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The pioneer express., 1908-09-04
a WALPoLE ANEcD0TE.
. eavs che Woman,s LIE shs
COULDN'T Recall Who Teld Il.

70 Vavo the Wosnan's LIE Oh
Couldn't Recall Who Teld L.
II heard very funny story the otbe,
night about Horace Walpole," said
Mrs. Blake. II wish could remember
who told 1t. Henry. can you remem.
Der! Was 1t Mr.. Sellers?"
NO." said Blake stifny; 1T wasn't
Sellers."
Il wonder IL 1t could have been Mr..
Windsor?"
NO." repeated Blake: 1T wasn't
Windsor"
Before Mr.. Blake had chance to ex.
press an affirmative or negative opin.
ion OF that hazard as to the source of
the Walpole anecdote MI. Barton came
IN. Mrs. Blake, being by that time
| sure Of herself, tried on him her rec.
ipe for winning universal affection.
"Oh, Mr.. Barton" she said, II am
very glad to see you. have hardly
stopped laughing since saw you the
last time"
Mr. Barton, cadaverous man with
solemn eyes, looked rather foolish.
'1ndeed?" he said. "May ask what
about?'
"over that funny story you told
about Horace Walpole." said Mrs.
Blake.
"M-m-m-Horace Walpole?" STAN.
mered Mr.. Barton. II am afraid you
must have got me mixed up with some.
body else. don't know the first thing
about Horace Walpole, and If I did
know anything funny about him l
couldn't tell 1t. To tell funny story
Is beyond my powers. Even II It was
funny to start with It wouldn't be by
the time got through with it."
Mrs. Blake's spirits were somewhat
dashed by her fasco in finding an
owner for the Walpole story, but she
bore up courageously, and later when
Mr.. Markham came in she drew him
out Of earshot Of Mr.. Barton and dilat-
ed on the pleasure his story Of Horace
Walpole had given her. Mr.. Markham
was not cast in the funeral mold that
gave to Mr.. Barton his grave aspect,
but he protested himself totally inca
pable Of telling funny story about
Horace Walpole or anything else.
Presently Mrs. Blake left the room
to prepare the sandwiches. Mr.. Blake
followed her.
''For the love Of the Lord" he said,
don't make fool Of yourself again
by trying to get some other idiot in
there to father that Walpole story. I
told you that yarn myself"
Mrs. Blake stood still, with carving
knife poised in air.
'YouY" she said incredulously. "And
1t was so clever too."-New York
Times.
The pioneer express., 1908-09-04
A CHEMICAL FURY.
Fiuorine 10 Rabid Gas That NOTHING
Can Resist.

Fiuorine 10 Rabid Gas That Nothing
Can Resist.
The fury Of the chemical world is
the element fiuorine, although. strange
ly enough. it exists peacefully in COM
pany with calcium in f1uorspar and
also in few other compounds.
Although this element was known
and named good while ago, it long
resisted the efforts Of chemists to iso.
late it-that is. prepare it in a pure
state, unmixed chemically with other
substances-for the instant the COM
pound containing it was torn apart
the free 1uorine attacked and combined
with whatever substance composed the
vessel containing it. It was finally
isolated by the great French chemist
Moissan. ...,....
Fluorine is rabid gas that nothing
can resist 1t combines with all met
ais, explosively with some, or II they
are already combined with some other
nonmetallic element It mercilessly
tears them away from it and takes
them to itself.
Ah Whiting Will SO01Qu,
calcium. magnesium and aluminium
the metals become heated, even to red
ness, by the fervor of Its embrace.
Iron filings slightly warm burst into
brilliant scintillations when exposed to
It Manganese does the same. Even
the noble metals, which at melting
heat proudly resist the destinations of
oxygen, succumb to this chemical siren
at moderate temperatures.
Glass is devoured at once and water
ceases to be water by contact with this
gas, which, combined with its hydro
gen. at the same moment forms the
acrid, glass dissolving hydrofuoric acid
and liberates ozone.
Even hydroduoric acid eats into and
destroys every known substance ex-
cept platinum and lead.-Exchange
The pioneer express., 1908-09-04
PROPOSED AMENDMENT

