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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-16
Not to Cannibals' Liking

A missionary of very adventurous
disposition was given an exceedingly
difficult post on one of the Fiji ISL
ands. He was instructed to limit him
self to one island, and not attempt to
extend his supremacy, as he would
probably become the star feature of
cannibal pate de foie gras or some
thing worse. The missionary obeyed
instructions for while, but his zeal
for conquest overcame his prudence.
He started off in little boat and
went to another island on tour of
inspection. He reached the island,
but before he knew what he was
about he was in the hands of the
cannibals.
Luckily, he had just recovered from
an attack of fever, and was thin and
emaciated. The shrewd cannibals de-
clined to kill him Immediately, but
gave him the best they had to eat to
fatten him up for the festive occasion.
Days passed by until he reached the
stage of perfection, and the chief an
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Work for Women's Clubs

ton of attire have become? Do they
guess the heartburning of the women
of slender purse who belong to the
same club, attend the same functions
and whose aping of them, SO as to ap.
pear appropriately dressed, means
either weary, nerve-racking hours of
planning and midnight sewing or else
a living beyond the slender income
which brings nervous or moral col
lapse to the fond and overtaxed hus-
band? Do they know that to their
door may be laid unhappy homes, EN-.
beZzlement, divorces?
They declaim loudly against the
sweatshops, they talk ably on altru-
ism. Yet they are blind and deaf to
the need next door of simple ideals
of living which they, and they alone,
can supply. Heaven speed the day of
unselfish self-control in the matter of
dress!-Good Housekeeping.
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JAPANESE JoURNALIsM.
Rapidly Assuming Same Enterprise 10
". In America
Complies with the Pure Food Lasss
OF al States. IN

Rapidly Assuming Same Enterprise 10
In America.
Japanese Journalism IL developing
on Western lines, and with surprising
rapidity. The events OF the present
war are responsible for the extras
which are sold on the street in Amer
lean fashion. The newsmen are bare
legged, with sort Of napkin around
the head and small bell at the belt.
which rings as they go. When the
war news is lively the extras come out
in correspondingly lively manner,
one after the other, and are literally
patronized. The sensational reporter
has appeared there. as well as the fe.
male journalist.
One consequence of this is that
journalism here and there begins to
pay, where formerly 1t had to be sub
sidized as a matter Of patriotism and
public spirit. There is an English
column in all the papers, and English
is studied in all the schools. The coun.
try has 600 newspapers in all, and a
number Of them have respectively q
circulation exceeding 100000 copies.
AS guides and directors of public opin-
ion they are perhaps not inferior to
our own. Altogether, Japanese jour
nalism, though in its infancy, has a
bright future before it, and will likely
keep pace with the progress Of the
country it serves. Chicago Journal.
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/. WHAT'S THE USE
TO Keep : C coffee Complexion,

To Keep ! Coffee Complexion" q.
"A lady says: Postum has helped
my complexion 30 much that my
friends saysI am growing young again.
My complexion used to be coffee col
ored, muddy and yellow but it is now
clear and rosy as when / was q girl.
u was induced to try Postum BY q
friend who had suffered just Is had
suffered from terrible indigestion, pal.
pitation Of the heart and sinking
spells. s,s ss;s5s 81 II
/. after had used Postum 4 week L
was 30 much better that Il was
afraid it would not last. Bux now
two years have passed and / am 4.
well woman owe. 1t al to leaving.
on coffee and drinking Postum il ia
place. " II I'll
had drank scoifee ali my lie. u
suspected that was the cause ~ nv
tronble. buti " was not until 4 artuallys
quit COT md started to try Postum
|thnt I becams certain; then MI 4 ny ny
troubles ceased and Il am nov 1 wleSl}
|and strong again. & Name furnished
Nv Postum 40 ttle CrsSk. Mich. ss
There D ~ reason.
cox "a sach rac lkaxs "a II cory " U
the famous little book. The Road d.
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Man and Wife.

