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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
. THANKSGIVING HYMN.

For bud and for bloom and for balm-laden
breeze.
Fer the singing OF birds from the hills to
For the beauty Of dawn and the bright
ness of noon,
For the light in the night of the stars and
the moon.
We praise Thee, gracious God.
For the sun-ripened fruit and the billowy
For the orange and apple, the corn and the
ane
For the bountitul harvest now gathered
and stored.
That by Thee in the land of the nations
were poured.
We praise Thee gracious God.
For the blessings of friends, for the old
and the new.
For the hearts that arc trusted and trusting
and true,
For the tones that we love, for t he light of
the eye.
That warns with a welcome and glooms
with goodbye.
That the desolate poor may find shelter
and bread,
That tn, the sick ;sk may be 'omfor'ed' nonrished
That the sorrow may cease Of the signing
and sad.
That the spirit bowed down may be lifted
and glad.
We pray Thee, plying Lord.
For the blessings of earth and of air and
of sky
That fail on US all from the Father on high.
For the crown of all blessings since bless
ing begun,
For the gift, the unspeakable gift" Of
Thy son,
We praise Thee, generous God.
s.. E. Adams, in the Century.
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pupils Of my father, but very few OF
chem were able to last Ions. would
purposely leave my guard down 10
i've them every chance, q tney
seemed to be afraid to accept it. Mrs.
I.anetrv il the best American lady
fencer. She took lessons, though, for
three years, and there is no reason
whv she should not be good. Mrs. L.
A. Havemeyer was very clever and SO
was Rose Ccughlan. Marie Tempest,
who is now studying, will be very
skillful in a few weeks time for she
displayed great aptness from the
first"
SOME WHO HAVE TAKEN LESSONS.
Actresses who have taken Lessons
are as q rule more self-confidens than
other women. Probably their stage
training has made them this way, and
then, too, they generally take them
with a view to use it in their plays, so
it is much q matter of business with
them.
The fencing costume OF q woman
consists of a waist, q pair OF panta-
lettes and a skirt. They are all made
OF the lightest material and fit loose
~. The skirt and p~antalettes only
cometo the knee, and stockingsshould
only be worn to within three inches OF
the knee-cap, &C as to permit OF that
Joint bending freely at all times. .
Such q costume made of blue serge
should not cost more than $40. Suits
of fancier material would, of course,
come higher. For the implements OF
warfare, the foils. ordinary kind, the
outlay ia 81, the mask $3.50, the
gloves So, the shoes 5. This makes
the entire outfit about $25.
Within thepast few years, sincefenc.
ing has becomeso popular all over the
country, plays have been constructed
around contests with the foils, in
which, when woman is one ofths com
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
Not Red Hot.

A little, knot of townsmen were
wont to prolons their drinking bouts,
and whom there was noslaw closing
public houses at IL p. NJ. in Scotland,
these sedsrunts extended not seldom
far on into the morning hours. To
try and check the doings Of the topers
on one occasion, Mt the hour when the
couple of candles had nearly expired,
there was no gas in our town in those
days = spectre of human build, but
robed in white. and carrying alantern
under the enveloping sheet 90 as to
produce q diffused red light, stalked
solemnly into the gloomy room, and
stood in what was hoped would be q
terror-striking silence. As gravely a.
1t he rose to meet some mourner, one
OF tho tipsy crew stood up on his feet.
Forming q bubble Of saliva on his LIP,
he poised il on the tip OF his middle
finger, and, projecting it toward the
supposed emissary OF terror in q way
that most boys understand and
occasionally practice when in vulgar
est mood, the swaying drunkard shot
the moisture hard at the glimmsring
sheet and figure, with the one remark,
Scottice: "Ye're q guide while DOT or
ye'd have fizzed."-The Spectator.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
TALKED TO SLEEP.

