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WAS FUNNY IN VAIN.

 The papers have announced the death | of the well-known comedian, Comical Brown" There was probably never an- other man so we'll known to all Massa- chusetts as was this individual, and: it Is safe to say that there is hardly a country school house or town hall in which Brown has not played; travelling alone, and most always giving the whole show him. self.
 l One time he had engaged to play in a country town, but before he arrived the hall had been struck by lightning and de- stroyed. The good people of the town secured the Universalist church for the entertainment, and the pulpit was trans formed into stage. An ancient sexton, who had maintained order in the church | for years with rigid discipline, volunteer 1 ed to assist.
 After helping to put up the curtain, the sexton remained throughout the program, resting his elbows on the window sill, holding in one hand his tall hat, and closely scanning the audience.
 In vain was Brown funny. The audi ence sat in death-like silence, with not a smile or sign of applause. When Brown concluded the sexton volunteered to helr him pack up.
 ''You want to come again." quoth the sexton; "you tickled the people all uE into kinks; in fact, I never before saw them so tickled."
 ''I guess not, ," reieined Brown. "Once will do for this town. Why, your people are dummies. didn't hear them laugh or even applaud" .
 Laugh. Applaud!" said the astonish. ed sexton. ''By the powers! I've been sexton for the last twenty years, and I'd like to catch them laughing or stamping their feet. I would have thrown them olt doors."
 The fact was the audience did not dare laugh, and Brown used to tell the story with much amusement. Poor Brown The old-time farmers will remember him and his jokes for a long time. SHE COMMITTED SUIoIDE.-Mrs. F. c. Cone, at Paris, left this letter: My hus- band-Forgive me if cause you trouble but suffer so. You do not know what these long. wakeful, wretched nights are to me, and I am so tired, darling pain will never be better. It is not easy to take my own life, but have been sick so long. Goodbye. my husband, love you-vour wife, This is but one o1 thousands that give in up, instead of using l Dr. Miles Restorative Ner9ine, and be. | ing speedily cured of their wretchedness Go to w. D. Heald's drug store and get an elegant book and trial bottle free.
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us from ourselves. No; rather up-up from your knees! Catch step with the Son of God, plait 8 scourge of christian ballots and lash from the temple of lib- erty the last money-changer, and let us stand for righteousness, and led the priests lead or leave.-J. c. Wo0ley. o
 "Open-air minds' are what we want !; not hot-house thinkers. In no one way have women been more thoroughly de- frauded of their birthright than by being shut up in houses for several centuries past. All other beings are born into the great, full, breezy outdoors as their herit- age. Woman will never think broadly until she lives more of her days under heavens canopy. Susceptible as an Bolin harp to the touch of nature's breath, pitt fully bringing up flowers in attic or base ment even as if they were her children, woman set free in Gods great garden of U world will enrich art and poetry, endear religion and bless the children of the fu- ture in body and soul far beyond our pow CT to prophecy.
 The Holland county convention of the w. c. T. U. will be held in Ellington May 11th. An interesting program is being arranged, with. a bible reading by Mrs. Helen G. Rice in the afternoon, and an address by the same talented speaker in the evening. Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. Fitz Ger. aid and others of the state officers and workers will be present, and good time and very profitable time is anticipated | We hope white ribboners will keep this convention in view and plan to be in at tendance.
 With God we can do no wrong thing 1 with God we can do any good thing Philips Baooks. .-,..-
 Every man has in himself continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul = '. Z. Cuyler.
 There are two things for live men an6 women to do: To receive from God, ant to give out to their fellows. No fruit without the drinking of the sunshine. Nc true tasting of the sunshine that is not gathering itself toward the ripening o fruit. .-Mrs. 4. D. '. Whitney.
 r.
 It is the hand of God that weaves tht pattern which he requires in the web O noble lives; and thus even by those dis pensations which seem most affective h, is TT >paring us so that we may best dt his work, which is and ought to be ou | own. F07Tnr.
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WANTED-A good strong woman to w help cook and work in restaurant.
 GEO. KANE, Home Restaurant.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

