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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18
SPRING TREATMENT OF SOIL
Land That Blows Badly When Wealth
er 10 Dry Should Be Protected
by Early Diskino.
(By J. E. PAYNE. Dry Farm Specialist,
Colorado Agricultural COlleRe.)

(By J. E. PAYNE. Dry Farm Specialist,
Colorado Agricultural College,
Ground that has been farmed long
enough SO that the grass roots are
rotten Is likely to blow badly In the
spring when the weather Is dry II
the soil is not protected In some
way. Such land should be disked
as early in the spring as possible
This will leave the surface a little
rough 80 that the fine soil grains
will be protected from the wind.
This cultivation may be done with
corn cultivator with shovels, II no
disk harrow Is available. BY thus
stirring the surface OF the soil,
soil mulch will be formed which Will
prevent evaporation OF moisture
from below, and the surface Will be
in proper condition for taking in the
rain that falls. This stirring Will
keep the soil In good condition for
blowing much longer than it would
be kept II the ground were left I'M
stirred.
This cultivation will bury many
weed seeds which will soon germin-
ate. AS soon as the weeds begin to
come up the drag harrow should be
used. Having a loose soil In which
to work, the harrow will destroy the
weed seedlings very rapidly. The
harrow may destroy second crop OF
weeds II the ground is not to be
planted until late in the season. These
borrowings will also keep the surface
OF the soil in condition for taking In
moisture and also for preventing the
evaporation of the water which Is IN
the soil BY giving the soil this
spring treatment, moisture Is con
served, and weeds which would inter
fere with crops are killed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18
Not For Willie.

A country woman and her II
boy we're visiting the city, and vi
seeing sights OF the place. the =,
theirs eye was attracted by
snowy display OF stuffed animal (
a taxldermists' shop window.
Lets go in here and see what
can get for you. Willie" said q
mother.
Sure, ma, and" His eye h
upon a sign, over the shop Do
which read: Let US tan your hids
"Oh, no, no ma let's don't 70
there; l get 'nuff Of that at hons
he cried excitedly, and they pass.
by the taxidermist's shop.
Straight Down.
Passenger-"Er-how far are ,
frsm land. Cap?"
Captain-"About a mile
Passenger-"A mile? Why, l ca
see it."
Captain-"No; the waters
deep."-Puck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

ever the spirit moves them, and we
know that no ears, tails or lives will
be sacrificed to Jack Frost. Each
pen contains a sleeping floor, so that
no animal need lie on the cement
floor except from choice. The slid
ing doors are operated by sash cord
over pulleys from the passageway
The slop casks are elevated Is inches
so that feed is drawn into buckets
through large molasses gates. The e1
pense complete, including allowance
for our own time at 20 cents per houl
and the same for teams. was a trif1t
over $1,000.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18
Breeding Mares.

While 1t Is an old-time custom to
breed mares nine days after foaling.
1t has been noticed that but few mares
ever get in foal when bred at that
time. Better wait until about IS or
II days. Some mares will not get in
foal while nursing. Yours may be one
Of them. Mares come in heat normal
~ at IS to % days.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

The sensible masculine view would
be that there is no objection to wom-
en- putting on the divided skirt SO long
a. they do not try to make the men
wear the discarded petticoat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18
Cockerels for BREEDING,

Save out for breeding a few year
ling cockerels. Many poultrymen have
found that small young cock gives
better results In breeding than an
older and larger bird. Young stock,
OF good breed, can now De bought at
the cheapest rates, as breeders wish
to save the expenses OF winter rails
ing
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

At a dance given In New York the
host wore live snake wound around
him. Opinion as to the inadvisability
of this sort Of decoration was prob
ably freely given by the guests on
sober thought
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

The latest fad taken up by Washing.
ton society girls Is learning how to
cook. And how with eager and ad.
miring commentator will that fad be
met by the self-constituted critics OF
much-abused femininity!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

Bugs are asserted to have damaged
the peach crop to the extent Of $4,000.
900. II bugs and frosts did not keer
the peach crop down the produce com
binations would be dumping the fruit
into the river next summer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

