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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
Good Security If Not spoiIed.

Artist can't pay my rent, but 1
can give you lot of canvases as Sc
curity.
Laudlord--All right; I'll take them
if you have not painted on them
Cassell's.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
Immune.

Young man." said the friendly adj
wiser, whatever you do, avoid debt"
ct guess that's what I'll have to do"
was the answer. unless my credit
gets better"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
Proper Address.

The wife of a clergyman is simply
addressed as Mrs. James Potter" If
her husband is the Rerevend Mr.,
James Potter
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TRUSTS
To Be Published Without Fear or Favor
THE FUNDAMENTAL FACTS REGARDING MEAT FRUIT, FLOUR,
RAILROADS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES.

City Newspapers and Magazines Controlled
the What Should Solve These Great
Questionable Independent Country Press to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
The Best Writers viii
Prepara the Matter

The articles are written by the
best writer's specially engaged for this
work. They cannot be swayed by
trust influences. They have nothing
to gain except salaries and reputa-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
NOT A LAME SENATOR.
And Being a Fighter the Hotel
Caller Didn't Care to Inter
view Him.

He had been hanging around the
desk of a hotel in, Washington for ten
minutes before the clerk asked what
was wanted, and mentally sized him
up as an office-seeker from the wild
and woolly west.
Senator Blank stops here. don't he?"
Eyes, sir, he does"
"Was that him that come along a
few minutes ago and took a toothpick
from the holder?"
81 don't think So"
'.He walked with stiff knee and
didn't look at all like fighter"
Then it wasn't Senator Blank. He
mas no stiff knee and you have only to
look at him to see that he is fighter.
Do you want to interv ew him?"
"N-o, guess not-not If he isn't q
lame man."
What difference does that maker"
"a heap, my friend. wanted to ask
him what corporation owned him, but
If he's got two sound legs and is a
fighter l guess I'll let it go and write
him a post card"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
THE FINISH FOR POOR 10,
Indians Visiting the National Capital
Get Into Trouble Through
Writing.

MIR. Francis Leupp, commissioner OF
indian affairs, is seeking to discourage
the visits of the red men to Washing
ton. and to induce them to do their
business with the government by mail.
He says that their junkets to the cap
ttal cost the government a deal of
money and that they consume an un-
necessary amount of the official time.
This Is all well from the official stand
point, but poor 10 Is to be consid-
cred, too. He has a decided aversion
to signing papers, and with good rea-
son. Usually, when he signs a paper,
even the most innocent-looking, it
turns up later as promisory note or
a deed to his property.
Drink has done less harm to the
aborigine than ink-and it might in
truth be said that his white brother
has suffered in like ratio from the
two. And the two, taken in conjunc-
ton, have well-nigh ruined both. The
serpent taught Adam and Eve to
write, after they had made their
marks on paper that gave him all
their real estate.
1t is not here insinuated that the
government fcials In Washington
would induce poor Lo to sign bunko
papers, but there are many scribes
hanging about the reservations who
would take advantage of the Indian
commissioners advice to wrong the ig-
norant savage by writing.
II the government officials really
have any regard for the Indian, they
will permit him to transact his affairs
by word OF mouth, according to
ancient use. And If any business is to
be transacted by mail, let it be that of
the white office seekers, who now
throng the streets of the capital. This
would enable the officers to save more
time than they waste" on the Indiap
delegations.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
INSEcT-lNFESTED MEADOWS
Condition Which Arises When Fields
Are Kept Too Long in Grass
Best Treatment.

Leaving meadows too long in grass
sometimes results In the stubble be-
coming infested with insects. This is
likely to be the case where the land
bears annually crop Of timothy, as
there are certain kinds of insects that
feed upon the Dubious joints of that
grass. 1t has been said that there is
direct connection between the high
price Of dairy products and prevalence
Of such insects as chinch bugs and
bill bags. This is because the higher
the price of these products, the longer
will the farmer keep the same land in
meadow, disliking to change to some
other crop. This shows the persist
ence Of the old notion that timothy is
the proper feed for dairy cows.
If meadows are infested with In
sects, says the Farmers Review, pillow
up the meadows and put in some
other crop for a few years. Some crop
should be selected that will not be
fed on by the same insects. Thus,
corn would not be good plant to
follow an old timothy meadow, but
oats or potatoes would. The man that
keeps his farm in rotation will have
little trouble with insects in his mead
ows, unless his neighbors breed them
for him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
TROUBLE FOR THE CLERKS.
Government Employees at Times Are
Subjected to Much Useless
Labor.

