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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-20
my wlFe.s PEOPLE COMING"
Eve Have Had a Splendid Winter
In Mr.tern Canada.


Canada's thrush this year Is won
dcrfully great and considerably ahead
OF any previous year. II Is always
interesting 10 those who contemplate
moving TO read expressions OF opinion
from those living Ia the country. IL 10
therefore our pleasure To reproduce the
following written TO an Agent OF the
Government and forwarded to the I'm
migration Branch OF the Department
Of the Interior ut Ottawa:
Birch Hills. Sask. Canada,
Feb. lst, 1905.
bear Sir:
take pleasure In dropping you a
few lines 10 let you know how we are
getting along up here and how we like
the place. We have been here close on
10 a year now and think the place is
line. We have been out every day this
winter working in the bush getting out
logs for buildings, etc. getting rails
FOR fencing. We have not suffered
with the cold as much as we did In
chicago. My little boys are out every
day with their slelghs having n good
time. The lowest the temperature has
been this winter r. "a below and Il Is
very still. no wind.
We had n splendid summer: We put
up about 30 tons OF hay and will have
about 30 tons 10 sell; hay brings IS per
ton now aud will he higher in the
spring. We have - acres broke and
ready for crop. We worked on the
Can. Nor. Ry. for awhile this summer
and am just miles from the railroad
aud TOWNSHIP. The steel Is all laid 10
within . miles OF the river and we
often see the train bringing supplies for
the bridge.
My wife's people are coming up
about May. | wish you would write
them and II there should be anyone
coming 10 Prince Albert that could do
with n half a car let them know. The
homcs,cads are all taken up within IL
miles OF us. often think II this land
were only in the States what rush
there would be; II Is the richest land
and the most productive I ever saw,
and the climate Is OK.
know that people hack there tina
I write to do not believe me when
write them what n splendid winter we
are having. they think we are all froz.
en- up We have only about 3 inches
OF snow. aud there are cattle on the
range that have not been rounded up
this winter. Day after day the Their
mometcr raises M TO 80 and 90 and
don't believe we have had day this
winter that II has stayed ~ zero. My
wife says that we used TO think that
zero was cold in Chicago. But we don't
mind IL one bit CHRISTMAS night we
went out and drove miles with our
three little boys; II was 30 below. and
there was not whlmper from any one
OF them; I'd hate 10 do II In old Chi
cago.
Wei. guess I will close. and you
can tell anyone In the u. :. that they
cannot do better than come 10 the
Prince Albert District. remain, yours
truly.
(Slgned) J. ID. HEAD.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-20
What Mamma said.

Mother-what reason have you for
not wanting 20 marry Mr.. Oldboy. the
capitalistI
Daughter--I don't love him.
Mothcr-pshaw. that isn't a reason;
it's the runkcst kind Of rank nonsense.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-20
Matter of Length.

Husband (glancing over bilD-why In
Il you pay three times as much Tor
stockings aS do for miner
Wife-Oh. that's all right. ! wear my
stockings three times as long AZ you do.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-20
Mnny SCHOOL chiIdren Arc slckiy.

Mother 0ray's Sweet Powders for Chlldren.
us-d by Mother Gray. a nursa In Childrsn's Home,
New York. Break up Colds In - hours. ours Con
aipailon. Fsverishness. Headache, Stomach
Troubles. Tee;hing Disorders, move and regulate
the bowel, aud Destroy Worms. Sold BY all
druggists sr by mail 1Sc. Sample mailed FRkk
Address ALLIES 8. oLnsrKp. Ls Roy. ", T.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-20
Force OF Habit.

olive me a two-cent stamp. please"
said the young lady TO the drug clerk.
I'VE are Just out" replied the 4. c.,
abssutiy. but here is something just as
good"
And be handed her a couple Of ones.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-20
Hnrrlr Possible.

He-I wonder why Il Is that the aver
age man Ia always anxious TO know the
worst of his neighborl
she--Probsbiy because Of the popular
belief that misery loves company.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-20
A Quiet Tip.
Gabbleton.

"John." queried Mrs. Gabbleton.
"what kind Of talk Is newspaper talkr :
"It's the only kind Of talk a man can
indulge In without being interrupted by
some woman" answered her husband.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-20

The greatest happiness OF life In tho
conviction that we are loved. loved
for ourselves. or rather loved In spite
Of oursclycs.-victor Hugo
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-20
Hut Justice Il Blind.

