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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-04-20
CHAPTER XII.
IN Execution DELAYED

An Execution Delayed.
The prisoners-all that remained of
the gallant band that fought for the
Republic-were ruthlessly shot.
This was the first official act of
Philip of Aragon after the crown had
been placed upon his head General
Salvarez, the greatest of the prisoners,
was not placed among them, but no
less was the murderous wrath of his
captors to descend upon his head.
True, Salvarez was prisoner of
war, and should have been treated with
the consideration and dignity due his
rank.
A certain honor was reserved for
Salvarez, it is true-the honor of
standing alone to meet his death.
And, as if to mock him, or to en-
phasize the irony of his fate, the man
who was to command and carry out the
execution Of the republican general
was his old neighbor, Pedro Francisco.
The loving wife and daughter of Sal
varez were still with him in the room
which was to be the last he should ever
occupy in his own castle.
II fear not for the country" replied
Salvarez. "Give the President time to
get his army here, and the monster
will never live to see another day. It
is not that which moves me. All, it
is the thought Of you!" The general
rose from his chair and paced the
length of the room. For myself I
care little. Years ago consecrated
my life to the Republic. In battle l
would give it willingly. But it is hard
to go thus and leave you, my dear ones,
in the hands of these merciless scoun-
drels. There are no friends left. In
whose hand can I leave you?"
"Alas!" said bona Maria, "our
friends are dead. Yet l do not fear
for myself. If they take you, my gen.
eral, I soon will follow you. BY my
own hand will cheat these monsters
of one victim of their license"
But Jacinta!"
"She is young She must-she
must"
Must what?" sternly asked the gen.
eral. "Give herself up to these despoil-
ers? Rather, il she is true daughter
of the Republic, she"
A heavy step interrupted the CONVEX
sation.
Pedro Francisco entered.
His black, cleaning eyes glanced to-
ward Salvarez and his wife, and then
rested upon the beautiful. tear-stained
face of Jacinta.
He beckoned for her to leave her
fathers side and come to him.
He led her to q distant corner, and
bent to speak in her ear words that
could be heard by herself alone.
you can save your fathers life," he
said.
She glanced quickly and beseechingly.
at him.
"Jacinta," he said. "have you heard
the order Of the king?"
She bowed her head.
Yes she answered. /. my father
pays the penalty Of his loyalty to his
conntry-tol your country-with his
life" 555
True" he said. AT noon today he
10 to be led out into his own garden.
and bound, and stood face to : fils 81
soldiers. An omcer Will give the word
to IRE. That omcer 4 mysslf."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-04-20
Memory shown by Young c.n.ris..

Memory Shown by Young Canaries.
est. Andreasberg people know MOTH
ing of the canary of the encyclopedia.
which can initiate perfectly the night
ingale, or even enunciate some words
in imitation Of the human voice." de-
clares Ida shaper Hoxie, IN telling
about st. Andreasberg, "The Singing
Village Of Germany" in the Ladies'.
Home Journal. 1.-THE birds Of one
breed, subjected to tho same influences.
have songs that vary with the throat
muscles and vocal chords OF each In
diyidual. But 20 remarkable Is The
canary memory that . bird bred to,
Q certain song. II removed from the
cage in which he has heard It from his
parent. when nix weeks old. VIII latsr,
when he himself begins 70 sing, gfvs
the same song though never having
heard II in the Intervening period B
q dollar unjustly gainsd ssanot -.
sfna&1y knnk h s s n ag5s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-04-20
She started BACK Her bl.ee ~.

