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Nevada County picayune., 1890-01-22

Pimples, blotches, scaly skin, ugly spots, sores and ulcers, abcesses and tnmors, unhealthy discharges, such as catarrh, eczema, ringworm, and other forms of skin diseases, are symptoms of blood impurity. Take Dr. J. II. McLean's Sarsaparills.
Nevada County picayune., 1890-01-22

Helena, Ark, has secured the promise of fine government build- ing. to be erected at oncf.
Nevada County picayune., 1890-01-22
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Nevada County picayune., 1890-01-22

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 Esy All advertising payable m"nti'iy or quarterly, unless otherwise agreed on' Aa- dress all communications to
 THE PICAYUNE,
 Prescott Ark.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
The Down Grade.

Talmagc: Satan has three or four grades
down which lie takes men TO destruction
One man he takes up, and through one
spree pitches him into eternal daykne
That is rare ease. Very seldom, indeed,
can you find y man who will be such II TOOL
US that.
When man goes down to destruction
Satan leads him to a.planc; II is almost
level. The depression is So slight that you
CAN hardly sccit. The man docs not act,.
ally know that lie is IN the down grade.
aud it tips only u little toward darkness
just little. And the first mile it is clarct
and the second mile it is sherry, and the
third mile it is punch, and the fourth mile
it is ale, and the filth mile it is
porter, aud the sixth mile it is bran.
dy, and then it gets sleeper and
sleeper, and the man gets frightened and
says: "0h, let me gel uil'l' NO" says
the conductor. "this is I'M express train aid
it does not stop until it gets to the grand
central depot OF snlasliupton." All, look
thou not upon the wine when it is red,
when it giveth its color in the cup. when ii
movetl itself Alright. At the last it bteth
like serpent aud s.inscth like an adder"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
The Mormon rabarn acla.

New York Press: Salt Lake looks to the
stranger as il it had dry rot. AS you ride
into the city from the depot weeds line the
yards about the houses. and grow as high rs
the fence tops it was Sunday, but the main
street looked like the Bowcry. 1t was full
OF people. every saloon and cigar stand open,
besides u number of stores. the latter, how,
ever, "onlhcquict." The Mormon tabcrra.
clcserviceis AT o'clock il was u day for al.
mnistcrin- the sacrament. The great str,lc.
lure, which seats 5000 persons and holds
l3Uu) WAS slnr>rly occupied. The gallery
was bnrr, and OF 4, 800 persons IN tho main
pcws fully 800 wcrec,lrious strangers lresi.
dent Woodruff was in the pulpit with the
apostles. but the discourse was b. prosy
orator, with nasal twang and n scoth &C.
cent. who seemed TO he talking against
time. lie alluded TO the measure
of prosecutions md troubles and
trials to which the Mormons had been
subjected by those who did not know
hem rs creating Il standard by which tc
judge the iirninc>S of their faith. There
was some littlcscoring of backsldcrs, which
! a:tcrward understood better when was
told that the fittings are no longer rcgu.
larry or willingly paid. But there was nc
allli>ion 10 the peculiar doctrines Of
rolygamy or blood a!oncment held by the
rigid Mormonists. The remarks he made
on the sacrament and on baptism might
have been delivered in any Baptist pulpit
without challenge from the congregation.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03

