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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
Hort,o.ltural ob.erv.t ,on..

Horticsltural Observat lions.
A fruit grower gives the advice to
never mix red and green apples to-
gether. as it gives the impression that
the lot is badly mixed and Of no grade.
The Japanese plums are beginning
to appear in some quantities in the
Chicago market, where they have
brought good prices this year. Where
they can be grown they are destined
to play an important role, as their
flavor and color are in their favor.
The fact that they bear abunlantly in
favorable locations will doubtless en-
courage their further planting.
An advocate Of summer pruning ex-
presses the opinion that pruning may
be done in summer that cannot we'll
be done at any other time Of year
namely cutting away the inside
branches where the tree is too dense
to permit the sunlight to get into all
its parts. The reason is that when the
leaves are on the branches the degree
of denseness Of the tree may be I'M
derstood much better than when the
leaves have fallen.
The man that would today be sue
cessful fruit grower must have in him
self the ability to adopt new methods
and new ideas. Not that he should al
ways adopt new methods and new
ideas hiyf ho ,nuot ha oh1o =.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
I en- !
year =
Pain

"Jass . school 1ooolbor.
have 8ufforod aGony
monthly for len years.
"My n0s'vosxe sy4fD0
was q WRECK. ! ouff1iio6
WITH paAh IN my slho -
had aIxg,o1f ov0ry ~
known. IA0d lakhan 6aaal-
mont from q nsas,shae ~
pAlysiokaas WHO oavo No
40 seoiioE
~O0o 4pookaNsf sakdfso
medicine could lboAp mo
! must oubnpIf 20 N
operation.
~ wrote, Ia ANb.e. PAnkk1
nam, sfalfnUnsyoaeeI anef
received q ps,ovsapf seeplys
] took LydRa. e. P&sAdkasato
Vegetable 0ossap0sapa and
followed tho advice nIvun
mo and now Z suffer NO
moro. n any one oaroo
10 know moro about my
case, Z will ohoerfuILy
answer Ill Ieffers.O %
MISS EDNA ELLIS. Hin.
0isspos'11 Ohio.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
Wild Man -
@,4S.. - H. -.. .,
Now Bids
for Fame. ..

for eating fowls and small animals in
an knocked, and also an uncleaned
and sometimes a not post-mortem
condition; and a great desire to
brighten children and timid women.
Several Park row workers with fam
lies live in the suburbs of Montclair,
near which village the demon is sup
posed to have his lair, and to many
minds tbs will be sufficient explana-
ton. l.
The gr,at what-is-lt was discovered
by a drunken hackman, who was Jour-
neying back to Montclalr from a road
house fsw miles out. It was late at
night. TITS person, whose veracity is
looked upon by the Jersey standard as
unimpeaciable, says the giant leaned
out Of tn. bushes beside the cab and
trotted alhg beside it.
0n~his boulder was q huge gnarled
club eyet well-regulated giant car
ries a hug gnarled club-and his foot
steps mad no noise. When the horses
were whipped into a run he remained
alongside without Increasing his an
parent enots. The monster disappeared
into the woods when approaching the
lights OF the village. All properly
equipped npnsters shun the lights .:
villages, wsether they be generated Ii
the Pell st4et Office Of Park row OF N
the brain ola real Munchausen.
Other evidences. supposed to be
strong eno,sh to prove that the gisnt
exists. are tied in the mysterious en-
bers Of canehres found in the woods.
beside one e which '.gnarled cub"
was found. ind in scattered about
"gnawed bdes' Of chickens and do
nestle animls which have disappeared
from the famhouses. rs.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
uaele D. d leelki.g ser : Hie,kerr,xl.

Unele Es Il LooIkane Ter Q Hielerx.
by gum said Uncle Ezra, II amt
goin' to answer another advertisement
as long as I live. ! ust sent. so cents to
Teller down in Connecticut that put .
piece in the paper sayin' he had q re-
ceipt to prevent drowndin'.'' 81
And didn't he have it,"
mo! The blamed, cheatin' whelp
wrote back to keep away from the
water. Chicago Times Herald.
place. "-Pittsburg Dispatch. a
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
1t Is His
Turn Next.