She-Paragraphcrs sentences are al
ways short.
He-Yes: but some Of them ought TO
get the full extent Of the law.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-20
'srArs os oaIo. CIV % TOLEDO. A..

rmAxK ,. CHENEY makes oath that he Il the
,scnisr partner OF the firfn Of n. ]. CHENEY Co,
doing business VA the city OF Toledo County and
State aforesaid, and that Sald firm win pay the
ssim ~ OkE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
ana svcry ca~o 0f CATAKRu that cannot BE-
cured By ths uss Of HATS CArAnRH CURE.
PRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn % before INC and subscribed IN my pres.
encc. this tfh day Of December, A. ID. isss
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-20
A. w. GLEASON
Notary Pabns

Hairs CAtarrh Cure Il taken internally and acts
: directly on tfs blood and mucous surfaces Of the
4 systnni. Send Ear testimonials. FREQ.
v. !. CHENEY g co. Toledo. o.
Sold By Druggists. 7sc.
-. uaii's Family Pills are the best.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
CAUGHT BY
~ SEA TOAD
9ADVRNTURE OF 4 NAfURALIST

7 Asst summer I was hunting fol
specimens of sea life along the
western end of the ocean coast OF
Long Island. The main object OF my
quest was to find sea anemOnes and
marine worms. Only those who have
searched the shores with practiced eyes
can realize what wonderful hunting
ground every foot of sea beach is.
On this day l had been fortunate
enough to find small stony reef. q
formation which is rare indeed on that
sandy coast, and therefore all the rich
er in queer life because it attracts
creatures from all directions.
saw some extremely beautiful
anemones-the strange sea animals
that grow and live like flowers, ris-
ing from the rocks on veritable stems
and unfolding arms of pink and yell
low that are exactly like flower petals.
The anemones that had seen were
fastened to the face of a rock that
seemed to descend into the sea. AS
these dainty things are extremely deli
cate, and knew that such handsome
ones would bring good price from
the owners of some aquarium, lay
down fiat on the rock with my face
only an inch Or SO above the water,
thrust my arm down as far as it would
go and felt the rock to determine
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
Excellent Cosmetic

The following is said to be one Of
the finest skin foods for eradicating
wrinkles: White wax. half ounce:
spermaceti, half ounce; cocoanut oil.
once ounce; lanolin, one ounce: oil of
sweet almonds, two ounces; half ounce
each of alcohol and elderflower water,
and four drops of benzoin. Cut up
the wax and the spermaceti very fine
and put in q porcelain-lined kettle:
add the almond oil, the lanolin and
cocoanut oil; set the kettle in a pan
of hot water Git should not boi) ::
have the alcohol and elderf1ower wa
ter hot (by setting the dish containing
them in a dish of hot water), and beat
them very gradually into the wax and
oils with an egg-beater, keeping all
ingredients warm. When nearly cold.
add the tinct,lre of benzoin, drop by
drop, and the perfume, if any is to be
used. Beat all until it is smooth. Be-
cause of the oils. it will not attain the
consistency of cold cream, but should
not be granny. Cocoanut butetr is a
fine fattener for the face and neck, but
is rather coarse for constant use on the
face.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
M1uMary Nmmick

Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, is fully quail
Redtogive helpful advice tosick womena
Read Mrs. Dimmick's letters.
Her first letter: Y
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
q I have been a sufferer for the past eight
wears with q trouble which first originated
from PAINFUL menstruation-thep pains weEe
excruciating, with Inflammation and ulcer41
ton Of the womb. The doctor says muse
have an operation or cannot live: DO nos
want to submit to an operation II can posi-.
bly, avoid it. Please help me."c1ra May
Dhnmick, Washington, D. c.
Her second letter;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham
"You willremembermy condition when
last wrote you, and that the doctor said
must have an operation or could not live.
Ireceived your kind letter and followed your
advice very carefully and am now entirely
well, As my case was so serious it seams .
miracle that am cured. / know that owe
not only my health but my life to Lydia +.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and to your
advice. can walk miles without an ache or
q pain, and I wish every suffering woman
would read this letter and realize what You
can do for them."-Mrs. Mary Dimmick. 59th
and East Capitol Streets, Washington, D. c.
How easy it was for Mrs. Dimmick to
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and how little it cost her-a two-cent
stamp. Yet how valuable was the replyl
As Mrs. Dimmick says-itsavedhe her life.
Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands
of Just such letters as the above, and
offers ailing women helpful advice.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
WAS ACCUSTOMED TO 1T.
She Always Got the Limelight and
Wasn't Looking for Any
thing Better.