Chambers Journal Not long since the
Spanish steamship Alfonso MI. foundercd
i'll peep water near the Canary islands Part
oil her cargo consisted of ten boxes Of gold,
each containing 10000. After some delay
divers were sent out with the latest appli-
anccs and nine out of the ten boxes OF
specie were brought up Every attempt to
locate the tenth was utterly futile, so that u
fortune seems irrccoverably lost. A Dutch
bark, the Maria Theresa, sank five years ago
IN Gorcc Gateway, near Iiclvoctsluis, on
the coast o: Holland. Her hull lu.s recent
~ been found. and some boatoatls of her
cargo of tin have been brought up BY divers.
The schooner yacht Star vi the Sea, belong
ing to Sir a. III. Dendy o! TOrulay, was
sunk ON the Ban]aard bank, iceland coast,
on July g. 1870. After an immersion of
nineteen years, an iron safe containing go
ana gold watch chain has been recovered
from the wreck, together with two small
guns ahd twenty-five pigs of lead ballast.
A diving company has just succeeded in
gaining some relics OF the French frigatc
Danac.. OF tiity-siX guns, which was de.
stroycd near Trieste scvcn,y-cight years
since by an explosion in her powder mlaga-
xinc, when her crew o GOD men were
hurled hcadlong into eternity. This find
Will throw some light on tho construction
and armament OF the war ships Off century
ago,
Some Danish spectators are reaping n
harvest of golden grain from the depths OF
he sea which washes the coast OF Jiltland.
Some yeats previously the British steam
ship Helen laden with copper, had
ioundcred: All her cargo has been rccov-
cred, and it is probable that her machinery
will follow, us the accumulation OF sand in
which the hull was imbcdled has now dis
appeared. a Russian lrga,c, the Aleyan-
der Ncvsky. which was lost in 1868, has
yielded 10000 pounds of brass. The sand
which covered her has been secured away
and an attempt will be made to get ont her
engines. The British steamer Wcst,lalc,
laden with 1000 tons of iron, went down
of the Danish coast i'll December, 1855.
Nearly the whole cargo, her machinery,
and great part Of her fittings have been
salvcd by these Jutland spectators.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03

A conference of specialists in luna
cy cases has Just been held at ltoucn.
DIR. Ballpresided; the vice presidents
were Drs. l'ablrt of Paris and Mod
eret OF lie Mans. The minutes of
this conference show that the number
of persons afflicted with mental dis
eases is increasing considerably,
which is attributed to the great
strain put on the mind by the pres
ent mgh-pressure period. The other
causes are violent emotions and al
roholism. AS for the possibilities,
cure, statistics show thntt.Sn. ti;rI
at least OF the patt.rcffIs recover from
insanity. however, onc-third of
1ae4ss;Iie treated 10y the French
doctors are described as recovering
their reason. all catcgories of luna
ties are included in that total. DR..
Ball says that eight out of ten eases
arising tro'A alcoholism are cured,
whereas it is very rarely that a case
arising from paralysis can be sue
cessiully treated. -St. James Gazette.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
lie Gave Himself Away

Chicago Times: When Brother Jolnso,
awokc suddenly from s,lrrcmitious ma,
i'll Zion church he was panied to see The
eyes of several brothers and sisters and the
pastor iixG,l upon him Will, looks OF sever.
ity,. and at the close %. the service he
amblcd up to Rev. Job Wl,itcwash to
apo ogiZe.
"io' must excuse me, Mistah White.
wash, TO slccpin' while yn was ,lispcnsin
Of de bread Of life, sah yo' must excuse m.
shoiy. De fac was. sab, me an Jake was
out late las night get,in' in ouah craps,
sab, and fatigue surprised me-"
"Brudder Johnson" severely replied Tho
pastor, lit was not, sab, yo' sllcc,,lnbranct
to the demands Of tiahcd nature, sab. thai
PANIED US sab. It was what yo' hollcred
20 de Lawd. rruadcr whitewash. ]
| dun forgot what l,ollcred. sab. What did
this. ro' ole man say, bru,l,lrr?n
"Brudder Johnson, when i was in dc
midst of dc most all'rctin' paht OF my dis.
coursation, sab, yo' dun sit up an Yelled
Choke him. Jake! choke him. or IL. ole
fool dun gwine crow an rouse dc on
Sab, dat's what you llollcrcd Il.. YOU
gwinc the 'splain dat, Bru,lder Ju.n.3n.'
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
Curing Is Bind Giant.

