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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

State that they follow the course
of study adopted by the univer-
sity in its preparatory depart
ment. 1t is important that the
high schools should work in
harmony with the university OF
our State, thus perfecting a uni
form and continuous system OF
education.
The value of securing a uni
form course of study in all OF
the public schools of the State
cannot be overestimated. 1t
brings teachers to q definite pro-
gram, secures uniformity of the
various grades, and links togeth-
er the common schools, the high
schools and the state university.
There is presented to the pupils
of the public schools an unbrok-
en- course from the primary de-
partment to the university. The
manual will be found of great
value to the teacher. In it Miss
French has epitomized not only
only the results of her own sue
cessful experience as a public
school teacher, but also that OF
the best educators of the nation.
All of the suggestions made are
of a practical character and are
adapted to the school work Of
Idaho. 1t is not a theoretical,
but practical book that will be
found to meet the conditions Of
the common schools of this state
In her suggestions to Boards
of directors Miss French is pecu
liarly happy. Ii they are obeyed
good results will surely follow.
The manual is specific and di
rect in its hints as to the prope,
methods of teaching the various
branches, reading, spelling,
arithmetic oeOoranhv xpritino
history, etc. 1t is all that its
name implies and will be found
of much paractical value to the
country school teacher as well
as to those in the graded schools.
The work is the result of much
toll and study on the part of
Miss French and marks an epoch
in educational matters in Idaho.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

Miss Permeal French, Super
intendedent of Public Instruc.
ton of Idaho, has issued a course
of study for the public schools OF
the State, says the Boise Capital.
In her introduction to this valu-
able educational work Miss
French says
"ln presenting this manual to
the teachers of Idaho, l wish to
state that there is no claim for
entire originality in the work it
contains. have carefully re-
viewed the different manuals
published in this country, and
from them have taken what /
consider the best methods for
teaching the various branches of
our grammar schools. This com
pllation embraces the most i'm
proved ideas of foremost educa-
tors, and | believe that in pre-
sentlng them to the teachers of
Idaho in this form they will be
more generally followed than
they would be if presented under
separate covers as manuals of
the various States.
i would respectfully recon.
mend to the high schools of the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

Nobody-A prominent woman's
husband.
Gossip-A deadly gas that is
often fatal to friendship.
Undertaker-A man who fol-
lows the medical profession.
Hammock-An article used as
a spoonholder at a love feast.
Thunder-The only reliable
weather report yet discovered.
Marriage-The fatal termina-
ton of the decease called love.
Matrimony-A sort of a trust
for the protection of infant in
dustries.
Hope-The untiring efforts OF
an old maid to find a man under
Wedding-The link which con-
meets thoughts of love with the
thoughts of war.
Bigamist-A foolish man who
thinks he can manage more than
one woman at a time.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

A knight of old, with couched
lance, Gathering through present
day streets would be laughed at
as a sort of tin-pot hypocrite.
His heroics would look ridicul-
ous-our catechism would be-
wilder him. Do you produce
anything-do you hold life sac
redo you really honor woman
as your helpmate? BY my Hall
dame, he would say in surprise,
my churls do the work that pro-
duces, my arms are trained and
ready to kill, my prowess against
men is my honor among women
until my lady is won; [ then en-
close her in my castle to work, to
wait, and to be ignorant. 1t
makes the heart sick to think of
the millions of woe-begone, dirt
begrimed serfs who formed an
unhonored, down rodden plat
form wherein chivalry could
disport itself. The olden, golden
knight was too often a quarrel
some rascal whose deeds were
simply those of q refined savage.
n
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

The free school system has
been introduced in Alaska by
Uncle Sam, but the teachers
labor under grave disadvantages.
Among other incidents reported
by the teachers, is the occasional
intrusion of bears into the school
rooms. Twice the teachers have
been able to rescue the scholars
who had been seized by the ma
tive medicine man and condemn.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

held in Houston Nov. 9th and
28th. Questions in School Law
will be taken from Chapter VII,
1S99-19O0 compilation, and ques
tons in State Constitution will
be taken from Article WAR.
GARET KEENAN,, Co. Supt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

