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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-07-22
What was this in the bed!

lay for long time between sleepine
and waking, the light from swinsine
lamp falling across her face, one heavy
black rose just brushing the pure
whiteness of her cheek.
Her husband worked in his labora
tory until the morning sun was gildins
the dOmes and towers of Florence
Tired out at last, by a prolonged and
unsuccessful experiment, he left his
work to go to his bedroom. AS he
passed his wife's room he saw that
the door was ajar. He reached out g
hand to close it, lest the morning
sounds through the house should dis
turb her; but in the act he caught g
glimpse of something by her bed
which made him turn faint with sud.
den nameless horror. The roses in
the malachite vase had become white
again, and were cleaning ghostly in
the pale radiance of the swinging
lamp. Knowing the nature of the moi.
sons imprisoned-he had thought for.
Eever-in the black roses, terrible
fear possessed him. In making their
escape from those petals, now Of limo.
cent pallor. where had they gone!
"Rosamond!" His voice shook as
he called her name.
There was no answer.
"Rosamond! Rosamond!"
His tones were now loud and terri.
fled. No answer came from the dark
shadow Of the bed. He drew nearer.
cold with apprehension. Something
very black was outlines against the
wilderness Of the linen. A great hor.
ror sickened him. For an instant he
paused. shaking as with ague. He
dared not 60 nearer. dared not look
What was this In the bed! BY !. SUI.
ipreme effort he reached the window.
curtain. and pulled it aside. The
morning light streamed in, revealing
the form Of his wife, quite dead. and
black as If carved out of ebony.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-07-22
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stroyed the rose perfume in the proc.
ess."
The loss is slight. love them,
these black roses. They fascinate me.
Suppose should decorate the wayside
shrine with them at the garden gate!"
"The peasants would stone YOU for
a witch, ! fear. No, Rosamond, keep
them In your bed-chamber."
Il shall put them by my bed now,
and ring for Santuzza to take away
these other flowers. l want my black
roses to reign alone"
She crossed the room, and from an
inlaid cabinet took out a Enthusiastically
carved vase Of rich green malachite
In this she arranged the roses.
How heavy they are! One would
think they were overburdened. How
well they suit the vase! They shall
give me rare dreams! You are not
going back to the laboratory? 1t is
past midnight. Isn't this achievement
enough for one day?"
Dearest, have another experiment
still uncompleted. Go to your rest
and dream of your roses"
He kissed her and went away, his
footsteps echoing along the stone cor.
ridor that led to the laboratory. She
stretched herself upon the bed, and
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The baroness of the lofty frescoed
room had been relieved by hangings
Of ancient tapestry where was por-
trayed in dim green tints, as of sea
depths, the story of Gree. Swinging
lamps and yellow candles, thick as a
mans wrist, In tall, ecclesiastical can
dlesticks, cast soft light DER the
sombre antique furniture. Great brasi
bowls of red roses made splashes OF
color in the deep shadows.
In a high carved armchair, by the
open wood-fire a woman sat, listen
ing and waiting. She wore loose
gown Of a soft, diaphanous material,
whose wilderness was thrown into re-
lief by the mantle Of black fur, just
slipping from her shoulders She, her.
self, was of strange type Of beauty.
the clear pallor Of her skin, like the
petal Of white rose, being in vivid
contrast With her Jet black hair and
dark eyes. She might have served
to personify night.
After time she arose and paced
the room restlessly, pausing a. the
great tapestried bed to turn down the
coverlet, and to touch with her lips
an instant the violets just beneath tie
ebony-anG-ivory crucifix at the beds
head. Then she drew aside the cur
tains of window, and looked out for
a moment on the moonlit garden. AID
on the lights of Florence, far below in
the valley. They had lived in the
villa already three months, she and
her husband, yet in that time they
had visited the beautiful city but once.
He was absorbed in his chemical ex-
reriments, and she was absorbed in
Tim.
She heard his step now in the cor.
ridor, ana her heart leaped with ex-
rectancy. He entered and stood for
moment IL the shadow, a youthful
figure still, despite his bent shoulders
and furrowed brow, and the look of
age impaired by the skullcap and long
furred coat which he wore.
For a moment she could not see
what he carried in his arms, but she
OWNED from his air of exaltation that
his latest experiment had been sue
cessful. AS he crossed the room, q
graceful figure in her long white dra..
|1eries, he held out to her his precious
burden, twelve coal-black roses. She
gave cry Of delight.
"Oh, Low beautiful! Basil, how
did you do it,"
He smiled as he watched her caress
the ebony petals with her write finger
tips, and brush their soft blackness
against the pale oval of her cheek.
"That cannot tell any one-even'
you! You wished for black rose.
Your husband is magician" he went
on playfully, "and you have your
hearts desired"
She sank into the armchair by the
fire, the roses on her lap, dark mass
against the delicate tissues of her
robe. Here and there the freight
caught the intense green of the un.
changed foliage.
"What are they like?" she cried,
holding one against her face. "They
are witch-fowers now, uncanny mid
night things. All! know. They are
like the son of Lucrezia Borgia."
Her husband adjusted the black fur
mantle about her shoulders.
''No, no, you must not call them ugly
names, sweetheart, for mean them
to personify you. You are dark
rose-with your midnight hair and
eyes"
'Du Dist vie cine Blume'? All,
the poet never thought of such now-
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Directors Were Dumbfounded.

