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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

A New York man has been chosen
rs chief of the fire department at Ma.
nila. This is believed to be the fore
runner of an Irish police force at the
Philippine capital.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

New rules have been adopted for tho
government of golf tournaments this
season. The game heretofore has been
too exciting.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

The price of seats on the New York
exchange has tumbled to 100000. This
sxtravagant sum, however, secures
only way-back location.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

Scientists tell us that another ice
age is coming. AS it is still several
thousand years off there is no imme-
diate cause for shivering.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

Wealth doesn't always bring hap.
Diness, but It can generally furnish
q pretty, good imitation. -, l. = =
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

A new woman has been discovered
In Chicago. The defendant in a di-
vorce suit is described as a combina-
ton of vixen and angel.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

The best way to punish the. -erl'
sands will be to cut or their mission
~ supply.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

INV that lyddite has been found to
haY remarkable qualities that enoau-
gerk Friendly vessels 1000 yards away
troll the enemy's ships, it appears to
be i4ther more Of a boomerang than is
neeGed in the gentle art Of modern
van hre.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

S With Paderewski's wife along, do
the girls think his playing is quite
- heavenly as it used to be-?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

Another Spanish crisis has been
averted by blocking the wheels that
kept the Chamber Of Deputies in mo-
ton
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

v They are going to levy a tax on
novels in Paris. 1t might we'll be a
prohibitive one on some of them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

As a rule, stockholders do not kick
60 long as the dividends hold out.
Then they want to know, YOU know.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-18

Gilman in Quincy, ILL.,, kicked at
catf ind broke his own neck. The at
tempt merited some punishment, but
We IRE disposed to consider this trifle
fooHFevere. A broken leg or an arm
shd43d have proved sufficient lesson.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18
our OF WORK.


''0ut ofworkl" What pity is aroused
in our hearts at the sound OF these
wordsl No work! No wages No
bread! Around the empty board a
hungry. ill-clad father and mother and
thin-faced, starving little ones. a sad
picture! But it has to do only with
that which is Of the earth. earthly.
These are only clay bodies. that after
awhile shall return to the dust of
mother earth.
Out OF work-a Christian! Is there
any sadness in this picture? No work.
Comes ife's short day to its closet No
wages! No gems! No mansionsl No
scepters! No crownsl No, not so
much, perhaps, as the penny at the
close Of the day, A poor beggarly,
lean. hungry, soul-starved Christian.
Eiernally poor, without hope fever at
tanning riches, for the day Of work is
past and over. Does this picture arouse
any pity? Yet he is without excuse.
Not that he could not work, but that
he would not, for "the harvest truly is
plenteous, but the laborers are few"
Yet so it is. Multitudes OF Christians
out OF work. Whole churches out OF
work. seeking only present earthly
comfort and pleasure. No work. No
pay. Hunger. Starvation. Death.
Faith IL it hath not works is dead"
So, too, is the Christian out Of work.
"Wby stand ye here all the day idle?"
Are you out Of work?-W. Russell Col
lins, in n. Y. Observer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18
THE TWO
SOLDIERS
copwsoAs isos. By Edvsn L. Sabtn

TT was brilliant holiday store,
the windows and the shelves and
the cases ablaze with filigree
y and thronged with dolls and
dishes and engines and trains and
skates and sleds, and hobbyhorses
that galloped. and cows that moocd.
and mice that ran, nnd-and every
thing, absolutely everything, that ever
enters the most rapturous Christmas
dream.
In the center Of the large show win
dows, fronting upon the gay street,
stood two soldiers, They We're by all
odds the finest soldiers In the store,
much superior to the personnel com.
posing the different troops and regi.
ments and companies stationed here
and there along the aisles. The pair
were made of tin. to be sure; but they
were of heroic stature. eight inches
tall, richly uniformed In black and
yellow. and could be wound up 30 that
they would present arms several times
In succession.
The other soldiers, poor things, were
compelled to remain the whole time at
a carry" or right shoulder" with
out relief.
Naturally these two soldiers were
proud and OF aspirations reaching be-
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18
NOT AS THE WORLD GIvETH.
christ Gives what IL Lasting, What
l. Real, What Is of Abundant
Ulessfnx.

