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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31

than Z somnamtulist. And when ! patient
comes 70 himself, after having besn; insane,
lhssfeels a. though he had been hayins; 2.
dream. Some Of the ldelusions we're OF .
mare more than anything elsei but more
Ofcourse, It seemed strange to me afterward
absurdities. At one time I thought that
ths.end Of the world had come, ind that
the day Of Judgment was at hand. This was
somewhat remarkable; because had not
for years been believer in the Spiritual
prophecies relating to those two events.
Nor had any faith In the doctrine that
there is he'll Of fire; yet In Imagination, ]
visited that place of torment, and Witnessed
the tortures of the damned-without, how
ever. getting scorched myself Some
strange conceis, that ] had come across In
books, occasionally suggested material for
my mind to work on. saw men whose
souls believed had been taken from their
bodies, leaving behind the intelligent per-
sonal identity-an idea suggested by q
character described in Bulver's Strange
Story" Again, thought that demons
occasionally ranimated human bodies after
death; and this fancy I must have got from
n.dramatic work by Bishop Coke. entitled
SAUL" in which the evil spirit sent to
trouble that unfortunate monarch reanima-
ted and took possession of the body of q
priest whom Saul bad slain. mention
these instances as serving to show the dream
like character of insanity.-From "Insanity
by one who has been insane, In Popular
Science Monthly. ,
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THE FIGHTING APACHEs

General Crook Describes the Pecu-
lIarities Of the ''Best Fighters in the
World"
Interview with General Crook in the New
York Herald, July 8.
There Is a great difference between
fighting Indians and fighting white men
The savages always get ina position where
they will be shielded. and only fight
when they want to, and our soldiers are
forced to fight whether they want to or
not, and these scouts know better how
to surprise them than our soldiers, for
they are intelligent warriors and take
advantage of every little circumstance.
Every Indian is general and knows
exactly what to do under any circum-
stances. He knows which is the best
position for him and how to take the
enemy at a disadvantage. He is always
under ALI conditions perfectly self-pos-
sessed, and there is an individuality
about him at all times. The soldier Is
mechanical and part of a great machine,
and thereby looses his individuality. If
there is weak spot in our line and a
lot of Indian boys are in front Of us they
will drop on that point and make as
much out of it as Caesar, Napo-
leon, or HANDFUL could do, for they will
do exactly right, and that is all the best
general in the world could do. The
Apaches are the shrewdest and best fight
ers in the world. They will strip them
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The Greatest Horse In the World

