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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-22
DOES A MAN OWN HIS OWN
1,IFEq

This-is question, which though long
debated in certain intelligent circles, has
only lately been publicly discussed in the
press.
1t comes throug gh the public acknow-
Judgement of Massachusetts, physician,
that he believes he has perfect right to
alleviate the sufferings of an incurable and
hopeless case by the administration of
choloroforn, when it is the desire of the
patient and the relatives.
Most states have laws which make it a
criminal act for a man TO attempt to take
his own life under any circumstances;
but on the other hand most states have
laws which compel the killing Of animals
which are suffering from painful and in.
durable diseases.
There are many fatal diseases to which
man is liable, in which the last weeks,
days or hours of life are seasons of ex.
quisite pain. There are others in which
the certain death will be a long drawn
out struggle of the most dreadful de-
scription. If it is humane to put dog
quickly and painlessly out of such hope
less misery, why is it not equally or more
merciful to do the same kindness to sui
fering man?
Suicide from mere misfortune is gener
ally cowardly act, but there are case:
Of disease where the suicide is not blam
ed. And if this is true, the physician
should not be blamed, who makes Ger
tain death, peaceful and painless, even a
the expense of few hours of agony ane
horror. And we believe the world will
come to that way Of thinking in the nea
future.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
STATE OrrrcRRa.

d, g. Representative, B. +. Spalding.
Senators, y. o. Hansbrough, r. McCumber
Governor, B. +. Fanchler.
Lieut.. Governor, j. n. Devine.
Secretary of State. Fred Falley.
State Treasurer, d. w. Driecoll.
!. Attorney General, John CoWan.
Judges Supreme Court, N. @. Young, Al
fred Wa1lin, ]. II. Bartholomew.
Railroad Commissionere, John Stmons,
Henry Erickson, Z. Z. Walton.
Superintendent OF Public instruction, ].
g. Halland.
Commissioner Of Insurance, G. w. Harri.
son.
Commissiouer of Agriculture and Labor,
II. u. Thomas.
SENATORS.
First District, Judson LaMoure, Pembina.
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Ao.ic. 20 B,,ild s,.lew.lk.

WHEREAS. hy resolution OF the council Of the
w Gi,y OF e'n.ina, N. D., N sidewalk was
doemed necets r.. and ordered ~ he built along
and six (6). OF !, ock twenty four cay ON Ramsey
s'r e. ct be .ween $ gone, md Thiid streets.
r,!ia ahereioIe nO.i,e = hereby given 10 Mre. N.
Wsrdwell. or 10 any other person or persons as
owners or =. cupan:s Of raid deer. bed lois, to
cOnsruct said Sidewalks within twenty days af-
four (4) iett in width. OF good inch LUMBER. and
Mim proper rfonndsiioilan end ttrngers
/. ~ order Of ihe CITY Council. Dated ct Penn.
iobv. 1O-ll F. "A. MARDwELL,
- .'ss. ~ Auditor.
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Say Mr.. Republican, comparisons are
odious. Next time instead of taking La
Moure, take Pettigrew or some Of his
kind for a parallel. We, up here north,
don't like the taint of secession-even in
observation-disclosures EXPRESS.
Pettigrew does not possess the nec-
essary qualifcations-he has long ago
ceased TO be leader among men. .
He can't even follow after he has been
started straight. Oakes Republican.
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Entered at the portoface at Pembina as secon,
class mail matter.
The Pioneer Express.
Aev1sdTA DEVIL Dnl.Ii Isr1AND.


