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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12
EVERY FARMER
CAN USE PAINT
A6d0 70 Appearance Of Place and
20 the Oura bality Of Any
Kind Of Farm
Building.

Any man can do an average Job of
painting. and can thereby not only i'm
prove the appearance of his place. but
can add greatly to the durability Of
the buildings.
The average farmer, II there Is such
thing, seems to think that paint is
used solely for ornament, and he is Of
al men most keenly practical. he
eschsws what he regards as an un-
profitable luxury. 1t IL, perhaps. the
rule rather than the exception In some
sections to sec houses and aRrtcul-
tural implements sadly in need OF re-
paint.
VI course paint does improve the
appearance Of property, but It ia far
more useful as q protector rather than
IN ornament The expenditure of a
small amount Of money and time in
painting valuable piece Of farm ma
cninery or building will add great
y to tho length Of it, life. Another
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

use,ul object accomplished by painting
IS inc improved sanitary conditions .,
oui,o'nss and outhouses. The cost ~
sucn work is small, the nacsss.rv
equlpment not expensive, and with
upper care will last long time.
IN order to supply information wb,oh
wiz enable the farmer to purchase ~
paint economically and applv ~ ~. ~
selnsently and to the best advant.aa
Sscretary Wilson caused experts in ~.
bureau OF chemistry to inva.t,a s.e
.ne subject and prepare Farmers p,,,,s
s,n NO. 474 calling attention 70 ~
economic Importance OF paint,ns ,. ,ne
ouaoinss and equipment and g,vin 90 =.
sa'ls as to the cost, purchase sra sue ue'
81 o. brushes, cost Of the inrre d s~ts
needed. how to mix and AMY et .S
Paint conveys to the casual rpy mem mem.
INC loea OF mixture Of piemant e ,,.a
~ n1. =. oil, but the general cou ns WIN
81 on. the word includes both wh,tswa y
~no calcimlne. but not varni.n e~asa ash
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

the bulletin gives several very NIB
able recipes for making both Of thon
excellent coatings for both out and b
side of buildings.
The secretary In addition to M
Ing the proper use of paints for bot
useful and ornamental purposes, fof n
does not think anything too good {
attractive for the farm homes, -
phasized several precautions DO ~
use any paint containing compou,e
Of lead about stables or outbuildtp
where the fumes from decayins q
ganic matter occur, since these ~
are likely to darken the lead paaa
Do not use with lead compounds ~
pigment which may lberate ~
pounds OF sulphur. For example ult1
marine blue which contains sulphn I
a form in which It may be vet ~
Is q beautiful blue and may b ~
with zinc white, but should not =
used with white lead or any other ~
pigments. Prussian blue, on the a.
trary. does not contain sulphur y
may be used with lead pigments :.
Remember that turpentine u
benzine are very inflammable aM
pecial precautions should b taken :
to bring paint containing thess =
stances near any light or open me- !.
Many pigments are poisonous -
the workman should be particunp
careful to remove all paint stains w
the skin, and not under any clie..
stances allow any Of 1t to got ln'0 !.
mouth. A man should not eat u
same clothes In which he has
painting, and before eating snou'e :
only change his clothes but W" :.
paint stains from his skin. IL
advisable to use turpentine OF 90 d.
In removing paint stains nun y.
hands, but by oiling thorough "
linseed oil. or, In fact. with nv IN ~
oil, and then thoroughly wasn'n:
soap. the paint may be remover =,
vided 1t has not been allowed
too thoroughly on the hands
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12
Sufferer Makes a Protest

