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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-14

e1YS permanently cured. No t. or nervousness afteP
first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great Nerve Resto
~ Bend for FREE o.. 90 trial bottle and treatise.
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"Dyspepsia Tormented Me for Years. DR..
David kennedys Favorite Remedy cured me-" Mrs. c..
s. Dougherty, Milivie n. j. Ussa 80 years sIo
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Il a woman were the architect OF
her own fortune it would be full Of
closets. ...a, -
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A Bad Head.

Jinks-How's your wife. Blinks
Blinks.Her head troubles her
good deal.
Jinks-Neuralgia?
Blinks-No, she wants new hat.
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Foundation. for a. Buiidinu.

l. ]. w: b wish to put a foundation
underneath building 20 by so feet,
two stories high. The ground has a
hard stony subsoil under a foot or
more of black loan. There is a fall
of about one foot across the building.
Would it be necessary to dig below the
frost and put in a drain? How should
It be done? s5. t..,
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AL foundations are better If they
arc drained, unless in sandy or gravel
" soil. In g stony subsoil good
foundation may be made by excavating
deep enough 50 that the walls will be
below frost. Il drain is put In do
not put 1t under the wall; the proper
place is just outside the wall. the
top Of tile coming level with the bot.
tom Of the wall; this will carry on all
the water and not allow it to stand
under wall. 81 V 4 y b
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Murine Eye Remedy cures sore eyes,
makes weak eyes strong. All druggists, Soc.
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DR.. J. II. RlNDLAUB (specialist),
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Fargo, N. D.
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Fornnaldehyde Test.

M. Fury Tin Bull. Soc: Pharm., 1901,
recommends a new reaction for detect.
ing the presence Of formaldehyde Ia
milk. Place s. e. e. Of milk III test
tube. add 5 e. of a SO per cent solu.
ton of;sulphuric acid, and drops Of q
1 per cent solution 81. perchloride Of
iron. Shake well and heat to boiling.
II formaldehyde is present violet
scoloration soon manifests itself and
lasts for s or s minutes. By this.
process the presence OF / mig. Of for.
inaldehyde in liter Of milk may Ibe
detected, This reaction may also be
applied to any food stun for detection
OF this preservative The substance Is
distilled and the substances that gos
over are mixed with al little. milk o.
casein together. With the acid and iron:
salt as above. Under the same condi.
tiens salicylic and benzoic acid do rot
lg:se the same reaction I. X. Produce
Review. ~ s85 s'sss
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A woman never cares anything
about the answers to the questions
she asks. ,s%
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BY ASHBY DEERING.

old man became too feeble to carry
the sacks of wheat on his back to the
shanty. All he could do was tie the
full sacks WITH strips of cotton. darn
holes in. those. that were empty and
unsafe. and mend the sifters where
the wire netting had broken.
Every week wagon came and took
away the golden harvest, which was
sold to rich people on the highlands.
They fed it to chickens and mixed it
in bran for. the COWS. But l never
suspected what price it brought, nor
cared to ask. We made the balance
into bread and had enough. The old
man-no, will call him miser-used
to say that when the mine had cleared
up hundred times as many sacks as
his age, then he would die and should
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4 CAST OUT THE .DEvIL..'
Peace Finally Secured BY Weariev
Travellers IN Korea.

Travellers IN Korea. s5ssls
In his new book, Korea ~ Mr. An,
gus Hamilton gives an interesting pics'
ture of the land which, is now. attract
ing the eyes OF the civilized world
Here in his account Of a night spent
in the village OF Wha-ding: ct was
impossible to stand; twas. impossi-
bic to sit; sleep was out of the ques,.
ton. We shook our clothes. we
bathed and washed and powdered.
Every effort was q torture, and each
precaution increased the ironies of
the situation, To add to the plaques
of this accursed place. we were deaf.
ened by the ear-splitting incantations
of sorcerer. who had been hired by
the proprietor of the village inn to
exercise a devil that had bewitched
him. We wondered afterwards wheth.
er this accounted for the ceaseless
J., activity among the vermin. After q
futile attempt to come to terms with
the. magician by bribery and corrup.
ton through the medium of my in
terpreter, it was arranged that one O.
the grooms should represent, the evil
spirit He passed out into the dssola.
ton of the night and howled plain
lively, while we, having collected the
elders and the necromancer, solemnly
fired our revolvers into the darkness
at the departing spirit. Unfortunate
ly, we did not convince the wizard
that the devil had been expelled.
was not until. losing my temper and
my reason together. dropped his
gongs and symbals down well, de
posting him in it after them, that we
were rid OF the agonies of this addt
tional nuisance
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Salmon Are Scarce.

