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The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27
On the Q. #.

Passenger-Is there any smoking al
lowed?
Car Driver with a wink)-No, there
Ia no smoking aloud. II you smoke. it's
got to be on the quiet
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One of Them.

Reddit-Say, old man, did you read
Congressman Champ Clark's great
speech on "Obscure Border Heroes?'
Clerlkit (eagerly)-No! Where did
thew hOardS
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27
Plenty of Them .

Miss Struckseme-Do you think there
are any openings for a girl on the
stage?
Mr.. r.Binthair-You bet there arel AZ
a rule it's full Of traps.
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF ToLEDo,,
LUCAS COUNTY 81.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he ID
the senior partner of the firm Of F. j. CHE
NEY q Co., doing business in the City of
Toledo, County and State aforesaid. and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case OF Catarrh that can not be cured by
the use of HALLS CATARRR CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in nv
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27

A Wag.
Young hady-lf You will let me have
enose roses | will give you kiss for
eacn @ ol 'nrnl-but why do you run
away, cousin: How rude of YOU
g., Houslnmone W" moment; am going for
some more Observation-Disclosures
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His Loss.

The doors of the dime museum were
just about to open for the perform
ance.
II don't suppose you know that our
poor manager has met with q heavy
1oas. "a remarked the lid Nan from
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27
AN ALPENA MIRACLE.
MRS. JAS. NJ. TODD OF LONG
RAPIDS DISCARDs CRuTCHEs.

I'm an Interview with 81 Reporter
She Reviews Her Experience and
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27

Tie ann"Hl fire loss from incendiarism in
the United St"t:s and pa =; + 500, ,OO0. coo,
according t. Onke y aly Z les tim tes.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27

CNHN. "A. CUIIAcTs
business. in which he has been very
successful. He has also had a large
experience in public affairs and ex-
position work, having successfully con-
Quoted the Piedmont exposition OF
1887. The site of the exposition Is
Piedmont Park, two miles from the
city and contains 1S9 acres of varied
beauty. Unlike those of the worlds
fair, the buildings of this exposition
are to remain after the exposition for
the adornment of the park.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27

Familiar to some of the ancient writ
ers. and credited with supernatural
powers. the Astoria, or star gem, was
highly valued for the benefits supposed
to ne conferred on the wcarcr. Its
bright six-rayed star, ever changing
and shifting with every play of light,
and especially shooting out its flames
in the direct sunlight, would seem to
be something more than An ordinary
crystal, and to the superstitious mind 1t
could readily be believed to em-
body some tutelar spirit. The par
ticular virtue attributed to this
gem was the comforting upon
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27
From "a Different standpo,,+

Featherstone-l was going to ask a
Frl to 90 to the theater tonight, but
can't get a seat.
Ringway-Nonsense! I'll bet l could,
FeatherstoneI could II had S1
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27

Hegeman's Camphor Ice with GIycerfne.
Cures ChapIed Hands and Face, Tender or Sore Feet
Chilblains, Piles, &c C. G. Clark Co., New Haven Ct
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27

1fthe Baby fztnns Teeth
Be sure and use that oldnf well-tried remedy, MRS.
WINsLow's SOOTHING S1s< for Children Teething.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27

l. Maine woodchopper recently cut down
q tree containing a peck of buckwneat
which had been stored by mice.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27

me lr"s!0cHt h7s SonA ia fBn nouso
his veto Of two bills grantin S~I.:a-},+,. ~.
way thropo's the Indian Tcrri,.>... - -
the Art'nsas & Northwestern Raj. ,oS ~
,'n,pahy and the Oklahoma Cr.trai
p nilcnol Il on.nnn,y hAIa1
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A. w. GLEASON

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Send for testimon.
ials, free. +. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
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"Hanson's Mario corn Salve."
Warranted TO cure or money refunded. Ask your
.drugRist for it. Price ID cents.
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ADELAIDE RISTORI.
The Celebrated Actress SeriousIy
I'll and Her Recovery Douhtfuu

The great actress Ristori is so seri-
ously Ill that it is not thought she will
recover: She was born in Cividale. in
trluli, in 1921. and is remembered by
the older generation of plav-goers as q
wonderfully powerful actress in her
prime. When she was only .hild her
tather trained her for the stage. She
appeared at Paris in 1855 in tragic
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27

