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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
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THE LITTLE WOODEN BARREL
Turned Out In This Country In Mill
ions and Sold All Over the World.

tOu8 ana SOlo All over the W0rt0.
Among the all but endless variety
of things Of wood produced in Ameri-
can factories are little wooden bar
res. They are turned out Of white
birch, and come in many Sizes, from
tiny affairs an incl and a half high up
to barrels ten inches high.
The biggest of them are turned with
hand manipulated tool, but those
ranging fsom six inches downward
are turred each with a cutting tool
having an edge so formed that it
turns the barrel all at once. They
set clock of wood in the lathe and
adjust the cutting tool and it turns
the barrel into shape complete as
quickly as man turning with hand
tool could have turned one of the
hoops en- it; and on the smallest bar
rels one man can run three or four
machines.
These little barrels are sold in the
aggregate in great numbers, millions
of them yearly. A single tack manu-
featuring concern buys them in car
load lots, 1900 gross. or 2S8.OOO bar
rels at time. Great numbers are
used by confectioners, who fill them
with candy. and they are used to con-
tain a bottle of perfumery.
Many are sold to be given away at
fairs or in other ways, being filled
with sample of staple product of
the region. perhaps of -four. or it
might be CT sugar. Many of them are
made with a slot cut in one end, or
head, through which coins can be
dropped, the little barrels in this
:orm being used for savings banks, or
given out by Sunday school teachers
to their pupils to make collest!ons in
Cor some specific purpose. Individual
purchasers buy the little barrels to
use for button boxes, and great num-
bers of them are sold for toys.
So in this country there are used
millions of them annually, and for all
the various uses to which the little
barrels are put they are exported in
large numbers to countries all over
the world.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
GIRL WAS DELiRtoUs
and TingIing Were Excruciatins-
Cuticura Acted Like Magic.

IAN eruption broke out on my
daughters chest. took her to a
doctor, and he pronounced it to be
eczema of very bad form. He treated
her, but the disease spread to her back,
and then the whole of her head was
affected, and all her hair had to be cut
off. The pain she suffered was eXcru-
ciating, and with that and the heat
and tingling her life was almost un-
bearable. Occasionally she was deliri-
GUS and she did not have a proper hours
sleep for many nights. The second
doctor we tried afforded her just as
little relief as the first. Then l pur.
chased Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Pills, and before the Ointment was
three quarters finished every trace of
the disease was gone. 1t really seemed
like magic. Mrs. +. w. Hyde. Brent
wood. Essex. England. Mar. 8, 1907"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
AMERICAN CROSS OF HONOR.
Distinguished Personages Decorated
BY Order Recently Established.

Thomas H. Heardon is entitled to
niche in the hall of fame of the near
great. Mr. Heardon, who is clerk
in the land Office at Washington, re-
ceiving an annual compensation of
81 900, has recently bestowed upon
King Edward VII. of Great Britain the
grand cross of the American Cross of
Honor, and has received his .majesty's
thanks for the distinction. Similar be.
stowals have been made upon the
German emperor, King Leopold of
Belgium, President Mckinley, Pres.
dent Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie
Each of the distinguished and worthy
personages who have received decora-
tions from Mr.. Heardon have accepted
with thanks either through their per-
sonal autograph letters or through
their ambassadors or private secretar.
les
The American Cross of Honor is an
organization incorporated by act of
congress several years ago. Only those
persons who have received lifesav.
ing medal from the United States gov.
eminent are eligible to active member.
ship. The scheme of organizing such
society was conceived by Mr.. Hear.
don, who has been it's president from
the start. Mr.. Heardon is the sole
directing spirit in the society which
his untiring efforts brought into ex.
istence. He conducts all of it's bust.
ness and chooses the crowned heads
who are to be made honorary mem
bers and have the grand cross of the
order bestowed upon them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
Partridge's Devotion.

