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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10
ExplaIned.

Explained.
ut seems to me-" said the young
housewife, there's entirely too much
water in the milk you serve"
ut won't occur again, ma'am," said
the foxy milkman. "You see, the
farmers man has been giving the COWS
too much salt, and it made EN- very
thirsty The farmers got new man
now"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10
Not oompulsorx.

Student-"Tell me. Colonel, can
man be thoroughly honest and still
succeed as a lawyer"
Veteran Attorney presume so,
but-ah!-it isn't necessary! PUCK.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10
whore the pInerenee Lies.

WHoFe inc UIHoFence lieHs
Wherein lies the difference between
photography and courtship?" he asked
softly.
II don't know" she replied.
"In photography" he explained "the
negative is developed in the dark
room, while in courtship that is where
the affirmative is developed"
She blushed, but made no answer.
Let us" he suggested, proceed to
develop an Affirmative"
There being no objections, it was so
ordered.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10
Tua- rua. Anti-Leprons shruh.

the same, will you dance with me?"
with the name of little girl guest at
the end. The little boys then hunted
for the partners thus suggested. and
the dance recommended, the children
being much mystifed as to how the
letters had been sent.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10
Oonuiots ALI OIamsnor.

The white convicts employed on the
breakwater at Capetown are sending
a loyal address to King Edward, pray
ing his clemency on the occasion Of
the approaching coronation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10

like a paddle wheel of steamboat in
miniature.
The wheel, which is constructed en-
tirely of steel catches in the frozen
snow and so drives the sleigh forward.
These motor sleighs travel at twice
the speed of sleigh drawn by horses
and so a new and exciting pastime is
provided.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10

Greek and Roman wines were per-
fumed, generally by sleeping the
leaves of roses or violets in the liquor
until it had acquired the odor of the
flowers.
Big Industries Built up on Small Articles.
Few people realize the wants and re-
quirements of the eighty millions of peo-
pie in the United States. Who would
think that it requires over a million dol
lars capital to carry on the package dye
business in, this country, and that there
are twelve different factories in the Unit
ed States that manufacture package dye?
One of the largest package dye factories
in the world is that of the Putnam Fade
less Dye Co., Unionville, Mo. In this fac
tory alone over three million packages
are put up every year. When you know
that each package colors from 8 to 6
pounds of goods or that the output of
Putnam Fadeess Dyes alone will color
from 8 to Is million pounds and that 1t
would require more than 800 cars to haul
this amount of dyed goods. you will re-
alize the magnitude of this seemingly
small business
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10

shortage in Cottle's accounts as
cashier of the state bank of Elkhart,
which failed recently.
Cottle had been cashier of the Elk
hart bank since its organization. He
was long connected with the Gilletts.
serving as private secretary to John D.
Gillett during his lifetime. He was
made executor of the will of John D.
Gillett, under provision of the tesla
ment, but another executor was Sc
cured, because of the dissatisfaction
Of several of the heirs.
Mr.. Cottle was Sc years of age, and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10
Bank Cashier Ends Life

Persuading his son to leave the sick
chamber on the pretense of wanting
water, Frank w. Cottle of Elkhart, ILL.,,
placed a revolver muzzle in his mouth
and blew away one side of his head,
dying instantly. The tragedy is the
outcome of the exposure of $4,000
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10
rApIIEsT RUSSIAN MIILET.

Will you be short of hay2 If SO, plant
plenty of this prodigally prolific millet.
to Tons of Rich Hay Per Acre.
Price so lbs. $19O; 100 lbs So. Low freights.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis W
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10
Community Of Intereat..

community OF Interests.
"Bifiley and his son and the Widow
Binglewood and her daughter are 60
ing to form community of interests. i"
How so?"
Bifiley marries the widow and his
son marries the daughter"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10

People buy Hamlin's Wizard Oil be-
cause they have learned by experience
that it cures pain of every kind.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10