DIRECTORS Were 0umbfounded.
5f Once there was rich mana very
rich. man-who wanted to do some.
thing handsome for struggling insti-
tuition of learning.
He called the directors together and
said to them:
Gentlemen, l purpose giving your
institution $5,0OO,600."
sSS But" they said, after they had re.
covered from their surprise, lit will be
impossible for us to raise the $10,-
100000 that will be needed in order to
secure your munificent gift"
You will not need to raise any
SIC, 100000" he replied; "the donation
will be unconditional"
Then the money will be invested
dn bonds or real estate, we presume.
and we shall be allowed to use the in
come in erecting new buildings and
paying running expenses?' they fall.
tered.
mot at ALL" responded the rich
man. '"The gift will be in cash, to be
used In any way you please, and when
1t is all gone there will be another
$5.0OO,OO0 at your disposal, gentlemen,
If you have spent the first sum wise.
~"
The directors consulted together in
whispers and then quietly sent for an
officer. \,
The man evidently was insane.
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BACK LICK.
Settled the Case With Her

7. Settled the Case With Her.
Many great discoveries have been
made by accident and things better
than gold mines have been found in
this way, for example when even the
Paccidental discovery that coffee is the
real cause of ones sickness proves Of
most tremendous value because it To-
Gates the cause and the person has
Hthen chance to get well.
"For over rs years." says Missouri
woman, II suffered untold agonies in
my stomach and even the best ply
sicians disagreed as to the cause with
sout giving me- any permanent help,
Sdifferent ones saying it was gastritis,
neuralgia, ETC., so
! dragged along from year to year, al
ways half sick, until finally gave up
BALL hopes of ever being well again.
when taking dinner with a friend
hone day she said she had a new drink.
which turned out to be Postum, and
l liked it SO we'll / told her thought
would stop coffee for awhile and use
bit, which l did. 3 s.} @ 5.
$50 for three months we had Pos
I'm in place Of coffee without ever
having one of my old spells but was
always healthy and vigorous.
Husband kept saying he was con-
yinced it was coffee that caused those
SPELLS, but even then wouldn't be-
ieve it until one day we got out Of
postum, and as we lived two miles
from town l thought to use the coffee
I've had in the house. fJ3:; is!..S ! ;sssss
s.The result of weeks use Of cof-
Zee again was that had another ter.
rible spell Of agony and distress, prov
No that it was the coffee and nothing
Use. That settled It, and / said good
I've to coffee for ever. and since then
Postum alone has been our hot meal.
lime drink. ss :. :. IA
aMy friends all say am looking
rorlds better and my complexion Is
nnch improved. All the other mem
ers Of our family have been beneft.
a too. by Postum - place OF the old
! rink. coffee.D Name given ~ Postum
81 Battle Greek. Mich. ~ 573
Ten days trial Of Postum 81 place
coffee orstea Is the wise thing Tor
ery coMee drinker. Such a triai
|Is the exact truth often where cof.ea
hot suspected.
Cook IN each pkg. for the famo,uuus.
HE book, The Road TO WeIlville. 4. 3.
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SPANKED woULD.HE BRIDE.
Father Objected to the Man His Girl
Had Chosen.

