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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06
CROQUET NOW A FAD.
rHn GAME AGAIN COMING TO THE
FRONT.
The Rules Have been So Changed
That Il 10 Now q Marvs Oh 20
thence and skill-The Rules.

After something like ten years OF re-
tirement croquet is coming back as q
claimant to popular favor. After GRO
quet, tennis. After tennis, croguet ana
tennis. Such is evolution In sport says
the Chicago Tribune.
The new crc1uet OF the champions Is
q game Of initiate skill. Hence Its re
vival. Old cyoQlet which came 70
America from Europe about twenty
five years ago, 10 remembered as q
pointless, nerveless, and practically
imbeclle game for the lawn. 1t was
driven out Of fashion by tennis, which
had much to commend 1t. Tennis was
undeniably English for n thing. II
was q game which, on the one hand,
an athlete need not despise; but which
on the other hand, was not beyond
the strength and skill Of the athletes
best girl. When pale faces, tight stays,
and dyspepsia went out Of fashion for
the American girl and it became the
fad to be rosy, athletic comfortable,
and happy tennis stepped right in and
filed q long-felt want. It Is still the
American as 1t is the English lawn
game for both youths and maidens.
In this reform croQuet was crowded
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WATER AND

Figures Showing the Loss Of Life
From a Preventible Disease.
In the statistics Of typhoid fever
death rate, published in The joint wa
ter commissions report, Lawrence,
Mass, stood next below Allegheny and
above Pittsburg in the magnitude of
the rate. This was evidently because
during the period covered by the sta
tistics Lawrence had drawn it's water
supply from the Merrimac river, con-
tanning like the Allegheny, the drain
age Of a large population above the
town. After a filter had been put into
operation the experience Of the first
two months showed a large reduction
in the typhoid fever rate, as was stated
in the commissioners report.
A letter in the Engineering Record"
gives the further experience for eight
months, which is more reliable as an
index of what can be effected by the
sanitary measure Of pure water. The
average death Of typhoid in Lawrence
for five years previous had been five
per month. During the eight months
after the adoption of filtration there
were seventeen typhoid deaths, or prac-
tically two per month. This reduction
of 60 per cent in the typhoid fever
mortality from the same disease In
Pittsburg and Allegheny would have
saved last year 30 lives, worth, at
the corporate value Of human life,
1880, 900. ~
But that is by no means the whole
demonstration Of water to typhoid fe-
yer. A careful investigation Of the
seventeen cases produced proof that
nine, a majority of them, had drunk
in the factories unfiltered and pol
luted water from the sluices. OF the
eight remaining, two contracted the
disease during absence from the city,
and two lived III families in which
there had recently occurred deaths
from typhoid fever, creating a strong
presumption of local origin, but, taking
the cases known to have come. from
impure water, with the reduction due
to filtration, 1t amounts to 80 per cent
due to bad water.
Eighty per cent Of the typhoid fever
deaths In Pittsburg and Allegheny last
year was about $50. The saving Of $50,
lives, and perhaps 1000 cases Of long,
painful, costly, though not fatal ILL
ness, is well worth the expenditure
necessary to purify the water. When
the vital bearing OF these facts is fully
understood the people of Pittsburg and
Allegheny will vote overwhelmingly to
unite the two cities on the platform
that the first thing to be done shall be
the complete publication Of the water
furnished to the entire population Of
both cities.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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mainly from it's strength TO endure hard
blows. IL has a hnrd and d soft rub
Der end, being filed With wood driven
~ hard. The best balls are 81 hard
rubber. ##
With such instruments II III justiiably
5claiasd by croquet experts their game,
II ssas Scientifc 40 billiards Indeed,
there ls even q greater field Tor STRAIT
eEy, and perhaps also for deliberate
Judgment and boldness OF play. It ~
the time allowed for elaboration that
marks the chief difference between
croQuet md tennis. In the litter game
Judgment must be instantaneous, and
muscular action rapid and fattgning.
Cr0quet conduces 10 prolonged thought
ana requires only moderate mdacular5
exertion. One of the boastg of its al
mirezs ~ that the game necessitates no
change b costume. either before 0r
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06
The Poatomce q Sea.

