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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-09

"Nothin' much the matter-just the excitement an all He working extra hard, the man ager added with atrocious wink, "to make 9 good impression on two handsome young ladies in the audience.'
 When reached the street, both the ladies seemed to be out of spirits, Miss Schwartz vetotng every suggestion to where should take sup per, while Miss Walters replied that the places named had always been very nice whenever she was there. Altogether the remainder of the ing was not a success, and I glad when, du- ties discharged, parted from Hudgins at the door Of the hotel and walked up Fifth Avenue turning east the street where Clough lived. Something had happened and I could not sleep without find ing out what it was.
 half expected to have to wait, but the boy who swung open the heavy glass door marked Bach elor Apartments told me that MT. Hagan had been home some time
 Clough from the lounge entered and answered literally my question to how he feeling. -
 Pretty rocky, thanks, old man-but, say, I'm awf99y sorry to have left that bunch on your handG''
 That's all right" I answered. 'tIts good thing I was there. I kept Hudgins from stealing base you, think.
 Stealing base? He the plate if he wants. I shan't stop him.
 I did not speak, but waited for him to tell me what he meant. Instead, he turned to with the invariab1e professional question:
 Flows the show"
 "Not up to Prince Louis,' but heard a lady say that you made love better than anyone she
 "Oh. yes. make love all right I'm the swell thing in Iovers-even if I have just been turned Gown.'
 What do you mean?"
 'I the Jewel-I mean that I've been in love for Heaven knows how long-without knowing it. thought I wanted to marry money But tonight when that little girls twined suddenly about my neck in the last act. and felt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-09

'So you're in earnest?'
 'Of I'm in earnest--and Hudg gins is, too. I tell you.- It's not all the spondui:ks, either. She's mighty nice grl.''
 Yes, l said with the bare assent of poiiteness, ''but after the Jewel-''
 'I don't why you all talk about the Jewel," he rejoined almost peevishy. "I never had a chance with her. She doesn't like me-
 Rubbish
 She likes in way, I know, but she doesn't like to have me touch her. She has a physical aversion for Whenever there's scene in which have to make love to her, take her in my .rms, any of that sort of thing, she strains away from if touching positively painful to her.''
 I surveyed him pityingly, but my opportunity to explain was postponed by the arrival of the others under the pilotage of the kindly oficious Einstein. Miss Schwartz, dazzling in white satin, introduced me to her companion, Miss Walters.
 I got through the amiable prelimiharies ehanically Miss Walters she Informed me, staying with the Schwartzes at the Waldorf.
 As for MT. audgins, I merely state that he was heavy blond young with a broad back, and that he shaved the nape of lis neck. l saw him, so to speak, in the reverse, and not say whether this more interesting than the side he turned assi duouslyto Miss Schwartz.
 We occupied the stage box and had scarcely disposed of the wraps when Miss Schwartz de- clared that she felt conspicuous-everybody
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-09

her lips f1utter against mine, knew then that wanted her more than anything else in the world'
 And you told all this to the Jewel and she refused you?' I repeated incredulously.
 She said that l deceiving myselt-tnat wasn't the to struggle through life wanted money and all that it could do more than knew Don'tpass by golden oppo rtunity,' were her words, and there wasn't a hint of rony-that's what made it worse-iust reasoning patience, as though I were a kid wanting to take on something she knew I wasn't equal to-.
 But she loves you.''
 shook his head. -I<o, she doesn't, Freddie. She told me the sort of she should love, and il very different from Clough Hagan X fighter she wants-uot pug, but man who won t lie down to count who stands by himself and keeps to the end.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-09

anyone I've ever seen-on the stage,'' she marked.
 Then I turned my eyes back to the the Jewel suddenly slipped her about Clough's neck and pressed her cheek against his
 There flashed to my mind the memory of what Clough had said that evening, and seeing his bewildered shamefaced gaze az he halted his lines like a shy boy released from unlocked for embrace, I realized that what he had told true and that this willing contact had deeply affected him.
 Ali that had him in that moment I was not to know till later but something of it I must have guessed, for l felt great surprise when Einstein came round To the box door just were leaving, and in his best curtain manner nounced that MT. IIagsn indisposed and would have go straight home
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-09

seemed to be staring at her. She, therefore, changed to of the farther back, while Miss Walters not to be outdone in effort at gentee1 efacement, refused take the vacant seat. Thus it that, acting a from the eyes of vulgar curiosity, found myself nearest to be glad.
 Isn't she charming?" I said. turning Miss Schwartz as the Jewel came again upon the
 "She looks well the stage" the heiress Sented judically. 'It's wonderful how well these actresses make up.'
 Throughout the play she showed the anguid interest of true gentilty, but when the end the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-09

lover slipped his about the heroine and drew her hands from her face, I noticed that Miss Schwartz stirred restessly and leaned forward in Ter seat.
 Miss Walters raised tightly goved hand dis creet1y to her lips. He makes love better than
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-09
sHe REA[

MOTHER long moment of sickening hesi-
 tation, then a crashing report, and
 Clough Hagan fell forward across the table, the smoking revolver barrel trail-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01
TONGUE RIVER.

