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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
Spoiled All

w. Carl Ely Of Buffalo, the president
of the American Street Railway associ.
alton, was talking during the conven.
ton in Philadelphia about motormen 8
and conductors adventures.
"a conductor came to me with a
smiling face the other day." he said
He wanted to tell me what had hap.
pened on an incoming car.
ut seems that middle-aged womal
and her little son, lad of six or seven
years, got ON the car. and as soon as
they were seated the woman took a
half dollar out of her pocket and hand.
ed it to the youngster to pay the fare
with.
"The boy held the coin in his small
fat hand, and examined it closely and
solemnly.
"The conductor appeared for the
fares and the youngster gave him the
half dollar with owlish solemnity
1.-The money was pocketed, and 40
cents in change was put in the small
extended hand.
GAS soon as he got this change the
boy laughed, wriggled in his seat and
shouted gleefully:
"'Oh. ma, he's taken the bad hall
dollar"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

NJ ~ ~ ~ p va Rss "a So w
Measures Unseeabie Lengths.
[s:ss Ef =; b! t:s.:s ss:sS;a 3ss nj = "A

measures UnseeabIe Lengths.
The 250th part Of an inch is MILL
meter. The 2,000,O0Oth part of a
millimeter is what DR.. p. e. Shaw Of
England is measuring. The unaided
eye cannot perceive much less than
one-tenth Of a millimeter. With the
help of microscope the eye can see
as little as $4,000 millimeter, The
measuring medium used for engineer
ing gauges will detect differences of
$4,000 millimeter. BY using interior
ence bands of light we can perceive
movements of 100000 millimeter. In
the optical lever a beam of light falls
on a pivoted mirror; If a body push
the mirror at point near the axis of
the pivot the beam is DETECTED by a
large angle. BY this means a move
ment of the body by 100000 MILL
meter may be detected. The most
modern and sensitive method is by
the electric micrometer. DR.. Shaw's
invention was first produced so that it
can measure less than 1-2,000,0OO. 1t
is not controlled by the hand, but
Worked with pulley cord of rubber,
which passes from a band around a
pulley to the screw. This is done to
avoid the comparatively rough touch
and the tremor of the hand. Many
precautions regarding size, shape.
cleanliness must be observed to in
sure its operation.-John A. Rowland
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
Get at the Cause.

Sacramento, KY, Nov. 18th (Spe
ciaD.-A typical illustration of the
way Dodd's Kidney Pills cure Rheu
matism is well told by Catherine De-
vine, who is very well known here.
She says:
For over four years I was greatly
troubled with Rheumatism. 1t used
to take me worst in my legs and feet
At times would be so bad could not
put my feet to the ground. AS 1 am
over seventy-three years of age l be.
gan to think was too old to get
cured aud should have to bear my
Rheumatism the best way l could.
But heard about Dodd's Kidney Pills
and thought would give them trial.
So got box and began taking them.
Well, l must say Dodd's Kidney Pills
did me wonderful lot of good. They
eased the pain from the first, and to.
day am in better health than l have
been for many years."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

CARING FoR;THE PREACHER.

One Sister Eats Him, Another Sleeps
Him, and q Third Washes Him.
1t was at big meeting that all this
was said, more of citizens meeting
than church gathering, and Mr..
Dukes asked:
Nov, what can you do for the
preacher? don't intend to put the
burden of my living upon any one fam
lily, but upon all of you, turn and turn
about. will not, however. go where
the latch string is not hanging out OF
the door. What can you do for the
preacher?"
One old lady who had a dim recollec.
ton of small church in the pine
woods of Georgia, when she was girl,
said:
81 kin eat him. but can't sleep
him."
THAT'S good; now who next?" asked
the missionary.
well, if Sister Jenkins is gwine to
eat him, I'll agree to sleep him, but l
can't wash him."
That's good; who next?"
Then another sister spoke up and
said:
"Well, I'll wash him. but amt much
on billed shirts. Times Union.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
A Heating Continuance.

