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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
Ton Of Ammunition to on. sola,er

Ton Of Ammunition to One Soldier.
Englishmen. whose sons are now
facing the Beers in the Transvaal. are
getting what comfort they can from
statistics showing that there is only
one chance in thousand that SOL
der will be killed in battle, and that,
on the average, ton of ammunition is
expended for, every man shot. In the
Crimean war, for example, total Of
nearly 95,ooo,oo0 shots were fired, with
a resulting loss Of life amounting to
less than 100000, or one soldier killed
to every 1,0s7 shots fired. During the
late civil war in this country it took
1890 hundred weight Of ammunition,
on the average, to kill q man. Further
statistics show that Of the wounds
received in battle As per cent. occur
in the legs, SO per cent. in the alb
domen, 81 per cent. in the chest and
only one per cent. in the head.-Chi.
cago Tribune.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
SEE. Are Cheap roodl.

Like milk, an egg is complete food. If
fed on eggs alone young animals are
furnished with all necessary elements
for growing bone, muscle and all that
goes to make perfect animal of its
kind. A hen may lay 24o eggs per year.
but ought certainly to produce 100.
Eight eggs will weigh pound, and 100
will weigh about is pounds, at the cost
of about one bushel of corn, worth on
an average about so cents; at this rate
the eggs cost, so far as food is con-
cerned, about 31a cents per pound, or
4.16 cents per dozen. They usually
sell for IL to Is cents per dozen, and are
better for food at that than beef, pork
or NATURALIZATION Gardening.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
Too Much Drone Comb.

Bees left to themselves are likely TO
build to much drone comb, says the
Farmers Voice. This is not built for
the purpose by the bees, as they build
it for storing honey in, but if not filed
the queen will fill it next spring with
drone eggs and the hive will be over
stocked with the idlers. The way TO pre-
vent this is to use all foundation comb
worker size and then the queen will gil
it with worker eggs and the colony
will be built up when Matching begins
in the spring. II there is too much
drone comb in the hive remove It and
replace with worker comb. By doing
this the supply Of drones is easily reg
ulated by the apiarist, and the bees be-
come more profitable than they would
be if left to their own devices.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
Feed Corn with judgement.


Corn should be fed with judgment.
Old corn is better than new and there
is a loss in the crib while waiting for
prices to go up, as corn dries some the
older it gets. Corn that is smutty or
moldy should not be put in the crib,
as it is Injurious to all kinds of stock,
producing a disease styled by some
as stomach staggers." If smutty
corn is placed in the crib with sound
corn there is possibility of the sound
corn being affected. The same rule
applies to corn fodder; use only that
which is clean and free from blemish.
When cattle refuse certain kinds of
corn fodder the chances are that there
is something wrong with it.-Prairie
Farmer.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
Pure Breeds ana Proat.

N
It is fact well recognized that no
branch of the live stock business suits:
the masses Of people better than fowl
raising. It is a paying vocation. and Is
adapted to the young as well as the DID,
and to all sections Of thecountry. Prime
poultry is desirable in every poulterer's
beginning. The wisest methods are
those learned by experience and with
small flocks at the start Pure-brea
stock costs more at the start, but once
established in the breeders yard its
beauty, prolificacy and the consequent
value Of all the specimens produced
from the original breeding birdss more
than make up for the extra outlay spent
in the outset in prod cing the very best
stock that money can buy.-Frarm and
Fireside. s.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
Meat ana Grain for Hens.

When meat is given tits not necessary
to allow much grain. For instance, If
meat is fed at noon it will only be neces-
sary to scatter a few. handfuls of oats
in each pen to keep the inmates at
work. When q hen becomes too fat
she will lay soft-shelled eggs. When
plenty Of meat is to be had as one of the
cheapest articles of food greater guam
tity of oats may be given. Wheat is
the best all-round food, and with the
waste Of the farm, in conjunction with
meat and the hot morning meal, and
exercise, will bring an abundance Of
eggA.-Farm and Fireside.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
TO FATTEN QUICKLY.
How Fowls Can he Prepared for Mar.
ket In Comparatively short
space Of Time.

