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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26
THE MALARIA PAe.s
Only One Mosquito can.,,
This mischief

I
1t Is no long step from m.
OF Major Bruce concernln.
fly to those of Surgeon-Ma,.
the inalarial mosquito and i.
OF the latter's recent dIsco,.l
given by himself at the T.Iy,,,
hibition, says the London IA
Surgeon-Major Ross. befora
audience. dealt with his snh,s
popular style, and a seriea
scopic slides reproduced as al
views, served to make hIs
clear, as he explained tina, al
known as malaria was due N n
ence in the corpuscles of tho /
its victims Of particular M,
which there must be 25O.O oo
der to produce an attack Of :,
a fully grown man, and tha
parasites were injected into
persons by the bite Of n
raised from the eggs Of one +
previously drawn blood from
tected person. Only one descri
mosquito or gnat-for Dr. p,
clares there is no difference
these pests-is capable Of cans
mischief, the anopheles, and
order only the female. The :
this insect can exist only on
marshy ground and that its es
be laid in water explains the Y
was commonly held not long 81
the fever was caused by the
tons arising from swamps
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

In New York hospital moving pic
lures have been made of epileptic pa
tients, as well as of persons affected
with locomotor ataxia. This is follow
ing the example set in Vienna. where
moving pictures have been made of cell
ebrated surgeons performing critical
operations. The purpose in both cases
is TO enable students and practitioners
to study the peculinrities of diseases
and the methods of distinguished oper-
ators.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26
Michigan parry Inspec tlon.

Here are three characteristic reports
of the Michigan dairy inspectors:
F. A. Condition of COWS,
fairly good, but not very clean; feed,
corn stalks, oat straw, hay, bran and
middlings; stables, neat and clean;
partly whitewashed, uses lime on
floor; yard, wet and dirty; drainage,
fair; ventilation, good water, we'll;
milkroom, neat and clean; uses an
aerator
l.. l.. Whipple-C Condition of cows,
good and clean; feed, cut stalks, hay
and bran; stables, neat and clean;
whitewashed; drainage from stables,
poor; yard, fairly dry and clean;
manure deep in front of stable door;
ventilation, good; water, well; milk
room, neat and clean; cement floor in
milhroom; uses an aerator.
o. S. Bancroft-C Condition OF COWS,
good and clean; feed, corn stalks,
mixed hay and ground corn and oats;
stables, clean and neat, but some cob
webs on ceiling; partly whitewashed;
yard. fairly clean and dry; drainage
fair; ventilation, good water, well;
milkroom, neat and clean.
The adoption of similar system
wherever cows are kept would do much
to improve our dairy products.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26
FIGHTS THE HORTON La

The bill introduced into the
York assembly By Merton E. Levi
Rochester repeating the Horton
under which glove contests are
passed the lower branch of the leg
ture by a vote of 80 TO 20.
Merton f. Lewis, author Of thu
pealing bill, is serving his second
as assemblyman from the first Mo
district. He has served the cit
Rochester as alderman, commissl
and mayor, and is highly regaTd'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

The remark is often made that the
winter of 1S99-19O0 has been, in a great
part Of the country. bad for some
branches of business because Of its
mildness and dryness. The statement
is quite undeniable. since business
practically means the spending OF
money, and not the saving of it,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

The man who will pay real money
for the privilege of Witnessing the bluff
to be put up by Jeffries and Corbett
need not draw upon the public for
sympathy
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

An ounce Of essence is worth gal
lon of fluid. A wise saw may BIO more
valuable than whole book. and the
plain truth is better than an argument.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26
INSECTS OF AusrRAL
Nearly 10000 Species OF In,ed
Discovered on the Island.