The great actress was recuperatilg
her health by living in the country
and doing common work.
Among other things she had the
garden fad and was planning to white
wash her picket fence.
She was going to do it with her own
hands, relates the Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Also press notices!
She went to the dealer in lime 1.-THE
photographer had stationed himself
where he could get good view of her
as she bought the stuff and paid for
it,.
1t was much better than having her
jewels stolen.
And decidedly newer.
The dealer in notions weighed out
the lime and the great actress held
out her pail to receive It.
But the dealer insisted that he was
giving her short weight and reached
again for the scoop to flll up the scale
pan.
However. the great actress would
not let him, but dumped the snowy
powder into her receptacle, saying:
1T don't matter about the weight,
for am, used to getting the lime
light"
| Having said which, she laughed
heartily and told the press agent
about t.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
FARM NOTES.

Spare the birds and spoil the
worms.
A day in the hand is worth two in
the calendar.
Mistakes are very dangerous and
mighty expensive.
There is probably no quality more
essential to business success than
promptness. Delays are dangerous.
John Gould, an eminent authority,
says he is at last convinced that silage
is about what its ardent friends have
been sclaiming-the cheapest and best
,all-around ration for q winter mich.
COW.
The average mechanic does not &C.
cumlate, is at the beck and call of
either employer or labor union, and at
so or 60 is thrown out to make way
for younger men. The average farm
er at that age has acquired a compe-
tency which renders him Independent
and provides for his old age.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
COMPARISON OF RUST RESISTANCE
OF FOUR DIFFERENT WHEATS.

COMPARISON OF RUST RESISTANCE
OF FOUR DIFFERENT WHEATs.
A-Iumillo durum, No. 1886; B-Saragolla
durum, No. 222S: C-Ghirka Spring, NO.
1917; D-A pedigree Blue Stem.
riety for the crop of 1904 in com.
parison with that of three other va
rieties. In the order from A to D.
which is also the order of the de-
gree of injury from rust, the varie'
ties represented are as follows: A.
No. 1876, Iumillo; B, No. 222S, Sara
golla; G, No. 1917, Ghirka Spring
and d, a pedigree Blue Stem. The
yields of these varieties per acre
were, respectively: Iumillo, 16 "a
bushels; Saragolla, IL 2-S bushels;
Ghirka Spring, 6 SO bushels, and the
pedigree Blue Stem Sc bushels
The first two are durum wheats and
the last two ordinary wheats.
From all results SO far obtained
throughout the country, it appears
that the variety Velvet Don stands
next to Iumillo in rust resistance, and
therefore takes second rank in this
respect. This is shown in an accurate
manner by experiments at the sub.
experiment station at Edgeley, N. D..
carried on in cooperation with the
North Dakota agricultural experiment
station.
Six varieties of durum wheat and
two common wheats grown at this sta
ton stand in the following order in
rust resistance, the yields per acre and
weights per bushel also being given:
Velvet Don (durum) 352 bushels, weight
81 pounds per busheL
Arnautka (durum) 31.3 bushels, weight
66 pounds per bushel.
.Iharnovka (durum) 30.S bushels, weight
IS pounds per bushel.
Pererodka (durum) Is bushels, weight 50
pounds per bushel.
Kubanka (durum) 215 bushels. weight 4s
pounds per bushel.
Nicaragua (durum) 1l2 bushels. weight
q pounds per bushel.
Haynes Blue Stem (common) 11.9 BUSH
els. weight 80 pounds per bushel.
Rystise's Fife (common) 11.6 bushels,
weight. e. pounds per bushel.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08

