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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
unburyIns a city.


Eferculaneum, the rich and splendid
city that was buried. along with Pom
peii and Stabiae, by the eruption OF
vesuvius in A. n 10, is to be dug
from the mass of tufa which covered
it, and its buildings are to be dis
closed to view. Prof. Waldstein o.
Cambridge university has induced the
Italian government to consent to the
work, on condition that 1t be officially
directed by Italians, and that the as
sistance of foreigners, financially and
otherwise, shall be unofficial Should
the enterprise be carried out, we
on the manner of life of the Romans
OF the first century Herculaneum,
far more than Pompeii, was the resi-
dence of wealthy and cultivated citi
zens Their houses were filled with
artistic objects and their libraries
contained the best literature of the
period. In partial excavation nearly
1000 manuscript rolls were found in
one house. Pompeii was covered with
small stones and soft ashes from the
volcano. Herculaneum was buried
beneath torrent of mud to the depth
of from 80 to 100 feet. On top of it
two large modern villages have been
built General excavation has not
been undertaken, lest the stability of
the villages should be threatened.
Plans now making provide for tearing
down these villages, so far as neecs-
sary, to get at the city beneath. In
the comparatively near future, says
Youths Companion, we may expect
to hear reports of the uncovering of
fine bronze and marble statuary, of
beautiful mansions, of libraries filled
with ancient books, some of them for
centuries known by tradition only.
In short, It will be as II we were
taken back more than eighteen hun
bred years, and we're able to look
upon the city as its inhabitants sud
denly left 1t when Vesuvius poured
forth the flood of mud, molten rock
and scalding water upon the towns of
its seaward slope.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
POULTRY NOTES.

Variety of food is better for poultry
than any one food.
Do not feed turkeys for "a hours
before killing for market.
Dry quarters for ducks at night
wet quarters for daytime.
When the cockerels become atten-
tive to the pullets, separate them,
If hen begins to get very fat it is
fair to suppose that she has stopped
laying.
New corn is likely to sour in the
fowls crops and cause Inflammation
and Indigestion
Every keeper of poultry should lay
in large supply of grit before the
ground freezes.
1t is easier to keep eggs from be-
coming dirty than it is to clean them
when they have become dirty.
Pullets that are not matured now
should be marketed. 1t will not pay
to keep them through the winter.
If eggs are wanted for eating only,
the male bird is supernumerary.
The hens lay just as many eggs with
out him, and the eggs will keep long
er.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
A New War on Opium.

The Chinese government has fol-
lowed its recent edict against opium
by stringent regulations which seem
TO show a sincere purpose to do all
that can be done to suppress the use
of the drug In the empire. The regu-
lations provide that not only the cul-
tivation of the poppy but the use of
opium shall cease within ten years.
No new ground can be placed under
cultivation for opium production, and
the ground now under cultivation for
that purpose must be reduced one
tenth annually under penalty of con-
fiscation. Persons already addicted to
the use of the drug are required to
use an annually diminishing quantity,
aud all persons are forbidden to begin
it's use. Officials are especially en-
Joined to set an example of absti-
hence. The importation of morphine
is prohibited, and measures are to be
taken to end the opium trade within
ten years. These governmental regu-
lations. remarks Youths Companion,
will be strengthened by a growing
public sentiment against the use of
the drug, which finds frequent ex-
preston in the Chinese press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
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THE OK MARBLE.
Parasite Which Burrows Through the
Hide of Cattle.

Among the many insects parasitic.
upon domestic animals none are more
ANNOYING than the various species or
BOTTLES which infest them and depre-
ciate their value. The species which
infest cattle is known as the OK war;
BILE (Hypoderma lineata) and IS par
ticularly harmful because of the greau
damage it perpetrates upon the hides
and beef. 1t belongs to family all
the members of which are parasitic,
upon mammals.
The most evident exterior manifes-l
tation of the work of the Marble Is.
what is known as licked beef" which
consists of pus and discoloration Of
the flesh just beneath the animafs.
skin. The larvae feeds upon the pus.
and bloody serum which surrounds It,.
AS the grubs approach maturity,
Jumps or running sores appear on the
animals back. The perforations sup
ply it with air. When mature this
grub or larva is over an inch long,
quite thick, whitish in color, and Gov
cred with rows of strong spines with
which it works it's way out through
the breathing hole and drops to the
ground, sometimes entering 1t, where
1t contracts, hardens and turns black,
thus forming the puparium. After
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
OK Warble-(a) Larva; (b) Pupa;
(e) Fly; (d) Section Of Skin Of OK
Perforated by Marble.

