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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08
The German Army.

The greatest numerical strength of the
German army in tho late war with
France never exceeded 100000 men;
but q writer in q recent number OF the
Foftnightly Review declares that in q
future var half million more soldiers
could be sent into the field. He esti.
mates that Germany can almost imme'
lately mobilize an army OF 5000 Off
GERS. 1.45O,U0O men. q, 900 phys icians
and officials, a1d 100000 horses; for
which number all clothes, ornaments,
outfits, carts, ETC., are provided in peace
time, and held in readiness in the differ
ent Rarrisons. To the mobllized armv
would have to be added the surplus Of
drilled reserve and militiamen number.
ing l5O, ,0GO men: the depot reserves Of
the first class, numbering $4,000 men;
one contingent of recruits, one-year Vol
unteers. Volunteers under twenty years.
and ten contingents OF Landstrum;
which makes up a grand total of $780,
600 trained men, commanded by officers
who have fought some of the greatest
battles of the century, and have never
turned their backs upon the enemy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08
wounds of Generals in Action.


A curious article might be written on
the immunity from wounds in action Of
some generals, and the i'll fortune oi
others in becoming the billet for bullet.
No commander adds Mr.. A. Forbes in
the English Illustrated Magasine) was
ever more forward in the fighting
line than Sheridan, yet lie never got
scratch. Skobeleff, who many time
went at it with his own good sword, and
in his white coat and on his white char.
ger headed every charge with reckless
ness that men called madness, had az
complete an immunity as if he carried
the charmed life that his soldiers
ascribed, and was wounded only in the
quiet trenches by chance bullet fred
into the air a mile away. Wellington
was but once hit; the bullet that carried
away his boot heel scarce gave him
confusion. Grant vas never struck; no
more was Napoleon. OF Sir Neville
Chamberlain again, one of the most dis
tinguished officers Of our Indian amy,
the saying goes that he never went into
action without receiving wound, and
the gallant old man has been fighting
pretty steadily ever since the first AT.
CHAN war. Bazaine was man to whom
fortune was not stingy in the matter Of
wounds. At Borny there came to him
the leaden reminder that he was NOR
tai, though this time it was into near.
~ - great sham as itself.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08
FIFTY INDIAN MArDENs.
Daughters OF the Prairie Go % Ph,la
delphia After an Education.
sA.l.aa. ft>..xa

