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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
rhs Flax Plant.

Linen Ia obtained from the dax plant
a sniall. delicate annual with a tiny
blue flower. The plant Is pulled BIZ
hund III the summer. the seeds, known
In commerce as linsreti. being removed
and the straw subjected to various
processes to separate the dbrous part
which constitutes the linen. First It Ia
stepped in water aud then passed
through drying ani heating process
on revolving wheels until all foreign
matter is removed 1t Is then ready Tor
manufacture.
Flax has been used from remote ages
rs a textile fabric. especially III Egypt
Mummy cloths are often found to be
Of exceedingly fine texture. The CHIEF
linen producing countries Of the present
day are Ireland. France. Belgium and
Germany. The fax fiber is round and
Irregular, is very durable and is ca.
pablo of extensive bleaching Plain
linen has simple weave. with the
weft threads alternately interspersing
she warp ouas Wl,ra Zen with
!,attera It IS asu;liis go. ',...ulask.
As II clothing. IA -: ~: I, should
not be worn next IL. d. ...,:,,lse 1t is
Il very good conductor rf heat
Jute and hemp are from plants which
are used in manufacturing only very
rough materials. In form they resem-
BILE very coarse. inferior dax.-Ameri
can Queen.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
who Are .They,"

'They say; what say they7 Let them
say" said Bishop Berkeley. Who are
the they" thus so boldly apostro-
phized? We may say with one Of the
fathers. II know when you do not ask
me-" but how difficult it is to get near
er! We all have these mysterious
they" on our lips. and yet we cannot
define them. Yet. though we cannot
define '''they," partly because there are
so many Of them and partly because
none of the great elemental things like
time. love, death and sleep are capable
of definition. we can still know and say
a great dc:,i about they" '''They" in
Dolly W;.lthrop's mouth meant Provi-
dcnce. Il wouldn't speak Ill o. this
world" she was accustomed to say,
seeing them as put US in it knows
bert" In her sense it is Of course
rarely used. though the slang express
sion 'as good as they make 'em" re-
calls it. Still. they" has generally
slightly mysterious significance. When
we say 1t we allude to some power we
cannot define or to the incomprehensi-
bic element in some set Of people,
London Spectator.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
MYTHICAL a. Thirteen.

Modern occultists maintain that the
number four plays quite as important
part in mundane affairs as the mum.
Der thirteen, and for the following rea.
sons:
There are four cardinal points. four
winds. four seasons. four rules for
arithmetic. four conjugations and four
quarters Of the moon. Moreover. the
Olympiad lasted for four years. a pack
Of cards is composed Of four equal
parts and Of four suits. an hour is di-
vided into four quarters. and most
pieces of furniture have four legs. The
occultists even point out that every hu-
man being has four canine teeth. that
a fork has four prongs. that corpses are
placed between four planks and prison
sers&between -four WI als.g and that atHs
funeral the coffin is usually borne by
four persons.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
ChalkinR Sunday.

In the west of Ireland the majority
of marriages take place between Christ
mas and Lent-a great number of them
on Shrove Tuesday In the county of
Limerick it is customary on the first
Sunday in Lent for the bachelors and
spinsters who have allowed the festival
to pass without pairing to mark each
other on the back with a piece of chalk
or with chalked stick. The marks of
distinction are not rigidly confined to
eligible parties. but are often bestowed
upon boys and girls without regard to
their original significance.
1t is asserted that the custom pre-.
walls in other agricultural districts in
Ireland. that the chalking mostly goes
on when the people are going to or
from church and that in towns where it
is carried on to very great extent the
footpaths are white at night With pow
dered chalk.-London Telegraph. 5t,ss.,,s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
The Boyhood Friend.

