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Elsphanta IT Work.

Most persons have at one time =,
another seen the trained elephants in
the circus ride the tricycle., sit on a
chair, and do other tricks of that sort :.
but there is something forced abont
the whole thing, and the spectator feels
that if it were not for the ropes and
the tents and the guards, the Door
beast would make clean bolt. Out in
Rangoon, at the timber mills, however
the elephant is really of great service
to man. He carries the great planks
from place to place and stacks them I'm
with such dexterity as to not only dis.
pense with an engine and cars. butI
much manual labor besides. With only,
native "mahout" perched upon hia
back to guide him, the elephant win
lend a hand in laying railways. build,
ing houses or any mortal thing after
little instruction. When the bell
rings they know the days work ia
finished. and they simply refuse to do
another turn. Mahouts have paid the
penalty OF trying to make them work
latter hours" with their lives.
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Tho Weeping Trees.

The weeping tree of the Canary IT,
lands is one of the wonders of plant
life. 1t is Of the laurel family, and
rains down copious shower of water
drops from its tufted foliage. The wa
ter is often collected at the foot of tho
tree and forms a kind of pond. from
which the inhabitants of the neighbour
hood can supply themselves with a bcy-
erage that is absolutely fresh and pure
The water comes out Of the tree itself
through innumerable pores situated ~
the margin of the leaves. 1t issues from
the plant as vapor during the day time
when the heat is sufficiently great to
preserve it in that condition, but in the
evening. when the temperature has
lowered very much, a considerable
quantity Of It is exuded in the form Of
liquid drops that collect near the edges
OF the leaves until these members 40
bend down under their increasin,
weight az to pass, for them, the limit
of the angle Of repose, when the tears
tumble of on the ground below in .
veritable shower.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-24

trail station. II the III deliveries
the: carriers distribute d N avsrass
5000 pieces Of mall daily In no gTeat
once structure az least 7t Per. cent
Of the mail received there for delivery
is addressed without room number.
The difficulties and delays that would
naturally grow out Of this condition
can readily be seen. The carriers who
serve the district are old ones, how
ever, and have reduced the apparent
drawback to minimum. Seldom II
mistake made In the distribution.
Long training and service In the
postal department have made these
carriers adopts, establishing system
that insures accurate delivery Of mail
to the persons to whom IL Is adj
dressed. Every old or new occupant
of the building is known to them.
And when new person comes into
the building, no matter how humble
or how high in position, be gets his
mail promptly. Such names are SCI
cured by the carrier on their respec-
tive floors and added to the list
Those who leave the building are also
kept up with and their mail is. for
warded to their new addresses. In
fact, the district, though small in
area, Is a separate and distinct post
Office in itself, and the same routine
is found there as in the central office.
1t differs only in degree.
An idea may be had of the volume
OF business done by this district from
the recent report submitted to POST
master Gordon by John ]. Clarity,
superintendent Of the Monadnock sta
ton and district. for the quarter just
ended. The number of pouches re-
ceived daily except Sunday was II.
These represent the collection Of
mails from the big building and sent
to the main Office. Twenty-Five
pouches are received at the building
from the main office daily except Sum
day. The average number Of pieces
handled in delivery every day in the
building runs to about $4,000. There
are also an average Of more than Is
sacks of paper mail received for deliv-
cry daily. The number of pieces.
however. is included in the $4,000.
For the quarter of March, April and
May, 70 days, the money order trans
actions in this district numbered 5.556,
or an average of II day. The
amount of them was $56,729.90, or an
average of $727.30 day. There were
registered there during the same pert
cd 7.641 pieces, or an average Of SO .
day. Stamp sales for the same time
amounted to $156.41s.41, or an average
of $2,005.37 a day. In March alone
the stamp sale was $56, Chicago
Tribune.
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mayIdsba&s . project 10 ascend ~ llas.
terhorn or to cross Africa, John ooa.
sidsred Alan's proposal, and. grsatly
daring. accepted II. AZ he walked
homo the thoughts Of this excursion
out Of the safe places Of life into. the
Wild and arduous. stirred and s&rux-
gled in his imagination with the image
OF Miss Mackenzie incongruous and
yet kindred thoughts. for did not each
imply unusual tightening Of the pegs
OF resolution? did not each WOO him
forth and warn him back again into
himself?
Between these two considerations. at
least. he was more than usually moved:
and when he got to Randolph Crescent
he quite forgot the four hundred pounds
in his pocket Of his great-coat, hung
up the coat. with its rich freight. upon
his particular pin Of the hat-stand. and
In the very action sealed his doom.
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-24
A Hero Of tn. Coincidence.

