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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22
PIc.wEANINo POINTS.
Young shoats May Be Fed Blood
Warm Stop When Three Weeks
Old. and Weaned at Six.

When pigs are some three weeks old
they would be given a blood-warm slop
made with skim milk and middlings.
Adding q little blood meal will show
good results. This must be fed in Q
small trough to which the mother has
no access. The little fellows will not
eat much at three weeks Of age, yet we
generally begin to feed them then and
think it desirable to do so, says F. A.
strohschein, in Farmers Review. After
six weeks the pigs will eat fairly well
and many then wean them. This is real.
ly too soon. They should stay with
their mothers till they are at least eight
weeks old. It is very seldom that some
are not weaker than others, and 1t is a
good plan to remove the strong ones
and let the weaker ones suck few
weeks longer. This will make the whole
lot more even, and they will sell better
in the fall. When weaving the pigs SO
not pen them, but give them all the free.
dom possible.
For several years we have let our pigs
run with their mothers until the old
sows undertook the weaving them
selves. Pigs treated in this way will
make remarkable growth. OF course
when a fall litter is to be raised such
practice cannot be followed. We are
able to feed our sows cheaply with skim.
milk and pasture, otherwise It might be
cheaper to separate the pigs from the
sows after eight weeks and fatten and
sell them as soon as possible.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22

They were % fond q me" anil
Mrs. Jefferson, still In the same halt
ing fashion. like one who speaks a
unfamiliar language. Il mean when
they were little thingA do not think
quite tiny children could ever have
been more fond of their mother. And"
she hesitated for . moment, and
said, with SO much difficulty that it.
seemed almost like cruelty to allow
her to proceed always thought
they would remember me, although
they were SO little She p.usej
again, and went on: You mastnt
think that was silly about them. or
that l expected too much. l
always thought at first they might be
little bit shy of me. But
they didn't even knew me. and they
were certainly disappointed in me.
!. :. One of them was five years ole
when said good-by to her. Now she
is a schoolgirl of 13. Her only
photograph of me was taken long
ago, SO it is no wonder that she didn't
know me-"
did not fill in the pause by any
banal remark.
They have been brought up in q
very prim household" went on ths
gentle voice, lin which love. l fear, is
not a thing that is reckoned with O,
encouraged. They rather despised me
for laughing and crying over then
when we met, and-it is only natural
of eourse-all their little confidence,
were for the people who brought then
up, and all their ways of thinking ar,
their ways, and not mine. One of my
little girls, found, is not a very
truthful child, and the other, when
asked her what she would like best
to do seemed more content at home"
But you made friends and got over
all that before you left?" said, en-
couragingly.
IF only l had had a little more
time!" said Mrs. Jefferson. -
1t would have been so much better
for her if she could have wept. She
locked her thin hands together, and
said with sort of vail in her voice:
IF only l had had little more time!"
After awhile she went on quite
quietly. and told me that her husband
had sent for her to return to him, and
she had been obliged to leave the
children.
"Of course a man wants his wife in q
solitary life like ours" she went on
excusingly. "And SO l said Rood-by
to them. I don't think any.
one was very sorry swhen l came
away"
The decks were quite deserted now
Tomorrow they would be alive with
passengers preparing to leave the ship,
and friends meeting friends from BON
bay. and ships officials. and hurryiEe
agents and perspiring stewards. To-
night they were quite deserted save
for Mrs. Jefferson and mo.
I'VE live quite an isolated life At
the tea garden" she said, presently.
"but left little dog there of which
I am very fond. l am afraid
you will think me very morbid and
imaginative" she added in her depreca.
tory little way, but l think
have based all my possibilities Of
bearing things upon the question OF
whether or not my dog knows me
again and is glad to see me"
still held Mrs. Jefferson's hand IN
mine, and now l raised it to my lips
and kissed it. "You will let me know"
l said, huskily, and found to my eur
prise that could not say more.
eyes, I will let you know" said Mrs.
Jefferson.
And one day I got little note from
her which said: 1.-THE dog knew me-
and that was all-Temple Bar.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22
MAKE THE ROWS NARROW.
Nebraska Man Declares That Straw
berry Cultivation May Be Sue
cess IF Patch Is Narrow.

