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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-16
ahttsring osnsraltiss.
Chicago has now 8 ,O9s saloons.

The Isle of Man is notoriously re-
sort for women. In 1881 the House Of
Eeys passed bill which conferred the
same electoral privileges on men as on
women. But, enlightened as it Is in
other respects, Man still groans under
an upper Chamber; and that body re-
fused to pass the bill in ITS intirety, and
only allowed "a ownership qualifica-
tion to give the vote to women.
The English House of Commons, by
a vote of 149 to 79, rejected the bill to
license cremation, OH the ground that
public sentiment is opposed to that pro-
cess of disposing Of the dead.
Up to the present time the Sault Sc.
Marie Canal has cost $3, OOO, 600.
A sensation has been created in India
by one of the leading journals advocat-
ing the remarriage Of widows, thing
positively forbidden by their religious
creed. A number Of parents who have
had one or more widows thrown on TO
their hands are strongly in favor of the
change, but the strict religionists threat
en- to mob the paper and its supporters.
Friction matches of certain popular
brands are selling here at 42.70
and l.35 per case. A year ago the
former, going at IA boxes per case,
sold at 1925, and the latter, 100 boxes
to the case, ut 1886. This little reduc-
tion of 90 to 60 per cent. in value Is Z
consequence of the abolition Of The
stamp tax of about one cent per l0l
matches.
In the middle ages child maxriagsa
were the regular thing among the roy.
atty and nobility Of Europe. In 1l77,
Richard. Duke Of York. second saA q
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Henry Irving's Death Scenes.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
The critics do not seem to have
noticed-at least, they have not COM
mented upon-the natural way in which
Henry Irving counterfeits the death
struggle upon the stage. The Ameri-
can actors invariably fall backward whom
they come to the death scene in their
tragedies; Mr.. Irving falls forward, full
upon his face, and this, we are told by
physicians and soldiers, is the natural
way with those suddenly overtaken by
death. In recent conversation. Cap
tain Lee, of the regular army, said that
Irving's death in "Louis XI" was the
most natural bit of acting he had ever
seen. He had been q witness of nu-
merous shooting affairs upon the bor-f
der, and he had noticed that when q
man was shot his head fell forward ups
on his breast, and his hody fell in thu
direction indicated by the head. 4 4
Captain Lee visited the field Of Get
tysburg the day after the battle, and he;
found the dead, in ninety nine ont Of
100 cases, lying fiat upon their faces.
American painters invariably represent
the dead upon the battlefield as lying
upon their backs. Perhaps they do
this for the purpose Of delineating death
upon the countenances. The French
painters as invariably represent the dead
with their faces downward, preferring
to more subtly convey the idea Of death
by an outstretched arm, convulsively
clutched hand, or some other small but
hideously artistic detail Of the phenom-
enon Of death. Irving is the only actor
we know of who has defied every stage
tradition and custom and dies ON the
stage as people of the stage die. The
innovation is pleasing one and should
pass into custom.
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ss.s...ea., Failures 4. 1sw xork.


New York special:-The Marine National
bank and Grant 4 Ward, brokers, failed Tues
day. The firm Of Grant l. Ward 10 composed
Of Gen U. 8 Grant, JauesD. Fish, .. & Grant,
Jr., and Ferdinand Ward. The failures made
certainly the most sensational event ofthe year.
Age and youth went down together, for the
bank had withstood the panics Of 1870 aad 1873,
and the firm was one Of the youngest and
most energetic on the street. An interesting
and painful Incident Of tho brnkers' failure
was that it threatened to carry with it the per-
sonal fortune oe Gen. Grant, who was . full
partner Of the concern, and who, should the
is liabilities, can b held for the
e750,000 supposed TO be involved
James D. Fish, president Of the bank, is we'll
known - one Of the largest real estate specu-
front, and replaced it with fine brick facade,
and converted the lower floor into . ma3ni6-
cent store, which was first occupied last week
He built also fine set Of hats st Thirty ninth
fna and the cssnS one Of the
try. His real estate speculations were the
constant wonder Of conservative dealers Mr.
FIsh also had . large interest in the St Louis
b San Francisco road, Of which he was vice
president, and vas intimately connected With
william Smith, broker Of the firm Of Grant
q Ward, said the losses Of the firm would be
something between $500, 600 and 4sO, 600 Each
q TIE fonr Partners held z anarter interest in
Grant would be liable for his share Of Losses.
which would probably be $4,000 Among the
creditors Of the Marine bank are the cotton ex-
change, which had %. 600 on deposit, and the
co9es exchange. whose account was
only 13,6W No other exchanges are
affected by the failure. President Hatch Of the
stock exchange stated that he did not think the
failure would have any influence in affecting
the price Of stockA The records of the regis
ter's o6ics show that James d. Fish has bor-
npoe Ss Ws.s
street, and that q. 8 Grant Jr has sold proper
N In Seventy third street, purchased BY him
recently for e27, 500, TO & 4 Hamilton.
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The Faro Passion.