Through a giant wild man is New
Jersey making its latest, attempt to let
the world know that such a state ex-
lists. Two weeks ago it was with#tales
Of horror concerning vicious harvest
bug whose spiteful caresses were
bringing death by scores to the rural
ties. When the dream smoke envelop-
ing the states agent on Park row had
rolled away the carnivorous pest dwin-
died into q few harmless, little red
bugs. The pile of dead was found to
be composed Of one. and the corpse
was that Of man who had tried to
remove one Of the ruddy insects with
a rusty fence nail and caught blood
poisoning in the act.
The pipe responsible for the wild
man has just been lighted, and its child
has all the size. righteousness, and 9TH
er attributes of terror which could be
expected to come Of good, fresh
smoke. He is z feet tall; he has hair
falling below his waist, and a beard
fully as long. When he runs, which
he does with the speed Of a DEER
these hirsute attachments stream be-
hind him in manner, as Jersey poet
nut it, ''of a banner torn by flying
His eyes are fierce and bloodshot, his
brows shaggy. One account AYERS that
sparks of real fire drop out Of the eyes
az his giantship scoots through the for
est One truthful native stands ready
to swear he gave q pipe Of tobacco to
the monster, who thereupon lighted
the weed with his optic flame. This
mans neighbor, hearing the story, says
he now knows how his bayfield, caught
IRE during rain the other night. @
Other attributes OF the giant at this
period Of the pipe, are great love
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07

capacity. It will cost g, 900, 900 to ex-.
tend this to Lake Joliet, which It IL
thought the State Of Illinois may DO
induced to undertake. All this IL .
waterway twenty-four feet deep. From
Lake Joliet to Utica, at the head Of
the alluvial reach Of the Illinois river,
the work is q plain slack water sys-,
TEN OF river Improvement costins
SIS, 100000. For the 227 miles from
Utica to the mouth Of the Illinois. with
the increased how from the Chicago
drainage canal, dredging q fourteen
foot channel will cost 100000. Out
Of . total Of $50, o00, 900 for 800 miles Of
waterway from Lake Michigan to the
Mississippi there is left but 81, O0o.-
600 for the government to expend to
complete the project. The further de-
velopment Of this to q twenty-foot
waterway could then be made progress
sively and as 1t was required. The ad-
ditional cost for this Mr.. Cooley puts
at about $60.000.O00.
Summing up all these estimates,
then. with due allowance for con-
tingencies, 1t may be said that q water
way 1000 miles long from Chicago to
the Gulf Of Mexico, and nowhere less
than twenty feet deep at all seasons.
can be gotten for an expenditure Of
something between $50, 900 ana
5000, 100000. And in all this the work
can be done progressively and good re-
suits obtained after moderate initial
neutrality-suspicious. Times.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07

Their fruit goss % the highest priced
markets, IN which are never found the
lots that are ungraded and Of q mis-
cellaneous nature. The culls should
be kept ct home, given away or fed to
pigs and other animals. II they are
mixed with first-class fruit and sold
they are given away In any case: for
they reduce the price Of the good fruit
to such point that the value Of the
additional quantity 10 lost.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07

