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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
COULDN'T KEEP 1T.
Kept it Hid from the Children.


I've cannot keep Grape-Nuts food in
the house. 1t goes so fast l have to
hide it, because the children love it so.
1t is just the food have been looking
for ever so long; something that / do
not have to stop to prepare and still is
nourishing."
GrapeNuts is the most scientifically
made food on the market 1t is per.
fectly and completely cooked at the
factory and can be served at an in.
stant's notice. either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk If a hot dish
is desired When milk or water is
used, little sugar should be added,
but when cold cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can be
seen glistening on the granules, is suf-
ficiently sweet to satisfy the palate.
This grape-sugar is not poured over
the granules, as some people think,
but exudes from the granules in the
process of manufacture, when the
starch of the grains is changed from
starch to grape-sugar by the process
of manufacture. This, in effect, is the
first act of digestion; therefore, Grape
Nuts food is pre-digested and is most
perfectly assimilated by the very
weakest stomach. There's a Rea
SON."
Made at the pure food factories Of
the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
Read the little health classic, THE
Road to Wellville. in pkgs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
DOCKING LAMBS.
II Should Be Done Early, SO Wounds
VIII Heal Quickly.

The lamb is locked when II Is from
ten days to two weeks old. If left IN
Gil older the blood vessels are better
developed and there is chance of
the lambs bleeding to death. says the
Criterion. AT this stage the wound
heals quickly and growth is not inter.
rupted. The simplest tools TO use
rs sharp, clean butcher knife. If an
attendant can be had he holds the
lamb In his arms. feet up. With one
hand he holds the legs and with the
other he draws the skin around the
tail within one inch of the body to.
ward the body so that when the tail
Is cut of the skin viii slip back and
partially cover the stub of the tail
The tail is cut off with butcher
knife while II lies on small Block
of wood. and within one and one-halt
inches OF the body.
After the docking the lambs are
closely watched for an hour or two
Sometimes one bleeds more than ne
should and a string is tied about the
stub to stop the bleeding, after which
the string is removed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
THAT RARE ANIMAL, MAN.
Seldom Caught Before 8 O'Clock
London, Never in Day Time.

Time was when London was one
the capitals where man could be 4
cerned with the naked eye in the d
time; but now he is almost invisg
except at certain favored spots in
city and a few eclectic clubs at p
Mall
There was a period consideras
later than the stone age. when ii
interesting but rare creature was
be observed, feeding quite tamely
literary and political breakfasts. Lat
on, he was still TO be enticed BY IA
hands to lunch parties, and was som
times found lowering near the te
table of some beautiful and exbe
tanner between five and seven.
But with the new century this RAJ
creatures habits have altered mo
completely, for he is seldom to
caught before eight p. m. on wee
days, and has a habit, moreo yer. I
retiring to remote haunts and o
scure thickets from Friday night Il
Monday afternoon.
1t has been observed that Il
younger and best bred specimens E
hibit a curious dislike both to Il
immature and elderly females of the
kind, but have been known to shc
marked animation when enticed by
young and comedy matron. and will,
these occasions. approach withO
fear, and even feed out of her hand.
London Sketch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
Sudden channe Of suhient.

Mr.. Smallpurse (who has carefully
figured up the cost of two theater
tickets and the street car fare)-Do
you enjoy the drama, Miss Gehan?
Miss Gehall-Oh, very much; but
| become entirely worn out every time
go. You see, the play is seldom over
before half-past ten, and then it takes
fully an hour to get supper at Rector's,
and after that comes the long ride
home, and the hackmen do rattle you
so, you know.
Mr.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES de-
you think of Browning ?-N. Y
Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
rHE POLAND CHINA.
Possibilities of This Breed as Seen by
w. 3. Gully.

