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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

business as we are, and II they prop
agate and cultivate In the same way
and with as much care as we do, why
not use their surplus goods when we
are short, and they reciprocateY" That
may be all right from the standpoint
Of the nurseryman, but is 1t honest?
II a man buys of one nurseryman he
frequently does SO because he has con-
fidence that the man of whom he buys
will sell him only what he wants and
he does not want stock that has passed
through a number OF hands before 1t
reaches the man of whom he buys.
This is doubtless at the bottom of a
good deal of the dissatisfaction that
is reported due to falsely named trees.
To illustrate: We know a man in IL
linois who ordered several hundred
trees of certain varieties of an Illinois
nursery. The Illinois nursery being
out Of those varieties, or some of them,
sent to nursery in Missouri and filled
the order. The trees sent from the
Missouri nursery were not the kind the
man had ordered of the home nur-
sery, but he did not find this out till
years after when his trees came into
bearing. He was, of course, righteous
ly indignant and reported the facts to
the Illinois nursery. At that time he,
for the first time, learned that his
goods had come from another nursery.
The Illinois nursery offered to supply
him with new trees of the varieties he
had at first ordered, but to the mind
of the man (and we agree with him)
this was no recompense, for he had
lost years of time and spent a large
amount Of labor on the trees palmed
off on him. Ii nurseryman wants to
substitute the goods of another nur-
sery for the ones ordered he should
state the whole case to the buyer and
leave him to accept or decline the Of
fer. Any other course is tricky.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

The list of occupations for womer
iengthens. There are shoe breakers
in England. For a stated price a won.
an will undertake to wear new shoes
for one Of her customers from two to
four days. When times are good she
has several pairs of shoes in charge at
the same time. Nothing is said of the
effect upon the professionals DISPOSE
ton. although 1t is easy to see that
what she may lose in equasimity is
sure to be Offset by the improved tenn
per of the customer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28
Qualify of Red Glover Seed.

The quality of a sample of clover
seed depends upon its cleanness, the
percentage of germinable seed, the
vigor of termination, and the origin
of the seed The cleanness of a sam
pie depends both upon its freedom
from broken seeds, dirt, and other in
ert matter and upon the absence of
weed seeds and the seeds of other Gull
tivated plants. The seeds of timothy,
white, and alsike clover are often
present, and although they must be
considered impurities, they can not be
called injurious. Timothy may some
times be present in such quantity as
to be Objectionable, not from the ma
ture Of the plant, but because the seed
can be purchased at a much less cost
than clover seed, and farmer does
not want to pay for clover when he
gets timothy. More serious is the
presence of considerable quantity Of
weed seeds, especially if among the lot
are the seeds Of some of the more dan
gerous weeds.
In some localities low grades Of
clover seed are demanded because the
clover is to be used as green manure,
and it is thought that the weeds will
furnish green material for blowing I'M
der and can thus do no harm. This is
true to certain extent, but the weeds
fall far short of the clover as green
manure, and the value of the sod will
be reduced in proportion to the album
dance of weeds.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28
Fertilizers for Grain.

In the experiments of the Central
Station at Wooster, Ohio, where wheat
has been grown in rotation with corn,
oats, clover and timothy, the average
increase per acre from plain acid phos-
phate, applied at the rate of 160 pounds
per acre to wheat and 80 pounds per
acre to corn and oats, or a total of 800
pounds during the five years of a ro-
tation, has been as bushels of wheat.
SO bushels of corn, 72 bushels of oats
and 800 pounds of hay, while from the
same quantity of acid phosphate, car
ried partly in acid phosphate and
partly in tankage, but REINFORCED by
the nitrogen carried in the tankage
and by small addition of muriate of
potash, the average increase has b en-
7.2 bushels of wheat, 8 bushels of CT IN.
bushels of oats and 1900 pounds of
hay.
Inc cost OF the acid phosphate used
on an acre in five years has been about
$2.4O, while that of the mixture of acid
phosphate, tankage and muriate Of,
potash, has been about 1915; but the
average increase from this mixture has
been so much greater than that from
acid phosphate alone as to give a to-
tai net profit, over the cost of the fer
tilizer, of about $12 per acre in five
years Tor the mixed fertilizer against
about S6 for the acid phosphate used
alone
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28
WHY THE SULTAN
CAN'T PAY

