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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

In order to introduce their low met
al wheels with wide tires. the Empire
Mfg. Co., GIG H. ST., Quincy, ILL.,, have
placed upon the market a farmers
handy wagon, sold at the low price Of
$19.95. The wagon is only rs inches
high, fitted with "a and 30-inch wheels,
with 4-inch tires, either straight or
staggered spokes. This wagon is made
Of best material throughout, and fully
guaranteed for one year. Catalogue
giving full description will be mailed
upon application to the manufacturers,
who also furnish metal wheels at low
prices, made any size and width of tire
to fit any axle.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04
NO KLoNDYKE FOR ME-,

Thus says E. Walters, LIE Raysville,
Pa, who grew (sworn to- 252 bushels
Salzer's corn per acre. That means u.s.
200 bushels on 100 acres at soc a BUSH
Ell. equals $3.50. That is better than
prospective gold mine. Salzer pays
$500 in gold for best name for his IT.
inch corn and oats prodigy. You can
win. Seed potatoes only $3.50 barrel.
Send This Notice and 10 Cts. In Stamps
to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and get free their seed catalogue
and IL new farm seed samples, includ-
ing above corn and oats. surely worth
$40, to get start. w.n.n.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

I Unjust, so hunted up some remedies for
myself, and finally happened on DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. asked
some Of my neighbors about the medicine,
the community, and tRey recommended It It
very highly. Iprocured box. The pills
helped me right away, and I continued
taking them. commenced taking them
last fall, and finished taking the sixth box
q few months ago. am not bothered with
cured me. lean most certainly recommend
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. !"
These pills are not only good for rheu-
matism, but are valuable for any disease
that arises from impoverished, or bad
blood. They do NOT act on the bowels.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04
. GREAT TIDE OF PROSPERITY.
oanadian Loan Companies 0ettine Eoney
ON Mortgages That Had Been
Written on.

Canadian Loan Companies Getting Money
ON Mortgages That Had Been
Written on.
Probably in the history Of the con-
unent there never was such q tide Of
prosperity enjoyed by any country AZ
the Dominion Of Canada IL being ia
vored with. That portion Of Canada
known as Western Canada IL attract
ing thousands Of people, who are seek
ing homes on the arabic lands Of that
new but rapidly developing country.
Possessed Of exceptionally good rail-
road privileges, the best school sys-
TEN In the world, churches in every
small settlement. while in the towns
and cities all denominations are rep
resented, and with markets In close
proximity to the grain fields, most OF
the requirements for q comfortable ex-
lstence are met. The development
That is now taking place in the min
ing districts gives an impulse to agri-
culture, and good prices. with good
crops. bring about a state Of affairs
that the crowded districts Of more
populous centers are taking advan-
tage of. The Associated Press dis
patches a few days since had the fol-
lowing telegram:
Toronto, Feb. 4.-(Special.)-Loan
companies that made advances on
Manitoba property years ago report
that the returns from the west during
the past three months have exceeded
expectations. One company has taken
from Manitoba over $4,000 interest,
and discharged mortgages, many Of
which had been written off year ago.
Directors Of leading loan companies
are taking greater interest in BUSH
ness Of their institutions, and are in
curing into many properties on which
advances have been made.
The climate in the western provinces
Of Manitoba, Alberta, Assiniboia and
Saskatchewan is excellent, there be-
Ing no healthier anywhere. The Can
adam government is now offering spe-
eial inducements for the encourage
ment Of settlers, and they have their
agents at work throughout the United
States for the purpose of giving in
formation and distributing literature.
Among those going to Canada are
many ex-Canadians, who have failed
to make as good living as they ex-
pected in the United States.
No man Gan afthar live pio,,cIv dfo
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Conservative Investors can largely increase
their income by placing their accounts in my
hands, Twenty years Of Wall street expert
ence, in addition to reliable INSIDE INFoRMA-
fuily Y e Write -" for p Particulars, which are
interesting to those having money to invest
CHARLES HUGHES, Investment Broker, 80 Wall
Street. New York City.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

1t Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry.
And is the only cure for Chilblains,
Prostitutes, Damp, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, powder to be shaken into
The shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores 25c. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

The general appraisers of goods passing
through the custom house have made
several decisions lately which, until
passed upon by the secretary of the treas
ury, will hold good. But while there Is
stability in that quarter, no system fail
ing in strength can be properly sustained
without the aid of Hostetters Stomach
Bitters, general tonic and remedy for
malaria, rheumatism, dyspepsia, consti-
patton and biliousness.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

No-To-Bgc for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes
weak men strong. blood pure. SOC. 81
All druggists.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

beauty ~ b1OOO Deep
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Ca
thartic cleans your blood and keeps IL
clean by stirring up the lazy liver and
driving all impurities from the body. Be-
gin to-day to Danish pimples. boils,
blotches. blackheads, and that sickly
bilious complexion by taking Cascarets-
beauty for 10 cents. All druggists. salts.
faction guaranteed. 1Oc. $50. 5Oc.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

