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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
CONCENTRATED FOOD.
Prof. Thomas Gives His Views Upor
This Important Dairy
Subject.

The dairy COW will not rise to
maximum OF reas enable production
unless she is fed a sufficient proper
ton OF concentrated food to bring
about such result Bulky food can
be much more easily grown on the
average farm than concentrated. Be
cause of this, concentrated food is
more frequently purchased than bulky
food, and is, therefore, more expensive
relatively. Moreover, it is nay Judgment
that mtny dairymen feed concen-
trated foods in excess of the needs OF
the cows which still further adds ia
the cost of feeding. The discussion of
this question, therefore, is or ought to-
be, of much importance to the dairy.
man.
The amounts of concentrated food
that is the amounts of grain food thai
should be fed to dairy cows will. OF
course, be influenced by the nature O:
the bulk of food that is given. Sup
pose cows in the one case eat clover
or alfalfa hay of prime quality, ant
in the other, they must consume GA
straw, corn stalks or sorghum, tn,
amount of meal that would suffic,
along with the clover or alfalfa. would
mot be enough to feed along with the
other fodder.
1t would not be enough for the
reason first, that clover and alfalfa
are in themselves a more nearly bal
anced ration than the folders named:
second, that they are more suitable
for milk productions and, third. be
cause the COWS will consume more OF
them relatively than of the other
foods.
OF course the degree of concentra
ton in the food must be taken into
the account. For instance, should the
meal be composed, largely of corn il
the one instance and mainly of wheat
bran in the other, the COW could take
larger quantities OF bran without in
jury than of corn. Il is a more bulk,
food. In any event, however. ever
where the feeding is sufficiently higt
1t is questionable if more than eight
to ten pounds of meal should be fec
to a mich COW for prolonged period
during the season of lactation. Ac
cordlng to a stateemnt by the Orange
Judd Farmer, very large and robust
COW may take one or two pounds more
with profit, but COW of / 900 pounds
live weight does not require more thar
the amount given above.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

HE FIRED HIS REMAINING SHOT.
shooter the hunter entered the den
and had killed five of the pups when
the mother, hearing their cries, en-
tered the den.
1t was too small for Blonde to stand
upright, so with only one cartridge in
his gun he was compelled to meet the
attack of the enraged mother on his
hands and knees and in darkness that
prevented his reloading his six-shoot-
er. The old wolf hesitated as she en-
tered the den, but the smell the
blood of her dead offspring and the
yelps of the pup still alive, emboldened
her to rush at the hapless rancher and
fix her teeth in his arm.
Just as she took hold of him he fired
his remaining shot into her skull and
fortunately killed her instantly, but
her teeth remained fixed in the ranch
ers arm, while the great body blocked
the way out of the little cavern.
After frantic efforts, using the barrel
of his six-shooter as a lever, Blonde
succeeded in loosening the jaws of the
wolf and made his way into the open.
His horse, terrified by the approach
Of the old wolf or the commotion in
the cave, had fled, compelling the
wounded man to walk several miles to
him home with his wounded arm,
causing intense pain and his nerves
shaken by the experience he had
passed through. Prompt medical
treatment was given him and the
wounds cauterized, and no infection by
blood poison is now feared.
The killing of six wolves with six
pistol shots is feat never before
duplicated in this section.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
acre throughout the Car

white massacre throughout the Gar
den Colony"
Let us find out somewhat of this
Cetewayo whom the Zulus would
avenge. But first let us locate Zulu
land and observe the steps by which
the English have come into possess
sion. Zululand is tucked in there on
the coast, borders ON Swaziland, Port
uguese East Africa, has the Indian
ocean to the east and southeast, and
Natal on the southwest and west. 1t
has been the scene of many troubles,
English with Zulus, English and
Beers, and at times Zulu and Boer
have been arrayed against the English.
1t was toward the close of the decade
1S7O-S0 the warlike natives under King
Cetewayo became serious menace to
the neighboring British colonies, and
at the beginning of 1879 the British
made war on them. lit was in this
war Prince Louis Napoleon was slain.)
Early in the year, at Isandlana the
British met with a great disaster;
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
Terranin Alive in Ashes