On account of the depressed condi.
ton of the salmon market. many can.
neries in Alaska will not be operated
this year. Other packing companies
will go farther north, where they will
catch less pink and get more red sal
mon. Reds are now selling at $1.25
on the coast. while pinks are very
low, the minimum quotations being so
cents. This is below the cost of pro-
duction and there is no profit for those
companies the bulk of whose packs
are pinks. The cause of the unfayor-
able condition of the market is over
production primarily. An effort has
been made to maintain prices, but
without avail.
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CHAPTER TX.

Yield, you Christian dog! Become
Moslem, or. by Allah, you die!
Look out there and see the end of
those who have refused to bow to Is
lam or yield to the power OF the
khalifa."
Paul Cleland staggered feebly to the
door of the miserable hut. in whose
black and filthy depths he had spent
the last few days, and looked out on
the scene pointed out to him by his
grim gaoler. 1t was one that might
make the boldest shudder.
1t was Metemmeh-the corpse of a
town. The mud houses were mere
shells--broken beams, tattered cur
tains fiuttering in. the breeze, shat
tered roofs, through which the rain
poured. Facing Cleland and his guar
dian stood a strange construction of
wood-two upright posts with a cross
bar between. Below lay some brown
palm-fibre rope. and mixed with 1t a
decaying mass of human bones.
: For what Cleland was looking upon
was gallows.
He was weakalmost too weak to
walk. For three months of starva-
ton, torture, suspense-three months
passed in dark and loathsome huts.
black as the mouth of pit. close and
foul as the black hole of Calcutta,
with hardly any water to drink, and
only the loathsome food offered him
are sufficient to reduce any man to the
lowest ebb. Sometimes Cleland almost
prayed for death; then, again, the
:: love of life, common to every. human
1 being, came back to him with full
force. and he told, himself that while
there was life there was hope hope
Of rescue 81 Of escape. fs2 &
How often in those days and nights
Z OF misery and physical suffering did
the z1emefS' 0ff Margaret's pale; sweet
Z face come to comfort and to strength
en- him. s.s ssss y
He turned now to his gaoler mo
other than Osmsn Azrak himself
after his first Involuntary shudder and
shook his head,
have already given you my m
/ swer. and that scores Of times. I shall
not renounce my faith 70 escape
death y It'd
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Flowers in the Arctic.

DIR. Schel, the geologist-a member
OF the last Sverdrup Arctic expedition
recently delivered lecture before
the Geographical Society of Christi
ania on the vegetable life of Files
mereland, in Is to 70 degrees of north.
ern latitude and separated from
Greenland by Smith Sound. During
the summer tracts of the lowlands are
covered with Arctic flowers. A noun
tain slope of one of the bays was COM
pletely covered with the violet-col-
ored flower stalks of the species saxi-
fraga oppositifolia. In the rocks rem
nants of plants were discovered, the
species Of which to-day are found in
much warmer climes-for instance, in
Australia.
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ARMY TRIALS.

