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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
NERRlBLE CREATURE WHICH
EASTERN MUSEUM is BUILDING.
Exact Duplicate of the Pestiferous
Blood Sucker Being Constructed
Which Is 100000 Times Big
ger Than In Actual Life.


The king of pests, indeed, will be
the monster mosquito which is being
built out of wood and wax and cellu
loid, and glass and paper and paint
and other things for the American
museum of natural history at New
! York city. Think of a creature 100000
times larger than the biggest buzzer
on your neck and extract your LIES
blood and leave behind when he had
done an itch which you could not
reach after the most violent contor-
tons But one good thing about the
monster creature which will tower
above man from its place in the mu-
scum will be that he, or rather they,
will be perfectly harmless, for there
are to be two of them, male and fe-
male, together with the larva and
pupa.
The building of such creature has
never been attempted before. These
two mosquitoes have Teen year and
a half in the making. Each part has
been constructed with scientific ex-
actitude of wood, wax, celluloid,
glass. paper and paint. 1t has taken
all the work of five men to complete
them. The figures have not yet been
entirely put together, but the parts
are ready for assembling. By the
time the mosquito season is really up
on us they will be ready, and after
that the four forms of the common or
garden mosquito will be part of the
museums permanent exhibit.
The finished result will be tri-
umph of applied microscopy. Every
one Of the myriad of parts of the mos
quito has been studied under the mi
croscope and then has been copied on
a scale 100000 times bigger, precisely |
as the instrument has shown it, not
only in detail of form, but in color and
texture.
DIR. B. e. Dahlgren, assistant cura-
tor In the department of invertebrate !
geology, has been in charge.
Now this finished mosquito-4O0.- |
200 rolled into one-wlll enable any
body to see to perfection just exact
ly what the pest really is. His biting
apparatus-the business end of the
shown in all its wonder.
It is gigantic, almost terrifying
sight. this Brobdingnagian mosquito.
He Is four and a half feet long, and
correspondingly high. Were he alive
he could whip a regiment of men with
ease.
Male and female are approximately
alike. The body is of wax, with it's
wing-frames of glass, over which oiled
paper has been stretched to produce
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27

Kaiser William adds to his many
other accomplishments skill as an
artist and art critic. In a book Just
published in Berlin. Prof. Seidel
curator Of art in the royal palaces
praises the sovefeign's activity in
church architecture. forestry. land.
seepe gardening, genre painting, stage
decoration and the applied arts" II
ne indeed is proficient in all those
.bgaQehes, It can readily be understood
that he has no time even II he had
the inclination. to disturb the peace OF
Europe. AS a critic, his taste IL
catholic, although at times he is severe
IN MS Judgments. While he has nc
prejudice against impressionists, he
'pates still life and unfnterestipS, suh
locts which lack moYeroentn HE
opinions are given At random. some
times In the form 81 marginal notes.
When Some Sozth German amateurs
undertook to decide what kind OF
monument should be erected for Wag
ner in Berlin, the kaiser signifled his
displeasure by writing nonsense" at
the end of one of the articles. Not
even a Winckelmann could have ex
pressed an aesthetic opinion more con.
cisely and forcibly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
''GARDEN OF ALLAH. /"