Realty sales in the city of London
during 1901 were e5,55S, Oss, compared
with 94,9S4,769 in 1900 and a6,2so 314
in 1899.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10

a little girl and dreamed about it
every nig4t for months afterwards"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
Fictitious,

i, IL very seldom that we pay much o.
tention to reports circulated in reference
to the virtue of a patent medicine, as we
have always considered that reports OF this
nature were more or less fictitious and got.
ten up for the purpose of creating a demand
from the public. But the publication IN
various papers of the wonderful results OBJ
tanned from using that ANGUS remedy st.
Jacobs Oil, and from the fact that it is a
remedy for outward application only, led
us to make trials OF it in our own family.
One, a case of lumbago of long standing
which had previously resisted every form
of treatment, was permanently cured by a
few applications of the Oil. Another was a
sprained ankle, with severe pain. This
was instantly relieved and permanently
cured in a few days by the use of st. Jacobs
Oil, while for severe toothache and neuralgia
it acted almost like magic, so quickly did the
pain depart after the Oil was applied. Our
own experience in using the Oil, as above
indicated, was so highly satisfactory that
we determined in the interest of the gen
eral public to make a thorough local 1nves-
~tigation among dealers and others who have
sold and used St. Jacobs Oil. Recognizing
Messrs. Taylor and Co. as headquarters for
all proprietary medicines, we called at their
Briggate Store, and on making known the
object Of our Visit to the general Manager,
he stated that their three stores in Leeds
were selling more than a thousand bottles
of st. Jacobs Oil every week, and the trade
was constantly increasing-that it was the
most popular remedy sold and was highly
spoken of by everyone who used it.. The
Manager said he had heard hundreds Of
people say they had been permanently cured
of rheumatism, neuralgia, s~ciatica, and sim
liar complaints by the use of this famous Oil
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

1t is not the abundance of land,
but the thorough and skillful cultiva-
ton of it, that fills the barn with
hay. the cribs with cor and the
kitchen with plenty.
The farmer with no inheritage but
health, with no riches but industry,
and no ambition but virtue is sole
king among men, and the only man
among kings.
No farmer ought to undertake to
cultivate more land than he can stock
and manage. 1t is better to till so
acres well than 100 in a slovenly man
ner.
Industry, prudence and economy
are essential to insure success in any
business whatever. A regular system
is also indispensably necessary, and
in none does this find a more appro.
pirate lodging than in farming.
Be not above your profession, and
always consider it as the best any
man can follow. Never shrink from
doing anything your business calls
YOU to do. The mar who is above
his business will some day find his
business above him.-Cotton Plant
ers' Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
AK HANDLES AND AXES

has no advantage over the one that is
perfectly straight. Most people pre-
fer the curved, because they are &C.
customed to it's use. AS a rule the
straight handle is more durable. The
size of the handle depends upon the
muscular development of the user. If
it is too small it will cramp the fingers,
and if too large it will lame the hands
and wrist.
If one will examine the end of a
piece of wood he will see that it is
made of layers, each layer represent
ing the growth of one year. Wood
splits much more easily along these
lines than across them, hence when Sc
Letting an ak handle, always choose
one in which the layers are parallel
with the line of force, as shown in
Fig. /. If they are at right angles,
as in Fig. 2, a few days use will cause
the handle to split along the dotted
lines shown. The difference in quality
in this respect is so marked that many
dealers sort their handles and make
the price of one about double that of
the other.
In hanging an az considerable at.
tention should be paid to the kind OF
work which is to be done. For small
wood hang an ak pointing in, as shown
in Fig. 3. For very large trees hang
it squarely across, or at right angles
to the handle, and for splitting, es
pecially block wood, hang it out ac
cording to Fig. 4. This gives one F;
chance to strike a heavy blow, square
ly across the block, using the who'll
bit of the AK, and without making
tiresome bend of the back with ever,
blow. The relative position of tn
blade and handle may be changed b,
inserting a small wedge in the eye o
the ak. either above or below the han
die. as occasion may require.-Orang
Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
A New French Fertilizer

