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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

Come interesting statistics, complied
from the records of the United King
aom Provident Institution, have been
published in England. They cover the
last "a years, and are strong proofs OF
The favorable effect of teetotahsm on
longevity. A section Of this companys
business is given up to persons VINO
nre total abstainers, and the death rate
among them is so much lower that II
has been calculated that where 1870
would have died were they all drink
rrs. only 13,454 would have died had
thew been abstainers. The only "a
YonaI explanation is that the result OF
drinking alcohol is to produce gradual
degeneration of various organs ana
tissues SO that in course OF time these
are unable to carry on their functions
or resist the attacks Of disease. It IS
also very significant that this result
becomes noticeable chiefly after the
nge Of sixty. Alcohol thus produces
premature decay, degeneration, and
old age. The Scepter life office, and
the Abstainers and General, have a
similar experience on smaller scale
Indeed, this is becoming so manifest
that only recently a large Office like
the Sun advertises for total abstainera
and offers to take them at lower pre-
MUM. The experience Of friendly SO
cieties is exactly the same. The deatf
rate and sickness rate Of the Recha
bites and Sons Of Temperance is con
siderably below that Of the Forester
and Oddfellows, notwithstanding tina
these contain many abstainers. Thu
the Sons of Temperance have dealt
rate of 61k per 1000 and sick rate Q
75s days per member per annum, Will
the drinking societies average about 1
deaths per 1000 and IL to II days
sickness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30
CAUSE MANY DEATHS.
Diseases That Are Most Prevalent In
These DAYS.


A leading life insurance company
has recently published it's monthly
records, covering a period of fifty
years. Notwithstanding the utmost
care is observed in securing only good
risks, free from organic diseases, the
cause of death in the insured and I'M
insured is probably much alike. Out
of 44,963 deaths a trife over one
eighth (5.5S5) were from tuberculosis.
Almost the same number (5,542)
came from apoplexy, softening of the
brain and paralysis, which are kindred
maladies, if not practically identical
To disorder of the heart are credited
4,S39 deaths (one-ninth); to the diges-
tive apparatus, 1854 (one-tenth);
pneumonia, 4,062 (one-eleventh); VIC
lent causes, 1887; Bright's disease,
1897; typhoid fever. LIP; nervous
diseases. not specified, 2.S06; ill-dafined
and obscure cases, 1.769. and other rec
ognized maladies, $3.50. When deaths
from the causes just enumerated are
divided into the three periods, the age
of IS and under, from IS to GO and
above so, some striking facts are
brought out. Among the insured so
per cent of the deaths from violence
accidental or intentional assault), 80
per cent of those from tuberculosis and
6S per cent of the total typhoid cases,
occur in the first period. On the other
hand, AZ per cent of the mortality from
Bright's disease, So per cent from apo
plexy and paralysis and Sc per cent
from heart disease occur after the age
of GO. Mischief from the digestive ap-
paratus is fairly well distributed, 80
per cent of the deaths occurring in the
first period, SO per cent in the second
and 81 per cent in the third.-Medical
Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

after taking two bottles of Peruna tbs
trouble almost entirely disappeared
For this special malady | consider IL
well nigh a specific. As tonic for
weak and worn out people it has few OF
no equals. Rev. E. G. Smith.
Mr.. NJ. J. Rossman,a prominent mer
chant of Greensboro, Ca, and an elder
ia the Presbyterian church Of that
place, has used Peruna, and in a recent
letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., OK
Columbus, Ohio, writes as follows:
For a long time | was troubled With
catarrh of the kidneys and tried
many remedies, all of which gave ms
no relief Peruna was recommended 10
me by several friends. and after using
few bottles l am pleased to say tha4
the long looked for relief was found
and | am now enjoying better health
than l have for years, and can heartily
recommend Peruna to all similarly af-
ficted. 1t is certainly grand medt~
cine. M J. Rossman.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement Of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,O.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30
DRAINING A MINE.
Americas EnterprIse Completing work
Planned by Humboldt. "


