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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-24
People Talked About.

People Talked About.
Prince Nicholas Of Greece Is an ac-
complished drawing room" magician.
Philip Reclaim, the Leipsfc publisher,
is dead.
Dean B. Mason, vice consul general
Of the United States in Vienna, is
dead.
Old King Albert of saxony smokes q
heavy German pipe with porcelain
bowl, and is devoted to it.
Bassano said it was impossible to
paint the feet Of a human being SO
they would look well in a picture.
Mrs. Michael Reid Butterfield, widow
Of Gen. Butterfield, died ut her home
at Kansas City. Death was the result
Of q surgical operation.
Edgerton Adams, president of the
American Forge and Bolt company,
died in Chicago yesterday Of pneu-
monia.
Sir Julia Goldsmid, the we'll known
Hebrew philapthropist, who has been
Ill for some time past, is dead in Lon
don. He was born in 1888.
Princess Marie, wife of Prince Wal
demar of Denmark, has just startled
her relatives by having her photo
graph taken in q fireman's uniform,
helmet and all.
Among the illustrious personages
with queer fads must be numbered
Prince Luitpold of Bavaria. His col
lection Of beetles is the most extern
sive and complete in the world.
Earl Fitzwilliam, who not long ago
celebrated his eighteenth birthday,
rode out with his hounds at Wickers-
ley, England, recently on bitter cold
day and was in at the first kill.
Often when Mr.. Whistler, the artist,
sits down to dinner in his own house
q beautifully made ivory bird cage,
containing several little songsters, is
placed on the table as a decoration.
Erastus Wilman, who appeared as
a public speaker for the first time
since his vindication by the courts, ad-
dressed the Charleston association, a
group Of. West Virginians who yearly
dine together at New York. Though
he is a British subject, he admitted
the Justice Of the Monroe doctrine.
Commander Kfnsley of the train
Ing ship Essex, which has been lying
of Yorktown, fell dead Of heart fail
ure Just after his dinner on board Of
bis ship. He was in apparently good
health previous to that time and was
In good spirits over the expected meet
ing with his wife in Washington the
following day.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-24

The steamer Mariposa arrived al.
sam francisco, from Apia, this morn.
Ing, bringing news Of an uprising OF
the business men Of Samoa against
President Schmidt.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-24
duel : the death near Mount r1sas

duel : the death near Mount rasas
ant, Fla. "a ! .s &. 81
At Macon, Mo-, George r. Reichel
cut his throat after having filed suit
for divorce from his wife, Virginia,
whom he charged with adultery. He
cannot live. 5. q 81
Edward j. jerks, son Of Henry j.
jerks OF Port Huron, Mich, aged "a,
committed suicide at the Sloane house,
in Sandusky, Ohio. by taking lauda.
mum.
Valentine Brandt, a butcher In East
Fortieth street, New York, went to his
home after six weeks debauch, ehot
his wife, and, believing her dead, put
q bullet into his right temple. The
woman will recover.
Benton Harbor, Mich, has OF late
been troubled with jack the peppers
and Huggers. All attempts at captur.
ing them have been fruitless and now
an officer Is detailed on this work
alone, and should they be caught the
rious injury.
The friends Of Harry Bloomington,
the seventeen-year-old boy who re-
Gently shot and killed. thirteen-years
old comrade in Sioux City, Iowa, have
induced the authorities to modify the
charge of murder to that Of man.
slaughter. II IN indictment Is return
ed he will probably escape with q term
In the reform school.
The fact has been made public that
Amos e. Korb, who committed suicide
Christmas evening at his residence In
New York and whose deed was attrib.
uted at the time to insanity. was de,
faulter to the extent OF $4,000 and
perhaps more. Korb was bend book,
keeper for the dry goods commission
house Of Victor & Achelis Of 6G Leon.
ard street.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-24
miscellaneous.

