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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-02
Latest in Photography.
Popular Science News.

Popular Science News.
The applications autobiography to
various new purposes are becoming
almost as numerous us those OF cleo
tricity. A correspondent of Science re-
lates II recent occurrence in France in
which q combination OF the two serv-
ed II very strange and remarkable
purpose. a large number OF work
men We're buried in IL cave in u hill
side 10y % landslide. 1t was found i'm
possible to dig them out; but u hole
was bored down to- the cave, through
the earth and rocks, large enough to
put in provisions and tools. As there
WAS no sign of life, il was determined
to try and find out the condition Of
the imprisoned men. Anelrctric Llmp
and Photographic camera provided
with n sensitive plate, were let down
into the cave, and u quite perfect pict-
urn was obtained, showing the dead
bodies OF the men lyingon theground.
1t also showed that one of the last
survivors had vainly attempted to
preserve his life by eating the flesh OF
his dead companions. After these
facts had been nscertained, all at
tempts atrescue were givcnup; but the
novel means OF investigation employ
ed were very creditable to the ingenll-
ity OF the operators.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-02

@ tas sSs so.s 3, po:.iBg iSsins sos
local Advertisement or two, or here
and there q subscriber. A man who
will allow such, considerations to
influence him, is as unfit To, occupy an edi.
torial chair az the devil would be to oc.
cnpy christian pulpit. Such considera,
tions are unworthy the high position you
occupy as public educators and, he who
will permit himself to be thus influenced, is
craven coward or q mercenary whelp.
The truth 10 and ought to be understood
by every worthy nspirant to editorial
honors, that the course advise, is tho
true and only certain road to fortune, as
well as to fame. The successful journalist,
In whatever land or cline, or among what
ever people lie has labored, has been a
bold and independent leader Of public
thought: This You may all aspire to &C.
portunities. No Horace Greeley's may be
developed in this association; but we shall
come nearer to the standard and useful
ness ot that greatest OF American journal
lists by adopting his honest methods, his
fearlcss advocacy OF the rights and inter.
ests ot the common people-and his
utter indifference to the blandish-
lnents OF wealth and power. The mass Of
Dakotians arc to-day hungcring and thirst
ing for editors who will fearlessiy rrappie
with wrongs that should be righted. This
is true in all your towns and cities. Each
Of you can do much in this direction II you
will, and increase your circulation and
bank accountb by sodoing. know a county
paper that some two years ago by editori-
al articles, extending through but four or
five numbers, exposing the wrongs perpe-
tratcd against Taxpayers in that county,
and the means and methods by which it
was accomplished, that doomed it's circu-
lation from less than 600 to more than
1000 copies. It lost some $50 annual
advertising thereby, but that young editor
mere boy in the business, learned a alesson
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-02
Ruling Passion in Death.

The San Francisco Chronicle relates
this story, which has y natural sound
whether true or not: Dr. Swan relates
a very sad case OF the ruling passion
III death. always believe q doctors
story, except in II case OF cure. Ii the
patient dies, you never hear anything
but the truth Ii he lives, the doctor
has to find some explanation OF the
phenomenon. Doctors, of course, see
u vast variety of human nature, and
especially its weak sides. This is q
touching story OF q young and fair girl
leaving the bright world while the dew
Of life was still laying on it's morning
slories. You can imagine the sadness
OF the scena-the growing certainty of
theend, the passing beauty OF the world
the bright vision Of all the hapnines,s
and the Joy, the heavy shadow hanging
over all; ''It is hopeless" said the
gentle doctor; "you cannot live"
"And must ! die?" she asked. "You
cannot live" "rell me, doctor, one
thing before ] go" "Whut is it,"
"Does the hair change color after
death?" NO" "Then die happy.
III look as well as those Smith girls
on the day OF judgment, anyway"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-02

