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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-23
Why vshe Loved Him So.

The memoirs of Jules Massenet bring
up'an' incident of his courtship told by
Coquelin. Itsseems that when List.
Sgambati and Massenet were studying
together in Rome they,all became fas-
cinated. with the daughter of an aristo-
cratic Frenchman. The trio spent
their spare time composing and play
ing themes to the object of their affec-
tions. One evening the young woman
showed marked favor to Massenet, and
he proposed to her, after having asked
her fathers consent. He followed her
to Paris in few days, where he was
accepted by her and the marriage soon
took place. One day Massenet said to
his bride before party of friends:
:'My dear, do you remember the day
you first showed me that you preferred
me- to- Sgambati and Liszt?" "Yes."
"Well, do you know, besides proving to
meathat you loved me, it also gave me
great joy to know that you believed I
played so we'll, even excelling the
others?" "Oh. but 1t wasn't that" an
.swered his wife quickly. ut was be-
cause you played so badly that my love
went out to you." It is said that the
great composer never referred to the
incident again.-Philadelphia Saturday
Evening; Post.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-23
Saw . Frozen River Explode.

A farmer living near Banker, on the
Nebraska side Of the Missouri river.
had n remarkably narrow escape from
instant death as the result of an ex-
plosion-nOt Of dynamite or nitroglycer-
inc, but Of ice in the Missouri river.
Banker was driving across the river on
an ice bridge. When about the center
Of the main channel he suddenly heard
an OminOus rumbling underneath the
ice, and was not long in deciding that
something unusual was about to hap,
PEN. Lashing his horses into wild
run, he headed for the shore, which he
had just reached in safety. when the
explosion or ''blow-up" occurred. It 10
said by those who witnessed the Incl
dent that large bodies Of heavy ice in
an area Of about square mile were
thrown fully forty or fifty feet into the
air by the force Of the upheaval. The
phenomenon is said to have been
caused by the sudden and extreme
change in the weather to colder, the ice
forming so quickly and so solidly that
no air-holes were left, the pressure of
the Imprisoned air finally becoming SO
great as to force its escape in the man.
ner stated, by tossing hundreds Of
tons Of ice into the dir as though It
were featEers.-Minneapol Times.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-23
Color Of tho Eyes.

It. is, not generally known that the
eyes, of. infants are always blue. and
that they do not begin to assume their
permanent color until the sixth or
eighth week. There is, therefore,
truth. as we'll as poetry in the state
ment that babies look about them IN
"blue>eyed! wonder" The wonder may
be LETT to, poets and philosophers, but
the blue is always a practical fact. It
lis not uncommon to see different colors
in tho, eyes Of the same person. and
even in the same eye half Of the iris
is sometimes brown and the other ha.f
blue. There is . popular notion that
dark eyes are stronger than light
ones There is no truth in this except
so Tar as they are better protected
against excessive light. Hence light
eyes prevail among northern nations
and dark eyes among the races who
live in the glare Of a tropical sun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-23
Sword and Share Combined.


Yankee hands forged the swords with
which all Cubans are armed. The
machete-pronounced ''machetty,:-
which is the implement for all needs
throughout Spanish America, has long
been made by the thousand at Hart
ford, Conn.,. and sold to all Ameri-
can Spanish speaking neighbors. This
blade is first cousin to the saber ofiour
cavalry, but while the saber serves
only one purpose, the machete serves
many. and is as useful in peace as, in
war. Almost every Spanish American
male above the age of childhood carries
machete. The laborer has it.. be-
cause with the machete he cuts sugar
cane, prepares firewood, and trenches
the ground for his crops. The horse
man wears the machete because. with
it he cuts his way through the wood
lands during journeys over rough
country. It is sword; spade and hedg-
ing bill, axe, Ratchet and pruning
knife. The hidalgo wears it with sill
vered hilt and tasseled scabbards his
humber neighbor is content to. carry
1t bare and hilted with horn, wood or
leather. The machete may be had in
nearly thirty different forms. The
blade, which varies in length from ten
to twenty-eight inches, may hs either
blunt or pointed, curved or straight,
broad or narrow. The favorite with
the laborer is the machete Of medium
length, with unornamented handle and
broad, straight blade. The Spanish
American hidalgo bears scabbarded
machete, long, straight, on curved. az
taste prompts.
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Literary Men in Paris.