Buxton, N. OAK, Sept. IL Especially.
Mr.. B. L. Skrivseth of this place
has been added to the steadily grow
ing following that Dodd's Kidney
Pills have in this part of the country.
Mr.. Skrivseth gives two reasons
for his faith in the Great American
Kidney Cure. The first is that they
cured his wife, and the second is that
they cured himself.
81 must say" says Mr.. Skrivseth,
that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best remedy for Kidney Trouble I
ever knew. My wife had Kidney Dis.
ease for years and she tried all kinds
of medicine from doctors but it did
not help her any. An advertisement
led her to try Dodd's Kidney Pills.
The first box helped her so much that
she took eight boxes more and now
she is cured.
Il also took three boxes more and
they made me feel better and stronger
in every way
Dodd's Kidney Pills have never yet
failed to cure any Kidney disease from
Backache to Rheumatism, Diabetes or
Bright's Disease.
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There is serious missionary work at
hand for the womens clubs-work
which ought to be undertaken with
out an hours delay. 1t is that of
bringing well-to-do and fashionable
women to a realization of their re-
sponsibilities in the matter of dress.
Every year the fashionable fabrics are
getting more expensive, every year
the trimmings and the findings" for
the simplest costume mean a greater
outlay of money. Not only are street
and evening gowns more elaborate,
but fashion is now debating costly
toilets to take the place Of the simple
aud appropriate morning gown. And
this at time when the cost OF mere
living is ruinously high.
Do women with money and position
realize what a far-reaching source Of
evil their extravaganza and elabora.
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my part-my happy part to do 90.
Hyde looked at her with an intens0
interest. He wondered II this angelic
little creature had ever known the
frailties and temptations of mortal life
and she answered his thought 90 III
he had spoken it aloud:
Yes. cousin, have known all
temptations, and come through all
tribulations. My soul has wandered
and lost Its way, and been brought
back many and many a time, and
bought every grace with much suffer.
ing. But God is always present to
help, while quest followed quest, and
lesson followed lesson, and goal sue.
ceeded goal, ever leaving some evil
behind, and carrying forward some of
those gains which are eternal. But
why do you look so troubled and re-
luctant?"
Before Hyde could answer, the Earl
came into the room and the young
man was glad to see his father.
my dear George" the earl said, 81
am delighted to see you. / was afraid
you would stay in the city this dread.
full weather. Is there any news?"
"A great deal, sir. l have brought
you English and French papers,"
II will read them at my leisure.
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81 Will Go Home

b e s (. . =
Then to the door woman came,
With lint-white hair and wrinkled face
Her slight form bent by many cares
That early stole her youthful grace.
You are a stranger. sir, think,
Though 1 have not my glasses on;
And, oh! wonder If perchance
You bring me tidings of my SOM"
81 am your son! Oh, mother. see!
Your very son, who roamed away;
I've wandered long in dreary lands;
L come prodigal to-day"
She drew him in across the hall.
White. trembling. faint with ecstasy.
And cried unto helpless man:
'Cur sons come home! Father, oh see!'
The past was all forgiven, for such
Is love the whole wide world around.
A welcome waits the roaming son
Who comes from earths remotes
bound;
But love- with all its power, cannot
Recall the useless. wasted years,
Nor bring the .luster back again,
TO eyes washed dim by many tears.
Emma A. Lents.
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remark: II this deuce OF hearts were
the ace Of spades I'd open 1t for the
limit. BY this time the rest Of the
players usually begin to get a glim-
mer Of the hope that ultimately he will
pass. so they throw up their hands In
ITO the deck. Then it is a good idea
for him to slide in a blue chip and
add: Hold on! Here's pair / didn't
see. ! open it."
II perchance he really does pass he
should never fail to reach over and
grab the pack: for how can he hope
ever to master the noble science Of
poker unless he each time makes an
autopsy to determine what every
player would have got in the draw II
he had opened it and all had stayed?
AS soon as possible he should play
out all his red and white chips. If he
can't do this fast enough in the or.
binary course of the game, he should
change out every blue that happens
to be thrown into the pot. The ad.
vantage Of having only blue chips be-
fore him is that when he wants to bet
white he can go shy and maybe the
other fellow will forget it or be too
polite to mention so small matter
believe it was Benjamin Franklin
who said that a penny saved is penny
earned; and Benjamin Franklin was.
you know, a great philosopher.
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HUGE Rock-BlTINe DREDeE.
One Man Can Dig Seven Cubic Yards
Per Minute


