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The Twins.

The Harmon twins looked SO much alike as babies that their parents could scarcely tell them apart. As they grew older 1t became evident that tC Grandmother Harmon at least the twins were unit.
 You were asking me how much the twins weigh" said Grandmother liar. mon to nelghbor. "When l went out that afternoon l put one of them on the scales at the grocery and found they weigh just twentysix pounds"
 DO they always weigh exactly the same" inquired the neighbor, and Grandmother Harmon looked quite i'm, patient
 "rhe twins?" she said. "Of course vhy not:'
 The neighbor had no reason to give. put she rebelled few days later when n answer to her inquiry Grandmother Harmon said:
 "'Where are the twins?' Oh, they got cinder in one of their eyes, and their mother has taken them down to the oculist's to have 1t removed, they were fussing so over it."-Youth's Companion.
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A Wonderful Fish.

The Bohemians have proverb, "Ev sry fish has another for prey" The wells (silurus) has them all. This is the largest fresh water fish found i
 the rivers of Europe except the stul
 geon. It often reaches five or six fee, in length. It destroys many aquatic birds, and we are assured that 1t does not spare the human species. On thc Bd of July, 100, peasant took one near Thorn that had an infant entire in it's stomach. They tell in Hungar, of children and young girls being de voured on going to draw water, a!l they even relate that on the frontns. of Turkey poor fisherman took or that had in its stomach the body e woman, her purse containing -2.,, and ring. The fish is even repu,e' to have been taken sixteen feet Ions
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Where Diners Had to Be on Tim


 Closely parallel to the flag end q the Euston road and visible from 1t a various turnings is street which be longs to few mems London. It is dingy. granite paved, populous stree of no attraction. Yet this street hn known better times and eager gues. In the house he knew as 43, now obIit erated by big new warehouse, lf William Kitchener entertained his fn. low wits and gourmets. He had ai'. pie means to ride his three hobbip- optics. cookery and music. His q ners were often elaborate experiment in cookery, and the guests had to Tee ognize this fact. Five minutes past
 was the minute, and If a guest ca r. late the janitor had irrevocable or,e@ not to admit him, for 1t was held l.. the mythical committee of taste of whom Kitchener was "secretary that the perfection of some of L., dishes was often so evanescent tha "the delay of one minute after thoi arrival at the meridian of concoctio' will render them no longer worthy . men of taste. TT. p.'s London Weekls '
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When Gle. eIand Said "By Gosh."

"A long legged friend of mine. w.. may oe called Rill Jennings as well | anything else says Emerson Housi in Appleton's Magazine, always il, sisted that he was responsible for th opening of the Cherokee country. went down to Washington said !, to see Cleveland about it. went r: to the door of Cleveland's house-=ria,l at the front door-and knocked. and heard Cleveland holler out to m, Come in!' I went in, and there wA Cleveland sittin' in the parlor, with al his cabinet there too. I says to Cleve land, Cleveland. them Injuns has @., to go and them cow men too" l put to him right plain. Cleveland he l2 tened, and by and by he got up an come and put his hand on my shoulda: and says he, "Bill, by gosh. s'. popsw'"
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The Carlyles' Maid.

The Carlyles had maid who W; untidy. useless in all ways. t" "aboundlng in grace" and in conae quent censure of every one above !" below her and of everything she eou.. not understand. After long aposts 2 phe one day as she was brlnging ]: dinner Carlyle ended with, And th, I can tell you. that if you do not eal''. the dishes straight, so as not to sn;, the gravy. so far from being tolerate in heaven you won't be even to!el"to' on earth
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FOR RENT BY N. T. ROBERTS &
 SON, 113 MAIN STREET

TWo-story S-room house, No. 627 East Third avenue, fine location for boarding house, city water; $20.
 Six-room house, No. 625 East Third avenue, city water; $15.
 Three-room house No. 214 Louisiana
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-25

More proof that Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound saves woman from surgical Operations.
 Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner, Maine, writes:
 troubles, s. and II Lydia E. Pinkham,s a ,e%aes Veae table Compound restored me to health in three months, after my physician declared that an operation was abso- lutely necessary"
 Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 154 Cley- bourne Ave, Chicago, Ill.,, writes:
 II suffered from female troubles, a tumor and much inflammation. Two of the best doctors in Chicago decided that an operation was necessary to save my life. Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound entirely cured me without an ration "
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IMPORTANT NOTICE! should be read carefully by every person who reads the
GRAPHIC or any other newspaper.

