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Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
GEESE ARR STUPID,
Ae..-s..sre. :. O. r..is-,-..s>.,
caa't' stas4Sa . ala.stere
'.sS;-,-s when rhafIty.

.Geese are peculiar" said an old
poultry salesman in Manhattan mar
ket. Put them out in a rainstorm
when they have . good thirst on and
they are liable to die. About ten years
ago was engaged by firm to go out
through the west and buy live geese
and chickens. bought ten car loads.
put them in crates and started east.
The geese were in the crates nearest
the floor OF the open car-that's the
regular way to ship them-and on top
of them were piled the chicken crates.
1--WE got about ten miles from st. Jo-
seph. Mo-, when the load on one Of the
cars sagged. and the whole pile of
crates was spilled on the side of the
track. In piling the crates on again
the geese were placed on top. Iknew
. was taking chances, because rain
storm meant death to the geese, but
there didn't seem to be any storm in
sight, and thought we could make
ST. Joseph and shift the load there.
The train had only gone a short dis
tance when storm came up so sud-
denly that the rain was falling almost
a, soon us the clouds were noticed.
The geese had been without water for
some hours, and the moment they felt
the rain they were stretching their
necks through the openings between
the Stats and holding their bills open
tc catch the drops. Well, got an old
coat and laid it over as many of the
crates as it would cover. so as to save
as many as possible. Then I got a
switch and tried to force the others to
keep their heads. inside the crates.
They didn't mind the switch very
much, and had to give each one four
or five good hits before it would pull in
its head, and when started on new
head the old one would pop up again.
When we got into St. Joseph it was
still raining, and every goose in the
top crates with the exception of those
under the coat was dead. Whether
they died from drinking too much or
from drinking while their necks were
IN an unnatural position do not
know. but every man who has handled
live geese knows that thirsty goose
in a rainstorm in crate is as good as
dead. I've never told of this peculiar
ity about geese without being doubted,
but you just ask any poultryman if it
isn't true."-N. Y. Sun.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
REMOVING HONEY.
Recent Invention Has Made the Once
Dreaded Operation Compare
lively Pleasant.

Among the recent inventions in bee
keeping there is nothing of more inn
portance than the little bee escape. It
is q very simple arrangement. easily
operated and does not cost much. It
overcomes to great extent the la
borious work of brushing bees from
sections or frames in removing either
comb or extracted honey from the
hive.
The escape consists of small tin
box with two small springs which
nearly come together at the point,
V-shape. The bees pass out between
the springs at the point and cannot
get back. To operate the escape, get
a half-inch board the size of the top
of the hive; cut mortise in the CEN
ter little longer than the escape and
place the escape in the mortise. The
hoard should have small strip about
one-fourth of an inch thick nailed
around both sides to form bee space
between the surplus case and also the
brood chamber.
In using the escape always lift the
surplus case and put an empty case in
its place. then put the escape board
between the two cases. putting the
case of honey and bees on top of the
empty case, and also the escape board.
If the escape is put on the hive in the
evening the bees will be nearly all
down in the empty case by morning.
l propose to put the escape on in the
evening, SO the bees will be ready to
go to work in the morning. If honey
is coming in in sufficient quantities the
empty case should be filled with sec
tons, SO that the bees will lose no
time; remove the case of honey in the
morning, or as soon as the bees are
nearly all out. If the season is over
and the bees are not very active they
will be slower in going out of the case,
l like to get the honey off us soon as
possible. so there will be no danger of
robbing should there happen to be
any way for bees to get in. It is a
great satisfaction to be able to re.
move sections from the case without
being bothered with great lot of bees
to brush OFF,. s. Mead, in Ohio
Farmer.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
SWEET REVENGE.
A Turkish Bath Assistant Get. Even
with the Judge Who
Sent Him Up.

