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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
Creative.

A certain man coming from abroad
was taken Up by the smart set.
well make a lion of him." quoth
they. "for the distinction he will there
upon reflect upon u.s."
But the man was too little. 1t takes
much material to make lion.
"Then We'll make monkey of him.
said the smart set, determined to have
some exercise for their creative genius
Nor was the world the worse off
For, after all. it is the contribution to
the gayety of nations that is especially
needed.-Puck.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
Notice of Mortgage Sale

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
that certain mortgage, executed and de.
livered by Paul L. Dubourt as admins
TRAITOR of the estate of Patrice Barthe.
lette, deceased and Marie V. Ladouceur,
formerly Marie V. Barthelette, mortga-
gors, to Alexander L. Jameson, mortga-
gee, dated the 3Ist day of December,
A. d 1905, and filed for record in the
office of the Register of Deeds of the
county of Pembina and state of North
Dakota, on the 9th day of January, AID.
1897, at 3:l5 o'clock p. M, and recorded
in book 66 of mortgages at page 1855,
will be foreclosed by sale of the premis-
es in such mortgage and hereinafter de-
scribed at the front door of the Court
House in the city of Pembina, county of
Pembina and state of North Dakota. at
the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon
on Saturday the 4th day of April, A. D.
1908, to satisfy the amount due on said
mortgage at the day of sale.
The premises described in said mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same, are those certain premises
situated in the county of Pembina and
state of North Dakota and described as
follows.
The northwest quarter of section
seventeen (NWA 17 in township, one
hundred sixty two Q62) north of range
fifty five (55) west of the 9Th principal
meridian.
There will be due on such mortgage
at date of sale the sum of nineteen
hundred and fifty-nine and 7O-1OO dol
lars (sl959.70.)
ALEXANDER L. JAMESON,
Mortgage.
Attorney for Mortgage.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
The Nay to the Station,

A party of automobilists was tour
ing through Virginia. An accident to
the car forced them to take train
home. AS they walked down the road
seeking some one from whom they
could inquire their way they met an
old darby, says the Success Magazine.
"Will you kindly direct US to the rail-
road station?" one of the party asked.
"Cert'n'y, SIR" he responded. Keep
a-goin' right down dis road till yo' gets
to where two mo- roads branches ont
Den yo' take de lef' one an keep Oh
a-goin' till 20 gets to where de ole
postoffice ulster be"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
Garantized Oils.

The following advertisement of olive
oil is the work of a Rio Janeiro firm:
"Ours olives oils have garantized Of
6tts quality. Diligently fabricated add
filtrated, the consumer will find with
them. the good taste and perfect pres
ervation. For to escape to any confer
felt, Is necessary to requiere on any
bottles this contremarc deposed con-
formally to tthe law. The corks and
the boxes hare all marked with the
fire."-Case and Comment.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
COUNTY COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
County of Pembina IS

STATE ZOE, OF North e gcE,] R2AKorA IS
t%e aata1 ei y ha estafs of crur
EinarsOn, deceased.
Margrjet Einarson,
Einar G. Einarson, Holm 1 Hearing fnE Psti-
A. Einarson. Grimur A. paoin.mGar OF
Einarson. and Stefan G. or.
The State of North Dakota to the above
terested in the estate Of Grimur Einar
You. and each Of you, are hereby notified
that MaTgTiet Einarson the petitioner
on the estate of Grimur Einarson, late of the
township of Gardar. in the county. of Penn
bina. and state Of North Dakota. deceased,
the said petition viii be heard and duly
fl day Of Nay. 4; 3: 1893 at ten O'clock il
rooms Of this court. in the city Of Penn
dina, county of Pembina, state of North
Dakota. end you. and each Of you are
court at said time and place. and answer
said petition. and show cause. If any
there be- why the prayer of said petition
Dated the 25rd day of March, A. D. 1908.
By the Court
H.G. WICK,
(Seall Judge of the County Court.
Let service of the above citation be made
by personal service on the respondents re-
by publication once each week for three
successive weeks in the Pioneer Express q
weekly newspaper, printed and published
in the city of Pembina. county of Pembina
and state of North Dakota.
III. G. WICK
(SeaD Judge of the County Court.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
The Main Trouble.