Sne started back. Her black eyea
blazed scorn and hate upon him. M.
''You!" she Kissed. "You! on.
wretch. serpent. fend!! You, who
claimed to be friend, will give the.
command that will send my father to
his DEATH"
"You may prevent 1t, Jacinta."
II? can prevent it? How? I
have already knelt in bitter humilia-
ton before your pretender king, and
begged for my fathers life. He spurned
me. How, then, can save him?"
II tell you am to command the
squad that is to shoot him. At noon
nothing can be done. But II it can DO
postponed till midnight-if the execu-
tion could be held In the darkness.
much could be done. His letters could
be loosened-he could be left free-the
guns could be loaded blank-he could
drop at the fire, and creep away"
"Ah, Pedro!' You will do this? You
will save my fathers life? You love
the Republic still!!"
mo. am an enemy to the Republic.
But I love you. For you, and you alone,
will do this, If you but say the word"
World" Her bosom heaved with
emotion. what do you mean? What
word?"
Promise me that you will be my
wife-it is all ask"
She recoiled from him, clasping her
hands over her heart. Painting, she
looked at him helplessly.
But do not love you," she said.
II know that" he answered. "You
hate me. You despise me. You have
said it a hundred times in your
naughty way. But I do not care for
that. I love you, and must have you.
You have your choice-marriage and
honor with me, your fathers life saved.
Or"
"Hush!" she said. do not speak of
it again. realize it all. But how do
know you will keep your promise?
You may be as cruel as the others. You
may not save my fathers life"
He smiled.
"Grief has driven reason from you"
he said. "Is it likely, when wish to
win your love. that my first step in
that direction will be to murder your
father? Besides, my part Of the con-
tract comes first. If do not sacredly
do my part, you need not keep your
promise
But is it possible?" she asked. "Ths
hour is already set for noon. Can it be
changed to midnight"
Il think it can. I have some influ-
ence with the king. I will ask this as
a favor. and he will no doubt grant 1t.
Can you not see. Jacinta. that I am
risking my life for you?"
He turned away, and Jacinta, pre-
serving calm appearance. went back
80 vi ::' ass Francisco to asked
salvarez. ~ ...v>]
Nothing much. my father" she re-
piled. "He spoke to me of-of-"
Or something that will happen
soon:" he asked, referring to his own
death.
'No, father she answered; "of
something that will never happen"
The suspense was becoming unen-
durable. The girl dared not look at her
fathers calm countenance, lest she be-
tray the true cause of her emotion. She
dared not breathe her hopes-her fears.
"They delay" said Salvarez.
Jacinta heard the ticking of the
watch in his hand.
With a tigerish fierceness she
clutched and looked at it.
It was ten minutes after tho hour
of noon.
"Father!" she murmured. Keeling.
Saved" and she fell fainting into her
fathers arms.
Ito be continued.)
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-04-20
Cause for Thanks.

Congressman Gardner Of Maryland
tells a story Of an English minister
who was called to the bedside of dy-
ing parishioner to offer him such final
consolation as was possible.
"Opkins," said the dominic, you're
a sick man"
II am" replied Hopkins.
you're going to die. 'Opkins." con-
tinued the other.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-04-20

This burst of true American girl indig-
nation was caused by the teacher saying
that Grape Nuts, the popular pre-digest-
ed food, was made of stale bread shipped
In and sweetened.
The teacher colored up and changed
the subject.
There is quite an assortment of travel
Ing and stay-at-home members of the
tribe Of Ananias who tell their false
hoods for variety of reasons.
In the spring 1t is the custom on cat
tleranch tohave round VI" and brand
the cattle. SO we are going to have a
round up" and brand these cattle and
place them in their proper pastures.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-04-20

Don't you always see their names n
the papers, telling how they've been
taking tonics and patent medicines.
and 30 on?'" A
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-04-20

II ap, !" sroaned Hopkins. b
&, you've been bad man, 'opkinAs
II have.
n; N you can't expect to 60 to heaven"
II know IT," said Hopkins.
Then, 'Opkins, you'll have to 60 to
the other place"
eyes" said Hopkins, signing deeply.
'Well," concluded the consoling pas.
tor you ought to be thankful that
you've got somewhere to co.
The darkest cloud may have silver
lining, but the average man prefers
his clouds gold lined and Of q less som.
Der hue. @
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-04-20

a dollar unjustly sainsd saanst Is
Justly kept
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10
NERVOUS DEBILITY
a Scranton Woman Tells How Or.
Williams Pink 7ii.s Made Her
Well and Strong.

