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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19
EVIL ACTS OF DRUGGISTS.
The Custom OF snbstitution Deserves


ssverest Censure.
When a person goes to a drug store
for a standard remedy and the druggist
tries to palm off some other prepara-
ton of a pretended similar nature, urg-
ing the customer to buy the latter cor
coction on the plea that lit is just as
good" or really better" than the
standard remedy called for, it is proper
to avoid that drug store ever afterward
says the Boston Globe. The profit to
the druggist on the standard prepare
ton is not large. The few remedies
that the whole world recognizes as
meritorious are prepared by able
physicians and chemists, with every
facility of modern science at their com
mand, from the formulas of the most
learned physicians that this genera
ton has produced. tremendous
amount of capital is invested in the
laboratories where these remedies are
made. They have gained their reputa-
tions by the great good they have done
in curing disease and relieving pain.
1t costs a great deal to keep up their
necessary excellence. The INSCRIPTIONS
and generally ignorant druggists re-
ferred to see a chance to make big
profit by mixing together a number
OF cheap ingredients, giving the mix
ture name and taking advantage of
the gullibility of some people, who
seem to like to experiment with their
health. The Pharmaceutical Era
says: do druggists realize the re-
proach they have brought upon them
selves and the evil to their profession
by the practice of substitution? There
is no use mincing matters and care
fully choosing words. There are drug
| gists, and not few, who are guilty of
substitution, and it is time for an out
| spoken denunciation of this dishonor-
able practice. If there is any business
or profession which more than another
should be characterized by absolute
honesty and integrity it is pharmacy.
The issue of life and death frequently
rests with the druggist, and any tam
pering with the physicians preserip-
ton becomes a crime. The druggist
frequently argues that his substitute is
the same as or better than the article
prescribed; but even though this were
true the article is not what was or
dered or expected. The reason for
substitution by the druggist is either
for his own convenience or his finan-
cial beneft-both unworthy motives.
There has been a great deal said upon
the subject, but the real issue has been
disguised by lot of words and spe-
cious and fallacious arguments, until
the question of right and wrong seems
to have been lost sight Of Druggists
owe it to themselves to frown upon this
practice, to discountenance it in every
way possible. and to defend their pro-
fession by proof of their falsity against
the charges of dishonesty which, we re-
greet to say, are brought against it and
founded upon far too much evidence
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19
ArcHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Anybody can ride in a hack at an
election or a funeral
The smaller the town the more the
editors abuse each other.
Every time a woman picks up an
unbecoming hat, her milliner gets an
unfavorable advertisement.
BY the time a man has learned
enough sense to go to bed early, his
wife begins to sit up late for her son.
Medical men agree on this statement:
The man who works away in spite OF
age will live longer and enjoy better
health than the man who retires.
Judging from the manner in which
the women are rushing around to-day
you would think there was a lot OF
sickness in town instead of an election
A man wastes lot of time every day
talking foolishness, and in listening tc
foolishness as it is talked by other
men. No wonder his business suffers
We have always noticed that won
an is not interesting in her converse.
ton when she has just returned from
a meeting of her church sewing so
ciety.
The only difference between being in
swell society and out of it, is that in
one case you hear gossip in a well fur
nished room, and that in the other case
the same gossip is told over the bacl
fence
When woman wants to buy a quar-
ter of a yard of silk to make a doll
iie," she calls at every store, examine:
every piece of silk, and then mutter.
that she can never get anything "ir
this store" When the merchant or
ders that particular silk, she buys he
quarters worth, and he has the re
mainder left on his hands for the res
of his life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19
NAVEL ORANGES.