The demand for more can meat Is
an acknowledgment the Poland China
will get fat This is one of the foun
dation stones upon which the breed
has been established. For his easy
feeding qualities his popularity has
| for over so years, held sway wher
ever corn is king. Some have ven
tured to suggest the bacon hog as the
solution. but that suggestion has died
in its utterance. In the first place the
pork producers of the corn belt are
not struck with his shape; secondly,
time is too precious to produce him,
and, lastly, the market demand would
be limited, because 1t demands both
meat and lard, two articles equally
valuable.
The trend of the market demand in
the last few years has caused the eyo-
luton of the Poland China to the pres
ent type. A type that because of its
time-saying tendency in pork produc-
ton has added thousands of dollars
annually to our agricultural wealth
To retain this profitable carcass and
still acquire more lean meat is a prob
lem that will admit of much expert.
mental research. Lean meat is the
muscular flesh of the carcass the
growth of which is greatly encour-
aged by abundant exercise and food
stuff rich in protein and mineral mat
tiers, foods that are within the reach
of all pork producers, but of which so
few avail themselves in sufficient
quantities to baalnce starchy corn
in the feeding ration.
Until our markets offer greater in
ducements for more lean meat, we are
certain our pork producers cannot
profit by its production. But when
they do, use of more feeds rich in
protein will bring about the desired
results and as delicious meat will be |
produced from the Poland China in |
the corn belt as is produced with any |
breed in the agricultural world AS |
in the race suicide of the Poland |
China to great extent the breed
has been unjustly accused by both
rival breeds and by those who have
overlooked the fact that the Poland
China SOW is a great flesh carrier,
and have failed to guard against the
oyerproduction of flesh during preg-
nancy.
An exclusive corn diet during the
winter months, especially, can result
n nothing but failure to produce large
healthy Filters With the successful |
)ork-raiser the diet of the brood SOW
S even more important before, than
ifter, narrowing
To those who have mastered this |
he most important branch of hog.
'aising, the proficiency of the Poland
China has not been the question.
Given the same conditions under
which other breeds have proven profit
able, we believe the Poland China
with his early maturity, prepotency
and uniform excellence will prove
even more profitable.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
A NEW SCHOOL DESK
Provides Support for the chlld,s a.,
Where II Is Most Needed

In the belief that proper sas4.
facilities play an important mar, \
the welfare of school children Geo
W. Ehler. supervisor of phvsi.s
training, and Director Of sebo.s
Charles Orr worked until thew III.
perfected what they believe Is Il.
best seat and desk in the counts
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The seat is constructed accordin,.
Ehler's own plans and is based NM,
an exhaustive set of measuremsr,,
made by him last year in the scboo,
1t provides support for the cbls,
back, where 1t is most needed. at a,
base of the spinal column and h,
small of the back. Another stro,,
point is that the seat proper is pitcbsl
backward only slightly, keeping n,
body at a restful angle. Both a.,
and desk are adjustable. The ne,
desks are being installed in all IN
new buildings and grow in fayo
wherever put.
Until the perfection of Ehlers in
proved seat there were two forms
desk used in the schools. The ap
was the old-fashioned desk. not 4
Unstable at all, and made in unyar
ing sizes for the different grades.
presupposed that ell children in d
same grade would be of a size.
Then came the so-called "liyer.pai
desk. The back of the seat in III
style of desk consisted of a sing
concave rest, to be placed at III
point where the child's back NO
needed support. This was faulty
two respects. In the first place
was narrow and held the childs boz
In a vise-like grip and in the second
gave support at only one point, whe
as the spine requires support at s.
eral points.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
One Point of Miem

1t was the desire of teacher in a
negro school to impress upon the
minds of the youths the benefits de-
rived at Tuskegee and other seats of
learning for the ambitious negro. One
day, in closing a brilliant discourse on
this subject, in which Booker T. Wash.
ington was set forth as a criterion,
she said to one little boy who had evil
IDENTIFY heard not word of her talk:
Now 'Rastus, give the name of tie
greatest negro?"
The answer was surprisingly forth
coming-"Joe Gans!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
Good Jokes
FAR FROM IT.

