The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-02-21
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The Kalsa.asoo celery crop last ycar 70.
allied edole0for the growers.
Ssit dissolved in alcohol, IL is said, viii
remove grease spots from cloth.
"Esculent repository" is Philadelphia
mans name for . grocery store.
Portland, On, has musical prodigy,
He Is blind boy named John Foley.
Belva A. Lockwood has announced thai
she will again run for president in 1894
According to tho Herald, therc arc M.
wards 10000 professional beggars In New
York.
Patterson, N. j., has club composed Of
young men who have an inordinate fonduess
for onions.
Tho surest test Of frozen orange IL its
weight. II 1t Is heavy in the hand It has
not been frozen.
1t Is estimated that $500, ,ouO, 600 worth Of
jewels arc buried In tho royal vaults o.
Coostantinople.
Miss Ida Sweet, formerly pension agent
at Chicago, has formed an ambulance sys.
tom In that city.
Tomatoes were only raised for ornament
fifty years ago. and were called love apples,
and not thought lit to cat.
The only survivor Of tn. class of 1928 at
West Point Of which jeff. Davis. Was a
member, Is now Brevet Brig. Gen. Robert
Clary.
A remarkable little animal has been
added to tho London Zoo It is q deer
though In size but y triae larger than q full
grown cat.
Prof. Tucker. Of Andover, limits the orig.
inal thinkers Of America to thrce-Jonathan
Edwards. Benjamin Franklin and Nathan.
Vol Hawthorne.
There is charity association in Brook.
Ign devoted to the training of young girls
between twelve and eighteen for domestic
service or trade.
Dom Pedro is wandering aimlcssly about
the old world, u king without kingdom.
Ho was clever enough to have resigned and
led tho revolution.
berlin now has $4,000 population, to
which should be added the suburban popu-
tion OF l75,O OGl, making u city considerably
larger than Now York.
Nine. Carnot wife OF the president of the
French republic, IS suprcmely happy
being. She is the best dressed urd most
charitable woman in Paris
A skull has been found in Romc in
tomb OF the fourth century before Christ,
tho lower jaw of which contains u case Of
gold with four fulse teeth in it.
Mark Twain works only three months
year, and then does his writing on farm,
near Almira, where he has an octasonal
glass room in which he composes.
Somebody has discovered that tho berry
| OF the Florida palmetto shrub is nn excel.
lent remedy for soreness Of tho throat,
cough, catarrh and colds in the head.
There arc three spans to the now Mis-
sissippi river bridge at st. Louis. Each is
alfl9 feet in length, resting on four granite
piers. Tho supcrstructuro is of steel.
The, best paid magazine editor in New
York is probably Editor Glider, of the Gen.
tury, who is said to have u salary Of $40, ,OOJ,
year besides an interest In tho magazine!
A canney ut Pomona, Cal, has made u
contract with an eastern house to deliver
annually for four years Ga5.OoO quarts Of
peas, apricots, pouches, ncctarines and
plums,
The exprcsss charges on u car load Of
dressed turkeys shipped from Paris, Mo-,
to Boston were $500. The consignor thinks
he will drive the next lot across tho
country.
Gov. Joseph c. Yates, OF New York,
was buried in lsa1 at Schenectady The
other day the body, when taken up for re-
burial in New Yor, city, was found to be
pctrificd.
Tho duke Of Westminster is believed to
be the anonymous douer Of half million
dollars for convalcscent hospital in LON
don The dukes income is 5000 per day,
chiefly from rents in Eelcruvia.
A Chicago lady gathered some moss in
Florida and brought it north with her.
Sho hung it on u chandelier in her parlor
and it bloomed in the room. The moss re-
taincd its vitality for over year.
The fact that aluminium is easily worked
has low specific gravity, and is practical
ly non corrosive makes it ON ideal metal
for compasscs, transits, field and opera
glasses, hand levels, and so forth.
The discussion OF tho advisability OF colo
pizinn Vermont and New Hampshire with
scandinavian immigrants has directed at-
ention to tho fact that Maine made o sue
ccss!ul venture vi this kind twenty years
ugo.
A monument to Victor Noir, the young
man who wus killed in 1870 by Prince
Pierre Bonaparle, has been completed by
tho sculptor, Dalou, for committee,
which intends 70 erect it in some part Of
Paris.
a physologist in France has been observ-
ing the working of flies in flying, and has
arrived Ut the conclusion that the wings of
aty make about $50 beats second, and thas
such fly can travel ut the rate Of !, $50 feet
minute. -
plymouth, Pa, has young ladies' pro.
tpf.tiva co al o1,i ;,s sl,,
tion OF the matrimonial interests of tho
young women of the place. Only girls be.
tween the ages Of Ii and so are eligible for
membership
Captain Trevier, tine French explorer
who recently crossed from the west to the
east coast of Africa, is Of the opinion that
no commercial ventures are possible I'm
those portions Of the country through
which le Travelled.
Experiments in oilinc tho waves have
been SO successful that all life boats in Eng
land will be required to carry gallon OF
vegetable or animal oil and a distributor OF
approved pattern for throwing the oil on
tho sea in rough weather.
a 1ilted youth has sent young lady OF
Carlisle, Pa, bill for Sl0O for twenty two
yards OF silk dress goods two gold brace
6ts, OIamouu fluS, Anu OLuer ortlcLe5
which he presented " her. They were not
evidently very valuable Of their kind.
john Holland Of Leadville pleasantly
chewed OF L. S. Woods ear. Woods died
from blood poisoning and was buried in
packing case, his head having swclled too
large TO fit the ordinary casket Of civiliz.-
tion. Hollands jury was out nineteen
hours aud convicted him OF high misde-
meanor.
Lepers are still numerous in Norway.
The number is upward of ono thousand,
most Of whom are found iu the seacoast
districts. There are four lepcr hospitals.
Icprosy, once common in Europe, has
maintained ita hold in Norway longer
than In other countries, but is gradually
being exterminated there.
An electric appliance Indicating the
numes Of stations has been put in English
railway cars. A magnetic apparatus turn
ing o roller on which are printed the
pamas Of stations in good visible letters, is
fitted over the window Of every carriage
with an electric bell to call the attention
Of passengers TO the change.
James Robinson, farmer living near
Jeflersonville, Ohio, 10 the owncr OF cur
niyerous horse which wa n ts not hin q hetter.