The fattening Of live stock on cotton seed
hulls and meal Is becoming An important
feature In the South.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27
Electric Lights on a Horses Blind

In Berlin the use Of glow lamps at
tached to vehicles and the horses
drawing them is now SO common as
to excite no rem:rk An adaptation
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27

Star stones Under Concentrated
Sight.
the wearer health and good for
tune" when worn rs an amulet, and
to those fortunate to be born in the
month Of April, with which that stone
was associated or represented, the
wearer was insured from all evil.
The star stone is found principally
in Ceylon, invariably in soil peculiar
to rubies and sapphires; indeed, it is
composed Of the same constituent
'corundum," it's chatuoyant, or star
rays, being caused by the presence of
what the natives call silk" 1t Is
found in many different colors. from
pale blue, pink and white to deep dark
blue, ruby, and purple. The blue are
termed sapphire stars" the red ruby
stars" It is always cut zen cabuchon,"
The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-27

Liverpool. Ergi5s .1F5s In rs list OF rty z
employees an oflGM4At catcher. (
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GEMS IN OLD CEYLON


"Asteria" and the Qualities Of BriD g..
ing Good Healta and Good For
tune to Those Who Wear Them
The Persistent "Moorman."
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A LESSON IN GARGLING.

A physician in a paper on diphtheria
urges upon parents the Importance of
teaching children to gargle at an early
age, and mentions the fact that during
an epidemic of the disease in his city
he taught his baby girl, only a little
more than two years old, to gargle, as
well as her nine-year old brother, and
kept up the practice regularly, three
times a day, throughout the prevalence
of the disease.
This is one of the small points in
keeping with the tendency of the age,
which is toward preparation and pre-
vention, rather than relief. None,
perhaps, except physicians and nurses,
realize the obstacles which obstinate
and spoiled children make of them
selves in cases of illness, and the help
less mother who stands by with her de-
sparing ''he won't take it, and l can't
make him" adds to the ~hopelessness of
the situation. A child who is old
enough to understand what is said to
him is not too young to learn that be
must do his share in the fight for re-
covery when sickness assails him.
The same paper states that it is a
mott eeable fact that a much larger
number of girls have diphtheria than
boys, a~scr1bing as aprobable cause that
girls as a rule spend more time indoors
than boys, which should be another
note of warning to mothers, and cause
them oftener to turn the girls out of
doors after school hours than is done.
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GUST AS SIAM"

Origin of the Beautiful, Inspiring Hymn
More than half a century ago, in the
year 1886, q young girl, Miss Charlotte
Elliot, was preparing for a grand ball.
to be given in her native town. Full
of gay anticipation, she started out one
day to her dress maker, to have a fine
dress fitted for the occasion. On her
way she met her pastor, an earnest,
faithful man, and in the greeting which
passed between them he learned her
erraud. He reasoned and expostu-
lated. and finally plead with her to
stay away from the ball. Greatly
vexed, she answe red, Il wish you
would mind your own business" and
went on her hayward course.
In due time the ball came off, and
this young lady was the gayest Of the
gay. She was fattered and caressed,
but after dancing all night, laying her
weary head on her pillow only with
returning light, she was far from
happy. In all the pleasures there had
been a thorn, and now conscience made
her wretched. Her pastor had always
been a loving, cherished friend, and
her rudeness to him ranked in her
breast. More than all, the truth of his
words came to her heart, and would
give her no rest. After three days OF
misery, during which life became al
most in~surportable, she went to the
minister with her trouble, saying:
For three days have l been the
most wretched girl in the world, and
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THE NEW WAY.

