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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-26

NOW little ione.r It is your turn, to.
guess. for you have made me try 40
many times "s,i ...., ...
WELL. I guessed. ;aapdy?a mo, try
again" and then. !. guessed, Glow
ers" NO" could not think. so I.
gave up.
He put the basket in my. lar and told.
me to unite the cover When, Istook
on the cover what do you suppose /.
saw? Why never could have guess
ed! It was the dearest, sweetest little
white kitty. fast asleep in the basket.
Fa real live baby cat! =
ooh, DOCTOR" said, els this darling
kitty for me to keep. really and true?"
He told me It was aIl-my,own kitty to
keep always, and / thanked him so
much. Well. ali at once, /. loved. that
dear little kitty, nearly as much as
did my dollies! = '-s' :
kitty looked: like a little ball of
white wool until he opened his round
blue eyes and put up his head and
,mewed. oh, he was such asdear, with
little pink nose, and such soft. clean,
white fur! There was a tiny bell tied
on blue ribbon around. his neck, and
when mamma put kitty on the floor.
he walked, SO softly could only hear
the little. bell tinkle. I named him
Kit-Cat, 49,.
Mamma got ball of wool from her
work basket and unwound it. and.
Kit-Cat would run after it when mann
ma dragged it across the, floor. He
would put out his little furry paws
and try to hold the string. Il laughed
and laughed, and so did mamma.
.>Kit7Cat was a great deal Of COM
pany, for he would curl himself up in
my lap and sing himself to sleep in
the sunshine. would sit and listen
to. his song, and 1 said to mamma one
day, Mamma, dear, know the words
to-; Kit-Cat's song. 1t sounds to me
just as though he sings, Love me!
love me-"
If you listen to your kitty, you will
hear him singing the same words my
Kit-Cat sang long time ago.-Ray
Laurance in Little Folks.
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Jack-O'-Lantern Parades.


Children, just like grown folks, are
never happy unless they are in the
depths of fad; and whereas the
grown folks fads are always a nuis-
ance to their friends who don't hap
pen to be afflicted at the time with the
same malady. the fads the children
enjoy most seem always, by strange
fatality, to be the ones whose indulg-
ence gives their parents the most an
noyance.
The fad that the boys and girls like
best at present is one that affords the
grown folks, though, almost as much
pleasure as it does the children, and
that is the jack-o'-lantern professions
that are nightly events in nearly all
parts of the city during the warm
weather.
1t is sometimes deal of trouble to
the parents or big brothers and sisters
to make the little wagons with their
Illuminated freight for little boys and
girls who are not ingenious or inven-
tive enough or too lazy to work for
their own pleasure; but after the work
Is done there is very pretty result,
and lots of fun that even the grown
folks appreciate.
In one neighborhood, and perhaps
many others. the evening parade has
come to be quite the popular amuse-
ment with young and old alike, and
there is great rivalry as to beauty and
ingenuity of idea in the formation and
equipment of the little floats. some of
which are surprisingly artistic and
unique.
When the father of the family comes
home to dinner, his son brings him the
materials he has gathered during the
morning for the building of his float,
and his father, who has seen the other
mems children in the neighborhood
with handsome displays the night be-
fore, is determined that his sons show
shall not only equal but surpass the
neighborhood, and he gives up most
of his dinner hour to the combination
of the things he has brought from
town with those his son has gathered
at home. In the evening he comes
home earlier to make improvements
he has thought of since dinner time.
The first night he sits on the porch
and watches the parade pass by, but
the second night. after he has made
still further improvements in his sons
equipment, he joins the procession
himself, and the third night he insists
that.the whole family-except one per.
son to take care Of the house, and he
can't decide whom to leave at home,
because everybody ought to take an
interest shall take their places in the
line. to see the triumph Of his part Of
the parade-or more correctly, "pa-
| geant," after he has Joined It.
One Of the most elaborate In town
occurred on the east side last week
when the procession was more than
two blocks long and each float prettie,
than another. Birds. animals. ships
and other figures were brought out ii,
| relief by the candles behind them and
most appropriately the procession wa.
headed by boy who bore aloft an
isingglass presentment Of the Yellow
Kid, his shapsless dress bearing iii
Characteristic inscription, 'Ma think
I'm In bed. See!"
i Z rs.
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ru,rninr L,fs,s Pages