Devils Island upon which Dreyfus ha:
spent nearly five years of exile, is near
ly five-eighths of a mile long and 1910 fee
WIDE, and almost entirely void of vege
tation. During four months of the veal
1t does not rain and the stones are sc
hot they will burn flesh to blister; the
balance of the year it rains almost con
stantly. Yet the fiendish cruelty of the
French military court is not satisfied
! Fargo Call.
In 1865. the writer spent week or ter
days at this delectable spot. We were
at that time in the service of the U. S
on board one of the ships of the navy
There was quite fleet of naval vesse..
with us. acting as the convoy of the mon
itor "Monadanock," now at the Philli
pines, which was on its way to San Fran.
cisco, it being the first long voyage that
a vessel of that build had ever under.
taken.
The fleet had stopped at these islands
for coal, all of which was brought in
lighters from the shore, and to coal all
the ships took considerable time. We
think there are three Of these islands in
the group, which is at considerable dis
tance from the main land; so far at least
that the main land is invisible, and these
islands, either of which is scarcely larger
than quarter section, are but specks
upon the broad ocean. There is no 1,ar-
Dor proper, of course. at such small IS
lands, only an open roadstead, but the
ships anchored close in to the shore.
So close that one could see everything
almost as we'll as if on the land. From
'where we lay there were two islands in
sight, close to each other. One Of these
sss3ands, the one nearest us, was peopled
by convicts of the criminal class and
their soldier guards, and the other is
land by political convicts, which is Dew
lis Island, lately the prison Of Dreyius.
Ofcourse, at such a place, no one was.
allowed on shore, but as we, said, we lay
SO near the shore that everything, was, in
plain sight; anfwe had furthur oppor-
tunities for observation, as the boats that
brought the coal from shore were man.
ned by convicts. The Devils Island
was farther away, 50 far that we could
only see that il was almost barren of
trees. and but few buildings Of any sort
Observable. It was somewhat rolling as
to,snrface, but nowhere more than fiftyI
or seventy-five feet above the sea. Thei
nearer island. was 4 little larger, and at
one end there was q sloping hill, perhaps
= hundred feet in height. On the slopes
Of this bill coming down to the sea, sur
rounded by stockade, were built q |
large number Of rude cabins ami huts. in
which the convicts lived Of rather existed.
Farther away Ct the foot of the Hill were /
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ApyERT1s1Na Nor1oNs

mo trouble to show goods" applies t,
advertising as we'll as in the store. Fo
it is trouble" and expense to SHOW
goods in the store, and it is expense ane
trouble to show goods by advertising
but both pay.
Newspapers would be glad to adver
tise on commission if results could be
known and traced. But customers offer
buy because they have seen the ad, ane
don't know the reason themselves.
Some merchants advertise to sell
things SO cheap that people think eithe,
the goods or merchant must be wrong.
That there is snap game somewhere.
The palmer and simpler the language,
the better the ad. Shoot straight to the
mark. Puzzle departments are found in
their proper columns, in the paper.
All advertising is good. Newspaper
advertising is the best.
Most Of the people who read ads are
sensible
80. sSASe sSs ssSSAAsSMS tuSSIS1S0 10. OSCSlvG.
prima faeie, proves its author dishonest.
The first object Of an ad is that il
should be read; second, thatit should be
believed; third, that it should contain
sufficient inducement to the reader to act
upon it. ...s ].
I A special article at a specified low
price is always an inducement.
a special article at cost induces trade
that will buy other goods sold at profit.
a large ad is easier seen than small
one.
Few people care to read long ads in
line type, EVENT. the goods are cheap.
The merchant who advertises to sell
goods below cost month after month,
viii either fail or is i liar.
Prices on ndafd groceries are pretty!
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nearly alike at all stores. People are not
looking for bargains in these goods. But
they are looking for honesty, quality,
neatness, politeness and dispatch in de-
livery.
Old and shop worn goods at cost is a
sale at a profit.
A neat store is as attractive as neat
ad. It is an ad in itself.
Don't advertise furs in July or linen
busters in January.
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The prospects of war in Africa are still
stronger this week than last and the
opinion of the press seems to be that
England is delaying purposely to get
more troops to the front. 1t will be a
bitter fight. The Beers are neither Span.
iards or Philippines.
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sold, and other garrison buildings were
built on either side..ofa street. Beyond
these, under the few trees that grew on
the island, were the officers quarters,
which seemed to be comfortable and
commodious. Winding about the is
land were we'll made and well kept high
ways, evidently the work Of the convicts,
and as far as one could see, the only en-
ployment of the convicts was laboring at
such work about the island.
The islands are near Cayenne, the
capital of French Guiana, and are but
five degrees north of the equator, where
for a good part Of the year mans sha-
dow at noon is under his feet, and at the
longest is but a foot or two north or
south Of him as the sun moves on its
yearly journey between the tropics. The
sun beating with almost perpendicular
J rays on these almost treeless islands,
/ makes the heat almost terrific. All the
year, except for the rainy season, and
even then for most of the day, the sun
beats down relentlessly, while the hot
air, day and night, fails to relieve the
lungs, and one feels constant lassitude
and WEAKNESS of mind and body.
Under this blazing sky, in these novels,
on the slope of the hill, dwelt perhaps
four or five hundred of the most miser-
able objects of humanity that we have
ever seen. The majority had but single
garment, a pair of cotton trousers on. A
few had shirts and some had ragged
. straw hats and most were barefoot
Their naked skins were baked to dark
dirty brown, as dark as that of mulatto
!: and while most showed the facial marks
of the confirmed criminal class, yet there
was added to this, the most hopeless
despairing look, indescribable by words
but awful to see. 1t was the personif
cation of Dante's motto, over the gate:
of hell, "All hope abandon, ye who entel
here"
Ofthe treatment of these convicts, W.
of course, saw but little, but it was cas-,
tosee what power was in the hands O
the governor and the guards, and W,
could guess the probabilities. and tn,
prisoners faces told the story. We coult
even pity the soldiers who were on dut,
as guards and therefore had to remain
there for at least a limited period.
An episode, of our stay, was the escap
of a prisoner to one of our ships. Th
y sea shout the islands IS full of shark
, which perform the duty of guards in tina
direction even more effectually than tn
soldiers on land. Notwithstanding this
; convict swan off to the ship in tn
, darkness of the night, and climbing III
, unseen by the ships sentries, found hi
: way among the sailors who secreted hin
in the coal, down in the dark recesses q
the coal bunkers. Next day search wa
, made in response to notice from the au
thorities on shore, but no escaped prison
er could be found. 1t is probable that h,
was landed later at the next South Amer
; can port that we called at.
These incidents. while in themselves O
little moment, may be of interest in thei
relation to the Dreyfus incident and te
the probable truth that no spot on eartf
better deserves the name of the Devil.
Island.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY and COUNTY.
EERa6s. @2.oo FER AazNv71
A. Wardwell. G. G.. Thompson.
WARDWEL. D THOMPSON.

