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

Mr.. G. B. CRooksroN from Ypsilanti,
Mich, has been in town and the vicinity
fora few days. He is business man of
experience and capital and thinks of
locating somewhere i'll this part of the
country. The editor knew him we'll
when they both lived in Grand Forks
four years ago, and can testify to two
things; that Pembina county has good
opportunities for such man as, Mr..
Crookston and that he is good man for
Pembina county.
HARVESTING is now in full blast, the
work, Of cutting in some portions of the
county being about finished. The
weather so far, OIL the whole. has been
favorable. Farmers are disposed to be-
gin at the grain while yet little green,
which is wise inview of the great amount
to be done in so short time. Besides
owing to the cool weather so favorable 70
the growth ofgrain to the very last, the
berry is unusually plump and very
liable to shell when the grain is ripe.
The late grain is coming ON to maturity
i'll fine shape. The hum of the threshcr
has already begun in some parts of the
county.
WE are now approaching the climax of
the du II season. Like the calm before a
storm is the season of quietude before the
rush of business that will set in when the
r .ingets on It's rapid movement outward.
The farmer does not 80 to town unless a
break in machinery or some other un-
looked-for occurrence calls him away.
Human muscle and llprscfesh are at
premium. Reaping, shocking, stacking,
threshing, marketing and fall plowing
will all be going ON at once for the next
few weeks. All the country is a stage
and farmers are the principal actors
Happy is that business man who has no
farm to look after now, but can 20 roam
ing over the prairie and around duck
ponds with his double-barrcllcd dog and
gun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31

! Mr.. HENRY BALDWIN returned last
week from Ontario, and was warmly
greeted by his many friends.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31

Mr.. CHAs. O'HARA has shown us a
simple of oats from his farm. They are
nF new variety, the heads being very
long. There were counted on one head
2i0 kernels.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31

SOME person or persons were mean
enough to steal good plow from Mr..
Samuel Ardies, few miles south of town,
one day last week.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31

DIR. G. S. Smith, dentist will be in his
Office OH Stuttsman street Monday Aug.
Sd, but will remain only short time at
this visit owing to harvest.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

The following are our authorized agents
to receive subscriptions for the PIONEER
EXPRESS. Remittances can also be made
direct to this office.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31

Fruits and vegetables in season, at
Cadwalladar's.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31

FRED WINTERS with his span Of goats
drove along Caviieer street Wednesday
evening. They make a fine team, though
inclined to stop occasionally when they
take the notion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31

d. f. ANDREWS has removed his barber
shop from Rolette street to the building
next to*Piche's, where he has nicely
fitted and furnished tonsorial parlor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31

lifted and furnished tonsorial parlor.
Mr.. CHAs. O'HARA has shown us a
ssmple of oats from his farm. They are
nF a new variety, the heads being very
long. There were counted on one head
2;O kernels.
MR. P. JENNINGS is moving his house,
occupied by Mr.. Kellar, from Second
street in the southern part of the town
across to Cavileer street near Capt. Jacks
house. MIR. James Auld has the con-
trlct for moving it.
WE are pleased to learn that Mr.. w. J.
S,Traill is going to reside in this town
with his family, his farming interests and
the extensive improvements in his mills
8 r ndering his residence here necess-
IL.
"A GAME of cricket between a picked
and scrub eleven of this town, was
.plAyed in this town last Friday afternoon.
TIE game excited not little interest,"
/ being closely contested, the score result
ing in a tie.
We have received several contributions
ofpoetry this week for which we cannot
make room without excluding county
news. As general rule we cannot pub
lish any poetry beyond what is found in
0lir miscellaneous napes
THE RED STOCKINGS of Emerson, came
over on Wednesday for game of base
ball with our Black cap boys. But no
game took place, the Black Caps, or a
number of them, not having heard that
match had been arranged.
Mr.. w. L. JOY, having obtained the
position of head miller of the Dominion
City -four mill, mas removed with his
wife to that town.. Before leaving Mr..
and Mrs. Joy were waited on by COM
pany of friends and were made present
ofsome valuable silverware in testimony
Of their labors in the M. Z. churrh and
Sunday school. Their departure is much
regretted by their many friends.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-29
Break on the Mississippi.

