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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
Ancient Mexican Customs.

A writer upon ways and customs
in Mexico states that the Weather
chiefs among that ancient people
were accustomed to the protection of
n cuirass made of thin plates of gold
or silver, and over this was thrown
q "sur coat" of richest feather work.
Their helmets were also marvels of
curious workmanship, fashioned of
wood in resemblance of the heads of
wild animals, or of more lavish ex-
penditure OF silver, on the top of
which waved bunch of variegated
plumes. sprinkled with precious
stones and ornaments ofgold. These
famous warriors INDUCED, as well, in
fancy collars, earrings and bracelets,
and bore with them banners of gay
est hue; in all of these singularly de-
vised adornments, feathers OF the
richest and rarest held prominent
place.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
Trying for q Modest Man.

it is awfully trying for a modest,
sensitiveman to attempt to push up
or pull down u cur window. The
window il certain to stick like death
to deceased African-that is to say,
if the man is sensitiveplant; other.
wise it will come down like Capt,
Crockett's coon or 20 up like Gid
roy's kite and he has the extreme
felicity of knowing, US the perspira-
tion flows from every pore and the
rich blood mantles his face and neck,
that everybody in the cor is watch
ing him; that everybody is on the
point Of suggesting how the thing
can be done, and that everybody
would speak right out if it were not
that everybody is on the broad grin,
and an attempt to speak would re-
suit in a smoker which would spread
through the car like Yellow Jack in
the tropics.-Boston Transcript.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
MQSauitoAs.

The bill ola mosquito is a complex
institution. 1t has q blunt fork ut
the head, and is apparently groved.
Working through the grove, and
projecting from the angle of the fork,
is q lance ofperfect form sharpened
with Il fine bcvel. Beside it the most
perfect lance looks like q hand-saw.
On either side OF the lance two saws
arc arranged, with the points fine
and sharp and the teeth well refined
and keen. The backs of these saws
play against the lance. When the
mosquito alights with it's peculiar
hum, it thrusts its keen lance, and
then enlarges the aperture with the
two saws, which play beside the
lance until the forked bill with it's
capillary arrangement for sucking
blood can be inserted. The saving
progress is what CRATES upon the
nerves of the victim and causes him
to strike wildly ut the sawyer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
Aco,nforting Night Cap.

1t amt everybody I'd put to sleep
in this room," said old Mrs. links to
the iastidious andextremely nervous
young minister who was spending
the night in B. ut her house. "This
here room is full of sacred associa,
tions to me-" she went on; my first
husband died in that bed with his
head on these very pliers, and poor
MIR. links died sittin' right in that
corner. Some times when come i'll
to the room in the dark think see
him sittin' there still.
"My own father died layin' right
on that lounge under the winder,
Poor pa! he was n speeritualist, and
he allus said he'd appear in this
room again, after he died, and some
times I'm foolish enough to look for
him. 1fyon should see anything OF
him tonight, you'd better not tell
me; for it'd be a sign to me that there
was something in speeritualism, and
I'd hate to think that.
"My son by my first man fell dead
of heart disease right where you
stand. He was n doctor, and theirs
two whole skeletons in that closet
that belonged to him, and n half q
dozen skulls in that lower drawer.
"Well, good night; and pleasant
dreams, True Flag,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
Do You Believe This!

As the chestnuts circulated among
the tavern loafers the doctor finally
got himself in edgewise and told the
following: "My friend, Joe Wood
stock, started into the side show
business with the holneliest man on
earth, and he made cords of money
on him while he had him. Every
body that had mug of doubtful
beauty went to see him, and the con-
trast made 'em handsome. He was
an Irishman. and one Saturday
night Joe lot him off to wake.
When he got back Monday morning
one OF his ears was chewed off and
his nose was smashed, and it I'M
proved his appearance SO much Joe
had to discharge him."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
George Washington at Home.

