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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-10
The Third Party.

He came lurching around = CORNER
and staggered up against q pedestrian
visiting for his car, and after getting
settled down upon his feet again he
said: -
BE careful Of yourself, old fellow,
and not get run over"
But you are the one to be careful -
was the reply you've got Jag on,
while I'm perfectly SOBER
That's something never could I'M
derstand," observed the inebriated, at
ter a pause 1.-THE man who is tight al
ways thinks it Is the sober man who Is
drunk, and vice versa Tell you what I
honestly believe
"Well?"
I'VE are both sober, and that lamp
post over there has got So drunk on!''
-Pittsburg Post
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-10
She Didn't Make Them.

"The pies that mother used to-"
She fixed him with a flashing eye,
and he wisely paused.
"four father" she said, chad an in
come sufficient to enable your mother
to keep first-class cook"
Still, he was resourceful man, and
not easily disconnected.
''Ehe pies that mother used to have
made never did amount to much, any
way" he asserted; but there was a
lack Of enthusiasm in his manner and
tone that told her she had won a great
victory.-Chicago Post.
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Reactions of n bachelor

Every girl likes to think she is full
of moods.
Whom the gods destroy they first in
vite to dinner.
1t takes n woman to invent way of
going to the devil respectfully.
A girls idea of trousseau is to have
real lace and two dozen Of everything.
When a woman tries to explain how
she came to conclusion it reminds
you of a tadpole explaining why his
tail fell olf.-New York Press.
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brave-hearted old lady sitting opposite
her son knitting couvre-pied Of soft
Shetland wool. and pretending to be
as comfortable and as much at her
ease as if she were in her pretty draw
Ing room at South Kensington. Not
by so much as culver of her lip
would she allow herself to betray her
anxiety. Her heart was as heavy as
lead yet she contrived to smile, and
kept up cheerful flow of small talk
about the past and the future-church
affairs. The schools, the choir
But even with this consoling COM
rany the dark winter day had seemed
long to George Caulfield He was few
erishly expectant of news from Grand
chester, and when none came he fan
cied that his friend, his lawyer, and
the police had alike failed in their
efforts to let in light upon the mys-
terry Of that nameless girls death.
And if the day seemed long, what
of the dreary winter night, when i'm
agination, excited by strange circum-
stances and strange surroundings, con-
jured up the horrors of a criminal trial
the crowded court, every creature in
it believing him, George Caulfield, the
murderer of helpless girl. He saw
the chain of circuystantial evidence
frightening out link by link, and he
could have no power to sunder these
links. His lips would be sealed.
And then involuntarily there broke
from his lips cry of anguish:
"He is brought as lamb to slaugh-
ter, and as sheep before her shear
ers is dumb, so he openeth not his
mouth"
He had spent a feverish night, CIV
en- half to wakefulness, half to appal-
ling dreams. He had risen and dress
ed himself as soon as it was light. and
now he sat waiting YEARLY for some
sign from the outer world, some cheer
ing message, some word of hope. It
was only two days since the vicar of
Freshmead had left him, yet it SEEM
ed ages.
Hark! Was not that the CHEEKY
voice he knew so we'll, the full vibra-
ton of tones that came from powerful
lungs, the clear utterance of man ac-
customed to address multitudes? Yes.
it was Leworthy's voice, assuredly, and
that cheerful tone should belong to the
bringer of good tidings.
He sat with his hands clutching the
edge of his pallet, profoundly agitat-
ed, while the grating key turned in
the lock, and the heavy cell door NOV.
ed slowly back. Then the vicar rush
ed into the cell, and grasped his hands
and laid his hand upon his forehead
in loving benediction.
"God bless you, my dear boy! You
will not have long to stay in this
wretched hole! The man who brought
that poor creature to the station Il
arrested; he came here by the trair
I travelled in. He is now in this Jail
! There will be post-mortem to-day
/, the inquest will be re-opened on Mon
| day instead Of on Wednesday next
and the evidence then produced viii
prove his guilt, and your innocence.
''Thank God" calculated Geo. Caul
field; and then he fell on his knee,
beside the prison bed, and poured on
the rapture Of his soul In prayer an,
thanksgiving.
When no had finished that voiceles
prayer. he sat down quietly beside hi
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-10
DIFFICULT RHYMES.
Some Amusing Efforts Over ''stonth.
aud "Orsnge."

