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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19

The Old Man Who Lives Up a Tree.
ed to the solitary life chosen by the
strange old hermit. He c%ultivates a
few acres Of l. nd to meet his simple
wants and the adjacent river and for.
est afford him an ample supply Of fish
and game for food and to sell in the
town market. He never. leaves his re-
treat except when compelled by his
necessities to sell farm produce and
game to supply him with food and
clothing. On his trips to town he
avoids all conversation, and to the
country round he is a veritable enigma.
Rogers is not the only person who
lives In a tree, for in Southern Asia
there is a whole race of tree-dweilers,
whose ethnic traits afford an interest
ing study. They are diminutive" in
size, wild in habits and inhabit the
most secluded forests, subsisting upon
the natural fruits and nuts to be found
In that tropical region. In point Of rea-
son and intelligence they occupy the
lowest status Of humanity, being little
removed from the monkey tribes. They
reach their rude houses by e Of
ladders made OF bamboo vines, which
they are said to climb with the agility
OF aLeS.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19

The people Of Meherrin, N. c., were
unanimously of the opinion that Zeb
Casey was the most 'ornery cuss' of
the entire family Of "po' white trash"
The Oldest inhabitant had never known
him to do any manner Of work, al
though there was an apocryphal ira
dition that his father once persuaded
him to "tote" a pail of water from
the public spring.
Sometimes he would pitch cents
with the fishermen along shore, but
only when they would chunk up" the
coin for him. He put in his time loung-
Ing about the wharves, Or sleeping in
the hot summer sun on the river bank,
and in "chawin' hacker" in all sea-
soDs.
When the CONSUMPTION reached Me
herrin during the war Zeb's number
was a fatal one, but the officer, who
knew him, refused point blank to have
him, insisting there was not enough in
him to make a target. Zeh's face was
"doughy,' his shanks spindling, his legs
bowed, and his body thin as a herring.
But his appetite never failed him, and
his special weakness was persimmons
In their season. If any of the boys
would agree to knock them down for
him he would sometimes be persuaded
to go with them to the grove just be-
yond the village, yet he greatly pre-
ferred to have the fruit brought to
him. .s-' '~
His laziness was supreme. once as
he lay stretched in a wagon-body look
ing IN info tho vacant Skv a hornet
buZzed dangerously neal to his big right
hand and a passing negro warned him
Of his danger,
"Shoo i'm fer me-" drawled Zeb with
a yawn. r.
81 Twiddy, a good-natured fisherman,
was Zeb's ''pardner," and only sup
port. The two lived alone in a clap
board shanty close by the river, be-
meath a clump of low, spreading cy-
presses, 81 discharging all the house
hold duties as we'll as filling the larder.
Zeb did not have enough energy to
complain and so the two got along very
amicably together.
One day while fishing in the river
near the shanty 81 fell overheard and
If Zeb, who was on the shore, but a lit
tie distance away, had made the slight
est exertion he might have been res
cued. But such was not Zeb'S way,
and he lay beneath the shades of the
trees without motion while his friend
sank before his eyes.
Passing lightermen fished up the body
Of the dead man and bore it to the hut,
while Zeb looked On inertly. 81 being
a pauper, Bella Huffmire, the village
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
WOMEN ON SMOKING CARS.