oliver Goldsmith is great in tho
hands of Stuart Robson and his ex.
eellent company. James Young does
very we'll with Lord Byron. And all
this is suggestive. Who knows but
that after awhile our leading Amer,
can authors will be staged in tlJ4
same fashion? A hundred years hence
we may-at least our literary execu-
tors may-see such announcements as
"The distinguished tragedian, Mr..
Blank Blank. in the celebrated ro-
mantle drama Of Edwin Markham.
or The Man With the HOe.' to be fol-
lowed by the delightful humorous
skit. entitled Charles Dudley Warner
Also next Wednesday the thrilling
tragedy Of Mark Twain. with James
Whitcomb Riley at the Matinee
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Consti.
tuition.
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WHAT aoUfH AFRle,AMs IkI.
lxhs Pscullsr Dlst os NJ Nativs ssy Ili,A ~
sss.5 3a y. /. Ant and 1a6a. ai NJ. sssssss

The PscullAr Dfst 81 Nv, Nativs sSsyu ltuk
II. ANTS and Hoe. /, v
German missionary who has Just re.'
tdTned from South Africa recently dc.
livefed lecttire before tie Berlin Geo.
graphical society, In which he brought
forward the, following particulars cor
corning the peculiar diet OF the native
savages Of the Tfansvaal, especially as
noticed among lie Basutos, the tribe
which Is now threatening to take up
arms against the British, says the Phil
tadelphia Record, One Of their most
characteristic hunts Is the mouse hunt,
Twenty to thirty Basutos gather to-
gether; they march on carrying strips
Oh nets made by them fer this purpose
and, accompanied by a large number
OF dogs, about whose bodies different
sized bells are bound. The dogs make
big sweep round the countryside,
while the Basutos attach their various
strips Of nets into one long semicir-
cular barrier, the lower part Of which
is pinned to the ground. Then,
crouchinB upon the ground and holding
their sticks ready, they wait the COM
Ing OF the mice. These frightened by
the bells dangling from the dogs, grad.
ually draw nearer and nearer to tho
net, along which they are at last found
running in a vain effort to discover
an opening through which they may
escape. When the number of these
victims is sufficiently great a shrill
nacry is emitted by the. chief, the net ID
pushed forward all aT6rg the line, and
the struggling creatures caught in the
meshes Of the net are numerically
whipped to death blythe jubilant saw
ages. Monkeys, constitute one of
their favorite tid-bits, which are all
the more appreciated az they are not
so readily caught. Snakes are sim
ply. killed with blows from a switch
ana are generally in high favor. 40,
cord4ng to f. 1l~-s,~aar& s>--elf'' pop+n
,.,>>,ery rs well deserved. He himself
took part in meal in which snakes
formed the chief attraction and found
that this animal could be fatorably
compared with a prime eel:s'. Most
popular of all delicacies, however; are
the caterpillars. 1t is not unusual to
learn of quarrel which has broken
out among the natives for their pos
session. The most favorable time for
catching them is the early morning and
late evening hours, when their. wings
are heavy with dew and they are alna
able to1 see clearly. The children ~of
the mission numbering about 400, hay
ing organized locust hume; succeeded
one day in capturing no less than~16O
pounds cof these insects; which were
consumed with the greatest avidity
before the day had passed. At certain
times of the year the great white
winged ants leave the earth, and it is
then rthat' a most Jealous competition
arises between the Kafir children and
the chickens of the dorp for the pos
session of the priced morsels.. It is at
such times that the Kamr youngsters
may be seen running about with their
mouths stuffed full of ants, and, If the
chase has been" especially successful,
with both fists also full 'bf; these succu-
lent: dainties.v
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whore water l. Not needed,

