The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-16

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No6ses have been built sSS
tween Canada and the United 8
pressly for smuggling purposes.
Bu6alo Bill seems to have talseIl
ov storms, his audiences average 10S
peop,e and tho enth usiasm being uuprecS.
dented In that city.
Ex-Sccretary Bayard has written aletter
consenting to deliver an Grafton before the
Huguenot society Of South Carolina in
Chsrleston on April l4next
Alabama papers are calling attention TO
the wanton destruction OF moclsing birds
In that state. Large numbers OF them aro
shot every spring and summer.
Opium 10 the insplssated dried juice Of
the unrips pods OF tbs paoly:r somniferun
or poppy Morphine is an alkaloid Of
opium, obtained by chemical treatment
When Mrs Harrison was In England she
took lessons in cooking at tho school Of
Mrs. Agnes Mursha l, who found the
American lady an apt and intelligent pupil.
Herbert Spencer carries two little wool.-
an plugs In his pocket, aud when annoyed
BY tho conversation around lim places one
In each car and becomes conveniently deaf
Field Marshal Moltke still dons the
military uniform, but has lalil aside his
sword, which he only wears on formal
occasions and when he calls on tue empcr.
or.
IT was Bacon who said, "Certainly you
were better tako for business u man some
what absurd than ono over formal" Th,
in6
bore.
David Bushnell, Of Connecticut, was ths
first to call attention to torp,doss and
topedo boats, and he nude the trst torpedo
boat In tho latter part of the eighteenth
century.
Meddy bemps, Mo, boasts of six.ycar
old boy who spelled over four hundred
words on examination day without missing
one Evidently tho spelling book is not
neglected in that school.
steam surface cars, or dummies. are used
BY the street railroad companies OF Bir.
mingham, and last year they carried 10.
oOoOOO passengers with only two fatal and
forty-one minor accidents.
Men or women who are modest over their
accomplishments arc not very numerous.
Puck says, "sle attitude of men after do.
ing what IL is their plain duty to do would
make dancing master Dlush.''
The theme Of the japanese national an.
them US recently rendered in.o English 10:
10, that the reign OF our emperor might
continue for thousands and thousands OF
years-until oyster shells become rocks"
Sound travels at the rate of LA. feet p,r
second, about thirteen miles minute. So
that II We hear clap of thunder half
minute after the fash, We may calculate
that the discharge Of electricity is 6l1 miles
of.
The present head of tho Shelley family
in England is Sir Edward, q nephew OF
the poo. lie is widower si.ty years of
age, and until bo settled down, in 1853 led
life Of wild adventure In all parts of the
world.
Complaint is made that the crazo for
natural flowers, ferns and rare plants gen.
orally is leading to the destruction of the
British hedge rows, aud a law is proposed
10 make 1t u misdemeanor to steal flowers
or twigs.
The cigarette freshman is unknown at
tho University of the Pacific, San Jose.
Cal Students who use tobacco in any
form are denied admission to this institu-
ton and expelled il they take up with tue
weed while there
Tho best way to clean out lead pipss
without tho expensive aid Of u plummer is
to pour solution Of concentrated I've down
them. The lye will dissolve .hair, lint. in
deed nli animal aud most vegetable ndI.1
and 30 open tho pipes. tes
Scientific farming in Italy is to be under.
taken this year by company owning n
capital of saJ,OOO,u0o. If tho operations
prove successful the old wooden plow u Ill.
cd by oxen that has held the field since an
era before the Roman Cnsars will probably
have to co.
Santa Cruz, Cal, has horse that is
hfty-three years old. For many years he
has worked in brewery, but was turned
out to rest last year. His favorite fool in
the rofuse malt from tho still, and hs doe,
not disdAin to wash it down with "a hnckas
of warm beer.
Hall Caine, tho dranatist. ia tawny.evcd
thoughtful-looking, and slimly GRACEFUL
He has long auburn huir md u pointed
chin board; is quiet of manner. and tho
proud posscssor OF u curious old lantern.
which was carried by Eugene Aram on the
night of tho murder.
NJ. Fallieres, the French minister of cdu.
cation. has ordered that all referen c to
tho reign Of Henry Nv. be omitted from
French historical text books, ana that tho
events Of that period be passed over, dots
being placed In the books to indicate the
omission.
When Carlyle asked, "What great or
noble thing has America over doncr' some
one replied: "She has produced u girl.
deaf. dumb nnd blind from infancy, who
from her own earnings has sent barrel Of
Hour to the st .rviny subjects of Great
Britain In Ireland"
In the Argentine Republic, Frank Vim.
cent saw rocking stono which weighs 100
tons, and is so nearly poised that it rocks
In tho wind, and may be made to crack q
walnut. The old Dictator eosas once
harnessed thousand horses to It, but
could not displace it.
The story of the discovery Of n 49,
Ts.e 9f astounding riches IN f111