Daughters OF che Prairle Go % Phila.
l., delphia After an Education.
Philadelphia kscotd.
The family Of twenty.three Indiar
girls Who have been living for some
time past at the Lincoln Institution.
Eleventh street, below Spruce, was in.
creased to fly on Thursday afternoon
by the arrival Of ftwenty.seven girls from
the Indian Training School at Carlisle,
Pa, from which place they were sent
by order 0fthe Interior Department Of
the United States government. The
fifty who are how In Philadelphia will,
IN the course off few weeks, be Joined
by twenty-five more, wl:ieh will com.
plete the number to be taken csrs OF
in this city.
The new arrivals are apparently per.
fectly satisfied with their new quarters.
They ranged in age from six to twenty :,
and were oil neatly dressed and wore
their jet.black liair in plaits. The fifty
scholars are divided into two divisions.
each OF which goes through q regular
routine of study and work daily. They
rise etT o'clock, and after breat fast one
division goes TO the school-rooms and
studies from Q o'clock until noon, the
other girls spending these hours in learn.
Ing to sew, cook, antt attend to the gen.
eral house work of the Institution.
In the afternoon from o'clock until
4 the second division attends school,
and the first is instructed in the useful
branches just mentioned. Each day the
scholars are taken out for an hours
walk, bnt us general thing they do mot
IKE this. as they are very sensitive
about the attention they attract. On
Sundays they attend divine service at
tue church OF the Ascension. The hours
when they do not have to be in the
scliool-rooms or at work are spent In the
piay-rooms of the institution.
Some of the girls are very clever At
making dolls. which they decorate with
heads, bits of metal and strips of bright
flannel. During the day they are
obliged to talk TO each other in English.
But in tho hour that inter venes between
supper and bedtimetS p. my they are al.
lowed to converse together In their
native languages. This, however, ls i'm.
possible in many cases, as they repre-.
sent number of tribes, and do not un.
derstand one another's dialects. Prizes
are given ut the end Of each month to
those who have talked English only
during that period, and they make rap
I'd headway in learning the language.
They are reported to be bright and
quick at their studies.
Among the tribes represented by the
fifty now at the institution are the
Pawnees. Sioux, Cheyennes, Conaches
Diggers. Osagee, Omahas, and Dela-
wares.
A large number have Christian names
and civilized surnames, but some are
still known by their Indian surnsmes
With Christian names attached, the
effect of which combination is oiten
rather amusing, as in the following
cases: Bessie Big Soldier, Edna Eagle
Father, frankie Bear, Ella Man Chief.
Maud Echo Hawk, Fannie Crow, Eunice
Bear Shield, Sarah High Hipe, Lizzie
Spider, and Olive Battle.
The majority. of the girls will remain
in Philadelpia five years.
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reached the plaza, the Mayor meets the
city and congratulates them on their
victory. At the end 0f this speeclr the
band plays Q march again; the bells are
r1ng louder than ever, the dust q raised
In perfect clouds, and after circling once
around the square the pageant passes
out Of sight up tho street. An hour
later, when the city was enjoying its
Sunday evening quiet, met the Consul
Of the United States and asked him what
became ofthe captured women.
"Chey are confined In the tort ut Vera
Cruz for life" he said.
"And the children"
"They are given to whoever wSnts
them, and are brought up as servants"
s'SlAvee, then, you mean?" / said.
Hardly that. They will be paid wages
when they earn them, and such lives
will be better for them, far better, than
II they bad never been captured"
"The scalps-what Is done vi ith them?!''
I asked.
1.-THE scalps? Why, the government
buy o them. Every one brings $500.
The Apache, have long been the sccurge
OF Northern Mexico"
Later still and I heard the bells calling
for prayers. Entering the dimly lighted
church. where patches of yellow light
fell upon the bare door of the place,
saw the bended forms oftlose who were
lisping their prayers, aud 1 wondered il
they, 90 quiet now and so devout, could
be the same whom had seen 80 short
Q time ago shouting with delight Al the
sight Of few bloody scalps and a dozen
footsore women, who had never seen a
church nor had been allowed to worship
anything but crying baby.-Corres.
pondence San Francisco Chronicle.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08
o Douoe instead OF twelve members OF th(
rmer, and tn enty -four Of the lattsr % at
eeent. It provides for elscting two mem.
10 ofthe council and four Of the, houss
om esch OF the twelve disttitts, q NOV
divided BY the statutes Of the territory
he present law provides for electing only
10 councilman and two membsu Of thi
,use from each district.
Wednesday, January SO.
sENATE.-Mr. Blair presented . volumin'
y petition from about 1910 cltizsnI
Wednesdav, Jonxarw 80.

WeuueSU0US V08H0rN SOs
sENATE-Mr. Blair presented . volumine
ous petition from about 4,Oo0 citizens
oi the District Of Columbia praying for the
passage Of bill to prevent the manufac-
tufe or sale Of alcoholic Fau0Fs with.
u the District Of Coiumlda and the tarri.
tories. He expressed regret that no action
bad been taken upon former petilions ofthis
kind, and tbougst the subject must sventu.
klly cumpel the attention Of Statesmen.
Tbs petition was referred TO the COMMITTEES
81 the District Of Columbia, where Il will
slumbef with its predscesson.
No business waS transacted on account Of
The funeral Of Mr.. Mackey Of the house.
The president sent the following nomins.
aons + the senate to day:
CHARLES Roberts, Ieeister Of the land Of
doe at Humboldt, Cal: Richard 8. Tuthill
Chicago, United States attorney for the
northern district Of Illinois; James A. Con-
nelly, Illinois, United States attorney for
the southern district Of Illinois.
Postmasters-James B. Budd, Houma, Il
Mel Sinclair, Morgan City, la; Carnot Bel.
!inkn. Lnltng, Tex; James 81. Ashcraft;
Paducah. KY; Harry W. 0rantley,, Apple
ton City. Mo-; Lindell g. CAntwell, Rtoh,
mond, No; Adrian Q. Osse, Albany, No.
q: nrc.tsr, Jeesup. Dardnslle. Ark; John
Csdr Falls, Iowa; Eiihu Zoo, wauisshs,
VII; James Gray, Romeo, Mich; II. Kim.
ball. Crystal Falls. Mich; t.helbertJ j. Brew.
ster, Midland, Mich; James 9. Balm, Mar.
tinevilles. Ind; Jabtz 81. Casson, Kasson,
1inn.; Royal n. Hubbard, LoDgm0nt.
Colo; Mn. Jennie Goodwin, 6sn Busns-
ytntura. Colo; A. Pedlsr, Woodland, CAL;
Richard nelrose, Anahdn, Cal /; Bsnjamin
McElroy, Frankfort, Kans:; N. A. Yeager.
Augusta. Kans.; George Hggsr, Ellsworth,
Kans,; Ralph N. Grimes, Keafney, Neb.;
Joseph @. Keppler. Glendale Mont.
HousE.-After the presentation and reisr.
enoe Of several reports Of committees, fun.
eral services Of the late Representative
4ackey, of South Carolina, were Observed
and the house adjourned.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08
A SCHOOL OF FORESTRY.