I believe Piso's Cure is the only medi-
cine that will cure consumption.-Anna
M. Ross, Williamsport, Pa. Nov. IL, '95.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup
Forchdren teething ,softens the gums infam
mattonallays PAIN cures wind caic. Is cents bottle
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation for
ever. 1Oc. Csc. II c. c. c. fail druggists
refund money.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Kuhn's Rheumatic Cure is guaran-
teed to cure any case of Rheumatism or we
will refund you your money. Price, 81. 90
366 Van Buren, ST., Chicago, Ill.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Truthful boys are the timber that great
men are made Of.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Take not too short time to make q
worldwide bargain in.-Shakespeare.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money it fails to cure CSC
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Conscience makes towards of only those
who fail to obey it.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04
Ten wee,x. for Ten cent..

Ten Weeks for Ten Cents,
That big family paper the ILLUsTRATEDWEEKLY
SENTINEL. of Denver. Colo BOUNDED S9O), will be
sent ten weeks trial for 10c clubs of SOC; IL for
81 Special offer solely to introduce the paper Lat
est mining news and Illustrations of scenery; also
true stories of love and adventure. Address as
above and mention this paper. Stamps taken.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Take not too short a time to make &
worldwide bargain in.-Shakespeare.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04
Custom. Cases Decided.

Few wear their characters like their
cloaks-outside.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

A London dentist, DIR. z. Mosely, has
supplied his pet dog with set of arti-
fetal teeth.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Some Of the Western farmers use rotted
sawdust as fertilizer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Star Tobacco is the leading brand Of
the world, because it is the best.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04
"A novel rnvention,

A st. Paul man has patented g nee@
ed garment for the Kl0ntlike Region.
The invention consists Of q pair q
everalls, or trousers, equipped with
weather-proof padding on the knees
and seat. The padding is made q 2
waterproof, cushioning material, ana -
an integral part Of the garment. pro-
tecting the knees and seat from undue
exposure. Miners, in prospecting and
mining, find it necessary to kneel along
the edges of streams in looking for
signs Of the precious metal, and, when
tired, sit upon the wet ground OF damp
rocks or logs. If ordinary garments
are worn, the constant contact with
camp surfaces is the cause of great dis
comfort, and frequently results In
colds, rheumatism and other diseases.
J. j.. stryker. Patent Atty, f. B. Bradbury.
Patent Solicitor. Pioneer Press Bldg. st. Paul.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

A whit sparrow has made its appear
ance in Lafayette, Ind.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

A husband is plaster that cures all
the ills of girlhood-Moliere.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

One pound of cork is sufficient to sup
port man of ordinary size in the water.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

There are four papers published in the arctic
regions. The last which is called the Atna-
su:nki of Greenland is not sold on the streets
by the newsboys, for obvious reasons
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Merry chickens let others do the fight
ing.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04
Beauty 10 Blood Deep.

Those who worship wealth will bow in
alteration before good clothes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

No man can either live piously or die
:ighteously without wife.-Richter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AoRlCULTURIsTs.

Some up-to-Dsts Hints Abont ,Cul.
tivstion Of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures vitioulture and
Horticulture.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Temptation is the balance where char
acter Is weighed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

DON'T Tobacco SILT and Smoke Your Lfe avav.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netfc, full Of life. xerve and vigor, take No-To-
strong. Alldruggists, soc. or u. Cure guaran-
teed: Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

After the Third Act.
Mr.. Soque-Wait a minute till get
my breath.
Mrs. Sequel hope it will be diff
ferent kind from the last.-Town Top
les.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

Intensive Culture.-In France, ac-
cording to authorities who criticise Ca
madam agriculture from this stand
point, the art of fertilizing the soil is
carried to such an extent that, in case
of tenant farming, the tenant usually
reserves the right to carry the surface
of the soil Of his farm or garden away
with him on the expiration of his
lease. This is the more practicable in
that country because of excellent
means of communication, the usual
smallness of the lots cultivated, and
the fact that the French peasantry sell
dom wander far from the neighborhood
in which they were born. The returns
from a single acre Of land cultivated in
the vicinity of Paris by the highest de-
gree Of intensive tillage often amount
to eight or even ten fold more than
the returns from an acre of land on a
Canadian farm.-Rural Canadian.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04
Soil for Pears.

