davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
The .Amerio.n Boy. 1.1e.hip.

The "American BOY" Badeship.
Every American hopes Fur school
poys VIII succeed In they Efforts to
raise 100000 to be use{in building
z Dattleship. It costs gtat sums to
ouild q warship, but yoycan build up
your health with Hosteters Stomach
Bitters at small expens( This remedy
orders.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
Fer gear Remoycd

He-There's that Smythe girl, she's
going to sing "In Old Madrid"
She with that sweetness which is
characteristic of her sex)-Is she. real
ly? What relief. I was afraid she
was going to sing here!-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
Swift.

''The fight was all over in a minute.''
said the witness. IVY, it was all done
as quick as an old married man kissin'
his wife goodbye" --Indianapolis JouE-
nal
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
Iofsof Feeling.

Judge-Previous to the murder, had
there been any ill-feeling between the
prisoner and his victim?
Witness-Well, the dead man had .
very broadly developed sense Of
'touch. "-Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
Gone I'm

"Do you believe poetry is dead In
this country?"
Eyes; practically so. The soap man
ufacturers don't use it for advertising
purposes tany re."-Chicago News.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
$500 PER WEEK

We will pay salary of SIS per week
for man with rig to introduce Perfec-
ton Poultry Mixture in the country,
the greatest egg-producer on earth.
Address with stamp, Perfection Mfg.
Co., Parsons, Kansas.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
The Cheerful Idiot.

'"rhey say" said the prosy boarder,
chat there is a newspaper in China
that was started a thousand years
ago."
'"They must have been the original
yellow Journalists" said the Cheerful
1diot.-Indianapolis Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
on Her Mind

"There's a load off my mind" said
the Italian lady, as she deposited the
seven bushels of coal that she had
picked up along the railroad tracks,
Chicago News.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
The Cause of the Tronh1..

The Cause of the Trouble.
what was the row between the
proof reader and the editorY'
cover the spelling of Philippine; the
proofreader insisted on spelling it not
wisely but with two ls."-Indianapolis
Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01

Monotony in Rings Explained.
Susie-Papa, what makes q man al.
ways give a woman diamond engage
ment ring?
Her Father-The woman.-Jewelers
Weekly.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
A Mean Thinr

"Do you call this angel-cake, Kath-
arine!'
Eyes; isn't it goodY'
"Of course, dear; but l didn't know
taere We're any iron-jawed angels"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
The Wrong Place.

Long Haired Poet-I am q poet, sir,
and called to-
Editor-Well, don't come in here, sir;
this is no barber shop.-Puck.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
Non.Commfttal.

Alderman's Wife-I see the members.
of the Spanish cortes don't get any sal
airy at all. wonder how they live?
Alderman-Maria, never divulge
professional secrets to women.-Chica..
go News.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
Mttls 8rsssAss.

shs-Mr. Hay, the secretary Of ftsk
he belongs to the old Knickebock-
OF families, does he not?'
Not that ever heard Of"
"Wel, then, he wrote sodething
1Dena them. or something lks chat"
Indianapolis Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01

Happy Homes-Perfect health and strength fo,r
women and men: Cures barrenness, develops bust -
women Aphrodisiac for both sexes. Cures liquor and
tobacco habits. Price 81. Send for physicians tests
monials. Scientific Remedy Co., Box Sis, BostoN
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01

Tommy-Paw, what is hereto?
Mr.. Figg-Well, newspaper man
who would write joke about man
going broke advertising might DO
called one.-Indianapolis Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01
Not a Natter Of Sentiment

"Does the fall of the leaves make
you sad?"
mot when have money to pay for
having them raked up."-Chicago Re.
cord.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01

q eropfautii paid. J. Muihsii. SiouSS itx. E5
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01

Don't rely upon singer with 9
voice out Of tune. He can't be true.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01

Z Boiled oats is an excellent food for
laying hens. When oats are fed the
fowls will need lots Of sharp grit. See
that they are provided with same.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01

Much loss results every year from
the planting Of seeds that viii mt
terminate or seeds that can send up
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-01

