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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
New Rental Method.

A New York lawsuit disclosed a
noveland ingenious kind Of business,
invented, it is said, by Jared Flagg,
Jr. The operator buys n house for
$50. 900. paying 5000 down and Civ
ingamortgage for the remainder. 1t
is rather handsomely furnished on
thcinstallmentplan, at a cost OF So
600, of which but one installment of
$500 paid. Thehonse is then rent
cd to tenant, who let's furnished
rooms or keeps boarding house, ut
II rent of $50 to 80 a week. with an
agreement thatat the end OF FIVE years
the furniture shall become the prop
erty of the boarding house keeper.
This prospect seems very fascinating
to widows who have a small estate,
or Others who have saved up their
wages until they have a goodly bank
account, which they usually lose in
this singular speculation. The oper-
ator receives from So, 900 to $4 600
ayear, out of which he pays 5000 for
interest and taxes and 81 400 on i'll
stallment, leaving u clear profit OF
81 ,OOOppon the operation. The cruel
feature of the business is that after
II hard working woman makes q
weeks default the operator dispos.
sesses her forthwith and gets a new
customer.-New York Star.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
Had to d ID sntlfled.

New York oaa.
Hs had opened q restaurant ia
Buffalo, and after two or three weeks
he called at q bank to got the cash
on q small check received from some
one In Philadelphia.
"nave to be identified, SIR" said
the teller, as he showed it back.
"But Jam Blank, of the ewrestau-
rant al Ind the corner"
Must be identified"
'This is payable to me or order,
and I've Endorsed it," protested the
restauranter.
Cant help it, sir. Rules OF the
bank"
The man went out and brought
some one back to identity him, and
the money was handed over. Three
layslater the teller dropped in for a
lunch at the new restaurant. He had
taken q seat and given his order,
when the proprietor approached him
and said:
"Have to be identified, SIR"
GLOW! What?'
"Have to be identified before you
can get anything here, SIR"
identified? l don't understand
you," protested the teller.
"Plain as day, sir. Rule of the
house that all bank officials have to
be identified. Better go out and find
some responsible party who knows
you"
"Haneed if dol" growled the tel
Ter, and he reached for his hat and
coat and banged the door hard as he
went out.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
Ts&r..
A Good Scheme.
he CLicngo Evening Post.

Xh suS NhNh-o isNcu'HG
t. as-last Saturday night was
ing into Sunday morning, three
ms, two evidently from the
airy, the third Il city man, walk
Il down the marble staircase of the
Auditorium Hotel and approached
Will Schafer, the night clerk.
,:;How much is the bill for our sup.
PERI" asked the city man.
"Twenty dollars" replied Schater,
and then poured out glass ofwater
for one of the countrymen, W HON
the price had made dizzy.
"All right" said the city man, airi-
~, '.just charge it to my account, %
and, taking an arm OF each of his
country companions, lie led them
out.
"Old customer of yours?" queried
IL bystander.
"No," said shafer, 81 never saw OR
= heard OF him before tonight"
"Well, is that the way you give
.edit?"
CHATS n new way. The truth is,
lie wanted to make an impression on
. his two country friends, and give
hem the idea that he stands in with
everybody. Just before they fin.
ished supper lie came down to lne
and paid the bill, which was only
$40, and said that when lie came
down with the countrymen he would
ask me how much he owed. l was to
reply $50, and lie, with u grand-elo-
= Yuent air, was to instruct me to
chargeit to lisaccount. thereby Great.
ing his desired impression.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
Drifting n the Sea.

