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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
The Various Dozens.

The child is taught at school that .
dozen means twelve every time. but
when the child grows into a man he
finds that a dozen is g. very elastic
term. A bakers dozen is thirteen,
and Sc is a publishers or a news
agents in many parts OF the world.
In some sections a dozen of fish
mean twenty six, and there are
other anomalies of this kind. But to
find a dozen indicating anything
from two to fifty it is necessary to 70
to the e~arthenware trade. Here the
size and weight O articles decides how
many make a dozen, and in jugs,
bowls, plates and so on there are two,
four six, eight or more to the dozen.
A dozen composed of twelve articles
is a very unusual thing in the whole
sale pottery trade, and as a result
there are few clerkships more difficult
to hold than in this line. l tried the
work once, and failed ignominiously.
TO nave to find the cost Of 500 ar
ticles at SO much dozen, when that
dozen may mean anything, is q very
difficult task until q man gets thor
oughly used to it. That it is easy
then, l have been told, though l never
got used to it sufficiently to know of
my knowledge.-From the St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
ON AN EcT WIRE,

The Monkeys We're Once Fooled.
but the Trick Could Not Be Re-
peated. #
II once went up tho Amazon and
Orinoco rivers on an animal captur-
ing expedition for the late P. T.. Bar
num-" said Dick Cowper, an old show
man, now at the Southern. II got
quite a collection of snakes, birds and
monkeys. / hit on a novel plan for
the capture ofthe latter and it worked
like a charm. A monkey is a greater
imitator than a Chinaman. He will
do anything he sees done, and that is
what gets so many of his kind into the
cage. ! rugged up an electric battery
and attached it to-an apparatus that
would allow a score of the Sinlians to
get hold of it. / then took 4 party of
natives and went into the forest,
where there were troops of monkeys.
We put the apparatus down, attached
the wire and removed the battery to
a considerable distance. The natives
then took hold of the apparatus,
danced and yelled, then retired. The
monkeys made a dash for it.. Half a
dozen took hold and I turned on the
current. They. began to shrek and
squirm, but the others thought their
performance a part of the program,
and fairly fell over each other to get
hold of the machine. Icould have
struck the whole troop if they could
have got hold of the concern. We
then made a descent on them with
sacks, and soon had a o of them
corralled. But it. would only work
once, We tried it q month ~a:terward
at a point fifty miles distant, but not
a monkey came off his perch in the
trees. They viewed the proceedings
with evident curiosity, but without
any apparent desire to initiate our
war dance around the machine.-St.
Louis Globe-D Democrat.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
How Rapidly We Think,

HelmhoIz showed that q wave OF
thought would require about a min.
ute to travel a mile of nerve, and
Hirsch found. that q touch on the
face was recognized by the brain and
responded to by a manual signal in
the seventh Of a second.
He also found that the speed OF
sense differed for different organs, the
sense OF hearing being responded to in
the sixth OF q second, while that oil
sight required one-fifth of a second to
be felt and signalled. In all these
cases the distance traversed was
about the same, so the inference lie
that images travel more slowly than
sounds or touch. It still remained,
however, to show the portion of this
interval taken up by the action of the
brain.
Professor Donders, by very deli.
cate apparatus, has demonstrated
this to be seventy-five thousandths OF
a second. OF the whole interval, forty
thousandths are occupied in the
simple act of recognition, and thirty.
five thousandths for the act of will.
ing response.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
BAPTISTS.
Annual State Convention in Session
mt Hudson.

Annual State Convention In Session
Mt Hudson.
Hudson, Wis, Special, Oct. 4.-The
forty-eighth annual session Of the Wis
cousin Baptist state convention begins in
this city this evening. The der cmination
in the state has 21O churches, IL pas
tors and a membership of $4,000. The
contributions last year for all purposes
amounted to about $220.OOO; the value
of church and educational property is
$4,000 OO. The first Baptist church in
the state was organized at Milwaukee In
1886. The exercises began with the an
.niversary of the ministerial union, of
which Rev. G. N. Patterson of White
water is president. Rev. w. s. Sweet Of
Ia Crosse vice president, Rev. d: w.
Rev. W. A. McKillop of Eau Claire de-
liyered tue annual sermon. The opening
devotional services this evening were
spirited, and formed a fitting key note
Of the meetings, which are to continue
until Thursday night. After the sermon
tonight the interests of the Ministers
Aid society were presented and a col
lection taken for it. This society has its
headquarters at Fenton. Mich, where
there is located a home. having a splen-
did property valued at $4,000. It has
ar endowment of $11.4OO, and rendered
aid the past year to ninety-four inmates
and outside beneficiaries. 1t was found
ed in 1885. The Baptists have twenty
five such homes, orphanages and hOspit.
ais in different parts of the country. Tn
them are 1900 inmates: the value of
their property is $1,000. 900, and their
endowment amounts to 100000.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
PURE WATER.