Nearly 10000 Species OF Insee7
Discovered on the Island.
Australia is a veritable nat13
paradise, presenting as # does a i
fresh and inexhaustible field ID
study of the various branera
natural history. The insect I'll
extremely large. The charactd
of the numerous beetles. flies
butterflies, moths and other lid
insects are so marked that Eud
and American experts at once
nize a specimen from Australia
Australian insect fauna is estima
10000 species, but it is believed
the actual number is eonsidi
greater. OF these the greatest v
is to be found in New South Walk
scientific collections formed in
and elsewhere being Of slnguls
Effectiveness and interest. In the
ity Of streams may be found larg
beautiful dragon flies, often Of
siderable size. Native honey be-
plentiful in many places and are
recognizable by their small size.
little larger than the common
fly. Mosquitoes are practically
known in the dry interior, but
place is taken by the sand fly, an
ly mischieyous insect. There are
ers of all sizes, a few being pois
but their webs are generally Of q
fanciful character. The splendi
pearance of some OF the butterfi
ais that of the most gorgeous
found in South American forests
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

Bow Successful Farmers Operate This
Department OF the Farm--A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

Manageable women ot'eu utls
seashore in anticipation
wave.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

Horace Greeley. the famous editor
had thrashed over the question of
women's rights with an able represen-
tative of their sex, and wound up with
the contention that In times Of war
women were useless. What would you
do" he demanded, 'in the event of a
civil WARP" "Just what you would do,
MT Greeley" replied his opponent,
promptly; II should stay in my office
and write articles urging other people
to 60 and fight"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

Man wants frequent change of food,
but not so our cows. They do best
when fed the same ration constantly.
The digestive system of the cow seems
to adjust itself to certain feed and to
be unable to change readily Thus, if
silage be fed for long time, change
to dry hay or corn fodder means a
sudden falling off in the milk flow, and
this flow cannot be restored by re-
turn to the first ration. The plan,
therefore, of putting half of the corn
fodder into the silo and drying the
other half has no advantage in it; and
1t is a positive detrlment if the two
kinds of feed are to be alternated. II
the silo is large enough, it will pay
better to ensilage the entire fodder
crop than to dry half OF it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

Fuseli, an eminent historical painter,
was rather fond of sarcastic remarks
at the expense of his friends. North
cote, contemporary exhibited his
Judgment of Solomon" Fuseli look
ed at II with smirk on his face. How
do you like my picture?" inquired
Northcote. Much" was the answer;
1.-The action suits the word. Solomon
holds out his fingers like pair Of open
scissors at a child. and says: Cut It,
l like 1t much" Northcote remem-
bered this when Fusell exhibited pic
ture representing Hercules drawing his
arrow at Pluto How do you like my
picture?" inquired Fuseli much. =
said Northcote; 1T is clever. very
clever; but he'll never hit aim" HE
shall hit him." exclaimed the other
"and that speedily" Away ran Flu
sell with his brush, and as he labored
to give the arrow the true direction he
was heard to mutter: Hit himl BY
Jupiter, but he shall hit him"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

Sir John Murray In recent address
drew vivid picture of the time, in
the remote future, when temperatures
as low as those which Professor Dewar
produces in his experiments at the
Royal Institution will prevail all over
the earth. The atmosphere and the
oceans will then have disappeared
within the rocky crust Of the globe,
their elements having entered into
new combinations. In other words, to
use Sir John Murray's expression. the
waters of the ocean will have become
solid rock" But over their surface
will roll the waves of new and most
wonderful sea, AN ocean of liquid air
about forty feet in depth" At that
time, of course, life as we know it Will
have vanished from the earth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

A few years ago a landowner made
his neighbor tear down and rebuild a
four-story block because 1t overreached
six inches into the next lot. A still
more selfish contention concerns the
proprietorship of five inches of space
three hundred feet above the sidewalk.
The bringer of the suit declares that a
neighboring cornice projects FIVE inches
over his own modest roof. and he
claims large damages therefor. For
once Doctor Hale's look up and not
down" seems at fault. Thackeray's
irony is more apt IF your neighbours
foot obstructs you. stamp on it; and
do you suppose he won't take it away?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

