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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
Plans for Five I'M
mense Armored
Vessels.

precedent. 1t appropriated $4,000 900
for public defense and placed that sum
at the disposal of the president. 1t
meant that the nation would get ready
for war and 1t directed the president to
take steps to that end. 1t was passed
without a dissenting vote by the
House. There were speeches, but they
were all for the bill In the Senate
there were no speeches, but it passed
by unanimous vote there also.
Uncle Joe does many things in this
way-a way that is more familiar to
poker players than to other men. He
tests the opposition with a bluff.
Mr.. Cannon was born in a Quaker
settlement of North Carolina. When
he was four years old his father, DR..
Horace F. Cannon, emigrated to the
banks of the Wabash at Bloomingdale,
Parke county, Ind. DR.. Cannon lived
in that town until his death, in 1851,
and there his boy Joe received his
early education and training. He was
IA years old when his father died, and
at that age he started out for himself,
his first work being as q clerk in a
country store. He was SO employed
until he had attained his majority,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
New Ships
for NAvv

Hon. Joseph G. Cannon has
been elected to congress four
teen times. That is several times
more than any other member of the
present congress. He is, therefore,
the father of the house." He has been
Uncle Joe" to everybody in Washing
ton for score of years, and while
regarded as the fiercest fighter in the
House he has done more kindly acts
for other members and outsiders than
any other man in congress. Uncle
Joe" fits him better than father of
the House." and he will continue to be
known as Uncle joe"
Was Once Defeated.
Mr.. Cannon was once defeated for
Congress. He went down with the Re-
publican crash in 1890, after the pas
cage Of the Mckinley bill. Mckinley
was defeated the same year. So were
scores Of Republican leaders in the
west. Mr.. Cannon was also defeated
for speaker in the fifty-frst congress,
So was Mckinley. Thomas B. Reed
was elected. Mckinley became chair
man Of the committee on ways and
means and Cannon became chairman
of the committee on appropriations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
PROTECTING A GUN SQUAD.

abled to go into action in small num-
bers without the danger of being en-
tirely exterminated by the enemy be-
fore their guns can be brought into
action. One popularity about the ap-
paratus is the method OF transporting
1t on the battlefield without extreme
danger to horse or driver. Projecting
from the rear of the carriage are
pair of long thills. which end in
cross-piece, to which the whiffletree is
attached. enabling horse and rider to
follow the carriage instead of going
before it, and provision is also made
for reversing the animal to draw the
carriage from the field with the same
degree of safety. The patentee of this
shield is Adrian Hit of Jersey City,
N. J.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
SIX FIERCE LIONS.
A Strange Thing That Happened at a
Circus.

A Strange Thing That Happened at a
Circus.
Show people dread timid lion, tiger
or leopard, not only because in its
panic it is likely to injure the traiuSr,
but because it is unreliable, may t9ke
fright and spoil a performance at any
moment from the slightest causes. An
incident at the Porte st. Martin The
alter, in Paris, has become part of the
annals of the show business. The
chief feature of the exhibition was
turn" consisting of the casting of
young woman, securely bound, into the
cage of lions, heralded as being the
fiercest and most bloodthirsty of man
eaters. Unfortunately, the woman who
had the thinking part" of the victim
was taken i'll. and a substitute was
found in the wife of one of the train
ers, herself trainer of some expert
ence, but without any acquaintance
with these particular six lions. AS she
was somewhat nervous, she carried a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

