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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13
The smallest Locomotive.

Following are some points about the
little locomotive built OF Oil City, Pa,
the smallest engine in the world, being
but eight inches long and weighing but
a pound and a, half: Three years,
counting ten hours days labor, have
been devoted to it's construction. There
are 5S5 screws in the engine. The
steam gauge is but one-quarter of an
inch in diameter, the pump throws but
one drop of water every stroke; the
headlight is only one-half an inch in
width, seven -eighths Of an inch high,
and three eighths of an inch long. The
space in the lamp is SO small that it was
almost impossible to getenough oxygen
in it to support the combustion. The fire
kindled by using gill ofalcohol, which
runs the engine for half an hour. The
stroke of the cylinder is one inch; bore,
5-1G; the throttle lever is but five eights
Of an inch long; the reverse lever is ono
inch long, arranged will, thumb latch
and click; the firebox is seven -eigths
of an inch wide and one inch long; the
smoke-stack II inches high and 5-1Gths
of On inch iii diameter; the steam dome
9-16ths of an inch in diameter; the driv-
ing wheels are II inches in diameter;
the front truck wheels half an inch, and
those of the tender are the same size.
The tender is but By inches long, 2A
inches wide, and inches high, the
vnafala 11ao1 n, ito oon 81 r1 otiop ar1 1,roae,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13

Tear the rags in strips about half an
inch wide according to the thickness OF
the cloth, sew. and wind in balls, then
with two wooden needles about the size
of led pencil, only much longer, cast
on 4Ostitches. Knit across until there
are but five stitches left on the needle,
then turn and knit back to the end; be-
gin again and knit down to within five
stitches Of where you last stopped; there
will be ten left; you will leave five
stitches more each time without knitting
them until there are but five; this forms
a gore. Now knit down the VIII ole
length of the needle and back, and then
knit as at first again, knitting so much
more on one side than the other will
form circle; when you get around SO
the rug will he smooth ON the floor, knit
or sew the edges together. If one-half
your cores are knit Of bright colors and
the rest plain, you will have pretty
rug, and if you ikeyou can knit stripe
of some bright color and then astripe of
black four inches wide and sew around
for the border. For the round hole
that will be left in the center of the rug
cast on four stitches and widen until
there are eight on the needle by picking
up one loop and knitting it every time
across, and tden decreasing until there
ore but four again. Sew this small piece
in to fill the center, and your rug will
)e done,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13
One Kind Of sFailure.

"Now that the drop in wheat has
swept away our fortune" said SYM
pathetic and sentimental Chicago wife
to her bankrupt husband, 1--WE must, Of
course. give up everything. Our house.
our horses, carriages, servants, dia-
monds and all must go, and we must be-
gin at the foot of the ladder and work
our way up again. Do, you know, Al
gernon, that I sometimes find myself
rejoicing over our misfortunes? It
takes me back to our early life to think
Of living once more in cottage and be-
ing all alone by ourselves. Let them
take everything, end we will be happy
yet"
"You evidently are little off your
balance, Maria, said the bankrupt iner-
chant, removing q threc-for-a-dollar ci-
gar from his mouth. bought in your
name only this morninga $40 900 house
on the boulevard, and have in the safe
with the family plate about 800, 600 in
government bonds, which are yours; do
you understand? have conveyed some
other property to my friend Jenkins.
whom once helped out of a similar
scrape, and we are all ship-shape, nm
glad to say. We are busted in business
but not in society. Oh, no; we may
come to want in time, but not this SUM.
mer. This giving up everything and
going to live in fiat is what You read
about. II isn't the style in this town" :"
you're an angel man. replied the
fair one. II think I'm catching on"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13
4 Milliouaire,s SIS E.tat..