Calcutta is u fine. large city, 81. ;i!.cnerth:
east coast Of India. and one who lived there
teiis Strange but true story of how doc
tor cured the biggest patient he ever had
The patient was a huge elephant, who for q
long time he'd suffered from a disease in hi.
| eyes which II last got SO bad that he co,,ll
not see.
His owner an English officer, went to Br
Wcbl, and begged Kim Ia come aud sec
what could be done. lie did, and a(tel
looking carefully at the giant creature, tn,
doctor said: 1.-The best cure HAT know O.
is nitrate OF silver, but it will give good
deal OF pain
PERHAPS some of my readers whose friend:
have bad eyes have heard the name Of thi.
remedy.
Well, the owner said he had better try
and ii The animal would not allow il il,
must give it up.
Hut.-would you believe 1.-THE elephant,
| who like most of his race was as wise as llt
was big, found so much relief from the first
days doctorng that when Dr. Webb
visited him the next day he lay
down OF his own accord, placed hi,
great heavy head on one side, clirlcd up III.
trunk, and then, just like you or might il
we were going to bear some dreadful pain,
he drew i'll his breath and lay perfectly still
The healing mixture was dropped into cacl
eye, and when the sharp, short pain was
gone he gave great 81 h. as much ~ tc
say, That's good thing got over j feel
all The better for it, When he got up, lt
tried, in his poor dumb fashion, to thank
his friend for giving him back his sight.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03

dark. The last words, however, the manp.
led wretch uttered as the gasping breath
was leaving his body, were that the spot
could DO distinguished by tall cocoa nut
tree which grow from craggv cminencc in
tho middle ofthe island. We buried them
oil, pirates as they were, decently, and then
We clapped on all sail OH our course.
Steward, another bottle Of the old South.
side that Mr.. March sent me from Matieirai
Here. Domino take Mr.. Mouse up gently,
and lay him down on my cot in the after.
cabin. Dear little fellow! he is sound
asleep; and mind you draw the curtains
around him, lest he take cold from the
drift Of the stern windows!"
Rather striking contrast this 10 the wav
Captain Brand, the pirate, treated the littio
Henri in the den there in the Doce Lcquas.
We'll, gentlemen, for some weeks after
these occurrences We smiled about the ISL
ands, touching here and there, until ut Inst
We arrived ut the Havana, took in stores
and water, and then continued tho cruise.
The orders were to beat up the south side
of Cuba, where We expected TO fall in with
the musquito fleet and some English YES.
sells. especially detained to destroy two or
three nests of pirates who had for some
years swarmed in those seas and infested
that coast. In the course of time we beat
all around the south side of Cuba, and Mt
last droppedanchor in st. Jago, where wo
learned from the English consular agent
that five or six fellows, who had been
wrecked on the Carvalo reef, were identifi-
ed rs having been part of pirntical crew
who adpiundered an English vessel with
free passport bound to Havana, and had
been sent there in lions for trial
Tho truth was, that the Spanish colonial
authorities Ind SO long connived, wipkcd
at or been Indifferent to what was going
on during the wars Of the continent, that
they allowed these piratical hords to exist
and thrive ut their very doors. The mat
ter had already been brought to the notice
of the administrator of the port, and other
ports us fur along the coast us Cienfuegos,
and in such n threatening manner too, that
the governor ut st. Jago. fearful Of having
his town blown down, exerted himself in
the arrest Of the rascals have alluded to.
and likewisein procuring information by
dispatching guarda costas along the south
side of the island"
Accordingly the very morning we M.
chored went ashore with the captain of
tho custom house, where VIC met the depu-
ty administrator and little withcrcd one
eyed old rascal, who was il, the colonial
service, and who protested to know the
haunt, or at least he said he thought he did,
of that notorious villain, Brand.
(TO BE CoNTINUED.)
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
Seeing TIM IsiSI,nn

Cornhill Magazine: Beyond their sep
tcnnial, or, in later years, tricnnal, con-
ilrmations in towns, Il bishop was an un.
known quantity in the country villages. A
poor woman once remarked tt me that sle,
would have liked to be at church the day
OF the confirmation "'cos them ere bisho,,s
are SO arnslient ,ancicnD and beautiful" /
was teld by the vicar OF Il small town in the
south OF England that servant girl in his
parish asked one day il she could be spared
tor an hour or two, us she was anxious to
see the bishop who was coming to confirm
at he church. Leave was given, but in the
course of an hour the girl returned. well,
Jane, said her mistress, you're soon home
op; "oh yes, ma'an,,n The girl replied,
I've zeed cn!'' Well, says the mistress,
What did You think of him?'' ''Oh,.
m'.'am, he popped and 'oppcd and jumped
about; twas beautiful to zee en-" Tic
story was soon explained. Jane, in passing
through the town. had seen crowd of pco.
pie collected around Il dancing bear and,
never having seen either bishop or q
dancing bear, concluded they were one and
the same thing
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
CHAPTER XIV.
A SPLICE PARTED.

