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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06
Fine Pictures Free.

Here's good news for any of Jul
readers who are pinched by hard
times. The Woolson Spice company
of Toledo. Ohio, are giving away manv
nne pictures to drinkers Of Lion coff .
in exchange for large lion heads CT
from Lion coffee wrappers. besides
pictures they also mail valuable book ,
a knife. game, etc. 1t surely pays to
drink Lion coffee. which is by far tho
finest sold for the price, and has q
beautiful picture and card in every
one-pound package. If you haven't
an illustrated Premium List, ask your
grocer for q copy, or send your name
and address to the firm above named.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

He9sman's camplhor loo with Glycerine.
The original and only genuine. Cures Chapped Hands
and Face. Cold scres. &c. s. C.srk Con- Haven CT
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

The money that Is the root OF all evil 10
the money that Is another's pocket.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

"Hanson's Magic Corr Salvs."
Warranted to cure or money refunded. Ask your
druggist for 1t. Price Is cents.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06
Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price 75c

A waitress may not know how TO deal .
pack Of cards, but she can raise the duce
by dropping the tray.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

Karl's C;ove- Root Tea. &
The great Blood purifier. gives freshness and clearneeo
to the Complexion and cures Constipation. sc. ,50c.,eL
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

Everything comes to him who weighs"
said the grocer as he dumped a shovelful OF
sand in the sugar bin.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

No wonder the amateur photographers II
intoxicated with his art. He is always
taking something"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

We can't save much by employing electrf-
city to do our work, because Of the c0nse-
quent increase in current expense.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

Talking Of the summer girls bathing
dress. II 1t costs 50 little how Is 1t It comes
50 high?
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06
Permitted to Refer.

Permitted to Refer.
Cholly Chumpleigh-What do you
think? Some people asked me yester-
day If we were engaged.
Miss Coldeal-Indeed! What did ron
tell them?
Cholley Chumleigh-I referred them
to you. Was that right?, /.
Miss Coldeal-Quite right. I never
dismiss anybody without q references.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06
The voice Of the People

Sure defeat Is in store for the candidate
goes around shaking with two fingers.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

h Voice OF the People
Proclaims one fact as true, namely, that Hos
letters Stomach Bitters effects q cure
ments to which 1t is adapted. Among these
are malarial and dyspeptic ailments, rheu-
matism. nervous and kidney complaints,
constipation and biliousness. A tablespoon
full three times q day Is about the average.
%& %&% -------- go s%..
When q man .'feels his oats" It Is not
always evidence OF his being q stable char
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

0A = AAA~AA SASS wa
grocer for q copy, or send your name
and address to the firm above named.
A Scottish clergyman who died thirty
years ago, Mr.. Leishman Of Kinross,
used to tell that he once lived seven
years without a birthday. The state
ment puzzled most who heard it. They
could see that if he had been born on
the Goth day of Febreuary he would
have no birthday except in leap year.
But leap year comes once in four years,
and this accounts for a gap Of three
years only. Their first thought would,
therefore, naturally be that the old
man, who, in fact was fond Of a harm
less jest, was somehow testing about
the seven. There was, however, no
joke or trick in his assertion.
At the present time thare can be
very few, if there are any, who have
this tale to tell of themselves, for n
who can tell it must have been born
on the Goth day Of February at least
ninety-eight years ago. But a similar
line Of missing dates Is now soon to re-
turn; and, indeed, there are, no doubt,
some readers who will have only one
birthday to celebrate for nearly twenty
years to- come.
The solution Of the puzzle is to be
found in the fact, which does not ap-
pear to be widely known, that the year
1900 was not a leap year and 1900 will
not be. The February of 1892 had
twenty-nine days, but in all the v
years intervening between 1896 and
1904, as well as in the three between
1882 and 1896, that month will have
only Observation-Disclosures Dispatch.
Seven Years without q Birthday.
A Scottish clergyman who died thirty
years ago, Mr.. Leishman of Kinross,
used to tell that he once lived seven
years without a birthday. The state
ment puzzled most who heard it. They
could see that II he had been born on
the 10th day Of Febreuary he would
have no birthday except in leap year.
But leap year comes once In four years,
and this accounts for a gap Of three
years only. Their first thought would,
therefore, naturally be that the old
man, who, in fact was fond of q harm
less jest, was somehow testing about
the seven. There was, however, no
joke or trick in his assertion.
At the present time thare a be
very few, il there are any, who have
this tale to tell Of themselves, for one
who can tell it must have been born
on the Goth day OF February at least
ninety-eight years ago. But a similar
line of missing dates is now soon to e
turn; and, indeed, there aree, no doubt,
some readers who will have only one
birthday to celebrate for nearly twenty
years to come.
The solution Of the puzzle is to be
found In the fact, which does not APP
pear to he widely known, that the year
1900 was not O leap year and 1900 will
not be. The February Of 1892 had
twenty-nine days, but in all the W
years intervening between 1895 and
1904, as well as in the three between
1892 and 1895, that month will have
only twenty-eight.-Pittsbn.g Dispatch.
In Paris, where bicycling has be-
come very common, an ardent wheel
man was lately Wanting the advan-
tages Of his favorlte amusements
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

