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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03
Feeding and Care Of swine.

None of our farm animals answers
more quickly to, or yields more profit
from good treatment, than swine; and,
in many localities, none are more neg
lected than these homely, but useful
animals. In the west, where hogs run
at large and follow the drovcs Of feed
ing steers, their management after
they are weaned is verv simple, but
where hogs are kept in yards or pens
and are expected to subsist mainly on
skinned milk, or the refuse from the
kitchen, more caro- is necessary and
their wants must be carefully attended
to, or they will not thrive MS they
ought. The most important thing to
remember IN feeding hogs is. that
there is no such thing as .'stock or
der;" the pig that Is not 50 fed that it
gains IN weight continually and rapid
ly, is not a profitable animal. and soon
eats more feed than it is worth. Many
farmers keep pen of store hogs in low
condition through the winter, at q dead
loss; the pigs do not grow, and yet
eat almost as much as the fattening
hogs. Here, again, we come to the
sfeod Of support" The larger part
Vi ILC pIS lOOu "a ucouou W hccp nlIl
alive, and prevent him from going
backward; and very little more food,
judiciously applied. will usually make
all she difference between profit and
loss in keeping pigs.
The cheapest pork is that made from
pigs which have been fed all that they
would eat. If 1T does not pay to make
pork by liberal feeding, it does not pay
to make it Mt all, and it had better be
given up. The care of pigs should be-
gin rs soon as they are born; some-
times the sows are very savage and,
if not prevented, will eat tho pigs as
soon as they appear. If the sow shows
this disposition she should be watched
and the pigs taken from her. When
her labor is finished, they should be
carefully put down beside her and she
will generally take up with them at
ot1css The pen for brecding-sows
should be roomy and warm, the floor
nearly level, so that the weight of her
body will not settle down and crush
the pigs.-Stock-byeedsr in An,er,can
Agricultur,st for March.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03
A Theological Question.

''How many husbands did a won
have in the Old TESTAMENT" ask
Miss Sanderly, who has just complet
ed her education at a fashionable in
stitute, in Austin.
"What do you mean by such silly
question:" asked Mrs. Yerger, to
whom the question was addressed.
II don't think it is silly. 1t says in
the Bible, that whenever a man dieth
he was gathered to his fathers. If the
mother Of the deceased did not have
more than one husband how could the
deceased be gathered to his fathers,
which means more fathers than one.
He certainly must have had several
fathers"
"Perhaps." said Mrs. Yerger de-
murcly. 'the man who WAS gathered
to his fathers had several mothers. -
Tszdg Siflings.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03
Roller Skating Filtration.

Lying on the left side, "My heart is
at your feet"
Lying on tho right side, ~ have
money in the bank"
Standing on your nose, II have no
objection to y mother-in.law."
Jumping on your skates, "I'm
afraid can't trust you."
Laying on YOUR back, "Assist me-"
One leg in the air means. "Mashed. "
One skate in your mouth. "Crushed
again"
Hitting on the back of your head
with your heel, I'm gone."
Suddenly placing your legs horizon
tally on the floor like the letter V in
dicates, 'Im paralyzed."
Punching your neighbor in the
stomach with your left foot, "I'm
onto your little game"
A backward Flip of the heels and
sudden cohesion Of the knees to the
iloor indicates. "May skate the next
music with you?" ?"-Norrtslown Herald.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03
Management of Sheep.

Sheep management should be mark
ed with regularity. With no other
farm animals is the reward so great
Tor punctuality and care in feeding, or
the punishment SO severe and certain
in case of neglect. Ewes for breeding
should he served by the ram from the
middle of October to tho fifteenth of
November, if lambs are intended for
the increase of the flock of stock
sheep. II for fattening, they should
come earlier, and will need greater
care than those dropped when the
warm days begin to come. Ewes that
are to raise lambs in the spring, should
be fed hay and small quantity of
grain, each day during the winter.
We have found no trouble in keeping
breeding ewes in good, strong condi-
ton by such treatment, and never
have any trouble from ewes not own
ing their lambs. During the lambing
period, the flock needs the best possi-
BILE attention. Feed good clover hay
and bran, alternating with their reeu-
lar feed of unground corn and oats,
mixed in equal quantities. The amount
of feed required will depend upon the
flock. their shelter and previous man
agement. A safe quantity ID six
quarts twice daily, to forty ewes, pro-
vidod they have been grained some
during the winter. In floeks devoted
to the raising of fine breeders, it is
the custom for a man to sleep in the
barn near the sheep during the period
of lambing, in order to prevent any
lambs from becoming chilled. or to
may need during the night. In any
ordinary flock this would not be best,
but it serves to illustrate the constant
watchfulness needed, as a few lambs
dropped lead during cold day, great
ly reduces the profits of sheep raising.
The ewes and their lambs should have
the earliest and best pasture on the farm
that the dams may give plenty of milk
to keep the lambs growing. They will,
in few days, need no attention from
the flock-owner. After harvest. when
the early cut clover is springing up in
fresh second growth, wean the lambs.
turning them into the clover field, and
give them feed of bran every morn.
ing. With this treatment they will
not fall away much in flesh.-G. G..
MegratL in America,s Agricuiturist.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03
A Strange Story.

