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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-05

tHlt ago. March t-Jacab a. Chance.
.erS % tte supreme court died az Mount
NeEhen. ~. last night. aged - Years He
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-05

TROY. \ - Mareh t~Fyrs az nlt3ntxst
visited the EEsilsvd DOCK ana anatl'sss,
hepse on broadway. ant easse3 fsssss
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-05
"Honest Labor Bears
a Lovely Face.

There is nothing mosf
pleasing TO look upon than .
hearty. rudy face. gained By
honest toll. They are The
saving of the nation. these
toiIers of both sexes. stys-
Cling for daily bread.
F.src sioos v.Akes them A1is 70 kess -
the GGly round Of esty Al ho~le. shas 2
store. II fhe HOOD has a tart a. -
Party, o. raa zoEug feeling eDrsss ~
INC a7e rsrsesy Is Fioocrs SA,sarsrs-i-s
A7serca ; Greatest Hsscsle for iis Assaa-
Poor Blood - " ssfy h,ooS Gas 2
poor hat n hottest zzieafsey I feE -
hooG ; SArsGpAraZa RACE nc carp I ?
TIE 'i5tf tbr1g n ne right elaoe." H1fz
J. Tayior. Weodston1. ~
hoods Sa,saba4
Ill2 /. Z. 2 EyyZy11E
Hoea.s ri. surs liver lss the noalrriiassns -
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-05

LONDON. March 4--Ths war ONCE hn :
received the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts. dated osfontein. Sunday.
March 4; Gen. Cronje. on behalf Of hts
party, and commandan, woimarins. ON
behalf OF +ooo other prisoners. asked the
British officers 20 thank me for the con-
sidcration and Kindness with which they
have been treated"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-05

coLEsBERG. March s~-A reconnois-
aance with two troops Of Australians and
two guns found the wagon bridge over
the Orange river intact. Fifty Beers on
the other side were taken by surprise.
and the British galloped TO the laager.
some miles on the Free State side.
Prices command has moved seven miles
north Of Colcsbers
The Beers during their occupation de-
MED themselves rather than see the Brit
fsh wounded suffer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-05

MAzEREux. Easntoland, March "A
telegraph line between Mafeking and
Mazereux was cut Wednesday night a
whole section being removed. II is be-
icvei this was the work of natives
prompted or bribed by the Beers
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17
A REMARKABLE WOMAN.

At the age of II Mrs. Catherine V.
Waite is about to form a law partner
ship in Denver with her husband, for
mer Judge Charles B. Waite. Mrs.
Waite is one of the most remarkable
women in the west, and her latest
venture does not surprise her friends.
Her versatility is shown by the fact
that she has been farmer, teacher,
a lecturer, an author, merchant,
builder, real-estate dealer. a con-
tractor and a manager of large mon
eyed estates.
Mrs. Waite is a Canadian by birth
and was educated at Oberlin college.
In the early SOS she lived in Utah and
fought Brigham Young relentlessly.
Later the family located in Chicago,
where her husband, who had served
as federal district judge in Idaho
under Lincoln, established large law
practice. During her husbands alb
sence in Europe for two years she
studied law. She was past so when she
was admitted to the bar. During the
Worlds fair she owned three large
temporary hotels, and made $42, 900.
The ambition to live in Colorado,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17
Cows MIX for Lambs.

