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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-25

Hereafter commission men who deal
with North Dakota farmers in the receiv-
ing and selling of grain will have to give
a bond of SIC, 900 before they will be
permitted to do business. This is the
effect of law passed at the last session
of the legislature, arising no doubt, from
the losses to farmers of the state through
the failure of commission men. Indi-
viduals are not to be taken as suretie es on
the bonds-6delity company insurance is
required.-Langdon Democrat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-25
Rice.

It is not generally known that rice is the king
of cereal foods; that 1t is so far superior to DO.
tatoas as relish with meats, etc., that one of our
best posted lady lecturers says she would not use
that it takes about tan pounds Of potatoes to es
ual one of rice In food strength. It is also fact
that the consumption of rice is increasing won
maid is twofold greater than the homegrown
supply, because the territory where rice can be
grown is 80 restricted In Southwest Louisiana,
along the line Of the SOUTHERN PACIFIC, the
There, and there only, the grain can be handled
the same q wheat. aud is grown ON high land
and In section Of country - healthy e the
Fountain of Youth.
An acre Of ground will net ton dollars and fifty
acres can be tended BY one man. Look into It!
Write to c. G. Cary, n: w. P. A., Southern Pac
ific Co.. Exchange Building. Kansas City. No.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-25
THE DELINQUENT TAX LAW.

Under the decision quoted in another
column in this issue, in reference to the
delinquent tax sale, it will be no bonan-
"a in this county to the printer who gets
it This is not the regular tax sale, but a
kind of summing up and reselling of
about 1900 town lots and a. few pieces of
farm lands which, under various laws,
have been heretofore sold to the county
or state. Many of these lots, because
thus sold were not reassessed, or if as
:sessed, were again resold to the county
or state year after year. We have now
on our statute books three separate
laws for the collection of back taxes.
One called the retroactive law, is to re-
assess such lots as have heretofore been
sold to the county or state and being
county or state property" have
not been assessed for several
years. We have another law which
takes in all property which for "any rea-
son" has not had its taxes paid for any
years prior to 1895. The third law COW
ers the regular annual tax sale for the
delinquent taxes of 1885, The first law
is clearly of no effect where third parties
have become interested, and it is probable
much of the property covered by the
second law will fall under the same OBJ
lection. Under the third law, there is
still some question as to whether there
will be sale or not this year, owing to
the ambiguity as to when the penalty
falls due and the rate. The law for the
property in the second class makes it the
duty Of the treasurer to make list, adver-
tise it, and then file with the clerk of
court, and then Judgment is taken.
This list in this county will cover about
1000 descriptions. The county treasur-
er has the list about half made and it
has already taken 40 sheets of paper
with IS lines to the page to list the taxes.
Thetown lots average at least six different
years of delinquency each of which oc-
cupies line Of type. Many lots have
delinquent taxes for every year since
1885, 1886, 1887, and a great part of
Ham ton, Bathgate, Neche and other
towns have from seven to nine years tax
es per lot. 1t will probably take eight
pages Of a paper the size of the PIONEER
EXPRESS, solid nonpareil type, to cover
the list, for which the publisher will get
about $500 or little over 2 cents line
instead of Is cents line, if a line was to
! be description" but which Attorney
General Cowan says it isn't.
From printers point of view setting
fup 1000 inches of nonpariel and running
it three weeks for the $500, is not very
fiat take" On the part of the county,
while the printing will be done cheaply,
there will be many other fees to pay to
the sheriff and otherwise, and not
chance of reimbursement except for a
very small part of the property advertis-
led. No man in his senses would pay
Ethe taxes for good warantee deed Of
sthe whole list, but when the sale is made
the county foots the bills, and the state
gets the property. The only redeeming
feature of this law is, that it allows peo-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-25

general good and the enlightenment of
humanity, than any two centuries of his
tory. AS Queen of the leading nation in
tnat march of progress, her influence, her
example, has always been for the best.
AS such Queen, as such woman,
she deserves and has honor from all good
people. Long live the Qucen!"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-25

Bathgate wants the county seat. Now
if there is any thing else Bathgate wants
let them make it known and we will out
it all on one plate.-Crystal Call
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-25
Sllerif's Sale.

