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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24
The Plum CurcuIIo.

Prof. e. @. Green-The plum curculio
comes forth from winter quarters
usually in May. The egg-laying mark
of this insect is so characteristic that
this curculio is commonly known as
the little Turk The snout is used in
cutting the deep crescent mark, while
the spot representing the star OF the
Turkish emblem is partly made by the
ovipositor. The egg matches and the
small, footless maggot begins feeding
on the plum under the tiny wilted flap
which formerly protected the egg. AS
the larva grows it eats its way to the
pit of the young plum and there 1T sets
up an irritation which eventually
causes the immature fruit to drop. The
larva soon leaves the fruit and enters
the ground to pupate, emerging in a
few weeks as an adult beetle. 1t is re-
ported by growers of European plums
that the curculio can be controlled by
the use of arsenical sprays alone, the
/ success of the operation depending en-
tirely upon the thoroughness of the APP
plication. 1t is advised. by way OF
preparation, to prune the plum tree so
/ that no cross or parallel branches re-
main. The tree must be sufficiently
open to allow the nozzles to be used
freely in all parts of the head. The
plums must hang free from the
branches. Shortly after the blossoms
fall a very thorough spray of Paris
green should be thrown from the in
side of the tree outward, as well as
from the outside inward. In case Of
rain the poison must be renewed.
When the mark of the little Turk is
noticed the strength of the spray
should be doubled and sufficient lime
added to protect the foliage. This mix
ture should be put on the plums them
selves, drenching them thoroughly, the
object being to fill the missions made
by the insect in the egg-laying process.
l am assured that if this is done care
fully the larva is usually killed short
ly after Matching. the wound gradually
grows together and the fruit develops
perfectly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24
ships rhat Garry Live stock.

The number of vessels carrying live
stock that were inspected in 1900 by
the Bureau of Animal Industry in
spectors was 862 The enforcement Of
the regulations formulated by the Bu-
reau in accordance with the act au-
thorizing the secretary of agriculture
to inspect vessels carrying export cat
tie from the United States has been
most beneficial. The poorer classes OF
ships have been replaced by specially
constructed ships for the cattle traffic,
with ample space and proper ventila-
ton, and having every convenience,
with perfect fittings built in them, and
all the comforts and safety which in
genuity could provide" thereby dimin-
ishing the losses of animals while at
sea from twenty-one in every 1000
that were embarked in 1889, before in
spection was authorized, to three in
1000 in 1898, two years after inspec-
ton was begun. Further more, in con-
sequence of the greatly reduced risks
of transportation, there has been a cor
responding reduction in the insurance
rates and a total saving in insurance
of more than 100000 per annum.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24
In the Ilona
Foundry So

which they do not understand. 1t was
this feeling which proved SO effective
when DIR. Samuel Johnson was vocal
ly attacked by one of the famous fish
wives of Billingsgate. DR.. Johnson
knew that it would be idle and use
less to answer the woman In kind
even II he had been willing to lower
his dignity to that extent. At the
same time he did not wish to listen
to more of her abuse. Accordingly he
pointed the finger of scorn at her and
exclaimed in a voice of indignation
and contempt: Madam, you are an
isosceles triangle, a parallelopipedon
an octagonal rhombiod" The flshwife
was totally overcome and was unable
to answer the Doctors scathing denun-
citation, but 1t is not recorded that the
use of mathematical terms has ever
become popular in the vocabulary of
Billingsgate.
Another kind of slang which has a
merely temporary popularity Is that
which exaggerates an already slang
expression and carries 1t beyond the
point of absurdity. Two street arabs,
for instance, may be quarreling in the
gutter.
"G'wan," says the first; you've got
a wheel in yere head"
"Ratsl" says the other. "Yere nut
is reg'ler bicycle factory"
Most people know what is meant
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

A bill in the New York legislature
proposes to give electric railway COM
panies the same rights of condemna
tion as steam railways, with view to
promoting general competition with
existing roads. The propriety of put
ting electric roads under regulations
similar to those placed upon the steam
roads with which they are expected to
compete has taken form in some of the
legislatures, and the Michigan house
has passed bill requiring owners and
managers OF interurban electric lines
to equip their cars with lavatories,
drinking water, axes. fire shovels and
other appliances. the same as are re-
quired on steam railroad cars.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

WHERE BOOM" CAME FROM.
Familiarity of getting cinch" on any
proposition in which it was interest
ed. The lumbermen in the great woods
of WISCONSIN and the northwest piled
up many millions of logs in booms and
watched the logs go tearing down the
swift little rivers after the boom was
busted" for many years before the
stock brokers and real estate agents
adopted their phraseology. Now there
are few people indeed who do not
know what boom" is and what is
likely to happen when boom Is
busted"
Speaking broadly, there are two
kinds of slang. One depends for its
popularity on the mere fact that the
phrase is mouth-filling and pleases the
popular fancy. Such slang Is likely
to have only temporary popularity.
The slang which lives and which soon
er or later becomes permanent part
of the language is that which really
means something, which describes
some fact or condition in new and
vivid way. There are many people
who are greatly impressed by the
sound of any phrase the meaning OF
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24
Frult Bark Beetle.

