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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
Explosive Force of cord,te.

The cordite used by the British ar
tillery has balistic power, that is. a
projectile force, nearly four times as
great as the black powder previously
employed. In the 3-inch 12-pound field
piece. where formerly four pounds OF
pebble powder was the service charge
but one pound of the cordite is now
used. and increased safety is secured
owing to the fact that the cordite
charges are not exploded by being
struck with bullets, and the danger
from the explosion of the ammunition
carriage thus eliminated. If the cor
dite is fired in chamber which it COM
pletely fills, a pressure of 120 tons to
the square inch results, as against AZ
tons with the black powder. but in ac-
tual practice a vacant space is left in
the powder-chamber, so as to keep
down the maximum pressure to 1C tons
in the bore of the gun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05

Going up 70 the bowed man. me
raised his head. pressed her lips 70 the
burning brow, and then holding out her
hand to Everett Morse. she said:
Nay, he need not tell me; / know
all. I have heard from the next room.
To you. Of all the world, would Soon
er be indebted for this great kindness.
I know how good and noble you are,
but cannot find 1t in my heart to
censure him, whose only faults was
through his loving me SO much"
Both men were answered-yes sat
isf1ed. The look she bent on both toll
to one her true appreciation and graf
itude. to the other-that he alone she
loved.
Little more remains to tell: many
years have passed, and Dayton Mar
bury stands before the world beloved
and respected by his fellow men. Many
are the speculations concerning tho
great intimacy and, devoted friendship
between the old bachelor and this
young man, but to few is known the
true reason why they love each Other
thus.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
ENTfFIC TOPICS ,j;l.
CURRENT NOTES or DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
Can't Tread on Hls To-s-Hamnsr
Hand sling for Minors -ssarohlishts
for Flrsmcn-The Growth Of the
Finger Nsil-Iseeent Inventions. "
searchlights for rlremcn.

ssSseSssesosAs d.
The New York fire department IS
about to add a complete portable cleo
trio searehlights plant to its apparatus.
The searchlight wagon will go to fires
with the engines, ETC., and 1t is be-
lieved it will add greatly to the efi-
cheney of the force, both in saving life
and property. It resembles fire en-
CINE in general appearance, but instead
OF a pump 1t has an engine and dyna-
mo. There are two searchlights, each
with an eighteen-inch lens. These
will be carried on platform behind
the drivers seat. They can be USED
either from the platform or removed
and carried to any desirable point of
vantage, all communication with the
generator being kept up by means of
flexible cables which are insulated with
rubber. The lights are provided with
devices for quick regulation, so that
the light may be spread out over a
wide area, or confined and directed to
any particular point. The purpose of
the apparatus will be to aid the fire.
men in laying the hose, setting lad
ders, etc.. also to light up the front of
buildings where people may be in dan
ger and to project light into the build
ings themselves.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
olevapni serant,ni.

Giovanni segantini, the celebrated
landscape painter. whose death was re-
Gently announced, was engaged on a
panorama of the Alps, a colossal
work, for the Paris exhibition. His
early life was singularly romantic. He
was born in 1858 at Arco, in the Tyrol.
on slope Of the Alps overlooking
Italy. His mother died when Giovanni
was i've years old. and his father hand
ed him over to the charge of sister
at Milan. He ran away when he was
seven years Of age and set out on a
long tramp to Paris. One evening he
was found exhausted by fatigue and
hunger, and was taken compassion on
by some farm people, and set out to
look after the pigs. He delighted in
this pastoral life, and like Giotto he
began drawing his humble companions
on pieces ofjstone and slate. This was
the beginning Of his career as an artist.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
MILLION g II | "A DAY.
LARGE GAIN in IMPORTS FROM
NEW POSSESSIONS.
Total Tor. Tan Months o2So.oa4. SIT
q Trade Possibilities Awaiting Tropical
Territories Supplying Our Market
Send Little to Thorn.