Sllerifr's Sale.
State ate Of f., North 10 n; Dakota District Court:
louisiana +. Moore and Nelson A. Trudel adj.
ministrator of the estate of louisiana Il. Moore
Plaintiffs. VS.. Barbara j. Webb. Lewis E. Book.
er and George w. Ryan, defendants.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of u iudg-
men' Of foreclosure and sale in the above entitl-
ed action ON the 11th day of January, A. D. 1897
and an execution issued upon said judgement.
the subscriber John E. Truemner, sheriff Of Penn
bina county. State of North Dakota, for that pur-
pose appointed will sell ut public auction at the
front door of the court house, in the city of Penn.
bina, county of Pembna, state of North Dakota
Monday July 18th, 1897, at 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon of that day, the rea! estate and mortgaged
premises. situated in the County OF Pembina.
state Of North Dakota, and directed in said
Judgment and execution to be sold and therein
described as follows: Block number three (3.l
in the city of Pembina, and st6te of North Dako-
ta.. or SO much thereof as may be sufficient to
satisfy said judgment and costs. amounting to
two thousand nine hundred and fifty.one dollars
and eighty nine cents (3s951.s9,) together with
all accruing costs of sale, and interest on the
same from the 18th day Of February, 1896, at the
rate OF seven per Cent per annum.
E. W. COMFY, JNo. E, TRUEMNER.
Pla1nt1t's attorney. Sheriff, Pembina Co.
BY Thos. w. Brown, deputy,
Dsted this 10th day Of June, 1897. $3.50
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pie who have been letting property run
without paying taxes on it, an opportun-
ity of coming up and settling their old
delinquencies at 7per cent interest, which
some are doing.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-02
PROTECTION OF THE WATERS OF
THE COMMONWEALTH

For tho last two wears the oyster
grounds of the Commonwealth have been
practically unlnolested by non-residents.
In fact' ever since a vigorous protective
policy was inaugurated and the oyster
police navy strengthened. I'm 1894 the in
curslons which had been so frequent Tor
long time. have ceased. and we have
had no trouble worth mentioning. and the
oyster beds in the Tansier and POGO
moke Sounds are richer than they had
been Tor at least two decades prior there
10. The appropriation Of lS93-94 for the
better protection OF our oyster interests
was most wise and timely. for they had
peen suffering from reckless non-resl-
dents who constantly raided our beds
with dredges and carried off oysters that
were Saiable and destroyed the small ones
and injured the bottoms OF the sounds.
The commandants OF the steamers and
sehooners In the service of the state have
been dillgent In the discharge Of their du-
Ties and deserve commentator.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
There is still a remnant OF the old public
DEBT which has not been funded under the
act OF 1872. IS shown by the report OF the
second Auditor. II 10 believed that some
OF the holders OF these outstanding securi-
ties have failed TO fund them from mad
vertence
l would recommend that all holders
OF the bonds OF the State who have neg
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-02

There Is recommendation from each
OF the Boards of an enlargement OF the
annual appropriation To meet the adj
vanccd prices OF provisions. and provide
for the constant increase Of patients.
They report that the cost OF main
tenancc and support has been greater Tor
the last year than usual. and that there
is every indication OF a considerable adj
ditlOn 10 the number Of inmates.
The cost of maintenance and support
nor raDita for the wear 1885, 9. was as fol-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-02


