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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

II is with sense of regret we note
that Lady Constance Mackenzie has
come to hunt the Mexican wild hog
instead of the American species, which
we could spare so easily.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Mrs. Langtry found herself fascinat,
ed by the splendid vice. and "un-
couth masculinity" of Chicago. Think
OF that for Jersey lily!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

A Washington paper believes that
Adam owned the first talking machine,
but Adam never said word until Eve
arrived and began 1t.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Africa is being ravaged by the sleep
Ing sickness" the malady being even
more acute there than 1t is in the
United States senate.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

A bald-headed man in Missouri is
suing for divorce because his wife
compelled him to sit on the front stoop
all summer to keep the flies out of the
house
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

The heiress of the future will be
known. perhaps, as rare and radium
maiden.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

The author of the song, 1.-THE Last
Farewell" says he cant understand
how Patti came to accept and sing it.
Perhaps the title pleased her.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

1t is Indignantly denied that Colon
bia is eager to possess the pen with
which the Panama junta signed that
canal treaty.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

When DR.. Hills predicts that in fifty
years the women will be" smarter
than the men, doesn't he know that it
lie no compliment?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Possibly the teachers who advocate

phonetic spelling are inspired by their
failure to turn out good spoilers with
the present fad methods of teaching
that branch. In the old days of spell
ing down" and leaving off head"
there were few complaints.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

]. D. Rockefeller Jr.. says that If
you live long enough you are bound
TO win, a remarkably profound state
ment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

The doings in Cripple Creek remind
one Of old times But poor Bret
Harte isn't here to write them up
properly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

1t was not James Lane Allen, the
novelist, who struck the $1,750,00O
I'll well in Texas. Too good to be
true.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

One means of checking the spread of
The divorce mania would be to put a
curb on the hasty marriage craze.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

At least Japan must be credited
with resolute effort to keep looking
at the silver lining of its war cloud.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

II 1t is true that crinoline is going
to be revived, 1t must be that golf is
going out of fashion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

A bill has been introduced at Wash
ington providing for clean money No
more filthy lucre.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

At 40 ones wish to grow old grace
fully is chiefly made up of an earn
est desire not to grow fat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Some men display a total lack of
interest in a cat show who often have
sat up all night feeding the kitty.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

What is it?" inquired the pleasant
little GIRL
81 will arrange a fierce quarrel be-
tween you and canary bird" replied
McDonough.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

There's whole bunch of us willing
TIC be generous at the expense of
somebody else.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Montana's a great country. My
brother'n I worked side by side, day
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

asked what / was dom
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
Height of Thunder Clouds.

"A great cumulous thunderhead cloud,
towering up on the horizon like a huge
f1amboyant iceberg, is often higher
than the highest Alps would be if they
were piled Oh top of the IIimaiayas.
It is not unusual for these clouds 10
measure five. six and even eight miles
from their fiat, dark base, hoTering a
mile or two above the world, to their
rounded, glistening summit, splendid
in the sunlight. And in these eight
miles the changes of temperature. are
as great as those over many thousand
miles of the earth's surface. These
clouds contain strata of temperature,
narrow belts OF freezing cold altcrnat-
ing with large distances of rainy mist
and frozen snow aud ice particles.
I~Iailstones, which arc formed from a
snow particle that falls from the upper
strata and is frozen lard in the fre2Z-
ing belt and coated with added ice on
the wet belt, are often found with a
series Of LAYERS I'll their formation,
showing that they have paGAaG through
this succession Of cloud strata more
than Gnce on their way from the upper
air to the earth.-Philadelphia Inquirer,
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16

Close inbreeding is a short cut TO tenn
porary success.
A poor appetite in an animal sug-
gests some weakness.
All things considered, early blowing
is best for fall wheat.
Hogs may be fed corn as soon as tho
grain begins to harden.
All animals require a variety i'll their
food in order to make the best gains.
A fattened old cow has a larger pro-
portion Of waste than n young animal.
Set the milk as quickly as possible
after milking to get perfect rising of
the cream.
When fed dry shelled corn is more
economical than corn meal to feed to
fattening hogs.
To obtain the best results the farm
work must be done in the best manner
and at the proper time.
In a horse the shoulder should suit
the purpose for which it is intended.
II for speed, it should be fat. If for
draft, it should be upright.
With all flowers, il the seeds are not
wanted especially, it is an excellent rule
TO remov the seed vessels as soon as
the bloom begins TO fade, or else gather
the flowers for decoration uses when III
tAeir prime.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16