Ever since my work began" said
an old ~hous9keeper, I've been wash
ing vegetables in cold water to cleanse
them from the sand and insects. But
it's live and learn. Now comes one of
these advanced cooks, noted for ex-
perimenting in the kitchen, who tells
us that we've been using the wrong
method. Why she says, should
vegetables be washed in warm water
first, then cold to rinse them from
S and, ETC. The hot water, which must
be hotter than tepid, causes the insects
and sand to fall out at once. Insects
do not always dislike cold water and
salt, but hot water kills them. 1t must
be understood that only a small hand
full of greens or one head of cabbage at
a time must be washed, and then in
stantly thrown into cold water, which
crisps and thoroughly cleanses them.
Spinach, leeke, celery and sea kale are
thus rendered very clean, and, more-
over, are very rapidly cleansed. 1t is
worse than useless to attempt to
cleanse vegetables in salt a. d water.
The hal DIN So which salt creates in the
water prevents all cleansing properties.
The salt may kill the insects Git does
not always do this), but they stick on
50 hard and fast; the hot water makes
them fall out at once, and the cold
water crisps and also blanches them"
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now, oh, that l were q Christian! ]
want to be a Christian9 What must l
do9"
We need not be told that the pastor
freely forgave her for her rudeness to
himself, nor that he joyfully directed
her to the source of peace.
Just give yourself, " my child to the
Lamb of cd just as you are"
This was a new gospel to her; she
had never comprehended it before.
What! Just as Iam7" she asked,
ID you know that I am n Of the
worst sinners in the world7 HOW can
God accept me just as I am"
THAT is exactly what you must be-
lleve," was the answer. "YOu must
come to him just as you are"
The young girl left overwhelmed as
the simple truth took possession of her
mind. She went to her room, knelt
down and offered God her heart, guilty
and evil as it was, to be cleansed and
made fit for his own indwelling, AS
she knelt, PEACEFUL, ove1f wing
filled her soul. Inspired by the new
and raptuous experienced, she then
and there wrote the hymn beginning:
Just as I am without one plea,
that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bid'st me come to thee,
y Lamb of God, l come.
Little did Charlotte Elliot think of
fame or of the Immortality Of the
words she had written. It was simply
putting her heart on paper; and there
fore the hymn, born of a mysterious
experience, appeals to other hearts
needing the cleansing power of the
blood of the Lamb.
Charlotte was possessed of literary
gifts and when the editor of Literary
Remembrances died, she took charge.
In making up her first number, she in
serted several of her own poems an
among them was Just as
I am" 1t Immediately attracted at
tention, was widely copied, and passed
into the hymnology of the Christian
Church.
This hymn has given consolation to
millions of anxious people. Like the
many think they are too vile to
come to God, but must wait until
they have become better. In the hymn
Miss Elliot expresses the true way of
coming acceptably to God Reform
Church Record.
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ALLEGED FUN.

Cannot we become ones" he pleaded
earnestly. THAT depends, " replied the
new girl. (Which one9"-Life.
By the time a woman has reached
the age when she has reason to sigh
and shed tears, signs and tears are no
longer becoming to her. -Atchison
Globe.
He: 'My views of bringing up a
family are" She: Never mind
your views, I'll bring up the family.
You go and bring up the coal. "-Hali-
fax Herald.
Look me in the face, sir" He
raised his eyes %timorously until they
we're directed to her countenance.
Nov, sir, deny, if you dare, that you
married me for my money" 1T must
have been your money" he faltered.-
Detroit Tribune.
Mrs. S5rongmynd: "Why do the
judges in the higher courts wear
gowns3" Mr.. Mann: "Well it is
thought that it adds dignity and i'm
pressiveness to the court" Mrs.
Strongmynd (disdainfully): "Humph!
Why don't they wear bloomers9"-
Puck.
Little Boy: How soon are you and
Sis goin' to be married." Accepted
Suitor: "She has not named the day
yet. 1 hope she does not believe in
long engagements" Little Boy: ''She
doesn't, I know, cause all her engage
ments has been short. It'd Bits.
Were you at the Commencement
last night7 asked Taddells of WlfHes.
Il was. Wasn't Miss Seniors essay
on In Lies Battles Aim High a won
derfulIy fine productions" sit was in
deed; but I was more deeply interested
in Miss Trivvet's essay on How to
Make a Chicken Pot Pie 1 heard
that she received five proposals of
marriage before she got out of the
hal. "-Harper's Bazaar.
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HOW AN AXE IS MADE.

