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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-03
A w oman Saved.
A CASE OF INTEREST
TO every WOMAN.
Mrs. Henry Younghans Tells Story Of Suffering
and How She Was Cured. ..
From fAe evening Netcs. Detroit. Mich.

Mrs. Henry Younghans, of Detroit, Mich,
who resides at 1908 Grand River Avenue,
said: Ever since our last little one came /
was an invalid. For years have had the
most painful experience and would have to
lie down most of the time. After the last
baby was born / was unable to attend to my
Homework. could hardly stand up and
had dizzy spells. / wanted to sleep ali the
time and was treated by several of the best
physicians. l would have the most fearful
cramp, for which hot applications were used.
l used these hot applications until / blist-
cred myself severely.
Before our child was born / had been a
strong, healthy woman and was scarcely ever
sick. After he was born l grew weak and
thin, and received scarcely any help from
the medicine left by the doctors. They said
! was not properly cared for and that the
baby was too strong for me. Ny back seemed
10 be breaking and was scarcely ever with
out a severe headache. Could not tell you
how many different prescriptions have ia ken,
but every doctor had different plan of treat
ing my case. / wore supports and laid for
weeks with my limbs elevated, but without
avail. One day my husband suggested that
/ try DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
as he had read several articles In the paper
about women who had been helped by them.
j was discouraged and thought must always
be an invalid, but said would try them
after | had taken the bottle of medicine /
was then using.
"a few days after he brought me in box
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-03
ABOUT EUROPEAN WOMEN.

The German wcmen are essentially
domestic, possess none of the attractive
daring of the French woman or the
sparkling grace of mind which belongs
to the American.
The most accomplished and brilliant
woman of Europe is the Russian, who
has vivaciors temperament. a marvel
Gus facility for languages and power
of adaptability.
In France there are exceptional girls
from aristocratic families who have
made it point to graduate from the
public schools. but what the average
French woman lacks in accomplish
ments she makes up in chic and grace
Italians and Spaniards are disfir-
guished above all other women of Eu-
rope by their ignorance. due TO their in
dolence- They do not even possess the
art OF elegant dressing and beauty Ia
their sole redeeming point.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-03
The HERon.s NEST.

Down In the sedge by the river
That flows from the south to the west.
BY the iris blue pennants. a-cuIver,
There buflded a heron her nest
With hay from the lowiand meadow.
With twig from the forest tree.
With moss from the woodland shadow.
She wrought 1t cunningly.
Then, with mother love, she brooded above.
And-harki to the children three
With the mists OF the dawn upcurling
In vaporous wreaths to the sky,
The heron. her wings unfurling,
Went forth from her childern's cry.
When the lamps" she said. "of Heaven
Shall burn DER the land and the sea,
In the cool of the dewy even
To my home Will hasten me-"
Then. In search Of food. went she from her
brood,
And-aias! for the children three.
The eve was fed. and the stars had burned
them
Adown to their sockets edge.
The dawn was chill, and the nestllngs
turned them
In lone unrest in the sedge.
But home no more came the heron ever.
From over the land and the sea:
Through the even song. and the dawning,
never
In all the years came she;
For the bullet had sped, and tho heron
dead,
Lay-afar from the children three
-Dmma NJ Long. in N. Y. Independent.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-03
KITCHEN HELPS.

Clean brooms by dipping in and out
Of ammonia water.
II oyster shells are occasionally
placed in kitchen stoves it viii be
found that clinkers win never appear.
Throw some salt on the kitchen stove
If grease is spilled on it and odor vii. be
prevented
If an oil OF gas stove is used box CT
sand should be kept handy in case of &C
cident, as it is the best thing with which
TO put out fire.
To prevent the wick of candle from
smoldering hold IT higher than the
mouth when blowing il out and blow
upward. Ii lamp wicks are soaked thor
oughiy in vinegar before being med they
will not smoke.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-03
THE PROMOTER.
THE SCHEME of the California Con-
BY G. B. Durham.
s>e~e~oe~e~e~s<