The mutations of the tickle goddess
who trifles with the destiny of human
hopes in financial matters was illus
trated in ah application made to Surrog.
ate Francis II. Woods at Albany Friday.
Twenty yeals ago few names carried
with it IN Albany the representation of
more wealth than that of Jeremiah j.
Austin, familiarly known as "Jere." In
those days when the rivert was literally
covered with spars and white-winged
carriers of commerce, and the docks and
piers were thronged with busy mass,
the leading and enterprising citizen and
boatman was "Jere" Austin, the owner
of the chief towing line on the Hudson
and large owner of canal boats. At
that time he was considered among the
most stable of Albany's financial men,
and had he died then it is thought there
were not two men in the city who could
qualify as the executors of his estate.
Soon after 1870 his reverses began and
he was swept into financial oblivion.
On the 26th of November, 1873, the
former millionaire died at Fairfield,
Conn.,, and the application to the sur
rogate was made for letters Of admins
tration on an estate said to be worth at
the time of his death $15.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13
Cooling Railway Cars.

The French railway authorities are at
present engaged in series of expert
ments, from which, perhaps, our own
directors might take some hints, With
hot weather coming on, or at least in the
ordinary course of nature expected, the
problem is how to keep the railway car
riages cool. In France travellers are
packed very tightly and most trains go
very slowly, and the authorities have to
arrange to deliver their human cargoes
at distant termini with vitality not quite
extinct. So they are now exercised in
seeking how to cool their carriages.
They have gone as far as India for sug-
gestions, and the favorite experiment is
with q kind of punkah. A long cylinder
runs the length of the roof of the carri-
age, furnished with fans, set in motion
by revolving the cylinder. After many
systems tried, this seems the most
practicable, and the only point to dis
pute is how to get the motion force.
The surplus steam of the engine has
been tried on one line, and on another a
little arrangement like wind mill at-
tached to each carriage, the motion Of
the train causing the wings to revolve,
while the occupants of each carriage can
regulate or arrest the steam Of air.
Both systems are being tested.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13
Things IN General

Two ofthe three huge fortified places
d'armes destined to constitute the front
line, so to speak, Of Germany's eastern
frontier defences, are now virtually
completed. Posen, like Knnigsberg,
has been engirdled by q number Of
powerful outlying forts, connected with
one another and with the, citadel by sub
terranean telegraphic wires. These
works have just been finished and will
soon be armed. By the end of the year
Thorn will also be belted with forts,
and, as stronghold, will be entitled to
rank with Posen, Kenigsberg, Stras-
burg. and Metz. To the second line of
eastern defences, the principal fortresses
of which are Glogau and Kuestrin, it is
intended to add Danzig, where dock
yards and arsenals for the use Of the
German imperial navy are to he con-
structed, as we'll as q splendid fortified
harbor. These works will be under
taken immediately upon the completion
Of the system Of forts now in course Of
construction at Thorn, and Of the land
ward defences Of the grsat .war hArbor'
II Kial.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13
The Foundation Of Liberty"

The largest artificial stone in the
world is the one just finished, and which
is to form the foundation for Barthol-
dis statue Of Liberty on Bedloes Island
in New York harbor. The stone is made
of broken trap rock, sand, American
and foreign cement mixed and water.
Twenty thousand barrels of cement
were used. The mixture for the stone
was emptied into the Jacket" or mold,
and then the surplus water was squeezed
out. The stone rapidly hardened, :, and
will now bear 100 tons to the square
foot. 1t is only expected to bear up
five tons to the square foot, but it will
grow harder for the next two years. II
has the color and grain of coarse gray
sandstone. It is sunk 10 feet below the
floor of the fort and rises. 81 feet above
it, has base Of 81 feet square. is 81
feet square at the top, and is 50 feet and
10 inches high. On top Of this will be
erected the granite pedestal from which
Is to tower in all its magnificent proper
tions the collosal work OF the great
French sculptor. The casting of this
mammoth monolith evidences the ex-
tent of modern progress in . signal way.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13
MsW Rslia;on in Frsuca

France is threatened with new re.
ligion, or conglomeration of several
old cults and creeds to be dished up to
the tastes of all who are dissatisfied with
the old sects. There are always enough
disafected and doubling people to com.
bine and found new faith, and France
now comes to the front in this line Of
progress. Nine. Blavatsky, Russian
lady, is at the head of this pious move
ment. She is assisted by Col. Alcott,
an American, who sits at her feet and
worships and claims to have worked
eight thousand miracles in q year. A
wise Hindoo makes the Trinity, whose
purpose it is to establish universal
brotherhood of humanity" without re-
gard to creed, race or color. They pro-
pose to cultivate the Aryan and the
other sciences and religions of the east,
which existed long before the Hebrew
faith, and the Christian parasite. The
new and improved faith is commanding
columns of the Paris newspapers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13
10 Cause for Mourning.