Among the distinguished Georgiana
who fell mortally wounded at the bat
tie of Atlanta July %, 1864, was Col.
John Mackey Brown, brother of the
late Governor Joseph E. Brown. Col
onel Brown was one of the confed-
eracy's most gallant officers. He dis
tinguished himself on more than one
bloody battlefield and he held the high
regard of his superior officers for per-
sonal bravery and heroism. At the
time of his death he was major Of the
forty-third Georgia regiment. He had
temporary command of the regiment
and was leading a gallant charge when
a bullet cut short his brilliant career.
After his fatal woundina he was moved
to the executive mansion at Milledge-
vile, the home of his brother, Governor
Joseph E. Brown. where he died July
26.-Atlanta Constitution.
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Centipede. in r.xa. Capital.


Austin (Texas) Cor. Chicago Record:
The magnificent granite State Capt.
toll Building here has become infested
with centipedes of great size. These
poisonous insects are to be found in
every department Of the State Govern
ment. A few days ago one was seen in
the governors private office and after
a lively chase it was killed. It meas
ured ~ inches long and is the largest
centipede ever seen in this part of the
state. Sheriff George Womack, Of
Cook county, came across one Of the
insects in the corridor Of the second
floor of the building recently. It was
captured alive and placed on exhi-
bition in local drug store. It was
over six inches long. A few days be-
fore the clerks in the state treasury de-
partment We're counting money in the
great steel vault when gigantic CEN
:ipede ran out from under a package
of bank notes. 1t was cornered and
captured alive and now inhabits a bot
tie on the counter of the cashier Of the
department. The cause of this sudden
pest of centipedes is unknown, They
are particularly fond of damp places
and large numbers of them have been
seen about the sinks and lavatories OF
the building. The janitors and portera
of the several departments have or.
ganized a systematic hunt for the
pests, but they have made little head.
way in getting rid Of them.
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Horses Have Boon Known to 90 Mad
on tho Battlefield.
The difficulty or the impossibility Of
defining insanity makes the question of
whether or not animals become insane
by no means easy to answer. Insanity
IN the human subject, 1t is supposed
by some. has no analogue in the lower
animals. Yet many causes will lead
to the permanent loss of all self-con-
troll. Cattle driven from the country
through the crowded thoroughfares Of
town will, under the influence Of this
sudden change of condition, work
themselves into a state OF excitement
and fury which must at least be close
ly allied to madness. Horses have been
known to go mad in the midst Of the
bewildering scenes Of battlefield. At
Balaklava an Arabian horse turned up
on its attendant, who happened to he
drawing water. seized him in its mouth,
threw him to the ground and then
kneeling upon him attacked him like
an Infatuated dog. Before the terror
could be subdued it had bitten off an
other soldiers finger and seriously
wounded the army veterinarian. An
other instance is related of a docile
horse. which one hot summer day went
mad. Everything that came within
its reach it seized in it's teeth and shock
like terrier would rat It raided
the pigsties and threw the inmates one
after another into the air. Afterwards
it almost killed its own master, after
manning for life the horseshoer who
was called in. This, at least, must have
been case Of insanity. The cause Of
such insanity is often to be found in
congenital malformation of the bones
Of the head. Prof. Romanes even goes
Sc far as to prove. by what appears to
be incontestable evidence, that animals,
cats, dogs and monkeys, have been OBJ.
served to have delusions very similar
to those of insane people.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-24
Remarkable Postal District.

