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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24
Monument to a Plu.

Monument to Pig.
did you ever see monument to a
pig"
NO"
well, there is such a monument in
existence. The town at Luneburg, in
Hanover, owns it. 1t stands in the
town hall-a glass case containing an
embalmed ham from the pig, together
with a great slab OF black marble en-
eraved with letters of gold
'Luneburg is a town rich and "a
nous through its salt springs. A pig
discovered these springs. To this pig
the monument wa sput up. The gold
On inscription says in Latin:
Stranger! Contemplate here tbs
mortal remains of the pig which &C.
Quired for itself imperishable glory by
the discovery of the salt springs Of
Luneburg.'"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24
ADDS TpMoNTANA'sw WEALTH
Largest Sapphire Mine on Earth Il at
Yogo 0ulch, in That State,
It Is Said,

The geological survey makes the
interesting announcement that the
sapphire mine at Yogo gulch, Mon
tana,' is the greatest gem mine in
the world. The Yogo mine is four
miles long on the surface and de.
sends to an unknown depth.
The entire area of workable sap
phire bearing rock approximates 1O,-
100000 cubic yards. The stones found
are not Of large size, ranging from
"culls." used for watch jewels, to
gems ranging from one to three car,
ats in weight. They are sent to Am.
sterdam for cutting.
The geological survey also notes
that never before in the history Of the
United States was there such de:
mand for diamonds as during the year
1906. Large numbers were import.
ed, and still the demand was not sat.
ished. -. :, Iisxfss.aS:.. go
The political economists say that
when q nation spends large sum
each year for precious stones its
people are in pro1perous condition.
and that the condition of prosper.
ity may be quite accurately measured
from year to year by the amount Of
money devoted to Injuries Of this
character. In 1905, it is said in gov.
eminent reports, the people Of this
country imported precious stones to
the value of $34,99S, 900, IAN increase
of more than 100000 over 1904.
The importations for the month Of
December. 1906. $3.600,000. were
larger than for the entire year 1879.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24
FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET
Process by Which Italian Cherries Are
Prepared for the Festive
Cocktail,

An interesting report showing the
maner in which Italian cherries, mill
lions Of which are used in American
cocktails. are prepared, has been re-
ceived at the department Of com
merce and labor
BY the Italian processes, cherries
to be packed in spirits are brought
to the factory and cleaned by women.
They are then subjected to the sui
phur bath to preserve color, and are
afterwards passed through three al
cohol baths in which the strength Of
the fluid is increased from 80 to the
go grade. The entire process Of
preparation consumes nearly IS days.
Male labor is employed throughout
after the cleaning process at wages
approximating 40 cents a day.
When bottled for shipment tho
cherries sell at about 40 cents Z
pound. Preserved or candied cher
ries take the sulphur bath, are then
stoned, cooked ia sugared water, to
which sweetening is gradually added,
and are then left for two or three
days In the basins until & the sugar
slightly fsrments. They are then
boiled again "a water In which tho
proportion Of sugar u; Increased, and
on finishing are either sold for can
died cherries or are bottled In .
heavy syrup. Women do the cleaning
and pick the stones; men DO the rest
Such cherries Invoice &c about s6
cents per pound. ). 'T-7 sz1yyl sss
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24
He Had Met Him.

when you go to New Zealand /
wish you would inquire after my
great-grandfather, Jeremiah Thomp-
son."
Certainly" said the traveller, and
wherever he went he asked for news
Of the ancestor. but without avail.
One day he was introduced to a fine
old maori Of advanced age. did you
ever meet with an Englishman named
jeremiah Thompson?" he asked. A
smile passed over the aAdaori's face.
Meet him?"> he repeated. "why, I
ate him!"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

