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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-28

Of the one on which the old man had been
sitting he was talking to the newcomer
clump of rhododendrons was between
u.s. high enough. unless particular search
was made for a suspected presence. to
serve as screen. Standing as far back
as / could without losing sight of the two
mems faces. i made T. serve as a screen
for me. and l watched. so far as / could
what was being said between the two,
The younger man came up while the
elder still had his eyes closed. He stood
for moment observing him. then he
greeted him. Good morning.
The old man opened his eyes. looking
up at him as II he were not cutie sure
who he was: then he said:
ut will never be good morning to
me again-never-never!"
could see from the look on the young
er mans face that nc sneered.
AREN'T you slightly melodramatic?
Didn't you sleep well?"
II have not slept well since tho day on
which George Young went to Jail; his
going murdered sleep All night lie in
agony"
you were saying the other day how
you longed for something to give you
| sleep: here is something"
The speaker took out Of waistcoat
pocket a small blL vial, offering It to the
old man on his open palm. The old man
looked at the val. and then up mt tho
| face Of the person who offered It.
What 10 tt?"
"Mandrasora,"
"Will II give me Sleep"
III you choose. sleep which will know
no waking"
The two men exchanged looks-such
| strange ones; th,n the elder took with
| tremulous fingers the vial OF the other .
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-28

lodging houses in which the hall door
proper Is never closed in the daytime
Turning the handle. l passed into the
hail. had noticed that the bath chair
man had led the old gentleman into a
room on the left After momentary hes
itation turned the handle of that room
and. without any sort of ceremony.
passed in. It was, as l had expected. a
sitting There was a big armchair
on one side On this. propped up by
cushions, was the old man. He had a
small blue vial In his hand; the cork was
out: he was in the very act of raising II
to his lips. I crossed the room, and 1t
was in my hand almost before he knew
IT. There was no label on the vial. but
one sniff at its contents was enough to
tell me what II was.
DO you imagine, Mr.. Hutton that by
committing suicide you'll escape the con-
sequences of crime?"
H stared at me as II I were some su-
pernatural visitant; his jaw dropped
open. his head fell back. he was one
great tremble. went on:
when you allowed George Young to
be sent to prison for the crime Of which
you were guilty. you practically COM
mitted murder Conscience has you BY
the throat: God Furnishes In this world
as well as the next. Do you think this
will save you from the wrath to Gomez
| alluded to the vial He stammered
out a question:
who are your
II am the voice OF the avengins angel.
ealing you to account for the evn you
have done and still would do. Repent
there 10 still ume-and 0od'- INFINITE
mercy will give you peace At last"
He sasped; I thought every moment be
would collapse.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-28
By RICHARD MARSH

shock of surprise. Some one else had en-
tered the gardens-a tall. outstanding.
quite young man. T. wa; the square
faced man who had sat with the other at
the adjoining table He eyed me as we
passed each other, as If my face was not
entirely unfamiliar. as If he were asking
himself where he had seen 1t before
He went one way, the other had no
doubt that he was making for the old
man on the seat. Turning into side path
upon the left, turned again into another
narrower path which ran parallel with
the broad one had left I retraced my
steps along it. Between the intervening
shrubs and trees could see the seats on
the broader walk. When ! came abreast
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-28

was almost engaged to him once, and
should have been quite if George had
not-well, you know"
A faint flush tinged her white cheeks.
I wondered If that had had anything to
do with the position Mr.. Walker had
taken up.
rs Mr.. Hutton little man, all a bun
die OF nerves?"
Ills nerves were strong enough before
the trouble began; he was n very able
man. Now he Is i'll. Once he found out
where was and came to see me; he was
so changed that I hardly knew him.
cannot help thinking that he has my
movements watched, because when l
came here not only concealed my ad-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-28

palm. The younger, without another
word, left the gardens.
I waited. If I could help it was not
going to lose sight Of the vial which was
in the old mans hand. Presently an
empty bath chair came down the walk.
The chairman, assisting the old man
to enter. began to draw him away. ] fol-
lowed. They stopped at what l recog-
MED to be the house In Belgrave Road
which Mrs Young had given me as Mr..
Huttons address. The old man entered
the house leaning on the chair an 8
arm. I walked up the road. then back
again.
Twenty minutes had elapsed since the
old man entered. 1t was one Of those
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-28