7. ''''.>' Turning Lies Pages. :*f'':i'''x
!, It was sg dark December day, : ~ - :
Outside all looked .cold' and gray, -
inside the fire ''hathed highland bright,
neaecting on all 2 rudy light. y
.I IA :,9.:;.',. 49,,
was sitting t@tnny table. H.. ...... !, !.
Weaving my, darling q childish fable.
IN his chair beside, my little four-year-
old So =:
rhe freight on his sunny curls. light
ing them with gold. 49,
His blue eyes 0nsa tablet old and torn;
IN dimpled hand q pencil brown and
~r 2 worn. ~, ...g........ :.
On every page a mark, then turned turns, / \ !,
II - Ger, .,..,... :.,t ;.
Arrested my attention ,lpg :ere -. twenty
~ fours''~ss' D .i.......,.,. -
Said i. what. are yeod doing. Willie
it,. dear?" -:
Messing, mammal just turnin' pages
l writes every page until I'm trough,
Den l stops when i has'sno more to
do a'..':' go. -..'.-
- =. ..>:..: s,:t::.s.
We are turning pages: each and every
: one. ,:.,,..,.. ...""' ..a.i u. SO
And we have been turning since life Y 2
begun; ..5;. ..:.i. -:
Every page in our: life in time a day,
Every page is written in a different
way. '''<' -
.'iE.: te.-s,-r,:.'t:4
Opening the book atthe first, youthful
joys and childish fears; a.....
But later ON some trifiing JOY, or. pages
bathed in tears; =
For every day another page is filled
BY our Creator who hath our for
tunes willed. s'' 80
Georgia M. Horne.
Washington, Pa, Aged IA. :',':'ss
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peafne., cannot Do Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
tutionsl remedies Deafness Is caused BY an
tndamed condition of the mucus lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infamed
Ing. and when 1t is entirely closed deafness 10
the result, and unless the Inflammation can bO
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
nine cases out Of ten are caused BY catarrh.
which Is nothing but an infalmed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that csnn0t
DO cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-26
Dolly Stories: Dotty Dimple.


One day when the snow was on the
ground one Of mammals grown-up
friends came to see me, and she
brought lovely white primrose grow
ing in pot, and a new dolly! oh, I
was so pleased with both gifts! I
thanked dear Miss Hattie Nesmith, for
that was her name, and said: II
shall always love you, for you are so
good to sick little girl"
Mamma put the pretty plant on
table near my bed, and 1 held out my
hands for dolly, and Miss Hattie plac-
ed her in my arms.
My new dolly was not very large,
for she was baby, and she had on a
long white dress, trimmed with lace,
and little white wooden sack, tied
with pink ribbons, AID such cunning
little lace hood Oh her head! Her
cheeks were pink, and she had little
bit of dimple in her chin, so nam
ed her ''Dotty Dimple," after a little
girl in a story book.
went to sleep with Dotty in my
arms, and when l opened my eyes
again I thought 1 was dreaming; but
l found Dotty Dimple was real dolly
not like those in dreamland. Miss
Hattie had made a tiny blanket of
pink and white stripes knit together,
and when I woke Dotty was all COW
cred up in it,
Mamma said: when you are able
to walk again, you shall have doll
carriage for your baby, and the blan-
ket will be very pretty to put over
Dotty when you take her out for an
airing"
My good kind doctor came to see
me the next morning, and asked him
to guess what my dear Miss Hattie
Nesmith had brought me. He tried
and tried to guess, and then he gave
up; then l showed him my new dolly,
and he was so surprised! What do
you suppose he did? He took Dotty
Dimple in his arms, and he asked her:
What is your name, little stranger?"
I said: "Dotty Dimple," playing it
was my dolly who answered.
Then he made believe he wanted to
have secret with her; so he held her
up and whispered loud on purpose, so
could hear. "Dotty, you are a pretty
nice baby, and think you will prom
Use to help me get your mamma well
again" Dotty said: eyes, doctor"
You know spoke for Dotty.
WELL" he said, eff you will coax
your little mamma to try and leave
her bed and sit in the sunshine. I will
bring you something pretty. It will
be for your little mamma; but you
can make believe it is yours"
"Oh, know Dotty wished very much
to find out what my good doctor would
bring, but he only smiled and said:
Nov. little mamma. it Is your turn
/ to guess. 1t is not a dolly. It is
white. and 1t Is alive"
One pleasant morning when mamma
had put me in chair for the first time
for had not been able to move for
many weeks. my good, kind doctor
drove up to the door. He looked up to
the window. and was so surprised to
see me sitting there he waved his hand
and cried out. Brave little grill"
Then he tied his horse and made
| motions for me to shut my eyes. So
/ shut my eyes as tight as could. and
put my hands over my face. Then
heard the doctor come up stairs. and
when he opened the door he said. "'You
may look now 80 opened my eyes
and he held out basket with It's cover
tied down with blue ribbon. i
b. Why. NY. dear doctor, said
what have you In this pretty has,
klks' ]. b. RI
The doctor smiled and 10 said
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-26
It wasn.t Bic.