A communication from Memphis an.
nounced the demise Of Brother Buck
along Cribs, he having met his fate by
drowning while trying to swim half 4
mile on bet of two bits. Giveadam
Jones moved resolution of sympathy
for the bereavel widow and children.
Samuel Shin moved that the sum Of t20
he voted from the treasury to help pay
the funeral expenses. The Rev. PEN
stock desired to moye q resolution to
the effect that in the midst Of life we
are in death. "Gem1en. said the presi.
dent, . he waved them down, I'VE shall
hang an. emblem Of monrnin' on the
,doeh-knob and let 1t go d dat: II any
;nnember Of dis club. am fu1e huff TO swim
1ths. Nissi sippi Riyse II d. meath Of
- II ahs6 q tHos dathS doan 20
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13
DsAeoa 1Iarvia's 1svslaAieu.
From n. Hartford cour,at

A story is told in Lyme, Conn, and
It is true. that in tho former days Of the
good old town there was an eccentric
Deacon Marvin living there in single
life. who became impressed with the
feeling that he ought to marry Miss
Betsey Lee, spruce young maiden
whose home was ON the outskirts Of the
town, and who was . devoted member
of the same church as himself. Accord
ingly, mounting his horse one Monday
morning, clad in the garments Of the
preceding day, he leisurely proceeded
toward the home of Betsey, meditating
as he went, ON the joys Of matrimony !;
and arriving there, knocked at the door,
when the young lady responded in per-
son to the call. Though just emerging
from the wash-room in homeepun blue
kirtle and with arms barred to the should
ers, she showed no embarrassment at
the sight of the young deacon, and only
an additional touch Of color mounted to
her face. The first salutations being
over, the visitor still sitting ON his horse,
proceeded without further delay to state
his business as follows:
Miss Betsy Lee, -
The Lord reveals to me q.
That you my wife should be.
The bare arms were then slowly lift
I'd up, the eyes turned in the same di-
rection. the open palms displayed, and
the response deliberately given, "Dea-
con Marvin, the Lords will he DONE"
1t was the custom in those good old
days, and legal requirement, that the
bans OF intended marriage should be
published in the church or some other
public place at least three weeks before
the contamination OF the nuptials. In
the meantime it appears that the par
ents OF both the agreeing parties made
objections to the match, but unsuccess-
fully, and the bans were nailed upon
the church door ct the end of three
weeks, written IN the deacon's own hand,
he being the town clerk:
NOTICE.
Reynolds Marvin and Betsey Lee
Do Both intend to marry:
And though our dads opposed be,
We can no longer tarry.
Many years they lived together hap
PLY, and served well their generation.
True to his former characteristics, Just
before the ending of life, the deacon
wrote his own epitaph to he inscribed
on his gravestone, and it may now be
read by visitors in the ancient cemetery
at Lyme:
Close behind this stone
There lies alone,
Captain Reynolds Marvin,
Expecting lis wife
When ends her life,
Andwe are both freed from sarvin
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13

There is no mourning in the south
over the death of Began Cash. The
Savannah, Ga, News says: Began
Cash was much like his father-over-
bearing, bad tempered, and handy with
deadly weapon. Men of his kind gen.
orally die with their boots on. They
are not wanted in law abiding commu-
mites. They are avoided because. they
are dangerous. South Carolina will
not shed many tears on account Of
young Cash's death.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13