Any fool can blame, but It takes q wise
head to bestow proper praise.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06

Hood's PILE cure liver ills, constipation,
)aundice, biliousness, sick headache indigestion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06

SPARED of, and when at last l came TO
myself and became convalescent |
was so weak and emaciated that a
medical board determined that not a
day should be lost in sending me back
to England. / was dispatched, accord
dinghy, in the troop-ship Orontes. and
landed a month later on Portsmouth
ietfy, with my health irretrievably
ruined, but with permission from pa
ternal government to spend the next
nine months in attempting to i'm
prove it.
/ had neither kith nor kin in Eng
land. and was therefore as free as air
or as free as an income of eleven
AAiIlings and sixpence day will per-
Unit man to be. Under such circum-
stances naturally gravitated to Lon
&on, that great cesspool into rhich
all the loungers and idlers of the en-
sure are irresistibly drained. There
4 stayed for some time at private
lSotel in the Strand, leading a COM
FORTRESS, meaningless existence, and
spending such money as l had con-
'si6erably more freely than l ought
So alarming did the state of my finances
asennme that soon realized that Unjust
either leave the metropolis and rusti-
este somewhere in the country, or that
I must make complete alteration in
my style of living. Choosing the lat
ter alternative, began by making up
m mind to leave the hotel, and to
take up my quarters in some less pre-
-eentiS rs and less expensive domicile.
On the very day that had come 70
this conclusion, was standing at the
Criterion bar, when some one tapped
sznr aJz the shoulder, and turning
round ] recognized young Stamford,
~~ho had been dresser under ME at
Bart's- The sight of a friendly face
In the great wilderness of London is a
pleasant thing indeed TO lonely man.
In old DAYS Stamford had never been
. particular crony of mine, but now
hailed him with enthusiasm. and he,
IN turn, appeared to be delighted to see
me In the exuberance of my joy
asked him to lunch with me at the
Bolborn, and we started off together in
q hanson.
Whatever have you been doing
with yourself, WatsOn?" he asked, in
11R6iSguised wonder. as we ratified
through the crowded London streats.
lyon are as thin as lath and as brown
KS n nut"
/ gaTe him a short sketch of my adj
ventures. and had hardly concluded it
by the time that we reached our des-
-fzna1ion.
Poor devil.'' he said, commiserating-
~, after he had listened to my misfor-
tunes What are You up to now?"
Looking for lodgings" answered.
Trying TO solve the problem as to
whether it is possible to get comforta-
pble rooms at a reasonable price"
That's a strange thing" remarked
Epy companion you are the second
rzzzn to-day that has used that express
sion TO me-"
land who was the trst?" | asked.
"A fellow who is working at the
~sesr;cal laboratory upat the hospital.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06
THE ANCIENT DINNER TABLE.
Etiquette of the Service In the Old Feuda
Daya.