/ If you will plant plum trees in vour
poultry yards. you will find them prof
table in the way Of yielding fruit as
well as useful to provide shade for
the fowls.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
( 'POSSUM TALKS.
: Zeb White Proves Thot tbe Bear
Is Humorlst.
Copyright, 1893

''Spealsin' about bars" said old Zeb
White one evening as he was tinkering
at the lock Of his rifle before the flame
of the fireplace, most everybody takes
'em too seriously. When you come to
find out about a bar he's got mo fun
in him than monkey. Thar's heaps
o. times when he'd rather have lark
than fight, and you've allus got to
pitch into him fust il anybody's to be
hurt"
l asked the old 'possum hunter to
give me some instances Of bear humor,
and getting coal for his pipe, he said:
"When l built my first pig-pen |
knowed that bars would be around
arter the hawgs, and so l aimed to
make it bar proof. 1t was a mighty
stout pen, with a powerful doah to it,
but hadn't had hawg in thar
more'n a week befo' bar took him
out. Jest clawed that doah open
somehow and went off with the hawg
befo' could git outer bed. When |
put a second howg in thar l didn't
dun leave no doah at all, but made it
all logs. Thar was also logs on the
roof with dirt on top the logs, but that
same old bar come along agin and
went through that roof and got the
hawg. He just tumbled them logs
around as if they was sticks. | got
a third hawg, and as I reckoned |
knowed how the bar would work, sot
two traps on the roof of the pen, He
couldn't do no fussin' around up thar
without bein' cotehed."
"And so you got him?" asked.
"And so l didn't, sah," replied Zeb,
as he looked up from his work. THE
fust night l had them traps sot the
bar come down and walked all around
fur an hour or two, as his tracks
proved. I was sartin he'd either got
to give up hawg meat or be cotched,
and fur two or three days and nights
was powerful pleased. At shutdown
one evenin' the ole woman got sight
OF the crtter out by that chestnut
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
SHEEP AND THEIR CARE.

Ensilage is good for ewes if not fed
too bountifully.
Improbable sheep often consume as
much as profitable ones.
Keep the lamb growing as you would
any other young animal.
Sheep always seek the highest
ground when they sleep.
If you mean to feed sheep during the
winter feed only good ones.
Do not keep sheep and hogs or sheep
and cattle together in one yard
Ten or twelve feet space should be
allowed in the barn for each sheep.
Mangels, carrots and oil cake will
be good feed for sheep in winter.
If a sheep does not yield eight pounds
of wool it is not the sheep you want.
Sheep that are kept in robust health
will not likely be attacked by vermin.
Canada ships lambs and sheep into
our market and makes money after
paying the duty.
Do you think that you can throw an
unframed collie into the midst of a
flock of sheep and not create rum
pus. The cogsie knows how to manage
sheep only when he is taught to man
age them.-Western Plowman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
1DEEg3G 6G-gCE-EB 7GETa3G1
RICHES FOR TRADERS !
PHILIPPINES a Great Field for Enterprisiag Amer
icaas-SOme of Their Commercial FeamreS.
Especial Manl Lett teri
Especial Manila letter.

