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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

parquette flooring of a very pretty and
unusual design and leads through an
oak archway into a large, oak-paneled
reception hall. There is a dog stove,
with old Dutch tiles, and from this one
passes to a most charming dining
room, in which is fitted a brass-mount-
ed stove. In the drawing room the
woodwork and furniture are enameled
white, the walls being hung with green
ribbed silk, and separated from the bill
lard room, into which it looks, by a
handsomely carved screen, enameled
white. 1t is understood to be these
rooms which are reproduced in Mrs.
Langtry's play, 1.-The Degenerates."
The first floor is approached by a prin-
eipal gallery, oak staircase with carved
newels and paneled sofit, and a large
landing and corridor leads to the six
principal bedrooms, each of which is
fitted with enameled white mantels
and tiled hearths, the appointments be-
ing well chosen. There is, at the fringe
of the pleasure grounds. stabling for
eighteen horses, and fortunate must
be those "gee-gees" who find shelter
therein, for better arranged stables are
seldom seen. The property formerly
belonged to George, Lord Bishop of Co
lumbia, but the 'faire" owner has,
even within the last three years, spent
some thousands in improvements.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

He stood before the window; his
breast was full of love,
And this is what he warbled to the
maid who slept above:
'Ah, must I say goodby, goodby?
Is this to be the end
To meet in future and to greet
Each other but as 'friend?'
All, must | say goodby, goodby?
And must I haste away,
Nor come again to claim our heart
Your heart and hand some day?
An, must 1 say goodby, goodby?
And must l leave you here,
And wander far from you who are
So dear. sweetheart, so dear?
"Ah, u l say goodby, goodby,
Ere o have learned to know
The secret that l long to tell,
Dear heart, before l go?"
He fell below her window-he sang
no more of love
Some brute had hurled a pitcher
down from the fiat above.
S. E. Kiser in Chicago Times-Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
Poultry Notes.

from Farmers Review: This sea-
has taught us that minks or weas-
will catch chicks much more than
ler ducks or turkeys, after the poul-
is any size. The reason is not hard
Ind. After turks get any size they in
iably fly high to roost and the ducks
Ike such a terrible racket when
u they + disturbed that it would
'e a bold mink to face the music.
II season we shall try the plan of
lying lighted lanterns among the
ps; they are almost a necessity
I way, when n is fattening a flock
1ucks. On dark nights they are in
INSTANT uproar and of course do not
? SO we'll as If they were quiet.
-dmirers OF Blue Andalusians re-
Dt them as being very great layers
large white eggs, and as being al
st as beautiful in shape, plumage
q carriage as birds. They are larger
IN Minoreas, the hens frequently
. Ching six pounds when in laying
hpe. which is a very good weight.
Nv are also reported as being extra
ody, especially the young chicks.
8 will appeal to admirers of the
i~iterranean class of fowls, as the
horn chicks. as a rule, are not very
dy.
arly chicks were the exception
n and in this vicinity this year;
poor matches the rule. This uni
sal complaint of poor matches is
a orally thought to be due to the
I emely long continued cold of last
ter. Turkeys and ducks were not
y cited by it. if this was the cause, for
r eggs Matched well.
= uring the dry time this fall, have
rye quantity of road dust gath red
ind stored In a dry place. Get lots
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
OUR OLDEST PACIFIC ISLANDS.

beat about for days before an anchor
age is possible.
Baker island was discovered by
Capt. Henry Foster, of the bark ia
maica, in 1857. 1t was reported from
time to time by various other marin
ers, but was not accurately charted
until Commander Meade visited it. in
1872.
The island is a veritable death trap
of the sea, as it's wreck-strewn reef
attests. Not only are shores strewn
with wreckage, but nearly a dozen
skeletons of ships still exist in the
clutches Of the reef.
Such are our other possessions in the
South Sea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

Sam Sparks-BrudGer, doan' yo' ad-
wise cherry member to walk in der mar
ner pat?
Brudder Sassafras-Coase All do.
boy; what OBJ it?
Sam Sparks-Nuffin', brudder; only
All wonders what is gwine to happen
when some OBJ our stout membahs
meet on de narrer PAT comm from OPP
posite directions.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

Sandy Pikes-Billy, de wickedness
of dis world is appaiin'.
Billy Coalgate-What's de matter,
now, pard?
Sandy Pikes-Why, 1 went over an
asked dat lady fer a quarter to get me
hair trimmed.
Billy Coalgate-What did she say?
Sandy Pikes-A5ked me if I'd have
it trimmed wild ribbon or lace.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
Precocity of the Peacock.