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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07

frost and several good rains since the
wheat was in has provided sufficient
moisture for sprouting.
OF course there are four months Of
weather to como yet, and there are
dangers OF diseases and insects. before
the wheat is ready for the elevator, but
these dangers are part Of the business
and farming like other branches of busi.
ness has elements of uncertainty that
are beyond our control.
That the prices for the next crops will
be high is now almost a sure thing. The
European war has lasted long enough to
make it certain that Europe viii need
provisions next winter from outside
sorces. There are probably not less
than ten million men who instead of pro.
ducing as they would be in the time of
peace. destroying life and property, SOW
ing the otherwise fertile fields with shot
and shell. from which comes the harvest
of horro.s.
The ten million men are thus destroy.
ing more than twenty millions could and
would produce,-and such shortage in
the worlds productions must greatly in
fuence the prices of actual productions.
We in the northwest will thus be bene-
fitted by the war, but on the whole the
world is losing.-and in the end we will
have tn lOsa Mt least n nart
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07

and 9th grades Of the Neche schools
opened Monday. Miss May. the teache
having recovered from her sickness.
Mrs. John Edgerton Of Neche died on
the 22nd ult, after serious operation.
She leaves her husband, two daughters
and one son to mourn her departure.
Amunespn l. Dasson Of Northwood
are opening q garage at Hamilton and
will run al auto livery at the same time.
Their ofice will be in the o. H. johnson
building.
Mn. David Lloyd Of Newmarket, Ont,
and Niss Rose McMurcbie Of Maple,
| Ont, are visiting their brothers Malcolm
and State Attorney, William McM urchie,
Of 1t. Thomas.
Mrs.. CIV. Doran Of Saskatoon was
hurried at1 st. Thomas last week. She
leaves . husband, DR.. G. w. Doran and
! son ten years old. She was raised at
| Ist. Thomas.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07

Great Northern branch lines changes
the time going south only, on the Neche
line. The train leaves Winnipeg at 1856
in the afternoon. and is % minutes later
at stations along the line in this county.
Hon. H. L. Holmes and family, who
have been spending most OF the winter
in Florida are home in Rathgate. Mr..
Holmes suffered an accident that laid
him up for several weeks. which impair.
ed his fishing and outdoor pleasures con.
siderable. while away. but for which the
sen bass and others of the fnny tribe
are greatful. it IL said.
A crew of men working under the
direction Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission were here the first Of the
week taking the physical valuation of
the Great Northern Railroad. They
travel in q private car and are making
IN exact valuation Of the physical pro
perty Of the road to determine its actual
money worth.-St. Thomas Times.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07

The long lists of names published in
the Winnipeg papers of killed, wounded
and missing IN the Canadian volunteers
during the late battles in Europe are
bringing sorrow and anxiety to many a
Canadian home. and incidentally to a
good many people Of Canadian descent
in this locality on this side of the line,
who have many relatives at the front.
To many of these it ls new thing to 1T
once be SO anxious to read these lists of
fatalities and yet to dread to read them.
Then that word "unissing." It is to the
near relative almost worse than the
name was among the killed. Missing
may mean dead, wounded OF prisoner, OF
perhaps both the latter.-and from the
prisoners there IS not likely to be news
until after the war. We as immediate
neighbors of these sorrowing ones ex-
tend our sympathies.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07

Frank Lough who owns farm or two
near Bathgate but resides in Winnipeg,
is around Batbgate looking for the party
or parties who got away with his oats-
he his still looking.
Mrs. Byron Lee of Walhalla received
the sad news announcing the death of
her father, Mr.. Smith, near Toronto,
Canada, on Wednesday. The deceased
was eighty nine years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Moore of Drayton
who have been visiting relatives in Wash.
ington last winter are back to their home
in Drayton. contented to stay here
They were in Yakima Valley.
Frank P. Holmes, who has bought
q bran new Cadallac eight cylinder car
went to Grand Forks last week to run it
home, but when he got there he found
it had not arrived. He was accompanied
by Fred Lewis.
The change in time on most Of the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07

ial charge Of the child. The male Il 10
true has tie "paternal instinct but the
"matter instinct" with the love and per.
sonal care it implies, is solely with. tho
woman. It is something that the man
knows nothing Of except as he sees it's
exempliicatlons in womankind.
Never day, hardly ever an hour, but
mother is doing, caring or thinking Of her
child. Hence we say that every day is
"mothers' day."
Next Sunday is therefore ''childrens'
day, in true sense. It is their day, in
which to give special honor to the mother
who bore them and has borne with them
all the years Of life.
Possibly, though it ought not to be so,
it is one day IN the year when the
grown.up gone-away man really gives
thought to her. NJ
In the current arugment about sex
equality, etc, it is often forgotten that
the woman makes the man. makes him
what he is. While the father can and
does help. how little he does, Is sillustrat-
! ed by the we'll known fact that father
Who is left widower with several small
children is nearly helpless, while q poor
widow left with nothing except some
helpless children will in some way, keep
together. make them a home and give
them an education.
Mother love is at once the strongest
and most unselfish love known to the
world. She nevers forget. :,
In China they worship ther ancestors.
while we are apt to forget our own
mothers, and yet We call the Chinese
barbarlans.' If there ls anything en-.
titled to worship this side of heaven it
is the mothers.
Children don't forget your mother
next Sunday-nor yet entirely any day.
A letter. a flower, simple gifth will to
her seem payment for hours of pain,
months of toll and years of. anxiety.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY
2 z1aes. $500 F1 AazaEv7<
=. A. w.rdweu. G.G. Thompso :
wA1DWxII q 1HoaUSoN.
PROGRESS or THE WAR.