Wise-Oh. give us a rest for awhile.
won't you? Doubley-Well, every fel-
low has right to his opinion and
Wise-Yes, but the trouble is that he
can't be made to realize that there may
he wrong to it.-Indianapolis News.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
Disappointment.

Amateur Sportsman (after shooting
best friend)-Too bad, too bad, but
thought you were deer. The Victim
Don't fret. Amateur Sportsman
Don't fret! Why, man, promised my
wife q pair of horns.-Illustrated Bits
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
Patience.

Traveller latter waiting patiently for
train for four hours)-She'll no be COM
in the day. doot? Porter-Hoots.
mon. haze We no patience? Yell just
bide wee while an she'll he BY
Punch.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
Fear and Dancer.

Nervous Old Lady Ito deck hand on
steamboat = Mr.. Steamboatman.
there any fear Of danger? Deck Hand
(careIessly)-Plenty of fear. ma'am.
but not bit of danger.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
Self Composed.

She-He is person OF perfect ease
and possession and is thoroughly at
home anywhere. He-Yes. he even has
the faculty of making you feel total
stranger in your own house.-London
Tit Bits
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
Tho Housekeepina Instinct.

''9V0e9eF9
A bright little girl who had success
fully spelled the word that" was ask
ed by her teacher what would remain
after the "t'' had been taken away.
''The cups and saucers." was the
prompt reply.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
Value of Understanding.

The habit Of being content with moth
ing less than understanding a thing is
Of inestimable worth to every man,
young or old. No matter what ones
occupation or responsibility. his first
task is to understand what is his part
b do. Understanding means not only
TO know thing before ones eyes. but
to know task, position or an op-
portunity in its relation to other things.
4 requires some thinking, therefore, to
have comprehensive grasp of any
piece Of work in its rightful relations
No one can dutifully and faithfully
hold place or accomplish good thing
without at least enough thinking to un-
lerstand clearly what be is to do and
what It's meaning is. Few of us work
under sealed orders. Most of us have
plenty Of light to make sure we are on
the right track and are doing things in
he right way.-Wall Street Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03

Little girls believe in the man in tho
moon. big girls in the man in the hon
eymoon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03

Indiscretion, malice. rashness and
falsehood produce each other.-L'En
clos
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
SCALP WOUNDS.
Various Results That May Como With
Bump on the Head.


A bump on the head is one of the
commonest of accidents. but the skin
which covers the Uranium is tough
and Is protected by the hair of the
scalp. so 1t is comparatively rare that
the blow results in anything more Sc
rious than bruise. This is fortu-
nate. for an open wound of the scalp
Is rather difficult affair to manage
at times. and its complications and
sequels are likely occasionally to give
more or less trouble
A severe bruise, such as may be
caused by striking the head with con
siderable force against a blunt pro-
lection. say the rounded edge Of a ia
bic, usually results in more or less bog
gy swelling. due to the effusion of
serum or blood under the scalp. Or
dinarily this gives no trouble, except
that it may be quite tender for few
days The effused serum or blood is
sooner or later absorbed, and the bump
becomes thing Of the past.
In some cases the fluid becomes full
Of pus owing to the Inflammation of
the bruised tissues. This kind Of a
wound must be opened and the mat
ter washed out, otherwise it may bur-
row quite a distance along the skull
and possibly result in the destruction
Of some Of the bone.
An ordinary bruise of the scalp does
not call for much attention. If the
swelling is considerable the scalp and
hair should be thoroughly washed, and
then lotion should be applied Of boric
acid dissolved in cologne water or a
wash Of witch hazel. If the hair is
very thin it had better be cut short
over the bruise, so that the lotion can
more readily reach the part If the suf-
ferer is boy. but if a girl the To-
ton will have to reach the spot as
best it can. The hair need not be
cut unless it is really case serious
enough to call for the Offices of sur
geon.
When the scalp is cut or torn the
matter is more grave. both in it's pres
ent state and its possible consequences,
and had better be left to the doctor
to treat. A blow hard enough to tear
the scalp may have been Of sufficient
force to crack the skull, and even If
the bone is intact-and the fracture
may occur in another part of the skull
from that struck through the opera
ton of what surgeons call contrecoup
or "counterblow"-t the scalp may
become infamed and slough away.
leaving the bone denuded, so that it
may lose its vitality and give rise to
trouble calling for surgical interfer-
ence. or 1T may become the seat of an
erysipelas. At any rate, the wound
will need washing and possibly few
stitches to bring the cut edges togeth.
er.-Youth's Companion.
Value Of Understanding.
The habit Of being content with moth
ing less than understanding a thing is
Of inestimable worth to every man
young or old. No matter what ones
occupation or responsibility. his frs
task is to understand what is his par
m do TYDdorSfa pdfpo vooors Mt o,1x
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
ENGLISH WHITE LEGHoRN.

