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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20
LEARNING TO FARM
WHERE THE SONS OF MlLLIoNAIRee
AND FARMERS WORK SIDE BY SIDE
A New York Institution That Te,ch
es ITS Students Agriculture md
H"rt'cuiture by Scientific Methods
Young Women Also Attara
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
hldAR CLIFF MANOR, n. Y, Aug. &c
Those who imagine that all million
aires sons spend their time nIavino
goIt automobiling or lolling on the
decks OF steam yachts should pay a
visit to the School Of Practical ApricuI.
ture and Horticulture, situated hero IN
the Pocantico hills. Here one can SEQ
many rich mems sons with their coats
off studying the science of farming as
if their whole futures depended on if
Ihey ploW, sow and reap, prune in the
orchards and dig bitches and milk the
cows.
The institution named in the fore
going paragraph is one of the most I'd
to date schools of it's kind in the world
and its director, George L. Powell is
one OF our best known agricultural sci
entiSts. Mr.. Powell has no use for
haphazard farming or theorizing, but
Dell"VeS III practical and systematic
work only, and the course of study
teaches scientifically everything per-
tanning to agriculture and horticulture.
The farm covers an area Of 6,OOO
acres, has handsome school building
of colonial architecture containing
about 40 rooms an up to date dairy and
a modern refrigerating plant There
are LOGO of the choicest brands of cat
tie, 500 pigs, 1000 chickens and 1900
sheep. Poultry raising and market
gardening are made speciality, and
the commercial side of raising farm
products is taught in full.
One would naturally expect that the
majority Of students in q college of
this kind would be farmers boys, but
such is not the case. In fact, they are
greatly in the minority, nine-tenths of
the pupils coming from the city. AL
though the institution has been estab-
lished less than year, it has met with
remarkable success and has had appli-
cations from all over the world. Many
of the students are young women, the
daughters of wealthy men, who, like
the millionaireS' sons, may own vast
estates some day and want to know
bow to manage them intelligently.
\ course OF nature teaching that was
begun at the school in July was 50 well
attended and such good work accom-
plish2d that it will probably be con-
tinued every summer hereafter. The
course included the study of many
kinds Of insects, but more especially
those destructive of plant and tree life
1t is computed that the annual loss to
agriculture in this state alone from
insects is close to $2G,000,000. In this
connection it may be interesting to
learn that 4 certain insect somewhat
resembling a moth has damaged the
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20

The roar of a lion can be heard far
Their than the sound of any other living
creature. Next comes the cry of a
hyena, and then the boot of the owl.
After these the panther and the jackal.
The donkey can be heard so times far
Their than the horse and the cat ten
times farther than the dog. Strange as
it may seem, the cry of a hare can be
heard farther than that of either the
cat or the dog.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20
A WORTHY SUCCESSOR,

"SomethIng New Under The Sum-
Ali Doctors have tried to cure CA
TARRH by the use of powders, acid
gases, inhalers and drugs in paste form.
Their powders dry up the mucuous mem
branes causing them to crack open and
bleed. The powerful acids used in the
inhalers have entirely eaten away the
same membranes that their makers have
aimed to cure, while paints and oint-
ments cannot reach the disease. An old
and experienced practitioner who has for
many years made a close study and
speciality 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 dis
charges, and curing all inflammation. 1t
is the only remedy known to science that
actually reaches the afflicted parts. This
wonderful remedy is known as "SNUF-
FILES the GUARANTEED CATARRH
CURE" and is sold at the extremely low
price of One Dollar, each package con-
tanning internal and external medicine
sufficient for full month 8 treatment and
everything necessary to its perfect use
"SNUFFLES" is the only perfect CA
TARRH CURE ever made and is now
recognized as the only safe and positive
cure for that annoying and disgusting
disease. Itcures all inflammation quickly
and permanently and is also wonder
fully quick to relieve HAY FEVER or
COLD IN the HEAD.
CATARRH when neglected often leads
to Observation-Disclosures" will
save you if you use it at once. 1t is no
ordinary remedy, but complete treat
ment which is positively guaranteed to
cure CATARRH in any form or stage il
used according to the directions which
accompany each package. Don't delay
but send for it at once, and write full
particulars as to your condition, and
you will receive special advice from the
discoverer OF this wonderful remedy re-
garding your case without cost to you
beyond the regular price OF 'SNUFFLES''
the GUARANTEED CATARRH CURE -
Sent prepaid to any address in the
United States or Canada on receipt Of
One Dollar. Address Dept. E 545, ED
WIN B. GILES & COMPANY, 1880 and
1882 Market Street, Philadelphia.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20
A NEW POET ARRIVES.
s1asNes His advent In the AristOcratic
Atlantic Monthly.

