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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
War Times in Georgia.
Vnldosta Tinlea.

vuIuOBta IlnleH.
Southern ports were blockaded by
Federal gunhsats aud the frontiers be-
leaguered by Northern armies, Did
you ever SEQ a Georgia button?"
Those shirt buttons were queer-look-
ing things. With their own hands our
industrious mothers spun the thread,
and the needles were needless in those
days. Provided with needle and
thread, they selected the site for the
proposed button and began sewing in
and out and round and round until,
by q simple operation, the button was
made and sewed on fast: The button
was made altogether OF thread, and
possessed decided advantage-it
never came of, it lasted just as long as
thebuttonhole. Homemade tumblers
were an ingenious contrivance. A
round bottle, white if it could he OBJ
tanned, was selected, and a stout cord
was wrapped once aroundit One per-
son held one end of the cord, another
held the other, and moved the bottle
quite rapidly until the glass became
hot, when It was plunged into cold
water, which caused the bottle to break
IN two quite smoothly. Queer tum-
blers they were with their sharp edges;
but they did splendid service. But in
the interior one may still find an old
fashioned spinning-wheel. All me!
How sweet was the hum OF the old wheel
as the shadows crept slowly eastward,
and the "swish, swish, swish" of the
cards kept time to the dreamy music.
And the old Georgia loom" with it's
queer-looking beam and well-worn
treadles. The "click' of the shuttle
and muflled "bang" of the beam have
lulled me to sleep many a time, as my
dear old mother worked with untiring
energy to furnish "copperas and check
ed" for my little brooches. In the
manufacture ofhats there was a wide
field for the exercises oftheirinventive
minds. The tender shoots of the saw
palmetto, plated in round, square or
.'notchedy" strips, was most frequent
ly brought into requisition. But then
there were cloth hats made of that
same homcspun by cutting conical
pieces OF cloth, sometimes of different
colors, and sewing them together, the
points meeting ut the top of the crown,
and the brim madeseparately. These
funny hats were worn by some of the
last conscripts, and gave them the
name of "flop-earned milish." Shoe
makers We're exempt, and they showed
wonderful skill in the manufacture of
shoes: The hides were tanned with
red oak bark,and the shoes were made
for use and not for show. When any
one was SO fastidious as to desire black
shoes the shoemaker employed a solu-
ton of vinegar and rusty nails to
blacken the leather.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
Things in General.

Some idea of what first class iron.
clad feet would cost the United States
may be obtained from few French fig
nres: An ironclad was launched at
L'Orient last month which had been
nine years building, aud cost 20, 900, 600
francs, or about $4,OO0,O0O. It will
take another year to fit this costly YES.
sci for acton.
More than 1900 years before Christ
glass was made with skill which
showed that the art was old. It is sup
posed to have been known to the Ante
diluvians.
The receipts of the greatest day Of
the Centennial were slls. 673, while the
best day of the New Orleans enterprise
has brought only $11, 900, hardly more
than half the average daily receipts in
Philadelphia.
Lemons sell at wholesale in New Or
leans for less than one third of cent
apiece; cocoanuts, 8 cents; bananas re-
tail at Is to IS cents bunch, Louisi-
ana oranges 81 barrel; sugar, Al to 6
lb., for 25 cents, large oysters on half
shell, 3 dozen for 25 cents, very fine
and fat. Everything else is cores
pondingly cheap, except butter and
poultry.
spools are made in immense numbers.
One factory turns out 100000 gross a
day and consumes $500 cords Of birch
wood annually. The nurnber Of yards
OF ottop on spool is determined by
the size of the spool. The cotton is
never measured, but tho spool is gagged
to hold 100, 200 or 500 yards.
The authorities of Rock Island. s. c..
have prohibited bicycle riding on the
principal streets between the hours Of
. o'clock in the morning and 8 in the
afternoon.
Inyalids who depend upon cod.liver
oil to sustain their vital forces should
be careful to get pure article. Got:
ton seed oil is now doing for tile cod
liver product what it long since accom-.
plished in the matter Of olive oil.
The City Of Mexico has 16 daily pa
pers. They correspond in size, general
appearance and typographical accuracy
with third.c class daily papers in the
United States, but are far behind them
in general management.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
MANUAL or ARMS.