The Marketman's Explanation Was Hard
ly Satisfactory One.
They wanted TO know about navel
oranges in the store and the inquisitive
man asked of the marketman the same
question that the little boy asked his
mamma, says the Lewiston Journal
In vain the little boy awaited the ma
ternal response, but not so he of the
inquisitive mind, for the marketman
revolved the quid of thought in his
brain; eyed chicken and turkey and
juicy sides of beef; lifted an orange
and fondled it and said: Il can tell.
you all about it. They come this way
Now, this is singular" said he. "a
man came in here the other day and
told me all about navel oranges. His
brother is California orange grower
and he is just home from there. L
asked him and got full information.
1T is this way" he continued. You
see they import the seedless navel
orange trees from Australia They
don't do well in this country, so they
cut down the California orange trees,
when young, and engrafted slips OF the
Australian tree into them and they
grow up big and strong and perfect
into the juicy, applause-compelling
mountaineering California navel
That's how the navel comes
A silence fell and the inquisitive
man said: "Once a niger asked the
deacon about how they made man in
the creation and the deacon asked the
dominic and the dominic said:
"Dey was a brack man and er brack
woman on de earf long fore dey was
ever any Twin movin' thing, an dc
brack man he took de brack woman
and put her in de sacred spring and
leaned her up agin de fence ter dry an
de brack woman took er brack man an
dipped him in the sacred waters an
she leaned him.
'HoP on said the niger, dis yeah
was fore de Lord knowed anything
about it, er dey was any earf OF any
thingT
YES.
well, l asts to know whar dey
git dat fence?' And l want to know
where they get the Australian seedless
navel orange tree"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19
Costly Yotinp for a Girl.

Earl Bells admiration for a pretty
girl in Chillicothe, Mo-, caused him to
be found guilty of passing fraudulent
money. At a voting contest at Chill
licothe church fair last November Bell
spent his money freely to prove that
the niece of hotel-keeper there was
the most popular girl in town. 1t cost
him 5 cents each time he voted. He
voted often. In spite of all he could
do, other candidates were getting more
votes than his. Finally he grew des-
perate. He bought 100 votes at clip
and his girl won. but he paid for the
votes with an old confederate SIS bill
The trick was discovered and he is now
a United States prisoner.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

Charles Goode, veteran of the Black
Hawk war, died recently at Belmont.
Wis. He recently celebrated the 103d
anniversary of his birth Mr.. Goode
came from Yorkshire, England. Mrs.
William Caynor, of Stafford, Mo-, died
a few days ago at the age of 100. She
was the mother of thirteen children.
Her descendants are very numerous.
numbering over 400. Miss Maria Ben
son has celebrated her Tooth birthday
at Windsor. Conn. She is the daughter
of a Revolutionary soldier, of whom
there are few.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

we heard the sound OF wheels and saw
our parents driving up to the door. Ow-
ing to the washing away OF a bridge
they had been unable to get home the
previous night and had accepted the
hospitality OF a farmer named W,
who had provided them with supper
and bed. Then, with shuddering and
tears, we told our story and were al
ternately kissed and cried over by
mother. who declared that never, never
would she leave us alone again AS
to that complexion varnish," one ap-
plication showed no favorable results
and we never felt like trying it again.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19
ACTORS IN PRIVATE LIFE.
One of Them criticises Their Dress and
Conversation.