Here is story that reads strangely,
writes Macon correspondent Of The
atlanta Constitution. A farmer named
William A. Evans lived near Summer
field, where he farmed and did mer-
camille business. On March Is, 1884,
he was discovered with bis head beat
en- to a jelly. An ak was found in the
room. A negro girl, Carrie Massey,
was in the room under pile of corn.
There was much excitement, and a
coroncr's Inquest returned a verdict
that the girl did the deed. She de-
MED it; said that she was paid by Marion
Carr, u brotheI-in-law of the deceased.
to let him into the room, with negro
man, and they killed him. After the
killing Carr rumbled about among
certain papers for the purpose of find
ing a will, which he knew was kept in
q certain box. An experienced detcc-
tive took the case. The will was never
found. The girl was convicted and
sentenced for life in the Dade coal
mines. A long suit for tho possession
Of the property followed and is now
pending in the supreme court. Of the
counsel in the case was the lamentcd
Judge Bartlett. The NEGRO man, who
the girl said was let in the room. was
killed afterward. The white man left
the country under an assumed name.
Judge Bartlett has died. tor a num-
Der of months Marion Carr has acted
queerly. He seemed to be dodging
something only seen by himself. Ho
would pace the floor, and at times
mi al a nhnls IL ~ I,
vision. This has grown until Tuesday.
when he died, His deathbed was de.
scribed as most horrible. He never al
luded to what was troubling him,
and his secret was buried with him.
His relatives entertain a thought that
he was connected with the murder of
Evans. The five principal actors in
the life's drama are dead to tho world.
Can the negro girl be innoccnt?.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03

INVITED to deliver the st. Patrick's
day Grafton this year before the Irish
mon of Ottawa. Canada, Mr.. John
Boyle o Reilly, Of The Plot (Boston), !,
inquired Of the English home secreta-
y II her majesty's government would
on that occasion grant him immunity
from arrest on British soil for his COM
plicity in the Fenian operations Of
1866. The answer was that such i'm.
munity ''could not safely be granted. -
So. although his countrymen in Canada
are still anxious for him to visit them,
says The Plot, "as he cannot afford to
alarm his family and perhaps serious
" interfere with his business by such
an experiment. 1t is not probable that
he will Co." !.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03
The Consequence of Shallow Draining.

We notice in one of our exchanges,
a failure in shallow draining. that
ought to be a timely warning to all
who are about to engagB in this sort
of improvements. A rural improver,
two years ago laid IL three-incfi tile
drain in a springy spot in bis field, for
the purpose of clearing it Of water.
Tho pipe was laid two feet deep, the
joints being covered with caps. II
seemed to work perfectly for time.
Last season the plot was planted with
potatoes, but the soil WAS unaccounta-
bly, wet for drained land, After the
crop was gathered, tho tiles were ex-
amined, and found to be packed so
full of grass roots, as to stop the rum
nlng of the water. Spring water makes
q long season for grass, and in two
years the roots had obstructed the
passage of water and made the drain
useless; A neighbor of ours has
drained several swales upon his farm,
laying the tiles only eighteen inches
below tho surface, and thus lost the
better part of his investment. The
shallow drains are not only liable to be
stopped by roots of grasses, and other
plants, but there is a large loss in the
failure to drain what lies imme diatcly
below the drained surface. The roots
of grass, of fruit trees, and of hoed
crops, will 60 down four or five feet
in search of food, if they have the OPP
portunity. They cannot thrive below
the water line, which lies very near
the bottom of the drain. II the drains
are but eighteen inches deep. that is
about the limit of the pasture-ground
ofroots. If the drain goes down three
feet, the area of soil that will furnish
food for crops is nearly doubled. The
cost of draining to that depth is but
little more. since the ditch grows mar
rover as We go down. The cost of
the tile. and the work of laying them,
are the same, whether the ditch is
eighteen inches or four feet in depth.
But if the cost were doubled in max.
ing deep drains. it would be a ''pen.
ny wise and pound foollsh' business
to have the shallow drains for the sake
of saving the expense of the last half
Of the necessary digging. The drain
ing is permanent Investment, and
the tiles if properly laid, will clear
the soil of water three feet deep, rs
thoroughly rs they will clear it eight
cen inches deep. The difference in
results is great. that in cost is small.
.lV'n. Chft in american Agriculturist.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03
soud.n and the Soudanese.

