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National Republican., 1886-08-09
UNDERTARERS.

As-Everything strictly arst'olass and on the
most reasonable terms. ....
[Camp Chairs to hire for all occasional
TELEPHONE CALI4-3IO.
National Republican., 1886-08-09

LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY.
Incorporated In 1865 for 25 years by the Legis-
lature for educational and charitable purposes
with capital OF 81 900, 600, 10 which a reserve
fund Of over $50, 900 has since been added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote Its fran.
chise was made q part OF the present State Con-
sutution, adopted December 2 A. d. 1879.
lis Grand Single Number Drawings will take
place monthly. II never Scales or Postpones.
Look at the following distribution:
GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING
AZ the Academy OF Music, New Orleans, TUES
DAY, AUG. 10, 1886.
National Republican., 1886-08-09
Grain and Provisions.
Washington Stock Exchange,

The following List OF the most active stocks dealt
In on the Washington Stock Exchange Is furnlBheo
by Messrs. Bell q Co., bankers. No. 1AS7 Ponnsyl.
VAniR avenue:
National Republican., 1886-08-09

UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION
OVER QUARTER MILLION DISTRIBUTED I
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26

birthplace Of billiards., . distance Of 5o,.
miles. base-burner coal stoves should b..
set about six feet apart. Ten thousan,;
stoves might do it, but the government
might as we'll add {, 600 more and max.
q sure thing of it. Each stove woula
burn, say, nine tons of coal during thr
winter. One man, as I figure it, coul,
attend to five stoves. As all the stove.
would be out Of doors. only one length
of pipe to stove would be required. J.
figure on saving $4,000 joints of stove
pipe. This item alone would pay for
most Of the coal. Every blizzard costs
the country 81, ,000, 900. We have an
average Of ten per season. I figure
that can stop every one for 800. 600
each. This saves the country go, ,0OO,-
600 per season. The government puts
$2O,O0O, 600 in its pocket and hands mo
the other nine"
''And you have an idea that your
scheme will be adoptedp"
Certainly. The only fear have is
that the government may want to put
plain stoves of on me, while l shall
stick for tho nickcl-plated affairs.
There's no use going into this thing
with anything cheap. shSil return in
about a week, and as l win then know
exactly how much can save on stove
pipe hope you will come and see me.
This afternoon shall try and figure on
using one leg to a stove, thus saving
10000 stovc-legs. This would pay for
the coal for 367 stoves. Don't forget 10
come and see me.-Detr0I Free Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26

He never oiled the hinges, sir,
But let them clog with rust;
And that's the reason breczes stir
The grasses o'cr his dust.
Too full Of business for rest,
No time for holiday;
And now, his hands upon his breast
Are crumbling to decay.
She danced the gayest Of the crowd.
Amidst the ballroom light;
To-day her limbs encased In shrOud
Were buried out of sight.
She didn't stop the hinge to oil,
But, buoyed on the wave
OF social gayety's turmoil,
She danced into her grave.
The pen is silent, and the song,
Half-uttered, turned to ice;
The cord is snapped, for overlong
He paid the muses. price.
Rest would have oiled the hinges when
His temples throbbed with pain;
They broke as break the lives Of men
Who stem the tide In vain.
Then stop to oil the hinges, sir,
When travelling the road;
For rest were better than to spur
The Tagging brain with goad.
Reprisaps death, the price Of toll
Or pleasure unrestrained;
And death the end of all turmoil,
When life might have been gained.
II 8. Keller
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
Toombs and the Philanthropist.

After Toombs' famous Boston speech
a philanthropist came to him as be stood
in the center of a group at his hotel and
said:
''Sir. l have come to ask you qucs-
tion, and you impress me as man who
will tell the truth, even if it bears
against him.
Il will try" said Mr.. Toombs, with
great meekness.
II am told sir,'' said the man, ..that
down in Georgia you actually work poor
negroes to the plow, instead of mules or
horses. Is that true sirP''
Mr.. Toombs looked like man hit
hard, but asked:
'.Do you know the cost of a negro
man, sir?''
"Oh, yes" was the reply. From
81 900 up TO 81 800. for human flesh,
sir. Mans horrid trade in mani"
Said Mr.. Toombs: "Will 5000 do for
an averagc?"
''Yes, sir" said the man; think we
may say that"
"Do you know the cost of a common
mule or horse?" said Mr.. Toombs.
eyes. sir; the average cost of unlm-
proved stock may be 300. You neglect
your brutes, SIR"
"Granted," said Mr.. Toombs. snow
how many negro men do you think it
takes to pull q two-horse plow in clay
soil like ours?''
Il have not thought of that, sir; but
allcm-wc will say ten.''
''Then," said Mr.. Toombs, in that
tender. pathetic tone which would have
made him perfect as revivalist cxhor-
ter,"then We have a mule team at $500,
q negro team that cost 90. 900; and what
do you think of the economy of it your
The talk ended, and only one man
failed to smilc.-Southern Bivouac.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26

