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pRoHIBITIoNIsTS IN GOOD COMPANY
EVILS WHICH MAKE PRoHIBI-
TIoN NECESSARY.

In a report on temperance and prohibi..
ton, it is relevant to allude to the evils OF
drunkenness and the perils of the drink
habit. for these evils and these perils
make prohibition necessary. The liquor
people and their defenders are wont to
sneer at the argument of prohibitionists
as the rawlings Of fanaticism, and. unfor-
tunately, some who favor prohibltlon
shrink under the accusation. Let them
take courage they are in good company,
and. as to the opinions they hold as to the
evils of drunkenness, they are In very
large majority.
TESTIMONY AGAINST THE DRINK HABIT.
At this place it is we'll enough to intro
duce the yerdicts of some who can not DO
put aside as fanatics. Such quotations
might easily fill large volume; attell-
ton is now asked to only few:
The London Times says: "The use OF
strong drink produces more ldleness'
crime, want, and misery than al! other
causes put together" Governor DIX, OF
New York, vetoing a local option Dill,
takes occasion to say: "1ntemperance IS
the undoubted cause of four-f1iths OF the
nannerism. crime, and domestic misery
Of the State.'
With Gov. Dix agree all judges, ,magls.,
trates, keepers Of prisons, directors OF
hospitals, superintendents of asylums
for the insane, and all others who have to
do with the crimes and the miseries Of
men. Charles Buxton. member OF the
British Parliament, and noted English
brewer, says: eff we add together all
the miseries generated by war, famine,
and pestilence-the threo great scourges
of mankind-they do not exceed those
that spring from this calamity" Mr..
Bruce, Home Secretary under the Glad
stone ministry, says; "Intemperance is
not only a great evil, but the greatest OF
all evils with which the social retormer
has to contend"
BUT FEEBLE EXPRESSIONS.
Every man who knows past history and
| his own times understands that these
statements are but feeble expressions of
the truth of things as to this horrible
evil. Our danger is in our familiarity
with the appalling facts of the case: we
say these things are all true, and go on as
our fathers did, in q sort Of dumb despair.
Such statements do not startle Us, because
we knew them before we heard them we
have all said these things to ourselves.
OF the mental and moral habits that make
it possible for some mon to be stupidity
! calm in the knowledge Of such things,
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An Act,

TO ALLOW UNIMPRovED LANDS WHICH
HAVE NOT BEEN ON THE TAX BOOKS
SINCE 1875 TO be LISTED WITHOUT
PENALTY.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and by au-
thority Of the same, That in all cases
whero unimproved land which has not
been on the tax books since the fiscal
year commencing November lst, 1875,
and which are not on the forfeited list,
shall at any time before the lst day of Oc-
tober, 1888, be returned to the County
Auditor for taxation, the said Auditor be,
and he is hereby, instructed to assess the
same and to enter it upon tho duplicate
Of the fiscal year commencing November
LIST, 1887, with the simple taxes Of that
year.
SEC. 2. That all such lands as may be
rrturned to the Auditor for taxation be-
tween the first day of October, 1888, and
the first day of October, 1889, shall be as
sessed and charged with the simple taxes
of the two fiscal years commencing re-
spectively on the first day of November,
1887, and the first day Of November, 1855.
SEC. 8. That as soon as practicable af-
tor the passage of this Act the Comptrol-
Ter General is directed to furnish copy
OF the same to each Auditor in the State,
and the Auditors are required to publish
the same in each Of their county papers
once week fer three months during the
year 1885, and for the same period Of time
during the year 1889; and the cost Of
such publication shall be paid by the
County Treasurer, upon the order of the
County Commissioners, out of the ordi-
nary county tax last collected.
Approved December 10, 1857.
Jan. Is, 1883, 3m
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OUR DANGER And OUR DUTY.
WORDS OF soBKRNEss, AND. ARGUMENTS
WHICH MUST CARRY. CONVICTION.