Wagons-Lits made an offer to pun
chase the garden as soon as Count
Landon's desire to sell 1t became
known. but the count fatty refused to
consider proposition coming from a
company whose interests are diamet
rically opposed to the ideals which
have actuated the proprietor in his
labor of love.
Within the last fortnight INQUIRIES
with view to a possible eventual pur-
chase OF the garden were made by an
American, a member of wealthy
FAMILY of Wheeling, w. Va, who has
been travelling in northern Africa, and
who was entranced by this earthly
paradise
In the fervor Of the enthusiasm
awakened by the sight of the beauties
OF the garden, he was anxious to buy
1t outright, but consideration of the
conditions which Count Landon's rem
resentative informed him were essen.
tial to the sale gave his ardor time
to cool.
A friend who had travelled to Biskra
with him, said that he would be sur.
prised IT, when once Count Landon's
desire to sell the garden became
known, he had much difficulty in find.
ing purchaser.
For a millionaire bridegroom who
desires seclusion and is able to pay
for 1t amid surrnr2 dings of beauty
which 1t is impossible to exaggerate,
there is nothing in the world to equal
this enchanted garden.
"Hichen's descriptions" said one.
are far below the truth Expert
as is his pen, no writing could do
justice to the marvellous garden. IL
covers about ~ acres, every foot
of which reveals new beauty. The
house within the garden is exactly az
the novelist described it, and admir-.
ably suited to the purpose for which
1t was designed.
The garden is kept with such ex.
IRENE care by an army of employees
whose labors are not merely those of
skilled workmen, but are inspired by
an almost religious cult of beauty. that
hardly a leaf falls that is not marked.
Count Landon must have spent a
considerable sum in the realization OF
his dream, for to obtain the supply
OF water for purposes of irrigation
alone cost him $4,000"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
Good. II True.

Has cure for cancer actually been
found? If SO. fear of one Of the most
dreaded enemies of mankind will be
greatly diminished. Discussion has
been aroused in Europe by the appear.
ance in a Berlin medical journal of
high order OF an article testifying to
the merits OF a recently tested remedy,
and in which this is said: "one OF the
foremost authorities on cancer In the
world, Prof. Won Legion. has expressed
opinions which do not appear to err
on the side OF optimism when the
work of Prof. Morton OF New York
and other students OF cancer is con
sidered." The article goes on to speci-
fy what has been shown by various
experiments to prove the effectiveness
OF the remedy in destroying cancer
germs, and concludes with the declara-
ton that what has been learned is
sufficient to excite hopes OF the great
est results in the minds Of all study.
Ing the problem of cancer" OF course
It would be unwise to be over-san.
guine, even in the face of testimony
such as this. But. remarks Troy Times.
the facts go to show what progress
the medical world is making in get.
ting control of ailments once thought
beyond cure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
CORNER STONE OF EMPIRE.
Horse Has at All Times Been Potent
Factor in War.

From the earliest times the horse
has been a potent factor in war,
and to-day his education is a del
icate and serious matter, under
taken at great expense by all the
nations of the world Germany
needs a million horses for cav
airy and artillery to put her CO.
lossal forces in the field; France re-
quires probably three-quarters of a
million; and even Great Britain has
needed as many as 230,000-in her
serious predicament in South Africa
while she was fighting the Beers.
Although England in peace time
mounts only two-thirds of her cavalry.
her horse bill amounts to about $780,
600 a year-a figure which may be
multiplied by four or five for the Ger
man army. In most countries omnibus.
farm and domestic horses are regis
tered as being available in time of
war for miscellaneous service. and for
this anything from $4,000 to $3.50 900
year may he paid by military ma.
ton.
France spends upward of 5000 600
year on horses for her great armies.
AS a general rule, the recruits are five
years old and cost 5000 each.-From
The War Horse at School," by Will
liam G. Fftz-Gerald, in the Circle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
I4Ioh-speed steel.