That section 176 of the constitution
of the state of North Dakota be a.
mended SO as to read as follows:
Sec. 176. Laws shall be passed tax.
ing by uniform rule all property accord.
ing to its true value in money, and the
legislature may pass laws taxing in
comes, but the property of the United
States and the state, county and munic-
lpa! corporations, both real and personal
shall be exempt from taxation, and the
legislative assembly shall by general
law exempt from taxation property
used exclusively for school, religious,
fraternal, cemetery or charitable pur-
poses, public hospitals under the con-
troll of religious or charitable societies,
used wholly or in part for public chari-
and personal property to any amount
not exceeding in value two hundred dol
lars for each individual liable to taxa.
ton; but sthe legislative assembly NAV.
by law, provide for the payment of a
per centum of gross earnings Of railroad
companies to be paid in lieu Of all state.
county, townships and school taxes on
property exclusively used in and about
the prosecution of the business of such
companies as common carriers, but no
real estate of said corporation shall be
exempted from taxation in the same
manner and on the same basis as other
real estate is taxed, except road-bed,
right-of-way, shops and buildings, used
in the business as common
carriers, and whenever, and SO long as
such law providing for the payment Of a
per centum on earnings shall be IN force
that part of section 10 Of this article
to assessment Of railroad pro-
perty shall cease to be in force.
ALFRED BI4AISDELL,
Secretary of State.
The pioneer express., 1908-09-04
liable institutions" as allotted BY law,

liable institutions" az allotted BY law,
namely:
First.-A soldiers home, when 10.
Gated, or such other charitable institu.
ton as the legislative assembly may de.
termine, at Lisbon, in the county Of
Ransom, with grant Of forty thousand
acres of land.
Second.-A blind asylum, or such
other institution as the legislative as.
sembly may determine, at such place
in the comfy of Pembina as the quail
fled electors Of said county may deter.
mine at an election to be held as pre-.
scribed by the legislative assembly,
with grant Of thirty thousand acres.
Third.-An industrial school and
school for manual training, or such
other educational or charitable institu.
ton as the legislative assembly may
provide, at the town of Glendale, in the
county of Dickey, with grant of forty
thousand acres.
Fourth.-A school of forestry, OF
such other institution as the legislative
assembly may determine, at such place
in one of the connties of McHenry
Ward, Bottineau or Rolette as the elec.
tors OF said counties may determine by
an election for that purpose, to be held
as provided by the legislative assem-
bly,.
Fifth.-A scientific school, or such
other educational or charitable institu.
tion as the legislative assembly may
prescribe,at the city of Wahpeton, coun.
ty of Richlaud, with a grant of forty
thousand acres.
Sixth.-A state normal school, at the
city of Minot, in the county of Ward;
provided, that no other institution of a
character similar to any one of those
located by this article shall be esta-
blished or maintained without revision
of this constitution.
The pioneer express., 1908-09-04
PROPOSED AMENDMENT


That section l58 of the constitution
of the state of North Dakota be a.
mended to read as follows:
Sec. 155.-No land shall be sold for
less than its appraised value and in no
case for less than ten dollars per acre.
The purchaser shall pay one fifth down
of the price in cash and the remaining
four-6fths as follows: One-fiifth in five
years, one-tifth on or before the expira.
tion of ten years, one. fifth on or before
the expiration of fifteen years, and one
fifth on or before the expiration of twen-
ty years, with interest at the rate of not
less than five per cent. per annum pay
able annually in advance; provided,
that when payments are made before
due they shall be made at interest pay
ing date, and one years interest in ad-
vance shall be paid on all moneys 50
paid. All sales shall be held at the
county seat of the county in which the
land to be sold is situated, and all be at
public auction and to the highest bidde,
after sixty days advertisement of the
same in a newspaper of general circula.
tion in the vicinity of the land to be
sold, and also published in newspaper
published at the county seat and also
in newspaper published at the seat OF
government. Such lands as shall not
have been especially subdivided shall be
offered in tracts of one quarter section
and those subdivided in the smallest
subdivision: All lands designated for
sale and not sold within two years after
appraisal shall be reappraised before
theyl are sold. No grant or patent for
such lands shall issue until payment is
made for the same; provided, that the
lands contracted to be sold by the state
shall be subject to taxation from the
date of such contract. In case the
taxes assessed against any of said lands
for any year remain unpaid until the
first Monday in October of the follow
ing year, then and thereupon the con-
tract of sale for such lands shall, if the
board OF university and school lauds so
determine, become null and void.
Any lands under the provisions of
section l58 of the constitution of the
state of North Dakota that have hereto.
fore been sold may be paid for, except
as to interest, as provided herein; pro-
vided, further, that any school or insti-
tuition lands that may be required for
townsite purposes may be paid for at
any time and patent issued therefor.
The pioneer express., 1908-09-04
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Glaciers.

