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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
COCKS AND WRITER'S.

The "New Letters of Napoleon T."
10 be published shortly b y. Appleton
6, Co., will be awaited With much in
terest. An English critic remarks that
1.-The most authentic likeness is that
drawn by Napoleon's own hand"
a book written by a former Judge
of the imperial court. Herr Otto Mittel-
staedt, entitled, Before the Flood"
has created n sensation in, Berlin. II
cFiticises in detail the political Develop
ment Of Germany under the present en-
peror, and uses vigorous language in
condemning his majesty's meddling in
every sphere of the government.
One might imae CINE from The excellent
terms he makes with his publishers that
Mr.. Hall Game was a erasping author
but the public is assured by those in a
position to know that such is not the
case. They say that he is absolutely in
different To the pecuniary rewards Of
literature. He likes TO get large prices.
lot for the love Of money but 10 prove
to doubtful world that there is no
novelist more popular than he.
'Loeksiey hall" Lincolnshire. which
Tenpyson made famous. was offered for
sale last week and withdrawn because
the highest price bid for the hall al
60 acres of land was $500 Either land
is worth very little in England or senti-
ment does not flourish. One would
think that $4,000 would be cheap for
such place as real estate. without any
literary value being thrown in.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
THOUGHTS ON MARRIAGE.


Married in haste we repent at leisure.
-Congreye.
Humble wedlocl is far better than
proud neutrality-suspicious..
a husband is plaster that cures all
the ills of girlhood.-Moliere-
Men marry to make an end, women to
make beginning.-A. Dupuy.
A man finds himself seven years older
the day after his marriage.-Bacon.
No man can either live piously.or die
righteously without a wife.-Richter.
Take not too short a time to make a
worldwide bargain in.-Shakespeare.
Never marry but for love, but see
that thou lowest what is lovely.-2enn.
For any man to match above his rank
is but to sell his liberty. -Massinger.
A persons character is but half
formed till after wedlock.-C. Simmons.
Wedlocll's like wine. not properly
judged of till the second glass.-Jer-
rold.
IT is in vain that a man is born fortu-
nate if he be unfortunate in his mar
riage.-Dacier.
Men should keep their eyes wide open
before marriage and half shut after
ward.-Mme. Scuderi.
Fathers their children and them
selves abuse, that wealth husband for
their daughters Shirley.
Marriage with a good woman is har-
Dor in the tempest of life; with bad
woman it is a tempest IN harbor.-J.
I. Sem.
AS the husband is the wife is; if mated
with clown, the grossness of his ma
ture will have weight to drag thee
down.-Tennyson.
The kindest and happiest pair will
fra occasion to forbear, and something
every day they live to pity and perhaps
forgive.-Cowper.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
LEATHER COATS.
Made of SheeDskin, Horsehfde and
DoEsiEin--ServiceabI and Warm.

Made of sheeDslzin, Horsehfde md
DoEsiEin-ServicesbI and Warm.
Leather coats are made of sheepskin,
of horsehide and of dogslin. They are
lined with corduroy, with flannel, and
with sleeps wool. The corduroy-lined
coats are made reversible, so that they
may be worn either side out, The coats
of sheepskin are usually finished black.
the horsehide and dogskin coats russell
colored. 4 leather coat of sheepsLin,
corduroy-lined, costs about five dollars;
horsehide coats sell for So to SIS, and
dogskin coats for SIS.
Leather coats are worn in the west
by trucllmen and policemen and hunt
ers and lumbermen. The leather coat
is serviceable and warm, without great
bulk. The duck shooter lying, per-
haps, for hours in a battery, waiting.
keeps warm in a leather coat. The
sportsman after big game wears
leather coat. 1t keeps the wearer warm
without impeding his movements.
A leather coat is sometimes worn I'M
der another coat for the sake of its
warmth, as, perhaps, by a policeman.
And the leather coat may be worn with
the corduroy side out, so that more
leather coats are worn here in cities
than might be supposed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
ON THE STAGE.

