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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10
On the Bridge.

Gen: Sherman admires the Brooklyn
bridge. He spoke of it CLOWN gly at
the dinner Of the N. E. Society in
Brooklyn.
"When I crossed that beautiful
bridge this evening, felt as though
were in some holy temple. for nothing
more majestic has the hands of man
wrought. Whether itpsys two per cent.
or three per cent. or five per cent. in.
terest is to me mere nothing. The
mere thought. the mere conception of
the thought. is something so pure and so
magnificent that I would Danish all
ideas of profit.
each time sit with my friend Gen.
Hancock on Governors Island, and
look across at the beautiful stream call
ed the East River (not river at all, but
an arm of the sea- and behold the lines
of proportion, strength and durability
of the Brooklyn Bridge. I admire it more
than the most beautiful pictures I have
ever seen in the galleries of France,
Florence, or London"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10
Hew Did You Earn Your First
Dollar2
From the New York World

From tho New York World
Do you know about that fortuitous
aggregation of oratorical atoms called
"The Twilight club?" It is a good
place to drop in once Q fortnight and
hear . terse expression of the latest
thought. I was there one Thursday
evening not long ago, and the question
was, "How did you earn your first dol
lar?" Around the table it went, elicit.
ing confession at every plate more or
less interesting or amusing, till it struck
Capt. John Goldman, late shipmaster.
"Well," he said, II earned my first mon
ey when I was q boy. hired out as
hostage" "What sort of business is
that?" inquired the chairman. II was
q young chap and took the risk" he
explained. "Our captain stopped at
Sumatra for cargo, and engaged it to
be ready on his return at q certain time.
But, on the one hand, he didn't want
to pay for it till he got it; and, on the
other hand, the rajah didn't want to
have it ready till he knew it would
be taken. In this dilemma the cap
tain offered $50 if one of the crew would
stay three months IS ? hostage among
the savsges-to be sacrificed only in
the event Of his not returning for his
cargo. I was young and reckless. and
Jumped ct the chance. The captain
came back all right, but I confess to
feeling little uneasy sometimes"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10
AAsuad ma

Ashilline used 70 be The 1se. IN New
York, for administering. an oath end
signing an AFFIDAVIT. In the days when
The eccentric '.Dicky" Riker was 10.
cordsr Of the. city, thsrs were many
b.d shillings i circulation. and
"Dicky," 70 guard himself from being
cheated out Of his fee. used 70 swear an
applicant for his signature in this
style:
sYou swear that the aflidavit 70 which
you have subscribed your name d true,
70 the best Of your knowledge and be.
Lief, and that this il good shilling, 90
help You God!"
A young justice Of the peace, living
in Georgia, recently displayed o. much
caution q the ancient recorder of New
York, for he held . bride - security for
the payment ofthe marriage-fee. The
story. - told by the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, is amusing:
One Of the most novel marriages in
the history of Norwood took place last
week. The applicants were lady and
gentleman Of the ebony hue.
The young justice Of the peace, who
is very conversant with the law, but .
little inexperienced in performing mar
risge ceremonies, proceeded to unite the
happy }E! pair pair. ho,. n.,.. ., .1,;,.,.,*
and, in q nervous tone, he babe the two
Join hands.
This they did, joining, however, their
left hands, and were made one. The
Joyous couple then proceeded to depart,
whereupon the following conversation
ensued:
J. P.-Where's my fee; you didn't
expect me to marry you for nothing, did
you?
Groom (escitedly)-w'y, boss, I
amt got Q cent? How much do you
charge? I didn't know I had to pay for
margin.
here until you 60 and get the amount.
AT the same time bidding the blushing
bride to take her seat.
CROMWELL, I'll try to git il.
OF he went to procure an order from
bis employer, but. staying rather long,
the bride moved restlessly toward the
door.
"Take your seat, !" was heard in solemn
tones from the justice of the peace.
She complied, but what her feelings
must have been can't be easily described.
However, the groom returned in due
time, settled the bill, and took his
"pawned" bride home, wiser il not
better man.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10
'.shoot 1olly e. me mica.