Details of the operations Of the week
are few and as usual contradictory.
There has been almost . continuous fight
at several points along the western army
fronts, particularly near Ypres, and bill
90 but with no particular advantage to
either side, but killing and wounding
man.. Here at least, as one military
writer calls it. the contest has settled
down into . .vsr of attrition." Just a
case Of .swear.out."
In the far east, however. there is more
movement ard opportunity for military
tactics. Just now the Germans have
been driving the Russians back in Gal
icis for q considerable distance. The
Russians claim to have stopped the ad-
vance on their second line Of defence.
II the Germans succeed in pushing the
Russians back much farther in this d.
rection then the Russians will have to
retreat from the Carpathian mountains
which have cost them SO much hard
fighting, as the Germans would then be
in the rear. The Germans have been
celebrating this as great victory.
At the Dardanelles, only brief reports
say that the fleets are pounding away
at intermittent periods and the land
forces are fighting the Turks under
cover Of the guns Of the fleets.
The. situation between Japan and
China is very serious. Japan has evil
IDENTIFY been taking the time when all
other nations are having ''busy day"
to bull-doze China into giving conces-
sions while elsphsntine China is as
helpless Is baby without it's protectors
and godfather nations.
A war 10 tho far Orient would add
eeveral hundred millions Of people to
the present fighting nations.
With practically everybody else in q
row, can the U. 8. keep out?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07
SUBMARINE IN WAR.

During the last ten days the sub
marine have been getting in considerable
work in sinking vessels around the Brit
ish Isles.
But SO far in the war, this sort of war.
fare has as yet had no definite effect on
the results,-as warfare, no moro than
has the dropping Of bombs from aero.
planes.
There are however. to this writer.
some things about the submarine work
than seem rather strange, first, IN the
seas where the German submarines
have been working for several months
the shipping is very numerous; perhaps
two or three thousands of vessels leave
and enter the English and other ports
every day. but with all this great
number Of ships seemingly at the mercy
of the submarine, 80 far they have only
gotten about one in q thousand and that
at but few Of the larger craft.
Another significant point is that the
submarine seems always to be in such a
hurry. Usually, according to reports,
they only allow the crew ten minutes to
leave their ships and sometimes send =
deadly torpedo without warning 1T all,
and rarely, make any effort to save the
men even it they are struggling in the
water. This haste indicates fear, and
perhaps that is one reason Why they
don't get more ships.
Again, we cannot see why the sub
marines, are SO careless about sinking
ships Of neutral nations. just looking
at the reports in general way it would
seem as though about one third at least
Of the attacks were made against neut-
raj vessels.
It seems to Us as though this were
poor policy. The mere sinking of mer.
chant ship in itself is Of but little effect
as q war operation, but the continual
loss of vessels and men must and does
prove very irritating to the neutral
powers, whose neutrality Germany is
most Interested in preserving.
With tho possible, and perhaps pro-
bable complications that may ensue
from the sinking Of fneutral ship, it seems
to us that the value of the sub. marine
as commerce destroyer is largely dis.
counted.
And again, we do not understand Why,
in seas 80 crowded with ''enemy ships"
that the marines do not let the neut.
raj vessels alone.
OF course the submarine is almost
physically blind, but it would seem as
though it was almost mentally blind as
we'll.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07
County News

Garf Hood has opened . barber shop
in the Augur building, ut Bsthgste.
A son was born to MI. and Mrs. James
Mccall, Of Bathgate on the 18th ult.
Charles Scott, and family, Of Con rad,
Montana have located at st. Thomas.
Joseph D. Hunter and Miss Little s.
Reese Of Crystal were married last week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
William Wilder, at Neche on the 18th Of
April.
Mrs. G. A. Burdick of Cavalier has
been visiting her son at Brandt, this
state.
Charles Glynn of Neche broke leg
while trying to manage horse that was
frightened by passing auto.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Dame Of Walhall. who
have been visiting in the vicinity Of
Prince Albert are home again.
The post Office at Layden which was
closed some time ago has been reoponed,
with Mr.. Saylor as post master.
Mrs. Paul Williams Of LaMoure town.
ship has been quite i'll for some time
but we are pleased to report her as i'm
proving.
Peter Mcintosh Of Portland, Oregon,
who has been visiting his brothers D. g.
and William, at st. Thomas has return.
ed home.
Manager Murphy Of the Neche Opera
house threatens to expel tho young
rowdies who srs making thing disagree
able whom shows arc going on.
Tho owners Of the Bathgste srist mill
are figuring on dismanteling it and sell.
ing it as best they can. The mill has
not been running for several ysars.
After three weeks Of vacation the 9Th
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07
the CROPS.

