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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
To Make Rooms FIreproor.

A new device for making rooms alb
solutely fireproof comes from Holland.
It is applied to each room separately
and involves no general reconstruction
of the house. 1t consists OF a series OF
ileproof plates, to be laid on the walls,
floor, and ceiling in place OF plaster
The material used is said to resemble
nougat in appearance BY this simple
process any fire is strictly confined to
the room in which it originates; there
can be no spreading. A severe test
has been applied. In a room properly
shesthed with these plates tarred wood
was heaped on the floor and fired. In
spite of the fierceness of the combus-
ton, which filed the whole room with
cracking flames, there was no effect
beyond the protected walls.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
once Washington. Arsenal.

[ New York Sun: The tearing down
Of the old buildings, SO, 95 and 81 Cher
Fry street, to make way for a modern
structure, removes Landmark vaguely
associated in the annals of the neigh
|sbrohood with the days of the American
revolution. When Washington made
MS headquarters at Roosevelt and
Cherry streets, the local historians
declare. he stored in these old build
ings munitions of war supplies for his
army The historians of Cherry Hill
Then skip the intervening years until a
|dpertod beginning fifteen or twenty
years ago is reached. The buildings
were then occupied as resorts for sail
Tors. The Loopey gang. which once
threw man into the river for cents.
made its headquarters in the neigh Dor
hood. Near by was Sneepy's alley.
Leading from Roosevelt to Cherry
street, In which Roosevelt street resi-
|Jdent declares there were three muir
|pasrE within as many months.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
|DANGER I'M THE SOFT" DRINK

Tea aud Pop Debauches Have Before
n Now Resulted Fatally.
Hard drinks have slain their thou
sands, but soft drinks have, neverthe-
Hess. contributed to the list OF fatali-
F ties. Instances in proof of the danger
which lies in wait for the unwary abb
sorber of the latter class of potations
are not wanting in recent revelations
of the news columns. Not long ago a
imam departed this life in an eastern
asylum because he was Unfortunately
|1tntemperate in the use of tea. An in
cautious colored man in Atlanta took
"A sip or two of a domestic concoction
|of alum and water. Shortly afterward
he took fit and gave up the ghost
in great agony. A more recent case
Is that of the New York young man
who died after a pop" debauch. What
small boy is stranger to the many
hued delights OF pop? 1t effervesces
and tastes like branchwater made
.quately sweetened but it has hubbled
for long years without being suspected
OF homicidal tendencies. Until the fatal
- o. ~ NhO 4NNM VI IUdu lIS
record for harmlessness was unbroken
This victim of the insidlous POP" II
is claimed, filed his internal vacuum
with seventy bottles OF the dangerous
fluid per day. And he kept on loading
up at this rate for three days in sue
,cession! Of course when such a strain
as this was put upon his containing
capacity something had to pop; and sc
the pop drove the life out of him
and he went hence. Such is the fate
hof those who have not the strength OF
mind to defy the tempter when he
comes clad in the seductiveness of soft
drinks. Not all have the physical
strength to resist the inroads of the
inordinate fzzicking to which these
apparently innocuous beverages sub
|tJect the human organism If tempta-
ttlon comes to the thirsty to drink inn
moderately of tea. spiked lemonade or
the colorful pop" it should be stub
bornly and persistently resisted, else
|sthe end will be certain and the denoue-
ment sad.-St. Louis Republic.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

same will happen if boiled too long
The favor of bread pudding is i'm
proved by adding five or six almonds
chopped fine. A shin is the richest
part of meat for stews, as it contains
so much marrow. Meat for stews
should always be cut into convenient
pieces for serving. If apples are cored
before peeling they are not so apt to
break. In making desert when gela-
tine, milk and sugar are all used, mix
the gelatine with the sugar before it
is dissolved in milk, to prevent the
milk from curdling.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
In an Old Garden.