San Francisco.-one of the strangest
incidents following the great fire was
the finding of live terrapin in the
ruins of building at the corner of
Powell and Washington streets. Miss
Charlotte Estes and Miss Lille Plow-
man went to the ruins of the Normal
school, where Miss Estes was a stu
dent, and while investigating condi.
lions, noticed something move in the
ashes in the basement. Miss Estes
climbed down and removed the ashes
and debris and found the terrapfn. 1t
was so active that when placed on
the ground near water it ran into the
bay and swan away This animal
had undoubtedly passed through the
fire and lived for ten days in the
ashes of the basement in which it was
found
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
Natal and the Province
Of ZuIuIdnd
The Uprising of the NaesThe Avenge
ment-GeneraI Massacre Of threatened

was allowed to return. From time to
time small districts we're added to the
British possessions in Zululand, and
in 1897 the whole province annexed
to Natal
And now let us turn our attention
to the colony of Natal. Including Zu-
luland, it has an area of 81 ,3O7 square
miles. In 1890 it had a population
of almost 100000 people, the Eu-
ropeans numbering about $4,000. Natal
is administered by a governor appoint
ed by the crown, and it may be part
of the hazy remembrance of more or
less recent Natal news that the adj
ministration OF Natal and the home
government not long ago very decided
ly. disagreed about case of discipline.
Some time ago two members of the
Natal mounted police were murdered,
and in punishment the Natal govern
ment condemned a considerable body
of natives to death. The home govern
ment thought the measure too strin-
gent, but April the execution was
carried out, u Kaffirs were shot for
the murder of the two policemen.
A rebel chief in Natal, Bambaata,
has been the cause of no small amount
of trouble. at present is supposed to
be in hiding in the practically i'm
penetrable N'Khandnla forest in Zulu
land. Other important chiefs have ex.
pressed themselves as being unfavor-
able to rebellion, among them Dini.
zulu, who stands to the natives as rep.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
Iowa Baby Is a Chameleon.

Des Moines, IA baby who
changes color three times every "a
hours is a curiosity in Des Moines.
The strange child is Eli Rami, the IA.
months-old son of Count Natho, who
married an American girl in Quincy,
H., three years ago. When the little
fellow awakens at sunrise he is a
pretty, pink, fair-complexioned boy;
at noon he changes color, and within
an hour he is of the dark ginger color
of his princely ancestor. At night he
becomes an alabaster white. The mix.
ture of blood is said 10 be accountable
for the strange phenomenon.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

resentative of the royal house of Zu-
luland, and one to be obeyed. The
Swaziland people also profess loyalty,
and among the Basutos there is no
unrest. But preparations are in prog
ress in Natal in case of emergency;
efforts making to keep the favor OF
the natives if possible, if not to be
ready should need occur.
Let us take a glance at the history
of Natal, observe the white men that
have struggled for foothold in this
country. Natal was first sighted by
Vaseo da Cana, Christmas day, 1897,
and the land nemed Natal CNativity)
in honor of the day. The Dutch made
the first attempt at settlement about
1920, but were not successful In 1924
the English made a treaty with Chaka,
king of the Amazula, but Chaka's sue
cessor, Dingaan, broke up the English
colony. In 1885 humber of mission
aries established themselves at Dur
ban. Shortly afterward the Dutch, il
their great trek northward, entered
Natal; though Dingaan treacherously
murdered the first band, the Beers per
severed, immigration continued. Their.
we have the Dutch ana native in con.
fiict; in a great battle between the
Beers and natives ION the Boiled
river, December, 1889, the Zulus were
overpowered. The following year the
Republic of Natal was organized. But
not long were the Dutch allowed pos
session, the British still held that the
Afrikanders were their subjects, and in
1S43 annexed the republic to Cape Col
ony. Some years later Natal was
made an Independent colony. (Pre-
vious reference has been made to the
war carried ON in 1879 against Cete-
wayo, king of the Zulus; his terri
tory overrun and occupied, Zululand
became part of Natal.)
The Beers did not submit tamely to
the English assumptions. In Natal
there have taken place several mem
orable encounters between Boer and
British. Back in 1881 the Transvaal
Beers entered the extreme northwestern
corner of the colony and defeated the
British at Majuba Hill. In the great
South African war, northern Natal was
the scene of iercest fighting between
Dutch and English AT ElandsIaagte
Glencoe and Ladysmith, and all along
the line of the Tugela, the most OBJ
stinate and sanguinary battles of the
war occurred"
The majority of me people in Natal
are Zulus. The zulus are powerful
and warlike, their weapons the as
segai, knobkerri and shield. 1t is re-
lated the great leader Tyaka was wont
to say to his men on the eve of bat
tie; GO, sons of Zulu, go and return
no more" Surrender was unheard of;
victory or death.
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
THE MARKER FOR ORCHARD.