PROPOSE DEEP |3||
~ Il - = 5 Gut

The proposed deep Waterway from i
the Great Lakes 10 the Gulf Of Mexico
IL now simply . necessity. This is the
claim Of enginssrs specially oualined
TO judge the subject. On the 1,loo
miles Of the lower Mississippi from
the Gulf to Cairo, anything Tess ID to
risk the many lives there Of the PEG
tse behind the levees and below them:
while on the 800 miles from Chicago
to the mouth Of the Illinois river any
4 thing less is to needlessly injure land
cd interests down that valley. The In
termediate link Of some 200 miles be-
tween the mouth Of the Illinois and
cairo is only necessity as it is to
complete the route, Joining the lake
10 the ocean commerce on / line
through the heart Of the country.
This is to bring seaboard to the
centre Of all the grain and ore and
coal and timber in the great valley ly-
ing between the Rockies and the AL
leghenies. and the final measure Of its
utility is today probably beyond the
range Of the widest imagination.
It may be Judged in q way by noting
the part that lake commerce has
played IN the development of this
country. Without it Duluth would
nave been impossible and Chicago
probably never heard Of, and Cleve-
land and Buffalo way stations on sin
gle track railroads. The grain of the
Northwest would have been locked in
and the ores of Superior, that are maxi
Ing this nation the ironmaster of the
world, hopelessly sealed in an utterly
inaccessible interior for centuries.
"A waterway not less than twenty
1eet deep over this route. some 1000
miles In length, is estimated to cost
but little more than would be re-
CURED to build the Nicaragua Canal.
The first brings a seaboard to all the
products of the interior; the second
opens new line Of exchange to prod
ucts that have reached the coast. Both
are desirable, but the first has the
larger claim, even aside from the fact
that the dollar spent by this country
on Its interior waterway is both to
have the waterway and to keep the
dollar.
The st. Francis reservoir system. es-
timated to cost some $32,D00,00 would
give complete food and bank pro-
lection and navigable depths at least
double the extreme limit aimed at in
existing projects.
Mr.. Cooley proposes dam at Alton,
Just above the mouth of the Mississip-
pl river, and short section of canal
II necessary. from there to the st.
Louis harbor. The State of Illinois
only authorized that work because it
contributed more than half the cost of
q fourteen foot waterway from Lake
Michigan to the Mississippi. -.
The estimates of this fourteen-foot
waterway Mr.. Cooley gives first. With
$4,000, 900 already spent by the city
Of Chicago in cutting the canal across
the divide about $4,000, 900 more will
be required to complete the project
and open the Chicago river to its full
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07

able for its cultivation. The shoots
are planted ~ feet apart, in rows :
to 4 feet apart, the care required, anc
the methods of cultivation being sim.
liar to those used in the case OF cab,
bage, eggplant. etc. Suckers planted
in this way will yield heads in au.
tumn for the first year. When
bur artichokes are grown from seed
the seed is sown in hotbeds il
February or March. in rows about {:
inches apart, and the plants are finally
thinned to about the same distance
apart in the row. These are ready tc
transplant when they have four leaves
They should be set out three or four
together in a hill. the hills 10 to sc
inches apart, in rows to 4 feet apart
The cultivation insthis case is the
same as where the suckers are used.
In transplanting, the tap root must be
cut. as this favors the production of
lateral shoots. Care must be taken to
leave good ball Of earth around the
roots. Any thorny seedlings should
be destroyed, as they represent worth
less reversions. To avoid the some
what difficult operation Of transplant
ing, the seeds may be sown, four or
five together, in hills, where they are
to remain in the field. A small de-
preston is made on top of the hill,
and the seeds are lightly covered with
very rich soil. This method has the
drawback that plants do not fruit at
all the hrst year, whereas they almost
certainly do If transplanted from hot
bed. When bur artichokes are grown
in regions where the winters are at all
cold, the plants must be protected at
the approach Of freezing weather. One
OF the best ways is to make a hill of
river sand or earth over the plants.
after removing the lower leaves, and
heap up leaves or straw over this.
Rainfall has renewed the pasturaee
on the Woming ranges and sheep are
in unusually dne condition. The wool
clip promises to be not only much
heayier than usual but Of finer and
more even quality.
4 Some Of the western sheep buyers
express the opinion that the Idaho
lamb crop will not be Is good as that
Of last year.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
A BOSTON INSTITUTION.

Among the unique institutions Of Boston
ts the Peabody Medical Institute, No. 4 Bull
finch st. established nine years before the
death Of the great philanthropist, the late
Mr.. George Peabody, from whom it takes
1t. name. During the past 80 years 1t has
The medical publications Of this institute
have millions Of readers, and are as stand
ard a. gold Their last pamphlet for men
only, o. pages, entitled "Know Thyself," IL
sent free By mail, sealed. on receipt Of
cents for postage.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
7Tl,s Psnit,nt

Il THIS penltonts ~ ~
This man. says the New York Press,
discussing tie tippler who has sworn
on, really means what he Gays means
It until the. NEXT three or four drinks,
when he slips IN again. Before dinner.
- before asdrink. he q cool, calm,
stern, and calculating: after the cock
LEI of his heart are@ warmed and the
mucous membrane tickles With q prov
oeatlye glow his evil generosity. his.
5a6abilty ana his damph olishness re-
sviys. AZ ssels the same worthlsss old
,pals and blow them. Finally hs|
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
Stretch.