The smallest postal district in the
world is under the roof of the Monad.
mock building, at Jackson, Dearborn
ana Van Buren, streets, in Chicago.
Inc building alone comprises a sepa-
rate and distinct district in itself At
the same time the volume of business
there is the largest of any of the SUBJ
stations or even districts in the city.
save that of the board of trade sta
ton. In this immense distorted
structure, which covers the small
ground area of 400 feet long by 20
feet wide, nearly 5000 people occupy
the 1900 rooms. When it is consid.
cred that the population of many
towns covering many miles of area do
not reach that figure, some concep-
ton of the population of Monadnock
building may be had.
The Monadnock postal district wac
established on May l, though money
order, stamp and registered letter
station was established there more
than two years ago to meet the de-
mands made by that section of the
downtown district Prior to Nav /
the deliveries of mail in that building
were made by carriers working out of
the central station at the foot of
washington street on the lake front.
They would have to route their mail
at the main Office and then carry it to
the Monadnock building.
Tho -anid ;po,oo..
OF mail overburdened the carriers to
such an extent as to cause the fire.
quent use of auxiliary service. and
the expenditure of money in car fare
allowance in transporting the heavy
mails from the central station to the
building. In order to relieve the stu
alton, an investigation was made. re-
sulting in the Recommendation by
Superintendent Clarity to Postmaster
Charles U. Gordon that the four car
riers serving in the building from the
main Office be transferred to the Mo-
nadnock station. and that the mails
be dispatched to them by wagon mes
senger. This recommendation was an
proved by Postmaster Gordon. The
building was thereupon made sepa-
rate district and the carriers were
transferred on May 1. The schedule
OF the wagon service was arranged
so as to make close connection with
the carriers deliveries. Il provided
Tor 16 dispatches daily from the con.
tral Office to the Monadnock buildins
and 20 from the building Ia ffa ',s,i,.
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10 vlctia

10 vlctis.
sing the hymn of the conquered, who
fell in the battle of life
The hymn Of the wounded, the beaten
who died overwhelmed in the
strife;
Not the jubilant song Of the victors
for whom the resounding &C.
claim
OF nations was lifted in chorus, whose
brows wore the chaplet of fame
But the hymn of the low and the hum
BILE, the weary, the broken in
heart,
Who strove and who failed, acting
bravely a silent and desperate
part;
Whose youth bore no flower on Its
branches, whose hopes burned in
ashes away,
From whose hands slipped the pipe
they had grasped at, who stood at
the dying of day,
With the work of their life all around
them, unpitied, unheeded, alone.
With death swooping down DER their
failure, and all but their faith
overthrown.
While the voice of the world shouts
its chorus, its paean for those
who have won;
While the trumpet is sounding trium-
plant. and high to the breeze
and the sun
Gay banners are waving, hands clap
ping, and hurrying feet,
Throwing after the laurel-crowned
victors-I stand on the field of
defeat,
IN the shadow, 'mongst those who are
fallen, and wounded and dying
and there
Chant requiem low, place my. hand
on their pain-knotted brows,
breathe prayer,
Hold the hand that is helpless. and
whisper, They only the victory
Who have fought the good fight and
have vanquished the demon that
tempts us within;
Who have held to their faith unse-
duced by the prize that the world
holds on high;
Who have dared for high cause to
suffer, resist, fght-if need be,
to die"
Speak, history, Who arc HES y;c-
tors? Unroll thy long annals
and say
Are they those whom the world called
the victors, and who won the sue.
cess of day?
The martyrs or Nero? The Spartans
who fell at THERMOMETERS tryst
Or the Persians and Xerxes? His
judges or Socrates? PLATE O,
Christ?
W. w. Story in Blackwood's Maya.
zine, 1881.
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D,n.reD,.

"sir." said the citizen, "the car rod.
homo on last night was SO crowded
that people, myself among them. had
to hang on by their eyelids. 80 to
speak" xs 4ss
& The street railway magnate went On
writing.
So crowded, in fact, that the condue.
tor was unable to collect all the fares ~
The magnate's pen dropped to ths
floor. What was the number Of thaa
tcar?" he asked eagerly. Chicago Post
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-24
Arctic summer Come. sudd.nly.

