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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-21

'" a
.Searsa1 .Ea0Se cIaus.
You afraid Of aant9 ClauS?s Goodness
me. I'm not!
I'm lots too big to let him make me
scared; +
Sides. q, year ago I saw him. right on
ts Christmas eve.
So now he wouldn't scold me II he
dared!
Yes. Stree! He's big an. fat, like his
pictures are:
An was slttin' by the chimley, too
When heslit right on the hearth, shook
the snow fakes of,
An turned to me. an says: "Why,
howdy dog"
Men I run back. to the door-so's to
lock him in
I'm pretty WE'LL" says; an men we
sat. @
An talked lot about his work, an
he told me, he did,
Twas hard to get around when
you're so fat.
Bime-by says, II hope you won't for
get me Christmas day,
Although I'm not the best of chill
dren, cause
If you should do so, I'm afraid I'd have
to tell the boys
That b'lieve in you There amt no
Santa Claus!'" 49,
My! Didn'e he turn pale! He caught
holt o. my hand;
Says Don't do that, please, for-I
like you.
I'll give you heaps O. things you want,
4 you'll b'lieve in me,
An let the other children do so tool"
So we made 'greement, an I will
have some things
At Christmas time, you bet! What's
that you say?
Don't b'lieve I ever scared old Santa
Claus? Well now.
Jest ask him, if you see him Christ
mas day!
Selected.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-21

could not turn it of so instantaneous
~ as the gas companies have trained
householders into doing. Consequent
~ tnQuisitive neighbors from beneath
or above. or across the way, gossiped
over the amount Of company the Hop
kinses seemed to be having lately, for
regular glare of illumination stream
ed out nightly from their windows.
1t was a queer thing that no one
seemed able to think of the family
necessity till twilight came. Then reg
ular remarks would be made, and Ma
rion would blame Alice, and Alice
would ask Tom why in the world he
couldn't take little responsibility,
and Mr.. Hopkins would inquire of his
wife If there was no one in the family
who could go surety for the appearance
OF some match boxes by the next even
Ing. And then next day Alice would
come home from down town and her
mother would ask her if she had re-
membered the match boxes, and blank
is too feeble word to describe the
expression Of her face on those several
occasions.
For two weeks they said things un-
der their breaths in the inky dark
ness, or burned gas recklessly. Then
one morning Marion departed for her
seml-weekly music lesson down town
and said the same old thing-"I'm go
ing to get some match boxes today
and her mother smiled patiently and
replied: IF you should happen to re-
member it, dear, you might get the
whole number-eight."
That noon Alice came home from
the north side. where she had been
staying for few days, and laid a par
eel triumphantly in her mothers lap.
II didn't even have them sent out"
she said, gleefully. II was so deter
mined to have them here tonight. l
was just getting on car and hap
pened to think Of them by seeing a,
man light his cigar, so got off. There
are eight Of them"
Mrs. Hopkins was properly glad and
they laughed together over Marion's
declaration that morning, and of how
for the last time they would call that
blank expression into play before they
showed her that some one in the fam
lily had at last remembered. BY and
by Marion came. @
I've got them," she called. "The
whole eight
Sixteen match boxes" said Mrs.
Hopkins, with resignation. Choose
the prettiest, girls, and we'll put the
rest away for another such emer-
gency."
That evening Mr.. Hopkins came in
with his face wreathed in smiles.
THE. young fry are so hot-headed
these days. he remarked. as he COM
placently laid a knobby bundle in his
wife's lap. I'm sorry for Tom"
What about Tom?" asked Mrs.
Hopkins, as she felt suspiciously of the
package.
I'VE had started home together"
said Toms father. the keenest enjoy
ment in his voice, "and were up to
Van Buren,, when Tom jumped up and
made for the platform. called to him
and he yelled back Match boxes!' and
shot out the door. I tried to get to
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-21
POLLOCK, j.. AFFIRMED.
Supreme, Court Holds with Hin, In 4
Tx EaAe.

The supreme court has affirmed.
Judge Pollock in the case of Flora:
was brought to set aside the tax sale
of 1898 on the ground that the sale
was beyond the statutory powers of the
state board of equalization, and that
the delinquent. list had been illegally
published. Judge Pollock decided in
favor OF the defendant and the supreme
court held with him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-21

7 Harriet Williams. the fncorrigible
ten-sear-old ghf at Jamestown, has
been sent to the reforms school to. re-
main until she is eighteen years old.
The attorney says there is nothing III
the statement that she has given testi-
naony discriminating a number Of
young boys about town. 49,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-21
! "A cbiId:s Query.
In all the Santa Claus pictures.