The person that sets hens early must
expect to put in some time in watch
ing to see that all things about the
nests are right. 1t is necessary to visit
the sltters two or three times day
to be sure that none of the eggs have
been rolled off into corner of the
nest and to be sure that the hens
have not made a blunder and gone
back onto the wrong nest. Such a
visit should be made before dark to
see that all things are right for the
night. This care needs also to be ex-
erclsed in the summer time, but not to
so great degree.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

The time is coming when Americans
will appreciate the hen and give her
the amount Of attention due her. 1t
is surprising that on some Of our
farms the flock of hens does not ex-
coed ,25. These are easy to take care
of. it Is true, but the nocks should be
much larger and still be taken care Of.
There is no better investment on the
farm than that in the poultry estab-
lishment. With the increase of popu-
lation the demand for poultry prod
ucts is bound to increase, and this in
creased demand must be largely met
by the American farmer rather than
by the specialist in poultry raising.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

Whether or not Americans will ever
be able 10 build up a trade in London
depends on whether they can so inn
prove the great mass of butter pro-
duced that it will grade mainly as first
quality. At present the amount of
really good butter is said to be not
more than 25 per cent of the whole,
and this rs per cent brings premium
In the American market. If all our
product were Of good quality, the best
prices in this country would be much
less than at the present time, but the
rest of the butter would bring very
much higher price than at present.
This, of course. is based on the suppo-
sition that conditions remain as at
present. American butter might then
enter the English market in competi-
ton with Danish.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

"Will there be any more English
Carlyles and Ruszins. or American
Emersons?" The Chicago Tribune
thinks not But neither will there be
another Chinese Confucius, or Greek
Plato, or a Roman Seneca. 1t does not
follow that the world will lack lead
ers, teachers, prophets. and sages,
merely because duplicates are not
forthcoming. Besides, whatever light
comes to mankind with tho advent OF
wise men shines on undimmed after
they vanish. And they live on in
spirit and attend us as Frightening
ideals.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

Do not feed musty hay to dairy cows,
nor in fact any kind of fodder that is
musty. Some believe that this must-
ness will not pass through into the
milk, and it may be so, but we are
suspicious OF the truth of the asser-
ton. 1t is a fact that there is diff
terence in the flavor OF butter made on
June grass and the butter made in
the winter when the cows are fed on
dry hay. II this difference in feed
makes any difference in flavor, why
may it not make a good deal of dit
terence If the feed be particularly
bad. Moldy feed is bad thing to
have around in any case and should
be thrown out. Using it as COW bed
ding is likely to make the matter
worse. for the whole stable will be
scented with it, and in the morning
when the milk is drawn it will GER
tainly be tainted and this faint Will
grow as the cream ripens. 1t is not
advisable to use this for bedding and
depend on airing the barn enough in
the morning to get the smell out. This
would be seldom done at all, and where
done it would generally be done in a
very imperfect manner. The presence
OF spoiled feed is very often the cause
Of poor butter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

A sky full of stars predicts rain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26


One of the hard things that tho man
ager Of creamery or cheese factory
has to contend with is dishonesty
among those that supply milk. Where
milk is purchased by the hundred
pounds this condition Is particularly
acute, and II even exists in consider
able measure where the milk is pur-
chased by the test. One cheesemaker
tells of the trouble he has with his
patrons that bring poor milk. He says
that one man continually brought milk
so near the souring point that it was
sometimes impossible to use 1t, and
once or twice it was returned. But the
man would always come back smiling
the next day and assert that the mana
ger was wrong in sending back the
milk-that 1T kept perfectly for a long
time afterward. One day the milk
brought was so near sour that the man
ager thought it necessary to refuse It..
He thought, however, that he would be
sure that this milk soured, so he slyly
slipped into the cans enough rennet to
make the milk thick in a short time.
The following morning the farmer was
hack with a new lot Of milk, but de-
clared that the milk of the preceding
day kept over night, and that some of
1t was used for making custard the
next day. OF course, 1t was not policy
for the manager to give away the fact
that he knew the man was lying, OF
that he had put rennet in the milk. II
Illustrates one of the biggest obstacles
In the way OF gettng clean milk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-12
CUBA IS OURS ALREADY.

