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Distress.


ner toward his wife and child was.sal-
most brutal.
Marjorie bore her lot with exemplary
docility and characteristic gentleness;
but one day her patience gave way.
She received communications
anonymous letter-which ran as fol-
lows, but in the French tongue:
"Madame-When your husband is
not with you he is with Mademoiselle
Seraphine of the Chatelet."
Marjorie read the letter through
twice, then folded it and put it in her
pocket. Caussidiere was late home
that night; indeed, it was nearly two
o'clock before his latch-key was put in
the door; yet when he mounted the
stairs he found that Marjorie was sit
ting up for him.
"Diable, what are you doing here?"
where have you been so late,
Leon?" she quietly replied.
He stared at her with an ominous
frown as he said:
"What is that to you? Go to bed"
seeing we'll lAdI NC Was III no uOOC
to be questioned, she obeyed him; but
the next morning, when they were sit
ting at breakfast, she returned to the
subject again.
Leon" she said. where is it that
you go so often when you are away
from me-"
Caussidiere looked at her with new
light in his eyes; then he turned away
his head and continued his breakfast.
ITO mr. coSTrNr1pD
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-08
WHEN WELCOME is WORN OUT
Tactful Hints of Hosts who Are Weary
of Guaats.

Tactful Hints of Hosts who Are Weary
of Guests,
An Ohio host, wearied out of all en-
durance by the persistency of his guest,
chose as his medium the family prayer
after breakfast, and said: go Lord,
bless our visiting brother, who will
leave. us on the 10 o'clock train this
morning." 1 prefer the subtler and
more reverent method of another
Ohioan, the father of William Dean
Howells, the novelist. His practice
was, when a visitor had worn out his
welcome, to be called away on bust
ness and to say to his guest: 81 sup
pose you will not be here when re-
turn, so I will wish you good-by."
Excellent and highly appreciated by
the boys was the formula used by Dr.
Vaughn, when, as headmaster of Har-
row school, he had to entertain the
highest form in the school in patches
at breakfast. Commissioning the BASH
fulness of the lads who did not know
how to leave and yet wanted to do SO,
the doctor would say-apropos of moth
ing: "Must you go? Can't you stay?"
This was the signal for departure. I
admire very heartily the transposition
of laundering narrator, who, in tell
ing this story, gave the formula as
Cant you go? Must you stay?" A
fellow feeling makes one wondrous
kind to this revised version.
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remained unchanged. A gray. weary.

remained unchanged. A gray. weary,
WORKOUT woman, she dwelt alone in
Annandale Castle.
Holding little Leon by the hand, they
strolled quietly along under the trees.
Presently they came to one Of the
many merry-go-rounds which are to
be found in the Champs Elysees. Mer-
~ children were riding on the wooden
horses, and mothers and nursery.matds
were looking on.
Here little Leon clamored for a ride,
and Sutherland placed him on one Of
the horses. As he rode round and
round, uttering cries Of infantine de-
light, Marjorie looked on with height
ened color, here eyes full Of mothers
tender rapture; and, gazing upon her.
Sutherland thought to himself:
poor Marjorie! She loves her hus-
band for her child's sake. have no
right to come between them"
When the ride was done and the
three passed on together, Marjorie
seemed to have forgotten al her trou-
BILE and to look her old smiling self, but
Sutherland's heart sank in deep dejec-
ton.
Close to the Madeleine they parted,
with a warm handshake and prom
Use to meet again.
From that day forth Marjorie and
Sutherland met frequently, and walked
together in the Bots de Boulogne or on
the boulevards. with little Leon for a
companion. At her express entreaty
he refrained from speaking to Caussi-
diere, though he saw that, despite her
attempts at cheerfulness, her face
sometimes wore an expression of in
creasing pain. He began to suspect
that there was something very wrong
indeed; and he determined to discover,
if possible, the exact relations exist
ing between Marjorie and her husband.
Meantime, the meetings with his old
sweetheart were full of an abundant
happiness, tempered with sympathetic
distress.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-08
SIZE AND cAPAHlLlrY.
The As,ss,o ElepA.nt L Likely . I