was the way /. appeared in the proof:slip. The
quotation intended and changed II to read:
..shoot Folly ~ she flies. Pope. OF course
It was an error, yet how many are daily COM
hitting much graver errors By allowing tho
II AFFLICTED with loss Of appetite, chilly senss-
tons, or hacking cough, Il is suicidal 70 delay
single moment the use Of Dr. Pierces "Gold-
on Medical Discovery, tho great and only re-
liable remedy yet known for this terribly fatal
Pierces complete treatise on this disease. Ad-
dress Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10
..I.aush sna arox xat ;.

Gau8h and 0xoW rat"
Il . preoept easily preached, but not 80 easy to
practice ia person has no appetite, but .
distressing nausea, sick headache, dyspepsia,
boils, or any other i'll resulting from inaction
Of the bowles, it 10 impossible to get up such .
laugh - will produces aldermanic corpulence
1e and to b veil you NUT ~ .9s s' your ps
bowels in good order. You can do this and
laugh heartily with DR.. Pierce's pheasant Pur-
gativs Pellets tho little regulators of the liver
and bowels and best promoters Of jollity.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10
Good Breakfast.

Mra E. w. Carpenter, Overlee, Baltimore
county, Maryland, writes: was greatly bone
flied BY the use Of Red Star Cough Cure, whom
suffering from severe cold Ny cook was se-
riously Ill from deep seated cough. She had
~. neF d t%a wshoGs relief ID
with an external application Of st. Jacobs OH
to her sida In one night tho change wrought
was most gratifying and astonishing. In the
morning she was like new person.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

Il u not understood Why druggists keep In
stock 20 many kinds Of medicines for coughs,
colds and consumption, whom II 10 only neces-
sary to keep Aliens Lung Balsam, that old, re-
aration, and perfectly harmless, q It contains
no opium in any form. Sold everywhere
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

PURE COP LIVER On. made from selected livers,
New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet.
Patients who have once taken It prefer it to ali
Others. Physicians have decided 1t superior to
any OF tho other oils in market.
CHAPPED HANDS, FACE PIMPLEs, and roush
Skin cured by using j JUNIPER TAR SOAR, madsb By
CAsWEIL, HAZARD & CO.. New York.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

Good news ought to be told; and il il good
news that Hunts Remedy has cured the worst
Of kideny diseases, and can do it again.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

Hon josh Royal. of the dominion parliament
will interview Riel and try and persuade him
ta cease his mad career
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

IHAv1tak ono bottle Of Dr. GRAVES HEART
REauLAToR for heart Disease and find II ali i
could desire.-A A. Holbrook, Worcester, Mass.
FREQ pamphlet Of T. E Ingalls,, Cambridge,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

sEANEw SUR. Faded articles Of ali kinds
restored to their original beauty by Diamond
Dyes. Perfect and simple lOc at all drug
gista Wells, Richardson 4 Co, Burlington, VI
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

Minister Coz cannot go to Turkey until no
finishes book which he is under contract to
produce by June 1, or he will forfeit S5O.OOQ
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

s*s* Delicate diseases radically cured. Con-
initiation free. Address, Worlds Dispsnsary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

A. Cincinnati Emery's candle factory, ono Of
the largest institutions Of the kind In the
country, was burned
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

Tho MEXICAN congress began IL session,
President Diax, In his message, giving notice
that Barrios must be put down
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

THOSE COMPLAINING of sore Throat or Hosrse.
ness should use BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs
Tho effect is extraordinary, particularly When
used BY singers and speakers for cleaning the
voice.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

W. Il. A. Brown, Of the Chicago board Of
trade, is under arrest on the charge of bigamy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

Ben Davis, London solicitor, has failed
His liabilities are placed at o. 900, and it IL
stated he has fed to Spain.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

ALIENS IRON Tonic Buffers CREATE
healthy appetite All genuine bear the sig-
nature Of J. p. Allen, Druggist, st Pau, MINI
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

