The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-11-02
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srybody by his vitality. He 10 nearly
sighty.seven years old, thirteen years
older than his great ancestor. "Oid
Fritz" when that monarch broke down,
and his life has been one Of great actiy.
tty.
Governor Crosby of Montana, Gays
that enc day. when the presidential
party were crossing adfykulch in North.
ern Wyoming, they saw written In char.
GOAL over the door Of 4 vacant cabin the
following. Only nine miles To water
and twenty miles from wood. No grub
In tho house. God bless our home"
Mr.. W. D. Howells, while visiting Bal
hmore lately, was met by reporter
who interpreted his views regarding
English and American literature a. fol-
lows: In many respects we excel the
English in periodical literature. Our IL
lustrations are Of . much finer quality.
The short stories, which are features Of
our monthly publications, have few
counterparts In England. I think that
English customs and English DISPOSE.
ton tend more strongly 10 che pub
LEGATION ct books than Of magazines"
How some men do magnify their 70.
cations. A correspondent Of q Vermont
paper who has been sending that paper
weekly patch of items about who has
had his barn shinRled and who has gone
a visiting has severed his connection"
as they cali 1t, with the paper, or had it
severed for him, and writes thrilling
valedictory, half Q column long, which
ends as follows: "Kindred spirits are
thrown together for pleasure and labor.
the tide licks our fest, and, with the
web Of life all unwoven, the delicate
silken threads are snapped assunder.
We exchange farewells and pass out on
the tide. Readers of the Vermont
Tribune, we have sailed our heaven
bound crafts few days together. We
are in sound of the breakersl Give mo
your hand-farewellW
Chief Justice Beglie, of British CoIum.
bia, recently said to . jury which had
failed to find 0 murderer guilty: ION
your conscience will rest the stigma Of
returning such q disgraceful verdict, and
one at variance With the evidence on
which you have sworn to find the guilt
or innocence of the prisoner. Many
repetitions of such conduct as yours wifi
make trial by jury . horrible farce, and
the city Of Victe ria, which You inhsbit.
q nest of immortality and crime. encour.
aged by the immunity from the Law
which criminals will receivB from tie
announcement of such verdict as yours,
Go; have nothing more to say to you.'
To the prisoner, who committed the
murder with sand-bag, he then said:
"You are discharged; 20 and sand .baa
some of these jurymen; they deserve
it."
There are some very curious laws in
Saxony regarding servants, girls more
especially. The mistress is obliged by
law to allow the servant one pound Of
butter and one Of coffee per month, OF
the equivalent in money. If the girl
furnishes her own bedding she secures
IL cents per night for so doing. Sew.
enty cents month is allowed for hel
washing, and she receives five per cent
upon all purchases she makes. She il
required to give one months notice be.
quires that each servant keep q book fol
Representations, in which, upon hei
leaving her place, her mistress is com.
PEELED to state the cause and the gitl'e
character.
The question Of what becomes of pinl
has often been mooted but never an.
swered. Yet it is certainly peculiar
that an article Of everyday use which i
manufactured in numerous quantities
should disappear in equal proportion.
It is estimated that no less than $1,000.
600 pins are daily manufactured in Eng.
land and Dublin, and that out of this
number 81, 100000 are produced in Biz.
mingham alone, thus leaving IL, OOO, OO(
for the production of Dublin, Stroud and
London. The weight Of wire, both iron
and brass, consumed for this purpose
is l,275l-2 tons every year.
Chicago divorces have been universal.
~ considered easy of attainment {, but II
appe ars that in Switzerland, among the
lower classes, custom prevails thai
throws Chicago into the shade. There
young people, marry with the distinct
understanding that II they do not like
each other they will separate. II, at
the end Of the year, they shall mutually
declare before court that they do moi
wish to remain married any longer, be.
cause Of imcompatibility Of tempera.
ment, they get divorce. Hymen's
chains are loosely worn In Switzerland
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