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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11
Comparative Land Elevations,

How sad it is to have a good old
tradition tumble down on ITSELF For
instance: Visitors ut tho Pixies Peak
observatory have for years been regal
ed with the statement that this is the
highest point on tho globe which is
inhabited the year round" 1t now
appears that regular meteorological
observations are made on the Andes,
in Peru, at a height OF 1880 feet,
which is about two. hundred feet high:
er than the Pixies Peak station. In
Europe there are but two stations at
any considerable height, these being
about ten thousand and eleven thou.
sand feet, respectively.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

Of said county, or his deputy, October 18th,
1888, at two o'clock r. NJ. ut the front door
Of the court house in the city Of Pembina,
interest. attorneys ices and disbursements
allowed by law.
Dated August 18th, 1880.
The Colonial 4 United States Mortgage
Company Limited, Mortgage
A. T., LABRlE Attornev
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

MAJ. R. H. PARTRIDGE, ofNfonticel-
10, Fla, has an old saber which was
picked up in an old field near that
town several years ago. With it, at
the same time, was found steel
armor weighing eighty pounds, Both
the saber and shield bear the marks
Of antiquity, and no one has ever
been able to account for them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11
Mortgage Sale.

Default has been made in the conditions Of
mort gage containing power OF sale dated
Aug. 10Th. 1881, duly recorded in the OF.
c zoe a ' hus Es: s iss SIss Iops smtn If
mortgages, page l46. whereby james
Somcrvie & Anna his wife mortgage
ors, mortgaged to the Colonial& United Stntes
Mortgage Company Limited, mortgage: The
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11
Mortgage Sale.

Default los bcen nude in the conditions Of
mortgage cont shining power of sale dated
January 10th, 1888, dI y recorded in the
Office OF the resisier Of deals o I'cmbip a coun.
Of mortgages. pnee 5G3. whereby William
jameson Jr.. ian unmarried innn) mortgn-
gror mortgngcd to the Colonial 4 United
States Mortgage Company Limited. Mortga'
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11
Dyspepsia

Few people have suffered more severely from
dyspepsia than Mr.. r. A. Mcmahon. II well known
grocer oi stuunton. Va. lie says: Before 1878
l was in exccllt mt health, weighing over 200 lbs
In that year dyspepsia reduced me to 1 90 pounds
and suffered burning sensations in the stomuch
pnlpltation Of the heart. nausea indignation. loss
OF sleep and nelancho!ia. For years life was n
burden. l tried many physicians and many REM
cdcs. One day n workman suggested that take
Hoods Sarsnparilla as it had cured his wife Of
dyspepsia. did SO and before taking the whole
OF II bottle began to feel like new man. The
heartburn md palpitation ceased, my stomach
became easier. nausea disappeared. my strength
returned, slowly at first. and then rapidly. With
returning strength came activity Of mind and
body. Before the fifth bottle had been taken l
had regaincd my former weight and atural COLI
dition. am today we'll man and ascribe it
to the use Of Hoods S,lrsapnrilla''
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

!fnot above being taught by man, take
next Monday. 1t won't cost much, and yoi,
will then know for yourself just how good it
is. BE sure to get no imitation. There are
lots of them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

EXPRESSES His GRArlrupE.-AlbcrtA A. Lnr.
son, OF kirkman. H.. in expressing his graft
tu..c to the proprietors Of Aliens Lung Bal
sam, writes: II firmly believe my vile would
have died of consumption. il not for the
timely use of your Baisnm" Buy the 81 90
bottle for Lung Diseases.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

Oregon, the Paradise OF Farmers.
Mild. eqnnhle climate. certain md abundant
crops. Hest fruit grain. grass and stock country
In the world. Full Information free. Address the
Oregon Immigration Board. Portland. Oregon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

The mint Mt Birmingham, Eng, is the
largest in the world.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

Robert Bruce held his first parliament Mt
st. Andrews, Scotland, in 1909.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

Sewing machines nre run by electricity Mt
the rate Of 3.GOO stitches per minute.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

Entire freedom from injurious drugs makes
"Tansil's Punch" sc. Cigars most popular.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

Lots ofpeopIe ore inconsistent enough to
expect u mule to have more sense.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11
Why They Lead.

