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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
October Net Earninu..

st. Paul. Dec. S.-The total net in
come of the Northern Pacific for Oc-
tober was $1,9OO.411, an increase of
$2O7,5 500 over October 1898. From
July to Oct. 30 the total net income
was $5,47S,374, and increase of $4Sl,-
594 over the same period last year.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Deliberations of Beekeepers.

Minneapolis, Dec. 8. = The annual
meeting Of the Minnesota Beekeepers'
association began in the rooms of the
park commission yesterday afternoon.
President ]. T.. West of Hastings adj
dressed tie gathering and several pa
pers were read. The meeting will be
continued to-day.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Challenge Declined.

WiEona, Mimi, Dec. S.-The Winona
Athletic association has decliued the
challenge of the Owatonna Athletic
association for a football game to be
played at Rochester for 500 side.
These two teams played to a tie on
Thanksgiving, hence the challenge
The cause Of Winona's declination is
that three. Of her players are disabled.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
HEAVY WHEAT SHIPMENTS.
Great Northern will Be Busy for
Two Months Hauling Wheat.

Two Months Hauling Wheat.
st. Paul. Dec. Appropriations for
unusually heavy traffic on the Great
Northern during the next two months
have called into requisition all of the
freight cars, in anticipation of wheat
shipments. Very little wheat has been
moved in North Dakota this year. &C.
casioned by the backward season,
scarcity of threshing machines and the
unsatisfactory prices that have pre-
vailed since harvest. This large traf-
tic in grain is expected to bring the
earnings of the road up above any pre-
yiOuS months business.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
STOCK rate. HtrL-r


ST. Paul, Dec. Seattle freight rates
have advanced from 81 to 60 per car
on roads west of the Missouri river to
Omaha and Kansas City markets. The
rate to Chicago, which was proportion.
ately higher than the Missouri river
rate, remains unchanged.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Beat His wife to Denth.

Abel. Iowa, Dec. 9.--Joseph Hulthens
yesterday beat his wife to death with
a. club and then blew his brains out
with shotgun. He was sixty-five
years of age and had been married
forty years.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
SUDDEN DEATH.

Thomas Kelley Expires Suddenly Mt
His Home.
EastOn, Mi,::l.. Dec. S.-Thumas Kel.
ley, farmer living four miles north Of
here, died. He had suffered about a
week with sciatic rheumatism. which
shifted to the heart. causing almost in
slant death.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
A Hospital Effect

First Hornet-Why. Gerald! What
have you got your bill all bandaged I'D
for?
Second Hornet-1 made n mistake,
Mortimer, and tried to sting an Ohio
politician on the cheek.-New York
Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
JOURNALISTIC CHANGE.

The Semitic Post-Intclligencer I'm
der New management.
Seattle. WASH. Dec. 8. - The Post
lntelligencer has formally changed
hands. The names of the new pur-
chasers are understood to be Z. B..
Hughes and Maurice McMicken. lead
ing Republicans and members of the
law firm Of Strive. Allen. Hughes g.
McAlicken. Il. 3. Piper. the editorial
head of the paper. and George u.
Piper the business manger, retire. s.
p. Weston has been made business
manager. The purchase price is un-
derstood to be $4,000, the bulk Of
which was paid in cash
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
sheeplnen Will Meet.

Deadwood, s. D.. Dec. S.-All of the
sheepmen in the Edgemont district will
come together Saturday, Dec. 16, Mt
Edgemont, for the purpose of consid-
ering the question Of erecting q large
wool warehouse in that city.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Germany,s Sugar Crop,

Washington, Dec. 10. The entire
crop of sugar cane and beet for 1890
1900 will amount to about 100000
tons, about the same as last year. OF
this amount the United States uses
about one-fOurth.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
"A Difficulty.

''Do you expect to get jury?' asked
one lawyer.
II don't know" answered the other.
Its pretty hard to find man with in
tclligence enough to answer our ques-
tons who hasn't read the newspapers
and formed some opinion about the
se."-Washington Star.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
-Four Years for Burelnry.

Winona, Mimi, Dec. g. - At the
United States court William Norton
was found guilty of the burglary of
the postoffice at Money Greek and was
sentenced to four years at saltwater
and a fine of 500.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Lnat Carro of tho sea.ou

Last Cargo of the Season..
Duluth, Mimi, Dec S-The last car
60 of grain for Lake Superior for the
season of 1890 left here last evening
when the steamer Lackawanna passed
through the channel with 10000 bush-
els Of barley for Buffalo.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
~And 1hrift i. Ble..inr..

The Pedestrian-You keep a horse!
Why. I had no idea you were 60
thrifty. l5s, 4
"Oh, yes. deposit regularly In tho
savings bank all the money borrow
from my friends. Life.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Committed to the Asylum.