mot as the world giveth, give I
INTO you," said Christ. and many de-
'out soul has come to realize the mean
ng OF this statement only after life
ong service. In the first place. Chris
gives what is lasting. what is real, what
OF abundant blessing But there is
another way in which He gives.
The world must have in sight the
good result OF anything. otherwise it
,as little use for ii. Christ gives often
rich blessing in the guise of misfor-
tune. One is suddenly turned from a
cherished purpose; life that prom
lsed great things becomes limited in
its power, from an earthly standpoint.
Christ is not giving ii success as the
world would do. He understands
what pruning will do for the vine, and
what the fruit will be.
Sometimes most useful life is sud-
denly brought 10 an end. "for so he
giveth His beloved sheep" and we say:
God has use for it elsewhere. True.
but that is not all; God has use for
even the death of good man or wom-
an. for some souls uplift others more
In death than in life. precious in the
sight Of the Lord is the death OF His
saints"
But Gods gifts do not end with
those wrapped in the darkness OF mys-
terry, gifts which are to be received
with submissive faith. At the last
when in the evening it is light-these
things are known in their true rela-
tion to life. Then lie gives again, but
mot as the world" for now It Is
beauty for ashes, the oil Of JOY for
mourning, and the garment OF praise
for heaviness."-Uniou Gospel News.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18

hands Of a little boy. sure enough. but
he wasn't allowed to hurt me. See. l
haven't mark on me-" And he ex-
hibited himself proudly.
True, he was still In dress parade
condition.
'Thunder and Marsr' chucklcd the
first. "And look at mel DO you mean
to say that you never were stepped
ONT"
"Oh. no." replied the second. II
didn't lie around ON the floor. was
put away just rs soon as he was done
playing with me. His mother had
made him very orderly little boy"
80 you never stayed out all night
in the hall or In the middle Of the sit
ting room"
"Never." said the spick and span SOL
dier.
"And did he shoot at you with his
rubber gun everr'
"Never." said the splck and span SOL
dier.
"And be didn't bite you to see how
sort you werer
"Never." said the splck and span SOL
dier.
"or drag you about among the chairs
with a stringf"
Never" said the splck and span SOL
dier.
"0r sick the terrier on your
Mover"
"or take you to bed with him and
roll on your"
'Never. | was always placed on the
shelf In the closet"
'Or kick you or whack you or throw
your
''Never. watch-I can present arms
as well as ever"
"or kiss you and hug you with all
his might and cry FOR you when he
was sick through eating too much
candyT
"Never. He used to forget me en-
tirely for days and days Did your
boy really do all that to your
"Yes,. all that and more" answered
the battered soldier softly.
And did he kiss you. you sayr'
asked the spick and span soldier bit
wistfully.
"Yes: he kicked me and he kissed
me-" laughed the first.
"And did you enjoy III" pursued the
second curlously.
II had the time Of my life." declared
the other How did you and things
up to your expcctatlonsT
The spick and span soldier hesitated ;
then he replied:
Possibly. can't complain. But
but somehow grew dreadfully en-
nuled. ! almost longed at times for
more excitement. more energy. We
got tired OF one another. After a day
or 10 we exhausted all our progra mme
OF proper exercises. and he was so eau.
tious OF wearing me out that I was
laid aside. and-and. finally. here
am. | don't suppose he even knows
that I'm gone"
Dear meP' mused the other. I'm
glad my little boy was not like yours
or course there are the knocks; but,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

Where man can do most good is the
highest spot OF service in this world.
-Watchman.
God is not an oriental despot. To
find out His character and motives
study Him as He was manifest in the
fesh."-InteTior,
There is a great need for the revival
of religion in the family. Religion as
well as charity begins in the home
United Presbyterian.
1t is good to do the right thing. but
Il is still better TO want TO do IT. Many
lone stumbles or drifts into right ac-
tion. and so far so good. But no one
ought 10 be satisfied with drifting OF
stumbling al any time. He ought TO
know that he has done well because he
willed and worked to do well. To ig-
more ones owr- faculties is TO dishoDor
their Makers. S. Times.
A recent writer tells Of the worth Of
a warm heart. and says that a warm
heart is more attractive than a large
brain. A city missionary said to GER
tain man: ale is not much Of a man
4 you measure him In some ways, but
he Is worth 4 hundred dollars year as
kindling-wood In a prayer meeting"
The world needs warming, and the
Christian with but one talent can carry
with him a warm heart IL he will.-Bap-
tist IulOL-
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18