An interesting mining operation Is
being completed this month In the
Guanjuato district, famous as the rich
est mining territory In Mexico, in I'M
watering the Slrena gold mine, which,
after being worked by the Mexicans
since the year 1850, has been flooded
and abandoned ever since the Mexican
war of independence in 1922. There
are at least nine miles of workings in
the old mine, and it has taken two
years labor with powerful electric
pumps to remove the water already in
the workings and to fight the incom-
ing flow. 1t was 900 feet deep when
the work began. Now 1t Is less than
400 feet. Just how much of the wor6-
ings remain to be uncovered and what
there is in and beyond them no one
knows. Record-keeping and chart
making were done in very primitive
fashion by the old Mexican miners.
AS the clearing Of the mine has pros
pered curious relics have come to
light. In one place, far below the
water level, the explorers came upon
stable half full of skeletons Of mules
and men who had been caught there
by the rising food Life is cheap in
Mexico, and no one could be found who
remembered ever having heard that
anybody had been missed in the mine.
The Sirena is the first of the old mines
in the district to be unwatered. The
project is carried out by New York
company, and it indicates the new
channel in which modern mining
methods in the old districts run. The
company counts on making an imme-
date profit by going over the old
workings and treating the ore out of
which the Mexican miners with their
mule power and hand labor could OBJ
tain no paying results. Electricity is
being used where mule power failed,
and when the water is all out of the
mine the workings will be driven
deeper than the Mexicans could ever
have dreamed of operating them. The
same method is now being undertaken
man syndicate has acquired the ia
nous Valenciana mine in the same
vein, out of which many millions have
been taken by the Mexicans. Another
mine in the Yeta Madre vein, which
runs through the district, yielded the
king of Spain $17,00O,00O in royalties
The unwatering of the mines has
been discussed since the time of Hum
boldt, who had project for doing it By
driving a tunnel twelve miles Ions
into the vein, but it is only now tina
American enterprise has given star
to the work.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

Twenty Years Old.-Alonday, Jan. %
Victories of endeavor, lisa. 4O:2S-31; ]
John 2:12-14; Tuesday, Jan. 20. A fruit
full tree. Matt. 1880; Wednesday,
Jan. 30, The strength of the past, job
1921; Tim. 1878; Thursday, Jan.
81, Obligations to the new century,
Eccl. 11:1-e; Friday, Feb. l, The Spirit
in all, Acts 2:14-1S; Saturday, Feb. 2
The twentieth anniversary, Ps. 1887
"A; Sunday, Feb. 8. Toplc-Christian
Endeavor day. Josh. 1:1-11.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

There is more Catarrn IN this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed TO be,
incurable. For great many years doctors pro-,
nounced IL n local disease, and prescribed local.
remedies, and by constantly falling TO curel
with local treatment, pronounced IL incurable.l
Science has proven catarrh to be consktu-l
tiOnal disease and therefore requires constl-
tutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, man.
ufactured by f. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo. Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure on the market.
1t Is taken internally in doses from 10 drops TO
a teaspoonfuL 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case 1t fails TO euro
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

Philip N. Jackson, who built the big
fence alongside ]. Brodhead Woolsey's
iathouse on Quintan street, has given
orders to have windows put in the
fence to admit light into the dining
room and bedroom windows of Judge
Herman Schalk. who lives in the low
er fiat next to the big fence. Mr.. jack
son is friendly to Judge Schalk, and
a spite fence with windows in it win be
the novel result.-New York Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30
To Abolish the whipping Post.

The Lawmakers are wrangling over the
abolition of the whipping post. The man
who succeeds in passing such a bill, viii
prove as great a benefactor to the break
er of mans laws as Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters has to the breaker of natures
laws. If you've neglected your stomach
until indigestion, constipation, biliousness,
liver and kidney troubles are upon you,
there's but one cure, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. Don't fail to try it for Ia grippe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

Congressman R. ]. Gamble has been
selected as the unanimous choice of
the Republican caucus of South Dakota
for United States Senator.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30
You can eet Anen,s Foot-Ease Free.

