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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

must have been fewer or lazier, for
made no complaints about the scarcity
of chestnuts.
If l remember rightly. those l ate
were remarkably fine, either one great
chestnut in single hull, or a fairly
large one with two little ones which
did not interfere with the expansion
of the fttest.
There was a popularity about the
weather of that November; very often
the skies were really cloudy and gray,
and the rain sometimes came down
with steady persistence, while the cold
and penetrating winds made people
think of heavy overcoats before their
appointed time. But these days of
bad weather had very little effect upon
me or upon my spirits. 1t did not &C.
cur to me that the melancholy days
had come, and as for their being the
saddest of the year, that was impossi-
BILE. At that time some sort of a sun
was always shining. If it were not
the ordinary sun about which our
earth revolves, it was particular orb
which existed for my especial salts
faction. 1t sometimes even shone at
night, after had gone to bed-that
is, if l happened to be awake.
But it was not only nature that was
more than usually agreeable; the peo-
pie of this world, so far as l knew
them, were very pleasant, remarkably
so. l do not remember quarreling
with a living soul during the whole OF
that November. 1t seems as though
my intercourse with my fellow beings
was unusually genial. In regard to
social progress and the steady better.
ment of the human race, 1 was an
ardent optimist. Even people knew
as not being very pleasant of manner
or intelligent of speech seemed then
good company.
Politics did not trouble me at all. !
suppose good many people voted for
the wrong men, but paid no atten-
ton to their misguided actions. 1t
was scarcely possible there could be
any candidates for Office who did not
possess some virtues, and a strong
disposition in the direction of general
altruism made me wish we'll to all
good people who had been selected to
administer the affairs of township
county or state.
There was truly something excep-
tional in this Thanksgiving season.
Other people may not have noticed It,
but 1t impressed itself most forcibly
upon me. How could it be otherwise!
1t was time that my first book Wa,
published.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

who we're in the habit of migrating to
the south in the late autumn delayed
their journey this year, those of them
who did remain made themselves
very conspicuous and agreeable.
1t was great year for rabbits. In
earlier days had given much attent
ton to trapping these little creatures,
but seldom took much interest in the
sport until the snow had covered the
earth, and thereby induced game
creatures OF various kinds to cast their
eyes upon the delicate morsels ex-
posed in traps by men and boys. But
now. although I did not care to trap
the rabbits, l was charmed to gaze
upon them as they skipped about on
the edge of the woods, wagging their
little tails and sitting up looking from
side to side, with their little noses
nervously trembling, while their long
ears waved in the breezes. The rab1
bits fur seemed very long and fine
that year, and am sure that its color
must have been extraordinarily well
adapted for the adornment of human
youth and beauty.
do not know that there were great
crops Of corn that year, or that the
pumpkins had gilded to a greater ex-
tent than usual the brown, denuded
fields, but l felt the farmers ought to
be very happy people.
To me the country was pervaded
with an atmosphere Of richness and
unsurpassed fulf1lment. l knew that
the apple crop had been very good;
at least I knew that the trees had
borne some remarkably good fruit
because ! had tried good deal. Of Il.
and 1t had never possessed to greater
extent the juiciness and sub-acid favor
of which l was so fond.
1t was also great year for chest
nuts, and a very poor one for squirrels
l do not wish it to be supposed that
was not, and am not. fond of squirrels
I like them better now than I used to
in my earlier days, although they are
as active competitors in the business
of chestnut gathering as when I was
younger. But in this Thanksgiving
season CT which I speak the squirrels
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