Father Objected to the Man His Girl
Had Chosen.
Because he attempted to administer
an old-fashioned spanking to his o.
year.old daughter, who made con-
tract to marry the man of her choice
without her fathers consent, Alec Var
cilucci of $50 South Schell street finds
himself bound over for trial on the
charge of assault and battery.
The father in former days was &C.
customed to chastise his daughter,
Elizabeth, for soiling her dresses and
pilfering jam. When she became en-
gagged to youth Of who mhe did not
approve he attempted to take the same
course. Spurning the paternal slipper,
the young woman, in the offended dig
Eslity Of her twenty-five years, had her
father arrester. Magistrate Smith de-
cided that the father should have used
persuasion instead of force and held
him under $500 bail for court.-Phila-
delphia Press.
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woRsHIPlNe By PROXY.
Times Have Changed Since Men Did
the Prayinq.

DR.. Lymon Abbott says that to-day
the tourist is shown in the cathedral
at Durham, England, a cross set in
the stone floor, comparatively little
way up the naive fro mthe entrance
and is told that it was once the boun
dairy line beyond which women wor
shippers must not pass. They were
kept, as sort of secondary class Of
humanity, at distance from the chan
eel and the altar. Fashions in reli
gious thought and observance change
as in everything else. Then women
were not believed to be high enough
in the social scale to worship with
their husbands, sons and fathers; now
they worship as proxies for the mas
culine portion of the community
Worlds Work.
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Student Knew. his Bible.

Prof. Theodore G. Mitchill, head
teacher of English in the Brooklyn
high school, often entertains his
friends with stories, the following be.
ing one Of the most recent:
isa..I was laying down the law to lot
of fellows in the second" says Prof.
Mitchill, '.and happened to illustrate
my remarks BY 8 Biblical allusion.
Keeping you ia does no good
said 4. I am going to heat the fur
mace seven times hotter, as they did
with Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-
nego. Do you remember their case 2
ssure!' said the fresh one of the
class. And the nre never hurt them
$ NIT Jew York Times. j 35
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Taking His Own Medicine.

these shoes, DOCTOR" said the cob
bier, after a brief examination, "ain't
worth mending."
Then. Of course. said the doctor,
turning away, Il don't want. anything
done to them"
but I charge you two shillings, Just
the same"
what for?"
"Well, sir, you charged me five shill-
ings the other day for telling me there
wasn't anything the matter with me"
--Pittsburg Bulletin.
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Reckon Well Git Thar VII.

He wuz always a-sayin'. when trouble
come roun',
81 reckon VEN get thar yit!
Amt enough rain for lily to drown
Reckon we'll git thar yit!
It's jest human natur' to growl an com.
plain;
Ruther. have sunshine than oceans %
rain;
But-spite O. wild weather. I'm tellin' you
plain.
Reckon we'll git thar yit!"
An we carried that counsel the rough
way along
Reckon We'll git thar yit!"
It ltghtened the burden-made sorrow a
song sgss u.s.
7. Reckon we'll git thar yit!' 4.
He wuz. only q toiler in bloom an In
A. blight, f
With Hopes star a-shinin', full blaze, in
his sight;
But he looked to the light. friends-he
looked to the light
Reckon Well git thar yit!"
Frank Stanton in Atlanta Constitution
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-07-22
Living Upon Kisses,

Browne-Lovett and his bride. went
to New ork for their honeymoon.
Towne-Why, he told me they were
going on European trip.
Browne-That's just his bluff. He
meant that they were going to stop at
European plan hotel o nthe trip, be.
cause they were too much in love to
think about meals at all.-Catholic
Standard and Times.
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oh. J. II. RiNDLAU1 (specialist),
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Fargo, N. D.
Wrong Diagnosis.