"Bigness In everything is become Sc
characteristic of the material things
that go to make up modern civiliza
tion that only undertakings of tremen'
dous magnitude attract more than
passing notice" Thus writes o. M,
Booker in the Technical World Maya
zine Thirty story buildings, three
mile dams, and Panama canals alone
are able to hold the public eye long
enough to be even a seven-days' won.
der. Next week 1t is an old story and
not at all wonderful. The great engi
neiering feats which appeal so strongly
TO the eye undoubtedly have an i'm
portant part in the remarkable indus
trial and commercial development now
writing itself in such bold letters into
the history of civilization. There are,
however. other agencies at work in
this development, some of them surely
destined to bring about great changes
in methods and efiiciencies now re-
garded as superlative, and one Of these
agencies, yet quite unknown to the
general public, but nevertheless al
ready exerting a powerful influence
upon industrial eficiencies, has made
place for itself in the modern ma
chine shop. The essential function Of
the machine shop is to fit accurately
the various metal parts which are to
be assembled into other machinery Of
one sort or another; and this is gen.
orally done by cutting or pairing away
any excess and unevenness of metal
left in the casing or forging. This sort |
OF cutting obviously is something
very different from that seen in the
wood shop, for example. Special tools
and machines, the former strong and
hard enough and the latter rigid and
powerful enough, are necessary to re-
move the excess of material from
steel, iron, or other resistent metals.
Ordinary cutting edges, as they are
commonly understood, would not do at
all An account of the processes by
which high-speed steel has been per
fected and the uses to which 1t is put.
forms subject matter in an exceeding
~ interesting article of some length.
amply illustrated.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
FARMERS FRIENDS.
Grow, 5Iackbrd and Bluejay Seen in
New Light.

Farmers who have been studying;
the use of various birds to their grow.
ing crops, feel much less animosity'
against the crow, blackbird and blue.
Jay than formerly, for it has been
proved that these birds aid the farmer
more than they hurt him. The swal-
low, swift and nightingale are the
guardians of the atmosphere, feeding
on the wing and taking from the air
those forms of insects that might en-
danger the fruit and trees. Woodpeck-
ers, chickadees and creepers are the
guardians of the trunks of trees. eat
ing the grubs that injure the back of
fruit or ornamental trees Blackbirds.
thrushes, crows and larks protect the
soil, eating the worms and insects
that injure the corn, wheat and oats.
They scarcely partake of corn except
in the autumn. The snipe and wood
cock are the guardians of the subsoil.
reaching far down into the earth after
Matching larvae and insects that
would soon attack the roots of the
growing crops. The long-persecuted
crow is really the farmers friend. for
he destroys more insects than the av
erage bird and rarely pulls up the
corn, as alleged. He has been known
to eat 200 grasshoppers in single
hour, says Coleman's Rural World
The pretty quail, whose life has been
spared by the hunter only because of
the laws of Several states, eats the
weed seeds, which would otherwise
scatter, and is also a good feeder on
insect life. The grouse of the west
as well as the east is a great eater of
grubs and grasshoppers and all forms
of insects.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
How to Protect seeds

All seeds that rats, mice or birds
esteem can be effectually protected
by coating them with red lead
Place the seed in a vessel con.,.,
eraoly larger than is needed TO con
tain it, add to it few drons =, ~ ~
ann OF water just enough mot more,
70 moisten every seed, and stir -
weii' then add a small quantity of rcd
eau ana sur again until each seed i
Inorougnly coated and separate. Yer.
nlln VIII sometimes attack seeds tim.
treated but disguised with the resnl,
den. ne Sar>
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
A UNIQUE plan

Pot single sweet potato and see
that it keeps warm, especially at
night. Do 1t now, Then when it be-
gins to vine, trim the vines on a trel-
lis In the window. 1t will soon be
thing Of beauty. Two weeks before
you want to set out your plants, cut
up the vines into cuttings of one leaf
each and put them to root in a box of
damp sand, in warm, sunshiny place.
When you are ready, there are your
plants with little trouble and no ex.
pense. OF course, this is just for
family patch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27

a pinhead. Can anyone conceive of
anything 100000 times smaller than a
pinhead?
The eyes have peculiar iri-
descence, something like that seen on
coal tar Each of the little eyes has
been put into the big eye indepeRd.
emily, distinct piece, part OF a har-
monious whole.
The biting apparatus will interest
the average beholder most of all
Here you may see plainly and dis
tinctly just why the mosquito bite is
painful and how it bites. The adult
mosquito has genuine armory that
does as much damage as any STANDING
army does to the lives of men. It is
responsible for much of the disease in
the world. Minute as the sting is. it is
a deadly thing
The armory comprises two saws
and two lances. These are in a tubu-
lar sheath, in the giant mosquito about
a foot long.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
Whom nature has been sparing of her

whom nature has been sparing of her
charms despair.
If she would see herself in the de-
ceptive mirror as others see her with
the eye, or as nearly as possible, let
her hasten to Diapers shop and buy
quantity of soft, pure white material
-gauze, If possible; If not Swiss or
India muslin will answer very wen.
Be sure to have it pure white. and
after polishing the surface of the mir.
ror gather the material at the center
of the top and bring it down softly at
either side, framing the glass in.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27