The Asiatio Elephant Il Likely 70 II
crease IN Numbsrs.
In many cases the difference be-
tween brains and no brains, or very
little, has preserved one species and
consigned the others to destruction,
says the Spectator. Size makes no
difference at all in this general result.
which applies equally to the elephant
with the rat. OF the survtvals Of the
giant beasts of previous ages. crea-
lures whose mere bulk is on q scale
quite removed from the animal life of
today, one, the Asiatic elephant, not
only maintains itself, but is even like.
ly to increase in numbers under the &C.
tive and interested care of man. Omit
ting for the present the case Of its Afri-
can cousin, we find four other gigantic
beasts nodded almost on the same
scale, two of them inhabiting the same
regions as the Asiatic elephant, all
vegetable feeders, and requiring no
more specialized food than their sue
cessful compeer,. elephas Indicus. These
are the rhinoceroses Of India and Of
the Trans-Gangetic peninsula and the
white and black species of southern
and central Africa. To these must be
added the hippopotamus protected by
a fortunate adaptation to aquatic life,
to which the great rivers of Africa af-
ford unrivaled chances of survival. All
these giant beasts, except the elephant,
are vanishing, almost solely from lack
OF brain power which protects the ele-
plant both directly, in making him
vigilant, cautious and resourceful when
wild, and indirectly, but even more ef-
fectively, in these days by making him
a possible and in some cases an indis-
pensable servant to man. That the
rhinoceroses in their wild condition
have died out almost in proportion to
their stupidity is obvious from the case
of the South African species. The
white rhinoceros, now believed to be-
extinct, was, after the elephant, the
largest Of land mammals and almost
the dullest. It was sleepy, short
sighted and stupid. Hunters shot it.,
as it lay, before it was awake. The
black rhinoceros, while equally stupid,
is more vigilant animal, with quicker
senses; hence its partial survival. The
Indian rhinoceros is a duller creature
than the smaller species found in the
Straits settlements and the south Of
the trans-Gangetic peninsula, and 1t is
certainly far rarer, though this may
be due to an originally circumscribed
habitat, as we'll as to it's sluggish
habits.
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INCOMES THAT SEEM LARGE.

1t is always assumed that great
painters make fortunes almost with q
turn of the hand. That, at all events,
is not the experience of M. Puvis de
Chavannes, the most celebrated paint
er in France at the present time, who
has been working for thirty-seven
years, estimates that the total amount
he has been able to earn by his pic
lures in that time has amounted to
scarcely $4,000. In other words, his
income has averaged only about f43O
a year.
This even does not represent profit,
for naturally his expenses in hiring
models and in purchasing materials
would have to be deducted from this
very modest sum.
Similar abnormal figures between
position and income are occasionally
met with in other professions, al
though as rule men do not like to
proclaim the fact that they have not
been great money-makers.
One of the most remarkable ex-
amples of this fact was the case Of a
famous oculist living in Harley street.
He was the senior surgeon Of one Of
the most celebrated ophthalmic hos
pitfalls in London. and held one Of the
highest positions in the professional
world as consultant.
In speaking Of the subject Of earn
ings to professional friend one day,
he jokingly asked:
what would. you think has been
the most have ever earned in a year
out of the practice Of my profession?''
The friend looked up not knowing
what to answer. whereupon the old
oculist went son: "WeH. you would
perhaps be surprised If I told you that
1 have never earned rf100 in twelve
months"
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A Wonder.

when that man came to this town."
said Rivers, 'he hadn't a rag to his
back. Look at him now"
Brooks walked to the window, looked
in the direction indicated. and saw a
swarthy son Of Italy walking down the
street bending beneath the weight of q
sack Of rags three or four times his
size, strapped to his back.
The historian regrets to have to re-
cord the fact that this led to another
quarrel between the two old friends
Chicago Tribune.
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AS TRUE AS GOSPEL.