1t isn't any wonder that the Sultan
cannot pay his debts if this description
of the Sultana, who was recently Wis
tied by lady of high degree, is accu-
rate. The Sultana, says the visitor,
began her career of extravaganza when
Is years old by driving about in car
riage with massive silver wheels,
shading herself beneath a parasol that
had diamond fringe and a handle or
namented with rubies as big as pigeons
eggs. Her life was given up to sense
less luxury and squandering. Her
French cooks went about their work
in Valenciennes lace aprons and
sleeves, and daily servants were sent
far afeld on her errands. On one oc-
casion she sent to Paris for a tooth
brush. Nothing in the world would
have made her use one until the SER
want returned with his important COM
mission. He travelled, of course, first
class, smoked the best cigars and as
tonished the Paris shopkeepers with
accounts of the household of his
mistress, which were not at all exag-
gerated.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

add to the depth of pessimism into
which the wreck of all her better ma
ture was plunged She moistened her
lips and smiled sweetly.
"Oh, really, it doesn't matter at ALL"
she said in the tone of the lady whose
train has been fatally stepped upon.
She has smashed all her fiowerpots
so not to be lead again into tempta-
ton. She realizes the next step is to
go in for green calico palms covered
with varnish, which are warranted
perpetual, and she has begun to take
serious view of life.-Chicago Daily
News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

infected only after from ten to thir-
teen days from the time of the inges-
ton of the germ" but that, unfortun-
ately, the methods pursued in the ex-
periments detract very materially from
their value, and that, considering the
great danger to which the subjects OF
the experiments were exposed, result
ing, as it did. in the death of three OF
them, 1t is to be regretted that they
tirely from objection. The objections
to the claim that the mosquito did con-
vey the disease to the three cases that
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28
Alfalfa and Clover

There has been so much said and
written about alfalfa that 1t has be-
come popular outside of the regions IN
which conditions are suitable for us
growth. This has led to a good many
farmers experimenting with 1t IN
states where red clover grows abund-
antly and where there is no pressing
need for the growing of alfalfa. When
ever asked about the matter the ad-
vice of the Farmers Review has been
for the farmers to be satisfied with
red clover in the states in which 1t
can be grown successfully.
For Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana,
Michigan and the neighboring states
there is no necessity for the growing
of alfalfa and in most parts OF them
the plant would most likely prove
failure If tried. There are a good
many reasons why we should stick to
red clover The first reason is that it
can enter into the rotation with the
other crops. It's roofing is not 80 deep
that it cannot be disturbed, and 1t does
not take years to get it well rooted.
With alfalfa the case is different. 1t
is regarded as a permanent crop and
grows better after having been per-
mitted to take a few years in estab-
fishing its root system. The great
difficulty in getting catch of alfalfa
is during the years when its roots are
small and its growth comparatively
feeble. But after it has reached down
into the regions of eternal moisture,
10, 15 or 20 feet below the surface, it
will grow on forever. 1t is said that
in Chile there are fields of alfalfa
that have not been disturbed for 200
years and yet annually yield good
crops. This will readily show how
little it is fitted for the rotation.
Without the abundant sunshine to
which 1t Is accustomed it is difficult to
cure alfalfa, and this is very serious
matter in country of clouds and fire.
quent rains. We note another thing in
regard to alfalfa grown out of it's nat
ural habitat. 1t is smaller and does
not yield the heavy crop that is cred
tied to 1t. The writer has in mind
In particular a crop that was grown
a few years ago at the Michigan Ex-
pertinent station. We doubt if in that
case, under the best of conditions, the
crop was as large as would have been
realized from red clover.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28
Books of Aluminium.

