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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05
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THE UPS AND
DOWNS OF
THIS FLOWER

not in the least be shaken in their all
legiance by the masses of double tri-
umphs of the florists art and patience.
in Mr.. Burt's fields, for there are long
rows of single dahlias growing with a
freedom and decorative grace vouch-
safed no other variety.
AS for that latest addition to dahlia
varieties, the cactus, even the most
passionate devotees of the single form
must acknowledge the surprising
beauty of the newcomer 1t is to the
old double forms what the japanese
chrysanthemum was to the few formal
Chinese varieties that were our earli-
est Acquaintance contribution of
airy, irregular grace and elegance. The
petals are longer and lighter looking
and the color oftenest yellow, but oc-
casionally a reddish purple adds great
ly to the effectiveness of the flower.
According to Mr.. Burt the dahlia
is of the easiest culture. The same
treatment that will produce an abund-
ant crop of potatoes-light, air, room,
thoroughly pulverized soil filled with
food-wil produce an abundant crop
OF dahlias, bloom and tubers, though
not all varieties are of equal constitu-
tional vigor Some lavish producers
of the choicest flowers are meager
root makers. To secure a fairly uni
form size among his mailing stock Mr..
Burt grades his varieties according to
their characteristics, giving those deli
cate the heaviest application of fer
tilizer rich in potash. He uses both
barnyard and commercial fertilizers,
the dahlia fields are plowed and cross
plowed, the tubers are planted in rows
precisely like potatoes, and after the
young plants pierce the ground the
clltivator Is kept going until their
lusty growth forbids. Happily, with
the dahlia there are no insects to fight,
but the flower is very sensitive to
frost Mr.. Burt constantly increases
his collection with the choicest of ma
tive and foreign novelties, the best
coming from England. where, strange
ly, climatic conditions seem to suit
the native of Mexico. September Is
the month when the dahlia is at its
best in this country, but this year Mr..
Burt's fields were in their fullest
glory in October.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05

A visit to the dahlia farm of II. T.
Burt of Taunton, Mass, must be rev.
citation to any save commercial
grower or an enthusiastic, up-to-date
fancier of the flower The dahlia has
had It's ups and downs of popularity,
but since that general fever of enthu-
siasm when the European gardeners
had at last succeeded In semi-doubling
and doubling the new conner from
Mexico, garden lovers, true flower
devotees, have mostly been cold, when
they were not hostile, to the florists
flower, the big, top-heavy round-upon-
round of petals fluted and quilted with
depressing uniformity. Even its
fantastic freaklshness of color COM
binations, even the pictorial helpful
ness of the plant in the garden scheme
and even that strongest argument, its
long season of bloom, rising to its
greatest splendor after the autumn
rains failed to win 1t any warmth OF
appreciation. That came first from
artistic, discerning flower lovers to the
single dahlia, when modern taste and
feeling began to insist upon their
restoration to their true place in the
garden.
But that appreciation has persistent
iy remained "cayiare to the general"
and the dahlla in any form, so infre-
Quently and scantily appears in the
ordinary gardens that o farm devoted
to Its culture seems as IL it must be
an indulgence to the craze of a wholly
monumental specialist. But Mr..
Burt's seven acres of dahlias mean
business and as. beginning with a
single plant, he has gone on to the
1900 varieties that crowd these acres
and has been dozen years in the
work. 1t is plain that dahlias have a
standing and future. All kinds there
have been, but the addition of the cac-
t,is form to the single, great double
and pompon ones familiar to most peo-
pie. but the variations upon these
four motives in color, texture, size,
shape. curve and Arbitration of petal,
in foliage, robustness and manner of
growth of the plant seem endless to
the visitor treading these mazes of
bloom. Single flower loyalists will
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05
PROSPECTOR
IN ROCKXES.&
Leads q Life of
Hardship That
Few Would Care
to Follow. - -