Nervous debility is the common name
for what the doctors term ueurasthenia.
1t is characterized by mental depression,
fits of the 'blues, " or melancholy, losa
of energy and spirits The patients eyes
become dull, the piulS fades from the
cheeks, thomemOry becomes defective so
that 1t is difficult to recall dates and
names atwill. Some of these symphonic
only may be present or all of them. The
remedy lies i'll touing mp the nervous
system and there Is no medicine better
adapted for this purpose than DR..
Williams Pink Pills
Mrs, Jano j. Davies. of No. 3t4 War.
rem street, Scranton, Pa, says: Some
years ago | became greatly reduced in
health and strength aud my nervous
system became so debilitpted that felt
wretched. could not rest or sleep well
at night and woke up as weary and
languid in the morning as WAS when
went to bed My head ached in the
morning and often thore was pain in
my right side which was worse when l
snt down. My nerves were on edge all
the time, every little noise bothered me
and was generally miserable. Then
decided TO try DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People Gsmy husband had taken
them with good results, aud they did
wonders for me. Row [ have no more
pnin III my SIDE. no moro headaches,
sleep well and feel Strong and able to
do my work"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs.
Davies aud they cnn do Just as much
for other weak, pale, ailing men or
women who arc sIipping into hopeless
decline. They strike straight at the root
of all common diseases caused by poor
and impoverished blood.
DR.. Williams Puly Pills are sold by all
druggists, or will he sent postpaid, on
receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six
boxes for $3.50. by the Dir. Williams
MedicineICo., Schenectady, NY.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1913 she married Isaac Pinlsham,
builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. PinlSham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature SO
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia e. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely. with
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn Its length and severity We're toe
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, SO when the Centen-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia e. PinlSham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
| to the world.
The three sons and the daughter
with their mother, combined forces te
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10
A Rat.Proof Corn crib.

lx4 inch cross section are fastened
to posts. The roof is arranged to
give inch caves clear of sides and
is covered with three-ply tarred pa
per. 1t has double floor, the bottom
boards of rough hemlock and top floor
of Carolina pine matched.
Extra heavy one-half-inch wire
mesh was put on inside of posts be-
fore the second floor was laid and
fastened in place by staples. also
strips one-third inch over to hold it
securely in place. This room is 20
feet long and has swing, wire door
on the end to raise out OF the way
for unloading corn from the wagon.
There is a space Sx41k feet on the
north end which is covered with
matched boards and separated from
the corn by movable fence of boards,
giving room for Smelling and being
protected from the cold winds The
door on the east side is used to get
into this room. The wire door and
this door are kept locked as a pre-
caution against borrowers.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10
NO REST NIGHT OR DAY.
With Irritating Skin Humor--Hsir
Began to Fall Out--Wonderfu Re-
suit from cutlcura Remedies.


about the latter part of July my
whole body began to itch. l did not
take much notice of 1t at first, but 1t
began to get worse all the time, and
then began to get uneasy and tried
all kinds of baths and other remedies
that were recommended for skin hum
ors; but became worse all the time.
My hair began to fall out and my
scalp itched all the time. Especially
at night, Just as soon as l would get
in bed and get warm. my whole body
would begin to itch and my finger
nails would keep it irritated, and 1t
was not long before could not rest
night or day. A friend asked me
to try the Cuticura Remedies, and
did, and the first application helped
me wonderfully. For about four
weeks ! would take a hot bath every
night and then apply the cuticura
Ointment to my whole body; and l
kept getting better, and by the time
used four boxes of Cuticura | was
entirely cured. and my hair stopped
falling out. D. e. Blankenship, 3l9
N. Del ST., indianapolis, Ind, Oct. ~,
1906"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10
Anecdote Of Robert R. HIT.

The late Robert r. Hit had knowl
edge of stenography which was of
great value to him in debate. He has
been known to rise with his hand full
of shorthand notes of a speech just
delivered to which he was about to
reply and woe to the man who &C
cused Mr. Hit of misquoting him. He
was the patron saint of the stenog-
raphers of the house Not long ago
political influence was about to dis
place from the line OF promotion
young expert writer OF shorthand from
Michigan whose work Mr. Hit had
occasion to admire. Mr.. Hit went to
Speaker Cannon This will never do.
Joe" said the shorthand authority of
the house. I'VE can't do without this
man. The house must have him" "All
right, Hit" replied Speaker Cannon.
"If anybody knows the sort of stenog
raphers this house ought to have you
are the man" That settled it and the
Michigan stenographer held his place.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10
LOOSE TEETH
Made Sound BY Eating erape-Nuts

