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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-11
The Pioneer Express.
THE CHRONICLE PLATFORM.

THE CHRONICLE PLATFORM.
Editor Fairchild launches his new de-
parture in county journalism on the fol-
lowing political raft.
Politically the Chronicle will be inde-
pendent republican, especially in its
treatment of national, state and legisla-
tive district affairs, but opposing candi-
dates and measures of merit will always
receive fair treatment at our han S. In
local and county affairs we shall aim to
give aid and support to candidates and
measures best qualified to bring the
highest good in service to the people,
without drawing strict party lines"
We do not quarrel with Brother Fair.
child on his independent sort ofplatform.
Theoretically it is most excellent one.
practically it is the most difficult to carry
out. The man who in war time attempts
to cross from one line of battle to the
other, is apt to be shot at by both armies.
Such a platform presumes that the indi-
vidual opinion is better than that OF the
party organization, which may or may
not always be true. AS rule straight
out "bolt' for reasons expressed, gives a
better idea of real independence than an
"independent" way of picking out the
"best candidates" from various parties.
The motives o 1.-THE independen ,style of
political selection are almost invariably,
whether rightly or wrongly. impugned
as mercenary, and when it comes to re-
ward, the newspaper which is independ-
ent-is independent, and has no claims.
in these remarks we do not intend
them as personal to Mr.. Fairchild, ex-
cept as his independence in the past
illustrates the truth of our conclusions.
And, though we have used mis- editorial
as text, the sermon is general in its
application, and we agree that man or
an editor has right to be as independ-
ent as he pleases.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-11
A Valuable Prescription.

Editor Morrison of Worthington, Ind,
"Sun," writes; "You have valuable
prescription in Electric Bitters, and can
cheeriully recomend it for Constipation
and Sick Headache. and as general sys-
TEN tonic it has no equal" MRS. Annie
Steh:e, 2e2. Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago
ILL.,, was all run down, could not eat nor
digest food. had backache which never
left her and felt tired and weary, but six
bottles Of Electric Bitters restored her
he ,llh and renewed her strength.
Prices III cents ami sl.Oc. Get bottle
at T. r. Shaw & Cos. Drug Store.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-11
Council Proceedings.

Regular meeting city council. Present
Aldermen King, Price, Felson Hart and
Short. Alderman Short in the chair.
Minutes of meeting of Dec. 9th, 1897,
read and approved.
Bills allowed.
M Switzer. lumber ............Sl11 20
PIONEER EXPRESS, printing and
R Smith. engineer go. ..... ~ o.
Waterous Engine Works repairs. Is
7 L Price, fire apparatus. .......-. 6 73
do streets and sidewalks 35 10
Salary of R. F. Smith fire engineer,
was on motion, fixed at $1oO per year for
1898.
Financial statement to Jan. 1st, read
and filed.
The Auditor was directed to procure
a place for the township meeting and
caucus. Adjourned
F. A. WARDWELL.
Auditor
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-11
The recent order Of President McKi,

The recent order of President McKin.
ley takes every man, but four iii this Gus.
toms district from the civil service list.
These four men are located two at Penn
bina, one at Neche and one at Portal
We understand there are several appli-
Scants on hand, with Senator Hands
borough's endorsements. ready to serve
'Uncle sam as soon as places are open
Saor them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-11
Auction Sale.

AS am about leaving the country, in
order to close out my stock, l will sell
at public auction. without reserve, on
Saturday, February 10Th, 1898, at one
O'Clock p. m. sharp, atmy stables in Penn
bina, large amount ofhorses, cattle and
miscellaneous articles, of which the fol-
lowing is partial list.
HORSES.
One pair drivers, weight 23OO, and 6
years old.
One pair drivers, and years old.
One brown horse years old, weight
1900 pounds.
Three brown horses, 8 years old, 1850
pounds apiece.
-Four steel grey horses, years old.
One pair bay horses, and years,
weight $500 pounds.
One pair sorrel horses. 4years, weight
27Oo pounds.
One pair sorrel horses, and Z years,
weight $500 pounds.
One brown driver, years old, weight
1850 pounds.
Three two year old colts.
One three year old colt.
Five yearling colts.
One pair black mares years, weight
20 pounds.
Three saddle horses.
WAGONS, ETC.
Three Northwestern wagons.
Four buggies.
One cutter.
One bob sleigl.
Two pair trucks and tank.
HARNEsR
One double work harness.
One double driving harness.
One single driving harness.
MACHINERY.
One foot Havana drill.
One 20 shoe Tiger drill.
Two gang plows.
One sulky plow.
One disk harrow.
OuC llOlSC Idk0.
CATTLE.
Ten cows.
Two yearlings.
MISCELLANEOUS.
One Office safe.
One pump.
Two tank pumps and many small ar
ticles too numerous to mention.
This will be rare opportunity to get
bargains, as sale will be positive and
without reserve.
Will sell any of the above at private
sale previous to auction. at very low fig
ures.
Terms: Secured notes due Nov. l.,
1898. Ten per cent off for cash. All
sums under $40, cash.
A. J. McFADDEN, CHAs. ATKINSON,
Auctioneer. Owner.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-11