''Ycs, l am on my way to Washing
ton, replied q man with buffalo over
coat and a beaver cap who was held up
for an interview at one of the hotels the
other day.
'1t is limited that you have made an
important discovery?"
$50 have. l am Capt. John White,
of Montana, the man who first discov-
cred the birthplace of blizzards, and
who invented a cure for them"
"Tell me about it2''
''Well, I have nothing to conceal in
the matter. For five winters past have
been in the Far West watching cold
waves or blizzards. Nineteen out of
every twenty start on line drawn from
Fort Union, in the northern part of
Montana, to Fort Laramie in Southern
Wyoming. There are mountains, riv-
ers. valleys and plains on that line, and
these bring about the conditions re-
quired for radical atmospheric
change"
''Did you ever see a blizzard bornp"
"a hundred of Them"
"What is the operation?"
''Well, for instance, one day last win
bCA WtS9 IA CstIV VII tuC OWucI NlFcI,
in Wyoming and directly west of the
Black Hills. 1t was pleasant, sun
shiny day, and during the forenoon the
wind blew smartly from the Hills. Just
about noon, while was preparing my
dinner, puff of wind from the Lara
mic Mountains 10 the south. hit me.
On the plains, a mile to the south of
me, and just where two valleys brought
these two different winds to focus
point, cloud of snow was lifted high
in air, and the wind began to circle. In
ten minutes the cloud began moving
toward ME. and the mercury soon went
down eleven degrees. The cloud bore
to the northeast. struck the north fork
of the Big Cheyenne River, and fol-
lowed it east to Fort Sully, spreading
its Aanks as it went. At Sully it ran
down the Missouri to the Iowa State
line. Here the wave was q hundred
miles long. When it gotlown to Oma-
ha it was 200 miles. 1t left the river
there and went east. and by the time
the center reached Des Moines one wing
was at Minneapolis, due north, and the
other at Scdalia, due south. From wing
to wing was 500 miles. That wave
took in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana,
and was kept from Michigan by lake in
Auences, and later on all the Atlantic
coast, from Maine to Virginia was over
spread by it. That was only one out Of
the many have seen born"
"Could it have been stopped?"
"Certainly. 1t was no larger than q
barrel when it started"
What is your cure for these cold
waves?"
'.Well. I've been experimenting.
You must warm the air as the first step.
! In that case you kill the germ and the
blizzard falls fiat. On ti5z line of the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
The Merrnan's Song.

Come away, away, children;
Come children, come down,
The hoarse wind blows colder;
Lights shine in the town.
She will start from her slumber
When gusts shake the door;
She will hear the winds howling,
Will hear the waves roar.
We shall see, while above us
The waves roar and whirl,
A ceiling of amber,
A pavement Of pearl,
Singing "Here came mortal,
But faithless was she;
And alone dwell for ever
The king Of the sea-"
But. children, at midnight,
When soft the winds blow,
When clear falls the moonlight,
When spring tides are low,
When sweet airs come seaward
From heaths starred with broom,
And high rocks throw mildly
On the blanched sands n gloom,
Up the still glistening beaches,
Up the creeks we will bic,
Over banks Of bright seaweed
The ebb tide leaves dry.
We will gaze, from the sandbills,
At the white, sleeping town,
At the church on the hillside,
And then come back down,
Singing ''rhere dwells a loved one,
But cruel ia she;
She left lonely for ever
The king Of the sea-"
-lNalthev Arnold
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
TOboggan.