AZ 90 eAAS 01AASS" SAouS PASSuAoSs +
I've seen in my little day,
He's travelling across the snow-drifts
With 2 reindeer before a sleigh.
And this. - the thing about 1t,
Il I'd really like to know III
Does he travel in wagon
When there isn't any snow?
Newspaper Clipping.
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" TABLE.
him to tell him that I'd got the batch,
but he was gone. What's the matter?
Didn't I get enough 20
Alice exerted herself feverishly to
get the twenty-four receptacles ar
ranged on table before Tom arrival,
and when Tom came he didn't for
minute understand his reception. Then
his eye fell on the tableful Of distorted
shapes and he slowly added his quota
to the general contribution. while his
father gave an impromptu, lecture on
haste VS.. waste. The Hopkins family
have concluded to give match boxes
for Christmas presents this year.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-21

p. II. Miller. the L.arimore raiiroads
man. who was arrested On the charsbs
Of stealing = $50 cheek. was released \
! after paying al obligat lions and IS
pense Of his arrest. s hi
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-21

There amt no flies on Santa Claus,
He's neither old-fashioned nor slow,
I know how he comes to our houses.
When there isn't any snow. 3.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-21

He comes not In any old wagon,
He's smart and as sharp as an icicle:
He, straps his pack tight on his back
And wheels into town on his bicycle.
Carrie s. Hutton.
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.Lox,,er;s Wisb.

Since you cannot, will not. dear,
Give your tricksy heart,
Let me murmnf In your. ear
10y you may impart.
Write 70 kind Old Santa Claus
Pieldas I5woul4 y ..s
Beg him Just 70 ssnd
'e Chriskmas tireaf 10 yo II,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-21

Some psople are Willlns; 90 Ss good .if,
.paids Tor 81 md other / as = good 1orEE
3nothing. s.ss.s f'
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been bound over to the district court
His case will not come up till June.
Charles Halliday, who is suffering
from some mental trouble at Wheat
land. attempted to escape last week on
the train to go to New York. He is
being cared for by relatives, who do
not wish him sent to an asylum.
Joe Vennum proposes to raise Ango-
ra goats among the hills in the north
western part of Stutsman county.
There are hills there, the climbing of
which will afford good exercise for the
goats. Twenty years ago that country
was full of antelope.
Litchfield, on the Casselton division,
will have. two banks. three general
stores, a drug store, hotel. furniture
and hardware stores. The buildings
are now being erected. Trains are be-
ing run irregularly. but regular SER
vice will soon be established.
The farm residence of William Stef-
fen. ten miles west Of Cooperstown,
burned to the ground. the occupants,
numbering eight or nine. barely escap-
ing with their lives, barefoot and IN
their night clothes. Not a thing was
saved. The origin of the tfre is a mys-
terry.
l1illsboro has begun with city owner
ship Of light and water power. privi-
aleges. and has put In an electric light
plant and water system. Ltxhts and
water were turned on for the first time
fhia syvnoE Tho xyis 81, xxyorn 80 n - = !,
the water mains laid and the watel
tower ersctsd during the late freezing
weather. y 1!s
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

When we were little children We had quare wee
house
Away up in the heather By the head O. Brabla
burn;
The hares we'd see them scootin', and we'd hear
the CROWN grouse
And when we'd all be in at night ye'd not get
room TO turn.
The youngest two She'd put to bed. their faces to
the wall,
An the lave of us could sit aroun', just any
where might;
Herself I'D take the rush-dip an light it for US
all,
An God be thanked" she would say; NOW
We have Il light"
Then we be to quet tie laaghin' an pushin' on
An think on One who called us to come and be
Himself 'ud put his pipe down. an say the good
'-May the Lamb o God lead US all to the Light
OF Heayen"
There's wheen things that used to be an now
has had their day.
The nine Glens Of Antrim can show ye many a
sight:
But not the quare house where we lived up
Brahla way.
Nor child in all the nine slens that knows the
grace fer light,
-AIoira O'NeilI
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23
To nm Old Clock.