How the Goddess Justltia po..
Thinss In the Lone Star state.
1--WE don't pa'ley long with the mur.
derers in Dur State" said a solemn
looking man in Broad Street Station
recently to a Philadelphia Press re,
porter.
"What state is that?" 1 asked.
"Texas," he replied. ave list give
q man q fair trial an thar it ends. If
he is acquitted, all right; an if he's
convicted he hangs, by thunder"
'"That so?"
eyes, sub. :It'svAry-ss seldom we let
'em escape us. Jist. 1Aeioah 1 came
East I saw a ma convicted in a pc.
culiar way" -:
"Ahl You don't sayl Let me have
the story, will youf"
ut was an ordinary case. Jake
Saunders stole a hoss, an when Glib
Welsh, the deputy sheriff, tried to nab
him Jake pinged him. He was arrest
ed and the ~prosecutin' attorney
made out q fine case against him.
He had the thing all his own way,
cause Jake's lawyer could not pro.
duce anything in defense; and we all
thought it was sure hang for Saunders
when his attorney got up to arey.
BY thunderl I never heard a man
talk so much in all my life. Hour
after hour, sub, he talked. Thejudge,
the jury, prosecutin' attorney, prison.
or and everybody else got tired listen.
in to him, an one by one fell asleep"
"What! Oh, say"
eyes, sub, they fell asleep one by
one; but still Jake's lawyer spoke on,
Begin an pleadin' for is clients life,
till he had talked about Is hours"
Thirteen hours?"
eyes, sub. Pom my shonah. Well,
AZ I was sayin,' he talked Ii hours,
an then when he quit a cou't officer
went 'roun' an woke up the jedRe,
jury an attorneys. It didn't take the
~prosecutin' attorney long to sum up
an the jedge delivered his charge in q
few words; then the jury retired. They
were out only five minutes"
And they convicted Saunders, Of
c~ourse?"
"No, sub. They acquitted him an
convicted his lawyer. An believe
me or not, sub. they hung him that
same night" -t-5... F.:
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NY he is CALLED "sockLEss"

A Story From an Official Source 40
To How He Secured the sobri-
quot,
"There are thousands Of persons
who wonder why l am called "Sock-
less' Simpson," said that representa-
tive Of the State OF Kansas to an
acquaintance. "But there are very
few who know the real reason. l was
q young fellow with considerable
fondness for the society of young
ladies, and was very proud Of my
feet" The Congressman stretched
out his neatly cased pedal sxtremities
for the inspection OF his friends, and
glanced at. them with pride. 1--WE all
used to wear tight boots" he con-
tinued, sometimes so tight as to be
very uncomfortable. There was q
fellow who had q foot just a trifle
smaller than mine. He could wear
boots q size smaller than ], and q
mutual acquaintance, who, by the way,
was young lady. spoke about it TO
me one evening. l was in the habit
Of wearing heavy wooden socks, and /
knew that if l should take them on I
could wear smaller boots. To my
great joy, l found, on trying, that I
could wear q size smaller than my
rival, and l at once purchased a pair.
l went to call that evening as usual,
and found him there, proud in the
possession of feet smaller than mine.
The subject came up-I believe I
started it-about the size of our
boots, and he eagerly accepted my
challenge to a measurement. OF
course ] won, and he seemed to feel as
badly over it as if he had lost q horse
race. But the bootmaker who Was in
possession OF my secret gave me
away and the boys all got on to the
story. "Do I wear socks nowi I
should say that I do."-Chicago
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
A ROMANCE SPOILED.

M#EggW"-.,@-H
The Bicyclist Discovered That the
Fascinating Lady. I'm BloOmers Was
His Cook. ~ "
A cycling omance has been spoiled,
and 50 has a cycling costume, in one
Of the plcasantest suburbs Of South
London. Last Sunlcy morning as a
gentleman was Whcs lg his way along
his favorite country lane, he gradually
overlook a lady bicyclist attired in the
rational costume which, for a wonder,
became her well. Elegantly cut, fault
lessly finished, the fair riders attire,
from hat to CATERS, spoke the lady
so far, at least, as style went-andl the
critical spectator was fast becoming
q convert, to the aesthetic claims. Of
the new fashion, when the fair rider
ditch at the side Of the road. Quickly
he rushed to her assistance, helped her
to her feet and busted her carefully
down, the while she thanked him In
stammering accents Tor his courtesy.
That voice! he thought, where had he
heard it before? And he lifted his eyes
to hers. OF course he had heard those
~tones-they were his cooks. He for
got all about the damaged bicycle. flung
himself on his own Mtsty steed and fled
home to- his wife. II
Inquiries showedsthat the errant. do
mestic had a friend in service whose
mistress was q bicyclist, md In the alb
sence Of her employers from town she
had allowed. the cook to borrow both
bicycle and costume Wherewith to cut
a dash. Bnt the turn OF the wheel
-. "a ..-A . 49, - 49, ~. $500.
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Descended From Kfnxs.


