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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17

In 1890 France had 6,932 postofices,
besides So movable Offices, and 5S,464
letter boxes. In all there were carried
TO, 600, 600 letters, 22,0 900 registered
letters, 45, OOO,O 900 postal cards, 472,ooo,-
900 papers, "a, OOO,O 900 samples, 45s,OOO,-
600 book packages and pamphlets. The
money orders were 756, 500 600 francs,
and the postal kilograms numbered
100000.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17

The famous Khajah tunnel Of India
pierces the Khwaja Amran mountains
about sixty miles north Of meta at an
elevation Of 6,400 feet. 1t is 1880 feet
long and was constructed broad enough
to carry q double line Of rails.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
BoTTINEAU, ! NORTH DAKOTA
Theodore Krausch Of Buffalo has In
vented an ice machine which he claims
has none Of the dangerous features,
and Is known as the Frontier rausch.
The Ice Is made by means Of ammonia.

It Is asserted that the mallard duck
can fy at q speed of two miles q min
ante. A good many sportsmen are pre-
pared to believe that it often flies fast.
or than the shots at it speed.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17

A distinct ace Of Hebrews, called the
"White Jews" dwell in Cochin, South
west India. They comprise about 200
persons. They have dwelt there for
hundreds Of years, and have fair skin
and light hair.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17

A man and his wife at Girard, Mich,
have not spoken to each other for twen-
ty years, although living together.
Each Is waiting for the other to speak
irst, and SO mum" is the word for
life.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
DAvY JONES' rwlNE FACTORY

1t Frightened the Old Fisherman ON
Whom h Boys Played a Trick
There is a queer old party who has
been fishing on T wharf nearly every
day lately, says the Boston Journal,
He wears an old SLOUGH hat, and his
ancient habiliments are weighted down
with thick fade and real estate, with.
perhaps q little personal property
thrown in. He has very Dsy cheeks
and nose, which are perhaps not wholly
due to the salubrious breezes and gem
eral healthfulness Of Fish wharf. He
is evidently one of those kind or indi-
viduals that live to fish and not fish tt
live. 49, "a
Saturday afternoon. some of. the
boys thought they would play a lit
tie joke on him. They waited until he
had wound the end of his line around
the top of a pile and started down the
wharf to get his hourly "booze."
They took a big ball Of Irvine. which
they had soaked thoroughly in a bucket
OF dirty water to give it an old ap-
p~earance, and attached a heavy sinker
to it from the center SO as not to him
der Its unwinding. Then they went
over to the corner of the wharf and
pulled up the old fsherman's line, and,
taking of the hooks, tied the end Of
the ball OF Irvine neatly on to the end
of the fish line and threw it overheard.
In q few minutes the worthy fisher
man came meandering back and sat
down On the string piece and took his
line again. It wa some time before he
got sufficiently impatient in waiting
for a bite to pull in his line. But he
did presently, and began to haul In.
He pulled in yard after yard, and, his
hooks not appearing, he paused and
looked around him. No one was ap-
parently watching him. Several urch-
ms were fishing near him and from the
stern Of a schooner just at his right,
but they seemed intent upon their
lines. The stupid countenance of the
ancient individual had q puzzled ex
preston as once more he grasped his
line and began to haul in vigorously.
The line came in just as vigorously as
he hauled OF it, and when he had land
ed half a mile Of string or SO he stop
ned Suddenly again. and his puzzled ex-
nrassion changed to one Of wonder. if
not alarm.
sBoy!n he called thickly to the Lad.
hat was nearest to him. edo Won YEA
me9"
sOf course I sees yer-I amt blind"
arm here an the wharf. fishin'. ain,t
TT.
..wot ver ofvin. ns-course Won lar
~ ain,t dr,1nk Ia IYs
"Naw.vnm,ra All riphtn
..naa Z ioua I hdtaSS
.syas = cross % whv don't var mil
~ a., saess
- ..P,,,, IN an, sae9 Oh. certainly, /
unst n,,n mn
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
He'd Have No More.