Clay soil is considered best for pear
culture, and still it should not be too
tenacious and sticky. A pear orchard
will not thrive so we'll, says Green's
Fruit Grower, on any soil that has not
clay subsoil. Next to a friable clay
loan, gravel loan is most desirable.
A light, sandy soil is the least desirable
of any, and yet pears can be grown on
sandy soil. Standard pears can be
planted twenty to thirty feet apart, ac-
cording to circumstances and habits Of
growth. If planted thirty feet apart.
dwarf pears can be planted between
the rows each way. 1 prefer stand
ard pear for general orchard culture,
for the reason that they require less
fertility and cultivation, and for the
further reason that they are longer liv-
ed and make larger and more perma-
nent trees. When the question came
up for vote, however, before the
Western New York Horticultural socie-
ty, we found that the dwarf pear was
the favorite for orchard planting or for
garden. Dwarf pears have the advan-
tage of coming into earlier bearing.
The dwarf pear is not short lived. 1t
requires more pruning and more atten-
ton than the standard pear. Many va
rieties do better on the dwarf pear than
on the standard. should not locate
pear orchard or any other orchard in
a low piece of ground. should locate
on hillside. The pear is easily trans
planted. l transplant several thousand
every spring, and they do not lose on
an average one out of one hundred
trees. Pear trees come into bearing
earlier than the apple.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04
stoil, l7',Ap.Iv,,ea,

Son Apalyses.
Prof. Persons. III his bulletin On \
Chemical Study Of Some Tropical
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-19
MAKING GOOD BREAD.
How Any Woman May Learn TO Mas
ter This Most Valuable OF
Household Arts

The day before baking-at noon in
cold weather, in the evening when il Is
warm-peel, cook and mash thorough
" five or six medium-sized Irish po-
tatoes. After putting the mashed po-
tatOes in a vessel you use for sponge
q use a covered tin paiD, add One-half
teacup of sugar and one heaping table
spoon of salt. With a fork beat and
mix briskly; the longer you beat, the
lighter the sponge will be. When cool,
add one yeast cake, soaked. Set away
in a rather warm place over night In
the morning sift your flour in the mix
ing bowl, and to the potato sponge,
after taking teacupful out and put
ting in a self-sealing can for your next
baking, put as much warm water in
proportions as you wish to make breads
for six rather small loaves use three
pints OF water. Stir into your -four,
mix thoroughly and knead your dough
well. Work in all the flour You can;
put in a bowl TO raise. When the bulk
is almost doubled, which will be in two
or three hours, according to the
warmth of the dough, punch down with
the fists; leave in the bowl to raise
again. In about an hour II will be
ready to mold into loaveS. Use as little
flour as possible in molding the loares:
grease your baking-pan and also the
loaves, being careful to grease we'll
between the loaves, when double their
bulk, rub the top with wet cloth, and
put in a moderate oven TO bake one
hour If you do not have a deep bread
pan, take stiff paper cut in strips two
or three inches wide, pin together I'M
til long enough 10 reach around your
pan. just before putting in the oven,
slip this paper around the pan. 1t
will prevent the dough spreading over
the sides of the pan. Don't have your
oven too hot. 1t should be so that the
cook can hold her hand in and count
20 rather quickly. Have the fire so
that it will get hotter for about 20 min
utes, then gradually cool down. After
mixing the dough. keep covered with a
warm cloth. The oven is a good place
to raise bread in if you are certain il
is not too warm. The day before the
next baking prepare potatoes, sugar
and salt the same as before. but in
stead of using yeast cake. use the tea
cupful of potato sponge saved before.
| The bread will be better than before,
| and you can save out teacup of potato
sponge each timei If you bake bread
a. often as once week you will not
need to use yeast again for six months
or a year.-W. A. Clearwaters, in La:
| dies World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-19
Rhythmic Insect souna.

A most interesting field of investiga,
ton is presented by the rhythm of in.
sect sounds. When large number OF
crickets are chirping a night in a field
they do so spontaneously, keeping time
if led by the baton of a conductor
Prof. A. +. Dolbear says that the rate OF
chirp is apparently determined by the
temperature So invariably is this the
case that when the number of chirp,
per minute is known the Temperature
with certainty can be estimated. At 3
temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit
the rate is so per minute, and at 20 de
grees it is 120 per minute. This give.
a change of four chirps per minute 70,
each change of one degree.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-19
The Very Man.

Just before a recent dinner given in
honor of a colonial magnate, q young
swell, whose chief claim to distinction
seemed to be the height of his collar
and an eyeglass. addressing a stranger,
said:
'Beastly nuisance, isn't it? Spoke to
that fellah over there-took him for a
gentleman-and found he had a ribbon
on his coat; some blooming head waiter,
I suppose"
t'Oh, no." replied the other; that's
Blank, the guest of the evening"
Dash it all, nowl is it?" said the
astounded swell. Look here. old fell
low; as you know everybody, would
you mind sitting next me at dinner
and telling me who everyone is?''
Should like to, very much" replied
the other man; ''but you see cannot.
I'm the blooming head waiter"
SwerS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-19