me commercial possibilities which
await tho tropical island territories
which have come into closer relation
snip with the United States during the
past year in supplying q permanent
ana growing market in this country
are suggested by a compilation made
Dy the treasury bureau on statistics of
the importation of tropical and SUBJ
tropical productsS into the United
states during ten months of the pres
ent year, compared with that of the
corresponding months of the preced-
ing year. This importation amounts
to the surprisingly large sum of $780,
624,S71, during the 300 days in cues
tlon' or an average of over $1,000, 900
for each business day of the year.
showing that for the full year the total
will reach more than 100000 900. For
the same period in the preceding year
the total was s216,sSs,455. The com
pllation includes raw silk, tea and rice.
and the small proportion of our sugar
1mportations. which is manufactured
from beets; but even If these be omit
ted, the total which would be clearly
entitled to be classed as tropical nrod-
ucts would exceed $250,00o,0 900 annual
~. Sugar, coffee. Indian rubber, fibers.
tropical fruits and nuts, cocoa. tobac-
co or the finer grades, spices, gums.
indigo, dyewoods and cabinet woods
form the important features of this
large importation, and all of them
articles for which the United States
is absolutely dependent, with the pos
slple exception of sugar, upon other
parts OF the world, and for the present
at least for the large proportion of our
sugar. OF our sugar importations in
the ten months just ended, Cuba has
furnished 6s3,C00,00O pounds. other
West Indies 514,OOO,00O pounds. the
Hawaiian islands 534,o0O,000 pounds,
the Philippine islands $4,000 900
pounds, while the East Indies have in
the present year furnished larger
snare OF our sugar importations than
any other single part of the world.
the total number of pounds from the
East Indies alone being for the ten
months ending with October, 1,O7S,-
9O1,54S out of total of 3,767, 756. 9Sl
pounds. Coffee, of which our impor-
tat1ons are growing constantly and
rapidly, amounting to about $50, 900, 900
pounds annually, as against an aver
age of about $4,000, 900 pounds in the
earlier years of the decade, is success
fully grown in all of the islands in
question. and, at one time, was very
important crop in Cuba, as we'll as at
present in Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
philippines. Fiber, of which the i'm
portations in the present year will
amount to $20,000,O0O in value, can
readily be grown in all OF the islands.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
How Bells Are Tuned.

When certain bells in a chime pro-
duce discord they can be tuned. The
tone of a bell may be raised or lowered
by cutting off little metal in the
proper places. To lower the tone the
bell-tuner puts the bell in his lathe
and reams it out from the point where
tho swell begins nearly down to the
rim. AS the work proceeds he fire.
quently tests the note with a tuning
fork, and the moment the right tone is
reached he stops the roaming. To
raise. the tone, on the contrary, he
shaves off the lower edge of the bell.
gradually lessening or flattening the
bevel. in order to shorten the bell, for
OF two bells of equal diameter and
thickness the shorter bell will give the
higher note. A notable instance of
bell-tuning, according to La Nature,
recently occurred at Lausanne, where
twelve bells, in three neighboring stee-
pies, had only seven separate notes,
and produced most curious discord.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05

~ The band q tn wrist Or forearm 81;
q sling connecting tho head 0f the
hammer and the wrist of tho operator
and q clutch connecting the handle Of
the hammer to the sling. % that the
workman can swing the hammer and
strike the drill without tho laborious
effort Of grasping the hammer handle
constantly. Overhead drilling u par
ticnlarly hard. because Of the severe
strain on the muscles Of the hand In
merely holding the hammer, ana this
is entirely removed by the use Of the
sling, the construction of which Is fully
shown in the cut.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
Character In the Chin.

If you have protruding chin, you
are of the "get there" type. Success
full people always carry their chirs if
this way, with compressed lips.
A retreating chin shows yielding
nature, easily discouraged; unless its
owner has other well-developed facul-
ties to counteract the influence Of this
chin he is mentally, morally and ply
sicallys weak.
A pleasure-loving person has a small
well-rounded chin, with a red cushion
of flesh upon it. If dimpled it belongs
to a ccquette or one who loves to be
petted and admired. It's owner should
live to be round old age.
Broad chins signify nobleness, square
chins executive ability and a strong de-
sire to hate;;> ,chins with circular lines
about them denote drunkards. Slo-
venly folk have wrinkled chins.-Ex.
change.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
SILK AND TAlLoRs.
The Fatter q Chlnaman Gets tho Better
Pleased He Is.

