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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
WAS NOT THE SNAP HE EXPECTED
Tramp Finds Region Where Snow
shoveIlng Was Continuous.

Tramp Finds Region Where Snow
shOveIing Was Continuous.
Speaking about snow" said the
tramp, who was hunting for job with
shovel on his shoulder, puts me In
mind of three years ago when l hired
out to a farmer up in Vermont-that
is, | was to have my board during the
winter for shoveling snow during the
winter, and l thought | had struck a
soft snap.
Il had nothing to do but eat and
loaf around during the first two weeks,
but one morning the farmer reused me
up and said there was trifle of work
for me. l stepped out to find the snow
four feet deep on the level and still
falling but l tackled the job with
proper ambition.
Il believe lifted fifty tons of snow
that day, but when night came l was
not much ahead of the storm. 1t was
the same the next day and the next,
and after five days of it, with no signs
of letting up and every rail fence
buried out of sight, 1 stopped work
long enough to ask thu farmer, is this
thing going to keep right on for a
week longer?
" A week longer? he replied, with a
broad grin on his face. Why, man,
this is only Dec. 8, and we never figure
on stopping work before April 10. Just
buckle right into it and keep up your
appetite.
81 thought the matter over that
night" said the tramp, "and in the
morning l dug tunnel to the nearest
village and escaped and asked to be
sent to Jail. They didn't turn me out
till July l, and the first man met was
my old farmer.
'How's snow up your way?' says /.
Nothing to brag Of says he. The
late rains and warm suns have taken it
off till 1 don't believe we've got two
feet left"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
THAT WAS THE JOB NE WANTED


Immigrant Was Looking for the Easiest
Thing An Sight.
The immigrant agent. with Clancy
In tow, proceeded to Harlem in search
Of work for him. The prospective en-
ployer was a building contractor
They found him on an eminence over
looking wide vacant lot, newly be-
come scene of bustling activity. The
Immigrant gazed at the unwonted
spectacle with curious eyes.
What can the man dor" demanded
the contractor.
Anything in the line of unskilled
labor" replied the agent, "and he is
quick to learn"
The contractor turned to the appli-
cant and half jokingly inquired,
Which one of these jobs would you
like to have?"
The immigrant swept the field with
contemplative eye. What's that
man doing?" he demanded, pointing
with one hand. II mean the, wan sit
ting down-not the other wild the
sledge."
"He is holding the drill"
"Is that all he does?"
Eyes"
'Is he on the payroll"
eyes"
Clancy drew a long breath of satis-
faction, Give me the job New
York Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
Indi&n etiquette.

The Red Man and Helper, published
by the students at the Carlisle (Pa.)
Indian school has this to say on In
dian etiquette: "It was an actual de-
sire for information and no attempt
to be funny that a boy in looking up
! from reading about 'squaw men ask
ed if the white women who marry
Indian men were called buck women
We could not answer why they were
not Such name would be more in
sulting to woman than the first ap-
pellation is to a man. All Indian
women are no more sQuaws than
white women are wenches. The name
squaw emanated from 'squa,' an In
dian word of a Massachusetts tribe
meaning woman, but it has since
come to be used commonly by litter
ate people for Indian women of any
tribe. No educated or refined people
use the words 'squaw' or buck and
we advise our students when they
hear them not to pay any attention to
the speaker, but to mark him or her
down in their minds as a person of
low breeding.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
The Ping Pong Craze.

In London ping pong dance. in
which the ladies wear ping pong
patches and powdered hair, is the
latest development of the present
mania.
The ladies', carrying white balls,
with red number on each, and each
gentleman a scarlet ball. with CORE
spending figure in white, walk down
the ball room and meet at silken net.
Batting begins. AS soon as each
dancer secures a ball the numbers are
called out. pairing off begins, and the
couples glide down the room hand in
hand, in minuet style.
The latest rival of ping pong by the
way is table bowls, which are just be-
ing exhibited at the Alexandra palace.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
81 Want Everybody to Know How
Completely 1t Cures Indigestion"