The captain OF the steamer Aguan,
tells story Of the sen which sounds
like that old tail Of the Flying Dutch.
man, who swors he would beat
around the Cape Of Good Hope IL he
beat for al. eternity, and IL still beat
ing, according to the aftidavits of
seafaring men. The Aguan is one OF
the steamers of the Honduras and
Central American line. When she
was about 800 miles off Fernaudina
in a southeast direction she sighted
an American schooner, dismasted
and drifting at the rate of four knots
an hour with the current of the gulf
stream toward the northeast. The
steamer bore down on the wreck and
hailed her. She proved to be the
schooner Mary Jane Cashier, which
had been dismasted in q cyclone.
She left New York on March % for
Cuba, and was on her return trip.
The captain and five sailors and the
captains wife were on board. Capt.
s. II. Thurber was her master. The
captain of the Aguan offered to take.
the distressed crew Off, as he consid-
cred that the schooner was drifting to
certain destruction. But Capt. Thur
Der replied that he would not aban-
don his vessel, nor should the crew.
He wanted to be towed into port.
The Captain OF the Aguan offered to
tow the dislnasted schooner in for
$4,000. To this proposal Capt.
Thurber replied: II will drift with
the current of the gulf stream until I
drift to-before | will pay $2,OOO."
The captain of the Aguna then ask
ed to 6e allowed to- take the cap
tain's wife off the Cashier, but that
offer was also refused, and the Aguan
steamed away, leaving the schooner
drifting rapidly out across the Allan
tic. Capt: Adair said that he supposed
the captain of the Castner expected
to be able to rig up jury mast and
make some port in the United States,
but he thought it impossible. The
spectacle of the wife refusing to
leave her husband in his peril, and
the husbands stern resolve to make
the crew stand by the ship, as well US
his weird, hoarse reply to the propo-
sition for towage, that he would
drift to the internal regions before he
would accept the proffered terms,
made deep impression on Capt.
Adair, and he was ut the Maritime
Exchange yesterday anxiously seek
ing information of the Cashier. He
thinks that the schooneris still drift
ing toward the final destination spok.
EN- OF by hercaptain.-N. Y. Paper.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
: Love for Horses.

Once in the horse business always
in the horse business might he put
down as proverb. have known Il
good many men to get tired of race
horses and sell out. but unless they
sold out on account of age or infirm-
.ity they havenlways gone back to it.
Look at Will Barnes. He sold his
stables a few years ago and swore he
would never own another horse. lie
is now in the market buying IL lot of
yearlings, showing that he means to
stay,( the business. could name
"a mum Der OF others who have done
just what Barnes has done. There
is a fascination about racing that
sticks to u man through life.-Inter-
view in st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
How the Emperor Is Guarded

How the Emperor Is Guarded
1t is a beautiful thing to read the
cable dispatches OF ,egrcat affection
and warmth which the people show
to King William ii of Germany when
he comes into Berlin after spendinga
day reviewing his troops. The pic
lures in the Illustrated newspapers,
too, of the kaiser riding along on u
beautiful and spirited horse, smiling
with paternal love upon his subjects,
while the crowds throw their hats in
the air ndscream with happiness Mt
sight of him, may be IL source OF sat
istaction to tlepublisher of the paper,
but they are very far from true.
have known the young emperor to
ride through n crowd oflis subjects
on many n day when his brow was
clouded and hiseyes roamed over the
faces alertly.
His officers turned their backs on
the emperor, but no one thought ita
breach of etiquette. They, too.
watched the people with censeless
vigilance. At the points where the
crowd stood thickcst the faces of the
policemen were turned away from the
emperor rs they leaned half forward
on their horses and watched every
movement of the throng narrowly.
Ahundred feet in advance of the en-
peror there always rode six members
of the mounted police. They are the
shrewdest and best men in service.
A little close scrutiny showed that
they were not on parade. Every
window and every house top was
scanned as they came along. The
emperor usually rode surrounded by
group of generals. Immediately
back Of thegenerals were more police.
In the crowd the detectives were thick
ms tiies.-Blnkely Hallin Philadelphia
Times.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
A Columbus Novel.

We are about to celebrate the four
hundredth anniversary of the cont.
nent by Columbus. Many readers,
not aware Of the fact, will be glad to
know that one OF the Fenimore Coop.
er's novels-"Mercedes of Castile''-
is q Columbus story. The hero of
that romance accompanies Columbus
on his venturous enterprise, and q
large part of the narrative consists
Of an account OF the voyage, OF the
discoveries, and all that occurred.
At this iuncture readers will find it
timely and entertaining. The realex-
periences ofColumbus are interviewer
with some romantic adventures
OF the hero, and there is introduced
in the story an Indian girl, Ozema,
who is probably the mostfascinating
of all the savage beauties that figure
i'll fiction.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
A Potato Diamond.