THE SCHEME of the California Con-
solidhted Ditch company com
prised dam across a mountain stream,
a storage reservoir, a canal several
miles in length curving around the base
of a granite butte, and farmers galore
upon the subjacent plain. The com
pany was capitalized at s1.000.oOO, and
its sole assets consisted of articles of in
corporation, Office furniture, and pro-
moter. This may seem high inventory
value for a promoter, but a good one is
worth it. and this man certainly had his
work cut out for him.
With an empty treasury, it became
necessary to reverse the rule obtaining
in similar engineering operations of be-
ginning at the head of the works, and to
secure first the land, secondly the set
tiers, and lastly the water. The lands
included in this proposition were in
use as grain fields and sheep ranges, and
as such were valued at but a few dol
lars per acre. With water for irrigation,
they could be subdivided into ten-acre
fruit farms and sold for 2O-fold their
present value. The problem before the
promoter was to buy these lands With
out money, TO sci, them without water,
and to get rich from a commission of Is
per cent. The company's problem was
TO build the irrigation works out Of the
proceeds of land sales, and TO pay for
the land later from money received for
water tolls. The promoters instruc-
tions were Biblical: what thou hast
20 do. do quickly" But on long time,
sell for cash or good paper. The opera
ton was to be equivalent to kiting
checks on a grand scale. If they sue
ceeded, they were financiers; if they
failed, scamps.
Pale" quoth the promoter. at isn't
on the cards. Within two years we shall
have every ten-acre tract sold and i'm
proved; in five years we shall be ship
ping fruit by the train Load. 1t is the
chance of lifetime to secure, at nomi-
- cost, home in the citrus belt"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-03
Stop q Moment :!
Read and Reflect
~ 7zS

We are Headquarters for Agricultural Imp
iements. Machinery and Vehicles, including
Fish Bros. Farm, Freight and Spring Wagons;
Cooper Farm and Freight Wagons. Our
Spring wagons and Concord Bugg es are es-
Ipecially built for Idaho trade.
Canton Sulky and Hand PloWs; j. |. Case
sulky and hand plows; Canton steel lever and
Wood, frame harrows; Superior grain drills
Jewel center cut disc harroWs and seeders;
Mccormick harvesting neutrality-suspicious. on
earth; steel hay rakes. both hand and self
dumps; hardware, nails, Jewel stoves and
ranges, Kitchen ware, barb-Wire, Etc.
ware. Our harness are fully guaranteed to be
best California Oak Stock Windows, sash,
doors and glass. We have the most complete
stock of Paints and Oils in this country Wag-
on hardwood, iron and steel. Grass and tield
seeds, land other lines too numerous to mention.
Our goods and prices always SatiSfac-
tory. No trouble for us to answer inquiries
for anything in our line.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-03

Two years later the bubble had burst
and the canal company was hopeless
lyinsolvent. 1t hadfurnished much work
and little pay to Fred and to hundred
other settlers as unsophisticated as he
The canal was Incomplete; not a drop
of water had ever reached the parcbed
soil upon the little knoll they called
their home. Even the customary rainy
season had failed them. and the effort
10 raise crop of grain upon their small
holding had resulted only in loss of Ia
Dor ard of seed. The wife had been
hopeful and helpful until the baby came
TO the cabin for little time and thence
to neighboring cemetery. Now she
was very i'll. and Fred was impover-
ished.
The old farmer had foreclosed on his
blanket mortgage. and already with
his gang plows was restoring the big
field 10 its former aspect. The cabins
that dotted ii here and there. if not re-
moved by The settlers, were torn down
when the plows reached them. and only
ragged board piles and mounds of earth
where cellars had been dug marked
their former sites.
Fred took his wife to a hospital in the
county town and she died there.
In few months the winter rains viii
transform all the landscape into fields
of living green. Then. out of the aban-
doned colony, the little cellar mounds
at each cabin site will look like sodded
graves.
Fred is in the Highland asylum.
But the promoter fares sumptuously
every day.--San Francisco Argonaut.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-03

A shepherd of Chambery. Savoy.
employs a horse instead of a dog to
keep the herd together. The horse
understands the orders given him and
carries them out as irseliigeDtly as the
best-trained dog.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-03

said the driver: 'the game is a big
ditch around the side OF that butte, and
another garden of Eden blossoming
out right here where we are standiDg."
"Ohl" said the oiler.
"Oh, the deuce." said the kicker.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-03

