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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-03

At the Eden Musee unusual preparations are 70
be made for the Dewey celebration. ThA interior
Of the Musee IS undergoing many changes. All os
the Army and Navy groups are 10 be remodened'
and will be arranged in special groups. Ire most
,unor,an, figure I'm the Musee during this ceebra-
ton will be Admiral Dewey The Musee mas nai
an artist in the Philippines and he Is no" on nls
way TO this city with cinemat0graph views or war
fare I'm the Philippines. These pictures VIII ne
shown hourly and the Neapotan Orchestra VII
present afternoon and evening programmes oi Ns'
tionsl airs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-03

The military music furnished by the Squadron a
Band at the Lion Palace Roof Garden has proved
popular and in spite of the cool evenings me place
has been crowded nightly, and will be kept open
far into this month. Another exc"lon' pro-
gramme has been prepared for the coming week
a new programme of soloists, vocal ana instru'
mental will also be heard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-03

Nblo, monologst: Charles Leonard req a'u "a
company in a new farce: WalZ and Ardeii ato
score more To-day's concert continuous ron ~
till 1880 p. m, will enlist the seryiSe4 81 Non
tague and West Fields and Ward and others
Iiebler & Co are considering making an eao'
crate production of Monte Crsto In New-fo'~
next spring presenting James O'NeW III his !"
nous character OF Edmond Dantes.
Everything is now ready for Mrs Flske's ela0'
crate production Of Becky Sharp" on sep'e''e'
10 and seats will go on sale AZ the tntn A'e'".
Theatre to- morrow. Becky Sharp was petio'n'
Yesterday In England for copyright purposes. "
possible that Mrs. Fiskes first London appea'an,
will be made in this play. The company tna' win
support Mrs Fiske in Becky sharp in''u',
Maurice Barrymore. Tyrone Power; "I p,llink.tt
Swsn R RS%Gd Wfrs %oqis " L BranscOs
F. l.. Walton. Frank Reicher. Frank NJ, 9,"sS ei
3. p. Belcher Paul wesel. waiter p rrp r r.
Ksggeras: FrederiGk kings,one o r. Hopkins
Francesca Lincoln olive Hof Leonora SS ionsss1n'
Josephine Roberts Asnss Brnce M nlTcs & cyr.
MARI MacNamara Gloria Aonzo. Helen he"'
and Alma Whitsell
Tn. Harlem Opera House. with new decora''on'
and refurnished throughout. will begin its sea-
on Monday. September Il with Hsrber' hs' rr,ms"
Miss Efhe Shannon IN The Moth ana 'n'
TIL. sale Of subscription seats for the 'Ss''
Square Opera Company's third season OF opera -
English which begins at the American I"'
on October 2 with the production Of DE Ne's'
singer" will open at the box ONCE at me ,ack
on Thursday morning september = a, So, re-
Although numerous applications have nee" nith
ceived none will he filled in accordance Nh, M,p
the established rule intending subscrint's Oh ,hs
personal representatives must he IN un' ~ Wv i.
morning of the sale. a new subscrip'lo. ".seiyss
opened each season. and the first applicant re'r"'
the first choice.
Roster & Biars Music Hall will he opened as''
on September IL. under its new management
good deal OF remodeng and redecoratins Is so'..
The star performer OF the opening night W.,
he Miss Ada Coy, a singer who has voice ~ -
goes gracefully over bar placed six notches I'm
high e. II Is said that II will go higher as sy in
music he written for her ana news
struments built to play her accomra nnaSy
other features OF the opening which have ais,s.,.
been announced are the six SelbIns In oc ,oiS
act Max Walton. impersonator; T.. Laury. cS M
singer: Wilton and La MARITIME, acrobats. and -
Alexandra D4gmara singer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-03

Iiebler & Co are considering making an eao'
crate production Of Monte Crsto' In New-fo'~
next spring presenting James O'Nelll IN MS u"
nous character OF Edmond Dantes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
An Insect Calculator.