What is the extent of the region
known as the Egyptian Soudanp What
10 the character of the countryp What
are It's prOductiOnsp How do its mil
lions Of Inhabitants manage to sub
sistf What races or tribes constitute
its tOptlatfOnY These are questions
often asked sifice the barbarian hordes.
under the leadership Of Nubian boat
builder who calls himself the Prophet,
took up arms against the detested
Egyptian task:fffaseers and tax-gathet-
ers and their Europeafl ally.
The Egyptian Soudan is vast terri-
tory stretching southwark from the
twer1ty-third degree of north latitude,
which runs not far from the second
cataract IT the. Nile. The principal
provinces are Nubia, SEMINAR, Kordo.
fan, Dar Fur and Dong0la. These
provinces have been made tributary to
Egypt by conqdest: Nubia lies east OF
the Nile and extends ffotn The norta.
ern limit of the Soudan almost to the
southern extremity of SEMINAR, more
than 800 miles south of Khartoum. A
large part Of Nubia is an arid waste,
consisting Of sandstone and granite.
Vegetation IS s6anty and the water
supply at best precafioHs. Along the
banks of the Nile the soil is ct1titable.
The products are numerous, including
maire, datesi Tobacco, coffee and cot
ton. The Nubiatls, or Dongolawee,
are q dark brown race, hardy and
brave, and are excellent fighters.
The great province of Kordofan,
stretching southwest from Khartoum,
is grassy steppe couhtry, poorly
watered except In the summer season
when there are frequent showers. The
Inhabitants are of mixed races and are
tanatical Mussulmsns, ignorant, with
5ut tribal Organization, and in every
respect inferior to the Arabs. They
cultivate the soil and chgage to some
extent in cattlc raising. As Warriors
it is said the Kordofan people rank
low, being badly armed and less
courageous than the Dongo1awse. On
tho plateau of Dar Fur, wost of KOrdo.
fan, tho soil is Capable of cultivation,
but yields scanty return of corn and
cotton. Mixed races inhabit tk1as re-
gion, as in Kordofan, but they arc
more resolute and warlike. They
raise cattle, sheep and camels, and are
nomads, wandering from place to
place, having no villages. The pro.
vince of SEMINAR, in the northern part
of which Khartoum is situated, is an
oasis in the desert. This province,
lying between southern Nubia and
Kordofan, Is the river region and COM
prises the real riches ct the Soudan.
Here an abundance of fertile land is
found along the Blue Nile and the
White. Large crops of grain arc.
raised near the tivers to distance of
300 miles from Khartoufn: The breed
ing of cattle and sheep is also eaten
sively carried on in SEMINAR. The
city of Khartoum is the commercial
center of this entire country, from
Bcrbef on the north, to the Shillook
tegioh on the White Nile. Its impor.
lance, therefore, from u military point
Of view in the present war il readily
,een.- Cincinnati Times Star.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03

