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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
The Chameleon Goshawk.

I know no bird which passes through
80 many changes of plumage and color
Of eyes as the goshawk. A young one
which have mounted is about the size
Of a small hen and is covered with
white down. His eyes are pale blue.
I colored the eyes exactly from life.
When fully grown, the first plumage
is dark brown above and the eyes are
pale yellow. No one would be likely
to suspect this being goshawk who
had seen only adult birds. Later it
changes to the dark slaty blue Of the
adult, and the eye. after passing
through all the intermediate changes
in color from stray yellow. orange yel-
low and pink, finally assumes the deep
rich red Of the adult. know nd other
hawk, adds Manly Hardy. writing in
Forest and Stream. so handsome 40
the goshawk.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
The Old Time staaeeoaeh.

In ice there were,-- strange as It
seems, only six stagecoaches running
In all England, and of course these
were the only public vehicles for trav-
elers. Even these were a novelty, and
a person named John Crosset thought
they were such dangerous innovation
that he wrote a pamphlet against them.
'"These coachees," he wrote, "make
gentlemen come to London upon every
small occasion, which otherwise they
would not do except upon urgent ne
cessity. Nay, the conveniency Of the
passage makes their wives come often
up, who rather than come such long
journeys on horseback would stay at
home. Then when they come to town
they must be in the wade. get fine
clothes, go to plays and treats and by
these means get such q habit Of idle.
ness and love Of pleasure that they are
uneasy AFTER
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
W0olNG SLEEP.
A Prescription That Worked Well In
ehiIadelphia.

Philadelphia.
A haggard looking man strolled into
q downtown drug store the other day
and asked the druggist for help. He
said he had trouble in getting to sleep
when he retired. No matter how
sleepy he might be during the day or
how much sleep he might have lost,
the moment his head touched the pill
low he was wide awake and lay thus
for several hours. Once asleep he was
very hard to waken, but he had to be
up at certain hour, and in conse-
Quence Of his peculiar affection he was
losing more sleep than he could stand.
The drug clerk regarded him quiz.
zically a few moments and then re-
piled:
"My dear man, you don't want medi-
cine. What you want is something to
change the trend of your thoughts.
Do as friend Of mine did. He was
troubled the same way and found that
the old folks plan Of imagining sheep
passing a barrier and counting them
was out of date, so he began trying to
name all the states in the Union. He
soon got them so he could classify
them alphabetically. Then, when they
no longer interested him, he started on
the counties of his state. He now has
them at his tongues end, classified up
to the fourth letter. Now he Is start
Ing on state capitals and their loca.
tons. Then he will take up county
seats. A moments glance at an atlas
during the day shows him when he Is
wrong. and the beauty Of the plan Is
that he rarely has to think along these
lines longer than ten minutes before
he is sound asleep. To make it short,
the study of geography is good mar.
cotic."-Philadelphia Record.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
Shooting the steenbuek.

Many Of the poor Beers in the Trans.
vaal, by whom all the shooting that
IS done is for the pot and not for sport,
have perfected a system of shooting
with the assistance Of oxen. A steen-
buck has no fear of cattle and will
lie still even If they Craze right up to
him. The hunter gets together few
cattle and with his gun walks behind
them in such way that he cannot be
seen from the front. Great care has to,
be exercised to drive the oxen so that
they may seem to be grazing natural.
". The hunter must be ready to shoe.
without having to alter his position.
The slightest movement is noticed by
the buck.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
Lineoln's Last Law c.ss.

