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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-29
Education of Lions.

When lions were still numerous and
easily observed in Southern Africa
they We're sometimes seen instructing
one another in voluntary gymnastics
and practicing their leaps, making a
bush play the part of the absent game.
Moffat tells the story of lion which
had missed zebra by miscalculating
the distance, repeating the jump sew
eral times for his own instruction.
Two of his comrades coming upon him
while he was engaged in the exercise,
he led them around the rock to show
them how matters stood, and then, re-
turning to the starting point, COM
pleted the lesson. by making a final
leap. The animals kept roaring dur
ing the whole Of the curious scene,
talking together" as the native who
watched them said. BY the aid of in
dividual training Of this kind indus
trial animals become apter as they
grow older; old birds, for instance.
constructing more artistic nests than
young ones. and little animals like
mice becoming more adroit with age.
Yet, however ancient in the life of the
species these acquisitions may be.
they have not the solidity of primer
dial instincts, and are lost rapidly il
not used.-Kansas City Journal.
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Subsequently he was assigned to the

Subsequently he was assigned to the
staff Of General Sheridan as aide-de-
camp, and was with him in the cam
paigns on the frontier against the In
dams. Colonel Grant married in Oc-
tober, 1874, Miss Ida Honore, daugh-
ter of Mr.. H. H. Honore, Of Chicago,
by whom he has two children-Miss
Julia Grant, born June z, 1876. in the
white house, and Ulysses s. Grant,
born July 4, 1881, in Chicago.
Colonel Grant resigned his COM
mission in the army in 1881, and en-
gagged in business in New York. He
assisted his father in the preparation
Of his memoirs-that great work Of
the lamented general, written during
q period Of great trouble and distress
Of mind and body. the last contribu-
ton which he made to the history Of
his country. Colonel Grant had filled
these various positions, both in mill
tary and civil life. I'M a. highly cred
table manner, and had won public
esteem and confidence, which, with
the fact Of his distinguished lineage,
recommended him to one, of the great
political parties Of New York, and in
1887 he was nominated for the office
Of secretary If state. Owing to the
political complications Of that year.
Colonel Grant failed Of an election.
However, in 1888. the following year.
he was appointed by President Har-
.a~~..Ess.. "a -. - ~. = Yy.ax., ~.
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The burly landlord regarded then
cautiously for awhile. as though dread
ing some jest, but presently his fea-
lures relaxed into grim smile.
"Sure, an I suppose we've been 80
busy" he said, that " didn't have
time to get the rint ready?"
"The rent must wait" said Dodd.
ut ginerally does, bedad," retorted
Flanagan. well, I won't bother ye
now. boys, as see ye're just settin' up
in new business. Good mornin' to We,
an good luck to the undhertakin' busi-
ness"
"Cold-hearted old pig!" growled
Dodd, as the door banged behind his
landlord. "Had to make Joke Of 1t,
of course. Some people seem to have
no feelings"
ooh. these coarse natures, you
know" said Trawley. what can you
expect from an ex-contractor, whom
fate has made the landlord of studio
building? But say! We
have a lot to do yet. The coffin, fine
as it is, won't save Barillon's baby
from the city. We must discover some
means Of raising money"
II have two dollars flfty-" Lut-
terworth was beginning, when the door
opened once more, this time to admit
the janitor. He held handsome bun
die Of white roses in one hand, and in
the other penciled note. which he
presented to Dodd.
"FrOm Mr.. FlannaRan!" he said.
Dodd opened the note and read 1t
aloud, at first with some impatience,
but with growing wonder as he pro-
ceeeded.
Mister Flanagan presents his COM
pliments," it ran, "but will you kindly
accept these roses to put on that coffin
of yours? suppose the French artist
cannot afford a plot in the cemetery.
Well, sir, own big one, and there's
only myself and my wife. Well feel
mighty pleased If the French artist
will take little slice of the Flanagan
ground. Mister Flanagan also pre-
sents his compliments, and says that
If you like I will send my carriage
around to that Fench artists, as may
be he can't hire hearse. I also send
little money with Mister Flannagan's
compliments, to defray expenses.
u. J. FLANAGAN"
"P. S.-That coffin is a dandy, and
I don't like to see it go to waste"
Dodd looked penitently at Lutter-
worth.
II take it all back about the coarse
natures" exclaimed Trawley. THAT
landlord of yours is trump.
What good news for poor Barillon!"
Zone touch of nature" said Dodd,
taking up the black-and-white from the
corner. "Bless me, that misty effect
seems quite successful now-or is it
my ?"-Gerald Brennan in the
Easter Criterion.
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OUR BUDGET OF FUN
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL,
AND SELECTED.
Selected SMILES from the Best 0ur,..
oas Wsskllss Some Hsms-laast
Jokes for Lean Readers 49,
end Jstsan.
Good Times a-Cornin.

