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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

naval officers shoulder last spring,
and, my dear, "-solemnly-"I came so
near marrying that man it scared mel"
| Verbena smoothed her peacock-blue
embroidered sleeves and smiled indul-
gently. II never knew a girl to meet
good-looking naval officer that she
didn't marry him or nearly marry
him. What was this ones name? Do
4 know him?'
The other ignored her question.
Putting hat on the bed," she di-
crossed, els inviting all sorts of mis-
fortune"
Il thought it was parasol."
Both of them, maybe, had better be
put somewhere else"-wisely-"e spe.
cially as the bed isn't the proper place
for such articles"
"The same superstitions prevail all
over the world" Petunia said. isn't
that curious? got most of my signs
from an Irish nurse-girl. She used to
weep and wall if she spilled pepper,
declaring some one was going to die;
and if it was salt she would throw it
over her left shoulder and say her
prayers backwards"
"Spilling salt or passing it, Verbena
said, "is bad sign, I've always heard.
I know girl who was coming from
California last spring to visit her aunt
in New York. She had postponed her
wedding, just as the invitations were
all ready to be mailed, to come east
to get some last things for her trous-
seau herself. My dear"-her voice
dropping to sepulchral whisper,-"on
the train she met man, a stunningly
good-looking man. 1t seems after
they had been in the same Pullman
for four days and eaten at the table
opposite each other, the girl asked
him to please pass her the salt. Be-
fore the day was- over they had dis
covered they had many mutual friends
and that their parents had been
friends in the '49 days out west. To
make long story short, they fell in
love, and the girl efded by marrying
him-the man Who passed her the salt
F-instead of the man she was engaged
to. The family was very upset and
made terrible stir about it,
"And were they happy ever after
wards?"
That's the point in the story Yer
bena babbled on. "They were not. It
has been most unfortunate affair
from the first. The girl says it is be-
cause of the salt-that that is where
I'll the bad luck began"
"You said," reminded the other,
that she had postponed her wedding
In the first place. Maybe that was the
cause. You know it is bad luck to
postpone a wedding"
"And. deep down in our hearts, and
In her heart" Verbena nodded, 1--WE
know that it was neither of these
fool signs that caused her unhappi.
ness. She did 1t herself But wedding
superstitions alone would make a
good-sized volume II they were col.
lected. admit I'm superstitious about
one thing-I wouldn't put. on any girls
wedding or. engagement ring. It's a
sign you wont get married yourself
for seven years"
And II . girl let's her sweetheart
zee her on the wedding-day before she
= dressed IN her bridal robes.for the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
Floral Path to the Capitol.

Senator Wetmore would transform
the gateway to the national capitol
into spreading lawns, fountains, and
flowers. He introduced q bill apero.
priating $2.500.O00 for the purch. 50
of six blocks, a majority Of which are
occupied by buildings, lying between
the capitol and the new Union sta.
tion. These buildings he would tear
down, substituting for them an ex.
panse Of lawn. dotted with statues and
dower beds.
This change the senator believes,
would make the entrance to Washing
ton the most beautiful IN tho world
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

There 10 more Cstarrh in this section of the country
than ali other diseases put together and until the last
few years was supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced 1t local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing
70 cure with local treatment 1t
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional
Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by +. j. Cheney
CO.. Toledo, Ohio, ie the only Constitutional cure on
drops to teaspoonful 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to cure Send
for circulars aud testimonials.
Address: F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. i
Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
Take halls Family Pills for constipation.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

In the rOtunda OF
the capitol al
Washington a
work which has
been neglected fol
many years.
When Constan
tine Brumidi. the
Italian artist, de
signed the decora
tions for the frieZe
he chose Is histor'
ic incidents, begin
ming with the land
ing of Columbus
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
Example of Vanity.

Apropos OF vanity. Secretary Root
told about politician who, the day
before he was to make a certain
speech, sent forty-one page report
of 1t to all the papers. On page 20 ap-
peared this paragraph:
"But the hour grows late, and /
must close" Ono, no! Go on! Go
on!")
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
Simple Rule for Good He.Ith.

One of the best ways to keep the
stomach clean, strong and healthy is
by drinking q glass of cold water
every morning Immediately after ris-
ing and the last thing at night before
going to bed. This simple health rule
will enable one to laugh at the all.
ments which owe their origin to .
disordered stomach and liver.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
HEAVY Mortuaue.

Old Lady-It's wonder that house
of yours over there doesn't fall down.
Builder-It can't, madam. There's
too heavy a mortgage on it,"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

What does woman with drug
store complexion do when she wants
to make bluff at blushing?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
NJ PAR TOP PRICES ron CREAM.
Cash every day. Write for prices and tags.
MILLER HOLMES. st. Paul. MINI.