An tnfantryman's Long Siege.
This soldiers tale of food is inter
esting.
During his term Of service in 18th
infantry in Cuba and Philippines, an
Ohio soldier boy contracted disease
Of the stomach and bowels which ali
army doctors who treated him pro
nounced incurable. but which Grape
Nuts food alone cured.
In October, 1899, when my enlis,
ment expired. was discharged from
the army at Calulute, Philippines, and
returned to the States on the frs,
available steamer that left Manila
When got home I was total wrech
physically and my doctor put me to
bed saying he considered me the wors,
broken-down man of my age he eve,
saw, and after treating me 6 months
he considered my case beyond medical
aid. n ss, f A,
During the fall and winter; of 100.
and '01 II was admitted to the Barnes
Hospital In Washington. 8 d. O.. 10,
treatment for chronic inflammation Of
the stomach and bowels. but, after
months returned home as bad as eyer
q continued taking medicine until
February, 1902, when reading a news
paper one day read bout Grape Nuts
and was so impressed 4 sent out for !
package right away MI & #
The result is quickly told for IA
tfaye used Grape-Nuts continually ever
since with the best results, my heath
Is 40 i can do a fair days hard work
stomach and bowels are IN e good con !,
dillon. have gained 10 pounds III
weight and 4 feel like new man Alto
zether. S35i
al owe my preae nt GOOD ehealth u
Grape Nuts hey nd al doubt for medt
cal science was exhausted B. (. Name
given by Postum Battle creek
Mich q
gs HAD he consulted any one of ~ ssIs
eral thousand physicians We know WI. III
they would have prescribed Graz
Nnts mms ateiy IA 81
polt n / each D &. III tlle d q - 1
'little ibocl auad to Wsllyills
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Doan's Kidney Pills. Read how these
pills repair d weakened physical con.
dition when this condition is caused
by sick kidneys 1. is ~ .5..
Mrs. Sadie Mettles OF 1894 W.. 18th
Ave, Columbus. Ohio. says: Prior TO
the year 1898 !. suffered considerably
from backache, pain in the head, Ian.
guor and depression and weakness OF
the action OF the Kidneys. The pain
was always verse in the morning. and
felt miserable. was induced to
procure q box of Doan's Kidney Pills
and began their use. They proved
prompt and effective They cured mo
and there has been no return of the
trouble since taking them owe all
the credit to Doan's Kidney Pills"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid.
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Met.
ties will be mailed on application to
any part of the United States. Ad-
dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
T. For sale by all druggists. price SO
cents per box
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Don't Wash Your Coffee Pot.