1t is not known by many that Mr..
Gladstone claims direct, descent from
Henry ILL.,, king Of England, and from
Robert Bruce. king of Scotland.
Among his ancestresses, too, is Lady
Jane Beaufort, who married King
James l., OF Scotland. The latter,
while captive at Windsor, became ac-
quainted with Lady Jane, and the
young couple were welded at the old
Church OF St. Savior, at the South
wick foot OF London bridge. When
released from captivity James took
his bride to share his Scottish throne.
After his assassination his widow,
disconsolate for q time, married Sir
James Stuart, and from line to line, at
last descended Anne Robertson. who,
in April, 1900, married John Glad
stone, father Of the grand old man.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

Breakfast hominy Of to-day Is a very
different matter from the southern
hominy additionally associated with
hor. The earlier hominy was true
Cracked corn" heree doubtless corn
cracker' and Cracker" II was cooked
gently ar MI ii. enriched with butter,
seasoned with salt and served smoking
ana snow white. AZ thus prepared the
the Southers hominy y delicious
ar. not especially for brsakfast, but
s.ae 4 yeeetab1e,'. % the phrase goes,
- Afnner itsis sweet. rich. beautiful
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

O6kHuUS, Suo uoV6F ltllS tO WIN.
PARIsIENNEs UNUSUALLY CLEVER.
Sarah Bernhardt and other French
actresses haye introduced such scenes
with great success. Miss Tempest's
new opera, 1.-THE Fencing Master"
hinges upon q combat. with rapiers.
Many fashionable Paris doctors pre-
scribe fencing for their patients, but
there are q host of pretty Parisiennes
who do not take this severe treat
ment for health's sake alone, but
from a genuine fondness for the diver
sion. It is SAID to be as, onishing how
skillful Partisan women become in the
use Of the tolls. They = fair rivals
of the celebrated woman duelist
Maupin, who stretched six or seven
adversaries on the greensward under
the deft lunge OF, her napier. Some
French woman-hater-and they say
there are such creatures even in
France-has said: 1.-THE trickery,
delicacy, deception Of woman's char
acter finds good expression for itself
Mofct, art II encing.'
Motrli can ntyre, who is so we'll
know an fs English opera-goers and
Amens who he have heard her over
there q pupils sof' Bertrand in fencing.
Among theprofessional women fencera
in France should be mentioned Nine.
Emile Merignac. She has sustained
bouts with the most skilful masters
of the art and has established repu-
tation worthy ofenvy at the Nouveap
Cirque Ind as Bordeaux. Nantes and
Rheims by her admirable sword play.
Without losing any Of her elegant
grace she can repel a sharp attack
with the rapier. Mime. Gabriel, wife
Of the assistant fencing master of St.
Cyr, has also won much applause by
her grace and skill. Mile Marcelle Is
equally we'll known. She is by sheer
force Of Temperament . lively fencer,
and her work is marked by a
much boldness as i mans. Mime.
Constant Salon, whose husband
10 fencing master at tho Turf club
Cairo, has made for herself q great
reputation as q teacher of fencing,
and scores of young European women
in Egypt have profited by her instruc-
ton. Nine. Pouyet, in a fencing
match at Agen, had as her adversary
one OF the best masters OF fencing ii
the French army, and she came out oil
tho contest in flying colors. Nine.
Paoli-Foresto, wife of the professor in
Florence, Italy, is also a fine fencer
and has q ready eye for an attack.
As for Bernhardt, she is not to be
compared with her son, Maurice as q
master Of the foil, but she il. expert
enough to detect and applaudfhe fine
worksin her wiry sons sword play.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
Ahead Of society.

Little Miss D'Avnoo-My mamma IL
10 partic'lar Shout bein' in good form
that she has learned to eat with her
fork in her left hand without spillin'
q bit.
Boy-Huh! That's nuthin'. There's,
4 man at the museum wot can hold.
his fork between his toes, an. eat q
Mhels meal that Way.-Good NeWA
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

That DIR. Holmes was q typical Yam
kee in undemonstratyeness was shown
In the meeting with his son who was
wounded at Ch~ancellorsville. For
many days he had sought the captain
on the fields and In the hospitals, and
at Last learned that he was on a train
that was carrying the wounded to
WashinRton. He entered the car, saw
thep bale face OF his wounded boy, and
they cIasped hands with = Hello, cap"
and q Hello, dad"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
TURKEY.