Cholera WI Not Become Epdemc
3 When the Water Is Pure,
It might almost be laid down as a
rule that if the water supply of a.
community is good, cholera cannot
become epidemic, at least in a tenn
perate climate. 1t is to the great
care exercised in obtaining purity in
it's a~queduct water that the salubri-
BUSINESS of London is probably due.
There were in that city last yeaz
2,437 deaths from diarrhoa while in
Paris, the quality OF whose water is
notorious, there were-in spite of the
fact that the population numbered
but one-half that of London-3,52l
deaths from this disorder. In fact,
the cholera, in an infeebled form has
been more or less prevalent on the
outskirts OF Paris for some years,
and will probably continue there un-
til the population receives q purer
supply of water. At Havre where the
disease has made recent ravages,
typhoid fever is almost always pre-
valent, and both drainage and water
supply IRE seriously defective. With.
in the last twenty-five years cholera
has repeatedly been introduced into
England, but it has never spread, and
this may reasonably be attributed to
the activity i'll applying sanitary
science in the supply of clean and the
removal OF foul water, for which that
country has obtained an honorable
distinction. Her ports are open to
the world; there is nc quarantine ex-
cspt in the case of those actually dis
eased, and such of her inhabitants as
obey ordinary hygienic laws are in
an little danger from cholera as from
being struck by lightning.-N. Y. Eve.
Post.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
RULES TO BE OBSERVED.

IF You Would Ward off Disease. Pay
Attention to the Following.
"All causes, of whatever nature, OF
disturbance Of the functions OF the
stomach and intestines should be
studiously avoided; such as intemper-
ance of all kinds, either in drinking or
in eating; all Irregularities Of personal
habits, either as to time Of meals, oc-
eupation, exercise or hours of sleep;
all emotional excitements should be
removed; in short, every circumstance
which experience has shown may ex-
eroise a disturbing influence uponthese
important functions should be care
fully guarded against; the use OF arti-
cles of food which are liable to occa-
sion indigestion, or to cause an un-
usual or unhealthy activity of the di-
g,stive apparatus should be inter
die ed; children should be carefully
prevented from INDUCING in exhaust.
ing sports OF exercise, and should
. be carefully shielded against
incorporate weather; it is all.
important that the functions of the
skin be kept regular ana active by a
suAiSient amountof seasonable cloth.
ing by day aud by night; particula,
care should be taken that revulsions
rof blood, produced by chills, from the
cutaneous surface to the internal or.
gans, especially the abdominal, may
not occur, and in this connection it is
strongly recommended that the abdo,
men be enveloped at night by a broad
band OF flannel, in order that during
the restlessness in sleep the skin ofthe
abdomen may not be exposed to the
direct action OF the air; cold baths
should be avoided; the surface of the
body should be washed at not toe
frequent intervals, by sponging with
tepid water and afterward dried thor
ougbly by vigorous rubbing with a
rough towel; meanwhile the body
should be protected from draughts.
It is important that imbibation Of
large quantities OF water or other
fluids at intervals between meals b.
avoided DIR. Shakespeare, in Phil
Press.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
FREAKS OF BULLETS,