Among the distinguished officials
who will represent this country at the
Paris exposition next May. is Prof. Ell
wood Mead, the State Engineer Of Wy
oming and an irrigation expert of the
Department Of Agriculture, relates the
Saturday Evening Pos. He was speak
Ing at q meeting upon local water
Improvement, and after expatiatingIl On
the benefits which would be derived
by the farmer, miner, and even the
facturer, he said. And this extra
supply Of water To- absol utsly neces-
sary TO our dairymen. q Before he could
begin the NEXT ssntsnse y Wnsnaa,,
called out: Stop rish Sthsrs, ylsy
'stys g too much 8 = a,read o
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-23
CHAPTER XIII.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER xIII.-(Continued.)
And risk bringing back the infec-
fion here? No, thank YOU" cries Ru-
by, holly. II shall ask mamma to for
bid you"
my dear Ruby" interposes Mrs.
W1lden's voice with unusual firraness,
II Shell thinks 1t her duty to go l
shall certainly not try to stop her. l
shall feel terribly anxious, but it will
only be for day or so; and believe
the disease in it's first stage is not very
Infectious"
DO you mean that you would take
her back here amongst us after being
with the children?" asks Ruby, aghast.
"Of course she will return when the
nurse arrives. There is no need to run
unnecessary risk. If you and Violet
xeel nervous, we'd betted return to the
Wilderness, and Shell can stop here
until the doctor warrants her safe"
have such a horror of smallpox
that { really think that would be the
better plan." remarks Ruby, with a
sigh OF relief. What do you say, VIZ
Oh. let US start for Mudford by all
means! am not particularly timid,
but feel that ought to go FOR Ed
wins sake'-Edwin is her fiance-"it
would be such sell for him if he.
'same home and found me disfgured.
Shell. tdear"-pressing hasty kiss on
lher cousins cheek-"you are hero
tine; but the world is made up of all.
ssorts, and am the sort that runs
away"
Il am not bit heroic. I should run
sawayito too if felt afraid" laughs Shell;
''but il don't, and therefore shall take
mo harm"
So it is arranged. Shell, after gath
'ering a few necessaries together and
receiving a fearful embrace from her
another, hurries back to her sleeping
charges; and during the afternoon Ru-
by and Violet take their departure,
while Mrs. Widen is left to bemoan
the fact that she ever allowed herself
to be worried into taking cottage on
the moor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-23

t4ite' brow. 'ghsil II Ia. promised 8
come to chample HouAs ana live WITH
usalways what do you say to that!'' y
II say she's brick remarks Bob
WHO has Joined the circle.s y
!. Robert Champiey gave an amused
glance at his promised wife, and then
they both break into . hearty peal Of
laughter. n
,7s ' y (THE ENID W
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-23

Sought to- turn from music 10 1ueu.usy VI;
Whose music were you playinge.'
asked Seletsi- ut was beautiful"
Veaal said, shyly, that he had
brought mo music with him that day:
and had been improvising.
''Sa played as 1 felt," said he.
"Ahs;" exclaimed Seletti, 81 advised
You wrongly. You must be no priest.
but musician"
After that the way was easier. The
priestly influence on his side opened
many door to him.
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A MUSICIANS YOUTH.

1t was by q devious path, some steps
of which were painful, that Verdi be-
came q musician. When he was seven
years DID, his mild and somewhat mel
ancholy temperament attracted the at
teution OF the parish priest, and he
received the appointment Of acolyte at
the village church Of LIE Roncole. One
day priest was celebrating mass, with
Verdi AS his assistant, when the boy
became so carried away by the music
that his duties were entirely forgotten.
"Water!" whispered the priest, but
Verdi did not respond. Then, think
ing his request had not been heard,
the celebrans repeated "Water!"
Still there was no reply. and turn
ing round, the priest found the server
gazing. in wonder and delight at the
J organ.
"Water!" demanded the priest, for
the third time, accompanying the or
dev with such a well-directed move
ment of the foot chat. the little Verdi
"SA~ &ASSAS0 ASdO1NA6 UOW1t Zig S94k6T
steps. In falling I've struck his head,
and was carried to t1eevestrY quite an
conscious.
Perhaps 1t was thlss itstdent, to-
gethau with the child ssunbcslnded de-
light in the organ music he heard in
the stnee4, that induced his father, who
was an innkeeper, to add 'a~spinet, or
pianofopte, to his worldly. POSSESSIONS
I; But iii was several years a&ter. this,
shat his vocation was temporarily de-.
aided far him, though fates afterwaEd
stepped in and undid the decision.
why do yuu want to besa: musi-
CLAMP asked his confessor. "Yow
have a, gitt fey Latin, and must, be, a.
priest
Meanwhile, the lad becamsr ann Of
foe boy in. Brezzi's wholesale grocery
store; and. for little over seven. dol
lars a year played the organ in the
I. chnrohr at Rnnenle. h,+ .>,,o ac--
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CHAPTER XIV.