The Fatter Clllnaman Gets tho Better
Pleased He Is.
The first person in all the world who
raised silkworms for the purpose of
roDbing the cocoon of its soft covering
was the Empress Si-Lung-Chee, who
reigned in China 1900 years B. c., says
Lippincott's. She is now worshipped as
goddess of the silkworm. Once each
year q national festival is held in her
honor. The reigning empress and her
maidens resort to the temples of ST.
Lung-Chee and pay her, in flowers and
spirit money, an installment upon the
debt which China owes to her; for did
she not make the important discovery
whereby the poor may earn life's ne
cessities and the rich may rustic in
shining garments?
Perhaps more people wear silk in
China than in any other country; for
plain raw silk is almost as inexpensive
as cotton. Even for winter garments
this material is made to serve, with
layers of wadding placed between the
outside and the lining. AS their gar
ments do not go out of style, it is not
necessary to buy new ones until the
old ones are we'll worn.
This is a great item of saving for
every one but the tailors; but if the
people followed the example of the
tailors themselves there would be still
less for that craft to do. Like the feet
of "shoemakers' children" the Chinese
tailors, while at their work, are as
nearly bare as possible. When we'll
fattened their uncovered bodies suggest
the animals which Americans inclose in
sty. The more like well-fed poyker
Chinaman becomes the prouder he is
of his looks, for corpulent man is re-
garded by his almond-eyed brethren as
a high type of humanity.
In the tailor's workroom, which is
frequently open on all sides, the passer-
by may see from five to ten men squat
ted around low, mating covered Ia
BILE. Each man is in undress uniform,
consisting of his cue, a pair o; slip
pers and pantaloons about six inches in
length. They work both for shops and
for individuals, receiving about SIS a
month; yet somehow they manage to
keep fat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
Fashion Is the Dictator.

"Not only" said the mill agent, "do
fashions change in bewildering way
and a most expensive way to us manu-
facturers, but they have a way of
changing SO radically that new goods
may be wholly unstable. If they bear
any resemblance to the dress goods in
demand last year. Why? Simply be-
cause a woman who buys a new dress
wants a pattern and a color wholly
different from that of her last years
frock, in order that there may be no
question as to its being new frock.
She not only wants a different design,
but very different one, SO that he,
or, more probably, she, who runs may
see that it is a new dress. "-Scri5ner's,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
The Mission Of Language.

1t is the mission of language and
literature in education to bring young
individual life into accord with the
molds of historical life, says President
Benjamin Ide Wheeler in the Atlantic.
Mind is expanded in the molds OF
mind; not in the lifeless geometric
cells of logic and reasoning, but in the
life cells shapen to. contain the prod
ucts of the soul-the whole, the living
soul. The practically. logical mind is
a healthy, well-nourishing mind
nothing more Or less. Such mind is
produced by feeding it during the
years of development upon healthy
normal food, not upon the embalmed
food of the logicians or the chemists.
The Chinese mandarins trained upon
language and innocent of pure logic
are said to be the keenest practical
logicians in the world. The forms OF
reasoning, indeed, to which 8 child
is stimulated in catching the meanings
OF sentences of the mother speech, or
which a boy uses in making out the
meaning of q sentence in his Caesar
from the imperfect data of words and
syntax, are the forms of contingent
reasoning which are almost exclusive
ly employed in the decisions and iudg-
ments of actual life. Men who pretend
to regulate their lives according to
well-constructed syllogisms-and it
must be pretense or self-deception, for
there are no such syllogisms in life
are generally regarded as impossible
men. They are what are politely
known as cranks. "
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
Pre,ervinr a1,lk bv pressure.


At the West Virginia agricultural
experiment station at Morgantown re-
markable results have been obtained
through the application of high press
ures to milk inciosed in cylinders.
The effect of the pressure is greatly to
increase the length Of time during
which the milk can be preserved. The
general conclusions from the expert
ments are that pressures from thirty
up to 100 tons per square inch will
postpone the souring of milk for TWEEN
ty-four hours. Thirty tons pressure
continued for one hour generally de-
lays the souring just about twenty
four hours. A similar pressure contin-
ued for ten or twelve hours preserves
the milk for from three to five days.
Ninety tons pressure for one hour
postpones souring for four days.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
Brain. Sleep in Sections.

