The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-11-23
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II iseati,nate,i tl;at i & . ssal Ft6s isag y Sor a.
" years 2, PSI, 600 houssS have been srsss
ed in Great Britain, and they are wortl
double the amount ofthe national debt
The rate of building now isab0ut $8U. .OO(
per year. Forty years ago the rate wa.
40, 600 per year.
One of the most aristocrattc orders o
the country is established at Baltimore
and is called the Aryan Order. It reach.
es far back and aims to perpetuate
"iride of BIRTH" All the members
lies at least and must he DISTINGUISHED
or. Yet with all its pretensions this Or
! der is a failure. lis members are few
and unimportant.
People in Calcutta, India, have been
noticing sOme curious phenomena in the
appearance Of the sky. On Sunday, Sept
9. two shocks of earthquake were iol.
lowed by lurid red light in the sky
which lasted for four hours or more, and
for four days afterward changes were
noticed i'll the color of the sun. One
morning it appears unusually white, an.
other morning green, then blue and at
last accounts it has chan xed to q blush
green.
A CHASTITY story comes from Bohemia
A man at Uscheno who was apparently
dead had just been lowered into the
grave. when the mourners were lorri
fled TO see the coffin iii begin to move
and the linen shroud gradually appear
until the corpse at last sat up. The mar
k,s t,a boil
heard all that had been said. He wa.
aware that they thought Mm dead, bul
was unable to make any sign. He wa,
taken home, and there is now every
prospect of his recovery.
Mr.. G. Whittier wrote to Francis D
Gummere, who Was chosen in his stead
to read poem at tho semi-centenn Al
celebration of Haverford college: 81
hope thee will eay good, clear, stron.
ward for Quakerism. That central doc
trine Of ours, the Divine imminence and
universal light. will yet be found the
stronghold Of Christendom, the sure
cafe place from superstition on one
hand and scientific doubt on the other
l think uaverford has in great lneas.
ure kept the good old way. Long may
it live and prosper"
Friends of Asbury University, Indi-
ana, were able to raise only sl2O,UoU un,
der Mr.. w. G. De Pauw's agreement to
give $500, 600 if they woald raj 9 $4,000
and 81 Mr.. De PAW agreed to give j.
the same proportion, or q Tor each one
raise,l. Thus the college is to have Il
fund of $S6U, 900, with which the new
buildings are to be erected. Mr.. De
Pnuw promises also to- carry out the
other provision of his original intention,
to beqneath 45 per cent. of his estate to
the university, which in the future is to
bear his name. Upon the present val-
uation this will add about 81 ,O00. .OeO to
the endowment fund. r.
t;usan r. Anthony recently visited in
England the former home of Hurrie,
Martineau, which now is occupied by Il
Quaker family. 81 cbatted with these
Frienas," she says, Tin the drawing
room where Emerson, Garrison, Char.
souls Of earth had como to honor Hur-
riet Martinenu III the days gone by. I
sat ut the table in her Ii irary where she
had penned SO many noble thoughts,
looked into the chamber where she lad
slept, suffered and died, and out at the
beautiful landscape ste enjoyed in those
last sad days. In the Kitchen the same
range, dresser, table and chairs stand
there ms she left them, and her favorlte
black and yellow spotted cat, now six
teen years old, still keeps faithful watch
on the threshold"
81 have something particular-.o say
to you. Miss Edith" said Elmer de
Garcelone, as he drew himself where lie
could watcn the freight play in her face.
"Well, I've been expecting--soine-
thing-of the kind" replied Edith, and
| she tried to stare live coal out of coun'
tenance. There's a cllange-come
over my prospects-.l'm no longer the
wealthy Elmer de G;,rcelone who paid
you court at Saratoga the past season.
Don't mention it, know all. have
determined that shall still be true to
you." Heavens! but that's just what
don't want you to be. I've 6xed up g
match with Ethel de Bullion, worth {
million and half, and Just dropped in
to tell you about It." Breach ofpIolnist
suit now on.-lJartford Post.