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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
Drinking Stamps.

The price of whisky has gone up a
cent a gallon in Cincinnati. The price
is o a dollar snd eight cents q gal
Ion, wholesale. Now let's see about
that. The tax is ninety cents per gal
Ion, 80 that only eighteen cents is paid
for the whisky. There must be. a profit
on making it at eighteen cents per gal
lon or the distillers would close up. If
the tax was off whisky would be almost
as cheap as water-cheaper than Salt
Springs water, which is twenty-five
cents per gallon. In the days of
whisky sours the citizen of the prohibit
ton City of Atlanta paid twenty-five
cents for the fabrication of his. whistle.
That is, he paid about fifty times the
cost. Really. it seems that this is not
ar age of whisky drinking: 1t is the
age of stamp drinking. A man who is
supposed to imbibe one dollar and eight
cents worth of whisky really takes
into. his system ninety cents worth of
revenue stamps. There is but M way
to avoid it and that is to boycott tho
liquor Constitution.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
DISPOSAL of Public Lands.

The following abstract of the report
OF the commissioner of the gener-
al land office will show consider
able change in land sales and entries over
last year and there is a noticeable differ
ence in the entries in various localities
The total number of entries for the year
reached 227.474, against 245, 524 in 1885,
2S6,S13 in 1884 and 1885, 88 in
1883. From these transactions the
cash receipts of the government
amount to $7,412,7 67, against 49,.
81 1896 80 for 1885. $12,779 1908 for
1884, and $11, 7O5, 765. IS for 1883. The
total expenses OF the department for the
$625,234. The number OF acres OF land
four years is rs follows:
1886. 20. 991, OCT; 1885, 20, 113, 663;
1884, 2 1884, O41; 1888, 19,O35,6 $50.
It will thus be seen that the land office
has disposed in five years OF 100, 974, 1874
acres of land. The number disposed o.
this year is an increase OF last year O.
S78, 3O4 acres, and a decrease of nearly
5000. 600 acres over 1884. The past
year the acreage and entries OF lands dis
posed of fell off in Dakota and increased
greatly in Western Kansas and Nebraska
The cash receipts from Minnesota were
$2O3, 953; Iowa, 50, 1913; Wisconsin, $1S1.
SO4; Dakota, 81, 2O6, 1876. Number o
homestead entries in Minnesota, 1853
Iowa, 81; Wisconsin, l, 1879; Dakota, $500
Number of timber culture entries in Mime
sofa, 5O7; Iowa, a.; Dakota, 7,135.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
Wild Pigeons DIFFERENTIATED.

III E1g0OnS EXC0TIulndG0Q.
The wild pigeon is disappearing from
North America, like the Buffalo, before
the march of civilization. A dealer who
has in years past bought and sold
many thousands of these delicate birds,
told a Times reporter that a wild pig
con could not be boughsin the city yes
terday.
The supply has been decreasing year
ly during the past years, until now we
get but a few barrels a year, which are
received chiefly from the Indian Terri
tory. It costs less to transport them
from there than from the far North
west, which is now the favorite nesting
place for them. Chicago gets a small
supply of the birds netted or shot in
Minnesota or elsewhere in the North
west, the prices paid being usually
81. so to 50 a dozen, and st. Louis and
other Western cities get a few, for
which about the same rates are paid.
Lovers of this game in this city have
nearly ceased to ask for wild pigeons
in the market, having been SO often
disappointed in not finding the birds
they seek. There is consequently no
vigorous effort made by game dealers
to procure them, the profits upon their
sale being small.
Within the memory of many middle
aged persons h%ereabouts, hundreds of
thousands of these birds have been seen
flying in great flocks over the large
cities of the Atlantic states, appearing
like black clouds against the sky.
When these great hocks roost in. the
woods their weight vas SC great as to
break down the limbs of the trees. 1t
is while these focks are roosting that
the birds become the easy prey of the
| pigeon hunter, either by net, shotgun
or in other ways. The professional
| pigeon hunter in the west, although his
victims are easily killed, leads a rough
life in hunting birds, and is poorly re-
munerated for his labor and the hard
ships he is forced to undergo.
A large game dealer said that before
the war and when the birds were plen-
ty he had frequently sold as many as
1,00e dozen pigeons at retail in day.
They were then quite cheap and within
the reach of poor people. The chief
cause of the thinning out of wild pig
cons is the destruction of forests in all
parts of the country. The pigeons are
thus deprived of their nesting places,
and of their favorite bsechnuts and the
food they get from the oak and other
trees that were n e SO plenty near
here.-NeW York Times.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
No Time to study Nature.