1t is stated that experiments with
aluminium as substitute for paper are
now under way in France. 1t Is well
known that the paper used today in
the manufacture of books is not dur
able. 1t is now possible to roll alumni
mum into sheets four-thousands of an
inch in thickness, in which form it
weighs less than paper. By use of suit
able machinery these sheets can be
made even thinner and can be used for
book and writing paper. The metal
will not oxidize, is practically fire and
water proof and is indestructible by
the jaws Of worms. The cost, how
ever, now stands as very large OBJ
stacle. A good deal of figuring is go
ing on concerning its possible reduc-
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

The secretary of agriculture, Mr..
Wilson, is at times pleasantly satirical.
A reporter for a sensational news
paper recently called upon him to ask
IL anything of moment was happening
In his department. The secretary re-
piled by reciting long list of i'm
portant investigations, the results of
which were of the greatest value to the
world. But" added the secretary
you do not want anything of that
kind; you would not telegraph such
reports over the country" The re-
porter, not seeing the humor of the
secretary. complacently nodded: "No.
no; that's So"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28
Could Give one Order.

He was station hand In from a.
three-months spell of word, during
which he had tasted no other meat
than mutton. Also he suffered badly.
His eyes fairly leaped at the stuffed
turkey on the hotel dinner table,
though the boiled mutton made him
shiver. Said the host: What will you
try, Mr.. Straps?" Eagerly: "I'll t-try
a b-bit OF TIT" The word fioored
him. Again: "G-give NINE a li-little
TIT" Then red-faced and dis
gusted; "Oh, hang It'll Give nae some
b-blooming m-mutton. h-hate it, but
I can s-s-s-say it, anyhow"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

A medical journal. commenting upon
the treatment OF George Washington in
his final illness. remarks that 1.-THE
aimshouse patient today has more ra-
tional treatment than the ex-president
OF the United States had in 1893"
This is doubly interesting; not only
does 1t emphasize our obligation to o
century OF scientific study, but 1t sug-
gests that a hundred years hence peo-
pie may condemn, as crude and un-
scientific the present methods, which
seem to us so wonderful.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

A design for the memorial which the
tenantry and friends of the Earl of
Airlie, who was killed at the battle of
Diamond hill. near Pretoria, last June.
decided to erect to his memory has now
been accepted and a site selected. The
memorial, which closely follows the
character of the tower at Airlie castle,
the ancestral home of the 0gilvys in
Forfarshire. is modification of the old
Scottish peel tower, and will be erect.
cd on Tullo hill u,230 feet above sea
level, near the family seat at Cor
tachy. The base of the tower will be
worked out in rock-faced ashlar. re.
ieved with dressed panels with carved
representations Of the family arms ane
badges Of the different regiments In
which the late earl served,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

During the recent restoration of st.
Martins church at Vovey, Switzerland.
a primitive edifice was discovered a
few feet below the floor of the building.
says the New York Post. In shape it
somewhat resembles a church, but the
style of architecture is quite foreign to
Europe and bears traces of oriental
source. The walls and foundations of
the relic are in remarkable state of
preservation, and the structure Is be-
lieved by experts to be one of the ear
Lest buildings in which stone was en-
ploysd
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28
YELLOW FEVER.

It's Germ Not Recognized In the Human
Blood.
The British Medical Journal, in COM
menting editeriarly on the recent ex-
periments carried on at Havana by
Drs. Reed, Carroll, Agramonte and La
GEAR, regarding the relation between
yellow fever and the mosquito, says:
"At first glance these experiments APP
pear to show almost conclusively that
the germ of yellow fever is conveyed
by special species of mosquito, Culex
fasciatus, and that the insect becomes
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

Kansas has a law forbidding the
marriage of first cousins. Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Beck are now under
going jail sentence for its violation,
having been arrested on the complaint
of Mrs. Beck's brother. said to have
been inspired by his desire for ven.
geance. After their release from prison
they will cross over to Nebraska and
DE legally married, and on their return
70 Kansas they cannot be interfered
with.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28
UtilIzes the earba~s.

