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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-08-24
BY CONAN DOYLE.

"And how about fatherr' she asked.
He has given his consent, provided
VIC get these mines working all right.
I have no fear on that head"
.'Oh. we'll! Of course, IL you and ia
ther have arranged 1t all, there's no
more to be said," she whispered, and
with her cheek against his broad
breast.
STOPPING and kissing her. ut is set
tied. then. The longer I stay the
harder 1t will be to CO. They are wait
ing for me at the canyon. Good-by,
my own darling-yood-by. In two
months you shall see me-"
He tore himself away from her as he
spoke, and, tiinging himself upon his
horse. gallopcd furiously away, never
even looking round, rs though afraid
that his resolution might fail him IL
lle took one glance ut what he was
leaving. She stood at the gate gazing
after him until he vanished from her
sight. Then she walked back into the
house the happiest girl in oil Utah.
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Puab.Ils a. reea.

! It will surprise many to know tina.
the pleblan puffball Of our pastures
- good for something besides old.fash-
Toned styptic, smoke and the kick Of the
small boy. There are a number Of
species Of, the puffball. varying in shage
and sixe from the small white eiohular
variety Of ON inch In diameter and the
pear-shaped to the giant pasture species
which are the dimensions Of a football.
All are edible, II gathered Mt the white
stage, those of yellow or darker frac-
ture being excluded. OF the esculent
qualities Of the larger species, Lyco-
perdon giganteum, we may Judge from
the statement Of q connoisseur. ...Sliced
aud 'seaSoned in butter md salt and
fried in tho pan, no French omelet
is half as good In richness and deli
cacy Of fiavot.". g. Cooke, the
British authority. gays @ vi. I'm its
y1uag and plllpy condition 1t 10 excel.
lent eating, and indeed has but few
competitors for the place Of honor Of
the table"
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WelgAt ef5LivsF Anlilale,

(. Az Z
s. The following rulA may tbs applied
to estimate the weight Of live animals;
Take q string, put Il around the beast,
standing square, Just bshind the shoul.
der blade; measure On 4 foot rule ne
net and inches tbs animal 10 IN Olfs
cnmference this Z Ii. called tlaa Gdrth:
then with the string measure ffum the
bone Of the tailswhlch plumbe de Iine
With the hinder part Of the bullock:
direct the line along the back to the
fore part Of the should r blade: tals
the dimensions on the foot rule 10 be-
fore, which - the length, and work the
figures IL the following manner: Girthi
Of the bullock, nix feet -four Inches;
length. NE feet three inches; which,
multiplied together, make 81 square
superficial feet; that multiplied BY q
1.-THE number Of pounds allowed to each
superficial foot Of cattle measuring
less than seven md more than i've
In girth), makes 713 pounds. Where
the-animal measures less than nine
and more than seven feet In girth, 81:
10 the number of pounds to each super
fetal foot. Again, suppose q pig or
any small beast should measure two
feet In girth and two feet along the
bf ok, which, multiplied together, mike
four feet square; that multiplied by
IL 1.-THE number Of pounds allowed for
each square foot Of cattle, measuring
less than three feet In GRIT, makes
A pounds. Again, suppose q calf or .,
sheep shOuld measure four feet six
inches In girth and three feet nine inch.
es In length, which, multiplied togeth-
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every visitor the populousness Of the
country. Cores has about 600 square
miles Of area. q little larger than Mis-
souri,, but In that territory over IL, COO,.
COO Of alm0ndeyed semi Celestials man.
age to squeeze, themselves and after q
fashion seem to enjoy life In their own
peculiar way, without either appearing
to know or to care what goes on out
side Of their little peninsula, which
projects from the Chinese empire like
wart. Wherever one goes in C0rea
there are Coreans big and little In
immense numbers, 50 that to travellers
who witness the poverty Of the country
It II q constant source of wonder how
the people live. The answer to this
conundrum is easy; they do not live
they exist. A handful Of rice and q
mOuthful Of tea or water constitute the
days rati0ns for the average Corean,
and n to this be added a few persinl-
mons or an egg, he ID In clover, and
for days will remember the auspicicus
occasion ON which his inside was COM
fortably filed.
Corea Is fun Of cities, II the ex-
preston II allowed to be used with re-
gard to an aggregation Of huts on the
banks Of q stream, and the cities are
full Of people who make q living,
though nobody knows how. In dress
they are very similar to the Chinese,
save in the matter Of hat.
His clothes do not cost him much
money, for the simple reason, that he
has not much to spend, 80 he makes
that little 60 q great way. and has
learned to utilize materials that in
other countries are almost unknown.
There 10 paper for instance. The
Coreans possess some secrets with re-
gard to paper-making that are unknown
even to their ingenious neighbors, the
Chinese. They make paper Of such tough
ness that 1t Will resist many months
Of wear, and by Q process Of oiling it
they rnnder 1t impervious to water, and
SO make overcoats that will stand any
amount Of rain. True, they cannot be
mended, for when they begin to 60
they go all over and all ut once, but as
they only cost about quarter they are
easily replaped-if the Ooreap happens
to have the quarter.
His other clothes are mostly Of cot
ton, and the chief peculiarly about
them p the fact that they are always
being washed. .55 :.
To- IA
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A Cersan solaaer.