Farmer Bowles, of Easthampton,
l.. L., is grateful for the open winter
of1SS9-9O. Hehad n large mortgage
about ripe, and was wondering how
he could raise the money to pay it off,
as it could no longer berenewed. To
think the better lie went into his cell
lar and sorted his potatoes, some of
them already sprouting, under the
impression that it wasspring instead
Of winter.
While cutting out one of these
sprouts his knife glanced from a glass
like substance, which the good farmer
dug out in n leisurely way and put it
in his pocket without the fiourishes
he would have made had he known it
was diamond:
He found it out later when he went
ito Brooklyn on business. He dis
played the stone tn q merchant. who
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
English Justice.

An English cartman, after o goo.
record of fourteen years, has bee,
sent to prison for q month for steal
ing two oranges, worth one penny
from some goods he was carting 70
alarge firm of jam makers. The cour
solemnly announced that the gravit'
of the offense did not lie in the valu'
OF the goods, but in the breach q
trust toward an employer.-Philadc'
phia Ledger.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
The Choice of a Life Work

Ayoungman may he tickled by the
eloquence of n lawyer, and decide to
become one himself, with little or no
knowledge OF the duties and trials Of
the profession. have known ofhun-
dreds ofyoungmen and young women
who have made up their minds to be-
come authors. tits only n fancy. for
some of them cannot spell common
words correctly and they are utterly
ignorant of the struggles which the
calling generally involves.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
The Pride Of HI. Glass.

He was bright. handsome boy of sixteen,
snnny-tempered, brilliant and engaging, the
delight Of his parents, the Joy Of his home.
and the pride of his class. But q shadow fell
across his bright prospects. It began with q
trifiing cough: soon came premonitions Of
CONSUMPTION, his strength failed, his cheeks
grew hollow, and he seemed doomed to an
enrly grave. Then friend advised DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. He tried
it and was saved. Health and strength re-
turned, his cheerful voice rang out again
across the school playground, his cheeks
"the pride OF his class" and he graduates this
year with highest honors.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
Nearly Lost His Tongue.

A curious accidenthappened in Bal
timore last week, according to spe-
cial from there to The Cincinnati En-
quirer. John Deutsch, 13 years old,
is employed Mt n basket factory, and
during dinner hour, while taking a
pull Mt his coffee flask, his tongue was
drawn into the nozzle by suction SO
that, try us he would, lie could not
get it out. 1t was drawn further and
tnrther in until tho flask was forced
into his mouth. The tongue to
make matters worse, began to swell,
and, after vainly trying to get it
loose himself, he hurried to the hos.
pitul. DIR. Wariield, after some diff.
Guilty, released the disfgured member.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
Queer Part of Book Selling

One of the beauties of the subscrip.
ton system of book selling is this:
II the book is one of n dozen, say,
that you don't want it ut any price,
the agent, male and female created,
comes after you in your weakest
hours, and. penetrates to your most
secret lair, demands your piece of
money or your peace ofmind. Where
as, if the book be one of real value
and interest, one that you, a man or
woman, say not less than 80. 3 per
cent. above the zero of idiocy, would
naturally care to read and own,
then what happens? Why, then you
have to seek out the publisher your
self, who civilly refers you to some
local agent, who sits in secret some
where smiling while you long for it.
Queer, is it not?-New York Tribune.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
Slight Preparation.

/. A young man well known in this
city lately departed for Europe witt,
the shortest notice on record. A few
hours before the train left Buffalo
that madeconnection with the stenm-
err at New York he determined to Join
some friends on their European tour.
He went home, told his family of his
intention, and, of course. was met by
the surprised queries: Glow can you
get ready? You have got TO prepare
Tor an ocean voyage. What are you
going to do?' Nothing, but black
my boots" was the laconic reply.
Who will assert that woman is SUI
eriort6 man after such an incidentP
= Buffalo Express.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