are not sufficient to keep him warm
at night, diving into all sorts of cav
ems and riffs in the rock, exploring
caves only perhaps to be chased out
by wild beast occupants, Drawing
thousand dangers that he may find
the means of passing the rest of his
days In ease. And how does 1t all
end? In most cases the daring pros
pector who sets out alone meets his
death miles and miles away from any
human being. How, nobody ever
knows. His bones may never be
found. He disappears as completely
as last winters snow. But should the
prospector strike it rich his adventures
will go on as long as he remains in
the Rocky mountains. If his find Is
worth anything as a poor mans
claim" he will put up a rude cabin
and go to digging, concealing what
gold he takes out In place secret to
himself. But he will have to guard
1t all the time, for covetous miners
who are not so fortunate would not
hesitate to take his life If they could
low metal. His rife must be ready
to use 1t at the first sign. At night
he must sleep with one eye open. IL
a stranger approaches the cabin he
must be ready to dispute his right to
be there. The few years man may
put in at this kind of life are most
wearing, and should the prospector
conquer all risk and get back to his
native town with a pile" his friends
will look upon him as an old man,
though he is still under 49, Only tas
unknowing ones win envy his for
tune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05

The prospector Is the adventurer of
the Rockies, says writer in Ainslee's
Magazine. From the moment he starts
upon his career in the mountains, leav-
ing behind him the collection of color
less and wind-beaten shanties, known
as "the city," adventures greet him
Mt every turn. AS he picks his way
through a wilderness of rocks and
fallen trees, having left the meager
trail far behind, ever on the lookout
for a faint sign of the outcropping OF
the precious metal. his passage is al
most sure to be disputed by wild
beasts. But what an excitement there
is in seeking for goldl 1t is stronger
and more intense than that of the
gambler at the green table, stalking
his last dollar ON the turn of q card.
The prospector may be pennlless, he
may have put his last cent into the
grub" that is now fastened onto the
back of his burro; yet one stroke of
his pick Is likely to uncover treasure
that will transform him into mill
lionaire. He sits down to a meager
meal, cooked over rude fire between
a few stones. but all the time feels
about him the presence Of gold. Per-
haps his fire is built on the end OF
ledge that is "chockful" of gold; per-
haps be is sitting on rich outcropping
that is simply covered with small
stones, perhaps there Is gold beneath
the big tree just across the ravine
Gold may be everywhere, II he can
only find 1t. He must find 1t. Surely
his luck is not less than other mems.
And SO he goes on. scaling the Hottest
peaks where snow lies all the year
round. and even his heavy blankets
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05
THE rHEArRrcAL sYNDrCArE.


Golfers Weekly prints an interest
Ing joint debate on the question of the
theatrical trust, in which Marc Klaw
writes for the trust and Minnie Mad
dern Fiske exposes its evils. Both
articles are strong and logical, and
together they make quite thorough
statement of the whole subject An
impartial judgment on the evidence at
hand would seem to be that the trust
is good thing from the business view
point and bad thing for theatrical
art.
Mr.. Klaw prints the text of the pre-
amble to the trust agreement, show
ing that the reasons for the organiza-
ton were the losses caused by indis-
criminate bookings and by long and
costly railroad Jumps" Thus, the
syndicate was formed as q colossal
booking agency, owning or controlling
sixty or seventy theaters in the larger
cities OF the United States. BY hav-
ing a continuous chain of theaters
across the continent the syndicate is
able to offer to managers a systemat-
ic and economical series of engage
ments.
Mr.. Klaw contends that the trust Is
success, because in the second year
of its career the receipts of the the
aters interested had almost doubled.
That 1t has helped every local man
ager who has put his business into
the hands of the syndicate is, APP
parently, shown by the fact that all
have voluntarily renewed their con-
tracts until 1906, though the present
contract does not expire before next
August. The trust is also able to
boast, with pardonable pride, that no
company on it's circuits has ever been
stranded, and that the pay OF actors
has thus been made more secure.
These and similar points seem to show
that the trust Is a good thing finan
cially for those on the inside, though
1t must be remembered that it has
never yet been tested with an era of
hard times among the people.
Mrs. Fiske Is the only noted star
who continues to fight the syndicate,
and her indictment of it is sweeping
and forceful Her main point is that
the trust managers never look at the
stage except through the box office
window-that business is everything
and art nothing to them, and that the
| standard of theatrical art is steadily
being lowered. under syndicate con-
troll" she says, 'vulgarity, frivolity,
coarseness, and, above all, mediocrity,
have flourished." She justly holds
that whenever any business method in
terferes with the art side of the the
alter it becomes a curse. She holds
that the money-malzing plans of the
trust have not been confined to saw
ing the waste of useless railway jour-
neys but have been conferred on get
ting their plays more cheaply and in
producing them more cheaply. The
cheap plays are secured by accepting
those which have been tried and have
proved successful abroad, thus dis
couraging American dramatic talent.
The cheap production is secured by
employing many mediocre actors. 1.-THE
syndicate system exploits the mediocre
rather than the artistic, because it can
exact from mediocrity a larger share
of the profits"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05
A Dangerous COurtShIp.