Speaking Of faro and other wicked
games, Virginian, after remarking
that in the he tier days Of the republic
when everybody played faro. q gentle
man was distinguished by the comment
HE plays with red checks" from the
poor white-chip trash, dwelt upon tho
passionate love for the game which pos
sesses men who get into its clutches.
Years ago" he said, "two of the finest
laEsyers in New Orleans on their way to
NJ York stopped at Charlottesville,
WI, because they heard there was q
hsal there who dealt faro. They found
the man and played all night. About
midnight one lawyer whispered to the
other: Hes cheating 'Hush! ! said the
other; I've known that for two hours;
but there isn't another faro game with,
In fifty miles. ."-Ph:ladelphia Record.
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Monksys and spectaclss.

It seems from the following story
told in the New York Sun that mon
keys have their little prejudices, and
prominent among them is strong dis.
like to eyeglasses:
A man with pebble eye glasses leaned
close to the bars of the monkey cage in
q Bowery museum last night, watching
two who were doing trapeze act.
As he watched, o young monkey stole
slyly up, and, thrusting his paw out
between the bars, suddenly snapped of
the glasses from the mans nose, jabbed
them into his mouth and danced away
chattering.
The keeper recaptured the glasses
after considerable difficulty, and, as he
returned them to the owner, said,-
"You have learned something curious
about monkeys, sir. Don't wear glasses
when you go near them. They excite
either their ire or their cupidity, and
they'll grab them every time.
"When I was in the London Zoo they
used to have signs stuck up warming
spectators not to place goggles within
reach of the monkeys. When they find
they can't chew them up, they smash
them"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-16
Locks Of Hair from All the Presi.
domts.

The Philadelphia Record says:
Very few Of the people who stream
through the National museum know,
fancy, that small locks of hair taken
from the heads of the presidents, from
Washington to Pierce, are carefully
preserved in glass covered box in one
of the exhibition cases. They are in
teresting as the only relics of the bodies
of our chief magistrates. Washington's
hair in this collection is nearly pure
white. fine, and glossy. That Of John
Adams is white, but coarser. Jefferson's
hair is rather coarse, and in color a
mixture of white aud sandy brown.
You can see that in his youth it must
have been remarkable for its bright
color. Madison's hair is coarse, a mix
ture of white and brown. Monroe's is
fine, smooth, and of it's original dark
auburn in color. The hair of John
Quincy Adams is Of the oldest color =:
it is coarse, and colored like yellow
gray cats eye. Gen. Jackson's hair is
o coarse white. Van Buren's is white,
fine, and smooth. Gen. Harrison's is
fine and white, with slight admixture
Of black. John Tyler's hair is mixed
white and brown. Folks is almost a
pure white. Taylor's is white, streaked
with brown. Millard Fillmores, on the
other hand, Is brown, with few white
streaks. Franklin Pierce's is q dark
brown, fine and soft.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-16

Edward ", W. maxril1 II "a ~
bray, Duchess oe NoeSs n n.
right. The bsidsgEoom N6 I1il
old, and tie btids scarcely ~ 2I
were very pretty children, - r =.
mony b described q most a6
beautiful. About . year latsv r
bride died, and at the ags Of o.
bridegroom was smothered in ta6
BY the uncle for whom he -
named. sN
The oaicsrs Of the British IL Y
Lawrence, at Philadelphia, from N 4
-erars, report remarkable expSi ,eaI M
during the voyage. When about ~
hundred miles OF Cape Hatteras thAe;
suddenly became very dense, and -
difficulty was experienced in brsa&h N
A strong odor ~ Of burning piSDS
timber was also precaptible. The misty
mass 10 described as Of light blush tint
forming . zone extending from thes.
horizon toward the zenith about Aftsen
degrees. Within the radius Of . mile
the water was inky black.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-16
A Dusling Family.