The system OF railway postoffices has
been found q successful, and q NEAR
Of saving SO much valuable time, that
It has been extended to the t~ransatlan-
tic steamships. This was begun under
MI. Wsallalnaker's administration as
postmaster general, but SO far mail
clerks have only been placed on the
American ships running to SOuthamp-
ton and on the German ships that 60
to Bremen and Hamburg.
On each OF the vessels of the lines
mentioned large stateroOms have been
set aside and fitted out for the use OF
the postal clerks. Big racks OF pigeon
holes stand up against the walls, and
the mail pouches hang from stands in
the center OF the room. In these post
Offices the clerks work from eight to ten
hours a day during the entire voyage,
distributing the malls by cities and
states, when coming this way, and by
railroad lines when going to- Germany.
On each ship there lis one American
clerk, one German clerk, and q German
assistant. The American Isl in charge
going eastward, and the German has
charge Of things coming this way.
These clerks, OF course, are ,men OF
energy aud intelligence. They are the
best material taken from the postal
services OF both countries. The Ger
mans wear gaudy uniforms with mill
tary caps and swords. and are called
BY the hgh-sounding narne Of "Reichs
Post Secretaer." The American calls
himself 4 stsea post clerk z spite
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

OF the lack Of gold braid AMI side-arins,
however. the Americans are the most
reliable men. It Is said that when the
Elder went on the rocks on the coast
OF Ireland last year the ssRetchs Fost
Secretaer' grabbed his sword and
made for the tfe-boats. The Ameri-
can stood to his business. and did not
leave his post until he had 0rerseen
the transfer of the mails from the leak
ing ship to d tug. These sea post clerks
handle about 100000 letters and go
sacks Of papers each trip; but In De-
cember and January their work Is al.
most doubled.-Harper's Young People.
Another Tune.
The presidential campaign of 1883
was hotly waged, and the outcome
disappointed the hopes Of many, as,
indeed, must be true OF every election.
In some parts Of the South, confidence
in Mr.. Cieyeland's success was bound.
less, and the supremacy OF the Demo
cratic party undoubted.
In a large Georgian city, writes a
correspondent, this expectation was SO
well settled that a cannon was planted
and loaded. ready to be discharged
when the decisive news should come.
But the w~ished-f0r returns never ar
rived, and in the still night-watches
the work of the patriotic Democrats
was supplanted by their gathering Re
publican friends, who pIacarded over
the mouth Of the cannon this expressive
sentiment:
"A charge to keep / have"
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are other fine strokes beside


Tine "Spltce' Shot.
the jump, such as splitting or "slic.
ing" and an expert player finds him.
self, with the. new apparatus, able to
give as much side OF English" tG
his rubber ball as a billiard
players of the worries. These strokes
are sufficiently illustrated by the dia.
grams.
The new croquet has a vocabulary
Of its " which is blind enough to
the uninitiate.. Here IRE some Of the
terms:
To Roquet-To hit with ones ball
another ball for the first time.
To CrOquet-To place players ball
against the roqueted ball and then
striking his own ball, moving both.
Carom-A rebounding from an arch,
a stake or the border.
In Playa ball is In play so long as
points are made or balls hit in accord.
ance with the rules.
Dead Ball-A ball on which the play.
er has played since making a point.
It Is then dead to the player till he
makes another point or has another
turn.
Direct Shot-Roquet-This is 4 al.
rect shot. whether the ball in passing
to its destination does or does not a,
from q wire or a stake or the
border.
Drive or Block-English sRush"-A
roquet played SO as to send the OBJ
tect ball to some desired spot.
Quito drive the object ball to a de-
sired position by causing players ball
to hit on one side.
Run or Rreak-The making Of q
number OF naints in the same turn.
Set Up-To locate the balls SO as to
afford facility for making the next
point or run.
Wiring-To leave the hall so that tie
next player fnds a wire or stake be-
tween his ball and the object ball.
Object Ball-The ball at which the
player aims.
Jump Substituting the ball SO as
TO make it Jump over any Obstacle be-
tween 1t and the object aimed at. TO
do this the ball should be struck with
considerable force on the top just back
OF the center.
Guilty or danger ball-The next MAY.
ed on the adversary's side.
Innocent Bal-The last bill nlaved III
the adversary.
Royer-A ball that has made All the
points except the last.
Tight lCroquet--Is holding with the
hand OF foot the ball placed against
another for the sake of croquet, thus
allowing only the latter to be moved.
Loose Croqnet-Is striking i ban
when u IS Id contact with another.
where II has been placed for the mr.
pose Ct croQuet, thus moving both
The scores are kept by an elaborate
system OF poiats. The best PLAYER IL
2 e y having the surest and most
delicate stroke, the best eye ma
mead mead and the quickest action. There
are prizes tor the winners which are
eagerly SOUGHT Tor.
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Personal Tribute.s