that one great and overshadowing factor
in Dakota's growth and development, as
1t must also be her continued prosperity,
IL there be any in store for her, and to ex.
pose and condemn the crimes whereby
wealth was being rapidly and largely nc
quired by lneans and acts as indcfensible
as those Of highwayman, and used to
iurthur oppress, instead Of affording relief
to agricultural people and interests. My
were extensively published and read,
at the time, and observed with
great interest their reception by the
press and the people; not that had any
personal pride OF ambition in the matter,
Tor h;td none; but because Ifelt, and from
my heart sincerely believed that the rec
concentrations then made were Of para
mount Importance, and the emergency for
action pressing; after u year Of ohserva.
tion and reflection, during which time the
press and the people have been heard from
firmcd in the views then presented, and re-
new most cmphatically the recommends
tions then made; and congratulate you
all in tho abundant evidences in
many parts OF the territory, that the
people are preparing for an organ
lied movement to strike at the
root of the evils which Iadviscd the editors
OF iIakota To JON in dcnOunring. Ladies'
and gentlemen of tho association. apprc-
ciating as do most painfully the want OF
those endowments either by nature, cducu-
tion or opportunity, to ,,dorn with useful.
ness the position with which you have
twice honored me, am conscious never
theless of having taken u deep and
abiding interest In the infant as.
sociation conii,led two years ago to
my care, and OF rushing its growth
with all the energy and devotion of
which was capable toward m,nhoo o,ls size
and strength and TO that end have contri.
butcd largely OF my time and means with.
out hope OF fee or reward, other than the
permanent advancement oi the interest Of
those engaged in the art or profession to
which | have devoted fifteen OF the best
years OF my life, and in which | shall con-
tinue To labor and take an active interest
until the hand of death shall "pi" the
form" already SO familiar to many Of you.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-02
Dccatlcncc Of Sporting Men.

1t is lamentable to look upon u
great champion of any kind when he
begins to lose caste. Before, lie is
conrtcd, fawned upon and followed by
everybody, and his words are opin-
ions sent ticking over the wires of the
country to every newspaper in the
land. When his prestige is gone, mark
the change. No longer do the people
care for either what he thinks orsays,
and his whilom friends become either
strangers or worse, and those who
were loudest in his praise are the first
to throw mud ut him. Take, for en-
ample, the great wrestler, William
Muldoon. Not that mean to say
that Muldoon is Oh the down grade,
but merely quote him us an ilustrl-
tion OF tho general principle II was
not SO much to his discrulit that he
failed to throw the Japanese and
Evan Lewis at Minneapolis, but the
very failure itself, while there was not
even fighting chance for either OF
them to get the better of him. reacted
badly, and, fear, lost him not II few
friends. 1t was the same with Ned
llanlan, the oarsman, and it will he
the same with the boss OF them all,
big John l.. Sullivan.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-02
Oddities of Gas.

A Pittsburgher was telling of some or
the oddities Of natural gas the othet
day. 1t seems that many houses in
the Smoky city are heated by the gas
it being burned in CRATES in which arc
logs OF asbestos, Ito said:
These look like real logs, ard burn
very naturally, only they arc forever
unconstmcd. Well, folks grew tired
of simple logs, and now they hav.
taken to making things of terra Gotta
as well as asbestos, and putting them
in the CRATES to burn. You see they
perforate them SO that little lets of
llame come from all parts. One dav
| saw two life-like English build. SIT.
ting in a fireplace covere,, rom head
to foot with blue flames. They seem
ed very contented, but guess if a
stranger had seen them unexpectedly
he would have thought it as great /,
miracle as that OF Daniel in the fiery
furnace: Then, again, one CRATE /
know OF is fixed up with chicken on
her nest, while still another is filed
with little bisque French dolls.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-02

AT Parsons, Kansas William Quartes
Edward Hollis, W. l.. Buchanan and AL
bert Jaystall, who participated in the lat
Southwestern railway strike, were fuuns
guilty VI conspiracy in the criminal eour
and were sentenced to y 500 ine an.
thirty days Imprisonment in Jail.
James h, Frazier, a sporting man we!
known Throughout Iowa, was found dea,
recently IN the bath room OF II barber shol
at Burlington.
The Newport News & Mississippi V..u,,
has leased The Chesapeake a. CHIC. Yh
consolidation makes /. yYaa,t trdnk lin
rndcr one infringement from Ncwpor
News to N"W Orleans, where it will conilcc
with tho Huntington system to the Paci
ocean.
\. Bruner, town treasurer OF Now :s.rii"
Wis, while working on the saliroad trnri
wf's struck by II loccn.osivo and killed.
Rev. T. !. baton OF Oak Park, ILL.,, i
i:irGsionod us the probable successor I.
President Chaplin, OF Bcloit, Wis, uriy.!
si,y.
Walter C;.mpbclo of i.lna,,hca,l, Wis, WI,
fatally Injuries ny IL freight train. He fcl
'ror.; tbs c;lDoosc.
Prof. Ira n. he Long has bcen vl.stch t.
one Of the proirssnrships in The Wcsleya
college at Mount "ipalaant, Iowa.
Dr. l,3..n.r,! r. pttkin. we'll known ply
,icn>n pfSs. Paul, has left tho city, leaving
;arse amount OF creditors TO mourn his d.
.:arture.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-02
0a1ss ess,.a,or stanford

