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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-20

Twine the bittersweet and holly g.
Arched above the heartnstone's glow,
Joy, not melancholy,
Came. lndrifting with the snow;
In each face the frost's a-tingle,
And afar on flying wing
Comes the sleigh BELLS rhythmic Jingle
Through December journeying.
Set the, board and ask the blessing
For the bounty amply spread.
IN the simplest words expressing
What a loving father said
Peace on earth"-for this Is nearest
When the SHOWS with us abide,
And the winter air is cleartst
In the hush Of Christmastide,
Bring the old musicians fiddle,
Relic of the bygone days,
Send the faire st down the middle
While the lifting music sways:
Light of foot and quick Of laughter
Swing the dancers. toe and heel,
AS they pass or follow after
In the quaint Virginia reel.
Deck the tree and light the candies,
Let the, stock ngs all be hung.
For saint with furry sandals
Ger the housetops high has swung;
And his reindeer steeds are pranclng
Through the star-bespangled rhine.
And the moorbeanns pale are CHANGING
In the merry Christmastime.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-20
word meerschaum
"MOvED INTO THE HALL"

MOVED INTO THE HALL"
her breath, and for once. in her life
rose to the occasion and didn't put her
foot in it. She simply looked up at
him and smiled demurely.
"oh. / guessed it. she said.
1T was the best guess you ever
made. should have died last night
amidst that awful landslide Of slippers
IL hadr't smoked about half Of that
tobacco. l mean to keep on smoking
.now-that Ia II you don't object,
.dear?'
Jane scored again.
II rather like the smell Of good to-
Ibacco." she said. Saturday Evening
Post.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-20
ROOSEVELT CALLED DOWN.

German Paper Does Not Coincide
With Monroe Doctrine Views. Is
Berlin. Dec. IA -Some commotion has
been caused in the press here by the
publication of cablegrams from New
York to the effect that Washington
considers incorrect the German official
view OF that passage in President
Roosevelt's message conta b Ing lais
definition Of the Monroe doctrine.
which Is here construed as permitting
Of the collection Of private claims
against South American countries ~
force. In this connection the Taaes
Zeitung says: "If Germany found SO
necessary to occupy Venezue.as. port
sh ! would not ask Uncle Sans pernls
sion to do 3d." ;s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-20

J.
pers and pipes and shot-guns and Slip
pers. And in the case OF a parson it's
still worse-you've got to drop off the
pipes and shotguns, leaving only slip
pers-and slippers. Or course there are
book-marks and easy chairs, but the
first are trivial and the latter expen-
sive; besides, If he is unmarried ana
you are Of the opposite sex, and in the
same state, you will see that you ought
to give him something made with your
own fair hands, and you can't make an
easy chair. So slippers it had to be
for the Rev. NJ. Stanwix. especially
after his landlady had been sounded
on the subject and reported that the
poor man didn't have a slipper to his
name.
Well, the result was, Of course, that
the whole hundred and thirty-six mar
riageable ladies at Appleburg went to
work on slippers; and few of the
flock who already had husbands also
began slippers, out of the goodness Of
their hearts. probably, or maybe think
ing that they might be widows some
day and might as well have pair to
their credit. The slaughter of plush
and embroidery materials was some
thing cyclonic, and the local shoe
maker bad to sit up nights pegging on
soles. Even unfortunate little Jane
Wilkinson won't at pair hammer and
tongs, though everybody said she
hadn't ghost of a show. In the first
place Jane was too young-her older
sister Katharine was conceded to have
q right to enter for the contest, but it
was universally held that Jane had no
right to compete at all Besides be-
ing too young-she was really nineteen
or twenty-she was also plain. She
might have certain girlish prettiness,
but not the beauty which the wife of
SO handsome shepherd as the Rev.
Mr.. Stanwix should have. Further
more, Jane was in no other way adapt
ed for the position shs had been a
good deal of q tomboy, and was yet, for
that matter; she was frivolous. and
careless, and twas always putting her
foot In it. The first time the pastor
had called at the Wilkinson house,
and while Katherine was entertaining
him in the parlor In 1.-THE most APP
proved and circumspect manner. Jane
had Numbered in. and inside OF I'VE
minutes asked him why he didn't get
.married-all the girls said he ought
to. Jane had explained, to everybody
that she meant It as a Joke. but It haa
generally been pronounced ill-timed
and In bag haste ssfs .sisss u
hut pbor. Jane kept working away on
her; slippers regardless Of the tank
Everybody said that james slippers
,wouldnY at. or that they would both
be Tor ons fnot. or khat she you'd get.
the heels sswed on tie toe i end. 81 !.
sonethinx. Jane finally put; On the
finishing touches and then packed them
n Il pasteboard box ana tied 1t With
pink ribbon. q. iii
y Then ale got her other Christmas
presents ready. She had I not OF hand
kerchists Tor m aunt and . shopping
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-20