This shows the unselfsh disposition of Nh
Hodge, of Orchard Cottage, Ippleden, New
ton, who, having been cured by Vogeler's
Compound, wishes every other sufferer to
know of the benefit he has received from
this marvellous remedy. He tells his story
as follows -
"Gentlemen--I find vogeler's Compound remedy
above all others last year / was in a thorough bad
state of health and could hardly drag leg after the
other. had tried dozens of remedies advertised to
cure indigestion and all its attendant evils, but was
rapidly going from bad to when had the good
fortune to be recommended to take Vogeler's Com
pound 1 did SO, and am thankful to say it made
new of me. should ike other people to know
its virtues and how completely it knocks under the
worst forms Of indigestion and dyspepsia.
(Signed) {" GEoRGE II. HODGE.
Vogeler's Compound is the greatest rene
dy of the century for all stomach disorders
and liver and kidney troubles in both men
and women. A free sample bottle will be
sent on application to the proprietors, St.
Jacobs Oil, Ltd, Baltimore, Md.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
wHAT PHYSICIANS MAY DISCLOSE
A Decision by the Court of Appeals of
BIis5onrl.

A Decision by the Court of Appeals of
BIis3oarI.
An important ruling made by court
was that when person who is suing
for damages testifes ~ court that a
doctor examined him and found him
injured, The doctor is competent wit
ness in the case, and must tell about
his treatment of the case and what he
found.
This ruling was made in the case of
w. r. Highfall against the Missouri
Pacific Railway company. Highfall
was passenger on train, and
claimed to have had his hip dislocated
by blow of swinging car door. His
case was tried in the Circuit court of
the county, and jury gave him $500
damages. This verdict the Court Of
Appeals reversed and remanded the
case for new trial because when Dr.
Wood was put on the stand in the trial
of the case, and was asked what he
found to be the matter with Mr.. High
fall, the lawyers for the latter objected
to the question, and the court sus-
tanned the objection, holding that a
physician cannot be forced to reveal
the secrets of the sick-room. But the
Court of Appeals holds that when a
witness seeks to fortify his case by tes-
tifying that doctor found him in
1ured, he valves the secrecy imposed
by the statute, and the doctor may be
put upon the stand to testify
sas City Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
| LIFE IN BUSY CITY OF BUTTE
Men Are Ootogenarians Mt 40, ssnus
Ruins at SO.

Ruins at So.
Into an ounce of brandy put g.
small dose of cocaine; drink the mix
ture, and in ten minutes you will find
yourself in the mental and nervous
condition which is the normal state of
the citizen of Butte, says writer in a
Boston paper
Butte never sleeps. 1t is as wide
awake at in the morning as at mid
day, every shop open, every industry
in full blast. The life of the town de-
ponds upon the mines and the smelter;
and these never stop. Day in and day
out, the year round, they work con-
tinuously, with three eight-hours
shifts" of men, one stepping in as It's
predecessor steps out; from years end
to years end neither industry ever
drops a stitch. The shift that comes
off duty at midnight must eat, drink,
and be served with it's amusements
like the others So it happens that
every door in town, Of boarding house,
shop, saloon, theater and all the rest
stands always ajar So far as bust
hDoo - SohNVl icui lllSiS 10 lllSldily uO
day, no night One hour is like all
the rest; every hour is an hour of
hustle. To the stranger it appears
like delirium to the man of Butte it
is a matter OF course.
The result Is easily foretold: Quick
exhaustion and early death. The man
Of Butte is an octogenarian at 40, a
senile ruin at 90. No one lives to be
old, in the accepted eastern use of the
word; you will never see that white
and venerable and useful old age
which has so firm a place in our life,
our poetry, our very religion. Over
strung nerves snap; brains crumble;
hearts yield to their load.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03

There was an amusing incident yes
terday in a house-rental office in Du-
luth. The agent of certain dwelling
had managed to squeeze two raises
out of steady and prompt paying ten
ant and was after the third. The ten
ant is son of the Emerald isle. He
paid the two first raises without pro-
test, but he became wroth at the third
attempt. He hied him to the agency
and said to the agent:
"I'll not stand thot raise"
"All right. Get out"
GLADLY. KEN from Oireland to es-
ca De the landlords and Oh little thought
I'd find a maner one here than there"
Duluth NewsTribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03

bore like women who are too obviously
pretty"
She WINGED, but the remark was
naturally not one she might appro-
pirate.
cit isn't jealousy that causes me to
speak to you this way" she began.
''Of course not" without looking ut
her.
Il tell you it is not" 1t was futile
to waste words, and yet she must show
him how little she cared II will miss
you'll can't help missing your-your
friendship. Five years is long time,
you know. I have almost given you
those five years. If it had not been
for you | might have-well, amounted
to something"
ut was always for you to say, you
know" His tone was courteous, even
kind. 81 often asked you if you would
be happier if stayed away You
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03

