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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Tn. Proper Response.

Mamma Why did YOU let him kiss YOU
Daushter-Well. he was so nice; he asked
me
But haven't l told you you must learn
to say No:
"That's what did say He asked me if
ia be Very angry ii he kissed me ''-Phila-
delphia Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

Plan to have better garden this
year than last. Do not think your
work is done when the seeds are plant
ed. Do not let your wife cultivate it..
1t is part of mans work,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03
Hoods
Sarsa pariIIa

81 had that tired feeling all the time.
Was as tired in the morning when
rose as | was when went to bed. ]
took four bottles Of Hoods Sarsa'
parilla and it made me feel like a new
man. | could work hard and not feel
tired recommend Hoods to al!
who need good medicine" A. L.
CHARTER, Creston, Iowa.
ood'e Sarsapariila is sold by all drug
j. Get Hood S and only Hoods.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

1t isn't fair to measure other people in
your half bushel, bu, you probably do it.
Atchison Globe.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

Now that Belle has secured her divorce,
suppose she is happy" No, she isn't.
She is married again. Philadelphia North
American
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

Don't Neglect Cough Take Some IIale's
Honey Of Iiorehound and Tar instanter.
Pixies Toothachc Drops Cure in one minute
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

Each package Of PUTSAM's FApELEss
DYES colors more goods than any other dye
and colors them better too. Sold by all
druggists.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

HeAm right IN presumlng to think
you care for me:
She-No, YOU are left Cleveland PLAIN
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

If You want to be content and prosperous,
sell ice in summer, coal in winter seeds in
spring. and loaf in the fall. - Atchison
Globe
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03
The Makers of Carriers Ink Say,

1--WE can, make ANY better ink than we do:
we don't know how TO. We can make poorer
ink. but we won't" Carriers Ink is the best.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

Some people have faith in odd numbers
and the favorlte is number one.-Chlcago
Daily News
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

To Cure IL Cola in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quninc Tablets. Al
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 2::'c
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

Don't hang on to the men who are above
you, then you won't get dropped. Chicago
Democrat.
One way to obtain credit is by not need
ing Philadelphia Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06
RoRN IN A THIcKEr.
Strange Story OF Maternal Love and Pa
rental AIaIediction at Wyoming.

Strange Story OF Maternal Love and Pa
rental AIaIediction at Wyoming.
Born in the woods about two miles
from Wyoming, Pa, and left there in
a soap box, a little girl baby lived for
several days until found by some chill
dren who were there playing. 1t is
yet living and will be a healthy child.
Two men went to the woods and car
ried the baby to the town, where they
gave it into the hands Of Mrs. William
Jones. Soon afterwards Jennie Lamer-
oux, a sixteen-year-old girl. went
weeping to Mrs Jones and begged for
the little one. The story told by the
girl is a strange one. She said that
when she found that the baby was to
be born she was afraid to stay at
home. By great effort she had hidden
her condition from her parents and
when secrecy was no longer possible
she went to the woods and hid herself
among the bushes. There the baby
was born. The girl mustered strength
! to get back to her own room and when
her parents had gone to bed she again
stole out to the woods, taking with
her a soap box and little suit OF
| clothes which she had made out of one
! of her petticoats. Every subsequent
night she stole to the woods and
nursed the child. In the daytime she
had to work about the house. When
| the girls parents learned what she had
done they drove her out of doors. Mrs.
/ Bertels of the United Charities of
Wilkesbarre, went to Wyoming and,
securing mother and child, brought
them back with her. They are being
cared for by the United Charities, and,
the doctors say, win both live.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06