One OF the most important natural
productions that abounds in all of the
hundreds OF islands of the archipelago
are the immense virgin forests of hard
wood timbers. There are at least so
different kinds, among them many that
are found in no other part Of the world.
| noticed three kinds that were equal TO
ebony In hardness, and Of most eX-
traordiuary colors. One was of deep
orange yellow, one dark olive green,
and one light ruby red. They were all
of extremely fine grain, and capable Of
being highly polished. They will re-
tain their colors for years. / have seen
native furniture made from these
woods that had been in the same fam
lily in daily use for over 60 years, and
was still good for many more, and the
colors were as bright as though made
from freshly-cut material, although
they had never been either oiled or var
nished. The green and yellow varieties
are certain TO become in the future
most valuable timbers for interior dec
orations and for fancy furniture,
Among the exports that deserve spe-
cial merton are the edible birds nests
that are so highly esteemed by the
Chinese. the finest quality bringing al
most fabulous prices. have seen $160
paid for one small nest. What they
can see in them, either in taste or
smell, cannot understand, for the
soup, o. which the nests form only a
small part, is one of the most iusipid
and tasteless dishes have ever sam
pied. These nests are found in caves
in some cases as far as 30 miles from
the seashore, and as the lining of the
nests is Of a peculiar kind of seaweed
laid within small framework Of
twigs, and glued together by a secre-
ton from the crop of the bird, the
time and work required to build a nest
must be great. The betel nut is an
other article Of trade and is universal
ly used by all the natives. The nut
is wrapped in n species of pepper tree
leaf that has been coated with a lime
paste, made from the ashes of GER
tain kind of wood, and is chewed in
the same manner as tobacco. They
claim there are certain astringent and
stimulating properties in the nut and
leaf that act as preventive of fevers
and stomach troubles.
The markets are more like bazars, as
you can find all kinds of merchandise
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15

door about four feet square should be
cut in the side as high as possible.
Just inside and about two or three feet
below this opening platform should
be built to aid in throwing out the hay
when the barn is nearly empty, by first
pitching it to the platform. The feed
racks should be built ten to sixteen feet
from the barn, far enough so that the
stock may have ready access to both
sides, with an inclined slide to carry
the hay down from the door to the
rack. This slide can be made of any
rough lumber with no cracks between
the boards. Ono slide will furnish
from 20 to 30 feet of rack with hay,
and if more rack room is desired other
doors and slides can be added. There
is practically no loss to the hay after
ii is moved if fed out in this way, the
cattle picking up all the leaves that
fall inside the guard of rack, In feed
ing horses the storage loft above the
stalls can be so arranged as to throw
the hay directly down into the man
ger.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
MEAT PRESERVATION.
cred and Successfully Intro
duced in Denmark.

Oliver X. Hughes, consul at Some.
berg, Germany, tells of a new method
of preserving meat. His report is as
follows:
"a new method of preserving freshly
killed meats has been discovered by the
Danish zoologist, August Fjelstrup, al
ready we'll known through his method
of condensing milk without the use Of
sugar. The system according to the
printed reports) has stood remark
ably hard three months test at the
Odense (Danish) company's slaughter
houses in a very satisfactory manner.
THE method in itself is extremely
simple and might be of great service
for the troops in the tropics (the writ
err having had considerable experience
in trying to keep fresh meat in Cuba)
The animal to be used is first shot or
stunned by shot from a revolver,
loaded with small slugs, in the fore
head, in such manner as not to injure
the brain. AS the animal drops sense
less an assistant cuts down over the
heart, opens ventricle and allows all
the blood to flow out. The theory of
this being that the decomposition OF
the blood is almost entirely responsible
for the quick putrefaction of fresh
meats. Immediately thereafter a
brlny solution made of carr or fine salt,
more or less strong, according to
length of time meat is to be kept, is in
jected by means of powerful syringe
through the other ventricle into the
veins of the body. The whole process
takes only few minutes and the beef
is ready for use and can be cut up at
once. This method has been examined
and very favorably reported on by the
general consul at Odense and Aarhaus,
and also by many experts
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15

nately one on the other, else the posts
might not have been perpendicular
when all was done.
l have confidence in this manner of
bracing posts. One can readily see
that the tops of the posts are tied to-
gether almost as effectively as though
the fence were continuous or as
though the cable passed in a straight
line from the top of one post to the
top of another. Had this been the
end of the fence instead of the gate
way, l should merely have fastened
the cable firmly to the dead man"
(D), and it would hold equally as well
the end post as it holds the gate
posts. 1t may be that the galvanized
iron will corrode after time, and that
half-inch iron rods for the part
under the ground will be better.
This manner Of bracing the posts is
applicable to any style of iron fence
and is my own invention and is cheer
fully donated to my brother farmers.
j. L. Wing, in Ohio Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
THAT HUMOROUS BEAR.