"rresent arms!" There they are
Both stretchcd out to me
Strong and steady, smooth and white,
Fair as arms can Gc.
"Gronnd arms!n On the floor,
Picking up his toys,
Breaking oil within his reach,
Busiest OF boys.
Fright WHEEL" Off his cart;
Loft wheel" too, all gone;
Horsey's head 10 broken Oh,
Horsey's head is torn.
"Quick step" Forward march,
Crying. too, he comes;
Had . battle with the cat
"Cratclicd Of bofc my fums!"
shoulder arms,," hero atlast,
Round my neck they close,
Poor little soldier boy
OF TO quarters goes.
Army aud Navy Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
A Century's Growth In Civilika-
ton.

A Centllry's Growth In Civilika.
ton.
A recent work entitled "Old Times"
by John Ashton, is a mirror of Eng
land, and in especial of its metropo.
lis, at the time of the French Revolu-
ton, and is calculated to give rise to
abundant reflections on a century's
growth in civilization. The open traf-
fic in government Offices by advertise
ment in the public prints is one OF the
most striking signs of corruption then
existing in the civil service, while the
gift to minors of offices in the army
and the sale of commissions mark the
scandalous condition of the British
bulwark. 'Ihe Duke of York." says
the Times of March 90, 1895, "has
ordered CIRCULAR letters to be sent
round to the colonies ofregiments, de-
string return to be Immediately
made to his Office of the number Of
captains in each regiment under twelve
years of age, and oflieutenant- colonies
under the agc of eighteen!" Shocking,
too, are the stories OF kidnapping and
crimping for recruits. Anew weeks be.
fore, the same paper had to tell of riots
growing out of n sergeant's having
"two women of the town genteei.
~ dressed up for the purpose of
inveigling young men into the house,
which they styled their lodgings,
where the deluded were instantly
handeuffed, and, about three or four
O'Clock in the morning, sent off in
coaches, hired for the purpose, to the
country" Similar atrocities OH the
behalf Of the navy made life and per-
sonal liberty insecure to all found
abroad by the press-gang. Sailors
were made SO scarce by being taken
from incoming and outgoing ships, Of
ten by riotous boarding, that on JAM
uary z, 1904, upward of sixty sail
Of merchant ships, bound to the West
Indies and other places" were detain-
ed in the Thames. At Bow street,
year later, a master bricklayer
drought his apprentice before the
sitting magistrate OH q charge of hav-
ing, stolen q scaffolding board, value
under ninepence; he had his choice,
either to enlist as a soldier or to be
sent on board the fleet, to
both of which he objected. The
magistrate then ordered a letter
to be written to the Regulating Cap.
tain, Tower Hill, to have him
sent on board the navy" At this
time, Mr. Pitts plan of manning the
navy was to have the magistrates
"take cognizapce of all idle and disor-
derby people, who have no visible
means of livelihood"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
A Bar Room Transaction That
Made a Noise.

Chicago News.
They wore winter clothes, and about
their eyeballs and noses there was the
sanguinary color of the radish when
it is ripest. The Sinking affability of
the Clark street bartender dissolved
as they entered, and in it's stead there
came a sickening glare Of forced civil
ity. "What will it be, gentlemen?h
he asked through sheer force OF habit,
us they ambled up to the bar.
"Whiskey for me-" said one, glanc-
ing up ut the ceiling cross-eyed.
"Me too" supplemented the other.
Two suicidal potions of amber a..
cohol disappeared. and two pairs of lips
smacked ecstatically.
"Ypu will excuse me SIR" said one,
delving All index finger into a vest
pocket, "but I'm u little short of
change this morning, but if you have
no objections will pay you in stamps.
.Stamps are rs good as money!" re-
joined the bartender, "just as good"
"'rhank you, old fel," chorused the
pair.
And then they stamped OH the floor,
until the bottles and glasses behind the
bar ratified and jingled, winked at a
fat man who was gaa,ing himself with
frozen absinthe, and stole softly into
the crisp morning air.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

Tho ninth annual reunion Of the Army Of
West Virginia was held at Portsmouth,
Ohio, in " largo tent, accommodating 1000
porsons: Gen, Cook, tho president, being
vice president, acted as president. lie said
The Army OF West Virginia had hut little
written history compared with many other
societies. Its services were mainly in re-
mote and mountainous country, where the
newspaper correspondent didn't penetrate,
but nevertheless the service performed was
not to be moderated. The guarding Il q
long time on the frontier and line OF rail.
road supplies, was no mental task. Nearly
gil the troops from Ohio and Indiana Jaw
their first service in West Virginia. In fact,
It. would seem az though y was q great mil
plished 30 much at a later period.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