One learns many strange uses and
misuses of things at country inns, but
let us hope that the following expe-
rience related by a friend of miae as
having happened to himself is a rare
one. He had gone to bed in an Irish
inn, bidding the landlady to have him
called at s. At 6, however, next morn
ing she knocked at his door.
''Ye've to git up,P she said.
what o'clock is it?'
"Six, Surf"
go away, am not going to get up
till g."
At she reappeared. ''Indade, and
We must get UP now, it's T." Finding
him unmoved at her next return, she
said: cit up, there's sweet gintel-
man; there's two commercial gentle
men waiting for their breakfast, and
l can't lay the cloth till I have yer
honor's top sheet"
Conservation is our answer to Gods
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
"ooNTINENTAL's" NEW RECORD.
Clips Two Minutes Between st. Louis
and Decatur.

Clips Two Minutes Between st. Louis
and Decatur.
The Wabash Continental Limited
made a new record Thursday night
between Decatur and st. Louis, cut
ting two minutes off the best previous
record.
Engineer Braddock, with No. GOT, q
new high-speed engine, made the los
miles from Decatur to Granite City
in 101 minutes. A five-minute stop was
made at Litchfeld, making the actual
running time ninety-six minutes, an
average of 65.4 miles for the whole dis
lance. Best previous time was nine
ty-eight minutes.
From Stanton to Carpenter. 1912
miles, the time was seven minutes. or
at the rate of 87.42 miles an hour.
The forty-seven miles from Boody
to Honey Bend were made in forty
minutes 70.5 miles an hour.
The train departed from Decatur an
hour and forty minutes late, and had,
besides the regular equipment, Presi-
dent Ramsey's private car. Wabash
officials say that the new engines will
make a hundred miles an hour before
the summer is over.
st. Louis Republic, April IL, 1902.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
oIpMT FEAR AIs DgAo PATIENTS
Doctor Not Afraid ais Neighbors would
r~cuiia ST.,

Doctor Not Afraid ais Neighbors would
Trouble Him.
There is a doctor of the old school
in one OF the New England villages
near Randolph, Mass, the former
home of Mary E. Wilkins, whose
house is surrounded by a cemetery.
The cemetery is behind the house and
tones mp flush with the road on either
side, running off to the east and west
for an eighth of a mile. Some people
might find such house lot doleful,
and surely the neighbors are not
lively. But that thought never troub-
led the villagers SO much as the pros
pect of going home at night. In the
country towns OF New England the
graveyard at night is thing of ter
ror, an inherited terror There are
still towns where all the graves are
dug in line running due east and
west, with the footstones toward the
east. so that the dead may rise face
to face with the Judge on the last
day. SO the doctor is often asked
the question, "Are you not afraid to
go home sometimes at night?"
And his answer is always the same
mo; my neighbors will never trouble
me; they all owe me money"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
WHY, OF COURSE HE WAS INNOCENT
Jury Decided Unanim ously that dim
o'Den Was Fool.

Jury Decided Unanim ously that dim
oDen Was Fool.
"The first time l was ever in the
far west,' said Philadelphia, ''they
got me on a jury in Montana. 1t
was a case of shooting with fatal re-
suits, and there was no doubt in my
mind that the defendant was guilty.
"A man named Brewer had ridden
up to the cabin of man named
O'Dell and called him out and shot
him down, and there were three wit
nesses to the fact.
1.-THE case occupied three days, and
l supposed every juryman had made
up his mind as l had. When we re-
tired to ballot, however, / found my
self the only one voting guilty.
1.-THE other eleven looked at me for
while, and then the foreman blandly
said:
Stranger. you don't appear to
make allowances
Allowances for what?' l asked
Allowances for the fact that if
that blamed Jim O'Dell had poked his
gun out of the winder instead of COM
ing to the door he might have pumped
a pound of lead into Tom Brewer in
side of 80 seconds. We are here not to
decide who killed Jim, but to find
whether he was fool or not in acting
as he did, and guess we'd better be
considerably unanimous about it.
81 didn't want to be the one to
interrupt the harmony of the occa-
sion" said the traveller, land so we
speedily came to what the forman an
nounced as a chorus of conclusion,
and Tom Brewer was acquitted with
out a stain on his character"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03