Tedy brought a green caterpillar. In
from the garden the other day, and
showing Il to his mother. be exclaimed,
1--WE got big worm. msmma, butshs
ISN'T ripe yeti Il.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-26
PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Agnes Amess. Minneapolis. MIMI.
Formulation pad lock; Camilla M.
Hirsch. New Ulm, Mimi, bag holder:
August p. Johnson, Ada, Mimi, dent
istry; James M. Jockey, Faulkton. 8.
D.. vaporizer; Louis Olson. Minneapo-
los. Mimi, ice or snow vehicle; Horace
N. Randall. Tracy. Mimi. corn plant
er; Otto viii. Minnesota City, Mimi.
metallic railway tie; Adele M. Knauff-
man, St. Paul. MIMI. abdominal band
(design.)
Lothrop'& johnson, patent attorneys. OIL
4 912 Pioneer Press Bldg. st. Paul, MINI.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-26
Ono Essential Lacking.

Bashful lover-I-I fear I must seem
a very Sahara Of dullness this evening.
Miss Clara.
elf-Possessed Young Woman (tired
Of waiting)-No, Mr.. Pankins, you are
not at all like q desert. You haven't
any sand.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-26
The Entire Prohlem.

The Entire Problem.
His Wife-They are selling such love-
ly bric-a-brac!
The Harlemite-Well, the first ques-
ton Is. have we room for It: and the
second is. can we afford it?-Puck.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-26
Clever Old Man,

Clever Old Man.
She-Well. Arthur, did you tell dad
that little fb about the prospective
large salary you confidently anticipat-
ed you would soon be earning?
He (gloomily)-M'yes.
She-Well?
"He borrowed a couple of pounds on
the spot!"-Punch.
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AZ old jug fetched R135 at i London
auction. It was Of mottled 4 brown
stoneware. and bore the date 1855. Ss q
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One Girl,. Wi.Iom.

He-Do you believe in matrimony on
the Observation-Disclosures kisses plant
She-Well, that depends. Some
brands Of cheese would bar out the
kisses.-Chicago Daily News.
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CHAPTER XII.

N spite of the hor-
rors pf the day and
the tha-drinking of
the night. John
sleptHthe sleep Of
infancy. He was
awakened by the
maida,:: as it might
have. been ten
years: ago, tapping
at the door. The
winter sunrise was
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-25
TO STOP BIG CANAL.
Motion Made at Washington for Leave
to File Injunction.

The State of Missouri, represented by
its Attorney General, Edward G.. Grow,
and b. Schnurmacher as counsel, appear
ed before the United States Supreme
Court at Washington and moved for
leave to file and present a bill of COM
plaint against the State of Illinois and
the sanitary district of Chicago praying
for writ of injunction against the open
ing of the drainage canal, and also u
writ of subpoena summoning the Gov
ernor of Illinois and the trustees of the
canal to appear before the court and file
an answer to the complaint.
There was no counsel present for the
State of Illinois, but Sam NJ. Burdett
acting for the drainage board, appeared
on motion of Senator Lindsay of Ken
tucky, and was sworn as an attorney
Judge William NJ. Springer, formerly
Congressman from Illinois, also appeared
for the drainage board. The court asked
Attorney General Crow if notice had been
given to the defendants cited in his com
plant, and he replied in the negative.
The court ordered that the bill be lodged
with the clerk, printed for use, and copies
furnished the defendants, and that the
motion be entered.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-25
Called 1t Furniture Medicine.