The Judge had never taken Turkish bath,
but he was not feeling his best that morn
ing, and it suddenly occurred to him to test
its vivifying effects, SO enthusiastically des-
canted upon by his young friends.
It seemed to the Judge that the rubber was
terribly rough, but fearing to expose his in
experience and subject himself to ridicule by
objecting to the regular treatment, he pa
tiently endured being punched, pummeled,
slapped, spanked, whacked and poked, un.
til he could not stand the terrible torture
a moment longer.
.'Is-it-quite neces-sary-to-make-me
-bla-ack-and-blre- -all-ov-ver?" painted
the judge, as irregularly as the rubber dug
his fists in more or less vigorously.
"Never you mind; Pm fixin' you," re.
sponded the rubber, redoubling his as.
so il seemed to the judge.
ssWho (slap,. groan) are (thud, groan)
you?" gasped the Judge, horrible suspicion
dawning in his mind. Your (whack, groan)
face (t6ump,, groan) does (whack, groan)
look (slap, groanl fa-(thud, groan)-mil.
lar. (swish, groan).
ooh! you remember me, do you?" growled
old hide, mebbe you'd like to send me up
for six months again for prize fghtin'! ~
Harpers Magazine.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
An Ideal Poultrx Earm.

One of the most complete poultry
farms is on the George Vanderbilt es-
tate, Biltmore, in North Carolina.
There is main building Of brick di-
vidte into Office. incubator-room, feed
room. eggroom and two other rooms.
The incubator-rcom has capacity
for 4.soo eggs. There are % double
houses for the fowls, with large runs.
fenced in with wire. Ducks and geese
are provided for with four large build
ings. meadow runs and pond. On
u beautiful little hill is a house where
live the poultry men. This dwelling
has all the modern conveniences. In
connection with this regular plant
fowls are also kept in eight different
places on the estate. where they are al
lowed free range.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
:ooP FOR FEEDING CHICKENS.

COOP FOR FEEDING CHICKENS.
in their yard one Of the coop runs, q
triangular frame of laths, used earlier
in the season to confine mother hens
near their coop. have dozen OF
these runs. They are the length of a
lath and allow little chicks free ihgress
and egress, while the mother can but
put her head through the slots. The
open end of the run, placed against
the yard fence and dish of cracked
corn was constantly kept inside which
the larger chickens could not reach.
The little fellows quickly learned, when
hungry, to dart between the Stats of
this run and eat their fill, safe from the
greed of the grown flock.
After the snow came, the run was
placed in the henhouse. the space be-
tween laths increased to allow free pas
sage of this half grown brood, and the
dish of cracked corn constantly kept re-
plenished. 1t has proved just the right
food for this late hatched brood, but
doubt if it would be healthy diet for
chicks coming from the shell in hot
weather.-American Agricnlturist.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08

She went there and the woman she
met on the corner never heard Of such
street and had lived onsthe. South
side ten years. {. = A
She made . grand detour. taking in
numerous streets in every direction,
and then it began to grow dark, and,
worn out with her afternoons quest,
she took q car for her husbands Office,
and when she told him what tom.
fool chase she had been making, he
just shouted: "Why, don't you know
that 60 seconds make minute? They
live out on sixty-second street,"
He insisted that he didn't mean to
annoy her. 1t was threadbare old
joke, and he supposed she knew what
lie meant all right.
But che assured her friend she didn't
believe him at all. She knew it was
just one of those miserable unfeeling
practical Jokes, and she wouldn't
stand it.
Fortunately, the friend was a wise
little woman who knew just how to
pour oil on the troubled waters. She
soothed the hysterical woman into q
condition of quiet. She humored her
in the idea that it was a mean joke.
"But you must forgive me, Helen" she
said, .'if tell you you have made an
awful fool of yourself. Even il it was
all done purposely, as you say, you
should have told him it was mighty
cute little joke if it did involve two
hours of pedestrianism for you, and
then you ought to have accepted his
little excuse graciously. He would
have been so ashamed and sorry and
anxious to prove his regret that you
would doubtless have been surprised
by a. new sealskin sack, instead of
pouting around for a week. By the
way, Helen, think you were rather
stupid about that street. It seems
to me I would have had a sneaking
suspicion that minute meant Sixty
second"
Every likely you would, Kate, but
you know you are clever"
"No. am not clever at all, but have
whole lot of tact"
eyes, and lot of witt
"Never made a witty remark in my
life, but make opportunities for
other people to say smart things and
they appreciate it and give me credit
for getting them chance to shine."
Eyes, have seen you pretending to
be tremendously amused over some
nonsense that had neither pith nor
point. I don't understand how you
could do it,
"And I don't understand how under
similar circumstancesyou would per-
nit yourself to look so thoroughly
bored and disgusted. I am afraid,
Helen, you have reached selfish peri
cd without the tact to secure the adj
miration you crave"
''Why, Kate, you were not always so
considerate. I remember when you
were pretty severe in your criticisms" :"
Zone of them came near costing me
one of my most valued friends, too.
He had just told little circumstance
that he thought was immensely funny
and I proceeded 70 criticise it: He was
highly indignant, and it was two
months before succeeded in con.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
NOTES FOR BEEKEEpFRs. s.

