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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-11-01

was seized with a fever Of homesick-
ness. and the cars seemed almost to
creep.
70 had written brief letters 70
,"hei during s absence. and she had
also written, but less often and mora
briefly, saying that as nothing hap.
pened. there was nothing TO write His
last two letters had not been answer
ed at all, and he felt a vague uneasi-
ness.
The long journey was at last ended,
and s.ngletca found himself running
up the walk Of his own yard. There
were no I.g.-s in the house but he
thought little Of that, fer it was bare
ly dark vet. He hastily unlocked the
door wilh his latch key and entered.
To his dlsmay there was nobody in
any of the rooms
l7aif beside himself with dread. he
hurried 70 the nearest neighbor's- Mrs.
Allen responded to his imperative ring
OF the bell.
DO tell me what has happened?"
implorrG Singleton. his heart standing
still with a nameless fear.
Mrs. Singleton has been sick
quito sick said Mrs. Allen. But
shes getting better now she has
tened aad
Singleton breathed again.
she got your letter asking her to
see about the fire insurance on the
house, and on looking at the policy
she found it ran out that very night at
u o'clock So she set out in a pour
ing rain to have it renewed. and her
shoes were very thin and her over
shoes leaky-
Where is she now?' demanded Sin
gleton.
Her mother came and lursed her
until she was able to travel. and then
took her home with her
How long since.
About q week ago"
Il was in the middle of the fore
noon when he entered his mother-in-
laws house.
Ethel started up with a joyful cry.
and Singleton's heart smote him as
he saw how thin and pale she was
Ethel" lie said at length, drawing
her down on the Jfa beside him 4
have a confession to make. You
have been the hest and dearest wife
a man ever had, and / have treated
you abominably. In that disagree
ment of ours l was wrong-entirely
and inexcusabiy wrong. And l have
been in the wrong ever since you mar
ried me. I have wanted to have nv
own way in everything, and to dom
ineer over you and be your master.
But while l have been away l have
had time for thinking. and l have
come to see the marriage relation in
a very different light. When a man
comes to love his wife more than
himself. he no longer wants to lord
it over her. lie only wants TO make
her happy
EtheTs eyes were full of tears.
DO you forgive me?"
Il don't feel as though there was
anything to forgive" she answered,
smiling.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-11-01

The next morning Jack received By
| special messenger note from Edith
asking him if he would like TO escort
her aunt and herself to lecture to be
delivered that evening in one of the
/ large churches.
Ii you think it will bore you, don't
| come" she wrote. and added in a
/ postscript that the lecturer, an emf
nent scholar, had been asked to take
supper with them after the lecture.
OF course Jack decided to run the
risk of being bored. and appeared
promptly at the hour Edith had named
in her note The subject of the lee
ture was "Nationalism and Home
Rule in Greece in the Fourth Century
B. c."
Jack endeayored to listen and IN
derstand it. but became hopelessly be-
logged within ten minutes.
Charles Everley was one of the
guests at the supper, and carried all
before him Never had he shown to
greater advantage. Everything he said
had an air of cleverness. His brill
liant wit, his easy, confident man
ner. his yeiied compliments, put every
one-except Jack-in a good humor.
He was listened to with attention by
all: his ideas were lucid and he eX-
pressed himself to the point
Poor JACK sat silent throughout the
neal and told himself that he had
thorough contempt for man who
monorolized the conversation Ever
ley. confound him. gave no one esq
a chance to get in a word.
Il fear yea have spent anything but
pleasant evening" Edith said, as
her lover. who fingered until all the
ether guests had gone, was pulling
on his new spring overccat in the
wide hall
oh. no. it was dalightiul perfectly
delightfuli" answered Jack, with
heavy sarcasm. "Everley surpassed
my widest expectations. I wonder he
doesn't enter the lecture field him
self"
Good night" said Edith, coldly
and ascendcd the stairs TO the sec /
ond floor without giving even glance
backward.
I'm always putting my foot into
it somehow" thought poor Jack. as he
went out into the sweet spring night
When he arrived at his ONCE the
next morning he received painful
surprise in the shape of note from
Edith asking to be released from her
engagement to hun.
DO rot blame yourself in the least 1
dear Jack" she wrote. You have
been all that is good, generous and /
devoted. But am convinced that /
should we marry we would both be I
wretched. Our engagement was a
mistake. and the sooner a mistake is
repaired the better. always.
Jack was proud. He loved Edith |
Starr desperately, but he told himself /
that if she did not want him. of |
course he wouldn't try to hold her /
His notes were always brief. and he
wrote now the briefest Of his life. Il
of three words: You are
free" and his signature.
Early in the following fall Ediths
to Charles Everley was
announced Jack was invited 10 the
wedding. but he didn't attend. That
would have been a drop too much in
his cup of disappointment
But a year later he married little
Cose Thorp.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-11-01
HE'LL STICK TO HIS PIPE.
One Man. at Least, Has the Courage
Of His Convictions.

