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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23


The Hayemeyer-Whitlng wedding
the other day. and the conduct Of some
Of the guests that followed il. are still
the talk OF the Casino and Bailey's
Beach. Soon after the wedding break
fast the bride and groom were bor-
barded with rice and old shoes. Young
Airs. Hayemeyer. thinking TO escape,
dashed over the lawn. but she was cap
tured and gtood still while her friends
did their worst"
Instead Of two bays. two large white
hoses were at-ached to the bridal
coupe. A brass band in an express
wagon and carrisges followed TIE
coupe, and the procession went Whirl-
ing through town.
One OF the carriages, containing
3Irs. Edgar Morris Phelps and the two
bridesmaids. Miss Lillian Oalr.chs AMI
Miss Nettie Orves. ana Howard Boo
cock. lost Z wheel on a car track AMI
out they rolled on the street No one
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23
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WORTHY or FER WEALTH
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Mrs. Mary Wixon. nee Foster. wlO
was born and reared in Portsmouth, y
H.. and married in Dorchester. has had
more than her share OF adventures IN
the Arctic mining fields Twelve
years ago she was a chambermaid il a
hotel At Portsmouth. n. H Seven yeas
ago she was the wife OF a Iaborer in
the Idaho Mine at Grass Valley. Cal
Six years ago she was a Pullman car
scrub woman at Sacramento. Five
years ago she and her husband sailei
with their little all-some 500 o.
hard-earned and pinchingly saved
money-fOr the Yukon river gold Dig
gings- Three years ago she was the
pioneer hotel Iandlady in Dawson City.
Today she has about S150.0c0 invested
in gilt-edged securities and hrst-class
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23
Caring for the skirt

The girl who is travelling gave me a
new idea the other day. It was an
idea in petticoats and / grasped it
thankfully, says a writer in the Kan
sas City Journal. She had on a silk
skirt, Of course. and It was one she
had made herself. which is not so
much matter OF course. There was
nothing unusual about it from the out
side. II was an ordinary taTeta skirt,
made with rufles and a yoke. But
when she took It OF saw that It had
deep facing OF some sort OF thin
stuff around the hem and that the
front breadth was likewise lined.
whats this?" said l. eager for in
formation. You can pick up any
amount Of knowledge 81 you only keep
your eyes and your ears open. I would
trust person who had never had a
days schooling in her Life to turn out
in the end a well-educated woman il
she only went around using her senses
like feelers. Mind you. say this Of a
woman. not of man. don't believe
men are so quick to acquire that sort
Of education as women are. However.
that is not the point We were talk
ing petticoats. not personalities.
The girl who is travelling showed me
how she kept her silk sirts from cut
ting into ribbons. 1t was BY means OF
this facing. and the facing was made
OF pongee.
"Pongee." she said. is very light.
II doesn't soil easily, and It's not as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23
An odd Race


was going 10 tell yOu about 3 race
between bees and pigeons. It vas q
queer race. for neither the bees nor
the pigeons knew that they were rac-
ing This IS how it came about
Two farmers lived side By side. One
kept bees and the other kept carrier
pigeons
Now. when Z bee has coIlected honey
enough, he flies in a straight line to-
ward his home. For this reason peo-
PIE call a very straight line a bee lire.
Carrier pigeons. too. know how 70
5y straight home. even when taken 10
q great distance. TheF are often made
TO carry letters. because they are 50
quick and sure That is why they are
called carrier pigeons
The farmers agreed one day 10 try
which could make the best time, the
bees OF the pigeons. They took a doz-
en- bss and a dozan pigeons to a dis
lance OF three miles from home.
Now. if you had to walk three miles.
you would think il a long way. Yet
these little bees. with their heavy
bodies and gauzy wings. had all that
distance to fly. before they could reach
their hive again
But 1 suppose you are impatient 10
hear how the race came out Very Ike
" yOu think the pigeons won it Well.
listen.
Both bees and pigeons were set free
together. to give them a fair start
The first bee reached his hive a quar-
ter Of a minute before the hrst pigeon
reached the box Then three other
bees reached home before the second
pigeon
A little later. the rest Of the pi-
geons and the rest OF the hes all ar
rived together.
Are you thinking. They we're not
the same hees7" Oh. but they were.
and I'll tell you how the owner knew
them Before taking them TO the race
he rolled them IN fiOur-SeIeeted.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23