Velvet trouser cuffs will be the rage
this summer. according to a report
from New York. II the style ever is
adopted 1t will behoove mere man to
maintain deep silence on the sub
1ect Of the harem skirt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

6ixty-seven vessels arrive in Chi.
cago daily during the navigation sea
son. This does not include the gaso-
line launch that comes in at the end
of \ towline after having gone dead
four miles out.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

Now arises historian to say that
Columbus was an impostor. 1t has al.
ready been denied that Queen Isabella
pawned her jewels. and 1t may be that
in future generations George Washing
ton will be proclaimed myth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

Tho pasta" skirt Is tho latest You
can make one by sewing two -four
sacks together down to little below
tho middle and punching holes
through the bottoms. Try It, We
haven't time.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18
Asparagus Beds.

Next to the pieplant is good place
for the asparagus bed, four rows 3
feet apart and Is feet long. Then fin
ish the asparagus strip with four
rows Of strawberries.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

An American girl Is said to have
paid $4,000 for a handkerchief in
Paris the other day. She must be
getting ready for the hay fever sea-
son.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

A French aviator few 20S miles in
132 minutes. When one can ny al
more than so miles an hour, and carry
IL persons safely, the possibilities OF
human flight in heavier-than-air ma
chimes become simply unlimited.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

The author of a book entitled How
to Be Happy" recently tried to poison
himself because he thinks his life has
been a failure, Evidently his book
was one also.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

II Is estimated that Americans will
pay 100000 for seats from which to
view the coronation pageant. England
certainly Ia getting a rich revenge for
1878.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

A Chicago real estate man says that
= nat is no place for babies anyway.
Or monographs or piano players,
either.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

Victor Herbert says that Chicago Is
the musical center OF the country
Probably because nearly every man
there blows his own horn.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

With two explorers at the south
pole. the objective points for future
expeditions may actually lead to
pleasant spots.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

Fifteen hundred dollars for a win
dow on the route of the coronation
parade in London! How much for a
knot-hOle?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

Physical culture is great thing
Princeton Is planning stadium where
10000 persons can sit and watch ath-
letic contests.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

A goat In Kentucky IL charged with
eating important state documents.
Probably looking for inside informa-
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

1t IL said that 100000 Americans
will spend $25.000,00O In seeing that
King George gets his crown on
straight.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

That Camorra trial. from the de-
scription must somewhat resemole
an agitated zoo.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

Tho raglan overcoat IL coming back
into style. We have not. after dill
gent inquiry, been able to md out
why.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

Wrestling is the latest fad OF Boston
girls. It Is good for the ngure ana
the complexion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

We couldn't imagine safer place
to hide a pocket than In narem
skirt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

Tan shoes are going out OF fashion
again. The trouble Is they decline 70
retain their original color.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

The Oriental nations do not seem to
feel complimented by the adoption
elsewhere of the harem skirt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

Beans are now rivals In Boston OF
sleeping porches In the prevention OF
tuberculosis.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18
Luneta Tea
Could it Have Been.

Could it Have Been.
Aunt Mary, this is my friend, NJ
Spiffkins."
Pm sorry. / didn't quite cate
the name"
Mr.. Spiffkins."
I'm really very deaf; would u
mind repeating it,"
"Mr. Spiffkins."
Pm afraid l must give it up
sounds to me just like Spiffkins
Punch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

The trouble with the harem sklrt II
will bag at the knees.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18

According to an eastern judge =
street piano IL a vehicle. OF music!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18
Why Women Are Not Fans.

women patronize the drama extens
sively, but they must be assured OF 7
happy ending"
Il guess that's why they don't carS
much for baseball. kansas CilY
Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-18
The Barn Dance.

