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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
silage Acid.

Silage in its fermentation produce.
an acid that is powerful in its effecti
on the cement used in silos. If tn,
silage is made from too green corr
the amount of acid is large and it.
enects on the silage very noticeable
One way to offset this is to apply q
coat of thin cement each season, put.
ting it on with a brush. This requires
little labor and Tina
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

Coddling moth: This is the PEST
that causes wormy apples. AS soon as
the blossoms fall, spray the trees witt
the bRdeaux-arsenate mixture. Re.
peat in ten days. Now don't delay
The work must be dcue right after
the falling of the blossoms.-Prairie
Farmer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
The Best Mixer.

Perhaps we shall have patent milk
ing machines in their perfection, by
and by. In the meantime, man VIII,
can milk a COW quietly, expeditiously
and gently, is still preferred by the
COW herself and by the farmer as
well.-Farm Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
MARKING AN ORCHARD.
How Rapid Work May Be Done with
an Old Wheel and Money
Saved

The diagram below shows wheel for
laying out ground for orchard that
have used for some years. The draw
ing shows for itself how made; two
boards 10 feet long 1x4, put together
as shown, with wheel at one end, and
wide enough apart at the other for a
man to stand inside, and draw it. An
old wheelbarrow wheel is what | use.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
In Setting Trees.

If trees and shrubs arrive from the
nursery in dry condition, bury both
roots and tops in moist earth for
few days to make tho stems and twigs
plump again.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

Head your trees low so that you
won't have to call out the fire depart
ment with the extension ladder when
you 30 to spray your orchard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
No Bald Criminals.

London Correspondence Chicago Record.
 Herald
 Simultaneously from two independent sources comes striking testimony to tho virtues of the hairless head It is stated that, first. there are no bald criminals, and. secondly. there are no bald lunatics.
 Neither statement is laid down as abso- lute or nfallible. but 1t is asserted that there are only just sufficient exceptions to prove the rule
 The authority regarding the first state- ment is J. T. Riley, magistrate on the Halifax bench. who said in court that he had only met with two bald Charges in his twenty three years experience.
 With regard to the second statement. Rev. s. M. Yield of Bradford quotes the chief official of the Trainshill asylum, who assured him that he would never need the hospitality of that institution, as he was quite bald.
 It was difficult to find authorities in London who whole-heartediy bore out these two theses. A man who frequently visits Bethlehem Hospital for the Insane in an official capacity said: My im- pression of lunatics l meet here is that they are usually shaggy race
 An experienced police Inspector bore out to q great extent MT. Riley's state ment about the lack of bald-headed crimi- nals but he advanced a commonplace ex- planation.
 criminals" he said. are q notoriously short-lived race I admit have seen very few bald-headed men in the charge room. but by the time ] criminal reaches the bald-headed period of life he mas eli her died or has reformed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
THE POSTURES OF POETS
From the New York Mali.

From the New York Mail.
 ~ OMEHOW or other 1t Is becoming
 an absolutely uniform trick of the people who write letters to the lit- crary journals, picking to pieces or plas- tering with admiration the poets and au- thors. to accuse the people or 'posturing. Two or three poets in particular-Brown- ing and Whitman among the masters, and Bliss Carman and Richard Le Gal lienne among the lesser and living-are regularly lampooned for their posturing. AS if 1t were possible for poet to be a poet without posturing. What, pray, is q poet, but a maker of music, either vocal or inner and sympathetic. and what music Is made without posture suitable for tho performance of the instrument which It's expression?
 Walt Whitman struck pose of physi- cal and intellectual robustness. The at titude was suited to the harp that he played on; 1t was an instrument that had to be struck "rudely and hard as with hammer or with mase." The world per mitted him his posture for the sake of the ringing and clear notes that he pro- duced. Browning's posture was all in- tellectual: 1t showed a man listening very ntent1y and frankly to tones that came from Il very great depth down in tha vast sea of the human heart If It was the attitude of man who strained some what theatrically to get effects wnlch most people never heard of, it was never theless. his proper pose. He caught strains that might create d soul under the ribs of death.
 The question really to be considered Tn connection with poet k not whether he pastures. but whether his posturlns Is connected with fine performance. We are glad or ought 10 be glad. ot Whiteomb Rlleys rustic Iloosier pos ture--of hls slouchy, stra%-hatted. knee-deep-ln-Ju June. little-town- Tallhoit attitude if, in what way he called his deeply literary relations with his fellow beings. Riley keeps up his attitude. we say it blends well with his poetic mission and like him the better for 1t. Let us say the same for the magni1cient posture Of the inspired literary hoDo tnat We get with Bliss Carman. 1t goes with a poetic and sympathetic message that Is Americas as much as was Walt Whit mans and which the world has never had from any one else.
 The poet who never pastures at all must he rather neutral person. and the neutral temperament is not truly poetic. Even so modest, SO little asser-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
A Cabbage Story.