Persistently Invading the Reserva-
ton Intended for Long-sunerinn
Men.
A few months ago a Philadelphia
street car companies began running
smoking cars in response to a popular
demand for them, says the New York
Evening Post. It has been found al
most impossible to keep women out of
these cars, and to make matters worse
the smokers, unable to resist the claims
of ~politeness, have been cheerfully sur
rendering their seats to the women.
Things have nov got to such a pass
that the latter have become masters of
the situation. DAY by day." says an
observer, "the feminine, travel upon the
smoking car has increased. That man
is lucky VINO a. now cling to the edges
OF the car and fondly hope that he may
smoke in peace, after the long journey
is over and he has reached the secluded
precincts Of his office or home. The
women not only claim the smoking
cars as their own, but they have begun
to stare cold1y at such men as now ven
ture timidly into the cars, which were
prepared especially for them" The
question whether the men have a right
to smoke in a smoking a in the pres
ence Of women has been settled by the
latter in the negative, and an offender
was actually elected from one of these
cars the other day by a man accom-
panying an indignant woman. What
makes the persistence Of the women
singular is that that the smoking cars
are much less comfortable and attrac-
tive than those provided for general
use. The Philadelphia newspapers are
courageously supporting the men in
this emergency, and urging them to
stand On their rights. 1.-The women
n newspaper makes bold to say,
must yield the cars to men or they
(the Women) must learn to smoke"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
LIVES IN AN OAK TREE.

A LOuisiana Mans Lonely Dwelling,
Miles From Any Other HabitatiOn.
An eccentric old fellow in Louisiana,
Tom Rogers by name, has his home IN
a tree. This quaint domicile is perched
among the low and larger branches of
an immense white oak on the Calcasieu
river, ear Lake Charles. While rec
esssrily constructed in a rambling and
cicular name in order to obtain a
suitable foundation for a cha nber OF
comfortable size, it shows ingenious
design and much strength. So str ,agly
and compactly is it built that it seems
a part Of the tree, and, according to the
New York World, there would De very
little danger of it's destruction except
by fire or the uprooting OF the monarch
oak by storm. It is several miles from
any other habitation and Is We'll adapt
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19

pressed with the idea that ~ioggings
were Indispensable, not only to the
proper discipline Of Holy" but also to
his health, peace of mind, and con
tentment of spirit. What is most ex.
traordinary is that he had brought the
negro to the same way of thinking.
or course it will be understood that
no disgrace was attached to such a pun.
ishment on the plantations, the only
peLalty being that Of physical suffering
and "Holy's' skin was as tough as that
Of an alligator: Those were days wheA
soldiers and sailors of the army and
navy were logged for petty offenses
and when tho rod and ferule We, g in
every school house in the land.
The trouble with Aholibamah was
his inability to govern that member
which wiser people than he ha I'VE had
difficulty in keeping under subsection.
He would Jaw" the overseer and get
up chickering's among his fellow slaves,
which frequently brought him back
into touch with the whip. Yet,
after all, in a majority of in
stances, he was thrashed upon
general principles and without any os-
tensible reason.
One bright June morning, when the
Wa1st-high corn might almost be seen
to shoot upward, so rapid was it's
growth, and the "hoe-hands' were fol-
lowing the plows to complete the chill
ing the old Squire came up and rode
IN front of the gang. Aholibamah touch
ed the brim of his ragged straw hat,
and then taking it off said respectfully,
with downcast sheepish eyes:
"Marse Matter, yOu's done been fur
git sone1n' dis mawnin', deed you is.
whats that you say?' demanded
b Squire sharply.
"Yaas, sub, Marse Maffer, rs done
been orful poly m de hoes been er
slippin' m er slippin' all dis Dressed
day. lesser tink, Marse Maffer, youse
did done furgit n Is jis' uncommon
mis'able."
"Why you chucklehead, if you don't
handle that hoe lively I'll bring this
whip about your shoulders, I can tell
you"
Oats jis' it, Marse Maffer, you done
furgit to lam me dis mawnin' m 1 nat
ally KANT git erlong 'dout hit. Eff you
m no foolin'."
u SA1IAC t1kC 0NuIIC ulS1IlOuI1lCu
and complied with the request, apply
ing the whip most vigorously. Adolf
bamah, following an unvarying rrule
of his race under such ordeals, writhed,
twisted, squirmed, roared, bawled,
pleaded piteously for mercy, declared
he was being killed, and insisted he
would never sin again as long as he iv-
ed. With the last blow the tears dried
as by magic, the groans ended abrupt
ly, and with a broad smile that COW
cred his entire face. he said:
'"T'anky, Marse Maffer, dat er sho'ly
good 'un, m rs peart es er cricket"
A moment later his stentor voice was
raised above all the rest in the singing
Of the familiar refrain:
'Possum up de gum tree, coon in de
holler,
Show me de man dat1l ketch EN- for
a dollar.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
Classy Lotus.

