The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
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look as if the democrats had lit
tie money with which to throw
boquets atthemselves.
A glass or two of water taken
half an hour before breakfast will |
usually keep the bowels regular.
Harsh cathartics should be avoid
ed. When a purgative is needed
take Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets They are mild
and gentle in their action. Hor
sale by J. P. Spalding.
Attorney LamEe returned last
Thursday from his PocatelIo
visit.
The 10 inches of snow in Chal-
lis last week nearly disappeared
in two weeks caused by a warm
Chinook and rain.
The Llywhite didn't get a
Crum of comfort.
Cast your bread upon the vat
ers, but revise your Crum letters.
Most of us hang larger stock
ings than Santa Claus can fill.
We have had a fall of snow. let
us have a fall in the price of coal
Seeking the bubble recogni-
ton at the Cannon's gavel" is
the new reading of Shakespeare
for the next Congress.
The trust Lion is not half as
dangerous beast as the treach-
erous anarchist Tiger.
How the world admires a girl
who is not boy stuck--Ex-
Thomas Bracket Reed, ex-
speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, is dead. He died on
the 9Th inst. due to uraemia, in
duced by inaction of the kidneys.
In his death the nation loses an
able statesman.
Raymond Sullivan, a 9-year
old boy of Eureka, Utah. won the
SO, 600 cash prize in the Salt
Lake Tribune's guessing contest
for the total number of votes for
Congressman at the recent cleo
ton in Utah. Idaho and Wyo-
ming. Young Sullivan guessed
the exact number-169, 1S1.
David Marsh came down from
Clayton last Friday. He will &C
to Minnesota this week to spenC
the winter.
Horace Greely once said Il
lis strange how close men reaG
the papers. We never say any
thing men don't like, but we
soon hear of it. If we happen t,
say a good thing we never hea
lof that; nobody seems to MOTTO
it. We pay some man a hundre'
dollar puff, and he takes it as
tribute to his greatness-neve
thinks If does him any good Blu
if we say something he does no
like, or something that he imag
, ines reflects on his character
, then our evils are charge
against us, but we never appar
emily get any credit for the goo
we do"
DR.. c. S. Jones, the Salmo
dentist, will visit Challis aboU
, Jan. End or 3rd, 1903, to renal
; 10 days. All work guaranteed.
Josh Billings at one time too
5 out some life insurance and n
lates the following experience
> 1 kun to the konklusion latel
! that life is unsartin. that the onl
way for me to stand a fair sho
with other folks was to get N
? life insured so | kalled on tE
agent of the Garden Angel Lit
d Insurance company. and answe
' ed the following questions put
4 me over a pair of spectakles b
) a slick old fellow with a roun
: grey head on him as was ev'
DIVIDED. Are you a mail c
femail p? If so state how Ion
a you have been so ? Had you
;, father or motherS If, so which
i. Are you subject to fits and if S
/. do you have more than one at
/ timer Did you have any ance
J., ters. and if so. how much ? I
: you have any nightmares T? A.
!. va married or single or are you
bachelor {? Have you ever cor
:, mitted suicide =? If so. how muC
q did it effect WI After answe
l. ing the above questions like
S man, in the affirmative, the sliC
little fat old fellow. with spec
It takleS on. said | was insured fl
l. life. and would probably remat
| - So. x~oo,.- %ho1l~aR him ~