real estate in California and her yearly
income from her placer mines and her
interest averages $4,000
At the age OF 81 years she has
achieved by her own grit and indomit-
able perseverance. a fortune that tens
of thousands of successful business
men do not begin TO achieve after a
half century of industry and prosper
ity.
Her chief thought now is how she
may help her sisters in Bangor. Ne,
and North Adams. Mass. and her two
brothers. who earn small wages at the
Chicago stockyards and support large
families She has already undertaken
the support of her deaf mute nephew
at a school in Washington. d. C.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23

Russia has a standing army Of some
thing like a million. IN the excited i'm
sginatiOns OF her rivals. and yet she IS
having considerable trouble in per-
forming even her share OF the work OF
restoring order in China After all
big armies do not cut such = figure in
working ont as they do in theory. We
talk OF this OF that power being able
to hurl an enormous number OF Sight
ing men upon foe. but when tne time
for hurting comes Il is considerable or
4 proposition to move few thousands.
We talk. too. OF the Chinese millions
overrunning Enrope. overlooking again
the little matter Of transportation
transportation. or the diEculty Of It.
seems to be the cheek that nature has
put upon her human animals to pre-
vent them from extermina ting the
race. The check system runs all
through nature Evidences OF Il. may
be seen in China today.-Chicago Jour
nsl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23

Tire Fish We Used 70 Catch
Oh. brothers Of mine Ia the gentle art,
Whose dearest prize IS well-1lIed
creel.
Who know the thrill Of the anglers
heart
When the 1.-THE rod whips to the
whirTing reel;
A gong / sing and rhyme bring
Not Of the pools where the salmoa
hatch,
Dut memory fond Of the village
pond.
And the common fish We used 20
catch.
TIE fish We caught n the golden haze
or the boyhood summers long ago,
When our hare feet tripped through
the grassy ways
To the nook where the lilies used TO
grow;
Where the sunbeams played through
the willows shade
And danced as the soft breeze shook
the tree.
And the sound We heard was the song
Of bird
Or the drowsy hun Of the humble
bee.
The fish we caught with the home
made poles
Our tack-kniyes cut from the zlen-
der birch,
And OH the glory that filed our so1is
With each new sinner CT wee red
perch;
And when our fun. ike the day. was
dine,
And We heard the chorus the erick-
cts sing.
We'd idly roam through TIE twiligh;
home.
Where mother waited to praise on
string
Oh. brother anglers. we've fought #
By oeean-s surgss and mountain
glen,
With lordly tarpon or gamy trout.
Full many a tine and of since then:
But the days Of old we're the days Of
gold.
And never again that sport vel
match:
The care-free JOY of the happy boy.
And the common fish We used tc
catch
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23

Great interest is being taken in the
application OF benzine motor for
driving canal barges IN France. the
first vessel Of the type having been set
to work on one of the canals connect
ed with the Rhine. The vessel is OF
the ordinary canal type, built Of iron,
but is fitted with motor having two
cylinders OF sufficient capacity TO give
twelve horse power. These operate
twin propellers. both at the stern OF
the vessel. and the boat which can
carry 2s5 tons Of cargo on a draught
OF i've feet ten inches. attains speed
considerably in excess OF that with a
horse on the towpath drawing the
boat along.-Spare Moments.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23

The bodice is simply constructed. 1t
has tucked vest Of pastel-green Lib
erty satin that extends below the bust
line, where it is confined beneath a
girdle II the same material. 1t is in
the bolero that Dame Fashion dis
plays her most artistic effect This Is
an abbreviated affair, cut perfectly
square at tne front 1t is made OF the
biscuit-colored voile. The facing is
formed of narrow band OF pastel
green satin. The same bands are
stitched upon tie front OF the boIero
to form beautiful embroidery. The
back OF the bodice is tight-htting ana
laid in a SUGGEST Il of the uniest
plaits piped with pa-tel green. Inc
sleeves. too. are novel They fit snug
ly to the elbow and here widen sud
denly over a deep euT of soft silk
null. They are OF voile and are Dor
dered with bands Of Liberty satin. An
ecru-colored lace straw, trimmed with
long. full plumes, is worn
II pleasure is proposed, accept 1t.
You are expected to be entertained.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23
a wolfe VISITING TOILET.