Things grow very fast in the short
Arctic summer. AS soon 40 the snow
melts of in many places the ground Is
covered with vine which bears a
small. berry something like the buckle
berry; porwong It is called. It is sour
and has pungent taste, and the In
dams leave OF work and 60 porwone
hunting, examining themselves with
the berries.
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.Hy.slnta, K;illlllle4 ~ r.. !,

A " The American watsr hYacinth, Which
s not infrsquentl m ohstt luction q
aytgationi 81 south sriy,ssuraI, III
~ success fully killsd on ~ MSll.
spasusass caInai. Nsv orle IN J eAs @
ii
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-24
Irish clalsn the Knit.

Irish enthusiasts are demanding
that the new regiment Of Irish guards
shall wear the kilt, on the ground that
III was the national dress Of Irishmen
long before the Scotch highlander
took to wearing it sgsi
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-24
'IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

Smallest Pos.a, D,.trie. in tn. woraa-
Four Carrasrs Never Got Out Of One
Chicago skyserapsr While Covering
Their Daily Routes.
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s8 PUTNAM FADELEss Dyes 80
dues the fastest and brightest eolor,
q any known dye stun. ''F a

Children behave when out q they
behave when at home.
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CHAPTER I.

o H N V A n e 7
NICHOLSON was
stupid; yet stupider
men than he are
now sprawling in
parliament, a n d
lauding themselves
as the authors Of
their own distinc-
ton. He was Of a
fat habit. even from
boyhood, and in
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-24

No fewer than thirtysthree generals
are serving In South Africa.
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EDUCATIONAL
The UNIVERSITY OF NoTRE DAME,
NOTRE DAME, INDIANA,

NOTRE DAME, INDIANA,
Classics. Letters, Economics and History,
cS and Eisctr hiaairTRasy
Architecture.
Thorough Preparatory and Commercial
Courses. Ecclesiastical students at special rates
Rooms Free. Junior or Senior Year, Collegiate
Courses. Rooms to Rent. moderate charges.
ST. EDWARDS Hail, for boys under 10.
The S7th Year will open September 4th, 1900
Catalogues Free. Address
REV. A. MORRlSSEY. G. 8 G.. President
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SACRED HEART COLLEGE

WATERFOWL. WISCONSIN.
bsanchotRnke Dame University, indiana.
Thorough Classical. English, COMMERCIAL anA,
Preparatory Courses. Terms Moderate. Build.
! iBgs heated by steam. Homo comforts. PoE
further information and catalogues. apply to
REN.L O'ROURKE. G. S. G., President
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ANIMAL INSANITY.

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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-02-23
Looking out For Alma Mater.

No doubt the casual observer has Of
ten noticed how increasingly requests
flow into the treasures of certain uni
versities, but he may not know that
the alumni of those institutions. partic-
ularly the lawyers. have it always on
their minds to secure. or at least to
suggest, requests.
One of these men. a prominent cor
poration lawyer of this city. was speak
ing of the custom the other day. He
explained THAT lawyer and his clienl
usually sit down to talk over the gen
eral subject of will. If the client has
more than enough money to NEE, the
actual needs Of his family. he common
ly says something of charitable or edu-
cational institutions. generally IN 4
vague way. Which makes it quite na,
ural for his lawyer to suggest as def.
mite object his own alma mater. The
lawyer referred to had himself secured
several requests. one of them for the
sum of $50O.OOO But" said he. smil
ing. "a young lawyer in my office has
lust cut me out of 100000. which he
put in will for his own alma mater
1t was very good stroke on his part
the more so because our respective uni
versities have been bitter athletic RI
walls for years."--New York Mail .o'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-02-23
The Stag Beetle.

