The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-05-25

b There arein don ninety threesrac,S
ognizeda clubs having over ninete cen
thousand mem ers,S who, on the aver,
The total income of these clubs is, esti.:
mated to reach s. ,OoO, 900 q year.
An inventor has obtained a patent in
England for the manufacture of what
he dignifes by the name wine" 1t is
a mixture of cane. sugar and glucose, coll
ored with certain dyewoods, oichella
Weed; soroel paste, etc., according to
fancy, and subjected to fermentation.
Similas mixtures are made abroad, and
made SO cunningly that upon analysing
they show no products but what are
found in the genuine juice Of the grape.
The Spanish army consists of 1874, 600
men, of whom 81 900 are in Spain, and
the rest in the Spanish West Indies.
A disagreeable comparison is present.
ed to the English people by the Irish
Register Generals returns of illegiti-
mate births, which are but 0.8 per
cent. of the total number in ConnNught;
l9 in Munster, and 90 in Leinster,
while in the strong Protestant county
of Down the highest figure, over + per
cent, is reached. In Lancashire, in
England, the pes centage Of illegitimacy
is over 20,
To show that country people may be
too sharp for city folks, the Richmond
(Va.) Religious Herald adduces the fol-
lowing; "fhe other day pastor and
several of his head men went out to
take collection Mt 4 country church
for the new church lin the city, Pref
t. soon after the city clique reached
the country church some of the coun-
try sisters besieged them for contri-
button to buy new suit of clothes for
their pastor. The upshot Oft was that
the finely dressed city brethren had to
borrow money to get back home.",
II had one insane man under
nearly incessant observation" wrote the
late DR.. Leserques. the famous French
doctor. "He was cultivated patient,
seemingly quite sane and highly intelli-
gent. visited HIM three times day.
He implored me to have him set at lib
erty. One minute with the most persua-
sive eloquence and the next with irrefu-
table logic-so irrefutable thatat the end
Of eight months I gave the certificate of
freedom. Two days after with one
stroke of the knife he killed his wife"
The value of the chief art collections
of Paris is estimated as follows: The
Duo d. Aumale, $4,000. 900; the Baron
de Rothschild, $4,000, 900; Sir Richard
Wallace, S., 900 900; M. Secretan, 50, OOO.-
600, including thirty pictures by Meis-
sonier; NJ. Defoer-BeY and the Count de
Greffuhle, each $500, 900; Madame Cos
sin, 81 900, 900; and M. Edouard Andre
and Mr.. William Stewart, 100000 each.
The mayor of Chicago is perfectly sat-
isfed with that city. He said in speech
lately that Chicago is one of the grand
est cities in the world, and is yet des.
tined to be the centre of enlightenment
as as. well alas as of industry. The various ma
would ely yet produce lp type Of manhood
the idea of Cticago's wickedness, the
mayor continued: "It is a newspaper
lie. It is the best and most moral CITY
to be found on earth, because its citi-
zens are 80 busy that they have not time
to do anything wrong"
One of the most painful phases of
Washington life, according to a corres-
pondent, is the presence of cold, bat
tered wrecks. that the waves and winds
of politics have cast ashore from time to
time" Forced out of public life, these
ne'er do wells" settle in Washington
and drift from bad to worse. Ex-Sena-
tors, ex-cabinet officers, ex-gen-
erals are seen so seedy and dilapidated
that they will cross the street rather
than meet an old friend" so poor and
helpless that they are often hungry,
without cent to buy food" In spite of
the pathos of the fact, one cannot help
feeling that men who are capable Of
such degradation are better out of Office
than in.
Cornell university resents the impu-
tation of some gifts alumni that it is not
expanding it's rich heritage for the pro-
motion Of "the higher education" etc.
The defense offered by two of the
trustees seems conclusive. The prop
erty of the university is said now to be
worth 81 900, 900, and its annual income
100000. Appreciation of western lands
has in very short period made it one
of the richest institutions of learning in
the world.