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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
THE SHRUo.
he SHROO.
4 Languae OF signs Much Used by
Latin Races.

q Language OF signs Much Used by
Latin Races.
There is a language which Is not writ
ten, spoken, taught or learned, and yet
10 current when words are useless to
convey intensity Of meaning or deli
cacy Of thought. The Language, for
such 1t is, may be found in use in al
most every part Of the world. Its varied
significance is comprehended by the
rich and its meaning understood by the
poor. This peculiar medium Of COM
munication has no vocabulary, fixed
rules OF grammar or logical terms.
For brevity it is unsurpassed. In point
Of perSpicuity 1t stands without an
equal. It is the shrug.
The shrug is used for expressing q
multitude Of things, both effectively
and subjectively. It is, as circum-
stances require, a noun, adverb, pro-
noun, adjective, proposition, conjunc-
ton, interjection or verb. The sphere
OF Its usefulness Is almost imitless.
A curious happening occurred In the
West end q little more than q year ago.
a certain man came home quite late
one dark night without his key; he &C
cordingly had to ring the bell to sum-
mon his wife to open the door. As the
hour was late, his wife wished to know
who the individual was before she u n
lockcd the house, so she called out from
the window:
Who's there?"
The man, not thinking OF the dark
ness, gave an off-hand shrug, which or
dinarily would be interpreted Is mean
fng, "YOur husband, OF courser"
Not receiving an answer to her In
quiry, she became somewhat suspicious,
and asked again, In accentS-n0t mild:
who's at the dOor?
The idea Of his wife asking him who
he was SO disturbed his even temper OF
mind that he again failed to grasp the
situation" and from mere force OF
habit heSt0od there with outstretched
arms, raised shoulders and pOuting lips
the imprimatur Of dismay. His
thoughts and feelings, as expressed by
his gesture, might be transcribed In
the ~vernacular as: 'She talks! She
talksl',
An interregnum of silence followed,
and the window was closed.
In a moment the man realized the SIT
uation. He was locked out Of his own
house. Looked upon as q suspicious
character and liable to arrest-an on ac-
count Of q shrug.
The study OF the shrug will be found
OF intense interest and peculiarly fas-
cinating. IT embOdies 80 much I'm a lit
Tie. It ID q gesture full OF as much
meaning an q page Of oratOry, as pre-
elise as a geometrical conclusion. and as
diverse Of usage as q philosophical ar
gument-BostOn Courier.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
THE BRIDGE JUMPER,
Sensations of One Who Made tn,
High Leap Into East River.

0CNS4llOH0 Oh OHc w nO maze the
High Leap Into East River.
II stood up on the rail of the Brook
lyn bridge and looked down. I had to
wait a minute for a tug to get away
from underneath. A bridge copper and
a lot of people on the footpath saw
me and began yelling and ran towards
where I was standing.
Il stood up straight as I could and
looked up and down to see that no boat
was comm under where I was. Then
I put my hands close down by my sides
and jumped, just as if I was jumping
from a height of six feet.
The sky, water, the big buildings
Of New York and Brooklyn, the net
work Of cables and iron beams of the
big bridge all seemed in a whirl. All
my life seemed to whirl through my
brain like lightning. It seemed as
though everything T had ever done
jumped up into my mind in the instant
it took me to- reach the water.
But it didn't seem an instant that /
was fallin'. It seemed al hour-several
hours. Suddenly I felt a shock that
nearly broke my backbone. 1t seemed
as if I had struck a stone wall. My
ankles seemed broke short off. The
soles Of my feet tingled and burned
like fire.
''Then I didn't have time to think
Of anything, for I seemed shooting
down to the very bottom of the river.
The water was all black, I went SO far
down. It seemed like I had shot down
a mile into the water,
II had the breath all knocked out Of
me, and / had just sense enough left
to swim awful hard to reach the air
on top of the water, and I tried to
swim and began to kick as hard as l
could. I swum and swum until I could
not remember anything, but just sort
of went off into a sleep, like as if I
was in bed; and, funny enough, 1
didn't care any more whether I come
up out of the water or not.
II didn't know nOthin' more untN /
found myself in the bottom of a boat,
which was the boat my friend had
rowed out after me in. T was bleedin'
from the nose and every bone in my
body seemed broke. / felt too weak
to move'n open my eyes. I wouldn't
have tried to move If an elephant was
fallin' on me. I was arrested as soon
as I got on shore, but T didn't care for
that nor for anything else. felt as if
I was dead.
"Say, I wouldn't jump off the bridge
again to ave my life. No, sir; I tell
you anybody that has done it once will
never do it again. It's just somethin'
awful."-Stephen Brodie, in the New
York News.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
POOR RICH MEN:

What IL Spent for Clothing nm
Presents-Struggle with Debt.
I was chatting the other day with a
young rich income member of the
jeunesse doree. BY income / mean one
of those favored scions Of wealthy par
entage who inherits a sufficient income
to never be compelled to bother about
earning his own living. Until within a
few yea s there were comparatively
few Of this class in this country. though
there is a community of such in all the
European cities. My young friend,
who is q pink of fashion and quite a
well educated and agreeable fellow,
was lamenting the fact that he could
not possibly make both ends meet at
the end of the year on his income Of
$4,000.
I expatiated ON the fact that many
men had married and maintained fami-
lies snugly on less than .$15,O 600; that
the amount represented 5 per cent on q
small fortune, and that he must SIM
ply be recklessly extravagant who not
only could not live we'll on it, but run
in debt. He answered me that his
bachelor chambers were quite modest
and club bills being very moderate, that
being absent SO much visiting his
friends he dill not keep either a valet or
IN equipage..
He. admitted that his clothing and
personal outfit cost him more than his
lodging or his club. I wondered how
he managed, then, to- spend his income
so that he was always in debt at the
end of the year. He then explained
that while he spent so much of his time
visiting his fashionable friends in their
country homes or on their yachts, the
outlay in tips for the servants and pres
ents to his entertainers was far greater
than living lat home" and his club
would cost him. -
When he added that that his wedding
! presents alone the past year had cost
him $4,000 I could appreciate the force
! OF his statement. Just think Of it, how
| many families could be happy and
wealthy on $4,000 per annum! Yet
this scion OF wealth IS in a continual
struggle with debt, which ia far more
wearing and disagreeable any day
! than the struggle Of honest toll for
daily bread.-Once q Week.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
SHYLOCK PROPITlArED.
How the sMerchant of Venice' Wa
Played I'm Old Virginia.

How the "Merchant Of V~enice'' Was
Played I'm Old Virginia.
Edwin Booth told the following story
at a supper table: Once during the
days of his early struggles young Booth
was transforming down in Virginia
at a place called Lees Landing. The
improvised theater was a tobacco ware
house, and it was crowded by the plant
ers for miles around. Booth and his
companions had arranged to take the
weekly steamer expected late that
night, and between the acts were busy
packing up. The play was the "Mer-
chant Of Venice" and they were Just
going on for the trial scene when they
heard the whistles, and the manager
came running in to say that the steam
er had arrived and would again leave
in half an hour. As that was their
only chance for a week Of getting away,
they were in a terrible %quandary. =
IF we explain matters" said the
manager, 1.-THE audience will think they
are being cheated and we shall have a
free fight. The only thing is for you
fellows to get up some sort of a natuF-
alike imprOmptu ending for the piece
and ring down the curtain. Go right
ahead, Indies and gentlemen, and take
your cue from Ned there and he hur-
ried away to get the luggage aboard.
Ned" OF course, was Booth, who
resolved to rely upon the ignorance Of
the Virginians Of those days to pull
him through. So when old George
R~uggles-who was playing Shylock-
began to sharpen his knife on his boot,
Booth walked straight up to him and
said, solemnly: You are bound to
have the flesh, are your
You bet your Hfe,p said Ruggles.
Now. TIL make You one more Offer
continued Booth. I'm addition to this
bag OF dAlcats I'll throw In two kegs
OF niNyer-head terback, b shotgun and
q couple Of the best coon dogs IN the
state"
I'm blowed if I don't do IT. re-
sponded Shyl0ck, much to the approba-
ton OF the audience, who were tobacco
raiscrs and coon-hunters to q man.
And to show that there are no i'll feel
ings,''' put lii POrtia, wen wind IN
with q Virginia reel"
When the company got aboard the
steamer the captain, who had witnessed
the conclusion 0f the play, remarked;
I'D like to d the whole of that
play some time. gentlemen. I'm blessed
if ! thought that fellow Shakespeare
had - much snap III him.s
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
Electric Lighting i'm Spain.