Alice-"Herbert says he is a self.
made man." Kitty-"How he must
suffer from remorse."-Harper's Bazaar.
She-"Shall we go to church in the
auto, dear?" He-''By all means. It's
bound to break down before we get
there.'-Life.
"Were you out at the races every
day, Sputter?" mo. the day it rained
1 stayed at home and wasn't out a
eent."-Detroit Free Press.
The men who study law. they say
lake contracts, wills and torts.
The medicals content themselves
With measles, mumps and warts.
Yale Record.
"His wife is an ardent temperance
worker, isn't she"' 'Yes; she won't
travel in the West because she heard
that the climate is stimulating."-
Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Rabbit--"Oh! I'm so glad you're
home again. I've missed you dread.
fully" Mr.. Rabbit-"Thank you, my
dear. I'm happy to say that the anna.
teur hunter l met did the same thing"
Puck.
Wife-"But doesn't it cost an awful
lot of money to send me to the Seashore
FOR three months every summer?'
Husband-"Oh, yes, of course. Money
is certainly a great blessing."--Chicago
Daily News.
Mrs. Backlotz-"So your servant girl
has left you again?" Mrs. Subbubs-
Eyes" Mrs. Backlotz-"What was the
matter?" Mrs. Subbubs-"She didn't
like the way 1 did her work."-Phila.
delphia Press.
A lady who loved in Duluth,
Was thought to be wild and uncuth,
She lisped, so they say,
But explained it this way:
Il gucth that my tongueth jutht worked
luth."
Cleveland Leader.
The Typcwriter-"You told me you
were going to raise my salary last
week, sir" The Boss-"I know; and
I did raise it. BIT l expect to have
a very hard time to raise it this week."
Chicago Journal.
ALA w yOu SApcCI W lOIlOW Ill Tie
footsteps of your father when you
grow up? asked the good man.
Nav" replied Tommy, me fader is
de legless wonder in de museum."-Chi.
cago Record-Herald.
Father (cutting the whip smartly
through the air)-"See, Tommy, how ]
make the horse go faster without strik.
ing him at ALL" TommT-"Papa, why
don't you spank us children that way?"
Glasgow Evening Times.
$50 you don't want a vindication? 2"
NO." answered Senator Sorghum.
when you so after a vindication the
chances are that you simply pro,ong a
controversy that merely reminds people
that you are under suspicion Wash
ington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16

during the last forty odd years, has
become part of the very fibre of the
country, is not now accepted as def
nitely established"
The President claims that the Demo.
Gratis have occupied three entirely diff
ferent positions in regard to Philippine
independence within fifty days, and
directs attention to the extreme unwis-
dom and wickedness Of deceiving the
FilipinOs if they do not mean what
they say, and says: IF our opponents
came in power and attempted to carry
out their promises to the Filipinos by
giving them independence, and with
drawing American control from the ISL
ands, the result would be n frightful
calamity to the F1lipinos themselves,
and in a larger aspect would amount to
an international crime "Of course,
the practical difficulty in adopting any
such course of ~action-such a policy
of scuttle,' as President Mckinley
called it-would be found wellnigh in
superable." ut would be Il criminal
a%bsurdity, and yet our opponents have
pledged themselves thereto. Ii sue
cessful in the coming election they
would either have to break faith, OF
else do an act which would leave az
indelible stain upon our National repu-
tation for courage and for good sense"
"We did not take the Filiplnos at will,
and we cannot put them aside at will.
Any abandonment of the policy which
we have steadily pursued in the ISL
ands would be fraught with dlsh0nor
and disaster; and to such dishonor and
disaster / do not believe the American
people will consent"
In conclusion, the President says:
1--WE believe that the progress that we
have made may be taken as a measure
of the progress we shall continue to
make if the people again intrust the
government of the Nation to our
hands" There is not q policy. foreign
or domestic, which we are now carry
ing out, which it would not be disas-
trous to reverse or abandon" I'VE
have striven both for civic righteous
ness and for National greatness, and
we have faith to believe that our
hands will be upheld by all who feel
love of country and trust in the uplift-
ing of mankind. We stand for enforce
ment of the law and for obedience to
the law; our government is a govern
ment of orderly liberty, equally alien
to tyranny and to anarchy, and its
foundation stone is the observance of
the law, alike by the people and by
the public servants. We hold ever
before us as the all important end of
policy and administration the reign
Of peace Mt home and throughout the
world, the peace Which comes only by
doing justice"
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16