The domestic virtues of truth,
simplicity, and of gentleness
towards all-but chiefly towards
those who are weak-are more
to be extolled than either the
veneer of culture or the hypoc-
risy of honor, falsely so called.
The everyday knight of the
present wears no livery except
the livery of soul that makes
him the servant of all. He winds
no resounding horn, he deals no
death to the passer-by, his steed
champs no foaming bit; but he
is nevertheless every inch a
knight. His grimy hand is on
the throttle to stay until Death
loosens it. He is the engine
room to save others before he
himself attempts to leave. He
is the blue-coated care taker and
guide for timorous women and
children on our crowded city
streets. He is the hero of the
ladder when flames imperil those
who have no shadow of a claim
upon him, except that of a
knightly humanity. Not alone
in those public ways does he
serve. He is the patient toiler
on hillside and in factory. Clad
in overalls or in the height of
fashion he is convinced that the
test of modern knighthood is
this-whether he is doing the
thing he is best fitted for in the
way that is best for those now
here and those yet to come.
The knights of old were scat
tered sparsely; the knight of to.
day is along every pathway, Wis
IDLE to those who have the ewes
to see him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

For all our countrymen who at
their various posts are doing
their own tasks, finding no ex-
for themselves in the neglects of
others, seeking no reason to lay
down heavy burdens because of
others who bear lighter ones; for
all who understand that not all
are called to the same work, but
that each by doing his own we'll
makes for the united grandeur
and progress of the nation; for
all those who have vision enough
to see that no public task is so
small as to be unimportant in it's
effect, we thank Thee, Thou Dis
tributor of burdens.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

For our widespread Country
with a population drawn from
every corner of globe as if to test
the elasticity and the strength OF
our free institutions; for the
strange restlessness of our
people as they move hither and
thither, doing away with Sec
tional distrust; for our increas-
ing influence among the nations
of the earth; for our never fail
ing harvest of good and great
men, followed in Thy watchful
Providence by a seed time of
men equally good and great; for
all that we are and all that we
hope to be, yet are not but strive
for, we thank Thee.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

Nails in 1898-S1.5O.
Nails in 1899-$4.35.
Increase in wages-10 per cent.
Increase in trust profts-18C
per cent.
Increase in cost to the consum.
er-190. per cent.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

For oil the unnumbered thous-
ands of our women who make
this q nation noteworthy for
homes where peace reigneth and
progress is the watchword; for
all mothers who lay themselves
upon an altar of sacrifice that to
their children may be given a
better intellectual start than
they themselves received; for all
mothers who realize that each
child has from birth a different
endowment and therefore needs
a different training; for all wives
who understand their husbands
and thus enjoy the true union;
for all ideals of gentleness i'm
parted to men by women, we
thank Thee, Thou creator of sex.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

The ideals of chivalry were
pale flashlights beside the simp-
lest ideals of the simplest men
who love and honor freedom.
We have changed the measure of
a man since then. We now know
that the untoiling, unspinning
classes have no monopoly of
knightliness. The gifts of the
rich to the poor are less in total
value and infinitely less in pro-
portion than the charities of the
poor towards each other. We
now know that the best glories
of our human nature do not
flourish under the false ideas
that chivalry taught regarding
prowess, ease and wealth. Self
forgetfulness, persistent endeav-
or, and kindness are most en-
dangered by such a system.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

Uncle Sam has $4,000 post
masters, 14,6o4 having been ap-
pointed during the past year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

Vice-President Hobart is still
very sick with slight chances of
recovery.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

Teachers examination will be
held in Challis, Nov. oath and
25th, 1899, and a special will be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

For all those who dare to pay
but little heed to the crashing
noises of evil in the world, know
ing that quiet forces do notvaunt
themselves; for all those who
have ears keen to heed the still,
small voice of good in the world
and who have faith that it shall
be audible to all of a later age
when all attempt to do all that
they ought; for all who are dis
contented with the world as they
find it and who give their dis
content form by striving after
better things, we thank Thee,
Thou Inspirer of upward effort.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-14
HIGH-CLASS CHESEE.
Experience Has Proved That IL Can
BE Produced with Success In
This Country.