We desire to call the attention of all or sbsc,ihor to paragraph of Section 436 Postal Laws and Regula tions:
 "A reasonable time will be allowed publishers to se cure renewal of subscription, but unless subscriptions are expressly renewed after the terms for which ta are paid within the following periods: Daies. THPEE MONTHS Weeklles within NINE MONTHS, they shall not be counted in the legitimate list of subscribers and copies mailed on account thereof shall not be accented for mailing at second-class postage rate.n 'N' -0l
 The foregoing law is self-explanatory If makes # absolutely bnding on the Graphic to stop every sub scp9n to the Graphic that past due nine months and every daily subscriber that is past due three months @ less renewed within reasonable time The reeulafons vent into effect January 19o8 but owing to the fact that no previous notice had been given publishers we nave been granted reasonable time to notify all sn"b subscribers and give them chance to renc " scn stopping their paper. -'n'" oelore crhars & we earnestly call one of our sub us the amount to extend his subscriptions as reona a by the Post-ofice department l'' "' required
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The Horse He Wanted,

A Scotch farmer bought horse. Go ing home he thought drink would te fresh 1t, so he got pail of water, b": the animal would not take 1t. oG reaching home he gave 1t a feed of corn, but 1t would not touch that q ther. "Ye're the vera horse for me l. 70 only work" the farmer was heard to sav.-Dundee Advertiser.
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oood Manner. of the Mind.

A man is known by the company hi mind keeps To live continually wi:h noble books. with high ereet"e thoughts seated in the heart of co!!r tesy," teaches the soul good manners. , T. B. Aldrich.
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Modification.

Modification. 'tOf course, doctor, German measle. aro seldom serious?" "I never met but one fatal case" Fatally
 "Yes. It was Frenchman, an when he discovered it was Germa, measles that he had modification SC tn"
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia B. 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- tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, tatulency, indiges- tion, dizziness, ,ornervous rrostration. Why don't you try it
 Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick SSa ha1 to dea Wfte hfs for advice tc health. Address, Lynn. Mass.
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A Yachtino Trip.

Captain-Please. sir, your wife has fallen overheard. Owner-ConfoUnd 1t Another of those sinking spells of hers -Harper's Weekly.
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There are no points of the compass .n the chart of true patrfetism.--Win hrop.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-28

In the presence of his aged wife
Charles w. Chapman, Des Moines pi.
oneer, was instantly killed by Des
Moines street car.
Blinded by snow storm. Mohamet
Farh and Pieskali Ahias were struck
by a fast Pennsylvania train near
Wettmer, Pa, and instantly killed.
Edward Whittier, a Waterloo boy
who has been working at Eldora, Iowa,
was killed at that place while endeav-
oring to stop a team of runaway
horses.
Pierson. Iowa, was nearly wiped out
by flames. A fire which started in the
harness shop of George Hatfield
burned an entire block of buildings.
The loss is $4,000.
Mrs. John Angus and her two small
children were burned to death in their
home at Tallyho, w. Va. The house
is supposed to have caught fire follow
ing the explosion of lamp.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-28
DEATH AND RUIN IN STORM.

Many Killed and Much Property De-
stroyed in England and Ireland.
London, Feb. 25.-The northwest of
England and the north of Ireland were
swept suddenly by wind or hurri-
cane force, accompanied by binding
storms of hail, which left death and
destruction in its wake. In the Mer-
sey river a schooner was capsized and
eight men were drowned No less
than one dozen grandstands in the
designated areas have been blown
down, with resultant injury at several
provincial points to the people who
had gathered to witness local football
matches.
A train running between Burton
port and Donegal was blown off the
rail by the wind while crossing a via
duct and nearly crashed into boat
beneath. The passengers were res
cued uninjured.
Reports received here show that the
damage by the gale was general
throughout England. The tornado was
of short duration, but most violent, un-
roofing schools and churches and up.
roofing trees. Fatalities are reported
through the collapse of buildings in
Manchester Wiesbach and Leeds.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-28
Committee Calls on Man Who
Sprung Sensation in House
to Show His Hand.
WERE LAVISH IN ENTERTAINING
Submarine Boat Builders Alleged to
Have Spent Freely-S0lons
Are Excited.

