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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

The wife of the president of the
French republic has no official stand
ing; the proof of it is, to mention only
one instance, that, though Gear Nicho-
las II. paid his first visit to France in
1896, accompanied by his consort, the
return visit of M. Felix Faure was
paid alone. Nine. Loubet, if the truth
were known, has not had the slightest
share in the political aspirations that
led to her husbands elevation to the
first magistracy Of France. From all
that is known of her she would have
been perfectly content both for her
husband and herself with much less
conspicuous social status. Now she
has before her the ordeal of entertain
ing the czarina under her own roof,
for Compiegne, whittier the Russian
imperial couple are to go in few
days, Is to all intents and purposes the
residence of the president of the re-
public.
President MacMahon and his consort
left the Elysee Bourbon considerably
poorer than they entered it, and the
Parisians in particular and Frenchmen
in general cordially acknowledged the
exquisite grace and freehandedness
with which they discharged their du-
ties of hospitality. No word of re-
proach has ever been uttered in that
respect either against Nine. and M.
Carnot, Nine. and M. Casimir-Perier
or Nine. and M. Faure. If anything,
there was a reproach in the latter's
case of ostentation. 1t is impossible
to please everybody. Nine. Carnot and
Nine. Casimir-Perier belonged to the
stratum of aristocratic society from
which Nine. Theirs also sprung. Nine.
Faure belongs to the middle classes
and Nine. Loubet is more or less iden-
titled with the same. Not one of the
wives of M. Loubet's predecessors,
however, was confronted with the
problem of entertaining an empress or
even a princess.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
Cow peas in Wisconsin.

1t has been believed that the COW
pea could not be matured as far north
as northern Illinois and southern Wis
consin. Hitherto the men that grew
cow peas have made practice of pur-
chasing their seed from the states
south of the Ohio, it being recognized
that the COW pea is a southern plant.
Here and there in the states farther
north men have asserted that they
had matured the COW pea, but as they
produced no proof of their success in
the way of seed the general public has
paid no attention to their claims But
the Wisconsin Experiment station has
settled the matter, at least so far as
this year is concerned.
At the station named a considerable
area has been devoted to the COW pea,
and the crop has been perfect. The
writer saw the plots August % and 20.
The lack of water was not apparent in
the least, and it is hard to imagine a
more perfect stand even with an
abundance of rain. The seed had been
planted in rows thirty inches apart and
the growth of the plants had very
nearly obliterated the spaces between
the rows. Each stalk stood upright
and bore an immense wealth Of broad
leaves. Professor Moore, who accom-
panied the writer, said: dig down
here for five feet and you will find the
ground perfectly dry, and it is mar
vel how the plants have continued to
grow apparently without any moisture.
The drouth has been severe here and
still continues, but the COW peas do not
feel it."
AS the professor talked he picked of
and shelled some Of the ripe pods, say
ing: you see how many ripe pods
there are now, and they ripen very
quickly after reaching this stage. In
a week or ten days most of these fully
filled pods will be ripe enough to gath
er. We may reasonably expect thirty
days more without severe frosts, and
long before that time the crop will be
out Of the way"
Relative to the success with the crop
Professor Henry remarked: "Of course
this is an exceptional year so far as the
amount Of sunshine is concerned, but
we have had great lack Of moisture
Whether we can get the COW peas for
ward so rapidly in wet years remains
to be seen. There now appears no rea-
son why we cannot grow COW peas ex-
tensively in Wisconsin. The variety
grown this year is the most common
one, the Whippoorwill."
AS drouth resister the COW pea Is
this year demonstrating its value. AS
a gatherer of nitrogen it has great
value and the same may be said of Its
value as forage and hay crop. Its
value as soiling crop cannot be esti
mated. With this plant farmers car
defy the drouth and tell it to do it,
worst. We will add that no irrigatins
has been done on the field of cow peal
mentioned. The Wisconsin station
has, we believe, done no more import
ant work this year than the giving O.
this object lesson in the growing O.
the cow pea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