Some counties which advertised under
the retroactive tax law, have discovered
that the sheriff gets IS besides other fees
for each lot or parcel Of land sold. My
rlck & Co., as the Pink Paper calls the
county board. found out that there were
something over ZOO lots in this coanty
to sell and didn't advertise.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-11

The title Of DR.. Johns lecture sounds
something like parody o0the Forums
Xxx letters, did North nAkota make
jim Hill Or did jim Hill n,ake North Da-
kota3' s
Evening star., 1898-05-07

| This is the house of the better Classes.
having massive walls of stone, and MAIN
| tanning a seclusion, wrapped in an air
of mystery, as deep as that enveloping the
| harem of any Turk in Cairo or Constan-
| tinople.
| The characteristics OF the family, also.
| are oriental, bearing the impress of the
Arabs who conquered Spain thousand
years ago, and who lived seven long CEN
| turies in the IberiaE peninsula. The Cuban
| home life, in fact. differs in no particular
from that of Spain and Mexico; but it is
very difficult for stranger 20 obtain even
glimpse of the Hispanc-Amer:can synae-
| ceum. 1t is not done by Willing away the
! time at the Gran Hotel Ingaterra or the
| Pasaje, nor even by iounging IN the Parque
Isabel, or visiting the Taccn Theater. In
the writer's experience it obtained
primarily by engaging quarters al a Span
ish boarding house of the higher grade, in
dignified row of houses on the Prado.
Meeting at table several "solteros" or
bachelors, like himseif-editors of papers,
attaches at the captain generals office-he
was brought in contact with some og the
best people in Havana. But even then no
invitation issued for visiting The casa of
any OF their acquaint tdnces, for the taking
OF stranger with one TO call on a friend
at his home is considered a breach of
privilege. However, there was a bright
| young lady of Geiran-Anlc rican Parent
| age also boarding at the house, who was
| in love with a Spanish gentleman, who rad
mce-locking cousin, who wasn't in love
with anybody in particular, but who kind
| iy consented TO accompany her male rela-
tive in his frequent calls at the casa
huespedes use the more elegant Spanish
term for boarding house. Now if the read
er can make out from this rather-involved
explanation that the little cousin, who,
though very pretty withal. and extremely
interesting, was yet considered by the low
ers somewhat in the way, it will be under
stood how ii came about that the writer,
| in the kindness of his heart, took the Gu
bana out to the balcony and engaged her
| a-tete in the parlor.
Alike the World Over.
A disinterested act like this wrought its
own reward. for from his fair interlocutrice
the writer obtained a deal of information
/ not set down In the books, and eventually
| his introduction into the home of her fam
| lily. Women at heart are pretty much all
| alike, the world over their differences be-
ing for the most part, superficial. Some
times one will unburden herself to a COM
paratlve stranger, or rather talk more free
| ly to him than she might to one of her
own nationality. especially where an in
complete acquaintance with each others
language fnfers simplicity that does not
exist.
Be that as it may. the balcony interviews
were very enjoyable. to one who. ever in
search of information, welcomed any addi-
tton to his stock of knowledge. from what
ever source it might come. The conversa-
Evening star., 1898-05-07