WheE you have your ground, say 10
acres more or less, ready, establish
base lines, writes a Michigan orchard
list to the Rural New Yorker. Then
draw this wheel from one tree point
to one on opposite side of field back
and forth, until marked one way
Then mark the field the other way,
and at the point where the wheel
marks cross is the place for a tree.
The hole is to be dug there, and the
tree is to be set on line each way
with the mark. Not stake need be
set except to go by in marking. One
man can work ground for 1000 trees
in eight hours, and the trees will be
in perfect line each way. Any man
who can follow the line of two stakes
San do the marking. A variation OF
a mans body from side to side does
not affect the wheel or 10 feet back,
and the wheel mark is so unlike any
other mark that there is no danger
of losing the line In setting 1,40G
peach trees l saved at least $40 by
this method, beside having every tree
exactly in line.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

Our readers probably have but hazy
remembrance of recent disturbances
down in the British colony of Natal,
on the southern coast of Africa, and
probably are paying but scant atten-
ton to present threatenings in Zulu
land, province of Natal. But the dis
turbances were serious, the threaten
ings are grave; ere long news of a
general massacre of the whites of that
region may shock the world.
The London Graphic, discussing the
South African uprising, goes so far as
to say: aThere is, unfortunately, only
too much reason to believe that the
Zulus and Kaffirs are determined to
expel the white people from South At
RIGA, if they can manage it. 1t is no
longer the question of the loyalty Of
any particular chief or tribe; the con-
tagion of rebellion has so rapidly
spread that its extent cannot be meas
ured with any degree of preciseness.
Are the Basutos steadfast in their 10y
atty? Are the Matabele, the Mashona,
and the very mixed native population
of the new colonies stanch in their
friendly relations with the English and
Dutch? Old colonis5s declare that they
would not trust any native, no mat
ter how ELUSIVE his affected loyalty
while in Natal, especially, it has long
been an article of faith among Eu-
ropeans that the local Zulus would
some day endeavor to avenge Cete-
wayo's reinforcement by comprising a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

veloped a theory that starvation was
necessary to get rid of the old body.
and before a new one could take its
place.
He began the great experiment OF
course, we knew he was just starving
himself to death. We tried in every
way to persuade him to eat. But he
was a man of infex;ble will He kept
getting weaker, thinner and thinner.
until everybody saw that he could not
live much longer, out still he would
not eat.
He recognized his mistake a few
days before the end. He felt he was
going. He said then that he would
take nourishment, but he had been a
vegetarian all his life, and we could
not get him to take any broth or meat.
We called in Dr.. E. P. Greene, but it
was too late.
he passed away eheerfully, saying:
I've made the great experiment, and
L guess / have failed. But l am not
sorry. 1t is all for the best"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
FIGHTING CANKER WORMS.
Interesting Experiment by Prof.
Slingerland at Cornell
University.