From tho Baltimore Sun.
DR.. Robert Wright, whose death at
Centreville, Md, in his eighty seventh
year, was announced recently, was the
son Of Solomon Wright, who was o
Judge of the Maryland Court of Ap-
peals from l77Sto 1901, and the grand
son of Solomon Wright, who was adis-
tinguished lawyer. and represented
Queen Anne County in the Provincial
Assembly as far back as 17O9-ll. One
of DIR. Wright's nncles was Robert
Wright, for whom he was named, one
Of the most successful politicians that
the eastern shore has ever produced.
He was successfully member of the
House of Delegates, the State Senate
the United States House of Represen.
tatives, and the United States Senate
In 1906 he was elected Governor o.
Maryland, and at. the time
of his death, in 1927, was o Judge il
the Judicial circuit comprising his ma
tive county. DIR. Wright was . gentle.
man Of varied information and . mint
Of interesting "reminiscences about me,
md Aaairs ing biz section Of the state
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-16
EAe 3as 1ritiah Royal scandal.

London, special.-The mystery Of the NOR
ganatic marriage deepcns. The latest report
which reached London this evening from res
ponsible sources ct Windsor is to the ef-
feet that the Grand Duke Lonis Nv. did mar
~ tho fascinating divorced Nine. De Kala-
mire in consequence Of . promise exhort-
ed from him by the lady. This fact il ID
understood, the grand duke admitted to his
m0ther-in-laW In confession which the
queen drew from him at Darmstadt The
reason why he gave this promise is variously
stated Some say his gallsntries with Nine. De
Kalamire had gone to the verge of indiscretion,
and he had thus given her . power over him
which she had not hesitated to use According
to others the lady has successfully worked up
on the fears of the grand duke, who was par
icularly anxious to have no breath Of the
Threatened scandal mar the marriage fete of his
daughter the Princess Victoria, and that Nine.
De Kalamire has played the part Of success
ful ulblaclpnailer. Queen Victoria has, however,
pardoned the grand duke on the strength Of
his explanation rs to the limited
character Of his matrimonial alliance with the
Russian widow; and he has entered into an OBJ
legation that the marriage shall not be c0nsum-
mated, and that his relations with Nine. De
KalaMire shall be deemed to have terminated
with the performance Of the marriage ceremony
which took place between them. These expla-
nations but Intensity the scandal which attaches
to the whole affair, and the. queens conduct is
bitterly csnsnred The grand duke is still
basking in the royal favor at Windsor castle,
and is again looked upon ~ candidate for
the hand Of Princess Beatrice, always provided
the peers pass the deceased wife's sister" bill.
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Qasnaliiaa "a fha Wae1k.

0eoAOO w. Oa4O ~ VO&s
On Saturday, the Sd, At The Elk Horn mine
near Helena, Mont, William Bonner WAS terri
bly, injured by the explosion Of charge which
he supposed had died out
The steamer City Of Portland snd 81 Johns
struck on Grindstone Ledge early ON the morn
ing Of the 6th The steamer left Portland With
. seventy passengers and cargo Passengers
saved
The boiler Of an engine exploded in the
roundhouse Of the Missouri Pacific at Parsons
Kansas, killing two men, wounding several
others and demolishing four sections Of the
S roumflhouse. The engine WAS an old one, had
been recently repaired, and was undergoing
tests when the explosion occurred. ]. W.
Nichols was fatally injured
The engine Of East-Bound Train No 4, Of
t4e Northern Pacific, due in 81 Paul ct 7:55 q
IN, on Wednesday, the 9Th, struck and killed
IAN unknown colored man at Coon Greek, sts-
ton on the Manitoba road, just north Of MIN
/ neapons Junction Tho general supposition IL
that the man committed suicide. Engineer
Horn. who was driving the engine at the time,
says the man had plenty Of time to Jump the
track, but instead Of doing 90 threw his arms
wildly about him, and then folded them, and
awaited the arrival Of the engine. The body
/, was horribly mutilated
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-16
Avsry1snosls 1roblsmaa.