The drum rolled, the mariners presented
arms, the boatswain piped, tho eide boys
and officers took OF their caps: and as the
colors dropped with the last rays Of sunset
from the peak, and the broad blue day pen.
nant came Auttering down from the lofty
main truck, Commodore Cleveland and his
friends stood on the splendid deck Of the
fiag ship Monongahela,
aGentlemen, let me mike you acquainted
with the first lieutenant. Mr.. Hardy, and
permit me also to present my nephew, Mr.
Darcantel, captain-if you PLEASE, my
friends-of the one gun schooner Rosalie,
formerly the SLAYER Perdit., cut out Of a
river on tie Gold Coast by the young gen.
tleman who stands before you."
"Rosalie! why, that's tho name of my
niece, exclaimed Piron. "and she is pref
tier and winter than your trim little cr.ft,
sir. But you must come with the comino-
tlore to Escondido and judge for yourself.
But, bless my soul! you resemble our Rosa
lie, even il your schooner don't. Why,
lookat him, Paddy Burns"
Don StignO, and Tom Stewart, and the
Paddy did lookat him, and all shook hands
with him, laughing the while Mt Piron, and
asking when old Clinker looked for another
earthquake.
Come, Piron, come gentlemen, don't
let us keep the soup waiting! By-the-way,
MIR. Hardy, will You do me tho favor to take
y glass Of wine with us after gun-fir
Thank you. Suppose you bring little
Mouse with you'll like children, and per-
haps you will excuse the youngster from
keeping his watch tonight? A little extra
sleep in his hammock won't hurt him. YOU
know"
And 30 Commodore Cleveland raised his
hat-followed by the eyes of respect and
devotion from officer and sailor-as he pass.
ed down the ladder and entered his spac-
ious cabin.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
Poor Fishing fin MICHIGAN.

Detroit Free Press: One day man at
Murfresboro, Ky, was introduced to me as
q person who had spent some time in Mich
igan. and he speedily announced that lie
had once spent two weeks at ''St. Clair
Flats"
you went there to fish," queried.
"Yes."
"IIave good luck?"
very poor luck, indeed"
Perhaps you were Off season."
"Oh, no. They claimed that fishing was
unusually good"
"Myst have been luck"
u think so. Try as hard as | could l
couldn't catch bass weighing over twelve
pounds. and my largest lickcrcl only
weighed sixteen. Why, sir. I hooked IL
mllsealonge one day and played him for
two hours. had every reason to believe
that ! had made great strike, and was
fully prepared to eXult over my victory,
but wncii We came TO put the fish on the
scales he only pulled down twenty Ilt
pounds. Think of it! Only twenty light
pounds! All! sir, / found it very poor fish.
ing in Michigan-vcry poor"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
Eylls of Civilization,

Civilization abountls in artificial. abnor.
NAL conditions. many of which must be
more or less ,mfavorablc to health. To
some extent the same thing is true of the
lower animals, and even of vegetables.
The domestic;Aed horse is far more delicate
than his Wild progcnitor, and the wild
potato probably has no such tendency to
rot us is manifested by its cultivated PRO-
geny.
Modern civilization makes all the nations
ncighbors- sharcrs not only of each others
blessings, but of each others vices and dis
cases. Yellow foyer, dcngrc, cholera typllus
fever and Ia grippe ali reach lis from
abroad.
Meantime the progress Of the United
States as nation is not without lis bad
side. Young men abandon the quiet and
invigorating life of the farm Tor the exciting
and in some respects dcmoraliziny and en-
fcebing life of the city. The young women
leave the normal and lcaltl,ill work OF the
home for the exhausting toll OF the shop
and the bcggarly liie of tile boarding house
II Youths Companion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03


Seven years experience with silos at the
Michigan Agricultural station leads to the
following conclusions; The silo should be
built of lumber, and located MS near the
feeding place as possible and on the same
level. A silo % feet deep, 10 feet wide and
II feet long will be sufficient forsix months
feeding OF ten cows weighing LOO pounds
each. which will CONSUME GOO pounds of
cnsilago daily. For the silo the corn should
not be harvested until well maturcd. 4
a east bK eun w ,oo I a pse 1s
succulent.. Silage corn should meyer be fed
alone to obtain the hest results. nor in too
large proportion when combined With
other fodder. Slage and clover hay COM
bined make a most excellent mixture for
corn meal, etc, in proper proportions,
make the post economical food for young
cattle and for making milk and beef.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
A Maine MANS TRUNK