One particular objection many OF
the men patrons have TO the big pa
latial hotels in the cities is that they
can't smoke their favorite pipes in
the public halls without becoming the
cynosuTe Of all eyes. THE other ey-
ening, said a guest at the ST. Regis.
4 sat down in one Of the comforta-
bic armchairs in the hall to enjoy my
old pipe that's been my constant
friend for the last seven years. There
were several people sitting near me
most Of whom were men, and one or
two We're smoking cigars or cigarets
I didn't see z pipe in sight anywhere.
and that lie me a little uncertain
as to whetner ! should be violating an
etiQuettsl riIle of the house. l drew
out my br;ar and. after I had got it
going comfortably. ! noticed that the
guests neav me began 10 melt away
by ones and twos. until presently [
was left with good share of the hall
to myself Some OF them did not
leave the hall altogether. but moved
to seats farthest from ne. Of course.
knew what the cause was. but
didn't care. in my opinion. the man
who smokes a pipe is a heap sight
better than any dozen men who smoke
cigars anT -'~arn+fes"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
ITO BE CONTINUED,
NON-ANIMAL BOOTS.

Feature of the Vegetarian Fad in Eng
There are vegetarians who deny
flesh food on sanitary grounds only,
while others cling to the diet on hui
manitarian grounds. They refuse to
eat meat because they decline to even
remotely sanction the slaughter of a
living creature for any purpose, says
the New York World. This feeling is
carried to the point of fad in Eng
land, and as result, vegetarian boots
and shoes" are advertised rs for sale in
the London papers. The uppers are
made of "jannus corium," which, by the
way, is oak-tanned leather, but few pco-
pie will recognize the fact. This is all
the leather used in the shoe, however.
The soles are of closely waterproofed
flax betting. The vegetarians in ar
guing that the skins of slaughtered
animals are not necessary say that
India rubber, gutta percha, steel, iron,
and brass nails, cashmere, cotton, elas-
tic webbing, wood, paper, cork, straw,
silk, jute and wax go 20 form the mod
ern mystery of lady's shoe. in which
oftentimes no element of leather enters.
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White House Fun and Jo,lltv.

White House Fun and Jollity.
The evening visitors who sit about
the camp fire" in the presidents IL
brary do not have altogether silent
time of 1t, says q correspondent.
There is their own conversation and
that Of their host, and there is the
occasional reminder that the younger
Roosevelts are not far of. It's good
healthy noise that comes from the
hall on occasion, and the fact that it
Is made by two or three boys and q
dog or two having the time of their
lives in the big hallway without
makes it, in one sense at least, ap.
pealing. The presidents children are
like the children of other sensible
American parents. They are allowed
to make all the noise that they care
to, provided it doesn't interfere with
the comfort of others. No visitor is
worried by it, for 1t quits early. The
youngsters Of the executive mansion
go to bed early and get up early, but
they do have time of it while they
are awake, and their father says it is
good thing.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
New in oastronomic Line.