Willie takes a hammer and
The furniture he breaks
II threatens 10 upset the land
The uproar that he makes.
He's always acted just that way
Since first he learned to toddle.
one thing at least tits safe to say;
He's not a mollycoddle.
He makes his little sister cry;
He beats the smaller boys.
TO shoot the teacher in the eye
Is greatest of his joys.
We cannot say just where or how
Such things got in his noddle.
our only comfort Is to vow
He's not mollycoddle.
Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
Accounted For.

Among the many stories told of the
Scottish judge, Lord Young, is one as.
ISOLATED with an. election in Edin-
burgh. when it was announced that
Lord Wolmer had been returned by a
majority of three votes. Later a cor.
rection made the majority 300, and
gave the names of two lords of SEES
sion who had voted for the successful
candidate. Lord Young. thereupon re-
marked THAT accounts for the two
ciphers"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03


Struggling Author--Why, De Poesy'
how prosperous you look Was your
last book of poems a success?
De Posey-No-o. can't say that 1t
was.
Published a popular novel, per-
haps?"
No"
"Ah. then you have written a play.
| have always held that play writing.
while not the highest form CT art, was
nevertheless"
q have written no play"
You haven't? Where did these fine
clothes come from? How did you pay
for that handsome turnout"
Il have abandoned literature and
am peddling clams."-N. Y. Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
A Profeaalnnal nniniA.

The Gentleman Farmer (anxiouslyl
What in the world, Uncle Totterly.
do you suppose is the matter with INV
hens? Why, this morning l found six
of them lying on their backs, cold and
stiff, with their feet sticking up in the
air
The Ancient Man latter a suitable
season OF cogitation)-Yer hens Is
dead, Mr.. Cittily. $
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
Were He : elrd.

With an ugly sneer he tossed aside
the bread which she had made with
her own hands
IF were only an ostrich" he be-
gan.
But the young woman cut him
short.
Yes. if you only were" she
snapped, then l might get at least
a few decent feathers for that old hat
I've worn since my wedding day"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
The Golden Rule.

do to others as l would
That they should do to me.
To feel the joy of doing good.
do to others as would
And so l kissed her where she stood,
And this was all my plea
Il do to others as I would
That they should do to met"
Puck
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
A Fine Sport.

Don't you think motoring a fine
sport?" inquired an enthusiast of
friend.
Rather too fine for me-" was the
gloomy reply. Il have paid away
more than the value of my car in
fines already!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
1--WE 30 2 Ssas,s
- - :. SlOCF
S9ssEF !. ..s-.oss1l lAssaA'4'''
CONTROLLING VICIOUS RAMS.
Simple Plan Of Shield to Be Placed
over Animals Eyes.

Anyone who has a vicious buck I'M
derstands without further comment
what he is apt to do when cross, and
is often at loss TO know what to do
with him. He may be perfectly sat
isfactory as breeder and as a wool
producer so that the shepherd is loath
TO part with him. says the Farmer,
and at the same time his vicious hab.
its make it necessary to fix up some
continuance to control him. Here is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03

little diagram of hood that can
be made out of a leather boot leg.
II is provided with loops to fit around
his horns If he has them. or his ears
II he has not, and can be tied with
pieces Of rawhide or stout cord. This
FITS down over the eyes and will soon
be the means of calming his naughty
spirits.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03

The quality OF meat of beef animals
has enormously improved under con.
dittons of high breeding and high
Feeding This has been in part due
to the lack of exercise which has
made the muscles softer and it has
been In part due TO the selection for
breeding OF those animals having the
right conformation to insure the best
kind OF meat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
IA unsatlsfaotoru Ai4

Did you make hit as leading man
in the company you were in?" asked
Mr. Stormington Barnes.
Yes" replied Mr.. Walker Tighs. 81
hit the manager for my back salary
but the coin wasn't forthcoming ~
Chicago Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
A Story Without Words.