Elysian, Mimi. Dec. 1O.-Mrs. A. R
Zeliner was adjudged insane and com.
mitted to st. Peter. She brooded over
the death of her husband to such an
extent that her mind became affected.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Option ON n water Power.

Spokane. WASH. Dec. 10. - Former
Senator Warner Miller of New York
and James f. Mcknight of Seattle
have taken an option on the water
power at Kettle Falls. on the Colum-
bia. north of here and contemplate the
building of an electric railway from
the Spokane Falls & Northern railway
to ReDublic camp,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Resemblance,

Dillingham-Mrs. Outre's affairs "a.
mind me of this South African war"
CuttinghCrst-How's that?"
Diilingworth-Triumph of the bores.
North American.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Connections Mt Aberdeen.

Connections MT Aberdeen.
Aberdeen, s. D.. Dec. 9.-The rail
road commissioners have ordered a Y
put in connecting the Great Northern
with the Northwestern aud Milwaukee.
The companies are given until May /
next to comply with the order.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Safe.

Gen. Joubert-Haf We got any Mis-
souri, mules in our artillery? l 8ss
Aide-No, general.
Gen. Joubert-Vell. We haf no kick
coming!-New York Press. 3
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
1t All Depended.

Mabel-WoCld you marry a man who
had been refused?
Dolly-If he were rich, and the refus-
ing had been by the insurance compa-
nies.-Life.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15

Arrested ON Serious Charge. !.
5 Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 10, Samuel
G. BROKER, who was a clerk in. the
city auditors Office, was arrested on
indictments charging him with obtain
ing money from the city upon false
bills. ,.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Was 1t A Hint:

"You mustn't play with Mr.. Borum's
hat Bobby" said young lady who
was entertaining caller, to her small
brother.
why mustn't II" asked the young
ster.
Because you might break it," re-
piled his sister: ''and, besides, he will
want it shortly Chicago News.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15

New Bombardo Combination Reversible Psrlor
wanted. W.D.Caldwell Coil Superiorst. ChicseI
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15

never used so quick . cure a. Piso,s
Cure for Consumption.-J. B. Palmer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15

FITS Permanently Cured. No Ats nervousness after
nrst days of DR.. Kinc's Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
Not to Blam,

The Elderly Lady Thtey cay hissl
wife has money. .5s
swell, that isn't his fault. They'ya
only been married short time."-iins.s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15

Jones (of Brooklyn>-I saw your wife
on the street yesterday.
Smith (of Hoboken)e You surprise
me! How did you know her? a
necktie You bought for yourself the
day before.-Judge.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15

Washington Dec. 8. - The house
adopted a special order for the consid-.
Grafton of the currency bill, beginning
Monday. ,sEhe general debate will con-
tinue until Friday; on, Saturday
amendments may be offered. under the
five-minute rule, and on the following
Monday the vote will be taken. The
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15

Faulkton, s. D., Dec. San earth
quake shock was plainly felt in this
vicinity about 6 O'clock this morning.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-12-15
SOUTH DAKOTA EARTHQUAKE.
Shock Is Felt Mt Faulkton and
NT}ll0p

Miller.
Miller, s. D., Dec. 8. - At 6 o'clock
yesterday morning the people of the
town We're awakened and somewhat
frightened by what seems to have
been an earthquake shock. The houses
shook and windows ratified for several
seconds. This is the first earthquake
shock ever noticed in this section.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
ElreprOohng Wood.

Among the many valuable lessons
taught by the recent wal between
Spain and the United States is the i'm
portant one that a ship of war should
have as little wood in its construction
as possible, and that what there is
should be fireproof. DR.. Hexamer re-
Gently read before the Franklin Insti-
tute a paper dealing with this subject.
and showing how. by a comparatively
cheap and easy process, woodwork may
be rendered absolutely incombustible.
1t may be noted hat the inventor OF
the system does not seek to make
money out Of It, but gives 1t to the
American nation with a view to do his
country a service. Before commencing
his experiment, DR.. Hexamer laid down
certain conditions, which he considered
imperative, the chief Of which was that
to prove effective against fire the wood
must be treated, not on the surface on
ly, but through its entire mass After
trying various substances with which
to impregnate the wood, he finally
chose water glass. treating 1t at a later
stage with ammonium chloride, in or
der to render it %insoluble. The wood
work is first of all heated in an iron
container to expel all moisture, after
which the water glass is admitted un-
der pressure, and Is forced into the
inner recesses Of the wood. Ammon-
ium chloride is then admitted to the
container, under the same conditions.
and the wood is finally washed in run
ming water. and slowly dried.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
piotetic Virtues of Olive on.