Epicures experience much difficulty
in finding new dishes, but it took a
Virginia negro in Washington cafe
the other day to introduce distinct
novelty in the gastronomic line. A
belated and tired traveller got of a
train at the Pennsylvania depot and
headed for an eating place which some
chance acquaintance in the smoker
suggested. Seating himself at the
table he was handed a menu card by
an obsequious server of viands. On
account of the dearth of walters, due
to the exit of many for seaside and
mountain resorts, the management
was put to the necessity of employing
the negro referred to, who was not
overburdened with either experience
or intelligence. Gas matter of fact,
said the traveller, in relating his ex.
perience, 1.-The man only knew one
dish on the card. After finishing up
hasty meal Of steak, fried potatoes
and coffee, l asked him what else he
had that was good, meaning dessert.
We've got some fine orang-outang
pie was the response. Just as a
flyer l told him to get me some, hav-
ing considerable misgivings as to what
he would bring. A great uproar went
up when he set before me a piece Of
meringue pie. The fun was worth
the enlarged tip handed him, but
when got home it's orang-outang pie
for me-"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
H.. Seen Many Land. and Races.

Has Seen Many Lands and Races.
Probably nobody in the government
service has had 90 many interesting
and unusual experiences as have fall.
en- to the lot within the past year Of
Prof. Frank N. Meyer. explorer for
the agricultural department. He has
Just completed a remarkable tour OF
China, Korea and Alaska in search OF
plants. flowers and cereals. In the
prosecution Of his work he penetrated
remote and mysterious parts Of those
lands which It is believed were never
before visited by white man. He has
brought back to Washington speci.
mems Of plants. flowers and cereals
that are new to the agricultural de.
partment and is now preparing an
elaborate report that will include
some Of his more novel experiences
while travelling. All,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
DIRECT 10 STHE SECRETARY.
Man-of- Wars Man Takes Complaint e
Head of Bureau. wv \

| ~ v
1T is very seldom, remarked an Of.
fetal Of the navy department, that
the secretary Of the navy receives q
call from man-of:war's man, but sec
rotary Metcalf had that experience
recently. It was during business
hours at the department. A young
bluejacket very much excited and ap-
parently in trouble appeared in the
secretary's anter-room and asked
Private Secretary Clark IL he couldn't
have a private interview with the sec
rotary on important business. Secre.
tary Metcalf happened to be olsen
gagged at the time and he said he
would see the man. The sailor went
into the secretary's private ONCE and
told a yarn of trouble. It seems that
he is attached to Farragut's old flag
ship Hartford, now used by the mid
shtpmen at Annapolis as a practice
ship, and that he had walked from
Annapolis to Washington, distance
of about 40 miles, in order to lay his
grievance before the head of the naval
establishment. According to his story
the bluejacket was sick and couldn't
get proper food on his ship. He said
that the doctors had put him on =
light diet, but that he was given moth
Ing but regulation food, which was
too coarse for his delicate digestion,
aud made him sick. The man was in
pretty bad shape, but whether it was
due to improper food or simply the
result of his long tramp from Annapo-
lis 1t was hard to tell. Anyhow his
tale excited Secretary Metcalf's sym.
pathy and at his suggestion the man
was sent to the local naval hospital
for treatment and observation, in ad-
dition to which the secretary said he
would investigate his complaint of i'm.
proper treatment on the Hartford.
The case is unusual in that the sailor
man was able to present his case to
the head of the navy in person"
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the table, and stood there prominently
alone. her lips trembled little. and a
faint shade of color passed swiftly over
her cheeks. Even that slight change
had vanished now-she was paler,
stiller, more widely altered from her
former self than ever, as she faced the
president and said these words:
II wish to follow my brothers. exam
pie. and make my confession as he has
made his. 1 would rather he had
spoken for me; but he is too generous
to say any words except such as he
thinks may save me from sharing his
punishment. l refuse to be saved,
unless he is saved with me. Where he
goes when he leaves this place, will
go; what he suffers, l will suffer; if he
is to die, I believe God will grant me the
strength to die resignedly with him."
She paused for moment. and half
iurned toward Trudaine-then checked
herself instantly, and went on: This
is what l now wish to say. as to my
share in the offense charged against my
brother: Some time ago, he told me one
day that he had seen my husband S
mother in Paris disguised as a poor
woman: that he had spoken to her, and
forced her to acknowledge herself. Up
to this time we had all felt certain that
she had left France, because she held
old-fashioned opinions. which it is dan
gerous for people to hold now-had left
France before we came to Paris. She
told my brother that she had indeed
gone with an old tried servant of the
family to help and protect herr as far
as Marseilles; and that, finding unfore-
seen difficulty there in getting farther
she had taken it as a warning from
| Providence not to desert her son, ,oi
whom she was very passionately fond
and from whom she had been most un-
willing to depart. Instead of waiting
in exile for quieter times, she deter.
mined to go and hide herself in Paris
knowing her son was going there too
| She assumed the name Of her old and
| faithful servant, who declined to the
last to leave her unprotected; and she
proposed to live in the strictest secrec,
and retirement, watching, unknown
the career Of her son, and ready at .
moments notice to disclose herself Il
him, when the settlement of public at
fairs might reunite her safely to her be
loved child. My; brother thought thi
plan full Of danger, both for herself
for her son, and for the honest old mar
who was risking his head for his mis-
tress' sake. Thought 90 too; and in al
evil hour I said to Louis. VIII you r.!
In secret to Get my husbands mothel
sway, md - that her faithful ssrvan
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III SISTER ROSE.l@9
e}AcG@SMKBHRHH RB33H8Ya62s&
SeAR} STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ~
Sss@zQ|gYwLkIe eolL!Ns ~
|BY WILk[E COLLINS
CHAPTER x1n.-(Coxr1surp.)