in Every Part OF the Countrywide
Legality OF Prohibition is Proved
1.-THE Duty Of the Clifton is Made
Perfectly Clear.
Nashville Christian Advocate.
At the recent session of the North
Georgia Conference the Committee on
Temperance, Rey. A. g. Haygood, D. D.,
Chairman, submitted, and tho Confer
ence adopted, the strong report printed
below. 1t may we'll be accepted by the
Church as her answer to the pleadings of
the saloon power. Our readers will not
begrudge the space we give to this pow
erful paper, but will find it exceedingly
interesting reading:
PROHIBITION VIOLATES NO NATURAL
LAW OR LEGAL RIGHT.
The country is to be congratulated upon
the recent decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States touching the right Of
the State Governments to prohibit the
sale OF intoxicating liquors. Heretofore,
as all informed people know, the Su-
preme Court has asserted the principle un-
DERIVING its recent deliverence upon the
subject, but the recent decision, affirming
the right of the State to abolish the Ii
auor-traffic without liability for damages,
Just as it may abate any other nuisance or
hurtful trade, takes away the last vestigo
of defense to the traffic, on the ground of
so-called inalienable or constitutional
rights. This last decision makes the po-
sition Of the prohibitionists as strong as
the supreme law, interpreted by our high
est court, can make it. Hereafter, those
who know tho law, unless they intend to
deceive the people, will not assert that
prohibition violates any sort Of natural
or other rights recognized by the Consti-
tuition and in harmony with the genius of
our institution. Certainly no lawyer who
respects himself or his profession will, in
tho faco of tho decision Of the Supreme
Court, hereafter argue the national and
constitutional rights of the liquor-traflic.
MEN DO NOT NEED LICENSE TO FOLLOW
ORDINARY AvocATIoNs.
The Supreme Court needs no backing
from prohibitionists, yet 1t is a happy
circumstance that its late decision COM
mends itself to the common sense of lay
men as we'll as to the judicial opln-
IONS OF men ledIu III Iuo ian' VAoh w
not need the permission of Government
to pursue the ordinary avocations of life.
The carpenter, the blacksmith, the farm
er-these do not need "license' to work /;
it is not legal, it is natural right; it is
inalienable because God gave it. But, in
our own, as in every civilized country,
the dealer in intoxicants must first secure
permission OF the Government before he
can sell; the license Of the Jaw differ
ences this from natural rights; it Is artifi-.
cial; it is the gift not of natural but of
human law. The decision of the Su-
preme Court amounts to this: society has
a divine right To protect itself, and what
ever it may give that it may withhold or
withdraw.
pRoH1B1T1oN1sTs IN GOOD COMPANY
EVILS WHICH MAKE PRoHIBI-
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Your committee submit the following
resolutions *.
Resolved, /. That the cNortfrs Qsosxaa
Annual. Conference anew, pledges s4tseI6
to the doctrine OF the pro hilitinn. by law
of the traffic in intoxicating liquors.
2. That we pledge. ,ourselyes 70 do
what we can TO secure efficient prohibit
ton within our borders,
s. That; in order 70 secure ethisfsssit,
we Will continue to teaeh our people Wkxt
be the Bible doctrines -couernin1 ethe.
perils of dram-drinking sadthe siFrTands
ruin of drunkenness,
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,1LI1oSs OF NEGROES THE STEADY
CUSTOMERS OF THE SALOON.

In the Southern State are more than six
millions of negroes; most OF them are
very ignorant and very poor. From the
time Of their emancipation the saloon has
sought to foster in them drinking habits.
It's success has been rs great as it has been
easy, and to-day in the South the saloon
finds steady customers in the ignorant OF
this unhappy race. In their deep power
ty they buy the cheapest and therefore
the worst liquors, and reap with short de-
lay all the evils of drunkenness.
Here the exception illustrates, if it docs
not prove, the rule. In the recent elec-
tion In Fulton county every precinct save
one voted with the saloon. The press re-
porter felt called upon to explain to the
country why South Bend District alone
voted to close the bar-rooms. In this
district, lie said, "located Clark Univer-
sity, college for colored people. and they
voted for prohibition" Asarule every
where the uneducated vote is anti-prohi-
bition. Judge tho power Of the saloon
in Southern politics, imperled by SO
great aud ignorant colored vote, made
stronger for evil by the shameful Hitter.
acy Of tens of thousands OF white men,
THE KNKMY 1s OLD ANDsTRoae.
What are we to dof There is but one
answor; in all right ways we must fight
tho LIQUOR power wherever and when
ever we find it. Tho end seek is deliver
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ANY BAR-RooM A. BIGGER MAN IN POLL
TICS THANtALL THE CHU1cHRs.