ness, for sudden journey, o. the -.
lief OF some one poorer than yourself.
Do not, however, economic more
than you can help on the education Of
sons and daughters.
The very best investment that can be
made in family is that which is given
the children to prepare them to adorn
the stations they shall occupy when
childhood is past, and they shall reach
maturity 1t is by no means necessary
that your children shall inherit q for.
tune. but it is good thing for them to
have the means of carving out their own
path. and making their own fortunes
by their brains and hands.
Parents may economic 50 close
~ and save so strenuously that
they will leave large fortunes
to those who will be quite UNI
fit to carry the load. The money is not
wasted that is spent in giving special
training along. any line to gifted boy
or girl. No one can hope for success in
this age of competition who has not had
the benefit of an almost exhaustive prep
aration and very thorough training.
The money that is spent on the children
for their development mentally and
physically is we'll spent.
Parents are sometimes so unwise as
TO give everything to children by legal
enactment, trusting to the children to
take care of them in their old age
Naturally, they expect that this will be
a JOY to the children for whom they have
done SO much. But it sometimes hap
pens that when the latter marry, the
newcomers in the family do not take
kindly to caring for impecunious old peo-
pie. A wiser way is to have something
snugly put by for old age, and to retain
at least independence until life's latest
day.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
RUST AND DURUM WHEAT.
What Tests Have Proved a. to the
Resistance Power Of Differ
ent Varieties.

Durum wheats resist rust very
much more than the common varie.
ties, and this ought to be a fact
of considerable importance favorable
to their use. However, this quality
has not been emphasized as much al
it might be, for the reason that
durum varieties are particularly
adapted to the drier regions where
rust does not often occur. 1t Is now
seen from the results of the crop sea-
son of 1904 that rather severe rust at
tacks are likely even in the driest por-
lions of the grain region, and that In
about one year out of ten this quality
of rust resistance becomes OF the
reatest-importance.
At the South Dakota agricultural ex-
pertinent station during 1904 the varie-
ties that resisted the rust so far as to
give the maximum yields mentioned
were all of the durum group. ~.
A very interesting feature OF the ex-
periments as to rust resistance. which
have been carried on by this depart
ment for ten years in cooperation with
state experiment stations, is that the
variety Iumillo, which showed the
most complete resistance the past sea-
son, is the same one that has been
more resistant than any other in all
of the experiments for the last three
years or more. During the previous
years the rust was not sufficiently Sc
we're to make much difference whether
any of these varieties were resistant
or not, but nevertheless it was still
an interesting fact that this one va
riety was always marked 100 in the
scale of rust resistance, while no
other variety reached that grade, or,
if so, at least only rarely. Now this
fact becomes much more significant
and of the greatest economical i'm
portance after a season of extreme
injury through rust. For awhile the
fact was overlooked that this is a
durum variety. it being referred to
always as belonging in the common
group.
In the accompanying illustration
is shown the grain of this va
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
THOSE MIGHTY JAWS HAD ME.

how could best loosen the anemones
from it.
1t was so awkward position that
q very few seconds made an almost
unsupportable strain on my muscles,
and tried to straighten up with a
jerk. My arm had barely moved an
inch, before was brought up" sharp
ly. Something had me!
| peered down into the green water
and saw my arm, like dim, wavy
shadow, in the obscurity. Down
where it was fast l could see moth
ing at first, but gradually, as my eyes
became accustomed to the gloom,
saw misshapen object that seemed to
lie surrounded with ragged things
:. which waved necessarily in the cur
rent
By this time could hardly keep my
face out Of the water, for lay il
such a position that all my back mus
cles were needed to hold my head up.
Yet the strain on the submerged arm
was growing greater every moment,
and / could distinctly feel that what
ever had hold of it made dull, logy
motions. as If it were trying to drag
the arm down farther.
Strangely enough, l felt no pain of
any kind-only the sensation of a
steady pull, with the occasional tug
gings. Every time tried to jerk my
arm loose the answer from the hidden
thing would be little plunge.
Suddenly the sun came out strongly
and irradiated the water, shooting it's
beams like golden dust deep into the
sea. I looked eagerly down, and saw
q horrible thing fast to my arm.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08

a night train, the operator at the ex-
change will receive some such message
as this: Central, ring me up half
hour before the 2:17 train in the morn
ing. See If it's late before you call me,
please"
There are some 80 subscribers who are
called regularly every morning by the
telephone instead of by an alarm clock.
The central girl is supposed to know
the time of all the railway trains, and if
train happens to be late, how many
minutes behind time. She is often
asked for the time of day because some
one has let the clock run down.
Toward the end of long, cold drive
on raw autumn day was met at the
gate by farmer friend with the words:
Come right in. The wife has some
hot coffee ready for you. We knew You
were coming. Miss Rankin seen you &c
by, and she has just telephoned to us. -
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
REARING GOOD QUEENS.
Different Eethods in Use Hard IA I'm.
prove on the Natural Method Com.
ing from swarmine Impulse.