The class taking advanced work in
economic entomology at Cornell, N. Y,
made an interesting experiment,
writes Prof. Slingerland in the Cornell
Countryman.
4 For several years a group of large
Aelm trees about a mile from the uni
yersito campus have been nearly de
foliated by hordes of spring canker.
worm caterpillars. These little meas
uring-worms hatch in May from eggs
laid on the bark by moths that emerge
in March and April from pupae in the
soil beneath the trees.
The male moths have well-developed
wings and fly readily but the females
are wingless and are thus obliged to
crawl up the trees and deposit their
eggs on the bark of the branches. The
ascent is always made at night. vari.
Gus devices, such as sticky bands, and
wire, tin or stiff paper barriers, have
been used on the trunks of trees to
prevent the ascent of the wingless fe
male moths.
Recently a fiy-paper manufacturer
has made a tree-tanglefoot mixture,
and with liberal sample furnished
by the firm, several of the infested
elm trees were treated. One tree was
more than two feet in diameter and
the bark was very rough. 1t took sew
eral pounds of the tanglefoot to make
"a complete band six or eight inches
wide around the trunk, several feet
from the ground. The application was
made on March Is, just before the
moths began running" up the trees.
Great masses of the wingless fe-
male moths were found March 81 on
the lower edge of the sticky band, and
thousands of flying males were caught
all over the band. A few females
were able to get over the band where
dead males had formed narrow bridges
across the tanglefoot. Several pints
lor many thousands of the females
were caught and killed by the band
on this one large tree AS each fe
male may lay 200 or more eggs, the
tree was relieved from feeding hun
dreds of thousands of canker-worms
in May. The experiment was thus
striking success and has furnished a
valuable object lesson"
Yes, and it should furnish a useful
object lesson to the farmer. The
spring spring canker-worm often at.
lacks other trees besides elms-appie
trees, for instance. If the tanglefoet
preparation is not readily obtainable,
other sticky substances may be used
Tar, printers ink, thick molasses.
bird-lime, or bands of fy-paper. are
all more or less useful for the pur
pose.
If fiy-paper is used, remember that
it should be at least five inches wide,
and must fit close to the bark. On
rough-bark trees, the bark must either
be seraped smooth where the band Is
to go, or all depressions must be filled.
with clay or putty, so as to- make q
smooth surface on which to fasten the
sticky band.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
yield of silase Corn

The yield of silage varies consider
ably with the distance of planting
Close planting gives the largest yield
but tends to produce a weak stalk
which makes the crop difficult to cul
tivate and harvest. Three feet is prob
ably the most desirable distance t.
plant sorghum, corn, and corn an,
sorghum. If planted more than two
feet apart, the yield will be decreased
whereas, if planted in two-foot rows
the cost of cultivation will be greater
Tennessee Station.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
DIES IN ATTEMPT
TO PROVE THEORY
COLORADO MAN STARVES AS
RESULT OF STRANGE VISION.
HOPE is IMMORTAL LIFE.
Convinced That Mortal Being Can Ex-
list Forever on This Earth, He Tries
to Find Solut: on-succumbs
So After 6o-Day Fast.

Denver, Colin B. vain attempt to
win immortal life on earth by a meth
cd revealed to him in a vision and
from morbid study of the philos-
ophy of the life hereafter, Charles La
Mountain, of Aryada. died of starva-
ton after a self-imposed fast of 60
days.
The story is a most wonderful one
of the striving of human soul 10
reach Immortality and knowledge of
the after life; cropping around, study
ing, thinking, in vain effort TO ar
rive at a solution.
He died in an effort to prove that
upon the human frame a new body
could be built repeatedly, after the
old one had been wasted away by
starvation. More than two months
ago he began the process of starva-
ton, and such was his iron will that
for two months he kept alive, never
tasting food, but finally nature got the
better of him. When he started he
weighed $50 pounds, and was a giant
in strength and Tuggedness. He
weighed lis pounds the day before his
end.
According to Mrs. M. L. Martin, the
sister, LaMountain was born 81 years
ag0. At the age of II he enlisted and
served throughout the civil war. At
the end of the civil war he went to
Mexico, serving under Diaz and the
patriots against the invasion of the
French and Macmillan, who were
there trying to establish an empire.
He never returned east, but came to
Colorado and became a railroad en-
gineer. He served as engineer until
the boiler of his engine exploded near
Leadville, in the early days of the
great camp, and since that time he
has been engaged in various enter
prises, mining, sheep raising and in
venting. He retired several years ago
with money enough to keep himself.
sister and a crippled brother, whom
he has been supporting all his life.
In his everyday behavior he was al
ways normal, clear to the end, and
there seemed no trace of insanity
His peculiar interest in the unknown
problems of life and his striving after
Immortality began at the death of a
niece and her two children many years
ago, upon whom his affections were
centered. He had been an infidel, not
believing in any religion and in the
answers they give in regard to the fu-
ture life.
He began the study of everything
that promised to throw light on the
mystery" said his brother. He read
everything, strange books on mesmer-
ism, psychology, science, weird phil
osophies of the Hindus, Egyptians, and
of all the people on earth you can
think. of. 1t became passion with
him.
Some years ago he came to us in
the morning with the remark: 1T is
all right. Don't worry about Lizzie
She is better off than we are Then
he told us story of remarkable vision
81 was lying on the bed in my
ROOM he said, when suddenly l be-
came conscious that 1.-THE real had
left the mortal body. / turned and saw
my body lying on the bed. l was a
spirit, or something l know not what
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