What does the saloon cost the country
in politics and government determined
by politics? This is large theme; it
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-12
In Brief, And To The Point.

Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered liver
is misery. Indigestion is q foe to good na-
tGre.
The human digestive apparatus is one Of
the most complicated and wonderful things
in exis.ehce. 1t is easily put out of order.
afeasy food, tough food, sloppy food, bad
cookery, mental worry, late hours, irregular
habits, and many other things which ought
not to be, have made the American nation a
nation of dyspeptics.
But Green's August Flower has done a
wonderful work in reforming this sad busi-
ness and making the American people SO
healthy that they can enjoy their meals and
:.be happy.
Remem ber::-No happiness without health
But Green's August Flower brings health
and happiness to the dyspep,ic. Ask your
druggist for a bottle. Se%venty-ive cents.
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Excursion.

We take special pleasure in calling alton
ton to the excursions via the St. Paul,
minneapolis & Manitoba railway, from all
points south and east, which have been an
%nounced for March 2lst, April 4th and 25th,
May 9th and 23d, and June 9Th and Goth,
when tickets are to be sold at the low rate
of one fare for the round trip. These tickets
will be limited to thirty days from date of
issue, good ten days going and FIVE for re-
turn, with stop over within limits.
This will enable friends or intending
settlers to visit this country during the
early spring and summer, Mt very small
cost.
Further particulars can DO obtained by
addressing
: G. II. WARREN,
Genl Pass. Agent. S.. Paul.
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Silk Ribbons!

Those Of our lady readers who would like
to have an elegant, large package of extra
tine Assorted Ribbons (by :mail), in different
widths and all the latest fashionable shades,
adapted for Bonnet Strings, Neckwear,
'scarfs, Trimming for Hats and Dresses.
Bows, Fancy: Work, &c., can get an astonish.-
ing big bargain, owing to the recent failure
ii . large wholesale Ribbon Manufacturing
Co, by sending only IS cents (stampsy, to
the address We give below.
As q SPECIAL oFFER, this house will give
DOUBLE the amount Of any other firm in
America If you will send the names and
p. o. address Of ten married ladies
when ordering and mention the name Of this
paper. No pieces less than one yard in
length. satisfaction is guaranteed, or money
claeerfully refunded. Three packages for
80 cents. Address,
81 LONDON R1BBoN AaExcr,
Jersey City, N. J.
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HARMONY.

The Republican press Of the North
west are at present busily engaged
stirring up strife by creating the i'm
preston that the leaders of the Demo-
cratic party are at loggerheads, and
that it is war to the knife, etc.
There is no doubt that the wish is
father 10 the thought, for;f ever there
was a time when the Republicans have
Just cause to fear that the sceptre may
passffrom thei.r bands forever, it is now,
when the people are beginning to see
through the hollow hearted profess
sions and false ]pretences which, under
the guise of a protective tariff, are
grinding the life blood out Of the
farmers and crushing the bone and
siuew of the land.
We have reason to believe that
these statements concerning the con-
dition Of the Democratic party in Da-
kota are false. While differences of
opinion exist among the leaders as to
the proper purse to pursue in party
matters, the men who fought for prin.
ciplc and for 20 years swerved not
from their allegiance to the truly
grand old party founded by Jefferson
and preserved by Jackson, will not
now prove recreant to their trust.
Though scandalized and scarifed dur.
ing those, long years, the Democratic
party comes out like a young giant.
refreshed and purified, and finds it,
highest expression Of patriotism anc
resistance to oppression in the to be
immortalized administrat alton of Presi
dent Cleveland.
Day and Mccormack are such
Democrats, and now that victory is
within our grasp, will not antagonlze
Gov. Church, or any other man
tor with them in the future
as in the past, principle ane
the success Of the party are superio,
to any selfish objects Or ambitions
and paramount to every other consid
Grafton.
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A CALL.