There is little insect found in New
Caledonia called the ''insect which
counts" and which seems capable Of
counting ut least six. 1t is found on
the leaves of the banana tree, and,
when the moment is favorable, it may
be seen to turn around, with it's head
as IL center, i'll describing rapid circles.
At first it executes six of them, not one
more or one less; then it reverscs the
movement and makes the same number
in an opposite direction. 1t stops a
moment and begins again, but only
makes five this time, always alternate
ly in opposite directions. Another stop,
then double rotation in alternative
ways, the turns this time only being
four and so on, diminishing constantly
is such a way as successfully three,
then two, and at last one single turn.
After these gymnastic exercises,
which are at the same time mathcmat-
ical. the insect remains absolutely mo.
tionless, until it's agitation again takes
possession Of it and it gives itself up
to it's complicated calculations with an
eNactitude which many people might
envy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
THE SPLITTING HABIT.
Correction Of the Practice should
Begin While Young.

Correction Of the Practice Should
Begin While Young.
Boys should early be taught the
Nervousness Of the offense Of splitting,
both from the basis Of decency and
danger to public health. It is much
easier to prevent the formation Of q
habit Of this kind in O boy than to cor
rect It In O man, and herein lies the
mothers part in the warfare against
splitting. -
No extension Of woman's rights Is
necessary to make mother power in
this neglected realm. All that is re-
quired is return to a duty once faith
fully discharged-but in the rush of
modern life neglected-the vigilant ma
terral supervision Of boys during the
years in which their habits are formed.
The boy who is taught that to spit on
the hearth, the steps-anywhere about
the house-is an infringement upon the
rights of the family that will not be
tolerated, is not likely, as q man, to in
fringe upon the rights Of the public by
splitting upon the sidewalks, or the
floors or steps of public buildings, or in
the cars.
In the meantime. however, there is q
generation of full-grown. active spit
tiers to he reckoned with in the interest
Of the public health and it is the Opin-
ion of those who have given careful at
tention to the matter that these can be
reached more effectively by the dis
semination Of knowledge upon the sub
ject than by city ordinance or state
law.-Trenton Star Gazette.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22

two dense armies of figures and SYM
bols, marching this way and that, but
toward the bottom they thinned out
wonderfully, till there remained two
little lines only of those that had sur
vived the crooked ways of mathemati-
cal war. Evidently she had laid down
her pen (as she sometimes would) just
before the termination of the prob
lem, which I was aware she had been
engaged on for several days. I knew
but little of the higher mathematics,
but I could see if the left-hand line
were subtracted from the right, the
difference would be the result sought
for, provided the problem had been
worked out without error. I took a
pencil and did this idly enough. The
first time l made mistake, but even
with the mistake the result was suf-
ficiently startling to make me rub my
eyes. 1 did it again, and then sank
back into the chair behind me with
gasp, and trembling as though I had
unwittingly raised a ghost!
And no wonder. For there before
me was the Key to the great Secret
for which we had been YEARLY seeking
SO many years! There was no mistake
about it! I knew what it ought to be,
and what conditions it must fulfill;
and there it was, the last product of
scores of sheets of abstruse calculations
based upon laws that could not lie.
There it was! She had stopped just
short of it, and at length I had tri-
umphed!-the fast obstacle to success,
complete, absolute success, was gone!
1 had wrung the answer to the great
question which torments the world
from the stony heart of the almighty
law that governs it!
eff she had known this, Fanny would
not have gomez! said aloud, and then,
what between one thing and another, ]
tainted!
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
(TO BE CoNTINUED.)
A sparrow's Ride in a Fly Wheel.

"A sparrow HUE III n Fly Nheels
Birds have all sorts of queer adven,
lures, but perhaps what was the odd
est one of recent days is that which be-
fell a sparrow at Anderson, Ind. 1t
flew into knife and bar mandatory,
and, getting too near small wheel,
was sucked in. The workmen noticed
it go into the wheel, but knowing that
the cylinder was revolving at speed
of 100 revolutions a minute, took it
for granted that the bird was killed.
When the factory shut down at noon
the men were astonished to hear gen.
tie chirp from the wheel, and 10, there
was the sparrow as we'll as ever. They
found that the bird had chung to the
Strengthening rod of the wheel, and
was in semi-dazed condition. They
picked him up and put him on a table,
and thence, after collecting his wits,
the little bird flew to freedom. The
wheel in which the bird rode made
$1,000 revolutions while it was upon it,
and so the tiny feathered creature
Travelled seventy-three and eight
tenths miles in the embrace of a fly
Wheel
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22

