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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26
Where Our Greatest WealthIs.

Where Our Greatest Wealthls .
Col. Richard ]. Hinton ii tho Forum
In the region beyond the 98th mer-
idinn Of longitude west OF Greenwich,
the initial point being ST. Paul, and
it's final one, North Platte, Nebraska,
while ON the south it extends east
ward to Fort Worth, Texas, eighteen
states and territories were visited
and traversed. Thecontrast offered
by it to the solitude Of 1865 were az
mostamazing. Westofthe meridian
named there are now at least $4,000
miles of railroad, and Of telegraph
wires not less than 10000 miles,
OF telephone and electric light cables.
in proportion to population, there
are miles in use than elsewhere with.
in the United States. THERE'S to-day
more property owned per capita,
than elsewhere on the continent.
Two-ffths of the national domain is
found west of the line given and GER
tainly three-fiiths of the remaining
public lands of the United States
must be sought for in the same re-
gion; and that, too, without consid-
ering Alaska. Yet how lew persons
ore cogniznnt Of the fact that, east
and west, the geographical center of
this union is somewhere in the Bay
of San Francisco; for with the Aleu-
tan Islanders flying Dur flag within
fifty miles of the Siberian coast of
Asia, our domain extends, onanorth-
w astern and southeastern line, some
5000. miles beyond the Golden Gate.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26
The Baby and Man.

Myron Reed.
The baby has many advantages.
Life is before him. He is notrunning
for Office; he is not competing in
store or factory; one looks at him
with unjealous eyes; he is simply q
raw possibility; his charm is his nat
urAlness. You cannot make a baby
pose even in a photograph gallery.
He acts as he feels. You have seen q
disagreeable baby, but that is pre-
cisely what he is. He does not inn
pose on anybody. He exactly ex-
presses himself-there is no disguise,
no deceit. He proclaims himself. /
lately rode with one who murdered
sleep for carload Of tired people,
but he never apologized. He yelled
all night, and then slept all day. He
was Q baby you could depend on.
You could arrange for him-you
knew whore to And him.
But here is q man, and he has q
disagreeable element iii him. Instead
OF getting rid oft or openly express
ing il he hides il. That is the defect
IN civilization. II men kept the
charm Of childhood's irankness, il
would be b tolerably safe world.
With two exceptions the berries that,
nre good 10 eat look good. The
look Of d snake is enough, and the
look Of . dove. Nature is nearly
honest.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26
Ghosts are in This Mansion.

Eg ~ Ef@.a HFFEF 81
Ghosts are in This Mansion.
A house in the avenue de Sake at
Lyons Is just now exercising the
minds Of the more superstitious sec
ton Of the inhabitants to an extra
ordinary extent. Every evening
large crowds take up a position in
front of the building, which they con-
template with curiosity not, cumming
led with awe, and its tenants are
leading anything but q happy life.
The house is acquiring rapidly a rep
utation for being haunted, or, as the
people call it. enchanted since at
intervals the sounds of mysterious
rappings and tappings-which at
last grow 80 strong as to cause the
very planks and windows to quake
and shake-penetrate even to the
ears of the outside public. The po-
lice have overhauled the place, peep
ed into all the cupboards, tried
the ceilings and walls and put the
furniture into O general state Of con-
fusion without arriving at any solu-
tion of the mystery, though there
was some method in the antics Of
the ghost" who treated himself to
q spell Of rest while the inspector was
on the spot. Nothing daunted. how
ever, the police are continuing their
Efforts actively, and, az they are de-
termined to detect the author of
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26
The Cars Flight

The hurried fight of the Russian
court from Gatschina to Peterhof
was due to an alarming discovery
that mysterious excavations had
been mule in a cellar under the i'm
perial apartments at the former resi-
dence, and a suspicion of dynamite
was at once aroused. The emperor
is in such a state of apprehension
that henow only eats food which has
been prepared in a kitchen that adj
joins his library The cook is French,
and he works under the superintend-
ence of the Empress, who passes n
great deal of her time each day in
preparing her husband'sfo food. Every
conceivable precaution is taken to
protect the emperor against poison,
and he has ceased to eat eggs since
somebody discovered that they can
be poisoned by the Insertion Of q
needle, which does not perceptibly
break the shell. Uneasy, indeed, is
the head that wears q Russian crown.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26
Didn't Walt Long Enough.