The cost of education in Prussia is fifteen
cents per hoad.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

DR.. Pierce's Pellets-gently laxative or
actively cathartic according to dose. 25
cents
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11
PERRY DAVIS
VEGETABLE
Pain Killer,
Price % cents, so cents, and 81 per Bottle.

1 4n1f n q P:LLk esaeus, nv
Il HbYuR - original an nuy Ifo,nan's
eVOo ~ AMI srorn tettimnny Pie.
11nk wassnej Dr.. caTUS. Boz i4j;. BOSTON, Mass.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

ltcosts $25 fine or thirty days in JUL to
sell boys cigarettes in Ohio.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

When Baby was sick, ~ gave her csstor,a.
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When abe had Children, she gave hsmcastoris :
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13

in 1871 lIi, execution of this work
elected ODE oncomiums of AN IBIS supcri.
oIs.
He was next appointed lieutenant on
the frigatc Congress. and as such served
-four years m tine Mediterranean and In
1915 hc was transferred % tho National
observatory at Washington where Dc
remained ull the Mexican war; ln thi
ho bore am honorable part and aft St.
close was sent t0 the Pacific coast Jill
in. various positions for the next few
wears. he entered On the civil war "a, a.
mll commander. assigned to the sloop O
war powhatan. His record of promo
ton runs THUS: Passed midshipman. 1850.
lieutenant. 1871. commander. 1861; rear
admiral. 1868. vice admiral. 1865; al
mual 1870 His name is insepav0ly
conncctedNvilh tine opening OF the Mis
,Is-ippi from New Orleans % Nick-hWg
& few weeks since the admiral and his
wife celebrated their golden wedding
She. too. IS scion of the navy. being S.
daughter of that Commodore Daniel g.
pauor0nsvhO commanded the United
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13

A trlling error sometimes has pretty
serious result Edmund Alton. 10 telling The
readers OF ST. Nicholas about the way thing.
that are done az Washington. says
"Some Of the rolls received 90 the state dc
partment are disigured by eraslre-. inter
lineatous and biots. by errors 10 orthogra
phy. capitalization and punctuation, and h.
hIeio-lyphic manglins that suggests the
masterpieces OF schooiboy art These and
moro serious imperiections, once placed upon
the parchment roll, are law However glar
ing the bunler. however mischievous the
distortion or omission, tho department Is
pOwelles, % add q correcting dot or stroke
Mistakes made by congressional eur~-ng
clerks have undoue legislation accomplished
by congress after hours of debate An item
81 half million dollars for public purpose
was bodily left out in the enrolment OF re-
cent appropriation act and the substitution
Of a comma for hyphen in trans riding "a
tariff measure some years ago caused a loss T.
thc government OF thousands 81 dollars toe
fore tho error va detected and further loss
arrested by the passage Of another act
These are but specimen cases IL Is hunlh
ating 10 think that "A sleepy or incompetent
clerk should be- able 10 Illustrate the legisla
tive will Of a uatidn, and startling 20 reflect
on tie opportunities for fraud 10y deliberate
tamperins with the pubhc[ylS
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13
A KInci. Ears.

One night shortly before the taking Of
Maillezais, while dAubigne, as was APP
parently his custom, was sleeping with
VI. dc la Force in a room opening out OF
aenry's bedroom, he said to his com
panion, la Force, our master is a skin
flint and the most ungrateful man on the
face Of the earth" La Force. who was
half asleep. did not hear, and muttered,
What do YOU say. d'Aubigne? upon
which the king. who was noted for his
quicknoss Of hearing, quietly said, He
saws am a skinilint and the most un-
grateful man on the face OF the earth.
D'Aubigne felt rather sheepish, but
henry was not IN the least annoyed
The story is unfortunately not quite au-
thentic. for it is only given in the notes
81 the early editions Of the memoirs and
does not appear in the manuscript But
in his history d'Aubigne relates a similar
story i'm which when his bedfellow die
not hear his remark. the king chimed ia
with "How deaf you are; don't you heai
that he SAYS want to marry my sistei
to several brothers-in-law at onceT &c
to sleep" cooIly replied d'Aubigne, I'VE
have plenty more things to say about
you. -Macmillan's Magazine.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13