1Iasce11Onl GUS.
A bill has been filed in the superior
court in Chicago asking for the ap-
pofntment Of receiver for the Hotel
Windmere, near Jackson Park.
Between fifty and sixty Iowa laun-
drymen are at Cedar Rapids to organ
lie state branch of the National asso-
ciatnon.
w. G. Brown Of Columbus. Ohio,
was granted a divorce from his wife,.
who was given $4,000 alimony. He
Is wholesale druggist.
The American Purity alliance has
arranged. to hold q conference in AS
sembly hall, United Christian building,
New York.
A. Haffner & Co., doing large re-
tail diamond and jewelry business in
Temple, Texas, with branch houses in
Hillsboro, Taylor and Snlithville, have
made IN assignment. ~
r. A.. Dawson has been appointed
state railway commissioner in Iowa.
Venezuelan residents Of New York
have expressed gratitude to Uncle
Sam. I 5
The Swedish Republicans Of Kansas
have decided to place one of their
number in the field as a candidate for
delegate at large to the national con-
vention.
Great excitement prevails at Bould-
er. Colo, over the new gold fields stu
ated between South Boulder Greek ard
Magnolia. and there ere. rumors Of
riches being uncovered by prospectors
In holes not over five feet deep.
|. At Chicago executions aggregatlng
So, O41 In favor of 8. d. Kimbark,
the lroqu0is Furnace company and ].
j. Parkhurst, were levied on the prop
erty of the Chicago skein and Axle
company.
The sixty suits against the Rocky
Mountain Coal company, on account Of
the killing Of sixty men at Red Can
yon. Wyo., were compromised by the
company agreeing to pay, In each
case, $1,000.
The circuit court at Peoria, ILL.,, re-
fused to appoint a receiver for Singer
Il Wilson, wholesale druggists. 1t was
held that the facts set up in the bill
did not Justify the appointment Of a
receiver.
The employees Of w. ]. Rainey, the
coke operator, met-at New Haven, Pa.
and adopted resolutions demanding On
advance In wages equal to that recent
" given by the. Frick Coke company,
and threatening to strike II their de.
mands are refused.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-24

The human system can endure heat
Of 212 degrees, the boiling point Of
water, because the skin is a bad con-
ductor, and because the Precipitation
cools the body.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-24
Evil Doin n

Z J. r. Scott. ex-mayor Of Akron, Ohio,
committed suicide by hanging himself
in his bed room. ..., e, s5
Fer tie love Of a woman Henry
Thomas uEd Albert Stafford fought q
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-24
Pioneer g % ~ : y ].
PEMB1NA, NORTH DAKOTA
N Queen Victoria has approved of the
appointment Of Gen. Sir Redvefs Bull.
Ter to be colonel Of the Kings Royal.
Rifle Corps (the old 6oth Rines.)

The coming rice crop promises to be-
larger than the largest crop YET re.
corded, that Of three years ago, when
the total yield appropriated 10000, 600
bags.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-24

To remove a rusty screw apply a red
hot iron to the head for q short time,
the screwdriver being used immedi-
ately afterward while the screw is stilJ
hot.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-24
Foreign GossIp.


Russia, France and Germany may
form an anti-British alliance.
France and Germany have united to
check the British advance in South
Africa. :
The Dominion cabinet crisis over the
Manitoba school question is considered
near.
Germany's emperor refuses to recog-
nize British suzerainty over the Trans
vaal. England gets war vessels ready.
The duke and duchess of Marlbo-
rough have arrived at Port Said,
Egypt.
News most unfavorable to the Span
ish government has been received in
Barcelona, from Cuba. 1t is under
stood that the insurgent forces are
pressing around Havana.
The remains Of Prince Alexander of
Prussia, general in the Prussian
army and q great-grandson Of Freder-
lex William H., were buried in the
cathedral at Berlin. The prince was
born in Berlin in 1920, and died on
Jan. 4.
There was a largely attended meet
ing Of Irish Nationalists at Wexford.
John Redmond addressed the meeting.
Reference which he made to the Brit
ish invasion of the Transvaal brought
forth loud and continued cheers for the
Beers.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador, and Lord Cough, first Sec
retary Of the legation. had a confer
ence with Postmaster General Wilson,
at which the establishment of q par
cells post convention between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain was urged.
The ambassador was assured by Mr..
Wilson that the matter should be con-
sidered as soon as possible.
The international exhibition for nav
igation and fisheries, to be held at
Kiel from May IL to September 80,
1896, under the auspices Of the Ger
man government, is beginning to at
tract attention in Washington. With
In few days an estimate of $4,000
will be submitted to congress to ena-
BILE the war department to make a riv-
er and harbor exhibit similar to that
Displayed ut Chicago, and to enable
the fish commission to make IN ex.
hibit.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-24

