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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

During month If July thousands of
young people gathered In Cincinnati
and San Francisco. in Christian En-
deavor and Epworth League conven-
tons. Enthusiasm in large measure
was theirs. But the public, always
utilitarian, asks: what have these
young people actually done?" A few
among the best things" reported by
the Junior Endeavors alone. chill
dren under IA years of age, are a suf-
fcient reply: Clothed and paid board
OF crippled boy in school. Gave a
Thanksgiving dinner to thirty-hve poor
children. Earned money to give poor
children an outing In July and Au-
gust. Kept a crippled old lady in
clothing and food all winter. Fur
nished flowers all winter to our
church. Made scrap books for hospi-
tails. Educated two colored BOYS.
Placed rack in depot and kept it
Allied with good reading. Gathered two
hundred good books for the prison
committee to use in its work. Bought
an invalid bed, which is loaned in the
community. Surely an enthusiasm rfv-
eted by such acts Of helpful service
need not hesitate to call itself true
religion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
ORIGIN OF FAMOUS HYMNS.
Inspirations That Led Devout Peopis
to Their Composition.

Inspirations That Led Dsvout Peopls
to Their Composition.
The origin of many of the poplar
hymns that are sung with zest wher-
ever Christian people assemble to offer
praise to their Creator greatly deep
ems the interest in both the songs and
the singers and reveal that mighty
hnship of human souls, that divine
sympathy, that confers deathless fame
on few simple verses, soul biogra-
phies living in song. Rock of Ages,
Cleft for Me-" This greatest of hymns
was written in 1878 by Rev. Augustus
Toplady, very learned English divine
who died at the early age of 3S. The
hymn has the rare, wondrous spiritual
ecstacy he revealed in his daily life.
In his last illness he said: Il cannot
tell the comforts that | feel In my
soul; they are past expression. 1t will
not be long before God takes me, for
no mortal man can live after the
glories which God has manifested to
my SOUL" The marble tablet over his
grave says: HE wrote Rock Of Ages,
Cleft for Me-" Mrs. Vanalstyne. bet
ter known as Fanny Crosby, the blind
poet, wrote the hymn Safe in the
Arms of Jesus" for music in twenty
minutes, but into it was put the es-
sence of her whole life of faith. Miss
Crosby, after a days jostling through
the city streets, guided by some loving
hand, returns to her little room and
pours forth her soul in song. OF the
many hymns written by Mrs. Sarah
Flower Adams, the only one that has
survived is the hymn, Nearer, My
God, to Thee" based on the bible story
OF Jacobs vision at Bethel, the i'm
agery of which narrative it follows
most faithfully One day Charles Wes-
ley was sitting by an open window,
looking over the beautiful fields, when
he saw little bird pursued by a hawk.
The poor think, weak and frightened,
in seeking to escape from its enemy,
flew into the room and found refuge
in Wesley's bosom. AS the poet was
then in great trouble and needed the
safety of a refuge, the consolation Of
help from a higher power than his
own, the incident seemed to him a
divine message, and, thus inspired, he
wrote the famous hymn, Jesus, Lover
of My Soul"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
Endurance.

A gentleman who attended lecture
delivered by the late Miss Mary Kings
ley at the Imperial Institute relates a
very interesting anecdote of her 1t
brings out strongly the spirit of en-
durance and sense of humor, without
which this well-known traveller could
not have accomplished her various and
arduous undertakings. Il dare say you
noticed last evening" said Miss Kings
ley, drily that l was jumping about
like cat on hot bricks" She was as
sured that no signs of such action had
been visible, and she went on to ex-
plain that something had gone wrong
with the heating apparatus under the
platform, and that for more than an
hour she had stood on a surface so hot
that the soles of both boots were
burned through. Yet she showed no
signs of pain, and held the attention of
her audience throughout this trying
time. Afterward she walked home,
humorously lamenting the loss of her
boots.-Youth's Companion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
Morocco
MAidenS