Especial Correspondence.
Boston, Aug 26.-The time seems to
have passed when the reputation OF
poet may burst into full bloom like the
flower of the cereus in single night.
There was such time and not longer
ago than one generation. Did not the
publication of 'Thanatopsis" by VIII
liam Cullen bryant stamp him at once
as one of Americas foremost poets in
spite of the fact that he was then a
mere youth?
But today there are many singers
Their songs rise from the dense forests
of printed leaves in a voluminOus if
not altogether harmonious chorus. OF
course, the great majority of these
voices are tuned to n minor chord, If
tuned at all, but the very body Of their
well intentiOned cheep cheep cheeps al
most browns any truly melodious trills
which may be uttered.
Now and then, however, even the
most careless listener cannot fail to dis
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20
When the Atlantic Was Bridged.

According to the distinguished French
anthropologists Gabriel and Adrien de
Mortillet there was a junction between
Europe and America by way of the
British isles, the Faroes, Iceland and
Greenland in what is known as the
Chellean epoch, which is supposed to
have ended 10000 or 100000 years
ago.-Baltimore Sun.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20

The Kongo ivory, as indeed all Al
rican ivory, is far more highly prlzeu
than the Asiatic product. 1t is harder'
of a finer grain. lends itself more easily
TO workmanship and has fewer assures.
The tusks of Kongo elephants are, as d
rule, very large and weigh on an aver.
age 60 pounds. Some of them are Oh
extraordinary size
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20
ReDI8ced Them.

Mistress-Why, Bridget, what on
earth are you doing with all the broken
dishes on the shelf?
Bridget-Sure, mum, yeZ towld me
OF wur to replace every one Oh broke.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20

White lead Sc per Id. Mixed paint
81 so per gallon. At Farmers Drug
Store
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20
Mortgages.

Chas A Underwood to U L Ettinger
It's . blk 40 Its 10 II l2bk 81 Colfax 2OO(
Alonzo lift to Coolidge & Mechanic
j, sw or ne or It's 2 3 2 IA 80 ...... $50
Edwin Latountain to Netherlands
Am Mortg Blk part W hf SO or hf
,,I sW or l IA 45. ;......:............ 7OC
Willis Van Gorden to Eleanor Truax
ONeill hf sw or W hf Sc or | Is As zoe
JAS + NesslY to + [ Conan It IL pt
1t 10 bk Al Colfax .. 5Or
K l. Pfell to Penelope Swain part Its
2 3 blk 6 Reaney's ad to Pullman 4O(
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20
Miscellaneous.

Rebecca J Bratton VS. Ross K Rupert
Notice of action to foreclose mortgage on 1t
blk 10 2 & P ad Colfax.
Leases.
Louis Graham to w Mccoy Sc or Is 1
Al for one year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12
WHY Sultan GIVE Up MIX.

The sultan was impressed with the
idea that fresh milk was an excellent
thing for the health, of which he Is
very careful. In fact, nearly always
when ambassadors have private audi
ences, the greater part of the time is
taken up with questions of hygiene
One memorable occasion, when Sir
Philip, now Lord Currie, waited on the
sultan to discuss some momentous
question, his voice was almost lost, as
he had been waiting for some time in
a cold room. On the sultan perceivlng
this he would not discuss politics, but
begged Sir Philip to go home and
drink hot milk But this is DEPRESSING
from my story. To make sure of hav'
ing his milk fresh the sultan every
morning had the COWS brought in
front Of his windows to be MIXED
and felt quite sure that no one could
tamper with the milk Unfortunately
some evil-disposed person hinted thai
the sultan was doing a most danger
Gus thing, as it would be SO easy FOL
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12
MAN-MONKEY CHASE.
A TRAGIC BATTLE SOUGHT IN
BORNEO.
Fatal End of an Encounter of a Malay
Youth with Mai-as-Monkey Swings
the Man " the Hair of the Head and
Then Hurts Him TO His Death.