Speak we'll of your friend, of your
enemy. say nothing.
He who says what he likes will hear
what he does not like.
A mans manners are the mirror in
which he shows his portrait.
Learning is either good or bad ac-
cording to him that has tan excel
lent weapon. if we'll used; otherwise,
like sharp razor in the hands Of a
child.
Life is no idle dream, but solemn
reality based on and encompassed by
eternity. Find out your work, and
stand to It; the night cometh when no
man can work.
All brave men are brave in initia-
tive. but the courage which enables
them to succeed where others dare not
even attempt is never so potent as
when it leads to entire self-forgetful-
ness.
Not aforementioned is the hour when
first friends met. Friends, but friends
on earth, and therefore dear; sought
oft, and sought almost as oft in vain,
yet always sought, SO native to the
heart: SO much desired and coveted by
all. ;. ~.
Human happiness has no perfect Sc
curly but freedom. freedom none blu,
virtue. virtue none but knowledge has
any freedom. virtue nor knowledge
has any vigor Of immortal hope except
in the principles Of the Christian faith
and in the sanctions Of the Christian
religion.
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it all troubleshave gone. My monthly
sickness used to be so painful, but have
not had the slightest pain since taking
your medicine. I cannot praise your
Vegetable Compound too much. My
husband and friends see such a change
in me. I look so much better and have
some color in my face"
Mrs. Pinkham invites women who are
ill to write to her at Lynn, Mass, for
advice, which is freely offered.
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A Good Example.

Women are now admitted to lectures
at Edinburg university, where they sit
in the front seats. Recently eight wo
men were attending Prof. Taits leo
ture on the geometrlc forms Of crys-
tails. "An octahedoron, gentlemen"
said the professor, els body with
eight plane faces For example,"
''Lokk at the front bench!' broke in
u man from the safe ground of the
back seats.-Wave.
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pathetic Scene.

The minstrel man lay dying. He
called his eldest son to his bedside and
said: my boy, cannot leave you any
money; I have spent that as fast as
made 1t. But you shall inherit the
heirloom that I received from my
father. It will make you a living; It
made his and it made mine" Then,
laying In the hand Of the young man
the worn and stained Joke book. he
breathed his last.
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ReputatiOn,

cat last" he said, II have arranged
it so that people will talk about me"
"How?" his friend asked. 81 have just
told woman that was chosen by fate
to do great things and, charged her not
to breathe it to living SOUL"
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" i II T. n LAM -
s u S p / C ions were
correct. Matters be-
tween husband and
wife were rapidly
coming to a climax.
Day after day, and
S o m e t ines night
after night, Caussi-
d ere w a s from
home, and when he
was there his man
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NiRhtmare Rreeder..

Nightmare Breeders.
II see that Laura Jean Libbey says
she makes up all her plots from
Dreams
"Say, she ought to win pot Of mon
ey selling chatting dish menus."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinire Tablets All
druggists refund the money 1t It fails to cure.
25c. The genuine has j. Il @. on each tablet
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The best quality Of maple syrup
comes from the north side Of the tree,
but the flow IL not 20 large O. whom
the tree u tapped on the south side,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-08

Two bottles Of Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton cured me of a bad lung trouble.-Mrs.
j. Nichols, Princeton, Ind, Mar. %, 1895.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums reduces In.
fammation, allays pain. cures wind colic Csc bottle
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-08

The lazier a man is til eharder it is
to discourage him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-08

A lie often cripples where cannon
would be ineffective.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-08

The tramp would rather go to Jail
than be caught in the tolls.
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COULD NOT SLEEP.
Mrs. Pinkham Relieved Her of All
Her Troubles.

Mrs. MADaE BABcocK, 17e Second
St., Grand Rapids, Mich, had ovarian
trouble with its attendant aches
and pains, now she is well. Here
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Could Not Keep House
Without DR.. Seth Arnold's Cough Killer. Mrs. e. ].
Barton, Boyd, Wis. 25c abottle.
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The cellar excavator always gets in
his work.
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Poverty may blunt our other senses
but It sharpens the tasts.
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CHAPTER xxx.

~ THEIR LANDS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-11
An Appeal for Cuba.
10 the Editor of The Post.