The man that makes business of
cultivating Strawberries can afford to
have rows two feet wide, as some Of
them do, but. for the farmer that has
little time to put into the care Of the
strawberry patch the narrower the
rows the better, for it is then easier
to keep down weeds by use of the
horse and cultivator. grow only
enough Strawberries for my own fam
fly, but that requires quite a bed. says
Milton knight, of Cheng county, Ne
braska, in Farmers Review. used
to have wide rows. but found it ex-
tremely difficult to keep out weeds and
grass.
l could cultivate between the rows
but the weeds grew up in the midst
OF the Strawberries, especially where
for one reason and another the straw
berry plants were thin on the ground.
This made it necessary to get down
and pull up the grass and weeds by
hand, which is an operation that eats
up so much time that one has to stop
q long time to figure out whether it
pays to raise Strawberries at all.
l have now settled down to the prac-
tice of making the rows very narrow,
not over six inches. The plants spread
out wider than that, and it hurts me to
have to dig out good, strong plants,
but / do it. then use wheeled hoe
and go close to the plants, and keep
the ground stirred up thoroughly.
which prevents weeds and grass from
starting. If set out another patch
think l will use only hills, so l can
cultivate both ways. 1t may reduce
the size of the yield per square rod, but
can use more land If need to. This
doing work by hand does not pay me.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22
sToRk swIFTEsT OF BIRDS
Makes a Journey Of 2,4o0 Miles at
the Rate Of 100 Miles
an Hour.

There are certain species Of ducks
that are given the credit by naturalists
of being the fleetest Of winged creatures.
Recently, however, it has been ascer.
tanned that the learned men were in
error, and the stork is found to out,
strip by far all denizens Of the air in
speed. After an exhaustive survey OF
the field it is now declared that no living
thing, not even a scared jack rabbit
can travel with the speed displayed by
such birds as the stork and the northern
bluethroat. Not only do these birds fly
with speed that can hardly be con-
ceived, but they keep up their rapid
fight for 1000 or 1000 miles at q
stretch without apparently firing.
Evidence has been collected recently
which shows that the bluethroat flies
from central Africa to the shores of the
North sea, a distance Of 1000 miles, in
less than day and night, and making
it, moreover, in one uninterrupted
fight.
The storks which spend their sum-
mers in Austria-Hungary and their
winters in India and Central Africa are
also marvellous travellers and make their
journeys twice q year in unbroken
flight each time. From Buda-Pesth, in
Hungary, to Lahore. in India. is 2,4O0
miles in an air line, and the storks make
the journey in "a hours, thus travelling
at the rate of 100 miles an hour for the
whole distance. The storks which
spend the summer in central Europe
and winter IN central Africa travel with
the same rapidly.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22
RAILWAY RATE LEGISLATION
Biennial Convention Of Conductor
Ask Congress Not to Pass Ad.
verse Railroad Laws.

AT the biennial convention OF the
Order OF Railway Conductors recently
held at Portland, Oregon, resolutions
were unanimously adopted voicing
their sentiments as to the effect of pro.
posed railway rate legislation on the
1900. 900 railroad employees whom they
In part represented. These resolutions
Endorse the attitude Of President
Roosevelt in condemning secret re-
bates and other illegalities, and com.
mend the attitude of the heads of
American Railways, who, with prac-
teal unanimity, have joined with
the President on this question"
They then respectfully point out to
Congress the "inadvisability Of legisla.
ton vesting in the hands of a COM
mission power over railway rates, now
lower by far in the United States than
IN any other country" because such
regulation would result in litigation
and confusion and inevitably tend ia
an enforced reduction in rates, IRE.
spective Of the question Of the ability
OF the railroads to stand the reduction,
especially in view of the increased cost
Of their supplies and materials" They
further protested against such power
being given to the present Interstate
Commission because 1.-The proposed leg
islation is not in harmony with our
idea of American jurisprudence, mas
much as 1t contsmplates that single
body shall have the right to investi-
gate, indict. try, condemn and then
enforce its decisions at the cost of the
carriers, pending appeal, which is
manifestly inequitable."
The conductors base their demand
for only such legislation II any, as
would Secure and insure justice and
equity and preserve equal rights to all
parties concerned" on the ground that
the low cost of transportation sis the
result Of the efficiency Of American
/ railway management and operation
which have built up the country
through constant improvement and de-
velopment Of territory, while at the
same time recognition has been given
to the value Of intelligence among en-
ployes in contrast to foreign methods,
where high freight rates and lowest
wages to employees obtain"
In pressing their claim against legis-
lation adverse to their interests, they
point out the fact that "the freight
rates Of this country average only two
per cent. Of the cost of articles to the
consumer. thus making the freight
rate so insignificant q factor in the
selling price that numerous standard
articles are sold at the same price in
al parts of the country"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22
CONSOLATION
BY S. rtAcNAUGHrAN