Another pest discussed at some
length in a recent New York bulletin is
the fruit bark-beetle. This was es-
pecially prevalent last season and did
much damage in peach orchards in
Western New York, and in some scat
tered plum and cherry plantations. On
peaches it's principal injury was due
to punctures of the bark on the trunk
and larger limbs, through which the
sap oozed and formed gummy excres-
cences. On plum and cherry, however,
more injury was done by punctures in
the twigs, causing death of the foliage.
The natural home of this insect is in
dead bark, so all brush piles and deao
trees should be removed from the or
chards. Caustic washes upon trunks
and branches serve as a preventive
measure, and cutting off and burning
the infested twigs destroys many of the
beetles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24
MS. Pam and Her Paper.

Mrs. Dano Papa. widow of the late
Italian republican journalist of Milan,
is now living in Paris, France. Mrs.
Papa is an American woman, and,
when her husbands paper, Italia del
Popolo, was suppressed by the govern
ment on account of its liberal thought,
she brought out two editions in the
city of New York to demonstrate that
the paper was not dead. At the time
of the New York editions all the edi-
tors and contributors were either in
solitary confinement as prisoners or in
exile. Mrs. Papa is thoroughly fami-
liar with the political situation in
Italy, and, while her opinion may be
influenced somewhat by her advanced
thought, she states that Italy has just
passed through a crisis of which the
other powers are comparatively igno-
rant. Two republicans were called
to the ministry because the opponents
of the government had become SO
strong that it forced recognition
Chicago Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

The old Scotchwoman who liked her
minister because "he joombles the
Joodment an confoonds the sense"
would have appreciated bit OF British
legislation which the premier seems to
view with sardonic amusement. I'm
an act of Parliament" says Lord
Salisbury. which authorizes us to
press forward technical instruction. It
is distinctly said that technical in
struction does not mean instruction In
any art, or craft. or livelihood. OF
course 1t is rather difficult under those
circumstances to know what 1t does
mean, but II you will go forward in the
act OF Parliament you will find that 1t
means the cultivation of foreign Lam
guages." This is diverting indeed, but
the humor of the thing does not limit
Its significance. Probably the British
legislator did not know exactly what
he did want Assuredly he is not the
first man who has found 1t hard TO
draw clear distinction betwixt you
may, you must, you cannot. and you
MOULD"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24
MADAM, YOU ARE A PARALLELo-


when man is said to have "a wheel
in his head" but the bicycle factory
joke carries it point beyond perma-
nent appreciation.
The only class of highly educated
people who contribute to any extent TO
the growth of the language is the col
lege students. College slang is so
vivid and has been SO generally adopt
ed that a dictionary has been issued
which is entirely devoted to the sub
feet.
1t was at a college boarding club
for instance that student who want
ed the small milk pitcher asked a
companion to drive the heifer this
way" From terms originally used in
college games the language has adopt
ed many useful phrases. 1t is not many
years since the first curved ball was
pitched in baseball game, and yet the
current phrase II am onto his curves"
has meaning entirely without con-
nection with the baseball diamond.
From the field sports of collegians have
come the phrases to Jump on" a man
and to Jump on him with both feet"
Even the great American game of
draw poker, which will not be claimed
as college game exclusively, has
added several common phrases to the
languages. Many man who has new
er tried to ell two pair" has "called
a bluff or declared that he would "go
1t blind"
1t was a farmers boy who had
touched his tongue to the iron pump
handle on a below-zero morning who
discovered that ito freeze to" per-
son expressed a strong degree of at
tachment. The expressions "to get @
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

The omnigraph, as a new instrument
designed to teach the art of telegraphy
is called, consists of Dashboard on
which are secured an ordinary key
and sounder. between which a disk is
mounted. formed on its periphery with
teeth. A spring contact adjacent to
the wheel engages the peripheral teeth
of the disk. Although irregular, the
arrangement of the teeth is arbitrary.
For IL the disk be rotated by means of
a small crank shaft geared with
the disk shaft, the spring contact is
forced outwardly by the teeth, but
drops back by its own elasticity and
thus makes and breaks the circuit. The
experienced telegraph operator detect
ing these makes and breaks at the
sounder recognizes them as the dots
and dashes of the Morse alphabet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