In Morocco the period of girlhood
is short. The manageable age is IL
years and father seldom keeps his
daughter after she has reached 10.
The age of the bridegroom does not
matter, and child of IL frequently
receives a husband of 60. When a
girl becomes engaged 1t is her parents
duty to fatten her, and she is put into
training for this.
Every morning she takes the soft
part Of her wheaton bread and rolls
it into long, round pieces about twice
the length of her little finger, and of
the girth of her thumb. After each
full meal she eats three or four of
these, gradually increasing the dose.
At first she is allowed to wash them
down with milk or green tea Later
on liquids are forbidden. Most girls
manage in time to put away 80 or so
of these aids to obesity every day. BY
the time the wedding day comes
around brides have wholly lost their
slimnesss and after a few years re-
semble huge sacks of down.
Weddings always take place in the
evening and the long procession is an
indispensable part of the ceremony.
The woman is neatly enveloped in
gauze and muslin and packed into a
trim little red box just as II she were
an automatic doll or the newest thing
in hats, so that she can no more be
seen than diamond wrapped UP in
wadding and shut in basket. The
box is fastened on the back of a mule
or a horse and when these details are
satisfactorily settled the procession
All her kith and kin, as well as the
relations and friends of her future
lord, ride in state or solemnly march
on foot to the sounds of weird music
which would madden European. The
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Bishop Philpotts of Exeter early
earned his reputation for saying sharp
things. One of the guests at an under
graduates party, in Oxford, sang a
song much out of tune. Then Philpotts
was called upon. II haven't note in
my voice." said he. well, If you can't
sing, you must make speech or tell
story!" declared the host. IF l am
to tell story" said the future bish-
op, II think l should say that I should
like to hear -- sing that song again!'
Much later in life he went to pay a
visit in Devonshire. tits a beautiful
place. isn't it?' asked guest. Eyes,
said the bishop, but If 1t were mine |
would pull down the house and fill up
the pond with IT, That would remove
two objections
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
Awaits Exploration at
Present In British
KAchinland.

gold in the mountains which have
waited through the centuries to be dug
out Rubber trees grow in this region
and all manner of valuable woods are
In the forests The British have been
in nominal control OF Kachinland for
some years, but never have really oc-
cupied the country. Every now and
then an expedition has to be dispatched
there to restore order and to remind
the natives that they are British sub
1ects; but civilization never yet has
penetrated through the mountains and
the dense forests to this land of rubies,
gold dust and jadestone. Nearly all the
trade of the country is carried on with
the Chinese; but the government of
India now has 1t in mind to open up
the country to trade with Burmah and
hence with the rest of the world. It is
a virgin field for exploitation, and in
these days, when no corner of the
earth is neglected in the search for
riches, Kachinland cannot long escape
the general fate of all rich regions. AL
ready Britishers have visited Kachin-
land to spy out the country and blaze
the way for the army of exploiters
which will come later. The latest
news of this strange country has been
brought back by Captain w. s. Eardly
Howard, British officer of Punjabees,
who lately returned from trip to the
Kachin Hills. In the Wide World Mag
azine he gives an account of the curious
people who live among the rubies and
the jade and tells of their many Curl
GUS customs. Slavery exists there, and
the natives are exceedingly supersti-
tious. "The members of village"
says the captain, seldom cultivate
more cereals than are required for
their own consumption, but barter
among themselves guns, gongs, slaves,
ETC., although they are rapidly acquir-
ing an appreciation of our coinage and
methods of trade"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
WILLIAM ]. PALMER.

2loyes of the old Denver and Rio
Grande and Rio Grande Western roads
has just been made public, came west
from Philadelphia in 1870 He was
the first president of the road, which
he built in 1871. He founded Colorado
Springs July 10, 1871. Ever since he
has made his home at Glen Eyre, a
picturesque canyon just north of the
Garden of the Gods, three miles north
west of Colorado Springs. In June
last he sold his control of the road to
the Gould interests of New York, re-
ceiving $6,000,000 therefor. He has
given literally to Colorado College. He
is principal owner of the Antlers Ho-
tel. Recently he gave the city Austin
Bluffs about 1000 acres for park pur-
poses. He says he has retired from
railroading and will PROBABLY invest
his millions in building up Colorado
Springs and in other public enter
prises. He is yet in middle life. He
is averse to notoriety, but no Colorado
pioneer has greater claims for distinc-
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Persons interested in wild flowers
are endeavoring to create-and to or
ganize-a sentiment for the protection
OF our native plants, especially near
large cities. The pond-lily, trailing
arDutus, native orchids, fringed gem
tian and many of the evergreens have
been gathered in Massachusetts for
sale in such quantities, and so steadily
sought by frequenters of suburban
woods, that their extinction is threat
ened. The remedy suggested is that
care be used to cut rather than pull
the flowers. so that the roots need not
be disturbed; and that those who
gather rare plants for the market
should be discouraged by lack of
patronage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