the surface, and both flowing and pumping
wells have been exploited. The oil found
at Zorritos, north of Paita, yields about
thirty per cent of kerosene, and is said
to be good for both lighting ana lubricat-
ing purposes. 1t does not furnish as good
a light as our American oil and brings only
about half as much in the markets here.
l am told that a large number of the COM
panies who have tried the Peruvian wells
nave lost money, and the English consul at
Lima estimates that about $25 900 600 has
been spent without return. Still, there are
English and italian companies which claim
that they are working at a profit, and
one italian, named Mr.. de Piaggio is now
producing about 5000 barrels month,
while the London and Pacific Company has
tank steamers and operates the largest re-
hnery on the coast.
Peruvian Farming.
The country scenes here are unlike those
of any part of the world. 1 can show you
some of them in giving you ride with
me through this winding valley to the foot
hills of the Andes. We go on a railroad
built by an American couple of decades
or more ago, but now owned by the Eng
lish syndicate known as the Peruvian Cor
poration. The cars came from the United
States. and the ties are from Oregon. The
telegraph poles are discarded rails, to
which supports have been bolted to uphold
the wires. These iron poles are used OH
account of the little ants which here eat
anything wooden, but do not seem to
bother the ties. The conductor Of the
train is little Peruvian, in linen suit.
and on board with US we have a travelling
postmaster who sells stamps. takes up the
letters from the various small villages and
estates as we STOP and hands out mail to
the people who come to the train. Notice
the little farms which we are passing.
The fields are fenced in with thick walls
of mud as high as your waist. and irrigat-
ing bitches carry sparkling water here and
there through them. The water comes
from the river. but the irrigation is care
waste. There is rice field. This is one
of the best paying crops of this part of
Peru, and there are large mills at Pacas-
mayo, where the rice is hulled, polished
and prepared for shipment.
We go through large estates devoted to
the raising of sugar. This is Peru's great
est crop. The most of the estates are
owned by foreigners, and some in the past
Evening star., 1898-05-07

big bit Of bread, for cents. For lunch
con they enter into polite society at
cheap restaurant patronized also by the
struggling American art g;ris.
The girls lunch In the front room the
young men in the back. There is a cat in
the establishment. whose confidence in
struggling Americans has lately been cruel
Iy betrayed. For the young American wo-
man he has small affection, but he patron
Ices the boys. In the wall dividing the
sexes-a French fashion, to which the
Americans submit part Of the time-there
is small window through which the
dishes are passed to the walters i'll the
front room. One day, when :his window
was conveniently open, a populist from
the west, graspins Tommy firmly by the
neck, threw him SO successfully that he
landed through the window on his feet
cats always land on their feet, as the
French Academy has recently .lemonstrat-
ed, both mathematically and photograph
icaily. But his feet were in the soap the
soup of Boston girl-for which she had
paid cents. The apparition iu her plate
SO disturbed her usual icy caimness that
meat, which she had prodigaily oreered,
and the 4-cent vegetable, the 3-cent des-
sert and the cents worth Of wine.
Where Students Meet.
The patron and his wife both came on
the scene-quite desolated-for III. art girls
are their best customers at noon. In the
early morning it is the place where The
carriers and workmen, who 10 not care to
kill the worm with the glass of sc ur
white wine custo nary among them, stop
on their way 10 work for a cup of hu- milk
or coffee with a bit Of dread. At night,
when even American girls are shy of COM
Ing out on the streets alone. the struggling
American male students Often meet here to
talk and dream and Iealize tile romance oe
their way of life over Gems worth of
pale beer. 1t is after they nave dinei on
cast chicken and spinach-often after they
have been working gain for some hours at
the free schools of art. life classes and all.
which the city of Paris supplies to its own
struggling art students by night in some
public room. These are free to foreigners
also. and they help to telescope the studies
and to lengthen out the resourcefulness of
the purse.
Such are the objects in life of these
struggling young Americans. 1t is not GER
tain that they Issue forth more brilliant
artists than those who are content to live
mere humanity. One of them has just gone
home to his mother-with an impression
istic pain in his stomach.
STERLING HEILIG.
Evening star., 1898-05-07

The parties working the wells, however,
were natives, and. as is usual in many such
cases, no practical tests were made. From
what 1 was told at Guayaquil / should
think it might pay to investigate this ter
ritory The land on which the oil exists
belongs to the government. and any one
has the right to denounce 1t. BY de
nounce'' I mean to take il up for mining
purposes. One man, under the law, woull
have the right to take up twenty claims,
each about three-eighths of mile long
by 500 feet wide. After this a yearly
tax of 81 in gold on each claim would have
to be paid. II the territory should pro-
duce largely the properties would be very
the surface and right on the edge of the
sea. where it could be almost piped into
the steamers.
The oil fields of Peru have been known to
exist for the past thirty years, but 1t is
only recently that much development has
been attempted. The oil is found at dis
tanccs varying from $50 to coo feet Fellow
Evening star., 1898-05-07

