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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

ton is harder than that ron milk
taken soon after calving. That the
body OF butter can be easily affected
known.
An important cause OF difference in
hardness is supposed to be difference
in the relative proportions of the COM
ponent parts Of the butter fat caused
by various kinds OF feed. An increase
in the stearln n palmatin, which are
solids at ordinary temperatures, and
a corresponding decrease in olein,
which is an oil at ordinary tempera-
lures, would cause butter to be harder,
while changes of an opposite nature
would make it softer. Practical ex-
p%e-ience and a few experiments show
that the hardness Of butter can be
affected to a certain extent by the
feeds given the cows. 1t was generally
agreed that butter Is made hard by
the addition to the ration OF a small
amount Of potatoes; c~otton-seed meal
has a similar effect, but too much of
it will faint the butter. One person
said oat hay and green corn fodder
also have somewhat the same effect.
On the other hand, linseed meal causes
soft butter, and alfalfa hay when used
alone does the same. An instance
was given of a herd which had been
fed on alfalfa and Bermuda grass and
was changed to a pasture OF young
barley that had dried up before it was
fully grown. The butter Immediately
became very hard. A commission mer-
chant reported that the butter from
one OF his shippers suddenly became
hard and would not melt as readily as
usual. Upon investigation 1T was
found that the herd had recently been
turned onto a stubble field.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
FINGER NAILS.
a Professor studies Finger Tips Of Sow
ereigns.

eroignH.
Some one has been studying finger
nails as an index to character. and,
according to this authority, an Amor
NAL development of the nails in a man
Indicates strength IL muscle and
character, but in a woman, individu-
nlism, not to mention s~ensuallty. One
nail professor has taken the trouble to
study the finger tips Of sovereigns, and
gives The world the benefit of kis do
ducticns. Kaiser Wilhelm has a
slight hand, a stumpy thumb, fiat, col
orless nails, which indicate a brain
wanting in balance. How clever! Ii
didn't need finger nails, however, to-
discover that. Then the Emperor OF
Austria hfs o PAIR Of sensible, rather
hairy fists, hut the long thumb de-
notes his blue blood. the nails are
pearly hued and much incurved, show
ing a well balanced mind. Victor EN-
manuel III. has a spoon-shaped thumb
nail. suggesting o gloomy, relentless
character. The sultan, the monster,
has a lovely, delicate, white hand.
King Leopold IS cursed with a plebian
thumb ana squat and square-shaped
nail. OF course. Tho young Queen OF
Holland has a large hand for a Vom-
an of her height, with short nails
OF common mold. 1t would seem by
all this that there is no telling whose
blood is blue or whose is red by the
hand. The most "a%ristocratic" hands
ever beheld OH woman were o perfect
pair that did up a small package for
me in . small shop not many days
ago. The girl to whom they belonged
didn't look as if she knew they were
fine, and the above theory instantly
went all to finders in my mind. To
ell outward appearances she had no
right to the lost hands, to say moth
ing of the lost arms of the Venus di
Milo, but there they were.-Boston
Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

Messrs. Mclaughlin Bros, of Column
bus, o., write:
I'VE have just received a letter from
Mr.. James Mclaughlin from Caen,
France, under date of october 9, in
which he says:
Arrived here at midnight last night
and have just seen the "Epreuves' for
the horses that were shown at Paris.
1t was held today in order to accom-
modate these horses especially. All
the horses at Paris succeeded in max
ing the required time for the 1000
meters (2h miles) that they were re-
CURED to go before they can be pre-
scented to the commission for purchase
as government stations.
Yesterday l saw the big race at
Vincennes, the Prix du Ministere de
rAgriculture, where the commission
purchased three stations for the gov
eminent at 10000 francs each-Tric-
Trac by Obus of Vicomte de Langle,
Terminus by Harley of M. P. Bastard
and Tresorier by James Watt of M.
TIL. Lallouet.
The Achats presentation to the
purchasing committee of the French
government begins tomorrow morn
ing at 8 o'clock. l will be on hand to
look over the horses as they are
shown"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
No Sour Whey for Pigs.