On entering the main workshop the
first step in the operation which is seen
is the formation of the axe head, with
out the head. The glowing fat iron
bars are withdrawn from the furnace
and are taken to a powerful and some
what complicated machine, which per-
forms upon them four distinct opera
tiors, shaping the metal to form the
upper and lower parts of the axe, then
the eye, and finally doubling the piece
over, so that the whole can be welded
together. Next the iron is put in a
natural gas furnace and heated to a
white heat. Taken CU5, it goes under
a trip hammer and is welded in a Sec
ond. This done, one blow from the
drop" and the poll of the axe is com
pleted and firmly welded. Two crews
of men do this class of word, and each
crew can make 1 500 AXIS per day.
When the axe leaves the drop there
is some superfuous metal still adQering
to the edges, and forming what is tech
nically known as a "fn." To get rid
of the fin the axe is again heated in
a furnace and then taken in hand
by a sawyer, who trims the ends and
edges. The operator has a glass in
front of him to protect his eyes from
the sparks which fly off By hundreds
as the hot metal is pressed against
the rapidly revolving saw. The ircn
part of the axe is nov complete. The
steel for the blade, after being heated,
is cut by machinery ard shaped, 1t is
then ready for the welding department..
A groove is then cut into the edge of
the iron, the steel of the blade inserted,
and the whole firmly welded by ma
chine hammers. Next comes the opera
ton of t. importing. The steel portion
of the axe is heated by being inserted
in pots of molten lead, the blade only
being immersed. 1t is then cooled by
dipping in water, and goes to the hands
of the inspector. An axe is subject to
rigid tests before it is pronounced per
feet. The steel mus be of the required
temper. the weight of all axes of the
same size must be uniform, ali must be
ground alike, and in various other
ways conform to an established stand
ard. The inspector who tests the quail
ity of the steel does so by hammering
the blade and striking the edge to as
certain whether it be too brittle or %
An axe that breaks during the test is
thrown aside to be made over.
Before the material of the az is in
the proper shape, it has been heated
five times, including the tempering
process, and the axe, when completed,
has passed through the hands of about
forty workmen, each of whom has done
something towards ~perfecting it. After
passing inspection the axes go to the
grinding department, and from hat to
the polishers, who finish them upon
wheels. Blacksmith and Wheel
right.
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reason why the man owning q good
farm, well stocked, and which yields a
good living, should not have ss much
comfort In his home as does a man who
has the same amount of property in
vested in the town, where it yields the
same income as the farm. Dock over
the people you know and you will find
that the town man carries the every
day appearance of owning twice the
property of his country friend. Not
in clothing alone, but in self assurance,
in culture, in ability to take what good
comes to him, and in general comfort
in the world.
One Of the factors in the making Of a
home is the pers 0nal treatment which
the members give each other. The
country boy or girl envies the ease of
manner and the easy adaptability to
circumstances which is seen in the city
bred person. The real truth is, the
country lad may have all the culture
which comes from practice of easy
manners and thoughtful help for those
about the home, and therein lies the
real secret of the cultivation of the best
polish and culture that can come into
the life of an American.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-27
DIR. PARKHURST ON CHILD
TRAINING.
He Claims That it is Ethical Rather
Than Intellectual.

lie claims b it IS Ethical NatneE
Than intellectual
Child training is, in the first instance,
ethical rather than intellectual, writes
the Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, D. D,
in the August Ladies' Home Journal.
No one will ask to have this point
argued who considers that the child Is
to be educated for the purpose Of his
own personal enhancement and not for
the purpose of making him an expert
or a sharper. 1t is a great deal easier
to make people bright than it is to make
them sound. Mentality is an easy art
as compared with morality. There is
good deal to be said about intellectual
discipline when we get to that point;
but it is still true that the issues of life
are out of the heart and not out OF the
brain. The brain can be taught from
books, but morality is not a thing that
can be printed. There are, it is true,
books that are published on ethics, but
few read them and probably nobody
practices them. Toe old Hebrews were
deluged with moral precepts, some Of
them written by Gods own hand; but
even the first generation that had the
Ten Commandments had to be killed
eff before the Promised Land could be
entered.
1 am not going to underrate the value
and Importance of mental schooling
for the children; but it needs to be said
that unless a man has a pure and honest
heart, the less he knows the better it
will be for him and all concerned. And
it needs, also, to be said that even
trustworthiness of intellectual action
waits on personal soundness. Sound
brain and an unsound life are incom-
patible. Even if our object were only
to secure the finest and fullest intel
lectual development, we should still
aim, first of all, to secure a foundation
of personal integrity for the scions of
wisdom to roo and vegetate in. It is
something as it is with the planting of
an astronomical observatory however
fine its equipment and whatever the
power of its lenses, we depend, first of
all, upon the solidity with which the
observatory is planted.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-27
ADVICE TO A

