davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
D.uaet,. Artistic wife.

Madame Alphonse Daudet dresses
with infinite taste, and carries to the
highest point that household craft and
art which appear in the smallest de-
tails of equipment and furniture, in
the composition of q dinner, in every
thing that surrounds an accomplished
maitresse de maison, writes Madame
Blanc in an interesting sketch, with
portrait, of the famous novelist's wife,
in the December 14edies' Home Jour.
nal. To Madame Daudet the artist or
the inpressionist is a person who
knows how to be useful as well as
enchanting. She was brought up BY
her mother, Madame Allard, under the
sevcrest traditions of the good old
French bourgeoisie, which are quite
the opposite of that modern culture
which dcspiscs reedlework and cook
Ing. She has sung her needle In
charming poetry, she understands ev-
.rytiing about good dinners. Thanks
To hiss wife Daudet had q very pleas.
est home from the beginning, long bo.
,!ssa.3.. he had won success and fame
sd fortune.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21

eye became terribly
inaamed. and was 90
swollen that for quite
., while I could not
see. The doctors
said I had Cancer Of
the most malignant
type, and after ex-
hausting their efforts
without doing me
any good, they gave
onN1Nco whAs1 IN.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21

II the wolves are after you, let the
Akra boys know it, they will tell you
how to get the scalps.
The school in the north star school
house is;progressing finely. Prof. Mail
or reports nearly 40 scholars.
Hallson had a dramatic play last
Thursday night called "Hreppst-
jorinn." 1t was we'll played and en-
joyed by all present.
There was very large meeting at
our church last Sunday which listen
ed to the new organ. 1t is a fine In
strument and was presented to the
church by the ladies aid society Of
this place. We desire to thank the
ladies for this generous donation to
the church.
We had almost forgotten this was
leap year. What put us in mind of it
was this, while setting at our desk
few nights ago, studying the great
finance question, we heard a gentle
rap at our front door. By lifting the
curtain to one side we were pleasant.
~ surprised to see large gathering
Of ladies. We lost no time in opening
he'do0r and with our arms wide open,
invited them to spend the evening
with US and although we felt like in.
viting some of them to spend the te.
mainder of their natural lives tn our
cabin, we remembered this WAS leap
year and it was not our turn to speak
first. We did not speak plain but
did good deal of surprising is'our
mind, hoping al, the time some one
would do the proposing. The even
ing was spent pleasantly and the la
dies took good look ut our house and
it's surroundings before their depar-
lure.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
Weford.

"01OC0.
Richard Wexford and VIM. Tren-
brath are expected home from their
visit to England soon.
Ed. Schlegelmelch returned home
from Moosemin, Assiniboia, last
week, accompanied by his sister, who
recently became widow. with six
children. They will make their home
with Mr. SchIegelmelch ST..
Wexford IS getting to be a centre for
secret societies. We have the Wood
men aud Foresters. The latter was
organized some time ago with seven
teen charter members, and there are
three candidates on the way.
Your readers will pardon us for
emitting to make mention last
week of the marriage of our towns
man, Fritz Volrath to a young dam
sci or Winnipeg. Fritz left US with
out much warning and returned with
a bride and father-in-law. We did
not learn the lady's name, but that
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
Railroad Time Table.
NORTHERN PACIFIC.

g. A. r.
WORDEN POST NO. So.
Regular meetingssvery secondhand fourthMo on.
DIV Of each mouth.
j. G.. SoNDERNAN, NICHOLAS HOFFMAN,
Adiutant. Post Commander
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
A Caucus.

A caucus OF the voters Of Pembina
township will be held ut one O'Clock
p. m. on the last Saturday of Febru-
airy, 18th, at the school house at &C.
roux bridge for the purpose Of patting
in nomination candidates for town.
ship officers for the ensuing year.
1892 Per Order.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21