Before he was elected to be the chief
executive of the Old Dominion Gov
ernor Montague Of Virginia met an
old classmate on the train. They had
not met for years. Mr.. Montague was
candidate for governor and the other
q plain country lawyer with a small
income.
What can do for you when I'm
governor?" said the candidate as he
put his arm around his friend. What
can do for you. old boy?'
Just what you have done now"
quietly replied the lawyer.
why. what's that?" said the other.
Simply put your arm around me
and call me old boy That's all
want" was the reply of the true friend
of boyhood days.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20

One of the chief joys in life is to
know men by whom you can swear. to
know man here and there over the
world Of whom you can say: ''Wher.
ever he is tonight. there he is helpful
truthful. sincere, wise. intelligent-an
educated gentleman; educated in every
faculty Of his being. in those things
which 60 to make the body thing OF
delight and beauty; educated in con
science. SO that even as the eye seeks
the light his conscience seeks the right
educated fully and completely"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
A Mere Mans Idea.

First Impressions are proverbially
dangerous guides unless one happens
to be of the sex which always has the
gift Of making its first impressions
rhyme with the ISSUE" says a recent
writer. But a woman always awaits
the issue before she contides her real
first impressions to the outside world
She may ''suy things which the male
outsider may mistake for her first i'm.
pres0&ns, but they are not her real
first Impressions. They come only after
the event. This. however. is proftless
DEPRESSION.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
saved By . Rinx.

Lady Catherine .Wyndham.s daughter
OF the Duke Of Somerset. wife Of Mr..
William Wyndham and mother Of the
first Earl of Egremont, died. as was
supposed. at Orchard Wyndhams. the
family seat in Somersetshire. and was
buried in vault beneath the Church
OF ST Decuman's. near WatcbPt. The
sexton went down into the vault ut
night. opened the coffin and endeav-
ored to force q ring of her finger.
Lady Catherine awoke from her trance,
got up and lighted herself home with
a lantern which the sexton had left
behind in the vault when he fed in
terror. A few months afterward she
presented her husband with twins. one
Of whom became Sir Charles Wynd-
ham and Earl of Egremont.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
A Family Name.

The teacher Of country school asked
his pupils one day If any of them could
tell him who Joan of Arc was
The question was followed by pro-
found silence. Some of the pupils star
ed at the teacher. and some turned and
stared at one another. as If seeking the
Information in the faces around them.
Finally boy burst out with:
Job. yes. ! know She was Noah's
wife."-Lippincott's.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
Curiou. Old Eneli.h Law.


1t is interesting to recall in connec-
ton with railway accidents that only
q few years back any instrument which
by accident was the immediate cause
Of loss of human life became in Eng.
lish law .deodand"-that is, became
forfeit to the crown. to be devoted to
pious purposes. This law applies to To-
comotives, but in course of time coro-
ners' juries, instead Of claiming the
forfeit, inflicted fine. In the year
1888 locomotive on the Liverpool and
Manchester line which by exploding
caused the death Of its engineer and
fireman was fined EGO, while the fol-
lowing year another engine on the
same line was fined f1.40O.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
A Justiaable Evasion.

One time when Sir Walter Scott was
asked If he wrote the Waveriey novels,
the authorship of which was great
secret. he said. mo. am not the au-
thor. and if I were | should say the
same" Mr. Gladstone thought this a
justifable evasion.
Sydney Smith once said Of some Of
his anonymous efforts. Il have always
denied it: but. finding that deny 1t in
vain. | have thought it might be as well
to include the letters in this collection"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20

The Siamese is said to be the most
delicate and expensive of all cats. 1t is
called the royal cat because. according
to Science Siftings, it has long been
bred in the family of the king Of Siam
1t is a short haired cat, which looks
curiously like dog. Its coat is pug
dog color and very short. firm and silky
more like dogs than q cats 1t has
black paws and nose and twist in its
tail.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
Horse sense.