II woman is thin she can make
up for it. but there is no help for
thin man.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

If you are looking for a wife, Alonzo,
side step the girl who doesn't make a
confidante of her mother.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
It Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
bot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet. Bold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE;
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Lie Roy. \. y.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

Some people squander lot Of mon.
ey in trying to make fools of them.
selves.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
The Majors Remains.

'The body of the late Maj. links
was cremated."
What they goin' to do with it?"
''His widow has him corked up in
fruit jar. Says it's the last of the
family Jars"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

Indifference is about the only. thing
capable of freezing the milk of human
kindness.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

manently cured by Dr. klnc's Great Nerve Kestorcr
Send for FREE $2 90 trial bottle and treatise. DR.
X. H. Kline, Id, 93l Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

If women are talking machines, men
who SOW wild oats should be classe''
as sewing machines.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

STACK COVERS, AWNINGS, TENTS.
Flags etc. For information and prices. write
American Tent & Awning Co.. Minneapolis
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

HIDES. PELTs AND WOOL.
To get full value. ship to the old reliable
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
ITS BEAUTY MARRIED
uNcoMPLETED FRlEzE IN DOME
OF THE CAPITOL.
Lawmakers Unable to Agree on Suit
able Allegory with Which TO Fin.
ish the Superb Decorations
Of the Great Building.

It is understood that another effort
will be made to complete the frieze
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teetnnE, softsns ths gIms 1educes n
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
HOYTs HEADACHE AND NEURALGI.
COLOGNE.

A harmless and refreshing remedy
that quickly relieves headache, neu-
ralgia, nervousness, faintness, exhaus-
ton, sleeplessness; used only by in
haling and outward application. For
sale by all druggists. rs and soc bot
ties.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

DR.. J. H. RINDLAue, (specIaIIst),
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Fargo, N. q.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
A Pleasant Topic

A Pleasant Topic.
"She's very aloof and austere, but ]
got her interested"
"How?"
by asking her how she ever came
to marry her dub Of husband"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

FINEST KODAK STORE IN AMERICA.
Zimmerman Bros, st. Paul. Minnesota
are resulted to have the finest Kodak Store
in America. They do Developing and Print
work at reasonable prices. They will send
price list to any amateur on application.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

Things divine are not defended by
lodging.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
he : ! ! : |, J u,
ll.|D|||'||'v||||( !

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
f1dence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
help your case. Such letters as the fol-
lowing, from grateful women, es-
tablish beyond a doubt the power Of
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05

A Practical View.
Took me two months to get an au-
dience with the king"
"So?"
Eyes; seemed q waste of time, too.
when wasn't selling anything"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
LYDIA E. PlNkHAM's
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

VEGETABLE COMPOUND
to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
Ever since I was sixteen years Of
age had suffered from an organic de-
rangcment and female weakness; in
consequence had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous. Ny physi-
clan said I must go through an opera
about Lydia E. Pinkha1n's Vegetable
Compound, and took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you am to-
day well woman, and am telling
all my friends of my experience"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-05
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing down feeling, f1atulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
A Practical View.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-10
M, x. & T.
North Bound.
Fl. Smith g. Western
West Bound.

Rock Island.
West Bound
NO t40 ....-s-....... -..s.s..'. vtVo AIN.
East Bound.
No. TAG ........,,........ $3.50 pm.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-10
RIFLE TEAM TO KANSAS CITY

The Oklahoma Rifle team, which
has been shooting at Chandler the
past two weeks. left last evening
under regimental orders for Kansas
City. accompanied By Adiulant Gener'
al r. a. Canton, whore they viii spend
Two weeks at target practice on the
government rifle range before depart.
ing for Camp Ferry, Ohio. to attend
The National Rifle club shoot. This y
Oklahomas third time al the national
shoot The first year the team got
last placer last year they gOr thirty
second place out OF fifty-two teams
entered and this year they expect "a
get up into the tWenties The party
leaves I'm Pullmans this evening over
the Katy al G:25 O'Clock, and viii bo
escorted TO the train bg the regimenial
band Twenty.three meinbefa 80 Iron
here TO Kansas City. bat only iifieoi
men and four officers go 10 Camp Per
lry Those making the highest aver
lagos al Kansas CITY VIII 80 % Cam.
/ Perry The personnel OF The party !.
as follows tapfains Allow HrtoY
Blake. Scott King, Hunter, Edging
ton and lGrreus l1eutenants foster
t hadwiger Shaw, Way and Cullisln
enlisted men Fcrd. Stewart praier
janow Wheeler Annes Warner Fla
/ wachter, FrIsbie, Van skiee, Zeigler.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-10

My little boy, four years old had a
severe attack Of dysentery We had
two physicians; both OF them gave
him up. We then gave him Chamber
lains Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy which cared him and believe
that saved his life William ~ Stroll
ing. Carbon Hin, Ala. There Is no
doubt but this remedy saves the lives
of many ohildpen each year Give Il
with castor Oh according TO the plain
printed directions and cure Is Ger
tain. For sale by q. y. Renlro.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-10
BLANK IS
of all kinds can be had
at the Leader office.