A few years ago gas was first intro
duced into the house of an old man in
a small Lancashire village. For sever
al days all went all right and the old
mar was delighted with the change.
His joy, however, was destined to be
short, for one evening the gas refused
to burn in its usual steady manner.
In vain he tried various remedies sug-
gested by his neighbors, and, at last,
angry and tired with his unsuccessful
efforts, he went to the gas Office and
stated his grievance to the manager.
"Wen," said the manager, II viii
send a man up who will soon put it
right for YOU"
"You can do as You like" replied
the old man, 'but after yon box (the
meter) is empty, Wen ha' no more"
Dispatch.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
The Good Dinner Woman.

Helen Bridgeman has analysed the
good dinner woman" as one who must
be neither too young nor too old; she
must not be unpleasant to look upon,
neither must she be a beautiful auto
nation; she must be quick, responsive,
interesting and vivacious, but she must
not monopolize the conversation and
cause others to fight for their rights;
she must have in her the spirit Of bon
hommie, yet she must be the epitome
Of good breeding and refinement; In
fine, she must be the most fascinating
flower Of a complex civilization"
One could spell all this with four
letters, tact, and tact in its highest
form amounts to genious, says the Sun.
1t is probably the hardest grace to
cultivate in the catalogue Of virtues,
for it embraces all the others. It ia
really the spirit and the letter of the
golden rule and its corner stone Is un-
~selfishness. The popular woman
knows that every human being Is hap
pier to tell a good story than to hear
one. 1t belongs to the general princi-
pie of being more blessed to give than
to receive, and the good dinner woman
II n may be pardoned for using the
numbering phrase again, has this writ
ten as the first law In her decalopue.
One Of the few really gifted women in
his particular said in q sudden burst
OF confidence the other day:
Nobody knows what downright hard
work l do to earn my success. / keen
q notebook at hand and eyery onaint
expression, every good story. every
amusing thing / see or read or haor
which I think will work up into \ toll.
Ing sentence, down it goes into class;.
lied order. Then I sit down and cram
Tor a dinner as a school girl does for
examination. Want to know who I
learned that from? Why, from the IA.
nous Chauncey. They say he ha.
scrap books galore, full Of all manner
OF jokes and Of good things. But with
a woman 1t is different. You have "a
think Of other people than yourself
when the dinner begins. Ny mind e
just like my gown; after It ia onco
ready l think no more about II. / try
% find out the people I I'M to meet
what they are interested In. and thon
1 lead up to appropriate topics. intro
ducing them as adroitly as possible
I'LL In the gaps with my nonsense. and
get people to talking. That II tha WOW
to entertain them. I q Q mi down
to dinner with a famous mar taiLar
and when we were seated n horrihiA
IalntnesS came over me from the clnao.
ness OF the 0 and the perfume e
the flowers. / felt that / m,,.f lvoos
mat man talking to prevent people
2 nonclng my silence ana illness.
z QUO. The next day he told every.
Dooy ! was the brightest woman ke
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17

lime Mflady septuabenaire holds court4
- the center 81 the room, amid an
afonsed circle or old benyls md young
candles. Her privilege of speech rem
dars her most entertaining, Tor She
talls neople what she thinks of them
Il the frankest manner possible and
arnresses her opinion of ANYTHING and
snervthing without i license that II per-
nitt:.d is i OF her ~ and s1ation,
INT which would MORALLY offend people
II coming from q young woman. Some
II these ancient grandes danes are
very handsome, and study their cos
time with IS much care AZ ~ other
class of society women; but they are
on+ 10 make d mistake that 9 French
Woman in like position would never
make-they are prone TO make up"
This d 4 thing that Is fatal to the beau
~ of nee. which II properly understood
10 almost as attractive IN its way as
the beaute du diable, which e TRANSIT
+nrv In France an a~ristocrate Of the
aronde monde allows herself q little
ro,,ac and that is all, and even this en-
hellishment is put on with extreme He'll
cacv and caution, and she holds false
hair in wen deserved abhorrence.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
An Easy One.

Casey was digging a ditch in the
street in front OF his house for the
purpose of making a connection with
the sewer. He had a large pile Of dirt
thrown up in the roadway, and he was
rapidly increasing it when stopped by
a policeman.
''Phat are yez dom there, Caseyg'
Don't yer see Dim diggin'g"
"Hov yez a permit to blockade the
sthrate with that pile OF drip
.Oi hov not"
'Thin don't yer know that yez how
no right to put thot dirt therey'
"Phat will Oh do wild 1t, thin?" In
quired the puzzled Casey.
"Oh, jist dig another hole and t'ro 1t
in," answered the man of the brass
buttons rs he sauntered slowly away,
swinging his club.-Boston Journal.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
Sway q the Elderly Lady.

