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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

they were ilterred and to the perfec.
ton of the interment. that not only can
the hair, nails and ligap 5nts be made
out but the muscles and nerves.
In almost every case the brain Is said
to be preserved and the climax he
been reached in two examples where
the eyes with lens in good conditi. i
are present, and in others in which
the muscles and nerves are still in
tact. There are also now unearthed a
series Of later prehistoric graves
ranging throughout the first fifteen
dynasties, others of the eighteenth.
and yet others of the Ptolemaic and
early and recent Coptic periods. This
vast cemetery" has been excavated
by DR.. Reisner for the University of
California, The discovery is of great
Importance in that it will add to our
knowledge of life on our planet at a
period long before the earlist histori-
cal records.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Februarys Without Full Moon.

A correspondent corrects some or.
roneous statements about a month
with no full moon, which appeared
recently in paragraph quoted from
Missouri paper "As a matter Of
fact" he says, "the month of Febr,,.
airy, 1886, had full moon, which fal,
on the 18th, as reference to the al
manac for that year will show. The
month of February, 1893, however
had no full moon, nor did that of 1866
and this is no infrequent occurrence
but happens every twenty or thirty
years. The month of February bav.
ing, except in leap year, only twenty.
eight days, and the moons phases he.
ing separated by an average period
OF twenty-nine days, it of necessity
follows that in February frequently
only three such phases occur. The
phenomena is therefore neither rare
nor OF any interest, and the only won.
der is who could first have started so
foolish a story as that no month
without full moon had occurred
since the creation of the world nor
would recur again for two and hale
million years. New York Tribune
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
STRANGE Marine Search.

Little julius Cohen was drowned
twelve days ago at Coney Island creek
and the body has been recovered in
most unusual manner. After the
father had the creek dragged day
after day, unsuccessfully, a sailor
said:
Get a loaf of bread and cut the
center out. Then fill the hole with
quicksilver and put the bread in the
water near where the boy was
drowned. 1t will float until directly
over the spot where the body lies
and then sink"
The loaf was prepared and placed
on the water. 1t foated for half an
hour, then settled in the water and
suddenly shot under. The child's body
was found directly beneath the spot
where the loaf sank.-New York Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Hombarded by MONKEYS.

The Norwegian steamer Donald.
from Baines, with fruit, has arrived
at Philadelphia. Captain Warneke
told this remarkable tale:
"We were about thirty miles from
Watkins Islands, in the Caribbean sea-
when we came upon a floating island
!, with the mate and several of the
crew, rowed toward it. Thousands of
little monkeys scampered all about
the shore, and when we were in range
they began bombardment by hurting
cocoanuts at US. We captured two
monkeys.
''The following day we discovered
another floating island, and landed.
This time we were greeted with a
covey of parrots of most brilliant plu-
mage"
Capt. Warneke declared that the
eruption at Martinique had shaken I'D
the entire district, and the small
pieces of land had become separated
from some uninhabited islands.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
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THE CUNNING MOSQUITO
Writer Insists the Insect Is Showing Remarkable
Educational PROGRESS

THE man VINO believes that the mos
quito cannot be educated up to the
point where he is capable Of doaglng
some of the articles of human kind is
simply a fool" said mal who has
been paying some attention to alaph-
oles and culex, and whose devotion
has been returned with quadrupled
amorousness, "and | know what / am
talking about, for | have had occasion
10 observe few things within the
week, in substantiation of which |
make proffer of various red splotches
on my face, neck and hands. Just
outside of my door there is a cistern.
one OF these uncovered cisterns about
which so much has been said and
written. 1t is great mosquito breeder
ana at night these humming despera-
does make fierce charge into my
room. The door, window and transom
are not screened, but | have around
my bed what is supposed to be ample
protection in good mosquito bar.
For while the bar was good enough.
But 1t did not take any great length of
Time for the mosquitoes to learn a few
things. One night-just a few nights
ago-I was awakened by humming
sound and had noticed that my sleep
mad not been as even as usual. At
hrst thought the sound was made by
street car some distance from my
room on the line which traverses the
street on which live. The truth grad
ually dawned on me that it was the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