man Thompson, VINO spent MS lasr uay, N,
earth In aud around tho old building. These
ghosts IRE said TO be noisy by the immediate
ueighbors living near the mill These spirits
20 the number Of thirty Or more. meet about
10 o'clock IN the evening and thon clear the
room Of all lumber and other material lying
around loose IN the third story Of the build
ing. Then they commence their gymnastics
with yells and shrieks that would rauso O de.
mon from the Internal regions 10 give an an
dicnce for few moments After this pro
gramme is filled then come musical instru.
ments Of a heavenly order. far transcending
anything ever heard before. This music
continues until o'clock IN the morning. when
a general roll call ends the performance.
These nightly visitations and apparitions
have caused terror and almost general
stalnpede among those having property with
IN rife shot Of these mills The existence Of
the building has been threatened time and
again, but the demons who hold sway Ia the
mill keep vigilant guard over the property
The citizens on the north side Of the river
have repeatedly warned the officials Of the
Union Pacific Railway company that this old
huiiding has lived beyond lis usefulness, and
Us safety is not secure, and at any moment
10 is liable 30 be ln flames, Notwithstanding
the strong guard Of spirits that many sup
pose are there in the evening The above is
plain statement Of the old haunted mill
that for four or Eve years has been a specter
t0all the inhabitants Whereabouts Lawrence
KanJ Special 20 Kansas City Times.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13
EDWIN ARNOLD.
The Author OF The Light Of Asia" l.
Also "a Powerful Editorial writer.

Tie Author of The Light Of Asia l.
Also Powerful Editorial :sriter.
Edwin Arnold is known 60 most read
M Americans as the author of THE
Light Of Asia" but very few know that
he is also editor of the most powerful
Journal in England, if not in the world
The Daily Telegraph. Of London. The
way some Americans confuse him with
Matthew Arnold. recently deceased, and
Thomas Arnold. the educator might well
give Engli,hmcn as much amusement as
a few English editors have afforded 10
Americans lay confusing Webster the
statesman with the great photographer,
an! even with Professor John White
Webster wls killed Dr. Parkman. In
these instances Of blending the acts of
several men into one the archeologist
finds an explanation Of the fact that GER
tain ancient heroes are credited with
such very long careers and 50 many con-
Trajectory actions.
70 separate the Arnolds at the start,
let it be noted that ThomaJ Arnold, born
in 1895, who died in 1912, was the cele-
brated Rugby head master, reformer OF
English schools and practically the
author OF the present system Of English
education. Ills son. Matthew Arnold,
was the poet and controversial writer,
who was born in 1892 and died in 1888.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13
NOISY HoBGoBLlNs.
The, Occtey an Old Min and Terrorike
..-I.--L.. I.L...-I.u-.I

Tho, Occ..y an Old Min and Terrorike
thr whole Neighborhood
Tl, city. for more than hte years past
hos had within DO. limits many haunted build.
nrs. that have led many Oh believe that
ghosts we're reality and diseuoooie- spirit,
.-e frs.. GO act ami often materaiize u1i as
sumo ihe form of human beings The ola
U..aWare mills. that stand ou tae north ban.
IF the Kaw river. have during these years
caused "a great deal of comment among the
.kcuiie, who are slow 90 believe 10 modern
ghosts as they come down 90 as from the
past
lu is2 Orlando Darling, native of Yer
mont. came o. thi, place. and. with ine a.
,i.tance of banker, erected sa~nnu ON the
site where ihe Delaware mills now stand
Bu.iuc,. began % boom. aud several young
men found employment la the mill Among
,h.n was a man named Thompson, who one
.vcnin. was shot in q row 40 dance and fell
decd aom the effects OF bullet from re
volver in the hands Of "a young man 10y the
namoof Crone Thompson feli 20 the ground
and expired almost instantly. His remains
were brought Go the mill that evening ald
lay i'm state about tweuty-four hours, Niev ed
by hundreds of his friends His body was
sent east 10 bis friends for burial Ccone,
the murderer. was arrested and confined Ia
the county jail for several months Dnt was
afferward released on condition That he
would enlist in the United State. army
which be did. and served until the close Of
the war A year or two later Darimss mil
was converted into Touring mill and re
mainei such for several years, when iue pro
prietor failed and left the country Tor Can
iornsa The property then changed hands
and after two or three transfers became the
pi opcrty Of tho Union Pacific railway ano
SINCE then. OF about five years ago, II mas
been abandoned aud used as harDor TOT
tramps.
Since these mills became the property OF
tho Union Pacific Railroad company great
stories have been told by many who claim 20
DO eye witnesses 70 nightly visitants IN ,le
l.,.... - ..trtt. undar thu aaDfaiufy " tDls
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13