The popularity of the imported fancy
cheeses in this country has induced
many home manufacturers to initiate
| these. Thus we have the western Swiss
| imitation cheese. the American StiIton
and other limitations. But there is a
more fertile field for the cheese-makeI
| than initiating these foreign standard
articles of the cheese-maker's art and
| skill. Good American cheese will estab-
lish itself in the favor of the people who
| can pay good prices for it, but the
! trouble is that not sufficient attention is
| given to the subject by the ma jority.
There are some makers, however, who
seem to have grasped the situation and
they are making fancy American cheese
and putting it upon the market in
dainty little packages. The most pop
ular package seems to be the china and
earthenware cup, which besides looking
attractive keeps the cheese in good con-
dition for long time and is very handy
for the buyer. There are other makers
who simply wrap the cheese in squares
or rolls in prepared paper and then
with tin foil. This is just as good as
the more expensive china receptacles.
The point to be observed is that the
packages keep the cheese in a moist,
sweet condition indefinitely and that
they are not expensive. The quality of
this cheese is considerably higher than
that of the ordinary cream cheese that
comes from the average cheese factory
in this country. 1t is made of rich
cream and milk, is cured better, is not
tough and elastic, but soft and pliable,
and is perfectly adapted to spreading
on bread or using with pie. 1t has more
taste Gs1d flavor than most of our COM
mon cheese. The great fault with our
ordinary full cream or part cream
cheese is that it is fiavorless. One might
eat it and not know just what he was
chewing. The trouble all comes in the
curing. Our methods are probably all
right, but we hurry the cheese to mar
ket in such short time after it has
been made that it has neither taste nor
flavor. We cannot expect it to improve
in flavor in the ordinary store or ware
house. The curing must be done and
perfected at home under the most ap-
proved conditions, and under constant
watchfulness. 1t cannot be made
sweet and highly favored otherwise.
We have cheese-makers who can do this,
but they are unwilling, as a rule, to
take the time. There is consequently
an opening for enterprising farmers
who will take the time to cure highly.
favored cheese and ship it to market
in neat, fancy packages. Such cheese
would in time get line of customers
who would take it regularly in pref
erence to others and the price would
be double what our common cheese
brings.-James Ridgeway, in Massa-
chusetts PlOughman.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-14

Prof. Bogue, of the Oklahoma expert
ment station, recommends the follow
ing remedy for borers in trees: 1t is
made with ordinary soft soap, diluted
or made thinner with a strong solution
of common washing soda. Make the solu-
ton of washing soda as strong as pos
sible: then thin the soft soap with that.
If this wash is painted on the trees on a
clear warm day it will leave thin, var
nish-like coating on the trunks which
Will stay there for a number of weeks,
and will prevent the female beetles
from laying their eggs on the bark.
The borers are grubs of beetles which
hatch from eggs laid on the bark: if this
coating of soft soap and soda is paint
ed on the trees the mother beetles will
not lay eggs there and the trees are
safe. Other washes are sometimes
recommended, but this is as good as
anv.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-14
SIBERIAN TERRORS.
Where Criminals Move ON Like the
Wandering jew, But Always
Further East.