In one of the hot interior valleys of
California, on a sti,l June morning. a
vast field of ripe barley spread out on
rolling plain at the base of the butte,
like great copper-colored blanket 1t
was as though the towering mountain
had risen suddenly from sleep and flung
aside his covering. A harvesting ma
chine. itself well proportioned to the
largeness of the task, moved slowly
along the margin of the grain field, UNI
raveling the blanket in strips 20 feet
wide. This modern evolution of the
sickle and the fiSilcut the grain, threshed
it, put il into sacks, and scattered the
straw Forty mules. eight abreast,
tugged and sweated AT their task as they
dragged the machine upon the long
slope. 4 cloud of protesting locusts in
front, dust and chaff cloud following
these with the four men of the crew
were al the life and all the movement
within the prospect.
This is a fine morning. don't
think" said the man at the water-butt.
putting his head into a bucketful. rs
that breeze never a-coming? I've seen
the sand,augers down the valley for an
hour"
Hand me up a can OF that stuff and
don't get impatient" replied the driver.
1T is only about ten o'clock. You'll
have a chance to size for an hour yet"
The machine groaned and numbered
along to the next corner, where a halt
gave the kicker a chance to resume:
Say, is this place actually hotter than
every other placer
''Oh, i don't know" was the re-
joinder; but l know you viii think SO
wherever you happen to be, in this
world or the next one"
NO wonder the old man has sold this
ranch for just about money enough 10
oil the machine one season."
what do you mean? heard eight
dollars an acre"
HE tod me himself chat he got only
500 cash and gave two years time. !
reckon he win get the land back. He
sold it twice before"
'!f he does get the land again he'll be
out two crops Of grain" persisted the
kicker.
much you know about it," said thu
driver. Il tell you the old man is q
weather sharp. lie figures on couple
Of dry seasons after this big crop. He
viii save his seed and rest up the land
get n small payment or two from these
fellows. and in about three years
we will be cutting him the big
gest crop he ever raised. with the mules
a-sweating and you a-kicking at every
corner. just like now"
What's the lay. anyhow? ?" asked tbs
oiier.
WHY. hs,en't You heard about it,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-08-06

A simple saydust man was he,
4 clown with scarlet vest,
With a story and song and a merry laugh.
With never thought for TIE sober half
OF life. you said, when he sang and sent
Hhe long applause through the great white
tent;
Only a sawdust man-ah me,
Only saWdust men was he.
Only a sawdust man, know.
But a fathers heart beat warm,
And his cheeks were flushed with deeper
red
4 beautiful child with golden hair.
there.
The child Of a sawdust man-ah. me.
But q sawdust man can love. maybe.
Only sawdust nan stood by
And saw with throbbing heart
slender form drawn high above
The human sea, but fathers love
Must wear the mask of merry air
But his eyes neer left the golden hair,
And his heart stood still when she missed
-ah, me,
But only a sawdust man was he.
With tender hands they bore her out,
And gently laid her down;
So white was the brow meath the golden
hair
But the sawdust man must stay out there,
For merry song must yet be sung,
Though the heart be crushed and the harp
uustrung.
He was only a sawdust man-ah, me,
But a saWdust men can love. maybe.
Nashville Banner
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-08-06
ONCE FAMOUS BEAUTY.
Mrs. Kate Chase SpraGuc Living in
Retirement at Washington.

Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague says the
Chicago Tribune. is one of the women OF
national reputation who still lives near
Washington. Little is known Of her fam
lily life. because Mrs. Chase. as she
now call. herself. is still proudly res rvod
ana Keeps strangers at 4 distance. \
Chicago woman who had known Mrs
Chase III the zenith of her power ana
fame was invited to meet her one d2y
last week. The meeting was Il PAINFUL
one and the visitor wishes she hal NOT
had the beauty of recollection DESTROYED
by the harsh reality. Mrs Chase has
lost her good looks has grown stout and
is Indifferent To dress.
She dyes her gray hair an unnatural
shade of yellow, which - the worst Of all
She still retains her me conversational
gifts and uses the pure English thai al
ways marked her speech. Her daughter.
Ethel. who used to he with the MrnsficlI
company, is now Mrs. McCIel!anJ, and
has a son who is said to resemble his dis
tnGuiShed ancestor. Justice Chase. She
lives with her mother nj Edgcwood. the
Old family estate. Mrs. Chase was asked
by her Chicago friend if she had decided
to write her personal rccOiectious, but
the reply was that this would rcuurr
leisure and peace of mind, and ut present
she does not DOSSpSS either
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-08-06