The feed for little pigs should be
sweet, and not sour food. In the
souring of the whey some Of the SUI
gar is converted into acid. Tactic acid
has no feeding properties. 1T has a
slightly helpful digestive action, so
that whey which is sour will do a pig
no harm, but a part of the food value
has been lost. IL a pig be fed with
some grain with sour whey, the sour
ness in the whey will have an anti
feverish action-will tend to allay
fever in the pigs inside, caused by de-
vouring a large quantity Of grain. At
the same time soul whey is extrava-
CANT food and unsuitable for pigs. All
meal fed with whey had better be
mixed meal, and rich in alubuminoids;
that is. flesh formers, like peas, wheat,
shorts and bran.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
Hardness. OF Butter.

At the last meeting of the California
Dairymen's Association the question
of the hardness of butter was taken
up. 1t Is believed that the body. or
hardness, Of butter is largely within
control of the feeder and butter max
er. 1t is thought by some that butter
made from milk containing large
globules has a lower melting point
than that made from milk containing
small fat globules. According to this
theory, butter from Channel Island
stock would be softer than that made
from the so-called cheese" breeds,
/ proposition that was opposed by
not a few. 1t was stated, also, that
butter made from milk taken during
he latter part of the period of lacta-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

ried If that'll suit We. Anything fer
the sake of peace in the family"
l thought this would fetch him; but
it didn't. He hemmed an hawed
around a spell, an finally he thought of
suthin' else in the objection line an
he spoke up an SEE:
There's a mortgage on yer place,
hain't they?"
Il reckon there is" I acknowledged,
"but l dunno that it's my fault. l
found it there when the place come to
me after my fathers death, but I've
been hackin' away at it an cuttin' a
good slice off from it every year, an
/ expect to have it all paid up inside of
the next three years"
do, eh?" he grunted. well, ye're
smarter'n I thought we was, if that's
the CASE"
$50 it is all right about Matilda
then, 1 s'pose?" said l, eagerly.
IF we did We s'posed wrong" he
growled, jest like we've heard a dog
when he thinks another one is goin' to
git a bone away from him. Yes, stree.
young Teller, We s'posed wrong.
hain't g~ointer give no man a quit claim
deed, mr. even a first mortgage on Ma
tilda, till he proves himself to be a
man Did We ever kill a bear?"
He roared out this c%oncludin' ques-
ton at me in tones that fairly made me
jump. l felt fer a minute almost as if
1 had been shot or blown up with a
bomb or suthin' of that sort; but when
! found it was only a conundrum he
had fired at me, l rallied an said:
well 40, l can't say that l have
ever killed a bear. but if that is one
of the requirements before / kin git
hooked up in double harness with Ma
tilda, all we've got to do is to bring on
yer bear an I'll massacre him fer we
in a hurry"
Il don't doubt in the least that we
would" SEE old higgins, sneeringly,
~'pervided some one would ketch the
bear an tie its legs together an bring
1t to We so all ye'd have to do is to
knock 1t on the head with a club an
kill it without any eXertion to speak of
or danger to yerself. Anybody could
do that. But when We go out an meet
yer bear, face to face, in the woods,
same as / used to do when l was a
young man, an down him in a fair
fight an bring him into camp-well.
ven find that's different. Now, 1 don't
s'pose ye'd knuckle under fer a wood
chuck or a r%accoon. mebbe, but it takes
a man to face a bear"
"An' when I've bagged one 1 get
Matilda, do -" SEE /.
Eyes, stree, young man; 1 think I'm
purity tolerably safe in promisin' We
that. But we've got to kill the bear in
a fair rough-an'-tumble fght-no
shootin' at it from behind a tree or
stump. When We do that an deliver
the carcass at my house. in good order
an condition, as the bills of ladin'
say, I'll W up that yer a man, an be
ready to talk bizness to ye.'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
Capturing a Bear and a Bride.
BY WILL S. GInLEY