Most books on these birds state that
they only reach the adult state at three
years of age. l should be much as
tonished if the peacock does not attain
this age at one year, but 1 can affirm
that the hen lays fertile eggs at the
age of eleven months. l have before
eyes a hen which was born in July,
1898, and is now followed by two young
birds. Possibly the %precocity of these
birds is not general, but the fact l give
suiices to rectify an error found in
works on zoology and breeding. 1t is
of practical interest because it demon
strates that the rearing of peacocks
and their propagation is a much more
rapid work than generally believed.
Nevertheless, l must remark that this
hen, aged eleven months has only laid
two eggs, whereas another older hen
laid, at the same time, six fertile eggs.
Thus laying amongst the birds be-
comes more abundant after two years
of age. 1t would, then, be interesting
to know whether the number of eggs
may be yet greater. l must also re-
mark that when confined one peacock
sufices for several hens. So says a
correspondent of L'Aviculteur.
A mess of scalded feed once a day
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

Last year $780, 900 pounds of alu-
minimum, valued at 81, TIC, 900, were
produced ill the United States. The
value per pound was therefore SO
cents. In 1888 10000 pounds of that
metal were produced. valued at nearly
1888 a pound.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
The Only Significance.

PERCY dreamt last night that you
and l were married! What is that a
sign of?
Ethel-Why. that is a sign you were
greaming!-Puck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
None from Him.

MY friend" said the caller, con be-
halt of u society l am soliciting 25-
cent subscriptions to enable US to
wage war on the cigarette evil, and 1
felt sure we could rely on you in the
battle to the death"
Yes, I'll give no quarter" replied
the business man, promptly. Good
day, ir."-Philadelphia Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
MRS. LANoTRY's HOME.

A Country Residence In an English
Village.
Mrs. Langtry's country residence ia
situated in the pretty village of Kent
ford, four miles from Newmarket. 1t
is fitted throughout with all that mod
ern convenience and luxury could sug-
gest. The entrance hall has a wooden
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
METHOD OF LETTERING HORSES.

The Boer never
carries forage for
his mount, but de-
ponds on such pas
ture as the spot he
chooses for his
camp may afford.
The way the horses
are hobbled, as
shown in the draw
ing, is certainly as
effective as it is
c e l. Protests
have been made by
humane members
of the South Afri-
can colonies and
republics, but the
custom seems too
deeply rooted to be
easily abolished.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
such a Shock.

you can't imagine how shocked I
vas to discover that my caddie smok-
ed cigarettesl"
THE little rascall7
Eyes, the Scotch almost invariably
smoke a pipe. you know.H-Detroit
Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

May-Isn't it a perfect duck Of a
bathing suit?
Clara--Yes; it never seems to get
wet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RuRAI. READERS.

How 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, 1900-01-23
His Description.

From Judge: Mrs. Hoon-How did
the defaulting cashier of the Petty
vile bank look?
Hoon-I lever saw him, but he is
described as being 6 feet tall and
$4,000 short.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
BUDGET OF FUN
SOME GOOD JOKES ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.

A Variety or -okes, Gibes and I~ronses,
Original and seIected-FIotsam and
Jetsam from the Tide of Humor-
witty Sayings.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

From the Chicago Tribune: ct
have come, Rachel" he said, tenderly.
"to ask you for this little hand Not
that one-this one"
And he reached for the one that
had the rings on it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

Sitty-These So
cialists are a dan
gerous lot.
Subbubs- Onl to
themselves, though.
b lei church af-
fairs won't hurt
you unless you at
tend them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

A mess of scalded feed once a day
will keep indigestion away.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
breaking It Gently.