The amiable, usually silent and gem
orally sleepy bird known as the tou-
can, had to carefully adjust itself be-
fore going to sleep for it will become
overbalanced and fall from its roost or
perch. 1t first cocks up its little scut
of tail which is not more than three
or four inches long, in very slow and
cautious manner This must materi-
ally affect its balance, for it never
moves on its perch after the tail is
once adjusted. Later it gently turns
its huge, unwieldly bin around by de-
grees and lays it along its back in the
usual bird fashion II then perches
on one foot and goes to sleep. If awak-
ened suddenly it win tumble down in
heap, being unable to adjust its bal
ance owing to the weight OF its pom
derous bill.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06

handle and leaving the blade pointing
to the mouth of the cave.
The soldiers at length overlook the
outlaws and, lining them up with their
backs to the cliff. their hands bound
behind them, shot them down one by
one, allowing their bodies to topple
over the cliff into the abyss below.
The last one to be shot, however, fell
not over the cliff, but to its side. and
there the soldiers, thinking him dead,
left him. But John Reynolds was not
dead. He crawled to miners cabin
in the valley and there, before he died,
drew out diagram of the scene of the
hidden treasure. By means of this,
miners tried for many years to find the
cave.
Early in the 7O's Anton Glasmann
took up a claim near the head waters
of the Elk creek and there built him
self cabin. Day in and day out he
worked and dug in 4 deep cavern on
the northern side Of the ranch. He
married twice. His first wife died of
Loneliness, and the second, unable to
bear the burdensome existence. put an
end to it by taking poison.
Glasmann, growing thin and bent
and palsied. with wrinkled, wax-like
skin. and eyes that winked and blinked
in the light of day like those of a be-
lated owl. became more and more
crafty in his motions. left his cave and
came to it by hidden and eircuitous
route, and concealed its entrance with
piles of brush and leaves.
Not many days ago the old hermit
entered the little village of Pine Grove
and in great excitement, but with
more nationality than he had displayed
for years. showed nuggets and gold
coins Of great value, and told the VIII
I layers that he had at last found the
4 treasure. That same evening he took
4 the train for Denver, and early the
next morning he was upon the streets
| inquiring his way to a notary Office.
4 His queer, bent form, his battered SOM
brero and mufled throat. his peering
eyes and shutting gait, attracted much
attention. Some one led him to the
/ Office of notary public. The old man
\ seemed spent and weary. He sank into
chair and began eagerly to try TO
pour out an incoherent story. There
was pause, a struggle, the gray head
4 sank forward upon the tired breast.
and the quest for treasure was ended.
Anton Glasmann was dead, and with
him he took the secret of the hidden
treasure
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06
and thereby thoroughly washing the
plates held between them.


All the bicycles hitherto In use are
adapted to carry only one person. or
are so arranged that when two or
more are carried each rider must aid
in the propulsion of the machine.
James C. Anderson, Chicago inven-
tor. has turned his attention to the
designing of a vehicle which is adapted
to carry two persons through the
physical exertions Of only one. The
inventor states that the machine will
be found useful in cities and towns
for the purpose OF cCuveving a pas
senger comfortably ard economically
to any locality expeditiously. The per-
son who propels the machine also has
full control Of the steering. which is
accomplished by turning the front
wheel exactly as though it were tbs
forward wheel OF an ordinary bicycle
and the driver is also expected tC
ma 1tain the cab in an upright posi-.
ticn when at rest, In order that thc
passenger may seat himself or align
in perfect safety. The vehicle is com
posed Of two frames, which are hinged
to each other. with the handle bar
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06
Snake Charming In India.