Few birds are so devoted to one an.
other as cartridges. but like other
much less affectonate birds they
seem TO get over their bereavements
in Il remarkably short space of time.
When covey in September takes
a fancy to lying in particular bit OF
clover or little patch OF rough grass
and thistles you may be almost sure
of finding them there at certain times
of the day, and unless they are dis
turbed too frequently there they will
be found so long as any of them are
left. They are devoted alike to each
other and to particular spots. but their
family fondness is only existent so
long as the object of their affections
is visible.-LOndon Globe.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
Farm House Antiques.

A highly ingenious device for put
ting on the market 'old" furniture,
the taking of which is quite consid-
cradle industry in the Western Mid
lands. has been told by a dealer, says
the Manchester Guardian.
He had eighty Welsh farm houses
on Ills books, in each of which he had
deposited for the use of the tenant,
but also in the hope that holiday peo-
pie might desire to buy them, "old"
dressers and cupboards and tables.
The inexperienced hunter for old
furniture invariably looks for worm
holes. They are provided for him by
a judicious peppering with small shot.
and lest he should be suspicious and
probe for worm dust, they are care.
fully "salted" with line sand.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
old Order Bars rvpewriter.

Discovery has been made of wal
department order. still in effect, which
was issued in 1883. before typewriters
came into general use. 1t directed
that the typewriter may not be en-
ployed in writing out sentences of gerl-
eral courts martial. Since that time
the typewriter has come into such
general use that those who have occa.
sion to compile the records of courts
martial have overlooked the old order.
Steps have been taken. to revoke the
order and to substitute therefor a cir
cular authorizing the use of the type
writer in writing out the findings and
sentences, provided that the judges
advocate certify that the typewriter
findings and sentences were correct.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

MELONS GROWING UNDER COVER
California Gardeners Plan to Get an
Early Crop OF Catalogues.

|
Early Crop Of Catalogues.
T Peter d. Fedick, landscape gard.
ener, florist and nurseryman, has
started q series of experiments in veg.
etable growths in the Imperial Valley
which seems likely to prove valuable,
says the Brawley correspondent to
the Los Angeles Times.
At Brawley one of Fedick's achieve.
ments is the growing of cantaloupe
vines under muslin canqpies so that
they will have two or three weeks ad-
vantage over the plants grown in the
ordinary way. These cautaloupes are
on a six-acre tract directly adjoining
the town of Brawley on the north.
The cantaloupes are planted in the
usual manner, so far as killing and
spacing are concerned, but over each
Hill there is stretched canopy of
white muslin about the size of aman's
pocket handkerchief. Two arched
wires are used, crossed over the mel
on hill somewhat like the center wick
ct in croquet ground. The ends Of
these wires are sewed to the corners
of the muslin squares and the wires
are then thrust firmly into the ground
SO IS to secure the canopies and pre-
vent the wind blowing them away.
Mr.. Fedick estimates that these pro-
tectors will cost complete about
cents each.
The melons have responded to the
genial warmth thus engendered and
the protection from the winds and
frost. The plants are now on an av-
erage of two inches high and look
strong and thrifty. If the plan proves
all that is hoped for it next year 1t
will be tried on large scale on the
Fedick ranch near Holtville. At the
Brawley experimental gardens there
are six acres of melons, and of these
8G7 hills have been covered with
canopies.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
Snakes Vermin Destroyers.

Following an agreement made early
last spring, melon growers in the
Southern Illinois watermelon belt
stopped killing non-poisonous snakes,
and this year the wisdom of the agree
ment is shown. Heretofore melon
planters have had their fields devasta-
ted in single night by mice. which
burrowed into the hills, eating the
planted seed. It was decided to keep
the mice in check by not killing
snakes. This year few mice are seen.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
FIatterinu Apollo,

Mrs. Popley-Mr. D'Auber remark
ed to-day that our George was like
young Apollo.
Mr. Popley-O! that's the way with
them artists; they're always trying to
make people think well Of those old
classical heroes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
Fine Painting Of Getty.buro,.