Some Amusing Efforts Over 's1onth.
and "Orsng~"
"You can't" says Tom to lisping Bill.
find any rhyme for month.
"a great mithstake," was Bills re-
ply.
"I'll find rhyme at onth."
There are certain words in the Eng
lish language that present almost in
superable difficulties to the would-be
poet. and such words are month" and
orange" However, as in the above
example, certain persons have sur
mounted the difficulty, though, it must
be admitted, only by compounding two
words or distorting, splitting and 9th
erwise spelling one. Better than most
Is Christina Rosetti's example in her
Sing-Song Nursery Rhymes.
How many weeks in a month?
Four as the swift moon runn'th.
This is distinctly better than the ef-
forts of many lispers, who confess
their inability to rhyme to month"
although they could do "wuth." Less
grammatical, but more funny. is the
university mans attempt:
How sweet it is to toll from month to
month,
Working equations from one-plus
oneth.
Father Prout has left on record a
full and frank confession of his inabil-
ity to find a rhyme for this difficult
word. He says in long poem, which
achieves the rhyme!ess as the end Of
every verse:
We parted at the gate in June,
That soft and balmy month,
Beneath the sweetly beaming moon
And (wunth, hunth, bonth, csuntA-
can't find rhyme to month";.
Notwithstanding all these failures to
find perfect rhyme, however, there is
one example that may be said to hit
the mark. 1t is ascribed to w. S. Gill
bert, and includes not only a rhyme
to MONTH" but also to "orange." 1t
runs:
From the Indus to Blorange
Came the rajah in month,
Sucking now and then his orange,
Counting all the while his Grunth.
This is the only perfect instance, and
even this is not perfect, for, though the
Irish river Blorange is an absolute
rhyme to Orange" yet it is a kind of
rhymeless blasphemy to pronounce the
name of the Hindu's holy book as if it
rhymed with month Its real pro-
nunciation is "Grunt," but lest the
poor word under discussion should go
forever minated, we may all admit
that the final "h" is no just cause or
impeachment, and that this is no time
to talk Of proper pronunciations.
There are many amusing attempts
with regard to orange" The follow
ing is good sample; it also includes
the lemon:
gave my darling child lemon
That lately grew it's fragrant stem
on,
And next to give her pleasure more
range,
offered her juicy orange
And nuts-she cracked them in the
door hinge.-London Standard.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-10
Her Missing Sense,

She-Miss Biddleson has absolutely
no sense of the ridiculous.
He-Why do you think so?
.She-I saw her look at You for nearly
ten minutes in the car yesterday with
out cracking Il smile.-Chicago Daily
News.
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window Polishing Paste.

CASTLE soap, two ounces; boiling
water, three ounces. Dissolve and add
the following in fine powder: Precipi-
tated chalk. four ounces; French
chalk. three ounces: tripoli. two
ounces. Mix and reduce with water to
the consistency desired.
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MANNER IN oRATORY.

Orators have many devices for en-
phasizing the important points in
their speeches. One of the most famil
lar expedients is quickening of the
delivery. American stump speakers,
when they wish to be effective, raise
their voices, fling out words as if
they were burning Goals, and fire.
quently make rapid gestures.
There is another method which is
adopted by some of the best speakers.
The voice is lowered instead of being
raised. The delivery is slackened in
speed, and each word is slowly and
distinctly uttered. There is an in
tensity without heat The orator ex-
hibits self-control, and makes an i'm
preston by his evident effort to re-
tain mastery of his emotions.
Mr.. Gladstone's deepest tones were
always reserved for his finest pas
sages when he was summing up a
great argument and making final ap-
peal for dispassionate judgment. These
were the passages which he invariably
prepared in advance with painstaking
care, but when he delivered them his
manner was stately in dignity, and he
seemed to weigh deliberately every
word.
Mr.. Chamberlain is now the best de-
batter and platform orator in England.
He adopts a similar expedient when he
considers a passage particularly i'm
portant. Instead of warming up to
his work, he seems to cool off. His
voice deepens in tone; his manner be-
comes deliberate in it's earnestness; he
seems to be holding himself back; but
every word vibrates with intensity of
conviction or feeling. He does not
use his hands at such moments. He
stands erect and motionless-an i'm
pressive figure with calm face and
flashing eyes.
Some of the greatest American ora
tors have adopted the same manner
Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, Wen
dell Phillips, Henry Ward Beecher and
George William Curtis lowered their
voices and spoke deliberately when
they wished to express thought OF
to produce strong effect.
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4 Guess.

