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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
What Type of Hog to Breed.

Swine breeding as a profession will
become more and more of an exact
science, and many of the methods of
feeding and breeding which have here.
tofore yielded fairly good results
must soon be discarded for better
ones. There seems to be some differ
ence of opinion as to just what the
great American hog is. Some would
have us believe that he is of bacon
type, but l am convinced that the
bacon type of hogs for this section is
a long ways in the future. 1t is re-
markable to how near the same stand
ard all the breeds of hogs are work
ing to-day. 1t would seem hardly
probable that such a practically unan-
imous opinion as is evidenced by the
rem are convinced that we are chas-
ing after false gods, and could make
great deal more money if we were
careful to produce a little different
type of hog and market it at 200
pounds weight. They point to the
fact that they get over 81 per hun.
bred weight more for hogs than we
do, making allowance for the differ
ence in freight rates, but think the
much talked of bacon demand would
fade into insigniflcance if it was sup
piled at the rate of 100000 hogs per
week, of this type, going into the
Chicago market. So l am convinced
that our type and our methods as rec
ognized by the most upto-date breed
ers are the proper ones for the coun-
try in which we live, and that thor
ough study and improvement Of them
will result in the most profit and best
advancement of swine growing as a
professionally. NJ. McFadden, before
Iowa Swine Breeders.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
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Co.
CESSATION of Sheen

Bulletin 95, of the Wisconsin Sta
ton, says: At the Experiment Station
our service rams are kept separate
from the flock during the breeding
season and only turned with the ewes
Ior a short time each day, during
which, the shepherd or an assistant is
on hand to note which ewes are in
neat and which ones breed, conse-
{ emily we have no difficulty in keep
ing an accurate record of the time of
service Of each eve. OF 524 ewes that
have been bred and dropped their
lambs, the period of CESSATION has
ranged from 140 to 156 days, and the
greatest number, 113 ewes, or ZIG per
cent dropped their lambs on the 146th
day after service; the next greatest
number, 81 ewes, or 1916 per cent,
dropped their lambs lat days after be-
ing bred and 4O4 ewes or TIL per cent
dropped their lambs between the 144th
and 150th days after service. Only two
ewes carried their young for more
than 154 days, one yeaning 155 and the
other 156 days after taking the ram,
while only one eve yeaned as early as
140 days after service. All three of
these ewes gave girth to dead lambs,
which would at least suggest that these
extreme periods were abnormal. From
the data here given, representing as it
does the various breeds of sheep, we
feel quite justified in stating that the
extreme range of the normal period of
CESSATION in breeding ewes is thirteen
days beginning at 142 and extending to
154 days after service.
We may also safely conclude that
the greatest number of ewes may be
expected to drop their lambs at least
six days earlier than was found by
Tester to be the case with breeding
ewes in France. This difference may
be accounted for. in part, at least, by
the peculiar characteristics Of the va
rious breeds. Of the 80 pure-bred
Southdown ewes 20 or 62.8 per cent
carried their lambs less than lat days
and of the pure-bred Merinos 6, OF
rs per cent, carried their lambs over
this period while the Shropshire
grades and the various crosses of
Shropshires with Dorsets and Merinos
occupy middle position between the
two above mentioned breeds. From this
it would seem that the more compact
and quick maturing the breed, the
shorter the period of CESSATION, and
vice versa. Since the Merinos are
much longer in reaching their matur-
ity in breeding as well as In growth
and general development than either
the Southdown or the Shropshire
we might reasonably expect them
to carry their young a longer
time. This conclusion would serve to
explain the longer period of CESSATION
noted in France since practically all
of the sheep of that country are of the
Merino type.-Farmers Review.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Indigestion, congested liver, I'm
pure blood, constipation, there are
what affiict thousands of people who
do not know what is the matter with
them. They drag along a miserable
existence; they apply to the local doc
tors occasionally, and sometimes OBJ
tain a little temporary relief. but the
old, tired, worn-out. all-gone, distress
ed feeling always comes back again
worse than ever, until in time they
become tired of living, wonder why
they were ever born, and why they are
alive unless to endure constant suffer-
ing. To such sufferers there is a
haven of refuge in DR.. August Koe-
nig's Hamburg Drops, which was dis
covered more than so years ago, and
which is a wonderful medicine. One
trial will convince the most skeptical
that any or all Of these difficulties
may be removed, and a perfect cure
effected, by taking Dr. August Koe-
nig's Hamburg Drops. Get bottle at
once, before it is too late.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Rovhood Dream Realized