Feed three times q day. a warm
breakfast Of boiled potatoes. pumpkins
or squash, crushed when hot and thick
ened with corn meal. This is seasoned
with salt and pepper. A noon feed OF
the same on alternate days. The other
days they receive the same as at night,
whole, bright corn, Nothing musty.
soured or solid is allowed in the feed
pans. For a few fowls simple portable
coop may be used, as in the illustration.
The sides may be either of laths, rods
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
HOW TO KILL POULTRY.

sharp killing knife should be inserted:
in the mouth and directed so as to.
make clean cut across the artery
just above a. "A half minute to bleed
is enough, and when the bird begins
to struggle. give it smart blow on
the back Of head and begin plucking
at once.-Farm and Home.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
EXPERT AT WEIGHT.
Ability to Cues. by Ounce. Is one Of
the Accomplishments Of
Most Butchers.

1t is his business, OF course, ana ne
becomes expert at it, as man might
in any work, but the customer who pays
any attention to it at all is sure to be
interested, nevertheless, in the ac-
curacy with which the butcher cuts off
just the required amount of meat.
Whether it is two pounds of steak, or
four pounds of chops, or six pounds of
corned beef, it's all the same to him.
He cuts without long dwelling upon
where to set the knives. He slices away
sort of casual like and plies the saw,
and lays the meat on the scales, and 1t
does not vary more than quarter or a
half pound from the weight required,
on even the heaviest piece, and on the
lighter pieces he comes within an ounce
or two, or hits it right on the nail.
A man, for instance, goes into q
butcher shop and asks for three and a
half or four pounds of, say, corn beef.
The butcher gets big piece out of the
pickle, lays it on a block, and picks up
a knife, and, without the slightest
hesitation, with one strong, smooth
sweep, cuts off a piece, which he lays on
the scales. It weighs three pounds and
three-quarters; it is in weight exactly
midway between the limits set.
The expert butcher gets his ability to
do this naturally enough, from good
judgment to start with, backed up by
long experience, but when he cuts
things as close as this, even the Gus
toner familiar with his skill looks upon
his as a wizard. - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
HOW TO KILL FOWLS.
Cut the Artery az shown IN ire =.
ture and You Will Never Have
Any Trouble.

By opening the bill the artery b to
be cut can be seen where it crosses the
back of the throat under the err. The
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14

figure with us. All I wish is that you'd
kind of look after Hi and the children
when I'm gone.'
"The man in the corner sobbed aloud.
Tatman arose and walked over to the
small window and stood looking at the
snow-dimmed glass. By and by he came
back to the fireplace. He reached out
and grabbed old Martha's hand, and
when he spoke saw that his hand and
voice were both unsteady.
"'I think he said, that you can take
better care of these children than I
can. I don't want you to-day. Ny war;
rant is made out for Hiram Leach. I
can't change it to Martha. It is my
duty to do so, I suppose, butt can't
do my duty. Here is something to keep
you going for awhile. Don't spend any
of it till Peter Fagin's meat and meal
and potatoes are all gone. You might
get me into trouble if you did,
"The woman leaned her gray hair
against the child's unkempt locks. She
said nothing, but she pressed Tatman's
fingers, and guess he understood"
The man of experience: stopped
abruptly. The young man who was
smoking cleared his throat.
''Well," he asked, at length, .what
became Of Tatman? What did they do
to him in the next campaign
"Knocked him higher than kite"
said the man Of experience. ssThey
said he was no good because he couldn't
find that robber. But guess Tatman
didn't care. IN. Y. Sun.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09
MINING STOCKS.
PRODUCE.

Chicago, May S.-The practical en-
barge On shipping business as q. result
of the grain shovelers' strike at Buff
falo weakened the grain markets to-
day. Favorable seeding conditions
stimulated the selling movement.
closed 32@5sc lower; corn &c and oats
&c. Pork lost 10c; lard 71ac, and ribs
215@5c. Bullish State crop reports
and a belief among traders that the
government report would show a sharp
decline in the conditions started wheat
firm. Trade was dull, however. and
the market turned weak under heavy
realizing. Favorable weather and the
blockade at Buffalo accelerated the de-
cline. July opened unchanged at 72iA
072$sc, advanced to 725Se: declined to
715s@71&c, and closed With buyers at
71$c.
Receipts were comparatively light.
Chicago received 80 cars, four of which
were graded contract. Minneapolis
and Duluth got 319 car loads, compared
with sos a year ago. The aggregate at
western points was 40S bushels. against
62S,000 bushels Worlds shipments to
Europe were S,S2o 900 bushels. and
wheat on ocean passage showed an in
crease of 2,112.000 bushels for the week.
The visible supply decreased CTS, 900
bushels. compared with 1885, GOO bushels
decrease last year. Prospect of an i'm
mense acreage and the tie-up in lake
navigation at Buffalo weakened corn.
The visible decreased 3.766.000 bushels.
receipts. 226 cars. July opened shade
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material declines prevailed. There was