During oeavy downpour of rain an
Irish farmer sent his boy to distant
field to bring home a horse. Some time
elapsed. and the messenger returned
without the horse.
Father-Didn't OF send We for the
horse. ye gamoch? Is your head In
your brogues?
Little Boy (drenched to the skim
Sure. he was standin' In shelter as dry
as ye loike. Bedad. he knows more
than the two of us.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
Fixurinr an p-o.,..,. I'

Figuring ON Prospects,.
"Whah's yoh father7" asked Aunt
'Cordelia.
Gone huntin'." answered Pickaninny
Jim. "He said you might as well git de
fire stahted an peel de taters fob fine
stew tomorrow"
Hum! Which did he take wifi i'm.
de gun or de dahk lantern T'-Washing-
ton Star.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
HI. rde. Of Pleasure.

yes: we went all over the continent.
but papa really only enjoyed himself
in Venice"
q "Ah. yes. no wonder! The gondolas.
st. Marks. the"
''Oh. it wasn't that. But he could sit.
in the hotel. you know. and nsh out OF
the windows"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
a Precautionary Measure.

Mr.. Kidder-Ah. how-der-do. doctor3
Il you have few minutes to spare i
wish you would come over to my house
and chloroform my youngest boy. &
DR.. Price-What is the matter with
the lad3
Mr.. Kidder-O Oh. his mother wants to
comb his hair.-Harper's Bazaar.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
wins. Else Were They For,

What Else Were They FOFS
Stranger notice that this part Of
the country seems fairly teeming with
horses
Anne Arundeiite Yessir And when
It comes to teamfn' they amt nothin'
much better t. team with than horses.
Baltimore American.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
Ea.,y Epouxh.

Johnnie" asked !, gentleman Of q
little kindergarten pupil. do you know
how to make a Maltese crossY'
Eyes. sir; sho' do.
We'll. tell me how you do It. =
why. you just step on her tail. -.
Exchange
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
rhe ~ a. ~ BirA.

Tu6 ny OF I1O UsF0s
''Oh. Mr. Jones. which Of the song
Birds are you most fond Off
Il prefer the hen. Miss Dorothy.
Ri. But the hen isn't singing bird.
Well It's the only bird Whose by
1cAre for.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20

The JeM loses us point when be Who:
inakes II HI the frxt 10 taugh Schiller.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
The Patient Ones.

Some men, said Uncle Eben. .sita
down an does i days IoAfln' m calls
II sbein' patient an resigned ~, Wash
singtOn Star 8G g r.. 5s5s:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
aaeA r,

HE ssOO0 = - Oaktn9 KIN x si$i
Il wish I had . rich father. 4
( Is Why r hi
Then I'd have some excuse for ~
tnR 90 worthless Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-20
they keep
FEET Warmer

4 merchant called
Recently at the Goodyear Rubber Co.'S
Store in Saint Paul for the
Purpose of ordering his Winter
Supply of Rubber Footwear
Alter picking out good assortment
~ Sold Seal goods, he was asked
~ the salesman, Nov, what
70 you want In cheap quality goods7s
The merchant replied,
NOTHING. used to keep cheap rubbsrs
And was always having complaints
But the people of my
Community have learned that Gold Seal
Sooos are cheapest in the end aud
now sell no other brand,
And customers are pleased"
Another Ar thing they are learning about
oid scar Rubbers is that they
Any other kind because they do not
ss ss.s L
Goods are AIDE of Pure Rubber, ~ 81,
nd hence will wear longer and
Keep feet warmer
CkR0 otkof kinda.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-30

annual loss in dividends on the basis
Of the present stamping power is es-
timated at about s9.OO0.O0O. These fig
ures are given to disprove the assertion
that the industry is being held back
purposely. The statement declares that
the stamps standing idle. if at work.
would be able to employ $500 more skill
ed whites than are at present employed.
while the local trade and coal accounts
would absorb sum of Sc. 100000 yearly
more than they now do. The engineers
report estimates that II, 12O new stamps
could be erected under favorable con-
ditiOns within five years, and adds that
the water question would present no
difficulty if the necessary capital were
subscribed. 1t was upon these figures
that the Chamber of Mines based its
demand for imported unskilled labor.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-30