rom the New York SIM.
We were sitting on the vernnda ola
MOTEL at Niagara Falls when I no.
ticed tho man on my right looking
sharply at the man on my left, and
presently he got up in anexcited way
and walked about. After q bit he
before the other man and
asked:
isn't yonr name Graham??"
aYes, sir, was the prompt reply.
aDidn't you used to teach school
m Elmira?o
HfYes, sir"
TN 1887
Eyes, air..
DO you remember 9 boy named
Godkin?
Every distinctly, sir"
"Do you remember that he put o
package Of FIRE crackers under his
desk and touched them Off"
As if il happened only Yesterday"
aAnd you basted him for it,"
g did. / licked him until he could
hardly stand, and / have always
been glad of it"
You have, eh?" said the other,
breathing fast and hard. "Do you
know that that boy swore . terrible
OATH"
" presume he did, as he was .
thorough young villain" !.
HE swore an oath that he would
grow up and huntfor you, and pound
you within an inch of your life.n
"But / haven't heard from him
vet"
"You hear from him now! He
stands before you'll am that boy!''
aWell?"
Prepare to be licked! Ny time
has come at lastl''
He made q dive for the old peda-
gogne, but the latter evaded him,
made q hnlf-turn, and hit him on the
jaw, and Godkin went over a chair in
q heap. Then the whilom school
master piled on to him and licked
him until he cried enough" and it
didn't take him over three minutes
to do it. Then he retired to. get on
another collar and replace some but
tons, andshelped Godkin up and OBJ
served:
"Youdidn'tw wait quite long nough
/ guess"
Say! That's where I made a mis-
cuel' he replied. 81 see now that
ought to have held off until he had
got to be about $50 years old. The
old devil is all OF 70 now, but he lick
ed me right off the reel, and l1lnever
have the sand to stand up to him
again. Here's thirty years Of wait.
ing Tor vengeance knocked into 9
cooked hat in three minutes!" ]
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

Miss Larkins was bilious and feeble and
sick,
And it seemed as if nothing would ever re-
lieve her.
Her liver was tlogged with impurities thick,
And her stomach was constantly burning
with ever,
OF the great q. M. D. she bought q supply,
And directions for taking pursued to the let
ter. @
Twas the best thing on earth she could pos
sibly try.
And soon, very soon, Miss Larkins was bet
ter. a -
The G. NJ. D. which shetook was Dr.. Pierce's
for bronchial, throat and lung diseases, sick
headache, scro'ula. dyspepsia, and all dis
eases that rave origin in impure blood and
q disordered liver. ~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26
OUR. e ASSESSOR.

He Was Too Jealous, and Did His Dnty
Too We'll.
We had always thought that as q corn,
mnnity,swe. the people sof Cross Roads
Town, would be entirely happy Il We
could secure az assessor ana tax col.
lector an honest, reliable and jealous 81
fetal. We SEQ i mistake now--our
happiness was all In pursuit and
and not in possession. VIZ have got the
model official, and we are more unhappy
than We were. S. s
TheAonly fault NE have - find with
shimsis that he is too xea1oua Biggins
swung q new sign outside OF his grocery
store the other day. and our assessor.
whose name Is Miggins, happened along,
began to admire II. higgins had painted
u, and he was fattered with higgins
eyidentadmiration, until he (Miggins)
asked him Tor SSS
ssIshree dollarsi Whats that for?',
sssOh that's the tax on signs Comes
under the bend of simproyedreal estate
yousknow.
higgins paid II to avoid trouble, but
swears he'll getieyen with Miggins on
Weight
Farmer Joneswas building 1 hen coop
last week, when Migeins swept Hkeanl
sayepgingN Nemesis np the road and down
MISREPRESENTATION Jones.
ssssAlhssthat,sAanf ehenscoop Cost quite
Alittiesurn, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
asa0 ~ I said Jones ButI don't
MIN the expenses
and besides it,s y good thing forl
tho town. said MigRins.sssssTsW NO dollArAs
please hava o make myyareport this|
afternoon md itsswell q have ~ all
III.
1.-Two dollarsr, exclainsd Jones, \
transformation.
ssssssEes that's the townt ax on hencoopA.
The IN assessment was made last.
month, you know; No Thought we'd
make All light Tor you.I streets are
to beeS graded, and the town 1 growing
Is that your little daughter coming up
tho road? What A pretty chiIdi And
that's q little lamb she hasEwith her? is
II yours? Really, 4 didIt know he
longed to YOU. Twenty-Five cents.
please. That's the tax a sheep III
head thought IL rather light II thu
ltine, andgurged an increase, but the mo
ton was defeated
am going up 10 sBoggs now 10 coll
Z leck had alittle trouble with Boggs|
Yesterday. Heawas moving his house
fromone lottoaanotaer. charged him
with three separator assessInents-the
lot from which the house went tho lot
to which 81 was going, Md the honse
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