| Congress makes Its of unneces-
sary trouble for the government
clerks" said veteran employee, "but
the worst case I know of occurred a
few years ago. A certain western SEN
'ator asked the comptroller of the cur.
rency to tell him how much stock a
certain man had in national bank.
He was informed that such informa.
ton was regarded as confidential and
couldn't be given out.
"'We'll see about that said the
senator, who was plainly disappoint.
ed and displeased.
Several days later he secured the
passage of a resolution calling upon
the secretary Of the treasury to fur
nish the senate with the names and
holdings of the stockholders in all the
national banks in the country. He
really wanted to know only the inter-
est of one man in bank, but he
knew that he couldn't get resolution
of that kind through the senate, so he
included the stockholders in all the
national banks.
at took the entire force Of the
comptroller's Office several weeks to
prepare the information, and when
1t reached the senate nobody paid any
attention to it except the author Of
the resolution, and he merely looked
at the mass of papers only long enough
to see about the man he was after,
and then tossed the papers aside. 1t
was an immense lot of work for noth'
ing"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
FOUND OUT.
Trained Nurse Discovered It's
Effect.

A Trained Nurse Discovered It's
Effect.
No one Is in better position to know
the value of food and drink than a
trained nurse.
Speaking of coffee nurse of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, writes: II used to drink
strong coffee myself and suffered great
ly from headaches and indigestion.
While on visit to my brothers / had
good chance to try Postum Food
Coffee, for they drank it altogether in
place of ordinary coffee. In two weeks,
after using Postum, found / was
much benefited and finally my heal
aches disappeared and also the inai-
gestion.
Naturally have since used Postum
among my patients, and have noticed a
marked benefit where coffee has been
left off and Postum used.
81 observe curious fact about Post
um used among mothers. 1t greatly
helps the flow of milk In cases where
coffee is inclined to dry 1t up, and
where tea causes nervousness.
Il find trouble in getting servants to
make Postum properly. They most al
ways serve 1t before 1t has been boiled
long enough. 1t should be boiled Is OF
20 minutes and served with cream,
when 1t is certainly delicious bever.
age"
There's reason" for Postum.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03

moths the following spring. These
pests have a number of enemies
found in certain parasites which feed
upon the eggs Of the larvae.
Birds are helpful agents in destroy
ing eggs and they are always welcome
guests in my orchard. In combating
the canker worm two methods are
employed, both of which when used
intelligently afford ample and effec-
tual protection. The first measures
we must take are to prevent the
ascent of the wingless moths. This
entangle her feet SO she is held; Sec
ond, to prevent ascent past certain
point on the trunk of the trees, so that
she will die from exhaustion. In the
first instances a number of substances
Of a sticky nature are employed, COM
prising such mixtures as printers ink
pine tar, or mixture Of resin and
castor oil, at the rate of three pounds
Of resin (white) to two pounds OF
castor oil, melted together. The above
mixture must be applied either direct.
ly to the trees in bands or upon bands
of stiff paper. These bands should be
put on during the first warm days Of
spring, and renewed as occasion de.
mands.
The second method that can be fol
lowed, as suggested by the Farmers
Review, IS to use collars of tin, paper
etc., so fastened around the trunks Of
the trees as to admit of no passage
ways at the collar. I have had &
great deal of experience in fighting
the canl1er worm and the most effec
tual remedy can find in Kidding my
orchard of this pest is in using arseni
cal poisons by the use of a sprayer
The mixture I use is four ounces o.
paris green, four pounds of blue vitrio
and four pounds OF lime to so gal
Ions of water. l obtain the very bes
material in preparing this mixture, al
this is Of very great Importance, es
pecially in procuring paris green. II
applying the spray to the trees keel
the mixture thoroughly stirred, ant
avoid drenching the foliage, giving {;
fine misty spray until the leaves ar,
well covered with the mixture, which
is indicated by slight droppings from
the foliage.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
"Highest Judicial Courts"

Two pretty girls visiting Washington
listened with hushed attention to the
words of wisdom that fell from the lips
of their guide. He was their Washing
ten cousin, knew all about the capitol
and was graciously explaining it's
sights to them. "And this" said he,
stopping before door in the capitol,
lis the supreme court of the United
States. That, you know, is the high
est judicial court in the land. There
are other courts in different parts of
the country that are just as high, but
this is the highest judicial court" Then
they entered and heard an argument
delivered before nine judicial judges.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03