From Judge.
 ..Naow I mind tn time,r drawled old Hank Calkins from the counter as he applied a match to the sputtering bowl of his pipe and stared at the smooth shaven face and cropped mustache of the stranger through the smoke: "I mind tn time. three year ago June, when had a purty good gardin tn seed all planted in tn moon. 1 was grubbin tn cabbage thet day when I lost my watch-one O tn most ackret timepieces. Mandy an me hunted nigh all tn morn in. but next day I had to swap calf with Deacon Vedder fer another watch.
 ..Wa'al. it run along till about Thanks riyin', when tn ole woman says me to git head O cabbage fer tn billed din- ner. I brought up out'n tn cellar big head an some cider
 You alwus do when ye go down eel lar interrupted Deacon Vedder mali ciously.
 You shut up an let me alone! As was a-sayin', I brought up tn head an was cuttin it in haf when my knife struck somethin' hard Cutting kerrful. I opened it. an out dropped my watch from tn center O thet cabbage an still a-runnin' an only two minutes behind tn right time"
 But how in the name of Time could it be running?" aueried the drummer, ''after being lost five months?'
 ..Wa-al." ye see.'' answered Hank. 1t was one O them curly heads O cabbage. an tn leaves had kept growth an twist in around tn stem an windn thet watch till she was most wound tight when l picked 1t up, by hen.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13

the earth beneath our camp. The night before we had gathered dead underbrush and tree limbs from the side Of the blun and had built blazing fires throughout the camp, for the weather was frightfully cold. Some of the men had rolled i'm mense logs down tie hill. and these were thrown on the underbrush. making roar ing fires. so that we had all turned in that evening feeling more comfortable than we had at any time since we camped in the Backsnake region north of St. Joe.
 At first when we rushed from our tents, and felt the earth rocking and swaying beneath us we could think of nothing else but an earthquake. particularly as one had been felt throughout the Missouri Valley the summer before. It was a. bright moonlight night. and we could not see that the bluffs any of the ground except that which our camp was To- cated were disturbed in the least. Under us. however, there was constant commo- tin, and we jumped to the conclusion that the earth we had been dumping along the right of way was settling, and that we were on the surface of landslide.
 Of course. we all rushed for the main grade as quick as our legs could carry us. and then to the bluffs on the other side, where we could look down and see what was happening.
 In few minutes the mystery was ex- plained The great Jumps which had been hurled down the incline were really com posed, not of earth as we supposed. but of frozen snakes. The big fires which we had built had thawed them out beneath our camp, and the reptiles were untang- ling themselves and making for the open air by the thousands.
 Old railway builders saw through it at once for they had had many such experi- ences, but to myself and all the younger men it was new and frightful.
 When l tell you that in few minutes the ground for hundreds of yards around was alive with black snakes. copperheads and rattlers 1 am not exaggerating. AS we gazed down upon the scene from the blum it looked like Il sea of snakes There must have been 10000 of them. crawling over each other. forming into knots. roll ing into great balls. rattlins and hissing. until my blood ran cold.
 My boss had been through something of the same kind before. and he was the first one to get his head. He asked for volun- teers. Soon gang of us were throwing ties over the snakes and some of the most coura geous of us. under orders from the boss walked upon these ties to the differ ent fires and scattered them with shovels, picks and wagon poles. Quickly the snakes began to feel the chill. and in less than half an hour not one was moving. We pitched our tents on the side of the hill for the rest of the night. and next morning found thai the snakes had again formed into what appeared to be umps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
MILLIONS OF SNAKES.
Attacked Railroad Crew and Men Dy-
 ranited Whole Bunch.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
 Along in 1S67-6s. when I was scraper boy for one of the grade contractors on the Kansas City. St. Joe and Council Bluffs railroad Onow part of the Burling- ton systefn). a gang of ns were working on a cut between Phelps, Mo. and Ham, burg Iowa It was fin the early part Of February, and the pickmen had to remove the frozen crust of the river blum before the scrapers could be worked to advan- tage.
 At some points the ground was frozen so hard that giant powder was used to blast 1t. and separate gang was employed to roll the chunks. many of which weighed several hundred pounds. and were, as hard as granite. to the inclines along the right of way.
 As the scrapers got 10 work we would dump the loose clay over these same in- olines. the Humps would soon be covered up, and here and there we would plan to leave leveE stretches on which to erect our tents, do our cooking, etc
 will never forget one night when we were all awakened by the movement of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
No Reviewing for Him.

