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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17

Greet Introduction OF solid h cks IS speci-
ally noteworthy, and is not confined 10 the
Work of this single designer. 1t Is also
strikingly evinced in the Illustrations OF
Ctamaro Toyokuni, Yeizan and a score or
others, and enhances not oaly the effec-
lures.
Almost every print maker In Japan has
been at the same time a book illustrator,
and there are many which merit individual
consideration. II will be best. however, to
pass directly 70 the one IN which the art
found its ultimate consummation Hokusai.
whom some have ranked even with Rem
brandt and Durer
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

50 Abundant in New South Wales 1t
Sells for Fifty Cents
a. Ton.

Fifty cents a ton is the price they
pay for coal in New South Wales.
Coal is so abundant and cheap in New
South Wales that it can hardly be
said, in places, to add to the value of
the surface. IL is drawn out by ponies
Beside it are an inexhaustible field of
limestone and permanent water, both
on a railway line. Rates of haulage
on minerals are extremely low. There
are enormous deposits of iron ore of
richness varying from 60 to. 80 per
cent
The chemical composition has been
found satisfactory to, experts in
Europe, and these deposits usually are
alongside deep water, thus facilitating
transport. At Burnie.. in Tasmania,
the deposit from water level up is es-
timated as 20,000,000 tons In New
South Wales the deposits within sight
are 6O,O0O,000 tons. The deposits
known as the Iron Knob and iron
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
EFFECTIVE DUST BATH.
Clean Dust Mixed with Fine Ashes
and Sulphur Enjoyed by
Hens.

AS to mites, l do not believe that
have any in my houses, says a New
Jersey poultryman. l use preventa-
tive remedies, spraying the houses and
painting underside of roosts and roost
rests with crude carbolic solution, also
fumigating with sulphur and white
washing, using the sulphur once
month and whitewashing about four
times year. The above l have found
sufficient for my purpose. l believe
the mites are very difficult to get rid
of once they get foothold in a house,
and a house infested with them will
need very thorough cleaning and
spraying, being very particular to get
the spray into all cracks and crevices.
AS to chicken lice, keep the houses
supplied with dust baths, using clean
dust mixed with fine ashes and sui
phur. When / had a small number of
fowls, it was an easy matter to in
spect each individual, and dust them
with insect powder, but this involves
entirely too much labor where a large
number of fowls are kept; so now
rely on dust baths mixed as above,
am not aware that l have ever lost
any poultry from lice or mites and
believe if the above plan is faithfully
followed the trouble will be reduced
to Farmers Review.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
HE CERTAINLY WAS MEAN.
Made His Brag So Strong BE En-,
barrassed the Credulous
Operator.

There is an exceedingly gulllble
young girl working in Denver
branch telegraph office, says the Post
of that city. She is new at the busi-
ness. having telegraphed less than a
month. The other day young man
approached her desk and expressed a
desire to know how the instruments
worked With noticeable air of SUI
perior knowledge the girl explained In
detail. Then she sent a message.
When she had finished the young man
handed her paper bearing something
he had written.
What will it cost to send that mes
sage?" he asked.
She looked at it and blushed. 1t was
a reproduction of the message she had
just sent. He had copied it from the
instruments.
$50 you are an operator. too. eh?''
she said.
My dear little girl" replied the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
English Women Retrograding.

A writer in the Standard of London
boldly asserts that the intellectual
level of English women has been low
cred In the last so or 60 years and
bases his conclusion on a statement
that English women nowadays read
only the lighter forms of literature.
They read French novels and plays
and sensational English fiction gen.
orally. Their grandmothers, he de-
clares, used to read SCOTS poems and
romances, and they also read history
for it's own sake. Such girls now
would regularly read Freeman,
Froude, Carlyle and Stubs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
COW PEAS.
Being Adapted to Northern Growth
and Proving Good Crop for
Making Hay.