Lincoln tried his last case In Chi.
scago. It was the case of Jones versus
johnson in April and May. 1860, In the
United States circuit court before
Judge Drummond. The case involved
the title to land of very great value,
the accretion on the shore OF Lake
Michigan. During the trial Judge
Drummond ard all the counsel on both
sides. including Lincoln. dined together
at the house OF Isaac N. Arnold.
At the conclusion of the dinner. this
toast was proposed: MAY Illinois fur.
nish the next president Of the United
States" 1t was drunk with great en-
thusiasm by the friends Of both Lin.
coin and Douglas. Chicago Record
Herald
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
PeeuIiarities of Iona Island,

sSo"aI's'es VI lung soiAnos
The class in geography in one of the
Brooklyn schools was asked by the
teacher, "What are some Of the natural
peculiarities Of Long Island?"
The pupils tried to think, and, after
awhile, boy raised his hand.
II know" said he.
"Well, what are they?" asked the
teacher.
"Why," said the boy, with trf.
umphant look, ION the south side you
see the sea and on the north side you
hear the sound" -,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
The Wary Crow.

The crow is useful in killing mice,
snakes. lizards and frogs and Is a
splendid scavenger. He Is quite wary,
will always fee from man with a
gun. but pays little attention to the
ordinary pedestrian. These birds gre
gregarious in their habits and make
their large. untidy nests at the tops Of
trees. They come in focks to the Sleep
ing grove. sit around on the ground.
and when all are assembled they rise
simultaneously and scramble for nests.
Crows mate for life.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
The Letter a.

The letter G furnishes Us q. curious
bit of orientalism. Its Hebrew name
is gimel, camel, from the resemblance
Of the Hebrew character to the head
and neck Of that animal. The char.
acter was thus almost certainly de-
rived from picture Of that animal,
which, reduced to hieroglyphic and
then simplifed, still distantly indicates
the shape Of the head and neck Of the
beast of burden familiar to every
dweller In eastern lands.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
The Flesh She Lost.

"You're not looking well, Mrs. Giles.
Surely you have lost a lot Of desh
lately, have you not?'
II have that. I've lost me husband.
ID weighed nineteen stone when q
died"-London Telegraph.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
Still His DAUGHTER,

Old Gotrox = But If my daughter
narries you. will she have all the
comforts to which she has been ac-
customed? Young DeBroque--Well. 1t
will be your fault if she hasn't.-Chi-
cagn News.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16

Fatalism Exemplified.
She-1 hope, dear, that you are not
going to worry about my exceeding my
allowance this time.
He (brightening up)-You don't mean
to tell me, dearest, that there isn't any
necessity for It?
Certainly not. What's the use Of
worrying about something you can't
helpY'-New York Life.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16

Mr.. G. Miles is getting $500 per
month";: Mr. Lambert, $4,000, both last
years students at the National Business
College, 619-625 First Ave. So, Minnea-
polis.2 Send for catalog. What they
have done for thousands they can do
for you.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
lnfantiIs Chicken Broth.

Customer-What on earth Is this
broth made Of, waiter? Surely it isn't
chicken broth7 Waiter-Well, Sir, it's
chicken broth In its hlnfancy. It's
made out Of the water that the hegss
are boiled In. 81
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
eurs Preef.

els Flapdudie truthful7'' 4
swell, he confesses that he covered
his head the other night and didn's
dare set ont Of bed whsn 10 thought
be heard Z burglar IN the house. s-Do.
troit News.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16

The truest mark Of being born with
great qualities is being born without
--Rochefoucauld.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16

II you know how to spend tisse thar
yen st you have Tho philoaoph Z
otone y II
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
Modern Modssty.

Modern Modosty.
"You say a modest woman. Just
what do you mean by that7"
"Well, woman who costs her hus.
band less than $500 year IL modest
% prices go."-New York World.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16

A large addition has been added tothe
Crookston College this summer. The
building is up-to-date in every respect
and will now accommodate 500 students.
The college catalog is just printed and
you can get one free by writing to ]. G.
Satire, Crookston, MINI.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16