Sir James Crichton Browne, the ex-
pert on brain diseases, holds that In
somnia is not attended with such dis
astrous consequences as is commonly
supposed. It is not as dangerous az
the solicitude Of the sufferer. He sug-
gests that the brains Of literary men,
who are the most frequent victims,
acquire the trick Of the heart, which
takes doze of a fraction Of a second
after each beat and SO manages to get
six hours rest in twenty-four. Some
brains. in cases Of insomnia, sleep in
sections, different brain centers going
OF duty in turn.-Phrenological Jour
nal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
Tho Growth Of tho Flnrerua,,.

The rate of fingernail growth is
thus touched upon by Edward Blake
In his Study Of the Hand" The pace
OF growth varies very much, not only
at different ages, but in different in
dlyiduals of the same age. Influenced
ny many external and internal condi-
lions, the pace also varies in the same
person, from time to time. Observa-
tons as to the growth in men at diff
terent ages show that at p years the
nail was replaced in 126 days, at 81
years In 159 days, at 81 years in SS
days. at SIS years in 40 days, at 81
years in IA days. 1t is curious that
In this growth the swtftest grower was
a tuberculous subject who had sharp
attack of blood splitting during the OBJ
servation. Sea air is said to quicken
the growth of the nails, profound
grief has been credited with the power
of destroying them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05

bia, will be great assistance to min
ers at all times. but practically when
engaged In drilling an overhead hole.
The large cut shows the hammer hand
sling in use. while the smaller one Is
perspective view, the hammer being
shown in dotted lines In position in the
sling. The invention has for its OBJ
ject the transference Of the weight OF
the hammer from the handle grasped
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
Recent Inventions,

For use in picking fruit a new de-
vice is formed of a sack, to he secured
to the person, with a short, flexible
tube connecting flartng mouth to the
bag, and a longer tube suspended on
the end OF a short pole to reach near
by fruit and deliver it to the bag.
In a new device for measuring bolts
of cloth without unrolling them a fex-
ible strip of steel is graduated for bolts
Of different widths. the measure being
inserted in the bolt midway between
the inner and outer folds, to obtain the
approximate width of all the folds.
A new attachment for window sash
balance is designed to ring an Alarm
when the window is moved, the shaft
on which the pulley is suspended being
extended through the window casing
and ending to pair Of clappers, which
are revolved inside bell when the
window is moved.
To raise water from the ocean level
by utilizing wave power new appa-
ratus has a rigid structure set near the
shore, with long trussed lever piy-
oted to rise and fall when actuated by
a float at the outer end. a pump being
set at the short end Of the lever to
raise the water.
An improvement in rocking chairs
has been patented by a Massachusetts
man, the under frame Of the chair sup
porting pair Of flat springs, which
are free to rise and fall under pressure.
the rockers resting on the spcings and
forming spring seat and rocker COM
bined.
Envelopes can be rapidly and neatly
opened by a new implement. which has
metallic base to rest on the desk.
with a Aange on one side. at the bot
tom Of which is a thin blade OF steel.
which enters the fold Of the Zap and
cuts It OF as the envelope Is drawn
through.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
Running Costly Guns.

One great disadvantage of smokeles.
gunpowder, tending to Offset it's many
advantages, is its corroding action on
the interior of a gun. Prof. Roberts
Austin recently made report on the
subject, showing that fine weapons are
liable thus to be quickly ruined.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
What He Bled For.

The Nanager-It says here that he
hit you in the nose, an You bled free
ly. Ths Boxer-I guess not. got
one-third Of the receipts. .8.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
Can't rre.dsea His Toes.

Ingenious but feebly indicates the
originality Of many Inventions Of that
class which are practically useless.
the slight convenience or advantage
they afford being too insignificant to
be considered for an instant in the
commercial world. Such an invention
is the toe protecting ARRANGEMENT
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05
Exasperatins.