Spaniards, although slow in the adop-
ton Of many improvements, are de-
cidedly not so in regard to electric light
ing. A large number of the principal
towns, as we'll as very many small
ones, have installations of their own.
The latest venture is on the part Of
the owner of some water power near
the two very limited towns, Elgalbar
and Eibar, in the Spanish province of
Viscaya; these towns will shortly be
supplied with electric current for both
lighting and power purposes. The nee
essary working power will be furnished
by the water of the river DOva.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
". Continued,

He sat down before the fire and tried
to find in the pocket Of his coat some
cordial which he had put there. All
at once he heard a sound outside. He
struggled to his feet in an instant.
Through the still air came the mutfled
notes of the trumpet.
LOrenZ made a rush to the door.
This was the moment for which he
had waited. He could at least die for
Magdalena.. r..
But he could not reach the door. He
felt giddy, powerless, and he had to
lean against the door, but though b
pulled as hard as he could it did not
yield. Dimly he saw a mass of snow
in front of him, then the ground seemed
to slip from under his feet,
. = LOrenZ started, he shivered
and opened his eyes. What was this?
He was lying on the floor Of a strange
room. Daylight family showed in the
gray outline Of the window, and, as his
eyes became accustomed to the dim
light he saw a burnt out fire on the
hearth and a mound Of snow near
where he was lying.
Then he remembered, and he strug-
gled to rise. But this was not easy;
he found that his limbs had stiffened
with the cOld-he could not move. And
this with the loss of power came the
certainty that he must have been lying
there for hours. What had happened?
Had the French come to Freitenberg or
were they still expected? Then flashed
a remembrance Of the trumpet note;
but it seemed to Lorenz that he had
dreamed it.
But il not? Had the night he so
dreaded passed away while he lay
sleeping?
The thought gave him strength be-
yond his powers; he forced himself up
from the ground. 1t was fortunate
that the wall was close by or he must
have fallen. His head reeled, his brain
felt sick. He knew that in his present
state he could not hope to reach Mag
dalena. He stood against the wall try
ing to think calmly; some sound must
have reused him from his heavy sleep.
What was it? Then all at once, and
near to him, a trumpet rang out. 1t
was the call for departure. Lorenz
had served against the French, and he
knew well the meaning of the loud,
braying notes. But no murmur of
movement followed. 1t was true, then,
that the French were actually in Fret
tenberg, and he had slept and left Mag
dalena to their mercy! ',
He reused out of his agony; his
numb blood stirred and brought back
the power Of moving. He pulled out
his flask and drank from it, and then
guiding himself along by the wall he
kicked away some of the snow and
tried to open the door by which he
had come in.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
The Ground Seemed to Slip From
Under His Feet.

~ - UAOGr k110 cC0IsF ~~r --s =
He pulled at it with all the strength
he had, but he had soon to give up,
exhausted. Then he tried with his knife
to remove the: snow which had worked
it's way in all around; but he. found that
this had frozen to the posts and lintels
it was hard ice. =
Lorenz looked about him with de-
spairing eyes-he was a prisoner. He
saw now that the window was quite
snow-blocked, SO that the morning was,
perhaps, farther advanced than he had
imagined. He went on through the
Offices till he had reached the kitchen
He might there find an ak or some in
strument with which to open the door;
and then he ~saw-what had escaped
him in the darkness last night-a door
In the paneled walls beside the cooking
stove.
He opened this door, and, as he ex-
pected, he found a narrow staircase
leading to the house itself. This as
surance of escape from his prison help
ed his strength. He was soon up the
stairs, and then found himself at the
end Of the open gallery Of the hof. I
At the opposite end of this gallery
was the great staircase OF the man
sion. The gallery was so full OF snow
that he was some time In making his
way across it. In the corners, where it
bad drifted, it stood up in great white
walls, and the staircase, when he came
to 1t, was almost impossible.
At last, painting with exhaustion, he
reached the bottom Of the staircase ana
found himself in q dry covered court
yard. Two huge entrance gates were
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
The Scenic stBurllngton."