While the Spanish war ended in the
acquisition of Cuba by the United
States, says Richard Oiney in the At
lantIc, that result was neither unnat-
ural nor surprising, but something
sure to occur, if not in the year 1898,
before many years, and if without war,
then by cessiOn from Spain more or
less compulsory in character. 1t may
be thought at first blush that to speak
OF the acquisition Of Cuba by the
United States" as a fact ACCOMPLISHED
is Inaccurate But the objection is
technical and the expression conveys
1.-THE substantial truth, notwithstanding
a resolution Of congress which, ill-ad-
yised and futile at the time of it's
passage, If now influential at all, is
simply prejudicing the interests of
Cuba and the United States alike. No
such resolution can refute the logic Of
the undisputed facts or should be al
lowed to impede the natural march Of
events. This false positionl
will end when congress ceases to ig-
more its functions and makes Cuba in
point of law what she already is in
point of fact, namely, United States
territory. Were there to be a plebistic
on the subject, such a consummation
would be favored by practically the en-
tire body Of the intelligence and wealth
Of the island. Until it is reached cap
ital will hesitate IN on thara ON cyro
ton from this country will be insig-
nifcant, and Cuba wi fail to enter in
to that new era of progress and devel-
opment, Industrial political, and So
| cial, which are relied upon to justify
and ought to justify the substitution
of American for Spanish control
| Richard Olney in Atlantic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-12
THE KENTUCKY COLONEL.

Seated upon the rose-clad, latticed
porch,
Content because the place is all his
own.
Content likewise that all of his ances-
tors
Were gentlemen who never shirked
fight
Nor let good liquor go TO waste,
Behold the Kentucky colonel.
Observe the avenue of trees
The trees that grew before his grand
sire's time,
And lead in even lines toward the gate
No patent gate with springs and paint
ed Stats,
But of iron, of solid worth, and caked
with rust.
Behind him, looming dark as winters
night
Save where the welcoming CLEAN Of
lamp shows through
The windows PANIED with homemade
glass,
Is the old mansion
Its bricks were made down where the
barn now is,
And ebon slaves did sweat and toll
thereat.
Upon chair behold the colonePs foot.
Swathed large in towels clsan and cot
ton wool.
His face, called red by courtesy,
Is near the hue of kingly robes of state.
His face is scanned and crossed with
lines of mirth.
And the grim white sears of battles
scars.
The row of old log cabins at the rear
Harbors not fettered slaves, but ne
groes free,
Content to stay where "Mawsteh"
makes his home.
Hank! Sounds of iron-shod hoofs upon
the pike.
A patter of bare feet upon the drive,
AS pickaninnies race toward the gate
The colonel's face is wreathed in well
coming smiles
God bless my soul! Come right in,
subj" he shouts.
Been lookin' fob you all this blessed
week.
Heah, Sam, you good-foh-nothin
scamp,
Go take that boss
Julius! where is that damn boy? Go
make
Them juleps like | toll you to
Befo' break your damn heck"
And such welcome as will ne'er die
out
In old Kentucky greets the honored
guest;
The house and all that therein ia
Belong to him until he takes his leave.
H. L. NJ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-12
OLD SOLDIERS ON THE STAGE.
Distinguished Actor Who Fought in
American Army in SO.