Democrats and all who favor tariff
reform, are requested to meet in con.
vention at Bottineau, D. T., on Sat-
urday, April 81, at 8 p. NJ, for the
purpose of electing three delegates to
the territorial democratic con vention
to be held at Watertown, D. T., May
%, 1888, for the purpose of electing
delegates to the national democratic
convention to be held at St. Louis i'll
June. BY order Of
J. G. THOMPSON,
Chairman Bottineau Co. Dem. Com.
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FINAL O NOTICES.

Notices Of final proof must be paid for
before affidavit Of publication wi | be is
sued from this Office.
The charges are: For a single notice OF
inal proof, SIS; consolidated notices. 81
each; contest and timber culture notices, Sc.
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Land ONCE at Devils Lake, d. T., |
AIo ,oh nth 1000 7

March 7th, 1883.
Notice il hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
2 nd that said proof will be made before the
Judge or in his absence the Clerk Of the Dis
triet Court for Bottinsau Co., OAK, at Botti-
neau, Dak., o n April 2lst. lass, viz:
JEHIAL WEIGH,
d. 8. No. 32l6, for the WI swZ, and wa nwH,
Sec. II, TIP. ISL, r. Is.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton of, said land, viz: Robert Smith, Robert
Lyon, James Scott, William Scott, all OF Bot
tlneau, Bottineau Co., &. T..
HENRY w. LORD, Register.
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Land Office at Devils Lake. D. T.

LdIu OIItCE II DS3fts tI.tKE. W.I
Aprlill. 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of hts intention
to make tlnal proof i'm support Of his claim,
Judge and ex-of1icio Clerk Of the Probate
Court in and for Bottineau county, at Botti-
neau, D. T., on Nav 10. 1889. viz. ',E
JACOB HEARONEMUS, .4-
D. s. No. 1919 for the N. E. Il sec. II, +. lel,
N. of r.. Is w.
He names the following witnesses to prove
ton of said land, viz: George w. syer,
James Stasey, John Stacy, John Greig, all Of
Bottineau, Bottineau Co., II. T.
| 2sth, 1856, filed D. S. No. 2242, for ne u sec. / :,
twp. l6l N. Of range Is w, are hereby sum
moned to appear at lifetime and place above
said Jacob Hearonemus should not be al
lowed to make proof and payment as adver-
tised. n"
- Fly. w .L.oRD, register.
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Land ONCE at Devils Lake, Q. T.

a March l6, 1888. -,
Notice IL hereby given hat the following
named settler has fled notice Of her intention
to makefi final proof in support Of her claim,
Judge and ex-off1oio Clerk of the Probate
Court in and for Bottineau county, Dak., al
BOtineau, u. T.. o n April 18th 1855. viz:
ELIZABETH SHARMAN, -
D. 8. No. 3293, fer the = "A NE Lots l and q
Sec. z, T 1872, r 20, =
She names the following witnesses to prove
ton of, said land, viz: William w. Lundy,
Richard D~inwnodie, Joseph Lundy, Stephen
e. Craig, all of Bottineau. Bottineau Co., Oak.
HY. W. LORD Register.
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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, CO
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.