In France a fertilizer called "pou'
drette" is manufactured from night
soil. Though not very rich in the
elements of plant food, it has in
the past proved quite valuable for
use in gardens owing to its perfect
mechanical structure. 1t was made
by mixing night soil with charcoal,
peat, tanbark, street cleanings. land
plaster and the like. In parts OF
France and England night soil was
made into by being com
posted with lime slaked in urine. In
shaking. about one-half as much
urine is used as lime (by weight
The resultant slaked lime is a dry
powder and may be mixed with night
soil successfully when the latter Is
comparatively fresh. If fermenta'
ton has begun much ammonia (ni
trogen) will be driven off by thu
lime.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
WagOn-ROad Locomotives.

When an "auto" is pushed along
m~acadamized roads at the rate of a
mile in fifty-one and four-fifths sec
onds, or considerably more than a
mile a minute, the fact is a very i'm.
~pressive one. 1t leads us to wonder
what the near future will bring forth
in this respect.
There is no doubt that ambitious
people will run their automobiles
about as fast as they canon any
road that will accommodate them
not always to the delight of those
who live along the way. 1t will not be
all e~difying sight for some old farm
er, who has started out to take his
wife visiting or draw a load of pro-
duce to market, to encounter a vehi.
Gle running at forty, fifty or sixty
miles an hour.
Many of these machines will be
driven by people who are in no wise
qualified for the position. Some will
''lose their heads;" some will develop
the fact that they have not much
of any heads to lose; some will put
enemies into their mouths that will
steal away all their discretion, and
make it very hard and weary for
pedestrians.
There will be a good deal of night
travel and, especially at first, Of run
ning-down of people. There will be
reckless impromptu competition, anc
many a league of country road will
be utilized now and then for a rae
course. Laws against high rates o.
speed will at first be largely inetti
Gent.
But these matters will all arrange
themselves, after a while; and WI
may some day expect to see the wag
on-roads full of locomotives-draw
ing not only passengers, but freight
Thus a line of profitable traffic ma,
at last be developed upon roads tina
belong to the people, and not to SOM
corporation kinged-over and juggled
with by a few plutocrats.-Ever.
Where.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
Broom Corn in Southwest.

Broom corn is a cash crop" and,
like other cash crops, has it's favor
able and u~nfavorable features. Its
cultivation on a very large scale is
seldom successful, but if properly
handled on a small scale, say from
is to rs acres for the average farmer,
and especially on new land where the
variety of sure crops is limited, it
will prove to be as paying as almost
any CROP that a be raised. Okla.
bona has early seasons and can mar.
ket the brush early in the season,
when the highest price is usually
paid, and for that and other reasons
should easily become a great source
of the nations supply of broom corn.
Farmers Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
PITH AND POINT.

There are smiles more pitiful than
tears.-Town Topics.
Flattery pleases the woman who re-
ceives it almost as much as the nan
who gives it.-Puck.
Uncle William-"Yes, Willie, 1 have
had my nose to the grindstone all my
life" Willie-''Is that what made it
so red, uncle?"-Philadelphia Record.
A pleasing personality is of untold
value. 1t is a perpetual delight and
inspiration to everybody who comes
in contact with it. Such a personality
is capital.-Success.
weak creatures he will soon discover
his mistake by trying to prevent one
from having her own way when she
really wants it.-Chicago Daily News.
Father-'Come back here, you young
scalawag! What do you mean by pull
ing away from me?" Son-"D'you
think | don't know what you want,
after 1 played hockey yesterday?"-
Indianapolis News.
A Lot of Company.-Patient-"Doc
tor, do you think / will ~recover?" Doc
tor-"No; but don't worry about it
because there are a lot of other peo'
pie dying from the same cause
Ohio State Journal.
Mamma-"Why, Willie, you'll make
yourself sick. Just as sure as yor
eat another piece of that pie you'll BIZ
sick tomorrow" Willie-"Well,
don't care; tomorrow amt no holi
day."-Philadelphia Press.
A Serious Case.-Cook (readins
from daily paper)--'Last nights off
cial statement shows that there ar
$4,000 cases of influenza in the metrop
Oils" Nervous Parlormaid-"Oh
Mary! And how many r there in
e?"-Punch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
A Peculiar Position.