There il at present on exhibition in
one of the rooms Of the national house
at Washington magnificent painting
of the Battle of Gettysburg. the work
of James Walker, who painted the
Battle OF Chapultepec, which is hung
on the senate side Of the capitol The
original sketches were made on the
battlefield by the artist himself, and
It required eight years to complete the
painting. Noticeable in the foreground
Is figure Of General Bingham OF
Pennsylvania, the dean Of the house
Of representatives .5 a.s /
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
In Football Terms.

Did you get any of that bargain
ribbon?"
Yes" answered the athletic girl
proudly. Il bucked the line for seven
teen yards" IA
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
The Locale.

"The time has come" declared the
solemn individual, when we must
face a crisis"
'In which magazine?" inquired his
frivolous friend.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

Garfield Tea cannot but commend itself
to those desiring laxative at once sim
pie, pure, mild, potent and health giving.
1t is made Of Herbs. All drug stores.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

The divine law is hut the language
of divine love-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

BASEBALL UNIFORMS. BATS, BALLS,
Masks Send for Free Catalogue No. 8.
The w. r. Burkhard Co.. st. Paul. MINI.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

No man ever served life who was
afraid to die.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

SPOT CASH FOR YOUR CREAM.
Top market prices always.
MILTON DAIRY CO., st. Paul
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

Nothing will make 4 red-headed
woman more angry than to be- asked
II she is ready.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

Too many find their consciences in
the conventions Of others.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

WE PAY tor PRICES FOR CREAM.
Cash every day Write for prices and tags.
MILLER & HOLMES. st. Paul, MINI,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

Spirituality is a poor refuge from
morality.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

Love always wins, because it is not
afraid to lose.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
Pettit's Eye salve for Csc

relieves tired, overworked eyes, stops eye
aches. congested, infalned or sore eyes. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

The only people who count are those
who can be counted on.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17

How man with little sense longs
for more! Is
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-17
A New Excuse,

Dyer-Why does Bownder travel to
and from business in his auto?
Ryer-So that when he gets home
late he can blame the auto.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-01
NOTIFICATION DAY
Program Announced Yesterday After
Being Approved by Cnndidatc.

Program Announced Yesterday After
DcinE Approved by Cnndidatc.
FAIRvIEW. LINCOLN. NEB., July
31.-At Fairview the day was uneve1tt y
full. only small number OF visitors
coming to the Bryan home to pay their;
respects to the Democratic nominee for
the presidency. In consequence OF the
few Interruptions. Mr.. Bryan made!
rapid headway with his speech of ac-s
ceptance. He said that 1t would be
completed on August bth.
The program of exercises In connec-.
ton with the notification on August
Brown after 1t had been submitted to-
Mr.. Bryan for approval. With the sx-
ception of the speeches. the affair will
be nonpartisnn and simple. Advices
already received by the committee on
arrangements indicate that Mr.. Bryan
will face a vast audience In the Capitol
grounds when he Is formally advised OF
the actlonof the Denver convention In
placing him In nomination
There Will be no parade of marc h.
Ing clubs. Invitations Will he ex-
tended to all State and city officers OF
Nebraska and adjoining States, and to;
citizens generally to attend the nottft-.:
cation 4.
The program Will be ended with NJ.
dinner to the notification COMMITTEES
at Fairview at $3.50 P. NJ.
visitor asked Mr.. Bryan to-day.
what he thought OF the proposition 10
adopt the tiger as Democratic en-
hlem, instead OF the donkSey.al wan
first to see the mule that Is coming to-
me Irom Minnesota" said Mr.. Bryan
"hefore u discuss any
Is > + u + z y ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-01
JOHN HOWARD SET FREE
Governor Glenn Pardous GoldbrIck Man
After Eight Years.