He-Let's get engaged.
She-Very well. but who win you get
engaged to?-New York World.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

One Briton in ev-
cry five has an ac-
u in the postal
savings bank.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

wet.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
students Lost In Cave.

p. ". Helfer and L. A. Holmes, two
students in Syracuse University, re-
turned TO their chapter house in Col
lege place late on a recent evening,
having gone through the most thrilling
experience OF their lives. Their clothes
hung about them in rags, their hands
were bleeding and their faces and
bodies were covered with bruises.
They started out on a geological trip
in the morning to GAINESVILLE. A mile
west OF Green Lake they discovered the
entrance 20 a cave. They crawled down
twenty feet into a large cavern. At the
further end was a hole two and half
feet in diameter. They crawled down
this ten feet to another cave. From
this they crawled down still another
passage to a third cavern. In order to
get into this they had to crawl under a
ledge which concealed the opening
When they went TO go back they
could not find the passage. Seeing a
dim ray Of light, they began 70 dig with
their hands 10 make the opening larger
After several hours work they succeed
ed in getting out. Both say they
crawled down at least ninety feet
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07

turtles ago, and that the Mountains OF
the Moon may have been It's original
home. II became popular since Ma
hOmet's time, and 10 the Arabian Ma.
homcdans we are chiefly indebted for
the distribution of the coffee plant
over the civilized world
In tropical Africa however, whore
the coffee plant, as we know it, has
become sort Of weed, there are a
number Of species that have not yet
been tested, with possibly one species
known as Colfea Llbcrica. 1t was
brought into notice Mt the American
Centennial among the African pro.
ducts. II seems 10 be free from the
troubles that worry the cutivator with
the old Coffea Arab.ca, and is In every
way far more robust and productive.
The annexed cut Will give some idea.
II Is said that twelve pounds Of clean
coffee berries can be obtained from n
-ycar-old tree. When our new pos
sessions become settled It will be well
worth trial by the coffee grower
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07

some interesting points. Flammarion
used the double sides bell-Shades
which were ilied with colored solu
tlons, and at the same time he pro-
vided beds, covered with colOrcd glass.
The best results. however. were at
tnlned in four little hot houses, one
of which Is covered with ordinary win
dow glass, and the other three with
blue, green. and red glass. The gla.7
used for thesc houses was carefully eX-
amlncd. and only those pieces taken
whose intensity admitted only mon
aChromatlc light. Heat ana all other
conditions are the same in the four
houses. The scrccn-llkc device shown
In the other cut represents n number
of thermometers made Of colorcd
glass - while In the extreme right Is n
radlomctor for the observation of the
Intensity of the light. Flammarion
n plant from which, through its pc
cullar forms of growth. we can Judge.
NJ any time, of its healthy condition.
This was the Mimosa pudiCa, the well
known sensitive plant whose leaves
act only upon exterior lrrItations when
the plant is In perfectly normal con.
ditlon Young plants OF tritlc over
an inch In height were planted on the
same day and in the same manner in
all Of the four houses. and were care.
fully attended TO. After three months
notable difference was 20 be seen.
Under the blue glass the plants did
not die Off. but neither did they show
any signs Of growth. In the white
house they were well developed and
had grown TO an average height OF
four inches. In the green house the
plants were little etiolated-that is
10 say, they showed instead of the
normal green color n yellow White
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
The Japanese WAY.

On July 10, when the allies lay unde.
the fire from the walls of Tientsin,
and to show an inch of head meant
death. occurred a striking incident.
The Japanese held a row Of huts along
a canal leading to the south gate of the
city, about half a mile away. An in
terval Of two hundred and fifty yards
between two rows of these houses was
a zone of death, and the Japanese
forces occupied both sides Of it, No one
knows how many thousand Chinese
rifles covered this area. a japanese Of
ficer galloped up to the shelter OF the
nearest house and started a soldier
with a verbal order across the open
zone. within thirty yards he fell dead.
Another soldier, without an instants
hesitation, dashed out with the repeat
ed message, and his body fell at his
companions feet. Instantly, like clock
work, as if the whole Japanese army
were available TO be slaughtered, the
officer sent forward another white-uni-
formed, brown-visaged messenger. To
the relief Of all onlookers he got safely
through. Charles DENLY, Jr., in Ear-
par's Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07