StHCtGhs
1t was the third time the man In the
second row from the orchestra had OBJ:
served to his wife that he guessed he
would go into the lobby and stretch his
legs.
How long. oh, Lord, how long?"
murmured the poor woman, while
binding tears filed her eyes.-Detroit
Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
How II Occurs.

How II Occurs.
Watts-1 can't understand why 30
many Of these prizehghters eventually
drift into acting.
Potts-You can't? Now. II a prize
fighter were to tell you he thought he
could act, and asked your opinion,
what would you tell him?-Indianap-
oils Press.
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Medicine.

Medicine.
Tn glad to note you're enjoying the
soup, Mr.. Sharpey," said Mrs. Starvem.
"Oh, I amt taking it as soup,
ma'am," replied the boarder. 1--WE got
dyspepsia, and I heard hot water be-
fore meals was good thing."-Phila-
delphia Press.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
kATTERs on INTEREST TO
AoRICULTuRIeTa.
lssns up-se-Dsts ni.ss Assss arul-
X siyatisa Of ths \ ssu a.a ;Hssaas
(. Observation-Disclosures. vitisals1zs and
1loEacalt1re. ~,

How Net e Pack Apples.
BENJAMIN Newhall Of Chicago, IN an
address to Illinois horticulturists.
said:
An art simple as piling cord wood
apparently, but really as dimcult as
any art. To man applying for po-
sition AZ an apple packer for us, /
usually ask the question ARE you an
expert packer" and the reply usually
is. yes indeed I was brought up on .
farm and have raised fruit all my
life" Somehow I always feel discour-
aged when hear this reply. The next
question, state just what experience
you have had" usually brings out the
fact, that the farm was not really q
fruit farm, though few old apple
trees might have been in evidence.
This is usually enough as far as ex-
perience goes, but sometimes try
still farther and ask the expert" to
write few samples Of some Of the
directions and will offer one or two
herewith.
l. take the bari and put nothin but
good stock in and leave your twos and
elders out. Put the press onto her
good and hard and mark the bari on
the head"
Imagine an inexperienced man try
ing to pack with these directions. He
would probably put the head onto
her" so good and hard" that the
cider would fly in all directions.
Another by young man just from
an eastern college and who also knew
it all. is somewhat different in style,
but not much better in substance.
+ Select convenient spot in the
meadow for the packing operation and
get all your utensils at convenient
distances from your men; select your
specimens Of fruit with scrupulous
care and see that not one specimen
which is not extra fancy in quality is
allowed access into the package; take
only the finest varieties in the mead
ow, leaving more common ones for
the farm animals and for mincemeat.
II you follow these instructions I'M
plicitly you will have no trouble in
selling all you pack" This last state
ment is probably true. and we would
have no trouble in selling all we
packed, but we can imagine trouble in
other directions and SO can you.
We have many other samples, some
of which are even more ridiculous, but
these two, I think, will answer my
purpose. They show that neither llv-
ing on farm nor going to college
makes an apple packer. Experience
and common sense are the best teach
ers, but unless the experience has
been, in the right direction and the
common sense is aided by study and
experience, even these are not sufii-
cient.
I take it that no one in this COM
pany needs to be told how to pack ap-
pies. Possibly there might be diff
ference Of opinion in some minor de-
tails, but the main points. good coop
erage, careful facing, honest packing,
thorough shaking, with the greatest
care of all in the leveling of ready
for the press, we would probably all
agree on.
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One size smaller after using Aliens
Foot-Ease, q powder. It makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot,
sweating, aching feet. ingrowing nails.
corns and bunions. All druggists and
shoe stores. Csc. Trial package FREE
by mail. Address Allen 8. Olmsted,
Leroy. N. Y.
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"Heartles. woman, Accused.