WARRINGTON, Special Telegram, Jan. 90
DELEGATE RAYMOND to-day introduced in the
house bill to grant lands tn the TERRITORY ~
n.Lsxs o.. ~ ..'-.-s - .A.SMArs. Va
UAAota, ZOE tne purpose OF e6tADnAn1ng q
school Of forestry. II grants to the territory
for this nurr,oae 4OO saction. a nn.nrro
.L.4.s ....tsss 80. - =. pp-y-
PtlaSeo puDhc ianoS 10 De lmmemately
selected and withdrawn from sale and 10.
Gated under the direction NJ the ..c,ot.rv ~
m. trts-,o, %, ~. no 80 - .,,s.sI :. y. =
school OF forestry when the territory shall
be admitted as state Into the Union.
None Of tho lands shall be sold at less than
their appraised value In term Of ten annual
payments, and no deed or patent shall be given
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08
MIR. vlLLARD's ROMANCE.
aow tho sl,,llouaire Came 70 Marry
q Relative of william Lloyd CARR.

How tho millionaire Cam0 TO Marry
q Relative Of William Lloyd Garrf.
son.
From the New York Journal.
Attor reporting what was e0r l,s -sesa,
during the first attack 6n Charleston,
5. c., Henry Willard came North and
made the acquaintance Of William Lloyd
Garrison, and was taken to -that gentle-
mans home in Boston and introduced to,
the Garrison household % . hero and
strong anti.slavery advocate. Here the
young man saw Miss Fannie Garrison,
beautiful young lady. who was about
completing her education in Boston
seminary. She was considered one Of
the bellies Of Boston society, was par
triotic, bright. and though quite
young, thoroughly understood
the causes which led TO the breach be-
tween the North and South. Mr..
Willard passed many hours In oonver-
sation with the enthusiastic maiden be-
fore he again started for the froal Her
vivacious manner and winning wsys
bad driven from his memory the early
resolutions made before he sought his
fortune on this side Of the Atlantic,
and the modest desire for . httle cot
in sunny France with the dark-eyed
girl who had first inspired him with
the tender sentiments OF love, - his
wife. Never in all his travels in EnIope
or in any portion Of the West and
south-for by this time Willard had
eeen much Of the world 10 come
In contact with soul which had 90
throughly charmed him. He returned
to the South fully determined to
keep her foremost In his memory.
When, later ON, malarial fever contract
ed In the Southern sWamps forced him
again to return North. he was a1ted
back to health by the tender synpath.
les and cheesing smiles Of the beansifnl
Boston girl. Teen he declared LII love
both TO the daugtfter and parents and .
little later he led hSf Is tho a3tn4. Since
his marriage Mr.. Wizards lfjs hM Ven
one Of unusual success. - n, =. 50
To-day the once poor hut ambitiDus
emigrant youth may be found susso1pd.
ed BY . lovely family Of childfea~ q 4
grand old mansion bordered " parke
and lawns on tho banks- overlooe3ne The
Hudson, near this city. The II iiful
young Eastern girl 10 just - ehatliipe
o. ever. s-:.sss !, Syis ,;5ss
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08

Deacon Bidwell, . wealthy citizen OF
Mitchell. has offered various valuable
prizes % an encouraeementt to the teach.
ers and pupils in the city public schools.
Ex.deleaste PetHgrew ssys Q land
Office will 30 established in Pierre.
The post bakery at Fort Sully was
burned recently, with its contents.
George w. Bainbridge Of Sioux Falls,
charged with criminal assault ON Mrs.
Frazier, has been released.
An Aberdeen druggist nearly killed .
customer, giving corrosive sublimate by
mistake.
George willoughby, who keeps gen.
eYsl store at Minto, has assigned. As.
sets and liabilities small.
Tho price Of saloon licences in Brook
inss ID $1,000.
A laborer bound for Miles City with
500 in his possession was made drunk,
robbed and severely beaten at Little
Missouri.
Delegates from the Missouri river
towns Of Dakota are going to Washiue.
ton to,work for the opening Of the Sioux
reservation.
Frank Harkins. said to be q son Of
the watchman at the Man itobs bridge
In Fargo, was arrested In Glyndon for
robbing ths till at the railroad ticket
ofhco. =
Its predicted that the proposed ex.
tension Of the Ct. Paul & Omaha
railroad from Miltsville 70 Wsusau
Hi1l hA noy,nniafa6 hv sent 12nn,e Th.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08