Marriage" said the youth, Seems
to have a civilizing effect on man.
It's only the old bachelor who is cross
and crusty."
Wrong again, young man." said the
sage from Sageville. "An old bach.
elor is cross and crusty because he
isn't afraid to say what he thinks
Chicago News.
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tinuous pain In the small Of the back.
My ankles. feet, hands and almost my
whole body were bloated. was Ian.
guild and the kidney secretions were
profuse. Physicians told me I had
diabetes In its worst form, and fear
ed / would never recover. Doan's Kid
ney Pills cured me in 1896. and have
been well ever since"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kid.
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Dau-
scher will be mailed to any part Of the
United States. Address Foster.Mil.
burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold BY Ill
dealers, price so cents per box. ~ 81
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The Hagenbeck Animal Paradise and Trained
Animal Circus on the Pike ct St. Louis attracts
great crowds every day. There are wild beasts,
lions, leopards, pumas, hyenas, bears and tigers
roaming in their native jungle together with
domesticated animals in perfect harmony. The
Hagenback trainers present the most thrilling
performances of perfect animal training daily
in the steel cage of the huge arena. You should
not fail to see it. 1t is the greatest attraction
at the World Fair
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Do Not Whine

Someone has said: Whining is
poor business; It identifies you at
once as the under dog. and does not
get YOU. any sympathy, after all. 3 The
man who wines confesses his weak
ness, his inability to match his en-
yironment. Il is too much for him.
He cannot command the situation. All
he can do is to kick and complain.
The habitual wilmer never gets any
where, never accompl ishes anything.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-07-22

Many man imagines he is walking
the main travelled road while he is
merely struggling in ditch.
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clgarstts Trust Reaches out.
The cigarette trust wants to collect
37.6000 600 from Mexico for the use 81
10 patented machines. " s,s13s
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THE WEAK SPOT.
y weak, aching back tells of sick
kidneys. Il aches when you work
Il aches when you try to rest. It

I ASSS 49, Sn0A6S
] e. bl 81. weather
Urinary troubles
add to your Ills
cry. No rest. no.
comfort. until the
I 4 H .ssd,ll,nse y 3 are
well. Cure them
with Doan's Kid
ney Pills.
Mrs. w. NJ au.
scher. Of IS Wa
ter St., Bradford,
Pa, says: II had
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Repaired the Family.
The following is a literal copy of a.
bill recently sent by cobbler to a
Yorkshire, England, squire.
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AN ATTRACTIVE BIBLE.
Reading Which Kept Young
Man Up Nights.

William Gordon, the English his
torian, was suddenly overtaken by ILL
ness while travelling and forced to re
main at the modest home of an IL
.literate farmer. The house was de
void of books, relates a London ex
change. During his convalescenct
Mr.. Gordon expressed a desire for Z
good book and his host made the wisl
known. Bibles began to arrive. Tn,
neighbors, apparently, had but on,
conception of what constituted a gooi
book. An occasional religious worl
added variety. The farmer soon OBJ
served that one of the Bibles was es
peoially favored by the sick man. TT
all appearances this book resemblei
many of the others piled up in a cor
ner. One day the farmer asked tn,
historian why he had selected that par.
ticular Bible. Gordon demanded Sc
crecy. The farmer agreed to guard tn,
disclosure and learned that within tn,
covers Of that particular Bible wal
contained charming story, not writ
ten by saints of old, but by one Of tn,
most popular novelists of the day.
Come voungster has succeeded II
staying up late by convincing his eden
that he is Bible student The par
ents unwittingly sent me that book,
was the historians version.
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er as they walked out I'VE must meet
again to discuss certain problems4 of
the currency which, bethink me, you
have studied deeply. Keep you here
in London, for shall have need of
you. Within the month, perhaps with
ia the week, / shall require you. En-
gland needs men who can do more than
dawdle. Pray you, keep me advised
where you may be found"
There was i'll omen in the light re-
ply. why, as to that, my lord" said
Law, eff you should think my poor
services useful. your servants might
get trace of me at the Green Lion-un-
less 1 should be in prisoni No man
knoweth what may come"
Montague laughed lightly. cat the
Green Lion, or in Newgate ITSELF" said
he. BE ready, for 1 have not yet
done with you"
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Hardy woman of the Alps.

Somewhere in the French cit! O
Lyons is little cocoa shop kept y &
womsa who has won record in thu
Alps which veteran climbers may vel
envy. For years she has followed th,
French Alpine troops with her basket
marching with them on their maneu
vers with her walking-stick as sup
port and her basket of cocoa as ex
cuse. Within few days this wonder
full woman has scaled mountain 2,50I
feet high, crossed another covered witt
snow, assembled another to a height O
$500 meters, climbed with the troops
to the top of Mont Gents. and finally
left the. regiment atsthe summit of TIN
Frejus. height of 200 meters. Sci
der after soldier fell out Of the ranks
but the COCOA woman marched on, u
the Alps and down the Alps
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LIFE THE INTERPRETER.

