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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11
How He Succeeded.

eff 1 hadn' acted upon the advice OF
a friend am afraid that should have
not have been married today, at least
to my present wife," laughed the genial
traveller. when ! courted the lady
she was of a romantic disposition, the
result of reading class of novels that
pass for literature among some peo-
pie. l think at that time she had an
idea that some day a prince with nod
ding plumes would come riding out of
the East and carry her away for his
bride. At any rate, whenever I pro-
posed, which was about as often as I
met her, got beautifully turned down.
| was getting discouraged when an old
friend of mine, who understood the sit
uation, said to me: My boy, Jennie is
a good girl, but her head is in the
clouds the greater part of the time.
Now, what you want to do is to catch
her when she is down on the earth
with the rest of us. Let me give you
pointer. Every Monday morning she
is obliged to take care of the large
family baking, and right there is your
opportunity to find her with her feet
firmly planted upon the earth. Call
around there when she is over the top
of the oven and state your case
took the hint and called early one
Monday morning. found her in a
calico dress, with her hair done up in
curl papers, and her arms busily man
ipulating rolling pin, and there, seat
ed on a kitchen chair, without one ro-
mantle feature about it, she promised
to be mine. She told me afterwards
that at the time she didn't know which
way was east, letting alone conjuring
up a prince. Detroit Free Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11
Purdue University.

Purdue University was organized
under the Land Grant act passed by
Congress in 1862. John Purdue gave
the institution $150000 and 100 acres
of land upon which it is now located
On account of this gift, the state legs.
lature in 1869 gave it the name OF
Purdue University. Since theh tne
area has been increased by ~ acres
The university is in all senses a PUB
lie institution, and tuition ID Tree 10
the young men and women Oh INDIANA
Greek and Latin are not taught' the
institution retaining its first chaH-
acter as an agricultural and mechan-
ical college. 1t now embraces ax
special schools as follows: Scnool OF
Mechanical Engineering, School o.
Civil Engineering, School OF Electri-
cal Engineering, School OF Agricul-
ture. School of Science and School OF
Pharmacy. The annual income con-
sists of $4,000 from the United States
government, $4,000 from the state
government and about $4,000 from
fees. The total income last year was
about $4,000. The buildings are val
ued at 1857 900 and the equipment at
S298,000. The library contains lO,OOs
bound volumes and 5000 pamphlets
The teaching staff of the university
consists of So professors and instruct
ors. The growth of Purdue is shown
by the following table of student al.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11
Cultlvatrnr and manur,ns Fruit Trees.

Cuitivating and ManurIng Fruit Trees.
1t is probably a fact that pear trees
we'll titled and we'll MANFRED are more
susceptible to the blight than trees not
fortified and left to grow in sod. Yet
the fruit on such trees is correspond
ingly poor, and 1t is doubtless better
to cultivate and fertilize and take the
chances with the blight. 1t makes a
great difference with the fruit whether
the tree has been properly looked after
and nourished or not. Some speak of
the sizes of fruit as being fixed and we
see statements that such fruit is of
be. But the experience OF the writer
is that the size varies according to the
soil and condition in which the tree
is produced. The writer has in mind
two fruits that he has seen greatly
modified by cultivation. He remem-
bers a group of Porter apples trees,
all but one of the trees standing in
greensward. Around each tree each
year a circle was cut with a diameter
of about ten feet and the ground with
in was kept free from weeds. Outside
of that circle the grass held full sway,
1t is more than likely that the feeding
roots of most of those trees was in
the sodded portion of ground and not
in the little space that had been dug
up. The fruit on those trees was of
medium size, very firm and kept
fairly well. The one tree excepted was
in the midst of currant patch that
was carefully spaded and MANFRED each
year and kept in a high state of cult
walton all the time. That one tree at
tanned double the size of any other
Porter tree in the orchard, and there
is no reason to doubt that its thrift
was due to the fact that all of its feed
ing roots were in rich mellow soil.
The greatest change was seen in the
fruit. The size attained was large and
the texture of the fruit was soft, SC
soft that 1t would not keep long except
under the most exceptional conditions
| The apples from that tree could not
be shaken off or dropped on the ground
lest bruise result that started decay
The picker had to go over the tree
with a basket and carefully pick and
place in the basket each apple. But
the apples were worth the trouble
They had flavor and juiciness un.
known In the same variety of apples
grown In sod. AS luxury they stood
next to the Bartlett pear.
The second illustration In the minC
of the writer Is of Greenlng tree tina,
stood near a barnyard and got tn,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11
New Religion for Busy Folks.