The mai-as or man-monkey of Bor-
neo is possibly one of the fiercest and
strongest animals living. In the fol-
lowing paragraphs is told the tragic
outcome of an expedition that once set
out TO capture specimen alive. A
Malay, armed with a heavy iron blow
pipe, was to bring the brute to bay.
This blow pipe had sharp spearhead
firmly fixed at one end in sus a man
ner as not to interfere with the pas
sage Of dart through the hollow pipe.
The monkey had been driven to
take refuge in a tall palm tree, and
the young man as, foot by foot, he
crept up the tree, until when within
about eight feet of the mai-as (who
SO far had showed no inclination to
move) he raised his weapon and prod
ded the animal in the leg, whereupon
the huge creature retreated higher VI
the tree. The Malay crept after him
and repeated his spear-thrust, and
again the mai-as retreated, while the
daring hunter followed him.
Afraid that the tree would not bea
his ponderous weight if he went an,
higher-it was already beginning t.
sway dangerously-th mais- as stop
ped and, leaning down, stretched GU
one hand, and with lightning-lik
movement grasped the iron spea
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12
TO COOK cHEsTNUTs.
xyavs In which They Are Rendered fai'
atable in France.

The large French chestnuts are
again in market, and are beginning to
he used as one of the substantial lunch
or dinner dishes by many families. In
many French homes it is the practice
n roast them slowly until SOFT, then
send them to the table, where each
member bulls his own, then cuts them
in half and puts bit of butter be-
+ween before eating, says the New
Work. Post. Another way is to nun
and throw them into boiling water
for few minutes, so that the skins
can he easily removed, after which DOH
for twenty or thirty minutes, until
soft. then put through one of the pat
ant notato Washers, and they are ready
To eat as a porridge with cream OF
rich milk. After boiling and MASKING
thew can be seasoned with butter anc
served in the place of mashed potatoes
Experiments made by experts en-
Moved by the United States govern
ment Doint to the conclusion that nuts
generally speaking, are not indlges
tible. despite the popular impression
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12

When Ethelyn Leslie Huston, whose
philosophic writings on social evolu-
ton and kindred topics are attracting
wide s<tention. was wee bit of child
she was precocious in nearly every
thing. Above all, she was a devoted
lover of books, the deeper the range OF
thought suggested, the more suited to
her tastes She had habit of reason
ing out little deficiencies in the human
character that used to drive the Older
folks nearly to distraction. She was
eternally ''treading on the corns" oil
nearly everyone with whom she came
in contact Just after she left Ne
braska college, at eighteen, she took II
into her head to censure certain OF the
clergy for their narrowness of view.
Her first article on that subject ap-
peared in a Cleveland paper. 1t was
widely copied, and from that day, miss
Leslie (that was her ante-nuptiai
narne) was a quantity to be reckoned
with in the world of protest-a quanti-
ty the magnitude of which has steadily
increased. Today she has few, II any
peers among defenders of individual
independence of thought in moral and
religious matters. Her stories and ar
ticles now running in many American
publications, being happily attuned te
her philosophy, are in great demand
Mrs. Huston was born in Toronto
Canada. but is a thorough cosmopoli'
tan. While living in Idaho, her ex
IRENE independence Of thought attract
ed the attention of the late w. c
Brann who secured her as associat
editor of his "Iconoclast," Of Waco
; Texas. After his death, Mrs. Hustol
came north and recognizing that Chi
: cago was destined to become the liter
airy hub of the continent, took up ne
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12
OCEAN PARALLELS
Theories of the Loss of the Steamer
Portland Borne Out Lately.

