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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

becoming, but the shirtwaist suit is q
failure. Possibly this is due to the at
tempt to make a cheap costume. A
shirtwaist is the most comfortable of
garments, but it requires to be well
put together and to be worn with a
skirt which has in it the evidences of
skillful manufacture.
Unfortunately this is not the case
with the novelty in this line which has
been put upon the market, and nova
days it is a hopeless task to try to in
terest the feminine world in inferior
and poorly made articles.
Perhaps the shirtwaist was intended
to be worn with a separate skirt-per-
haps it loses all it's style when fitted
with lower petticoat of similar mate
rial. The change is not happy one,
whatever the cause may be; it is more
than probable that the separate effects
will be maintained by those who have
the best interests of the shirtwaist at
heart.
The tailors show some highly ornate
designs in outing waists while some
of the models are chic and display taste
and ingenuity in the trimming and
while the cut is good and the fit per-
feet, one cannot help feeling that
much is lost in the effort to render
dressy garment whose principa
charm is in it's simplicity, to decorate
with embroidery and lace that which
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

call for the repeal OF certain
state laws which seem un-
fair to lunatics. whom they chiefly af-
feet Nothing will be printed which is
inclined to produce irritation or ira
tional excitement. It will not De the
business of the paper to stir up dis
content among the inmates OF insane
asylums, but to furnish them with food
for serious and healthful thought.
General Leeper says that the number
of legal lunatics in the United States
is now SO large that there is a great
field as well as great demand for
his paper, while il every person VINO
is more or less crazy would subscribe
for it, he declares, it would have cas-
lily the largest circulation IN the wor'u.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

or three feet in length, and place it
around the back of your head. accord
ing to the manner shown in the &C.
companying picture. Next bring the
two ends forward past the ears, or,
rather, past the auricles. The ears
must then be closed by keeping the
fingers pressed firmly over them, and al
the same time the fingers or hand
must be pressed firmly over the Irvine
at the point where it lies directly out
side each auricle. Now ask some one
to pull the two ends, of the Irvine wi:A
his thumb and index finger. and then,
a firm pressure being meanwhile mair,-
tanned, to let them slip slowly through
the fingers.
At once an illusion of thunder will
be produced. You will hear peal after
peal, and the frmer the pressure on
the Irvine the louder will be the sound.
If few knots are tied in the Irvine
still more startling Illusion will Ne
produced.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

memory of his services the naval Off
Ger was given the title of "Philander
of Vega" Since that time his promo
ton in the navy has been rapid, and
at the same time we'll deserved. He is
chief aid to the king and one of his
rayol patrons most intimate and cher
ished friends. The new minister is de-
rived from an ancient family of Fin
land, noted in history for upward of
three centuries. He entered the navy
as boy and was early associated with
the great Nordenskjold, whom he also
accompanied in 1868 on the famous
journey to Spitzbergen.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15
MEN WHO ARE HIRED TO SMOKE
Tho CoIoring OF Meerschaum Pipes a
Regular business In London.


Regular business In London.
On the outskirts of London there is
smoking establishments, conducted by
an Austrian, where meerschaum pipes
are smoked until they assume the
proper color. 1t is large house thai
used to be the country seat of an
English gentleman. Hither come every
day a score of young men who are the
experienced employees of the house
They pass upstairs to the business
room in the rear of the house, seal
themselves in arm chairs and forth.
with begin their days work of smoking
meerschaum pipes. Each one knows
the art of smoking steadily, neither
too fast nor too slow, The tobacco
they use is a special blend of the pro-
prietor's, for he knows it is only rarely
that the right kind of tobacco is used
for this purpose. The bowls of the
pipes which these young men smoke
are covered with wash leather so they
cannot by any chance be harmed o.
improperly stained The highly accom-
plished among these young fellows
can get away with four ounces of to-
bacco day. They are paid we'll and
they have their regular holidays.
Some of them have been with their
employer for five years. But it isn't
business in which one may stay a
lifetime, for, though they appear to
be able to smoke for years, night and
day without hurting them, when they
get to be old men, their occupation has
made them too nervous to be useful
The proprietor himself smokes not
at all, except when he is teaching an
apprentice how to go about it. The
new hand receives a cheap pipe, and
after being told how to go ahead is
left to himself to show what he can
do. There are prize competitions, and
these thirty newly arrived young
men who are on an upper floor, wher
they become proficient are graduated
to take their seats with the notable'
on the second floor, back. This kline
of work as a rule takes all the time
and attention of the men, but some o
them are so perfect that they can de
vote themselves to designing Shape
and figures for new pipes, special at
tention being given to the possibilit.
of producing quaint effects in the col
oring.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