take turns In guarding their property
from the depredations Of thieves. and.
hungry animals. In the cose Of huit.
farms, this preNaution 10 very nscee.
sary, as fruit IL one Of the great staples
OF Corea, and almost any kind eeneral.
y fiads ready sale ut good prices. The.
List Of fruits 10 long. ~
Of the field cr ps, beans ana tice are
the most important, the former being
used not only as food for man, pat 40
for the small. hardy ponies which are,
employed by the rich and s1ficial s:Iasees
as means OF transportation. Not n.
why's, However. A Corean omdal has
q large stock Of dignity, and among the
various devices hy which this II uphe1d
Ii the idea that It q degrading to walk
anywhere. 30 every ofacial II provid.
ed with a litter and a number ~ bear.
err in proportion to the weight Of his
dignity. He may walk about IN his
house without sacrifice Of personal self.
respect, or even, on certain OCCASIONS,
when he is. % to speak, OF duty, he
llay walk through the court yard, but
every public appearance must by III his
litter. The appointments Of this ap-i
paratns for the conservation Of dig
nifty are very carefully txed, as alec the
AoA604 Va SAO HOW0 014Q lu0 0sl16U<T u
carriers, and an official Of The hiSkeef
rank, a minister Of the kingdom, has
the right to have, under his Hitter. =
single wheel, which does not rest "a
the ground, which takes no part inths
weight from the bearers, but ID a MARI
OF rank. Whatever the number Of bear.
ers and attendants, however, It u A.
ways liberal, even the petty goyesnoN
Of towns being often attended BY 200
or 800 men, who with banners, daas
and other devices, march In procession
whenever the governor goes abroad,
while runners speed before, repeating
his titles and dignities and ordering ali
persons to clear the road.
The leading features of every CoreaA
city are the palace Of the governor
and the temple Of the presiding deity,
and 1t 10 often q matter of difficulty to
decide which Is Of the more Importance,
for, in order that the dignity Of the
government may be properly main-
tanned, the former IL frequently more
pretentious than the latter. Al the
Corean religion IL modelled after that
Of the Chinese, 20 IL the architecture
Of Corea based on that Of China. Il
Is not whit less pretentious, either,
for the C0reans are q proud people,
and az they ore politically subject to
China, they take great pride ii doing
what they con to prove that the in
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rHE AUrooRAPA COLLECTOR.
He Get An He Asked for and q Great
Deal More.