An Enemy with the rheumatism
May be 50 ELY p~ooh-hooed. He is seldom net
i've Look out for him, though, when he has
used Hostetter's Stomach .Bitters for q while,
for ten chances to one chat beneficient restor-
alive will make him well enough to come
down upon you like a thousand of bricks
when you least expect it. Dyspepsia consti-
patton, neuralgia, kidney complaints and
malarial maladies are among the bodily at.
fictions completely knocked ont" by the
Bitters.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26


take things as lie found them, and
1that's the way \ found them. III Ma
9 my fault; I had to do my duty. II
assure you ne was quite violent Good
day
And higgins hurried after Boggs,
whom he saw passing down the road.
The other day he wanted 10 tax the
Widow Higgins on tho elegant rosewood
coffin in which her husband was to be
buried. He wanted to 60 down on the
day Of the funeral and collect, but we
reasoned with and told him ST was real
~ not her coffin, but his; and that she
could not be assessed on what did not
belong to her, and that it was obviously
impossible to levy on Higgins. IT did
not seem reasonable to our assessor that
adead man should not pay for indnlg-
ing In Injuries Of that kind. Bnt up
TO- q certain point we think tits neces-
sary to restrains higgins. Tt Is no use
TO reason with him. He ID i too faithful
official for that. He wants simply to do
his duty. He started outfor Mrs. Smiths
when he heard that lady had twins, IN
the impression that he could collect
from her under the poll tax. He was
with dif1culty dissuaded from this.
Nobody in the village owns any thing
nowadays. Under the argus eye OF Mig
gins, wealth Is rapidly Disappearing
carriages are wheeling out of town, the
profits OF the cigar mandatory have
seemingly all disappeared in smoke, our
town jeweler is working on half time,
the book sellers trade is all bound up,
and the feeble ~glimmerings OF a candle
factory have gone out entirely.
We are looking around for q less zeal
Gus assessor. higgins is q just too faith.
|ful official He does his duty too well.
E#aIEE@N 80 -. .I0Srrrr IN N u Mr. my, 80
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

Commend to public approval the Califor-
MIA liquid fruit remedy Syrup Of Figs, 1t is
pleasing to the eye, and to : he taste and
BY gently acting on the kidneys, liver and
bowels, it cleanses the syste m efectually,
thereby promoting the health and comfort
of all who use it.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26
SINGLE TAI DEPARTMENT..
L~ANDLoRpIsM IN CONGRESS,

sSW sIy NON1hES0.
70 Prohibit Aliens From Owning Lsands III
the United states.
Representative Oats OF Alabama, from
the Judiciary COMMITTEES, recently ro-
ported to the House Or Representatives
g. bill to prohibit aliens from acquiring
little or owning lands within the United
States. The bill Is accompanied by =
report which sets forth with becoming
alarm the fact that certain noblemen Of
Europe, principally Englishmen, have
acquired and now own about twenty-one
million acres OF land within the United
States, while various untitled foreigners
own large tracts, though the exact ex-
tent Of their holdings is MOI known to
the committee. The report says that.
this alien nonresident ownership will,
IN course Of time, lead to 4 system Of
landlordism incompatible with the best
interests and free institutions Of the
United States. Mr.. Scully. the untitled
Englishman, who owns ninety thousand
acres In Illinois and considerable tracts
further west and receives from them q
rent Of $500, 900 yearly, which he spends.
the report states, in Europe, is cited is
an illustration Of the evil effects OF alien
landlordism, and the bill proposes to pres
vent any more foreigners from acquir-
ing q title to lands in the United States,
and to compel those who now own lands
here to become naturalized or sell out.
The report goes on to state that, ac-
cording to the tenth census, there were
$40, OOO tenant farmers in the United
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

The cleansing, antiseptic and healing quail.
tiles OF DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy are IN
equaled.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26
IT'S EXCELLENT ouALITIEs

Harriet Beecher Stowe has completed her
seventy-eight year.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

Have you ever tried Dobbin's Electric
Soap2 1t don't cost much to get one bar Of
your grocer and see for yourself why it 10
praised by so many, alter "a years steady
sale. Be sure to get no imitation. There
are lots of them.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26
DOE N ROE.
III Hardships OF the Tenant Farmer
Under the Present system.