The Missouri egg factory of Spring
field handles about $4,000 dozen eggs a
day, all of which are candled before
entering the factory. About three
wagon loads of eggs are rejected each
day and hauled outside of the city
limits where they are dumped. A man
living near the dumping ground has
collected enough chickens Matched by
the weather from eggs thus thrown
away to stock chicken farm. Every
day for month or more he has been
carrying number of chickens home
from the dumping ground, where they
aad been Matched by the unprecedented
neat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
And Incidentally Says
That the Sun Is 0s
Cold as Ice.

has been blazing mass since the Gre
alton of the world. The absurdity of
such statement is self-evident. How
can anything keep on burning and not
be consumed? The sun was burned
out ages ago. 1t furnishes us light
simply by acting as reflector for the
myriads of worlds in the armament
Whence comes the worlds heat.
then, you ask, and what causes the
change of seasons? Part of the
worlds heat comes from its interior,
which is blazing and liquid state
The rest of the heat comes from its
atmosphere, which is brought into
friction with the various stratas
through which the revolutions of the
world carry it, These stratas vary,
and it is owing to their variance that
we have the changes in temperature
and in seasons.
''In time this mass of fire in the
interior of the earth is going to de-
stroy it. There is a constant change
going on in the physical aspect of the
earth, due to this fire, but the trouble
is that observers do not attribute them
to the proper cause. The Bible says
that the earth shall perish by fire, and
this prophecy, to my mind, refers to
the internal fires of the world"
A man soon forgets his faults when
they are known only to himself.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
DRESS THEIR OWN WOUNDS.
Certain Birds Display Wonderful
KnowIedee of Sur9erv

Certain Birds Display Wonderful
knowledge of Surgery.
There are not a few birds that pos
sess a knowledge of the principles of
surgery that is not far from super
natural. The woodcock, the partridge
and some other birds are able to dress
their wounds with considerable skill.
French naturalist says that on sew
eral occasions he has killed woodcocks
that were when shot convalescing
from wounds previously received. In
every instance he found the old in
jury neatly dressed with down, plucked
from the stem of feathers and skill
fully arranged over the wound, evil
IDENTIFY by the long beak of the bird
In some instances a solid plaster was
thus formed, and in others ligatures
had been applied to wounded or brok-
en- limbs. One day he killed a bird
that evidently had been severely
wounded at some recent period. The
wound was covered and protected by
a sort of network of feathers which
had been plucked by the bird from it's
own body and so arranged as to form
a plaster completely covering and pro-
tecting the surface. 1t had evidently
acted as hemostatic in the first place
and subsequently as a shield covering
the wound. The feathers were fairly
Melted together, passing alternately
under and above each other and form
ing textile fabric of great protective
power. Birds are often found whose
limbs have been broken by shot with
the fractured ends neatly joined and
ligated. M. Dumonteil tells of wood
cock that had been shot by sports
man on the afternoon of certain day.
After long search the bird was given
up, but it was discovered the next
morning by an accident. In the mean
time the wounded legs were found to
be neatly ligated, an exquisitely neat
bandage having been placed around
each limb. The poor bird, however,
had, in dressing it's wound, entangled
its beak with some long soft feathers,
and had it not been discovered it
would have died of starvation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
Dispensing with ''Cussin' Mates.r

The local packet companies, together
with many other excellent improve
ments recently made, have decided to
do away with the "cussin' mate,h and
hereafter the forecastles of their
steamers will be governed by men who
will not send forth a stream Of pro-
family. To this end changes have re-
Gently been made, until at last every
mate in the service of the Louisville
and Cincinnati, and Henderson lines.
is of the "non-cussin' kind. The rule
says; Thou shalt not cuss; nay, YER
lily, even should stage plank or cask
of bacon fall on thy pet corn. Louis
vile Evening Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

