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canes that can be raised on an acre OF ground.
That you should obtain an extraction of 170
pounds and above, with your double mills.
or go beyond 225 pounds with diffusion, is q
point worthy of discussion, but will you not
eomlt with me that several tons over and
ABOVE your present tonnage will amply cover
che few pounds for which you are rightly
lighting, and toward the end of which you
spend large amounts of money?
Now, Mr.. Editor, we do no more inquire
what is tie number Of pounds made by Mr..
Smith, bat we only desire to- know what is
hisextraction per ton OF cane. You Under
stand as we'll as I do that Mr.. Smith might
extract IT'S pounds per ton, and still has
ground so acres more than his neighbor, who
has obtained only 40 pounds, but has work
ed his crop on q different plan, has cultivated
80 acres less, and in the end has extracted q
larger amount OF dollars and cents.
This question of tonnage is the most neg.
lected, and planters are satisfied when they
see no gaps on the row. Plant cane yielding
twenty tons, and stubble fifteen tons, are
generally considered good results. Some
dare assert that in csae of a larger tonnage
the cane would be green, and they would OBJ
tain less sugar. How the planters would re-
joice after hauling thirty tons of ripe cane per
acre of plant, and twenty or twenty-five tons
per acre of stubble, and then run a small feed
through rollers seven or eight feet long, and
twenty.six or twenty eight inches in diane.
ter, with very strong kingbolts. Then Mr..
Editor, we shall see Mr.. Smith and his
neighbor fighting with equal weights, and at
the end the only question will be, "Fho will
report the truth?"
It is a rather general rule that planters
have a pretty fair opinion of themselves, and
do not concede any inferiority. However. We
must acknowledge that each step in this life
is often q source of learning, when not q sad
experience. I can guarantee that my cane
will be as ripe as my neighbours and that l
shall haul thirty tons if not more, per acre Of
plant, and also guarantee that my stubble
will by far exceed in tonnage the results
generally obtained.
Mr. Editor. we must fight free sugar. get all
the extraction we can, but above all bring to
the sugar house al. the cane possible, not
from that field, D05 from each and every
planted acre.
Ear Orleans, May %, 1890.
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end said he would like to write a story
about how lookingglasses were made. Vibert
gave him Al the information he wanted.
He came back a few days later with a
story a column long, which was nothing
more or less than al advertisement.
Vibert read it, and was naturally pleased
at the way it pulled his establishment,
The fellow said that The Times would print
it for $40. Vibert got him to reduce the
price to SO, which the swindler took and
promised to send him 100 copies of
the issue of The Times in which it was
printed.
Of course, no such story WAS ever print.
ed, and, of course, Vibert has not received
his 100 papers. The swindler has not ex-
hibited himself since. If be attempts to
play his game anywhere else it is to be
hoped that that he will be handed over
a pOliceman.-Ibid.
, 1890-07-30
CHOLERAIC OUTBREAK IN
VALENCIA.
O..

Madrid, jane Is,
Alarming news comes from Valencia, ,,
where il is stated that An outbreak OF
cholera has occurred ir the small village Of
PurbIa de Rugat. The sanitary Inspector
sent by the local authorities of Valencia,
according TO newspaper correspondence
published this morning, positively asserts
that the disease is cholera mOrbns. In.
official circles this is deuied. The latest
details received point to the probability OF
The outbreak being nothing but an epidemic
which is said to nave existed since the
middle of May, but not to have spread be-
yond the small village. The surrounding
district and the city Of Valencia itself are
said to be sati sfactorily healthy.-IFms&'
, 1890-07-30
YieIi per Ton and Yield per Acre
a Let Us Increase the Latter.

A Let Us Increase the Latter.
Editor of Louisiana Planter: Will you be
kind enough to allow me a little space in
your columns, if you think my few sugges-
tions proper and worth the print. have
been u farmer and a constant reader of your
very valuable paper, and have followed at
t~eutively all your last discussions on mills.
their size etc. However, allow me to say
that. for the consideration OF all Louisiana
Planters, it seems to me there is a question
more important and which is entitled to pre-.
eedence ; that is, the quantity OF tons OF
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-29
Don't Wear a Soft Hat.