Fashi9n is employing the yelling FAB.
RIGS to bring out her newest features
in afternoon toilets, and with good
effect, for there is no material better
adapted to this purpose than wolfe,
which is one OF the new veilings.
A visiting gown in cuit-colored
wolfe is delightfully."- combined with
pastel-green Liberty satin. The skirs
Is made without tunic and fits snugly
over the hips. Around the foot there
are very tiny bands Of Liberty satin,
appuQued in decorative design.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23

head obliquely across the ears 70 the
top Of the brow VIII help 10 conquer
the Disagreement This band can be
worn all night OF for an hour OF two
during the day, or. as an alternative.
there is the special ear cap which has
beel invented with the object Of en-
eouraging the ears 10 lie close against
the head. The muslin caps which
years ago babies used 10 wear acted
N a great measure as pTsventIves
against obtruding ears
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23
obtruainr rarS.

The Disagreement of outstanding
ears should be checked in early child
hood, otherwise it is apt to be an oh
stinate matter to overcome. Various
simple little expedients may be re-
sorted to in order to accomplish the
end aimed at For instance. a broad
elastic strap or webbing band passed
from the lower part of the back of the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23

Among the few good results OF the
terrible IRE at Hoboken is unwonted
activity by the police authorities OF
Jersey City in connection with the pre-
cautions against loss OF life oy fire.
Factories. theaters. halls. hotels. lodg
ing houses. tenements and fats are all
to be inspected, TO make sure that the
proper FIRE escapes are attached and
are kept ready for us&
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23
TOM GALLON QUITS LONDON.

Tom Gallon, whose stories have so
much OF the Dickens favor that ths
critics always take pains to speak o. II.
has Just left London TO grow roses il
Godalming. at a place called sunny
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23
Letter Carriers rotal NrlIearo

A rural letter carrier of Luton. Eng
land. now retiring on a pension after
twenty-six years of service, is said to
have walked in pursuance OF his voca-
ton distance equal to three times
around the world, and never TO havs
missed day from his rounds through
illness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23

bank When Gal
lon first began TO
write novels he
was so i'll that II
was impossible for
him 70 bend over 4
desk. He used 10
dictate to a stem
Og-apher and faint
away regularly aft
er the session was
over. He lived in
London then. at
~
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23

of the romantic old inns OF court. He
has finished a novel out at Sunnybank
and is coming back TO London for the
winter. as he says. TO gather fresh
ideas in its wonderful streets ana res
tsurantss
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23

expensive as you would think. TWO
yards were all needed for this.
faced the bottom OF the skirt. you see.
where It rubs against my ehoe tops.
and then I thought I would put It in
the front against my knee. The plan
has worked admirably. Once have
taken out the facing and h2ye had fl
washed.
"The skirt has already lasted twice
the allotted span Of silk petticoat,
and am hoping that 1t may have nine
lives"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-23

II pleasure is proposed. accept 1t
You are expected to be entertained.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-14