Write to-day to Allen s. olmsted, lie
Roy. N. Y, for a FREE sample OF
Aliens Foot-Ease. a powder. 1t cures
sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet.
Makes new or tight shoes easy. A GER
tain cure for Chilbiains and Prostitutes.
At all druggists and shoe gtores: 25c.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

In England the admiralty continues
to oppose submarine boats and is
making no experiments, though it is
reported that some are contemplated.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

-Four hundred Porto Rican laborers
sailed from San Francisco for Hawaii
Tuesday.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

lido not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and eolds--JoHS F
BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 5, 1900
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

The imports of dry goods and mer-
chandise to the port of New York for
the past week were valued at So, 932, 394.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

All grades of refined sugars were ad-
vanced ten points Monday.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

and expenses 70 men with rigs TO introduce our
POULTRY COMPOUND. JAvELLE MFe. Co, Dept D,
PARSONS, KANSAS.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

Cincinnati is enjoying a street car
line boope Eight lines are to be ex-
tended.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30
40 CURE 4 GOLD IN ONE DAY.

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUIEISE TABLETS. All
druggists refund the money If IL fails to cure.
L. w. Groves signature is on the box. 25c.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-30

The Senate has confirmed Frederick
B. Ritsmann of Ohio to be auditor of
the war department.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-12-13

hill has story; every name Is re
dolent OF myth and legend;
the tinkle of every stream tells OF
kelpies or of days when it ran red
with the blood of men that died
but never blanched. No other
country could have inspired such
ballads as chant the history OF
Scotland, and no other ballads
could worthily chant such his
tory.
People that live near the noun
tains are always spiritual; it is on
the flat plains that men grow big
in body and sluggish of mind and
dull of soul. Here is the Scot, liv-
ing on the hillside. Nature in her
sterner moods is more familial to
him than when she smiles. He
has hard fight to live, and con-
sequently he becomes "canny"-the
Scot has always been bad one to
bargain with. At the same time,
the vein of sympathy that runs
through his character is deepened.
and as result the man is at once
swrewd and susceptible. He feels
the mystery of the daily change
from light to darkness, the wonder
of the snow in winter and the
blossom of spring. Ee loves his
land with love far brought from
out the distant past, but used
within the present" and nothing
can make him forget it. He is de
voted to the country in which he
may live, and is an admirable cit
zen, but let him meet fellow
countryman, and if they do not
talk of Scotland something must
be wrong with both.
Many people regard Scotland as
being the dearest country next
70 their own. The reason is not
ar to seek. Scotland has always
been fortunate enough to possess
Ions who could make others feel
he magic of the hills and the
FEATHER. the song and legend, the
merry making and the fighting.
rhe world loves a good fighter, and
rhen he can sing a good song as
Fell, why then he must be loved
8 David Balfour loved Alan Breck.
Tacoma Ledger.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-12-13

In a recent article, under the
caption, Idaho and the campaign"
the Lewiston Tribune evidently
sees breakers ahead for the demo-
cratic party of Idaho. 1t says, in
part: 1T is only blind or hope
lessly stupid man that is willing to
claim the party is harmonious or
what the outcome will be-" The
Tribune evidently has in mind the
disgraceful trucking of Governor
Hunt with the dynamite element
in the Occur d'Alenes and his
double dealing in the matter Of the
Clearwater county bill.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-12-13

Judge Hepburn, in a recent in
terview in the Spokesman-Review
announces his candidacy for the
United States Senate from Idaho.
We are glad to learn that Judge
Hepburn is a candidate for the
senate; personally, we consider him
the strongest man in idaho in point
of ability and character. He is a
man of whom any state might well
be proud and should the next leg
islature be republican that party
could do no better than elect Judge
Hey burn to the senate, thereby re-
deeming the pledge made by the
party at its first convention to elect
one senator from the north.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-12-13

The recent murders in China
town, San Francisco, will act as an
incentive to help Congress pass the
Chinese exclusion act. This coun-
try has no place for these heather
butchers and the sooner they are
forbidden from our shores the bet
ter will the country be.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-12-13