Under h Present System.
II has recently come to the knowledge
OF the financial editor 81: the Indepen-
dent that the George theory needs to be
demolished, and in q late number Of
that journal he draws the picture Of the
sturdy pioneer John Doe, whom he de-
scribes as having in his youth gone upon
sthe frontier, and by q lifetime of toll
to have carved out a fruitful farm and
IA comfortable home. The independent
proceeds to point out how entirely the
farm is the creation Of Nj. Doe; how
full, absolute and %unquestion-
able is the fee title; and. finally, how the
man who dares in any way to question
his entire lordship over the land is a
highwayman or q lunatic. Now it
chances that Mr.. Does farm lies in my
vicinity, and that T, as a country doc
tor, have lately rendered services to the
family OF Richard Roe, who is a
tenant farmer, and engaged in tilling
the farm first subdued by the pioneer
John Doe.
Mr.. Roe is now in his early manhood,
and has been working as hard as aver
did Mr.. Doe, who entered the land at
the Government price fifty years ago.
However he has scarcely been able to dc
more than pay his rent to young MI.
Doe, who now owns the farm by Inherit
ance. was particularly impressed by
rant "a I fn,,nd i 10 a.,;ta naraasana'
.hlo - 10 +a-a~naot - 49, 80 fnaa.
ma n M poa,s I1ataa
+nna+alv a1so nomna NJ ~ .oao.au.,
lives n tba citv 90 That + ~ not hano
tba nrac+;ca a bis f.na;1r - a.n 49,
tb~arefora 10 arv artr. faes from Mn
reconn novsa1f fnr nv losa N bis tenant
Mr. Roa told ma IA waa birhlr a;sconr.
aoad viii Famine and that "a hull
se1l ~ hts taols Steel a1a an5 nast
49, aa+ha, a.aaSa 49, -. $3.50.
~, 30 ~ nth aaoa;,,a 90 ! dss 49,
n;shina ~ 49, 4aaS 80 =,
aa-n.sa a. aaa4aia $3.50 at.pg 80 =
n,;Il l. a,anlouad 49, 49, - 80 aa.,s
s IA ,,,aat .ooa;s;n
q. ~ 49, sst,a1
pa,ban d M handshins 80 ~ rra.tan
49, n,ara thasa a M ~ ast,s 49,.
49, h,,t tha ,asn r,ha Z do;na * toan
a,a,,, ~, ~ ~ |. n.a.asa4 o 4hs4 - a;1
80, 49, asssta 8 an go !. ,"Ia
1917 ssn - a.ra a.;da frana 50 h,,;la
;ros "a nthar ;nnnraaa,aant.
M pas,a aasa H. At. Taa,. !,
+un;aa1 49, go thana 5 r;,1;a.s -
tba ITnitaa sta+as i;a;nu = arantsas..,
as ~ ecnfrontad Is tsa sama disca,.r
aranoants Int besat Mf Roe and hia
~ ~ AAAsE lAN #AAA0
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

The small boy with o bad cold is very apt
to be up to snuff.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

The matchmaker knows as much about
strengthening as his wife does.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

FoR IMPURITIES OF THE BLOOD IA he Al.
lens Iron Tonic Bitters. All gennin Q bear
the signature Of j. p. Allen, Druggist, st.
Paul, Mi mn.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

The man who takes things as they come
never hos any Ego" to him.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

The English war officer Is experimenting
with tho lance AZ a cavalry arm.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26
Youesn snaily An the pubIic sys e youonl
the dust.

When baby wa sick, We gave her Castoria,
When shs was q Child. she cried FOR Castoris,
When she became Miss. aheelung toCastoria,
When she hadchildren she gave thcmCastoria.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

Cicero: Though laughter il allowable q
horse-laugh is abominable.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

OA0IS R8M - 000E40
Rev D. Aud, In his ser1non on the fol
lowing Sunday morning, referred 10 the
presence il sydney Of MI. George g fol-
lows:
Whatever opinions they might enter-
tainregarding MI. Georges theories they
were bound To recognize him 81 4 great
Christian phi1anthopist had the
pleasure 81 listening u his address 10
Remembers of the general assembly,
and me-. George there Rave sexpression "a
thoughts that were very beautiful, poet
ical, and d~istinctively Christian. His
Idea 81 tho Kingdom 81 Heaven seemed
- be that of perfect society, from
which al poverty, ineQualItY and inius
tice would be baitshed tWould not
belfair - MI. George u nv that 10 az.
pected such society y b brought,
about ~ mean 81 politicxl economy.
Tho most perfect systemS.of political
econOnnY could never rise higher thsn
no uttprancss 81 Jesus IS NaSarsth.
pcpllitical economg may ~ regAtded
s powerful auxiaiasy to hesaGospeIal "a
completely stabIiahinlg the Kinsdo1n6
GodNnaonagam
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-26