since his boyhood, is a clever writer
his best work perhaps being a play en-
titled 1.-THE Candidate" He is master
Of several languages, and has been en-.
gagged by Augustin DAILY as translator
and adapter. Cissy LOTUS, who was
christened Marie Cecilia LOTUS, is the
daughter of an English music hall sing.
er. She was educated in a Lancashire
convent, and, it is said, was not allowed
to visit a theater until she was IL
years of age. Her talents, however,
were cultivated, and when a manager
saw her limitations, which sometimes
surpass the original, she was at once
engaged. Success was almost instant.
aneous, and she became the rage in
London. She is a woman of average
height, with regular features AMI an
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19

married Emmet's sister and had de.
Tended as counsel leading United r.
ishmen, was among the imprisoned In
Dublin Castle, although he had return
ed from London only on the night OF
the revolt and knew nothing Of the
conspiracy. He was recognized In GO
ing through the street and was told
even the of his arrest. He was
released about a year later, and on
coming home was met at the door by
his wife. who was so surprised and
overjoyed at seeing him that she fell
dead in his arms. My authority for
this circumstance, which was unknown
to the family, was Sir Bernard Burke,
the Ulster King-at-Arms."
DIR. Emmett also said that he was
aware that DR.. Madden was formerly
of opinion that Emmet's grave was at
st. Michan's.
Picture Of the Execution.
In connection with the discussion the
remarks are quoted of Mr.. Flanagan,
the sexton Of st. Werburgh's, who
served in a yeomanry corps and was
present at Emmet's trial and execution.
He was." he said, "a very courage
GUS young man, and no one living can
describe the effect of his last speech
on the listeners. He walked back
wards and forwards in the dock-his
arms outstretched and his eyes blazing
with a wild. beautiful expression.
They gave him a short time; he was
escorted to Thomas street by the SOL
diers, and not one could come within
several hundred yards of the scaffold.
He looked at no one in the crowd, but
stood calm and erect. When he was
hanged the executioner cut off his head
with a knife and held it in four differ
ent directions, crying: Behold the head
of a traitor
The TRAITOR to the Crown is the
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
Daudet's Artistic VIE

Madame Alphonse Daudet dresses
with infinite taste, and carries to the
highest point that household craft and
art which appear in the smallest de-
tails of equipment and furniture. in
the composition of a dinner, in every
thing that surrounds an accomplished
maitresse de maison, writes Madame
Blanc in an Interesting sketch. with
portrait, Of the famous novelist's wife.
IN the December Ladies' Home Jour
nal. TO Madame Daudet the artist or
the impressionist Is i person who
knows how to be useful as well as
enchanting. She was brought up by
her mother, Madame Allard, under the
severest traditions of the good old
French b%ourgeoisie, when are quite
the opposite of that modern culture
which despises reedlework and cook
Ing. She has sung her needle in
charming poetry, she understands ev-
erything about good dinners. Thanks
to his wife Daudet had a very pleas
ant home from the beginning, long be-
fore he had won success and fame
and fortune.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
RINGS AS MARKS OF CHARAC
TER.