Ohio.-Peaches are being marketed.
The early varieties are small, but the
late varieties will be improved by the
rains. Apples are a light crop gem
orally. Grapes are reported rotting
in a number of sections of the state
Tomatoes show marked improvement.
Missouri.-Apples and peaches have
not improved except in portions of
the western, southwestern and south
eastern sections, where they are some
what better than when the month
opened.
Illinois.-Apples are still falling and
very light crop seems inevitable.
Pears, plums, grapes and peaches
range from fair to good crops.
Kentucky.-Apples are scarce and
poor.
Tennessee.-Peaches are abundant,
but quality has been damaged by
rainy weather Apples are poor and
scarce.
Indiana.-Apple prospects are now
promising in many parts of the state.
The crop is exceptionally fine in
Washington county.
Wisconsin.-Drought has so reduced
water supplies that the reserves to be
used for flooding cranberry marshes
in case of frost are low. Cranberry
picking will begin September Q.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

leading citizens Of the five provinces
that encircle the Zuider Zee, and it
has been mainly due to its endeavors
and exertions that the present bill for
doing the work has been introduced
into the chambers, in accordance with
which the society is to conduct the
operations under the supervision Of
the state.
The present plan for carrying out
the great work is to first build dyke
from the northeastern point of the
province of North Holland, through
the Amstel Deeps to the island of
Wieringen, and thence in a northeast
erly direction to a point near the viii
lage Of Piaam In the province of Fries
land. After this is completed the Zui-
der Zee will be cut off from the North
Sea and converted into a lake. The
actual work of retaining will then be-
gin. In doing this the plan contem-
plates only partial draining-that is,
the conversion of portion of the en-
closed water into land, while leaving
a large central area as lake. Work
is to be first commenced on what is
known as the Wieringer polder, which
is to be enclosed by dyke extending
from Medemblik to Wieringen, and
next upon a similar area south of the
peninsula of North Holland, which
will be shut in by dyke running from
Blookershock down to the northern
shore of the Monnickendam Cat. For
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

AS result of tangle in the steer
ing gear Of his automobile, Arthur
Fasker OF Philadelphia met with pc
culiar accident He started to take a
spin down to Baltimore recently, but
turned aside from the high road when
a few miles out from the city. He was
coursing at a speed of eleven miles
when suddenly, without apparent
cause, the machine spurted and veered
to one side 1t was going at the rate
of seventy-five miles an hour when II
jumped fence and struck a tree For
tunately, instead of being an upright
tree, 1t was leaning, and instead of be-
ing crushed by the impact the ma
chine slid up the tree and lodged in
the branches, forty-five feet from the
ground. Mr.. Fasker was unhurt. He
climbed out of the seat and slid down
the tree and walked to farm house
where he hired farmer TO bring him
to town.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

According to the Medical Record, a
gang of swindlers has been playing
despicable trick on numerous pharma-
cists In Brooklyn. A man goes to a
drug store with simple prescription,
has 1t made up, and takes the mix
ture away with him. In an hour or
two, or the following day, the pur-
chaser returns with the medicine,
which ne says he gave to his wife or
child, as the case may be, and that the
patient was nearly killed by poison
which was there through the blunder
of the compounder He says his ply
stefan has analysed the mixture and
demonstrated the presence of poison,
and he allows the druggist to test 1t
then and there. The poison is, of
course, found, as the swindler has
added 1t himself, and he thereupon an
nounces his determination to sue the
druggist for damages to atone for the
results Of his alleged blunder. If the
pharmacist becomes frightened at the
idea Of suit for damages, and thinks
1t may be possible that mistake has
been made, he may accept the sugges-
ton of the blackmailer to settle the
case out of court. The amount of set
Element is said to vary from $50 to
$500.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