We would advise most of our read
ers to make a study of cow peas, for
on many of our farms they will be
found available. Cow peas are among
the most interesting farm plants that
we have. This was until quite re-
Gently considered a plant adapted to
the United States south of the Ohio
river, but within a few years COW
peas have been raised as far north
as Michigan and Wisconsin. They
have ripened seed as far north as
Madison. They make a good crop for
blowing under when the soil Is def
cient in humus and needs some green
manure. They have a large leafy top.
A man must choose, however, the
variety suited for his purpose. If he
intends to pillow them under he must
use a non-running variety, as the
long vines of the running varieties
cannot be easily plowed under, for
obvious reasons.
The COW pea makes a good hay, but
must be cut early or the leaves will
fall off. AS a hay crop it is being
displaced by the soy bean. South of
central Illinois cow peas may be
grown much more successfully than
north of that point, where the frosts
come early. To those wishing to GO
into the details of COW pea growing
the Farmers Review suggests the
sending to your state experiment sta
ton for their literature on the grow
ing of COW peas in your state. Every
state has its peculiar conditions AND
the use that can be made Of the COW
pea in one state is not the same as the
use that can be made of 1t in another
state.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
GOOD SHELL MATERIAL.
Where Production of Eggs Is Large
Much Lime Must Be Pro-
vided.

A great many of our people forget
that the modern hen produces several
times as many eggs as the ancient
hen that was the progenitor of the
one we now have. That hen laid
80 or 40 eggs a year and had no trou-
Bile to find the lime in the natural
food But it is a very different mat
ter when a domestic fowl must pro-
duce good shell material out of her
food for two hundred eggs during the
year The modern hen probably eats
no more lime in her food; therefore
the farmer that does not provide i'm
portant supplies of lime will have
trouble with his flock. The eggs will
have thin shells, and there will be
many soft shelled, eggs which will be
a temptation to the poultry to begin
egg eating. 1t is easy enough to fur
nish the material if one does not for
get. The professional poultry man
never forgets; but the farmer does,
because poultry with him is merely a
side issue.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
CHAFF.
every job done on time helps an

every job done on time helps an
other.
Twenty ponds of alfalfa seed per
acre should secure a good stand
Strike while the iron is hot, and
raen ON striking when it is cold SO as
to heat it up again.
Cotton-seed meal is an excellent fer
+i,i2er. but is generally worth so much
Co.. feeding that it's price as plant food
comes too high.
About two-thirds of the alcohol
v,ado IN Greece is distilled from cur
nants The average annual production
e given at 100000 okes, or HOOO'Ooo
Tho output of peppermint oil in the
1aitod states in 1905 is estimated at
ehnvt $4,000 pounds. The japanese
output is said to be about 4'4'VVV
os the various combinations OF
rossos and clovers, a mixture OF
s sa%s grass, meadow fescue' orchard
Grass and small amount Oh aLlaais
s 81 =, bluegrass and white clover clover
or makes Us 4 good pasture for NeO '0ndi-
lions.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
DON'T Fit Together.

The Practical Farmer says that It
seems very hard to get people to I'M
derstand that a plant like the ccw-pea,
that requires hot weather tor its
growth, and oats, that require cold
weather, cannot be associated success
fully. If the peas are sown at oat
seeding, they will perish from cold,
and if oats are sown late in May or
June, when the peas should be sown,
they will not amount to much, and
will probably be ehoked out ny the
peas. Canada peas are the only peas
to associate with oats, and these sell
dom do we'll south of New York STATE
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
GERMS ON THE FARM.
Some Are Detriment, Some a Bene-
ft-Use Latter to Fight
the Former.