A Japanese, whose trade name is
Alum Para-pa, has founded new Bud
dhist sect with headquarters at Toxic.
Alum seems to be an eminently prac-
tical person. His new belief is based
on the idea that as heaven requires to
be importuned and as busy folks have
not time themselves to do the impor-
tuning, their best plan is to intrust the
task to some one else for due consid-
GRAFTON. The person who does the pray
ing by proxy must have unusual quail
flcations. Mr.. Alum holds, and he puts
himself forward as such one, al
though he was once involved in trouble
over a transaction connected with the
sale of railway sleepers. He is making
money fast in the get-prayed-for-w while
you-hustle business, and has gained
many followers, among them some
Japanese of high standlng.-New York
Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AcRI-
CULTURlSTS.
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Guilt
walton of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures vitIculturs and
Horticulture.
War on Beet Sugar Makers.


The fight which has been inaugur-
ated by the Sugar trust against beet
sugar makers in the Missouri Valley
and more western districts threatens
to affect beet sugar interests in all
parts of the United States. The
Trust has cut the price of granulated
sugar to 3R cents pound at Mis-
souri, River points. This has been
followed by reduction of price in all
states from Colorado to California
amounting to 80 cents per hundred
pounds on beet sugar and 20 cents on
cane sugar. The Trust controls most
of the sugar plantations and mills in
Cuba and Puerto Rico and has prac-
tically monopoly of raw cane sugar.
In the beet sugar industry it finds its
only competitor. In other words, the
beet sugar industry alone opposes the
monopoly of the sugar trade of this
country by the Trust, which now
seeks to close up the beet sugar re-
hneries and compel producers to sell
their raw product to the Trust at its
own terms to be refined by the Trust
at profit The recent report Of Sec
rotary Wilson on the beet sugar indus
try estimates the total product of
1901 at $4,000 tons, of which $4,000
tons come from the Pacific coast aud
Rocky Mountain states, besides 1000
tons from Nebraska. California, with
an annual output of $4,000 tons, is the
leading producer. Perhaps a more
definite idea of the magnitude and ex.
tent of the industry may be gained by
other statistics which show that Mich
igan has eleven beet sugar factories
having a beet consuming capacity of
$4,000 acres; Colorado, factories,
capacity $4,000 acres; California s
factories, capacity 100000 acres; Ne
braska 3 factories, capacity 10000
acres; Utah 8 factories, capacity 25,-
900 acres; New York 2 factories, ca
pacity 10000 acres; Wisconsin, Min
nesota, Oregon, Ohio, Indiana, Ari-
IONA, New Mexico, each one factory,
with capacity of 5000 acres.
An opinion has been expressed that
the carrying of the war by the beet
sugar men into eastern territory,
where the cane sugar trade centers,
would compel the Trust to stand loss
es which would seriously affect the
value of their sugar stocks and more
greatly damage their interests than
those of their smaller rivals. Reports
of interviews with leading manufac-
turers indicate that the beet sugar men
intend to appeal to Congress at its
next session for legislation that will
protect them against the Trust. When
one considers that for many years the
production of sugar in the United
States has been encouraged by the
government, that large sums have
been spent under the direction of the
Department Of Agriculture in costly
experiments to this end; that some
state governments have Joined the
movement and granted bounties to
sugar producers, it would seem strange
If no protection could be secured for
an industry so carefully nursed and
which is just beginning to stand
alone, against the aggression of a
greedy corporation aiming to estab.
lish despotism in the sugar trade
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11