John D. Rockefeller is having two
portraits painted. Probably one in oil
and one in water.--Washington Post.
Chollie Up-to-Date-Life is worth
living down in my office now. I've got
one of those visible -typewriters;
Wallie Catchon-Ah! The kind that
wear those lacy MISUNDERSTANDING. =.
mo, my husband isn't at home
said Mrs. Housekeep, he's out hunting,
as usual"
Indeed" replied the neighbor. "Af-
ter reed birds?"
Gracious! no; a cook. "-Philadelphia
Press.
do you take this woman for better
or for worse began the clergyman,
but before he could proceed further he
was interrupted:
TITS too early to tell yet" answered
the groom: you'll have to give me time,
sir."-Boston Post.
Little Fanny had been downtown
with her papa and had gone into a new
livery barn. At dinner she was telling
the family about what she had seen.
And mamma" she said, mfr. Kline
has a very nice new barn. It has
three stories and an alligator. Little
Chronicle.
Higgins-Wiat do you mean by fight
ing in the public street? .....@=.
Higgins, Jr.--Well, Tommy Sproul
said you were my father.
Higgins-Well amt your father?
Higgins, Jr.-I suppose SO, but a fell
Ter don't like to have it thrown at him
right out before folks.-Boston Tran
script. 49,
They Quit Even.--A red headed man
met bald headed man on the street
one day. The red headed man said to
the bald headed man:
Huh! there don't seem to have been
much hair where you come FROM
''oh, yes" replied the bald headed
man, there was plenty of hair. but it
was all red, and wouldn't have it,
Lippincott's Magazine.
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AID ULrERArIoH,s ARrFUL AID.

SADOLA &AAAAON'O AMI OL AID
1t has been stated that no adultera-
tons have been found in the imported
foods held UP by the government, but
DR.. Wiley. the Chief of the Bureau of
Chemistry of the Department of Agri-
culture, says this is not the fact, and
he knows. The examiners have found
authorizations in twenty samples, cover
ing wide range of food products, such
as preserved meats, particularly sau-
sages, and olive oil, wines, and pre-
served vegetables. The meats have
been found preserved with different
classes Of chemicals deemed injurious
to health, and forbidden in the country
where prepared. For both of these
reasons such meats have been. refused
admission to our ports. Shipments la
belled pure wine vinegar have been
found on examination to be made by
the oxidation of alcohol which had been
previously concentrated by distillation.
Wines have been found preserved with
salicylic and sulphuric acid in quanti-
ties prejudiciai to health, and have for
this reason been excluded. Vegetables
and fruits have been found preserved
in cans, with tops of practically pure
lead, which. unless the can was stand
ing upright, came into contact with
their contents. thus introducing into the
material lead salts which are extremely
poisonous. a
Verify in the midst of life we are in
death. But let us. battle to the end,
which cannot be far off, at the present
rate of poisoning.
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LABOR nv THE 1RANSV4AL.

They have an important labor prob
lem in the Transvaal. According to the
statement recently furnished by the
Chamber of Mines at Johannesburg to
the Labor Commission. the total avail
able supply Of native labor in the Trans
vaal amounts to 235, 500 laborers, coming
from Cape Colony, Orange River Colony,
Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Basutoland,
and the southern provinces of Portu-
guese East Africa. The number at
present employed is 1ss,90o. Present re-
ouirements are estimated at 35o.700 la
borers, inclusive of all the native labor
required by the Central South African
railroads. The shortage, therefore, is
1890. Five years hence. it is esti-
mated, $4,000 natives will be required
including S6s,00O for the Transvaal
mines. The statement shows that 7,145
stamps are now in operation, while the
number working in July was 3,725. The
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-30
BEUSDER.