about a month in this stage the per-
feet fly has developed, pushes off the
end of the puparium and emerges.
The fly is about the size and general
appearance of dark colored honey
bee, its hairs being blacklist with
white cross lines on the edges Of the
thorax and base of abdomen, and hav-
ing the latter reddish tipped. Just
how the larva reaches its position un.
der the animals back has been a mat
ter of dispute. Until recently it was
generally believed, says Farmers Re
view, that the eggs were deposited on
the backs of cattle and that the young
larva burrowed through the skin and
developed there. Recently, however.
others have asserted that after most
careful investigation they find that
the eggs are deposited on the legs,
especially around the hoofs, at the
their hair, and are then carried into
the mouth when the animal ticks
itself The larva now penetrates the
oesophagus by means of its spines,
then mouths its spined skin and works
about in the connective tissues of it's
host, down along the neck, and at last
reaches it's final position on the back
under the skin. Another moult is
passed and second spiny coat is as
sumed by means of which the hide is
penetrated and breathing hole
formed as mentioned above The pres
ence of the grub causes Inflammation
and the accumulation of serum, thus
forming the lick" The whole period
of development, from the egg to the
dropping of the mature maggot, is
because of much suffering during this
period, loses greatly in flesh, and this
is of very inferior quality. The losses
on cattle brought into the Chicago
markets alone during the "grubby'
months (January to June), in 1889.
were determined to approximate over
three millions of dollars, due exclu-
sively to this insect The loss to the
entire country must be several times
that amount annually.
About the only remedies as yet sug-
gested are the lancing of the Ticks
and squeezing out the grubs with
tweezers, or killing them by smearing
such substances as turpentine or kero-
sene mixed with carbolic acid over
the breathing holes and shutting of
the supply of air AS preventive,
strong smelling oils, such as train and
fish oils or common axle grease, are
smeared or sprayed on the legs and
TANKS of the animals to prevent the
flies laying their eggs there.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
Breaking a Horse.

When kindness and patience fail in
subduing a horse or colt that has not
been properly handled when young, a
method used in France in the
eighteenth century might be tried.
This consisted of fastening the ami
NAL in a way that would prevent his
lying down, and then keeping him
constantly awake until the desired
meekness had been induced To do
this, he must be watched day and
night and disturbed in some manner
every time he gives evidence of going
to sleep. 1t is said the generality of
horses were soon tanned in this man
ner. though some would hold out for
a week or more.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
LYRE ELM IN VERMONT.
odd Shape Assumed by Tree on
Farmers Property.

Vermont is justly noted for her
beautiful forests and shade trees, and
among the latter none are so grace
full or more used for ornamental pur-
poses than the elm.
1t is quite common tree, growing
by river banks and in fields, singly
or in groups.
Occasionally 1t takes departure
from its symmetrical form and as
sumes odd shapes, like the one in the
illustration, which resembles the Tyre,
a musical instrument that was much
used by the ancients.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05

A corollary to the efforts at en-
forcing respect Tor the United States
army and navy uniform is furnished
in suit begun at Leavenworth, Kan,
against secondhand clothing dealers
charged with purchasing uniforms
and equipment from soldiers. In all
cities near army posts the officers
have more or less trouble with per-
sons engaging in such traffic. and
there is strong suspicion that I'M
scrupulous dealers incite the soldiers
to this form of robbery of the govern
ment. In the Leavenworth cases
fines of $1,000 were imposed on deal
ers found guilty, and the soldiers i'm
plicated are also likely to be pun
ished The uniform is to be respect
ed when worthily worn, remarks the
New York Post, and those who
offend by stealing it must be dealt
with accordingly, in the government
view. which is correct.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05