81 wonder why the city street clean
ers throw snow down the sewer man.
hnlcs?'' said citizen, who had noticed
the operation.
''Don't you know" replied the other.
'"That's to purify the river water."-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-10
An Instance.

"Isn't it peculiar how some men can
feel proud OF their misfortunesw
Eyes. know one man who went
around Dragging until he became pos
tive nuisance, just because his wife
had presented him with twins" -Indi-
annapolis Journal.
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A Terrible Test.

II see there's new telegraph sys-
tenn that will transmit 1000 words a
minute"
"Say, I'd like to have my wife die
tate to it for minute or two."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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Rogues are always found out in some
way. Whoever is a wolf will act as a
wolf; that is the most certain Of all
things.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-10
In No Danger.

McConigle-The Candidates voice las
played out.
Heeler-Well. he can still sign checks,
cant heEPhiladelplia North .Amcri-
can.
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CHAPTER vi.

HE day had SEEM
ed long to the pris-
oner in Milldale
Jail, although he
was cheered by the
society of his moth
er, who spent all
the time the au-
thorities allowed
in her sons gloomy
apartment. 1t was
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-10
Hoods SaaaqbmiM
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Hoods Pills cure liver ills; non.rrtatins and
the onIy catharc to take with Hoods SaraaparilIa-
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-24

who lived near Albany. He described her
to the least curve of her lips. At last he
found some one who knew her. The
charms of that some one doubled with the
knowledge. Young Mcclure became her
devoted slave. At last he was invited to
meet the real living, breathing, human
being who had sat for the picture. ~
1t was at an evening reception and she
was there, gowned as in her picture, in
white, cut low. About her neck hung a
chain Of costly, rare Egyptian work. 1t
brought out the whiteness of her skin.
Her black hair, coiled low, framed an
ideal head.
The young man bowed to her and said
in the first moment of their meeting, Il
have known you for months"
- How so? she asked in a voice of mu-
sic. The last touch to his dream was
made real-the tone of her voice was
deep and soft as an organ.
He told her how he had met her pic
ture, framed it and taken. it with him
on his travels.
She laughed, but he saw that she was
not displeased.
They met again and yet again. Deeper
and deeper she engraved her image upon
his heart. 1t had never left his eyes.
Three thousand miles he had travelled to
make the vision real.
Such devotion deserved to meet it's re-
ward. Young Archibald Jermain Mcclure
claimed his last week.
In a bower of roses he welded the
woman whose picture had won his heart
Few people guessed the romance behind
all the conventionalities OF the ceremony
and reception which took place at the
home of Mrs. Cassin in Rensselaer,.
And the picture, the exquisite. bit of
paper? 1t has a frame of rhinestones-
g. wedding present from the bride to the
groom.
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FELL In LOVE WITH f PHOTOGRAPH
Romantic Story of Young New York Millionaire
and the Way in Which He Won a Wife.