Scribner's Magazine for May styles It. self an exhibition number,'' and is dc signed as the contribution of the publish- CTS to the worlds fair It is a superb ex- ample of an American magazine, and is es- Epeeially attractive illustrations, which are contributed by the artists as specimens 0f their best wcrk. The literai y features are equally striking, and include contri- buttons by w. D. Howells, Robert Louis Stevenson, T. B. Aldrich, Bret Harte, Walter Besant, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, and many other well-known writers. It is claimed that such list of writers and artists has never appeared under the covers of a single magazine be- fore, and we can we'll believe it. The mechanical production of the number is admirable, and it is sure to have large sale.
 The Boston Journal speaks of a lot of
 buildings burned at Concord as fire nest" The term correctly defines them. Most American cities are nothing more than immense Ire uOSCS. Lcb h llLC O1CO get fairly started in them, and it is hercu- lean work to stop it. By and by, it is to hoped, the American people will learn that cheap: ramshackle buildings and ranl- shackle cities are not cheap. On the con- trary, they are very dear. Insurance com panies certainly have plenty of pluck that they are willing to insure them.
 | Miles Nerve and Liver Pills act on a new principle regulating the liver, stom- ach and bowels through the nerOes. A new discovery. Dr. Miles Pills speedily cure biliousness, bad taste, torpid liver, piles, constipation. Unequaled for men, women. children Smallest, mildest, surest! DO doses, % cts. Samples free at w. D. | Heald's drug store.
 The proprietors of Ely'sCreamB Balm do not claim it to be a cure-al, but remedy
 for catarrh, colds in the head and hay fever. It is not liquid or snuff, is easily applied into the nostrils. It gives relief at once. 5Oc.
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THE ANN ARBOR RAILROAD
 TROUBLE.

After the great strike of the engineers of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad in 1888, the Brother hood of Lo- comotive Engineers adopted new rule. It was that hereafter it should be viola tion of obligations for any member to which the brotherhood or any of it's mem- bers had grievance. The Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan railway is a small non-union road. The rule alluded to required that the engineers of the broth erhood should decline to take freight cars from that road. To head off this boycott strike, Judges Taft of the U. s. district court and Kicks of the United States dis tri6t court issued an order requiring P. M. Arthur, chief of the Brotherhood of To- comotive Engineers, to publish a circular among the men of the roads connecting with the Ann Arbor road to the effect that any regulation demanding they should re- fuse to handle the freight of that road was not in force. This was a temporary order until the question could be legally settled.
 Judge Taft's order seems to have been issued under clause of the interstate commerce law which declares it to be it. legal for any common carrier in any way to hinder the continuous passage of freight. As agents of the common carrier railway it's engineers or other employees must obey the law against hindering the continuous passage of freight. In supplementary mandate Chief Arthur was ordered by Judge Kicks to produce in court the se- cret regulation requiring the boycott of roads with which there was an issue. Both of the orders were obeyed by Chief Arthur.
 Five engineers and three firemen of the Lake Shore road quit work rather than obey the .order to handle Ann Arbor freight. They were ,thereupon arrested by order of Judge Kicks of the United States district court, to be tried for viola tion and contempt of the law. The ques- tions raised are whether labor has any right. to boycott and whether employees have right to quit work suddenly at a time when great injury will be inflicted. .on public or private interests.
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The Columbian Fair Excursion Co.

Are offering to furnish seven days room and lodging in one of their four large fourstory brick hotels, heated by steam and lighted by electric ity, any time during the Fair for
The Press., 1893-05-04
NOR THE BENEFIT
 Of such as are intending to visit the "on7I'o Toir