In an Old Garden.
Come down to that old garden
OF every flower we knew,
When out of gates of childhood
The airs of morning blew,
And arching heaven was painted
In every drop of dew.
And you may have the lily d
With all her virgin SHOWS, "a
And you may have the beauty II
That bushes on the rose,
But Will have the heart s-ease,
The dearest flower that blowsl
Who will shall have the balsams
And store of hydromel
The purple of the monk s-hood IA ,
With poison In his spell;
Who will shall have sweet-william
And the canterbury-bell. 4
1 love the breath of rosemary,
The perfume OF the stock,
The proud plumes of the feur-de-lis
The silken holiyhock;
love the flaming poppy
And the sleepy four-o' clock.
But they say that when great angels
Fell plunging from Heavens frown,
spirit looking after
Lost a blossom from her crown
i know 1t was the heart s-ease
Came softly floating down.
Oh, bright the honeysuckle,
And sweet his tippling crew.
The bird-wings of the columbine.
The larkspur blue as blue
But will take the heart s-ease
And all the rest take you'll
Harriet Prescott Spofford In the Wo
mans Home Companion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
starting a Fire with lee.


Two very surprising things may be
done with ordinary ice. First, you
may make burning glass out of the
ice which will burn holes in paper and
even start fire in the woods The
only tool you will need will be pocket
knife, and with this it may be well to
remember that no boy need freeze to
death in the woods when the sun shines
and there is plenty of ice around. He
may make his fire as follows: Select the.
elearest ice you can find In frozen
ponds will often be found a little hill
lock Of ice caused by an eddy in the
water beneath. Knock off a piece OF
this clear Ice and white it into the
shape of double convex lens. You
should have no trouble doing this, for
ice can be cut very easily with a pock-
etknife. Perhaps it may be well to
inform the uninitiated that a double
convex lens is one which bulges on
both sides. 1t gathers up the rays OF
sunlight and concentrates them against
one spot, which is called the focus
point. Ordinarily a lens is made of
glass, but ice will perform the same
feat if correctly shaped First cut
your ice into fiat piece, little thicker
than and as round as a silver dollar.
1t might be well, also, to leave a long
silver on one side of the circular piece.
to serve for a handle When your
have cut your fiat circular piece, serape,
down the edge, gradually working to-
wards the center, until you have round
ed off both sides. A little practice
will enable you to do this evenly. al
though you may waste or break two
or three pieces of ice in the effort. AS
you go along with the work of scraping
put the round piece, or lens, in your
mouth every few minutes. The heat
OF the mouth will not only polish the
lens, but it will smooth away those ex-
tremely fine ridges or knife marks
which might otherwise interfere with
the concentration of the light. BY
holding 1t proper distance from a
piece OF paper, say about an inch, it
presently will set the paper ON fire. The
other feat spoken of above is the max
ing of good magnifier out of a piece
of ice. If you are in the woods some
winters day and wish to examine some
minute objects thoroughly you may do
so very readily with ice Proceed as
when you made your lens, only instead
of making slightly convex sides make
your lens in the shape of a ball or
sphere. Opticians sell glass balls filed
with water for magnifying purposes
The ice will act the same as the water
filled glass ball, and it is wonderful
how much you may add to days en-
joyment in this very simple way. There
are winter insects, branches OF trees.
dead leaves and bark, snow and ice, ali
of which will reveal hidden wonders
under this very simple microscope.
which nature places within the reach
of any ingenious boy. OF course the
city boy may also amuse himself with
ice quite as readily as his country cou-
sin, and he may do it in summer time.
if need be, with the help of the com
modify which the ice-man leaves at
the door every day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

Ernest Whitehead captured a young
soai near Anacapa island, California.
recently and took him on board his
snip, says Our Dumb Animals. AS the
vessel Started the mother seal was no
tlced swimming about, bowling pite-
ousiy The little captive barked re-
sponsively. After reaching the wharf
ut Santa Barbara the captive was tied
np IN Jute sack and left loose on the
deck Soon after coming to anchor
tne seal responded to its mothers call
soy casting itself overheard, all tied up
y was in the sack. The mother
seized the sack, and with her sharp
/ seetn tore 1t open. She had followed
he sloop eighty miles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
Apple Merlngue Pie.

Pare, slice, stew and sweeten ripe,
tart, and juicy apples; mash and sea-
son with nutmeg, or stew lemon peel
with them for flavor; fill the crust and
bake them until done; spread over the
apples a thick meringue made by whip
ping to froth the whites of three eggs
for each pie; swseten with three table
spoonfuls of powdered sugar; flavor
with vanilla; beat until it will stand
alone; cover pie three-quarters of an
inch thick, set back into quick oven
until well set. To be eaten cold.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

machine has been built on novel
principles for cooling the air of houses
and apartments. 1t differs from the
refrigerating machines now in use,
which convert mechanical energy into
heat, distracted through the medium
of liquefied gases. in that it depends
on utilizing the great latent heat of
evaporization of water. says the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat 1t is not in
tended for heavy refrigerator work. but
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
The Hair.

