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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
DISCOvESED A JOKER.
One Clause of the Act Admitting the
New States Sale to Repeal the
Presumption Law.

BISMARCK, n. d., Special Telegram,
The point was informally raised to-
day by +. NJ. Dudley, of the legal depart
mcnt of the Northern Pacific railway, in
the United States land Office, that the pre-
cmption law had been repealed by the act
Of congress providing for the admission Of
the new states. Section IL of that act dis
tinctly says that the act is thereby repealed
as to the states provided for by this act 1t
looks rs lift was intended To repeal section
of the act Of Sept. I, ISL, aS to the iuna-
ton of 5000 acres Of public land to the
new states for public Improvements, but
the text includes not only tIcrclmal oftllat
section but the whole law. There is no
room left for legal construction and it is
possible that some enemy uftlic prc-cnp-
ton law drew that part of the admission
act with the full inGaning and force of his
words in mind. This point has not been
raised before and it comes in the nature Of
the discovery ofa '.jolly joker" The land
department has not dropped onto i, yet and
that department mag treat it as
A WESTERN nrGhnnq.
but it is certain the commissioner will be
called upon to give his opinion, and, il adj
verse to the theory that the law is repealed,
sllstains the commissioner the question will
be carried into the courts. This is the most
interesting bit OF public Ian,, Legislation, in
recent years and is altogether IL remarkably
neat way Of getting rid Of law that some
people think has outlivc;l its usefulness
The repeal referred to also decides II very
large number of eases where the Northern
the law is repealed ali prc-emrtiom fling:
where final proof has hot been made ar
defeated. A irc-cmrtion filing does not Sc
cure u vested right, and congress can re-
peal, as in this case, without any proviso
Specifically providing for the protection OF
settlers and their Improvements. This
necessarily involves tile rights of every
prc-cmptOr who has not proved up in the
iour states. In the absence Of any adverse
right it is probable the land department:
wonld cOnstrllc the law aS permitting thq
settler to make proof anyhow.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
Tho Crows Of Norway.

Birds OF the crow tribe, especially
the raven. the carrion-crow, tho
noodle. aud the magpic, are in ill re-
pute in England for stealing eggs, and.
when opportunity serves. for MURDER
in5 chickens. duc!ilings. etc, but in
the north or Norway these depredators
are much boider. They VII even at
tempt to carry away the eggs and the
young brood of the elder duck, and too
often succeed in their folay, but if the
drake is near ut hrnl they are fire.
qucntly defeated. He srizcs the crow
by the wing or tho neck and plungcs
down with him into the SEA. Being Il
EN,a diver. he feels no Inconvenience,
while the carrion crow. however brave
and strong in the air. is helpless in tho
water. and the end Of the struggle is
soon shown by his lfeless body hoat-
ing upon the surface Sometimes even
the raven is disposed of in the same
manner. 1t is Il curious ct that
young sea fowl, when swimming or
diving in wat .rs which literally swlrin
with cod. lialibut and other greedy
and hungry fishes, are not often
snapped up and swallowed. Yet veteran
lobster fishermen. no small part of
whose life has hccn spent in disem.
bowclins sueh fishes. declare that they
never find n young bird in the stomach
Of their prey.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
Jim the Penman.

A writer in the Queenslander SAYS;
81 wonder whether Sir Charles Yonng
or the audiences who applaud his
most successful production, were
aware that not long ago the original
Jim the Penmam' was alive and
merry on ticket-ofleave in western
Australia. For aught know Sew.
ard. lawyer and forger, may he
alive now. This MOTEL criminal was
transported to the antipodes about
thirty years ago, and l remember n
friend WHO was IN officer in the com
missnriat station ut Perth telling
me Il curious story about him The
well-behaved convicts were allowed
to earn some triAing money wages,
and it was part of my friends fnnr-
tions to pay them, they giving q re-
ceipt for the same. Can you write
my lnan?' he asked, one morning, of
o batch of prisoners who came to
the nav-tahlc tWritA .sir1, cchood
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
PERSONAL MENTION.