The river all through the bright
moonlight night had quietly Tapped
the edges of the embankment, the sur
face being quite serene. AS the storm
neared, however, the surface rough
ened, and from far over the Missouri
side the wrinkling5 began to crawl
across the surface, deepening as they
came. The night-workers knew
that this meant danger, and by COM
mon consent they moved, halting only
when they reached places where the
ground back of the dixie was high
enough to brace the earthwOrks reason
ably well. BY this time the first gush
came, and it was followed by another
and another, the bosom of the old
Father heayed and there was a long
swash against the bank, which made
the earth tremble and dashed spray up
over the top of the dixie. George Hoeve-
ner and another reckless labOrer stood
far out where the dixie was most dan
gerous, and their friends yelled to
them to come away quick or they would
be caught Almost as the warning
was given the mischief began, for
down about the lowest point OF the lit
lie valley, and Just at the line where the
d Ike began to rise, the ground suddenly
gave way and volume of water about
the size of barrel spurted through
the wall of clay and out into the low
ground. A couple of scrub oaks were
close to the spot and the water striking
their roots with great force was thrown
high up as by fountain. a second
later the opening had increased to ten
times its original size and the volume
completely enveloped the scrub oaks.
Two seconds more and the earth above
all crumbled and sank down into the
gap, being carried out into the low
lands with a power that was apparently
irresistible. Meanwhile the flood was
pouring through the gap with a roar
that could be heard mile distant, and
the walls of ether side were being
rapidly eaten away. In less than ten
minutes after the first small opening
at the bottom of the dixie appeared,
there was a gap 200 feet wide, through
which a volume of water twelve feet
deep was running. This had contin-
ued for two hours, and an immense
roaring river was moving through
wheat fields and potato patches two
miles away, when second gap, a
hundred yards further south, opened
with a roar, and added Il second flood
to the first. The workmen stood and
watched the sublime scene for a time,
and then they began to hurry off in
ones and twos to carry then of the
break TO the anxious people inland.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-29

1 looked for the boy that fired the
chaser, but didn't want to find him.
She was pretty near a wreck by that
time, though she had all her dress left
except the polonaise, and we went and
sat under tree in a quiet place, and l
put my arm around her and told her
never to mind the accidents, cause it
would be dark when we got home, and
just then a spark dropped down
through the tree and fell in my pistol
pocket, right next to her, where
my bunch Of frecrackers was, and
they began to go off. Well, l
never saw such a sight as she
was. Her dress was one Of these
mosquito bar, cheese-clOth dresses, and
it burned just like punk. l had pres
ence Of mind enough to roll her on the
grass and put out the fire, but in doing
that l neglected my own conhagIation,
and when 1 got her put out, my coat
tail and trousers were total loss. Ny,
but she looked like a goose that has
been picked, and looked like a fire.
man that had fell through a hatchway.
Ny girl wanted to go home and took
liOl HOillC, tA1Ol IiCA pte wac OAOOihS va
the front steps, and he wouldn't ac-
cept her, looking that way. He said
he placed in my possession a whole
girl, clothed and in her r. .ght mind, and
| had brought Lack a burnt offering.
He teaches in our Sunday-school and
knows how to talk pious, buthis boots
are olful thick. tried to explain that
l was not responsible for the fireworks,
and that he could bring in bill against
the government, and l showed him
how was bereaved of a coat-tail and
some pants, but he wouldn't reason at
all, and when his foot hit me thought
| it was pile-driver sure, and when l
got over the fenoe and had picked my
self up never stopped till l got to
Duffy's and 1 sat up with him, cause
1 thought her pa was after me, ana l
thought he wouldn't enter a sick room
and maui a watcher at the bedside of
an invalid. But that settles it with
me about celebrating. / don't care il
we did whip the British, after declar-
ing independence, L don't want my
pants burnt Off What is the declara-
tion of independence good fer to agirl
who loses her polonaise, and has her hair
burned off, and chaser burning her
stockings? No, sir, they may talk
about the glorious Fourth of July, but
will it bring back that blonde wig, or
re tail my coat? Hereafter l am
rebel." MtltOaukee Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-29
a SHAKE OF THE HAND.