One of Them criticIses Their Dress and
Conversation.
well-known sctor is quoted thus
by the New York Advertiser:
Il don't know why an actor should
think it necessary to dress in such a
manner as to proclaim his profession
to all who pass him on the street. We
often hear He looks like an actor but
rarely He looks like an electrician.
or He looks like a banker Now. it
seems to me that, first and foremost,
man ought to try to look like a gem
tleman. His business should not be
stamped upon his face There is no
reason why an actor or an artist should
be walking advertisement of his pro-
fession. Artists do not think velvet
coat and long hair necessary to pro-
duce canvas of merit, nor should
enormous plaids and f1ashy jewels be
part of the stock in trade of the rising
young actor
An actor should endeavor as much
as possible to avoid things pertaining
to the theater when his work is over,
just as the banker turns from his bust
ness as he leaves his Office. He should
mix as much as possible with people
of other professions and with men Of
business and society In this way he
broadens his life, gets an idea of more
! than one phase of it and takes the rest
from his work that he cannot get if
surrounded by others of his own pro-
fession. How can a man play a part
in life of which he knows nothing
To put on wig and speak the lines of
| the author is not sufficient The Rialto
has been the ruin of many prominent
actor. Let him go out into the side
streets of the city or anywhere that he
can study life-rather than mix con-
stantly with those that can tell him
only what he already knows.
Many of our most successful paint
ers are men who chose for their in
innate friends writers, musicians and
actors in preference to men who. like
themselves, earn their living by their
brush. They realize that by so doing
they come in contact with people whose
interests in life are different and who
Gle OAtCA VI the greatest pOSSlDl6 as
sistance to them. An actor OF a writer
may suggest to painter an idea ou
of which grows the picture that will
make his reputation.
"All this is, of course, simply mi
opinion, and, like other individual
opinions, may be entirely wrong: blu
it is an opinion that is shared by mar,
prominent actors, both here ant
abroad. The life of the English acto
is in many cases great improvement
on ours. Many of the best profession
ais in London, an hour after the falIin,
of the curtain, are miles away in tn,
country. During the day they ar,
gentlemen farmers, and spend thei
time surrounded by their horses ant
dogs, only taking the train to the cit,
at the latest possible minute. Just a
any other man does who is in business
In this country. on the other hand
the rowing life that is a necessity for
bids a domestic life during the sea
son, although there are a few we'll
known actors that have quiet nttl,
homes within half an hours ride o
New York, where they are always t,
be found during the day when playin,
engagements in the city"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

Auctioneer-"And, now. ladies and
gentlemen, what bid do l hear for the
massive, gold-mounted, Carrara mar
BILE. Eiffel tower movement mantel-
piece, worth at the lowest. paltriest
figure $40? Did l hear S10?" Voice in
the Crowd-"I said 10 cents. "-"Going
-going-gone. New York Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

lips cnrled with scorn and rich color
mantled In her cheeks.
Proper. Society does not rule down
here, Aunt Margaret! Besides it is a
mere matter of business!"
A twinkle danced in Miss Margaret's
eyes, but vanished, presently.
oh" she said, you mean to make
profession OF your art"
"Oh, dearl" sighed Lena, chow many
times | have told you, Aunt Margaret,
that art will not accept divided hom-
! age / hope some day to call myself
an artist Now" and the large brown
eyes grew luminous, the lips smiled as
B If some vision of beauty woke a glad
response in Lena's heart and her little
white hands moved unconsciously to
! clasp each other; now / can only hope
1 and dream, work and pray!"
Then she came suddenly out of this
b little ectasy and said:
n II sent an advertisement to the
Granville Gazette yesterday, and it is
published to-day"
She took a folded newspaper from
\ her pocket. opened it and read:
WANTED-A fisherman to stand
/ as model for an artist. Terms liberal.
Apply at No. Seaview Terrace, Ocean
Place, Wilton
By the way, Aunt Margaret, the ut
ter absurdity of that address never
struck me SO forcibly as it does at this
moment. Ocean Place'-a strip of sea
beach half a mile in extent Seaview
y Terrace four empty and one occupied
cottage. | suppose all the population
90 of Wilton viii apply for the position. .
81 But nearly week passed, every day
bringing repetition of the advertise
m ments and not an answer reached Sea-
y view Terrace. Lena worked busily at
d her picture, a sea-scape, with a group
of children in the foreground, a wo-
man watching the waves upon rock
h to the right, and great blank space for
on the fisherman, who was to come to
IN greet her. The subject was not very
q new or very original, but Lena was
treating 1t with wonderful power for a
young artist She had worked faith
fully under good masters in London,
!, Paris and Rome for six years, and was
:, an artist born. Her father had been
y proud OF her genius, giving it full scope
while she was yet a mere child, and
when he died he charged his sister to
va let Lena have her will, if she wished
h@to continue her studies. So the girl
az then only seventeen, when her routine
D nof studies with her masters was over
Th took her easel and brushes for rest for
pszsalve to the bitter heart-pain her faith
any sr's absence caused, and, with her aunt
MS ior companion, went abroad to study
ssra She had been at home only two months
be, when she took board at Seaview Ter
uc ace, and began her sea picture-her
IS Il rst large one on canvas. 1t was toe
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19
BY A FRECKLE CURE.
TWO COUNTRY GIRLS SAVED
BY UNUSUAL MEANS.
Eject of Pair of Housebreakers-
Caught at Their Evil Work by Two
Ghost Like Creatures Narrow Es-
cape. v