1t is assumed that the reader is not
the kind of a farmer who sells all Of
the produce on the farm and uses the
unstable portion on his own table.
People who do this are not getting
from farm life what they should. There
is no good reason why the farmers
table should not contain the best his
farm produces. He is entitled to it,
and so is his family. On every farm
there is a quantity Of green vegetables
which are too often thrown on the re-
fuse heap when they should be fed to
the stock. Fowls or swine that are
confined will welcome the green tops of
vegetables, and some kinds of vegeta-
bles may be fed tops and all.
Then in the fall the potato grower
has more or less unstable tubers
which might be fed to cows to advan-
tage if fed in connection with oil meal
or other heterogeneous food. The wheat
grower has an opportunity to obtain an
abundance of wheat screenings which
could be fed to young pigs if 1irst
ground, to their advantage. Learn to
use the vast products of the farm in
diligently and you will be surprised to
see what you can accomplish with
them.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
Keep Chicks Growing.

Whether the chickens are being
raised for the market OIL for winter lay
ers, it is essential that they make the
best possible growth from birth to
going into winter quarters or to the
market. The range, to a large extent,
solves the question of food and of
healthy growth, but it is necessary that
the chicks have some other food than
that picked up on the range, or they
will wear themselves out trying to get
enough to eat.
Then, if they roost under cover at
night, and they should by all means do
this, there is the question of lice which
must be given proper consideration, for
a few lice will cause the chick to lose
more weight in a month than can be
made good by two months of feeding.
Everything possible must be done to
keep the chicks growing during the
summer; keep them making a strong,
steady gain, and then they will be
profitable, and not otherwise.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
HIS WAY.

] would not like to say that he
Has never tod the truth to me.
II not by actual intent,
He has, at least, by accident.
He's vivid of imagination
And somewhat loose in allegation.
His statements are sometimes fallacious
And thus fall short of the veracious.
I would quite willingly believe
lie has no purpose to deceive;
And yet it is unfortunate
That he will SO e~xaggerate.
A thousand pities he will tarnish
The truth with such a coat OF varnish.
And make one feel a sort of bias
In favor of old Ananias.
Still we, of course, who know his fault
Can always use a grain of salt.
And n~inety-nine per cent. substract
From anything he states as fact.
You understand. of course, that /
Don't mean to say the man would lie.
Chicago News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
The Kings Dog.

Even the King has haG an experience
Of the fraud which is praet:ced on the
public by dog trimming or taking"
His Majesty acquired Il certain dog,
not a hundred years ago, and at once
took AZ immense fancy to it. The ami
ma! was shortly afterward taken TO
the royal kennel, where It naturally
received proper brushing and groom
ing, and was not again seen by His
Majesty fo- 4 short time, bG!, lo and
behold. when lie next saw tie dos he
did not know it, and, in fact, refused
to acknowledge that it was the same
animal at all. Illustrated Kennel
News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
advertisements
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS


George Ewing, who was wanted by
the Somerset County authorities on a
charge of swindling, was captured as
he was about to pay a visit to his inva-
lid wife in the hills near Neshanic. De-
tective Totten held Ewing up with a
revolver before he had a chance to re-
sist capture. Ewing was known as a
"bad man." He started his Career
when he was twelve years old. and has
been convicted several times for horse
stealing and highway robbery. Recent
ly Ewing borrowed 800 from his
neighbor, Abram G. Chamberlain. and
gave him a chattel mortgage on a val
liable horse and wagon. Then he
drove the rig to New Brunswick and
sold it for SIS, after which he disap-
peared. He was traced to Philadel-
phia and Pittsburg. but he evaded cap
ture. Acting on the theory that Ew-
ing would sooner or later return to his
young wife. whom he treated with
great affection before his disappear
ance. Detective Totten kept a watch
on his mountain home, and finally saw
Ewing come out of the woods and en-
ter the house. Ewing was committed
to the county Jail to await the action
Of the Grand Jury.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16

A remarkable visitation of pumpkins
has made Belvidere picturesque, and
pumpkin pie the most popular dish
that ever came to town. Asher Brands.
a farmer about two miles up the river.
experimental last year with the cul-
ture of a particularly large specimen
of the pumpkin family, and he had
just harvested a harmful of them. when
the freshet struck the Delaware VAL
ley. The pumpkins came along with
the waters, and seeds were scattered
everywhere. With the arrival Of
spring pumpkin vines sprang up all
oyer and in the most incOnceiyable
places. Now the town is yellow with
them. They are in the streets. in the
flower gardens, in the yards. and some
sprouted ever in Joshua Ketcham's
coal bin. Wherever the eve turns it
sees only pumpkins. pumpkins, all from
the scattered seed of Asher Brands
freshet-swept crop.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
For Good HaY.

The moving of the meadow for hay
deprives the soil of the elements of
fertility, and the same occurs when
the cattle are allowed to Craze OH it.
Every pound of meat and milk sent to
market carries in its composition the
riches of the meadow, and though the
process may be a slow one, yet a time
is sure to come when the grass will
be less nutritious and the growth less
rapid. Then will the cattle use only
that which is the most succulent and
nourishing, leaving the more unde-
sirable grasses to take possession,
along with weeds, until finally the
meadow must be plowed and seeded
down, in order to change the variety
of food produced by it. 1t then fails
to produce sufficient green food and it
yields sparingly of hay.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
Losing Animals.

No animal can remain at a standstill
without loss to it's owner. If an animal
is not gaining, then the food and labor
are thrown away. If In animal. loses
only a pound in weight, then the
farmer not only suffers a loss of that
which he once had, but must incur adj
ditional expense to regain that one
pound; but the time lost cannot be re-
covered. These facts show the i'm
portance of keeping the stock in good
condition, and having each animal
make an increase daily. When there
is a falling off in the weight or the
yield of milk is reduced the cause
should be sought, and if an error has
occurred, or there is fault in the man.
agement, a change should be made for
the better without delay.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
Is the Crow n Friend ?

TIA: much maligned crow has found
4 champion in Germany, who declares
that the good be does in destroying in-
sect life more Than co%npensates for his
occasional. depredations on the farm
ers' cereals. Nearly 500 crow stomachs
were examined, of which ninnts- four
per cent. contained animal food, while
less than twenty per cent. contained.
any plant food. The animal food con
sisted Of portions of mammals, birds,
fish and oshcr vcrscbrates, together
NTH spailsl insects, eta
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
In All Parts Of the State-

The wafer in Union Lake at Millville
so low that rowing is dangerous on
account of the stumps.
Postal regulations have been so mod
flied that more than n family may
now use one box on the rural routes.
Cape May County farmers have been
growing onions extensively this season
and expect to realize largely OF them.
The Gloucester Board of Education
decided to borrow $1,000 for current ex-
penses of the schools pending receipt
of taxes.
Gloucester people expect to be drink
ing filtered water in a few days, the
new filtration plant having been about
completed.
DeIanco property owners have beenl
notified to cut down all weeds on va
cant lots and along the roadside as re-
quired by the State law.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
Hatpin For Defense.

Having finished some shopping down
town Miss Mae Lee, of Millville. was
passing a lot within leo yards of her
home when a strange man approached
her. As she attempted TO pass him the
fellow grasped her by the throat and
attempted to throw her down. Miss
Lee snatched a hatpin from her head
and attacked the fellow pluckily. while
she called for help. The fellow WINGED
with pain, and punching the young
woman in the face he sprang over a
fence inclOsing the lot and disap-
peared. Miss Lee fell fainting at the
doorway of her home and lay NEON
scious for several hours. She says she
would know her assailant if she saw
him again. Her brother and several
men made a search of the locality, but
failed to get my trace of him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
Bonanza in Corn Fields.