consumed with admiration, with veneration
and yet with sadness"
And.so on until the courtship is complet-
ed and wedding bells ring oat the knell OF
poesy and passion-perhaps.
Eacn country. has Its type of beauty,
each type ss the theme of enthusiastic
writers-has been from time immemcrial.
The type of Cuba is also that of Spain,
the mother country. Brunettes prevail and
blondes are the rarity. The large eyef
black as night. the peachlblow compleNioI
mature assisted and improvcd). haiI
abundant, dark and glossy as A raven's
wirg; gracefully nodded. volIpiuous form
these attributes of Spanish beauty have
Tot changed during all the three hundred
years of Spanish domination. Within tha
walls OF a small structure near the CAPTAIN
generals palace IL a historical painting
OF a century ego. depi ,ting the celebration
OF the hrst mass in Havana. The artist
took his subjects from the then existing
mobility OF the island. and in complexion
tnt, cast of delicate feature contour. stti-
tude. We may find duplic ates among the
ladies Of Havana today.
Use Powder UnspnrInriy.
The ladies do not veil their faces, to be
sure, like the oriental odalsques. though
they protect them with powder. unsparing-
iy and unblushinGly applied. Visit any
school in the island and you will find teach
er and scholar alike wearing this mask OF
beauty. Even the pupils of the art schools.
as wen as the work women in the cigar
shops, use the powdery protection against
the sun s rays. On every easel in the art
academy and on the bench by the side of
every woman engaged in rolling cigarette
or cigar Hes little box of powder and n
rabbits foot There is nothing unusual in
this public use Of the article, since its ap-
plicatioa is SO universal. through long GUS
tom. and all ladies regard II as an indis-
pensable adjunct of the tonet and abso-
lutely necessary to make them attractive.
which is or should be their highest ambi-
ton.
large. consisting chiefly of embroidery and
needle work. In the higher vocaticns few
of them are employed, though now and
Evening star., 1898-05-07

hualpa's request war was not made. Then
Atahualpa said that If PiZarro would re-
lease him he would fill the chief room in
the palace in which he was confined with
gold to a point as high as he could reach.
This was agreed to, and for several weeks
gold was brought in great loads from all
parts CT Peru. The room was seventeen feet
long by twenty-five feet wide, and the point
up to which 1t was to be filled was desig-
rated by red mark nine feet above the
floor. The gold was in all sorts of shapes.
Some of it was composed of gold plates
torn from the Temple Of the Sun at Cuzco.
There was a great variety of golden basins,
drinking cups and other dishes. There were
vases of all kinds and many pieces of beau
tifully carved workmanship. When the
room was almost filled up to the mark in
dicated, Pizarro ordered the Indian gold
smiths to melt the whole into ingots, and
there was SO much gold that they worked
day and night for month in doing So.
Then Pizarro refused to let Atahualpa go,
and with mock trial had him put to
death. There is stone in Cajamalca which
the Indians say is stained with Atahualpa' s
Evening star., 1898-05-07

ticns quite easily turned on love and the
exceeding foolishness OF lovers in general.
and the query naturally arose whether
there were really any differences in the
manner Of lOve-making, as practiced by
our respective nationalities. The subject
was treated in a purely tentative way, for
cur mutual instruction merely, and yet
there was a modicum of interest attaching
to the proceeding which II will not be nee
essary to detail.
In Cuba. as In Spain. the lover rarely
sees his inamorata alone, and Ia case he
does, 1t is the result of accident-or design
on the part Of those most interested. Tho
mother, or aunt, or else some trustworthy
member of the family, is always present;
indeed, the young man may consider HIM
self particularly privileged IL he he al
orally compromises by clingfng like a bat
to the bars of his lady loves grated win
dow and making frantic efforts to seize her
hand. Do not shudder, gentle reader. for
the lars are strong, and the walls not an
ir ch less than two feet thick. This fact
the "novio'' frequently bewails, in most
in. passioned accents, sometimes accom-
panying himself On a cracked guitar or
mandolin.
Love In Poetry.
The writer made the discovery-perhaps
not an original one-that the Cuban lover
like his Saxon sympathizer, frequently
drops into poesy as a means of relieving
the pressure on his overburdened heart.
The stock poetry Of lovers is about the
same in both languages. English and Span
ish, differing mainly In having a different
tag on 1t; one quoting Byron or Tom Moore,
perchance, and the other-well, some au-
thor Of celebrity in Espana. Sometimes. as
in this country his .fellow-sufferer does
he strives to be original, and then-oh. ye
gods!
Even his prose takes tinge of poetry,
as shown by this example extracted from
young lady's album OF verse and senti-
ment.
Angel OF light! Flower born in heaven
and watered by angels tears! Pardon me
that / even attempt 70 utter with these
profane lips thy sacred namei 1t Is not a
song only that would fain offer thy deli
cate ears. but q blessing. benediction: a
feeble effort. it Is true. but as pure as thy
beauty; as enthusiastic as the soul of
youth, since to sing thy manifold graces
worthily. confess II would be necessary
to hire choir OF angels and o heavenly
harp!
ut Is not possible for mere mortal
who has only received from OH high a
heart receptive, q soul responsive. to bask
In the dame Of thy beauty without beng
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Ascertaining Air Pressure.
From the Pittsburg Post.