material declines prevailed. There was
no news of any Importance and diSap-
pointment at the bad showing OF the
bank statement on Saturday seemed to
color speculative sentiment. Sterling
exchange was about steady and money
decidedly easier. Such rallies as took
place were feeble and in each instance
brought out further sales, leaving the
market at the end weak at about the
lowest for the railways, although some
OF the specialties in the late selling
movement retained part of the adyan-
tage derived on an afternoon rally.
Arbltrage brokers purchased some TO-
600 shares during the forenoon's weak
ness. The market continued feverlsh
practically all day. There was forced
liquidation of marginal accounts by
commission houses. Some important
interests let go stocks on the assump-
ton that rather large responsibilities
have keen taken by certain underwrlt-
ing syndicates. The talk of the for
nation of new steel Trust with a
tremendous capitalization caused I'M
easlness in some quarters, resulting in
declines of over three points in Federal
Steel shares and over two in American
Steel and Wire. The Flower stocks
were sold for both western and local
account, Brooklyn Transit losing 81;
Peoples Gas 81, and Atchison pre-
ferred IA. The tenor of the crop adj
vices was conflicting, but the grangers
rece(kd smartly. Burlington lost over
2 points, and St Paul and Northwest
about half as much. Among the coal
TNo1a Ir51c nd
Central were down over point each
New York Central suffered a loss of "a
in connection with its unfavorable
showing for April compared with last
year, although this is partly explain
able by the earlier date at which nayl-
cation opened last year. Other weak
spots in the railways were Baltimore &
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Union Pacific, c.,
c., G. & st. Louis, Northern Pacific and
Missouri Pacific. Sugar and Lead
were among the heavy industrials.
Amalgamated copper sagged on the
curb" which caused Anaconda min
in gto be without support. General
Electric, which rose over point, was
the conspicuous exception to the mar
ket's weakness. The deposit of $10,
100000 in warrants against the sub
treasury in local bank which is man
aging the transfer of the Spanish in
demnity, was taken to be the cause of
the earlier tone in money as this
operation had not been expected until
later this week.
Some sharp declines were effected to-
day in active bonds, but the higher
grade issues only receded moderately.
Total sales. $2,750,O00
United States new As registered and
the old As coupon advanced a, and do.
coupon, the new Is coupon, the As and
the IS "a in the bid price.
The total sales of stocks to-day
amounted to 1905, 554 shares.
Quotations closed bid:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09

light SO 1908 95; pigs SO 1903 so.
Sheep and lambs, sheep sold at SO 500
5 %, chiefly at 81 5o05 Is; heavy ex-
porters S. 90; spring lambs So 0006 10
per 100 lbs
Receipts: Cattle $500 head; hogs
$4,000 head; sheep 21.000 head.
East Buffalo, N. Y, May Seattle,
receipts 40 cars; market slow for
heavy steers; best steers IS 3505 As;
others 81 50@5 25; fat cows So 500
4 10; stockers and feeders 81 5065 So.
Veals 81 1906 90.
Hogs, receipts Is cars; market active
and higher for all grades; best hogs
81 1904 10; others 81 0504 10; pigs
IS 9003 50; roughs SO 2503 40.
Sheep and lambs. receipts IS cars;
for lambs; sheep firm; best lambs S. 10
as %; culls 81 1906 90; sheep, mixed,
S. COOS %; others 81 1905 90.
East Liberty, Pa. May Seattle
slow; extra S. 1905 So; prime$520@
5 80; common So 5004 co.
Hogs active and higher; prime as
sorted mediums and heavy hogs 81 100
4 IS; best Workers 81 0504 10; light
Workers 81 0004 05; pigs, as to weight
and quality, So 5000 90; roughs 81 500
3 g.
Sheep higher; choice wethers 81 900
5 90; common So 5000 so; choice lambs
Sc 00@10 90; spring lambs $6 00@10 90.
Veal calves S. 5000 %.
Cincinnati. O., May S-Hogs active
at So 1908 S71a.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09
IMPORTANT DECISION
Regarding the Sale OF the jefferson Fur
mace at Steubenville-Wages Advanced,