Proper food nourishes every part of
the body, because Nature selects the
different materials from the food we
eat, to build bone, nerve, brain, mus
Gle, teeth, etc.
All we need is to eat the right kind
of food slowly, chewing it well-our
digestive organs take 1t up into the
blood and the blood carries it all
through the body, to every little nook
and corner.
If some one would ask you, rs
Grape Nuts good for loose teeth?'
you'd probably say, mo, l don't see
how 1t could be-" But a woman in
Ontario writes;
For the past two years have used
Grape-Nuts Food with most excellent
results. 1t seems to take the place
of medicine in many ways, builds up
the nerves and restores the health
generally.
"a little Grape-Nuts taken before re-
firing soothes my nerves and gives
sound sleep" because it relieve ir-
ritability of the stomach nerves, being
predigested food.)
Before l used Grape-Nuts my teeth
we're loose in the gums. They were so
bad / was afraid they would some day
all fall out. Since have used Grape
Nuts / have not been bothered any
more with loose teeth.
IAN desire for pastry has disappear
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10

reSIOTe inc ldInlly 1OrJuuc. 1nSy
argued that the medicine which was
so good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped ON the stove,
gradually filing a gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia q. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine We're to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia L. Pinlsham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful to pre-
serve record of every case that came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands--received
careful study, and the details, includ-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
We're recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent vast collabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment OF woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia e. Plnkham worked her
daughter in law, the present Mrs
PinlSham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia Il. Pinl1ham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of large family, took
it up With women assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this greatwork, and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women been adj
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is ''Yours for Health"
freely given if you only write to ask
for it.
Such is the history of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
! woman whose name it bears.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10
AT The SUMMER HOTEL.
Experience of Winston Churchill Fa.
millar to Many.

Winston Churchill in an address
that he made in Concord recently
praised the New Hampshire farmer.
Ours he said, is state fitted
above all others for summer resort
New Hampshire, with its superb eli.
mate, it's mountains, its lakes and
forests, will in a generation or two
be one great pleasure ground-a vast
,. 49,. -.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10
Walnut a STAPLE Food.

In some parts of France walnuts
form regular article of diet. The
peasants eat them with bread that
has oftentlmes been rubbed with gar
lie The hygienic effects are consid-
cred good, replacingl meat to large
extent. These nuts are also used
to make oil 1t is much cheaper and
similar in taste 60 that pressed from
olives, and is employed to adulterate
che latter The prisoners in certain
prisons are engaged in cracking wal
nuts and picking out the kernels,
which are pressed into oil.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10
HOW DEEP TO FARM.
Conditions Of Soil, Drainage, ETC.,
Must Determine the Question.

The depth to which man plows
his land has bearing on the success
of his farming. 1t is possible to pillow
too deep, and 1t is certainly possible
to pillow too shallow, to get the best
results. But someone will ask, what
is the best depth for blowing? That
is an unanswerable question, because
all kinds of conditions exist on farms,
and those conditions are what must
set the depth of blowing. The depth
to which to plow is problem that
has been considered, with other ques
lions, and not by itself, by our best
investigators.
In the investigations OF the soils of
southern Illinois, Prof. Hopkins found
sections where the potash had been
very much exhausted in the upper
seven inches of soil, so much so that
the crops could not get enough of that
element to make the growth they
should make The advice of Prof.
Hopkins was to pillow little deeper
and thus get the use of the potassium
below the depth of the old plowings.
Now, here was a case where the land
had been farmed for SO long time
that the potassium was exhausted In
the soil usually turned up by the pillow.
1t Is certain that If a new piece of
soil were brought under cultivation
in that region, the conditions would
not be the same. This illustrates the
fact that no rule can be laid down.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10
STORING THE CORN CROP.
Crib Which Can Be Made Rat and
Bird Proof.

have corn crib which is proof
against rats and birds, writes South
Dakota correspondent of the Farm
and Home. 1t is shown in the cut.
1t is set on posts foot out of the
ground; stills lengthwise 3x4 inches
floor joists 2x5 laid on top of sills
Posts 2x4 inches and one-half foot
high are nailed to floor joists resting
on top of stills. Plates 2x4 inches with
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10
MANY oood-one Best.

$50 many Oils and Liniments are
advertised it is hard to decide which
to buy. l tried number before using
Hunts Lightning Oil After using it
once, however realized had found
the best there was, and It was use
less to look further. II It fails it's all
off. No other liniment win hit the
spot If Hunts Lightning Oil fails''
c. G.. Young
OSnana. o. T.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKEtAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of '73" Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, COM
ing from good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as woman of an alert
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10

Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait, the
noted American clubwoman, has been
received abroad by royalty, and some
of the foreign papers have the te'
merity to declare that she has a
proverbial right to look at a king,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES produc,
the brightest and fastest colors with les
work and no muss.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-10

Those men who ride on the water
wagon get some awful jolts'