Inc world is rushing ahead, my boy,
ana who knows but what some day
me millionaire milkman, in a big airship
May start Swimming the Milky WAY?
Chicago Daily News
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03

After 10 years continuousl service
at Wisbach, England. leathereover
ed Bible with brown and faded Leaves
has been discarded, a lady haging pre-
scented the police court with celIr
loid-eovered copy, which plll be wasp
ed every day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
The End Inevitable

Miss Ginx had liberal art edu.
cation: four years in New York tw
IN Berlin and three in Paris"
see. And what now-kindergar
tening or painting PUCK
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
Progressing Some.

The possibilities increase
That this old world will move Alright
We've talked of universal peace
And no one tried to start fight.
Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
Beauty.

There are women's faces, some res.
some ideal, which contain somethn'
In them that becomes a positive e1
ment in our creed, so direct au'
palpable revelation is it of the ~
finite purity of Holmes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03

Johnny, who made all these beauti-
full hills and valleys?"
81 don't know, ma'am | just moved
here last week.'-Cbicago Journal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
curlosltles q the sea.

Many peculiar forms of animal ",
are furnished by The sea, not the leS',
remarkable being certain species y
fish that readily swallow other ns'
twice their own size.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
Remove tlarness from smeatx t4nrses

When the work-horse returns
sweaty from the field his harness
should be removed. ii he is to rest
for an hour or so. The sweat under
the collar becomes a means of irritat-
ing the skin and causing rawness I'm.
derneath
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
Use Kindness.

In the educating of the colt to the
harness and to the various wagons
and farm implements, only kindness
should be used. Harsh measures at
this time have spoiled many a colt
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03

Daughter want all the money
you can spare this summer, father.
Father-Dear me, my daughter, are
you going to tour Europe?
Daughter-No. father; l am going
to graduate and get married.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03

DALI" 'ea"
Not If she could think up an or
iginal Puck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03

Eyes; but" sputtered the dumb
founded clerk.
and then again" went on the sol
emn man, unruffled. there is another
rule demanding that leave certain
dogs or dog with the porter. Hav-
ing no dogs to leave, and not knowing
where they can be had, l felt l
couldn't qualify as guest, and so
l."
But the clerk had tainted in his
tracks.
Filling his pockets with stationery,
toothpicks, matches and railroad fold
ers, the ex-guest walked out the door
and soon was lost to sight up Market
street.-Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03

Marriages by the Thousand.
1t is estimated that 1900 mar
riages are performed daily Through
out the world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
PUT ONE IN YOUR TROUGH.
Lever Which Makes the Emptylne of
the Trough Easy.

The trough hinges on board or
ioist at A also at the other end of
trough Handle is used when you
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
HE EXPLAINED.

There were IA male passengers on
the street car and a fat man passed
along the running board and said 10
each one in succession:
Don't think me officious' please
but I'm taking a straw vote for the
next presidency. State your prefer
ence. please"
"All stated it but one. He was a
journeyman tailor with a bundle OF
cloth on his knees, and he promptly
refused.
But it's only a straw vote, you
know" urged the other.
Il know, but ! couldn't do II"
Il don't see what you are afraid of.
Perhaps not, but l don't propose to
get into any trouble"
81 don't see how you can. Isn't this
free country?"
Yes. sir but l work for boss.
well"
We'll, l should vote for myself, and
my boss might hear of it,
But suppose he did,"
"Then I'd get the sack in two min
utes. My boss means to be candi-
date himself, and he wouldn't stand
my being in opposition. Very sorry,
but I'll let the straw voting alone and
hang to my job. IN. o. Picayune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03

oaiier-I wish to consult you about
my race, doctor. One side is twice as
big as the other.
Doctor-oh. shouldn't worry about
that if were you.
caller don't, doctor, but it's my
wife. She says it looks so beastlv nm.
tidy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-31
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