The Dominic used to complain some
times about the character Of the stories
the rest Of us told. He said they were
too economical In their use Of the ele.
ment Of truth. And truth was so
cheap. and also so interesting, he
would say. We were always ready to
admit that 1t was interesting, but were
not SO free to- acknowledge Its cheap.
ness. Like other .exotics it seemed to
US expensive. Fiction, being So much
more easily produced. appeared to be
the true mental provender in, the Corn
Cob Club, q. social institution where
we decided questions of great pith and
moment By. the aid Of the civilizins
and snnobling influence of tobacco in
seinerateda j. cob-pipes. The Dominic
had quit smoking when he entered the
ministry, but he always said the cobs
smell good. $50 we had hopes Of his
reclamation; II besides. the air was usu-
ally, so thick, that he absorbed enough
to bring him up. in. a large measure
to the kish phiIosbphic plane occupied
by the rest Of us. l-t n, NJ s3it "a
1T happened on Christmas Eve fiat
somebody told q story appropriat q
enough TO the season ao fari. as the sub.
.ject went, butspalpabFy ltmnosa hIa con-
sidered as 4 happening. AZ least least he
Dominie said II was.s and threatened L,
tell u Christmas story himself; and
sbeing cstiassled BY the Professor. WHO
swas classical IN his language, Is ..biaxe
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-20


ure of the elder sister to make
an immediate. triumph In art, to
study which she went to New
York. She realized in the great city,
as she never could have in her rural
southern home. that talent for art is
too general to leave much hope for
special distinction, and wisely con-
cluded to turn to something that
would bring more speedy results. Be-
Ing an observant young woman. Miss
Cartledge noticed that holly and mis-
tletoe brought extremely high prices
and bethought her that on the 500
acres at home in Georgia both grew in
wild abundance. She returned home
and she and her sister began to pre-
pare for making the neglected luxu-
Rance of marketable value. In the
months Of January and February fol-
lowing they set out ten acres Of young
holly trees with their own hands.
Their colored farm hands would NOT
plant q holly tree for worlds. as they,
believe that il they did they would die;
as soon as the tree became tall enough
to cast a shadow the measure ois theit'
graves. Last Christmas the sisters
found the trees SO grown that they
required thinning out and the trees
that were removed were. sent norm for
Christmas trees and brought high
prices. as they were symmetrical and
covered with large. rich berries. They
plant the mistletoe berries under the
bark Of old oak trees i'd crack Or
hole. where they can get hold as they
terminate. II nh .5.s.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-20
tTHAT'S EASY ("

IL
right, but I can't pay that much. |
thought p'r'aps could get something
for a dollar-a smaller one. mebbe."
I'm sorry" said the girl, sympa-
tfetically. shut we cleaned out every
one of The cheaper kind this afternoon
and this is the only one that's left of
the three-dolfar lot" Then suddenly
her face lighted up. "Oh. say she ex-
claimed. wait a minute"
She dived under the table and came
up with counterpart Of the horse
they had been discussing; a counter
part. but with broken leg and minus
that very useful appurtenance, a tail.
There" she said, II just happened to
think of this! Somebody knocked it
sff the counter yesterday and broke
the leg. The tail kept coming out any
way, and I guess it's lost now. You
sould have this for a dollar. Mebbe
Fou could fix it all right"
The man examined the fracture seri-
ously. ''Why. that's easy" he said.
"All 1t needs Is to peel the hide up q
little and eplice the leg and then put
On some Of old Peter Cooper's fsalve.
Make it as good as new4' @9. .F,,ii
"And perhaps you can get some
horsehair and make a tail. They're
last tied in bunch and put in with q
dug"
"oh. I'll fix that all right, miss. I've
got an old bristle shaving brush that
can use It'll be real stylish one Of
them hobtailed coach horses, you
know" /, Si:t ': ~ 4 g.a
: They both laughed. i. II , B ,s..3. 81.
You're mighty good. miss. and I'm
obliged TO you. 3 u 4 n -. .s,s. NJ
"oh. that's all right said the girl:
7 know how 1t Is Christmas times
myself" and she sighed as' the. gus,
Toner turned happily awsys:to play his
part Of Santa Claus. veterinary snr:'
seon. rs e Y. . 6 ,
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Z. Rrssshrrs.e, l,Iin. Mn. ~,