In Siberia murder is rarely punished
0y death; the criminal is only sent
farther east. If the crime is repeated
lie is passed on to a distant and more
inclement zone. Some convicts at tbs
Lena mines were credited with being
murderers to the fifth degree. The
nurse of my motherless boy was an eN-
lie who had killed her husband. One
lost the sharp sense of antipathy to the
criminal so Instructive in the west.
Robbery accompanied with murder is
| common enough. I saw four crosses
on the road just as ] entered Irkutsk,
one of which marked the spot where
ten people had been murdered in open
daylight. At night robbers wrap them
selves in white calico, and. invisible in
the snow, cut the luggage from behind
| the sleighs. Near the mines a consider
able trade in illicit spirits is carried on
by the spirit nocu, as the smugglers
are called. These buy cOntraband
vodki at WITHIN and carry it into the
mining districts, where they make a
fabulous profit in exchange for stolen
gold. They travel along obscure foot
well-known points.
These are notoriously dangerous
spots. from the murders that take place
near them. Travellers gallop swiftly by,
peering anXiously around. Shafts of
cid disused mines hold CHASTITY secrets.
] was told that over hundred frozen
corpses lay in some of these. and that
The company is afraid to reopen them
for fear of the scandals that would
arise. Returning home one midnight
from a distant mine, | rode toward a
Cossacks keeping watch over the body
of a man who had been murdered a few
minutes before. Men are slain for
pair of boots or even a passport.
[ repeatedly met or overlook bands
of exiles going east, in slow, loose or
der, guarded by Cossacks. Escapes are
not infrequent, but they are made at
a terrible risk. Days may pass by with
out food. and flies and mosquitoes are
more deadly than wolves. Escaped con-
victs travel by night, and peasants fire.
quently put food outside their huts for
these poor runaways. Forged or stolen
passports are carried, but many a man
is detected or captured by slight errors
in their preparation. The Cossacks
have to deliver at the journeys end the
exact number of Oonvicts they started
with; and CHASTITY tales are told of
peasants kidnapped to make up the num-
Der for those who have escaped en-
route. Once when l was travelling on
a by-road with a governor of a district
he pointed out to me a ragged man as
an escaped" He covered him with his
revolver and called the man to him.
saying: "Show me your passport"
The man turned white and trembled.
''Unbutton your coat" shouted the of
fcer. The man Obeyed and fell on his
knees. There were the polished iron
chains that he had not been able to
remove. The officer broke into merci-
full laugh. and throwing him piece of
silver. allowed him to Boston
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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-14
AN INEXPENSIVE SILO.
Description of One That. Although
Built for Only S36, Has Given
General Satisfaction.

Speaking of silOs and cheap built ones.
we were greatly interested in a stave
silo in Tompkins county. holding about
50 tons and costing all told $50, and as
fine silage as need be is now being fed
from il. writes John Gould in Hoard's
Dairyman. The novel thing about it is
that instead of using iron rod hoops,
four bands Of j2-inch wire fencing were
used instead. and with entire satisfac-
lion. \ band of fencing is cut, of suffi-
Cicnt length, so that each end is
wrapped about by finch oak
Scantling. so that when put round the
silo' the end pieces will come within
about 10 inches of each other and are
tied together with two 1-inch bolts
with double burrs. The pull of this
band is simply immense. and the coil
Of the wire takes up all slack when
the Silo shrinks when empty, and ex-
pands when the slaves swell, so pull
all the time. The bands are placed far
enough apart so that three manholes
are sawed in between the bands. The
foundation Is simply a little trench in
which the lower ends of the slaves are
set. and then filled in-inside and out
with cement. and the inside dirt is
drawn up against the walls of the silo.
% as TO make the center the lowest.
The roof is just given little pitch and
covered with boards battened and the
,iIo is complete. and doing as good work
Is a 81. 600 structure. And the cost of
this Cotton silo was only $50.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-14
Scarf Trimmings for Hats.

Leghorns and Tuscan shapes, both
plain, will carry the day for smart sum
1aer hats. There are also some charm
ing fine fancy straws in mother-of-
pearl tints obtained by the plating to-
gether of palest gray with very light
pink and blue, which are much pat
ronized by some of the first milliners.
The last is used for capeline, to which
the name of ''Otero'' has been given,
and the principal feature of which is
a long lace scarf folded lengthwise and
plated to the base of the crown, and
with the ends falling in a cascade at the
back. The center of the scarf passes
through a large square buckle, which
stands up against the front of the
crown, and beneath it is fixed a sheaf of
white aigrette and white Amazon
plume that sweeps back over the hat.
Millinery Trade Review.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-14
BIGGEST GAME CLUB.
Canadian SpOrtsmen Have OrgSE-
lied to "Preserve" 10000 Square
Miles of Territory.

