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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-01
The Pioneer Express.
BOYS. BIRDS AND GUNS.

Boys, birds, small rifles and shot guns
make a bad combination It is bad for
the boy, because there $50. much dan
ger of the boy, or his companions. get
ting shot. Such accidents are only too
common. When the boy accidentally
shoots himselfit is certainly sad, and
when he shoots his companion, then it is
doubly sad, for, if the companion dies,
there is mourning for the loss of q young
life that might have been saved, and the
boy has taken a load Of remorse upon
his mind that will last until death. It is
aquestion which of the victims is most
to be pitied, the boy who handles his
gun carelessly or;the companion who is
shot. It is also bad for the boy because
the killing Of innocent birds is cruelty.
The boy who shoots Ia bird knows it IS
cruel. 1fhe has done it long enough, so
that he can pick up 4 poor, wounded
bird without his conscience troubling
him. then his heart has grown hard, and
that IS bad for the boy and will be bad
for the man when; the boy has grown.
That II il bad for the birds is self-evi-
dent. The upns scessary suffering caused
by thoughtless and cruel. boys on the
small birds; is al tp - realized by
placing ourselves mi iinati ion,
same position as Is stllll I,iyds, III is
h,, ,c:asunoti tbdk# 4 shey t have i III,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-01
5C.,ounty Gossip.


The following is some gossip picked
up by Rorapaugh OF the Herald and
printed in the Wednesday morning
edition..
Messrs. Crawford g. Co. Of Neche,
have moved recently into the johnson &
Donovan block, and have made some
nice interior Improvements.
1. J.Foster of Bathgate, one of the big
real estate dealers of North Dakota, is
going to put in a private electric lighting
plant in his house and buy an electrict
automobile. Foster always pays the
freight on land and everything.
The Bathgate Roller Mills people have
recently erected a nice warehouse, 4Ox5O
feet and nice and high. The mill is run.
ming very nicely and turning out a fine
product; capacity, $50 barrels daily.
F. D. Murney, of Hamilton, says more
barley is being sown than usual and less
flax; rs per cent of the wheat was in the
grounds last week. This is an index of
of what is being done in the state as to
the crop propositions.
w. A. Murphy, of Neche, and county
treasurer of Pembina county, bought an
interest in dry goods store the other
dav, just for diversion no doubt. Mr..
Murphy is now also connected with a
large hardware store at Neche, deals in
real estate very heavily, handles horses
sells insurance, and town property and
IS county treasurer, and has few other
small things going on the side. The
new store concern will be called the
Neche Mercantile company, and is
owned by w. A. Murphy, Frank Holmes
and F. L. Briden. Mr.. Holmes has heavy
banking interests and Mr.. Briden
does heavy line of work for the Great
Northern, being city agent at Neche.
Bathgate is now preparing to put on
the habilaments of mild boom in con-
nection, with The location of the blind
asylum there. In fact the boom is al
ready on. The new brick store which
will be soon up, erected by Messrs.
Hill & Manning will be something pretty
swell. Then party from the east will
put up another brick building near the
Hills & Manning property, and by rumor
it is said that that affable fellow, Sam
Watt, will overhaul the store now oc-
cupied by Hills & Manning, and engage
in business again; 'Bathgate people would
like to see Mr.. Watt engaged in business
there. t&
AS an indication that the boom is on
and things are doing at Bathgate one of
the prominent citizens stated recently
that "this town was more than likely
to have the county seat at no distant
date. He says that he feels sure the
county seat will come there and that
while Cavalier people have always felt
confident they were going to land this
plum, yet now they are very nervous,
and st. Thomas and Hamilton were not
now or had not been for long time in
the race. These are substantially the
views of one who has been keen OBJ
sever of affairs and whose opinions gen.
|erally carry some weight, and it is not
unlikely that quiet hunt is going on for
the county seat that may break out at
any time. In the meautime Pembina
may speak aloud.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-01

Entered at the postoface at Pembina as second
class mail matter.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
A Watch Made for Charles |.