en- your desire "a make ample provision
for the care. comfort ana treatment OF
that unfortunate class who are either
"wretches az random, driven. without one
glimpse OF reason or OF Heaven" or sub
iects whose restoration is still hoped and
prayed for in many a home.
ESCAPES FROM JAIL.
In my message to the General Assembly
at its session of 1906 l called attention
10 the frequent escapes OF persons charg-
ed with and convicted of crimes from the
jails of the cities and counties OF this
Commonwealth. / desire 10 repeat what
| then said. that II IS the duty OF the
counties and cites-not the State-to pro-
vide safe and secure jails, and 1t is the
province OF the cities and cOunties-not
the State-to provide efficient officers.
and when a person charged wi'h or con-
victed of crime escapes from the jail
Of a city or county. the city or county
should be made liable for the expense in
Cured by the State in the payment OF
reward and the cost Of the capture and
return OF the fugitive TO jail. The General
Assembly OF 1866 took no action in the
direction indicated. and since escapes
have been more frequent than ever. and
the State has been mulcted heavily and
some fugitives have never been captured
the escapes have invariably resulted
from weak and insecure jails or careless
and inefficient officers. Recently a des-
perate law-breaker escaped from jail. he
was captured In another state and extra
dited at considerable expense; he was sent
10 another Jail for safe-keeping; he es-
capped from IT, he was again captured in
another State and again extradited, and
another account against the Common
wealth rendered and paid II the cities
and counties will not provide secure jails
and put them in charge OF viglant and
reliable custodians. they should at least
be required to reimburse the Common
wealth for money expended by reason OF
their fault and dereliction OF duty. Coun-
ties and cities that have complied with
the law and been taxed 10 ,rect strong
jails and have taken care in the appoint
ment OF proper custodians. should not be
taxed again for the failure of other coun-
ties and cities to hold securely violators
OF the law within their own jurisdiction.
REDUCTION OF JAIL EXPENSES.
IL strikes me that the cost OF support
ing prisoners in the jails OF the Common
wealth Is too heavy.
A tailor Is allowed forty cents per day
for a single prisoner. thirty cents each
for three and less than ten, and twenty
Ave cents each for ten or more.
These allowances, II seems to me, arc
excessive, particularly where many pris-
oners are confined at the same time as in
jails OF the cities and the counties i'm
mediately around the cities.
The averaging cost Of maintaining con-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-02

Continued on sixth Page)
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-02

Our industrial enterprises have beer
Guickened and many that were dormant
twelve months ago have awakened. anc
are now giving employment TO thousand:
who were idle In every direction vigoi
is returning. and activity is seen. Con
fidence is banishing despondrncy, and
brightness is driving out gloom.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-02

The health of the State has been good
no epidemic has increased our usual low
mortality rate We have had additional
reason to rejoice and be thankful that
the lines have fallen to us in cline free
from miasma or poisonous exhalations,
with oquable temperature and balnIy
and invigoraling breezes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-12-16

she generally was animated. Her
dress was quiet and in better taste
perhaps than was found with most OF
the young ladies who went to the
same suburban church on Sunday
and lived in the little villas, jerry
built, precarious. which bravely faced
the suburban gale on their crumbl
ing brick. with sand for mortar and
laths for party walls.
Her name-a ridiculous name, but
in the matter of names people are SO
was Ariadne. The girl thought it
pretty name and much finer than
Muriel, Gladys and Dorothy, names
which decorated most of the girls she
knew. Ariadne-a poetical name;
she knew nothing of the story be-
longing to the deserted nymph Ari-
adne. She admired her name as
most girls admire their faces: she
wrote it down and looked at it, as
most girls look in the glass. And, as
Ariadne does not go well with Samuel
which was her lovers name. there
was secret understanding between
them, that when they were alone he
was to be Cyril instead of Sam. Then,
without sense of the incongrlous
she could listen to the voice of love.
Cyril" she was saying, ''there are
worlds upon worlds all around us,
and here we know nothing about
them. I'm not discontented with my
lot, but | wish | could see some of
them, sometimes"
'You wouldn't like them, Ariadne." !"
How do you know? Besides, l
didn't say 1 should like them. want
to see them l want to see the people
chat the papers talk about"
They are just like ourselves"
"No, they're not, dear boy; l know
better than that. They don't dress
like we / want to see the G. eat la
dies and the fine ladies, the artists
and the poets and the actors"
Its no use without money"
Il want the mony. too. l want to
go and live among them and be on
of them. Just for two or three years,
Cyril. Just to understand what it is
/ like And then to come back again
to this stupid old suburb and the stu
pid old people and the stupid old
Sam" he whispered, audaciously
pressing her hand.
Cyril" she corrected him.
"And then we would be married,
wouldn't we2 Perhaps | shall be
drawing $50 by that time if l am
lucky"
Married? O, we'll; we should see
about that You know, Cyril, have
always told you that | could never
marry man whom | did not respect
for his intellect. He must he my SUI
perior, otherwise could not think of
marrying him.
"Of course" This young man
knew not the language of compliment
not even the commonest words IN 1t,
nor the declenions nor the conjuga
tons. "Of course, know that"
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THE SKYROCKEr.