Eleanora Duse will give series OF
performances at Monte Carlo during
the winter.
"The Cat and the Cherub" win soor
be presented in Paris.
Joseph Jefferson sent a fine dog of
immaculate pedigree to his friend, Nat
Goodwin. 1t is dog that Mr. Goodwin
had been coveting for weeks.
Herbert Kelley has purchased new
play by Clyde Fitch upon the lines of
"Jim the Penman." Ii VIII be produced
this season.
Yvette Guiibert has been offered 1000
francs $500 a week TO appear in Ger
many, and has accepted. She has re-
fused before for fear Of press criticism,
but since Rejane has broken the ice the
difficulty is removed.
The latest crusade, since big hats
have been successfully fought in
the theaters of this country, is against
late-comers. Minnie Madden Fiskc
has sounded the war alarm and has in
structed the ushers when she plays to
permit no one to come down the aisle
after the curtain has risen till the close
of the act.
Paris is beginning to grow tired of
Cleo de Merode, whose failure in New
York is still being commented on. She
has been exploited so highly and done
so very little that her name is already
beginning TO wear OUT The reviews at
the concert halls are beginning TO bur
lesque the young lady, and viii prob
ably end the whole affair.
Nine. Bernhard is about to try a new
experiment. A new social piece entitled
LES Mauyais Bergers,r by NJ. Octave
Mirbeau, has been read to her and ac-
cepted, in which the directress of the
Renaissance will not appear until the
third act. The actress is anxious, it is
said, to disproye the oft-repeated
charge that she dwarfs her cast, ard also
the illusion that long role is needful
for success.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
WHY THE COWS LIKED TO LOOK.
She Was No Longer Sensitive About
Her Large Feet.

They were in st. Louis shoe store
the other day, says the Sunday Re
public, and this is what was overheard.
The speaker was an elegantly dressed
woman with smiling face. She was
a large woman and the shoe clerk was
looking for a comfortable shoe for her
''You know / have such long feet"
she said to her friend. "The size of
my feet was a great trial to me. The
children at home always teased IRE,
and often cried because they were so
ugly. At IA my feet were as large as
they are now.
''An old neighbor of ours, &ho lived
on an adjoining farm, was something of
wag. He was more of hunter than
a farmer. and he often leased US chill
dren. He would rather talk to us than
to cur elders.
''One day be said to me: The cows
are glad when they see you walking
round, Molly
why? said I.
"'Because when they look at your
feet they know their hide will never
have to be cut. 1t win take whole hide
10 make shoe for you.'"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
HERMIT AND HORSE.


Congressman Robert r. Hit, chair
man of the house committee on foreign
affairs, and who represents the Ninth
Illinois district, occasionally receives
letter from queer old constituent
who resides on an island in the Mis-
sissippi river. The land is in Illinois,
though it is cut off from the mainland
by a slough which the swift current
has cut through the SOL of 10 Daviess
county.
This old man, now in his seventy
third year, has resided on the island II
years. he is hermit of the most &C.
centric character. living entirely alone
and away from sight or sound of any
other human being. He is completely
isolated, his rude hut being hidden in
network of willow brush and wild grape
vines. His hut cannot be reached with
out the aid of boat and a guide, who
must find his way through a maze of
sloughs which wind around in a thou
sand acres of lowlands. The old man
is disturbed only by high water which
has three times invaded his abode and
washed him off the island. He would
to build a dam across the lcw.and to
protect his little farm on the island.
The old man is named Gottsieb Lett
sof. He was born in the province of
Pomerania. Prussia, 10 years ago. He
zones from family of warriors. Two
of his sons distinguished themselves IN
the war with Austria in 1866 and again
in the Franco-Prussian conflict in 1870.
He says he has written his congress-
man that If any help is needed to whip
the dons he will emerge from his home
in the brush and take willing hand.
Leitsof cooks, eats and sleeps in a
little room ten feet square. 1t is a
part of hut which he built with his
own hands. He has a flock of chick
ems, COW and two cats. He farrns the
land without the aid of man or beast.
lie has constructed a queer plow after
his own odd ideas. 1t is made from the
forked branch of a tree. The forks
serve as handles and thills. To the butt
is boiled an old iron p.owshare. The
odd feature about the contrivance is
that the share points backward. The
aged Prussian harnesses his own body
and bitches himself 10 this pow. His
harness fits over his back and around
his waist. He couples onto the share
by means of wire reaching from his
harness. Then he stands between the
thills, with which he takes hold with
mis- hands. He walks backward Ike
horse in his breeding. The share takes
hold in the soft soiland p.ows and fur
rows four inches deep. This is al that
is necessary in such rich land.
In this manner he has broken up
many acres. He raises enough stuff to
support him and keep his stock. His
taxes ore always promptly paid In his
old age he performs ali kinds of hard
work without experiencing any dele
FERROUS results. He takes turn at
hunting and fishing. is good shot and
a lucky anRler.=Phiiadelph Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18