From The Middlesex Gazette OF
July %, 1889 is taken the: following
relating to Washington and his
home OF Mt. Vernon, Va:
Gen. Washington possesses 10, 900
acres of land in one body, where he
liyes-constantly employees 25Ohands
keeps twenty-four plows going oil
the year, when the weather will per-
mit-sowed in 1887 600 bushels OF
oats, 700 acres of wheat, and pre-
pared Us much for corn, barley, pota-
toes, peas, beans, etc.-has near 500
acres in grass and sowed l15O with
turnips. Stock, 14O horses, 112
cows, 235 working oxen, heifers and
steers, and 500 sheep.
The lands about his seat are all
laid down in grass. The farmers are
scattered round ut the distance OF
two, three. four or five miles, which
the general visits every day-unless
the weather is absolutely stormy.
He is constantly making various
and extensive experiments for the
improvement of agriculture. He is
stimulated with the desire which
always actuates him-to do good to
his country and benefit to mankind.
In 1856 he killed $50 hogs, weigh
ing 1850 pounds, for his family's
use exclusive of provisions for his
negroes) which was made into bacon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
Starving tho Teeth.
From the American Analyst.

From the American Analyst.
Teeth are just as easily starved to
Heath as the stomach. In one way
it is a blessing to have been born of
poor parents. What food the poor
give their children is of the variety
that goes to make strong bones and
teeth. 1t is the outside of all the
grains, of all cereal foods, that con-
tains the carbonate and phosphate
Of lime and traces of other earthly
salts which nourish the bony tissue
and build the frame up.
If 1--WE do net furnish to the teeth of
the young that pabulum they re-
quire, they cannot possibly be built
up. It is the outside of corn, oats,
barley and the like, or the bran So
called, that We sift away and feed to
the swine, that the teeth actually re-
quire for their proper nourishment.
The wisdom Of man has proven his
folly, shown I'M every suce eeding gen.
GRAFTON of teeth, which become more
fragile and weak. These Touring
mills are working destruction upon
the teeth ofevery man, woman and
child who partakes of their fine bolt
ed flour. They sift out the carbon
ate and the phospates of lime in Or
der that they may provide that fine
white flour which is proving q whit
ened sephulchere to teeth.
Oatmeal is one of the best foods
for supplying the teeth with nourish-
ment. It makes the dentine, cemen-
tum and enamel strong, fiint-like,
and able to resist all forms OF decay.
1fyou have children, never allow any
white bread upon your table. Bread
made of whole wheat ground, not
bolted, SO that bran which contains
the minute quantities OF lime is pres
ent, is best. To make q good, whole
some, nourishing bread, take two
bowls of wheat meal and one bowl Of
white or bolted flour and make by
the usual process. Nothing is supe-
rior to brown bread for bone and
tooth building. This is made out of
rye meal and corn meal. Baked
beans, too, have u considerable sup
ply of these lime salts and should be
on your table, hot or cold, three
times IL week. In brushing the
teeth always brush up and down
from the gum instead of across.
and on the grinding surface of the
teeth.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
lie Swore OF,
Boston Herald.
Ihad u queer experience one night

Boston Herald.
had u queer experience one night
with IL young lady. 1t was rather
late when was hailed by her. She
had her veil drawn well over her face,
and could ESQ that she was an ar
istocrat from the manner in which
she carried herself. SHE gave ME
orders to drive her to one Of the best
known aristocratic clubs in Boston.
When we got there I was asked to
pull ti.s bell and did so. The porter
got his orders, and in few moments
a fine-looking young fellow in even
ing dress and blazing with diamonds
was carried out. He was terribly
full, but eobered off and seemed to
be thoroughly ashamed of himself
when he saw the young woman. l
suppose thatit was his wife. While
putting him in the herdic I heard
him mutter "God bless you, Alice
this is the last time, audit will neve,
happen again." She began to cry
and kiss him, Idrove him over tc
the Back Bay, and she gave me q
$40 bill, l suppose to forget all about
what had seen. Well, I've seel
that young fellow many times since
ald ! guess that he has sworn off fol
good. He was as straight US /,
string every time.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
A damon d Experts Views.