The PIONEER EXPRESS is sent only on the di-
rect order Of subscribers, and 10 continued until
ordered stopped and all arrearages paid.
The rate Of subscription is alike to all, $500
per year. Subscribers paying in advance, have
the choice Of several premium papers In addi.
ton.
, 'sSample" ors'marked copies" are sent as COM
splimentary only, and while we desire them to be
considered as invitations to subscribe, they will
not be continued except upon request.
The PIONEER EXPRESS IL the best advertising
medium in the county, having more general
circulation than any other paper. Card of rates
sent on application.
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Two notable thines hannenef, IN Fr,r

Two notable things happened in France
on Tuesday, Dreyfls WAS pardoned, and
a private citizen -whoN was wanted for
political offences finally capitulated, after
being barricaded in his private house for
six weeks defying the police. A regi-
ment Of soldiers finally made him SUBJ
init to arrest. Neither Of these things
could occur in any other country.
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Did you ever notice Straub's boots and
shoes7 just hold piece Of white paper
over the rest Of the cartoon, particularly
that Of the two mayors on Wednesday,
and the foot gear alone carries out the
idea OF the cartoon. Straub is great
shoemaker.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-22

E II. Nv. Barker's Iron Compound cures
sore throat, coughs and Colds. SO cent?
|at the drug store. n.
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Citation tearing Petition for the Sale
OF Real Estate.
STATE rs,a.1s OF NoRTa o. pals. DsA.KorA, ss
Before Hon. v. Quackenbush, Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Jurgen Thede.
deceased.
Henry Thede. petitioner ys. Dorotha Thede.
Emma Thede. Herman Thed., George Thede,
Gustav Thede. William Thede, August Thede'
George Thede, Charles Thede, Ida Timm, Frlda
Schweder, Hugh Sell, Allen Sell, Alvin Thede
and John Thede, respondents.
The State of North Dakota, to the above named
respondents and all persons interested in the
estate of Jurgen Thede, deceased.
fou, and each of you, are hereby notified that
wednesday. the 26lh day of September A. d.
1899, at the hour OF 10 o'clock in the forenoon of
said day, at the court room OF the said equity
court, at the court house in tke city of Pembina
and State OF North Dakota have been appointed
the time and place for hearing the petition of
Henry Thede, praying llia, u license be 10 MIN
issued to sell all The rea! rsta. hello. gIny 10 tie
estate OF Jurgen Thede, t!e:cased. in this eaid
county, 1T being for tie bcst int, rests of said
estate; and.
You. and each of yon. are hereby c ted to be
and appear before this c,uri O. raid time and
place and answe. NJ Il ...l, t"n ami ell,w cause,
II any there Lee Why tne pray, OF said petition
sho9iu not 0e granted. I'll
Ry The Court. " QuAcKENBusH.
Count, Court seal.l Judge OF .ne County Court.
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Total .............. S45, ,435 70
State Of North Dakota County Pembins. SO.
!. d. Q. Carr, cashier of the above named bank.
90 soiemnly swear that the above statement is
H. c. CARR, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this l3th
day Of September, 1899.
lseai.l W. j. kNBEsHAw.
f..... Notary Public.
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Auditors statement.
City Of pembina. n. D. from March 2sth, 1a,
to September let. 1899.
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BAY RESTAURANT
1A2E Sacond Safraaf-

Private rooms for families: open daN
and night. Orders served outside. Cvs-
ters in every style. MATT end JOHN
RADONICH, ProprietorA
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THE WEATHER.
Observer Barwick Discourses on
Cirrus AMI Other Clouds.

The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yes
terday to have been 76 and 40 degrees,
with light northerly winds and partly
cloudy weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at ; a. m.
and . p. m yesterday were 29.961 and
29.9o5 inches, respectively.
The highest and lowest tcmperatures