Naturally the average man doesn't
know much about the duties of the
kitchen, which accounts for the fact
that the majority, of useful kitchen ar.
ticles invented are the ideas of wo-
men. A Nebraska woman has added
another one to the list in the heating
contrivance shown here, Which is
adapted to be placed upon a stove for
heating irons or for other purposes
where a heat-retaining device could
be used. 1t consists of two similar
semicylindrical sections hinged in the
center, the tops being provided with
openings or perforations, and the low
er edge being formed with a support
ing rim or flange. From this construc-
ton it will be observed that the de-
vice when closed and placed upon
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
Heats the lrons Quickly.

the stove forms a heat-retaining
means particularly useful in heating
irons. A kettle or other cooking uten
sill can also be placed upon the top.
the irons and the kettle being heated
at the same time. To permit the ready
opening or closing of either of the sec.
lions cleats are attached to each sec.
ton and operated by means of an i'm.
plement similar to poker. In this
way there is no danger of burning the
hands. 1t will be evident that such a
device would retain vast amount OF
heat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
The Gospel Of the Links.

The bishop of Manchester declares
that of the people will not come to the
church the church must go to the peo
pie, and follow them to their weekend
resorts. 1t is, we hear, proposed to
make start by supplying golf links
with missionaries, who will sing a
short hymn after each drive. In the
event of foozle, the hymn will be
sung with extraordinary vigor, in o.,
der to drown any lay remarks that may
be made.-Punch.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
Pure Water Helps Engines.

People may be willing to drink i'm.
pure water. but they are not willing
to offer it to their locomotives. Puri-
fed water results in sure economy
and excellent business returns from
the viewpoint of the locomotive OPP
erations, and also relieves the shops
and roundhouses of a vast amount Of
work, which increases with the
weight of locomotives and the in
creased demand upon them. Although
the first cost is large, returns are SO
prompt and so liberal that to do with
out water publication is pronounced
folly. II
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

There Cstsrrh IN this section OF the eountr1
than all other diseases put together and until the last
few years was supposed to be- incurable For great
many years doctors pronounced it local disease and
TO cure With local treatment incurabe
Science has proven Catarrh TO be constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Cstarrh Cure, manufactured BY +. j Cheney
Co, Toledo, Ohio fe the only constitutional cure q
the market It is taken internally in doses from II
and mucous surfaces Of the System. They ofier ona
hundred dollars for any case It fails to cure. Seat
for circulars and testimonials. -
Address; F. j CHENEY Co.. Toledo Ohfe
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
Lay Ills to Electric Etflorescenee.

LAY Ills 70 ELECTRIC EntoreScence.
The luxuriant efflorescence of cleo.
tricity is not without its thorn in a
new disease that has appeared among
workers in electric power houses.
These houses are located at Niagara
Falls. and have betrayed nineteen
cases. 1t seems that with people
whose employment brings them into
the immediate presence OF high volt.
age alternating current generating or
Transforming machines there uniform
ly results grave disturbance of the
digestive organs, loss Of appetite, dis
tress after eating and whitening Of the
complexion almost to the color OF
chalk. The cause is attributed to the
chemical influences of either electric
rays or some ray as yet unknown.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

me like q log and made me crawl on
hands and knees. I was 80 crippled
for time that couldn't walk with
out sticks, had headaches and dizzy
spells and the kidney secretions were
muddy and full of brick-dust sediment.
Doan's Kidney Pills made the pain
disappear and corrected the urinary
trouble. have felt better ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

A new claimant for the fortune left
by the composer Verdi has appeared.
He is a farmer named Verdi, living near
Athens. Greece. He says that the
Verdi family came originally from the
east, one branch estab lishing itself at
Athens. and the other going on to
italy. and that he Is the closest suryiv-
Ing relative o. the deceased composer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
FROM TEXAS.
Some Coffee Facts From the Lone
Star State.