They Sometimes Take Queer Liber-
ties. Regardless Of Precedent,
1t might be of some interest to your
readers to learn Of the freaks of two
bullets that came under my observa.
ton in 1877, during the Nez Perez In
dian war, in the cottonwood fight,
says Lew Wilmot in Forest and
Stream.
F. A. Fem had a bullet cut four
holes in his pantaloons without draw
ing blood, and one burned both lips
and loosened a front tooth. This
was kissing a bullet in reality.
About one week later I was running
a race with some fifteen or twenty
Indians. The goal was a small
mound. Whoever reached the mound
first could hold it. We had some
friends coming on the trail, which
passed just at the foot of the mound.
The horse 1 was riding was quite fast.
I had got 100 yards or so ahead of
my companion, and stopped to take
a shot at an Indian. After I shot I
jumped on my horse just as a young
fellow came up. We were on the move,
when he said, "Lew Pm shot," !
asked him if he was hurt badly. "No,
Ihave caught the bullet"
Gall right" said I put it in your
pocket"
1 let my horse run and soon left
him, for, I had the trail and the
Indians had the grass. reached the
foot of the mound when the nearest
Indian was about $50 yards away
from the foot on his side. The mound
was tolerably steep and about $50
feet high. l lot my horse'climb asfast
as he could. When I reached the top
I jumped off and the Indians were on
the run to get out of the reach of my
long-range Remington. l opened fire
and kept it up as long as they were in
sight. When the excitement was over
the young fellow showed me where he
had been shot. The ball had Just
grazed his arm, making a blue streak
about five inches long, and had struck
his gun barrel, where it screws into
the frame, and had raised a dent on
the inside of the barrel as large al a
pea; it then glanced and fell into his
left hand. The gun was ruined, but it
saved his life.
The shot had been fired at me, as
the young fellow had not been in
sight for an instant.
I tell you those bullets that are out
of those government guns, with sew
enty grains of powder and forty-five
grains of lead, are dangerous things to
be kissing and catching. No, thank
you, l don't want to be around when
there are any more flying.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
An Ice Nina,

The citizens OF the town of York, in
Montana, do not have to depend n
tirely upon cold weather for their ice.
because in a gulch near at hand is a
natural ice mine, by which all their
needs can easily be supplied. This
is additional evidence that the re-
sources of Jul continent are marvel
lousy great. We should all be proud
and happy that we live in a country
80 favored nv nature
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08

The use of Ely's Cream Balm, q sure
cure for Catarrh and Cold ~ head, is attend
ed with no pain, inconvenience or dread,
which can be said OF no other remedy.
l feel it my duty to say a lew words in
regard to Ely's Cream Balm, and I do 30 en-
tirely without solicitation. have used it
half a year, and have found it to be most
admirable. I have suffered from catarrh
of the worst kind ever since 1 was a little
boy and I never hoped for cure, but Cream
Balm seems to do even that. Many OF my
acquaintance have used it with excellent
results .-Oscar Ostrum, As Warren Ave-,
Chicago.
Apply Balm into each nostril. 1t is
Quickly Absorbed. Gives Relief at once.
Price so cents at Druggists or by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, Sc Warren St., New
York.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08

themselves out OF the room. Kate
cannot, either. We were both, SO
busy with poor Aunt Melissa, who
had fallen, fainting, OF the floor, that
we had no eyes for anything else.
But there was no wedding for the
morrow. And Kate and !, at Aunt
Melissa's humble %entreaty, remained
with her, instead OF becoming sales
women or giving music lessons.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
JUST BEYOND.

Just beyond, on the path, we tread, lust
beyond -
just beyond, the shadows ahead just be-
yond;
Just beyond, our smiles and our tears,
just beyond; -,
Just beyond, our hopes and our fears, just
beyond;
just beyond, our friends and our foes just
beyond.
Just beyond, our weals and our woes, just
beyond;
Just beyond, the weakness and pain; just
beyond;
Just beyond, the turn in the lane, just be-
yond;.
Just beyond, where it meets the crest, just
beyond;
Just beyond, where it meets the crest just
beyond;
Just beyond lies the City of Rest just be-
yond.
Detroit Free Press
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
AN APOSTOLIC DELEGATE.
ubl Schools i'm America Will be
Investigated by a Vatican Agent.