Quite recently Mr.. Richard Harding
Davis discarded the theme of winning
q bride through a chance photograph as
unreal.
In his Princess Allne, though he re-
tanned the incident as a basis for the
novel, he reversed the order of proceed
ngs. His hero fell In love with quite
another person. If Mr.. Davis had read
the romance about to be unfolded. here
he would have known that all things are
possible. and this one delightful be-
sides. He would have learned that the
matrimonial venture upon which Archi-
bald Jermain Mcclure and Miss Anna
Austin Cassih entered a week ago was
the direct result of beautiful bit of
paper. To nine observers out of ten it
might have seemed but an ordinary mag
azine cut. But when the eyes of young
Mr.. Mcclure rested upon it it had be
come the embodiment of grace and
charm. 1t formed the turning point in
his life.
One may speculate endlessly as to
what he might have done and what he
might have been if this exquisite repre-
sentatiOn had not come under his eyes.
For US to enter upon any such mag
inings would be distressing, since they
would but delay the telling of a romance
which began with every charm to COM
mend 1t and which ended. as every love
story should, with the sounds of wedding
bells last week In Albany.
There are no young people better
known in the town Of Albany than Arch
ibald Mcclure and the beautiful Anna
Cassin. He. Is a grandson of the late
Ill., Iii
enthropist. She Is a daughter Of the
capitalist, John Cassin, of Rensselaer,.
Being wealthy, without having had to
work to make himself so, young Nc
Clure was able to enjoy himself and to
spend what money he would, not on in
creasing his fortune, but on widening
his experience. After leaving college he
chose to see the world. He went to
Europe and having somewhat exhausted
the fields there returned again to the
United States.
There came q day when he felt he knew
their products and possibilities too little
To be of a country and ignorant of it,
seemed to young Mcclure a crime and
he started off, as he expressed it, to
learn things.
To this end he stopped at mining dis
tricts, questioned engineers, descended
shafts, studied assaying and entered
deeply into the physical geography of his
country. He climbed mountains, crossed
rivers, studied the layout of towns In
quired into populations, estimated their
growth, and made up his mind finally
that the West was the place to live
Many a man as venturesonne and bound
by no ties of deep-weI let us say it,
Of the only-love that counts has decided
similarly.
Young Mcclure wrote his parents that
the new West seemed to him altogether
quite the place for a young man 10 start
and build for himself a career. He went
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fry chickens after the same manner, 1t
Is safe to give. recipe from d Southern
er who does not think anything about it,
but knows. her way is best She does not
believe in dipping the chicken in batter.
This woman is a Virginiau and a fine
COCK. This is the way she says chicken
should be fried:
ECut the chicken in quarters and roll it
! IN flour that Is we'll seasoned with salt
and pepper. Have a kettle half full of
smoking hot fat on the stove. drop the
pieces of chicken In and let them fry.
till delicate drown. Then lift each piece
out separately with skinner and let
the fat drain OFF on bit of brown pa
per. Then serve on a piping hot platter.
with a cream gravy and a few strips of
fried salt bacon laid round the. edge of
the dish. Make the cream gravy in the
dish the salt bacon is fried in. When the
bacon is done take it out and pour half
pint of cream in the frying pan. When it
bubbles thicken it with a tablespoonful
of flour dissolved in milk. This is enough
for one chicken.
BROILED CALVES LIVER.
Have the liver sliced at the market,
wash 1t we'll in-salt water; then drain it.
dry. Brush it over on each side with
melted butter Lay it on the broiler and
the other. Place on a hot platter and
season with salt and pepper and butter.
Broil the bacon one minute and place it
around the liver; this is far better than
fried liver
BUCKWHEAT CAKES.
In making buckwheat cakes do not use
the prepared buckwheat, but set sponge
over night with yeast, and then mix the
cakes to the proper consistency in the
morning, adding a little mo!asses 10 make
them brown well, and a little baking soda
dissolved in hot water.
TO BROIL CHOPS.
After the chops are trimmed put them
on a broiler, as close to the Goals or gas
broiler as possible, and quickly brown
them on both sides. After they are brown
move them far enough from the fire to
prevent them from burning. Sprinkle
them with salt and cook them to the de-
sired degree, either rare or well done,
Put them on a hot platter, with little
butter on each chop. Garnish with pars-
ley and serve at once. Chops should be
eaten as soon as possible after cooking,
as they soon get fiat, stale and un-
profitable"
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ETHER DRINKING
Becoming a Prevalent Vice in Ger
tain Parts OF Germany.

Becoming a Prevalent Vice in Ger
tain Parts OF Germany.
In Eastern Prussia the director of the
asylum for the insane recently called
the attention of the government to the
fact that in his district ether drinking
was fast supplanting the use of alcohol.
In the city of Memel alone, situated in
the extreme northeastern part of Ger
many, the sale of ether destined as a
drink for the past year is officially stated
to have amounted to $3.50 quarts, to
which must be added a large quantity
that was passed through by smuggling,
and which, therefore, escaped official
counting. In the district of Heydekrug
a still more considerable quantity is an
nually sold as stimulant. The ether is
sold by liquor dispensers and retailers
over the counter to the consumers in
drinks averaging from four to five
grammes, this dose producing more ex-
stimulation than would ordinarily be pro-
duced by four times thee same quantity
of ordinary alcohol. The after depress-
ing effects, however, and for the amount
taken, far more than counterbalance the
after effects of alcohol, the victim Of the
ether habit suffering greatly from diff
fused pains and from great mental and
physical depression. In those regions
given largely to ether drinking, all dis
eases of the liver kidneys and other or
gans that usually suffer from alcoholic
saturation or excesses are greatly on the
increase and prone to run a much more
rapid course.
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BREAKFASTS FOR WINTER.
APPETIzING DISHES WHICH CONE INTO FAVOR WITH THE
ADVENT OF- COLD WEATHER