AS soon as the weather will permit
and proper locations can be selected,
there will be pitched near Boston the
first Of number of camps for con-
sumptiyes. This camp land each sue
ceeding camp will be like III will con-
sist Of ten piano-box tents, arranged
In circle. with an open-air fire in the
center, and surrounded by duck wall
eight feet high. Each Of these tents
will be consumptives home; con-
sumptive will sleep there, even
through the coolest weather. with no
other protection than plenty of felt
blankets. felt sleeping boots. and a
two-inch gallon jug Of hot water.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

Youthful aspirants who plan to
make living by writing poetry ought
to note the fact that the livelihood OF
the English poet, Austin Dobson, was
earned as principal of the fisheries and
harbor department of the Board of
Trade. He has just resigned after
nearly half century of service. A
few men only can earn fame as poets.
Fewer still are they who can trust to
the productions of their muse to pay
the butchers bill.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

act as some protection. In the illus
tration, ''b" shows the last few joints
of the abdomen of the larva, magnified
and viewed, not in profile, but from
above. The vent of the larva, as will
be seen from this last figure, is stu
ated on the upper surface of the last
joint, so that its excrement naturally
falls upon its back, and by successive
discharges is pushed forward towards
it head, till the whole upper surface
of the insect is covered with 1t. There
are several other larvae, feeding upon
other plants, that commonly wear
cloaks of this strange material.
The perfect beetle is of a pale yell
low color, with three black stripes on
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

foundly to the religious element in
piety was among his finest qualities,
and it won for him the loyal devotion
of hundreds of thousands to whom this
meant more than his public achieve
ments. His pure and upright daily
life, his beautiful domestic relations,
his unselfish patriotism, his public ut
terances, and his dying words all were
such as to win the admiration of de-
vout Christians. His life and death
alike have lent impetus to the cause
of religion.
In London, in Berlin, in st. Peters,
burg, in Rome-in churches through
out Europe, in Asia, and in the Phil
ippines-many of the services last
Sunday were devoted to memorials Of
the third martyr president of the
United States. Such a tribute from
the religious bodies of the world is an
honor more to be desired than a mon
ument. No less significant is the pas
sionate voice of the churches against
anarchy and on behalf of law and
order. Never has the pulpit of this
country voiced the emotions and con-
victions of the whole nation more
completely or more worthily than it
has done regarding the assassination
Of the president and the vital ques-
lions connected Herewith. The whole
episode is reassuring answer to any
who may have entertained doubts as
to whether the United States was at
heart a religious nation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

A railroad company that operates
coal mines in Pennsylvania recently
prevented its striking miners from in
terfering with non-union workmen,
who were employed in pumping water
out Of mines, by building barbed
wire fence seven feet high about the
pump house and dynamo plant and
then charged it heavily with electric
ity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

The Nebraska State Game Warden
has forbidden the farmers to fight the
grasshoppers longer with poison, say
ing that the loss of birds and game ia
too costly price to pay for the de-
struction of comparatively few insects.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

BY the will of the late Jacob H.
Rogers, the locomotive builder, the
bulk of his fortune possibly eight mil
lion dollars, is left to the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art, New York, as an en-
dowment fund, the income to be used
for the purchase of objects of art. This
will place the museum on a splendid
footing
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

A famous entomologist says that not
one mosquito in four hundred ever
tastes human blood. To know how to
avoid making the acquaintance of that
one is the important thing. and on
that problem the scientists seem to be
making good progress.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

Commander-in-Chief Frederick st.
George de la Tour Booth Tucker Of the
Salvation army, is now a citizen of the
United States. The commander has
secured his final naturalization papers,
having been in the United States the
required five years. He will vote at
the coming election but will not say
what ticket he will indorse.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