nj Tue diNctor 81 the mint IL lii a.
nu 1al report says that tho domestic
coinage Of the year amounted n "a
$91. INA. 1855 and to 153.432. 800
pieces. The coinage for the Philip
pine Islands was q, 3s0, sac pieces; for
Panama, 6,435. 900 pieces; for Costa
Rica. 450. 900 pieces, and for salvador
400. 900 pieces. The total coinage for
the Philippine islands to June 80, 1905,
was 11s.4S4,s5s pieces, and the total
payment BY the insular government to
reimburse the. United States for the
cost Of the same has been $39s,335.3s. \
The insular government also supplied
the metal. The original deposits Of
gold ct the mints and assay ofaces
amounted to 3143, S7s, s6s.s6
A summary Of all earnings and ex.
penditures, including seigniorage on
silver and minor coins. shows that the
s total earnings and gains Of the mint
service exceeded expenditures by 33,-
2SS. 019.76. The earnings were ST.
034. 635.46 and the expenditures and
loss $1,745,61151.70. The director rec
ommends that the provision Of law
which requires the minis to pay out
subsidiary coin on demand should be
repealed and all coin paid out here
after through the Offices of the treas
ury. There is constant depand on
the mints for new coin, although an
abundance Of coin in good condition,
but which is not wanted because 1t
has been in circulation, is in the treas
ury.
The director announces that all sill.
yer bullion purchased under the acts
of 1873 and 1890 is now gone, the &C.
counts with 1t closed, and the coinage
of the silver dollar is at an end unless
in the future new legislation upon the
subject is passed. The stock of gold
In the world on January 1, 1905, in use
as money, is estimated in round num-
bers at s6,0O0,00O,00O. The amount
actually in reporting banks and gov
eminent treasures was 1885,, 600, 900.
The new mint at Denver is receiving
Its equipment and coinage operations
will begin there at an early day.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

THE DAKOTA BUSINESS COLLEGE
OF Fargo won all Of the first prizes for
good writing at the state fair, proving
that this school offers the best train
ing in this essential branch Of business
education. Professor Watkins says
that its work in bookkeeping, short,
hand, typewriting and rapid calcula-
ton is Of the same superior kind
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24
PATE!!!N!ll!T's..
List % patsnts Issued last Week %
N % Northwestern Inventors.

III II Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop q Johnson,
patent lawyers. Gil Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul, Mimi: John ]. Betz
and H. Wampach. Jordan, Mimi, wire
twisting implement; James L. Cole.
man, Fargo. N. d., cabinet; Herman
Cook, Aberdeen, g.. d., threshing ma
chine; Harry B. Cornish, Minneapolis,
Mimi, carbureter; George A. Demo,
Duluth. Mimi, matchbox; Phillip Kief,
Louriston. Mimi, metal wagonbox;
Walter +. oxley, Doran, Mimi. grain
sack tie.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

In pinch, Use ALIENS FooT-EAsE.
A powder. It cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery Of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. 10000
testimonials of cures. Sold by all
druggists, 25c. Trial package, FREE.
Address A. 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

A new theory is that yawning is
good exercise. We know a man who
is running a physical culture school
every time he tells a story, then.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24
OFT Ct Town.

you say he's got nervous prostra'
ticn?"
"Yes."
Loneliness. caused by his wife be-
ing away for the SUMMER"
NO; shock, caused by the fact that
he did not get bill from the dry
goods store this month"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

Good looking girls are born, but
most good looking women are self
made.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
aammation, asys pain. cures wind collie CSC bott;a
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

II a woman isn't suspicious of her
husband one Of her womanly traits is
badly warped.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES color
more goods, brighter colors, with less
work than others.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

There is in everything something
greater than the thing we see.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24
Tuition Free

Tuition Free.
Tuition free one month. For par
uculars address Aakers' Business Col
lege. Fargo. N. d.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24
Jap as a Carrier.

japanese steamers are carrying
large part Of the Philippine Australia
business each way.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

The Brooklyn Rapid Transit con-.
tinues to kill of Greater New York's
population at the rate Of twenty .
montk
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

A man is seldom as old as he feels
or q woman as young as she says, she
Ia t7
The citizen., 1906-06-22
Virginia Law Ignored Like
That of Maryland.