] was talking with one of the old
settlers TIE other day and he said:
Don't know Hen Jones. do YOU?
Wall, when you see him you'll
know lin: he's got the darndest
nose on linn that you ever seed on
live being. T'othcr day see Hen
coming down hill into the village,
and he was driving Il horse with one
hand and maxim queer motions with
t'other. When he rot up to me |
seed what lie was dom. llewas pick
in up pebbles from pile in his wng-
in and was stonin mosquitoes of N
the end of hisnose. "-l.cwiston Jour-
nal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
CHAPTER XVI.
TuE D1ur pryNANr IN THE c.r

THE BLUE PENNANT IN THE CABIN.
Now, gentlemen, let me get off this
heavy coat and epaulets. There; all right.
Domino! put the sword III its case, and give
me n white jacket. Choose your own places.
my friends. Piron, sit here on my right;
Henri, take the foot Of the table.
These last words We're said in French;
whereupon Piron started and whispered to
the commodore, "By George, Cleveland! is
that Youths name Henry, and does he
speak French?"
Hush. Piron! he may hear you! His
mother was French. and he speaks the lam
gunge like native. She died when he was q
baby, and he doesn't like to allude to it.
Come, steward, we are all ready! Serve the
gumbo!"
$50, my friends" exclaimed the commo.
dore. you wish to hear what became of
me since Inst parted with you?"
"By all means, Cleveland! we are all dy-
ing to hear, and" Here Piron's appeal
was interrupted by the heavy report Of q
bow gun, which gave slight, though nj
most imperceptible jar to tho frigate.
"Smithereens! Stingo! what noise is that?"
exclaimed Burns.
Only the nine o'clock gun, sir" replied
Darcantel.
"Hoch, mon!" said Stewart; sye medina
upset ma glass ofauld Madeira in yer mickle
fright! for I've seen the time when ye ha'
laughed ut the music in the report of n
pecstol and tho ping of q bullet! but your
narvous seestem seems to be unstrunp ever
since the sma' French dancing count united
the string o youl waistcoat with his ra-
peer,
"You don't think, Paddy, the commodore
here is going to bang q forty-two pound
shot into our stomachs after all the good
grog he's filed them With" added Stingo,
soto voice, while the rotund Milesian threw
his head back and twiakled careless def
ance Mt them all.
Just then tho orderly swung the mort
cabin door open, aud standing up rs rigid as
a pump-bOlt, with n finger to tho visor Of
his stove-pipe hat, in cross belts and bayo.
net, lie announced, Lieutenant Hardy and
AIidshipman Mouse!"
All: Hardy, glad to see you!" rising as
he spoke; squeeze in there between Stew
art and Burns or Darcantel! Here. gentle
men. let me exhibit to YOU Mr.. Tiny Mouse!
Don't move, Piron, lii make place for
him near me-"
Sayingthis the commodore took the lad
nffectionately by the hand and as he sat
him down on chair Mt his elbow, and while
the conversation went OIL with his guests, he
said. in kindly tome
Tiny, my dear. tho first lieutenant tells
me You nre good boy and attend to your
duty. hope you pay attention to your
studies also, and write often 10 your dear
mother. Ali! you do? That is right; for
now You are her only hope since your
brave father was killed. There, sir, you
may swig little clarct, but don't touch
those cigars"
Come, Cleveland! Cleveland! You are
forgetting your adventures. my boy!"
well, my friends, you shall hear them!
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03

Northern. anticipate that the turner's are
going to get very good prices for their wheat
this year, for do not believe that the aver.
ngc wlent yield for the United States for
this ycnr will be over ten and one.half bush
els to the mere. The wheat crop around Cas-.
sclton, N. d., IL M good Ii not better than
ever before The next best wheat belt this
year is found near the boundary line In tile
He'd river valley. The crop in the Red river
valley is said to average well. There was NO
dana ge done by early frosta.