piano wires are led around the block
three inches apart, through Sits left
in the inside box. These are fastened
to the drum of the windlass on top,
and after a few turns of the crank,
the wires have done their work
straight and neat. These large blocks
are then put in the little wooden ap-
paratus to the right, and cut into
slices 1.S inches square. This gives
you block of honey 9x1.Sx1.8, ex-
actly one-half pound. The blocks are
then covered with two papers, the out
side one printed with the name and
address of the producer. These small
honey blocks have taken immensely
here, writes a correspondent of Bee
Culture, the grocers preferring to sell
it all ready in paper, and the house
wife also preferring it in paper to
digging it out of bottle.
One great feature of honey cut into
blocks is that it looks clean and at
tractive, and the wrapper costs next
to nothing-hence a greater demand
for honey. The inventor of the honey
cutter is Mr.. James Allan, of Wynd-
ham, Otago, New Zealand, president
of the most southern bee-keepers' as
sociation in the world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05

Franz Josef. the emperor of Aus
tria. has a fad for collecting menu
cards, and as his stock is contributed
to by other monarchs it is a truly
wonderful one. His choicest speci-
men is one used at the dinner given
by the car to President Faure. This
card" is block of the rarest black
marble beautifully painted by a IA
nous French artist. the names of the
various dishes being lettered in white
ivory.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05

This tree forms part of the stone
wall that through the past summer
has guarded the seven-acre corn field
of Fred A. Smith on the Atcherson
Hollow road at Cambridgeport, VT.
When clearing off surplus trees,
brush, ETC., from the highway, Mr..
Smith, to please the people in the
vicinity who admired the tree, spared
the tyre elm" as it is Familiarity
called.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
A GOOD POULTRY HOUSE.
II Is the One That Will Best Meet
the Needs of the Flock.

The best poultry house is the poul-
try house that will give the best con-
ditions for the care of the poultry In
winter. There are several things that
must be considered in any model
poultry house. The first of these is
light. There should be an abund-
ance of light; for it is probably true
that health is not possible in dark
poultry house with one little window
to let in light perhaps from the north
side. The windows should be on three
sides of the house if possible, on every
side except the north. There should
be a window in the east and west ends
of the building and big one or sew
eral small ones on the south side.
Whether there should be big one or
several small ones depends on the
conditions to be met with in the poul-
try house.
The really good poultry house, says
Farmers Review, will be so located
and so built that it will be kept dry
throughout the winter This matter
of dryness is of such Importance that
it may well be doubted if success is
possible without it. The location of
the house on land that is well
drained is essential, and If there is
not a natural location near the barns
one can be made by piling coal ashes
or cinders around the house to keep
the level above the water line.
The good poultry house will have
inside of it all movable fixtures to ia
cilitate the cleaning and to make it
possible to sterilize the roosts. nests
and other furniture.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
CIR Nrrn nj
3Brtantt Rrfnr1tH

in the childish toy.

some hope pful think that prisons regarded here only
as places keeping and not of possible regeneration
the American who sympathetic naturally real
ze the nsumomabe obstacles with which prison officials must
battle to give prisoners and maintain health and
well being among hem then they would be reused to action 1t is
greatly credit of New York state that spite of such obstacles
the the prisons longer forced to through the
drill Of ockstep striped clothing have their hair clip
ped Another great has been the placing of glass windows in the
prison walls this done the death rate has been reduced SIS
per cent death from tuberculosis is II per
much to be done in the OF REFORM and
this work must, for the greater part. devoy
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05

The Nashville (Tenn) American
thinks that man who mortgages his
house to pay for his automobile has
wheels in his head This is the sub
stance of what that paper says. We
wish, says the Brooklyn Eagle, we
had room for the many wise words
which it employs to say just about
that.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05

Sensible persons need
not fear insanity as a re-
suit of motoring. But if
automobiling is INDUCED
in to excess the health
lest man may expect to
find that by slow degrees
his memory will become
defective.
HI a d automobiling
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
AN OLD BROADWAY TAVERN.
Was Place of Prominence When New
York Was Village.