into the study in very strange state
of mind. 1 felt as though l had re-
ceived some dreadful physical shock
had believed in and trusted Fanny
as l had trusted no other woman on
earth, except my dear wife, and the
lurid light in which she now suddenly
revealed herself after these long years
positively staggered and blinded me-,
And yet, after it all, I was astonished
to find that remained fond the wo-
man and missed her dreadfully. In
deed, it was a year or more before I
got over the feeling, and then l only
did it by the exercise of great self-con-
troll. l had grown to depend upon her
so entirely that her help and society
seemed necessity to me, quite alone
as l was in the world. Indeed, had it
not been for my own rather well-de-
veloped pride, I do not think I should
ever have got over it. But this came
to the rescue. I could not bear to re-
fleet that I was intellectual and So
cially bound to the chariot wheels of a
woman who had for years been making
a tool Of me, and who was, after all,
my inferior. And so by degrees I did
get over it; but it has left it's mark
on me-yes, it has left it's mark!
And then it was on that same disas-
trous morning that a wonder happened,
so strangely and opportunity, that
have at times been almost inclined to
attribute it to the direct interference
of Providential Power. When I was
worn out with thinking, turned to my
work, more from habit than anything
else, think, only to be once more ov-
srcome by the reflection that there too
was helpless. The work could not go
IN without the calculations, and who
was to do them now that Fanny had
deserted me? I,could not. and 1t would
oe the task of years, to teachsanybody
Else, however clever, for the under
of them had grown with the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
A0RicuLTURlsTS.
Some Up.to-Date Hints About Cul.
tivatlon OF tho Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures viticulturs and
Horticulture.
Agricultural Notes.

The value Of animal manure to our
farms is seldom realized. We speak
of commercial fertilizers as necessity
to some of our lands and we speak
truly. But the correct use of our
barnyard manure means the adding
every year Of many millions Of dollars
to the value of our farms. For this
reason there is close connection be-
tween the number Of live stock in the
country and the fertility of our farms.
In the last few years our sheep, hogs,
cattle and horses have decreased by
many millions. This means that it Is
possible for us to put many millions
less tons of manure on our land than
formerly. Consider the manurial prod
uct from single animal, and then
consider it from all the animals in the
country. 1t is safe to say that during
the late depression our farm lands
have deteriorated enormously, due to
the lessened supply of manure from
farm animals. If the higher prices
now obtained succeed in stimulating
breeding they will confer an indirect
but great blessing on our agricultural
communities by increasing the fertil-
ity possibilities of the soil.
There are few If any poor farms that
cannot be made good farms provided
they were ever good farms. A worm
out farm is not necessary result OF
cultivating farm for generations. In
other parts of the world some of the
most fertile farms at the present day
are those that have been cultivated for
hundreds and thousands of years. The
Almighty, when he made the earth for
the abode of man, did not so construct
the soil that its fertility might he ex-
hausted in a generation or two. Where
there are poor, rundown farms we
may be assured that there has been
mismanagement in cultivation. Not
only is it possible to grow all the
crops we now grow without running
down the farm, but it is possible to
take a rundown farm and bring it
back to state of fertility greater than
that known in any previous period of
its existence. Nor is miraculous
amount of knowledge needed to do
this. It only requires study by the
owner of the best methods of handling
farm as they are now taught in our
agricultural colleges, in the agricul-
tural press and by many of our best
farmers. -,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22

experience. Besides, this I could nsver
afford to pay q. man. Of the necessary
ability. 1t appeared, therefore, that
there was. an, end Of my search for the
Secret Of Life, to which had devoted
the best years of my Irecarious exist
ence. It was all but labor lost, and
would benefit neither myself nor man
kind. This conviction, rushed upon
me as I stood there by the pile of pa
pers; then for the first time I quite
broke down under the accumulated
weight of sorrows, and, putting my
hands before my face, sobbed like a
child! The paroxysm passed, and with
it passed, too, all my high ambitions.
1 must give it up, and 60 back a fail
ure to what little practice could get,
until such time as the end came.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
Florida.