Omitting the cost of water and the
products of the soda fountains, the
American Grocer estimates that the
national drink bin for beverages of
all kinds amounted last year to more
than twelve hundred and twenty
eight million dollars. Alcoholic liq-
uors account for more than a billion
dollars; coffee, for one hundred and
twenty-five millions; tea for thirty
seven millions. and cocoa for six mill
lions. Statistics are given to show
that our consumption OF alcohol is not
increasing, and this, OF course, is a
thing to be thankful for; but the seri-
GUS fact remains. that for these bever-
ages-some of which are unnecessary,
and others distinctly harmful-there is
sQuandered every year money enough
to provide the comforts of life for all
who are in misery.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

The origin of the tiger as an emblem
of Tammany is said by w. @. Mont
anye, coffee and spice dealer, in
New York, to date from the time when
William NJ. Tweed, then foreman of
big six" fire company, took fancy
to picture of royal Bengal tiger
in the elder Montayne's store in the
sos. Tweed adopted the emblem for
the American club, and it soon was
accepted by all Tammany.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

A remarkable flint bowlder has been
discovered in England. In a cavity
within the bowlder was found full
grown toad, which must, when young,
have entered the hole in the stone by
small aperture. There the unfortu-
nate prisoner waxed to adolescence.
and probably may have died of chag-
rim that he had delayed his exit too
long, for the hole afterward became
silted up. The bowlder was exhibited
recently before the Linnean society,
and is eventually to be placed in the
Brighton museum.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

Exercise cannot with impunity be
neglected. and should be taken reg
ularly and In moderation. Most wo-
men would be all the better for walk
ing four or FIVE miles each day, and,
were they to do so, instead of de-
pending so much OIL street cars, good
compilations and trim figures would
be far more common than they are
among those who are no longer in
their first youth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24
THIS MACHINE
SCRUBS FLOORS

leIsIsIscNSS0SSC1cSN c.NSCOOOOSOCOS
If the machine that Chicago genius
has invented does what the inventor
believes it will, the days of scrubbing
drudgery are numbered. The novelty
runs on wheels and is propelled by
handles adjusted similarly to those on
garden cultivator. 1t is said to
scrub, rinse and dry the floor in one
motion.
"You fill the box in the upper part
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24
Use of orud. petroleum in orchards.

Use of Crude Petroleum in Orchards.
The varying and sometimes disas-
trous results obtained from the use of
refined petroleum, on growing trees, as
an insecticide, and especially against
the San Jose scale, have led to the sus-
picion that the crude product might
be less variable and drastic in its eff
fects. But so far as 1t has been used
1t would appear that we have yet
much to learn, before we can, with
safety, recommend the application OF
the crude product to the different vari-
eties Of fruit trees. That it is efficient
In destroying the San Jose scale II it
Is brought in contract with this insect.
seems now quite probable. But the
hundreds of dead trees that mark the
areas where it has been indiscriminate-
ly used, point very clearly to the fact
that great caution is necessary, and no
one is, as yet, able to say Just where
safety ceases and danger begins. Then.
too, when no permanent injury is ap-
parent, as in the case of the SEEDING
apples on the ground of the Ohio Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station, who
can say that this unnatural retarda-
ton may not, after the first applica-
ton, prove to be a menace to the life
or general vigor of the tree? 1t Ia
well known that, in nature. these re-
tardations sometimes occur, but nature
seldom, If ever, covers the bark of a
tree or shrub, and then only in part
with vegetable growths like lichens
and even these are known to be detri.
mental. a smooth. clean bark being al
ways desirable. In the use of refined
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

The Society of Amateur Philologists,
the members of which are devoted TO
the study of language, has gravely de-
cided that II 1t were not for the addi-
lions made from time to time by
Americans, English would have to be
clas1ed as a dead or at least as rap
idly dying language.
From this country, however, come
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

An Ohio Spectator tainted when he
saw that stocks In which he was In
terested were going down, and when
he came to he found that he was many
thousands OF dollars richer than when
he lost consciousness. Yet few years
from now he will tell his grandchild-
rem that he made his money by econ
omy. industry, and the exercise of his
superior ability.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

According to recent regulation,
pupils in the schools of Saxony will
hereafter be required to commit to
memory 291 Biblical verses and 1873
verses of hymns in addition to the
catechism.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

Mary Owens OF Chicago is said to be
the only woman in the world who does
regular police duty. Every husband
can testify that this is incorrect.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24
YERE HEAD IS A REGALER BIZ

"YERE HEAD IS A REGALER BIZ
CYCLE FACTORY"
load on" and Ito carry a load" are
plainly of country extraction and need
no explanation, "a jag" is provin-
cialism which means a little load. so
that to say a man has "a big jag on"
is a contradiction in terms. Jag" is
one of the American expressions which
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