Y sister Kate and
! were nearly of an
age, but we were
not alike in any
way except that we
were both tall and
both had-freckles !
These troubled us,
many we're the eZ-
periments we tried
to remove from our
faces the objection
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

fOHklNG WITH RAPID FINGERS.
arly in the season for seaside visitors.
ill April weather, and Wilton was but
small place, SO she worked outdoors,
.er easel facing the wide blue sea she
bpied with sometimes fainting. often
Sultant, heart.
/; Mortimer Gilroy called himself weary
4 the world. At thirty-two he had ex-
tusted all the pleasures liberal for
!, ne, strong health, cultivated mind
i'd plentiful leisure afforded. When I
y exhausted merely quote Morti-
er Gilroy. He had done" Europe,
yypt and his native country; had been
tied by society, escaped numerous
nningly spread matrimonial webs,
R d, while he counted his fiirtatlons by
! gens, he was heart whole, as he lay
on the deck of the Firehy, his own
Scht. reading the Granville Gazette"
nj had come from a winter cruise on
"a coast OF Florida, through the Gulf
ts Mexico, winding about the West In
% IS, till. weary of sea as well as land,
rS was sailing for New York when he
5t in at Wilton for supply of fresh
divisions.
4 fHulloor' he muttered, 81 do believe
lis is the beautiful artist l saw
'ough my glass this morning, paint
on the beach. 'Wanted:-A fish
nan to stand as model for an artist.
~ rms liberal. Apply at No. Sea-
" w Terrace, Ocean Place, Wilton.
49, was very beautiful. l was sorry
zen the sun became too glazing on
~, water and drove her indoors. A
plermani"
nN lie unused a moment, then called.
irs Bobi"
De rugged sailor answered at once.
R,Bob. am going to stay at Grant
ne 'e for few weeks. You will take
hp yacht homel"
One fob was too much accustomed to his
,s aster's sudden freaks to make any
lment, and Mr.. Gilroy, hastily Sc
= ed a few articles in his cabin, pack
0 d valise and went ashore.
i bgune had come. Lena had spent the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

Yabsley- comes Nudge. Let's
run" Wickwire-'What's the matter
with Nudge that we should fiee?"
Yabsley-"H Haven't you heard? He has
got so that every time he has eight or
ten drinks he wants to give Rotations
in the Scotch dialect. indianapolis
Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

Master-"Who can tell me what use
full article we get from the whale?"
Johnny "Whalebone. Master
Right. Now, what little boy or girl
knows what we get from the SCALP
"Sealing-wax. "-Tit-Bits
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

The greatest luxury in Central At
RIGA is salt The long-continued use
of vegetable food in that country Gre
ates so painful longing for salt, that
natives deprived of it for long per-
iod, often show symptoms of insanity
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19
Five Kined in a WATERFRONT.

A waterspout struck the farmhouse
of James Branders, near Monticello.
Tenn, and demolished the house Bran
ders, his wife and child and two farm
hands were killed
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

Mr.. Cavort-" Good-by, love. In case
| am really prevented from coming
home to dinner l will send you a tele-
gram" Mrs. C.-"You need not trouble
to send it. l have already taken it out
of your pocket. "-Tit-Bit
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

He who merely hopes and will not
act may write himself down what he
pleases. but he is in reality only = fatal
ist.-Rabbi Hirsch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

In all Europe there are 6,274 profess
sors in the colleges and universities.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19
WANTED: A MODEL.
(By Anna sheilds.)