AS to why Ponce de Leon gave the
name of Florida to the territory now
known by that name, the Florida
an old book published in 1763: "Gave
it the name of Florida because it was
first seen on Easter, called Pasqua de
flores in the language Of his country.
men, or, as Herrera alleges, because il
was covered with flowers and the most
beautiful blossoms" And the Farmer
adds: '"Those who have seen the East.
er season in Florida and the wealth of
fowes which still commemorate and
adorn it's return, can well believe that
both these reasons Influenced the Civ.
ing of it's name. Monthly.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
Tho Velvet Bean.

A bulletin Of the Alabama expert
ment station says: The velvet bean
(Mucuna utilis) is plant which, in
general appearance of leaves and
stems. is nearly similar to the run
ming varieties of COW peas. The vines
attain great lengths, a growth Of
twenty feet being usually made and
much greater lengths being sometimes
attained. The beans are larger than
cowpeas and usually three or four are
found in each pod. The pods are short
and stout. nearly black in color and
covered with coat of velvety hairs.
The velvet bean belongs to the same
family as the cowpea. It is a legume
or leguminous plant, and like the cow
pea, the velvet bean is a renovating
plant. having the power to enrich the
land on which it grows
In any comparison of velvet beans
with cowpeas as renovating crop,
there is one point in which velvet
beans are conspicuously superior,
When frost comes the vines and leaves
settle down together in sucn way
that the force of falling rain is brok-
en- and the network of vines is so
complete that the leaves, the most
valuable portion, cannot be blown or
washed away. With cowpeas the case
is somewhat different, the bare stems
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
Protection for Trees in Winter.

Protection for Trees In Winter.
Mr.. A. d. Barnes tells in the Wiscon-
Horticulturist about his method of
otecting fruit trees against winter
jury. He says: II want to tell the
aders Of the Horticulturist of a pro-
ctor which I am using with great
lccess, namely, window-scresn wire.
ut the wire netting In different
myths and different widths, to suit
aall or large, short or tall trees. Roll
pieces around a broom-stick before
ing to the orchard. Use close
shed, jofnted. wire screening. Set
the bottom end one inch into the earth.
This protector needs no tying at all:
will expand as the tree grows. It is
all right for protecting against sun
scald. mice, rabbits and multitude
of other things and makes no defense
or protection for bugs, worms and
larvae. This protector is all right and
not patented. so let's not quarrel over
the origin of 1t, but use 1t at once. It
is daisy. I put 1t on i've hundred
trees enc year ago. These trees were
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
A Bcwildered Filipino.

The prisoner looked around.
CHOSE soldiers are white, aren't
they?" he asked.
YES replied his captor.
"And those are red?"
eyes. They are Indian scouts"
"And those are black?" .
Eyes. They are the colored troops"
"And those men over there? What
are they?"
''rhey are yellow journalists"
Say. we give in. There's no use try.
ing to hold out against nation that
can set up human rainbow.
land Plain Dealer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22

from which this beetle comes is not
destructive to vegetation, but feeds, so
far as is known. on rotten wood. When
the beetles attack our shade and orna-
mental trees, the only way to check
them is to jar them from the trees and
kill them, or spray the trees with
Paris green and London purple. AS
the beetles are very large, the Earring
method of disposing of them may be
preferable to the spraying Of the trees.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22

Supposing that you had been born
blind, and after living many years shut
out from the beautiful things of the
world, some skilled surgeon should give
to you your sight, wouldn't you have
some marvellous experiences? says the
Chicago Record. An old man who had
been born blind had his sight thus re.
stored to him. At first he started VIC.
lently and was afraid of the strange
things around him, the hugeness of his
room and it's contents. One of the first
things he saw at the window was a
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
Almost Cncanny.