one year ago yesterday We're SO and 56
degrees, and one year ago to-day 81 and
81 degrees.
The clouds prevailing yesterday were
of the cirrus formation, whose eleva-
tfons above sea level ranges from
26,420 feet in winter to % $50 feet in
summer. The intense cold at this ela-
walton, at all times, causes these clouds
to be composed of small spiculaes of
ice. The refraction and reflection of
the suns rays through these ice crystals
causes halos, sun-dogs. pei helies. etc.
to be observed. These clouds generally
indicate an approaching storm, the CEN
ter of which may be hundreds of miles
distant from the place at which this
class of clouds are observed.
When these cirrus clouds begin TO
seek lower level they are then 'classed
as cirro-stratus. cirro-cumuIus and
Alto stratus clouds. which generally
gives good indications that the storm
which causes them is coming nearer
towards the point of observation, but
quite frequently they pass away with
out producing any appreciable precipi-
tation, and sometimes none at all
But when these clouds continue fall
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Fair Oaks
Indu stries.
Correspondence Record Union.)


E. ]. Smith went to Sacramento on
Tuesday to meet his wife, son and
daughter, who have just arrived from
Michigan to occupy the new home which
Mr.. Smith has been preparing for them
Their house is one of the cosiest in
Fair Oaks.
Dr. Buffom has recently purchased
tract near his mothers, on which
stands a good house This is to be
planted to oranges. The doctor has
another fine tract near Mr.. O'Neils op-
posite the street from Mr.. O'NeiPs five
acre tract.
Captain Chase and Thomas Ward are
beginning to pick Strawberries. Both
have fine, newly planted beds The
awberry business next year will be
large one in this community.
In view of the fact that small fruit
grows so rapidly and yields SO abun-
dainty, the question is beginning to be
agitated about starting a canning fac
tory. The combined products of small
and deciduous fruit from Orangevale
and Fair Oaks will give at once a good
business. Tomatoes grow and yield
nowhere else as in these places. This
product alone will pay canning. Many
vegetables can be grown so easily, such
as peas and beans, that if a canning
factory was opened, conveniently locat-
ed for both communities, an income
could be brought to the various homes,
which will add much to the pleasures
Of living.
Along with small fruit raising, the
poultry business can be made to pay
well. Mrs. Thomas Wards experience
is as good as was ever reported in any
poultry journal. She'is feeding eighty
five hens, and gets an average of sew
enty eggs daily. Her method is a bus
mess one. She matches. all her chick
ems with the hen, but takes them from
their mothers as soon as Matched and
rears them by hand. This method has
two great advantages The hen is not
scratching all summer for her flock
but is soon at the laying business Then
the chicks are not subject to the dan
gers of careless mothers, and the per-
centage of loss is very small. Another
benefit is the chicks are so tame that
when grown up they have few of the
frights and excitements which inter-
fere SO much with egg production.
Feeding is reduced to exact system to
get the best results. For the morn
ing meal ten quarts of mush, made of
equal parts of bran and shorts, with
half a gill or SO of blood meal, mixed
so as to be not too soft. Being con-
fined in pens, they are fed with green
food noon, and at night they are fed
with six quarts of grain. wheat being
the principal ration. But Mrs. Ward
keeps only thoroughbred stock and pre-
fers the brown and buff leghorn; but
any good breed of hens will pay under
such systematic feeding and care.
Put together the small fruit and poul-
try business and start a canning fac
tory which could ship the poultry pro-
ducts also. and what kind of indus
try will pay better While the orange and
olive trees are growing? With a good
county road direct to Sacramento or a
bridge across the river these products
could be readily delivered to the best
markets.
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An Open Letter.