that will give you a purchase and
strive to quit his range. You cannot.
II you turn your head and glare at
him he whistles in your face trium-
phantly and puts flourishes on his en-
core. You can keep a woman's hat
pin out OF your eyes by intercepting
your evening paper between your eyes
and It. You can hold your neighbor's
willow plume out Of your mouth. But
you cannot protect your ears from
the tootler. or your lungs from his
baleful breath.
II Doctor Lederle Of the board OF
health would have signs put up in all
public conveyances setting forth the
menace OF whist1ing: If the Society
for Ethical Culture would put up pla-
cards proclaiming whistling to be the
recognized sign OF the empty head,
there might be some relief for the in
nocent victim Of the whistling fool.
But there are some persons who
never can be cured.
A man who had been tormented by
whistlefiend all the way home on
An elevated train one night, met a
friend to whom he mentioned his suf-
fer1ngs. The friend lent a sympa-
thetfc ear. He went further. He add
ed his own plant not only against the
fool who whistles, but the knave who
rests his filthy boots upon the OBJ
posite seat, Advertising his unfamiliar
ity with the rudiments Of courtesy,
and making the space where his feet
had been UNIT for man or woman to
rest upon. The two chatted under
standingly.
Il don't know which IL the worse. I"
said the f1rst man, the biped who
takes up three seats with himself, his
extended arms and his muddy boots or
the fellow who whistles. The whistler
IL harder to get away from. His tor
ture Is more definite and persistent.
guess he's the worst"
Don't know but he IT," replied the
other-and then, utterly unconscious
OF what he was doing. he started to
Whtstle-NeV York Praaa
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

dan government The traveller. reach
ing khartoum in comfort IN eight or
nine days from England, has now be
fore him an enormous tract Of Cen
tral Africa, within which, still travel
Ing In comfort. one may say even in
luxury, he may take his pleasure and
view AZ ease some of the utermost
parts OF the Nile regions. All this
wonderful country was. until the con-
guest Of the Khalifa in 1898, absolute
" sealed to the white man, a. it had
been tor something like 4 generation.
Little had been known OF 1t previous
" save from the reports Of such bold
and intrepid explorers a. Spoke and
Grant. Sir Samuel Baker, schsvein-
furth. Pethsrick. General Gordon and
some few others. It seems wonder.
ful to realise that the secrets Of the
very heart Of Africa, secrets for which
these and other explorers suffered in.
credible toll and privation, nay. even
death itself, to reveal, are now laid
bare to the casual traveller and tour
ut, and are ~ readily accessible from
Cairo or Port Sudan ~ are the VIC
torts Falls on the Zambssi river from
Cape Town. All this has been accom-
plishsd BY the enterprise Of the gu
dan government. which now conducts
the traveller with the least possible
fatigue and trouble not only to Khar-
toum and Omdurman, with their histor.
&c associations. but much further
Aneld into dim and wonderful regions.
where strange native races live the
life Of = thousand years since. These
regions TEEN with wild life. and the
btg-game sportsman, tho bird-collector
and the fisherman md ample occupa-
ton among . varied and marvelously
interesting fauna During winter in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12
Wh'stl'he FIend on Railroad Trains
Especially Held Up to oblequy -
Worthy OF 6anlshmsht.

A student Of the subject has come
to the conclusion that 10 per cent. OF
the male population Of Brooklyn has
the whtstling mania. In the early
morning, IN the evening rush hours,
late at night, the puckered Lips inflict
their punishment upon the Just and
the unjust alike. It 10 apparently
unknown to the whistling fiend that
tho practice 10, whom INDUCED pub
licly, a proof alike Of his unmannsr.
liness. his lack OF education and OF
breeding.
All employees Of the B. R. T. whistle.
They begin when they 60 on duty and
keep It up almost continuously until
their days work IL done. Perhaps
one ought not to blame 4 b. r. +.
man for whistling. Possibly his mind
10 distracted from his unhappy lot.
Possibly. like the traveller BY night
through = graveyard, he whistles to
keep his courage up. And there are
lots OF cemeteries in Brooklyn. But
his remedy ID worse than his disease.
Tho whistling Il" guard may have
his excuses. The errand boy may
have hia So has the brainless clerk
In hectic sox who varies his whistling
act with gum-chewing act. He has
to occupy the outside Of HE head
with something. since there 10 nothing
inside. But the well-dressed passen-
ger who Whistles has nothing to ex-
tenuate his act Long and careful OBJ
servation shows that he rarely can
carry tune. He simply makes Z
noise. He 10 hopeless. He 10 lost to
sense Of decency and self-respect.
His whistling announces It to al. II
II safe to say that no man who makes
practice Of whistling in public ever
has risen above mediocyity In bust
ness. Make = little study Of 1t and
see II this II not true. You may ret
enough interest out Of It to offset thu
torment you have endured. You win
discover. too. that he who makes q
weird. uncanny noise with his mouth
does 20 because he has nothing else
70 do-no resource within himself to
keep him from dwelling on his own
miserable state.
Thousands Of persons in Now York
have murder in their hearts every
day on account Of the whistle flend.
The Inquisition missed its choicest
torture by not knowing Of the sub
way and B. r. +. whistler. He Is at
his worst between and $50 in tho
evening. when a hundred humans are
mashed into space that should hold
ten. On the platform of a subway
car that could be packed no tighter
without tho assistance Of hydraulic
jack. the whistle maniac gets in his
most telling blows. He usually hap
pens to be directly behind you. He
blows in tho back Of your neck. He
blows in your ear. He blows over
your sQuirming shoulder and fans
your cheek with his torturing breath.
And his breath usually IL vile. II
you manage to get an inch out Of the
direct line he shifts sufficiently to
keep you a. his sounding board. You
madly wriggle. You pry and tear at
him with pinioned elbows. You brace
your Intellectual feet against anything
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12
Good Liberal Education