A watch which was made for King
Charles I. of England Is, according to
the Philadelphia Record, in possession
of one of the inhabitants of that city,
and in good working order. It is OF
the oldest matchmaking pattern AMI
made entirely by hand. The case is
of solid silver and adorned with beau
tiful flagree work. There is an outer
case of copper and a leather cover
studded with silver. Within the case
there Is a silver bell on which the
hours are struck. and an alarm as
well. The watch had not run for years,
but a short time ago was given to a
Philadelphia expert, ant it is now run
ming well and keeping good time with
its single hand, 262 years after it was
made. The history of the watch Is
told as follows: When defeated at
Worcester, Charles Stuart escaped by
flight with his long cavalier locks cut
close and his royal person ignobly
disguised, and he wandered and hid
for six weeks before he reached the
coast and took ship for France. Often
has been told the story of his adven-
lures, including his hiding in the oak
at Boscobel and his ride to Bristol
as a serving man, with a lady on the
pillion behind him. One of Cromwelfs
officers detached the watch from the
royal carriage on the battlefield. It
was a valuable bit of booty and quick
ly caught the eyes of the victors. For
years it vas kept by Cromwell as a
personal possession. After the Resto-
ration it fell into the hands of Joseph
Kipling, Esq, of Overstone house,
Northants, England, an ancestor OF
Rudyard Kipling and an ancestor also
of the present owner of the watch,
who came into possession of it in its
handing down as an heirloom.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
A WONDERFUL MAN-MoNKEY.
chImpanzee In London Shows Intelll

ChImpanzee In London Shows Intelll.
gence Of a Human Being.
Performing monkeys are the rage.
There Is a wonderful man-chimpanzee
at the Aquarium in London. He was
found on the Congo river, is z years
old, stands 4 feet high and weighs
ffty-six pounds. II he lives. which Is
always an open question, for chin
panzees are exceedingly delicate, he
may reach the age of 40. He Is mar
veleusly intelligent and his instinct
for imitation is very acute. Whatever
he sees a person do he Immediately
starts to do himself. For example,
when he travels in the train he rises
and wipes the window with a handker-
chief SO that he may enjoy the passing
view, and when he Is taken to the
seaside he gets a bucket and spade
like the children and makes castles
In the sand. He Is curiously sensitive
and sobs like a child when roughly
spoken to. He Is most industrious
worker and his tricks On q tricycle. are
wonderful; he can ride q machine In
seven different ways. He dresses like
Q man, but distinctly dislikes the high
hat, preferring a sailor. He lives on
bananas, milk and cocoa.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
Cow az a Mail Carrier,

There has just died in the suburb OF
Melbourne an old Irishman of 80 who
could have supplied novelists with ma
terial for a score of stories of adven-
lures, says the London Chronicle. His
name was John Burk, and away back
in the '3Os, when Australia was only a
penal settlement, ruled in D%raconian
fashion by military officers, and long
before the discovery of gold revolu-
tionized the great southern continent,
he was the man who carried the
mails between Melbourne and Sydney.
There were no roads or railways then.
1t vas wild bush for most of the 500
miles. and Burk had to rely entirely
on horses to carry out his contract.
Once, having lost his horse. he rode
a hundred miles on the back of a cow
His adventures with blacks, floods,
bush fires, bush-rangers and runaway
convicts were innumerable. There is a
crudely written manuscript of his set
ting forth some Of them in the Sydney
public library.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
Exhibition OF Real cr;4.

The Rev. Prebendary Webb Peploe
OF England was a famous athlete at
Cambridge university in his day. The
following remarkable tale is told of
him: "a fall Of fifteen feet from a
ladder had SO severely injured him
that his life was despaired of. How
ever, by dint of medical skill and care
fui nursing he recovered a fair
amount Of health and strength. One
day, after having been confined to
bed for six months, he was told that
the university sports were fixed for
the morrow and that his college, be-
Ing somewhat undermined, stood
greatly in need Of assistance. He at
once pluckily jumped out of bed, en-
tered his name and succeeded in car
rying off the prize. After which," the
story ends, che went back to bed and
remained on his back for the next
twelve months"
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
Slave Ants at Work

"Slave Ants" was the interesting
subject Of the informal talk with which
a student Of the biological department
Of the University of Pennsylvania en-
tertained a number Of his friends in his
rooms the other night.
The young man had in a glass box
a number of ants of the warlike and OF
the slave breeds, and he was fortunate
enough ito be able to demonstrate the
work a slave ant does.
"See," he said, there is a slave
carrying it's mistress now!"
A sturdy ant had, indeed, another one
on its back, and was pushing along
manfully under the heavy burden.
"And here" he went on, sis a slave
feeding it's master"
The little ant in the next compart-
ment was carrying food to the big one
and laying it at his feet The latter
ate at his leisure.
"Some master ants" the student re-
marked, become SO lazy and good-for-
nothing that they rely entirely on their
slaves for food. If the slaves go back
on them they die Of starvation
Philadelphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
oLD.TiME CORN BREAD.
Other Points About Delicious South.
ern Cookery.