TRANSLATED BY ALEX. SCHAAe.
Copyright. 1900; Daily Story Pub. Coz
Since Aslaug, Knut Husabys pretty
daughter, had grown into young ana
charming woman, there was httle
peace in the village of Husaby. DAY
and night the hardy lads of the nelgh-
borhood engaged in wordy ana hstic
quarrels on her account. The climax
was reached in the inn on Saturday
night, when some of the boys had I'M
bibed too much.
Knut Husaby would not think IN
those days of going to sleep on Satur-
day night without keeping his Dig
leather boots on. He was also sure u
have a heavy oak cane next TO MS pea
for emergency, as he called 1t. since
God has bestowed pretty daughter
on me, it will be my duty to keep her
from HARM" he would say.
Thore Naesset was the son OF the
butcher, strapping young fellow, full
of grit and daring. Gossipers said that
Thore visited Aslaug more frequently
than did any of the other young men
of the village. This rumor did not
please Knut. In fact. he denied 1t,
saying that he had never seen Thore
and Aslaug together. But the people
laughed and winked at this. They In
sisted that Thore was a sly lover and
that Aslaug knew how to hoodwink her
father.
The spring came, and Aslaug drove
the cattle to the top of the Aim noun
tain. AS the sun slowly descended in
the horizon and far above the steep,
cool rocks of the mountain, the bel
lowing of the COWS, the barking or
the dog, and the yodel of Aslaug re-
sounded over the valley, the lads, who
were working in the meadows, felt as
IL they would like to cast away their
scythes and pitch forks and rush up
the steep paths to court the fair
singer.
When Saturday night came there
was race between them to reach the
mountain top, but they descended
much more rapidly, for behind the
door of the cattle shed a stalwart man
was hidden, who gave each and every
caller pugilistic reception, and told
them that if they wanted more Sc
we're drumming at another time to call
again.
The wooers knew that there was
only one man in all Husaby who could
boast of the possession of such a
Naesset. Some of the rich peasants
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05

: Nd heating and when blood began
to flow freely Knut called halt and
added:
Now. Thore, If you can best my
brother. Wolf Husaby, and his son
next Saturday night, then my lass viii
be yours"
Thore was so badly injured thai he
had 70 remain in bed over Sunday. On
Monday also he was so worn out from
the fight that he was not able to go tc
work in his fathers shop. TUESDAY
came. 1t was balmy day. Inc sun
shine frightened his room. he nearo
the bells of the grazing cattle ana MS
beloved warbled her pretty MORSE
songs and yodels till he thought Ms
heart would break.
Wednesday came and he SUN lau'
guished on his couch. He ala not De-
come conyalescent until SATURDAY
morning, and then he was not well
enough to meet Knut's challenge &c
battle with his big brother am
nephew. He looked longingly TOWARD
the narrow path which led to the sida
of Aslaug. His swccthearts yodei
again trilled through the silent valley
He knew that if he would attempt &c
make his way to her that evening nc
would receive another drubbing that
would send him to bed for some time
to come.
II must climb the Aim some other
way" reasoned Thore. Toward dawn
he unmoored his boat and rowed along
the shore of the almost perpendicular
rock, hoping against hope to find some
foothold and some way of ascending
the Aim from the water side.
After the days work Aslaug sat on
the summit of the mountain. She ala
not anticipate that Thore would be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05

Her movements are said to be ex-
tremely graceful, her idea of rhythm
perfect, and the picture which she pre-
sents is attractive and winsome. Pos
sibly part of her great success and
popularity is due to the costumes
which she wears. They are an ample
display of the layishness and good
taste which can be applied to the ap-
parel of a performer such as she Is.
Miss Lee is only seventeen years old,
and during the past nine years has
danced her way into popular admira-
tion. She is pretty, and her ability,
vivacity and personal charms give
promise of brilliant future in her
chosen art.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05
AMusEMENr GOSSIP.