He Got An He Asked for and q Great
Deal More.
I'VE were talking Of the autograph
collectors" writes Mr.. Walter Besant,
and I told this story: A certain col
lector-a Indy asked me to get her
an autograph letter Of Prof. P. g., q.
friend Of my own. Iagreed to ask him
for his signature at least. But the
great man proved curiously amiable.
He very kindly said:
will give you for your friend mot
only my signature, but also an auto
graph letter.
"He sat down and wrote that letter,
which he gave me. I read 1t, and
thanked him without q smile. At GER
tain supreme moments one has COM
plete command Of both muscles and
nerves. The letter ran as follows:
II am pleased to be able to give the
applicant named, believe, Walter Be-
ter. I would give him many testimon-
ials II could get permanent income
for persistent borrower. I have
known him for many years. He Is fire.
quently sober. sometimes respectful,
well hammered when he pleases, and
has never been found out, SO far as /
know, in any dishonesty. How far he
may be trusted with other peoples
money those who know him better
than myself will be able to speak.
For my own part. I have never
trusted him further than could see
him. He is said to gamble habitually,
but do not state this of personal
knowledge, because should decline to
play with him even IL he were invited
me. The little difficulty Of the right
bower up his sleeve at arecept race
meeting was, he says, satisfactorily dis
posed Of. He does not, as a rule, spend
more than twice his wages-without
counting the ticks, which he never
pays. I believe that 1t is not true, as
has been alleged, that he has a wife in
every colonial port He can not do any
thing practical or useful, but he has o
pretty wit, and has lampooned several
very respectable gentlemen into the
grave.
In matchmaking he is q past master.
1t Is not true that he has been frequent
~ horsewhipped, but know for fact
that several persons who at various
time have set out for the purpose Of
horsewhipping him have returned on
shutters. He is a most earnest, whole
souled gentleman, whose appointment
to the post which he seeks-that Of
window-cleaner to the work house-will
give the greatest satisfaction to oil
those who at present have to lend him
half crowns on application to keep him
going. "-Pearson's Weekly.
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ne iii 3 We u I M 81 NJ 4 |II|s
have her We'd ~ hairA nslthe y
We deprive ~ Vf an choice. W. ~
ses have maH hslfzs, but Our =
drsa must also he provided. StanGen
con hasa s0n. sand Drsbber has 8 sen,
ana either Of them would gladly vel.
come your daughter TO their house.
Lat her choose between them. They
are young and rich. and Of the true
faith. What say you to that?'' IA
FeFrier remained silent for some Nt-
tie time, with his brows knitted.
You win give rs timer he said at
last. my daughter IL very young
she Is soarce Of an age to marry"
To be Continued.l
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UNIQUE paoFessoRsH,pa

Not All the Learning In the Land q
Housed In Colleges.
Nowadays the professors In our col
leges would do well to be addressed
simply as "Air. Smith, INF. Jones'
the title Professor" being no longer
distinctive.
A short time ago MS walked through
the hall leading to my boarding-house
bedroom, / was surprised to see the
door open and man on his knees In
the corner. inquired of the chamber
maid, why he was there.
.'Oh, he's oil right" she answered.
Hes Prof. Wilkins"
Prof. Wilkins! Had the man suddenly
gone mad? or had he discovered some
new specimen Of animated nature in
my apartment? .,
why did you bring him up herey'
asked. Il always wish to have call
ers wait for me In the parlOr."
"Oh," giggled the girl, what would
he be in the parlor for? He's Prof.
Wilkins, the mouse man. Some Of the
borders complained there was mice
in the house, and he's looking for
them!'
When interviewed Prof. wilkins,
he Informed me that he was a pro-
fessor of rodentology, itnd I found that
his mind really had q scientific turn.
He give me some interesting facte
In connection with the mouse catching
business. One tale was Of q lady who
was sued by her maid for damages,
because, in her terror Mt discovering
a mouse in q sugar basin, she had
flung mouse, sugar and basin Mt the
girls head.
Another story Illustrated the infiu-
The professor assured me that one of
his customers dreamed Of mice when
ever she ute chees !
On the register of a hotel in West
ern town I read: prof. Perkins and
stah." A geological survey was in
progress. Probably, reflected, Prof.
Perkins was conducting 1t.
That night, through the transom of
my door, heard an unusually pene-
rating voice ihstructing class, but
the subject was not geology, The
stranger was giving points to his
agents on setting forth the merits Of
q certain soap. The principal point
was the purity Of the Ingredients. The
oil used was Of such quality that in
the soap factory, at the lunch hour.
the operators left the butter provided
for them, preferring to dip their bread
in the sweet and delicious oil. This
was no reflection on the butter, which
was best creamery.
was so interested in this stranger
that inquired of the clerk. "Who Inns
the room opposite miner
prof. Perkins and two Of his starr
Prof. Pelskins was q professor Of
savonology!
Prof. Null, tonsorial artist lives
across the border. Shortly after his
marriage, walking with his dark-skin-
ned bride. he met customer-one Of
the four hundred of the city. ''Mistah
Blankins," he exclaimed, blocking the
way Of the astonished man, "Aiistah
pahmit me to intahduce Mrs.
Prof. Null. Mrs. Prof Null, Mistah
Blankin4 Kate Fields Washington.
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corean 1lerchants.