A dispatch from Richmond
dated June 14th says:
To-day was the day the Church
man . cent railroad rate bill was
supposed to go into effect. If the
new law has received the slight
est recognition at the hands Of
the transportation companies no
body has been able to asceI tain
the fact In truth, it seems to be
a sort of statutory wait, with no
body in particular to father it.
All the companies in the State
have proclaimed their intention
TO pay no attention whatever to
the new law.
The matter can only be adjudi-
Gated in the courts through the
means of some public.s spirited citi-
zen, who tries to purchase "A ticket
aud on failing sues the company
that declines to grant him the
privilege. 1t is charged that the
bill is unconstitutional. and in
this opinion the best lawyers con
cur. In the meantime there are
no 800 mile books on sale 10y the
corporations at . cents "A mile.
That is the same condition that
exists here in Maryland. The
Anders law provides that the rail
road shall sell 1000 and 500 mile
books at 2 cents per mile, without
the customary tribute of $40 on
each 1000 mile book. ANY mem.
ber of a firm or family can use the
same book. OF course the rail
roads have not paid any attention
to the bill and young Anders, who
introduced the bill. offered to buy
one and being refused, had the
cOmpany's agent arrested and held
for hearing.
The company appealed to the
higher court and that is the last
that has been heard of the matter.
What will come Of it is a matter
OF speculation, but it is thought
that the courts will declare the
law unconstitutional.
The citizen., 1906-06-22
BLAZING METEORS.
The Short Lived splendor of n shOot-
ing Star.

\ small body rs large as a paving
stone or not as large as a marble is
moving round the sun. Just as
mighty planet revOlvcS in an ellipse, so
this small object will move round and
round in an ellipSe, with the sun in the
focus. There are at the present mo-
ment iucOnceivable myriads of such
iIcteors moving in this manner. They
are zoo small and too distant for our
telescopes, and we can never see them
except under extraordinary circum-
stances.
At the time we see the meteor it
tyaverses Il distance of more than
twenty miles Il second Such velocity
IS almost impossible near the earth'S
surface. The resistance of the air would
prevent it. Aloft in the emptiness of
space there is no air to resist it.
In the course of its wandcrings the
body may come near the earth and
within 4 few hundred miles of its sur
face, of course, begins to encounter the
upper surface of the atmosphere with
which the earth is inclOsed. To a body
moving with the appalling velocity of
a meteor. Il plunge into the atmosphere
is usually fatal. Even though the up
per layers of air are excessively at
tenuatcd, yet they suddenly check the
velocity, almost as a rifle bullet would
be checked when fired into water. AS
Il meteor rushes through the atmos-
rhare the friction of the air warns its
surface; gradually it becomes red hot,
then white hot and is finally driven Off
into the vapor with a brilliant light,
while we on the earth. one or two hun
dred miles below. eXclaim:
''Oh, look. There is a shooting star"
The citizen., 1906-06-22
THE FRENZIED BEEF PACK.
ERS.

1t is stated that the Neill-Reynolds
report on the Beef Trust horrors has
already seriously injured the American
meat trade abroad, that the sale OF
American canned meats has practically
stopped altogether in London, and
that throughout Belgium the market
for our lard and other prepared animal
products has been killed.
Nor is this all, in New York and
other cities a decrease in the use Of
meats is very apparent, and this is es-
pecially noticeable at public restaurants,
where diners always look with more or
less suspicion at the dishes prepared te-
yond their ken.
Such results are perfectly natural and
TO be expected, aud the public cannot
feel sorry for the men who have brought
this state of affairs to pass. 1t is right
that they should be punished for The
actions, aud it is a pity that such pun
i-hment may not be- more drastic than
mere monetary lo,s-or rather mere
lesseuing of profits
The agricultural committee of the
House dues not seem inclined to take
the offenders to task. Its members
want to take a trip TO Chicago and
make an inspection" themselves.
Just as if every packing house in the
city had not been imbued with frerzy
of house cleaning ever since the subject
matter Of the report was first hinted at.
In fact, the plan appears to be to de-
lay reporting the agricultural bill to
the House until the last possible mo-
ment and then to force it through
without any meat inspection amend
ment, or to add a sub-ttute which will
be eminently satisfactory, not to the
public, but to the packers.
One thing /. certain-if the present
Cougrcss d es not assist the people in
this shameful matter these same people
will remember that fact at the polls
next fall
The citizen., 1906-06-22
IMPRISONMENT FOR LAW
BREAKERS.