We are living too fast. East as f;sht-
ming" expresses II, for we talk by cleo
t,icity, cook by electricity, travel bv
electricity and 50 on.
Its hurry, hurry, hurry from the cradle
to the grave.
We, crowd too much, crowd our work.
CROWD our eating, crowd our pleasure,
crowd ocr sleeping.
a breaking down Of the nervous sys-
tem" Is the way Of expressing the result.
1t means a depicting Of the nerves in
duesd by prolonged strain, overtaxing Of
the nervous systemj a product Of over
hurry and busle.
It affects all people Ia ali walks of Life.
1t battles physicians Of ali schools.
NO one knows the horrors of such a
condition better than Rev. J. N. Nc
Cready, Of Elkton, Mich. For years he
iabored faithfully and well. He was PRO
gressivs and aggressive; leader among
men, deep thinker and a hard worker.
10 his zeal, he overworked, overtaxed
his mental and physical strength.
he outlook was dark, with health shat
tered and recovery apparently hopeless.
Many means for cure were tried, with
cat receiving benefit.
Finally he took Dr.. Williams Pink Pills
tor Pale People and was restored to hsaIth.
He saysi
an April, 1896, the physicians said I
must stop preaching or Gle.
] had overtazed myself and was suf-
fering from complete breaking down of
my nervoas system and persistent stem
sch trouble.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
BAT HUNTS IN OHIO.
Opposing Armies Frequently Resort
to Trickery.

Rat hunts are becoming very common
in these parts, says a Bloomingburg
(O) correspondent, and it is just being
discovered that some very smooth
tricks are being played by the oppos-
ing "arInies" of hunters. A rat hunt
has just been concluded here in which
11,455 rat tails were counted, and
supper was given to the winners Ore
crowd brought in $500 tails ard the
other 4,653 tails. 1t now leaks out
that one of the leaders of the winning
crowd bought from parties at Madison
Mills who had recently held rat hunt
1,4s6 tails, paying one cent each for
the first 1000 tails and two-thirds of
cent for 4S6 of them, the tails cost
ing more than S12. This enabled this
crowd to come out victorious. When
the tails were purchased a man from
another place was present, but was not
willing to pay so much for the tails.
When the 11,455 tails were counted
out here a man was present from
Plain City and offered TO give S25 cash
for 1900 rat tails, but they were all
burned, and he was not allowed to take
any away. 1t now appears that the
same rat tails frequently win victories
in many different rat hunts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
"BIackbeard..

About this time one of the most IA
nous of sea robbers was harassing the
Atlantic coast of North America. and
from New England to the West Indies
he was known as the great pirate
Blackboard" This man, whose real
name was Teach. was terrible fellow
in appearance as well as acts. He wore
n long, heavy black beard, which ii was
his fancy to separate into tails, each
one tied with a colored ribbon, and
often tucked behind his ears Some of
the writers of that day declared that
lie sight OF this beard would create
more terror in any port of the American
seaboard than would the sudden APP
pearance of fiery comet. Across his
brawny breast he carried q sort of
Sing, in which hung not less than three
pairs of pistols in lea;hern holsters,
and these, in addition to his cut.ass and
knife or two in his belt, made him
most misunderstanding fellow. In
the ear ;'.rl of the eighteenth century
Bi@c.ts.ii ade his headquarters ia
one uf ,a' ia,sis "a re North Carolina
coasi, ana .aere lie ruled Is absolute
lsiLs. f4r tie settlers Ii ite vicinity
seemed 10 be as a3x;ous to c5ige him
as ;Ae captains If the merchantmen
were anxious TO keep out of his way.
Frank Il. Stockton, in ST. Nicholas.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18

Several physicians treated me. bst no
permanent benefit was derived.
Four times was stricken with nesvosu
prostration twice with gastritis.
These attacks would throw me Into
spasnls.
II could eat neither meat or vegetables.
my bare feet touched the floor I was
Immediately seized with cramps.
II was used upy helpless, hopeless.
commenced to take DR.. WilliamS
Pink Pills for Pale People. Ons box was
consumed and felt no better. This dis-
coaraged ms.
MY wife urged me to try the pills
some more, feeling that my life depended
upon the result.
continued to take them.
Since then, and 1t las been several
months, have enjoyed Life.
Have preached all summer and held
revival meetings fer fifteen weeks.
have had no muscelar exercise for
years, bot recently, have 6one considerable
hard work In my garden, my muscles
standing this test remarkably yell.
Every Sabbath / preach three times
and now think | am coed for another
twenty years, If the Lord will"
To add weight 10 his words, Rev. Nc
C.ready made affidavit before J.D. Brookes,
Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
exert powerful influence In restoring
wasted nerve power and In purifying ard
enriching the blood. Druggists consider
them the most effective remedy With
they dispense.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
FRESH FANcIEs
Items Regarding the sfngpie CoIors
and Separate TuckiaR of Up
t0-Dase Gowns.

