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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


The city council of Murray, KY, has
passed an ordinance making a fine of
five dollars the penalty for stoppering
a coal-oil jug with a corncob.
Ever since December, 1896, earth
quake shocks have been of almost daily
occurrence at Montserrat, West Indies,
some of them severe enough to over
throw buildings.
Yucatan is a compound Indian name
meaning, what do you say?" which
was the only answer the Spaniards
could obtain from the natives TO their
inquiries concerning a description of
the country.
A Brooklyn cook, on the verge of
an engagement by new mistress, in
sisted on receiving the name and adj
dress of the lady's former cook, that
she might call on her and learn the
character of the mistress before ac-
cepting employment.
A Michigan man has designed an iden-
tifcation tag which cannot be de-
stroyed be destroyed by fire or water.
the outer casing being made of metal and
carrying an asbestos tablet in which
the name is stamped. The tablets COW
cred by a metal cap, and the tag can
be attached to the body by an asbes-
tos strap.
A writer in Temple Bar says that
the net result of the German old-age
pension system is that man must live
as best he can until he is 20, and then
content himself for the rest of his life
with an allowance of some two shil-
lings week, if he belongs to the first
class, with trifie more if to the sec
ond, third, or fourth class.
A mouse skipped across a classroom
IN public school No. AZ, New York city.
An eight-year-old girl saw it and
screamed. Then several children who
had not seen it also screamed, and one
of them shouted "Firel" and in five
minutes the engines were at the door,
a platoon of police and 1000 people
in the street, many of them invoking
the Almighty to save their children.
1t was fully two hours before the panic
was over. The mouse escaped.
At the medical congress recently
held at Wiesbaden, DIR. Saenger deliv-
cred lecture on the utility of the nose
in preventing injurious things from
/ getting into the lungs. He declared
| that many cases of consumption would
/ be much more amenable to treatment
| if physicians paid more attention to
the condition of the nasal apparatus
for filtering air, which is apt to get
out of order.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-23
SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.

From the window Of the chapel softly
sounds an organs note,
Through the wintry Sabbath cleaning
drifting shreds Of music float
And the quiet and the freight and the
sweetly solemn tunes
Bear me dreaming back to boyhood and
its Sunday afternoons;
When we gathered in the parlor, in the
parlor stln and grand
Where the haircloth chairs and sofas stood
arrayed, a gloomy band.
Where each queer oil portrait watched US
with countenance Of wood,
And the shells upon the whatnot in dust
less splendor stood.
Then the quaint old parlor organ. with the
quaver in its tongue.
Seemed to tremble in its fervor as the
sacred songs were sung.
As we sang the homely anthems, sang the
glad revival hymns
OF the glory Of the story and the light no
sorrow dims.
While the dusk grew ever deeper and the
evening settled down.
And the lamp-lit windows twinkled in the
drowsy little town.
Old and young we sang the chorus and the
echoes told 1t DER
In the dear familiar voices, hushed or
scattered evermore.
From the windows Of the chapel faint and
low the music dies,
And the picture in the freight fades before
my tear-dimmed eyes,
But my wistful fancy. listening hears the
night wind hum the tunes
That we sang there in the parlor on those
Sunday afternoons.
Joe Lincoln, In Saturday Evening Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-23
THE UPPER NILE.
There lis a Scramble Going ON Among
European Nations for This
Territory.