frOm JuuSt.
 They tell this one on former Governor George Hoadly of Ohio:
 Once upon a time. in the midst Of a campaign. MT. Hoadly was to deliver a speech at little town in the great and glorious Buckeye State. When he reached the one hotel the town boasted he walked to the register and wrote his name. The pr pIoprietor-head porter steward-head- waiter -depot-runner was behind the desk in his shirt sleeves, his hat on the back of his head, and cigar stump held be- tween his teeth. When the visitor had put down his John Hancock. the facto- tum turned the register around. read without the flicker of an eyelid the name there written. wrote '10' beside 1t with a lead pencil and said
 You can jest take yer grip right up that stairway there an back down the hall clean to tn end. Yer rooms right or tn left hand side of tn hall. in tn corner-number 10.
 With considerable astonishment and not q little injured dignity Ohio's chief executive pointed to his name. smiled faintly. and said:
 '.I am George lIoadly.
 Yep 1 notice" said the rustic "itn- out turning hair An yer room right there al tn end or th hall-nuinDer 10 Can't miss It. With more hauteur, and almost quiver- ing with outraged importance. the guest ,, said impressively: "I am George Hoadly. governor of the state of Ohio. Turning. then. with look of exssper- aied impa tience on his face, the hoiel mafi exclaimed:
 well, what dye expect me t do-kiss ye?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
STEAM ENGINES OF THE
 ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

cord which passed along a pulley and was wound around two vertical rollers forming the proongation of the axes upon which the temple doors above turned. As the bucket began to fill with water the extra weight increased the strain on the pulley ropes which in their turn operated the rollers and caused the temple doors to swing slowly open.
 When the altar fire died down the tenn pie doors closed themselves in the follow ing equally ingenious manner. The bent tube connecting the globe and bucket formed slphon, the longest branch of which was plunged into the globe. As the fire was gradually extinguished the air contained in the body of the altar and in the globe began to cool and to diminish in volume. This act of contraction sucked through the tube into the globe. As up the water from the bucket back through the tube into globe. As the bucket emptied and became lighter It re- leased the strain upon the pulley ropes holding the temple doors open. counter weight closed the doors and they remained closed until somebody lighted, the altar fire again when the very mysterious per formance would begin all over again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13

of frozen earth. Collecting these into great heap we exploded giant powder under them and shatterd them into mil lions of pieces.
 Some professors of the State university al Columbia came up afterward to look over the ground. and remember that they issued pamphlet stating that this was one of the many gathering places of the North Missouri snakes. and that similar conventions had been held in the Ozarks in former years. The snakes. the pam phlet said. held their conventions in the fall. coming from all parts of the state to attend, and. after transacting the usual business. they froze up for tho winter In humps and powders as we had found them don't know how true this Is. hut during the following winter I know that tons of frozen snakes were blasted along the line of the Y. r. between Kearney and Grand Island
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
From the New York World.