Old comb usually thickens with use.
Empty frames of comb should be we'll
taken care of when not in use.
The best way of keeping empty
combs is to store them in boxes that are
mice proof.
BY keeping bees in a good, thrifty
condition at this time robbing may be
prevented.
Beeswax is valuable product. Every
particle Of comb should be rendered
into wax.
Most colonies, If rightly managed,
will build down to the bottom of sec
tions.
If necessary to melt honey, melt It
slowly. IT melted rapidly it will be
spoiled.
There is often considerable diff
ference in the amount of brood in diff
ferent colonies, and consequently in
the amount of honey left in their brood
nest.-St. Louis Republic.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
Cause for Th.nL.

Lord Braxfield was man of few
words, and when he courted his Sec
ond wife, he said to her: Lizzie, I'm
looking out for wife, and thought
you just the person to suit me. Let
me have your answer tomorrow" The
lady, the next day, replied in the af-
firmative. Shortly after the mar
riage Lord Braxfeld's butler came to
him, saying that he wished to give up
his situation. as he could not stand
her ladyship's continual scolding:
"Man!" Braxfield exclaimed, 'ye've
little to complain Of; ye may be thanl>
full ye're no married to herl"-petroit
Free Press.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
Food for Growing Turkeys.

Young turkeys should now be far
enough advanced to be beyond the
danger stage, and they will thrive ad-
mirably on range. To keep them in
growing condition and induce them to
come up every evening they may be
given one meal day. which should
consist of cooked cake. composed of
two pounds of corn meal, one pound of
middlings. one pound of ground oats,
cne pound of ground meat and half a
pound oflinseed meal. They will relish
such mess and will grow rapidly
Farm and Firesidc.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
SENSIBLE pERcuEs.


1t is a continual. source Of surprise
that the poultry fraternity so slowly
adopts!thetmethod ofhanging perches,
shown,in accompanying drawing. The
old style OF fastening perches to wall,
floor or dropping platform is stand
ing invitation to red mites. which
usually occupy the 'perches entirely
too much, at best. Perches. walls,
platform, floor, all are accessible to
lice when perches are directly at
tached or supported on trest1es OF
timbers of any kind. rBasing my asser-
ton on actual experience, I assert that
it requires several times as much ef-
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
CARE OF LATE BRooDs.
How to Make Them Profitable and
Push Them Rapidly to Health.
full Maturity.

Last year 1 raised 300 chicks. but
none of them matured and grew so rap
idly as the late hatched September
brood, and think it partly due to their
generous feeds of cracked corn. Find
ing that these September chicks were
crowded from the feed boards when
ever the older focks were fed, placed
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
Properly Deemed,

"What is firmness, father?"
%Firmness, my boy, is obstinacy in our
"And what is obstinacy?"
"Obstinacy is firmness in somebody else." /"
Chicago Post.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
An Inatance.

DeCrop-May is intensely feminine.
Miss Upton-More SO than other girls?
well, she asked the blacksmith the other
day if her horse couldn't wear shoes size
smaller."-Puck
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08

Spread of the Classic Style.
GLOW did you manage to get such an ex-
tensiye manufacturing plant in your town.
asked the visitor.
"Well, we rooted for it" replied the ma
tive.-Chicago Tribune.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
PIN pies

Are the danger signals of impure blood.
They show that the strsam Of life 10 in bad
condition, that health 10 in danger Of wreck.
Clear the course by taking Hoods 6arsa-
parilla and the blood will Be made pure, com.
plexion fair and healthy, and LIES journey
pleassnt and succesaful.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
Wouldn't Take Chances,

Smith-One can't always judge . mans
patriotism by his conversation.
Jones-No, suppose not.
.Take Brown, for instance; would you
call him coward?"
wouldn't fight. Chicago Evening News.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
Generally the case.

''What great bore that Simperling isl"
"Still he would leave a very small hole in
the world if he were taken away. Chicago
Evening News.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
Made Them All Work.