Allah-which Robert Hichens describ-
ed In his well-known novel, and which
all visitors to Biskra are unanimous
In calling one of the wonders of the
world. would pass into American
hands.
In fact, one American who has lust
returned from trip to Algeria has
been making inquiries with view to
purchase, and, although as it stands
for the present, he has decided not to
buy, 1t is not beyond the bounds of
probability that he may rescind that
determination.
The garden is the property of Count
Landon, who figures in Hichen's book
under the name of Simeons. The count
is now well on in years and wishes to
place the beauty spot, on which he
has expended many years OF affection.
ate toll and large sum of money, be-
yond the reach Of the Spectator who
might turn II to what the proprietor
considers base uses.
The price the count asks is not high.
only $4,000, but the condition he ax,ss
for the sale is that the garden must
become the property of a private in.
dividual and maintained with all its
present characteristics, and not be
turned into an attraction for the Phil.
istine cheap-tripper.
The Compagnie Intern ationale des
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27

later on. Board drains, especially
where the ground is so wet that they
are kept constantly saturated with.
water, will last for years. Farmers
living in the districts where timber is
cheap, will find that such drains win
answer the purpose very well without
much expense. Such drains have been
known to last 20 or % years, at
which time they seemed to be in just
as good a state of preservation as on
the day they were put in.
To make wooden drains it usually
requires two men, one to hold the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
Danger in Electric L,,h.

If your dwelling is electrically light.
ed never place wood, clothes or other
inhammable material against the
wires, meters, or switches; never use
an electric wire as a clothesline. and
see to 1t that your dwelling is kent
free from rats, as these pests often
gnaw the insulation from the wires.
The amount of loss from electric
fires in the United States in one year
according to the Saturday Evening
Post, is $4,000, 900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27

incredible. A young girl came to me
LOT lessons recently, says Robert d
Brain in the Etude. and found that
the course she was studying was as
follows: For exercises she had the
entire list of Beethoven sonatas in
TWO volumes, having already been
through" the first volume; for a sole
she had LISTS Hungarian Rhapsodie
NO. 2. She could not play any of ths
scales, and had to be put back to easv
studies and simple waltz by DursnG
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27

A Cleveland scientist announces,
with the air of making great discoy.
cry, that there is an advantage in be.
ing tall because the tall mans head is
higher above the germs Of the street.
This is neither a new nor an original
idea, says indianapolis Star. Long
ago when "fever'n ager" was prevalent
in the valley OF the classic Wabash
the extreme tallness of the natives of
the region was accounted for as being
a provision OF nature to lift their
breathing apparatus safely above the
niasmatic emanations of the soil.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
sAn ROAD A ! CO
&sas.4sFFARMaAlf
11aPR.o I.
MAKING BOARD DRAINS.
They Are Economical and Will Last
Long Time.

Drainage is live subject with this
farmers in many sections, and manv
would be glad to do a great deal mors
of it if they were in financial condi
ton to do so. While tile drains ara
considered the best, board drains win
give very good service for numbe,
of years and will enable the farme,
to raise better crops and thus provide
himself with the means for buying tile
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
Spraying.