From the New York World
 xxy ATTS the English inventor, is
 M/ generally credited with tho first
 w practical utiliza ton of steam as a motive power, thereby depriving the ancient Egyptians of an honor which properly belong to them. For the expert engineers who constructed pyramids and other wonderful temples thousands Of years ago actually knew a great deal about the power possibilities of steam and compressed air and knew how to apply them, too, in very astonishing manner
 In a very interesting little volume by Henry Ridgely Evans on 'The Old and the New Magic" just issued by the Open Court Publishing company, Chicago, the details are given of several most ingen- jus mechanical appliances operated in Egypt 5000 years ago.
 There was great deal of mystery about some of the engines of those days. so much, in fact that if they were set in op- eration today they would undoubtedly pug gle most people, even in these enlightened times.
 Try to solve the mystery of this ancient engine for instance: Near the front of one of the temples an altar was erected. A few minutes after the altar fire was lighted the temple doors would open slow ly by some visible means means and re- main open just as long as the fire was kept burning When the flames died down and finally expired the temple doors would slowly swing in again and remain tightly shut until the altar lire was re- lighted, when the mechanical perform ance was repeated.
 With not even the most parliamentary knowledged of the forces of heat and ex- pansion to guide them, 1t is little to be wondered at that the people of ancient Egypt regarded the mystery of the altar fire and the temple doors with reverentiai wonder.
 The altar was hollow and when the fire was lighted the air in the interior ex- banded and sought escape down pipe leading to a globe beneath filled with wa ter The pressure of the air on the water in the globe forced the water in its turn to seek an exit The ancient Egyptian engineers provided this in the form of a bent tube leading from the top of the globe to bucket into which the water fell The bucket was suspended upon .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
About sowIees.
ie New York Press,

From the New Tork Press
 A bowlegged man usually possesses more than ordinary strength. Why? Be- cause his legs In supporting great weight can bend in one direction only. whereas the man with straight legs is inclined to he wabbly Such being the case. why should not a knock-kneed man be strong CT than bowlegged one? His knees being braced against each other ought to be more steadfast than legs bending outward. But we all know that the knockkneed man generally goes into con eunption. and is at all times weaker than his bowIegged brother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13

22x22-inch Napkins, sells I 10 sells at $1.75, at. .... -. I' Io
 75c grade Linoleum (all pat E0o terms, laid on your floor for. OOO
 Jointless China Mating ID 90 large variety of patterns. I- I--O '25c China Mating, loo this week. .... .t.......... IoO
 A good linen Shade mounted DSo on a good roller. r....s........... -cO
 9-foot linen Shade E0o Hartshorn roller. ...... OOO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13

tive. so almost shrinking personality as John Greenleaf Whittier must needs have a little of the pose or conscious and well-nigh priggish purity. And Emer- sons posture. as all the world knows, was sacerdotal. Bradmanic. star-hltched. he seemed always to be serving an altar which was up in the sky. It would be absurd and monstrous for any one else to assume that attitude; but to every poet nevertheless. his proper pose-and lot him alone in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
He Stood Excused.

From the Washington Star. ,
 "Ofdcer," gasped fhe man in the autot mobile "l ran over some person bloc back" y
 s.I know ye did. responded the genial policeman. but no matter. it was only a. first-term congressman"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13

Our Lace and Embroidery Department is undergoing a change, taking on new life, and we are now receiving almost daily the newest designs in cambric, nainsook and Swiss embroideries in match sets, all widths, all-overs, wide and narrow insert ings and bands, headings, corset cover and dress tlouncing widths, etc, etc.
 In faces we are showing the newest patterns in round thread and French Valen- cienne, edgings and insertings all widths Point de Paris and Normandie Vals., Mech lins, handmade Smyrnas and torchons, net top edgings, bands and all overs, imitation torchons, etc, etc.
 These goods are all being tastefully displayed on counters and shelves for the inspection of customers Prices which are the lowest in the city for same class of goods-are marked in plain figures.
 To make room for this display all goods bought early in this season, and left overs from former seasons, have been greatly reduced and will be thrown upon the bargain counters the coming week.
The Green Forest tribune., 1906-08-25
tor Circuit Clerk and Recorder.