Msrcy to him that shows II h de
ruiz, Cowpss. &
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02

from Minnesota last night, ac-
companied by his wife, two
daughters and little son, who
will make this place their fu-
ture home. Almost the first
thing the worthy captain said
upon getting off the cars, was,
well, how's the military COM
pany getting along?'
Two young gentlemen of our
town-Jack Slower and Jerry
McBain-came into our office
the other day and said they
wanted something funny to go
into this weeks paper. Old
Doctor Bellamy was once asked
by a young clergyman what
was the best way to get good
composition for his sermons.
The DIR. replied, Fill up the
casks! Fill up the casks! Fill
up the casks! and then, young
man you will always get a good
steady stream Now, genie
men what shall it be? Our
cask is full, and only needs
tapping to let it's hidden stream
pour fourth. We can write
upon any subject in the school
of journalism from penny
whistle to a Dutch dancing
master; we can describe a mid
night fire or a murder in the
sluns with equal impressive
ness; we have sat by the side
of a justice; associated with
the rummiest politicians in our
whole land; have been trans
mogified into a hero at the ball
of my lady; have worked amid
the roar of the wheels of a
thousand industries. In short,
we have seen man in every
form of good and bad, and have
finally turned up in Bottineau
to learn that here we can spend
some of Gods allotted time
peacefully and quietly. Cen
tleman, whatever station we
hereafter occupy in life we shall
always remember that request,
put something funny into the
paper.
William Bell is advertising
this week to prove up on his
homestead in section 32-162-75
on September 18th.
Robert TAFT has just made
final proof on his claim.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
The Masonic Meeting

An open air communication
of Tuscan lodge No. 40, A. F.
and A. NJ. was held at Park
Island, Lake Metigoshe, on
Wednesday, July 31st. A
large number of membersof the
Masonic Order from all over
the state and bordering states
arrived on the evening of the
Goth to attend this special and
elaborate meeting of the local
lodge. However, the weather
man was not very good to the
Mason's on this day, as about
the time the meeting was to be
called, 2 O clock, it started to
rain and kept it up for about g
hours, 50 that large number
of the visitors had given up all
hope of a meeting and returned
home, but at 6 o'clock the
meeting was called and the 3rd
degree of the mysteries of Ma
sonry was conferred on John C.
Rieby of Gardena, who is sup
erintendent of a line of elevat-
ors, on the 500 road. Despite
the inclement weather it is re-
ported that all had an enjoyable
time and an interesting meet
inp.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
the lineup:.
Married

On Wednesday evening at 7
o'clock, July 31st a quiet we'd
ding took place at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fauvers, when
Mr.. Grover Brown and Miss
Olivie NJ. Fauver were united
in the holy bonds of natrimony
by the Rev. Chas. E. White,
who read the beautiful rim g
ceremony of the Methodist Ep-
iscopal church. The brides
dress was of white silk covered
with bobinet and the brides
maid was dressed in white Per-
sian lawn. Their flowers were
carnations. The groom and
best man wore the convention
al black. After the ceremony
the company sat down to a
sumptuous wedding supper.
The young couple expect to
make their future home in Bot
tineau and their many friends
wish them we'll.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
Kramer.

From The Record.
John Boehnke, brother of
Henry Boehnke, who lives near
the Turtle mountains, visited
his brother here Monday and
Tuesday.
Peter Larson of Starbuck
township is building a new
barn to replace the one recently
blown down by a windstorm.
At the time of his misfortune
Mr.. Larson was sick and his
neighbors in the settlement
contributed an amount suffi-
cient to buy the lumber and re-
place the barn.
J. A. Waldow, who has man
aged the Atlantic elevator here
for the last year and a half, has
resigned his position and will
leave on Friday for Minnesota.
The general auditor, J.. G..
Ribe, was here yesterday to
check out Mr.. Waldow. We
all regret to lose him as he was
a young man of pleasing per-
sOnality.
Hail destroyed considerable
property in Starbuck township
last Friday evening. About
half of l.. II. Kolberg's flax
was destroyed besides about 80
acres of wheat for Ole Score.
Ole Gorder had some wheat
leveled down and Edward Berg
was partly hailed out. Anton
AmundsOn also suffered a
small loss.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02

Inasmuch as the Fair Associ-
alton made but one charge for
the entire day, that is, anyone
having paid admission in the
morning being entitled to a re-
turn check which would admit
them for the rest of the day,
the directors of the fair con-
cluded that it would be proper
to charge the same in the even
ing as at any other time. Mel
ther the management of the
base ball team or the Turf Club
had anything whatever to do
with the gate receipts or the
price of admission. The Botti-
neau Base Ball Team having
contributed it's service to the
Fair Association for that game.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
Fourth Annual Meeting Being
Held this Week.
EXHIBITS SPLENDID
Attendance was Small the First Day
but Good Crowd is Expected
Today.