The lighthouse keeper on the island
of Kuriate. outside Monastir, little
port on the coast OF Tunis, is besieged
by wild pigs, Orig nally those pigs
were tame. They had been turned on
to the island by q Monastir farmer to
be fattened cheaply. Rapidly. how
ever, they bred and increased In num-
bers till the island became too small
for them. They ate of every vestige
of food. devoured ev ny r. bbit in the
place. then, driven wild by hunger, fell
30 devouring each other. Finally, the
unhappy lighthouse keeper, the only
human being on the island. had to
barricade himself In his cabin, whence
he contrived to signal to the mainland.
and & gantic pig hunt is being ar
ranged as the only way of raising the
siege.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11

Rev. H. B. Musselman, Presiding
elder of the Mennonite Brethren in
Christ, Reading, Pa, made the an
nouncement that he has not voted for
seven years, and expects never TO cast
ballot. 81 cannot" he said, vote to
support a republic, for the man who
votes with government ought to fght
for 1t, and do not want to fight for
this country. l am opposed to war; 1t
La unnecessary at any time"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11

Why is Theodore Roosevelt common
ly spoken Of as the twenty-sixth Pres
ident of the United States when he Is
only the twenty-fifth man to hold that
ONCE? Obviously because some one
thoughtlessly spoke of President Cleve-
land, whose two terms of ONCE were
disconnected, as the twenty
and twenty-fourth President" of the
United States But in list OF men,
not OF terms of office, should Mr.. Cleve-
land be assigned two numbers? 1t is
more logical to call him the twenty
second President of the United States
since he was the same man in both
terms, and accordingly to call Mr.
Roosevelt the twenty-fifth President
He is filling out the twenty ninth
Presidential term.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11
PECULIAR CHARM OF
THE PICTURESQUE
STREETS q SQUARES

modern warfare in which an equally
small number of troops were engaged,
was so far-reaching in its results, and
better deserves the much-abused cpl
thet-epochmaking.
Capture of Quebec.
A book just published-"The Life of
Marquis Townshend," one of Wolfes
three brigadiers-has thrown some
fresh light on the plans which culmin-
ated in the capture OF Quebec. The
transfer of the base of operations from
Beaufort, some five miles below Que
bee, to point a few miles above the
fortress, in order to cut Montcalm Off
from his base of supplies at Montreal,
was, 1t appears, the suggestion Of the
brigadiers. This was no doubt sound
generalship, but the actual plan of sur
prising the garrison by scaling the ap-
parently inaccessible cliffs was an in
spiration of General Wolfe alone and
was indeed a stroke of genius in COM
parison.
This historic battlefield has recent
ly been purchased from the Ursuline
convent by the dominion government
for $4,000 and has been handed over
to the city of Quebec as a public park.
No more suitable parade ground for
the presentation of medals to the Ca
madam volunteers in the South African
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11

The most remarkable deed acknowl-
edgment ever recorded in Bartholomew
county, Indiana, was recently filed with
Recorder Hiner. 1t was a warranty
deed from Daisy Edwards and her hua-
band, Solomon Edwards, who has been
dead for several months, to Ralph
Spaugh. Justice Pancke of Clifford ac-
knowledged the deed in the following
language: State of Indiana, Barthoio-
NEW county, ss.-Before me, William
e. Pancke, justice of the peace, In
and for the said county and state, the
eighth day of August. personally ap-
peared Daisy Edward and Solomon Ed
wards, deceased. and acknowledged the
execution of the annexed deed"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11

A CURIOUS THEORY.
Lake wetten and Baden Sea May Have
Underground Connections.