Warrington special:-senator Stanford
Of California has returned from Boston,
Mhsfe, he has bss1 1M consult Eation with
Gen. Francis ]. Walksr, Of the school Of
technology, and Prof. Olmstead, the land.
scape designer, in regard to plans for the
university in California, for which Mr..
Stanford has SO munifcently provided.
He proposes that it shall become second to
no seat Of learning in the world. Gen. Walk.
Or will soon 60 to Europe to visit various
universities and gather information that
will aid in this enterprise. In September
Gen. Walker and Prof. Olmstead
will meet Mr.. Stanford in
California, and they will decide upon sites
Tor the buildings and plans for laying out
the grounds. Next spring the work Of
erecting the buildings will begin. The loca-
tion is at Palo Alto, twenty.eight miles
from San Francisco, where 1000 acres
have been given by Mr.. Stanford to main
tain the institution. The senator and his
wife also visited Albany, N. Y, where, upon
the very site where she was born, Mrs.
Stanford is going to erect magnificent
building to he used as q nursery and
home for worthy poor. She will amply en-.
dow it and give it to the city OF Albany.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-02
General News Condensed.


I ;as ZhA Dss6i1s - 1sssAeass. iSs
3. The rather extended report Of the com.
% %ittsc ON territories, submitted BY Mr..
has bsen printed and explains fully the OBJ
tects rscommended. An selaborately pre-.
/ pared appendix bassd upon the reports Of
the respectiye governors shows the extent
Of the Indebtedness OF each OF the terrific.
Hes, - follows.
Montana
Bsssas o1,sss g g
Total............................sl, 81, ,11e, ,7s4 cs
Dakota-
Territorial naebtelness. ............ S56S. 900
County floating gindebtedness.... $4,000
County $500, 900
Total in the territory. Sc, 1lS, 300
Washfngton-
.......:....:::.:35, 900
The small amount shown by Washington
10 due to the Tact that provision in her
organic acts prohibits special legislation.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-03-13
ENOUGH AND TO SPARE,

are you poor? Is it ever a struggle to keep
The terrible wolf from your door?
DO the winds of adversely trouble .o,r sIeen
AS down your cold chimney they roar?
On, II in our heart there's desire TO share
our comforts, though wretchediv few.
You'll speedily find you've enough and To
FOR some one more wretched than you,
Is your cruise almost empty? The oil in your
lamp
So low that the light burns but dim2
II may serve as II guide 70 some wandering
tramp,
And be a bright beacon to him.
For if ia the heart there's desire to share
Inc light tnat illumines one room,
fou'l speedily find there's enough and to
spare
For those in the midnight Of gloom.
Does necessity urge you TO toll every day.
Like Il gaiIey-slave chained to the oar?
Are your wages so small that you scarcely can
pay
Your debts, and your credit restore?
Though heavily burdened with trouble and
care,
And little incurubered with pelf.
-" hNH '"eiee enough VI lne lRtter 70
spare
For others worse off than yourself.
The generous heart gives without any fear,
Its blessings INCREASING each day,
As with sweet deeds Of kindness and words of
good cheer
1t hrightens and gladdens the way,
ana those who are daily accustomed to share
Thclimited stock they possess.
AsSuredly lind there's enough and to spare
For those IN much greater distress.
-JDScphlne Pollard, in ". Y. LEDGER,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-03-13