When science uses technical speech
the uninitiated listen respectfully. but
are conscious Of an aching void in
their apprehension. An every day
comparison, however, brings fact and
speculation within reach OF the aver
axe man. Fossil remains described in
plain English can be seen with the
minds eye. A dinosaur. for example.
could be pictured in scientific terms
and but little more than a vague sense
of vastness would be the unlearned
hearers portion. But when scientist
says of a monster discovered by him,
that round steak taken from
the ham OF the animal would have
been at least twelve feet in diameter,
or more than thirty-fve feet in cir
conference. the ordinary meat-eating
individual has definite and suggestive
fact ready for use. Speculation as to
the number Of walters and the size OF
the tip. in case prehistoric man had
ordered such a steak, Is inevitable il
not important.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

reason that I generally forgot to go
out of doors on the regular star-fall-
ing nights, and, therefore, was natur-
ally anxious to make the best of what
was left of the shower.
This year the few stars that re-
warded my vigilance by falling in the
latter part of November were excep-
tionally fine meteors. They glistened
more brightly, they scintillated, they
moved slowly, as if they wanted to let
me know that they knew Of something
as we'll as l did.
The birds of that autumn were of
particularly bright plumage. re-
member that they sang very we'll, and
although I am not positive that those
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

The warden of the Cock county hos
pital, Chicago, is entitled to the re-
spect due to consistency when he re-
fuses to give any account of the public
moneys coming into his hands. He
holds his position as a trust from poll
ticians and he administers it accord
lngly. To take the public into his
confidence as TO whence the money
comes or whitner it goes would be
supererogatory. The county board evil
IDENTIFY takes this view of the matter.
1t accepts such sums as the warden
hands over to it, with the simple nota-
ton that they come from the hospital.
Anything like exact account of the
finances would be illogical when the
arrangement tacitly excludes exact ac-
count of the larger and more precious
items Of the trust.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01
MY MOST NOTABLE
THANKSGIVING
81 FRANK n. STOCKTON

Z " ~ " " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 81 ~ Il
1t was Thanksgiving time, nearly
thirty years ago. To the ordinary in
habitant of that portion of this coun-
try where then dwelt the season was
very much like other seasons of
autumnal fruition; there was nothing
in the earth, the skies, or the waters
that gave to this period any peculiar
ity which would distinguish it from
the similar period of any other year,
past or to come.
But there was something that made
this Thanksgiving season very pecu-
liar in my eyes. For some time the
whole world had seemed to me to be
permeated by the knowledge that
something was about to happen which
had never happened before, and which
could not, by any possibility, happen
again.
had always loved the Thanksgiv-
ing season. To be sure, much of the
brightness and color in which the land
scape reveled in October was lost,
but the rich browns of the oaks, the
heavy greens of the pines and the
cedars, lighted up here and there by
some late hanging sumac leaves or
reddening ivy, with hill and dale
gently softened by the mists of Indian
summer, made a picture in which I
delighted as much as I did in the
beauties of any other season.
But in this year the late autumn foli-
age was much finer than had ever
known it before. Van Dyke never
dreamed Of such browns as now saw,
and the curtains of distant mist seemed
ever about to rise upon visions OF
even greater beauty than those which
then entranced me.
had always liked the first keen
winds which had come to us as the
avant couriers of winter, making it
delightful to walk and be out Of doors,
and also agreeable and satisfactory to
go into the house. But this year there
was sparkling spice in the air which
it would have been impossible for
other people to understand. even if
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

In Germany electric blowing COM
pares favorably with steam blowing as
regards expenses. The cost Of cleo
trio blowing in heavy soil, with deep
cultivation. is from SLIPS to $14.25 per
acre, while steam blowing costs $21.25
per acre. The mechanism used on the
royal farms in Prussia consists of a
motor wagon containing motor driv-
lng the winding drums, and the motor
may also be coupled to the driving
wheels of the wagon to give it the
proper advance at the end of each
traverse o. the pillow. The depth of the
furroW 10 8 to 10 inches. .
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

A young man who was being in
itiated into an eastern college fra
ternity has been drowned during the
preliminary foolishness OF the in
ttiatory ceremonies. There are limits
to all things, and the iron hand of the
faculty of every college should descend
In a hurry upon secret societies con-
Quoted upon principles which so sore
ty tempt violent onslaught by the
t0ol-killer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