Louis Mason. bolcrmaker, work
ing at the top of the mammoth new
chimney i'm process of erection at New
Orleans by the American Sugar Re
finery. lost his balance and fell TO the
ground. a distance Of 100 feet, by ac-
tual measurement. Miraculous as 1t
may appear he escaped with a few
bruises. and will be ready to go to
work again Monday. Mason was lean
ing over into the chimney, doing some
riveting. when lie slipped and after
an Intellectual effort to regain his foot
ing shot downward through space. He
gave a warning cry for the benefit Of
his fellow workers below.
About forty feet from the top Mason
struck Gus McEvoy. who was at work
on a swinging platform, with the
force Of catapault. knocking him
nat. The fall was not checked. how
ever. Mason kept on. From side to
side of the chimney the body bounded,
and finally landed on n coil of rope at
the bottom, where IL lay inert. Nc
Evoy was dazcd for second, but
quickly recovered and slid down rope
leading To the ground to find out how
Mason had Jared. fully expecting to
find him smashed out Of shape When
MeEvoy reached the bottom. however.
Mason was just coming TO. He raised
himself on his elbow. looked around
and then rose to his feet
Goodness" said he. what do you
think Of that? | felt like ! was ty'
ing. was In full possession Of my
senses until just before | hit You
About tha. time the rush OF wind took
my breath away. memphis CONNER
cial- l-Appcal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
Cure For Carnation Rust.

Frederick Harvey Blodgett. whose
appointment to the Presidents Unlver'
sity scholarship IN botany In Columbia
University was recently announced,
was the assistant i'm botany at the
State Agricultural Experiment Station
In Geneva, y. Y. He made the impor.
tant discovery while there that the
fungus plant Darluca filum feeds upon
the rust plant. which infests carna.
tions. Carnation rust Is widely dis.
persed and florists have lost thousands
of dollars since 1891. when IL attracted
attention because Of it's ravages. Car.
nation rust is distinguished from other
rust colored troubles OF leaves by the
presence OF brown spores, which are
liberated by the bursting Of the blister
in which they are formed. Each blis
ter contains hundreds OF spores, and
each spore is capable of terminating
and developing into fresh spot of
rust. The same fungus infests the rust
Of the asparagus and IL may be that
either 10y growing garden asparagus In
the greenhouses with carnations or 10y
spraying the carnations with water in
which darluca infested asparagus has
been broken. sufficient abundance Of
darluca mcy be obtained to check the
ravages Of the rust.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
Milhcnt Attacks a wheeIman

4 bicyclist and catamount coilided
in the wood at Jersey Shore, near
Williamsport, on Saturday night, and
for a short time there was an exciting
fight. Ray Clark, of Rauchtown, was
returning home late Il. night, and
while passing over a roaC In the woods
he heard catamount utter a cry
ahead of him. Then the animal
Jumped into the middle of the road.
The lamp on his bicycle showed the
blcyclist that he was too close to avoid
a collision. and pushing with all his
might into the animal the bicycle
passed over the catamount and the
rider was thrown many feet ahead of
the wheel. AS the bicycle struck the
animal IL clawed and fought the
wheel. and when the machine fell over
= he animal pounced on 1t ana ripped
the front tire into pieces. Clark had
regained his feet by this time. and
with stones drove the cat away and re-
covered his damaged machine.-Phila-
delphia Publ. Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
Boarding a Bear In His Den.

Perhaps the most thrilling Of James
VI. Wardner's hunting experiences is
that relating 10 his killing a bear in
its den. Wardner tells the story in q
very mdtter-of-fact way. He tracked
the bear in the snow 10 ledge on the
point OF Leon Lake Mountain. and saw
where II hau disappeared In Il dark
crevice under the ledge. His brother
and he had been hunting In company,
but the brother had gone around the
other side Of the mountain, and Ward
ner was unwilling 10 take the time TO
summon lin. He followed the bear
In under the rock In total darkness
and travelled on his hands and knees
upward Of sixty feet before he located
the animal by the sound OF It's breath
ing.
Drawing a Colts revolver and plac-
ing it beside him on the ground, Ward.
ncr lay down on his face and leyeled
his rifle partly by the feeling OF the
walls and partly by the sound of the
breathing, and fired. Dropping the
rife he instantly seized the revolver.
holding 1t before him with the inten-
tlOn of firing it the moment he felt the
bears body in its outward charge. He
stceled his mind TO pull quickly, for
II the bear carried the revolver back
in its dash over his body he might
shoot into his own heels. Fortunately
for the hunter, however the first shot
killed the bear. and the revolver was
not called into play.-Correspondence
Forest and Stream.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
Runs ON One wheel