There vas q time in this country
when it could be SAID that honest labor
Of any kind was not only respectable in
fact, but was regarded and treated as
such BY people of every social grade.
Forty years ago the farmers daughters
in New New; England went out 4: hired help"
eustom Prevailed u, almost @ WI an IN
ii Yankee sEris Who . we were ambitious to
make higher wages than they could
get in the kitchen went to the factories
at Lowell and other places, and many .
mortgage OIL homestead among the
hills was paid off by the aid of the
daughter who worked in the mill.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08
Senator Wilson's Little Romance.
Washington Oorrespondsnce New York
Sun.

The election of Judge Wilson 40 Sen.
ator from Maryland is well regarded
here. He was en- inveterate snuff TAX
or many years after the practice had
been tabooed in good society, but finally
compromised by giving up his snuif.box
and making an arrangement with de.
serving woman. who kept q shop in
Snow Hill, to get pinch whenever he
called at the store for it. Mrs. Knox,
who had been IN better circumstances
before she kept the shop, had pretty
ard refined daughter, who had been ed
ucated, and was lady in manner and
department. The mother died. Think.
ing Judge Wilson . staid old widower.
and adapted to looking after q pretty
and friendless girl, she had left her
property in the judges hands, asking
him to look after it. and to be mindful
Of her daughter, an orphan.
The judge settled up tho estate, ee-
cured her little patrimony to the daugh-
ter, and finally succumbed to her beauty
and merit, and married her. The match
turned out most happily.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08
Left Over From Slavery Times.

Left Over From Slavery Times.
That there are romances as touchin
in negro life as were ever told is proven
by the story Of a colored couple. named
Uncle Levi and Aunt Aggie, who live in
Cedartown Valley, Ga. In 1910 Levi
belonged to Mr.. Sparks, who resided in
Morgan county. In the same county
lived DR.. +. E. Jones. Among Jones'
slaves was q fine looking mulatto girl
whose smile was courted by every
young male slave in the community.
She was named AgRie. Levi and Aggie
met often at corn.shucking frolics.
They were partners in dance and play,
and nearly every Saturday night ne
would obtain pass to visit sher. They
were married in 1843, and II was 90 hap.
py when I went every Saturday night
70 see my young wife" said Uncle Levi.
They had only been married year
when Mr.. sparks moved from Morgan
to Polk county, carrying the broken
hearted husband with him. After five
or six years of separation, believing
they would never again see each other,
Levi married one Of his masters women.
"But, boss, I never loved her like Az.
gie," was the old mans explanation.
Agile, too, married, and both raised
large families. Neither knew whether
the other was living. At last came the
downfall of the confederacy and the
freedom Of slaves. Upon inquiry Uncle
Levi found that his old love was still
alive and married. He went nobly to
work for his second wife. Ten years
ago Aunt Aggie's husband died and left
her without provider. News reached
Uncle LEW and he sent word to his old
love to come and live with him and his
wife. THIS Aunt Aggie refused to do.
Years flew fast. and the two grew old.
Two years ago Uncle Lewis wife died,
and after q few months Of mourning he
sent for Aunt Aggie. She came, and
nnssd SI - ear .asy sre
hood has heard the story, aud they are
recipients Of many kindnesses. Aunt
ARgte ID now 60and Uncle Levi 10 70.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08
Captive Apacnes.