SpOrtsmen clubs have become com
mon enough with rich men who delight
in bagging game, and many of then
have been organized upon a grand
scale. but all become insignificant be
side the proposed st. John club, which
will preserve 10000 square miles Of
Canadian territory.
OF course, this will have to be fenced
IN. and the cost of this fence will be
S1,250.00O, which gives an idea of the
magnitude of the undertaking.
The organizers of this club and most
of the members are Americans, al
though there will be a few prominent
Canadians and Englishmen. The mem
bership will number many thousands,
which is possible because of the re-
sources of the great territory. The
initiation fee has been placed at $500,
although this will likely be increased.
Already more than $4,000 has been
expended in securing the fishing waters
of Lake st. John an1 tributaries. All
the rivers flowing in from the north
and west, some of which are 200 and
zoo miles long, and all the waters con-
nected with them, are included.
Arrangements are also being made
with the Quebec government for Sc
curing two immense tracts for game
parks, each having 1000 square miles.
They will be fenced in with wire net
ting. in addition to moose, deer, elk
and caribou, it is proposed to stock
these parks with the best species of
foreign game and birds from localities
having similar climatic conditions.-N.
y. World.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-14
HIS LITTLE BUNDLE.
1t Wasn't Much in Size Bat the Value
of 1t AstOniShed the Hotel
Clerk.

y qulet-lOOking. smOOth-shaven man, with
a straw hat pushed back from his forehead,
registered from an adjoining parish at the
Grunewaid one evening and laid a package
on TIE counter. The package was about
the size OF an unabridged dictionary and
was wrapped UP in an old newspaper that
bore the stains of travel. IL was tied With
piece OF white cotton string. Il wish YOU
would take care of this little bundle for me
overnight, said the stranger. All right,
sir, replied the clerk, and, reaching for the
receipt book, proceeded to fill out a blank.
What's the value:" he asked, mechanical
~. ''SINty-five thousand dollars an
swered the smOoth-shaven man in an off
handed tone. What gasped the clerk,
his pen averted in midair and his eyes as
round as cart wheels. ''SiXty-tive thousand"
repeated the guest: "and, by the way,
guess I'll Just seal up that wrapping. 1t
seems about to fall off"
lie opened the paper and disclosed a rect
angular block of $40 bills, packed as tight as
SardlneS. Iheyc were nearly all well worn,
but nevertheless the grimy mass looked
strongly tempting. Its tremendous poten-
tlailty drove spur into the Imagination of
the dHiicst chap in the corridor, aud every
body began TO tell what he would do if he
were rich. Meanwhile the smooth-shaven
man readjusted the cover, secured it with
wax, poCketed his receipt and walked off
He Was country banker bringing a deposit
-te-h's- local cQrrespQndent.-N. o. Times
Democrat
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-14
choice and Ordinary Buttcr

Dairymen should not forget that the
discrimination between choice and or
binary grades of butter is becoming
more clearly and sharply defined each
year. 1t is only the best that is always
in demand and will sell at good prices
when there is a surplus of the inferior
grades, that either are not wanted at
all or else must be sold at a sacrifice.
We can hardly expect that under these
circumstances this order of things will
be changed or improved upon; it is
merit that is going to win, and if the
dairyman expects to come out satisfac-
torily at the end of the year, it is of
the greatest Importance that he start
right. To try and do little better
than ever before should be the watch
word of the day.-Progressive Farmer
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-14
HIS BATH NOT A SUCCESS.
Being I'm Hurry lie Forgot to
Take or His Under
3 clothes.

1t seems her husband had been out very
late celebrating, and as he came home in the
rose flush Of the morning he thought ii
would be capital idea to take a bath be-
fore getting into bed. First OF all and most
important It would contradict any wrong
impression as to his condition, as his wife
sometimes had wrong impressions when he
had been out late at night. Women are so
suspicious.
80 he went boldly TO the bathroom and
was soon sp.ashing around as gayly as a
canary. In fact, he created such an I'M
usual commotion that his wife woke up
and went TO see what was the matter.
Suddenly he saw her gazing through the
door VITA a look so cold and contempt
uous that 1t struck a chill TO his very
heart. But he made a dive for the soap
and went on industriouSly with his abIu-
tIOns
What are you doing there, Peter?" she
asked him.
He made the effort Of his life to appear
debona!r and perfectly sober.
Cant You see what 7 am doing. my dear?"
Unanswered, with another prodgious splash.
Il m taking bath"
Don't YOU think II would be a good idea
Tor YOU To take off your underciotbesZ' she
asked him. with a frozen reflection, as she
passed out OF sight.-Chicago Inter Ocean.