1t may shock tidy housekeepers to
hear it, but the poor coffee one gets
in the average household is due large
ly to the washing Of the pot 1t is
plunged in with other pots, in all bu,
exceptional cases, and washed with tho
common dishcloth. "A coffee pot"
says cook where coffee is famous
Should never be washed 1t should
be filed with cold water and left tc
stand for few minutes after using
Then it should be brushed out careful
ly with long-handled brush. scaldet
with hot water. and left to dry with the
lid open till it is to be used again
Coffee made carefully in pot SO treat
ed becomes nectar fit for the gods
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! be heiress of the marshes. set nc
store by his oft-repeated promise. for.
| getting how many thousand bushels OF
grain ore had gone to the make-be.
lieve assayer. Still l humored his
within and even said I would marry
the nomad OF the main line who risked
his job SO many times to make us
wealthy.
Yes, my love had made his plea
plea without plan. And that l
know is for loves own sake. But
| somehow l fancied he watched a little
wistfully at times the faces that sped
by at the windows of the through ex.
press. And now am afraid it was
my anxious gaze down the track at
sunset that helped the old man to
think some day our track walker would
turn his face the other way and we
would not see him again.
My benefactor became watcher as
we'll as l. Often after days work We
have climbed up into the signal tower
by the Y and looked for the solitary
figure coming nearer and nearer on
the double tracks. Then we would
wave hands to him. shout goodnight
when he approached and passed. and
go home together-the old man and l
happy as the wild ducks that fly
over the marsh.
Hes a good boy" the old man
would say simply.
NV hoarf Ion RI tho nlr, hjr>o I,,<
some thing held my tongue Perhaps
1t would only have made the old man
brood more deeply over the purpose
was unconscious Of
One day as he limped over the half.
frozen ground | remembered that he
said. "Ah. my child. it is terrible
thing to be old"
shall never forget the sadness In
that voice or the look In those deep
set eyes.
One other time have seen him that
way: his eyes wide opel. with a far
away stare. as If trying to see where
the snow flakes began their intermin-
able journey. a..s Ii III
l am sure it was sudden great
blow to my guardian when he heard
the track. walker. was discharged. He
came to tell us how it happened and
to say good-by, stopping, first at the
grain cars on the Y, which he had
never done before. My sweetheart is
young and brave, 80 he only laughed.
But had no heart to 90 on with my
sitting. accompanied him across
the marsh to talk It over with the old
man. ~ Ssi5s. 1t 5.9 l9s ID
# For the hrst time In winter the door
Of the fshanty TODD Wide open, Greak.
Ing its hinges mournfully on the sea.
ward side. The old man was not
within. a half.measure Of grain was
on the door and beside It 4 measure
half full Of gold and silver coins pour
"a out Of 4 canvas sack and scat
tered over the carpetlsss plAnks were
~ lev grains III sound Whe II
ss His loot tracks 3led io6 from tie lone.
lly path into the 1onelter tthtcket. md
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only after he had spilled a handful
Of. good wheat over the bare plank
floor did l understand what the old
man had in mind when he would run
the grains through his fists. like sand
through an hour glass, and talk in a
slow apologize monotone about the
wealth of the marshes.
hope no one will think me sordid
person; speak of his whim because
it explains his last wish and his last
act. He did not own foot of the
landscape and the shanty was no more
than squatter's claim. But some
how his vague intentions had instilled
in my heart longing, without hope
or reason. to inherit the dreary acres
of reeds, pools of salt water and piles
of sweepings, emptied from grain cars
on the Y, and God willing, shall live
on this forgotten estate as long as
may.
1t is now perfectly clear that my
gentle, sensitive benefactor had
thought an heiress would be happier
far from here with the love of
worthy bridegroom, who once belonged
in a city. He showed this by mute
signs when he himself went out from
the rule habitation never to come
back alive.
For how many years l cannot tell,
sifted the waste of the grain cars that
came down from the mills and eleva-
tors. Tons and tons of sweepings are
run out on this little branch of the
railroad and are unloaded by the
brakeman with huge shovels. The
railroad people call it the dump, but
my guardian told me long ago the
name of the station is Marsh Mine. He
it was who discovered what those
placer heaps contained. He invented
a sitter and taught me how to sep
arate the dust from the wheat
At first it was wild play to see the
shaft and flour dust flying like fine
snow in the wind was little girl
then. After a while I came to know
it was work, but did not complain.
Other poor people found out the mine
and worked it for their daily bread
and something more besides. But
the idea of vast wealth grew upon
my aged foster father until he began
to talk about turning the sacks of
wheat into sacks Of pure gold by some
means. This he said he
could do. his thin face-pallid as the
flour dust-staring at the hour glass
he made with his bony hands.
AS we sat together by the peat fire
N the shanty and waited the long win
ter evenings for word of new siding
Of cars l would ask the old man many
silly questions. but always wen he
did not wish to speak his mind he
was listening to the wind rushing in
from the sea over the salt marshes,
And his answer was ever the same:
"Ah, my little girl, it will be fine to-
morrow at the mine"
Afterward the track walker would
Gnocll to tell lis the cars were due to
come down by daybreak. He would
seldom enter and seldom stay long,
because think he was afraid the rail-
road spies would hear he was giving
information and have him discharged,
though he never said SO.
He. was fine fellow for taking the
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TheAutomoblI. in Electric storms

TheAutomobiIe in Electric Storms.
Some discussion has been going on
n regard to the dangers Of driving an
automobile in thunder storm. The
vehicle containing so much metal, il
has been considered that it would be
particularly liable to be struck by
lightning, and some persons contend
that rapid motion would increase this
danger. On the other hand, the rub
Der tires insulate the automobile from
the earth as long as they remain dry
The question seems to call for very
nice balancing of probabilities.-H. p
Burcell in Leslie's Weekly.
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RovaI Revenue.

"Alas, your majesty" said her faith.
full retainer, with a low obeissance.
the American senate again refuses to
grant your just claims!"
Ex-queen Liliuokalani turned pale
relatively pale-but retained her self.
possession.
Then" she said, with a steely gilt.
ter in her eye and with a tremor of
concentrated wrath in her voice. 81
shall write another book. Chicago
Tribune
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Light That Will Not Fail.

They say that they've discovered
a light that will not fail
That burns thousand million years
And yet does not grow pale.
They tell US that this substance
Is like the dear old sun.
And We conclude it would be nice
TO own Il little one.
For Their we'd take the meter
Down from the cellar wall,
And turn the horrid gas man out
If ever he should call.
But when we ask the price Of
This radium they've found.
They smile and answer pleasantly:
-Four million plunks pound"
Answers.
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CHAPTER vII.-(Continued.