Made Them All Work.
Mr.. Luxoe-Then you don't believe in for.
Mr. Tarif-With wife and three grown
daughters? Not l. Ibelieve in encouraging
home ndustry.-Brooklyn Life
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08

Sympathetic -"Why, Jimmy, you
6esn snu fought oasS nsne5as Jasay
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08

When people find fault with everything
they hear, they ought not to complain if
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08

Never take a girls judgment of beauty
Globe.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
.ood'ss ss::ai ss:;i'i.

Nood'e PlIIe cure indigestion. blliousnes..
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-14
Merit Means Money Made.

You cannot advertise money out Of peo-
PIE pockets all the tire; YOU may 10 it
now and then, but if you don't give them
something Of absolute merit in return,
advertising will never prove successful.
The kind Of advertising that pays is ad-
vertising a good thing. AS it has merit
The people will use 1t again and again.
Never has this been better illustrated
iran in the great success of Cascarets.
candy cathartic, that we have been lately
advertising in this paEer. All druggists
call Cascarets ropeaters; that is, people
VINO Euy them like them, and buy
them again and recommend them TO
their friends. Cascarets are guaranteed
10 cure constipation or money refunded,
and are a delightful laxative ard liver
stimulant; the best medicine ever made.
We recommend all our readrs TO try
them.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-14

give the following information:
| immigrated to Manitoba in October.
1892, from Luyerne, Rock County,
Mimi, and took land in Dominion City,
Manitoba, where / now reside. | have
been very successful in Manitoba. and
have more than doubled my capital
since | went to Canada. l took about
81, 500 worth of wheat, 200 bushels of
fax and 600 bushels Of oats; do mix
ed farming. / milk as many as ten
COWS. Dairying and stock raising has
paid me well. have on the farm now
"A head Of cattle and Is head of horses,
and sold during the past year, 1897,
$425 worth Of fat cattle. l have good
buildings and comfortable house and
good stable. My children have had
better school advantages in Manitoba
than they had in Minnesota. The dis
trict schools are very thorough and
good. My son, now 16 years Of age,
is teaching the public school in our
district, and receives a salary of $420
per year. All my children have done
we'll at school. I have S1,700 insur-
ance on my buildings on the farm.
/ also own my personal warehouse, and
railway station at Dominion City. T.
, is free Of debt.
have no prejudice against the state
, of Minnesota, as made living and a
little more while in the state, but
would not take farm as a gift in
Minnesota and leave Manitoba. The
taxation in Minnesota was too great.
l paid taxes on my stock and chattels
No such taxes have ever been exacted
in Manitoba from me, and my land
tax is about one-half or less than
it was in Minnesota. l am delighted
with my new home, and expect in a
few years to be in circumstances that
will enable me to take life easy. Yours
very truly, S. G. HAYNES.
p. S.-Any person that may take eX-
ception to the foregoing letter will
| kindly investigate, for l can back up
I every word 1t contains. / am not an
immigration Agent, nor the agent Of
any corporation, but simply a farmer.
S. G. MATNES.
The above letter was written at the
request of c. w. Spcers, in the state of
| Minnesota, where l am at present with
my wife visiting my friends in my old
| home. It is my intention to do what
l can to have them remove to Canada,
where have done so well.
Having called upon Mr.. Davies of st.
Paul, Mimi, I was received with every
courtesy, and got some valuable in
formation, as we'll as literature per-
tanning to Western Canada.
SAMUEL G. HAYNES.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-14
/" MY WIFE'S LIFE. ="
How | was the means
of saving it.

when the lungs are attacked and the
symptoms of consumption appear, then
begins the struggle between affection and
that destroying disease which Stays its
thousands annually. 1t is a happy issue
to the struggle when disease is Conque red
and health restored. Such au issue does
not always end the struggle, but il did IN
the case of Mr.. X. Morris, Memphis, Tenn,
who saw his wife wasting aud weakening
and physicians helpless, and then sug-
gested the simple remedy that wrought
the cure. He tells the story thus:
"Seven years ago, my wife had a severe
attack of lung trouble which the ply
sicians pronounced consumption. The
cough was extremely distressing, espe-
cially at night, and was frequently
attended with the splitting of blood. The
doctors being unable to help her, in
duced her to try DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoral
and was surprised at the great relief It
gave. Before using one whole bottle she
was cured, so that now she is strong and
quite healthy. Tot this medicine saved
my wife's life / have not the least doubt.
! always keep Or. Ayers Cherry Pectoral
in the house. Whenever any of my family
have cold or cough we use 1t, and are
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-14
promptly cured"-K. MORRIS, Memphis,