The hair has a great deal 10 do with
ones appearance, almost as much as
the teeth; yet many persons who take
fair care Of their teeth neglect their
hair woefully. The very best thing
to do in order to keep the hair in good
condition is to massage the scalp daily.
This systematic manipulation keeps
the skin from Tightening and prevents
The head from becoming, as it were,
hide bound. Hair cannot grow on a
stiffened, CLASSY skin, which has got
into such dry state that IL, SO to
speak, no longer breathes. II your
hair shows signs of lifelessness, OF the
scalp feels sore to the touch, go to a
good masseuse twice a week. II you
.annot conveniently do that take a
lesson or two-learn, by all means, to
manipulate your scalp yourself 1t is
40 great task, and it will keep what
iair you have and encourage more to
some. At all evelts, don't drag the
hair of your head by brushing. 1t is
pretty we'll exploded idea that brush
ng is beneficial. Above all things,
iever attempt to free the head or hair
" dust with a fine comb''-that is
leath to the hair. as is too much wash
ng. Five or six times a year III quite
,ften enough for shampoo. One OF
he reasons why more men than
women are baldheaded is because men.
having short hair. are apt to wet the
head daily, which practice carries off
he natural fertilizing secretions. Too
much water rots the hair.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

Each wheel of this bicycle has two
rims. The inner one is connected to
the hub by the ordinary means OF
spokes, but between the inner and
outer rims is an arrangement of fat
springs having one end fastened firmly
to the outer rim, while the other end is
fastened by yielding slot connection
to the inner one.
This combination is said to be more
comfortable to ride than the pneumatic
tire. as there is wider range of move
ment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
-HE WOMAN OF THE ANoELus.
lk~N 2Illets Model Lives In Her Peas
ant Cottage at Barbixou.

k~N ANAets mouei Lives IN Her Peas
ant Cottage at Bsrbixon.
| BArbiEon, a little village In the
nidst Of the forest of Fontainebleau,
I short distance from Paris, has be-
sptne = goal of pilgrimage for many
1mirerv OF Millet's work, and partic-
|llarly for those who know that the
woman who suggested to the great
,ainter his famous picture of THE
Angelus" still lives there in a little
| :o1tage . stones throw from where
Inc was born. Mere Adele's home is
II small vine-clad cottage, in which she
Ives a frugal but comfortable life,
troubled only by the overinquisitive
Tourists and by her rheumatism. She
nuHG have been an attractive woman
,uce, for even now, although she has
|wltneesed the passing OF more than
hFeesc0re years and ten, there are
races of former beauty in her
wrinkled face.
Mere Adele is a lady, though she has
| worn her fingers blunt by toll, and her
! form Is bent under the burdens she has
X A<&A w ULoi. w uCh BIC lOOhS dI gOu
| aer smile is like benediction, and the
Deaptiful things of earth are not lost
Upon her Her manner is cheerful as
lone who feels she has not lived in vain.
| n questioned closely she will tell you
| )f the day when the great artist came
Through the dense forest with his wife
ind children. leaving behind him the
gay city Of Paris with its schools Of
painting and its models. She knows a
great deal of the very hard days which
followed for Jean Francois Millet-
The toll, the anxiety, the disappoint-
ments. She nursed his five children
and did the little field work in the
garden adjoining the cottage. When
ne saw his nurse-girl, Adele, and her
father reverently bowling their heads
| in prayer at the ringing of the Angelus
he conceived the picture which, II not
hie best work, is yet the best known,
| and the one most appreciated by the
people. Mere Adele calls herself a
|lchild of God. She looks it in the
painting, and she lives it every day in
her humble cottage.-Edward A. Stein
|aer, in the September Womans Home
! Companion
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
Dsvilea Tomatoes.