The recent presentation of jeweled
sword to Admiral Dewey by the people
Of the United States through their
president, and the degradation from
The army, the same week, of promi-
cent officer convicted Of appropriating
government money, mark opposite pos
sibilties in any profession. 81 have
had nearly all the chiefs of Scinde in
this ROOM" Napier once wrote from
india, laying their gold-scabbarded
swords at my feet, which, if taken,
would make rich armory. Certainly
[ could have got thirty thousands
pounds here, but my hands do not yet
want washing" France may have diff
ferent ideals; but it is such officers as
Napier and Dewey that England and
the United States delight to honor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01
EXPLOSION OF DUST.
1t Causes the Destruction of an Elc-
vntOr-I.Osx. $12j.OOO.

1t Causes the Destruction of an Ele-
vntor-I.osx. $125.OOO.
buffalo. n. v, Nov. 25.-The elevator
CT the Hustled Milling and Elevating
company, with. it's contents. was total
ly destroyed by fire yesterday after
noon. 1t is thought that an explosion
of dust caused the fire. There were
thirty smen at work in the. building
when the fire broke out. and many Of
them were compelled to slide down an
iron chute on the outside Of the
building to- save themselves. Two Of
the men We're severely burned. About
10000 bushels Of ga N. principally
corn and oats. was stored in the build
ing. The loss on the bull, ing sabout.
$125.OOO, and on the contents about:
$4,000. There is full insurance.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01
Strike settled.

Evansville. lid, Nov. 25.-The coal
miners strike in Southern Indiana
was practically settled by the signing
Of the Chicago scale by the John Inglc
Coal company's mines of this city. EN-
ploying 175 men. Bsth sides made con-
ccSsiOpS
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

Il am not such a vain fool as to
think a general has more brains than
his neighbor because his head is under
the dreadful plume they have stuck in
his hat" Thus wrote Charles Napier,
dfty years ago. Thus, in every action,
says the United States admiral of to-
day.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01
American syndicate Wins.

Shanghai. Nov. %. At!vices from
Tien-tsin say that the negotiations of
the American syndicate regarding the
Nankow-Cantcn railway have been
brought to successful conclusion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01
Gen. Mile. at New Orle.n.

New Orleans, Nov. 25.-Gen Nelson
A. Miles, with his party, arrlred here
yesterday. After ill inspfction Of
Forts Jackson and st. Plilip Gen.
Miles will leave for Atlanta and thence.
proceed to Washington.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01
Probably Eoundered.

I.ondon. Nov. %. = a dispatch re-
ceivcd from Coronel. Chile. states that
the British ship Duntrune was dis
mastcd in gale and is supposed to.
have foundered. Part Of tie crew
have landed ut Sandy Point.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01
Three House. Demol,.,, =,

st. Louis. Nov. 25.-1n response to an
order to send the facts abJ,t tho 70.
ported wiping out of Bonneville. ARK
by tornado. dispatch fom LITTLE.
Rock says that three house, were do.
stroyed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

A girl should never throw away her
Old slippers; they will come in handy
at her wedding-and much handler in
after years.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

When girl is in love her thoughts
are about equally divided between the
last time she saw him and the next
time he is coming.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

they had perceived it. / knew it was
there. I understood its origin. and
did not care snap Of my fingers
whether or not anybody else knew
anything about 1t.
In those days, after the regular
periods Of meteoric showers, there
used to be good many falling stars
which appeared to be left over from
the grand display, and l had always
been accustomed to watch for these
with great deal Of interest. for the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

A cyclist may ride down hill with a
ttreless air, but he can't make much
progress up hill with an airless tire.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

Just about the time you begin to
think your cup of happiness is going
to run over it springs a leak.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

The man who doesn't recognize the
worlds greatness nor his own little
Oess is apt to be cynic.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

Barring football players, the inhab-
itants Of this country are fairly we'll
civilized.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01

The mysterious origin OF Gains
wife is the only excuse some men have
tor staying away from church.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-01
It is on his bending knees that man
6nds baggy trousers.
A spinster says marriage isn't as
much Of failure as marrying.
A soft heart and hard head make
. combination that is hard to beat.