Sir john AfAon, according TO a London
Journal. has been submitting % the Royal
society of Edinburgh an account Of the i'm
proyemenls which ho has been making in bis
dust counting apparatus Theapparatus was
capable of doing wonderful things as IL was.
seeing that thereby the ingenious inventor
was able 90 count ss,3400lO dust particles
no cubic inch of space near the
ceiling Of room. and 4s9ol0,090 ia
the same space Of q Bunsen flame Mr.
Aitkcu proved that there are as many
dust particles iu the cubic inch of the air OF
q room at night when the gas is burning as
there are inhabitants IN Great Britain, and
that in three cabit inches OF the gases from a
Bun-en flame there arc as many particles as
there aie inhabitants in Che 0orld.-Bosion
Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13
The Congressional Library.

There are several valuable collections
Of books in the library that have been
bought by congress at various times. In
1851 congress purchased for 100000 the
collection Of rare historical books and
pamphlets. files of newspapers, maps,
engrayings. etc, accumulated by Peter
Force. of Washington, during thirty
years of antiquarian research. The
Force collection now forms a very
valuable department of the library Of
congress. The collection Of books relat-
ing TO the history and topography Of
America is unsurpassed. Among the
rare works are two great folios, written
on vellum. with numerous illuminations
0v hand. executed with the utmost care
in the Thirteenth century; a constitution
of Pope Clement Y, of Rome, 1867, by
Peter Schoeffer at Mentz; a copy Of
Ehots Indian Bible; 800 early aliases and
maps, some unpublished, Of the Ameri-
can continent; a large number Of in
cunabula. or books printed during the
infancy Of the art, by the most distin-
guished early printers, representing
every year from 1867 to 1900, and forty
eight folio volumes Of historical auto
graphs of great rarity and interest
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13

Some time ago there appeared in ;
local paper am item TO the effect that if q
woman saw a paragraph cut from Q
newspaper IN her house she would moi
rest until she procured another paper tc
see what had been cut out A young
married man. cgged on 10y his brother,
cut ont the paragraph referred to, and
be had the satisfaction of seeing his wife
hustle for another copy Of the same edi.
ton. That is woman's curiosity. If any
man cuts out This paragraph and gives
his wife the paper she viii certainly g.
10 the nearest news stand and buy an
other copy 10 see what the scissors have
done Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13

The sole income ii the president Of the
United States from the public treasury is his
alary of $4,000 a year. He draws 10 at the
rate Of si.i069s "a month This is a fraction
aofo than $500 week and 800 each for six
working days. Until Grants time presidents
hyei on half this salary. Experience has
shown that the present sum is large enough
tO cover the expenses of the most extraya-
CANT households and to leave a comfortable
balance IN the purse Of presidential family
Of moderate ideas Yet there j, not another
magistrate at the head of any people exceed
ing the number of 100000 who does not re-
ceive larger salary than the august, potent
aud toiling president Of the United States
The shah Of Persia, who has nothing 20 Do
except 70 boss several hundred wives. is IN
the enjoyment Of an income Of S3OO00,OOO a
year Then there is heczar of Russia. who's
chief duty is 60 keep from being blown up
lie is paid something hhe siOOOO,o0O yearly
The digniiea king of Siam gets along on
ike sum Tlo royal family of poor, mi,era.
bic Spain receive $500 900 every year, and
Italians sleep out of doors and cat nothing
hut macaroni 90 make up purse Of 5000.
900 and more for their royaltio. Such fg
Aito rs liNr 'Niln'if NI' iAl lNiHN l.'IiH 1'il'
what for their annual outlay, under specific
laws, Of S3ol5.00O on Victoria and her fam
ily, 80 say nothing Of indirect extortons and
porqusitos
That reformed pirate Of the seas the sui
tan Of Morocco, is slightly compensated for
his self denial by au annual allowance OF
S25OO,O09. and the mikado of Japan receives
s280O,O00 Tho khedire Of Egypt draws
$3.50. 900 from the substance Of that tax
ridden land while the Hohenzolerns content
themselves with yearly tribute Of Sll25,
900 FROM tho German empire Even the sui
tan of cotton ciOutcd Zanzibar pockets a mil
lion "a year and 100000 arc wrung from the
Saxons Of saxony, no more considerable q
community than Illinois in population 81
Massachusetts in geographical area-by The
reiguiug monarch Portugal Sweden and
Brazil each spend about 100000 On their
kings
The republic Of France allows her chief
magistrate only s20JO0O, bus little Hayu
gives her president $40 900 year Switzar
lands president comes the lowest OF all the
ruorsof tlacarih. bis salary is s5,0OJa year
-p.-fUu EisI.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13