John d. Rockefeller. head of the
Standard Oil corporation, has been
elected to honorary membership in
the fire patrol Of North Tarrytown,
N. Y. When he received the official
document notifying him Of the honor
conferred the multimillionaire came
as near to looking pleasant as he can
and he remarked with some pride:
Now is the boyhood dream of my
life realized. l am fireman at last,
after nearly sixty years of patient
waiting. No policeman can now fan
me outside the fire lines in North
Tarrytown, at least. If he tried it
could turn the hose on him."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
SARATOGA FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Ceremonies Observed In old United
States Hotel

Perhaps the best test of social en-
Enlistment was to be seen at Sara.
toga Springs, where the old United
States hotel assembled in the season
the wealth and fashion OF the country.
The great dining-room. respondent
with mirrors and gliding, showed Il
dinner table covered with silver
dishes, while behind every two chairs
a colored waiter man was stationed
The major- ONO Gas head waiter)
stood at the head Of the table with a
baton in his hand Orchestral music
ushered in the guests. who took their
seats at table; the major-domo raised
his wand and each waiter man ad-
vanced and stood back of the guests;
at the second wave of the wand the
walters laid hands upon the dish COW
ers, and at the third wave every cover
was lifted and laid upon small dumb
walters, which other attendants car
ried away Then the major-domo
laid his hand upon his heart and
bowed to the guests, the music struck
up, and the walters served the dishes.
-Lippincotts
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
500 Reward s1oo.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity Catarrh being constitu-
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ment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution ana
prietorS have so much faith In its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars fos
any case that it fails to cure Send for list
Testimonials.
Sold by druggists 75c-
Hall Family Pills are the best
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
rhe Rhodes sohoIarshIps.

DR.. George Parkin, the commission
er charged with the awarding of the
Cecil Rhodes scholarships in the
United States and the colonies, is now
in New York. Two hundred Oxford
scholarships will be at his disposal.
and he has but recently returned from
a conference with the University au-
thorities. Considerable curiosity is ex-
pressed as to the probable demand for
these scholarships and the class Of men
who will apply. They cannot be used
until the fall of 1904. Each scholarship
carries with it $1,000 for three years
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

and now consider myself well man and I
after months of suffering Fellow-sufferers
Peruna will cure you.
DR.. Llewellyn Jordan.
Geo. C Havener, M. D., of Anaoostia,
D. c., writes:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o. !:
Gentlemen" In my practice have had
occasion to frequently prescribe your
valuable medicine, and have found its use
beneficial, especially in cases of catarrh. ="
George c. Havener, M. D.
If you do not receive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving full
statement Of your case and he viii be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

my new novel goes cut slowly,
John, dear" said the welded author.
ess, "but my publisher thinks it would
go into the thousands if we'd just get
up some sort of a sensation-for in
stance, get you to enter divorce pro-
seedlings "Well," was the reply, "a
can't afford that; but-Im willing to
run away ATLANTA Constitution.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

The career of the late Thomas Mast
the greatest of American caricaturists
is described in the Review of Reviews
for January by Ernest Knaufft. Re
productions from some of the most ia
nous of Nast's cartoons accompany
the article, which takes the place this
SSanth of the regular cartoon depart
N3ent
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
A Tree Album.

II you do not know all the trees In
your neighborhood in their winter as
well as their summer dress, start q
tree album with pasteboard leaves, on
which may be pasted the pressed
leaves, blossoms and samples of bark
and wood of trees.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Stops the cough and
Works OF the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c.
cheap Household Good.