Even conservative people have come
to the Democratic contention that fin
ing corporations for breaking the law
of the land has but little effect and that
nothing short of imprisonment Of the
officials will compel obedience to the
law The enforcement of law, says the
New York Eccning Post, is becoming a
hobby Of executive officers and district
attorneys. The news of the day is full
Of specific instances Certain officials
of the Department of Justice at Wash
ington are predicting that there will
soon be WHOLESALE suits" against the
Standard Oil Company and the rail-
ways for violating the Elkins Anti-Re-
bate law. If, as well informed men
assert, the Garfield Investigations have
uncovered 1000 illegal shipments over
single road, there may be fines run.
ming into the millions-fines that will
make the $50, 900 recently exacted by
the court from the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy, a mere tride. The
fines may be salutary, but for our part
we believe that the penalty Of impris-
1e egbich may be imposed in the
ade from selected alfalfa and riGHmuch
it'll sugar beet nolasses in the prod
'rtion Of - per cent alfalfs ana %
- rent m. foceae .
The citizen., 1906-06-22

with little time and labor it would
be possible to construct garden whose
flowers would combine to make first
rate clock" said the botanist. 1T is >
a. m. when the sow thistle opens,' he
continued. 1T is $50 when the dande-
lion opens. 1t is when the white lily
opens. 1t is s when the hawkweed
opens. At 11:12 a. IN. the SOW thistle
closes. At noon precisely the yellow
goats beard closes. At p. IN. the
hawkweed closes. At 3 the white lily
closes. The dandelion closes at sharp.
Since Pliny's time forty-six flowers
have been known to open and shut
with great punctuality at certain hours
of the day and night"
The citizen., 1906-06-22

THE Secretary of the Treasury is not
ed for the looseness of his statements
and when he declared that: "The
Democratic party in the coming cleo
tion will not demand free trade. 1t
will simply echo the Cummns cry for
revision;" he, as usual, put his foot in
it, The Democrats welcome all re-
cruits to its tariff revision standard, es-
pecially such notable ones as Gov
ernor Cummins, Governor La Toilette,
Governor Hoch and Congressman Nc
Call and others, who are for free hides,
free coal, and reciprocity with Canada
and such as are willing to help revise
the tariff, so that the trusts will be
compelled to sell as cheap to our own
people as to foreigners. But "free
trade" is a Republican myth which
politicians of the Shaw caliber use to
deceive their followers as to the real
virtue of Democratic tariff reform.
The citizen., 1906-06-22
MODERN CIVIL SERVICE.

Oh, yes, Secretary Bonaparte is
great Civil Service Reformer- nit. He
put the blocks to the old war horse,
Malster, and set up J. Stuart Mae
Donald, the Baltimore jeweler, as
Naval Officer. 1t can be remembered
when the fight was made for the Bal
timore postoffice and MacD 'nald had
the Others apparently pushed so far to
the rear that you could not sre them
for the dust, aud suddenly w. Hall
Harris came out of the crowd aud won
in a walk. Then it was hat Mac.
Donald said things, and it IS said by
tue wise ones that Bonaplrte thr W
this sop to him to keep him quiet, and
at the same time put him on the
retired list, politically speaking. This
is real, honest, civil service reform for
you. from the great reftrmer AID NOR
alist, Charles J. Bonaparle.
The citizen., 1906-06-22
Governor Pardons Harris.

Gov. Warfeld has pardoned
Harry w. Harris, convicted IN
the Baltimore Criminal Court in
1900 of murder in the second de
gree and sentenced to 16 years in
the penitentiary. He killed his
wife. Harris was a witness for
the State in the Shippers trial,
having overheard a conversation
by him whilst in prison. 1t is said
his testimony went a long way to-
wards convicting Shippers and it
was largely on this account that
he made a plea for executive
clemency. In some quarters the
Governor is criticised for granting
this pardon, as the crime was a
revolving one. Whilst the pen
atty of grst degree could not be
attached, the penalty of 16 years
certainly suggests to a sentence to
fit the crime.
The citizen., 1906-06-22
REPU LICAN INCON SIS
TENCY.