SHE TOOK THE CRIPPLED BOY IN HER ARMS.
not been able to find her way back to
the camp, and how she feared the
wolves would devour her before any
one should come to look for her. Then
she told Baboushka that her name was
Vasallssa.
Baboushka clasped the little wander.
er to her great motherly heart.
That. indeed, the wolves shall not,
my dear little Vasalissa. | cannot give
thee back to thy aunt. for know no
better than thou dost where this great
company OF men and women may be
camping for the night. But thou shalt
go home with Ossip and me. Thou
shalt share our fire and our porrldge,
and all that Is mine thou shalt share
with ossip. | can keep the wolves OF
hunger and cold away, and II thy aunt
comes to claim thee she shall find thee
rosy and happy"
Then Vasallssa quickly dried her
tears, and with her hand clasped In
BabOushka's she trudged cheerfully
forward until they came to tiny little
cottage set back from the road a short
distance. In Its one window a lamp
was burning brightly.
The window aud the lamp belonged
10 Baboushka's cottage. She pushed
Its unlocked door open. and the chill.
dren entered with her into clean
swept well warmed room.
A large chair was drawn close up TO
the hearth. AS Bnboushka entered she
glanced eagerly ut this chair. aud again
she muttered under her breath:
u had hoped be might have come
while ! was out"
Good mother" Osslp asked. why
do you leave lighted lamp IN the win
dow when you go away
$50 that" she answered, should any
one go astray In the cold and the dark
be might fnd his way to my poor
cottage And now let us SEQ II the bean
broth has kept warm all this time. I
made II before | left home In the early
morning hours 80 that II any wander
ers found their way hlther they might
not leave my roof hungcred."
The bean broth had kept warm. She
bade ossip throw a few more fagots
under the pot and set Vasalissa on a
stool In the warmest nook. Then she
brought three bowls, filed them with
the bean broth and put them on the
table. Over them she asked blessing.
Before her own wooden spoon had
made two Journeys from bowl to lip
she heard q timid knock at the door.
She ran quickly to answer H. A tall.
pale lad stood outside. In his arms be
carried & small mite OF a boy, about
whose shoulders was wrapped n worn
and soiled woman's shawl
The tall. pale lad looked into the FIRE
lighted room with longing eyes. His
teeth chattered with the cold as be
asked: Good mother. may we ask
shelter for the nlghti The cold bites
bitter hard. and my little brother Pc
rusha s but a sickly cripple"
Then Baboushka opened wide her
door with an eager hand and fast beat
ing heart Perhaps. at last, this was
the child What she said aloud was:
THAT indeed thou mayest But why
art thou abroad on such q bitter might
with the little oneY'
she took the crippled boy IN her
strong. loving arms and carried him
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18

care for him as though he were my
very own. | am called Baboushka.
and keep my promises"
Then Katoma, the moujlk, died hap
~. for he knew that Baboushka was
q friend to all little children, and when
she gathered ossip close into her moth
erly arms when the end came the child
ceased weeping for his dead father.
Whom Baboushka and ossip were
well on their way to the old woman's
bone, In the next village. they heard
q pitiful sound Of weeping somewhere
on the tree shadowed side Of the road.
The old woman stopped at the sound.
I'VE will go and see who is In trou-
ble. Osslp. Our eyes and ears should
always be kept well opened so that no
sign OF distress may escape US"
Guided by the sound. they came to
Q stone where, wailing and shiyering
IN the darkness OF the winter night,
they found a little girl scarcely as
large a. Ossip. who was not at all well
grown for his eight years
Baboushka knelt down By the child
and, gathering her cold little feet into
Q warm clasp. muttered:
-Prhaps this Ia the child"
Then she said aloud, What 10 thy
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18