One day upon the busy street,
dear old friend 1 chancod TO meet.
From far distant land;
His face with pleasure was alight,
He aeked me, "Is all with you right 2"
And clasped and shook my hand.
II was not any word he said,
But Just that care and sorrow fed
As if at his command.
Twas not the smile upon his lip,
But just the honest, hearty grip,
With which he shook my hand.
oh, lips may touch, and eyes may meet
And both be false, and both be sweet!
But no one noed be told,
When fingers touch and coldly part
They have not touched n feeling heart,
Or love is turning cold.
The hand is index sure and true
Unto the heart; you will not rue
If you its lesson take
Heed not the promise of the lip,
But trust the firm and honest grip,
The strong yet tender shake.
And, oh, the strength and confidence,
Thesympathy, the happy sense,
With which we understand
The subtitle, secret power we feel
When meeting fingers but reveal,
The heart within the hand
Mary A. Barr, in Good Cheer.
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And then, with the innocent hypoc.
risy oflovehood, he vowed that he had
intended all along to visit the Russells,
and accompanied Perseverance thither
at once
"Yes," said placid Mrs. Russell. "Is
she not beautiful She used to come
to my Sunday-school class last sum.
mer, at the little Sandy Point chapel,
and when her poor old father died L
took her to stay with me. And we are
all so attached to her, and she is so
lovely and winning. Quite like my
own daughter"
Late that evening Major Cheston
went out on the stone-paved terrace,
where Perseverance was sitting on the
rail, looking up at the million golden
stars which spangled the violet sky.
She welcomed him with her quiet, self
possessed smile.
Perseverance he said, "you are
seventeen years old, nowY
eyes," she assented, 81 am seven
teen years old"
"Almost a woman" said he.
"Quite a woman" she responded.
Ou, IL oOOllS do IL lldu BAOhh oO
many, many years older since poor
father died p
"IIas any one spoken to you Of
-love?" he asked, abruptly.
"No," she answered, with gravity.
"But they will-sometimeY
al suppose so, said Perseverance.
Evidently there was nothing of the
coquette about her.
Would you be very much surprised,
Perseverance, if were to tell you that
1 loved you?
She started and colored to the very
roots of her hair.
Surprised ?" she repeated. "Yes
f-oh, yes For you despised me in
those days"
Never p he cried.
cor at least 1 fancied So" she fall
tered.
"But 1 love you now, Perseverance
sweetest, precious treasure of my
soul I" he went on, reading some dim
encouragement in the downcast eyes,
the red, quivering mouth. 81 will not
let you go until you promise to be my
wife. You have saved my life once
and it is in your power to save it from
further shipwreck now."
Hugh Russell had spoken the same
words of love in her ear two hours be-
fore and she had run away from him,
half angry and wholly frightened.
But this-this was different.
"Will you promise me, Persever-
ance?" he gently reiterated.
yes" she answered.
And that was the way in which
Major Cheston, whose heart had been
so long regarded by his lady friends as
an invulnerablo fortress, won the
beautiful young wife who was as un-
like the other bellies of society as is
the tropical blossom Of he scarlet
pomegraI ate to the commonplace red
roses of the garden border.
1t was a strange meeting, a still
stranger wooing, but most happy mar
riage. And perhaps this is the most
satisfactory record that any love affair
can leave.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-29
Indian t. eatment of Captives.

The five Mexican women and one
child recaptured from the Apaches by
General Crook were surprised by a
band of Apache5 under the personal
command of Geronimo, about the 10th
of May. The Indians, with their cap
tives, Travelled necessarily the remain
der of the day and all night. They
calculated that the next morning after
their capture they were at least one
hundred miles distant, though they
cannot tell in what direction. For
three days they were without water,
but after that it was found in abund-
ance. The country through which they
passed was wild beyond description.
At times they were compelled to crawl
upon all fours Their thirst for the
first three days nearly drove them
crazy, and the Indians would whip and
lash them up, and compel them 10
travel. Toward the last of their cap
tivity their food commenced giving
out, and they were put upon rations, a
small piece of raw beef being all that
was given them. This had to be di-
vided among the six. Mrs. -Antonia
Hernandez all this time carried her
little child in her arms. The Indian
children took great pleasure in tor
menting him, pinching him, and laD-
bing sharpened sticks into his sides,
giving him great pain. When they
demonstrated, Geronimo OF his men
only laughed at her misery. The last
two days of their captivity they had no
food at all. There was snow on the
mountains The cold was intense, and
the women suffered greatly, almost
freezing. The Indians never remained
quiet in one spot day, but were con-
tinually moving. They Travelled nearly
100 miles a day, going in every direc-
ton, but tending generally nearly
westward. The captiye5 were abused
and maltreated in every possible man
ner. They were made to work heavily
whenever camp was made, and were
general object of abuse and ridicule.
The Indians would take up Mrs. Her
nlndez' little boy, threaten to kill him,
and would throw stones at him, to the
great mental anguish of his mother.
One of the women was sent as a host
age of some sort to Chihuahua TO make
peace. The exposure to cold, thirst,
famine and exhaustion from travel and
fear of torture was having an effect on
the poor women. The first thing they
knew they were hustled one day fur
ther into the mountains. The next
day brother of Chief Chatte delivered
them up to General Gro, k. As one Of
them expressed herself when she saw
General Crook and the soldiers: 1T
seemed as if the sky opened and Heay-
en- appeared" d."-SGH FranciSco horn
ing call.
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&PERSETERANCE."