You cannot down black and white.
and visiting toilet in narrow-striped
taffeta brings out the combination in
stylish manner. The toilet WI be
completed by a black net, jet and white
winged toqne, white gloves and a white
Parasol trimmed with black lace.
The silk is cut so that the stripes
run diagonaliy down the front, sep
arating to show a Killed panel of white
mousseiine; blouse cut down low, to
show yoke and vest of killed nous
seline. Collar and bet of black velvet
he'd by rhinestone buckles; edging top
of blouse, in three diagonal rows on
each sleeve, and also on skirt from
panel to side seams are bands of white
chiffon putting, edged on each side with
wider frills of black.
Yokes in lengthwise tucks may have
fiat border of lace, giving them an
oval form, and the blouse cur down in
this shape with a ruche of ribbon all
around the top as the prettiest yokes
are also in the back. Tucks the shape
CT the top are made separate from the
blouse and then shaped TO it.
Making tucks as separate trimming
IS the discovery of French modistes, for
'trcks arc now on in shapes utterly i'm
possible TO accomplish in the garment.
A stylish light cloth gown has bias
bands stitched down so as to outline q
deep, round apron, s.oping up nearly
10 The belt at the back, shaping the
bands and filing in the space across
the lower part with short band pieces
at the back.-Dry Goods Economist.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
SLEEP. WORK AND LONGEVITY.
Proves That the Iden of Eight Hours'
Rest xs Erroneous.

Some of the greatest workers Of our
day have done with much less than
eight hours of sleep. says the british
Medical Journal. Or. James Legge,
professor of Chinese in the University of
Oxford. who has just died at the age of
So, was. it is said, in the habit of rising
at three a. m. and allowing himself only
five hours Of sleep. Brunei, the famous
engineer, for considerable part Of his
life worked nearly 20 hours a day. Sir
George A. Elliott, afterward Lord
Heath1e.d, who was in command
throughout the great siege of Gibraltar,
which lasted four years, never during
all that time slept more than four
hours out of the "a. "As 1 get old" said
Humboldt, Il want more sleep-four
hours at least. When / was young.
two hours of sleep were quite enough
for me-" On Prof. Max Muller limiting
that he found this hard saying. Hum
boldt said; ut is quite a mistake,
though it is very widely spread. that we
want seven or eight hours of sleep.
When was your age simply lay down
on the sofa. turned down my lamp. and
after two hours sleep was as fresh as
ever" He lived to be 50. These ex-
amples are. to use the consecrated
phrase of the photographers. more fer
admiration than for imitation; but
they serve TO show that longevity and
small allowance Of sleep are not in all
cases incompatible.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
SOME DEFINITIONS.

Gumdrop-A decline in the price o,
rubber goods.
Sawdust-Money paid to the writers
of wise saws.
Neutrality-suspicious. of the United States
that isn't on the map,
Misunderstanding that only the
party out of power can see the need of.
Jealousy-A key that opens more
wedloclls than ali others combined.
Notwithstanding a man likes TO
hug, especially if it's insthe form of a
woman.
Chiromancy-Th science of ascer-
tair,rg the rumber of trumps in your
oproi cn;'s haad.
Ma;chC>- Ssil to be made in Heaven,
but recalled IN Chicago AT two cents Per
boX.-Ch:eago News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
From a Poetic Engincer.

AT the Topeka Office of the Atchison
the following dispatch announcing an
accident was received from an engineer
on a western Kansas division: "On
No. 3 have busted fiue, what shall L
do? O'Donahue"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
swedish rire,romen.

At the jubilee festivities of King os-
car of Sweden and Norway, one of the
features that appeared most to interest
him was the exhibition of the female
fire brigade of koenissen. There are
$50 of these young women, from 20 to
30 years old. directed by male COM
mander, who is married.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
Ostrich Indnstrr.

In the last 20 years the ostrich indus
try in South Africa has Increased from
S5co,cco annually 10 ss,coo,oco.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
"A Minister'S
Trials.

ms Narrative from a minister rs Of greatest yuAse
10 those 1Ohosc nsrves aust,v.g health shattered
or otherwise aflfng. II is particularly, abtyob,iate in
ms age Of actiOe, nervous, endless labor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-10-18
CUSTER COUNTY

CUSTER COUNTY
state Senator ...'.......- George Coryell
representative -.,.'..i....... John j. Mccarthy
PROBATE Judge. s.s....'.............A.C @. Bomar
sheriff 1865 ...'-..f ..-........C Carl Lane
Auditor and Recorder -, George E. Keyes
Commissioner .......i..,..... Geo. MCGOWAN
End District. VIM. ]. Treloar
Srd Henry H. Knapp
Treasurer John p. Spalding
Assessor James F. Wilkinson
School Supt. .......................A. G. Bomar
Coroner. ........................H. J. Jones
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-17
South STAFFORD.