Es6 49, AANCEAy Lazy sISef
Quite Q marked development ii the
American society Of our own time 6,ne
which, by the way, indicates az much
@ anything that we have passed Ia
yond the crude bread md butter
period OF our social growth) "a the HON
age which is now rendered to the elier
Women-the great Indies of their world.
who IN these days hold their own brave.
" by virtue OF their clever
uon q manifold experience among
nose VII are younger and fairer. r
Y NOT very long since these .'ancients,
9 honorables' were regarded merely
sas c~naperones, and their presence II.
tne Dallroom meant only that they
We're there to introduce 4 debutante
O. g act as matron for some Young
woman among the dancers. The [
o1 doWagers' was a. much al accepted
part OF the BALLROOM furniture a ME
chairs themselves and they were en-
Cured = tho younger generation A
g sort ~ -necessary evn. Of late. how.
eyer, nccQrdlng to thu New YORK Tr3b.
ulle,. We have changed all that. ma
IS the most swell functions cf tns
RE&%
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
nressing for the Ride.

THO materials used in the making Of
women's riding habits are broad and
covert cloths, and, especially for sum
MGR veal lightweight serges, writes
France r. Lanigan In an article on
.nressing for the Ride" IN the June
T.adies' Home Journal. The colors are
HACK. blue, gray, brown In dark and
ton shades. and only very occasionally
the h,le which was once he most
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS green. HaDtts are
arc made this season usually In but
two pieces-jacket and skirt-eQues-
trienne tights having to a great extent
renlaced the riding trousers once 80
generally worn. The waist Is whit Is
Known as the English cut; q round,
short BASQUE with coat back-not pos
tilion-and with plain jacket or cut
away front. Double-breasted effects
are used quite as often as single. LIN
ings are Of silk satin, serge or. more
commonly, of farmers satin or dress
lining. The buttons are always spec
iallv manufactured from the cloth OF
which the habit is made, with horn or
leather backs and edges. A tiny pocket
for the hunting watch and handker-
chief is found on the lower left-hand
side Of the front Of the basque. Adj
Unstable dickies and cuffs which but
ton to the jacket with tiny fat pearl
buttons, are sometimes used. They are
made Of some contrasting color, hunt
ing pink-a rich, light rea-being the
favorite shade. Skirts are made much
shorter Of late than In former years,
and this seasons styles show no
change in the sensible alteration. For
a skirt to be the correct length It
should just escape the ground when
the wearer Is standing, or should reach
the tip Of the boot on the outer limb
when she Is In the saddle. A comforta-
bic summer habit consists Of q serge
riding skirt and blazer worn with q
silk shirt waist.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
All Gone..

Wife-SLend me quarter, John.
The milkman hasn't come and / mrst
send the can around to the grocery
Husband from the bed1-.You for.
get, dear, that you went to bed first
Inst night .#-
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
Dresses Made Of class.