The Bottineau County Agri-
cultural Fair is holding it's
fourth annual meeting this
week under very favorable cir
cumstances as to weather, al
though the first day it was a
little cool and a rather small
crowd was in attendance.
In the main building the lad
les have some very good ex-
hibits of fancy work, canned
fruit, fresh fruit, bread, cook
les, candies and an extrs fine
exhibit of hand painted china,
crayon work and oil paintings.
The exhibit of grain and veg
etables was small but were
first class in quality.
In live stock the exhibit was
first class and a large one some
very fine horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs.
In the afternoon of the first
day Congressman Marshall
gave an address in the grand
stand on denatured alcohol
which was we'll received and
heartily applauded.
EVENING BALL GAME.
In the evening a ball game
was played between the Botti-
neau and Cando teams which
attracted a much larger crowd
than attended in the afternoon
the attendance being esti-
mated at 1900. It was an in
teresting game with but few
errors. Following is the line
up and SumnrV:
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
TIVE nty Y ears A go
Taken from the Files Of the Courant Twenty
Years Ago Today

Tom White now runs the wa
ter delivery wagon.
NJ. O. Tibbitts, clerk of the
Bottineau school district, in
forms us that a new school
house will be built in the vii
lage early this fall.
The prospect is good for Bot
tineau having two churchs this
fall. Both the Presbyterian
and Baptist societies are earn
estly working for that end.
F. NJ. Woodward went to
Churchs Ferry Saturday morn
ing to repair a threshing ma
chine engine. He returned the
middle of the present week.
A person would think that
NJ. O. Tibbitts and Frank Nor
issy were millionaires to see
the latter riding out in a con-
veyance these fine evenings.
We caught sight of them once
and they looked very happy
and complacent indeed.
w. H. Mcintosh was very i'll
the latter part of last week, but
has now recovered efficiently
to again be on duty, smiling as
usual.
Bob Dickey is always ready
to tie horse for a lady when
the latter wishes to dismou unt
from the buggy to visit friends.
'Tis funny but tbs true. -
Raspberrying has been all
the rage the past week. Par
ties of all ages, sexes and con-
ditions have gone up into the
mountains daily in quest of this
delicious small fruit.
AMITY SCHOOL REPORT.
For the month ending July q, 1887.
Number enrolled. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. -
| Average Acknowledgements. N
! FIFTH CLASS. n
| John Haskell 18s
| Rhoda Ferguson ..,........................ 81
FOURTH CLASS.
| Emma FERGUSON .,, 227
MaggiesWinter Observation-Disclosures 225
Lizzie ol
SECOND CLSSS.
John McDougall. 2os
Willie O'Riley .......................1 1S6
Jemima Stacey Observation-Disclosures. 184
FIRST CLASS.
James Haskett Observation-Disclosures. 81
| Belle Flemming Observation-Disclosures. AZ
Michael Cassidy. 81
Miss Carrie M. Greig, Teahr
Our customs officer, Capt.
J. G. Thompson, arrived home
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
Il. so A YEAR.
Total
PnTrVNEA A1y
SUMMARY OF GAME.

