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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-16

ocean OH ~ TILL lcllCc " uiys pun VlAC
sky to soak in a gourd and unbuckle
the bellyband of eternity and let the
the sun and moon out, but don't
think you can escape the place that
lies on the other side Of purgatory If
you don't pay for your paper"
The Aberdeen News says editorialy:
ssThe most senseless officeseekers in
Dakota will be sensible enough to
leave Delegate Matthews undisturbed
while watching over the bedside OF q
wife who is lowering between life ana
death. Mrs. Matthews has never been
very strong and the climate OF Wash
ington did not agree with her. Now
that che is in Dakota again there is
hope that she may recover from her
present illness.
A dastardly attempt was made to
destroy the Kidder county court
house by placing dry grass upon the
main inside stairway and setting fire
to it after having first literally sat
urated it with kerosene. Littleda
q was done as the stairway was
constructed of oak. and the flames
died out after burning through two
orthree planks. Wantof draftdoubt-
less saved the building. The doors
of the county clerks vault were found
open and all the county records ex-
posed to the mercy Of the flames.
Had the attempt been successful the
loss would have been irreparable.
This is the. third unsuccessful at
tempt to fire buildings in this city
by such methods. No clue.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12
A BOY Who sa,es lives.

Joseph Brown has reason to congrat.
ulate himself upon his sons One Of
them is baseball player of scme note,
and that alone in these days of the great
American games rage should be glory
enough; but another son, Joseph Brown,
Jr., is developing as hero Young
Joseph goes for a vacation every sum-
mer to Camp Lake, Wis. and while
there a year ago he saved the lives Of
two people whose boat had become up
set. At the same place again this sea.
son, and only about two weeks ago, the
young man saved three lives. small
party had come over to Camp Lake from
kenosha and went for sail upon the
lake. There were five of them and the
boat was capsized. Young Brown
CHANGED to witness the accident and at
once secured a small boat and pulled to
the rescue, assisted by a led named
Frank Yaw. With much pluck and
coolness Brown managed to save three
of the party. Two of them had gone
down. but being an expert swimmer he
plunged into the water and did not give
up his search until he recovered the
bodies of the two who were drowned.
The young man in his modesty makes
very light of his acts. but if it is going
TO be a regular thing for him to save
drowning party year after year, he will
not be able to hide his light under a
bushel.-Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12
"Sp;,rrOw Grass"

In Wcbstcr's Dictionary. under th..
word asparagus" this note occurs:
This word was formerly pronounced sparrow
grass; but this pronunciation is now confined ex
clusivey to uncducatcd people
Walkers English Dictionary quotes
authority to show that not only was ;.s
paragus commonly called "sparrow
grass" in England, even 10y educated
persons, at the beginning of this cen
tury. but "cucumhrr" was pronounced
"cowcumbcr." These two pronuncia
tions passed out of Use both in Enylan,.
and America, until now few people lis,
them.
The markctmcn in the great cities and
their cnvirons, however, still cling quite
tcnaciously to sparrow grass" which
they shorten up to grass" as a matter ol
convenience.
''Is that nice asparag,ls:' a customer
asks.
"Hcs that's very good grass" answers
the markctnan, with an emphasis on he
grass" us if to notify his customer that
he knows what the vegetable is properly
called, and in his next hill the marke,
man puts down this charge:
burc,.cs grass G1 l5c co
For the pronunciation "cowcumbrr'
there is some excuse, as the word comes
to us through the French, in which Ian
gtage it was formerly coucombrc. and j..
now concombrc. The German word
kukummcr was dropped in English for
the French one, the English drrivin"
nearly all their words for salads and the.
nicer table dishes from the French.
l'lt for the word "sparrow grass" Il,
applied to asparagus, there is absolutely
no excuse. 1t sa sheer corruption Of
the word asparagus The smrrows ar
not particularly fond of the seeds of lhc
rlpcncd asparagus, nor is it Il grass in
any sense.
The asparagus, indeed, belongs to the
lilly family, like certain other edible,
vegetables. 1t is certainly no new dis
covcry, for the word is Greek. and means
according to some etymolnsists. "to
swell with sap or juice" and asparagus
was eaten and much esteemed by the
Romans. Youths Companion.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12