The day Of 1easTinS draweth nigh,
And scores Of ] turkeys soon must die.
Get one that's yol ing and sweet and fat.
And stuff it 1OH of this and that.
With fruits and bepries sauces make
And add preset Yves and pies and cake.
Ask friends and V inbred all to come,
And spend Than sgiving at your home
Let not the car IS Of life distress
But fill each gucst with happiness.
Revive the JOYS of youthful days..
And for tn ] blessings offer praise.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

1t is estimated that the energy OF the
average lightning stroke Is equal to that
generated by az1OO horsepower engine
in ten hours Of constant work. This
looks formidable, but the number of
lightning rods to be run up for 1896
will be found to keep pace with the
growth Of the country.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

Mecca, the Turkish holy city, is de-
scribed rs q place Of in~expressible filth
and the source Of disease, and the pill
grims who visit the place In incredible
numbers every year distribute cholera
and other epidemics throughout Asia,
and Europe. When the powers come
to take Turkey in hand for the out
ages in Armenia they should insist also
ON the sanitation Of Mecca and the
quarantining Of the pilgrims.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

81 According to the new state constitu-
ton adopted, New York city hereafter
will hold it's municipal elections separ-
ately, and not on the day when a gov
ernor or president Is chosen. The state
election will be held In years Of even
date and the municipal election il the
Years Of odd number.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

1t is maintained "a a curious fact that
one Of the moons Of Mars rises in the
west and sets In the east. This must
be for the benefit Of poets and novel
lists, who are apt to picture the new
moon as climbing gracefully into view
on the wrong side Of the sky.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

only about 5000 copies OF the me
moars OF Jefferson Davis, written by his
wife, were sold, and the COMPANY which
published the work failed. what a con
trast to the demand for Gen. Grants
memoirs, which made both his family
and the publishers rich.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

George Meredith, whose novels sell
well In this country, predicts a brilliant
literary future for America. The au-
thor Of 'Trilby" win agree with him,
but then Du Maurier is 4 Yankee him
self by birth.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
BoTTNEAU. NolTH DAKOTA

This has been The year Of disastrous
forest fires, with heavy loss Of life and
property, and yet II Ii BY no means
certain that 9 state Legislature any
where will give the subject any in
teiiisent attention next winter.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

The killing of Riordan by Fitzsim-
mons by 4 chance blow in a sparrirg
contest wifi strengthen the determine
ton Of the public to do away with such
exhibitions by professionals for gain.
the profession Of pugilism has received
an injury from which it will not re-
cover in q hurry.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

Japan is buying in this country sup
plies Of corned beef for its armies and
$4,000 worth OF cast-iron pipe for the
Toxic water works. The disposition of
the United States to mind its own bust
ness gives 1t some important trade adj
vantages over the leading powers Of
Europe.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

Just as the pugilists have arrived at
a modus vivendi the base ball people
begin to talk about their combinations
Tor 1895. The tornado a is over,
but the atmosphere is not often becalm-
ed in this country.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

The noble horse continues to be in a
state Of temporary eclipse. They have
= horse show in New York, hut the re-
ports have seen nothing in it yet ex-
cept bewilderingly lovely gowns and
bonnets that are dreams.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
LIE MATTRE BARNES.

LIE MATTRE DARMES.
md every sort of dance from the
slow dreamy, sensuous writhe of the
spanish maiden to the lively, rackety
kicking of the Gaiety girl was in order.
Fencing will be revived this year and
practiced more than ever before.
This accomplishment is quite COM
mon among the young French and
German women, and some of them
Ire as skillful as their big, lithabroth-
srs who fight duels for honor's sake
Or choose that way of settling diff
!erences with q troublesome class.
mate at the university.
Last winter young women who be-
lieved they were created for some
thing more than merely following
fashions tickle folly took up this
snort at first as q new fad,. but they
became so interested and delighted
with it that before spring the class
had grown to such proportions that
the fencing-master was compelled to
refuse new scholars at one time. True,
last winter was not the first that
ladies had been known to show inter-
est in the art, but the classes of pre-
vious winters were exceedingly small
as compared with it. They realized
that fencing gives exercise to all the
mus, lies of the body, without the vio-
lence attending manly sports. It cul-
tivated the eye to quick action and
the mind to ready thinking. All parts
of the human frame, from the brain
to the feet, are in constant
motion all the time. The tension
never relaxes so long as the other
fellow, or girl, stands with foil in air.
You don't know what minute you're
going to be jabbed in the ribs or else
where and that's what keeps you
constantly on the qui vive. Fencing
does all that lawn tennis does, and
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

Upon hearing the report that John l..
Sullivan was dead, a GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
correspondent sent the following laconic
message: John L. Sullivan passed
through GAINESVILLE this afternoon. He
was not even drunk" Then he must
be ILL.,.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

This is not q good year for municipal
rings. Mr.. Sutro, the new mayor of
San Francisco, had four competitors,
but he led by 1900, and had a major,
tty over Ill the others combined. More
than any other man in the city he is
dreaded by the bosses, and his admins
tration viii probably be Of general in
terest.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
Mystery Explained.