To the Skilled Eye a Woman Ia Re-
vealed by Her Ring Tray.
Almost everything a woman does or
says or e is %magnifed by some one
into an indication of character. She
wears a certain style of shoe or wears
1t in a certain way, and some one dis
covers that she is vain and a spend
thrift. She wear her glove out in
the thumb and some one else discovers
that she is cruel or something else.
She has a fondness for laces and is
dubbed old-fashioned; she INDUCES in
studs and is called masculine. The poor
some one consider her doing so por-
tentous. Her rings are no exception to
the rule. The professional finder of
character in trifes can give almost a
Sherlock Holmes resume of a woman's
disposition and history from the sight
of her jewel tray.
Is she very fond of %solitaires? She
Is newly rich and anxious to display
her wealth, proclaims the character
reader. Is she fond of the ordinary,
fashionable stones in the ordinary, fash
ionable settings? She is commonplace.
A woman who, with money enough to
buy a marquise ring Of sapphires and
diamonds, has not enough originality
to buy something else, is distinctly CON-
monplace according to the interpreter
Of rings.
Does she wear tall settings on a pud-
gy little finger, making it look pudgier
than ever? She is inartistic. Does she
wear white pearls and crystal clear
diamonds on a hand that is not as
white as milk? She is worse than in
artistic. Does she wear oblong bands
Of stones instead of tall vertical ones?
She begins to show CLEANS Of original
ity and good taste. Does she have
her stones sunk into quaint silver set
tings OF o~ld-fashioned chased gold
ones? There is hope for her in an
artistic sense. Does she wear opals?
She Is vepturesome. Who but q daring
woman would defy superstition? Is
she particularly attached to deep red
stones-rubies, carbuncles, garnets? She
is Of a forceful nature, says the char.
acter reader. Red Is the color beloved
Of people of passionate dispositions.
Is she fond Of sapphires? She is ri
est, truthful, constant, Intellectual.
Does she YEA but one ring. eschew-
ing all others? She is sentimental.
Does she e a great many? She 10
vulgar, or at best frivolous. Does she
wear none at all? She is poor!
So whatever she may do, the poor
thing is harshly interpreted. She might
as well, therefore, keep on doing what
she pleases.
INSPIRED THE "cARlN."
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
Responsibility Transferred.

His Father-Johnny, I don't want to
see that la Go down and tell him
I am not at home.
JOHNNY thought you never told
lies, papa.
His Father-I don't. You're going to
tell the lie.
1t may be news to many people that
there can be a nearer family relation
than that Of brother and sister, but q
little miss gave this information to
the world on tho first day of her
attendance at the public school.
Accompanied by a small boy she
appeared in the schoolroom, and tho
teacher proceeded to take down tho
new pupils names, which were given
Is Ralph and Edith Johnson.
"Brother and sister, l suppose"
said the teacher, pleasantly.
"Oh, no, ma'am, we're twinsi" was
the little girls reply.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19

BY local applications, as they can not reach
the diseased portion of tho ear. There 10
only n way to cure Deafness and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of tho
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets infiamed you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to it's nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out Of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free. 49,. I
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
tY Sold by Druggists, 75c. -
Halls Family Pills, &c. .
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19

stG'7ang, 1 Jest 'Spises YOu, I Does"
served with the most unselfsh devotion.
He was a little dried up, black and
much wrinkled darky Of uncertain age,
whose religion consisted solely Of blind
alteration of "Marse Davy Jackson"
whose playmate he had been in child
met i'm Old Gln."~~.p ChuFchyard.
have been d ne at ths time under a
military quart.
Il visited t. e tomb at st. Michan's,"'
observed DR.. Enlmrt., nd know In
general what is said en-. corning it. I
deem it Improbable sshet the body was
taken ther. ut th' lime, when like
most Cit Il urchyar.s. there was a
high wall around it, - q grave could
not have been secured there without a
formal permit. Moreover there is a
Weighty circumstances that the family
vault was in st. Peters, which is not
far from st. Michanis. 1T Is here that
Enamet's father had been buried the
year before. and it was here that his
mother had been inferred only a few
lays before her sons execution. In view
OF the strong sentiment that prevails
III ireland in regard to the interment
OF families In the same vault, 1t might
be supposed that Ii the remains were
brought to the city at all from the sub
urban graveyard they would have
been placed in the Yault at St Peters
which was easyA0As4Oce instead 0f
at st. 1fiehansatos1N ht0h the famfly
.had no l6f3m.
ssssSs I'M sud s1sads
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19

EisMe medicine above
al others for catasrh,
and Is North its sosight
is gold. Team ssse Ely's
Cream Balm scih safety
and Il does all that Is
clGiised for M.-B. W.
SpeyrN,H Hartford, COnn.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
At the sign Of he Owl.