Etiquette of the Service in tho Old Feudal
Days.
In studying the service of the ancient
dinner table, the amount of ceremony
which invested the meals of our fore
fathers is one of the first things which
strikes us, popularity, however,
which is easily accounted for when we
recollect that, during the middle ages,
men separated from one another in
rank so widely as were the feudal
baron and his retainers were accus-
toned to eat together in common, a
practice which could scarcely fail to
have resulted in the growth of an
elaborate system of etiquette.
The ancient fashion of arranging the
tables for meal is still preserved in
college halls, where the high table"
stands transversely on a raised plat
form at the upper end of the room 1t
was the further side of this table Of
dais'' which at feudal feast was alone
occupied, the master of the house and
his chief guests thus emphatically din
ing in public before his vassalS. Every
thing pertaining to the service of this
table was conducted with ritual of
almost ecclesiastical minuteuess- At
time when, from the crown vassal to the
petty baron, a mans safety and conse-
quence depended on the number of fol-
lowers he could muster, the greater
part of the revenues of an estate were
spent in the support of retainers and
hangers-on, and, there being thus no
lack of service, the various duties of .
household were much subdivided-
The modern term "butler's pantry"
marks the coalescence of two offices
formerly distinct. when the butler, or
''boteler,'' presided over the buttery.
or ''botelerie, and the painter" or
painter" over the pantry or bread
closet The duties of carver. sewer and
cupbearer were held to be very honor
able ones, and could be discharged by
men of high rank; and in great estab-
lishments, the butler, the panther, the
porter, and the officers of all the sever
al household departments had each his
own contingent of grooms and yeomeA
Quarterly Review.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06

fresh BLOOD" he said. digging long
bodkin into his finger. and drawing off
the resulting drop of blood in a chem
ical pipette. "Now, add this small
quantity of blood to litre of water.
You perceive that the resulting mix
ture has the appearance of true water.
The proportion of blood cannot be
more than one in million. | have no
| doubt. however, that we shall be able
to obtain the characteristic reaction. 81
As he spoke, he threw into the vessel a
few white crystals, and then added
some drops of a transparent fluid In
an instant the contents assumed dull
mahogany color, and a brownish dust
was precipitated to the bottom of the
glass jar.
"Ha! ha." he cried, clapping his
hands, and looking as delighted as a
child with a new toy. what do you
think of that?"
SIT seems to be very delicate test"
remarked.
"Beautiful! beautiful The old
guaiacum test was very clumsy and I'M
certain. So is the microscopic exami-
nation for blood-corpuscles. The lat
70; IS valueless if the stains are a few
hours old. Now, this appears to act
as well whether the blood is old or
new. Had this test been invented,
there are hundreds of men now walk
ing the earth who would long ago have
paid the penalty of their crimes"
''Indeed!' l murmured.
Criminal cases are continually
hinging upon that one point. A man
is suspected of a crime months per-
haps after it has been committed. His
linen or clothes are examined, and
| brownish stains discovered upon them.
Are they blood-stains, or mud-stains,
or rust-stains, or fruit-stains, or what
are they? That is a question which
has puzzled many an expert, and why?
Because there was no reliable test.
Now we have the Sherlock Holmes
test, and there will no longer be any
difficulty"
His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke,
and he put his hand over his heart and
bowed as if to some applauding crowd
conjurcd up by his imagination.
"1ou are to be congratulated, 1 re-
marked, considerably surprised at his
enthusiasm.
There was the case of Won Bischoff
at Frankfort last year. He would GER
tainly have been hung had this test
been in existence. Then there was
Mason, of Bradford, and the notorious
Muller and Lefevre, of Montpelier,
and Samson, of New Orleans. / could
name score of cases in which it would
have been decisive"
You seem to be a walking calendar
of crime said Stamford, with laugh
you might start. paper on those
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06