The Barn Dance.
Rooster Ito Biddy)-"Can bav
the next dance with your"
Riddy 1.-THE hen)-"Sorry to refus
you. but am engaged for this set
Newark Star.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02
r Dlckenss Son Coming a Fascnating Father

in the ;nai'ing. BOZ" he tells us was
an old nickname in the family shortened
probably from Moses" This shows how
''3os should be pronounced
''TEe Mtsie sioii-6rgssu,aEor in our
Ausual Friend TAs Skrsnhcd fro.n the
with my notiser 70 America In 1871,
caic5 -aRnc CoracuoS'' says l,c. ''S!,e
H-as 4 weird lit:Ic thinyy. aS,d u.ca 10
ca-=rc dov-2 "a GsaG-shiH s; 40 SS1l.aslsor
iiisae> when we, were hofne Ior os'r holt
Is, = s>:;aaou, eioubs h.s s;=S.l.: l;iacr, jusl
@$ aseSss H;.g,; w'as .irc original o!
l:lrcad SslSiE1:rale lJGSt, isv SAYS wrote
io Dickens a!,n:t js. sfno. Go1tI'c&s eiS.cEfSa-
dSs III tN'a; az lrasfSrs ftsa Of G.scA. ptef-
Cos S.ss a-Eve'cus.s3 fp.stryzlassslesl Ia eb-
ralrEs.s z geGSIol eSs LIcssh, tsr,&t>
ul-;l9 u:ss st Ma.7:bic:lon. car, gc-
-2S'-iale- ;'sts !oZfccilr. Fnd NC o!se2, Gts-
ctfsSci thc book s.Tno:- ourselves Df
c4-.;sc. We j:Dow Caite well who MIR, y,Tld
MIS-. GarEorS werc--uy fathers sister
on'i b.othor-.n- law. though OF course.
they never realized 1t. nor did my father
tell US So
"our Mutual Friend had most dra-
matte and trying adventure, and narrow
~ escaped total extinction. Dickens had
the manuscript with him in railway car
ringe. The train ran over cmbank-
ment into creek, but the coupling OF
Dickens's carriage broke and the coach
actually hung in mid air. Dickens
scrambled out and assisted his fellow
passengers a lady and her daughter. after
which he worked for hours helping with
the dead and wounded--somc forty per-
sons were killed. Finally, recollecting the
manuscript, he climbed back into the
carriage and rescued ie. This accident
however, his son thinks seriously af-
fected Dickens. He was never the same
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02

various whitening experiences with gen :
tiemen who later furnished him with
Faein, found employment in factory.
pasting labels on bottles through endless
dreary days,
Dickens only once afterward men,
TONED his experience here: and then "as
n man might speak OF hell" He was
very. young. with perhaps slightly over
sensitive temperament. and with the al
ways bitter. uncomDromIsing finality of
youthful tragedies he must have suffered
here in way to mark his whole after
life. But whether or not ne himself ever
came 10 feel that his stolen boyhood. tho
fleetlng time OF careless pagan joyous
ness, was worth the price. il Is yet true
that this experience gave him much ma
tcrlal which he used TO advantage later,
and many of his minor characters
indeed. as Dickens went through ms
early life lie consistently coined his ex-
afterwards To infinitely enrich his works.
His adventures as an attorneys clerk. as
Il journalist, as sojourner In various
momentary homes" with their mirth
and tear provoking snapshots. their
SlimDses of human grotcsuues in various
capacities, bob UP always later. many in
David Coppcrfield' others here md
there throughout his works. He kept. first
for mere amusement sketch book OF
the oddities and queer people he met
apart from his journalistic career was
the printing of one OF these fragments
followed later by short series OF them.
Thence forward his literary life was
one long triumph until his death. Alfred
Dickens says: The Christmas Carol
was one Of the very first have heard
my father read IL many a time. and never
heard any one who could read 1t like
him. IT was marvellous. and has re-
maincd in my memory ever since. Charles
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02
FAMOUS ACTRESS TELLS
HOW TO ENJOY OLD AGE