Foxhall, by King Alfonso, was born
in Kentucky, and was purchased for
the small sum ofS65O. He is dark bay,
with black points, and the near hind
pastarn white He has a clean head,
light neck, back trifle to lengthy, but
a good barrel, and shoulders of admir-
able power. He WAS the first American
colt that ever ran in France. The finish
for the Grand Prix was magnificent.
Archer was riding the French colt Trist-
tan. and as they came along the home.
strech rode his very best, and lifted his
horse almost even to Foxhal!. A shout
of "Tristan!" Christian" was rending
the air from thousands of excited
FrenchmeR, the horses were almost
past the Jockey club stand, when Ford
ham for the first time raised his whip.
A cut on the shoulder Of Foxhall is ans
wered BY. grand leap forward, and the
francs. is won by Mr.. Keene. After his
poorly at Ascot, and English critics felt
inclined to think his triumph at Long
champs mere accident. They were un.
deceived by his splendid performances
in the great autumn locals. In the Ces-
CW1lSiA AC llOh A1O pOuuO6s huu WOu
in a common canter: in the select stakes
with 127 pounds, he again defeated,
with the utmost ease, his old French riv.
al Tristan" in Cambridgeshire, with
126 pounds on his back, he defeated
''Lucy Glitters'' carrying 81 pounds by q
head, while Christian" came in third,
with 107 pounds. Among the horses
not placed by the Judge in this last
race, was the Derby victor of 1880,
'Bend Or" carrying 1874 pounds. In rhe
Champion stakes ten days before the
Cambridgeshire, "Bend Or" with 100
pounds, had defeated "Iroquois" with
only l16 on his back. But we must not
rsshly infer anything as to the relative
merits of the two American horses
from these performances, as sir oquois''
was quite IA pounds below his Derby
form. "Foxhalls" double victory in the
two great Newmarket handicapB has had
only one parallel, the victory of Crosse
berry, in 1876. Mr.. Keene may we'll say
that his "colt is the greatest horse in the
world" The Cesarewitch course is two
miles and quarter in length, and Fox
halP' came i'll ten lengths in front of
'Chippendale"-an exploit of which
the greatest horses in the annals OF the
turf IN. ght be proud. In the Cambridge
shire the finish was closer, but the great
stamina OF the American enabled him to
struggle successfully with his less heav-
NY Observation-Disclosures.
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fore possessed, that II appeared to them
like great fortune. When they called
at mysofice, Ishanded Prof. Stowe my
cheek cheek for $40 goo, payable 70 bis order.
Mrs. Stowe had ever before
received check, they told me, and
they did not know what to do with It,
or how;to get the money it represented.
/ explained to the professor that he
must endorse the check and present it
Tor payment. advised him to deposit
the money in the same bank. We went
t!lither together. introduced him to
the president, and the professor opened
an account. After instructing him how
to keep his check book and so on, and
cautioning him and his wife never to 60
about, with more than S. in their pockets
! bade them goodbye, and they went
theirway rejoicing. When gave them
q second check for 5000 found they
peeded no further instructions.'
How many copies of Uncle Tom did
you PUBLISH"
More than $4,000 sets of two vol
umes each we're published in the first
year. After that the demand fell off,"
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City Folks in the Country.

From Peck's Milwaukee Sun.
Said the bad boy to the grocery man:
"You see, one of the deacons in our
church lives out on farm. and all his
and he had to all the chores, so he in
vited pa and ma to come out to the farm
and have nice. quiet time, and they
went.
There is nothing my pa likes better
than to 60 out on the farm, and pretend
he knows everything. When the farm
er got pa and ma out there he set them
to work, ana ma shelled peas while pa
went to dig potatoes for dinner. l
think it was mean for the dea-
cou to send pa out in the corn-feld to
Zig potatoes, and after he had dug up a
whole row of corn without finding any
potatoes. he set the dog on pa and freed
i'm in an apple tree near the bee-hiyes,
and then 60 and visit with ma and leave
pa in the tree with the dog barking at
him. Pa said he never knew how mean
q deacon could be, until he had sat on q
limb Of that apple tree all the afternoon.
About time to do chores the farmer
came and found pa, and called the dog of,
and pa came down, and then the farmer
played the meanest trick ofall. He said
city people didn't know how to milk
COWS, and pa said he wished he had as
many dollars rs he knew how to milk
cows. He said his specially was milking
kicking cows, and the farmer gave pa a
tin pail and a milking stool and let down
The bars, and pointed out to pa the
worst COW on the place.
Pa knew his reputation was st stake, and
he went up to the COW and punched it in
the flank and said, Hist, confound YOU"
Well, the COW wasn't histing cow, but
hitting bull, and pa knew it was bull
as quick as he see it put down it's head
and better, and pa dropped the pail and
started for the bars, and the bull after
pa.
I don't think it was right in ma to bet
two shillings with the farmer that pa
would get to the bars before the bull did,
though she won the bet. Pa said he
knew il was bull just as soon as he got
tangled up in his coat tail, and when he
struck on the other side of the bars, and
his nose hit the ash-barrel where they
make I've for soap, pa said he saw more
fire. works than we did at the Soldiers
home. Pa wouldn't celebrate any more.
and he came home, after thanking the
farmer for ais courtesies, but he wants
me to borrow gun and 60 out with him
hunting. We are going to shoot bull
and dog, and some bees, and may be
we will shoot the farmer, if pa keeps on
as mad as he is now. Well we won't
have another 4th of July for year.
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ment, aside from it's promptness,
4 was the adjustment of the claims 81 the
Stone estate against the bankrupt Chi
Ca o Rolling.mill company, of which M.
A. B. Stone, brother ofthe deceased.
was formerly the president, Mr.. ANA.
81 Stone owned the stock and bonds Of
the company to the amount Of abont
$500, 900, and had beside loaned its man.
.ager at various times 81 ,0OO, 600 to holm
them through accommodating difficulties'
For these loans Mr.. Stone held at the
time of his death mortgage notes which
formed a first lien upon the assets Of
the company 30 that the executor of his
will had only to enforce those claims.
wreck the concern and recover most or
al Of their money. Instead Of this, the
family Of Mr.. Stone gave up and can.
cellsd the entire $3.50, 1000 Of stock
bonds and notes., STIMULATING only that
the Chicago company $780,
Ooo Of its paper held by other parties on
which Messrs. Amasa and A. B, Stone
were joint indorsers. This generous
action rescued Mr.. A. b. Stone from
what would have been to him q serious
financial liability, and cleared the
ground for reorganization of the com.
pany, which is now in progress under
the Presidency ofMr. Porter, Of Chicago.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31
How. Was Man Distributed on
The Earth?