"A number OF British cities lease for
long term or purchase outright hun
ureos OF acres of bogland or other
waste land for the use of the city. Glas-
gov mas about 800 acres so employed.
Inc city garbage is used for filling in
and for fertilizing purposes. In the
course of few years many aores of
land are redeemed and made to bios
som as the rose. Hay. oats, potatoes.
ana other grains and vegetables are
raised and turned in toward the sup
port OF the department. These munich.
pal rarms are located from two to fif-
teen miles from the city. The transfer
OF the refuse to the farms is made by
the railway.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

aesthetic side OF
ones nature. Ari-
adne says, how
ever, it is call
culated to turn the
whitest, most gilt
tering soul a murky
black and she for
one prefers some
less circutious
route to destruction
-burgling or
downright murder,
Tor instance.
1t began the sum-
mer she brought
back six carefully
packed slips from
some gorgeous dou-
bile geraniums she
found in the luxu-
RANT gardens of the
town she had Wis
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

The British postal department COM
mission, which has been inquiring into
the subject OF wireless telegraphy for
several months, will shortly report In
favor OF the earliest possible adoption
of the Marconi system. The commits
sion is also arranging for the pur-
chase of Marconi patents and is nego-
tiating with France and Germany rel
alive to their attitudes toward the
Marconi inventions.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

ited. She had picture of her two win
dows-Ariadne boards-in blaze Of
soarlet and pink and white and green
She set the six slips in six earthenware
pots and waited. They didn't seem in
terested in her anxiety. She flooded
them with water and they were obsti-
nate, she left off watering them and
they never budged from their sulky
behavior Some of them had three
leaves and others had two. She set
them out on the back porch and the
cat knocked over two plants, bugs ate
up two more and she stepped on the
nth. The sixth she tucked off in a
corner and ignored. She was plainly
discouraged.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

heailzing that the country tributary
to Edmonton and Strathoona in North
ern Alberta was adapted to hog rails
ing, the territorial government inn
ported last spring some choice breed
ing sows, which were sold to farmers
desirous OF improving their herds at
reasonable prices. Considerable amount
Oh pork is already being produced and
shipped to the hootnay and other min
ing districts. A packing company has
Deen organized to take care of all the
product OF the district which has a
nrst-class curing plant capable of
handling the output of the district for
years to come. 'o'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

Il always know when I've interrupt.
ed an afternoon nap. l have to wait
about twenty minutes for the girl to
dress and then when she does come in
her Oeaming smile is so brilliant
realize at once she has been saying
naughty words all the while she haa
been scrambling into a gown and
twisting her hair up. I'm so sorry to
have disturbed you,' l say APOLOGIZE
cally. oh, you didn't she replies
cooingly. Really, / was almost
dressed when you came, and then
am morally certain of my diagnosis
of the case. If there is anything that
will make girl hate another one 1t is
to have to make lightning toilet on
her account. Because when the caller
is gone she has to do it all over again,
you see.
81 don't think 1 was cut out for a
society person, because every time 1 go
calling | get into trouble The other
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

day | went to see
Louise Marks. I
knew her at school
and she has just
married and come
to Chicago. There
was a sharp-nosed,
elderly lady in the
reception room
when I got there
also waiting for
Louise. We bowed
in the truly re-
served and suspici-
GUS way women
have toward stran-
gers of their own
sex. After the ell
derby lady had
looked me over and
concluded I did not
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28
ACCIDENTS ON
STEAMBOATS,

