The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-02-28
SUPERFICIAL SURVEY.

The Oil City Blizzard says: ".All those
wio pass through tho door OF success will
find in labeled 'l'ush.'"
George Mo!leskolF. Of Pendlcton. Orc,
found on his ranch tho bones of mastodon
That must have been fourteen feet high.
DIR. Moody tao other day made o fargo
congregation stand up while tho plato was
passed, so that every one could got his hand
IN his pocket.
Taver1s may bo traced TO tho thirteent!,
century. Ao:ordin, TO Spelman, in the
reign of King Edward Ill, only three tav-
erns were allowed in London. Tavcrns
were licensed iii Easland in l75!
There is an admirable arrangement for
quickly and safely c!nptyiny the house in
use in the fremont Theatre, liostuu. by
SIMPLY touching button in any one OF
eight handy places i'll the theatre, seventeen
exits open. actuatcd by electricity.
The Sultan Abdul Hamid lives in as con
, stant fear of his life us the czar Of Russia
does. When he goes to the mosque, which
he mast by tho law OF Mahomet do every
Friday, u boiy guard OF 1909 men, well
paid and therefor, loyal, surround him.
petrilicd tree was found recently in q
ceal mine at Osnabruck, Germany. Tho
trunk is almost four feet through, and tho
roots cover u surface of about fifteen feet
square. The tree has been set up in spec.
lal room in the Berlin School Of Mines
In Suwanncc county, Fla, recently, a
minister of certain denomination WAS con.
vertcd through the preachiL: Of u minister
of different denomination, and all the mem
bcrs OF tho converted minister's church
changed their faith and followed their old
shepherd.
A periodical for tho bethrothcl is now
published in Vienna. 1t Is published twice
month. Every announcement Of b,-
trothal or marriage is inserted gratuitous-
ly, provided the happy couple will buy their
trousseau OF the tradesmen advertising in
tho paper.
Tho news comes that tho heir to tho
threne OF Roumania has fallen in love with
Que n Natalie OF Scrvia. He is determined
to marry her, much to the annoyance OF
his family. He may lose his chance of tho
crown il he gives way 10 his present In
fatua,ion. Look out for romance in
kou!nania.
There is spring near Stoninston, Conn,
the water OF which has peculiar result Gil
those who drink it. The water flows from
q crack In high rock and the veins OF u
man drinking from it begin 10 swell and he
looks and feels as though he were about TO
burst for about ten minutes Then the cf-
feet gradually disappeara.
Tho black -hoad bug has appeared by tho
millions in tho turpentine forest, OF south
east Georgia and is doing alarming damage.
Great tracts Of pine woods already show
blight and are dying. The bug starts in u
pine where it is boxed and works undor tho
bark, then around the trunk Its boring
prevents the sap from going up into tho
tree and eventually the tree dies.
Rainless districts aro said 10 bc tho
southern extremes OF California and New
Mexico; there is one in the centre OF the
Mexican Republican elongated strip cx-
tending along the western coast OF South
America, from Peru to Chill; large sur
fac, Of this kind is found in Central Asia,
in and around the great desert Of Cobb: o
large surface Of northern Africa, covering
parts Of Egypt and Arabia.
Tho London Truth tells the story
that one Of her maiesty's war ships that
lately came upon u derelict laden with lu!n-
Der in tho British Channel, finding it i'm
possible TO takc her in tow, opened fire
, upon the craft to sink hcr, lest other YES
sells be wrecked BY her, aud kept up the
bombardment till nigAtfall, when tho derc-
lict was just as much afloat as ever. Next
day the dangerous craft was driven ashore.
when it was discovered that not Q single
shell had touched her.