Tan 30 Wo, a Chinese merchant,
filed a schedule in bankruptcy in the
United States District court the other
day He included under the heading
Household effects" two women and
ten children, besides chop-sticks and
other articles, the whole lot being
valued at SIS.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Herbert w. Bowen, the American
who has become within a month fig
ure of international prominence
through his relation to the Venezuelan
incident, is the subject of an intimate
character sketch in the Review of Re-
views for January.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Would Ruv Abbotsford.

Alexander Mcdonald of New York,
largely interested in the Standard Oil
company, is endeavoring to buy Abb
otsford, formerly the home of Sir
Walter Scott, with the purpose Of
presenting it to the Scottish people.
The place is now owned y Mrs. Max
well Scott, distant relative Of the
poet and novelist
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Methodism Gains in Ireland.

In the past decade the Methodists in
Ireland have increased 11.27 per cent.
their number now being $1,000. The
Roman Catholics have declined 81 per
cent and the Church of Ireland 80 per
cent
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Mexican government Buys Road.

The Mexican government has pur-
chased the major part of the recent
issue of Inter-oceanic railroad COM
pany's bonds, thus obtaining the con-
trolling interest in the road
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
krupp,s Guns.

Turkey has bought sixteen batteries
of the late Herr Krupp's cannon, and
their booming win doubtless be heard
in operations against the Macedonians.
Though dead, he yet speaketh.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Bank Director-How did you come
to examine his books? His Associate
Il heard him address his Sunday
school class on I'VE are here to-day
and gone tomorrow. Puck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Statue Of Sheridan Completed.

Augustus St. Gaudens has complet.
ed his equestrian statue Of Gen. Phil
Sheridan at West Lebanon, N. H.
1t is ready for shipment to New York,
where it will be erected.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Relic is crumbIInn.

Only sixteen stones remain upright
at Stonehenge; only two of these be-
long to the inner circle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Ennland,s Taraet Pond.

Frensham Great Pond, in Surrey,
covers over 100 acres. and is the
largest artificial pond in England.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
y Mrs. EmmOns, saved from ID
an operation for Ovaritis, tells
how she was cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

- am so pleased with the results I
obtained from Lydia Il. PinlSham's
Vegetable Compound that I feel 10
duty and privilege to write you
about it.
. suffered for oyer five years with
ovarian troubles, causing an un-
pleasant discharge, great weakness,
and at times a faintness would come
over me which no amount of medicine,
diet, or exercise seemed to correct.
Your Vegetable Compound found the
weak spot, however, within few
weeks and saved me from an
operation all my troubles had disc
appeared, and / found myself once
more healthy and well. Words fail to
describe the real, true grateful feeling
that is in my heart, and want to tell
every sick and suffering sister. Dont
daily with medicines you know moth
ing about, but take Lydia II. Pink"
hams Vegetable Compound, and
take my word for it, you will be a
different woman in a short time. ~
MRS LAURA EAnIoNs, Walkerville, OnA
$4,000 forfeit IF original Of above letter py0U'sg
gsnuiHeRsss cannot be produced.
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
PinIxham If there is anything
about your case which you do
not understand. She will treat
YOU with kindness and her adj
vice is free. No woman ever re-
GREETED writing her and she has
helped thousands. Address Is
Lynn, Mass.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as
cough cure.-J. w. oBRIEE, 800 Third Ave,
N, Minneapolis. MINI. Jan 6, 1900
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

graduate of Co
lumbia College
and who served
h e years at
West Point, has
tn e following to
say of Peruna:
ALLOW me TO
express my graft
tude to you for
t h Q b fit de-
rived from your
wonderful rem
edy. One short
month has brought
forth a vast change
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Lumber for Wooden sboe.Peo..