Yesterday John Mitchell took bite
with the President at the White House,
but it is solemnIy announced that no
significance attaches to the. event con-
corning the Miller case, which is declar-
ed to be practically settled. 1t is said
that the labor men now realize that
they made a blunder in pressing the
Miller case. and that if they could be
assured that the whole matter would
end they would drop the prosecution at
once. There is considerable talk of a
congressional investigation. Such an
inquiry would raise the question, Why
have not labor saving machines of the
kind to be found in every large private
printing shop been installed in the gov
eminent printing Office? The introduce
ton Of typesetting machines would call
for new set of employees, and hundreds
of type settlers would be displaced.
Another disturbing factor is the strong
probability that the civil service blanket
will be removed as quick cure for the
disease and this would be followed by
the discharge of good men and good
mechanics for purely political purposes.
Another thing that would be discover
ed by congressional inquiry is the fact
that the printing office is run at an ex-
cessive cost. due not entirely to the
trade unionists, but to the poor system
under which the establishment is man
aged.
So the idea seems to be that it was
mistake to do anything that would call
attention to the wasteful way in which
the government printing Office is con-
Quoted and might lead to an attempt to
save some of the peoples money. .
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-30

full speed waianae and Makaha, the
chinaman never even stopped to ask
permission, but made flying leap from
the platform out into space.
Mahaula looked back expecting to see
the mangled remains of the
Chinaman. However. the fellow
happened to light on soft spot and for
a moment a cloud of dust was all that
could be seen. Then as the dirt part
ticles settled, the Chinaman was OBJ
served to be hanging head downward
from a wire fence to the side of the
road. He had rolled. bumped and final
ly landed in this position, his feet en-
tangled in the wire.
Mahaulu called to Brakeman Lloyd
Maitland, who Immediately stopped the
train. The magistrate jumped off and
leisurely walked back to where the
Chinaman was suspended, thinking he
would be easy prey, but the fellow was
very much alive. He performed few
acrObatic feats, disentangled himself
and then took across lots with the judge
follow ing in swift pursuit.
Close by was a big clump of glue
bushes, and into this the Chinaman
made a dive. The judge looked at the
thorns which were sticking out in such
a menacing way and then decided that
discretion was the better part of valor.
Mahaulu gazed about for assistance
and soon found it in the shape of the
Holt boys. who were out hunting with
guns that scatter bird-shot in every
direction when fired off. These young
men surrounded the bushes and Ma
haulu stood off at distance awaiting
developments. This was the scene the
passengers were treated to as the train
started again on it's way to Honolulu
Honolulu Bulletin. -. .,e,. .- @
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81 used to roam in ignorance
The former savage said.
Il did wildly heather dance,
With feathers on my head.
used to fight in heather style,
Unless my foe would run
But now l pot him at a mile,
For / possess gun.
"0h, it was terrible to see
Me in my former state,
But destiny looked after me
And led the hand of fate,
Until where once We sat and sang
Our prayers to the moon
The white man built big shebang
That he calls saloon.
enlightenment came here; she bore
Krag JOrgensen and Krupp-
In one weeks time / smoothly swore
And played at seven up;
The kindly men who took my land
Came from across the sea,
And said they'd take me by the hand
And make man Of me.
$50 now I'm not savage man."
He said, and wisely smiled,
with pagan eyes do not scan
The desert and the wild.
do not ramble any more
The wicked paths despised-
! blow the foam upon the floor,
"And I've been civilized"
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A BOUNDING CHINAMAN.
His Escape From Judge Archie Mahau-

His Escape From Judge Archie Mahau-
la.
The police department will undoubt-
edly hear from Judge Archie MahauIu,
of Walalua, some time during the day
or perhaps early tomorrow for he was
mixed up in very exciting occurrence
this morning while bound from waialua
to the city.
Judge Mahauia got on the early
morning train at waialua and took a
seat in one of the rear cars. 1t was in
sufferably hot and so the country
magistrate decided he would go farther
forward and seek one of the open cars
in order to catch what air there was
to be caught.
Having passed through number of
cars, the judge finally found one that
answered his purpose and was about to
take seat when his gaze fell upon the
countenance of a Chinarnan very much
wanted by the Waillua police, it being
charged that he attempted to cremate
alive child of the district.
The recognition was mutual and
simultaneous. The judge did not stop
to fish out his badge but made break
for the Chinaman. The heavy hand of
the law had all but fallen on the Gel
estials back when he made jump and
a run, making for the door of the car.
Though 1t looked like suicide to jump
from the train, now travelling along at