She has lifted her hands to cover her
face, and so stands before him, Il little,
slender, grief laden figure, on which the
gentle moon i; shining, lighting up the
pretty rounded arms and the gold brown
trcsscs Of the bowed head. But for not
half so long rs it takes to write this docs
she so stand. In Il moment she is in his
arms, and is sobbing out the remainder
of her grief upon his breast
He has drawn her close to him, and
closer still, until their hearts beat almost
in unison.
"My darling" he says, with passion
ate fondness, "my dear, dear love, do
not cry like that l think-I never
thought it until to-night-but now do
think that you lovo me. Alys, tell me
am not deccivinS myself"
She can find no words. but still with
her face hidden upon his breast, lifts her
arms and slips them lovingly round his
neck. 1t is AN answer all sufficient.
Never before has shc so abandoned
herself to him, and for the first time the
gladncss of possession enters into his
soul.
"Ion are mine now" he says, tight
eninS his clasp round her, "now, and
forever! Let us go back week in our
lives and forget that these last miserable
seven days have ever been. You-you
don't care for that fellow Grande:"
"Thcre is only one person on earth l
care for, and that is YOU" says the girl,
clinging to him,
"And yeti
"Yes, yes; know all that. should
not have believed her but she told me YOU
thought nc a baby-a mere silly child
who coul'l have no lover but you"
""'ho told you all this" demands lie,
with darkcning brows.
katherine, your cousin. But'-dis-
solving into tears again-"it wasn't true,
Frank, was it,
sit was not, indeed,' says Mr.. Ponson-
by, grimly. These last few DAYS have
proved it. cannot help feeling that
am dcpriving you Of a title"
You said you would forget this past
horrid week, " says Miss Disney, reproach-
fully, "and now you are scolding me
about it."
"Wcll, it shall be my last scolding,"
says Ponsonby. "And as for the other
thinS., you say l thought of you as a
child. Itcll you now, with your heart
against mine, that 1 thought of you only
as the woman l loved beyond all this
earth contains"
II know it now; was mad TO doubt
you," says Alys rcmorscfully; but she
SAID il: and, knowing you are superior
to Inc in every way, l felt it easy to be-
lieyc her.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12
A coLoReo aoMuLus.
Capture of IA Child That Was Stolen and
Reared by "A Wolf

capture OF Child That Was Stolen and
| Reared by u Wolf.
Some twenty months ago woman
living on the banks of the Brazos missed
her 3 months old baby from the pallet
where she had left it lying during an
absence of few minutes Search was
made for the infant. but no trace of it
could be discovered. and the whole affair
WAS wrapped in profound mystery until
few days ago y party of gentlemen
were riding through Il somewhat unfre-
| quented portion of the thick woods that
border the river, when they were start
led by seeing strange object run across
the road Thinking at first sigh, that
it was a wild animal several of the
party were about to fire on it. when the
one who had been nearest to it called t.
them not to shoot but to ride it ,luwn
instead This was done with difficulty
Tor the llnderhr,s, was thick htlt az l.. {
the creature w.!> uNr.i.i';r il, !, ii, ~,
copsc II WAS halt ruuulil. il.tii s,I,
ing. first ON all fMlrs and tril m..all,
upright
The gentlemen dismountrd :YI u
tempted to lazy hands upon it, l:ii CHAT.
lcrins frishlfully and s;IvagriN i,!t.ma.
AMI scratching. it broke away frnn Ssi,.;m
They could see that 1t had Il human lace.
tauugh the brown body wa, covered
with long. tangled hair, and the r;.ils of
the feet and hands ST. long and curved u
to be claws 1t r;.n With incrrd.iilr
swiftness, getting over fallen tr,,> and
dense masses OF ci,"'lerS at ri.''' ,,,.!;
Obliged its pursurrs I" exert thrinA,'ls
to the utmost to keep ii in view Ii lii
ally ran into an Immense oak tree lis.,,
lay uprootrd i'll the ground. and the
hollow trunk of which formed IL yawu
ing cavern. by the 'int of poLing IN
the tree with sticks the party succeeded
in driving out an old wolf. which mme.
diatrly took to its heels 1t was not i,ur
sued. as it WAS not the object sought
This, too, WAS finally dislodycd and las.
soed with Il lariat made of hides Ii
bit and scratched SO tierccly that it was
thought advisable not 10 approach it. ;la
it was half dragged, half led home with
the lariat about its neck bowling and
yelping like a wolf
The fact of the negro woman's child
haVihS disappeared was we'll known to
al, and ie was decided that this must he
the child The old Wolf had evi,lerilv
stolen it and for solnc reason adopted it
as its own. The mother declared that
tins conjecture WAS correct, claiming
that her child had had II maliormltiop
of one ear, which pcculiarity was found
in the monster 1t is kept tied upin her
cabin, suffering no one to lay hands
upon it, aud is fed ON raw meat. as it
refuses to touch amy other food The
woman has hopes that she may yet re.
awaken the human in it, but in the
meantime she is reaping harvest from
the crowds who come daily from all
parts of the country to inspect the
strange crcature.-Sandy Point (Tex.)
Cor Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12
Uncarthin- a Mammotb,. none..