tree. He sot up and looked at her and
cooked his eye and grinned, and when
he was gone she says to me:
"'Zeb White, is thar any fun in a
b'ar?'
"Never heard as there was says l,
and what about it?'
"'Kase that ole bar is goin' to play
us some trick as suah's your bon. He
was GRIMM as regular as human be-
in, and l could almost hear him
chuckle.'
81 didn't pay much attention to her
words" explained Zeb, "and that was
where I missed it. What dye reckon
that bar did that night? I'd shet
him our by the doah. and he knowed
thar was danger on the roof, but he'd
planned way to git that hawg, and
that's what he was GRIMM about.
That night he dug under the logs and
got his pork, and he left hole as big
as barl fur me to see in the mawn-
in. I've allus reckoned that when he
got up into the thickets he laughed fur
O. whole hour at the easy way he had
beat me. Then thar was the case of
that bar who used to have den about
q mile west of this. In his goin' and
comm he had made regular path,
same as sheep. I sot a spring gun on
the path, but he walked around it,
sot big trap and kivered it all up,
but he jumped over it. Then 1 laid out
fur two whole nights and watched fur
him, but he never showed up. I was
powerful mad when l went home, and
the old woman sees it and says:
"Tt's no use, Zeb. That thar bar
has got fun in him and is laughin' at
you. He's probably brother of the
one who got our hawgs. Better jest
let him CO.
"But 1 wouldn't do it," said Zeb. 81
made up my mind I'd hev the laugh
on him befo' got through, Next day
I took the spade and went back and
at a proper place on the path dug a
pit ten feet long and about as deep.
I put in all day at 1t, and lrivered 1t
over with sticks and leaves and dirt.
and upon my soul nobody could tell
that I'd bin diggin'. 1 was dead suah
that ole bar would come along and go
PUNK to the bottom of the pit, and be-
twixt my backache and thinldn' of him
1 didn't sleep much that night. Jest
as soon as arter breakfast 1 was off,
but when I got to the pit 1t was the
same as I had left it. That made me
bilin' mad, and 1 started up the path
to the cave to run the varmint out. !
wasn't keepin' the lookout L should,
and all of sudden the critter jumped
out on me. I was so skeart that
dropped my rife and turned and run,
and he follered close behind"
sand you outran him, of courseP" ]
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15

hoopo the rain bar'l, and the ole wom-
an sot down on the doah-step with
her pipe. Purity soon she gin an awful
yell, and as looked around she was
tumblin' head over heels, And befo'
the Lawd, sab, if that ole bar wasn't
standin' right in the doah, and he was
GRIMM and shakin', and it was all of
three minits befo' he took stroll fur
the woods and stepped off as cool and
calm as you pleased"
"But how did he come to be in the
doorway" 1 asked.
"Why, sab, when we was huntin' him
on the mounting he jest walked into
the house and got under the bed, and
he didn't come out till he got good and
ready. The ole woman didn't know Of
him till he touched the back of her
neck with his cold nose. Yes, sab, hid
right in my house, and stood in the
doah and laughed at me, and drat my
hide if even the coons and 'possums
didn't chuckle over it fur months ar
terwardsl I'm sayin' and contendin'
that bars are chock-full O. fun, and
I'm almost believin' that if they had
proper company fur six months you'd
hear 'em tellin' jokes to each other
and laughin' like human bein's."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
BRAcING GATE POSTS.
Clever Invention CheerfuIly Donated
to His Brother Farmers by an
Ohio Inventor.