Many will ask: Why this feverish
haste to occupy this wretched country
in the heart of Africa?
Reasons are many, and most of them
are sound. First and foremost, the pow
er which holds the southern countries
through which the Upper Nile and it's
tributaries flow has the fate of lower
Egypt in her hands. 1t has been stated
many times that it would be quite feas-
ible to divert the course of some of these
rivers, thus decreasing the annual rise,
which means everything to the agricul-
turist of lower Egypt. Without her ag-
riculture there would be no future of
the country; and unless the river over
flowed its banks annually, and made
its deposit of rich soil from hundreds
Of miles south, the situation would be
absolutely desperate.
Secondly, the districts of Darfur and
Bahrel-Ghazal are rich in gum-rubber
and ostrich feathers, and a certain
amount of gold has been found.
The Bahr-el-Ghazel abounds in ele-
plants, and great stores of ivory are
said to be held by native chiefs, only
waiting for traders who will deal hon
estly with them. The two districts of
Dar-Senaar and Dar-ei-Fungi are more
or less agricultural countries, and be-
fore the fall of Khartum Greek planters
had been successful there. Therefore,
from an agricultural point of view, the
country is valuable.
Thirdly, the finest soldiers in the
Egyptian army, commonly called the
Sudanese, come from these southern
provinces. These men are in demand as
soldiers, not only in Egypt, but on the
east and west coasts of Africa. The
black battalions of the Egyptian army
are composed of Sudanese, and are reck-
oned among the best soldiers to be
found anywhere.
Who will be successful in this scram-
BILE for the upper Nile? 1 say, most en-
phatically, England; although France
seems to have temporary advantage
in the occupation of Fashoda This oc-
cupation England cannot and will not,
permit to remain permanent; and, fol-
lowing up the numerous protests made
by Lord Rosebery's government, the
i present government must, in order that
the prestige of England may be
undimmed, give notice to France to
leave Fashoda and return to her west
coast hinterland.
From the point of view of commerce
and progress, it would be preferable
for this vast territory to be under the
indirect control of England Her pos
sessions are never encountered with
large numbers of military and civil Of
ficials, and she does everything in her
power to foster and develop trade
on strict lines of partiality to
none. With England at the head
of affairs in. this benighted coun-
try, there can be no doubt but il
will develop its resources in a coompar-
atively short time, although there has
been no semblance of authority of gov
lernment there for 10 years.-R. Dorsey
Mohun, in Century.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-23
Stage Line !
SALMON & CHALLIS.

F'irst-class service carrying
passengers, mail and express.
Stages leave Challis for Sal
mon at s a. m. on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. Arriv-
ing in Challis at 6 p. m. on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday.
e. A. READICKER, Mgr.
F. Nickerson, Agt., Challis.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-23
A word with women.

We women are the worlds home
makers, and each of us must be ready
TO build a temporary home wherever
we set up our tent. And we must
keep in mind, too, that no matter
where we go, nor where we are, we
show to all with whom we in any way
become associated the home in the
background, the people we came
from, and the mother who trained
MS in our childhood Margaret Sang
ster, in Ladies' Home Journal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-23
Raw.

Bertha-Oh, you shouldn't say you
hate Mr.. Brown. He said an awfully
sweet thing about you the other even
ing.
Edith-And that's why l hate him.
A man never compliments woman on
her personal appearance unless she is
positively homely or he thinks she isn't
half baked.-Roston Transcript.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-23
DIRECTORIES.

SUPREME COURT.
Ralph P. Quarles,
/. n. Sullivan,
Charles Stockslager.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-23
CHURCH MEETINGS.

Regular meetings at the Congrega-
tiomal Church in Challis !:
Morning serN ices each Sunday at IL
o'clock. Evening services at 1880
o'clock each Sunday.
Sabbath School each Sunday at 2
o'clock p. m.
Christian Endeavor meeting every
Thursday evening ut 1880 O'clock.
REV. r. S. NICKERSON, Pastor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-23
THE PAMUNKEY
POST OFFICE
"A TRUE STORY.
BY c. W. Hartley.
BY C. W. Hartley.

)0'0c09c0O0o0ooc00co6c6o
Copyright, 1901, by Authors syndieate.)
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16
Law Against False Brands,


False brands Of dairy products have
always played large part in frauds
perpetrated in the sale Of butter and
cheese. It is of interest to know that
bill to prevent such practices is now
before the National Congress and
stands a good chance to become a
law. It is known as the SHERMAN
Bill" and Is for the purpose of pre-.
venting the branding of butter and
cheese otherwise than from the ter.
ritory in which they are made. Thus,
at the present time, ':Elgin butter"
comes from all parts of the country.
If any one section of country builds
up a reputation for good products,
other localities at once begin stealing
that reputation and profiting by it..
This is mean kind of robbery that
needs to be done away with. In the
end it brings into disrepute the
products from all localities, for It
causes doubt as to the value Of any
kind OF brand. IN New York the
state department has been trying for
years to execute laws relative to this
matter, but has always found the non
existence Of national law in this re-
gard : great obstacle Ia its path. "a
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16
Strength Of Ancestry.