Ono of the best investment !.
any farmer can make. with : 4
helping his boys and girls IN ~ -
ture, is In giving those boys ~.
a good liberal education, I'M.
enable them to compete VIE ~ 4,
and hold their own in the lu!us '..A
thousand dollars and goou W.
tion equip young man HUI m ~
for his struggles in life than ". ~,
thousand dollars and no eduoA'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12
Extravagan& but Lucky.

ITS never safe to send your hus-
band shopping" said the bride.
why not3''
Men are 30 extravagant. The 9TH
or night, l sent George out to buy a
turkey. He was gone terribly long
time and when he came back he had
two pairs OF chickens, a turkey, four
cans OF oysters. ham and live
pig. We can't eat all that stuff In a
month"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

During the narrowing hour =. =
should be kept quiet ana sn' ,sfsb
dom be approached by any ~
She will not need the at!en' ~
man and as she is extremeV -
and irritable at this time .,i ,
OF excitement should be ren''
far rs possible.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

King Georges proclamation a. EN-
psror OF India was written in English
and Urdu, which shows how many
things = sovereign has to have on his
mind.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

The Yale faculty. BY accepting the
saucy challenge Of the Yale chess
team and surprising the boys by d.
feating them In flve-hour bout, has
d%ne something to show that old
heads are better than young.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

It seems that Germany has borrow
ID $7b.000.0 in this country with
only = handful Of people knowing II.
Some men make = noise over lending
-.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

A New Haven doctor watched an op-
GRAFTON on himself for appendicitis.
This. however, 10 one Of the sights
That any man no doubt 10 willing to
80 without seeing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

A Plttsburg millionaire refuses to
PAY = debt because his wife won't let
him. Adam Instituted the practice OF
laying tho blame on the woman.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

A young gentleman who IL acquiring
an education at Harvard has succeed
I'd in kicking football thirty-twe
miles along q Massachusetts highway
We are waiting now to hear Of some
hero. who will venture to kick foot
hall across the continent
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

The Country Club OF Newport has
been disbanded because somebody
rung In cold decks in the poker game.
They watch each other more closely
In the professional game.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

A woman lecturer says that "the
members Of her sex are slaves to
beauty" Mebbe 20. but none Of en- IL
demanding freedom.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

A Detroit woman Of 46 years II the
mother OF - children. Sometimes she
must think that the stork plays favor
ites.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

Boston shop owners propose to give
fewer baked beans for the old price.
forgetting why the ancestors Of their
patrons once began = revolutionary
war.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

Tho world will cease to turn In tho
year 1921. according to an astrono-
NOR. but that time few OF W will
, bother about It,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

New York's board Of health reports
that the largest number Of complaints
received were ELECTED BY barking
dogs In datA Human beings mani
testify can growl II they co not bark.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

Luther Burbank has handed the pub
nc lemon. This particular lemon,
however. II Z seedless kind, ana
everybody 10 satisfied.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

We felt 1t In our bones all alona
that some OF the foreigners who marry
American heiresses would get whal
was coming to them. One has Just
captured prize In tho shape OF .
lady who IL the mistress Of fifty-fou,
tongues
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12
shoats for KILLING