and said, in a sharp, chopping kiDa
voice, as If he were giving order
cut somebody's head off: a"
man shut the gate. 1t was Co,on'
Mcdonnell
'"Oh, indeed says l. You do,,,
happen to be a friend of Colonel N,
Donnell, do you9 Or perhaps yon'''
Colonel Mcdonnell himself, and ws,.'
to take your own word that you did i,
| SUPPOSED What do you know abon,
Waterloo, l should like to know
1.-THE man never answered a wo,,
but just turned down the collar Of H.
cloak, lifted his hat about an inch "a
his head, and looked me full in ths
face.
Talk Of being hit by a thunder-bo)a
If half a dozen th%nnder-bolts had gons
down my throat, n after the other, I
couldn'thave been more utterly foored
This man whom I'd been contradict.
ing, and bullying, and asking what he
knew about Waterloo, was the Duke
of Wellington himself!
"I've never been positive since that
day, and, what's more, l don't think |
ever shall gain.'-Darid Ker, in Har
per's Young People.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-03-13
ITEMS OF

The wild horses of our plains are
fourteen hands high, brown, chestnut
or bays, and usually weigh from eight
hundred to one thousand pounds.
"A New York naturalist has re-
ceivcd from Madagascar the first black
parrot ever brought to this country.
The bird stands nearly fourteen inches
in height and its plumage is a dense
purple black.
The stick of oak from which the
keel Of General Paine's new sloop
yacht is to be made was lowed to a
shipyard at South Boston the other
day. Designer Burgess says that the
new yacht is to be 1.-THE Puritan length
ened and fined down"
M. Pasteur gives information Of
value regarding mad dogs. In a re-
cent letter he writes: Every mad dog
will die in a few days whether he eats
or not. If he eats his life will be pro-
longed-not beyond ten days. If he
lives beyond the period of ten days you
may be assured the dog is not mad.
1t is believed hat between depths
Of four or five hundred fathoms and
the sea bottom there is a wide zone in
which but little life exists. But this
wide n may yet be proved to give
shelter to animals the existence of
which is still unknown, and which may
be, for all We know, two large and too
swift to be taken by any apparatus yet
devised.
Although a banker, and one Of the.
best business men in the world, the late
Lord Mayor of London, Sir r. N.
Fowler, writes so atrocious a hand that
a sentence which he intended to be
read as follows: II regard the con-
duct of the Government in this matter |
as absolutely inhuman," was, owing to
the inability of printcrto decipher what
was meant, transformed in type into: II
can compass a tale. My grand.
mother is the best narrator Of amusing
Incidents"
The railway cars of Russia, says a
in Mechanics, are among the
most commodious in the world. They
resemble ours, rather than the COM
)artment cars in use elsewhere on the
continent of Europe, but in Russia the
isle is shifted to one side, so that the
eats on the left will accommodate
hree passengers side by side, and those
N the right but me-. This is especially
onvenient when the car Is not crowded
D night travel. The end doors Of the car,
of opening upon the platform.
lad into a small inclosed vestibule,
thence doors open At right and Left
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-03-13
A GENIUS.
He Succeeds in Winding Up a Watch Re
ceived with a Suit of Clothes,

He succeeds in Winding Up a Watch Re
ceived with a Suit of Clothes.
| got q watch. 1t came with a new
suit Of clothes | bought. The sales
nan said that most people seemed to
think these watches required a good
deal of winding, but it was all a mis-
take about that. All | would have to
do would be to wind her a little every
time | thought of it.
| wound the watch off and on near.
ly all day. In the afternoon | began
to grow weary. wondered whether |
was gaining on the watch or the watch
was gaining on me. | decided in
fayUr Of the watch. Then / went
home and brought out my fishing
pole. Taking off my multiplication
reel, began to turn. At nine o'clock
she was wound up. Nothing but
genius" said l, "could accomplish
such d result Then I went to bed.
Tick, tick. tick. went the watch under
my pillow. | moved it down to the
foot Of the bed. Tick, tick, tick, went
the watch at the foot of the bed. |
Then ! put it in my shoe and stuffed
my socks down on top of it. No use;
still ! heard the tick. Once more
out of bed. This time | was
mad. picked up the shoe and put
in the closet. Then I piled W all
my clothes on top Of it, locked the
door, and moving the bed into tho
iarthest corner Of the room lay down
"ThiS time said |. 81 con-
lncr,' and chuckIed to myself. But
wasn't any use; there was the tick
again. Suddenly a brilliant idea
me. brought forth the watch
rom the closet. tied it to a string
md hung it out of the window and
into bed cxultant, and was soon
asleep.
! was awakened by some one loudly
hooking at the door. "Griggs," said
he voice Of the man who had tho
DOM under mine, "Griggs, if YOU
get that accursed watch awav
rom my window in three minutes by
eavens, Griggs, I'll kill you!'
hauled the watch up. The day was
reaking. After breakfast | took it
yer to the v~iolinist across the way.
eggcd him with tears in my eyes to
it from me as a gift. 1t would,
said, be a fit accompaniment to his
'strument. He took it, and that day
moyed.-Ihe Judge. :
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-03-13