The fruit grower must understand
his business. A novice should not
venture into the field of horticulture
recklessly. To be successful he must
determine to know the laws that gov
ern the growing of fruits, and most of
these laws he can understand only as
he comes into contact with them. 1t
is therefore. necessary that he go into
the business only on small scale. and
increase as he learns.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

The cause of the wilt" disease OF
cotton, which has been more or less
destructive during the past two or
three seasons, is fungus which at
lacks the plant from the soil. 1t first
enters the small roots and subsequent
ly grows into the tap or stem. The
result is that the supply of food and
moisture carried up from the roots
is greatly decreased. w. A. Orion of
the division of vegetable physiology
and pathology, United States depart
ment of agriculture, says that land
once infected with this disease has
never been freed from it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24

An angry person in an argument re-
sembles cripple in foot race
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-09-26

The Schley Court of Inquiry began
its sessions anew on Monday last. The
testimony thus far has done little to en-
tighten the public beyond that possess
ed by it before the Inquiry began Every
one that viewed the matter without
prejudice, believed that schley was not
one of the Navy cabals elmer circle
hence out of the line Of the favor that
the clique is organized to secure for Its
pet members. 1t has been known to
exist for years and is being handed down
carefully. The Secretary OF the Navy
is, as they all have been, quite power
less to remedy the matter, and Will con-
tinuet be so until Congress interteles
to render the bureaucracy of the Navy
a less autocratic machine. by law.
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A Night of Terror.

awful anxiety was felt.tor the:wid
ow of the brave General Burnham Of
Machas, Me-, when the doctors said she
would die from Pneumonia before morn
ing writes" Mrs. S. H. Lincoln, who at
tended her that fearful night" but she
begged for DR.. Kings New Discovery,
which had more than once saved hel
life, and cured her of Consumption
After taking, she slept all night. Fur
ther use entirely cured her." This mar
vellous medicine Is guaranteed to cure
all throat, chest and lung diseases. On
ly SOC and $100. Trial bottles free at
Waters Pharmacy.
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Mood Death OF.

f. B. Munday, a lawyer Of Henrietta,
Tex, once fooled a grave digger. He
says: my brother was very low with
malarial fever and jaundice. | persua-
dei him to try Electric Bitters, and he
was soon mach better, but continued
their use until he was wholly cured. |
am sure Electric Bitters saved his life. y
This remedy expels malaria, kills disease
germs and purifes the blood; aids diges
ton, regulates liver, kidneys ana bowels
cures constipation, dyspepsia, nervous
diseases, kidney troubles, female COM
plants; gives perfect health. Only SOC
at Waters Pharmacy.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local application as they cannot r'ach
the diseased portion of the ear. Ihtre
is only one way to cure deafness, and
that is by costitutional remedies Deaf
ness is caused by An inaamed condition
of the mucous lining of the Eustachlan
Tube. When this tube is infamed you
have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition.
hearing will be destroyed forever nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catdrrh,
which is nolhing but an inhamed con-
ditlon of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness Caused by "a
ta,rh) that cannot be cured by Hail.
Cata.rh Cure. Send for circulars, Tree
F.. J. Cheney g. Co., Toledo. u
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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"a - To7IA.
Bear, the The Kind You Have Always Bought
' ''': :; ''' ZX I; 1; :; K: ''''
A Worthy Successor.


"Some,hing New Under The Sun"
All doctors have tried to cure CATARRH
by the use of powders, acid gases, inhalers
and drugs in paste form. Their powders dry
up the mucuous membranes causing them to
crack open and bleed. The powerful acids
used in the inhalers have entirely eaten away
the same membranes that their markers have
aimed to cure, while pastcs and ointments can
not reach the diserse. An old experienced
practitioner who has for many years made a
close study and specially of the treatment of
CATARRH, has at last perfected treatment
which when faithfully used not only relieves
at once, but permanently cures CATARRH, by
removing the cause, stopping the discharges
and curing all inflammation. 1t is the only
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is also wonderfully quick to relieve Hay Fe
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VVOrking Night and Day,

The busiest and highest little thing
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Life Pills, These pills change weakness
into energy, brain fag into mental power
They re wonderful in building up the
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IL had running sore on my leg for seven
years." writes Mrs Jas. Forest OF Chippewa
Falls, Wis, land spent hundreds of dollars
in trying to get it healed Two boxes OF
Banner Salve entirely cured it," Beware OF
substitutes. All druggists.
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Suit has been brought before Judge
Stake, in Hagerstown, against the head
of the late State census, Col. Buchanan
schey, to produce the census lists ask
ed for by Chairman Godsborough OF
the Republican State Central Commit