Some Coffee Facts From the Lone
Star State.
From beautiful farm down in Tex
as. where gushing springs unite to
form babbling brooks that wind their
sparkling way through flowery meads.
comes note of gratitude for delivery
from the coffee habit.
when my baby boy came to me five
years ago began to drink Postum
Food Coffee. having feeling that it
would be better for him and me than
the old kind Of drug-laden coffee I
was not disappointed in it, for it en-
abled me "a small, delicate woman, to
nurse bouncing, healthy baby IA
months.
II have since continued the use OF
Postum for have grown fond of it,
and have discovered to my joy that it
has entirely relieved me of bilious
habit which used to PROSTATE me two
or three times year, causing much
discomfort to my family and suffering
70 myself
my brother-in-law was cured OF
chronic constipation by leaving off the
old kind of coffee and using Postum
He has become even more fond Of 1t
than he was Of the old coffee.
4 ain fact the entire family, from the
latest arrival "a 2-year-old who al
ways calls for his 'potie,. first thing in
the morning., up to the head of the
house, think there ID no drink SO good
or 30 wholesome as Postum" Name
given BY Postum Co, Battle Creek
Mich.
There's reason. 81 &
Read the little book ."Ths Road Il
Wellville. 81 pigs. n
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
No Exaqqeration.

"See here!" snapped the landlord,
who had responded to the tenants
hurry call for plumber. II thought
you said the water in your cellar was
two feet deep. It's only few inches"
well, that's as deep as my two
feet" retorted the tenant, "and that's
too much. "-Phfladelphia Ledger.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Last Week 60
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson
patent lawyers, 911-912 Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul, MINI. Gustavus
Duncan, Deadwood, S. D., miners
lamp; Peder Lund. Beyrout, N. D.,
lifting lever; Robert Menke, Sanborn,
N. D., furnace; Charles Swanson, Min.
neapolis, Mimi, axe rack and locker;
Helmer Thune, Neby, Mimi, nail driv.
ing machine; Gordon Willett, Sioux
Falls, S. D., bed spring tightener; Ed.
ward Wilson, Steele, Mont, brake shoe
holder.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
No Strong Ones There.

"Well,' said DAuber, whose mas
terpiece had been rejected. Il neve,
realized the truth Of the old proverb
until saw this exhibit"
What proverb?' inquired the
friend.
""The weakest must go to the
WALL "-Philadelphia Ledger.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
Volcanoes and earthquakes

A remarkable example Of the close
connection Of volcanoes and earth
guakes was observed by the early
Spanish settlers in San Salvador.
When the water in the crater lake
Of aIlopango rose above certain level
earthquake shocks always followed.
So they cut a channel to allow Of the
escape Of the water and prevent its
rising In the crater. And for q hum
dred years there was no earthquake
shook the country. AZ the same time
the lake was blown out by8 Z volcanic
ERUPTION. M a Al rs NJ .s II,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

Matchmaking In or Out Of Season.
Glow should we get married If there
we're no London season." asked the
debutante. Some of you would get
married il you were bricked up in an
ogre's castle and had to be rescued"
said the American millionaire. "And
ten seasons wouldn't marry the rest"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
DR.. }. II. RINDLAuB, (speclaIl.t>
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Fargo, N. q.
At the Show.

Horse Fancier with enthusiasm)-
isn't Vandersluke's Lodemia a beauty?
His Fair Daughter Where 2 Where?
What has she got on? Whose box IL
she in?-Chicago Tribune.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

The "Widows Miter Of Water.
A novel contribution 10 q harvest
festival at st. Johns Blackpoof was q
bottle Of water labeled Thank God for
the RAIN The vicar said It was sent
by poor woman who could not afford
to contribute fruit or vegetables.
don Chronicle.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
starIeleh's Support.

starIeigh's Support. !,
who is supporting Starlight this
season."
His wife,"
Ills wife! Why, I never knew she
was on the stage"
"She isn't; but she takes in wash.
ing" Baltimore American.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

road ties easily
ID Mt wrenched.
my back and
began to suffer
with backache
and kidn e y
trouble. ! neg
lected 1t until
o n e d q y a
t w In re felled
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
Agreed.

Mfnister-Wen, Pat. Bridget 10
dead; but after all, she's better of.
Pat "a little deaf)-Eh- eh-what's
that, s0r-betther on-sure am thot,
thanky.-Houston Post.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
The Unexpected

4 The Unexpected.
Things don't always turn out as ws
expect" A. +.
That's fact. I expected that auto.
mobile to turn out to the right and It
turned out to the left, and here I am
in the hospital Houston Post.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
A Real Wonder.