The position of a queen consort is a
peculiar one. She cannot claim TO be
crowned, but the dignity is conferred
by the king to equalize her position
with his own. The queen consort's rev.
enue is now settled by parliament in
the same way as the kings, but she had
in olden times several sources of in
come distinct from the kings. In the
"Domesday Book" mention is made of
particular sums reserved for the use
of the queen. One such entry is for
purchasing oil for her lamps, another
to furnish parts of her wardrobe. If
a whale was stranded'on the coast,
it was supposed to be divided between
the king and queen, the head being
the kings property; the rest of the
fish, being plentifully supplied with
w%halebone, was devoted to the re-
quirements Of the queens wardrobe!
These peculiar rights have, no doubt
died out, parliament voting a definite
sum for the proper maintenance OF
her majesty's household and the dis,
charge of her personal expenses.--De'
troit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
JAPANESE JOTTINGS.

Japan has 255 people the square
mile, China not more than PIG.
The Output of minerals in Japan
amounted to S24,677,446 in 1900.
Recent discoveries have given a fresh
impetus to boring for petroleum in
Japan.
1t is reported from Toxic that the
officer. Iamow Gowsky, who was in
charge of the battalion of japanese
troops 200 of whom lost their lives in
a snowstorm, has committed suicide
BY poisoning himself. The cause is
stated to be that his father. a very
old and respected soldier, wrote re.
preaching his son with having lost zoe
brave men and being saved himself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
CHOOSING AK HANDLES.
It's a Little Thing I'm a Way, Hut One
Calling for Exercise for Judg-
ment Nevertheless.

When buying an ak handle always
select one that is made entirely from
the sap wood or the heart wood, but
never one that is made partly of each.
for it will split along the line of union.
Handles made from sap wood are more
elastic and better for chopping, and
a nan will not tire or get sore so
quickly when using one. Iprefer those
made from the heart wood for split.
ting, although they are not so durable.
The proper length and curve of the
handle depends upon the habit and
method of chopping of the user. With
a long handle a man will strike a much
harder blow, but with a short handle
he will strike %oftener, so there is prac-
tically 40 difference in the work ac-
complished.
The curve, too, depends upon thu
habit of the user. A curved handle
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
Singular Illusion Visible in an Iowa
Town when the Sun Shines,


Cedar Rapids, Iowa.-Every day in
the year when the sun is shining a
mirage may be seen in this city. So
far as is known this is the only place
in the world where this phenomenon
of nature can be so regularly OBJ
served, although there r many
places where it takes place under
certain atmospheric conditions. The
mirage here is on one of the princi-
pal streets of the city and makes the
street appear as if there was a pond
of water covering it. So natural is
this appearance that many times resi-
dents of the city who are not posted
as to the mirage have turned from
the street to escape going through
the water that they thought they
saw in the distance.
Passing street cars are so plainly
reflected in it that it is difficult to
realize that there is no water there.
Prof. Bates of Coe college accounts
for the mirage by the fact that the
venue is slightly inclined from the
indicated point of view. A person
therefore, looks down at the mirage
at an angle of about thirty degrees
and his line of vision crossing the
down-coming rays of light obliquely
at that point, produces this singular
illusion.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
THE MINISTER'S WIFE.
What Her Labors and Duties Were
in Years Gone By Illustrated
by One Life.