It has been demonstrated that the
glacier does not move in one block,
but flows. accommodating itself to the
channel in which 1t moves. Professor
Tyndall planted row of sticks in a
straight line across glacier, and after
a few days the line had become a
crescent with the concavity upward,
showing that the middle of the glacier
moved faster than the sides, just as In
river the stream is stronger in the
center.
The pioneer express., 1908-09-04
Proposed Amendments to Constl.
tuition.

The following proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the state of North
Dakota, having passed the Tenth Legis-
lative Assembly; will be submitted to
the Eleventh Legislative Assembly for
approval or rejection.
I PROPOSED AMENDMENT
That section 14O of the constitution
OF the state of North Dakota is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. lao. Amendment. Railroad cor
porations and common carriers required
to keep Office in the state and make re
ports Every railroad corporation and
common carrier organized in, or doing
business in this state, under the laws OF
authority thereof, shall have and main.
tain public office or place in the state
for the transaction of it's business where
record of the transfers of it's stock
shall be made and in which shall be
kept for public inspection, books IN
which shall be recorded the amount Of
capital stock subscribed and by whom,
the names of the owners of the stock
'and the amount owned by them respec-
lively, the amount of stock paid in and
by whom, and the transfers of said
stock;. the amount of it's assets and
liabilities and the names and place OF
residence of it's officers. The directors
of every railroad corporation and OF
every common carrier doing business in
this state shall annually make report,
under oath, to the auditor of public
accounts, or some officer or officers to be
designated by law, of all their acts and
doings, which report shall include such
matters relating to railroads and com
mon carriers as may be prescribed b,
law. Similar reports shall be made tt
such other officers and at such times
and places as may be required by Law
and the legislative assembly shall pass
laws enforcing by suitable penalties the
provisions of this section.
The pioneer express., 1908-09-04
PROPOSED AMENDMENY

That section PIG Of the constitution of
the state of North Dakota be amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2l6.-The following named pub
lie Institutions are hereby permanently
located as hereinafter provided, each to
have SO much Of the remaining grant of
one hundred and seventy thousand
acres Of land made by the United
States for ''other educational and CHAR
The pioneer express., 1908-09-04
PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Section 25 of article 2 of the constitu.
tion of the state of North Dakota shall
be and hereby is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 25.-The legislative authority Of
the state of North Dakota shall be vested
in legislative assembly consisting of a
senate and house of representatives, but
the pc ople reserve to themselves power
to propose laws and amendments to the
constitution, and to enact or reject the
same at the polls, independent of the
The pioneer express., 1908-09-04
Her Mild Ambition.

"You expect your boy to become q
good manY'
The mothers face fell.
HE is not brilliant child" she
made answer doubtfully, mo. think
I shall have to be content II he attajns
only moderate success q
very rich man, say, or something like
that."-Puck.
The pioneer express., 1908-09-04
A Scratch.

4 Scratch. -
"How does Mrs. Sleigh get on in the
club?'
"oh. she always comes up to the
scratch"
"of course she does-the catv-Kan.
MS City Newsbook.
The pioneer express., 1908-09-04

Some people only believe half Of
what they hear. and then invariably
select the wrong half.-New York Tel
egram.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24
And the Minister Smiled.

A certain minister recently called
upon one of the families in his parish
He ascended the steps and knocked
at the door Receiving no response. he
was about to depart when he heard
window in the next house open and a
woman's voice say, Mrs. Smith, the
minister's at your door"
What was the pastors surprise and
amusement when he caught Mrs.
Smiths response waited gently around
the corner Of the house, "Sh, don't you
s'pOse know itn'
The next Sunday after service Mrs.
Smith met her pastor and expressed
her sorrow that she was away when
he had called.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24
A WOMAN'S Wall.