jim ApthSdlllJ uulucu hulU
ma lay dying In little village in far
away Russia.
Katoma knew that he was going to
die. 1t was Christmas eve, but there
was no gladness in the season for him.
His wife, whom he had loved very
dearly, was already gone. For three
consecutive years now his crops had
failed. A few weeks before the wolves
had devoured his last COW. II he had
been entirely alone in the world he
would have said to death, Come; thou
art welcome"'
But there was one other his boy
Ossip. The idea of death became ter
rible when he thought of leaving his
boy all alone with not copeck TO bless
himself with.
When l tell you that it takes 100
copecks to make a ruble and that
ruble is less than co cents. you will
understand how dreadfully poor Ka-
tona was
He could not die peacefully for think
Ing of Ossip's future. His dim eyes
turned fondly toward the pillow by his
side. which the boys thick black hair
almost covered. Ossip lay motionless
IN sleep. The sick man put one feeble
hand upon his boys smooth forehead
and silently commended him TO heav-
ems care.
The house was very still. The hour
was late Ossp's healthy. regular
breathing was the only audible sound.
If only kind heaven would raise up one
friend for his boy out Of the millions
OF good people this big world swarmed
with. Katoma felt that he should not
mind how soon he was laid away un-
der the frozen sods.
While his hand rested on Ossip's
head and his heart was filled with
these anxious thoughts the door OF the
hovel opened softly. The mouJik
turned wondering eyes in that direc-
ton, and there, coming noiselessly to-
ward him across the beaten earthen
floor. was tall woman with soft
brown eyes full OF plying tenderness.
She came close TO the bed, on Ossip's
side Of It, and. looking down upon the
sleeping child, she muttered:
Perhaps this is the one at last"
Katoma looked at her anxiously.
whence came you, good mother.
and what seek your
Across the sleeping boy she an
swered softly:
81 have come for 0ssip. They told
me in the village that thy days were
numbered, and knew that Ossip
would need friend. will love and
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18

GUARD MoUSrr
yond their present narrow quarters.
They pined for wider sphere. As
they stood and stared with stern, fixed
gaze through the plate glass into the
gay street they talked together In toy
language, and none, not even the most
versatile llnguists among the people
passing and repassing. knew that they
talked.
"Oh, TO get away from this eternal
guard mount over a lot Of fripperyr
sighed the one.
with all my hearth agreed the
other. "The monotony Is frightful"
I'D give half my solder to receive
orders 10 report TO some little boy"
continued the first. "oh. for q changer
But the majority OF little boys are
30 rough and careless" responded the
second. II understand they scratch
you and bend you and otherwise NAL
treat you without cause. and soon
you're done for. prefer duty OF n
more quiet instructive nature. where
! may teach by means OF my depOrt-
ment rather than by violent action"
well. should enjoy n hard drill
and tussle. believe" asserted the
first.
"Our organism is too fine for such
active service, my lad" indulgently
corrected the second. Manifestations
aud dentsi No. no. Give me a post OF
more elegance. where my uniform will
be treated as II deserves"
Christmas day had been over and
gone a month when after their separa-
ton the two soldiers again encounter
ed one another, but this time In a great
heap OF rubbish at the city dump.
where the dump man had unwittingly
thrown them out.
"Hurrahl Hello. old chapw e1ciaim-
ed the first soldier delightedly.
"Hellow returned the second, with
rather more reserve "Goodnessl Been
through the Seven Years war;"
Well might he put this query. The
other soldier was a perfect wreck. lie
had lost an arm and a foot. his head
was sharply inclined forward upon his
chest, be had only one eye. his body
was twisted aSkew. his gun was bro
ken. his cap was missing. his features
were battered and distorted. and as for
his uniform Of black and yellow-there
was hardly n spot Of paint on himl
T-rve been having my tussle." an
nounced the FIRST. with cracked laugh.
But you-why. you evidently found
Just what you were looking for"
"Yes." explained the second. Il fell
into an excellent post. II was the
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18
[Sa44ElIS5tHkz;;.,,,.,
&| |assss:.44l,ll
ALONE WITH GOD.