men that have silos give us their
opinions on the matter
Cows that suck themselves trouble
many dairyman and It is something
Of problem to know how to break the
habit. One of the best plans IS to
boil a few quassla chips in a gallon
OF water and use the water for wash
ing the teats Of the cows after each
milking. When the cow tries to suck
herself she will get such a mouthfuI
OF bitterness that she will conclude
that milk is a bad tasting fluid any
way. Keeping up the washings for a
week or ten days is said to be suf-
fcient to cure the cow of the habit.
OF course the udder will have to be
washed before each milking or some OF
the quassia will get into the milk.
The question OF door in milk is ona
that has long disturbed dairymen and
scientists interested in dairy subjects.
Some have claimed that the odors were
due to food that the COWS received,
wnlie others have been just as positive
that the odors did not go through the
COWS but got into the milk from some
other source-from the odors Of stuff
left around in the stable in which the
cows were MIXED. The contentious
have been sometimes fierce. The ex-
pertinent stations have paid little at
tention to the subject, though it is a
subject that would appear easy of So
luton. At last an experiment station
In Canada has taken up the question
and has actually made a test to set
the matter straight. Turnips were kept
In the stable where the COWS were be-
ing MIXED for some time. but no tur-
nip flavor was detected in the milk.
The inference is that the flavor must
come through the cow. OF course, it
is not possible to build a conclusion
OF the matter out Of a single expert
ment, but even one experiment indI-
Gates something.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
brought Flour at Last

One day in the spring of 1884 Mrs.
Frederick White of Coventry, N. Y.
asked her husband to bring her a sack
of flour from nearby store. He
started to do so and that was the last
she saw of him until one day last week
when he walked into the house with
sack of -four on his shoulder. saying
as he set it down that he had not for
gotten the errand. He has been in the
far west, has accumulated good deal
of money and will take Mrs. White to
his western home.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Hov Successful armers Operate This
Department OF tho Farm - A Few
Hints as to the care OF Live Stock
and Poultry.
The Udder.

The Udder
Prof. II. Hayward says: Doubtless
you all know that the productivity OF
an udder is dependent upon the num-
Der OF epithelial or secretive cells 1t
contains, and not necessarily upon its
size The ideal udder then would be
one of such a shape that the maxi
mum-sized udder containing the max
imum number OF secreting cells could
be easily carried when full. A little
thought will show us that the shape
OF this udder must necessarily form
part Of an arc of circle. but that
both the back and front part of the
udder will extend beyond the circle,
and thus form what we know as
square, well-balanced udder. The I'D
der, should, OF course, be free from
much flesh. The amount OF flesh an
udder will show on milking out, how
ever, will depend on the period OF lac
tation, as the more active the secre-
tive cells are, the more apparent flesh
will the udder show after milking. A
fieshy udder is readny distinguished
by the fact that superfiuous flesh that
1t contains usually seems to drop more
or less to the bottom of the udder.
making it pendulous. Such an udder
not only is unsightly, but the COW
with such an udder is quite likely to
transmit this undesirable quality to
her offspring. The most common
fault found in the udder IS the i'm
perfect development of the front I'D
der. This Is often seen in a very
marked degree in certain families, or
sometimes whole breeds.
believe the lack of development In
the fore-udder is the cause Of large
aggregate loss to the dairymen OF our
country, and that it is well worth the
while to at least make the effort to
overcome this fault, which Is so COM
mon in our dairy cows. To give some
idea of the great difference between
the quantity of milk produced by the
front and rear udder, l quote the re-
suits obtained by Prof. Plumb in some
studies of the udder, which he made
a few years ago. In 226 different lots
of milk obtained from Go different
cows, representing several types Of
udders, he found that the average
yield Of the 226 front udders was Al
quarts, while the average yield of the
226 rear udders was 4.9 quarts, or
difference of over 16 per cent. 1t
should be borne in mind that these
were average udders, and not udders
noticeably deficient in one part or
the other.
To note the effect when the front
udder was noticeably undeveloped, the
same observer took 13 cows that had
more or less inferior front conform
alton, and weighed separately the milk
produced by the rear and front udder.
In these cases, 1t was found that the
rear udder produced 81 per cent more
milk than the front udder, which plain
ly shows the difference existing in
different types of udders. Prof. Plumb
further noted the difference in the
yield Of the front and rear udders,
where the udders were well balanced.
In the nine COWS studied, it was found
that the difference in the milk yield
of the front and rear udder amounted
to only per cent-a comparatively
Insignificant difference.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

In every Republican congress since
then Cannon has been chairman of his
old committee, and as such he has had
more power and responsibility regard
ing appropriations for government ex-
penses and public works than any
other member of either House.
When the battleship Maine was
blown up in Havana harbor, "Uncle
Joe" said little on either side. He be-
gan making a few figures, and one
morning he quietly dropped a little
bill in the box, which, when found,
created a sensation, not only in Wash
ington, but in every city in the civil
lied world.
During the Spanish Crisis.
The bill was unique. 1t had no
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
Dairy Notes.