To have a strong breed OF fowls we
must have birds bred up from strong
ancestors. In our present knowledge
of the different breeds we cannot tell
just what the comparisons between
the different breeds are in this re-
spect. Doubtless as time goes on we
will have tests to discover these rela-
tive facts. There is strong impress
sion that one breed is much stronger
than another breed, but we have no
definite data to back up these rather
vague impressions. In small way
we can tell something about the
strength of ancestry in individual
strains. Thus, If we have had in our
tlocks rather weak birds and have
permitted them to reproduce them
selves and have seen the same weak
ness in their progeny we know that
the proper strength is lacking for the
development of proper strain of val
liable birds. The best we can do is
to watch these birds and weed them
out of the flock. If we cure sick
bird, that bird should never again be
permitted to lay eggs for Matching
purposes. The very fact that she. has
been sick makes it probable that she
lacks in hardness.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16
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Points on Anuoras.

"A raiser Of =Angora aoats SAWS.
Goats have cattle diseases more than
sheep diseases, They never have in.
Illumination of the mucous passages
and seldom have foot rot. They never
have scab, but are frequently lousy.
l have often read about putting a few
goats with q flock of sheep as pro.
lection against dogs. Dogs kill goats
but not so much as sheep. l have
never had any old ones killed but
have had quite q number of kids
killed by dogs. Goats are somewhat
harder to fence than sheep, but not
SO hard as hogs. Goats do not Jump.
but climb and creep. have old.
fashioned rail fences that turn goats
perfectly. If a rail fence is made
to lean from the goat he will climb
it, no matter how high it may be,
but well built rail fence three and a
half feet high, will keep goats per.
fectly. A seven wire fence, properly
spaced, will turn them perfectly. Two
feet of woven wire and two wires
ABOVE is perhaps the best. Goats bear
docking much better than sheep. In
the range countries they are generally
kept In flocks Of from one thousand
to four thousand.
read often of the necessity of an
Infusion Of new blood into our Amer.
lean hocks by importing from Asia.
have serious doubts If Asia has as
good Angoras as the United States.
The people of that country do not
select and breed with any care. be-
Neve that we have already in this
country Angoras from which a most
superior animal may be produced by
American ingenuity in selecting and
mating, as has been done in the case
OF the American Merino sheep and the
standard bred horse. While l am not
averse to the Introduction of new
blood, do not want it Of an inferior
quality.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16
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Place for the Incubator.

sN~S s0T sOSO00SOTs
Under most circumstances q small
building out of doors is the best place
IN which to locate the incubator dur.
Ing the time it is to be in operation.
This place is necessary as a safe
guard against fire. There might be
times when it would be mere adyan-
tageously located in the house were
1t not for the danger from fire. The
objection to an outer building, how.
ever, lies in the fact that the temper.
allure is very changeable unless the
building is exceptionally well built.
Where good many chicks are to be
raised or where several 1ncubators
are to be kept in service for some
months at time q building construct
ed partly below ground is best. We
nave seen such houses that had been
constructed at moderate cost. The
lower walls went five or six feet be.
low the surface of the ground, and
consisted Of concrete to- the thick.
ness OF foot or more. In such cases
the hoor was of concrete and the sec
ond floor OF boards was only a short
distance above the ground. The up
per portion of such building can be
used for the storage of food ard the
like. The lower part, in which are
placed the 1rcubators, can be kept at
! very even temperature. The. cellar
of the residence is hardly the place
for 1ncubators, on account of the
dampness of the cellars as ordinarily
constructed, and the danger of fires
above mentioned.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16
Pasturaqe in Porto Rico,


Shipments of 1900 head Of cattle are
made yearly from Porto Rico to Trim.
idad, st. Lucia and Barbados for the
English government, and about 800
head to Martinique and Guadeloupe.
Prices of 8 to 10 cents per pound on
the hoof are obtained, less ~ per cent
discount. The grazing on the island
is unsurpassed, there being 100 900
acres Of blue grass of the finest
growth, equal to the celebrated graz
ing lands of Kentucky. Cattle raising
as an industry can be largely in.
creased in Porto Rico, and to great
pecuniary advantage, as the market
is practically unlimited. The demand
from the numerous adjacent islands
alone is far greater than the supply
Porto Rico Agricultural Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16
Various Horse Feeds.