The look of him, as he turned his
CHASTITY face towards the audience, ST.
fenced and steadied them in an instant,
just as they were on the point of falling
into fresh confusion. Everyone
stretched forward eagerly to hear what
he would say. His lips moved: but the
few words that fell from them were in
audible, except to the persons who hap
pened to be close by him. Having
spoken, he left the table, supported by u
police-agent, who was seen to lead him
towards the private door Of the court
and, consequently, also towards the
prisoners platform. He stopped, how
ever, half way, quickly turned his face
from the prisoners, and pointing to-
wards the public door at the opposite
side of the hall, caused himself to be
led out into the air by that direction.
When he had gone, the president, ad-
dressing himself partly to Trudaine
and partly to the audience. said:
"The Citizen-superintenden Danville
has been overcome by the heat in the
court. He has retired (by my desire,
under the care of police-agent) to re-
cover in the open air; pledging himself
to me to come back and throw new
light on the extraordinary and suspic-
ious statement which the prisoner has
just made. Until the return Of Citizen
Danville. ordered the accused, Tru-
dame, to suspend any further acknowl-
edgment of completely which he may
have to address to me. This matter
must be cleared up before other matters
are entered on. Meanwhile, in order
that the time of the tribunal may not
be wasted, authorize the female pris-
oner to take this opportunity of making
any statement concerning herself which
she may wish to address to the judges"
silence him" Remove him out of
court" Gag him" "Guillotine him."
These cries rose from the audience the
moment the president had done speak
ing. They were all directed at Tru-
dame, who had made last desperate
effort to persuade his sister to keep 81
lence, and had been detected in the at
temp by the spectators.
eff the prisoner speaks another word
to his sister, remove him, said the pres
ident, addressing the guard round the
platform.
Good! We shall hear her at last.
Silence! Silence!" exclaimed the wom-
en-, settling themselves comfortably on
their benches, and preparing to resume
their work.
Rose Danville, the court is waiting
to hear you," said the president, cross
ing his legs and leaning back luxuri-
,usly in his large armchair.
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Senator Knox q. az lttle Dbl, ),

Although no one in Washington
would dream Of calling Senator Knox
Phil" that Is the affectionate dimin.
utive generally applied to him In Pitts.
burg. where he has lived for 80 years.
His Christian names are Philander
Chase. conferred upon him ~ his par.
ents as mark Of their respect for
Bishop Philander Chase. Pittsburs
knows the senator as . royallys soiod
fellow, who tells 4 capital story. "a.
Joys those told ~ his aequaintancelaal
and IL the most approach able 81, mon,
x He'll one q tho earliest rissrs In III
capita and nsuall q q Vol yotrk 3b 81
4 s ~ clock a. tlas tnosnii I'M
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
No Nurses for the Navy.

Surgeon General Rixey has called
attention to the curious fact that the
navy, unlike the army. has no regular
corps of trained nurses, and at the
next session of congress he will urge
the necessary appropriation for the
organization of a nurse corps. With
$4,000 he feels that he can make a
respectable beginning in the organiza.
hon of the proposed corps.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
A Flaming Bullet.