Mas. JEFFERSON was not more
Wl than IS years Of age, and she had
spent IA years of married life in India.
sne had seen three of her children
buried In an unhealthy station, and
mad been to England once, seven years
before. to take two little girls home to
oe educated. 1t was on her return voy-
age from visiting her children that
met her.
She was so much less aggressive
than most of the women on board, and
demanded SO much less attention, that
1t was restful to lazy man like my
self just to sit quietly by her deck
chair, share my books and newspapers
with her, and enjoy my evening cigar
by her side. Mrs. Jefferson did not
object to smoking, she seemed indeed
so difhdent, SO humble and .unexacting
that l found myself wondering what
the man must be like who was her hus-
band, and hoping that he was not self
1sh brute who sat upon the little wom-
an. She was not communicative, and
! found out very little about her dur
ing our long chats. Perhaps am ego
tistical and talk good deal about my
self when get patient listener. Be
that as it may, cleaned nothing of
Mrs. Jefferson's own history from her,
and at last determined to ask the
captain of the ship if he knew any
thing about her.
1T is odd that you should ask me
that" said Capt. Hargreaves, for it
was only to-day that I began to re-
call Mrs. Jefferson to my recollection.
She told me her maiden name this
morning, and said that she had trav-
eled out with me once before, and l
recollected the circumstances imme
diately.
"She was going out to India to be
married to this man Jefferson. and a
very pretty girl she was in those days,
though one would hardly guess it now
to look at her-one gets accustomed
to that sort of thing ON board these
p. and o. vessels-one year a pretty
girl with pink cheeks and her lovers
photograph ON her cabin table, going
out to be married and to be happy
ever afterward, and a few years later,
the same girl with all the roses
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22
ABOUT SHOCKING WHEAT.
Details Make the Work Thres-Fold
More simple When Followed
to the Letter.

Most people are prOOaDly ZANZIBAR, ID
a general way, with the principles aud
methods used in wheat shocking. Yet
there are details, the conformation to,
or neglect Of, which makes all the diff
ference between . hrst-class job and .
poor one. l wish to show here some
of the details which make for convent
Aence and excellence in the work. l ind
the following plan OF setting up a
shock most satisfactory: Set down
four bundles in row, and follow with
one in the middle on eacn side. Now
place q bundle in each of the four
vacant places, and put on two caps.
For caps, select bundles with tong
straws above the bands. They will
cover the shock better. and will not
fall off so easily. Place the heads Of
the caps in the direction from which
the strongest winds blow. If the heads
face the wind, the caps will not blow
of as readily as they will If the butts
face it.
Here are few general suggestions,
Gays the Rural New Yorker. II the
shock has been set up as here directed,
it will contain IL bundles. Experience
teaches that this is very nearly the
right number. Some little variation,
of course, is, allowable. But If shock
is much smaller, 1t lacks stability; and
the same is true If the shock is much
larger. especially II the wheat is dead
ripe, When the wheat is dead ripe, the
heads stand out, and. especially in a
large shock, the bundles are liable to
fall down. If the heads stand out. it
is good plan to hug the shock tight
~ before Gaping. In large shock
slightly green wheat is apt to mold.
When starting a shock, If convenient,
start it in the middle of the bunch of
bundles. This will save the time and
labor involved In carrying bundles
around the shock. II practicable, put
shocks in exactly straight rows. This
will not increase the yield but will
make it easier to get at in hauling
from the field. If pushed for time, how
ever, put shocks where most convent
ent. One cannot afford, in SO practical
q matter as wheat shocking, to sacri-
nee economy for neatness. To avoid
dampness as much as possible, place
shocks out of depressions. While it is
true that only the butts would be wet
by the surface water, it is also true
that a shock, once wet, will dry out
more quickly on dry than on damp
ground.
II the foregoing suggestions are fol-
lowed in shocking wheat. two very de-
sirable things will, think. be accom-
plished. The work will be done with
a minimum of time and energy, and a
frst-class job of work will be done. I
helped to shock over 40 acres Of wheat
last summer, during which these sug-
gestions were kept in mind. AS a re.
suit fewer caps blew of. fewer shocks
fell down, and heater appearance
was made than in neighboring fields.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22

Gleanings, in Bee Culture, is made up
of an ordinary piece of glass tubing
that can be obtained at any drug store.
perhaps IL inches long, and a short
length of one-half inch rubber tubing
just right to slip over the glass tube.
The otheN end of the rubber tubing is
plugged up. The glass tube is bent in
an alcohol flame, the end brought down
to small orifice. This any druggist
can do for you If you will show him the
illustration. To operate, squeeze the
rubber tube in the hand while the glass
tube is immersed in pan of hot wax.
Release the pressure on the globe, when
the wax will flow up into the glass
tube. Next draw the open end of the
tube along the edge of foundation
where it comes in contact with the top
bar. While drawing the tube, increase
the pressure on the rubber handle, fore
ing the hot wax out in a fine stream.
This principle is all right, but we do
not find it as convenient to handle as
our regular Van Deusen fastener with
an orifice in the handle that regulates
perfectly the flow of wax. l might say
that within IL months we had made
Q change in the Van Deusen method of
manipulation. The hole for the air.
vent is put in the handle, so that there
is no danger of burning the fingers, and
the tube is made of drawn brass. This
is cheaper to make (sells about the same
price,, and in our experience 1t gives
more even flow of wax The Griffen
tool, above shown, requires uniformly
increasing pressure on the rubber han
die, otherwise the wax will not run out.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22