\ new system Of military transport
has lately been successfully introduced
into the Russian army. IL is Intended
for use in roadleSs districts of Asiatic
Russia. a single wheel is placed with.
In light wooden frame. The shafts
are attached 10 this, one on each side
just below the axles. being united In
an iron socket a few inches In front OF
the frame, The mules or ponies are
harncSscd not in front, but on each
side of the frame. which is less than a
foot in thickness. A single short shaft
with fixed transverse bar az the end,
which hooks on TO the two collars,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
Cross PoIlenization of Fruit.

The number Of varieties OF pears and
other fruits that have been proven 70
be incapable of self polarization. or
partially If not wholly barren. when
there are not other kinds set near them
that blossom at the same time, Is SO
great that it is didicult for even an eX.
pert To give list of them. And some
which have done well in certain loCali.
ties or under favorable conditions.
which are not yet fully understood so
that they can be defined, when set
without other varieties near them have
failed almost entirely To set fruit un.
der other conditions so that it may be
laid down as an almost invariable rule
that pears should be set in alternate
rows OF differen. varieties. 1t has also
been proven that a pear from n tree
set near variety which grows larger
fruit will bear larger pears with
oIt losing any OF their own dis
tnctive characteristics. But there
is yet much TO be learned about this
matter of cross polarization. and il
may well be studied by careful investi.
gators. When they have got so far as
10 be sure that they do not know it all
they are in good way to learn more
American AgriculturIst.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07

This monument was dedicated with
elaborate ceremonies by the people Of
Columbus and the contiguous country.
Eloquent addresses were delivered by
notable Indiana orators and lively In
terest wa felt In the event by the en-.
tire Hoosler State. The centre was
then about twenty miles east of Col
umbus. 1t Is now about seven miles
north of the same city. Hence 1t Is
moving north and west.
In time, with the great increase In
population which Is coming for the
Northwest, II may shift To Chicago. II
is by no means impossible that changes
I'm the growth Of the population viii
bring the centre, even If 1t is carried
west of the west shore of Lake Mlchi-
gan, back TO Chicago, where 1t Will
remain fixed indefinitely.
The centre of population Is the cen.
tire Of gravity of the population of the
country, each individual being assumed
10 have the same weight. lie method
of determining that centre Is rs fol-
lows: The population Of the country
Is first distributed by square degrees" ="
ms the area included between consccu
tive parallels and merd!aus Is desig
mated. A point is then assumed ten.
tatively 10 the centre, and the cor
rections in latitude and longitude to
this tentative position are computed
In 1899 the centre was assumed to
be at the intersection of the parallel
Of 30 degrees. with the meridian Of
Sc degrees west of Greenwich. This
would have made the centre of pop
ulation of the United States just two
miles due north of Seymour, In Jack.
son County, Ind. From this assumed
base the vcritcations were made and
the true centre was located.
The movement of the centre has
been steadily westward. On the nc.
companying map its sunwavering marci.
toward the west, with occasional dips
to the south and north Is shown. In
1890 II was east of Baltimore twenty
miles. In ten years IL lad moved
forty miles westward. The annexation
of Louisiana brought II south and
west, and in 1920 1t was sixteen miles
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07

judge, and by marrying the young
vlscOunt she entered the famous Lau-
dcrdalc family. than which there are
none greater known In Great Britain.
ON the death of her father-in-law her
husband becomes the fourteenth earl
of Lluderdnlc, and her home VIII be
In the historic and beautiful Thirl-
stanc castle, built 10y the Laudcrdalcs
six centuries ago. II Is one Of the
proud boasts of this ancient Scotch
family that the heads of the family
have always married Scotch women,
and that of the thirteen portraits of
the countcsses of Lauderdale which