Per Minute.
The Susquehanna Iron company's
dredge is the largest of it's kind on
earth. Its work is laid out near But.
falo. This dredge looks like a giant
mud dredge, and is built on the same
principle as an ordinary horsepower
steam engine. Its anchor or spuds are
made of great dragon fir fifty three
feet long and forty-four inches throug
feet long and forty-four inches
through. 1t has dipper or dredge
with a capacity of seven cubic yards.
One man with a dozen levers before
him operates the entire machine.
The dredge of the dipper is armed
with steel teeth about FIFTEEN inches
long and six inches thick. The man at
the levers drops the great dipper, with
its great handle, down fifteen feet to
the rock bottom. Then he moves an.
other lever and the big engine down in
the hold gets under way. The great
steel cable attached to the dipper
quivers under the strain. There is a
sound of ripping and tearing and grind
ing, as If the earth were being turned
inside out, and up comes the dipper.
with its enormous nav chol1ed with
huge masses Of splintered rock.
q 1t has ripped up seven cubic yards,
and when it has been swung over to
the rock skow its mighty under jaw
drops and out tumbles powders
weighing tons. The teeth Of that dip
per bite out seven cubic yards Of rock
q minute Chicago Journal.
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nounced that he must prepare himself
Now, the missionary was rare diplo
mat, and he started to argue the ques
ton.
do you know" he said to the chief
"that l do not believe you will like
me after you have killed me. pro
pose that you taste me, and try me
and if you like me, then kill me. II
you don't like me, it will be a great
waste to kill me-"
The chief acquiesced, and the mis-
sicnary rolled up his trousers leg to
prepare for the knife. The chief
carved off a generous slice and i'm
mediately put it into his mouth. He
made a wry face and passed the re-
mainder of the morsel along to his
head man. This continued on down
the line, and all made gestures OF
disgust when they tasted the food
The chief then nodded sorrowfully to
the young missionary and told him
that his life was saved, as he was too
poor to eat.
The missionary had a cork leg.
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IT will go home, go home!" he said.
My rowing life has lost its charm;
I'VE found no place in all my quest,
So good as that old hillside farm.
am so tired of faces new,
And alien voices strange and harsh;
am is homesick as man
Eewilde1ed in midnight marsh"
And he went home, his heart outsped
The racing wheels beneath the train:
But OH. at last-the continent. spanned-
He saw familiar things again!
me very hills mis- young eyes knew,
The lighthouse on the rocky shore,
The valley with its river blue
What joy to be at home once more!
And there the farmhouse stood. set round
With rows Of goodly orchard trees;
The garden stretched it's sunny length;
Along its wallis were hives OF bees:
But, swift a strange dog leaped to meet
Him as he reached the lattice gate.
And questioned him with surly bark.
There where old Nero used to wait!
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CHAPTER X.
Life Tied in a Knot.

Lie Iied IN Knot.
One morning soon after the New
Year, Hyde was returning to the
Manor House from New York. It was
a, day to Cypress thought, and tighten
the heart, and kill all hope and energy.
There was monotonous rain and
sky like that OF past age-solemn
and leaden-and the mud of the roads
was unspeakable. He was compelled
to ride slowly and TO feel in it's full
force, as it were, the hostility of Ma.
ture.
But when he reached home and his
valet had seen to his masters refresh
ment in every possible way, Hyde was
at least reconciled to the idea of liv-
ing little longer. At least there was
Annie. Annie was always glad to see
him, and he had great respect for
Annie's opinions.
He heard her singing as he ap-
preached the drawing room, and he
opened the door noiselessly and went
in. He did not in any way disturb
her. She ceased when the hymn was
finished and sat still a few moments,
realizing, as far as she could, the
glory which doth not yet appear. Then
he stood up and she came towards
him. Hyde placed her in chair be.
fore the fire. and then drew his own
chair to her side.
Cousin" she said, II am most glad
to see you. Everybody has some work
to do to-day"
And you, Annie?" s
In this world have no work to
do" she answered. my soul Is here
Tor q purchase; when i have made 1T i
shall 90 home again. You know what
my father desired. and what your
father promised, for us both e .i
Yes. Did you desire Il, Annie." II
l III do not desire it now. 81 i shall
marry no one. will show you the
better way. Few can walk Ia I'll but
1 DR. Heslyn says. he thinks It mxy be
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Plant Sought the Sun