George Dubois bronze bust of
Chopin was recently set up in the Lux
embourg gardens in Paris. The face
is copied from the portrait of the com
poser painted by Delacroix and now
in the possession of Marmontel.
"Messidor," by Emile lola and AL
fred Brunneau, is to be revived at
the Grand opera in Paris and "As-
tarte," by Louis De Gramont and
Xavier Leroux, is to have the most
spectacular effects ever seen in any
opera produced at the National the
ater in years.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05
SEA SONGS.
The Origin of Rule BRITANNIA Was "A
Princes Order

The Origin of "Ruie Brltannia' Was
Princes Order.
Songs of the Sea" from the subject
of an instructive sketch by Alan Wal
ters In Temple Bar He claims that
England is richer in sea songs than
any other country. Dutchman and
German and Norseman and Dane have
only few. And who ever heard OF
a French sea song worthy the name?"
We are told of the earlier composers.
But: I'VE possessed no real national
song of the sea until James Thomson
received commission to write words
for musical medley at the Prince of
Wales private theater, at Cliefden, in
Buckinghamshire, on the first of
August, 1740. The result was Rule
Britannia" set to music by Arne. and
touched up afterwards by Lord Boiling
broke. So the watchword song of
Britons all over the earth was written
to the order of q prince who had no
English sympathies, and whose nauti-
cal knowledge was bounded by trips
from Whitehall to Twickenham, in
company with pretty ambassadresses. y
Charles Didbin, who wrote 1900 songs
the best numbering only score
was the "Tyrtaeus of our feet" yet
he made some glazing mistakes, and
his ideal of seaman was 'hopelessly
unreal" The writer inquiries why
Scott or Wilson or Southey never
wrote a sea song, but they left the tasi
to the Dibdins. He fears that the ags
Of sea songs is past.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05

A photographer at Seneca, Kan, re-
Gently took one of the most unique
groups that ever stood before a cam
era. In Centralia there is woman
who is living with her second husband,
having been divorced from her first
The other day the divorced husband
visited the town and called on his
former wife and her new partner.
Seized by an impulse, the woman pro-
posed that all three should have their
pictures taken together. The husbands
had no objections and the group pro-
ceeded to the photographer, where a
likeness was taken with the woman
standing between the two men.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05
THE SABBATH.


This is the day Of rest;
Our failing strength renew;
On weary brain and troubled breast
Send Thou thy freshening dew.
This is the day of peace;
Thy peace our spirits MI;
Bid thou the blasts of discord cease
The waves of strife be still.
This is the day of prayer;
Let earth to heaven draw near
Lift up our hearts to seek thee there'
Come down to meet us here
This is the first Of days;
Send forth thy quickening breath'
And wake dead souls TO love and PRAISE
o vanquisher of DEATH -
John Ellerton'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05

To the trusts claim that it does not
monopolize all the theaters Mrs. Fiske
replies that there is no longer any
incentive for an Independent manager
to discover and develop a good play,
because, even IL 1t is successful in one
city, he CTS not take it elsewhere, since
the trust controls nearly all the de-
sirable theaters. The trust itself will
not exploit new plays or new talent,
yet it prevents Others from doing so.
That there is a considerable degree of
truth in these statements can scarcely
be denied. Whether the syndicate sys-
tenn will ultimately work out the deg
radiation of the American stage and
the downfall of the trust itself is a
question which the public is apparent
ly willing events should solve. Az
the syndicate is equally willing to
confide in the future, 1t appears to be
another of those cases in which there
is nothing to do but to wait and see
what we shall see.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05