A very pretty home wedding took place
last Sunday afternoon at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Kendall at the Barrett
House, when their son, James o. Kendall,
was united in marriage to Miss Nettie D.
Webster. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Edward Blake, assisted by Rev. Stan
ley Spear. Only relatives and intimate
friends of the bride and groom were invited
and assembled to the number OF forty-five
Arthur Parker acted as usher and the bridal
party, preceded by little Lillian and Edith
Kendall as flower girls and Miss Susie Ken
dali as maid of honor entered the parlors
Mrs 8. b. Buell. playing the wedding
march. The bride was tastefully arranged
in gown of pale green organdie and car
ried shower bouquet of pink and white
sweet peas Miss Susie Kendall wore a
dress of pale pink muslin with white satin
ribbons and carried bouquet of white
chrysanthemums. The parlors were deco
rated with evergreens, ferns and sweet peas
A horseshoe OF white and pink. and-white
sweet peas was suspended from the ceiling
just over the contracting parties. The we'd
ding presents were numerous and beautiful
and were tastefully displayed in the adioin-
ing parlor on a table decorated in white.
red and green by Miss Susie Kendall, the
groom's sister.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-17
Mtddlesex.

George Hobart of Montpelier was in town
on Tuesday.
Charles L. Converse OF Barre visited at
his home on Sunday.
H. Lester McElroy is confined to the
house by a serious illness.
Remember the entertainment at the hall
tonight. Readings, music and refresh
ments.
Rev Louis Buckshorn and Rev. s. L.
Elburfeld returned to their homes in Mas
sachusetts last week.
j. II. Holden of Attleboro, Mass, is at
the home of Mrs. G. B. Holden, his mother,
for his summer vacation.
The first meeting OF the board OF civil
authority for the revision of the check list
will be held at the Center school-house
August Is at two O'Clock P. NJ.
Rev. J. Harry Holden is to preach in the
Brick church at two p. NJ. next Sunday.
Rev. E. II. Keene, now stopping in Water
bury, is expected to occupy the pulpit Sep
TENDER 4.
The greatest musical event Of the season
| is promised in the coming of Mary Howe
LAWN to Montpelier. A large attendance
is expected. See large announcement in
this paper for time and place,
Calais,
/ The Ladies' Union will hold their next
social with Mrs Gertrude Sparrow on
Thursday. August %. All are invited.
Rev. j. Harry Holden OF Attleboro, Mass.
preached an interesting sermon at the old
West church last Sunday - There was
large attendance at the Wheeler picnic at
Curtis pond last Saturday. Among those
| present from out of the State were Mr.. and
Mrs. Mason Wheeler Of Worcester, Mass,
and r. @. Hill from Milford, Mass.
Mrs. j. f. Ayers OF Boston is visiting in
town. - Mrs. FL. T. Foster and children
are at II. A. Kent's for a few days.
The Misses Schenks Of Topeka, Kan. is Wis
| iting in town. - Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Kent are away on a trip to Lake George
and Saratoga. - The Calais Creamery
association paid seventeen and one-half
| cents for July butter. - Reunion of
Company G, Eleventh Vermont regiment at
Memorial hall on Thursday II. e.
Burnap is in Northfeld in the interest Of the
corn canning factory - The Republi.
can caucus will be at the town hall next
| Saturday at two P. NJ.
East Calais.
j. w. Butterfield OF North Montpelier is
expected TO conduct services here next
venport of North Troy, former pastor, oc-
cupied the pulpit last Sunday afternoon.
- Merrick Ainsworth died Monday
morning after long illness, aged eighty
years The funeral services will be this
afternoon at two O'Clock. Mary Dwi.
nell is visiting for few weeks in Crafts
bury. - Carrie White has just spent
couple OF weeks at Morrisville attending
the summer school for teachers, - Mrs.
| N M. Wheelock leaves on Thursday for
Worcester, Mass, where she will spend
several weeks with relatives. - Among
the visitors in town are Paul George Of Boss
ton at Albert Georges, Mrs. Susan Story of
Swampscott, Mass, at L. G. Dwinells. and
| Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes Of Little Valley, N.
Y, at A. G. buttons.