Copyrighted. 1900: Daily Story Pub. Coz
In the first place, began Joe. 1
want to say hat there never was q
purifier gal in Pike county than Ma
tilda higgins an no worse old crank
than her father. Well, l s'pose I kin
overlook his failin's now that I'm a
member of the family, but it looked
one spell as though l never would be,
and then is when l discovered his
crankiness-hull streaks of it, with
mighty little film in between.
When I 6 asked him If I might wait on
MS daughter Matilda with the prospect
OF marrying her in time he grunted
once or twice to himself an then said
sarcastic-like:
"Ye kin-pervided I don't ketch We
at it!'
This was a back-hander an sorter
staggered me fer a minute, but when
come to ag'in l spoke up an SEE:
What objections have we ag'inst me
as a sutton fer yer daughters hand,
Mr.. higgins? Hain't 1 as likely a
young man as yell find about these
parts?"
"Mebbe we air" SEE he, shettin' one
y an squintin' with the other.
"Mebbe ye air, but we don't vote the
same ticket l do, an besides yer ia
ther hot a dog wunst that belonged
to me-"
Well" SEE I. "if the dog didn't de-
serve shootin' l apologize. First l ever
heard of it anyhow, an / don't know
that " kin blame me fer what my ia
Their done without askin' my advice or
consent"
"Mebbe not" SEE he, but all the
same I've alters noticed that tricks of
that kind run in families, an as 1 said
before, yer politics an mine don't
hitch"
Hang politics!" SEE 1; I'll let Ma
tilda do the votin' after we git mar.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
PEOPLE MARRY OLDER.
Interesting Facts Cleaned at a Missouri
County Court House.

Ages given in marriage licenses In
and women are marrying later in life
than ten or twenty years ago, says the
Kansas City Journal. The average
age is considerably above that OF ten
years ago and very much above that
twenty, thirty or forty years ago. For
merly it was the rule rather than the
exception for brides to be seventeen or
eighteen and grooms twenty or twenty
one. Now it is almost reversed. Fig
ures for several months show that the
average brides age is between twenty
five and twenty-six and the groom's
between twenty-eight and twenty
nine. The average age of the first six
couples applying for license at the re-
corder's Office Saturday was 3315 for
the men, and 80 for the women. When
the number of couples had reached
line the figures were reduced to 80
for the men and 2S for the women
These figures, however, are not a good
criterion, the couples applying Satur-
day happening to be a little older than
ordinarily. Figures also indicate that
couples marrying in May are younger
than the average, than those marrying
in the fall of the year. 81 don't know
to what to attribute the tendency to
marry later in life" said the marriage
license clerk, unless it is that it takes
the young man longer to get a start in
the world than it did twenty or thirty
years ago. The country is more de-
veloped, there are not so many oppor-
tunities open to him, and he must
wait longer before ne finds himself in
a position that would warrant his
taking the responsibility of supporting
a family. In other words, men no
longer marry young because they can
not afford it,"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
The westsrn sheepman.

One of the large sheep husbandmen
of Wyoming says: THE sheep-grower
of the western states today is in far
better financial condition than he has
been in many years. He is not
obliged to sell and will take many
chances before selling at the prices
now being offered. Already we know
Of one mercantile firm in Wyoming
that has contracted to deliver 2,O00,-
900 pounds of corn to sheepmen, to be
stored in warehouses at different
points along the line OF road. 1t is
c%ontended by breeders that this corn
can be fed in small quantities on the
range during bad weather, as 1t is the
best of feed and it will be a cheap
insurance against loss for want of
feed"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
Lived a cream Life.

General Hawley pays this tribute to
the late Charles Dudley Warner: HE
was completely a gentleman. He lived
a religious life, but said little about
il. He regularly attended his church.
respecting and obeying it's observ-
ances. l never heard from his lips an
in6elicate or coarse story or an I'M
clean idea. He abhorred Injustice,
meanness and dishonor. 1t is a cheer
ful spirit and a true wit and a sweet
humor that we find in all his works."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
WOMEN HUNTERS FEWER.
The Adirondack Woods Like a Lounsing
Place in These DAYS.

Place in These Days.
Woodswomen are growing fewer in
number, relatively and absolutely.
The women who find pleasure in
tramping over the mountain ridges
with a gun in quest of deer, in fol-
lowing the winnings of the stream
with a rod alluring the trout, or cast
ing for bass, are disappearing before
the women who come into the woods
with big trunks and many OF them.
True woodswomen are not confined to
the Adirondacks. They may be found
in any of the localities where there
are good hunting and good fishing.
They enjoy outdoor life and growing
strong in roughing it. The member
ship of the Adirondack League club
contains many women who are devot-
ed to hunting deer and fishing, tramp
ing through the forest and Withstand
ing hardship. But the number of
women who have entered the forests
this fall to hunt deer has been smaller
than usual. and it is seen that the
number grows smaller each year.
The conversion of the woods into a
fashionable lounging place has had it's
effect upon the woodswomen. While
there are woodswomen today, the ma
jority have grown timid through the
display OF fashion about the hotels
and are now rarely seen in short
hunting skirts and high boots. When
floating was permitted in the Adiron-
dacks women hunted deer much more
than they do now. Latter day condl-
tons have decreased the number of
women hunters greatly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