The Dairy Supply house of Cornish, Cur
tbs & Green Co., st; Paul, Mimi. offer to send
copy Of their publication "The Dnirymnn'
to amy one who will send their address on a
postal card to them. The firm are extensive
manufacturers and dealers in everything
that pertains to butter and cheese making,
and handle everything in that line from q
steam engine down to u butter ladle. 1t will
lny anyone wanting dairy goods to CORE.
spond with them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
"a Bright Girl Editors

Miss Andrea Hotter, . girl 81 30 .
editorof The MsGregor ia Nsws.
She carries on the paper hsrGels do.
ing all the editorial and nearly hall
the mechanical work. She haswork,
ed in the office since she was 10 years
old, and has graduated out Of every
department. Her helpers, q boy and
girl, both younger than herself, 81
the correspondents AMI clippings.
The editorials, notes, reviews, etc.,
Miss Hofer sets in type az she thinks
them out.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
Pillars from Pompeii.

Demonieo's cid Beaver street build,
u -nlg is probably the only one in
America partially erected from ma.
terial found in the ruins of ancient
Pompeii. Tho. marble pillars of the
Gportico over the cntrence, and in
act, nearly all the marble of which
he porch is composed, were import
Iom Pompeii in 1884.
well authenticated is tho history
csc mar ble pillars and sla bs that
Metropolitan Museum fart is
SGa king efforts to obtain them
y a ~ York Telegram
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

Not iustantaneously it is true, but in 6
short space OF time, persons Of billiout
disordered liver is capable of inflicting, by
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, IN nnti-biioul
medicine and aperient o! the first rank. The
pains in the right side and through the
right shoulder blade. the sick headache, nau
sea. constipation and saffron hue of the Skin
are entirely removed by this cstimnble re
storative Of tone to the organs of secretion
and digestion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
Creates
An Appetite

There il nothing for which we Recommend
Hoods Sarsnpara with greater confidence than
for loss Of appetite. indigestion. sick headache
and other troubles OF dyspeptic nature. In the
most natural way this medicine gently tones the
stomach. assists digestion. and makes one feel
"renl hungry" Ladies' in delicate health, or very
dainty aud particular Mt meals. after taking
Hoods Snrsaparilla II few days find themselves
longing for and eating the plainest food with UNI
expected relish and satisfaction. Try it,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
How Many Words In English.

HOW MANY words IN En8ll0ns
An interesting question suggested
by an ancient waif Of q book is the
number Of English words now exist
ing. Considerable difference of opin.
ion exists on this point. MFR. George
p. Marsh, an American author of re.
pute, in his Lectures ON the English
Language" estimates that the num-
her lin 1851 probably does not
fall short Of 100000" and large ad.
ditions, especially in art and science,
have come into use since that date.
Other writer's, however, come to q
different conclusion, and think that
10000 would include the whole. 1t
depends q good deal on how calcula.
tions are made. II nll the subsidiary
words-participles and the like-are
to be taken into account, it will
swell the sum total very considera.
Taking the first three words that
occurred ut random, we find that
from demonstrate" in one of our
modern dictionaries, there nre thir.
teen derivatives, from the word
"bright" there are twelve, and from
"deplore" there are ten. There is
also redundance in other forms. In
one of Todds editions ofDr. johnson
there are upwards of eighty words
with the prefix "all"-all.complying,
all divining, all.drowsy, and so on
a very notable instance Ofdictionary
padding. In ways like these the vo.
cabularly may bein,lefnitely increas.
ed. Probably it we take leading
words and oil their derivatives, the
number at the present timc will ex.
ceed Mr.. Marsh's estimate. An up.
proXimate verification of this may be-
found by multiplying the number OF
pages in any good modern dictiona-
ry by the average number Of words
in a page.
Shakspearc's works, it is believed,
include about Is, 900 separate words,
and Milton's about 5000; but from
these figures we have no criterion OF
the extent of the actual English vo.
cabulary. 1t may mentioned here
that while Cockernm has only about
1000 or 5000 there are in Bailey's
Dictionary approximately about
36. 1000, and in Johnson's not more
than that. In some of the larger
modern works, again, the figures, us
has been said, reach to upward of
1O0, 900 words.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
ChIldren Eniov

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in
need of alaxative and if the father or mother
be costive or bilious the most gratifying re.
suits follow its use, SO that it is the best
family remedy known and every family should
have q bottle.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

would feel better about it. Not
knowing but the rest OF the potatoes
We're equally as rich he went home
and picked over the lot, but without
further results.
1t is thought thatsome burglar hid
the diamond in the tielll and the pota-
to appropriated it.-New York Jour.
nal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
Consumption Surely Cured.