In the popular acceptance OF the
term, germ is any very minute NV
ing belng; whether animal or yege-
table, is lmmaterial. They are all in
visible to the naked eye, and some of
them are so small as to be seen with
great difficulty even with the most
powerful microscopes made. They are,
generally, the smallest living things
IN the world. The vegetable germs are
caLcd bacteria and fungi; the animal
germs, protozoans. While so exceed
-nely small, the life histories of many
germs are as well known as the lives
of higher forms of life, and yet, the
earnest study OF these minute beings
does mt extend back much more than
% years.
IN general way, the great purpose
OF germs in the world may be said
to hasten decay. Indeed, some scien-
lists say there is no decay where
germs are not. These invisible forms
quickly convert dead animals and veg
etable structures into earth, water and
air, or in other words, into the sim
Il
Warmth and moisture promote germ
growth and hence, decay.
The first purpose OF germ life is
beneficial A second action is also
utilized by mankind. In the malnu-
triton and ripening of certain prod
ucts, germs are the active agents. Thus,
cream and cheese are ripened, before
use, through bacterial action. The
ripening of wine and beer due t. sim
liar action. Beef is made tender, and
the flavor of game is developed in the
same manner, by germ growth in the
tissues. The fermentation of CABBAGE
into sauerkraut is another illustration
along the same line, and bread is
raised" through. germ activity in
yeast.
Again, bacteria Tor germs) are use
full in gathering and preparing plant
food in the soil. On plants of the clover
and bean family, bacteria gather in
colonies on the roots, and the reaction
which is produced between the air and
soil by these germs is the development
of heterogeneous plant food. This is one
of the greatest achievements of these
little beings for the benefit of man
This work is of incalculable value tt
the farmer, and to all mankind.
But the work of germs is not wholly
beneficial, declares DR.. George g. Croft
in the Farm Journal They nave theii
evil ways as well as their good ones
Some germs have fallen upon the haC
habit of killing plants and animals
before these would naturally die Thu
the potato rot, the black rot i'll tn,
grape, the rot of the plum and cherry
the black knot on the plum and cherr.
trees, rust on grain, and other plan
diseases, are caused by germs. lii tn
case of animals, CHAMBERS, nydropho
bia, tuberculosis, pleuro-pneurlonia
lockjaw, lumpjaw, anthrax and man
others, are germ diseases. Anon
mankind, consumption, pneumonis
tetanus, diphtheria, scarlet and ty
phoid fevers, cholera, dysentery, small
pox, mumps, measles, the Nrienta
plague, and other diseases, are cause
by germs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

and these leaves open out, many of
them have a row of elongated holes
across the blade, where the beetle has
punctured it while it was rolled up.
Beetles feed with the head downward
One species Is parvulus) has been
reported from Maryland and Ne
braska as seriously injuring blue
grass. Another Is. robustus) has
been known to breed in the roots of
corn. Native food plants of this
genus are the grasses, rushes and
sedges.
Where land has recently been brok-
en- from swamp or marshes, the Prai-
RE Farmer recommends that it is wise
to plant at first some other crop than
corn, such as fax or potatoes. Fall
blowing of infested land will tend to
drive the beetles to other fields.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Pnlitaness.

The little girl had be assiduousIy in
structed in the arts and graces OF
courtesy, and when she told her mann
ma how the strange boy at the party
had kissed her she did it with de-
mure, reserved air that would have de-
lighted her mamma under other cir
cumstances. And he kissed me-" she
said.
Kissed youi" the mamma ex-
claimed. "And you, Gladys-what did
you do?"
Mamma, didn't forget my polite
ness. / said Thank you Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

HONEY.
point where a mistake is likely to be
made being the making of them of I'M
seasoned lumber, so that the side
pieces, when they shrink, are less than
the height of the section. pile these
crates up, even when full of honey, as
high as I can reach; and it is neces-
sary that this weight should not come
directly on the sections. In piling up
sections that are to stay any length
of time in the crates, always lay a
piece of paper over each one, which
makes it practically dust-proof, es-
pecially if the paper is long enough to
extend down over the ends of the
crates.
Pile your honey in hot, dry place,
cautions the editor of Gleanings in
Bee Culture. If there is any sus-
picion of GOODNESS or dampness about
it, do not put the honey near the floor
or in a corner. Have it at least foot
from the floor, and where the air can
circulate freely all around it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

The new man, in his role of nursery
maid, has long been in evidence in GER
tain piseatory families. The males
of the strange looking pipe fishes take
charge of the eggs, which are given
them by the female parents, and nurse
them in special pouch on the under
side of their own bodies. 1t seems
that the male and female fishes inter
Irvine their bodies in the form of a
double letter S, and that in this posi-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
MALE FISH RAISES YOUNG.