sidered the only thing suitable, but
all manner of lacy meshes, fine, coarse,
open or closely woven are in demand
Guipure, Mechlin, Renaissance, Lux
ueil, Russian, all appear on the newest
frocks and add to their becomingness.
shirtwaists n Failure.
The new shirtwaist suits are not
quite up to the mark Whether this is
due to the fact that they are inexpen-
sive or whether the defect lies wholly
in the making it is rather hard to say.
so far the models which have been dis
played are not attractive. The old style
sailor blouse suit is pretty, jaunty and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15
II .Sborfer ColLede car.nse

PROFESSOR Norton of Harvard recent
" expressed the opinion that college
men studying for the degree of A. B.
snouid De allowed free choice to OBJ
tain 1t In three years if they so desire.
He says many students can do the
work OF the whole course in three
years as easily and as we'll as others
can III tour' and he believes the ma
1ority would be the gamers if they did
It In the shorter time. The growing
lens'n VI ene courses in postgraduate
anu professional schools makes this
saving OF time Increasingly desir-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

A road made of Stag cement
is to be constructed at North
Tonowanda, New York. The Tono-
wanda Iron and Steel Company
has received permission to lay
tracks on road which is now in poor
condition, provided 1t win Stag the
roadway for its full width of &C feet.
The street is about 40 feet wide. The
method of laying this particular sur
facing is probably novel. The molten
Stag is to be run in hot train" OF
iron cars over the track, and the Stag
poured over the surface at the proper
place. The company claims that 1t will
cool into a solid mass.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15
Hend of .Stpeden,s MaVy.

Sir Adolf Arnold Louis Philander,
the new minister Of marine for Sweden
and Norway, has had a distinguished
career as a naval officer. He won his
knighthood from King Oscar in 1880
on his return from the famous expedi-
ton in the Vega, Of which ship he
was commander and which bore the
celebrated scientist and explorer,
Baron Nordenskjold, on his voyage OF
discovery to the northeast passage
Owing to the name of the ship and in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

The first active step in the war on
the famous-or infamous-Jersey mos
auitoes was taken last month, when
simultaneous attacks were made upon
several points of their breeding
grounds. The Hackensack meadows
and the marshes about the Oranges
have always been prolific sources of
this insect pest Under the direction
of the entomologist of the Department
Of Agriculture at Washington. the sur
face Of the water in the marshes was
treated with kerosene. The applica--
ton will be renewed several times
during the summer. Success will be Of
the greatest benefit to public health,
but the determination of the Jersey
mosquito will rob the humorist of one
OF his dearest treasures.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15
Arctic Seals In Asia.