DII &c Get immediate relief from
e ILLS Dr.. ShOoD's Made Ointment.
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Editor Leader.-A man whose bust
ness aoumen permits him 70 occupy
the sidewalk and part Of the street
outside of "a ewt. b. i-jt qualified 20
represent the ciiizens "a iho Second
ward Ia the council He might DO for
Ia crossroads eo-ner uu. entirely fcO
small caliber Tor progressive GutaFle.
IL @. RAAALEY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-13

again, because the wants him. Don't YOU see
that | haven't any choice in the matter, Put YOUR
didn't did I, bel belong fes to YOU suppose you
oh he said don't muddle my brains any
more with your idiotic reasonings! Take him along
and give me a resti'
SO l paid back the three dollars and led the dog
down stairs and passed him over to his owner, and
collected three for my trouble.
T WENT away then with good conscience, because
l had acted honorably. / never could have used
the three that sold the dog for, because 1t was not
rightly my but the three l got for restoring
him to his rightful owner righteOusy and prop
erlv mine, because | had earned It That man
might never have gotten that dog back at al. II It
hadn't been for me.
My principles have remainec to this day what
they we're then. | always honest l know l
can never be otherwise. 1t is as | said in the be
ginning was never able to persuade myself TO
use money which / had acquired IN questionable
ways.
Now, then that is the tale. Some Of it IS true
To r. corcadea Sunday after mex:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-13

sold him because you wanted him You offered
to buy the dog; you can't deny that. | was not
anxious to sell him; had not even thought OF sell
ing him; but it seemed that if it could be any
accommodation to YOU
He broke me off in the middle, and said, Ac-
commodation to me! 1t is the most extraordinary
spirit of accommodation | have ever heard of
The idea of your selling dog that didn't belong to
you"
relevancy about this kind of argument. You said
yourself that the dog was probably worth hum
bred dollars | only asked YOU three Was there
ANYTHING unfair about that? You offered to pay
more, YOU know you did. l only asked you three
You can't deny it. 49,.
oh! what in the world has that to do with 1t
The crux of the matter is that YOU didn t. own the
dog, Can't you see that? You seem to think that
there is improperly in selling property that ism
yours provided YOU sell it cheap Now, then
l said Please don't argue about it any more
You can't get around the fact that the price was
perfectly fair, perfectly reasonable, considering
that | didn't own the dog, and arguing about 1t
is only waste of words have to have him back
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-13
Tokens of Maturity

A MOTHER token of the T1penInI season IS t1e Il
seCts one hears IN the air ON an august day
soft melodiOuS hum from an invisible source. HSt1
honey bees and flies and similar creatures gong
and fro. They have bred numer1uSly, and IL
sound of their wings forms a background above you
as extensive as the sky itself. You can hear .
anywhere in the fields or a hill, and It IS Vel.
sweet TO me. for I heard It IN my youth, and
takes me back to what seems sort az lost paraS'
III my own feeling.
The flowers delight me IN much the same naln'l
that the live things do. There is the rst hepatce
one can stand and look at it at the face OF de
friend 1t has come up out of the dead ground anu
has opened its beautiful, tender blue eye. ITO" "a
l help lingering round: q,
/ Ike to watch any work / used o. do on the o..
farm. There was the planting ot corn the Asl =
MAY. We planted only on days that were VA" Va
and nice; and what a pleasure 1t was as A-'
back-though | suppose then / was all inc -
longing TO be off rambling IN the woods or Is,
by the streams. Having was great event II 4 .
youth. When the time for 1t came 1t me@n' :
beginning of q strenuous StaSOu--uW We HA-
fight for q month, 1t was hard work.. ouI =
fragrant the grass and the big loads o1 nay -
there were the summer showers that used u -. -.
and give us rest We cut all the grass with Sc!.
rs lad | was good mower. and H1tn tIe
men would start IN and take "A gait "ouiu w
and keep up. No doubt this was o. my u,
sometimes, for by noon my knees would De 9l-A,
with the strain. The undeHghru. part OF tN -
ing was the grindstOne. / had tu turn use
think It would be fun 20 hold the -cytne "I1 -
the stone eat II down; but o. -u~c Tor SolN'
else to grind was a WearIneSS-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-13
WHAT NATU RE M E A II S
TO JOHN ROUGHS
By Clifton Johnson