The Scot, while be thinks his
country is the best in the world,
does not as a rule say much about
it. Once year, however, he IN
burdens his mind on the subject,
and he has such a way of talking
of Scotland that his hearers are
inevitably convinced that it must
be the best country in the world
next to their own. 1t is on st
Andrews night that Scotchmen
meet the world over to talk once
more of the heather.
And it is a wonderful record that
tie little misty part of an island
has TO look back upon. Not in
Scotlad has the race left its deepest
mark. To paraphrase the words
of Kipling, "What do they know
of Scotland who only Scotland
know?" Not country in the
world but has been benefited BY |
the work Of the canny Scot, not a
country in the world but has today |
Scots at the head of great business
enterprises. Into whatever port
the sailor goes he is sure to find
a representative of the Northern
race.
On st. Andrews night material
are not so much the
theme as romance and fond rec
objection. No nation loves its
home more than the Scots. Every
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-12-13

The heavy snow fall during the
past week is great blessing to the
farmers of this section. Without
this moisture the prospects for
next years crop would be dubious
indeed. The ground, up to the
present month, was saturated only
to the depth of few inches.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-12-13
We wonder if Storer really did
hand it to Heitfeld.

The continued rise in the price
Of wheat is a great boon to the
farmers of the Lewiston country.
Many old debts are being Jared
loose and bank accounts will soon
he IS common as mortgages have
been in the past.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-12-13

If you want 20 paper your rooms just
come and see my new stock Of wall paper
Just received OF the lat st and most artis-
tic designs. rich colorings beautiful effects,
and the lowest and cheapest prices ever
offered in this country, from 10 cents per
double roll np--at a. NJ. Fletcbers.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-12-13
o. nEEDHAM. n. o. WALKER
NEEDHAM & WALKER,
ATTORNEYS AT Law

Late Of Wisconsin Bar. Office. Third Floor
Lewiston National Bank Building Practice
in all Courts and Z. g. Land once.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-30

= London. Nov. 3O.-Miss Helen Van
derbilt Wackerman is hopelessly IN
sane. She has been pronounced SO by
several DOCTORS. She rallied slightly
soon after her admission to st. Giles
infirmary, but Immediately her mind
became clear enough to realize her
position, and her surroundings, she
became hysterical and cried for hours
refusing TO be pacitied. For two nights
she never slept, but kept constantly
shouting through her tears for her
mother.
Every attention is paid her by the
matron, who is continually. by her
side ten hours out of the twenty-four.
At no time has she been left alone.
She refuses to take even the most
tempting delicacies. All food has to be
artificially administered.
1t is painfully evident that she is
again completely demented. Wednes-
day last she got refractory and tore
her clothing to shreds. violently strug-
gled when touched and indulged in the
most pitiable grimaces and language.
Mrs. Wackerman will make ar
rangements to remove her to a private
asylum, where she can remain with
her. If no improvement takes place
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-30
THE ARTISTS.

Theodore Chartran. the French poN
trait painter, is said to have ea med
more money during his first short visit
to the United States than during all
the rest of his previous career.
The Danish artist p. s. Kroyer spent
part of the past summer at Aulestad,
where he painted portrait of Bjorn-
son. 1t is life size picture and is TO
be exhibited first in Norway and at
Copenhagen.
1t now appears that Ernest Seton.
Thompsons name is Ernest Evan Sc.
ton. A short time ago 1t was stated
that his name was Ernest Thompson
Seton, but the Thompson seems to be
an assumed name.
VereschG&in, the noted Russian paint.
er of war scenes, has returned from
China, where he went some time ago
for new material. He will paint a
series Of pictures Of the Chinese war,
which will be exhibited throughout
Europe.
Walter Crane, the decorative artist,
is one of the most talented men in Eng
land. He is teacher and writer in
art, book illustrator, a painter, de-
signer of furniture, glass, mosaic, wall
paper and fabric. He is, besides, a
poet, lecturer and fearless socialist.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-30
FOWL AND THEIR FRUIT.