drone of mosquitoes which had been in
the habit of slipping out of the cistern
and into my room at night. They were
making a fierce attack on the bar, and
| concluded that | would get up and
make little investigation-an after
midnight study, as it were-of this
winged assassin. ! did so.
q never saw so many mosquitoes
before. They we're mad, too. The fact
that they had encountered the bar
seems to have made them furious.
They were buzzing like nest Of dis
turbed hornets. But what surprised
me more tnan any other thing was the
fact that several dozen had managed
to get through and were actually on
the inside, and had really begun to
chew me. On the outside of the bar
l found a perfect swarm. Some of
them were fastened in the threads of
the bar. They were trying to squeeze
through the little holes of the bar, just
as the others had done. Their long
legs, or their wings, or some part OF
the body, mad become tangled and they
were hopelessly tied. Now how did
they know how to get through these
little places by the squeezing process?
How did they know this was the only
possible way to reach the food they
wanted? l tell you the mosquito is
capable of learning a few things,
and he is being educated up to some
of the articles of human kind, and
that's all there is to it."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Baseball Wrecks Train.

An innocent baseball almost caused
a disastrous wreck on the Pottsville
branch of the Reading Railway at the
passenger station there yesterday. A
number of boys were playing ball close
by just as an accommodation train
from Pottsville, composed of several
freight cars, passenger coach and a
caboose, was pulling out. One of the
boys missed a thrown ball and it
rolled under the wheels of the caboose
and derailed 1t. The passengers were
frightened, but none were injured.
Traffic was delayed for nearly two
hours.-Tamaqua (Pa) Correspond.
ence Philadelphia Inquirer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

a great scaffold across the north end
of the Abbey, where, with a great deal
of patience, sat from past 4 till IL
before the Kirg came in. The King
passed through all the ceremonies of
the coronation, which, to my great
grief. / and most of those in the Alb
hey could not see" And Horace Wal
pole wrote of the coronation of George
III: THE liveliest spectacle in the
world, but for the Kings sake and
my own, | never wish to see another"
How in the world trains and coro.
nets and dignity, to say nothing of the
peeresses themselyes-and many of
them are portly-were condensed into
sixteen or eighteen inches is puzzle.
The Countess of Orkney, late Connie
Gilchrist. Gaiety actress who at one
timed shared considerable notoriety
with ducal friend, was sandwiched
between the naughty and pious Coun-
tess of Aberdeen and the Countess of
Dunmore, who, with the Earl, is
credited with having converted the
King and Queen to Christian Science.
The actress known to fame as Rosie
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
HIS JOKE COST HIM DEAR.
An Interesting Little Story About Han
nibal Hamlin.

nibal Hamlin.
'Why don't you comb down that
cowlick! said Senator Mallory, laugh
ingly, to one of the pages, whose hair
was standing straight Some of these
days your wife will take hold of it
and pull your hair"
The boy glanced up at the senator's
very bald pate. Senator" he asked,
is that the way you lost your hair?"
There are quite number of sena-
tors with bald heads. Senator Stew
art is among the number. And Mr..
Stewart says that it does not pay to
make fun of man who hasn't any
hair on the top of his head, in the
place where the hair ought to grow,
as the old song says. In proof of
which he tells an interesting story
on how Hannibal Hamlin was defeat
ed for the senate.
"Up In Maine," said Mr.. Stewart,
there was a man who was very bald.
One day Mr.. Hamlin came along ana
tapped the mans smooth skull 4
just want to tell you, he said, that
one of your two hairs is crossed with
the other
1.-THE remark was made only in fun,
but the bald-headed man never forgot
1t. Long afterward he was a member
of the upper branch of the Maine
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
17S & ) DjZRlzlR2
After Readlnq Omar KhaYYans.