Q. my backl That lame back is caused BY
kidney disease Stop it ct once by Hunts
Kidney and Lverl Remedy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

Ed schoaeld Of Duluth killed . full-sixed
black bear with an AZ
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

A skillet full Of old Spanish coins was
dug up near the entrance to Harvard college
CsmbridQa
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

Gen Middleton advanced his forces 10 Font
Qu'Appelle. and vas stopped BY The open aas-
kAtchoWan
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

~ East TIN Street st. Paul, Nina Regularly Graduated and
legally quaGcd longer Chronic Nervous Skin and
Blood DsAses than any siciAns in America. Medicines
..nt Iy m. nom indIetion. E.ee..
Exposure. Nervousness Debility Melancholy Less Of Sp
rendering marriage improper cured Safely pvasey speedily
No change ebusiness Psmphe. and list. nee friend
Elegant cloth and gilt binding esd for 80 cent. In
postage. Over nfty wonderful pictures m health,
marriage disease decline game naper cover
Sy mail. scaled. State and get time and
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

house, and the next day delivered HIM
over to the Sheriff of that county, who
conducted tile prisoner to the debtors
room in the jail, and gave him the key,
so that he and everybody else had free
egress and ingress at all times. Wilson
invited everybody to call on him, as he
said he wished to see his friends, and his
room was crowded with visitors, who
called to drink grog and laugh and talk
with him. But this theatre was not
sufficiently large for this purpose. He
afterward visited the dram shops, where
he freely treated all who would partake
with HIM, and went fishing and hunting
with others at pleasure, and entirely
without restraint. He also ate at the
same table with the Judge while on
trial.
when the Court met at Saline VIII
son was put on his trial. Several days
were occupied in examining witnesses in
the case. After the examination was
closed, while Colonel Taylor was en-
gagged in very able, lucid and argu.
mentative speech on the part of the
prosecution, some men collected q par
eel Of the rsbble, and came within
few yards of the courthouse door, and
bawled in q loud voice, part them
part them!" Everybody supposed there
was an ARRAY, and ran to the doors and
windows to see. Behold! there was
nothing more than the mar and the rab-
bic lie had collected around him for the
purpose of annoying Colonel Taylor
while speaking. A few minutes after
ward this same person brought horse,
as though he was for sale, and contin-
ued for ten or fifteen minutes to ride
before the courthouse door, crying the
horse in loud and boisterous tone of
voice. The Judge sat as silent listen
OF to the indignity offered the Court and
counsel by this man, without interpos-
ing his authority.
To show the depravity Of the times
and the people. after the verdict had
been delivered by the jury. and the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10
DR5. WHITTIER.

M EEL. cs 6. .:. s.E1 s:..; r.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

NnAnPyINEs. Strawberries. TO-, By nail.
QnAU cEs .lsor. Lake Minnssoais. i MIN.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-04
To Set Grape-C Cuttings.

A correspondent asks Tor information
relative to setting grape cuttings, and we
give the plan adopted with satisfaction
by grapevine propagation.
The Fall is the best time to make cut
tings, if you wish to increase or make
plants or vines from such as may be re-
produced by cuttings. All of our grapes
and many kinds of trees and shrubs can
be multiplied in this way, and many
persons, if they have taste for it, can
increase their plants in this manner.
Grape-cuttings are made from wood of
this years growth. Two to four buds
1.-TWO usually are sufficient to give the
proper length, which is about six inches,
taken from sound and we'll ripened wood
A sharp knife is best. But trimming
shears are admissible if they are sharp,
and the lower end be cut off slanting.
Do not cut the lower end square with
knife or bud.
To winter them, open atrench in dry
place, and set them with butt end down,
being careful to have earth beneath the
bundles, and to have the earth compact
around them. The bundles are made
small for this purpose. Ifyou have only
one kind of a trench, they need not be
tried. Cover all well over, and turn off
the water with what is most convenient,
and if kept free from frost they will be
partially calloused by spring, and will
take root more easily when set out in the
Spring than when set the Fall.-Tribune
and Farmer.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-04
Try This.