Daniel Beaton has rented farm near
Carlisle and will move with his family
there this week.
s. P. Hardy and son Bertram Of
Beaulieu were Tongue River visitors the
first Of the week.
j. H. Webb has been appointed pre-
sident of the school board in succession
to j. McGurran who has moved to Tyner.
Quite number from this neighbor-
hood attended the Christmas tree hold
in the German church on Christmas eve
and report an enjoyable time.
Joseph Mcfarland came down from
his home near Lockwood, Sask., on
Thursday last, and will spend the winter
with his brother, Will Mcfarland, and
other friends.
Miss Aida Johnston. our popular
teacher, will be unable to resume her
duties for several months owing to SO.
we're throat trouble; her brother, r. H.
Johnston, will WELD the rod during her
absence.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01

There is class of advertising. that
seems to us, ought to be self-destructive.
OF all things an advertisement should
be truthful. These ads. we refer to are
deceptive on their faces. They are usual
ly headed Ga simple receipt or some
thing similar. They give a number of
ingredients "which may be procured at
any drug store" mostly of simple aud
well-known drugs, but when. you go to
the drug store to get the 'ssimple pre-
scription" filled, you will find that one
of the ''simple ingredients" is really a
patent medicine only procurabie from
the manufacturers who take this method
of selling their stuff. OF course, the
druggist is able to send for this stuff,
but it is not true that it is commonly in
stock except as it may be kept in re-
sponse to this artificial demand. We
know nothing of the real value of the
medicine thus advertised-but it's adver-
tisement is fraud on it's face-because
it is deliberate attempt to deceive. The
Pioneer Express refused advertisement
Of this kind, which is now running in
many state papers, because of this
reason.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01
MANUAL TRAINING.

In fhe confined limits of newspaper
editorial pages there is not often space
for the full utterances Of the editorial
thought on the very many subjects that
almost must be mentioned. Not only
this, but the newspaper editorial columns
are not so much vehicles of information
as they are motive power. They are the
yeast that leavens the loaf. Not SO
much the brains Of the country 90 a
stimulant or suggestion to the brains of
the country. Not that they do the
thinking for the people, but that they
make the people think.
This preface is in answer to our friend
Sherarts, whose weN-wzitten essay ON
manual training in our schools we pub
lish herewith. Our few remarks on the
subject were just thrown out to make
somebody "take-notice," and We have
been .:successful in that. We do not
care at this time to GO into any lengthy
discussion Of the subject, but will only
add that We might agree with all Mr.. s.
says, and certainly do fully agree with
nearly all-and still there would be much
to say-perhsps not SO much in oppo-
sition as in other directions on this SUBJ
ject. Our original remark was to the
effect that if manual training is intro
duced into the common school curri-
culum that something else must be left
out, as the program is now more than
full. Incidentally, of course, was the
idea what could or should be left out.
Many new things have been introduced
in late years, and SO far as we have been
able to observe it is the three ''r's" that
have suffered when the other. things
have been crowded in. If manual
is introduced will it be at the
expense of the "r's.?"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01
THE DISASTER IN ITALY.

just as we are celebrating the holi-
day season and all its pleasures comes
the dreadful news of another convulsion
of nature that has killed thousands and
thousands of our fellow creatures and
added one of those catastrophes of
history which are so memorable from
their very immensity and suddenness.
That part of Italy which is sometimes
called from it's shape "the toe of the
boot, and the adjacent island of Sicily
of which Messlna is the metropolis, has
been ravaged by earthquake, followed
by tidal wave and fire. All three have
done imm ense damage to life and
property, but at this time of writing it
is impossible to give figures because of
its greatness and because the means of
communication by wire and telephone
has been destroyed. That many
thousands have been destroyed is all
that is now known.
1t is not far from the active volcano of
Mount Etna, and farther north is the
volcano of Vesuvius.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01

Among other statistics in the booklet
are some figures showing that the Free
Press has grown with the growth OF
Manitoba. In 1901 It's circulation was
less than l4.oo0 copies, while now its
average daily circulation is nearly 80, ,OOO
copies and it has fast presses aad other
constituents of trade, which are com.
mensurate with its needs and equal to
that of any metropolitan daily.
AS we have said, Winnipeg is a marvel.
Almost every other city of note has some
special advantage of site to at least help
make it city. Winnipeg might have
been started ten, twenty, perhaps fifty
miles from its present situation and still
have grown to the present Winnipeg. 1t
is almost purely the result of railroad
crossings and enterprise. The Free
Press has shared in the growth and is
the exponent of the wonderful city. To
see copy of the Free Press is to know
and realize the greatness of the metro
polls of Western Canada.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01
THE NEW RAILROAD.