A contributor to the Breeders Ga
xette says; l notice that A. e. c. of
Pleasant Hill, Kas., said in late
number that he tried feeding young
lambs on cows milk and the lambs
died. -Four years ago last December
bought eighty sheep that were very
poor. They commenced having lambs
in about three weeks, many OF them
having twins and some OF them trip
let's. saved about 95 per cent of the
lambs, and all were dropped from Jan.
IS to Feb. 81. I could not have saved
50 per cent of them but for cows milk.
think over half those lambs got their
first food from heifer. l did not do
much else for five or six weeks but
attend to the lambs. AS soon as lamb
said it wanted something to eat, If it
could not get 1t from its mother | took
it to the heifer, opened its mouth and
put into 1t the little teat and squeezed
milk into 1t.
II lamb gets too hungry and chilled
before 1t gets the milk 1t often dies,
but have filled them as full as they
could hold with cows milk before they
were a half-hour old scores Of times
without hurting them. After a lamb
gets fill from a heifer it will take
hold Of sleeps little teats much bet
ter. There have been days when
went to the young COW with a little
lamb perhaps twenty times. 1t in
jured the heller some as to giving
milk. but that was nothing compared
to saving fifty lambs. After the lambs
were few days old they were fed
from a bottle with rubber nipple
fed every one that did not get enough
from its mother for awhile until they
began to eat grain and turnips. 1t is
a novel sight to see forty or fifty lambs
crowding around, struggling for the
first suck from the bottle
My lambs We're all dropped last win
ter in January and February, and l
saved SO per cent of them. l did not
take more than five or six to COW
because their mothers lacked milk.
My first lamb weighed fifty-nine and
one-half pounds at weeks old. The
heifer that fed successfully so many
lambs ate about twenty-five pounds of
turnips every day, which no doubt
made her milk better for young lambs.
l have lost less lambs than that noted
breeder Lyman Hill (my neighbor),
and believe 1t is because feed more
turnips. though he feeds a great many
swedes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17
SAVE THE OLD VILLAGE"
Venerable Orator Charms the Conn
mittes, but Has 60 BE Shut on.

Venerable Orator Charms the Conn
mittes, but Has 60 BE Shut on.
I was at the state house and l went
in for a few moments to hear what
the committee ON street railways was
doing. The members Of the committee
are nearly all city men and the mat
tiers that come before it are often Of a
complicated and important nature.
The room where the committee met
yesterday was the one that has It's
walls and ceilings frescoed in old gold
and the atmosphere when the electric
lights are burning and good railroad
lawyer is discussing franchises and the
floating of bonds, is decidedly roseate
or golden, and tends to turn ones
mind to Wall or State street, rather
than to the quiet corners of the world,
says the Lowell Citizen. Before this
committee came party of the Oldest
residents of one of the oldest towns OF
the state, to ask that the location Of a
new electric road be changed so that
ii would not run through the main
street of the village. A venerable man,
who was nearly the image of the poet
William Cullen Bryant, appeared in
behalf Of the petition and explained 1t
to the absorbed and unmoved mem
bers of the committee. Then he called
upon man hardly less venerable than
himself, a little man, who grasped
the ends of the table, and began an
address in the measured style of fifty
years ago. Two or three men smiled;
the others could not hear Then the
speaker raised his voice and said:
Save the old village in its peace and
quiet" From that moment every
member listened. Under the eloquence
of the old man the golden walls of the
room faded away to be replaced by
the great elm trees that shaded "the
most famous and peaceful old street
in western Massachusetts" Every
man in the room was thinking of some
old town that he had known, or hoped
to know. 1t showed in their faces. 1t
was evident that the speaker had
reached his climax and that if he
could be withdrawn at that time the
deep Impression that he had created
would remain. A friend of the bill
whispered as much to the venerable
man who had first spoken. The latter
took his heavy cane and began to tap
gently upon the legs of his friend. But
he of the Village street. had an ora
ton covering a good part of the his
tory Of the town and did not heed the
tapping. He began to quote the names
of people who would have opposed the
location of the tracks had they lived,
and in the course of this he became
stranded to remember one name.
What was her name?' he asked, bend
ing over to his venerable friend. "Sit
down, Billie; you have said enough"
replied the latter. And he let go the
table and sat down with regret appar-
ent on his face.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

mo, do not make friends as easily
as l used to with my fellow-travelers 4"
said the man who was relating Euro
pean experiences. 1T is not because
feel less socially inclined, but because
of the cold setback ! received at Gil
braltar. In the hotel Office one morn
ing / entered into conversation with an
English man and woman who seemed
to me to be the right sort. They did
not meet my friendly overtures with
the usual OH and an English stare.
On the contrary, they seemed anxious
to become acquainted with nue., and
soon we were chatting pleasantly.
congratulated myself upon my good
fortune in falling in with such agree
able people, who were almost nice
enough to be Americans. We discussed
Gibraltar and were just planning
sightseeing expedition for the follow
ing day when one of the hotel walters
thrust his head in the doorway and
said, The missus wants the both of
yez. My new found friends were the
maid and man servant Of the duchess
of Cleveland, Lord Roseberys mother"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17
ArtiaclaI Coal