Regarding the Sale OF the jefferson Fur
mace at Steubenville-Wages Advanced,
Special to the Register.
Steubenville, O., May S.-Judge Mans
field handed down an important opin-
ion to-day in a dispute growing out of
the sale of the Jefferson iron works
to the La Belle. He held that the re-
ceiver must pay the taxes due June
goth out OF the proceeds of the sale as
the sale was judicial sale and under
the Ohio statutes the court must order
such taxes paid. The court also held
that the royalty from the lease of the
furnace to the Aetna-Standard from
February 9th. the date of the sale,
up to May 1st, when the lease termin-
ated, should be paid the La Belle. He
held that although the sale was made
by the receiver subject to the lease,
that the sale was confirmed and deed
delivered to the purchaser and the pur-
chaser was thereby entitled to all rights
and privileges in the property. briggs
& Clark represented the La Belle
The Ohio Valley Iron Company,
1essees of the La Belle-Jefferson fur
mace has posted a notice notifying en-
ployes that the increase of wages made
to furnace employees in this district
would be granted them, beginning at
the same time without demand on their
part
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09


lower at 3sss @3Sa1c, touched s3N@
SO &c, and declined to 33c at the close.
Large receipts and the weakness in
wheat and corn caused the downfall
of oats. The visible decreased 1922
900 bushels. Receipts, 40 cars. July
started unchanged at 23Ac and declined
to 2314c.
Covering in consequence of compare
lively small hog receipts strengthened
provisions early. July pork opened
21ac higher at S8.721s, advanced to
$S.771a and declined to $3.50 sellers at
the close.
July lard started unchanged at S5.171a
rose to $500 and declined to $50 at
the close. Ribs were dull within a.
narrow range.
Estimated receipts for Tuesday:
Wheat GO cars, corn 230 cars, oats 500
cars, hogs q 900 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09
FNANCE AND TRADE.

New York, May S.-The Commercial
Advertisers London financial cable
gram:
The markets here were quiet and IT.
regular to-day on the eve of the set
element beginning tomorrow. Amerl-
cans opened fiat, hardened slightly and
then relapsed into dullness. New York
refrained from supporting them and the
close was heavy at the worst, particlI,
larly for Central and Union Pacific.
New York, May S.-Money on call
steady at 21aQ41a per cent; last loan
80 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 3h@4A per
cent
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at 5 Asia
4.87R for demand and at S4S5A@
4.S512 for 60 days; posted rates s4.S6h
@4S612; commercial bills S4S4b@
ass.
Silver certificates 6O15062c. Bar
silver 61ssc. Mexican dollars 4S1ac.
Government bonds strong.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09
DRY GOODS,

New York, May S.-The effect. Of the
large transactions in print cloths Is
see min the confiden. UNDERGONE to-day
in the general amrket for cotton goods
Prices are decidedly firm all around
In heavy brown cottons fair demand
is reported at full prices, and bleached
also are firm with average sales. Prints
show hardening tendency in staple
lines. Ginghams still scarce and full
prices enacted. A good business is re-
ported in jobbing circles. Cotton fab
RIGS in general request
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09
METAL.
METAL MARKET.

New York, May 8.-The market
showed a certain amount of softness
under lack Of demand and large offer
ings, changes, however, being not of
special consequence. News from pri-
mary points and abroad averaged up
pretty much as expected. At the close
the metal exchange called pig iron war
rants quiet at $11.00 nominal lake cop
per dull at $1,000; tin dull and lower at
$3.50 bid and $3.50 asked; lead quiet
but firm at $4.45 bid and $3.50 asked;
spelter quiet at $6.75 bid and $500
asked.
The brokers' price for lead is $500
and for copper $500.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09
WILL COME IN JUNE.

Washington, May S.-The State De-
partment has been informed that the
Duke of ARGOS will present his creden-
tials to the President as minister of
Spain early in June, and that Hon
Bellamy Storer will be received by the
Queen Regent of Spain at the same
time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09
BEN WOOD.
A B. & O. Employee Dead --New
Freight Station Other Notes.