1t is learned that special meeting of
the committee and officials of the Mid
land Continental Railroad was held in
jamestown recently and matters of i'm
portance discussed The report of the
right of way man was given careful con-
sideration, It was stated that the option
on a large area of right of way between
jamestown and Edgeley and north to
Pembina had been voluntarily given by
farmers along the route of the proposed
railway. 1t was decided to commence
condemnation proceedings and secure
the balance of the right Of way immedi-
ately. This action was declared neces-
sary from the fact that number of free
holders steadfastly refused to give the
land necessary to the constructionof the
road.
The action of the committee and their
resolution to condemn needed property
is the best possible evidence of the es-
tablishment Of the road.
The surveyors for the railroad COM
pany have been engaged in survey work
north Of jamestown up to the time of
the recent heavy storm which made
further field work impossible and the
crew have gone into winter quarters IN
Jamestown.
It is learned that great enthusiasm
over the prospects Of new railroad
exsists in the vicinity Of Cooperstown
and committee has been appointed to
receive subscriptions, which are coming
in at substantial rate. It is:the same
old story in the same old way that we've
been telling you right along. That is
why We tell you to keep your eye on
Edgeley.-Edgeley Mail.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01
Larimore Pnblic Schools,
Larimore, ND

December 2lst, 1908.
Editor of the Pioneer Express:
Dear Sir-I wish to compliment YOU
upon the excellence of your leading edl-
torial in last weeks issue. 1t was right
to the point and showed that you were
acquainted with the subject. IL.
1 cannot, however, say as much about
the short remark about manual training
which appeared in the same issue. If
you had given this live subject. more
than passing thought you would have
written in different vein., = In your
editorial you showed that the education
of the school was but small part of the
education Of life. Does not the thought
occur to you that the education Of the
school must bear direct relation to the
activities Of life if the education received
in the one is continued uninterruptedly
through the others The public school
should be the terminating season for
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01
''cAVIAR."

Every year since 1901 the Winnipeg
Free Press has distributed to large cir
Gle OF friends some sort of unique pro-
duct as souvenir of that northern pro-
vince, in which circle the Pioneer Ex-
pressshas been kindly included, much to
its pleasure and fraternal appreciation.
A simple list of these yearly holiday
mementoes is Of interest, both as show.
ing the enterprise and ingenuity display
ed by the Free Press, as we'll as being
very notable advertisements Of the Pc
culiar resources Of that land which to SO
many farther south seems to be in.
cognita.
In 1901-A miniature sack Of MOL hard
wheat; 1902-Minature sack of reindeer
pemmican, made 65 miles within the
Arctic circle and almost 1900 miles
northwest Of Winnipeg; 1904 gop-
hers tail mounted; 19N-Quill pen
from Canadian wild goose; 06-F1int
and steel; 190e-Pipe Of peace; 1907
Miniature barrel Of -four from Vermillion
400 miles south of Arctic circle. With
all Of these came each year q finely
printed and illustrated booklet describ-
ing the articles and giving Indian and
Metis legends about them. incidentally,
also, are most interesting statistics of
the country and its wonderful growth
and Of that marvellous metropolitan
prairie city Of the north, which thirty
five years ago was but a small town, and
which is now claiming 1885, 900 people.
This year the souvenir gift of the Free
Press is little can of caviar. Caviar Is
the roe of the sturgeon salted. 1t looks
like sort of blush jelly and smells like
smelly. The pamphlet description says
that even Shakespeare, who mentioned
it, remarks that it is only liked by those
who have learned to like it-and we
agree with Shake. AS matter of fact
however tits highly esteemed land also
highly pricedl by those who can afford
it. 1t is also intimated that most of the
Lake Winnipeg product, which amounts
to $4,000 upwards each year, is sent to
Europe and there labelled as the Russian
article before it is placed on the market.
The fisheries of Lake Winnipeg amount
to about e4OO, 900 yearly, and the product
is mostly exported to the states, and
much passes through this city by the
viatic N. P. Railway.
The booklet also gives in Metis
dialect the legend of the
'Eturgeon Royal. in which it is noted
that the old time fishermen Of the lake,
customarily threw back one or more fish
from each catch TO propitiate the tabled
81 afsh which otherwise would pre-
ysut their good lual.
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he growth of $. To be this, the activ.
tiles of the SCI 81 must toa considerable
degree CORE und to the activities of