Chicago News: Quinn-When wom-
en- imagine themselves wits they are
menace to the community. DeFonte-
You must have met some OF late.
QUINN Yes, my wife. She asked me
II SCI horse was n any way related
to a hay. mare
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05

shown in the illustration. 1t is in
tended for use in street cars, where
in these days of concentrated business
districts they are usually quite as
many persons standing as seated. Ma
turally in crowded car a person, once
in lifetime, perhaps, has his toes
trodden upon, but it is doubtful if any
company would consider equipping
their cars with the toe pockets here
Illustrated. They are formed Of a
strong raised slanting board, supported
at intervals, placed close to the foot Of
the seat, and underneath which one
can place his toes and rest in security
without having to shift his feet to al
low someone to get in or out of the
car.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05

In q marrow circle the mind grows
narrow; the more a man expands,
the larger his ai1us.-Schiller.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-05

the toe protecting arrangement
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22

sinking smut, should be either
scalded or treated with blue stone.
(One pound dissolved in water will
treat five bushels.) Care in the
use of the blue stone is necessary
to prevent injury to the germ of
the seed.
(d) Depth to Cover Seed: Ex>
periments have shown that wheat
does not vegitate satisfactorily #
covered moro than three inches in
depth. If the seed are put in with
turn plough many are covered
deeper than this and consequently
a full stand is not secured. On
the contrary, where the wheat
drill is used upon properly pre-
pared land, the seed are covered
uniformly at a depth less than two
inches, and hence less seed are
required to secure a stand.
(e) Fsrtillzing: If luguminous
crop (nitrogen coliecting) precedes
the wheat it is not necessary TO
apply a fertilizer containing nitro
gen or ammonia UpOn CLAW
lands upon which the forest
growth was of hard wood trees
acid phosphate will usually be
sufficient. If excessive quantities
or nltrogenous mauures are used
there is danger Of too much growth
OF straw, causing risk of rust and
lodging.
Caution: If cotton seed meal is
one of the component parts Of
complete fertilizer applied to
wheat, or if it is used as such,
care must be exercised to prevent
it from coming in contact with
the grain. Stands of grain arc
often lost by negIecting this pre-
caution. The cotton seed meal
termentS very promptly and
actively and destroys the germ of
the seed. Very truly yours,
j : Newman.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22

The body Of Corporal f r Belk,
who died in tho Philippines on
on july 25th, of malarisl fever, is
being brought home for burial.
The remains will reach Waxhar
Thursday morning and will be in>
tered in the cemetery at Wsxhsu
Baptist church in the afternoon.
Kew j w Little will conduct the
services. Mr. Belk was a son of
Mr. Mr. A II A Belk, of Buford
township. He was about 80
years old and a member of Wax
haw Baptist church. He belong
ed to the regular army and had
been in the service about four
years. Monroe Journal.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22

A few days ago Mr Frank Lowe
received = letter from Prof Fl II
Ransom, of Galveston, telling of
the situation there. Prof Ran
som is North Carolinian and q
son of the late Gen Ransom.
Everything that he possessed was
destroyed and ho and family were
left homeless and without clothes
or money. He is engaged in
teaching IN the Ball High School
and he says 469 of his pupils are
dead. Prof Ransom himself
drifted in the water on piece of
timber tor five hours. A consid>
cradle purse was made up here
and sent TO the family. Monroe
journal
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
81 % PER ANNUM.
Buy you a Home

For 81 2G0 24O arr~s, about mile
NORM "i Primus. on Rocky River
road, known ss Porter or Brssinpton
place
For $50 33l aces near Dry reek
posts fl -, known as McGrif place.
For 100 POP acres near Heath
Springs, known IA Agnes Caurhen
place
For S76o, l52 ncr's near Dry Creek,
known "A, l. Barton place.
For $500 100 acres in Cedar Creek
township, known as Graham place.
For SiOC., three smau tracts Of III
acres each all a"iplnirg, i'm EutorG
township known a, Frances Srip4s'
places.
For $500, ll5 acres II ar Heath
Springs. Known as Jesse kirkland
place.
Fer 5000, 100 acres in Cedar Creek
township known us Tom Barnes
uICce
For s Ooo, 81 acres near Dixie.
known as BIrd place
For $3.50, so acres known ~ Ellis
place
For SloO, 30 acr's IN Union county
y Z, known as J Griffin place
For @l42, ii acrs known J G
Gibson p ace.
For $500, 65 acres known as J II
Hney place.
For 81 coo, 80 acres four miles Nnrti,