their vitality. All vegetation obsys
the injunction to multiply and replen.
ish the earth; but with tho greatest
determination when thers ats present
suffering and impsnding death. 4
drought hastens the process of repro
duction, and insufficient n0ufishmeut
encourages An early IL not an abun-
dant fruitiulness: In climate where
hot and cold or wet and dtt seasons
regularly succeed each other, many Uf
our most common economic plants
have adapted themselves to these
stated changes of outward conditions,
and run tGeff course during a single
growing season: Such ptafts consti-
tute that large portion Of our vegeta-
tiOt known as the animals: The great
sunflower, thdt grows into a giant in a
single season, and defies the summer
sun and storm, falls an easy victim to
the frosts of autumn. It, however,
prepared the way for many successors
In the ripened seeds, each one of which
when given favorable conditions will
germinate, grow; reproduce its. kind,
and thus finish another. Gtclg id the
realm of vegetable life: The bean
plant, In different way; climbs its ap-
pointed pole; enjoys the same sunshine
and shower, produces its blossoms, ills
long pods with ripencd seeds, and
gives up its life like all its fellows iii
the field. A corn plant completes its
grOwthin not far from q hundred DAYS,
and leaves its accumulated vitality
stored up in the grains upon tic ear:
The prospective life and activity of
whole field of waving corn may be
considered as stored up in a few pecks
of apparently lifeless seed-corn safely
housed in tie granary. We thus see
that In the annual plants the life of
the species is. SO to speak; Carried
over from one growing season to an
other in the ripened seed. The seed
is also the form in which plant-life
is easily transported from place to
place. The seed of some hedgerow
weed, as II becomes loosened from its
attachment upon the lifeless mother
plant, and is blown for rods or even
miles over the surface of the incrusted
snow. Is familiar and perhaps strik-
ing example that may enforce the
meaning to be here conveyed. The
young plantle' in the seed, snugly pack
ed within thick coats, is preserved from
death, and at the same time is carried
far from tho place where it was pro-
duccd. The seed is the offspring of
tho plant and the childhood Of its
kind. though SO fashioned end pro-
tected that it can pass safely Though
d period of drought or cold when its
parent would have succumbed -Popu-
lar Science Mouktlu,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03

THERE were only five French aca.
asmicians younger than Edmond
About, who was Sc. namely: Fran.
sph Coppee, ~; Sully Prudhomme.
J; Philleron, so; Halevy. 50, and Vic
q rien Sardou, IS. Taine and Perraud
10 IS. Olivier is 50; Dumas, CO.
1snan and Cherbuliez, 81; Pasteur,
! Bertrand. Du Camp, and D'Aumale.
67; Octave Feuillet; De Mazade. and
the Duo dc Broglie, es; Augier. GA;
John Lemoinne and Labiche, 50; Jules
Simon, 20; Duruy, IS; Do Lesseps. IS;
Legouve, az; Victor Hugo, 81; and NJ.
de Well -Castel. the doyen, is IS.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03
sUmARY or NEWS or TaB WEEK.
1aeoasA,a n u, HorsAveet,

Manitoba and Canada have been thrown into
great excitement By news Of . conflict between
forces Of Louis Risl and Manitoban forces. The
substance Of the affair is embraced in the fol.
lowing telegram from Lieut. Col Irvine to Sir
John Macdonald, datsd at Fort Carlton, via
Winnipeg March "a: Tho party under
ny command has Just arrived When near
: party Of 100 went % Duck Lake
e 2 SECURE 2 lal.e quantity Of supplies
sls. Who had an advantageous position at
Beardy,s reserve, and sndesvored g surround
whom il beoans eeneT.l Orosier, owing 10 shs
disadvantage which he was taken, retreaAed
%9 na, n g tns o; g; hs sane a tin.
two policeman were killed aud four civilians
and eeven constables wounded. The number
Of rebels killed 10 not known. Tho police and
civilians acted with the greatest bravery under
heavy arc; The KILLED were;
. civilians-capt John Heriton, ". Napier,
James Bakely,- D. Mckenzie, b. xephail,
Charles hewitt Joseph Anderson, Alex Fisher:
Woundsa-Cspt Moore, leg broken; A. No
Nabb ": R Marley, Alox Stewart, Of volun-
tesrA The Northwestern mounted polics,
christ, Constebles g Garrett 9. 7. Gordon, 4.
y: smith, j. J. Moore A. Miller.
De<achmepts Of A and B batteries Of Kings
ton and Quebec, the Queens Own and Tenth
Royals, Toronto, and infantry school, under
command Of Col Otter, have received march,
Ing orders, and will proceed via the Cana
dian Pacific railroad to the Northwest without
delay.
WHAT TIE EHAL1.BRE4Ds WAMI.
Toronto Nail: The half breeds in the 81
Laurent district complains that the dominion
has treated them badly, and wo think it has.
Under the Manitoba oct Of l870each half breed
born In that province before July1 Of that
year was granted 240 acres Of land free, in est
isfaction OF what may be termed the half
fines Of Manitoba i.y . lev half-breed % set-
tlements, for the inhabitants Of which NO
provision was then made; nor, indeed, was
any demanded ct the time. Ht Laurent,
one Of these, was established " long ago a
lS6s, and 10 fairly prosperous plsca The
nrst demand for consideration was preferred
BY tho colonists ten years ago, when they
asked to be placed on the same footing q
regards FREQ homesteads - the Mets Of Man
itobA Later on, when the domloion surveyors
appeared in the country, fresh grievance
sprung up. Tho half -breeds, % was the
French custom, had settled along the rivers,
each farm having 2 narrow water frontage,
and extending far back in tho form Of . long
compelled to destroy this arrangement of tho
holdings, and the people earnestly protested
against it They also renewed their claim for
grants Of $40 acres per capita, and from that
day to this the agitation has been maintained,
Riel's arrival from Montana last sprinK giving
1.-THE semblsnce Of . general and united move
ment
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03
Childish Diplomacy.