some or otherwise. but only whether ii is
delicious are seldom or never troubled
with Indigestion. On the contrary, those
persons who are forever considering their
food from digestive standpoint are the
greatest sufferers from Indigestion. A
healthy person. it is true. seldom thinks
of food being urwholesome if the food
appeals only to his appetite. That which
is unwholesome is not delicious to
healthy person His taste is an unerring
guide 1t is only when the taste is cor
rupted 10y some organic disease or, as il
often is. by n morbid condition, brought
about from continually dwelling on the
digestion. that the taste cannot be depend
ed upon. 1t is well to remember that the
food which has produced the mental and
physical superiority of the AnglO-SaXon
race must be Of superior quality,
High thinking is not compatible with
a diet of bran and milk as some eccen-
trio thinkers seemed TO believe number
of years ago. High thinking on the
contrary. demands that plenty of atten-
ton shall be paid to the table and that
there shall be the best and most whole
some of food upon it. A great many girls
in Olden times were taken from school be-
cause, it was believed, their health had
been broken down by excess of study. II
is now known that they suffered only
from the inferior diet of the average WON
ans boarding school of those days Col
lege girls do not break down now from
excess of study when they have whole
some food any oftener than men. 1t l.
not safe to reject the food which the
wisdom Of the ages has told US is good.
The same principles which have guided
the English-speaking people and nearly
al the civilized people on the globe in the
selecting and serving of food guide them
today. and it is not safe to follow anyone
who deviates from these general ideas. =
New York Tribune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-08-06
German Military TyranfS.

As excellent as the German military Sys-
tenn is. it, nevertheless. lends itself III
some of its complications To abuses which
can hardly be cradiCatct. So long as hui
man nature remains human. The two
greatest tyrants i'll the German army are
the colonel and the sergeant The for
mcr rules III his limited sphere almost rs
All absolute monarch. though Il benevolent
one. No man can JOIN the officers corps
Of his regiment without his assent; every
affair of honor is referred 10 him. lie
decides upon questions of leave. and even
To Il great extent of promotions. In hh"
manner. as the colonel reigns over his Off
GERS. tn" sergeant rules his squad, with
result hat 4 complicated system Of
piacating him exists The military rcgu-
lations do not allow him tu receive pres
cnts Of any Kind from the men, but, us Il
matter of fact. lie lcyics Il tax of some
kind upon nearly every soldier under his
immediate supervision. almost never in the
form of money. but presents of all drScrip
tons such as cigars. cdibl"s, trnkets. etc.
\ correspondent of til" New York
Times says he has known Of Il case wher.
Il onc-ynar volunteer. who is usually gen
tpman. has received Il hint from his ser
gCant that the latter : ilanCCC is greatly
in need Of silver brooch, but lie. the ser
gcaut. had unfortunately no money 70 buy
one with The volunteer FASTENED to pre-
sent the sergeant with tn" required article
Of course. with poittc note requesting
his acccptancc II til" hint had not hcrn
taken. The volunteers lify Vuufi nave been
made miserable in number Of petty
ways. such rs longer and more frequent
guard mounts and extra drills. As rule,
these little CX3ctlOnS are Of m great con
sequence and are tacitIy WiHkcd ut by the
commissioned officers of the regiment. as
the richer class of soldiers. particularly the
volunteers are principally mulctCH and The
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-08-06
Small Wasted Girls Don't Cling.

a Girl" writes to the Philadelphia
Times: Il quite agree with your CORE
>pondent who says men admire a trim
wai>tsd, ueatly-Shod and glovcd girl but
he is quite mistaken in surprising She
can be 'Clinging' at the same time. No
body can cling in eighteen-inch stays
ana that il one Of their greatest draw
backs. Let an enterpriSlng man try TO
embrace \ small-waisted girl and in few
minutes he will find her withdra wing her
self gracefully from his clasp. He may
put 1t down 10 coynCss. hut il is really
stays. a distinct Creak will inform him
If he has good ears. Why. when an &c
treSs wants to play a clinging. emotional
Part, does she not put on ten gown be
fore she starts on the job? | have heard
Of a girl who always took off her STAYS
when she wanted TO indulge in good
cry. and even nice, pretty-pointed boots
are trltte ram2iu@ 10 the affections
f"u can Il" trim. smiling. amiahle AMI
pleasant even i'll sINt"en-inch STAYS when
Won have got used 10 them hut. believe
me. !ou simply cannot cling worth n
s'nt- hiv" tried, and | ought n
know.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-08-06
A WHITE HOUSE BELLE.
Queen ViCtoria's Attentions to the
Niece of President Buchanani