Together they walked III the long
June twilight across the fields. They
were not very lice fields; the path
was composed of cinders and broken
brickbats: the ragged hedge was bro
ken down in parts; there were occa-
sional patches on which green things
refused to grow; there was, however,
a shallow ditch running beside the
dilapidated hedge which contained an
unsavory mud and there was pig
gerry at the end of the ditch. These
things on a warm evening in June,
suggested the country.
They walked side by side, as they
always had done The young man
held the girls hand; be did not press
it, nor lift 1t to his lips or go off into
interiections over 1t; he simply held
it. She was quite accustomed to this
assertion Of authority, or submission
as You will, made no OBJECTION and did
not Withdraw her hand. He walked,
in silence. Why should he desire to
talk? He Just liked to be with her;
sometimes to look at her; to let her
talk as much as she liked: not even
to follow her when she went off into
dreams. For he was twenty four and
| a clerk in a big house of business and
lived all day in world where nothing
happens-Lot even the unexpected
except what is made to happen by
the wisdom and the cOntrivance of
the partners. The world is SO, to The
Z ~ -, L, 4 Il fhaf no h
| to get what he can for himself; he has
to be foreseeing and farseelng; above
all. he must never dream.
Therefore this young man looked
forward to life of low standards,
/ though this he would not admit to
| himself, to small income and thrifty
ways He was a steady young man,
who always had a solid book going,
in which he read slowly and without
lhe slightest interest in the contents.
He thought that Il course OF reading
in miscellaneous subjects, none Of
which attracted him, raised bim to
the level of those who improve them
selves He was a good locking young
man, with regular features and the
appearance Of possibility. In fact
he had no vices, and felt no tempta
| tons. and was, therefore, profoundly
| uninteresting.
The glri. however. was quite unlike
nim. She moved as If her feet were
/ springs; she walked as il she We're
| dancing; she talked as if she were
singing; she laughed at her own
thoughts like a thrush, She was
nearly as tall as her companion, who
was five feet ten inches. She was
certainly not pretty, because she had
not a single good feature in her face
except, perhaps, her eyes, which were
! quick and bright, but she was at
| tractive when she was animated, and
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-12-16

The two most critical times in q
woman's life are the times which
make the girl a woman, and the wo
man a mother. At these times, DIR.
Pierce's Fayorite Prescription is of
incalculable value. 1t strengthens
and invigorates the organs distinctly
feminine, promotes regularity of the
functions, ailays irritation and in
fammation, checks unnatural, ex-
hausting drains. and puts the whole
delicate organism into perfect con-
dition. Almost all the ills of woman
kind are traceable to some form of
what is known as 'female complaint"
There are not three cases in hun
dred of woman's peculiar diseases
that DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton will not cure.
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Ill