Initials may be made to stand for .
good many things which they were new
er intended to indicate. Everything de-
ponds upon the ingenuity Of the reader.
An old negro servant who had MOTTO
ed "Washington, D.. Co." stamped upon
envelopes received by his mistress, said
n day: s B..
I jess like to know. Mis- Hannah,
wy dey alus put dem letters D. O.
after the name OBJ Wash'n'ton, on dem
e~nvlopesg"
What do you suppose they stand
for?' inquired the mistress, who always
enjoyed the old mans answers.
IVY" said Sambo, after a moments
reflection, US been tinkin' dey mos
likely stood fer Daddy oh his Country
but I want 'xactly sure and sartin but
wat dey might mean some udder ting;
fer Wash'n'ton he vas a great man,
and pears like dere's q mons'ous deal
to be said bout him."
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

"A young woman 81 Oregon has -
complished wha: tne Oast sxp~1snes0
fanciers hare t,cen aaable % dol thas
10, the domestic propagation % the Den
~ pheasant She hAs famed the .ilo
young chicks 80 that they i wfllip1
eo feed among tho domestic fowl aa1
id not fry Il escape 70 the N.,oass and
dhclls. she has four pheasant hans Ia
captivity and puts their eggs under .
domestic fowl. Ii IS the opinion Of ex-
perts that the chicks hatchcd from eggs
1nid III the phcasant's native nest in
- fields and Matched Nv = domestic
.EoW1 will neysr he TIMED.
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NERVE THE CHIEF NECESSITY.
what a Female Paraehuttst S9x Or
Z Her Way Of Earning q. Lying.

what a Female 4ParaehutistS4S or
Her Way of Earning a4Ltfing.
AIMING the lady pSrachutists' Of
Londoa, where the occupation seems to
be somewhat in vogue, is Mime. Craw-
ford. Her experience would have
cured most of her sex Of any wild de-
sire for adventure. She has made 1O7
ascensions, has had three ribs broken
and her spine injured. But the pas
sion for p%arachuting burns strongly
yet. The only stock required to begin
the business, Nine. Crawford says, Is
nerve. She modestly remarks that she
has never had the feeling known as
fear. She has never made an ascent
Of less than 5000 feet and has gone as
high as 1900. She uses the h0t-air
balloon which whizzes her up into the,
air faster than the average trains bear
their passengers over the surface Of
the earth. She travels faster in the
descent-more than q mile q minute,
according to the New York WorM
When the air beneath the folds Of the
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

The Comtesse de Montebello, wife of
the French ambassador at st. Peters
burg, has sent to Nine. Carnot as the
representative Of French women a book
containing portraits in water colors
Of t~wenty-four groups Of Russian
women, 5000 autograph signatures,
and a draft for $4,000 francs to found
a scholarship in q French college for
girls. The volume is sumptuously
bound and its corners Of gold are Or
namented with rare gems.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

The University Of Lille, France, is
said to be the first institution of learn
ing on the continent to add q depart
ment Of journalism. Able Dr.. Cooten
will read lectures on the great editors
Of England and Germany. Prof. Gaud
will lecture on law governing the press,
and NJ. Tavermer, Of the Paris unlvers,
will speak upon the duties of newspa-
per men and the way a paper is print
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STICKS TO HER HUSBAND.
"A Good looking Street singer w.
Earns = Comfortable Living.

A Good looking street Singer VIZ
EARNS : Comfortable Living.
"A comfortably constructed invalid
carriage pushed BY q sweet faced younp
woman who would have been taken
for Il daughter OF the occupant OF tia
carriage, rolled up on the pavement
In front OF the Sixth street entrance
to the Palace Hotel, Cincinnati, tia
other evening. The corridor OF the no
tel and the pavement were thronged
with guests OF the hotel. All were
watching this curious couple. The cal.
riage stopped and the Young woman
took a position alongside it. The g.
cupant Of the carriage ~unstrapped q
mandolin from his back. Soon the
great crowd was listening to Summer
will Come Again" which the younr
woman sung with all the grace Of 4
professional, being accompanied by the
occupant Of the carriage on the mando-
lin, which e handled in really excellent
style. Several songs followed, the con.
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w 49, ~
He Came to Her With IL.