$50 your ancestors were Revolution.
ary heroes, Mr.. McBluff?" said Mrs.
Blugore.
"Oh, sure,' replied the Westerner,
particularly my great-grandfather.
Washington commended him."
For gallantry in action?'
Eyes. He practically won the bat
tie of Chicago" Ledger.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums reduces n.
nammaton, allays pain. cures wind coli0 80 bottl
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Location stllI Unknown

.t.4 .tl- Sts..SS1ssSss SSssl SUNV0WUsss'seg III
Noah Fentz-I beg pardon. but
where have I seen you before? a 81
Adam sSawfoxYo have the I'D
vantage q me. ! don't remember ever
having seen you anywhere before
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

crlppisd and lAadS mn " Awful Kid.
Il i,ey plSord srs.s
John Fsrnaays. fruit raiser, web
4 stsr. N. a. nays ~ used to lift rail-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23

many tears and signs from the former
mistress of it,"
Neither master nor mistress of Bel
voir House ever returned to live there,
and the consciousness of the neighbor-
hood of this wreck of happier days long
continued to weigh upon W~ashington's
SPIRITS.
III December, I796. ten years later, he
writes to his friend, Sir John SinclaiE,
who has been proposing to settle in
Virginia, as follows:
Within full view OF Mount Vernon,
separated :hcrefrom Ey water only. is
one Of the lnoSt beautiful seats on the
river for sale. but Of greater magnitude
than sou e to have contemplated.
1t is called Reivoir, and belonged to
George William Fairfax, who. were he
now living, wouli be Baron of Cam
eron. There are near 1000 acres
of land belonging TO the tract, sur
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23

rebuilt and ~reoccupied; to see lights
again flashing from the hilltop across
DOgue Run, to ride over and find
grOoms in readiness to stable horses,
good cheer on the tables, big fires OF
Virginia hickory burning upon the
"reminiscences; to find, above all, some
thing that might have semblance of the
old, kindly welcome awaiting guests,
who never in vain had levied tax upon
Belvoir's hospitality.
But it was not to be. From Wash
ington's day to this no dwelling has
stood upon the site of Belvir House.
Great forest trees have matured and
aged and fallen, and new ones sprung
in their places, above the depressions
in the earth, where in recent years
some Of the ancient bricks of the old
dwelling and an iron tire-back bear
ing the family coat Of arms have been
found upturned, and the boundaries
of the wall are still d~iscernible.
The White Lodge, a sort of fishing
headquarters, built on the shore, was
deemed sufficient for the purposes of
the various members Of the family who
occupied the place periodically in sub
seQuent years. Truth to tell, although
perfectly healthy during a large part
of the year, the lowlands round BelvOir
have never been entirely free from
reproach as to the scourge of chills
and fever, so calmly accepted with u
ancestors along with their heritage of
Virginia acres.
The old diaries and letters handed
down in many families record, quite
regularly and Internationally, days and
weeks given over to intermittent shak-
ing of aristocratic bones and dosing
with abominable drafts intended to
eounteract malarial influence.
At Belvoir it was the custom of it's
owners and occupants to retire at GER
tain seasons into log cabins built in
land, away from the danger line along
the river shore, and there remain in
q sort of luxurious camp life.
When autumn clad the hills with
radiant dyes, and after a light touch Of
frost had cleaned upon field and up
land, the family and it's numerous de-
tendencies came back into winter quar-
tiers OH the rivers edge.
! 1t was q glorious neighborhood for
hunting, and every roo of the ground
has known the hard runs across coun-
try of the famous band of fox-hunters
headed by tough old Lord Fairfax of
Greenway Court, and including always
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
BELvOIR, WHERE WASHINGTON SPENT THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF
HIS YOUTH.
HIS YOUTH.