Special Cable To The Tribune.
VERSAILLES. July l.--"Hare a child
or children constantly near YOU is the
advice OF famous old actress. Nine,
Theresa. ''if YOU would grow cid grace
fully.
III YOU want TO be happy she said.
don't live alone. If You have not "a fam
fly OF your own create one by adopting an
orphan Ny orphan. whom adopted
from his cradle. Is handsome lieutenant
in that army, He Is presently 10 be cap
tain and 10 receive a decoration. lie mas
taken a wife To himself and has now a
child. have no pangs In growing OLD
with youth and affection around me;
Nine Theresa has another excellent
remody-,he company OF nature and the
friendship of old trees.
For ones last DAYS To pass in peace,
she Saws ''onc must love nature and I've
close to her. NV step becomes less sure.
less rapid as / walk in my garden: the
trees notice II. but say nothing be-
licve then, that l remain the same and
have no occasion to ask my mirror 10
verify the fact
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H.Z D/CKEHS 1T
.ss NeH 5OoR TTHEIS SRS

stories. he was not what you would call
a childs companion. We boys used 10
plague him lot. He WAS particularly
fond of flowcrG; and when he went out
carry great punches home. lie used TO
go TO the Earl OF Darnley's woods and
get ali manner OF wild flowers. Once he
u ooll away all my sisters table decora-
'tions and put his Wild flowers on instead
But we sneaked In and took them away
again. and he looked very much be-
wildered when he came 10 dinner and
found them gone. Andersen was Dane,
but he spoke perfect English.
wilkie Collins was also a frequent Wis
itor His brother, Charles. had married
Dickens's Youngest daughter. the original
OF Millais's 'Blanck Brunswickrr:" Ma
crcady the great tragedian. and his wife
were especially welcome. Al this time
Mccrcady was very old and decreplt. but
was a polished Victorian gentleman; !;
"and," adds Alfred Dickens. ''he said my
father was q finer actor than was he him
self"
There is also q Characteristic incident
Dickens at his school In Bonlogne.
Thnckrray had chateau thero--just
about the time his wife went mad He
came and took us out to n little river
that runs through Boulogne. They are
great on pastry cooks In France. and he
| took us TO swaggcr one. and when we
got bnck To school gave us each a ma
| poleon, saying II was no GOOD taxing
| school boys out WITHOUT upp'ng 'nen'
J. l., Toole and Walter Savage Landor.
| Charles Dickens. Jr-George Augustus
SaIa the Keans-pany more notabes Of
the time nocked to Dicscns's joyous home
gatherings.
| Alfred Dickens has quaint stories OF
lus fathers characters and of his books
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father had n great deal of trouble over
copyright matters He was very bitter
about II. and WAS working in the Inter
csts Of authors generally. for tho principle
OF the thing" it is probable that he
Will avoid touching upon the matter while
here.
Mr. Chesterton also notes that no
compare with the colossal popularity of
Dckcns's works while he was yet living
and working. He turned out his books
with marvellous rapidity. yet his public
for more. He was absolutely at one
with his audience: he knew what they
wanted. because he wanted exactly Tint
thing himself, Ordinary people,. Mr.
Chesterton says. dislike the delicate
modern work, not because II is good oil
because il is bad, but because 1t is not
the thing they asked for. II. for instance.
you lind men pent in sterile streets and
hungcring for adventure and a violent
secrecy. and you give them their choice
tective story and The Autobiography of
monologue. no doubt they viii prefer a
study In Scarlet But they will no. do d,
Rutherford is n very good monoogue,
but because 1t is evidently a very poor
detective story. They do not like good
introsspectlvo sonnets but neither do they
like bad introspoctive sonnets OF which
there are many. &s Dickens stands as
defiant monument OF what happens
WleH n SI6ul literary Seflius ItS Ht-
erary taste akin to that OF the commun-
ity. For this krnship WAS deep and spir-
itual. Dickens was NOT like our ordi-
nary demagogues and Journalists. Dick
ems did not write what the people want
ed, Dickens wanted what the people
wanted. 80 Dickens never talked down
to the people. He talked up to the people,
His raging and sleepless nights.
his wild walks In the darkness. his note
books crowded his nerves In rags. all this
extraordinary output was but fit sac
riflcc to the ordinary man."
And Alfred Dickens In talking of his
fathers work says that he feels that II
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02
e - DRIVES OUT
~ ~ MALAREAL POISONING