from their books is likely to he no good at all l
would teach Nature to them out of doOrs,-how to
use their eyes how TO discriminate how to see
straight. | would have them listen 10 the birds
and pick out their individual voices. observe the
plants know how they look, and where they grow.
1t is liking for the open air, and for the wild
creatures and the green things growing, that we
want to stimulate.
For myself. l don't for birds IN the house.
The Gagged bird lacks the proper surroundings; but
the bird III the fields and woods always sets my
emotions vibrating. How interesting the nesting
of birds is! | sit and watch their building
operations for hours, they absorbed IN the
task and they have such curious ways Some OF
these WAYS are quite human For instance the
female does all the work, just the do
among the savages The drudgery falls 70 her,
while the male IS a gentleman, lord He comes
to look and encourage her; and vet his presence
seems to irritate her, and she may even sCold and
drive him away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-13
Vivisection in Women's Colleges

OF all the wild creatures it is the birds love best.
" None of the others has the mystery that
the winged things do Yet | for the birds only
as a part of the world out of doors,-;s a part of
the environment that is normal to them. i don t
care for them III a museum 1t is the live bird
went. | suppose | not, strictly speaking, a
naturalist. | prefer to call myself a Nature lover.
| have never dissected animal in my life, except
on my plate with a knife and fork, and | don t
work with a microscope. In the young women 5
colleges they make feature of learning about Nature
by dissecting cats; but | had rather have a girl of
mine hold kitten on her knee. She would learn
of real value than by dssectng the creature.
OF course, Darwin spent eight years dissectmg
barnaces but he applied what he learned to all
animal life, with the most far reaching results. The
college girls, however won't go They simply
stop with cats; and that sort of study to me
very poor stuff.
Really, the Nature teaching in the schools is only
another form of cram What the students get
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-13
Birds Always Enjoyable

THE birds are enjoyable IN all their characteristics
in their battles, their songs their flight their
CoIor,-but their tintS the whole rather sober
The one bit OF genuinely brilliant color IN the bird
world OF our climate Is the tanager. You see a
tanager sitting ON a little hemlOCk and against
such a background the color holds and delights the
eye wonderfully The flight of the birds always
attracts me; for each species has its way of
moving How peculiarly expressive a larks flight
IS, against the Sky The tapping and sailing
of the hawks unlike the movements of any other
flight, if | nothing else
1t however, in their relation to the seasons and
to the past that the birds appeal to me most PEG
pie change and places change. but the birds are
seemingly the identical ones | have always known
endowed with immortal youth. When one of these
friends OF my bOyhood reappears IN the spring, |
say, Hello, old fellow So YOU re not dead vet
and feel myself transported instantly back to nv
OF the first returning robin or song sparrow that |
hear are like opening door right into spring and
nothing else opens the door of the effect
lively. The call of the robin at sunSet.-its ' Ha-
ha '-laughter l call it,-no sound delights me
more. 1t Is the most welcome sound | hear durin.
the whole Year How it kindles and wakes one up
With me 1t recalls associations connected with IN,
old home; particularly with the sugar grove wher,
heard that same call boy.
Nearly everything in Nature refers one back
StrS some emotion connected with the past and
that past always has halo, glory which ddn Z
appear at the time. For the moment YOU are
young again, and the experience is very delightful
even though 1t Is pathetic One of the sounds I
heard IN my youth the beating of the sheep IN
the twilight ON the hills, and like To hear it now
oh, IT is ineXpreSSibV sweet and rurall The earliest
bumblebee also awakenS a Youthful memory when
near the mellow bass of its wings on the first warm
days of April. 1t is the female going zigzag here
and there, searching for place To make her nest
In the same way it is a Joy To see our first butterfly
the mourning cloak, dancing through the open
lea teSs woods.
All through the year there are similar sights and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-13

sounds that accent the changes For instance
there IS the note OF the first harvest fly the cca1
That begins a new chapter It means the ripenng
season, and that the long. tranquil languld daE
of midsummer have come L am specially INTERESTED
at that season in the bIg winged graS-hoppers Y-
know the shutting sound they make. and how TIKI
hover IN the arr Ike hawk l pause to look a.
them now lust as / used to when / was a boy
those DAYS | would sometimes catch one by gTr5
It a knock with my hat and then grabbing It. Ihea
was quite a triumph in etfectlng capture, becaGs
they were winged and so much ike a bird N9T
and then | would secure a lot Of them by resortrg
IN the early morning TO place / knew where thsI
roasted on a slatv rock This rock was warmed b
the sun during the day, and they sought It Tor Il
heat which was long retained. but by morning TN
heat was gone and they were a little stiff with tn
cold and easily captured.