Good Times a-Comin.
Marse Sampson churned dc ocean blue
A-iookin' TO he dunno who: 81
From Habana to Martinique
Lo'd. how he make dem big guns gpeaalt
Dey said de Spanish gone to Cadis.
II he cotch dem dsyll go to Hades,
And dar they'll think de, wedder cool.
TO whar dey felt on dis footstool.
Ole Massa Dewey, beat 'em all,
he run em down and make 'em smalls
And In Manila now dey pray.
Lo'o, take Marse Dewey clean away
But jes you wait TO- ole Marse Lee:
aen show you somethin' with to see;
Ana when his ''corn-fed" boys sing out
Lem spaniards dey'll go up de spoua< y u
Sich times has nebber yet been seed
AZ sho' Will come when Cuba's freed:
DIS niggah'l shout in loud hosannas.
FL cent q dug fer fat bananas"
Wild watenillions cent apiece,
De trade will run as slick as grease:
Den add de Guv'ment pensions, too.
And We'll have no mo- wuk to do,
With Miles. Joe Wheeler. Fitzhugh Lea
Togedder is sight to see,
odd Glory in de lead-we say
my brederin, sistern, let us pray"
Rev. Old Uncle Scipia
Memphis. May. 1898.
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BARHLON's BABY.

Trawley came into Dodd's painting
shop and sat down heavily on one Of
the impracticable couches.
''Barillon's baby's Dead" he OBJ.
served, feeling along the hearthrug for
matches.
''That SOL" remarked Dodd, without
looking up from the black and white
before him.
eyes. 90 What the deuce did
. poor devil like Bartllon want babies
tor, anyhow"
Hint" commented Dodd. What
want to know is, what induced a fair
II successful French landscape painter
to sektle over here? Even American
landscape painters can't sell unless
they start young ladies' daubing
school or give couchee-couchee dances
In their studios"
There was silence. Dodd was per-
forming some mysterious rites with a
discarded tooth brush on the back
ground of his black and white. Traw-
ley was thinking.
The door opened unceremoniously and
Lutterworth came in. Lutterworth was
Dodd's partner in rent paying, and
their wardrobes were in common. Con-
sequently Dodd Immediately observed
that the other mans overcoat was
missing.
What did you get for it?' he asked
severely.
"Only $3.50. Lazarus said it was an
old, old friend, or he shouldn't have
given even that. You needn't
hold out your paw, Doddy; you are not
going to get one cent Of it. Haven't
you heard that poor old Barillon's
baby died this morning."
''Well7" INTERCEPTED Dodd. relaxing
his grip on the ink bottle.
well! Do you think that we ought
to allow the city to get hold of that
little scrap O. humanity? No, my boy.
The Barillon baby was the guest Of
American Art, and American Arts go
ing to bury the Barillon baby"
"For $250!" interposed Trawley
things absurd"
Look here" said Lutterworth, push
Ing some books off his bed and sitting
down in their place. II never fancied
we could do the whole thing for $780,
But collection"
Collection nothing!" Dodd ex-
claimed with emphasis. There's not
enough money to buy sparrow in the
entire settlement. Do you thinkI should
be toiling here if wealth could be
picked up for the asking?"
Lutterworth shook his head defect
eddy. Then he took $3.50 from his
pocket and began counting it.
"Barillon doesn't know soul but
ourselves" he said. Besides, the poor
chap can't speak more than five words
OF English. And as for little Madame
Bari-I don't know what she'll do il
the city gets her baby"
Once more there was silence in the
painting shop. Dodd was laboring
fruitlessly, as 1t seemed, to produce a
foggy effect with a piece of smudgy
Indian rubber. Trawley succeeded in
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-29
Briqadier General
Frederick Dent Grant,,
THE SON OF HIS FATHER At THE FRONT.