able to come to her that night, but
she knew that others would come in
his stead. She unclaimed her faithful
shepherd dog and began to knit. She
was sitting with her face turned to-
ward the home of Thorne, but the mist
began to rise so that she could not
even distinguish the tree tops. She
moved over to the other side. and
there she sat dreaming for long time
with her eyes riveted on the vast sea.
The view filed her soul with unspeak-
able peace
Suddenly she felt a desire to give
vent to her feelings in loud melody.
She sang the songs of childhood, the
ditties of the village, the Morse nation
al song, and her music sounded weird
in the silent night. Then she thought
that some one was answering her.
What in the world can this be?"
she asked herself. 1T cannot be the
echo, for am facing the sea-"
She advanced to the edge of the rock
and swinging her arms around a slen-
der tree she searched the wall of the
steep mountain. But 1t was quiet and
peaceful on the ford; not bird few
over it.
Aslaug returned to her grassy couch
and again began to sing. This time
she could not be mistaken, for it was
indeed a human voice that responded
to her yodel.
q fctn cd 10 \
took long look down the Aim. At
last she beheld boat moored to a
small branch that iotted out from the
rock. Only some fifty feet below her,
she saw a red cap, with a man under
it making its way up the slippery
side when not even mountain goat
would dare to tread.
She hurried back to her place. and
dared not utter note or word for fear
that the intrepid wooer would be burl
ed down into the turbulent waters NJ
the ford. She knew very well who
it was, though she did not see his
face. She threw herself on the ground
and held the long, heavy blades OF
grass with both hands, as if it wers
her task not to lose her grip on what
was once seized. But the grass roots
began to loosen and in her despair she
cried to God to aid Thore with His
Omnipotence. Then again she began
to think that such an act OF Thore and
such prayer on her part were a gross
temptation of God Nevertheless she
continued her supplications. "onlv
this time, dear Father in heaven onlv
this time" she cried.
Then Aslaug slung her arms aropna
the dog as if it was Thore whom sho
was trying to save from destruction
How long the time seemed! At last
the dog tore himself loose and began
to bark Justify.
Hush' she warned, but the doc
would not be quieted and whom sho
mad reached the animal to stop his
noise the red cap peeped over the adgo
OF the rock and the next minnie Thono
held her in his arms.
They kissed and embraced o.oh ..,
again and again, and Thore conId not
utter word, and what he finally cola
contained not an idea of nationality
Old Knut Husaby, however VIII
heard of There's daring feat eta "a
something in which there was n,arts,
Oh common sense: THE lad is wort, !,
Oh her-she shall be his" ~
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05

The New York Times relates a rath-
81 grewsome club joke, apropos of the
custom of lowering the club house flag
and posting q mortuary notice on the
club bulletin board when a member
dies. 1T Is such delusion," said q
clubman, with some protesting disap-
pointment in his voice. Il catch sight
OF the pole ON my way up here and
discover the flag at half-mast. An /
say, is it possible he is gomez Mv
spirits brighten and my steps quicken.
Perhaps now. at last! l hurry into
the club and up to the bulletin board,
butts never the right one. Never!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05
YOUTHFUL AND PRETTY.

Dancer.
Stella Lee is one of the youngest
and most accomplished dancers now
before the public. Her speciality is
buck and wing dancing, but she is also
an adept in the exposition of practi-
cally every other known dance step.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05

=, every dog has his day and every
man has his hobby 0 every
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05

If the fish knode thare wuz hook
concealed in the bait thaid be wizer
than men. and wuddent be kektcht
morn wunst.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-19
PERSONAL MENTION

Mr. j. S. McNeel was in Gilman to-
day.
Mr. A. L. Cox left this morning for
Minneapolis, where he will remain for
a few days on business.
Mr.. Lester Sundell, of Mason City, is
in the city for a weeks visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John n. Sundell.
Mrs. F. w. Russell arrived home this
evening from Rock Island, ILL.,, where
she has been visiting friends for the
past ten days.
Mr.. George Richardson. OF Belle
PLANE, was in the city this morning,
being on her way home from visit
with Newburg relatives.
Grundy County Courier, Reinbeck:
Mrs Hattie Andrews. of Marshalltown
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Elliott, Of this city.
Mrs w II. Eastman, OF Portage
Wis, arrived in the city yesterday and
will remain for visit as the guest OF
Mr. and Mrs. v. e. Liebig.
Mr.. J.. A. McCrea, of Lake View. ar.
rived in the city Monday evening and
viii be the guest of his brother. Rev. w
B. McCrea, Tor a few days.
Mrs. j. E. Cox, of Belle PLANE. who
has been visiting in the city with hel
mother Mrs. Chloe Bloomfield, returned
this morning to her home.
Mrs B. 4. VOORHEES,. of Grinneli, re-
turned to Grinnell Monday evening, at.
ter a brief visit in the city with hel
husbands mother, Mrs. j. H. VOORHEES,
Miss Martha Hankins and Miss Abbis
Fry. Of Collar who have haan snand,