w. b. Jelly, cx-reevo Of Amara.,th,
who lives on lot No. 0, con. Z, was last
summer engaged in scooping out a
watering place for his cattle in wet
corner of his farm. and while excavat-
ing he unearthcd the ribs of an animal,
which were Of such a large size that they
startled him. He resolved to prosecute
his work next day. but during the night
it rained SO heavily that he was unable
to dig for any more of the remains of
the animal
He exhibited the ribsa couple of weeks
ago to Mr.. John Jelly, OF ShcIburnc. the
result being that this gcntleman's curl
osity was SO much aroused that he hired
men to resume the search for the re-
manning parts of what he believed to be
an antedl.uvian animal Mr. Jelly. as.
sisted by David lIoey and John Ander
son, few days ago began operations
After digging for awhile they cxrumed
other bones. consisting of ribs and yer
tcbra These relics told their own tale
Some of the ribs are four feet long.
and the component parts OF the back
bone are i'll proportion to the weight
and size of the framework of the body
MIR. Jelly, with the eye of an archaol-
osist, prosecuted his search with vigor,
and in u few days was delighted by the
unearthing of one of the horns Of the
mammoth The enormous size of the
ant"diluvan animal can be estimated
from the size and weight of the isnnene,
horn or tllsli
AT the butt 1t Is eight lcilc, IN ,l:am
ctcr, and the part secured i, twelve feet
eight inches in length Cnfprtunatry
the workmcn could not locate the TIP %,
the horn. but competent scientists who
viewed the remains say that it extended
fourteen feet TIE horn was broken in
three pieces, and had to he removed in
parts. one of which required the strength
of two men % elevate to wagon. The
middle piece itself measured eight feet,
and looks more like log of wood than
the undoubtcd horn of an ANIMAL.
The work of excavation is still going
on, and daily ribs and portions of the
vcrtcbr;D are being dug up. The soil is u
black muck. from two to three feet in
depth, and under this is layer of white
mari, descending to depth in some cases
of two feet, and in others of three and
four feet. Underneath the stratum is q
bed of black sand. In the mari are to
be seen shells, indicating that the man.
moth must have perished when the
country was covered with water or sub
jected to the glacial invasion.-Toronto
Globe
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12
CatalcntiC Auiillals

All tho burrowng animals are in .
state of catalrlsy and live for months in
a state of apparent death. Frogs have
been taken from solid sandstone, aftr,
being imbcddcd for many years. and IT,
suscitated. How many men are cat;.-
lrptic in the last stages of life is II matter
which the doctors know scarcely more
about than other people, And yet il,
medical colleges poor men are snatchc,l
up almost before they are cold for pur.
poses of operative surgery I'aupcrs and
prisoners who have no friends are Iui
asked rs to their will in tn, matter. bur
arc quickly appropriated for purposes "
disscction.-Ncw Orleans Piray,nc
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12

"And it was she, too who brought me
the marguerite" says Ponsonby mus.
mgly, ina low tone. a sudden thought
occurring TO him, he tiyhtcns his grasp on
her arm. Then he RECEIVERS himself.
"Why think of anything" he SAYS.
placing his lips to hers. Let us only
remember that we belong to each other
by the divine right of love. All else
may readily be forgotten"
NO." says the girl, leaning back in
his embrace SO as to look into his eyes
81 shall never forget this. our first and
last quarrel ! don't want TO! am glad
of it!
"Glad, my soul:"
"fcs" = triumphantly - "vcry glad
Because. Il smile fighting with tlle.tears
that still linger on her lashcs, but fo,
it should never have known how en-
tirely you love me, and you'll"
My belovcd!" murmurs he with in.
effable fondncss.
THE END,
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12
In;tcsl Twins.