/ write against the evil of wearing
soft hats. | have made this n careful
study and have found that the soft
Int will eventually produce badness.
The banu OF the soft hat being so
Soft and flexible that it very readily
falls into every line and curve of the
head, it thus .,ldes every particle
OF mir. thereby producing an intense
heat and roofing the roots of
the hair. l find that the hcalthiest
hat for IL man to wear is the silk hat,
both summer and winter, not only
on account OF the stiffness of the
band, which prevents it from falling
SO close into Il mans head, but be-
cause the space which ia inside Of it
allows II free circulation of air,
In England, for instance, there are
not nearly so many build headed
people as there are in this country
even in proportion to the populn
ton, but there are grcat many
more silk hats worn there. The
young men begin to wear them there
at the age OF IL years.
To show you the difference in the
production of silk hats here and in
England | find from the statistics
that England, with IL population Of
about 10000, 900 inhabitants, has
employed in the manufacture of silk
hats about 1000 men, while in the
United States. with a population OF
more than 6O,OOO,O0O, has only
about 800. Can you wonder that
there. are so many bald headed mon
herc':-Cor. New York Herald.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-29
In Luck,

a broker stepped out OF the Broad
street door of the Stock Exchange re.
Gently. apparently aftcrhaving made
some money. lie cspied IL little mite
OF II ragged newsl,oy not three feet
high, and q philnnthropic notion
took possession of him. lie caught
up the little bunch of rags, and car-
ryins it to IL cigar stand procured an
empty cigar box. This he placed in
the dazed boys hands. Then the
broker dashed into the Exchange
with IL wild whoop that directed gen
eral attention to him. Instantly he
was surrounded by Il crowd, and
Broker Dick Halstend threw IL coin
into the box. seized the boy. passed
him to j. W. Bass, who also passed
him on after droppinga contribution
into the box.
Coins and bills began to rain into
it. The Sugar trust crowd was in.
vaded, then the New England crowd,
and the pile of money in the box
grew rapidly. The yells, the sight OF
the money and the general novelty
of his trip were beyond the little fel-
lows comprehension. lie simply
stared blankly. Finally lie was re-
leased. There mist have been $50
in the box. He shot out OF the en-
change, and was last seenrunningup
Nassau street, hugging the box
tightly to his breast. Who he was,
where he lived, or what lie would do
with his fortune no one knew.-New
York Times.
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Love and Bald Heads.