"Heartless Woman Accused.
The Livery Stable, weekly paper,
printed in New. York, charges the tight
check rein and the locked horse to
''heartless woman" and adds that II
ladies will refuse to drive behind
locked horses and tight check reins, -
both denominations will soons .disap.
roo, aces = =
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
One Chore Out of the w,x

One Chore Out of the Way.
Amelia, it's a shame for us to quar-
rel this way before we start out"
"Oh, not at all Edgar; If we have a
right good quarrel now we won't have
thing to do but enjoy ourselves after
we get on the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
The Boxers.

The Boxers have rushed the Christ
ian powers against the ropes, for the
moment. but they haven't by any
means found the solar plexus Of the
latter.-petroit Journal.
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DID He Dare Tell Her soY

Did He Dare Tell Her Sof
McQueery-I wonder If anything will
ever be invented to take the place Of
bread as the staff of life.
Mr.. Newliwed-Well. my wife baked
something yesterday that she offered
me as substitute. It certainly wasn't
bread.-Philadelphia Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07

A Chicago grain Spectator has spent
100000 ON q mining outfit for Cape
Nome.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07
BENNE PLANT FOR CHILDREN.
A Specific for Summer Complaint.

A Specific for Summer Complaint,
During these warm days Of midsummer,
parents cannot be too watchful. II IL
the safe thing to have this well known
family specific always in the house to
cneck the first appearance OF any bowel
trouble In the children. Get bottle Of
EXTRACT OF BENNE PLANT today,
1t may save the life Of your child
Prepared by THE ]. & G. MAGUIRE
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07

Some articles must be described.
Whites Yucatan needs no description:
it's the real thing.
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Bar. or Globe Ar.:chekss.

Bar OF GIOOO AtS.Ch0k00s
Circular 22. Of the Division of Bota.
ny, Of the United States Department OF
Agriculture says: The bur, or globe,
artichoke (Cynara scolymus) is culti-
waited extensively In the countries
about the Mediterranean, where It te
native and where it thrives in the
open air. It 10 grown to less extent
In gardens in central Europe and Eng
land. but being sensitive to severe cold
requires winter protection in all these
northern regions. It IL vegetable
having very delicate flavor and lie
sure to become popular in this coun-
try on the tables Of those who appre-
ctate good things to eat. The bur ar.
tichoke is not to be confused with the
Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tube
rosus) occasionally grown in this
country for its tubers, which are used
as forage for fattening hogs and
other domestic animals.
The bur artichoke is perennial.
with stems to feet high, and large
pinnatifid leaves from 2 to 3 feet long
The leaves are whitish green above
and cottony on the lower surface, their
bases extending in wings down the
stems. The flower head, which is the
portion eaten. is very large, something
like that Of the sunfower, but with
blue dorets. In the cultivated plant
the base Of the flower head and the
bases Of the enveloping scales are
quite deshy.
Cultivation in Europe.-The bur
artichoke is commonly propagated
from suckers, which are produced
around the crown. These are pinched
of or cut of except two or three.
which are left to produce the flower
heads. The operation of detaching
the suckers requires care, for it is
necessary that q portion of the mother
plant should be removed with the
sucker, without cutting the old stem
too deeply. The suckers, after they
have been pruned, are ready for plant
ing. Artichokes may be grown from
seed, but most varieties do not repro
duce by this method with any degree
OF certainty. However, eros vert dc
Laon, a sort much liked at Paris. re.
produces fairly true to type from seed
The best soil for bur artichokes is
one that is rich and we'll drained. The
best method of preparing the grouno
is to trench it. spading in consider.
able quantity of composted manure
Black, turfy soils are especially suit
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07

The sworn woman-hating bachelor
takes pledge against intoxicating
Smiles
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-07

Marriage is often a failure in which
the man signs everything over to his
wife.
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GETS 80 lowkha he win ripple with
snybody. }ber, he IL always peni-
tent; I'M hisfups he b though lsss sos
rth, full sof 'chsap. Tux and
brs Z. I Lon Siiss, lid
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mod . 81 81 I
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Some Of the western sheep buyers
express the opinion that the Idaho
lamb crop will not be Is good az that
Of last year.