was duly attached to the Fifth North
Gs0n- The regiment was stationed in
India at the time, and before / could
Join it the second Afghan war had
broken out. On landing at Bombay L
learned that my corps had advanced
through the passes and was already
deep in the enemy's country. / fol-
fsyTed, however, with many other Off
GERS who were in the same situation as
myself. and succeeded in reaching
Candahar in safety. where found my
regiment, and at once entered upon my
Few duties.
The campaign brought honors and
promotion to many, but for me it had
nothing but misfortune and disaster.
L was removed from my brigade and
attached to the Berkshires, with whom
Iserved at the fatal battle of Maiwand.
There was struck on the shoulder by
a Jezail bullet, which shattered the
hone and grazed the subclavian artery.
should have fallen into the hands of
the murderous Ghazis had it not been
for the devotion and courage shown
BY Murray, my orderly, who threw me
across pack-horse and succeeded in
bringing me safely to the British lines.
Worn with pain, and weak from the
prolonged hardships which | had I'M
dcrgone, l was removed, with great
train of wounded sufferers, to the base
hospital at Peshawur. Here | rallied,
and had already improved so far as to
be able to walk about the wards. and
even to bask little upon the veranda,
when / was struck down by enteric
fever, that curse of our Indian posses
siofas. For months my life was de-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06

lines. Call it the Police News of thu
Past"
Every interesting reading it nigh
be made, too" remarked Sherlock
Holmes, sticking a small piece of plas
ter over the prick on his finger. :"
have to be careful" he continued, turn
ing to me with smile, "for / dabbl,
with poisons a good deal" He helt
out his hand as he spoke, and l noticed
that it was all notified over with SINH
lar pieces of plaster and discolored will
strong acids.
1--WE came here on business" sale
Stamford, sitting down on a three
legged stool and pushing another ont
in my direction with his foot. "My
friend here wants to take diggings
and as you were complaining that YOU
could get no one to go halves with
you, thought that l had better bring
you together"
Sherlock Holmes seemed delighted
at the idea of sharing his rooms will
me. II have my eye on a suite il
Baker street." he said, (which would
suit us down to the ground. You DOM
mind the smell of strong tobacco,
hope?"
81 always smoke ships myself"
answered.
That's good enough. l generally
have chemicals about, and occasional
ly do experiments. Would that annoy
you?"
by no means"
"Let me see-what are my Other
shortcomings? / get in the dumps al
times and don't open my mouth fol
days on end. You must not think
am sulky when do that. Just let me
alone and I'll soon be all right. What
have you to confess, now? It's just as
well for two fellows to know the
worst of one another before they be-
gin to live together"
/ laughed at this cross-examination
81 keep bull-pup," said, land OBJ,
ject to rows, because my nerves are
shaken, and get up at all sorts of un.
godly hours, and / am extremely lazy.
l have another set of vices when I'm
well, but those are the principal ones
at present."
do you include violin-playing in
your category of rows?" he asked,
anxiously.
1T depends on the player" 1 an
swered. "A well-played violin is a treat
for the gods; badly played one"
''Oh, that's all right" he cried, with
merry laugh. Il think we may con.
slider the thing as ssettled-that is, il
the rooms are ag .eeable to you"
when shall wv. see them?"
Call for me here at noon tomorrow,
and we'll go together and settle every.
thing" he answered.
''All right-noon exactly" said I,
shaking his hand.
We left him working among his
chemicals. and we walked together to-
ward my hotel.
by the way" l asked suddenly,
stopping and turning upon Stamford,
chow the deuce did he know that had
come from Afghan:stan?"
My companion smiled az enigmatiea,
smile. That's just his little pecul-
iarity," he said. "a good many peo-
pie have wanted to know how he inds
things out"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06
A Narrow Escape
Took Poison by Mistake
Hoods ';;;;;sir Cures

and flesh every day. and am now as healthy
as 1 was before taking the poison" F. v.
WARMoLL, representing the Seely Perfumes,
30 Melbourne Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06
Old. But Good.