she % q lnattlrAIt4 Canadian and
been N the countfj sabaut . year.
The wedding 4bs ouncei III, last
weeks issue came III Tuesday II ar.
ranged. and everything Welt hnr-1
monlously. The bride, Miss Bella
Louden, was attired In an Appropriate
costume, and she looked pretty to say
the least. The presents were numer-
GUS. useful aud ornamental. The dsyf
was spent with u musical program
and various kinds Of games. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dowson left for Hotel O'Brlen,
Neche, in the evening and next morn.
Ing for their home at Morden, Man.
where reception was awaiting them.
Cannon.
James Massey, Of Dauplin Lake,
Man. arrived here on Friday and left
for home again on Monday.
John Lane has moved to his farm
three miles southwest Of town, lately
occupied by Geo. Spearman.
WI. Graham, our genial druggist,
has become the father OF another
dear boy of the usual size aud charac-
teristics.
The Methodlsts have been taking
advantage Of the good sleighing aud
weather by hauling gravel for their
church edifice.
The Crystal Court organized a
Court Of Forescers here last Thursday
night. under the direction of Bro.
Cooper, grand something, Of some
where. Canton Court starts of with
eighteen charter members.
There are many cases of measles
here at present, which has materially
lessened the school attendance during
the last two weeks. There never has
been q period when 80 much sickness
prevailed in this part of the county,
owing, many say, to the mild weather
of the past winter.
Thos. Ryan sr, and Mrs. Ryan are at
present visiting their old stamping
ground IN Michigan. Thomas jr. also
intends going before his parents re-
turn, and hopes are entertained that
he may bring home a partner to share
his joys. Tom is Wasting lot of
valuable time.
Daniel Sullivan has just returned
from Manitoba. after purchasing a
half section of land near Dominion
City, for the sum of seventeen hun
dred dollars. He has rented his three
quarters west of Canton to Mr.. Morris
of Carlisle, who is now utilizing the
good slelghing by bringing over his
implements.
The Canton Presbyterians held a
successful oyster supper and enter
tainment last night in the A. O. U.
w. hall. The announcement that
the proceeds were to be applied to the
Armenian suffers was sufficient to in
sure a large attendance. Lachlan
Mclean was chairman for the even.
ing. Addresses appropriate to the
occasion were made by John Conmee,
W. N. Husband, Prof. Cotter and 9th.
ers. God speed the good work for the
poor prosecuted Armenians.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
AZ the sign Of the owl.

Nditor--Look her! How In the deuce
did that object-matrimony adv. get in
the For Sale column?
Sub-She was only sixteen. Thought
perhaps she might catch a bargain
hunter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
Cancer
OF the Face.

Mrs. Laura e. Minis. ofDawson, Ca,
says: "A small pimple Of strawberry
color appeared on my cheek; il soon
began TO- grow rapidly, notwithstand-
ing all efforts to check il. Ny
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21

A. F.and Am.
~ pEMB1NA LODGE No.2.
"N R.vularmeetinesin the evenings Of
first and third Friday ofeyery month.
A. DowKER, RoB'r MORRISON,
Secretary. WIN.
Visiting brethren in good standing invited.
pEMBlNA LODGE NO. 10, a. o. U. w.
Meets every first and third Tuesday of the
Onth.
". e. COATS, Il. MCBRIDE:
Recorder. M. W.
Pembina Camp, NJ. W. A. No. 3277
Meet every Second and Fourth Monday. Vi
sitting neighbore cordially invited.
w. G. SHORT, w. Il. BRIDE.
Clerk. ". Y
LEGAL.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
Gardar.

The house ofJohn Bergman burned
last Thursday. Most of the furniture
aud effects inside were saved.
The dramatic club played at Gardar
three nights in succession last week.
There was good attendance every
night and the play was well acted.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
she Didn't, Thouch.

May-What have you got to wear to
the opera this season?
Agnes-Nothing.
May (sporty)-1 dare you to wear It'll
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
He Knows Better Now.

10 1NM0Wb UetteF NOW.
Wifs-I suppose IL you had never
known me yeu would have married
some other woman just like me?
HusbaRd-Yes. dear, I might have-1
had never known you.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21

News,
Hamilton.