Calvin S. Bri@, who is ut his home ut
Linn, Ohio, has formally announced hiscan-
didacy for the United States senatorship 10
succeed Senator II. B. Payne.
'.Nellie Bly," female reporter of New York,
sailed the other day in attempt to travel
around the world in seventy-five days, heat
ing jules Verne's fnncie,l time of eighty days,
as made by Phnoas Fogg,
The suit of Miss Sadie McCoughey against
Judge Thomas L. Grifres for $4,000
damages for breach of promise resulted in IL
verdict of $500 tor tho plaintiff Both
parties are of high socinl standing in Sioux
City. Iowa. Judge GrifTny is an old and
wealthy citizen and was recently married.
Congressman Carter of Montana says lie
believes That law should be passed abo,.
ahing the Office of surveyor general. lie
claims that in many instances abuses have
grown up under the system, and frauds in
surveying have been prrpctuated which
would not otherwise ave occurred had the
government made tIr contract for survey
direct with the surveyors. 1t is prubal,lethat
Mr.. Carter will llintroducc IL bill latlIerins suc|,
a proposition.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22

her at home and no one was come TO
meet her, so took her home with me,
"They knew he was going OF" she
cried. when told her about Jack.
land they sent me away that l might
not find out. o! do they not know that
cannot live without him; that it WAS
only because thought we could wait
Tor each other that cverlct him leave
me? Did they not know that somo
day meant to 60 to him aal put my
hand in his and tell him til 1t I Lowell
him loved him? And now he is gone
and l shall never see him !" She sank
down upon the rug at her feet
1 took her to her mother the next
day aud the sweet strength OF the girls
love seemed to touch the woman, for
it was she who badc me recall Jack.
Phyllis was with inc to meet him as
soon as he came. and it was beneath
the little picture over there that he
clasped her little hands in his strong
ones. the last fading rays oi sunlight
lighting up his face and her, aud glis-
tcntng upon the dead gold OF her hair.
The years have flown swiftly since
then. Father and mother aud are
still left ut the oil home, ha.py IN each
other and in the lappnes. of our low
ed ones, and We and Phlip ;lnd Mary
ana Phyllis an | Jack can say now as
we have said so often before:
"God bless the Bailey ranch"
PATIENCE OIIEL,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
A Winged Jewel,

When we rejoice in the sight of cur
own summer meadows flashing with
fiery sparks in rhythmic dance We
can afford to he glad thatin tropical
countries the freely makes a still
more brilliant display. The FREELY
of the West lndies-the cucuio, an
incll-long beetle-is occasionally
brought to this country as n curiosi-
ty. and if fed on sugar-cane and kept
in IA moist atmosphere it can be pre-
served in health Tor several weeks.
The people of the Caribbean islands
Use these beetles for ornament, con-
fined in folds of gauze, where the
beautiful green light which they emit
their red light flashes only in fly
ing-is more varied and splendid than
any emerald that ever slone in n
kings coronet; Il number of them to-
gether under glass make q sufficient
illumination for dressing or for read
ing, without producing any heat: A
cousin Of this Ire-hy is found in the
equatorial regions of South America,
where Humboldt said it repeated in
stream and forest the spectacle of
the starry heavens above.-Harper's
Bazar.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22

o00, 1000, has taken an option upon 5000
acres OF farm landa lying between Arkansas
City. Ark, and the Cherokee strip. which, it
is thought, augurs an early opening of the
strip to settlement.
An Italian cruiser and two torpedo hoats
have heen dispatched to Tangier to demand
satisfaction from the Moorish authorities for
tile burglary committed by Moors ut the Of.
tice the Italian charge d'affaires. II the
demand is not granted, Tnngier will I've bonn
barded. The abatement IL somi.otficially de.
ciared to be untrue, as Morocco il ready to
give satisfaction for the outrage on the ltnl.
ian charge d. 'affaires at Tangier.
Latest reports from the river ports state
that the Yangtsze river in Japan han risen to
an extraordinary height. Hankow Rund 10
under water and TINT there ia terrible sufitr-
ing oil along the river. Crops arc ruined,
und there must have been enormous loss OF
life. Ten Thousand families are homeless
around Ming Po, and 800 familics were drown
ed at Wenchow: The province of EucI,ein,
adjoining the flooded district. liz suffering
from drought There are many complaints
OF hard times, and many failures.
Don. Louis Bacn, n prominent Spanish
sheep raiser Of Ute creek, gives very sud nc.
count ofthe late blizzard in New Mexico. Five
Mexican sheep l,erdcrs persisted in the neigh
borhood. the bodies OF four having been
found, The snow completely covers the
ground from Clayton to the Canadian river,
distance of $50 miles. Many Mexicun
1nmiies are in u destitute condition. Owing
TO the heavy snow they are unable to move
from their plnzas in order to lay in supply
Of food. Mr. Bncn thinks other bodies will
he recovered as the snow melts, as several
men nre missing.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
Modern Mistake, in Grammar.