''Hc who is false to present duty" says
Henry Ward Beecher, breaks thread in
the loom, and will find the flaw when he
point occurs to us. Mr.. VIM VIM. Ryder rs q 81 y
Jefferson street, Buffalo, N. Y. recently
told reporter that, Il had q large abacess
on each leg, that kept continually discharg-
ing for twenty years. Nothing did me any
good except DR., Pieroo's Golden Medical
Discovery 1t cured me-" Here Is a vol.
nme expressed in a few words. Mr.. Ryders
experience is entitled to our readers care.
full consideration,-The Sun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

preparation Of beet containing its ENTIRE HurRi
fl0ps PROPERTIES, It contains blood making,
torDe-eenerating and lie sustaining properties III.
prostration and al forms Of general debility al.
20. In all enfeebled conditions, whether the re-.
suit OF exhaustion, nervous prostration. over.
from pulmonary complaints. CAswELL, HAzs.
ARD Co., Proprietors. New York. Sold by
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

Capt. D. L. Wellman oiFra.ec City, Beck
or county, Mimi, the owner, propagation
and proprietor Of the genuine and original
Fife wheat, has the best and
largest display in the grain and vegetable
hall OF the Saskatchewan, and his new yari-
ETY. that he has given the name of "Wellman
Fife" that has ever been made at the state
lair, IND the committee has awarded him
first and second premiums on best bushel
lots, and $50 cash OH the general display.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
81 moe my
Restoration
to Health
and Beauty
to the
! CUTICURA
>REMEDLES."
ofs
Boston lady.

nrsrro uIRNG Humors Humiliating Eruptions Itching
~ fortunes. Scrofnla Salt Rheni. and lnantilc HUI
mors cured by the CuTICURA REMEDIEs.
CurlcuaA NEsOLvENr the new blood purifier,
cleanse. tho blood sId Precipitation Of impurities and
poisonous clements aud thus removes the cause.
CuTIcunA. the great Skin Cure. Instantly aays Itch
ing. and Inflammation. clear the Skin and Scalp heals
Ulcers and Sores. and restorts the hair,
CuTicunA SOAP. IN exquisite Skin Deautlfer and
Toilet Requisite. prepared from CuTICunA, is ins-
pensuble III treating Skin Diseases Baby HumOrs Skin
1ilemishes. Clapl,ed md Oily Skin.
CurIcUnA REMEDIES arc absolutely pure. and tho
only fallibe Blood Purifiers and Skin B0autiilcrs.
sold everywhere. Price. Cnticnra 50 cents Soap.
15erutS; ResOlvcnt, 81 w. POTTER DRUG AND CHEN
ICAL Co., IloSTUN.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

Pain and Dread attend the use Of most
Catarrh remedies. Liquids and snuifs are
unpleasant as well as dangerous. Ely's
Cream Balm is safe, pleasant easily up.
cleanses the nasal passages and heals the
inflamed membrane, giving relief from the
first application. SO cents at druggists
Goo. by mail. Ely Bros, Owego, N, Y.
have had catarrh in head and nostrils
for ten years 30 bad that there WAS great
through. 1 got Eiy's Cream Balm. Two Two
bottles did the work, but am still using it.
Ny nose and head il well. / fell like anoth-
er man.-Chas. s. McMillen, Sibley, jackson
Co., Mo.
From Col. c. H. Mackey, 32d Iowa In.
iantry: have now been using Ely's Cream
Balm for three months and am experiencing
no trouble from Catarrh whatever. have
been a.suffcrer for twenty years,-C. II.
Mackey, Sigourney, Iowa,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

The actual cost of what are usually
sold as Scent cigars at retail is thus
stated by one who claims to be posted:
Actual cost of tobacco (namely, what
the tobacco raisergets forit) for 900
cigars,$2; cigar boxes,$1; wages for
l,OOO,$S; packing, 81; stripping, so
cents; totalco cost of reproduction, $3.50,
or IA cents a cigar.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
Retter Than Di.monds.

and Of greater value than fine gold is great
expels all poisonous humors from the blood,
tones up the system and by acting directly
on the most important organs OF the body
stimulates them to healthy action and re-
stores health. It has effected many mar.
velous cures and for all Kidney diseases and
other kindred troubles it is an invaluable
remedy,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
Plls Tun,ors.