The making of wooden shoe-pegs
yearly exhausts the product of $500
acres of timber.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing syrup
For children teethng, sofens the gums, reduces In
ammation, allays pain, cures wind coe. 25c bottle
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

To reject correction is to refuse
wisdom.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Medical Examiner U. S. Treasury.
DR.. Llewellyn Jordan, Medical Ex-
aminer of U S. Treasury Department,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

W w. L. Douglas makes and sells more
ems $3.50 and $500 shoes than any other
70 manufacturers In the world, which
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Mexican
Mustang
Lininaent
zaa ST.
START A STEAM LAUNDRY AZ, s3 E ::a::5
WILLING to ohllue.

'aradox MACHINERY Co., 1877 e DIVISION ST, Chicago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

complete success.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-23
SIMPLE BOOKKEEPING.
Well as Pen and Ink, Says
One Who Knows.

The supervision of every store should
extetnd to the books, says Victor Rob
ertson, in Credit Mems Bulletin.
The simplest is always the best meth
cd OF expression. Why use pen, pen
holder, ink and erasers. when a pencil
with a rubber on the end will supply all
demands better, cheaper, and with less
labor?
Is there any good reason why retail
merchant should not keep his books In
lead pencil? One Of Chicago's largest
wholesale houses does.
II pencil is used. then the books used
can be Of cheaper paper and correspond
ingly less expensive. Therefore. think
a retail merchants books should be kept
with a hard lead or indelible pencil
It IS easier. cleaner. takes less time,
and makes the correction Of errors
quicker and easier. Ink Is no safeguard
against errors or dishonesty. A man
can falslfy and steal as easily through
ink as through pencil.
Bookkeeping is only memorandum
work. anyhow. Make It as simple and
easy as possible. Don't waste profit In
ink. Il is the little leaks that eat up the
profits. Unnecessary labor is leak.
Expensive paper in books is wasteful.
I believe in cheap paper and pencils
bright boys or girls who can add and
subtract, and good comomn sense bust
ness judgment 10 tell them how to put
the figures down so they will add up
something 70 show the movement Of the
business.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-23
UNLOADING wATERMELONS.
Work That Calls for Activity and Not
Little Skin In Tossing aud
Catching.

play balll" said a stalwart looking
young man standing on big truckload
OF watermelons backed up to the curb
in front Of the store at which the melons
were 10 be delivered, and a moment later
he had tossed the first big and solid green
globe to a man standing in the middle Of
the sidewalk, who tossed Il 10 a man
standing at the front OF the store. where
the watermelons we're to be piled, says
the New York Sun.
And then these three men kept the
watermelons going through the air TIL
the whole load had been transferred
from the truck and stacked up in a pile
at the store door. This is the common
way IN which watermelons are unload
ed. and IN which they can be shifted
good deal quicker than they could be
by picking then. up and carrying
them IN.
II Is strenuous work. and work that
calls for skill, too. tossing and catching
watermelons; but the men that handle
watermelons handle many loads thus
and get well accustomed 10 the work In
the course Of the season, and they trans
fer load after load without mishap.
But even an expert watermelon catch
or may nun a ball occasionally, and
when ne does they never stop 10 gather
up the fragments II Is quite beyond
repair
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-23
Eyes
Did Not Close For a
Week.
Heart Trouble Baf-
fled Doctors.
DR.. Miles s'Fieart Cure and
Nervine Cured Me.