Skin and slice thIckly three solid
tomatoes. Sprinkle lightly with one
teaspoonful salt and fry nice brown In
two tablespoonfuls butter. To what
is left in pan add one half teaspoon
dry mustard, half teaspoon salt, half
teaspoon sugar and dash pepper. Beat
lightly yolk one egg, add slowly one
tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, stir
into the other ingredients, cook and
stir till chick; add two tablespoons
lemon juice and pour over tomatoes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.


Take five pounds of grapes; boil,
then rub through a colander first and
sieve after; add two and one-half
pounds of sugar. one pint of vinegar,
one tablespoonful each of ground
cloves, cinnamon, allspice and pepper,
one-half teaspoonful of salt. Boil
twenty minutes Bottle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
Tomato Catsup.

To one gallon of tomatoes, after be-
ing boiled and strained through a col
ander, add three tablespoonfuls of salt,
one tablespoonful each of cloves. Gin
namon, allspice and black pepper, one
small teaspoonful cayenne pepper, one
pint good vinegar. Boil to the proper
consistency and bottle while hot.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
Chicken Croquettes.

Have ready cupful of cold chicken;
chop very fine; take a small lump OF
butter and heat very hot; stir in a
spoonful of milk. thieken with -four.
When cooked, add a beaten egg, the
chicken, pepper, salt and little thyme.
Spread out on platter to cool. When
wanted form in croquettes, dip in
grated bread crumbs and fry in hot
lard.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

A vigorous note of warning against
The essentially feminine habit of hold
ing pins in the mouth has been
sounded by DR.. A. Monae Lesser, In a
recent lecture to the Red Cross nurses.
Don't do it," he says. mot so much
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

An engineer in Tunis has invented a
deep sea diving apparatus which has
been tried without accident at depth
OF TIA feet near Cherbourg. The in
ventor declares his purpose OF search
ing for the hull of the Alabama, which
lies where she was sunk by the Kear-
sarge, off Cherbourg harbor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
Tho whIstlIng Buoy.

The accompanying little illustration
shows device which, had it been in
position on the Manacles, would have
saved the Paris and the Mohegan from
running ashore on that dangerous bit
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

Of English coast. This machine is
what is known as the whistling buoy.
1t is capable of giving out much more
effective signal than the old-fashioned
bell buoy, which it has just replaced
on the Manacles. This new buoy
works automatically. and every short
while emits a most doleful but far
reaching whistling scream.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

Out here in the West the marvel is
that Eastern women continue to wear
dresses cut low in the neck after they
have passed forty.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
FOR WOMEN AND HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND NATIONS.

Waist of Dsrfodil Yellow silk-Paris Froek
fer Girls of 12-Care of the Hands
Feminine Habit-Tho Hair-Our
Cooking Schools.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

A Substitute for Pneumatic Tires.
An inventor, Devine. has been grant
ed a patent for a bicycle, If generally
adopted, would revolutionize cycling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23

to the experiment station at Geneva are be-
ueved to belong to what is known to the
Department Of Agriculture at Washing on
as brood No. 10. The area covered by this
brood extends from a point near Buffalo
eastward to the vicinity of Utica. and from
Lake Ontario to the south line of Yates
county. 1t has been known for several
due to appear this summer. That they
missed no connection. but are strictly on
time. Is indicated by the reports received
from various parts, as well as by few
specimens which have been sent in to the
experiment station at Geneva. The injury
by the Seventeen-year locust Is not done by
the males, the usual scapegoats of family.
but by the females, who slit the twigs of
the forest. shade and fruit trees and then
injury done by the seventeen-year locust
differs from that of the locust of the west
ern plains. which devours everything in its
path.
Attention is usually drawn to the insect
by its call which Is a very shrill grating
noise peculiar to the species. 1t is readily
recognized when seen. Its body is black
and about three-quarters of an inch long;
its wings are membraneous, transparent
fridescent and longer than the body. The
vein markings of the wings are reddish
brown. Its eyes are prominent and reddish
brown in color Although known as the
seventeen-year locust, it does not appear
all over the country in any one year. That
appearing in this section this year is known
as brood No. 10. Brood No. % is due next
year in the extreme western part of this
state. Brood No. % is due along the lake
shore in the northwestern part of the state
ern and southeastern part of the state in
1911.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
THE EARLIEST RUBBER SHOES.
tnsainly Appearance of Those Made
Fifty Years Ago.