Two days and nights have elapsed;
no answer has been received to the
Doctors hastily-despatched telegram;
and Shell, sitting patiently. beside her
charges, begins to think that the ad-
dress given by Piper must have been
an erroneous one. Nor has a profess
-sional nurse put in her appearance
the children are going on SO favorably
that the doctor deems the services Of
one unnecessary, since Shell is de-.
termined not to quit her post, and in
deed has given promise to that effect
te her little patients.
She is quite isolated from the rest of
the household. The children are in
stalled in large room at the end of
the passage which on their arrival was
fitted up as night-nursery. Shell is
with them all day; at night she occu-
pies the roomy old sofa in the adjoin-
ing room, leaving the door of COM
munication open.
All intercourse with the outer world
Is carried on cautiously round the sat
urated sheet which cuts her off from
the household in general. Yet some
how Shell has no feeling of isolation;
she has books in plenty to occupy her
when the children sleep, and during
their waking hours she has work
enough to keep them amused.
She is sitting at the ivy-wreathed
easement on the third morning, look
ing out for the Doctors visit, when a
hired carriage drawn by pair of hors-
es, turns suddenly into the front yard.
She cannot see the occupants as it
passes beneath the window, and the
front Of the house is also out of sight.
She rises from her seat with a
strange feeling of confusion and nerv-
business; she would give worlds to be-
come invisible; she even glances out
Of the window. as if meditating escape
In that direction.
Then steps are heard down the pas
sage, the door-handle turns, and the
next moment Robert Champley enters
the room, followed by the housekeeper
Ut Champley House.
Papa, papa" shrek two shri;l lit
tie voices; land Tolley-dear old Toll
ley!"
The children are caressed and quiet.
cd. whilst Mrs. Tolley delights them
with huge bunch OF flowers which she
has brought with her.
Then Robert Champley crosses owe,
TO the window where Shell is STANDING
in the background. The girl looks
pale and almost stern, though very
unusual thing with shell-she is trem.
bling visibly.
Shell. how can ever thank you 70,
this?" says Mr.. Champley, in a tone
broken by emotion.
There is nothing to thank me FOL
that see," answers Shell coldly. II
like nursing II mamma would only let
me I should like to enter hospital
No young and beautiful woman can
I like nursing smallpox cases. rejoins
Robert Champley. Z
It is the first time in her life that
Shell has been called beautiful" and
& . anick Hush rises to her white skin
which really renders. her 80 for the
I mouasnt Then she breaks Into q
{ lsngA. .ss 4. 81 '.,; 4, &
s.l n chicken px mot smallpox
& ttis M quickly. (;
u lrS you snre7 81 asks her compan.
! f0n whilst 4 look Of relief lights n
{ III nhole 10. 81
sll1s ioi ths Mt txsiv, hour,
ss 5
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Proud Of Her Name.

Proud OF Her Name.
1t was ut the First Presbyterian
church Sunday school, and the teacher.
was endeavoring to impress her class
with the idea Of the Lords. omnis-
cience.
''why, just think" she said. "Hs
knows the name Of every one Of you. -
Little Hazel Kirschenschlager leaned
forward in her chair, with an express
sion Of incredulity on her face. 3
well" she said, after q moment,
perhaps He does know my name, but
I'll bet He doesn't know how to spell
t.'-Cincinnati Enquirer
Commonly speaking, Boston has IN
uncommonly nice park.
Sometimes a coquetts neslects say
ing yes until It proves to - Of no. usA
f.. r i . - = Z -
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II 81 Our Nation's vtGAlSh.
The material wealth and strength OF
our nation is IN Iron, the MOST useful Of
NIL metals, just us the weaitA q 2 hus
man being lies In q useful storhnnh. Us
you have overworked yours, Try Eos;
letters Stomach Bttters. It will re-
lieye the clogged bowels, improve the
appetite and cure constipation, dyspepA,|
sia and biliousness. 4. 4
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-23
Mnrital ECONOMY,

Marital Economy.
"Ihe fact was finally borne in on
Brabson that stalls for two, with sup:
per afterward, was mot the way to
save money"
"And so he married?"
Exactly. He didn't see the fun Of
paying for two when they could b
made one."-Judge.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-01-26
..EverxheAx p..e..~


There viii be a dancing party at
Honstain's Hall, Linton, ON the night
of February 2d- Grounding Day.
There wllyb6 good music, and supper
will be Served at midnight. Linton
has plenty of stable accommodations
for teams, so that horses will not have
to be exposed to the weather. It is In
Tended to make the coming dance one
Of the best yet given. That there
will be big crowd present goes with
out saying, as several people from
distant parts Of the county have
already signified their intention Of
attending. Honstain's dances are get
ting to be quite feature Of. the So
cial life of the county. They are pop
ular because it is becoming known
that AL. makes it his business to see
that good order is preserved and uses
his utmost endeavors to have thinga
pleasant for every one.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-01-26
A Qasssloa "a Roaas.