no SAoWe III VI ~. 4O Oo CulS, Cne 6CClV.
tiles of the SCI s. must toa considerable
degree CORE ond to the activities of
the students Syronments.
The chief que of manual training
(including df Sstic science) is the pre-.
paration it s to the home activities
of the studes=. Statistics show that a
majority of the children of the US. fol-
low the occupations of their fathers in
the localities in which they we're raised.
AS the attraction of free lands dis.
appears, this majority will continue to
increase. Our school course then
should be formulated to benefit the
many rather than the few. Our present
courses lead the students away from the
farm into the professions, for which the
majority of the students are untitled.
Less than one per. cent of our high
school students will ever prove success
full in the professions, the majority
will remain on the farm with little
to show for their time and labor.
Few will ever enter the professions for
which present school courses are prepar-
atory, but nearly all of them will have
to do housework or have the manage
ment of the same. How much more
sensible therefore to prepare for the
duties which must come to the vast ma
jority rather than spend all all our time
in training for what few will ever need.
Aside from the practical value of the
vocational subjects they have a great
cultural value. The activities of the
mind may be grouped under two heads,
the subjective or mind absorbing ac.ivi-
ties and the objective or mind expressing
activities" The latter without the for
mer are impossible and the former with
out the latter are valueless. A mind
that is occupied in study and reflection
alone has an abnormal development
Manual training and domestic science
IN the life of the majority of our stu
dents will take the place of writing in
the life of the literary man; of painting
in the life of the artist, and of music
in the life of the musician. All the best
things we have in life are the concrete
results of the power of trained express
ion. The disappearance of the appren-
tice system requires some outlet for the
training of expression for the artizan.
Manual furnishes it. 1t has come to
stay.
Very truly yours,
F. M. SHERARTS.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01
ON EARTH. PEACE.

'.The message of him whose birth the
festival of Christmas commentaries
was. first Of all, one of peace. "On earth
peace, good will towards men"was Its i'm.
port. Through all that is written con.
corning the life and teachings Of Jesus
Christ there runs, like a motif through
musical composition, dominating the
whole, like an ever-recurrent silver
thread in some beautiful fabric. deter
mining the design, the precept Of peace.
When the waves rolled high on Galilee,
peace was the word he stilled them with,
and when he parted from Peter or John
or any man, he said, "Peace be with
you." Peace was the warp and love the
woof of which he wove the fabric of his
gospel. Peace, the peace of humble
hearts, warmed with the sunshine of
love, made mellow with tears that we'll
from springs of pity, was the only soil in
which the Savior could SOW his seeds of
truth with any hope of seeing them
sprout and take root and bring forth
the fruits of loving kindness"
The above is the beginning of very
beautiful prose poem sermon written by
editor Rex Lampman and published in
last weeks Chronotype. The balance,
which takes up full page of the paper,
is not only splendidly written but con-
tains much original Thoughts we'll as
thought to make the reader think for
himself which as observed in another
place in this issue, is after all the chief
object of the newspaper editorial.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01

We sell guns and traps cheap, and buy
hides, furs, pelts, etc. Northwestern
Hide 4 Fur Co., Minneapolis.
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-23

to that city by of freight teams in other than under the regular mail contract fast cumulated at Valdez It also is made plain that there provisions made for carrying the Hot Springs and owerrver matter farther it must remain there until the opening of navigation.
 It would cost but very little if the government would extend this privilege to the residents of Hot Springs Panama and Rampant all these points being within 150 miles of Fairbanks and is very likely that the small of matter which is destined for Nome could be red the ice at very moderate cost instead of letting it lay in the warehouse at Fairbanks until spring.
 It is the wish of The Post that the efforts Mai Cum is putting forth to have the mail forwarded will meet with the it deserves and thus give the people of this section the rights to which they entitled.
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-23
R ART
 BUE)G E. E Y E

Smith goes along to help Eddie do some prospecting.
 Everything looks we'll on Hun ter creek all along the line. Gle mems and Campbell, on 3a., are adding to their dump daily.
 Powell is taking out a dump, and as he came to town a day or two ago and only stayed long enough to get some bacon and beans, it looks as though he had pretty good pay; can't account for his hurry otherwise, for it is noss his usual custom.
 Bevier, on 16-a. has finally run into pay in his tunnel and says that he has lots of time yet to make up for lost time, and that when spring comes he will show some of the boys a good sized poke for his time.
 Swanson 6 Strum, on the up- per end of the creek, or 23 and 34 a., have not been in town all winter, not even for the holidays, and when asked about it they claimed they had no time, but if one goes up the creek and sees their dumps they will readily un- derstand why they have no time, and rumor says the dirt in the dump is the best ever.
 R. Lynn Smith, the Hot Springs jeweler, was in town for day or so last week on his way to Panama. Cavanaugh. the tel ephone magnate of Hot Springs, came along with Smith to pro- tect him.
 Robert Schraber left for Fair banks last Saturday with two and a half tons of sugar to relieve the shortage in that commodity. This is one of several trips that he intends to make before spring.