Ill., - 80 # ". Ga - E~Nl EaTE ~ZFEa % Iii
..Ah," said the summe tourist lean
ing over the fence and addressing the
farmer. @.nay / make bold. to inquire
what that great qaantity.of green asge-
tation. growing xer there is9'
Certify. inistars that s .eorn."
.Ah, thanks And those large aai-
nas over beyond the 4enoe, they
are, er-"
ACows, my frisad e~ery .one Of 'em
COWS. Say, you don't seem 70 Be very
we'll posted on these ere things"
.T4rhaps not. The fact is, my busi-
ness has kept me 90 closely confined
that this ID the first chance I've had to
got out iffhe country"
Running q bank or something like
thatlP''
mo. sir. I an editor Of an agri.
cultural paper. I have held that posi-
ton Tor thirty yeark"-Estsasne %. ~
Bell
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
Bonanza"

metofiticsshould be something more
Chan q mere fault finder. In AN Eng
lish Magazine an attempt is made to
rtxe aAafN lsa0 ..Americanisms"-tha
iisg Ia Aag. words coined or invented in
America Under the word bonanza
the dsfinition .h given: Spanish, q
big scheanc by which, honestiyeorather
wise, ranch money is mad1.'' Upon
This . critic poMnces and Gays that
bonanza NJ ..good fortune or good
luck B0sanza is indeed q Spanish
Mona, and very naturally came into ,uss
Al California o. Nevada. But il does
not msanl - Dig scheme" or ~good
luck Il is nautieal-a seagoiag-
Gerd and means fair weather at sea.
f The reader will refer to ST. Matthew
Wi. q, he will read that after the
Lord rehuked the wind and the sea
s.thsre WIS . great calm" And II
Esreferesce Il next had to the Spanish
\ Of the New Testanent he will
dths phrase there gixen t1una grands
b6nanza.s' II ID easy to understand
how The word came into its fgurative
nss-as meaning = happy. calm, and
pod hope sitter . weary search But
III the g~lossary nor its critic il
correct ia tho definitions cited
b6fa-Ptiladslpbia Ledger.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
The Antarctic Ocean.

The Antarctic cea occupies a po-
~sition around the south pole similar to
that Of the Arctic ocean at the opposite
end of the earth. 1t fills all the space
south Of the Antarctic circle. It differs
vastly, however, from its northern
homologue, for, instead of having
land on its outer circumference, it has
water. While the North America, the
European, and the Asiatic coasts n
circles the Northern ocean. the Pacific,
the Atlantic, and the Indian oceans
mingle their waters with those of the
frozen zone at the south.
As it differs in physical conditions, so
also It differs in having received much
less attention from the world at large.
While the name of innumerable expe-
ditions for the past four hundred years
has been to find a northwest passage
to Asia, to plant a flag at 80 degrees.
or to recue some unfortunate COM
mander and his crew from a horrible
fate, and while thousands of dollars
have been expended, and hundreds of
lives have been lost, there is q strange
contrast when we turn to the far south.
The expeditions which have been sent
out by the great nations of the world
to explore the vast watery expanse
shout the southern pole are 50 few as
TO be counted on the fingers of one
hand, and all the ships which have left
~records'of any extensive explorations
beyond the Antarctic circle might be
.counted on the fingers Of two hands.
And yet '"within the periphery of the
Antarctic circle" says Lieut.. Maury,
sis included an area aqual in extent
Ito ,one-sixth of the entire land surface
of our planet, Most of this immense
area is as unknown to the inhabitants
of the earth as the interior of one of
Jupiter's satellites. . For the last
two hundred years the Arctic ocean has
been IA theater of exploration; but, as
Tor the Antarctic, no expedition has
attempted to make any persistent ex-
ploration, or even to winter there"
It is noteworthy, too, that in the voy-
ages which have been made not a ship
nor life has been lost south of the circle.
,'.It'does not appear" says n writer
.''that the Antarctic voyages would be
attended with an excessive degree OF
danger. ,... 1t may even be found
!. that the Antarctic barriers are impen.
.etrable; but this has certainly not as YET
been. demonstrated. "-Popmlar Science
Monthly.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
Gen. F.trch,,a,, Renort on Charleston.