"The secret of never wanting new
things is to keep the old ones well
mended," said a wise housekeeper, as
she exhibited the shelf where she kept
what she called furniture medicine"
There were tins of different colors Of
paints and enamel, brushes of several
sizes. bottle of liquid gilt, some good
glue, and remnants Of all the different
kinds of wall paper. A handsome six
leaved Japanese screen had been badly
mutilated by a careless housemaid, so
that two of its panels were unsightly.
She patched the gashes carefully with
court plaster, and with box Of water
colors and the liquid gilt so concealed
the patches that it was as good as new.
A somewhat top-heavy but sturdy little
boy made a seat of the handsome porce-
lain umbrella jar, when down came
both boy and jar, the latter in a dozen
pieces. 1t was not therefor discarded,
but piecing it with the greatest care
with cement, a brush was dipped in
liquid gilt and covered all the cracks,
which, from their zig-zag directions,
really added to its Oriental appearance.
Short Skits
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-25
ALL CALLED TO ARMS.
Kruger Asks Every Ablc-B Bodied Bur
CHER to March TO the Front.

Kruger Asks Every Able Bodied Bur-
CHER to March TO the Front.
President Kruger has issued a proc
lamation calling upon burghers TO take
up arms and march to the front. He
has also sent out circular TO the Boer
generals, commandants, and burghers
urging them to trust in the Lord and to
show energy in the war against the Brit
ish. He says:
Through the blessing of the Lord our
great cause has been carried to such a
point that with energy we may expect a
successful issue. Read Psalm xxxiii.
The enemy have fixed their faith on
Psalm lxxxiii. Do not forget the enemy.
Create devastation wherever you go in
Cape Colony. They seize, sell, or de-
stroy the goods of the Africanders. In
the Free State they lay waste farms"
President Kruger likens the destruc-
tiveness of the British to an attack OF tie
devil on Christ's church, and says:
Il am searching the entire Bible and
can find no other way possible than that
adopted by us. We must continue to
fight in the name of the Lord"
The Volksstem makes a suggestion that
the entire gold-mining industry of the
Transvaal should be destroyed beyond the
possibility of remedy the instant the
British cross the border.
Psalm SO is the well-known hymn OF
praise to the Lord for his goodness, be-
ginning: Rejoice in the Lord, D ye
righteous Psalm SO is the song of
Asaph, in which occurs the verse: They
have said, Come and let us cut them off
from being Il nation"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-25
EVERY CASE FATAL.
No Recoveries Among Victims of the
Bubonic Plague i'm Honolulu.

No Recoveries Among Victims of the
Bubonic Plague i'm Honolulu.
Up to date twenty-five deaths have oc-
Cured in Honolulu from the bubonic
plague. Practically every case so far has
proved fatal. About 1000 people have
been removed from the infected quarter
and are now herded in quarantine camps.
The council of state has appropriated
$4,000 for garbage crematory and
$250,000 with which to put the city in
sanitary condition and guard against the
spread of the plague.
New eases of the plague are constantly
appearing at points distant from the orig
inal center of infection, showing that the
germs of the disease have been widely
scattered. No passengers are allowed
to depart until they have spent ten days
in quarantine, under direction OF the
United States consul general. Incoming
steamers cannot put any passengers
ashore, nor can any one board them.
Freight is carried to the steamers in
lighters, and no vessel comes near to the
wharves. A shotgun quarantine has been
established on the island of Kauai, and
no vessel or passenger is allowed to land.
The removal of the quarantine rcstric-
tons on Chinatown just before Christ
mas is thought to have been responsible
for the fresh outbreak of the disease
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-25
s CHURCH AND CLERGY.
y ,yy-

Scottish churchmen are complaining of
lack of suitable candidates for the
ministry.
The Moravian Church in Greenland mas
transferred its work to the Lutheran
Danish Church.
The expenses of the Congregational
international council held in Boston made
total of $7,434.
London churches raised over $4,000
on soldiers Sunday" for the Jenefit OF
British soldiers families.
At Jenkintown, a suburb of Philadel-
phia, William w. Frazer has given S25.-
600 for q non-sectarian club house. He
will provide for its support also.
Protestants in Glasgow, led by the
Glasgow Evangelistic Association. have
started a revival movement which they
hope will sweep over Great Britain.
English churchmen say that tho
churchs practical work is not suffering
from troubles over high church views.
Money Is forthcoming as readily as ever.
The Rev. DIR. s. ID. Mcconnell OF Holy
Trinity Church, Brooklyn. has issued
sharp attack on the methods OF admins
tration in the mission boards of the Epis-
copal Church.
George Adam Smith, on his return to
Scotland from America, says that he
envies less the variety carried on In
American theological seminaries than the
splendid endowments given by men Of
wealth to encourage research.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-25
HER EYELioS SAVED HER.
A Supposed Dead Woman ms Escape from
Burial Alive.