For years have made the question
Of wire fence and the correct brac-
ing Of posts study. have braced a
great many posts wrongly and some
few rightly. Time has proven the
good and condemned the bad and my
final conclusion is that the only good
brace, that can be depended upon to
last for years without the least Civ
Ing way is that in which the posts
nre fastened by means Of an iron rod
or a wire cable to dead man" plant
ed firmly in the ground.
/ have never seen one that gave way
when so planted. The cost to anchor
the posts in this way is the least pos
sible, and the appearance is all in its
favor, Recently, having to construct
gateway through a string Of wire
fence, j set about the invention of
the best possible anchorage for the
posts. The place in which the gate
way occurred was one Of great diff
Guilty as the ground was simply peat
huu bpOuBJ huChs hdbVl bbpOh III thS
bottoms of the holes. However, be-
tween the posts we dug trench 3h feet
deep, as shown Mt ID in the illustra-
ton. In this trench we placed stick
of timber six inches square and 3H feet
long. The gate posts were braced by
horizontal braces, being extended to
the vertical posts (P), the distance of
some six feet from the gate posts.
Now from the top of the second
posts wire was passed connecting
them, going around the posts and
back and forth twice, making four
strands. This wire was loose enough
to pass down through narrow trenches,
under the block (D). After the wire
was in place the earth was put on the
block and very firmly tamped, We
did not put back the loose soil, but
brought clay instead. When the
trench was full the wires were twisted
into cable, bringing the posts slight
ly together at the top. The fence
wires were then stretched to their
places taking care, however, that one
was stretched on one side and alter
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
BARN FOR ALFALFA.
ally and stored for COnsld-
cradle Time.

The advantage Of raising alfalfa in
country subjected to drouth has one
great drawback, owing to the shelling
Off and breaking Of the leaves. If it is
necessary to load from the barn into
wagon and haul to the feed rack, this
double pitching is sure to shake out
all the loose leaves and break off many
more, and should the hay have been n
little over dry, by the time ii gets to
the cattle there is little else but dry,
hard stems with scanty nutrition, The
cattle will not ea5 these and other hay
must be supplied Fed in this way,
alfalfa is a failure, but with proper
conveniences there is little if any loss.
The illustration shows an alfalfa stor-
age barn in one of my neighbours feed
lots.
The barn is a two-story structure,
but can be made any size and height
desired, according to the amount of
hay to be stored. For filling the
barn, doors in the gables are most con-
yenient, but for taking the hay out a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15

fare very few large plantations, and
NEARLY all the agricultural productions
of the islands are the result of small
farming by the natives and Chinese
coolies. The Chinese trader is the
r'middleman" who gathers the small
Rots together, puts them in marketable
shape by baling and boxing, and ships
&hem to the nearest post, disposing to
the exporter and wholesale dealer
THE small degree of prosperity the
country has heretofore enjoyed has
been entirely due to the push" and en-
ergy of the Chinaman. Many years ago
the Spanish became jealous of the Chi
inese, who were becoming immensely
wealthy and influential, in spite of the
heavy taxes they were forced to pay,
land they were banished from all the
islands and made to return to China.
The Spanish officials soon realized that
s&hey had made bad blunder, for the
native, left without the necessary spur
and stimulation of the Chinese trader,
produced only enough for their imme-
rdiate wants, and left nothing for the
tax gatherer. They found that they
fhad skilled the goose that laid the
golden egg" and that the despised Ce-
Aestial was necessary evil, and they
were obliged to allow the Chinese, not
only TO return, but extra inducements
an the way of concessions and monop-
olies, since which time they have had
full sway, and have become power in
dbe land
The native is by nature improvident
|and easy-going. He is utterly lacking
an those characteristics of economy,
thrift and acquisitiveness that are in
born traits of the Chinese race, and the
result has been that the native has seen
all of his best lands slowly but surely
absorbed by his shrewd neighbors with
the pig-tail.
The fiber industry is capable of great
expansion, and by the introduction of
Improved methods of cultivation and
manufacture can be produced in enor-
mOus quantities and at reduced price.
The same can be said of the sugar in
Niustry. The policy of the Spaniard, has
been one of repression. They have
done all in their power to keep the
silated foreigner from the land; they
have discouraged and discountenanced
all innovations, and the introduction of
aabOr-saving machinery. They have
adopted the most autocratic methods to
prevent an outsider from getting a
toothold, and when one succeeded in
getting in and prospecting, they invari-
ably found some means of making it
so uncomfortable for him that he usu-
ally left the country in disgust.