later the Zulus were repulsed; in July
they were completely defeated; in
August Cetewayo was captured. A few
years later, to end difficulties with the
native princes, the British restored the
king to his rank.
But they reserved a portion of his
territory for themselves, a district
south of the Tugela river, and a por-
ton of the northeast; Cetewayo was
limited to the central part. Now diff
culties arose again, and Cetewayo was
deposed, in the very year of his re-
instatement. The following year he
died. His son, Diuizulu, assumed a
hostile attitude toward the English,
and in this were aided by the Beers, to
whom he had granted a strip of land
in the west. The Beers established
in this district THE New Republic, .
extended their control to Umlausi and
Saint Lucia Bay In 1886 British and
Boer entered into a friendly agree
ment; the former recognized the New
Republic the latter pledged them
selves to vacate the rest of Zululand
and renounce recognition of DIM
zulu's protectorate. In 1883 the New
Republic was annexed to the South At
rican Republic, the year before the re-
mainder of Zululand having been de-
clared a British crown colony.
Cetewayo's SON continued to make
trouble; in 1888 attempted an insur-
rection; but was soon captured, and
sent In exile to ST. Helena, befsre he
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

end of the barn has six stalls OF
either side.
The managers are built under tn,
outer wall with chute, ], made o
strips four inches wide and one incl
thick from the feed room, k, down t.
the manager. Hay racks are arranged
above the managers opening to tn,
room above, where hay can be pu
down. In the feed room number O.
bins for bran, etc., are built. Whert
more stalls are needed, explains tn,
Farm and Home, the barn can be bull
longer and of the same width as de
scribed, and the number of stalls in
creased by making them slightly mar
rover, or less than four feet wide.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
worry over Little rhings.

People who leave footprints on the
sands of time do not wear themselves
out worrying over the little things.
the inconsequential things of life.
The man who stops every few minutes
to take the sand out of his shoes
while travelling life's road will never
arrive anywhere. Don't worry over the
little things in life There is neither
happiness. honor nor glory In IT,
Eldorado (Kan) Republican.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER
WITH SAVAGE BRUTES
Hunter Enters Wolves Den and Stays
Six Beasts with Six
Bullets.

Embar, Wyo.-C. E. Blonde, of this
place, is under doctors care for
wounds which he received in an en-
counter which is unique in the annals
of the daring exploits of the hunters
of the Big Horn country.
Blonde is a ranchman who has suf-
fered severely from the ravages of
wolves among his cattle, and few
weeks ago he set about Systematically
to clear his ranges of the wolves Re
Gently he discovered a den on a rocky
hillside in which were six half-grown
wolves. Armed only with his six
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
AN IDEAL CATTLE BARN.
Plan of Structure Which Will Accom-.
MEDIATE Twelve Head of
Live Stock.

The design is for a barn 20 fee
wide, 80 feet long, and IA feet to the
caves, which will accommodate l.
head of cattle and also give room fol
necessary hay. Through the center o.
the barn is an entrance driveway
which is closed with double doors si1
feet wide and seven feet high, which
allows a wagon to enter for hauling
manure and straw. A feedway ex.
tending from this entrance to the real
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
'1 BECAME CONSCIOUS THAT 1.-THE
REAL I-HAD LEFT THE MORTAL

NEAL HAD LEFT The MOh1AL
BODY"
Impelled by some unknown and unseen
power, l left the house and soon felt
myself rising in the air. After awhile
we stopped. 1t was a place something
like this world of ours, only much
more beautiful But there was no sun
there. -
We moved on and finally reached
the most beautiful spot that eyes have
ever seen. There were flowers and long
vistas of beautiful trees. l heard music
and sweet voices. 1t seemed as if all
the grand music had ever heard was
joined into one. Away in the distance
saw great crowd And there 1
saw Lizzie
From that time my brother became
more morbid than ever on the subject.
He was sure that the vision was real
and that he had been taken to an
other life. Finally, from his vision, he
became convinced that a person can
live forever in this world, provided
only he can renew his body. and that
it Irresponsible to leave it temporarily
and wander to the next world. He de-