Lake wetten and Baden Sea May Have
Underground Connections.
Lake Wettern, one of the links in the
waterway between Stockholm and
Gothenburg, is a beautiful sheet of
water, lying in the center of group
of lofty hills, and is noted for several
remarkable peculiarities, says the Chi
cago Record Herald. There is no bot
tom at one place-at least none has
ever been found-and a belief widely
prevails that it is connected by an
underground passage with the Boden
Sea in Switzerland. 1t is asserted that
when there is a storm on one of these
lakes the other is agitated, and then
when the water in one is low the same
conditions exist in the other There is
also story that corpses in Swiss cos
tune have come to the surface on Lake
Wettern, and that bodies of men who
have been drowned in .Wettern have
been recovered in the Boden See. 9th
er evidences are found in the occasion
al appearance of timber and vegeta-
ton that does not grow in this local
n.y. DuL Is W DWlLlSl
Scientific men, however, dispute the
theory and ridicule the stories that are
told by the peasants. 1t is admitted,
however. by every one that the ex-
traordinary phenomena of mirage have
frequently been observed upon Lake
Wettern, so much so as to attract the
observations of the entire population
for miles around, creating consterna-
ton among the ignorant peasants and
awe and wonder among all thoughtful
people Marching armies of cavalry,
infantry and artillery, with banners and
glittering weapons have appeared upon
the surface of the lake; churches, pal
aces, castles and ships have been seen
to rise from the water and remain in
view for hours; caravans of camels
have crossed from shore to shore with
in full view of multitudes of people in
their right minds and without ordinary
superstitions
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11

Torty-two years ago the late beloved
Henry 3. Whipple was consecrated
bishop OF Minnesota. 1t soon became
simpler to call him bishop to the In
dams. More than fifty times did he
make the long journey from the north
west to Washington to tell the story
of the Indians wrongs and many times
he encountered a pitiful failure be.
cause he could find no one person In
authority. Authority was vested in
boards and bureaus and hedged about
with Investigations. A notable excep-
ton was his first interview with Pres
ident Cleveland. He explained how
the graspIng white Spectator had
moved on to Indian lands, damned the
rivers and let the waters overflow the
Indians grain fields. President Cleve-
land exclaimed that it was burning
shame. He sent for the secretary OF
the interior. asked him to take the
statement from the bishops own
mouth, Endorsed it, and sent 1t with an
urgent message to congress Within a
week the long-suffering Indians were
reimbursed for their great loss.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11

drainage from that place. the apples
ON that tree we're larger and
of amer texture than any other
apples of the same variety IN
the orchard. The flesh was JUICY
yellow and better favored. Tney were
in every sense fine eating appieS a.
maturity.
This fact of change in characteristics
of varieties due to cultivation 10 ire
quently noticed in fruit shown a. iairs
and expositions. The differences are
sometimes SO great that casual OBJ
server would never suspect tnat cer IaiA
exhibits were of the same variety. nia
all goes to show the effects OF cul'iVa,
ton and fertilization on quahty ana
form of fruit.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11
THE BEAUTY OF
OLD QUEBEC

No city on the American continent
possesses in greater degree the in
deflnable quality of charm than Que
bee, with its romantic history and its
quaint old-world atmosphere. The
historic grandeur of the ancient capital
of New France exercises peculiar fas-
cination on all visitors of imaginative
temperament. Certainly Quebec, more
than any city in the western hemis-
phere, possesses that glamour of old
association which illumines Athens,
Rome, Venice, and, indeed, most of the
historic cities of Europe. 1t is en-
phatically city that grows upon
one"
Scene of Wolfe's Victory.
The one place of supreme interest to
all Englishmen is the historic plateau
known as the Heights of Abraham,
just beyond the citadel, where, as Pitt
felicitously expressed it, wolfe, with
handful of men, added an empire to
English rule" Few great battles APP
peal more to the imagination than
this, won by a general at an age when
most of our soldiers considered them
selves fortunate If they have obtained
their company; and conducted, too,
with sublime daring in defiance of all
recognized rules of warfare. Every one
knows the moving story of the battle.
Indeed, one might almost say that the
immortal lines of Gray have earned
greater fame through the oft-told in
cident of Wolfe, with strange fore
boding of his fate. quoting them to his
officers when drifting down the st.
Lawrence to engage in the desperate
adventure which must infallibly make
him or break him, for there could be
no middle course between an over
whelming victory or crushing defeat.
Luck was on the daring generals side,
as we all know. His advance guard,
creeping up the precipitous path from
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11
WOLVES MONUMENT, PLAINS on
ABRAHAM. QUEBEC.