Observation-Disclosures i'm Wastkenn taken
zreE ESB sYR4t0fss AJadyocating th~e11eRspyrta.
&Gaatd that snever hagd tuehsa blow been RivenI
+ aenssgiyen by theascertAinment that under3s
demonstration ofthe United States ths cit
Emu Az 8 foreign state mfehttake Into am
sH~tt(her:ptate any property that A. sasauhf5ect
VII kEg1Inyne a there sell ~ without 9liahil.l
58fY 0tf taxation or the burden ofs tax0tion
sUnlbertson, OF Texas, said thsSefect5of
N1sena bill would bs to- transfer poWsr
aSSstetd exclusive in congress- to the Staten
xtadgthe states theHlsslves would execute
7S~fpMNIr.Which they had parted with when the
Mn4akkfktntio was ndopted.a
Henderson of Iowa said that no DO.
1ISzk6d0 readered by the auprexns court since
n SltEaSonrt had decided that human soul
@SNaASproper article 81 merchandise had 20
STf4Se14xd sthe feelings snf the country 4 the
16isphckage decision.
thY discussion the House adjourn,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-12-07
POINTS ON CARDS
A Few Easy hut Important Questions
About whist Answered.


EnthusiV,t-l was reading an carly edi.
ton Of Pole the other day, In which he
says that in opening your long suit you
should lend the lowest. Bat the other
night when ! WAS playing with n fellow
from Boston lie insisted upon my leading
what he called the fourth best" What
did he mean.
Answer-lIe meant that he wanted you
% play the American game. which has now
been adopted by English players and in
corporatel into the English rules The
reason why he wanted you TO play the
fourth best was so that he could tell 10y this
and your after play just how many cards
of that suit you held originally The
fourth best must necessarily be the
fourth card from the top of the
suit. II afterward you throw of
two cards lower than this he knows that
you must have held six originally; IL you
throw of only one you must have held five,
and IL you do not throw of any that you
held four, and the irst card you played
was the lowest.
Enthusiastic begin to understand. so IL
you led originally a two spot 1t shows your
partner mt once that the longest suit you
have has only four cards, and that you
haven't much of a hand anyway. But
suppose 1t is necessary for me to lead from
a high card first, then what do dor
Answer-When you do play a low card;
| play the original fourth best. Where you
have q suit of five headed by the ace you
play the ace first, and then the fourth best,
| or the card next to the lowest.
Enthusiastically il seems to me that
this rule does not convey enough good for
the amount Of trouble IL causes or perhaps
l should say that l: takes too long to
convey the Information. For instance,
suppose ! have a long suit Of six. ] lead
originally my fourth best, and this first
trick is taken by my partner, who returns
his suit and the second trick is taken 10y
our opponents, who succeed in holding the
lead three or four tricks more. In the
mean time halfof the game has been played
and my fourth best lead hasn't done a par
ticle Of good. Indeed, my partner would
have TO have a phenomenal memory to
know what card | had played,
Answer-Iou forget one thing II Is
not 81 much what cards you follow the
fourth best with as the simple fact tina;
you play it which conveys the informa'
ton. II you have six cards and play the
fourth best, IL is not necessary for you "a
play the two cards lower than that in or
der TO show your partner that you held siS
originally, simply because the fall Of the
cards on the first round will 20 TAR to show
this. For instance, you hold e., 10, 5, 4, 3
.. You lead thea Your partner knows that
your opponcntS.if they throw oil, will throw
/ of the lowest cards they have unless the,
are signallingl. For instance, you lead th'
4, your left hand opponent plays the 6
your partner the ace and your right hant
opponent the :. Now it takes no extraor
binary genius on your partners part 10 tel
that you must have the 8 and .. or cours,
where your opponents take the trick Their
is always some doubt about one card
Nevertheless the lead Of the fourth bes'
in itself, as you will see upon reflection. i
a valuable medium Of information.
TON MASON.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-12-07

afterward in anything more. On the first
night of one play for which ! had designed
spangled trunks Of considerable length |
was dismayed to see them twisted and
shortened in some mysterious way until
the array Of Amazonian limbs was some.
thing appalling. OF course the critics
went for them next day-but was 1t my
FAULT"
Yes, without doubt the idol Of the mo.
ment is the danseuse, for New York is al.
ways slave TO some cult, however queer,
however frivolous. What next, | wonderi
EVELYN MALCOLM.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-12-07

ing conspicuous in America. But their
method, a revelation Of beauty and grace,
was light and flowing as the circular fight
of a buzzard. It has been almost entirely
abandoned by their imitators, and "A wild,
spasmodic performance that sends skirts
flying in the opposite direction from which
they are supposed to hang is what we have
instead.
At the Bowery theatre the old clog dance
still holds its own chiefly between the
pauses OF a sons like Throw Him Down,