burning Of the forests that covered them /;
and the farmers there will receive great
benefit in the future from the clearing
Of the lands and the depositing Of the
ashes from the burned forest upon them.
Michigan Farmer.
jacob Taylor, Of spireland, gives the
Indiana Farmer his remedy against the
dangerous ailment, milk fever, in young
COWS. After losing several cows he
learned Of the remedy, which he says
has not failed Of Q cure in single case.
As soon Is the calf is born give the COW
. bucketful of dry bran, in which Q ta-
blespoonful Of gunpowder has been
thorouhgly mixed. He finds this an ex-
cellent thing to give COW Just before
calving time, also.
The Germantown Telegraph says:
ITO grow crops Of blackberries, the soil
should be good and especially deep, for
the roots run down wonderfully when
possible for them to do so; and, as the
growing fruit requires its greatest nour-
ishment in the usually day month OF
August, it is an advantage to have deep
soil for the roots to draw supply from.
A deep, sandy soil will generally grow
the best crop Of berries, while clay
soil tends to produce rust. Good cul-
tivation; good soil, and . judicious use
of manure, make stout and vigorous
canes, with crop Of berries increased
in ratio"
Are the Holsteins to have the next
boom? asks the Rural New Yorker.
their place as the first milk and cheese
breed has not been disputed. Will they
not force the Jerseys from their place
as the first butter breed? It looks as il
the greater flow of milk of the Hol-
stems would more than compensate for
lack of richness. The Holsteins do not
require the delicate attention necessary
for the Jerseys, will eat rough food and
Craze ON hot Summer day when the
Jerseys must have shade. Though SO
excellent for milk and butter, the Hol-
stems are not worthless for beef by any
means. They come nearer the "all- -pur-
pose COW" than any other.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13
One Who Faint, tn. Lily.

"A complexionist," who had sign
out bearing that unusual word, in an-
swer to the reporters interrogation, "is
one who makes study of the human
skin and takes charge Of the customers
complexion"
"But surely there are not many
Who"
ooh, yes; there are hundreds of the
fair sex who come here during the gay
season to be made up or to have the
skin treated with delicate washes topre-
vent the bad effects of gas, heat and
late hours. But young ladies are not
the only ones treated; men-youne and
old-are often found within these walls. u
"What is your usual mode of treat
ment?'
"That depends on the complexion: il
it is merely to be preserved, we advise
q little careful dieting end bathing in
elder flower water. Nota particle Of fat
must be taken as it Injuries the polish
OF the skin. Here is prescription that
will clean the complexion in q very short
time: A tablespoonful of sulphur
taken every other morning for q week,
then omitted for three mornings and
taken again. A mixture of powdered
birthstone or diluted birthstone should
be rubbed on the face at night and
washed off in the morning with soap
and water in which there is little am
monia. Washing the face in spirits Of
camphor, glycerine and ammonia Is
very good, and various other methods
are resorted to for this end."-New York
Mail.
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+ 1vsty 5ssssa xaaaaas Hsv ana xhsa
Prof David Swing.

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1vsry 5ssssa . xaaasas Hsv ana xAsa.
Prof David Swing.
The fact that druggist Of this city
has ended . human life by putting up
wrong medicine awakens much indig-
nation. He says many customers were
in the store; he was in a hurry; he put
up morphine instead of some similar
drug. The inquiry arises whether the
clerk is able to All an order only when
he has no customers in the shop? How
empty must the shop be in order to
secure safety? Must the street in front
of the drugstore also be empty !?
What il . fire-engine goes by2 What
il dog fight occurs while the druggist
is reaching for quinine2 Is he justi-
fed in taking down strychnia? What
il his mother -in-law has come to visit
him?
Such questions came up and properly +;
but there is another side to the fact Of
erring druggists, aud that is, that most
persons are crazy, part Of the time. The
exceptions are rare. Each one is now
and then a fool of the most complete or
der and species. All the laws and pen
alties in the world will not avail to make
druggist or anybody else have his full
senses through all his life. Crazy mo-
ments or seconds will come. A wise
man will step backward off porch or
into mud-puddle, great philosopher
will hunt for the specks that are in his
hand or on his forehead, . hunter will
sometimes shoot himself or his dog, o
barber will sometimes forget his job
and slice off y piece Of chin, or on ear
or the nose. A girl at work at Mar
shal Fields, had been feeding a great
clothing knife for ten years. Last week
she wrtched the knife come down, slow
ly upon her hand. Too late she woke
out of her stupor with one hand gone.
For q few seconds her mind had failed,
and she sat by her machine Q temporary
lunatic and had watched the knife ap-
proach her own hand.
The man recently murdered on North
Clark street Of Chicago saw the enemy
come up with murder in his face, saw
him draw y revolver, and, instead of
making lightning spring at the man,
he stood bewildered and thus fell dead.
His reason left him in the second of his
greatest need.
One of the distinguished professors
in one Of our colleges was teaching
near canal. Walking along one even-
ing in summer he walked as deliber-
ately into the canal as he had been
walking along the path a second before.
He was brought to his senses by the
water and mud and the absurdity OF
the situation. He had on q new suit of
clothes and new silk hat, but, though
the edamage was thus great, he still laughs
over the adventure.
Our mail collectors find in the iron
boxes along the streets all sorts of pa
pers and articles which have been put
in by some hand from whose motions
the mind has become detached. A
glove, pair Of spectacles, deed, a
mortgage, theatre ticket goes in and
on goes the person holding on to the
regular letter which should have been
deposited. This is called absent mind
edness, but that is brief lunacy. A
lunatic is person whose mind is hab-
itually out of balance.
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Premonition.