ihells, with the cast skins at the
smaller ends. They are brown in
color. Underneath a scale will be
'ound cluster of yellowish-whitish
eggs, plainly to be seen through an
ordinary magnifying glass. The scales
Ire about one-eighth inch in length, or
smaller, and they usually cluster to-
sether as shown In Fig. /. Found
most frequently on the lilac: fond
llso of the silver maple.
About the middle OF May (later or
earlier, according to latitude) the
eggs under the scales hatch into tiny
ice which appear as mere specks to
the unaided eye. These lice, for a
few days, move around on the bark,
sucking the sap. and growing more
robust each day. Finally, they get
that home feeling" decide to settle
Town, and begin to build a scaly roof
If their own, overhead.
The remedies for this pest are:
First, give the tree a tonic and a good
rundown. Fertilizers, pruning and
cultivation will help the tree to better
general health; and a brisk scrubbing
Of trunk and main limbs with a very
stiff brush or scraper, will get rid Of
many Of the scales. An old broom
with the brush cut short makes an
excellent scrubbing implement. Keep
It wet with whale-oil soap solution.
Then, sometimes in May, watch for
a ont
pear, get out the spray pump and
thoroughly spray the entire tree with
whale-oil soap solution, made as fol-
lows: Dissolve one pound Of whale
oil soap in gallon of hot water, and
dilute with about six gallons of cold
water.
Another scale insect, that may be
rlassed with the oyster-shell bark
louise so far as It's economic impor.
lance is concerned, is the scurfy bark
louise OF the pear and apple. This
scale Gig. p is white in color, and,
like the oyster-shell pest, is most
apt to work on poorly fortified and
poorly cultivated trees.
The scurfy scale is readily recog-
nized on account of its whitish. cotton.
like appearance, and its oblong shape.
The eggs beneath the scales are in
clusters, purplish in color, and they
hatch out at about the same time as
the oyster-shell eggs.
The remedy is as follows: Same
as for oyster-shell bark-louse. In the
opinion of the Farm Journal there is
no better remedy for all scale insects
than the lime and sulphur spray.
Those who used it on their trees last
month, are all right. But now that
tree growth Is beginning. it is safer
and easier to fight oyster-shell and
scurfy scales with whale-oil solution.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
SPRING cANKER WORM.
Their Ravages on the Leaves Of Trees
Cause Severe Losses--How to
Fight the Pest.

Through the ravages OF the spring
canker worm we sustain severe losses
each year. These insects not only at
tack fruit trees, but 9. number of other
valuable trees as well. In our ORCH
ards the apple, peach, plum, cherry and
ounce suffer the most severe ravages.
The leaves when first attacked be-
come perforated with small holes, and
these increase In size as the leaves
develop until finally the pulpy part of
the leaves is devoured, leaving the
skeleton Of the leaf, comprising the
midrib, veins and stems, giving To
the trees an appearance OF having
been scorched by fire.
BY noticing you will find that tho
eggs OF this insect are of an oval shape.
yellowish with pearly luster, and
are usually deposited in irregular clus-
tiers or masses on twigs or at the base
of large branches. These eggs hatch
between March and the middle OF
April. The adult (male) Is brown
ish gray moth with spread of wings
of little more than an inch; the front
wings are of pale ash color, much
lighter than the former The female
is unlike the male, being wingless.
Her body is of a grayish color, and
she is more robust than the male. The
moths issue early in the spring from
the chrysalides in which state they
pass the winter. You can see the
male moth flying about the lights in
doors during the warm evenings Of
early spring, which is q sure indica-
ton of the approach of the pests.
The female moths being wingless,
must climb to the branches and twigs
to deposit their eggs. AS soon as the
larvae hatch from the eggs they begin
to feed ravenously upon the leaves OF
the trees. have watched these pests
closely and | find that the larvae,
when first Matched, are from one
eighth to one-fourth of an inch in
length, of dark olive-green color,
with black shining heads, changing
slightly with the different mouths.
When they are not feeding they can
be seen suspended from the leaves
by fine silken threads of various
lengths. The large larvae, after their
period of feeding is over, descend to
the ground, either by means of the
silken threads or by looping their
bodies and crawling down the trunks
of the trees. When they reach the
ground they either pass into the
ground or into the rubbish, or under
the leaves, where they pass into the
chrysalis state, to emerge as adult
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
READ AND YOU WILL LEARN

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
THE BARK LOUISE.
Pest Which Attacks Apple and Other
Trees-Methods of Treat
ment,

The most common scale-insect Of
he apple, without doubt, is the oys-
er-shell bark-louse. Although every
where present. and sometimes quite
conspicuous, 1t most often attacks
rees that for some reason are un-
healthy, and therefore poorly fitted
% support the extra drain put on them
,y the scale. A strong, healthy tree
ordinarily can bear the presence of a
lew of these insects, without much
apparent injury, and they may be
present for many years in small num-
oers without their presence being de-
ected.
gated, shaped something like oyster
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
HINTS FOR oRcHARD1sTs.