I. 5ffs - Ereashrrfas PEims Adinis ton,
The prime minister Of Holland, Dr.
Abraham Kuyper. has broken the rec
ord by being the first doctor Of ,tiyini-
" and preacher to hold that position.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-20
FORTUNE IN THE M:sTLEToE.
m. Georgia there is q farm

devoted to mistletoe and
holly growing. 1t is
owned by the CARTRIDGE
family. consisting. Of
mother and two daush-
tiers. but the daughters
do the farming. It all
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-20

his old working clothes
and the stylish dresses of the ladies
who jostled him on either hand. One
given to studying the faces of Christ
mas shoppers would easily have read
the question which makes Christmas
the most pathetic as we'll as the happi-
est holiday in the year-the question,
Can do it with the little money l
have?'
At length the man caught the eye
OF sales girl, and leaning over the
counter said In low voice:
"Say. miss. I've got little Teller at
home that's been talking for months
about Sanity Claus bringing him, a
horse. I'd like to get him one If can
afford it. How much is this?" ana he
pointed to an equine paragon in front
of him.
THAT is three dollars" said the sales
girl. BEST grade we've carried. You
see it's covered with real horse hide
and has real hair tail and name"
The mechanic shook his head hope
lessly.
Eyes," he said. cts fine horse. all
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-20
SANTA CLAUS, v. S.
-HE big blond m

"A HE big blond mechanic
looked awkward and out
Of place in the crowd Of
women shoppers at the
toy counter. He seemed
painfully conscious of the
sharp contrast between
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
MRS. BoTHA TO URGE PEACE.
Sails from Durham On Way to See
Kruger In Effort to End
the War.

Durham, May 14.-Mrs. Louis Botha,
who has obtained consent to interview
Mr.. Kruger and urge him to advocate
peace, sailed Monday for Europe on
the steamer Dunvegan Castle.
London. May l4.-Lord Kitchener in
a dispatch from Prctoria, dated May
IL, says:
"Grenfell has occupied Louistrlchart.
capturing so Beers. With rifles. Louistrich-
art was previously held by six British with
40 surrendered Beers.
"Other columns report eight Beers killed,
20 wounded, l32 prisoners, II surrenders,
and machine gun. diGO rounds of ammu-
milton. $50 wagons and 90 horses captured"
London, May l3.-Gcn. De Wet, ac-
cording to a dispatch to the Daily Mail
from Pretoria, has resumed opera
tions, and is reported 10 have crossed
into the Trnnsvnnl with 1000 men.
London, May A. 4.-~Acrnrtlng to dis
patch from ririrrmaritzI,,lrw to the
Daily Mail, Lord Kitchener is about
to try new plan OF burning the vcldt
i'll order to con.prI the Beers to sur
render,
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
RIDE PROVES FATAL.
with Merrymakers-Sad Disas-
ter ON Long Island,

New York, May 13.-Of the 2e young
people who started from College Point,
L. l., Saturday night on what is local
ly known as "star light" ride, two
were carried home Sunday morning
dead, five are in the hospital, four
were allowed to leave the hospital aft
er having their wounds dressed, and
everyone of the remainder were more
or less bruised. A collision with a
trolley car caused the accident. The
dead are Michael Schneir and Joseph
Pickel. The merrymakers were on
their way to hotel ten miles away,
where they were to have a dance.
They were all in one wagon, the bot
tom of which had been filled with
straw. 1t was almost midnight when
they reached Distlcr's hotel, on the
edge of Jamaica. When in front of the
house the driver of the wagon tried
to cross the tracks of Il trolley line in
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
THE RIVER HORROR.
Twenty-Three Lives in the
City of Paducah Disaster.

Carbondale, ILL.,, May 15.-The fol-
lowing is complete list of those
drowned in the City of Paducah near
Fountain Bluff: Miss Mabel Gardner,
James w. Bell, Charles Johnson, James
Garfield, and 10 negroes, roustabouts,
whose names are unknown. Rabbi
Block, just prior to the sinking of the
ship, claims that Miss Gardner, whom
he knew in St. Louis, was playing at
the piano and probably never left the
instrument. She IL known to have
been engaged to prominent physi.
clan of St. Louis. The verdict of ths
coroner's jury doas not place the
blame upon anyone connected with
the vessel. The vessel is total loss.
The cargo, which is a total loss, is
valued at $4,000, and the vessel al
$4,000.
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
SHAMROCK IL. IS BEATEN.
Result of Trial Race between Old
and New Challenger Is Disc
appointing.