Washington Feb. %. - Representa-
tive Lilley Of Connecticut, who caused
sensation Thursday by introducing a
resolution calling for an investigation
of methods said to have been employ.
ed by the Electric Boat company in en-
deavoring to have it's submarine boat
chosen by the house committee on ma
val affairs, is to be called before the
committee OH rules. to which the reso-
luton was referred. If he can show
there is substantial ground for his
charges his resolution will be favora-
bly, reported. it is said.
Mr.. Loudenslager, author Of the COM
mittee amendment making it obliga-
tory on the navy department to pur-
chase eight submarines of the Octopus
| type unless a superior submarine
should be obtained by Oct. !, 1908. re-
fused to discuss the Liley resolution
or to reply publicly to Mr.. Lilley's
charge that this amendment was in
| effect delivery of the prospective
contract into the hands of the Electric
Boat company
MI illIludISu ludL dI
the proper time" he would be prepared
to refute all charges of favoritism so
| far as his action in committee was
concerned.
Lavish in Entertaining.
The resolution of investigation was
yesterday a chief topic of discussion
in the Hobbies and cloak rooms. None
of the representatives was willing to
| talk for publication
That representatives of the Electric
Boat company have been lavish enter
tainers" in Washington appeared to
be common knowledge, but no one
went so far as to impute to them the
improper motives charged by Repre-
sentative Li!ley.
Chairman Foss of the committee on
naval affairs was unwilling to make a
| formal statement with regard to Rep
resentative Lilleys resolution and the
charges back of it. Mr.. Foss' attitude
was that he preferred not to take Of
fetal notice Of the affair, because it
was now in the hands of the commit
tee on rules. But personally he thought
that ii full investigation ought to be
made, provided Mr.. Lilley could show
that he has the hard ground of facts
under his feet
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-28
SOCIETY BELLE FOUND DEAD.
Mrs. Burden Is Victim Of Accidental
Gas Poisoning.

Gas Poisoning.
New York, Feb. 23.-Mrs. William
Proudfit Burden, who was Natica
Rives, daughter of o. H. P. Belmont
and society favorite in New York,
Newport and Washington, was found
dead in bed at her Fifth avenue home
yesterday. Death, the coroner decid-
ed, was accidental and due to gas poi
soning. A disconnected gas tube,
which had led from a chandelier to a
drop light, so placed Thursday night
that Mrs. Burden might read while
propped up in bed, had permitted a
flow of gas that filled the room, and,
escaping into the hall, finally attracted
the attention of the servants.
Apparently having become drowsy,
Mrs. Burden had reached from her
bed and turned off the lamp cock in
stead Of taking the trouble to get up
and shut off the gas at the chandelier
Jet. In some manner undetermined
the tube became loosened at the lower
end. and slipping off the feed pipe of
the lamp laid in such position that
the flow of poisonous. gas was directed
into the sleepers face. The dead wom-
an lay as in sleep, without sign of
physical or mental disturbance.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-28
RUN DOWN BY TRAIN.
Six Of a Party Of Merrymakers Are
Killed.


Spring Valley, N. Y, eb. pa
foam specked pair of horses that tore
through the streets early yesterday.
dragging between them splintered
wagon pole, brought to the village the
first news of grade crossing accident
in which nine members of its most
prominent families were either killed
outright or frightfully injured.
The runaways brought UP at the liv-
cry stable of George Young, from
from whom they had been hired the
night before to take party of men
and girls to basketball game at Ny
aclS. Returning in the early hours Of
yesterday the wagonload of merry
makers was run down at West N.Y.
ack crossing by an Ontario & Western
express train.
Four of the party were instantly
killed, two died while being removed
to the Hudson County hospital at Ho-
boken, N. j., and the other three lie
in serious condition at that institu.
ton.
The responsibility for the accident
is in dispute. The survivors cannot
be questioned as yet, and the only
other witness was the or ossing
gate tender. He claims that the team
was driven through the lowered gates.
The gate on the side of approach was
broken down, but the opposite gate
was intact, and if previously lowered
must have been hurdled by the fright
ened horses after the wagon had been
struck and torn from it's pole The
animals were uninjured.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-28
Domestic.