There is some controversy going ON
as to the word ''toboggan." Several
authorities claim that it is from the In
dian. A prominent Utican of Celtic ex-
traction. however. insists that II is an
Irish word. and he gets at it's origin thus:
Once upon q time poor farmer in
coMnty Cork discovered valuable peat
bed on the few acres he happened to
own, His fortune was soon made, for
he let the farming slide" and went to
b0ggin. .-Utica Herald.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
Bananas,

A pound Of banai,as, it is said, con-
tains more nutriment than three pounds
OF meat or as many pounds of potatoes,
while as food it is. in every sense.
superior to the best wheaton bread.
Although it grows spontaneously
throughout the tropics, when cultivated
its yield is prodigious. for an acre of
ground planted with bananas will re-
turn US much food material as thirty
throe acres Of wheat. or over one hum
dred acres of potatoes. It is not gener-
ally understood that bananas fried.
baked or roasted are very apetizing,
and that sliced and placed in dish,
with alternate slices Of orange, they
make most dilicous desert.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
Natural Bridge in Kansas.

A farmer residing some five miles
north from Etna, KS, tells of q great
natural curiosity. He says there is Oh
his farm perfect natural bridge. The
width of the archway through which
the water threads its way is from eight
to twelve feet, and the hight is from six
to ten feet. The cavcrnous archway is
some 800 feet long. About fifty feet
from the lower end of the hridge there
gushcs forth clear spring Of cool, soft
water
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
Allgators.

Young Aligators are raised and med
for Northern visitors by aSanford Ola ,
man who finds it quite a lucrative bust.
ness. He has now 100 of the animals
under training, and reports that his
sales last season would hayS been five
times that number could he have pro.
cured the alligators.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
PercherQns.

The French have looked with alarm
upon the steady export of Percheron
horses to tho United States; but the
most prominent breeders there now saw
that the progeny of these horses raised
in the United States are an improve.
ment upon their sires. and that it is
profitable to re-import. 1t is known
that Napoleon I'LL used to import
Percheron horses from Vermont for the
post-chaiscs which he used so much. a,
Gen. Fleury, his Master of the Horse,
found them much superior to tn.
Mechlcnburg horses more generally ir
use.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
Round the Earth in Twenty.Four Hours

ALondon paper asserts that the high
est velocity yet impaired to cannon
ball is l,626 feet per second, equal to q
mile in 3.2 seconds. The velocity of
the earth ut the equator, due to rota-
tion OH its axis. is 1000 miles per hour,
or mile in 3.6 seconds; thus II cam
non ball were fired due west, and could
maintain its initial velocity, it would
beat the sun IN its apparent journey
around the earth.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
The Cause of 1t.

THAT man has a wry visagc," re-
marked lady to her companion.
"Hc has indeed, but the cause is easi-
ly defined"
"And what is the cause, pray?"
Frequent yisitations to the bottle
will put a rye face on any man. Ma.
tionat Weekly.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
Cigarette Smoking in Winter.

The practice Of cigarette smoking
in the open air during q cold winter. :"
said well-known physician, ..is un.
doubtedly good thing for those who
are inveterate smokers. When smok.
ing cigar in the open air, the ther.
mometer being below zero, the nicotine,
which should pass away with tbe
smoke, is condensed IN the mouth and
enters the system, producing nervous.
ness. In my opinion, one cigar smok.
ed out of doors is more injurious than .
dozen smoked in warm room. As te
health, I would recommend cigarette
smoking in winter. .''-honeer Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
The Flieht of Time.

Visitor Ito convict)--1 suppose, my
poor fellow. that in your narrow quar-
tcrs the days pass by on leaden wings?
"Convict-No, sir.
Yisitor-No? But the nights, shc
long, dreary nights, must deal out dopb-
le portions of time?
Convict-Oh. no. The nights fly
faster than the days.
Visitor (astounded)- lis it possible?
Conviet-Yes: You see, I am to be
hanged next month.-New York San.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
General News Condensed
Death Of John q. Cough.