He Came to Her With IL. 4
he certainly deserved one, and he got
something much better than any med
al, and that was a poem by Robert
Browning who made him celebrated.
One day a little beggar child was
sitting on the edge Of the quay, just as
so maay do in New York in this hot
weather. She was playing with her
doll, and singing to herself and having
4 nice time, SO that she forgot how near
she was to the edge, and all at once
she lost her balance and fell into the
water. 5
The poor child ned al she fell
in and the people on the dock all rush.
ed to the edge and looked over, but the
water was very deep, ten or twelve feet
and the current very strong, SO that the
men were afraid to jump in after the
poor little girl, who was drowning be-
fore their eyes,. To be sure they had
to thi.k Of their own wives and child
rem before risking their lives to save
her. While they were all calling on
each other for help, and none willing to
be the n to come forward a dog ran
UP. He was not afraid and he did not
stop one minute to think about wheth-
er he would get drowned.
He saw the child struggling in the
water and he leaped over at once. He
Owed down to the bottom, then he
rose nea her and in a minute he had
her tight and swan with her to the
land.
The people took her from him and
she stood on the pier dripping with wa
ter. Then they turned to Tray and
praised him, but he was gone. He had
jumped over again.
They were surprised. They thought
another child must have fallen In with
out their seeing II, but they were quite
willing that Tray should have all the
responsibility Of saving 1t. This time
Tray was q long time under the water.
They began to wonder what had be-
come Of him. but no one thought Of
doing anything to help the brave dog.
They did not even throw a rope out
that he could have caught In his teeth
although the current ran very strong
where he had gone down. However.
ne did come up to the surface In time
and then they saw he had something In
his mouth.
He came slowly to shore al he was
very tired. He had been down to the
very bottom OF the river and fished up
the doll which the little girl had IN her
hand when she fell over, and now he
came to her with II. It was just as
good In Tray to a v the doll as to
save the child, but the people Mushed
at him, except the little girl. Tray
trotted home. He did notsknow what .
hero he was or how much better than
the people who thought themselves 80
much wiser than q dog, and vet would
not run q risk Of hurting themselves to
DO what he had done without thinking
Of himself ut aIl.
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An idea Of the importance of the
respiratory glands may be gained
from the number. On the back, breast
and legs there are abou. 500 to the
square inch; ON the neck, face and back
OF the hands, about 1000; on the palm
Of the hand, about 2,700. The total
cu1L her in the human body is estimated
ut 100000, and IL the minute tubes
were Strengthened their total length
would be over two and a half miles.
They form the sewerage Of the human
system.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

Little Archie Cowley of Dellwood,
Mimi, is probably the youngest rail-
way manager in the world. Archie
is but seven years old, but he controls
an entire electrical road. It is true that
the road is but one-tenth Of a mile
In length, nevertheless 1t is fitted out
just Al completely as any road that Is
u by grown persons. Archie is presi-
dent, secretary, conductor, brakeman
and motorman, while his sisters and
playmates are the passeng RS. The road
was built for Archie by his father,
who is q st. Paul banker.
There are three cars on the road
one motor car and two passenger cars
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

The Cramp company, Of Philadelphia
which built the new war ships, de-
clared a dividend Of 10 per cent in ad-
dition to it's regular quarterly dividend
Of 2 per cent. out Of the bonuses, it
has earned from the government on
the excess Of speed in the cruisers over
that required in the contract.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

There are now $40 school savings
banks in this country. Pennsylvania
takes the lead, hut some very flourish
Ing banks of this kind have been es-
tablished in Colorado, Kansas and
interest is always allowed on deposits
Of So and over.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

Henry Irving, the actor, is the first
Englishman to send a contribution to
the sufferers by the forest fires in this
vicinity. He has cabled a donation Of
$500, to be used at the discretion Of
those in charge Of relief work. The
act is a generous and unlooked-for one,
and will long be remembered to the
actors credit.
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possible method of play IS a special
feature with some players, and not in
frequently they are relieved from an
otherwise inextricable position BY a
timely jump shot by which a ball from
a peculiar downward stroke Of the
mallet may be made to pass over one
or more intervening arches and cap.
ture" a ball supposed to be safe from
all danger.
There are other fine strokes beside
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A Pretty Picture.