Faults are pardonuble in CONVERSE.
ton. which are not pnr,lonablc :a
written compositions. But we must
be careful not to take too much lccway
in this regard. and not to make mis-
takes i'll grammar or pronunciation.
Some people are guilty of grammatical
biundcrs, through sheer carcicssness.
Thus, Il lady Of my acquaintance. who
understands trigonomctly. and eau
translate Virgil, often says to me,
'you was. and yet she knows perfect
ly we'll that this is an cxcus;lble mis-
take.
Otler people who ou.ht to know
better. say ''hn don't" for "hc
DOESN'T" ~ don't know As do" in
stead of "l don't know THAT ] do"
"Aint' and ",aint" are not often used
now by educated people, unless in "a
jcstins way. IL is an unwisc thing,
however, To be c;lreless or inaccurate
i'll ones recommendations or use of Ian
guasc. since tricks of speech are easi.
ly caught. and very hard to get rid of.
Thus. when one is talking to servants,
or other uncducitel people. ono is
often tempted To adopt their phrascol-
osy. in order TO be readily understood
b. them, but it Is better to withstand
the temptation, evca if one should be
obliged in consequence To take more
trouble To express ono's meaning clear
ly.
What shall be said OF the woman
who sa's "I done? She has certain
ly placed herself between the horns of
IL dilemma Her hcarcr; will infer,
either that hcr early education was
neglected. or that she associated with
uncduratcd people during her child
hood. And yet this is - grammatical
fault, which seems hard to ret rid Of.
Persons who never say 81 seen it," OIL.
''hc has went, or them things" will
occasionally bctray themselves by let
ting slip the fatal II done it,
1t is quite AS incorrect to use 'slle''
and "l'' for chin and me, or cicc
rr$n. as it is 10 say II cone it," and
yet the tirst-nan"d class of faults
that of using the wroa. p:.onouns-
is sometimes committed by educated
people.
Indeed. have heard the phrase ..it
is me- justified, on the ground that it
was Il literal translation of the French
'e'cs mi" But oar English gram-
mar does not, like lis French namc-
sake. justify the employment of certain
pfononncihl forms. III rely for the value
OF c'iphony. "lie is older than |" may
not sound so we'll ns .'ic is older than
me-" yet the former is the correct
form. 1t is Il very common mistake to
say ''bctweon you and H. and yet q
moments reflection should convince
anyone who has ever studied grammar.
that he should say 'b.twecn you and
me. "-Ladics' Home journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
Its D,a, By P,.,onal Ex,,risacs.

''ls it true" was ASKED of an old
tramp who re;l'hsl Jersey City tho
other day on the bumpers of freight
car, that tramps leave marks on gate
posts, sign boards, doors, and other
places to tell the next conner what re-
ception lie may expect ?"
Nav" was his indignant reply.
but how do you tell ~
Personal experience mo boy, and
that's uncertain. II the house looks
all right. and the dog is chained up in
tho barn. you enter the gate and knock
on the side door or go around to tho
back. II the won II isn't upstairs
sewing, and if none OF the young 'uns
are down with the measles. nd if she
hasn got callers in the parlor. she'll
answer your knock.
"And then she's all right ~
Not By long shot If she hap
pens to be in gool humor. and if her
husband has promised her Il new fall
hat. and i! he: coras are all right. and
she happens to like the first look Of
you. she'll haal out cold meat and
bread, and perhaps II boiled egg and
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
wARDwELL 4 THOMPSON, Publishes,
EPITOME OF NEWS.
A Choice Collection of the
Latest News Greatly
Condensed.
WASHINGTON.