Keeping the orchard clean helps
greatly to eliminate troubles from in.
sects and blights, which are helped BY
rubbish about an orchard.
Spraying has now been practiced fol
about rs years and has become recog.
nized as one of the most powerful
weapons in combating both insects
and blight germs.
Dig out the borers In the peach, ap
pie, etc. A sharp knife, a piece Of
wire, O humble attitude. and two
keen eyes, are the best combination
for this pest
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
Mutual Aid.

At banquet given to the delegates
of mutual aid societies in Paris last
week $4,000 bottles of red wine, $4,000
bottles Of white wine. $4,000 bottles
of beer and 10000 bottles of cham
payne were provided. yet every dele
gate reached his home in ga 'ety.
That shows what mutual aid can do.--
San Francisco News Letter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
Mature Fruit Keeps Best.

1t used to be thought that apples
should be picked just before ripen-
ing to have them keep the best This
is shown to be erroneous by recent ex-
periments carried on by the United
States department Of agriculture. The
best keeping apples and peaches ars
those that have attained full maturi-
ty and good color. but which are
still hard and firm when picked. The
pear keeps best when it Is picked after
1t has attained full size and before
the yellow has begun to appear on It
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
Noted Frenchman.

There has just passed away in the
person of NJ. Desprecher one OF the
pioneers Of France in ocean cables. M.
Desprecher elaborated with Sir John
Pender, Cyrus w. Field, George Elliott
and others in laying the first cables
between Europe and America. He was
one of the promoters of the Corsican
cable, which was laid in 1861. In
1894 he bought the island of Anticcsti.
which now belongs to M. Menier. He
has reached the age of SO.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
WAS WEAK and DIZZY
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills Restored the
Patient to Perfect Health
And Strenqth.

Mrs. Mary Gagner, of No. SIG South
Summer street, Holyoke, Mass, has
passed through an experience which
proves that some of the greatest bless.
ings of life may lie within easy reach
and yet be found only by mere chance.
A few years ago while she was employed
in the mills she was suddenly seized
with dizziness and great weakness. "I
was SO weak at times" she says, "that
i could hardly stand, and my head be!
came so dizzy that it seemed as if the
floor was moving around.
"My condition at last became so bad
that was obliged to give up work i'll the,
mill, and later still became SO feebly.
that l could not even attend to me.
household duties. After the slightest
exertion had to lie down and rest until
! regained strength.
ga friend who had used DR.. Williamsr
Pink Pills for Pale People urged me to-
try them. / bought box and began to-
take them. The benefit was SO positive
and so quickly evident that / continued
TO use the pills until had taken alto
gether six boxes. BY that time I was
entirely cured, and for two years have
had no return of my trouble. am now
in the best of health and able to attend
to all my duties. lam glad to acbnowl-
edge the benefit received and I hope
that my statement may be the means of
inducing others who may suffer in this
way to try this wonderful medicine"
The secret of the power of DIR. Will
Hams Pink Pills in cases Of debility,
such as Mrs. Gagner's lies in the fact
that they make new blood, and every or
gan and even every tiny nerve in the
body feels the stir of new tide of
strength.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
druggists or will be sent, postpaid, ON
receipt of price, so cents per box, SIX
boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03

Among the new concessions grant
ed by Nicaragua is one to DR.. Lenox
s. Anderson, of Mosspoint, Miss, who
secures the timber and turpentine
rights to large area. Vice Consul
Wallace writes that the doctor will
pay 100000 in installments for the
privilege, covering period of fifty
years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
An Irishman. a devout Catholic,

An Irishman. devout Catholic,
entered a London restaurant on a
Friday, and successfully asked for
"diviled whale" "filleted shark" and
roasted porpoise." The amazed
waiter, having in turn informed him
that these dainty dishes were not on
the bill-of-fare, the patron said, well,
ri take some roast beef and vegeta-
bles. But 1 call ye to witness that !
asked for fish,"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03

The combination of metals known
as German silver contains no silver
In its composition, and is of Chinese.
and not of German, origin. 1t was
first introduced into Europe by the
Germans, and for a long time it was
not generally known that they had
simply borrowed it from the Chinese.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03

A new slang expression. now in
popular use in London's smart set,
is Pull up your socks!" 1t Is ut
tered in contradiction of something
that has been said, or is equivalent to
surprise, as "You don't mean it?"
Fancy young man saying to an
elderly dowager, who has narrated a
strange story, "Oh, pull up your
sockSi"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03

A policeman in North Attleboro.
Mass, was induced to take part in an
inexcusable joke, by arresting a
bridegroom on his wedding day. The
joke turned against the officer when
he was fined ten days pay. He
should have been bounced from the
force.