The value of recipe lies partly in
its being accurately set down and fol-
lowed. Harper's Magazine has the fol-
lowing directions for making a break
fast delicacy called pop-oyers, as they
were impaired by the Chinese servant
to lady visiting in the family: "You
takee him one egg" said the master of
the kitchen, lone lit cup milk. You
fixee him one cup flou' on sieve, take
pinch salt-you put him in lump. You
move him egg lit bit slow; you put
him milk in, all time move. You makee
him fiou go in, not move fast, so have
no spots. Makee but'led pan all same
wan, not too hot. Putlee him In oven.
Now you mind you business. No like
woman run look at him all time. Him
done all same time biscuit"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Princess Clementine d'Orleans, who
Is now the only survivor of the large
family of Louis Philippe. has cele-
brated her eighty-fourth birthday at
Schloss Ebenthal, her seat near Wen
ma, whittier she has Just returned after
long stay at Mentone. Princess
Clementine married Prince Augustus
of Sax-Coburg-Gotha, brother of the
late king dowager of Portugal, and
first cousin of Queen Victoria and of
the prince consort
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Gladstone's humorous advice to the
farmers to convert their superfiuous
turnips into beautiful jam has been
abundantly acted upon, even in the vir
tuous United States. Around one case
OF the Agricultural Departments ex-
nibit at the Pan-American Exposition
hang squares OF cloth, originally white.
now yellow, orange. scarlet, crimson
blue and purple all colored by enilsne
dyes extracted from commercial Jam
and 1ellies. In comparison with such
nefarious adulteration comment would
be colorless
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
Assistant Secretary Sanger a Worker.

Assistant Secretary Sanger n Worker.
One of the hardest workers and most
Industrious officials of the United
States government, according to The
Army and Navy Register, is W. Cary
Sanger. the assistant secretary of war.
He reaches his Office about o'clock
in the morning and keeps at work with
only short intermission for noon
day luncheon until o'clock and after.
He finds time to see everybody, and
to talk according to the merit of the
case.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
where Cotton erowInr Has Inerea.ed.

Where Cotton Growing Has Increased.
American cottonseeed is responsible
for a tremendous increase in the pro-
duction of cotton in Russia, middle
Asia, Bakhara and Khive. The year
1900 shows an increase of A per cent
over 1899 in the Asiatic lands, and the
increase in the Russian district is %
per cent. Most of the former corn
fields are now being planted with cot
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

The latest census shows that there
are 42O,274 horses in Denmark, 1873 for
every 100 acres under cultivation and
1875 per 1000 inhabitants; the sheep
number 1,O5S,656, which is 2s1 per 100
acres and ass per 1000 inhabitants
Denmark is an agricultural country.
About three-fourths of the population
are engaged in the cultivation of the
soil. Copenhagen is the only city of
any size.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
Their Girlhood Is Brief. as
They Generally Merry
When IL Years Old

instruments are ear-splitting. And If
the families have proper sense of
what they owe themselves they are
not satisfied even with this, but invest
in gunpowder and keep firing all the
way to the bridegroom's house.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
France.s Er-Emprerr.

Ex-Empress Eugene is making a
tour of the west coast of Scotland, a
region she has never before visited.
Incidentally she will visit the Glas.
gov exposition. She is much gratified
by the scant attention she receives
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Pope Leo is an omniverous reader.
ne mas recently perused Quo vadis,"
ana the author, Henry Sienkiewicz. has
received letter from the vatican ex-
PRESSING satisfaction for the Catholic
lucas expressed in the novel The
Fohsn author has also received from
Leo All marble tablet of the time
=. constantine recently found in the
os.riano cemetery, the scene of some
OF the Incidents of QUO vadisn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Every known language contains
such names as cuckoo, pewit, whip.
poorwill and others, in which the
sound emitted by the animal is utilized
as the name.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Wedgewood buttons-white figures
on blue ground, set in rim of dull
gold or silver, are among the latest
additions.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Cranks are persons who do not see
things as you do.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

She-Don't you love to hunt four
leafed clovers?
He-No; l hunted them with an
other girl once, and we ran upon one
in a jewelers. window-green and
white enamel-diamond dewdrop in
the center-S25.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Happy is he who lets himself owe,
no man and let's no man owe him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
a Liberal Greer.