-
Hamilton.
DR.. II. L. Ennis, the dentist, visit
ed our town Friday.
A pulp mill IS one of the talked Of
enterprises for the near future.
The McKanlass Colored Comedy Co.
is billed for this place Thursday even
ing, the Goth.
DR.. J. G. Hay has been at Grand
Forks the greater part Of the week,
on business.
Quite number from this place took
in the championship skating race at
Bathgate, Friday.
Remember the carnival at the rink,
tomorrow night, Washington's BIRTH
day. Everybody come.
Several of our citizens will join in
the rush for the Red Lake reserva-
tion. to be opened to settlement
May LIST.
A caucus of the voters of Hamil-
ton township will be held Tuesday.
Feb. 25th, for the purpose of putting
in nomination of candidates for the
township officers FOR the ensuing
year.
The brick yard is a sure thing. Sc
veral acres of land has been purchas-
ed from Thos. Connell and a practi-
cal brick-maker is expected to arrive
early in March. Sample of clay have
been baked and found to make excell-
ent brick. The clay is pronounced
by experts in such matters to be of an
excellent quality.
The South Carlisle correspondent to
the Pink paper, says: Please inform
the Hamilton correspondent of the
PIONEER EXPRESS that Tom Stanley
is not only the "boss debater" of Car
Isle, but we will back him against
Hamilton for fun, money or marbles.
Say, South Carlisle. as near as we can
estimate, there'are'just about a dozen
debaters in Hamilton who can trim
up your tall rage, South Carlisle is
like the Irishman who wanted just
one pass at grizzly bear. The bear
is still living.
In the Pink Paper of Feb. 18th,
City Editor Lewis makes a weak
attempt to correct our report of the
f. A. s. 1. u elevator, and says.
"There was no breaking of locks in
connection with the minor disturb
ance of the F. A. s. I. q. Elevator Co.
as reported by the PIONEER EXPRESS
correspondent. Everything on the
contrary is going on peacefully and
harmony seems to prevail. Such re-
ports would lead outsiders to believe
that we are not law abiding citizens"
Now as a matter Of fact, Truthful
Ben knows just as we'll as we d., that
the EXPRESS report Of the matter
was, as it always is, the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. The locks were broken, and
peace and harmony that Ben speaks
of, did not prevail until the "minor
disturbance" was amicably settled.
Nowhere in the county can be found
more law abiding citizens than here,
it was not, nor is it our intention to
lead outsiders to believe the contrary.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
Those Burlington Readers.

Those Burlington KeadefS.
Can be had'by sending your name
to w. j. G. Kenyon, gen. freight and
passenger agent, St. Paul, Mi mr., a
fresh sheet every month. 1874
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
PEMBINA
Building and Loan Association.

PEM31NA, NORTH DAKOTA.
Money ,oanon good RealEstate9e curityany
where In 40 county. What you pay Torrent viii
paythe monthly dues. No other p.ynentsh have
own the property. Dueaon Q 500 losa are S6
Dor month. AddfoSD.
=. D. B0oK1R, 0.0.THoMISoN
Secretary President.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
I lTne Old hotel.keeper gave US the ghost of

(The old hoteLkeeper gave US the ghost of
q wink)
"'It is Beetown,' said he.
("Eh?" calculated the hotel keeper sud-
denly. as if struck with the nancy
'Beetownp So said to the driver, We'll,
where are the bees then2 And as he was
lust lovely though one-eyed. this is what
he told me of Beetown.
(The old mans face was as imperturba-
BILE as a mask as she narrated.)
''About here there used to be considera-
bic mining done, and of course tidy bit
of gambling as is usual, but here cards
was 'nuthen to the hoss' they owned.
Leastwise the animal belonged to Pete
Wilson, but as everybody had something
on the 'hoss' one time or another 1t got to
be owned by the town like. Why, in fact,
the tov had another name, Cockeye
Gulch, but it got to be called Beetown
after this racehoss Busy Bee.
Finest piece of flesh you wish to see;
'cleanest hooks you could ever margine.
Went like the wind, though he warn't
straight pedigree, neither Well, he won
every race arouudfor far and near. Moth
ing could touch him. Nothing was talked
of in Beetown but that hoss. Even the
children laid their odds in marbles on
him. (Tne eyeljds of the hotel-keeper
uuivered, but otherwise he gave no sign ;
but my lady had seen the culver
and inimitabIy mimicked the twang of the
stage-driver.)
Zone day there came to Beetown an un-
dersized little devil that induced EN- to
let him bring a hoss that could match
Busy Bee. You see the hull town had got
to think Busy Bee warn't born to be
beaten. A mine or two had closed down
lately and there were lots spelling for ex-
element. As soon as Busy Bee was entered
against that stranger, why Beetown filed up
like magic. Sports came from far and near
The place was in fever. 1t got awful And
wus and wusser as the race drew near
And on the morning of that race you bet
you couldn't have bought yard of white
or blue calico in Beetown for a ransom.
Blue and white was Busy Bees colors,
and every sheet and tablecloth in town
was cut up for decorations. More roses at
a dollar apiece was round that hoss's stall
than would nave done for fashionable
corpse. Finally. just before the race, the
betting got so high that the women acted
like crazy creatures; they got wuss nor
the men. They yelled like hyenas, and
suddenly, as if they were all thinking of
it at once, they began to pile their jewelry
into hat.
"They tore their earrings out of their
ears, the rings off their fingers their breast
pins and everything of such like, piling all
heapng high into that old felt hat-then
staked that too.
"Well, Busy Bee lost! But it was no
other than the great Caractacus he was
running agin. They had no right 10
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