pie being handsomely repaid by the
hotel guests. The sweet-faced young
woman and the invalid carriage with
it's burden proceeded on. Few who
saw the couple knew that they We're
husband and wife. Harry l.. Blake is
the name of the mandolin player, says
the Enquirer. He is about forty years
Of age while his wife is at least twenty
years his Junior. He was a brakeman
for the Oregon Navigation Railroad
Company, and lost a leg while employ
ed by that company, besides sustaining
other injuries. They have Travelled all
over the country, he and his wife en-
tertaining thousands in their travels.
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90 Motors - street Cars.

United States Consul Mason, q
Frankfort Germany, reports further
upon the use Of gas motors ii Europe
for the propulsion Of street cars, and
pronou1lces ii successful. IN England,
BE states, gas IL found TO be 80 much
cheaper than electricity on horses that
new departure n the propulsion OF
5cars i thorght To he at hand. The
ann0tor can be adjusted to cars built
1br other methods az traction and Ii
afnOrOughly enlcient, running quietly,
without SuaokS m Steam, and always
ontIcLBee1fitnOre Sun.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

Freemasonary is in a flourishing con-
dition in India. Under the Grand
Lodge Of England there are forty-two
lodges in Bengal, forty-two in Bonn
bay, eight in Burmah and twenty-five
in Madras. Under the Grand Lodge
of Scotland there are thirty-three
lodges making a total of ISL lodges.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

The New York Herald very properly
asks for another chance for the pneu-
matte dynamite guns on the vesuvius.
It does seem strange that guns that
have stood thorough tests on shore
should be condemned for naval war
fare.
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There is = notice ii 4 London church
conveying Q polite hint that pennies
IRE not wanted in the collection bas-
ket.

lf y said that Ldttre, compiler Of the
monumental dictionary Of the French
language was the greatest literary toll
= Of modern times.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

The cholera Is spreading in Europe
East enough to var the health au-
thorides Of Atlantic ports to be pre-
pared for cholera ships. There will
be no excuse at New York for any de-
lay In the quarantining Of passengers
Of infected vessels.
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Make. !. Pet q : Rattle.nakc.

The fool killer would greatly add to-
his reputation for efficiency by at once
getting IN his work on this man, told
q U the Princeton Ky.l Banner: Last
Friday, near Friendship, while James
Thomas was out huating, lie found a.
large rattlesnake Id the brush. WIN
Lamb captured the reptile with his
hand, and carried 1t to- the house, where
he turned 1t loose. Then he picked II
up and put 1t LII ID box, but when he
Iloosed 4 Il struck ut him, md barely
missed nus hand, the poison squirting
aiI over his fingers. The snake Isl now
al Lag Mitchelrs. where 1t is kept IN
3 Dox. Its fangs have not been drawn,
ING y y a most dangerous pei. 0ris-S
vile CourieraJournal.
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Plunged Violently Downwara.
parachute Is sufficient to turn 1t inside
out the result Is disastrous. Nine,
Crawford describes one such expert
q The ropes got tangled with her
feet and jerked her hold from the bar.
= plunged violently downward" sayS
the Lady. Il saw q huge tree directly
under me and / reached out my hands
to catch q limb but I missed it and
struck fairly on my feet, fell over and
tainted away.
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n Another sense.

Mr.. Oldst, lei DOM think that q col
lege education amounts 10 much.
Mr.. Sparerod-Don,t Syou? Well, you
ought to foot my boys bills and see.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

desk, for example. BY experimenting
all sounds of the .gamut can be pro-
duced.
BY looking at the cut you will OBJ
serve that the index finger shows the
manner in which this is accomplished.
Various airs can be played after some
practice with this primitive instrument.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

There are, lays q New York newspa-
Per, about ten Afro American lawyers
In New York, thirteen In Boston and
Q than twenty-five in Chicago.
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n HnrmOny.

Jess-What was the subject Of Dr..
Thirdly's wedding grafton?
Bess-'Beh0ld how great o matter i
little spark kindIeth.n