= 49,
. CHAPTER VII .-(Continued.)
!, You have Gomez" he said, pant
.fngly, mis- voice so weak she could
hardly hear, what he said. 1T is good
-brave-of you. If you knew all you
would shrink from me--with loath-
ing
L "No.' no." she said quickly "None
OF us have right to do that to an
other, Major Rayburn. II you have
wronged me in any way, and are sorry
Tor it, l forgive you freely, as l hope
to be forgiven"
God bless you for these words!" he
said, weakly; Il have never known
an hours happiness since I vowed
that, if you would not be mine, you
should never be ar other mans. am
bad enough. God knows; but not so
bad as that
And then, weakly and pantingly, he
told her ALL
knew where the Khaiifa was" he
SAID. Il had a black boy who had de-
serted from his camp in my boy, and
ne told me. l felt confident Cleland
would take that direction, and sooner
or later fall into their clutches. And
believe he has done so. believe he
Is still there, unless he is-dead."
He paused. Adrienne lifted her
head to speak, but he went on rap
idly:
have more to tell you. Wait! 1t
is about myself. wish to tell you
mat you may tell Doctor Margaret
Crawford, who is in Cairo just now.
joined the army under false
name. My real name is, strangely
enough. the same as that of the man
counted my enemy. 1t is Paul Story
Clelland. We spell it with two .Ps.'
we were not connected in any way
with the other Clelands. 1t is a COM
mon enough name in Scotland.
DR.. Margaret Crawfords father be-
lieved that he had done me a great
wrong-he had altered cheque of my
fathers which I went to cash. But l
had committed a greater crime. had
forged my fathers name to it! The
snock killed my father. left home,
changed my name, joined the army
and worked my way upwards from the
ranks.
That is all. Will you tell Doctor
Crawford? 1t is possible her father
may have told her.
Il will tell her." whispered Adrien-
ne. Her lips were as white as death.
with woman's intuition she had
guessed the whole truth; the diving
confession had been to her as a reye-
lation.
VIII you also say once more-that
you forgive me?" asked the diving
man. His voice was almost gone now.
Adrienne bent her head for a mo-
ment; then suddenly she laid her hand
on the fingers that were so restlessly
toying with the white fringe of the
coverlet.
i forgive you," she said, slowly,
and may God in His great mercy also
grant you forgiveness. We all have
need Of that forgiveness, and of His
great help"
A strange sound left the dying
mans lips. 1t startled Adrienne, who
beckoned to the nurse who had lust
entered the room. Ere the nurse had
reached his bedside all was over. Paul
Clelland. SO long known as Philip Ray
burn, had gone into the presence of
the only Judge who dare temper JUS
tice with mercy.
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GIFT Of Grateful Convict.

Gov. Dockery of Missouri carries d
plain walking cane on the handle OF
which, inlaid in tortoise shell Is his
full name. ut Is a. gift from q convict
whom pardoned." said Mr.. Dockery
in answer to a question. The man
had served seventeen years and
thought that was long enough. He
promised to behave himself and he is
keeping his word. !" s
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TYPICAL Southern concressm. ~

With his wide hat. coat OF ample
skirt and commanding figure, Repre-.
sentative Claude kitchin Of North
Carolina is accounted at Washington
ia fine type Of southern congressman.
He bears 9 resemblance to Senator
Bailey Of Texas slfnciently strong "a
that 2 senate doorkeeper recently mis-
took Kim for theg,T exam. 81 g
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A Good Excuse.

A writer in Lippincott's Magazine
tells the following story:
my cook, an old darky, informed
me one morning: Miss Annie. I is
goin' to be married tonight. Is you
got present for me?'
But. Maria said, you've got a
husband alive and haven't been dt.
vorced; 1t would be bigamy.'
well, Miss Annie, don't care:
he's done bigotted fust.'"
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Hurt Morse.

Sympathizer-Rejected you with
scorn. did she? Told you she wouldn't
marry you If you we're the last man
,on earth?" @
Forlorn Youth-No; / could have
borne that. What she did say was
that If were the last man on earth
she might possibly marry me. but she
could imagine no other consideration
that. would induce her to do it.