Spraying is not effective unless all
truit growers in the neighborhood co
operate. If one sprays and the rest
neglect to do so, 1t will take a long
time for the one to have an orchard
tree from pests and diseases. Form
spraying clubs and invite ALI vour-
neighbors to &oi~
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
NAY De PURCHASED BY SOME
WEALTHY AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Beautiful Sahara Garden Ma3s Fa-
NOUS by Roberts E1iehen's Novel
to Be Sold by It's Owner,
Count Land7u,

II is quite the fad among American
men of unlimited wealth to acquire
foreign holdings which are distin-
guished for historic services or for
rare beauty, and it would not be sur
prising If the wonderful garden on the
edge of the Sahara-the Garden of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
Deceptive Mirror.

ones reflection in a mirror never
does one justice. Comfortable thought
for the plain and pretty alike! Com.
plexion, expression and color are all
really better than the shining glass
makes them appear. Let not her to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
A Model Report.

During the sugaring season w. 81.
Harrison of Pittsfeld. VT, sent his
man Hi" to find out how the san
buckets had been filing. iii" In.
vestigated and then submitted this re-
port: Some is full. some half full.
and some runnin' over.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27

Flew Too High at First.
The mistakes inexperienced music
teachers make in mapping out courses
of study for their pupils are almost
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27

Thomas has ended his activity
mn of the gigantic corporations with which
of his railroad
$OOOOOO quietly his Virginia
he is ambitious to be United
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27

while Spain O heirto
of
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De three to the WIN
proud occasion
tne DAY his manbood
prince as
happy ordinary ' - nave oeen just as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-14
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

News Of the loss off Southwest harbol
of the schooner Agnes May, Capt. Will
son of st. John, n. B., and the death by
drowning of Leslie Malcolm. aged 20. ana
unmarried, Of St. John. one OF the crew
was received saturday at Bar Harbor
Isaac Romeo. who is in the county ja;l
at Portland charged with causing the
death of Patrick Griffin in the Portland
Cos. works. is very respondent and it
is feared may attempt to commit suicide.
He broke down completely Friday when
he was visited by his wife and babe.
William Stack, 4 boy of Il. arrived at
Portland on the Gov. Cobb from St. John.
and is on his way to Boston to find an
uncle he thinks lives there He claims
that his mother gave him IS and said: Go
where you please I'm not stopping you
and thai he decided to go to Boston. He
was very seasick coming down, and after
reaching Portland was sent to the police
staten, where he was taken care Of I'm
less his friends in Boston are ready to
take him he will be sent back to St.
John by Marshal Waterhouse He claims
Lynn as his birthplace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-14
Conditions and General Forecast.

Conditions and General Forecast.
Washington, Jan. 13.-Since the third of
January, with the exception of q single
day, pressure has been persistently low
over the districts west of the Rocky
mountains with general SHOWS and rains.
while over the territory Immediately to
Tic n0rtheastward pressure has been high
with abnormally low temperatures and
frequent SHOWS. so that there is now
much more snow over the Dakotas and
Montana than during the corresponding
period for several years previous The
influence Of this combination has also
been felt over the remainder of the coun-
try in the form Of unsettled weather with
numerous rains and SHOWS but with COM
paratively high temperatures. Perhaps
the most pronounced. certainly the most
serious result of these disturbed condi-
tons over the Eastern portion of the
country has been the early beginning of
the rises in the Ohio and lower Missis-
sppi rivers and their tributaries. The
watersheds are now saturated with wa
ter and practically all of the precipitation
finds its way into the rivers. The lower
Ohio has been at flood stage for some
rapidly approaching that condition.
Another rainfall or two Of substantial
quantity will undoubtedly cause marked
floods over the watersheds above meE-
toned. Additional flood warnings have
been issued for the Ohio river in the vi
cinity of Evansville Ind, and another
flood tide will find its way into the lower
Mississippi within a few days.
Unsettled weather with rain and snow
will continue Monday and probably Tues
day. except in the South and Southwest
where the weather will be generally fair
In the Fast and South temperatures will
he high. The winds along the New Eng
land coast will be fresh northeast to east;
middle Atlantic coast fresh east &c south
east: south Atlantic coast light % fresh
and mostly southwest.