No more gratifying appointment
has been made by President Mckinley
than that Of the eldest son Of General
Ulysses s. Grant. colonel Of the Four
teenth regiment. New York State Ma
tional guard, to be brigadier-general.
He was chosen colonel unanimously
by the officers Of the Fourteenth reg
tment Of Brooklyn and was mustered
into the United States army with his
regiment at Camp Black, Hampstead,
Long Island. He took his regiment
to Chickamauga Park. and was there
placed In command Of brigade, COM
posed of three regiments, and was
acting as brigadier-general when he
received his commission from the war
department.
Frederick Dent Grant is the eldest
son Of ex-President Ulysses S. Grant.
He was born in st. Louis, Mo-, on the
3oth Of May, 1850. AS a boy he was
with his father at various times and
places when it was convenient for the
general to have his family with him
at Fort Henry, Corinth, vicksburg,
Nashville and City Point, in front of
Petersburg. He accompanied his
father to Washington and was with
him when he received his commission
as acknowledgement from President
Lincoln. After the war he entered
west Point as cadet, and graduated
In 1871. On leaving the Military
Academy he obtained leave of alb
sence and accepted a position as an
engineer for the Union Pacific rail-
road, and assisted in the various sur
veys across the continent. In 1872 he
made a trip to Europe with General
Sherman. On his return, in 1873, he
joined his regiment in Texas, and as
sisted in making the preliminary sur
veys for the Texas Pacific railway,
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SAYINGS or THE DARlsiEo. VI

OO0xOS 0oSuxO u e0o 8Uo0--Aj 0U0oeye04os
for Aazziass Nssre's Illustrasiea
From New York. Sun: Tho southern
darkies are constant source Of amuse-
mont, when they are not the cause of
unmitigated wrath, to the northern peo-
pie who 60 down there among them.
The other day young northern wom-
an, living In Washington and possessed
Of deep and abiding antipathy for
flies, complained to Lucinda. the coll
ored servant, that there were good
many Of the pests in the house. Il
don't see, Lucinda" she remarked So
verely. chow all these flies could get II
IL you kept the screen doors closed. !"
"Well, dunno. eitheh, Miss" cheer
fully remarked. Lucinda. But you
know they is Of secret nachuh, Miss. !"
Down in Mississippi, in one Of the lum-
Der towns, which is owned by north
erners. the house servants and some Of
the laborers are darkies. They are not
very strict in their notions Of law and
order, and they have their own and
very lax ideas along the line Of matri-
mony. Wives and husbands are swap
ped of with such freedom and fire.
quency that it is rather hard to keep
track of the exact contemporaneous
combination among the negroes at q
given time. The colored people have
solved the delicate point Of expressing
exact relationship by avoiding the sub
ject Of matrimony altogether. Lize
she's cookin' fur Duke johnson now. ;"
That's the way they put it. The wona-
an doesn't. marry" anybody. She
cooks fur him. One Of these darkies
was telling about a woman on steam
boat. The levee had caved so that the
boat had to land further up than usual.
1t was at night and the searchlight.
turned on the bank, did not reveal any
thing familiar to the woman. She
hung back, therefore, and the darby
who had been detailed to put her ashore
didn't know what to do. "She stood
than like horse lookin' at a strange
gate," he said. It was this same negro
who was one day listening to one Of his
acquaintance dilate on experiences
with the Lord. From the darky's &C.
counts these experiences seemed to
have been extremely intimate, and
without a word Of comment the negro
spoke up and said: sven you all seen
de Lord, wah He?" That is to say:
When you saw the Lord, where wal
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GENTLEMEN, l WANT THE RINT.
finding match and lighted raking
Pittsburg stogey. The smoke was to
him as Delphic vapors were to the
priestess perched on her tripod.
Inspiration" he cried. LET us
make coffin ourselves. Where are
those carpenter tools of yours, Doddy?"
Dodd almost hurled the black-and-
white into corner Lutterworth al
lowed the money to sink back into his
pocket. Both were on their feet in an
instant.
You'll find the tools in the closet"
said Dodd. THAT window seat will
do for coffin, won't it,"
eyes; and the white hangings to line
it WITH" calculated Lutterworth, tear
ing down gorgeous satin mantle
the pride Of Dodd's collection. as he
spoke.
Trawley fished out the carpenters
tools; Dodd found some brass-headed
nails, and to work with a will went
this trio of amateur undertakers.
Slowly the window seat, which had
once been macaroni box, found itself
metamorphosed for the third time-on
this occasion into a really respectable
looking coffin. A paint pot, borrowed
from the janitor, lent color to the exte-
FLOR; the interior was richly lined with
Dodd's white satin hangings. The
brass-headed nails, set nearly arrow,
kept the satin in place. and Dodd
painted on the lid the inscription:
Etienne-Aloys Barillon, ageG 10
months"
AS they put the finishing touches to
their work, there came knock to the
door, and, without being hidden to
enter, old Flanagan, landlord-in-ordi-
Ary to all that dwelt beneath that room.
heaved his corpqient frame into tho
painting shop.
"Gintlemen." wpeezed Mr.. Flanna-
gan. I've come afther the rint.''
zone moment, Flanagan; one mo-
ment." said LutterMorth.y Were just
anishing this coffin"
Mr.. Flannagan's jaw dropped, for the
word "eofhn" reminded him Of how
grasping landlords were said to have
seen treated IN iisSnatiye Ireland.
"FInishin' 4 cof1n!" he repeated, fal-
teringly.
!. ~Don't worry, Flanagan" he said.
ITS not toy you" 5, 4 "a
And then. b thsI aittel thS bok, ffooil
the midst Of rips ana shavilss. and
ct It proudly on the drawing table.
they explained 10 NJ. Flanagan IT.
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Deadly Dull.