Cold weather increases ones appetite
and inclination for hearty breakfasts.
Snow and ice suggest sausages and buck
wheat cakes corn dodgers and fried
chicken. While heavy breakfasts are
never advisable, substantial viands prop
erly cooked are better for most. persons
I after the winter sets in. Avoid greasy
hashes kidney stews and. all made dishes
and eat simple foods. Never fry. any
thing for breakfast that can be broiled.e.'
Here are two suggestions for breakfast
menus which will suit the average taste
and will come within the means of most
families who pretend to live in amy sort
of a wholesome fashion.
Baked Apples.
Hominy, with Cream.
BrOiled Lamb Chops
Baked Potatoes.
BrOiled Bacon.
Corn Mullins. Rolls
Coffee, Tea.
OF course this may be varied according
TO taste, some other fruit being preferred,
and oatmeal may be used instead of
homny. This is the other suggestions:
e Oranges.
Oatmeal, with Cream.
Broiled Chicken. Stewed Potatoes
Country Sausages.. Buckwheat Cakes
Coffee.
TRIPE.
Among the many breakfast dishes for
this season is tripe, which is most nour-
ishing and wholesome Stewed with oys-
ters it is delicious. This is the way to
cook it.
Cut the strips in inch dices, wash it
thoroughly. Put in a saucepan a we'll
rounded tablespoonful of butter and stand
it on the stove. When it begins to bubble
add q heaping tablespoonful of flour and
mix 1T to a cream, then add gradually a
pint of rich milk heated in another sauce
pam When this is we'll mixed add half
q pint of tr1pe cut in dice and let it cook
five minutes, then add a pint OF oysters,
solid meat, and let all cook together four
minutes. Season we'll with salt, little
red pepper and chopped parsley and
serve. If the tripe is not perfectly tender
boil it a. few minutes in water before
adding it to the sauce, but it is usually in
the right condition at the market.
CORN MUFFINs.
slft together one pint of cornmeal, half
a pint Of flour, a teaspoonful of salt
three heaping tablespoonfuls of Solar
baking powder, the best and a heaping
tablespoonful of butter and one of lard,
and work it through these ingredients
with the hands. Separate the whites and
yolks of three eggs; stir the yolks Of the
eggs through half pint of milk, and
then stir 1t through, the meal. If the bat
ter is too soft add a little more milk, as
the batter must be light. Last of all, add
the whites of the eggs and beat and stir
the whole till it is perfectly smooth and
free from Jumps. Butter the muffin pans
WELL fill them to within a quarter of an
inch of the top with the batter and bake
In a quick oven till they are rich brown
on top.
FRIED CHICKEN.
There are several ways of frying chick
en-. Southerners all say that Northerners
do not know how to fry chicken. Per-
haps they don't, but as few Southerners
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set down in this fashion as like any Of
the rest Of her kind. And the young nan
was frequently described as too blase
for any use.
But the old saying that everything comes
to him who waits seems to have been
the reward of the cynical Mr.. Mcclure.
He waited without impatience and most
unexpectedly he Ieaped his reward
Here you are-ali the magazines, all
the magazines-Scribner, Harper, Century
Atlantic, Puritan. Munsey's. Here you
are''
Mr.. Mcclure, of Albany, was on the
train going f. ON Sacrems nto to San an
cisco on trip. He wished the newsboy,
with his dirty coatsleeves, wouldn't brush
so dreadfully near to him. He wonder ed
vaguely why newsboys always came
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grow on every stem.
Young Mcclure passed them all by with
never desire to pluck one. He had the
reputation among his friends, who, after
the manner Of friends, vowed they knew
him well, of being invunerable. 1t was
frequently predicted of him that he would
never fall in love. He had been in the
midst of temptation, the greatest, so
often, and he had never shown symptom
even Of weakness. He, in the debonnair
fashion Of youth, vowed that to him all
girls were alike.
My difficulty he used to say, SIS to
tell which is which Put girl in white
and she's like any other girl. isn't she ~
Il angered many young woman to be
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ure Department is marked in plain figures Our specia