Miss Matte Helen Beals, the young
woman of Wichita, Kan, who drew
a farm near Lawton, Oklahoma, in the
recent land lottery at Ell Reno, was
marshal of the new town of Lawton
for one day, and she says that was
enough. She says: II am mighty
glad to get out of Lawton. Such
shooting, drinking, robbing and kill
ing you never saw. 1t makes me shud-
der. 1 don't think there are a dozen
women on the town site. But those
there ars well treated" She thinks
she will get $4,000 for her farm.
which Is to be cut up into town lots.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

pensation of fishermen, and 35,550,000
gulden for the cost of laying out the
polders, making grand total outlay
of 95,OO0,000 gulden ($99.5SS $500, for
which, in the first two polders. about
100000 acres of land will be reclaimed.
The necessary funds are to be raised
by 60-year loan, and it is expected
that 1t will take eighteen years to
complete the work.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

beloved country folk that she scarcely
had time to look at the city guests.
They found also that she had repu-
tation in the neighborhood, not for
wicked songs, but for good works.
They learned, furthermore, that she is
writing a play.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

The creates: milk production re-
quires liberal feeding of the proper
kind, and the selection of animals with
milking tendencies. Since the COW has
become a mere machine for the con-
Stunning of food and converting it into
milk, 1t is essential in securing the
most returns to have good COWS.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

at her. The resulting photograph
shown herewith is probably unique.
The Paris folk, who fiocked to Vaux
by train, automobile, carriage and
boat, suspected that Yvette might
have had little advertising in view,
but they found her so busy with her
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

An exchange says: Duck quarters
should have dry floors, these birds have
such tendency to frost-bitten feet. 1t
is a dampness associated with cold.
getting into assures of skin and re-
naming there, not dry cold that make
frost bites and chilblains.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

Potatoes have ceased to be the prin.
cipal root crop of Ireland, If they are
to be compared with turnips by weight
or yield-last year, for example, only
about 1,542,OOO tons, against 4,426, 900
tons of turnips.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
The Moth Trans.

These have come in for so much in
quiry that take this occasion to
again caution about the use of moth
traps. They do more harm than good
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
HortIcuItursl observatIon..

Charles Hirschinger tells the Farm
ers' Review that the best way to cut
the surplus runners from strawberry
plants is to use pillow with a rolling
coulter. He goes over his strawberry
fields several times after the plants
nave ceased to fruit, each time cutting
OH the runners and cultivating the
ground between the rows of strawber-
ry plants. Keeping the plants well
cultivated in the fall helps them to
form large root systems and insures
strong plants in the spring The fall
growth and development has very
much to do with the power to bear a
crop the following year.
Discussing the use of fertilizers on
strawberries, A. l.. Hatch suggests to
the writer the more extensive use of
wood ashes. The man that has
strawberry patch covering four square
rods can use bushel of ashes to ad-
vantage. 1t should, however. be APP
Piled at two different times, about
week apart. The first application
should be made after growth starts in
the spring and the second application
a week later. Mr.. Hatch believes that
the ashes do good not by the amount
OF potash and other chemicals they
contribute to the soil, but by oper-
at1ng on the nitrates in the soil and
making them available for plant food.
This view Of it will doubtless not be
readily accepted. In the use Of ashes
1t must be taken into consideration
that they vary greatly as to their
make up, some woods giving an ash
having three times the potash con-
tanned in others. The soft woods are
quite generally deficient in potash,
and their ash is therefore of little
value.
In the planting of plum pits care
should be taken that they are not too
dry, as dry and shriveled kernels are
OF no value. This fact explains the
cause of many failures in the planting
OF these pits. From the time the pits
are separated from the pulp they
should be kept slightly moist, just
enough to prevent the drying out
process from acting. Some men think
1t best to break the shells to liberate
the kernels, but this is unnecessary,
as, If the pits are left out of doors all
winter they will start to grow very
early in the spring.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

on It's leaves. The IarVa
may be distinguished
from all other insects
that prey upon the potato
plant by it's habit Of COW
ering itself with its own
excrement, which is
greenish in color and may
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
rhrss-Llned Lear neetle.

The Three-Lined Leaf-Beetle (Lema
trilineata) attacks the potato plant,
both the larvae and the beetles feeding
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRl-
OULTURISTS.