Eds. ssRecord- Union: As citizen of
this commonwealth I beg leave, through
the columns of your esteemed paper to
publicly express my indignation against
the fragrant desecration Of last LORDS
Day, commonly called Sunday, in Dav-
isvlle. by bas ball. drunkenness, obsoen-
ity. profanity and disturbing the peace.
Such conduct on Sunday ! deem to be
demoralizing to the youth, degrading
to manhood, disgrace to the fair name
of our city, and a menace to our civil,
political and religious institutions. In
order that such desecration of the Sab
bath and chastity in speech and be-
havior may not occur again l would
respectfully suggest that all lovers OF
baseball. culture, refinement, law and
order devise some means by which all
clerks laboring and business men could
have at least one Saturday afternoon. if
not more, in each month as a half-holi-
day when they could meet together and
enjoy themselves with their friends in
games and social intercourse.
J. w DORRANCE.
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FROM OVER THE SEAS.
An Interesting Legal Document
That Comes From Europe.

There was filed in the County Clerk 5
office Yesterday by the heirsat-law of
the late Joseph Strobel, power of at
torney authorizing Antoine Borel of San
Francisco, to transact all legal business
for them.
The paper filed contains authoriza-
tions made out by civil authorities of
Sweden. Germany and France. each of
which resembles a pictorial collection of
seals. That issued by the French
courts contains six Endorsements from
as many departments, and the particu-
lar seal of each indorsee. to say moth
ing of flaming internal revenue stamp
which adorns one side of the documents.
The foreign documents are written in
the language of the respec tive countries
from the courts of which they were
issued
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Report FOR the Month of March
Literature Needed.

Following is the report of the Y. w.
c. A. for March: Calls made, 20; calls
received, 3S6; attendance at noon rest,
446: applications for help, 40; for ern-
ployment, SO; employment secured, 6:
total attendance, 951.
There will be another special lunch
con to-day, with music. All ladies will
be made welcome
The association is in receipt of two
elegantly bound volumes of s'Pictur-
esque America" recently presented by
Mrs. Miller, and works of American
authors, by Miss Ostrom- There is need
of more magazines and papers for the
reading and those who can spare
such from their own libraries will be
making the noon hour more helpful 10
the girls who have a half hour to read
and rest.
Sunday, the 10th inst, has been set
apart by the International Committee
as day of prayer for the work.
The Bible class in the study of the
Harmony of the Gospels VIII meet
at 4 o'clock on Sunday, as usual.
The Easter luncheon proved a sue
cess in every way. Those present re-
ceived, as souvenirs of the occasion,
Easter greetings, hand-painted by Mrs.
L. E. Smith The music was furnished
by Miss Gussie Jackson, Miss Stephen
son and Miss Lynn
The lunch department is greatly IN
need of spoons. small plates, cups anti
saucers, and persons so disposed Will
greatly aid the ladies by such dona-
finnc
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STATE HOUSE HOTEL.
Corner Tenth and X Sts., Sacramento

BOARD AND ROOM, 81 % TO 81 PEI
day Meals, 25c
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CARPET CLEANING. F,Ts,t TEx

for first-class job of cleaning, laying or
refitting. We seem to please every one
else, why not you? Telephone, Cap 292;
Sunset, white, ri. Southwest corner
Twelfth and o streets.