We look towards the dark, perplexing
Past,
And search-with hopeless, unrevealing
The keyless. enigmatic riddle vast
That, untranslatable, behind US lies.
Mute. by our side Life stands. close
yelled, 'aloof.
Her silence hooking, as it seems, our
doubt
That there is any meaning in the whole,
Or any chart for feet along the route.
Rings In our ears the echo of song
A song that Knocked the breaking of a
heart;
Across the cruel, hayward Past is flung
A mirthless laugh, in which joy held no
part
Nought but despair. When swift she lifts
her veil,
And in a moment all is rendered clear.
The Past redeemed, the harshness
washed away
Through the enlightening magic of a
tear.
Yet once again the shrouding veil is
raised,
A CLEAN of brightness in a weary while,
And all the hopeless enigmatic Past
Is lightencd by the magic Of smile.
Author Of miss Molly" in Chambers
Journal.
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the confidence of the people in the
throne. There is money in abundance
in England. 1t is the province of my
lord chancellor to wheedle 1t out of
those Golfers where it is concealed and
place it before the uses of the king.
Gentlemen, it is confidence that we
need. There will be no trouble to Sc
cure loans of money in this rich land.
but the taxes must be the pledge to
your bankers. This new Bank of En-
gland will furnish you what moneys
you may need. Secure them only by
the pledge of such taxes as you feel
the people may not resent; give the
people, free OF cost, coinage which
they can trust; and then, it seems to me,
my lords and gentlemen, the problem
of the revenue may be thought solved
simply and easily-solved, too, with
out irritating either the people or the
parliament, or endangering the rela-
tions of parliament and the throne"
The conviction which fell upon all
found its best expression in the face
of Montague. The youth and nervous
ness of the man passed away upon
the instant. He sat there sober and
thoughtful, quiet and, resolved.
Gentlemen" said he at last, slow
ly, my course is plain from this in
slant. 1 shall draw the bill and it shall
go to parliament The expense of this
recoinage am surc we can find main
tanned by the stockholders of the Bank
of England, and for their pay we shall
propose a new tax upon the people Of
England We shall tax the windows
of the houses Of England, and hence
| tax not only the poor but the rich of
England, and that proportionately with
their wealth. AS for the coin of En-
gland, it shall be honest coin, made
| honest and Kept honest, at no cost to
the people of old England. Sirs, my
heart is lighter than it has been for
many days"
| The last trace of formality In the
meeting having at length vanished.
Montague made his way rapidly to the
| foot of the table. He caught Law by
| both his hands.
"Sir," said he. you helped US at
the last stage of our ascent A mis-
take here had been ruinous. not only
to myself and friends, but to the safe
| ty of the whole government You
spoke wisely and practically. Sir, II
l can ever in all m, life serve you.
command me, and at whatever price
you name. am not yet done with you.
sir" resumed Montague, casting his
am bDyiehly ahcnt TIE other's should
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BRIDEGROOM WA, NERVOUS.
Big Hurry for the We'd
ding Fee.

Ri. Rev. DIR. Leighton Coleman, Dish.
OPP of Delaware, told the following story,
says the Philadelphia Telegraph, to some
friends in town whom he was visiting re-
Gently:
"A young man came up to me one day
with the remark: Bishop, L want you to
marry me on next Wednesday,
".A1l right; III marry YOU
"'Wen, 1 want the church bell to ring
"N es, you can have the bell rung.
"'W ell, l want the organ to play
"'All right, you can have the organ
"'And l want every thing else anybody
ever had at church wedding
You shall have it.
well, the night came, the bell rang.
the organ played, the church was crowd.
ed, and everything went off as the young
man wanted it. When the ceremony was
over the young couple waited, instead Of
leaving the chancel. So l held ont my
hand. shook hands with the bride, and
then held out my hand to the bridegroom.
He had his hand deep in his trousers
pocket, and as | stood with my hand out,
he said, somewhat impatiently, and in .
tone that could be heard all over the
church:
Pm getting the money out just as
fast as l can
"Then everybody in the church giggled.