TO the Editor Of The Post
Ninety miles from our threshold neigh
Dor pleads for our help. Starvation stars
her unhappy children in the fa,e; the
demon of Spanish hate pursues their tired
furnishing, while up from the many
churches of our Christian land ascends the
petition to help the needy and distressed.
Famine, with its sharp and meager face,
is but death in an undress of skin and
bone--age and youth alike are taken away.
The bones of the patriot that whiten
upon the battlefield in the deserted swamp
will rise in mutiny against the slayers Of
helpless women and children.
Cuba appeals TO us to send the proudest
blood in Europe-the Spaniard- con-
quered, not only that, but denounced by all
Christian nations as an enemy cruel,
treacherous and menace 10 the fair name
of Christian Europe.
We boast about our enlightenment and
religious activity in this age. the crown
ing age of the worlds history, but the
country that is not fired to war by the
impassioned recital of the atrocities in
Cuba has not the true spirit of Christ per-
vading the length and breadth OF its ter
ritory. The responsibility rests upon us.
anu VIII VIC. w oui NNNii"stAho Ste4hSi
shirk the duty of protecting the weak and
oppressed and Furnishing the oppressor?
Unpatriotc and ignoble statesmen t.
us that we would violate international
laws II we interviewed
l tell you the laws of humanity are
broader than the laws of nations christ
died upon the cross to MAXI men holy;
we can die to make them free.
1t is useless ito eXtenuatc tho matter.
Spain may cry peace, peace, but there can
be no peace while the awful butchery con-
tinues.
Spain herself fred the first gun when
she hurled our brave sailor lads into
eternity in the dead hours of the night.
The very next gale that comes from the
north Will bring to our cars the means and
groans of the wounded and dying.
What is 1t our statesmen wish. or are
their hands bound by the gold letters o.
the money changers? The time for armed
intervention has come.
The Spanish government may pteously
beg for time the administration may conn
sci moderation, but the law making body
that utters the voice OF the nation will
declare war for humanity and National
honor
The Cuban soldier has fought long and
well, but 1t is for us TO give him fresh
courage and raise the flag OF liberty over
the eternal hills. c. V. Daniel,
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.ssssssssssssssssssssssssesssss.s
FORECASTS BY FOSTER.

I,n Mo- April 9-tcopyrshted, $685. by W. T. My last
Of the storm wave to cross the continent to Goth
~ pocr..
~ d great Central valleys 25th Eastern states asb
will west of Rockies 2ist great Central
raen states 25th Cool cross the west Of Rotes
r., sh great Central valleys 26h. Eastern States 2sth.
[ of the average below normal IN the
I ~ above in Northern States
- ire will be generally great Central
ali parts North Americathat lie level monn-
eau elevated districts rainfall for this periodApr go
IL about 10 normal
la countries United sta ties will signs Of
and good aud parts Of the Mississippi Missouri
L. cys signs OF viii extend east
New England States
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could give satisfaction to the old soldiers
No doubt the managers OF the home do all
IN their mower to make tho old soldiers
happy. ! live on sg6 a year. divided quar-
tcrly. That Is what Uncle Sam gives me
Tor Mexican services. | live with my wife
and children. The two greatest blessings
on this earth are wife and children and
friends.
1t has all the time seemed wrong to mo
TO discriminate between two old decrepit
soldiers, because one has wife and the
other none, when they are both in the
SINE condition. / am democrat and do
rot like class legislation. I think Texas
should give her disabled and crippled SOL
eiers IS per month quarterly, then they
could have the privilege of enjoying per-
sonal liberty. other States OF less magni-
tude than the Lone Star give their soldiers
a pension John L. Williams.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-11
~ confederate ;, ed soldiers.

'nfederate Soldiers.
'or Of The Post.
snola County. Texas. April ~
'u'er who has experienced
seSehty-three winters and did
'.o wars. Yes. have seen the
y war hover over our country
- ooth o. these wars volun-
was eager for the fray as
var DOG. And now the war dogs
again, and ! am too old and
~, ~ the combat, but II an army
"a uh We're to come marching
o'u Tag. the stars and stripes,
n, W S, .he breeze, l could not do
! a'ahd and weep. because i am
f. ~ ! fought against the old
= constitutional right, and !
"sn' yet, but that is a thing
say something about the SOL
NJ austin. see a communica-
VT A. F. Wood Of Corsicans.
~. ~, on the subject. ! think
4 "sM balanced in regard to the
Minks II would be less ex-
ola s'e and give moro satisfac-
soldiers TO give them So per
IA akes the same view OF that
~ heh the amendment was
80 believed It would prove
nvs ~ extensive one 1t that.
did not believe It
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'JIIIII13lEl!l!l.|