From the Pfttsburg Post.
Many attempts have been made TO esti-
mate the exact pressure of the air against
the front end of a standard passenger en-
gine when running sixty Yriles an hour
NIT that 1t is tremendous, but few of them
have been willing to submit figures. One
mechanic of a road west OF Chicago took n
small hoop, fastered a strong sheet of pa
per inside of II, which was evenly stretch
ed. He placed the hoop over the mouth ot
a pipe connected with an air compressirg
engine, adjusted to a gauge TO show the
pressure when the paper hurst. He next
took this hoop with the same kind of paper
and fastened 1t IL front of one of the loco
motives used In hauling the fast trains.
At a speed of fifty-eight miles an hour the
air pressure burst the paper. The pressure
the shops showed that the paper, which
was eleven inches in diameter. had stood a
strain of twenty-eight pounds. This ex-
pertinent gave basis for calculating the
pressure against the sixty-eight-inch d.
ameter of the boiler front. against the sides
o. the cab, the front OF the stack dome.
headlight and other exposed parts. and it
proved that even on an engine alone the
air resistance amounts to considerable. and
IL increased on q ratio corresponding with
the increase of speed. With a train oc
and built so as 10 accumulate air pressure
against the trucks. roof and side ventilas
tors. the atmospheric resistance Is suffi-
cient 70 limit the speed OF the train even
when hauled by fastest and most powerful
locomotives.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Written for The Evening Star.
Hurrah:

Hurrah foe the Yankees on land on sen:
Hurrah for the heroes OF Grant md OF Lee;
Hurrah for the Union, to eternal day;
Hurrah for the puck Of the Blue and Gray
Hulrah for "Old Glory" the Red White und Blue!
Hurrah for the soldier who battles for right;
Hurrah for the man who strikes first in the fight!
Hurrah for the Nation: hurrah once again.
Hurrah for the Yankees who'll whip bastard
Spain,
Hurrah for Columbia the pride Of the world;
Hurrah for her banner that's ever unfuriedl
JOHN A. JOYCE.
Evening star., 1898-05-07

FIND THE AMER1-
cans very much in
evidence in Peru. i
came from New York
to Panama with a
party of miners who
were on their way
here to the Cara
bayo gold regions, IN
the southern part OF
the country | met
further south Il Mr..
Forbes, who told me
that he had just So
rr1vp1 n concession
Evening star., 1898-05-07
ALL FOR ARTS SAKE
American Students Put Up With
Many Incqnveniences.
PHASES OF LIFE IN PARIS STUDIOS
Dinners Cost VeryLittle and Break
fasts Even Less.
BY NO MEANS LUXURIOUS
IAsEs OF LIFE IN PARIS STUDIOS
BY NO MEANS LUXURIOUS
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

4he CfSnibS Star.
HALL IT BE SPIN
ach? Say quick!
There's just time to
put it boiling"
If not spinach,
which Is boiled at
home in the studio, 1t
will be fried pota-
toes or Brussels
sprouts, which are
bought already cook
ed at the little stall
across the street. The
spinach is more trou-
hln hr,f Tho rt0a4h
Evening star., 1898-05-07
The Women of Havana Are Fair to
Look Upon.
HEMMED In BY MANY RESTRICTIONS
Home Life Differs Little From
That in Spain.
IN THE CARNIVAL SEASON
Written for The Evening Star.

ually reminded in
Havana of the orr
entail ancestry of Its
Spanish Inhabitants.
The house is eastern
in architecture, with
its open central
court, its fat roof
or azotea (where the
family spends the
evening nCurs), and
the fountain splash
ing its water on sur
rounding flowers.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Prompt Action.
From Puck.

Minnie-"Papa informed me that he was
very much opposed to George"
Violet-"And what did you say?
Minnie-'I notified papa that tnterven-
tion would mean war"
Evening star., 1898-05-07
One of the Possibilities.

From Puck.
She-'I sent the gas company a check
for larger amount than their bill called
for and they sent me-
He-"A corrected bilI?'