When woman begins Co call her
husband darling when they have
company, she is generally trying not
to let them see that he has done some
thing that he knows he will catch it
for after they go home.
"After doctors failed to cure me of
pneumonia I used One Minute Cough
Care end three bottles Of il cured. t
is also the best remedy on earth for
whooping cough. It cured my grand
Jno. Berry, Loganton, Pa. It is the
only harmless remedy that gives i'm
mediate results. Cures coughs, colds,
Group and throat and lung troubles.
Il prevents consumption. Children
always like it. Mothers endorse IT,
Evans Pharmacy.
- Some are so excessively acute at
detecting imperfections that they
scarcely notice excellenc;es. In look
ing at peaoock's train they would
TX on every spot where the feathers
were worn or the colors faded, and see
nothing else.
IT had bronchitis every winter for
years and no medicine gave me perma-
nent relief till I began to take One
Minute Cough Cure. know it is the
best cough medicine made" says j.
Koontz, Cory, Pa. It quick y cures
coughs, colds, Group, asthma, grippe
and throat and lung troubles. 1t is
the children's favorite remedy. Cures
quickly. Evans Pharmacy.
- Since the Civil War the South
has spent slOO,0OO,OO0 on schools for
colored pupils. Throughout the South
there is quito as much opportunity
for the respectable black man as the
white.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salvc is un-
equalled for piles, injuries and skin
diseases. It is the original Witch
Hazel Salve. Beware of all counter
feits. Evans Pharmacy.
81 should like to know when you
are going to pay that bill. I can't
come here every day in the week"
"What day would suit you best?"
Saturday every we'll, then you
can call every Saturday"
The man who was ''born tired"
should use Prickly Ash Bitters. It
makes work necessity to give vent
to the energy and exnberance Of spirits
| generated by functional activity in
the: system. Sold by Evans Phar-
macy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-14
More Respectful.

Among the stories told Of Charles
Lever, the witty novelist, is one
which concerns the days when he was
British consul at Trieste.
llc had accompanied his daughter
to London for a little social enjoy
mcnt, and had neglected to 80 through
the formality of asking for leave of
absence. On his arrival in London he
was invited to dinner by Lord Lytton,
who was delighted to see him.
When he arrived at Lord Lytton $
house his host said: II IN so glad YOU
could come Iouwill meet your chief,
Clarendon" the minister of foreign
affairs.
The novelist, much embarrassed,
began to give reasons why he must
tear himself away, but before he could
make his escape Lord Clarendon was
announced, and almost at once cspied
him.
"Ah, Mr. Lever ne said, blandly,
II didn't know you were III linglaud-
In TACT, was not even aware that
you had even asked for leave from
Trieste
Moo, my lord, stammcred the
novelist, disconnected for second
but no more than that; mo my lord
l thought it would be more respectful
to your lordship to come and ask for
it in person."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-14
A War Story.

Colonel Glib Wright, Of Cobbs'
Legion, afterwards Judge Wright, of
the Albany circuit, has been the hero
of many spicy yarn, but here is one
that never got in print. 1t was rclat-
ed by Bob Doughcrty, one-armed
Confed, in the tax collector office in
the State house yesterday
Colonel Wright's command had
just taken possession of Pennsylva-
MIA town. during the Gettysburg cam
paign. and au engagement with the
enemy, who were known TO be in the
immediate vicinity was hourly expect
ed.
The colonel sat his old scarc-crow
of horse, the very picture. of uncon
cern, long broomstraw between his
teeth.
Suddenly Confederate brigadier
galloped to his side, CONSERVATION
depicted upon his countenance, and
pointed toward the end Of the street
they were on, which was over the
brow Of hill, exclaimed brcathlessly
"Coloncl Wright, do you know, sir,
that the Yankees are entering this
town in force, and that this very
moment their advance column is at
the end Of this street?"
Colonel Glib Wright removed the
broomstraw deliberately from his
mouth. He had a queer way of hold
ing his head to one side, and hunch-
ing one shoulder. He did this in an
exaggerated degree upon this occasion,
and squirting toward the excited su-
pcrior officer, drawlcd calmly:
"No, sir, 1 did not know it, and
don t care d; and if you happen
back up that way, just inform them
that I am at this end and am coming
that way. '-Atlanta Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-14