Lake Balkal is a remarkable body Of
water lying in longitudinal trough
on the edge of the central Asiatic plat
eau, whose surface is 1000 feet above
the sea, with which it is connected by
the Yenisel river after flowing across
the northern plains of Siberia for a
distance of about 1000 miles. A most
curious fact, long known to scientific
men, is that this lake is Occupied by a
species of seal almost identical with
those found in the Attic ocean.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

One Of the queer charities in New
York is the auctloning of homeless and
destitute men in Madison Square every
night. Chaplain RATHER, a worker
among the poor, who is unconnected
with any church organization started
the scheme. The auction idea was hit
upon by mere accident, but 1t proved
more popular than the old style OF
making collections. The chaplain will
pick out a ragged specimen OF human
ity, stand him on the curb and shout
What am l bid?" The crowd invari.
ably takes the cue with good humor
and someone usually starts bidding al
five cents. Often the homeless ones are
knocked down at fifty or sixty cents,
when the crowd is especially liberal or
good humored. The money is then
passed over to the object of his attrac-
ton. Every night between eleven and
twelve line of homeless and penniless
men form In Madison square and as the
theaters empty their crowds, Chaplain
RATHER mounts a bench and invites at
tention to his human wares.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

What is described as an ancient
draughtboard" has been discovered in
Crete. Il must by all accounts, be a
very fine piece of work, since it is COM
posed OF natural crystal. ivory, gold
and silver, but it is by no means
unique. Chess, draughts, or the game
from which both are derived, was
known to nearly all the ancient eivili-
cations, and Greek and Egyptian
boards are by no means uncommon.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

Not all the coral reefs are found out
in the ocean. Within the last two years
several remarkable reefs of fossil coral
have been discovered near cambridge,
on the Flint river, in Georgia One
reef so found consisted of coral heads,
some Of them more than a foot in di.
ameter. Between twenty-five and thirty
species have been recognized in these
Georgia reefs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

A movement has been started in
Georgia to perpetuate the memory Of
Hi Whitney by converting into an ele-
CANT country club the scene OF his la
bors near Augusta, where he perfected
his cotton gin. The organization has
been perfected and the charter for the
club secured
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

The largest needle mandatory in
the world is at Redditch, Worcester
shire, Eng. over 7O,OOO,OOO needles are
made there weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

One ton of steel shipping equals
four of sailing shipping-that is to
say, a steamer can carry four times
as much cargo any given distance in
year as a sailing vessel can.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

An Italian named Lamacithia has
invented repeating gun which fires
nineteen shots without reloading and
has all the advantages of other weap-
ons
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15


that for that rea-
son he will be able
to do better work
for the large class
of people to which
he belongs. In The
Lunatic Herald
General L e e pc 7
will deal with the
abuses which pre-
vail in some insane
nsylums. He will
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

1t doesn't take half so long to dis
cover the humbugs of civilization as
it does to crush them. The people will
cling to their humbugs and give you
the cold front if you try to teach them
common sense.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

Some peculiar facts are being
brought out by the 18th census con.
corning the counties, says the New
York Sun. For instance, the shortest
name of county is I, in Oklahoma
while the longest is Saint John the
Baptist, parish in Louisiana. Mon
tana has the county with the largest
area, Custer, which covers 20,490
square miles, the second largest is
San Bernardina county, CAL, with 49,
947 square miles. The smallest county
IL Bristol, r. l., which has Only 25
square miles
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

Tasmania's tutors engaged by farm
ers often work with their pupils in the
fields, notably at harvest time and N
the shearins season.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

str a n g e | y
like natural
thunder, can
be manufac-
tured by any
one who will
try the fol-
lowing sim
pie, newly
devised ex-
pertinent:
Get a piece
O r d i n a ry
Irvine two
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