Appointments to important Offices in all
the new states but South Dakota nre post.
Poned by the president until the senators arc
elected.
The clergymen who visited the president
requested linn to incorporate in Ills message
to congress q recommendation forlegislature
Tor proper observance of Sunday in the
District Of Columbia. The president said lie
would consider the matter.
statement by Bank Examiner james
shows that the defalcation of Cashier Cres-
son. OF the Bunk of Conshoboken. Pa,
amounts to about 500, COO About $3O,.
600 con be realized out of ~llis individual
assets, which have been attached.
Detectives Ruff and Carter of Washington,
arrested Robert +. Hall. known in Topeka,
Kan., as Alexander, who is wanted in Pueblo,
COL, for embezz!cment. They found in his
room four gold watches and several pieces of
jewelry set with diamonds. lIe represented
himself here as Fred c. Harper, casfier of the
Bank Of Sheridan, Mont, and used cards
with that gentleman's hand official designa-
tion printed upon them. In his possession
was book Of checks Oh the above named
bnnk and the stubs disclosed the fact that q
siderable sums to the order of various per-
sons. Many blank drafts on Western banks
also discovered in his room.
The great tour of the International
American conference through part Of tho
United States was concluded ut Washington
recently. when it's special train drew into
the Baltimore 4 Potomac railroad sta
tion, and the promise ofits managers that
the same engineer who opened the throttle
on the same spot forty-one days ago should
shut off the steam OF Engine No 1858 on the
conclusion of the great tour was fulfilled.
From the inception of the idca it had
been agreed that the same ears should be
used throughout the entire tour. The
locomotive and the entire train have travsrs-
ed every foot OF the 1926 miles, and came
to full stopin the station OH the minute of
the schedule. apparently us fresh and as
powerful ns when it steamed out Oh tie
morning of Oct. ..
The land department officials at Wishing
ton are puzzling their brains over the divid-
ing line between North and South Dakota.
The enabling net divides the states upon the
seventh standard parallel. This is survey
ing, not n latitude parallel, and where it has
not been surveyed, there it ends. In tile case
of the Dakotas it ends Mt the Missouri river,
never having been carried across the Sioux
reservation. Although Dnk otn liz divided
and two states admitted, vet the line Ot di
vision beyond the MissOuriis not Established.
Technically, Dakota is not 'tiivi,ied and he
president did right in admitting them as
twins. Not only nre they twins hut until
the seventh parallel is carried across they
no serious difficulties. An act of congress
may, and, no ndoubt ilIcstabsh the bound
nres through the reservation ON n line with
tile seventh standard parallel.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
Weak at One Point.

Whether there be or not a family
skeleton in every house, there is Ger.
tainly for ench individual q particu-
lar specter of which lie cannot easily
rid himself. Achilles was vulnerable
in one point, and even the bravest
man can usually confess to fear of
some object, often perfectly harmless
in itself.
A lady who made q three years.
tour round the world was relating
some of her 'hairbreadtll 'scapes. {"
She had been Mt Suakin when u bait
tie was going on, had slept in cave
in California, and had engaged in a
hand to hand fight with n treacher-
GUS gnide mt Bombay, who had
evidently meant to take her into a
dangerous region, at dead Of night.
Weren't you a:rni,l?" asked IL
timid woman among her listeners.
"No; ! don't think there was min
ute during which | suffered from
fear" was the placid reply.
But you carried q pistol?"
"No; never. "The truth is. added
the traveller, with some hesitation,
"a pistol is the only thing of which
am afraid"
Another lady, who is famous
among her acguaintances for her
splendid courage, one night thought
she heard burglars in the adjoining
room. Reflecting that it was of no
Use to call her brother, she threw on
n wrapper. took u lamp and II poker,
and boldly entered the chamber to
investigate.
No burglar was to be seen, but,
with a confiding "Miau!" large cat
jumped down from the table, his eyes
cleaning like fire in the partial dark
ness.
With one bound, the lady had
mounted n chair, and holding her
dress above her ankles, shrieked,
frantically.
"Henry! Henry! come quick!'
She was not afraid of q regiment
of burglars, but one cat was sufficient
to put her to flght.-ioutl.'s Com.
panion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
VICTORY For RUSSIA.
The hand Of the Gear seen in the
Game Being PLAYED in Servia,

BELGRADE Special.-Ex-tlmccn Natalie
has scored another victory over her cx-l,r,S-
band in compelling the Servian regents to
enter into an agreement to permit her to
see her son whenever she may choose to
pay him visit, the only condition OF I'M
rortance imposed upon her being that she
shall reffain from political intrigue This
arrangement is very much Us Russia would
have it, and the royal lady may be dclcnd-
cd upon to make her influence felt upon her
son and in other directions without render
ing herself liable to the accusation of violat-
ing the terms of her agreement. Mean
while cx-Kins Milan has gone back To his
cOngcnial life in Paris with Il mctaphnrical
black eye, and the czar is preparing to add
another 10 his long list OF bloo,llcss con.
quests in the control of Scrvia when Natalie
ati"ns for the transfer Of the kew: Of EeI.
grade to her impcrial protector
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
TO PRISON FOR LIFE.
Reimund Holzhay will Hold ZIP no
More Stage Coaches.