There appeared in one of the lead
ing religious papers a short time ago
an article from the wife of a city
minister, in which was a curious rev.
elation. The article might have been
entitled ''The Passing of the Minis
ter's Wife"-as an institution, be it
understood, not as an individual, says
Youths Companion.
A decade or two ago the minister's
wife, in addition to her private duty
of looking well to her household, was
expected to be the president of the
Ladies' Aid, to lead the women's
prayer meetings, to teach a class in
Sunday school and to be the moving
spirit in all the church socials and en-
tertainments, to say nothing of call
ing upon all her husbands people.
Now all that is fast changing, or
has changed already; if for any rea-
son the minister's wife thinks it best
not to hold office, she is excused as
any other woman would be. Even
the calling is no longer obligatory.
In short, she is being left free to
live her w life in her own way;
she is no longer a public character.
This is in strong contrast to the pas
tors wife of a century or so ago, as
pictured in Colonial Days and
Ways!"
Madam Smith was the wife of Cot
ton Mather Smith, whose name is
sufficient disclosure of his heritage.
Parson Smith received a salary of
22O Spanish dollars with a ~'settle-
ment'' of 140 ounce of silver for
three years.
Later his salary was raised, but it
could not have been at any time
more than $500. With this he was *
pected to support his w family
and the poor and entertain all stran-
gers who came to his door. He did
it royalty. Late in his life he wrote
to a son-in-law that. besides bringing
ND his own six children, he had had
during 30 years al average of four
penniless orphans in his family, all
of whom he had fed, clothed and edu'
Gated.
One would think that with a fam
ily of ~ to provide for at a time
when all the cloth was hand-woven
and all meats and provisions pre-
pared at home, Madam Smiths time
would have been fully occupied. But
that was only a part of her work.
Never was illness or need in the
village that Madam Smith was no
called. Few were the babies tina
did not receive their first robing a
her hands-few the dying whose eye
were not closed by her. Once, even
during an outbreak of smallpox, il
which 700 out of 1000 in the tow
took the disease. Parson Smith ant
his wife lived for three months il
an old outbuilding, that so the.
might go freely among the sick ant
dying without endangering thei
family and friends.
It was a life of unceasing toll
there was no time in it for readini
or Couture" But for years afte
Madam Smith died, until her HUSBAND
and last child followed her, their let
tiers were full of touching reference
to the beloved wife and mother.
The old days + gone, and the oil
opportunities. But through the age
, love never changes. Many a minis
ter's wife of to-day, meeting the neN
, duties and new privileges with tn
old spirit of love and service, wi
leave as fragrant a memory as tn
: parsons wife of a hundred year
moo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
IMPURE BAKING POWDER
SEIZED.
The New York Board of Health Find
1t Contains Alum and Rock,
Declare IL Dangerous to
Health and Dump 1t In
to the River.

The New York papers report that
the Health Department of that city
has seized as dangerous to health
nearly two ton of cheapmixtures sold
for baking powder, and dumped them
into the offal scow to be destroyed.
More of the powder was found in a
Sixth ave. department store. The
report of the analysis of the Health
Department stated that it was IAN
alum baking powder" containing alum
and ~pulverized rock.
The different Health Authorities
seem to have different ways of repress-
ing the sale of bad baking powders.
In England they have prosecuted the
grocers under the general law and
broken up the traffic. In Missouri the
sale of alum baking powder is actually
prohibited by law. In New York they
seize the u~nwholesome stuff and cast
it into the river, without any discus
sion. The latter way is certainly eff.
fective.
The alum baking powders are usual
ly offered at a low price, ten TO twenty
cents a pound, or with some prize, as
a temptation to the housewife.
Consumers can protect themselves
by buying only high-grade baking pow
der of established name and reputa'
ton. Do not be tempted by the grocer
to take something else as "just as
good" or "our own brand" for thu
trials show that the grocer himself i:
often deceived by INSCRIPTIONS max
ers and is selling an alum powder with
out knowing it.
There are several good powders Oh
the market; let the housekeeper insis
on having what she knows is right. ant
not be induced to risk the life of tn
family for an imaginary saving of
few cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
ODD MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.

In Austria a man" and woman" of
IA are supposed to be old enough to
marry and conduct a home of their
own.
After the wedding is over a Hun
garian peasant bridegroom gives his
newly-made wife a kick in order that
she may realize her subsection t. bim.