Perhaps in tho memory Of " the oldest
inhsbitant" the wheat has never been
planted under moro favorable c,rcum-
stances than this spring. The season
has been rsmsrkably cary, oil the wheat
bsing in tho ground on tho first day Of
Nay. and much Of It Vas showing
shove ground ct thst time. The soil it.
ssN vas IN very Ans condition. While
the sub-soil 70 still too dry, the melting
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07

1t is said there is not q mile Of railroad
construction in the Uuited States at the
present time. By that is meant new
railroad. Blame it to the war or any
thing you may, but is reminds up Of the
time from 1892 to go. and for some time
there after. Look up the dates and
draw your own conclusions.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07
MOTHERS DAY.

Mothers day is every day. From
inception to death tho child is the daily
care Of tho mother. II is ''the female Of
the species BY nature who has tho spec.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-07

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The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-10
City Official Paper
NOME, ALASKA, MAY 10, 1915.
A WANTON ACT.

The sinking of the great trans Allan tic liner Lusitania has probably been the mightest factor yet developed dur ing the course of the great European conflict in bringing home to the world at large d more comprehensive know ledge of the true magnitude, the awful horror. of that dreadful thing called war, which is now again writing it's record in lurid letters on the scroll of human history. In the sinking of this proud ship through the agency of sub marine torpedoes nearly two thousand human lives, q greater number than perished in the sinking of the ill-fated Titanic, were wantonly offered as a sacrifice to mans lust for dominion and for no reason other than that leVath- ion of the seas was a factor in the em
 ploy of one nation which threatened the existence and well being of another It mattered not that aboard that fated ship were thousands whose existence could in no way be construed as a menace to the nation whose minions loosed the deadly agencies which sent the giant steamship reeling to the ocean depths To them it was nothing that weak women and little children formed a portion of the cargo carried on that fatal voyage War recks not of such things as helpless babes and cringing womanhood Such are but fotsam on the surging tide of conflict, for power and strength alone appeal to the carnage maddened god of war. Neither did it matter that the destruc- tion of that ship with it's human cargo was not vital blow at the activities of the nation to which she belonged; was in fact but a trifle, a regretable, though not vital. incident ill the long series of incidents which preforce fol- considers not these things in other aspect than that it is on a multiplicity of such incidents that wars are won and lost. Regardless of whether the de- struction of the vessel involved also the possible destruction of a hundred score of innocent human lives or not, it were the same--it was a blow at the enemy and that reason alone sufflced
 The primary object of war, it may be triteiy suggested. is the destruction of the enemy and this rule also applies to any and all things which may give him aid. From the German point of view the Lusitania was means through which Britain was enabled to maintain an immense advantage over her opponents, in the matter of supply ing the needs of her people and her army Britain bereft of her commer-
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-10
TWO NATIONS CONSIDER WAR

LONDON.-The advance by Austria Bulgaria as to the future of the Bal kan states. The question as to whether Bulgaria should remain neutral or throw in it's lot with the allies was dis eussed today in the Sobranie
 Italv also has Ieen affected by the al the European capitals have been ell ed home to confer with the cabinet
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-10

It is reported from Valdez that Dis trict Attorney Spense is to appoint Senator O. r. Hubbard as assistant district attorney, to succeed Guy C. Brubaker. This is position which Judge Hubbard formerly occupied at Valdez
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-10
NOW IS THE TIME.

To come in and see us, as the bright sunny days are coming on. and have your clothes cleaned, pressed and re- paired.
 We make them look like new
 We clean hats
 We make alterations.
 We guarantee first-class workman ship.
 " guarantee modern methods.
 We guarantee prompt service.
 And we will appreciate your patron age
 We also make suits to order
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-10

Emil Alfred Norman, the man picked up in a starving condition on an island near Ketchikan. has been found to be mentally unbalanced, and will be de ported by the immigration service He halls from Prince Rupert
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-10

in this heartless course by the ethics of war, but it is hardly to be expected that such acts can have other effect than to arouse in the mind of humanity feeling of repulsion and resentment.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-10

ed of cruelty to his dogs by beating them with clubs and chains, and was fined $65 and costs, making a total of $100. In default of payment he was remanded to jail and will serve it out at the rate of s2 per day
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-10

FAIRBANKS.- S.-That Mike Susan, formerly a member of the Union Min ing company operating several years ago on number F Goldstream. is a victim of the European war, is the word contained in a letter received her recently by Peter Zernich, from Mrs. John Susan The letter does not state just when the former Fairbanksan was killed. merely stating that he died fighting for his country, on one of the battlefelds of Eastern Austria.