The question arises, how has the hui
man race been able to spread itself over
the whole surface Of the globe. Is it the.
product of different and independent
origins in the several continents, or
have all men sprung from common
cradle, "mother-region?" On this
point students are divided, Acassiz hold
ing that men were created, and Carl
Vogt that they were developed, at diff
ferent centers, and Quaterfages and the
theologians maintaining the unity of
their origin. The fact is left that the
man, the same in all the essential char
into all TIM halitable parts of the globe,
and that not recently, and when provi.
ded with all the resources that expert
ence and inventive genius could put at
his disposal, but when still young and
ignorant. It was then that, weak and
almost naked, having only just got fire
and few rude arms with which to de-
fend itself and procure food, the hu.
man race conquered the
world and spread itself from
within the Arctic circle to Terra del
Fuego. from the Samoyed country to
Van Diemen's Land, from North Cape
to Cape of Good Hope. It is this primi-
tive exodus, as certain as it is. incon-
ceivable, accepted by science as we'll as
by dogma, that We have to explain or at
least to make probable, and that in an
age when it is only after the most won
derful discoveries, by the aid ofthe most
powerful machinery for navigation,
through the boldest and most adventure
GUS enterprise, that civilized man has
been able to f1atter himself that he has
at last gone as far as infant man went in
an age that is 80 far removed from us as
to battle all calculations.
We must insist on this point, for it
brin IS into light an obstacle which those
who have tried to trace out the connec-
ton between widely separated races, and
to determine the course that had been
followed by tribes now separated by
oceans and vast expanses have hitk
erto found insurmountable, for, if man
is one-to which we are ready to agree
we must assign single point of de-
parture for his mlgrations. In these mi
grations, man has gone wherever he
could, and at every spot he has oc-
cupied and settled, has acquired char
acteristics peculiar to the place. Hence
the varieties in human races. Some of
these spots seem to have been peculiar
ly favorable to his advancement, and
became centers of civilization. The num-
bers of such centers is, however, very
limited, and their distribution is signitI-
cant.-M. g. De. Saporta, in Popular
Science Monthly.
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A War Pass From Lincoln.