As constant reader of the Times, ;1
have noticed the proceedings" of the
Psychical society, and as your society
has invited communications, respect
fully beg to offer you short statement
of my experience on subject which +
do not understand. Let me premise.
that an scholar, as 1 left school
when twelve years of age in 1927 ard,
therefore hope you will forgive all d10,
against composition and grammer. T.
am working foreman of masons ~;
Winchester cathedral, and have been fof3
the last nine years resident of this City
1 am native of Edinburgh. II is now.
more than thirty years ago that I wall
living i'll London, very near where:
the Great Western railway now
stands, but which was not then built.
l was working in the Regents park for
Messrs. Mowlem, Burt & Freeman, who
at that time had the government con-.
tract for three years for the masons''
work of the capital, and who yet carry
on mighty business at Millbank, Vest
minister. think it was Gloucester gate.
III mistake not. At all events, it va;
that gate of Regens's park to the east
ward of the geological gardens. at the
northeast corner of the park. The dis
tance from my home was too great for
me to get home to meals, SO I carried
my food with me, and therefore had %;
call to leave the work all day. Ona.
certain day, however, I suddenly fel1i
an intense desire to 60 home,
but as I had no busi.1
ness there I tried to suppress itss
but it was not possible to do 80. Evee
minute the desire to go home increas; Q
1t was ten in the morning, and ! coil
not think of anything to call me aNs5I1I
from the work at such time. ].
fidgety and uneasy, and felt q
must 60, even at the risk Of beingsxf
culed by my wife. as I could give
reason why I should leave my work
lose Cd. an hour for nonsense. HI
ever, I could not stay, and I ss60
home under an impulse. which
not resist. When I reached
door and knocked, the door was s0pGa
by my wife's sister, married va
who lived few streets off. She
surprised and said: swhy, SkiryiinS
did you know?" Know what q s
"Why, about Mary Ann" Iss
don't know anything about Mary s
(my wife). "Then, what bto9e IT.
home at present? II can haFs
you. Iseemed to want to co ~
But what is swrong p I asked RI
me that my wife had been run
cab, and been most seriously
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13

the particles of butssr. d q
contains half Of IL weieh g
weighs precisely two pouns
quart, which ID : little less
and it's specific gravity n ab0a
Of that Of water. Cream RAISED
cans is heavier, as II contains o6ly
fourth Of its weight Of butter; -
specific gravity Is about 1.0l, =
100 Of that Of water. Pure q
which can only be procured BY hs1
the milk and in the form ol cl61
cream, weighs 29f ounces TO the gust
and, IL beaten up for q few minutss
makes soft butter from which NO bu6:
termilk or other liquid separates, ba1
the butter will not keep mora than 81
hours. The most butter We have evet
procured from q quantity Of cream va
one pound from one and one-half pints.
This was from Guernsey cream.-Nsw
York Times.