II bullet to be fired by marks.
man is coated with fine paste q
gunpowder and gum, says the Dundee
Advertiser, and then with thin cor.
ering of some friction powder, the
latter, as 1t passes out Of the gun bar.
rel, will ignite, and in turn set fire to
the gunpowder taste. The bullet will
then leave long stream of smoka
behind it, indicating the exact course
1t has taken, and enabling the marks.
man, if necessary, to correct his ain
for his next shot.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
Wood as Hard a. iron.

Recent tests of the hard woods Of
Western Australia have revealed the
extraordinary properties of yate. be.
lieved to be the strongest of all known
woods. Its average tensile strength ID
$4,000 pounds to the square inch,
equa1ffng that Of cast iron. Many
specimens arc much stronger, and one
was tested up to seventeen and one.
half tons to the square inch, which ID
equal to the tensile strength. Of
wrought iron.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
Engines Are Lake Indiy,dual..

1t is better to key up an engine in the
morning than TAT night. II 1t is done at
night what proof does the engineer have
that he will be there to attend to 1t the
next morning? An engine may appear
to be keyed up all right, and yet when
It Is started up the crank pin or some
other part may heat because the key
was driven. too far; therefore all e. 8....ie
parts should be closely watched until III
is known that they will run COO. Tx. !,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
Work on New campani,e.

WIN VH NoW VdTHPdU1e.
Work on the Campanile at Venics
has been resumed after year, and
the tower is now eight feet above tho
plaza of st. Mark. The work has "a
far cost about $4,000. The greatest
care is being taken to reproduce ex.
actly the famous old bell tower which
fell in: 1902. Much Of the old. Cam.
panile is being built into the neweand
the old angel will again be high on fta
top and the old bell from Crete huns
ON the summit.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26

= Heart an Efficient Machine.
The efficiency of the human heart il
greater than that of any piece of ma.
chtnery, taking into consideration tho
size. 1t pumps nearly eight tons of
blood daily.
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A Prooviso.

IT'S all very WE'LL" said Crouch, TO
talk about forgiving our enemies, but
it's not easy to do"
You're right replied Dudley.
I'VE shouldn't be expected to forgive
our enemies except when they freely
admit that they don't deserve our for.
giveness."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
Impatient Tommy.

Tommy went to kindergarten. One
day the teacher said: Now children,
| want you all to be so quiet you can
hear a pin drop" The little ones
Strengthened up and kept very quiet,
not one moving finger or toe. Pretty
soon Tommy. becoming impatient,
cried out: We'll, why don't you drop
err"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
The Doing Of Him.

Better keep away from that old
hayseed." cautioned the first bunko
man.
What fort" demanded the other.
Because 1 did the old fellow myself
a couple Of months ago." -.-.-
Well. what man has done man can
do"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26
Period Of Deepest Sleep.

The period Of deepest sleep varies
from 3 to 5 o'clock. An hour or two
after going to bed you sleep very
soundly;; then your slumber grows
gradually lighter, and it is easy
enough to waken you at or 2 o'clock
But when o'clock comes you are in
such state of somnolence that il
would take a great deal to rouse you.
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Expensixe Railway.

The most expensive piece Of railway
line in the world is said to be that Of
the North British railway which runs
ever the Forth bridge. This portion
of the line, including approaches, is
shout four miles long and cost $4,000,
s1o0 mile to construct. E:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26

Kidney medicines. am In position
20 know whereof I speak, and an
pleased to add my endorsement and
to recommend their use"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents q boz.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY.
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Wears Two Victoria Crosses.
Lord Roberts is the only man alive
who has the privilege Of wearing two
! Victoria crosses. One is that worn by
himself in the mutiny; the other is
that won by his son. the lat eLieut.
Roberts at Colenso.
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and confusion of
the last few min
utes, Rose had
, stood ever in the
ysame attitude, with
that strangely fixed
Repression never al
tering on her face
but once. When her
husband made his
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26

8 Knights Of Pythi3s,
Third Battalion,
Second Regiment,
Missouri Brigads,
says: Il am pleased
to endorse the uio
OF Doan's kidney
Pills. q medtcite
OF great merit. Hav.
: ing had personal 6.
f.. y