Theories of the Loss of the Steamer
Portland Borne Out Lately.
When the steamer Portland, in No
yember of 1898, was lost off Cape Cod,
everybody on board of her was drown
ed and it was therefore possible only
to guess at the details of the disaster
saws the New York Times. The guess
es made at the time, however. were
almost certainly correct, and par
ticularly strong reason for thinking SO
is the fact that just what was supposed
IN have happened to the Portland the
survivors of the City of Monticello now
fell rs did happen to that vessel, in all
essential respects a duplicatae OF the
Portland. when cruel fate carried her
into similar conditions OF wlnd anu
water. Both were side-wheei steamers
of considerable age, and both were run
over routes more than ordinarily dan
perous not because of special adapta-
tion for such service, but simply be-
cause the nature of sle traffic, passen-
/ ger and freight. was such as to permit
tha employment of it in vessels OF q
type toe Anticipated to hold their own
IN +he fierce competition between i'm
nortant ports. In other days, when all
steamers were side wheelers, of course
they were considered safe enough Tor
use anywhere, and both the inconVem-
ences and the perils incidental to con-
struction like theirs were ignored, for
the sufficient reason that there was
nothing better or safer available. But
tha+ has not been true for years more
than a few, and today steamers with
sida wheels are used here and there fol
men sea service with full knowledge
that the lives and property intrusteo
m them are subject to avoidable dan
gers. 1t is easier to understand thar
tn approve the motives Of their owners
They do not want to sell for old iron
and hrewood vessels that are still
stanch enough to bring in some return
for invested capital. With moderate
good luck the old-time craft max
their way up and down the coast, AM
even longer voyages, about as well a
better steamers, but when the momen
Of extreme trial comes they sink whel
tbe others remain afioat. Modern
steamers of the best type are not bs2t
en- to pieces in deep water, no matte
how high the waves may be. 1t ca
= fairly be asked therefore, whether tn
, side wheelers still left are to be use
/, until they meet, one by one, the fat
: Of the Portland and the City of Mont
a ,ello.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12
Gold In British columbia.

The first authenticated discovery OF
gold in British Columbia, according to
DR.. G. M. Dawson, occurred at Mitch
ell. or Gold Harbor, on the west coast
of Queen Charlotte island, in 1851,
nugget weighing several ounces having
been accidentally picked up by an In
dian woman on the seashore. This
nugget was brought to Fort Simpson,
and coming into the possession of the
officer in charge of the Hudson Bay
company's post at that place, was for
warded by him to the company's head
quarters at Victoria. An expedition
was at once fitted out and, proceeding
to the spot, succeeded in locating a
quartz vein seven inches wide, report
ed to contain 25 per cent gold in some
places" The find was worked for some
months and then abandoned, the mar
row vein entirely giving out; no
other indications of mineral were ever
found on the island, Notwithstanding
that this extraordinary little seam OF
quartz had yielded in the few weeks
it was worked, a value of $4,000 on
the word Of one authority, or sI5,OOl
on that of another About the same
time coal. which had been discovered
on Vancouver island as far back a;
1885, began to be mined in earnest a
Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12

A worthless old vagabond had an
noyed the good people of western
town for several years. He had been
arrested for drunkenness and vagran-
cy times without number, but to no
purpose. Moral suasion had been tried
upon him without effect. He steadily
grew worse.
An impromptu vigilance committee
was formed one day and lot of citi-
zens whose patience had become e.
hausted. and while they deprecated
mob violence, they agreed in the opin-
ion that it was time to shift the bur-
den of this particular vagabond upon
some other place. Accordingly they
went to his lodgings one night, lifted
him up. put him on a rail, rode him
to the outskirts of the town, dumped
him into a shallow creek, and left him
| there. with the injunction that 1t
would be safest for him to get out on
the farther side and keep moving. BY
gum!" he grumbled, as he crawled out
or the bank, scraped the mud from his
clothes and looked back at the vanish
ing regulators" Il don't b'lieve they
want me to live in this town any long
erl"-Youth's Companion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12

head. Then he commenced to pull
and hand over hand, hanging on sole
ly by his muscular legs. he commenced
to haul up the wretched Malay, who
was powerless, the blow pipe being at
tached to his wrist by strong leather
thong.
Little by little the powerful brute
drew up the man until, holding the
blow pipe with one hand, he reached
GOWN with the other and wreathed his
huge hand in the thick, luxuriant bair
OF The miserable native, who, paralysed
by fear, could do no more than gaze
at the savage face of his captor with
terror-stricken eyes. Spellbound with
horror, the Englishmen below then saw
the mai-as with single twist wrench
the Malay from the tree and commence
| to swing his victim backwards and
forwards by the hair, chuckling all the
time with fiendish satisfaction.
Too fascinated with horror to use
their rifles and slay the monster or
else kill the man and put merciful
end to his sufferings, the hunters
watched the wild man swinging the
Malay faster and faster until, with an
unearthly yell of devlish malignity, he
hurled him down. The wretched man
turned over and over as he fell, and
came to the ground with heavy thud
that sent a sickening thrill through
the hearts of the watchers. They
rushed to the spot, but it was too late
the man was stone dead. Furious
with rage one OF the white man raised
his rife and, hastily sighting, fired
The bullet struck the mai-as as fairly
: in the ribs under the left arm, and
with a cry the brute slid to the ground
} where for one brief moment he sup
ported himself against the tree, witt
t one hand on the wound. Then witt
e a groan, quite human in its intensity
r he pitched forward on his face dead
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12