London, Special: Another lordly libertine
has come to grief. Edward Burtenshaw sug-
den, Lord St Leonards, Of slaugham hall was
arrested on Tuesday, the 9Th, at Brentford,
Emma Cole. pretty Young domestic in the
service Of family friend Of his lordship,
whom he had been visiting. The circumstan-
ces Of the assault wcro outrageously brutal,
had been 20 shamefully abused, was foremost
in bringing the scamp to justice. The prelimi-
nary examination was conducted at Brentford
before two magistrates, who were so Mortified
St. Leonards, with hardly an effort on his part
to deny them, that they instantly ordered him
to be fully committed for trial at the next as
sizes and firmly refused all offers Of bail Lord
81 Leonsrd's solicitors offered sny amount Ct
sending baron Of England to the common jail,
but the magistrates were inexorable, and his
lordship now languishes in Brentford prison
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just . year ago he wrote and published
On interesting sketch Of his family. In
this he stated thet some Of tho WriQhts
had q marked propensity for dueling,
and narrated the following anecdotes
concerning those of his relatives who
became involved in affairs of honor:
"Gov. Robert Wright fought o duel
with Gen. Lloyd, the former being
shot in the wrist, which ended the
matter. Robert, son Of the. Governor,
fought with Alexander Stuart, and wss
shot in the shoulder. Gustavus fought
with Benjamin Nicholson. they both
expected to be killed, and it is mar
velous how they escaped death, as each
had two shots and were only stationed
six to eight feet apart. At the first
shot Nicholson was shot in the hand,
and at the second in the side. The
wound being considered mortal
ended the matter. Nicholson,
as brave q man as ever
lived, recovered, and was aide to Gen.
q. Pike. and, with Pike and his whole
command, was blown up and killed al
Little York, now called Toronto, Cana.
da, in the war of 1872. Mr.. Wright al-
so had a duel with Capt. Watson, whom
he killed. Clinton had o duel with
Lieut.. Jarman they had two shots. At
the second shot Wright was wounded in
the arm. He sfterward fought duel
with Major Hook. Wright was shot
down at the first shot, and being un.
able to stand, proposed to Hook to lie
side by side and take another shot. Tc
this both Hook and his second objected
and very properly, but said II they
could make Mr.. Wright stand they
would give him another exchange oi
shots. Wright put his hand in his
pocket, and drawing out an old bandana
handkerchief, gave it to his second, tell.
ing him to pass it under his arms and
draw him up to tho limb of small tree
close kby. This being done, they
had another exchange of shots,
when Hook received what was supposed
to be a mortal wound, but both lie and
Wright recovered. Henry r. Pratt (who
married one of the Wrights) had u duel
with William Elbert. He shot bunch
of keys out of Elbert's pantaloons pock-
ct, and both being thereby satisfied,
kissed and made up. They afterward
became and continued fast friends. An.
other one of the family, was on the eve
of o duel with Cadet Lindsey, of Phila.
delphia. but q timely apology from Lind
sey put stop to it. By way of show
ing that the Wrights were NOT quite so
bloodthirsty as some have endeavored to
make them out. will say that in every
instance, I believe, the Wrights were
the challenged parties"
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They Dissolved.
From tho Detroit Free Press

cEom tno OetrOlt = res fEesA
Twenty years ago two Detroit attor-,
neys, both of whom are still living to-
day and pleading for criminals entangled
in the meshes Of law, were returning
from Pontiac by the highway. About9 8
o'clock in the evening they were stop
ped by highwayman some three miles
from the city, and at the command Of
"Your money oryour life" both shalled
out. This is, one Of the pair handed ont
two or three dollars in wildcat money,
while the other was robbed Of about
500 in gold aud o valuable watch.
Both were highly indignant. and the one
who lost most ct once set the sheriff
after the robber and soon had him in
jail. He had made the complaint indi-
vidually, and few days before the trial
was to, come off he remarked to his
partner:
II supposed shall have to summon
you as witness. You can, of course,
identify the fellow?"
"N-o, I think not" was the reply.
"Whst! It wasn't week ago fhat
You said you could pick him out of TO-
0OO!" ,
Eyes but he has since employed me -
his council, you see?"
"Would you take his case against me.
when you, too, were robbed?" asked
the complainant, as his face grew winter
than moonlight.
"Why not? You've lost your money
anyhow, while he will give me 475 to
clear him. II You have any witnesses
you'd better hunt 'em up, IS We are pre-
pared to prove an alibi"
When the trial was called the defend
ant had no trouble in proving by his
own lawyer that it was case Of mis-
taken identity, and those attorneys have
never spoken to each other since.
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How ol.y Pipe. I j. Made.
From the Detroit Free Press