And do not care to purchase their railroad ticket now, or desire to take advantage of any cheap excursion rates that may be offered by the railroads during the continuance of the Fair,
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WTANTED IMMEDIATELY w A Competent Woman to take charge ol Boarding House. Also, a Woman as Assistant Everything furnished by the Company. Good right parties. Personal rather than written application preferred. Applicants must be able to furnish good references If required.
 GARDNER HALL,sJR. 6 co. West Wilmington, Conn, March g, 1893.
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Philadelphia North American Are the
 rich, as a class, growing richer, and are
 the not rich, as 8 class, growing poorer?. z. We deny it, and we affirm, and adpeal to the assessment lists everywhere in SUD- port of the affirmation, that theae are. more forehanded men to-day, according to population, than there have been since the government was founded. There are
 few, very few, men who count their 1 wealth by millions, but it is doubtful if, | with the exception of half a hundred per-
 sons, the rich men of to-day are any rich 1 CT than the same percentage of the total | were 60 years ago. When it was said
 that John Jacob Astor was worth a mil l lion, people stood in awe, exactly as they
 do now when the seventy millions of Jay
 Gould's estate are mentioned.
 Business rivalries cause good many little frauds. A merchant explains why ::
 "As soon as get up good thing, say in
 choeolate-but it would be the same if it
 were candy, butter, carpet, handkerchiefs,
 paints or pills-some rival will initiate it in quality and put it on the market at a flower rate. To hold my own I've got to
 cut his price, but as I can't do that and
 make profit I must adulterate the arti- cle 8 little. He knows the dodge, and he
 will do the same thing. So we go, cut | ting at each other, until both of our arti- cles are so cheap and poor that nobody twill buy them. Then I start the pure Iigoods again under another name, and the whole circus has to be gone over again. !" | STRENGTH AND HEALTH.-If you are not
 feeling strong and healthy, try Electric
 Bitters. If ''la grippe" has left you weak
 and weak and weary, use Electric Bitters.
 This remedy acts directly on liver, stom-
 ach and kidneys, gently aiding those or gans to perform their functions. If you
 are afflicted with sick headache, you will I find speedy and permanent relief by talk I ing Electric Bitters. One trial will con- vince you that this is the remedy you
 need. Large bottles only 50e. at E. K.
 Taft's drug store. I l am proud to say from personal ex. perience that Sulphur Bitters, which ad- veItisement will be seen in another col
 umn, is the best spring and blood medi- cine to be found. It is prepared by an honest firm, who scorn- -to-use cheap and
 worthless medicines, but use the best
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-12-09

the household is settled and things nave
assumed the usual routine, Bjofnson
writes all the morning until 2 O'Clock,
at which hour the family dimes, and
after that he considers the chief part
Of his days work is done. He is 0
at all methodical and tidy like lbsen;
but then he has not s 70 much time on
his hands; his whole life is a rush
from morn till night. .-
"Bjornson always likes to be alone
when he is writing, and in each OF his
little country seats he has his own
writing room and a large plain table.
He thinks out all his scenes and situa-
tons, and even decides upon the CONVEX
sations Of his characters before he
puts pen to paper, and during oil his
planning and arranging Of bis chapters
he always walks about. Up and down,
backward and forward he trudges, NUT
tering to himself; but when he has
once decided on chapter and verse,
he sits dow: and dashes it off with
great rapidity, resulting in some very
untidy and illegible MS. about which
some very curious stories are told.
But for his wife, the printer would
probably never decipher what lie
writes; but Fru Bjornson copies nearly
everything for her husband, then he
c%orrects and alters it, and she copies
it over again before it goes to press.
She is Of the greatest assistance to
him in this way"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-12-09
Life Rats for Vessels.

The recent disastrous accidents ut
sea, and more especially the sinking of
III. NJ. S. Victoria, have had the effect
OF causing renewed activity among the
manufacturers Of l~ife-saving devices.
OF these the most important is a raft
Of novel construction, composed of steel
in cellular compartments, capable Of
resisting any amount Of rough usage.
Even If the air chambers be damaged,
there will be sufficient floating power
to support a number of persons the
surplus buoyancy being so great that
1t would be impossible to swamp or
overturn the raft, even when it is
crowded. The invention is especially
adapted for the landing of troops,
horses, guns, cargoes, ETC., and the
RATS can be fitted for use on any yes
sci
Another continuance which, in the
opinion of naval experts, would obviate
much of the loss OF life which now
yearly takes place at sea, is a commo-
dious construction intended to take the
place of a captains bridge. 1t runs
nearly the whole length of the ship,
and in case of accident two men, II
at each end, by moving a lever could
cause the whole construction to glide
into the water, where it would consti-
tute a completely fitted raft, equal to
the reception Of almost any number Of
passengers, and ready for use. Should.
however, a calamity occur In which
there was no time to loosen the raft.
the construction with all the passen-
gers in. it, would float off easily as the
vessel went down.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-12-09
II Electricitye