glass may, at first sight, appear In the
light of an impossibility, and yet the
great novelty Of this q Ii q ma
terial made of spun glass, and which Is
as bright and supple as silk, with q
peculiar sheen reminding one Of the
sparkle Of diamond dust. In Russia
there has for a long time existed q
tissue manufactured from the fiber OF
a peculiar filandrous stone from~thet
Siberian mines, which hy-anrk8@secret
process Is shreddedsaS I'm into q
fabric which, although soft to the
touch and pliahle In the extreme, In
OF SO durable q nature that 1t never
wears out. This is probably what haa
given an enterprising manufactures the
idea OF producing the spun-glass dres1
lengths above mentioned. The MuscO-
vite stun referred to Is thrown into the
fire when dirty, whence It Ii with.
drawn absolutely clean and ready for
use, but the spun-glass silk is simply
brushed with a hard brush and s0aD
and water, and Is none the worse Tor
being either stained or soiled. This
material Is to be had In white. green.
lilac, pink and yellow, and bids fair
to become very fashionable for even
ing dresses. 1t is an Austrian who is
the inventor of this material which h
rather costly. Tablecloths, napkins
even WINDOW curtains are manufact-
ured thereof, and vogue's correspond
n was shown by the Partisan agent
q court train In a very delicate hue OF
pale lavender, shot with pink, which
MADE MIN think Of the fairy tale which
we call "Peau dane, where the prin-
cess orders from the gn0mea three
dresses, a the color Of the sun. ono
une color OF the moon. and the third
the color OF the weather.
The Danger Fron MatcAn~A
We wonder how our ancestors man.
aged to get along Mt all hecOsU the IN
vennOn OF matches; they are q india-
pensably handy that we keen them il
every Don Of the house, the amer
1olks" carry them In their DOckets
leave them hanging IN their aOther
Clothes" In o dozen closets n m nnr.
lions OF the house; we have 4 hnnslfal
resting within reach while We sleen.
they are dropped here and there ~ We
attempt to handle them: n IL Il licht
and we readily see them. thev nra
picked up, otherwise they are left TN
q more convenient season-which rru-
orally does not come. simply becsuee
tney are forgotten, being .onlv
matcn"-We can get plenty more Tor
o cent, and time ii too yalluah1a rs ba
wasted over q Insignificant trine.
The moral u obvious: familiarity has
pred contempt. and d the tse az these
dOn00nOun hff1s. Or~,n.Sso.N..~. ..~r.-n
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
Georges Speciality.

Minnie-Do you like MI. Dickerman?
Esther-Oh, immensely! I call him
my American Beauty man." He sends
me the loyliest roses.
Manufacturing but roses?
Esther-No, nothing but ose And /
think that's enough for him, even IL he
Is rich. a~.
Minnie-But where do you get your
violets?
Esther can always depend on Ed
Kelson for violets. l tell him I adore
them.
Minnie-And Frank Hardness?
Ecther-Oh, he brings me Huyler's.
There's u box on the table now.
Minnie-And what does Tom Wilson
give you?
Esther-Tom doesn't give me any
thing. He only takes me to the theater.
He's the lovllest escort you eve saw.
Minnie-And what is George Holding
toms speciality?
Esther-Georget Oh, well, George
just-er-calls, you know. He's saving
up his money for the engagement ring.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
BRIGHT FLASHES or Wit.
FROM THE PENS or MANY
HUMORlST8.
He Came TO the Conclusion That
the Guarantees Wouldn't Count
Il He Was Kliled--An Easy
for the Policeman--
He'd Have no More.
His ~Conclusion.

H19 C~OMC1u01Ons
The mar from the country wanted
bis tooth pulled, and the dentist fixed
him in the chair and began to unlimber
his gas machine.
Whats that7'r asked the patient IN
startled tones as he half rose from
tho chair.
Cas-" replied the dentist briefly.
THAT stun that knocks q man sense
less?'
mot 50 bad as that, but it renders
you insensible to pain"
Won't 1t hurt me. to take II?
"Of course not
Tn afraid / wont git over tt"
Yes, YOU VIII. Why, man, IN
guarantee that 1t won't kill you"
The patient sat up and looked around
the room.
do you own ali this? 2" he asked.
"Yes, and the building It is in and q
couple more up town"
The old fellow rubbed his chin
thoughtfully a moment.
i guess i won't take the stuff" he
said. If 1t don't hurt me the guaran-
tee don't count, and If it kills me the
guarantee amt goin to do me no good
as fer I see," and he lay back In the
chair and opened his mouth.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
Miftratfon.

How could Janette marry that o,d
man? The idea of being lied up 10
him Tor life!!'
!. must remember it's only Tor
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
But Man-Afraid-o Of Empty Bottle knew
nothing about the excessive elasticity
Of rubber.
On Papa,s Knes.

Officer Donavan-"Now say your
little lisson san,shkip up |, bed,
Patsy-"Move On out o, thot, yez
lob-sided jay nv a Jersey pirate =
OIL tex tn roof aff yez wild me cud-
gel"
Officer DonoYan-ssYez dar-rlin.! Wen
hos him nm tn foorse th, day he shows
g hair In his mustach. Julie"
The Merits or the Case.
Anxious Mother-Why don't you drive
that bad boy away from your play
ground9
Good Little Boy-H wouldn't be right
"Wouldn't 1t e,
Nom. Yon & that playground IL
public property
"Oh.. 80 II Is"
sYes'm; and It would be sort O. selfish
and dishonest to deprive any other
boy Of the right to go there
so 4 would, my angel. / didn't
think OF that,
.sYes'm; and, besides, he can liek
me. '-Street g Smiths Good News.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
Bright Prospects.