Detroit makes pipe that sells at
wholesale for about the fifth of q cent,
and at retail for cent, which is some
what cheaper than meerachaum even in
Germany. There are three of these
clay pipe factories in Detroit. America
used to get it's clay pipes from Scotland,
there being some large factories in Glas-
gov; but now oil the cent pipes wanted
are made in the United States. As
may be imagined, the process of max
ing "clays" is mechanical. There is no
cent pipe. In tho first place the clay
comes from Woodbridge N. j., where It
costs $3.50 cents o ton. The freight
then costs IS 9 ton, and by the time Che
clay is at the factory it is worth $40. So
far all attemps to find pipe clay nearer
at hand have been unsuccessful.
If any Michigan or Ohio farmer reads
this and thinks he has pipe clay on Ills
farm let him put o chunk of It in the
fire. If it burns red it won't do; if IL
turns white the pipe factories Of De-
troit will be glad to hear from him, and
the chances are that his fortune will be
made. 1t is rather curious that no one
has ever tried red clay pipes. They
are used in Turkey and on the south
shore of the Mediterranean, where they
certainly know something about smok-
ing. There are six men and two girls
working at the Joseph Campau factory.
One man makes the moist Jumps OF
clay, and with one lump in each hand
rapidly rolls them into the shape of O
club with spindle handle and a heavy
end. The dexterous manner with wllic1,
lie works with both hands at once
would please Charles Repde, the cham
pion Of ambidexterityE Three men
work at three machines, and turn these
clubs of clay into the shape of pipes
with great rapility. Each man makes
about 2,440 pipes day. They take
the clay; dip long needle in mixture
of kerosene and fish oil run the needle
into the stem of the future pipe; rub the
clay with the oil mixture; chuck it into
the steel mold; squeeze down q lever
that presses out the hollow Of the bowl.
When it is released it is the blue sem
blance of O clay pipe, and all these pro-
cesses together take about q second and
half. Next the pipes are partially
dried and then turned over to couple
of girls, who give them sort of fin
ishing polish. They are next allowed
to dry and then packed in earthen- ware
crooks. These crooks are placed in the
furnace and about 81, 600 pipes burnt at
once. They come out pure white, and
are then packed up in cases holding 2Ss
pipes, which are sold for sixty-five
cents.
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oa<lyls's Disooartssy.


Carlyle's power in the better days Of
his career was due TO the fact that be-
appealed to mans faith in the infinite
and eternal. He taught reverence for
truth, Justice and nobleness. When h.
descended to inculcate the worship 81
mere sincerity and force, and 70 exalts
the self-willed, ambitious Frederick til,
Great as hero, many Of his Disciples
ceased to admire him. Those who vis-
tied him discovered that the man had
become dogmatic, overbearing and even
brutal. u
An English writer tells an anecdcees
which exhibits the coarseness Of Cars
lyles nature. Leigh Hunt, the essay
ist and poet, was . chronic borrower.
and Carlyle was among the friends
from whom he occasionally sought D.
cuniary assistance. sSS ssSSS
Carlyle used to keep on his manteEs
piece three sovereigns in small pack
age. He would call the attention Of his
visitors to them, remarking that they
were Leigh Hunts sovereigns," boz
cause whenever the poet applied for 8:
small loan these were intended for him.
Hunt" says the writer, would have:
lent him three thousand sovereigns had
he possessed them, and never disclosed
the circumstance. Z.
A foreign correspondent Of the Boston
Journal tells an anecdote which exhibits
Carlyle's conduct to people he did NOT
like.
W. H. Mallock, an English essayisti
{ nd novelist, one day called upon Cars
lyle. Mr.. Mallock, as was Carlyle, Is /
great talker, and ON that evening, it n
said, he left his host no opportunity To-
engage in the conversation, except as q
listener. Carlyle invited Aallock to-
stay to ten, and afterwards had him fs
the library to smoke. When the gusstss
took his leave, Carlyle accompanied him
to the door, and said,- @@ @@
"Well, good by! I've received ye kind.
ly, because I knew your mother; butt
never want to set eyes on ye again!"-
Youths Companion.