The Republicans of the present day
have forgotten What the founders of
their party declared in 1870, when they
were seeking the approval of the Ameri-
can people. At that time they did not
attribute the growth and prosperity Of
the nationto proteclionism as they now
do, but to the true causes of both-that
is, to the Union of the States and the
consequent freedom of trade among
them. They declared: THAT to the
union of the States this Nation owes its
unprecedented increase in population,
its surprising development Of material
resources, its rapid augmentation of
wealth, its happiness at home aud its
honor abroad"
This wise declaration has been studi-
ously avoided in all its recent platforms,
and the exact contrary has been assert
ed. In 1892, the parry said: I'VE main
tain that the prosperous condition of
our country is due to the wise revenue
Legislation Of the last Republican Con-
gress.
For a generation or more the advo.
Gates of protectionism who control that
party and plunder people of all parties,
have ascribed the continuance of pros
perity to its own legislation: hus giving
the lie direct to the Repblicans Of 1860.
What ingrates and fakirs the Repubi-
eau bosses are!
The citizen., 1906-06-22

of Washington. and has con-
sented TO hold summer hearings
on cases instead of taking his
usual summer recess. This will
give the Office . little time to
catch up with the mass of work
that has accumulated ahead of
it, but the work is still too far in
arrears and complete improve
ment can be attained only by
having the Patent Office force
work over time and defer vaca.
tion to every man on the force
until 10 up to date.
The Inter State Com merce Com
mission is reaching out for more
information as TO the coal aud
oil carrying roads of the country
and their relations with the pro-
ducers. 1t has now issued a
series of questions that are being
sent to all of the railroads of the
country covering seventeen points
of inquiry as to the ownership of
coal and oil lands by the roads,
the ownership of coal and oil
stocks by railroad officials, and a
number of other things connect
ed with the sensational inquiry
that the commission is now pros
ecuting. OF course only a small
portion of the roads will be di
rectly interested in the coal and
oil lands as not all of them run
through coal and oil country.
The citizen., 1906-06-22

IT is not only our commerce but our
national character that has been injur-
ed by the frauds and scandals now as
tonishing the world. If the laws had
been faithfully executed, such scandals
would have been impossible The
greatest and most damaging ofall these
scandals is that the laws of the United
States have not been faithfully execut-
ed-that cant hypocrisy, and conniv-
ance at crime, and political partisan
success won by criminals with
stolen money aud hush-mouey, stand
in the place Of duty and morality.
The people may applaud the spectacu-
lar rogues for a time; but they will turn
and rend them just as soon aa they are
undeceived.
The citizen., 1906-06-22
THE HOME.

Married people would be hap.
pier:
If home trials were never told
to the neighbors.
If they kissed and made M
after every quarrel.
Ii household expenses were pro.
portiOned to receipts.
If they tried to be as agreeable
as in courtship days.
If each would try and be a sun.
port and comfort to the other.
If each remembered the other
was a human being and not an
angel.
If women were as kind to their
husbands as they were to their
lovers.
If fuel and provisions were laid
in during the high tide of sum.
mer work.
If both parties remembered
'hau Iney married Tor worse as
well as for better.
II men were as thoughtful for
their wives as they were for their
sweethearts.
II there were fewer silk and
velvet costumes for the street.
and more plain, tidy house
dresses.
If there were fewer "please
darlings" in public, and more DO.
lite manners in private.
Ii wives and husbands wonld
take some pleasure as they 90
along, and not degenerate into
mere toiling machines. Recrea.
tlon is necessary to keen the
heart in its place, and to get
along without it is a big mistake
If men would remember that
women can't always be smiling.
who have to cook the dinner. an.
swer the bell half q dozen times
get rid Of neighbor who has
The citizen., 1906-06-22
REPUBLICANS AND MONOP
OILY.

The House Of Representatives, on
June 9TH, adopted a resolution looking
to the establishments by the Govern
meut Of an armor plate plant. Theex
tortionate prices charged by the Armor
Plate Trust for its products have made
the ownership and operation of such
plant by the Government a necessity.
To allow private corporations to hold q
monopoly Of things Indispensable to the
Government and thereby TO fleece the
public as the Armor Plate Trust, the
Powder Trust, the Beef Trust, the Coal
Trust, the Steel Ttlst, and others have
done, is an III 1ardonable sin and
shame. II the t6utt rates on trust pro-
ducts were reduced or abolished there
would be competition, which would
break down the monopoly that these
trusts now enjoy But the Republican
politicians refuse to revise the tariff and
seem quite willing to vote appropria-
tions for trust products at monopoly
prices.