BY the will of the late Mrs. Amy
Sheldon of Newport, L. l., bequest of
100000 to Harvard university is
made in the codicil.
1t is announced that when Ambassa.
dor Bryce visits Montreal, Feb. "a,
McGill university will bestow the de-
gree of IL. D. on him.
The huntsville Veneer mills, at
huntsville, w. ", the only works of
the kind in the United States, have
been destroyed by fire. Loss, $685..
900.
1t is reported that Theodore Shonts
gave his daughter Theodore $50, 900 as
a wedding present. but gave nothing
to her titled husband, the Due de
Chaulnes.
The graft case against w. C. Stew.
art, superintendent of the lighting
plan at st. Joseph, Mo-, indicted for
certifying false pay rolls, has been dis.
missed on the ground of insufficient ev-
idence.
On account Of the adverse weather
and the stagnant condition of the lum.
Der market, the cut of lumber sawed
in the Menominee river district dur.
ing the season of 1908 will be about
one-half Of the cut Of two years ago.
The new direct route from Chicago
to Duluth and Superior of the Wiscon.
sin Central railway will open to traffic
soon after June 1. according to an an.
nouncement made in Chicago. BY
that date it Is expected, that work on
the line between Ladysmith, Wis, the
present terminus Of the line, and Du.
Iuth will be completed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-28
THEY WANT TO SEE BIG flEfT]
Premier Deakin Sends Invitation t
Have Battleship Visit Aus.
tralia. #

Washington, Feb. 20. - Interesting
and important news relative to the fu-
ture movements of the American bat
tleship fleet was made public at the
conclusion Of the cabinet meeting yes
terday by Secretary Metcalf, compris-
ing an invitation from the Australian
government to have the fleet, or at
least some of its units, visit that coun-
try. Secretary Roots reply is the
first authentic indication as to the in
tended movements of the feet after it's
journey to San Francisco has been
completed. After expressing his ap-
probation of the invitation, the secre-
tary says
The eventual movements of our
feet have not been determined. While
it is possible that the vessels will re-
turn by the way of Suez, I would be
glad If some of them could be sent by
the Australian route, but it would be
premature to promise this"
The invitation was first mentioned
in a letter by Hon. Alfred Deakin,
prime minister of Australia, addressed
to John P. Gray, American consul gen.
eral at Melbourne, dated Dec. "a last.
Warm Welcome Assured.
In his letter transmitting the COM
munication Consul General Gray says:
II may mention that the prime min
lister called on the consulate general
in person and urged the favorable
consideration of the invitation.
"Assuredly the prime minister in his
letter voices the sentiments of the
Australian community. and if it is pos
sible for the invitation to be accepted
the heartiest welcome would await the
feet in these waters.''
Secretary Metcalf in making the
correspondence public expressed the
extreme qualification of the navy de-
partment of the cordially of the invi-
tation and added that the matter
would receive the earnest considera-
ton of the department
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-28
PLAN TO LAUNCH NEW PARTY.
Hearst and Followers Inaugurate
Movement at Conference in Chicago.

Hearst and Followers Inaugurate
Movement at Conference in Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 25.-Steps for the for
nation of a new national political
party were taken at conference of
the independence league here Satur-
day. The action followed short
speech by William Randolph Hearst,
in which he enunciated the principles
of the league and the adoption of a
declaration of principles" setting
forth the objects of the organization
and the means by which it hopes to at
tain them. The provisional national
committee, of which Mr.. Hearst is
chairman, was authorized by resolu-
tion to call national convention to
nominate candidates for the presi-
dency and vice presidency after the
Republican and Democratic parties
have held thew gatherings in Chicago
and Denver, respectively. Thirty-ive
states were represented by delegations
and 125 persons attended the sessions
of the league in the Auditorium hotel.
Mr.. Hearst delivered a short ad-
dress, declaring that the first purpose
of the league platform is Ito restore
the power of government to the peo-
pie, to make their will supreme in the
primaries, in the elections and in the
control of public officials after they
have been elected.
Let us inaugurate a party that is
founded on fundamental American
PRINCIPLES. that will he nation al
party in the true sense of the word,
and let us call it the national party If
you will"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-28
From Other Shores.