Yeast-We've got a new cook that's
a wonder. rimsonbeak-What's the
matter with her? "She,s been in the
house three weeks and no one has
heard her. say what make wheel size
rides" Statesman.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22

Mr.. Isaac Brock, Of McLennan county.
Tex, has attained the great age of iii
years, having been born In 1888. He 10 an
ardent friend to Peruna and speaks Of It In
the following terms:
During my long life have known .
great many remedies for coughs, colds.
catarrh and diarrhoea. bad always SUP.
posed these affections to be different dis
eases, but have learned from DR.. Hart
mans books, that these affections are the
same and are properly called catarrh.
"As for DR.. Hartman's remedy, Peruna.
Ihave found it to be the best, il not the
only reliable remedy for these affections.
"Perv,an has been a,,y sta,ad-bv
for MANI gears, and attribute mn
good health and sny extreme age to
this remedy. 10 eacactLy meets al
s,ay requirements.
81 have come to rely upon it almost en-.
tirely for the many little things for which
/ need medicine. believe it to be espe.
cially valuable to old people"
Isaac Brock.
Catarrh is the greatest enemy Of old AGA.
person entirely FREQ from oatarrh is sure
to live to hale and hearty old are A fros
book on catarrh sent by Tho Peruna Msdi.
cine Co.. Columbus. O. !.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22

Here's the Whole Winter Problem.
There is one sound piece of advice
that should be repeated from Maine to
Oregon every year when winter APP
proaches, and that is-if you want to
go through the winter without catch
Ing cold, wear rubbers. "-Churchman.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
Tho Ash Tree Beetle.

Tho Ash Tree Beetle.
We herewith illustrate one Of the
largest Of the beetle family that preys
upon our forest trees. This one is
called the Dynastes 1ityus. It feeds
upon the leaves of the ash tree prin-
cipally. but it is also found on some of
the other forest trees. When present
IN numbers, these beetles. on account
OF their size and voraciousness, soon
strip a tree Of the best part of its
leaves. The one we illustrate is not
enlarged, but shows the natural size.
Some Of them are even larger than the
Illustration. Fortunately, the grub
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
CHAPTER vi.

AA> JOuu naQ
temporarily recov-
cred under the
treatment that 1
had applied, seeing
that l could do
nothing else for
him, 1 gave him a
sleeping draught,
and as soon as it
had taken effect, I
went down ctoirc
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22

standing erect and affording no means
OF retaining the leaves in place. On
the other hand better implements are
luired to turn under vines of the
lvet beans than to plow under cow
vines. 1t is not advisable to at
ipt to grow this bean in the north.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22
Does it Pay to Feed Literally.

From Farmers Review: At a
Farmers Institute, Tonganoxie, Kan,
dairyman gave in his report on pro-
ducing milk for the Kansas City mar
ket from common cows, picked up
through the country. So far as pos
sible these cows We're fresh in the fall.
During the winter they receive ration
consisting OF mixture of IA to 16
pounds of bran and corn meal and what
clover hay and sugar cane they will
eat. In summer they receive in addi-
ton to pasture and soiling crops, four
to five pounds of bran. By this sys-
tenn of liberal feeding, a two years
record shows an annual income per
cow Of $70.99, the milk being sold at
an average of cents per gallon. Last
year at the agricultural college our
best cow cost us $3.50 for feed, the
highest of any COW in the herd and
about $3.50 above the average of the
herd. and yet the profit from that COW
over the cost of feed was $24.12 above
the average of the herd. Does it pay to
feed literally? With good dairy COW
it surely does. Had the herd referred
to above or the best COW at the agri-
cultural college been stinted in feed it
would have been an extravagant piece
of economy that would have resulted
in diseased pocket book. The dairy
COW is hard working animal and
should be fed accordingly.
d. H. OTIS.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22

INC, 4oIdLIVeS; uOnL ...~y
look after them? Mrs. Poorman (sad-
ly)-Only their morals, ma'am-only
their morals.-Goshen Democrat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22

nearly an planted in the orchard In
the spring Of 1891. consequently were
OF quite good size. The wire ready
cut at hardware store here cost just
eleven dollars and It took me about
q day and half to form them and
put them on. Every one is in its place
now, one year since placing, and am
sure they have saved a good many
trees from the ravages of mice, as the
ground was thickly covered with Sec
ond crop Of clover and we lost about
twenty-five trees the previous. winter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-22

~ = SSoSP00 w gun
er up the various
papers, I noticed
that on the table
before me lay a
great sheet of Fan
ny's calculations,
which she had been
employed upon the
previous night. The
top of the sheet
was covered with