ton the eggs are pressed from the
mother to the pouch of the male. All
the eggs are not transferred at once.
After a first transferrence all the egs
are in the upper part of the pouch,
where no more can be received until
these are shaken down into the lower
end. These processes are repeatd I'M
til the pouch is filed. In about ten
days the young pipe fishes are
hatched.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

growing wild in our pastures, by way
sides and sometimes in meadows where
there is not a dense growth of grass.
The cultivated clovers are preferred
to this one because they are larger and
capable of furnishing a greater amount
of fodder on a given area. The yellow
clover, however, is of some value in
helping to maintain supply of good
.pasturage on our uneultivated lands.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
STORAGE CRATES.
Convenient Arrangement by Which
Comb Honey Can Be Safely
Kept in Small Space.

The engraving shows pile of stor-
age crates filled with sections except
the top one, which is empty, the bet
ter to show the construction The
engraving is little faulty in that the
tops of the sections in the filed crate
nearest the top do not show as they
should. through the open bottoms of
the empty crate. These crates are
made of any cheap lumber, the only
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

when l was your age, Tommy, l
had no mother and father. Strangers
took care of me, and they beat me and
didn't always give me plenty to eat"
But now you've got it nice with u.s.
his son replied, 'and mama gives you
to eat three times day."-Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Cut worms on Rhubarb.

Last spring / found that something
was eating the rhubarb leaves about
as fast as they grew, writes oorre-
spondent of Farm and Home. Close in
vestigation showed 1t was cut worms
and found half dozen under each
plant A good squeeze settled each
enc.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Curing Roup.

Several homemade remedies failed
to cure the roup so tried swabbing
the chickens threats with turpentine.
used feather dipped in turpentine
and followed it by giving a teaspoon
of goose oil. Since then l have not
lost a chicken.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

cut shows how to make such Ience'
The posts are made of narrow strips
of board, as shown, the opening being
wide enough to admit the ends OF two
panels. To turn a corner, says the
Farm Journal, use hook on the END
of one panel and staple at the side
of the post-or better, two hooks and
two staples.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

youth without cracking a smile, 81 am
Mr.. Morse, the man who invented teleg-
raphy." Then he left.
ooh, he embarrassed me So" said
the girl, telling of it later "Just
think, there l was explaining teleg.
raphy to the man who invented it."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Foreign Titles.

Auditor-But why do you call your
lecture -Radium" when you don't men
ton that article at any stage of the
evenings talk?
Leeturer-Well, knowing the fond
ness of the American people for for
eign titles, made one bold stroke for
popularity by choosing title as for
eign as possible to my lecture.-Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Fine Neirhhorhnnd

'You told me this was the finest 10
cality you had ever struck"
oft is"
"But, my dear sir, | never saw so
much sickness in one locality; some
one appears to be sick in every home
in it."
81 know it, and am a doctor. >
Houston Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

Bess-So many men are grouchy and
hard to get along with. When I marry
want a husband who Is easily
pleased.
Tess-Don't bother-that's the kind
you'll get, all right.-Cleveland Lead
er.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Consultations.

Traveller Cat railway junction, four
a. NILS there a telegraph operator
here? just got in and want to send a
message Immediately.
Train Caller-No; but if you had
been here any time up to midnight you
could have sent it.-Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Compensation.

do you intend to let your enemies
have the last word?"
Certainly" answered Mr. Dustin
Stax Il got his last dollar, and he
ought to have some sort of compensa-
tion." Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

on the f a r m .
They will come
"into play" a doz-
en- times during
the season. The
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

tie mludle west.
1t attacks tn
plant by feeding
on the stalk
when very young.
The adult |. ell
is a hard. oval
insect with S out
beak, by meAls
OF which it drills
holes in the COZ n.
stalk near the
surface of the
ground and fl eds
ON the interior.
AS the corn CON
tinues gro win e
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Better Not wait.