At the North Dakota Experiment
Station tests with various feeds for
horses led the experimenters to draw
the following conclusions:
l. Bronze hay gave as good results
when fed to work horses as did tim
othy hay.
2. Dat straw was satisfactorily
used for feeding horses which did
light work and for those which were
idle. One-fourth more grain was re-
Quired to support horses doing light
work when they were fed straw.
). Barley was not equal to oats in
feeding value per pound, but was
nearly as good. Mules did not relish
barley.
4. Matted barley was not so valu-
able for work horses as oats and was
not equal in value to the dry barley
from which it came.
S. Corn fed In connection with oats
in the proportion of 100 pounds of
corn to 125 pounds of oats, had great
er value than cats; IT'S pounds of
corn eQualed 100 pounds of oats when
fed to work horses.
6. Whole wheat fed alone was an
unsatisfactory feed for horses. Wheat
ground and mixed with bran in the
proportion of two parts of wheat to
one part Of bran by weight gave good
results.
Z. Bran and shorts mixed in equal
parts by weight, was equal to oats in
feeding value.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16
GIVING IN RIGHT SPIRIT.

Experiences In the Life of the Sunshine
society's President-General.
When I was trying hard to get
through the State University on very
little money!" writes Mrs. Cynthia
Westover Alden, the Presidents Gen.
eral of the International Sunshine So
ciety, In The Ladies' Home Journal,
"one day an old-time friend looked
me over, and taking out ten-dollar
bill, handed it to me saying: You &C.
tually look as if you did not get half
enough to eat. Take this money and
straighten up bit. Don't forget to-
Fay it back to me when you can. I
don't believe in giving money to any,
body Now was not an object Of
charity though I was sadly in need
OF Sunshine. put the bill away and
cried as If my heart would break.
After waiting some days I sent the
same ten dollars back, saying I was
glad l could return it to her so soon
To this day hear of her telling how
she helped me financially when was
hard up Another woman, that same
week, asked me why did not take nv
meals at the restaurant where most Of
the students took theirs. I replied that
it was a little too expensive for me-
The next day was called in by the
proprietor of the restaurant, and asked
if I could find time to look over the
books Of the concern and verify the
work done by some one else, and If I
would take the pay out in meal tickets.
I thought it merely q bit of luck that
had come my way. But at the close
Of the term the proprietor told me that
my friend had paid for my meal
tickets. Did the kindness offend me?
I cried Just as hard as 7 had cried over.
the ten dollar bill, but It was = differ.
sent sort Of q cry" e Il. 5ss5 : !.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16
A Move for Pure Mix.

Pasteurized milk in sealed bottles.
prepared and inspected under the d.
rection Of the city health department,
will be furnished during the summer
in the congested districts of the
Northwest side, Chicago, by the
Northwestern University Settlement.
Five stations in the Sixteenth and
Seventeenth wards will distribute the
milk to fla and tenement dwellers at
rate slightly exceeding the price
paid Tor ordinary milk. The first de-
livery will be made within a week.
BY Offering cleansed and tested
milk to the residents of the crowded
Polish district the workers in the
university settlement hope to check
the enormous death rate among chill
dren on the Northwest side during the
hot MONTHS The blocks surrounding
the settlement, Noble and Augusta
streets, were found in the investfga-
ton OF the City Homes Association two
years ago to be among the most thick.
ly settled in the city, and the death
rate is double the general Chicago
rate Of mortality. u,
The milk will be pasteurized In spe-
cially prepared quarters at the settle
ment, and will be sent out to all the
substations each day for distribution.
The milk will be inspected twice a
week by the city health department.
At first the milk will be sold only at
the stations.
The health conditions in the Polish
district have been such as to urge the
workers In the Northwestern Univer-
sity settlement to immediate action.
In the crowded neighborhood of the
upper Seventeenth ward and the low.
er Sixteenth, the residents are far
from a park or public playground.
Lincoln, Humboldt and Union Parks
are all blocks away from the district.
None OF the new breathing spots are
near the crowded quarters Of tho
Poles, and there are no available pub.
lie baths. The children live in the
streets and alleys where grass spots
are few. The Northwestern Uniyer-
sity settlement looks for no financial
reward In carrying out this plan. but
will furnish good milk, Thoroughly
cleansed. at actual cost. S 7. 5.3 i
- gsrAfh Il
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16