Somewhere on the site of the great
building known as the Bowling Green
offices, at No. 9 and II Broadway,
once stood the Kings Arms Tavern,
says the New York Herald. It's square
windows looked eastward on the
Bowling Green and it's grassy lawn
sloped to the edge of the North river.
The picture shows the tavern from
the west or river side.
A Mrs. Steele kept it in 1868, having
moved from Broad street. She
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05

1t is amazing to find
how sparse is the an
formation of the average
person concerning tn,
work going on in the
prisons of America. Peo-
pie seem to lose sight of
the fact that when a
man comes from, prison
he should be enabled to
start over again with
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05

brought with her the tavern sign of
the Kings Arms, and from that the
house took its name. George Burns.
of coffee house fame, is also said to
have kept the house. Historians do
not agree on the tenancy of Mr.. Burns
and we will let them settle the vexed
question. No matter who kept the
house in Colonial or Revolutionary
days its place in the history of tavern
sites was firmly fixed hundred years
before Mrs. Steele took possession
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
Food of Hens.

The quantity of food required by old
hens that are laying is not sufficient
for the pullets If the pullets get
slough. The old hens VIII become ton
fat. Keep them separated.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
Save Best Of Eve Lamb.

No matter what you are offered for
them, save some of the best eve
lambs for your own flock. Take those
from the middle aged. thrifty mothers
They win raise large. and betts,
lambs themselves.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05

Kentucky's man and woman who
kept a plighted troth for A years
would not require a trial marriage to
determine their felicity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
NEW ZEALAND cANDIED HONEY
A New Machine For Cutting the Cakes
Into Small Bricks.

The illustration accompanying this
article shows a honey-cutter that does
its work we'll, The box of the cutter
is made of wood, and large enough
to hold a block of honey that has
candied in a 60-pound can. The tin
has first to be cut off: then strong
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05

enton paid the the ordinary menage more wives
capable giving that department of the domestic machinery intel
gent supervisionhe could pretty nearly out of
business.
Moreover if all learned to cook that dreaded bugaboo the
problem" would eyaporate.
remember going farmers institute used to go good
many hearing very paper how to keep husbands
at home We all listened with deep attention.
all old lady sitting one Of the back seats
81 have been greatly edited and interested by what
fancy have had experience in this
matter keeping than she perhaps than
presentand want that there just
nfabe rule beautiful in its simplicity unfang in its application
and that s-feed the brutesw
old right If comes home to three good
day. good plenty of it. well cooked and well served with
reasonable individual asdo you think he's going
to quarrel with his luck? Why, he'd be fool
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-05
Gum Gnnktng III panarra
fur tfrp Dtunrrp Eutl
BY DIR. HENRY N. WILEY,
Chemist the United Department. of Agriculture

Divorce will decrease about 80 per cent. when
women learn the art of cooking When that happens
this will be the happest place this side of Already OF
heaveIl-though | do not know the geographical
location of the latter place nor am | acquainted with
the nutrients used there
OF course, like myself who has never mar
ried cannot pretend to speak with authority on such
subjects as divorce But do think that if more at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-13

METALS-TIN--The London market rreEular
with spot closing high tlS5 los and futures
at $50 los Locally the market steady
10 points higher on the average with quoted
4l.1S n i223c COPPER lower in London
LIS Cd a fO3 Locally tho market was
tr0lytc at 227JG % +Jc and casting 2l.T5
LEAD unchanged 5.7505. local market
but advanced - 81 10 40 a. sd in London SPELTER
was unchanged at ia rs Cd in London. and Al
G5Uc locally. IRON lower IN the English
with standard foundry quoted 57s Oh Cleveland
warrants a. 57s ID. Locally the was I'M
SO 20 The market for pig iron certificates the
Produce Exchange dull and neglected. standard
foundry grades are quoted as follows Cash and June
So 90 a S28: July and August. So 5O October,
MOLASSES AND SYRUPS-The general market was
stendy but quiet and unchanged. Quotations follow
23c, good, - 23c prime. ga3c; New Orleans op
Kettle 3IN 49,: syrups. common. l3MIIc. 1917
lie; good. lhn2nc prime. zoe Sc fancy, - osc.
OIIS-Cottpnseed oil generally to day under
in cotton ard hog products. oil
steady owing 20 light Sales June a7t 10
6fsc; 300 July. 3GiaGS7c; SO october. 52Q53c No
Neinber. 44isU+i 6GC. and 14oO December
Refined petroleum firm but unchanged. I.useed oil
Is firmly held al prices quote PETR0I,EI-,
standard white. bbs S45c bulk &c. Philadelphia Zoe
LEk abe refined cases, New York 109Oc; Philadelphia
10 S3c; white. York bbls 10 4sc. buIL -,
Philadelphia lO4oc: bulk. G95c: water white cases
New York. 1890; Philadelphia COT~P)NSF;F,D
OIi@-PTltne crude. b mills. nominal;
seliow spot 6sa59c; June. 5TAq57 3ao July 57a57sc:
septeinbeE 5bG5I &c; October, 90 I52%c NOvember
+t4q4i%. and December. H2442c: Of summer yellow
June oiQ1Ic good Off yellow, a5057c: urius
"h,te 54465c: prime winter yellow. 63c IINSEf5 on
Sm.etlean seed. city raw. I3a46c; town. raw
ftHtoc calcutta raw. &c. LARD OIL 7sdSOc
t.ttONIslONS-Ths market generally DIM ana
Weak under selling by packers. heavy recent. ~
ss aha IN sympathy with the decline in grain Re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-13