combs is difficult to understand. for
when they flop over TO blind the bird
or begin to drag him down the British
fancier simply slices the whole thing
off
England's crack paper, the Feathered
World, directs reader to cut off the
comb half an inch from the head and
to apply redhot iron to stop the blood.
Rather medi-eyil. Sort of Bloody Mary
plan.
'Fraid Tommy Atkins couldn't be a
trimmer over here. It's hot place
for trimmers, whether they do the
stunt in Il Pennsylvania billion dollar
capitol or a back yard hen pen. The
trimmer gets trimmed.
What surprises most is the weight.
To win the minimum is: Cocks, eight
pounds; hens, six and a half; cocker
els, seven and half; pullets, six.
Some prize winning Leghorns reach
eleven pounds.
Now, you fantail, butterfly breeders,
take notice You think there's some
thing doing when you build Wyan-
dottes to the standard eight and a half
pounds, Minorcas to nine, Barred Rocks
to nine and a half, Langshans to ten,
Cochins to eleven and Light Brahmas
to twelve. but imagine Leghorn roost-
er Of eleven pounds and a hen ten.
What's the trick? oh, they just cross
with Light Brahmas, thus DESTROYING
the Leghorn shape and laying quail
ties and breeding a pure Leghorn paro-
dy with feather leggings and fuzzy
toes.
We would advise our English kozens
who anticipate introducing them in
Yankeedom to label their prize medley
Made In England" otherwise they
may be victims of the pure food laws
or some of our Harvard professors
may proclaim their very awkward bird
a direct descendant of the great aux.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
A Display of Courtesy ain Memory Of
Old Virginia"

All the seats We're taken in the car
April. An old colored man sat next the
door. 1t is not often in these days that
| see that type of black man. l used to
see that kind on the old Virginia plan
tation, where he was "Ung Lige" or
"Ung Sambo" to all the household.
His days We're devoted TO useful toll
and his evenings to his banjo and the
old plantation melodies that no one
can ever sing again as musically as
they were sung then.
Take this seat, mistls," he said, ris-
ing promptly. "Iistis" sounded very
honey" and pleasant to me. 1t had
been so long since l was "mistis" to
anybody.
THANK you. uncle" said 1. keep
your seat. l would just as lief stand. :"
"Scuse me, please, mistis, but tain't
titten fer you ter stan; you mus set"
he admonished respectfully.
l took the seat, thanking him for his
courtesy. Soon a departing passenger
left a vacancy.
There is Il seat for YOU" l said to
the old man.
Between the ladies', ma'am?' He
heSltated
Yes" l said.
He bowed apologetically to right and
left and took the vacant place. Just
before leaving the car l slipped a sill
yer piece into his hand, saying "Un-
Gle, get you 4 nice luncheon with this
in memory of old Virginia"
THANK you, my mistis," he said,
opening his hand to look at the little
gift and then closing it. left the car
with a SUMMER feeling in my heart be
cause of the chance meeting, but with
no thought that l should ever again
hear of my old Yirginian.
That afternoon received a bunch of
arbutus which had been left for me by
an old colored man-"fer the tall lady
with long blue coat an white hair
In memory of ole Virginia an dem old
time days" Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
Thackerav and the cahnnan

Thackeray loved to relate Jokes on
himself, and one he especially enjoyed
was about a Reading haclman. The
author was unacquainted with the
town, and the moment he emerged
from the railway station he told a
hackney coachman TO drive him to the
nearest hotel. The driver closed the
door tremendously, mounted his box,
and they started. In half n minute the
cab was at a standstill, and Thackeray
saw the cabman at the door. bowfng
TO him to come out He did so without
a word and found that he was at the
portico of the station hotel, which he
had failed to see was not a dozen wards
off.
But he handed the man a shilling
and was entering the hotel. rather
pleased with his own sang froid when
he was amazed to see the cabman tax
ing off his coat and Offering to fight
him for the other siXpeuce." 1t ap
pears that on that day resolution Of
the Reading town council had come
into operation empowering hackney
coachmen to charge Is pence for any
distance within the township. This
was its first fruits! 1t is unnecessarv
to add that the cabman got his monc5
and Thackeray n good story to tel al
the clubs.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
DOG INTELLIGENCE.
The Clever "MaIamutes" That Carry
the Mails In Alaska.