PROTECTION FOR YOUNG PIGS.
vided. The cut shows one method of
affording means for the young pigs to
secure protection against the SOW. The
end pieces &c" are from six to eight
inches high and as wide as the protect
ing board a." which may be either
six or eight inches wide.. 1t will be
found best to have this board extend
all the way around the narrowing pen,
or on three sides at least. Where
boards are not conveniently at hand
light poles may be used ,~or any other
material that will serve the purpose of
providing suitable place, 3D." where
the pig may be protected.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22
\
TO FAsTEN FOUNDATION.
Connecticut Man Gives His Version
Of the Problem-Comments
by "Bee Culture"

send sample of the wax-tube foun-
dation-fastener that use. do not use
rosin, but pure beeswax, and have no
trouble. use the tube as would a
dropper. The glass tube must be SO that
1t can be readily pulled out, for once
in awhile I forget and hold it point up,
and the wax runs down inside and hard
ems. I cannot control the stream from
the Van Deusen tube so as to use it for
fastening super foundation. These
fastenings of mine cost me seven cents
for the material, buying at retail, says
S. j. Griffen, of Bridgeport, Conn.
The device here shown, comments the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22
Hessian Fly West.

"A Des Moines letter says that the
Hessian fly destroyed at least 5000. 900
bushels Of the winter-wheat crop Of
Nebraska. This is the widest devas-
tation which the fly has ever been
known to commit in this western state.
Gradually the little pest has been
working its way west. Kansasi is also
said to be suffering from the ravages
Of the fly, and her crop Of winter
wheat will be cut short because Of 1t.
County Gentleman.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22

Locker Sampson, whose name is in
separately connected with the Rowfant
library, now awaiting some ruch GUS
toner on the shelves Of New York
book house, once complained to Bed
ford. the famous bookbinder, that one
Of his recently bound treasures cock
led" that is to say, opened Of its own
accord. Bedford, scrutinizing first tho
book and then the owner, said with
great severity: you've been reading
it."
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22

Gen. Miles has q story Of q corporal
In q regiment under his command in
the old Indian fighting days. This
corporal was much chaffed by his COM
rades for his oft-repeated expressions
Of belief in fatality" and destiny"
One day it appears that the corporal.
while OF duty, was preparing to take
q little horseback exercise and recrea-
ton. A private observed that the cor
poral took care to attach . brace of
pistols to his saddle "Hello!" shout
ed the private to the corporal, what
are you taking the guns for? They
won't save you IL your time has come"
True for you," grimly responded the
corporal. "but may happen to meet
an Apache whose last day has come"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-22

At the conference of the Managers Of
the New York Central Lines. held in New
York June 9th, all lines being represent
ed by their General Managers and Pas
senges officials, it was decided, beginning
with the regular summer change, Sunday,
Twentieth Century Limited" so as to
make the time between New York and
Chicago eighteen hours instead of twenty
hours, the New York Central Lines hav.
ing made the twenty hour time during the
past three years, and having also made
the run between New York and Chicago
in twenty hours with their Exposition
Flyer" for the one hundred and eighty
days of the Columbian Exposition in Chi
cago in 1893, twelve years ago.
The New York Central Lines make the
point that the New York Central has had
in service the Empire State Express
which has been the fastest train in the
world for its distance, 40 miles-for four.
teen years, having held the worlds rec
ord for that time, and for three years and
$50 days having held the worlds record
for thousand mile train in twenty hour.
The proposed schedule OF eighteen hours
is simply the extension Of the time of the
Empire State Express" through from
Buffalo to Chicago, the time having been
York and Buffalo. On this new schedule,
the train will leave Chicago at 2:30 p.
M, arriving Grand Central Station, New
York, at $3.50 next morning, and, return.
ing, will leave New York $3.50 p. M,
reaching Chicago $50 a. IN. following day
At the same time, the Lake Shore
Limited" will be quckened up an hour
and will make the time from Chicago to
New York in % hours instead of "a, leav.
ing Chicago $50 p. m. by the Lake Shore
and arriving New York $3.50 p. m. by the
New York Central.
The "Southwestern Limited" train, No
IL, which now leaves Grand Central Sta.
ton at 100 p. M, will, beginning june
18th, leave at 2:W p. M, saving an hour
to an hour and half on the present jour.
ney to St. Louis and Cincinnati.