DR.. G. II. Collins, of Upton, Ind, re
ports to Tho Medical Record a pair Of fc
male twins united 1T the center or me
dian line Of the trunk as one body, which
however, develops perfect t5of distinct
members and organs for two Each
child has a separate circulation and or
ganism. One will sleep while the other
is awake. The bowels and kidneys per-
form their functions independently. The
spinal column is straight. The children
are bright and lively, have fine heads q
hair and fine features, are we'll formed
and at this writing have every appear
ance Of living. At birth their weight
was twelve and one-half pounds, and
they were twenty-five and one-half
inches in length.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12

cousin, Mr. Wilding. tells me lie, Frank
is suffering us much from this wretched
mistake as am. You gave it to him
yourself-with your own hands,"
"Yes, says Katherine calmly.
Wilding, who is watching her closely,
tells himself she does cxcrllently we'll
indeed. ut is Il very unfortunate affair 4"
hesays. still with hiseyes OIL Miss Nugcnt.
Every" Her eyes meet his calmly,
unwavcringly,
"Somc;hins ought to be done about it
at once"
II quite agree with you. But who is
to do it and what is to be donc::"
II know. says Alys very quietly and
with strange amount of determination
for her 81 shall explain all to him my
self-to night"
"You!" says Miss Nugent. All unplcas-
ant amount of establishment in her tone
Eyes. Why not? think it only due
to him" says Mr.. Wilding slowly. "You
see an objection to this coursc:" turning
to Katherine.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12
The Safely InGin

One of the most curious inventions OF
1868 was that of safety coffin, intended
to obviatc the results of premature
burial, and invented by NJ Vcstcr. 4!
German. The coffin was made larger
than required by the size of the body: ii
had at the head Il movable lid, conmunl
eating with the open air by means Of :.
square trough from the bottom of the
grave. The arrangement was such tha,
a person might thus readily escape from
the tomb. The inventor proposed To
place refreshments in the coffin us Il pru.
dent prcc"utlon against starvation
Once Week.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12

Nearly all the toothpick mills in thi,
state arc now closed, in consequence ot
ovcrproducti"n and inability to dispose
of accumulated stocks even at the pre-,
ent low prices The original and largest
manufacturer in Oxford county informs
us that he ROW WHOLESALERS his good, for
less than one-twc!rth Of their cost when
he comm@nccd man lfac;,ning in 1861. =
Lewiston Journal
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12

Professor Elihu Thompson has per.
fected an invention by which the rails Of
street or steam railways may be welded
together by electricity after being placed
in position. y dynamo propels over til.
tracks an electric welding machine.
which YIELDS the rails into one continuous
line after it passes over them. 1t is pro-
posed to have at every one hundred feet
a break, to allow for expansion. Any
kind of rails can thus be wcldcd.-Once
a Week.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-10-12
llN M'aa 'CllIrAfN-

Just after the bacculalicate cxamina-
ton i'll Dublin. was driving down ON a
jauMting car 9th some friends to thu
races at tho Curragh of Kildare. AS We
would say in ireland, lit came on Ia
rain very hard;" us would he said IN
America, "thcre was Il heavy rain
storm" and on reaching the first road.
side inn l told the driver to halt, and a
we, his passengers, jumped from th
car, | said, we having had the compare
tive shelter of umbrellas:
Come i'll quick, Denny; you must lac
wet"
Faith, your honor" was Iii, ready
answer, ''lf | was as wet inside as ! a:u
outside would he as dry as a bonr!"-
l1arpcr's Magazine.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-21
Egypt and Jerusalem Via the Azores, Glib
raItar, Naples and Rome.