When the eyes of the world are
turned toward south Africa, when
everyone is thinking of war and talk
ing of war, any little military expert
ence is easily recounted. The stage,
unlike many other callings, contains
among it's ranks men who have fol-
lowed almost every profession and bus
mess under the SUI. The theatrical
world is, therefore, not without it's
quota of men who have, at one time or
another, served with the colors.
One of the first to be mentioned is
Charles Wyndham. In 1863 Mr. Wynd-
ham left Dublin, where he had been
pursuing his medical studies, and set
sail for America. Upon his arrival at
New York he at once Joined the medi-
cal department Of the federal army
which was then fighting in the war
of secession During the campaign
he had many narrow escapes and
among them may be mentioned the fol-
lowing incident: While at work tend
ing the needs of the wounded his horse
was incapacitated, and things began to
look rather blue. However, at the crit
zeal moment, not one, but a whole
drove of horses appeared, and Mr..
Wyndham thought to possess himself
Of another. Consequently he picked
up a likely looking animal, which trot-
ted off as he approached. Without
thought Of danger he followed. Sud-
denly, however, a shell whizzed over
his head, which brought him to con
slider his position. He discovered trat
he was the sole occupant of an exten-
sive plateau, with the coRtending
forces on each side of him At first
blush the situation was distinctly un-
desirable, but the shells passed higl in
the air, and he eventually regained
his own camp unhurt. Since that Mr..
Wyndham has frequently found him
self equal to the situation, but come
out ION top" as the Americans say.
NJ. Paul BlOuet, better known az
Max O'Rell," is the popular author
and lecturer. He played the leading
part in ? play from his own pen, en-
titled Con the Continong," and met
with great success. He, too, is an old
soldier, for he was, as lieutenant, III
the French artillery, and during the
| few years that he served with the col
ors he saw more active service than
| falls to the lot Of most soldiers during
an entire lifetime He fought through
out the Franco-Prussian war, and was
taken prisoner at Sedan. After being
severely wounded he was pensioned.
| In1872 he came over to England, and
is now a naturalized Englishman.-
The Sketch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-12
BUILDING ASSIOUT DAM.
Eleven Thousand Men Work Night
and Day.

The works at Assiout are under a
talented engineer, Mr.. G. H. Stephens,
who is born ruler. He has had II 900
men working night and day at his
great dam and the huge wall and the
navigation canal which accompanies it.
This may seem, when compared with
the Assouan, a comparatively small
affair, for it has only to hold up ten
Or twelve feet of water to supply abun-
dainty the great Ibrahimieh canal,
which in its course supplies the ancient
Bahr Yusuf, and will thus greatly in
crease the cultivable land On the mar
gin Of the Libyan desert But in many
ways the assiout weir is even more re-
markable than wall of granite found
ed on rock. 1t is built On the bed of
the Nile itself. Never once has rock
been touched for the foundations. Mr.
Willcocks has shown in his saving of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-12

! the old Barrage that permanent floor
could be laid down on the river bed
which, properly constructed. would
carry any weight of masonry fit TO re-
sist the pressure of any stream above
il This system is practically the one
used in the Assiout Barrage.
The Assiout dam is half a mile long,
and has a navigation lock at the west
side. The river has been Golfer damned
in sections, and a masonry and concrete
floor Cforty feet below level of high
Nile) laid down as a foundation,
efghty-seven feet wide by ten feet
thick. On this floor the superstructure
is built. At both up and down stream
sides OF this floor cast-iron sheet piles
are driven down to further depth of
thirteen feet, the joints of which are
Theoretically sealed by cement grout,
so that no percolations can get below
the foundations. The Barrage has III
openings Of about sixteen feet each,
which will be supplied with ordinary
sluices. The navigation canal lock will
be fifty feet wide. This last year QS99l
one-fourth of the whole work was
done, and the wages paid during June
and July, for instance) were e1.500
per day
The outlay at the Assouan dam
was even greater, so that immense
sums are spent among the natives of
the country which the works are in
tended to benefit permanently. All the
work done at both reservoirs was left
safely above the highest water level
till next season, and at Assiout no
more Golfer dams will be needed There
are 1850 men employed at Assiout
land $500 at AssOuan) when the work
had to be stopped for the rising of the
Nile. The walls at both places are of
stone and cement. The blocks of stone
were frequently so warm, owing to the
fierce sunshine that the mems hands
were blistered in lifting them, and the
heat of the place in June was 100 de-
grees in the shade. But all has gone
on, with scarcely an accident. There
were a dozen cases of sunstroke, but
only very few deaths 1t was re-
marked that those who drank too
much liquid of any kind were most
liable to it.''-AinSlee'S