Old Gentleman-Iittle boy, why are
you idling around the street during
school hours, and, still worse, smoking
and chewing tobacco, and acting like
q young tough generally, instead of
studying your lessons and trying Ia
be a little gentleman2
B0y-Wot yer givin' us?
Old Observation-Disclosures, the time
Is not far distant when you viii have.
to- earn your own living.
Boy-That's all right. III live. IN q
Fiji arernoo house nm have u steam
yacht. I'm goin' inter polytics.-Street
Il Smiths Good News.
New use Tor Pie Crust.
L~ynx-That,s rather q unique ash
tray of yours, old man. i don't know
that 4 ever saw one Ike Il. Where did
you get IT.
Yelox-Wen, there's q little history
attached to- that. You remember an.
apple TART I told you my wife tried
her hands on soon after we were mar
ried2
ssYes
We'll, thnts the lower crust. NY.
wife has often trieagtO smash II, but
she can't.-Drake's Magazine
sayeA Hex Life.
i never had such 4 terrible day,
said q lady who lived IA the suburbs
What a the matter "a
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-17
He should Have Married Her.

Mrs. Bangs-'1 met that Miss Brill
liant whom you were once engaged to,
and I was delighted with her. She's
q woman among a. thousand.
Mr.. Bangs-IShe is noted as one OF
the most highly cultured women In
society"
Indeed she is. And she has SO much
character. You should have married
her.
"Eh? Do you really think so7
Whyy
81 has such wonderful seff-cOntrol.
She could stand any amount Of abuse
without showing it,
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-23
satrn,n srunr.r.. Er,an.....

Since the Spanish Infanta's visit and her cool smoking of cigarettes in public, t has become more or less a custom among Chicago ladies to follow her example. While it is not general one, it Is no common sight to see women sitting around the Oriental cafes sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. A Philadelphia visitor to the fair several days ago happened to be seated near one Of these women, and wishing also 10 puff cigarette as he slipped black coffee, he leaned over and asked the lady for a light. She had probably never before been confronted with this phase of smokers etiquette, and she did not know just how to act, so she screamed for her son, who was not far away, and he main tained that his mother had been in suited The Philadelphian coolly begged her pardon and then asked the son if he had a match.-Phila- delphia Record.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-23
Woman cl,mh. a chimn.r.

Early risers in Old Town last Sun day were favored with the sight of a woman climbing the ladders on the staging of chimney, l03 feet high, which has recently been erected for a mil in that town. The cause of this sudden rise in life IS said to be the result of a wager between the climber, who Is ccok in a hotel, and her landlady, that if she would climb to the top of the chimney, the landlady would cook the dinner for her, which she did. It was rather peculiar way of securing a holiday, and we believe that the average per son would rather go without one than to secure it in this way.-Ken- nebec Journal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-23
Latest iu Kngii.h slnnr.

There are fashions in speech as we'll as fashions ia clothes. Every thing in society just now is either lawfully ghastly' or awful ly charming, don't you know "If your new bonnet isn't awfully ghastiy it must be awfully charming, and if Miss Fourstars' singing at the local concert the other evening wasn't awfully charming then ii must certainly have been awfully ghastly.
 Pretty is no longer pretty, but booty. A famous man milliner has caught the trick from his duchess customers. You hear him talk glibly of booty gowns and booty gails. Gorgeous or deadly are the cosrect adjectiyes to use when speaking of the weather. Nova days it is quite customary for educated people to talk of the dock. In quite aristo- cratic circles the final g is dropped in many words. They talk of ridin' shootin', talkin', singin'. l sup pose the next thing we shall hear will be that they have ceased to aspirate their hs for the excellent reason that it has become so com mon for ordinary folks to do so.
 But, after all, these examples of affection, ridiculous though they sound, are not quite so bad as the mineing style of affectation fashion able in the days gone by. Mincing is now chiefly confined to old maids, or young girls under 20. Other folks don't seem to get time for it. In these days of push "side" seems to go further than mincing man. ners-Pall Mall Budget.