The scalp-bearers had hardly passed
1t Chihuahus, Mex. before there came
the equaws who had been taken. The
minute these bare.hea!ed. dirty. home-
", hard.iaced women were seen. the
cheering and the excitement increased,
while the boys in the street pressed
bard against the guards and tried to
strike at the wives of those who had
killed and tortured their parents. broth.
ers and sisters. Some of the prisoners
held their nursing babes in their arms
and. needed only them. The biggest
nurselings, held as lovingly by their wild
mothers ae ever the women Of civil
ization hold their young in times OF dan.
ger, cried with fear, and even the food
their mothers offered them 80 piteously
did not serve to comfort them. It was
enough to make the heart ache to see
these ignorant mothers, hated and struck
ct because born in wilderness, and
wives Of savages, press their children to
their breasts and bold them awav from
the cruel hands outetretched to strike.
every vail was hailed With JOY by the
oI10uV0 VI k00 VACVOIUe EAW AUt Vu0
face among all the mothers there that
bad pity written ON it. Women held
their children up to see the ragged
squaws and laughed at the unhappy
wives and cursed them. Chihuahua for.
got Its Sunday and the people forgot
their religion. The spectacle was 40 bar
barous as that which must have been the
accompaniment OF C@sar's entry into
Rome, with the bleeding captives from
Gsul following his victorious chariot.
Did any Of those who looked upon these
poor women, who were doomed TO- live
hereafter In dreary prisons far away and
who marched now within hearing Of the
bells which only few hours ago had
called the people to mass, stop to Think
what their religion taught, or did the
clamor Of the Spanish brass up there in
the graceful towers only serve to drown
their reason and inflsme their hatei
The cathedral steod near by, tho air VA
soft and beautiful, and sill not one
moaheYs heart apparently pitied OF
prayed for the unfortunate who marched
ttoa 4 Nyihg death with the soalps Of theil
hu swinging befoFe thein.
las IL ct1clo - .bQfbaross and II
hna - A1oA once more that vie
Etesy 8lAA pos pity and unchsckel
fkG(rea r. ~ day in times OF wsI
yLsn ths psocssio1 h.
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NosT,lsDAx(irA;

!. = n.afoa, special Tele1zam, Feh L.
1eaaeor Camefon's BIN for The organisation
20 ,ss.,.. :. =.
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~ ns,,s cs.,, me senpcsay Hoyssnmsnt By
Ifeer r.. Ms,,eS " .!S Mctsn S1 iiIsekose
49,, q ~ - os
tive council Of fifteen members snd ! hon.s
e r.prsssntat.ves Of thirty members, su.
a All - ~ ns =, 49,, y !. peovided that
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:s:l go. g e ysiid go bndis xishoss Ssias IS:
6ss SaSfens sSsS - I'D Tsts1ises 81. e North
isl.sive s.semSsy tossthsr By M prosIsnasion isS IL
presenting the reasons theresor ~ 10 tSe
of the Un1ted Ststes sn his .ntsnvsP tSStses
having been duly siven. f ID M nfutidsi SSSt
y sI',ss sat "a sfosr I: x :s sss
hEooeediaS Sthith shaiI n "A n ,,;s3s
sained 81 the couEts Of the Ts1Tstosv s-,u ~ ns.
sota within tho limits of said Territory Il Moth
tanaferred, to he heard. lid. 'i1s,, nroses =.
eated and determined in tie district courts
hsreby esteblished. vhich may inoisde tSs
nay be peniin4. All bonds. reoosn3nSnces ss,i
obllgations Of any Kind whsfsosver. vsiSd sjisi
under existing laws Of said TERRITORY 81
snd ss san, " ssd valid under this ss
tho lawn in foFue within eaid Nmifs NAV ii ~
cOvoEod, the Same g they would hsve Nm nndss
tho tine this sct shsii 70 Into onsrston Tbst a
euihe and acfiona Which have f,esn Yssnnvss fr,,r
any d11tsict count hsid within sid iimits 81
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termine8 fhse 81 tho tiiae fhis - sSs,t - 3Atc
operatiou; shsil s. cortifSed hv the ciesS
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1T, There to be- urooeedsti With ~
iiiisl determination In tie sane m,mner thss -
tie tssosy q psiot. ovsion S j. msae SSs tbs'
~, the counties of Gsmnbsli. SsSi VI Waj. Ss
worth, Potter, Fonlk. Edmunds, Mcphe1son
snS r. anaeon "a WsSn,.tan ~, t1nf,Son fnaisn 4sans
IN II the Teritory Of Dsfots. ana an thst mr.
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s,sa ths Is.tss4 ~ ss.u ~ t OF Dan
s,,I ii,,isic. ~ .i5 ~ Sc cGunsies
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To!si,v I.Ie Ksn.vSn. KsmvSm. "ISoon @ MMnensns I m,
shsi the Fourth 1ndiciaI i9t,ict ~
q the territory. and the district court Tor said
snI s1s JTLGS13n o. cifculs
S s, ~ :. SIs ,9 ~ aot Sa.a
ased BY the laws ef said tsrrtors FOR o. tn the % gem.
ena thn 2. G1sts 10 seia o9nnsy o. Minnehshs
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