A little girl never has too many dolls
and woman never has too many dol
lars.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17
SOCIETIES.

J. Min - ,o,o. vo .,
% s. cOof"n A0D"H w. a. a. " "
10. J. OCULAR meetings every Saturday night at
.July vock Vt their hall, In Challis. Brothers In
4 n ssi standing are requested TO be present.
JONATHAN JOB, N. G.
IlMa Finnel, Secretary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17
LAND OF OMAR KRAYYAM.
A Country Likely 20 Come Into Great
err Importance in the Near
Future.

It is probable that the American re-
spects Persia for only two things-its
carpets and the Rubaiyat of Omar Khay-
yam. Beyond these two there is little
known of the country save that it was
once ruled by Darius, Cyrus and Aerxes,
and that Babylon and Nineyah were
once its chief cities. But the British
foreign Office and the Russian minister
of foreign affairs know that the land
has been bone of contention between
the two countries for upward of hun
dred years. and that the time is rapidly
approaching when it must be divided.
SO that the Persian problem may be re-
moved from the diplomatic arena
1t is currently reported that the APP
pointment of Lord Curzon to the vice
ROYALTY of India was because OF his
great familiarity with the Persian ques-
ton. No man in England is better
fitted to deal with the proposed parti-
| ton of the shah's domain than he, for
his long residence at Teheran and his
subsequent studies of the question
have made him absolute master OF Its
smallest details. The proposal is TO di'
vide the country by rough line run
ming east and west through the center
giving the northern section to Russia
and adding the southern half to India
AS matters stand now, Persia is go
ing from bad to worse. She has no laws
save those imposed by the powerful
no Justice, save that which is purchase
BILE; no state treasury, save the shan
private purse, and no enterprise, saw
that which is Russian or English. Di
vided into two sections by desert tina
runs through the center, and wlthou
railroads save those organized and ruI
by Europeans for their own purposes
which are chiefly military, the natiol
has no united feeling, and its nationa
pride has been hopelcssly crushed GU
by q corrupt aristocracy.
Russia is binding the northern sectio
to herself by means of network O
railroads which are connected with tn
Siberian system. while England ha
, constructed railroads in the souther
section which tie it to India. With tn
death of Musarer-ed-din the country
expected to fall in halves, natural.
but if it does not, then the two nation
most interested will see that II occur
I promptly.-St. Louis Republic.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17
UTILIZING FoGs.
The Problem TO Which Csitforn's
ARrfcuiturssfs Are Invited TO
Address Themselves.