with a musical instrument made of
reeus or bamboo the Hindu. or native
oi india, manages OF soothe the evil
spirit of the deadly Indian serpents,
paying a peculiar droning melody
that' according to its quickness or
sioWness, causes the snake to raise its
oody and sway its head about in time
win The music, or to lie quietly with
uull eyes watching the immovable
musician. Gradually the player may
ura" the poisonous cobra de capello to
MS side without danger so long as the
music lasts; but many snake charm
ers' either through carelessness or ia
tigue, have Jagged with the music and
nave been struck and fatally poisoned
Dy the fierce snake. Many are the
stories told of the powers of these
snake charmers, however A General
Campbell Of the British Indian service
tells how a big cobra was found at the
bottom Of we'll near his headquar-
ters. The soldier hurried to get his
gun and crowd of natives remained
70 pelt the hated snake with stones.
IN this way they drove it into an
opening in the brickwork of the well.
Two snake charmers we're sent for.
They were let down into the we'll by
means of ropes, and one of them be-
gan to play a shrill and monotonous
tune on a sort of bagpipe. His COM
panion stood on the other side of the
hole where the snake was hidden, and
neld a long pole with a slip moose at
tached to its end ready to moose the
snake as soon as its head should ap-
lear. For a time the snake appeared
Unconscious of the seductive music, but
II about half an hour, during which
the playing had been constant, the CO.
bra was heard to move, and soon out
slowly came its ugly head. In an in
slant the slip moose had done its work
and the snake was a dangling prisoner.
After being hoisted from the we'll the
snake charmers carried their prize to
an open place and released it. The
ugly snake made a rush at the by
ISLANDERS and sent them scattering.
The piping charmer now tapped the
snake on the tail, causing it to turn
angrily, but hearing the subtle music
the cobra coiled up and lifted its head
in the striking position. But it did
not strike The head swayed little
from side to side, and not till the
music stopped did the creature spring
at the musician, who barely escaped
being struck by a quick leap to one
side. Many of our own wild creatures
are singrdarly affected by certain notes
repeated in succession. Often have
caused rabbit to sit up in his tracks
by whistling in low tone some simple
tune. The squirrel will chatter from
his treetop if you whistle to him. But
If you keep it up the little fellow vii
gradually work his way down to the
trunk of the tree and will crouch there
and listen as if spellbound. Try whis
Ting a simple MARBLE near catbird
The impudent little fellow will ruff
up his feathers. cock his head on on
side, listen attentively for awhile ant
then will try to initiate the sound.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06
DUEL WITH POTATOES.
How a Kentucky Preacher Turned
Desperate Into RidicuIe.


Desperate Into RidicuIe.
One way of combating an evil
practice is to make it look ridiculous
1t was by this means that dueIing was
stopped in a certain district in Ken
lucky, says the Boston Herald. A
travelling preacher named Bowman
strong, muscular feIlow-was conduct
ing services in Kentucky. At one OF
his meeting q well-known desper-
ate character created a disturbance,
and, being publicly rebuked by Bow
man, sent him challenge to fight.
Bowman. as the challenged party, had
the choice of weapons. He selected a
half bushel of Irish potatoes, as big
as his fist, for each man, and stipu-
lated that his opponent must stand if
teen PAGES distant, and that only one
potato at a time should be taken
from the measure. The desperate was
furious at being thus freshly insulted.
, and made an indignant protest, but
Bowman insisted upon his rights as
the challenged man, and threatened to
denounce the desperate as a coward if
he failed to come to time AS there
was no way out of the fix but to fight,
the desperate consented The en-
counter took place on the outskirts OF
the town. and almost everybody in the
! place was on hand to see the fun. The
seconds arranged the two men in po-
sition, by the side of each being
a half-bushel measure filed with
large. hard Irish potatoes. Bowman
threw the first tuber It struck his
opponent and flew into pieces. A yell
of delight went up from the crowd
which furried the desperate, and his
potato flew wide of the mark. Bow
man watched his chance, and every
time his opponent stopped for po-
tato, another hit him in the short
ribs, knocking the wind completely
out of him and doubling him up or
the grass. The people we're almos
crazy with laughter, but Bowman
looked as solemn as if he had jus
been preaching a funeral sermon. TIL
desperate was taken home and pu
to bed. and stayed there for more thar
a week before he recovered from tht
effects Of the Irish potato duel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06

The Scientific American remarks
upon the multiple duties of the Santa
Ana river in California. This stream,
which flows out of the San Bernardino
mountains, is now used to transmit
power to Los Angeles. some eighty
two miles distant. Nine thousand horse
power is consumed in propelling ma
chinery, moving street cars, and in
heating and Illuminating the buildings
in Los Angeles, besides furnishing
power for nearby villages. After be-
ing used to generate power, the mount
tain stream is gathered into a conduit
and led further down to irrigate the
hundreds of orchards and groves in
the San Bernardino valley.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06
Ezpectoratlon in New York.