With good meal and a cook follow
ing the lessons and traditions Of the
old regime, delicious bread may be
baked of Indian meal. But we have
grave doubts whether it can be baked
as well in a stove as in an open fire
place. But, alas! of the latter only a
few remain.
An ashcake, Of course, must have
ashes. They are indispensable. On
the other hand, "1apjacks" need only
a well-greased frying pan; but skill is
required to turn them. That is done
by pitching them out of the pan into
the air and making them come down
flap ON the other side. The corn pone
may be cooked in a stove or range.
The hoecake was originally cooked
on a hoe in the fields and in the ne
gro cabins. A skillet will do well
enough for it. but must be well
creased at the bottom. So, too, with
respect to egg or batter bread. AS for
corn mullins, the appliances of a range
are admirably adapted to them.
we WISH SOAu0 mIll1OudlLO WOu1u III
up a Virginia country house in ante
bellum style, and, among other
things, have in it a big open fireplace,
a black cook in a Bingham dress, with
a red %bandanna on her head, and also
have a half-acre mint bed, an icehouse
and an old-time garden, filled with
raspberries and gooseberries, thyme,
sage, c~urrants and all ordinary table
vegetables.
When one of those old-tlme homes
and gardens and kitchens is restored,
and the host and hostess have entered
into possession, We desire to be listed
as a frequent guest, with a reserved
seat In the chimney corner. Then all
we shall want will be the zest, the ap-
petite, the voraciousness we possessed
when we could eat IS rolls and six
eggs for breakfast and consume a
whole watermelon between meals. But,
alas! it would be easier to restore old
walls and open freplaces than to
bring back the digestion and storage
capacity of a youth that's gone, of a
time that's past and a never return.
Richmond Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
HE SET A NEW FASHION.
No Tables at the Purple Dog, 80
"Tenderfaotn Got a Stool,

No Tables at the Purple Dog, 50
"~Tenderfeot" Got a Stool.
When was in Arizona last winter"
began the man whose anxious friends
thought his lungs were gone a year
ago and sent him West.
When you were in Arizona last
winter" interrupted a friend, "|Sou
learned to yell like a Comanche Fin
stead Of pining away"
you are slightly mixed a. to
tribes" said the man who was not a
"lunger," land besides that yelling
business is another story. What l
wanted to tell you about was that /
unconsciously set q new drinking
fashion in Tucson"
And what was that?" demanded the
chorus.
why, I got a high stool from the
luncheon counter in the rear Of the
Purple Dog and mopped up my whis-
key sitting In front Of a bar" he ex-
planned.
Would you believe that men would
come in, rest their elbows on the bar
and look at me for five minutes at a
time with those cold, keen, straight
shooting eyes men have out there?
They had never before seen such a
thing. Finally, they waxed- curious,
and sent a committee to ask me why
| did it.
I'm used to sitting at a table in
cafes drinking my liquor comfortably"
I explained. THE Purple Dog affords
no tables, and the whisky is about ten
times stronger than that they hand
over in New York. One needs to sit.
Before l left they thought the idea
a good one, and soon there were 30
many chairs in front of the bar that a
stranger on entering could not tell it
from the feed shop where Sambo
handed out buffalo steak and eggs"
But thought all the buffaloes were
dead" said one of the party.
We'll have a drink, and then I'll
tell you all about them."-New
York Tribune,
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
The Nestor of Enujneers.