SEARCH him, some of you Sinking
| lubbers, and the rest of you aloft and
get the chest" he cried.
could hear their feet rafting up our
old stairs, so that the house must have
shaken with it. Promptly afterward.
fresh sounds of establishment arose:
the window of the captains room was
| thrown open with a slam and jingle
of broken glass; and man leaned out
into the moonlight, head and shout
ders. and addressed the blind beggar on
the road below him.
'Pew," he cried, they've been be-
fore US. Some ones turned the chest
out allow and aloft.''
SIS it there?" roared Pew.
.'The moneys there"
The blind man cursed the money
"Flint'S fist. mean,' he cried.
eve don't see it here nohow," re-
turned the man.
Here. you below here, is it on Bill?'
| cried the blind man again.
At that another fellow, probably he
| who had remained below to search the
! captains body, came to the door OF
the inn. 'sBilfs been overhauIed
Already" said he, 'nothin' left"
It's these people of the limits
that boy. I wish l had put his eyes
| out!" cried the blind man, Pew. They
were here no time ago-they had the
lads, and find 'em.''
"Sure enough. they left their glim
| here" said the fellow from the window.
Scatter and find 'emi Rout the
| house outi" reiterated Pew, striking
IL 9, ~
Then there followed a great to-do
through all our old inn. heavy feet
pounding to and fro. furniture all
thrown over, doors kicked in. until the
very rocks reechoed, and the men came
out again, one after another. on the
road, and declared that we were no.
where to be found. And just then the
same whistle that had alarmed my
| mother and myself over the dead cap
| tain's money was once more clearly
audible through the night, but this
| time twice repeated. 1 had thought it
to be the blind mans trumpet, so to
| speak, summoning his crew to the as
sault; but I now found that it was a
signal from the hillside toward the
hamlet. and, from its effect upon the
| buccaneers, a signal to warn them of
| approaching danger.
There's Dirk again. said one.
Twice! Well have to bulge, mates
| 'Budge, you skulk!" cried Pew.
''Dirk was fool and a coward from the
first-you wouldn't mind him. They
must be close by; they can't be far; you
have your hands on it. Scatter and look
for them, dogs. Oh, SILVER my SOUL"
he cried, ''if I had eyes!"
| fro BE Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-19
THE HEART OF THE YEAR.


We have fathoned the heart of the year;
And we ask our pleasures abound,
If in all the glad years we have found.
There ever another so dear?
Was there ever such verdure before,
Or such fair fragrant lilies these,
With whole meadows of daisies TO please.
Or of fruitaSe so lavish a store?
And we think how we watched for the
spring,
How we hailed the first bloom with de-
light,
How we questioned by day and by night
What the new year. the strange year would
bring.
And her heart she has shown US, and oh,
There are pleasures and treasures of
worth.
And she scatters them over the earth,
Where the feet of her lovers may go.
And we follow. like children DER blest
With more gifts than they see in their
dreams.
And we linger by forests and streams,
And drink of the fountain of rest.
Oh, year, that is bonny and sweet
For thy blessings so lavish we fam
Would thank thee again and again,
And pour out our love at thy feet.
Emma A. Lente. in Good Housekeeping.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-19
PART 1.
CHAPTER III.-CoNTINUED.

The poor captain raised his eyes, and
at one look the rum went out of him.
and left him staring sober. The express
sioH of his face was not so much of ter
ror as of mortal sickness. He made q
movement to rise, but do not believe
he had enough force left in his body.
Now, Bill, sit where you are said
the beggar. 'If can't see, can hear q
finger stirring. business is business.
Hold out your left hand. Boy, take his
near my right"
We both obeyed him to the letter. and
1 saw him pass something from the
hollow of the hand that held his stick
into the palm of the captains, which
closed upon it instantly.
"And now that's DONE" said the blind
man; and at the words he suddenly
left hold of me. and. with incredible
accuracy and nimbleness, skipped out
of the parlor and into the road, where,
as | stood motionless, / could hear his
stick go tap-tap-tapping into the dis
tance.
1t was some time before either or
thecaptain seemed to gather our senses;
but at length. and about the same mo-
ment, l released his wrist, which l was
still holding, and he drew in his hand
and looked sharply into the palm.
Ten o'clock!" he cried. six hours
Well do them yet" and he sprung to his
feet.
Even as he did so. he reeled, put his
hand to his throat. stood swaying fo1
a moment, and then, with a peculiar
sound. fell from his whole height face
foremost to the floor.
I ran to him at once, calling my
mother. But haste was all in vain
The captain had been struck dead by
laundering apoplexy. 1t is a curious
thing to understand. for had certain
1y never liked the man, though of late
I had begun to pity him, but as soon
as l saw that he was dead, burst into
"a food of tears. 1t was the second
death l had known, and the sorrow OF
the first was still fresh in my heart.