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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
An Incident Of the Revolution.

One OF the sufferers at Valley
Forge in revolutionary days was a
soldier that enlisted in Capt. John
Braclkett's company of volunteers
from Falmouth, Me. He wrote home
to t ]lc authorities OF the town, stat
ing tls condition of the army and
requesting them to coll upon the in
habitnnts to contribute what they
could i'll the way of blankets, cloth
ing and shoes for their relief. On re-
ccipt of the letter they Immediately
called q town meeting; the letter was
read, the meeting resolved itself into
committee of the whole and went
to work. The people were poor. but
gave freely of their substance, many
dcpriving themselves of things need
ed in their own families. Mrs. Will
son. the mother Of u large, respecta-
BILE family (some OF her descendants
are now living on the old homestead
of their ancestorl after collecting all
that could be spared from her f;lmily,
took her only flannel skirt and cut
and made it into IL pair of drawers.
She put it with her other contribu-
tions and her bundle went to the
army: and an honest prayer from her
heart went up to heaven for divine
aid and protection for those suffer.
ing soldiers and for the success of
the cause they were engaged in. Sus-
tanned by such Il spjrit as this, the
colonists were invincible-as l'itt
told parliamcnt.-Lewiston journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
Turgenief's Sick Monkey,

Since my reference the other day
to the experience of the physician
here in Boston who was called upon
to attend IL sick monkey in the
Italian quarter in the North End. l
have come across an aneclote in the
advance sheets of Il new hook which
illustrates similar pathetic impress.
sion which the suffcrings of a sensi-
tive monkey made on II great Rus
sian novelist. In the Impressions
of Russia" by Edmund Brandes,
there is a touching story of the fen
der hearted Turgenief riding I'LL tho
way on IL solitary journey by rail
from Hamburg to London holding
the paw of a tini,l monkey who was
terrified by the fearful motion and
roar of the train. "With q poor
coYed, fcttered little monkeys hand
in his," says Brandcs, "the genius
whose spirit had ransackcd the uni
verse, hand in hand with the little
anthropoid animal, like two kin
dred mortals, two children of the
same mother-there is here more
true devotion than in any book of
devotion" There was certainly a.
noble spirit of sympathy in this act
of Turgenicf, and it helps to account
for the hold he has on the human
heart that his own should have
throbbcd SO tonderly for the poor lit
tie monkey.-Boston fost,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
Change. Ia Land Decisions.

Secretary Noble in letter to the commits.
sioner Of the general land office, modified in
very important particular, the application
of the rule as to time Of ultivation in tim
Der culture cases. The timber culture act If
June IA, 1887, provides that .'nny porSon
who shnll plant, protect, and keep
in healthy, growing condition for eight years,
ten acres Of timber on any quarter section
of the public lands of the United States I.
the EXPIRATION of suil eight years on making
proof, etc. Section 2 Of this net provides
that mo final certificate shall be given or
patent issued until the expiration of
eight years from the date Of entry"
l.nnd Commissioner MacFarlan!. in a ciru.
lar of instruction to registers and receivers,
dated Feb I, 1882, held that one half Of the
trees must have actually been growing for
five years. and the remaining half for :our
yenrs to conform to the terms of the act.
This Interpretation OF the law was aus; aimed
in n subsequent decision. which held TIL at the
preparations of land aud planting of trees are
acts OF cultivation, and the time actually 80
employed should he computed as a part of
the eight years required in the timber cui-
ture eases and Rs the act provided for three
years cultivation OF the land before the
trees could be planted the effect of the ruling
was to compute the period of cultivat ton
from the date of entry.
On June %, 1887, Commissioner Sparks
in circ ular to registers and receivers di.
Iected that in computing the period Of cult.
walton tlis cline runs fr1m the date when the
total number OF trees, or cutting required by
the act are planted land the fnnl proofs Of
entrymen not having compiled with this rule
were rejected. Secretary Noble In his lette
to the commissioner sustains the ruling
made by Commissioner Sparks, but says
"Innsmuch as the department from the time
Of the passage OF the bill up to the date Of
June II, 1887, enormously constructed tho
true spirit and intent OF the net, and In purs,-
ance thereof numerous entries have been
nude under the law as thus promulgated,
amounting to some 2 ,5OOor more, that su, /.
entries should he protected under the con.
struction thus given the act. giving such con-
structio1 all the forra and the effect of Inv,
Were it not so great wrong and inconveni.
encs would result" The secretary, Therefore,
directs that the rulo in the case Of Henry
Cooper in point, be SO modified as to hold
that all entries made under the act rs con.
strnctetl from Feb. 1, 1882. up to June -,
1888! should pass to patents, and that ali
entries made nfter the announcement OF that
doctrine should he governed and ccntroll. j
by theprinciples therein enunciuted.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
A Far.sleht Machine.