panic in Wall street. Fl He t Is friend friend
of Jim Randolph of Randolph & Ran
doiph, bankers and brokers. Brown
together and entered the. employ of
Randolph's father at the close of col
lege days. Brownley is a virginian by
and tells him her father has been prac-
tically ruined by the stock operations
own money in Wall street in retriev-
ing her fathers fortunes before his
condition becomes known, and asks for
employment in the office that she may
stand how her money is invested. She
does not want it used in purely Wall
street street gaemble, but in the buying and
ley agrees to help her, and falls in
CHAPTER I!-Brownley plunges in
Miss Sands, his own and in addition
is backed heavily by the Randolph
millions. His coup seems successful,
cleared $1.SOO,O00. But the market had
not closed.
CHAPTER III-Barry Conant, head
terests, suddenly begins to sell sugar
In the midst of a panic he breaks the
market and with it's fall he carries
away the earnings and much of the
l..
A pretty love scene occurs between the
two at the office when Bob attempts
to tell her the terrible truth of their
fall; Brownley takes a trip to Virginia
CHAPTER IV-Beulah and Bob be-
come engaged. Randolph wants to loan
her. father the money to meet his obli-
cations. She refuses. Bob figures
on how to beat. Wall street at its own
game. Sugar takes another sensational
squirt UPWARD, but Brownley keeps out.
CHAPTER V-The bulls toss sug-
ar to record breaking point. and the
street goes wild. Barry Conant. for
the, system" pushes prices up and up,
and a wonderful cleanup is promised
when the exchange closes, Thursday
November 10. Sugar opens higher Fri
day morning, November 49, When the
price had passed all bounds Brownley
steps into the pit and begins to sell.
He sells every share the system's'
brokers will take, and pounds the
price down until failures are of mo-
mentry occurrence, and the system"
has lost millions. He has made mil
lions for Beulah Sands and her father.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-31
Whom Jim Was Dead.

Hit sarved him right" the neigh
bors sed,
An bused him for the life he'd led
An him allyn thar at rest
With not rose upon his breast,
All, menny cruel words they sed,
When Jim was dead.
"Jes' killed hisself, too mean ter
live"
They didn't have one word ter give
OF comfort as they lowered near
An gaZed on Jim allyn thar!
''rhar amt no use ter talk. they sed.
Hes better dead.'
But suddenly the room growed still,
While Gods white sunshine seemed
ter fill
The dark place with CLEAN of life.
An DER the dead she bent-Jim S
wife.
An with her lips close-close to his
As though he knew and felt the kiss,
She sobbed-a touchin' sight ter see,
"Ah. Jim was always good to me"
| tell you when that cum to light
1t kinder set the dead man right;
An round the weepin' woman they
Throwed kindly arms of love that
day,
An mingled with her own they shed
The tenderest tears-when Jim was
dead.
r. l.. Stanton in Atlanta Consti-
tuition
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-31
Surf Riding is n Fine Snort.

At Waikiki, near Honolulu. is a
famous bathing beach. Here winter
and summer theh surf canoes or,
better yet, the surf boards come dane
ing in on the long rollers, and men
become amphibious. There is no
sensation quite comparable to riding
a surf board on a Pacific roller. 1t
is tobogganing on a moving hillside
Of water, or, if you are clever enough
to stand mp on your board, it is TAX
ing this hillside on a single big ski.
The beach runs far out before ii
shelves into deep water, and at high
tide the breakers begin to mount al
most half mile from the shore line.
You go out there with your surf
board and wait for wave. You learn
to catch it at the right moment throw
your board inshore and climb upon
it as the crest of the roller mounts
and catches you. Then on this crest
you sail in toward the shore, to slide
down at last when the wave breaks
down the foaming incline into shall
low water and churning foam. 1t is
royal sport.-Travel.