"ot Y olttSc SodCIG5.
BEssEMEn, Mich, Special Telegram.
-IIolzllay is convicted and every "nr is
satisfied, although no doubt many would
wish to see him 'lan.lina nj the end ni Il
rope The daring highwayn,nn l,n. received
a fair trial and will get his jG-, dr,cll~.
The court to-day received llc v'l.iic, uiti.r
jury and sentenced "Elar'; l.arl' t"r life. The
charge of the court wa> brief and iu the
point. Tie jury was instructed ,n give the
prisoner the benefit %: every reasonable
doubt, not only as To whether he fired The
shot that killed F'lri>rh'rin, hu, Il, to
whether he WAS >ali" at the time lr conn
mittGl the deed, if he did 81 commit it.
"Ihe prisoner is considered nnnrrlt."
said his honor, "iin,il the lc.-
pie have proven him guilty and
if there is 4 doubt in your mind as Ia
whether the people lave proven him. it
is your duty To say not guilty" TIL" jury
retired, and for one hour the lar.c au,lirnr"
was held in suspense. So great Was the
anxiety To- hear the yrric, that n"t Il per-
n"unccd that Il vcr,lc, had ucn agreed
upon and filed back into the room every
eye was upon them and
NEHi EAE SlENSEn
10 catch the result of their deliberations.
To the question of the clerk; the foreman of
the jury replied: "Our verdict * guilty "l
murder III the first degree" The audience
could scarcely rcl'rc>> a cry of delight, and
some of the more enthusiastic one actually
began clappin- their hands li were. inn
me'liatcly called To order Tie r,i>"l,.
will stand up" said the judge. MIR.
liolz'ay, said his honor this jury have
found ynn guilty "f mur"rin ,!r first lie
gree, and believe their verdict t" bra i!,>t
one. Have y"u anything tn say why the
sentence ofthis court should moi l,r ,:l>Srd
upon y"u?" II"Izlay without 81 rrrnnr.
replied: NO sir" The law" said lis
honor, ''lcavrs me no discretion in he matter
and therefore sru.r.,n y"wtu>nii,uryrnn-
tin"mcnt and hard labor in til" branch
states prison NJ Marquette for the balance
your natural life IInlxhay listened To
the sentence wiihru, displaying any signs
of weakening, in fact seemed tn take il aS u
matter of course. lie w;s taken To Mar
qucttc Tonight.
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THE BARB WIRE TRUST.
The New Company to Have a Branch
Office in ST. Paul.

JOLIET, ILL.,, Special The details Of the
consolidating of the barb wire millSalr
about completed The Federal Stcci com
pany has an Illinois charter and Il capital ni
$:.s2.,Oo0.uO. II is said the plan "l organ
isation Is not IL trust in the gen
cral meaning of the term. hcils simply
partnership among the diilcrcn,
barb wire making concerns on s"mc;hin..
like like the plan of the Illinois s,crl com
bnc. The principal Office Of the ncw con-
Germ will be Chicago, with branch oilir.> in
rittsburg, Cleveland. New York. Oulalla,
st. Paul. San Francisco, New Orlca,. and
st. Louis. The plan is To buy up all the
plants now manufacturing plain wire,
barb wire "nd wire nails, fix
ing the price ut II fail cash value and
giving the owncr> the option uf 'lislm>irs of
their property for stock in the new organ.
ization. As regards the rod and billet mills.
where the new company lave been unable
to make u purchase they have made ar
rangcmcnts to buy the products on con-
tract at u certain price above the cost
Of ,tantfen. by this plan the com.
h.oe ae{ally has control OF this industry
or Washhlrn Nocn 4, A.. !;
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do not think that there is more than IT,:

do not think that there Is more than th::.
months supply in the United States
present. With regard to rubber it might
even more serious. Thirtcen-fifteenths q,
the total importation of rubber comes froi
Brazil: There is at present not more thu
enough here to last one month, so til.
time the effect would be serious, indeed, t,
those industries depending upon the rubb
supply. With sugar it is, Of course, not
bad, as We import only one-tenth Of o.
supply from Brazil. Still, the absence L.
that amount would influence price
throughout the country"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
Actors Dying in Russia.

IOND0N, bpeciaI-TIc ehtirc Galcty com.
pany that Ar. Abbey contracted with for q
tour in America in Faust Up to date, has
been attacked in Scotland with typhoid
fever. George Stone, VIII" played the part
leading men at Wallacks two years ago.
have fied. Florence 1t. John is also i'll and
unabl. 10 play in the farewell performance
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
FOREIGN FLASHES.

It il asserted that France hos declared her
intention to withdraw from the Lntin union
unlsas Belgium and Italy recall the excess OF
franc pieees Of their issue now circulating III
Francs and Switzerland
npsror Francis Joseph has decided to
cn1e4hs name Of Arcl,duke J ohm from the next
iofhcia genealosy. The archduke hns taken