The board of health of New York is
giving considerable attention to the
question of regulating and abating the
practice of expectoration. A recent
ordinance Of that board might be prof
itably adopted by the health boards of
other cities. It forbids expectoration
in cars, other public conveyances and
in public places and requires that no
tees to such effect shall be posted 1t
further provides that the proprietors
of cigar manufactures and printing
offices must provide cuspidors in pro-
portion to one to every two persons
employed in such places. 1t is prob
able that eventually the demands of
the public will compel the introduction
of cuspldors in smoking cars and the
smokingroom of ferry boats The ques-
ton of preventing the atmosphere
from becoming laden with infections
germs and microbes is causing a great
deal of discussion all over the coun-
try at present, and if promiscuous ex-
pectoration can be stopped a long
step in the desired direction will be
made
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06

The reputation of being the dryest
spot on earth is claimed by Payta. in
Peru, place about five degrees south
of the equator In February there was
a fall of rain of more than "a hours.
the first for eight years. The aver
age interval between two showers is
seven years Sea fogs are common OF
about nine species of plants noticed
by a recent visitor seven were annu-
ais, and their seeds must have remain
ed dormant in the ground for eight
years. In spite of the lack of rain the
long-rooted Peruvian cotton is grown
in the dried up river bed. furnishing
crops that yield subsistence to the M
tives.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06
HE FOUND GOLD AND THEN he DIED

Of Mrs. Hermina Meyer. a Philadel-
phia woman, who was a sufferer from
rheumatism. and who resorted to the
fasting treatment as a cure, resulted
fatally. Under the direction Of an adj
vocate of the fasting cult. she abstain
ed absolutely from food for IS days
Then she was seized with convulsive
vomiting. From 100 pounds she was
reduced to a mere SIX eleton. On the
18th day she tasted food. and three
weeks following the breaking of her
fast she died The person who had
directed her to fast pronounced Mrs
Meyers death due to heart disease, but
her family physician declared it pure
ly case Of starvation
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06
Is the Pineapple of a Poisonous Naturer

Is the Pineapple of a Poisonous Nature?
The chemists now say that we must
give up the pineapple as an article of
food, and be particularly careful to
keep its juices out Of our circulation.
They find that the pineapple has a
very bad record. In Java. the Philip
pines and through the far east it is
said and believed that the juice of the
green and growing plant is a blood
poison of an extremely deadly nature
1t is said to be the substance with
which the Malays poison their krishes
and daggers. 1t is also said to be the
'fingernail poison" formerly in use
among aboriginal Javanese women.
who cultivated nail. or more, on each
hand. to long, sharp point, and that
the least scratch from one of these
was certain death.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06
Preacher Handy with Gun.

In the latest South Carolinian shoot
ing scrape the survivor is minister Of
the gospel, the Rev. w. E. johnson,
the Baptist clergyman at Bamberg, S.
c., recently quarreled with his neigh
Dor, w. t. Bellinger, over the paint
ing of fence between their properties.
Next day they met on the street and
began shooting, the clergyman's
weapon being shotgun, while Bel
linger had a revolver Bellinger was
mortally wounded by charge of buck
shot. He emptied four chambers Of
his revolver, but failed to hit the min
ister
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06