81 am a victim of consumption, so
my physicians say. induced by drink
and drugs | am abandoned of my
friends and living on the charity of
great city | am alone am in the
depths of despair.
Late! So late, But we can enter
still?'
Too late-too late, Ye cannot ell
ter now
How the despairing wall rings in
my ears. My young life IS spent. All
my hopes are withered. | cannot turn
back. 1t is too late-too late!'
The cry Of agony is not taken from
a novel. 1t is a chapter from real life
the wall Of once famous actress.
There is in it a fearful warning.
And you do not need to read this
poor little sermonet to find it. How
ever
1t may not be out of the way to en-
phasize this warning to the woman or
girl who is just beginning to take an
occasional drink because she thinks
she needs 1t or because she is tired
or blue or discouraged or who takes
drink just for fun" or because her
"set' does this thing
wish this editorial might lead yoG
to read again the wall of the poor wo-
man and burn into your soul the con
sciouSness of the irremedial evil of the
use of drug potionS and drink stimu-
lantS-
Because students of social conditions
say the drink custom ard the dru"
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24
The Particular Man.

For weeks and weeks the Man with
the Sterile Dome had been using a new
brand of Unguent Dope to Reclaim the
Large DeforeSted District on the SUM-
NIT of his Thought Promontory.
One day he noticed little Tuft of
Fuzz growing on the previously Pol
ished Plateau above his Brainery.
He felt an Impulse to Rejoice, yet
being very Methodical Man, he Took
Thought as to what kind of Tumult
would be best to Raise over his Dis
covery.
At last he Thought of Something
that seemed Particularly Appropriate,
so he gave with great Enthusiasm
and a slight touch Of Eclat a Hair
Raising Shriek.-Chicago News
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24
THE FRONT PORCH.

During these days the country is
being edited from the front porch.
In the south the porch is more or
less of an all year institution. In the
north for seven or eight months in the
year the front porch is like the plat
form of a street car-of use only to
get on. But during the good old sum-
mer time it justifies its existence north
and south.
The front porch now ceases to be
the mere threshold of the house. 1t
becomes sitting room. sewing room.
nursery and library. 1t is the hearth
stone transferred to the open.
Here sits the family and solaces IT.
self. Inoffensive gossip floats serene
ly-and wisdom also. Here is the
forum. Here many grave problems
are sorted and settled. and laughter
and good cheer have place.
If you would study the average
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24
HOW TOBE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED

Remember to keep your troubles In
the family.
Remember that quarrel should be
"malc up" as soon as possible.
Remember that married life is full
and not limited partnership.
Remember that your partner is hu-
man bring-neither hero nor an an
gel.
Remember that marriage is for better
or for worse, especially the latter.
Remember that there should be q full
understanding as to income and ex-
pendtures.
Remember to be patient and kind
slow to anger and plenteous in charity.
Remember to dress for one another
a little, not entirely for society.
Remember to be agreeable-not so
agreeable perhaps as IN courtship
(Which is scarcely possible). but agreea-
bic.
Remember to be scant in the use OF
endearing terms like dear" and ''dar-
ling" in public. but plcnteous in pr-
vate.
Remember that soft answer turneth
away wrath and that grievous words
stir up anger.
Remember that the woman who
saves money is as good and useful to
the partnership as the man who make
il.
Remember that confidence and
thoughtfulness and faithfulncss in one
partner bcget like virtues in the Other
partner.
Remember that good husband Is
worth more than millions of money AMI
a good wife is above rubies.
Remember that love believeth all
things, beareth all things, hopeth all
things: that love suffereth long and is
kind.
Remember that the human heart
Graves fellowship and gentleness and
kind words, always and everywhere.
Remember that it is easy TO see the
failings of another and difficult TO
know your own weaknesses.
Remember that your partner will
meet you halfway or, if not. if you
will go little way further. will surely
meet you.
Remember that you cannot afford TO
dissolve the partnership, save it may
be for actual treason to the firm.
And remember
That you can afford 10 make every
sacrifice and endure many things for
the sake of harmony and right rela-
tions.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24
DR.. JEKYLL AND Mr.. HYDE
There are two Of us.
We are cOmDOSite