Mr.. Edison is reported, in q con-
versation with q reporter who
solicited his ideas on the subject OF
the projected worlds fair in New
York City, as saying that he would
take IN acre OF space in such q fair
and completely cover it with his in
ventions, of which he has no less
than seventy now under way. Gone
Of the most peculiar, and now prom
Using good results, "said MIR. Edison,
sis what l call u far-sight machine. "
By means of this extraordinary in
vention, the Electrical Review says,
he hopes to be able to increase the
range Of vision by hundreds of miles,
SO that, for instance, 80 man in New
York could see the features of his
friend in Boston with as much ease
Us he could see q performance on the
stage. That" he added, 'would be
an invention worthy n prominent
place in the worlds fair, and l hope
tohaveitpertected long before 1892"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
A Disguised Thief.

Among curious recoveries are
many instances which are Of interest
ON account OF the odd circumstances
rather than Of the money of the arti-
cles lost and found. A few years ago
Il parcel of manuscript of Pools
great Index to Periodicals." con
tanning the material for about TWEEN
ty pages, was stolen from the ex-
press on it's way to the printers. The
state of mind of the editors can well
be imagined, for these twenty pages
represented the three years labor Of
some fifty co-opcrators, and could
not be replaced without going
through, from bcginning to end, over
1000 volumes! The indexes of some
periodicals might, as far as they were
concerned, furnish an imperfect sub
skitute, but willie the editors were
considering bow they could best
make Use Of them, the manuscript
was found under street counter
where it had been thrown by the dis.
appointed thief, and a vexatious de.
lay in the publication of u most in.
valuable work was fortunately pre-,
ycnted.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02

in which the roa.ls are located, and railroads
shall not be valued Mt less than 81, 900, nor
more than 81 900 poi mile. 1t also provides
that income taxes may BE- collected from
persons, corporations or joint stock com.
pnnics. Proposed articles were introduced
by sanlager OF Ransom, us follows:
DeductinE from salaries of public officers
who may be guilty of neglect OF duty; dis
iranchising persons giving or receiving
brides for votes: prohibiting the forming Of
trusts: preventing the rassage OF any law
exempting under the gross earnings tax sys-
TEN any property of a railroad other than
that actually used in the operation OF the
business; limiting homestead exemptions to
5000; providing that nothing shnll be ex-
empt from distress and sale for taxes except
wearing apparel ind household goods.
WANT THE SABBATH OBSERVED
President Fancher received tho following
Il. F.: '' ' '~S'
The American Sabbath union earnestly
recommend that provision should he in
serted in your new constitution protecting
and encouraging Sabbath observance. Per-
hnps the following would be acceptable to
carried on the first day of the week.
usually called Sunday, except such rs may
be- strictly charitable or necessary, and
the legislature shall pnss laws regulating and
encouraging the observance OF the holy Sab.
bath by all the people, If the matter hns
not already been formally acted upon by the
convention. will you not kindly take the
steps 10 have this or IL silnilnr proposition
adopted by the convention and thus lny the
constitution of the new state upon the true
foundation Of the Divine Word. and reap the
gratitude your own people and those Of
the whole country.
The telegram WAS signed by Elliott F.
Shepherd, president. and Maj Gen. o. U.
Howard. otthe executive committee Two
complete constitutions have been introduced
us propositions. The one by Williams OF
Bismarck is avery complete document, and
isattrncting II great deal OF attention. The
other is he South Dakota constitution in.
troduccd by Parsons OF Mundan.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02