Charles H. Haswell, whose EN-
gineers' and Mechanics Pocket-book''
Is known to engineers all over the
world, Is in his ninety-fourth year,
but a hale fellow yet. By way Of ac-
counting for his remarkable mental
and physical condition he says: II
take a great deal of exercise. never
drink ice water or touch condiments
and l use stimulants only in very
moderate quantities.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
CHIT BE GOOD IDEA.
Why Professor Advocated Changes In
College Curriculum.

why Professor Advocated Changes tn
College Curriculum.
Gentlemen" said the college presi'
dent to his confreres at the annual
meeting Of the Amalgamated AssociGr
ton Of Advanced Educators, gentle
men, / have a novel idea to suggest to
you"
Nothing Chicagoesque, I hopper"
said the editor from the coast.
NO." said the first speaker. "It Is
something decidedly practical"
Il object" cried the chief subscrip-
ton gatherer from the city on the
lakes.
THE objection is turned down."
said the chairman. Proceed,
brother"
"My scheme" said the first speaker,
"is to add an extra course to the usual
curriculum. / would call it the football
course, and devote the first six weeks
Of the college year to it."
Good" said the president from New
Jersey.
1T would be an optional course"
the first speaker continued, "and those
who didn't take it up would have moth
ing to do save to look on while the
others demonstrated their familiarity
with the study. Then 1 would have
the regular academic course begin on
Dec. l."
"And why" inquired the advanced
educator from the far south, "and
why do you suggest this changer"
Because" replied the first speaker,
because there's nothing doing in the
old school until the whistle blows On
the last half Of the last game Of the
season. That's why"
Whereupon the educators adjourned
to think it over.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known 3. =.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transact
lions and financially able to carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
WEST & TRuAx Wholesale Druggists. Toledo,
Ohio.
WALD1Na, K1NEAH & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Ii taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by eli Druggists.
Halls Family PILLS ore the best.
The barber should have no difficulty in
scraping an Acquaintance.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

sS~~~ ~~~~~~>>~~~~~ fit. When / began
taking Peruna l grew steadily better, my
nerves grew stronger, my rest was no
longer ftful, and to-day 1 consider myself
in perfect health and strength. My recoy-
cry was slow but sure, but I persevered
and was rewarded by perfect health
Mrs. Lulu Larmer.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a full state
ment of your case, and he will be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of The
Hartman SaEitarirm, Columbus. Q.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

WEST HAVEN, Conn., Eight months ago
took a severe pain In my back. The sample
box OF Doan's Kidney Pills helped me SO
much purchased two boxes am on my sec
ond box. Ny heart does not bother me as it
used to and l feel well.-SARAH e. BRADLEY,
No. BIT Elm Street, West Haven, Conn.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

Have you got nerves? Well, you ought
to have nerves. But they ought to be
strong nerves, good nerves. Does your
hand tremble? You are living too fast.
Does your heart dutter at times? You had
better call a halt. Americans live too fast.
They crowd toe much into a single day.
They nave too little leisure. The hospitals
and insane asylums are filling up. The
quiet, pastoral scenes of yore are becoming
rare. It's time that we quit this sort Of
business
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

The st. Petersburg police have dis
covereda gang Of thieves recruited
from young men moving in the highest
circles in Russian society.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

HOUSTON, Tx took the sample Of
poap's Kidney Pills with such great benefit
] bought a boz ct our druggists Used over
half and stopped, because my urine which
before had only come %dribbling. now became
50 free. / had medicine enough. had lum-
hago and the pills rid me of 1t. I should have
written sooner, but you know how soon a well
person forgsfs about being sick.-Mr. G. H.
noEscEE, No, ss19 McKsnny Ave-, Houston,
Tex.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

Bg-WR1TE TO DIR. TABOR MEG. Co., Peoria
Ill.,, for free sample Taber's Pepsln Com
pound, the guaranteed cure for Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and all stomach Ills.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi
ment, high colored, pain in passing, drib,
bling, frequency, bed wetting. Doan's
Kidney Pills emove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness,
headache, nervousness, dizziness.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

Miss Helen r"nGm3h, 1854 Grand Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
"There is nothing tte PerunO for that tired JeeLing Chtch gtUes goa
% o ambition tor york or play. ATerG prolonged illness about q gear Ago.
Ifdt unable to regain my health, but four bottles of Perunnm made a rvon-
dertuI change aud restored me to perfect health. As long 8 yow keep
y0Mr blood In good condition yOW y all right, and PerunG seems to Hi
the veins ctth pare heaIth5"I blood. Thoroughly endorse it,"
MISS HELEN WHITMAN.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

lamsure Plso's Cure for Consumption SAVED
my life three years ago.-Mns. TApi8Ae Bog
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