Olive oil is now being used in many
ways at one time never thought Of.
Besides being largely used meulcinally,
observes the Sanitary Record. 1t enters
into various processes Of cooking much
more extensively than it did. In mas
sage, bathing, and for numerous other
purposes, the use of this most vaiua-
BILE natural food is greatly extending,
Eminent authorities have found 1t a
potent agent for many defects of the
eXcretory ducts, especially the skin.
Eczema has rapidly disappeared upon
the discontinuance of starch food and
the substitution of a diet OF fresh n
dried fruits, milk, eggs and olive Oil.
Taken in conjunction with a fruit diet
its beneficial effects have frequently
been marked upon the hair, nails anu
scalp, supplying as it does to the Sc
baceous glands the only substance
which they secrete when in a healthy
condition, and the absence Of which
Is the cause of debility Of the hair,fre-
quently ending in badness. 1t has
long been observed that those who live
upon olive oil as a common, article OF
food are generally healthier than those
who do not. Its therapeutic and
prophylactic qualities are now well
known to medical men. Oil is destruc-
tive to certain forms of m~icro-organic
life, and it is reasonable to suppose
that they can best be eradicated from
the system by Its internal use. The
use Of oil not only does this. but it re-
stores to the worn out or disease It's
sues just those elements of repair that
its reconstruction demands.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
Trial OF the Great Baltic Sea Ice
Breaker-A Novel Path for Bicyclists
Elevated for Milcs-yhe Beats
of the Heart.
See Your Own ncart Beat.

Roentgen Rays have become a potent
COVER for good in the hands of wide
awake physicians and surgeons, and
many practical devices and appliances
are being constantly created. One such
instrument has been named the See
hear" as with its aid a physician may
simultaneously see the pulsations of
the heart and hear its beatings. More
over, by a clever arrangement. records
of the size and condition of the heart
may be made. Briefly, the device con
sists of a sound frame, to which are
attached the ear tubes. Above his
sound frame is a phosphorescent
screen and over that again a sheet OF
celluloid and a sheet of tracing cloth.
all held compactly together in a
clamping frame. The cellulcid sheet
protects the tracing cloth from de-
stroying the surface Of the sensitive
screen, when marked on by a pencil
or pen, and both being transparent.
they do not sensibly diminish the def
milton of the shadows cast on the
screen. BY applying this frame over
the heart area, and placing the ex-
cited tube behind the patients back,
a Photograph Of the heart is formed On
the phosphorescent screen. Many doc
tors hold that a nervous patient can
be more certainly assured of his nor
NAL condition if he can see for him
self. For such patients a modification
has been made of the apparatus above
described, in which a mirror is ar
ranged in the proper relation to the
screen to enable him to see the image
cast on the screen. BY inserting the
ear tubes in his ear while the frame
is held in position he can readily hear
the beatings of his own heart and wit
ness its pulsations.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
Cloth from Pineapple Fibre,

In IN article in the Popular Science
Monthly, C.. R. Dodge tells US the
leaf of the pineapple contains a very
fine silky fiber that may be utilized in
the manufacture of textile fabrics. He
says: "a pineapple plant natures but
one apple in a season, and after the
harvest Of fruit the old leaves are of
no further use to the plant, and may
be removed. The leaves have the same
structural system as the agaves-that
is, they are composed Of a cellular mass
through which the fibers extend, and
when the epidermis and pulpy matter
are eliminated the residue is a soft silk
like flament, tie value of which has
long been recognized. Only fifty pounds
of this fiber can be obtained from a
ton Of leaves, but. as the product would
doubtless command double the price of
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16

licensed to levy tribute upon the peo-
pie that make the monopoly owners
wondrous rich and their victims griev-
cusly sore. The monopoly is a heart
less. plundering monster in whose pres
ence the people dare do no more than
family protest. if so much. They are
meek victims of the %brigandish hold
ups Of the monopoly. They have no
recourse at law, no hope OF justice if
they go to law with the monster. But
let 9 wrong, ever so slight, be done to
the monster, then what? A boy tried
1t in Minneapolis a short time since.
he stole a few nickels from a penny
in-the-slot gas meter, was convicted
and sent to states prison for five
years. We are now conquering Flip
lnos that we may endow those We don't
kill with the blessings of our institu-
tions," of which the foregoing is one
eXample!-Farm, Stock and Home.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
The People Should Retain Power.

The people do a great wrong by CIV
ing SO much power to representatives.
1t has an evil influence; it tends to poi
son the political atmosphere. We give
the speaker Of the national house OF
representatives what amounts to an alb
solute veto Of any and all 1t
is in his power to defeat a measure
that class interests might be willing to
pay millions Of dollars to have de-
feated. Don't you know it is a crime
for us to throw such a vast temptation
before any man? We tempt our law
makers. our delegates and our COM
mittees. We do a great wrong to them.
to our country, to humanity in general
by SO doing. What a noble proposition
the initiative and referendum is! It
would enable men high up in public
affairs to remain pure, patriotic and
noble. Outside of guarding the inter-
ests of the masses of the people, there
are reasons insurmountable why the
initiative and referendum should BE-
Observation-Disclosures World.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
An Able ExDlOiter.