Baldhcadedness does not impair n
mans value in the ordinary affairs
OF life. lie can buy or sell, insure,
run a bank or accept I'm office, with
not enough hair OH hi head to make
u first class eyebrow; but when it
comes to making love to IL girl it lie
very much in the way.
There is n great deal Of capillary
attraction in love. Girls adore a
handsome suit Of glossy hair; it is
lovely. And when a lover comes to
WOO her with the top ofhis head shin
ing like a creased pumpkin, he is at
disadvantage.
Just as the words that glow and
the thoughts that burn begin to
awaken in her bosom IL sympathetic
thrill, she may happen to notice two
or three flies promeEading over his
chronological organs and all is over.
Girls are 80 frivolous. She immedi-
ately becomes more interested in
those flies than in all his lovely Ian.
guagc. While he is pouring out his
love and passion she is wondering.
how the flies manage to hold on to
such II slippery surface. christian at
Work.
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beside him, though I am quite ready to
cancel my debts in hard cash here on the
spot. yet as I am bound on q long cruise
Heaven only knows where-I would prefer
10 keep the gold and pay you in something
else.
Don Ignacio throw his head back and
fixed his eye like parrot on the captain,
waiting to hear further.
What have on hand besides gold?
Well, there ore few bales Of Mexican
cochineal aud some cases Of French silks
which yon can have at fair market value;
then there is all that collection Of silver
table-service, which you can take by weight;
and, besides, lotsof rare furniture which
you may set your own price upon-all to-
gether much moro than enough to pay
Moreno and you both. What say You, COM
padre? is it q bargain? or shall carry the
stuff with me, and run the chance of dis
posing Of 1t on the Spanish Main?"
1t was long time before the greedy old
Spaniard could make up his mind whether
to receive his pay in a simple portable cur
rency. or take more bulky matter with the
hope Of making double the money BY the
operation. Finally, however, his greed
ovcrcame his prudence, and he accepted
the last proposition, with tho understand
ing that the articles should be transferred to
the felucca the next night.
"Ah!" said Captain Bnnd, with another
sniff Of disgust, rs he spat on the dirty
floor Of the cabin, Il nm glad the affair is
settled, for I wouldn't remain another
hour in this filthy holo for all the money
you have cheated MO out of, you old ns-
cnl."
He said the last portion Of this sentence
to himself, Us he emerged from tho cuddy.
But listen, amigo" he continued, as
they both reached the dock. ''You will
give me duplicate receipts on the part of
Scnor Morono, so that can forward one
to him from the next port visit. And by
the-way, suppose you come on shore this
afternoon for stroll, and in the evening
we will have little game of monte-eh?"
Cleric: certainly" returned the COM
mander of the felucca; when Captain
Brand, with his bag of gold intact under
his arm, got into his boat and was pulled to
the shore.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-29
Have Knots and Grain.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
In cutting n diamond sometimes
Il knot is discovered. These are lit.
tie substances as much harder than
the diamond itself us you oan imug
inc. They are to the stone the same
as u knot in q pine board. When u
diamond with these characteristics
is discovered it has the same effect
on the polisler that the striking Of n
nail has upon carpenter when saw.
ing Il board. 1t takes months and
months to polish IL knotty stone,
and have known years work tc
be put in one OF them. OF course not
OF constant labor, but to be picked
up at odd times when there was
nothing else to do.
The polisher has also to guard
against chipping the stone, for it
should be understood that u dia-
mond has IL grain tile same us IL
piece of wood, and the least careless.
ness might result in knocking of a
third OF it's weight. While disasters
OF this kind are not inilequent, they
are seldom the result of illexpericnce
or laxity on the part of workman.
When u polisher takes Il stone, one
of the first things he does is to find
out the direction of it's grain, so Us
not to cut against it,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-29
Rich Without Money!.

Many man is rich without money.
Thousands of men with nothing In thai,
pockets, and thousands without even .
pocket are rich. A man born with good.
sound constitution, good stomach, good
heart, and good limbs and pretty good
head piece is rich. Good bones are better
than gold; tough muscles than silver, and
nerves that flash fire and carry energy tc
every function are better than houses and
lands. II is better than q landed estate to
have the right kind of q father and mother.
Good breeds and bad breeds exist among
men as really as among herds and horses:
Education may do much to check evil
tendencies or to deveiopgood ones; but i il
OF faculties to start with. The man is ricl,
ally kind, patient, cheerful, hopeful, and
who bag favor Of wit and fun in his COM
position.
The hardest thing to get on with in thi.
lie is a mans own self + cross, selfish
fellow, a tilnid and care-blrdened man
these are all born deformed on the inside.
They do not limp, but their thoughts some:
times do.-[Clay Manufacturers Engineer.
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Woman'a Smile.

DO women fully appreciate the value OF
a smile? DO they ever think that it is IA
the cheerful. swcct-minded woman that
friends come in seasons of sorrow and trial
for help hand comfort that it is to her thai
the ievcrish child turns for touch OF the
kindly and or a glimpse of the face that
ills the darkened chamber with sunlight:
The husband, wearied with the pressure O.
business. turns to his home and meets OF
the threshold the smiling facs of his wife,
and yielding 10 its soothing influence thu
cares "fthc outside world are forgotten; he
is Il king in his own realm. aud ut his side il
the queen, or rather the household magi.
eian, whose smile conjures away gloom and
i'll temper.
The tired clerk takes renewed pleasure in
exhibiting bargains to the smiling, appre.
ciative woman, and even the little street
sainin is made nobler and happier by hel
cheerful picture. There is nothing on earth
so beautiful as bright smile on the face Of
Il woman. 1t has been suil that laughter il
the day and sobriety Is tho night, and .
smile is the twilight that hovers gently ba
tween both, and is more bewitchlng than
either.-[New Orleans Picayune.
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Why He Took the Insult.