After Reading Omar khayyanS
Where the far East ribbons the new
flung day,
Where the warm West fecks 1t with
gold,
Where the cold North hides in the adj
amant ice,
And the South in the weird gray void.
AT the corners of earth, In the uttermost
parts,
In the sky and the lnnermost core.
The psychic may search till his soul wear
out,
And, seeking, but question the more,
But ever the world swings under the law,
Aad ever the spirit looks upward with
awe.
No traveller hence turns hither again,
Nor the lightning can sunder the veil;
Not sound comes out of the silence of
night
On the sea not the sound of sail
nut deep In the heart of the savage and
saint
The same sweet hope is stirred;
IN the listening ear of the spirit sense
A still, small voice is heard,
For never a being went under the sod
But reckoned on seeing the face OF his
Tomorrow we die" is the towards ex-
cuSe
For the wanton abuse of to-day.
The cup that Is given to wassall and wine
VIII never be finer than clay,
The potter who fashioned the vessels at
will
Can gather the pieces at last
transforming the evil, transfixing the
good,
From the wreck of a prohigate past.
For ever the mortal is liker the mold,
ana ever the crucible betters the gold.
Clarence Ousley in the Independent.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
orphan FOXES AdOpted By a Doc.

An interesting family was exhibited
to-day by ]. M. Wighton and L. B.
Shannon of Franklin township, says
the Pittsburg Dispatch. 1t consisted
of a dog and three half-grown fox
cubs. The mother fox had been traced
to her den and killed when the cubs
were found and they were so small
that they did not have their eyes open.
At the same time the dog was raising
puppies and the fox cubs were taken
home and given to her The dog fos-
tered the little orphans and raised
them as her own family and they are
inseparable to-day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

and on the other the proud Countess
Nelson, daughter of the Earl of Nor
manton. There were threats Of in.
surrection over some of these arrange
ments, but the widowed Duke of Nor
folk was adamant. All countesses
We're alike to him, and there is no
gainsaying that the earldom of Clan
carty dates from 1903, whereas the
hero of the Nile became the first Earl
Nelson in 1906; therefore the lady
once known as Belle Billion took pre-
cedence of the Countess Nelson.
1t was stated at the American En-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Saved bx Her Pomnadour Rat.

David Allen, a twelve-year-old boy
of Braddock, Pa, threw a stone at a
sparrow in the middle of the street.
The stone struck Joseph Bukoval, a
young Hungarian, riding past on a
bicycle. Joseph jumped off his wheel,
started after Allen and fired one shot
from a revolver at the lad as he dis.
appeared around the corner. The bull.
let went through window and struck
Mrs. Blasius Cycozesld in the head
and knocked her down. When she
recovered consciousness she discov-
cred the ball doubled up against a
nest of hairpins and heavy rat"
which supported an ornamental pom
pado&r. The rat" saved her life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

/, A number of ancient graves con.
tanning human remains have just
been discovered at Girga, in Upper
Egypt. The graves containing the re-
mains are said to consist of q con-
tinuous series extending over an in
terval Of at least 5000 years, which
represent the most archaic of prehis.
toric periods. The bodies are so
well preserved, owing. doubtless, to
the dryness Of the atmosphere whore
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

bassy that almost no Americans out
side of the special Ambassador and
his suite and the staff of the Embassy
in London saw the coronation. The
Embassy had rather expected to be
beseiged with applications and were
agreeably surprised to find that it was
generally understood at home how
hopeless it would be for any am
bilious sightseer to get the coveted
Sx10inch card. The few Americans
who got in had to go in evening dress
in the full glare of noontide
One can see how little room there
was for any one else when it is real
lied that each peer was allowed to
take with him not only his wife, but
his eldest son and either one daughter
or an unmarried sister. That alone ac-
counts for 1000 seats. Then there
was the House of Commons and quite
a swarm of official colonial represent
tatives and a large number-how
many has not been stated-of tickets
meted out to the King and Queen for
their personal friends. Each nation
of Europe also contributed little
quota of official representatives. So
that folk who was present merely by
courtesy were few and far between.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

the deck or platform they breathe out
a thankful Here at last as if that
were the point. The ancients got
about in different spirit. They wan.
dered where sweet adventure called
them They merely roamed, setting
themselves no goal. They were not
whirled in hot compartments from
point to point. Under the wide and
starry sky they tented; these fine old
tramps, Arabs, gypsies and all no.
MAIDS of the Ulysses type. The peri
patetic hoboes should organize a great
league to prove that scenery is better
than speed, and that every foot of the
open road is as good as the place
named on the guide post, toward
which the wanderers face is set.
"And no epitaph is more appropriate
for the mundane wanderer than this.
Under the wide and open sky.
Where he loved to live, there LET him
lie;
Home is the sailor, home from tbe
sea,
And the hunter is home from the hlll'
N-~~@-~--~-~~~-~-oN-@->~-~
legislature and Hamlin was a candi.
date for the United States senate
Hamlin was defeated by one vote and
that one vote was cast by the man
who was bald, Washington Post
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Oldest Piece Of Writing.