Ventilation 81 the COW stable il :.
necessity Il the health OF the animals
Is to be conserved. Little Il known
among the generality Of COW. owner.
g to the scientific principles Of ven.
stilation. The subject 4sis worthy, q
study. especially ~ the man that a
to oonstruct stables. The men, that.
hsvs stables should .inyestix,ts vith
ths ob1set 6 putting IN ! psrfsct sy,-5
tam e vsatilatioa. s5@s5#--'s,s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16
.Tubereulosls q Grave Matter.

t<,Ju0ercuIosl8 q Grave Matter.
The Storrs Experiment Station has
been carrying on for a number of
years some tests with COWS known to
be tuberculous. The results are Civ
en- in bulletin %, which closes with
the following summary:
The development Of tuberculosis in
the condemned cows, although slow.
continued gradually, until at the end
OF four years three Of the four COWS
were practically worthless, either for
milk production or for beef.
Tho results of experiments with
these tuberculous COWS and the use
OF their milk for feeding calves coin
eide with the general results of Eu-
ropean observations, and indicate that
the danger of the spread of tuberculo-
sis through the milk of diseased ami
mails Is not SO great as has often been
supposed. In the earlier stages OF the
disease. and when the udder is not
affected, the danger from the use Of
the milk appears to be limited. But
when the udder Is affected, OF when
the disease Is SO far advanced as to
be indicated by outward signs or
marked physical symptoms, the infec-
tiousness Of the milk is increased. and
the danger in using it is greater.
It IL not to be understood, however.
that the farmer may neglect any case
OF tuberculosis in his herd that hap
pens to be not in the advanced stages,
or II the udder of the COW is not a.
fected. As a matter of fact, it is prac-
tically impossible for him to tell when
any animal that reacts to tuberculin
may acquire tuberculosis of the I'D
der. There is danger enough In the
fact that the COWS may acquire the
disease from one another at all, no
matter how likely or unlikely they
may be to do SO. Therefore, If the
farmers do not want their dairy in
dustry menaced and perhaps seriously
injured by the wider spread OF tuber-
culosis among their herds, 1t is of the
utmost importance that each one use
every effort to free his herd from tho
disease.
Cows should be examined carefully
for physical symptoms Of the disease
and be tested with tuberculin. and
any that respond at all should be
looked upon with suspicion. What.
ever disposition is finally made of
those that are diseased. they should
be kept at all times completely sepa-
rated from those that are not, and the
non-a1ected animals should be care
fully watched and be tested with
tuberculin at least once a year. Only
In this way can new cases be discov-
cred In their earlier stages. Unless
the farmers can be brought individ-
ually to appreciate the gravity of the
matter to themselves and the menace
to their industry, and to take meas
ures for destroying the disease in
their own herds, the history of bovine
tuberculosis in Europe, where in some
regions the greater portion of the
COWS are infected, may easily be re-
peated in this country.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16
Cornish and Indian Games.

The Indian Game has many flna
qualities to recommend it to the breed
er, and for many years past has been
one of the most popular Of fowls. IN
plumage the male is green-black with
out penciling; the wings, chestnut.
with bay and metallic black wing bar;
the feathers of the neck hackle are
short and hard, green-black, with del
icate crimson-brown shafts. The plu-
mage Of the hen Is very difficult to OBJ
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-16
Cornish Indian Game han.

tain in accord with the standard, and
should be combination Of thrown
and green-black throughout, green
predominating. Along the breastbone
Of both male and female the feathers
part and allow the skin to show just
at or above the upper part Of the keel
bone. This is distinctive feature 1T
the breed, and shows from the time
the chicks shed the down.