"Thsre are times" said Col. NJ ct
calf the othrr lny, "whrn men will
stand amy treatment, however out
rageous. A man who has seen what
it means to stand up before IL revolt
yer acquires AZ great respect for that
weapon when it is in another nuns
hands a:d he has the drop on you.
There was nothing in old days in the
seventies which demanded PREPARATION
SO quickly and 80 definitely us TN in
suit. For II man to accept an insult
Observation-Disclosures taking redress
was to bring upon himself the scorn
of the entire community. And yet
accepted the worst kind of an insult
once and even to this day blush
when | think of The circumstances.
81 was i'll Hugo ut that time and
was playing billiards when n man
came in and began to make IL distur-
bnnce. He was well known dcsper-
ado and no one was anxious to get
into trouble with him. lie became
SO obnoxious without being checked
that finally he picked up one of the
billiard balls and sent it flying
through IL window. lie was Just
reaching for another when reversed
mycue and placing the butt end of it
in the pit oil his stomach. pushed him
back against the wall. Tie next mo-
mcnt was looking down the barrel
OF IL Colts revolver. The sensation
in such IL cascis simply overpowering.
l was perfectly hel plcss for had no
revolver myself and If ! had been
wearing one he could have killed mo
before my hand could reach it. l
thought he was going to shoot me
then and there, but he chose not to
do this from some wliim.
"i'mgoing to slap your face. Met
calf he said, so that you can tell
people about it. Turn your cheek
around here
II looked way down the barrel of
thatsiX slooterso far that it seemed
to me flat could see IL bullet in it's
chamber. set my teeth against the
insult. knew that | was deadly
pale.
"'Turn it, lie said. 'Onc, two
and turned my check. | did not
feel the blow. hut the flame which
scorchci it uitcrward was like IL fur
mace fire.
Now he said with laugh, give
me the other one. Again lie count
ed-'one two'-and ] presented my
other cheek TOR IL second slap.
"lf ever wanted to kill IL man it
was that fellow, but had no show
at all. remember the sickening
feeling which ran over me ut the
thought that he might insist upon
breaking my nose. Revolver or no
revolver | do not hrlieve could
have stood that. But took the in
suits, not from him. but from IL six
shooter. A man can't argue against
Il revolver. But for months and
months I longed to meet that man
on even terms. never saw him
ngain. New York Tribune.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-29
A Boon to Smokers.

Many attempts have been made to
so improve pipes and cigar holders
that the unpleasant biting sensa-
ton on the tip of the tongue could
be averted and the nicotine prevent
ed from entering the mouth, but so
far with indifferent success. 4 Scotch
man, it is claimel, has now solved
the problem. His method is to pro.
vide hollow ball, with IL short tn
bulnr or slotted stem attached to it,
which is inserted in the usual oriiice
in the moutll-piece Of the pipe or ci-
CUR or cigarette holder, No that the
smoke shall pass ont through the
tube OR slotted stein and upper slot.
ted part of the ball. and tho ton-ne
shall rub against he ball in the
mouth Of the oriii'r, and thus pre-.
vent the saliva of the ,r,,ltl, from
going or working back in Mennonite
piecr.-New York Commercial AL.
'ertises.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-29
Seeing the Bishop.
From the Cornhill Maya zine.

From the Cornhill Magazine.
Beyond their scptennial or, in later
years, triennial, combinations in
towns, a bishop was an unknown
quantity in the country villages. A
poor woman once remarked to me
that she would have liked to be at
church the day of the confirmation,
"cos them ere bishops are SO arm
silent (ancient) md beautiful" /
was told by the vicar of n small town
in the south of England that Il SER
want girl in his parish asked one day
if she could he spared for IN hour or
two rs she was anxious TO soc the
bishop who was coming to confirm at
the church. Leave was given, but in
tho course of an hour the girl return
ed. well, Jane" said her mistress,
you're soon home again: you can t
have really seen the bishop" "Oh,
yes, ma man," the girl replied. "I've
zeed EN-" "Well," says the mistress,
"what did you think OF him?" "Oh,
ma'nm, lie hoped and 'oppei and
jumped about; twas beautiful to zee
en-" The story was soon explained.
Jane, in passing through the town,
had seen IL crowd OF people collected
around II dancing bear, and never
having seen IL bishop or u dancing
bear, concluded they We're one and
the same thing.
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(To DE coNT1NuED.)
The Queen of the Antilles.