There is considerable difference O,
opinion among queen rearers as te
which are the best methods of rear
ing queens out of season." says 4
writer in the Progressive Beekeener
In using the term out of season.
mean causing bees to rear queens
when they are not naturally inclined
to do SO.
think it is pretty generally nd
m1tted that we cannot rear oueens
that are superior to those reared I'm
der the natural swarming impulse
provided. of course that such queens
are the daughters of superior mothe,
queens, and in most cases queens
reared under abnormal conditions are
Ikely to be somewhat inferior to the
hrst named. Queens reared to super
sede an old queen that is failing / con
slider equal to and possibly in some
cases superior to queens reared under
the swarming impulse. Such queens
are reared with the greatest of care
and due deliberation, and we may
therefore expect them to be of the
very best. There are probably one OF
two exceptions to the last named and
that is when such queens are reared
very early in the spring or late in the
autumn when the colony is not in the
best condition for rearing queens.
All queens not reared under one OF
the other of the above named condi.
lions are to a certain extent reared
under abnormal conditions, and it is
such queens that are more likely in
some instances to prove inferior. ]
think some queen rearers contend that
to remove the queen from prosper.
GUS colony and allow them to rear
queens at will does not produce good
queens. but In my humble opinion
such queens are as good or better
than those reared under many of the
more abnormal conditions as now
used by many professional queen
rearers, provided, of course, that all
the conditions, such as the honey flow,
the season and other things, are equal
in every respect.
Il would advise the novice who
wishes to rear his own queens to adopt
the latter method in preference to
most of the more complicated methods
now in use; that is when he cannot
secure natural swarming cells or cells
reared under the superseding impulse
that are reared from the egg of choice
queens.
Certainly all of the above named
cells are more troublesome to handle
than cells built singly, but in the long
run it will be the least work and the
safest plan for the novice.
I'm many of the abnormal methods
of producing queens. the larvae are
stinted at time when they should be
fed profusely, and if we examine the
cell after the queen has emerged we
will find that all of the food has been
consumed, indicating that the larvae
had barely enough and probably not
enough royal jelly for their full de.
velopment. It is such queens that we
have good reason to believe will prove
inferior"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
Infection in SOAP,

In public toilet room soap, reeking
with preceding contamination, is used
In entire ignorance of the fact that a
break in the cuticle will allow infec.
ton to be introduced into the circula-
ton as direct and positive as vaccina.
ton. In two eastern states bills ara
pending in the state legislatures seek
Ing to make 1t misdemeanor to ex-
pose toilet soap in public toilets, where
1t may be handled by different per-
sons.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
Training the Otter

Chinese and Indian fishermen have an
ingenious method of training the otter.
They catch the animal young. and put
collar round its throat. The little
creature finding itself unable, for DAYS
together, to swallow anything it catches.
gives up attempting to do so, and SEEM
ingly develops the idea that an otter can
only swallow such food as it receives
direct from it's masters hand. Accord
ingly, it brings to the bank all the fish
1t captures.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-08
PLAN OF THE uNcApp1NG BOX.

PLAN OF THE UNCAPPING BOX.
screen you see standing at the end
goes in the inside, so that the caps
can't drop on the bottom of the box.
You see it is just the right height so
you don't have to bend over while at
work. The above works better than
anything else that 1 have seen.
In California this is a very COM
mon form of uncapping-box, remarks
the editor of Gleanings in Bee Culture.
If the uncapper is at any time ahead
of the man with the extractor it will
hold the extra combs and still allow
the former to keep right on. Either
you or our artist failed to show the
cross-board on which the combs are
uncapped.
It would be better to set the combs
in the box cornerwise so that they
could be picked up more easily.