Weymouth, May 14.-The Shamrock
I. beat the Shamrock II. by five min
utes over 20-mile course.
The weather conditions were all IA
vorable for a fair trial, with the wind
fresh and steady, the course clear of
all obstructions and no tides of any
consequence. The Shamrock I. Mon
day beat Sir Thomas Lipton's new
boat by five minutes and five seconds
over a triangular course of about 20
miles. The only possible disadvantage
to the challenger was in the fact that
she used her old mainsail, which sits
worse since it's salt water bath Of
Thursday. There was no discoverable
holding back of the challenger, al
though once or twice she pointed such
course as left the suspicion that the
steersman was not taking advantage
of every chance. There is no doubt
the result of Mondays trial was dis
tinctly disappointing to those who had
pinned their faith to the new chal-
lenger,
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
SAD FATE OF A HERO.
ColOred Man Loses His Life to Save
n Fellow workman in In
innnpOlis.

indianapolis. Ind, May .13.-William
Phelps, of Richmond, KY, and James
Stanshury, of this city, were cleaning
the inside of an eight-foot upright
boiler at he Cerealine mills Sunday
afternoon when an employe turned on
the steam, thinking the cock was tight.
1t leaked and the scalding steam
poured in on the two men. The only
exit was mp a ladder to manhole in
the top. Bllth jumped for the ladder.
Phelps reached it first, took one step
and stopped. He jumped aside and
shouted: "You go first, Jim, you are
married." Stansbury sprang up the
ladder and escaped with slight burns
about the face and legs. Though
Phelps followed at his heels. his act
of heroism cost him his life.
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
NEWSPAPER SEIZED.
Police Knid the OMice of the Irish
People. Within O'Dricn's
Paper. In Dublin,

Dublin, May l0.-The Irish People,
William O'Brien's paper, was seized
Thursday night by party of police,
who visited the Offices of the paper and
the news agents shops and conhscated
all copies of the current issue. The
reason for the seizure is supposed to
he the publication of IN acrid para
graph about King Edward VII, in
which he is described as "a bald ed
old roue." The paragraph also recalls
several alleged discreditable incidents
in the kings career as prince of Wales.
The matter will be brought immediate
ly before parliament and an angry de-
bate is anticipated.
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
MRS. M,K1NLEY ILL.
President Has to Dlsnppoinf Several
Towns Which Had Arranged
to Receive Him.

San Francisco, May 13.-The sud-
den illness of Mrs. Mckinley has
caused an unexpected change in the
itinerary of President Mckinley. He
arrived in this city quietly Sunday
afternoon, several hours ahead of the
time scheduled. The state of Mrs.
McKinley's health was such Sunday
morning that the president decided
to leave Del Monte and bring his wife
to this city Immediately, to the home
of Henry T. Scott, where she could
have complete rest for a few days
and where specialist could be con-
suited if necessary. A special of two
cars and q locomotive was made up
from the presidents special and at
1880 o'clock the president, Mrs. Nc.
Kinley, Miss Barber, the presidents
niece, Secretary Cortelyou and wife,
DR.. Rixcy and Mr.. II. T. Scott and
wife left Del Monte for San Fran.
cisco, leaving the remainder of the
presidential party at Del Monte.
San Francisco, May 14.-Presidcnt
Mckinley returned late Monday aft
~ 'iooA IL OAA odA OOSC " Cuc UcuSluc
of his wife at the Scott residence.
Secretary Cortclyou said Monday
night: "Mrs. Mckinley rested we'll
and comfortable to-day"
San Jose, Cal, May 14.-Thousands
of people between Delmonte and San
Jose, who have been anticipating q
sight of the president for months,
were disappointed Monday. The pres
ident's presence in San Jose for an
hour in the afternoon took the edge
off OIL the disappointment here, where
the rose carnival was being held in
his honor and where the floral dis
play surpassed anything ever before
seen in this part of the country.
After leaving Delmonte in the morn
ing the cabinet carried out the itin-
erary as originally planned, stop
ping at Pajaro and Santa Cruz and
visiting the big trees in the San Lo-
renzo valley, but they had no heart
to put into the festivities in the alb
sence of their chief and the keen re-
gret of the people was written on
their countenances. Many express
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
SNAG SINKS A BOAT.
Steamer City Of Pnducah Goes to the
DOttOm-Disnster Oh the Mis-
sfysippi River.