Grant me. o Lord. a little while
To sit At Thy dear feet.
The day is drawing to q close,
And light and darkness meet
Thou knowest. o my Father kind.
All that this day has brought.
with labor. weariness and care
Its hours have been fraught
Thy guiding hand. o Lord, this day
earnestly have sought:
pant to know Thy blessed win
In me is being wrought
!! fain would look into Thy facA
And see Thy gracious smile.
oh. hide me In Thy tender love
And bid me rest awhileI
And SO. my feeble strength renewed,
Rejoicing. I'll go on
from strength TO strength until at last
The heavenly rest is won.
"A. NJ. G. Hicks. in N. Y. Tribune
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18
HOW BABOUSHKA
FOUND THE
CHRIST CHILD


name, little one, and what doest thou
here alone In the bitter nighttimeT'
At which the child's tears flowed
afresh, and between her sobs she told
the kind. soft eyed woman how she
had been travelling with a great COM
pany Of men and women who were
leaving their own village to seek bet
ter land across the seas - our own
blessed America, make no doubt -
and how, when they had encamped for
the night, her aunt, who was the only
relative she had in the world, had sent
her into the woods to gather fagots to
put under their soup kettle, and how
she had wandered so far that she had
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18

When the plainly dressed woman
entered the crowded car all the young
men were too busily engaged In read
ing their newspapers to notice her.
Seeing which, the somewhat elderly
but well-preserved bachelor near the
door arose.
Take this seat madam" he said.
touching his hat
well. should say notl" shs replied.
Indignantly. you're 6id enough TO Be
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18
LOOKING FOR
SANTA CLAUS

The snow was falling on the noun
tains. hiding their tops In misty veil.
and the air was full OF whirllng flakes,
which were rapidly covering the brown
earth with carpet OF white and oblit-
Grating the trail up the mountain side
where trudged, or, rather, stumbled.
along grotesque childish figure in
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18

Dear. good murmured drowsIlv aee.
Mr.. Santa ,,,,, a., It., o. I,,,a,n,.
over her:
Dear. good Mr.. Santa Claus,
want
When she opened her wistful, dark
eyes again. the same kind face was
bending over her as she lay on her cot
in the little brown house. her father
holding her in bis arms, while beside
her was the most beautiful doll OF
which she had ever dreamed. and,
clasplng It close TO her heart, little
Dorothy asked with reyerent Joy, the
dark eyes flled to over1owing:
Dear Mr. Santa Claus, is you God
tooT
CALLIK BONNEY MARBLE.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18
A Conlide~.te Child.

A child tried 10 upset an elder by
pulling away the chair as he was
qut To- sit down. The child was rep
inanded and asked what she would
ave done IL the victim had fallen and
hurt himself.
II should have fetched 8 gun she
said.
On being pressed 10 give reason for
this strange provision she said:
-would you bave him linser in agony ?"
-LondoR~G Globe.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18


her rag doll In the little % 0on WIS ao
brown hut which served find Santa
as shelter and home. Claus.
Santa Claus may not come here
now mother has gone." the little girl
said, "and II must be near Christmas,
so will find him. and perhaps he will
take me In his reindeer sleigh to see
mother and God"
Little Dorothy paused in her task
OF sweeping the one room OF their
home, and, putting some potatoes In
the ashes to bake. that her fathers
supper might be ready for him. she had
wrapped herself In his old coat, donned
her red hood and started out TO find
Santa Claus.
1t CHANGED that day that one of the
mine owners was down from the city
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18

oh. our companlonship was sweet!
bet he's crying for me at this instnnt.
poor ehum! Still. II is ns well that
am carted to the dump. am old and
dishgured and back number. aud !
wanted to 20 before he would cease to
miss me"
The splck and span soldier was Id
lent
iii. yiv soliloquiz ID the veteran.
with sigh and with chuckle. stifiy
rolling over on his back. I'm past re-
pairs, but II was sw eet-aye. II was
worth Il. I--haye-hiid-the -time-of
-my-life.-
And with his on eye he gazed
through ehink In u debris up at the
stars
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-12-18

on a tour OF inspection,
and. having seen Dorothy
on a previous trip. he
had. remembering anoth-
er little girl who was very
happy on Christmas eve.
brought down n Christ
mas box for Dorothy and
so strolled along with her
father as he started home
ward, that he might give
II into the hands OF the
little maiden herself. But
when they reached the
brown hut Dorothy was
not there, and when re-
peated calls brought no
answer the two men.
alarmed, started in oppo-
site directions to seek her.
Mr.. Golden following the
almost obllterated path
up the mountain side.
where. a mile beyond. ho
found the little one al
most buried In the falling
snow. and as he stopped
10 Lift her In his nrma nhe