Just at the instant of sunset the
light broke through the leaden mas 'es
OF cloud like Lett of brass, red, threat
ening, yet most welcome. For the,e,
darkly outlined against the sullen gien,
stood al title cabins with its thread-like
wreath Of smoke curling\ppward, and
an old fisherman sitting hending@h1s
nets on bench beside the door.
And Mr.. Cheston, who had been
wandering hopelessly among the
marshes for some time, with a lively
sense of the inconvenience of getting
lost in those saline deserts, stood and
stared at it as if it were will-o'-the-
wisp.
I'm sure it couldn't have been there
five minutes ago." lie pondered within
himself.
"Evenin', stranger - said old Zadoc
Peck. "Been a shCo in, eh?"
"Ive lost my way" said Cheston,
plunging through the tai reeds, until
at last he gained secure footing by
the cabin door.
"Well, L thought likely" commented
Zadoc. "Ain't many folks come here
purpose.
"Ctuld | obtain a nights lodging
and some supper?" limited our weary
sportsman.
81 guess so" serenely answered Mr..
Peck, "if you don't mind sleepin' up
garret. AS for supper, Perseverance
has gone out to dig clans for us. Like
baked CLANS, eh?"
"His son." thought the major.
"What a quaint couple they must
be-"
But he sat down in the red light
and looked at the morning-glOry
vines trained to the window. the busy
fingers of the old man, the murmur-
ing wilderness Of reeds and rushes be-
yond.
"That's right" said Zadoc. "Set
down and take it easy. Perseverance
will be back pretty quick with the
clans, and then you'll get some good
hot supper. Perseverance is a master
| hand to cook"
Perseverance" came presently, but
to Major Cheston's infinite surprise
she was no lubberly boy nor half-civi-
lized young man, but tall, blooming
maiden of sixteen, with jetty hair float
ing down her back, large dark eyes,
long lashed and almOnd-shaped, and
cheeks like roses. Her short, gypsy
like skirts revealed shapely brown feet
yet bearing the impress of the wet
sands where she had waded out to dig
clans, and on one arm she carried q
basket of clans whose weight would
have been no trife even to the stall
wart muscles of this major of cav
airy.
She was not at all embarrassed by
the presence of a stranger, but came
frankly up to him, setting down hel
basket to examine the contents of hi
game-bag.
"YouYe had poor luck, stranger
haven't your" she said, pityingly
al could ha' done better mysel
on them marshes at this time O. year.
Perseverance is first-rate shot,
chuckled the old man. go now
girl, and cook us some supper.
The roast CLANS, coffee and corr
bread were most palatable, and afte
upper Major Cheston gave Persever
nee a newspaper from his pocket.
"It is this mornings" said he
Would you like to seeit?'
But she motioned it away.
Il can't read, said she, indltfel
emily.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-29
soL11oouY OF AN OLD MIRROR.
Upon this old and rusty nail