In physical science we study matter
and energy. Matter, we all know. q
sesses mass and inertia. The capacity
OF doing work Is the characteristics az
energy. The cannon ball, the .coiled
spring and matter that is hot, all nos
sess energy. Not only is matter con
served, but energy is also conserved.
Electricity is not energy. When We
produce any effect by electricity it does
not disappear or appear in different
equivalents, but still remains electric
ny. AS far as experiments have 3 n
1ney show that electricity is not energy
and not matter.
About electricity, We know it can he
passed like a current through 4 wire
ana that peculiar conditions exist II
Ine Wire and in the space ronnd II
! DON'T think Dur knowledge Of e,pc.
Ir1clty IS as vague as is frequently s,1n.
posed, and certainly we know fhe avs
pl electr1clty as well as any other ii
na,ulal science. We know that a stone
talis TO the ground In accordance with
tne law Of gravitation, because every
atom attracts every other atom. INT
we 90 not know why it does 81 This
common phenomenon Is as much 4 mva.
terry zas any In regard to electracitv
Some force is required to put electric
9lsy ~ motion just as some force fl u.
CURED 70 put matter In motion. 4 fhia
1orce. whatever 1t may Be. Wa c.si
S8I%ES3SNS5 &Rs&@Gs &E%IEET - NMSS
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-12-09

w +
It is said that wien coal was first
used in England the prejudice against
1t was SO strong that the house Of
commons petitioned the king to prohibit
the further Use Of the internal and
roxious fuel A royal proclamation
having failed to abate the nuisance, a
commission was appointed to ascertain
who burned coles within the city of
London; to punish by branding for the
first offense ard by demolition OF the
furnaces for the second. Finally, when
minor p~unishments had no effect, a law
was passed making coal burning 9 cap
ital offense. In the records OF the Old
Tower there is an account OF q man
who was hanged there for Q other
crime than that Of nsing coal TOR fuel
contrary to royal edict;; this il the
time of Edward ].
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-12-09
CHAPTER xvr-fContinued.)

The a and cries Of the crowd
were quite audible then, and the sol
m tolling Of, the bell sound
ed above all. The procession was
pitiful enough to make an angel
weep. All the stern majesty of the
law was arrayed against n poor,
white, trembling child, whose hands
were bound; grim, stern men-the gov
ernor, with his military bearing, the
warders, with their impassive faces
were leading me to death.
We were in the corridor then, and the
solemn words of the burial service cut
my heart in two.
Il am the Resurrection and the
Life"
Hush! Hank. What was wrong!
Such a cry rose from hundreds of lips!
There was a surging and a rush in the
vast crowd; there was a strange sound
within the prison walls. The warder
halted; the chaplain's words died on
his lips; the governor stood still.
Stop! A reprieve! Stop!'
1t was as though a whole nation
shouted with a mighty voice, Stop
And then men came running up the
corridor, bearing on him the marks
Of travel. He fastened to the gov
erno
"A r%eprievew he said. II ought to
have been here two hours ago, but I
was delayed by an accident. l am
not too late; thank heaven" he added,
that / am not too late!"
"A reprieve!" cried n to another;
and from the crowd there arose a
mighty cheer that seemed to cleave the
bright blue sky.
Some one unpinioned my arms. 1
could not realize, l could not under
stand what was passing. When my
hands were free, 1 caught the out
stretched arms of the chaplain. I
raised my face to his; no sound came
from my parched parted lips.
You are saved!" he said.
And then heaven in mercy sent a
dark mist, a dark cloud that shut out
everything; and so my dream of a scat
fold ended.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-12-09