The.ten-year old daughter has been
wearing one of her mothers rings 1t
disappears and she cannot find it. She
is surely disturbed and puzzled a long
time as to how she will break the acci.
dent to her mamma. At last she goes
up, and with childish hesitation SAYS:
Mamma, please tell me what is the
French for lost?''
Lost. my darlingP The French fo1
lost is perdN."
"Well. the little ring you gave me is
perdu. ."-San Francisco Chronicle,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03

INhis passage through Paris, en- route
for Cannes, the prince of Wales stop
ped thirty.six hours: He went TO see
Bernhardt in '.Thepdora." Between
the acts he visited Sarah in her box,
and warmly congratulated her. The
actress ordered bottle of champagne
and the prince drank to her health.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03
Prepare for the Hatchino Season.

The time is now approaching for the
interested poultryman ard the thrifty
farmer who thinks. and rightly, that
fowls properly managed. ere good
paying stock ON the farm. to make
preparation for the annual setting of
eggs and Matching Of chickens, 1t
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03

WHEN Adam Black, the Edinburgh
publisher, was sounded on the subject
Sf receiving knighthood, he said:
mae. nae; it wad na do. You see," he
added. ''if boy cam into ma shop
and said. "a ha' 'peth O. slate-pencil, Sir
ADAM it would ma sound weel.'
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03

PRor. w. J. RoLFE believes in the
probability Of Shakespeare having Wis
tied Italy. The atmosphere of many
plays is thoroughly italian. Portia
says: ''This night, methinks, is but
the daylight sick, it looks a little
paler." No such moonlight was ever
seen in England.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03

SENATOR HoAR is said to be the
worst story teller in the senate. He
likes to entertain his friends by rela-
ing funny incidents now and then,
,ut they say he would spoil the most
.anghable story ever known in the tell
ing If il.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03

An exhibition of the works of Hans
Aakart has been opened in Vienna.
His pictures are to be found in most
Of the great European galleries. The
Art association of Vienna desires grad
aally to collect as many as possible Of
hem.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03

CAMERON, the correspondent who
vas killed in the Soudan recently, was
unmarried, but his aged mother was
dependent upon him for support. The
London Standard, for which he was
working, has granted her a handsome
life pension.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03

Rev. DE-. SPoTswooD, who died in
New Castle. Pa, recently. was q lineal
descendant of tho colonial governor.
Alexander Spotswood, utter whom
Spotsylvania county. the scene of the
battle Of Spotsylvania, was named.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-03
zAe rev oemm.as.on.r Of 'Asrseu,tu..

xhs rev 0omm1ssionsr OF 'ASraeultuxs.
NormanJ. Colman who 10 70 be commissioner
Of agriculture, is an old resident Of Missouri
and man Of excellent standing. He is about
sixty years ofage, but vigorous and active, and
Is rated ss second class 80 far o. ability 10
concerned. His political record is clear, he hsv-
ing been consistent Democrat from time i'm
memorial, and quite prominent in tho party
councils HIS close relations with tho agricultur-
sl classes have stood him in good part, when
he desired to WELD influence in conventions, ,sl.
though the politicians have always succeeded In
getting the best Of him, encouraging him to work
for the party and then giving him some honor
ary position, to which no emolnments were At
taohed. He has been candidate for govern
or before . number Of state conventions, and
atone time came near securing the nomination.
He was defeated, however, but was noninasai
and elected lieutenant governor. His congress
sional aspirations have also been frustrated on
various occasions. He has lived at St Louis
for quarter Of . century or more conducting
an agricultural weekly, the Rural World He
owns large stock breeding farm near 81
Louis, and is thoroughly familiar with the ag.
ricultural question In all its bearings and q.
poct0