food to the dead, eating, drinking and
listening to music and dramatic enter.
tainments.n Like his religion and his
art, both music and drama are Dor
rowed from China; the former q a.
ear-splitting and the latter a5 lengthy
and non.intelligible 10 anything In the
same line the Flowery Kingdom 10
able to offer.
But for his geographical position and
the fact TINT he has several good hars
bors TINT are coveted by Russin, Eng
land aud Japan, the Corean would be
permitted to vegetate In seclusion to-
the end Of time, but circumstances have
forced him to the front. and he must
now take part in the march Of human
events whether he Vim or No;
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Rang of Corea and Crown Prince.
other nations, they possess much Of the
shrewdness that causes the Japanese
to be considered the yankees Of the
East" That, f4 the educated part Of
the Corean nation, for among the popu-
lace little distinction can be observed
between them and the people who snr-
round them on the Asiatic side, OF who
are their llext-door neighbors across
the narrow body of water that scpar-
ntes them from the Island Empire.
There Is one remarkable point Of aim
tlarity which almost instantly impresses
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cosTLY AMERICAN TEA.
Grown I'm oadren. An so.th Caroli.a
"A state Asricultarisps Opln-

Some specimens Of American tea
lave been sent from Fayette. N. c..
this season to northern markets, and,
according to the New York Evening
Post, the results Of the sales seem to
indicate that the culture Of this crop
in parts of the South may yet lead to
large :, fortunes. It is not generally
known that attempts were made to es-
tablish tea gardens here before the
war, and that since the end Of that
outbreak systematic efforts have been
made to revive the old gardens. Pro-
lessor Massey, Of the State Agricultur-
nj College, has been instrumental in
trying to spread Information among the
farmers concerning the culture Of ten,
and few have been induced to put
out gardens. The ten sent from the
old Smith farm this season brought
50 cents a pound, and some from South
: Carolina brought as high as 81 a pound.
Last summer the cut Mt Summerville
amounted to dozen or two pounds,
and this year several times that
amount has been sold.
DIR. Shepard, says that the leaf grown
in the South Is better for black than
for green tea and that the cost of
picking is about % cents a pound of
cured tea. On Il large scale, and with
the best apparatus for gathering and
curing, the cost. might he largely re:
dnced feels confident, however,
that cheap-rate culture could never be
made profitable here on account Of the
lower wages that rule in Japan and
India and China, but the higher grade
teas can be grown with considerable
profit. DIR. Shepard is increasing his
ten gardens every year, and when the
plants are old enough to yield good
crops he proposes to put In good ma
chinery and start into ten selling for
rooney. Professor Massey says that
the finest tea he ever tasted was grown
In the South. and he has no doubt but
1t will be future profitable crop in
the Carolinas. Mr.. Jackson, an expert
tea grower from Assam, who had
charge sof the Summerville plantation
under General LIE Due, says that with
negro labor he can raise tea more
cheaply than is done with co0lie labor
In India because of its greater RELIABLE
'fty. In regard to the hardness of the
tea plant, al observers seem to agree
that north Of thirty-f1ve degrees it is
! unwisc to attempt to cultivate 1t.
Around Old Point Comfort, where some
plants have been growing more or less
feebly for years, the winters cut the
plants badly, and on the upper parts
of the Delaware Peninsula they were
entirely killed. But south Of these
points, in the piney woods country ex-
tending from Raleigh to the guilt, tea
plants can be grown with great sue
cess. and the time may not be far dis
tant when American tea will compete
openly in the market with that shipped
from China, Japan and India.
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with or with ,,t.

Seedy Customer Ito drug clerk)-Can
you give me something that will stop
my headache?
Drug Clerk-Certainly. I've got an
excellent preparation here; something
I can recommend at any time; it will
Ok you up in good style; in fact, it's
the only thing we know Of that viii
positively cure hearache. The price 10
80 cents.
seedy Customer was in hopes you
would fix me up for nothing; I haven't
got cent.
..Then the best thing you can do, my
friend, is to go home and go to bed:
and, take my word for it, you'll be ali
right in the morning. Boston
News.
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feriority is only political So In every
place Of consequence there 4 q temple
Of joss house, where incenle. u daily
burned before the holy images and
where the names Of deceased ANCESTORS
are satisfied with rice and such dasn.
ties as they are supposed to enjoy.
But the Corean does not allow what
little religion he las to interfere with
business. With him religion ID one
thing and business Is quito another,
and his religion docs not either forbid
or prevent his stealing anything he
can Jay his hands on. At the times
of the great annual festivals his piety
takes the form Of prayers, offerings Of
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Oatsl fW Hav.