George Montag, German, is the in
ventor of process for the manufac-
ture from ordinary earth OF a fuel
closely resembling coal. SO successful
have his experiments been that many
large German manufacturers are max
ing arrangements to employ his prod
uct in the place of pit coal. Any kind
of earth can be used in the manufac-
ture of the fuel with the exception OF
sand and gravel. Certain ingredients
the nature of which is the inventors
secret, are mixed with the dirt; the
material is then pressed into the form
OF bricks, which are extremely hara
and brittle, and highly infiammable.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17
STORY OF E. J. PHELPS
AS A LAWYER HE HAD FEW
SUPERIORS.
Was a Keen Politician of the Higher
Order and Gifted writsr-Also
Gained Distinction as a Diplomat and
Poet.

The recent death in New Haven,
Conn, of Hon. Edward ]. Phelps, ex-
ambassador to the court of St. James,
removed from the nations public &C
tivities brilliant jurist, an able ora
tor, keen politician and a gifted
writer.
Mr.. Phelps was native of Vermont,
where he was born, in 1922, at Middle
bury. He was graduate of Middle
bury college and for a time practiced
law in his native town, subsequently
removing to Burlington. Under Presi-
dent Fillmore he was second comptrol-
Ter OF the treasury. In 1870 he was a
delegate to the Vermont constitutional
convention. In 1880 he was the I'M
successful candidate of the democracy
for governor of Vermont, and the same
year he was president of the American
Bar association. In 1881 he became
professor of law in Yale university.
From 1885 to 1889 he was minister to
Great Britain, and in 1890 was the
candidate OF the democrats Of Vermont
for seat In the United States senate
an ambition he failed to realize.
He was one Of the Boring sea arbi-
tration commission, which settled the
points at issue between the United
States and Great Britain. thus remov-
ing a source of much friction between
the two countries.
Prof. Phelps gained some distinction
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17
Applying Protective 1Docn,o,,o


Bulletin 81 of the Kansas Exnor,
ment station says: One of the great
est difficulties encountered in our ex.
periments with protective incubation
is to convince farmers that it is use.
less, or worse than useless, to inocu.
late sick or exposed hogs with an at
tenuated culture of swine-plague
germs. This may be illustrated thus.
suppose an animal were poisoned by
drinking a great quantity of some
strong fermented liquor, like brandy,
which contains about fifty per cent Of
alcohol: would it not seem ridiculous
to attempt to save this animals life by
beginning now to accustom it to the ef-
tects of alcohol by feeding it additional
but diluted potions of the same bev-
erage? Attempting to save an infected
animal by administering dilute or at
tenuated doses of the poisons (toxines)
that are the actual cause of the disease
is an analogous case But on the
other hand, by feeding the diluted
poisons before the full-strength pois~
ons have been administered, the ami
NAL organism will gradually accustom
itself to stronger and stronger doses,
until full-strength doses can be admin
istered without harm. There are Of
course, limits to all these assertions,
but within these limits the facts will
bear out the statements. On these
principles protective incubation rests,
and this once fully understood, there
will be no danger of confounding pro-
tective incubation with curative treat
ment. The average farmer is unwil-
ling to go to any reasonable expense
in order to protect himself against a
danger not yet in sight, but when it
is too late he is too often willing to
go to the opposite extreme and per-
NIT himself to be imposed upon by
the very worst kind OF pretenders. AS
already stated, our great difficulty lies
in trying to induce farmers to inocu-
late their pigs in time, before they
have swine-plague or cholera, and be-
fore their neighbors' pigs across the
road begin dying of this disease Tor
diseasesD.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