Mrs. Christina Hirth of East st. Louis
narrowly escaped burial alive. She had
been i'll three months and Monday morn
ing of last week apparently expired, at
the county hospital. The doctor came
and felt her pulse and applied other tests
and pronounced her dead. The county
undertaken was called, the body was TAX
en- to the dead room and laid out on a
cooling board. Cloths saturated with
bleaching fluid were placed over the face
and the body The shroud and clothing
in which she was to be buried were pre-
pared.
While busy with his preparations to-
ward embalming, the undertaken was
startled by noise proceeding from the
direction of the corpse. He glanced
hastily, but there was no motion in the
white-sheeted figure. When he came to
remove the sheet from tne face however,
ne noticed that one of the weights had
fallen off an eyelid. In replacing it he
thought that he detected slight quiver
"a the eyelids, but attributing it to his
imagination. went about his preparations.
Again the noise and the fallen weight.
This time the quiver in the eye was more
pronounced. There was no heart motion
or breathing that he could detect, and
he was about to inject the fluid when
again he noticed the quiver, and then, to
be thoroughly satisfied, he applied the
most powerful test of life known 10 un-
dertakcrs. There was an unmistakable
though faint indication OF life in response.
Assistance was summoned, the partial
1y embalmed woman removed to a bed
and restoratives were applied by the doc
tors. She was able, after several hours,
to speak in whisper and move her mus
cles, but the weakness caused by her i'll
ness and the terrible ordeal through
which she had passed told heavily upon
her. and she could make no statement
as to her experiences while in trance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-25
OUTLINES a POLICY.
President Schnrman Submits Report of
Philippine Commission.

IHlnppine NOui 1SS1On.
Here is the plan of government propos-
ed for the Philippines by the Philippine
commission, after peace has been estab-
lished:
/. An American governor to control
the affairs of the entire archipelago, and
to be appointed by the President.
.. An advisory counc1i 10 the governor,
composed of Americans and natives
3. A legislative assembly, partly ap-
pointive and partly elective, whose acts
shall he subject to the qualified veto of
the governor and the absolute vote of
Congress.
\. Governors TO be appointed for the
provinces; and the subdivision Of the ISL
ands into small sections. over which
Americans or educated natives will pre-
side.
In discussing the report President
Schurman of the commission said: The
motive has been taking account of the
political experiences, as well as the po-
litical aspirations of the Filipinos, to de.
wise form OF government adapted to
them, so as to secure on the one hand
good government and on the other to SAT-
isfy their aspirations for self-govern-
ment."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-25
shall b. by printed ballot ana shan be in tn,

shall b. by printed ballot and shah be In the
following words:
For the Issue of township bonds.
For the issue Of township bonds.
This act is ordered to take immediate
effect.
Approved January s. 1900.
To Repeal an Act.
AN ACT to repeal act number four hundred
and seventeen of the Local Acts Of eighteen
hundred and ninety -nine entitled IAN Act
to change the name of fractional school
district number two of Plymouth and Novi
Townships, In the Counties of Wayne and
Oakland, In the State of Michigan, to frac-
tional school district number one Of North
Vile and Novl Townships and to add new
territory thereto"
The People OF the State Of Michigan
enact:
Section /. That act number four hundred
and seventeen Of the Local Acts of eighteei.
hundred and ninety nine. entitled IAN Act
to change the name of fractional school dia
district number two of Plymouth and Novi
Townships, in the Counties Of Wayne and
Oakland, in the State of Michigan, to frao
tional school district number one of North
Vile and Novi Townships and to add new
territory thereto" be and the same is here
by repealed.
This act is ordered to take immediate
effect.
Approved January s, 1000.