Havana. Jan. 1.-THE cause OF the
heavy artillery. firing heard yesterday
In the direction OF Bejucal. south of
this city and about half way between
Havana and Databano, remained q
mystery until about noon today.
It now appears TINT Gen. Linares,
commanding strong force Of Spanish
troops, moved from the vicinity of
Aanagua, Santiago. Rincon and Salud,
upon Bejucal, upon learning that Gen.
Gomez's forces had attacked BejucaI,.
and were repulsed by the garrison Of
that place after five hours fighting.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-31

The first sewing silk was patented
by an American in 1S4e.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-31
A HUMAN ARROW
Sew Trspsse Feat Performed b. Q a..
e. OF Seventeen.

rev Trspsse Feat Performed b, . a..
Of Seventeen.
A pretty litle acrobat has intsodu...
. new sensation to this country. nv.
tho Boston ADVERTISE. She eli :.
. lofty perch, lies nat ON her faee un.'
Q smooth plank. with her feet r,st.
ing against . velvet-covered hlock =.
wood attached to tho string Of q hns.
czoss-bow. Then she sti3ens her bodr
extends her hands In front OF her ,nS
cries "ready." A catch il pulled. u.
string of the bow sings a. it cuts tn
air, and little Alar in hurled, 40 rieia
az O steel bor, head f1rst through m,
per target at which she had been ea,,.
fully aimed, and sails through The ii,
in . graceful curve to the other dd,
Of the big tent. where, just a. she b.
gins to descend, she is caught BY an.
other woman, who swings head down.
ward, hanging from q trapeze, which
oocillatcs in such q manner that, Jus.
Ut the right moment, it brings t.
dangling women within reach Of IL.
flying girl, and Just as the spectator
aro wondering whether the little ooeh
going TO land and how badly she will
be hurt, they see her safely dropped
into . comfortable and inviting pair Of
arms.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-31
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

One hundred new words are annual'
" added to the English language. 49,
"a dealer saws there is more steel
used in the manufacture of pens imam
in all the sword and gun factories IN
the world.
Some workmen in Gorham IN. Ill.,
carpenter shop have queer pet. ~
is a handsome butterfly which stayed
IT. the shop all last winter and is very
tame.
"A citizen of Leeds, England, recent
IL found a peculiar cowslip. The center
stalk measured over 11s inches in cir
conference. In addition to its great
thickness it was futed and followed
on one side like a stick of rhubarb, IN
stead of being round like an ordinary
cowslip plant.
MANY years prior to the British oc-
cupation of Egypt some of the people
of that country worshiped the croco-
ollie as god, there being nothing else
like him. They fed him on dainties,
and decked him ont with jewelry. In
other parts of Egypt, however, the ma
tives looked upon him as a devil.
Governments frequently have very
curious questions brought before them,
and few questions could be more 50
than those, for instance, which deal
with the eating habits of the people.
Thus, 1T one time in English history
it was solemnly discussed, and finally
determined, as to how many courses
of food should be served at dinner.
"A new insect has invaded Anderson,
Ind, that is being sought for eagerly
by farmers. 1t battles with potato
bugs and is effectual in driving the
pests from the potato vines. 1t first
made it's appearance in gardens in
Jamestown, but is now being trans
planted into gardens ali over the city
and county. It is a diamond-shaped
insect, with a long beak. 1t makes
business of spearing the potato bugs
and living off their blood. 1t does no
harm to the vines. 1t is green in color
"A woman in French hospital had
hiccough which had resisted all treat
ment for four days. She was asked
to show her tongue, and it was noticed
that with the putting out of the tongue
the hiccough ceased. The same thing
has been since tried, and with sue
cess, in other cases. All that is nee
essary apparently is to strongly push
the tongue out of the mouth and hold
it so, for a minute or two. 1t is also
suggested now to try the same thing
III suffocative cough, as whooping
cough, and choking by irrespirable
cases.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-31
FLORIDA AND ORANGE GROVES.
Where the Pursuit of q Competence is
Far from Easy.