The opinion of a prominent foreign jour.
Chicago, III. July "a, 1ses.-w. J. G. Ken
yon, ESQ.,, Gen. Pass. Agent C.,R; & n. r. r..
Compliment your company through these
lines for the perfect comfort, the beautiful
the great speed, which make travelling on
your lines a pleasure OF the highest order:
year, both in Europe and America, but I do
not know that I have ever enjoyed q trip
on q railroad more than q recent trip from
Minneapolis to La Crosse.
The scenery along the great Father of
Waters Is such a magnificent and such a
varied one that one forgets It late or never.
The reclining. chairs and the well equipped
cars are all Of the best that I have ever met
with. The usual smoke, dust and dirt, which
make travelling. a hardship on most roads,
are entirely absent on yours. I remain,
yours very truly, DIR. Fred voss. Mohn,
Representing '.Bergen's Afteablad." Bergen,
Norway, at Columbian Imposition, Chica-
80. 1888.
Russia annually exports over 60. 600 tons
of sugar: Austria over 0O000O toms.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
Slngle-HanLed.

a good story Of Gen. John G. Brock
enridge Is said to have been told by
himself, with evident relish, not long
before his death. In talking to some
friends shout the many kindnesses
which had been shown him by his peo-
pie and the pleasant things which had
oeen said to him, he remarkal that he
valued a. highly as any compliment
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

Never buy whisky % medici-
nal purposes unless you know the bottlers
OF 1t to be reliable, as most WHISTLES sold
under celebrated names are spurious, cheap
articles, whose bottlers cannot afford to
Uncle Sans Monogram Whiskey ia bottled
by the oldest and largest firm in the Liquor
which it has Been Received is 't the Best proof
Of it's superior quality. Ask your druggist
or retail dealer for 1t.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
A Change

Starvlmg-We've got q French cook
at our boarding house now.
Dumling-Notice any difference?
Starvling-Yes; the hash Is now
served up as soup.-Pnek.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
HIS F~inishing Tonch.

HE may not be altogether original,
but he imparts to everything q some
thing Of his own"
Yes: he will take up a fellows bon
mot and make a chestnut OF 1t"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
a Compliment.

Maud-How do you like the way I
do my. hair?
Frank waiting to say something par
ticularly nice)-Why you look ut least
thirty years younger.-Yankse Blade.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

In Zanzibar alone some SOC, 900 pounds Of
ivory are marketed every season from the
tusks of 10, 900 elephants.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

I cure Dyspepsia and Constipation.
DR.. Shops Restorative Nerve Pills sent
free with Medical Book to prove merit for
&c stamp. Druggists. Csc. DR.. Shoop. Box
w., Racine, Wis.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

For n Grabbed Ten per, Bad Blood
and Irritability take Aliens Iron Tonic Bit
tiers. All genuine bear the signature Of J.
p. Allen, Druggist, st. Paul, MINI.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

OF 100000 acres In Switzerland, 1,52O,OOC
are under cultivation.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

The cheerfulest old folks you can find are
those wise enough to mitigate the infrmities
of age with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the
finest tonic in declining years, inirmity, del
icate health and convalescence 1t stimu'
and insures regular action of the liver and
bowels. Against malaria, rheumatism ant
kidney complaints 1t Is q reliable safeguard
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

The material Of which meerschaum pipes
are made Is used in Spain as a building
stone.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

Eighty Of the towns In Great Britain sup
ply the names OF one hundred own IN this
country.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

II the baby IL Cutting Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, MIA
WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

The churches built in America in 1892
numbered nearly 10000.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

w, Water pipes Of lead were first made in
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

The youngest English bride on record was
two years old.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26

Russia annually exports over 60, 600 tons
Of sugar.; Austria over 100000 tons.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
Growing Old Pleasantly.

The metal ruthenium costs $3.50 a grain.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
pr. Qriees


not only does finer and better work. but its purity has never
been questioned. 4~
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-29
from tho Bainbridge-Street Baptist
church at 3 O'Clock this afternoon.
O,rUistoricol Societies.