Z
ernoon q shutter shaded half the
window and the vine was set in the
shutters shadow. "a foot away was
the sunlight, warm, glittering, life.
giving, but where the plant stood there
was nothing but gloom.
During the four days the vine stood
In the shadow with the sunlight near
III. 1t did something that proved II to
have q faculty akin 10 intelligence,
II uncurled itself from III supporting
|stick, and like living thing Il
crawled over the window ledge To
/ the sun.
This vine 10 BE slIre, did not ~
curl itself ana crawl Nth i the RAPID
movements AZ 4 snate m move.
/ ments were, Ind ed. ~ slow MI to bs
|jmperceptible NAvert eiesss 1ockf..
about n overcame every obstacle,
ind finally II nv basking in the run;
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He opened the door noiselessly.

~ SHShSN esSS OO0I uOloStSSSIys
Give me the English news first. VIVA,
is it in substance?"
The conquest of Mysore and Ma
dras. Seringapatam has fallen, anC
Tippoo has coded to England one-hal
OF his dominions and three millions
OF pounds. Faith, sir, CORVALLIS has
given England in the east a compen
sation for what she has lost here il
the west"
ITO make nations of free men i:
the destiny of our race" replied the
earl
Perhaps so, for it seems the new
colony planted at Sydney Cove, Aus
tralia, is doing wonderfully, and tha
would mean an English empire in the
SOUTH"
Yet, l have just read a proclama
ton of the French assembly, calline
on the people of France to annihilate
at once the white, clay-footed colos
sus of English power and diplomacy.
Anything else?"
Minister Morris is in the midst OF
horrors uncomfortable The other
foreign ministers have left France
and the French government is desert
ed by all the world. yet Mr. Morris re-
mains at his post, though he was late
ly arrested in the street and his house
searched by armed men,"
But this is an insult to the Ameri.
can nation! Why does he endure it?
He ought to return home"
Because he will not abandon his
duty in the hour Of peril and difficulty.
think Minister Morris is precisely
where he should be, saving the lives
of American citizens, many of whom
are trembling to-day in the shadow of
the guillotine."
Il hear that Madame Kippon's
daughter, whom Mr.. Morris rescued
at the last hour, has arrived in New
York; and yesterday met Mr.. Van
Ariens, who is exceedingly anxious
concerning his daughter, the Marquise
de Tounnerre."
rs she in danger Poor little Aren.
ia! What will she do?"
(To be continued.)
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Though it has never been proved
that plants have brains, 1t has been
proved often that there is some power
within them whereby they combat
evil conditions and seek what is best
for their good. ,sy 81 +. 5ia &.
A resident Of Castle Valley. Pa, has
a vine that showed itself last month
to have, II not q brain, a substitute Of
equal value. This vine, q young one,
grew in a clay pot. a stick stood
"A the middle 81 the rot, and the vine
curled ZIP 1t. It was about two feet
in height /; In lengt uncurled,y Il
would have measured four feet.
Usually the vine was placed II. 4
south window every morning where
it ebsorbed all day the benefit Of the
suns rays. u # happened however
[Ithrongh n oversight tbat ono afts
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"Your behavior has been brutal,

"Your behavior has been brutal"
crown piece from his pocket and add
ed, "he gave it to me. When he took
the letter in his hand he looked down
at it and laughed like he was very
happy; and he gave me the money
for bringing it to him; that is the
truth, sure, Miss Cornelia."
She could not doubt it. There was
then nothing tSste done but wait in
patience for the explanation she was
certain would yet come. But, oh, with
what leaden motion the hours went
by! For few days she made a pre-
tense Of her usual employments, but
1t the end Of week her embroidery
frame stood uncovered, her books
we're unopened, her music silent, and
she declared herself unable to take
her customary walk. Her mother
watched her with unspeakable sym.
pathy, but Cornelia's grief was dumb:
1t made no audible moan, and pre-
served An attitude which repealed III
discussion. AL YET slle would NOT u
knowIsdge y doabt Of her lovers faith;
his conduct was certainly i. mystery
but she told her heart with pas
4 sionate iteration that II would posi-
tiyply be cleared uD. ~;
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MISTAKES OF GREAT PAINTERS