/ always smile when l see articles
in the papers tellingpeople how they
may know n diamond and how to
discover an imitation by some handy
and simple test. 1t can't be done.
The men who sell false diamonds az
genuine ones make their money by
palming them off on smart people
thumb test to apply to them: There
is only one way to judge diamonds,
and that is by long experience, dur.
ing which they have been under the
eye constantly, and have been han
died every day. They would not be
il there was n simple test that any
one could apply to the stones.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
The Ism He Had.

"What keeps Mr.-trom kirk,
Jnmes?" said a worthy minister; 81
hope it is not Methodism!"
"No!' responded the verger. "It's
something worse"
"What, then. Is it calvinism?"
Worse, your reverence, worse"
Surely, james it is not Deism?"
"Much worse, an it please your
reverence, than that"
Can it be Atheism which deprives
us of the best church-warden that
ever shook q box?'
"Truly," responded James; "tis a
much more serious matter, it is
rheumatism" st. Louis Magazine,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
The Encorer.

OF the same ilk is the one who eter-
nally insists that when anything is
done that particularly pleases him,
the tn nc actor shall 60 overitagan often
harmony of the play, and only too
evidently to the disgust of the weary
actor and to the utter sorrow of the
majority of the audience. But the
encorer goes along the sublimeig nor-
ance of the fact that there is in this
world any but himself and claps his
hands and stamps his feet and pounds
the floor with his umbrella, and if he
be in the embryo condition, sort of
n pollywog encorer in the gallery, he
INDUCES in cat calls and shrill whis-
ties. This he calls enjoying the
play" and this is what you escape in
churh.-Toledo Journal. 80
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
Schools in Russia.

According to the latesteducational
report Of 1884, only 1:466,913 of
the 5000, 900 children in the Rus
sian empire attended schools. About
60 per cent, therefore. of young
Russia receive no instruction ut ali.
In sixty governments there is only
one school for secondary instruct :
ion to every $4,000 boys and o.
900 girls. Only 63 per cent. of the
boys OF an age to attend a public
high school can he accommodated.
For girls, the number of such schools
is even more insignificant. The
schoolmastcr cannot be said to be
abroad in Russia yet.-Science.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
Fot one thing, he 1. my enemy, and an

his"
"His enemy? my Arthur"
His mortal enemy. And I nm going to
England to clear IN innocent nun, and ex-
pose Arthur Warsllaw's guilt"
Indeed" said Helen with lofty contempt.
AND pray what has he done to you?"
He had benefactor, a friend: he Ont rap-
ped him into cashing note Of hand, which
ne must have known or suspected to have
been forged; then bnsely deserted him ut the
trial, ana blasted his friends life forever"
Arthur Warilaw did that?"
He did; and that very James Seaton was
his victim"
Her delicate nostrils were expanded with
wrath, and her eyes flashed fire. Mr.. Hazel,
you are liar and q slanderer."
The man gave kind of shudder, as II
cold steel had passed through his heart.
ly, "Time will show. Time, and jury Of
our countrymen."
II will be his witness. I will soy, this is
the malice ofa rival. Yes. sir. you forget
that you have let out the motive of this
wicked Islander. You love me yourself;
Heaven forgive me- for profaning the namc
of love!"
Heaven forgive you for disappearing the
purest, fon.lpst love that ever one creature
laid ut the feet Of another. Yes, Helen Rol-
lesion. love you; and will save yom from the
grave and from the vilnin Wardlaw; both
from one md the other"
90" said Helen. clinching her teeth, II
hope this il true; hope you do love me, you
wretch; then may find u way to punish you
for belying the absence and stabbing me to
the henrt, through him."
Her throat swcllc,i with violent con.
| vulsion. md she could utter no more for q
moment; and she put her white handkerchief
to her lips, aud drew it away discolorcd
slightly with blood,
"Ah! you love me" she cried; then know,
| for your comfort, that you have shortened
my short life a duy or two, by slandering
| him to my face, you monster. L0 ok there
ut Your love, and see what it has done for
| me-"
She put the handkerchief under his eyes,
with hate cleaning in her own.
Mr.. Hazel turned ashy vale, and glared at
| it with horror: he could have seen his own
| shed, with stOical flrmnes: but mortal sick
ness struck Ills heart ut the sight of her blood.
His hands rose and Iuivcred in u peculiar
way. his sight left him, and the strong man.
but tender lover, staggered, and fell heavily
on the deck, in a dead swoon, and 10y at her
feet pale md motionless.
| She uttered u scream, and sailors came
| running.
| They lifted him, with rough sympathy;
and Helen Rolleston retired to her cabin,
painting with agitation. But she had little
or no pity for the slanderer. She read Arthur
Wardlnw's letter again. kissed it. wept over
| it. repronchcd herself for not having loved
the writer enough: and vowed to repair that
fault. Poor slandered Arthur" said she;
from this hour will love you us devotedly
| rs you love me"
TO NE CONTINUED.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
viqor and Vitality