never seemed anxious to say the
word" He opened and shut the lid
of stein thoughtfully. and then added
with some abruptness: Il often won
dered why you never married"
The woman gasped "You-won-
ed-why-I-never-
ITO be sure, you always told me
that you never meant to marry"
81 meant it. but"
He seemed not to hear her. Then
you insisted on our never speaking
of love or that sort of thing"
1T was not necessary for you to
speak things"
And now that am going to settle
down into mediocre comfort you are
the first one l come to-naturaliy. It's
fair" He spoke in an even voice as
though desiring to calm her.
The monotonous meditation hal
the opposite effect. She was the in
carnation of repressed fury Leaning
across the table as she was, her words
poured forth like torrent. 1T was
for me to say during all those years
whether we should separate. Mine
was the responsibility. You had none.
Your wealth, education, station, freed
you. You were not to blame for the
suffering you sowed. You were put
in the world only to pray for your
comfort, your peace. You came to
me holding out bait for my ambition.
You had influence; I was talented.
That talent tickled your thirst for
something new in life, and so you pro-
ceeded to appropriate it as your own.
You never spoke of love, oh, no, You
only lived and breathed it in my
presencs-and /, poor fool lived in
paradise until-until-I tell you for
bid this marriage"
The words ended in futile, foolish
laugh. She put her hands to her face;
touched her front hair, laughing more
softly all the time until the mirthless
tones seemed to trail themselves in
her next words: How perfectly
frightened you look. Can't you take
joke-I'm joking-can't you see it
was a joke? l am laughing laugh
ing because it is so very, very funny
that you cannot take a joke"
The clock struck eight. Just then
tap came at the door. Hastily she
lighted gas jet and threw open the
door.
81 told you would come again, and
here | am" said CHEEKY masculine
voice at the threshold.
"And told you not to come except
on business, but am glad to see you"
she replied.
why shouldn't come to see you?"
why should your"
Because l like you. I'm coming
just as often as l can, Don't you
want me to call often?" He spoke
over his shoulder as he reached for &
match to rekindle the fire. Il would
rather talk to you than to a girl of
my own age anyway, and then-well,
why not-there isn't much is this old
world at best" He had dropped the
kindling and lay one hand on her
shoulder Their eyes met and she
turned hurriedly away from him.
'tAnd If we drift on like this-you
know am very much alone-some day
| might miss you, and then she
finished abruptly with laugh.
"Ah, wouldn't l be lucky If you
missed me! 1t would be too good, "
he talked on, still standing directly
under the gas jet. In the strong light
she noticed the wave in his hair just
where his hat came down, and that
his mouth was particularly sensitive
and boyish. His hand rested on her
shoulder again.
why should not call, dear?" he
was whispering, with his lips upon
hers.
Presently he was saying goodnight
Goodbye" she answered.
you mean it?"
Eyes"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03

st am sorry" he replied. ~ don't
see why l can't come"
as the door closed Irma stopped
and tenderly gathered the old gray
cat in her arms, murmuring, as she
choked back the old unreasonable sob,
Just one more yesterday for us, my
friend; that is all 1t means"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
PINK-EYE NOW EPIDEmlo

Pink-eye is now raging all over the
ly severe in Chicago and a number Of
prominent physicians have been inter-
viewed regarding it. They state that
there is no cause for alarm as there Is
a simple home remedy known as Murine
for sale everywhere by opticians and
druggists, which will not only prevent
but cure the most obstinate case of Pink
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03

A Chicago lawyer recently delivered
a 100000 word speech, and it was not
his longest at that. The Windy City
is naturally proud of him, but let us
hope that there will be no ATTEMPT
made to match him against Congress
in public debate!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
WHY Is 1t