"The Bright Side of Humanity" a
new book by DR.. Edward Leigh Pell, Is
said to be the first serious attempt that
has ever been made to present tho
characteristic noble traits of all races.
In the preparation of his book DR.. Pell
examined one thousand works of travel
and although all Of them set forth
with considerable detail the vices and
disagreeable traits Of the people which
they profess to describe, only two hum
bred dwelt at n length on their vir-
tues. To supply the compensatory
high lights in these dark pictures was
a happy thought and must have been a
pleasant task.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

In some erottoes in Algeria French
explorers have recently discovered
stone implements mingled with the re-
mains of extinct animals belonging to
Quaternary times. Further explora-
tons indicate that during the age
when grottoes were inhabited the coast
of Algeria had a configuration different
from that of today. Among the ami
mails associated with the ancient hui
man inhabitants Of Algeria were tho
rhinoceros, the hippopotamus, and
various species of ruminants.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

Little has been said. and probably
as little thought, of the benehcent
work done by the railroads in aiding
and promoting the measures set on
foot for the relief of stricken Calves
ton. Thousands Of refugees from that
city received free transportation to any
part of the country, and immense
quantities of supplies were rushed for
ward without charge. This ready re-
Spouse to the cry of human needs char
acterizui all the great railway systems
of the country. the express, telegraph.
and telephone companies. The cash
value of the services thus rendered is
as impossible to estimate as the
amount of human suffering and misery
they helped to alleviate.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

A waggish stranger complained to
the police OF Salina, Kansas, that a
resident of that town had feeced him
out of a fo~rty-dollar bill. After the
police had spent a day hunting for the
rogue, and finally located the suspected
man, 1t suddenly dawned upon the
sleuths that there are no forty-dollar
bills.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

A collection of political curiosities
would properly include President
Pierce's cabinet. the only one in the
history of the country which remained
unchanged during the four years Of an
administration. 1t is remarkable that
the cabinet of Lord Salisbury, which
consisted of nineteen members, had not
suffered a single change in the FIVE
years since the summer of 1895, when
the present government took Office.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

One OF the most peculiar suits at law
ever brought before any court is soon
to be tried in Van Buren, county. Mich
igan, between two neighbors and old
friends. One OF the men. III. ID. Burrcll
of South Haven. keeps about sixty
colonies of bees. The other is a peach
grower. A few months ago the latter
complained of the formers bees de-
stroying the early Crawford peaches.
claiming that the bees came into his
orchard in large numbers, bit holes in
the fruit and rendered 1t un~marketable
for which he demanded 5000. Prof. j.
M. Rankin OF the agricultural college
and the entomologist of the Agricul-
tural department at Washington will
be called as expert witnesses by the
defence in a suit for damages.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

There are few people who decline an
Increase of salary, but the Rev. George
G. Lorimer, pastor Of the fremont Tenn
pie In Boston, is one of the few. His
congregation recently voted him an
increase Of $1,000 a year, but he has
declined the increase, stating that his
present salary of $1,000 a year is
quite enough.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

1t Is interesting to learn that the
Czarina of Russia dispenses so much
in charity as to require to employ a
special lady secretary, bearing the title
of directress of the imperial charities,
whose office is to disburse and oversee
the employment of her majesty's gifts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

An official map Of Vesuvius on n
scale of one In ten thousand has just
been issued. being the first since 1876.
"A new plan in relief Of the cone has
also been made.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

A mint is to be established in Cam
ada for the coinage of gold. Hereto
fore the coming Of the metallic cur
rency has been lone in England.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

A French naturalist asserts that
n~ightingales devour the drones of a
beehive, and never attack the work
ers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

A motherless pig has been adopted
by a hen belonging to Mrs. Henry Ian
ders, of Mantua, N. j.. The hen had
been sitting on a nest Of eggs, but
those she kicked out of the nest when
she took charge of the little pig, which
lies co~ntentedly under the hens wing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

