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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19

cattle. or the uss 81 any words al sym
bols commonly used In the sale of
butter. 10 forbidden II the sale. ex-
posure for sale or advertisement Of
any oleomargarine. The proprietors Of
any place where oleomargarine - sold
or furnished must have conspicuously
placed on the walls Of the room where
the same is sold or furnished, q white
placard containing the words, "Oleo-
margarine Sold or Used Here" printed
in black ink in plain Roman letters
not less than three inches in length or
less than two inches in width. This
applies to hotel, restaurant and board
ing house keepers where oleomar-
garine is served.
All packages containing oleomar-
garine must be branded as such in or
binary boldfaced capital letters not
less than five line plea in size, to-
gether with the name and address Of
the manufacturer and the name Of
each and every article or ingredient
used or entering into its composition
in ordinary bold-faced letters not less
than plea in size. Dealers must notify
purchasers at the time Of selling oleo-
margarine by verbal notice that the
same is substitute for butter. and
must also deliver to the purchaser q
separate and distinct label on which
shall be printed in black ink in ordi-
nary boldfaced capital letters, not less
than five line plea in size the word
"Oleomargarine," together with the
name and address Of the manufacturer
and the name of each article used
and entering into its composition in
ordinary bold-faced letters not less
than plea in size. This label must be
delivered in addition to the label con-
tanned on the package in which saia
oleomargarine is wrapped for sale.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19
Y.e1tsrs 81 i atr ductio II,

II dlsapprove Of letters of Introduction. !.
\ sAid IN elderly New Orleans busines.
man. to the Times Democrat. anccdotist.
and wont give one under any cir.
!clmstances. They ere bad form and
border close on downright, impertinenca
What right have /, for example to thrus,
= perfect stranger on my friend John
Smith Of Memphis or Chattanooga, with
out having at least asked Me- Smiths
permission or ascertained whether the in.
production would be mutually agreeable9
Then, again. such letters always mean
either too little or too much. Most of us
give them almost as freely as we give
good advice. without the least idea Of In
curing any responsibility; yet letter OF
introduction Is, or ought to be, an abso.
Lutte Endorsement Of the bearer, and tho
recipient would be justified in holding the
writer strictly accountable for any abuse
OF his hospitality. I believe this view Is
unassailable, but must confess stopped
writing letters Of introduction myself on
account Of little contretemps that has
nothing to do with the proprieties of the
question.
1t happened in this way: A certain
friend asked me to give a letter to a
young Englishman, introducing him to q
former business partner Of mine, now liy.
ing in Louisville. didn't want to do It.
but lacked moral courage to refuse; SO
wrote two letters-one the introduction
requested and the other brief note to
the Louisville man. explaining the cir
cumstances and saying that I didn't
really know whether the Englishman was
gentleman or horsethief. Two days
later got a telegram from my old part
ner, saying that he had received letter
Of introduction by mail and was at q
loss to know what to make Of 1t. had
put the two Enclosures in the wrong en-
velopes, and had given the Englishman
the private note Of reputation" II sup
pose he read it. Of course" remarked
some one in the group Of listeners.
THAT'S just what has beeen troubling
me ever since::" replied the old merchant:
II don't know whether he did or not. He
presented it without turning hair, and
II he knew the contents he certainly made
no sign. At least that is the report of my
friend. who was so surprised when he
ran'his eye over the epistle that he nearly
fell out Of his chair. All this happened
four years ago, and haven't written a
letter Of introduction since wouldn't
meet that Englishman again for a thou
sand-dollar bill, because, II did, I
wouldn't know whether to shake hands
or get ready to fight"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19
In a Paris Restaura1st.