Public Schools in America VIII BE
Investigated by n Vatican Agent.
Chicago, Oct. 4.-Pope Leo is sending
a delegate apostolic" to this country,
Mgr. Satolli, president of what is known
at the Vatican as the academy for noble
ecclesiastics, a celebrated training
school for ecclesiastical diplomats. Mgr.
Sotolli's object ostensibly will be to OBJ
tain reliable statistics of the Catholic
population in the United States and to
inform himself as to the growth and in
fuence of the church here. 1t is said by
those who know whereof they speak,
however, that the apostolic delegate, who
is to leave Rome forthwith, is invested
with other powers than those requisite
for the fulfllment of PASTORAL duties.
The school question is the main issue to
be discussed at the archbishops' confer
,ence, and the divergence of views is re-
garded as so marked as to render neces-
sary the presence of an authorized agent
from Rome.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
RAMSEY equity.

The Devils Lake News estimates
Ramsey oounty's wheat crop at 1,4O0.
600 bushels, IN 7erage of about twenty
bushels ! or acre.
M. Lang, who took his little son to
the deaf and dumb school at Devils
Lake last week, back With the
loudest praises of the work being done
IN the matter CT educating deaf mutes
he says he nsver fully appreciated thu
work until he visited the school. L.
Superintendent Spear and his sble wife,
aud Miss Halvorsep, Mrs. Spears
sister, the state is { be congratulated
in securing the services OF so able a
trio of teachers who do everything they
can for the charges under thtir care
Discipline is administered in a kind
but firm manner, the tes chers always
keeping in view the icea of training the
pupils so that in after life they csp
ne classed among everything that is
noble and god. The new building.
Mr.. Lang says, is up to the second
story, and while q great effort is to be
made to complete it this season, he
is afraid it cannot be accomplished -
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
500 Reward 800

The readers Of this paper win be pleased to
learn that there Is at | asst one dreaded diseaND
that science has been able to cure In all its stages.
and that Ia Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure ID the
only positive cure known to the medical frater-
nifty. Catarrh being q constitutional disease, re-
quires q constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
on the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system
thereby destroying the foundation Of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by fiuilding
up the constitution and assisting nature III do
ing it's work. The proprietors have SO much
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list OF testimonials. Address.
= F. J. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, O
16-SOld by Druggists, TIC. ~f
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
TOWNER COUNTY.

Brown & Lyman of Oando lost @
threshing machine by FIRE Thursday
night They think q rival gang burned
the machine.
Judge Thompson OF Oando. reports
that his AGO acre crop of what averaged
twenty three bushels to the acre. Dave
McOaDna had q half section which
averaged thirty-four and ore niuth
bushels to the acre. These are sample
yields in Towner county this year A
great deal of the wheat in that section
is grading / hard.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
STARK COUNTY.

STARK COUNTY.
The Thirty first legislative conveL-
ton, at Dickinson, nominated A. q.
'McGillivray for the senate and l., H..
Simpson for the house.
Alfred Dickey is 1T Dickinson investi-
eating clay beds, said to exist there
from which fine pottery ware can to
made. This clay WAS discovert d by a
member of the faculty Of the Agricul
tursl college and If it is to DO found IL
my quantities, will prove a valuable
discovery. Mr. Diokey proposes to have
specimen ware for the worlds fair.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
RANSOM COUNTY.

The Eaderlin Elevator company, CON-
posed of several prominent Sheldon. N
D.. business men, is putting up q large
grain elevator at the division point on
the 500 liue.
A prairie fire from the south Thurs
day afternoon caused some excitemen
in town and the alarm bell snmmo cd
the citizens of Lisb n The two fir.
engines were on the ground and were
valuable assistants in back firing. Tner-
was some pretty lively work at times
and the fire jamped the fire. breaks in
places.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
Doesn't "hok" as she on