There are two Of us.
We are composite
There are ut least two Of u.s. In
some of us there are half dozen,
more or less. In all of us there are both
DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde We are
two-or more-in one
For instance:
There is yourself when you are cross
and crochety and even unjust to those
you love. But for our own the bitter
tone, though we love our own the
best" is sometimes pathetically true
And there is yourself when you are on
the street or in your place of business
or at church. when you are smiling
Rmable. cordial
Are you then hypocrite?
Not necessarily.
You may be compared to revolving
pedestal. painted on each side diff
ferent color. 1t is one pedestal. but
different colors. You are one man, but
many sided. You show only one side
Of yourself at n time. When things
go wrong at home you are Mr.. Hyde;
abroad you are Dr. Jekyll. Those who
know You best, the home folks. know
that you are many sided and that yon
have your good side.
Again:
The Mr.. Hyde appears in you when
you are irrtated or disappointed or
when you feel n wrong is done you.
You want to get even" You strike
back. At another time some potent
force moves you to be the benevolent
DR.. Jekyll. Sometimes you feel you
can do and dare, and while the mood
lasts you can do and dare to do.
Most Of us. like chameleons, take
color for the moment from our sur
roundings.
When you make sharp speeches to
wife or husband or children you are
not all there. Only one side of you
speaks Afterward you are sorry for
the sharp words. The pedestal has re-
volved. showing another side.
Now and then man comes to this
earth who is nearly always himself, a
totality of personality. He does as he
wants to do. He puts himself-all him
self-into every effort. In him things
converge to purposeful end.
That is greatness
You and have rare moments when
We are 'all there" Every faculty
works In harmony. For moment we
are really great. 1t is in these sublime
moments. these really great moods,
that masterpieces are made. audiences
won, inventions created. battles won.
But, alas. most of us cannot long be
Dr. Jekylls! The pedestal will revolve.
The Mr.. Hyde Of us will show him
self.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24
WHAT IS SUCCESS. FAILURE?

The American people are seriously
pondcring the question, What is sue
cess?
In recent years success, in the pop
ular definition, has stood for the ac-
emulation Of money. We have wor-
SHIPPED at the shrine of the almighty
dollar.
Only of late have we begun to in
quire: What shall it profit country
If it shall gain billions of dollars and
lose its own soul, or what will ma
ton give in return for its soul? is
MONEY COSTING US TOO MUCH?
We are just beginning to see that I'M
der our former definition of things
Nothing fails like success.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
Under the new revolution Of thought
or feeling-for it is as yet more a feel
ing than a thOught-we are coming to
realize that life is more than meat and
raiment; that it is one thing TO make n
living and quite another to make life;
that perversion of business morals and
a mad chase after special privilege and
tainted dollars are not success, but alb
ject failure
Because such system DEGRADES
MEN AND DEIFIES DOLLARS.
We are coming to realize that ignoble
SUCCESS is ONLY SUCCESSFUL
FAILURE; that NOBLE FAILURE
is SUCCESS.
We have been slow to learn these
things. But change is surely coming
over the spirit of our dreams. We are
learning that lying and cheating in
business life. the methods of "frenzied
finance" the giving of grants and i'm
munities to the riotous rich, the prac-
tices of rebating and of graft, are de-
stroying the ideals of our people, and
we are demanding reform.
Just what practical remedies shall
be adopted, just what leaders shall be
selected to make those remedies etfec-
tive. cannot be affirmed, but the impOr
tant thing is not so much the ways and
means of reform as the apparent
NEED of reform, the DESIRE for re-
form. the DETERMINATION TO Sc
CURE reform.
Let us thank God and take courage.
We have new and better definition
of success.
Let us be glad that we have within
us the spirit of self publication.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24

most trying feature of this ailment is
the small gatherings which form under
the finger nails. 1t is said that minute
crystals of lime exist in large numbers
in the juice of the stems of the pretty
blooms and that these are responsible
for the poisoning. Regular daffodil
pickers are accustomed to rub their
hands with oil and work tallow in un-
derneath their finger nails before be-
ginning their work The bulbs of the
white Roman hyacinth have similar
unpleasant properties.