Al the Sign Of the Owl.
Editor-Look her! How In the deuce
did that object-matrimony adv. get in
the For Sale" column? -
Sub-She was only sixteen. / thought
perhaps she. might catch q bargain
hunter.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
INSPIRED THE "cADlN.~
A New Story ~ to the Origin Of
Mre. Stoves Great Novel.

A New Story ~ to the Origin Of
Mrs. ~stowe's Great Novel.
II is not generally known, but IL 10
q fact, nevertheless, that Mrs.
Harriet Beechsr Stowe got the in.
ception other "Uncle Toms Cabin"
while on avisitto the family ofthe late
Colonel Marshall Key, at Washington,
this county, says a Maysville, KY,
special to tho Cincinnati Enquirer.
She had become acquainted with
ono of Colonel Keys daughters while
she was attending school in the city
in which the great novelist resided.
Afterward Mrs. Stowe visited Miss
Key and spent the summer with her.
Her predictions being against
slavery, she was on the outlook for
anything she could make use of
against it. Frequent sales of slaves
took place in tbs old court house
yard, and Mrs. Stowe had q good
opportunity to see and hear how
such affairs were conducted and from
other things to note the working Of
the institution Of slavery. Her fertile
imagination soon seized upon such q
fruitful theme, and the result was
"Uncle Toms Cabin" q story that
had such q run as few works Of fiction
have ever attained.
When the dramatized play was first
produced in New York city, part Of
the scenic performance embrHced .
reproduction Of the old Court-house
yard at WASHINGTON. o. we'll a.
Taylor,s store on headjoining corner,
With the old IGN ofseTAylor& Grssn'
over tho door.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
In This Work-a-Dnv worlA

Men and women continually break down
through mental strain and physical EFFORT.
1 perennial fountain Of health and yfeor
9 Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which re-
stores digestion, enriches the blood, and
lealthfully stimulates tie bowels, kidneys
IND liver when they are indolent. This
comprehensive remedy also subdues malaria.
rheumatism and nervousness.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
TWO CLEVER

Justin Huntley Mccarthy and Clssy
LOTUS, who Eloped From LON
don.
Justin Huntley Mccarthy, son Of thu
Irish nationalist leader, arrived at New
York a few days ago with his bride
Cssy Lotus, who has for some time
been a popular music hall singer II
London. The couple ran away to Edin
burgh last August and were united II
wedlock by a civil ceremony. AS botf
were Catholics, a religious ceremony
vas later performed. The couple re
turned to London almost Immediately
their arrival causing a sensation in the
British capital. Young Mccarthy, who
has been engaged in newspaper work
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
The Modern Mother

Has found that her little ones are improved
more by the pleasant laxative, Syrup of
Figs, when in need Of the laxative effect
II a gentle remedy than by any other,
md that 1t Ia more acceptable to them.
Children enjoy it, and it benefits them.
The true remedy, Syrup Of Figs, is manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
For Practice.

Coach-HoW do you expect to play
football and spend an your time in So
ciety?
Toni only went to see the Duke Of
Fewclothes married for practice; I led
the fight into the church and again
coming out.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19

He knows better Now. 20
Wife, suppose il you had never
known me you would have married
some other woman just like me? >
Husband-Yes, dear, I might haye-if
{ had never known you.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
BELLUM TALES.
GLIMPSEs OF A LIFE NOW GONE
INTO THE PAGES OF HISTORY.

Zeb Casey, Who Was So Lazy He
wouldn't Raise His Hand to Save
Himself From Being Buried Alive
AhOlibamah Skinner's Regular
Morning Thrashing.