Gen. Lucius Fairchild, commander OF the
g.. A. R., has returned from Charleston,
where he went to see il the people needed
aid. He said: '"The people need assist
ance in the stricken city, and the sooner
the better. The poorer class are especially
deserving OF charity, and unless they get
help before winter sets in much suffering will
follow. I found a great many widows and
orphans in Charleston. They are nearly all
poor and live in smallhouses. Their houses
need repairing. and they are not able to
do it. When the widows and orphans are
first relieved by the fund We propose to
raise, then the surplus will be given to the
poor men. I think the Grand Army will
respond nobly. There are 5000 posts
and 5000 villages where from fifteen to
twenty Grand Army men reside. Com
mittees will be appointed at each post and
the villages will be canvassed. BY these
means we hope to raise a large fund"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
Writing Under Pressure.

lin: chat the other day with a gentle
man well known in the literary world,
he told me. number of entertaining
things in ,connection with his literary
experience. I asked him, among other
things, whether he had aver written
Anything under high pressure. We
Ind beenitalking about inspiration, but
ihespurposely ,misconstrued my mean
ing inthersply~he made. ~
..Yes, The said. II wrote a poem of
forty linessin, as many minutes, and it
swas't.a bad poem either. 1t was a
sckse.of compulsory composition and
taxcd,me more than I had ever been
taxed before-or since. I had sen to a
ecertain magazine a poem entitled The
.Light.House in a Storm Not hearing
about it'for almost a year, I had con-
~.cluded;that it had been declined. I
then had it put in a literary weekly of
which l was the editor, and had q fine
engraving made for it. The page was
.made up, and just about to go to the
.electrotypers, when the magazine for
the month arrived, and upon opening
ittthere was the poem. A Geld chill
IRAN up my back-or; down it, I'm not
certain (which: OF course it couldn't
.:appear in the other journal--but there
WIS the engrving, the forty lines of
space, the form ready to go to- tho
e6lectrotypers! I ranGp to the COM
,posing-roona Can you hold that form
lt0r half an hour?', / asked of the fore
imam. ..Tll try he said. l dashed off
another lighthouse poem $50 as to
utalize' the engraving),, had it inserted,
relieved OF myembarrassment
dtwasyentirely different. from the other
nDem," ...And which WAS the best
poemrp'sI asked. The one which I
Was ,eompelled to write."lI said. If I
was inspired l wasn't conscious of it,
Pmsnre. III show yoa.. both poems
some day, and you can jslge for your
self..n--Rhfladclphia eau.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
Smoothing the Rough Places

Smoothing the Rough Places.
Blaek-':How do You get along at
your new boarding houseP"
IWhite-'.Verv we'll indeed. I am
well-lodged, well-fed and everything is
made comfortable for mo-" 49,: "
Black-..I am surprised" ~
White why sop
Black-"Because I boarded there
myself and I was half-starved. I can't
understand why they t1eat you differ
entity. =, .s -
White--@TN tell you. You remem-
Der the landlady's baby??'' ~ q, 1.
Black---That squint-eyed little brata
! do. can hear him yelling now,''
White-'The baby is not handsome
I admit. 1t cries considerably I allow,
but 4 cant make It any handsomer nor
improve is temper, therefore I make
,Aae best Of IL 1 call il ! pretty little
dazzling, q sweet little thing. I make
xcnse for the noise it makes by say
ing all children are so. The other
boasders laugh at me. but the laugh is
on my ~side when they are saving away
At tqugfI round steak and / am luxu-
rating on tenderloin. It doesn't take
much effort 10 smooth over the rough
places Of life.--Bost0n Courier.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
Thirteen is Bad Luck.