"A visitor in Paris was seated at a
table in one Of the high-priced res
taurants in the exhibition grounds,
thinking Of various things, as he read
over the hill Of fare and observed the
prices.
.'By thunder!" he exclaimed to the
waiter. haven't you any conscience
~ all In this placer"
PEG pardon" replied the naughty
servant.
Haven't you any conscience-con-
science-conscience? Don't you un-
derstand?"
The waiter picked up the bill Of fare
and began looking II over.
II don't know Il we have or not, II
we have it, on the bills II It amt.
you've got to pay extra for It. Them's
the rules. oil. spare Moments.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19

chat Flora had found her patient wake
full, and been detained with some de-
tails of nursing, for he had time to
make full end of all there was to eat,
and not only to empty the teapot, but
to fill it again from kettle that was
fitfully singing on his fathers fire.
Then he sat torpid, and pleased, and
bewildered; his misfortunes were then
half forgotten; his mind considering,
not without regret, this unsentimental
return to his old love-
He was thus engaged, when that
bustling woman noiselessly re-entered.
Have you eaten?" said she. "Then
tell me all about it,"
1t was long and Gas the reader
knows pitiful story; but Flora heard
1t with compressed lips She was lost
in none Of those questionings of human
destiny that have, from time to time,
arrested the fight of my own pen; for
women, such as she, are no philoso-
pliers, and behold the concrete only.
And women. such as she, are very hard
on the imperfect man.
Very WELL" she said, when he had
done: then down upon your knees at
once, and beg Gods forgiveness
And the great baby pumped upon
his knees. and did as he was bid; and
hone the worse for that! But while he
was heartily enough requesting for
glveness on general principles, the ra-
tional side Of him distinguished, and
wondered if, perhaps, the apology were
not due upon the other part. And
when he rose again from that becom-
Ing exercise, he first eyed the face of
his old love doubtfully, and then, talk
ing heart, uttered his protest.
II must say, Flora" said he, Gin all
this business, can see very little fault
OF mine"
IF you had written home" replied
the lady, there would have been none
OF it. If you had even gone to Muir
rayfield reasonably sober, you would
never have slept there, and the worst
would not have happened. Besides.
the whole thing began years ago. You
got into trouble, and when your father,
honest man, was disappointed, you
took the pet, or got afraid, and ran
away from punishment. Well, you've
had your own way Of it. John, and I
don't suppose you like It,"
Il sometimes fancy I'm not much
better than fool" sighed John.
my dear John" said she, mot
much"
He looked at her. and his eye fell.
4 certain anger rose within him; here
vas a Flora he disowned: she was
hard; she was Of a set color: settled
mature. undecorative manner; plain of
spesch. plain Of habit-he had come
nsar saying. plain Of face. And this
ehaageling called herself by the same
4name e the many-colored, clinging
naid Of yore; she Of the frequent
daughter. and the many sishs, and the
Mind, stolen glances. Andato make all
v0rse. she took the upper hand with
Nm, which (as John we'll knew was
I sot the trne relation Of the sexes. He
$500 - heart against this sick
II naIso.
Y
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19
just Like /. woman.

A woman who is a most successful
bargain hunter bought two trunks for
IS at sale Of unclaimed goods by q
storage company. The trunks were in
good condition for travelling; she found
in them unmade material for two
dresses. q quantity OF good lace and q
number Of other articles available for
use. After taking out everything che
cared for she sold the remainder fol
SO. And now all, the women Of her 40.
quaintance want TO attend storage quo.
lions:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19
sane's Mistake Explained.


Hele Is u s.oiy u JvA4lA o-.Ae, the
poet wit: During the war SAKE at
tended flag-raising at Greenbush, q
little place across the river from AL
bany, and made speech. in which he
commended the patriotism of the
young men Of Greenbush, through
whose exertions the flag had been pro-
cured. The chairman Of the meeting
whispered to him that the young la
dies Of Greenbush had also been in
strumental in raising funds For the
purchase Of the flag. Thereupon. Mr..
SAKE. addressing the young ladies OF
Greenbush. made them graceful and
gallant apology for not including them
in his praise. 81 don't know how I
came to make such mistake he ex-
claimed, save as may have been la
boring under the impression that the
young men Of Greenbush embraced the
young ladies of Greenbush." New
York Mail,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19
saI-hivsn olso,aars.uria. IAv !,

HI~hissn 0iso,aaFsarins LAw. ! IS !
The following IL the substance Of
The Michigan law relating to the sale
II oleomargarins: 3 .a
All compounds Of animal Or yegs1
.able fats made In imitation Or sem-
blance Of butter, Or calculated to be
used 90 or for butter. must be known
ma designed q margarine. !" The
80 g ths narns 81 - hrssd q dziry
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19
Notes from the Par. Expo,,t,o,.