An interesting question has recently
been raised in the navy department
and the comptroller for the treasury
has been called upon to decide the
same. Officers of the navy are unde-
cided whether, under the naval person
mel act, they are still allowed the priv
ilege of having enlisted men of the
navy act as their servants. Secretary
Long has written the comptroller
long letter in which he argues that
there is nothing In the act which pro-
hibits such service being accepted from
enlisted men. The subject has not yet
been decided in the treausry depart
ment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

Congress is to be asked to appropri-
ate considerable sum for the Phila-
delphia mint, including boilers, en-
gines. dynamos, pneumatic tools, lifts,
telephones and machine tools, coal
handling machinery, motors, etc., as
well as a fine equipment of machin-
cry connected directly with the coin
age OF money. 1t is thought that with
in few years the mint may be relied
upon to produce most of the machine
cry and appliances for all the United
States minis.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

feathers Of the cocks have n.-.,
value. as they are used fo. ,~,
ladies' hats. and most of them az - =
for eagles feathers. The fsatbare so9
are used for stufing beds ana n,,, VI
bring from to 6 cents norn pi'o'
the "sickles," the long tail featha. y
the cock, sell as high as 20 COM
pound. The separation takes nIoo. ps1
the establishments where the for,s e !
dressed. A mixed lot of featber no az al
little value to the buyer. 10
Beard" is a term used for h,u
OF feathers under the throat ~ sorS
breeds Of chickens, such as Hond ,,n
or Polish. N'''ii
stag Is term used for youp
cock. uH
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17
WHAT THE NEGRO HAS DONE.
Facts and Figures That Show a Won
dsrfuI Adyancemont.

Facts and Figures That Show Won
dsrfuI Advancsmont.
A recent writer gives the following
summary of what the negro has ac-
complished to demonstrate his fitness
for civilization. He has reduced his
illiteracy As per cent in thirty-fve
years; negro children in the common
schools number 100000 negro stu
dents in the higher institutions, 49,
600; negro teachers 10000; negro stu
dents learning trades, 100000; negro
students pursuing classical courses, l.
200; negro students pursuing scientific
courses, 1 200; negro students pursuing
business courses. 1000; and negro
graduates, 1900. There are 250,00O
volumes in negro libraries, 1856 insti-
tutions for the higher education of ne
groes, 500 negro physicians, 300 books
written by negroes, $50 negro lawyers,
3 banks conducted by negroes, 8 maya
zines edited by negroes, and 400 news
papers under negro management. The
value of their libraries is $500, 900, their
school property is worth $4,000 900,
their church property is valued at $751;
100000, their farms, numbering about
10000, are worth $4OO,OO0,0OO (this
does not include homes. valued at
1926, O00,000), and their personal prop
erty is worth S165,OOO,OOO. Since the
war the negro has raised $1O,OOO,OOO for
his own education.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

After all. 1t takes woman to show
us how to do things. She knows. No
one ever hears OF her forming an or
ganization of woman" employees. Not
any. She gets the right word Her
latest organization is the Lady Book
keepers Union" Now let us have the
"Amalgamated Association OF Gentle
men Clerks" the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firegentlemen" and other
similar organizations just to show that
the various trades, business and pro-
fessional gentlemen are not behind
the times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

One of the Midway Islands visited
by the United States expedition MAX
ing surveys for the Pacific cable, is
described as inhabited by an almost
incredible number of sea birds. Upon
fully one-half of the surface Of the
island the sand was literally covered
with them, and the noise of the wing
ed host astonished the visitors. A few
land-birds were mingled here and
there among them. The picture of
abundant bird life will attract the mo-
tice of the ruthless destroyers who
seem bent on exterminating our con-
.smporaries Of the air. and who soon
Will be signing for more bird worlds
to conquer. The Midway albatross.
it seems, refused to retreat before the
invader, and bravely faced the foe. II
the power Of defence were once given
to the birds in fuller measure, their
revolt against plumage-hunters might
stop the threatened massacre.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

as a poet. His lectures on medical
jurisprudence and other subjects were
we'll received, and his articles on 1.-THE
Constitution of the United States"
were mastery productions. The pro-
fessor had keen Yankee wit and was
always in demand as brilliant after
dinner speaker.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