Here aro portraits Of d. lowbcr Smith
and Thala. Giiroy The two estimable
gentlemen uh .-e lighting for tho Office q
COMMISSIONS o. .'ililc works Ia New York
Smith was arro. oi 10y 4 s Hewitt when
the latter was .yor aud Gilroy Is AN APP
rointcc 81 The pr emit mayor, Hugh J Grant.
Mr Smith vai horn 30 New York in 1916
wes graduated from the College Of New
York 10 lsoG. studied in the Paris school OF
mines and in 1866 was appointed assistant Ell.
gineer % the Brooklyn water works In 1875
be- was made an assistant engineer in The
New York board OF public works and was
until his appointment in December last con-
nected with the city government in various
canarifips
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13


10 ridicule Americans and the happy
way in which Mark Twain and others
turned the tables on him.
Edwin Arnold. in whom the family
talent shows in far more optimistic
way, was born in 1881. and is, therefore,
in the rpime Of literary life, as life goes
in England. In 1852 he obtained the
Newdegate prize at Oxford fora poem, but
first came into general notice by his work
as president Of the Sanskrit college at
Poonah. India. Though he has written
many poems and two short histories, he
is best known by The Light of Asia, a
poem on Buddha. The religious history
Of the Arnolds is to the last degree curl
GUS Both Edwin and Matthew grew to
manhood during the reaction from that
famous oxford controversy, generally
called the "Tractarian movement" the
discussion which ended in taking John
Henry Newman and 300 other talented
English scholars into the Roman Catholic
communion. Another section Of scholars
and younger students reacted to skepti-
cism. "a has been so admirably told by
Froude. and among these were the
Arn0lds
When Edwin Arnold began his work
on The Daily Telegraph, nearly twenty
years ago. his articles were much ridi-
culed for what was then called their
Western American" style-that Is. they
were considered norid 60 the cXtcut OF
bombast. But the popular taste has
changed or his style has improved, foi
his articles are now the most popular in
that journal SO names arc signed in
English papers. bat all regular reader-
recognize Fir. Au0ld's articles 40 once.
and be- lately stated that Doe had written
5000 editorials. Tine accompanying pie
ture is from the first photograph ever
taken Of Edwin Arnold, the cause Of his
refusal 10 n being an uusightly wen. OF
gristly projection. on his forehead.
For many years he wore a close fitting
skull cap to conceal the affection. The
specialists declined to remove it. giving
as their opinion that it had its roots in
the brain. His family physician finally
persuaded him 10 submit 10 an operation
and che result proved the excrescence to
Dee wholly external to the skull. ltmight
as well have been removed twenty years
sooner. Nothing was left but "A very
slight scar. and his delighted wife and
mother bad him sit for "a portrait - soon
as the healing was complete. Sad TO re-
late, they both died before a complete
picture was taken. Ms Arnold was an
American, of Boston. and her husband
was devoted 90 her and had high opin-
ion Of her cOuntrymen.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13

since 1915 and is recognized as one Of the
ablesi and cleverest lawyers of his por-
ton of the state. lie was offered and
declined the position of United States at
torney for Indiana by President Harri-
son, Int preferred an appointment IN the
west ON account Of a change Of climate
As q politician he is a painstaking
prudent adviser. and an especially good
organizer. His service as secretary Of
the Republican state central committee
Of Indiana was marked by the most care.
full polling and systematic work ever
known in Indiana
Mr.. Ollie is "a man OF fgail appearance.
about five feet oigh. inches in hcightand
weighs l3j pounds. He has pleasant
and agreeable face, and although re-
served in his manncrsis easy of approach.
tie has 81 wife and throo loving children.