John .. Cough, the eloquent temperate.
lecturer, died at 4:40 o'clock Thursday AT.
ternoOn the 18th inst. at the residence OF
DR.. X. Bruce Burns In Frankford, Pa,
where he was taken on Monday night when
stricken with paralysis, while lecturing at
the Frankford Presbyterian church. His
vile was at his bedside when he died. There
-'lrH. Burns and two neices, Misses Fanny
and Mary Whitcomb, John Wanamaker,
Rev. Thomas Murphy and Mrs. Jacob Wag.
ncr. lt was recalled that the last words
spoken by Mr.. Cough were, "Young man,
make your record clear" The body was
embalmed, and after services at the house
was taken to fisho Worcester county,
Mass, for intcrment.
John b. Cough. unquestionably the alb
lest temperance lecturer in the world, was
born ut Sandsate, Kent, England, Aug. 22,
1917. His father, who received a small
pension for services in the Peninsular war,
died ut the age OF ninety years. The family
were poor and penniless, In 1929 Cough
parted with his mother and sister and&aps
TO the United States with a Ssndsate fam-
lily, the arrangements being that they;
return, care for him during the
voyage, teacl, him q trade after his
arrival IN tile New word; and provide for
him until he became Of age. After two
years experience at farming in Oneida
county. N. Y, hc went to New York city,
obtained Il situation in q publishing house,
and began to learn the book. binders trade,
receiving for his services 81 per week.
Here his mother and sister Joined him. In
1888, through depression in trade, John
lost his situation, and then followed de-
privation and want. His mother died in
July, 1884. Removed from the restraining
influence Of his mother, he began course
OF dissipation. He frequented the street
corners. the saloons and taverns. where his
r,>urarkahle powers OF mimicry, his gift of
SPEECH and song, made him popular
iavorise. He fell lower and lower, and
finally btean.e IL confirmed drnnkard. In
1910, being. persuaded to attend a temper
ance meeting, he signed the pledge and
thenceforward lived a sober life. He lcc-
tured on tem?eraneo throughout the
United States and England. After.
wards he added other topics, aud
from 1916 to 1876 he was one Of the most
popular lecturers in the Omitted States. He
made many tours througlfthis country and
two or three through England. Mr.. Cough
continued to lecture until four or five years
ago, when i'll health compelled him to retire
from the rostrum 1t is stated that he
amassed severalfortYnes, but gave so much.
for charitable objects that he was always
poor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26

Of habit, or because they lacked the
strength to make an effort necessary to
stop. It was question Of time merely
when they would drop, like Jake's $3.50
purchase, and stay where they fell.
One horse that trode gingerly about
with peculiarly light and airy step
and was the object of q hot contest h"-
tween two men in jumpers before it W
knocked down for @17, had been ruineu
BY use on hard pavements. until abso-
lutely worthless for any but the lightest
service in the field. Its forefeet were
SO sore that putting them to the ground
was agony to the poor beast, whence
the popularity of its step. A piece Of
soft leather, fitted under the shoe, be-
trayed Its condition, but the buyer did
not see it. and thought he had secured
bargain.
Some horses were brought ina very
few-about which there was no pre-
tense. Their working days were clear
" over, and they came to be handed
over to the skinner for the value of
their hfdes. Skinntrs from Jersey and
Long island were in attendance to an.
praise them, on the basis. perhaps, Of
~ sHoS.S 0e'."s s"eI hioes hao
secelvea :, 60 IN llte with the whip: From
- 70 ~ was the price they brought.
some OF them that sold for 81 or $5, to
DO manya hard days work yet, with
plenSy Q! apuse anu snort fccd, were not
m4cn better.
IN, IN TWO " men with nothing to distin-
gulsn tnem from the crowd OF would-be
buyers and sellers with which they
Ins,,sotlu oa' St,o pep ropSi.er lecoSnizeG one OF
- tbo .uoa manntad d's s,,,a mJ" a1rI Ponceman
~ -. 'iIo ieo914 h.oahteu t squa' Iney were on
aen aGt tScra ,tma. snas arc
tsa ..sn;s,, ,s.AeH sess .aere, ou' otsener 70
Tha % ,,'snue.+ s s.aD'es ssa itL.ner aown-oown.
finds ito nov vy ~ thn " s, o ,osa. c,oJkea SOCK
,,,;..sn Illus us ~. way 20 me SKIN market. Last
ann;am+ ", 'ne stsa 1ncg t a .nele came upon the
"antr;n M..Ia,,, lta ~ nS lusI' % .ne &C.
ona ns - ~ i1. sSashna. s, .'a WHO "fives
e t,.o N.tor ~ ...o snawness il III Town: 10
., . "I.v1 s., .ea,a. ..,en. VI .hc ponce u was
,,ns.,y.s.o In. S.y s.o.cn, aPl.IenIy IN 1roht G
;mm t,s;sns ;cas, wie .,' 'ae owner was maA
,,s,,. = oass!,ess sr,sa Sa.i ~ .he nealtn depart
.1aaa..u,a..t an.:e 70 uays no kepe lne ponce
;pa III ...nI .mch. ,n. ~ s.a.e o! turmoil with
..n, .s alL .oms s,sPaoches ,' oescriolng the
+hn v,I h,'o.ss.. roonaway aa olaer steea; Inen
Eost ~" s;Sy w, WIZ 49,, toI..u aoalaoeq on the
1rl's' ;rl's .s;ae s. , noIse ~ ae hocKs.
hothor MI ae, ,r;t!, . aI. .e !. woft9 wnle 70
uoe"ct Will uoctcIluS u. HeHeratly
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
Dangerous connterfe,s snver Dollars