We would like the experience of our
readers on the question of the quality
of the silage in deep silos. One man
with silo 40 feet deep says that the
silage is good and sweet for the first
10 feet but becomes sour as the bot
tom is approached, till at the bottom
the silage is SO sour that the cows
will scarcely touch it. The man lays
1t to the pressure at the bottom being
far greater than at the top. 1t seems
to us that the effect should be Just
the opposite, and that the higher pres
sure should give a more perfect keep
ing silage. viii some of our dairy
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
SOLDIERS, ARMoRED CARRIAGr

In the picture is shown a rather
novel idea for protecting soldiers I'M
der fire from the enemy, the apparatus
being intended primarily for use in OPP
Grating the small machine guns which
are much in use in tn modern army.
The principal part of the apparatus is
the steel shield, which is mounted on
the single axle and provided with
number of port holes. through which
either machine or hand guns may be
operated. Behind the shield is shown
a seat for the men, who are thus en-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
y lSSCIENeE AND
I1sgp RoGRESs

rate Is sometimes over sixty-four to
the thousand
With the exception OF Rockford, IL
linois, the most healthful cities seem to
lie west Of the Mississippi. Seattle
heads them. with death rate of only
about seven to the thousand. st.
Joseph. Missouri; Portland, Oregon;
Lincoln, Nebraska; Tacoma, Washing
ton; Sioux City. Iowa, and Rockford.
Illinois, all have death rate of less
than ten to the thousand The death
rates of New York. London and Paris
are over nineteen to the thousand.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

sion arise. Amid the GREATNESS 81
lence of the spectators, the ring-mas-
ter explained the ferocious nature of
the lions and the terrible risk of the
woman, and she was thrust in at the
cage-door. In the excitement of the
occasion the door was not securely
shut after her. No sooner was she
fairly inside than the six monarchs of
the jungle, seeing that strange per-
son had been forced upon them, raised
a chorus of shuddering terror, bolted
for the cage door, clawed it open, and,
with dragging tails and cringing
tanks, fled through a rear entrance and
found refuge in a cellar, where they
were dislodged only after a great diff
fculty.. 1t was a week before the.
"ferocious man-eaters" were sufficient
ly recovered from their terrors to re-
appear in public.-McClure's Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
LINE ANp CHALK HOLDER.

to aid in maintaining it in body
around the line. In drawing the line
from the casing it passes through the
chalk compartment and is thoroughly
powdered. The reel on which the line
Is wound may be operated either by
a crank or coiled spring and the i'm
plement will be found very convenient
for the purpose for which it was de-
signed
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

when he began the study of law, and
was admitted to the bar at Terre
Haute in 1858.
Moves TO Illinois.
The next year Mr.. Cannon moved to
Tuscola. ILL.,, and in 1861 he was elect
ed district attorney. He subsequently
was elected to the Forty-third, Forty
fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty
seventh, Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth,
Fiftieth, Fifty-frst, Fifty-third, Fifty
fourth, Fifty-fifth congresses, receiv-
ing 21,4S4 votes to a. 76 for John NJ.
Thompson, Democrat, and $50 for
Samuel S. Jones, Prohibitionist
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