How soon the electric car has be-
come the carriage of the people" An
official report says that in Massachu-
sets there are one thousand seven
hundred and thirty-five miles of street
railway, and that only four miles Of
track are now traversed by horses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

johannesburg is fronted by a natural
fort-a thirty-mile stretch of earth
which is called 'tailings"-that is.
mounds of ground-up rocks and debris
from which the gold has been extract
ed. This almost impregnable fort
would receive shell or shot indirfer-
emily, and is the accumulation of five
years mining refuse.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

When John d. Rockefeller wishes to
get even with critical public he
gives DIR. Harper lump sum on CON
dition that the doctor takes a similar
sum out of Standard OIL company ira
ducers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

That there is much room for civil
service reform in Turkey is newly en-
phasized by a recent experience there.
An American traveles, wishing to mail
a magazine, was told by head post
master that while a good Mussulman
might mail it as a periodical for eight
cents, hereto would be charged book
post, seventy-five cents. Just outside
the door a clerk whispered, do not
mind himl He is an ass! Give me
your paper, and will send 1t off when
he is not looking" While this was
service, 1t could hardly be called civil.
and surely there is need of reform.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

Admiral Sampson Knows how to
sympathize with the EngIishmen who
want to give all the glory OF
"Bobs'" movements to '"Tugela" Bull
Ter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

1t is not always possible to account
for the fluctuations in the world Of
finance. Not long ago, without any
apparent cause. the stringency of the
foreign money market was so great
that there was danger of disaster to
some OF the largest moneyed institu-
tons of Europe. But as suddenly as
the danger threatened. it disappeared
and the rate of interest was lowered in
Great Britain, France and Germany.
These changes were inexplicable. but
for the time being the American gold
balance was drawn upon, and in fact
the outward flow of gold has not en-
tirely ceased yet. But this country is
in financial condition to sustain any
drafts that Europe may make upon it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

In an article in the Complies Rem
dus NM. Provost and Battelli describe
27O experiments which were made up
on dogs, rabbits and guinea pigs, the
animals being inserted in condenser
circuit, charged by a Ruhmkorff. The
number of fatal cases decreased with
increasing weight and age; two con-
secutive discharges of 1000 joules did
not kill dog of seven Kilograms
weight. Quickly consecutive dis
charges have an accumulative effect,
but are comparatively less fatal than
single discharges. Five phases are
distinguished in the effects; general
muscular contraction, commissions,
spasms, general inhibltions of the ner-
vous system, stoppage of the hearts
action; young guinea pigs cannot be
revived even after the second phase by
artificial respiration.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17
Poultry Notes.

How old should hen be when she
is sold off or killed for family use?
The answer is, she should be killed
after her second year. But in spite
of this quite general answer, it is a
known fact that some poultrymen keep
their Brown Leghorns till they are
about ten years old. One Brown Leg
horn hen was kept till that age, when
she had to her credit about 1000 eggs,
a good average, we must admit. Light
Brahmas are said to be good layers
till quite old. However, we lack data,
as the domestic fowl has been sadly
neglected in this. She is such a small
piece of property that we have never
thought it advisable to keep her for
ten years and count her eggs. A sys-
tematic series of trials of this kind
might give us good deal of light on
a dark subject.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

In a recent opinion rendered At
torney- General Akin of Illinois holds
that the acts of 1897 and 1899 provid-
ing for the Identification of owners
Of sheep killed by dogs are invalid
and that the act of June 10, 1898, is
still in effect. This law provides that
owners must present proof OF their
loss between ten and forty days after
the sheep are killed or injured
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

Prosperity Among Farmers.-I am
aware that the idea prevails that the
chances are much better for the ac-
emulation of wealth in cities than on
the farm. This is very great mis-
take. In the city small class has a
great deal of wealth and large class
is in very moderate circumstances or
in the depths Of poverty. The great
mass in the city are not as well OIL
as those on the farm. The average
wealth of SO per cent of the inhabitants
Of nearly every city in Illinois is less
than that of the surrounding country.
John T. Campbell.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-17

Mrs. OAl HERINE '. WAITE.
where woman's freedom and possible
ties are greatest, lately seized her, and
she has induced her husband to locate
there and form professional partner
ship with her