There will be an election on Feb. Sd
In Winchester district, OF which Lin.
ton is part, on the question Of bond
ing the district to secure funds with
which to pay of outstanding bonds
that bear higher rate of interest
than will have to be paid in case new
ones are issued. The new bonds will
be bought by the state, and the inter-
est goes to the permanent state school
fund. AS authorizing the issue of the
bonds simply means a reduction of the
interest paid by the district, there
ought to be a full vote. The Board Of
University and School Lands do not
like to loan money to any school dis
trict where the people of the district
fail to take enough interest in the
matter to POLKA fairly full vote.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-01-26
NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY 1900.
AROUND THE COUNTY.

Wjnona.
CORRESPONDENTS of the Record Jan. "a.
Ed. Newberry is just recovering from
pneu monia.
Mrs. Buckner is very sick with ~.
phoid pneumonia.
John McCrory is hauling wood from
Hampton to fill a Yates contract.
John Spicer is hauling wood from
the, Watland place to I'LL a contract at
Fort Yates.
1t Is reported that Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Richards, Of Glanavon, who were
divorced last March, have remarked.
Mr.. W. B. Andrus, our teacher,
was sick Friday and Saturday. He
was SO seriously i'll as to be compelled
to close school Friday afternoon.
There has been considerable danger
in crossing the river Of late. About
ten days ago Mr.. Ostrum broke
through the ice, and was in the water
for five or ten minutes before he got
out. 1t is said that soldier was near
Mr.. Ostrum when he fell in, but
wouldn't risk himself in an effort to
help out the candidate for drowning.
i. NHMn
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-01-26

THERE are some strange circum-
stances connected with the efforts Of
one Of the powerful nations Of the
world to overthrow two Of the worlds
republics that are among the least
numerous in population. Ostensibly,
England forces these sparsely settled
nations into war for the reason that
the uitlanders have not been fairly
treated. But it seems that great
many of these itlanders-Irishmen,
Scotchmen and Americans-wanted
an independent republic, with cos
mopolitan citizenship. They now see
that it is the intention OF Great Brit
ain, in case she achieves victory, to
make the two republics her colonial
This it is claimed re-
spectacle minority of the uitlanders do
not want, and the dispatches tell v
that not only Irish, but Scotch and
American and even some English uit-
landers of the Transvaal are serving
in the Boer ranks. The fact is that
the British government has systemat-
ically sought to raise a false issue re-
garding complications with the Trans
vaal. Britain has had no uitlander or
other contention with the Orange
Free State, because the latter has had
but little discovered gold and diamond
territory to provoke the cupldity of
the former. Yst~the Free State cast
its lot with the sister republic because
its people knew that, with the Trans
vaal overthrown, the Free States days
of political independence would be
numbered. The history Of South Al
srica is a tale of continued effort Of
the strong nation to absorb the lesser
nation and overthrow its republican
form of government. Britain's de.
mands that the American colonies
should submit to taxation without
representation were not more outra
geous than is their contention thai
the Transyaal should make its natu
ralization laws conform to British
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-01-26
Has moeher,s RIO.

Jimmy Foley, In Bismarck Tribune:
To his young wife he said: "Could I
but taste again my mothers pie, I
would be willing quite to die" They
went out to the farm one day, a week
or 80 with ma to stay. He slowed q
whole mince pie away. Now, that for
which he long had cried lay like lump
of lead inside-his stomach. He lay
down and died. The man who Graves
youths pies-'tis true, II he would eat
them and not rue should have his
boyhood's stomach, too.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-01-26
QuerterIY Meeelnx.

The third NJ. e. quarterly meeting
will be held at Linton on Jan. 9th
and 2sth, with services as follows:
Saturday-At $50 p. M, quarterly
conference; at 7:30 p. m. preaching by
Elder Ryan.
Sunday-At 10 .. M, love feast; at
IL a. M, preaching and sacrament, FL
der Ryan; 7:3o p. M, preaching by FL
der Ryan.
The services will be held in Hons
tain's hall. Everybody cordially In
vited to be present.