Upon this old and rusty nail
I've hung for many years.
All, me but could tell tale
OF pleasure-yes, and tears.
How many beaming countenance
That in the days gone by
Gave me the quick, admiring glance
Now in the churchyard liel
Wrinkles have grown on faces fair,
Bright eyes their luster lost,
And en- the fair heads of glossy hair
Has fallen ages frost
The manly form erect and proud,
Has lost its stately grace,
And gray with years and sorrow bowed
Now shuns my truthful face.
The lad who shaved his downy lip
BY my reflected aid,
And made so manya cruel slip
With keen n-edged razor blade,
Now hath son, who, now and then,
With comical grimace,
Apes we'll the ways of older men
And scrapes his beardless face.
a uldlucu lhuyJ OAu anu rphISj
Who mo1rns her lonely state,
Comes here and combs her scaaty hair
In style long out of date;
Then, with affected unconcern,
She daubs her check with red,
In hopes that she may some day turn
Some single codger's head.
Two lovers came to-day and gazed
Together in my face
He with enthusiasm praised :.
The beauty of her face;
Clasped in each others loving arms
Quite long they gazed in me
John looked at Mary's buxom charms,
And Mary-so did she!
There Bobbie with his dreadful ball,
Ha4Rnded me, know!
My fra hangs empty on the wall.
!. My fragments lie be'ow.
AhMHell, 'twodld do but little good.
My1eelings to express
| The stonyglances I'd withstool |
Had weakened me, guess.
-Parmenas Ma.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-29

A Chinese doctor has been fined SlOO
at Phoenix, Arizona Territory, for prac-
tisirg without a diploma. The Celes-
tia. produced a Chinese document,
which he claimed was diploma, but
the court thought it only laundry
bill.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-29
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

vfid But his terms scientific
Came forth so terrific,
That they really and truly quite shr.
TIA new postoflice in the South is
-oallaed Langtry. 1t is hoped that it
| not be true to its name, and cause
H. mails to go astray. -NoyriStoton
vi raid.
Nuo In Alabama man advertiseS that he
Rle something that will make hens lay.
II haps it is little string that ties
their legs. Send stamps for the secret.
g -PicGyu7le.
"Pepi, how did you get along in
school to-day?" BADLY, papa; the
teacher gave me thrashing" "Why?"
"Well, he asked me how many teeth a
man had, and said a whole mouth
ful."-Flitgsnde Blatter.
Men grumble because cabbage is
used as a substitute for tobacco in
cigars but they would probably grum-
BILE more if the best Havana tobacco
should be served with their corned-
beef as a substitute for cabbage
Puck.
James Smith, of North Carolina,
turned up an emerald while plowing
near Greensboro. Many man has
plowed day in and day out without
turning up anything more surprising
to him than nest of yellow jackets
Middleto,on Transcript.
A Harrisburg man boasts that lie
can split bullots on the edge of a
hatchet sixty Aet away, but we can't
see what goo&that would do him. He
could dull up hatchet ten times as
quickly by giving it to servant girl
to cut kindlings with.-Philddelphja
Meas.
"Pa, did you hear that report that
got out last night?" "What report,
my son?" 1.-The report of a pistol" "
The old man was arrested for chasing
the boy with hatchet, but was dis
charged when the facts were made
known, with the advice to kill him
next time Grit
A farm item remarks thai in fly
time cows should be kept in stalls.
This is for the convenience of the fly,
increasing his opportunity of concen-
tration and economiZing much valuable
time that would be otherwise consumed
in chasing a frislly heifer through a
ten-acre lot.-ROme Sentinel.
The Nevada way Of catching bears
IS for one man to feed the animal with
salt, while a second slips around and
ties his hind legs together When the
second man weakens and takes to his
heels it's mighty embarrassing for the
feeding man, especially when the salt
is nearly gone.-BoSto@ Post
A New York photographer says
that babies are among their best Gus
toners, because a baby changes SC
much every few months. Months
What kind of babies do they have in
Gotham? Hereaway a baby that
couldn't change twenty thousand
times during the taking of one picture
wouldn't be considered worthy of the
name.-BOStOn T'ranSc1iDt.
LOVE LETTERS.
If thou, Miss, wouldst Il Il vs.
My woes with y p ID NC,
And me no more Nj O
Say thou art not mine N M L.
True love in its NJ . 7
Ny bodness must y 10 u 8;
So let no N Nj ret
My daring hopes l. M n g.
Thy beauty q XLNO
My ehorts will \ l. RS,
And always O b ID
10 thee from me shall Nj N s.
For thou art my 4 n CT;
hail thee as my ID E Il;
And if love with N X G.
Ascribe il 10 myNN q
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-29

Widow Glenn is the boss farmer Of
California, aud perhaps Of the worlds
Her wheat crop this year viii bring
her in $7000)9.
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