It was dull at the st. Louis Cotton Ex-
change and when Mr.. Lie. Norvell, the
veteran story-teller of the Exchange,
stretched out his legs leaned back in his :
chair and pulled bit ofpasteboard from
his pocket, everybody drew near to lis.
ten. The pasteboard bore the inscrip.
ton in bold, round hand:
Pass Mr.. Norvell from New York to Sd.
v nnah, Ca ~
December 90, 1864 A. LINCOLN.
"The children found that the other day
rnmmaging around in an old trunk" :
said he. II was in Washington IN 1864,
and wanted to go to Savannah. had
Il letter to Edwin NJ. Stanton which was
warranted to yet me the pass. I pre-.
scented it to him. He read it and looked
up at me.
We'll you can't go'.
He didn't tell me to get out, but he /,
looked it,, and L left the Office quick
enough. went outside an asked some
one if could see th, president. I was,
told that might try. L did try, and got
in. He had one leg street :hei over a.
chair.
"Well, sir, what can do for you?" he
asked.
81 told him wanted to 90 to Savannah.
s'Then why didn't you see stanton2,"
asked he.
''I'v" seen Stanton" said I.
"WcIl,' said Mr.. Lincoln.
tAnd he says shan't 20 to Savan-
nah," said I.
He laughed, and said twas like him.
"Well, don't think you would hurt US
any if 1 let you co." and then wrote me
that pass.
When got to Savannah Sherman
was there, and Stanton had come around
10 hold conference with him., saw
Sherman, who said l would have, to get
right out, as they we're having every body
arrested. had some fine wine, brandy
and whisky, and I made him. a present
oft, sending it up the next day. When
saw him again he reconsidered. Stan.
ton was with him. lie looked at me mar
rowly.
"What are you doing here?" he said
finally as gruff as before.
Attending to some business said I.
"How did you get here?"
"Mr. Lincoln passed me-"
Just like him. He tells m not to issue
another single pass and then gives one
himself to the first man who asks him."
st. Louis Republican.
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Uncle Toms Cabin.

Mr.. John P. Jewett of Boston, the
original publisher of Uncle TOMS Cab
in in recent interview with CORE
spondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean,
was asked:
"How did you come to be publisher
of Uncle Toms Cabin?'
II suspect" he replied, cit was prin.
cipally because I was rapid anti
slavery man, although the fact That l
had previously been the publisher of q
book by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
may have had something 10 do with it.
After careful examination concluded
that the story would not only repay the
cost of the publication in book form,
but would yield some profit. Possibly
was helped to that conclusi on by nv
firm conviction that the volume would
have strong anti-slavery document, at
all events, expresses willingness to
publish 1t. and the next thing was to
arrange the terms. Professor Stowe was
in favor Of selling the manuscript for a
sum down. II tell wife, )" said he to me,
that if she can get good black silk
dress or $50 in money for the story, she
DO yOu UcIieVo tudC you COulO nave
bought the story for $5O?"
II believe could have bought it for
$50 large were the orders for the
book that from the day I first began to
print it the eight presses meyer stopped
day nor night save Sundays, for six
months, and even then there were COM
plants that the volumes did not appear
fast enough. In little while was able
to inform Professor and Mrs. Stowe that
their percentage already amounted to
$4,000, and although my contract with
them required me to give note only, I
would pay them that sum in cash."
How did they receive your informa
tion?"
They seemed q little dazed by the
news. The sum was so vastly beyond
anything they expected or had heret o.
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AnUncommon Duel