One Of ths towns on the road to
baalbek claims to have Noah s.tomb.
After being. in the east for n little
while and having Nimrod's grave,
Adam'ssepulcher. John the Naptisth
tomb (twice), and other toml;ss poin.
ted out, It must be tbe grave of a
man Of much distinction to induce
the TOURIST IT, make much effort to
get to- It: But if Noah is not buried
near this town OF Aluallakah, no
man knows where lieth. Certainly
they have made the most of the
patriarch. His sepulcher stretches
out to the respectable length of 100
feet. But even this does not repre-
sent Noah's full stature, and his legs
from the knee down.are in an upright
position for want of room for the
body at full length.-Correspondence
Nwe York Mail.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
superstitions About 17.Year Locusts.

Farmers from nearly every section
of the country are reporting the ap-
pearance of the seventeen year To-
Gusts in great numbers. More or
less superstition is attached to the
advent of the locusts, and many put
full confidence in the belief that the
fate of the country for the next seven
teen years is decided by whatever
letter appears on the locust's wing.
In proof of this they cite the fact that
in 1855, when they appeared in great
abundance, the letter CIV" could be
plainly seen on their wings, which
signitied war. AS war followed in a
few years, the superstitious idea
gained strength. and is very general.
ly believed in throughout the coun-
try.
In 1872, the next regular period
for their appearance, it is claimed
the letter up" could be as distinctly
seen on their wings as the avs OF
seventeen years before. Peace and
plenty followed their disappearance,
which satisfies the credulous that the
locust is u true prophet. Whatlettcr
will appear on their wings this year
has not yet been discovered, but the
country folks are anxiously awaiting
an investigation of the NATTER
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
Loves the Laws Delay,

There is one man in St. Louis who
appreciates the laws delays. His
name is Dierberger, and in May, 1883,
he deliberately shot and killed q man
in q horse car, On his first trial he
was promptly convicted of murder
in the first degree. The supreme
court reversed the Judgment. There
was new trial and he was sentenced
to twenty-five years. imprisonment.
That sentence seemed to severe to
DierbeEges, lie appealed, got new
trial and was sentenced to ten years
in prison. But even this concession
did not satisfy him. The case was
taken up on his renewed appeal,
and was compromised on one year in
Jail and $1,000 fine. Let Others
speak slightingly of laws delays.
Oierberger will always say they saw
ID his lite,-Boston Transcript.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02

Joseph Bruno Of Morae Is in the county
Jail, at Ashland, Wis. awaiting IN exami.
nation ofa charge Of being an aqcomplice in
tils murder Ut tne wife of Joseph Feuchs.
The development Of the Feuchs vile murder
show that there was plot deeply laid for
killing the young bride. 1t is that Bruno.
who ia an uncle Of the victim, and who nc.
comPanied her and her betrothed husband
roM Germany, attempted to kill her with an
NJ before the murder actually occurred
There ase two men, Sheriff Mattson says.
who swsars that they saw the alleged ac.
complete walking ahead Of the murderer and
hts victim just before the deed VIVA com.
mitted Shari!f Mattson was at Bod River
and as yet. be says no trace has been Oh
tanned oftle escaped wife murder, and there
are the strongest reasons for believing that
he has taken his own life,
Charles Giblin and Ferdinand Caroline
were yesterday sentenced at New York to be
hangedAug. -. This will make five men
who ore to Ike executed in the Tombs on the
same day. The other three are ames Nolan.
John Lewis and Patrick Packerham.
The trial of Gen. Boulanger Count Dillon
and N. Rochefort before the senate court
has been fixed for Aug.s. Gen. Boqlanger,
md his colleagues have been given an ad.
summons Of the court esierv being sxlsyed
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
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LiSely shooting Scraps,