There was minstrel entertainments
at the West End the other evening Civ
en- for charity. The compilations of the
performers were all of an ebony hue,
because the minstrels were all colored
girls. A crowded house lent enthusi-
Sun to the performance. and the jokes,
some new and some old, were applaud
ed alike.
The impromptu curtain rose on .
half moon of dusky damsels attired in
gowns that favored of Mother Goose
melodies. There was an opening chorus.
a rafting of bones, a juggling of tam
bourines and then the fair interlocutor
and tambo opened the chestnut burr.
II say, Miss Johnsing," gurgled Tam
DO, in a musical voice. why do all de-
hens only lay eggs in de daytime?"
Il don't know, Miss Tambo, why de
hens all lay only in de daytim
cause" giggled Miss Tambo, rolling
her eyes at the audience, why, chile.
'cause'-she continued giggling-'jes'
cause dey'se all roosters in de night
time. Budget
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06

"A gloomy small boy was going
home with monster kite in his hand
"Wh-e-eww exclaimed an admiring AZ
quaintance. ''They's no flies On that
kite" Nope was the answer.
That's what's the matter with it,
Washington Star.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06
MR.. SHERLOCK HOLMES

n the year 1878 |
took my degree
of doctor of
medicine of the
univers ity of
London. and
procee ded to
N etley to go
t through the
cour e pre-
scribed for sur
geon's in the
army. Having
completed m Y
studies there |
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06
FRO BE CONTINUED
The Way of the World.

What is yoys best reason for believ
ing she'll marry him?"
"Her parents say that she Chan't"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06
BY a CoNAT ID
PART I.

zse5ag repr;at from the "reminiscences OF JOHN
Il WATSON, M D., late Of the Army Medical
Department.
CHAPTER l.
GpFRTnCK HOIMrS
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THIS MOST CHARMING AND EXQUISITE PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK

aseda,
OF in
frs will March
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AOV TO OBTAIN This PEERLESS WORK.

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AMERICA uperave merit superior in its
descriptive and respenent with the most beautiful half
the
process whereby IS PHOTOGRAPHED IN NAT
discovery
They called Cameragphs
colorng they
light than the available
production and require of six hours
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-25

vas . young soldier, and be was then
very popular, aud later with the Cos
sacks whose commander-in-chiel be is.
BIS reputation among his brother OIL
GERS Of tha Preobrazsnski Guard and
later with the Hussars Of the Guard, il
that OF bon c0mGrHdC, who never al
lowed his rank 20 prevent him from en-
terlng cordially into all the amusementS
OF mess room at reg mental club.
"Ihe royalty that doth hedge" an
Emperor. present or prospective, keeps
him and bis movements from being
known, but the young man is often seen
mounted on his bicycle, or driving
about the streets Tie delights TO es-
cape from the restraints Of Imperial
life, and run over TO London, whenever
be can get chance, and where he
always has a good time. He has much
less freedom than his younger brothers,
the Grand Dukes Michael and George,
the latter OF whom has seen service in
the Russian navy.
An eyewitness tells me: Zone bright
summer morning, witnessed the re-
turn of the Car and his family from
the coronation at Moscow. With few
privileged friends I stood al tho very
entrance Of the Imperial yacht pier on
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-25

The prospective heir OF the Cars Is
always rich matrimonial prize, and
the Czarewith is no exception. To be-
come Empress OF all the Russias is
dignity that is not hawked about to
every small court in Christendom.
Rumor has been busy with the assocla-
ton of his name and those OF hair a
dozen princesSeS; each new rumor set
ting the tongues Of Europe gossipping
without limit over the chances. Al
one time il was Danish princess, at
another time il was the Princess Vic
toria, his cousin, daughter OF the Prince
of Wales. In fact there is hardly a
promineut Princess in Europe with
which mis- name has not been connected
But lately, discussion of this subject
has settled down without any apparent
good reason for it, upon the name oil
Princess Victoria, who is credited with
all the charming qualities that sur
round royalty, and who without any
formal announcement OF an engage
ment, is looked upon as the hancee OF
the CzarewitCh.
EDvvARD HUDANF.