The University of Pennsylvania re.
Gently came into possession OIL what
is regarded as the oldest piece of writ.
ing in the world 1t is not q manu-
script, but a fragment of a vase
which was broken in the raid on tho
ancient city of Nippur. The inscrip
ton is in picture writing and indt
Gates that the piece dates back Il
forty-five hundred years before thu
Christian era.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
corncob Driven Into an Oak Tree.

Remarkable and unique testimony
TO the force of the wind in great tor
nadoes is conveyed in the accompa-
nying cut, showing corncob driven
considerable distance into an oak
tree during the recent fatal storm at
Goliad, Texas.
In this connection it may not be out
of place to remind the readers of the
Philadelphia Times that. after the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

The world is full of Judgment Days
and into every assembly that a man
enters, In every action he attempta
he is gagged and stamped.-Emerson
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Davis to Practice Law.

Webster Davis will forsake Missouri
and remove to New York, where, It is
said, he has received an offer which
comes in his line-the practice ss
law.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

great tornado in ST. Louis some years
ago, straw was found imbedded in
tree trunk in much the same way as
here shown. The above sketch is re-
produced from the Houston, Texas,
Daily Post of May 22.-Philadelphia
Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

Boote, Gaiety girl until a year ago,
when she married the Marquis of
Headfort in a country registrars of.
fee had to share total of forty-eight
inches with two particularly stif and
exclusive danes, the Warehouses of
Sligo and the Marchioness of Ely.
The new American Marchioness of
Dufferin, by the way, was next to the
Marchioness of Ely.
A startling juxtaposltion was that
OF Belle Billion Of musical hall fame
now Countess Of Clancarty, with the
Cou~tess Of Limerick on one hand
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-24
AvALUABLE HEDlCINE
For Coughs and Colds n CAl1dres'

II have not the slightest hesitaud
in recommending Chamberla!!]
Cough Remedy to all who are sutd]
ing from coughs or colds" says Cn11
NJ. Garner, Esq. . we'll known wie9]
maker, of Colombo, Ceylon. ut o. q.
been some two years elnce the "
Dispensary first called my attenti9]
to this valuable medicine and ! hs]
repeatedly used it and it has a!wa]
been beneficial. It has cured y
quickly Of all chest colds. It is esp
tally effective for children and \
dom takes more than one bottle
cure them Of no arseness. I have q
suaded many to try this yaluap
medicine. and! and they % are e! q! il!..nI q Y
For a)fSri lebursh Drug =
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DETTER THAN Pulls.

The question has been asked, I'm
what way are Chamberlain sStomach
and Liver Tablets superior to pills!'
Our answer is; They are easier and
more pleasant to take, more mild and
gentle in effect and more reliable as
they can always be depended upon.
Then they cleanse and invigorate
the stomach and leave the bowels in
. anatural condition, while pills al e
more harsh in effect and their use ID
often followed by constipation.
foc sale by Middleburgtl Drug
Store.
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In Esquire Roberts court, in Fulton,
Ky- recently a boy was put on the Wit
ness stand, and to ascertain II he knew
the nature Of an oath the Justice in.
terviewed him as follows:
"Do you know the nature Of an
oath?"
"Don't know whether do or not"
"Well, II you should tell a lie. do you
know where you would 60 when you
died?" go, -a..
"Yes, sir"
"Where?"
"Well, when we moved out here pap
said II any of us lied he would take
Us back to Arkansaw, and reckon he's
as good as his word."-Chicago Jour-
aal.
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Teo Late,

Professor-What is the dose Of
eroton oil?
Student (in hurry)-One teaspoon
ful.
The professor makes no comment,
but the student feels he has not an.
swered correctly.
Student as minutes later)-l want
TO change my answer to that question.
Professor Cooking at his watch)-It
is too late. Your patient has been dead
ii minutes.-N. Y. Times.
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Out Of POlltlcs.