me that I shrink from speaking Of it
In my frenzy [ cursed them for brute:
and beasts, without hearts. The super
stitious fools, | doubt not, had taken
my cries for some ill-omened voices OF
spirits; for | have reason to know that
numbers of these provincial fishermen
are yeryignorant and credulous in such
matters.
Il now gave way to despair. Prob
ably | wandered in my mind somewhat,
and may even have drank salt water;
for | have no very distinct remem-
brance of events, subsequently, till the
following day. as | reckon the time,
when | was reused by a sudden report,
like Il violent thunder-clap, at no great
distance, preceded by a rushing, spat
tering noise which seemed to pass d.
rectly over the hulk. | did not know
what it was as first; but the sudden
sound reused me and brought me back
to Il more ineligible consciousness of
my situation. | thought, too, that !
heard voices at a distance. A minute
or two passed, then another heavy re-
port broke On my ears; and at the
same instant | felt a violent shock
against the hulk, accompanied by a
splitting, cracking noise!
at flashed to my mind that the
schooner was being fired at with a an
non; for | had heard that the Govern
ment cruisers in these waters m
times sink derelict hulks ahoat at sea,
in this way.
III they sink her, l must sink with
her, or perhaps be killed by the Shots
was my thought.
IF ever a poor fellow shouted, | did
Another report broke across the
and a ball crashed into the hull
over my head, SCATTERING it so much
hat | saw a sudden, sharp CLEAN OF
daylight through the broken planking.
t nearly dazzled me-my eyes had
,ten So long accustomed to the gloom
# my prison. | redoublcd my shouts
then expecting every instant that an
thrr ball would come through the
the hulk, | crouched down,
and trembling. But my
having frcer cgrcss through the
rohen sheathing, had been heard
card with no little astonishmcnt.
Alter a few minutes, | heard a boat
towards me. Wading along to
he end of the cabin, | was able to peep
1t was a man-of-war's boat, with
ailors all in Scotch caps and jackets.
,hey were staring very hard at the
rhooncr, At length the boatswain
''-lhoy there! Who's aboard Mm
nN?'
I'm aboard it, I shouted. And
don't want it sunk till l get out
1.-The sailors laughed.
what are you doing in there's
reclaimed the boatswain.
"llallooing for help said /.
AT that there was Il cry'of COM
1isoration and pity, They pulled
lose up to the hull, and a marine,
upon her with an axe, soon
ut away the splinter5 around the
lattcrcd part, sufficiently for me to
out. | was in bad condition;
ldecd, | think hat for some hours |
not wholly in my right mind; but
received very kind treatment. The
tilors and marines alternately joked
nd pitied me for my odd mishap and
offerings. They nicknamed me ''The
ankee JONAH
- The vessel was the Government
un-boat Atlas; | was then taken into
Johns, Newfoundland: and two
ecks afterward sailed for home On
lc steamer LirOniun. - IOuh's Com
1nion
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-03-13
Waiting for a Big Haul.

First Train Robber-Is this train thu
n we are waiting forp
: Second Train Robber-No, this only
carries a couple of millions in gold to
the San Francisco mint. 1t is the next
train.
First Train Robber What's on tho
next tramp
Second Train Robber-A sleeping.
car porter with a whole weeks earnings
In bis pocket -HiladelpAia call.