Doesn't "Aok" as she opght
the weak, nervous and ailing wo-
man. As long as she suffers from
the aches, pains, and arrangements
peculiar to her sex, she can't ex-
pect to.
But there's only herself to blame.
With DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription, she's a different woman.
And it's a change that can be seen
Is we'll as felt. The system is in
vigorated, the blood enriched, d.
gestion improved, melancholy and
nervousness ~dispelled.
With the "Favorite Prescription"
all the proper functions are restored
to healthy action. Periodical pains,
weak back, bearing-down sensations,
nervous prostration, all "female
complaints" are cured by it. It's
the only medicine for woman's
weaknesses and ailments that's
guaranteed to do what is claimed
for it. If it doesn't give satisfac-
ton, in every case for which it's rec
commended, the money is returned.
Can something else offered by
the dealer, though it may pay him
better, be "just as good"?
SCOTS Emulsion Of cod
liver oil is an easy food-it il
more than food, ifyou please;
but it is a food-to bring
back plumpness to those who
have lost it.
Do you know what It is to
be plump?
Thinness is poverty, living
from hand to mouth. To be
plump is to have little more
than enough, a reserve.
Do you want a reserve OF
health? Let us send you a
book on CAREFUL LIVING;
free.
Scorr & Bownz. Chemists. .,s South 9Th Avsaus.
New York.
Your druggist keeps Scotts Emulsion Of cod LIVED
sl-all druggists everywhere do. u.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08

Herman Zimmerman OF Grafton lost
a barn, four horses and 16 600 bushels OF
wheat, by fire. There was no insurance.
A subscription list Was started, which
Melted Zimmerman $3.50.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08

Art students obtain thorough training at
the Minneapolis School Of Fine Arts Iii
brary ~Building.) Send for illustrated cata-
logue.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08

Mrs. Parne,l, formerly Mrs. O'Shea and
widow OF the late Charles Stewart Parnell,
is reported to be seriously i'll.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
Helping the Locomotive.

One of the latest improvements in
railway science, for which special
advantage is claimed both in increas.
ing the safety of travel and the pulling
capacity OF a locomotive, consists, as
technically described, of a small
dynamo and an auxiliary engine
placed upon the locomotive in such
manner as easily to be operated; thus
a current OF small force but large
quantity is furnished, which is made
to pass from one pole OF the dynamo
to one pair of driving wheels, thence
to the other pole of the dynamo, in
this way forming a travelling circuit,
moving at all times with the locomo-
tives, by means of which circuit an
incipient weld is caused between the
wheels. This method is said to show
an increase of 400 per cent. in the
hauling power of the locomotive.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
KTDDER COUNTY.
wALHH OOHkTY.

Some Steele youths have developed a
penchant for rotten, egging passenger
trains.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08

Mrs. William Murden, 1877 Third st., Al
bany, N. Y, gives it the need of praise, as
follows: 81 have used DIR. Bulls Cough Syr-
up and find it has nc equal. No family
should be without it.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08

George Gage of Oasselton threshed
8, AGA bushels of wheat in one day. not
withstanding q delay of nearly an hour
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
Is it Not Wonderful?
The unedualled cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla
certainly entitle it to be called THE greatest

blood purifier ever dis
discovered" Jacob A.
Kunkel. a reliable farmer
of Mt. Royal. York Co.
Pa, says that q running
sore broke out on the leg
OF his nephew. Milton A
Kunkel, when he was s
years old. It grew to q
great size and the leg be-
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
MARRIED ALREADY.

UNIT MELISSA
was going to be
married.
Kate and I
couldn't under
stand it at all
And we didn't
quite like the
open and undis'
guised manner in
which Aunt Mel
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08

P. s. Gilmore, the famous band leader,
dies in st., Louis.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08
II FAMILY FEUD.
One Man Killed and Another Nor
tally Wounded in iowa.

tally In Iowa. ~,
Oskaloosa, Iowa, Oct. 4.-Saturday Guy
Helm and his two y1ephews nsmed Clark,
visited Fremont, near which village the
two families live. Helm started home first,
and when near the Clark home, seated
himself by the roadside. When his nephews
anne along Helm opened fire on them with
. revolver, killing one outright and mortally
up to the sheriff. The shooting was the re-
6ulf OF A feud. @aN Nh u
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08

Paderewski, the pianist, is critically Ill
with rheumatic fever in Paris.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08

James Buck the historian, died in Mil
waukee.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-08

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs il taken; it il pleasant
md refreshing to the taste, and aets
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleansss the sys.
tenn efsctually, dispels colds head.
aches and fevers and cures hsbitusl
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In it,
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, it
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale IN 50s
and 81 bottles by Ill leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist xhs
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any ono who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA f.; SXRUP co
SAN fRAHeis00. cAi.
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