&
Ivy, how yer do. NancyP" said old
Hester, addressing old Sanderson's
daughter. Didn't yer git married
last Saddy nightp' "<
Mo; the wsddin' dat come off didn't
take place" a
s'Wha fo' didn't it, gale"
"Well, case der want but thirteen
present"
'.All fo0lishness. You oughtenter
b'lebe in NO sieh foolish 'spicion ez dat.
I 'clar ter goodness, yer make me
eshaned o yer. putin offer weddin'
jes' bekase .dey want but thirteen dar.
wy MT yer SEN out an inguce dc
fo'teenf pusson ter Gomez"
"Well, daddy 60 yout an beg him ter
come ~
Well. WY MT 60 ahead an let him
erlonets'
"Coulal't.r" %-.:t >
'.WhyP" =.
Cease de fo'teenf man was de pus-
son what had promised ter marry me.
4 tells yer, Aunt Garisy. thirteen is
bad luck Sian Francisco Chronicle.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
A YellOWish Coat

Upon the tongue, particularly near it's base, Il
Of itself sufficient to denote biliousness, an all.
ment to the development of which the hot wealth.
er-it may be remarked in passing-is extremely
favorable, and which autumn often brings in Its
train as q lingering legacy. If not remedied-
which it speedily may be with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters-then follow aggravated dis
order of the stomach and bowels. dull pains be
meath the lower right ribs, nausea and headache
A prompt use Of this invaluable specific is al
way desirable, no matter what the season,
Upon the liverit exerts an influence directly bene
fetal. The bile, thu obstruction to its flow be-
ing relieved by the relaxation of the. bowels, re-
turns to it's natural channel, and the portion Of
1t which has forced its way into and contami
mated the blood is expelled. The stomach also
esumes its digestive function. Rheumatism
fever and ague and kidney troubles also succumh
to the Bitters.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
Loss Of Flesh and Strength.

with poor appetite. and perhaps slight
cough in morning: or on first lying down at
IONS afflicted with consumption are pro-
verbally unconscious OF their real state.
Most cases with d~isordered liv.
er, leading to bad digestion and imperfect
assimilation OF food-hence the emacia-
ton or wasting OF the flesh. 1t is a form
OF scroiulous disease, and is durable by the
use OF that greatest OF all blood. cleansing,
anti-bilious and invigorating compounds,
known as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
An Intelligent Juror.

There is an American story of q
juror in a trial for murder in II of the
backwoods settlements of the far west.
Great difficulty had been experienced
in getting a jury /; eleven jurors had at
last been sworn in, and there only re-
manned n man of the panel. He "a
a small, lean, lank fellow, with a
shrewd face and uncouth demcanor,
and his apparel seemed to show that
never before had he been within sight
or sound Of civilization. He was asked
the usual questions as to whether he
had formed any opinions about the
case. whether he had any prejudice
against the prisoner, OF whether he was
consc entiously'opposed to capital pun
ishmeat. To all these questions he re-
turned a decided negative. The judge
and the council for the prosecution and
for the defense did not any of them
specially like the mans manner :; but
it was late and jurors were scarce, and
50 he was accepted. In accordance
with an; old form surviving strangely in
out-of-the-way places, he was set be-
fore the alleged murderer and the Judge
said Juror, look upon the prisoner /;
prisoner, kok upon the juror When
this command was given, the little man
leaned forward and scanned the culprit
carefully from head to foot for some
moments ; then he raised his head and
turned to the Judge and said. in a firm
and solemn voice :'Yes. judge, I think
he is guilty ?'-Saturday Review.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

and we might also say-time and pain as
well, in our advice to good ~housekeepers
and ladies generally. The great necessity
existing always to have a perfectly safe
remedy convenient for the relief and prompt
cure OF the ailments peculiar to women
functional ~irregularity, constant pains and
all the symptoms attendant upon uterine
disorders-induces us to recommend strong.
ly and unqualifiedly DR.. Pierce's "Favorite
Perscription"-woman's best friend. 1t
will save money.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

Apples are getting large enough to twist
a boy of 10 out OF bed and hall way down
stairs at one grip, and the opportunity
should not be lost by a single youth to
most efficient remedy for all disorders of
the stomach. It is sold by all druggists.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

Is not a dye, and will not stain or injure
the skin. Halls Hair Remover.
Dumb ague car be speedily cured by TAX
ing Ayers Ague Cure. Try it.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

A huge derrick-pole fell and severely i'll
jured the foot of mechanical engineer e. r.
Hoyt at the New Orleans Exposition, and
only after three applications OF st. Jacobs
Oil, all the swelling and pain disappeared.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

FoR DYSPEPSIA. Indigestion. Depression OF spirita
and General Debility, in their various forms also a. =
mittent Fevers. the "F1RRo- PHosPHoRATED ELIxI1
o. CAL1sAYA" made BY Caswell Hazard L. Co, New
for patients recovering from Fever or otllsr sickness,
it has no equal.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
An 1dyl Of the Surf
A maiden of BOSTON.