AS you walk by the hedgeside a
strange noise suddenly arrests your at
tention. 1t is the buzz of an insect,
but loud enough to startle you. 1t
might be mistaken for the Keeling of
night jar, but it is perhaps more like
the Earring hum of lastly driven mo-
tor car.
The reason of the noise is that the
beetle has with great pains climbed up
a certain height from the ground, and
in order to ascertain whether he has
got far enough. he erects himself on
his stand, lifts his wing cases, shakes
out his wings and begins to agitate
them violently, turning this way and
that to make sure that he has clear
space.
If he then attempts to fy-it is one
of his common blunders-he instantly
strikes against some branch or cluster
of leaves and is thrown down. The
tumble does not hurt him in the least,
but SO greatly astonishes him that he
remains motionless good while; then,
recovering his senses. he begins to as
cend again. At length, after a good
many accidents and adventures by the
way, he gets on to the topmost twig,
and, after some buzzing to get up
steam, launches himself heavily on the
air and goes away in grand STYLE
Longnan's.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-02-23
Good Kinds of Cabbage.

To gardeners about to sow seed in
the hotbed for early cabbages Ameri-
can Cultivator says that it has never
found any more reliable variety for
making a solid head than good strain
of the Winningstadt. Its pointed or
conical shape allows close planting.
which is important when sales are
made by count instead Of weight, and
is very uniform in size and as solid as
a cannon ball if well grown. 1t also
thrives we'll upon a light or even a
sandy loan, which can be worked ear
ly and upon which later and larger cab
bages would not give satisfactory re-
suits. The EARLY Jersey Wakefield is
of similar type, but not so pointed
and likes rather stronger soil Those
who SOW seed in the fall and winter
the plants in cold frames rather prefer
this for it's hardness.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-02-23
Public Auction.

The undersigned will offer for sale at
public auction on Herman Schlem-
mers place in Stockholm township one
mil west of Boyer, on
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1900
commencing at II o'clock, the follow
ing property; 9 good work horses from
TO II years old, colt, COWS fresh, s
good brood so 8, Is dozen chickens, 8
lumber wagons, two 2-seated buggies,
l single buggy, 4 set heavy harness, 8
set fynets, Champion mower, corn
planter with check rover and 100 rods
of wire, stubble plows, 20. in breaking
pillow. 2 harrows, cultivators, 2 hay
racks and many other articles. Free
lunch at noon.
Terms: One years time will be given
on approved notes bearing 8per cent
interest. Sums under $40 cash.
HERMAN SCHLEMMER,
and EZRA GRAHAM.
w. j. McAhren, Auctioneer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-02-23
Proud of His Labels.

A distangy looking young man board
ed q Fourteenth street car at Massa-
chusetts avenue the other night. He
was carrying a leather suit case.
Pasted all over the suit case were la
bells indicating much foreign travel
steamer pastors slapped on at Dieppe,
Havre, Ostend Bremen, Cherbourg,
Liverpool Yarmouth, Naples, and rail
road labels that bore the names of all
lines all the way from Constantinople
to st. Petersburg. The young man of
distangy appearance put the suit case
down between his legs, and all the peo-
pie in the seats opposite began fas-
cinated sort of inspection of the labels.
A stout man with several of the COM
ponent parts of jag who sat next to
the young man seemed to regard the
labels with particular interest. He
stopped over and deciphered them
carefully and deliberately, and then he
looked up at the owner of the suit
case with a leer.
"Been around right smart, hain't
you, podner?' he inquired.
The young man regarded him with a
smile.
s.Never been farther away from
Washington than New York in my
life" he replied, without any hesita-
ton whatsoever. 81 got that whole
bunch of labels for half a dollar at a
little money exchanging joint, down
near the Battery, in New York. Hot
scheme, isn't it?'
The frankness of the statement sc
dazed several of the passengers who
overheard it that they got off at the
wrong er.-Washington Post.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-02-23
A Wrinkle In pitching.

A new wrinkle about so simple a
matter as shoveling dirt into ditch Is,
according to American Agriculturlst'
to turn the shovel over, having man
on one side of the ditch to push the
shovel by means of a pole fastened by
a wire to the base of the shovel handle.
An old ditcher who got up this idea
finds it a great help, especially where
the soil is heavy. He says that two
men working in this way will accom-
plish as much as three men working
. with shovels in the ordinary manner.