1t was said of Jim Hill, of the Great
Northern railroad that he built that
line on tobacco, overalls and slop,"
That is, that those things were all the
workers got who constructed the road.
1t seems that some capitalists are
building a road on Snake River, Wash,
in the same way. They hire men al
Seattle and other distant points, give
them free passage to the work, pay
them s1.75 a day, work them one month
and discharge them. After %deducting
their board, hospital fees, etc., this
leaves the men just enough to get out
of the country by paying the fare. Thus
all the work costs the dear capitalists
is the grub for the men!-Appeal to
Reason.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
Mother Goose. D,,ner POT.

1t was the 18th OF February. TWEEN
ty-ive guests had been invited. TON
Tucker" Jack" and gill" and the
rest OF the guests came in squads and
p%latoons.
There were three boy blues" and
three Miss Muffets,' and the maids
of the Kitchen"
The Queen OF Hearts," decorated
with fifty blood-red hearts made a
sensation. And boy Blue" became
at once her devoted slave, and when
Bobby Shaftoe" arrived the Queen"
paid more attention to him, and poor
boy Blue" felt very badly.
Bobby Shaftoe" presented his card.
and then began to comb down his yell
low hair.
The Queen" was very much i'm
pressed. and "Bo Peep told the "Blue
Bird" In a whisper that he was her
lover forever more.
Little Red Riding Hood" did not
like to hear this, for she thought Bob
Dy" belonged to her, f.. Just then
Johnny Green" came in and made ev-
erybody laugh trying to ring his little
silver bell and at the same time keep
MS large pussy cat swinging.
Mistress Mary" was quite contrary
as usual. especially when George Por-
gle" tried to kiss her. but then he kiss
ed al the girls, n strange to say.
none OF them cried; they rather seemed
to like 1t.
Jack Horner" with his Christmas
pie. which was a real mince pie. was
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16

Sisal hemp. its production would be
profitable. How to secure this fiber
cheaply is the problem. The Sisal hemp
machines are too roigh in action for
SO fine a fiber, and at the rate OF ten
leaves to the pound, working up a ton
OF the material would mean the han
ding Of over twenty thousand leaves
to secure perhaps three dollars worth
OF the commercial product. Were the
fiber utilized in the arts, however, and
its place established, it would compete
in a measure with fax as a spinning
fiber, for its filaments are Invisible to
the ten-thousandth of an inch. The
substance has already been utilized to
a slight extent in eastern countries
(being hand-prepared), in the manu-
facture of costly, flmy. cobweb-like
fabrics that will almost float in air.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
To Operate /. Kite, Camera.

The camera is pointed at the earth
before 1t is sent into the air, and when
aloft a special very thin line, distinct
from the kite cable, pulls the lever
that snaps the shutter. The camera
is rigidly braced into a fixed
position by an inclosing frame, is sus-
pended about 100 feet below the rou
OF d kites. which radiate or
branch from the main kite cable like
the branches Of a tree. When a SUM
Gent number of kites have been added
to produce q maximum lift Of seventy
pounds then the camera is sent aloft
and the shutter line is pulled when
the operator thinks 1t opportune.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
Convcrsatlon w,thout word..

~
The traveller in a foreign land is not
necessarily helpless because he does
not know the language. Nor was q
correspondent OF the Chicago Record.
who admits that when he entered
Italy his nine words OF French and If
teen words of German were Of no great
use to him. He says: .
IN Genoa l went into a photographs
er's shop and selected a dozen photo
graphs.
pointed at the photographs and
looked at him inquiringly. which
meant, How much?"
He nodded his head and wrote .14.
on a slip of paper.
nodded. signifying. II will take
them"
He walked over to a calendar hang
ing on the wall and pointed to 20:
Their he walked back end picked up the
photographs and shook his head.
which clearly meant that he could not
allow me to take the ones I had se-
lected, but would have others printed
by the goth.
Thereupon I pointed to Is on the cal
endar. and said Roma" which. meant
that should depart for Rome on that
date.
He nodded and then pointed to 30.
and asked, "Eh?" which meant. Shall.
you be in Rome until the 30th?"
l nodded violently.
"Hotel?' he asked.
I wrote my Rome address on a slip,
of paper.
In making change he held out one
Ira.
"Poste," he explained.
Then I departed. Ordinarily a shop
per selecting a dozen photographs to
be printed to order and forwarded to
him at the next town would spend ten
minutes or more in making Inquiries
and giving directions. Our total Of
conversation was Just five words.