There is nothing more necessary 90 health
than sleep and rest If these are denied YOU,
b sou rise iu the morning more tired than
when YOU went % bed. there Is an affection Of
The nerves plainly present IL your heart IS
weak, or there is an inherited tendency IN
that direction. your weakened nerves VIII
soon 10 affect your heart acton as 20 bring
on serious chronic trolhle Or. Miles NeT-
vine is q nerve tonic. which qH lets the nerves,
so that sleep may come. and IL quickly re-
stores the weakened nerves 90 health and
strength Dr. Miles Heart Cure Is a great
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proves the circulation.
"Some time ago ! was suffering severely
with heart trouble AZ times my heart would
seemingly stop beating and az others twould
beat loudly and very fast hree 90 four
hours sleep each mig IN ten months was al
J could get One wetk in last September
never clls.d myeyes got Dr. Miles Nenine
and Heart Cure at drug store IN lawrence
burg. after spending $4,000 On medi-
cines and doctors 900 Louisville. Shclbyvlile,
Frankfort. Cincinnati and Lawrenceburg,
and in three DAYS have derived more benefit
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from all the doctors and their medicines.
think eycry body ought 20 know Of the mar
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W. IL. HUCHEs, Fox Creek, Ky.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
he Dr. Miles Remedies. Send for tree book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co, E!khart, Ind.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-23
DON'T DRINK OR GAMBLE.
SAGE Words of wisdom 10 the Young
Men of To-day by Hon.
Russell sage.

This eminent financier has recently,
in the Americans symposium on sue
cess, given bits OF counsel and advice
which, If young men gave heed and
practiced, would help them on the high
road to honorable success. The fol-
lowing are some Of the choicest SEN
tences:
"The most essential requisites TO a
young mans success in life, TO my
mind, are industry. economy. perseyer-
ance and a definite goal These are
the most necessary factors in the
makeup Of a young man who wants
to achieve success.
Il have one sincere word Of advice
for any young man who desires to sue
ceed, and 1t is this: That under no
circumstances should he yield to the
temptation Of gambling in stocks.
"The fever Of speculation has been
the ruin Of thousands Of young men
and the wreck Of many fortunes. and
it will continue to cast wrecks by the
wayside as long as most Of US are mad
to get rich quick.
Then he should make 1t a rule
every week to put by a certain amount
Of his earnings and acquire the habit
Of saving.
There are very few men who are
not able to make a dollar, but the
making Of a dollar is not the most i'm
portant thing-it is far more i'm
portant TO know how to save it.
The whole secret Of my success can
be expressed In the words-hard work
and economy.
The fault with most of our young
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-23
A NEWLY-cOINED WORD.
An Ugiy one and the Thing II stands
For Has Very UgIy
Aspects.

Any familiarity with continental Jour-
talism and periodical literature brings
the reader In these days face 10 face at
every turn with the newly-cOined word
"arrivism." and with dissertations on
the modern tendency which II repre-
Eents The word Is a very ugly one, says
Scribner's. and the thing which II
stands for certainly has very ugly as
poets; but Il IS doubtful whether we can
dismiss. as Insignificant, either the one or
the other. Doubtful whether we can do
so In our quality Of Americans, espe-
cially. The conservative European, who
is rasped and sbraided by the general
rawness resulting from the doctrine that
the most Of the time spent IN preparation
for the achievement Of the ends OF life Is
time wasted. and that the wise course TO
pursue is simply 10 get there" and to
learn by doing or enjoying instead OF
learning 10 do or enjoy, does not hesi-
tate 20 say that Il Is the American and
his Americanism that are primarily re-
sponsibls for the doctrine. And he is
right
We have. in effect. a new way Of re-
garding human existence and the human
career, IN this particular. We are in
clined to apologize for This new way at
times, and at times to assert with un-
necessary aggressiveness that it is the
only right way. In reality. we probably
ought 10 DO neither. The matter is still
on trial.
Whether "arrivism" be humanity pos
sible when pushed TO its logical limits,
whether Il will give us more out Of life
or less, Is what We do do not yet know
and cannot yet tell. But Il is the con-
temporsneous problem, and one surely
calling for meditation and experiment
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-23
Dieting Invites Disease.

To cure Dyspepsia or indigestion .
is no longer necessary 70 live on milk
and toast. Starvation produces such
weakness that the whole system be-
comes an easy prey 10 disease. kodol
Dyspepsia Cure enables the stomach
and digestive organs to digest and as
similate all Of the wholesome food that
one cares to eat, and is a never failing
cure for Indigestion, dyspepsia and all
stomach troubles. KOd0l digests what
you eat-makes the stomach sweet.
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