That St. Jacobs Oil always affords instant
relief from pains, after all other remedies
have signally failed1 Simply because it is
peculiar to itself, wholly unlike another rem
edy. 1t possesses great penetrating power,
reaching the very seat of the disease. 1t
acts like magic 1t conquers pain quickly
and surely. 1t is an outward application,
and is used by millions of people.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03

John Dunfee of Syracuse. N. Y, has
been awarded the contract to build
and equip a railroad among the fiords
and hills of northern Norway. He
will be the first American contractor
to construct railway in Norway.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03

McJigger-Co Conscientious, is he?
Thingumbob-Terribly so. He went
out the other day and left sign on
his office door that he'd be back in half
an hour, and hang me if he didn't
keep his word.-Philadelph Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
Millions of People

USE CUTICURA SOAP, assisted by CUT1cURA
OINTMENT, for preserving, purifying, and
identifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp
of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stop
ping of falling hair, for softening, whitening,
and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for
baby rashes, feelings, and chafngs, and for
all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nurs-
cry. Millions of Women use CUTICURA SOAP
in the form of baths for annoying irritatonss
infammations, and excavations, or too fros
or offensive perspiration, in the form of
washes for Lucrative weaknesses, and for
many sanative, antiseptic purposes which
readily suggest themselves to women.
>CUTIoURA RnsoLvEST PILLS (Chocolate
Coated) are new, tasteless, odorless, eco
nomical substitute for the celebrated liquid
CUTIoURA REsoLVKNT as we'll as for all other
blood purifiers and humour cures. In screw
cap walls, containing 80 doses, price 25c.
soid throughout the world. Soar, ase., oINrMRNx,
&c. PILLS 2Sc. Rrtish Dspoti T-5S ChArterheuse sq
London Fuench Dsposf Hue de Ia PAix, Paris. Po1.
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03
Price $l.oo

CUTIcURA SOAP, to cleanse the skim
of crusts and scales and soften the thick
ened cuticle, CUTIcURA OINTMENT
to instantly allay itching, infamma-
ton, and irritation, and soothe and heal,
and CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS,
to cool and cleanse the blood. A SINGLE
SET of these great skin curatiyes 10
often sufficient to cure the most tortur-
ing, disfiguring, itching, burning, bleed
ing, crusted, scaly, and pimply skin,
scalp, and blood humours, with loss OF
hair, when all else fails.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03

A gust of wind beloved down, the
chimney. She leaned forward to re-
plenish the fire. When she settled
back again the youth and the maiden
had gone. The best room had widened
and broadened into spacious cafe
At corner table sat man somewhat
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-03

Conservation Is our answer to Gods
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-04
shrsnI>nEe of Ear Corn.

The time 10 sell corn depends largely
upon the amount Of shrinkage from the
time the corn is huskcd until ii is sent
TO the elevator. This matter Of shrink
age is not well understood and varies
greatly with the season. the character
Of the crop. the character OF the crib in
which it is stored. etc number OF
tests have been made by farmers and
by the different experiment stations.
The results are somewhat conflicting
At the Michigan experiment station in
1896 corn was huskcd oct. TO :. by
the middle OF February the shrinkago
amounted 10 30 per cent. This was OF
course an extreme case. In another
test nj the same station corn was
husked Oct. u and shrank II per cent
by J2n. ~. while we'll cured corn in
Van Buren, county. Mich shrank only
; per cent from the time of husking un-
I'll Jan. 7.-American Agriculturist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-04
"AT THE SIGN OF THE NOON. .
a Phrase That Has Become Known
Through the Efforts of the
Mertz & Merit Co.

This popular tailoring house, at
900 + Street. ashington, d. c..
adopted the moon as its sign years
ago, and this celestial body, with its
pleased smile. has become SO closely
associated with the Merit establish
ment that it is small wonder one
thinks of Merit even when looking at
the moon in the skies.
The idea was conceived to give the
house something distinctive from
other houses, and the same idea with
different devices is being adopted by
many modern establishments all over
the country.
But to go from the moon to the
business Mr.. Merit. of this firm.
says the house is already in the field
for the mems allorders. For the last
week or SO cases of wOOleus have
been arriving, and now the whole
store Is in condition" for any fall
order a man may want to place
There is "A noticeable tone OF eX-
throughout the whole line
OF fabrics that the particular man OF
today will fully relish