Among 6OO,OOO,oOO passengers car
ried only 206 persons lost their lives
on steamboat vessels within the juris-
diction of the United States during the
last fiscal year, of which Al were pas
sengers and 1852 members of the crews.
During the same year there were 1888
boiler explosion on land which killed
2SS persons and wounded 456 others
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

Emperor William is evidently highly
pleased with his new imperial chan
cellor, for his majesty went In person
to Graf Bulow's house and conferred
upon him the high order Of the Black
Eagle; and, too, just before Christmas
day, which seems rather to hint that
the honor is an exceptionally great one
and designed to give pleasure to the
recipient at the time of universal re-
joicing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

terminated fatally are seen in the facts
that nine out of the twelve persons
subjected to the mosquito bite did not
contract the disease at all, and that the
three who did contract it entered the
local endemic yellow fever area Mt
about the time they were bitten. Con
sequently they may have become in
fected in some other way, and not from
the experimental mosquito. 1t is also
worthy of note that the germ of yell
low fever has not yet been recognized
in either the mosquito or the human
blood
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

Recently the medical faculty of the
University of Heidelberg has made an
interesting report on the effect of the
incandescent light, whether gas or
electric. upon the eyes. After mature
elaboration they have decided that
The incandescent light is not harmful
and they specially recommend electric
lily for lighting halls and places of en-
tertainment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

In one of his earliest cases Daniel
O'Connell, the famous Irish liberator
made a report which attracted consid.
cradle attention to him. He was cross
examining an awkward witness, who
declared that he had drunk nothing bu
his share of a pint of whisky. "or
your oath, now" Numbered the youni
counsel, was not your share all bu
the pewter?'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

There is a special class of farm tx
borers In Sweden who are given sc
many acres of land for their own use
In consideration of SO many days la
Dor during the year for the owner OF
the farm. They are sort of fixture
to an estate, and their like exists In nc
other country.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

the way l make
bets with myself as
to whether people
will have forgotten
who l am. l sent
up my card once to
an old friend of my
mothers l should
have gone to see
six months before
and she sent down
word she did not
want to buy any
stove polish that
day. Since then
I've had my address
added to my cards
and am so naughty
to the maids who
open the doors that
they know at once
that l am the real
thing and post my
pSSaS
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

lady holly. I gave them the rugs my
self And just then Louise blew in.
1T seems the snappy elderly lady
was her mother, who had come for her
daughter to go calling with her. But
anyhow she started the gossip herself.
never did like bonnets with pink
roses in them"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

down on that. Primroses are fragile
and easily discouraged growths.
How awkward of mel" cried How
ell, as Ariadne made a wild gesture
of despair. He jumped away hastily
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28

intend to strangle her and steel her
gold-mounted card-case and after I had
decided she possibly was worth know
ing in spite of the pink roses on her
bonnet, she said something vague about
the weather.
Yes, isn't it?' 1 agreed. was
glad she had spoken, for 1t is CHASTITY
to sit in the same room with somebody
you can't talk to. Louise was really
awfully long and the elderly lady had
evidently been waiting quite awhile. L
think it is very bad manners in a
young person to keep people dangling
on their pleasure said the terrible
person tartly after ten minutes.
Il was in hurry to get a lot of
visits in and didn't like it either. so
do l., l agreed, but Louise always was
disregardful of other folks. I knew
her at school. She would take her
time primping and getting her hair at
the right angle If the whole college was
delayed. 1t is awful to be so VAIN
"The old lady nodded vigorously and
looked at me with new and what
seemed to be respectful interest.
They've pretty rugs, don't you think?'
she asked, glancing at the floor. Yes
agreed, and then smiled. That one
over there 1 remarked chattily,
Louise got while she was in college.
1t is imitation, but nobody can tell it.
l suppose the rest are, too
"'They aren'ti banged out the old
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-28
MAKING CALLS

There are times" said the girl in
pink, when yearning to be conven-
tional like other women clutches me
and then | dress up and make round
OF calls I've owed for months. 1t has
all the excitement of novelty. On