Accuracy Of Detail Not a Great Point
with Them.
There has been lot of talk Of late
about the blunders of novelists. Here
are few of the principal mistakes Of
great painters:
The painters Of two or three cen.
turtles ago seem to have troubled but
little about strict accuracy of detail.
In many cases their mistakes cannot
be attributed to mere ignorance, and
some writer's have attempted to show
that they regarded pictures in differ.
ent light from that in which we do.
Raphael represents Apollo playing
the violin, and has red lobster in his
Miraculous Draught of Fishes"
A Well-known Dutch painter shows
us Abraham preparing to sacrific his
son by blowing out his brains with a
pistol. In another Dutch picture one
OF the wise men is represented offering
to the Divine Infant a model of q
Dutch man-Of-war
Durer painted Adam and Eve ex.
PEELED from the Garden by an angel
,
Ucello, wishing to represent cham.
eleon, makes 1t marvellous beast, half
camel, half lion.
In famous picture Of Adam ana
Eve In the Garden of Eden, we see in
the background hunter In full cog
tune shooting ducks.
Paul Veronese places several Bene.
dicttne monks among the priests at the
marriage In Cana Of Galilee. Tintor.
etto represents the Israelites gather
Ing mamma armed with guns, and Pous-
sin has q picture Of St. jerome seated
Fin front Of a clock. sS3. sis
"a picture Of Sir Cioudesley Shovel
shoWs.sts the famous admiral with i
Roman c,iirass and sandals and al
ieighteenth century wig. Household
Words. II a
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CHAPTER ix.-(continued. J

CHAPTER lx.-(Continued.)
81 care not for such things. l am
a poor lord, If Cornelia be not my
lady. Grandfather, will you see Doc
tor Moran for me? You can speak q
word that will prevail"
Il will not, my Joris. II thy father
were not here, that would be differ
ent He is the right man to move in
the matter"
Il will see Cornelia for thee" said
Madame Van Heemskirk. Il will ask
the girl what she means. And she
will tell me the truth. Yes, indeed, ii
into my house she comes, out of it
she goes not until have the why,
and the wherefore"
Then good-by! Grandmother, you
will speak for me?" And she smiled
and nodded, and stood on her tiptoe
while Joris stopped and kissed her.
Very near the great entrance gates
of Hyde Manor he met his father and
mother walking. George threw him.
self of his horse with loving i'm
petuosity, and his mother questioned
him about his manner of spending
the previous Jay. How could thou
help knowing thy father had landed?'
she asked. WAS not the whole city
talking of the circumstance"
Il was not in the city, mother.
went to the postoffice and from there
to Madame Jacobus. She was Just
leaving for Charleston, and went
With hor IN tho ahoat
We'll, go forward; when thy faith
er and I have been round the land,
we will come to thee. Thy cousin
Annie is here"
THAT confounds me. could hardly
believe it true"
"She is frail and her physicians
thought the sea voyage might give
her the vitality she needs. We will
talk more in a little while. Go, eat
and dress, by that time we shall be
home"
But though his mother gave him a
final charge Ito make haste he went
slowly. The thought of Cornelia had
returned to his memory with a sweet,
strong insistance that carried all be-
fore it. He wondered if she was suf-
fering-if she thought he was suffer
ing-if she was sorry for him.
Poor Cornelia! She was at that mo-
ment the most unhappy woman in
New York. She had excused the
ten words" he might have written
yesterday. She had found in the I'M
expected return of his father and
cousin reason sufficient for his neg
lect; but it was now past ten o'clock
of another day, and there was yet no
word from him. The tension became
distressing. She longed for her
father-for a caller for any one to
break this unbearable pause in life.
Yet she could not give up hope. A
score of excuses came into her mind;
she was sure he would come in the
afternoon. He must come Then as
hour after hour slipped away. she
was compelled to drop her needle.
Mother" she said, Il am not we'll.
must go upstairs" She had been
holding despair at bay so many hours
she could bear it no longer.
The next morning she called Bal
thazar to her and closely questioned
him. 1t had struck her in the night,
that the slave might have lost the let
ter and be afraid to confess the acct
dent. But Balthazar's manner and
frank speech was beyond suspicion.
He told her exactly what clothing
Lieut.. Hyde was wearing, how he
looked, what words he said, and then
with little hesitation took a silver