All Clings ana btuoWs.
Everything clings and pillows, lace
and chiffon add their charm to silk and
wool, and the gowns resulting are both
becoming and artistic. OF course
there are some models which
display none of these attractions,
gowns which present all the defects
and few of the beauties of the present
fashions, but these fortunately are in
the minority. There are women who
most have the very limit of the mode,
women whose straight front corsets
are so extremely straight, so utterly
unyielding, that all semblance of grace
of contour is lost in the uncompromis-
ing stiffness, women whose hair pres
ents an abnormal spectacle of how the
crown of glory may be put to base
uses, women who abuse the good
things of the mode in the endeayor to
excite comment in the desire to out
shine others in exploiting the latest
wrinkle and the newest fad Natur-
ally such an excess of zeal defeats it's
own purpose and such women simply
exemplify the evils of fashion carried
beyond its legitimate limits. Well-bred
women dress within the boundaries of
good taste, they do not seek 10 make
themselves conspicuous they simply
follow the rational dictates of the pre-
vailing fashions leaving the defects
severely alone.
Trimmings Make n New Dress.
Most other dresses depend more OF
less upon trimmings and extraneou:
decorations for their full effect, blu
the sheer white mulls, the delicate
muslins, the dainty organizes are sat
isfying in themselves. There is some
thing about the filmy whiteness tina
appeals to the eye, something abou
the softness and freshness which il
more than attractive and when tn
wearers are young and have at leas
the beauty of youth and good health
II loneliness of feature be lacking
there is charm about the Who'll
which is indescribable yet pc
tent. Lace is of course tn
favorite trimming for "gradua
ton" frocks and not simpl
Valenciennes, which used to be cor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

gaunt and attenuated figures, trailing
robes and picture hats characterized
this mode; Burne-Jones maidens and
Kate Greenaway girls, blessed damo-
zels, with flowing raiment and care
lessly flowing or loosely coiled hair
posed in stained glass attitudes. you
hold yourself like this, you hold your
self like that; you do your very best
to look both angular and fiat" sang
the representative of the cult in Pa
thence" and the results for time were
sad to contemplate.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

1t Is suggested in a recent fashion
publication that the women should
dress according to the style of face
with which nature has favored them
Tor which art has manufactured for
them) in order to obtain the best re-
suits. 1t is held that a girl with an
Interesting Du Maurier face" should
indulge In quaint, old-fashioned hats
and bonnets, and wear the little silk
mantillas which are being revived,
they say, in Paris. This is all very
well in theory, but practice is another
thing.
The woman of the present who has
the Du Maurier type Of countenance
does not desire as a rule to accentuate
dts peculiarities. In fact, the Trilby
face-and 1t appears in almost every
one of the artists danes of high de-
gree-is attractive after a certain
fashion, but Is not exactly beautiful;
all the women of the twentieth century
intend to be beautiful If nature and
the beauty doctor can make them so.
Old styles are fascinating-on the
stage-for there they form part of a
living picture, but in real life new
modes are best
If last years gown is out Of date,
why should woman deliberately seek
to array herelf in the style of a past
decade, even for the sake of being pic
turesque, even with the desire to live
up to her particular cast of counte-
nance it would be a sacrifice of good
taste and good sense to resort to an
tiquated modes when the novelties dis
played are so extremely fascinating
and becoming.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15
SAYINGS md DOINGS


The only paper Of ~ 49, IT. - 'n !,
world is the Lunatlc hera'u m -
published at Jacksonville ~. II is
owned edited and controlled by Cen
eraI A. B. Leeper. who freely admits
that he is a legal lunatic' pu' ueciares
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15
AesthetIcs ono of pate.

The rage for character dressing, for
the presentation of artistic types I'M
der modern conditions has become an
Client history. The period Of aesthetics
in dress was a painful one, all things
considered, and few would care to re-
vive 1t. Dull hues washed out effects,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

The man who goes to law for dam.
ages is reasonably sure to get them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15
a 6bunder Maker.