4 setIIlS 81 very
strange, dear. Not
exactly proper!"
Miss Seymour ex-
pected to see pre-
cisely the express
sion upon the face
of her niece as did
follow this opinion.
l. e n a Seymour's
great brown eyes
flashed. her pretty
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-19

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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-19
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Produce,

Chicago, Aug. S.-Liverpool, always an
influence on local trading, showed an
opening decline of I'D. which was I'M
looked for after yesterdays advance here,
and had the result of depressing prices
about &c at the opening. September
started at 71Is@71i4c. The selling pressure,
however. came almost entirely from the
small spectators and was of a local ma
depress prices and soon after the open
the remainder of the session showed con-
cash business done, which have been in
were confirmed to-day and the influence
of the cash demand was augmented by
further heavy bids to-day. The actual
amount of business done could not he as
certained as shippers would not give out
their transactions until freight rates had
been secured. but rumOrs of large guam
titles worked were so thick that they had
a marked effect on speculation. Heavy
rains were reported in the Northwest and
apprehension of wheat spelling or being
otherwise damaged increased the demand.
Another and more bullish feature of the
Northwest news was the continued dis
appointing threshing reports, which
strengthened the belief that recent crop
estimates were too large. St Louis and
local shorts bought heavily at times and
this buled the market, bringing the
smaller fry to cover. September ad-
vanccd to 72c. well above calls. but real
izing sent it to 79sn71Ac, where Il closed
an advance OF sc over yesterday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-19
THE MARKETS.

New York, Aug. 1SlTo-day's stock
market was active and strong. The deal
ings were remarkably well distributed,
but the strength was more generally Off
fused than at any time during the week.
There was a great deal of outside inter-
est in the market in the shape of orders
through commission houses as was to he
expected after the sharp rise of the last
few days. Prices were pretty well mark
ed up at the start and selling to realize
was on quite liberal scale after the
opening hour. The offerings were well
absorbed. however, at small expense to
values, the market being sustained mean
while by the notable upward movement
of some usually obscure stocks. After
this first realizing had been digested
there was a general breathing spell and
prices then mounted to the best of the
day. i,-@
In the late afternoon the burden of real
izing overcame the market and prices
yielded all around. A number of the re-
cent leaders lost practically all of their
earlier gains, notably the Baltimore &
Ohio stocks, Southern and Central Pa
cifc and Southern Railway preferred,
which rose early from to 2 points. The
high-priced specialttes and the stocks of
local corporations were subjected to re-
newed bear pressure and showed notable
declines. especially Tobacco and Consol-
idated Cas- which declined 21a and 8
points respectively. A fraction was
knocked off prices all through the list
and net gains in the general list were
brought below a point. A very substan-
tial rise in prices remains, nevertheless.
Gains were generally diffused through
out the list. The grangers and Pacifics,
the SouthweSterns, the coalers and a
number of soft coal roads all have gains
to show, reaching a point Louisville
continued to be taken on a very large
scale and was pushed up at one time
to s0A. Southern Railway preferred de-
clined on realizing with the publication
of the dividend announcement and the
statement of the finance for the year
Minneapolis & St. Louis made a brilliant
advance of 6Ss points. the second pre-
ferred rising 21a points. The iron and
steel stocks Jagged throughout, except
Tennessee Coal, which moved upwards
again to near the high point. Late realiz-
ing was in part due to a revulsion in the
recent confidence in the money market
outlook in spite of the fact that call
money worked lower to-day. The market
closed heavy with only a few stocks
marked up fractions in the final dealings.
There was a large demand for Southern
Pacific As at or above As. Southern
mortgages as a rule were strong and
higher. Sales, S3.775Uv0.
L. S. old As coupon declined 4 per cent.
in the bid price
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-19

Corn was firm for September, barely
steady for later months and dun for all
1t was mostly a scalpers' market. Sep
TENDER closed AGssc higher.
Oats showed more activity than usual
1t followed wheat in the main, but there
was considerable selling at the opening
September closed a shade higher
Provisions We're strong, with some
what broadened market, prices advanc-
ing all around. A good consumption de-
mand was reported by packers and this
was the basis of the speculative strength
Lack of offerings was a feature. At the
close September pork was &c higher, lard
2lac higher and ribs 2laa5c higher.