Old clock, if you've come here to give advice
About Times fight,
And think to scare us with your wheels-thinl
twice
Go slow tonight.
Dull preacher of one dreary. weary creed
By Death inspired.
The limits of our patience you exceed
And make US tired.
No need for you to tell the lapse Of life
With tick and chime.
Who made you Umpire. bidding Us to strife,
By calling Timer
You stand there, like Pharsee of yore,
Proelaimiug grace,
With two admontory hands before
Your SNUG, fiat face.
Although you know the time of day at home,
Beware mistakes:
It's yesterday in China now. In Rome
Tomorrow breaks.
And somewhere of in Mars or Mercury, no doubt
II it could speak
For US to hear, some clock tonight bawls out,
'"Tis Tuesday week.
While one on t'other side OF space (maybe
You'd call it slow
Is marking time at 'hsli-past twenty-three
Six weeks ago!'
81 cont get gay with humble sons Of men,
As clocks do;
One day your wheels will slacken up, and then
Good Night to you!
James Jeffrey Roche
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

Mcclure, Phillips & Co. will publish,
during the month of September a book on
China. by William Barclay Parsons.
dealing with the commercial develop
ment of the country; the authorized
translation of Leroy Beaulieu's Reno
walton de L'Asie," the most talked about
book in continental Europe at the pres
ent time; THE Fugitives." by Morley
Roberts: q story of love and adventure
in the South African war, in which m ny
of the most thrilling incidents of the war
are utilized; 1.-The Circular Study" by
Anna Katharine Green mystery story of
New York city; IAN Eagle Flight" by
Or lose Rial, which has been called
the uncle Toms Cabin" of the Philip
mines. The Archbishop and the Lady"
Inv Mrs. SCHUYLER Crowninshield a novel
of modern society, whose scene is laid in
france: April Sowing" by Gertrude
HaII a light comedy and love story;
"Tbe Darlingtons, by Elmore Elliott
peake a novel of American life in the
Middle West; THE Soul of the Street"
by Norman Duncan, tales of the Syrian
and Turkish quarters. New York city;
American Fights and Fighters" by Cy-
rus T. Brady, collection OF stories
based on the early colonial sea fights
of our country; Yankee Entertainments. -
by Charles Battell LOOMS, volume of
New England fairy tales, illustrated with
forty pictures by f. Y. Cory; The Jump
ing Kangaroo and the Apple Butter Cat -
by John W. Harrington, book of ami
NAL stories for children. with forty
eight illustrations by ]. w. Condo.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

That was 4 sorry bargain that I made
You offered me an hours talk with you
By the great logs that light your chimney-pla
An hours right of looking on your face
A feeting smile, a little laugh or two;
How could / guess the price that must be paid
That was sorry bargain that made.
How could I guess the price that must be paidl
Outside the wind dashed like a 'wildered bird;
Against your window flashed the driven rain,
Ard its pauses thrilled your voice again;
Little | knew the cost of every word
That was a sorry bargain that l made.
How could l guess the price that must be paid?
That was a sorry bargain that | made;
For that one hour this is the price l give:
Old DAYS, old Dreams and thoughts aioretime free,
The Utmost heart, the very soul Of me,
Content Of all the days l have to live.
How could | guess the price that must be paid?
That was a sorry bargain that | made.
-Theodosia Pickering Garrison, in Harper's
Bazaar
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23
A Neyv-WorId Movement.

Americas Economic Supremacy" by
Brooks Adams. author of "1he Law of
Civilization and Decay" is a discussion
teresting to every American, and wh5se
nature is indicated with sufficient clear
ness by the title of the book. The vol
ume is made up Of series of essays en-
various subjects affecting the position
of this country among the nations of the
world, which have appeared In sundry
magazines during the past two years, and
have, at their appearance. attracted con-
siderable attention. The titles of these
essays or chapters as as follows: The
Spanish War and the Equilibrium CT the
World" THE New Struggle for Life
Among Nations 'England's Deoadence
in the West Indies" Natural Sele ton
in Literature "Russia's Interest in
China"
A paragraph which occurs in the pre-
face is particularly significant. both in
itself and as explaining the authors at
titude:
Most Of tie greatest catastrophes in history
have occurred because OF the instructive effort
Of humanity 10 adjust itself to changes in the
conditions Of life, wrought by the movement
from point to point of the international centre
OF empire and wealth. Tie French Revolution
was the las; Of these spasIns. At the close of
the Napoleonic wars the worlds capital had def
nitely established itself upon the Thames. 1t
indsputabiy remained there during nearly three
generations. Apparently. however. toward 1895,
a period Of instability opened Civilization
then seems 10 have entered upon 4 fresh epoch
Of unrest, and the inference is that no condi-
tion OF permanent tranquility can be reached
until new equipoisc shall have been attained
Mr.. Adams idea, then, is that the new
centre of economic supremacy will lie in
:his country, and that it is the effort of
civilized humanity to adjust itself to this
fact that is causing most Of the perturba-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23
The New Invasion.