Ia Crosse Special: Teller Hankerson,
of the La Cross, National bank, discover
ed a counterfeit silver dollar that is pro-
nonnccd by nll bank people in the city
absolutely the most dangerous bogus that
:nny of them here ever saw. 1t Is stand.
ard dollar OF the coinage Of 1881.
The outside is silver. and the die 10
in every substantial particular as clear
:as the original It stands all microscopi.
cal tests, having the secret m" on each
side, the only variation being that under q
powerful MICROSCOPE the 'i"in "E Pluribus
Imam is little misshaped, being larger at
the top than the bottom. The only posi-.
BILE means OF discovery is by weight, it be-
ing exactly forty.seven grains short Of the
standard. and about forty.three
grains short Of the average. The
lack Of weight is not sufficient TO
be noticeable by any one except an expert.
The bank gavc notice to all other hanks
it the city, and one appeared on the State
bank counter. THIS WaffnntE the -t1elicf
that som body is showing" the counter
feits here. Cashier Burton thinks it posi-,
BILE that the coin is pure silver, the iitier.
ence in weight yielding a profit Of 20 per
cent. to the manufacturers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
THE PIONEER EXPRESS
EvE1Y FRIDAY MoRNINa.
AT PEngnrnA. n -
&. Il. YOUNG, PubIlshsr.
ssbsription, y Per Aanun, d Advance.

The Pioneer Ezpesss oiruulases nan uiEoasly n
svssy nsagh6oehood a RinbinA county, aod 70
lndependent IN poiit1oA, though suprpeting -.
gubltcsn pfincipleG Reeulse ooHmonicstions
n0m AL parts OF the county publtah0d weekly.
~ N advertisiue medium Is ,has no eousl n
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
Oil the Hinges.

The talk ended, and only one man
failed to smilc-Southern Bivouac.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26

Admiral Jouette has seized a Cuban fill.
clustering vessel fitted out at New York.
A delegation representing ex-Union SOL
diers who have been prisoners Of war ad-
dressed the house committee on invalid
pensions. in advocacy Of bills granting
pensions to all who were imprisoned more
than sixty days. Gen Black, commission.
er Of pensions, addressed the committee in
favor OF the repeal Of the law Of 1886,
providing for pension to widows Of sol.
diers who have served in wars prior to
that date.
The United States revenue cutter Richard
Rush, which left San Francisco Jan. 2 for
Behring sea in search Of the missing whaler
Amethyst and crew of forty men, arrived
home on tho 10th. The captain reports
having found no trace OF the missing vessel
or the crew.
On October go, 1852, James Mclaughlin
left his farm near Masonville, Iowa. There
was debt OF $4,000 on the farm, and it
10 believed that this preyed upon his mind
until he became deranged and wandered
away. Recently his wife heard that in Oc-
tober Q Inan's body had been found float
ing at Dubuque. The body was disinterred.
Mrs. Mclaughlin identified It 40 that ofhe
husband b. q broken eye tooth, the over
coat and stockings.
Lately appointed postmasters in Dako.
ta-Broadland, ]. Page, vice Loomis, re.
moved; Coulson, w. T. Knappen, H. Math.
elson, removed; Helmick, e. j. Helmick,
vice, j. Helmick, declined.
There were 214 failures in the United
States for the week ending the goth, a de.
crease OF thirteen as compared with the
preceding week.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26
A Cure for Billiards.

"Ycs, l am on my way to Washing
ton, replied q man with buffalo over
coat and a beaver cap who was held up
for an interview at one of the hotels the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-11

Are you disturbed at night and broken
Of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain OF cutting teeth2 II go,
send at once and get bottle OF MEs.
WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CnlL.
DREN TRETHINo. It's value Is inCalCula.
BILE. 1t will relieve the poor little sufferer
Immediately. Depend upon 1t, mothers,
there Ia no mistake about 1t. 1t cures
dyaentery and diarrhoea, regulates the
stomach and bowels, cureS wind collie,
soitens the gums, reduces Inflammation
and gives tone and energy to the whole
syBtem. Mrs. WiNsLoW's SooTniNa
SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TRETllING is pleasant
to the tAate, and 10 the prescription Of one
OF the Oldest and best female nurses and
physicians In the United States, and Ia
lor sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price % Cents bottle. MwsAw