on the table. I tould not write with
out them. 1t may seem s~trange--per-
haps it is; but / cannot write without
them he repeated; but why I Isa
them is my own secret and he laughed
qlit tly.
His writing is hire and very
unpretentious. The drawing room and
dining room IRE covered with pictures,
which he carries about with him wher-
ever he goes. Mrs. TWeedie says what
Is surely an exaggeration-lhat lbs IL
has probably made more money with
his pen than any other writer.
IEsep now lives very quietly, taking
no part in politics. After his morning
walk IL dnlie, he takes 4 little walk
befare dinner. After dinner. which is
1t 3, he strulls down to the hotel,
where he sits down to coffee or beer,
and reads the newspapers FOR an hour
or two.
Bjornstjerne Bjornaon.
Following Is Mrs. TWeedie's alescrIp-
ton Of BjOlnstjerne BjoITsun: "Bjorn-
son is g. big man Of powerful build.
Ills well knit form denotes great phys
ieal strength, and his splendid head sig
pfies great mental power. The face is
~curiously round, and the high cheek
b0nt.s and massive jaw have n~pecnliaI:-
" Northern air. From his broad brow
hn wears his hair brushed straight up.
The hair Is now almost white. although
it was red In Its youth, and he still has
great quantities Of II. As lie moves
his head Id his emphatic speech. the
mas siye name OF hair moves and shakes
and reminds one OF a shaggy lion. Ills
face iii clean shaver, except for q
small pairssof reddish whiskars. He
is Il fine looking man with his burly
build aud keen, piercing blue eyes.
He is very shOrt-sighted, and IS never
seen without spectacles. He has q
very determined thin mouth, with q
kindly smile, characteristic Of the
man, who III stern and grave and very
tender hearted.
rBtornson h deYoted to music: Al
though no performer himself, lie II pas
stOnately fond OF listening
OF his method OF working Mrs. TMae-
dc gives ne following account When
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-12-09

white hair, for Ibsen wears whiskers
and 4 beard under the chin, the chin
itself and upper lip being clean shaven.
BY this arrangement the mouth is
clearly visible-and it is a very curious
mouth. The upper lip is short and the
mouth is so thin and decided that the
top lip hardly shows at all. The mouth
Is very determined, with a pleasant
smile when talking. He always wears
glasses, and whether from their use
or from short-sightedness the eyes
themselves are somewhat sunken and
much hidden by the shaggy eyebrows.
1t is a keen face, not actually hand
some, but impressive, and denotes pow
er and penetration"
She adds that he wore a complete
suit of shiny black, with q double
breasted top coat, some of the buttons
of which were the worse for wear.
His tie was Of white satin. In manner
he is very quiet and reserved. speak
ing German very slowly and deliberate
~. He is of German descent and very
sympathetic with Germans, although
he thinks Norway the most lovely
country in the world.
His Mode Of Work.
Mrs. Tweedie says that Ibsen is al
AOS III ACdtC oIAO as lulOy us I'LL Oltl
maid. Everything was in its place,
and all the MSS. were fastened up in
elastic bands. He is always %punctual
to a second; writes a clear, neat hand,
walks and moves slowly, and is never
in a hurry. He takes some two years
to write a play, and he writes it out so
often. that, when it is finished, not n
line of the original often remains. He
is absolutely uninf1uenced by the hustle
and turmoil that he sees all around
about him. As to his habits, Ibsen says
that he was getting lazy, and did not
read much. He looked over the pa
pers every day, and read a book now
and then.
By the si3s o. the ink pot, On the
table on which he writes his book.
thd.e stands a little tray, and on that
tray one of the slrall carved wooden
bears so common in Switzerland. Be-
side it was a little black devil, holding
4 match, and two or three little cats
and rabbits in copper, one Of the for
mer Of which was playing a violin.
Mrs. Tweedie asked Ibsen what was
the meaning Of the strange group. He
replied: 81 never write a single line
of any of my dramas without having
that tray and its occupants before me
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-12-09
Curiosity In Public Houses.

A little public house, in which the
landlord. and his customers have a GU
rions experience, stands on the bound
airy line dividing the townships Of Oar.
Wen and Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.
The boundary line runs directly
through the center OF the hostelry. and
as there i public rcoms on either side
of the passage, two licenses are nec-
essary. The publican is compelled to
close the Darwen side OF the house at
10 o'clock every night, according to the
condition OF his license, but the o.
swaldtWistlc license allows him to keen
his door open until IL o'clock. IN order
not to lay himself open to a prosecu-
ton BY Darwen, therefore, the land
lord, when the clock chimes 10, COM
pels his customers Id remove from tha
DarWen to the Os~waldtwistle side ~
the house, and shuts the doors of the
early-closIng portion. II Is stated IN
the landlord that he Qualities himself
Tor voting ii both townships by fixinr
his bed directly over The boundary line.
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