Get it open! Oh. quick!"
1t was evident that Mrs. Cleverdale
was as eager as Rob, for her hand
trembled as she undid the package.
ooh! OH"
Rob's head was close to his mothers.
Together they studied the photographs
that had been sent from faraway
Buenos Ayres. One was that Of a hand
some. elderly gentleman, with white
hair and beard; another was that of
nne-looking lady, his wife, and the
third, the one that had brought the
expression of delight from Rob, was
that OF a beautiful young lady, about
four years older than Rob himself Rob
was at this time about fifteen
so that's my cousin Elsie!" said
Rob. "And Uncle David, and Aunt
Anita. Isn't Elsie nice, mother?"
Mrs. Cleverdale did not answer. She
leaned back in her chair and gazed
with moist eyes at the face of her only
brother and the picture of his only
child.
1T seems SO strange" said Bob, not
noticing his mothers abstraction, ito
be looking at the pictures of people I
nave never seen. Do you think will
ever see Uncle David or Elsie, moth
err"
He did not seem so eager to see Aunt
Anita. He knew that his uncle had
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Bank of Buenos Ayres, Nov. 10, 1S9-.
MY Dear Sister.-I have read your
letter-the last one, in which you ask
about Rob-at least six times. And at
every reading I reach a new conclu-
sion. Now, however, after the last
reading, I think 1 have solved the
problem of his future, and have no
doubt you will agree with me in that 7
have solved it we'll. To return to your
letter, you have, as I understand, made
some arrangement to give up your
lonely housekeeping and make your
home with Mrs. Seymour, your old
school friend, and more than sister,
who lives in Brooklyn. You feel that
it is time Rob began to think of his ca
reer, or for you to think for him. I
agree with you fully. If you We're sure
that the boy was adapted to profess
sional life would say keep him at col
lege, and I would see that he got
through his professional studies and
had enough capital to start life upon.
But there is no certainty that this is
so. fear that he may have inherited
the scholarly tastes and fine tempera-
nent OF his father. together with his
lack OF worldly push. If this were so,
IL IS time now to take him in hand and
make a man of him. If you thought
seriously of engineering, which you
mentioned, I would say go ahead But
l nave studied all the projects You
spoke of, and cannot see that there fs
| any better one than am about to Law
aoWn to you. And do not mind tell
ing you that there is strain of selfish
ness IN my plan, SO you need not fee!
tnat ! am doing anything by way of
Charity. This arrangement will un-
aonntedly be as advantageous to me as
% nlm. AS you know, my interests are
vast. have SO many investments that
require personal attention that 1 am
busy every waking hour. And besides
myself there is no one IN whom / can
place any confidence. NOW, my dear
sister, ! am getting old. Il need &
younger head-a younger hand--to
take hold out here and help me. Rob
~ youn 10 much the better he viii
pc the more easily trained to my meth
I5ods Of business. You see ny. way of
j looking q itnow TO ny proposition.