"The Singer Manufacturing Com
pany, of 149 Broadway, New York.
show their usual American enterprise
by having very creditable exhibit,
located in Group XIII, Glass 70, at the
Paris International Exposition, where.
they show to great advantage the cele-
brated Singer Sewing-Machine which
is used in every country on the globe.
both for family use and for manufac-
turing purposes. The writer was high
~ pleased with this display and OBJ
served with much satisfaction that 1t
was favorably commented upon by
visitors generally. !!
The Grand Prize was awarded by
the International Jury to Singer Sew
ing-Machines for superior excellence
in design, construction. efficiency and
for remarkable development and adap-
ton to every stitching process used
in either the family or the factory.
Only One Grand Prize for sewing
machines was awarded at Paris, and
this distinction of absolutely superior
merit confirms the previous action Of
the International Jury at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, in Chicago.
where Singer machines received s.
distinct awards. being more than were
received by all other kinds of sewing
machines combined.
Should it be possible that any OF
our readers are unfamiliar with the
celebrated Singer Machine, we would
respectfully advise that they call at
any of the Singer salesrooms which
can be found in all cities and most
towns in the United States"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19

We frequently hear wonder ex-
pressed that Denmark exports butter
and imports oleomargarine. The truth
is that in Denmark oleomargarine is
sold for what it is. and the farmers
there eat oleomargarine and sell their
butter, making, as they figure it, q
profit in the transaction. Notice this,
that they buy their cleo at about IS
cents pound retail after It has paid
all the expenses Of its ocean voyage
That is a lower price than the aver.
age American pays for 1t, for he FIRE.
quently pays 20 or Is cents q pound
for,it, as he buys 1t as butter. To COM
pei It to be sold only under its own
name IL the great fght Of the Ameri-
Gan dairyman It Il probably true
that Denmark last year imported from
the United States 35.oo0sD00 pounds Of
olso oil, but that importation did not
linjurs ths Daltsh datryman forist tho
srsasons that It vas not aoid foir. What
~ 80 not Had II been sold 60 but
ter 10 the customers Of the Dsnish
butter makers It would have done IN
mense injury 70 the butter trade of
Denmark.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19
CHAPTER III.

ITH this specimen
of the French, not
of Stratford-atte-
Bowe, but of a fin
ishing establish
ment in Morey
Place, she left
John alone in his
fathers sanctum.
He fell at once up
on the food; and it
ie to be supposed
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19
TIC I say,,allK,e Baeheler.

4 II know something I won't tell.".
sang the widow boardsr,S little girl,
~ little girls haves done ever since
language was invented.
" Never mild, child said the SAY
80 Bachelor, you'll set ovet that
/ habit when yougst older. Indianap-
!; oils Press. 81 t.s 3llgS /. IS. s4gi
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19
Individuality Of tho Cow.


The ability to utilize food and con-
vert it probably into milk and butter
is a quality of cows that varies with
individuals. The variation is in the
amounts of milk and butter which
different cows make from a given
amount of food, and is spoken of as
the individuality of the cow. Among
both ordinary cows and cows of pure
breeds the variation in this respect is
quite remarkable, as illustrated to a.
marked degree in the study of the.
herd owned by the Connecticut Agri-
cultural College that was made during
the year 1898. According to this study
the cow with the best record produced
during the year 500 pounds of butter.
at a profit of s42.s2, while during the
same time the COW with the poorest
record produced 172 pounds of butter.
at a loss Of S4.09. Even in compari-
son of the five most profitable cows
with the five least profitable, the diff.
ferences are still remarkable. The
former five cows: produced butter at
an average of 400 pounds per COW for
the year, at an average prof. of $31. 20;
while the latter. five COWS averaged
21S pounds of butter each, at an av-
erage profit Of 81 cents. Similar DIFF.
ferences in the individual qualities of
different cows. are observed In the
comparison of the production of milk.
These variations in the amount Of but
ter and milk produced by individual
COWS in this herd are not exceptional.
The records Of station herds where In
dividual records have been kept show
variations fully as great as these.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-19

ia to be supposed
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-22
DIVORCE IS SET ASIDE
NORTH DAKOTA SUPREME COURT
HOLDS j. A. GARDNER AND
WIFE STILL MARRIED
ST. PAUL PRINTERS WOES
Went to Dakota to Get Rid of His
Wife, and Finds She Ia
Still Legally
Such.