Some Up-to-Date Hints About Guilt
walton of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures viticuIture aud
Horticulture.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

its back. 1t bears a strong resem .
blance to the common cucumber bug.
1t is, however as a general thing,
slightly larger insect.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-08-20
THE MERGER CASE.
Tim Attorney, General Will Take
the Matter into His Own Hands.

Tim Attorney General Will Take
the Matter into His Own Hands.
Special to the Daily Progress,
Jackson. Miss, Aug. 2O.-Attorney-
General McClurg will, it is reported,
proceed soon of his own volition to
attempt to set aside the merger of
the Southern and the Mobile and
Ohio Railroads, the Railroad Com
mission having yesterday declined
to instruct or authorize him to take
this step on the ground that no au-
thorization was necessary. Much
influence is being brought to bear on
the attorney general to prevent the
suit which it is claimed can result in
nothing definite and may have the
effect Of injuring business in the sec
tIons affected. General Counsel
Russell Of the Mobile and Ohio yes
terday afternoon submitted a strong
letter to the attorney general pro-
testing against further action.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-08-20
TRAMP OF SOLDIERY In
STREETS OF LANSFORD.
GENERAL SUMMARY
OF the Crops of the State For Week
Just Closed.

Just CIoSed.
Special to the Daily Progress.
Vicksburg, Aug. 20.-The weather
Bureau Bulletin of yesterday gives
the following summary crop report
for the week ending August 10:
Unusually warm weather prevailed
throughout the State during the
week. The mean temperature was
from three to five degrees above nor
NAL with maximum temperatures
ranging above 100 In many places,
the highest reported being los de-
grees at Jackson.
Scattered showers fell in many To-
callties, though in NEST places they
were too light to be of much benefit.
Cotton has made rapid progress
during the week. Early cotton has
opened rapidly and picking is becom-
ing general in nearly all parts of the
state though the weather has been
too hot to make rapid headway. A
few bales have been marketed. There
is much complaint of rust and she'd
ding and in some localities whole
fields are dying. The early cotton is
making light yield, late cotton is
still doing we'll, especially in the
northern counties, but is beginning
to show need for rain in many locali-
ties.
Early fodder is nearly all pulled
and saved in good condition. Late
corn, peas, pastures and meadows
are locking we'll over moss of the
state though needing rains, while in
a few counties the drought is becom-
ing serious and the outlook for late
crops Is discouraging. The ground
is becoming too dry to gcrminate
turnip and fall garden seeds.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-08-20
Gen. Goblin Rushes Men
to Scene of Riot.
STRIKERS ARE WORKED UP.
The Killing of Sharp is Bitterly De-
nounced as Cold-Blooded
Murder.

Lansford, Pa, Aug. 19.-With all
lights out, the train bearing General
Goblin and his staff and the first bat
talon of the Twelfth regiment under
Major Gearhart from Shenandoah
steamed quietly into this town about
half an hour before daybreak this
morning.
After consultation lasting about
ten minutes between Goblin and
superintendent Baird Snyder of the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany, with regard to suitable loca-
tion for a camp, the battalion disem-
barked and in few minutes were
marching to the baseball park, situa-
ted on the western edge of the town.
The strikers were worked up to
such high pitch of excitement last
night over the shooting of Sharp,
who was one of the leaders, that 1t
was feared that an outbreak would
occur and it was thought better to
have the soldiers on hand. During
the day it is the intention to transfer
the battalion to Manila park about
midway between Lansford and
Tamaqua, and the strike camp.
PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED.
The people of Lansford received a
great surprise when they awoke this
morning and found battalion of SOL
dIers in their midst. The soldiers
came at the request of the sheriff of
Carbon county. Contrary to expec-
tations no attempt was made by the
strikers to march to Nesquehoning
and no demonstration was made
either here or at n esquehoning.
The killing of Sharp is discussed
on every street corner today and
while the strikers denounce it as an
unprovoked and cold-blooded muir
der the deputies and coal company
officers declare the shooting was
done in self defense.