St. Louis, May IA special to the
Post-Dispatch from Grand Tower, ILL.,,
says: The steamer City of Paducah
sank in Is feet of water five minutes
before ten o'clock Sunday night, in
less than five minutes after striking
a snag, while backing out from Brunk-
horst Landing.
Fifteen lives were lost. Six of these
were white persons and nine were me-
groes. All were members of the crew
except two, who were passengers.
and whose bodies have been 'recov-
cred. Seven members of the crew are
missing. All of the boats officers
were saved.
First Mate Tobias Royal. of ST..
Louis, says only about 12 passengers
were on board; and all were saved ex-
cept two.
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
Sent to Prison.

New York, May 14.-Charles R. Wes-
tervelt, the defaulting cashier of the
Dime savings bank of Newark, N j.,
was arraigned Monday before Justice
Skinner in that city. He retracted
a plea of not guilty to the charge of
cmbezzlement and entered plea Of
guilty and was sentenced to two
years imprisonment by the court.
He had several days ago pleaded
guilty to two indictments for forgery
and uttering. On. these indictments
he was sentenced to seven years. i'm
prisonment. The two terms of i'm
prisonment are not concurrent and
he will have to serve both terms.
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
WILLING TO PAY.
able Terms i'm the Indcm-
nifty Liquidation.

Picking. May 14.-'rhc Chinese pleni-
potentiaries sent to the ministers
their answer TO the demand for 45O,-
100000 taels ($327, 200 o,ooo), which was
made on May s. The Chinese reply is
long, and it may be said. on first read
ing proves more satisfactory to the
majority of the ministers than they
had expected. The first paragraph
states that China has not the slightest
intention of trying to escape from the
payment of her just obligations; that
she is pledged to pay all the legitimate
expenses of the allies and all dana ges
actually incurred by foreigners during
he recent troubles, and will do so.
lhe third paragraph sets forth
hat the resources of China are d.
mlnishing. The government in recent
years was only able to reach ss,O0O,OO
taels (S66.00o,00o) year. of which
9i,Oo0,000 tarls (%l7,0Oo .OOO) 90 to pay
the war loan ana 16,OO0,OCO (Sl1 ,OOO.-
0oO) more to other foreign oblga-
tions.
After dwelling at length upon the
diminishing revenue of the country
and the great number of outstanding
obligations of the country. the pleni-
potentiarics propose to set aside 49,
100000 tacls ($10,0GO, ,OO0) annually out
OF 70,000.00O tacls (S5O,O00, ,OOO) to be
paid to the powers in monthly INSTALL
mcnts until the sum agreed upon is
made up.
Those best acquainted with the con-
ditions of the Chinese treasury are
impressed with the fact that the
country can do no more. Ii Hung
Chang is very dcSirous to have the
bills of the powers examined before
The Hague tribunal, but has been
given to understand that should he
make this request the foreign occu-
patton will be continued at a cost of
several million taels per day until the
examination is concluded.
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
Revolution Spreading.

Berlin, May 14.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Lokal .A.lzciger
says: "The revolutionary movement
among the laboring classes of Russia
is spreading. There have been 400
arrests of operatives during the last
few days and number of editors, as
we'll as women, have been arrested.
Two professors, who were placed un-
der arrest. have been transferred to
positions in the interior"
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
Street Cars Collide.

Pittsburgh, Pa, May 11.-As a re-
suit of Il street car collision Friday
night at Brnshton one man is dead,
three others were badly injured and
both cars demolished. The accident
was caused by the burning out of the
motor on the Frankstown avenue car,
which resulted in the loss of control
and allowed it to dash down n steep
hill and crashed into car No. l74 on
the Hamilton avenue line, which was
standing on the switch. Several per-
sons were slightly injured. none fa-
tally.
The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
A CLOUDBURST.
Grent Damage nnd some LOSS oi
Life by Overlooked Creeks in
West Virginia..

Wheeling, w. Va. May ia cloud
burst east of Wheeling Friday night
caused the ovcrilowing OF Peters,
Chapcl's and Woods runs, tributaries
of Wheeling creek. At Trindelphin,
the Baltimore d Ohio tracks were
covered with water for several
hours and trains were held up, in
cIuding two passenger trains. At
Greggsvillc II little child, name un-
known, is said to have been washed
away and drowned. between Greggs-
Vile and l.cnillcrwOOd. n suburb, the
wall of water came down ten feet in
height, taking bridges. outhouses and
logs. 1t is feared several lives were
lost. but nothing definite can be
learned. In Wheeling the rainfall was
IL inches in 40 minutes.