Geo. May Powell, of Philadelphia, is act
ing as special manager for organizing a
tour of ladies and gentlemen to visit the
East. The ocean steamer "Circassian," ("
1914 tons, has been chartered to start with
the party from New York February 18th
Return through France, England and Scot
land about May 6th-the second section ar
irving in New York not far from June 7th.
The main tour will cost less than $500 in
It's cheapest form. Radiatory excursions to
Ephesus, Constantinople, Vienna, etc, can
be added for reasonable increase of ex-
pense.
Rollo Floyd, the prince Of Syrian Drago-
men, will have charge of the Oriental Sec
ton; and Messrs. Gaze & Son, of London,
have been engaged to manage the European
Section Rev DR.. G. f. Thomas, an expe-
rienced director of foreign tours, will have
general charge en- route. A number of young
ladies' have already been booked, as Mrs.
Thomas will have charge Of a department
for them.
This will be by far the most for the money
ever before offered in this line. For further
particulars address "CIRCAssIAN," +. q.
Box 700, Philadelphia, Pa.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-21
SLIPS OF SUFFRAGE.

SAN FRANCISCO has a home for girls
out Of work, started by Mrs. Crocker.
LADY visitors have been appointed
for twenty-six prisons in England and
Wales.
THE only colored man in the Georgia
Legislature voted for bill to establish
State industrial school for girls al
though the benefits of the school are. to
be for white girls only.
AT THE meeting of the five academies
which form the institute of France, the
Comte de Franqueville, in his paper,
said: 81 wager that the political women
will eventually win the day"
SIT Is universal rule, which so far as
l know, has no exception, that great
men always resemble their mothers,
who impress their mental and physical
marks upon their brows. Octave
Feuillet.
THE Women's National Industrial
League of Washington has prepared
memorial to Congress asking an appro-
priation for monument of Queen Isa-
bella of Spain, the patron of Christopher
Columbus.
Mrs. BELLE BALL, a talented Kansas
writer, who was for year or more the
literary editor of the Kansas City Times,
is now with the Kansas City Star and
holds responsible position on the edi-
torial staff.
THE Southern California W. c. I. U.
in annual convention adopted resolu-
ton in favor of franchise for women, and
Mrs. McComas, wife of the Senator who
championed the suffrage bill in the last
Legislature, urged the women to pre-
sent petitions for municipal suffrage to
the next Legislature, and offered a
prize of five dollars to the union giving
the best report of suffrage work at the
next State convention.
The First National Bank of Brook
lyn is the only bank in Brooklyn. n.
Y. or the metropolitan district which
has number of women among its clerks.
They are employed in counting money,
making up the exchange lists for the
clearing house, and in other clerical
duties. The president of this bank says
that the special advantage which is
found in the employment of women is
their reliability. They keep regular
hours, they are in all ways to be de-
pended on, and whatever is put into
their hand is safe. They have sense
of responsibility which creates a feeling
of security in their employers.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-21
Mo,rrrz11MA. Ga. boasts Of a dog with

MoyrEZUMA, Ca, boasts Of adog "with
Eve well-developed feet"
Two HEARTS and two livers were taken
from chicken killed at Lock Haven,
Pa, recently.
A WOMAN in Missouri boasts that she
mas been led to the altar ten times. She
ought to know her way now without be-
ing led.
REpHEADvILLE is the name OF flour
ishing settlement in Otsego County,
Mich. A family of Redheads gave the
place its auburn appellation.
THE old pupils of Buttermilk Semi
nary, at West Chester, Pa, held a re-
union recently. The school was closed
thirty-fve years ago on account of the
never reopened.
ssWITH view," reports the Philadel-
phia Record, 'of testing a new tooth
pulling machine which he was about to
purchase, a Williamsport dentist al
lowed himself to be operated upon, and
the lower part of his face was nearly
torn away"
A WASHINGTON gentleman shows to
his friends piece of silverware of En-
glish make, and tells this funny story
about it: Wishing the piece to bear his
initials, he wrote to that effect, giving
his name and adding sc. O. D." The
initials being unknown to English trade
routine, to his dismay the piece arrived
with his initials and G. o. D. cut on it.
On the 4th of last July Nathaniel
Green and wife, one of the oldest couples
in Fulton County, Ca, held family re-
union at their home, a few miles north
of Atlanta. There were present 162 of
their children and grandchildren. The
table at which they ate dinner was fifty
feet long. Since the 4th of July there
have been nine births in the family.
which makes the total I'll.