From the Philadelphia Record.
India rubber shoes were first manufac-
tured in Roxbury Mass, in 1888, and verify
they We're 'fearfully and wonderfully
made" They really bore no resemblance
whatever to a shoe. They had the appear
ance of having been run into molds, or
blown, the same as glass bottles made
They were made of pure rubber gum No
attempt was made to initiate the shape of
the shoe foot they We're intended to
cover. In shape they were hollow tubes,
tapering toward the toe. At the place
where the opening to pull them over the
shoe should be was an irregular hole, with
out shape, just they came from the
mold. The hole was enlarged with a sharp
pair of shears to fit the instep, cut high
or low to suit the taste or caprice of the
customer. The work was done by the
salesman after the buyer had selected ac-
cording to his requirements, heavy or light,
thick or thin Mems sizes We're very heavy,
the soles being frequently from ene-fourth
to 81 half inch in thickness. They were
tied i'll pairs and stuffed with straw or hay
to keep them in shape for shipment. A
ladys foot. incased in such a huge ILL
shaped mass of India rubber gum weighing
at least a pound, presented clumsy ap-
pearance, indeed. particularly when COM
pared with the light and truly artistic ap-
pearance of the present styles.
The first attempt at making overshoes of
a
large amount of capital being sunk in the
experiment, well all the unsold stock.
They answered the purpose in cold wealth
err but would not stand the heat, melting
into a disgusting mass.
Experiments to remedy this difficulty re-
suited in reaching the opposite extreme, the
cold weather freezing them hard as to
make them brittle. they could not be
drawn over the shoe until they were thor
oughly warmed, and this obstacle to sue
cess was not overcome until Charles Good
year discovered his process of vulcanzng
rubber which has rendered his name i'm
mortal.
ments, the India rubber shoe began to as
sumo beauty of proportion and practical
utility. They were lasted and the shoe
merchant threw aside his shears. One par
ticularly popular style that had a great
run for couple of Years trimmed with
fur around the tops and came well up on
the ankles. Dickens has immortalized this
of the pretty Arabella that Mr.. Wrinkle met
and fell in love with while visiting with
Mr.. Pickwick at Old Wardle's.
All rubber shoes were made from the
solid gum at that time, and we are safe in
saying that a single pair would outweigh
six pairs of those now in the market Be
sides being heavy and ugly, they were
often painful from being so tightly stretch
ed over the foot. They made the wearer
look club-footed, and any attempt at en-
bellishment was failure and made them
appear clumsier still. But this condition Of
things not to last. In 1874 Goodyear
perfected his vulcanizng process, and his
method of spreading the pure gum upon
elastic textile fabrics, and the manufacture
of rubber shoes has since improved from
year to year. until they have become a
thing of beauty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
Trooper jackson.

Thomas Edward Grafton in Harper's.
Don't you hear the bugle soundin', Trooper Jack
son?
Come shake yourself! There's trouble down
ahead:
With lot o Texas rln they're a-makin' matters
hum,
She's a-toot.n' boots an saddles, Out O. bed.
They re a-yeiiin like the devil down the canon!
4 han'some lot OF able bodied Utes-
An the orders is, rip en-
An to slash EN-. an to nip EN-.
SO jump along an tumble in your toots.''
Just sixty men. where ten troops should have
been.
Not a tremble. not CULVER they dashed along
the river
AT the howlin' horde of unauted sin.
Like transfers whip the guidons were a-snap-
pin
My Cod the Indians numbered ten one.
Through the bndin' rifle ne
They kept ridin' just the same
With "oid Glory i'll the van aleadn' on.
Like q catapult they hit EN- in the middle.
While the ''trader's' powder tore its dirty way
An the tlamn sheets o. hell scorched their tunIcs
they fell
An their yellow plumes We're crimson from ft,e
But the orders was to give 'em a .'chastisin' -"
been.
But they done it just the same,
An they never thought blame
With the forty dead and dyin carried In
Here's to you cussn' fichtin' Trocper jackson,
Here's to you for the glory that you won!
Great Divide,
But you done ii as l like to see II done.
Your photographs hangn In the barrack
An your saher ornaments the colonel's hall
When your bugle sounded taps
Then you won your shoulder straps
An youH wear EN- It the NAL grand 'recAn.'"