Pile Tnnlors,
neglected or badly treated, often degenerate
into cancer. The worst pile tumors are pain.
lessly, speedily and permanently cured
without witt ; knife can s. Or salye, BY our new
references 10 cents In stamps. World Dis.
lensary Medical Association, 663 Main
Street. Buffalo. NY.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

Your medicine, Athlophoros, has given
my mother considerable relief more in fact
than anything she has ever taken, and VIC
have spent hundreds OF dollars In different
useless remedies for rheumatism. w. G.
Twitchell Anoka. MINI.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
.,n,,,r.t n n. Tynit.d s4.,...

y = y N -EUWOti u eNU VutS0W 6k1t0Ds
=. Hon. James N. Kerns, United States
Marshal Of Pennsylvania, writes that dur
Ing the severe winter weather his family
used Red Star Cough Cure and were much
benefited by it. He states that he knows
nothing better in relieving colds or sore
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

Grand Union Hotel, opp. Grand Cent Depot, N.
Y. city, 0OO elegant rooms, u . day 4 upward
Travellers arriving ct this depot save q car.
rage hire and baggage transfer. European plan
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

The queen has added another honor to
her new son-in-law. She has made Henry
honorary colonel OF the Fifth Volunteers
battalion OF the Hampshire regiment.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

For Torpidity OF the Liver take Alleu's
Iron Tonic Bitters. All genuine boar the
signature OF j. p. Allen, druggist, St. Paul,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

SURE CURE FOR RHEuMAElsA.-Cure guar.
anteed in all eases. Use Perry Davis Vege-
table Pain Killer according to directions,
and it will cure ninety mine cases out OF
every hundred. Try it. it surely will not
hurt you.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
BARRED WIRE.

II yoa have barbsd wire fences, keep vstsr.
lnaxy Carbohsslvs In your stables. II cures
without scar and renews the hair its original
color 50 cents and SIC at Druggists or By mall
Cole 1 Co., Black River Falls, Wis
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

MEssRs. WELLS, RICHARDSON 4 Co.:
Since the introduction OF your Improved
Butter Color among my customers, It has
given universal satisfaction. The leading
dairymen VI this section who have used It
give it the preference over all other colors,
Of whatever name or nature.
Their are especially pleased with the fact
that it does not become rancid, like other
oil colors and their product brings highest
prices in market.
VS., NAY, Druggist.
UNDERHILI. W., April q, 1882.
Paris has had twenty cases OF cholera in
elast three DAYS.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

ro-In the Diamond Dyes more coloring is
given than in any known Dyes, and they give
faster and more brilliant colors. 1Oc. ut all
druggists. Wells, Richardson 4 Co., Bur.
lineton. vt. Sample Card, SO colors, and
book OF directions for &c. stamp.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

A severe storm in Rich Valley took the
roofs from several buildings, and did other
damage to the amount Of about 81 900.
No lengthy advertisement ia necessary to
bolster up DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
Saskatchewan Fife Wheat.

Queen Victoria will stay at Balmoral
until November 9, when the court will pro.
coed to Windsor castle.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

Natural gas burst forth from a bore only
fifty feet deep in Elmira, and real estate has
experienced a boom in the town.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
D.iryman Prefsr II.

Frank James is going to Philadelphia to
visit relative in O few days.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

Mary Anderson's new "Romeo and Ju.
let" scenery cost $50, 900 in London. I
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

The Montana grand lodge of Masons has
just received a set Of jewels costing $40.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25

Hon. W. w. McNair dies at Minneapolis,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-02-12
FOR w ARD!!
England will not bandon Egypt
and Wolselt.y Says he Will
not Retreat While IA Man
Remains Alive.