FALMOUTH, Val suffered over twelve
months with pain in the small of my back.
Medicines and plasters gave only temporary
Brown, Falmouth, Va.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

FITS permanently cured. No OTIS or nervous.
ness after first days use OF DR.. Klihe's Great
NerveRestorer. $2trlalb ottleand tgestisetxsO
DR.. R.H. KLINE, Ltd, 9s1 Arch ST., Phila. Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

Mrs. Winslow's soothingsyrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces iphspupns
ton ,allaYs pain cures wind collie 26c. Ahoktla
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
Not Averse.

He (facetiously)-A society belle
should have the right ring.
She (demurelyl-Wel1, have
hopes.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

CURTIcE, OIL had such; severe pain in nv
back that l could not walk. used the sam
pie of Doan's Kidney Pills Nth such good re-
suits sent to Toledo for another box, and
they cured me.-SARAH L. CoTTRELL, Cur
tice, O. =
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
Sailors Being Crowded Out.

Forty years ago one sailor was re-
CURED to every 10 tons carried by q
ship. Modern machinery has reduced
the proportion to one sailer to 500
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

Our W troubles are always the worst
in the world.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
HoW to Get Strong Nerves.

HoW to Get Strong Nerves.
First, repair the injury already done to
your nerves: The way to do this is to do
exactly as did Matte B. Curtis, Secretary
of Legion of Loyal Women, Hotel Salem,
Boston, Mass. She said in a recent letter:
Il suffered for over a year with genera
weakness and debility manifested in Sc.
we're headache and backache. | took four
bottles of Peruna, and for two months
have been entirely free from these mala-
dies
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

Money refunded for each package. d
PUTNAM FADELEss DYES II unsatisfaSA
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
CatGrrh In Spring.

The spring is the best time to treat ca
ta,rrh. Nature .renews herself every spring.
Inc system is reejuvenated by spring
%fectiye. A short course of Peruna, assisted
by the balmy air of spring, will cure old,
stubborn cases of catarrh that have resist.
ed treatment for years. Everybody should
have a copy of Dir. H~artman's latest book
on catarrh. Address The Peruna Medi.
cine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Lulu Larmer, stoughton, Wis,
says: '
HEnr tun warm I suHonaa IL
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

what I Told My Wife" Is the title
Of a new book. It is needless to So,
that IL ia fiction.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot Ease,
A powder to shake into your shoes; rests the
feet. Cures Corns. Bunions, swoollen. Sore,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot Ease makes ne
or tight shoes easy. At all druggists and
shoe stores, as cents. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
For two years l suffered with nervous

~
) trouble and stom-
ach disorders until
1T seemed that there
was nothing to me
but a bundle OF
nerves. I was very
irritable, could not
! sleep, rest or com
pose myself, and
was certainly unfit
to take care of a
! household. I took
nerve tonics and
nils without hama.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

Lots OF excuses are NOT worth thI
trouble 1t takes to make them.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

A day In the planet Eros Is Ave and Q
ln1f Lorr,
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

The finger Of scorn Is often o part OF
the hand Of fate.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
HOW A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ESCAPED
SPRING CATARRH BY USE OF PE-Ru-NA,
Nothing Robs One Of Strength Like Spring Catarrh.~-
Spring Fever is Spring Catarrh.
NERVOUS Pr0stratfon,

thousands Of cases might be quoted in
which Perqna has been used to rescue pso.
PIE PIE IRON on the perdition of deranged nerves,
ton p of b snem on the good, solid founda:
ERE County, New York, Hon. John VI.
Neff, IN a recent letter written at Buffalo,
New York, stated: Il was persuaded by a
TREND to try a bottle of your great nerve
tome: PERI "a, and the results were 40
gratifying that l am more than pleased to
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25
CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE,

O0ns aaney PILLS have leaped into Public favor because the people can write direct
20 ns mahers ana secure a trial Tree. Thus has been bulded the greatest fame
nd largest sale known to any Kidney medicine in the world.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-04-25

The average straight ahead motion of the
stars is now put at twenty-one miles a
second