John Wilson, the well known freight
conductor on the Fourth division OF
the B. & O. road, died at his home on
Marshall street, in the Fourth Wyrd,
yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, after
a long illness of complicated diseases.
The deceased was thirty-one years of
age and is survived by a wife and child.
He had been in the employ of the B.
& o. company for quite while and
was an efficient workman. Mr.. Wilson
was highly esteemed by all who knew
him and the news of his demise Will
occasion much sorrow among a wide
circle of his friends. The funeral will
take place from the late residence to-
morrow morning at ten O'Clock. The
remains will be taken to Cameron for
interment.
The Panhandle Railroad Company
have commenced the work OF erecting
new freight station west OF the Ohio
River depot on Water street. The plat
form of the station will be ninety-six
feet long and ten feet wide. 1t will
extend along the river bank over dis
lance of seyenty-two feet and at q
point south OF d. Chic River station
will turn and extend east over a dis
lance of tWenty-four feet. Work OF
the south end OF the platform is be-
ing pushed forward rapidly. The COM
pany do not intend to put up a build
ing for storing freight until some time
after the present work has been COM
rleted. In the meantime all the freight
received at this point will be kept in
freight cars, which will be stationed
along the platform. Jess Kimpton has
secured the position Of agent at the
station.
A young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd Bowers, OF Water street, is lying
quite i'll of the fever.
John Higgins, better known as
Nancy who was painfully injured
by fall at the Wheeling iron and
steel works last Saturday, is improv-
ing slowly.
Rev. p. G. w. Metzenthin and Will
Schad returned to the city yesterday
from st. Clara, Doddridge county,
where they spent a few days as the
guests of friends. While at the latter
place Rev. Metzenthin conducted SER
vices at the St Clara Lutheran church
Louis Schad has departed for point
~1Sesi ~ O4AAi o iiAN, w., w ilSi nS WLli
visit friends for a few days.
Ollie Peabody, travelling salesman
for Wheeling glove dealer, has re-
turned to the city from business trip
through the interior of the State.
The Lenox Soap Company had col
ored men stationed at the grocery
stores of Holderman Bros, Lineberger
& Hunter, Thomas Deegan, Leach
Bros and M. e j. Deegan yesterday,
exhibiting their manufacture The ex-
hibitions attracted considerable atten-
ton from Individuals
The Wheeling steel plant employees
will participate in the labor demon
stration which is to be held at Wheel
ing next Saturday night
Samuel Munas is making extensive
improvements to his saloon in the Beck
building.
Three children were christened at st.
Johns church last Sunday afternoon.
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LIVE STOCK.

Chicago. May Seattle, fancies
brought SIS 1905 80: choice steers SIS 05
q So; medium 81 5504 rs; beef steers
81 COOS so; stockers and feeders 81 90
as IS; cows and heifers 50 50G4 25;
bulls 81 60G4 Is.
Calves 81 0096 SIS.
Hogs, fair to choice. So S564 021s:
heavy packers So 6003 SPY. mixed
So 1908 80; butchers So 1908 9711;
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09
THE REPORT DENIED.

New York, May S.-President Edwin
Gould, of the Continental Match Com
pany, said to-day that it was not true
that the Union Match Company, re-
Gently incorporated, was be the
nucleus of a consolidation between the
Diamond. and Continental match COM
panies. He said there was no arrange
ment between the companies.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09

sunday trans between Chrichsvflle ana
Cleveland. See official time cards Other
trains daily except Sunday.
Electric cars between Bridgeport and
Wheeling. ana Bridgeport and Martins
Ferry and Belialre-
Consult agents for general information
as TO best routes and passenger rates no
all points
IL G. CARREL. G. p. A.
FOR SALE h. rte1- Rooms ,or
Rent cares and nogse leases Tor sale al
REGISTER Counting Room ap2Dh
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09

FOR SALE-SOCTETY ADDRESS Cards,
eFnboSsed-an7 engraved. EmbleTns for any
society known. Handsome and reasonable.
Address o. call on West Va, p-.uting Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-09

state bonds firmer.
Railroad bonds weak.
Standardization was quite gem
eral in the stock market to-day and