DO you think there will be any men
Ct the seq shore. this ri summer?:, ..Qf
course; the Kind met there last sum
mer were the kind Who wouldn't ever vvisl
ind out that we are having war" =
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Her Anxisty.

Iusha1dsnD you realize that youF,
clothes lave cost mo ever. y, 90 dur
ing the last ysar? Che Il was all
done bscaass ! wantsd; 10 look1Sll b.,
eoee you, dear: .s.s ;; ~, & .$
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WALNUTS.

Just why walnuts were named az
they are is a mystery, for the word
means foreign nut" The black wal
nut is Indigenous to this country, and
probably received its name from it's
resemblance to the English walnut.
Anglo-Saxons coined the name in their
own home before they came to Britain
and found the nut which the Romans
had doubtless brought over, as it was
one Of their favorite delicacies.
In the old world the walnut is found
wild in the Banat territory of Hun
gary, in the mountains of Greece. in
Armenia, the north of India and in
Japan. The Greeks neglected their ma
tive trees and imported a better va
riety from Persia. The Romans cult
waited it to great extent and got the
first trees from Persia. They threw
nuts at weddings as we throw rice.
The old proverb says that che who
plants walnut tree expects not to eat
the fruit" The tree is one of the SLOW
est to come to maturity we know, for it
does not bear till 20 years old. An
old farmer and tree-grower gives as
rule for planting walnut trees to dig
shallow hole, place in a layer of de-
cayed leaves from the woods, plant
the nuts with the husks removed, cover
with a small heap of leaves and next
year you will find some have grown.
In another year you may use your dis
erection about what saplings shall be
left to grow
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His Rank.
Twynn-You addressed that man al
general, didn't you?
Triplett-Yes.
"How did he acquire that rank?"
II conferred it on him."
"What for?"
Because he is general nuisance
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Sure Thing.

The General have stood unmoved,
when shells were bursting around masN
Could you?
Romeo transformer - Well, that
would depend great deal upon the age
Of the eggs.-Life.
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Old Habits.
Have you noticed how Slooth carries
his old fisherman traits into his de-.
tective business?"
''Why no. Does he?" e.-
eyes. He can't catch crook With
out telling how bigger one got away
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-12-24
and she had been quite CRATE
full when I said YES.