Far from Easy.
People do not seem to go to Florida
nowadays to grow oranges and glide
into aff]uencc gradually while ca
ressed by the southern sun. 1t is, in
fact, too gradual a slide, especially if
you Start with pips, (which require seven
years before they give sou oranges.
Besides, it is not such smooth sailing
as that. Now and then comes biting
frost with its sequel of "Vae victis."
For my part, love frosty morning
in Florida, with it's rich. smoky, red
eastern sky, against which the green
of the trees has so strong and incongru-
GUS all effect. But there is too much
swearing afterward for the peace of
mind of virtuous and sympathetic
person. Nice little groves in full bear
ing may, it is said, he picked up cheap
after one of these calamitous nights.
1t is, however, much like buying shares
in bank that has just closed it's doors.
Only the most patient, hardened and
impecunious of emigrants can stand
orange growing in Florida. True, they
are lured on by the prospect of market
gardening in the meantime. Early
Strawberries, new potatoes, ETC., sell
we'll in the north. Bnt so many other
parts of the western hemisphere are
at the same game and the commission
agents are so sharp that profits never
seem TO come nigh expectation. And all
the time the newcomers are blackening
under the Florida sun, enjoying little
fevers quite harmless, they are tolG),
settling down as best they may to the
society of the voluble mosquitoes and
realizing only too solidly that there
are disappointments and privations
enough to be suffered in this belauded
land of perpetual sunshine. The pur-
suit of competence is, in fact, no
easier in Florida than elsewhere
Cornhill Magazine.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-31

and don't give them back till we come
among hostiles again. Such . critter
isn't to be trusted with weapons in
these parts And mountaineering
the astonished culprit-'you climb on
to your horse and lead us straight to
the wounded boy"
Completely cowed by Migrants firm
ness and the threatening attitude of his
angry comrades, the disarmed offender
sullenly obcyed, and, accompanied by
half a dozen of us on horseback, made
his way to a shallow ravine, mile dis
tant, where, faint from the loss of blood,
but fully conscious, lay an Indian youth,
whom he recognized as the son of Wa
on-to-to, chief of that band of Nava-
ioes whose village we had purposed to
visit.
One of our number, a duly qualified
surgeon, who preferred gold-seeking to
practice, made careful examination
of the injured thigh, and, to our great
relief, found that, though the bullet
missing the main artery by scant
quarter-inch-had actually grazed the
bone, the latter was not broken.
To stanch the flow OF blood, skilfully
dress the wound, and reinvigorate the
patient by proper stimulants, was only
few minutes work. Then we con-
structed litter, Indian fashion, anu
bore him gently back to comfort
able resting-place in one of our wag"
Ons.
AS we went along the boy told Ingram
who spoke Navajo and dozen other
Indian tongues story which brought
the hot flush of shame to our cheeks
and made us feel more than half in
clined to lynch our brutal companion
on the spot.
It seems that the young brave had
purposely stayed behind the rest of
the band in order, as he Hospitality
thought, to compliment us by pres
ent of such game as he might kill with
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-31
CLANS THAT TRAP MEN.

Huge Bivalves That Sometimes Catch
Pearl Divers In the Pacific OCEAN.
Bivales of various species form traps
of deadly character, and of these
the various CLAIMS are most frequently
heard of. The Sun told the other day of
rat whose tail was caught by clam
over in Hoboken.
Darwin's theory on the broadcast dis
tribution of species was that birds
carried them. For instance, the heron
wading on the spawning bed of trout
gets number of the eggs stuck to it's
legs. On flying to a stream some miles
away, hitherto unstocked with these
fish, the eggs are washed off and are
Matched according to the regular course
of nature. The fish breed and multi
ply.
a Canada goose killed in Ohio had a
fresh water-clam attached to one mid
die toe. Had the goose not been killed
the clam would have dropped off into
water perhaps hundreds of miles from
it's original home.
The Sun recently told of a gull which
was nearly drowned by a clam that had
closed on its bill in a Massachusetts, BAY.
Similar stories are told of other birds.
Men have stepped into the open jaws
of huge clans accidentally at low tide.
and the CLAIMS, closing their jaws, have
held them fast till the tide rose, when
the men were drowned Other men
have reached for lure in the form of q
luminous spot. The instant they
touched it the shells of clam closed on
their arms and in few minutes the
men were drowned. Some of the CLANS
that trap men are found embedded in
the coral reefs of the Pacific and Indian
oceans, and the men captured are pearl
divers. The flesh of one of the huge
CLAIMS (tridaena gigos) sometimes
weighs 20 pounds, and added to that is
the 500 pounds or more of shell. The
shell is something like five feet long by
two and three-quarters wide. Poets
are fond of saying that these shells are
the cradles Of sea goddesses. since they
are very beautiful if polished. They arr,
also used as baptismal fonts.-N. =.
Sun.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-31
CASTING A FLY.
p.,r,r.d to Do tho Thing Prop
.