For the last three years, | have tried
planting oats in the drill and l have sue
ceeded in making twice as many to the
acre as sowing broadcast Besides it only
requires half a bushel of seed to the acre,
while it takes one bushel or more to SOW
an acre. mark off my rows three feet
apart and scatter four or five hundred
pounds of cotton seed meal in the drills.
Bed on the row with four burrows and
then open the bed with a scooter pillow
SOW half bushel of oats and cover with
a cotton board. When the oats COM
mence to run up, say in March, pillow
them once with sweep and all the
work is done until they are ripe, when
they should be cut. / have never thrash
ed out any to see how many an acre
made, but am satisfied / have always
made twenty-five or thirty bushels to the
acre on very poor land that l know
would not have made ten bushels plant
ed broadcast. On good land with five
hundred pounds of cotton seed meal,
have no doubt but that fifty bushels can
be made to the acre. Sowing oats in this
month the larks pull them up badly. To
prevent them from destroying the oats,
take one gallon OF hot water and dissolve
in it one teaspoonful of coal tar; then
put the oats in the water and stir them
until they are wet; if the oats should be
too sticky to SOW well, put in little sand
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-04
Shape of the Horses Back.

The London Lire Stock Journal, in an
article relating to the selection of horse
for the work he is expected to perform,
after stating the results of many obser-
vations on horses, remarks that it is the
arch of bridge, which, from his struc-
ture, can bear weight upon it, whereas,
an inverted arch would fall to pieces, or
would withstand far less pressure. 1t
has been observed that low-backed, or
rather hollow-backed horses working in
harness, kept their condition, while
those with high backs lost flesh. Per-
sons of not very inquiring or observant
dispositions would probably attribute
this to the fact that the former were OF
more hardy constitution than the latter,
but this would be a false conclusion. 1t
is owing entirely to the curvature of the
back, for horse which can draw a
weight is least able to bear weight upon
its back, while the horse unable to bear
the strain of draft could beat the other
any day in carrying weight. The line
OF the vertebr@ indicates the sort of
work for which the horse is fitted. If it
is high the weight must be on the top to
press it together; if low, the pressure
must be from below for the same reason.
A downward curvature is, therefore, the
best form of spine for draft horse.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-04
The Tallest Trees in the World.

Though there is every probability that
CALIFORNIA; big tree will maintain its SUI
premacy as the most massive column in
the worlds forests, it must perforce
yield the palm of altitude to the Austria
liam eucalyptus. In the valley of the
Watts river, in Victoria, many fallen
trees have been measured as they lie on
the ground, and found to exceed $50
feet in length. One mighty giant had
fallen so as to form a bridge across a
deep ravine. 1t had been broken in fall
ing, but the portion that remained in
tact measured 435 feet in length, and as
its girth at the point of fracture is 8 feet,
its diScoverer estimates that the perfect
tree must have measured fully 500 feet.
Its circumference, feet above the roots
is 81 feet. Another gum tree on Mt.
Wellington was found to be 102 feet in
girth at feet from the ground. Its
height could not be estimated, owing to
the density of the forest. But it's next
neighbor, which was 80 feet in circum
ference, was found to be 300 feet in
height. In the Dandenong district of
Victoria, an almond-leaf gum-tree (Ea-
cdIyptus dmygddlind) has been carefully
measured, and is found to be 430 feet in
height. 1t rises $50 feet before throwing
out a branch; its circumference is 80
feet Tasmania also produces specimens
of eucalyptus which are $50 feet in
height, and which rise 200 feet ere form
ing branch. One near Hobart Town
is So feet in girth, and, till ten years ago,
lowered to Il height of 300 feet, but is
now ruin. The question of supremacy
is, however, confined to altitude, for the
untidy-looking eucalyptus, with its rag
ged and tattered gray bark hanging about
it in such lovely fashion, can never con-
test the palm of might or majesty with
these stately cedars, whose magnificent
golden-red shafts tower on high like the
futed marble columns OF some vast ca
thedral.-AU the Year Round.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-04