Teacher-What was the reason our
ancestors did not have any knowledge
of the earth being round? Speak out,
Johnnie. RI T.
Johnnie-Perhaps it was because they
didn't have any school globes In those
days.-Texas Strings.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

player occasionally has a breathing
spell. @ ~
CHIEF DIFFICULTY WITH THE WRIST.
=: Women find most difficulty id cub
tivating strength in the wrist. Their
bodies are supple enough and they are
quick enough on their feet, for allthat
they have learned in the ballroom.
But a woman's wrist is proverbially
weak, and it takes q mighty lot Of
work to make it strong. Those who
saw Miss Julia Senac and
Miss Jeanette Perie gave their fenc-
ing exhibitions at the Casino roof
garden, in New York, some weeks ago
will not be inclined to scout the idea
OF woman's ability to fence. The
spirited contests between those two
young women were quite exciting and
realistic enough to satisfy the desire
of any person in search of genuine
amusement. They used often to end
their battles with many black and
blue spots on their arms whore the
points had been scored.
Miss Senac is probably tho finest
woman encerinthis country ,although
when it is considered that her father
is fencing master, the hast in America,
and a graduate of ~ French school, il
is not tos be marveled at.
Miss Senac is endowed with all
the ease and. grace Of the TrsnchWo-
man, and she, has the strength and
power Of endurance Of q ~ HAs
wrist IS IS muscular and reliable -
most mems, and when she and her
father are engaged IN . lively contest
1t is difficult to believe that = woman
can endure such a strain.
In speaking to a New York World
man Of women learning to fence Miss
senac said the other day: t'T,hey
don't have the confidence to 20 il
hard just as they would at tennis or
bowls. They are afraid Of being jab.
bed with the, foil: There is no reason
why American ladies should notlearn
to fence as we'll as French or German
or English ladies. They are as we'll
set up physically as others, but they
haven't the nerve to 60 in.
q have fenced with some Of the
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
BLAKE'S THANKSGIVING.
BY CHAS. A:0EEAU HARGER.

f deserves string
in'up an he'll hev
ter take it. too,"
exclaimed the tall
est OF thegroup of
cowboys gather
ed near Fleegle's
store on the raw
November morn
ing.
Eyes, thar's got
ter be some order
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
salutlng ~Thundsrbolt.

N5~.r N&[ VA E#3
II iss customary il tho town Of Quito,
when q visitor takes Of his hat upon
entering . room, to beg him to put it
on again; and, in the absence Of per-
mission, leave 10 generally requested.
This, it ID said, arises from apprehen-
sion that cold will be taken by re-
naming uncovered. The same per-
sons-upon going ont of doors take Oh
their hats TO flashes of lightning, no
matter whether rain is falling; and,
when the streets are busy and lieht-
ming is abundant, q grotesQue effect ID
produced BY these salutations, which
seem to beregarded as duty BY we'll
behaved persons, and ara performed
- punctiliously a. the homage which;
y paid to rslikious ~proeesslons.
Sensittxe.
eve been inalltedy, exclaimed Tnn.
kins, Indignantly
What's the matter?.s
.McFazxle told q friend that I had
gotten % / really believed some Of the
stories / tell. It's an outrageous at
front. Why, It's equivalent to calling,
me a COMPOUNDED idiot ..-Wasllngtons
Star.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30
In the Front Row.

| VI S1V0 - 0sO"S TIT
Hokes: I saw old Sportson at a
revival the other night.
Stokes: BY Jove! You don't say
10. He must have got religion.
Hokes: Well-it was the revival of
| the "Black Crook"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-30

s.I've been insnltedss exclaimed mi
kins. indiannntly.
'tStayw cried Pocohontas.

cFIe0 FOc0nOnta6. S
The obedient father paused.
"Do you realize said she. ssthat n
yen undertake the job OF killing 70
Al the John Smiths you Won't even
1eye time to eAt?'-IndianapoliSs Jeuys