The Eskimo begins to train his dog
for sledge work before it is a month
old. One of the most interesting fea-
lures of Eskimo villages are puppies
tied to the pole of 4 tent. They pull
on the rope with all their puppy
strength in the effort to break away
and join in the frolics of their elders
Not until dog bred for mail service
is one year old is it put in training for
the trail. 1t begins by running ter
miles with the team; then it is dropped
out. Next day it runs the same dis
tance. Gradually the distance is in
creased until it reaches its fifteenth
month of life, when it becomes part of
the regular service. The life of mail
dog is from three to four years. No
greater punishment can be inflicted
than TO lay a dog off from service.
When unruH they are often threat
ened with a lay-off, and with almost
human intelligence they seem to un-
derstand the disgrace it implies in the
eyes of their fellow workers on the
trail. All fight to be leaders. ~ CON
slant spur to an unambltious dog is
the outsider" who will quickly take
away the leadership not only in the
mail service, but in teams maintained
chiefly for the pleasure of the sport
The intelligence of the malamute is re-
markable, its scent wonderful, its in
stinct, as rule, uncrring
Some dogs are better trail followers
than others, as some are better lead
ers. In a blizzard the best of them
lose the trail, but invariably find It.
When on the trail they never eat but
once Il day, then ut the end of a jour
ney. After feeding, like weary chill
dren, they fall asleep and are never
quarrelsome. 1t takes on an average
twenty pounds of food day for
team of eleven dogs on a hard route
Ida Rose McCabe in st. Nicholas.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
THE ENGLISH WHITE LEcHoE

! English Leghorn cranks call the
| American S. c. White "the fantail but
/ tertiy." People who live in crystal pal
aces should never throw mud at other
peoples pretty, perfect chickens when
their own look like cross of giraffe
and ostrich. There, Tommy Atkins!
a females photograph accidentally
found, often causes a divorce, but one
would hardly think that the innocent
looking rooster herein portrayed would
be casus belli to start Il scrap among
the S. c. w. Leghorn fanciers of mer-
rie England.
But it was as a haunting red rag to
the Johnny Bull breeders, and now
they are divided into the minority
fighting for the beautiful typical bird
and the majority footing for the "Toot-
hill' strain of mongrel monstrositles.
American Leghorn fanciers, looking
across the big pond with longing eyes
at Crystal palace cups, will not 90
rainbow chasing after digestlng our
Leghorn tale
Compare our picture of Crystal
palace first prize winner with the
American standard.
This bird has narrow back, hollow
breast knockknees and fat, coarse
shanks. He holds his tail at sixty de-
grees, the blade of comb is trimmed.
and there is such break at the shoul
ders and end of saddle that the mead
md tail appear as if stuck on.
"Comb| Don't mention it." The
English Leghorn comb exceeds the Mi
norca's. 1t is generally a half circle.
nearly always flop, and the blade fits
close to the neck. The blade gets so
massive that it twists and turns, so
they just cut it Off or slice n piece off
underneath. One writer says. Their
combs are so large as to bow down the
neck of the poor bird" What practical
reason there can be for breeding such
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11

I'll crop slowly with water, having
care not to smother hen. Then turn
hen with head down, slowly knead
crop, but be careful that contents do
not gush out too fast and see that hen
has chance to breathe, or she may
smother
This filling and gradually reducing
contents is often success and may
be used for soft crop if simply turning
hen with head down does not work.
II this plan fails tie hens legs and
open crop. Operate as follows: Clip
feathers off of upper part of crop.
With keen point scissors make inch
lengthwise incision In skin over upper
crop. Make three-fourths inch cut in
crop where are few veins. Gradually
empty crop. Run finger down to re-
move any stoppage to gizzard. Drop
two charcoal tablets into the opening
If fowl has diarrhea insert two five
grain capsules of venetian red or coal
tar disinfectant. Sew crop across with
white silk, tying each stitch separate
ly. Battle with weak dilution of
carbolic acid. See that nothing for
eign is under outer flap of cut. Sew
Skin In same manner, being careful
not to join to crop. Place invalid in
detention ward, serve soft feed spar
ingly for five days and collect your fee.
AS it Is against the law to practice
without license, this is "sub rosa"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
Bi, TIPS For Little Eavors