BISMARCK, N. D., May N.-(Special.)-
The decision recently handed down in the
Gardner case emphasizes the fact that
few Of the divorces granted to non-resi-
dents of the state previous tc their ap
plication for divorce under the old three
months law will stand the test cf the
supreme court. In the case in question
Gardner and his wife were residents of ST.
Paul, and were married there in 1889
They have one child. The plaintiff, j. 4.
Gardner, a job printer, sought divorce
on the grounds Of desertIon and cruelty,
alleging that there were SO many bicker-
ings and quarrels on the part of his wife
he was forced to leave his home The
wife. in return, brought in evidence to
show that her husband was unfaithful,
and letters written by Gardner to her
were produced, the tenor of which was
that he could only be happy with another
woman. These letters acted against the
plaintiff in the case, since the court took
the view that. they went to prove the
recrimina ting allegations of the wife.
Gardner claimed that he wrote them to
give his wife grounds to maintain an ac-
ton for a divorce, but the supreme court
does not take this view. 1t also appears
in the evidence that Gardner and another
woman than his wife registered at hotels
in Great Falls, Helena and Minneapolis
as man and wife.
While the court says it is argued in
the case that 1t would be better for So
ciety if the couple could be divorced, yet
it says that courts cannot decide Ques-
tions Of this character upon considera-
tions Of individual welfare and the bet
terment Of society-but upon the law-and
under the circumstances in the case the
plaintiff was not entitled to a divorce.
The lower court is ordered to set aside
the divorce, and the defendant is allowed
costs of the action in both courts
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-22
MINNESOTA.

Mankato-Dr. George e. Partridge, of
Clark university, Worcester, Mass, has
oeen appointed instructor in psychology
and pedagogy in the Mankato normal to
succeed DR.. Kline. who resigned to go to
a university in Virginia. DIR. Partridge
is graduate of Harvard. -'-5-s'F
Countrywide farm buildings Of C. G.
Dick, of Delton, were. burned to the
ground. A little boy playing with matches
started the fire. The loss is $1,500; in
surance, $400.
Thief River Falls-Marchegato, an In
dian log driver, was killed at the outlet
of the Red lake and several other men
were injured by the sudden breaking of a.
portion of the big log jam at that point.
Plainview-A Chinese 3laundryman nam
ed Yep On committed suicide by slashing
MS throat with razor. 1t appears he
was insane, and for several days he had
been laboring under the deIusion that
some one was going to kill him.
Rushford-Mrs. Henry Henze, wife of
suicide by first taking poison. and after
wards, tying rope around her neck she
FASTENED the other end to tree and
rolled down a bank She was subject to
nts OF deSpondency, and it was during one
OF tnese the deed was done. She was
forty years old.
Marshall-At the annual meet of the
Interscholastic Athletic League of South
ern Minnesota, held here Friday and Sat
urday, fifteen gold medals were awarded
to the winners of the first place, and
twelve of these went to Marshall. The
nigh schools of Tracy, Redwood Falls,
league. The winners play the Minneapo
lis athletes at this place, June l.
Brainerd-The Brainerd & Northern has
a surveying party at work projecting a
probable that sixty miles of track will
be laid this summer. The road will ulti-
mately build to the state line, but the
present work is only for the purpose of
IaDDlnR ntnQ pnrnOto 70 &1,o,
east.
Little Falls-In the case of Walter
Gharron, respondent, Tvs. The Pine Tree
Lumber Company, appellant, the supreme
reversed the lower court and ordered a
new trial. The decision says that the
trial court should have submitted the
issues OF act in this case to the jury, and
tnat the direction for a verdict in favor
OF the plaintiff for the amount demanded
In the complaint was error.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-22
FOR POLITICAL USE.
Democratic View of Proposed Anti
Trust Legislation.