promptly cured."-K. MORRIS, Memphis,
Tenn.
The question: us consumption cura-
blee" is still debated, and still debatable.
1t is easy to say that this was not a case OF
consumption. Yet the physicians said il
was, They should know. AS a matter
OF fact, DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoral has
wrought so many similar cures that II
seems to argue the Curableness of con-
sumption, in its earlier stages, by the use
OF this remedy. There is no better medi-
cine for pulmonary troubles than Dir.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral 1t gives relic: in
cases of Asthma, and Bronchitis, where re-
lief has been heretofore uuattainable. IL
promptly cures Coughs and Colds, La
Grippe, aud all affections of the throat
and lungs Heretofore, DR.. Ayers Cherry
Pectoral has been put up in full size
bottles only, at SI.oo per bottle. To meet
a worldwide demand for a smaller pack
age, the remedy is now put up IN half size
bottles, at half price-So cents. Write for
DR.. Ayers Curebook Gree and learn more
OF the cures effected by Or. Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. Address J. c. Aver Co, Lowell,
Mass.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-14
Patents Issued.

List Of patents issued last week to
Northwestern inventors:
Thomas j. Casey, Detroit, Mimi,
sash fastener; John Edgar, Rochester,
Mimi, whifiletree center; Maguns T..
Elgin st. Paul, Mimi, hydrant; August
A. Engstrand, A. ID. Sundeen, j. G.
Pope and II. w. Stafford, Mora, Mimi,
stove or furnace; Lars Jorgensen,
Brownsville, Mimi, detachable calk;
Edward ManiX, Caledonia, Mimi, hog
snout cutter; Isaac \. Milton, Bige-
low, Mimi, portable grain elevator;
William A. ROssman, Detroit, Mimi,
stove or furnace; Alexander S. Stew
art, Neche. \. d., chOpping machine:
Frank II. Wheelock, st. Paul, Mimi,
means for preventing slipping of car
wheels upon grades; Charles Van Cap
pellen, Brandon, Mimi, game board
(deSign.)
Merwin. Lothrop g. Johnson. Patent Atto--
neys. $40 Pioneer Press Bldg. St. Paul.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-14
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting In the courts our right 70 the
exclusive use OF the word -'CASTORIA." and
PITCHERS CASTORIA,' as our Trade Mark.
I,.pr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massa-
chuSettS, was the originator of PITCHERS
CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does
now bear the fac-simile signature of CHAS. II.
FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is.the
original PITCHERS CASTORIA" which has
been used in the homes Of The mothers OF
America for over thirty years. Look carefully
at the wrapper and see that 1t is the kind YOU
have always bought" and has the signature OF
CHAS II. FLETCHER on the Wrapper. Nc
one has authority from me TO use my name ex-
cept The Centaur Company OF which Chas II
Fletcher is President.
March 6. 1891 SAMUEL PITCHER. NJ. d.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-14

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
L. ]. CHENEY e. CO, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known F
!! Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business TRANSACTIONS and financially able
to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.; Walding, Kinnan * Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
eous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price T5 cents per, bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-14
A Long Look AhcDl.

Politicians are now weighing the pos
slbilities involved in the next presi-
Dental election. The papers are full
OF predictions as to the future, which
are somewhat too self-contident. But
II is safe to say that a systematic
course Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
Will renew health in the bilious, rheu'
matte or nervous.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-14
Beauty IL Blood Deem.

Clean blood means a clean skin No
beauty without It. Cascarets, Candy Ca
thartic cleans your blood and keeps Il
clean by stirring up the lazy liver and
driving all impurities from the body. Be-
Gin to-day TO Danish pimples. boils,
blotches. blackheads. and that sickly
bilious complexion by taking Cascarets-
beauty for 10 cents. All druggists, salts
faction guaranteed. lOc. 30. zoe
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-14
Sure to Work.

II have plan for running Scotch
dialect writers out of business"
What is itT'
Make them all wear kits. "-Chica-
60 Record.