Lowell calls him-he afterward be-
came.
His clothes were homespun, and no
doubt he carried in the pocket of his
country-made suit that historic pen
knife one may see in the Masonic
Lodge of Alexandria a lesson to all
boys who lose their knives. 1t was pre-
scented to him by his mother when he
was twelve years old, and was con-
stantly carried for tfty-six years.
What stories that penknife might have
recorded if it had only been born a
pen!
THE TWO FRIENDS.
When old Lord Fairfax Of Green
way Court gave Washington, at six
teen, his first chance to earn money
by surveying my lords lands in the
painless wilderness of what is now
West Virginia, George Fairfax offered
to accompany his friend.
Together they rode through "Ashly's
Gap" in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and
.roamed and camped for weeks in happy
fellowship, a description of which adj
venture may be read in full in Irving's
life of Washington.
When George William Fairfax went
owe to England, at a later date, to
take possession of the Yorkshire prop
erty then coming to him. some of the
incidents Of his life in the mother
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
Growing Orchard Grass.

i have been sowing orchard grass
sseed for a number of years, both for
seed and pasture; also SOW it in very
poor orchards, mixing in with it clover
and like it better than any other grass
for poor orchards. For seed especially.
L should think ~three-fourths of a bushel
per acre sufficient seed, as orchard
grass grows in punches Or stools, and
when not crowded these stools throw
up great punches of stalks with large
heads Of seed. For pasture or rolling
land inclined to wash 1 SOW 1 to ~
bushels per acre. | think orchard
grass is the hardest, the easiest TO
live and one of the best grasses we
have. I SOW it with oats and clover
in the spring and have never failed
to get a good stand. l sow the oats
land cultivate them i'll we'll, getting the
ground we'll fined and level, her SOW
the orchard grass seed and harrow in
well before a rain. 1 have prac-
.ticed rolling the ground just after
sowing the seed, but generally roll the
orchard grass land after the second
year, early in the spring while the
ground is damp, as the punches Of
grass open up considerably during the
winter. Orchard grass does not pro-
duce a crop of seed the first year, and
by sowing it with clover a crop of hay
a be harvested the first year. The
ground improved and l believe i'll a
better condition to produce a better
crop Of seed the next year., than with
out the clover; however, there is some
objection to the clover on account Of
making it harder to clean the seed
properly. 1 think this objection now is
overcome by better machinery for
cleaning orchard grass seed.
The seed can be sown on wheat in
the fall Or any time in the winter OF
spring with good results. Good land
should yield from ten to twenty bush
els per acre. 1 have known as much
as thirty bushels per acre heing made,
but this yield is rare.-Thomas L. But
ton, in Farmers Home Journal.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
Most Profitable Fowls

+ rEor the cost and trouble required in
raising them, guineas are among the
most profitable fowls which can be
raised on the farm. They prefer to
seek their own food in the meadows
and fields, and so long as they can find
plenty themselves they will not come
to get it. In this way they eat up a
great number of worms aud grubS and
keep down bugs and beetles TO 4 great
extent. A good flock of the fowls
needs a large range, and every farm
of any size should be blessed with a
few at least. 1t is not profitable to
attempt to raise them on small ranges.
for they will not thrive when cooped
up the same as other barnyard fowls.
A flock Of about twenty will range
over a farm of fifty to 100 acres, and
by their persistence will help to keep
down all the bugs and insects. They
will do more. They will help to keep
down many noxious weeds and wild
plant. The guineaS are also the most
trustworthy watch-dogS. If taught 10
roost in the hennery. or close to it,
they will give the loudest alarms rs
soon as an enemy approaches. Dogs,
foxes and human beings alike attract
their attention, and they keep UP the
shrill cries until the enemy has left
the place. A great many poultrymen
Try to keep a. few guineas IN their
Hooks simply for this one purpose of
giving the alarm when chicken thieves
come around.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
More Disqualification.

The lesson which the Louisville
Courier-Journal reads from the present
state Of affairs is "more diversified.
ton of crops, with the raising of cotton
as a part only of the farming system
and as a cash crop, and corn, small
grains and grasses for rotation and
home consumption for man and beast,
except as a surplus. The construction
of the isthmian canal will call for a
great increase Of all food products of
the farm, garden and orchard, and the
proximity of the South will give it an
advantage over more northern belts,
by which it should be prepared to
profit"