Eli Perkins, who made his fame as a
pervaricator and humorist, showed a
depth of feeling and pathos unsupported
by his most intimate aquaintances
when he wrote the following:
A farther talking to his careless
daughter said:
II want to speak to you Of your
mother. 1t may be that you notice a
careworn look upon her face, OF
course it has not been brought there
by any act of yours; still it is your
duty to chase it away. 1 want you to
get up to morrow morning and get
breakfast. When your mother comes
and begins to express her surprise go
right up to her and kiss her on the
mouth. You can't imagine howit will
brighten her dear face.
Besides, you owe her a kiss or two.
Away back, when you were a little
girl, she kissed you when no n else
was tempted by your fever tainted
breath and swollen face. You were
not as attractive then as you are now.
Through years of childish sunshine
and shadows she was always ready to
cure, by the magic of a mothers kiss
the little, dirty, chubby hands when
ever they were injured in those first
skirmishes with the rough old world.
And then the midnight kisses with
which she routed so many bad dreams,
as she leaned above your restless
pillow, have all been on interest these
long years.
"Of course che is not so pretty and
kissable as you are, but if you had
done your share of the work during
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-27
ORGANIZERS.

Jas. b. Wright, Carlton, N. G., Or.
ganizer for Sixth district, composed Of
counties of Johnston, Wake, Durham,
Granville and Vance.
@. Meg. Dunn, Populi, N. c., Organ
iZer for Seventh district, composed OF
Cumberland, Robson, Bladen, Colum.
bus and Brunswick counties.
Elijah W. Flake, Rockingham, N.
c., Organizer of Eighth district, com
posed of Harnett, Moore, Richmond,
Arson, Union, Stanly and MontgOm-
cry counties.
Geo. e Hunt, Michael, N. O., Organ
izer for Tenth district, composed OF
Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, For.
syth, Davidson, Davie, Yadkin and
Surry counties.
J. P. SOssaman, H~untersville, N. @.
Organizer for Eleventh district COM
posed of Rowan, Cabarrus, Mecklen-
bug, Castor Lincon and Iredel coun-
ties.
First district, composed of the
ties of Curri'nck, Camden, Pasquo-
tank, Perqumans, Chowan, Gates,
Hartford, Rev. T. ". Babb, Hartford,
N. @.
Ninth district, composed of Ran
dolph. Chatham, Orange, Person, Cas-
we'll and Alamance, J. R. Means, Trim
ity College. N. @.
Fourth district, Don @. Sanders, of
Burgaw, N. c., Organizer. Counties
in the district, Wayne, Duplin. Chs
low, Pender, New Hanover and Samp'
son.
Twelfth district, composCd OF he
counties of Alexander, Wilkes, Allie
0hanv. Ashe, Watauga, Mitchell ard
S"~ry ". Cox. EdwardsviIIe. N. @.
George W. Hahn, TuscoIa, N. &,
Orooni2er for Fifteenth district. COM
nossSd of the counties of Haywood,
jackson, Swain, Macon. Graham. Clay
A. ". Parker, Sylvia, n c.. organ
izer for the 14th district, comp SEED OF
the counties of Buncombe, Yancey,
Madison, Henderson, Pennsylvania and
Polk.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-27
GOOD MANNERS

"Tl-er On this subject very sensi-
say one reason why young people
Of e-untry are so Infatuated with
If Of their friends in the towns is
luse of the easier manners and
lt,r ways of Of living see among
town people. There does not seem
'e any good reason for this but
lg people of equal means in town
c-untry, the town people do live
er and have more comfCrG day after
than do their country neighbors.
have better houses, better furni-
and more of it, more books and
rs, better clothing, and, Of course,
ssocial life. There seems no good
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the last ten years the contrast would
not have been so marked.

the last ten years the contrast would
not have been so marked.
Her face has more wrinkles than
yours. And yet if you were sick that
face would appear far more beautiful
than an angels as it lowered over you,
watching every opportunity to minis
ter to your comfort, and every one of
those wrinkles would seem to be bright
wavelets of sunshine chasing each
other over the dear face.
"S1e will leave you one of thee
days. These burdens, if not lifted
from her shoulders will break her
down. These rough, hard hands which
have done so many necessary things
for you will be crossed up n her life
less breast. Those neglected lips,
which gave you your first baby kiss
will be forever closed, opened IN eter
nifty, and then you will appreciate
your mother, but it will be too late.