Two prisoners-W. A. Smith and Richard
n. Manstiell-broke from tile county juil at
Cleveland. o.. going through the slate roof
Deputy Sheriff Joseph Goldsoll went to the
western pnrt of the city. where one of the
men lived, and with q policeman lay in
wait for the fellows. About midnight O
carriage containing two men passed along
the street, The officers called to the orcu.
pants OF the vehicle to atop, and after come
talk one Of the men fired u revolver at the
palice@aa. lie aud GaIdsoll aiepea fire in
rsturn. @ half.lQzen shots being exchanges.
Gnldsoll fell at the first volley, shot through
the abdomen, ind tho rig was Driven rapidly
away. The wounded officer was taken to q
hospital, whore be now lies In dying con-
d,tiOn, aud an hour luter the rig driven by
the two men was found mile from the
place OF the shooting. In the buggy was tho
dead body of one of the men. He had been
shot through the body. 1t was ut first
thought the dead man was Smith, the
younger Of the prisoners, hut those WHO
corpse, amt thu pu,lcp are still fa the dark.
They think, however, that the dend man
was w to mischief, for In the buggy were
found two rrvoivers. u club, u screw driver
and IL pile Of rope. The horse, which had
heen stolen In tho eastern part OF the city,
was wounded In the hip. and tho buggy was
riltllel with bullets. II Is believed that the
other man was also wounded
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
Three More Eiffel:rowers.

The idea OF building three ore Elf
fel towers and then turning the four
into the legs ofa huge platform where
on a sanitarium Gun be built above
the smoke and stir and dust and
noise of cities, whittier invalils could
ascend in search of pure air and Sc
clusion, is being discussed with every
appearance of sincerity in Paris.
The nation is certainly a big one
and worthy of the age which tackles
such big undertakings as Panama
canal and a channel tunnel, but it
will not fall to the lot of invalids of
this generation, l fear, or of the next
either, to avail themselves of the ueri-
al sanitarium which is suggested
London Figure.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
Why. Of Course.

The use of the Eiftel tower is now
found to be not much better than an
advertising board. 1t is useless for
all scientific purposes proposed,
unless as look out tower In case OF
siege, The use of astronomical in
struments for accurate observations
will I've impossible, owing to the oscil-
lation of the structure. A high hill
for oil purposes would serve quite MS
well, and afford in addition stability.
Precisely why the tower was built is
now a problem. 1t il q French sen.
sation, liable to become q laughing
stock. Much more serious matters
must engage the governments of the
world; and as for science, it aaks for
nothing ofthe kind.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
Bleeding TO Death.

1t is not now generally remember
ed, but it is literally true, that
Washington was bled to death by
his doctors. The doctors were not
to blame for this. They only did
what their professional torerunners
had been doing undersimilar circum-
stances for ages, and what Washing
ton himself would probably have de-
sired had he been caught without
medical advice. Bnt-wespcak under
correction in this (slys Tho NationI
it is probably ut least fifty years
since any distinguished man has run
any similar risk in the United States.
mother words, within the past half
century, American, English and
French doctors have abandoned
what for thousands of years they
had treated as the sheet anchor of
their treatment, Il remedy which
they applied in nine out of ten cases
which tell into their hands. A more
striking illustration OF the uncer-
tainty of the medical art it's revivers
are not able TO produce. III IS true
the doctors try to weaken the force
of the illustration by pleading thnt
the characteristics OF diseases have
changed, that they are no longer of
the inilammatory type as they used
to he or so much the result Of ple-
thor,; but this does not make mucl,
impression. The Practice is still
kept up in those countries in which
medical education has madeleast nd
vances-Spain. for instance, and
Italy. Within our own time, anoth-
or great man of the Washington
type, Count Cavour, has been slain
by medical bleeding precisely. WASH
ington was. The worse Cavour
grew, the more his doctors blcd him,
and he finally succumbed under the
treatment, in the flower OF his ago
and in the midst of his usefulness.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02

LII ID,

From the rev. DR.. Leonard Bacon.
When the college wants to compli-
inent a visitor, or u benefactor, or
one who may become a benefactor,
and cannot make anything else out
OF him, it can always make him a
doctor of laws. He may be land
Spectator, or may have invented a
cooking stove, or may be proficient
in cuneiform inscriptions, or may
have found an osteriod, or may have
put upa new brand of tobacco-it
does not matter, LII. d. looks we'll
after any mans name, and LII. ,.
tits.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
The Trust aania ard its Care.