Weight and size are important fac
tors in making fowls marketable.
An egg soon becomes stale in bad air
or in dry air charged with carbonic
acid.
If eggs are to be made speciality
get some nonsitting breed, like the Leg
horn.
The better the breed the better the
feed, the better the care the better will
be the results.
For broilers you want.a quick matur-
ing breed that feathers young and at
tains good weight.
When long, silvery hairs are found
extending beyond the feathers on the
thighs and legs, it indicates health and
hardness.
AS a general rule the long, pointed
eggs commonly called rooster eggs do
not hatch. SO uniformly as those OF
more oval shape.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-30
Miss wackeman Hopeessy insane Recognize Her

Miss Wackerman, as charming In
manners as In face, enjoyed her visit,
and the portrait grew into a master
piece. Little, indeed, was needed save
to add her name to the title, as she
had been promised.
Then one day the famous artist s
bland manner changed suddenly. He
announced with tragic directness that
Charges" had been made against his
guest and that she must leave his
house at once. Mr.. and Mrs. Herkomer
left at once. The young girl, practi-
cally alone in England, was bewil-
dered.
She received a curt note intimating
that unless she left the Herkomer
house at once, forcible action would
be taken. She secured lodgings in
London, while awaiting the return of
her mother to London. She went from
studio to studio, from house to house,
searching in vain for her calumniator.
But there was none who had anything
but kindest words for her.
She brooded over the mysterious
hints dropped by Professor Herkomer,
and finally succumbed under the strain.
Friends have rallied in hosts to her de-
fence, but they cannot restore to the
beautiful girl that peace of mind that
the famous painter destroyed.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-30
GALLANT OKLAHOMA YOUTH
Harvard Athletes Noble Care For AN
Unfortunate Family.

Orville G. Frantz, one of Harvard's
most prominent athletes, has been lion
lied in Cambridge because of little
bit of philanthropy he extended and
which recently leaked out, says a dis
patch from Boston to the st. Louis
Globe Democrat. A few weeks ago Joe
Kennedy, stationary engineer, was
taken dangerously III with typhoid
fever. kennedy's wife was at the
State Consumptives' sanitarium, and
the father was alone with three small
children. Frantz heard of the case
through she Riverside mission, which
Is run by the Y. M. Q. A., and took
charge OF the case. For four weeks he
acted as nurse and general housekeep-
er. Part of the time he remained at
Kennedy's side during all of the night
and at other times would reach the
house before the recitation hour, at.
tend to his work and then go to the
college. IL was not until the end of the
fourth week that Kennedy found out
the Identity of his nurse. Kennedy
has so far recovered that he can sit up,
and the other day, when seen by re-
porter, said:
"Why, Frantz was physician. nurse.
housekeeper and proyider all in one for
me. l never imagined to find such
charity, or rather philanthropy, in Il
young fellow reared amid luxury and
to whom the unhealthy odor of sick
chamber must have been both irksome
and distasteful.
81 will never forget Mr.. Frantz or
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-30

in the girls condition they will return
to America.
The case of Miss Vanderbilt Wacker'
man is one of the saddest stories In
the history of art. Gods Master
piece" was Sir Edward Poynter's des-
ignation for this most beautiful of
American girls.
The greatest artists of Europe beg
ged humbly for permission to perpet-
uate her classic features on canvas and
in marble. Women of highest titles
and greatest fortunes envied the beau
tiful American.
Yet this goddess Of beauty priced
something far above her enhancing
loveliness. For the fancied loss of her
good name this girl has worried her
self into fate worse than death,
and reason, which lit up the beautiful
face. has fed. All this because OF ac-
cusations made without foundation
the hasty act and Incorporate words
of an eccentric man.
When Miss Wackerman consented
to live for u time with the family Of
Professor Hubert Herkomer, Il. A.,
In order that England foremost paint
er might transfer to canvas the most
delicate charms Of her face, 1t was
agreed that the artist had the oppor-
tunity of his life.