Are quickly given to every part Of the body by
Hoods Sarsannrilla. That tired feeling IL entire,
~ overcome. The blood ispuritied. enriched, and
vtnlize. and carries henltk nare,al Of disease tn
every Orgnn. The stomach IL toned and strength.
ened. the appetite restored. The kidneys and
liver are reused and invlgorated. The brain ia
refreshed. the mind made clear and ready for
work The whole system IL built up by
Hoods SarsapariIIa
For over year We have been using that adj,
mtrable preparation. Hoods Sarsspnr,llo
among tho inmates Of st. Johns Home. With
constantly increasing benefit and satisfact,on.
". want nothing better. In casea Of renern, =
S oI4oS x ana lpss astie Y ana svanabIs s
Gated by rruptions. etc. We shall confinn .nd ~
Ky Keep IL among or regular supDlles SlsTsas
NJ u. lie sure to get Hoods Sarsaparilia. A'
Hoods SarsapariIla
So'db BY AZ druggists el:slx g. Prepared only
oyc !. HOOD 4 CO.. l.nwtil. Mass. ~'''3
100 Doses One Dollar
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
She Can Everlastingly Drink Soda,

ossc O"A A]SOA AeSSu6y OAAuA OVUuS
Buffalo Express.
"There goes q girl who is the cham
pion soda-drinker of Buffalo," said
IL Main Street pharmacist TO man
who is addicted to the habit. "Yes,
SIR" continued the garrulous com.
FOUNDER of nauseous drugs, chat
girl can get outside of more soda
water than any three girls in the
high. school. She came in here Satur.
day and, on a wager poured seven
glasses of the stuff down her pretty
little throat in just fifteen minutes
She drinks ut least two glasses OF
soda, with vanilla flavor, every time
sho comes in here"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

For "a year. Dobbins' Electric soap has
Why? Because it is best of oil and hos an
immense snle. De sure and get Dobbins'
and take no other. Your grocer has it, or
will get it.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

1t Is II pleasure and satisfaction to manv
to learn that Aliens Lung Balaam, that
standard family medicine for coughs, Group,
and oil lung diseases, can now he procured
at 25., Soc, and 81 90 bottle ut any drug
store.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

1.-THE race is not to him who doth the swift
est run,
Nor the bnttle to the man who shoots with
the longest gum
"All the salnce" a long gun does count,
ond 'thc fullest pole gets the persimmons. u
lfyou are not satisfied with your equipment
Tor the race for financial success, or position
in the battle of life. take our nd vice and write
to D. +. .Johnso & Co., Richmond, Va, and
our word for it they will show you how to
get fresh start, with the best possible
chance OF winning some Of the big prizes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

Mrs. John McGregor of Youngstown, Ohio
drowned herself and two children. Her hus.
band had left her in destitute circumstances
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
"The race is not to him qbo dotb tha .uj

Engineer soacorl and Fireman Dutton
were fatally injured by the explosion OF q
switch engine ut Topeka, Kan.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