Every industry in the land appears
to be falling into the hands Of So
called "trusts" or combinations,
which have for their objects to
increase the selling price Of
restrict competition and to
their products. We have on
many occasions called attention
to the inevitable result of these ef-
forts to make the public pay for the
support of Anticipated and expensive
producing works, or for the losses
which ignorance or extravaganza
would entail. The object now appar-
ent in most cases of "trust" organ
izations is simply to make the dear
public believe that crust stock" are
good Investments, and to unload
these "securities" on them as rapid.
~ as possible.
Many of the unwary will later on
pay dearly for their education in this
matter, but in the meantime it is
well for proposing investors in
''trust stocks' to consider the leg is.
lation already proposed or enacted
in several States for the treatment OF
this trust mania.
Take, for example, the following
extract from q bill passed recently
by the Michigan Legislature, and
said to have been drawn by a lawyer
who has been the presiding Judge Of
the Supreme Court of the State. 1t
provides "that all contracts, agree
ments, understandings and combin-
ations made, entered into or know
ingly assented to by and between
any parties capable Of making a. con-
tract or agreement which would be
valid at law or in equity, the purpose
or object or intent of which shall be
to limit, control or in any manner
to restrict or regulate the amount
of production or quantity of any
article or commodity to be raised or
produced by mining, manufacture,
agriculture or any other branch OF
business or labor, or to enhance, con.
troll or regulate the market price
thereof, or in any manner to prevent
or restrict free competition in the
production or sale of any such article
or commodity, shall be utterly illegal
and void, and every such contract,
agreement, understanding and COM
bination shall constitute criminal
conspiracy" Organizations of work.
men ore expected from the operation
of the act.
This bill, whether good law or not,
is certainly one of the most concise,
comprehensive and rigid measures
we have yet seen, and it is well
worthy the careful consideration OF
all who are tempted to invest in these
SO called crust securities"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02

Now IN English syndicate is cred
tied with having purchased for 3d.
$50, 900 seven thousand acres of
anthracite COIL lands in British Col
umbia. If English syndicates are
really buying all the breweries and
cattle ranches and iron works and
street car ines and salt wells and
coal lands land SIGH" that they are
credited with buying, they will soon
own the Western Hemisphere and
we will oil have to move out or pay
rent.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
PEopLE who are in the habit Of

People who are in the habit of
using large numbers fippantly and
without consideration, would often
open their eyes with wonder If evena
comparativel simple number were
analysed and elucidated for them.
"a million bushels OF wheat" for In
stance, is easily said and doesn't
seem to be SO colossal, because it's
vastness is not realized. At the rate
of 10000 pounds to q car-the
usual capacity-it would require q
train ten miles long to hold it, or IL
carried in ordinary farm wagons, tho
train " ould be 142 miles long.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02

A CONSIDERABLE New Hampshire
suicide, 80 that there would be no
time wasted graphing for his body,
before jumping into the water tied
one end of a rope around his waist
and the other to the trunk ofa tree
on the bank.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02

"Yhe Code give no great good without Ia
Dor is an old proyerb, and n true one: tho
hardest labor il not always that which is the
hest paid, however. To those in search 81
light, pleasant and profitable employment,
we say write to Is. +. johnson & Co.. Rich.
mond, Va.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02

People who desire to preserve their health
should DO exceedingly careful about their
diet at this season, and Mt no time should
they be without supply of PERRY DAVIS
PAIN KILLER: the Safest surest aud spcedicst
remedy for all troubles of the stomach and
bowels. All druggists sell it.