General William ]. Palmer, whose
gift of $1,OOO,OOO to officials and en-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-16
MARRIAGES IN TEXAS.

WINSTON -RENICK X Smithyille, Texas,
June 13.-One Of the most brilliant vel
dings that has occurred IN Smithville for
terlin church at $40 o'clock Inst night
The contracting parties We're Mr.. J.. V.
Winston and Miss Matte Rcnick. Rev
! NJ. Renlck. father fthe bride; oniclat;,
lrg. The church was eXquisltely decorated
and the service most impressive. The
church was crowded to standing room only.
Mr.. Winston is the efficient deputy post
master here and Miss Renick Is. the accom-
plishcd daughter of Rev. j., NJ. RenicS,
and for several years was primary teacher
in the public schools. They received many
handsome and costly presents
COMPTON AYRES Gainesville. 1cSas,
June 49, Miss Corinne Ayres, daughter OF
W. l., Ayres, was married last night az
her fathers residence in this city at Q
o clock to Mr.. Howard $ Compton of this
day for Mr. Compton's old home in Tenn
essee where they will spend their honey
moon,
MGAUGHY HULL Timpson, Texas,
Juue l3,-Mr. J. II; McGaughy Of Timpsou
quietly married az the home OF the bride $
parents on the afternoon Of the 18th At
2;45 o'clock. Rev. j. t. Mcclure oti-
oiated
HowELL.HoLT- seguln, Texas, June
i3.-Marred near Belmont at the residence
of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs; II
Ii. Holt, at $50 p, m. yesterday. Mr.. Milan
]. Howell Of Gouzales county TO Miss Mary
s. Holt.
WEINERT MASON seSrin, Texas
June B;- Married, yesterday A. Rockwell,
Texas Mr.. August Weinert of Seguin t.
Miss Annie Lois Mason, daughter of Mi
and Mrs. NJ J.. Mason Of Rockwell.
SHEPHERD. RAY Ennis, Texas, June
| l3..-Alr, J, ~ Shepherd of Dallas and Miss
Mildred Ray Of THIS city were married hers
| last night at the home OF the officiating
clergyman, Father II. d. Brickley.
| THOMAS EVERETT Mckinney, Texas
June ia. Thomas OF Lewisville and Miss
Roberta Everett OF Sheptcn, this county
were married at the latter place last even
| ing.
| NENABLE.c oNNELLEE. Abilene, Tex.
4 June 13.--W NJ. Nenabe Of this city ant
Miss Cora Connellee % Eastland' were mar
rled In the latter place Tuesday afternoon
| STEDHAM- SIpDALL. Fl Abilene, Texas
| June lS.-Mr. Howard b. Stedham ana Mis-
| Lola G. Siddell, daughter OF Mrs. II. =
| Siddali, were married.
| rIBBSPETERS.-yalley Mills. Texas
| June ~ l., Tlbbs aud Miss Matti,
| Peters were married at the Methods
church here last night.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-16
THE WRONG MEDICINE.

Thousands of people yearly treat their
Alls with the wrong medicine. They arc
In the habit of jumping at the hrst Cure
all" they see advertised and fancy they
are going to be benefited.
People should use more caution In select
ing their medicines These are times when
the country Is flooded With the printed
boasts OF experlmenters Those who have
piles In any form can not be too careful
In its treatment
The delicate membranes may receive In.
jurles from humbug remedies that will
lead 10 the most complicated eruptions
Pyramid Pile Cure is the safest remedy
known 10 medical science. IL purihes the
affected parts, reduces the tumors and
takes away the Inflammation. IL you are
troubled. Try H.
it Is prepared by the most skilled spe
clalists who have made thu curing OF piles
and kindred troubles life study.
IL Is now the best known pile remedy be
fore the public. Thousands have been
cured who had experimental for years with
every ether known remedy. Hundreds who
have been treated sgrglcally without re
suits have been completely cured by Pyra
mid Pile Cure Don't experiment with
dangerous drugs nor run the risk OF pain
fu surgical operation. This remedy Is q
prompt. perfect and permanent care fol
The most persistent case OF piles. II 1:
manufactured by the Pyramid Drug Co.
Marshall Mich. and has found It's way
into every wide-swake drug store on THU
eentlnent AJAX for lt and be Cured Of
doRA