If You FEEL MISERABLE GENERAL take
Allen q Iron Tonic Bitters. All genuine bear
the signature Old. =. Allen, Druggist. st.
Paul.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

bloomington Cll,) has an eight.year.old
horse thief His last escapale was to steal a
horse and trade it to playmate for goat
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

The state department at Washington has
been informed that yellow fever has made it's
appearance at Colon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

A new financial plan is evolved by the
Northern Pacific,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

Mrs. Francis Tendush, mother of Architect
Tendush Of Kaukauna. walked into the canal
at that place by mistake and was drowned.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

We recommend "ransill's Punch" Cigar.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
The coal beavers strike at West superior
ends In victory for the strikers.

Oregon, the Paradise Of Farmers.
Mild. eauable climate. certain and abundant
crops Best fruit, grain. grass and stock country
Oregon Immigration board. Portland. Oregon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
A SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM.


To be broadly capable, readily &C.
quired and easily remembered, q
shorthand system must be scientific
not merely expeditions. A collec-
ton of arbitrary expedients, if sufi-
GENTLY large, may serve for repro
ducing ordinary discourse; but the
inventiveness of the reporter, or the
old cumbersome long-hand, must be
resorted to when newly coined words,
unusual proper names, technical
terms or provincialisms, are encoun.
tered. A system, to be scientific,
must have basis of principle; be 80
related to known sciences as to be
quickly apprehended: SO facilc us to
I've equal to any emergency of speed,
dialect, borrowed words or foreign
name or accent. The Pitman phon.
ography meets these requirements.
Nomatter what changes the language
may undergo, it will BIO impossible
for it to extend beyond the capabili-
ties of this far-reaclling system. 1t
is adapted, first of oil, to the human
voice in general and, incidentally, to
the English language in particular.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

lie loves me; does he not?" said she, visit
fully.
Hazel looked half stupidity in her :acc for
moment; then, with a candor which was
part Of his character, replied. logge'lly, Yes:
the man who wrote that letter loves you. -
Then you can pity him, md may ven-
tnrc to ask you the favor to- 1t will he u
bitter grief and disappointment to him.
Will you break it to him us gently az you
can; will yon say that his Helcn-Will you
tell him what have told yon?"
Il decline"
This point-bIank refusal surprised Helen.
Rolleston; all the more that it was uttered
with a certain s,lllrnness, nnd even usperty
she had never seen till then in this gentle
clergyman.
II made her fear she had done wrong in
asking it: an,i she looked ashamed and dis
trpssed.
However, the explanation soon followed.
MY business, said he. is to prolong your
precious life: and, making up your mind to
die IL not the way. You shall have no en-.
couragement in such weakness from me-
Pray let ME be your physician"
THANK YOU" said Helen. coldly; Il have
my own physician"
itv by allowing you to live OH pastry and
sweets things hat are utter poison to you.
Disease of the lungs ~ durable. but not by
drugs and unwholesome food
"Mr. Hazel, said the Indy, 1--WE will drop
the subject. ifyou please. 1t has taken an
uninteresting turn"
TO you. perhaps: but not to me-"
Excuse me, sir; il you took that real
friendly interest in me and my condition
was vain enough to think you might you
would hardly nave refused me the first favor
ever ASKED ypY; and" drawing herself up
| proudly. "need sny the Iast?"
You are unjust" said lIazel sadly; "un-
just beyond endurance. ! refuse yon any
dawn my life with unnixed joy for you?"
Mr.. Hazel! Aud she drew bnck from
him with IL naughty stare
Learn the truth why cannot. and will
not. tulk to Arthur Wardlaw about you.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
THE ANS WEIR
PAINKHLER

has proved itself to be. PLY.
sicians say it is one of those
Remedies which is calculated to
relieve an immense amount of
suffering.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

Helen Roleston rend this letter more than
once. She liked it none the less for being dis.
connected and unbusness like. She had seen
her ArthMr's business letters; models of court
eous concisencss. She did not value slcI
compositions. This one she did SHE smiled
over it, all benming and hlushing: she kissed
it, and read it again, and sut with it in her
In