Herbert Earlscliffe, of Santa Bar
bara, Cal, has communicated to the
weather bureau, through the chamber
of commerce of Los Angeles, a sugges-
ticn relative to fog that should call
forth all the inventive genius of Amer
lea. Mr.. Earlscliffe says:
I'm California there are vast areas
of valuable land where the water sup
ply is insufficient. Nature has endeav-
ored to correct this by sending in heavy
fogs laden with moisture, and 1t only
remains for the ingenuity of man to
utilize this. These fogs generally come
in from the ocean at night during the
dry summer months, when most need
I ed, but are dissipated early in the morn
ing by the sun. Here is ample moisture
brought to our very doors If we could
but discover some simple and practical
method of condensing or precipitating
it on large scale"
1t certainly is tantalizing to think OF
this immense quantity of moisture
present and visible but unavailable.
Neither science nor art at present can
suggest any feasible method Of causing
this fog to descend in refreshing drops
of rain. On the other hand, the green
vegetation at the SUBMITS of many
mountains has often been observed to
be due essentially to cloud or fog and
not to rain; it may, therefore, be hoped
that along the coast u California some
device will soon be introduced that shall
catch the fog particles as they float
along and force them to trickle down in
gentle streams of water SO as to moisten
the earth. We do not propose to con-
dense or precipitate the atmospheric
moisture in the ordinary sense of those
words, but simply to catch 1t as the
leaves of the trees do. We recall the so
!, called drip from every rock and twig
on the summit of Table mountain at
Cape Town, and especially on the sum-
nit of Green mountain, in the island OF
Ascension, and the dampness of the
rocks on Pixies Peak, and we cannot
doubt but that in many spots through
out the globe vegetation is kept alive
by the small amount of moisture thai
is caught on the leaves, and, dripping
l. thence to the ground, is soaked up b,
the roots of the plant. In fact. Their
are several plants whose leaves ant
branches are so arranged as to facili
o. tate drip and the collection of moistur
is by this process.
v What is needed by the agriculturis
lie on the California coast is some simpl
us mechanical arrangement by which til
3, quantity of fog particles shall be inter
re cepted as they flow past any give
sh plant, and shall be forced to drip O
er glide downward into the ground at tn
i'd root of the plant. Any fan-shaped al
en- rangement of sticks or slate that il
n creases the area exposed to the TO
ly should apparently increase the quaint
ID, ty of moisture carried down to ii
re- roots. Mechanical devices, the e
plosion of dynamite, refrigerating a.
.p- paratus and other analogous device
re- are likely to be too expensive in cor
his parison with the return they make.
es- Monthly Weather Review.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17
TOO MUCH FURNITURE
Nothing IL More Uncomfortable Than
90 Have the Room
Crowded.

There are many girls who, by the
way, are exceedingly happy, whose
married life is one long study of the
science of economy, with its various
branches of ways and means and
show to make two ends meet" and "the
possibility of 81 doing the duty of SIS"
There is not. however, the study ofecon-
omy in money matters alone, but there
are also the economy of labor, the econ
omy of time and the economy of health
to be considered.
When we start housekeeping and be-
gin to buy the necessary furniture for
our future dwelling places, we women,
one and all, have the same intense de-
sire to make our homes as beautiful
and pleasant to look upon as it lies in
our power to do.
Unless one can afford to keep plenty
of domestics tits well to avoid furniture
that has, much carving upon it. Simple
decorative designs have better bred
air about them and, what is more inn
/ portant, are much easier to make clean
and keep so. Nothing looks worse than
! little gray heaps of dust accumulated
/ in difficult corners of an elaborately or
nanented piece of woodwork. especial
ly ifit belongs to the cheap and common
order of things.
1t does not follow by any means that
furniture must be costly to be beau
tiful. butt is well when purchasing tC
| remember that it is not only the amour
of money paid that constitutes "sav
ing" Therefore one must exercise
the greatest discretion.
Crowding rooms with furniture i
LIT only sign of bad taste, but it i
potitively unhealthy. All the spac
taken up by chattels means so mucl
less air for breathing purposes.-N. \
Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17

mineral found these unds
They sulphur aka and other properties among the
hot water while healhu and refreshing cold
springs beside them invalid will obtain in this park
and these heahful waters restoration.
sportsman will find better fishing and hunting grounds than
in any other portion nation those seeking pleasure will
find this very desirable spot
attendants and the propre
invite all to come and see their satisfaction
X D. WILLIAMS, Proprietor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17
TO Preserve Good Crockery.

Good china that has gliding upon it
should not be rubbed, as it is liable to
remove the tracery. 1t only requires
to be rinsed in warm water, then in
cold; it should be left to drain dry.
Very occasionally rub thischina gently
with little. finely powdered whiting
and a soft wash-leather. Good dessert
plates, tea plates and saucers should
be put away in the china cupboard,
protected by circles of paper placed
between each. This preserves the glaze
or painting from scratches. 1t should
I've noted that the china cupboard is
thoroughly dry. as dampness soon tar
nishes the gliding on fine china or
crockery. = Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.