Democratic View of Proposed Anti
Trust Legislation.
WASHINGTON, May A-The minority
reports on the antitrust constitutional
amendment and antitrust bill was filed
today by the six Democratic members of
the house committee. Their report against
the proposed amendment severely arraigns
the majority of the judiciary committee,
alleging that the proposed remedy against
trusts was for party and political con-
siderations, and not with the real pur-
pose Of dealing with the trust subjects.
1t declares that the minority were not
deemed useful in helping to frame the
trust amendment bill. and the measures
were treated really as though they were
political undertakings.
Taking up the trust question the report
says that when it is found that chief OF
those whose duty it is to prosecute Of
tenders against the law perSiStently falls
and refuses to prosecute any OF them,
the question arises: Are we Suner1nS
most from a lack of law or power to
make law, or from lack of officers will
ing to enforce the law? We should not
drop into the notion of considering the
law futile so long as we are atf1icted with
executors of the law who will not so
much as try to execute it. The law now
on the statute book and no officers to eX-
ecute it, though officers are SO plentiful
that they jostle one another in their over
croWding."
The report adds: And the committees
view Of the matter political, of course)
is that the thing needed Is to impose Sc
verer penalties (on paper upon those
who are not prosecuted, by amending the
law so as to make 1t abound in heavier
fines, which the prosecuting otncers or
the government will not try to have as
sessed, and longer terms of imprisonment
for the offenders whom they will not try
to indict. And such is the mixture CT
politics and law
The report urges that the protective
tariff builds up trusts, and gives the pa
per trust as an example, stating In detail
the effect on the small newspapers and
the poorer people A remedy, 1t Is alleged,
is withheld for political purposes. The
minority say that the arch culpr1ts or
the trusts should be dealt with as are
those under the anti-lottery laws, or un-
der fraud" or orders" They should
be denied the mails as the lottery and
the swindler are denied the mails.
Various plans of giving publicity TO
trust operations, of placing trust goods
on the free list. and of providing for
breaking up monopolies under the patent
laws, are discussed.
"Our conclusion is,' the report says,
"that If the existing laws are enforced
much would be done toward lessenlng the
trust evil; but those whose duty 1T is 10
enforce these laws will not perform that
duty"
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-22
SUGAR TRUST AGGRESSION
1T ROUSES MINNEAPOLIS GROCERS
TO A HIGH PITCH OF IN
DIGNATION
W. B. sToNER, OF ST. PAUL
Is Chosen High Chief Ranger by the
United Order of For
esters iE ConVen-
ton.
TLCEk'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE.
y 20 WASHINGTON Az SOUTH.

At the regular meeting of the Retail
GroCers' association last night Secretary
Williams informed the members that the
agents of the American Sugar Refining
company were about to descend on Min
neapolis and thrust package sugar on the
dealers.
He explained that a large force of men
had been at work in st. Paul trying to
introduce Sranulated sugar in two and
five-pound packages, and ne warned the
association against having anything to
do with sugar put up in packages, as it
meant small sales and still smaller
profits.
The special committee appointed TO ar
range for the annual picnic reported that
the outing will take place at Lake Park,
Thursday, June II.
Mr.. Brewer, of the state association,
stated that committee, OF which he was
one, telegraphed Speaker Henderson, of
the house or Representatives, reQus Cting
him to use his influence to secure the
prompt passage OF the pure foOu bill now
before the house. In reply Mr.. Henderson
telegrapned that the matter naQ been re-
ferred 10 the proper committee.
AT d late hour the ASSOCIATION went INTO
executive session to consiuer, 1t Is under
stooG, The aCuon or Juuse herr IN knocn-
ing out the p10ulers license. Ii is propd-
pIe tnat The assUulation will emplo5 an at
torEey TO take the case TO the surfe4I4e
court.