An exhaustive study of the nails Of
the hand has been made by P. A. Min
akoff, and some Of the results appear
to be of medico-legal importance.
Among other things, he asserts that
the nails OF the right hand in right
handed person are wider by one-half
to two milimeters than the CORE
spending nails on the left hand; while
in a left-handed person the reverse OBJ
tains. and in the ambidextrous the
nails are of equal size on the two
hands. The thickness of the nails d.
minishes progressively from the thumb
To the little FINGER.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12
Now Distill,nz Process.

There is new distllling process
which was shown recently at the Paris
exhibition. This process depends upon
the employment of microbe which
will convert starch first into sugar and
next into alcohol. The whole operation
is carried on in closed watts, every ma
terial being sterilized, so that there
can be no microbes present except
those specially bred in the laboratory
for the purpose. These microbes were
first found in Chinese yeast and have
been taken to Europe. They are, how
ever. quite distinct from the yeasl
plant.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12
Lord .Salisbury's Son.

viscount Cranborne, who was posed
in parliament by Henry Norman on
the attitude of the British government
in the Nicaraguan canal treaty, is par
liamentary secretary for foreign al
fairs. He is the eldest son of Lord
Salisbury and has just passed his thir-
tieth birthday At 25 he entered par
lament, but has done nothing TO dis
tinguish himself either for his bril-
liancy or his ability as statesman
Young Cranborne was educated at Ok
ford, and was married to the daughter
of the fifth earl of Arran. He has rep
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12
y ~,rox,a6aoce m coHe8e Sport

The opinion grows that athletics
may be overdone at colleges If carried
beyond the point of compelling each
student to take adequate exercise he
form is evidently required in the in
terest of the students themselves,
majority of whom can ill afford the
money thrown away yearly on sport
Exercise in a gymnasium is wei
enough, but the teams, with then
games, rivalries, etc, if not properly
regulated, detract attention from
studies, to say nothing of losses OF IFS
on the football field and the "cane
rushes," hazing. etc, which violent
sports seem to promote.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12

Speaking of rejection slips, here is
one with which Chinese editors are
said to soften the feelings of their I'M
successful contributors. says the Book
World Industrious Brother of the
Sun and Mooni Look upon thy Slave
who rolls at thy feet, who kisses the
earth before thee and demands of thy
charity permission to speak and live.
We have read thy Manuscript with de-
light. BY the bones of our Ancestors
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12

Mounted field guard .......Szo and $oV
The rations for one man per day are
listed as follows:
Clear beef, one pound, OF its equiv
alent in tasojo, salt fish; rice, one
pound, or it's equivalent in beans,peas
macaroni, ETC.; lard two ounces; cofs
fee, one ounce; sugar, two ouncesi
bread, six ounces, or instead OF bread,
sweet potatoes, plantains or melange;
sweet oil, bacon, salt and spices sufti-
cient to season food. During ths
winter months cabbage, tomatoes and
turnips are served every day without
regard to rations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12

A Philadelphia young man, victim
Of the tea habit, visits Chinatown
regularly, and drinks the special tea
which is brewed there at 20 cents a
bowl. He will put away in an even
ng fifteen or twenty bowls. becoming
inally boisterous and silly, though he
will not stagger. He says he remem-
5ers nothing after the ninth or tenth
ssyl of tea, and that On the day after
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12
EDITORIAL PRAISE AND APOLOGY

we swear that never have we encoun-
tered such Masterpiece. Should we
print it His Majesty the Emperor
would order US to take it as criterion
and never again to print anything that
was not equal to it. AS that would
not be possible before Ten Thousand
Years, all trembling we return thy
Manuscript and beg OF thee Ten Thou
sand Pardons See, my hand is at
my feet and | am thy Slave"