At Denver the other day the most
famous hermit in Colorado, after
lifetime spent in frultless search for
gold, died in a lawyers Office. At the
very last he had found, but too late,
the treasure he sought. Too old and
weak to stand the shock of his discov-
cry, he died without revealing the To-
caticn of the secret hiding place. So
the treasure OF Elk Creek still lies
buried. The hermit was Anton Glas-
mann. known for generation past as
the solitory ranchman of Elk Creek.
The story Of the old hermit and the
hidden treasure Is famous throughout
the Rockies.
In 1863 Jim and John Reynolds gath
ed together band of daring men and
marched through Texas and New
Mexico. They carried the confederate
flag and boosted that they would wrest
Colorado from the Union or waste It's
lands with warfare. The attempt to
capture the state failed, but the threat
to leave the trail of blood behind them
was carried out. Murder was jest
to them. They looted stage coaches
and by every manner of foul means
accumulated a treasure of nearly $780,
o00 At last they learned that they
were being holly pursued by troops
under Colonel Chivington, and, fear
ing to carry the vast treasure with
them, buried It in the Elk Creek coun-
try and fed. The cave where they hid
II was marked hv sticking bowie
knife in pine tree, breaking of the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06

For the vast two or three years a
great number of people have had re-
course to the starvation cure as q
remedy for their ills of body or mind.
There are many authentic cases where
this ahstaining from food has been
productive of good results. but the case
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06

WATER MOTOR WASHING BATH.
patent a water motor washing hath,
which. he asserts, makes the toning,
fixing. and washing processes COM
paratively convenient and pleasant.
The apparatus by which he accom-
lishes this consists of two grooven
discs or wheels, mounted upon hori-
zontal axis and belted by means of
cords with a tiny water wheel, by
which they are revolved in a trough.
This is for washing only. For toning.
ewing or printing, when the water has
20 be kept out of the bath, the straps
are removed, and the discs turned by
hand by a crank or milled buttons.
To hold films and prints suitable car
r,ors are provided. These ore plates
ora placed between the discs, with
their opposite sides in corresponding
rodia1 grooves. A rubber band, which
sncircles the circumference of the discs
prevents their falling out when the
discs are revolved. The toning, de-
veloping. fixing or rinsins solution is
placed in the trough For simply
washing plates the trough is filled
with water and placed under run
n,rg spigot. when the small water
wheel shown at the top of the device is
caused to turn. thus rotating the discs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06
rhotograp',Io washing Apparatus.

Every amateur has his own troubles
in printing. toning and washing films,
plates and prints, and even with the
best OF appliances to be purchased at
the Photographic shops this task is
none too pleasant. However. William
Fitzgerald era Nford, residing in Lon
don, England. disclosed in recent
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06

Queen Victoria has given orders that
ST. Georges chapel. Windsor castle.
and the Albert Memorial chapel are
to be lighted by electricity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06

Professor Nelson of the agricultural
department, in discussing the effect Of
new inventions on the use of horses.
says: From 1857 to 1894. a period
marked by great activity in street rail-
way building and also the increased
manufacture and use of bicycles, the
number Of horses increased from H.
1914 to 16,0S1, 1879. This shows that
although the use of the horse decreas-
cd in particular directions. yet there
must have been a healthy growth in
their use in other directions. During
this period the selling value of horses
gradually declined from S72 to SIS per
head. But this decrease was certainly
not due to the number Of horses thrown
OF the market as a result Of displace-
ment by electricity in propulsion Of
street cars and the general introduce
tim of the bicycle, because we find
that the values Of other live stock
mules, milch cows. and ether cattle
decreased from 80 to 10 per cent dur
ing the sane time During the preva-
lenee of the great commercial denres-
sion from 1898 to 1897 the number Of
horses in the country fell 10 14.S64.66f.
At the same time the value FER head
suffered further decrease. the same
being the case with sheep, swine, and
cattle other than mich COWS. The cat
tie interest was the first to recover.
being followed year later by the
other stock interests. 1t is likely tha.
there will be continued demand for
the right kind Of horses. A great deal
has been write about the probable
displacement OF the horse by the au-
tomobile, but it hardly seems probable
that it will produce any more serious
elect than have the electric street cars
and bicycles. Each has its sphere OF
usefulness. and each viii continue 10
have
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-06
nran,la,. other rn,aem,c.

Two American vaudeville companies
have sailed for Manila with few kegs
of sailed coon songs and picked jokes
of the 1899 vintage. minneapolis Jour
nal