Even on the clearest, calmest day
thunder, artificial, it is true, yet
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-15

was meant to be stitched or simply
tucked. to add external ornamentation
to the bodice whose utility and beauty
lay in it's severely simple outlines.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-11-02
AUTOMOBILE WRECKED
Serious Collision at a Long Island
Railroad Crossing.
GOING AT MODERATE SPEED
It's Six Occupants Were Badly Injured and the
Machine Demolished Was Driven by
Henri Fourier, the French
Chauffeur.

westbury, L. l., Oct 31.--As Henri
Fournier, the French Chauffeur, was
crossing the tracks of the Long
Island Railroad, near Westbury, in
an automobile. In which five other
men were seated, the machine came
into collision with locomotive, and
disastrous results followed. All six
men were hurt and the machine de
molishcd. The names OF those in the
party are:
N. B. Fullerton, A. @. Batchelder, j
II. Gerrie, Arthur Lewis, Henry J.
Everall and Henri Fourier. Mr.. Full
lerton sustained the most serious in
jury, being badly cut about the face
and head and a compound fracture OF
the leg He is expected to recover.
Mr.. Fourier said last night that the
party was on its way to New York
when the accident occurred, having
been out all day in company with vii.
liam X. Vanderbilt, Jr., in his ma
chine, looking for good road, on
which it was Fournier's intention to
try for the mile record today.
Il had just reached the crossing,
said he, land the front wheels Of my
machine were just touching the first
rail when the locomotive doomed UP
and | realized that an accident was
inevitable. Not having time to re.
verse the power, | gave the handle
a quick turn, which moved the front
wheels to the right, and then the
crash came. The locomotive struck
the machine two or three inches be
hind the left front wheel, throwing II
around SO that the rear of the auto.
mobile was brought against the loco
motive. The first thing | remember
is somebody calling and asking me
if were dead. | think | was uncon.
chine was completely wrecked. 1t was
not one of my racing machines. 1t
was of only ten-horse power, very
heavy. and was built to hold six per.
sons
There was no fagman at the cross
ing, which is hidden by buildings, but
an automatic bell is supposed to ring
on the approach of train. The mem
bers of the party say 1t did not ring.
The railroad people claim otherwise
Fourier. who was handling the lever
and Eyerall were thrown about SO
feet Fullerton and Batchelder were
hurled $50 feet, while Lewis and Ger
RE were mixed up with the wreckage
of the machine. Foxhall Keene, w
X. Vanderbilt, Jr., and party of la
dies saw the accident and gave aid
to the injured until number of physi
clans arrived upon the scene.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-11-02

Should President Roosevelt follow
his declared purpose of writing a
short and compact message to Con-
gress, eliminating all department
reports. the country will commend his
course as the busy man today has no
time to pour over long reports OF
cabinet officers.
Those who desire to know the
views of the President, will have. them
so that they can be digested within
the time at their command. Those
who want all the facts can please to
report of the cabinet officers at their
leisure.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-11-02

The little daughter of Mr.. j. N.
Powell jumped on an inverted rake
made of ten penny nails, and thrsut
one nail entirely through her foot and
a second one half way through. Cham
berlain's Pain Balm was promptly
applied and five minutes later the
pain had disappeared and no more
suffering was experienced. In three
davs the child was wearing her shoe
as usual and with absolutely no dis
comfort. Mr.. Powell is a we'll known
merchant of Fo,k'aud. Va. Pau
Balm is an antiseptic and heals such
injuries without maturation and IN
one third the time required by the
usual treatment. For sale by
Matthaei's Pharmacy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-11-02
REV. DR.. MARTIN RESIGNS.
He says He is No Longer Able TO Con-

He Says He Is No Longer Able to Con-
time at the Head of wilson College.
AT the meeting Tuesday of the board
of trustees of Wilson College, Cham
bersburg, for women, the president of
the college. Rev. DIR. Samuel A. Mar
Tin, caused a shock by rendering his
resignation to take effect at the end
of the college year, next June. The
resignation was entirely unexpected.
President Martin said that he felt
himself physically unable longer to
perform the duties of the Office. 1t
was his intention, he said, to resign
the office three years ago, but he felt
the institution had not reached state
of prosperity that would allow him to
do so.
The resignation has not been accept
ed but it is in the hands of commit
tee, which will endeavor to persuade
Dr. Martin to reconsider his determl-
nation to retire.