full when / said yes.
Thinking of these things as
| stood before the fire, a sense
of personal shame came over
me, l felt humiliated; my man.
hood WINGED under the sting as
I thought of that brave, clever
and refined lady-I use the
word in its highest sense
bringing her talent to my door
to sell for a fraction of it's value,
because competition is so ter
ribly sharp" =4..
And then / sat down and let
my pipe go out, thinking of the
bitter lot of the numerous poor
school teachers, music teach
ers and other women who
are doomed to wage the battle
for existence in a society where
the competition is so. terribly
sharp, and where there are too
many n of everything.
What a cruel fight It's, that
OF the educated poor woman.
With what silent heroism is it
maintained; in what sad defeat
must it too often end.
These frail, precious human
creatures battling so gallantly,
yet SO hope1essly, amid the rude
billows Of our cruel commercial
sea; these spoiled melodies and
trodden blooms, are they, too,
to go to the devil?
Fifty cents a week! For this
a trained and cultured musician
is to sellher skilland be CRATE
full.
3 : y ! ! l.. . D. ss--s r. p
ANY other system but this
grinding one Of competition,
weare told, will destroy the in
centive to art. And refined
and clever woman has to walk
through the snow and piercing
cold to my door to ask for so.
cents week. And ! cannot
prevent ithave to endure it..
When the little music teacher
was gone, and when I had fin,
ished. my growl, and when the
blush had melted out of my
face, / sat down and let my
take its way with
NE.
Then the snow melted and
out came the sun Of a fair May
to shine upon the bios
somed trees and dancing brook
and the green meadows.
The young roses were bud
ling upon the homestead walls.
The pigeons fluttered like show
ers Of fower-petals above its
:oofs and gables, the birds built
1nder its shady caves.
Across the well-kept lawn,
erect, with a free and buyant
step, there came an American
girl. She wore a simple dress
ofpale lavender, decorated with
,e1f-co1ored flowers of a lighter,
int, and large, white hat, un-
Ter which her ripe lips, CLEAN
ng teeth, rosy cheeks and lus-
;rous dark eyes showed, as all
air things must, the lovelier
against a plain foil.
Blithely she sang, this bonny
maid, as she tripped among the
budding flowers with the milk
Jail clasped in her shapely arm:
Merrily, merrily shall 1 live now,
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough-
Until, at the sound of her voice,
another girl, smaller, and with
lark hair and gray eyes, came
,ut through the leafy curtain
It the window, and, with her
ace all dimpled with smiles,
,xclaimed: . d.. .
why, Minnie, how slow you
lave been with the milking this
morning" -. !
To this the latter girl replied,
Yes, dear, [ have been dream
ng with my head in dear old
Dapple's dreaming about
hat wonderful opera of Ran
SONS we saw last night. II
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|DEALIST'S FANCY.
'Competition is So Ter
ribly Sharp

It was a doleful night. There
had been a heavy fall of snow
a sharp wind was blowing off
the lake, while the thermome.
ter was falling every hour.
Ny wife was out shopping,
my boy was in bed, l sat
before the fire drowsily reading
the evening paper. My eye
casually fell on a protest against
boycotts and the detriment la
Dor unions were to the city. ]
read it through; the paper
dropped from my hands. 1 fell
to wondering if labor unions
were wrong. Had the best lives
and brains of the century
been wasted in trying to bring
about the consolidation of hu-
manity? Did their work count
for naught? Must we cast it all
aside now that a few worthy
people had discovered that la
Dor unions were wrong and boy
colts a crime? ~ HI. t.
Somebody rang the bell. It
would be a friend coming in
for a gossip. I rose lazily, with
my pipe in my mouth, stepped
into the draughty hall and
opened the door. Instead of the
familiar form of an acquaint-
ance [ behe1d the shadowy fig
ure of woman, with her pale,
oval face, young and pretty,
family discernible against the
background of a dark night.
i The figure said, "Is Mrs. Scribe
at home, please?"
1 I replied that she was not.
The figure said modestly, 'I am
Miss Davis, the music teacher"
will you come in, Miss Davis?"
ooh, no, thank you. I only
called to. see Mrs. Scribe I
called this morning to ask if
your little boy was taking les
sons" ..
Mrs. Scribe told me-" said;
adding, "Yes, of course, Miss
Davis, Charley shall come"
ooh, thank you," said Miss
Davis; then, with blended shy
ness ard frankness, "I'm sorry
to be so importunate, but it is
so hard to get pupils, and I was
anxious to be in time. The
competition is terribly sharp;
there are so many music teach
ers."
There are SO many of every
thing 1 answered glumly, and,
with a smile and a bow, my
wistful little visitor disap-
Deared in the darkness.
I went back through the
draughty hall into the cozy
room and puffed slowly at my
pipe. "The competition is so
terribly sharp; there are so
many music teachers"
1 stared noodily into the fire.
Ny boy was sound asleep in
bed. I knew how he would be
lying, with his chubby cheek
nestled into his chubby hand,
and the shadow of smile on
his face.
"The competition is so ter
ribly sharp" I glanced at the
mirror. A grim, anxious face
looked back at me. Brow lined
and creased, hair gray and thin.
I'm forty! him.
That Miss Davis seemed a
nice little body. My wife had
told me about her. She had
been educated in Germany.
She was very anxious to get
pupils. She had not got one
yet; and her education had cost
her mother so much. Her terms
were only fifty cents a lesson.
Therewas so much competition
that it was useless to ask more.
One must live-if one could.
She had come twice through
the snow and cold to ask if she
teach my child piano
playing, for fifty cents a week,