The Queen of the Antilles.
From the Boston Journal.
There is total improbability in
the report to which one of the New
York journals gives currency that q
couple OF Spanish commissioners are
in this country endeavoring to ar
range for the purchase of Cuba by
the United States. Such a report is
fatty inconsistent with the Spanish
character. There is enough Of the
old Castilian spirit left in the ruling
men of Spain to make the sale for
money OF the richest jewel in the
Spanish diadem q thorough abhor-
rent. And, besides sentimental con-
siderations, there ore some very
practical ones why Spain desires to
retain Cuba rs u colony. In her
present position Cuba can be unmer-
fully bled for the benefit of Spa nish
merchants, whose opportunities
would be forever gone should the
colony pass within the circle OF the
protective system of America.
There is 10 reason to believe
that an offer of 5000, 900, 900 would
meet with any more favorable re-
Spouse from the Spanish govern
ment to-day than our offer to half
that sum received in President Folks
administration. But there are thou
sands and thousands of Americans
who, in spite OF our reiterated re-
bluffs. continue to look with longing
eyes to that rich and unfortunate
isle lying temptingly within our
reach, only q shortday 'sswift steam
ing from the coast of Florida.
Whether Cuba is ever destined to be-
come politically part of the United
States or not. it is in a fair way to
become absorbed commercially.
Our aggregate trade with Cuba was
valued ut $53,OOO,OOO in 1889,
which is more than double the colo
ny's trade with the mother country,
Spain, and five times it's trade with
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Ing, beneath kitchen, bedrooms and saloon,
ind especially beside the square upright
stanchions on which the interior Of tho
building rested. Not contented with this,
lie took q copper hammer and knocked in
all the heads Of the little barrels, and then,
with scoop Of the same metal, he dipped
out large quantities Of the black material
and poured thick trains OF it from barrel to
barrel. sometimes capsizing one, but always
particularly cautious not to rasp grain Of
it beneath his grass slippers and the pave
ment. Then he took piece Of match rope,
and sticking one end deep into barrel, he
just poked the other end out Of a loop hole,
to be in readiness whenever Captain Brand
should deem proper to bring his lighted ci-
gar toit.
There" said Captain Brand, chat
piece of tow will burn about thirty or forty
minutes, and then stand from under!'
Ascending tho hatchway again with the
gility Of a cat, he drew up and secured the
trap, and in ten minutes afterwsrd he was
freshly attired in nice pair Of India pam
TANNERS, a grass cloth jacket and vest -
with, Of course, the usual nick-nacks in his
pockets-and seated at table. where his
busy housekeeper had placed broiled
chicken and bottle Of old Bordeaux before
him.
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An August Vacation Episode.
"Maud, l should like to know the
meaning of this reception"
"Mr. Hazard, you shalt" answered
the proud country girl, freezingly.
81 have found you out, sir. That ID
all!"
"What do you mean, deareat?"
Don't come near me, sirl Stay on
the other side of that table. have
found out that you have been anus.
ing yourself at my expense"
"For heavens sake, Maud, ex-
plainw
Il know I am freckled faced, sir, %
she snid, withflashing eye, "but Ibid
not think you capable of joking
about it with your friends"
II haven't done anything Of the
kind, Maud!" protested the young
man.
"Youhave, sirl After you had-had
promised to me last night and IL
had said yves and you had gone, I
overheard you telling Mr.. Bellcham-
Der out there on the front porch what
glorious fun it was to 60 into the
mountains in August and catch
speckled beauties!'
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Chicago's Lullaby.

A person described as n "stafl
writer on the London Times tells n
Pittsbnrg reportersome things about
Chicago which persuade the British
mind that Chicago is not much OF n
city. why" says the son of the
Thunderer. IL could lean out ofmy
window in the Auditorium hotel and
hear the chickens growing in some
body's back Yard Everybody
crows in Chicago. Pray, why
shouldn't the Chicago chickens crow
ifthcy wcrcnot meant for hcns' What
do chickens do in England? DO they
bark or do they bray If the chap
from London had unwound his ears
he would have heard the pigs squeal-
ing in the stock yards. There is
nothing in London town to equal
that Chicago lullaby.-New York Sun