COUNTY Of SUFFOLK. u.s.
I, George Monroe Endicott, of the firm of
Endicott q Macomber, the duly appointed
attorney and manager, for the y. s., for the
Employers Liability Assurance Corporation,
Limited, being. duly sworn, depese and say
statement u the affairs Of said company;
that the said insurance company IL the bona
tide owner Of at least one hundred thousand
| state Hnd United States stocks and bonds, or
in bonds and mortgages Of real estate unin-
Gu mbered, and worth double the amount for
which the sal is mortgaged, and he is the
above described officer Of said insurance COM
pnny. GEORGE MoNRoE ENDICoTT.
/ Subscribed and sworn to before me this
30th day Of January, 1858.
ALBAN AyDREW,
[sEAL.] Notary Public.
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AoSSt 70 ~
This deducted from the amount received
monthly leaves a balance OF $lO. 80 to sup
port and clothe the family.
2. That the law allows o check weigh
master On each tipple, but if the miners
elect and put one on, he is not permitted to
touch the scales, and is required to stand
and see the cars weighed by the company
weighlnaster as they run across the scales
at the rate of from four to seven miles per
honr, the length of the scales being about
eight feet, the cars being about the same
length and the distance from centre to
centre being two feet eight inches, it being
impossible under these circumstances to get
the exact weight.
8. That at nearly all the mines the work
men are required to deal at the company
stores under pain of being dismissed from
employment. That at these stores they are
compelled to pay from 20 to IS per cent.
more for the necessaries of life than they
could purchase the same for elsewhere.
That the mine bosses and superintendent
compel the miners to deal at these stores,
and that the operators receive a per centage
for sending their men there to be robbed.
We believe these stores to be q curse to any
community, as they detract from the indie
pendsnce of the workingman and drive out
honest competition. That G. W. VanDusen
Il Co. are the only proprietors Of such stores
who reside in our midst. That Frank Liver
ight s. Co. ore the proprietors OF the leading
pluck me store in this region, and control
the orders from miners in the employ Of
Berwind, White & Co., r. H. Powell & Co.
and various other places. and the said Frank
Liveright & Co. reside in Philadelphia, and
the miners so controlled by them number
not less than 5000, and we believe the actual
number is greatly in excess of this state
ment. We are opposed to any monopoly OF
syndicate having control Of this or any other
coal region. believing it to be detrimental to
the best interests of the community and she
State at large. We, therefore, your COM
mittee appointed at q public meeting of our
citizens, respectfully submit the foregoing
and pray your Excellency to take such
action IN the matter as you in your wisdom
may think most proper, and with as little
delay as possible. Respectfully, II. J. Nc
Gowan, White Nixon, J. M. Lehman, james
White, Committee.
1t may be added that the !Ciearfeld miners,
though at last forced to resume work at the
old price, gained a promise of just weight.
cash payments, and freedom to buy where
they pleased. And while these poor fellows
toll for tAe miserable pittance Of 5000 per
month, ~fosilized antediluvians repeat the
parrat like cry Of the "pauper labor OF
Europe, and those ~tyrannical %monopolists
fatteu at the public expense.
ITO be coptinued.)
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Land Office at Devils Lake, D. TIL

February 20, 1855.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Judge, or in his absence the Clerk Of the Dis
trict Court for Bottineau Co., at .Bottineau,
D. T., OF April 9th, 1883, viz: -
SAMUEL DUNBAR,
d. s. No. 1876, for the swH Sec. IA, T. l62, r. 78
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton of, said land, viz: James Fleming, John
Gardner, George Fletcher, William Craig, all
of Bottineau, Bottineau Co., d. T..
And YOU, James Ritchey, who on the Goth
day of July, 1885, filed D.. S. No. 1880 for above
land, are hereby notified to appear at time
and place above mentioned and show cause,
If any there be, why said Samuel Dunbar
should not be allowed to make proof and pay
ment for said land
HENRY w. LORD, Register.
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TERRITORY OF lAKOTA,A
: AUDITORS OFFICE,
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.)
I, James A. Ward, auditor Of the Territory
of Dakota, do hereby certify that the above Is
q true copy If the original statement now or.
file IN this office.
In witness whereof, I have hereuntp set my
and and affixed the seal vi this office at Biz
marck, this 4th day Of April, 1855.
JAMES a. WARD. Auditor.
[sEAL.] F.B. MORSE, deputy,
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MANITOBA ON WHEELS.
There is no Place Like Home,
Especially If You Can Bring
it With You.

- -"-
Neighbor George Fletcher has sue
ceeded in obtaining an order from the
U. S. Treas'y Department, wherel y
he is enabled to bring the house III
which he lived, in Manitoba, over to
Dakota duty free.
This is nuts to crack for our Domin-
ion friends and very encouraging to
our Manitoban neighhors, who can
now bring their homes with them. .
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
BApTIsr:-Rev. Mr. Hubert. Pastor
Services every Sunday at 2 p. m.
PREsBYrERIAN:-Rev. B, Lyman, Pastor
Services every other Sunday at 2:3O p. NJ.
and every Sunday at 7 in the evening.
Sunday School Immediately after service
MErHoDrsr:-Rev. c.. s. McCandless, Pas.
tor. Services every Sunday evening at 1886
at tue school house.
CArHoLrc:-Church of St. Paul At Tarsus,
Rev. P. U. Brunette, Pastor. Services at the
usual hour every Sunday.