I am the North
Though / lacked men to till the soil
And reap its fruits with modest toll,
My sons went forth
BY many thousands year by year.
With health and strength ard sturdy cheery
Went all untaught
The land Of Golden Ease to find,
Not rocking that they left behind
The thing they sought.
! did not speak.
Yet did my broad deep bosom hold
UpmeaSured store Of that same gold
Which they did geek;
And all around the fertile pains
Lay groaning deep in labor pains;
Earth's womb, replete,
Called but for hands with patient care
To ease the burden and to share
Reward full mete.
They would not heed,
But fastened each to cast his lot
With that Fair South which loved him not,
And scorned his breed.
But luTed him with that lustre fair
Which he in vain thought he might share
Did he strive;
And so they wandered one by one
Yet to their mothers task undore
All unaliye.
At length there came
Men OF the South who spake my tongue
Yet did moi to my race belong,
And o the shamel
They cleft my sides an. from me tore
The treasure hat my bosom bore
For mine owl. kin.
Swift too cani- hordes with fevered haste
From Iceland bare and Russian waste
With Babel din.
These tread the plain;
They see what mine own failed to see,
They plod with patient industry;
Full great their gain.
! grud9e it not, yet do / grieve
Lest these unwelcome guests should weave
From Race and Tongue
A web so strcag that eyernore
Shall fright the Saxon from my shore,
And that ere long.
Ye do not need
That serts long trained beneath the rod
Or men of any other blood
Should faint your breed
Ye are enough II We be true
And cherish me as you should do,
To hold your own.
But war; the Tartar and the Slay.
Or ii With them We commerce have,
Your fate benoan.
Mortimer. Awake!
This bold of alien thraldom break,
Your lawful place and station take.
Awakel Awakal
Hold fast the land hold fast your speech
And to the rash intruder teach
That We are Lords,
Who govern in your Mothers name,
Who will not see her put to shame.
These are my words
Canadian Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23
CURRENT VERSE.


The apple grove is bending low -
To mark it's years completeness.
With happy branches whereon grow
A whole long summers sweetness.
rustic spreads from tree to tree.
Each courtesies and minces,
And whispers soft: I'VE bear, you see.
banquet fit for Princesl
The wind and rain of nights and days
Our alchemy has captured;
The noontide's golden, drenching rays;
The morning dewy, raptured
The clover fragrance In the air;
The hours so drowsy, sunny;
Ard all that makes an orchard fair
"e've mingled with our honey.
The cricket lent his piping song,
The bobolink his chorus.
The burnbie-bee slow droned along
And dropped his pollen DER US
The clouds. amid the tender blue,
Poised lightly to caress us
The staEs, the mlisky darkness through.
orept close, With peace to bless US.
Psrtake. nor fear to strip each limb
of rudy, wholesome treasure
Till all the bins and barrels brim q
With NATURES heapiug measure:
And as you eat, when snowfakes fly
And gusts are sharply winging,
You'll see the depth OF summer sky, =
And hear the robins singing
Edwin L. Sabin. in the Saturday Evening Post
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

refuge for the oppressed. Now, God be praised;
Here they may live peace. D., her Just laws
All men are free aud equal. No more wars
For greed Of gold or land. No standard raised
Driving med horlcs. by bloody fever eTazed,
To deeds which, calm and sane, the mind abb
hOrs.
Sending their souls. in an unrighteous cause,
Naked before Gods judgment seat. amazed.
Such was this country: but within the hour.
False creed OF conquest Turing her to III,
She is become an armed, imperial power,
Crushing I weaker people TO her will.
Let freedoms banner. then. to earth be hurled,
And raise the despot's flag, of the grim OLD
Bernard Shadwell.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23
How ore piles punk hydraulicallyr