when you first commenced fertilizing,
and make larger crops every year. Six
years ago l cleaned up an old field that
had been worn out and grown up in pine
saplings, and was so poor that it would
not make five bushels to the acre. l
have been manuring and plantingit ever
since, and now the same land will make
twenty bushels of corn with very little
manure. To make manuring pay well,
a person should have clay foundation,
as sandy soil does not hold it near so
well as clay. Labor has become so high
and unreliable that it does not pay to
farm unless you make your land rich,
and grow five pounds of cotton where
you used to grow one. So brother farmer
make all the manure you possibly can,
and now is the time to do it. Plant less
land, and manure it we'll, and you will
make two ears of corn where you made
one.-W. p. H., IN Baker County Star.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-04
The COMPOST Pile.

Now is good time to make compost
piles, Haul in muck from the rivers
and branches, fence-corners, or any 9th
er rich soil, and compost with cotton
seed and salt Make a pen about 1Ox1O
feet and put in layer of muck, say three
inches thick, then about two bushels of
cotton seed and one gallon of salt to the
next layer. | generally use one thou
sand pounds of cotton seed to twenty cart
loads of muck. Put this on one acre of
land and it will made three or four times
as much corn or cotton as the land made
before. Add this to the land for four
years and it will be ten times as good as
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-04
THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.

which lies east of Costa Rica, is often
classed with Central America, and the
news which comes from it relating to
South America is almost always placed
under the head of Central America in
the papers; but it is one of the States of
the Republic of Columbia. Since it lies
right across the isthmus dividing the two
continents, and on both sides, we give
Its area: $4,000 square miles. 1t is the
seat OF frequent revolutions, and is at
tached to Columbia more nominally than
really. The population of Central Amer
lea is as follows: Guatemala, ,252, 497 !;
San Salvador, 554, 1856; Nicaragua, 275,-
Slo; Honduras, $4,000; Costa Rica,
$4,000. Panama has 220, 900 population.
The temperature of Nicaragua is de-
lightfully equable. At Rivas it ranges
from $50 to $50, occasionally sinking to
700 in the night and rising to 900 in the
day. Nearly 100 inches of rain falls in
the year, but almost all of it from May
to November inclusive. Only enough
cultivated land to satisfy the wants of
the small population is brought into re-
QUESTION; there is not the slightest diff
ticulty in indefinitely increasing it by re-
moving the forests. The agricultural re-
turn is abundant. The soil is rich, and
cacao, sugar cane, cotton, coffee, indigo,
tobacco, rice and Indian corn are pro-
duced in abundance Sugar-cane re-
quires replanting once in twelve or four
teen years. Cattle are easily raised, as
good as in the United States There
are plantains, bananas, beans, chile, to-
matoes, breadfruit, arrowroot, oranges,
citrons, lemons, lines, okra, pineapples,
mamays, chirimoyas, guavas, cocoanuts,
and other plants and fruits; sarsaparilla,
annotto, aloes, ipecacuanha, ginger, va
nilla, cowhage, copal, gum arabic, CO.
paiba, caoutchouc, dragons-blood, van
glo and other commercial vegetable pro-
auctions; mahogany, logwood, brazil
wood, lignum-vit9, fustic, yellow san
ders, pine, oak, copaltree, cedar, button
wood, iron-wood, rosewood, calabash
and other valuable trees. The noun
tains are rich in gold, silver, copper,
iron and lead, and deposits of coal are
alleged to have been found. The region
bordering on the Atlantic is warmer and
more humid and less salubrious than
that of the interior and Pacific. The
new canal, by furnishing good commune
cations with all those foreign countries
whose shipping will pass through it, will
supply the necessary impetus for the
rapid development of Nicaragua, many
of whose most valuable products can be
made source of almost boundless
wealth. Railroad building is begun,
and will before many years unite the
rich northwestern provinces with the
navigable region of the lakes. 1t needs
but the infusion of American enterprise
to render Nicaragua the garden of Cen
trail America.-NeW Orleans Picayune.