prn,ary. Secondary or TsrId,.a.y You pI car
permaaentiy cured N Is % 20 asy s,ce under
be treated at home 10, Hnu 'n prefer to ners
sams to pay railroad fare and h9 So
Bills and no cargs II We fan 70 da's and still
have taken mercury, odds potsspP Patches ten in
have aches and pains; ,as Gamer colored
sn san Ulcers on any part Of the ee sSyyablits
ar Eyebrows falling out, i Is THIS 't ~ cure.
RLooD POISON that we gua rases and ehai-
,sss s' he world for case We can no s uI' Of
This Isn disease has always bafesdi ,ne eapitsi
the most eminent physicians n.y. s,vy0' Absolute
behind our unconditional s, us,a Address
proofs sent se''' SOoK nEMEDf ~.
.07 Masonic Buiidtns, 'n
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THE
Texas Transport IGllhd Co,
dncorporated.)
+ 3gs. 81. ~ 5eS
SIMPSON. SPENCE s YOUNG. General Man.
ascrs. New York.
cllAs, II oRTIiwEiN. q SONS. General
AGENTS. New Orleans aud Galveston,
ss--------- w
VIM. p, Ross, Traffic Manager. .si
New orlcansl
Jas. Graham. ,lr., Loea, Manager.
Galveston. as4
j. Morrow. Local secretary and Treasurer.
Galvcston.

l-
We beg TO announce that We have assumed
the General Agency for New Orleans and Gall
Weston Of THE TlsSAS TRANSPORT AND
TERMINAL co. tlnc.l which viii continue
To oohduct its general steamship agency bust
ness Mt Galveston. with MRssIAS. GRAHAM,
JR,, as Local Manager. and MIR, j. MEkkuW
MS Local Secretary aud Treasurer
The Company viii also establish ind con-
duct u general steamship nganey business at
Nov Orleans. with MIR. MN. p. ROSS ~
Traffic Manager,
The Company. with much Increased facili-
ties, VIII aim TO provide regular and salts
factory service OF steamers from Galveston
and New Orleans 10 all the Leading ports OF
Euionc and VII furnish through rates and
through bills OF lnding from all points IN thu
interior OF the United States to MI points IN
Europe,
We trust saippcrs viii continue the liberal
patronage heretofore given To the Company
nj Galveston and Will extend Same to tha
Company's Office in New orleans
Very respectfully.
CIIAs, i, oRTIlwEIN s. SONS,
General Agents, ionncn Building. Now or.
leans strand, Galveston.
Kew Orleans, April 8. iS9s.
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prB of The Galveston an liohNton inHtHi-
nout Company Will be held at the Office
OF Mr.. NJ. I.nskcr in Galveston, Texas. at
l1;5J o'clock p. m. April ~, 1928. iufps
Cage. secretary. ~
,OTIlE--Tcxas. Sabine Valley aud North
western Railway Company, l,ongyiow.
Texts, March 70. ises --%otiee II hereby
given that tho annual meeting OF the stock,
holders OF ihe Taxas. Sa'int Valley aud
Northwestern Railway Company viii bc
held al the public otnce II taid company In
tho city oil Longyitw, nrsgg toualy, Tcxns.
on "Wednesday. the 9Th dsy of April, 1885,
az 1 O'Clock D. m. for The election Of board
of nine directors OF Eaid compaGy, and for
the trapsacticn OF such other business az
may be brought before the siockLolnorJ'
Jnpetiug.
Notice is also hereby given that tho FIRST
meeting OF The board OF directors Of said
Texas. Sabine Valley and Northwestern
hailMiy Company. 70 be elected a. SAL
sam, place and on tho SANE day as sald
stoekhoiders' meeting.
]. II, clem,nonB, Secretary,
NCTIcE-Texas md Sabine Valley Railway
cfn,f any, Carthage. Texas. March 70, los.
Notice Is hereby given that the nnnual
meeting o. ,hs ,s s.ockhogs,s % ,ao r, wi,
be held al the public office Of said company.
n The city Of Carthage. Pamela county.
TfSas. on Tfursday. the 18Th DAY ~ hprh,
board Of nine directors OF said company aud
for the transaction OF such other business
as may be brought before tho Htockhoidors'
meeting.
meeting Of tho board OF directors Of said
Texas and Sabine Valley Railway Company.
to be elected at aaid stockholders' meeting,
WIZ BE- nsia a. ,hs aaa
q. ~. ID. Grlghby, President
j. n. Cltmmons, necretnry. f-2S