A pipe is SO fastened to the pile that
it will discharge water at the lower end
OF the stick. Water forced through the
pipe loosens the sand so much that the
timber sinks of its own weight. When
the pipe is Withdrawn the sand soon be-
come compact about the pile.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

What are the weights in grains Of all United
States coins of current coinage? NJ. b.
Double eagles, SIS; eagles. 25s; half
eagles, 1923; quarter eagles. 64.5-these ara
gold. The silver coins and weights are:
Dollars, 1925; half dollars. 1929; quarters.
e6.45; dimes, 3S.5S. The nickel weighs
77.16, the cent 4s.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

What are the comparative weights of milk and
water? NJ Nc
The specific gravity of cows milk Is
i0s. water being taken as 100. Goats milk
is 104.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23
How is meerschaum pOlishedl

How is meerschaum Polished W. D. C.
| The rough meerschaum is scraped. dried,
| scraped again. and polished with wax.
| Pipe bowls, after turning and carving, are
boiled in wax and polished with bone-ash
| or chalk
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

Who was the discoverer Of gold in California
in ls4s and Of what nationality was he?
NJ T. r.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23
NOTES AND QUERIES.

What are the sources Of psralssf
Petroleum and mineral wax called
ozokerite.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

Six. 2. Prince Henry OF Battenberg. who
died January 20, 1896.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

James Wilson Marshall. native of New
Jersey.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

Mr.. Arnold White, the weli-known writ
er on current topics of international Inn
portance. and special correspondent OF
"Harpers Weekly" writes in the Septem-
Der issue of 'Cassell's Magazine an artl-
Gle of extreme interest and timeilness. Tn
der the title Shall Great Britain be
Lidysmithed?" Mr.. White proceeds TO
make some remarkable statements ragars-
Ing the actual condition of Britain's ravaI
power He faces the possibilities of a
British defeat at sea: as the British Navy
sure to win at the outset in an encounter
with rance and Russia? II lot. what
would happen?"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

Are all peaches of the clingstone or fress,one
varietiesY Are there not sorts that come half
| way between? @ r.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

viii you tell something of the life Of black
crickets? j. r. 81
Crickets live singiy in hermit fashion In
little burrows that they dig for themselves
and from which they seldom stray far.
They are timid, generally peaceful among
themselves and toward other insects, and
very retiring especially during the day.
They are herbivorous, but are known to eat
dead animal matter and to prey on other
soft insects.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

The two classes grade into each other.
Some sorts. most OF them early ones, are
outright clingstones in ordinary or dry
free.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

How many living children has Queen Victoria
2 Whom did Princess Beatrice marryg s.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23
Does deer shed his horns every yearY DEER

DOCS deer shed MS horhs every Year, OE1n-
Yes; the deeT's antlers are soft at the
start, and until they attain full growth,
which is in about three months. are per-
meated by blood vessels. Then the circula-
tion CT blood stops, the velvet is rubbed of
against trees, and in four months or so
the antiers are broken out or fall on.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

Why do workrnen who dig in cassons of bridge
piers have TO be subjected TO great air pressures2
I. c. K
There must be pressure of air in the
caisson to keep the water out. and the
pressure must be increased with the in
crease of depth OF water. One hundred
feet below the water level the pressure
needed is forty-five pounds to the square
inch in addition to the normal atmos-
pheric pressure of fifteen pounds to the
inch.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

The first books that will be published
by Doubleday. Page G. Co. this autumn
will be Hymns That Have Helped" edit
ed by W. T. Stead, and Prayers, Ancient
and Modern" edited by Mary w. Tile
ston, appearing in a new uniform red
line" edition; also Maurus Jokai's novel
Or Dumany's Wife, translated from
the Hungarian by f. Steinitz. These come
out next week. The week after Miss
Jeanette l. elders Autobiography of
a Boy will appear; a book for girls.
A little later DR.. Frederick Cooks mar
rative of the Belgian expedition TO the
Antarctic regions in lS9S-'99 will be pub
lished, under the title Through the First
Antarctic Night" In it he treats CT
number of interesting new discoveries in
the almost unknown land-Fuegian gil
ants, new navigable highway, curious
other world races of animals. There will
be many pictures, including four color
plates.