To THE EDlroM-Please MORN your read.
crs that have n positive remedy for the
thousands of hopeless cases have been per.
manently cured. lsllall he glad to send two
bottles of my remedy FREE to any OF your
readers who have consumption ii they will
send maexnress ana post-ofiice address. Re-
specttuliy, I. A. SL0CUM, N. e., 1sl Pearl
street, New York.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

In 1850 "BnowS's BRoScHIAL TRocnEs"
were introduced. and their success ms a cure
for Colds. Coughs, Asthma, and bronchitis
has been unparalleled.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

Six NOVELS FREE. will be sent by Cracin &
Co., Philadelphia, Pa, TO any one in the U.
$. or Canada, postage paid. upon receipt OF
20 Dobbins' Electric Soap wrappers. See
list ofnovels on circulars around each bar.
Soap for sole by nil grocers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

About seventy persons were poisoned at
st. Jacob, ILL.,, by ice cream. There are sew
eral very critical cases.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

When poverty attack man it first breaks
out on his hut.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

Chronic NASAL Caturrh positively cured by
DR.. snge's Catarrh Remedy. so cents, by
druggists.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

The governments of Germany, France
Russia and Switzerland have signed the
treaty for the suppression of anarchy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

Another conspiracy against the guard has
been discoYered in France.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

The United States gunboat bennington
hos been launched.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13
A Sure Deliverance.

Woman is the cork to many . bottled
ncrpt
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

The New York supreme court has affirmed
the conviction and sentence of ex-sherifI
Flack
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

Representative Hall secured the addition
of$2,0O0tp the Indian appropriation bill,
for the relief of the Perry Island Indians
They nle about hundred, all told, who
have been at times burden on the county
officials and county treasury. They were
overlooked in the first draft OF the bill. The
amount received will he ample to meet their
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

CHAPTER XXXI.
AGAIN, in that small cham Der, in the per.
sons OF those two women, the powers OF
good and evil, of love and hate. met.
In Adelaide. aiI bright wisdom. all warm
affection. all good purpuscs shOne
In Lionne. alas! dark, monomnniac. fierce
pussion. vin,lictive resolution burned,
On the brow of the first heamod the mild
radiance a. o pitying srraDh.
On the ,ront Of the second lowered the
'glory ohscured' Il fnllen angel,
With her blue eyes fixed appealingly on the
fnce Of her fierce antagonist, Adelaide whit.
ed tor a few moments, and then said, gent.
Pray tell me, freely and kindly, what you
would havo Of me-"
Lady" began Lionne, in a tone in which
irony struggled with certain irresistible
honor she was beginning to feel for the gentle
woman into whose presence she adintruded
Lady, you, will credit me when ] tell You
that came not into your presence unan.
who opened the door for ME brenthed my
NAME though both you and yourcompanion
were too much occupied to hear it,
"And-you overheard our conversation
Certainly not; only your Inst words.
entered by one door MS he went out by the
other"
And now yop will tell me what can do
'Or. rather, why ! came. Yes. came
thithrr In fuitillment of IL tryst, promise, or
thrent whichever you may please to call it,
made TO Orville Devillc There; his name il
uttered. 1t will not choke mr. again"
Adelaide shrunk from the terrible convu.
sion that distorted theconntenancc ofI.ionnc
in uttering these words. The unhappy won.
nm continued
HE who laid waste my life, leaving il n
blnsted desert-he brought tn tho theatre
three nights ago, young girl. ut the sight
of whom my lenrt NO long cold stony, dead
in my bosom, warmed to lie again. seem
ell to live again the sweet hu
man life 20 long lost-to breutlc the
pure Dir, to bask in the bright sun.