ABRAHAM. QUEBEC.
morency falls, which are easily reached
in about an hour by the little Pilgrim
railway" to Ste. Anne de Beaupre.
Though in the summer there is not a
great volume of water, and much, too,
has been diverted of late years owing
to the Quebec city authorities, follow
ing the precedent of Buffalo, having
utilized the falls to generate the cleo
trio lighting of the Streets yet they
should certainly be visited by all
strangers. The waterfall Is about 270
feet high and $50 feet broad.
An extraordinary formation of the
rocks bordering the rapids above the
fall is perhaps even more striking than
the cataract itself. The water has
formed steep stairway in the lime
stone cliff which forms the bank. and
30 regular and even are these lodges
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11
Quality and the Market.

(From Farmers Review Special Report.)
At the recent meeting of the Ameri-
can Pathological Society, Mr.. Garfield
of Michigan spoke on the relation OF
quality OF fruit to the market. In part
he said:
The taste Of the people should be
catered to. If they like Concord
grapes they should be given Concord
grapes, regardless of whether the
growers think them the best grapes or
not. The growers Of fruit are small
in number compared to the number of
the consumers, and there is no reason
why the few should not try to grow
the kind of fruit the many want.
We should, however, try to get al
much quality as possible into our
fruit, so that people will increase their
consumption of them. We cannot en-
pect to increase the consumption Of
fruit if we try to satisfy the present
demand by giving the people the Kief-
fer pears and Angouleme plums The
prime consideration is good quality
Some of our small growers especially
are putting much time and effort ints
producing fruit of good quality.
Professor Waugh-What do we mean
by quality? BY it one man means oAa
thing and another another. A fruit
commission man calls that a fruit Of
good quality that looks well, keens
well and sells well. But what most Of
us refer to by quality is its tasta
This quality is hard thing to obtain
and at the same time get hardness ana
large fruitfulness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11

In England at the time of the great
plague 1t was reported that no one liv-
ing in tobacconist's house fell sick
OF the disease. This caused great
demand for tobacco. Hearne says In
his diary: II remember that l heard
formerly Tom Rogers, who was yao-
man beadle, say that when he was a
schoolboy at Elton that year when the
plague ragged all the boys of that school
we're obliged TO smoke every morning.
and that ne was never whipped 80
much In his life as he was one morn
sng for not smoking"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11

1t is the custom in most countries in
Europe to hold the hat in the hand
while talking to a friend. In Sweden
10 avoid the dangers arising from thi1
during the winter, it is no uncommon
thing to see announcements in the
daily paper informing the friends OF
Mr.. So-and-so that he Is unable,
through the doctors orders. TO con-
form to this polite usage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11

Every package of cocoa or chocolate
put out by Walter Baker & Co., bears
the well-known trademark of the
chocolate girl, and the place of manu-
facture. Dorchester, Mass" House
keepers are advised to examine their
purchases. and make sure that other
goods have not been substituted. They
received three gold medals from the
Pan-American exposition.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-11

that 1t is difficult to realize that thay
are not artificial.
Ten miles farther along the line is
the famous shrine of Ste. Anne do
Beaupre, founded in 1920 by Breton
emigrants as a kind of sister shrine to
the famous Ste. d'Auray In Brittany.
This Canadian Loretto is visited by
enormous numbers of pilgrims from
all parts of the province. especially on
Ste. Anne's day July 26). The church
(Which was formally created Ba-
silica by the present pope) is modern,
only dating from 1876, but it contains
many curious relics removed from the
original church, built in 1868.
One Days Excavation.
Another days excursion from Quo.
bee Is to the curious settlement of In
dian Loretto, few miles off, charm
ingly situated on the slopes of the
Laurentine hills. 1t is a genuine In
dian settlement of converted Hurons,
founded toward the end Of the seven
teenth century. The church is an ex-
act copy of the famous Santa Casa at
Loretto, and was built some $50 years
ago. AS place of pilgrimage, though,
this Canadian Loretto cannot be said
to nave gained much popularity.