Art IL REQUIRED TO DO tn0 AA.s
Flv casting constitutes one OF inc
greatest joys of angling. Altnougn
omen water is, of course, preferable IL
;s NOT. however, absolutely necessary.
Anv 1 oO-foot clear air space Will an
swer the purpose of the beginner al
though the water practice enaoles one
to use the regular cast of flies ana ieau-
ers much sooner. While sawed shots
for WEIGHTS are to be used in heu OF
flies and leaders in the first efforts the
Is tier should as soon as possible be
substituted, for the line does not handle
the same when they are not attached
In fly casting carefully mace anu
especially adapted sectional split bam-
boo rod may be used, and the reel shoulo
he attached to the butt. With ~ feet
of line IN the water, or upon the lawn,
as the case may be, and with the rod
held at angle of about As degrees
in front, the angler is ready Tor the
start of the cast. Let the line be now
worked out eight or ten feet further.
This is done by drawing the line from
the click reel with the left hand ana
then by the springing, willowy action
of the rod, which action at the same
time draws the slack line through the
rod guides, the line is lifted upward
and overhead to the rear, making the
beginning of very important feature
the back cast.
The upward, overhead and backward
motion of the line by the spring OF the
rod is produced by the motion OF the
anglers forearm and wrist only. The
rod should be stopped in the backward
movement when it reaches an angle OF
ten degrees in the rear, and as the line
reaches point in the rear at almost
right angles to the extreme tip OF the
rod the angler should again, by wrist
and forearm movement, throw the rod
forward by an angle of As degrees in
front, thus producing the cast. The
next cast should be made by drawing
the line from the reel as before and
making exactly the same casting mo-
tons, and so on until the desired dis.
t;.nce is attained.
The back cast often puzzles begin
ners. In attempts to recover this back
cast too soon and start the line forward
before it has time to straighten out in
the rear many mishaps are experienced.
The recovery must be made at the
| right moment. and this is the most
difficult problem of solution. This fea
ture will be made easy in time by care
and practice. The proper action of the
rcd, which may be accurately con-
structed and especially adapted in
weight and length for fly casting, will
be greatly impeded if the forearm and
wrist motion is not properly executed.
Its proper execution is the very founda
ton, as it were. of fly casting. 1t is not
weak or relaxed motion, but very
rigid one. This motion brings out the
action Of the rod, and if properly exc
cuted produces the desired distance
casting and the forearm is even auxil
| larry to the wrist motion, which latter
throws the fly and the line upward and
backward. The pump-handle motion of
the whole arms should be most careful
ly avoided, for although quite natural
for a beginner, satisfactory results can
never result from it's use. - Lewiston
(Ate.) Journal.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-31

knife to the wounded brave, who. our
doctor said, would be oil right In less
than month.
" On arriving at our own camp, we
told our comrades what had occurred,
and Dave Ingram said to Langton:
"lf you want to save your life, you'd
better keep inside one of the wagons
till we get far down on the Pacific
slope, otherwise Iwouldn'tgive two cents
for your chance of seeing California"
"Sho! who cares for 1njun brag!
Give ME back my shootin' irons, and III
run all the risk" carelessly replied the
headstrong man.
II suppose you must have them, see.
ing how matters stand,'' said the guide.
But if you've got any word to send to
YOUR folks down east, you'd best put
it in writing and leave the paper with
u.s."
mot much, I WON'T" retorted Seth.
Before I go under there'll be lot OF
dead redskins round. Then, if any OF
you fellers is left, you can tell the
story"
stake your own way, man. There's
no use in talking to q fool, reJOlned the
disguised pioneer.
For one whole week after that we pur.
sued our journey without special adj.
venture, and had, we thought, got quite
beyond the usual range of Wa-on-to-tos
band. In all that time not a single
Navajo had shown himself. nor had any
threatening demonstrations been made.
Consequently, Langton INDUCED in
much merriment at what he called "Old
Dawes croaking."
"Why," said he, "the hole in that red
cubs leg don't amount to shucks! He's
made pretty good spec outen it, any
how, for you softies was fools enough to
give him ten times what his whole car
kiss is with. guess his old dads long
arm amt goin' to hurt nobody-not
this time!" 49,.