at is surprising" said a veteran
Pullman porter, ''how big a tip a por-
ter sometimes gets for doing very
little thing" He added:
"A passenger once tipped me extra
because he said | did not leave his
shoestrings coiled up inside his shoes
after | Lad blacked them. He said
nothing made him madder than to slip
on his shoes in hurry in a sleeper
only to find that he had to take them
off again because the shoestrings were
inside. Ever since that time | have
been careful not 10 leave shoestrings
inside of the shoes l black. and more
than one passenger has thanked me for
being thoughtful. But it wasn't me
that did the thinking. The tip did that
for me, and l never forgot it."-Les-
lies Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
VALUE OF PUBLICITY.
Steve Brodie, the Bridge Jumper, as a
Self Advertiser.


Curiously enough, the man who, in
my opinion, had the keenest intuition
of the value of publicity and used it
to the greatest personal advantage,
when we consider his humble begin
nings and the limited sphere of his en-
deavor, never really knew how to read
and write. l knew him first as a young
street urchin, making his living by
selling newspapers. backing boots, run
ming errands and doing such odd jobs
as fell in his way, and It was chiefly
through selling newspapers, whose
headlines alone he was barely able to
decipher, that he gained that knowl-
edge of what Park row calls news
values which one finds in every train
ed and efficient city editor.
1t was on the strength of this knowl-
edge that this bootblack went one day
to well known wholesale liquor deal
er on the east side and proposed that he
should establish him in a saloon on
lower Bowery. The liquor dealer was
aghast at his presumption until he
learned his scheme; then he capitulated
at once, and within few days the pa
pers had been signed and twenty-four
hours option secured on rickety and.
from nearly every imaginable point of
view, undesirable premises near Canal
street and directly under the noisiest
and dustiest and oiliest part of the ele-
waited railroad This done, the boot
black made his way to the very center
of the Brooklyn bridge, climbed hastily
to the top of the parapet and, needless
of the warning shouts of the Mortified
onloOkers and the swift rush of a pant
ing cop, dropped into the seething wa
ters below.
1t was an unknown youth with an
earning capacity of a few dollars a
week who disappeared beneath the sur
face of the East river, but it was an
enterprising young man, an east side
celebrity. in fact, all ready for the di-
vine oil of publicity and with an as
sured income and possible fortune in
his grasp, whose nose reappeared very
shortly above the muddy surface of
the water and who was helped by will
ing and officious hands into a rowboat,
where dry clothing awaited him, to-
gether with hearty congratulations on
the fact that he alone, of all those who
had attempted to jump the bridge. had
escaped with his life. The next day
the name of Steve Brodie was flashed
from one end of the country to the 9TH
er, and within 4 very few hours after
his discharge from custody-he was
arrested on the charge of trying to
take his own lifc-he was standing be-
hind his own bar, serving drinks to
the crowds who came to cape at Steve
Brodie, the bridge jumper, and to pour
their money into his coffers.-James L.
Ford in Success Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
ROOSTER APPROVES SENTENCE.

The most amusing and unusual CO.
incident we have witnessed occurred
in the York pa) courthouse while we
were studying law in that city. The
late Judge Latimer presided.
A rawboned six foot fellow in high
top boots and red shirt was called up
for sentence for chicken stealing. The
rooSters were there as evidence. Just
as sentence was pronounced a rooster
crowed. Judge Latimer pounded; the
tipstaff made an extra squirt of to-
bacco juice at the receptacle, missed
rs usual, and shouted "Silencew But
threatened contempt of court could
hardly still the crowd. The prisoner
was led before the box to plead to
another count Found guilty, his sec
ond sentence was pronounced, when
again from under the clerks table
rose that triumphant "Cock-a-doodle-
do" The judge and whole assembly
shouted laughter in unison, and, with
Il years sentence hanging over him.
the prisoner cracked a smile. Good
for the rooster!
We all crow when a midnight head
wringer gets it in the neck.