& Disease which gradually destroys the strong nours
I'D The blood When the alara poison begins to absorb
tad sopuscles OF the circulation see pale saoW CONF
general impairment of health AS the blood becomes
@ tails, digestion is disturbed, chlls ana sgns 1eVer
la IN aggravated cases bos and erupons break our on
sd blood poverty and the only way to cure he rouoe
n purify the circulation SSS is especially aoapteo 10
troubles because il contains harmful minerals
system Of the maaria germs SSS builds up the
no by its fine tonic effects. If you are suffering with
u oe use OF S. and rid yourself OF this weakening dS
@ on the blood and any medical advice free IS for
es~res THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co.. ATLANTA, GA.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02

afterward, and later developed the dis
ease of the foot from which he died
Wo have Alfred Dicscnss final authori-
" for the Identification OF David Copper
field with his fathers own life. Charles
Dickens never spoke TO his children of
his early struggles. but one cannot help
thinking, In learning OF the rich lives
he made for his boys. that he had in mind
always his own bleak childhood. Charles
Dickenss father took little or no Inter
est in his sons life or mental develop
ment, and this neglect Of his education
was always remembered somewhat bit
terly by Dickens. AS a wee fodder, he was
led to SHOW on his prccocious talents
I'm singing comic songs and. one Of
his biographers put II: he always had the
faults OF the little boy who is kept up
too late at night Like the over
wrought child In society. he was splen-
dldly sociable. and yet suddenly quarrel
some
Charles Dickens was still a small child
when his father. as became Micawher.
went bankrupt and took up his life In
Marshalsea prison. His mother tried, In
somewhat hysterical and lnckodaisical
fashion. TO establish a girls school-quite
unsuccessfully. The little hoy. after
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02

that all Americans were free men He
We you'd "a have we believed It If ;hey had not
ready 10 be pleased with America He
would have been pleased with II If Amer
lea had not been SO pleased with itself.
The Yankees enraged MIN at
last. not by saying different things. but
by saving the same things. They were q
republic: they were new and vigorous
nation. 1t seemed natural that they
should say so 10 a famous foreigner first
stepping onto their shores. But IL
seemed maddening that they should say
so TO each other In every car and drink
ing saloon from morning 10 night o
Ihat Democracy was grand, and that
Charles Dickens was a remarkable per-
son were two truths that he certainly
never doubted to his dying day. But IT
sense OF hurnor out Of sleep: II woke like
a Wild beast for hunting the lion OF his
laughter" Hence, Martin Chuzzlewit." !"
WniEn nn SO oifended certain. American SEN
In this book. however. Dickens reso-
lutely avoided mention Of his partlcular r
grievance against America. namely. the
ts.a,It ae.efsiVe ~ Copyright Law: permitting prao-
work. He seems 10 have felt perfectly
free to touch upon this question In his
American talks and lectures. and to have
been astounded al the adverse criticism
and revulsion Of feeling created by IT,
II believe there is no country on the
face OF the earth he said. where there
'''p'ii VI ppinipH Oh any SUD
lect I'm reference To which there Is a
broad difference of opinion"
The American side Of the quarrel In
Mr.. Chcsterton's opinion, was n disrnayed
outrage at their beautiful young literary
heroes condescending to speak quite
frnnkly and hotly about matter so per
sonal and crassly material; their idealistic
conceptions Of him writhed and shudde red
at his talk OF ''being done out OF money
Thus. In spite of the fair inauguration
OF his tour. and In spite as his SON as
serts. OF It's immense financial success.
Dickens returned to England TO sting
American vanity In Martin Chuzzlewit. u
and worse. the American Notes" which
created a furor of Indignation against
him as unerateful and unjust
Alfred Dickens says. simply: MY
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02

take extra cottages 20 accommodate the
guests, besides owning q couple h,mseu.
Or the frequent visitors Hans CaT,stiati, Tnt W
Andersen is perhaps most iniereSuns w., ~
,,s He vent often 10 Gadshil Place tor
long stays, When The Frozen Deep was vas
given before Queen Victoria and the
court, he and Mrs. Dickens were Inc oh'y
outsiders present.
".rdcrsen was peculiar looking
man" Alfred Dickens adds, tall. gannt.
about Six feet two; an elongated Tom
Pinch. The Illustrations by Haipna ~
brown of Tom Pinch In Martin ChulZlc-
~, Iooi very much Ike him. Andersen
was as simple as child and very &c. fc,
centric, Although he wrote INC Ialrg