"A Malucu OA DOSUOH,
One morning while tossed on
The waves of the surf at Long Branch,
Set up a wild squealing,
With such piercing feeling,
That; every face her did blanch!
She kicked and gyrated,
In q way animated,
- While her face wore expression of woe,
Till when rescued she stated,
In voice with fear freighted,
Life.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

A. C. Bone, Western News Co. office, Chi
cago, Says: II find McCaine's st. Paul
Chemical Oil has no equal. I nave tried
several remedies for soreness in the limbs
but had no success in curing it until I tried
Chemical OIL" BY druggists.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

Gen. Black, commissioner of pensions,
left Washington for the West on public
business. While absent he will visit the
soldiers homes at Dayton, Milwaukee and
Leavenworth. He will visit and inspect
several of the Western pension agencies.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

Miss Hattie M. Potter, Eyota, Mimi, says
she received the greatest relief when suffer
ing from dyspepsia by using Browns Iron
Bitters. Give it a trial if you feel week, all
ing or tired out.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

In the philosophical and surgical On
vention at Berlin Prof. Virhow paid a great
tribute to America, which was received
with much applause. He said: The pres
ence of a large delegationi in the convention
was q source OF u~nbounded Joy to their
German colleagues. The national philoso-
piers and doctors OF Germany and America
had for a long period worked shoulder to
shoulder, and he hoped the good feeling
would continue.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

The most astonishingly beneficial results
have followed the use OF Red Star Cough
Cure by those affected with throat and
lung troubles. Price, twenty-five cents.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

The initial tea trade of Port Moody this
year via the Canadian Pacific amounts to
Ave cargoes, 100, 600 packages, valued at
81, GOO, 600.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

Aliens IRON Tonic Bitters strengthen the
system., All genuine Deal the sign ature OF
j. p. Allen, druggist, st. Paul, MINI.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

Mrs. Girling, the leader OF the Shakers in
England, is dead.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

Many imitators, but no equal, has DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

The Democratic majority in Arkansas j
$4,000. @'.-
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

In Ohio a oma may be a lawyer. but
only q voter can be q notary.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

Beach, the Australian oarsman, defeated
Gaudaur, the American, in the boat race.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

Baum & Co., San Francisco suspend; liza
bilities, $3.50, 900 to 81, 600, OOO.|
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

Bronchitis is cured by frequent small
doses OF Piso's cure for consumption.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

WHEN getting your boot or shoe Strengthened
use Lyons Heel stiffeners; they save money.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

The Congregational triennial council will
meet in Chicago next month.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

. Senator Stanford raised 1000 tons OF
grapes on his Vina ranch this year.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25

Fire at Council Grove, Kan, destroyed
property valued at $15O,OOO
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-24

The Persian organ, Schems, at Vienna has re-
ccived the following from Merv; "Three years
have not yet elapsed since our town and the neigh
boring district were incorporated into the Russian
Empire, and already Merv is half Russanized: Its
Inhabitants speak the Russian language, wear Rus
sian costumes and have adopted Russian customs.
The st. Petersburg government spares neither money,
to make the Muscovte yoke easy. The Offclal edlcs
appear In Persian, Turkoman, and Russian, and In
the schools Perso Russian grammars distributed
gratuitousIy. Our chiefs have been promised that
as their sons shall have learned Russian they
will be admitted into Russian educational establish
ments. We hear that the Gar, on his approaching
journey TO Bokhara and Tashkend, will stay here ten
days and hold durbar, at which he will be pro.
claimed Ameer of Merv. An imperial residence and
large arsenal will be built here soon as the rail-
way shall be finished"