Pick out the very smo.., y
most likely shoats for the s.r =
Ing. keep them In clean quo" -
feed so as to make well pa'aN~
not too much fat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

During the next fiscal year the eov.
ernment expects to save III. 0OO, VVo
And ~ the women are economixtns
marveloualy on their cloak buttons
the season should bs marked In his
tory.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

Tho Wyoming girl who killed .
coyote with stone must b quite
handy with natiron or = rolling pin
II behooves her future husband 70
some home 1t = reasonable hour.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

A Pennsylvania convict has become
: poet while serving - years In Jail.
AND hs was sent there primarily for
reform.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

Another way to attain beauty 10 TO
read the words Of wisdom that slide
on the pen Of the beauty expert and
then forget them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

Soldiers OF fortune have been
warned to keep out OF China. The
real Chinese soldiers OF fortune are
the men who come to America and
cell chop suey.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

New York now has aIl-night banks,
alright saloons and all-night restau-
rants" And many cases Of all-day r.
morDo.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

Chicago claims to have found q
perfectly honest man. It is = safe bet
mat he has not been In Chicago long.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

We go BY tho papers that two stray
snssp tied up trAfhc In New York.
Evidently they were looking for Wsil
street
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

The small boy. at least, IL In favor
OF the fuzzy hat. It offers q shining
mark for a SNOWFALL
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

= New Yorker. recently deceased.
w1lled his entire fortune to his lawyer.
which greatly simplifled matters.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

The far-famed city OF Reno n now
being advertised a. q health resort.
10 marriage Z disease?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12
(Bv II. B. M'CLURE.)

The nutritive substances In nay or
feed may be divided into two classes
flesh forming and fuel or energy pro-
ducing substances. When the proper
amount of these two classes OF SUD-
stances ia fed the ration is said to
be balanced. If an unbalanced ration
is fed, as one containing more fuel or
energy producing substances than are
needed and less desh-forming mate
rial. the ration is partially wasted, and
such unwise feeding will not bring as
good results as the feeding OF the same
amount of a balanced ration. Each
class Of substances has different or
fees to perform In the body. II
not enough flesh forming substance Is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

A New York man fred bis house b.
cause his wife deserted him. Thie
was literal case OF burning revenge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

II you have anything to impart in
strict confidence. be sure there IL NO
dictaphone about.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

0YPT and the Low.
er Nile have long been
known to the tourist,
but even among those
who know their Egypt,
few have completely
realized what an i'm
mense amount OF new
and interesting coun-
try has been recent
~ opened up by the
enterprise of the Fill
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12
Prayer Answered.

80 you actually went to church
last Sunday3"
Il really did"
Excuse me II l seem skeptical.
What was the text?"
AHA, have you there. The text
was HE giveth his beloved sleep"
Good work. And who were there?"
All the beloved, 1t seemed to me-"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12
Tho Smoky Wav-

The Smoky Way.
How about that airshipT
1T went up In smoke"
Burned. eh?"
"Oh. no. Made an ascension at
Pittsburg."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

Some persons would rather not b
visited by burglars than be in style.
The daily sentinel., 1912-09-19
WILL BEGIN WORK
SOON ON |hO|AN
SCHOOL SEEP LAND

Dalton G.. Miller, in charge of
drainage Investigations for the gov
ernment in Colorado, yesterday re-
ceived Il lease approved by the gov
ernment on the John G. Mckinney
tract near the Indian school. and will
begin shortly on his task of reclaim
ing the land from seep.
Bids will be asked today on 5000
worth of tile for the work and as
soon as the purchase of the tubing
is arranged for, Mr.. Miller and his
corps of assistants will begin on the
ditching and diking for the property.
Several other tracts in the county
will be similarly treated and Mr.
Miller is hopeful of so far reclaiming
the land as TO raise a good crop on
1t next year. SIZE
S. III. McCroy, engineer in charge
of drainage Investigations in the
United States, spent several days here
this week on trip of inspection of
the work now being carried on in this
vicinity. He has recently been pro-
noted to the position and looked over
the problems confronting the service
in Colorado. He left last night for
Salt Lake City. and the northwest.
He was college mate of Mr.. Miller
in Iowa university.
The daily sentinel., 1912-09-19
INTEREST AROUSED
IN CHEROKEE BILL