The raising of geese is not accom-
panied with that expense for build
ings and appliances that accompanies
the raising of some other kinds of
farm poultry. Geese dislike confine-
ment, and want to be out of doors even
In wet and cold weather. They are
specially fitted to withstand conditions
that would prove fatal to chickens. For
instance we would not think of per-
hitting chickens to run on low
swampy land, but that kind of land
is very suitable for ducks.
What price should be charged for
eggs that are sold by men that make
a business of producing them for
breeding purposes? Without doubt the
price should be about the same as we
see now advertised for eggs Of pure
bred fowls If man tries to sell eggs
at too low rate he will find there Is
no profit in them unless he keeps a
very large number of fowls and sue
ceeds in building up trade that is
larger than the average. A safe busi-
ness requires that the prices charged
be sufficient to pay all costs and give
profit
Scientific men claim that glass in
poultry houses makes them warmer in
the winter both by night and day.
The theory they advance is that the
light waves are so short that they will
pass into the house through the glass.
but are there changed into heat waves
which are too long to again escape
through the glass. They say that thus
1t is easier for the heat to get into
the house than to get out of it again
This being true, 1t is advisable to give
the poultry houses an abundance If
light
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

How enormous appear the crimes we
have not committedl-Mme. Necker.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

A man who risks nothing accumu-
lates bountiful supply of the same.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

New York, it is said, has an annual
murder record of 500, Boston of S4S,
New Orleans of 215 and Chicago Of
900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Keep your chin up. Of you are
woman. you won't have to be told SOY
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-06
Got a Lock of His Hair.

About dozen recruits for the army
in the Philippines were standing in
the depot talking to friends when Al
Hawthorne, who calls trains, came by
and announced that their train was
ready to leave.
Il must 60" said a tall soldier to a
young woman to whom he was talk
ing. He removed his hat as he stifty
bowed to her. AS he leaned forward
she caught a lock of his hair and
reaching down in the pocket of her
dress pulled out small pair of shears
and cut off the lock of hair. Those
standing by laughed and the young
soldier, with tears in his eyes, turned
and walked out on the depot platform
to his train. The young woman care
fully placed the lock of hair in a small
valise she carried and then she left
the depot, going uptown.-kansas
City Star.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-06
POWERFUL LoADSToNE
Attracts Not Only Metals, But Fishermen.
Dogs and Hogs.

A deep hole of water in Nolynn Creek
ten miles south of Hogdenvlle, KY. has
for some time been attracting attention
by reason of the fact that it has a very
strong suction. For years it has been
known as the suck hole" 1t is about
ten feet deep and about fifty yards long
The water is clear and bottom can easily
be seen. This hole has been watched
by people in that section for a number
of years, and it has also to some extent
been avoided, 1t now develops that it
is no stick hole" but in the bottom Of
the river it is claimed that there is a
streak of powerful loadstone.
A man in that community recently
constructed large and substantial raft
for the purpose OF investigating the
causes of the suction in this particular
part of the river 1t was discovered
that the river bottom is solid rock and
that through the centre of the rock run
ming lengthwise, is a black streak 1t
is about five inches in width and runs
the length of the hole. This streak
was examined with a common fish gig
and was found to be very hard. The
gig adhered to the stone and it took no
little pulling to extricate it. Further
investigation was made, and it is said
that the streak following the bottom of
the river is undoubtedly powerful load
stone.
The hole was discovered over forty
years ago by Enoch Atterberry, who
came near losing his life in the water,
having been rescued by two men, who
pulled him out by means of long pole
Lum Wess nd Luther Trulock also
came near g their lives in the hole
a short time ago, while seining. They
were rescued, half drowned, by other
members Of the party. The attraction
was 50 powerful toward a chain on the
bottom Of the seine that the seiners had
to abandon it. The hole is not in the
main stream, but is an outlet
A dog thrown into the water never
comes out but is quickly drawn to the
bottom. When trout line is stretched
across the place the unseen energy at
tracts the hooks to the black streak and
there holds them securely until they are
drawn out At times there is a strong
undercurrent in the bayou, which is TN
accounted for and which often sweeps
the bottom clean, relieving the loadstone
of its collection.
The locality of the stuck hole is get
ting to be a much dreaded one, especi-
ally by the superstitious Many cattle
aud hogs have been lost.-LouiSgiIIc
COHricr-JOuyHdl
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-06