Miss Oldun-Ohl Mr.. Rashe, this is
so student You must give me time to
consider.
Mr.. he-You-er-you haven't
much to spare, have you?-Cleveland
Leader.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
sulphur for the Hens

A little sulphur in the hens feed
occasionally is benefit, but don't put
1t on the sitting hens or those that
have chicks. II it gets into the chicks
eyes 1t will make them blind.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Exercise.

''You consider walking the best ex-
ercise?"
at used to be-" answered the physi-
clan, until the necessity of lodging
street cars and automobiles made it SO
violent. Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
He Didn't Understand.

Where did Columbus first land?"
asked the teacher
81 don't know, num-" was the re-
Spouse of little Johnny Lefthook. 81
didn't read de accounts of de MILL
Detroit Free Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Probably Needed It.

Bibbs-Who was the man you gave
half a crown to at the hotel this
morning?
Gibbs-An old literary friend of
mine; author of How to Get Rich. -
Royal Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
HOP CLOVER.
A Forage Plant Which Makes GOOD
Feed for the Stock-Not as Good
as Cultivated Clovers.

Yellow clover or hop clover (Tri-
folium agrarium) was introduced into
this country from Europe, and is fire.
quently found as a naturalized plant
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Willing searcher.

Wake up, john" said Mrs. Weeks;
"I'm sure hear a burglar"
''K-keep quiet, m-my DEAR" whis-
pered Mr.. Weeks, "and I'll c-crawl un-
der the b-bed and see if he's th-there."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Twins.

'T saw the doctor go into your
house this morning, Quiyerfull. Any
thing happened?"
1.-TWO things have happened, blame
the luck" cleveland Leader.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
The Fool who Rocks the Boat.

When on the troubled sea of Elatri.
mony you would float,
Be very, very careful that you do NOT
rock the boat.
Judge. -
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Pictorial Perils.

/ bought myself a camera,
Unhappy is the end.
Each time l took a portrait
/ lost another friend.
Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Smallest British Possession.

Gibraltar is the smallest British
possession. 1t measures less than
two square miles. Canada is the big
gest, with 3,746,0OO square miles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
PORTABLE FENCE.
How to Make One Which Can Be Put
Up and Taken Down as
Need Requires.

One need not enumerate the advan-
tages of few panels of portable fence
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

ssYoung man." said the friendly adj
wiser, whatever you do avoid debt"
81 guess that's what I'll have to do,i
was the answer, unless my credit gets
better" -Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
Judge.

Reporter-Isn't yellow rather I'M
usual color for the suits and high hats
of your minstrel troupe?
Manager-Not at all. You know
yellow doesn't show egg stains.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31

Monarch In South Australia are stated
to contain 100000 tons.
The first great demand of Australia
has been stated as the comprehensive
production of iron and steel from her
own ores. These basic articles will
then be available at half their present
imported cost, just as Australia now
supplies herself with the purest of all
salt, another basic article, at less than
half the price she formerly paid for
her importations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-31
IFARKANo'GARDEN
.;Ng7H A@SIEg,llRl
s.isl''EA 49,
Eaaa. e8Ae---G-2s|
COMMON CORN BILL BUGS.
Found in the Middle West and De-
stroys Plants by Feeding on
the Stalks.

The corn bill bug is most commonly
found in the corn growing states of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-10
What Hinder. Proposals.

The timidity of girl during a mans
proposal is apt to discourage him, and
in his fiutter he Is inclined to believe
the maiden does not appreciate him as
he would like.
Especially so If the proposal Is a
somewhat premature one, and he has
not had ample opportunity of learning
for himself the dictates of her heart.
This has sometimes an unhappy eff
feet, and the proposal may be with
drawn, conversation drifting into diff
ferent channel. Undue embarrassment
in a girl at SO critical a moment also
tends to furry the lover, so that he
experiences extreme difficulty In max
ing a satisfactory proposal.
A girl of this sort never assists the
proposal, and all for the want OF {
little self-possession. A labored declar
alton is sometimes delayed for a grea
| length of time, to the displeasure o.
| both.