The season has been such TINT good
deal Of the oats win necessarily be cut
for hay Il cut at alt the character Of
the straw being such that this will be
the only way IN which the crop can be
managed. In view Of the repeated dry
seasons, the excellent character Of. oat
hay and ita high feeding value. together
with the high cost per bushel for thresh-
ing, a. compared with the value Of the
oats per bushel. 1t would not be a bad
phn TO consider the expcdiency Of
planting oats for hay every year and
harvesting It That way, regardless Of
whether the seasop made ii absolutely
necessary or not. The Arkansas ex.
pertinent station, IN BullatiR Ne, 81,
just received, pauates some experl.
Newport. branch station In that state.
In the spring OF 1892 oats were planted
without fertilizers for hay and cut just
at blooming. They cured very easily,
and 9 little rust appeared before cut
ting, but the hay was Of good quality.
and was readily eaten by all stock.
S 81 saa p s ssss y ". only y one 'Sn
value. 6oil similar In. fertility. except
that peas had been grown Oh 1t, and
the vines turned under the previous
year. WAe s0&n to oats In October,
1699, with an 30 per cent stand, yielded
Q ton aud . half Of dry hay per mere.
The variety sown was Red Rust Proof,
and Il . variety With little greater leaf
HAx = - So,
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Her wise ~

she-Papa says that wiaS sA(311 isiis w.
zee me you must not come Il = ~ = n
car any more. ;sS:s
y He-Really! Does d. 81
walk all this distance
Il she-Of course not; HI iaS1ai 81;
asks is TINT you win sr,oua ilssi u = sY
rage, hired by t. hon,
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Poultry Notes,

Hr. r. as
Do you ever find the drinking veasea
dry1 =
Dollars and cents as wei as human.
tty demand that live poultry hnve
plenty Of room when shipped.
Better have no grease than too much
about the lousy chickens-two drops
about the head ia enough to KIN the
lice. -
Have the hen house ventilated 20
well that the chicks will stay ia It in.
stead Of seeking the trees for roosting
places.
This is good weather 10 bring out
the hce Give your coop a coat Of
white wash and the roosts and nests
a spraying of kerosene.
Do you relish cool drink these hot
days-so do fowls. See TINT they have
9 chance to ger at least two during the
twenty-four houre. 3 55g;
victunls and drink are what poultry
need. especially drink these hot days.
Give twenty fowls q gallon Of water
at s O'Clock In the mornine and rec
how little win be LEFT Ii the dish at
6 p. m. ssl "a 5; ssS:sis. III
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Observed.

: - There goes my hat" yelled the
pompCus man with the red face.
YES" rejoined the calm party with
chin whiskers. 'straws show the way
the wind blows"
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EaHWf Notes. !!

I ! &. 7 = :
With all sheep the softest and iinest
wool lies on the shoulders.
A little shade these days vim psy4
big u over stock Of any kind.
A little grain in addition TO the Ut
tie pasturage some stock get these days
win help deaf In keeping up the Aesh.
To keep butter from sticking to the
churh the latter should be thoroughly
scalded.
Pumpkins are excellent food for hogs
and cattle. and sheep soon learn to
cat them with relish. 3'; h 8
Milk should be aerated as soon a.
possible after It Is drawn, and 1t should
be cooled at the same time s3
: After burning up the trimminss and
other rubbish, give the ashes to the
trees. 8.
It Is said that 5000, 900 acres Of land
In Colorado Ia now watered by arti,
fetal irrigation. mi l93s
Since last October 46Aea6 bags Of
potatoes have been imported from
Great Britain and 5000 bags from
the continent.
Hog raising should 60 halld In hand
with dairying. Sweet whey, hutter-
milk and skim milk are profitable food
for pigs. "
While the raising OF stock enriches
the soil and renews Its productivencss
1t is also q better way to market fnrm
products than shipping the feed away.
Do not let the steers begin to .sfail
a little" these hot days. Keep pushing
th0n rioA,t u1ovu <iIl <I,r, xn.sr,.- .,o.,, ~.
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nackache, Catarrhal In6ammstiou, Uicsrs.
1oa md Kindred maladias.
For those about to become mothses. 4 IA
fsne1e0 boon, for Il lessons the pe3a end
perib Of childbirth, shortens "la6orh and
the period Of confinement, and promotes tbs
eecretion Of an abundance Of nourishmeuf
for the child.
THOMAS TnlRLwSAL. Of RoOsvesdals, Pa.
says: cannot su66osentlY express g yow
my gratitude for the benek your sFavofito
prescription has conferred Nboa my daugh-
:. q 2! Int she has suffered no pain wsstsyss.