Mr.. X. A. Brock has been notified
that he has been elected correspond
ing member of the Western-heserve
Historical Society, Cleveland. o., an
bonored institution, which enters new
life in a fire proof building with sub
stantial sustenance. Mr.. Brock, who IL
the secretary of the Southern Historical
Society, has in print Volume Xxx. OF Its
valuable Papers" which will be de-
livered to the members OF the society IN
a few days. 1t is q volume OF interest
and value. In the encouraging growth
Of historical inquiry and the heated dis-
cussions as TO the just exponency oil the
South il should be felt that our histori-
cal societies located in this city should
be better supported. The Virginia HIS
torical Society, in its invaluable trea-
snres. offers sources of information
which should not be underestimated by
tho student, and in the commendable
increase Of such reverential bodies as
the Sons and Daughters OF the Reyolu-
ton and the woman OF greater prestige,
the Colonial Dame, its sources should
be regarded as priceless. Both TINS
grand old society and the Southern His
torical Society need support. The scant
membership of each in the State and
city is not creditable to either as com
pared with the sustenance accorded his
torical institutions in other cities and
States
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-29

Mary Jennings as Snowdrop, Annie Car
ter MS eclipse. Lethia Carter rs Mary
land, Minnie Roach as blue domino.
Katie Smith a. Snowdrift, Gussie Carrie
as milk-maid, Katie Essig as Tambourine
girl, Irene Thorpe as Red Riding Hood,
Annie Brown as Indian squaw, Blanche
Marks as pink domino, and Edna Fields
as flower-girl.
These were among the gentlemen
Messrs. Marshall Locknane a. a colored
society gentleman" Harry Shell as a
colored society woman Bonnie Nc
Aliveo as clown, Willie Hayes. Colston
Hobbs as lndisn warrior, George Ander-
son as Indian luack doctor, William
Witt as negro tramp. John Weimer as
negro dude. Lewis Charles and --Pur-
year as drummers, Clarence Ford as
sportsman, Walter Ford rs dude. Albert
Boschen as Irishman, Charlie Boschen
as Chinaman, Mordecai Angle as bicy-
clist, George Baker as base-ballist, Lewis
Williams as dude, Gus Thorpe as Indian
warrior, Tom Palmatary rs clown, and
Thomas Davidson as negro tramp.
A very enjoyable evening party was
given 10y Miss Carrie W. frick to her
friends at her residence, on Brook road,
Thursday night Among those present
were Misses Pauline Frick, Irene Blrch-
EFT, Rosa, Emma, aud Minnie Schu'
mann Minnie and Katie Sent, Louise
WOLF Lille Gale, and Henrietta Miller.
The gentlemen present were Messrs.
John Bliley, Willie and Louis Metzgeer'
Willie Schultz, Robert Rouse, charlie
and Willie Splitting, Louis Briel. Willie
Wolff, Richard and August Duckhardt,
and Willie Zimmerman.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-29
Welded in Hanover County.

Mr.. T. +. Eubank and Miss Mary
Douglas were united in marriage at
Clover Lea, the residence of the brides
father, in Hanover county, last Nednes-
day evening at 1870 o'clock.
The ceremony was performed By Rev.
s. :. Hebron. and the following ladies'
and gentlemen we're attendants Miss
Mary l.. Danacott aud Mr.. kouiack Kuf-
fin. Miss Sue V. Carter and Walter T..
Douglas, Miss julia Danacott and Mr..
Richie Alexander, Miss Fanny Terry
and Mr.. S. :. White, Miss Della Clop-
ton and Mr.. Fade Phillips
After the ceremony r reception was
rendered the newly-wedded couple.
The groom is a popular young bust
ncss.man Of Old Church, and his bride
is tho attractive daughter of Mr.. j. h.
DOuOlas
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-29
Rendered IL Verdict for $4,000

The damage suit that has been pend
ing in the Circuit Court of Henrico for
two days of John Childrey's admins
TRAITOR against the Chesapeake and Ohio
Hallway Company was decided yester-
day, the jury bringing in verdict for
81, 1000. An appeal was taken.
twill be remembered by readers OF
the DISPATCH that last September Mr..
Childrey, who was a charcoal yender,
was on his way home late in the after
noon, and while attempting TO cross the
railroad track at what is known as Oar.
bytown crossing, on the Central road,
he was struck bya passing locomotive
and instantly killed.
The suit was for Sl0,0