The sultan has forbidden the Turk
ish war department to use balloons or
carrier pigeons for army purposes
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

Alabama has a fine old capitol, set
on a hill, and rich in historical asso-
Citations, but it has no governors man.
sion. and is beginning to think 1t
needs one.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

In the Black forest district OF Ger
many are 1,400 master clocKmakers
and 5000 workmen.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS

How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm A Few
Hints as to tho Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

A never knows what she
hasn't found till she knows what she
has lost.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

A Chicago t~obacconist hands every
cigarette purchaser a neighboring un-
dertaker's card.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

A church bell has an empty head
and a long tongue, but 1t is discreet
enough not to speak until tolled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-12
nFyEyIr FOR MuE. JiNtTSHECK.
Twelfth Night club Has Taken charge Of the
Arrangements for II.

Tho members Of the Twelfth Night club
appointed n committc" recently to tender
10 Nine. I~anauShrCk q benefit 10 take the
form Of q tribute from tho younger members
of tie dramatic profession To that veteran
and distinguished artist. Tn" occasion for
the benefit i supplied hy IA" pathetic con-
dltion OF the proposed beneficiary.
Nine, JanausheCk Il now Mt Saratoga
under medical care, and has been th'r" for
several weeks. while her condition shows
definite, thong h slow. Improvement, th""n"otN
Of tho paraIyti c strok" which Sh" suffered
in inc early fall Of last year remain, and shc
is rrcapacitated for service. on III" stage -
his time ON receiving tn" sliuh' Nfe
lar1ughNCK was placed in ~ Mary Hos
uI,ql. B-ooklyn. where IA" was treated Tor
several months. and was then sent v, S1int"ga
for .IurilsT tcatmpnt ana '"inNl'l" rest
unid rIyorahlr surroundings
During her illuv~s, WhlI"r't "lNlnG "Nld"nv'S
of the care and kindness OF ~" Dfninhilr
Euud Mime Janauthcck was required, ana
is now required. to "a NV upon her personal
rrs,uTCaS for her maintenance. ana Ne i
a. urc-,ut I'm u condition 10 appeal To- IA"
yupathv Of the public aud Of her Ii0i"-si"n
~ ,nmuittCr Of the lW"illh Night tIhb
Iq, IL I- understood. secured from Jacob
lin the promi-" OF the BrondWdr hc2ir" 10Y
mo benefit. which II l. expected AHI lake
place bout Easter tim"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-12
FIRE WAY RETNITE TWO CHIRGHF>.
The, Split Fifteen Years Ago No~ One IL
Harmed Pastor Who Quit NAV Return.

The nre which destroyed the old Bergen
Point Reformed church At Bayoune, y j q.
two weeks ago is likely TO have an odd re-
suit 1t Is probable that the congregation
Of the burned church Will be reunited with
the congregation of the First PreSbN terrain
Church, which fifteen years ago seeded
from the Reformed Church with the mother
church'- pastor. the Row II W + Jones.
and established itself IN Il new edlnCe a few
blocks away For several years pio! I
have been made TO reuuite the churches.
but they hay. failed hecaus. u could not be-
decided how to dispose al tho Reformed
Church property Tie fire IN "A great measure
ha~ decided that
Since tie fIe the pastor Of the burned
church, the Rev A>bury T. krom. VIII IL
taking n pOstgfaduat" course IN theology
in Connecticut, 20 the congregation * left
without a pastor, az we'll ~ without a church
binding BONNIE Jones, as the former
pastor Of the Reformed Church II known hv
all BavuuDo, is stu In charge Of the First
PTesbyterian Church. and II IL probable
TINT he will preside over the reunited con-
Krccation. after q lapse Of fifteen years
lion j. worshippinr with the Dutch Reformed
Church, but negotiations between the con
yragatiOn and tho governing body Of the
| First pIosby terrain church arc m progress
and are likely 10 result successfully
Dominic" Jones II the oldest pastor in
Bayonn" More than thirty wears ago.
when news of the fall Of Richmond was re-
a small section OF ms congregation. southern
in H. -lmpathirs. by locking himself in hi
church and ringing u might" peal NJ Jubila.
ton on NJ" church bel