A revolutionary movement at Mana
bi, Ecuador. has been nipped in the
bud. The plotters were arrested.
Gen. Tung Fuh Slang, the leader of
the Chinese Boxers in the uprising Of
1900, is dead. He had been banished
to Kan Su.
Senior Merry del Val, brother Of
Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, pontif-
cal secretary of state, has been ap-
pointed Spanish minister at Tangier.
The Italian government publishes
kilograms from the italian consuIs at
New York and San Francisco discour-
aging emigration to America for the
present.
Wireless messages from Magdalena
Bay state that the cruiser Charleston,
flagship of Admiral Swinburn's squad
ron, has broken records previously
made at target practice.
The citizens of Vauvert, France,
have started a subscription for the pur-
pose of erecting at Quebec a statue to
Gen. Montcalm, the French command.
err who was mortally wounded at the
battle of Quebec in 1863.
To commemorate the visit of the
American fleet to the city of Rio de
Janeiro the president of Brazil has
signed a decree authorizing the con,
tinuation of rebates on tariff charges
on articles of American merchandise
during the fiscal year of 1908.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-28
MAKE BIG GIFT TO NORWAY.
Norwegisns Of America Will Raise
Fund Of 100000.


Chicago, Feb. pa movement to
present the mother country with a
suitable token of the love and esteem
Of her emigrateh sons and daughters
will be launched in Chicago to-day by
leading rwegian-Americans from all
parts of the United States. who will
gather in convention at the Sherman
house.
The object OF the gathering is to
start a widespread subscription for a
fund of 100000 with which to pur-
chase the proposed gift. The present
is to be given to Norway or May. II,
1914. the centennial of the adoption Of
the Norwegian constitution.
Just what form the gift will take
will be determined by the convention.
The proposition which appears to have
tie greatest number CT supporters is
to present the fatherland with Nor
wegian minister's residence and lcga-
ton at Washington
The plan originated among Norwe-
gians in the Northwest. Those at the
head Of the committee in the Twin
Cities are Prof. H. G. Stub Of Luther
seminary, chairman; Prof. Wilhelm
Petersen of Augsburg seminary, sec
rotary: Gisle Bcthne. professor of
Scandinavian languages and literature
in the University of Minnesota, and T..
II. Hobe, consul for Norway at ST.
Paul.
Another plan proposed is to give the
fund toward restoring a certain por-
tion of the great cathedral at Trondh-
jem. built in the tenth century.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-28
Crimes and Criminals.

Thomas Brayne was arrested in
Pittsburg as suspect. When search.
ed 22O rings were found in his posses.
sion.
Two men were killed and six others
seriously injured in riot at Dunbar,
Pa. The trouble is the outcome of
rivalry between two boarding houses
conducted by foreigners.
Oscar Kirby, son of Colorado
Springs grocer shot his bride OF two
months and killed himself with the
same weapon. The couple had lived
apart since the week after their mar
riage.
A. c. Tisdelle, the Chicago banker
who was arrested several days ago on
the charge of receiving deposits after
he knew his bank was insolvent, was
arrested on a second charge OF the
same kind. He was released on bail.
Death rather than public disgrace
and prison cell was chosen by An
drew Dupaquer, for several years
teacher of German nthe Hoyne high
school of Chicago. Dupaquer had been
arrested on charges preferred by lit
tie girls.
Trustees of the Tuscarora county
(Ohio) children's home, after investi-
eating the charges against Clara Ster-
ling, accused of sticking a tack
through six-year-old Sampson Fowler's
tongue, ordered Miss Sterling dismiss
ed from the home.
David Heckert. aged about eighty
five years, a well-to-do citizen of York,
Pa, was found dead in bed with his
skull crushed. All indications point
to murder in hope of securing money.
Yet there was no evidence of robbery
when the body was found
While one masked robber held I'D
the cashier his two companions looted
the vault of the bank at Granite Falls,
N. c., secured all the cash in the in
stitution, $1,000, forced the cashier to
enter the vault, and, after locking him
in, made good their escape.