The harvesting of the immense corn
crop of Salem County is giving farm
ers no little concern. Never was there
such a growth and never an equal
acreage. The serious problem lies in
securing help for gathering it. There
are not enough barns nor cribs in the
county to hold the crop, but the farmers
will find means of storing every ear,
to be prepared for such a thing as n
famine next year.. The sweet corn
crop, too, has been heavy and of deli
cious favor, so that the average farm
er has quite a bonanza from his corn
fields.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
Got Unexpected Game.

William and Henry Wallace, of Mill
vile. were cunning Oh Menanti-o
Creek for reed birds when from their
boat they saw the ripples of what APP
peared to be a huge fish swimming to-
ward them. They laid low, and when
the fish came near their boat they
blazed away with both their guns.
giving it four loads of bird shot. which
put it out of business. 1t proved to be
an immense fish of a variety unknown
to the waters of that locality. 1t
weighed thirty pounds, had fins all
along its back and two big horns pro.
jecting from its snOut.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
Celery in -FOUR Back Yard

Vacant ground about the garden or
back yard of the home may be utilized
proftably in this way, with but little
labor. Ground that has been used for
onions, early potatoes, early beans or
some such crop may be planted to cell
cry late in the season, if good, strong
plants are used. Clear the ground,
pillow or dig as deeply as possible and
pulverize well. Mark out deeply in
rows three and one-half feet apart.
Fill half full of well rotted fertilizer,
and harrow until the ground is almost
level. Set the plants in this furrow,
using a line to get the rows straight.
Indianapolis Sum-.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
City Guards lis Chestnuts.

The chestnut crop this year will be
the largest harvested at Egg Harbor
City for many years. The trees are 81
laden with the nuts that the limbs
droOp. Many of the streets are lined
on both sides with the trees planted
for shade purposes by the city. The
nuts cannot be picked from the trees.
but may be picked from the ground
where they drop when ripe. This
brings many children out very early
In the morning. ,
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
BURGLAR Gang at Freehoid.

1t is believed that an organized gang
of burglars is operating in and around
Freehold. Within the past three weeks
five burglaries have been committed.
besides numerous raids. on peach and
apple orchards and melon patches. L.
S. Packard's general store was broken
into and a large quantity of goods was
stolen. Three butchers shops were
among those also b%urglariZed. The
farmers have lost heavily on account
of fruit thieves, and though watch has
been kept on orchards and melon fields
the burglars have not been caught.
The Commissioners are considering the
appointment of an extra force of night
police.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
MASKED MEN HOLD UP TRAIN.
Six-Thousand- Dollar Robbery OIL the
Canadian Pacific.

Winnipeg, Man.-The Canadian Pa
cifc w~est-bound transeontinehtal ex-
press was held up by four masked men
at $50 o'clock at night four and a half
miles west of Mission Junction. At
the point of revolvers the express mes
senger was compelled to hand over the
valuables and the safe was blown open
with dynamite. The registered mail
was also r~ansacked.
The robbers escaped to the bush and
are supposed to have crossed the boun-
Diary. They secured about $1,000 from
the safe.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-16
RIO GRANDE IN A FLOOD.
100 Houses of Presidio del Norte Said
to Have Been Carried Away.

Alpine, Texas.-The Rio Grande is on
a rampage and great destruction OF
property has occurred at Preside del
Norte, Ojinito and many other settle
ments on both sides of the river for Il
distance of 800 miles.
The valley is narrow along the river
through the Great Bend region of
Texas. According to information re-
ceived from the mounted courier who
came direct from Preside del Norte,
more than 100 houses of that town, in
Guiding The United States custom
house. were washed away by the flood.
The flood is said to have swept away
whole settlements of houses occupied
by MexicaEs between Preside del
Norte and Boquillas. No reports Of
loss Of life have been received.