RALEIGH. n. c.. July 31.-John L.
Howard, the last Of the three gold
brick men sentenced nearly eight
years ago in Greensboro for an at
tempt to defraud Mr.. Paul Garrett.
now of Norfolk. Va. in the proffered
sale of goldbrick to him. was to-day
pardoned by Governor Glenn.
Howard is a New Yorker, and his
two accomplices. A. L. Daley and H.
D. Hawley, were from Chicago. Daley
was pardoned by Governor Aycock and
Hawley died in prison. Paul Garrett,
alnn;, with the trial judge and numer-
lous citizens In apd out OF the State,
the Governor explains. join in ask
ing for the pardon, which is on good
behavior and with the further stipu-
lation tina. he forever leave North
1t was the undue insistence OF promi-
rcnt Tammany men in New York and
their improper course toward Governor
Glenn to influence the pardon Of
Howard that precpitated a rather SEN
sational affair in connection with the
Governors visit TO the metropolis as
ths guest of the Tammany Society
about two years ago. This incident
and Governor Glcnn's resentment of
the treatment he received is believed
to have held up the pardon the past
fIvp .venra r-5 ..sI = Z
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-01
BABIES NAMED FOR TAFT
VIII Write Autograph Letters to Pa
rents-Buky With MniI.

D B. r
HOT SPRINGS. VA. July s1.-Al-
though a,c kept his secretary and three
stenographers exceedingly busy all day
and into the night handling replies to
his heavy mail. Candidate Taft had
comparatively care-free day. He
divided his work with game of golf
in the morning and a ride. with Cen
eral Corbln as companion, in the after
noon.
Three miniature "William Howard
Tafts" have made dots on the political
and domestic horizon in New York,
Indiana and Illinois. respectively. &C.
cording tos letters from the proud pa.
rents to the candidate, and each OF the
three will get an autograph letter from
the original bearer of the name. and
perhaps something besides. The Hoos-
Ter Taft was born. according to adj
vices to-day. during the delivery of the
Taft speech OF acceptance.
The parents of the Illinois William
Howard chose the name nearly year
ago, but not for political reasons, az
25 IA pounds at birth. The New York
baby Is credited with the real Taft
smiie.' His father, a pharmacist.
writes From the way the youngster
smiles every time ask him. IL the
Republican party Is going to win.' I
feel sure you will be our next Pres
Mr.. Taft has not yet indicated
whether reply will be made to Mr..
Bryans comments on the Cincinnati
speech OF acceptance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-01
FlNNEY is FOUND GUILTY
NEGRO Must Answer With His Life for
Attack on Little Girl.


ROCKY MOUNT. VA. July 31.-A
special term OF tho Circuit Court was
held here yesterday and to-day. Judge
Campbell presiding. 1t was called
especially to try the negro VIII Fin
ney. charged with attempted assault
upon Mamie, the eleven-year-old girl
OF Mr.. John Janlison, near Sydnors-
VILE, early in July. A jury was en-
pannelled and the negro brought to
trial. Mr.. John P. Lee was assigned
to defend the negro. bnt the evidence
was so conclusive 1t was of no use,
and after having been identified by
Mr.. Jamlson and his daughter as the
man who committed the crime. the
case was given to the jury. who. with
In ten minutes, returned a verdict of
death. and Judge Campbell sentenced
Finney to be electrocuted in ninety
days.
The crime was revolving one. The
little girl had gone out to gather
berries. when she was attacked by Fin
ney and carried off to the woods.
The father, becoming anxious about
the child. had started I'm search OF her
saw the negro with the child in his
arms making for some heavy timber.
He gave chase, but not being armed
the negro escaped. throwing the child
down. Mr.. Jamison took tie child to
his home and medical aid was sum-
moned. The brute beat the girl ter.
ribly about the head and face. Search
ing parties were inmediatelys orga-
n.zed. but the negro evaded capture
for over week and was finally ap-
pretended near Callaway. this county.
about twenty miles from the scene OF
the tragedy. Finney is nean-look
ing negro, rather bright. with con-
siderable Indian blood in his veins. He
is not supposed to have very good
sense. but the people of this section
considered him dangerous man to be
running around loose. and the verdict
is. giving general satisfaction.
Z Dick Taylor. an escaped convict from
the Bedford county road force. was
captured here to-day by Deputy
Sheriff j. P. Hodges and has leen re-
turned to Bedford.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-01
CONDITIONS IN PANAMA
Important Conferences Being Held ut
Sagamorc Hill.