Oueeu ViCtoria's Attentions to the
Niece of President Buchanani
A few days since the cable brought
word that Queen Victoria had given a
special reception 10 Mrs. Harriet Lane
Johnston at Windsor castle. 1t is an
nounced that the Prince and Princess of
Wales are shortly to pay similar honor
TO this distinguished American woman
who. while her uncle, James Buchanan.
was President of the United States. filled
the onerous position Of Lady of the
White House most graCiouSly.
Miss Herrict Lanes first appearance IN
public life was as the companion of her
uncle in London. where. from the spring
of 1854 to the fall of 1890, she shared
with him the social duties of the Amerl-
can minister at the court of st. james
1t was a trying post at that time. The
Crinean wal. was on. and there was con
siderable irritation and friction between
the British and American governments
growing out of certain questions of neu-
trail duties raised 10y that conflict. Ma
po!eon Ill. was then ut the zenith of his
power.
Miss Lane appears to have made a deep
impression upon English society. and
more than one Englishman of high rank
paid court to her in vain. In the fall of
1870, however. Miss Lane returned To
.tUitlltd. MI IputHtlltu IttttlS 10 H'l
from London, where he remained Il little
longer bear evidence that her departure
was sincerely. and by some of hcr ad-
mircrs SOrruWfully, regretted. At his last
audience with her the Queen desired to
De kindly rcmembcreI' to Mr. Bucnan-
ans beautiful niece, whose cOnJucs:s
among her courtlers were well known to
her. 1t was the talk of London ut that
time that Miss Lane looked very much
as the Queen looked before her marriage.
\ foreign correspondent, describing hrr
at the first New Years reception at the
White house. after Mr.. Buchanan be-
came President, wrote: The Anglo sax
on beauty in full toilet de dpmi-dcuil
wearing no ornament but a necklace Of
seed pearls looked charming. receiving
the ladies and gentlemen presented with
grace and affablity. She was surround
ed by groups of diplomats and officials.
with ladies of her acquaintance. forming
picture more beautiful, although not SO
gaUdy, as the sovereign she resembles:
that is. before Queen Victoria became
Mrs. Albert Guelph"
1t is not necessary to tell Baltimore
readers that the heart and hand of Miss
Lane, sought 50 earnestly and vaniy by
titled EngliShmen, were given in 1893 To
Henry Elliott Johnston, and that hcg
husband and their two SONS have al
preceded her TO the grave. 1t WaS in
this city that her married life was passed.
Like the oue"n, who has just shown he!
an unusual honor. her later years have
been sorrow fui.-i;altimorc Sun.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-08-06
NEW :.

When the low west falls suddenly shining
AT the end of Il sunsetting shower,
All its beams long and amber untwning,
Frrled close under cloud for an hour.
Ger wet woods, Ger green meadows RAIN
scented,
The watt of a wind goes by.
To the patient. poor souls, and contentcd,
With a word, with a call, cry.
For Ii says in the Land of the Fairies
Every day, every hour, every minute
4 new pleasure that freShens and varies
Is waiting for us TO begin it.
And before we could run where it beckoned
Lo. more thronging bright in band,
SO that no one has time-net n second
To be patient in Faery Land
And lt teils how this blithe Land OF Faery
Groweth wilder and stranger and sweeter
because dewcd are its ways bright and airy
With promise of bliss still completer:
Star by star as it sets and 1t rises
Sees marvels just dawning IT hand.
SO that no one, for joys and surprises,
Is contented in Faery Land.
Jane Barlow in the Athenaeum-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-08-06
ore Mau's Meat and Another MapA
PoISon.'

The oft-Tepcated saying that what Is
one mans meat Is au0thers poison is
continually recalled by eccentricitIes exhib-
tied by individuals in the matter Of food
There j. scarcely any delicious fruit or
any food that has not at some time been
condemned as injurious. Because the
strawberry affects a few persons ike poi
son. are those 10 whom il i n Wholesome
fruit to condemn what is THE best berry
ever made: Asparagus and many other
vegetables and fruits seem u act iuirri
ously when eaten hv some individuals 1t
- certain such persons should avoid them.
bpt i does not follow that anyone else
should. The nerves OF taste, which are
given II each one Of Us as guide in the
selection Of our food. are Of more value
than the unscienrIc theories Of persons
WHO draw their conclusions from such $50
'ted Gase$. Such cases themselves draw
attention by their variety In the general
wholesomeneSs OF the food they are quot
ed II condemn.
Tha imagination exerts a powerful ef-
fecr u the digestion. Il l. q well-knowu
fact that those persons who think the
least about wherhe- their food j whole