Gus Davis, OF Philadelphia, came to Camp
Rio Pecos, N. NJ, some months ago, and
vas engaged as cattle herder bv Mr.. John
Shure, wealthy stock owner. Davis soon
showed himself ito be useful man, and
gained the esteem or his employer and the
envy of the other herders. In less than
three months he had,resisted so many temp.
tations to quarrel with his Mexican associ-
ates that he was nicknamed "The Northern
Coward"
One morning, about three weeks ago,
while Davis was on duty looking after bis
cattle, Jesus Garcia, Mexican, salutei him,
a. usual with Good morning, Northern
Coward"
Human endurance has its limit, and Mr.
Davis thought he had been insulted long.
enough. The Mexican was at first sur
prised at the stald taken by the Philadel.
phian. but word brought on word, until
each determined tat the other must die.
The querrel soon brought all the neigh.
boring cowboys to the spot. The mode of
combat was spec lily ARA ged.
A chain thirty inches long was securely
locked about their necks. A Mexican dag
ger, two edged knife six inches long, was
given to each ofthe duelists. The obliging
cowboys then lowered the men into a dog
canon descent of seventy.fve feet. There
they were to remain until one killed the
other, and 40 one was allowed to interfere
further. The rest of the COWBOYS then went
to work, as If nothing unusual had oc.
CURED.
For some days nothing was known as to
the result of the encounter. Yesterday,
however, Davis, very weak and emaciated,
returned to camp. dragging after him the
lifeless body of Jesus Garcia
The story Mr.. Davis tells is as follows:
THE fight began as soon as we reached the
bottom of the canon. Being locked togeth-
er, each was always within reach of the
others knife. After such elaboration as
the few moments during our descent per.
mitted, I decided that unless the first blow
were fatal. the chances were decidedly in ia
lowed the Mexican to strike the first blow.
He plunged his knife into my side. As
soon as found his arm thus stretched for
ward. cut the muscles of his right arm
near the shoulder. Immediately his knife
dropped. While he was stopping to pick
up his knife, sent my blade into his body
flom the back. Before could strike again
he had nicked up his knife and cut the
cords Of my arms, 80 as to render them
both useless"
'Here we both stood for few seconds,
when discovered that his heart had BEEN
reached. His body soon fell in the death
struggle to the ground. The chain was 9,
short that he brought me down with him.
In q few minutes he was dead. I was so
weak from .loss OF blood that lay down by
his side. We lay there for five days and
nights, until hunger drove me to make q
last effort. I climbed the steep incline Of
the walls Of the canon and reached the camp,
carrying Garcia on my back" THE Biggest
Liar Of them All, in Nep York Sun.
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A Duel That Was Not Fought.


From the Boston Post.
There is man in New Orleans who
makes good living as q compromiser of
quarrels. He is sharp lawyer, with q
conciliatory temper and an oily tongue.
While other men are stirring up strife he is
turning away wrath-for consideration.
he made good deal of money in the good
old days so fast receding, when a duel be-
bore breakfast was as indispensable to the
happiness of the Crescent City as fish on
Friday. Hot with wine two young bloods
would quarrel. The lie would pass and
then challenge. Now you see things
more clearly through the cool gray morn
ing gir than through the cigarette smoke of
q cafe, and very often this clearness of Wis
ion comes while you look through the quiv-
ering blue atmosphere at the sparkling
stars of the midnight sky. Hence it was
that our friend the peacemaker was never
out of a job. His title was second" usual
ly, but his business was to see that no ne.
cessity arose for his services as such. One
case is q good, sample. A young society
man had called another society man cow
ard. with the avowed purpose of making
him fight duel. Or course, both were
we'll branded when the insult was given.
4 challenge passed at once, but ~ the
| time it had been received, Mr.. Insulter had
grown cool and cautious. He asked MIR.
Compromise to act as his second. "Now,"
said the latter, ''to come to the point at
once, do you want to fght?" "Between
ourselves" responded the young man, II
don't" ''Do you wantto go on the field at
all, !" asked the second; because it will cost
you more to get out of the. duel after you
are once face to face" 81 don't want to 20
on the field at all" said the principal, land
1 don't care what It costs to keep off"
every WE'LL" said the second; snow, sit
down and write just such an acceptance as
tell you to writs." Acceptance" eyes,
certainly. Let me manage this affair"
said the second, Tin my own way. Now,
write out an acceptance in the usual form
and put in for weapons rifles and for dis
lance two paces." why, that's muzzle to
breast, murder outrightl'' exclaimed the
principal. "Write what tell you," said
the second. When 1t was written the Sec
ond carried it himself to the secon of the
challenger. why, this is butchery," said
the latter second; "butchery in cold blood.
Neither man could possibly survive"
'Then do understand that you wish to
negotiated" asked the other in his blandest
tones. 1--WE certainly do" said the chal-
lenger's second. VERY well, I'll see about
it,, said the challenged party's second. OF
| course that duel never came of,