of the Hudson, but several animals,
killed a year or so ago in the noun
tains just northwest of Stony Point,
have been described in such a manner
as to make it appear probable that
they were lynxes. The wildcat, of
course. occurs in the Adirondacks and
Catskills, and is occasionally killed in
the highlands of Orange County.
From 1871 down TO within few
years the State paid a bounty of $50
for wolves, and we have therefore an
almost complete record of the speci-
mems killed in that time. III the years
1871 to 1897, inclusive. ninety-eight
were killed, the greatest number in
any one year being twenty-one, in
1882. All save one Of these animals
were killed IN the Adirondack coun.
ties. The exceptional individual was
from Broome County. 1t is noteworthy
that no fewer than thirty-nine of the
ninety-eight were killed by one man,
George Muir.
For panthers-pumas, more proper
" speaking-we have the same exact
data. as a twenty-dollar bounty was
paid for this species. In the same sew
enteen years bounties were paid on
1O7 pumas, the last recorded having
been killed in 1890, in Saratoga Coun-
ty. The maximum number killed in
any one year was twenty-one, in 1888.
All those killed We're in the Adiron-
dack counties, st. Lawrence heading
the list, with forty four, while the
second county, Lewis, is credited with
twenty-three. The same George Muir
who had such remarkable luck in the
matter of killing wolves had still more
extraordinary fortune as a hunter of
panthers. having killed sixty-seyen out
of the entire 107. His total receipts
from the State, as bounties on wolves
and panthers killed, amounted to
S2510, most of which was obtained in
a few years in the early sos.
1t seems probable that the puma,
though undoubtedly now very rare,
can still be found in the wilder por-
tons Of the AdirOndacks. The wolf is
known to occur, though hardly COM
mon. inhabitant.
Our only marsupial, the opossum is
widely distributed though hardly
well-known mammal. 1t seems to
have extended it's range to the north
in comparatively recent times, and is
now found pretty well throughout the
State though still most common in
Orange and Kockland counties and on
Long Island.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-06

\ remarkable parallel, hitherto I'M
remarked, exists between the deaths
of Benjamine Harrison and George
Washington.
The first and the twenty-third Presi-
dents of the Republic died at exactly
the same age-siXty-seyen-an of the
same disease-pneumonia. In both
cases the fatal illness was a short one,
and in all essential particulars tie
parallel is close.
If there is any astrological or other
significance in the age and manner of
death, there is doubtless an indissOl-
uble link between the departed spirits
of the Father of his Country and Of
the soldier statesman from Indiana.
Four Presidents hav died of debil-
ity. three of paralysis, only one of
consumption. three from bilious dis
eases, two from dysentery, two were
assassinated, while asthmatic ca
tarrh, inf nmation of stom CHI, rheu-
matte govt, cancer and Brights dis
ease have account for one each.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-06
A New Vegetable.

An Australian paper speaks highly of
a new vegetable that is becoming popu-
lar in the colony, but gives no name or
clew by which one may get at its iden-
tity 1t says: "A new vegetable, and
one that promises to be great acquisi
ton, is the asparagus pea, introduced in
to Victoria by Lord Hopetoun. 1t is
extremely prolific. and most people
would pronounce it delicious vegetable
when properly prepared, combining as
it does. the pronounced flavor of aspara-
gus with the delicate suggestion of the
table pea The method of culture is
that of the ordinary pea.
"The plant is of PROSTATE nature,
branching much like rock melon, and
spreading nearly two feet Stem pros
trate, leaves trifoliate, leaflets spatulate-
ovate, flower axillary and of scarlet
red and purple, giving the appearance
of a field of red clover Pod square,
with fringe on each side two inches to
four inches long, containing six or ten
small peas The pod is cooked and
eaten from the fingers, after the manner
of asparagus" -Meehans' Monthly.