Sunday afternoon, Ariadne's room
was crowded with callers. She was
standing in the midst of q circle; the
rooE was filled with laughter and
whispers and the buzz of conversa
sation. Suddenly. as she looked
around, she flushed scarlet. In the
doorway stood, awkward, embarrassed,
her lover, Samuel-alias Cyril She
stepped across the room. ''Cyril,"
she said, ''this is very good of you
Come in and wait till the people are
gone and we will talk"
He obeyed; he stood in the room
unnoticed. He watched the girl
transformed. Was that Ariadne? his
own Ariadne. this vision of floating
lace and white silk, holding her own,
an equal among these fine ladies and
these men whose faces were not like
the faces of the counting housee
Presently the people began to go
away. Then all had something to say
as they went.
1t was her editor. miss Ascot,
we are longing to see the new story"
IL Woo q iouy Wdooo hoHO WOO
known everywhere. Dear Ariadne,
you must take the chair at the dinner
of women, that is agreed"
Itwas the critic. He was the lest,
He whispered, "And the answer
when will you give me an answers"
81 don't know, indeed. When my
new story is out. You must wait till
then"
"But-if l may only hope"
"We can all hope-goodby"
The critic retired.
When they were all goue, Samuel
stepped forward ''O," he said, ''if
you knew how dull it is at home Are
you never coming back, Ariadnes"
"Why should ?" she replied cruel
ly. "Look around you, Samuel
she called him Samuel and it sank
into his heart. "You see all these
people. They are the leaders in Ii
terature and art. Should / give up
their friendship? What have you to
offer me in return?"
Continued on fourth page.
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he laid it down with sigh and left
the task of answering that question to
anybody who chose. Every DOW and
then such book appears; Il succeeds;
the only explanation of its success
is that it possesses mysterious charm
which seizes upon the reader and
holds him tight-even as the ancient
mariner held the wedding guest.
/ Every year at least two. and gener
ally three regulations in fiction are
made. The writer of "Ariadne" made
her regulation by that book. Nobody
had ever heard her came; nobody
knew anything about her at all. But
her book, which had begun by creep
ing, went on to run-to leap-to gal
lop- through the editions. The pub
Usher, who had begun by being
grumpy, became first cheerful, then
beaming; he had been overbearing at
first with the take-it or leav it manner
which belongs to one who confers a
doubtful benefit and incurs possible
loss; he became kindly, friendly, sf-
fectIonate, even deferential. He gave
dinner party one evening. The
author OF ''Ariadne" was the guest of
the evening. Her name, it appeared,
WIS Ariadne Ascot. She was still
quite young, not more than two and
twenty; she was full of animation
she was new to society and frankly
owned her ignorance; she could not
talk of new books because she had
read none; nor of poets because she
knew none; nor OF art because she
had hardly ever seen any pictures.
She accepted admiration, however,
with evident joy. at is new to me-
she said, like everything else. You
cannot tell me too often how you like
my poor little book There was in
her face, in her manner, caressing
yet not submissive, something of the
glamour of her book.
Il reviewed it in the Daily Train, )"
said one of her admirers 1 fell to the
ground and worshipped it, as should
worship the author Miss Ascot, you
have made, believe me. the most bril-
liant contribution to literature we
nave CuJOy Ou iOI y WuOlc RouoIdtlOu
81 suppose" he said to another man
at the club that night, ''that is all
right about the boom of Arladne. No
hankey, eh? Because, you know, l
have beard"
$50 have l. In shis case it is all
right. l know the printer"
She'll make pot of money"
my dear fellow, nothing to what
she'll make by her second book. /
hear they are wiring across the At
lantic to secure her at any price.
Man. she's an heiress. She lives at
the Langham; got three rooms and a
maid, and is spending the money as
fast as she makes it.''
Thus, you see, heaven does some
times hear our prayers. Ariadne de
sired to see these worlds. Her de
sire was gratitied.
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II.

1t has been pointed out that the
author is not called upon by the pu
bile; he is not sent for like the lawye,
and the physician. That is because
he offers himself unasked and in far
greater numbers than are wanted.
So while he stands up for hire with
the rest in the statute fair of Pater
noster row, the public go round and
make their choice
In autumn of 1893 there were pro
duced, among other works of death
less interest, four hundred novels,
u1noticed at first, With these ap
peared story on whose title page
was the single name, ''Ariadne."
If you were to read that book now
you would lay it down with feeling
that it was crude and early piece OF
work, badly constructed, the dialogue
managed without skill, and the story
naught. 1t is now four years since
that book was written and the gla
NOR las quite gone out of it. The
pages charm no one. II is not asked
for; you can buy it for next to moth
ing; 1t will soon drop into the six
penny box. Why then, one asks,
was there so great. SO immediate a
run upon it? The smart critic set
down the fact to the bad taste of the
reading public; the man who under
stands that the bad taste of the public
never by any chance sends him after
feeble writer's, took up the book to
find out for himself the reason of its
popularity. He read it through; the
magic of the book seized him; he for
got to ask why; aud he never stopped
until he had reached the end. Then
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The Germans seem to be losing re-
spect for their emperor. Last year
there were So per cent. more impris
onments for leze majesty than IL
wears auO
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'To be sure, YOU do improve
yourself"
Il am now, Ariadne," he assured
her proudly, sin the heart of Hum
boldt Cosmos"