On the 2Sth day of March, nominated for Circuit Jerk oy the Democrats of Corro County, imporan offices in the county. " now submit candidacy the and action of voter of the county hoping that you give mvaims careful consideration at the polls September. 3rd.
 Having held this position for have acquired of the duties of this oce during me will enable do much better than
 am making this whatever merits qualifications may have and not upon any faults of opponent The have made since have been Clerk here for the inspection of it's close examination clean record think under usape shall be given second term.
 wish to state that am not have been elected will not be connected with abstract firm but will be in position to in the future the past and give no undue advantage telling them instruments they should file and record.
 promise that elected every citizen regardless political vew Will receive the same kind courteous and prompt attention when business transact been pleasure to give snce have been Clerk. 7 Thanking you for all favors shown past hoping that anderous misrepresentaons not be nduged this ampalgn that fair and just consideration given both my candidacy and that of opponent and that may each Of you before election day. which aim if done without neglecing my official duties.
 Respectfully yours,
 JOHN MCI4oUD
The Green Forest tribune., 1906-08-25
County Clerk
| ellOw Citizens of Carroll County:

As the nominee of the Democratic party the office of o"nty Cek and upon my efficiency honesty sobiey ocef or the last two present Clint a4sHS b X6u for your support to this important office before you circular letter nstruc you to vote In part ne says M H the indispensable dcy of every to invest ae the cnaracter every man appealing him support ol Puoc olee before casting ballot, and men as are pest calculated to the people faithfully and v in such capacy Now my friends 1 endorse every wors he nas written in regard to how should goes on says and upon the belief that do this reference the candidates for the office of County Clerk passing my nope Q! eecton to this office Fellow citizens, this hspectlon grant Mr. Smith the hcnes sober citizen and claim the facts myself and back up With the records o this office and the further that in my race the general election of 1904 township gave me a majority of ll7 votes my opponent.
 respectfully ask to consider facts and will preeao your support at the election of Sept. 3, 19O6
 JOE s. FANCHER.
 Berryvlle, Ark, July 27, 1906.
The Green Forest tribune., 1906-08-25

: Hawks regular S2 .50 spectacles 1t $1.25 at Jernigan's drug store while they last.
 The finest onions we have seen grown in this country were brought to our office by Will Finch Thursday. The onions are the Weatherford varieties and We're grown from seed plant ed last spring. Mr. Finch has nearly two hundred bushels on less than an acre of ground.
 Watch THE TRIBUNE for Dr. Charles return dates to Green Forest.
 Every person who brings eggs to the Green Forest Produce Company on next sales day will receive free a Kenwood Sanitary nest egg. A sure killer of lice and mites. Don't let your hens be bothered with mites and lice when one of these nest eggs will prevent them.
The Green Forest tribune., 1906-08-25

While Dick Ransom of Belle fonte was here Monday he told the biggest thing about 1906 crops we have he srd yet. Mr. Ransom said he had been troubled by the pigs getting into his potato patch and going out to make ao investigation, he found that a potato growing under the fence had rais ,I 1t to q sufficient neigh to p ,rn'it any ordin lry shvat to walk under
The Green Forest tribune., 1906-08-25
SPECIAL TRAIN EN- .CURSION TO HAIR
 BISON.

Account barbecue and public speaking at Harrison Saturday August 25th 1906 the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad will run a special train excursion from Eureka Springs and intermediate points to Harrison and re- turn. Train will leave Green Forest at 9 10 A. M., returning leave Harrison at 6. F. M. Fare from Green For est Scots. for round trip. Children half fare. For further in~ formation apply to yOur local Agent.
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 G. F. A.