OYSTER BAY, N. Y. July 31.-A con-
ference on conditions In the American
canal zone at Panama and on the rela-
tions of the canal. zone with the Re-
public of Panama was held at Saga
more Hill Tonight
Secretary of War Wright and Secre-
tary OF the Isthmian Canal Commission
Joseph Bishop. who had been sum-
moned here to discuss Panama matters
with the President, went over the slit
uation. The conference will be re-
suned tomorrow, when the future
policy to be followed by the officials
of the zone will be determined.
Mr.. Bishop, who is on leave OF alb
acquainted with the state OF affairs
prevailing in Panama. and it was un-.
derstood that he had some recommen-
dations of Importance to submit to the
President and General Wright for their
approval. When Mr.. Bishop sails for
Panama on Monday from New York,
he probably will carry with him COM
plete instructions.
Regarding report from Panama,
which stated that the peonle there be-
lieved the ultimate result of the Amerl-
can operations on the isthmus would
be the seizure by the United States OF
the Republic of Panama, Secretary
Bishop tonight said that the alarm, II
that the people OF Panama
did not seem to understand that the
United States was there to dig the
canal, and do nothing else.
Secretary Loeb departed this after
noon by automobile for New York on
his months vacation. He will so to
Maine by train.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-01
RESIGNS no BE WITNESS
DR.. Brock Quits Georgia Commission
and Goes on Stand.

+ ATLANTA. GA, July a1.-senator j.
II. Brock, member OF the legislative
committee investigating the Georgia
convict lease SYSTEM to-day resigned
from the committee, and this after
noon took the stand in his own be-
half. He said he took this course not
to defend himself from any charges
made against him, but in the effort to
throw further light upon the working
of the system.
DR. Brock formerly served as camp
physician at the Durham coal mines
and sthe mines of the Georgia Coal and
Iron Company. His testimony dealt
chiefly with the conditions prevailing,
in these camps. and took up most of
the time of to-day's session of the
committee.
Judge Maddox. OF Rome, Ca who
declared that he represented former
Chief Warden Moore, asked permission
to cross-eXamine witnesses, EIe was
advised by Chairman Fielder that lie
might submit questions In writing,
which will then be propounded to the
witnesses.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-01
MUCH DEPENDS ON TEST
If Baidwln'x Flight In Success Govern
s54 Inent Will Get Benefit.

sf-s lncnf VIII Get benefit.
WASHINGTON, July 31.-Although
the United States has been slow to
take UP the balloon and aeroplane for
army purposes. the probable future
usefulness of these aerial craft in
other directions is not being over
looked. The carrying out Of tenta-
tive plan to connect several large
Eastern cities by an aerial transporta-
tion line will depend largely on the
success of Captain Baldwin's flights
in his dirigible balloon at the Fort
Myer army tests.
One Of the interested spectators at
assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
who is directly in charge of the Gus
toms service. At the present time the
customs service depends upon the rev.
enue cutter service to patrol the coast
and prevent smuggling OF goods, put
to the eXigencies which
may arise If aeroplanes become avail
able in the illegal Importation of goods
is evidenced by the interest they are
taking In the efforts Of the arm to
make great stride in aerial invention.
while we have not had occasion as
yet to deS,w with case of smugglinglby
means of aerial craft" observed assist
ant Secretary Winthrop to-day. "and
while the use Of airships for sucht q
PuIpOsC OIllS III 1lSliSht ~ - SSr
sential that we look into the future.
"I am going to make every effort to
be present at the Fort Myer tests. and
I think they win be exceedingly In
terestlng. especially the trial of the
heavier-than-air machines" While the
dirigble balloon has been perfected to
the point where several tons of weight
can be carried for twelve hours, and
possibly longer, 1t would probably be,
the swift aeroplane in which Nthe
would place reliance to elude
revenue cutters.
Though no great weight could be
carried on any swift machine yet de-
vised. valuable articles on which a high
duty is imposed, such as diamonds and
other precious stones, could be Near
use of aerial craft for such purpose
seems very remote, yet tomorrow the
condition may be an immediate one,
tt easury officials are taking a serious
interest in the Fort Myer airship tests.