Foreign Visitok-You have a glori-
ous country here, and fairly revel in
the blessings of freedom, suppose.
Mr.. Crossroads-Wall, as to that,
we don't take much interest in poll
tics up our way. The post Office
don't half pay expenses, and so all
parties patriotically agreed to retire
from the political field and let SOL
diers widow have it.-N. Y. Weekly.
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Thus the dslegatas 70 IL nspuA3lmn
rate convention WIN 60 TO HarFisbufR
9Th instructicns direetlt non the
peoples not fron any boo q party
leader. and the win Of the mAjority viii
b fairly and honestly expressed In the
makeup OF the state ticket to be voted
for at the November election.
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Not q Realist.

"Do you approve Of realism in the
drama?" .
Certainly not" answered Miss
Cayenne. IF people on the stage
talked and behaved as stupidity as'
they do in real life there would be no
excuse for going to the theater."-
Washington Star.
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EXDCUTRIx's NoT1CE-Notice IL hereby
- given That letters tes1nnontary upon che G.
oete o. George Campbell, lees Of Uuion town
chip Snyder Co., Pa, decd, have been Issued
i. due form Of law 70 the undersigned. 70 whom
81 tndebSed . said esaate should make imne-
eiaes peynent and those having claims AeAinse
70 oneuld present them duly auShenticaesd Soe
settlement
DIV. CAMPBKLL, Executor.
Watsontown, Ps', March II. 1907
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Well Known.

Lawson-Jackson tells me that he
Is pretty we'll known in your town.
Dawson-I should say he was. Why,
there isn't a man in the place that
would lend him $5.-Somerville Jour
nal.
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Tenvssasss 13aA

TeADePaoee u19Ae
"You seem rather AilAs16uevo-d day."
the lathe remarked TO the buzz sAw.
-Yes," replied the buzz saw. "the
man who runs me brought some whis.
ky into the shop with him little while
ago."
"Well?"
well, took two or three fingers -
0is oxpense.".-Troy Times
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Con, N en- da BILE ProRresI

CVehudUIe FrOKress.
Mrs. Highblower-How is your
daughter getting ON with her music
lessons?
Mrs. Dimpleton-Splendidly! She
can play the piano now without inter-
rupting the conversation. - Town
Topics,
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His Turn next.

Kind Gentleman-Why are You cry.
ing, my little man7
Little Boy-Because my NAV 81
lickin' my little brother fur somethin'
wot ! done.
Kind Gentleman--What . Oonscien-
tiouS little gentlemani
Little Boy-But my brothsr'll tell
her Il wuz me, and then I'll beteh II.
Boo-hoo!-Ohio Journal. 81.
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Purity 10 the great consideration in'::what we
drink or eat. All risk OF eettin impure whiskey
z avoided dy buying direct from The Hayner
Dt1iiling Co. They also save you the whole
sale and retail dealers profit. Read their an.
nouncement In this paper; II means money Ia
your pocket.
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The AaAAen thought.
He liee who elaine he says Just what
He thinks. because man never
Speaks out his Utmost honest thoughe
About his own endsavor.
-Chicago Record Herald,
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An HOAe0t Love.
Mrs. Styles-Did your husband ever
have more than one love affair?
Mrs. Ryles-No, only one, I believe.
"And that was when he fell In love
with you?" 4.
"Oh, my, no; he fell in love with
himself long before he met MEL
Yonkers Statesman. .i'
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Last fall I was tAhGn With . V
severe attack Of muscular rhsu1
tism which c4tis6d me- great pd
and annovanes. After trying ssvel
prescriptions and rhepmatiC cures
decided 10 use ChAmbeslain's 20
Balm, which I had sesu adyerti.'
in The South JerseynAn. Ate. Y
applisatioes Of this Remedy I =
much sbetter. and altss using 9
bottle, wss conplet cured. -
lie Harris 6.lsm, n. J. e0e sals
Aiddlsbsrsh lsag 6tera