ton of the house is a small cave in one of
the m any rocks that stick up all over the
beach. The other part is a sort of wooden
shed that has been built in front of this
opening. The lumber used is of the rough
est kind, but the esthetic Chinaman over
came this objection by covering the whole
outside with abalone shells, the hollow
side being turned ont.
The Chinaman evidently did that many
years ago, when the shells were plentiful
and had scarcely any market value. Every
shell used has been destroyed, as one or
more nails have been driven through them
according to their size. Some Of the Shells
are magni iticent in color and enormous in
size. There is one at least fifteen inches
in diameter, and duplicate in good con-
dition could not be bought in San Fran
cisco for any price. Most Of the larger
shells, if they were not punctured with
nailholes, would readily sell for from So to
SIS apiece. But that size cannot be had in
the market now, and would be difficult to
find on the rocks OF any part of the coast.
The general effect of the house, when
the sun strikes it at the proper angle, is
dazzling. The polished, pearly surfaces
sparkle with astounding brilliancy and
flash with all the colors OF the rainbow. It
is pleasing and surprising sight, and the
only pity is that so many beautiful shells
we're destroyed to produce It,
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

have been made in the workshop show
that speed of twenty-five knots per hour
can be maintained almost noiselessly.
This is not the first invention that has
wasted the gray matter of the man who is
now Governor of California, and yet the
Governor has never boasted of his mechan-
ical genius. He has rather, in truth, hid
his light under bushel in this respect,
and only those who are very intimate with
him have any knowledge of this phase of his
life. For years Governor Budd has spent
large part of his leisure time in his work
shop. He is blessed-or cursed, as one
may view it-with a brain that finds rest
in activity, relaxation in diversity of
employment. This latest and perhaps
greatest and most useful invention of his,
however, grows out of the fact that Budd
is also an enthusiast in another line of en-
deavor-that OF practical outdoor athletics.
He is a member OF the Stockton Athletic
Association, one of the best and most
complete organizations of its kind on the
coast. AS member of this association the
Governor takes an active interest in al
most all field sports. He knows football
SO expertly that he is priced as a referee.
He wields good hand at the bat on the
diamond, and is good base-runner when
in practice. Boating is his strong
hold, however, and when opportunity
affords he pulls a strong oar in
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
DR.. SAMUEL JOHNSON.
He Was Very Suscep

He Was Very Susceptible to
FIattery.
Johnson, although he prided himself on
his good breeding, was often overbearing,
would sometimes break out with un-
governable fury, astonishing, as it has
been observed, "the well-regulated minds
OF respectable ladies and gentlemen"
That he should have found soace in
female society is not surprising, but that
women should have been SO fond of his
may be thought curious, for he
never spared them, and frequently
expressed something like contempt
for their intellectual capacity. He
declared that they were the slaves of
fashion, and made other comments by no
means polite to the sex. But Johnson did
not always mean what he said, and when
it pleased him no man could pay compi-
ment more gracefully. Nothing can be
more happy than his saying to Mrs. Sid
dons when for the moment he had no
chair to offer her: MADAM, you who so
often occasion a want of seats to other
people will more easily excuse the want of
one yourself" or his compliment, though
we may suspect its truthfulness, to Mrs.
Sheridan on her memoirs of Miss Sydney
Biddulph." ~ know not. madam, that
you have right, upon moral principles, to
make your readers suffer SO much"
Dearly did he like little flattery in re-
turn, and when in his old age ne heard the
opinion of countess that to be praised by
DR.. Johnson "wouid make one a fool all
his life," he said: 81 am too old to be
made a fool, but if you say 1 am made a
fool | shall not deny it. / am much pleased
with a compliment, especially from a
pretty woman" 1t was one of Johnson S
peculiarities that while dressing like a
sloven, he considered himself an infall ible
Judge of what ladies ought to wear. No
milliner of Bond street." says Mr.. Craik
''could be more critical to detect the
displacement of a ribbon, the want of
modishness in cap, or lnharmoni-
Gus coloring in a dress" He lectured
Mrs. Thrale on the subject, and he
lectured her friends, and induced one of
them, who was dressed for church, not
only to change her hat and gown, but also
to thank him for his reproof. "it seems, J"
says Fanny Burney, that he always
speaks his mind concerning the dress of
ladies, and all ladies who are here obeying
injunctions implicitly, and alter whatever
he disapproves. This was written at
Streatham, but Mrs. Thrale's guests were
not always able TO satisfy the fastidious
doctor. One young lady, whose cap John
son called vile, failed to win his approval
when she had changed it. Fannys own
cap was pronounced very handsome be-
her mother had to change her gown be-
cause it did not meet with his approval,
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