fsf f3it &c '9 S milling sssaa .a
iisg5apet ss rs foo%s Galveston unchanged
Il22snssd at l2+e savannah steady unchanged
hlgler at l3'sc sales baltimore nominal and
l3: sales 81 bales s. louis .t.sd INA uIcn9Hgsa az
al al 80; sales 20 bales Little Rock steady nnchansed
80 fieans quiet and 1sc lower at l2sc: sales.
unclaimed at l29. ssi,s bales Esmated receipts
bales against 0s7 m @ ard a. 7a Houston as 100 to 200
i: 90 10 lWD bales against as4 last week 1G9S
l'9 }4d,, last r -ye9k and 2, $50 ast year,
fair business doing; sales 90 bales speculation ana
can dang upland 1894 Futures opened quiet. but
at net "G p2H5s aEance closed quiet 6g steady.
G65d "a
642Ld o4t4d
e1, IA sro-Aprii 642 ApaiMay a4sd A MaI
cob 9l arms the higher prices asked chsok business
t at Il. AND MEAI-Flour quiet again to-day
1Haiy oysr IGioes There little business
grades Of spring. Rye nour was held steady with q
New y r"8e, The following are prices quoted the
81 20 winer straights s. s5aS4 So patents 81
as 5o extra No winter saGSS q RYE FISIR
s e quoted Far good s. 7SSf5 choice to fanc!
g g; 5q$$ - as 10 brand BAG MEAL steady quoted
s o gl. s5asy gty STEADY y, quoted Western spring
eog S2G 30. all June shipment; city bran SO 20 bulk
St - s"s exc iddlng SO 5O@$2G red dog ST.
g. Starting lower under better
sian Hdviees and selling OF September for foreign &C
IiI. "Att~i quickly rallied &c steady Liverpool
CablsS ana covering Reuorts OF o.,
4oaos Manitoba Wheat for export also had
e@lhS erect. ami offerings became light on ~
80 mere vas an absence OF buying power. ana for a
-t'He me market ruled dun but about STEADY at
an aggressive selling movement deyeIono5 o-
gooo weather In the belt more favorable cron "a
ICES geieraliy with prices Ia the dav
iCSs OF about sac from the top prices and 6acIf
l"-sc from Inc nigh level Of me cIoso
1li''4 Sc OF the lowest. and Il not decline Of
- =. the market being steadied slightly
-Ast htif hour by covering but Without
IaIll ing power or showing much Improvement in 80
OF sentiment since the publication OF the GOV,
report early this week showing better pros
iyeCts man many had anticipated. weather 30
.eh generally favorable for domestic crops while az
aIlte I!ae Foreign advices have decidedJv
more optimistic Gables
hat me supplement report for PI;sss
'tl a.iiet Trims IN southern sections pnr-
cra-.a i EeiHeht N he outlook for spring
crops, owing TO recent rains in tho N-or,1,e
vest the outlook has improved as a reSt,IT ~
NIIil weather dispatch from winnipeg stated maj
,e g"vsrhIHe1t warehouse commissioner has issued
spo'' showing mat the wheat crop harvested the