LONDON. February G'- United
Press. .li-General .Wolse'ey has
been in almost constant commu-
nicaiion with the War Office
since the news of the fall of
khagioum. and messages inter
changing views on the situation
in EryIh have been flushed I"
and fro as rapidly as possible
The Cabinet officials seem fully.
alive to the danger OF fur' her de
lay, and are actively discussing
and devi<ing means by which
prompt reilef may be afforded
the Army in Egypt.
The latest dispatch from Gent
Wol~el-v. which was received a
the War Olfice this morning, was
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-02-12

Bro. Willard. in the last Ga
zeile. saws. sit is currently rlI-
mored thai The SenliEel is an as
sociale of the Person wanting an
exclusive privilege of the town
for natural gas or words to that
effect. a,v
To call Mr.. o. w. H. Wright,
who asked. the privilege, ''per-
SON. is a paralyzer.
The reference to the Sentinel
is ''Rumor.
The Sentinel opposed Mr..
Wright's proposition, because it
did not fix IA LIMIT of time, as il
opposed the present scheme OF
Rempel ct al, without reason
able limit.
The Gazette should. in its own
recent granny language, "con-
fine" itself in facts for an "ac-
couchment" of truth.
Rumor gads about with Gran
ny. The editor of the Gazette
quotes Rnmor.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-02-12
ssrqSsss.: n
Col. Wilson's Noble Band
Safely SuccOred.
'Galla:ss Deed Of Heroic Es.
slin3s IN I. a In kSs fsnlf Of Re.
Aeas ucscsi GGslIr:A0es.

LYNDON, Feb. .10.-Gen. WoIse-
ley tclcgrarhs the " ar Office i'om
korti this morning, announcing the
rescue of Col. Wi and his iitt.e
band, consisting OF Il de ac lment of
the Sussex regiment, from the is-
laad on which The steamer Was
stranded on its return from Nhsr-
toum. Gen. Wolse!ey states that
he is advised that ,he rescue was
most .a'lan,ly etie.::ed under very
irving circumstances. The resell
in. patty was repeatedly fired on
and harassed throughout. Sever
al times it WIS close.y pressed, but
succeeded not only in keeping the
enemy off, but WORK ing havoc in
their ranks whenever they came
within reach of the guns Of the
steamer.
The river banks, at some points,
actually warmed with the enemy,
who poured in rain of bullets on
the steamer as she passed. During
the trip a shot from the shore pen
etrai ell the boil. of the boat, am d
other serious damage was DONE
The rebels fire Was unusually we'll
directed. At the pace Of rescue
the, made a determined stand, keep
ing up the FIRE until the guns of
The steamer commenced playing up
on them, when they be nt a hasty
ret. eat. The rescue WAS then accom-
plished without further serious op-
position.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-02-12
The Boy that Watched the Pot.

In certain village in Maryland a
small boy kicked Il q breeze in the
parish church last Sunday. 1t seems
that a certain good woman bought a
calf's head and put it on to boil. leav-
ing her little boy to mind it while she
went to the church close by.
The minister had reached his filthy,
my brethren. when a small boy stuck
his head in the door and whispered:
..Mamma?"
The good woman recognized her son
instantly. and began to make signs for
him to leave the door.
Mammal again came the whisper,
this time little louder than before.
The mother shook her finger at the
boy warningly. and indulged in famil-
lar pantOmime with which she was ac-
customed to awe her son. BUTT didn't t
work worth cent. The boy was ex-
cited and in dead earnest, as the de-
nouement will show. Raising his voice
he shouted:
''Mamma, you needn't wink and
blink at me, but had better come right
away, for the calf's head is buttin' all
the dumplins out of the pot"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-02-12

Friday morning las, our ne'st-
boring town Of Canal Winchester
wa, afflicted with its semi annual
yis,,or-a fire. The building de-
stroyed last is known as Spiel
man Bros. Block, and occupied
one Of the most prominent places
ia the village. The loss a..loun's
TO about $4,000. Winchester is
certainly very unfortunate i'll the
last few wears. Some OF the most
moi table land marks in the place
have been swept away by fire.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-02-12

Our esteemed contemporary OF
the Gazette asks us in the last
issue ct his paper, Ito diagram
our editorials" so that he can
understand them. We cannot
accommodate him. We con
struct our editorials in plain En-
glish for intelligent re e..ders. The
diagram method is used only
for imbeciles, and possibly, ex-
cepiing the Gazette and the Go
iuinbus Asylum, We have none
of that class on our list OF readers.
However, if al any time the man
ayers of the Gazette editor de-
sire lis to diagram" for his p
prehension, any OF our Brilliant
editorials. we will do so. out of
regard for his esteemed Manage
ment,