SUMMARY OF GAME.
Two base hit, Bidne; three
base hit, Bidne; base on balls:
Off McGraw 6, off Wheeler I;
struck out by McGraw 1, by
Wheeler +; sacrifice hits, kurke,
Jones and johnson: stolen
bases, Bottineau +, Cando 1;
earned runs, Cando 2, Botti-
neau 4; hit by pitcher, Il.
Crowley and Becker.
Time I: 20; umpire, Clare.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02

MISS Carr1e NJ. Gre1g, Teahf.
Our customs officer, Capt.
J. G. Thompson, arrived home
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
Wanted
Sales

on a choice line Of Colgate Co.'S. Per-
fumes, Toilet Waters, Soaps, Talcum
Powder, Vaselines, Face Powder Etc.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
Ball Team DiSbands

The Bottineau base ball team
disbands today after a very sue
cessful season, both financially
and as to games won and lost.
Bottineau had a gentlemanly
lot of players this year who
played ball all the time and
were general favorites. We
have not learned where all the
players will go but will give a
general summary of games won
and lost, batting average, etc.
in our next issue. All we can
say now is that we hope to have
the same team next year. Two
of our ball players left this
morning. loot Thompson and
Kurke went to join the copper
country league at Houghton,
Michigan. They are both good
players and always make good.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
among them were J. H. Cooke
Postmaster Sims, Mayor Critics
and Jack Robertson.

Postmaster Sims, Mayor Critics
and Jack Robertson.
A delightful party was given
for Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Stewart
on Monday night in the Odd
Fellows Hall. About seventy
guests were invited and cards
and dancing were the chief at
traction. Refreshments were
served at midnight and the par
ty did not break up uutil the
wee sma" hours. The gath
ering was for the purpose of
doing honor to Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart who are leavin g Willow
City after a residence of ten
years, for a new home some
where in a 1nilder climate
and we all wish them success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart left on
Thursday and will visit several
places in this state and Minn. .,
before going to the Pacific
coast.
An interesting letter written
by a St. Paul man recently ap-
peared in Golfers Weekly on
the subject of dogs. The gen.
tleman claimed that St. Paul
possessed more CANNES to the
square foot than any other city
in the world and doubtless he
believed his statement to be
true. Although we are very
modest village as compared
with St. Paul, we feel justified
in disputing her claim to being
the dog city, for verify we be-
lieve ourselves to be it. We
believe we have more pedigreed
dogs, more yellow dogs, more
NANCY ours, more dogs that
are worth a hundred dollars in
hunting season and are not
worth a square meal and a
shelter in winter and more
dogs that are not worth a
darned cent at any time than
any other city in the world.
We all own at least one and vie
with each other in seeing who
can tell the biggest yarn about
their intelligence, etc. which
no one minds in the least Of
course. We are fond of dogs of
all kinds, even the yellow ones,
and we wish they might all
have competent masters, but
they haven't. There is one un-
fortunate doggie who lives near
us whose own life is not only
made miserable but who makes
ours so too when we are tryin g
to WOO the goddess of sleep our
friend sets up his howl and if,
after a sleepless night on his
account, we try mapping in the
afternoon he tries again. Our
neighbors complain, our hus-
band swears, and our doctor
says we are afflicted with in
somnia and still the canine
howls. He is owned by a man
who pays no taxes save the 81
dog tax and whose children sell
pop corn and black boots and
are compelled to stay out of
school in order to support a
large family.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
Exclamation

Much dissatisfaction has
been expressed on account of
the charge 80 cents at the gate
to see the ball game Thursday
evening between Cando and
Bottineau.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
Life Insurance.

For twenty-five cents you can
insure yourself and family
against any bad results from
an attack of collie or diarrhoea
during the summer months.
That is the price of a bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, med
icine that has never been
known to fail. Buy it now, it
may save life. For sale by the
Bottineau Drug Co.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02
News VS. COurant

The News and Courant base
ball teams played another game
on Monday evening at the ball
park which attracted a large
crowd of town people and it
was interesting from start to
finish. This game was won by
the Courant-7 innings and a
score of 4 to 3. Folio wing is
the 1inanD.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-02

A game of ball was played on
Tuesday evening between the
fats and the leans of the city.
While it was not an interesting
ball game, it was as 'comical as
was expscted-as a man could
hit a ball to the pitcher and IF
he was any good as base run
ner he could make home run
that is, if they attempted to
throw the ball and catch the
runner on either of the bases.
provided, of course, that he
couldn't throw traight enough
to hit Jack Mckenzie on second.