The story of the wonderful local
centenarian, Cherokee Bill" has
penetrated TO the Michigan state
board of health. and Postmaster
Price has received a letter from j. II.
kellogg of the board mentioned, ask
ing if 1t is true that this remarkable
person--now reputed to be 116
years old-is really regaining his eye
sight and is getting a third set of
teeth.
Mr.. Kellogg wants to know more
about this remarkable colored man,
or Indian half breed, who lives in a
bake oven near the Fifth street
bridge on the bank of the Grand
river, and would like any local per-
son to write him what they know
about Bill, who claims he has the
only true story of the way the world
was built and how the Creator had
hard time hanging the sun where
it now is and placed one foot on the
earth, the other on the wind, and
then had to call his three brothers to
help him.
The Michigan man wants Bill's
photograph for his collection of in
formation about centenarians. The
aged Indian has not been seen on the
streets for many a day, being too
feeble to exert his energies in walk
ing up town.
The daily sentinel., 1912-09-19
Live News From Old Mexico
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Mexico City, Sept. 19.-The new
Mexican congress conyenes Septem-
Der 26, and after that date it will be
difficult for friends of the administra-
ton to find excuses for failure to
carry out at least few of the prom
ises made by President Madero when
he was chief of the rebel army that
overthrow the Diaz government.
The chamber of deputies will have
on its roll 243 representatives, l50 of
whom were elected by the Constitu-
tionsl Progressive party, which gave
Madero the presidency. The minority
of 80 is by no means a solid block. 1t
includes representatives of three po-
litical parties. the Catholic, Evolu-
ZIONIST and Independent.
The progressives also claim to have
the balance of power in the senate.
The upper house in Mexico is not the
dominant body, however. and undis-
puted control in the chamber amounts
practically to control of congress.
Out of the weird medley of revoiu-
tionary propaganda which has reach
ed the capital from the camps of
Orozco in the north, from those of
Zapata in the south and from the
trails of rebellious poems in districts
so remote that the names of Zapata
and Orozco are rarely heard. the
most dominant note is that in which
all unite" "Madero must resign" For
the most part the rebels have vague
reasons for uniting in this demand
and all resort to the charge that the
president has failed to fulfill the
promises made in his plan of San
Luis Potosi."
The charge is not without basis
but the very natural defense of the
president is and has been that he has
had neither time nor the legal ma
chinery necessary for the carrying
out of the promised reforms Not for
one day since his Inauguration has
his country been free from rebels
who loudly demanded "fulfillment OF
his promises" and not yet has the
executive had a congress on which
he could depend for the support OF
the measures he has promised.
The congress Madero inherited was
a part of the old administration. The
new congress is supposed to be in
sympathy with his ideas. Under the
old congress, however. the admins.
tration was able to have enacted the
most cherished reform-the constitu-
tional amendment providing for the
non-re-election of the president. The
electoral law was also altered. but
the elections OF the past summer be
trayed so many defects in the new
The daily sentinel., 1912-09-19
GRAND JUNCTION ELKS TEMPLE
ASSOCIATION. ELKS CLUB,
GRAND JUNCTION, COL

Sealed proposals will be received
here until 3 pm. October 10, 1912.
and then opened, for tho construction
Excluding plumbing, steam heating,
electric wiring and lighting fixtures,
gas piping, vacuum cleaning system,
refrigeration. decorating and finish
ing hardware) of the Elks temple at
Grand Junction.
The building will be two stories
and full basement, OF approximately
$3.50 square feet ground area, COM
mon brick faced with cement stucco,
terra Gotta trimming and metal tile
roof.
The Grand Junction Elks Temple
Association reserves tue right to re-
ject any OF all bids. Copies of the
drawings and specifications may be
obtained from the office of jenkins
a. Branseombe, 3Dl Fair building.
Grand Junction. All bids must be
accompanied by certified check for
five hundred dollars (s500).
Separate bids will be received at
the same tinlc Tor plumbing, steam
heating, electric wiring, etc. Bids
COVERING the entire building, includ-
inG the items excluded above, will