- HE asked for a lamp, though it
was still daylight. "Ah, my
\ lady" thought I, ''you will have
- your supper sent up to you, and
you will go TO bed" Good heay
ensl what ride it had been. Forty miles
that day, over the San Jacinto Mountains,
and here we were stopping. as usual, to
please her at the most out-of-the-way place
Imaginable. Nothing pleased her legend
hunting self so much as calling a halt at
some country hotel, and there charming
every body out of their senses and cajoling
stories out of them. She was endurance
personitied, so l, faithful esquire that l
was, fairly chuckled when heard her ask
Tor lamp. But bless my stars, if she
were not down in half an hour, her hair
curl in its most fetching manner, and
by the extra curls l knew the reason of
the lamp. There was a bit of fluff or
gauze, or whatever the stuff was, and a
dainty rosebud for decoration. By that,
her uncle and l knew she scented game.
1t was perfectly wonderful how she would
appear after the toughest ride, as if she
had millinery store at her command
marvellous, when you consider she kept
everything in handbag nine by four.
Her uncle whispered to me: "Its the old
hotel-keeper this time. dead set on
him. And by the Lord Harry and that
rosebud she will land him as fiat as a pam
cake. Just listen to the artful converse
tion. Just listen to her now. Such a
lovely view (mimicking her purring, sing
ing tones). Such a comfortable porch.
(Of course.) No such sunsets IN the
world (She's right about that.) Indian
legends (She has captured two to-day
en- route.) Mountain shaking like jelly
(Oh, yes, you are getting there, no doubt.)
f0Hves' Fowls - Hunting - Horses.
(Jach, my boy, she's got him. She's set
ting herself on that rawhIde chair and she
has him in the corner Give me cigar.
We will 60 outslde)" We all satoutside
watching the glowing amber and the
glamour OF the dusky blue creeping UP the
hills behind, preparatory to that marvel of
marvels-a California sunset.
The old feIIow, with chin whlskeT cut
like a jolly Uncle Sam, he saw through
her ladyship, as we did, but with the
chivalry of an old Californian was at her
service for the proper yarn at the proper
time. Sometimes ii was her method to
bait better with very good story Of her
own. She could tell good one or two in
somuch that her uncle, who worshiped
her, and l, who worshiped her, too, would
prick up our ears when she would begin.
THAT reminds me"
That reminds me- said she, adjusting
her -bordered handkerchief, with its
middle tucked in her bosom and the four
corners spread out like the petals of a
flower, THAT reminds me of a most singu-
lar circumstance that uncle and 1 came
across last year. The stage coach passed
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

one or the other of the associations crews.
The association has three barges, one the
"Jim Budd," 39-foot shell, one the Evan
r. Paterson and the other the "Oriel."
But since Budd assumed the robes and
cares Of the Gubernatorial chair he has
had no time for training. Yet his love for
aquatic sports has been undimin-
ished, as witness his long secu-
sion in the Pollywog after his
illness, and his semi-frequent voyages
to tule land in his private launch. And
now that the progress of the launch has
been rendered practically noiseess and its
speed greatly increased by reason of the
Cover nor's invention another long voyage
may be anticipated. Soon the Governor
of California may be fleeing from the
troubles of state to the joys of duck-shoot-
inp
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
HOUSE OF ABALONE SHELLS.

1t Is Near Cypress Point and Belongs
to a Chinese Fisherman.
Odd haDitations are to be found all over
California. Sometimes there is good rea-
son for this being odd, but often i: is the
result OF some crank idea. On the beach
near Cypress Point. in Monterey County,
there is one that cannot come under the
first head, and hardly under the last.
The residence belongs to Chinese fish
erman, and is part natural and part the
work of his own hands The natural por-