one sick at heart to know how many
poor children are left to founder
along, without care as to their exist
encc, Cor their future welfare.
Children will become diseased when
they have diseased parentage. We
have seen cancer, goitre, consumption,
scrofula and other diseases transmit
ted. How many other diseases and
predispositions to disease are trans
nitted we cannot tell, maybe will
never know, but when wcmankind gets
fully awake TO the esponsibilities Of
maternity, | tell you mothers will then
know they cannot make beasts Of bur-
den of themselves and also do their
known duty to their offspring. 1t
will be sad reckoning, if, when the
open book in the judgment shows, the
neglect of children in vital points,
when silly women wore out their
strength on trifes and neglected to
give to the unborn child its bounden
right and privilege Of sound mind in
sound body. Take care of yourself,
mother. Far better that little chill
dren should not come here at all than
to be forced into life weighted down
with diseased mind or body.
It is because I have lived so long in
this world and have seen SO many
families in which hereditary failings
have been transmitted that I speak to
you 80 earnestly on the subject of care
for children before they can possibly
care for themselves.
[ do not object to work constant,
unfagging industry where all the
family must work to make living, but
[ do protest against the overwork that
80 many women, especially farm wo-
men, undertake and which should not
be hcgwork, when her offspring is
obliged to0be the loser by her i'll
health and enfeeblcd condition.
All reforms have come by teaching
people to think. Thought awakened
will .bring'ncw resolves and new meth
DDS into action. When mothers look
in upon what it means to be the pro-
genitors of men and women, who in
turn will fasten the same features of
mind and body on those to come
after them, then they will under
stand the necessity for care of onc's s
self.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-14
Oranges at Clemson.

Secretary Wilson Of the Agricultur-
al Department, it is announced, has
written to Clemson College, South
Carolina, concerning the experiments
made by the department in the hy-
bridization Of oranges. II is stated
at the department that some sixty
different species have been budded,
and two Of each kind will be sent to
Clemson College for testing purposes.
1t is the belief of Secretary Wilson,
the department officials who have Civ
en- much attention to these interest
ing experiments, that the expert
ments to be made will be of great
benefit to South Carolina. For some
time the department has been expert
menting in the matter Of producing
hybrid orange which would withstand
the frost and blights incident to cli-
mates further north than Florida aud
at the same time possess the sweetness
and favor of the fruit grown further
South. They have also experimental
in the same manner with pineapples,
citrus, and even with wheat. They
have already produced oranges which
can be raised in South Carolina, but
heretofore they have been rather
smaller than the fruit grown in Flor
ida. The department. hopes that the
tests to be made in the near future at
Clemson College will result in the
raising Of . hardy fruit. The depart
ment officials who have studied the
matter claim chat this can be done
and that fruit can be produced
which can be grown as far north as
North Carolina. The experiments at
Clemson College will be watched by
the department. officials and by Sec
retary Wilson, who is much interest
ed in the subject, very closely, as it
will also doubtless be by the faculty
Of Clemson College, who hope to gain
additional light upon the subject Of
hybridization through the tests to be
made there.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-14
He Divided the Soap.

Bob j. was, in most respects, an
exemplary Christian soldier, and kept
the Dccalogue holy, except in one
particular believed that "clean-
illness was next to godliness," and
would steal soap. The army of Gen
eral Early was nearing Washington
City, and Bob saw bucket of soft
soap, which he confiscated and took to
camp. It was tho work of but a
few minutes to find a creek, divest
himself Of his dusty clothes, and,
after generous smear Of the saponi-
fer, to plunge into the grateful water.
A disappointed look overspread his
features as he emerged from the
water, but this was quickly concealed
behind contented smile thrown out
to group of soldiers who were ap-
pealing to him for "divide" of the
soap. Bob hesitated for long time
but finally told them not to use it all,
and then hicd himself to camp, where
he startled his mes smates by screams
of maniacal laughter, which, of course,
they did not understand, until Bob
"double-quicked' from camp, closely
followed by crowd Of half dressed
soldiers, on whose exposed shoulders
great drops of greasy water stood out
like beads. Bob had stolen q bucket
of wagon-greasc instead Of soap, and
the obliged bathers wanted to find
the "feller who didn't want them to
use all the soap. Lost Cause.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-14
a Great Blessing Something In the Reach
OF Everybody.

What W ,uld you think Of a man who
vas sick and constantly lived in reach
of salvation, yet because he had failed
in other directions refuses to take the
blessing chat is before him ? This
was the case with Mr.. John s. Cock,
Of Atlanta. II have been suffering
with dyspepsia for ten years. / be-
gan taking Tyuer' Dyspe psia Renedy
and gained fifteen pounds in thirty
days. I commend it to the public as
q great blessing. I can eat supper, go
to bed. and sleep like babe-some-
thing I could not do before" Price
SOC. per bottle. For sale by Hill Orr
Drug Co. and Wilhite & White.